Golden Promise here! So this idea came to me from Alliecat645's review for Battles, injuries, guild mates and love. If you haven't read it yet I recommend it before you start this one. A strange man seems to be following or lovely Natsu and Lucy. What is he up to? Read and find out! Enjoy.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima does.

The man let out a breath and saw his breath puff out into the air. It had grown colder as the year went along. Snow would soon be expected. The man glanced at the couple a ways in front of him. They were close together, the boys arm around the girl's shoulders. He could practically see the heat radiating off of the two. The man grinned as he watched them, he began hatching a plan. It had been a while since he had seen the salmon haired fire mage and his blood was boiling for some fun. He saw the couple stop a ways away in front of a building. He assumed it was where the blond haired girl lived as he saw her move away to unlock the door. His smile grew wider at the kiss he witnessed. He knew what he wanted to do now, the perfect way to get under the fire mages skin. With this thought in mind he moved down an alley and disappeared into the shadows.

Lucy smiled as she broke apart from the kiss. Even after five months of being together she still wasn't used to being this way with Natsu. Natsu stepped back and put his hands behind his head and smiled at her.

"So do I meet you here tomorrow or at the guild Luce?" he asked her.

"I'll meet you at the guild. I think Happy feels a little neglected lately, you should spend some time with him" Lucy told him. Natsu nodded.

"We are going to go fishing later" he said. Lucy raised a brow.

"In this cold? You're going fishing" she asked. Natsu grinned.

"It's not that cold" he told her. Lucy let out a laugh.

"Oh how I envy the one who never gets cold" Lucy said as she reached for her door knob.

"Don't fall in the water" she jokingly told him.

"No worries here. I'll see you tomorrow Luce" he said. Lucy nodded, said her goodbyes and entered the door. She headed up the stairs to her bedroom quickly and sat down on her bed. She decided to work on her story for a while and sat down to do so.

Outside Natsu walked away from Lucy's apartment and toward his own home. He needed to get the fishing poles ready to go fish. When he made it home Happy already had everything packed. He flew over to Natsu and smiled.

"All ready to go Natsu" he told him.

"Alright let's get to it then" Natsu said as he picked up a few things.

"Aye sir!" Happy responded.

Lucy shivered as she headed to the guild the next day. The temperature had dropped through the night and yet not a single snow flake had fallen.

I guess I should be thankful for no snow, Lucy thought to herself as she walked. She rubbed her hands together to warm them up. She noticed just how empty the street was that day and she looked around for a sign of anyone. She felt a shiver go up her spine that had nothing to do with the cold. Lucy's head shot to the direction of a nearby alley and saw what looked like a human shadow on the ground. As she got closer to the alley the shadow appeared to move. Lucy began to feel nervous. Was someone waiting behind the wall in the alley? Waiting for her to pass? Lucy held her breath as she reached the alley and looked in. her eyes widened in confusion as she saw no one in the alley. Letting out a shaky breath she continued walking. She felt as if she was being watched and it creped her out. She had to keep herself from rushing to the guild.

When she finally made it she opened the doors and rushed inside. She let out another sigh of relief and moved toward the ar. She didn't realise her hands were shaking until Mira called her out on it.

"Are you okay Lucy? Your hands are shaking" Mira asked her. Lucy shook her head.

"I…I'm a little bit worried" Lucy told her.

"Whys that?" Mira asked. So Lucy told her about the shadow in the alley and about the feeling of being watched. Mira thought all off this over.

"Lucy, you should tell Natsu" Mira told her. Lucy nodded.

"I will" Lucy agreed. Mira looked as if she was about to say something else when she was interrupted by someone asking for a drink. While she went get the drink Lucy looked around the room for Natsu. She spotted him over with Happy on the other side of the room and looked to be deep in a conversation with Erza. Lucy got up from her stool and started over to the three. She said hello to a few friends as she passed their tables. When she reached Natsu, Happy and Erza, Natsu glanced up and grinned.

"Hey Luce, Erza's got another job for us" He said. Lucy smiled at Erza.

"What is it this time?" she asked questioningly. Erza handed her the request paper. Lucy read it over and felt herself frown.

Creatures tormenting town. Locals are being stalked and some have disappeared. Requesting help to get rid of these creatures and find the missing citizens.

Reward 650,000 jewels

"Creatures?" Lucy said.

"Not very descriptive" she turned to Erza. Erza nodded.

"We will probably get more information when we arrive. Are you willing to go on this job?" Erza asked her. Lucy nodded.

"Of course" they agreed to meet at the train station the next morning and Erza left to tell Gray.

"Luuucy, I'm hungry" Happy wined when Erza left.

"What do you want me to do about it?" she asked him.

"Could you get me a fish?" he asked her. Lucy gave him an annoyed look.

"Go get your own fish" she told him. Happy's mouth began to quiver and he flew off.

"Lucy's mean!" he called back as he flew toward Mira. Lucy sent a glare his way before turning back to Natsu.

"So did you catch any fish yesterday?" she asked him. Natsu frowned.

"A few, not many though" he told her. Lucy let out a laugh.

