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Natsu: Didn't you wanted to ask their opinion on something?

Oh yea thanks for reminding me….so to the readers that have read my other fairy tail stories ..you must know my oc character Alex? Well I was wondering what you guys think if I put her in this story I already put her in broken then fixed and don't say goodbye…I enjoy her character and I know a lot of you do to please let me know if I should put her in this story to or is her being in two stories enough?

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Wow Natsu you're a great co-host *surprised*

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Sorry chapter is short i wanted to end in cliffhanger :D don't worry next will be longer :D luv you guys

Chapter 5: Iron's concern and Fire's determination

Natsu sat at the bar in silence. Lucy left for 4 months. She didn't even tell him. Let alone go to him to talk like she always does when they had a fight. There is something going on! Something she is hiding! Something that is important. Natsu bit his lip in concentration as he stared off into space still thinking hard about Lucy. First, he comes back and she has a son the same age as the years he has been gone. Second, he smelled the lying as she talked to him about the kid. Third, She leaves without saying anything to him and everyone in the guild acts like it is a regular thing. Lastly, Taiyo ..that boy he is special. Natsu can feel it. Natsu groaned his head in frustration as he shut his eyes tight. He is worried about her. How can she leave for 4 months just like that! What the fuck is going on?

" Natsu! Stop thinking! I see smoke coming out of your head!" Gray joked as he sat next to the dragonslayer now scowling at him. Gray put his hands up in surrender as he smiled at the pink haired man. "What bit you in the ass?"

"Not in the mood, Gray!" Natsu sighed as he rolled his eyes at the ice mage. Noticing the serious mood Gray sighed already guessing what's wrong with the dragonslayer.

"Is it because Lucy left? Don't worry about that. She always does this almost every year since she adopted Taiyo. She leaves for a couple of months to take him on vacations so he doesn't stay at the guild and at home all the time. It is good for his health to." Natsu snapped his head to Gray with wide eyes.

"What did you say?"

"It is good for his health?" Gray repeated his last words in confusion.

"What's wrong with his health?"

"We don't know for sure, but sometimes he gets really bad and Lucy rushing him home really fast before we even get a look at him. Sometimes it is as if she senses when he going to be sick and all the time that happens the next day she tells Mira that she needs to leave for his health. They leave for months at a time and when they come back the boy seems strong and healthy while Lucy is worn out and depressed for a couple days." Gray continued to explain to Natsu. Natsu took the words in as he stared at Gray with confusion.

"You guys never ask her anything when she comes back?" Natsu asked confused. It seemed like it wasn't a big deal, but shouldn't it be. Everyone in the guild is like family why don't they care about this.

"When we did try she would brush us off or snap at us. So we just give up and wait till she feels better!" Gray shrugged. "She usually goes back to normal after like two days."

'Something is not right.' Natsu thought as he furrowed his eyebrows in concentration. He took in everything that Gray said. It doesn't make since. It all just seems like an excuse to him. Natsu knows Gray is telling the truth, but he has a feeling Lucy isn't at all.

"Gray! Juvia is back from her mission!"Gajeel said nonchalantly as he stood behind Gray and Natsu with his arms crossed. Gray's face immediately lit up as he turned around towards the door to see his wife looking for him with frantic eyes. Gray got up and walked towards her once Juvia noticed him her scream echoed the guild.

"GRAY!" Natsu watched with envy as he witnessed the ice and water mage hug in a loving embrace. Natsu sighed wishing he had that with Lucy, but she isn't here. They had a fight yesterday where she confessed to him, but he stood frozen like a dumbass. To top it off that damn kid always interrupted when he is about to confess.

"Natsu!" Gajeel said distracting the fire dragonslayer from his thoughts. Natsu looked up at Gajeel only to see him motion him to follow. Natsu nodded and followed behind him in silence outside the guild. Once they were a safe distance away from the guild Gajeel turned to Natsu. "I heard your conversation with Gray. There is something you should know regarding bunnygirl and the boy. I am guessing you started feeling the lies and something special in the boy."

"Yeah. I don't know how to explain it though, but there is something about the boy. What's weirder is that the guild seems different to when it comes to them." Natsu wondered out loud. Gajeel nodded in agreement.

"Wendy and I noticed it also. We never brought it up until we know for sure what is going on. Something happened 7 years ago a few months after you left. Something that changed Lucy and the guild." Gajeel sighed in exhaustion as he ran a hand through his hair. "At first I thought I was thinking too much of it, but I found out Wendy felt the same way. See 7 years ago a few months after you left Lucy took a mission and disappeared for two years."

"What? What for? Did anyone look for her? Why didn't anyone tell me?" Natsu said as his eyes widen in panic. Disappeared for two years. A few months after he left. 7 years ago. Taiyo is 7! Natsu's brain continued to panic as it made images in his mind of dangerous situations. And the boy. Could he be her real son? Or is he really adopted?

