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Chapter 4: Emotions

Lucy carefully placed bandages around Sting's arms and torso. She was more than disappointed at what the two dragon slayers had done. They had fought, in what seemed to be a fight to the death in her home. It was only a miracle that the building did not collapse, but her furniture, including her bed were destroyed. Not only were her things damaged, but both Sting and Natsu were bruised and beaten.

After patching up her boyfriend, she turned to the fire dragon slayer, and began to assist him in covering his wounds. He was frowning, frequently glaring at Sting, who had nothing but a smirk on his face.

"Natsu, explain to me again why you attacked Sting," Lucy gave both of them an intense glare. She was more confused than ever before. Was Natsu only being protective as a friend or was he actually jealous? "Honestly, this isn't a battlefield. This is my home. I'm very disappointed in both of you."

Natsu could only look at the stellar mage. He felt guilty for partially destroying her home. He hadn't meant to, but the sight of Sting and Lucy lip locking had been too much for him. He would've assumed that Sting had forced himself on Lucy, but she was kissing back. "I'm sorry Luce. I just don't like the idea of you and him together."

"I'm still here you know. You got a problem with my relationship with Lucy, just deal with it," Lucy could feel the headache coming as the two male mages began a verbal argument. She gave Sting a quick look that clearly told him to stop, which he did obediently.

After covering the two dragon slayers up with bandages, she took a deep breath. She already knew what to do. She had to go on a few missions just to get enough money, not just for her rent, but for repairing and replacing the damaged items in her home. "I think it's best that you two leave. I'm going to the guild to find a job."

Natsu was the first to stand up, "Lucy, you're going with us right?" The stellar mage paused at the question. She didn't expect for him to ask her to return. "You know you, me, Erza, Gray, Happy, and…Lisanna." Lucy could only hold back the emotions that were resurfacing. She couldn't return to them. It was hard enough to stay in the same room with the fire mage, especially when Lisanna was around, but to expect for her to be able to go on missions with them would be too much an expectation.

Sting carefully stood up, watching Natsu try to convince Lucy to return to their team. The fact that they both cared for each other was obvious. Natsu was looking at her with longing and want, but the Celestial spirit mage was looking away, her eyes beginning to water, but she was trying to hold them back. The White dragon slayer felt a sudden burning inside him. The feeling completely unknown, but he knew he was mad. He was upset at the way Lucy would react to his words and actions.

After a few minutes of observation and silence, Sting made his way to his girlfriend, "Lucy, I'll go with you on those jobs. You, me, and Lector, and maybe even Rogue and Frosh; after all, I am partly at fault as to how your things got destroyed." He chuckled softly. Lucy merely nodded her head and asked them both to leave her be for a while. She didn't turn to look as they jumped out her window.

Sting could feel the heat emanating from the fire dragon slayer that was walking near him. He had decided to make his way back to the guild and wait for Lucy, but didn't expect his rival to go the same way. There was tension in the air around the two. People in their way would move just to avoid the possibility of a fight.

Just before they reached the guild, Natsu tightened his hands into fists, "I won't let you have her." It was a more a promise and a warning.

The white dragon slayer laughed, "Aren't you a little too late Natsu-san? She's already mine. Don't tell me you've forgotten that you have a girlfriend." Natsu couldn't lie to himself. He had indeed forgotten about Lisanna from the moment he entered Lucy's home, but he couldn't admit it out loud.

"I haven't forgotten. Lucy is a close friend and I won't let someone like you have her. I'm only doing what a friend is supposed to do," Natsu couldn't help but explain himself.

Sting smirked. If Natsu was that dense then just maybe he had a chance to make Lucy fall for him before he could realize his feelings. Thankful that he wasn't as dense as the man who stood in front of him, he had already admitted to himself that he was attracted to the stellar mage, in more ways than one. "We'll just have to see whether if it's the boyfriend or if it's the 'friend' who can actually protect her and I won't let you take her away from me either."

Rogue made his way to the table where his partner, Frosh, was. The exceed was currently being cornered by the iron mage, pressured to fight against his own exceed. His path was, however, blocked by a rather nosy take-over mage. "Rogue-kun, Levy seems a little down. Could you bring her this glass of orange juice for me?"

