Hey everybody! So in the spirit of competition, I felt like starting a multi chapter story in order to go up against my sister, lovedizzy2. So I hope you guys enjoy whatever craziness my mind comes up with. Oh, and also, I do not own Fairy Tail. I would be nice if I did but unfortunately not.
"I can't believe you are hungry again Natsu. We just ate an hour ago," Lucy complained loudly while trudging along.
"What? It's not my fault Lucy. I'm a growing young man and I need all the food I can get. Who knows when we are gonna get attacked by another crazy person. Besides, it's not like you are paying for it," he retorted back.
"I AM PAYING FOR IT! YOU SPENT ALL YOUR MONEY ON THAT STUPID STAFF YOU BOUGHT!" Lucy screamed back at him.
Natsu looked down at the staff in his hand and looked back at her sheepishly, "Oh yeah, I forgot. But I mean, look at this thing! It makes me look so cool!" Natsu finished, standing in a heroic pose.
"You look like an idiot. You aren't even a holder type wizard!" Lucy said back exasperated.
"So? I look cool and you just are jealous. It's okay Lucy, not all of us can be as amazing as me," he smugly replied, elbowing her a little bit harder than necessary.
Lucy crossed her arms and looked away, trying not to inflate his already huge ego. But he was right, he was amazing. She hated to admit it, but she had grown fond of the annoying hot head over the many months spent with him. He may be an absolute idiot, but he was incredible too. He was extremely strong, even if his persona didn't show it.
Lucy and Natsu were currently on a special mission together, one that required them to be undercover. Natsu thought the job would be great when he first saw it on the board at the guild. Who wouldn't like to go undercover and do some spy work, not to mention receive a very generous reward? As far as Natsu had been concerned? It was a win-win situation.
Unfortunately Natsu had not paid attention to details, which was a common theme with him. In his haste he neglected to notice that the undercover positions were to be held by a team, girl and boy, who would pose as a married couple.
When Lucy first found out about the job, she was furious and not the kind of furious where you can be calmed down after an hour or so. It took Natsu an entire two days before he could convince her to do the job, since he had already accepted, and not beat him to a pulp. After calming her down, he was finally able to explain the job to her.
They had been asked by a group of lawyers to investigate a chain of hotels that ran throughout the country. The franchise had many complaints as well as legal claims placed against them, as well as a concerning amount of high-society clients who had mysteriously gone missing. Natsu and Lucy were needed in order to act as a wealthy married couple and stay at the most popular of their hotels in order to collect any information they could. The lawyers had felt it necessary to bring in Fairy Tail wizards after the last three undercover couples had never returned from their missions.
"How much further is it to the stupid hotel? I am absolutely famished," Natsu complained as his stomach growled loudly.
"It shouldn't be that much further. We should be seeing it pretty soon," Lucy replied with her nose in the map the group of lawyers had given them.
Suddenly they saw a giant building emerge from between the trees. It was surprising they had not seen it earlier. Lucy and Natsu stopped dead in their tracks as they stared at the fortress of a hotel that loomed in front of them.
"Wow…This place is huge Natsu. How are we ever going to find any evidence?" Lucy whispered in amazement.
Natsu stared at the building before replying, "Oh don't worry Lucy. We got this in the bag!" Natsu smiled at her wide before her grabbed her hand awkwardly.
Lucy jumped when he touched her and nervously spoke, "Natsu what are you doing?"
"What? We are posing as a married couple. We have to act like we actually love each other somewhat." He replied as he dragged her towards the giant building.
"Hello and welcome to the Harvish Hotel. Name please?" The woman behind the counter said in a sickly sweet voice.
"The name's Natsu. Natsu Gordon and this dime piece right here is my wife, Lucy," Natsu said in an overly deep voice as he wrapped his arm around Lucy's shoulders and pulled her closer to him.
"Ah yes! The Gordon's! We have been waiting for you. You have the presidential suite for the night. Please, hand your bags to Jeffrey and he will show you to your room. If you have any questions don't be afraid to call here. I will answer any and all questions. Please, enjoy your stay!"
Natsu steered Lucy towards Jeffrey as they followed him to the suite.
"Okay no, there is absolutely no way this is happening. I am going to call those lawyers and tell them to take a long walk over a short pier because there is no way I am sharing a bed with you!" Lucy said pacing back and forth.
"Oh come on Luce, it's not that bad. I mean its giant. Plus, I mean wouldn't it look odd if a married couple had two beds?"Natsu said calmly.
Lucy sighed before sitting on the edge of the bed, "I guess. Just, don't try anything weird or I swear to Mavis I will take away your ability to ever spawn little mini Natsu's," Lucy threatened.
After deliberating for a few minutes, they decided the best place to start would be in the high rollers area of the casino. Since it seemed only the highly wealthy were ever stolen, they decided that would be the best place to look for any suspicious behavior.
Arm in arm, they made their way to the Texas Hold'em table, taking seats next to each other. Natsu had never played before, but was convinced he could pick it up off of Lucy.
Lucy smiled at Natsu as he dealt out the cards, "Oh honey, it is such a shame the Lauren's went missing. They were absolutely wonderful, especially at the poker tables," she said slightly louder than necessary.
A couple at the other end of the table looked up, interested, "You knew the Lauren's? We absolutely loved them. Rich and I used to go boating together," the man said.
Natsu smiled at Lucy slyly before facing the couple, "Oh of course. We used to go to the theatre together. Have you heard from them? We heard a horrible rumor they went missing."
Lucy looked at the dealer, who suddenly went slightly stiffer than he was previously. He cleared his throat as he said, "Place your bets."
Lucy and Natsu remained at the table for a few hours, chatting up the other rich couples and asking about the couples that had gone missing over the past few months. They were unable to find any connections between the couples, except for the fact that they were all very rich.
By the end of the night, Natsu and Lucy were absolutely exhausted. They made their way back to the room and fell back onto the bed, still holding each other's hands. They remained this way for a minute or so before Lucy awkwardly cleared her voice, "So umm we did pretty good today I think. We got a lot of people to talk. And I am not exactly sure, but I think that dealer knows something. He kept listening to us."
"Yeah, I noticed that too. I think tomorrow we should try some of the other parts of the hotel to see if we can find anything out there," Natsu said, absentmindedly rubbing his thumb on her hand in a circle.
Lucy looked at him nervously, "Umm Natsu, nobody else is in the room. We don't have to act like a married couple anymore."
Natsu turned red before he released her hand. "Oh yeah… I forgot. I just got so used to doing it I guess."
Lucy half-smiled at him before she got up and made her way to the bathroom to change into her pajamas. By the time she came back out, Natsu was already curled up and asleep in the bed. Lucy half smirked at his sleeping form and crawled her way into the spot next to him.
She laid there motionless for a few minutes, trying to think of all the things she had learned that day. No matter what happened, she knew they would get to the bottom of this.