Marina- LMFAO I think Riven will give you a run for yur money! Also the only way to trick Happy is with fish! LOL
rls- ;) It will be good and TY!
Frost- LOL well it will go for as long as my imagination lets it. But seriously only a couple more weeks :) Also I'd be honored to come! Do I get to give the eulogy?
Naomi- MMUUUHAHAHHAHAHAHA I do it out of love honestly... Ok I do it because I'm evil! TY though!
rena- Couldn't agree more! I love them too so I had to give them an excuse to show up together! They are scary bitches after all!
Souring- Well... That 'like' was really only you everyone else I love... LMFAO I'm JK... Maybe... *tee hee* I think 98% of you are loking foward to that double update! But I know what you mean my home was full of pervs... My dad was horrid! The first time I showed up at home with a hicky on me he made fun of me all day... WTF father does that?! Well mine... LMFAO Also I've long since updated to the bluray and DVD collections and so far they hold nicely! I love being secretive so... MMUUHAHAHHHAHAHAH you just gotta wait and see!
Link- I should find a way to keep you and just you in suspense for having stolen my cocoa! I'm still mad over that even if the temps have gone back up :P LMFAO BTW did you see Virgo made an appearance in the reviews... You know what means right? PITFALLS!
VirgoandVixen- BAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH *cough* Well first off TY Virgo. And to answer your question... WAIT! You'll see when I let them get at it so consider it a form of punishment! The wait will eat at you slowly... MMMUUUAHAHHHAHAHHAAH Also Vixen don't punish Virgo in public if you don't want her to embarrass you... Silly!
Exxcal- TY! I love how evil and sweet Mira is! Playing with her sometimes is too fun! Also I can't wait to see what I create in the future either... Should be interesting!
Riven- YEY CUDDLES! LOL Btw... Yur SSOOOOO late reviewin... Marina is challenging you for first reviewer! Yur in trouble now!
Celt-(40) LOL but of course! He's gotta compete against that damn stripping ice pole and the rusted scrap pile! HAHAHHAHAHA
Celt-(41) Hehehe He is and I love him for it! He was raised by Natsu after all. So there is that underlined wit and inelegance that he can use but not get caught on often!
After breakfast Lucy had showered and dressed for the day followed by Natsu. The day was warm and so she went with a simple red tank with the Hearts Cruz logo and a cute red and white ruffled skirt. Natsu on the other hand looked the same as always and it left her to wonder how many one sleeved jackets the man owned.
Fully ready for the day, Lucy attempted to sit on her couch formulating what to do, to and with, Gajeel and Erza. She was finding it hard to write her ideas down though because she had an insistent dragon slayer curled around her as he refused to let her sit properly or let her go. The moment he exited the bathroom he plopped down next to her and dragged her into his lap.
Most would be shocked at the sudden change in how he was interacting with her. However she rolled her eyes. It wasn't a shock to her in the least. He never respected her personal space before. The man was constantly dragging her along or slinging an arm over her. Not to mention barging into her home at the most inopportune times. Add to that the fact that the minute their sleeping arrangements had changed he took every advantage to touch her more frequently day or night it seemed.
So now that the two of them were officially together it was like there was nothing stopping his obsessive compulsion to touch her leading to her morning filled with trying to pry him away. For as much as she enjoyed the affection it was getting on her nerves. Growing irritated she growled, "Seriously Natsu! Let me go so I can do this! You already stole half my time away."
"But Lucyyy!" he pouted over her shoulder. "Don't be mean! It's for a surprise." Pulling her closer yet and placing a gentile kiss to her neck he said, "Besides I'm comfy."
Rolling her eyes and blushing furiously once more she groaned, "Fine but at least let me pull out my arms so I can write."
Huffing he loosened his hold for her to do so. As soon as her arms were free he clamped his tightly around her once more utterly enjoying the contact. Just being allowed to hold her like this made him happy. He refused to waste a moment of possible physical contact with her. Given Lucy seemed less thrilled seeing how he got in her way several times while she was cooking, but she would just shove him lightly while blushing. So much for the omelet dream becoming reality. Yet.
