Potion Chapter III: The Leftovers


Cana finally regained her breath, looking at Shurei with fortitude that could bout in the same level she had during the S-Class Examination, "Be my boyfriend!"

To say that Shurei was astonished couldn't come close to the degree of its extremity.

He could only look at the girl; jaw tight and eyes narrowed as if trying to kill the impending doom that would befall him once he answered. That was until he heard a 'Hick up' sound.

"Cana!" he bawled, catching the girl in his arms as he watched her doze off. "Idiot."

Without a second thought, Shurei decided to bring her back to Fairy Hills, still mulling over what answer he would give her once the woman awoke from her slumber.


In the Heartfilia residence…

"So, are you in, or are you out?"

And this time, Lucy knew the answer to a now serious Levy.

"I'll only be in if you tell me the reason why because I know you don't do this just for 'fun'."

Levy was getting more and more interested at the unfolding personality changes Lucy was undergoing, or maybe she just didn't notice that the girl was actually sharp underneath all 'that'. Levy snickered when she thought about the blonde's boobs.

After sometime, Levy finally spoke up, "I concede, it's actually for Cana and Mirajane to date." Scratching the side of her face and then blushed, "It's for a good cause, I prom-"

Lucy just hugged the baffled girl, grinning at her toothily and put all the puzzles together, "So you wanted to turn Erza into a guy because of that, am I right?"

Levy was once again stunned, this time it doubled from the previous ones, "How smart IS she?! Have I underestimated her too much? No, that's impossible, a lot of the members know she's smart but not that smart… who are you, Lucy Heartfilia?"

At the sound of coughing, Levy snapped her head to attention, meeting a pair of wondering and… "Glistening?" chocolate pools, "Yeah," when she found the right words to say, "Even Gajeel thought this was a good plan since-"

"Since Mirajane has a thing for Erza." Lucy frowned, looking sideways to avoid Levy's gaze, and suddenly saw something interesting about the window, "That window that my knight kept on entering over and over again even without my consent… Natsu's influence sure is quite strong."

"Lucy…"

Lucy may not want to admit it, but even if she knew that Erza would always remain loyal to her, it hurt her that she always had to be her choice. Of course, it would be stupid not to think the scarlet lover would choose Lucy over anyone else, but seeing the pained expression in Mirajane's eyes, who she considered as one of her closest friends, was sometimes a bit too much since it mostly caused her to take their conversation on a regulated level and for the most part, avoided or changed the subject whenever Mira asked Lucy if her and Erza are doing well.

"It's as if she's waiting for me to break her…" Lucy could only think bitterly, not even noticing her position or what was in front of her until Levy snapped her fingers in front of her.

"Thinking about Mira and Erza again?"

Lucy only nodded, her bright mood completely turned into something gloomy, "Mira's my friend, but I also don't want to give up Erza because that would be the only thing I would never do."

Levy nodded in understanding, contemplating for a bit and reassured her friend with a pat on her back. There was nothing she, or anyone could say to reassure her of her relationship with Erza after all, unless it's her herself.

As if getting the point, Lucy caught Levy's hand and put it back on the cerulean girl's lap. "For Mira."

Words weren't needed as the cerulean haired beauty just handed her the vial, warning the flaxen, "Make sure you talk to Gemini about the whole thing since she does have to copy you for this plan to work out."

Lucy's eyes widened, she almost forgot about her Celestial family, "Levy, I don't think this will work out, at all!" then grabbed the said girl's collar, shaking her with it.

"Lu-" Shake! "Lu, lu, lu-cy-" Shake! "S-stop sh-sha-" Shake! "king m-me!" Informed, slapping the girl's hands away once she managed to time it right.

"Geez, you didn't have to go all crap on me, you know!"

Lucy blushed in embarrassment, putting a hand behind her head and looking at her lap, "Sorry."

Levy sighed, and then put up a cheerful smile before dragging the girl up with her and then twirled Lucy around like a ballerina plastic doll. Lucy suddenly felt a bit nauseous, "The potions are getting to me…" turning greener every twirl, her stomach churning for release.

