Author's Note: I've been gone for too long! I'll have more to say at the end so please look into that, but for now let's get into the chapter you've been waiting for!


Chapter 24

The day was already becoming problematic as soon as the ice mage came back to the guild after his absence for nearly a week, followed by the emotional moment he shared with Cana and freeing her from the false emotional bindings that hadn't let her move on. Gray's situation didn't improve much as he was now standing his ground, facing the blonde haired dragon slayer as he simply wanted to talk to him, but the ice mage wasn't sure where this would head since he could possibly be under the influence like Cana was. Both mages faced each other for quite some time without a single word passing between them, the rhythm of the waves crashing against the shore being the only sound around them and it began to unnerve Gray as to what Laxus would want from him.

"So, is there something you wanted to tell me?" Gray had to say something as all the silence was getting to him and that was hard to deal with when it came to someone like Laxus, so a part of the ice mage was thinking back at what Happy had said about the lightning mage wanting him to respect his Thunder Legion. He really hoped it's for that reason.

"Shut it Ice Pants, I'm trying to find the right words here." Laxus replied as he closed his eyes, making a few grunts every now and again as he shook his head while Gray stood there with a confused expression.

"Don't tell me that he's trying to say he has feelings for me!?" The ice mage internally cringed at the thought, as a mental imaged popped in his head of what that would look like if he acted like the others. It wasn't a very pretty picture.

"I've got it." The blonde man had opened his eyes as he stared down at Gray, while he in turn was internally hoping that his assumptions were wrong and beyond the mark. "Listen up Gray, I may not like the idea so much but you better take good care of Evergreen. She is part of my Thunder Legion, so it isn't easy to hand her off and allow her to join another team but I'll deal with it if it'll make her happy."

"...What?" Gray was glad that he was so very wrong, but for the most part he was confused as this became a topic on Evergreen.

"You heard me, I don't know why she jumped ship from Elfman to you when I had already agreed for her to be with him, but I've done it before so I can do it again. You better be a good man to her, or else your ass will get three thousand watts going right through it." Laxus had been one tough cookie to get him to agree on a possible romance between Ever and Elfman, but he agreed to it as he wanted to be closer to his team and his friends, but when she was moving on towards Gray it was even more difficult for him to be on board with the idea and attend the meeting.

"Me and Ever, how'd you come up with that!?" Gray meant no disrespect to the self proclaiming 'Fairy Queen', but he really couldn't see something happening between them at all and it still is a wonder as to how Elfman and her even work out to begin with.

"She told me so herself and even then I'm still unsure if she's making the right choice or this came up because she hurt herself pretty bad on our last mission." Laxus replied crossing his arms as he was wondering if his plan was working correctly like it did with Elfman, but he had his suspicions of the whole idea of her wanting to be with the ice mage.

It hadn't taken long for Gray to put two and two together as she was most likely subjected to the potion's effects and was gaining these feelings for him at a slower rate than the others; however, it didn't mean that Laxus and the rest of his Thunder Legion wasn't affected. Gray thought of how Laxus wasn't saying anything about what could be between them, the ice mage's mind lost at the possibilities of an answer as to why that was with the prominent one being that the lightning mage was selfless and putting his team mate's happiness before his own. Gray would've laughed at the idea if he hadn't taken notice at how much he truly was willing to make sure that the others and the guild were protected and happy. He had to at least try to coerce the truth out of the taller man without getting his ass whooped in the process.

"And how do you feel about me?" Gray tried to make it not sound as suggestive as possible and pose it as an honest question, but he couldn't help but shiver slightly as he said it.

"In all honesty, the same way I do with that flaming idiot you call a rival. I can hardly stand you guys, but you've both proven yourselves worthy to earn my respect." Laxus replied in a casual manner, to which Gray couldn't see him have any form of underlying meaning in his words. "Enough so that I can tolerate you becoming Evergreen's man."

