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Chapter 9: New S-Class
That Night
Makarov was sitting on one of the benches. "So you want to announce it now?" Kinana asked him. He nodded in agreement.
Roku was sitting on a table alone with his head resting on his hand. He was thinking about what he talked about with Gildarts.
"Hhhhmmmm," Cana was deciding what drink from the bear case. Gildarts walked up from behind her.
"How's my little girl?" He said in a baby voice.
"Get off of me!" She pounded him on the head and left a bump. Gildarts whimpered from it.
Roku saw them and smiled, 'strongest in the guild. I'll be able to protect Erza with that title.'
Makarov cleared his throat while on the counter, "Attention please! To my knowledge we haven't had an S-Class exam in the last seven years. So we are having seven in this one year!" The guild gasped and started whispering to each other.
"S-Class exam? We better get to work,"
"We got to train so we can even have a chance."
"I'M ALL FIRED UP!"
"Be quiet Natsu! Master Makarov is speaking!"
Makarov cleared his throat even louder, "The first exam starts in two days! And the contestants are…" Natsu had steam coming out of his mouth in anticipation. "Freed Justine, Gray Fullbuster, Elfman Strauss, Natsu Dragneel, Cana Alberona, Levy McGarden, Gajeel Redfox and Roku Battlecreed."
"So everyone from last time plus Roku?" Gray cracked his knuckles. "Alright!"
Juvia sulked behind them, "Gray-sama doesn't remember me…" Wendy helped her by patting her on the back.
"Don't worry he didn't notice that Gajeel wasn't a contestant last year either." Wendy said.
Roku was surprised. He knew that the exam was coming up but he just joined! Now he has a chance to be S-Class. All eight contestants got up. "This exam will be a little different." They waited for the twist to come. "You will be going up against Elite wizards not only from our guild but from Blue Pegasus as well."
"Blue Pegasus!" The guild yelled.
"Yes. I asked them about a month ago and agreed to be apart of our test. Each of you will have to team up with another contestant!" Makarov pronounced
"Another contestant?" Cana asked.
"Yes. With more powerful opponents you must work together. We decided that teamwork is key when growing up. So you must work together to defeat your opponents." The contestants looked at each other to see their options.
Natsu walked over to Gajeel and they bumped fists, "Us dragon slayers got to stick together." Natsu said.
Following their example Cana walked over to Levy. "We girls can easily win if cooperate." Droy and Jet were tearing behind them whining about Levy.
Freed put out a hand to Elfman. Elfman put a fist out instead and made it a little awkward. Freed changed to a fist and bumped his fist half-heartedly. That left Roku and Gray. They looked at each other and gave cheeky smiles. They clasped hands and didn't say anything.
"Well that settles that." Makarov nodded again. "You have a free day tomorrow, make it count!" With that he sat back down on the counter and started drinking. Everyone got into it and drank.
Roku headed home because he didn't like alcohol that much. He took the long way to his house. 'S-Class… I'll protect you Erza.' Roku was walking around Magnolia but in the general direction of his apartment.
In Lucy's apartment
Lucy sighed as she got out of the bathroom with a towel wrapped around her. Steam was being released from the bathroom when she opened the door. Erza was already in her pajamas sitting on the couch. She was thinking with her eyes closed.
"So what's on your mind?" Lucy said dropping the towel. She put on panties then pulled on her pajamas. Erza lay down on the couch.
"Nothing much," She said looking away from Lucy.
"It's about Roku isn't it." Lucy said putting her hand up to her mouth and giggled a little bit.
Erza face started getting red, "Who said anything about Roku?" Lucy laughed again.
"It's nothing to be ashamed of. Roku's pretty nice after all." Erza looked away again.
"He's…okay," Erza blushed. She just made a comment about Roku. She continued, "He's good with kids, he cooks well... He's a good person."
"And it's pretty nice not to have a crush on someone that's in prison huh," Erza glared at her for that comment involving Gerard. Lucy put her hands up in defence.
They heard the sound of tin against the pavement outside the window. They looked out and saw Roku kicking a can. "Speak of the devil," Lucy said. Erza looked out the window and smiled. Roku felt someone staring and looked up. Erza tackled Lucy so they weren't in the window anymore. Roku shrugged and continued to kick the can to his house. Erza sighed, "That was close." They sat up on the floor.
"What are you so scared of?" Lucy asked.