Then there was an abrupt stop, and once again, the cobalt-mane lady snickered darkly at Lucy's paling figure, "Don't try to trick me, Lucy, I know what you've been up to this past year…"

"And to think I'd get away with it." Lucy looked at the side, her nauseous state gone and was replaced by small eyes gesturing of annoyance and her mouth perking up as if trying to lock itself from the revelation, or it was probably just a habit she picked up from the Salamander; nevertheless, Levy found it cute and that made Lucy grin.

With a sigh coming from both women, Levy patted Lucy's shoulder and Lucy retorted by putting both those hands up and confessed in defeat, but not without her oh-so-cute grin! "Okay, you caught me."

"I knew it!" Levy shrieked, jumping up and down in the room and landed on top of Lucy, causing the both of them to plop down once again on the bed but Levy still kept yelling, "You really were practicing elemental spells!"

Lucy giggled along with her friend until it came into full blast laughter, only stopping when both women heard a cough from the door and saw that it was the cerulean tresses' lover.

"Looks like I missed something interesting." A smirk not escaping, the Gajeel strode towards Levy, giving her a bear hug.

"Hey, Levs, what'cha been up to with Lucy?"

"Oh, just putting our Project: Miracan into action." Levy replied with a grin. Gajeel's eyes opened wider and then looked back from his lover to Lucy, getting his smirk back after.

"I didn't know that blondie here has a fetish for a threesome."

Lucy turned tomato red, "I am NOT into threesomes! And besides, butt head; it would be foursome if that's the case!"

This made Gajeel's smirk even wider, if it was possible, "Calm down, blondie, was just messin' with ya!"

Lucy humped in disdain while Levy watched in amazement, "Anyway, Gajeel and Lucy, we really have to get moving soon. I already figured out a potion and the re-quip thing I wanted to happen."

Lucy turned to look at Levy, eyes big as saucers, "How'-?"

"I figured it out when I made the antidote to the sex change potion."

"My Levs' too smart." Gajeel looked at Levy fondly, holding her tight to his chest which made the blonde laugh out loud.

"What's funny?!"

"Nothing, it's just, I never expected you to be all mushy around ANYONE, and to think I almost played a prank to make you cry!" Laughing more, even Levy joined, making Gajeel have a small but apparent blush.

"Anyway, Lucy, Gajeel, let's get this plan in motion." Levy coughed, tossing the vial towards Lucy and then the latter drank it, turning a bit green in the process.

"This plan better works…" Lucy thought grimly, a light emanating from her body.

Little did they know that things were about to get messy, it was after all, a plan for their friends in Fairy Tail to become together. It wasn't unconventional, yes, but everything about Fairy Tail isn't solved easily…


In Fairy Hills Dormitory...

"My male body makes carrying Cana feel like I'm carrying cotton." Shurei thought while he carried Cana, bridal style, towards the latter's room in the Fairy Tail's dormitory.

Yes, no men were allowed to be in the female's section, but due to Cana's condition, the dorm officer allowed their entry and there was Shurei Scarlet, carrying the once he thought was heavy Cana due to her feminine body from before, now.

"Almost there, Cana."

"Oh, hi there!" Hearing the familiar voice from behind him, he turned to look at the cute little girl he invited to join the Fairy Tail Guild.

"Hey, Wendy and Carla, what brings the both of you here?"

Carla was the one who spoke for the both of them, "We were just passing by."

Wendy nodded, looking back and forth from Cana and Shurei before asking, "Cana drank too much again?"

Shurei nodded back, giving the brunette a squeeze on the shoulders which made Cana whimper and burry her face on Shurei's chest.

Wendy blushed at this notion, and couldn't help but ask, "Are you and Cana a thing?"

"Wendy!" The usual stoic or monotonous exceed suddenly burst out, not believing that her companion knew about things like this. After all, who would expect Wendy to be not so innocent?

Shurei was a bit shocked, but quickly regain his composure and just hooted it off, "It's okay, Carla," looking at Wendy, "And to answer your question, we are definitely not a thing, we're just friends."

"More importantly, how on Earth did you know about that thing, Wendy?" Carla's monotone voice came back, not even giving little Wendy a chance to reply to Shurei.

"Oh, I once saw some stacks of erotic novels Erza had and I learned a lot of things about relationships, include-"

That was enough to trigger Shurei's embarrassment and couldn't help but almost drop Cana from his grip to just stop the girl; however, it was Carla to first speak up.

