Chapter 2

As Natsu and Miranda arrived in Blue Pegasus, everyone seemed to be tensed. It wasn't Natsu's presence that made everyone tensed but rather the girl he came with. As they see the girl walk in with high pride and glamour, they knew the night would turn out bad.

"Why is she here?" Erza asked quickly the moment she was able to pull Natsu away from the chestnut haired girl, "I hate her and I don't want her here."

"Okay relax Erza…Don't be harsh, I didn't mean bring her here she just wants to tag along-"

"Well I don't want her to tag along. So make her go home."

"Now easy there…" Natsu wraps his arm to Erza's shoulder as he turned the scarlet haired beauty and walked back to the group, "She'll be home soon, okay."

"If you won't do it, I'll do it." Erza the shrugs off the arms of Natsu as she walks fast towards the curly haired girl

"Erza wait!" Natsu called but then the scarlet haired woman didn't stop and just ignored him.

As the group sees Natsu in the middle of the room, they approached the young heir and looked at the same the direction the man was looking at.

"Okay, what are we looking at?" Gray asked as he stood next to the pinkette

"I thought your not coming?" Jellal asked as he kept his gaze to the direction Natsu is looking at

"I was planning not to come but then Miranda showed up and I thought that would stop her from tagging along. But then I was wrong…" Natsu said without looking at the two males next to him

"Oh, so Erza now is the middle of dragging the woman out of the bar?" Gray assumed as he looked at hot women passing along them

"Yep…anytime soon we are going to hear some screams…" Natsu then turns his back and heads towards the large couch that was placed inside the private room they reserved.

The three males sat down as they held their drinks in their hand. They waited for the screams to come and soon enough it did.

"Ahhhhhhhhhh!"

A chestnut haired woman started coming in view to the three males. She appeared to have a muddled hair, cluttered clothes and a scowling face.

"Natsu we are going home, now!" Miranda shouted as she stood before the man she called out, "I can't believe I even allowed you to come to this cheap get together!"

"Miranda what happened to you?" Natsu inquired but showed no much concern as he kept himself seated in the couch

"Erza happened! Now come on, lets go home!" Miranda stumped her foot to show how irritated she was but then her fiancé showed no care

"Bring this shit out of this bar, now!" Erza shouted as she finally showed up to her friends.

"Erza calm down…" Jellal said as he stood up and walked towards the scarlet haired woman

"I'll calm down if that bitch is nowhere seen here!" Erza began to move forward, trying to grab a hand full of hair of Miranda but then Jellal stopped her before his girlfriend even did more damages.

"Ahh! Get her hands off me!" Miranda shouted as she moved away from the scarlet haired woman. She ran up to Natsu and pulled his arms up to walk away long with her, "Lets go home!"

As Natsu tagged along with the woman, they walked passed the blued haired man, "make her go home please…" Jellal whispered. In response, Natsu nodded and disappeared in the crowd.

As Natsu and Miranda walked out of the bar, the two stopped a meter away from the entrance. Natsu glanced at his back and saw that people were looking at them. When he looked back at the people who stared at them, they all quickly looked away and pretended that nothing is going to happen.

"Miranda, I think its time to go home." Natsu said as he looked back at the irritated woman in front of him

"Yes I think it is time, now let's go home." Miranda then pulled Natsu as she walked towards the car that was waiting in the side. But before the two could walk away further from the bar, Natsu pulled his arms away and stood still, "No, your going home alone. I'm staying."

Miranda somehow was taken aback but she didn't want to show because she was a woman full of pride, "What? You can't hang out with those cheap people. You're going home with me!" She said loud enough to catch other people's attention

"You're not my mother and who are you to tell my friends are cheap. The way your acting is cheap." Natsu goes ballistic after hearing his friends being demeaned by his mean fiancée, "You know what go home. I need to relax so I'm staying with my friends."

"You can relax with me!" Miranda answered back trying to convince the young heir to come home

"No, I can't relax with you 'cause you stress me out, okay? Now just go home." Natsu began to turn and walk away but then he stopped when Miranda asked him with an irritated voice, "Did you just call me your stress?" The pink haired heir couldn't help himself to pull on a sour face as he realized he has stepped over board but then he thought about his friends being insulted by the woman who he called his stress.

