I was thinking of that one Christmas Special Chapter (462.5) and I was reading a one-shot by MissyPlatina (if you hadn't read any of her stories, you should because they're awesome!) called "Closet Snogging". I put the two together and wah-la! I've never played the king game before and I'm not good with pranks or jokes, but hopefully, this will turn out okay. ^.^'
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail
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The King Game
"So…um…" Lucy blinked a few times with the straightest face Wendy had ever seen from her. "Why are we celebrating again?...and more importantly, why are we celebrating at my house?"
She was just out buying groceries when they all decided to raid her apartment. It wasn't the first time though, but Lucy was glad they decided to bring food along instead of use all her ingredients. Erza, Natsu, Gray, Juvia, Gajeel, Levy, Wendy, Carla, Lily, and Happy were currently sitting around Lucy's dining table with a bunch of food sitting on top of it. It was literally a feast! There was turkey, ham, and everything! As far as Lucy remembered, there was no holiday that was today, or that was coming up.
It was really loud and Wendy had to shut all the windows to keep from disturbing Lucy's neighbors, but she was still sure all of Magnolia could hear them. That had most likely occurred from Natsu, who was shoving everything he could get his hands on down his throat. Gray was constantly pestering him while ignoring Juvia, Gajeel was pretending not to be interested in his conversation with Levy as Lily was giving him knowing looks, and Happy was trying to get Carla to take a bite of fish. Wendy was the only one sitting calmly, smiling at Lucy after welcoming her home. It was all normal, but scary for Lucy. Why would they be treating a normal day like it was Christmas? Was it a holiday for only the guild, like the Fantasia Parade, and no one told her about it? It was all a little scary for her.
The scariest thing that Lucy was looking at, was the sparkle in Erza's eyes…
Wendy seemed a bit nervous too and she turned her head to the Celestial Mage as her beautiful blue hair fell off her shoulder, "Erza invited us all here instead of Fairy Hills because the boys wouldn't be able to join us. She said you wouldn't mind."
Lucy bit the inside of her mouth to keep from shouting at Erza. "Did she now?…Why are we celebrating?"
With a shudder, Wendy answered, "it's April Fools' Day."
Oh no…April Fools' Day and the wicked glow in Erza's eyes were never a good combination. How did it escape Lucy's mind about the day? She personally didn't consider it a holiday: people would pull a prank and continue their lives…it's not like they pulls pranks anyway. The holiday seemed unnecessary and unimportant, but almost every single person in her house adored pranks and wouldn't let the time of month escape their minds, unlike Lucy.
"Lucy!" Erza exclaimed, just realizing she was here. "There you are! Now we can start partying! You better sit down and eat before there's nothing left!" She shot a glance at Natsu, but he didn't pay attention to her.
Lucy's eye twitched as she turned around to go put her groceries away, "no thanks, Erza. I'm not hungr-"
Suddenly, a sword flew by Lucy's head and hit the wall in front of her. Lucy, along with Wendy, let out a shriek and looked at Erza as the room grew silent.
"You will sit and eat!" Erza commanded with a dark aura and shrinking pupils. She held up an empty glass, "now bring more booze!"
Lucy sweat dropped. Great. She's already drunk. Perfect. Lucy left to the kitchen, set her groceries down and found a bottle of wine her friends brought over sitting on the counter. "Hurry up!" Lucy jumped from fright and raced back.
There was tension in the air afterward as Lucy picked at her cold food and shared nervous glances with Wendy, but no one seemed bothered by it as they continued to talk and eat. There was only one thing Wendy and Lucy knew, was that when Erza was drunk, the night was going to be long. And since it was April Fools' Day, it was going to be even worse…
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Lucy was a little surprised that a bucket of water hadn't dumped on her when she walked into a room or that a whoopee cushion hadn't farted when she sat down, but she wasn't complaining, but before anybody knew it, they were sitting in a circle in her living room. Erza had a cup in her hand with sticks in it. In her other hand, was a half-empty bottle of wine. Now Lucy could complain.
"It seems like we have another Cana," Lucy whispered to Wendy, careful that Erza didn't hear.
Wendy nodded in reply, "Only one was enough…"
Lucy cast her a look and Wendy gasped, covering her mouth, "I-I d-didn't mean it like that! D-don't tell her I said that!"
Lucy giggled, "it's okay, Wendy. I know what you mean."