"What about Bickslow and Freed, how do they feel about it?" The ice mage needed more information about them before he could make a conclusion on all them, hoping to get them as allies who weren't affected by Juvia's potion aside from Loke and probably the rest of Lucy's spirits.

"Those two weren't sure what was going on and didn't understand what Ever sees in you either, but they accepted it and are fine with it so long as you treat her with the utmost respect." The blonde dragon slayer was unsure as to where Gray was going with all theses questions, but he noticed how his answers had brought relief to the ice mage. "What's up with you?" He questioned, raising an eyebrow to how Gray seemed to loosen up more compared to how tense he looked earlier.

"If I'm right then you, Bixlow and Freed are still your normal selves and not like the others." Gray replied as Laxus still looked puzzled at what he was saying. "I'm about to tell you something that requires secrecy, you can only tell the other two about it but no one else."

"Alright, I'm all ears." The lightning mage wasn't one for secrecy, but he could tell that whatever Gray was about to say was serious business and he couldn't afford to be out of the loop if it had to do anything with the guild and that meeting he had to sit through.


As Gray began to tell Laxus the truth of what really was going around the guild and what's happened to their guild mates, another problem was happening that involved a certain busty blonde. No one had noticed her slip through the crowd of people with a hand clasped in the middle of her bosom, almost as if she were clutching her heart, and exit the guild hall in a rush aside from her trusty lion spirit who felt the sudden pain filled emotions of his master and dashed after her in an orange and black blur. He continued to sense the aching pain she was emanating and cursed under his breath as to what must have happened for her to feel this way, the strawberry blonde knowing the possibilities of a chance encounter with Gray being a probable one when she left her team's booth earlier.

He ran through the streets as he searched for her until he realised that it was much simpler to appear before her from the Celestial World and open his gate at her present location. Doing exactly that he returned to his world and instantaneously transferred to Lucy and his mood fell even more as he heard the soft cries that came from the lump hidden underneath the pink blankets on the blonde's bed. The lion spirit cautiously walked over to the crying lump and sat himself down at the edge of the bed and placed a comforting hand upon the area in which he knew to be Lucy's head. Seeing Lucy cry is one of the worst things that Loke can think of and he knew that those tears have proven to boost even Natsu through the hardest of times, so comforting her was his main job at the moment.

"What's wrong Princess?" Loke asked in a kind tone as the lump merely wiggled a bit before the quiet hiccups were heard again, the spirit understanding that it was a sign of her shaking her head. "This shining knight won't be able to help you if you don't tell me."

He was met with more wiggling before he removed his hand off her blanket covered head and sat there in her room waiting for to reply to him, he was patient and was willing to wait for as long as he needed to. Soon enough, a blonde head poked out beneath the covers with a few tear streaks running down her soft cheeks and a small flare of anger ignited within Loke at seeing her hurt face. Lucy still avoided eye contact with him for the most part, but her cries were gone now and in their place were small sniffles here and there. It was only when she felt prepared to speak about why she was like this did she look up at Loke who gave her a kind and friendly smile in return that gave her a bit of a push to tell him what was wrong.

"I-I went to look for Gray after the his brawl because I noticed him not being himself, but I couldn't find him anywhere until someone told me that he went out back to the beach." Lucy started as she sat up, her covers still around her while Loke handed her a few tissues he picked up from her dresser nearby. "When I got there, I saw him talking with Cana and I don't know what came over me but I just stood nearby and listened to what they were saying."

"I see, did they talk behind your back or something like that?" Loke fully knew that Gray doesn't talk about his guildmates behind their backs and Cana would be up front about it, he merely gave some general ideas so that he didn't seem to be in the loop of things. The strawberry blonde had a good feeling as to what they were talking about, but he would keep that to himself since this may interfere with his plan if she knew too much.

"No it was nothing about me, it was actually...well..." Lucy looked to be struggling with her words and Loke couldn't really force her to try as her love interest would no doubt have been in a very suggestive predicament with the brunette that was a little much for Lucy to bear witness to. "They were talking about themselves, their past is what I meant."

