Chapter 1- A Love Triangle?

Natsu's Pov.

It was just a normal day at the guild for everyone, I would end up in a fight with Gray and Erza and Lucy would make us stop before we destroyed the entire guild. At least that's what I thought it would be like, until I walked in on Lucy and Lisanna in a fight, a very rare sight, they weren't fist fighting but yelling at each other. Lucy was in tears and Lisanna looked like she wanted to rip out Lucy's throat, this was definitely odd. I looked for Erza wondering why she hasn't stepped in but she was staring at the two in shock just like everyone else, so I took it upon myself to stop the fight, I hated to see Lucy cry. "Woah what the hell is going on here?" I yelled over them and they both turned to stare at me in shock. Lucy ran away in tears and Lisanna walked past me and out of the guild, I looked around trying to find someone to explain what was going on and found Gray looking back at me. "Gray what the hell was that about?"I said after I walked over to him and sat down with him at the bar. "Dude they were fighting over you, apparently they both love you. I wish I had two girls pawning over me but instead I'm stuck with Juvia's craziness, but Lisanna told Lucy that she needed to back off because she was yours from childhood and Lucy said that she was there for you when she wasn't and had experienced so many more adventures with you than her." he said waving down Mira for a drink she walked over and she gave me a sad smile. "You make the decision that's best for you Natsu, Elfman and I won't be upset at you if you don't choose Lisanna." I nodded at her and looked down at my hands I was going to have to make a decision.

The rest of the day went by with not much else happening, neither of the girls came back to the guild and Erza stayed away from me once she came back, and Gray didn't even try to start anything. Happy was even quiet for the rest of the day, he left me not long after I talked to Gray to bug Carla and Wendy. What was I going to do, I liked both of them but I had never thought about making a decision between them because a relationship just isn't something that I had ever thought about. I guess now I was going to have to figure out a way to decide between them without hurting the other. I went home that day with a hurricane of thoughts on how to figure it out, I wanted it to be fair but I guess I needed to be happy too. "Hey Happy who would you choose?" I asked as I walked home that day. "I think Lucy is better Natsu!" he shouted flying the rest of the way to the house. I chuckled and watched a small fire flicker in my hand, fire was the only the only thing that calmed me down most of the time. I got to the door and put the flame out, Happy was already eating a fish so I plopped down on my bed and looked at the ceiling trying to come to a decision and before I knew it I had dozed off.

I woke up the next morning and suddenly had an idea, I got my vest on and told Happy I was going to the guild, I had to talk to Lucy and Lisanna. When I got there, things seemed tense and as soon as I saw who was in the middle of everything I realized why, Lucy and Lisanna were staring at each so I pushed through the crowd to be in front of them, I grabbed both of them by the collars of their shirts and dragged them behind me out the door of the guild and under the tree in the front yard. I sat down and waited for them to follow my lead "We are going to settle this without hurting anyone. I will go on three dates with each of you, and after that I will pick who I want to be with. There will be no sabotaging and the dates will be the same with each of you. The first date will be tomorrow and the day after that Lisanna you will go first." I said looking up when I finished. They were both staring at me in shock and then Lucy spoke up, "How will you decide who wins?" I looked between the two of the and answered "Whoever I have the most fun with and whoever I feel is the best for me." they nodded and then looked at me "What will the first date be?" Lisanna asked I nodded trying to remember what I had decided on, crap it seemed to have slipped off again. "Uh, we will have a picnic" I said the first thing that came to mind and that seemed to please them. I told them both goodbye and went back to the guild to eat food, I was starving after that. I sat down at the bar and signalled Mira over for a drink and when she came over I asked her for a bowl of stew handing her a few jewel, I drank what she gave me thinking about the two girls and who I thought I would choose. I didn't care as long as no one got hurt and I was happy, that's all that mattered right?

The rest of the day crawled by, jobs were coming in really slow and there wasn't anything for me to do except sit at the guildhall and wait for a fight to start, which didn't happen because Gray had gone out for a job with Erza and Wendy. I sat at the guild hall all day and then I heard the trumpets that signaled the town to change for Gildarts to come through. I perked up and ran to the door I needed to try to fight him and then I would ask for his help, that was perfect. He came through the door and I threw a punch but he caught my fist before it landed on his face, he pushed me back and walked to the bar to put a paper down for a completed job and then walked back towards the door. I ran up to him and said "Hey wait if you won't let me fight you can we at least talk? I need your help." he nodded and I followed him back to his house. When we got there he went straight to the kitchen and put on water for tea, and then sat down on the couch and waited for me to sit across from him. "So what does the almighty Natsu need help with that he swallowed his pride to ask for help?" I looked down at my feet and started talking, "So apparently Lucy and Lisanna both like me and they have started fighting over me as weird as it sounds. I hated seeing them fight, Lisanna was so mad and Lucy was crying, I decided to come up with a way to pick who I would choose without hurting one of them. I told them I would go on three dates with each of them and then choose who I wanted. But I'm still so confused what do I do?" he chuckled at me shaking his head, "I'm surprised it took even you this long to figure it out, it was really obvious they both love you. Lucy is head over heels and Lisanna has always liked you since you two were little. I say just go along with your plan and see how things work out with them." I nodded and got up to leave and he called me back "Natsu don't let your past make the decision, do what's best for your future." I nodded thinking about what he said, I walked home deep in thought, thoughts about how to beat Gray and who to choose and what Gildarts said swarmed my mind.

