Hey, sorry for the late update but at last here it is the next chapter. The voiting resulted in a clear win for Levy with help from Gajeel and Lily so here it is, now see what happens when Gejeel tries to help Levy with matchmaking...
Anyway thank you all for your reviews I will consider everything and every idea I got and I am still open for ideas for the matchmaking, sorry that I didn't say it clear last time but I have the ending planned out already, I only need a bit help with the ideas and what the girls could do... and of course I will give credits to everyone whoes idea is used in a chapter.
So speaking of credits... I doubt that he will read this but part of the credits of this story are going to one of my cousins because thanks to him I got the idea for this chapter. Oh and sorry if there are still mistakes, I am still from germany and my english is still not the best.
Disclaimer: I saddly don't own Fairy Tail it all belongs to Hiro Mashima and this is good so.
A boy, a dragon and a doll?
Chapter 7
For the first time in his live Natsu really tried to think hard. Since the accident by the hot spring Lucy avoided him in a way that it wasn't normal anymore. She refused to talk to him, she refused to look at him, she refused to be nearer than a meter to him and what was the worst she refused to be alone with him. So just after they reached their room Lucy had brought Hiro to bed which was kind of strange since it was only 6:30pm and the boy clearly was against it but seeing that Lucy didn't wanted to be alone with Natsu, let the boy agree to it. So he dragged her to the room where he would be sleeping.
It had been one hour since that and Natsu started to stare at the door of the child bedroom like he could set it on fire with his eyes. He was trying to figure out what he should do. He didn't like the tension between them one bit and there was this strange feeling in the pit of his stomach that he had to do something really soon or everything would grumble down to ash.
It didn't help that his instincts told him to just hold her in his arms or to just claim her. No he had the feeling that this time his instincts were wrong. He looked down onto the couch he was sitting on and sighed in defeat. He wasn't made to think about things, he was a man of action not of thinking. Normally he would leave the thinking part to Lucy but now it was kind of impossible to let her think for him.
A knock on the door brought Natsu back into reality and he slowly got up. The knock was heard a second time on the door, then a third time. Natsu became irritated by the person on the door and a slight uneasy feeling started to form in the pit of his stomach. As the knock was heard again, just when he was by the door, now he had enough.
"What the hell is up with you that you can't stop that annoying…!" Natsu stopped midsentence as he saw what was there. And the only thought that crossed his mind was: What the hell…?! Before everything went black.
"No way in hell shrimp!" Gajeel muttered as he saw his own reflection in the mirror, Pantherlily was right next to him with an irritated expression.
"That is quiet new…" Lily said with a low voice as he looked up to Levy who smiled at the two.
"Trust me! They won't recognize you (when you would also take out those piercings at last…) and don't worry, Natsu will not recognize your smell with all the perfume I sprayed on you earlier! Just spray this in their faces as soon as they open the door or you get to see him or her." With this Levy handed Gajeel a small bottle with a weird colored liquid. It sparkled in different colors and Gajeel was sure to never that he didn't really wanted to know what was in this small bottle.
"Just get them now!" Levy said as she pushed Gajeel and Lily out the door and closed it behind them, just in case she locked the door also so that there was no turning back for the two. And Levy believed that both would rather die than to walk out the spa without their normal clothing, well Gajeel at last...
"Why are we doing this again?" Gajeel muttered as he tried loose his collar a bit so that the uneasy feeling would go away.
"For the jewels and your score in her heart…" Lily smirked as he saw his partners flushed face.
Gajeel was sure that he and Lily looked like a penguins. The suit he was wearing was the uniform of the waiters from the restaurant area of the spa. Matching to the white shirt with the black jacket and the black bow tie, Gajeel was also wearing black trousers with black leather shoes, with a special spell Levy had changed his hair color from black to blond. But still his piercings were left in his face. Gajeel refused with his entire mind to take them out which in return caused him an argument over 2 hours with Levy but in the end he was allowed to let them be.
Lily was lucky because of the fact that Levy wanted him to only babysit Hiro he wasn't forced to wear everything so his suit was only the black jacked and the bow tie of the uniform he had to add to his trousers. Levy had made sure that Lily would only use his small form and she had made sure to tell him to wait till Gajeel had get Natsu and Lucy out of the room, before he would go in to watch over Hiro.
Well it was clear that Gajeel didn't like the dress up but Lily kind of found it amusing and embarrassing at the same time. Why? Cause Gajeel's reaction to it was amusing, but at the same time he was embarrassed about himself wearing those things. Well if the rest of the guild would be here, they all would want Redus to draw it so that they had a picture they could tease the iron dragons slayer about…
Anyway Gajeel was meanwhile in front of the door from room 101. The small bottle in his hands ready to spray it in their faces. He knocked once at the door and got now answer. He knocked a second time, and then he got impatient and started knocking again and again till finally the door cracked open and the pink haired fire dragon slayer was looking at him.
