Summary: Lisanna was going to get Natsu the best birthday present ever, no matter what, even if she has to commit a crime or two.
Pairings: Natsu/Lisanna friendship, implied Happy/Charle, and Natsu/Lucy.
YouTube Prompt: Two videos! Any pairing you want, the first video being the female POV of the relationship to Within Temptation's cover of Running up That Hill, and then the second video being the male version to the Placebo cover of the same song.
It was a quiet morning in the Strauss house as Mira-nee was already at work, and Elf-nii-chan was doing his routine morning workout which left Lisanna on her own. Not that she minded, now she had been back in Earthland for months, her siblings constant presence was beginning to feel a little bit smothering.
So she was taking her time in getting ready for the day in order to enjoy the peace of solitude just a little bit longer. In fact she had taken to experiment brushing her hair into slightly different style in order to prolong her time alone. It was then she caught sight of her calendar and saw what week it was.
"Eh?" Lisanna cried out in horror. "It's Natsu's birthday this week!"
Well it wasn't his birthday. No one knew when Natsu's actual birthday was – not even Natsu! – So they had agreed on the day he had arrived in the guild as his birthday. Usually Lisanna was on ball about it and planned something fun, like fishing, and a good present to give him, but this year she had totally forgotten!
What crap friend she was!
Lisanna felt even more guilty as she realised that she had missed three of Natsu's birthdays plus another seven from when they were all frozen in time. She had missed ten of her best friend's birthdays. Ten! She was the worst best friend in the world!
So this year she was going to make it the best damn birthday ever! And Happy was going to help her.
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"HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAPPY!" she screamed on the top of her voice. She had caught sight of the blue cat, Natsu free for once, thank God, flying towards to girl's dormitory on her way to the guild. "HELP MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"
"Lisanna!" Happy cried out, wide-eyed, and fearful, "What happened? Is there a monster chasing you?"
"No, no," Lisanna laughed weakly. She only just realised how stupidly dramatic she must have looked to her blue furry friend. "I just realised its Natsu's birthday this week-"
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Happy screamed, his little paws clutching his furry cheeks, "I TOTALLY FORGOT!" Wow, Lisanna sweat-dropped. At least she wasn't the only shit friend around here. That was a relief! "Now I have to give him my best fish!" Happy wailed as tears rolled down his face. "I was saving it all week for Charle's return!"
"Erm," Lisanna sweat-dropped even more at that, "I don't think that fish will be….safe for anyone to eat. It must be rotting now."
"Lisanna is sooooooooooooooo mean!" Happy wailed childishly as he began to zoom away as quickly as possible from the white haired mage.
"Wait!" Lisanna cried out as she ran after the Exceed. "Happy don't leave me!" she begged pathetically. "I need your help!" Happy wavered a little at that and Lisanna decided to change tactics quickly by using the best bribing option she had. "I'll buy you the best fish so you can give it to Charle if you help me!"
Happy turned round with a bright grin on his face. "Ok!" he chirped as if he hadn't been sobbing his little blue furry heart out moments before.
He was just like Natsu – evil, manipulative, and capable of switching emotions and personality with just a wave of his hand.
Lisanna sighed. There was nothing she could do about Happy's bipolar, she really, really, needed his help so she won't be such a shitty friend. "Thank you," she smiled warmly, "I need some help in finding Natsu a super awesome birthday present. Something to make up for last few birthdays I've missed. Do you have any idea what he might want?"
"Hmmm…." Happy said thoughtfully. He then grinned as an idea occurred to him. Lisanna could virtually see the light bulb go off above his head. "Well Natsu always wants more food. He keeps trying to steal my fish like all the time!"
Lisanna rolled her eyes at the age-old compliant. According to Happy, Natsu was always stealing Happy's food. Also the idea was useless. "Something that's not food!" she snapped. "I can get him food any time. I want to get him something special."
"We could find Igneel!" Happy suggested brightly completely unaware of Lisanna's fit of bad temper. "Natsu wants nothing more than to find Igneel!"
"Something I can actually do by the end of the week!"
Happy went back to being thoughtful again and Lisanna held her breath. She wasn't sure if this was the best idea she had. She should have probably gone to Lucy, Lucy was good at brainstorming unlike Happy, who seemed to have almost fallen asleep. "Aha!" he shouted which made Lisanna jump and choke a little as she forgot she hadn't been breathing while the Exceed had been thinking. "Natsu has been sleep talking again recently," Happy said evilly. "It's really funny."
