It is my most sincere hope that this story becomes a full blown chapter fic, however that will in the end be up to Bickslow, Lucy and the rest of the guild. Give them a big hand so they stick around a while will you folks? ...and...here we go...

Oh and * would be indicative of Bickslows babies chattering.

Fairy Tail owns me not the other way around .

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Lucy made it more than halfway through the guildhall when the feeling of something being Off drew her to a stop. She turned in a slow circle, eyeing the members who were present. Most of the louder members weren't present, so it was pretty... quiet. The weird feeling didn't seem to be coming from anyone she saw. Everyone was being pretty...normal. What was it? The light was flickering. She looked up. Well that wasn't normal. It wasn't wrong, but the disco ball impression still felt...not right.

"Bickslow?" He wobbled.

"Shit! Oh...uh...hey Cosplayer. What's up?" He was still spinning. She very breifly wondered how he had known it was her when he couldn't see her.

"You, in case you didn't notice. You ok? You sound a little...strained."

"Nah. I mean yeah. Almost lost Pipi's orbit is all. No biggie."

"Which one is Pipi?"

"The one under my...right foot."

"The happy one?"

"Uhu."

"What are you doing up there?"

"Trying to decide if I would look sexier splattered on a wall or crumpled in the bottom of a crater."

"Personally I think you look sexier in one whole peice." Another wobble.

"Pipi?"

"Pepe."

"The kissy face one holding up your other leg?"

"No that's Pupu. Pepe is the one with the teeth between my shoulders. Popo is keeping my head from falling off and Papa is the sad one anchoring our spin into chaos."

"So what are you actually doing up there?"

"Umm..."

"You're stuck aren't you?"

"There isn't really anything to get stuck on up here."

"So how are you getting down?"

"Haven't decided yet."

"What are your choices? Other than the wall and a crater."

"That's the thing..."

"So you're stuck."

"Yeah kinda."

"You can cut the magic from your babies right?"

"Crumpled in a crater, Cosplayer."

"Will you let me catch you?"

"Both of us crumpled in the bottom of a bigger crater."

"Rephrase. Will you let Taurus catch you?"

"That's an option?"

"You don't have boobs so it may take a little convincing, but yeah." Lucy took her stance and began to glow. "Open! Gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!" The celestial bovine appeared to the loud tolling of his doorbell.

"What can I doooo for you to protect your hot body, Miss Luuucy?"

"I need you to catch the spinning maniac when he falls from the sky so he doesn't crush me."

"I've got this, Miss Luuucy!"

"You sure about this, Cosplayer? I'm not sure I trust this guy not to grope me."

"You could always wait till you get so dizzy you hurl and then just land wherever in a bloody pile of vomit. Not sexy at all, Bickslow."

"Yeah," Bickslow wobbled again. "I'm trusting you, Cosplayer."

"Please stop calling me that. Ready, Taurus?"

"Ready for my victory smooooch, Miss Luuucy."

"On three. One, two, three!" Bickslow dropped his babies and managed not to scream like a girl as he plummeted toward the ground. Taurus caught him.

"Thanks, Taurus."

"Do I get a smooooch?" Bickslow let his tongue fall from his mouth.

"I'll smooch you big guy." The bull disappeared and Bickslow hit the floor with a yelp. Lucy giggled. So did Mira. They had drawn a small crowd.

"You should have left him up there, Bunny Girl."

"If you wanted me in your lap you could have just asked, Gajeel." Bickslow's babies began to float around him again.

"Shut your face before I eat your favorite helmet, Princess!"

"You have to actually rescue me to get a kiss." *kiss, kiss! The iron slayer began to growl.

"Ok you two. That's enough. Come on, Bix. A near death experience calls for icecream." Lucy pulled the seith mage off the ground and drug him to the bar by a pauldron. "Mira! Two bowls of the good stuff."

"Awe. What's wrong Lucy? Bad day?"

"I've been abandoned, Mira. Abandoned! My artistic muse has wondered off somewhere and refused to come home."

"Maybe you just need inspiration."

"I tried. Nothing worked."

"Why don't you take a job? You usually come back from those bursting at the seams with ideas."

"Because Erza heard a rumor, so is off hunting her not-boyfriend and Juvia took Gray to some ice sculpture thing in Shirotsume. Cana and Wendy left on a 2 week mission 3 days ago and Levy told Gajeel that if anyone tries to bother her he was to hang them in front of the guild to flap in the wind. I'm pretty sure she ment Jet and Droy, but Gajeel took her literally! I tried to talk to her last night and I had to call out Gemini to lay a scent trail so i could escape!" Bickslow and his babies snickered and Mira's mouth twitched. "It's not funny guys! He actually hung her from a 20 foot pole! He knew it wasn't me and did it anyway!"

"Isn't she identical to you when she transforms, Lucy? How was he supposed to know?"

