The Fall Festival
I don't own Fairy Tail. All rights and everything belong to the creator, Hiro Mashima. How's everyone doing here?! Sorry I'm late. I've been busy with school and such, but here I am. And here's the Fall Festival.
(Normal POV)
Two weeks has passed since the day Natsu drew Lucy. When Natsu turned in his drawing, the teacher was blown out of his world. It turned out Natsu drew something extra that Lucy didn't know about because he wanted to surprise her with it. It also turned out that Natsu's drawing was one of the top three paintings, but Natsu had to ask to make sure that Lucy didn't see it until he surprises her.
This also caused Lucy to pout for a few days because she couldn't see it. After all the begging she did, Lucy gave up after 5 days, which was a relief for Natsu.
Back to now, Natsu and the others are now getting ready for the Festival. Natsu finished getting his costume together since he wanted to wait to wear it for the contest. I mean hey, you don't want to wear a big dragon costume for a whole day when you can save the surprise for the contest.
But that aside, Natsu is now waiting for Lucy at her apartment, so they can load up and meet everyone at the Festival. Lucy was in the middle of changing into her costume. Natsu try peeking, but ended up getting hit with a hair curler and decided to wait. During the wait, Natsu was thinking of what Lucy was gonna dress up as. He thought she was gonna dress up as a witch, a Disney character, mermaid, cheerleader, or a nurse. As Natsu got more into thinking, he just realized he was having a nosebleed when he thought of Lucy as a nurse.
After another couple of minutes and Natsu cleaning his nosebleed, Lucy finally came out. When Natsu saw Lucy…. Well let's just say, Natsu had a taste of Cupids latest weapon: The Love Hammer because he got whacked out of the planet when he saw the beauty in front of him. Lucy was dressed as a princess in a red/pink dress with the bottom half of it as a dome, white sash, flowers, hair pulled up, and light makeup (It's the dress she wore in episode 29).
Lucy was worried because Natsu hadn't said anything for a few minutes and decided to speak.
"Um Natsu, is it not alright? Was it a little too much or something?"
Natsu got out of his daze before he worried Lucy anymore.
"Are you kidding Lucy?! You look amazing. In fact, I feel like I'm seeing a Goddess here."
After he said that, Lucy's eyes went wide and Natsu realized what he said and turned his head to make sure she didn't see him blushing. Natsu then felt something wet on his cheek and realized that Lucy was kissing him. He thought that his blush couldn't get worse, but to his fear, it did and when Lucy parted from him, he quickly hid his face in his scarf.
"Thank you Natsu, that was so sweet. No one has ever said anything like that to me."
"Well they should unless they're total jerks that need a pounding."
"Natsu, remember what you promised me?"
When Natsu turned his head, he saw a heavy glare and realized he was about to get strangled.
"Uh sorry Luce. I'm not going to fight."
"Good and thank you again for the compliment. By the way, why aren't you wearing your costume?"
"You'll find out soon, but for now, you ready to go?"
"Sure, just let me get my purse and we'll head out."
After getting her purse, Lucy and Natsu headed for the car. After loading up, they headed off for the city, which is where the Festival will take place. After 15 minutes of driving, they made it, only to see so ma y things there: rides, games, food, people in costumes, food, and most importantly: FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!
After parking, Natsu decided to leave his costume in there until it was time and helped Lucy make sure nothing happened to her costume.
When they arrived at the main gate, they found Gray and the others in their costumes. Gray was dressed up as Count Dracula, if he can only keep it on for more than 5 minutes, Juvia as a mermaid, Gajeel as a werewolf, Levy a witch, Erza a knight, and Jellal as a pirate.
"Oh my gosh Lu, you look absolutely beautiful," Levy said.
"Thanks Levy and you look amazing too."
"About time you got here, Flamebrain and where's your costume?"
"I could say the same thing about you, Ice pervert!"
Gray looked down and freaked out while everyone shook their heads except for Juvia, who was fangirling over him.
"Alright, now that everyone's here, shall we head in?" Erza then said.
Every nodded and headed on in. They were amazed about all the things they had and couldn't decide where to go first.
"Hey Natsu, where do you think we should do fir-." Lucy said, but stops to see that he and the other guys were gone.
"Where did Gray go?" Juvia said while panicking.
"Where are 'they' indeed?" Erza said with a little annoyance because of Juvia's only concern of Gray.
"There they are." Levy then said while pointing where they were.
Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, and Jellal were at a 'Test your strength game' with very serious looks on their faces. The game was simple: Use the hammer to slam the board where the puck piece is to try and make it ring the bell at the top. The board is also numbered from 1 to 1,000, which is high since the tower was gigantic.
"Today's the day we find out who's the strongest." Jellal said.
