Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail… Only my character Hesper!
AN: Ok, chapter three! And it's Christmas morning! Everybody gets presents! Some are good and others… Yeah not so much…
~LolGizzmo55
Chapter Three- A Job for a Present
"Awww! Look how adorable Hesper-chan is next to Freed!" Lisanna whispered as she saw the two snuggled up together on the booth.
"Can we wake them up now? I want my presents!" Bickslow whispered louder, hoping to wake them up.
"Uh, no! I want them too, but let me just treasure this moment…" Lisanna giggled, patting the tall mages head.
"To bad." Laxus grumbled as he dumped a bucket of cold water on top of the sleeping pair, making them wake up and shiver, jumping back and yelling when they realized who they were next to.
"Alright, which one of you idiots did that?!" Hesper growled, getting off the booth and looking around for the person with the bucket, which Laxus had given to Bickslow, who looked down at it and back up at the furious girl in front of him.
"Oh sh*t. No wait it wasn't…!" He said when she switched to her dragon wings and kicked him in his nether regions, and he slid to the floor and winced in pain.
"Yeah. 'Oh sh*t'. You deserved it. And who put him next to me?!" Hesper grumbled, crossing her arms after watching her friend fall from her antics again, nodding her head to the still shivering Freed, who winced when she indicated him like that.
"No one. I think he did that himself… Anyway, Hesper-chan, it's Christmas! Here's my present for you!" Lisanna smiled, and handed her a smallish box, wrapped in red and green wrapping paper.
"Oh. Thank you Lisanna-chan! Oh, it's wonderful!" She said as she opened the box. It contained a yellow bikini top. "Uh, but where's the bottom…?" She questioned.
"That's my present! I couldn't really find one for ya, so me and Liz decided to combine our present for you!" Bickslow said as he handed her a box that looked exactly like his girlfriend's, still sitting on the floor and holding his crotch.
"Thanks Bickslow. Merry Christmas by the way. Sorry about that… Heh heh…" The Requip Wings mage said as she put one hand behind her head, placing her presents down on the booth.
"I got you a present too." Freed said monotony as he handed her a smaller box, still shivering as Mira put a warm blanket around him.
"Thanks Freed. Oh! Uh… What is it?" She asked him as she held up an interesting looking key.
"Oh hell no you didn't…" Bickslow groaned as he slammed his head on the floor, and Lisanna and Hesper looked between him and Freed questioningly. "You did NOT actually do what I told you to do, did you?"
"Yes. Of course. Did you lie to me? Was it not a good idea?" Freed asked, while the pinknette looked at him questioningly.
"What did he tell you to get me?" She asked, showing her dragon wings again, glaring at Bickslow, while he shrunk into his cape more than necessary.
"Only the key to his heart dear. Nothing bad, right?" He said sarcastically as she (and Freed for that matter) flushed red and punched his visor.
"Oh stop you two! It's Christmas! Hesper, I have a present for you too!" Mira said cheerfully, and Hesper looked at her friend with glee as she received… A piece of paper.
"What the f*ck is this?!" Hesper asked, holding the paper closer to her face to read it. "Oh, not another job request! Come on Mira, couldn't it wait until after the holidays?" The pink haired girl groaned.
"Nope. The Raijinshuu were requested to go on this job and finish it before New Years. So go get packing!" Mira said, still smiling, as she shoved the three who were part of the team (she said she'd get Evergreen and Laxus in a second) and out the door, and sent them to their houses.
"Why are we always the ones who miss everything fun?" Bickslow groaned as he followed the other two in the direction of their homes.
"Because it is our duty as Fairy Tail guild members to do the right thing." Freed said with his normal monotone voice.
"Yeah right. We are part of a team that consists of an S-Class member. That's why." Hesper grumbled as the three got to the cross way that separated their houses apart.
"Let's hurry. Mira says the train for this job leaves at noon." Evergreen said as she had caught up to them, her breath puffing out into steam in front of them.
"That's in thirty minutes!" Hesper said worriedly as she grabbed the brunette's hand and they ran off in the direction of Fairy Hills.
o~o~o~o (On The Train…)
"Tch, can't we have a mode of transportation that doesn't make me sick?" Laxus groaned as the train lurched to life, and began going down the rail.
"Hey, if you want to be a genius and design that mode of transportation, be my guest." Hesper growled, also feeling not-so-great for the fact that it was Christmas and she was stuck on a train with her bunch of teammates who argued all the f*cking time…
"Alright, so we're on this train, now what're we doing? I was going to give Lisanna my present later…" Bickslow said, crossing his arms, sitting next to Freed.
"Ok, that's gross Bickslow. You always give her your present every day." Evergreen groaned, looking out the window, next to Hesper.
"Oh and like Elfman doesn't do the same?" He yelled back, glaring at her.
"Please guys don't start this… You both do the same thing every time we are home and no one cares. Also, no one wants to." Hesper grumbled, also glaring at the both of them now.
"Hesper, will you please describe the job we're actually doing before the whole train blows up?" Freed asked, looking at her desperately, while the other two look at the pinknette in anger.
"I actually wouldn't mind if that happened…" Laxus grumbled as his face turned slightly green as the train went over a small hill on the track.
"Ok then… Uhm, well… I have to matchmake all the top couples in Fiore by the time its New Years. And apparently I needed you guys to come too, because it says here that someone is going to try and kill me…" Hesper said as she read the paper, and turned a little green at reading it, so she looked away. She wasn't good at reading in moving vehicles.
"And by top you mean only ten, right?" The tiki doll loving man asked.
"As many as there are. I've already done all the ones in Fairy Tail, so these won't be too hard, I hope…" She sighed as she looked down the list, mentally crossing off the one's she had already put together.
