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Bold is for attacks

Lauren's POV

We were having a nice relaxing day, I was invited to the communal bath with the others. It was strange, sharing a bath with a bunch of other girls, I was kinda embarrassed.

"Hmm this is so nice." Lucy said stretching out.

"Who'd wanna go out working when you can relax in this." Cana said.

"There have been so many requests lately." Lisanna commented "It's hard to keep up."

"All the more reason to relax." I said "Get as much out of your time off as you can."

"Says the girl who joined the guild and has done what…two jobs."

"Hey I did three." I pouted "First we had the wedding and then I did a few jobs with Laxus. It's not my fault I just joined and I'm still learning how a real guild works."

"More importantly." Cana said walking over to Lucy "Is it true you let Natsu cop a feel?"

"Oh my." Michelle said "How scandalous."

"Didn't you shove a man into your cleavage a few days ago?" I commented.

"It-It's not like that!" both Lucy and Michelle yelled.

"I know everything." Cana smirked "Now be fair and let sissy have a squeeze."

"CANA!" Lucy yelled "Stop! That tickles!"

"By the way." Levy spoke up "Where's Wendy?"

I sat back washing my hair.

"She went on a mission with Erza and Kanji." Mira explained "Something about a sweet reward, I'm not sure but they had to drag Kanji and Scruff with them."

"That's odd." Lisanna said "I thought Erza was over there."

"Hmm?" I said peeking out my eyes as water ran down my body

I saw a red-haired girl on the other side of the bath.

That hairdo is to dark to be Erza's…

The girl stood up, long flowing hair still floating in the water "Blondie~"

"Flare!" I said surprised.

"Why is she…?"

"You!" Cana said jumping out of the bath.

"Wait!"

Lucy and I each grabbed a leg and Cana fell down.

"She's not a bad person!" Lucy yelled.

"Yeah Flare's…Flare." I shrugged.

"Let me help you." Flare said "I'll wash you."

Flare used her hair to scrub each and every inch of Cana.

"Oh Wow!" Cana said in shock.

"Why are you here?" I asked.

"Now that Raven Tail is gone…" she mumbled "I have nowhere left to go."

"So what you followed me."

"No." Flare shook her head and pointed at Lucy "I followed her."

"Why don't we go ask Master if you can stay." Lucy asked her.

Flare just blush "But…I don't want to join Fairy Tail."

"They why are you here?!" everyone yelled.

The rest of us finished bathing while Flare kept to herself over in the corner.

"You know." I said getting changed "I don't mind you staying."

"I'm fine Lauren." She mumbled.

"Hey." I smiled "You called me Lauren, not Mistress Lauren."

"You…always asked to be called just Lauren." She said.

"Well if you've got no place to go why don't you stay with me for a bit." I told her "I have a guest room."

"No thank you." She shook her head "I have someplace I'd like to go."

"Okay." I said "But be careful on your own okay."

"I will."

Kanji's POV

After getting back from another 'exciting' play with Erza, we let ourselves into Michelle and Lucy's home. When she got back, we asked about sharing out loot, candy, with Natsu and Gray but she said they were out of town. We decided that we'd go check on them and make sure everything was okay.

Those two were just supposed to kill a monster, they accomplished that much cause the thing was smashed and passed out, but Natsu and Gray were nowhere to be see.

"What happened here?" Michelle wondered.

"That's the monster from the request." Wendy said.

"It's been here for a while." I pointed out.

"Help me~"

We looked back and Happy was dragging his exhausted body towards us.

"Happy?!"

"Sir Happy, what happened to you?" Scruff asked.

"Well you see…they beat it…and then started fighting, over there…for three days, they stop to sleep and eat but don't give me any."

"I see." Erza said looking at the two boys beating each other up "Alright that's enough."

Erza walked over to stop the fight in an instant.

"Shut up!"

And they both punched her in the face.

"AHHHH!" everyone yelled.

I trudged over "Gentlemen…no…children, do you have any idea what you just did?"

"I-I-I-It was a-."

"You idiots!" I yelled throwing them both to the ground and striking them with bolts from the heavens "You're lucky I don't kill you!"

I went over and helped Erza up "Are you okay?"

"I'll be fine." She said wiping blood off her nose.

I grabbed them boys by the collar and stormed off "Let's go home!"

Later

"Wow you two are ridiculous." Elfman laughed at Natsu and Gray.

"I'm never working with him again!"

"You two should act your age." Romeo told them.

"I think I'm more mature than you." Carole added.

"I want nothing to do with that moron!"

I was over at the bar, half napping.

"Master there's another request." Mira said.

"So many." I whined "And they all ask for certain people."

"Natsu and Gray!" Gramps yelled this one's for you.

"Hang on old man." Natsu yelled "I ain't working with him."

"Yeah no way!" Gray said.

Gramps kept reading the request before a look and fear hit his face.

"No…you will take it, and you will treat it with the utmost seriousness."

"Gramps?" I said "What's up?

"This request, is from Warrod Sequen, amongst the wizard saints he is ranked 4th, one of the Four God's of Ishgar."

"Someone like that needs the guild's help." I said confused "It must be serious, why ask for those two?"

"You two will go." Erza said "And to make sure you don't screw it up we'll be coming with you, as a team."

"We will?" Lucy said.

"Yeah we are." I said.

Something doesn't add up, I'm curious.

"Mind if I tag along too?" Lauren asked "I'm itching to stretch my legs and a little experience will help."

"I don't mind." I smiled "We'll head out in two hours."

AN

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