It was an ordinary day in Magnolia, and Lucy, Natsu, and Happy had just returned from their mission of beating Vulcans.
"It was nice of Erza and Gray to let us three have this mission, it hasn't been team Natsu in a while!" said Lucy with a great smile on her face. It must be the fat reward they had just gotten.
"Aye Sir!" Happy flew around excitedly.
Natsu laughed victoriously as he reached into his pocket to pull out the reward.
"Who gives 70,000 Jewel just to beat some Vulcans? That was the easiest job on the board!"
"Natsu, Loke was the one who did all the work. The first Vulcan knocked you out cold."
The dragon slayer looked over at Lucy. He was about to reply with a smart remark but something caught his eye. He watched her as she let her mind drift and she stared off into the distance with a slight smile spread across her face. Natsu couldn't help but wonder why she seemed so out of it all the time, but he'd never ask her to be different. He liked how weird she was. She was his team mate, his best friend, his Lucy…. His Lucy? He quickly shook his head and averted his gaze to the path in front of him.
Just as he did this, Lucy glanced at Natsu from the corner of her eye. She liked seeing him like this. The pink haired boy was grinning wildly at a job well done. Her eyes wandered to his red guild mark, and then, slowly, to the muscles on his biceps. "He sure has gotten more attractive since the first time we me-" No. Lucy stopped herself right there. Natsu was just her dense, and immature team mate. He was her best friend and no little feelings were going to get in the way of the great bond that they had.
Happy flew forward, and led them to the guild.
They entered the guild, and saw something they were not expecting. Everyone in the guild was huddled in a giant circle, like they were surrounding something. Team Natsu approached them, and as they did, they heard everyone…. Sobbing?! They ran over faster now. And just like that, Lucy, Natsu, and Happy, were all left with mouths wide open.
"Lisanna…" that was the last thing that escaped Natsu's mouth before tears started rolling down his eyes. Lucy had never seen him so emotional before, and she too got teary eyed.
He entered the huddle, took Lisanna in his arms and held her as they both sobbed together. The rest of the guild shouted with happiness, and Elfman and Mira held each other while they cried tears of joy.
For the rest of the night, Natsu would not let Lisanna out of his sight. Lucy, Erza, Gray, Happy, Charles, and Wendy all joined Natsu and Lisanna as she told them the story of what had happened.
"On my mission with Elf-nee and Mira-nee, we got separated. However, they didn't notice because the enemy had a shape-shifter on their team who took on my appearance. I got lost wandering around when all of a sudden I was hit in the back of the head and knocked out cold. When I woke up the next day, the town we were sent to save was barely standing, and I was all alone." Tears started to escape her eyes once more, but Natsu held on to her hand.
"You're home now. You have nothing to worry about, we won't let you out of our sight again."
Erza gave a friendly smile, "Could you please tell us the rest?"
"Well once I noticed I was out in the middle of nowhere, my memory was kind of messed up, and I tried to get up but I couldn't move. My head throbbed and my body hurt. I heard a rustling in the bushes and immediately got scared but it only turned out to be an older woman. She took me in and has been taking care of me this whole time. Once my body healed and memories returned I came straight here to all of you." She looked over at Natsu with a kind, loving smile, and he grinned right back. Lucy's heart skipped a beat and she grabbed her chest surprised that there was pain.
"Lucy, stop being a pervert," Happy whispered over.
"Stupid cat, my chest hurts. I probably just need to rest from the mission. I'll be on my way home now. Lisanna it was nice to meet you, I hope we can become friends!" Lucy flashed her a smile and she smiled back.
"Natsu, come by my house later and we can split the reward then."
"Sure thing," was what he said but his eyes did not leave Lisanna.
Lucy turned away quickly because her chest pain had come back, and she needed to get home. "What is happening to me… Get it together Lucy. He's just happy his friend is back it's a normal thing. Stop being so weird." In that moment, she decided she was actually going to let Natsu and Happy sleepover tonight as a reward for their hard work today as a team. And at that thought she chuckled, and ran home to get everything ready.
Okay some of you have asked me to update already which I am willing to do, so if you want me to update I just need a couple more people to review/comment and ask me to. Anything for the fans!