"Oh, I guess you stumbled on a bit of Gray's much colder past then." Loke replied as the ice mage's past tends to affect his behavior, depending on the circumstance he's going through and those are nearly life changing for Gray.

"You could say that, but it really was one of the rare times Gray shows raw emotion. I could hear the hurt in his voice as he yelled at Cana, but even with all that was pouring out of him his eyes had told me a different story." At this, Lucy moved her gaze away from the spirit and focused it on her hands as she gripped them together. "They showed that no matter what they had done to each other he would always look after her. Gray may have been hurt, but that wouldn't stop him from caring."

Loke hummed in response as he was left a little speechless at what his master had said, since even he had a similar thought of what Gray's attitude would be when it concerned Cana. The lion spirit was always amazed at how well Lucy could read people with just a small understanding of them, sure she may have been led astray a few times before but that hadn't stopped her from seeing the good in people. That's also why even if he fought Gray for the fact that he was interested in Lucy, Loke knew they would be a good match as she was able to read Gray easily at times where others are still in the dark.

"They do share a past, but why were you crying Lucy?" She spoke about what led to it, but Loke was unsure as the exact cause for her to shed tears.

"To be honest I can't really explain that myself. I just felt so hurt at how close those two were, especially after their hug, that I just couldn't hold back and rushed out of there." Lucy admitted as the memory felt etched into her mind, although a part of her wanted that for herself. "I feel pretty selfish, I'd be lying if I didn't want what Cana has with Gray and the way he is for her."

"So there's also a negative to the potion!? Well the thing in itself was already one, but the effects of being heartbroken may play a major role if Gray ends up pairing up like that again." Loke nervously thought as it was already bad enough that there are a few trouble bound individuals who are of concern, but them being heartbroken kind of puts things in a worse position if they vent out by fighting.

"Don't give in Lucy, the fight's still going so don't back down now." Loke reassuringly said a he stood up and went over towards her kitchen to get some tea going. "Remember that old wounds take time to heal with Gray, but being there for him can speed up the process."

"You always know what to say, don't you?" Lucy asked as her spirit was lifting up again thanks to her celestial spirit. "You better not be trying to hit on me now."

"I've been around for over a hundred years; I've gotten to learn a lot in that time and anyways, I may be flirty as you so often say, but I know where my loyalties lie and a certain someone already has me in their hands." Loke replied in a suave manner as he managed to bring her out of her funk; however, he had to do what is necessary to protect his master. "A refreshing cup will help cheer you up a little more before you need to get cleaned up and head back to guild."

"Sure I'll have one when it's ready, but I'm more interested in who this certain someone is that has Loke in their hands." Lucy said with a mischievous grin as Loke gave a small cough and adjusted his tie.

"At least her mood is improving, but such interactions with Gray and other people has to be limited if this is one of the results." Loke thought before putting up a smile for Lucy and pushing up his glasses.

"That person is none other than you Beautiful." Loke believed he got away with it, but the smirk he was met with from the busty blonde told him another story as she crossed her arms in an all knowing fashion.

"Don't give me that line Loke, we both know I'm not the one." The strawberry blonde chuckled nervously at her claim as he sweat dropped a little at the fact that it didn't work. "It's Aries, isn't it?"

"N-No..." It was rare to see Loke flustered, a sight long gone since Lucy's first few weeks in Fairy tail and she enjoyed watching her lion spirit's face slightly flushed from her guess.

"Deny it if you want, but I remember what Angel said about compatibility and you two are essentially made for each other." After her battle with the white haired spirit mage, Lucy made it her duty to learn about it and found different ways to utilize her spirits' abilities with their "other half".

"I could never win against you." Loke commented, plopping himself on her couch as she merely giggled at him.

