Lucy's POV
It's been about a month sing the Grand Magic Games ended and we regained our title as the strongest guild. I wonder how everyone from the other guilds is doing. So anyways, I'm at the entrance of the guild hall and I hear a whole lot more noise than I normally do. I carefully open the door and a chair comes flying at me. I shut the door quickly before it hits me. Geez! What's going on in there?!
"Give me back my underwear Natsu!" I hear Gray yell. Oh boy, either those two are in a full out brawl with the rest of the guild, or Natsu is just being a pest. I hear all of the girls in the guild yell, especially Wendy.
"Just give him his underwear back; no one wants to see 'that'." Whose voice is that? I mean it sound familiar, but I can't remember whose it is. I then hear the door open and I see Master walk out the door.
"Why hello there Lucy. I was wondering where you were. You're the last to arrive. Why don't you come in the guild? I'll make sure that the boys stop fighting so you don't get injured walking in." Master states.
"Alright. But can you tell me whose voice I heard earlier." I ask.
"All in due time child." Master states. Master Makarov walks into the guild hall and I can hear his yelling.
"Alright you brats settle down! The last of you has arrived and I don't want any more violence! You had your fun and you'll have more later!" Master yells. Wow, it sounds like he's talking to 5 guilds. Master pokes his head out the door. "You can come now Lucy." I slowly poke my head in. What the?!
Natsu's POV
So I get to the guild hall and everything is normal. Happy's eating his fish, Levy is reading, Mira's at the bar, Gray's stripping, and Erza's eating her strawberry cake. Just then, the Master comes from the back of the guild hall.
"Listen up everybody we've got some very special guests coming to stay the week with us." Gramps announces.
"Who is it?" Macao questions.
"It's some of the other participants from Grand Magic Games. I've organized them to stay with some of you. They will be staying with you until the week is over. I will announce who will stay with who when everyone gets here." Gramps explains. Then there a knock at the door. Everyone turns.
"That must be them." Gray stated. Master walks up to the huge doors and we see the silhouettes of some people. They all walk in together in a group.
"Hiya everybody!" A drunk Bacchus yells into the guild with his gourd in left hand. I also see Sting, Rogue, Rufus, Orga, Jura, Gray's striping pal Lyon, Chelia, Ichiya, Hibiki, Ren, Eve, Nichiya, Jenny, Kagura, the farmer girl. What was her name again? Oh that's right it was Beth! Yeah so I also see her, Kagura, Erza's cat friend Millianna, and Risley.
"You!" I hear Cana yell. I look back at her. She's just as drunk as Bacchus.
"Well if it isn't my drinking buddy. You wanna try and beat me this time?" Bacchus challenges.
"Oh believe me; I'll wipe the floor with you!" Cana yells back.
"How about we wait until everyone gets here and until you two are sober!" Gramps yelled.
"Yeah, Yeah." Cana agrees.
"Yo Natsu-san!" I look back at the group and I see Sting walking towards me.
"Lector!" Happy states.
"Sup Happy." Lector replies.
"So how've ya been since the games?" I question my fellow dragon slayer.
"Jiemma and Minerva left the guild, so Rufus is the temporary guild master until we can find a replacement." Sting explains.
"That's cool. I've been getting a whole lot stronger so don't expect me to go easy on you if we battle again!" I state.
"I wouldn't want it any other way." Sting agrees.
Lucy's POV
I walk into the guild and I see people from at least 5 other guilds here! What's going on?
"Attention everyone!" I hear the Master yell. Everyone turns heads in his direction up to the second floor of the guild. "Now I know I explained a few things earlier, but now I'll get into detail. I invited some of other guilds to stay with us over the next few days so that you can get along with others. Now, I have organized some you not from Fairy Tail to stay with a few of our wizards. So of you will be staying with one other person some of you will be staying with 2 other people. But before I assign you to your buddies, I have to take attendance. Just say here when I call your name. Bacchus!" Master yelled out.
"Here!" A drunk Bacchus yelled with his arm around a drunk Cana.
