The Road To Love Chapter 12

Previously on The Road To Love...

"My name is Takeru Michiko. Sorry about my behaviour before, it's just that... I was worried"

"Worried about whom?" asked Lucy.

"My son... Aki Michiko..."

"Why would you be worried about your son?" questioned Hiroki.

"He... He was captured by the thieves!"


Lucy's P.O.V:

Maybe I was over thinking it... But why would the thieves want their son?

I sighed and looked around. We were walking through the forest near the town in order to find more clues.

"Well it seems no one's been through here." noted Hiroki.

"Still, we shouldn't give up just yet." I said.

"Yeah, I guess." Hiroki replied.

Suddenly, I heard rustling from the bushes. I glanced at Hiroki, and he was moving forward slowly. I decided to do the same, and crept quietly to the bushes. We both tackled the bush at the same, my head colliding with his.

"Oww..." I whimpered, rubbing the spot on my head.

Normal P.O.V:

'Whew! That was close,' thought Natsu, who was now up in a tree, 'They almost found me.'

Loud voices now rang out through the forest.

"I'm telling you we should just leave the kid here, and just steal the Jewels!" One voiced shouted

"And I'm telling you we need the kid! He's the key to getting those old farts to hand them over!" Another voice replied.

"Shut up both of you! I'm trying to think!" The third voice yelled.

The re-quip mage looked at the blonde, and they both nodded. Following the bickering voices, the two soon found themselves in front of a small camp. In the middle were obviously the three men they had heard but at the side, leaning against a tree, was a tied up, bruised man.

'He must be their son!' thought Lucy.

But before she could say anything, Hiroki rushed into and attacked one the men. He summoned a sword, slashed at the man's chest, and punched the other.

"Get him!" shouted one of the men, mostly likely the leader.

Two of the men jumped on Hiroki, but the teen shook them off.

"I'll take you bastards down!" Hiroki smirked, and went for the leader.

The brown-haired mage swung in all directions, but the man swiftly dodged each one of his attacks. One of the men took this as his chance, and pulled out a knife. Lucy, now aware of the situation, scrambled out from the trees.

"Open the gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!" yelled Lucy.

A large golden circle appeared on the ground, and out came a tall, muscular bull-like creature.

"Mooo! Lucy-sama, your body is nice as always!" said Taurus, ogling the blonde's figure.

"Not now, Taurus! Attack those two men!" shouted Lucy.

"Anything to protect Lucy-sama's nice body!" Taurus advanced towards the men.

Jumping into the air, he swung his axe and slammed it on the ground with both of his arms. As soon as his axe came in contact with the earth, it created an earthquake, which moved in a straight line towards the two men, splitting the ground and blasting rocks in the air. Neither of them had time to react, and were blown away by the attack.

"Shit!" cursed the leader.

He a taken a ton of blows from the re-quip mage, and now his men were knocked out cold. This was more than enough. He quickly glanced at the blonde, and smirked. Using his speed, he ran towards Lucy and grabbed hold of her from behind. Drawing a knife from his pocket, he held it against her throat.

"Come any closer, and the girl dies!"