Edolas
Fairy Tail Guild
It had taken some weeks to help fix up the city, but they had done it.
Life without magic was something else indeed; it was difficult, but manageable just like the earth landers had said before they had left. Everything was even better now that they were ALLOWED to have a guild; they didn't have to constantly be on the move. They didn't have to run; they were all safe and more importantly needed. They were allowed to station their guild in the Royal City and while some people were still hesitant about the whole idea of the guild, hesitation was quickly put aside, especially when the guild had done nothing but help fix up the city. Even the girls had begun to help after a few days of merely criticizing the jobs the boys were doing "wrong".
Almost everyone had begun to get used to this new peaceful life.
Almost everyone,
"Has anyone seen Natsu anywhere?" Gray cried, as he looked frantically around the guild for the boy.
"Natsu?" Juvia blinked,
"Come to think of it I haven't seen him for a while." She pondered, jumping out of her seat only at the invasion of space as Gray drew closer.
"Nothing ever gets past lovely Juvia-Chan~" Gray sang, his eyes now in the shape of hearts having heard his loves voice.
Juvia eye twitched in annoyance,
"Would you...GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!" Juvia roared, her foot striking him up to the air.
"Idiot..." Levy commented, before turning to Lucy.
"Well blonde?"
"Well WHAT pipsqueak?" Lucy glared in annoyance, she wasn't sure why but every time this girl opened her blabbering mouth it only seemed to annoy the hell out of her.
Levy, who shared her distaste for the other, merely rolled her eyes.
"You're his PARTNER aren't you?"
"Thanks for stating the obvious shorty." Lucy huffed, levy growling at the insult of her size.
"Well then if it's so obvious GET-A-CLUE!.. I-D-I-O-T!"
"What'd you call me?!" Lucy stood before her, both looking dangerously at the other in a sudden standoff.
"I think!...What Levy was trying to say was that as his partner you should know of his whereabouts" Wendy stepped in, preferring they skip over the fighting for once.
"Tch...What am I? His master? I don't have to know where he is ALL the time." She grumbled, taking a seat back down before the counter of the bar.
"Well with the way you treat him you might as well be." Jet mumbled under breath, taking a swing of his drink.
Lucy's eyes narrowed towards Jet, not having caught what he had said but having heard something come out of his mouth,
"He's probably just off crying and sulking." She finished, choosing to ignore his hushed sentence.
"Don't be so hard on him Lucy, after all, not having magic anymore took a harder blow on Natsu then all of us." Mirajane commented, as she continued wiping the glasses from behind the counter..
"T-true...without magic…N-Natsu's car is useless." Mirajane's brother added.
Lucy's annoyance subsided thinking about this for a moment. It was true after all. Her partner loved that car and without any substitute fuel source that car wasn't going to be working anytime soon.
"About time you figured it out." Levy sneered, this only bringing up Lucy's earlier annoyance, slamming her hand down on the counter as she stood up.
"I don't have time for this..." Lucy grumbled, as she pushed past.
"Where the hell do you think you're going?" Levy frowned.
Lucy turned her head back, merely sticking her tongue out at the girl in response.
"None of your business midget now if you don't mind I'll be out!" Lucy huffed, before slamming the door to the guild behind her.
"Midget?! Why that hard brained little-"
"Now Levy...there is only so much profanity I can take for one day." Cana interjected, having heard enough of their rude remarks.
"What was that about anyways?" Jet blinked, looking after where the girl had stomped off.
Mirajane merely giggled as the others turned to look at her with confused expressions.
"You know what that was about Mira?" Gray asked, curious to know what she knew.
"Oh don't worry Lucy just went to go comfort him." She smiled brightly,
She always loved seeing those two and their blooming romance.
Levy rolled her eyes at this, knowing exactly what Mira was thinking.
"Don't get ahead of yourself ...they may be partners but no way Natsu would fall for a brute gorilla like her." Levy chuckled, the image of Lucy as a gorilla enough to send her into a sudden laughing fit.
Mira frowned, watching as the others joined into the mockery of the two ever becoming a couple.
"N-no offense to Lucy or anything...b-but Levy does have a point." Elf-man spoke up, his gaze locked on the floor.
"Elf man?! You two?" Mira pouted, seeing even her brother go against her.
"Well think about it...why would crybaby Natsu EVER fall in love with the girl who torchers and orders him around" Jet reasoned,
"She practically has 100 different techniques JUST to torcher the guy." Droy added.
"Not to mention why would Lucy pick a guy like NATSU of all people? Their complete opposites...it be like me actually dating gray." Juvia finished, already shivering at the thought.
"Juvia-Chan how horrible!" Gray whined, reappearing beside Juvia's side.
"Would..you DROP the "chan" and…while you're at it of course…STRIP DOWN A FEW!" Juvia yelled, punching gray straight up once more not bothering to see where he ended up.
"Come now Juvia haven't you ever heard of opposites attract?" Mira argued,
"That's too MUCH opposite." Levy said, wiping a tear from the corner of her eye at the laughing fit she had received.
"There not perfect for each other like us~" Bisca giggled, referring to Alzack and her lovely relationship to which Alzack grinned, hugging her closer to him in response.
"Biscaaaa that's not fair…no one can compare to our relationship after all~"
Levy stuck her tongue out in disgust as the two continued their love fest, the others merely turning away from the two.
"In…a way those two do have a point." Wendy agreed,
"I mean could you honestly ever see Natsu and Lucy like Bisca and Alzack?" Droy added.
"THINK about it...those two have been partners for a while and are always doing such subtle caring things for the other..." Mira tried once more, before anymore doubt could be added onto the couple.
"Lucy worries for Natsu, remember when she found earth land Natsu and thought she was OUR Natsu...didn't you see how strongly she embraced him?" Mira's eyes sparkled, remembering the scene.
"There friends Mirajane, friends worry just as much, and he was gone for days." Cana reasoned,
"And with everything that was going on...she could have been thinking the worse." Gray frowned, having been thinking the very same thing when he had failed to come back.
"Not to mention that after that hug she proceeded on using one of her torcher techniques" Droy chuckled, remembering it all too well.
Mira sighed,
"You all are just in denial."
"We're in denial because it's just not likely a possibility." Wendy shrugged, not any of them about to think otherwise.
"Oh? You all seem quite sure." Mira smiled suddenly,
"That's right! No way in HELL those two will end up together." Levy snorted,
"Would you be willing to bet on that?" Mira smirked, having now caught all of their attentions.
"If we're talking jewels here I'll bet you anything!" Levy grinned, her interest now peaked.
"I'll have a piece of that!" Jet chimed in, the whole guild now taking full interest of the twos relationship.
"Mira...I don't think Lucy and Natsu would like this." Cana frowned, uncomfortable as the guild began placing their bets.
Levy rolled her eyes,
"Who says there going to find out?" She said, as if that was the most obvious answer.
"You can't expect me to NOT tell them? I will not lie." Cana said, turning her head away.
"You're not lying your just not mentioning it." Jet explained.
"I still don't like it..." She replied quietly,
"Just keep your lady like little self out of our business you got that?" Levy huffed, crossing her arms in annoyance before grinning,
"No one's going to keep me from making easy money."
"We'll just see about that won't we?" Mira smiled her face one of pure cute innocence.
Elf-man felt the beats of sweat roll down his check at the sight of her face.
"Onee-chans up to something…"
"You just figured that out?" Wendy sighed, placing her bet, figuring it would just be easier to go along with it then question it.