Love Test
Chapter 2: A Sibling's Love
"Absolutely not!" A white tail swished. "I refuse to let Wendy participate in such a crude event!"
"Don't worry about it Charle," a motherly smile, "nothing will happen to her. I guarantee it!"
"It's okay Charle, I-I want to help Mira-san," a blush, "a-and Natsu-san."
"Thank you so much Wendy-chan!" Mira crushed Wendy's face against her enormous chest in a hug.
"Wendy!"
"It's okay Charle, it will be monitored by master, so you don't have to worry about anything!" Wendy reassured her little white guardian cat.
"Fine!" Charle huffed and turned tail; earning giggles from the two girls she left behind.
Their giggles were cut short when they heard a certain dragon slayer whining, "But Lucy, you said you would!"
"That was before I saw the mission!" the celestial mage retaliated.
"But you said celestial mages never break their promises!" Natsu yelled.
"You forced me into it!"
"I did that last time too! You still went with it!"
"Bu-" Lucy stomped, "FINE! But you have to give me three quarters of the reward!"
"WHA-!"
"You said you'd give me most of it!"
"But not that much!"
The two growled as they glared at each other, foreheads pressed together painfully.
"Oh my!" Mira gasped approaching the conflicted partners. "It seems I forgot to tell them that we accepted their request, silly me."
Natsu gaped paling considerably while Lucy's smile grew large and wide. "THANK YOU SO MUCH MIRA-SAN!" She squealed glomping the renown mother of Fairy Tail.
"MIRAA!" Natsu groaned loudly.
"Ehehehe," Mira smile apologetically.
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"WHAT THE HELL MAN?! HOW THE HELL DO YOU READ THIS STUPID THING?!"
"Stay strong Sting-kun! You can do it!"
"Fro thinks so too."
"Tch. You scared that idiot so bad that he scribbled all over the map."
"Whatever, at least we found an inn, be thankful I have such a strong sense of smell!"
"I have a sense of smell just as powerful."
"Look, look Lector," the cat in the Frog suit nudged its friend pointing towards a tall building, "isn't that the mark of Fairy Tail?"
"Oh?" Lector followed the pointed paw, eyes widening at the sight. "Good job Frosch!"
"Fro is happy."
"Sting-kun! Look! Look!" Lector hopped up and down pointing to a building not too far away.
"O-ho!" Sting's face brightened considerable. "Well done Lector," he patted his companion's head affectionately.
"Just wait Natsu-san!" The white dragon slayer smirked.
Gajeel, the red-eyed slayer thought.
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"WHY?!" Natsu cried.
"Because Natsu, you've only grown up physically, you're still a child on the inside."
"But Ji-chaaaaaan!" Natsu whined.
"You will participate in this event, or else," the great master Makarov opened one eye to look at pinkette, "you'll have to do that again."
The color drained from Salamander's tan face. "Today in four hours' time you will report to my office, understood?" Master grinned evilly.
"A-aye," Natsu answered weakly.
"Oho! Yo! Natsu-san!" A voice called from the entrance.
The indicated man's head snapped in the direction his name came from, a smile forming on his lips as he recognized the owner of the voice. "Oh, it's the saber bastard! Yo! Long time no see!" Natsu greeted, instantly recovering from the shock.
"What business does Sabertooth have with Fairy Tail?" Lucy walked to Natsu's side immediately.
"I'm just here to fight with Natsu-san again," Sting smirked at Lucy, "afraid of me beating your boyfriend?" He leaned down, his face dangerously close to Lucy's.
"Na-Natsu's not my boyfriend!" Lucy exclaimed cheeks aflame. "And Natsu's already proven the difference between your strengths."
"Hehe, single eh?" Sting smirked completely ignoring the second part of her statement to maintain his pride. "Wanna go out on a date tonight?"
Natsu growled unconciously.
Lucy blushed a billion different shades of red, "Go die!"
"Sting, you're forgetting our motives," Rogue spoke.
"You're no fun Rogue," Sting smirked, "I've seen you eying that little bookworm in the corner over there," he commented purposefully.
