Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does. This story was made for fun, and not for cash. (How unfortunate.)


Lucy, still in her form as Reināre, had pressed her lips against Sting's lips with such gentle ease and wanted to let him know that she had small feelings for him. She had intended to tell him, but I guess fate made her go another way to explain things. The blush on her face was at the median between pink and red, and Lucy knew that people were watching.

After a few more seconds, she got off of Sting and held out her hand to help him stand up. Lucy saw the calm blue look in Sting's eyes, and his lips formed a pleased smile. Had he realized her small feelings, or would he laugh and say that Lucy was a ditzy klutz? Sting told the cashier girl to make another one of those special cakes to go, and he handed her 1,000 jewels. Lucy a.k.a. Reināre used this chance to run out of the café, and she looked somewhat embarrassed.

"Why did I act like a flirtatious idiot back there? I just wanted to tell him my feelings, and how I liked him! That was the worst move in the history of romance!" Lucy thought to herself, as she twiddled her thumbs and blushed while looking inside the café.

To make things weirder, Natsu and Lisanna had seen the whole thing. Even if they recognized the guy as Sting, they might think Reināre met up with him by coincidence. After all, Magnolia was the town where many crossroads intersected and various people could meet. Lucy looked worried about what she had done, and she could only wish that she had a spell for reading someone's thoughts.

As the white dragon slayer exited Café Sonata with a large brown bag in his left hand that was containing the cake, he handed the viridian green book to Lucy and she quickly turned away from him. Sting narrowed his blue eyes for a moment, realizing Lucy must be uncomfortable after that accidental kiss and his eyes became calm afterwards for him to say something.

"Look, I know that was somewhat of an accident. I'd tell you to be more careful, but I guess your careless tripping made us both happy. I mean, that was technically my first kiss and my first time kissing a girl's lips. I liked it, Lucy." Sting told her while calmly smiling at her, and attempting to hold her hand to offer her comfort if she wanted it.

Lucy's violet eyes twinkled with slight joy when Sting admitted that he received his first kiss from her, and he liked it. She wanted to jump for joy, but she had calmed herself down enough to respond with a gentle hug while having her head resting against Sting's chest and feeling his rock-hard abdominals.

She whispered happily in her now sultry and mature voice, before putting a finger to Sting's lips, "I really enjoyed it, too. We should go to the market now and pick up some things for the trip to Tokiwa Town, since it takes days to reach by boat."

While Sting and Lucy walked off to the Magnolia Department Store, Natsu and Lisanna came rushing out of the café and looked around frantically.

"What the heck was that new girl doing with Sting from that stupid Sabertooth? She has no right to be hanging with a guy like him, or kissing his nasty lips!" Natsu shouted angrily, as he clenched his teeth while looking frustrated.

"It looked accidental to me. Speaking of accidents, you should've seen your ex the other night. She was half-naked! We should've had a camera! Let's tell everyone about it! Lucy will freak out!" Lisanna told Natsu with a smile while giggling.

"Eh, who needs that weak girl? Did you see where that jerk went?" Natsu asked, still fuming with rage.


At the Magnolia Department Store…

Sting kept putting junk food like cans of Pringles and large bags of Doritos in various flavors, along with bottles of Coca-Cola in the red shopping cart that Lucy was pushing around. She sighed a little, hoping that she could get some fruits or vegetables. Instead, she went along with Sting and bought cookies and brownies.

"Here, Lucy. This is for treating me to that cake back at the café. You deserve it." Sting told her while putting a glazed chocolate donut hole in her mouth, and eating a few more from the plate of free samples. Lucy chewed the treat in her mouth for a few seconds, and her violet eyes twinkled in amazement from the sugary donut hole coupled with its double chocolate flavoring.

"Thank you, Sting! That was delicious! You could've asked me to buy some for you, you know." She replied with a smile on her face while putting a few boxes of normally glazed donut holes and glazed chocolate donut holes in the wide shopping cart.

When they went to one of the cashiers to pay for all their food, his eyes widened in shock and he used his Speed Magic to quickly scan all the items and place them in appropriate shopping bags. You could say that the "15 items or less rule" would now have to be changed to 150 items or less because of Sting's enormous appetite.

Not wanting to carry any heavy shopping bags, even if Sting helped, Lucy opened up the spell book. The book turned yellow for some reason, prompting Lucy to immediately open it. There were many spells in yellow text, and she tried to concentrate while Sting smelled her hair that was black in her disguise as Reināre.

"Let's try out the first spell, Tiny Lightning!" Lucy shouted happily while the words began to shine with a large yellow glow. She aimed her left hand at all the shopping bags, and electric rings began to encircle them. The electricity minimized the bags, the products, and the food in the packages to the point where they looked like crumbs. They suddenly shot up in the air while being surrounded by golden beams of light, and Lucy looked confused.

