A/N: Funny story... I actually just wanted to make this into filler chapter until next when where... actual drama starts but somehow it turned into this. I did use reference from manga that was too good to be left out but the rest... I take full responsibility for beginning and the end. Also as a rule of thumb, I never saw fit for my characters to always speak truth and that leads me to answer to some of the comments. There are and will be some inconsistencies in story and those inconsistencies are first warning that one or more of my characters lied. I know my grammar is far from perfect and I've been meaning to look for suitable Beta but story as a whole, details and such are always carefully planned ahead. Anyway I've bugged you long enough, thank you all for your support and enjoy :).

"Yo Natsu!" voice reached from behind and pinkette turned, facing his teammate who had his hand raised "Good game man."

"Hell yeah it was!" Natsu replied and high-fived him. Young man just tapped his once on shoulder before moving on, leaving Natsu to lean against the hall doors. His head turned left and then right, watching crowd of students moving in both directions, minding their own business. It could've been a precognition or perhaps an instinct but something made him suddenly look to the left again.

His eyes widened and lips slightly parted… small shock overtook him as he gazed at her. Among the sea of uniforms she was standing out as only exception. She wore black leather boots reaching up above knees with stockings having more holes than he had points scored; jeans-miniskirt with right leg being longer than left… and that left just barely reached further than bikini area. Her white shirt was ripped, missing good part of fabric around her belly button and left shoulder and through the numerous holes he could see black laced bra that jealously covered her ample bosoms and over the shirt, even so heavily ripped, word "Rebel" could be read.. Blond hair waved down on her shoulders, tangled and wild with few small bundles even falling over her face… And then there was her face… eyes heavily outlined, smeared black make-up left and right with long eyelashes covered in mascara and scarlet red lips that curved into small but mischievous smile. She was going straight at him. There was no grace in her walk or shy steps that she usually had… only raw, unleashed desire that pulsed with every step she made.

"Lucy?" He asked, swallowing heavily as she approached and her soft but strong fragrance filled his nostrils. Her hand pressed his chest, pushing him harder against the wall and as if she was there to measure him she looked down then up. The very moment their eyes met he felt heavy as lead. There were no words coming from her, only a small wink before her lips suddenly pressed against his. Natsu's Adam's apple rose up and down, he did not know how he managed to even do that but the immediate rush of the moment erased any logic from his mind. Soft, gentle… tender lips kept brushing against his until she decided to invade his mouth with her tongue, no longer gentle or soft but wild, assertive and hot… He was left at her mercy right until…

His eye opened and he looked around. Loud, cursed sound filled his room.

"I'm up…" he mumbled but the melody of despair continued. He yelled "Shut up! I'm up!" and reached with left hand, searching for the damned servant of the morning with his fingers . Few moments later and fingers pressed the button, shutting down his alarm. Slowly he turned to lie on his back as his current position of having his face comfortably embedded into his pillow was no longer possible and simple reason for this was… his crotch didn't allow the pleasure of comfort. He was still in trance, still remembering the vivid dream that made his own lips feel as they were indeed touching hers and not the drool on the pillow.

Natsu mumbled incomprehensibly as he slowly sat up on his bed, wiping eyes with hand and looking toward his crotch "Keep dreaming, no honey for you anytime soon…"

"Natsu-nii! Are you up?" Wendy's voice came from outside of the room, followed by knocking on the door.

"I'm up!" He yelled, bowing his head slowly "I haven't even seen her naked and she's already screwing with my brain."

"Natsu, I know Loke was just messing with you when he said that make up joke but damn you look horrible!" Gray said through chuckle as he watched Natsu drag himself toward the seat in amphitheater.

"Bite me." Pinkette grumbled as he sat down.

"What happened to you?"

"Had a… not so good sleep. Just some weird dreams." Natsu said, not wanting to share details that still made him wiggle his own legs in discomfort.

"Is it again one where you are running through campus in diapers?" Gray smiled wide.

"Sometimes I regret telling you that dream."