"I just don't want him to catch me staring." Erza blushed deeper. She paused for a moment, "The exam is coming up… We might end up fighting each other." Erza frowned a little bit.
Lucy responded by staring silent. Erza continued, "I don't want to hurt him." She crossed her arms and gripped her upper arms by her insignia.
Lucy let the mood sit a little, "Well that's a small chance right? You might not even have to face him. And he beat Laxus! He's stronger than you think." Erza laughed a little.
"Well how about you Lucy? Have any guy trouble?" Erza smiled when Lucy started getting fidgety.
"What are you talking about?" She looked away and Erza grinned.
Erza saw Lucy blush a little, "How's Loke?"
"Hey wait a minute…" Lucy trailed off, as she blushed more. Erza laughed again.
"Go to bed already!" Lucy headed to her bed and pulled the covers over her.
Erza moved over to the couch and turned off the lamp next to her, "Goodnight." She called.
"Goodnight," Lucy said with a yawn.
The Next Morning
Lucy groaned as she turned over in her bed. She woke up to the sun lighting up the room. She stretched and her hand hit something familiar. Erza was sleeping in her bed. "ERZA!"
Erza opened her eyes slowly and blinked. "Good morning Lucy."
Erza started stretching as Lucy yelled, "How did you get into my bed!"
"I probably was sleep walking." She said rubbing her eyes. "Well anyway lets get ready for today." Lucy was gritting her teeth but relaxed and started taking off her pajamas.
Erza just requiped her clothes, and opened the door with Lucy still topless. "Shut the door!" She yelled franticly. Erza reached in and closed the door.
From the other side of the door she yelled, "Hurry up Lucy!"
Lucy headed out and they made their way to the guild. When they got there, they saw the contestants already training in different areas. Natsu and Gajeel were sparing behind the guild. Levy was teaching Cana a couple of fighting methods from a book. Elfman was trying to learn runes from Freed. But Roku and Gray weren't there. Lucy went to Levy, "Hey where's Gray and Roku?"
"I haven't seen them this morning. Maybe they had some secret training?" Erza and Lucy started thinking of places that they would practice.
At Roku's apartment
Snoring could be heard from the apartment. In the apartment a figure was sleeping in the giant queen sized bed. A hand reached out with a blow horn. It rang and Gray jumped out of bed with only his underwear on. "WHAT THE HELL!" He yelled.
Roku laughed a little, "We're late you know."
Gray rubbed his eyes, "Late for what?"
"The rest of the contestants are already training," Roku crossed his arms. "I understand that we could talk strategy over night but it's no use if we don't put it to practice." Gray pulled the covers over him again. Roku pushed the blow horn again. Gray jumped and fell out of the bed.
"Alright already!" Gray put some pants on and they both headed out the door.
In The Guild
"Alright. You right it like this…No not like that!" Freed smacked his forehead when Elfman trapped both of them in a rune.
"What does it say again?" Elfman scratched his head when the runes' rules came up.
Freed looked carefully. He went wide-eyed and yelled, "You idiot! It says we need to be women!"
"But I'm a man!" Elfman pointed to himself. Freed smacked him and then got to work on undoing the runes.
Natsu and Gajeel in the back were already exhausted and on their backs. "I'll… win!" Natsu said huffing.
"No…I…will!" Gajeel raised his hand then dropped it. "Never mind…" Natsu nodded and waved a little white flag.
"And then you bend your leg like this…" Levy continued to talk to Cana on a table covered with books. She sighed and started to nod off.
Lucy and Erza were at their own table looking around. They sighed at the same time then Lucy started talking, "I guess training takes a lot of energy."
Erza nodded and talked, "Training is important though. Training is the only way I got the way I am." They sighed again and heard footsteps coming from the door.
Gray and Roku were talking about strategy, "I was thinking that your wind could amplify my ice somehow, you know?" Roku nodded and looked over to the two girls. He waved and then they smiled and waved back. They walked over to the table and sat across from the girls. "So how's fire-tongue?"
Lucy pointed to Natsu on the ground. He had his tongue sticking out and swirls for eyes. Gray laughed and Roku looked carefully at his opponents. None of them seemed to be getting anywhere. "Gray." Gray looked in his direction, "Look at them. They're not enjoying themselves at all."
They all blinked at him, "Training isn't supposed to be fun. It might not be fun but it's the only way to get stronger." Erza said in a know it all tone.
