Chapter 2 is up!
Sorry for the long updates - i have classes ~ Anyways enjoy " I can't help it "
Im sorry if the POVs are crap, it will be mixed but mostly third person. Im not good with perspectives /

Tanabata

It was a peaceful day at Magnolia. It was the day of Team Natsu's ( Excluding Gray & Erza ) Mission.

The blond Celestial Mage slowly opened her eye lids and begun to wake up. Yawning and stretching her arms she tries to get out of bed but to no avail. Wondering why her low half was pinned on. She raised her blankets- there to reveal a sleeping Pink-haired Dragon Slayer, She opened her mouth and was about to scold the sleeping man but then stopped when she realized what she said yesterday..."-at 10 A.M. If you want to you can go to my place instead."

She brushed off her facade and sighed. She didn't mean to allow him that he could sleep with her... She meant to meet with her at 10 A.M. She was looking up at the ceiling,took a deep breath, and focused her eyes at him.

He looked so peaceful and calm, like he was in peace with the world . It was hard for her to admit but she knew, she knew her feelings for him-

She loves him

Who could blame her? He brought her to where she is now, He saved her from lots of impending dooms , and caused her to have Butterflies in her Stomach every time he smiles at her... The problem was how she would show these feelings. He is Dense. That she also knew.
She gazed at his features. She hated to admit it but he was hot - Literally. She lightly slapped her cheeks to stop her train of thoughts.

She was observing him for- oh i dont know Mavis knows how long. Blushing on that thought she immediately shoved his arms aside-to which apparently he didnt like. The Man responded with a groan and rolled over to the other side of the bed , with that she went to the bathroom to prepare for their journey.

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Exiting the bathroom. She noticed that the pink-haired boy was missing. She thought that he has left the building while she was showering but, alas, She stands corrected.. Hearing noises from the Kitchen she decided to investigate,well, She already had a guess on who the criminals were- and she was right.

" Oh. Good morning Luce! " "Aye~ Morning Lucy! " There, she saw, her partner with his cat, rummaging through her fridge. Her idea of being nice plummeted down after seeing the scene in front of her... " NATSU, HAPPY, GET OUT OF MY APARTMENT! "She was angry, angry at the two for ruining her kitchen and emptying her fridge. The boys- rather, Boy and Cat, shrieked with fear . They know not to piss off Lucy out of all the people in Fairy Tail. Her angry aura is near the level that of Erza's. " Lucy, were sorry for eating your stuff-You were taking long and we kinda got hungry~" said the Blue flying cat.
" Yeah, What Happy said is true Luce~ We got bored and hungry. Please don't tear our bones and flesh-! " The Dragon Slayer added.
Even though the reason was stupid, she decided to forgive them. It was her fault for taking long,but that doesn't mean they can eat everything in the fridge."

She sighed in defeat and decided to change the topic into a casual one. " Whatever.. anyways, Are you guys ready?"
" Im all fired up! " " Aye~! " The two responded with their usual catchphrases. She smiled at the sight and went to the door to exit her apartment.
" Then what are we waiting for lets-" As she said these words, she turned her to see the two, to which was not behind her but was about to exit using the window... " CANT YOU TWO EXIT LIKE A NORMAL PERSON FOR ONCE ?! "

They stopped in front of the station.. seeing as Natsu was starting to react. His face was as green as grass and looked like he was about to give in at any moment. Lucy and Happy tried to distance themselves from the nauseous fellow but then again, he cant be avoided . They enter their carriage, Lucy sat in the opposite side of the two, Happy was ready to support him in-case he would barf.

Minutes has passed, but they're still far away from their destination.

" L-Lu-Luce...p-please help...me-" Natsu couldn't bear it anymore and decided to ask for Lucy's help
But what could she do? Is there anything that could help with his Motion Sickness?
She wanted to help him, after all that's all she can do in return for all the times he saved her.
And so she had an idea and responded " Come here.." as she said while patting the seat beside her.

Understanding her signal, He walked-rather crawled all the way to her side.
He looked lost, He doesn't know what she's about to do, but all he could do for now was trust her. He sat beside her, leaning against the wall, eyes looks like crap. The headache was tremendous, he was ready to release all that pent-up food in his stomach, the spinning was taking forever to halt.
For some apparent reason this train ride take quite a toll on him. It was by far the most exasperating one yet.
It was then he was slowly pulled downwards onto a soft and lump substance. The feeling was absolute bliss.

His headache now slightly painful, the spinning disappeared, his face regained its color only paler,but most of all-He was intoxicated.

An aroma of Vanilla and Lavender filled his senses...A scent he oh so loves-The scent of his Partner, Lucy Heartfilia.
He tried to build the current situation and it hit him. He was laying on her lap. This was one of the reasons why he agrees to go on transportation with her.
In addition he noticed there was a rhythm of slight pressure on his head. She was patting his head with the utmost care.
Her small and delicate fingers repetitively pass through his hair. The scene could last forever, He wanted to be with her forever...

