Hey guys.....I know I owe a lot of you an apology and so much more for not updating a lot earlier....well, I don't know how wide the rumours have spread but I guess you must have heard my circumstances right now right??? Please understand....you don't know how much I wanted to update so badly just to satisfy your requests but the risks are high for me so please be patient with me.....I promise that when this is all over I will definitely update just like I do on my previous stories......here's the new chapter....I hope you enjoy reading this....as usual please leave your comments and please vote...I dedicate this to RuralMaiden...thanks for everything my dear!

♥LucyAshleyHeartfilia♥

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“Ummmfff”, a hand clamped Wendy’s mouth from voicing out a shout.

“WENDY!”, Charle exclaimed. “WHO ARE YOU?! LET HER GO!”, Charle started attacking the hand on Wendy’s hand.

“RAAAHHH!”, someone’s voice echoed from within the cave. A violet coloured flame was ignited and collided behind whoever is holding Wendy.

“Ahuh, ahuh”, Wendy coughed when she regained her proper breathing. “Romeo-kun”, Wendy looked behind her.

“Romeo?”, Charle looked at him with awe.

There stood Romeo behind the fallen form of the man who shut Wendy, panting from exhaustion and a worried face was built in his features.

“You’re wounded!”, Wendy worriedly exclaimed as Romeo slumped to the ground. She applied her healing abilities on him right away.

“What happened to you?”, Charle asked.

“Well......”, Romeo began.

Flashback

“Follow him!”, the group shouted out as they ran after Romeo.

“You guys suck! You’re too slow!”, Romeo mocked.

“Why you little!”, the group were angry behind him. “We’re gonna kill you!”

“Che”, Romeo dashed faster. He hid behind the trees and set up traps before he makes his own version of “ATTACKING PLAN”.

“Where did that kid go?”, one of them asked.

“Look! There he is!”, the other pointed to Romeo. “Kill him!”

“This is bad, there’s more of them. Just how many are there?”, Romeo ran faster. “Wait a minute…these guys…..have same marks showing off their bodies……”

They launched their attacks at him. Romeo, having great enthusiasm and agility, was able to dodge their attacks. The traps he set up earlier was triggered; some who stepped on it were hung on trees while some where chased by bees or other kinds of animals on the field. It was going well until they made an all-out attack on him. Even if he’s good at dodging, he was hit by the last attack from one of the groups. He was hit on his stomach which caused great pain to him. Just a step more and the group will meet their fall.

“End of the line kid!”, one of them said with an evil smile on his face. “You will AHHHHHHHHH!”, the group fell on the large pitfall he set up. Good thing it was big enough to take all of them down.

“I don’t think so”, Romeo winked teasingly despite of the pain.

“You’ll regret this you little punk!”, the man angrily shouted.

“Hey, tell me something! Who are you guys and why are you looking for Wendy?”, Romeo asked.

“Why will we tell you huh!”, the other mocked.

“You better tell me now or else”, Romeo was annoyed.

“Make us!”, the others shouted.

“You asked for it”, Romeo readied his stinky fire, made it into a ball, and dropped it to them one by one.

“IT STINKS!”

“WHAT THE HECK IS THAT!?”

“MAKE IT STOP!”

“WAHHHH!!!”

“STOP IT!!!!”

“You want some more?”, Romeo asked tiredly, holding another helping of his stinky fire.

“NO! NO! WE’LL TALK! Stop it!”, they all shouted out.

“Now, tell me, why are you looking for Wendy?”, Romeo asked with seriousness.

“Wendy? Who is she?”, they asked.

“Just talk!”, Romeo was getting angry now.

“Alright!”, they were practically freaking out from under the pit.

“We’re members of a Dark Guild, Silent Reaper. We have a mission to fulfil in this town. We don’t know her name, our Master just wants us to look for a girl with blue hair from Fairy Tail. He said she’s with a white cat and possesses the powers of a Sky Dragon Slayer”, one of them explained.

“What do you want with her?”, Romeo asked again.

“Like hell I know?”

“Why you…”,. Romeo let his stink fore drop.

“WAHHHH!”

“Tell me now or I will keep them coming!”, Romeo angrily said.

“STOP!!!”

“That girl has the power to open the treasure!”

Romeo stopped his attack.

“Treasure?”, he asked.

“A MIST! Yeah, we’re here to get a powerful mist!”

“Mist? The treasure is a mist? What do you need it for?”, Romeo asked.

“Silent Reaper is a guild who creates arsons to different parts of Earthland. We’ll use it to eradicate the world! Our Master, needs her. She said she needs her to open a barrier or something! Our guild took over the town to capture her and get the mist! That’s all we know I swear!”

“Silent Reaper? A DARK GUILD?! You took over the town?”, Romeo exclaimed in horror then ran towards the cave where Wendy and Charle could possibly be hiding.

Romeo activated the lacrima he took from Wendy earlier and looked over to their map once more.

“What the…where are they?”, Romeo was confused. There should only be two dots but all of it has three. Those other three red dots where near them as well. “They’re too many!”, he scanned the nearest area from where he stood.

