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At home I had a hot bath but it wasn't relaxing, it just reminded me more of Natsu. I went to bed, but I could hardly sleep. After an hour of tossing and turning I finally went to sleep, thinking that tomorrow, hopefully Natsu would show up.

The next morning still Lucy's POV

Lucy rubbed her brown sleepy eyes as she looked out the window to see the sunrise. Oh damn its only 5 in the morning, I better get some sleep. I tossed and turned but sleep never came. I signed and gave up, I went downstairs towards the kitchen and cooked some eggs and drank orange juice. Before I went outside I warmed up by doing some pushups, sit ups, squats and a bit of morning jogging. Ran all the way to Fairy Tail but to tell you the truth, I wasn't exhausted or even tired. Excitement came when I thought of Natsu and that I might see him today, then suddenly it hit me.

"Oh crap my wig!" I shouted and ran all the way back home faster than lighting. I put on my wig and contacts at home and signed in relief that no one saw me. I ran to the guild again and opened the doors. No one was here except for Mirajane. I put on my emotionless mask and sat in the bar.

"Good morning Yuka! Why are you here so early?" the ever so cheerful Mirajane exclaimed happily.

"Hn" was the response to her fist statement and "couldn't sleep" was to the next.

"Oh ok, I know it's your second day here but do you like anyone?" Mirajane said sweetly in an evil way.

"No" I replied back.

"You sure?" she asked again.

"Hn" was all I said.

"You know you don't talk a lot" she said.

"Hn" was all I said again.

" but it feels like I can tell you anything without feeling embarrassed, or that we've known each other for a long time, but I can tell you anything, right?" she asked innocently.

"Hn" I said as she laughed. Those words she just said would melt my heart, I wanted to smile, I wanted to tell her it was Lucy and that I wasn't dead. But if I can make my friends laugh by being Yuka, then so be it, as long as I don't make them cry.

"Ha-ha ill take that as a yes, can I tell you a secret?" she asked seriously.

"Hn"

"I think I've got a crush on Fried" she said while her cheeks were turning red. If I was myself than I would scream in joy and say I knew it, but I'm not so I held all the happiness inside.

"Hn, good luck" was the most helpful thing that I thought of to be nice while sound cold.

"Thanks Yuka, I'm glad we could talk" I didn't reply, I just sat there while guild members were coming in. then I saw rosette hair. I quickly looked up and saw Natsu sit there all by himself. I turned to Mirajane and asked" Mira, who's that guy with pink hair?"

"oh you haven't met him yet, his name is Natsu, he was raised by a dragon and has got Fire Dragon Slayer magic" she said, than she kept adding unnecessary information" that girl with the brown hair is called Cana, she has the Cards magic, Elfman, my brother, has the beast take over magic. Gray you met him before; he has the Ice Make magic. Wendy has the Sky Dragons magic, she's also a dragon slayer, so is Gajeel, he's an iron dragon slayer. Levy can read ancient scripts ect…" she told me everyone and their magic,"… and I have the demon soul take over magic, what magic do you use?" when she said that the whole guild became silent as if waiting for my response.

I signed "I'm a celestial mage; I never knew I was one until I was walking around in the park, that's where I saw a pouch near the oak tree, I opened it and saw all these different keys, I had no I idea what to do with it, so I was about to throw them away when Loke the lion suddenly appeared and said I was a celestial mage and that I had to take care of my spirits, but since they are spirits and not pets I don't treat them like servants" I lied, everyone's eyes were on me, their faces read shock. Their mouths were open and their faces grew pale.

"What?" I coldly asked.

Then Mirajane broke the intense silence "umm… anyway when are you going on your first job?" she asked me, I sweat dropped.

"Don't know" I said than I glared at her and said "Shake" she seems to get the message when she was crushing the ice and making my strawberry milkshake. When she gave it to me I drank it in a couple of sips and went towards Natsu.

"I don't think you should talk to him, he hasn't been himself lately!" Mirajane shouted after me but I ignored it. I sat next to Natsu and looked at him, more like glared at him.

"Natsu" I sternly said, he didn't even flinch or even notice I was here. I waved my hand in front of his face. Then I screamed in his ear, well that brought him back to this world.

"Aaarrhhh! Why did you have to scream in my ear?" he shouted, he's angry now.

"Because you wouldn't wake up, idiot" I simply said.

"Who are you?" he asked curiously and annoyed.

"Yuka" I held out my hand, he looked at it suspiciously before he took it.

"Natsu" he replied. Wow, he's grown really cold, I sadly thought, his handsome face didn't have that grin of his on anymore. Wait did I say handsome? No way, I did not just say that. I kept a blush from coming out.

Then he suddenly said "do I know you?" those words made me freeze think Lucy, think, say no, No.

I coldly replied "no, I don't think so" he started to suddenly examine my face; his face and my face were only centimeters apart. I pushed him back, "stop leaning on me pervert" I said and turned my face away.

Natsu grabbed my chin and made me look into his onyx eyes. The whole guild was looking at us by now. I grabbed his hand and took it off my chin. "I know I'm hot but you don't need to hog my face you know" I said coldly. But Natsu's eyes never left mine.

"I'm sure I've seen you somewhere before Yuka" he said in confusion. I don't want to blow my cover but still, Natsu is so dense.

"And I'm sure we've never met, Natsu" I said standing up and walking to the missions board. I was about to pick one when…

"Do you need help Yuka?" Natsu's hand was on my shoulder, I took it off.

"No" I said boldly as I was walking towards the door of the guild when Natsu shouted…

"Wait for me!" as he walked me home. Out of the corner of my eye I could see the guild staring at us in shock, again.

I and Natsu walked in silence when he said "where's your house?"

