There is GrayLu in this chapter, I've become a sudden GrayLu fan but nothing will ever allow me to leave the path of an ultimate NaLu fan, don't worry. NaLu FTW! Enjoy, and there is some feisty stuff about to go down. HEHE.
R&R please ^^ Hope you enjoy :3
Nashi was comfortably laying down on Lucy's bed, as Lucy sat there and watched her. Natsu noticed Lucy's attention was all out on Nashi.
"Ne, Lucy," Natsu called out, Lucy turned her head and casted her attention on him.
"hm?"
"You still thinking about what she said earlier?"
"Yea..."
"I know its a surprise that we somehow stumbled upon a kid from the future and stuff but we'll get her back!" Natsu smiled his goofy smile.
"I know," Lucy smiled after seeing how cute Natsu looked.
"Then what're you think about?" Natsu asked.
"I'm thinking about...I-I'm thinking about... you hear that! The casserole is ready?" Lucy jumped up from her seat and ran to the kitchen in a blink of an eye, even Natsu's keen sense couldn't keep up.
"You never made a casserole!" Natsu responded.
"And you never leave my fridge alone, that's why."
'What's her problem?' Natsu thought, he remembered about how in the morning, Nashi explained she was from the future. Natsu didn't find a reason why Lucy would run into the kitchen, also her face seem sorta red.
'Is she embarrassed about something?' Natsu thought.
Lucy came in the room from the kitchen and sat down.
"So is the casserole ready?"
Lucy lifted a brow and crossed her arms.
"Natsu," Lucy said going off topic, her face was beginning to turn red again, Natsu couldn't help but think how cute she look, "Don't you find it a bit, I don't know, weird, about what Nashi said earlier?" Lucy stood up in front of Natsu.
"Well, yea, she's from the future and-"
"No, not that," Lucy had a hard time making eye contact with Natsu, but kept trying anyways and then she burst it all out, "Don't you find it weird that she said she's our child from the future! OUR!?"
"Huh?" Natsu said stupidly.
Natsu took a step closer to Lucy, although he was still at a safe distance, Lucy couldn't help but blush harder.
"I don't understand what you mean.." Simple minded Natsu said.
Lucy took a deep breathe and took a step back.
"Natsu...you know that means t-that, y-y-y-you a-and I-I..." Lucy took a big gulp avoiding eye contact, "G-get m-m-m...MARRIED!" Lucy yelled and then covered her mouth.
Natsu took a while in a pause while looking at Lucy in confusion then he started to put all of the puzzle pieces together.
"Wait..." Natsu thought for a bit, "Wait! does that mean Y-you and I-I?" Natsu stopped. Lucy simple nodded looking elsewhere.
Natsu started to looked down and his cheeks began turning violet, "W-well, I don't know."
Lucy looked at him, "It's not like you like me like that... Do you?" Natsu crossed his arms and looked up trying his hardest to smile a fake smile and make his cheeks unnoticeable
Natsu started turn redder, he swore even Lucy would notice, but she didn't, "Course not, we're j-just friends." Natsu's heart sorta shattered after saying that. Lucy's heart did the same.
"Yea" She looked down, " I think I need to go to sleep now."
Natsu noticed she looked down, "Luce, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." She said with attitude in her tone, she laid down next to Nashi, and fell asleep, but decided to hog up more space this time and didn't allow Natsu to lay down next to her. She closed her eyes and pretended to fall asleep. Natsu went to lay down in the couch Lucy had in her living room.
'It's not like I like him, like that?' Lucy thought, 'Right? Why did those words hurt me so much?'
Natsu got in a comfortable possession, in Lucy's couch that was in her living room, and closed his eye, but couldn't fall asleep. The conversation he had earlier kept popping up in his mind.
'It's not like a like her... Right?' Natsu thought, 'She is my friend, JUST a friend. Right? Of course I can think she's cute and mean who wouldn't. Her beautiful blonde hair. Her beautiful chocolate orb-like eyes. Her luscious lips. Her big, round, bouncy, Boo-' Natsu stopped and sat up suddenly 'DON'T THINK LIKE THAT YOU IDIOT!'
Natsu sat down in a comfortable possession and tried his hardest to fall asleep. Lucy was no different, Natsu would keep popping into her mind.
Natsu slowly opened his eyes, he saw a blurry scarlet figure, next to a black-haired figure, he didn't know that black-haired figure but for some reason he was already pissed off at him. His eyes set focus and those figures were Gray and Erza.
"Natsu is awake!" Happy jumped atop of Natsu, "Natsu, it's like we never talk anymore."
"Would you blame him, he has business to take care of." A sturdy Charle appeared.
"What're you guys doing here?" Natsu asked while wiping his eyes.
Erza waved a paper in front of Natsu, "We're going on a job!"
"Does Lucy know?" Natsu asked.
"We actually haven't introduced ourselves today yet." Said Gray, "By the way, why are you sleeping here? Last time you were all lovey dovey with Lucy in her bed." Gray made a disgusted face.
"W-we're not lovey dovey!" Natsu sounded like he was trying to convenience himself more then Gray.
"I'll go wake her up." Gray excused himself from everyone and went to Lucy's room.
"Something has been up with Gray lately." Erza said.
"Wha?" Natsu stupidly said.
"It's true, I noticed as well." Wendy added.
Gray went upstairs and entered Lucy's room, "Lucy~" Gray whispered loudly, "Are you awake yet?" He search around til' he saw her on her bed. He walked up to her and saw she was hugging Nashi while asleep. He was about to shake her awake when she mumbled a bit in her sleep. Gray stopped and took a look at her. He noticed how beautiful she looked while asleep, and couldn't help but stare.