He loves her

But what can a dragon slayer like him give to an absolute beautiful angel like her? He wasn't romantic at all and he didn't seem like her type. He was way- out of her league.
So he decided to protect her, to always be there for her when she needs comfort, anyone who dare hurts her physically and emotionally will be beaten up-
That's what he said to himself and that's how it should be, brushing off the negative thoughts he decided to simply indulge the moment while he can.

" They like each otherrr~ "

The moment was cut off after the sound of Happy's teasing. Lucy blushed at the statement while Natsu was still in-trance.
"Shut up Happy!" The blonde girl shouted still blushing in all kinds of red. She sighed and decided to welcome the cat as well. Giving him the same signal she did with Natsu-she patted right seat beside her, to which the Blue Flying cat agreed with and flew to her and soon enough they fell into a deep sleep.

"Natsu's back in action!" " Aye sir~!" They finally arrived at the town-It was more of a village rather than a town. " Galaksiya. "
The location of the village was located on an island far out the ocean, so they had to take a 30-min boat ride all the way.
It seemed like a bustling and happy town. The children were merrily chasing each other while laughing, the women were talking to each other, the men were sharpening their weapons, while the elderly were playing a board game. Some men of the village were giving curious stares while the others ignored them.
A man that was about 5 foot tall, long white hair and oddly enough his beard was formed into a inward curve, appeared out of nowhere.

"You must be the ones who accepted our quest-ku?" He asked-As he ended his sentence with a "-Ku", Lucy heard chuckling behind her.
"Y-Yes sir! We are mages from Fairy Tail, We were told the quest was about encrypting a code? "
She answered quickly to cover up what those two idiots were doing, yeah sure it was funny , but they should atleast respect the elders...
She glanced at the two and immediately placed her attention back to the Village Chief.
" Indeed it is-Thank you for accepting our quest, Call me Kururu-ku, May i ask for your names?"
"Your welcome ,Sir Kururu. My name Lucy Heartfilia and these are my partners Natsu Dragneel and Happy." "Yo! You speak weird old man."" Pfft Aye~"
The Celestial mage face palmed with what she heard and was about to hit the two idiots but then stopped on her tracks when she heard the laughter from Chief Kururu. "Why thank you ,Young lad-ku" ... He seems to have accepted it as a complement ... talk about being weird.

" Well then.. enough Dilly-dally-I shall direct you to the entrance of the Cave, Deep inside it there will be a room where there lies the Stone Tablet.
I'll ask for the villagers to bring you the reference books that you would need. Once again i would like to thank you-ku" They nod in response.

He lead them deep into the jungle and to the entrance but to be honest it was quiet far from the cave itself.
Lucy was in awe with the architecture of the cave, even if she was looking from afar. It was beautiful, It makes you wonder if this was old,
It looked clean and new. There might be a deeper story behind this but she decided to save them for later.

The chief said his goodbyes soon after, The crew asked why he didn't continue leading them-but simply responded with "Im too old."

As they entered the cave, She noticed that the inside of the cave was also cleaned and tampered with. It had stairs and such,
They went deeper inside and found the room Chief Kururu told them,The room where the unknown code written on a Stone Tablet is in.
While Lucy asks for some privacy she let her partners goof off for a while...to which she ends up regretting later on-
" Natsu,Happy, can you guys please be quiet? i think i almost got it..." A quest which she considered 2 weeks only turned out to be super easy
The books had lots of ciphers...Something easy like this could be done by everyone! ( Excluding some of course.. )
" Really Luce? Wow that was sure fast." - "Lucy is smart Natsu-If it were you it would probably take years~ " Stated by the Flying Feline.
Lucy couldn't help but giggle at Happy's comebacks and to Natsu's which was just a simple " Hey! " and continuing with a little Rough-housing
A lively conversation help liven up her mood, They always know how to make the blonde happy ( Including other emotions such as anger / )

Looking back on the piles of books spread out on the floor, outside the box they all look like they were connected,but there was one key missing, even if she tries to rearrange it it would make less sense than the original one. This could have been the last part into solving the codes, yet it was taking forever...
She focused all her attention on the image in front of her, The symbols all gathered, but the alignment and arrangement could be different from the ones she knows and it would be really confusing where you she'll end up at step 1 again. While she was giving her all on solving the codes, Natsu was chasing happy all over the spacious room and ended up knocking the jug of water- which resulted on the papers getting soggy and unreadable...

The two stopped on their tracks as they notice their accident, all the color in their faces were drained as they started to get pale.
Their attention immediately focused on the blonde, as an ominous and menacing aura was steaming out of her and instantly filled the quiet room.
The only thoughts that were going on their mind after that was something they both telepathically agreed on ;

'We are so dead.'

