Chapter four all ready? This story is going by pretty quickly, but I hope you guys like it otherwise.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.
(In the Fairy Tail guild)
Four incredibly disturbing eyes glared down at Levy, causing her discomfort in every way. She sweated a bit due to nervousness, seeing that those two wouldn't stop glaring. Were they going to say something or not? Suddenly her question was answered.
"Hey Levy, do you mind if we ask you a question?" Lucy asked sweetly, hoping her niceness would make her talk.
"Is it about the cold request?" Levy questioned, narrowing her eyes at her own strawberry milkshake.
"Yes..it is." Lucy answered. Though, after she said that, Levy furrowed her eyebrows angrily, and wouldn't utter a single word in reply.
"I'm sorry, but I will not answer a single question about that." Levy declined, trying to block them out.
"Come on Levy, please.." Lucy begged nicely, clasping her hands together in a begging position.
"No!" Levy shook her head defiantly.
"TELL US WHAT WE WANT TO KNOW AND WE WON'T THROW YOU IN THE FIREPLACE!" Natsu threatened, hoping that would steer her to his liking.
"Natsu! Be nicer! It's okay Levy, I'll protect you." Lucy smiled innocently.
"Is this a good cop, bad cap scenario?" Levy thought, comically sweat-dropping.
"Okay, okay, just answer one little question, please?" Natsu pleaded, now in the same begging position as Lucy.
"I truly, can not answer any questions about the case." Levy said, slumping down achingly. "I'm sorry.."
"Can you at least tell us why?" Natsu asked, wondering why she couldn't say a word.
"PLEASE! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" Levy cried, tears dripping off her chin as she ran away.
The two amateur detectives saw her run off, and instantly felt a hole in their. Do detectives always feel this way when they're done interrogating?
"I guess Levy's out. Let's ask Cana, she might be drunk." Natsu suggested.
"Yeah!" Lucy remembered. After all, Cana told them information about where Gray was, maybe she knew more than they thought.
(Unknown place)
"Wendy, can I ask a favor?" Erza asked out of the blue.
Wendy turned her head to face her, and replied simply with a nonchalant nod.
"This cold case nightmare, you want it to end too, right?" Erza questioned knowingly, Wendy looked down at the ground in discomfort, but answered anyway to be polite.
"Of course, I have wished it was over a long time ago.." Wendy easily agreed.
"I see, then you'll work with me on this mission?" Erza questioned with full-on hope.
"What's the plan?" Wendy asked with a cheerful grin.
"Well, here's the plan." Erza smiled and continued speaking. "You know our system, when we have to be completely silent about everything to do with the case? Well, you are going to distract the tattle tales who tell the leader everything, by talking to them and asking them questions."
"What questions?" Wendy asked, starting to understand the plan.
"Listen, I'm going to-" Erza explained. (The rest of what Erza says is a secret ;)
"Ah! I get! Okay, I'll remember to give the signal.." Wendy said, reassuring Erza's nervousness.
"All right, let's go." Erza ordered, and rushed to the right position for her plan.
(In the Fairy Tail guild)
The two "detectives" searched for Cana for about an hour all ready, and they were now clueless to where she could be. Where would a drunkard be other than the Fairy Tail Bar? They sighed in defeat, maybe they should look for somebody else instead. Suddenly, a hand pulled Lucy back, causing her to fall on her butt. Lucy looked back instinctively and saw..Erza!
"Erza! What are you-?" Lucy asked, looking up at Erza's rather serious face.
"Shh! Follow me, both of you." Erza whispered, guiding the two to the storage place for drinks.
(The storage room)
"Why are we here?" Lucy asked in deep curiousety.
"I'm sorry for shunning you this whole time, but please, listen to me." Erza begged, her eyes narrowing sorrowfully.
The two nodded in agreement, and listened closely to Erza's words.
"First of all, the reason I brought you here.." Erza said, now directly looking at her friends. "The murderer needs to be found out, before things escalate. So I beg of you to not quit this case."
"Okay." Lucy and Natsu agreed in unison.
"Ok, good." Erza half-smiled and continued speaking. "Now, as much as this will hurt me, ask me any questions about the case, and I'll try to answer to the best of my ability."
"U-umm..o-okay! Do you know who the murderer might be?" Lucy asked, slightly stuttering.
"No, I do not." Erza answered simply, choosing the right words to say in order to be safe.
"Well, do you by any chance know anyone else who knows where I live, other than, Natsu, Gray, Levy, Mira, Cana, you and of course, me?" Lucy questioned, hoping to get SOME answers.
"Yes, I do.." Erza answered, clearing her throat to speak. "Wendy and Lisanna."
"Oh! But those aren't men.." Lucy fumed quietly, clenching her fists in frustration. "I know this is a stupid question to ask, but, a person kidnapped me and Natsu, and we thought it was a man, is it?
"..I know of you two being kidnapped.." Erza admitted in a quiet tone. "It wasn't a man."
"WHAT? B-but the voice we heard was surely a man's voice!" Lucy exclaimed, severely confused by this analysis.
"What you heard was indeed a man's voice. Though, it was a voice changer to make the gender's voice the opposite gender. Therefore, making it sound very manly." Erza explained, now looking around.
"How do you know all of this!?" Lucy queried in disbelief.
"..That is personal information that is not to be told." Erza replied. She suddenly got info from Wendy, and her eyes changed worriedly. She didn't have much time left.
"Lucy! There is still a question that MUST be answered." Natsu reminded, seeing the look in Erza's eye, he knew she had to leave soon. "Who cut the rest of the info off the request paper?"
Erza shivered in fear, her heart pounding endlessly in a wild fritz. This question would require too much info, and her time limit was almost up. She squinted her eyes, hoping she could answer in time. She had to tell them! It was the only way for this nightmare to end.
"The person..who did it.." Erza started saying, working up the courage to reply.
She bit her quivering lip, and clenched her fists desperately. It was either now or never, there wouldn't be another chance.
"Before I searched in the storage room for drinks, I handed Mira the request paper and told her to keep it safe. She agreed, and I looked around the guild a bit, and I decided to check the storage room. So when I walked in to find some clues there, I saw.." Erza told, collecting every last ounce of courage to unveil this secret.
Lucy and Natsu leaned in curiously, and waited anxiously for the answer. Who, who was there!? And what were they doing there? And why were they in there? And why were they doing whatever it was in there? The two detective's eyes widened in even more anxiety as Erza's mouth opened to speak the last words.
"..I saw Lisanna..cut off half of the information on the request paper. And soon afterwards, Mira ran to me, crying heavily and saying, "I lost the paper! I'm so sorry, Erza! I don't know where it went!", and after she told me that, I was too distracted to notice Lisanna disappear. After Mira's crying session, she apologized even more for missing the paper, finally after saying it was ok for the fifth time, she smiled in relief and went back to play with everyone." Erza finished saying, causing shock to seep through Natsu's and Lucy's veins.
"Lisanna, threw away that important info.." Erza repeated in a simpler way, forcing tears to make their way down Natsu's cheeks.
Drama bomb! Lisanna threw away the important piece of info for the cold request! Will Lucy and Natsu pursue her? And does Erza have more to say?
I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and will continue to read.