Chapter 11 - Roommate

It was a warm and sunny morning in Magnolia. Isah yawned and stretched herself out as she woke up. A kind voice spoke to her."Good morning." Isah opened her eyes slowly. "goodmorning... Lucy?!" She rose up from her bed, and looked around. So this was Lucy's house. After taking a good few on her surroundings she turned to Lucy. "How do I get here? I don't remember that I went to your house yesterday..." Lucy sipped from her tea. "Gray carried you here. You were so tired that you fell asleep at the fair, and since you just got here, you didn't have a place to sleep. So he brought you here. You know, I was quite surprised to see gray in front of my door that late, and you all limp and bloody in his arms. For a few seconds I thought you got involved I an accident. I was so glad to see you were allright." Isah looked at her hands. "I see... Sorry I've caused you to worry about me.." Lucy shaked her head. "No need to say sorry about that, it's not like you wanted yourself to get hurt." She walked up to the girl, and pulled her on her feet. "But enough talking, let's go make ourselves breakfast."

Isah and Lucy sat at the dinnertable. Lucy had made an omelet for the two of them, though it didn't quite look like an omelet. Still, it was quite delicious, and Isah ate so much that she couldn't move a finger after their breakfast. "Aaah... I'm stuffed." Isah leaned against the back of her seat and tapped her belly to confirm what she just said. "Did you like my omelet?" Lucy asked. Isah turned to her. "Yeah! It tasted great! And it looked like you enjoyed making it, too." She looked at her hands and shove nervously on her seat. Lucy smiled at her sudden shyness. "What is it?" Isah looked at Lucy again. " w-would you like to teach me how to cook? I... I would like to make such delicious food myself, too..." She blushed. Lucy smiled at her. "Ofcourse! I'm not so good in it, to be honest, but I'm getting better at it every day. What about making our breakfast together tomorrow?" "I would love to!" Isah stared at the kitchen with the brightest smile. "What are you going to do today?" Lucy asked. Isah stopped smiling. "I'll use today to search for a house or apartment to live, so that I won't bother you anymore..." Lucy looked at her with a disturbed expression on her face. "Did I really gave you the feeling that you are bothering me? You know, you don't have to search for a place to stay, you can stay with me." She smiled at her. "Besides, I would love to have a roommate." Isahs face brightened. "Really?! I mean, I would like to stay with you. I'm sure it will be a blast! And to be honest, I don't have money to buy myself a house...or even food." She blushed. Lucy laughed at her. "I know that feeling... I'm always stressing to get enough money together to pay for my rent." Isah smiled at her. "Then maybe we could split the rent into two, in that way I won't feel guilty for you taking me in." "That's a deal!" Lucy said happily. Lucy stood up from the table, and took all the plates and cutlery to the sink. "isah?" Isah snapped out of her daydream, and looked at Lucy. "Yes Lucy?" Lucy filled the sink with hot water, and put the plates and cutlery in it. "I was thinking, if we're going to split the rent, we still have to make money. So maybe we could go on a mission today." Isah frowned. "A mission?" Lucy laughed. "That's right! I didn't told you about wizard guilds yet, did I? Well, long tale short: wizard guilds are guilds which only exist out of wizards." Isah facepalmed. " ... Wow, you're great at explaining things." Lucy sticked her tongue out. "Shut up! I wasn't finished yet!" She cleared her throat. "Anyway, as I were going to tell you before you interrupted me, you can recognize wizards by their guild mark. It's some kind of magical tattoo, which will be on you for as long as you're with a certain guild. And missions are, well, missions that we guild wizards can respond to, and if we finish our job properly, we get paid. So we could earn our money by doing jobs." Isah kept silent for a moment. "I think I sort of understand it now, but doesn't that mean that we can't go on missions? I mean, I can't use magic like you guys. Natsu said that when I searched for the mushrooms I used magic, but I can't remember how I did that..." Lucy smiled at her. "I think you posses more power than you realize. Plus, a lot of members from fairy tail came at our guild because they couldn't control their powers properly. I'm sure that you'll be no different." Isahs eyes lit up. "Are you telling me that I can join fairy tail?!" Lucy hesitated for a moment. "Well, the master has to decide on that, but I'm sure you can stay." 'Since he said he wanted to keep a close eye on you.' She added in her mind. Isah stepped closer to her and hugged her really tight. A soft sniffing noise from her, and Lucy felt how isah was shaking. "...isah? Whats wrong?" Isah looked up to her and Lucy saw that tears were streaming down her cheeks. "I'm just... so happy..." She smiled at the confused lucy. "Ever since the moment I met you and everyone else, i wanted nothing more than being part of your guild, part of fairy tail. I thought that i had to train like crazy, and I was afraid that I wouldn't be able to use my magic on my own. And here you are, asking the thing I wanted most." Lucy hugged her back. "Ofcourse you don't have to learn how to control it all by yourself. I will help you, and I'm sure the others will help you with it, too." She let loose of isah and looked her in the face. "But enough talking! let's take a bath first, and i'll look at your wounds after it." Isah grinned. "I almost forgot..." She looked at her bloodied dress. "I cant go to the guild like this. Erza would kill gray if it came out he had hurted me during a fighting competition." Lucy laughed. "You're right, he would suffer a horrible death if Erza discovered it. But it doesn't look like you're sad about the fact that you lost the competition to him." Isah frowned. "I didnt lose, i won!" Lucy looked at her with a surprised expression on her face. " no way! But how come that you're wounded, and he wasn't even scratched?" Isah ticked the side of her head. "I used my brains to defeat him. You see, I had to either beat him, or knock him out of the battle area. So I just lured him to a spot right next to the line of the battle area, and pushed him over it when he got distracted." Lucy's eyes widened. "Awesome! That you could beat him without even using magic..im sure you'll become really strong!" Isah blushed. "Thanks." Lucy smiled at the girl. "Now then, Lets go take a bath!"