Levy tensed and turned around, making eye-contact with the dark guy. "No I was just watching Gajeel who happened to be staring at her."
Levy's eyes snapped to the iron dragon slayer, he was glaring intensely at the shadow dragon slayer who dared say that. She watched as he walked over to the other mage menacingly, never breaking eye contact with him. Levy felt the extreme tension in the room and rushed after Gajeel, pulling on his bicep to restrain him. She then looked at the two intruders before her. "If you're here to cause trouble, you can just go home!" She scolded. "The master doesn't need any more trouble than the amount we cause him!"
Lucy nodded. "I knew you were here to cause trouble!"
Sting erupted in a fit of laughter, "We only wanted to see if the rumors were true is all!" He rubbed the back of his head bashfully, "I don't have the time to waste on girls anyway."
Lucy looked taken aback and Levy scowled, "what rumors?"
"You know the speculations that Natsu-san likes the Celestial Mage in his guild and that Iron-Gajeel has a crush on some tiny bookworm," Sting answered absent-mindedly.
Lucy and Levy gaped, "HOW DEGRADING! LEARN OUR NAMES RETARD!" They yelled in union.
"The second part is obviously true," Rogue coughed out while the two girls heatedly verbally bashed Sting.
Gajeel snorted as his sensitive ears picked up on his ex-subordinate's comment. The "tiny bookworm" of the rumor's face exploded with red in response to the comment.
"Oh, oh Levy-chan," Lucy never missed a chance to tease Levy.
"The more popular rumor was about you and Natsu, Lu-chan," Levy retaliated.
Lucy was about to snap back when Sting walked over and patted the still confused Natsu on the back, "as expected of Natsu-san! He's too awesome to waste his time on girls too!" Sting smirked.
"What? I don't get this at all," Natsu exhaled a bewildered look taking his features.
"Welcome! Twin Dragons of Sabertooth!" Master greeted loudly.
"Oh! Master Makarov," Sting whistled, glad to be in the presence of such a great mage.
"Please pardon the intrusion," Rogue bowed his head politely.
"Oh don't worry about it at all!" Master waved the matter away. "Mira why don't you get our guests something to eat, it's on the house."
"Come this way please," the white haired beauty said as she dragged them away.
"H-Hey wait a second!" Sting sputtered as he was dragged away.
"Would you like to learn what Natsu's weakness is?" Mira whispered suddenly shocking the two, who nodded their heads eyes wide and eager. "At 6:30 PM, for the next three days, Natsu will undergo three different tests, if you want to find out Natsu's weakness, come back to the guild at 6:40 PM in two days time, I'll be waiting for you, be five minutes late, and you'll lose the only opportunity you will ever get to discover his weakness."
The Twin Dragons of Sabertooth nodded, taking a seat on the stools placed before the bar counter. "Now what would you like to order?" Mira chirped.
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"Damn that stupid blonde, girls are not a waste of time, you just haven't found the right one yet," Lucy grumbled.
"You're a blonde too Lucy," Cana sweat dropped.
"They're both stupid if you ask me, that black haired one is so aggravating!" Levy lifted the book she was holding in the air, kicking her legs furiously.
"Careful Levy or you'll fall," the youngest of the Strauss siblings warned.
"Ugh! And to think those jerks don't even know our names! UGH!" The key user groaned. "I just wanna grab that stupid bolndie and choke him! Better yet, I'll get Natsu to burn him into a smoldering crisp!" She chuckled evilly.
"Awww, sending your little hubby out to do your bidding," the brunette laughed, whiskey bottle in hand. "I can certainly see who wears the pants in this relationship."
"But it looks like Natsu's the one who's wearing the pants, y'know 'cause Lucy's always wearing skirts," Lisanna pointed out laughing with Cana.
"Lisanna! Just whose side are you on?" Lucy whined.
Lisanna looked at the zodiac mistress' pouty face and continued laughing. The guild's top drinker stopped laughing and smirked at Lucy, "Your whining sounds like you're have trouble deciding between the Natsu and that blonde," she proceeded to throw her head back and take a short swig from her bottle, "not like I can blame you though, both of them are total hunks."
