A/N: And here is another one. Lol, this idea came from PARADISE.x. This might not have been quite what you were thinking when you requested it but I thought that it should be something different. There are a lot of stories out there with a similar plot but I wanted this to be unique and funny at the same time. Hopefully I pull it off. Please let me know what you think! Thanks so much!

Sweet Dreams

Chapter 1

The fever

"Natsu, what's wrong? Are you okay?" The blond mage asked of her partner. Sitting at the bar, Natsu had seemed perfectly fine just moments ago. Now, his face was red, his temperature was higher than normal, or what you would call normal for him. There was sweat pouring down his face and he looked as if he was in pain.

"Ugh..." His head was spinning and his stomach was doing flips as if he was going to regurgitate. He felt like he had just lost a drinking contest with Cana while on a moving train. He wanted to answer his friend but found that he just didn't have the strength to do it. Lucy was really starting to get worried. Something was seriously wrong with Natsu.

"Mirajane, is Wendy here? Something is wrong with Natsu, I think he's sick." Lucy asked the barmaid worriedly. Mirajane glances over at the sick dragon slayer and places a hand on his forehead onto to retract it back the moment it touched.

"Oh my! Lucy your right. But Wendy isn't here, she is away on a mission and isn't supposed to be back for another week." This was bad. Natsu was in really bad shape and they needed to do something. She has never known of a time when Natsu has become sick unless he ate something other than his element. But nothing like that has happened recently, so what could have caused this sudden illness?

"Bunny-girl." Lucy spun around on the bar stool and faced the voice of the man who called out to her. "There is nothing you can do."

"What? What do you mean Gajeel, we have to do something." She stated. There was no way she was going to just leave Natsu like this. He was her partner, her best friend. She couldn't abandon him when he needs her.

"Like I said, there is nothing you can do. I know what's going on with him. It's something that has no cure, not even magic can fix him." Gajeel said as he looked over at the panting dragon slayer. Lucy was really starting to get scared. Was he going to be okay, would he be able to survive this?

"What is it Gajeel, will he be okay?" Gajeel could hear the concern in her voice and remembered the time when he too fell ill like this. It's not a fun thing to experience but it's something that is unavoidable for dragon slayers. Luckily for him, he caught in when he was still with his dragon. Metalicana taught him all there was to know about the ways of being a dragon slayer and everything that comes with it. This included.

"It's a rare illness, only dragon slayers can catch it. Every one of us will eventually fall ill to it at some point in time. Which means Wendy will too, but there is nothing we can do. He will be fine though, it passes in about a week but he can become delirious, and he may even fall into a deep sleep for several days. But it would be better if he does, that way he isn't awake for everything."

Lucy and Mirajane couldn't believe what they were hearing. They have never heard of such a thing but they were relieved to know that he was going to be okay. They prayed that it passes quickly and that he would be asleep for most of it, just like Gajeel said. But what would they do if he doesn't fall asleep? They couldn't just let him lay there and suffer. Wasn't there something they could do to ease the pain?

"Lucy, we need to get him somewhere he can rest. His house is a mess and the infirmary isn't very comfortable. Can he stay are your place?" The blond nodded, she was willing to give up her apartment for her sick partner but the question was, how were they going to get him there? His temperature was too high for just anyone to be able to carry him. Even Happy would have trouble touching him.

"Gray!" Lucy called out once the idea struck her. She knew he wouldn't like the idea very much but he was their only hope. His body temperature is lower than the others and hopefully that means he can manage to hold Natsu without burning.

"What's up Lucy?" Gray glanced over at his rival and saw how awful he looked before turning back to the blond and seeing the worried look on her face. Something wasn't right, and he could feel the temperature drop with each step closer he had come.

