It's been a while! sorry it took me two months to update but my school year started and I'm a bit overwhelmed with my homework and exams! I'm dissapointed in myself because I always complain about slow updaters! I've become one AND I'M REALLY SORRY!

please enjoy... made it a bit short because I have to study, but I had to update at some point!

BTW: You might be wondering why I didn't write an author's note just to explain this, but I really hate that! I get excited when I see a new chapter and it turns out It's just a notice to tell me "wait more"?! I load those author's note... it's fine by me if you write that AND the chapter, but not just that! it's torture... So don't expect me to do that :) as long as I don't drop the story, there won't EVER be a chapter with that

Team Natsu moved forward pushing those who were in the way, more screams were heard. They were speechless at what they saw
The mud, like quicksand, was swallowing the crowd that had gathered in the area
"WHAT THE F*UCK IS THIS?!"Gray yelled
"Gray! Look!" Lucy had seen how Gray had stepped on dangerous territory, his feet under the mud.
"You guys too!" Gray realized what she was talking about
Lucy grabbed her whip and tangled it around a light post
"Natsu! Hold on to me!" Natsu was the closest to her and at touching distance. He did as he was told and Lucy contracted her whip, pulling them so safety, then she used her whip like a rope and did the same with Erza, Gray and the rest of the crowd (Happy and Charle flew before they got trapped, while carrying Wendy).
Natsu started sniffing around
"Natsu, what are you doing?" Lucy asked
"I smell gunpowder"
"Could it be...?"
"Yes. It's most likely those guys" Erza intervened "Natsu! Follow the scent"
"Already on that" He said and started running towards an alley some blocks away

He came to a stop when facing the three hooded figures "So you are the ones that were stupid enough to challenge fairy tail huh?" He said with a challenging grin on his face
"I'm guessing you are that Salamander, right?" The figure on the right spoke, taking off his hood to reveal sad, brown eyes, with a scar under the left one and spiky green hair "I'm Kyousuke, the responsible for the mess back there"
Natsu turned to see if the team had followed him since it was way to quiet, but they were nowhere in sight
"If you're worried about your friends, don't be" The figure on the left spoke, and mimicking the other, he took off his hood to reveal long spiky blonde hair (sort of like Zancrow's, from Grimoire Heart) and deep blue eyes "My name is Ryou, you must have heard about me by now. Trust me, your friends are safer were they are than you"
"OH!" Natsu said, with his hair covering is eyes, a wicked smile and ignited hands "So you are the bastard that blew up Fairy Tail and hurt Lucy"
"Don't know who the chick is, but about explosion, yeah, that was me, of course, with the help of Kyousuke. He was the one who had the brilliant idea of starting the explosion in the bar"
Natsu was beyond pissed "You know, I promised myself that I would pay you back one hundred times fold for what you did, and I'm not one to go back on my word" Natsu dropped his smile, and looked at the three with a serious expression " I'll go for Zancrow's copycat first, then I'll deal with the others. The other is really quiet, was he the one that Erza had no information on? Aren't they hot with those outfits, I mean, seriously, Lucy was just complaining about the weather on board the train, then again, she is weird and is always complaining, where is she anyway? I thought they were right behind me…" while Natsu figured this out, he was making weird faces.
"What's with this dude?" Ryou asked Kyousuke, ignoring the person between them, as if not expecting him to reply "He's kindda weird, don't cha think?" the other just shrugged, showing no interest at all in their enemy's weird behavior.

"Plus! I don't get what the big deal was! I saw Lucy naked a countless times! I don't see why Erza had to punch me! Okaaay! So whaat if now I actually pay attention to a woman's body! It's that pervert's and Elfman's fault for corrupting my innocent mind, not that I mind though. I have to admit that Lucy has a nice body; slim and curvy. WHOA! Did I just think about my partner in that way?! I feel kindda like a pervert…" Natsu's train of thought was interrupted by his enemy
"OI!" Ryou was losing his patience "WHY THE FUCK ARE YOU BLUSHING DUDE?!" Natsu hadn't even notice that the moment Lucy came to mind, blood rushed to his cheeks
"I'M NOT A PERVERT, I AM NO GRAY! YOU HEAR ME?!"Natsu yelled
"Dude, seriously, pay attention to your surroundings!" Natsu's lack of attention was getting on Ryou's nerves, Kyousuke just sweat dropped at the whole situation
"OH! Right! I was about to kick your sorry ass" Natsu said while bumping his fist against his palm, igniting them in the progress
"I'd like to see you…" Natsu's fist connected with his face before the guy could finish his sentence. The other two didn't even flinch while their partner was thrown against the trash cans
"You're gonna regret that, pinky!" Kyou moved his hand forward "Explosion!" A magic circle traveled to Natsu's chest and exploded, sending him flying back "You're lucky it's a minor thing, or you would be dead by now" The man was surprised, to say the least, when he saw the dragon slayer standing up
"Fire dragon's roar!"
"Explosion!" Kyou used his magic against the floor, creating a wall protecting him from Natsu's attack. He then run towards Natsu "detonating gunpowder!"
An explosion occurred, but that was nothing for Natsu when they turned to flames
"Thank you for the meal" He then grinned "Now I'm all fired up!"
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU?" his shock was an opportunity for Natsu
"Fire Dragon's Grip Strike!" he yelled, while Ryou was sent flying back
"You'll pay for that!" And so it became a battle full of kicks and punches, Natsu with his ignited hands and feet, while Ryou's created small explosions that didn't affect Natsu much
"UGH! I don't have time for this! Dragon Slayer's Secret Art! Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade!" Natsu swipes his arms in a circular fashion, creating a powerful, and highly destructive, torrent of flames that barrages Ryou. The attack creating a wall of smoke and when it cleared, Natsu saw that Ryou was knocked out, laying on the floor "Sorry, but I warned you that I'd pay you back and it seems like your friend's took off" Natsu started running, smelling around to see if he could find those guys' scent even if he didn't have much time to be familiarized with them.
"WHERE THE HELL DID THEY DISSAPEAR TO?! DAMN IT!" Natsu thought