Natsu didn't even get to look very long at Gajeel as the inside of the small bottle was sprayed in his face. Gajeel was kind of surprised that the – normally hyperactive – mage fell to the ground with a loud thud, not moving one bit. Gajeel smirked if it wasn't for Levy he would take the all mighty fire dragon slayer now and do something really bad and embarrassing to him as revenge that he laughed at him the other day. But to big was his fear of an angered bookworm so he lifted the knocked out mage over his shoulder and stomped in into the room, looking for the blond.
Lucy hearing the thud outside of Hiros room got worried and slowly moved away from the sleeping boy. She made her way to the door and opened it carefully. As she saw nobody she went out of Hiros room even more worried.
"Natsu? Everything ok?" She asked carefully as suddenly Gajeel with Natsu over his shoulder came into her view.
"Gajeel? Why do you have blond hair?" She asked stunned as she then noticed the knocked out fire mage over his shoulder. "Wait! Is that Natsu? And what are you doing here anyway?"
But instead of getting an answer a small bottle was held up into Lucy's face and she was about to say something as she suddenly felt the wet liquid in her face and everything went black just like it happened to Natsu. But instead of letting her fall to the ground Gajeel caught her just in time with one arm before she hit the ground. He knew that Levy would never forgive him if her best friend would get hurt because of him.
"Tch…" Gajeel muttered as Lily entered the room also now. "The boy is in this room. Make sure he doesn't get out of it…"
Lily looked at his tall friend as he left the room slamming the door shut behind him with two guild mates over his shoulder. Lily sighed and then flinched as he heard the small boys voice coming out of the room.
"Lucy-nee? Where did you go?" His sleepy voice called and now it was on Lily to get the boy back to sleep… maybe this was the hardest task the exceed ever had gotten from someone but he was determinate to fulfill his part to finally get this all over so he could help his own friend with his "love-problem".
Meanwhile… Gajeel had reached the room Levy had ordered him to bring the two. Just as he opened the door he was greeted by bright lights, glittery stuff and fancy decoration. In the middle of this all was standing Levy in front of a table she was decorating now.
Levy had prepared a candle light dinner for the knocked out ones but as she looked over her shoulder to see Gajeel bringing in the still knocked out couple… she dropped the rose she was holding in her hand.
"Gajeel! What are they wearing?! I explained the plan to you three times! They can't wear a yukata to a romantic candle light dinner!" Levy huffed in annoyance and crossed her arms in front of her chest.
Gajeel only shrugged and let Natsu fell to the ground with a loud thud while he placed Lucy in one of the seats by the table. "You only said to get them, not to dress them up… like I would do that anyway…" Gajeel had muttered the last part so that Lucy didn't hear it.
"Gajeel! Go out with Natsu and dress him up in that second suit I had prepared! I will get Lucy in a nice dress." Lecy only answered while she all of the sudden pulled out a red dress and a suit from nowhere.
After a tiring hour, of getting them in their new clothes, later Lucy and Natsu where both seated in the seats by the table, still knocked out. Levy smiled to herself while Gajeel eyed her carefully. He knew what Levy was planning but he was kind of not very confided that this would work.
Levy's plan was simply. She knew that Lucy loved romantic things so she planned an romantic dinner for the two. But knowing Natsu she was sure that he would so something idiotic to ruin in if it was a normal one. So levy had decorated this room in with so much glitter and lights that it looked like a dream and that was her goal. She wanted Natsu and Lucy to think that this all was a dream. Levy was sure that if the both of them would fist confess in a 'dream' to each other with a positive outcome it would be much easier for them to confess in 'real life'. Also this way it was easy to interfere every now and then.
Both started to wake up and this was the sign for Levy and Gajeel to bring their plan in action… uh well to bring Levy's plan in action…
Lucy woke slowly up and when she opened her eyes she meet the onyx ones from Natsu, they looked at each other and then around confused at their surroundings. They were sitting on a table, dressed in clothes they didn't remember they had worn at last, glittery lights were around them and they couldn't see the walls of the room cause everything was to blinding. Some meters away were standing Gajeel with blond hair dressed as a waiter and Levy with green hair dressed as a waitress.
"What is going on? Natsu?" Lucy asked carefully, forgetting her I-will-avoid-him-for-now-plan.
Natsu a bit surprised and also extremely happy to hear her talk to him again, blinked a few times before he grinned his idiotic smile. "Don't know… but looks like we are getting food here and I am hungry anyway."
In the back of her mind Levy cursed at Natsu's not existing eye for romance but on the outside she was smiling and was also now stepping forward to the two.
"This is a dream connection provided from the spa. In these dreams couples see what they want the most and how their partner would react to it." She lied but Levy was determinate to make them believe that this was a dream and that they would confess.
"Really?!" Natsu yelled full of excitement and started staring at Lucy.
"Natsu…?" Lucy asked a bit scared as the dragon slayer didn't responded.
"I want to tell you something!" Both said at the same time but instead of saying anything more they started to stare at each other. Both didn't know if they really should confess.
