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AHEM~ AS PROMISED! I AM WRITING A LALU FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO VOTED FOR HIM!

IT'S CALLED TRICKERY! I THINK IT'S MY BEST YET! BUT YOU BE THE JUDGES OF THAT

(Rogue's POV)

When I heard what Lucy saying to Laxus and his team and that just made me picture the whole thing all over again. I am not a pervert like Sting! I decided that I needed a walk to clear my head. Or at least try to. I grabbed Frosch and left the guild and headed to the park.

I don't know how long I sat there on the park bench just looking at the birds but I was brought out of my thoughts by a tap on my shoulder. I looked up to see Lucy smiling at me. I smiled at her.

"Hello Lucy-san" Frosch said happily as she flew into her arms. Lucy gave him a bright smile and scratched behind his ear which he was absolutely delighted about. He gave a cute little growl when she stopped tickling his ear which made me chuckle and her burst out laughing. Although he meant to sound annoyed, he just came out as adorable.

"Rogue I would like to apologise for the fiasco last night" she said with a slightly red face. I looked at her shocked. Shouldn't I be the one apologising for seeing her entire underwear collection not to mention seeing her without clothes on?

"Shouldn't I be apologising?" I asked her. She gave me a smile.

"How about we call it even? I think that's its best if we forget last night and anyway, it's technically Erza's fault that you saw what you saw" she explained. I nodded.

"What are you doing out here?" I asked her.

"I love the park, it's a great place to clear your head don't you think. But it's getting cold so maybe we should go back to the guild" she suggested. I could see that she was shivering, it was nearing winter. I shrugged off my cloak and put it around her. Her cheeks turned a bit pink and I decided that I liked making her blush.

"Would you like to come on a mission with Sting and I? I asked her.

"I would love to!" she said happily. We walked in silence an in a little while we found ourselves at the guild. We went to the bar, where it was relatively safe from flying projectiles, and sat down. Mira looked at Lucy with hearts in her eyes.

"Lucy," she squealed hurting my ears, "Freed asked me out" she squealed some more.

"Really? I'm so happy for you Mira!" Lucy said. I had a feeling that she already knew about this.

"So Lucy, are you and Rogue going to make me an aunt?" she changed the subject with wide eyes filled with hearts. Lucy went red, as did I, and started to stutter. Mira probably asked that because Lucy was wearing my cloak.

"N-no we're n-not" she sputtered. Mira looked a little annoyed. She looked at Lucy with an evil aura seeping out.

"Then you will go on a mission together and get to know each other" she said with a demonic aura. I saw Lucy shiver.

"We were going to go on a mission with Sting" I stated with my face still red. Mira glared at Sting who was sitting with the exceeds across the room and stalked off towards him.

"Oh no" I heard Lucy mutter. I watched as Mira stalked over to Sting and shouted at him about being a third wheel and then effectively knocked him out. I bet he didn't see that coming. Everyone was looking at him strangely wondering what he did to piss off Mira enough to knock him out. She walked back to us and glared at us.

"You two will go on this mission" she ordered holding out a flyer. It was a request that required two mages to guard a family's treasure room while the main guards are away. The reward was 250,000 jewel and 2 celestial keys.

I saw Lucy brighten up at the thought of 2 new keys. I guess we'll go on this to get the keys for Lucy.

"Alright Mira-san, we'll go, but Sting will throw a fit if we don't take him" I told her. It was true, last time I didn't take him on a mission he wouldn't take to me for two days. Not that it mattered. I didn't take much anyway, I mainly just listened to him talk about his usual nonsense.

"Just Mira is fine Rogue, I'll make sure he doesn't disturb you guy. You can leave Frosch here with Carla too" she smiled. After much arguing about taking Frosch, Mira won and it was decided that he would stay with I feel kind of sorry for Sting now.

We went to Lucy's apartment to pack for the mission. We walked in comfortable silence and arrived at the apartment in a very short time. Lucy balanced on the edge of the river most of the way home. I walked close to her just in case she fell but thankfully she didn't. She was singing to herself and holding her spirit Plue.

When we arrived at her apartment Lucy went to pack her bag and I did the same. Once we were packed we headed to the train station and once again Lucy balanced on the edge with Plue walking in front of her. She was singing a song again.

"What are you singing?" I asked because I was honestly curious.

"Oh just a song I heard" she said "I don't know what it's called" (I'm personally thinking of La Luna by Belinda Carlisle but you can make it any song you want!)

When we got to the train I mentally groaned. I'm not as bad as Sting on transportation but I still feel sick. Lucy looked at me.

"If you want we could walk, it's not that far and it would be good exercise" she offered with I smile.

"Are you sure?" I asked. I didn't want her to get tired because of me. She nodded.

"Yes, since training I have a lot more stamina than before so I can manage" she said and before I could say anything she called out her spirit, Virgo, to put our bags in storage and she started dragging me to the path that led to the town of Rond (sorry I'm terrible at coming up with names). I smiled, at least now we could talk and I wouldn't be on the verge of throwing up.

We walked and Lucy began to sing again. I walked with a smile on my face and mentally thanked Mira.

~XXX at the guild XXX~

Mira's POV

"Levy, plan Rogue and Lucy has started" I happily told Levy. She looked nearly as happy as me.

"I'm so happy for Lu-chan! Do you think they'll make progress? I think that Lu-chan is a bit slow in the romance department" she giggled. I looked at her

"So are you. Now, about you and Gajeel" I leaned towards her. She looked a bit frightened. She shouldn't be! She should appreciate my help!

Sorry there's no cliff-hanger this time. (T^T)