"Really?" Lisanna said in surprise. "I thought he kicked the habit."
Back when they were children Natsu used to fall asleep just about anywhere, and amongst his snores, and disgusting drool, he would mumble in his sleep. When the likes of Gray and Laxus totally took advantage of that in order to embarrass the fire dragon slayer, Natsu had managed (somehow, God knows how,) to stop doing it.
"Only when he's sharing a room with someone," Happy confided, "Last time he sleep talked with Gray nearby ended up in a disaster. Master had to pay for Magnolia to rebuild its entire market."
Lisanna sweat-dropped at that. It definitely sounded like something Natsu and Gray would do. "I bet Erza wasn't happy," she muttered.
"Aye."
"So what has Natsu said in his sleep?" Lisanna asked excitedly. She knew Happy would only ever bring this up if Natsu had said something recently that could be useful.
"Oh!" Happy's grin was so evil at this point that Lisanna did, momentarily, wonder if this was the right thing to do. She suddenly felt like she was making a deal with the devil….if the devil was a cute, blue, furry, animal, which if he wanted to trick people he should really, because it would be a great disguise….anyway! Lisanna decided it didn't matter. She had to get Natsu a good birthday present. "He wants Lucy. He liiiiiiiiiiiiikes her. Especially in her maid costume. He said 'I want you, Luce,' and he then said 'serve me, your master, Lucy Maid-sama' it's really weird. I think Lucy's weirdness is rubbing off of him."
Lisanna felt another sweat-drop coming on. Happy was so oblivious and Natsu was so perverted. She never knew her friend could be such a creep. "Maybe," she said in reply to Happy's suggestion that Lucy's 'weirdness' was rubbing off on Natsu. If you asked her it was the other way round. "So Lucy has a maid costume?" she asked, wondering if that was why Natsu developed a maid-kink or if he was just kinky in general.
"Aye!" Happy chirped. "It's from our first mission together as a team, Natsu keeps it on a mannequin in our house as a memento, but don't tell Erza or Gray. Erza will beat Natsu up for being a pervert and Gray will laugh at Natsu for being a pervert."
"He is being a pervert," Lisanna mumbled more to herself than anyone, "but Lucy in a maid costume is something I can do….Happy, how do you feel about committing a crime or two with me?"
"AYE!"
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It was a rare night where Lucy was actually alone.
There was no Natsu lurking in her bed, no Happy raiding her fridge, no naked Gray prowling around, or a homicidal Juvia not far behind, or Erza eating cake on her sofa, not even Plue was around. It was a very odd, quiet, night, and Lucy was loving it.
That is, she was loving it until she got attacked. She was about to climb into bed when someone grabbed her from behind, she screamed, and tried to reach for her keys when her attacker pressed a cloth soaked with a sleeping potion to her nose and mouth. Goddamnit Natsu! Lucy cured to herself as she began to fall asleep in her captor's arms, why is it you're never in my apartment when I actually need you?!
She woke up to find herself unharmed, thankfully, and strapped to a chair with Happy leering over her. She screamed, tried to scoot back, and ended up toppling the chair and herself over.
"You weirdo, Lucy," Happy snickered.
"Happy!" Lucy yelled furiously. She had just had a scare that definitely lost her ten years of her life, then woke up to find herself tied to a chair, and now she had Happy being mean to her, saying she was not in a good mood would be a massive understatement. "What on earth is going on?!" she demanded to know. "Is this some sort of joke? Because I swear to God Happy, if you and Natsu are playing another prank on me, I'm going to rip-"
"Lucy!" Lisanna cried out as she appeared out of the shadows. "It's ok, please, calm down!"
"Lisanna!"
Lisanna smiled down at her sheepishly. "We're sorry to do this, we wouldn't normally, but its Natsu's birthday tomorrow, and Mira-nee pointed out there was no way you'll be willing to do this, so erm…we might have gotten a little enthusiastic with the kidnapping thing."
"Why?!" Lucy wailed.
She had no idea what she could have possibly done to deserve this. She thought she and Lisanna were friends! (She had no doubt given any opportunity that Happy would make her suffer, he was a cruel little prankster.) And what the hell did Natsu's birthday had to do with this?! Couldn't they just get him a cake and a card? What the hell did she have to do with Natsu's birthday? Other than you know, buy him a present…oh my God! Are they kidnapping her so they could steal her birthday present?!
