Hello all! This is a new chappter yaay ! It isn't as good as the ones before or as detailed but I'll try better on the next one! Enjoy~ ^-^
(Lucys POV: )
The sun was shining through my window as I slowly sat up in bed. I didn't feel good at all, I raised my hand to my forehead and yup, I was right I had a fever. I began to stand up slowly and went to my mirror. I didn't even look like I was feeling good, bags hung under my eyes, my head was killing me, and I had such a stuffy and runny nose.
"I look horrid" I said sighing to myself. Today Natsu invited me today to go on a mission with Gray, and obviously I wasn't in the condition right now to be going out on a mission with them. I sneezed loudly, as I began to rub my head to try and ease the pain.
"Hey are you okay Lucy you don't look so good." Sting said sitting up in the bed. He looked completely like his normal self and he didn't look sick at all.
"Just a little sick" I said rubbing my eyes and grinning, "I'm supposed to go on a mission with Natsu and Gray today but it looks like I won't be able to attend." Sting then got up from the bed and walked over to me as he put his hand on my forehead.
"You're burning up blondie" he said as he pulled his hand away, "You need some more rest." He then carried me bridal style to the bed as he laid me there my head against the pillow as he began to pull the covers over me. He then went to go sit on a chair carefully watching me like a hawk.
"Can you do me a favor Sting?" I asked with a small smile, "Will you go on the mission with Team Natsu in my place. I think they'd enjoy it if you went as well."
Sting looked at me with widen eyes as he rubbed the back of his head, "Uh sure if that's what you want."
I nodded my head smiling gently as I began to close my eyes. Sting then came over and pecked a kiss on my forehead telling me he'd tell Wendy to come check up on me. He then began to go get ready to head out to the guild once he did he started to head out the door until I called out to him.
"Just promise to try and get along with them." I said smiling as he nodded his head and headed out the door. I had a good feeling that by the end of this mission Natsu and Gray will be great friends with Sting.
(Normal POV: )
Mira held a tray of mugs as she carried the drinks to Natsu and Gray who were sitting at a table.
"Here are your drinks" Mira said as she placed the drinks gently, "I heard Lucy wasn't feeling good today, poor girl. Wendy is going to visit her later after her mission with Erza."
Natsu gulped his drink than spat it out, "Say what? Luce is sick?" Natsu then watched as Sting with a nervous expression started to approach him and Gray.
"Oh hey Sting is there something we can help you with?" he asked with wide eyes, as he looked over to Gray gulping down his drink.
"Well there's one thing" Sting stuffed his hands in his front pockets, "Lucy asked me to fill in for her on the mission since she's feeling sick."
Gray nearly choked on his drink he didn't see the guy as an enemy anymore, in fact he accepted him part of his nakama. But it would be the first time him, Natsu, and Sting would actually go out on a mission together and who knows what the results of that would be.
Mira clapped her hands in happiness as she began to explain that this would be good for the three of them to get to know one another. She then began to head back to the counter waving good luck to the boys.
"Well sure if you want too." Natsu replied as he placed the mug back down on the table. He looked over back to Gray who nodded his head in agreement as the two began to stand up.
"So what exactly is this job?" Sting asked curiously as the three began to walk out the door.
"We have to just defeat a group of bandits in Hargeon" Natsu said placing his hands behind his neck, "For people like us it won't be that difficult." He let out a toothy grin at Sting and Gray who just grinned back.
"That is if you don't wreck Hargeon like you did the first time you met Lucy." Gray said snickering.
"Hey that was one time!" Natsu said glaring at Gray, "Besides it was all that phony Bora's fault. He had it coming to him, disgracing the name of Fairy Tail like that."
Gray then started stating other times of Natsu's other times that he destroyed a lot of grounds. Sting just watched as the two began to rumble on the ground punching each other in the face.
"Why do you guys fight a lot?" Sting grinned, "You both are equally morons anyways."
"Is there something you're trying to say blondie?" Natsu said getting into Sting's face who was getting annoyed by them both.
"And what if there is?" Sting said as they both clashed their foreheads together glaring. An electric force was between the both of them as tension rose in the air.
Gray smacked Natsu and Sting on the top of the head, "Would you idiots just hurry up so we could get on the train?"
