With Great Power Comes Great Responsibilty

Chapter 12

"Hurry up!"

A local market downtown was getting robbed by a couple of thugs who had the clerk at gun point. Not wanting to be shot, the clerk fearfully gave his money to the thieves. But just as they were leaving two mysterious figures jumped down, caught them, and returned the money.

The media soon became very interested so they began to interview people who had witnessed the figures.

"They just jumped in and stopped them." A store clerk said.

"These two are not men! My brother saw the red one building a nest somewhere." A man said.

"I think they're human." A woman said. "They could be men. They could be a women, who knows?"

A similar pattern went on whenever there was crime. For example one night the police received a call about a jewelry store but when they arrived to intervene...

"Hey, Bobby!" A cop said. "Get a load of this!"

They found the robvers already tied up. A few days later another crime waa stopped in which a young woman being gunned down by a mugger.

"Don't move lady!" The mugger said with her purse in one hand and a gun in another that he used to keep her to the ground. But out of niwhere he was punched and the purse was returned to the woman.

It was always one of two mysterious figures who stopped the crime and saved the victims. One in a red suit and mask that was lined with gold, artificial scales. The other dressed in a blue suit and mask lined with silver streaks of fake fur. No one knew who these masked men were except by these names: Red Dragon and Blue Tiger.

"Guy with claws and a fur?" A girl who was being interviewed said. "And another one with scales and a tail? Sounds hot.

"They're some kind of freaky wackadoo." A man said.

"They stink! And I don't like them!" A thug said.

It wasn't long before the heroics of Red Dragon and Blue Tiger reached the press but unfortunately Gajeel wasn't really impressed by them.

"Who are Red Dragon and Blue Tiger?" Gajeel said as he read the paper his employees printed. "They're criminals! That's what they are! Why are they on the front page of my paper?"

"Mr. Redfox!" His secretary Yukino said. "You're wife is on the phone."

"I'll call her later."

"Mr. Redfox." His employee Rogue said. "We've sold sixty copies about them "

"Really? So the public actually likes these freaks?"

"Yes sir."

"Fine! But can we get a better picture?"

"We can try but we only get glimpses."

"What? Is he camera shy? Put out an add on the front page. Cash money for who can get me a good picture of this weirdo."

"Mr. Redfox." Yukino said. "Your wife called again, she says that she wants to talk to you now."

"I already said that I would talk to her later."

"She said now or you would be sleeping on the couch tonight."

Gajeel gulped, he knew what that meant.

"Alright put her on the line."

Red Dragon and Blue Tiger were becoming very famous yet no one was able to guess who they were under the mask. Well almost...No one. Erza Scarlet, being the only one who knew about Natsu and Gray's change in D.N.A was able to deduce who these mysterious heroes really were and as soon as she was free from her studies she went right over to Ur Milkovich's house.

"Oh hello." Ur greeted politely after Erza knocked on her door. "May I help you?"

"Sorry to bother you Miss Milkovich, I'm Erza Scarlet an assistant of Professor Clive. He wanted me to deliver some papers to Gray and Natsu and informed them of an upcoming science project for his class. Would you mind if I came in and talked with them?"

"Sure. Gray! Natsu! You have a visitor. Would you like some tea? I could make some if you'd like."

"Tea would be lovely. Thank you." Erza said wanting Ur out of the room so she could talk to the boys privately.

When Natsu and Gray came into the living room where Erza sat she tossed this morning's newspaper at them.

"Are you two crazy?!" She whispered.

"What do you mean?" Natsu asked.

"Don't play dumb! I know that these two masked heroes are really you two!"

Natsu and Gray looked around to make sure that no one was listening.

"How did you know it was us?" Gray asked in a whisper.

"Please Red Dragon? Blue Tiger? You two aren't exactly subtle. You're lucky that I'm the only one who knows about your condition otherwise who knows how many other people would have figured you out."

"You haven't told anyone have you?"

"Of course not but what are you two thinking? You can't just run around in costumes using your powers like that. You don't know what they could do."

"You're saying that we shouldn't help people?" Natsu  asked. "Funny coming from someone who wants to become a doctor."

"That's not what I meant. Neither one of you fully understand the lengths of your powers and abilities. They're could be extreme changes in your body or damages to your health."

"We've been like this for over a month and nothing has happened." Gray said. "Have you found anything that we should be concerned about?"

"No but I've seen something similar to this. A change in the human D.N.A and for awhile everything seems fine but then suddenly this change causes the human to turn into something horrible. I've seen this happen to someone I know very well and while I don't know for sure if it will happen to you two I don't think you should be using your powers. At least not until I figure what exactly this is doing to you."

"We appreciate the concern Erza." Natsu said. "But I made a promise and when I make a promise I keep it."

"But Natsu-"

"I can't just stop helping people Erza, not when I can. Could you?"

Erza sighed, she could understand all too well where Natsu was coming from. Though she believed that the boys shouldn't be doing this she knew that she couldn't talk them out of it.

"Just be careful okay? And don't use your powers for any reason unless it's necessary."

"We won't." Natsu assured her.

"I really hope you two know what you're doing."

"Me too." Gray said.