Hello all! It's been a long time, and I really hated this chapter. I had the hardest time finishing it. I kept putting it off, and putting it off before I finally decided to just get it done with. I'm sorry if it's sloppy, I just wanted this chapter out of the way. Anyway, enjoy!


Natsu groaned, his head pounding with a horrible headache and he felt the need to just throw everything in his system up. Whatever he was lying in felt cool, but it was a very cramped area. He peeked an eye open and groaned, closing his eyes and he felt the nausea getting worse. It was too bright, everything was intensely white and he really didn't like it. He slowly peeked his eye opened and realized he was in a tub. He cursed and sat up, holding his head as he felt nausea hit him once again. How exactly did he make it into a tub? He held the bile back as he looked off the edge of the tub, realizing that he knew exactly where he was after seeing the floor of the bathroom.

Lucy's so going to kill him.

He could barely remember anything about last night, how was he going to even explain how he got in her tub? He groaned and slid back down into the tub, holding his stomach. The toilet was too far away but he really wanted to throw up. He heard the bathroom door creak open and very faint footsteps coming towards him.

"Natsu?"

Her voice was very quiet, scared that if she raised her voice it would harm him. He peeked his head up from where he was and attempted to talk before he coughed. His throat felt hoarse, and he craved water.

"Ya?"

She tiptoed over to him, squatting down at the edge of the tub.

"How're you feeling?"

"Horrible."

She chuckled, and she hold her hand out to him.

"Come on you need to get outta my tub. I think you said something about doing a thing today."

Natsu grabbed her hand and he stared at her before slowing getting out of the tub.

"I have something today? What's today?"

"It's Saturday."

He thinks about it for a minute before he suddenly realizes what it was.

"Oh fuck! I have a tournament today!"

Lucy felt the sudden urge to slap her forehead. This idiot in her tub made her want to just strangle him.

"Why did you drink last night then?"

Natsu just grins at her, rubbing the back of his neck.

"She issued a challenge, there's no way I coulda said no."

Lucy just sighs, shaking her head at how ridiculous the boy in front of her was. Ridiculous, immature and very irresponsible. She helped him out of the tub, laughing to herself when she saw his face go pale white.

"I really wanna puke right now."

"Well you are hungover."

"No I mean it Lucy, I think I'm going to puke."

Before Lucy could open her mouth to respond, Natsu jolted over to the toilet and heaved whatever was in his stomach. He leaned over her toilet for a few more minutes before he stood up, wiping his mouth with his arm. He still felt nauseous, and he really wanted to lie down and not move at all. But he couldn't do that, not when he had his tournament today.

"Lucy." He drawled her name out, whining as he turned his head to the door to try to see her but she had disappeared. She probably left when he started puking. Not a pretty sight.

Lucy appeared a few moments later with a small glass of water and new clothes on.

"Come on, we need to figure out how to get you better."

Groaning, Natsu took the glass of water and sipped some of him, thankful that his throat didn't feel as gross thanks to the coolness of the water. He slowly stood up, his head throbbing and he felt a little dizzy. He shook his head, walking out after Lucy.

"Where's my bag?"

Lucy looked back at Natsu, confusion in her chocolate brown eyes. She looked around her small apartment, trying to spot the red bag Natsu always brought to her place. She found it just towards the entrance to her apartment, and she opened it to find some clothes for him to wear. After a few moments, she came back and tossed the black gym shorts and red tank top to him.

"Here, you smell and we don't want people seeing you wearing the same thing from yesterday."

Natsu made a face at her, taking the clothes as he started stripping off his old ones. Before he could take his shirt off, he heard Lucy screech and she shoved him back to the bathroom.

"Have the decency to use the bathroom at least!"

It didn't take Natsu long to change, and he and Lucy left to find someone who would help with Natsu's dilemma. It took them forever, since Natsu would need to stop every so often to stop the nausea to go away. They eventually reached Gray's room, but when Natsu slammed through the door they found Gray passed out on his floor. As they left Gray's place, Lucy smacked Natsu on the head and told him he had to fix Gray's door after his tournament.