"THAT'LL BE ME!" All four of them said. After that, they shown glares at each other. Jellal went up first before the crazy guys went.
When Jellal stepped up, the girls finally arrived at the game and Gray filled them in on their manly contest and the only thing the girls said was just, "men."
Jellal got into position and raised the hammer and with all of his might, he slammed it. The puck shot up along with everyone's eyes. But much to Jellal's grief, he only got a 754. He felt proud of it and heard everyone cheering for his effort. When Jellal returned, he was met with a hug from Erza and blushed furiously.
"Well done Jellal."
"Th-Thanks, E-Erza."
Gray then stepped up.
"My darling Gray, I'll give you a kiss on the cheek if you score higher." Juvia shouted happily.
"Eh, what the heck! You got it!" Gray then said before stripping his shirt off.
Gray lifted the hammer and slammed it onto the board. The puck was blasted it off. The puck was getting closer and closer and then…. Boom, passed Jellal's score and stopped at 819. Gray shouted in joy before being 'attacked' by Juvia and getting a kiss on the cheek from her. Gray then made sure no one was seeing his blush, but Juvia did and squealed louder.
"Alright, now it's my turn!" Natsu said with joy and excitement.
"Do your best Natsu!" Lucy encouraged Natsu.
"Thanks Luce. By the way, do I get a kiss if I score higher than Gray?"
Lucy blushed, but shook it off. "If you can ring the bell, sure."
"Alright, I'M ALL FIRED UP NOW!"
Natsu grabbed the hammer and while lifting it, he lifted his leg up as well. And with one motion, slammed his foot down first before slamming the hammer down with all of his might. As soon as he did, the puck just shot up with such speed that made Gray and Jellal's jaws drop.
The puck passed Gray's mark and Natsu was clinging onto hope that it would hit the bell. Much to his pleasure, it did and when the bell rang, Natsu jumped with joy while everyone except for Gray and Gajeel cheered for him. Lucy ran up to Natsu to jump into his arms into a hug while he spins around. Natsu then stop to let Lucy down.
"So how did I do?"
Lucy then stood on her toes to give Natsu a kiss on the cheek before responding to his question.
"Does that answer your question?" Lucy said with a smile.
Natsu had the biggest grin ever before Levy and the others started teasing them. Gajeel then finally walked towards the game.
"Finally, it's my turn."
Gajeel grabbed the hammer with only one arm and lifted it up. Natsu and the others noticed and thought he was bored or something. But it turned out, they were dead wrong.
Gajeel slammed the board hard and to everyone's surprise, not only did it hit the bell, but it knocked it off the board. This put everyone, including Erza, in a state of shock. Even the guy running the game was trembling in fear.
Gajeel then claimed his prize: A giant gray cat doll with a scar on its eye and a sword on his back (It's Lily). Gajeel then walked to Levy, while ignoring the surprise looks and such and pushed the doll to Levy.
"Here you go Shrimp."
Levy blushed and looked up to Gajeel.
"You're giving this to me?"
Gajeel nodded with his head turned.
"Could you please squat down for a second?"
"Why?"
"Just because!"
Gajeel grunted and squat to Levy's level, only to be met with a kiss, ON THE LIPS!
Everyone was in even more shock to see what's in front of them. After another minute, Levy parted from Gajeel.
"Thank you Gajeel."
After that, Levy turned her head to not let Gajeel see her blushing. Gajeel then smirked before speaking.
"Gihi, no problem."
Natsu and the other guys started teasing Gajeel while Lucy started to have a revenge on Levy for all the teasing she did to her.
After all the craziness, everyone decided to split into pairs to explore the festival.
Natsu and Lucy decided to eat before doing any of the games. Erza and Jellal went to check out the cakes, mainly Erza, but Jellal wanted to be with her. Gray and Juvia decided to play the games before eating and same went to Gajeel and Levy.
Natsu went crazy at the food court devouring as much as he could while Lucy was eating a salad, not being surprised of Natsu's behavior while also making sure nothing happened to her costume. After 20 more minutes of food craziness, Natsu and Lucy left for some games.
They tried all sorts of games; popping the balloons, walk on rope suspended in the air, and etc. Natsu made sure he won prizes for Lucy and same went for Lucy. After the games, Natsu and Luce rode a few rides that wouldn't mess Lucy's costume and could cause Natsu to go to the hospital. The Ferris wheel, spinning tea cups, and more. The two of them were having a good time together.
After a while, it was almost time for the contest, so Natsu and Lucy met up with Erza and the others before signing up.
"Ok, now that I'm set, I'll see you guys in the contest." Natsu said while getting ready to go get his costume.
"Just so you know, I'm gonna win Natsu." Lucy said with confidence.
"You're on Luce. May the best costume win." And with that, Natsu headed off.