"At that time the guild panicked and looked for her for those two years. We tried everything, but it was she dropped the face of the earth. Then when she came back after the two years Wendy and I felt an overwhelming power coming from her for like a split second then it disappeared as did the guilds memory of her disappearing. The guild acted like she never disappeared at all. Like she was there the whole time. She acted normal for couple months, but it was fake. I kept noticing her mind was somewhere else as if she was keeping herself at the guild for a reason. Then after the couple of months she went on a mission at some town in an isolated area in Fiore that was surrounded by a forest. When she came back Taiyo was with her she claimed that she adopted him because he was an orphan. Wendy and I immediately smelled the bullshit coming from her mouth as she continued to talk. I still remember the day I confronted her about it." Gajeel spoke with a sigh as he remembered the memory well. To well.

Flashback… :D

"Gajeel! What is it?" Lucy stood in front of the iron dragonslayer glaring as she crossed her arms. They stood in front of the guild's entrance by themselves. Lucy stood impatiently waiting for him to talk as he studied her with his eyes. "Will you hurry this up! I left Taiyo with Mira!" Yup Gajeel called her out, but only because he is sick and tired of smelling the lies off of her. He wanted answers and he wanted it now. Not that he cared for the blonde woman…well just a little only because she is nakuma. Oh god did this guild get to him.

"What is really the story of the boy?" Gajeel finally asked as he stared at her shocked face. As soon as her shocked expression came out she immediately hid it under a composed smile.

"You didn't hear? And I thought you were a dragonslayer!" She laughed weakly. Gajeel heard her heart beating faster in panic.

"Why are you panicking? I can hear your heart and smell your bullshit lies so save yourself the breath and tell me the truth."

"I was telling the truth!" Lucy eyes narrowed angrily at him.

"Don't bullshit me, bunnygirl! I know your lying! You can fool everyone in the guild, but you can't fool me!" Gajeel growled as he started to get frustrated with the stubborn blonde.

"Why do you care?"

"We are nakuma and whether I like it or not it bothers me that you are lying to your own family!" Gajeel eyes widened in shock as a tear slipped down the blonde's cheek. She immediately looked down letting her bangs cover her face.

"I know that. I hate it. But I have no choice!" She whispered as she continued to look down.

"No choice? What do you mean no choice?" Gajeel asked but Lucy only shook her head no. Lucy just stood there silent not answering him. "Lucy?" Gajeel grew impatient and walked up to her grabbing her shoulders forcing her to look at him. "Lu" He couldn't finish for he froze in complete shock as she revealed her face to him. She looked tortured as sadness filled her honey brown eyes.

"I have to protect him!" Was all she whispered out. Her voice sounded as if in pain. Gajeel took a better look at her still in shock she looked like shit. Her sleeves of her shirt came down revealing deep scratches and gashes that were hidden behind her shirt. Noticing this she lift back up her shirt hiding it and walked away quietly leaving Gajeel stand there totally speechless.

"She is torturing herself? Why?" Was the last words he whispered out as he just stood there like a dumbass staring off into space in his own thoughts.

End of flashback…

Gajeel stood there in silence as he finished telling Natsu. Natsu looked at him expressionless taking it in. Lucy was torturing herself? She has to protect the boy? Where did she disappear to? What the hell is going on?

"After that I told Wendy about it. Only Wendy and I know. I haven't told the master not even Levi because I felt as if I shouldn't. Her face from that day tortured me. It kept appearing in my head over and over. She looked as if someone took her heart and broke it into a million pieces in front of her and those scratches Oh god I never wanted to remember that. Those months she went with Taiyo and came back started to get longer. First it was only just like 2 weeks then gradually increased bigger. Like Gray said when she came back she looked depressed and sad while that little brat looked refreshed but he was so concerned for Lucy. He gave off an aura in the guild as if to get everyone away from Lucy and the idiots listened to the aura and stayed away. Then when she gets better she has on a fake smile as she picks a fight with me all the time. She found out how to push my buttons into fighting with her. I never confronted her again since that day. I didn't want to see that face again." Gajeel sighed as he shook his head as in trying to get the image out of his head. Natsu just stood quiet as he stared at Gajeel. Natsu could tell the iron dragonslayer cares for Lucy like a sister and having saw her like that tortured him.

"Where was the isolated town at?" Natsu asked in monotone as he looked straight at Gajeel.

"Wendy said the town is called Ember."

"Thanks and tell Wendy when she gets back from the mission thanks." Natsu said as he went to walk away.

"You're going to find out what's going on aren't you?" Natsu simply nodded at the iron dragonslayer. "Natsu? Be careful! I don't know, but I sense whatever secret that Lucy is holding is dangerous. Protect her and yourself. Don't let her suffer anymore!"

"Don't worry I'll find out the truth and if she is in danger I will protect her even if the danger is Taiyo! I will protect her! Make sure Happy stays here! I will be back!" Natsu said as he walked away with a determined spirit. He will find out what's going on. But what if the secret is a dangerous as Gajeel thinks. Will he be able to handle it? Let alone save her from her own torture?

"I hope they will be fine? Damn it! I need to get drunk! When that firebrain and bunnygirl come back I swear I will beat their asses for making me worry so much! " Gajeel growled in frustration as he walked towards the guild to go inside. Gajeel stopped just before he opened the door and looked towards the direction Natsu walked off in. "Why do I have a bad feeling about this? Ugh Fucking Natsu and Fucking Bunnygirl are going to make dead before Levi gives birth! I am over this!" Gajeel continued to grumble angrily as he opened the guild doors hoping to get drunk off his ass.