The two made idle chatter to pass the time until the tea was ready and Loke would occasionally fiddle with the special vile he kept in his pocket every now and again waiting patiently to give Lucy a good dose of the antidote. He honestly couldn't believe that the second person to receive it would be her, sure he told Gray that there was a ninety-nine percent success rate, but what he hadn't told him was that one percent of uncertainty since Gajeel still remembered having feelings for the ice mage. In the end they had to deal with a small lingering feeling for the ice mage at most, but in Lucy's case it was alright since she already liked him. Still, he couldn't really speak for the others that were affected and Loke couldn't imagine the awkwardness of it all when they were back to normal, especially when it concerned Natsu.

It wasn't long before the whistling of the kettle told Loke that it was time, he made sure Lucy wasn't focusing on him as he swiftly poured the teal liquid into her tea and mixed it so that it wasn't noticeable. Sure he would have done this in a more respectful manner and ask her to take it for her own good, but that forwardness would only result in her questioning a lot of things and he really didn't want to deal with that at such a crucial time. It was easier to do this and once everyone gets their fair share of the antidote than he would explain what he had done all at once. With everything set in motion, he began to pour himself a cup and acted as normal as he could so that his blonde master wouldn't notice anything suspicious about her tea compared to his. Once he finished and was about to reach out for Lucy's cup to give to her he realized that her cup was missing and was met with the smile of a furry blue cat as he smacked his lips in satisfaction.

"Thanks for the tea Loke." Happy said as he placed the cup back down on the counter and a sinking feeling began to form in the pit of the spirit's stomach since he had no idea what the antidote would do to someone unaffected.

"You're welcome, you plan ruining cat." Loke muttered to himself as there was no doubt that if Happy was here, so was Natsu and he wouldn't be able to try again with the amount of observes in Lucy's home. "Hopefully it'll pass right through him with no consequences."Loke thought with high hopes as he also concluded that it may serve as an immunity against the original potion.

"What did you say Loke, I didn't quite catch the last bit." Happy asked he heard Loke mutter something, but couldn't make out what he exactly said.

"It was nothing, I just said you're welcome." Loke replied as he put up a casual smile wondering why the foolish duo was doing at Lucy's house, since he last saw them at the guild trying some contest between themselves.

"Oh okay, how about making one for Lucy? She'll probably like it, it was really good." Happy suggested as the lion spirit flinched a little, a small tick mark forming on his head.

"You don't say? Geez, why didn't I think of that?" Loke watched as the blue cat merely gave him a smile and raised his paw up saying "Aye" before flying off towards Lucy's living room where Natsu was sitting on the couch. The strawberry blonde wanted to bang his head against the counter as his sarcasm was lost on the blue fur ball and believed that both he and Natsu are one in the same.

Deciding to hold off from enacting his plan, Loke prepared two more cups as Natsu would most likely want to drink some as well and the spirit wasn't about to come back to the kitchen to make another one. Stepping into the living room with a tray in his hands, Loke set it down upon Lucy's coffee table and handed her a cup while he let Natsu reach for his own and the lion spirit couldn't help but notice a smug smile on the pink dragon slayer's face. He would've ignored it if it weren't for the small chuckle he let out as he made himself comfortable on the blonde's couch and Loke knew it had to do something with him.

"Wow Lucy, I didn't know you made Loke into your personal butler next to Virgil and that Cappuccino guy." Natsu remarked as even more tick marks appeared on Loke's head at the claim. He was the leader of the Zodiac and wasn't about to be subjected into the class of butler, with no offense towards those who are and his Celestial friends mind you.

"Their names are Virgo and Capricorn, Natsu. Plus Loke was simply making tea for us and made a cup for you too, so play nice." Lucy replied and Loke felt relieved that her voice of reason was the only one to get through Natsu's dense head, right along side Erza that is.

"And she had a crush on this guy for how long?" Loke thought to himself as Lucy had been attracted to the dragon slayer before and it was a continuous back and forth thing of liking him and having enough of his antics. This is what led the spirit to believe that during the times she had enough of Natsu, Gray's attitude made him shine in comparison and that's what later formed her attraction to the ice mage.

