Turns out, it's not the first time Jasper's been in Earth-land. He creates portal to an old home that he owned on the edge of Fiore. It wasn't big, one bedroom, one bathroom, a kitchen, and a very small living room. Jasper let me have the bed.
"Jasper, were you poor when you lived here?" I question. The house was very small, even for Jasper, who I noticed was very conservative.
"What makes you say that?" He says defensively. I raise my hands up in a 'forget-that-I-asked' gesture and dismiss the question. I sleep in the very small bedroom and leave for Fairy Tail in the morning.
"Jasper, I'm telling you, no one gets up this early." He drags me across the ground towards the guild and rolls his eyes. We arrive at the guild, and to my surprise, everyone is there and wide awake.
"Sorry Princess, it's after noon. Guess you didn't get the memo." He sits at the bar and I sit next to him.
"You could've woken me up, we wasted all of that time." I put my arms on the counter and lay my head down.
"I'm not your alarm clock. Maybe you shouldn't have drank so much." Jasper looks around, sipping on his drink. "Lover boy is staring at you again." He says coldly.
"He doesn't like me anymore Jasper, no one has seen me in six years, my face looks different, he probably just wants to get used to it." He smirks at me. He looks at the door, and back at me.
"Your rival just walked in the door." He murmurs, changing the subject. He sits back, sipping on his drink.
"She's not my rival." Lisanna walks into the guild, back from an S-class mission, which everyone praises her for. She goes to sit by Natsu and glares at me when our gazes meet. Lisanna used to be so nice to me, I don't know why a bad breakup with Natsu would be my fault.
"Jasper, we should go on a mission too." I turned away from Lisanna's death-glare.
"What's the point? We don't have a use for it." He glances at me.
"Well what else are we going to do? And we don't have any money. It'll be fun." He rolls his eyes at me. I drag him to the job board.
"You pick." We look across the board.
"I want an S-class mission." He concludes. I look at him with dismay.
"Well that's too bad, because you'd need to be an S-class wizard."
"You know very well that I am far better than an S-class." I roll my eyes at him. I pluck off a random flyer from the job board and read it. I hand it to Jasper so that he can see.
"Destroy dark guild, 24,000 jewels. What's a dark guild?" He asks.
"Unofficial guilds that.. do.. bad, things?" I explain.
"Great description." He gave me back the flyer. "Sounds good." We go over to Mira and she stamps it.
"Good luck guys!" She waves us goodbye.
"Lucy do you know where you're going?" Jasper asks me. We had taken the train to a destination closest to the job site. The guild was 'supposedly' located in a secluded forest. We have been walking for about an hour.
"Yes, I do." I lie. I wasn't about to give Jasper a chance to criticize me. However, I think he saw through my deception.
"We're lost aren't we." I nod my head. But then we come across a large building.
"Hey! We're here." I point at the guild and smile at him. He shakes his head and we walk closer. I lean my head on the door.
"Do you hear anything?" He whispers. Silence. I stand, ear on the door, and wait. A moment later, the door swings open. I fall onto the floor.
"Hi." I wave at the person above me. He glares and is thrown back by a punch from Jasper. I pounce up, and go to work. I have an easy time with most of the guild members, that is, until the master of the guild decides to show up.
"What is going on here?!" He booms. The man is tall and muscular, with tattoos covering his exposed skin. I freeze, dropping the guild member currently in my hand. He lunges at me, and I dodge to the side. He misses, and knocks over a table and a few chairs. He grabs the front of my jacket that I am wearing and lifts me off of the ground.
"Lucy?" Jasper shouts, taking care of the last guild member.
"I'm fine." I yell back. The leader slams me onto the ground, and I hear a loud crack in my arm. I cry out, and Jasper runs over to me.
I lay there, waiting for Jasper. After a while, he comes and kneels next to me.
"Are you okay, Lucy?" He asks. I shake my head no, and he sits me up. He uses healing magic to heal my arm. We drag all of the unconscious members outside, and set fire to the dark guild.
We walk to the edge of the forest, and there is a man waiting there for us. We collect the reward and head back on our way to Fairy Tail.
"All of that training, and you can't beat a measly old guy?" He laughs. I glare at him. "Why didn't you use any magic?" He asks.
"I didn't want to kill him Jasper. I can't release too much of it or it could cause some real bad damage." I say. He nods.
"Why don't you get something that blocks it?" He asks. I look at him, confused.
"Something that blocks it?" I inquire.
"Yeah, I have some at my house. Why don't you use that portal spell, for practice." He straightens the sleeve on his jacket, waiting for me to begin.
"Celestial Dragon Slayer technique: Portal." I put my hand out in front of me, and white streams of light spiral up into an oval shape. I look at Jasper, smiling. He isn't paying attention, as always. I focus forward, and narrow my eyes, concentrating on the task at hand.
I see Jasper's house through the portal, and I walk through. I hold it long enough for Jasper to pass. We walk into his house, and Jasper leads me into his room. He reaches under his bed, and pulls out a cardboard box.
"Okay, so these are what I have. They are all spelled so that they limit the amount of magic you can use." He opens it. I see an assortment of jewelry, and a few clothing items. I tap my chin, wondering which one to choose.
I pick out a blue sapphire ring.
"I like this one." I put it on and smile at him. He looks at me for a moment, and then at the wall. I think I see a slight tint of pink in his cheeks.
"Let's head back." He murmurs.
"Lucy." I open the doors to Erza and Gray staring at me.
"Hi guys." I smile. Erza hugs me, slamming my head into her armor. Gray waves at me with a half-smile.
"Hey Luce!" Natsu grins at me, Lisanna trailing behind him like a shadow. "We have a job, wanna come with?" I look at Jasper and he shrugs.
I agree to go with them. Jasper comes along too. I wonder what I'm getting myself into...
A/N: I hope you're liking it so far, it's been fun to write. Still deciding on a pairing, send me your thoughts! Please review, and thanks for reading!