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"What is the meaning of this?!"
Almost immediately after shouting it out, Erza reqipped into her armour, ready to fight.
However, he remained unfazed, unmoving. Instead, a cold, sinister smile grew on his face, the mere sight of which sent shivers down Lucy's spine.
Instinctively, her hand clutched her keys, feeling a sense of security with them by her side.
But she knew that she'd be lying if she said that it was the only thing.
It was Natsu's arm stretched protectively in front of her.
Everyone had an air of caution around, and for a moment everything was silent and still, as if it wasn't even real.
And then an explosion happened.
Lucy grunted as she hit the wall behind her, the air knocked out of her due to the impact. The others were thrown back from the impact as well, momentarily losing focus.
"Fairy Tail." the mayor's cold voice echoed through his silhouette that could be seen approaching them from the clouds of dust. "Do you even know where you are right now?"
"Does it even matter?!" Natsu retorted, getting up and lighting his fist on fire. "All I know is that I've got to beat the living crap outta you! It doesn't matter where!"
He charged forward, ready to strike. However, despite the direct attack approaching his way, the mayor didn't move.
"Actually, you do." he said coldly. "You might as well be killing each and every citizen of this town if you don't listen."
Natsu's eyes widened, and he stopped just before his fist could collide with his face. Wilfred took advantage of this opportunity, and with a strong punch, sent the Dragon Slayer back.
"Natsu!" Lucy and Happy called out worriedly, but stopped when they saw him shake his head in a no. Happy retreated without a word, but Lucy did so with acquiesce, her eyes still scanning him all over for plausible injuries.
'What?!' she suddenly realised. 'I know he's strong. He's been through worse. So why am I so worried?'
"Better." Wilfred's voice snapped her attention back to him, his slight smirk seeming ominous. "Now listen."
"Welcome to the Crimson Luna guild."
"Crimson Luna?!" Carla exclaimed. "Isn't that the dark guild that-"
"Supplies dark artefacts to the other dark guilds? Yes, we are." Wilfred chuckled darkly. "And this building you're seeing? What do you think is beyond the doors here?"
"Knowing you and your psycho buddies, probably something twisted." Gray spat.
His dark gaze shifted to the ice mage and he gave him a twisted smile. "Looks like we have two sharp ones here. Well what do you suppose it could be?"
Nobody spoke, everyone in a fix. They had their ideas but nobody wanted to speak up. Because to give their thoughts words would mean..would mean that it could actually be true.
"Tsk tsk.." Wilfred sighed, disappointed. "And to think there were two sharp ones." His expression darkened and a sinister smile crept up his face. "How about I give you a hint? Hm?"
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Fanfiction"So.." he began, shifting to look at her now instead. "Why'd you leave?" There it was, the question she had dreaded from the start. Lucy closed her eyes, taking in a deep breath. Her hand shifted just a little, pulling away from his warm one. 'Becau...
