The Zodiac Demon

Chapter 9 lucifer

As the final hours of the 24 hour limit passed, Rin, Natsu, and everyone else going prepared. Levy ad Yukio, once prepared, began searching for the where-about of Lucifer. In the few hours they lost her, Lucifer somehow was already being reported about all throughout the nearest areas. The last place she was reported was actually pretty far, but that still wasn't a problem for them.

"Ok, now the 24 hours are practically over, we'll all be leaving now to the last known sighting of Lucifer. It'll be quick using our special keys." Yukio said.

"Do you have any plan of freeing Lucy?" Erza asked.

"I memorized a few mantras and have plenty of holy water on hand. If those don't work, then I honestly don't think there'll be any way to save her." Yukio explained.

"We will save her!" Rin exclaimed.

"I know how you feel Rin, but don't forget, this is still an evil and powerful demon we're dealing with." Yukio said.

"I don't care! I'll save her, no matter what." Rin said, tightly clenching his fist.

"We all will." Wendy reassured him.

Now that everyone was calm again, Yukio stood in front of everyone as he took out his special key to use on the door. When the door was opened, Yukio lead everyone through it, leading them directly into the city Fresha, one of the oldest cities that was practically sitting right between where everyone just was and where Lucifer was sealed away.

"So, this was the place Lucifer was last seen?" Gray wondered aloud.

"Right. And going on what little information we have on her, the best places to start are the most empty areas." Yukio said.

"Sounds like a plan. We should probably all slit up if that's the case. If you find anything, do something to let everyone know where you are." Erza said.

With everyone agreeing on that, they all went off in different directions of the city. Every path they all took basically lead them to the outskirts of the city or to the higher places like hills and tall buildings. After what felt like hours of searching to everyone, the sound of a gun shot that came with a red flare in the air caught everyone in the group's attention. The place they all met was at a massive tunnel in small hill. Yukio was waiting there for everyone.

"Yukio, you found where she was hiding?" Rin asked, rushing to his brother's side.

"Yeah. When I got close to this place, I could just sense the blood lust coming from there." Yukio explained.

"I don't care how dangerous she is. We aren't leaving without Lucy." Natsu said, cracking his knuckles.

"For once, we agree." Rin said.

Everyone went into the cave at once. It seemed to be leading further down than just straight inward. After about 10 to 15 of minutes of walking, the large group found themselves in an underground cavern that had purple and blow crystals that lit up the cavern enough for everyone to see, even as they were underground.

"Sure picked one hell of a place to hide." Gajeel said.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" a voice echoed in the cavern.

The entire group got into battle positions when they heard that familiar voice. After the voice came the sound of claws tapping on the ground. The taps came one after another, like someone walking. They were able to pin point the sound coming from behind the biggest crystal in the cave. Soon, the source of the tapping, which they all guessed was Lucifer, reveled itself. But, when they saw Lucifer, the faces' of the entire group paled, Levy and Wendy specifically covered their mouths in shock.