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~In Lucys room~
She had already changed into her gown and the tailor was just checking to make sure anything else needed to be fixed. The only problem they could find was that it was a bit snug in the bust area but other then that the dress fit her amazingly. It was a beautiful red halter gown, with a black shawl the gown did wonders for her curves. Hiding her Fairy Tail stamp they decided to complement the dress with black wrist length gloves, black heels and a red ribbon in her hair. The staff couldn't believe how breath taking the blonde looked. After she was done she changed back into her regular clothes while the tailor worked on the bust of the dress. While she was sitting on the bed one of the maids came up to Lucy, "Excuse me miss" the maid said timidly as Lucy gave the maid her complete attention "I'm sorry to interrupt but a couple of us were just wondering. I-Is that man you came with...y-your boyfriend?" the maid couldn't help but ask the question what most of the staff was thinking.
"What?" Lucy replied a bit shocked at the question she had just been asked "N-No Gray and I are just friends" she said with a blush on her face. "Pardon me for prying it's just that some of us felt a sort of vibe between the two of you but we weren't sure." the maid apologized. After trying on the dress once more to make sure the bust was just right the tailor and the maids left.
~In Grays room~
Gray had just finished trying on his tuxedo and it didn't take long for the tailor to finish up with him since the tux basically fit the male just right. After everyone left his room Gray started thinking about everything that was going on. Lying on the bed he started thinking back to when they discovered Lucy liked one of the two. Just in that short period of time the two were now trying to get her to work up the courage to tell who it was. And when she decided to tell who ever it was that she liked him How would this effect all of us as a team?he thought.
~That after noon~
Lucy and Gray had just finished eating the delicious meal that the chef had made for them. "Lucy" Gray spoke as he set his fork on his plate "Maybe now we should practice how we plan on acting at the ball tonight."
"O-Ok" Lucy agreed a bit nervous. She had never been in a relationship before so she didn't really know how to act. "So what should we do first?"
"Well for one we would have to spend the majority of the party holding hands." Standing up he walked over helping the blonde out of her chair and gently intertwined their fingers together. "Or I could do this?" un tangling their hands he moved his hand around her waist.
Feeling a blush appear on her face from the close contact she tried to act like it didn't effect her she asked "So do you know how to dance?" Gray nodded his head and showed her a few dance moves he knew. After a few hours of getting their rhythm together with the help of Lyra and her music. The pair felt more then ready to complete this job.
~Time for the Ball~~Lucys POV~
After I finished getting ready I looked over at the clock and realized it was time to get head downstairs. Opening the door I saw Gray leaning against the wall. He wore a black suit with a blue dress shirt on under it. The whole outfit really complimented his features. He seemed like he was deep in thought because he didn't even look over at me when I opened the door.
I wonder what he's thinking about? I thought before tapping his shoulder "Um...Gray are you ready?" I asked.
As his gaze was now directed at me instead of the flood for some reason he just kind of looked at me with a sort of shocked expression. I didn't know why he was looking at me that way. Did I get something on the dress? I thought as I nervously looked down inspecting my dress. After seeing that the dress was fine I looked back to see the still speechless ice mage staring at me. "Gray" I asked. Hearing me call his name seemed to have brought him back "Are you ok?"
"Y-Yeah" he said. I didn't know what had just happened to him just now and I doubt he was going to tell me so I decided to ignore it. Gently intertwining his fingers with mine we walked down the hallway until the sound of music got louder. "Make sure to be on guard." Gray said before he opened the door.
Walking into what seemed to be an over sized dining room. I was so amazed at what I saw. Not only was the dining room unusually huge but is was beautifully lit and the decorations were just breath taking. I stood there for a minute in awe before we we're greeted by the man who had requested us. "So" the man said as he turned his head to the many glance at the room and then back at us with a smile "What do you think?".
"It's beautiful" i said with a sort of amazed tone. I couldn't believe someone could have this big of a room in their house. I mean I know I grew us rich and the Heartfilia estate was huge but we didn't have a room this big in our home.
"Great you two enjoy yourselves and remember keep my daughter safe." the man talked as Gray and I walked further into the room. "My daughter should be making her entrance any moment."
Finding a table Gray pulled my chair out for me and we sat down . We were immediately approached by waiters one had drinks and the other had a tray of appetizers. After Gray grabbed two drinks off of the tray and handed one to me. We had just passed on the appetizers when suddenly the room went dark. Next thing I knew there was a spot light on the shining down on the hallway to reveal the adorable little girl. She had jet black hair like her father. She wore a beautiful purple dress that had a bow on the back. She had a small tiara on her head and she had purple flats on her feet. She was then greeted by a little boy about the same age as her and they walked along side each other to a table her father had decorated just for her. The table we were seated at was far enough distance away from the girl to where we would be able to reach her if anything were to happen and she was in our sight at all times.
