Gray walked into the guild later that morning. As he entered he saw all the stares of the guild. The worst was Natsu's stare. It felt like he was strangling him. It was so cold and dark. He slowly stood up with a magazine his hand. He glared at Gray as he made his way over to him. He grabbed his shirt with one hand and scrunched it so tightly.
"Why, I thought you were my friend?" He whispered to him. He threw the magazine at specific page in the ice mages face. It was Lucy and Grey sleeping together in the bed. Gray was topless and Lucy was in her sexy underwear. He stood their amazed at the caption.
"Gray Fullbuster and Lucy Heartfilia, of Fairy Tail, reveal their engagement at a friends party." He read out loud. He slowly took in every word that he read. He fully understand why Natsu was angry at him. Gray had betrayed his good friend by taking his crush.
"Natsu, me and Lucy aren't together." He leaned forward and whispered into the pink haired males ear. "I know how you feel about her. I wouldn't go after my friends crush." Natsu sighed and stepped back and looked for Lucy.
"Where is Lucy, Gray?"
"She is at home, resting as she got in-" He immediately stopped before he said the word. Gray rushed out the guild with Natsu on his tail. He would surely die if Natsu found out.
Gray halted at Lucy's home and quietly walked into her home. He didn't want to wake her up if she was sleeping. He walked up her stairs to see that Lucy was snuggled up in her bed. He noticed that she was in agony.
Natsu walked in to see Gray pulling up Lucy's pyjama top. He stared in fury as Lucy was still sleeping.
"Gray what are you playing at?" Natsu walked up to Gray to pull him away from her but he saw the blood on the bandage. "I told you not to get her hurt, so why is Lucy bleeding?" Gray moved back when he heard Lucy groan.
"Natsu, I'm fine. It's just a scrape." Natsu gave a gentle smile when he heard her speak. Lucy grabbed the covers and covered her body with a blush on her face. Gray saw her blush and giggled at her embarrassment. He had never noticed how Lucy felt about Natsu. It was kind of cute that none of them would admit their feelings to one another. Gray patted her hair and walked to the kitchen to make some food for Lucy.
Natsu watched as Gray walked into the kitchen. Natsu slowly made his way over to Lucy and sat on her bed, where Gray previously sat. He didn't look at her at all. He simply looked at the door.
"Are you okay?" He whispered to her. Lucy placed a hand on his lap. He jumped at her touch on his leg.
"Are you?" Natsu laughed as she placed the question back to him. Natsu smiled at her question. "I was careless, that's all. I'm fine. So don't worry yourself."
Natsu, Lucy and Gray walked to the guild together. Lucy was holding onto Gray since she was in agony. She would of held onto Natsu but he walking ahead of her. She noticed the stares of the townspeople at her and Gray. They were not telling her something. She looked at Gray's face and he too had noticed them but he choose to ignore it. Lucy had decided to do the same. It was not something to worry about.
The trio walked into the guild, with Lucy still holding onto Gray. Again there was more stares heading her way. She felt Juvia death glare at her. She looked around her, making sure it was not for her. Unfortunately for Lucy; it was. Natsu walked to a table and picked a magazine up.
"You noticed the stares of the townspeople didn't you? Lucy slowly nodded her head. She didn't think that Natsu had noticed them also. "It's because of this." He held the magazine up, showing the picture. Lucy's eyes widened at the caption. She reached up to grab the magazine but hissed as she felt her wound open slightly. Lucy squeezed Gray's hand as she tried to transfer the pain onto him.
"We, are, not." She breathed out everyone word from her pain. Wendy noticed her sheer agony and rushed to her aid. She felt that her T-shirt was slightly damp. She grabbed her hand on her good side and pulled her to the infirmary.
Lucy sat at a table with only a bandage wrapped around her chest since her shirt had got ruined with her blood. Lucy made sure not sit near Gray. It was not his fault but she didn't people thinking they were a couple, especially engaged to one another. She looked through the magazine looking at the pictures of her and Gray. She was trying to think who could of took the photo. There was one when she and Gray were in the fountain, Lucy and Grey dancing closely together, the pair holding hands, when they were talking to the other guests.
Lucy scrunched the magazine up and slammed her hands against the table. Natsu placed a hand on her shoulder and tightly clenched his hand.
"It's not what it looks like." She whispered to Natsu. He nodded his head, with passion.
"I know. It was all an image for the other guests." Lucy shook her head. Natsu was confused at her action. Why was she shaking her head?
"I only he said he was my plus one. I never said anything about being a couple."
"You should of told me, you were dating." Lucy turned around to see two familiar faces. One she smiled at the other she glared at. She noticed the ring on the girls finger.
"Then I would be lying and I have never lied to you." Lucy, Natsu and Gray stood up and walked over to the guests at the door.
"How about this place, or the fact your a wizard." The girl stepped in. She glared at her then turned back to the male.
"Not once in our conversations did you ask about wizards and I never said I was or wasn't one. How is it lying if I never told you, Rupert?" The male shrugged at the girl. She did have a valid point. They never exactly talked about it. So she couldn't say she was a wizard. "So anyway how are you, last night, you took a beaten."
