Vampire Tail

Another Murder

The Next Morning...

Juvia made sure she had everything in the basket. She wanted everything to be perfect. She gasped and rushed into the living room where a wall mirror was. She had to make sure her hair was perfect. "Where are you going looking so pretty?" Mavis asked coming down the stairs. Juvia quickly looked away with blushing cheeks. "Juvia... is going to see the detective" Juvia stuttered. "Ah how are you going to do that?" Mavis asked "Juvia knows where the office is" Juvia said. Mavis nodded with a smile "I see. Good luck Juvia" Mavis said. Juvia held the basket close to her chest and then rushed out of the house. Mavis needed to take care of some business of her own at the police station.

"Isn't this nice Gajeel?" Levy said as she picked up a flower. "Y..yeah" Gajeel said not paying attention to what she was talking about. Levy turned to him and smiled brightly "I was doubtful you know... about you coming to see me" Levy said. "Why?" Gajeel asked "because to be honest I made that account out of a bet with my friend Lucy" Levy said. "I just thought it was worth a shot" Gajeel said. Levy nodded "looks like this was unexpected for both of us" Levy said. "Yeah" Gajeel said. They began to walk again. They were about to stop at a bench when something caught their eye. Levy was about to walk closer to it. Gajeel quickly stepped in her way. "Call the police..." "I work with them" Levy said quickly manuevering around Gajeel and rushing to the body.

Gray rubbed the bridge of his nose these cases were giving him a head ache. "Umm... are you Gray Fullibuster?" "One and only" he said on a sigh why did that voice sound familiar. He slowly looked up to see the bluenette with a basket of goodies. Oh God no, "Juvia knows that you work hard... and that you might be hungry" she said shifting the basket from one hand to the other. "So Juvia baked these for you" Juvia said. "They are made with love and..." "stop right there" Gray snapped "thanks for the thought but... I am used to this. You can go home. If I am hungry I will call the Chinese Restaurant" Gray snapped. She looked hurt and she put her head down "Juvia sees" she said slowly. Juvia was about to walk away, Gray sighed "fine" he snapped snatching the basket away from her. He took one cookie and ate it. It was pretty damn delicious. "Thanks" he said. She beamed "Juvia is so happy you ate them" she said brightly. This was a feeling he hadn't felt in a long time. Suddenly the phone shattered the moment. He quickly picked up the phone. "Fullibuster" He answered. "Gray... this is Levy we have a body" Levy said from the other end. "On the way" Gray said and hung up the phone. "What's wrong?" Juvia asked looking at him with concern. Gray grabbed his coat "another body" Gray said as he rushed out of the office.

"Stay back" Levy said to Gajeel "I should be telling you that" Gajeel snapped. Levy paid him no mind. "The killings are getting even more messy" Levy said on a sigh. So much for a date, Levy thought with a sigh. They heard sirens heading their way. "You should go Gajeel" Levy said as she dug in her red bag for some gloves. "What do you think this is? I'm not leaving you" Gajeel snapped. "Please... this is my job" Levy said. "I don't care. As long as you are going out with me today I'm not leaving you" Gajeel said.

The ringing of the phone shattered Lucy out of her sleep. She tried to sit up but something was wrapped around her. She looked to see Natsu's arm wrapped around her. What the heck did he think he was doing? Lucy was about to push him to wake him up but stopped herself. He looked so peaceful sleeping. She sighed and reached over to grab her phone. "Hello?" Lucy answered "we have another body Lucy" Levy said. She didn't sound normal "are you okay Levy?" Lucy asked with concern. "It just sucks that I was the one that found the body this time" Levy said on a sigh. "I'm on my way" Lucy said.

