Sorry for not updating in a while. It's only the first WEEK of school and I already had to do two pages worth of math problems, two English projects, two science projects, a science worksheet…and to make it worse, I have ice skating and swimming for two hours, and I tend to procrastinate…a lot.

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Lucy was nodding off when she felt Natsu stir. She looked over at him anxiously as he opened his eyes.

The pink-haired dragonslayer stared at Lucy with a blank stare for such a long time that she was beginning to feel quite awkward. Then he suddenly blinked and rubbed his eyes. "Lucy?" he whispered.

"Yeah." Relief washed over the celestial spirit mage, and she smiled warmly at her partner. He seemed to be alright.

"I-" Natsu began, but Lucy cut him off angrily. "What were you thinking, standing out in the rain like that? And why do you have this?" She waved the package in front of his face.

Natsu's eyes widened and he made a move to snatch it, but Lucy held it out of his reach, and he was feeling too much like crap to get up. "Explain, Natsu, please."

Natsu blinked. What happened? Why didn't he and Happy…

A sudden rush of nausea swept over Natsu, and he dropped his hand, shaking.

"Natsu?" he heard Lucy call out to him. She'd noticed his face turn pale quite suddenly, and she was most definitely worried.

But Natsu wasn't listening to her. He was thinking about –

"Natsuuu!"

The pink-haired dragonslayer groaned and rolled over on his bed. "I don't wanna get up right now, Happy. Give me a few more hours."

"Hours? Natsu, that's way too long! It's noon already!" He felt something tugging on his arm.

"Hours aren't as long as minutes," Natsu grumbled. "They're not that long."

"Natsu, I think hours are longer than minutes, actually."

"Whatever." He heaved himself up and rubbed his eyes groggily. "Why'd you wake me up?"

"Look at this!" his blue furred feline friend shove something that seemed like a sheet of paper into his hands. Natsu looked down. It seemed to be a letter to someone, written neatly, and obviously taken good care of, for it was without wrinkles and folds.

He brushed the tip of his nose to the paper and breathed in. "Lucy," he said immediately, recognizing the warm, vanilla-like scent. He began reading.

Dear Mother,

I'm doing well recently! I found a good job yesterday; it was to wipe out a group of bandits for three hundred thousand jewels! True, some of the money went to pay for the three buildings Natsu destroyed, but we got most of it. I have more than enough for the rent and food money now!

I sprained my ankle on the mission, but it's nothing major. The healer said to just rest it for a while. Wendy said she could heal it, but as she also just got back on the mission, I told her that she should rest, since a sprained ankle isn't that important. It looks like I won't be walking anywhere far for a few days, but that gives me more time to write my novel and write letters to you!

Oh, and I know you remember, but my birthday's coming up! I hope Fairy Tail will know and celebrate my birthday – though it will, with no doubt, end up in a brawl! But that's alright, since that's what I love about my guild!

Though I wish that somehow I'd get this rare necklace – the Sapphire necklace! I've heard of it, it's somewhere near Clover, deep, deep in the water. It does exist, they've seen it. But it's guarded by this giant sea monster, and no one's gotten it before, I suppose it's impossible for me, haha! It does look very pretty, though, and I wish I could show it to you if I had it.

I have to go, someone's knocking on my door. I doubt it's Natsu, he always sneaks in through the window and eats everything in my fridge!

Love,

Lucy

"Oh!" Natsu turned to Happy, his eyes shining. "I get it! We go get that sappy-whatever necklace and give it to Lucy as a birthday present!" He got up and lugged on his vest. "No sea monster can stand in our way! Let's go, Happy!"

"Aye, sir!"

Natsu truly wanted to break into tears, but he refused to allow himself to do that. He shifted under the covers and turned away from Lucy.

The blonde girl frowned slightly. "Were you the ones that knocked on my door and stole the letter?" She asked quietly, but received no answer. Lucy sighed, and she lapsed into silence.

When there was no sound but the sound of the faucet running (Erza), Lucy could feel and hear the entire building shaking. She looked up at the window, but couldn't see anything through the watery haze.

Just then, the door to their inn room opened. Lucy turned and saw Gray, Wendy, and Carla; they all looked as if they'd jumped into a pool in their clothes. They were all shivering violently, and Wendy's face was a mask of distress.

As Lucy hurried to get towels ("Sorry, Erza, I'll close the door when I get a few towels"), Natsu turned to look who it was. Seeing the three, he let out an inaudible snort and faced the shaking window again.

When Lucy handed a towel to Wendy, the little girl suddenly cried, "Lucy-san, we can't find Happy anywhere!"

Very short, yes, but I feel that what Natsu was doing needed its own chapter.

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