Chapter 13 is up! I think I did a pretty good job on this one. And it has 2349 words not including A/N! That's practically twice as much as the usual since it's usually only 1500 words! And who says 13 is an unlucky number?
WARNING: THIS CHAPTER CONTAINS SPOILERS. IF YOU DO NT READ THE MANGA, THEN YOU MIGHT NOT BE FAMILIAR WITH SOME CHARACTERS IN THIS CHAPTER. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
Well, on with the story!
The entire team finally got back from their mission and was back at the guild by nightfall. Lucy immediately went back home, since it had been a long a tiring journey home, after all. And, after fighting with a lot of other guys for a while, Natsu had decided to follow her. Once the couple were out of the guild, everyone then started surrounding their other two team mates.
"Well, what happened?" Levy asked.
"Did you get a straight answer from them?" Cana asked.
"Tell us everything that happened." Mira told them, leaning closer to the expectantly. The two exchanged uncomfortable glance before sighing.
"Well, we were only able to talk to them on the train, but they didn't say much." Gray told them. Before they got back, he and Erza had a long debate on what to tell everyone in the guild. And they had eventually decided to only tell them about the train incident, excluding the part where Erza ran off, of course. And to make sure that they stick with the plan, Erza had even threatened Gray's life by pointing a sword at his throat. It earned them a few confused glances from their other two team mates, but they decided to ignore it, thinking that Gray had just said something that angered the Titania. Luckily, Gray managed to escape without a scratch by calming her down and at the same time forcing a smile.
"Natsu was completely useless, he didn't tell us anything at all." Erza shook her head in disappointment.
"And Lucy just kept saying stuff like 'it was an accident' and 'I never wanted this to happen'." Gray added, leaving the others in complete and utter confusion.
"It was an accident . . ?" Lisanna repeated.
"Eh? What was?" Mira asked.
"Oh man, those two are like Sudoku puzzles! They're way to figure out and they make my head hurt!" Cana complained.
"Didn't think you'd be the type do crossword puzzles . . ." Gray muttered.
"Shut up, Gray!" Cana felt a vein pop on her head.
"Anyway, is that all they said to you?" Mira asked.
"Yep, pretty much." Gray answered.
"But they told you that while you were on the train right? You mean, you talked to them about it when you guys were on your way to that town?" Mira asked.
"Yep." Gray nodded.
"Well, didn't you guys talk to them after that?" Mira asked, and this made the two of them freeze. "For example, after finishing the job, didn't you ask them when you guys were at the hotel or heading home or something?"
The two of them started sweating bullets. What in the world were they supposed to tell these guys?
" . . uh . . . well, you see . . ." Erza trailed off.
"We never really got the chance to talk to them after the train ride." Gray said, covering up for them.
"Eh? Really?" Mira sighed as she wet back to the bar. The others soon followed her suite and going back to what they were previously doing and minded their own business, to Erza and Gray's relief. They sighed ad sat down at the bar near Mira.
"Well it's too bad that you didn't get much . . ." Mira sighed handing the their drinks. "Well then, did anything interesting happen?"
Gray and Erza immediately spit out their drinks. Gray continued to choke as Erza blushed furiously and sputtered out nonsense. Mira just cocked an eyebrow at them.
"Wh-what are you t-talking about . . ? I-I wonder . . ." Erza stuttered, beat red.
"O-of course not, Mira! N-nothing happened last night!" Gray laughed nervously.
"Eh?" she asked.
"I-I have to go home now!" Erza yelled, catching the attention of others. "I-I just remembered! I have . . . things to do!"
"O-ok . . ." Mira nodded, and in a flash, she was gone, leaving cloud of dust behind her.
"What the hell just happened?" Cana asked. All eyes turned to Gray.
"Wh-what?" he asked nervously.
"Gray . . . did anything happen last night . . ?" Mira asked. Upon remembering the events that had occurred the previous night, Gray's face turned into a darker shade of red.
'But if I tell them, Erza would definitely kill me!' he thought.
"N-nothing! Nothing happened last night! Of course not! Wh-why in the world would you think such things? Don't be ridiculous, Mira!" Gray laughed nervously.
"I-I didn't say anything though." Mira, along with the rest of the guild, sweat dropped at the young man's actions. Gray immediately stopped talking for a while as he thought of a way to get out of this situation.
