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Finally, after six near puke experiences and a lot of groans and petting they arrived at the town of their job. Once he thought about it Natsu realized he didn't know what town they were in. Or who they were helping. Or even what the job was.

"Hey Lucy what are we even doing?" He asked as they climbed out of the train.

"We are helping move some valuables. We are their protection." She said as she maneuvered through the crowd.

"Cool," Natsu nodded as he followed. After Lucy's speech about liking someone he couldn't stop thinking about it. He now realized his feelings but he was still confused on the whipped thing. But he'd have to ask Lucy about that later because they had just arrived at the job sight.

Suddenly a dude was standing in front of the two (couple). A dude Natsu didn't like for some reason. He wasn't sure if it was his dumb neat brown hair or his stupid eyes that looked like the sky or the way he was just an inch taller than Natsu or the fact that he had muscle (but not as much as him) or the way he smiled at Lucy. Actually it was probably the way the stupid guy introduced himself. He was all 'Miss Heartfilia, it's an honor to meet you in person blah blah blah' for christs sake he was standing right there. Have some decency. So Natsu did what anyone would do and cleared his throat in the most obnoxious way possible.

"Oh I'm sorry, Mr. Natsu Dragneel. It's great to see such a strong and," the man glanced over at Lucy "lovely, pair to take on our mission." Natsu couldn't help but notice that when the guy looked at Lucy pink would start to tint her cheeks. He couldn't help but let a small growl escape. Lucy shot him a look that screamed 'don't growl at the guy I'm trying to make a good impression on'. He just rolled his eyes. Then the man started talking again.

"I am Adam your employer. We require your assistance to move a crate of valuables, unfortunately you can't know what they are, from here to the top of that," he pointed to a mountain that was very very far away, "mountain. Unfortunately this cargo is not permitted on trains and it's very delicate so it must transported carefully. You have a week to get it there so no need to rush and we will provide you with supplies, camping gear, food, water, everything. any questions?" His cool blue eyes, the reminded Natsu of the stupid ice mage, looked at them expectantly.

"Just one," Lucy said with a small frown, "we weren't aware that this was a week long mission so neither of us brought supplies."

"Hmm well don't worry we can give you some money to allow you to go purchase everything. It is the up most importance that it gets to the location safely so we will insure that it's transportation is safe. Now follow me and we'll go to the store to by everything you need. It won't even come out of your pay." The pair obediently followed behind. As surprising as it was to her that it was a week long mission she was pretty glad she was a getting a free shopping trip out of this one.

When they arrived to the huge has-everything-you-could-ever-need store it took them 2 hours to get everything they needed. With a kiss on Lucy's hand from Adam, a kiss that nearly caused the dragon slayer to burst into flames, the two best friends were off with their packs to transport the mystery item.

The mystery item was in a cart that could be transformed and either have wheels or handles to make it easier on the two mages. Currently they were walking with Lucy pushing the cart and Natsu a few steps behind her. Natsu was enjoying the view from behind and Lucy walked in front humming and swaying her hips slightly. Not like he was a pervert or anything he just liked seeing her so happy, yeah that was it. They walked like that for a while before Natsu thought about something he needed to ask Lucy.

"Hey Lucy," Natsu started as he caught up to the blonde, "I was just wondering. Who do you like in the way we talked about earlier?"

The blonde just stared back. How was she supposed to answer that. She was over here with a huge crush on the idiot while she was confident that he liked Lisanna. She decided to go with a classic. "I'm not telling you Natsu."

"But whyyyyyyy," he whined, "We're best friends aren't we." He gave her huge puppy dog eyes.

"Yes Natsu and I tell you most things but this is really private and he doesn't like me back so it doesn't matter anyways," she turned her head to the side in an attempt to hide her blush.

"Oh, well maybe if you told me who it was I could knock some sense into him." Natsu said with a determined nod.

Lucy couldn't help but smile at her best friends sweetness. "That is really sweet Natsu and I really appreciate it but feelings don't work that way."

"Oh-" was all Natsu managed to get out before trouble arrived.