Natsu wanted to just tell her about his feelings but then he wasn't sure if he really should. He had heard from Macao that normally girls were the one to say it first but then he also had overheard about the girls saying how romantic it is when a guy confess first. So Natsu was confused and started thinking again while he kept staring at Lucy.
Lucy on the other hand started to feel uncomfortable under Natsu's stare and a light blush started to decorate her cheeks as she thought about certain things she could test out here in this dream. And Levy? Well her eyes started to sparkle in daylight in her eyes everything was looking like one of them would confess his or her love to the other side but then she totally forgot that Gajeel was also there and that he wasn't really the patient type of helper when it comes to matchmaking… nope he wasn't even a good helper and Levy would have to learn that for the next time she would try to be a matchmaker again.
"God damn it! Just tell each other how you feel so we can get this all over already!" He yelled in annoyance. What Gajeel missed what the glare that Levy was giving him and that Lucy blushed crimson red while Natsu looked at first stunned than confused and at last kind of angry at the metal dragon slayer.
"Shut it metal face!" Natsu shouted as he jumped onto the table with fist lighted on fire.
Lucy sighed. What kind of a dream is this?
Before anything else could have been said, a metal pipe made its way to Natsu's face and a fight between the two dragon slayers had started. Soon everything Levy had prepared was destroyed. The table got split in two and the chairs were crushed down or burned down to ash. Lucy was standing by the sideline now watching how Natsu beat the crap out of Gajeel and sighed in defeat.
And this is the guy I had fallen in love with… how messed up can my life get? If this dream ends in a mess how will it end when I try to really confess to Natsu what will happen then? Will he destroy the entry town? Lucy grimaced by the thought of Natsu destroying something again and sighed heavy again.
Levy who saw through her best friend saw that her plan had backfired at her. Instead of being all lovey-dovey Lucy began to doubt her feeling and Natsu was about to destroy the room while fighting. Seeing only one solution Levy pulled out another small bottle. The liquid in it was colored in an mix of purple and blue on the bottle was a label which said: "WARNING! LEADS TO SUDDEN SLEEP! ONLY USE IT IN EMERGENCYS LIKE WHEN NATSU IS ABOUT TO DESTROY THE GUILD!"
Levy thanked Mira in her mind for telling her about these bottles for emergency a long time ago and in her eyes this definitive was one. So she sprayed a bit of it into Lucy's face who instantly fell asleep. Levy caught her and placed her carefully on the ground. "Now to Natsu…"
She looked up to see how Natsu prepared one of his strongest fire attacks and Gajeel doing the same.
"W-w-wait! DON'T USE A BREATH ATTACK!" But too late, both attacks clashed together and a loud explosion was visible for the whole down and the spa, Gajeel lay on the ground his clothes tattered from the fight. Levy coughed out a small cloud of smoke and looked at her best friend to make sure she was ok. Not surprising she was fest asleep. Natsu was standing in the middle of a pile of rocks laughing in victory.
Levy stormed up to him ready to punch Natsu but instead of a punch she sprayed the liquid in his face before Natsu could even react. The dragon slayer fell to the ground with a loud thud again and Levy sighed in exhaustion.
"Never… never again take Gajeels help when it comes to matchmaking…" Levy muttered as she shot a glare at Gajeel who shivered in return when he saw it.
"GAJEEL! WHY COULDN'T YOU KEEP YOU MOUTH SHUT! I WAS SOOO CLOSE! SOOO CLOSE!"
A purple haired woman slowly went up to the scared metal dragon slayer and the furious bookworm. In her face was a smile which was at first sight very friendly but if you would keep looking at it you soon would get scared like hell.
"Excuse me.." Mai started and instantly got the attention from both. "If you allow I would like to know who will take the cost of the destroyed room and the building?"
Levy gulped and Gajeel also swallowed hard. "O-o-our…. G-g-guild?" It sounded more like a question but Mai accepted this answer and was already writing a bill to Fairy Tail. Both could already see the guild master going crazy because of another bill incoming and this time it wasn't even from the council.
Meanwhile at room 101…
"Black bear kitty…" Hiro mumbled as he hugged Lily tighter in his sleep. For a moment Lily feared that the boy would wake up again from the loud explosion but he continued sleeping. Lily had managed to get the boy to sleep again but the only thing that was now is that the boy had a death grip on him and id didn't seemed like he would let go anytime soon.
"Gajeel… get me out of here soon…" Lily muttered in a low voice before he started to gasp for air as Hiro tightened his grip on the poor exceed yet again…
Thank you all for reading, and the next vote is now open for everyone to vote again who will be next in this matchmaking chaos, Erza? Cana? Mai? or somebody else... so please vote again!
Sorry that there isn't a review response this time, I kind of rushed this update cause I don't have much time today hope it is ok and I hoped you liked the chapter anyway.
Thank you all for reviewing and thanks for the reviews in the future!
See you in the next chapter (^.^)v