"Gray, Natsu's sick and has a fever. But he's too hot for anyone to lift him, is there anyway that you can carry him to my place? Maybe with your own temperature being so low, you might be able to hold him without being burnt." Shooting another glance at the dragon slayer, Gray thought things over. Even if he still couldn't touch him, he could figure something out with his ice to help get him there. He reached over and touched Natsu's forehead. He could feel the drastic difference from his normal temperature but it didn't burn.

"Alright, I'll help." Lucy smiled at Gray and thanked him graciously before he picked up the dragon slayer and carried him on his back. This was the best he would be willing to do, there was no way he was carrying this idiot in his arms or anything like that.

Natsu felt his body moving, he could feel Gray's cool body against his and shivered at the thought. He hated the idea of having to rely on Gray for anything, let alone something like this. No matter how much he loathed the idea of needing Gray's help, right now he was in no shape to object.

They left out of the guild, and headed towards Lucy's apartment. By the time they got half way there, Gray was covered in sweat and panting heavily. The high temperature Natsu was emitting was starting to get the ice mage. Lucy looked over at him concerned, hoping that this wasn't putting too much strain on him.

"Gray, are you going to be okay?" She looked at him with her big chocolate brown eyes full of concern. He pulled one of his arms out from around Natsu and formed an ice block in his hand. Running the block over his head, he sighed and felt slightly better.

"Yeah, I'll be fine." They started walking once more, stopping every once in a while so that Gray can cool himself off. Finally they made it and Gray placed Natsu down on Lucy's bed before throwing himself down onto the floor. Lucy quickly ran and grabbed him some cold water for him to drink. He drank the glass down in just a few gulps and he felt refreshed as the cool liquid slid down his mouth and into his stomach. Natsu had fallen asleep the minute he fell on Lucy's bed. It was just too comfortable and soft to fight. Lucy's scent reached his nose as he allowed himself to fall into his dreams.

Gray helped Lucy prepare some items to help take care of Natsu then left shortly after. He informed her that he would check up on them later, but he needed to get away from there. Natsu's heat was infesting the room making it hard to breath. He wasn't sure how Lucy could handle being in the same room as him in that state.

Lucy sat next to Natsu as she placed a cool wash rag on his head. Steam started to form as the rag started to dry. She felt her concern only intensifying as she tried her best to bring down his temperature. Nothing worked. She felt useless. She couldn't help him when he needed her most. She could only imagine how Natsu must feel and to think that he was going to have to endure this for another week.

Natsu awoke to see himself in his house. He sat up confused, wondering how he got there. Wasn't he just at the guild with Lucy? Shaking his head, he got up from his bed and walked around his house. Something was off about it, but he just couldn't place it. Oh! It was clean! Lucy must have came back and cleaned up again, but how could she have managed that? He was with her all day.

Not putting much thought into it, he searched around for his little blue friend but couldn't find him anywhere. Assuming that he must be at the guild, Natsu walked to the front door wanting to find a mission for him and Lucy to take. Instead of seeing the lush trees of the forest that surrounded his small house, he found himself inside another room.

The room was cold, white snow covered everything as a sheet of ice laid upon the ground. Confusion sets in as the dark haired mage strolls across the ice. He walked on it as if it was a normal road, neither slipping nor falling and made his way towards Natsu.

"Gray?"

"Natsu, your journey ends here." Gray's voice gave away the seriousness of his claim. Journey? What in the world was this freak talking about?

"What are you blabbering on about pervert?" Natsu crossed his arms and locked his eyes with the ice mage. What in the world was happening, and how did this strange place end up right outside his home?

"I will not let you go any further. You shall not take Princess Lucy!" Lucy? What does she have to do with this? And princess? What the hell is going on? Gray charged, ready to strike as Natsu prepared himself.

"Lucy, what does she have to do with this? And what have you done with her?!"

"We have done her no harm. She is protected. Protected from you." From him? What the hell did he do? All these questions were starting to piss him off and luckily Gray was there to release some of his frustrations on. He wasn't sure what was happening but he was going to find out.