"Are you sure Mira didn't make this up?" Laxus asked also, gritting his teeth to prevent from throwing up his lunch.
"Positive. I did a rune scan, well, Freed did, and it was never in her possession before today." The shy girl said, handing the paper over to Laxus, who thrusted the paper back to her.
"If I'm already feeling sick, don't give me something to read, because I'm just like you with that stuff… Even when I'm not on trains…" He grumbled, and so she gave the paper over to Freed, who read it over again.
"The first couple that we…"
"Me. I. I have to apparently do it because if I don't, I'll die. And I kinda wanna live…" Hesper had interrupted Freed, who glared at her for doing so.
"Right then. You have to get together all the couples in Fairy Tail first, but since you've already done so, you have to go to Saber Tooth next, which is where we are heading now." Freed finished, and folded up the job request, and put it away in his pocket.
"Yep. I'm actually kinda excited! Even though you guys could die as well…" The shy girl said as Bickslow gave her a look through his visor.
"Great. So now you're gonna get us all killed. Perfect. Ya know, I do have a girlfriend at home that I'd like to see sometime…" The Seith mage said, and his babies agreed, cheering 'Lissy! Want home! And Lissy!' before the man shut them up and made them go to sleep.
"Awe! That's so cute! You guys were actually my favorite couple to put together…" Hesper cooed, going off into a dream state.
"Hey! I put us together with my awesome flirting skills!" Bickslow said, flexing his muscles, and Evergreen gagged.
"You? With good flirting skills? You couldn't even impress a rock with that." She sneered.
"Uh huh I could! You however, need some work. Maybe get some new glasses, or maybe someone besides me to argue with?" He yelled back, crossing his arms and sticking his guild mark cladded tongue at her.
"Evergreen, he's right. You do need to just cool down a bit." Hesper added in, when the mad woman turned on her.
"You're supposed to be defending me! Not agreeing with the boys! We are the only girls in this place!" The brunette argued, and Hesper shrugged.
"Sorry, you're on your own." She said as she got up and walked away to the dining cart. She just needed some time to herself… Without anyone following her… Lucky for her, they left her alone.
o~o~o~o (Later At A Hotel Near Saber Tooth…)
"Ok, so what couples do you need to get together?" Evergreen asked, sitting as far away from Bickslow as possible, as was a request from Laxus.
"The first is a couple named Sting and Yukino and the second couple is Rouge and Kagura. But she's from Mermaid Heel, so that'll be a little tougher…" Hesper explained, looking at the list of couples.
"Really? Interesting… Well, have fun Hesper. I'm gonna go and see if I can find something for Lissy. Kyahaha!" Bickslow said as he walked out of their hotel room.
They all shared a room, though the boys had a separate room from the girls. It was very cramped for five people, but it had a cozy feel to it.
"Well, I'm sorry Hesper-chan, but I want to find some sort of spa and relax for a bit before we head out." Evergreen said as she also left the room, heading the opposite direction from their tall teammate.
"And I wish to study more on my…" Freed said as he watched Laxus grab Hesper by her sweater and was dragged out the door.
"I'm never gonna leave you alone with Freed. It'll just end in you two kissing in my bed." Laxus grumbled, and stopped dragging her as she collapsed on the floor, gasping for air and glaring at her boss with a red face.
"Why the hell would we do that? I hate him! How many times do I have to say this?!" She yelled at the man, when he just tched and crossed his arms.
"Whatever. I didn't want to be stuck with him alone either. What do I have to do?" Laxus asked as he shocked her as she got up, making her fall on the ground again.
"Ok, first, don't do that. Second, I just have to see what the couples are like around each other first, and then see how they're like alone. Then I put them together somehow." Hesper growled, but then shrugged as she got up and followed the blond man to the guild, since she had no clue as to where the place was.
o~o~o~o (At Saber Tooth…)
"Master Sting! Laxus and a girl from Fairy Tail are here to see you!" Yukino said, blushing slightly at the name she just called Sting.
"So the badass of Fairy Tail is here with his new girlfriend eh? What's your business here?" The arrogant master said as he walked his way over to the two, who looked surprised at each other before Laxus growled at him.
"WE aren't together. She's my newest team member. We had a job to accomplish over here and she wanted to see the guild." He grumbled, crossing his arms and looking down at Sting, who looked at Hesper up and down.
"Well, take a good long look. You're not bad to stare at either. Hey Yukino! Do you think you could show this lovely lady around the guild?" He joked, when Hesper flared red, and Yukino nodded, glaring at the pinknette with jealousy, but it was hidden quickly with a smile.
"Of course Master." The light blue haired girl bowed as she stood next to Hesper and dragged her around to look around at the guild.
"Wow this guild is nice. So your name is Yukino? That's very pretty. My names Hesper… Oh what's wrong?!" The shy girl said in alarm as Yukino collapsed and began to cry.
"I-It's nothing. I just don't understand why he always flirts with every new woman that comes here…" She said, obviously talking about Sting.
"Oh. Well… Sting just has an outgoing personality (a bit of an ass of you ask me) but I bet he really likes you, and so he's trying to prove that." Hesper said as she kneeled next to girl and patted her back.
"Really? How do you know though? You've just met us!" She said as she dried up her tears and looked at Hesper questioningly.
"I have my ways. I mean I did get most of the Fairy Tail couples together…" She explained.
"Oh. D-Do you think you could get me and him together?" The Celestial Spirit mage asked, blushing and looking down at the ground.
"It'll cost you, but sure." The Requip Wings mage grinned, and slung an arm over the girls shoulder, and they began to hatch a plan…
AN: Hehe! Yeah, sorry if that felt rushed… I might edit it later but whatever… Off to write more!
~LolGizzmo55 types furiously to bring you great stories!