Of course this was all speculation as he didn't exactly know how Lucy thought, but this made the most sense to him out of every other thought he came up with, since he had no real way of proving those. Sure these two were really close and Loke wouldn't have been that against them having a fling with each other, but those times when they were the closest came during the most dire of situations and that placed the lion spirit on edge. The Zodiac leader couldn't deny that his blonde master and the pink haired dragon slayer had, on a number of times, been intertwined with one another; however, the strawberry blonde's years of being around gave him the knowledge that a relationship based around that couldn't work for long as problems would arise. Natsu's personality differed on the situation since he was nothing more than a fun loving guy who enjoyed picking fights with his friends and on the battlefield he was a hardened mage doing everything he could to protect the people he cares about. More so after what had happened to Lisanna before she was brought back from Edolas, but only she was able to get a romantic rise out of the dragon slayer when at the guild even if he didn't notice it.

As always these were Loke's thoughts around the relationship between his master and Natsu and it was simply his own intuition that allowed him to see how Natsu functions with other people. The teen may be dense, but he could learn pretty fast if he puts his mind to it and that's why the slayer was hell bent on making sure the ice mage was at his side exclusively, aside from sharing him with Lucy, Levy and Erza. All in all, the slayer was a special case when it comes to his very being for some reason, but that's what makes him who he is and as the burning flame the guild so proudly follows.

"Come on Luce, can you please tell why you were crying." Natsu begged and the lion spirit brought himself around to piece together the current conversation as he was well in thought beforehand, but he was sure that it had something to do with the fact that the blonde had yet to successfully clean away the tear streaks from her cheeks.

"It really was just for nothing Natsu, there's no real need to get worried over it." She replied although Natsu still looked unconvinced about it and Loke understood that at times Lucy isn't the best liar.

"I don't know, you looked pretty upset earlier and Happy can back me up on that."

"Aye"

"It's alright you two, as Lucy's spirit I can sense when she is distress and have already dealt with the problem. It really was nothing serious, so she'll be ready to head back to the guild in a little bit." The lion spirit intervened, giving his blonde master breathing space and hoped that the pink haired teen would buy it.

"Well if she's feeling better I guess all's that left is for us to wait for her, right little buddy?" Natsu said, looking over towards his blue furred companion as he was met with an agreeing nod and raised paw. "Yo Loke, can I talk to outside real quick?"

The lion spirit was unsure as to what Natsu may have wanted and had a slight notion that he wanted to know why Lucy was actually crying for, so with a simple nod he followed him out of her home. Happy stayed behind on Natsu's say-so, meaning that it would just be the two of them and Loke was preparing a number of false explanations to cover for Lucy. That's what he planned to do, but once they stood in front of her home with everyone going about their daily lives around them, Natsu took on a bit of a bashful look and Loke was caught off guard at the sight in front of him. The dragon slayer was struggling to form words, that much Loke could tell, but his attitude and actions were just puzzling as Natsu never was like this before within the guild or in general. The spirit could tell this was the potion's doing and still was amazed by the crazy power it had to do something like this and he was eternally grateful for the fact that it will only be a bad memory in due time because this type of Natsu is one he didn't want to speak to, unless it was for someone he was actually interested in under his own will.

"So...you needed to speak to me about something?" Being as casual as possible was the best he could do, but a part of him felt like laughing at the confused expressions the slayer was making.

"I give up, I ain't gettin' nowhere this way... Look I need to ask a favor." Natsu finally said as the continuous tries in trying to word his thoughts had failed. "Can you tell me about Gray?"

"About Gray, like what?"

"I don't know man; the things he laughs at, the stuff that makes the Ice Princess happy or his favorite type of ice cream even!" Oddly, Loke could swear that Natsu seemed desperate for this stuff, although the reason as to why he would not know these things, even when they've known each other for years, escaped him. "You're like my last hope to find out because I can't go to the others about it, Erza starts then her face does this weird thing where it turns like a brighter color than her hair and then she stops and Levy hardly knows anything too."