"Really?" Roku leaned back in his chair, "Master Grote always said…" Roku took a deep breath and changed his tone into an old man one, "Practice makes perfect, but you won't retain it if you don't enjoy it." Roku even mimicked his cheesy smile and then it turned into a blank face. They all sighed again.
Lucy's face brightened a little bit, "Hey I have an Idea!" She said it so loudly the rest of the potential S-Class wizards turned their heads. "Lets have an official training break! At the Beach!"
Natsu and Gajeel got off the floor. Levy closed her book and Cana headed over to the bar. Freed dispelled the rune and Elfman shouted in excitement. "Beach Party!"
They packed several bags and headed for the train station. Erza followed close behind with a wagon full of luggage. "A TRAIN!" Natsu yelled in horror.
"Of coarse we're taking a train. All the beaches are owned by Twilight Ogre, to believe that they won't even let people on the beach." Lucy stomped onto the bus, grumbling.
On The Train Half an Hour Later
Natsu was lying on Erza's lap knocked out, while Gray, Lucy, and her made small talk. On the seats next to them were Roku, Cana, Elfman, and Mirajane. "Thank you for inviting me again Elfman."
Elfman yelled again. "No problem One-chan! TO THE BEACH!" Cana covered her ears a little from his shouts.
Roku laughed. He leaned over to Levy "Loud guy isn't he." Cana laughed too a little.
On the seats behind them were Gajeel, Levy and Freed. Levy sat next to Gajeel shyly as he stared out the window. Levy blushed a little when Gajeel looked her way, "Is there something on my face?" Levy laughed a little and made Gajeel blush too. Freed just watched them carefully.
He kept staring and they noticed. "What?" Both of them said in unison. They looked at each other and then in different directions, blushing. Freed looked like he came to some sort of a conclusion and closed his eyes waiting for the incoming stop.
The train started screeching when it came to its last stop. The station was called "Beach Station." It's faithful to its name because its right on the beach next to a resort called "Last Stop Resort."
"Get… my off… this thing…" Natsu was dragged by Happy off the train. Natsu get on his feat immediately, "Thanks Happy! Let's get his party started!" Natsu ran toward the resort.
"Wait Natsu! Aw man." Lucy started running after him. The rest of them unloaded the baggage from the train. Everybody had only one back but Erza insisted to bring everything. She started unloading her fifth bag, "Here let me help." Roku started pulling off of her luggage onto her cart.
She looked away a little and muttered, "Thank you."
Roku looked at her, "Did you say something?" Erza stiffened up.
"No nothing!"
"If you say so…" Roku and Erza kept pulling off luggage while the rest of the group waited.
When they were finished they set off to the resort.
"These names are really centered on this one stop huh?" Roku looked at the signs as they passed them by. They read "Railroad Buffet," "Caboose Shave-Ice," "Train Whistle Board Rental."
"Beach is Man!" Elfman yelled as he headed for the Railroad Buffet.
When they all entered they found Natsu and Happy already eating. Lucy was dodging food projectiles. "I guess we eat first?" Levy suggested. They put the baggage on a table and started to head to the buffet.
Crab legs, steak, and roast beef were all along the line. In another line were salads and fruits in various assortments. "MEAT IS MAN!" Elfman went straight to the meat line and started filling his plate with steak. Mirajane and Levy went to the salad bar. Cana was already at the bar with a bear in her right hand. Gray and Erza went over to the desert area. Gray started shoveling ice cream while Erza got a slice of strawberry cake. They all sat at tables next to Natsu's. Erza looked around and didn't find Roku. "Hey where did Roku go?" They looked at her and blinked. Moments later they finished their food.
"Roku!" Lucy yelled for him.
"ROKU BE A MAN!" Elfman yelled.
"Roku, we need to practice stop hiding." Gray had an anger face, "Seriously, just ditching his partner like that. Natsu looked around in odd places like trashcans and under boxes.
"Roku!" Natsu yelled, "I'll go check by the cliff!"
"I highly doubt that Roku will be there." Freed said but Natsu ran anyway.
Natsu ran away and said, "I'll go grab him! You guys go ahead and hit the beach! I'll grab him." The ganged sighed and moved toward the beach. Erza looked at the cliff carefully one more time to see if anyone was there. She moved away to the beach after not seeing anyone.
