Continued…

Seems Lisanna is joining Team Natsu to go on a mission. Let's see if everything will be alright…hehe

I didn't own Fairy Tail.

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Lucy walked slowly at the back of her team. They were going on a mission as they used to, but with one additional member. Lisanna. It wasn't that she didn't like her. But what Cana told her the other day bothered her much. She wondered if Lisanna really thinks that Natsu and she were dating. Well, they were always together apart from missions. But that was all. Nothing more. Furthermore, Natsu was too dense to understand the meaning of relationship. Or Natsu was no longer a matter. After what she seen on Hanami night.

She glanced to Lisanna, who walked calmly following the team, a little bit front of her. Gray walked with Erza on the front and behind them were Natsu and Happy. She looked calm and relaxes, after her obvious shock back at the guild after Mirajane ordered her to follow Team Natsu.

While Lucy sank with her thoughts, they finally arrived to a village where their mission taken place. The place quite. The day almost came to its end as the sun coming down. The village doesn't look deserted but quite. In term of no people walking around checking on their kids or even their livestock.

"Don't you think it's pretty weird?" Lisanna suddenly spoken. Lucy glanced to the white-haired girl. Erza just nodded without saying anything.

Sounds came from nearby bushes startled them.

"Who's there?" Erza asked.

Lucy read the mission paper. It was written that they need to get rid of unusual creatures that stole the villager's food. Erza summoned one of her sword out. When she almost raised her sword to cut down the bushes, two figures came out of it, carrying another person that seemed fainted. Team Natsu shocked seeing that people.

"Ah, dragon slayers!" Natsu shouted pointed to them.

"Natsu is a dragon slayer too," Happy added.

The fire dragon slayer then realized his mistake.

"I didn't kill Igneel!" He stressed on the word 'kill'.

"Are you here for the mission?" Erza asked.

"Hm." Sting nodded. "We were asked to wait for you."

"Ha, obviously they didn't confident with the two of you!" Natsu interrupted.

"Can you just shut up?" Gray said, earned glare from the pink-haired mage.

"Why? I didn't talk to you," Natsu replied.

"Because the world in a great peace when you shut up, fire-breather!"

"I don't give a damn, ice-pervert!"

They almost started a fight but Erza came and knocked both to the ground. The Sabertooth mages shocked with Erza. Lucy too, even though she used to it.

"Bring us to the person that posted the mission!" Ezra ordered.

Sting Eucliffe and Rouge Cheney from Sabertooth lead them to the person. Titania Erza pulled Natsu and Gray while following the Twin Dragon Slayer. Lucy still shocked seeing them there.

"Lisanna!" She whispered but the Take-Over mage wasn't there. She looked around but the white-haired was nowhere. Then she ran after her friends.

"AAAAAH!"

All of them stopped and searched where the scream came. A boy ran toward them from behind a small house. He looked frightened. His face pale. He wanted to tell them something but he couldn't. He kept pointing to where he came. The mages ran to the place.

Lisanna stood - giving her back to them – staring into a dark forest. She took a step forward but someone halted her.

"Where are you going?" She turned. He held her arm and stared into her eyes.

What is he doing here?

"Lisanna!" She turned to Erza. "Let's head back. We need the details first." She slowly nodded.

They walked back to their prior destination with Rouge leading the way. Lisanna paced behind them with Sting. She kept looking behind her sometimes. The white dragon slayer curious why she kept looking back. Suddenly she grabbed his arm. Their steps died instantly. Her eyes wandered.

"Did you hear that?" she asked. No reply from him.

"No. Nothing. Why? You heard something?" he asked back. His eyes wandered too, searching for unknown.

"Me too," she said.

"What – "

"No. It's weird because it's too quite."

Now that he realized. This is a village. Even at night, there would be sounds of livestock or insects. But there was nothing. It was too quite.

"What did you see just now?" he asked, half-whispered.

"Did the paper mention what kind of things we need to eliminate?" she asked back.

Their heartbeat rose for no reason. Her grip on his arm tighter.

"No. Just said as unknown creatures," he answered.

Their ears tried to search for any common sound, yet they found nothing.

"That's it," she whispered. He glanced at her for a second. "I saw something but I don't know what it is. It's black – like shadow or smoke."

"Black smoke?"

She shook her head slowly.

"It's black but it moved like smoke. Probably stack of black sand." Their eyes searched for any movement. "And it broke down a cow," she added.

"What the hell we're facing?" he whispered, asked no one.

Suddenly she hugged him, almost made him jumped out of his shoes.

"There's something, six o'clock to you." He moved his head slowly and carefully. "Don't move," she whispered. "You have sensitive eyes, don't you? Try look at your way. I think they surround us," she said. "That 'stack of sand'."

They could see dim light of nearby houses before, but now everything turned pitch black. She was right – the 'stack of sand' had surrounded them.

He slowly hugged her back.

"I guess you don't hear it, but you're right. Now their sounds are all over the place."

She looked around them. They couldn't see clearly the creatures; only black. The creatures might be moving closer to them now.

"They will break us down like they did to the cow." She sighed heavily. "I'm going to die once again."

"Don't give up so easily."

She lifted her head, stared to his face. She saw his serious face that he will bring them out alive. Her lips slowly curved.

"Cover your ears," he whispered, and gently pushed her behind him.

She not really understood why he said that, but still she covered her ears. When he shouted 'White dragon roar!', she covered her ears very closely with her palms and her eyes closed tightly.

He almost breathless after the roar. But a small path opened. He quickly pulled her to their only way out. She shrieked when he pulled without noticed.

"Lisanna!"

Her friends came back. The sand's stack quickly disappeared into thin air.

"What's going on?" Erza asked.

Suddenly Natsu jumped forward and attacked the Sabertooth mage.

"What did you do to her?!" he shouted, fisted the man to the ground.

He then jumped onto the blonde, but Erza interrupted, knocked him fainted again. Lisanna sighed a relief. She was too shock with the sand's stack and Natsu sudden attack which she didn't know what to do.

"I guess we found the unknown creatures," Lisanna said.

All of them confused. Lucy quickly checked the mission paper again. The unknown creatures. They might have some leads now. Erza orders them to go back to their client. She could sense something not right happening. Lisanna helped Sting got back on his feet. He pushed her away and stood up. He brushed his jaw. It might be swollen.

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Actually I have no idea what kind of creature it is. Insects sounds good..hihi