Chapter 9: make it out alive?

What they saw next scarred them for a considerable amount of time.

All three screamed, Natsu's voice being the highest.

"Cana!?" Wendy cried and Lucy and Natsu covered her eyes to prevent her from seeing the ghastly sight, but the damage was already done. Wendy could never forget what she'd seen and she knew it would haunt her nightmares.

This sight almost made Lucy regret joining Fairy Tail. Natsu, one of the bravest soldiers, was ready to run home, crying.

But what was this horrid sight?

Had Cana turned into a zombie?

No.

While it was Cana, there was no zombie in the picture. What was so scary was that she currently dancing around the basement, butt naked and definitely drunk. Utterly horrifying.

Even worse, Cana had heard Wendy's cry and turned around to face the intruders.

"Luuccccyyyy!" She shouted and ran up to the poor girl, groping her breasts. "I -hic- wish I had -hic- a rack like -hic- that."

After embarrassing Lucy, she moved on to her next victim: Natsu.

"Of course, Dragon Boy over here wishes he could do that. Between the two of us, I'm sure Lucy wouldn't mind after seeing your giant di-"

"Alright. That's enough." Natsu said, bright red. "Luce, help Cana out while I save Wendy."

"Sure thing." She said, dreading what would happen.

"Wendy is here?" Cana cried.

Lucy sense danger and yelled at Natsu to cover Wendy's ears and run as she turned to face the danger at hand.

Cana dealt her winning hand.

"Make sure you tell your brother to -Mpph! Let go lucy- Lucy senseless!" She screamed, right as Erza and Gray entered the house.

Natsu couldn't calm his bright red face as he bolted with Wendy in his arms.

"RUN!" He screamed at the two standing in the doorway. He shoved them aside and followed his own advice.

Gray and Erza quickly followed Natsu to the Black Jeep Wrangler.

"We gotta go." He said, fumbling for the keys.

"Whoa-whoa-whoa! What about Lucy? And why are you so red?" Gray asked, alarmed.

"It's too late for her. She sacrificed herself so we could make it."

Of course, Gray and Erza's minds jumped to the worst possibilities. Zombies.

"You idiot! How could you just leave her there to fend for herself?!"

"It was for Wendy's sake. If Wendy had stayed much longer, I don't know if she would've made it out."

"I'm going in." Erza said.

Natsu jumped up and tried to drag Erza back.

"Lucy will be fine."

Erza gave him a hard look.

"At least physically she will. Hopefully."

Erza sat down and demanded that Natsu tell her everything. He did. Once he finished, Gray looked like he was in mental pain as Erza sobbed in mourning of Lucy.

"So young." She wept.

"Gray. You and Natsu must go in and save Lucy."

"Why me?!" Gray cried. If he was going to have nightmares without actually seeing it, then what would seeing it do to him?

"You are a stripper, so you must know what to do. As for Natsu, it's because he likes her."

Natsu yelped. "Hold up: A- I didn't ask why, so you did NOT have to say that. B- I do not like her like that."

Erza smirked. "Why Natsu… I didn't mean it like "that" I was simply pointing out that you like her as a friend. Of course, it seems your reaction says otherwise."

Natsu clutched his brain in pain and disappointment in himself.

"Gahhugh. Let's just go and save Lucy."

"No need. I managed just fine by myself." A voice called from a few feet over.

"LUCY!" The four cried in relief and happiness. There she was dragging what seemed to be a squirming figure bound in ropes.

"Ermmmm! Gereaskd!" THe bundle seemed to say.

"I had to gag her because her lips were very loose." Lucy explained.

"So no zombies?" Gray asked, tentatively.

"Not at the moment, but we've got to hurry up before it gets dark. Natsu, help me load this little shit into the Wrangler." Lucy said. Gray, Wendy, and Erza raised an eyebrow each. Her choice of help was interesting.

Natsu complied, taking their captive's head and shoulders. Little did he know that Cana had seen the knife in his belt and used it to cut off her gag. Of course, she was still drunk, but could think ahead. She knew that if she spoke now, Lucy would gag her again. She would wait until they were safely in the car with Lucy driving.

Natsu had told Wendy to go with Gray and Erza as a precaution. He had a bad feeling and he was usually right.

No less than five minutes of driving in silence had passed before they heard giggling coming from the back seat.

Natsu and Lucy looked at each other before swearing.

"Oooohhhh yeahhhhh!" Cana giggled. "I got put with the two loveybirds."

"I swear Cana. One more word out of you and I'll take your tongue." Natsu growled.

"Who? Me?" She said, acting innocent.

"Yeah you! Do you have any idea how much trouble you have caused us or the base?" Natsu said angrily.

"You all just need to take a chill pill. Relaxeand live a little." She drawled on. "Maybe if you both let loose, you would finally hook up with Lucy!"

"And here I've been wondering why you haven't hooked up with Bacchus." Natsu retorted back.