The only time he had actually gotten in trouble was when he attempted to follow her into the shower. He swore the woman could be a boxer if she trained for it. That damn right hook of hers almost broke his nose this time. She had made up for it though by fretting over him and helping to patch him up. She really was the bestest ever.
Resting his chin on her shoulder he was trying to, but failing to, read what she had written, so he asked, "What ya got so far?"
Lucy smiled evilly as she showed him what she had down on the page. Gajeel would not be happy but this was pay back. "Well what do you think?"
Finishing all she had written so far he laughed so hard he jostled her terribly. His legs were kicking in his merriment and he had to let her go in order to hold his sides. "Oh shit Luce!" he exclaimed between laughs.
Eventually he settled enough to right himself and drag her back into his lap. At her protest he just shrugged and once more got comfortable. Thinking over her list he asked, "What about Erza?" as his eyes lit with mischief of his own.
Glaring over her shoulder she said, "You can't help!"
"Awww don't be so stingy!"
"Oi! You're the one that already stole part of my day! Besides I don't really want to give Erza a cause for revenge. I'm just going to have her run all my errands and do my chores for me."
Natsu cringed at the thought of giving Erza a reason to extract revenge. "Good point. But still you got to make her do something funny."
Shaking her head vigorously she reiterated, "No way! I'm not getting killed later!" shivering at the thought. Looking over her two lists she looked at the man behind her once more with a smile, "Ready to go shopping? You can help me with this part." she finished while pointing to something on the page.
"YOOSH! I'm all fired up! Let's go!" he said jumping up and pulling her with him.
Three stores and an hour and half later left Lucy frustrated at her brand new boyfriend. "Natsu, for the last time I am NOT ever wearing something like that." She hissed out in anger.
"But Luuuucy," he whined, "Please?"
"Are you insane? What would people say if they saw me in something like that? It's embarrassing!"
Smiling wolfishly he strode up to her and leaned down whispering, "I didn't say to wear it in front of anyone but me weirdo."
Feeling like her face was about to burst in flames she thumped him on the head, "Don't be a pervert in public!" She screeched while storming to the other side of the store.
Pouting and rubbing his sore spot he called, "Does that mean I get to be when we aren't in public?" while following her.
"Uugghhh! Just shut up and help me look!"
Now that she would be all his forever and ever he took on a new appreciation for the things she wore or could wear. It wasn't that he hadn't before but it had always felt a tiny bit shameful since he had thought his feelings and desires were one sided. That never let him lose hope though that he would someday come across a job for them that would have her wearing that maid outfit again though.
However, with all the new found knowledge, feelings, and best of all contact, the flood gates to his mind opened wide. Besides, what was so bad about a barely there, only covering what was necessary, red leather, stringy outfit? So long as he was the only one to see her in it, nothing! He liked red, orange and yellow. Seeing how she was wearing red today she liked it too. Those colors made fire after all. She looked damn good in any and all those colors. Smirking and looking to the contents of his hand he caught up to her, "That wasn't a no Luce."
Glaring red faced she hissed, "Keep it up and I'll add killing you to Erza's list."
Natsu shivered as a vision of the enraged woman crossed his mind, "You're no fun."
Smirking at her victory she swiped the 'clothing' from his hands throwing it to a corner somewhere, "I'm lots of fun, you're just an idiot." Turning to the racks once more her face lit up with an evil smile. Holding up the article she asked, "What about this one for him?"
Natsu once more found himself holding his sides as he laughed and nodded vigorously, "HELL YES!"
After searching a few more racks and finding everything she needed the pair made their way out. Looking to the clock tower Lucy noticed it was already after eleven. "We should head to the guild."
"YOOSH! I can't wait for this! I'm all fired up! Let's go Luce!" he cheered while taking her bags and grabbing hold of her hand racing towards the guild. Before they could make their way through the doors Lucy pulled back and halted.
Looking to her in worry Natsu asked, "Uhhh Lucy what's up?"
Finding the ground interesting she hesitated, "Well… I umm… What do we tell everyone?"
