Hi guys! My name is Rekkusu, and I am trying to write a fanfiction (again). Haha, but anyways, enjoy the story, and please review! Arigato Mina!

Chapter One ~ The Mission

Lucy POV

I let out a sigh, resting my head in my hands, while twirling the straw in my milkshake. Mira seems to notice my distress, and walks over with a big friendly smile plastered on her face.

"Are you okay, Lucy?" She questions me, taking the empty glass from me.

Groaning, I roll my eyes. "Lisanna and I both have rent due soon, but there's no job that will give us the money we need." I had been living with Lisanna for a few months now, during the time when Master disbanded Team Natsu.

She taps her chin a few times, thinking. "Oh!" She suddenly yelled. "I just remembered, we got a new job request in a few minutes ago." She laughed at her own forgetfulness, and leans down. When she stands up, she is holding a sheet of paper in her hand.

"Thank you so much Mira!" I exclaim, no longer feeling worried about my predicament. She hands over the flyer, opens her mouth to speak, but gets interrupted by Max, asking her to get him a beer.

As she leaves, I scan the guild, looking for the youngest take-over mage. I spot her sitting down with Natsu, Gray and Erza, laughing joyfully at a story one of them seemed to be telling. Hopping down from my stool, I walk over to them.

"Lisanna?" I whisper, poking her shoulder slowly.

She turns her head, and beams at me. "Hi Lucy!" She says sweetly, gesturing to a seat next to her.

I quickly sit down, and say hello to the other three mages sitting at the same table. I hand Lisanna the job request, and give her a few moments to read it.

I turn away from her, and smile brightly at my ex-teammates. Erza smiles back, and continues to eat a slice of strawberry cake, Natsu grins, and Gray nods his head cooly.

Though our team has been disbanded, we still are really close, Natsu even breaks into mine and Lisanna's new house.

"Where'd you get this request, Lucy?" Lisanna broke the silence with her soft voice.

I take the flyer back from her, tuck it into my short's pockets, and point to Mira. "Your sister gave it to me, for us to do." I finally tell her. She nods at this, most likely expecting it already.

"What's that, Luce?" Natsu tilts his head, looking like a confused puppy. I laugh thinking this, and tell him that it was just a mission from Lisanna and me.

He grins, and says, "You got this!" Natsu starts to laugh, his pink, I mean, salmon hair flying everywhere.

After chatting with my friends for a while, I decide that it was time to go home, I say goodbye to the guild, and start walking out of the building. I hear footsteps behind me, and look around quickly. I see nothing.

Shaking my head, I thought to myself that it was nothing.

I tense up when I hear it again, I keep walking, picking up my pace. All of a sudden, a hand covers my mouth. My eyes widen as I start to struggle.

Then, a giggle sounds right next to my ear. Turning my head, I see white hair, and a sweet smile. I relax, and she takes her hand off of my mouth. "Got you!" Lisanna laughs cheerfully, and I can't but help laughing too.

"Anyways, Lucy, when are we going to go on that mission?" She asks me, quietly, after getting over her giggle fest.

I ponder her question, and then answer, "We should probably go tomorrow, so that we can get back in time to pay rent." She nods, and stops in front of our apartment building.

"A lot has happened in these few months, hasn't it?" Lisanna turns to me, and holds out her hand for the key.

"Yeah, a lot has happened." First, the team gets broken up, then, Lisanna and I become friends. Not to mention, her almost being hurt on a mission. It's crazy being a mage, I muse.

She unlocks the door, and ushers me in. I step in and sit down on a couch. I look up at Lisanna, and giggle. "What? Is there something on my face?" She wipes her face quickly and raises her eyebrows.

"No, I was just thinking about how cute of a couple you and Natsu would be." I say, while running my fingers through my blonde hair.

She blushes a deep red and stutters, "What are you talking about? It's obvious he likes you."

At that, a burst out laughing, to the point of crying. "Natsu, liking me, that's hilarious!" I wipe away some tears from my face, and giggle. "When we go out for lunch, all he does is talk about you, and how pretty you are."

Her eyes widen, and she shakes her head, her blush returning. "That's not true." She says, in denial.

I smirk at her and nod my head. "Yes it is true, but anyways, we need to get to bed, or else we won't want to get up early." She groans at the thought of getting up early.

We say goodnight to each other, and walk to separate bedrooms. I open my door, and flick on my light. I study my light pink room, and finding it Natsu free, I hop into my bed, and close my eyes, not knowing that the mission I was taking tomorrow would change my life forever.

So... how was it? I hope it wasn't awful, I wouldn't want to bore you all. Thanks for reading, and please remember that constructive criticism is welcome! Please tell me if I could do anything different that would make this story better! ~ Rekkusu.