"Waaah." Gray imitated cry of a baby, making Natsu punch his shoulder, hard. He probably would be able to produce a smartass reply but sound of doors being closed broke his already weak concentration. Mrs. Strauss seemed in good mood which made Gray comment but Natsu didn't even pay attention. He just nodded and smiled, that was neutral enough to at least look like he is mentally present in the classroom… but that was far from truth. His mind was gone the very moment she approached. He was back to his unique and genuine zombie expression. Head leaned on his hand, eyes starring somewhere in the distance and balancing his pen between upper lip and nose. Severity of his condition has reached its absolute peak when Evergreen accidentally dropped chalk from hand and reached down to pick it up, showing rather generous cleavage that made majority of boys, and few girls, drool. Natsu just vaguely noticed her presence in the classroom.

Classes started and ended but Natsu's expression and mood didn't seem to be fading. It was only after practice that Gray finally got fed up with this new "silent" Natsu.

"Alright, spill it." Gray said as they were leaving locker-room.

"Spill what?"

"Don't give me that, I've seen you spend 48 hours up with two practices and three sex-sessions and you still had more juice in you than you do now. This ain't just bad dream, so… spill it."

Natsu sighed… it was true that his mind wandered more than usual but he still jealously guarded details of his dream and this was mostly because he knew what Gray would say. He simply wanted to spare himself of another lecture that he could see coming.

"Just having a bit of a long week and haven't slept well." He said as an excuse. Gray of course didn't buy it but he knew better than to dig into Natsu's mind. It would be easier to handle Pandora's box than to unravel mysteries of Natsu's infinite brilliance and wisdom that was stacked into single book neatly named 101 ways to bang a girl while her boyfriend is away… a sad truth. One positive side of Natsu's zombification was the ability to lead him anywhere and Gray, instead going toward the exit of faculty, made his way toward one of the amphitheater doors, dragging his faithful sheep along. Over by the door, Juvia was locked in conversation with Lucy, a pleasant one it would seem as both of them were smiling and her smile only grew bigger as she saw her beloved approaching. Natsu was still in his own world.

"Earthland to Natsu!" Lucy spoke in higher tone as she waved her hand in front of his eyes, finally making him snap.

"Oh hey Luce, didn't see you there!" He spoke in elated tone, hiding the fact that his inner voice was screaming by her closeness. She was half meter away from him, with head tilted and eyebrow slightly lifted. Immaculate uniform and very light make-up, complete opposite of one he met in the dream but the feeling was no less intense.

"Yea I noticed." She commented.

"Don't mind him he's…" Gray said but stopped, placing his clenched fist against lips and furrowing brows. He observed boy in question for good ten seconds in silence before speaking "Actually I have no idea what's wrong with him."

"Maybe he needs to be restarted." Juvia jested.

"Nah I think it's a hardware problem. Big head small brain, he gets knocked down during practice, lots of brain-jiggle." Gray added with smile.

"Bite me, asshole." Natsu growled but that didn't stop them from laughing. Even Lucy managed to show a small giggle which made Natsu's inner screaming voice go silent. He wouldn't admit it openly but he loved to see her laugh… even more considering she did so rarely. "How's the essay thing going along?" He asked.

"I printed it this morning and gave to professor. Again, thanks for the help." She added, still keeping her smile much to his delight. That delight lasted until Gray suddenly decided to place hand over Natsu's shoulder.

"You were… helping?" He asked in low voice.

"Not now." Natsu spoke through corner of his mouth but not silent enough to keep it from Lucy.

"Natsu! Gray!" loud feminine voice came from behind, making both of them almost jump from their spots. Their pose was very much similar to those found in military and even Gray quickly buttoned up his shirt.

"Damn it what did you do again?" Gray muttered toward Natsu in low tone as he finished buttoning his shirt.

"Beats me, I was good all week. Just act natural."

"H-hey Erza." Natsu stuttered as he slowly turned and Gray followed him. Even Juvia wasn't completely relaxed at sight of Erza, leaving only Lucy to look at all of them in slight confusion.

"There you are, I have been looking for you all morning." Erza said as she stood in front of them. Their reaction seemed unjustified as Erza didn't appeared to be in any form of bad mood… still they didn't want to risk. She then looked toward Lucy and gave small but earnest smile "And good day to you as well, Lucy. I take it you are well?"

"Yeah, thanks for asking." Lucy replied, still not completely comfortable but far more relaxed than two pillars beside her.

