::I don't own Fairytail!::
Natsu and Lucy have already allowed to words to pass their lips, and a promise was made to always stay together. Natsu's fiery temper won him the girl in the end though his jealous tendencies may cause him more trouble than he cares for in the near future. A fic as per request from AngelKnightKaoru I hope you enjoy the continuation! (Sorry it took so long btw. My computer crashed last month and I had to start this one from scratch all over again T.T)
Sequel to the trouble with friends!
The doors to the guild slammed open revealing a rather irate blonde celestial spirit mage, who was followed by two men. The pink haired man grumbled to himself as he avoided eye contact with the orange haired spirit beside him. Lucy was in no mood to deal with either of their petty disagreements as she made her way over to the request board she pulled off the mission she had been looking for before stalking over to the bar angrily.
"I amgoing on this job whether the two of you like it or not!" She slammed a paper on the bar in front of a shocked looking Mira-jane. Happy flew in and perched himself on the blonde's shoulder. "If you join me or not is up to you."
"HA HA Lucy's the boss!" The blue feline taunted the other two with a wide grin. He was well aware that he was safe so long as he was perched on Lucy, neither Natsu or Loki would dare try to tackle him when she was in the way. Mira suppressed a giggle as she watched the fire mage scowl at his best friend.
"But LUUUCCCYYY it's not the type of job we want to subject a lady to!" Loki's protests fell on deaf ears as Lucy took back the page once Mira was done recording it.
"I'm going on this job, if you are joining me then so be it, but I NEED the money. Especially after the two of you attacked the CLIENT on our last mission!" The blonde stormed off leaving the two men to look at each other in defeat staring at the accursed mission slip that Lucy had left behind.
"The pervert had it coming." Natsu huffed more to himself than anyone else.
"The jerk was to damn grabby." Loki agreed in a voice so low only Natsu could hear. Natus nodded in agreement.
"What was that all about?" Gray asked as he slouched back in his chair.
"Lucy is taking on one of those under cover missions!" Happy chimed. Gray looked over at the paper that was still sitting in front of the barmaid. He pulled it in his direction and smirked at the description.
Help Wanted
I'm in need of a capable female mage who can handle going into a dark guild under an assumed identity.
Preferably a good looking, capable mage as you will be posing as a bar maid.
For further details contact Aldos McGregger in Hargeon
Reward 540,000J
"Sounds like something Lucy would do." Gray laughed putting the paper back.
"That isn't the problem!" Loke protested in a high pitched voice. "She will have to go in all ALONE!" Loke was ready to pull his hair out of his head.
"Didn't she just say all of you were going?" Gray leaned over his mug of ale, loosing interest in the discussion fast.
"We are GUYS Gray!" Loke wailed throwing his arms up in exasperation.
"Happy is the only one who will be able to keep an eye on her because he is a cat!" Natsu added, his fists balled up in frustration. "And they know our faces to well! Lucy would be in danger if we actually went in with her. We are going to have to stay hidden though the whole damn mission. Well mainly me because Loki is a spirit." For once his reputation meant something to him, because it was making it hard to keep his promises.
"Lucy is still new enough that they won't notice she is a fairy tail mage so long as she keeps her mark covered." Erza comforted, Loki and Natsu exchanged a where-the-hell-did-she-come-from glare. "There is no need to act like she is a little girl who needs your constant supervision."
"Do you even know which dark guild she has to infiltrate yet?" Gray swirled his glass before looking over to see the dead expression on both his 'friends' faces.
"Lucy said that's not important." Natsu rubbed the back of his neck. "I really don't like this!" He hissed turning to head out of the guild. Happy sighed and flew off to follow in Natsu's fiery wake. Loki adjusted his glasses with a deep sigh before disappearing in a puff of smoke, he at least knew that if she was in trouble he could come through the gate to protect her.
"Poor thing" Mira cooed as she watched Natsu burst through the exit.