Suddenly while Gray and I were in the middle of a conversation we were approached by a beautiful couple. The woman was tall with blue eyes, had long blonde hair and she wore a long sleek black dress with black heels and the man had black hair and brown eyes. He was very handsome. He wore a black tux with a white dress shirt under it.
"Um excuse me" the women spoke "Pardon me for interrupting but do I know you? Your face seems very familiar."
Gray looked at me as I responded to the womans question. "I don't believe so." i replied "You must have me confused with someone else."
"Ok. Oh shoot where are my manners today " the woman said with a soft giggle. "I'm Hikari and this is my husband Hiroshi"
"I'm Lu-" I was about to introduce myself when Gray gave my hand a light squeeze. Glancing over at him he leaned forward to make it look like he was giving me a kiss on my cheek but he whispered, "Fake names." Smiling back at him I continued what I was saying to the couple still standing in front of the table. " I'm L-Leiko and this is my boyfriend Tsuyoshi."
"Well it was nice to meet you two. Sorry for interrupting" as she was about to walk away she quickly added "Oh and by the way you two make an adorable couple" with another smile the two walked away.
*Hikari and Hiroshi's conversation as they were going back to their table**Normal POV*
"See sweetheart" Hiroshi said as he wrapped his arm around his wife "I told you it wasn't her."
"It's just hard to believe" Hikari said with a bit of sadness in her voice. "I mean she looks so much like her."
"I know dear" Hiroshi spoke in a comforting tone "What'd you say your friends name was again?"
"Layla Heartfilia" the woman spoke "She died some time ago. Before she died I used to talk with her all the time and she always told me about her daughter and how wonderful she was. I had always hoped to meet her but was always busy with something. I thought for sure that girl was her. I wonder if I'll ever get to meet her."
*Back with Lucy and Gray**Lucys POV*
"Nice names you came up with Leiko" Gray teased. "Do you even know anyone named Leiko?"
"Give me a break" I said a bit annoyed. It's not like Gray to tease me. That's more of happys doing when we are out on job requests. "It was what came to mind at the last moment."
"How could you forget?"Gray asked "We talked about it earlier today at lunch. Maybe that Flame Brain is rubbing off on you a bit to much."
"At least I'm not taking my clothes off all the time" I stuck my tongue out as I tried to tease him back. I'm actually surprised he hasn't stripped like he normally would. I thought But then again if he did that would show the fairy tail mark on his chest and that would give us away so I'm thankful he hasn't. Before I knew it Gray was next to my ear. I didn't know why he was so close all of a sudden but there he was.
"Be careful " he softly whispered causing a blush to appear on my face and I could feel goose bumps on my arms. /ince when did he call me by my last name. "Actions such as that aren't very lady like. You might blow the job for us." Sitting back his chair I saw a smug smirk on his face. Before I could say anymore I noticed the girl and her friend get up and walk to the dance floor.
"Let's Dance" I quickly said as I practically jumped out of my chair and dragged Gray to the dance floor with me.
~In a dark closet somewhere in the house~*Normal POV*
"Are you sure those two are the wizards?" The mysterious figure asked.
"I didn't hear much but from what I had over heard from the maids was that the bastard hired some mages from Fairy Tail." The other figure spoke. "I don't remember his face all that well but I'd recognize face any where."
"What luck." An evil smirk appeared on Itamis face. "Now not only will we kidnap the girl and bleed this man dry of every penny he has but we can pay those bastards in Fairy Tail back for what they did to us a while back."
"Alright lets go back to the party" Hakai spoke. "It's time."
"You got it" Itami nodded in agreement and the two left the dark closet.
*Back to the Party*
It had been about an hour since the pair had started dancing and they couldn't help but enjoy themselves. Even though it was a mission they were having fun. Unlike when they took the job request at the theater and had to fill in as actors.
Suddenly everyone in the room started getting tired and not to long after one by one they all started passing out where they stood. Suddenly the two men appeared. One wearing a tux (Hakai) while the other one was dressed in a waiter outfit (Itami). Walking through the crowd of passed out people they walked to the dance floor where they stood next to Lucy and Gray who were passed out on the floor near the girl.
With an evil smirk on their faces Hakai spoke "Even with these fairy bastards here they couldn't do much. It's a wonder that they beat us the first time."