Lucy, who hadn't eaten anything yet, suggested that they go to the café to try and get some food into Natsu. When they got there, they found Levy was there. After Lucy had ordered her croissant, Levy suggested that Natsu try her homemade hangover cure soup. She called it Seonjiguk*, and when she brought it out to Natsu he just stared at it for a few seconds before trying a few bites. After a few seconds, he rushed to the bathroom to empty his stomach. Lucy turned to Levy, who just shrugged. She said something about it being ox blood. Natsu came back, his face pale as he slowly walked out.

"Levy, that texture... and the smell... it made it worse."

Lucy grabbed her croissant from the counter top and rushed after Natsu, waving her hand to Levy.

"Thanks anyway Lev!"

Levy waves at Lucy as she leaves, snickering as she takes the soup that Natsu didn't finish away. Meanwhile, Natsu was walking towards Fairy Tail. He figured that maybe Mira would have a solution for his growing problem. Lucy eventually caught up to him, chatting about how he should have tried to finish the soup as she ate her croissant. Natsu just groaned, complaining that the smell just wanted him to puke even more. They finally reached Fairy Tail, and Natsu headed straight to Mira. After complaining to her about his hangover, she beamed brightly and ducked away to make him something. Lucy sat down next to Natsu just as Mira slid a drink in front of Natsu.

"It's called a Bloody Mary! I give it to some customers who are getting over a hangover. I tweak it a little, but it should work just fine for you."

She smiled at him, watching as Natsu took a cautious sip. After making a weird face, he took another sip before drinking the whole thing.

"You know, this wasn't as bad as the other thing I had to try earlier. It still tastes really gross."

Natsu wipes his mouth, pushing the glass back to Mira with the celery stick still in it. Mira smiled, and Lucy stared at her. She knew what was in that drink, and she was hoping it wouldn't do anything worse to Natsu. Before Lucy could open her mouth, she felt someone drape their arm over her shoulder and the horrible smell of booze drifted to her nose. Wrinkling her nose, she turned her head and realized it was Cana.

"Cana? What are you even doing here? You smell like you haven't left since last night."

Grinning, Cana took a swig from her bottle and nodded.

"You got that right! The party doesn't stop till I stop. And that won't be any time soon."

Lucy groaned, and she shoved Cana off of her. Cana slid right over to Natsu, still grinning as she handed him a small flask.

"So I heard you were hungover. Don't listen to anyone else, I'm the only one who knows how to cure a proper hangover. Just drink this down, and you'll be good to go."

Natsu, who felt even dizzier than he had earlier this morning, took the flask and shoved it into his pocket. He grabbed his cellphone, checking the time and he cursed.

"Shit, Lucy I need to get to my tournament!"

Lucy's eyes went wide, and she hopped off the stool and started walking off before turning back and slapping a few bills down to pay for Natsu's drink.

"Thank you Mira!"

Lucy grabbed Natsu from Cana's clutch, noticing that he was caught a little off guard as he stumbled a little before he started jogging with her.

It didn't take the pair long to get to the school's gym, but during that time Lucy noticed that Natsu was tipsy from Mira's version of a Bloody Mary. Before Natsu went to change, she grabbed his arm and he stumbled.

"Wha' is it Luce?"

She sighed, straighten him up before she took a few steps back.

"Natsu, can you do 5 jumping jacks for me with your eyes closed?"

"Well duh."

He closed his eyes, and did 5 very sloppy jumping jacks. Lucy cursed under her breath, running a hand through her hair as she smiled at him and patted his shoulder.

"Good luck Natsu."

Natsu tilted his head before shrugging. He quickly turned on his heel and headed towards the guy's locker room to change his clothes. Lucy would watch in agony as he would stumble every so often. 'He's not going to be able to play in the tournament at all if he keeps that up.'