Wendy let out a sigh of relief and Lucy pat her knee before she froze: A warm thigh brushed up against hers. Lucy shivered and slowly turned away from Wendy to the person on the other side of her. The warmth coming off the body next to her could only come from one person: Natsu. Thanks to her teeny tiny crush on him, Lucy would get nervous and jumpy around him, but the good kind of jumpy. It was the kind of jumpy that made her heart throb and her chest flood with warmth.
"Yo Luce!" Natsu flashed her his trademark grin that made her melt when he caught her looking at him.
"H-hi Natsu," Lucy replied. She told herself to move away from Natsu slightly so that his leg wasn't touching hers, but she didn't want to leave the pleasant warmth he gave her.
"Now that everyone is gathered around, we're going to play the king game!" Erza exclaimed.
Everyone immediately groaned. The last time they played that, most of them were humiliated, naked, and exhausted. However, if they argued with Drunk Erza, they would not live to see tomorrow. Knowing that she'd regret this, Lucy pulled a stick out of the cup that was passed around and glanced at her number: 8.
"Who's the king?" Levy asked. Lucy could hear the fear in her voice, hoping it's not Erza.
Lucky for them it wasn't. "I am!" Natsu exclaimed. With the enthusiasm in his voice, Lucy knew whatever was coming, wasn't good. "Alrighty! Number 4 and number 6 must dress in Lucy's bikinis and pose for us!"
Lucy, Wendy, and Levy blinked, "he's heartless!"
Gray suddenly hopped up, making his way to Lucy's bedroom, "sorry about this, Lucy."
Lucy sweat dropped, "Gray?!"
Juvia squealed as Gray disappeared and Natsu burst out laughing.
"Why is he so chill about this?!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Yeah!" Levy spoke next. "You'd think he'd be freaking out at this point!"
"That's because he strips all the time," Erza said. "He's already used to showing that much skin."
"Well, who is the other person who was chosen?" Happy asked, a little afraid of whom it was.
"SALAMANDER! I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!" Gajeel jumped up and tackled Natsu, letting out a string of insults and punches as the two rolled around the room.
Levy and Pantherlily's faces went pale as they shouted in unison, "GAJEEL?!"
"THAT'S ENOUGH!" Lucy flinched as a banging noise sounded through her house and the two boys sat moaning with an angry, drunk Erza above them. "GROW A PAIR AND CHANGE, GAJEEL! THE KING'S ORDERS ARE ABSOLUTE!"
Natsu chuckled and Gajeel sent him a death glare as he felt the room. Natsu sat back down next to Lucy and scratched at his pink locks. She turned to him before she could stop herself and asked, "are you okay?"
Natsu locked eyes with hers as his cheeks turned slightly pink. He smiled at her then and said, "I've been better, but thanks for asking, Luce!"
Lucy smiled back and looked away before he caught her blushing. As she did so, she happened to look toward Levy, who gave her a smile and a thumb's up. She was the only one Lucy told about her teeny tiny crush on Natsu.
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Levy constantly fidgeted next the almost-naked Gajeel as she drew a stick from the cup and Gray was trying to ignore Juvia whose eyes were looking over his body. Lucy giggled at the scenes before she looked at her number: 10.
"Who's the king?" She asked.
"I am!" Happy jumped up and down with excitement as Erza pouted behind him.
"Happy," Carla put on her best puppy-face (or in this case, a kitty-face) and gazed at him, "please give a nice order."
Happy looked at her and smiled, "okay, Carla, for you, I won't make this so mean."
Lucy let out a sigh of relief.
"Number 2 and number 10 must have a brawl!"
Lucy stiffened.
"How is that nice?!" Carla exclaimed.
"Are you number 2 or 10?"
"Err...no."
"You don't have anything to worry about then!"
Natsu pouted, "dang it! I'm neither of those numbers! That was a good one too!"
Erza suddenly stood up, "I'm number 2! Who's number 10?!"
Lucy could've sworn she died of shock. "You can't be serious?! Erza?!"
Everyone gapped and looked around, "Who's number 10?"
"NUMBER 10!" Erza exclaimed with an angry aura coming off of her, "IF YOU DON'T COME OUT, I'LL HAVE TO POUR MYSELF ANOTHER GLASS THEN POUR ANOTHER ONE!" Drunk Erza is scary…
Lucy let out a yelp and ducked her head down in embarrassment because she knew everyone was looking at her. "Lucy? It's Lucy?"