Taking into consideration the fact that he was a new member of the guild, he reluctantly agreed and made his way to the blue-haired script mage. She was gazing past him. At what, he did not know, and frankly he really had no interest in the matter. He did notice the dream like gleam in her eyes, but setting that aside, he sat across from her, and pushed the glass towards her.

Levy's gaze was broken when a certain Shadow dragon slayer sat across from her. He had blocked her view of the iron dragon slayer. Somewhat disappointed, and a little embarrassed, he looked at Rogue, "What's this for?"

"I was told to give it to you," He nodded towards the bar, where Mirajane was standing. "I suppose that she was worried about you, thinking you were depressed, but from what I saw earlier, it looked as if you were daydreaming."

Embarrassed, Levy took the glass of juice and took a sip. She had never spoken to the dragon slayer before. He was far more observant that she presumed. "I know about her plan with Sting and Lucy. I can only guess that she thinks she could put you and me together to get you and someone else together." Levy choked on her drink at what he said. She was wrong, he was far more than just observant, he easily caught on to things.

"Well, you know, that's Mira for you," she sighed, "I really don't even want to get involved with her plans. I only helped out with Lu-chan because she's my best friend. Some dragon slayers can be so dense." She emphasized the last sentence, her eyes quickly landing on Gajeel, who was chewing on some pieces of metal iron.

Rogue didn't miss the glance the script mage gave to Gajeel. "You took a liking to Gajeel-san." It wasn't a question, but rather a statement. Levy blushed crimson red at what the dragon slayer said. "Rather than making things as complicated as what happened with Sting and your friend, you should just tell him how you feel."

"But you don't understand," Levy finally spoke, letting out her emotions to the man sitting across from her, "I've tried so many times, he just can't take a hint."

Red eyes were observing the two seated at a table. He was beginning to get curious about what they were talking about, even more as to why they had suddenly started talking. Had he not made it clear to the blue-haired mage that he had feelings for her? He had protected her from Laxus, and he even made sure that he was her partner for the S-class Exams, just so he would be the one to protect her. Were those signs unclear, or is it because she still hasn't forgiven him for the time he attacked her and Fairy Tail?

He watched as the girl turned a shade of red. Did she harbor feelings for the shadow dragon slayer? Is that the reason why she was suddenly speaking to him? Questions of all sorts were flowing in his mind. Trying not to let his anger take over his reasoning, Gajeel tried to focus on the metal pieces in his hands.

He grew thankful that Sting had decided to interrupt their conversation, but he noticed that Natsu had walked in at the same time. Both dragon slayers were covered in bandages. There were only two possible reasons for their injuries: one, they had both met up with an enemy who was rather powerful and fought, or two, they had fought against each other. The iron dragon slayer wasn't the only one who took notice of their conditions. Half the guild examined their physical state with questioning looks and Lisanna had run up to the fire mage to make sure he was alright.

Sting took a seat beside Rogue. Lector and Frosh had joined them as well, after managing to escape the iron mage. The script mage was still seated across from them. Curious as to why the unlikely pair were engaged in a conversation, he raised an eyebrow, but then decided against asking. He breathed in, recognizing the scent that was making its way to the guild.

Levy, noticing the small smile that curled on Sting's lips, could only guess who was coming, "Lu-chan is on her way here?" she made sure to ask, just in case her guess was wrong. She couldn't help but wonder if the blond mage had developed feelings for her best friend. She smiled at the thought, but couldn't help but wish that Gajeel would be the same towards her.

Levy's confirmation of her guess was when the stellar mage walked into the guild. She was clearly exhausted, the reason still unknown to her best friend.

Sting called to his girlfriend, as she made her way to their table, "Lucy hurry up and choose a job." His impatience brought back memories to Lucy, which she shook off almost immediately.

"Levy-chan, do you want to come along?" Lucy asked her friend, before making her way to the request board.

Levy pondered for a moment before agreeing. Jet and Droy were out on a different mission and she had nothing else to do. "Rogue, Lector, and Frosh are coming too Lucy." Lucy nodded in approval at what Sting said, not bothering to argue that she hadn't planned on having the white dragon slayer come along in the first place (that it would just be her and Levy) and made her way to the request board.

The moment her eyes landed on the paper, she knew it was the perfect job. It was a simple job, gathering information about a possible smuggler in a city not far from Magnolia and the reward was quite high. Not bothering to look at the other details in the paper, she walked back to the group, who all agreed to meet early next morning at the train station.

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