Author's Note: Hey guys! Okay, I'm updating early! Don't u just love me! Here is chapter 2! ~The plot and most of the rhymes/riddles DO belong to me, but Fairy Tail does not belong to meeee! :D Enjoy!

Fairy Tail Guild

Feeling more comfortable now that she was back behind her bar, Mirajane sat down on a stool to think about this little game Fried started. Lucy had come over with Loki in tow and asked for a drink before getting up and leaving, arms linked with her little lion. Later, Gray and Juvia approached her, both asking for her "special" water. Juvia's face lit up as Mirajane tried, unsuccessfully, to hide her smirk.

"So, it looks like you guys are finally getting intimate, hmm?" she questioned playfully while handing them both her chemically filled water.

While being here at Fairy Tail, life was pretty boring, especially when couples trended to chase rabbit trails around and about their relationship. This special water was used only when she felt the need to play matchmaker. The water was infused with a special emotional lacrima crystal, broken down into tiny bits, so it could dissolve into the water. It did not have any taste, so the consumer would not notice, but the effects were quick.

Within a few minutes the crystal would merge with the drinker's personal energy and bring out the strongest emotion they held towards their partner. The heart could never lie. Most of the time the two would end up in bed together, having both confessed their feelings to each other, if not more.

"J-Juvia… Juvia wants to please Gray as much as she possibly can…" she said while blushing even more.

Mirajane giggled at the water girl's comment. "Then I wish you both the best. I would suggest you both drink it when you get to your private quarters. I cannot guarantee the end result of consuming this."

Both of them blushed with the implication of her words, wished her a good day while casting shadowed glances at each other, and walked out of the guild.

Sighing to herself she set to work cleaning the bar, tables, and anything else that needed to be cleaned that day. About ten minutes into cleaning Natsu dropped by, grinning from ear to ear with Happy flying overhead.

"Soooo…" he started as he got her attention. "I have something for you… from Fried…" he said with a grin. Mirajane blushed slightly, but he had caught her attention. Her curiosity was rising as Natsu just stood there to exaggerate the effect of her waiting.

"Just spit it out Natsu." Mirajane said after a few moments of a pregnant silence.

"… it's a letter… a love letter perhaps?"

"A letter…?" she wondered out loud, completely missing his playful comment.

"Ah… yeah, here." He said a bit disappointed at the lack of her response, but handed the envelope over into her waiting hands.

It was a gold-papered envelope that had 'Mirajane' written on the front in a beautiful calligraphy. On the back had the looks of a rune that was etched onto the place where it sealed the letter that was hidden within.

Natsu scratched his head nervously.

"Eh, I would be careful there Mira. I tried opening it earlier and received quite a shock to my hand. Still stings too…" he mumbled while rubbing his hand to prove his point.

"Well maybe it retaliated against you because it wasn't for you to read." Mirajane chilled in a motherly manner, and placed her hand in front of the runes. Lighting up in a bright, purple light as the rune identified her, Mirajane felt as if she were in Fried's embrace for a moment before the light receded. Looking down, she saw in her hands was now a simple letter, written in Fried's neat script and began to read it out loud.

~A love like ours can never be beat.

A love like this is sweeter than sweet.

Chasing and running is so much fun,

But don't stay too long out in the sun.

Search and search and search some more,

But just remember, look under the floor.

Hide and seek is fun to play,

So let us see if I can get away.

A three word phrase is all you need,

To win the game so you can succeed.

Just know that midnight is the time,

That this little rhyme and game of mine

Will come to an end, yes it's true,

But if you beat me, that will be new.

We play for keeps and that's a fact,

So make sure this rule won't hold you back.

The winner of us two may take control,

But just for one night, you're on a roll.~

Natsu stood still for a moment and then began to laugh. "Well, that's sure one hell-of-a riddle you got there. Seems to me you guys are playing hide-and-seek. Sounds kinda… kinky."

Mirajane laughed. "Well, this will be a fun day." She said. "I wonder if there are any other rules…"

"Eh, probably not. You know as well as I do that when Fried makes a rune, the rules are always spelled out for you, and this little rhyme of his was all the rules and help you'll get from him. You have about… thirteen hours until midnight. I would finish up with the cleaning if I were you. Fried is known as the 'Shadow' when Gray, him and I would play. He could hide and never be found for days. Also, I wouldn't suggest you getting any help from anyone else for your little game, at least not concerning the riddle." Natsu advised.

"Why?"

"…Because to my eyes… that note that you have in your hand is blank."

Mirajane laughed and looked down back at the note.

"And besides that, this is your little kinky game with Mr. Seaweed. You get to solve the mystery yourself."

"It's not kinky and …w-what? M-Mr… who?" she sputtered at the humorous nickname.

"You know… seaweed; the green stuff that lives in a pond?"

"That's oceans and rivers silly… then again, it might be able to live in a pond… and of course I know what seaweed is. I just… didn't expect you'd call him that." she laughed.

"Ah, it's because of his hair. You know that it wasn't always like that right? The vomit green isn't his natural hair color. It happened when one of his runes backfired on him, but that's a story that you'll have to ask him about yourself. Anyway, Happy and I have to get going. Catch you later." He said over his shoulder as he and Happy left with an "Aye sir!" echoing in their wake.

"Backfired huh?" she muttered out loud as she set to work on understanding the little riddle Fried had given her.

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