Lucy grew up to be very self-dependent since her dad was a cold, heartless
man who practically forgot he had a daughter. She is constantly
sneaking out and doing rebellious things, like learning magic
and hanging out with friends who don't know
about her background. But what happens when she brings home
a new companion?
This is my first story, so please leave a review! Thanks for the feedback!
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Spoilers if you haven't read chapter 422. Also, I changed a part…Lucy does have all her keys and not just the main three. I think it would also be a bit more fun if I gave her Star Dress Magic a little early. So I'm gonna do that! :P Hope you don't mind! If you don't know what Star Dress is, then it's the form Lucy goes in after she breaks Aquarius key. SORRY IF I SPOLIED ANYTHING! GOMEN!
{Chapter 7: Monkeys}
Previously:
Gray pulled us away to the mission board and told us that Makarov made it his job to take us on our first mission. "Now pick one. Any one, it doesn't matter." He pointed to the board.
I had no clue. There were so many. How was I supposed to pick them anyways? "Uh…aren't you supposed to be a guide or something? Shouldn't you be telling us which one to pick?"
He rolled his eyes and grabbed a flyer before we could see what it was. We watched him talk to Mira and head back our way.
"We got this one." He held up a flyer that said,
Help Needed
Bandits
Hargeon Town
The group called "Naked Mummy" has been looting off
of the trade carts that travel in and out of the city.
Reward: 80,000 Jewel
We started towards Hargeon. My first mission at Fairy Tail. Yup, things are definitely turning around. I think this might be a good chance to start over. Forget about my dad and the estate, I'll move to Magnolia. That way I'll be near the guild and Natsu won't have to keep getting sick.
I thought about it the whole trip.
Normal P.O.V:
Lucy and the others arrived at Hargeon and headed towards the mayor's house. After chatting a bit, the mayor sent them off to the edge of the town and the forest. As carts come in and out, the monkeys scatter into the forests after they grab the goods. This is why none of the guards are able to seize any.
Gray and Natsu continued to fight on the way there and Lucy was getting annoyed, really annoyed.
Lucy turned around and screamed, "Will you two give it a break?!"
"No!" They both yelled in unison and continued their bickering about something that Lucy didn't care enough to listen to. She stayed quietly annoyed and was about to explode but they were greeted by one of the guards who showed them towards the ideal area of the robberies outside the town gate. They started searching together for a while for about 1 hour when Gray was getting tired and was still mad about the whole 'Guide' thing.
"Why don't we split up? Then we can probably find them faster."
"Yea. I guess that's better. I you don't find anything in 2 hours then meet back at the gate. It will probably start to get dark by then." Lucy looked at both Natsu and Gray.
Natsu had already started walking towards the left, "Sure. Be careful, Luce."
Lucy continued going straight while Gray went in the opposite direction of Natsu. A little less than an hour in towards looking, Gray had run into trouble. He had met up with some of the members and was having some difficulties. The problem wasn't that they were too strong, there were just too many.
"Damn. I'm not near the others and the town is too far behind." he spoke to himself as he hit another member. After a few minutes of fighting, a familiar blonde caught up with Gray. She too had encountered a few Monkeys' and actually had a plan. She was going to catch up with Gray, since she could sense he was the closest, and they could take them together. It seemed like a good plan until she saw that he had already had his own battles.
Her plan backfired.
Now there were twice as many that Gray had started out with, but now he had his own ally. Lucy already had her whip out and pulled out Leo's Key.
"Gate of the Lion, I open thee! Leo". Loke appeared before Lucy, already in battle stance.
"Natsu should be on his way too. I called for him while on my way here." Lucy said without taking her eyes off of the Monkeys' who were now completely surrounding the three, leaving them back, to back, to back in the center.
"You called out to him? What do you mean?" Gray asked in a confused state.
"He has super hearing. It's part of his magic so he should of heard me scream his name. So unless he has his own problems, he will be here."
"Come to think of it, what magic does Natsu have?" Gray asked after he dodged a punch.
Loke, was off to Gray's left who decided to chime in, "You don't know?! Natsu's a-" He was cut off by a flying bandit, hitting his back from one of Lucy's kicks.
"He is…uh…he has dragon slaying magic. Like Gajeel and Wendy." Lucy was glad to have come up with a lie that fit perfectly to Natsu's actual magic. Although, it was kinda ironic.
'Come to think of it…' Lucy started to think, 'I don't know Gray's magic.' She tried to look over at Gray multiple times, but she was too busy dealing with her share of the dark mages. It was like they just kept coming out of nowhere. It was madness.
Gray P.O.V:
Mavis! Why are there so many of these guys! And where is Lucy? I can barely see past these guys!