"Aahh... The water is just the right temperature..." Isah sinked her head a little further into a water. "Yea, isn't it just the best?" Lucy sat in front of her, her eyes closed. "She sighted. "We should do this more often..." Isah nodded, with the result that she swallowed some bath water and she started coughing. "Ewww... Bathingwater..." She looked disgusted. Lucy started laughing. "Stupid, you can't talk or breath whilst underwater." Isah raised her eyebrows. "Wow, you can tell?" She splashed water at Lucy. "There! Thats for laughing at me!" Lucy grinned. "You call that splashing? I'll show you how to splash!" A wave went over Isahs head, and she gasped. "You... I'll splash you straight out of this bath!" "Really?" Lucy smiled at her devilishly. "Not if I splash you out first..."

Lucy was brushing her hair. " we really made a mess at the bathroom... We'll clean it up after we get back from the guild." Isah grinned. "But I still won." Lucy huffed. "No you didn't, I won!" Isah poked Lucy in her tight. "I won!" "No I won!" They started tickling eachother. It would've turned into a ticklefight if Isah hadn't cringed when Lucy touched her side. She stopped moving. "What's wrong, are you okay?" Isah forced a smile, but she could see from her face that she wasn't quite okay. "Come on, show me..." Isah closed her eyes and let out a sight. "Im fine.. There's nothing to worry about." Lucy eyes turned angry. "No you're not okay! You were wounded yesterday, so you can't expect that your wounds will be healed in just one night... Besides, we both don't know how severe they are. " Lucy's eyes widened as she stared at the towel that was wrapped around Isahs body. "Isah... I'll get Wendy over here as quickly as possible." Isah frowned. "What do you mean, I'm perfectly f-" her eyes rested on the place were the towel covered her belly. "Damn it..." She tried to keep her cool as she saw how rapidly the towel was turning red. "I dont remember the wounds being this severe..." She cringed again. Lucy looked at her in shock, as she ran towards her closet. "Where is it... Got ya!" She grabbed a strange looking orb from the closet. "Its a communication lacrima. This way we can reach Wendy in notime." She looked at Isah, who was now panting due to all the blood she was losing. "Come on... Answer Wendy..." A clicking noise was heard, and the faint silouette of the tiny dragonslayer appeared in the orb. "Lucy? Why did you call me? Is something wrong?" Lucy nodded with a worried look on her face. " it's Isah.. She's wounded and losing blood fast. I'm afraid she will... You know... If she won't get healed quickly." She turned the orb towards Isah, who was now trying to keep herself from fainting. Almost the entire towel was drenched in blood. A shocked gasp was heard from the lacrima. "I'll get to you as soon as possible! I'm at the guild now, so it won't take long. hold out until then, please... " "I will." And I'll try to stop the wound from bleeding." Lucy answered wit a shaking voice. Suddenly natsus voice was heard on the background. "Wendy, is that Lucy?! And why was she talking about keeping the wound from bleeding? Is she hurt?!" Lucy blushed and raised her voice. "I'm okay natsu. it's Isah, she got a horrible wound on her side." "Natsu appeared in the lacrima. "I will come with Wendy, I'm sure I can help you out somehow. Till then!" The lacrimas sight went black. Lucy blushed as she stared at the lacrima. He is such a good friend. He is always there for me when I need him. Suddenly she heard a faint smacking noise behind her. As she turned around, she saw how Isah had collapsed, and how a puddle of blood was spreading on the floor. "Damn it... " Lucy went pale. She stood up to get bandages from the bathroom, as she heard how her door smashed open and footsteps came speeding towards them. Within a few seconds, Wendy and natsu stood in the opening of her bedroom. They looked with shocked faces at the small girl, lying in a puddle of blood. "Oh god... " Wendy gasped as she ran towards isah. She kneeled down and started healing her immediately. "I hope it's not too late..." She murmured. Natsu nodded, as he stood next to the pale Lucy. "I could allready smell it when we arrived. My hart dropped at the smell, since no normal person would be alive after losing that huge amount of blood... What happened to her?" Lucy started