A/N: Going on holiday for 4 days tomorrow! So no update for a while but I hope you enjoy this chapter! GONNA MISS THE NEW FAIRY TAIL EP T_T R&R or leave suggestions if you wish! :D

- Chapter 3 -

Lucy stared worriedly from her broken bedroom windows. They really look serious about it! Wind blew through the two Dragon Slayers' ruffling their clothes and hair shooting death glares at one another. What is this all about?

"Lucy!" the Celestial mage spun round at the sound the blue Exceed.

"Happy! Where've you been?" the flying cat sighed.

"I've trying to follow Natsu but he ran off so quickly I almost did a double-take… not to mention I'm still depressed from not having a slice of the cake," then Happy looked around Lucy's wrecked room, "what happened here?"

Lucy sighed audibly looking more depressed than the cake-deprived Happy, "Natsu had a go at Loke who I Forced Gate Closure on then Gajeel joined the fray, now they've taken the fight outside."

"I don't get it."

"Nor do I. But what are we going to do? It really doesn't look like one of those banter battles, they really look like they're going to kill each other," Lucy continued peering out her window again. Happy floated next to her.

"It'll be fine, they wouldn't really kill each other otherwise Erza will be after the survivor!"

"Oi oi, you're basing this fight's outcome on Erza who's not even here?"

Down below, the fire and iron mages clenched their fists.

"Let's do this the old way shall we, rustbrain?" Natsu sneered.

"Tsch, don't cry when ya lose, firesparkle," Gajeel snorted then looked up towards Lucy. The blonde mage started back slightly as he caught her gaze. Don't look at me as if I'm Panther-Lily! Although she could do with a gentle Gajeel, shuddering at the memory of how he abused her when he was still a Phantom guildee.

"Lucy, please be the judge."

"WH-WHAT? I refuse to judge which of you gets the worst beaten out of the other and then having to report back to Erza when she asks then getting beaten to pulp because I didn't stop you! Please just stop this!"

"Aye! The cake's going to get cold!"

"Happy… the cake was cold to begin with anyway-."

"Sorry Lucy, but for the sake of our love I must do this," Lucy and Happy's jaws both dropped simultaneously.

"He liiiiiikes you," Happy rolled his tongue but stiffer than usual from the shock. Lucy was too surprised to even react.

"I'll go first shall I?"

"Humph, either way you're going to lose bad so I'll give ya a headstart," Natsu jeered.

"Natsu! Since when did you let the enemy attack first?"

"Happy, stop encouraging this!" Lucy yelled.

"Here I go!"

…

"Gray, are you sure about this?" Mirajane asked trying to keep the suspicion out of her voice.

"Huh, this is precisely the reason I need your help."

"No, well that is, I mean how do you actually feel towards Lucy?" the ice mage raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean? She's just a teammate who's a very good friend," Gray replied smiling a little. More than just a friend. Mira looked deep into Gray's eyes trying to find any sort of deceit. Hmm, maybe I should probe a little further; he did touch her after all!

"That's a shame, because I think Lucy really does like you…" Mira trailed off suggestively.

"Of course she does, we wouldn't be the ultimate team of Fairy Tail if we had weak bonds," wow, does she? This is definitely news. I mustn't let her down, and especially not to those pigbrained mages.

"Sorry for doubting you, Gray I just have to be careful since you are going to be near Lucy and she has that strange potion affecting all the men around her."
"And the men with weak hearts are affected, why doesn't that surprise me?" Gray muttered frowning now, "anyway, let's go Mirajane, I'm counting on you!"

"No worries Gray. Lisanna would you take over for me here in the meantime?"

"Of course sis, leave it to me!"

…

"HUUUUUUUUUH?" Lucy couldn't help exclaiming.

"Love. It's the feeling that I most treasure. Lucy. It's the girl who I most love," Gajeel strummed away at his guitar.

"N-No way," where the heck did he put his guitar all this time?

"Ah, see! I told you they weren't really going to fight!" Happy said nodding his head with his little arms folded.

"That was not the point!"

"Eh? So are you disappointed they weren't going to fight?"

"No! I'm happy about that-."
"Or are you just more happy now that Gajeel is-," Happy spluttered slightly, "serenading you?"

"SHUT UP YOU FURBRAIN CAT!"

"Seriously Gajeel, is this all you can do?" Natsu said, not a hint of amusement in his face. Gajeel pulled down his white hat. Since when did he change clothes too? Lucy thought wildly unable to process the bizarre scene.

"Heh, a woman loves their man to sing. I'd like to see you win against that," the iron Dragon Slayer backed off, letting Natsu on the centre stage.

"Lucy, I shall clear that horrific memory of what that scrap metal freak calls serenading and fill your mind anew with true romance," Natsu's vocabulary has just increased ten fold…

"Oh I wonder Natsu has to bring for this battle!"
"This is no time to be curious, Happy!" there's seriously something wrong with them, but… I'm kinda curious too!

"Let the flames of my passion wrap you in eternal warmth, my beautiful princess," Lucy smiled uneasily, those are such typical Loke words so why the hell is it coming out of Natsu's mouth? I wonder if Loke's behind all this…? But Lucy's thoughts were disrupted as fireworks brighter than the sun lit up in front of her eyes.

"Wow!" Natsu grinned and his heart leapt at Lucy's beaming face. Oh my dearest Lucy! How lovely your smile is! He then proceeded to bring out his special weapon.

"Lucy, look look! I think the fireworks are turning into words!" sure enough, as the fireballs exploded, a flamey outline of words appeared.

"Eternal. Love. Equals. Lucy. And. Natsu…" Happy read out slowly.

"This equation shall forever burn, lighting up your dark nights giving!" Natsu shouted grandly. Lucy's head was bowed, her body shuddering.

"Lucy, are you OK?"

"DON'T GO WRITING DAMN SCREWED UP MATHS EQUATIONS OUTSIDE OTHER PEOPLE'S HOMES! HOW DO YOU EXPECT ME TO EVEN WALK INTO MY HOUSE? AND HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO SLEEP AT NIGHT?" Natsu's grin only widened.

"Part and parcel my dearest Lucy," then Natsu dropped to one knee, "I accompany you to sleep."

Lucy's ears blew steam as her face turned deep red.

"Natsu's so gentleman! Oh, is this a sign he's hit that time in life, what d'ya call it? Oh yeah midlife crisis!" Happy exclaimed to a half dead Lucy who didn't even bother to correct the Exceed. It's all over, my pride as a Celestial mage has just been carved out…

"That is the worst wooing of a lady I've ever set eyes upon," Gajeel laughed loudly clutching his stomach but Natsu calmly faced the iron mage.
"Oh yeah, and how many girlfriends have you had you metal head?"

"More than you no doubt, flamingo head!" Natsu's calm was short-lived.

"Zero is more than nothing, you over-pierced ass!"

"Oh, now they're really going to fight it out!" Happy yelled almost gladly flying out of the broken window to get a better view. Lucy sighed. This is turning crazy. Are they even the Dragon Slayers I knew? Or at least I thought I knew.

"Let's get out of here, Lucy," the blonde mage almost jumped out of her skin a tickle of breath passed over her neck. She spun round, panicky, only to find her other fellow teammate standing behind her.

"Gray!"

Not as great as I thought it'd turn out to be... but thanks for reading! 1000 thank yous for the reviews left! Gray's about to feature big-time, GraxLu fans out there prepare yourselves ;)

Shaari