CouchPotato121 here! Chapter three! I think this is the longest story I have written in my life. wOw. I had trouble writing this chapter. There were a lot of important things that I needed to include but it was hard to incorporate them all. Chapter THREE I'm So Happy
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Gray: What are you crying for? You should be happy.
Lucy: Gray those are tears of joy not sadness. You should know the difference.
Natsu: I knew that. Now lets get going. I'll do the disclaimer. I want to find Igneel as soon as possible. CouchPotato121 does not own Fairy Tail.
Oh! I forgot heh heh
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'thinking'
Mishaps 3
Chapter 3
The Clue
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"Ugg. What time is it? I don't remember setting my clock." Lucy groaned as she pulled her self up to look at the time. 'That's not good I don't remember setting the clock. Not again.'
"6:30 IN THE MORNING! Oh man. Why? Why must I be up now? I remember Natsu asking me something yesterday." Lucy scratched her head thinking about yesterday while gather clothes. "THAT'S right! I need to get moving. Natsu must have set the alarm for me yesterday. He must have wanted to get moving early." Lucy remarked as she picked up her pace.
"Oh man I need to pack. He didn't say how long we are going to be gone, a week, a month, Gahh!! Natsu you need to be more specific about your plans!" she yelled to an empty room. 'Wait, … what am I going to do about rent? If I'm gone longer than a month then I'll get behind on my payments. Great I need to contact the landlord about this.'
An hour later
"Thank you soo much! I don't know what I would do without such an understanding landlord." Lucy exclaims excidedly resisting the urge to hug her landlord. Her landlord was a big burly looking woman but after you got used to her sharp looks and intense eyes, she was really kind hearted but stern. After much pleading and begging, she agreed to let Lucy add 40,000 jewels to her last payment, instead of having a huge payment waiting for her when she got back. 'Now that that is taken care of, I better get packing. This is going to take a while.'
So from picking out the clothes and trying to pick out minimal shoes, from deciding outfits and trying to make it all compact, Lucy was ready to go after about another hour. Running out the door at around 8:30, or at least trying to, she headed for Fairy Tale. Saying her last goodbyes to her landlord and focusing on getting to Fairy Tale, she could feel the excitement coursing though her veins heightening the sense of impending adventure.
Upon arriving at the grand doors of Fairy Tale, the first thing she did was locate Natsu. And sure enough, Natsu was there at the bar talking to Mirajane with more energy than usual, if that was possible.
"Natsu!" Lucy called over to him, making him turn his head a beam the brightest smile she had ever seen her way.
"Lucy! You're here early. I was expecting to leave some time in the after noon. I was going to let you catch up on sleep." Natsu explained as Lucy made her way over to the bar.
"Really? That's awfully thoughtful of you. Wait… you weren't the one that set my alarm then?" She asked Natsu fearing the answer to her question.
"You have an alarm clock?" Natsu asked innocently in reply. 'Oh shit, what the hell is going on?' she asked herself, her expression grew grave, making both Mirajane and Natsu worried.
"Don't worry, if anything happens again, promise that I will stop you before you hurt anybody." Natsu declared.
To Mirajane this was a bad move on Natsu's part. She knew Lucy had a temper and was always ready to take it out on Natsu. Fearing for the worst, Mirajane prepared herself for Lucy's violent outburst.
It never came.
Instead she watched as Lucy dawned a shocked expression that melted into a face she had never seen Lucy wear before. It was a mixture of relief, happiness, and something she could not quite place, but she had an idea of what it was. Lucy spoke first.
"Thank yo-
"NATSUUUU! WHERE ARE YOU? DID YOU FORGET OR JUST DECIDE THAT I WAS ENOUGH TO FINISH THE JOB?" a very, very pissed off Gray hollered at the doors of Fairy Tale.
"Hey Gray, what do you want?" Natsu asked sounding a little peeved. Not that Gray was yelling at him, that was routine, but because he interrupted Lucy. He could tell that he had just done something that make Lucy trust him more, and Gray had ruined the atmosphere. That was a new side of Gray that Natsu didn't like. Lately, it seems whenever he and Lucy were having a relationship changing talk, that Gray would always pop out of the woodwork and put a stop to what was happening.