"Since you are a part of Lucy's team I guess I can supply you with what I know." Loke replied in a reluctant tone, obviously not up for the idea and his tone no doubt slipped right under the dragon slayer's radar as he was grinning gleefully after he agreed. "But don't come crying to me if it doesn't work out for you, especially for the fact that you're a guy."

"If that's the case then no problem!" Before Loke knew it, Natsu's body was engulfed in a puff of smoke and when it cleared, the strawberry blonde's jaw was well on it's way to the floor. "Ta-da, this way it works right?"

Natsu stood pridefully as the muscle he once displayed disappeared into toned and smoother skin, his pink locks lengthened by a fair amount nearing the middle of his back and his figure took on more of an hourglass shape. His facial features softened incredibly as Loke stared at a more feminine face that belonged to Natsu, though he could easily recognize it and no amount of shame would dare him to make a comment about the newly acquired bosom the slayer now sported which had the more delicate parts hidden underneath his vest.

If no one had guessed it yet, Natsu transformed himself into a girl.

"What in hell is that!?" A very common response that anyone would say of course, but Loke was having a tough time being shocked when a part of him, due to natural instinct over the course of a hundred years, wanted to make a pass at Natsu.

"This is my transformation magic, Mira taught me how to use it." Natsu replied, still not understanding that he was standing in the open with no shame at all to the fact that he/she left his/her goods out in the open with nothing but a piece of fabric blocking the more private parts. At least some bandages would've been somewhat appropriate in his/her current dress style.

"Alright, but who was the person you copied?" Loke knew that what you see has the possibility of being deceitful, but he wouldn't dare look anywhere lower than Natsu's collar bone, even if for some reason the slayer was well endowed in his transformation.

"Myself as a girl and I named her Nashi, I had Reedus draw me like one because Lucy got pretty mad when I transformed into her for fun. This way I could practice my transformation until I could do it easily."

"Why didn't you just transform into one of the other guys instead!?"

"And have an ugly mug? No thanks, besides Lucy wanted my help with dresses when I transformed into a girl and told me to take it as a form of training to see how long I could keep it up. She said something about it not being counted as a man in drag since it's a girl's body or something like that. Luce has some weird hobbies." Why Loke never knew of this was beyond him as his master legitimately made Natsu into a trap of all things. Basically it was Natsu turned into a girl and made into a dress up doll and he calls it training. Weird.

"L-Look just change back already, one point of advice I'll start giving you is not to do 'that' because I'm sure Gray won't appreciate it." Sure it could be made into an awesome prank at some point, but the situation was a little more serious for that and he really didn't want to be confused to which way he swung.

"Thanks Loke, I knew I could count on you!" Natsu cheered to himself, transforming back to his old self in the process as the suited spirit merely waved dismissively before the slayer stopped and took on a pensive look and raised a hand to scratch his chin. "By the way, I've got a question for you."

"It's not like I'm going anywhere, so go for it. And I don't have to stare at you as a girl so it's far better too."

"Alright, so I don't know why this happens but I got this weird feeling when I saw Lisanna near Gray and them having a good time. Like I didn't want them being so close like that, but it bothered me much more when Gray was with her than the other way around, you know what I mean?" Only one word popped in Loke's mind once he said that, but even he wasn't entirely sure it could apply to Natsu.

"If I'm right, then you've just experienced the green eyed monster."

"But I'm me and my eyes aren't green." Leave it to Natsu not to understand and Loke to facepalm well enough to fill his quota of the slayer's denseness or in Gray's words his idiocy.

"It's an expression Natsu, it meant that you felt jealous for either Gray being with Lisanna or the other way around. Whichever one it is relies solely on how you interpret it." Loke explained as the look of understanding flashed on the pink haired teen's face. "Although being jealous of a girl really isn't a manly thing, or could it mean..."

"I get it now, I don't want Gray being close to Lisanna. Alright Loke, start telling me what you know! I'm sure we've got plenty of time before Luce comes out."

"Right, right I'll tell you what I know. Course I won't say a few major ones to you, those are reserved for Lucy when the time comes."