Wendy looked over her shoulder, "yup, she's number 10."
"THEN GET UP AND FIGHT ME, LUCY!"
Lucy covered her head, "I don't wanna!"
"Come on, Lu! You can do it!" Levy exclaimed.
"You got this, Lucy!" Gray cheered, causing Juvia to pout at him for cheering on her love rival.
"Yeah! You can do it, Lucy!" Wendy smiled and pushed the blonde onto her feet.
Lucy felt a little encouraged by her friends' cheering, but was still afraid that she was going die.
"You're gonna die," Happy mumbled, snickering to himself as Carla shook her head disapprovingly.
Erza cracked her knuckles before charging at her. She shrieked and squeezed her eyes shut, her arms still covering her head.
However, she didn't feel the blow. Instead, she felt an arm wrap around her.
When she opened her eyes, Natsu stood in front of her, holding her with one arm and blocking Erza's punch with the other. The room grew silent as Erza stepped back a bit.
"I don't think this is a good idea, Happy. Erza's drunk and she wouldn't forgive herself if she found out that she hurt Lucy when she sobers up."
Happy agreed, "good point, Natsu."
The others agreed.
"I am not drunk!" Erza exclaimed and pouted, but sat back down anyway and pulled out a bottle of wine. She immediately began chugging.
Natsu sat back down and Lucy followed in suit as she watched him rub his arm. The blow he took for her must've hurt, she was about to ask him if he was okay, but Erza suddenly hopped out of her seat with a huge grin and a sparkle in her eyes. "I'M THE KING!"
Everyone moaned…Death is near…
"I order number 5 and number 3 to strip naked!"
Lucy gapped and looked down at the stick she didn't even know she drew: number 7. Phew!
Gray hopped up and stripped of Lucy's bikini. Well, nothing out of the ordinary there…except he's not wearing underwear. Lucy couldn't help the blush as Juvia squealed and said something about Gray being hot.
Suddenly, Natsu hopped up and stripped his scarf and the rest of his clothes. Lucy shrieked and looked away. If she thought she was blushing before, it was nothing compared to now.
"Natsu!" Wendy looked away as well as everyone else.
"Oi! Salamander! Warn us next time!"
Natsu didn't comment as he sat back down and crossed his legs. This'll be a long day…
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"I'm the king!" Erza exclaimed.
"This game is rigged!" Natsu huffed.
"Number 8 and number 1 must shower together!"
Lucy's eyes widened, "could she be any more heartless?!"
Gray's eyes widened as well and his face became red. Lucy raised her eyebrow in suspicion and then Juvia's face mirrored his.
Lucy burst out laughing, "G-Gray a-and Juvia!"
The two looked at each other causing Juvia to squeal and drag him off to the bathroom as Gray tried to escape. Everyone began laughing.
"I'm a little happy for those two," Lily said absentmindedly.
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Juvia came back as happy as ever and Gray's blush never faltered as he remained silent. The good thing was, was that Gray was dressed now…but he'd probably just strip again.
"I am the king once again!"
"Again?!" Gajeel exclaimed, "This game is rigged!"
"That's what I said last time, Metal Head!" Natsu snapped at him.
"What'd you call me, Flame brain?!"
"A Metal Head you little-"
"KNOCK IT OFF!"
"A-aye!"
Erza let out her breath in a huff before saying, "number 9 and number 6 must pole dance!"
And Lucy knew she would be getting nightmares as Natsu (naked) and Gajeel (in her bikini) pole danced…That's what they get for arguing…
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"I'm the king this time," Levy said as she looked at her stick she drew.
"Our hero is here!" Everyone exclaimed while letting their breath out in relief.
Erza only pouted.
"Um…I order number 1 and number 10 to hug."
"La~me!" Erza exclaimed.
"What?" Levy looked over at them. "It's better than a handshake or something."
Lucy sneezed.
Suddenly, Happy gasped with tears in his eyes, gazing over at Pantherlily and Carla, who were hugging.
L-Lily…we are no longer friends!"
"It's not my fault!" Lily exclaimed and pulled away from Carla. "It was the king's order!"
Lucy giggled and drew another stick from the cup. She blinked a few times before saying, "Oh! I'm the king!"
