A/N: Something that happens in the chapter was a last minute decision... I think it might make the story more interesting... Anyways enjoy!
Chapter 9: Ships Ahoy
Luna was still searching for the next Sailor Guardian. With the Dark Kingdom's new tactic she had to find her fast, this led into a conversation with Chico, a mage that controlled the lost spirits of the town.
"I can't believe that almost happened…" sighed Chico, "That would have been terrible."
"What do you mean?" asked Luna as she mentally crossed out her name.
Chico looked around, "I bet on them…" she said.
"What?" asked Luna.
"I guess since you hang around Lisanna all the time no one told you." Said Chico, "almost everyone bet in the guild who would get together first Lisanna and Natsu or Bisca and Alzack."
"Oh come on!" yelled another member named Joey, "Lisanna and Natsu are going to be together first!"
"Oh please Mirajane will prevent that from ever happening. She's so protective of Lisanna." Said Chico.
"She'll get over it eventually… besides Elfman is the biggest supporter!" yelled Joey.
Luna began to fly away to get away from the argument, which slowly began to grow.
"Seriously…" she muttered.
Lisanna and Natsu saw this growing argument.
"I wonder what's that about…" said Natsu.
"I don't know… but I have a bad feeling about this…" said Lisanna with a sweat drop.
That was when Max (not to be confused with Maxfield), a member of the guild just back from a job.
"What's going on?" asked Max.
"I have no idea." Said Maxfield.
Max headed in towards the guild, however Maxfield made it so that something fell out of his pocket, which was his wallet. He walked over to it and placed the mark on it.
"Hey!" said Maxfield, "You dropped this."
He gave him the wallet with Max completely unaware of what's going on.
"Thanks new guy…" said Max.
"Since you're name is Max I'll let it slide this time…" sighed Maxfield with a sweat drop.
The next day, Lisanna got to the Guild Hall to find an announcement.
"Okay the first ever all Guild Raffle is about to begin!" called out one of the waitresses of the guild.
"What?" asked Lisanna.
"They came up with the idea yesterday…" said Luna flying towards her, "I don't know what's going on but look like a bad idea…"
Although Luna didn't say she did think this "This probably has to with that bet I heard so much about."
"All right! Both prizes are for a meal at any restraint in Magnolia for two!" called out the waitress.
"Seriously… are they even trying?" asked Makarov as he watched from the bar.
"None of this is going to work…" sighed Cana who also wasn't part of it.
"So what's the bet again?" asked Maxfield.
"Who will get together first, Natsu and Lisanna or Bisca and Alzack." Explained Cana.
"Do you get so bored that you actually pair them together?" asked Maxfield.
"You really have a lot to learn new guy." Said Cana.
"Please stop calling me New Guy…" sighed Maxfield which earned a laugh from Makarov.
"All right the first winner is Alzack!" announced the waitress.
Everyone who was in it applauded.
"What really?" he asked suspired.
"And our second winner is… Lisanna!" said the waitress.
"Well at least they went with Lisanna." Said Cana with a sweat drop.
"Knowing Natsu he would have taken Happy." Said Makarov.
Sometime later Lisanna was looking at her "Prize."
"So who are you going to take?" asked Levy.
"I don't know yet…" said Lisanna, "Though I wouldn't be surprised if this was a plot to get me and Natsu together…"
"Yeah…" sighed Levy who mentally added "It is."
"Should I take him?" asked Lisanna.
"Take him!" yelled someone from another table.
Lisanna sighed.
"They're going to meddle even more if you don't…." Said Levy.
"Yeah…" sighed Lisanna.
Lisanna walked over to Natsu and Happy.
"Natsu." Said Lisanna.
"Yeah?" asked Natsu.
"I was wondering if you wanted to have lunch with me since I got this coupon." Said Lisanna.
"Well I had a big breakfast." Said Natsu with a big smile, "How about tomorrow."
"Okay." Said Lisanna with a smile.
Unfortunately the moment was ruined.
