A/N: Sorry this is a day late! I started writing an one-shot Fairy Tail fanfic and it was longer than I expected! SUMI-MASEN! But anyway, here is the 5th Chapter!
Btw, if you're interested, my one-shot Fairy Tail fanfic is called "Lucy in Fairyland" hehe, it's a parody! Warning: it's 6000+ words long :/
- Chapter 5 -
Gray nursed his quickly bruising face with ice as he followed Erza out of the alleyway.
"Are you alright?" Lucy asked just slightly ahead of the ice mage. He shrugged casually.
"It's Erza, I'm used to it."
"It's better safe than sorry, but I do apologise," Erza said. Lucy sighed. The red-haired mage had mistook Gray for assaulting Lucy and as always her resolution was a punch first.
"Where's the fire and metal idiots?" Gray asked through his inflammed cheek.
"Mirajane, Levy, Wendy, Charle and Cana are taking good care of them."
Sure enough, the two Dragon Slayers were bound in front of Lucy's house both looking quite unconscious with Erza-inflicted punches to their bodies.
"We found they were trying to pounce at a Mirajane transformed Lucy, obviously we had to interfere."
"Well, Erza did most of it," Wendy smiled uneasily.
Lucy sighed again, this is turning out to be a hell of a weird birthday.
"I've sent Hibiki off to find the reverse enchantment."
"Wouldn't it be easier if we went to Blue Pegasus?" Lucy asked.
"Shhhh, Lu-chan that's a taboo topic!" Levy waved her arms into a cross behind Erza.
"Anyway, Levy I'd like you to stay with Lucy tonight just in case any of those guys decide to attack again," Erza commanded, ready to drag Natsu and Gajeel back to Fairy Tail.
"No problem!"
"I'll be staying with Natsu and Gajeel at the guild tonight. Lucy, is it alright if I look after your Keys to make sure Loke doesn't appear?"
"Here," Gray said chucking Erza the large ring of gold and silver Keys, "and it was Lucy who asked me to remove them before you think I robbed her."
"Lucy, I think it best if you don't return to the guild for the rest of today just in case Natsu and Gajeel wake up. Plus, the other guys will be safer from you," don't make me sound like the attacker!
"S-Sure."
"Gray-sama!" the Fairy Tail mages all turned at the newcomer's voice.
"In that case, see you Lucy," Gray deliberately turned to Lucy as Juvia ran towards the ice mage. The female mages all cringed as Juvia collided into the wall behind with a thud.
"Th-thank goodness Gray-sama is alright, Juvia is happy," the water mage stuttered as she removed herself from the wall, "G-Gray-sama please wait!"
But Gray had taken off towards Fairy Tail with a sobbing Juvia running after him.
"Poor Juvia," Mira said with sympathy in her eyes.
"I think she will be a good candidate to keep an eye on Gray," Erza said thoughtfully beginning to drag the fire and iron mages towards Fairy Tail.
"I think she does a pretty decent job of it already to be honest," Cana said glugging down wine from a flask.
…
"As the leader of the 12 Zodiac I demand you to step aside!" Taurus, Sagittarius and Scorpio glanced at each other.
"I don't think that wise, Leo you've already been to the human world-."
"I stayed in that world for 3 years before and it hadn't killed me! I just want to see her!" Loke bellowed charging for the gateway only to have Taurus stopping him.
"A-Aries, please try and stop it moshimoshi!" Sagittarius cried as he joined in to stop Loke too.
"I-I can't, Leo has the right to do what he wishes," the ram spirit said in a small voice.
"Princess will be mad if you go through, and I will go through too if you manage past brother Taurus and Sagittarius," Virgo said in a disapproving voice. Loke ignored her.
"Don't make me battle you!" Loke snarled, Scorpio decides to join in the restraining as he sees the bull and centaur fail a little.
"Interesting! So he's fallen for Lucy?" Gemini squealed with delight then an idea hit the twins.
"Looooke, why don't we go out tonight and spend the night together?" the Lucy-impersonated Gemini crooned and pouted. Loke's eyes widened at the sight of 'Lucy'.
"Come on Looooke, I know you want it," Gemini winked Lucy's brown eyes suggestively. The Spirit of Leo stopped struggling then sighed.
"That's seriously insulting to our master, Gemini," the twins' face fell and returned to their usual forms.
