VACATION DISASTER
Chapter Three
Be Yourself
Hey readers! This is the update for Vacation Disaster! I posted this a little early, so enjoy!
Thank you so much for the reviews and favorites!
~ Tia
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail, but I do own this fan fiction.
I opened my eyes and got up from my sleep. When I saw the blazing sun, I almost grinned. It reminded me of someone of my past. What was her name? Never mind. Need to tell the guys that it is a perfect day to go swimming. I took one look at myself in the mirror. Hey handsome.
"Lucy! Come fast! We're getting late for breakfast!" Juvia called out from the hall.
Lucy looked at herself in the mirror. She was wearing a skirt and a top. Her swimsuit was beneath her clothes.
"Oh! Forgot the final touch!" She put on her thick glasses. "Perfect! Just like the President!"
She ran down the stairs and ran towards the balcony.
She bowed several times to no one in particular. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry for being five minutes late to breakfast!"
She then heard someone snort. She looked up and saw a person with spiky black hair and red eyes. It wasn't Gajeel, though.
"Relax kid, I'm not gonna kill you for coming a few minutes late. And your eyes don't have a nasty look like my son."
Lucy asked him, "Are you Gajeel's father?"
He nodded. "The one and only Metalicana Redfox."
"That's one unique name." Lucy thought. "Mr. Redfox, where are the others?"
Metalicana blanched and said, "Girl, don't make me feel old. Call me Metalicana. And here they are."
Lucy turned around and saw everyone coming towards the balcony. Igneel gave a roar of what seemed to be laughter and said, "Metalicana! Long time no see! How's with the metal business?"
Metalicana shrugged and said, "Not much. We're more into Iron, if you forgot. And how's with the coal business?"
Igneel replied, "Rockin'. And Grandeeney's medicine factory is doing fine, as well."
Grandeeney snorted and said, "Fine? I'm doing much better than you two combined!"
Both Metalicana and Igneel shrugged and said, "Yeah, yeah."
Layla interrupted them and said, "Excuse me? We're here to have a vacation, not have business meetings."
All of them were laughing and chatting endlessly. The breakfast was really enjoyable. Layla and Grandeeney had made scrambled eggs, with sausages and bacon. Mika and Jennifer had made blueberry yogurt and pancakes. Mira, Lisanna and Lucy had helped making iced tea for everyone.
But the main dish was Igneel's special: Fire Chicken. When Lucy took one bit of it, she thought that her mouth was on fire. She saw Natsu actually taking a third helping of it. She looked disbelieved when Natsu popped the entire thing in his mouth and asked for another helping.
He smirked and said, "Impressed, Prez?"
She stuck her tongue out.
Lisanna shook her head. "If this goes on, NaLu will never sail." She thought.
Layla interrupted her thoughts and said, "We'll discuss our plans for today. Grandi, Jennifer, Mika and I are going shopping at the resort. Igneel and Metalicana are going to see a wrestling match being held in the resort. What are your plans for today, girls and boys?"
Lucy said, "We're going swimming."
But she wasn't the only one who said it. Natsu looked at her with disbelief. "How did you know our plans?"
Lucy retorted, "That is what I should be asking you!"
Erza gave them a look and they soon quieted down. Layla continued as if nothing had just happened, "Great! So you kids are going swimming! Enjoy!"
Lucy felt something heavy in her stomach fall. Swimming with a pink-haired pervy narcissist. Just perfect for a disaster.
In the girls' room:
"Lucy! You can't go in the water with your glasses on! And not in that ridiculous bun!" Lisanna squealed.
Lucy protested, "But I can't see anything without my glasses!"
Erza replied patiently, "Nonsense. You can see perfectly well. Don't try to fool me."
Lisanna grinned in triumph. She took her glasses out and gave a gasp. Erza smirked. Mira, Juvia and Wendy crowded around.
"Such lovely eyes~" "Why did you try to cover them up?" "Lucy-nee, your eyes are so kawaii~" "Juvia approves of those eyes too."
Lucy sighed and said, "Erza, please tell them."
Erza said a bland voice, "Lucy thinks that if she doesn't wear glasses and clothes too big for her, boys will flock around her; which she doesn't like. Getting her to wear a swimsuit was a big challenge, itself."
Lisanna sighed and said, "I see. But for this vacation, let loose, Prez! It's a vacation! Be yourself!"
Lucy smiled and said, "Fine. But only for this vacation."
Little did she know how many hearts she would capture that day.