"What was that?" Natsu grumbled, Lucy put her phone back on the nightstand. "There was another murder...and explain why your arm is around me" Lucy snapped pointing to his arm that was comfortably around her waist. "Sorry" Natsu said with a blush. She wanted to punch him for looking so cute. "Whatever, I'd better get dressed" Lucy said climbing out of bed. "I'm coming too" Natsu said getting out of bed. "Not now you're not" Lucy snapped about to walk to the bathroom. She bumped into Natsu's chest. "Hey!" Lucy exclaimed she looked back at the bed and then at him. "How did you do that?" Lucy asked. "Do what?" Natsu said with a frown Lucy shook her head "never mind. You shouldn't go because you don't feel good" Lucy said. "I feel fine now" Natsu snapped. Lucy sighed she knew she couldn't reason with this guy. "Fine but if you start feeling bad don't complain to me about it" Lucy said folding her arms over her chest and walking around him.

Mavis walked into the detective's office. The office was empty, she moaned in disappointment. "Mavis" Juvia said with surprise. "Ah!" Mavis exclaimed she had totally forgotten about Juvia being here. "What are you doing here?" Juvia asked "I was going to ask the police officers a few questions...do you know where they are?" Mavis asked. Juvia shook her head "there was another murder" Juvia said. Dammit. "Thank you... I'll go check it out" Mavis said about to walk back to the door. She paused and turned to Juvia "how did it go? Did he like your sweets?" Mavis asked. Juvia beamed "he loved it" Juvia said. Mavis smiled "good... Want to come with me?" Mavis asked. Juvia shook her head "Juvia couldn't possibly go now! I will wait for my beloved Gray to come back" Juvia said brightly. Mavis nodded "of course... well catch you back at the house." Mavis said as she headed back out. She hoped she wasn't too late.

The smell of blood hit Natsu's nose. He could tell they were close to the scene. His hands gripped the steering wheel. "I still think I should have drove" Lucy said from the passenger side snapping him out of his thoughts. "I'm fine" Natsu snapped glancing over at her. "I wonder how Levy found the body... I mean I know I shouldn't worry since she works with dead bodies all of the time" Lucy said. "Levy's tough" Natsu said. "I can agree with that" Lucy said. The car pulled up to the park. "Here again... can't people find somewhere else to go at night?" Natsu snapped. "Rude" Lucy snapped pinching his thigh. "Ouch" Natsu snapped. "Let's go" Lucy said as she took off her seat belt and got out of the car. Natsu took a deep breath and followed after her.

"What are you two doing here?" Gray asked "don't worry about it... What's the IMO?" Lucy asked. "The victim was named Lisanna Strauss. She-" "Lisanna" Lucy said with shock. "Are you sure?" Lucy asked "positive" Gray said. Lucy looked sad. "I know... she was a nice girl." Gray said touching her shoulder. "I'll notify her sister and brother" Lucy said. Lisanna was a nice girl not to mention a close friend of Natsu. Poor thing.

It was Lisanna. Natsu's hands turned into fists "I'm sorry Natsu" he felt Lucy's hand on his shoulder. "I knew Lisanna was important to you" Lucy said. Natsu shook her hand off of his shoulder and stalked away. The delicious thing that had hit his nose was blood of one of his close friends. What was going on with him? He bent down his blood was boiling.

He heard Lucy's footsteps behind him. "Leave me alone" Natsu snapped. "Natsu..." "please... I'm not feeling right" Natsu said. He suddenly felt Lucy's arms around him. "It's okay to feel sad she was close to you" Lucy said.He suddenly felt Lucy's arms around him. "It's okay to feel sad she was someone close to you" Lucy said. Natsu took her hand in his. He didn't know what was wrong with him. He couldn't be here any longer. He shoved Lucy's hand away and began to stalk to the car.

"He is acting very strange" Gray said. "I know... I'm worried about him" Lucy said. "Wrap things up here" Lucy added. "Duh" Gray snapped. "Thank you Gray" Lucy said as she rushed after Natsu. Natsu was on the passenger side this time. Lucy got inside the car and started it. Lucy wouldn't say anything... not now.

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