When I got home Happy was eating and I plopped on my bed and looked at the ceiling thinking about what Gildarts said. "Hey Happy what do you think don't let your past make the decision, make the best decision for your future means?" Happy looked up from his fish and said "I don't know Natsu, do I look like a genius to you?" I chuckled at him and looked back at the ceiling before going to sleep with a flame in my hand.

Lucy's POV.

The Day Before

I wasn't planning to have a fight today but when I walked into the guild Lisanna was waiting for me at the bar. I walked to the bar like I normally do to get a milkshake from Mira and then wait for Natsu to ask if we were going to go on a job soon, I needed rent money. But when I sat down Lisanna tapped my shoulder and when I turned around she had a look of anger. "Hey Lisanna what's going on?" I asked warily. "I need you to back off of Natsu, I have known him much longer then you and I have been by his side since we were kids. So why don't you kindly back off and let me have him so this doesn't have to get ugly." she said giving me a look of hatred, my blood began to boil. "Look I really care for Natsu and I do really like him so I'm not going to "back off" I was there for him through a lot too so just because you two were childhood friends doesn't mean that you are better for him. While you were gone I joined the guild and was with him through everything, we have been through a lot together and I have watched him grow into the strong dragon slayer that he is. I'm not going to back off I love him just as much as you do if not more. He should be able to make the decision, he might not feel the same way about you." I told her I could feel the tears of anger forming, she laughed at me "You aren't good for him, you haven't known him near as long as I have he loves me I know it. We raised Happy together, has he done anything like that with you?" she asked I looked down the tears now flowing down my face.

Just then the doors opened and someone walked up, I didn't even bother trying to hide my tears or look to see who it was, until I heard Natsu's voice yell "Woah what the hell is going on here?" I turned to look at him and then ran out of the guild, I heard someone following me but didn't even look to see who it was. I ran crying the entire way home, how could she be like that, it wasn't her place to tell me that Natsu was hers when he hasn't even said it himself. When I got home I ran in and didn't even bother closing the door because someone from the guild was still behind me and I knew they would close it behind them. I threw myself onto my bed and cried into my pillow, and the person sat down beside me and rubbed my back. I looked up to see Erza and Juvia beside me, it was Juvia sitting beside me rubbing my back, they both had sympathetic looks. "Lucy it's going to be okay, Natsu probably doesn't even think of Lisanna that way, he never did when they were children, he was always grossed out by her talk of a family." Erza told me sitting on the chair I had in my room and fiddling with a piece of her armour. Juvia looked up at her and said "You need to show her that she can try to be your love rival but no one else will love Natsu more than you do." I chuckled at her wiping my face with my blanket, I looked down at my hands shaking and then looked back at their caring faces. "What do you think will happen now?" I asked them. "Knowing Natsu he will probably come up with some crazy plan to decide which one he will choose." Erza said with a chuckle. I nodded and then Juvia spoke up again "Just show Lisanna that her love can never rival yours." I smiled a teary smile at her and pulled the cover over my head. "I just want to hide from the world, why did he have to walk in on that?" I asked with a shaky voice. "It is probably for the best, he was the only one brave enough to step in and stop it." Erza said, "I doubt that he will really think much of it, before I left I told Gray to tell him what happened, but now that I think of it that may not have been the smartest move he might try to confuse Natsu." I shrunk father under my blanket and tears began to flow again.

It took Juvia and Erza a good hour to calm me down and then Erza went back to the guild to make sure Gray hadn't confused Natsu and had told him the truth. Juvia went to go shopping and brought me back some of Mira's stew and then went back to her apartment at Fairy Hills. I spent the rest of the day sulking around my house talking to Plue about everything that happened while he chattered away. I went to sleep early that night fearful for what the next day would be like.

The next day when I got to the guild I went to the bar like I normally would to get a milkshake but Lisanna was there again staring me down. I sat down and tried to ignore her but then I felt her throw something at me and then I stared her down back until I saw Natsu walk up and grab our shirts and drag us outside. He sat down under the tree and then waited for us to do the same, so I sat down and waited for him to explain what was going on. He explained that he had decided that he would go on three dates with each of us and then decide who he wanted to be with after that. I was curious about how he would decide so I asked, "How will you decide who wins?" He looked between the two of us and said "Whoever I have the most fun with and whoever I feel is the best for me." I nodded and then he said that the first date would be a picnic and I grinned, I was going to make a homemade picnic, not buy food for it. I got up and left and went home to plan things. I called Aries out because I wanted advice but wasn't in the mood to talk to Loke, when she appeared she apologized for taking so long and asked what I required. "Sit down please and you have to stop apologizing it's okay! I really need relationship advice though, do you think you could help me?" She nodded and sat down looking a bit nervous and antsy, I sat down and explained the entire situation to her and asked what she thought. "Well you could try to be the nicest and follow all the rules and make him food, men always fall for food." she said sheepishly. I chuckled at her and thanked her for her help and then wrote in my novel until I decided to go to bed.