"WHAT DO I WANT?" Gray asked trying to calm down while taking off his shirt. Natsu could not be serious. With his voice shaking from anger he continued. "We were supposed to finish the buildings together, but NO!" Gray's temper flared again. "I GOT THERE AT 7 IN THE MORNING AND FINISHED THE BUILDINGS ON MY OWN. I WANT TO KNOW WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOURSELF?" Gray finished his chest heaving with his out burst.
Lucy saw, out of the corner of her eye that Mirajane had the smallest of blushes on her face. Then it clicked.
'Oh I get it. That's so … unexpected.' Lucy mused to herself while bringing her attention back to Natsu, her thoughts drifting to earlier.
'There are times when he can be so reassuring and nice, and then there are times when he can be such a stubborn, oblivious dunce.' Lucy thought as she herself felt her cheeks get warmer. Her thoughts were disturbed when Natsu responded.
"uh..OH YEAH! The buildings. I'm sorry Gray I forgot all about that." Natsu explained.
"I got a tip from Makarov about Igneel yesterday before we started working. I was so happy that I forgot all about the repairs." Natsu said. He was in too much of a good mood to fight with Gray. Not now, he was also preoccupied with how they were going to get to where they needed to be twenty days from now. He wanted to walk but they would have to take the train partway there, too long for walking.
"Oh really? That's great!" Gray said. A mood swing for all mood swings. He forgot all about his anger towards Natsu. 'That's right Natsu said something like that yesterday. I remember now. If I were in his shoes I would forget too.'
Deciding that now would be a good time to quell thee tension that accumulated when Natsu started talking about Igneel, Mirajane took action.
"Natsu, why don't you take Gray along with you as an apology?" She asked with an innocent smile that had a deeper glint to it that went unnoticed by everyone except Lucy.
"Hey! That's a great idea." Natsu enthusiastically agreed. "You're coming too, Gray!"
"That sounds like a great idea, Mirajane." Lucy chimed in. "You should come Gray, it will be fun."
"When are we leaving and where too?" Gray asked unable to squelch his curiosity.
"We leave as soon as possible!" Natsu declared while posing. "You will just have to come with us to find out where we are going."
"Fine. I'll be back in thirty minutes. I need to pack my bag." Gray said as he let out a fake annoyed sigh. Truth be told, he was ecstatic. It was all he could do to keep himself from jumping in the air and giving a shout for joy. He loved going on adventure with Natsu and Lucy. They were always the most fun.
Making sure that he didn't look too suspicious, he left to pack. Natsu was talking to Makarov and telling him that they were leaving. So that left Mirajane and Lucy to talk.
"So tell me about the blush you were sporting, when Gray came in?" Lucy asked before Mirajane could say anything.
In the blink of an eye she looked as if someone suddenly dropped a bucket of dark pink paint on her face.
"It's nothing," Mirajane muttered under her breath while she started busying herself with work.
'That's so cute' Lucy thought as she watched Mirajane.
15 minutes later
"Alright here we come Igneel!!" Natsu shouted as they said their goodbyes.
"See you Makarov, Mirajane. Don't get too bored while we are gone." Lucy said in a not so subtle sarcastic tone.
"Bye jii-san, Don't get too drunk while we are gone." Gray warned "Bye Mirajane, See you soon." Gray said as he turned around to leave with Natsu and Lucy who were waiting for him.
Makarov waved goodbye dreading what the bill for this trip would be.
"See you Natsu, Lucy, Gray! Be safe." Mirajane called after them "Gray, have fun and put your clothes back on!"
"Bye Mira- …Shit! Natsu lend me some clothes! Now!" Gray panicked.
"You have a bag of clothes use them!" Natsu said as they disappeared around the corner.
"I hope they'll be alright." Mirajane said turning to Makarov.
"This will be hard, but I have faith in them. I'm more worried about the bill."
"Ha! That's true. They do seem to be the most expensive team." Mirajane said turning to her work.