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Special thanks to Demon-Art-Lover1 , who pointed out my grave mistake in the last chapter. I don't know if you guys noticed, but earlier in the story Levy hadn't remembered who Gajeel was. I forgot to add in how she was able to find out where he worked. I fixed it, so you can go back to that part if you want.
Anywho, enjoy!
Disclaimer: Alas, I do not own Fairy Tail. The king of trolls, Hiro Mashima, does instead.
Natsu woke up three mornings after his shopping extravaganza with Lucy to the sound of arguing and the smell of burning meat. His always witty cat shared a look of confusion and panic as they both took in the racket caused by Gajeel and Gray.
"I should do something," Natsu stated but made no move to get up. Happy looked at him and nodded before falling back onto his pillow and falling back asleep. Natsu briefly reflected on how useless his partner can be sometimes. Once the poor boy was running away from a black haired monster and all the cat did was watch and eat a fish. The scar from that day still makes him shiver. With a groan he pushed himself out of bed and walked out into their now destroyed living room. Whirling around to yell at his friends so stop having fun without him, Natsu felt something impale his forehead.
"GOD DAMMIT!" He screamed, falling to the floor and twitching sporadically.
"NATSU CAUGHT IT!" Gajeel yelled. He walked over, as if he was going to be a true friend and help the confused man out, but one sniff of the air and he was at the stove, trying to save the burning meat. Well, some people say they like smoke flavored bacon...
Gray walked over and detached the mysterious object from his face.
"Finally, your stupid face came in handy," the ice mage said, holding up the strangest creature Natsu had ever seen. It was stark white with a golden cone for a nose, though it now had some of Natsu's blood dripping off of it, and small black eyes. While staring at the mini monster, he forgot to beat up his so called 'friend'.
"Pun pun!" The creature held its arms out towards Natsu. He jumped back in case it decided to spear him again.
"Oh, a dog," Happy yawned as he walked into the room.
"How is that thing a dog?" Gajeel eyed the so called 'dog'. He brought over a plate of charred bacon to Natsu, since he was probably the only person who could possibly stomach the destroyed food.
"This was the last of Lucy's bacon," Natsu complained as he munched on the charcoal.
"Who's Lucy?" Gray nudged Natsu's arm. Happy giggled evilly, ready to spout some crazy lie but Natsu was able to cover his mouth in time. No need for another girlfriend scare. If Mirajane came back to interrogate him again Natsu may not survive a second time.
"Some girl that's paying me to teach her how to be normal," he explained.
"How to be normal? From you?" Gajeel laughed. "She should get her money back."
"Shut up- OW!" Natsu retracted his now bitten hand from Happy's mouth. The cat rolled his eyes and mumbled how he didn't bite that hard.
"Whatever. More importantly, what are we doing with with this dog?" Gray held up the small snowma- uh, dog. Well, they definitely couldn't keep it with the money they had. Even with Lucy's normal lessons, they couldn't afford another living being to be in the apartment. Plus, it was a classic horror movie plot to have some unknown creature to start living with people, and then in the middle of the night it goes around eating faces. Natsu refused to go down like that.
"I'll take him to the pound," Natsu grabbed his jacket and picked up the quivering dog. Huh, are dogs supposed to shake like that? Maybe he had to pee or something...
"Where are you going?" Gray yelled after Gajeel, who followed Natsu out the door.
"Out," Gajeel grumbled, slamming the door behind him. All alone, Gray turned around and looked at the mess him and Gajeel had made when they were trying to catch the dog. It had appeared out of thin air, which caused them both to freak out and start destroying furniture without a second thought. Now he was all alone with Happy.
"Well Happy, it's just you and me," Gray sighed. The cat watched him start to clean up the mess for a minute before walking over to the door and opening it.
"Nope, just you," Happy flew out the door to chase after his owner.
"TRAITOR!" Gray yelled after him.
"I'm going to kill him," Levy said, tapping her foot impatiently as she waited in front of the library. Her new slave was late, a fact the infamous dictator Levy McGarden did not like.
"Who are you going to kill?" A gruff voice asked behind her. Levy stifled a shriek of surprise, whirling around and throwing a wild punch. She instantly regretted it though, when her knuckles registered an immense amount of pain. What the hell is he made of? Iron?
"Oh, no one. Yet," she muttered darkly. She looked up at his pierced face and a slow smile stretched across her face. Oh, what a perfect plan she had in mind. He was perfect to play the part.
"What's with the creepy look, shrimp?" He asked, looking slightly scared at the girls insanity.
"For the next six months you are going to be my boyfriend, with the goal of getting a certain two boys out of my personal bubble," She made him lean in closer while she explained the rest of her plan in a whisper.
All the while a similar, creepy smile settled on Gajeel's face.