"Shut it Ice-stripper!" Natsu and Sting shouted at Gray who just sighed and glared at the two as they made their way to Magnolia Station.
(Gray's POV: )
I swear Sting argues with Natsu even more than me and him do. My head is already ringing from how many times I had to hear the shouts from them both, and I couldn't wait to just leap onto the train where they would both get motion sickness so I could finally relax. And the bickering wasn't only coming from those two but also from Happy and Lector.
"You see Sting-kun is the best one in the world!" Lector said grinning at Happy.
"He just wishes he was like Natsu!" Happy said as he raised his hand up.
The two cats kept at it until we boarded the train heading to Hargeon. It hadn't started yet so we just sat down. Sting and Natsu were still at it and they weren't even close to done with each other. They started sending insults back and forth, as I just smacked my forehead which surprisingly quieted them. They were both grinning at me with this evil look on their face.
"So Gray" Sting said leaning back in his seat, "Have you made some moves onto Juvia yet?"
I narrowed my eyes at him, "What do you mean by that?"
Natsu and him then began to make kissy faces and imitating Juvia and me.
"Oh Gray-sama! Give it to me!" Natsu said as he clasped his hands together imitating Juvia.
"Of course I will I'm an Ice-stripper after all!" Sting said as he and Natsu then started smacking their knees and cracked up laughing.
I glared at the two of them but couldn't help but laugh, "You two are complete morons."
The train began to move as they both fell onto the ground. Their faces green and all puffed up. To think that's what poor Lucy and Lisanna had fallen in love with. I chuckled at the thought, of course I was no better than the both of them and I would even think how could Juvia have fallen in love with me.
(Time Skip to Hargeon and Normal POV: )
Sting and Natsu then began to recover from their awful motion sickness, of course it was one of those times when they needed Wendy the most but she was out on a mission with Erza.
"Come on let's just go deal with those damn bandits." said Gray as he headed out with Sting and Natsu trailing behind him.
"I'm so hungry!" Natsu said as he grabbed his growling stomach.
"Since when aren't you hungry out on a mission?" Gray asking sighing as they walked down the streets of Hargeon.
Sting then let out a deep sigh as he began to talk to Natsu, "So Natsu-san, how was Lucy back seven years ago when you guys first met?"
Natsu started smirking, "Well it's a pretty funny story on how I met her actually! We were looking for Igneel as we heard of a Salamander in town. But of course it was false and it was some phony named Bora that used some charm crap on the girls in town, and Luce was one of the victims. And that's how it pretty much started."
Sting started snickering at the thought of Natsu being so gullible thinking his dragon would actually be out in the center of town out in the open.
"Alright you two this is the place the client said these bastards are going to be at, so let's just end this." Gray said as he turned back to Natsu and Sting.
"Right!" Natsu said, as he ran past Gray kicking the door down. Faces then all turned to the three of them most of them were not so friendly.
"Ay what do you think you're doing?" one of them hollered as they raised their weapon.
Before Natsu could even give them a response, they started lunging towards them. Natsu sighed as he wished he could of said something cool before even attacking them, but whatever it's their funeral.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu screeched as flames started to soar towards the bandits. Some of them were already engulfed in the flames rolling, around on the ground trying to quench them out. While the other half began to attack Sting and Gray.
Sting then swiftly started to punch them each in the face, as they tried to punch him back but they were no match for his speed. He then backed up before letting his hands generate a ball of light facing towards a group.
"Holy Blast!" A white light shot from his hand causing the group to go blind from the brightness, and being knocked out cold by the strength of it as well.
Sting snickered as he watched them all fall to the ground they hadn't even put up a good fight. He watched as Natsu started battling some more bandits and couldn't help but smile. To think he would be fighting alongside his childhood hero.
"Ice-Make Hammer!" Gray shouted as a giant spiked hammer hammered onto the remaining bandits. He then broke the ice as he started to head out the door.
"Well looks like we've done our job, time to go accept our reward after all" he said.
"They didn't even put up a fight!" Natsu said as he pouted out the door he was really hoping they were actually going to go all out but no.
"They probably trembled in fear when they saw the me, after all I'm the Great Sting." Sting said with a tone of pride in his voice.
"Psh yeah you wish! They were trembling because of me!" Natsu said as he roared fire upward into the air then started cackling. He then paused touching his stomach again he was still not fed his regular food.