Somewhere else on Hargeon

"Where the hell did he run off to?!" Erza was exasperated, AND PISSED OFF.
"I know it's important to find that idiot, but I don't think it was such a good idea to separate from Wendy and Lucy" Gray said, they were running around looking for their pinked hair nakama "Wendy should be able to find him in no time, right? She's also a dragon slayer"
"Yes, but according to her, her smelling is nowhere near as good as Natsu's or Gajeel's, so it would be the same"
"damn that fire breath! What the hell was he thinking?!"
"Can you blame him?" Erza asked, eyeing him
"What do you mean?" They turned left, now running on a street with no people in sight
"It's obvious he's really pissed about what happened to Lucy. Even if she is okay, he won't stop worrying"
"Do you really think that the confession wasn't because in the spur of the moment?" He lifted a brow
"Yes. I think that, before then, he couldn't understand his feelings and this whole situation made it clear to him that she needs her by his side"
"They liiiiiiike each other!" Happy said, after being unusually quiet "I wanted to go with Charle!"
"mm…" Gray didn't add anything else "And I thought he was plain dense. Maybe the conversations with Elfman affected him, who would have thought?" He smirked at the thought
"What's so funny?" Erza interrupted his thoughts
"Nothing, Nevermind" He didn't want to share his perverted conversations with Elfman and Natsu to the scary Titania, he knew better than that

They came to a stop when they noticed a hooded figure standing in the middle of the road. Both Erza and Gray were on alert
"Erza Scarlet, Gray Fullbuster, neko" He said in a deep voice, taking his hood off "I'm Kyousuke" Erza recognized the name and took a hold of her sword's hilt
"Oi! My name is Happy!"
"The controller of matter, right?" Gray said, not preparing for battle. He was actually relaxed with his hands in his pockets, but his shirt was long gone
"Correct"
"Where's Natsu?" Erza asked
"Dragneel you ask? He's being taken care of"
"By?" Gray said, not in the least concerned
"Now, now, don't be so feisty" he said with the emotionless face that he had throughout their whole conversation "If there's anyone you should be worrying about is yourself"
"Is that a challenge?" Gray took his hands out of his pockets, and prepared himself to cast a spell if needed
"You messed with Fairy Tail and that was the greatest mistake you could have made" Erza drew her sword and prepared herself for a fight

In some other street of Hargeon, Lucy and Wendy find themselves in a similar situation, a hooded figure stands before them

"Lucy Heartfilia, a Celestial Spirits Mage, Wendy Marvell, a Wind Dragon Slayer" He said with an intimidating, deep voice that seemed it could cut through walls "Pleased to meet your acquaintance"
"You are from that guild that destroy Fairy Tail" Lucy concluded, an unreadable expression on her face
"Correct"
"You are responsible for Lucy-san's wounds" Wendy said seriously, Charle flying on her shoulder
"Also correct" The man took off his hood "I'm Kazuma, master of Midnight Damnation"
Before them, stood a tall, well built, brown-haired man, with intense gray eyes that could penetrate your soul.
"That can't be! Their master is supposed to be dead! He went missing months ago!" Lucy said
"Well, then that means that your homework is wrong sweetie" He took a step forward while the Fairy Tail wizards stepped back, which made him smirk "You are standing before him after all, and let me tell you" He covered his eyes with his hair, making his now wicked grin stand out "He's your worst nightmare"

This is it for now! Please review! Don't be lazy ;)
Well, the fighting scene sucked! It's gonna take a while for me to learn how to make them awesome and interesting! A bit of patience please :)