"Beth!" Master yelled.
"Howdy!" Beth responded.
"Chelia!" Master exclaimed.
"Right here!" Chelia stated who was standing right next to Wendy and Carla.
"Eve!" Master stated.
"Right here Master Makarov!" Eve yelled while raising his hand.
"Hibiki!" Master yelled.
"Present!" Hibiki answered.
"Ichiya!" Master yelled.
"I love the smell of a reunion perfume!" Ichiya yells. Of course he does. I feel sorry for Erza over the next few days.
"Okay then, Jura!" Master yells.
"Here. Thank you for inviting me." Jura states.
"Kagura!" Master exclaims.
"Here." Kagura states with her stern expression
"Lyon!" Master states.
"I'm over here!" Lyon replies sitting at a table with Jura and Chelia.
"Millianna!" Master yells.
"Over here and feelin' spiffy!" Millianna responds as she stands next to Erza and Kagura.
"Orga!" Master states.
"Attended." Orga states. I look over at him and I see Sting, Rogue, and Rufus, along with Sting and Rogue's Exceed.
"Ren!" Master yells.
"Here." Ren states next to the other Trimen.
"Risley!" Master exclaims.
"Don't underestimate a chubby girl!" Risley yells. I bet it would be fun to have her in a guild.
"Right, Rogue!" Master yells.
"Here." Rogue coldly states.
"Rufus!" Master states.
"I can't wait to make new memories with all of you!" Rufus yells.
"Sting!" Master yells.
"Right here and ready to party!" Sting yells as he is with his comrades.
"Yukino!" Yukino? I didn't know she was supposed to be here. I haven't seen her. I wonder where she could be. Everyone starts to look around the room. "I guess she's not here."
"Wait!" I hear a voice say. I see everyone's attention go to the entrance of the guild and I see a silhouette. The person steps into the guild and it's Yukino.
"Yukino!" Sting, Orga, Rufus, Rogue, and I all yell at the same time. I run up to Yukino.
"Lucy-sama!" Yukino states. We run into each other's arms and give each other a hug.
"Well now that everyone is present and accounted for, Levy I would like your help." Master exclaims.
"Of course Master." Levy-chan walks up the stairs to the second floor and stands next to Master Makarov.
"Alright everyone, now I am going to tell you who is staying with you over the course of the next few days! Take this as an experience to get to know more people from other guilds. Levy if you please." Master asks.
Gray's POV
"Of course Master." Levy cheerfully replies. She uses her script magic to pull up a list of the Fairy Tail wizards with other wizards that we are staying with. These are the names I see put up in the air.
Natsu – Sting
Gray – Lyon & Rufus
Lucy – Risley & Yukino
Erza – Kagura & Millianna
Wendy – Chelia
Mirajane – Jenny
Elfman – Bacchus
Laxus – Orga
Gajeel – Rogue
Levy – Beth
Gildarts – Jura
Great, just great. I'm stuck with Lyon. But I think Rufus can keep us under control. Although, Natsu has Sting and that should keep him plenty busy this week. Plus Erza is with Millianna and Kagura so that should be interesting. I then feel someone tap my shoulder. I turn around and I see the farmer girl from Mermaid Heel.
"I'm sorry, but I was wondering if you knew who Levy was. I don't think she was in the Games, so I don't know what she looks like." Beth questions.
"Yeah. Levy is the girl who just put up the list of people. I think I see her on the stage." I state as I look around for Levy.
"Thank you." Beth stated. She runs off to find Levy.
"Well it looks like were together just like when we were kids." I hear Lyon state. I see them both to the side of me with bags slung across their backs.
"I think this should be an interesting few days." Rufus states.
"Let's head back to my place so that you guys can unpack. Then I'll show you around town." I suggest.
"That sounds like a wonderful idea." Rufus agrees. We all walk back to my apartment for the guys at Fairy Tail. Basically every guy except Natsu lives here so it's a little quieter. I unlock my door with the key I keep on me at all times and the three of us walk in. My room is the same size as the girl's rooms at Fairy Hills. My room is mostly a pale blue with a darker blue trim.