"C-Cana!" Lucy steamed. "A-anyway! D-Doesn't Natsu like you Lisanna?!" Lucy stammered.
"We had a spark, as kids I mean, but," Lisanna paused, "I can't see us married with children… But you Lucy," the takeover mage smiled, her eyes sparkling as she took Lucy's hands in hers, "I can see you and Natsu as happy parents of ten children."
Lucy's heart pace increased as blood began to flow to her cheeks, making her look like a yummy cherry tomato. If the blonde was honest with herself, she couldn't imagine the pyromaniac and Lisanna having a child either. The image of the little salmon haired girl with the chocolaty eyes flashed in her mind yet again.
"Now that you mention it, I can totally see Lu-chan and Natsu with a baby!" The book worm smiled.
"I can totally see her with a little baby boy!" Lisanna squealed.
"I can see Natsu with a baby girl," Cana hiccupped.
"Awww! That's be so cute! She'd be 'daddy's little princess'," Lisanna purred affectionately, "Lucy I wanna be the baby's godmother 'kay?"
"No I wanna be the godmother!" Levy whined.
"Well I asked her first!"
"Just because you asked her first doesn't mean she'll choose you!"
"Oi Levy, won't you be too busy having to deal with your own kids?" Cana asked.
"But I don't have any," The solid script make blinked at the drunkard lady.
"Not yet," Cana waved her alcoholic beverage exasperatedly, "but we all know Gajeel's gonna have to man up and marry you soon, a cute girl like you shouldn't waste her life waiting forever."
"Oh Levy let me be your babies' godmother!" Lisanna's eyes sparkled.
"Oh so that mean's I'll get to be Lu-chan's kids' godmother!" Levy cheered.
The three women continued bickering before Lucy shut them all up. "Wh-wha?" Lucy blinked completely shocked. "What's wrong with you guys?! You're all acting like I'm already pregnant with Natsu's baby!"
"Are you?" Cana smirked quirking her eyebrow questioningly.
"I. Am. Not!" Lucy grit out, absolutely frustrated.
"Oh really?" Cana smirked deviously, and evil glint going through her eyes. "He sneaks into your apartment and into your bed almost daily and you mean to tell me you guys haven't had 'fun' yet?" Cana's eyebrows rose, smirk still plastered to her face.
"Natsu doesn't even know how to get a girl pregnant Cana," the Strauss defended.
"Are you sure about that?" Cana drawled looking the white-head in the eyes. "Natsu could be playing dumb for all we know."
"Whatever, I'm going home," Lucy sighed and left.
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Mirajane walked over to Kinana and excused herself, telling her that the master required her presence in his study. The purple-headed barmaid nodded and waved her co-worker off with a smile, allowing the takeover mage to rush to Makarov's study, but not before thanking Kinana. Upon entering the study Mira closed and locked the door prior to walking over to the bookshelf left of her guild master's desk, she pulled out a certain book that would unveil the stairwell leading down to the hidden examination room by causing the bookshelf to slide over. Walking down the stone pathway, she met up with the Wizard Saint and the sky dragon slayer's furry white companion. Standing beside them, she peered into the one way glass that stood before her. On the other side sat, Fairy Tail's favorite rosette, Natsu Dragneel.
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An explanation is required. The room master Makarov and Mira-san are in happens to be a six meter by six meter by three meter room. There are two secret passages leading down into this room. The passage Natsu was forced down prior to the beautiful mage's arrival, and the passage taken by said beautiful mage upon her arrival. Along the middle of the length room runs a long dividing wall with a one way glass pane stretching two meters down from the ceiling.
As for the interior design, a long black leather couch ran along two thirds of the length of the side Makarov resided in. There were also two semi-circle tables one meter off the ground extending from the naked stone walls on either side of a column that happened to be in the middle of the room.
Contrary to Makarov's side, Natsu's had crisp pale blue and beige painted walls and wooden floor boards covered the cold stone used when constructing the guild. The room was barren with the exception of the chair which the fire dragon slayer's bum currently rested on and a stool placed right before his seat.
