Everyone near them was shocked.

"What!" Mirajane, Ashley and Natsu said all at once.

"Calm down everyone, lets not make a scene." Lucy said trying to calm them down.

But it was too late. As Lucy looked around she could see that they had the attention of the entire guild.

"Don't tell me to calm down! So this is why you wanted to come here? So you can hook up with Earth me?" Ashley asked.

"Well yeah. She's pretty, smart, kind, and she doesn't beat me all the time." Ashley asked Fireball.

He had clearly added that last part to make things worse. Like rubbing salt into a fresh wound. But their tactic seems to be working. Ashley was definitely reacting the way you would expect her too if she was jealous. They just had to keep this going for a little longer and something might just come from this.

"Lucy, is this true?" Natsu asked turning to Lucy.

"Um, yeah," She answered.

"Well I think it's cute. I was rooting for earth Natsu and Lucy to get together but this works well too. It could actually be better since their personalities match. They are more suited since Edo Natsu and Lucy both don't like to fight and Edo Lucy and Natsu both love it. So it's like a match made in heaven!" Mirajane chimed in.

Lucy's face turned crimson as she listened to Mirajane. She glanced over to see that Fireball was staring at the floor. Natsu and Ashley both looked upset and Lucy could understand Ashley being upset but she was puzzled as to why Natsu was.

Lucy was finished talking about this so she stood up and walked over to sit with Erza with her face still slightly red. She watched as Natsu stormed out of the guild. She then noticed Fireball standing up and walking in her direction.

"Hey Lucy," Fireball said as he stood in front of me.

"Hey,"

"So I was thinking that maybe our first date should be this friday, what do you think?" he asked.

"Sure, meet me here at 6?"

He agreed then walked away as Lucy turned to face Erza. She wore a very scary smirk on her face. She felt a chill run down her spine as she made eye contact with Erza.

"So, your dating Fireball now?" she asked Lucy.

"Y-yeah, so." Lucy said a little defensively.

"Why Fireball and not Natsu?"

"Me and Natsu aren't like that. He is my best friend."

"So, what does him being your best friend have to do with it? I know some really happy couples that started off as best friends. It just makes the relationship stronger." Mirajane chimed in out of nowhere.

"I agree. But what I think is that you are dating Fireball because you like Natsu but you didn't want to ruin what you and Natsu have together so instead you are dating the next best thing. His counterpart." Erza added.

"Oh nice one Erza," Mirajane complemented.

"Thanks,"

"I said it's not like that! Anyway, look if you two can keep it a secret then I will tell you what this is really about."

They quickly nodded as she explained the whole plan to them. After explaining she noticed that they had a gleam in their eyes which just made her worry.

"That's very nice of you to help him out like that and it could work out to your advantage in the end." Erza commented.

"What do you mean?" Lucy asked confused.

"Because you can make Natsu jealous in the process of working to get those two together," Mirajane added.

"For the last time, it's not like that. There is nothing going on between Natsu and I!"

Lucy spoke with them for a little while longer before deciding it was time for her to head home.

Lucy was frustrated when she got home. She couldn't believe those two and their crazy ideas. In her mind she was ranting on and on about things like, it would be too weird, he is my best friend, there is no way he has feelings for me.

She does admit that her best friend has a hell of a nice body and a smile that could melt her heart but that doesn't change anything, right? She kept telling herself to stop thinking about it and put a smile on her face to make it seem that everything was okay.

She walked into her bedroom to find the said boy she couldn't get out of her head laying comfortably on her bed.

"Yo, Luce."

Natsu noticed that Lucy seemed happier than usual and he wanted to know why. He hoped it wasn't because of her dating Fireball. Then he started to wonder why she was dating Fireball and not him. He knew that they were the same person in a way but he thought that he was so much cooler than that wimp.

He kept thinking that only he could protect her and not Fireball. Then he started to wonder why he was so stressed about this situation. But he just summed it up the fact that if she is dating then she wouldn't spend as much time with him.

"Don't sneak into other peoples houses Natsu!" she scoulded.

She sent him flying with one of her famous kicks and he fell into her desk knocking several books and papers onto the floor.

"Ow, Luce that really hurt. I just wanted to see you. I was bored."

She felt upset when he said that. He only was interested in her when she was bored? She thought to herself.

"Fine you can stay but I'm warning you to be quiet and don't make a mess or I'll make you regret it." she said.

"AYE!"

"There goes Happy number two. Where is Happy by the way?"

"He went to Wendy's to spend time with Carla," he explained.

"Oh,"

She sat down on her bed and cracked open the book she had sitting on her nightstand. Natsu kept staring at her and he noticed that her face keeps turning red and he was getting that same scent he got from her earlier on. It was still Lucy's scent but different somehow.

It's like its even more intoxicating then her normal scent that already drives Natsu crazy. He stood up wondering what was causing her scent to change like that. He walked up behind her and started to read a spot on the page without her even noticing he was there.

Asami and Mitsuru are finally alone. She watches as he slowly advanced on her and trapped her between his arms against the wall. She blushes madly but doesn't take her eyes off of his. His deep green eyes put her in a trance that she never wanted to get out of. His face leans down as his lips gently press against hers.

She was stunned by this sudden change in him but soon she melted into the kiss. She pressed her body closer to him as he parted from her lips to make warm trails down her neck. She let out a soft moan as he bit down on her collar bone. His hands made their way up her sides and started to unbutton her shirt.