"You two won't believe what I've got to tell you." Laxus said as he sat himself down with the two men in his Thunder Legion since Evergreen was off somewhere earlier that morning.

"What news have you got for us?" Bickslow said as his babies circled around his head before juggling them around for his own entertainment.

"It turns out everyone's not in their right mind and I mean everyone, starting with the ones that went to the meeting we had to go through." Laxus replied although he didn't receive the interested expressions from either of them that he had expected.

"That they are all under a potion's effect..." Bickslow continued as he looked over towards Laxus, the blonde puzzled as to how he had knew what he was going to continue saying.

"...And that Gray and Loke are trying to find a way to administer the antidote to everyone? Loke informed us of the situation some time ago." Freed concluded as he put his tea cup down, Laxus looking peeved at the fact that he was the last one to know of this.

"You guys didn't bother telling me this why?" The muscular blonde crossed his arms as he took his official seat at their table and the two men looked at each other nervously before Freed answered him.

"Well we were unsure if whether or not you were affected as well and wished to see for ourselves what your actions would be. On the plus side, Bickslow owes me a hundred Jewel since I was confident that you were still in your right mind."

"Glad to see one of you being confident on how stable I've been throughout all this." Laxus said as he shot a glare towards the knight dressed man as he retreated into his seat, his babies quickly hiding within his arms in fear as well. "So why'd he tell you?"

"He realized that we weren't under the influence and came to us for help as part of his back up plan." Freed continued as their blonde leader raised an interested eyebrow at the words of back up plan.

"And that would be?" As the lightning mage asked, Freed leaned in closer and whispered it to the larger man.

"If things don't work, they'll try to get everyone on Galuna Island where I must create a rune barrier in the basement of the Moon Temple there, to which he'd have some help casting a powerful spell that would help cleanse everyone of the potion. I'll just be keeping them secured in one location so that the job is completed in one shot." The green haired man was unsure what exact spell he'd cast, but Freed was positive that he could find out with a little more research at the guild's library.

"At least you have an active role in this, as for me I need to talk to a certain waitress so that the main plan can get underway." Bickslow said as he sat up from his seat, but turned before he made it to the stairs to look at Laxus. "You wouldn't mind dressing as butler and serving drinks would you? No right, that's what I thought so too."

In that instance Laxus hated whatever it was he was roped into, but if it meant that he was helping the guild out in a good way he'd just suck it up for the meantime although being a butler was something that was bordering on his temper. He would've outright refused and sent a good ass burning lightning strike on Bickslow if Freed hadn't told him that Gray, Loke and himself were also going to be dressed up in that attire as well. How demeaning it was that an S-class mage like himself was being reduced into becoming a butler for the greater good of the guild, someone out in the universe was enjoying themselves a little too much when it came down to his fate.

"If Loke wasn't contracted to the cheerleader, I would've fried his ass for this." Laxus said as his right hand man had explained that this was all Loke's idea from the start.

In the Celestial World, Loke sneezed before getting himself comfortable again on his favorite couch after telling and explaining everything Natsu wanted to know and was actually trying to forget the image of Nashi. Which was starting to burn itself into his mind and Loke was already willing to pay Aries a little visit to help him relieve him of the unbelievable image he had experienced that day.

"The things I have to go through for you Gray..."


Author's Note: Hey everyone I'm back and I do apologize for my absence, but I had a lot to get through nearing the end of the semester and once my finals for my courses ended I immediately got back on board to write this chapter. This chappie was on the back burner for a while now and I've finally come to finish it, but I feel like it's lacking compared to what I had originally planned. So if you're reading this then I'm happy you finished it and drop a review if you'd like, those make me feel special every time I read them. Hoped you enjoyed it and I'll try to update at least frequently now that it's summer, p.s. I have a bit of a project I've been working on, but like this chapter it'll sit on the back burner for a while and get worked on when I have the chance yet I feel some of you will enjoy it.

See you in the next chapter everyone and enjoy your day, evening and night!