"Will they come down soon?" Sting asked, looking concerned for all the snacks.

"I'm sure they will, Sting. I know the boats' schedules, and the one going to Tokiwa Town returns to the Magnolia Harbor in ten minutes! Let's go!" Lucy replied calmly while grabbing Sting's hand, and immediately using Dark Acceleration to reach the distanced harbor in time.


At the harbor…

Lucy panted heavily after using Dark Acceleration in its quadrupled speed mode, and Sting had been holding her hand tightly. He was panting as well, and Lucy's high-speed movement nearly made him a little motion sick.

"Next time, don't go at 1,000 miles a minute. I'm sure even doubled speed would've gotten us here without possible major injuries if we crashed. Man, I wish those snacks would come down." Sting complained while sighing and glaring up at the sky.

In an instant, many golden bolts of lightning descended near the spot where they were standing, and their shopping bags filled with their supplies came down from the sky while looking larger than before. Was this God's doing? Were the heavens smiling down upon Sting and Lucy? Whoever wrote that spell in the book would certainly be smiling, from its possible ability of versatility.

"Sting, your wish came true! That may be how the spell works, then!" Lucy responded sweetly while hugging Sting and seeing their supplies safe and sound. The sailors put their bags on to the cruise ship, and their supplies would be taken to the room they had to share.

Lucy and Sting boarded the ship and were directed to a room at the end of the hallway. (This is the same ship from the earlier chapter, except rerouted.) Sting blushed a little, upon seeing only one bed in the room and he looked somewhat hesitant to even touch it.

"What's wrong?" Lucy asked while seeing Sting look uncomfortable at the two-person bed.

"I just think it'll be weird if we.. sleep together. Not that I'd make any moves on you, but.. things could happen." He replied with a freaked out facial expression, as he waved his hands in front of Lucy.

"Nothing will happen, Sting. I'll admit that our kiss was unexpected, but let's just build our chemistry. Besides, you told me that when it gets dark you would be my light. Sting, there's nothing to be worried about. We've been doing jobs together for a whole month now, and I can trust you. You can trust me to be there for you." Lucy told him in a comforting tone while grabbing his hands gently and locking her violet eyes with his blue ones.

Lucy's hands were filled with warmth and joy, and she smiled at Sting while assuring him that there was nothing was fear. Sting had been there for Lucy, and it was only natural for her to return the favor by helping him overcome this dilemma and situation of weakness. He began to calm down, feeling safe with her and wanting to be around her more. He now felt he could sleep with Lucy while only feeling happiness.


Two-day timeskip…

The ship finally docked in Tokiwa Town, a beautiful city that was enveloped in green year-round. There were large department stores, condominiums, and fancy arcades. Lucy could smell the various scents of perfumes emanating from the perfume shops, and she sighed delightedly while her nostrils inhaled the potent scents. The city had various paths for entering and exiting, which were surrounded by green-leafed trees.

"This city smells so nice, and it looks so wonderful!" Lucy said with an excited look on her face while her violet eyes scanned the area for the large greenhouse where the job had to take place. This person was said to be extremely dangerous, and his Plant Magic gave him the advantage in the botanical gardens.

"There it is." Sting told her with a smirk on his face while he noticed some trees and emerald green grass surrounded a large dome with flowers blooming. That was obviously the Tokiwa Botanical Gardens, where the criminal was waiting.

Sting immediately ran towards the large dome, causing Lucy to run after him to hope that nothing bad would happen while trying to apprehend this criminal. Since no one guarded the entrance, and it was obviously free to get in, Sting and Lucy walked in to see that nothing looked out of the ordinary.

People were walking around and enjoying the sights of the different kinds of trees, flowers, and bushes in the botanical gardens. There were only ten people, from Sting's counting, so who could the culprit be? Surely they had to be close enough to inflict damage on people, or were they a long-range type?

Suddenly, a male voice exclaimed arrogantly, "Time for me to start my training!" Sting and Lucy heard the voice coming from the other end of the botanical gardens, and their eyes widened in shock when brown plant roots emerged from under the emerald green grass and began to constrict every man, woman, and child.

The person who was causing this mayhem appeared on a grassy hill in the botanical gardens, and Lucy was the first to notice him. He had slanted green eyes and very long green hair that he wore drawn into a half ponytail with the rest hanging down freely. The bang hanging over his left eye concealed what appeared to be a black scope in front of his right eye that he used to spot his victims. He wore a V-neck, sleeveless, green shirt along with black pants and brown sandals.

"Ok, so he doesn't know that we're here. That gives us time to get to him, free all these people, and stop him in his tracks!" Lucy told Sting while looking confident, and not noticing her spell book emanating a yellow glow once again.