"They got lucky the first time. We've only gotten stronger since then." Itami spoke as he walked towards the girl and picked her up off the floor throwing her over his shoulders. "And with this girl we can re-establish Phantom and make it the guild that it once was."
"Lets take her to the magic four wheeler and then we will come back and take care of these two Fairy idiots." Hakai instructed as the two started walking down the hallway.
"Maybe we should tie them up and bring them along" Itami suggested "Pay those jerks back for breaking up Phantom Lord. Make them beg us for our forgiveness." Thinking about Lucy and Gray begging them to let them go and praising Phantom made two chuckle.
"Hold it right there!" they heard a voice shout causing them to cease their laughter.
"Who's there?" Hakai shouted "Show yourself!"
Suddenly Horologuim landed in front of the men and inside of him was Lucy and Gray. "Where do you think you are going with her?" Lucy asked as she got out of Horologuim with Gray following behind her.
"W-Wait a minute!" Itami said a bit startled that the two wizards were standing in front of them "How are you here when we just passed by the two of you and you were passed out on the floor."
"I used my ice make magic to make ice dummies of Lucy and I" Gray explained "Now why are you trying to kidnap this girl?"
"Well it's quite simple" Hakai started explaining "We are going to hold this girl hostage until we bleed every cent from her father so we can re-establish Phantom Lord"
"W-What?" Lucy said shocked "You guys are from Phantom? But I thought Phantom broke up after we beat them."
"You are correct Ms. Hearfilia." Hakai continued talking "Fairy Tail did succeed in breaking up our guild and most of its members joined other guilds after the incident however the spirit of Phantom never left us and we want to bring our guild back and make it the glorious guild it once was before your guild destroyed it."
"We won't let you take her" Gray spoke with determination "Your guild did this almost exact same thing when you tried to take Lucy away from us. We won't let that happen to this girl as well. Right Lucy?"
"Right. We will protect her as if she is a member of our own guild." Lucy agreed "Now open Gate of the Golden Bull: Taurus" As the bull appeared hearts appeared in his eyes "Luuuucy your hot body always moooooves me. I will make sure no harms comes to your smokin' body."
"Lucy" Gray shouted as he took off his shirt "You take the one holding the girl. Leave this one to me."
"You got it." She agreed as she chased the man down a different hallway.
~Grays Fight with Hakai~
"Ice Make..." Gray shouted as he put his fist to his palm and ice started forming "Hammer!"
Suddenly a huge hammer made of ice appeared and was thrusted at Hakai. It seemed like it had hit him successfully until out of no where he saw something come towards him. Quickly creating an ice shield to dodge the attack.
"Ah yes Gray Fullbuster" Hakai spoke appearing unharmed from Grays first attack. "I had heard many things about you and your ice magic from old guild members. They spoke of how you single handedly beat our former element four member Juvia. I so wish I had been there the day that Fairy Tail attacked our guild but at the time Itami and I had just left for a job. Oh well now I can get revenge back for my guild. Shadow magic: Shadow Pull."
Suddenly a shadow shaped as a hand appeared behind Gray and grabbed him leaving him unable to get away. As the distance between the two was closing in Hakai used more of his shadow magic. "Shadow magic: Shadow Fist."
After taking the hit the ice make mage was sent flying back into a wall. After shaking off the hit the dark haired mage got up and again using his ice magic created ice blades jutting back from both of his forearms and he dashed at Hakai with such a speed that he didn't have time to dodge the hit. With it being a direct hit multiple times it was Hakai who was sent flying into a near by wall. With multiple attacks being thrown at each other and it seemed as if the two were at a stalemate.
As both wizards were covered in bruises and cuts both were almost at their magic limit Gray decided that it was either now or ever. Using the last bit of his magic he cooked up a plan that would hopefully work. With the combination of his "Ice make:Floor" Suddenly covering the floor with ice Gray was able to increase his speed to the point where Hakai was having some trouble keeping up with him. Next he used "Ice Make: Saucer" causing the large disk to speed towards Hakai which he barely avoided. While trying to catch Hakai off guard the ice make mage quickly used his magic to make his "Ice make: Lance" extending his arms forward, he created long, curved ice lances and hurled them towards Hakai, trying to impaling him. While some of them grazed Hakai it was enough to slow the mans movements more enough for the ice wizard to once again use "Ice Blade: Seven Slice Dance." Using the ice covering the floor he ran towards Hakai with the ice blades jutting from his forearms he rapidly slashed the man many times dealing the final blow.