"Natsu wants Lucy!" Happy smirked.
"What?!"
"I'm giving you to Natsu as a present," Lisanna said as if that explained everything.
"I'm not an object you can give to people!"
Lisanna and Happy both ignored Lucy's shrieks, Happy had taken to floating as far from Lucy as possible while nibbling on a fish, while Lisanna was rummaging through a bag. She then held up the maid costume that Lucy had brought years ago now. "If you're objecting to the idea of being a present, I don't suppose you'll put this one willingly then?" she asked.
"Like hell!"
"I thought as much."
It was then when Lisanna transformed into her white tiger form and then pounced onto Lucy. Lucy remains adamant that the only reason Lisanna won the struggle was because Lucy was keyless and tied to a chair.
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Natsu was woken up by a loud bang on his front door. He grumbled quietly to himself as he struggled out of his hammock (damn, why did his twelve year old self think this was a good idea? He should have gotten a bed like Lucy's or better yet just steal Lucy's bed…) and stumbled over his cluttered floor to the door, he managed to stub his toe a bit on some of the debris he had kept from one of his missions, this put him in a very irritable mood.
That, and he really wanted to sleep again he had been in the middle of a really, really, really good dream of Lucy serving him an extra spicy roast in her maid's uniform. So he yanked his door open ready to shoot fire at the bastard that ruined his pleasant dream.
"What the hell do you…..Lucy?!"
He couldn't believe his eyes. Could he be dreaming? He had to be dreaming! There was no way in real life that Lucy would suddenly turn up on his doorstep ready to serve him. He should know! He got a Lucy-Kick when he asked her to do it that one time!
"Happy Birthday," Lucy said with a fake smile. He knew it was a fake because her face was a little stiff and her eyes weren't all bright and shiny like they usually were. This was Lucy's forced smile because she has no choice. I'm supposed to give you this," she handed him a birthday card that was definitely written in Lisanna's hand.
Huh?
He opened it to find out what the hell was going on. Dear Natsu, Lisanna's note inside started, Happy Birthday! I wish you all the best on your day and I hope you enjoy the present I brought you. Happy told me how partial you are to a Lucy-Chan in maid clothes ;), Lots of love, Lisanna.
He couldn't quite keep the smirk of his face when he asked, "So you're mine?"
"Just for today."
"And you'll do everything I say for the whole day?"
"Yes," Lucy growled.
"Anything at all?" Natsu wanted to confirm. So she couldn't argue with him later. Hee, hee, hee….
"Within reason!" Lucy snapped. "No perverted-ness or fighting!"
"What if I wanted you to kiss my feet?"
"I am not kissing your feet!"
"Well that's not being a good maid," Natsu complained, "no wonder that duke guy, or whatever the hell he was, didn't hire you. You're supposed to obey your master's wishes, Luce."
"Urgh!" Lucy shrieked in frustration. "Fine! As you wish, Master."
She then, much to his surprise and glee, went down on her hands and knees before him. She puckered up her lips and was mere millimetres away from his foot when he suddenly pulled it away from her.
"Ha!" he laughed delightedly. "I can't believe you were going to do that!"
"Natsu!"
"All right! All right!" Natsu couldn't help but keep laughing despite the look of outrage on Lucy's face….actually it was because she looked so angry that he kept laughing. She was so funny when she was like this. "No more teasing! Hey, Luce….will you make me some breakfast?"
Lucy sighed heavily, "Of course, Master."
In the end Natsu had the best day ever, Lucy had made him his favourite breakfast, cleaned his house up for him (and allowing him to have a good look at under her skirt each time she bent down to pick something up….he might have started to purposely knock things over), washed his back for him when he was bathing, cooked him his favourite lunch, played all of his favourite training games, cooked his favourite dinner, and then she gave him her own birthday present which was an awesome Dragon story written by her, just like she promised!
He fell asleep with his head in her lap as she read it out loud to him – his last request with her as his servant for the day.
It was the best birthday ever and all thanks to Lisanna! Natsu wondered what Lisanna would like for her birthday….Gray as a slave? He could totally kidnap Gray and make him be her slave for the day if that's what she wants.