Near The Cliff
Natsu kept running through bushes toward the cliff. Right on the edge was a clearing covered in grass. He saw Roku's back and ran toward him. "Roku!"
Roku looked back and quickly stuffed something in his pocket. "Hey Natsu." The pink haired man didn't notice the quick action from Natsu. Roku as also eating some shelled nuts out of a bag.
"Everyone's at the beach already! What's that you're eating? Plus Gray keeps bugging us about you ditching him!" Roku laughed and Natsu smiled.
"It's pistachios, their pretty good," Roku tossed him one of the shelled nuts. Natsu put it in his mouth after shelling it. Natsu spit it out and Roku laughed, "It's an acquired taste. You know Natsu, in this tournament we might be pinned up next to each other."
"And when that happens be ready to get a whooping." Natsu cracked his knuckles. He grabbed Roku and threw him off the cliff.
"Wait a minute!" Roku was already falling and Natsu followed by jumping off the cliff. Roku yelled in horror while Natsu screamed in joy. They're screaming alerted the contestants on the sand. They were setting up but Natsu and Roku beat them to the water. They fell in but Roku went in headfirst. He floated up and rubbed his head, "Why always my head?" He wined.
"Roku!" The rest of them headed over to them by running though the water. Elfman ran too far and ended up tackling Roku. Roku yelped and yet again went underwater.
"Hm?" Elfman looked around, seeing no Roku, "Where did he go?" Roku floated up with swirls for eyes.
"Tackle Battle!" Natsu yelled, he tackled Gray into the water. Cana copied him and tackled Lucy. Gajeel looked at Elfman and gave him a "Gee-hee" he ran at him while turning himself into metal. Gajeel became 10 times heavier and tackled Elfman. Freed just started walking out of the water because he didn't want to get involved.
Erza went over to each group of tacklers and pushed them away from each other. "We're here to train remember!" They blinked at each other. "So lets have a little competition." Erza said with a smirk.
At the Volleyball Courts
"I don't really do volleyball," Roku stared at the net while everyone was stretching.
Gray reached for his toes while his legs were spread apart, "Its training remember. This will make you stronger."
"A little competition before the real one will get our adrenaline up." Levy said while doing butterflies.
Erza stood up in her black bikini, "Lucy and I will be team captains." She pulled out a coin and flicked it into the air.
"Heads!" Lucy called out. It landed on heads and Lucy jumped, "Alright!" She looked carefully at her options, "Natsu!" He walked over with steam coming out of his mouth.
"Gray!" Gray walked over and stuck his tongue out at Natsu. Natsu shook his fist at him in response.
"Mirajane!" Mirajane just walked over in her skimpy white Bikini.
"Elfman!"
"I'm Man!" He walked over.
"Roku!" he just rubbed the back of head and headed over.
"Cana!" She cracked her knuckles and lined up next to Elfman.
"Freed!" Freed was in a Speedo and everyone stared awkwardly.
"What?" They shook their heads and Erza continued calling.
"Gajeel! Gajeel?" Gajeel was lounging on a beach chair. Erza punched him and he landed head first in the sand.
Gajeel pulled his head out of the sand, "Hey what's the big idea?"
"We're playing beach volley ball and your name was called." Erza stated.
"I'm going to do my own training. Volleyball isn't by thing." Gajeel stomped off.
"Then I get Levy. The rules are; no magic, no more than three touches, and no hands over the net. Let the game begin!"
Lucy served normally. Levy saved it and passed it to Cana. She set the ball. Elfman jumped up and spiked. Mirajane slid for the save. Roku set the ball toward the net. Natsu got so caught up in the moment his fists lit on fire and he sent the ball crashing into the other court. Happy blew the whistle from above them. "FOUL! Natsu used his fire!" Erza looked like she had flames of her own as she glared at Natsu. He quivered and hid behind Lucy.
Erza's anger seemed to be growing. She started to yell and Natsu closed his eyes. She requiped and raised her sword, "NEW RULE! MAGIC WILL NOW BE ALLOWED!" They gasped and Natsu got up with fire on his fists.
"Bring it on!" They started again, this time Erza serving. Erza served without magic. Roku passed it to Mirajane. She set it for Natsu and he lit his hands on fire. It passed the net and nearly collided with to the ground. Cana put down one of the water cards and lifted the ball back into the air. Gray rose in an ice tower and set the ball even higher. Erza requiped into her black wing armor and had a hammer in hand. She hit it with most of her strength rocketing it into the ground. Happy blew his whistle again, "Point for team Erza!"