Lucy hummed as she walked on the ledge of the wall that acted as a divider between the river and the street. For some reason she felt more free than she usually did. Maybe it was the new clothes. Even though her outfits showed more than she was used to, they also didn't weigh down on her as much. Plus, after staring at her reflection for a few hours she decided that the outfits didn't look too bad on her. Ever since then Lucy was on a never ending cloud of happiness.
"Is that Lucy?" She heard one of the regular boaters on the river ask his companion. Lucy turned and waved at them, ignoring their calls to get off the ledge. It was her mini tradition to always walk on it when she had the chance. This afternoon she was on a mission to replenish her paper shortage so she could get back to writing and in her sweatpants as soon as possible.
Her happy plans came to an end, however, the second she caught sight of three shadows in between two buildings. Since those buildings were a school and an old house, she decided it wouldn't be too dangerous if she checked it out. Plus, she could practically hear Natsu calling her to suck it up and go check it out. Such words of endearment she gets from her teacher.
"We told you, Wendy," Lucy heard a boy say. She snuck alongside the wall of the abandoned house and peered into the alleyway, seeing a group of two boys and one girl. That description didn't really draw the right picture though. It was more like two ogres towering over a small girl who, though she was wearing a high school uniform, didn't look older then twelve.
"That business was between us and Romeo," the other troll snarled. Panicking, Lucy looked around for someone who could break up the threatening meeting, but there was no one else walking on the street except for some tiny school kids. Well, that means there was only one thing left to do...
Oh wait, running away in terror is NOT what you're supposed to do.
"HEY!" Lucy yelled. She stepped out from her hiding spot and walked closer to the group. It was now that she realized the girl was the nice employee from the department store that her and Natsu had emotionally scarred. That's why the name Wendy sounded so familiar!
"He," the first monster chuckled, "grab Blondie," Lucy glared at the approaching boy. She ripped one of her heels and threw it at the guys face. Immediately afterword it was an action she regretted since one, it seemed to make the thug even angrier and two, she was borrowing the heels from Mira. When the beautiful demoness finds out what happened to her shoes there is no telling what she will do. So, either the trolls eat her now or Mirajane kills her later. What to choose...
"Hey!" Lucy protested as her arms were wretched behind her back. The first thug leered at her while putting Wendy in the same hold.
Well. Things were definitely not going to plan. In fact, she was absolutely screwed. Lucy recognized the wicked look in their eyes; it was the same look as back then. The look that said I'm-going-to-destroy-your-life-and-you-can't-do-a- thing-about-it.
Not again, she thought, please, not again. Not to Wendy or me. Lucy squeezed her eyes shut, as if she could block out the whole world. It wasn't enough though, and the boy's laughter will probably echo throughout her nightmares for the rest of her life.
However, in her sweetest dreams is the sound of their pained screams and Natsu's enraged yelling. Lucy opened her eyes open in time to see a strange insect stab it's nose into the foot of the first thug, effectively freeing Wendy, and Natsu punching the second in the face. Wasting no time, Lucy grabbed the small girl's hand and made a break for the bright world outside the alley, grabbing Mirajane's shoe on the way out. The two girls could still hear screaming echoing off the walls of the buildings as they stepped out into the light, trying to catch a breath.
"Thank you, Bacon God," Lucy breathed and straightened up. Wendy brushed off her skirt and nodded in agreement.
"Thank you, for distracting them. You're Natsu-san's girlfriend Lucy, right?" She smiled brightly.
"NO!" Lucy blushed, "I mean, yeah, but I'm just his friend. You're a friend of Natsu's, right?"
"Yes. We were in the same gui- orphanage," She smiled uneasily at her word stumble, "Natsu was about as lively back then as he is now. Always up to something, be it fighting someone or pulling pranks."
"I'd believe it," Lucy mumbled, watching the victorious boy emerge from the darkness with the insect following behind him. He looked really serious, which was strange to see. Lucy didn't think there was a serious bone in his body. Wendy looked equally surprised, so with a quick bow and a second 'thank you' she scurried off in the direction of Marvel's Emporium, saying something about being late for the afternoon shift. Traitor.
"What were you thinking!" He yelled angrily.
"I was just trying to help," Lucy stepped back, surprised at his outburst. She never heard him yell; heck, she didn't even think it was possible for him to be this angry with someone.
"Really? Because it didn't look like you were helping to me!"
"Shut up! You would've done the same thing!" Lucy crossed her arms and stomped her foot in frustration. It's been a while since she allowed her anger to take over like this. It felt soooo good.
"Yeah, because I can fight! You can't do anythi- did you seriously just stomp your foot, princess?" He scoffed.
"Never call me Princess," Lucy said darkly. That nickname reminded her of the days she spent in her castle of a home, crying out for a parent that would never come. Her sudden change in mood seemed to snap Natsu out of his anger.
