Fairy Tail
Nothing Ventured, Nothing Gained

Summary: Lucy woke up 3 a.m. in the morning, confused about her feelings. Determined, she goes on with Natsu on a mission to figure out her heart as well as too pay her rent. Will Lucy find the answers she seeks? And what will Lisanna, the object of Lucy's distress, have to say about this?

Disclaimer: I'm sure that we all know by now that Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail, and not I.

A/N: Thank you so much for coming over to read my story! Basically it's a humor/ romance with adventure and action featuring Lucy and Natsu. Throw Lisanna into the mix and there you go! But don't worry, NaLu is the main pairing. My update schedule is on my profile, but depending on the reviews I may update sooner ;) Chapter 1; It begins, AYE!, will be posted up along with this Intro.

ENJOY!

Arc 1: Flaming Fists.

Chapter 1: Intro

"Natsu…" a voice called, it was barely a whisper. Lucy slowly opened her eyes. She blinked a few times until her vision became focused, but still Lucy could only see a dense fog surrounding her.

"Natsu" the voice called again, only this time did Lucy recognize the voice. She thought it was her own. She looked around for the one she was calling until she found his shadowed silhouette. She could only see the frame of his body and his spiky hair. She reached towards him, but couldn't reach him.

"Natsu!" Lucy could hear the familiar voice calling Natsu more urgently this time. But Lucy only opened her mouth, so how could she have called him? That was when she saw something white rush past her.

The figure who rushed past her jumped into Natsu's arms, which he held open. The fog was blown away when they made contact. Lucy could now clearly see who was in front of her. It was Natsu hugging…Lisanna?

"Oh Natsu…" she said, and Lucy noticed that the voice who had been calling Natsu was not her own, but Lisanna's. Natsu folded his arms around her waist and Lisanna buried her face in the crook of his neck, her arms around it. After a moment they broke of their embrace and were slowly closing the distance between them.

Lucy felt the sudden urge to go over to them. She had to stop them. But when she tried to move, she was rooted in place. When she looked down she saw that she was tied with a thorn whip into turtle-shell bondage. Lucy fell to her knees helplessly.

'I don't understand how I could just let them be together. Would I truly be happy handing Lisanna over to Natsu? Is that my true feelings? But why am I crying then?' She thought as a tear slid down her cheek.

Natsu and Lisanna moved away together, hand-in-hand, and suddenly Lucy felt new power within her. She let loose an emotional cry and the thorn whip tore in a brilliant flash of light. Lucy was free and she launched herself at the retreating couple…

"NO!" Lucy shouted as she sat upright in her bed, the whole bed shook from the sudden motion. Lucy breathed heavily; her hand still stretched out before her. When she noticed this, she retracted her hand and closed her palm over her chest. Her heart was beating fast and her palms were sweaty.

When she looked to her side her eyes fell on her alarm. It was 03:00 a.m. She swung her legs over the edge of her bed and switched on her bedside lamp. She grabbed the notepad and quill pen lying on the table and began to write feverishly.

'What was up with that dream? Why did it shake me up so much? O, that's right, it was because Lisanna was in it. Why am I dreaming of Lisanna and Natsu being together, and me who can't do anything about it? Am I concerned that Natsu will leave me? It shouldn't bother me in the least, in fact, I should be overjoyed that he's happy, so why…'

A loud snore from next to Lucy interrupted her thought train and nearly caused her heart to leap out of her chest. 'Why did the one giving me so much trouble have to be next to me, RIGHT NOW?' Lucy wanted to scream out in frustration. She couldn't figure her feelings out if the one who confused her was right next to her, unless…

Maybe this could be the exact opportunity Lucy needed to find out if she was truly the one for Natsu!

"NATSU, WAKE UP!" Lucy called and pulled the duvet off of the snoring dragon. Lucy hoped that the sudden cold would awaken him, but Natsu only increased his body temperature when he felt the outside temperature drop. Lucy face palmed and cursed for forgetting that 'the cold' was a non-existent factor to him.

Lucy caught a whiff of something burning and saw that Natsu had increased his temperature to such a point where he started to burn up the sheets on her bed. If Lucy didn't act quickly, the whole apartment building would burn down and Lucy would have more debt than she could pay off in her entire lifetime.

"Open, Gate of the Golden Bull, Taurus!" Lucy called, using her key to open the gate to her celestial spirit. Taurus appeared, posing valiantly with a "MOO!" before noticing his master.

"Wow Lucy, your boody looks ravishing as always. I just want to…" Taurus started but received a high five in the face courtesy of Lucy's foot.

"Enough! Do you not realize our current predicament? You see that flame idiot right there? We need to wake him up right now before he sets the entire building on fire!" Lucy said, wagging her golden key at Taurus.

"And how doo we do that?" Taurus asked dropping his shoulders.

"You really are all muscle and no brains, aren't you?" Lucy said with a sigh. "Just over turn the mattress, that should work." she suggested.

"MOO! Leave it to me, nice body-sama!" Taurus said as he overturned the mattress. Natsu hit the floor with a loud thump and Lucy could hear a muffled 'ouch', which only sounded like'oomph'.

"WHAT THE HELL?!" Natsu shouted as he poked his head from underneath the mattress, ready to breathe fire at the drop of a hat. He had learned to not just randomly set things on fire in Lucy's house, when he's awake at least.

"Thank you Taurus, you can leave now." Lucy said waving her spirit away.

"Aw but Lucy, I wanted too…" Taurus wanted to protest but he was already disappearing. "MOO?!" was the last thing he exclaimed before completely being sent back to the Celestial World.

"Forced Gate Closure" Lucy said while putting Taurus' key away.

"Oi, Lucy?" Natsu said as he wriggled his way out from underneath the mattress. Lucy's heart went doki-doki when he called her name. She looked at him and saw him rubbing his one eye and giving her a questioning look. "What time is it? What's going on?" he asked. Lucy was so distracted by the fact that a sleepy Natsu with a bed head looked so much like an innocent schoolboy that it took a while for her to realize that Natsu asked her a question. She composed herself and cleared her throat before making her announcement.

"It's 3 a.m. now, and we're going on a mission."

A/N: Thank you for reading all the way up to the end! Sorry to leave you hanging, but the next chapter should be up now (or at least really soon) so go ahead and read it too! SO what do you think? :)? :(? or :|? I'd love to hear your thoughts because there's always room for improvement.
To be continued in Chapter 2: It begins, AYE!