"She looooves you." Said Happy.
Natsu glared at the blue cat.
"I can't believe they did that." Muttered Mirajane from another table.
"A lot people want to see them together." Pointed out Elfman, "Besides Natsu is a man and he really cared about Lisanna."
"They're pushing because they want money…" muttered Mirajane.
Elfman sweat dropped.
"Oh come on the whole incident with Bisca got everyone scared, I'm sure it will be fine a few days." Said the waitress who handed Elfman a drink.
That was when Max walked in.
"Hello Max." greed the waitress.
However all the waitress got was a cold glare.
"That was weird…" whispered the waitress.
"Looks like he's next…" said Mirajane.
"You mean…" said the waitress.
Mirajane nodded.
The next day Lisanna put in a nice dress and got ready for lunch.
"Looks like someone is ready for her date." Said Mirajane.
"It's not a date." Said Lisanna.
"Sure it isn't…" mocked Mirajane.
"Mirajane you ready?" asked Elfman.
"I've been ready." Said Mirajane.
"You're going on another job?" asked Lisanna.
"Sort of, you know it's my duty to watch the ones that getting targeted by the Dark Kingdom, Max is the target this time." Said Mirajane.
"Oh…" said Lisanna.
"You're not thinking of putting off in worry, are you?" asked Mirajane.
"No… of course not…" said Lisanna.
"It will be fine, don't worry about it." Said Mirajane.
"Yeah…" sighed Lisanna.
Both Mirajane and Elfman left.
"Are you sure about not canceling?" asked Luna.
"I don't know…" said Lisanna.
"Hopefully it won't ruin your date…" said Luna.
"It's not a date!" said Lisanna.
"Besides I think you might need a break." Said Luna.
"Are you sure?" asked Lisanna.
Luna nodded.
"Thanks Luna!" said Lisanna.
Sometime later Lisanna waited outside of the guildhall for Natsu.
"Hey!" he said.
"Hey, where's Happy." Said Lisanna.
"Oh I bribed him with a ton of fish not to come with us today." Said Natsu who began to blush, "I figured it would be a good idea if it was the two of us."
"Really?" asked Lisanna blushing.
Natsu nodded, the two them looked at each other.
"Shut up and kiss already!" yelled someone in the guildhall.
"Hey! You want to say that to my face!" yelled Natsu to the guildhall.
"Come on let's go to lunch." Said Lisanna dragging him away by his scarf.
Meanwhile with a team costing of Mirajane, Elfman and Erza they were looking for Max, as he wasn't as his place or the Guild Hall.
"Whatever this possession does it seems to invert aspects of their personality…" said Erza, "Grey became fight crazy when he normally wants to just fight Natsu."
"Bisca turned into a bitch to Alzack." Said Mirajane, "And it looks like Max became an anti-social hermit."
""What did you just say to me!" they heard Max yell out nearby.
"Looks like your theory is wrong…" said Erza.
They came cross Max about to punch a poor sap, however Elfman stopped him.
"A real man doesn't punch some random guy." Said Elfman.
"Says the guy who says a man just needs fists to solve a problem." Said Max.
That was when he noticed Erza and Mirajane.
"Oh that's right you two seem to be working together when dealing with the so called possessed members of the Guild…" said Max.
Awkward silence filled the air.
"You think I'm possessed don't you?" asked Max.
The three nodded.
"I'm not! I feel free! Freer than I ever felt before…" said Max.
That was when the mark on his wallet flared. He passed out as a monster made out of sand appeared.
"So you discovered the truth! But you're not going to defeat me!" said the monster.
That was when the monster created a Sand Wave.
Not too far away in a restaurant, Natsu was eating a ton of food while Lisanna eat her food an occasionally laughing at Natsu's antics.
"Oh sorry…" said Natsu.
"It's okay… it's free…" giggled Lisanna.
"We shouldn't have taken that coupon…" muttered one of the waiters.
"I know… but what are we going to do now!" said another waiter.
