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Chapter 5 - Fairy Tail being Fairy Tail

*Four Days ago*

"You and Natsu are dating?!" Mirajane squealed loudly.

Lucy turned to face the white-haired barmaid in surprise, oblivious to the fact that Mirajane had been eavesdropping on her and Levy's conversation. The blonde had just arrived at the guild a few minutes ago, pulling Levy away from Gajeel to talk to her in private - apparently, she hadn't chosen a good spot, but she at least got to tell Levy first like she planned.

"Uh..yeah." Lucy finally answered, glancing around to see if anyone had heard Mirajane's rather loud exclamation. She hadn't exactly figured out how to tell the rest of the guild that she and Natsu were dating now. Even though she knew that something as simple as telling everyone she and Natsu were dating shouldn't be as hard as she was making it, she couldn't help but feel otherwise.

"That's great! I'm so happy for the both of you!" Mirajane stated happily.

Lucy smiled in response, nodding her head. "Thanks, Mirajane."

"Sure. So how long have you two been dating?"

Lucy blushed faintly. "We just started."

"That's so cute! You two make a perfect couple!" Mirajane exclaimed, leaning over across the counter in hopes of squeezing some more details out of the blonde. "Who asked who out first?"

"Well - Um - I guess I did. I confessed...but can you do me a favor?"

"Of course!"

Lucy sighed in relief, relieved with the white-haired Mage's answer. She turned around to glance behind her only to see that the guild was extremely rowdy at the moment - another one of Fairy Tail's usual brawls in session. Good, Lucy thought to herself, satisfied that no one other than Mirajane had heard her conversation with Levy. Once she was reassured, she shifted her attention back on to Mirajane. "Can you not - ?"

" - Can she not what, Lucy?" a voice questioned curiously, interrupting the two girls conversation.

Both Lucy and Mirajane turned their heads to see Cana, staring at them expectantly. When she didn't get one immediately, she raised an eyebrow. "Well?"

Lucy fidgeted in her seat, adverting her eyes from Cana's, mentally hoping that Cana would get tired of waiting for an answer and just dismiss it. Unfortunately for Lucy, it seemed as if Mirajane had other plans and didn't mind answering the Card Mage's question, "Lucy and Natsu are dating."

"Mirajane!" Lucy shouted in disbelief, blushing.

"Huh? What's wrong, Lucy?" Mirajane questioned innocently.

"Oh?" Cana inquired, smirking as she wrapped her arm around Lucy's neck, cutting off any response Lucy may have had to the barmaid's question. "Is that so? And just when were you planning on telling me?"

Lucy laughed nervously, "I don't know." She admitted honestly. "I really don't know how to tell the guild and - "

" - Consider your problem solved, then."

The Celestial Mage shot the brunette a look of confusion. "Eh? Cana? What do you mean?" What did she mean consider her problem solved? It wasn't that simple. There was no telling how the guild would take it, and though, she was certain that no one would react in a negative way, she couldn't help but feel slightly uneasy. Lucy blinked when she realized that Cana was no longer beside her, and immediately spun around in order to find her, curious as to what she meant. And when the blonde's eyes finally landed on the brunette, her eyes nearly bulged out of its sockets at the sight she saw: Cana was standing on a table.

Which could only mean one thing.

"Oi!" Cana called out as loud as she could over the ruckus of the guild. "Lucy and Natsu are dating! Wakaba! Gray! Macao! Gajeel! Master Makarov! Pay up!"

Suddenly, everything went quiet like a movie on a pause, not sure if they heard what Cana said correctly. Lucy could feel a few eyes on her, but she paid them no mind, too busy staring at Cana with her mouth hanging open in shock.

Erza was first to speak, breaking the silence. "I wish you two the best of luck with your relationship, and if Natsu shall jeopardize your relationship in any way, I shall deal with him immediately!"

Even from where she was seated, Lucy could see how pale Natsu suddenly looked. She couldn't help but feel sorry for her pink-haired boyfriend. But Gray, whom was next to voice his opinion, changed Natsu's demeanor instantly with his words:

"What?! How the hell can a moron like you get a girlfriend?!"

Natsu spun around to face Gray, cracking his knuckles as he stalked towards him. "Oi! You wanna repeat that, pervert?!"

Gray scowled. "You deaf?! You cost me 3,000 jewels, dumb ass!"

And not a moment later, Gray and Natsu were already going at it.

Elfman, whom was nearby, stated how manly it was to have a girlfriend before jumping into the ongoing fight. Macao, Wakaba, and Master Makarov were reluctantly handing over the amount of jewels they owed Cana for losing the bet concerning Lucy and Natsu, while Gajeel, whom was angry at Natsu, for - according to the Iron Dragon Slayer - not being stupid for a while longer, stalked towards the brawl, immediately punching the pink-haired Mage in the face as soon as he jumped in.

It wasn't too much longer until just about the whole guild were participating in the brawl.

And Cana, in the mist of all the chaos going on, walked back towards Lucy, Levy, and Mirajane, smirking mischievously at the amount of jewels she had collected in less than half an hour. Lucy, who was still curious, shifted her attention towards the woman, asking her what the bet was.

Cana's smirk widened. "The bet, you say? The bet was that Natsu and you wouldn't get together for at least another half a year since Natsu was too dense to even acknowledge anything besides fighting and eating. Gray bet 3,000 jewels, Wakaba bet 2,000 jewels, Master Makarov and Macao bet 1,500 jewels."

"And Gajeel?" Levy asked curiously.

"4,000 jewels."

A/N: Well, that was the last chapter and my sad attempt at humor. But, hey, I tried.

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