"I heard Fairy Tail has arrived, please, please come in." A man with the large hat and the fancy tuxedo showed them the way. "I heard your guild has been rising their way to the top."
"You heard right, Mr..." Erza said
"Mr. Marenes, just call me Mr. Herall Merenes." The man introduced himself.
"Yes, of course." Erza was always the one to get buddy, buddy with the clients, she always proceeded to make small talk and such with them. Usually at the end they take a disliking to her because she destroys their houses.
"So as you read in the poster this job is about a sapphire sphere, holding great power, correct?" Herall lead them to a what seemed to be the dining room of the mansion. The rooms was huge! The table stretched all the way across, it could be estimated about 50 feet long. Huge chandeliers hug up in the ceiling and the light from the windows and the chandeliers made the room appear gold, with somewhat read designs around.
"Woah!" Both Gray and Natsu said in awe.
"This place must be at least the same size as the Fairytail building!" A surprised Erza Assisted the comment.
"Beautiful," A Lucy said.
"Yes, yes, take your seats. I have some detail to explain." Herall ignored their comments to the remarkable room.
They all took their seats, Erza took the one right next to where Herall was sitting, he sat on the chair at the end of the table. As for Lucy got caught in one between Gray and Natsu. Wendy sat next to Erza and Charle and Happy just stood on the table. Herall didn't seem to mind.
"I must inform you the quest has changed a bit." Herall had a focused look in his eyes.
"How so?" Lucy asked
"This man, he appears to be from the future, or so he has says is."
"From the future?!" Everyone exclaimed!
"Excuse me sir, how do you know this?" Erza asked
"I made contact with him."
"You actually talked to the guy!" Natsu said surprised.
"Yes, or more like he has made contact with me, he left a note, and I am sure it was from him, I have cameras around the house you see." Herall pointed towards the walls covered with cameras, "In the footage I have, he showed his face, he knew the cameras were there, it seems that he wants to be caught."
"Be caught?!" Wendy asked, "Why would he want to purposely be caught?"
"Well if he leaves enough clues, we could catch him before the ball even begins." Gray said
"We could track him down." Charle commented
"This will be a piece of cake!" Natsu high fived Happy
"I haven't finished." Herall continued, "You may want to read the note he left."
Herall grabbed the note from his pocket and handed it to Erza, Erza began to read the note out loud.
"Herall Marenes, I'ma happy to announce I'ma the thief you'll be seein' at the ball! I'could 'tay here and say a whole lot of shit that'll'you wouldn't care about but HEY! If you want to catch me send them Fairy Tail wizards to get me, only them, would yea do so? Also I something that'd catch their attention is'f you tell themz that I'm from the future, the year 803x." Erza finished reading,"The year 803x?
"How would that make any difference to the mission." Wendy asked
"He is just trying to seem cool." Charle said
"All we gotta do is kick his ass, it doesn't matter what year they're from." Gray said.
"The year 803x..." Natsu said surprised, "Isn't that..."
"...The time Nashi comes from!?" Lucy finished his sentence.
"The time Nashi come from?" Happy asked.
"That's right we never told them!" Lucy said.
"Told us what?" Erza gave a death stare to both of them, she summoned a sword and pointed it at both of them.
Natsu and Lucy froze at her stare. Herall just sat there examining the odd Fairy Tail wizards.
"Speak!"
Natsu and Lucy both took a gulp and cold sweat dropped.
"You should of said something sooner!" Erza screamed
"But I don't understand how that would change the mission" Gray added
"What does Nashi have to do with the missio-" Charle was cut off by a vision.
Vision
Nashi seems to have wiped out the ball and is on behalf of the sapphire sphere.
"Nashi what're you doing! Stop!" Natsu screamed
"Nashi please listen!" Said a crying Lucy
The sapphire sphere began growing brightly
"Sorry mama, papa" Nashi said
The room filled the whole room til' it was completely white, not a shadow could be seen
Vision End
"Charle, you ok?" Asked a worried Wendy. Both Happy and Wendy gave her a worried look
"Y-yea, I'm fine, hehe" Charle fake smiled
Happy could see through that fake smile and wanted to get to the bottom of it.
"But for right now, all we have to do is stop the criminal and make sure the sapphire sphere stays with its rightful owner, got it?" Erza said
"Yes, ma'am!" Everyone said
The afternoon soon turned to night, the moon shined bright up in the sky and the stars sparkled.
Team Natsu got all fancy for the occasion although it was strictly a quest, not for fun or so a strict Erza said. It seemed she was having a rather happy time chatting with all the boys surrounding her because of her beauty, she wore a beautiful violet dress that reached her knees and it had one strap. She let her hair straight down, she also wore high heel shoes. She was surrounded by boys, that was until Erza summoned a sword and scared them off.
Wendy wore a cute aquamarine dress the slid down her waste, just by looking at it, you could tell it was as soft as silk. She put her hair in one pony tail and wore slip-on shoes.
