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Okaaayy! You are now reading the 7th chapter of the story Deep Within
On with the story!
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail, Mashima does
Previously on Deep within:
"Because I'll help you" Gray looked ahead
"Are you serious?" Lisanna was shock to hear it from Gray "But aren't you-"
"I'm serious" Gray looked at her "Just don't tell Lucy" he placed hi hand in front of her "Deal?"
Lisanna thought for a moment and smiled "Then you got yourself a deal" she shook his hand in agreement.
'It's for the best' Gray thought as he followed their bickering friends
Chapter 7
"Gray" Lisanna caught his attention "Why are you doing this?"
Gray looked at her bewildered but then he sighed "I have my reasons"
"Like what" Lisanna stopped walking
Gray looked at her in confusion "What do you mean 'like what'?"
"What are your reasons for helping me" Lisanna looked at Gray straight in the eye
Gray was about to answer when he suddenly heard a sneeze
"My, oh my sorry about that" someone came out of the bushes
"What the" Gray said as he readied himself to attack
"W-wait! I'm not an enemy!" He held his hands up in surrender
At the guild
"Was it really okay to give them that job master?" Mira asked in worry
"They are strong enough to defeat them" Makarov nodded his head "It's just subduing some bandits"
"But master the client just called and said that they just knew about the leader of the bandits" Mira said in concern
"What about the leader?" Makarov looked at her face filled with worry
"They said it's Akira the manipulator, He's from a dark guild and by his status; this job is completely for S-class mages!" Mira said as she remembered what the client said
"Erza!" Makarov called
"What is it master?" Erza, who was listening at their conversation, quickly came over
"Go follow Natsu and the others" Makarov ordered "And also bring Wendy with you"
"Why master?" Erza asked in confusion as to why bring Wendy to a dangerous job
"Just a precaution" Makarov sighed and rubbed his temples
"I see" Erza nodded "Wendy let's go" she said as she walked out of the guild
"Y-yes" Wendy was accompanied by Charle as they followed Erza
"Are they going to be alright?" Mira asked completely worried about Natsu and the others especially her sister
"They'll be just fine" Makarov assured 'They'd better be'
"Lisanna, what was our job again?" Lucy turned around and saw someone she doesn't know talking to them. She walked towards them.
"Ara! Lucy this is…." Lisanna motioned towards the hooded person
"Akira, just call me Akira" He removed his cloak and smiled
'Akira? I'm sure I heard that name somewhere..' Gray thought deeply
"What's with the holdup you guys?" Natsu whined as he walked sluggishly towards them 'Who's smell is this' he furrowed his brows and walked faster towards them and glared at the new guy
"Hey Natsu, wait up" Happy followed
"Umm…. is he your friend?" Akira motioned towards Natsu who was giving him a glare
"Yes, this is Natsu, Lucy, Happy, I'm Lisanna and this is Gray" Lisanna introduced the group
Akira was about shake hands with Lucy when Natsu grabbed Lucy's hand. Everyone was shocked at his actions.
"Natsu?" Lucy looked at him in confusion
"I don't trust you" Natsu gritted his teeth and glared at Akira "Let's go" he dragged Lucy with him and the others followed
"E-excuse us" Lisanna bowed as she excused themselves "Gray, let's go" she motioned him to follow
As Gray passed Akira he looked at him and thought ''I'm going to trust Natsu on this one, I just can't trust this guy. He's giving a different vibe, he must be hiding something' he continued to walk but when he looked back, Akira was gone
Meanwhile at Natsu and Lucy
"Natsu let go" Lucy said as she struggled to be free but Natsu just kept on walking "Natsu, I said let go" she tried to make him let go "What's wrong with you?! You're hurting me!"
Natsu immediately released her "S-sorry"
Lucy was shocked 'Natsu apologizing?' she looked at him "Is something wrong Natsu?"
"Just don't go near that guy kay?" Natsu turned around and grabbed her shoulders "Promise me" his eyes were filled with concern
"W-what do you mean Natsu?" Lucy was in complete shock and a hint of blush was seen in her face
"My instincts tell me not to trust that guy" Natsu sighed but he then looked at Lucy intently "Promise that you'll never ever go near that guy okay?"
"O-okay, I promise" Lucy blushed hard
"Great" Natsu gave her a toothy grin and released her "You know Luce" he looked at her a gave a big sigh
"W-what?" Lucy tried to be mad but a blush was still evident on her face
"You could easily give me an early grave" Natsu gave another sigh
"What's that suppose to mean?!" A vein popped out of Lucy's head
"I've been meaning to tell you this" Natsu said in a serious tone his bangs covered his eyes
"What ?" Lucy looked at him 'Natsu's acting really weird today'
"Lucy, I…" Natsu started
"Natsu!, Lucy!, Happy!" Lisanna called running towards them "Huh? Where's Happy?" she looked around
"What, he's not here?" Natsu also looked around "Happy!" he was about to look for Happy but somebody tugged his sleeve "Lucy?"
"Ummm….about the thing that you'll say to me" Lucy fidgeted in embarrassment
"Oh yeah" Natsu remembered as he looked at Lucy who was fidgeting and chuckled
"W-why are you laughing?!" Lucy tried to be angry but she blushed instead
"It's nothing, you look cute when you're like that" Natsu gave her a soft smile
Lucy was beet red right now
"Just like a kid" Natsu chuckled
Lucy fumed 'Of course, he just had to ruin it'
"Just llliiiikkkeee a kiiiid" Happy rolled his tongue
"Happy! Where have you been?" Lisanna asked as Happy popped beside Natsu
"Aye, I've been looking for fish" Happy exclaimed
"I-I see" Lisanna's sweat dropped
"Where's Gray, Lisanna?" Happy asked
"Oh he's just right behind" Lisanna turned around but saw no one "me?"
"Where is he?" Lucy asked in concerned
"He was just following me awhile ago" Lisanna explained
"That stupid stripper" Natsu growled "HEY GRAY! YOU FOOL! WHERE ARE YOU!" he screamed as he searched the bushes
'I don't think he'll be in there' Lucy thought as she sweat dropped
"What are you so noisy Flamebrain?!" Gray popped out on one of the bushes
'I stand corrected' Lucy thought with a bitter laugh
"If you weren't hiding we wouldn't have to shout!" Natsu charged at Gray
"I wasn't hiding you idiot!" Gray grabbed his vest
"G-Gray, your clothes" Happy said as-of-matter-of-factly
"What?" Gray looked down and only saw that his was only wearing his boxers "Gaaahh! How did that happen?"
"Once a stripper always a stripper" Natsu said smugly
"You wanna fight, squinty eyes!" Gray punched Natsu
"Bring it on droopy eyes" Natsu also punched Gray and then vice versa.
"Gray, you said you weren't hiding" Lucy stated and they stopped their fight to look at her "What were you doing in the bushes?"
"I don't know" Gray answered truthfully "Last thing I remembered was that I was walking then I woke up to the sound of this moron's voice" he looked at Natsu and then he suddenly got a headache and he swayed
"Are you-" Lisanna was about to grabbed hold of his shoulder but Gray smacked it away
"Don't touch me" Gray said coldly and looked at them with cold eyes
"G-Gray?"
The end
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Was Natsu OOC here?
I know I told you that their plan would be revealed in this chapter but….
I don't like revealing it yet :P
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