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Let's just get on with this (filler chapter warning)
Credits: Joanne Park :D, Purrfectly Me :3
Disclaimer: We don't own Fairy Tail.
After three weeks of training, aching hands, and whacking guitars, Lucy finally got it right.
She could now play with ease almost as well as Erza did… though she could never match Natsu's skill. The glittery pink guitar became her prized possession, Lucy never leaving it anywhere except her own two hands.
At practice, Lucy tried to play some of the notes and got a few wrong. "You'll be playing backup, so it's okay to make mistakes," assured Erza, who had her own guitar. She frowned at Lucy's own.
She blinked. "What's wrong?" Erza shook her head. "No, that guitar won't do. It might be good for other songs, but with that one… no. There's no way anyone would be able to hear that." Lucy's shoulders slumped. "You're right…"
Erza considered her for a moment, then headed out the door. "Follow me," she called over her shoulder.
Curious, Lucy left the stage to follow Erza into the storage room.
She stepped in and gasped.
It was a room full of different guitars, picks, and even the parts of guitars. Lucy gazed around. "This is yours?" Her voice cracked.
Erza nodded, hand on Lucy's acoustic guitar. "And we'll be giving you one of these." Lucy's eyes flared with alarm as she backed away. "No, no no no no. Erza, this much have cost millions-"
Erza cut in. "You will take one. No questions asked." Her eyes turned as dark as coal. Lucy gulped. "Aye."
Moments later, Lucy stood awkwardly as she tuned her new guitar, shiny pink with white and yellow stars. It wasn't much different to her other one. Except this one was an electric one.
Natsu whistled. "There's a beauty coming through."
Immediately, Lucy's cheeks flamed; was he talking about her or the guitar? Aaaargh I think things too far.
Lucy tried strumming the guitar and winced at the feedback. Natsu scratched his head. "Why can't she just sing like usual?" he said. Gray was practicing his drumming, pounding and slamming his sticks on the drums as he kept the beat going. "GRAY!" yelled Erza. Gray stopped.
Wendy went up to Natsu. "This song needs a male singer, and Gray is drumming. There's no way he could sing too," she said kindly. Natsu grumbled. "I can't sing…"
Lucy bumped his shoulder. "Like hell you can. You're amazing at singing! I, on the other hand, can't even tune this guitar right…"
Natsu took the guitar from her. "Tune it from A to B, D to E flat," he explained as he tuned the guitar. Lucy nodded.
Gray counted. "One, two. One, two, three!" He hit the drums, in a 'one, two, three, four' beat. Then when the beat changed, Wendy changed the piano tune in record time and the viola began to play as she swerved her fingers up and down.
Erza was for once lead, but she stayed still, as the lead guitar didn't play until the actual singing was involved. Natsu did likewise, standing awkwardly.
But Lucy kept on track, plucking the strings in time with Wendy, who kept her finger dance recital going. And when Gray finally pounded the drums one last time to cue the lyrics to be sung…
Natsu stood there, looking blank and confused.
The music ceased as Lucy frowned at Natsu. "Come on!" she hissed. Natsu blinked. "Sorry, what?"
Erza had a vein in her forehead. "Natsu! Did you even memorize the lyrics?" she growled. Natsu tried to look dumb. "What lyrics?"
Gray marched up to him, and slapped him. "WAKE UP, YA STUPID ASH FACE!" he yelled. Natsu jumped up and yelled right back. "WHAT DID YOU SAY, SNOW FACE?"
"I JUST SAID THE SAME INSULT YOU JUST COPIED, IDIOT!"
"YOU'RE THE IDIOT!"
"FLAME BRAINS!"
"ICE BRAINS!"
"FIRE QUEEN!"
"ICE PRINCESS!"
Immediately, a hand slammed in between them and shoved them both to the ground. "IF YOU DON'T WANT A HUNDRED PUSH-UPS RIGHT HERE, APOLOGIZE TO EACH OTHER!" ordered Erza.
Lucy gaped.
Natsu and Gray were hugging.
"No problem, Erza! I sincerely apologize to Natsu for being a jerk and a-" Erza glared at him, and Lucy could swear she saw his blood freeze. "What?"
"I sincerely apologize to Natsu for raising a perfectly good point," squeaked out Gray, shirt on the floor. Erza turned to Natsu. "And you?"
"I-am-sorry-for-Gray-being-a-stupid-stripper-and-I-promise-I-will-never-tell-him-that-again," said Natsu quickly. Erza nodded. "Good." Lucy's jaw was on the floor.