"Okay, fine Miranda, you want to hear me say it to you, yes! You are my stress! Now just go home!" and without hesitation Natsu turned his back once more to his fiancée and left her alone in the street. He was about to enter the bar as if nothing happened outside when Miranda shouted back again, "You know Ojiichan will know about this!"

"I don't care!" Natsu shouted back before fully entering the bar again

"AHHHHH!" Miranda stumped her foot before turning and called out to the driver, "Dicho! Lets go!" In a swiftly move, the called man ran up and opened the door of the vehicle for the woman. Within a minute, the street was silent again.

"And there is the single man!" Gray exclaimed as soon as Natsu appeared before the group. Everyone laughed at Gray's remark even the man being teased, "Shut up ice princess, how I wish I am" Natsu took a beer from the bucket and sat in the empty couch chair.

"Well you can by telling your grandfather that you don't love Miranda" Erza countered as she sat up straight to see Natsu, "Yeah, as if it works like that Erza. Love is not their concern for fixed marriages"

"Well, just don't marry her. You deserve someone better" Erza then stood and placed her lady's drink to the center table, "Which leads me to introducing to you, one of my new friends, Alyssa." As Erza disappeared in the crowd for a few minutes, the boys raised their eyebrows and looked at the boyfriend of the red haired girl.

"I haven't met her yet so don't ask, I don't know who Alyssa is." Jellal countered quickly as soon as he realized he got the eyes of his friends.

"Natsu!" Erza called, she stood in front of the man along with a tall brown haired woman, "Meet Alyssa Taiko, she's my friend from France. She is a model and she is into paintings! Isn't it amazing?!" Erza slightly pushes the model towards Natsu who stood up quickly to avoid embarrassing the woman.

"Hi, I'm Natsu…" He shook hands with the model who seemed to be pleased and blushing, "Can I talk to Erza for a minute?" As soon as the French model agreed, the two stepped aside and huddled to themselves.

"What are you doing?" Natsu said with an intonation of curious and irritation which the scarlet haired woman ignored, "I'm making you meet someone new."

"Which you don't usually do…so why are you doing it?" Natsu stood up straight as he tried to show Erza that he is not fond of what she is doing, "Oh come on, let me practice some of my matchmaker powers…and you know to brush off Miranda in your body right now"

"That excuse I'd take but matchmaker? Really?"

"Fine"

Erza, being teased-defeated, turns her back to the pink haired heir and heads into the dance floor along with her boyfriend. Knowing his friend, Natsu lets Erza walk away without worrying about hurting her feelings because he knows Erza is not a softy. As soon as he was alone, the French woman began to come in view.

"Hello." The French model greeted in her French accent as she stood perfectly in front of the man, "We haven't introduced ourselves properly. I am Alyssa Taiko, I have a blood of a Japanese and French."

"Ah, that's why you have a Japanese name…you know your last name is an-"

"Yes, I know, something to do with instruments…Isn't it marvelous? Arts and music, just like you and me." Alyssa began to trail her fingers to the buttons of the young heir's dress clothe. Feeling it very weird and uncomfortable, Natsu took her hand and pried it off him as he politely laughed at the woman's weird humor.

"Haha, yes…" Natsu then steps back a bit but Alyssa just keeps on moving forward until Natsu finally hits the table and makes him realize it was a no escape. "You know what, I have learned enough about you…So, let me introduce myself." Natsu then offers his hand for a hand shake, "I'm Natsu Dragneel, I am a part of a well known clan in Magnolia and I have a fiancée."

"A what?"

"Yeah, a fiancée…I'm engaged, and I'm not really into having mistresses…And I don't think you want to be one."

"Hell not!" Alyssa suddenly pushes Natsu off and turns her back to the man. Soon enough the French model disappeared in the dancing crowd.

Alyssa walked up to the dancing Erza and whispered to her ears, "I can't believe you are trying to hook me up to a happy engaged man!"