"What about me, the males had me by my neck. That's no way to hold a lady." Lucy bit her lip, holding back her thoughts. "Go on say it." Lucy waked closer to Rupert and whispered into his ear. The male suddenly burst into laughter. He was wiping the tears that were forming. "What did she say?"
"Nothing." He wiped he tears from his eyes. The ginger girl growled at him. It was clearly something.
"You are laughing over nothing." The male slowly nodded. Lucy stepped back beside her friends watching as Rupert laughed at her comment. Gray and Natsu placed their ear right next to Lucy's mouth.
"Lucy Heartfilia, I demand you say it." Lucy pushed the males faces away.
"I don't like your whole attitude to demand me, to say it but since I'm nice I will." She slowly took a deep breath. "Damn, too bad it was only that. Please don't refer to yourself as a Lady, I've seen you eat meat." Natsu was shocked at her words. Natsu could hear that she really didn't like the girl. There was obviously a rivalry between the girls worse than Gray's and Natsu's rivalry. "Anyway, what are you doing here." Rupert pulled out a sword with its sheath and handed it to Lucy. The blonde haired girl smiled at the sword. It had a gold handle with a lion carved into the purple sheath. It was very something to behold.
"Lucy, who are these people?" Natsu whispered into her ear. She placed the sheath in the band of her belt.
"Natsu this is Rupert Hughes, the birthday boy from yesterday with his annoying fiancée, Macy Mizoushima. Rupert this is Natsu Dragneel, my partner." Rupert widened his eyes. "Teammate." She quickly corrected herself before they got the wrong idea about them.
"I thought as much, Lucy jas done every man in this filthy guild." Lucy just laughed at her accusation.
"I'm pure not sure about you though." Lucy laughed. Only a few people laughed along with her as they got her joke. Macy went to her belt and pulled her sword out its casing. Natsu and Erza were going to step in but Gray stopped them.
"Just watch." Lucy grabbed her sword from her belt and blocked Macy's attack. Lucy pushed forward and pushed her opponent back. Erza was amazed as Lucy was magnificent with a sword. Natsu smiled as he was learning more about the one he cherished. The ginger girl stopped her feet and charged forward with her hands above her head. Lucy held her sword out in front of her. Erza smiled at Lucy's next move, she knew she would of done the same.
"Wide open." The girl stopped just inches away from the blade.
"How, you gave it up years ago? I should of surpassed you by now." Lucy laughed and placed her sword in back in its sheath after feeling a slight twinge up her side.
"A champion will always be a champion. Doesn't matter if they stopped or kept going." Many members smiled at her. I was true, fairy tail is at the bottom of the guild league but they can always reclaim their spot at the top. They knew what they had to do and were persistent to get back there. "You said fairy tail was disgusting. We were the strongest guild in fiore but since most of us disappeared for 7 years we lost that title but we will get back there." Natsu placed a hand on Lucy's shoulder and pushed her back slightly.
"Before you do any damage to the guild or Lucy, leave now, if that's all you wanted to say." Rupert bowed down to Lucy and the other members of fairy tail. Lucy and Gray bowed down to him and watched as they left.
As soon as they left Erza jumped onto Lucy. She pulled out her sword and examined it. The sword was a Tachi. The blade was glistened with the clean metal. The blade itself didn't look very sharp but it was. Erza slashed the air in front of her then swapped hands trying the sword in her left hand. Lucy smiled and reached behind her to the sheath. She pulled it of her belt and held it in front of her. Erza eyes widened when she saw Lucy's offer.
"I can't take it from you." Lucy still held the sheath in front of her.
"I threw the sword into the sea long ago. I'm surprised I have it back but I don't want it. I know you will take great care of it." Erza smiled and took the offering from Lucy. Erza placed it into her inventory then hugged Lucy.
"I will take care of it." Lucy smiled and hugged her back. She needed the warmth from her as she knew it will be painful later on in her life with the upcoming hardship.
The blonde Mage sat at the bar with a pen and paper, scribbling words onto the paper. Mira had watched her for about an hour twiddling her pen between her fingers then scribbled something onto the paper. She was curious to know what she was up to but Lucy looked busy to ask her. Mira had noticed that Gray was staring at the blonde Mage. He stood up and walked over to Lucy sitting on a stool beside her.
"What you up to? Lucy slid the paper over to him.
"I was thinking about the incident with the magazine. They won't believe us if we told the truth, so I'm thinking of ways that will break us up without putting a bad reputation on either one of us." Gray looked at the paper, it was very messy with scored out thoughts. Mainly it was the idea of cheating on one another. Gray grabbed a pen a jolted some ideas of his own.
After they finished writing their list both seemed happy about a breakup. They were going to make sure people realised they were not a thing.
"Alright operation: breakup, has began." Lucy cheered. Juvia and Natsu smiled at one another. They realised what they had done and turned around embarrassment. They were happy that they would get their love back to them.
Okay chapter 2 guys, I hoped you enjoyed. Please review and tell me of your thoughts. A Tachi is a type of Japanese sword, it is slightly longer than a Katana. This is a NaLu story so persevere with me.