"Why am I not surprised?"

This only made Shurei's blush intensify and so he coined up an excuse to save his dignity, or whatever was left of it, "Erza is an adult now, so don't you think it's normal?" and completely and utterly failed at it. "Great going, Shurei."

Carla and Wendy blushed however, even redder than Shurei's hair, "I think Natsu's calling me!" without a word more, Wendy dragged Carla away from the scene and thought to herself, "Even Shurei's weirder than Erza!" before actually seeing the guy from his excuse called, Natsu.

Shurei sighed, "Damn it." And just continued into Cana's room, and then put the brunette on her bed which only led to him being held tightly around the neck.

"Let's have some fun." Hick!

Shurei looked at her with dismay. How could she still articulate anything while at that state? It is Cana after all, right?

"Cana, I don't have time or the willingness to play games with you." Shurei looked away the moment Cana made a seductive and very suggestive gaze, giving him a blush and an apparent beginning of an erection to blossom from his pants.

"Shit! Lucy will fucking kill me if she finds out, but Cana IS hot-," He mentally scolded himself, "Don't fucking think about it! Lucy's your freaking girlfriend, geez!"

"I know you want me, I can feel you…" And then there was a slap.

"You dimwit degrading scoundrel of a retarded drunkard…" Shurei hissed, removing the arms around his neck in a swift motion and stood up while Cana only sat, too shocked and scared at what was unfolding in front of her.

"If you THINK you and I will sleep together because of you're selfish needs, then you're dead wrong." Taking a turn to leave, Shurei continued, "Let this be your first…" paused, "And final warning. The moment, I repeat, the MOMENT you ever dare attempt anything like that to me again, I'll make sure I'm the last person you see alive."

With that, Shurei made his exit with a deep frown sketched on his handsome features.

He didn't mean it to be so dramatic like that, but he has a girlfriend that he was very affectionate about; moreover, the lady who managed to win his heart. It wasn't easy to lose someone like her, nor did he had the intention of ever losing her, so when the image of Cana almost gave him a boner, his loyalty started kicking in towards his flaxen-locks princess and because he could never believe that one of his friends could do something so stupid like that.

True, Cana may be a lot of stupid things, but not that stupid. "Maybe it is because of Mirajane?" Shurei could only think more since a million of questions already made their way to his mind as he walked on a pavement towards the guild.

It really was not a secret to Shurei, it was in fact, very clear that Cana was deeply in love with Mirajane but he also knew that Mirajane's feelings were for Erza and so, for the times that he and Lucy dated and are dating, Shurei always attempted to find a way to have Cana and Mirajane get together because those two were clearly two peas in a pod if ever navigated to the right direction.

But alas, it wasn't to be. The more Shurei tried, the more Mirajane fell for him and it didn't add a good fact that Mirajane fell for him more and more at all.

All he wanted was for all of them to be happy, and maybe that day would make it happen. Maybe. And maybe, there was hope that his assumptions about Mirajane's feelings were wrong and that the hoary haired beauty would return the feelings for the brunette.


Towards the guild...

The trio made their way to the guild with the exception of the Iron Dragon Slayer's Exceed not following them since Pantherlilith had an errand with Master Makarov after Shurei's welcoming party.

"So, Shurei's Erza?" Lucy couldn't help but ask once again with his deep male voice.

When the plan was initiated, Lucy was briefed by Gajeel on the appearance of a newcomer in the guild which made Levy grin since she thought that 'Shurei' might be of good use to the plan; however, she was still wondering on how the heck the last trio managed to make a duplicate Erza.

"For the nth time, blondie, YES!" Gajeel ruffled his hair; he can barely hold his temper off if it weren't for Levy.

"Lucy, relax," Levy grinned at her friend, "Besides, I did say we'll make good use of Shurei, right?"

Lucy turned her attention towards Levy, glaring at her, "Don't forget, Shurei is STILL my lover." And puffed her cheeks for emphasis.

"Guys don't puff their cheeks, blondie." Gajeel joined in the conversation lazily. He didn't even want to be included in the plan since it was approved, but his girlfriend's puppy dog eyes made him melt like a shaped luxurious glass.