Then a silvery voice said, "Is this Gratsu I see?"
Natsu and Gray both jumped out of their shoes as a stunning girl flounced up to them, smiling wide. "Ahh! It is!" she squealed.
Lucy was lost. "Gratsu- Gra- tsu… oh…" Lucy smacked her forehead. "She made up a ship for Natsu and Gray?!" she yelped. Wendy nodded, cheeks slightly red. "It's a little strange."
Erza smiled as she came down the stage. "Hello, Mira," she said grandly. Mira bowed her head and went up to Lucy. "You're new here, correct?" she said. Lucy winced. "I actually came about a month ago…"
Mira put her hands to her mouth. "I'm so sorry! But I was gone for a month so…" Her voice trailed off. Lucy nodded, and smiled. "Nice to meet you! I'm Lucy," she introduced. Mira's eyes shifted from Lucy to everyone else in the band.
Then she let out a small scream. Lucy blinked. "What?" Mira pointed at her and Gray. "You two! Would look so cute together!" she squealed.
Lucy blinked.
Gray blinked.
Erza blinked.
Natsu blinked.
Wendy giggled.
"WHAT?" squawked Lucy and Gray together, and Natsu just cried out, "That's just some crap!"
Mira frowned. "No?"
Wendy sized the two up. "I mean, yeah, they would look good together," she offered. Mira's eyes lit up. "Right?!"
Lucy shook her head, cheeks as pink as Natsu's hair. "No, no, no, no, no. No way." Gray was sputtering like crazy. "She- and me- can't think-" he stammered.
Mira giggled. "I'm kidding, everyone knows that Natsu and Lucy would be the one true pairing. But what to call you…" She tapped a finger to her chin. Then her eyes lit up. "Nalu!"
Natsu made a half-choking, half coughing sound as Lucy cleared her throat awkwardly. Mira giggled. "Good luck with the performance, you two!"
Then she left.
Gray blinked. "That was awkward."
"Very," agreed Lucy. She plucked her guitar strings. "Now are we gonna practice, or what?"
Lucy was nervous as she stepped into the light.
She'd done this many times before. But she didn't usually have a shining electric guitar with her. People shouted from the crowd, confused. She took the microphone.
"Hello, Magnolia!" He voice echoed. She was stunned to see it wasn't trembling. "This number is to the celebration of Thanksgiving coming through! Have a great autumn, everyone!"
Behind her, Gray shot her a thumbs up, then clicked his drumsticks together. One two three four. One two three four. One two three, one two three four.
In a flash, Wendy ran a hand up the keyboard that was set to autotuned violin. Then her other hand crashed on the right note as she played a waterfall of notes that cascaded down the thumping, voluminous beat.
Erza did nothing, tapping her foot to the combined magic of Wendy and Gray. As for Lucy…
Her hand trailed up and down the guitar as she changed the tune from low to high, high to low. Her gleaming white pick blinded even the disco ball, grin flashing across every man in the crowd.
Together, the three of them played until Wendy buzzed in three notes in the same time.
Immediately, Natsu appeared.
The crowd laughed and pointed as Natsu pranced down the stage, looking ridiculous and hilarious with his trusty scarf around his waist like a belt, reddish-violet leather jacket nearly half-ripped from the tightness, and his usual baggy pants becoming studded white collections that even Elvis would be jealous of. Natsu grinned goofily as he waved a hand to the girls in the crowd, who immediately cracked up and fainted.
Then he began to sing, voice smooth and scratchy and just… perfect.
"I know it's too late to be worrying, 'bout yesterday," sang Natsu, red and black microphone tucked in his hand. Lucy flicked her wrist like Natsu had told her to do, and a sound ricocheted down the speakers and through the ears of cheering fans.
Natsu kept going, mimicking Lucy's usual walk up and down the stage. "If you would leave yourself to the tune in the air, you'll see that you'll feel much lighter," shouted Natsu as the crowd went insane for more. A loud bang issued from Gray's cymbals and Wendy let loose a load of stringing notes that fell perfectly on top of one another. Natsu pulled off his leather jacket, and threw it into the crowd. Immediately, they went wild, screaming, shouting for more.
"Even now, it seems it could be true, that the fact that you can't fly is void?" Natsu sang into the microphone as he flashed a wave to those down below.
Lucy smiled.
Everything was going great.
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~HowAboutTeam :]