"That's what happens when you fish this close to winter. It's too cold for the fish"

"We still had enough to eat though, and it was fun" he smiled. Lucy smiled back.

"I'm glad"

They talked more about his fishing time with Happy until Happy arrived back. Happy got into the conversation and explained the fish he caught happily in detail.

Time flew quickly while Lucy was talking with Natsu and Happy. They had asked Mira for some food and had eaten together. Happy had been ranting about how good the fish was while Lucy and Natsu laughed. Friends had come over to chat with them a bit too, wishing them luck on their new job. Lucy and Levy had chatted for a bit about a new book that had come out. Finally Lucy decided to head home, she had yet to tell Natsu about her experience earlier that day.

As she stood up Natsu glanced at her before standing up as well.

"Hold on a minute Luce, I'll go with you" he told her as he headed off toward the direction Happy had wandered off to. Lucy pulled her jacket on and pulled on her gloves. She dreaded going back out into the cold as she was nice and warm. She smiled though as she remembered Natsu was going with her. When she was finished getting dressed she looked over to where Natsu had gone to talk to Happy. She saw Happy give Natsu a paw clad salute before flying off. When Natsu got back to where she was he grinned.

"Your all bundled up Luce" he pointed out. Lucy crossed her arms over her chest.

"That's because it's cold outside" she told him. He tilted his head.

"I hadn't noticed" he said. Lucy let out a sigh.

"Of course you didn't" he said as she started for the door. Natsu fell into step beside her and took her hand in his. As soon as they stepped out the door a cold blast of air hit her and she shivered. She looked out to the sky and saw tiny snowflakes falling. It was finally snowing. Her breath came out and swirled with the air and she couldn't help but smile as snowflakes stuck to her outstretched hand.

"It finally started to snow" she said as she continued to look at the snowflakes. Beside her Natsu nodded his head and grinned. Lucy lowered her hand and took a step out into the falling snow. The two walked on toward her apartment and the breeze began to pick up. It tossed Lucy's hair lightly around her face and had her pulling up the collar of her jacket to cover her neck. She dipped her head down into the warmth and let out a sigh as her neck was cover from the wind. Beside her she heard Natsu chuckle.

"Luce you look like a turtle doing that" he stated. Lucy sent him a small glare.

"Well my neck is cold and unlike you I'm not wearing a scarf" she told him. He gave her a confused look before looking down at the scarf around his neck. Before Lucy could realise what he was doing he unwound his scarf and settled it around her own neck over her jacket collar. Surprised she brought her head up and brought her free hand to the scarf. She looked over at him and he was smiling.

"Better?" he asked. Lucy not really knowing what to do nodded and thanked him.

"You're welcome" he said and they continued walking. Lucy smiled into the scarf as they walked and she enjoyed the warmth it brought. By the time they reached her apartment the snow had begun to fall in fat flakes that stuck to the ground.

"Hopefully the trains will be running tomorrow for us to go on the job" Lucy said. She heard what sounded like a gagging noise beside her and looked over to see Natsu's face was pale.

"I hope they won't run" he responded. Lucy laughed.

"You'll be okay, Erza said it's a short trip" she told him.

"Then why can't we just walk?" Natsu suggested.

"Because then it would be a long trip and only you're okay with walking there" she responded. This stopped Natsu's complaining. They passed by the alley that was right before her apartment and when they reached her door she turned to Natsu.

"You want to come in for a bit or are you heading home?" she asked him.

"Happy is meeting me at home so we can get some stuff together for tomorrow" he told her. Lucy nodded.

"Okay" she said as she took off his scarf and wrapped it back around his neck.

"I'll see you tomorrow morning then"

He was watching them again. He saw them pass over the alley and he peered out at them as they walked a few doors down. When they reached the same door as yesterday they stopped and he listened in on what they were saying.

So they have a job, the man thought as he continued to listen. He couldn't help but think how perfect this was. He needed to gather a bit more information before he decided what to do. Without detection he moved back into the shadows and vanished.

Lucy yawned as she walked toward the train station. The day was bright and sunny but still cold as she walked. She looked around her at all the people on the street and smiled. She didn't have the feeling of being watched anymore which made her believe she had imagined it the day before. She had forgotten to mention it to Natsu before he had left yesterday and she didn't really see a point in telling him now. The feeling had passed.

When she reached the train station everyone was already waiting and Lucy couldn't help but laugh at Natsu's pained expression.

Poor Natsu, she thought. Erza waved her over and she walked to them.

"Good morning Lucy" Erza greeted her.

"Good morning Erza" Lucy said back.

He saw as the blonde reached the small group of mages. He stood a ways off from them, watching as they slowly walked toward their train. He waited until they were a far distance away before he slowly followed them. He had gotten information about the request they had taken by eavesdropping on conversations, that and using his shadows. He watched as the group boarded the train and he smiled. He would have his chance on their job, he just needed to get an in with whoever was causing what was going on in that town. A few doors down on the same train he boarded and sat down to wait. He could barely hold his excitement.

So there's the first chapter I hope you have enjoyed so far and please R&R