Natsu grit his teeth, "Come on guys we need to win!"
Erza served again. Lucy summoned Virgo, "You called princess?" She saluted her and came right in place for her head to save the ball.
"Thanks Virgo!" Lucy said as Roku set the ball. Mirajane changed into her demon form and started to fly. She spiked the ball at incredible speed. Levy screamed and dodged the powerful projectile.
"Sorry Levy!" Mirajane turned back to normal.
Another whistle went off from Happy, "Team Lucy scores!" Erza started getting into it and gritted her teeth.
Mirajane served the ball. Erza immediately flew to return the ball. Mirajane changed and returned it over the net. They wacked it back and forth in mid-air, glaring at each other. The rest of them just gazed in amazement. Mirajane finally scored.
Roku served this time. It landed in the net, "I told you guys I don't do volleyball."
Happy blew his whistle, "Point Erza's team!"
"YOU DON'T HAVE TO RUB IT IN!" Roku yelled. They kept playing until Erza's team won and Roku disappeared in the middle of the game.
"Where did Roku go now?" Gray wined. "We didn't even get to train today."
"Might as well leave him alone, maybe he's thinking about someone?" Lucy said while nudging Erza. She pushed her away and crossed her arms, looking away. "Hey what's that?" They looked out and saw something on a wave.
They looked closer and saw Roku. He had a surfboard and was cutting across the face of a barreling wave. He was ripping across and cut back a couple times. The wave was crashing and he ripped up the face to get airtime. Roku waited for one more wave and caught it in. He ran out of the ocean with the board under his right arm. Roku flipped his wet hair and Erza saw it in slow motion. She shook her head and snapped out of her trance. "This is what I do. Volleyball isn't really my thing." Natsu had stars in his eyes.
"I wanna try!" Natsu took the board out of his hand and ran toward the water. A little later everyone, except Erza, got their boards and headed out to the surf.
Erza found a good beach chair and relaxed on it. Roku plopped himself to the chair next to her. They sighed at the same time, looked at each other at the same time, and then laughed. "You know we didn't practice " Roku said.
"Well you suggested we do something fun," They laughed again. " You know, if you lose to those Blue Pegasus wizards I won't forgive you."
Roku looked over at her, "I know, and I won't lose. I'll become S-Class no mater what." He lifted his right arm and titled it to see his insignia. Erza saw his determination but just shrugged it off.
"Hey can you do me a favor?" Erza asked as she rolled over. Roku nodded as Erza pulled something out of her bag. She pulled out sun tan lotion and Roku froze a little. Erza kept moving and rolled on her stomach. She pulled the strings and Roku looked away. They fell away from her back and Roku could feel his face heating up. She handed him he bottle, "Rub it in please."
Roku reached over and look the bottle. He hesitantly squeezed out the lotion onto his hand. He rubbed his hands together and then slowly moved his hands. Erza's face was still away from him so she couldn't see his hands shaking. He made contact and gulped. 'It's just this one little task…' Roku thought. He started rubbing and Erza gasped a little. He looked over at the back of her head, "You okay?" She just nodded.
On the other side Erza had a smile on her face, 'It feels so…good.' Erza thought. She started feeling sleepy from Roku's massage. He would go to her shoulders and massage them slowly, moving down her back. He would squeeze slightly as he moved down. He stopped above her buttocks and she missed the feeling. "You should do the legs too." Roku twitched a little and shook his head to get focus back. He reached for the bottle to get a second handful. He started from her feet, trying not to tickle her. He moved up to the calf lifting it so he could get all around her smooth legs. He moved up but stopped only right above the knees. Erza only felt uneven with her upper thighs not covered, "What's wrong?" She said not turning around. She didn't want to reveal the red dusting on her cheeks.
"Uh… nothing!" Roku started to think to himself, 'Geese Roku get it together, its nothing just tanning lotion.' He mentally slapped himself and continued. He started with the outside of her hips. He pushed his hands to the top of her thighs and rubbed in the lotion. Then he reached for the insides of her legs. His hands shook right above her skin. Erza sighed and lift her leg to make contact with his hand. He made a quick and sloppy rub and then backed away. Erza sighed and closed her eyes, she remembered the sensation from the earlier massage, smiled and dosed off.