"Your point being?" Lucy snapped back, sending a glare towards Gajeel which actually sent a shiver down the latter's spine.

"So Guy Lucy can send cold feet, huh?" Gajeel thought, snickering and then rebuked, "Remind me to have a fist fight with you later."

If it was the fact Lucy was now a guy that she managed to muster up the courage to stand up to Gajeel, she didn't know, but one thing was for sure, "You're on."

Levy sighed; a bit amused, but annoyed at the confrontation she was watching and then used both of her fists to smack both men's back heads.

"What was that for?!" Both of them yelled, rubbing the hurting spot.

"IF you two idiots would stop arguing, I would like to arrive to the guild soon WITHOUT any complaints from the BOTH of you." Levy said darkly, making both boys sweat drop and just nodded off, whimpering as they continued to follow.


In Fairy Tail...

"Oof." Shurei slumped back on a wooden bench in the guild, taking in the scene before him.

On one side, the men were doing their usual brawling routine while he smirked at his double who intended to stop the brawl but only made it worse. "At least she has my scary aura and is almost as strong as I am." Indeed, he and Gray did a good job at making the double.

"I don't know if you drink, but here." Out of the corner of his eyes, he saw Mirajane putting a mug in front of him which was filled with what he thought was, "Root beer?"

"Root beer?"

Mirajane giggled, "Well, I didn't want to make a mistake so that's for good measure." And then flashed Shurei a dashing smile.

Shurei smiled back and he didn't know if it was an imagination or something, but he swore he saw Mirajane blush and thought sadly, "Please don't tell me my boyish charms are working…"

"Thanks, Mirajane Strauss." He replied formally, not wanting to use Mirajane's nickname since he thought that going to a first name or nickname bases would make him suspicious.

Mirajane flashed another one of her smiles, this time, it sent a mysterious message that Shurei couldn't piece together. "No problem, Shurei. I have to go."

Mirajane left Shurei alone with his root beer, making sure that Shurei was oblivious to what she was really feeling, "That's it, pretty boy. Think I actually like you since it's your…" that thought, however, wasn't finished since one of the mages called for her services.

"That was…" Shurei looked at Mirajane's figure, sighed, and then took the drink in his hand which he relished as he tried to think of something amusing about it, "Odd" finally finishing his sentence, not really knowing which or who he directed it to.


A few moments later...

A loud bang suddenly echoed inside Fairy Tail as a trio made their way inside, startling the people who were and weren't brawling alike.

"We're back." Levy announced cheerfully, looking towards Droy and Jet. "Time to have some fun!" Of course, she left that part out.

The rest of the guild could only gawk at the flaxen-haired man that stood in front of them when they gathered. They couldn't believe that Fairy Tail was greeted by two very handsome men in just one day, especially for the ladies!

"It's not like his some movie star, you dweebs." Gajeel alleged what his two companions couldn't say before stomping off to get some drink from Mirajane and probably some metal to boot.

Natsu and Gray could only sweat drop, at least, one of them was since Gray was finding the situation more and more amusing by the minute and was already thinking of a way on how to make things entertaining while Natsu on the other hand, was a bit scared on how Shurei will react on this, and a little on what the male version of Lucy could do.

"He's so handsome…" From the group, no one noticed that Juvia was holding her nose to prevent it from bleeding, causing Gray to look at her with a grim shocked expression on his face.

"That's gotta hurt…" Everyone in Fairy Tail nodded in agreement since they didn't expect someone to woo Juvia so easily because as far as everyone was concerned, they thought that the water mage would always be loyal to Gray.

Male Lucy only thought the situation silly while Levy laughed, "Guys, don't be too surprised."

"Anyway, who's the new lad?" Master Makarov butt in, walking towards him with what everyone thought was a jealous expression since Male Lucy really was handsome.

Blonde locks, chocolate pools for eyes, and very muscular and lean body much like Shurei's but was definitely not as buff; however, his more handsome features made up for it.

Male Lucy decided to finally speak up, and attempted to call everyone, but was cut off by the Gemini Lucy who just arrived after searching through her owner's wardrobe to find the right outfit for the occasion, "This is my cousin, Lee Heartfilia."