"She was wearing a towel!"

"Where was I last night when this went up? That sounds epic! That's a long way to look...up" *up, up

"Shut it perv!" Bickslow dropped his tongue out and grinned. Mira set two heaping bowls of chilly comfort in front of them.

"Why don't you just go on a mission with Natsu and Happy?"

"The exceeds went to the hatching remember?"

"Why don't you just go with Natsu?" Bickslow dropped his helmeted head to the bar with a loud clang, startling both women.

"Because your sister is a traitor!" *traitor, yeah a traitor. "We were supposed to be setting up the most epic prank in history today, and I can't pull it off without her, and do you know where she is? Fishing with Natsu!" *fishy traitor.

"I barely survived the heart attack the confetti bomb in the freezer last week gave me. I'd really rather Lisanna not be involved in whatever you are planning this time." Bickslow threw his hands in the air.

"Fish, Mira! She stood up our prank date for fish!" *eww fish, so boring. Mira giggled.

"You know they aren't just fishing right?" The barmaid did a scary impression of Cana's eyebrows.

"You can't be suggesting what I suspect you are suggesting!" The babies made various shocked sounds and dropped to the bar.

"It's true." Lucy spoke around her icecream. "I know for a fact they do very little fishing on their fishing trips these days."

"No way. Lis I can understand, she isn't nearly the angel she pretends to be, but Natsu is oblivious!"

"Nope. He just pretends to be."

"It's adorable! Their babies will be so cute!" Lucy and Bickslow rolled their eyes. Of course, no-one could see Bickslow's eyes, but he rolled them anyway. They dug into their ice cream while Mira stood lost in dreams of pink-haired, blue-eyed, fire-Bunny takeover babies.

"So, Bickslow, wanna tell me why I had to rescue your loopy ass from your own babies?"

"It has been a lifelong dream of mine to one day be a professional disco ball." The tongue came out again.

"Well next time practice over something soft." Lucy smirked at him. "And maybe bedazzle yourself first. Your cloths are ridiculous but not flashy."

"My armor is ridiculously useful, Cosplayer. Not all of us are kinky enough to fight naked. That's unique to you and your team."

"Watch it buddy." Lucy pointed her spoon at him, only to snatch it back when he went to lick it. "My kinky self handed your armored ass to you, not once, but twice. It's not my fault my cloths get damaged. Imagine if you caught fire every time Laxus used lightning anywhere near you. Bet you'd start wearing fewer layers real quick."

"Cosplayer, if you want to see me naked all you have to do is ask."

"Don't make me Lucy Kick you again, Disco Princess."

"Awe, Cosplayer! You're so sweet to recognize my talents!"

"Not my name, Bix. Really though, why is today disco princess day?"

"Boredom."

"And your babies couldn't just put you down because..."

"We were trying something new."

"O...kay. New question."

"Shoot me. Just avoid vital organs."

"Do your babies have their own personalities? I mean, they have names and you gave them different faces so I just wondered."

"Umm..." Bickslow shifted nervously on his barstool. Talking about his magic made him anxious. "Yeah"

"So are they their own people like my spirits?"

"You really, honestly want to know?" He sounded serious, and it made Lucy feel odd. She had a feeling this was really important somehow. She pushed her bowl back and leaned forward to show him he had her full attention, and nodded. Bickslow took a deep breath.

BAM! They both jerked away from the mission flier suddenly being held down on the bar between them by a pale hand. Horror began crawling up their spines at the overly sweet expression on Mira's face. Everyone knew that expression ment trouble for whoever it was turned on. Mira was matchmaking.

"Lucy needs inspiration. Bickslow is bored. Both of your teams are busy. This mission is for a haunted castle and offers 200,000 jewel and two silver gate keys. It's perfect for you. It just came in last night so it hasn't even hit the board yet. I already signed your names in the book and called the client to let him know you were on your way. Have fun!" Then she was gone.

"She signed the book..."

"And called the client..."

"Please tell me you have a boyfriend we can produce so this won't keep going for months."

"Not really."

"We're doomed!" Clang.

"Well...dip me in fudge and call me a strawberry."

"That an invitation, Cosplayer? Because it makes you sound delicious."

"Pervy comments like that are why we are in this mess." He groaned and she glared at him as she ran her hand over first Pyxis then Horologium's keys. "We can take a train to Shirotsume, but we will have to walk from there. The next train leaves in 48 minutes." She stood and rolled Bickslow's helmeted head back and forth on the bar. "Move it, Disco Princess. The sooner we do this the sooner we can find a way to point Mira an some other helpless soul. Like maybe Gajeel." Bickslow stuck his tongue out and laughed in the direction of the growling iron slayer as they left the guildhall, babies lifting themselves from the bar to follow them, giggling hysterically.

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To be continued