"Can we please eat now Gray!" Natsu asked pleadingly with big sparkling eyes.
Gray sighed, "At least let's collect the jewels and then eat at least." Natsu then cheered as he started pacing faster down the street he just wanted to accept the jewel and chow down on some food.
"There's no stopping him once he's on a roll." Gray said grinning as he watched Natsu go to the client's residence, "Even after seven years being stuck on Tenroujima you'd think he'd change."
Sting shook his head smiling, "He hasn't changed one bit from what I remember."
(Lucys POV: )
"Achoo!" I sneezed again as Wendy handed me another tissue. Her and Erza had stopped by saying how Sting had told her on how I was sick and everything, so she came over to look after me while he was out.
Wendy placed her hand on my forehead, "You still have a little bit of a fever, but it'll cool down off soon. You just have a cold that's all."
I gave her a teeny smile, as I watched Erza rummage through the refrigerator as she looked like she was looking for something in particular. I tilted my head to the side as she kept on looking.
"Uh Erza is there something you're looking for in particular?" I asked the requip mage who finally grabbed something with a relieved expression.
"Ah yes!" Erza then held up a can of chicken noodle soup, "This will probably make you feel a lot better so I shall create this for you!"
Wendy giggled as Erza went to go make the chicken noodle soup, and I just laughed as well. I then began to sit up in the bed as I watched Erza boil the water. I've never seen her cook anything before so I was determined on how this was going to come out. Wendy then handed me a cup of tea, as I accepted it thanking her.
"So Lucy, how do you think Natsu, Gray, and Sting's mission is going?" Wendy took a sip of her tea, "I mean what do you think would be taking them so long?"
"Well knowing Natsu he probably got hungry so I wouldn't be surprised if they were eating at some restaurant right now in Hargeon."
Wendy nodded her head as we heard a soft knock on the front door. She then placed her tea on the coffee table as she went over to go open it. There standing at the door way was Mira, Lisanna, Levy and Juvia holding a box of cake.
"We came over to visit our sick little member!" Mira said in a cheery voice as they all came in.
"Lu-chan! Are you feeling any better!" Levy asked with worried eyes.
"We also brought your favorite cake!" Lisanna then held the box out, "It's your favorite! Vanilla with strawberries!"
"Aw thanks you guys! And yes Levy-chan! I'm feeling a lot better!" I then stood up and lightly hugged each of them as I told them to take a seat. They then walked over to the coach as Lisanna placed the cake box on the coffee table.
"Levy and Rogue went on a mission today!" Mira said love struck as she gestured her hand towards Levy who was beet red, "Oh the connections they share is just so wonderful!" Mira then grasped her hands together as she shook her head around with little hearts surrounding her.
Levy let out an embarrassed sigh, "Mira you don't have to get so lovey with this." She then started to chuckle after all it was Mira's other side to her it's what she'd do. After all she is the guild's matchmaker.
Erza then walked over to me holding a huge bowl of chicken noodle soup. I gawked my mouth opened at the sight of it, she had made so much for one puny girl as me. I thanked her as I grabbed it from her hands, and took a spoonful of it. It was actually pretty good.
Erza's eyes then paused at the cake box sitting perfectly on the coffee table, "Does that have any strawberries in it?" Her mouth started to water a little bit, Erza loves cakes after all especially when it's her strawberry cake or at least has strawberries in it.
Lisanna nodded as she watched her pick up the box slightly revealing a white cake with light pink frosting and strawberries plopped onto the frosting. Erza's mouth watered even more as she turned to me to ask for permission to have a slice. Of course I nodded and the moment I did, she took out her sword and caught a piece equally for everyone as she began to bite her cake slowly to taste the flavor.
Erza's eyes gleamed as she put the cake piece in her mouth, "This is like a piece of heaven!" I knew she loved to eat cakes but I didn't know she loved it this much. I chuckled as I watch her eat more and more pieces of it.
I smiled at them all as they started laughing at Erza too who had a scarlet color on her cheeks. I honestly loved them all so much, and of course I couldn't wait till Natsu, Gray, and Sting come back so they could enjoy this time with us as well.
"I hope you don't mind us Lucy." Mira said as she picked up a slice of cake.