The silk white shirt falls to the floor revealing her soft supple breasts underneath her black lace bra that made the creamy white of her skin pop even more.

"AH!"

"What the hell Natsu?" Lucy asked breathing heavily because he had scared her.

"What the hell is right! What the hell are you reading?"

She blushed thinking over the part she was at as Natsu wondered why she was reading such a book. Natsu was used to her reading mushy stuff but not things like this. He started to ponder if that was the reason for the smell she was giving off but if that was true then that meant that she...and when he came out of the shower...

His mind went blank linking all of these facts together not allowing himself to think about what they meant. There was no way Lucy was...by him...no way.

"Natsu...Natsu...NATSU!"

"Huh, what?" he asked her as he finally pulled himself back to reality.

"Are you okay, you were spacing out,"

"No it's more like are you okay. Since when do you read such perverted books?"

"They are not perverted! I got them from Erza, she told me that I should give it a try so here I am. I had no idea these books had parts like that in it." she explained.

"Erza reads these kinds of books?"

"I wouldn't think too much about that and I definitely wont bring it up to her if you want to live,"

"Your right, well I'm going to lay down. I'm tired."

She nodded as he threw himself onto the bed. He turned to face the wall so that he wouldn't keep sneaking glances in her direction. She moved over to her desk and continued to read where she left off. After some time she heard a knocking on the door.

She wondered who could possibly be here at this time of night but stood up and walked to the door. She opened it to see Fireball and Ashley standing there. She was shocked to see them so she completely forgot her manners.

"Are you going to invite us in or what?" Ashley commented.

"Oh yes, I'm sorry. Come on in."

"We needed a place to stay so I wanted to know if I could stay here and Fireball wanted to stay with Natsu but he wasn't at his house and Mirajane said he would probably be here," Ashley explained.

"Yeah he is here but he fell asleep. He should be waking up soon though,"

They walked into and noticed Natsu asleep with his back facing them. They stopped in the doorway and just looked at him. Little did they know that Natsu wasn't actually asleep and he knew exactly what was going on.

"Does he normally sleep in your bed?" Fireball asked.

"Yeah he does. It has sort of become a ritual for him to break in and sleep in my bed without permission,"

"Want me to kick him out?" Ashley offered.

"No that wont be necessary," Lucy said.

"So does he sleep in the bed with you in it?" Fireball questioned.

"Idiot, that's not something to ask her!" Ashley said smacking him on the head.

"Well I am her boyfriend and I have a right to know,"

"It's okay, he's right. There have been times when I awoke to him in bed with me but there is nothing to it more that liking my bed. He always says how comfortable it is. We are just friends but don't worry I will say something to him because it's not right for him to spend the night when I have a boyfriend."

Natsu started to get upset listening to what Lucy had said. We are just friends, repeated in his head over and over again.

"I don't know about this world but that's not something you usually do in Edolas unless you are something more than friends," Ashley said.

"Yeah it's the same here but we all know that Natsu is not your typical guy. He doesn't think like them so this is nothing to him," Lucy explained as they nodded.

"You got that right! Where's you bathroom?" Ashley asked while still laughing.

She signaled for Ashley to follow her and showed her to the bathroom. She then walked back into the bedroom. When she came back in Fireball was sitting on the floor next to her bed so she sat next to him.

"So what happened after I left?"

"She acted completely normal, like nothing happened. I guess she really doesn't care about me," Fireball said sadly.

"Well I definitely saw some jealousy from her but it was small. If we continue with the fake dating then I am sure she will start to show her feelings more," Lucy explained but what she didn't realize was the Ashley had returned from the bathroom and was listening in on what they were saying.

Natsu knew she was there as well, he could smell her. But what Natsu couldn't get out of his head was the idea that they were fake dating. He kept thinking that this was good news for him so that when this was done Lucy and him would break up and he could have his Lucy back.

Ashley came into the room and sat down in the chair at Lucy's desk.

"There was another reason why I came here,"

"What is that?" Lucy asked.

"Well you see, I like this worlds Natsu and I was wondering if you could help me hook up with him," Ashley said as Lucy stared at her stunned.

"What!"

"Shesh, calm down. No need to yell. I swear if you were not dating Fireball I would think you liked Natsu."

"I don't know what to tell you but if you like him then just go up to him and ask him. That's the best way to do things with him. Just be blunt. If your anything other than straight forward then he wont understand," Lucy explained.

Natsu was shocked at first to what he heard but the he realized that this was a part of a plan she came up with. She must be trying to get those two back in return.

"You know, I think your right. Hey Natsu, get your ass up!" She shouted to him.

He turned and rubbed his eyes to seem like he was just waking up.

"What do you want?" He asked while faking a yawn.

"Don't talk to me like that! I just want to ask you a question,"

"Then what is it?" Natsu asked.

"Go out on a date with me," she more commanded then asked.

Natsu took a minute to think if he really wanted to take part in this plan or not but then deciding that there was nothing to lose agreed to it.

"How about we make this Friday a double date then?" Ashley asked looking at Fireball and Lucy.

"Sure, it's fine with me." Fireball agreed.

"I guess so," Lucy said not entirely sure she wanted to be there to witness Natsu on a date and it with someone else.

They all agreed on where to meet and what time then Lucy and Ashley said goodnight to the two boys as they left to go to Natsu's house for the night.

~TBC~