Well here is the next chapter. Man, making one chapter a day is really tiring. Well like I said on the last chapter I made this better (I hope) and longer. Now please enjoy this America endured hallucination chapter.

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Chapter 14: Confused

'That idiot! After doing that he decides to avoid me! I'll wring his neck!...Maybe I should see a professional.' Lucy thought as she walked towards the guild.

"Oi, Lucy!" The blond turned around to see Gray jog up to her, shockingly enough in clothes.

"Oi, Gray." She said back as the ice-make mage caught up.

"Today is weird. The sky is dark, even though it's summer." Gray said out of nowhere.

"I know. I thought it would sunny. Maybe we could get Juvia to get rid of the clouds." Lucy said.

"So what'cha thinking about? You looked ready to beat something as hard as Erza does." Gray said as they continued walking.

"Oh. Well, you see..."

Flashback

"Okay, Natsu. Since we have one minute before you're free from being my servent, I have one last demand." Lucy said as she and Natsu looked out at the ocean from the room they, and some of the others, shared. "I want you to kiss me." Natsu turned his head quickly towards her in shock. "Hahahaha! You're face!" She yelled as she continued laughing.

"Wh-what!?" That's when they heard the clock give a small ding, saying that it was now midnight.

"I was just kidding." Lucy said after calling down a little bit. "But damn. I wasted a demand. I should have-" She was stopped when she felt a pair of lips connect with her cheek for a moment before leaving. She went wide eyed and looked at Natsu. "It's past midnight, you didn't have to do it..." She said with a small blush.

"But that's why I did it." Natsu said, making her blush grow. "Now let's get some sleep." He said before going to his own little bed.

Flashback End

"And the jackass as been avoiding me since then." Lucy said as she finished. She turned and saw Gray with wide eyes.

"Wait...wasn't that three days ago?" Gray asked as they got to the guild.

"Exactly! He's been avoiding me that long!" She exclaimed. When they got inside the guild they were shocked to see ribbons all over it. "What's going on?"

"Oh good. You two are finally here." Mirajane said as she walked up to them. "This is the next round." She said as she walked to the stage with the other two right behind her. "Now can I have everyone's attention please!" All eyes were on the ten people not he stage.

"Psst. Natsu. Oi, Natsu!" Lucy whispered to the person next to her. Natsu just looked like he didn't hear and looked forwards. "I know you here me dumbass."

"For this round the victims-" Everyone gave her a shocked look. "I mean the competitors will first have to pair up, but they can decide who they want."

"Now let's go in order." Erza said as she started at the end where Lucy was. "Now who do you want as your partner?" She asked with a clipboard in hand. 'She'll probably choose either Levy or Wendy.'

"Natsu Dragneel!" She declared. Now everyone gave her a surprised look.

"Very well." Erza then went on to ask the others.

"Now you can't escape me." She said looking at a sweating Natsu. "Oi, is something wrong?"

"N-no! Why would there be anything wrong!?" Natsu answered back. Lucy was about to say something else, but was cut off.

"So the teams are Natsu and Lucy, Gray and Juvia, Gajeel and Levy, and lastly, Romeo and Wendy." Mirajane said with a big smile on her face. On the inside she was squealing like crazy. "So this round is going to be special. The first pair to win gets two points, the second pair gets one point and the last two get no points."

'So we can get a lead.' They all thought.

"This round the teams have to find a ribbon depending on the color they are assigned and then have to ring the bell with their names on it." She said as Erza put four big bells onto the pillars.

"Oi, Happy. Can I talk to you for a second?" Lucy said, looking at the small, blue cat.

"Shouldn't you be getting ready with Natsu?" He asked.

"Mira-san gave us a few minutes before we start." The blond said.

"Oh. Okay. What did you want to talk about?" Happy said as he happily munched on a fish.

"Well...Has Natsu said anything strange to you lately?" Lucy asked as she took a seat.

"Hm~~~ Yeah. Sometimes he says that his chest hurts randomly. He's also been more quiet." The exceed said.

"I wonder what it could be...?"

"Maybe it's because of the girl he likes." Happy said, getting the blond's attention. "He said that his relation with her as progressed, just not using that word."

"Do you know who it is?" Lucy asked, suddenly feeling a pang in her chest, but she just ignored it.

"No. But he keeps saying how great she is and how pretty she is." Lucy felt some anger suddenly grow in her, but also sadness.

"Okay! Times up!" Mirajane said from the stage.

"Thanks, Happy. I'll get you a fish after this." Lucy said as she walked towards the bell she was assigned.

"Okay, let's start! The color you have to look for is on top of your bell, but the ribbon has to have both names in them! Now, ready! Set! Go!" The teams started going through the ribbons with the whole guild watching them from the moved tables.

"So, Natsu. Happy tells me that you like some girl." Lucy said as she looked at another ribbon.

"Um...Yeah." He said after a few seconds of being quiet.

"Is she pretty?"

"Yeah."

"Is she smart?"

"Yeah."

"Is she strong?"

"Yeah. She's really strong." He said as he picked up another ribbon. Lucy stopped for a moment before going back to looking.

"Does she like you back?" She asked with some sadness in her voice.

"I don't know. Whenever I build up the nerve to ask her out I always ended up saying something stupid or just plain chicken out." He said with a sigh.

"...Well...I hope when you ask her out she turns out to be a great person." Lucy said with a sad smile on her face.

"Well I already know that she's a great person." Natsu said, making Lucy sadder. Sher quickly replaced it though.

"Well if she ever does anything to hurt you, you can just tell me. I'll set her straight." Lucy said with a more cherry voice. She heard Natsu try not to laugh.

"That would be funny to see." He said, getting a questioning look. "Damn! I can't find one with out names on them!" He exclaimed as he sat back on his hands.

"Hm...There has to be something to help us find it." She then looked at the other teams and saw that they were also still looking. She then looked around the guild and noticed something. "Oi, Natsu. Can you help me with something?" She asked as she stood up.

"Huh? Like what?" He said, also getting up.

"Can you lift me up for a moment?" She got a questioning look, but Natsu still went over and picked her up. He put her on top of his shoulders and after a few seconds he felt her legs were gone. He looked up to see that she was climbing the bell that was designated to them.

"What is she doing?" The whol guild and the other teams looked at the blond like she was crazy. When she reached the top she got the colored item from the top and they all saw that it was a ribbon. "She found it! Nice going, Luce!" Natsu yelled as the others were shocked at this. Soon, the other teams got up and went towards their bells to do the same.

"Now all I need to do is get down and ring the bell." Lucy said to herself as she started to go down. There was a loud clap of thunder and she lost her balance. She went wide eyed as she started to fall from the huge bell. "Kyaaaaa!" As she headed for the floor she could hear some of the guild members yelling something. As she thought she would hit the ground she was shocked to feel herself fall onto something hard, yet soft. She opened her eyes to see that she was on top of Natsu.

"You okay, Luce? Are you hurt?" Natsu asked from under her. She quickly got off and apologized. "There's nothing to he sorry about. Now what do you say we win this round?" He asked as they both stood up.

"Uh...Yeah...Sure." The two walked up to the bell and grabbed the rope. The both swung it and a loud chime came out of it. That's when they heard a second ring and turned to see Gray and Juvia with victorious smiles on their faces.

"We have our winners!" Mirajane said. Just as the others were about to start cheering, all the lights went out.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

END CHAPTER

Okay, so I know it might have seemed like an odd chapter, but I'm running out of ideas here people! I'm so sorry for that. I hope you still enjoyed it though. Until tomarrow, sayonara mina-san!