I knelt down to place my hands on the ground and cover the ground around me in ice. The guys slipped and it gave me a chance to see the other two. Loke seemed to be doing fine and I could see Lucy's whip fly above a crowd bigger than mine as guys went flying. I might have under estimated her just a bit.
Just then, a patch of pink to the side caught my eye. I saw it zoom out of the trees and land imminently take out some Monkeys. I saw some flames go up and remembered what Lucy had said.
Natsu.
He was really fast. And his flames were really powerful, I could sense it. It was definitely him who messed up the bar. I called out to him, seeing the guys I made fall were still trying to regain their balance,
"Oi Flame Brain! 'Bout time you got here!"
The flames stopped for a moment and I saw him look to the ground beneath me. Then he smirked and looked back up at me,
"So you're an ice stripper!"
Seriously? That's what he had to say? "Don't use my magic as an insult!"
The bandits Natsu had knocked down had gotten back up and before he went back to beating them up, I heard him say, "What?! You just did that to me a second ago!"
I thought back, 'Flame Brain.'
"…oh…yea." I laughed a little. Natsu wasn't all that bad. Maybe I'll like him a bit more than I thought.
Lucy P.O.V:
I could hear Natsu and Gray yelling at each other. Even in battles those two are at it. I didn't say anything because I was too focused at dodging the punches and spells thrown towards me. I had already got hit a few times. I knew I had more of these creeps on me than the other three. I took out Sagittarius's key and held it to my chest.
"Star Dress! Sagittarius Form!"
I felt a twin tailed coat and sleeves that leave the shoulders and upper back area bare appear. I now had a pair of dark thigh-high boots with light trim at the top, which split above the knees to reveal the front of my thighs. My hair was pulled back and styled into a typical ponytail with two bangs framing my face. Sagittarius's zodiac sign glowed on my left shoulder.
I had a bow in my hand and I pulled the string back, as a few arrows appeared in between the string and bow frame. I fired towards one side of the group and they went flying. Through the gap, I caught sight of Gray and Natsu fighting and Loke had left, after already taking out his portion of the enemy. Being distracted, I was barely able to duck to the right of an attack and wacked the guy in the back of the head with my bow. I stretched the string back again and fired more arrows at the opposite side than the last spot I fired at and took out a few more. By now all of them had either been knocked out, or fled, cursing at us three.
I turned around and saw Gray also walking closer in and Natsu finishing up with a guy. He punched him after grabbing the guy's fist that was inches from Natsu's face. He fell down on the ground, along with his guild mates. I switched out of the Star Dress.
Natsu looked at Gray and me, "Oh, you guys finally finished."
"What? We were done before you!" Gray snapped at him.
"Nah, I was just entertaining myself while I waited for you to finish." Natsu threw his hands above his head to stretch and interlocked his fingers as he pushed them against the back of his head. He walked in between us, "Ready to go back?"
"Tsch. How do you even know the way back, idiot?" Gray crossed his arms, still a little mad.
Natsu turned around, looked gray up and down then turned away while saying, "I can smell it, pervert."
Gray looked confused; he looked down to find that he was cloth less. I had looked too, also confused and threw my hands over my eyes and blush madly. I heard Gray curse a lot and when he finally found his clothes, he told me he was dressed. I moved my index finger away, revealing my left eye, making sure he really was dressed and didn't accidently strip again. He was though, so I removed my hands.
We headed back towards town, Natsu and Gray occasionally fighting and reached the gate within half and hour. We realized the sun was going down and they could either stay or cancel our hotel room and go home early.
I turned to Gray and thought I should probably cheer him up and also think him for showing us the basics of a mission. "Hey, why don't we stay and go out somewhere to eat? It's on us." I smiled. It looked like he thought about it and then agreed. Natsu was just cheering the whole way about how he gets to eat.
After the meal, I paid the bill and we walked outside. Then Natsu asked Gray where we were staying, so Gray pointed out a spot of a small map. We headed over there, checked in, and went up to the room. There were two beds and a couch.
"I call bed!" I shouted when I first saw them. I ran over to the furthest one and jumped on it
"Ha! I get the other! Have fun on the couch!" Gray sat on the bed closer to the door with a smirk on his face.
"Asshole! That doesn't matter! I'll just share with Lucy!" Natsu shouted back at him.
Gray froze. He looked at me, then back at Natsu. I knew what he was thinking. "In your dreams!" I rushed myself under the blankets and pulled them over my head, to cover my tomato face.
'Why the hell would he say that in front of Gray?! Baka!'
I didn't hear anything for while until Gray started to chuckle, "You got turned down, flame breathe." I heard his bed shift. He probably was getting ready to sleep.