"About?"
"Us…"
Smiling once more he grabbed her hand saying, "We tell them that we're together weirdo! Duh!"
Looking up and meeting his eyes finally she smiled in return. "Let's go then."
Taking that as his cue he kicked the doors open and yelled, "We're here!" to an all but empty guild hall. The only people there seemed to be the master and Mira. Pulling Lucy along with him to the bar he noticed the bloated blue ball seated on the countertop. "Oi, Happy what the hell happened to you?"
"Aye… Fish…" was all the exceed could muster.
Mira's eyes lit up watching the pair walk in. Everything Happy told her was true if those two were holding hands like that. Giggling at the poor bloated exceed's expense she said, "He might have gotten into the fish cooler."
To this both Natsu and Lucy groaned. Happy was down for the count for the day at least. His only hope would be if Wendy stopped by the guild. If the girl was on a mission they would be dealing with Happy's stomach ache all night.
It was Lucy who voiced the shared thought, "Oi, Mira is Wendy still in town?"
Quickly glancing between the two mages Mira smiled, "Well, she was here earlier. But don't worry she should be back this afternoon sometime."
"Where the hell is everyone?" Natsu asked next.
Glaring slightly at the dense man she said, "They are working on a special project." hoping he would take the hint.
Natsu opened his mouth to ask what it was but then snapped it quickly when he caught the look Mira was giving him. He hadn't planned for Mira to make everyone work on it. "Everyone?" he asked to which she nodded. "When will they be done?"
Mira smiled brightly, "Erza is helping."
That answer quickly explained everything. That woman was a slave driver. Back when they had to re-build the guild it had taken days when it would have taken normal workers weeks thanks to Erza. No sooner did that thought cross his mind the guild doors burst open to produce a majority of the guild members Erza leading the pack.
"I don't hear complaining again do I?" she asked the worn out group behind her.
There was a collective, "NO!" that echoed off the guild hall walls.
Nodding her approval Erza spotted Lucy sitting at the bar. Grabbing hold of a grumbling Gajeel she pulled him with her. "Natsu," she nodded in greeting, "Lucy. We are back early but you should be informed that everything is done to perfection."
Natsu jumped off his seat, "Really! You're the best Erza! Thanks!"
"What are you guys talking about?" an extremely confused Lucy asked. She had been sitting there trying to figure out what was going on for a while now. However she found it frustrating that Mira and Natsu were talking so cryptically.
Erza smirked at the knowledge that Natsu hadn't told her of his plans. Her first reaction was to punish him for trying to deceive Gajeel and herself but she dismissed the idea since she would have done this for him anyway. With that in mind she spoke, "That doesn't matter currently. What does is if you have decided what else we need to do today or not?"
Realizing he had been deceived didn't go over as well for Gajeel. Standing straighter and glaring menacingly at Natsu he voiced his distaste, "I should kick your ass for this Salamander! How the hell did I get roped into this shit? Bunny Girl doesn't even know!"
"Shut it metal mouth it's a surprise!"
Quickly spotting where this was headed Lucy stepped in, "Both of you shut it!" Spotting Erza's smirk and both Gajeel and Natsu's closed mouths she sighed. Turning to Erza first she said, "It's no big deal that you did whatever this idiot wanted this morning." Ignoring Natsu's protest and Gajeel's laugh she continued, "Erza I have a list of things I need you to get today, as well as other errands and chores. Eat some lunch then head out. When you're done I'll find something else for you to do."
"That sounds simple enough." Erza said taking the list. However when she unfolded it her jaw dropped. It would take her hours to complete everything.
"By the way Erza, Natsu's somewhat of a regular fixture at my home now so you might want to take your travel cart with you for the groceries."
Twitching mildly as she looked over the 'grocery' list she said, "I'll get started after some cake." and made her way to a table, Natsu following unnoticed behind her.