Erza woke up when the sun was setting. She looked to her left and saw Roku throwing pistachios into his mouth. "Oh, you up." She started to push herself up but was stopped by Roku's hand on her back. She looked at him again, "Your top." She looked down and freaked out. She quickly slammed herself down onto the beach chair. She heard laughter but not from Roku, she also noticed that it was laughter from more than one person. She looked around and saw everyone on beach chairs lined up next to her and Roku.
"Erza's all tanned, but I beat her." Happy was sitting on a beach chair wearing sunglasses and his fur seemed the same.
"What are you talking about Happy?" Lucy asked. He took off his glasses and the fur underneath was a lighter shade of blue making a sunglasses tan. "HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE?" She yelled.
"Hey look at that!" Levy pointed out to the sunset. The sun was giant as it was setting. Everyone was staring at the beautiful sunset but Roku was staring at something else. Erza's eyes were sparkling as she looked. He smiled, 'She's gotten so beautiful.' Roku looked at the sunset himself and gave an even bigger smile.
"Hey I feel like we're forgetting something." Gray said.
"It's probably because you forgot to take off your clothes." Natsu grinned a little at his joke.
"No it's not that," Gray kept thinking.
"Hm… I don't think we're forgetting anything." Levy said. "Even Gajeel's here." She pointed a thumb over her shoulder at Gajeel leaning on a rock wall.
"Oh now I remember!" They looked at him with anticipation. "Our train."
It took a little time to process, "THE TRAIN!" They started shoving all their stuff into their bags. They ran toward the train station. They train made a final all aboard call when they all got there. They quickly all got on board and sighed when they found their seats. "That was close." Mirajane said with a smile.
At The Guild
"What happened to all that talk about fun training huh?" Gray just realized that him and Roku were the only ones that didn't do any training. He was shaking him in anger and yelling other stuff at him.
"Well we did get a good work out at the beach…" Roku said in defense. Gray still shook him. Roku grabbed his arms pushed them away, "We'll be fine, and we're strong enough."
"Tch, speak for yourself." Gray crossed his arms and looked away from him.
"I kind of was." Roku said scratching the back of his head.
"What did you say!" Gray chased him and Roku ran away laughing.
Roku grabbed his bag in the middle of the chase. He covered himself in lightning and sped out of the guild, "I'm gonna hit the bed early! See you tomorrow!" he yelled from afar.
As Roku was slowing down he reached for his pocket. He pulled out the small photograph that he was looking at earlier. It had Rigor, Jannet and Erza in a family picture. Jannet had her hand on Erza's shoulder and they were smiling, but there was one more person. His dark gray hair was a dead giveaway. He was on the left side of Erza as she squeezed him around his neck. Rigor was laughing and Jannet just had that sweet smile on her face, Roku smiled.
In The Guild
Gray just pouted and dropped himself onto a chair. He put both hands on either side of his head, "We don't even have a chance of winning. I saw the opponents they're ridiculously strong."
"Doesn't matter! Me and Gajeel are going to destroy them!" Natsu yelled, "Right Gajeel?" Natsu looked over at Gajeel who was sleeping at a table. He punched him in the face "I WAS TALKING TO YOU!"
"What the hell!" Gajeel said holding his nose.
"We're going to win!"
"Sometimes I really hate you…" Gajeel muttered.
"What was that!"
"SOMETIMES I REALLY HATE YOU!"
"That's it lets go!" Natsu and Gajeel collided fists and started fighting in a cloud of dust.
Erza, Lucy, Levy, and Cana were all at one table. "Again seriously?" Lucy had her arms on the table with her head on top.
Erza was eating a strawberry cake with just her black swimsuit on. "I think I'm going to take a shower…" She stuffed another fork full into her mouth and swallowed. "…after this cake."
"Ya me too." Cana leaned back on her chair looked up at the ceiling counting the wooden beams. Levy nodded to and never took her eyes off the book she was looking at.
"Does that mean that I should just head home too?" Lucy asked. Erza just finished and got up. Cana and Levy just followed her lazily. Lucy just watched them from her table, 'I guess they're tired too.' She thought.
Lucy got up and stretched her hands into the air, yawning. She grabbed her bag and put it on her shoulders. She looked over to Gray sitting on his chair and Natsu, who was on the ground with Gajeel, "Tomorrows a big day better get some good rest." Lucy waved goodbye and wished them good luck. She didn't know that some of them were going to need it.