"…Shut up." Then I heard Natsu's foot steps towards the other side of the room. Why did he sound so sad? It made me feel a little bad. It was uncalled for in the first place, so it was all on him. I made sure that they were both sleeping before getting up and going into the bathroom. I washed my face, changed my clothes, and let my hair out of the side ponytail it was in. I was extremely tired.
I opened the door and yawned, while turning off the bathroom lights. I was careful to make my way over to my bed. I crawled in and lay down, facing the back towards the bathroom. That's when I felt him.
Natsu.
Why the hell was he in my bed?! I told him to go to the couch! But before I could turn around and yell at him, he launched his arm over my waist and pulled me in tight. I felt his forehead on the back of my head and his nose behind my ear. I felt his lips move, and guessed it was a weird smile. My face heated up to the same heat that was on my back. If I yell, Gray will wake up and see us. That would kill me. If I move…that could work actually. But, I…I don't want to move. I'm already so used to Natsu cuddling, but still. I always feel good when I feel his warmth. Like I was protected and safe.
I closed my eyes and felt a little smile of my own creep on my face. I hope Gray doesn't see us before we wake up.
Next morning I woke up silently. I was cold. How long was I cold? I opened an eye and looked towards the window. It was bright out, and since there was no fighting or sound, I assumed that the other two were still asleep. But why was it cold? I sat up and used my elbow to support myself. Natsu wasn't there. I looked around and saw him on the couch, and Gray still in the bed.
Why is he on the couch? Wait…did he ever come in my bed at all? Did I…dream it? No, wait I couldn't dream something like that. Why did he move back?
I was staring at a sleeping Natsu with a really confused face. I remembered what happened last night and how I was embarrassed that Natsu said he'd sleep in my bed with me in front of Gray. Maybe he…no. Natsu's not that smart…is he? Did he really move back to the couch before Gray got up? Did he know that I was embarrassed?
Still lost in my thoughts, I got up and headed towards the bathroom. I started the shower and hopped in when it got hot. It always felt good to be clean. I was finishing up when I heard some crashing in our room. I turned off the shower and wrapped a towel around myself. I swung the door open and looked around. Of course it was those two idiots.
"I'm going in next! I kicked more Monkey butt than you did!" Natsu shouted at Gray with his fists on fire.
"What! You didn't even show up until half way into the fight! I'm filthier anyways!" Gray put his right fist onto his open left and an ice aura appeared around both his hands.
"Popsicle!"
"Fire Clown!"
"Pervy Flasher!"
"Dragon Boy!"
"Cut it out you two! Geez, you messed up the whole place! What are you even fighting about in the first place?!" I screamed at both of them.
"Who gets the shower next!" They both said. 'Seriously? Are they always going to be like this?!'
"Neither one of you aren't getting in here until this is cleaned up! I don't want to have to pay extra for your stupid fighting. Furniture was knocked over, the pillows from the couch and beds were all on the ground, and some paper and pens from the desk were scattered around the room. I was just glad that nothing was frozen or caught on fire.
I slammed the door and locked it. 'At least I get a bit more time in the bathroom.' About 10 minutes later, I walked out in a clean change of clothes and my hair was brushed and put back up in a side pony. I was surprised to see the room once again clean and Natsu sitting on the couch and Gray on his bed, back turned towards the room. They both had their arms crossed and silent. That was new. "Gray, your turn." I stepped out.
"What?! What about me!" Natsu looked up.
"Gray isn't getting paid like you and I so he gets the shower first." I walked over to my bed laid down, still a little tired. Gray just smirked at Natsu as he past him to the bathroom.
"Tsch. Whatever…I'm sure he is more dirtier since the only thing he can attract is dirt." Natsu said with a smile on his face.
Gray poked his head out of the bathroom, "What did you say?!"
"Shower! Now!" I didn't want to hear any more of it.
About half an hour later, Natsu came out of the bathroom now and we were ready to check out. "Finally, we can get back to Magnolia!" I was really excited to start looking for a place in Magnolia so that we were closer to the guild and that we didn't have to wake up early every morning to catch the train.
"Why you so happy to get back Luce?" Natsu and Gray walked behind me as we head for the train station.
I turned around, "So I don't have to put up with you two anymore!" I laughed because that wasn't the truth, but it wasn't a lie either. I was already tired of the two and wanted to get away from them and their annoying fighting. I think I'll surprise Natsu instead of telling him.
Normal P.O.V:
Back at Fairy Tail…
A certain red head walked into the doors. Everyone went silent as she went over to the bar. Mira just greeted her with a kind smile.
"Hello, Erza! Welcome back!"
GOMEN! I haven't posted in like a week or something! Just like most writers on this, I also have school so it's a bit hard trying to balance the two.
Anyways I hope you enjoy this. It was a bit boring but it will get more interesting I promise! Any questions, suggestions or comments? Please leave a review! Thank you~!
~Lily~