Gray walked in with tuxedo, but within' 5 minutes he had the taken the shirt, and vest off, the only think left on his upper body was his tie. Some girls wouldn't mind seeing those pants come off, or so were the hearts in the girl's eye said. There was also a guy, mixed in with the crowd of girls, with hearts in his eyes, wanting Gray to take off those pants as well.
Natsu wore a tuxedo as well, but he didn't have it properly on, he had decided to keep the tie off and leave the collar open and up, he didn't bother buttoning his shirt or tucking it in his pants, he also kept his hands in his pocket. He was also getting flirty looks from girls all around.
Lucy walked in with a white dressed, it had straps on it and slid down her waist, to her knees, to her ankles, to the floor. The front of the dress was a little bit higher then the back of the dress, by a few inches, just enough to not the front of the dress slide on the floor, only the back of the dress slid lightly on the floor. She a pearl necklace, and her hair was up in a messy bun.
Gray and Natsu looked at couldn't keep their eyes off her.
'If there is any good time to make my move it'd be now!' Gray thought, but as he got carried away in his plot to flirt with Lucy, Natsu had already made his way across the ball and began a simple conversion with her. He didn't really think anything through, he just wanted to be closer to Lucy, after all, simplicity is a beautiful thing.
'Damn it!' Gray thought making his way towards them, 'I have to stop this before they get to close.' Gray saw them begin walking outside towards the porch, he wanted to make it to them so they wouldn't be alone, together. He was close to them before he felt a tug on his tie.
"Stop it there!" Erza demanded, and Gray froze.
He turned his head in hesitation, he feared she would give him a death look for trying to interfere, but instead she saw vulnerability in her eyes.
"Erza..?" Gray said
"What is it about Lucy that make you want her so bad?" Erza asked
"Why are you asking?" Gray asked, instead of answering Erza's question.
"Just why can't you stop wanting her, what do you see in her?" Erza asked, she seemed kinda hurt, Gray saw that look on her face but didn't know why she seemed hurt.
"I guess, I don't know, maybe when I saw her with Natsu so much lately, it came out." Gray said taking a seat and putting on his black jacket, that was part of the tuxedo, but he was still shirtless, and didn't bother buttoning the jacket.
Erza took a seat next to him and put her arm on his leg, "Look, I think you should start thinking of the future," Erza continued, "Do you feel like you really,REALLY, love Lucy?"
Gray cupped his face with both of his hands
"Gray.."
He suddenly heard laughter coming out.
"I feel stupid, I dunno what this feeling is but I think..." Gray paused for a moment and then continued, "Maybe I could get over it."
Gray wrapped his arms around Erza, catching her in surprised. She accepted the hug and wrapped her arms around his back and smiled as she closed her eyes. They broke apart from the hug and and Erza stood up.
"Yosh!" Erza said, "How about we have a little fun before the trouble begins?"
Erza held her hand out towards Gray who was still sitting, Gray grabbed her hand and began dancing with her, in the dance floor. But, they both weren't the best dancers but they couldn't help laugh at their clumsiness because of bumping into other people.
Meanwhile In the porch, Natsu and Lucy stood there gazing towards the sky.
"Why'd you bring me out here?" Lucy asked
"To look out for the criminal, duh!" Natsu said scanning the city from above. Although the real reason was to just spend time with her alone.
"Oh.." Lucy said hoping for something else, Lucy leaned on the porch end just examining the stars.
"Look!" Lucy pointed towards the sky, Natsu directed his attention towards the sky "Up there, it's the Leo constellation!" Lucy pointed in amazement
"Look over there! It the Aries constellation, right next to the Leo constellation!" Natsu pointed out.
Lucy pointed out a few more constellations such as Taurus, Pisces, and Capricorn. Natsu pointed out Sagittarius, Aquarius, and Cancer.
"The Aquarius constellation looks like its beating up the Leo constellation now!" Natsu began to laugh and Lucy joined in.
"The stars sure are beautiful tonight." Lucy completely stared off towards the sky, Natsu turned around and looked at her. He saw the rest of the world disappear and it as only them too, he stared off into her eyes completely hypnotized by them.
"Just like you..." Natsu said without realizing.
Lucy's eyes widened, she turned to him completely shocked. Her cheeks began turning completely red.
"W-what?" She hesitated to say.
Natsu's eyes widen at the realization at what he had just said. He began blushing, and turned around so she wouldn't see him.
"I-it's about time we g-go back in!" Natsu headed inside, his hair covering his eyes.
"Wait! Lucy said reaching out for him, instead she grabbed his shirt and he stopped and turned his head around, both of their cheeks completely red. They both continued dazed into eachother's eyes, not knowing what to say.
RING! RING!
They both jumped at that surprised.
"It's my phone." Lucy said answering the her cellphone
"Hey Mira," Lucy said
"What!" Lucy said in surprisement
"Ok, thanks for telling us." Lucy hung up and turned to Natsu.
"What's wrong? He asked, staring at her sad expression.
"It's Nashi, some man caught her!"