Smirking Lucy turned her attention to Gajeel, "As for you," handing him the bags of stuff she said, "every hour on the hour you will change into everything in one of those, get on stage, and dance to a song of my choosing. I will give Mira the list of music so that she can play it for your, erm… performances. Once the show is over you must stay in the costume until it is time to change into the next posing for cameras and Redus alike whenever asked. You will not get to know the song before hand, but if the song has a dance you must do it, and you will fetch me whatever I ask for while in the guild. You will begin at noon so I suggest you hurry and get some food in you and pick your first costume of the day!"
Gajeel stood there looking into the bags in a stunned silence. Vaguely he could hear those that had been within earshot laughing but it didn't register. He had tried vainly to not show his fear of the situation. Finally snapping from his shock he glared in Lucy's direction, "You're the fucking devil ya know that?"
Lucy smiled innocently, "Am I now?"
"I'll get you back for this."
"Do you really want me to think of a harsher revenge? Because this is light compared to what else I could have made you do." She smiled wickedly in response.
"Fucking bitch," he grumbled under his breath as he turned to walk away.
Lucy didn't hear him however Natsu did as he walked back over to them. Instantly pissed he lit a fist on fire connecting it with the bastards head dropping him to the floor, "Say that about my mate again and I'll fucking beat the shit out of ya!"
That comment stopped Gajeel's as well as the guild's reactions. "Gihee, so I was right." was all he said letting the punch go and picking himself up off the floor. He'd let it go this one time only, after all he would have done something far worse had someone said that about his Shorty.
Meanwhile the guild erupted.
"What did he just say?"
"Are those to finally together?"
"As expected of the two."
"They llliiiike each other!"
"HA! Pay up!"
"How the hell did flame brain get her?"
"What the hell does that mean?"
"What did Gajeel even say?"
"GAA! Lu-chan!"
"Is Gajeel walking away from a fight?"
"I knew I was right about Lucy-san!"
Those were only a few of the comments flying around. Mira on the other hand squealed in delight once more. "KAAAA! I'm so happy for you both!"
Lucy ignored everything going on around her and stared at the back of Natsu's head. She could see the tension in his jaw as he watched Gajeel. Placing a hand on his shoulder to gain his attention she was startled when he turned around and smiled brightly at her. "What the hell was that about?"
Natsu just shrugged and pulled his chair to sit next to her. Wrapping an arm around her waist and pulling her closer he said, "Bastard said something about you I didn't like. Can't let that shit slide can I?"
Lucy blushed but rolled her eyes and leaned her head on his shoulder. She was about to tell him to stop being so protective until she noticed that they were surrounded. Snapping her head up to look around she tentatively asked, "Wh-what can we d-d-do for you?"
"Lu-chan!" Levi squealed, "You two are together now? Like together, together?"
Before she could respond Natsu turned to glare at everyone, "That's right and if anyone's got a problem with that I'll kick their ass! And anyone messes with her I'll kick their ass too! Got it?"causing Lucy to blush further while just nodding and smiling.
"Announcing one's relationship is manly!"
"Shut it! Romance isn't manly!"
"About damn time!"
"Congratulations!"
"Tch, the village idiot finally grew a pair."
"HA! Maybe now he'll get his frustrations out another way!"
"Cuuuuute couple!"
"Oi Lucy! You need any advice you just come to Onee-san!"
"Juvia is happy she has one less love rival!"
"Seriously! How did flame brain do it?"
"Oh the stories he can tell us!"
As the guild continued its banter the women zoned in on Lucy. They at first attempted to pull her away from Natsu but one glare had them abandoning that thought. Levi was the one to start asking, "Lu-chan! Tell us everything! Who confessed first?"
"Uhh well… Natsu did." Lucy hesitated blushing madly.
Squeals were heard all around. Mira just smirked having gotten most the story out of Happy earlier that day.
"What did he say?"
"Oh my! How did he tell you?"
"What did you say?"
"I well… that is to say…" Lucy attempted to answer. She was overwhelmed being the center of attention.
"So," Cana drawled out, "What did happened? You guys are awfully late getting to the guild." She smirked and smiled suggestively.
"N-no-nothing l-li-like THAT!"