"Oh, Master Lee, Juvia will always stick by your side!" Juvia squealed, immediately clinging on to Lee who managed to dodge it in time and then received death glares from all the women, and one Shurei who just arrived after finishing his drink.

Seeing that the situation will get very rowdy soon, Master Makarov spoke up, "So you're Lucy's cousin, huh? It seems like we're getting a lot of visitors today."

Everyone roared at this, and one of them even yelled, "Join Fairy Tail!"

Lee held a hand up which made everyone stop, "That's what I plan on doing."

"Oh, master Lee!"

Lee dodged again before Levy dragged him away from the scene towards the guild library where Gray, Erza, Natsu, Happy, Gajeel, and Shurei followed.


In Fairy Tail's library...

"What's the meaning of this?!" Shurei yelled in frustration, slamming his fist on the desk, shattering it into bits.

Levy glared at him and smacked his head, managing to calm Shurei down, "Come down, you nut head."

"How do you fucking expect me to calm down when you waltz in here with my," Shurei hesitated before looking back at Levy, "boyfriend?"

It was Lee who then filled Shurei with the details, "We're not doing this for bad causes, hun…" paused, "Damn, that felt weird to say…"

"Because guys don't usually say that kinda thing!" Happy spoke in the group, making the three men nod in agreement.

"We're getting a bit out of topic here, guys." Gajeel spoke up, folding his arms over his chest and leaning on one of the walls in the room while chewing on a metal he got from Mirajane.

Natsu looked at him and back to the group, "Can someone tell us what you guys are planning?"

Gray held his hand in front of Natsu, smirked and spoke, "Let me guess, for Mirajane and Cana, right?"

The four nodded, including Gemini who filled in the rest of the details, "We actually planned on making a date-and-match contest thing."

Erza clone articulated, "And you plan on having it done in a mission?"

They nodded again, and Shurei, who has been quiet for quite sometime finally spoke up and suggested something the group didn't expect, "Why don't we both make them jealous?"

Lee was shocked, but nonetheless asked, "How though?"

Shurei then filled everyone with what transpired between him and Cana, making sure that he left out the part where he slapped the poor brunette almost senseless, "That's how it went."

"So Cana wanted you to be your boyfriend, huh?" Lee could only utter what he thought; failing at hiding the anger he was feeling towards his brunette friend.

"Well, don't you think she's just using you?" It was Levy who spoke up this time after she analyzed the situation.

"Use Shurei how?" Natsu quipped, interested in it more than everyone thought.

"She was probably using Shurei as a bait to lure Mirajane in since she might have hypothesized that Mirajane would be jealous at him and also because Shurei and Erza's resemblance are very close so she must have also thought that Shurei can be a possible rebound for Erza." Happy said and then continued to chew on his fish, leaving some of the group a bit shocked again.

"The cat has a point, but I don't see how this should actually work out unless Cana decides to man-up and just tell Strauss about her feelings?" It was Gajeel's turn to ask, relatively amused.

"I think I have an idea." Gray said, his shirt off.

"What is it, Gray?" Shurei and Lee asked, chuckling after as they realized that even the gender changed still didn't tamper with their synchronization.

"What if we pair up Cana and Shurei and Lee and Mirajane? I mean, if these four were to pair up, Mira and Cana, or at least one of them are bound to explode and would probably beat Shurei or Lee up just to be together, right?"

"The plan sounds good, but there's one problem." Gemini and Erza spoke, also in-tune like Shurei and Lee.

"There's no guarantee for Mirajane's part and we don't want Lee to get beat up in vain."

"It's okay, guys, we could at least take a risk!" Lee smiled reassuringly towards his guild mates, "Besides that, I know when I take it too far." He finished with a tongue stuck out.

"Geez, it's annoying how even when you're a guy, you're still acting like you're gay." Gajeel insulted annoyingly, stomping away from the library and left the group with a huff.

"That's settle then, Lee, start charming Mira soon because we don't know how long the potion will last, okay?" Levy warned as she followed suit towards her boyfriend and with that, the rest of the group disbanded to make sure that the plan was a success, including Shurei who made his way towards Fairy Tail Hills to patch things up with the brunette and play the game against her.


Welcoming Lee...