"What?! No!" Erza turns to face Alyssa but then the woman didn't stop by to listen. Instead, the model just continued to walk away and disappear within the crowd. As soon as Erza couldn't find her French friend, she walked back to their room and searched for Natsu. Arriving in their spot, she saw the man was in the couch chair drinking his beer, relaxed.

"What did you say to Alyssa?!"

Natsu sat up straight as he took a swig of his beer, but quickly lowers it when the red haired woman crossed her arms. "Do you mind explaining yourself?"

"Oh come on Erza, I just said I was engaged…" Natsu countered as he tries to ignore the pissed look Erza had, "and he said about not interested in having a mistress and that Alyssa is not those kind of woman…" Gray added carelessly as he watched his friends have a confrontational discussion

"Shut up Ice butt!" Natsu insulted but was scolded quickly when Erza snapped her fingers to the pinkette, "Shut it! This is the first time I was allowing you to have another woman and now your blowing it off?!"

"I didn't ask you too…"

"What?"

"You know what Erza," Natsu stood up from his seat and grabbed her shoulders and shook it a little which surprised the red haired woman, "I don't need you to find me other women because I won't be interested…I got my eyes on a particular girl."

Erza raised her brows as she patiently waited for the other to continue but Natsu just smiled and sat down back. With that response, she walks up to him and uncrosses her arms, "Let me guess…blonde, brown eyed? Correct?"

Natsu suddenly stood up, stunned, tries to look at Erza's expression but couldn't get a grip on it, "How?"

"Duh! Its still the girl from high school! Get over her, that's so long ago!"

"No! she's a different girl! She has a sweet voice, fun personality-"

"You talked to her?" Erza asked surprised as she cuts him off

"Yes…She was in Levy's exhibit."

"For the food, obviously."

"Nope, she never ate…She just glanced at the paintings, the whole time."

Natsu and Erza stayed still as they tried to read each other's mind but then Erza couldn't decipher what was running in Natsu's idiotic head.

"Isn't she amazing? She loves arts, the way I am inclined to."

"What's her name then?"

"…That, I don't know"

"Uh! Again?!" as a reaction to the astounding discovery Erza turns and shook her head in distress. In a few seconds, she turns back and looks at the sheepish smile Natsu had, "You talked to her but you never got her name? You are definitely an idiot." And with that Erza turns her back and leaves her unsurprised friend

"See I told you so! You're the idiot of all idiots!" Gray remarked as he laughed hard till his guts hurts.

In the streets of Magnolia, two beautiful women strolled by the busy street as they looked for a certain shop near by. It was past seven already when Cana told Lucy that she needed to do something and that she would be needing the blonde's help.

"Okay, where exactly are we going?" Lucy asked as they continued to walk aimlessly in the street. The brunette just chuckled at her friend and ignored the question, "It'll be fun okay so just relax."

"You're not answering my question Cana. What are you up to?"

Before Cana could answer back, the brunette beauty halted quickly which surprised the blonde woman, "We're here!"

Lucy looked at her officemate quizzically who smiled and appeared to be too excited for her liking. She looked around the place and found nothing special about the place. She glanced up and read the name of the store, "Tadichiko's Costume House…what are we doing in a costume shop?" Lucy glanced at her friend who was giddy and jolly about entering the store, "Cana…"

"It'll be fun! Come on!" The brunette began to pull the blonde along as she entered the shop, "Hey Yuri! I will be needing wigs and some casual clothes" Cana greeted the girl once she set foot inside the shop

"Alright! It's left wing" The young girl announced as she leans forward in the counter, "Have fun!" she added before Cana and Lucy disappeared behind the curtains.

As Cana tried to find the left wing, Lucy kept on giving surprised looks to the clothes she was seeing in the store. She was feeling mortified seeing very revealing corsets and costumes as they continue to walk inside the store.

"Alright Cana, stop!" Lucy loudly ordered which made the brunette halt, "What are we doing here?"

"We're looking for wigs and clothes?" Cana hesitantly answered as she sees the irritated look Lucy had in her face, "I know! But for what?"

"Okay, I'll brief you about what we are going to do…" Cana stood up straight and looked directly to Lucy's eyes that were eager to know the reason behind this mystery. "There is this bar I always go to, to have fun. So every time I'm there, I'm always kicked out after my fifteenth (15th) bottle of beer."