"So how have your jobs been going?" asked Natsu.
"Well they're been going well." Said Lisanna, "But…"
"But what?" asked Natsu.
"There's this guy… I don't know who he is but he's just interfering with our work…" said Lisanna.
"Really?" asked Natsu, "What has he been doing?"
"Just trying to help…" said Lisanna.
"Really?" asked Natsu sounding skeptical.
"But he won't tell me the reason…" said Lisanna.
"I see… what do he look like?" asked Natsu.
"He wears a suit of armor…" said Lisanna, "So I don't know what he looks like."
"Oh…" said Natsu thinking about it.
"Are you thinking of beating him up?" asked Lisanna.
"Of course I am"! said Natsu, "Wait… are you talking about that weird Dragon Knight guy that interferes with the Sailor Guardians?"
"Uh… he interferes with my stuff too…" said Lisanna with a sweat drop.
"Oh... okay…" said Natsu.
That was when they several screams followed by blowing outside.
"What's going on…" said Natsu.
"Max is the Dark Kingdom's target." Explained Lisanna.
"Oh great." Muttered Natsu.
Lisanna gave the cashier the capon and they both left.
They saw where the sand was coming from.
"You go tell the rest of the guild…" said Natsu.
Lisanna breathed a sigh of relief when he said that.
She ran towards the guild that was when she heard "Lisanna!"
"Luna…" said Lisanna.
"If you're going to warn the guild I can do that… you should transform…" said Luna.
"I know…" said Lisanna, "But…"
"If it's about Natsu we can handle that later." Said Luna, "And I'm sorry, I didn't it know it was going to happen today…"
"It's okay…" said Lisanna.
""You should go… Levy's on her way." Said Luna.
"Right." Said Lisanna.
She ducked into an alleyway.
"Moon Prism Power! Make-up!" called out Lisanna.
With that she transformed into Sailor Moon.
With the fight with the monster, Erza had requiped into her Black Wing Armor, she managed to slice off the monster arm.
"Like that will do anything." Said the monster.
The arm turned into a pile of sand and the monster began to use that as a weapon.
However, Elfman with his arm was transformed into stone.
"Really stone?" mocked the monster.
The monster engulfed Elfman's arm in sand.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" came a shout.
Natsu sent out a fiery punch at the monster. Which caused it back away from Elfman.
"Hey! You almost hit me!" yelled Elfman.
"Sorry about that…" laughed Natsu.
"IS Lisanna okay?" asked Elfman.
"She went to go warn the Guild…" said Natsu.
"Oh it looks like our little fight is a moment killer or your date." Said Mirajane joining the conversation.
"It's not a date…" muttered Natsu.
"Sure it's not…" said Mirajane.
Hey! I'm still here!" yelled the monster.
That was when the sand all around them were storming.
"Bubble Spray!"
The mist appeared.
"It's about time…" muttered Mirajane.
"What?" asked Natsu.
The mist cleared a little.
"I am the pretty sailor-suited guardian of love and justice Sailor Moon! In the name of the moon I will punish you!" called out Sailor Moon.
"I am the pretty sailor-suited guardian of love and intelligence Sailor Mercury! Douse your head in water and repent!" called out Sailor Mercury.
Both of them sighed.
"Is there supposed to be one more?" asked Mirajane.
"Well she's busy…" said Sailor Mercury.
"Whatever…" muttered Mirajane.
"I'm sure it's fine." Said Erza rather stiffly.
This made Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury sweat drop.
"Have you seriously forgotten me! Seriously! Now that a bunch of new people have showed up..."
"Hey, you know to kill these guys right… do it now!" ordered Mirajane.
"Okay…" said Sailor Moon.
"Moon Tiara Action!" called out Sailor Moon.
It hit the Sand Monster turning it to Dust.
Nearby Max began to stir.
"You should check on him…" said Sailor Moon.
"Yeah, and we have to check on Mars to see if she needs our help." Said Sailor Mercury.