“If I came from this place, Wendy and Charle should be around this area if they went North. There’s a lot of caves up ahead. Where could they be?”, Romeo was getting edgy by the minute. Just then, he saw two red dots going inside one of the caves with one other red dot going out from the other way. He was quite near the cave he saw. “If those are Wendy and Charle, who is the other one?!”, with not another minute to waste, he ran over to the place. “Wendy’s in danger!”

He saw another entrance to the cave and he can also hear some footsteps inside.

“Ummmfff”, he heard Wendy’s muffled scream. He knows it too well. Wendy was captured without a doubt. He can almost see them. He was so close.

“WENDY!”, Charle exclaimed. “WHO ARE YOU?! LET HER GO!”, he saw Charle started attacking man.

“RAHHHHHH!”, Romeo landed his fiery fist on the man who was on Wendy.

End of Flashback

“Looks like you’ve been in quite a lot of trouble”, Charle said.

“Yeah, well, this is a mission after all. Accidents are inevitable. I’m just glad both of you are alright”, Romeo smiled at them.

“But still, you don’t have to be hurt like this”, Wendy said.

“Don’t worry about me…..we have to get away from here”, Romeo said.

“Why?”, Wendy asked. “You’re still not….”

Romeo activated the lacrima again to explain their situation. Wendy was shocked from what she saw.

“Those are…”, Charle gasped.

“We’re being surrounded every minute that passes”, Romeo said.

“EH? What…..”

“I’ll explain later, right now we have to get out of here”, Romeo took Wendy’s hand and ran back from where he entered. “We have to look for Natsu-nii and Lucy-nee. We have to go back now”

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Meanwhile with Natsu…..

“Tell us, where are our friends?”, Natsu confronted the group they just beaten.

“We haven’t seen them yet”, one of them said.

“The mist, where is it?”, Lucy asked.

“Why would I tell you?”, the man gritted his teeth.

“Oh?”, Lucy let off an evil aura. She was getting angry now. She readied her whip as she stands in front of them, looking like a temptress and a demon with a whip.

“EEEKKKK!!!”, the men shrieked with terror. The lashing sounds began and groans were heard. “STOP! STOP IT! STOOOOOPPPP!!!!!”

“S-scary Lucy”, Natsu shivered.

“A-aye!”, Happy gulped.

“Natsu….”, Lucy mumbled when she stopped her torture.

“Yes Ma’am?”, Natsu saluted before her.

“We’re going east”, Lucy showed him a piece of paper. Probably from the group who are now beaten to a pulp.

“Aye!”, both Natsu and Happy followed suit.

“Natsu…..Lucy…”, they heard a telepathy coming in.

“Eh? This voice…”, Happy initiated.

“Warren?”, Lucy and Natsu said in unison.

“Thank goodness I got through”, Warren sighed in relief.

“What the, how were you able to get in touch with us?”, Lucy asked.

“Master is concentrating his magic to help us. I can’t get in touch with Romeo or Wendy, are you guys alright?”, Warren asked.

“Yeah well, Wendy and Romeo aren’t here”, Natsu said.

“What?”, they heard Macao’s voice.

“We got separated. A lot of things happened. Wait, is Levy there?”, Lucy asked.

“Yeah, wait up”, Warren said.

“Lu-chan?”, Levy’s voice took over.

“Levy-chan! Thank goodness you’re there”, Lucy was happy to hear her voice. “I want you to look into something for me”

“What is it?”

“Can you ask the Master and look something about a dark guild called Silent Reaper?”, Lucy said.

“So you came across them already?”, Mirajane’s voice was heard.

“Mira?”, Lucy was surprised. “You know about them?”

“Just a dark guild. We don’t know about the name before you told us, a notice just came two hours ago from Laxus and the Master. It might help the Council now that you extracted the name for us. Looks like the mission you guys took was cancelled out by the Council because of a problem”

“Let me guess. They’re looking for the same thing we do but using it for a different reason”, Lucy said.

“That’s right. How were you able to grasp that information?”, Mirajane asked.

“We had our ways”, Lucy shrugged. Natsu looked back at the groups they just beaten up and shivered again at the thought.

“Well, do you know where the kids may be?”, Mirajane asked.

“Not yet but we’ll definitely find them I promise”, Natsu said.

“Good. Once you find them, you have to go back. Abort the mission. The Council are investigating the area so you have to get back here before they make a decision”, Mirajane said.

“Alright”

“Lu-chan, we’ll try to call you again once we have information about the guild you are asking”, Levy said.

“Thanks a lot Levy-chan. I’m counting on you”, Lucy said.

“Please be careful guys”, they heard Erza, Gray and the others wishing them well. The telepathy was cut after the last statement was said.

“You’re finished…”, someone chuckled tiredly behind them. Natsu and Lucy scanned and saw one of the men from the pile of beaten bodies was still conscious. “Once the master hears about this……you will all….surely……get killed….once we found……that sky maiden…..ugh”, he stopped before succumbing to sleep.

“SKY MAIDEN?”, Natsu gasped.

“WENDY?”, Lucy was shocked.