The Dragon's Light

AVOIDING

* THE NEXT DAY *

"Erza, let's take this!" Lucy says in excitement, showing the flyer. "Now?" Erza asks, eating her piece of strawberry cake. "We already ate lunch so I thought you guys might wanna go on a job?" she exclaims.

"Sure, I'm ready for a job anyway. Right Wendy?" Gray looks at her. "Yep" she smiles. Finishing her strawberry cake, Erza nods in response. "Happy, you and Natsu wanna come?" Lucy asks the nibbling on his fish Happy.

"Natsu?" Happy asks, turning around to see no Natsu. "We won't" Happy answers. "Oh" Lucy intoned. "Well then we gotta go, tell Natsu we went" Lucy grins.

"Aye sir!!"

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"This apple is juicy, talk about delicious" Natsu exclaims, finishing off his apple and politely throwing it away to its place. "I'm stuffed" he says in satisfaction.

"Salamander... Was it?" he winced, suddenly turning around to see no one. "I've been wanting to meet you. Sadly not now, I'm sort of busy. I'll meet you tomorrow though" a man's voice exclaimed.

It was deep and somehow, Natsu could sense its evilness. "Who are you?" he asks, only to be answered by silence. "Hey!" he shouts, and again, silence came by.

Deciding to brush it off, he went to his and Happy's house.

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"Let's see... Mhane Town, xxx street... Well it's only all about finding a special tree in the mountains" Lucy sighed. It's been hours since their train trip and Wendy can't help but just want the train to stop.

"Motion sickness?" Lucy asks, Carla nodding. "We're almost near" Erza alarms, Wendy continuing her rainbow theraphy.

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"Natsu! Lucy said they're going on a mission" Happy reports, going inside his and Natsu's house. "And?" Natsu raises an eyebrow.

"She told me to say it to you" Happy shrugs. "That's it?" he asks. "Yep" Happy answers, landing on his friend's chest. Sleeping on the sofa, Natsu can't help but sigh.

"Natsu?"

"Hm?"

"The fish I had today was delicious"

"Great for you. Wanna go to that restaurant for dinner?"

"Aye! Also with lots of fish!"

"Don't forget meat"

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Finally arriving, Wendy gladly went off train. "Fi...nally..." she groaned, Lucy patting her back. "Here, water" Lucy says handing the water jug to her friend.

Minutes later, she was feeling a bit lighter. "How do you feel?" Gray asks. "I'm fine now" she smiles. "Well then, let's go"

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"Yes, we're from a guild named Fairy Tail sir" Erza states, the man in his 30's nodding in response. "As you read from the flyer, I assume you know about what you're goibg to find?" the man exclaims.

"Yes, about a special certain tree" Lucy answers. "That's right, it only appears every 10 years, and on a certain day. People are going crazy over it" the man sighed.

"What for?" Erza asks. "That certain tree produces five magical fruits. Each fruit granting money" the man answered. "How much?" Lucy asks, stepping in.

"A million per fruit" the man answered, Lucy and Gray's jaw dropping in shock. "Sir, may I ask why you need this money?" Erza asks.