Tsukiko looks surprised at what they say and she smiles weakly.

"Kay.... guess that makes sense..."

She says softly but looks at Natsu surprised when she see's his expression and she pouts.

"It's okay.... you don't have to be sad about this too... I'm just not used to.... the blood and death yet..."

Tsukiko says before looking at him worriedly.

Natsu nods with a small smile and Hotaru walks behind Tsukiko and turns her around so that she's watching at the bodies of the assassin's.

"Your used to it now?"

Hotaru asks with the same bored expression and Natsu's eyes widen before he pushes Hotaru away.

"O-Oi!"
"Huh?"

Natus sighes and turns around.

"Anyway let's go to the city."

Tsukiko looks up at Hotaru confused but her eyes widen in surprise when she see's the bodies and her eyes widen in fear and she holds onto Natsu tightly before closing her eyes with a shudder.

"No I'm not..."

She whispers in a breath before hugging Natsu tightly in fear when he pushes Hotaru away.

Natsu holds Tsukiko tightly and looks at Hotaru with a angry expression and Hotaru's eyes widen.

"Hotaru..."
"Oh!...uh..."

Hotaru searches in his pockets and takes out a lollypop.
Natsu's eyes widen in suprise.

"Here you go..."

Hotaru says like he's talking to a little kid and holds out the lollypop.

Tsukiko tightens her grip on Natsu when she hears him say Hotaru's name but she looks confused when she hears what he says and she turns to look while opening her eyes and she looks down at the lollipop confused.

"What am I a child....?"

She asks as if insulted but looks up at Natsu worried thinking he might think she was a kid too.

Natsu shakes his head and sighes.

"Hotaru...she isn't a child."
"I know, but this is delicious."

Hotaru puts it in his mouth.

"Swheeeh?"
("See?")

Natsu sighes and turns around while holding Tsukiko and takes a few steps ahead to the city.

Tsukiko smiles up at Natsu weakly when she see's him stick up for her but she looks at Hotaru surprised and she laughs softly.

"Yea.... we see Hotaru...."

She says with a soft smile before looking up at Natsu again while loosening her grip and she looks down sadly.

"Sorry I reacted like that..."

Tsukiko says with a sad expression but keeps her gaze down.

Natsu tightens his grip on her with a warm smile.

"It's okay."

He says with a soft smile and Hotaru looks at the city that is still far away from them.

"Isn't that....."the" city?"

Hotaru thought out loud with a bored expression and Natsu raises his eyebrow.

Tsukiko looks up at him surprised when he tightens his grip but she smiles at him warmly when he accepts her apology and she leans her head on his shoulder before turning to Hotaru confused.

" "the" city? have you been here before...?"

She asks confused with a raised eyebrow.

Hotaru points at the city that's still far away from them.

"That city is about to be destroyed.
That's one of the reasons I came here"

Natsu's eyes widen at what Hotaru says.

"Wh-What?!
Your serious?!"

Hotaru looks at Natsu with a serious expression.

"Yea..we had to kill the survivors.
Though...the Mibu higher ups were sure that there won't be..any survivors.."

Natsu's eyes widen at what Hotaru says and he let's go of Tsukiko and grabs Hotaru's shirt with a pissed off expression.

"Why didn't you tell us earlier?!"
"Because...I dunno...I forgot...fighting you got me excited."

He says with a bored expression and Natsu let's go off him and sighes.

"When is it going to happen?"
"Hmmmmmmmmmmm...............today."

Natsu's eyes widen in shock.

Tsukiko's eyes widen in shock and fear and she looks at the city fearfully.

"Why is the city being destroyed....? How many people live there? What is going on....?"

She asks in a whisper worrying that her voice might crack if she spoke any louder.

Hotaru looks at the city for a while.

"Someone lives there who stands in the way of the Mibu clan.
So they want to destroy all the evidence about that person.
I dunno how their going to do it though..."

He looks at Tsukiko and shrugs.

"I think about..five thousand people?
I dunno...but it's a lot...maybe more..."

Natsu sighes and looks down with a worried expression when a group of people are in the sky but they look like dots from where Natsu, Tsukiko and Hotaru are standing.

"Tch...we got to do something about it..."
"Enjoy the show wuhahahhaahahhahaha!"

Kyo's laugh echo's in Natsu's mind and Natsu puts his hand on his fore head.

"Kgh..."

Tsukiko's eyes widen in shock at what he says and she looks at the city again and she gritts her teeth while clenching her fists and she immediately starts running towards the city as fast as she could.

"I can't let it happen.... they cannot do this..."

She thought angerly while she kept running.

The people in the sky look at the city.

"Just look at them..their all ants."

Tokito says with a smirk and Yuan laughs.

"Well, well atleast we will have some fun.
Right Fubuki-sama?"

Fubuki looks at the city with a cold expression.

"Let's get ready."

Hishigi crosses his arms.

"Do we really need to do this?"

Tokito nods.

"Yes we're going to crush these stupid humans and of course..that person."
"Hmph...."

Yuan laughs.

"Come on Hishigi it's not like you have emotions so don't act like you have them."

All of a sudden they all raise their hand at the city while Natsu runs after Tsukiko and Hotaru quickly follows them.

"Ts-Tsukiko!"

