((Hallo! I've just started reading Fairy Tail and love it!!
Anyways, this was sort of a random idea I had. Can't think of much to say about it… Although, forgive me if I make some sort of minor mistake about a character or event, I have only read up to chapter 27 or so in the series. So I guess it will take place around that time. (around the time after the mission with Erza and Gray)
So have fun reading, and I'd appreciate a rating!
Commence! Hi-ya!!))
Lucy looked at the notice board for any job that might be up her alley. Lately, the pay wasn't really that good. It was like a dry spell. Sometimes it happened, but this time Lucy really needed the money. Her next rent payment was coming up soon, and she blew quite a bit of money during her last shopping spree.
It wasn't my fault I found some furniture for a bargain! Well, I probably could have showed some self-restraint in how much I bought. Got kinda carried away… But that's beside the point! she thought.
"Darn," she sighed to no one in particular. Lots of the jobs were easy and quick, but it would take too much time to complete enough to earn the money by the due date.
"What's wrong?" Mira asked from behind the counter. "Tight on funds?"
"Yes… I need a big one. Something with a lot of money. Now."
"Don't worry. I'm sure that something will come up. Just keep a close eye on that board, or else someone else will take the notice. Everyone is a bit needy right now."
Lucy could see at another table Kana drinking a barrel of liquor about half the size of the usual. Mira was right. With everyone looking for a good pay, managing to get something was going to be tough.
"Gah! Watch it, Natsu!" someone yelled from nearby, as a burst of flame erupted nearby. Startled by the sudden interruption, Lucy jumped and looked towards the offending source.
Natsu sat hunched over on a bench in a direction facing outwards from the table he sat at, rubbing under his nose with one finger. He sniffled.
"Oh come on, don't pretend it was an accident!" Gray came up to Natsu in a challenging stance. "Sending a ball of fire in my general direction and pretending it was just a sneeze… You wanna fight?!"
"Eh?" Natsu absentmindedly responded, seemingly just noticing the exhibitionist standing in front of him.
Gray snapped at his lack of care. In one swift movement, Gray picked up Natsu and hurled him across the room with a maniacal grin on his face. After he landed on a table, things were suddenly silent. Gray stood frozen in place, expecting a giant reaction from his opponent, as usual. Everyone else waited, too.
Nothing happened, so a few people crowded around where Natsu landed in curiosity. Lucy joined them, to see a dizzy and disoriented flame-mage laying among the broken remains of the table.
"This silence is deafening," Kana distantly remarked, still sitting on top of a table.
"She's right," Loki agreed, trying to see what was up at a safe distance from Lucy, as usual. "What's going on?"
Mirajane calmly walked up and knelt beside Natsu's head, since no one else was brave enough to find out of he was faking it. With a gentle gesture, she went to feel his forehead as he remained unresponsive.
"Oh," she quietly exclaimed. "He's boiling up."
Nearly everyone's attention turned to Gray, who remained at a distance. "W-what?!" he responded. "What did I do?"
"Nice going," Loki said. "You had to try and pick a fight with a sick person."
"Men fight with fists on equal terms," Elfman added. "That was downright dirty. Not manly at all."
"How was I supposed to know he was sick? Geez, it's not my fault!" Gray defended, cutting of Elfman in order to prevent a long speech about manhood.
Being the usual mediator of the Guild base, Mira changed the subject with a sunny smile, saying, "He should probably be brought home and put to bed. Who will take him?"
There was a pause, then a majority of the room said nearly all at the same time, "Lucy."
"Wha-?!"