Acnologia's Child.

Chapter 37

Luna POV:

I sat on one of the bar stools in the Inn while Grey explained everything that happened, Master was shocked to hear that the imperial army had taken Lucy and Yukino. They were even more shocked to find out what we have to do to get them back, we need to win the Grand Magic Games.

"So we have to win the games if we want them back?" Laxus asked.

"I don't even know if we can even rely on that..." Grey said running a hand through his hair.

"We have to find them!" Natsu yelled with a vein popping out of his forehead.

We'd had to tie him down because we knew that when he woke up he's be all fired up to go and look for Lucy and get her back. Wendy was trying to calm him down with the exceeds help, Twilight came padding over to me and then flew onto my lap. She placed a paw onto my cheek and had sympathetic eyes, I opened my mind to her and showed her everything that happened to us while we were down there.

"Dont worry Luna, everything will work out ok?" Twilight said and then walked back over to where Natsu was.

Master placed a hand onto his chin and then spoke "We can't make an entire empire our enemy but, on the other hand they wouldn't just go hurting their citizens would they? Its possible they are just holding them hostage until they find a resolution to the Eclipse." 

"Still, something feels off... we found out a huge secret and they just let the rest of us walk free?" Gajeel pointed out.

"It doesn't make sense, like you said Gajeel. We found something that no one should know about, and yet we were aloud to go free." I said rising to my feet.

"Maybe they want us as a witness? Against that Arcadeus guy?" Pantherlilly said.

"They probably thought it was useless hiding it for much longer, and they would need to take all of us who saw it to keep it a secret." I suggested placing my hands onto my waist.

"True and with the people who saw it participating in the games, they would need a good reason as to why they weren't going to be in the final. Surely people would notice especially if a whole team practically disappeared." Mirajane said placing an arm around my shoulder.

"We all agree that Lucy being taken as a hostage doesn't sit well with any of us, but it doesn't go against the imperial army's code of justice." Erza said.

There was a sudden snapping noise and all eyes turned to Natsu, he'd managed to snap the ropes that were holding him and he was now ablaze with flames. 

"I can't take it anymore!" Natsu yelled. "I can't sit here listening to that crap anymore! I'M GOING!" Natsu yelled and began to walk towards the door. 

I ran towards him and wrapped my arms around his waist, his flames burned my hands but I couldn't let him leave. I bit down on my lip to try not to cry out in pain, but Natsu noticed. His flames quickly disappeared and he took my hands in his, sighing he tore my white top and began wrap my hands.

"Dont do that again ok? I could really hurt you Luna." Natsu said planting a soft kiss on both of my wrapped hands.

"Just be a little more careful ok? And calm down, we'll find Lucy I promise." I said giving him a soft smile. "We all feel the same Natsu, but we can't risk Lucy or Yukino getting hurt because we were reckless ok?" 

"We have to think carefully before making our move, we have quite a nasty opponent this time. But to stay silent and do nothing like cowards, is not the Fairy Tail way." Master said looking at us all. "For now everyone rest, we'll talk more about this in the morning."