"Oh I've hooked up with him, just not publicly." Cana said as both Lucy and Natsu understood the hidden words.

"So Lucy…" Cana continued. Lucy got scared. "Is this your first time witnessing Sasstsu?"

"Sass...tsu?" Lucy questioned, seriously confused.

"Sasstsu! It stands for sassy Natsu! Cuz Natsu can be sooooo girly sometimes!" Cana roared with laughter.

Natsu's eye twitched in anger. "Girly you say…"

"Yeah. If you really can catch him by surprise, he'll scream higher than a girl. The only one who can match his pitch is Sherria."

Lucy laughed as she remembered Natsu's scream when they first saw Cana. Maybe a drunk Cana wasn't too bad. Especially since they had finally arrived at Fairy Tail.

"Welcome back!" A posh voice called from the guard station.

"Yeah yeah Freed. Just let us through." Natsu groaned, wanting to escape the barrage of attacks Cana was sending his way. How the hell was she so perceptive? She'd only seen them together for a few moments and she was already trying to get them together.

"Master wants to see you guys as soon as possible." Freed shouted as he let them through.

Natsu just waved his arm at him in acknowledgement.

Lucy and Natsu worked together to regag Cana and carry her up to Makarov's office: The former principal's office.

Erza was waiting for them there as she hurried them into the room.

"Ah! You've finally arrived and I see you've brought Cana back."

"Yup. She just drank all night." Lucy explained.

"The gag?"

"Apparently she doesn't filter her thoughts from her words when she'd drunk. She was being very personal, so we gagged her. Twice."

Makarov nodded.

"From what I heard, you two were the most successful on the mission. Is that correct?"

Natsu and Lucy looked at each other and shrugged. Makarov noted that they didn't even say a word. Good chemistry.

"Yes they were." Wendy said. "Together, they were able to deduce what had happened and track Cana down as well as neutralize her when she posed a threat."

"Threat? To what?" Makarov said, alarmed. Could a drunk Cana possibly help them in battle?

Wendy snickered. "To their secrets!"

He should've known. Nodding, Makarov made up his mind. "This team will be co-lead by Natsu and Lucy."

Erza looked a little sulky, but she cheered up when Makarov sent her a wink. He was really sly. Of course, he put them together. He was probably gonna do that from the start.

"Now got get some rest. You're real first mission start tomorrow."

The new team smiled and agreed to meet in Lucy's room after changing for some "Team Bonding" with Levy, Jellal, and this Gajeel Lucy kept on hearing about. She had heard he was a blacksmith. Could he possibly recreate the shotgun ax?

(1372) Yeah... not so much but I hope my weird humor made up for it!


SO yeah... I'll admit it was soooo fun writing that... And Now prepare for lots of more serious action... I think... Quick note to those who actually read these notes, I haven't mentioned this but each time I update, I do post when I plan to update on my profile page but since no one seemed to yell at me when I did miss the date a few chappies ago, I'm assuming you guys didn't know. Well now that I've told you, I'll actually have to write faster to stay a chappie ahead, so down below are some quick responses to my AMAZING COMMENTS from my AMAZING READERS to an AMAZING AUTHOR (hehe).


Ushindeshi: Such a faithful reviewer...You bet they are a team! And just wait! It's gonna be so awesome with a mini Mira (lol Wendy) on the team. ships galore! Actually, I've been working on a way to introduce Romeo (I ship Wendy with him) and its gonna be EPIC.

suzaanoelofse01: So I'm gonna answer this in order...

Thanks, thanks, and obviously! I mean to have such a great story, you need an awesome writer (jk). But seriously, thanks! I totally understand what you mean! I was reading this really long zombie one and it was good in the sense of writing and grammar (hehe i make a bunch of mistakes sometimes), but I was a little ticked off when I kept seeing Lucy downplayed to a simple victim of horrible stuff. Aside from the fact that I personally don't like writing about such horrible things like that, I simply find it uncomfortable as a reader. Of course, I'm not trying to insult whoever wrote those fanfics. As for keeping everyone in character, yeah. You see, in my rough drafts, I tended to make Natsu seem weirder than he is and a little too pushy, so I'm happy to see that you think that! But as I've said before, expect the NaLu to come in a little slowly. Still working on the whole epiphany moment for Lucy. But You'll be happy with the already confirmed GaLe (which is minor, but still relevant), Gruvia, and Jerza.

fairytailfanatic0703: Haha, I wish I could, but there's this horrible thing I have to go to every day called school and I am swamped with a shitton of work... still, i'll do the best I can.

Kalessia04: Well, I'm glad because I was a little iffy on that, but I think I'll do that sort of thing on every monthly anniversary! So I guess Natsu's reaction wasn't over the top, but he was a little bothered by it. Hope you liked it.

SharmintiSharminti: lol here ya go!

Now a question for everyone: Fave ship in FT and why?

Rate and Review, please!