A/N: Yo minna! Sorry for the late update, I was kinda busy with my other fics… But by the way, I wanna thank you all for your support, reviews, etc! You guys inspire me a lot! And also, I know that you guys are already aware of this, but I just wanna clear myself out that the horizontal line on the first chapter indicates a flashback. So that means, what you're about to read in this chapter and the succeeding chapters are all parts of the past. Enjoy~ ヽ(^o^)ノ

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail.

Chapter 2

The morning was great. As usual, it was a lively and cheerful day in Fairy Tail. All of them were having a good time – brawling, drinking booze, chatting. Well, to be precise, all of them, except for one – Lucy.

"Did something happen? You look like you're in a, well, not so great mood…" The eldest Strauss questioned.

"I think a guy dumped Lucy." Happy mocked. After hearing this, the blonde instantly threw a sharp look at the cat.

"Woah, Lucy looks really scary when she's mad. Almost as scary as Erza!" Natsu shivered.

"Stop it. I am not in the mood for your jests right now." The blonde hissed.

"Then would you tell us your problem?" Mira asked as she cleaned some of the glassware.

The other whined, "I just bought some books yesterday. And those were actually very hard to find, not to mention, they were also very expensive. And it just came to me now that I threw one of them to that saber guy. Tch- and I forgot to take it back! Darn it, I was really looking forward to reading that book, and because of that saber-!" she cursed.

"Wait, what? You ran into a saber yesterday?" Mira asked.

"Yes. One of their dragon slayers – I mean the boastful one whose shirt only covers half of his body."

Hearing this, Natsu pumped his fist on the table, "Then let's go, Luce! Let's take your book back!"

"Nevermind. I'd rather buy the same book than see that jerk again…" she breathed.

"Then I'll come with you! So that when you run into that saber guy again, I'll beat him to a pulp!"

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"Really Natsu? After volunteering yourself to help me find the book, you'd be like this?" The blonde complained while carrying him off the train. And the fire mage, who seems to be still in the state of his motion-sickness, can't even reply to what Lucy said. "Come on Natsu, we're already outside, could you please get a grip of yourself?"

All the celestial mage could do was sigh. She can't help it. There's no other choice but to wait for him to be okay.

At least this is alright. I mean, after this I will be looking for a proxy of the book that I… lost. Look into the bright side Lucy, look into the—"Oh, I'm sorry." She said as she bumped someone whose face she cannot see for the fire mage's arm was resting heavily on her nape. As she removed the guy's meaty arm, she slowly tilted her head up,

"Huh?! You again?!" both of them shouted in disgust.

"And what are you doing here?!" Lucy furiously asked as she dropped Natsu and put a hand on her waist.

"And what's with you asking like you own the place?!"

"Well, this is Magnolia, and as long as I am concerned, your guild's not located here. Don't tell me you're following me!"

"Tch- you wish. Stupid, I'm a wizard so it's normal for me to get jobs that are away from our guild, right?!" Sting answered sarcastically.

The blonde girl rolled her eyes, picked up the still unconscious fire mage, and then walked away.

"Oi! Aren't you going to apologize for bumping me? After all, it's the right thing to do, isn't it?" the blonde guy sneered.

This guy is really getting on my nerves! She stuck her tongue out, "As if!"

"By the way blondie, I never knew that you're his baby-sitter." He smirked.

"Don't call me that, you're blonde too, idiot. And I am not his baby-sitter! Could you just, go away? Go somewhere where I cannot see you?" Lucy murmured.

"Come on Sting, we don't need to waste our time here." The shadow dragon slayer said.

"Wait a second, Rogue. I don't like the attitude of this fairy. Commanding me to get lost, are you trying to mock me, huh blondie?" the White dragon slayer pestered as he walked towards Lucy, looking at her in a rather menacing way.

Lector, on the other hand, nodded while saying, "Brace yourself now Ms. Fairy, Sting is the most powerful!"

"Wait." Natsu said as he tried to stand up. "Are you trying to look for a fight? If you are, I am willing to fight you, anytime, anywhere." He threw daggers at the guy.

"You should be the one to brace yourself! Natsu already defeated Sting once, and it won't be hard for him to do it again!" Happy shouted.

"Well, Sting-kun only made way for Natsu-san back then. You haven't seen him fight seriously yet!" Lector talked back.

"Fro thinks so too!"

"Sting, come on. We still have a job to do, we can't afford to waste any time or Master will get angry."

"Tch- if we only don't have a job to take care of, I'll be more than willing to wipe the floor out with you. But since we're in a hurry, maybe we'll do it sometime." Sting said as he turned his back.

"Hey, we're not yet done you—"

"Let him be Natsu. We're not here to pick a fight, remember?"

"But take note of this," the saber slowly turned his head to look at Lucy before continuing to his path, "I've got my eyes on you, blondie."

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As they walked the streets in search for a spare for her lost book, the girl thought, "I've got my eyes on you, blondie"? As if that would scare me.

"Hey Lucy, have you seen the book yet? We've been looking for hours, and I'm hungry."

"A-ahh I'm sorry Happy, I haven't found it yet. Actually that book is limited edition so it's nearly impossible for me to find a book like that again." She grieved. "But don't worry; I'll just treat you guys to dinner." She beamed.

"Hey Luce, why did you stop me earlier? I could've beaten the crap out of those guys."

"Like I said, I don't wanna do anything with that Sting anymore. And besides, we're supposed to be looking for a book, not a fight."

"I know, but because of that, he had the guts of threatening you…" the fire mage pouted.

She forced a smile, "Don't worry about me, Natsu. I am a Fairy Tail mage after all, I can handle myself. And I don't think that guy would seriously hurt me or anything…"

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The day has almost ended. The Fairy Tail mages went home tired and disappointed, not being able to find what Lucy sought for.

That night, the fairy cursed the saber. She was pissed off by his attitude, rudeness, pride, everything. She disliked him so much she wished to never see him again. On the contrary, the saber didn't like the fairy, nor did he dislike her. But, he'd admit that she caught his attention. She was different from the other girls he had met. But it's not like he's interested in her, nor he cared. In fact, both the fairy and the saber didn't care about each other. Little did they know that they were destined to meet each other again and create an unexpected love story that will shake not only their lives, but also of the people around them.

To be continued…

A/N: So how was the 2nd chapter? I hope it's okay! And I'm sorry too if you see any mistakes! I'll try my best to update as fast as I can. Tehee~ please feel free to review, suggest, etc.! \(◦'')/ xx