"Dang it!" Erza shouted.
"Okay…I order number 3 and 4 to be partners for a week."
"Huh?!" Wendy and Happy exclaimed. "You mean partners in Fairy Tail?"
"Yeah. You two will go on jobs together for a week."
Natsu gapped, "but Happy is out partner, Lucy!"
"I didn't know Happy was number 3 or 4!"
Carla didn't say anything, but turned away with a slight pout.
"Hey Carla," Wendy smiled, "maybe you can team up with Natsu and Lucy for the week. That way, you won't be alone."
"Hmm…I suppose there wouldn't be any harm to it. You better take good care of Wendy for me, Happy!"
"Aye sir!"
They all drew sticks again and Gajeel was the king: "I order number 5 and 9 to slow dance."
Wendy and Lily did as they were told. "Well, it could be worse," Lucy thought.
"I AM THE KING ONCE AGAIN!" Erza stood up and shouted.
"I jinxed us! The devil is back!"
"Number 7 and 2 must wrestle!"
Juvia stood up, "you're all my love rivals! Who's fighting me?!"
"Thank goodness it's not one of the boys," Lucy thought as she stood up. "I am."
"We will fight for Gray!"
"Uh…no, not really…"
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Lucy ended up with a few scratches, but nothing too serious. She had given Juvia the equal amount of pain and Lucy wanted to keep fighting, but Wendy had told them to stop before anything was broken and before Juvia had gotten too serious about "fighting for Gray". Lucy agreed.
She sat back down rubbing her wrists and Natsu looked over at her. "You alright, Lucy?"
"Yeah, I'm fine," Lucy smiled at him.
Natsu mirrored her smile, "That's good! You did great fighting!"
"T-thanks…"
Another thumbs' up from Levy.
"I'm the king!" Juvia exclaimed, then with hearts in her eyes, says, "I order number 6 and 4 to kiss!"
Levy's face suddenly went red as she nervously spoke, "I…I-I'm number 4…"
Suddenly, Gajeel grabbed Levy, spun her toward him, and crashed his lips against hers.
"Woo hoo!" Lucy cheered.
"Hurray Gajeel! Hurray Levy! I'm so happy for you two!" Wendy smiled.
Natsu and Gray wolf-whistled.
"Yea! I have one less love rival!" Juvia exclaimed, but Lucy could hear her mutter, "I wish Gray would do that to me…"
"Gajeel! I knew you had it in you!" Pantherlily clapped.
"They're getting a little intense…" Happy stated.
"Should we still be watching?" Carla asked.
"That's enough you two!" Erza interrupted. "It was supposed to be only one kiss! Not a make out session!"
The two broke apart, blushing. Levy looked over at Lucy, who gave her a thumbs' up. Levy shot her a glare, but Lucy only giggled….Ah! Sweet payback…
"I'M THE KING!" Erza exclaimed, causing everyone to groan. "I order number 7 and 10 to straddle each other hips!"
Lucy gapped as Natsu and Levy awkwardly sat in each other's laps, both with red faces.
"I'm not jealous…I am not jealous…I don't want to be in Levy's place…nope, not at all…"
Gajeel suddenly punched Natsu, "SHE'S MINE, SALAMANDER! GET YOUR OWN GIRL!"
"I HAD TO DO IT BECAUSE IT WAS AN ORDER! BLAME ERZA!"
That started a brawl, which got a few things broken in Lucy's house. However, before she could stop them, the devil got to them first.
"KNOCK IT OFF YOU TWO!" With a smack from Drunk Erza, the two went down to the floor holding their bruised foreheads.
"Erza," Wendy said, "I think we should stop now…"
"Yeah," Gray agreed, "We've gone through enough rounds now."
"NO! ONE MORE ROUND!"
No one refuses orders from Erza, especially when she's drunk. She also happened to be the king again: "I order number 2 and 7 to go in Lucy's closet for ten minutes and do whatever they want!"
Lucy gapped. She was number 7.
"I'm number 2," Natsu said, "who's going in with me?"
Lucy only raised her hand as her face reddened. You can't be serious? Natsu and she in her closet together for 10 minutes? She might as well be humiliated. Also, Lucy's closet is not a walk-in closet; it's very small and Lucy, herself, could barely fit in there. Erza expects them both to be in there?!