Suddenly, a tree sprouted up in front of Lucy and the antagonist emerged from it. He had clearly seen that glow, due to his long-range scope for searching, and he had a wicked smirk on his face. He looked at Lucy and Sting, and then let out some curses for not constricting two people.

"Rīfu Furawā's the name. I'm training because this is a game. Moving targets may not be so lame." He said while still smirking and breaking through the tree. He stared down Lucy, and Sting glared at him intensely.

"You're hurting innocent people, you know! You're going to pay for that! Time for the 2nd spell, Lightning Crash!" Lucy a.k.a. Reināre shouted fiercely while narrowing her purple eyes at Rīfu and briefly imagining him as Natsu.

A concentrated beam of lightning emerged from her right hand, and it appeared to be aimed at the antagonist. However, he dodged to the right and the lightning destroyed a root behind him that was constricting a little girl. Sting noticed her smirk, and realized what she had done.

Remembering her speech about trust and Lucy saying how she was there for Sting, the white dragon slayer unleashed his White Dragon's Roar on Rīfu. However, the white laser beam was evenly matched with exploding green seeds that Rīfu spat from his mouth.

"How do you like Seed Bomb, dragon boy? You and your little girlfriend can't defeat me, if I counter your spells and you don't hit me!" Rīfu shouted while spitting more seeds at Sting, and laughing while he was sent flying to the other end of the botanical gardens from the green explosions.

"Sting, no!" Lucy shouted while looking worried, as she aimed Lightning Crash at a root far behind Rīfu. He dodged once again, despite the lightning not being aimed at him. Lucy ran off into the gardens, since the constricted hostages were spread out and she had to free them with a safe mid-range spell.

Rīfu shouted cockily with a smirk on his face while chasing after Lucy and refusing to let her get away, "If you stay in the gardens, then you still want to fight! I've dealt with mages who use Lightning Magic, so I know your weaknesses!"

Lucy kept using Lightning Crash while keeping the antagonist on his toes, since he dodged the lightning each time even though it was aimed at the root behind him. She kept running off, and with time, the cocky antagonist was getting pissed.

"Look, you black-haired chick! It's obvious you're trying to find your boyfriend, but quit running like a scared little girl! If you're gonna fight me, then stop running away all the time! You don't have any chance of hitting me, if you're not gonna stop and work on your aim!" Rīfu shouted with an angry look on his face while looking annoyed at the fact that this game of chase would not cease and desist.

"My aim is perfect, actually." Reināre replied calmly while smiling and performing an akanbe, which was sticking her tongue out, and pulling down her left eyelid at the same time. She used her left index finger to point at the area behind Rīfu, causing him to turn around and see something that would shock him greatly.

The lightning had destroyed all the plant roots he conjured up, and all of his hostages had escaped and ran out of the botanical gardens. He wondered how his strong roots had been obliterated halfway like they appeared to be, and then his green eyes widened with realization when he remembered Lucy's lightning. The attacks were never aimed at him to begin with, and he dodged them like a fool.

"Stupid bitch, you think I'm some kind of idiot? You think you can make a fool out of me? I'll annihilate you for this, you little punk!" Rīfu shouted while looking extremely angry, and slamming his fists down on the ground.

He made giant thorn-covered vines emerge from underground, and he raised them up into the air. They were about to slam down on Reināre, but she used the third spell of Lightning Magic that was known as Light Bomb.

This spell gathered the opponent's power from their attack, and used it against them while multiplying it exponentially. She punched the ground with tremendous force, and a massive yellow blast of light immediately occurred.

Sting opened his mouth while running into the light to eat it, and he wanted to make sure Lucy was okay. To his pleasure, she stood there with a smile while Rīfu was lying face-up on the ground with his eyes open. He was obviously unconscious, and all that electricity had really done damage to him.

"Well, we finished the job. You were amazing." Sting told Lucy with a smile, as he saw the antagonist on the ground tingling from the electric shock going through his body.

"I couldn't have done it without you, Sting. You support me in whatever I do. When you believe in me, I feel courageous." Lucy replied happily, before holding Sting's hand in hers and running out of the gardens with him.

They were both tired when they boarded the ship back home, after receiving the 600,000 jewels from the mayor, and Sting felt comfortable enough to sleep with Lucy. They slept together after that long day, knowing that their spirits feeling good in reality led to good dreams for both of them.


How was Chapter 7? More lovely, spicy, and StiCy chemistry is taking place! Was the timeskip ok, to move to the action? Team Natsu will interact with Reināre soon, out of curiosity, and for those wondering if it will happen.. Minerva will be in this story. Let's hope things are good with fate, and we'll see some more StiCy in Chapter 8!