"I didn't do anything!" Natsu suddenly said.

"That is good to hear however I am not here to discuss your behavior. Quite the contrary I have rather good news. Guess who is returning to city?"

This made both of them relax a little but, still feeling a bit tense but at very least they could stop keeping their 'pretend-to-be-dead' guards up. They exchanged glances before looking at Erza again.

"Laxus called me earlier today."

"Really?" Gray asked "Laxus is coming back?"

"Indeed and he is planning to meet up with everyone."

"That means party!" Natsu cheered with both hands up in the air. "It is going to be legendary!"

"That is correct. I suppose he wants to catch up with everyone before leaving again. He asked me to inform you about place at time." She waited for Natsu to calm down a bit before continuing "Saturday, 20:00 at his house."

"Great!" Gray added and soon his voice lowered a bit "Umm… Erza? Is it possible for you to… you know… drink juice?"

"I am aware of your concerns, Gray, but I am fully prepared and I have trained my body to endure large amount of liquor."

"You trained?" Gray asked and Erza nodded proudly. "I really want to believe that but need I to remind you last year's College excursion?"

"You need not worry Gray, I am perfectly capable of keeping myself in line. I do expect you two to behave until weekend, understood?" She asked but it sounded more like order. Both of them nodded and she walked away, leaving them to let out a big sigh of relief.

"What happened at College excursion?" Lucy asked. Though she didn't want to admit she was curious as to what happened and knowing Natsu and Gray are involved it was bound to be mischievous.

"See… every Year College organizes excursions. It is not obligatory and you pay for it but it is mostly on some exotic location… week long vacation so to speak with organized to-"

"I know what excursion is." Lucy interjected "Just because I haven't been to one doesn't mean I don't know what it is."

"Right, sorry…" Gray nodded feeling a bit awkward but continued "See, Erza has low alcohol tolerance and on last day before we had to return to Magnolia… we made a party in hotel. She drank too much and proposed we should play truth or dare."

"Really?" Lucy asked giggling a bit "Kids game?"

"Let me reveal you a secret… When you are at 5th bottle of beer, everything is awesome idea. There were around 14 of us in the room; Erza was drunk from first bottle… So she proposed we play truth or dare. We were all a bit drunk and were like "Yea that sounds great! Bring the bottle!". Things started and you know how it goes, you expect some dirty little secrets to hear, maybe dare to kiss someone or confess love, the kids' stuff… It was fun until Erza's turn came and she has devil's luck…"

"So what did she make you do?"

"Well she made us strip butt naked and forbade from covering ourselves. Natsu didn't have problems though."

"I am proud of my body." Natsu chuckled.

"Hey your body is like your dick. Perfectly fine to be proud of it just don't show it to everyone alright? Anyway things went south when she started making people stand naked on balcony."

Lucy started giggling again while Juvia growled, revealing the fact that she knew what happened and that it was Gray who had to wave at the people from the second floor of the hotel. Natsu simply pinched bridge of his nose, though he didn't tell that he had to wave as well.

"So anyway." Gray continued "Bottle kept landing on her and she didn't want truth… she just dared people to do stuff."

"Why didn't you just leave? I mean obviously you didn't want to do what she told you."

"Second great secret about Erza is that she is bad kind of drunk." Gray said, feeling slight shiver taking over as he remembered events that occurred. For brief moment he checked to see if she is indeed gone before turning back "I know it might appear silly to you but people are genuinely scared of her for a reason and when she is drunk she is a demon in disguise. Worst part is she doesn't even remember any of it after… We were all naked except Erza because of the demonic interventions that kept placing her in position to ask over and over… And then came the horror…"

"Horror?" Lucy asked, lifting her eyebrow.

"Erza is not just strong and horrible when drunk…" Natsu explained "She is also kinda kinky."

"And she proclaimed next person she dares is gonna have to have sex with someone in that room but by some extraordinary stroke of luck… it was my turn. We were kinda fed up, wanted to embarrass her and we dared her to strip naked and walk through the hall while yelling "Naked girl coming through!". General belief was she would wuss out but she didn't even flinch! Thirty seconds later she was as naked as the day she was born and parading through the hall…"

"Oh my…" Lucy exclaimed.

