"Natzu!" Happy called from behind the angry Dragon Slayer. 

 Natsu said nothing in return to his best friend. He just kept striding down the long crowded streets of Crocus. He pushed through people as the hoards of people seemed to get denser the closer he got the the center of the city.

"Natzu, how are you planning on finding her?" Happy questioned, picking up his pace so that he could catch up to him.

 "It may be a big city but I know she is here. Besides, once I get close I'll be able to smell her, she quite a unique sent." He grumbled, his narrow eyes plastered ahead of him. 

Happy stayed quiet after that. Natsu's mood didn't seem to lift, making him difficult to actually talk to. So instead He trailed along behind him and turned his head from side to side, scanning the streets of the city. 

At one point he long Natsu in the crowd by after a moment his scarf became visible and the two were united again.

Natsu still marched forward, going where ever the road would take him. He looked away for half a second and ran straight into a what seemed like a warm wall. 

He looked up to see a man in a trench coat glaring down at him as if was a criminal. His eyes were harsh and his scowl had yet to let up.

"Oi, uh. Sorry." Natsu muttered barely loud enough for the man to hear.

"Watch where your going you little bastard. I will not miss getting my hands on a lovely blonde, because some prick got in my way!" He shouted, his voice just as cold as his bone chilling stare, if not worse. 

 Natsu stared at the man in question as he walked off and pushed open the door to a large dome like building.  He rubbed the back of his head and raised his eyebrow.

"What was that hall about?" He asked himself as Happy reached him.

"What did he say, Natzu?" Happy questioned.

"He told me that I wasn't getting in his way to get a lovely blonde." He shook his head, not knowing in the slightest what he meant by that.

"A lovely blonde?" Happy's high pitched voice wondered out loud. 

"That's what he said." Natsu replied blankly.

"Natzu...Lucy is a blonde!" Happy spoke, not knowing if that was truly significant or not.

"Yeah, Happy. Trust me, I know her hair color. I see it all the time." Natsu waved away Happy's words.

"I think we should go take a look." Happy suggested, hoping that Natsu would just listen to him for half a second. 

"Oh? Okay." Natsu nodded after a moment and headed straight to the door.

But before he could reach for the handle a giant man stepped in front of him. 

"Members only, kid." His deep raspy voice spoke through his frown. 

Natsu nodded and walked away. "Okay, so the front door isn't going to work. "

"I saw that the building has a sun roof, maybe we can see down on to what ever is going on in there." Happy pointed up on top of the dome shaped roof.

Happy grabbed onto Natsu's vest and lifted him off the air, fluttering higher and higher until they reached the top.

Happy placed Natsu down near the large circle window that was placed on the roof so that during the day time, the stage below would have natural light. 

Natsu knelt down near it. The stage curtains were closed still as hundreds of people filed into the large room and took their seats near the stage. 

"What is going on in here?" He questioned. 

Suddenly the crowd settled down and a man appeared on the stage. He was well dressed and his hair was slicked back. Natsu's amazing ears allowed him to here what was going on. 

"Welcome to this months Female Auction!" He grinned brightly as several of the men began to yell in excitement.

"What?" Natsu's eyes narrowed down at the spokesman. 

"First up we have Nadia Dani, a girl from a forgien land. Her flawless dark skin and mysterious black eyes makes her one of the most beautiful women of her land." The man's grin grew as the curtains open and revealed a girl sitting in a chair, her feet shackled to the ground.

"What the hell is this?!" Natsu growled. But unlike what his instinct was telling him to do he simple sat there. Observing what was happening.

"We will start the bid at 700,000 Jewels." The man below spoke.

Nearly half the men raised their hands, then he made the price higher. This when on for quite some time before eventually only one man's hand was still in the air.

"Sold to Mr. 1267 for 80,000,000 jewels!" The curtains closed again and the audience sat and watched. 

The man began to tell jokes as the crowd waited for the curtain to open once more. Then after two more minutes The curtain was pulled open.

"Azalea Baleworn. A lovely brunette from Waas Forest. Her healing magic makes her a perfect fit for having as a beautiful doctor." 

Natsu was sickened with how much this girl went for. She looked so scared, as she stared out into the crowd of men that was watching her intently Natsu saw tears fell from his light blue eyes. Her hands were bound behind her meaning there was no use in struggling.

He didn't understand what was really going on. He knew they were being sold but he wasn't sure why. Sadly all he cared about at that moment was finding Lucy.

That meant that if he had to sit through the whole thing to see if she was there, he would. 

"The next girl is one of the youngest I've ever seen. Her fairly pale skin clashes with her purely golden hair. Her large brown eyes make your knees week. A girl from a town somewhere here in Fiore, I give you, Lucy Rineheart!" The man cheered loudly as the curtains were pulled back and a girl hanging from a rope became visible. 

Her blonde hair was a mess and she was hardly wearing any clothes, much less than the other girls.

A white button up shirt was the only thing that stood between her and all those perverted men and it lay on her chest completely unbuttoned, showing nearly all of her torso. 

Natsu grew angery as he stared down at her. "Lucy.."