"A-anyway . . . I-I just remembered! I-I have to help Erza do . . . those things she has to do!" he said, and before any of them could protest, he immediately ran out of the guild. They just stared blankly at the doors where the raven-haired mage had run out of.
" . . . I wonder what happened." Lisanna said, breaking the silence. The others agreed, also starting to wonder and worry about their friends. But they simply decided to forget about it, thinking it was nothing.
The next day . . .
Things were back to normal at the guild. Although most of team Natsu was missing. Natsu had one out fishing with Happy, so that was understandable. But no one had any idea where the Titania or the ice mage were. Well, they were probably at their homes. But they still thought it to be strange that they hadn't come to the guild.
So, as of now, Lucy was the only member of team Natsu that was present at the guild today. She was currently chatting with the white-haired bar maid as the older woman cleaned the already spotless mug.
"So . . . Lucy, did anything happen while you were on your last job?"
"Eh? Well, nothing much happened. Why do you ask?"
"Well . . ." Mira sighed. "Erza and Gray had been acting really weird lately."
Lucy immediately recalled what had happened the day before and mentally slapped herself for forgetting something so important.
"Mira." Lucy said. "Gray and Erza are secretly dating."
There was a silence in the guild. She had said it rather loudly, so the whole guild probably heard her. And she said it rather straight-forwardly, if I might add. Cups, mugs, barrels and every other thing anyone in the guild was holding dropped to the floor and so did their jaws.
"Wh-what . . ?" Mira asked.
"Yeah! I just figured it out yesterday!" Lucy explained.
"NOO~! GRAY-SAMA~! WHY?" Juvia cried, flooding the whole guild.
"W-wait a minute! Lucy! How can you be so sure?" Cana asked.
"Yeah, I mean think about it!" the blonde said, and she soon convinced them with the same words she used to convince Natsu. They were especially shocked when they found out how the two acted the previous day while they were on their way home.
"You see what I mean?" Lucy said. And instead of responding, Mira fainted.
"Y-yeah! You could actually be right about this!" Lisanna nodded, still in disbelief.
"Now that I think about it . . . those two have been close ever since they were kids, right?" Macao said.
"Yeah, and I remember that I predicted Gray's future and said that it'll be his lucky day! So it meant that it was the day that he'd meet the person who's destined for him!" Cana added.
"Oh my God . . ."
"No way!"
"That can actually be possible . . ."
"I can't believe it!"
"Gray! You are a true man!"
"This calls for a drink!"
"Heh, never thought Gray would be the type to go for that kind of girl."
"I-I feel happy for them!"
Meanwhile, the master was crying.
"I can't believe it . . . First Natsu and now Erza and Gray . . ." he then started sobbing openly. "My little brats are growing up!"
"Oi! Calm down, old geezer!" Laxus yelled.
"Hey!" the guild doors were then slammed open to reveal the Crime Sorciere mages; Jellal, Ultear and Meredy.
"'Sup!" Ultear greeted.
"It's been a while!" Meredy smiled.
"Hello there." Jellal bowed.
"Eh? Crime Sorciere?" Bisca said.
"What are you guys doing here?" Alzack asked.
"Well, we were around so we decided to stop by." Ultear shrugged.
"It's nice to see everyone again!" Meredy said.
"So . . ." Jellal trailed off. "Is Erza around?"
There was a silence.
"Eh? What's wrong?" Jellal asked. And no one had the guts to answer him. No one but Elfman that is.
"Man! Erza is with his manly boyfriend!" he cried. Everyone looked at him in disbelief. Meanwhile the three visitors just stood there in shock. Ultear and Jellal's eyes were wide open and their jaws were open, Meredy's eyes were wide but she had a hand covering her mount, and she also stole a glance at Jellal.
"P-pardon?" Ultear said.
"E-Erza . . . she's going out with G-Gray . . ." Lucy said.
There was another silence.
"OH MY GOD!" Ultear and Meredy shrieked as Jellal started sulking at a corner.
"It's true! They probably even did it!" Lisanna said, making Ultear and Meredy blush furiously and Jellal visibly trembled.
"W-wait, are you serious?" Ultear asked.
"G-Gray and Erza . . ." Meredy muttered then ooked pitifully at Jellal. Then her eyes wandered off around the guild until it landed on Juvia who was sobbing.
"Why? Gray-sama~! WHY?" Juvia cried as tears streamed down her cheeks. "Why did it have to be Erza-san!"
"Cheer up, Juvia-chan!" Meredy comforted her.
