Hey y'all! I hope you enjoy this one shot of Sting, Natsu, Laxus, and Romeo from You Can't Escape Fate. The one shot revolves are how they spent their guys' day and includes them shopping for the ladies' attire for the night. I hope you enjoy it!
The boys decided to take a job while the ladies enjoyed their spa day. Their objective was to destroy a lair of monsters. Rumors were that the cave they were visiting was also home to a dark guild. Each man had to keep score of how many monsters and/or dark guild members that they defeated. If one of team "accidently" got in the way of a punch so be it – this was a competition after all. The ladies didn't have to know how some of their injuries came about, and Titania wouldn't be called away from her wedding planning to smite them with her Heaven's Wheel attack.
It took the men about an hour to travel to their destination and about three hours to clear the four levels of the hideout. Most of the fight centered around monsters while only two dark guild members were caught. Laxus and Sting arrested them and turned the prisoners over to the magic counsel. Thankful, Sherria was the counsel member who took the prisoners. She was kind enough to heal everyone's wounds and she promised to not tell the ladies for at least three months.
With their mission concluded, the men headed back to the spa to pick up the ladies, but they realized that they forgot to buy their lovely ladies dresses for tonight. This was supposed to be a surprise for the ladies, but none of the men wanted to disappoint them because their four upset ladies were more terrifying than Erza when they put their minds to it.
A dust storm followed the guys as ran they ran into the nearby dress shops. They were in a hurry because the ladies were scheduled to be in their dressing rooms in an hour and a half. If their trip took an hour, they would have thirty minutes to get back on the side of the town where the spa was located.
Four panicked men walked up to one poor sales lady. They were all confused on what to buy for their lovely ladies. The only fact the men knew was that the outfits had to be perfect. She started to ask the men what they wanted, but all four started rapidly speaking at the same time. To settle their nerves, the sales lady called for drinks. Little did they know, their favorite water mage overheard their conversation as she shopped for a killer dress for Ezra's upcoming wedding.
Juvia jumped out of a rack of dress near the men. "Surprise! Juvia to the rescue!"
The men's faces went from panicked to shock to "AHHHH! HELP!" Juvia walked over to the sales lady with Natsu in tow. "Listen, this is how we are going to do this. Juvia will take each one of you aside to search for the perfect dress for your lady in the correct size; although, Juvia does not know who Sting is with?"
"Levy." He said with a brilliant smile. Confusion clouded Juvia face, but only for a moment. It's about damn time someone brought the solid script mage out of her shell.
"Well then, Juvia will work with Natsu first to find something for Lucy. While Juvia is doing this, Juvia wants you to browse through the dresses to see if any calls to you. It will be more special if you pick out the dress."
The men nodded at her instructions. As the men looked around, Juvia pulled Natsu to the side. "Okay, Natsu. What would you like to see Lucy in?"
He wandered over to a dark pink chiffon off the shoulder gown. The dress had some fancy draping that he thought Lucy would like. Natsu glanced at Juvia for approval. "What do you think about this, Juvia? It reminds me of some of the dresses the princesses in Lucy's books wear."
"I think that is an excellent pick, Natsu! Juvia is proud of you!" Juvia grabbed a dress in Lucy's size for him while Natsu wondered off to a piece of lingerie he saw.
Natsu eyed each garment with fascination. Finally, he chose a rose pink strapless corset with matching underwear. His mouth drooled as he thought of his wife in it. Smiling largely, he went in search of Juvia. She was hiding in the shoes until he finished his shopping.
"What's next, Juvia?"
"Shoes, Natsu. Every woman loves a good pair of shoes!"
"Help me there? I like the dress color, but I have no clue about shoes, especially women's shoes."
Juvia went through choosing gold, silver, pink, nude, and even some wild colored shoes for Natsu, but he was clueless. Finally, Juvia settled on a nude set of shoes with a beautiful fabric twist on them. "Well Nastu, I think we're through. Why don't you go give all the items to the sales lady and look around some more?"
Natsu began a happy dance, and then he gave a confused Juvia a high five. "Thanks for all your help, Juvia!"
As she shook her head, Juvia left the dancing Salamander in search of her next project. Juvia remembered seeing a stunning black dress in a window display that Mirajane would love. She walked her way through the aisle of dress. Laxus was standing in front of the very same dress from her mind.
"It seems you didn't need Juvia's help at all Laxus!" She exclaimed excitedly. Juvia almost swooned when she saw the glittering, strappy sandals with a small heel on them. Who would have ever thought that the big, bad Laxus Dreyar could choose designer clothing for his lovely, demon wife. "Juvia is proud of you, Laxus!"