"Hold on a second. I would've done this earlier if I knew I had people coming." I walk up to my twin sized bed and I push it towards the middle of my room with it still touching the far wall. I pull out the two beds I have underneath. "Alright. You guys can sleep on this if you want." I suggest.
"Gray, your shirt." Lyon points out. I look down and I see my shirt stripped off and on the floor. I see Rufus looking on the walls of my room and Lyon starts looking too. "Gray, why do you have a bra hanging in your room?
"And why is it framed?" Rufus questions.
"Come on Lyon, don't tell me you forgot whose that is." I state. I see Lyon looking at it closer. I see a single tear slide down the right side of his face.
"Ur…" Lyon whispers.
"Ur? You mean the ice make wizard who sealed away Deliora?" Rufus infers.
"Yep, she was our teacher before see sealed it away." I explain.
"Wow, you do know that if she was alive today, she would be considered one of the 10 wizard saints." Rufus explains.
"She probably would be." I state. I see Lyon looking at something specific on my shelf. "You remember that." I take the helmet off my shelf and place it on my head. "Oh look at me, I'm the Cold Emperor! I'm gonna melt the iced shell that my teacher casted to seal away a demon!" I imitate Lyon's voice and I can hear him and Rufus laughing. I think that the next few days aren't going to be that bad.
Erza's POV
After I found out my roommates are Kagura and Millianna, I take them back to my room in Fairy Hills.
"Well here we are." I state as the door to my room opens and I see Kagura and Millianna's expressions.
"You have 5 rooms?!" Millianna yells.
"So from what I heard from the other tenants living here, you pay 500,000 jewel a month?!" Kagura calculates.
"That's right. Not only that, but I also have 2 extras beds for you guys to sleep in." I explain.
"Really?! Thanks Erzy-Werzy!" Millianna states as she hugs me.
"It's not a problem. Just follow me and I'll show you were we'll be sleeping." We all walk towards the beds and where all of my keepsakes are. I then hear a bag drop. "Millianna, what's wrong?" She was on her knees crying. I look up and I see Simon's sash he wore before he died. "It's alright." I walk up to the sash and carefully take it down. "Kagura, I want you to have this." I state as I hand Simon's sash to his little sister.
"Why are you giving me this? I don't know what it is." Kagura states.
"It was your brother's." I reply. Kagura looks down at the sash and I see tears start to flow down from her eyes. "Just before we left the tower, I wanted something to remember him by. I then saw something on the beach front and it was this." Kagura leaned into my chest and started to cry harder. I then wrap my arms around her and let her continue to cry. She looks up at me after a while.
"Thank you. It means a lot to me." Kagura states as she wipes away her tears.
"It's not a problem. I have a few other things of Simon's to keep his memory." I explain.
"Really? What else do you have?" Millianna questions.
"I have his eye patch and his metal helmet. If you want either of them Kagura, I'll be happy to give them to you." I offer.
"No, just this is enough. Thank you for giving this to me." Kagura states. I look at the both of them and I smile. This is going to be a fun few days.
Lucy's POV
So I'm paired up with Risley and Yukino for the next few days. We walk back to my apartment in town and we walk into my room.
"Well this is my place!" I state as I walk into my apartment.
"It's cute." Risley states. We all walk in and Risley and Yukino set their things down on my table.
"Hold on a sec." I walk up to my bed and pull out the bed from underneath it. I then walk over to my closet and pull out the bed that hides in there. "There we go, now we all have a bed to sleep on!"
"Thank you Lucy-sama." Yukino states. I see Risley looking on my walls.
"Oi Lucy, what's this?" I look over and I see Risley holding my novel-
"My novel!" I run and snatch the novel out of Risley's hands.
"Hey come on! It was just getting good too!" Risley complains. I hold my novel closer to my chest and I see Yukino looking at my desk. I then see her looking at the pictures of my mom and dad.