While Natsu was changing, he found the flask that Cana had given him. He stared at it for a few seconds before popping the lid off and chugged the whole thing down. He shook his head, the bitterness of what tasted like alcohol and tea mixed together settled in his mouth made him mouth dry. He quickly changed his clothes, stumbling to the gym with his clothes and gear on.

Lucy found a seat for herself up at the top of the bleachers to watch the tournament. She easily spotted Natsu's hair sticking out from his headgear, and she groaned when she noticed he was swaying in place. And it didn't look like the kind that would be to pump himself up for a fight. After a few announcements, she noticed Natsu and another man head to a small corner in the gym. Lucy watched as they shook hands, and the two moved away from each other. Natsu stumbled around every so often, everything he did looked extremely sloppy, but anytime the other man went in Natsu was somehow able to dodge it.

Lucy scooted to the edge of her seat, watching as Natsu easily dodged a roundhouse to the face by slumping back and slouching. Every advance that his opponent made, Natsu flawlessly dodged it. Lucy knew for sure that it was all because of that stupid alcohol that was in his system again. Natsu took a staggering step into the man's stance by hitting his right leg then taking a rising knee to the man's stomach as he quickly flowed to a roundhouse kick to his face. Natsu, being the clumsy drunk, missed his opponents face and just ended up spinning back into his stance. He had landed the rising knee to the stomach, but the man still wasn't down. Natsu noticed that the man decided to go in with a roundhouse kick, and Natsu easily knocked it away. It left Natsu open and the man went for a tackle, but Natsu easily stood his ground, taking the man's head into his arms as he pulled him into a guillotine hold. Natsu quickly rolls onto the ground, locking the man in his arms before he feels a tap on his shoulder to let go. Natsu released his tight hold on the man, listening as he coughed loudly and rubbed his neck. Natsu stood up, swaying slightly but he shook hands with his opponent. Lucy sighed from her seat, relaxing slightly as she watched Natsu leave the mat.

Apparently though, Natsu had to go through more opponents. And every single time, it started with a horrible mess of him swaying and dodging before they ended up on the ground and Natsu pulling each person into a different choke each time. A few hours later, and Natsu appeared to be the winner of the tournament. Lucy smiled, quickly heading down to where he was standing with his trophy. He had this stupid grin on his face, but he looked more worn than he did earlier this morning.

"Congrats you idiot. You won."

"I don't feel like I won. I think I'm going to puke again."

Lucy quickly ushered him to the entrance of the men's locker room, and she waited patiently outside. After a while, he came out with his street clothes on and his face looks pale.

"Come on champ, let's get you back to your dorm room."

Groaning, Natsu followers her back to his room. Every so often, he would stop them from walking and complained about how his stomach hurt. And each time Lucy would laugh and say that it was his fault, and that he shouldn't have taken anything that Cana would give him. After a while the two finally make it back to his dorm room, and Lucy finds that it's absolutely filthy. She tells Natsu to change his clothes, take a few aspirins that she gives him and to drink some more water. He listens to her, too tired and hungover again to care about anymore remedies. He just wanted to sleep. After changing his clothes and taking the medicine and water, he falls face first onto his bed. He's forgotten that Lucy was still there, and he falls asleep within a few minutes. Sighing, Lucy looks around his dorm room and decides to clean it up. She couldn't' believe that Happy lived in this kind of mess as well. It doesn't take her too long to do his laundry and fold everything. She quickly finished up, and she heads back to her apartment exhausted from the day's events.

The next morning, Natsu wakes up with only a slight headache and a clean room. He stares at his room with wide eyes, and he sniffs smelling the faint smell of vanilla and coconut. He smiled, laying back down as he thought of the cleaning fairy that made his room a proper room again.


*Seonjiguk is a Korean hangover cure soup. I actually think it's really great! While I was in Korea, I had this after getting a bad hangover with a friend. It smells pungent, but it tastes really good! Anyway, I'm thinking I'll have the next chapter up in the next few days. I finally have the umph to complete the next chapter. Thanks to everyone who reviewed, Favorited, or followed it! 'Till next time!