Marina- LOL Yes the story is almost over! LOL Point to you!
Celt-Yeh you would think she's used to it LOL But I pretty sure Erza would just not care after a while and still continue to barge in on them LOL It's Erza... Once she gets over shock of things she's like whatever about it HHAHAHA But I know so many of you are sad about the end but I'll be around ;)
abc- LOL She's the big sister she has to make sure no one needs punishment! LMAO but yes Inu comin out for me next I don't think I'll post near the speed I did with this one but I tend to keep to my schedules so what ever I deem posting days will stay that LOL
Melime- LOL I had to give them some awkward situation!
Alice- LOL TY! It's not odd I've been there... Especially when you take in the whole thing in a day or two LOL... Btw what the hell is wrong with yur school? Seriously who the hell wears ascots?!
Meowz- TY!
Link- LOL It almost sounds like yur ready for it to be over and be done with me... I think I'll pout now then send Virgo to dig more pitfalls!
G.R.T.- LOL It's Erza of course she'd ask a question like that!
Riven- TY!
Frost- LOL it is only a smidgen longer :P But I have other things to work on so... All good things must come to an end ya know...
kimi- She didn't at first but with that one question it answers everything needed LOL And the only spoiler you get is it isn't a lemon... :P
Exxcal- QUICKLY!? I've written 54 chapters how is that quick?! LOL
rxp- LOL Don't worry I'm sure some epic story will come along soon to suck you in!
Naomi- LOL Idk how to even respond to that HAHHHAHAHA
Asuna- LOL That IS why I put that there! And Idk if I'll ever make something this epic again but who knows!
Groves- MMMUUUHAHHAHHAHAHA That means you get to randomly laugh and make yur Mom look at you like a nut! YEY! And Erza did give them a second to explain but when they cowered in fear she just asked the only really necessary question and left it alone LOL I'll miss yur groans... Kindda :P
Souring- Yeh it was a kids show when I was like 5 or something... And damn those I give up! LOL It could have and I did think about it but then I got into this mind frame of I really wanted to get to the next part and yeh I left their morning activities to the imagination LOL Btw yur a spaz doin to much at once :P
rls- LOL Damn that work! But it's ok I forgive you! And TY!
Lunch time found Lucy retelling the morning events to a laughing Juvia. Given she left out certain aspects, like the details on how they ended up naked, but now that the insanity was over it was funny. "And then she just walked out and made the guys unload everything while I cooked us all breakfast. I swear the house would be trashed though if Erza hadn't been there to keep Grey and Natsu from killing each other!"
"Oh no Lucy-chan! Juvia cannot believe that Erza-san walked into the bedroom." Juvia laughed. She had spent so much time being jealous of this woman who knew that she could be so fun to be with? They had met at the guild and left immediately after Lucy got there to shop. While some of the clothes Lucy had attempted to get Juvia in were a little to revealing for her liking she still had fun with her.
Now they found themselves at a small side walk café enjoying lunch and chatting. "Juvia wonders if Erza-san would dare do that to Juvia and Grey-sama?"
Lucy almost spit out her tea, "Have you and Grey…"
Blushing furiously at the thought Juvia shook her head, "Oh no! Juvia has yet to ever be with Grey-sama like Lucy-chan and Natsu-san!"
Now it was Lucy's turn to blush terribly. The way she said that in public no less! It wasn't that she was embarrassed by the thought of her and Natsu together. Oh no, one night is all it took for him to clear her of that. It was just something so private. Then again by now all of Fairy Tail knew so Magnolia would be informed by night's end and if a certain reporter found out all of Fiore would know by next week. Taking pity on the squirming blushing woman beside her Lucy sighed. "Juvia can I give you some advice?"
Juvia twisted the napkin she held in her hands. "Juvia would like that Lucy-chan."
Smiling fondly at the woman she reached over and placed a gentile hand to still the fidgeting ones. "Juvia you need to calm down. Grey is a private person. I know you love him and at this point he knows too but sometimes you come off a bit… Well… Too forceful." Seeing the watery eyes that spelled tears Lucy hurried to finish, "There's nothing wrong with wanting to show your love! Just maybe try to be more subtle when in public. Try talking to him about simple things like the weather or missions. He may just come around yet!"
Juvia smiled and nodded. "Juvia will try Lucy-chan. Juvia thanks Lucy-chan!"
"Great! Let's hurry up! I saw this really cute pair of shoes I think you'll love!"
Four hours and what looked to be hundreds of bags later had Juvia and Lucy shoving the guild doors open while laughing and chatting happily. That was until Wakaba went flying past them.
"I SAID STOP ASKING!" Natsu's undeniable yell called after the man.
While it was Elfman that went flying past the other direction Gajeel yelling after him, "Say something about being a man one more time and I'll staple you to the roof!"