By this point Natsu was annoyed with their insistent chatter and decided to butt into their conversation. "Oi! Does it really matter? Besides it's nobody's business what we do." Maybe if he gave them something different to talk about they wouldn't ask such embarrassing questions?
"Natsu! Be ni-" Lucy attempted to scold him only to be cut off when he leaned over and kissed her.
The little display caused the guild to erupt once more.
"Public affection is manly!"
"Lucky bastard."
"Get a room!"
"MY EYES!"
"They really lllliiiike each other!"
"Ara ara some things are meant to be private. But I'll give you all the details later!"
"Look away Wendy! Such public displays are shameful!"
"Tch I guess he's not a complete moron after all."
"Grey-sama come and kiss Juvia too!"
The only thing to stop the jeers and cheers was the lights dimming as Gajeel made his way to the stage. At his appearance the laughter and cat calls alike we directed at him. The dragon slayer was dressed as a fairy princess. The pink glittery dress was cut low and only reached his knees, while he also donned a red pigtailed wig, tiara, glittery wings, and a wand with matching glittery pink shoes. Growling at the crowed he looked ready to kill.
Lucy and Natsu broke free of the crowd and stood center stage ready for the performance. "Say cheese Gajeel!" Lucy taunted snapping her newly purchased camera. After taking a few pictures she set it to video. This was something the guild would be watching for years to come.
"AHAHA! Shake it baby!"
"Nice legs lighting rod."
"Check out the new cosplay queen!"
"Cosplay queen, cosplay queen!"
"Do a spin for us!"
"OI! Tin can looking good!"
The cat calls and snickers continued when the music started up and produced 'I'm a little tea pot', forcing Gajeel to dance along with the song. It took several minutes for the guild to quiet down back to it's normal level of ruckus thanks to the laughing fit everyone was having.
Meanwhile Happy, who was feeling better thanks to Wendy, called out for Lily. "What can I do for you Happy?" Lily asked.
Happy smiled evilly, "Aye remember shared responsibility?"
The exceed gulped, "Yes well that was because your partner was also the loser. In this case Lucy is the winner."
"Aye and Lucy is my partner too!"
Hanging his head in defeat Lily sighed, "I'll fetch the bench."
"Master Happy." Happy said.
Lily looked to him and instantly knew what was being implied. Sighing once more he said, "I'll fetch the bench, Master Happy."
So for those of you who haven't read the newest omake I suggest you do! It's about the bet between Team A and Team B and well it shows what happens to poor poor Happy and Charla thanks to Lily...
Anyway... A lil fluff, a lil pervy, and a whole hell of a LOT of humor! I almost feel bad for what I'm doing to Gajeel but it just feels too good to do it to him! MMMUUHAHAHHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAH
Next chappy will be even funnier... This is the spot I died laughing while I was writing it so yeh...
Happy: AYE! Gemi made me laugh too!
Gemi: Happy?! Since when do I talk to characters in my AN?
Happy: Master Happy.
Gemi: *glares* Not a chance fur ball...
Happy: WWWAAAAAAA Gemi is being mean! Natsu Save me!
Gemi: MMUUHAHAHAHAA No one is coming... He's a bit busy atm with Lucy in the chapter I'm writing!
Happy: WWWAAAAA! Stop making kittens and SAVE ME!
Anyway... Speaking of them being busy... I finally got past my writer's block and moved forward with that lemon... HOWEVER... So there was some actual content that I feel everyone should read that got stuck kindda in the middle... SO what I'm gonna do is post in a sandwich sorrta way... It'll be content/lemon/content/lemon... To be fair and NOT break the full mood for those of you that will read the whole thing I'm just gonna post the whole damn section at once... How it will work out just yet I'm not 100% but it will be more than a double posting day.
What I'll do is in the chapter title I'll add (Lemon) at the end so ppl know... also my typical tons of ~*~*~ and WARNING repeated at the top so you spot that first... I feel like that's fair so the ppl that started reading this as a T and not an M get the story without the extra!
Now I'm off to make some food then sit and continue to type away! Also I have to catch Happy and shove him back inside my brain where he goes... Damn cat...
Keep readin and reviewin!
~Gemi