Mr. Lucy's Date

Chapter 1: Introductions

A/N: Italics is thinking.

Lucy leaned back and stared up at the guild's ceiling, letting out an enormous groan of frustration. She had a party in the evening to attend, but it required a date, which she had yet to achieve. Usually Lucy doesn't like parties, but this party was a semi-formal party thrown by the guild Love & Lucky. She felt nearly obligated to attend, as her late parents were members of this merchant guild. Plus, Lucy felt compelled to go as she owed her name to the guild. (Lucky, after the K fell off the sign.)

One thing Lucy would enjoy about this party, though, would be that she'd finally be able to dress up, at least somewhat fancy. She loved picking out outfits and it'd be nice to use one of her more fancier dresses. But, Lucy, wait! You don't even have a date yet, don't get too excited… she thought to herself. Continuing to argue back and forth in her mind about dates and outfits and such, she didn't notice someone was trying to talk to her.

"Luce? Are you okay?" Natsu asked, cocking his head in concern. The comment snapped Lucy back into reality. Natsu continued speaking, "I heard you make a loud frustrated noise. What's up?" Realizing she couldn't hide this from him, Natsu knew her too well, she sighed and gave up. Lucy explained her predicament to her pink-haired best friend.

"What? That's it? You've gotta be kidding! You're worked up over not having a date?" Natsu exclaimed loudly, an arm on his stomach, unable to contain his laughter. Lucy frowned and looked away, knowing everyone heard what he said. Soon, Lucy thought, I'll be surrounded by everyone, asking questions. Oh God, what if Mira heard…

Just as she thought, Mira was the first to pop up, appearing in front of the date-less young woman. Mira had a huge grin on her face, not to make fun of Lucy, but because she's Matchmaker! If anyone could find Lucy a date, Mira would be it. Soon after Mira showed up, Erza, Wendy, Gray, Levy, and Juvia presented themselves.

Levy, Erza, and Juvia all had a smirk on their faces, finding it somewhat funny Lucy, out of all people, couldn't find a date to a simple party. Wendy and Gray just looked neutral, but still curious what this whole commotion was about. Mira still had her loopy grin on her face, while Natsu was calming down after his laughing fit.

Then, the questions started.

Natsu. "Why can't you find a boyfriend?"

Gray."Why are you going to a party at a merchant guild?"

Levy. "When's the party?"

Wendy. "What are you wearing?! Eeee!"

Juvia. "You will not be taking Gray-sama, Juvia forbids it."

Erza. "I can be your date."

Lucy smiled at Erza's offer, but politely declined as she was preferring a male date. Then, she started answering questions. "Natsu, I don't know. Gray, the guild has meaning to me. Levy, tonight, 8 o'clock. Wendy, I'm wearing a dark orange skin tight dress, that ends a little above my knees; the dress has diagonal ruffles, and it's only one shouldered, being diagonal as well. Of course, Juvia." Juvia sighed, relieved.

Mira continued to smile at everyone, concocting a devilish plan in her head. Suddenly, Mira clapped her hands giddily. Everyone turned their heads to her, curious what she was so happy about.

"Lucy! I have a solution to your no-date problem!" Mira squealed. Lucy felt a tad frightened at how intense Mira was. She was also scared what the solution Mira came up with was. "It's easy! I'll pick your date!" Lucy shivered at that solution, who would Mira come up with? And how? What if he's ugly and a pervert?!

Erza cleared her throat and asked the question hovering on the tip of everyone's tongue. "How will you decide, Mirajane?" Mira replied quickly, "Oh, that's easy! I'm hosting a beauty pageant, but for guys!" Mira rubbed her hands together evilly. "First, there will be a modeling contest, then, a who-knows-Lucy-the-best contest, and then finally, a themed costume contest! There will be 5 judges, to ensure no ties. 3 girls and 2 guys would be perfect."

Everyone stared at Mira, and then looked around at each other. Everyone's expression was different. Levy and Wendy looked excited; Cana had a knowing smirk on her face; Erza was in her own mind; and Natsu, Gray, and pretty much any other guy, had a confused look on their face. Loke, who had overheard Mira's planned, was the first to recover. He stepped up to the hostess, and was the first to volunteer to be a contestant.

"Well that was quick! Thank you Loke!" Mira exclaimed, and then turned her attention to the rest of Fairy Tail. By now, everyone knew what was happening. Looking around the guild, Mira asked for more contestants. Surprisingly, the second contestant to volunteer was Gray. Then, annoyed that Gray might win something, Natsu immediately joined afterward.

Gray smiled to himself, knowing that Natsu would do that. It's not that Gray didn't really like Lucy, but everyone knew that Natsu had a crush on her, and was too stupid to know it. So, hopefully, Gray thought, this will knock some sense into the dense flame brain.

As everyone's attention was off Lucy, and on Mira and the volunteering men, she girl in question blushed a dark shade of red. Why are they volunteering? Do they realize they have to be my date? Lucy thought to herself. She honestly didn't know why they were volunteering, but the fact that three guys already had made Lucy's stomach fill with butterflies. She then turned her attention back to the center of the room.