"Ara ara if it isn't the other woman of the day!" Mira yelled out spotting Lucy making her way to the bar.
"Finally! Maybe she'll leave me alone now that you're here Lu-chan!" Levi cried.
Glancing to Juvia who sat next to her at the bar both women shrugged. Turning back to Levi she spotted the tell tale signs of a hickey just above the collar of Levi's shirt. Squealing and tugging the shirt down she squealed some more. "GAAAAAAA Levi-chan! What have you been up too?"
Wiggling free of Lucy's grasp Levi puffed out her cheeks and crossed her arms saying, "A hell of a lot less than you!"
Turning a bright red Lucy recoiled her hand. Spotting the smirk on Mira, the excited eyes of Lissiana, and the knowing smile of Cana Lucy sighed. Admitting defeat Lucy mumbled, "You heard right." and unsnapped several buttons of her shirt to display the evidence of her activities. At the admittance and sight the women squealed their own delight.
"KAAAA I knew you two were perfect together!"
"Ara ara! You two really were naughty!"
"Oh Lu-chan!"
"HA! My advice finally came in handy didn't it?"
"Oh Lucy-chan Juvia didn't notice those before!"
Before anyone could comment further Grey came crashing into the bar. "Stupid flaming bast-" he mumbled before passing out.
"Grey-sama!"
Getting over the shock Lucy saw the opportunity of a lifetime for Juvia. "Oi, Juvia why don't you take Grey to the infirmary to patch him up? I'm sure he'd like seeing a friendly face when he wakes!"
The woman in question blushed terribly. "J-ju-juvia take c-c-care of Grey-sama?" Seeing the smiles of the women she sat with she nodded. "Juvia will do it!" and with that her and a passed out Grey were gone faster than anyone could blink.
"Oi where did that snowflake go now? I wasn't done kicking his ass!" Natsu hollered as he strolled up to the bar. Spotting Lucy's disapproving look he smiled. "Lucy I'm hungry!"
Rolling her eyes she said, "You're always hungry."
Reaching the bar he took over Juvia's spot and pulled Lucy as close as possible before enveloping her in his arms. "Yeh but you taste really good." He whispered in her ear suggestively.
"KAA! Idiot! What did I tell you about public?"
He laughed, "We're not in public we're in the guild."
Giving him a dead panned expression over her shoulder she said, "Which is worse than public."
"GAAA! You too are just too cute!" Mira's cries cut in.
Seeing how the subject was turning to her once again Lucy thought quickly pulling as far away as she could from Natsu to get to her bags. "Oh before I forget Mira I have a video and pictures for you!" She and Juvia had made the first stop of the day an audio visual shop to get several copies of Gajeel's videos and pictures done. "I even have a set for you Levi-chan!"
Easily distracted to a different form of teasing Mira became giddy and swiped the offered package running off in a hurry. A few minutes later had a lacrama screen displaying the video and Mira saying in a sing song voice, "I set it to repeat!"
As laughter broke out in the guild hall Gajeel started to weep in his corner. "Seriously! You people won't leave me alone today will you?"
Lucy turned to Natsu grateful for no longer being the center of attention, "So is everything moved?"
"Yup! Lissiana helped with the last load of stuff and set up your book room all pretty. At least she said it's pretty and you'll like it. Erza made sure it was all clean and stuff too!"
Lucy smiled. Turning to the woman who was laughing watching the video playing she said, "Thank you so much Lissiana!"
At the call of her name the woman turned and smiled back brightly, "No need to thank me! It's the least I could do for you two! It might not be done as well as Levi could have but she was busyyyy," she finished smirking at Levi causing the poor woman to blush and try and hide once more.
Laughing at the interaction she said, "I'm sure it's perfect!" Choosing to not comment and torture her other friend further for fear of the tables being turned again, she turned back to Natsu, "Did the Land-Lady say much?"
"Uhhh…" he said scratching his head trying to remember.
"She said that while she will not miss constant late payments she wishes you luck and will continue to cheer you on in your career." Erza butted in suddenly. "I have a mission for all of us we leave on the ten o'clock train tonight. Be packed and ready." Glancing over the guild she looked back to the pair, "Where is Grey I need to inform him as well."
Lucy giggled, "He's with Juvia getting patched after this idiot tossed him into the bar." She finished pointing at the man clinging to her and ignoring his protest. "Say Erza? Can we invite Juvia with us?"
"AYE! And Wendy and Charla!" Happy added coming from nowhere to land on Lucy's head.
Erza raised a brow to them, "I do not see the issue in having them come along. The reward is high enough and it will be good experience for all."
A voice cut across the guild, "That's it! We're leaving early Shorty get your shit and let's head to the train!"