"Let's go, Luce!" Natsu grabbed her arm and dragged her upstairs as her friends giggled.
"HOLD IT, NATSU! WE AREN'T GOING ANYWHERE UNTIL YOU PUT SOME CLOTHES ON!" Lucy screeched.
"But I was ordered to-"
"I DON'T CARE! AT LEAST PUT YOUR PANTS ON!"
"Fine."
"Remember," Erza said, "you can do whatever you want!"
"I heard you the first time, Erza!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Be gentle with her, Flame Brain!" Gray shouted.
"Shut it, Gray!" Lucy shouted back.
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Surprisingly, Lucy was not cramped up against Natsu…Well, she was, but she was comfortable against him. It was almost like they were cuddling except they were standing. The only thing that was awkward between them, was the silence. Lucy wanted to start up a conversation to break the tension, but she couldn't really think of anything besides asking him if his wounds from Erza were okay now. Lucy bit her lip as she continued to think up a conversation, but Natsu beat her to it:
"Hey Lucy?"
"Yeah?"
"When you were wrestling with Juvia, she was thinking that it was for Ice Princess…Were you fighting for him too?"
Lucy's eyes widened, "What?! What kind of question is that?! Who gave you that idea?!"
"Well, err…I mean, she said she was fighting for Frostbite, per usual, but you seemed really eager to win…so I thought…" His voice trailed off.
"I wasn't fighting for Gray! I just wanted to win."
"Why?"
"I didn't want to lose to Juvia, especially in front of everyone…I would feel weak…"
"What? You're not weak! You're one of the strongest people I know!"
"Thanks Natsu," Lucy couldn't bite back the sarcasm. How many people in the guild were stronger than her? Hmm…Well, there's Erza, Gray, Gajeel, Laxus, Mira, Gildarts…
"Well yeah, there are people stronger than you, but that doesn't make you weak! I like to think of it this way, if there are people stronger than you, your goal should be to surpass them! That's how I got to where I am today!"
Lucy giggled, "Typical Natsu…"
"You have the strongest will I know of though. Of course, there's Erza, whose will is super strong, but you take the cake!"
"Thanks Natsu," Lucy's voice didn't have sarcasm in it this time. This time, it had gratefulness in it and something else that just made Natsu's heart do weird things.
Lucy lifted her head from Natsu's chest and planted a kiss on his cheek before tightening her arms around him.
Natsu responded by snuggling into her hair and running his hands down her back.
"Eek!" Lucy jumped. "Don't do that!"
"Don't do what? This?" Natsu brought his hands back up to her shoulder blades again and ran them down to her waist.
"Ah!" Lucy squirmed, "yes, that! Don't do that!"
"Oh? You're ticklish?" Natsu gave her a devilish smirk.
"N-no!"
"Liar!"
Natsu began tickling Lucy, who squirmed, laughed, and pushed him back, but the walls refused to let him to leave her side. For five long minutes, Natsu continued to torture her, but he decided to stop because she was sweating and out of breath.
Lucy's laugh died down and she fell into his arms, exhausted. Natsu chuckled, but his breath caught when he looked her over. With the sweat matting her hair to her forehead, her eyes half-closed, and out of breath, she looked beautiful.
With her totally off guard and in his arms, he had no better opportunity as he smashed his lips against hers.
Lucy's eyes changed from half-closed to wide and she gasped, allowing Natsu to deepen the kiss. She eventually melted against him and kissed back with the equal amount of force. Her hands were knotted in his hair and his arms were securely around her waist as she closed her eyes.
Neither of them realized Erza had shouted "OKAY, YOU TWO! TEN MINUTES IS UP! YOU CAN COME BACK DOWN NOW!" and ended up staying up there for an extra five minutes that felt like hours to them.
Lucy decided, as she was in his arms, that the king game wasn't as bad after all.
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Okay! I hope this wasn't too bad! My brother helped me with the orders because the very first one turned out like "I dare number 4 and number 6 to slap each other" and I'm like "LAAAAMEE!" so I went to him. The last order with Natsu and Lucy in the closet belongs to me though. Jacob thought of everything else, including who was being ordered. Also, this is for April Fools' Day. I know it's a month late, but when April Fools' Day hit, I didn't know what to write and now that there is this…well yeah. Happy Extremely Late April Fools' Day everyone! Lol! I hope you liked it!
-zEllie