"So this is where you want your stamp to be put on?" Makarov asked one more time, his eyebrows twitching as he hesitated to stick the thing on Lee's upper left thigh near his crotch area.

"Yes, Master Makarov." Lee could only tell him so giddily.

"What is with men these days and their things for putting art near or on their crotch area?" Makarov thought out loud as he stamped Lee's thighs a little too rough.

The guild once again decided to throw a party in behalf of Lee, who just joined the Fairy Tail and officially dragged him into one of their brawls as a part of their 'Initiation' processes.


Cana's room...

"So that's our plan, and now you know who I am."

Shurei couldn't lie to Cana that was at least what he owes the brunette for slapping her across the face quite hard awhile ago.

"So you guys are doing this all for me and Mira?"

"Yes."

"And you're telling me this because you care for me?" Cana faked chimed, making a purr sound while at it.

Shurei's brows twitched and said, "Don't get carried away before I do something I regret."

Cana only put up her arms in defeat, "Okay, okay, I swore this is a secret as well, but please let me rest for awhile, aight'?"

Shurei sighed in relief and gave Cana a smile, "To answer your question, I told you everything about this somewhat idiotic plan because I don't want you to hurt Lee in anyway because if you do, I don't know what you'll end up becoming."

Cana didn't know if she was supposed to be scared or honored that she managed to produce a smile from Shurei, so she only nodded in response before shoving Shurei out of her room and then locked it only to lean on it. "Finally."


Fairy Tail's bar...

"So,what degree is your relationship with Lucy?" Mirajane couldn't help but ask as she wiped one of the mugs with a cloth rag behind the bar.

Mira and Lee have been talking about this and that for a few hours now since Lee found out that Shurei decided to go back to their house which left Lee alone because his other companions were frolicking around with others.

"Degree?"

Mirajane stopped what she was doing and put the mug on one of the counters. Walked around the bar and sat down on a bar stool besides the right of Lee, "As in, how close you two are?"

Lee got the message and just chuckled at it, "Let me reassure you that I don't have an incest type of a relationship with Lucy."

As much as Lee wanted to produce this sort of talks with Mira, he knew he couldn't since Mira really was uncomfortable with the whole relationship thing with Erza around.

"That's cool then." Mirajane giggled, making Lee chuckle with her and before they knew it, both of them managed to chat away the night.


Walking her home...

It was already midnight and all Fairy Tail mages left the guild after Mira along with the aid of Lee that they finished cleaning and packing up the place away for the night.

"Why don't I walk you home?" Lee offered as he closed the door for the both of them, putting on his charming smile for good measure.

"That would be nice." Mirajane replied with a smile.

The two head off towards Mira's place and Lee did his best by playing all his cards right like putting a hand around the Strauss's shoulder and talking about romantic yet not so romantic stuff to entertain his 'date' until they arrived at their destination.

"I really had a fun night, Lee." Mirajane's eyes sparkled as she gazed at those brown pools.

"I can't believe I'm going to have to do this… fuck you, Levy." Lee responded, "I agree." Before Mirajane could even think of a reply, Lee kissed her in the forehead, smiled at her charmingly, and then left her shell shocked-glued to the ground.


A/N: Alright, Lol is here!

I am SO sorry for the late update! I was so busy with my life that I almost thought I wouldn't be able to update this after a month T_T.

Anyway, I wanted to repay you guys by making this chapter actually longer than the first two; however, I apologize since it was a bit short on some scenes.

I promise I'll try to write the next chapter longer and with more actions since next chapter will be based around a mission.

Note: I will remove Gray, Natsu, Happy, Wendy, Carla, Erza (Clone), Lucy (Gemini), and majority of the guild members from the next few chapters of this story since it's too much of a hassle for me to write them all down and I don't want to include an unnecessary filler just to have an excuse of a longer chapter.

Note 2: You must have thought that the main pairing was switched to Cana and Mirajane, right? Well, it's not since it is still mostly about Lucy and Erza and you'll find out in the following chapters.

Note 3: This is my final note, this story will have a maximum of 20 chapters so I don't plan on extending it to a long-ass series.

Other than that, I hope you enjoyed this update and thanks so much for the reviews and I hope you continue on leaving your love for this story, and moi in a feedback ;)!

Infinity High! Move on!

~kaizer20