"Anyone else?" Mira asked, sternly glaring at Laxus. The glare did not go unnoticed, and the lightning dragon slayer huffed and stood up, volunteering. The Thunder God Tribe was utterly speechless, except for Evergreen. She couldn't control her laughter at Laxus volunteering after a simple glance from Mira. Freed and Bixlow then recovered, looked at each other, shrugged, and also volunteered.

Mira squealed with how many guys wanted to be Lucy's date! Six! "If no one else is going to volunteer, let me introduce the audience to the Lucy's Date Pageant contestants!" With a magic puff of fog, the bar had turned into a stage, complete with lights, a microphone, and curtains. The six men and Mira were on stage. She then began introducing the contestants, one by one.

"First up, is Bixlow! How much does he know about Lucy, and is he determined to win?!" Bixlow stuck his tongue out, getting into the moment. He flexed and winked at Lucy.

"Next, the green haired rune mage, Freed! Who knew he liked girls? Then again, Lucy is one-of-a-kind!" Freed huffed and glared at Mira, who implied he was gay. He didn't even deny it, and instead announced he was only volunteering because Laxus had. Out in the audience, Lucy laughed, having already known this.

"Oooh, I think it's getting a bit chilly! It must be the ice mage, Gray! Will he win Lucy's heart, or go home broken-hearted?" Gray also flexed, but had his eyes on Juvia, who was giggling. She knew Gray only joined to make Natsu volunteer. What no one else knew, though, was that Gray and Juvia were already a couple. Juvia smiled to herself, knowing he was hers and she was his.

"Oh my! I just got a shock! Literally, Laxus, you jerk, that stung. Give it up to Laxus, maybe Lucy can soften his heart!" Laxus just stood there, looking bored with his arms crossed. Lucy's smile faltered a little, and surprisingly Laxus saw it. God damn it, he thought, I at least have to make her happy, even as a friend. Thus, Laxus formed a smile, and blew a kiss to Lucy. At the end of the line, Natsu growled, staring at Laxus. No one noticed. Except for, of course, Mira.

"Let's not forget the first to volunteer, Loke! I'm sure he will be a strong contestant, being Lucy's spirit, caring for her quite a bit! Everybody, let's have a round of applause for Loke!" As Fairy Tail clapped for him, (mostly the girls), he stood there with a giant smirk on his face. This is gonna be a cinch, he thought to himself. I'd be worried about Natsu, but everyone knows he's too stupid to realize he likes her. So I guess I'll get her first!

"And last, but definitely not least, Natsu Dragneel! Natsu, being Lucy's best friend, must surely know everything about her! But will he win this contest for her heart?" The pink haired dragon slayer sauntered up to the front of the stage, and let out a long roar of fire, and announced that he would not lose. While he said this, he glared at Loke and Laxus, knowing they were the ones he had to keep an eye on.

"Well! I guess that's all of them! Wait, what? Erza! You're not a guy! Get off the stage!" Erza had jumped onto the stage, and bowed for the audience, demanding to be a contestant. "Lucy deserves better than all these losers! I shall be her date!" Erza nearly yelled, pointing her finger at Lucy. Everyone knew better than to go against Erza's will, so Mira just sighed. "And, at a last minute volunteer, everyone clap for Erza!"

After the clapping had subsided, Mira announced that the modeling portion would be happening in 10 minutes. She shooed all the guys, and Erza, away, telling them to go get ready. As they left the stage, Mira bowed and also took her leave, joining Lucy and her friends at a table. She had yet to decide the judges, so she asked for some guidance.

"Mira! I would love to be a judge! Please please!" Levy puppy eyed at the hostess, convincing her, since she was Lucy's best friend that she HAD to be a judge! Mira agreed, and then looked over at Cana. Being close to Lucy as well, Cana became a judge. "Now, I just need one more female judge, and two male judges. I shall ask master to be one of them, and that leaves one male judge." Mira thought aloud.

Just then, Gajeel showed up out of nowhere, wrapping his arm around Levy. This caused her to blush. Suddenly, she came up with a great idea! "Gajeel, why don't you be the other male judge? I'm a judge too, let's be judges together!" Levy asked with an innocent face. Gajeel couldn't resist that, and accepted.

Now, Mira only needed one more female. She decided on Wendy, thinking that the contest would need some innocence and cuteness to it. Mira went around gathering the judges, sitting them down at the judge table. The table had magically appeared, seated facing towards the stage. The judges sat down, Levy being the furthest on the left, and Cana the furthest on the right. Gajeel was squished between Levy and Wendy, nearly suffocating in all this blue hair. Next to Wendy sat the master, who at the moment was trying to steal some of Cana's beer.

Soon after Master Makarov consumed some beer, the lights went down, and a spotlight appeared on stage, illuminating Mira, who was now in a pretty flowing blue dress. Mira spoke into the microphone, "welcome back ladies and gentleman! I hope you didn't wait too long, because now it's time for *squeal* the modeling portion! Of course, the order will be alphabetical, just like the introductions. But before we start, please get some drinks and popcorn, and we'll be back after a few short messages from our sponsors!"

End of Chapter 1: Introductions.

(A/N: If you were wondering, the commercials would be for Yajima's restaurant, the magic council, the upcoming Grand Magic Games, and a new model of the car ran by magic from a person's body.)

I changed talent portion to costume portion - I have some ideas for the talent part.