Levy blushed at the looks everyone in the guild was giving her. "We're going on a mission!" she blurted out trying to save her dignity. As an afterthought she added, "It's not like we'll be alone! Jet, Droy and Lily are coming!" Not giving any more time to delay Gajeel showed up picking her up by the back of the shirt and walked away with her kicking and screaming the whole way out.
Just as they made their ways to the doors he stopped and turned around, "Oi Salamander!"
"What metal mouth?"
"Let me see it!"
Natsu blink a few times before a smug look came over his face. Unzipping his jacket he showed the other dragon slayer just what he wanted.
Gajeel smirked. He could smell the difference in their scents and it didn't take long to realize why. But he was still curious. "It looks girly." He stated walking out and ignoring the man's yells to get back there. Served them right to be center stage, him and Bunny Girl both. Especially after her little present to that damn demon woman.
"What looks girly? Damn it Gajeel Put me down!" Levi's cries the last anyone heard of the due as the doors shut.
The rest of the guild was in shock at what they were seeing. Since when did Natsu have a thing for tattoos? Several of them stated such causing Natsu to have an outburst, "OI! It's not some lame tattoo! It's our mate marks!" thus forcing them to give an impromptu explanation of mate marks.
"Wait so you guys are married now? WAAAAA! My dreams of your wedding are ruined!" Mira cried.
"Ma-ma-married?" Erza stuttered over and over in shock.
Groaning at the whole thing Lucy freaked out, "Guys, guys settle down! We're not married! We are HUMANS! Sheesh!"
"Lucy-san?" Wendy asked. When Gajeel had pointed out what her untrained nose was picking up she too grew interested and had asked for a better look. Lucy had unsnapped another button and pulled the edge of the shirt over for the girl to inspect it better while they explained. Seeing the woman's eyes on her she said, "I've very happy for you two! Grandeeney had told me about mates when I asked about a father, but I never thought it was possible. I had guessed that you and Natsu-san might be mates but only the two of you can find out." Jumping up she hugged the startled pair, "I know you'll always be happy!"
Tears glistened in Lucy's eyes at the child. "Thanks Wendy."
Once everyone got their look, the guys that attempted to look at Lucy's mark had been completely beaten for getting far to close, things settled down. Grey and Juvia had shown up half way through the chaos and Juvia did her best to explain it to him having gotten the story from Lucy earlier. For the first time the pair had talked casually and Grey even smiled. Juvia was at a loss for her gratitude to Lucy. Juvia version 2.1 was born.
As things settled Natsu once again found himself pulling Lucy closer as he dug through all her bags. "Damn Luce! Did you buy all of Magnolia?"
"Get out of my stuff Natsu!"
He pouted at her, "But it's fun!" continuing to look he asked, "So did you get me anything?"
Lucy flushed but smirked herself, "Maybe but it's going to have to wait until we get back from our mission."
"AWWWW But we have like a ton of hours before we got to go!" Noticing she was burring herself in a book he glared and pouted further. "At least tell me what it is!"
Sighing she closed her book and snatched the bags away standing up. "I'm taking this stuff home." Taking a few steps away from him she called over her shoulder, "Remember what you wanted me to buy yesterday? I got that."
Natsu sat there for a few moments. When realization dawned on him as to what she was implying she bought a mischievous smile broke out across his face. With lightening speed he caught up to her grabbed the bags and tossed her over his shoulder like a sack. "YOOOSH! Let's go!" Lucy's laughter being the last thing heard as they made their way out.
For the most part Fairy Tail went back to normal. As normal as it could ever be. There were always missions to accept, bad guys and dark guilds to deal with, and a world to save on occasion. They would still get injured protecting what they felt was right but they always had their nakama to count on. No matter what nightmares came out of the shadows to try and rip them apart they always failed. In the end the bonds of the mages within the walls of that guild house could never be ripped apart. They were closer than family and nothing could break them so long as they were together. Their bonds are what helped keep the nightmares at bay and the monsters in their caves.
Of course this didn't stop the snickers and jeers when a pair of mages would walk in covered in love bites or smug expressions. But what was family for if not to share your joys and sorrows alike?
There ya go... The official end of the story! Don't cry! There's one last thing for you guys tomorrow! I'm super proud of it and in love with it and I think it will make you guys laugh and be all happy like it did me when I wrote it!
But my muse had chained my poor plot bunny to the chair to help me write it and I think it's only cause of the part where... Well my muse like fire so we'll leave it at that... LOL
Anyway! I'm so excited! I'm bursting at the seems! I've got my author's notes chapter all set to go up too with a HUGELY funny story in there that I think will make you laugh and see just where a lot of the inspiration came from once I got goin into this story...
SO! Keep readin and reviewin!
~Gemi