"Oh yeah!" Natsu added with a grin "There are even pictures of her doing so. High quality images of her butt."

"I don't remember that part." Gray said, frowning slightly.

"And you should not!" Juvia frowned at Gray "You don't have such images, do you?"

"Of course not! Why would I even have naked images of another girl?"

"If you are smart, you will not." She added and placed a kiss on his lips "I have to go, one more class before the end."

"Alright, see ya sweetie." He returned her kiss and winked at her, watching as she is leaving. It only took couple of seconds before Natsu nudged Gray.

"So, you still haven't told her it was you who took the pictures?"

"Nope."

"And you are not planning to tell her?"

"Not in this lifetime." Gray chuckled "Mavis save us if she gets drunk at Laxus's party."

"Speaking of party…" Natsu started and looked toward Lucy who was still recovering from her giggle "What are you gonna wear?"

"Wear for what?" Lucy asked, looking at pinkette.

"For the party of course! You are coming with us."

"Oh no no… Laxus is your friend, not mine." Lucy quickly added.

"Yea but he won't mind." Gray added "He is generally cool guy once you get to overlook gruff exterior."

"Still, I cannot go. Elizabeth will not be there for the weekend and I can't bring Michelle to a party."

"Why don't you ask your friend to watch over her once more?" Natsu asked and pointed behind her "She's right over there."

"If you hadn't realized already, people have their own lives. I already gave her more than enough trouble… I can't ask her."

"Fine, I'll ask her." He said as he fixed his clothes before moving toward Levy who was standing about 10 meters away from them, locked in conversation with her overgrown boyfriend.

"Wait, Natsu!" Lucy shouted as she followed him in an attempt to stop him.

"Don't worry I will be civil." He winked at her and stood tall before Levy. His voice color changed and he gave his best to imitate British accent. "Why, top of the morning young lady. Say do you mind lending me your ear for a few short minutes?"

"What the hell is wrong with ya?" Gajeel asked, ready to step up but was interrupted by Levy's elbow. She giggled for a bit before straightening her face and looked at Natsu.

"Not at all, I have few more minutes to spare."

"Splendid! See I am in a bit of a pickle." Natsu continued with his accent, although at this point it was more of a mocking than actual attempt to nail the accent. While he was pretending to be gentlemen of a first class, Lucy was as red as she can be and Gray already succumbed to uncontrollable laugh. Nevertheless, Natsu couldn't be swayed by distractions and he continued "I was presented with an extraordinary opportunity to go to a certain gathering and I wish to take our mutual friend Lucy along and show her a jolly good time while playing bridge and discussing global socio-economic issues."

Levy giggled again "So it's a party and there's gonna be loud music and drunken sex?"

"Why what else did you think I meant by bridge?" Natsu rose his brow up. "But problem is we are in serious lack of a capable babysitter to look after Michelle while we are away and I was wondering if you would be able to lend us a hand."

"Why of course!" Levy said despite seeing Lucy wave both hands behind Natsu "I shall gladly lend my aid."

"That will be mighty fine of ye!" Natsu exclaimed cheerfully "The gathering shall begin at Saturady 8 o'clock in the evening. Why, you can even bring your simian-looking chap over there!" Natsu nodded toward Gajeel who frowned, ready to level Natsu's face but was once again stopped by Levy.

"We shall be there." She said and looked at Lucy who covered her face with hands. "Will 7:30 be good?"

"Capital!" He exclaimed before turning Lucy and Gray. She was still red while Gray was gagging from the laugh. His old accent returned as he spoke to her "See? Easy peasy."

"Oh my… oh my…" Gray panted, still stifling laugh but was slowly calming down "That was… I regret not filming that. How long did you practice that?"

"Since this morning. I intended it for something else but this is as good occasion as it gets." Natsu smiled.

"I hate you…" Lucy said, looking at him with furrowed brows and ever-present blush on her cheeks. He didn't mind, in fact for a brief moment he yet again saw the girl from his dream in her eyes.

"No you don't. You need to have some fun and this is gonna be great vent for you. Be ready by 8." He winked at her before looking at Gray who once again busted into laugh "Tosser…"

Lucy sighed, watching both of them walk down the hall. All this somehow seemed like a bad idea to her but in all honesty… she had this small voice in her head that kept telling her to do it. She was, however, very thankful that she was could still pull good act however one bad luck deserves another and she felt two fingers poking her sides and making her jump lightly.

