Solomon's Child (Fairy Tail Fanfic)

Solomon's Child Part 26

Natsu glared from his corner of the room at the newest dragon slayer, the tension in the room so noticeable that even he was picking up on it. They had arrived at the town only a few minutes ago and Erza had almost instantly herded them into the Inn with a scowl to force the Fairy Tail members to obey, while Tiria followed on the promise of cake. Apparently, she had just as much of an appetite as Natsu and Gajeel, something that would've made the dragon slayer happy normally but with Luce still missing it was more kinda just...annoying.

With them all crowded around in a single room Erza had pulled out a weird orb thingy, the Ice jerk saying that apparently it was some kinda communication lacrima, and within a second the Master's angry face was on the other end, the old man demanding a report on what they had discovered. Erza went over the stuff about how they had shown up in town and gone to look for the missing blonde, how they got attacked, and how their attacker revealed themselves to know that Lucy had been taken by that Jude bastard she had mentioned after the whole Phantom thingy.

And that was why the little green haired dragon slayer and the old man were in a staring match, the water dragon slayer's look a strange mix between tense and tired while the old man looked mostly just annoyed with a little worried...or at least Natsu thought it might be worried, he was never really that good at telling feelings from someone's face.

"So...allow me to reiterate the situation..." Master Makarov ground out, like it was painful for him to force the words out of his mouth. "Not only is Jude Heartfilia, the man who betrayed the council, alive and well, but he is also the one who has captured Lucy? All in an attempt to recreate the program of the Heartfilia Institute?"

"Ya that's...pretty much it." Tiria confirmed with a shrug. "I mean, your kinda missing a whole bunch of details about how awful its going to be, and how he's probably already gotten around to trying to break her will but ya."

"...Are you aware that you are not the easiest person to talk to?"

"Yep, I've been told its part of my charm." The girl answered easily, Natsu, the other occupants of the room, and the Master all glaring at her with varying levels of anger.

But the Master eventually put aside his growing fury, drawing upon the patience that had developed after so many years of dealing with Natsu. "And the Magic Council? What of them?"

"Best guess is that one or maybe all of them knew about this and just turned a blind eye to try and get rid of evidence or they just didn't notice at all...and considering how stupid they are most of the time I'm kinda leaning towards the latter."

"...I see...Thank you for informing my children of this conspiracy Child, but I must ask. Why have you insisted that Erza and the others not go after her immediately? Surely if the situation is as dire as you say then we should assault their base of operations at the earliest opportunity."

"Because they'll lose." Tiria answered with a tone of voice like she was talking about the weather, Natsu's anger leaping to the front of his mind. But before he could even growl Gray shot forward and slammed his fist down on the table, the Lacrima bouncing up and down for a second in response.

"I've had enough of this! You attack us, tell us our friend is kidnapped, and then say we're too weak to do anything?! You've got a lot of nerve..." He half growled, half yelled, as he slipped a hand under his shirt, Natsu assuming that he did so just in case they needed to fight and he needed to lose clothing fast.

"Oh, cry me a river Ice boy." The water dragon slayer shot back, seemingly unbothered by his rage. "You all couldn't even handle a single sneak attack by someone who was just testing you. What the hell do you think is gonna happen when you go in there against people who will kill you just as easily as they breath? I'll tell you what; they'll slips a dagger though your back, between your ribs, and into your heart before you even notice someone's there."