Both of them were about to leave.
"Wait…" said Natsu.
However Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury jumped to the tops of the roof.
"We'll check on Max." said Mirajane, "You should check on Lisanna and see if she's alright."
"Yeah…" said Natsu.
Erza blinked and realized something.
"I'll with him." Said Erza reequipping back to her Heart Kreuz Armor.
In alley not to far away, Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury de-transformed.
"I guess we should head back to the Guild." Said Lisanna.
"Hey! Lisanna!" called out Natsu.
Both of them froze, then turned around and saw Erza was there with him.
"You okay?" asked Natsu.
"I'm fine, Luna went to tell everyone, I guess the smother was already beaten…" said Lisanna, "That's good…"
"You should know…" said Natsu.
"What…" said Lisanna.
"Why are you hiding the fact you're Sailor Moon from everybody?" asked Natsu.
Lisanna was surprised.
That was when Erza lunched him in the head.
"Erza!" yelled Levy.
"I knew he figured it out, but I didn't know he'd react like that…" said Erza.
"What?" asked Lisanna.
"I guess with his nose he would figure it quickly." Sighed Levy.
"He's not waking up…" said Lisanna.
"I think you punched him too hard." Said Levy with a sweat drop.
They took Natsu to the infirmary, they knew he would recover soon, but it was the best place to talk to him about that…
Of course they told Makarov and Luna when they got there that Natsu figured it out.
"I should have known that he would figured it out… it was only a matter of time." Sighed Luna.
"You don't have to punch me that hard!" yelled Natsu waking up.
"That what you focused on when you woke up!" yelled Luna with a sweat drop.
"So you found out the truth about the Sailor Guardians…" sighed Makarov.
"You know our secret…" said Luna, "Now I have to kill you…"
"What!" yelled Natsu.
"I was only kidding…" said Luna.
"That wasn't funny…" Said Lisanna.
"Why are you keeping it a secret?" asked Natsu.
Luna sighed, "The Dark Kingdom was originally just the enemy of The Sailor Guardians, but it spread to the entire Guild because of association…" said Luna, "I didn't think that would happen but the time better it's better to keep it a secret."
"I guess that makes sense…" said Natsu, "But why is Luna explaining everything."
"She's sort of our boss when it comes to the Sailor Guardians…" explained Lisanna.
"I wouldn't go that far…" said Luna.
"Okay… I guess…" said Natsu.
"Please Natsu… we need to keep this more of a secret…" said Lisanna.
"Sure of course…" said Natsu.
"Also please don't tell Happy…" said Lisanna.
"I know… knowing him half the guild would know by the end of the day." Said Natsu, "But one more question… why is Erza here… and where's Sailor Mars?"
"I'm Sailor Mars." Said Erza.
"Why else do think she joined our team?" asked Luna.
"Oh… okay…" said Natsu, "Don't' worry your secret is safe with me…"
"I really hope so…" sighed Luna.
I think he can keep it… don't worry." Said Makarov.
"Really?" asked Erza and Levy at the same time.
"You seriously don't' have that much faith in me?" muttered Natsu.
"Don't worry, I trust you…" said Lisanna.
"Thanks…" said Natsu.
Luna looked at the tow and smiled.
"If you want I think you can talk to Cana about the bet." Whispered Makarov.
"I'm not getting involved in that…" muttered Luna.
Sometime later in the Guild Hall, Lisanna and Natsu were talking. While many of the Guild Members talked.
"Doesn't it seem like those two have gotten closer?" asked Joey.
"It all in your head." Said Chico.
Maxfield ignored this conversation however.
"Another failure…" said Maxfield, hoping that next time it would be a success.
However things were going to change at the guild… Now that Natsu knew… but could he really be trusted to keep the secret. Only time could tell.
Next Time: Will Natsu be able to keep the secret? It doesn't help that when a member of the guild with Telepathy gets possessed and becomes paranoid things start going wrong... will the secret remain safe? Find out next time!