"Are these your parents?" Yukino questions me.
"Yeah. But they both died a while ago." I reply.
"I'm sorry. My parents were killed by followers of Zeref and they took away my sister too." Yukino confesses.
"I'm feel bad for you." I hear Risley state. She puts her hand on Yukino's shoulder.
"It's fine, they died when I was a child." Yukino explains.
"Anyways, what do you guys think Makarov is going to do over the next few days?" Risley questions.
"I don't know. But I guess I could show you guys around the town a little later. I remember Makarov saying that after we got settled in he wanted us to head back to the guild." I explain.
"That makes sense. I think we should start heading back now." Yukino states.
"That's a good idea." Risley agrees. We all start to walk out the door to back to the guild. I wonder what were gonna do this week?
Natsu's POV
So I take Sting and Lector back to mine and Happy's place and I unlock to the door. The 4 of us walk in to see a nice clean house. After I heard that Lucy spent an entire day cleaning it, I decided to keep it as clean as possible, or else Lucy would have my head! So we walk in and I see my couch and my hammock and my bulletin board.
"Home Sweet Home!" I yell. I throw my stuff next the hammock I sleep in and head over to the kitchen for some food. I hear Sting and Lector follow me into the kitchen. "Ya want something ta eat?" I offer.
"Nah, I ate before I got here." Sting explains. He walks around and I hear Sting walk back into my living room. "Yo Natsu-san!" Sting yells. I grab a bag of chips from the cabinet and start to walk back into my living room
"What is it?" I question.
"What's with the maid costume?" Sting questions as he points at Lucy's old maid costume.
"Oh that's from the first mission I did with Lucy! She had to dress up as a maid in order to get into this whack job's house in order to find a book and burn it." I explain.
"Oh yeah." I see Sting and Lector look around for more stuff.
"What's with the pile of rubble?" Lector questions.
"I can answer that one. You see, Gajeel was a part of the Phantom Lord guild and his old guild master ordered him to destroy the guild hall and this is the rubble from the first guild hall." Happy explained.
"Nicely put buddy!" I compliment.
"What about the Salamander signature? You been practicing?" Sting teased.
"There's no way that's my handwriting!" I yell. "Anyways, I was in Hargeon looking for Igneel 'cause some of the guys in the guild said he might be there, but I ran into the poser named Bora and he said that he was 'Salamander' when he really had no clue what he was dealing with! That was also the first time I met Lucy too!" I explain.
"You've got a lot of weird things." Lector points out.
"Heck ya he does! Natsu's got the most stuff out of everyone in the guild! But even though they're weird they hold a sort of value to me and Natsu so there hard to give up." Happy states.
"That's what I like to hear! Up top!" I high five Happy.
"Don't you think we should be getting back to the guild hall to see what we're doing this week?" Sting suggests.
"Oh crap I totally forgot! We gotta hurry or else Gramps is gonna kill us!" I yell as I run out the door.
"Aye sir!" Happy yells as he follow close behind me with Sting and Lector coming up in the rear.
"Bet I could beat you and Happy to the guild hall!" Sting challenges.
"You're on!" I run full speed to the guild hall beating Sting.
Wendy's POV
I take Chelia up to Fairy Hills so that she can unpack her things and settle in before we go back to the guild hall.
"Well here we are." I state as I open the door to my apartment and walk in with Chelia behind me.
"Wow. It's so big!" Chelia compliments. I see her walk around my apartment. She looks at the wall opposite of the door and notices all of the pictures hung up. "Nee, Wendy, who's this?" Chelia questions as she points to the picture of me when I was younger and Mystogan.
"That's Mystogan. After Grandeeney left, Mystogan took me in and took care of me for a while. But after a while he left me at the first guild I joined and I lived there until it was disbanded." I explain.
"Why did you guild disband?" Chelia question.
"It wasn't really even a guild. Master Roubaul made illusions in order to make me happy as a child, but after we defeat the Oracion Seis the first time, he told me that I have friends that care for me and that they were my family now." I explain.
