A Job from the Surface
Chapter 1
Lucy sat beside Happy as the two watched Natsu and Gray go at it for about the umpteenth time today.
"What was that, lizard-breathe?!" Gray yelled.
"I said watch were you're shooting that stupid magic of yours. I knew you were bad at magic, but this is ridiculous, ya pants less freak" Natsu spat back with a smirk.
"*sigh*they never seem to give it a rest. Ever since Erza left to go on that S-class mission, it seems they fight every chance they get." Lucy said as Natsu talked Gray and it seemed the whole guild suddenly broke out in a brawl.
"Aye." Happy simply said. Just then, the Guild doors busted open to reveal one of the guild members.
"Guys… huff, huff… Erza... ERZA'S BACK!" He shouted in between breathes that one sentence brought the guild to a dead silence as everyone froze in terror. Then, faster than most people can blink, everyone started fixing, cleaning, rearranging, or grabbing a random job (not even looking at them) and running out. Even Natsu and Gray momentarily forgot about each other and started cleaning up broken bits of furniture and sweeping up wood chips.
Just as everyone finished up, the doors opened to reveal a woman, garbed in silver plated armor from head to toe, with scarlet colored hair waltzing in. (who looked ready to ruin someone's day with how red her face was.) She looked around, inspecting everyone's work.
"Oi, Wakaba, still leaving cigarette ashes on the floor I see," Erza questioned as she closed her eyes and crossed her arms. "And Nab, stop staring at the board and get a job. Really, the only thing you're doing for any one is taking up space." She said with finality. "Hmm…" She hummed as she spotted Gray and Natsu in the corner. They had their arms slung over each other's necks and a forced smile spread across their faces. The moment Erza looked over, the two began to sweat profusely and a slight tremble could be seen if one looked close enough. "Glad to see you two are still getting along." She said giving a small smile.
'When you're looking'. Lucy sweat dropped as Erza started towards the bar she was sitting at. As she took her seat beside Lucy quiet chatter started up with the other guild members, relieved the S-classed mage had nothing else to say to them.
"Hi-i, E-Erza. Is there something bothering you?" Lucy said as Erza ordered some water and a strawberry cake.
"Bothering me? Why would anything be bothering me? Erza asked confused.
"Well…" Lucy trailed off as she decided to show Erza what gave her the idea instead of explaining. She reached into her bag and pulled a small, pink mirror from it and handed it to Erza.
"Oh." She said as her face, if possible, grew even more red. "This is sunburn, from the job I took." She said with a rare, sheepish smile.
"Oh?" Lucy said, suddenly intrigued. "What was the job?"
"It was where desert houses were randomly sinking into the sand and reports of giant sand lions creating there trap surrounding the village, making it almost impossible to deliver goods and supplies," She paused as Mira brought her order. Giggling for obvious reasons, she asked if the job was a success, receiving an embarrassed, but confirming, nod. "Anyways, the report stated to be seven in total, but in all actuality, it was about thirteen." She stated nonchalantly as she placed a piece of her cake in her mouth.
"Thirteen?!" Lucy squeaked.
"Yes, it was easy to dispose of the first eight or so, but it seems that they caught on and started to flee. It took… longer than expected to catch them but I was able to haggle a higher reward from the mayor." Erza conclude her story, along with her cake.
"Wow, that sounds tough. I guess that's what makes you the S-class."
"Erza, do you want a fish?" Happy asked innocently.
"No." was her only reply.
"Why do you think fish fixes everything?' Lucy asked with a huff.
"Because fish is good." The blue cat responded. As soon as he finished his sentence, quick footsteps alerted the two women (and cat) of someone's approach.
"Erzaaaaaa!" Natsu screeched as he skid to a stop in front of said mage. "Now we can finish that fight that you owe me!" He said with a wide toothy grin that resembled more of a wild animal than a person's.
"The guy has a death wish." Gray said as he stood behind Lucy shirtless, said shirt discarded a while ago.
"Yeah well you guys have fun, as much as I want to watch Natsu get murdered, "Hey!" "I need to get a job so I can pay my rent, it's overdue." She wilted with the last comment as she began to remove herself from the group.
"Is that so?" Erza said with a sly smile, completely ignoring the dragon slayer behind her. The latter fumed in the corner about being ignored, blowing fire all the while.
"I just so happen to grab a job with a very handsome reward. Originally, I had planned to go alone, but since you are in need of money, you, Natsu, Gray, and Happy can come with me." She said matter-of-factly. She grabbed a roll of paper from a grieve in her armor and handed it to Lucy. "I think you'll find it very… interesting."
Lucy began to read the paper. "An extremely important person has gone missing. Please find and return him immediately. Description: Fairly tall with sandy blond hair, has blue eyes, wears a green tunic, and carries a sword and shield. His name is Link. Please make haste."
Sorry guys mistake on my part. Its fixed now though^^