The Shadows of Tragedy

Chapter 22

Now Gray didn't know much about a woman's feelings but he could tell that Erza really wanted to go on a date with that man, she was just letting insecurities get in the way. She needed some encouragement but not from him. Being a man, she probably thought he wouldn't understand. But sh would probably listen to Lucy. He didn't know where she was at the moment so she decided to ask Natsu about her location.

At the moment he was in Cana's office, bringing her more dead animals to study. He walked in just as Natsu was about to leave. 

"Natsu there you are." Gray said.

"Do you need something Gray?" The groundskeeper asked.

"Yes I was wondering if you could tell me where I could find Lucy."

"Why?"

"I just want to talk to her about something."

"What do you mean? She hasn't done anything that's made you angry has she?" Gray could sense that Natsu was becoming scared for Lucy's well being. 

"Calm yourself, she's done nothing wrong. I just want to do Erza a little favor and she might be able to help me."

As they were talking, Cana pulled out her compact mirror which she used to check her make up. She had just looked into the reflective glass when she noticed something very abnormal. While she could see her reflection and Natsu's in the little mirror she couldn't see Gray's. He had no reflection. None at all. Startled, she dropped her compact.

"Is everything alright doctor?" Gray asked her. 

Cana suddenly looked very nervous even scared a little but she quickly recovered herself. 

"Oh no I'm fine...Just fine." She said.

"You sure? You look a little pale. Did something scare you?"

"No. Nothing scared me. It's just um...You know working with blood for such a longtime tends to make me feel a little sick. I think that maybe I should take a break from this for a while and get back to focusing on my psychiatry."

"I see." He said.

"Excuse me Mr. Fullbuster but I...I think I need to have a little chat with Erza. Again excuse me."

With that said she hurried out of the room as quickly as she could. 

"I wonder what's bothering her." Natsu said.

"Well she is a doctor and that occupation does put a lot stress on a person." Gray said. "So again where could I find Lucy?"

"She'll be back in a few minutes. She just wanted to take Juvia out for something to eat."

"Thank you."

Gray started to leave but stopped when he stepped on something. Looking down on the floor he realized that it was a broken compact mirror. A compact mirror that he recognized as the one Cana always carried around. 

"Oh God." Gray said once he put two and two together.

"What? What is it?" Natsu asked.

"Natsu we have a problem."

...

Cana raced down the hallway to the drawing room where Erza was. She had suspected from the start that there wasn't something right about Gray and that Erza knew about all along. There was no doubt in her mind that her employer knew for a fact that Gray had been a vampire and the mysterious murderer all this time.

"A vampire?!" She shouted once she entered the room. 

Erza looked up from her desk, before regaining herself she briefly looked apprehensive which Cana noticed and it all but confirmed her suspicions.