The silence was deafening, the quiet moment was only for a few minutes but it seemed like hours as they waited for the blonde to react.
all they can see was her back and that her head was hanging low- as if she was still scanning the books. The silence broke when they heard a snap...
" Can-you-guys-explain-me-what-happened~? " She lost it. All her hard work disappears from her very eyes.
Its gone and the worst part is those books were valuable treasure of the villagers, not only did they ruin their valuable keepsakes-
They lost every clue on finding the code. Oh dear..what should she say to Chief. Kururu? She was about to panic when she heard her partners cry out.
" LUCE. WE ARE SO SORRY. PLEASE FORGIVE US YOUR HIGHNESS. WE DIDN'T MEAN TO! LOOK, LOOK, I CAN DRY THEM AGAIN WITH MY FIRE! PLEASE FORGIVE US! WE'LL DO ANYTHING!" The dragon slayer said while making flames on his hands in attempt to save his life " AYE! LUCY IM SORRY ! ITS ALL NATSU'S FAULT! IM A GOOD CAT ! " They started to kneel dogeza style while apologizing to the Celestial mage. They crossed too many lines today, that they knew. They tried to apologize in the most sincere way possible.
Not like it would help their situation.

Finally, She raised her chin, rotated her head, and made the most deadliest face mankind could ever see. She was gonna raise her voice and scold the two...but then a miracle happened.

What she saw was something so simple, a grade schooler could thought of it..It was the light that was emitting on Natsu's flame was shining behind the paper. That was the key the entire time- All she needed to do was read the paper with light behind it! As stupid as it is, she hugged the two idiots and gave thanks. " Natsu! Happy! You guys are geniuses! well.. one can call it luck..but nevermind that-I got the code!" The almost-died-couple started to wonder on what qas she blabbering always thought of her as a weirdo but this was something else, not wanting to add fuel to the firw they just went along with what the girl said.

She inspected their expressions-they were confused, so she explained her discovery to the others. " You see, the people from the village or their ancestors, used some kind of substance as an invisible ink. One could only decipher if there was light behind the paper! everything else was just decor to hide the real meanings-These symbols are the real thing!" She said as she shown how Natsu's flame made the letter visible. They just made an 'Ooh' sound to tell they were amazed. "Of course im a genius! hehe" "Aye! " As the pink haired and blue feline made a proud frontage. " Dont puah your luck Natsu, you stil ruined the books...'' the Blonde made a snide comment. He cowers in fear knowing that he was still in trouble- so the two decides to not mess everything up and help Lucy.

Natsu being the flame support while Happy carries the paper. Everything was going well. Lucy might have not been the right person for the job. She's not food with ciphers and stuff, Infact she could have given this to Levy instead, but she was out on a job with Gajeel. It was the only eaay quest out there, and surprisingly has a good reward. She was about to finislh the code so that's why all these thoughts were going around her mind.

" Lets see here... This- " She got the first part of the code. which satisfied her and the others. " Nice job Luce! " "Aye ! Two more to go. " Her friends were aupporting her . She knows she cpould do this, it was a simple code even... " I... Is? Is! This is! " Grear the two were done, and there was just one more remaining and it'll be all over. Her partners were cheering her from behind. This made Lucy happy, she was gonna accomplish something... but there was one problem-She didnt want it to end yet. She wanted to spend more time with Natsu and Happy, just them . Mostly Natsu ... but all was about to end here. She will just hope that they may have more quality time together. Her smile drooped down as she wished for more days to be with him. " O-Okay...last one is... ?"

Her eyes went wide with fear. What does that mean? and then in her mind something clicked. Everything suddenly became clear once she read the Stone Tablet, to why the cave was clean, why there were people eyeing them with such curiosity, and to why the chief didnt leas them all the way. She read the entire text in complete sentence out loud.

This is a trap.

" LUCE GO DOWN! " Suddenly Natsu ordered Lucy to do such to which she followed, as she duck something flew over her head. If she didn't listen to what he said she could have gotten her head cut off. The thing just kept spinning and made a turn. Then rhey realized that it wasnt thrown at-It was following them as if it had a tracking device. Nasu tried to captue the thing but it kept dodging and zooming to Lucy. Natsu then saw what that blade was after and had to stop it all cost. He doesn't want Lucy to get injured, seeing the poor blonde in pain could give him a heart attack. There were 2 more incoming. He could use his fire seeing that there were a lot of burnable materials scattrtting around them and could hurt Lucy, so he decided for the next best thing. He used his body as a sheild to protect Lucy...

She hated being a burden to everyone. She wanted to get stronger so that she could protect herself and her friends. She couldnt care less about her injuries , what pains her more is seeing Natsu get beaten up while trying to protect her. She promised to herself to not be a burden. but. it happened again. There she saw Natsu stand infront of her, waiting to catch whatever thing was after her. She couldn't do anything as her Magic reading glasses took some of her Magical power. As Natsu tried to defend her she saw as ine blade caught his arm, it didnt slice him, it got stuck on him, So she concluded it wasnt a blade. It looked more of a bangle. She stopped her observation as she noticed that Natsu sunk and fell down on the floor. He was unconscious, but how? was it the bangle? she was about to touch it when she heard a sound behind her, It was Happy, His wings disappeared and was about to fall down but Lucy was just in time to catch the got its tail. it looks similar to Natsu's but not quiet. " Eep!?" something suddenly latch on her hand. Something cold and hard, Ahe then realized, it got her too.

As her consciousness was slowly starting to fade, Her eyelids was starting to get heavy, she was about to drop, when a pair of warm and strong arms caught her...She then fell asleep.