Disclaimer: Nope. Last time I checked I don't own Fairy Tail.


The setting—none other than the Fairy Tail head-quarters. Almost everything was normal: mages lingering while clinking jugs of beer together; Mirajane tending to droopy-eyed customers with her never-faltering smile; and Lucy staring down the mahogany counters of the bar.

Only this time she was ranting to her spirit companion Plue.

Because everything was not normal.

Natsu, Happy, Gray and Erza set off to go complete a mission.

But they left her there.

"Puun…"

"I know, right? I can't believe they left us!"

"Pupuun…"

"Exactly! They didn't even bother to say goodbye to me! Err—us!" With that Lucy crossed her arms in front of her chest. Then she hung her head, "And I'm actually understanding you… what language do you speak again?"

The Stellar Spirit of Canis Minor shrugged, "Pu pu puu."

After a few more minutes of ranting, she decided that it was actually better that she skipped out this mission. She was tired enough, "Ahh, Mira-chan, I think I'm gonna head home now."

Mirajane smiled, "Okay, but here, you poor thing," She said as she handed a glass of Strawberry Daiquiri to Lucy, "Just for today."

Lucy gratefully accepted it and chugged half of it right where she was standing, "Ahh… thanks, Mira-chan; I needed that!"

Mirajane smiled sweetly, "Saa, I know, Lucy-san."

Lucy then sauntered out of Fairy Tail to her apartment, drink in hand. Plue, peering at her from the Fairy Tail doors, shook his head and poofed away. When Lucy finally got to her apartment, she was waiting to see at least one of the four intruders to be there, lying on her couch or scarfing down her month's earnings.

But no one.

Lucy walked over to her table in bittersweet relief and plopped down in a chair. She swigged the sluggish, strawberry liquid around in the crystal glass in front of her face before taking another long sip. When Lucy had finished the whole thing, she got up to stretch. "AHH! That was delicious!" She squealed as she made her way to her bed. Slipping under the covers, Lucy smiled. But, the smile disappeared as fast as it came, and she sighed, "Gah, I still feel pretty depressed being left behind from a mission on my birthday."


FAIRY TAIL


"Gray… come closer…"

"…Do you really think I'm gonna obey that order?"

The setting changes to a train—yes, you already know where this is going—that is chugging to a small rural town called Shihiro. Erza had just gotten up to talk to one of the employees, leaving Happy, Gray and Natsu in their cabin. Happy was cat-napping beside a motion-sick Natsu, who was staring—droopy-eyed—at a frowning Gray.

"Please… I think I'm gonna—" Natsu covered his mouth before completing his sentence, giving away his intentions to his comrade.

Fullbuster folded his arms together and smirked, "Ha, like I'd fall for that, noob. Caught you red-handed."

"Iid srapp ru rid anded iff I cood." Natsu replied behind his hand, on the verge of fainting.

Gray's smirked widened, "I can't understand you with your hands clamping your mouth shut… but I don't mind them there."

Natsu popped a vein, but could not retort due to his lack of transportation tolerance.

Gray; now satisfied over an easy win; got out of his seat and strolled down the hallway, looking for nothing in particular. He caught Erza exchanging goodbyes with a man in uniform, and he met up with her, "I think Natsu's actually gonna burst this time."

Erza stared at him, expressionless, "We're almost at our stop."

Gray was now curious, "So what was that about, if you don't mind me asking?"

"Nothing to worry about," said Erza, walking back to where Happy was Natsu were.

Gray pursed his lips at his partner's blunt answer, but was in no mood to argue about it. He followed Erza silently.

When they got back to their seats, Erza shook her head and Gray attempted to suppress a laugh.

Natsu was slumped over Happy, who was covered in drool, with his head in his folded arms.

Erza took her seat beside Natsu before heaving him over her thighs.

Happy shook violently to rid himself of dragon slobber, "Thanks, Erza… But five seconds earlier would have been better…"

Erza just peered over at Gray and began to talk about their mission, "Now, from what I remember; and from what that man told me earlier… This mission should be fairly simple—"

"—Thank goodness—"

"—If… Lucy doesn't show up."

Gray pursed his lips yet again, "Erza, I think she'd already be on her way if she found out we left already."

Erza glared at Gray, making him flinch, "That's why I had Mirajane put something in her drink this morning."

"You didn't… Don't tell me you made her put… Asterisk in Lucy's—"

"—Just this once. It's harmless anyway."

"But—but—"

"What's the matter?"

"Well… Asterisk is what I like to call… a sort of pain reliever…"

"Okay. So…?"

Gray gulped, "More like a nerve-number… for a full… twenty-four hours…"

Erza frowned, even though she had a clear idea as to where this was going, "Gray, get to the point."

The teen sighed and gazed out the window, "Lucy won't feel any pain whatsoever for the next twenty-four hours."

Erza nodded in confirmation of her prediction...

Then she cursed.


"Mmph… Mmmmph… AH! FORGET IT!" Lucy flung the covers off of her and jumped out of her bed. She put her hands on her hips, "I'm going with them!"

Running to her closet, she quickly changed into another outfit (not necessarily one that covered more). After quickly slipping on backless tennis shoes, she went for her stellar keys. Grabbing them from the table, she then searched for her whip, "Aha. There you are," she said as she spotted it on a hook on her cupboard. She gripped it to pull it off, but it wouldn't budge.

"Dang you, whip!" After a small struggle, she yanked it from the hook, curled it up, and attached it to her shorts, "Gotcha!"

Maneuvering to her door, she spotted a blotch of red on the floor, "Huh? What's this?" She figured it was blood, and she looked up at the ceiling, "What happened?"

Then, she put her hand up to her face, and sure enough, she felt something warm, "EHH?!" Back tracking to her mirror, she peered inside, "Whoa. How did I not feel that?"

The gash on her cheek was noticeable from about thirty feet away. The mark her whip made was about a pencil length, running diagonally from the middle of her nose and her left eye to the far left end of the bottom of her face. Blood seeped out like a trickling hose not completely turned off. Lucy grabbed the nearest towel, "Dang it dang it dang it! Why now?! Stinkin' whip!"


Gray shook his head, "I remember when someone poured a little in my drink… Whenever I got scratched or punched I couldn't feel anything. I lost so much blood without noticing that I passed out after an hour. The only funny part about it was watching Natsu get frustrated that he couldn't hurt—"

"—What?"

It took a moment for Gray to realize what he'd just muttered, "I—I—I mean—"

Saving Gray from having to make a cover-up, Happy jumped in front of Erza, "We're at our stop!"

Erza glared at the cat (or at Gray through him) and whispered, "I know... Let's go."


(To Be Continued)


This was just a little introduction chapter to see if I was adequate enough to do these kinds of fanfictions..

Feedback is encouraged. :) If you want me to continue, that's fine; you guys will just have to wait for further chapters because, well.. Ike just swung his sword across the whole East Texas coast (Thankfully not over my area), and there's school to be attended soon, and all these things. I'm asian, too, so you got intense studying going on here. (insert pout) Just telling you the truth. XD

Check with you guys later!

Oh oh oh, haha guess what Natsu was saying to Gray behind his hand, and I might just give you a cookie. Not talking about the bad ones, the good ones. :)