"Do you think she would really like them?" He asked self consciously. Juvia was in awe of her guild master. The last time she saw him this stressed was when Mirajane announced to the whole guild that she was pregnant. Laxus fell off his bar the stool and stayed in a dazed state for the next week..
"Laxus, Juvia couldn't have picked out a more perfect dress for Mira. This was the one I had in my mind for Mira so you did excellent! Even the shoes you choose were exquisite!"
"Thanks…" Laxus replied with a flushed face. Yes, the dragon slayer actually blushed at praise. Mirajane is never going to let him live this down when I tell her!
"Since you have everything under control even down to the sizes, I'm going in search of my next victim.. uhm I mean guy."
"Look for the kid, Juvia. I think Sting has Levy's outfit covered." Laxus said with a smirk.
So Juvia headed back through the sea of dresses to find a very confused Romeo sitting on an ottoman with his head in his hands. In front of him, Romeo had 6 dresses spaced out on the racks. The poor kid was mumbling to himself and in dire need of a drink. Juvia took pity on him.
"Juvia doesn't think you'll pick out a dress without your face in your hands, Romeo."
"Oh thank Mavis! You've come to save me!" Romeo jumped up excitedly.
"Romeo, calm down. Juvia has a plan; although, it looks like your off to a decent start!"
"But Juvia, I am so lost. Do I get a fluffy dress, a sexy dress, a dress with a halter top … What would Wendy like? I don't want to get clawed to death by Carla when we return to the guild so it can't be too sexy. I just want her to feel special!"
Juvia watched as Romeo had a mini-nervous breakdown. "Romeo… breathe you've bought Wendy plenty of things before, and Carla has yet to kill you!"
Her statement was enough to calm Romeo down. "Right, Juvia. Sorry… I'm just so stressed out lately."
"Oh, are you trying to plan something special for our little sky dragon slayer?"
Romeo grinned at her. "Yeah, I am. Her birthday is coming up, and I want this one to be memorable for her."
"How about we choose two dresses? You can have one for tonight and one for her birthday?"
"You are a water goddess, Juvia! Thank you!" He said slightly bowing. Then he jumped up and exclaimed, "I'm all fired up!"
I guess Natsu is rubbing off on him a little too much… "Romeo, I would choose the white one with the dark blue trim and vines emerging on the bottom for tonight. The ball gown style is young enough, but classy for Sting's plans for tonight. As for her birthday, I would choose the pretty maroon dress. The cut will flatter Wendy's tall, lanky frame. Do not worry. Carla won't kill you since the dress is gorgeous. Now then, we have the dresses picked out, let's go look for some shoes!"
She pulled Romeo towards the shoes. Romeo picked out dark blue sandals and a pair of silver heels. "Well, it looks like your all set, Romeo. If you want anything else, you're on your own." Juvia said with a wink as Romeo blushed furiously.
Finally, Juvia set out in search of Sting. The light dragon slayer was leaning up against the wall reading a book. Apparently the little book worm has rubbed off on him more than anyone knew. "You look so nervous trying to pick out Levy's attire." Juvia said mockingly.
Sting gestured over to the sparkling yellow dress and shimmering blue shoes that were the color of his eyes. Juvia was impressed with Sting's choice of clothing because it was cut in a sweetheart line with a flare of material at the waist. The cut would fill out her top and emphasize her waist. Levy was going to look exactly like a fairy. Juvia examined Sting's choice in shoes with scrutiny. Honestly, she was trying to find sometime wrong with the man's choices, but she couldn't. His taste in fashion was exquisite just as his tastes in women were now.
"Juvia is surprised so Juvia will give you advice."
"No, Juvia will not. I chose this outfit because this is Levy for me. She's my sun, and I want her to know that."
"You did not let me finish. Juvia is impressed at your choices." She looked away shyly. "Our bookworm needs light, Sting. Juvia is glad she finally has found it. Now, I would suggest you add the book to her outfit because the one in your hand is her favorite.
Smirking, Sting answered, "Why do you think that I have it? I was reading it so I could talk to her about the book."
"I think you just stole Fairy Tail's bookworm's heart!" Sting gave her a wink as the rounded up the guys to get back in time. He couldn't wait to see Levy's face, and he knew the guys were dying to see what their other halves thought about their choices. Time would only tell!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail that honor belongs to Hiro Mashima... Thanks for reading! If you want the full story check out You Can't Escape Fate. This is occurring at the same time as Chapter 7. Reviews are always much appreciated!