The contest then started 10 minutes later and Lucy and the others were determined to win. The announcer of the contest made an announcement that shocked everyone before starting.
"The rules are simple: whoever has the best score from our three judges will win and things are about to get crazy because of how great the Festival is doing, we decided to raise the prize money. The prize money will now be 20,000 jewels!"
And with that, the crowd and contestants shouted in excitement.
"Oh I'm so winning this thing." Lucy said with fierce determination.
"Sorry Lucy, but I'm winning this." Levy said and soon everyone was filled with confidence in winning that prize money.
Erza was first and she had a good crowd, but not as well when Jellal stepped up afterwards. Of course Erza glared all the girls ogling over Jellal.
After that mess, Juvia went up and had a great crowd, but ignore all the men's remark only concerning about Grays' remark. When Gray stepped after that, he was immediately disqualified. He asked why and all they said was, "look down." When he did, he saw he was stripped down to his underwear and panicked. He was then escorted out of the stage by security with Juvia right behind him.
Levy went up and had a lot of whistling and hollering. Levy waved to everyone before leaving, but when Gajeel came up, he had the biggest glare and gave off the biggest growl he ever had. He was mostly directing that to all the guys who had funny ideas about Levy and his look said, "Talk, touch, or anything else with her, and you'll need a new face for your head." The guys decided to stay on his good side before anything else happened.
Many other contestants came up afterwards, some were good, some were alright, and few of them were not that good. But everyone had one thing in their heads while more contestants came out, "Please don't be a stripper like that last guy."
When Lucy came up, everyone including the judges cheered loudly for her and she knew that she had a good shot at winning.
After she stepped down with thoughts of being the winner, it was time for the last contestant. Everyone was waiting for him and just when the judges were about to say he was disqualified, something was making a noise from above the stage. When everyone looked up, they saw a giant red dragon falling down to the ground. This of course cause everyone to go into a state of shock seeing a dragon like that, even Lucy was about to faint.
When the dragon landed, the judges took a closer look and saw salmon hair in its mouth. When the dragon stood, its mouth coughed up a head and it turned out to be Natsu.
"ROOOOOOOAAAAAAAARRRRRR! I'M NATSU THE FIRE DRAGON! HEAR ME ROOOOOOOOOAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRR!"
After that, the crowd exploded in cheers, even the judges stood to cheer. Natsu had a grin on his face and it grew even more when he saw his friends cheering. Especially since Lucy was also cheering for him.
After Natsu's performance, the judges took a few minutes to tally the results. Natsu was then greeted by his friends and talking about his crazy entrance.
10 minutes went by and the judges returned with the results.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, we like to announce that this year's winner is…. A draw!"
Everyone then just said, "EHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH?!"
"We came to a conclusion that since the prize money has increased; we decided that these two will split the reward. And with that said, here are your winners."
Everyone was hoping that it would be them and clinging onto hope.
"The winners are… NATSU DRAGNEEL AND LUCY HEARTFILIA!"
Everyone exploded in cheers while Natsu and Lucy were shocked and turn to meet the others face, only to have giant smiles and yelled out a victory cry. When that was done, they came back up to the stage, bowed to the audience, and accepted the prize money.
Natsu and Lucy then got compliments and such from Levy and the others.
"We hope you all enjoy the Festival and contest and please come back again next year."
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When the contest was over, everyone headed for home saying they'll see each other on Monday. Natsu was out of his costume before he and Lucy headed off for home. When they got back, Lucy went to get change while Natsu put up the prizes, costume and such before getting comfortable in Lucy's apartment.
Lucy got out of her room with comfortable clothes and had her hair down on seeing Natsu chilling on her couch. Lucy decided to jump onto the couch then giving Natsu a hug.
"Thanks for a great day Natsu. I had a great time there including winning the contest."
Natsu returned the hug with a smile on his face.
"That was a draw, but you're welcome. I had a great time too."
And with that, Natsu and Lucy spent the rest of the night watching movies while in each other's embrace. After an hour or so later, they fell asleep on the couch again with Lucy on top of Natsu again as well.
Natsu woke up a bit later to see Lucy sleeping peacefully on him. He had a smile on his face before giving her head a kiss before whispering something.
"I gotta say Luce. You just rock my world and I hope someday soon, you'll be mine."
And with that, Natsu headed back to dreamland without noticing a bright and warm smile on Lucy's face.
So what did you think? It's my longest chapter so far, so I hope I did well. Sorry again it took a while though. I've been busy with life and such and now I'm starting to get sick. Dang allergies. Well, please leave me a review and I hope I'll have the next chapter done sooner than this. I also want to say thank you to all those who reviewed, favorite, and followed this story. Thank you so much everyone. You all are the best. Until next time, see y'all.