I pointed to the one next to my old one. I heard him say "oh" but I ignored it. We walked in silence again, it was awkward.

"So… what mage are you?" Natsu asked starting a conversation.

"Tch, what does it matter to you? And weren't you listening to what I said before?" I coldly replied back.

"You don't have to be so rude" he whined. I sweat dropped. Isn't he supposed to be cold and angry? Mira said that he isn't himself since I "passed away", then why does he act so… Natsu?

"Hello? Hello? HELLO IS ANYBODY THERE?" Natsu said waving his hand in front of my face.

"What the fuck Dragoneel?" I snapped. It felt weird I never called him by his last name before.

"Huh? How do you know my last name?" he asked me suspiciously. Damn Lucy, why did you slip up? This could blow your cover, think, think, think! What should I say?

"You're the salamander right? How else would I know your last name?" I lied. Phew, that was close.

"Yeah, I guess you're right" he replied, luckily convinced. Although I don't want to blow my cover, he's so dense. I signed.

"Hey, why are you signing?" he asked curiously this time.

"Idiot" was all I said before I opened the door to my apartment.

"Whoa, it's huge! This apartment reminds me of her" he mumbled the last part while sadness filled his onyx eyes. There was silence in the room, speaking of which.

"Why are you still here?" I demanded more that questioned.

"'Coz I feel like it" he said while he smirked. Whoa, since when had Natsu become a pervert? Well he always was but not as much as this. He started leaning closer to my face while still smirking. Freaky, was all I thought when I pushed his face away.

"Get away from me pervert" I demanded while looking away.

"Why should I?" he said while smirking. This earned him a push. He fell to the floor, surprised at how strong I was. I put my foot on his chest and leaned closer to him.

I whispered "if you want to see light of day again, I suggest you do as I say" I smirked. I took my foot away from his chest. He sat up.

"There's no way you can do anything to me, you're a girl" he stated loud and clear. I just smirked. I can't beat him because I'm a girl? Well, let's see about that, I'm not the same Lucy anymore Natsu and I'll show you that. Even behind the contacts you'll be able to see evilness flicking. And I know he saw it because now he was looking scared.

I kicked his cheek smashing it against the wall. His face was squashed between the wall and my foot. He was mumbling something, I couldn't understand it. I put my foot down and he slides down the wall.

"Lucy! What was that for?" he said while rubbing his cheek. I was about to answer when I realized that he said 'Lucy' instead of 'Yuka'.

I grabbed his scarf and pulled him towards me. I looked straight into his onyx eyes. They were so dark and looked like real two onyxes. I was about to get lost in his eyes when I realized what I was doing. I made my 'serious' face and looked deeper into his eyes.

"Firstly I'm not Lucy, secondly why are you still here? And thirdly, pervert, don't ever come here again!" I demanded while tightening the grip on the scarf making him suffocate. His face was going red but he still slowly nodded. I let go of him. He was gasping for air now. When his face turned back to normal he looked at me. His face was serious; I've never seen him look this serious before.

He stood up making his way to me. "What are you doing?" I demanded. He ignored me and stood in front of me. He cupped my chin and made me look into his black eyes. I held the blush that was slowly making its way to my face. "Wha…what?" I tried hard to sound serious. He kept looking at my green eyes with his serious face on. What the hell is he going to do? I thought. I realized I was drifting away again; I gathered myself together and put his hand down from my chin. I looked behind his shoulder to see it was already 12:18." It's time for you to go Natsu" I said while heading to the bath.

I took a long, warm, relaxing bath that soothed me from all the things that just happened. Before the bath I took my contacts and wig off. I signed and got out of bath to dress into my pj's. I put my contacts and wig on. I went to my bedroom and only to see Natsu lying on my queen sized bed. "Natsu! Go home!" I screamed at him. He just looked at me before he answered.

"I'm too tired to walk home" he said.

"But your freaking house isn't that far away from here!" I shouted. Then I realized what I just said and covered my mouth. Idiot!

"How do you know where I live, stalker?" he asked curiously.

"I… I… umm…um…" I didn't know what to say. Natsu raised an eyebrow at me. I had to think of an excuse. Fast!

"Well you see, I was exploring the town when I saw a guy with pink hair, which was you, walk into a wooden house. So now I assume that it was your house" I lied again. And again he fell for it.

"Ok! I thought you were stalking me just then, anyway goodnight!" he said while shutting his eyes. He's so dense.

"Who said you were staying here?" I questioned, I was ready to do things the hard way when he started begging.

"Please, oh great Yuka, please let me sleep with you in your bed just this one night?" he made puppy dog eyes. I signed.

"F…fine! But if you do anything inappropriate I will kill you the first thing tomorrow" I threatened.

"Hai!" he enthusiastically said while shutting his eyes. I crawled in next to him. I faced his way, studying his features. His peaceful face was lit up by the moon light making him look even more gorgeous. Wait did I just say that? No, no shut up Lucy. I mentally slapped myself. He opened his eyes, looking at me with confusion.

"What?" I coldly asked. He just kept staring at me. I signed, this is awkward. I took a last glance of him before I closed my eyes, drifting to sleep. Little did I know that someone was watching me.

Natsu's POV

I could feel someone staring at me. I opened my eyes and saw Yuka looking at me. I didn't know why she was looking at me, so I stared back at her. It was an awkward silence. I heard her sigh.

"What?" she dangerously asked me. I didn't know what to say since she's the one who was staring at me. I just looked back at her. I think she gave up and drifted to sleep. She looked so peaceful asleep, and not as scary either. I chucked at the thought. I stared at her straight brown locks covering some of her face. The moon light was making her hair shine a silver color. This reminded me of Lucy. Lucy, I thought, will you come back someday, I miss you. And with that I fell asleep.