In the boys' room:
"Hey Tabasco freak, what the heck are you wearing?" Gray asked Natsu.
Natsu was wearing his favorite swimwear, which was black and was patterned with red dragons and flames.
"It's called swimwear. I should be asking you that. What the heck are you wearing, snow-cone? I can't see how it looks like."
Gray snorted and looked down and said, "It's my- Hey! Where in the name of ice-cream did my pants go?"
Now it was Natsu's turn to snort. "You probably threw it somewhere. I think you should go grab another pair of pants, people don't need to see how big your butt is."
Jellal shook his head, while Gajeel couldn't control his laughter. Gray soon changed into another pair of pants. But he looked very down. "That was my favorite…" He murmured.
Little did he know, behind the room's door, a certain blue-haired person was clutching his pants to her heart. "Gray-sama's favorite pants!" Juvia cried.
At the beach:
"Oh! The beach feels so nice! By the way, Erza, Lucy, what's wrong with you?" Mirajane asked.
Lucy was fidgeting with the straps of her swimsuit. She thought it showed too much cleavage.
Erza, however, had a completely different reason for looking nervous. Lisanna cleared her throat and pointed at someone near the ocean.
It was the boys. Gajeel, Natsu and Gray were fighting in the sand. Jellal was walking out of the water, his well-built body dripping with water.
Mira chuckled and said, "Erza, why don't you confess already?"
Erza turned into a million shades of red and stuttered, "N-no! I-I can't do that! I mean, who w-wants a girl like m-me to be their g-girlfriend?"
"Many people." Lucy suddenly spoke.
"Erza, you may think that you're not pretty, but you are beautiful. Everyone knows that. You need to let go of this negative thinking and pulling yourself down. You are beautiful, not because of your looks, which I think are stunning, but because of you are. You are the girl who can beat down anyone to protect her friends. You may be a little silly, and obsessed with strawberry cake, but that is who you are. And I love you for that very reason, dear sis. That's why you are beautiful. Be yourself, sis!"
Erza was lost for words. Then she pulled Lucy into a bone-crushing hug. "I love you too, sis!"
Mira and Juvia sniffed and wiped tears from their eyes. "Such a beautiful moment." Wendy and Lisanna sweat dropped.
Lucy then pulled away from Erza and said, "So guys, what are we waiting for? Let's get in the water!"
"Yeah!" everyone agreed with her.
Gajeel saw the girls and chuckled. "Hey Jellal! She's here!"
Jellal gave a what-the-hell-are-you-talking-about look. Then he saw Erza. He was lost for words. She was running with some girl he didn't know.
Mira and Lisanna waved at the boys, so did Wendy. "Hey guys!"
Juvia was walking very shyly. Her swimsuit, which was a two piece purple one, included a skirt. She muttered, "Juvia doesn't want anyone other Gray-sama to see Juvia in this."
Mira said, "Cheer up! Just think about how much fun we are going to have."
And they indeed had a lot of fun. After sometime, Lucy and Wendy got tired of swimming and decided to make sandcastles. Natsu, who had been ignoring the girls, noticed that his sister wasn't in the water. Then he saw her building a sand castle with a blonde girl he didn't know.
Curious, he approached them. Wendy saw him and said in an excited voice, "Natsu-nii! Do you want to join us?"
The blonde gave a groan, and turned around to face him, "What? Why is Pinky so interested in building a sandcastle?"
Natsu gave a patient sigh, "It's salmon, not pi-"
But he stopped midway. He saw that the blonde girl he was so interested in was none other his sworn enemy, Lucy.
"What the heck? Blondie what are you doing here?"
Lucy gave a groan. "I'm here on a vacation, Pinky. And since my friends wanted me to come swimming, and so did I, I decided to come here. Problem?" She said, sarcasm dripping from her tone.
Natsu's eyes almost popped out of their sockets, when he saw the person in front of him. This was so not the Lucy Heartfilia he knew. She was fat, she was ugly, she had glass eyes instead of real ones, and her hair was always in a messy bun. This girl standing in front of him was, he hated admitting it to himself, hot.
She had delicious curves, beautiful chocolate brown eyes, long hair which seemed to glow in the afternoon sun. It reminded him of someone.
Somebody snapped her fingers in front of face. "Quit staring, pervert! Tell me why you came here?"
Natsu just remembered that this girl couldn't be the girl he remembered. This was Lucy Heartfilia, bossy President, his sworn enemy, yelling at him for no reason.
