How did she get herself into this? Wasn't it all her idea to go on a shopping trip in the first place? She just wanted to do something in her spare time, but she ended up sitting in the corner, staring at the three other mages interested in what was around her – which were the most dangerous weapons there were in Magnolia.

Yep. Even the sign said it.

Weed's Weapon Store

Home of Magnolia's most dangerous Weapons

The store owner (obviously Weed) looked surprised when he saw the foursome walk into his store. Lucy wasn't shocked at his reaction, since probably not many people would want to see 'Magnolia's most dangerous weapons', which could, judging by how unorganized the store looked, would just fall or get tripped over by and could just kill someone.

Lucy sighed for the umpteenth time as she rested her head on her left hand. Erza was looking at gigantic swords hung on the wall opposite to where Lucy was sitting. Well, they were huge compared to the maximum allowance Lucy's arms would let her carry.

Erza scratched her chin as she stared the swords from the handle to the tip, as well as the scabbards. Sure, they were fancy, but they were probably just decorations. There was, however, something that caught Erza's eye – an ancient, rusty sword with a cover just as rusty. Strange, since people probably wouldn't even bother to look at things like those, especially if they're together with other random junk in a big barrel.

She took it out carefully with her right hand placed the other edge on her left, scanning every inch of it.

"Store owner guy," she yelled to the other side of the room.

The store owner jumped at her voice. "Y-yes?"

"How much for this?"

He was taken aback by the fact Erza actually wanted to by that piece of nothing sword. It did look ancient, but it was only about a year or two old and was left out in the sun for too long. He didn't think any archaeologists wanted to buy it either – but this wasn't an archaeologist, it was Erza Scarlet, the Titania, and he couldn't object.

"J-just… well… three…"

"Three thousand jewels? I'll take it," she commanded, throwing a bag of the money at him. "Natsu, Gray, Lucy, we're going."

"What?" a salmon-haired fire mage whined.

He was locked in interest as well, looking at specific random weapons like crossbows and daggers. Gray wasn't that much interested though, but was brooding in his own corner which looked far away from where everyone else (except Lucy) was. He didn't like the shop that much, considering he could just create his own swords with his Ice Make magic. So he was pretty happy about finally being able to leave the place.

As the foursome left the store, Natsu suddenly brought up a question.

"Why would you buy some piece of crap like that?"

Lucy looked at him, and then to Erza. "He's right. I don't think that sword would be any use to you for any future battles, Erza."

Erza didn't reply. She was too busy examining the sword, from the handle to the tip.

"Can we go to your place now, Luce?" asked Natsu, his hands behind his head.

"No." Lucy searched through her bag and pulled out a coupon. "We're having lunch at Bon Apetit!"

"What about you, Erza?"

Her eyes were suddenly off the rusty sword and darted at Lucy. "Uh…"

"She'll just have a slice of strawberry cake. Thank you," the blonde said to the waiter. She turned back to Erza. "Seriously, what is with you and that sword?"

Erza shrugged.

"Knowing Erza," Natsu began, chewing a piece of fire chicken. "I think you're better off leaving her alone. You don't want to get mixed up with her life."

Lucy sighed in defeat. She took a small sip of her glass of water and leaned back onto her chair. "Anyway. Natsu, it's your turn to choose where we go next."

The pink-haired mage rose his head, his mouth stuffed with food. He swallowed. "I dunno, Luce. Maybe Gray would know."

The ice mage was stuffing his face as well, with a couple blocks of ice. He shrugged, and took another large bite. "I don't feel like going anywhere anymore."

"We'll go home then!" Natsu exclaimed. "To Lucy's!"

"No," Lucy said flatly, bringing disappointment to the dragon slayer's face.

"But Luce…"

"I am not cleaning up after another mess of yours. Still need to repair the window from your last 'visit'."

The blonde didn't even flinch at his puppy dog pout. It didn't work on her anymore.

She folded her arms. "If you're so eager to go home, why don't we go to your apartment?"

Now, you'd probably think that this is just another one of Lucy's clever remarks.

Well, it wasn't.

Gray looked up from the table and stared at the celestial spirit mage. To everyone's surprise, so did Erza, who let her jaw drop slightly.

"L-Lucy…" Gray slowly began, shivering (ooh that's a first). "Y-you do know w-what you've g-g-gotten yourself i-into, right?"

"Well…" Lucy was interrupted by the fire mage once again.

"That's a great idea!"

I think this one's longer than the other chapters. It was longer than the previous, I'm pretty sure. Oh well.

By the way, I'm sooooooooooo sorry for the reeeeeeeeeaaaaally late update. I don't really have an excuse for that, other than school. Buuuut I have a one-week holiday and I might be uploading at least one chapter by then. If not maybe more. Anyways, thank you for your reviews and staying with me throughout the previous three chapters. Adios y muchos gracias! (It's only my first year taking Spanish, so go easy on me.)

~Nisa