"Sure" Gray rolled his eyes, "Mira why don't you send someone to help her out?" Gray raised an eyebrow when Mira only giggled.
"Lucy doesn't want to share the reward." Gray chuckled at the blonde's reasoning.
"The retarded flame ass keeps screwing up their missions which loses them the reward money. Lucy must be desperate to pay her rent. It makes more sense now." Gray shook his head sadly.
"That's why I've always said dating a team mate is totally taboo." Levy added, over her stack of books. She didn't notice how Jet and Droy's face fell, as she had just openly rejected the both of them. "I think that they have to make a choice. Either date or be a team, 'cause doing both obviously isn't working." She tapped her pen to her chin leaving a blotch of ink in it's place.
"I don't see that happening Levy." Lissanna said with a smile. "They can't stand to be away from each other." Mira nodded in agreement.
"It looks like Lucy is getting fed up though." Cana remarked setting her barrel of ale next to her on a table.
"I cann't see why?" Gray retorted sarcastically.
"Shut up Gray, your just sore that she picked Natsu over you." Cana snickered as she visibly struck a vain with the ice make mage. "And put a shirt on." Gray ignored her comment, not caring that he was missing an article of clothing this time.
"Just wait, when the idiot screws up, there needs to be someone to pick up the pieces, and I'll gladly be that guy." Gary smirked as he pointed at himself.
"Ha so you're willing to take the flaming idiots sloppy seconds?" Gajeel growled with laughter.
Gray was very displeased with the direction that the conversation was heading, so he simply got up from the bar and turned his back to head home. It had been a little over two months, but the whole situation still put a huge dent in his self confidence. And that water freak Juvia didn't make anything better. He wished she would get a hobby other that stalking him. As if she was even doing a good job at that, the woman was so obvious he wanted to simply scream and pull his hair out.
He was a patient man, he could wait till Lucy realized she had made the wrong decision. Natsu was famous for destroying things, and Gray figured the same would be true for relationships. Gray smirked to himself at the thought, the idiot was already starting to screw up, by messing up their earning. And the team had dissolved, only taking Erza and himself on extremely hard quests since the indecent.
Lucy groaned as she looked through her closet for anything she owned that wasn't bright or flashy. "Lucy isn't there another way we can get out of this situation?" Natsu pleaded from where he lay across her bed.
"NO." Lucy answered coldly. She pulled on her black pleated skirt and her dark turtle neck. She was lucky to find a pair of old combat boots that buckled up the sides, and a sleeveless jacket that had a delicate silver trim. She walked out and looked at herself in the mirror. "Do I look dangerous enough?" She twisted to look at Natsu who seemed to have fallen asleep. "You are no help! I swear!"
Lucy packed everything she could find in her new dark green duffel bag. She would need to take the first train in the morning for the meeting she had set up with the client. As far as she had been informed there was already another under cover mage who had infiltrated the guild a little over a month prior. Lucy knew this wasn't going to be an easy mission, but she was desperate, and nothing any one said was going to keep her from doing everything possible to save her precious apartment. It was the first place she had ever owned as an independent woman, and she wanted to keep it as long as humanly possible.
Her eyes landed on the pink stone that sat glistening on her finger, with a sigh she slide it off an placed it on the table. She moved over to her jewelry box and found a simple gold chain that would match the metal of the ring, it was long enough the the ring would lay safe in her bountiful bosom, safe from view. Being single was supposed to be part of her cover, and she needed to get used to being with out her most possession if only for a little while.
I'm going to make this a multiple chapter follow up fic so long as you all like where it's going so far, I'm up for suggestions, because I only have the first chapter written so far! No suggestion will be turned away so feel free to PM me if it's some what embarrassing. I have no shame when it comes to writing. . Well... I've never really dabbled in Youi/Yuri... but *gulp* if that is what is requested I can... try.
^_~ Thanks for reading!
~Chrys