After restraining Hakai the dark haired mage walked to the next hallway dragging Hakai behind him where Gray was shocked at what he saw. Itami was passed out on the floor, the little girl was being carried by Virgo and not only that but Loki was standing in front of annoyed Lucy once again using his "Light of Love" with the words 'I Love Lucy' flashing in it.
Walking towards them Gray spoke "Nice work you guys".
As Lucy turned around Gray was now standing next to her. "Still up to your old tricks I see" the ice make mage joked to Loke.
"It was the power of Love that helped me beat this guy. Right Lucy?" Loke spoke with a flirtatious tone towards the celestial wizard while sweeping her up into his arms.
"Give me a break." Lucy said with a blush on her face and a semi annoyed tone in her voice. Wiggling her way out of his arms she walked over to Gray who took the girl from Virgo. "Thanks for your help Virgo."
"Will you punish me Princess?" Virgo asked
"NO!" Lucy shouted. With that Virgo took her departure back to the celestial world.
"Farewell Lucy" Loke said with placing a quick and unexpected kiss on the blondes cheek causing her to blush. "Later Gray" Loke said taking his leave back to the celestial world.
"Seems like he's becoming very fond of you" Gray joked.
"S-Shut up" Lucy angrily shouted. Changing the subject "So when do you think she will wake up?"
"She shouldn't be asleep for to much longer." Gray stated "I'd say her and the rest of the guests should wake up with in the next half hour or so. We should head back to the room." After getting a nod from Lucy they made their way back to the dining room with Lucy carrying the girl and Gray dragging the two men.
~Back at the dining room~
Everyone had finally woken up and headed back home and the Magic council was taking away Hakai and Itami into custody.
"Thank you so much Fairy Tail wizards" the girls father said with much appreciation. "I knew I could count on the two of you to keep my precious daughter safe from those wizards."
"You're welcome" Lucy said with a smile "Sorry about the damage that we caused to your home." her smile suddenly turned to a frown He's probably going to take most of our reward to pay for the damages Lucy thought with a depressed sigh Bye bye rent money
The damage that occurred during Lucys fight was minor however the results from Grays fight were very damaging to the hallway. There was a hold in the wall from where his Ice saucer crashed through. The walls had indents where Gray and Hakai had been pushed into plus small holes where his some of his ice lances pierced. If Natsu had been there more then likely the whole house would have been destroyed.
"No need to apologize about the damages my dear." the man spoke "You did what you had to do to save my daughter and for that I am grateful. Here is your reward as promised."
"Are you serious" Lucy said shocked "You're giving us the whole reward even though we damaged your house?"
"Of course" the man said with a smile "Your job was to protect my daughter and you completed it. Some damage is expected in this kind of situation right? So I won't hold it against Fairy Tail for doing your job."
"Thank you" Gray and Lucy said with much appreciation in their voice.
After changing back into their regular clothes Gray and Lucy said their finally good byes to the man and his daughter and left for the train station. The man offered them a ride to the train station in his car as another way of saying thanks. The mans chauffeur drove the two.
"Thank you" Lucy said suddenly causing Gray to look at her a bit confused.
"What are you thanking me for" the ice mage asked.
"Well" she let out a soft sigh before continuing "after everything that had happened with Lisanna and everyone. I really appreciated taking this job with you."
"I told you Lucy" Gray spoke "You are and always will be apart of our team. You are very important to us."
"Well anyways I had fun." She said with a smile on her face. Without thinking about it she suddenly went in and hugged Gray causing the ice mage to blush.
Just then the car came to a stop and the driver turned around to inform the two that they had reached their destination. After thinking the driver and getting on the train Lucy decided to rest until they got back to Magnolia. Gray on the other hand spent the train ride lost in his own thoughts. When the train was almost to Magnolia Gray glanced over at Lucy
Lucy Gray thought glancing over at the blonde with a small smile on his face I had fun today too.
Sorry this chapter took longer to write. I kept getting distracted with things. As this story progresses its taking me longer to come up with something that I hope everyone will enjoy.
I did base Hakai off of Kageyama from the Lullaby arc. I tried to make the fight between him and Gray as best as I could. Writing fight scenes isn't really a strong point of mine. The next chapter is Natsus Day :) What does he have planned? Only time will tell.
Side note: If anyone would like to voice your opinion on what you'd like to see Natsu or Gray do on their days with Lucy. Let me know in a review or a private message. I'd like to hear from you. Who knows maybe you might see your idea in a future chapter. Until then I'll be working on the next chapter :)