"It's soo hot!" Lucy exclaimed as she laid flat -well did as best as her chest allowed her to lay flat- against one of the many tables in fairy tail's main hall. Happy was fanning her off with a large paper fan. Natsu didn't have a problem with the heat at all and only laughed like the crazy pyro-maniac he was. "I could cover you in ice." Suggested Gray, looking a bit too eager to do so. "No thanks" she responded immediately with a sweat drop forming on her head, not due to the heat. She shook her hand back and forth to amplify her response. "Want me to make it even hotter?" Natsu asked evilly, also seeming a bit too eager to do so. "What are you, the devil?!" Lucy halted, feeling a strange sensation of déjà vu. 'I feel like I've been through this before...' She peeled herself off the table and propped herself up on her elbows, letting her head rest on her fists. Happy had switched to fanning himself sometime during the exchange. "I know!" He jumped to his feet (or back paws, I guess?) "lets go to a water park!" He announced as though it was some brilliant idea. "Do you even remember what happened when we went to one last time? The place was destroyed and Fairy Tail had to foot the bill! There is no way I'm going to another public facility with you guys around." Happy, however, would not be deterred.
"The pool!"
"Destroyed the last one."
"Then the beach!"
"Destroyed it"
"Fan World!"
"Happy, that doesn't even exist. Or at least I don't think it does..."
"An aquarium!"
"How's that supposed to help? You're not allowed in the water and I wouldn't want to be."
"Hot springs!"
"It has 'hot' in the name! We're trying to cool off, remember?"
"A water park!"
Lucy just face-palmed. "I've had enough of this stupid cat.."
"I think a trip to the beach would be a fine idea." Erza said coming up to the group in full on beach attire with a sun hat and everything; her large wagon of luggage behind her. Lucy sighed while the others in team Natsu cheered. 'Guess that's that..' She thought with a sob.
As soon as "team Natsu" arrived, consisting of Natsu, Happy, Lucy, Gray, Erza, and a hidden Juvia, oh yeah, and the rest of the guild too. Lucy promptly and covertly separated herself from the group. She decide to let them wreck whatever havoc they wanted by themselves -She wouldn't let her day be ruined by them again!- And walked far enough away from the group that she now just barely heard the sounds of terror that were carried by the water. She found a small alcove behind a large wall of rocks going from a large hill on the sands into the ocean a ways, creating a sort-of private beach all to herself. She climbed over the wall and laid out her blanket and set up her umbrella before grabbing her inner tube, rushing into the water. She dipped her head under the waves to get her whole body wet then let herself float around in the tube being softly rocked by the tide. She sighed 'this is much better.. Though I guess it is kind of lonely... What am I thinking? This is great! I'm always with those crazy people, some nice, relaxing, alone time is just what I needed!' "Aaahhhh..!" She sighed loudly to convince herself further.
Fortunately for her -oh! Sorry, "ahem"- UNfortunately for her, Lucy's disappearance did not go unnoticed for long. "Lucy, Gray said he could beat me in a game of chicken so we're gonna show that guy-..." Natsu looked around for his partner. "Lucy?... Luucy!" He started wandering the beach, calling her name, and asking fellow guild mates if they've seen her. "What's the matter Natsu? Not going to challenge me, cuz you know I'd win?" Gray said walking up to Natsu.
"No way Ice-cube! I'm just looking for Lucy!"
"Lucy? ... Hmm I think I saw her walking way over there when we first got here." He pointed out towards the wall of rock before a smirk came across his face. "What's wrong? Can't play chicken without your girlfriend?" "We're not..! She's not my...! We're just friends, ya hear!" He angrily retorted with a small hint of pink in his cheeks while rushing off in the direction Gray referred to. "He llliiiiikes her." Snickered Happy, coming up from out of nowhere. A small question mark formed above Gray's head as he looked down at Happy, trying to figure out where the hell he came from.
"Luucy!" Natsu's calls for her name were steadily getting closer and Lucy couldn't help but put on an annoyed face. A fake annoyed face, to be sure, but she just couldn't break the habit. Natsu climbed over the wall and found her lying, annoyed face up, on her beach towel with her eyes closed. "Hey, Lucy!" He shouted louder than enough for her to hear, but she wanted to pretend she was sleeping so he'd leave her alone. Instead of doing that, however, Natsu grabbed Lucy's shoulders and shook her to get her to respond. "Lucyyy! You gotta come help me! That idiot Gray thinks he can beat me at playing chicken! You need two people to play that game, c'mon!" He continued shaking her till Lucy finally opened her eyes grabbing Natsu's arms. "Alright! I'll go, just..- stop..-shaking..- me-e!" Natsu stopped and quickly threw her over his shoulder and jumped on top of the rock wall. "I'm all fired up now!" He shouted before jumping down and running back to the other side of the beach, Lucy screaming the whole way.
Alright! First fic! Whoo! Anywho, for those that are unaware, "chicken" is not only a test of cowardice and idiocy, but a game where there are two people standing in the water deep enough to come up past their stomachs, with another person sitting on there shoulders. The people on top link hands together and try to push the other one down. The people on the bottom are in charge of balancing and keeping them from falling over. The team that loses their balance and falls over first loses or if the top person falls and the bottom person has let go of them etc. if you fall, you lose! It doesn't always have to be in the water.
AAAAAAHHHHH! I spelt gray's name wrong the first time! Sorry if you read the unedited version, I wrote this in a couple hours just using my iPod touch, and it kept changing it and I didn't notice! Anywho, I should be updating soon, since this idea was fresh in my mind. Thank you for reading! I'd love to read your comments, compliments, and complaints! So feel free to Rate and Review!