"Sorry," he breathed, "It's just, if Shabutaro wasn't there to find you-"
"Shabutaro?"
"Yeah, he's this dog I found," He pointed to a small animal next to him.
"That's a dog?" Lucy looked at the creature by his feet. At first she thought it was an insect, but it could be some type of dog if she squinted her eyes a little. The thought of a bug being that large was also troubling to think about, so calling it a dog would probably be better. Though the name had to go. It just sounded so wrong.
"Anyway, you need a way to protect yourself," He watched Lucy play with Shabutaro for a couple of minutes. "Hey, why don't you just keep him! His nose is a lethal weapon. And, you know, the pound wouldn't keep him..."
"Hm," Lucy looked at the quivering dog and, overwhelmed by his cuteness, squished him in a hug. "I'm going to call you Plue!" She squealed. The dog in her arms answered with a small 'pun', which she took as an affirmative.
"Well, this'll work for now," Natsu muttered, "but you should get a weapon or something."
"Thanks, Natsu," Lucy looked up and smiled.
It might have been her imagination, but she thought that she could see a faint blush flash across his cheeks.
Juvia was ready for the kill. She had waited days after she found the bra, trying to tell herself that her fiance wasn't a cheating buttface, but after observing his peculiar behavior for a few days, and taking into consideration the evidence she had been missing lately, she was pretty convinced it was true. Lyon had been jumpier than ever; at one point she heard him scratching around the bed in their room, cursing to herself. Add in his random outburst a week ago and the random perfume she never bought and we have a cheating man for sure.
Over the passed couple of days she had given him chances to revel himself, but there was nothing. So, she was ready to confront the cheating man and give him a piece of her mind. Already she could sense some storm clouds gathering in the late afternoon sky. Good thing she took off work for the rest of the day.
The door opened. Footsteps tapped lightly on the floor. The sound of clicking heels came closer and closer to the bedroom. Wait. Heels?
"Lyon?" She called out tentatively. The approaching steps stopped abruptly. For several antagonizing moments it was completely silent while both parties waited for the first move. Juvia decided it was time to get a move on, so she got up and ran out of the room at the speed of light. Bursting into the living room of the apartment she met her answer. Lyon was trying to scurry out the door with a pinkette clutching his arm. The man opened his mouth to say something, but one look at her tear filled eyes and he walked out of the apartment.
She thought she was ready.
She knew it was going to be true.
Nothing could have prepared her for the sadness that overtook her. It hit her like a sudden wave in the ocean, a horrible emptiness that spread throughout her body. A glob of water fell from her eyes, and into her cupped hands, absorbing back into her water body. Outside a storm raged; rain pelted her apartment windows and sounded more like gunfire than water. When she was all cried out, she then turned to anger.
What, was she not good for him? Why did he propose if he was just going to cheat on her? Was she just going to let him have all the happiness? She could go out and get a boyfriend if she wanted to!
But where was she going to get one?
"Does it really matter?" She asked herself aloud. Shaking her head, Juvia grabbed her coat, umbrella and rain boots, braving the storm her turbulent feelings had caused.
Erza was finally enjoying a day off with her boyfriend Jellal. Between their two jobs the poor couple never had time together. Even when they did, the two were so stressed from money problems and work problems that they fought all of the time. She was aware their day together was over the second she heard the first drops of rain hit their windows.
"Funny, it wasn't supposed to rain," Jellal murmured.
"No, it wasn't," Erza sighed. Juvia was in a crisis again. Erza hoped it wasn't something with Lyon again. She had introduced the couple in the beginning, and she couldn't wait to wear her bridesmaid dress down the aisle. It was a very pretty dress- wait, no, this is about Juvia. Focus on Juvia.
"Your friend Juvia?" Jellal asked, watching his girlfriend get her coat and shoes on. Erza nodded and kissed him on the cheek.
"Yeah, she must be going though a serious meltdown right now. I'll be back as soon as possible," the two waved at each other from opposite sides of the door, and in a flash of lightning Erza was gone.
Finally, I was able to squeeze in Erza and Jellal! Wohoo! You guys probably forgot about them too, like I did, didn't you? Or maybe you didn't and I'm all alone on my boat of forgetfulness. That's the story of my life.
And, there were some Rave Master references! Weeeeeee! I'M A NERD!
Please, don't forget to drop a review! I can reply to them all now, which is either a good thing or a creepy thing, you guys can decide.
AP world history scores came out in my region today, so with that in mind I shall quote the three main lessons I learned in that class:
Never invade Russia
Never occupy Afghanistan
Whore houses are good, but expensive
Yup. My teacher was pretty weird.
Anywho, till next time...
-NeverMakesSense