"Well who wouldn't?" Lucy commented but then Cana raised her hand to stop her. So Lucy tightened her lips and mimic of zipping her lips, "Let me finish…so, they told me if I started looking like somebody else, maybe they would allow me to stay after my 15th beer. Which they believe is impossible…"

Cana began to smile wickedly as silently jumped in her mind for her great idea, "But I am a smart drunken bitch to think of disguising."

Lucy looked at Cana with an odd expression, as her friend didn't pay much attention to her, "So you're telling me, we're going to this bar wearing a disguise? Did I get you right?"

"Uh-huh…" Cana started bouncing her eye brows as she smiled weirdly and convinced the blonde to agree, "Isn't it exciting?"

"You know what Cana, if you weren't my friend I would have left you here alone with your strange ideas…"

"Ah! Yes, come on! Lets find your perfect wig!" Soon the two continued to walk inside the room and look for wigs.

After almost an hour have passed, the two left the costume house and headed straight to the infamous bar that Cana has been talking about. Not long enough, the two arrived at the entrance of the bar but this was not an ordinary one because Lucy got surprised once she realizes where she was.

"Blue Pegasus?! This place always holds private parties…how are we going to get inside?" Lucy worried as she looked up at the blue neon lights that showed the name of the place

"Oh relax…I am a very sociable person unlike you" Cana mocked but laughed soon along with the blonde, "I just have to find a friend…"

As Cana looked from left to right, Lucy just stayed composed as she tries to fix her fake hair. "How do even people bare to use this kind of stuff?"

"And really Cana? Purple hair? Do people even use that color?"Lucy continued to tease as she fixed her real hair and kept it under her wig, "What? People have blue hair, why not purple?"

Lucy just rolled her eyes to her friend who didn't care about her reaction. As the two waited for someone they might know, a certain blue haired woman began to walk close to the entrance.

"Juvia!" Cana called out and good thing the woman heard her name. The woman called Juvia tried to look at Cana but then she was having a difficult time to recognize the face. As soon as Cana realized she was in a disguise, she approached the woman and introduced herself again, "Juvia, its me, Cana"

"Cana-san? Since when did you have-"

"Oh its just a disguise…" Cana and Juvia then shared a short but sweet laugh, "hey, who's party is this?"

"It's Erza's. She is a daughter of my parent's family friend…"

"Ah, no wonder I don't know. Hey, I just wanted to have fun tonight…I was wondering if you can get me in?" Cana questioned as she felt quite guilty of asking for a favor

"Yeah sure, are you with somebody?"

"Yeah, I brought my officemate…let me just call her" Cana then whistles aloud that catches Lucy's attention. And with that Cana signaled the blonde to come near so that they could enter the bar already.

"Lucy this is Juvia, my college friend" Cana introduced as soon as Lucy stood next to the brunette, "Hi." Lucy grabs the extended hand of the blunette as they exchanged smiles, "hello I'm Juvia Lockser."

"Oh right Juvia, call me Zondra while her…" Cana looked at the clueless blonde who just looked back at her, "fake names?"

"Call her Sarah."

"Alright, Zondra…Let's party!" And with that Juvia started pulling Cana's wrist as they entered the bar

The three trailed inside as they avoided getting bumped by others. They made excuses and sorry as they went inside deeper. As Juvia led the group, a certain pink haired man became in view and called out to the blunette.

"Juvia." As soon as the man called out to his friend, Natsu suddenly gets a glimpse of a brown eyed woman, which made his heart suddenly race. But his thoughts suddenly shifted when Juvia greeted him back with a hug, "Hey Natsu, good to see you here!"

"Uh-yeah. They are inside." Natsu moved back to show their other friends which Juvia took as a sign to go to their friends. "Natsu-san aren't you coming?" Juvia asked as she looked back at the stunned man

"Uh-yeah…Thought I saw someone familiar"

Juvia just smiled sweetly back to Natsu who was still trying to look for someone. The blunette just shook her head before turning and heads towards her friends.

To be continued…