There Is More Than You Know

Chapter 16

Natsu's Point of View

I woke up to hear the door opening. I opened my eyes to see Erza standing there.

"Come." She whispered. I could tell she was being serious so I carefully got out of the bed and left the room. Everyone was waiting in the living room.

"We don't think it'll be a good idea to bring Lucy on this mission," Erza said.

"Why?" I asked.

"I don't know if you notice but when she saw this village, fear had covered her face but she hid it. Also, the lady at the cafe told her to leave as soon as possible so something happened here."

"She also seemed very distant from us," Gray said.

"Isn't she already distant from us."

"No like she became more. As if she's hiding something from us." Gray said.

"4th council member said something happened and she even asked us to watch Lucy."

"Yesterday, I saw a scar on her."

"Really, I haven't seen anything," Wendy said.

"It goes from the corner of her left eye and down. From what I could tell it continued past her shirt. I touched it and she was trying to calm herself down. I could tell that she was in pain."

"Maybe Dark Night gave that to her."

"Well, we won't know what happened unless she tells us," Erza said.

"Like that is gonna happen. She closed herself off more. Ever since she came back at the guild she's pushed us away." Gray said.

"What else do you expect, Gray? She has been through a lot and we don't even know any of it. Remember how Juvia was before she met you. She looked so dead, no emotion in her face." Our conservation stopped when we heard a stop from the bedroom. We quickly walked into the bedroom and saw that no danger was there.  Lucy was still asleep on the bed, panting heavily, face red at the cheeks. Wendy walked over to her and used her magic to see what was wrong with her.

"She has a slight fever but it's not too bad."

"Can you heal her?" Erza asked.

"I dunno."

"What do you mean?"

"Well, with healing magic the body has to accept it so it can heal them. It seems that Lucy's body is rejecting it." She said and stopped.

"Why?"

"It's either she's gonna go so long without healing magic that it's used to healing on its own or her body has gotten used to another healing magic."

"Well, how long would it take?"

"It isn't that high so it should maybe take the day."

"We won't be leaving till tomorrow then. *sigh* Well Wendy and Carla if I made a list of food can you go get it?"

"Sure." Erza walked over to the desk and looked through the drawers. She found an old notebook with paper sticking out. She pulled out an empty piece of paper and started writing things down. Once she finishes she hands the paper and a bag of jewels to Wendy.

"If Dark Night comes, hurry up and come here. If they are following you then try to mess them up so they don't come here. Try to send us a message so we can leave."

"Ok." She said and left. Erza looked back at the journal and opened it. She started reading what page it was on.

"Erza, I don't think you should-."