"Levy!" she turned with a frown "Don't do that?"

"Why not? You have such a cute squeal." She responded as she grinned wide "Are you gonna tell me now why you've been odd all morning?"

"I wasn't odd."

"That works on everyone else but me. Spill it."

"It's nothing; I just had an odd dream, that's all."

"Was it in any way connected to a certain boy with pink hair?" Levy asked and she didn't need answer. The raging blush on Lucy's cheeks provided all the answers she needed. "Now I really need to know. Don't look at me like that I won't stop asking until you tell me."

"Fine…" Lucy groaned and moved along the hall. Her classes were done and she was ready to head home, followed by her blue-haired best friend. Previously mentioned simian had to leave. "I was in this… room…

Hallway was bathed in darkness, walls made of pyre onyx that reflected no light and only at the end of it there was a small ray of light. Lucy slowly walked toward it, making soft clicking sound with her heels and as she came close she gently pushed doors open. At first she hesitated but eventually she walked inside. It was something you only see in movies… room was small but very comfortable, illuminated only by the light of candles and at the very center of it was bed. She slowly approached it and with hand went over pure white sheets covered by rose petals… soft touch resembled that of finest of silk, cool and gentle under fingertips. Her eyes wandered around and slowly made her way toward a large mirror and image she saw in it was absolutely stunning. Beautiful blonde girl in red strapless dress and scarlet sandals with hair was neatly tied into a bun, light blue shade on eyelids and dark red lipstick. It took her a little time until she realized that girl in mirror was in fact her.

Soft creak of the doors reached her ears and she turned, gazing upon the person standing in black suit and white shirt, unbuttoned at the top with no tie. Hair revealed a shine, neatly combed back… pink. He carried but a single rose between his teeth. She gasped lightly as she gazed at him.

"N… Nats…" Lucy uttered but he moved closer, pressing his finger on her red lips. No words came from him but she knew everything he wanted to say. His hand slowly reached and removed rose from his teeth and placed it in her hands. Palms clenched around gentle flower as he was gazing into her eyes. Her heart pounded, her breath caught in throat and legs shivered… She knew not what to do but fortunately he seemed to have a good plan. His lips slowly moved closer, brushing lightly against hers, nothing more than a brief touch that made her already racing heart go even faster, harder… she felt as if it wanted to escape. His hand reached and pressed against her chest, slowly pushing her back over the bed… She was defenseless, helpless… but with every second of him being there desire kept growing. He leaned slowly over her.

"Na…" she wanted to say his name again but his finger stopped her lips from moving again. His lips slowly moved closer and kissed her soft cheek, warm and red from all the blood that kept rushing to her face. Hands kept tightening, wanting to tear apart fragile flower but all her strength went missing the moment his lips reached her neck. She closed her eyes and surrendered herself completely. He slowly moved lower…

"You had a wet dream!" Levy said loud, making Lucy quickly press her hand over Levy's mouth.

"Not so loud!" she said and Levy nodded "And it wasn't wet dream, alright?"

"Well what did he do in the dream?"

"He… he…" Lucy started but couldn't finish sentence. In all honesty she didn't need to say anything.

"He kissed you where no man kissed you before and you woke up with wet panties." Levy teased, expecting her to quickly deny but instead Lucy just pressed her lips really tight and closed her eyes. "I can't believe you didn't tell me this sooner…"

"It happened this morning!" Lucy shouted, no longer minding if someone will hear.

"And it still took you this long!" Levy waved her head. For a brief moment she glanced down and up at her "Are you still wearing same panties?"

"I changed them!" Lucy growled and covered her face with hands once more "Ughh… this is so embarrassing."

"No, that is perfectly normal." Bluenette added "And it is also telling us one more important thing."

"And that is?" Lucy asked as she slowly lowered her hands.

"This is going to be fun weekend."

A/N: I love me a good dream. This really shouldn't come as a surprise anymore. Now... fun starts. Well fun for me because it only took me 20 chapters to actually start the real drama. This isn't even 20% of the story.