explaining everything. From the battle competition to the reason why she was here. After she was done, natsu growled. "I knew it! That icefart is always causing trouble. He would've killed her if she didn't went here for sure." Lucy turned to him with an angered look. "Why are you always talking crap about him? He was the one who brought her here, remember. He carried her all this way, and even tried to cure the wounds on her arms and legs all on his own. He's kind, and caring, even if he doesn't look like it. So don't you dare to talk about him like that, while you wasn't even around!" He took a step back, and looked at her with a hurted look on his face. Lucy stood up and reached her hand out to him. "Natsu.. I'm-" he stepped back, and Lucy dropped her hand. "then go marry him if you like that icefreak that much!" Lucy looked frustrated at him. "Natsu, please stop..." His eyes shooted fire. "If you want me to stop, fine! Then I'll just stop caring about you. I don't want to be here anyway. I'm off." He jumped through her open window, and landed on the street. He walked off, fire raging around his body. Lucy ran towards the window. "Natsu! Come back!" He seemed to hesitate for a moment, but he kept walking without looking around. "Lucy!" She turned around to Wendy. "What is it Wendy?" Wendy smiled. "It's Isah, she's regaining her consiousness." She walked towards the two and seated herself next to Wendy. She looked at Isah as her eyes opened slowly. "How... What's going on...?" She whistled. "One of your wounds opened up, and you've lost a lot of blood. But don't worry, you'll be allright. you should be fully healed before the end of the day. " isah sighted and looked a Lucy. "I did it again, huh? I made you worry over me... " tears appeared in her eyes. "I'm so sorry...and now we can't go on a mission today anymore.." Lucy smiled at her. "Please don't say that... It's not like your wound opened because you wanted it. It opened because I tickled you, so I'm the one who should appologize." She looked kindly at her. "And don't worry about the mission, we could go on one tomorrow. No need to be hasty." Isah blinked her eyes. "Thanks lucy..." She turned to Wendy. "And thank you too. To think you came that fast only because i was wounded... You barely know me, and still you're willing to do that for me." Wendy looked down at her. "It's my job to heal people. Besides, you're one of my friends. It's only obvious to help your friends. But you should try to sleep a bit now, it will speed the healing process." Isah closed her eyes with a smile on her face. "Thank you so much..."

Natsu walked on the streets of magnolia, towards his house. "Damn it..." He thought. " i knew it... I knew she didn't love me back... But to think that she has fallen for gray?!" He smashed his hand into the wall of one of the shops he passed. The owner came running outside, but stopped as he saw that it was a fairy tail member. "I'll just sent the reparation costs again.. I still got their number from last time." He shook his head as he watched the fire dragonslayer walking on like nothing had happened. "It's just not fair." He thought. "She doesn't love me, but no matter how hard I try to love someone else, to forget my feelings towards her and act like if we are nothing but friends... I can't do it. I just love her too much." He heard the high voice of his blue friend as he suddenly floated next to him. " you lllllllllllike her" Natsu growled. "Yes I love Lucy. So what? Its not like it will ever be mutual." Happy went silent. After a moment, he started speaking again. "Then just be the best friend you can be. If she doesn't love you back, that doesn't mean that you should just leave her. You should stay friends with her, at least. And maybe, one day, she'll love you back..." Natsu blinked his eyes "happy, I didn't know you are so smart." The blue exceed made a giggle. "That's because I devoted it to Charle and fish. I only use it to catch fish, and try to impress Charle." Natsu frowned. "That's quite smart from you. I should just try to impress Lucy with everything I got. I'm sure she has forgotten all about icebastard by the time I'm done with her..."

heey:3 I'm going to finally work towards the action parts..

sorry that everything up to now was so longwinded, I'll try to make it

a bit faster. Hope you like this chapter ;3