'It's not fair, why is it flame-brain...' Gray thought, 'Why not me?... UGH! I just discovered I liked her, if it wasn't for this intoxicating jealously.' Gray sighed and remember the words Mira told her before, 'Gray, tell her how you feel, soon, if you don't then you would wonder What could of been?'
Lately Gray has been going through a whole bunch of emotion he couldn't quite figure out. He is left in frustration and anxiety, he can't even sleep soundly at night anymore and this started when Natsu and Lucy started to get closer and closer. He didn't even notice this whole time he has been staring at Lucy's lips the whole entire time.
"You still there?" Erza asked, and Gray felt fear go down his spine, not because it was Erza, but because she had been there the whole time.
"Erza!" Gray jumped. Erza took steps closer and put her hand on his shoulder, "Do it soon, or you'll wonder What could of been."
"Mira told me that already." Gray retorted.
"And I was there as well, we both hope the best for you." Erza walked out of the room and banged the door close.
Lucy started to slowly open her eyes, she set focus on Gray.
"Gray!" She yelled, "What're you doing here?"
"W-we came to invite you on a mission." He awkwardly smiled.
"But, why'd you barge in without my permission!?" She asked furiously.
"And you jump with glee when Natsu does it huh?" Gray rolled his eyes, "You even end up snuggling that bastard."
"What are you going on about?" Lucy looked confused, "I do not like it when he does it either!"
"Just we're going on a job, you in?" He asked.
Lucy groaned and then agreed to go.
While riding in the train, Natsu tried his hardest from holding back his vomit.
"Ugh!" Natsu moaned
"Stop moaning you baby." Gray said
"Natsu, MAN UP!" Erza demanded.
"H-hai!" Natsu said trying to act normal but his motion sickness caught up with him.
"Hang in there Natsu, here." Lucy grabbed Natsu head carefully laid it on her lap, and Gray twitched from her action.
Natsu didn't know why but he felt so much better in that position, he felt like if every transportation trip was like this, he would be just fine
"By the way, what is this mission about?" Lucy asked.
"The mission is about a man sneaking into a ball, an annual ball. This ball holds the precious sapphire sphere, that sphere allows one to gain endless amount of magic, only if they are capable. Our job is to guard that sphere because it is for the honor guest, who is a diplomat."
"Hmm," Lucy looked worried.
"Something wrong, Lucy?" Wendy asked.
"I'm just worried about Nashi, are you sure Mira is the best person to take care of her?"
"I'm sure she is in great hands." Charle smiled.
"Aye, Mira is a good babysitter afterall." Happy added.
The train came to a complete stop and Natsu suddenly looked like he was full of energy.
"I lived!" He yelled enthusiastically, "Thanks to Lucy, " He smiled at her.
Gray groaned, unamused by them.
Erza led the way with Natsu and Lucy following behind, and Gray, Happy, Charle, and Wendy behind them.
"We're going to meet the client over tea, they like being fancy and shit like that. We're going to a big mansion for tea so don't freak out. Also be well-mannered while there."
"Course, Lucy-san did live in a mansion though." Wendy said.
"But I wasn't all that Lady-like, I remember the maids tried hard to get me to be well mannered, I had to always stick out my pinkie when drinking from a tea cup and bow down to other guest." Lucy explained, "But I always forgot to do those things."
"You're still raised better then the rest of us." Gray said
"I guess your right." Lucy replied.
"We're here" Erza pointed out.
"WOOOOOAAAH!" Natsu yelled in amazement, "It's huge!"
Everyone ignored his actions and walked in, more calmly.
"Although I have to agree with Natsu, this place is huge." Charle said
"Yeah," Wendy agreed.
After getting introduced inside and taking a seat, Natsu took the obvious seat next to Lucy, and Wendy to the seat on the right. All three of them filled up one small table, Charle and Happy joined them while standing on a table the table though. Gray and Erza went to take a seen in a, not so far away, table next to them. Gray's full attention was on Lucy and Natsu, he noticed how Natsu seemed to do stupid things on purpose to make Lucy laugh, and it worked.
Gray stood up and said, "I need to go to the rest-room." He looked angry, and he was. Jealously was just a nuisance to him.
After arriving back he heard Natsu say, "But what did you mean earlier that I would be the one screwing up the quest, what about Gray and Erza?"
Lucy was about to answer, but instead Gray took the spotlight, "She means your nothing but a pest." Gray calmly sat down in his seat like casual. "She doesn't need you around."
"Gray!" Lucy said, "Why are you being rude?"
"It's only true." Gray said in the most arrogant way possible, "Can't you tell by his reaction, to everything you do, that he likes you?"
Both Natsu and Lucy froze, "And he thinks acting the way he is, is going to get him somewhere. Pathetic." Gray didn't know why he was saying such cruel words about Natsu, although they do fight time to time this was different cruel.
"He thinks he has a chance with you, and that's why he keeps hanging out with you." Gray said not making any eye contact with either of them. Lucy took steps forward towards Gray.
"Like I said, he's nothing but a pathetic foo-"
SLAP!
Lucy withheld her hand in mid air after slapping Gray.
"I won't tolerate this attitude, especially to another teammate." Lucy confirmed
Gray was still trying to figure other everything that just happened.
"Damn it." He groaned quietly, Gray remained quiet. Lucy went back to sit next to Natsu. Afterwords there remained tension in the air, Wendy, Charle, Happy, and Erza didn't even bother to speak another word to anyone.
'Why;d I say that. It's just, UGH!' Gray thought
Everything remained awkwardly quiet until, "I see, the Fairy Tail members are here!" A man walked in wearing a tuxedo, and a weird long hate, longer then Abraham Lincoln's hat, "Sha'll we begin?"