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"Natsu, has his senses of sight, smell, and hearing all blocked, so he cannot automatically identify the person before him," The Wizard Saint spoke, "right now Natsu has no idea we're watching him. Actually he doesn't even know what the room he's in looks like."
"Shall we begin?"Mirajane smiled nervously.
Master and Charle nodded solemnly, stimulating the takeover mage to take out one of Cana's communication cards and whisper, "you may begin."
Wendy looked into the glass and gave the elderly Dreyer and company a thumbs up before proceeding to carefully tread over to the fire dragon slayer. She carefully tapped him on the shoulder gaining his attention. He became alert at once, especially when he felt a light weight on his shoulders, which, unknown to him, was Wendy placing her hands on his shoulders. The Son of Igneel attempted to identify the person before him via scent before remembering he couldn't smell. This earned an agitated groan from the male as he began pinching his nose and moving it around a little, in a measly attempt to nullify the effects of the potions that had been literally forced down his throat.
The Salamader's actions earned a relieved sigh from the worried white exceed, who felt complete relief that he wasn't reacting to the little navy haired dragon slayer. She then watched as Wendy sat in Natsu's lap looking completely at ease.
The truth was, Wendy was at ease. Natsu was very much her older brother, even if they never really shared moments like this one. If anything Wendy was imagining herself sitting in Edo-Jellal's lap, just like old times. She unconsciously snuggled into Natsu's chest feeling protected in his warmth.
Natsu smiled. Wendy was the person in his lap. He had a vague idea of where her head was, so he reached down and ruffled her hair before returning the embrace. "Yo Wendy," he smiled, "my little dragon sister."
Wendy's cheeks flushed as a bright smile tugged at her lips. She looked at the glass pane requesting to be allowed to remove Natsu's blindfold. Mira gave her a verbal okay via the communication tarot card, allowing Wendy to gently remove the clothe obstructing the great Salamander's view. She then mouthed the words, "Natsu-nii," earning a wide grin from Natsu.
Makarov and Mira shared high-fives and smiles in celebration of their success. Makarov ran over to the room Natsu was in, shoving the antidote for the deafening and anosmia potions he had forced the fire eater to drink earlier, into his mouth, allowing Natsu's senses of smell and hearing to return.
"Well done Natsu," Makarov applauded, "thank you very much Wendy."
"You're welcome Master," Wendy smiled cheerfully.
"Natsu," Makarov started, "You and Wendy share a bond of close friendship, where you view Wendy as your little sister, correct?"
"I don't get a thing you're saying Ji-chan," to salmon-haired pyromaniac scowled.
"What master means is, you love me as though I'm your little sister and I love you as though you're my older brother," Wendy clarified.
"OH!" The Salamander slapped a fist in his open palm, his facial features reflecting his understanding. "I still don't get it."
Wendy's smile vanished and was replaced by tears of depression caused by her failure. "Now, now Wendy, it's okay," a pair of full lips smiled, "you did your best."
The S-Class mage then turned her attention to the little salmon-haired idiot. "Natsu you know that I love Elfman right?" She asked patiently.
"Aah," Natsu nodded.
"And you know that I love Elfman too."
"Aah. I still don't get what you're getting at though."
"Patience Natsu," Mira giggled, "but do you ever think that I would marry Elfman?"
"No," Natsu shook his head back and forth, "that'd be gross because you're siblings."
"Good boy," The former pin-up model's smile never faltered, "now you and Wendy love each other the same way me and Elfman love each other."
Natsu nodded slowly, attempting to digest this new piece of information. "So you're saying we are like brother and sister? And we love each other because we feel like family?" He asked.
"Exactly!" The white haired mage clapped. "Well done Natsu, you're free to go now."
"Finally! See you all!" Natsu rushed out the door.
"He's probably going to head straight to Lucy now," Mira giggled.
"Aah!" Wendy and Makarov agreed in union before all three of the mages erupted in laughter.
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"I-I can't do that Mira-nee, I can't do that to Lucy."
"L-Lisanna!"
"NO!
"It has to be you, I can only rely on you! Won't you do something so simple for me? Lisanna?"
"I-I'm sorry Lucy."