"He must've really cared about you." Chelia points out.
"Yeah. He did." I confess.
"I'm sorry for breaking up this touching moment, but we have to get back to the guild hall soon to find out what we are going to do this week with our guests." Carla reminds me.
"That's right. How about we start walking back to the guild hall?" I suggest.
"Sure." Chelia agrees. We walk out of my apartment and start to walk back to the guild hall. "Oh I forgot to ask you this, who else lives here?" Chelia questions.
"Most of the girls from Fairy Tail live here except for Lucy-san." I answer.
Gajeel's POV
So I take Rogue back to my place so that he can put his stuff down before we have to go back to the guild. I unlock my door and walk into my house.
"You can just throw your stuff on the couch." I state. Rogue walks in and notices all of the stuff I have hanging on my walls and all the stuff on my shelves. After he puts his stuff down he and Frosch walk over to my self-full of stuff from my life time.
"Why do you have a sword?" He questions me.
"It's from Metalicana. That bastard gave me it the day before he left. I don't use it that much, but it's the only thing that I have to remember him by." I explain.
"Hey Gajeel. What's this?" I look over at Rogue's Exceed and he's pointing at the shrimp's headband.
"That was from Tenroujima. I was partners with a person who was going to be and S-class mage and this is her headband. It was cut when she was ambushed by members of Grimoire Heart." I explain.
"Then why did you keep it?" Rogue questions me. I can't answer that.
"Now that I think about it, why did you keep it Gajeel?" Lily teases. I feel the blood rush to my face.
"Let's just go back to the guild." I state as I head for the guild.
"What? Can't wait to see 'Shrimp'?" Lily states.
"Shut the hell up!" I yell at Lily. We all head back to the guild hall and everyone is already there.
Mirajane's POV
After about an hour or so, all of the guild member return to the guild to see what Master and I have in store for the next few days.
"Alright you brat listen up!" the Master yells. Everyone's attention comes to the stage. "Alright then, I would like to introduce you to the two young ladies who have organized the things that you are going to do over the course of this week. Mirajane, Jenny, you're up." Master moves to the side and Jenny and I step forward.
"Alright everyone, we've got a ton of fun stuff planned this week. Jenny if you please." I cue. The lights go off and a projection is shown on the stage curtains. The projection is of the next few days and what's going to happen.
Monday – Beach Day
Tuesday – Girl's Beauty Contest
Wednesday – Guy's Singing Contest
Thursday – Field Trip
Friday – Dance
I hear whispers among the audience about the week to come.
"Alright everyone. Settle down." Jenny starts. Everyone quiets down and stares at us.
"Everyone should report to the beach at around 10:00 in the morning. Bring your suits and change beforehand. We will also have some more guests coming tomorrow, but their identities shall stay a secret until then." I announce. "Other than that you have the rest of the day to do whatever. So go out and have fun!" I encourage. I see everyone start to scatter and chat amongst themselves while Jenny and I run behind stage to go over our plans.
"Alright, Operation Couple Creator is underway." Jenny states.
"Yep, and I finished the list of couples that need to be formed by the end of this week." I state. I go digging through my dress and I find the list and hand it to Jenny.
"Let's see…
Natsu & Lucy
Gray & Juvia
Jellal & Erza
Romeo & Wendy
Gajeel & Levy
Bacchus & Cana
Elfman & Evergreen
Lisanna & Bickslow
Happy & Carla
Alright these are good, but I think we need to add 1 more couple." Jenny states.
"Really who?" I question.
"You and Freed!" Jenny states.
"What?! No way! I-I don't like Freed!" I lie right through my teeth.
"Oh come on Mira! I see the way you look at him and I see the way he looks at you. Wether you like it or not, I'm gonna hook you two up!" Jenny states.
"Please don't!" I argue. "But we have to remember to make sure that Kagura and Millianna don't see Jellal tomorrow." I state.
"Agreed." Jenny states. Afterwards everyone heads back to their rooms as Operation Couples Creator is put into action.