"Has anyone seen Lucy?" Mirajane asked. She glanced around the room at the familiar faces of her friends.
"Now that I think about it, I haven't seen her since Juvia left." Levy replied, while tapping her finger against her chin.
"It's almost time for dinner, she'll probably be back any time now." Gray stated.
"Geez, aren't you the slightest bit worried about Lucy?" Erza scolded. As they spoke, Natsu walked into the room.
"I've searched the are but she is no where to be found." Natsu added. The girls couldn't deny the sinking feeling they were getting, and they were really starting to worried. "It seems that she must have left with him."
"What should we do?" Levy asked with eyes full of concern.
"That can't be true." Mirajane whispered. Her hand rose and covered her plump lips. All eyes turned to her, some curious as to what she meant.
"What do you mean by 'him'?" Gray asked. Before anyone could answer the phone began to ring. Natsu walked forward and picked it up from the receiver.
"Hello?"
"Hey there Natsu, haven't heard from you since the party." The deep voice on the other line said.
"Where is Lucy." Natsu's voice was calm yet demanding. Completely hiding the panic that was rising inside him.
"I called because there was something that I wanted to tell you. It seems Lucy wanted to talk to me herself. You needn't worry, just know that I have no intention of returning her. See you." The line cut, signally that the man had disconnected.
"Natsu?" Mirajane asked, she had a feeling that she knew what he was going to say.
"Lucy is at Laxus's."
"Are you serious?" Gray asked, finally understanding what everyone was saying.
"I'm sorry that we kept it from you, but Juvia lives with Laxus. His family takes care of her. Lucy probably went with them when Laxus came to pick Juvia up." Natsu explained.
"But why would she go with him?" Erza asked.
"Whatever the reason is, our main priority is getting her back. We can't leave her there." Mirajane added. Her initial shock was now gone and replaced with determination.
"Alright, this sounds like fun." Gajeel growled out.
"Let's do this." Gray added.
"No, it would easier with fewer numbers." Natsu said.
"I'll go." Mirajane's voice was firm, her fist were clenched at her sides.
"No Mirajane, you stay here." Natsu replied.
"But!" Mirajane tried to protest but the look on Natsu's face stopped her. "Fine."
"I'll go, it would be better for the guys to go." Gray added. Natsu nodded, accepting his offer.
"Let's go." Natsu said. They walked out of the villa and were on their way to get Lucy back. The ones left behind stood their watching their friends as they left.
"Natsu seems pretty calm even though Lucy was kidnapped." Levy said.
"It sure seems that way, but I wonder..." Erza said, mostly to herself. She turned and glanced at Mirajane, wondering what could have happened between those three. Her, Laxus and Natsu seem to have a history together.
"You sure are calm Natsu." Gray stated. He was surprised with how well his friend was taking this. "If that was me that answered the phone, I wouldn't have been able to control myself."
"Calm?" Natsu looked at the dark haired man with a raised brow. A smirked appeared on his lips and a fire lit up in his eyes. "Do I look calm to you?" An evil fiery aura was surrounding the pink haired man as he glared at his friend. His calm exterior was quickly replaced with this fired up version. "I'm all fired up!"
Gray felt a chill run over him as he watched the pinkette wear a sadistic look. His eyes screamed revenge as he trotted forward.
"I know what your doing, what your after." Juvia exclaimed at the form of Laxus in front of her. He gripped something in his hand, squeazing it tightly. He turned around swiftly and glared at the blue haired mage.
"Shut up!" She flinched at his sudden shout, surprising her. "Just do as I say." He stomped passed her, his heavy footsteps sounding behind her and down the hall.
"I've seen these before. It was something that Mirajane had made for us. They are really good." I said, smiling at the blond across from me. His ears seemed to perk up at the mention of Mirajane's name.
"So what did you want to talk about?" Laxus asked, leaning forward to listen better.
"Well about that, I will ask directly then." I paused as Laxus gave me a nod to continue. He had an idea of what I would want to talk to him about. "Did Natsu and Mirajane get into a fight with you?" Laxus's eyes widened, as he stared at me. "I don't know what the fight was about but you should really make up soon. Don't you think this has lasted long enough?"
"Are you a meddling old hag?" He sounded annoyed, it seemed like I brought up a subject that he would rather not talk about. "It has nothing to do with you. Besides why do you think we were fighting in the first place? Has Mirajane been acting strange?"
"I'm sorry, I stepped over the line. I shouldn't have asked. It's none of my business after all."
"Is that all you wanted to ask?" He cocked a brow at me, an amused look in his deep teal eyes.
"Huh? Yeah."
"Fine, then it's my turn now." A twisted smile appeared on his lips, and I shuddered at the sight. He was quite scary when he was like this. "There is something that I have wanted to do for a while now. I was hoping you would be my bait."
"Bait for what?"
A few minutes later...
"Hey! What the hell Laxus! What are you trying to do?" I gripped the bars to this prison that he looked me in. I felt like some criminal locked away in jail. The place was dark and damp with a musky, moldy smell to it. Why did they even have something like this in a villa?
"I told you that I wanted you to be my bait."
"If you don't let me out then I will tear this cell apart." He leaned closer, his face inches from mine. His lips still held the demonic like smirk he was wearing earlier.
"I understand you less and less and more time passes." He pulled away, his eyes searching for something within me.
"Understand what?!"
"I can't understand why Juvia is emotionally attached to you and why Mirajane even hangs out with you. No matter how strong you are, your still an idiot." A vein began to pulse on my forehead as my temper started to rise.
"How dare you call me an idiot!" I immediately started to thrash out at the bars, trying my best to break free.
"But it's worth a try." I wasn't able to hear his words over my thrashing. I stopped when I realized that he was staring. He smiled once more, the same twisted smile as earlier. "I know. How about as a reward for being my bait, I'll tell you a way to please Natsu."
A/N: So sorry about the really late update. I guess I have been neglecting this story and focusing on my others a bit too much. Thanks so much Mimi-chan for reminding me to work on this. Very much appreciated! I will try my best not to make you guys wait too long for the next chapter. Thankfully, I was finally able to put in my order to Dell for my new laptop and it should be arriving on the 8th. I can NOT wait. I have been using a family members laptop and I HATE it. It's sooooo slow, and I hate the keys and just everything is so stupid about it. This new one is going to be great! It has double everything that my old one had. Bigger screen, from 15' to 17' and instead of only 500gb hard drive it will have 1tb. 8gb of ram instead of 4, and intel core I5 processor. I really look forward to when it arrives and once that happens, I should be able to update more often that way I wont have to worry about someone else needing it.