"I was here to spend some time with my little sister, Blondie. Problem?" He spat the last word at her in the same tone she used.
Her face turned into a pout which he thought was cute. "No. Bad Natsu! She's not cute!"
She just shook her head and sighed after that. "Wendy, I'm going to swim. Wanna join in a game of ball?"
Wendy brightened up and exclaimed, "Sure!" and with that the two of them left Natsu standing.
Natsu couldn't believe what happened. Had Lucy Heartfilia, the most fucked up girl according to him, given a sigh because she expected him to behave better?!
He knew that there were chances that he had misread the situation. But, a little voice in his heart was telling him that he was right.
"Wendy! Catch it!" Lucy yelled. Wendy lunged for the ball, but then she fell. "Ow…"
Lucy hurried up to her side and asked her, "Are you okay, Wendy?"
Wendy gave a small smile. And then she jumped up. "Yup! A small fall like that ain't gonna get me all crying!"
Lucy gave a grin and laughed, "That's my girl!"
Gray looked at someone intently. Sure, she wasn't stalking him anymore like the first day, which was a huge relief, but he couldn't believe that the pretty girl beating him in swimming was Juvia. She seemed to love being in the water.
She screamed out to all the competitors of the race, "Juvia has won this round!"
Erza caught up with her and said, "You sure are like a mermaid. How can you keep your breath so long underwater?"
Juvia smiled and said, "Mom owns the chain of Lockser swimming pools. Juvia trained in the one nearest to our house since she was four."
Mira exclaimed, "Wow! That's awesome!"
Gajeel smirked and said, "What did they call you in middle school?"
Juvia grinned and said, "Water baby."
Jellal reacted, "You know each other before you'll met up here?"
Both of them nodded. "Before Juvia used to attend Phantom Lord Academy. Juvia joined Fairy Tail when Juvia started high school. So did Gajeel."
Lisanna nodded and said, "So that's how you two know each other."
Gray realized that his stalker used to attend their rival school, which closed down a few years ago. It did because it functioned school activities illegally.
Juvia then saw Gray staring at her. She blushed and thought, "Is Gray-sama staring at Juvia because Juvia's butt looks big? Or is it because we both reciprocate feelings?"
Lisanna looked at Juvia and Gray and smiled. "They'll make a great couple. I wish that Gray returns Juvia's feelings. I don't think that this couple needs a little rush. This situation suits them. As for these two idiots," Lisanna frowned when she thought about Natsu and Lucy. She hadn't told her sister about her plans about making these two a couple. She had her own reasons for making them a couple, which she didn't share with anyone.
She then thought of what she called a bright idea.
She went up to Lucy and Wendy. She then grabbed Lucy and placed her in front of her.
She called out, "Hey boys! What do you think of Lucy in this swimsuit?"
Lucy including all the guys blushed.
Erza had to be held behind by Mira. "How dare Lisanna embarrass my sister like that?!"
Mira reassured her, "Don't worry. My sister won't pull of a stunt like that for any reason."
Gray coughed and said, "I think she looks cute." Gajeel nodded in approval.
Jellal smirked and said, "Like any other hot girl."
Natsu smirked and retorted, "I think she looks like a kid in her bikini."
Lucy's face burned up when she heard that comment. Lisanna almost slapped Natsu.
Lucy, to her surprise, laughed and said, "Well, look who's talking. Those abs of yours look so fake, I almost barfed!"
Natsu gave a snort, "Is that the best retort you have for me?"
Lucy glared, "I have more, you fucking bastard! Just when things get better for me, some idiot like you has to ruin it! Now, thanks to you, my mood's ruined! I'm going back to the beach house!" Lucy stormed back to the beach house.
All the girls were shooting daggers at Natsu.
Gajeel said, "Whew… You did get her pretty mad."
Jellal sighed and said, "Why do people have to be so childish?"
Gray however stuttered, "Natsu…I think you should run."
Natsu snorted, "Run to that Blondie? For what? To beg for her forgiveness?"
Gray shook his head and pointed behind Natsu. "No, you idiot! From that demon!" Natsu turned behind a little too late. Erza had given a good punch by that time. And he was knocked out to remember anything about running.
There you are! Pretty crappy, but for those of you who wanted Natsu to be beaten by Erza, I hoped you all enjoyed it! Leave a lovely review!
P.S: Try to guess whose P.O.V it was at the beginning of this chapter!
~Tia