"Of course I don't mind! You guys are my nakama! I would be glad to have any of you here!" I gleamed a smile at them all.
"Love-rival when is Gray-sama and the others coming back?" Juvia asked with widen eyes.
"Juvia remember I'm not your love rival anymore!" I then continued, "And they should be coming back pretty soon!"
Juvia nodded her head as she took a sip of her tea, she looked actually happy. I mean she always did all the time, but when she'd be around me it would be a love-rival war. Which I didn't get since me and Gray were practically brother and sister.
I looked at the curtains of the window as the wind blew them lightly letting in a warm breeze. I couldn't wait till my morons finally got home. I chuckled at the thought, I really hope they were getting along.
(Normal POV: )
The three then stepped out of the train at Magnolia station. Natsu tapped his full stomach, "Man the food at the 8-Island restaurant really quenched my appetite."
Gray gave a smirk at Natsu since when they were eating he even began to eat the other customer's food when it was being delivered to them.
"Why do you two have such an appetite for food?" Gray asked looking both at Natsu and Sting with puzzled eyes.
"I don't know, I guess it's a dragon slayers thing." Natsu and Sting said in unison as they looked at each other grinning.
It's surprising but to think were actually getting along! Gray thought to himself smiling.
"You know I never thought we would actually be getting along with Sting!" Gray announced as he watched Natsu nod his head.
"Yeah same here! The first time we met him I thought he was a complete jackass!" Natsu said with a toothy grin as Sting slouched as he walked.
"Gee thanks!" Sting sighed as he smelled the scent of strawberry and vanilla. He then looked at Natsu who nodded his head in agreement. The two then grabbed Gray by the wrists as they started running dragging the ice mage against the concrete ground.
"What are you two doing!" Gray screeched as his body banged on the ground rapidly.
"Lucy has company over and they brought cake!" Natsu said with gleaming eyes. Even though him and Sting had quite the appetite at the restaurant, they still had enough room for some cake of course.
Gray sighed, "You both are morons" as they stopped in front of Lucy's apartment. They could hear the laughter, and talking of the girls as they slowly opened the door.
"Well welcome back guys!" Lucy said as she rose up from her bed, "How was your mission together?"
"We actually all got along!" Gray said chuckling, "At first these two idiots began to fight, but then we all cooled down in the end."
Lucy grinned as Gray said that as she held plates in her hand, "Well that's great to hear! Do you guys want some cake? Luckily Erza was kind enough to leave you guys some slices!"
Natsu and Sting ran up to Lucy as they eagerly took the plates from her hands and held them out. Lucy chuckled as she placed a slice on each plate.
Gray then went over and grabbed a slice as well slipping up next to Juvia who he put his arm around. Mira of course awed at the couple, as Juvia just fainted of blushing. Erza who was next to Mira didn't pay any attention to the couples at all but to the slice of cake right in front of her.
Mira then watched Lisanna feed Natsu the pieces of cake as she started smirking at that. She felt a warm rush of happiness for her little sister as her childhood dream had finally come true. Levy was sighing wishing she had invited Rogue over as well. She then decided that was what she was going to do.
"Bye Lu-chan! Bye everyone! See you all tomorrow at the guild! I'm heading over to Rogues!" And as Levy said that she waved her hand back and ran out the door.
Mira giggled she too missed her Laxus as she began to stand up, "Alright everyone! I think we should leave Lucy and Sting alone now! They need their sleep!"
The others soon began to get up as they said their goodbyes to Lucy and Sting and as Levy did waved back and headed out the door.
As Lucy closed the door behind them, she couldn't help but turn and smile at Sting who was still sitting on the coach. She folded her arms and stared at the dragon slayer.
"Well, it seems like you had a fun day with them!" She then went over and snuggled up to Sting who wrapped his arm tightly around Lucy.
"Heh I'm surprised we didn't kill one another during the mission. But you know those two haven't changed one bit from the ones I used to look up too." Sting said with a huge grin. Lucy then smiled back and laid her head on his chest as she heard his soft breathing.
"I'm happy for you." She quietly murmured before slowly shutting her eyes closed. Sting watched as Lucy was asleep within seconds. He ran his fingers through her hair and couldn't help but grin softly at her.
"Goodnight blondie, see you in the morning."