"B-But . . . Juvia had finally thought that Juvia could finally have Gray-sama all to herself! And Juvia's no match for Erza-san!"
"Don't worry, Juvia-chan! You'll find someone much better!" Meredy reassured her.
'Why isn't she comforting me too?' Jellal wondered as he continued to sulk.
Ultear listened to Lucy's explanation and soon started to believe it like everyone else.
"Wait a minute!" Mira cried, finally waking up. "D-does this mean that Erza never really liked Jellal? She only had her eyes on Gray?"
There was a silence.
"Well, now that I think about it . . . Jellal!" Ultear called after the fugitive who immediately stopped sulking, regained his composure, and faced the woman.
"Yes?"
"Didn't you tell Erza before that you were already engaged to someone?" she asked, and Jellal could only nod. Meredy realized where she was going and snapped her fingers.
"Oh, that's right!" Meredy said. "Maybe Erza had actually believed Jellal!"
"Yeah!" Ultear nodded. "It could be that Erza was in love with Jellal at first, but after hearing that he already had a fiancé, maybe she decided to move on."
"Oh, well that makes sense." Meredy nodded. "And maybe she thought that the best way to move on was to get a boyfriend!"
"That may actually be the case!" Lucy nodded.
"Heh, well it looks like you ruined your chance with her by lying, huh Jellal?" Ultear smirked, but it was immediately wiped out of her face as she saw Jellal's current state; he was in a defeated slump surrounded by a very depressing aura, and all color started to get drained from his body.
"It . . . it's all my fault . . ." he sulked. "What . . . have I done?"
"J-Jellal!" Meredy and Ultear cried and ran to the mage's aid.
"GRAY-SAMA~!" Juvia cried as the whole guild started to flood.
"Oi, Juvia! Calm down!" Max cried as he started to drown.
"Erza and Gray . . ." Mira muttered before she snapped her fingers. "That's it!"
"Mira-nee?" Lisanna looked at her sister, confused.
"I've got it, Lisanna!" Mira beamed. "At their wedding, we can have ice sculptures that are formed as weapons for the decorations!"
"That's what she was worried about!" Macao and Wakaba asked in shock.
"Still, it sure is unexpected, Lu-chan." Levy commented.
"I know, right? Natsu and I were pretty shocked at first, too."
"But . . . it makes you wonder; why would Gray go after someone like Erza?" Levy asked. Lucy was taken aback at the sudden question, and she didn't really know how to answer.
"Love works in mysterious ways, I guess . . ."
"Oh."
Silence.
Then Lucy suddenly gasped. "Wait a minute . . . could it be . . ?"
"What? What is it, Lu-chan?" Levy asked, curiously.
"Could it be that Gray is . . . a masochist?" the bookworm gasped, her eyes widening.
"N-no way!"
"Y-yeah, I knew that Gray was a bit weird. But to think . . ."
"So then, that means . . ." Levy thought for a moment. "Every time that Erza was punishing him and scolding him, he was . . ."
Lucy suddenly remembered that Erza had pointed a sword at the ice mage yesterday and yet he still managed to smile at her.
'No way . . . you were that sort of person all along Gray?' she thought.
" . . um . . . Lucy-san? Levy-san?" a voice piped up and they turned to see the innocent little Wendy, standing there looking unsure.
"What's a masochist?" she asked, making the two older women freeze. "And what do you guys mean when you said that Erza-san and Gray-san did it? What did they do?"
"W-Wendy! I-I . . ." Lucy trailed off. Oh, what had she done? She let such a little girl hear things that she isn't supposed to know.
"W-we'll tell you when you're older!" Levy said covering up for her. The sky dragon slayer tilted her head in confusion.
"Jellal! Get a hold of yourself!"
"Don't worry! Everything's going to be alright!"
"But . . . Erza . . ."
"Juvia is heart broken! Gray-sama~!"
"Oi! Stop! Juvia, you'll flood the whole guild!"
"And then, Erza should wear a dark blue dress for their wedding! Oh, and maybe we should get Gray to wear an armor!"
"Mira-nee . . ."
"But I really want to know~!"
"Wendy! Please, don't be s curious!"
"Yeah, we'll tell you when you're older!"
"But-"
"WHEN YOU'RE OLDER!"
Yep, today is just another day with the typical nosy idiots of Fairy Tail.
Well, I hope yo guys enjoyed this chapter!
The next one will probably be posted in Monday. So please bear with me and be patient.
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