"I guess I will only ever love the real Lucy…" Loke muttered to himself and walked out of the Gate of Lucy Room. Lucy's spirits sighed and collapsed into the nearby sofas except Virgo who kept an intelligent eye on Loke.
"I don't think he should be leaving, what if princess suddenly needs his help?"
"He'll be back soon, without a doubt," Cancer said snapping his scissors.
"Leo…" Aries said wanting follow Loke but Virgo's gaze told her otherwise, "sorry…"
Outside the Gate of Lucy Room, a dark cloud descended upon Loke's mood. I have to get back to her somehow, but I can't without access to the Lucy's Gate! And curse it that today is the day all her spirits are available! That room's going to be full… if only I can distract them.
"SHE DROPPED OUR KEYS!" Loke looked up as he heard Aquarius's scream.
"C-Calm down Aquarius, I'm sure there's a reason!"
"THAT GIRL KNOWS NOTHING BUT INSOLENCE, I'M GOING TO KILL HER!" Loke smirked, this can only be fate! Thank you Lucy…
The Gate of Lucy Room was in havoc as the Celestial Spirits tried to calm an enraged Aquarius. Circling the corners of the room, Loke slipped past their gazes and passed through the gate. Here I come, my beautiful one!
…
Lucy tossed and turned in her bed, kicking the covers away from her. So hot! And I totally cannot stop thinking about the hot main character, if only he was real… It was 3am and Lucy was still wide awake from yesterday's Fairy Tail havoc and the plot of a story she and Levy were just reading. The Celestial mage suppressed a sigh then picked her way silently out of her room not wanting to wake a heavily asleep Levy. I'll go out for a walk.
The streets of Magnolia at this time were silent, peacefully silent and Lucy loved it. Walking along the edges of the canal, she stared up at the bright full moon that illuminated her path. So pretty… I wonder- Lucy immediately focused as she heard a soft thud nearby. Someone's here. And she felt down for her Keys, which weren't there! She panicked, as her left hand went to her other side, I left my whip too! Slowly but surely, Lucy made her way back to her house. Quietly, if I move shadow-like I probably won't be noticed-!
"Kya!" Lucy yelped as her foot misplaced its step. Her world turned sideways as she fell towards the canal. Just my luck!
"Ice Make: Shield!"
"Ouch!" Gray winced as Lucy hit the ice he formed underneath her with a heavy thud; he then came out from behind a column of stacked boxes. Damn she's hotter than the night!
"Need help?" he said as Lucy nursed her behind.
"Gray! What are you doing here?" the ice mage tried to shrug casually. Why can't I just pull her up to me? No… she'd be taken away from me if I touch her.
"It's hot tonight, and I'm an ice mage of course I can't sleep," why didn't I just say it was because of her shadowing my every thought? Lucy smiled forgetting the sore pain. She is so damn cute.
"Me too! I just can't stand the heat at night! Looks like great minds think alike!" if only you feel what I feel towards you too…
"Want me to walk you back before Levy realises you're missing and she calls for Erza?" Gray said sticking his hands in his pockets to stop them reaching out for Lucy.
"Well to be honest, I really wanted to go to Blue Pegasus," Gray frowned. Has she fallen for… Hibiki?
"Why?" he asked in a strangled voice which he tried to hide.
"They'd probably have to solution. I need to pay my rent soon and it'd be a nuisance for Team Natsu if neither you nor Natsu have to think about staying away from me all the time."
"I'm here now aren't I?"
"You know what I mean," Gray looked away; I don't want to know what you mean.
"So just go then why don't you?" Lucy's gaze darkened.
"I would… but Erza has my Keys," please don't cry, I won't forgive myself if you do!
"I could go with you," and suddenly Lucy's eyes brightened.
"Really?" Gray started back slightly at Lucy's enthusiasm, so lively even at 3 in the morning.
"Of course, I can't just watch you be devoured by those perverted man-boys at Blue Pegasus," the ice mage continued smirking. Lucy jumped up from the frozen canal.
"Let's go then!" Gray's eyebrows rose.
"Now?"
"Of course!" Lucy walked closer and narrowed her eyes, "if I don't go now Erza will find someway of trapping me here so I won't make trouble! It's so mean of her!"
"Uh, if you insist…"
"Let's go!" Lucy jumped up happily then took off towards the train station. Oh what am I going to do with her? Gray thought smiling to himself. She's all mine now I guess…
Oh Gray you cunning man :P I'm now super jealous of Lucy... Thanks for reading!
Shaari