The Four Elders create a small ball with the size of a hand and they combine it together.
The size doesn't change but the power is enough to destroy a city.

"Haaaaaaaaaah!"

They ball flies up in the air and dissappears but falls right above the city like a meteor.
When it hits the city the sky suddenly turns blood red and a flash could be seen from where the group was running.
a huge explosion appears like the city got nuked.
The wind from the explosion is so strong that pushes Natsu back and he falls on the ground which knocks him out.
Hotaru's eyes widen in shock when he sees the explosion and he also gets pushed back on the ground and he also falls on the ground.

"Kgh!"

The Four Elders laugh when they see the explosion.
A few seconds later Natsu regains his consciousness but he can't get up because of the wind and a lot of smoke surrounds the place where the city was.

"Kgh..agh...what the?!"

Tsukiko's eyes widen in shock and she gets pushed back by the wind and she hits a tree that was beside the road and pain surges through her body and she slowly falls unconscious while watching the sky turn blood red and tears slip down her cheeks.

"No...."

She whispers in a hoarse voice before falling unconscious while the wind keeps her against the tree.

Natsu sees the whole explosion but slowly closes his eyes.

"Damn...it!"

He yells in anger before he sees the dots in the sky.
Hotaru gets pushed even further and flies into a few bushes while Natsu closes his eyes halfway close to losing consciousness and also flies into a few bushes before he hits a tree which knocks him out.
a hour later, Natsu slowly opens his eyes halfway with a headache.

"....oh...shit my head..."

Natsu slowly tries to stand up but can't when he feels a sudden pain in his shoulder and sees that the wound is open again.

"Tch..."

He looks around with a exhausted expression when he sees he's surrounded by bushes and tree's which is behind Tsukiko.

"Tsukiko...is she...alright?"

Natsu whispers while he looks around and Hotaru stands on top of a tree and looks at the destroyed city.

"........Mibu........"

And hour later~

Tsukiko stays unconscious but she is on the ground while the markings on her back pulse in pain where she hears familiar voices of maids and commoners of Carnelia in her head.

"That girl is mischief... the queen left because of her and now her father has gone daft...."

A voice says in her mind while five year old Tsukiko walks past.

"The girl flew! no wonder the queen left.... her child is a monster!"
"What the hell is she? with wings like that.... she cannot be human..."
"Hmph.... why hasn't the king gotten rid of her yet? everyone knows she is just a half-breed.... she's cursed!"
"The king should just get rid of her.... it's not enough to burn the wings off..... no matter where she goes..... there will be danger.... everyone's lives are in danger!!"

The voices soon fade and tears stream down her cheeks while she tries to regain consciousness.

Hotaru jumps down with a sigh while Natsu slowly tries to stand up.

"You saw that?
Such a great explosion.
Hmmm..destruction.."

Kyo's voice echo's in Natsu's mind and Natsu looks away with a worried expression.

"Where's Tsukiko?"

Hotaru looks at a tree infront of them and he walks past it and sees Tsukiko's behind it.
He sits down and puts his hand on her cheek when he sees the tears.

"Tsukiko...wake up...are you alright?"

Natsu asks in a worried tone while he looks at the smoke from the explosion that's far away from them.

Tsukiko slowly regains consciousness and she opens her eyes but they look dulled. She doesn't say anything but she tries to looks at the city. All she see's is dust and she clenches her fists in anger before feeling the spike of pain in her back where she finally looks at Natsu.

"I feel like I'm dead...."

She breathes in a hoarse voice while she tries to sit up again.

Natsu looks down for a few seconds.

"I know...me to..."

He whispers when Hotaru jumps down and looks at the dust.

".......You think there would be any survivors?"

Hotaru asks when he looks back at the pair and Natsu looks down again.

Tsukiko finally sits up but she keeps her gaze to the ground before wiping her tears away with the back of her hand but more tears quickly replace them.

"No.... there wouldn't be..."

She says in the same tone in answer to Hotaru and she closes her eyes.

"I really am a curse...."

Tsukiko murmurs hoping Natsu and Hotaru didn't hear her.
((Merry Christmas~ ))

Natsu hears what Tsukiko says and he hugs her softly.

"Your not..."

He whispers when he hugs her tightly.

"Tsukiko..."

Natsu holds her tightly but loosens one his arms and wipes her tears away.


(Merry Christmas!! )

Tsukiko's eyes widen in surprise when he hugs her but she shakes her head.

"Everywhere I go.... huge amounts of people suffer because I'm around....may it be dying or just suffering..... it happens...."

She whispers before leaning her head on his shoulder when he hugs her tightly and she sobs on his shoulder.

"So...many..... innocent... people...."

Natsu looks down with a sad expression and tightens his grip on her.

"NO!
That's not true Tsukiko...everywhere you go people are happy...and...this isn't your fault.
It's..the Mibu clan.."

He says in a angered tone and Hotaru looks up at the sky when he still sees four dots.

"Oh.........who's that?"

Hotaru thought out loud.

Tsukiko looks surprised when she hears his angry tone and she looks up at him sadly.

"Then why does it happen everywhere I go...?"

She asks with an upset and slightly scared expression but she looks at Hotaru confused.

"Your kidding right....?"