Chapter 31:

Hello! I just wanna say a few things! Well first thing is that I just began school yesterday which means that the story updates may be bumped up a little to the weekends. But remember it MAY, for example if I have too much school work to do, I won't be able to update. But I'll update whenever I can! Second of all thanks to all who are enjoying the story so far! I'm thinking whether to go on with it or to soon finish the story so it would be complete! Maybe I'll go up to Chapter 40 or 50. Depends. ^-^ ANYWAYS, I hope you enjoy!

Sting and Lucy walked through the park where the festival was being held with mouths gawked open on all the preparation the guild had accomplished. Her eyes gleamed at the bright colored lanterns hanging above them as she gazed around noticing the main guilds of Fiore were also here.

Sting crossed his arms with a pout on his face, "I still don't know why I have to be in the parade thing later." He let out a huff as Lucy then smiled at him rolling her eyes as she placed her hands on her hips.

"Well you're a part of Fairy Tail now." Lucy said with a grin, "Now come on Stingy-bee let's go join the others!"

Sting then noticed that Orga and Rufus were actually at the festival. He raised an eyebrow at them as they waved to him with a smile on their faces. Was this actually reality, the two of them being around Minerva?

He quickly dashed over to the two, "What're you guys doing here?"

Orga let out a small chuckle, "We've come to see how much you're enjoying this guild. Ever since you seven intruded into Sabertooth, Minerva's just never been the same and hardly ever comes into the guild anymore."

"Oh I see." Sting said crossing his arms, "You're not planning something now are you?"

Rufus grinned, "I have no memory of planning anything today Sting."

"Well that's good to hear." Sting said as he then turned around waving his hand, "I guess I'll see you guys later." Orga and Rufus then waved back to the White Dragon Slayer as Sting was soon approached by Lucy.

Lucy then tugged at Stings arm as they went over to Erza who was sitting on a picnic blanket waiting for the Hanami Bingo tournament to begin. Now Erza took this stuff so seriously and when she would get a bingo she'd get all excited since she knew that for a prize she could get some rare or regular thing.

"What is Erza looking so impatient about?" Sting asked raising an eyebrow as he then watched that the requip mage swiftly swiped the bingo card away from Mira's hand.

"Apparently Erza won a bingo last year but ended up getting these magic herbs that were already rotting" Lucy said chuckling as she took a seat next to the requip mage, "I'm finally going to be here in person since last year I got sick and wasn't able to attend the festival."

"But we sure did make it special for you Luce!" Natsu said appearing out of nowhere with a toothy grin attached to his lips. And Lucy couldn't help but smile a dazzling smile at the fire mage, after all he was correct him and Happy had gotten a Rainbow Sakura tree and placed it onto a boat right in the river in front of Lucy's house.

"Yes you did make it special for me! That's why I love you Natsu!"

"But you love me more." Sting said winking at Lucy who then giggled after. Of course that was a true fact that Lucy did love Natsu indeed and Natsu was also a big importance into her life as much as Sting was.

Natsu grinned wider at her as Lisanna then came over letting out a smile, "There you are Lucy! Mira wants to know if you want to help me and her get things ready for the parade!"

"I'd be glad to help Lisanna!" Lucy said excitedly, "Sting you just talk with Natsu for now! Just don't get into fights with the other guilds!"

The celestial mage and take-over mage then waved to their boyfriends as they walked away heading towards the direction Mira was standing at. Once they were out of sight Natsu turned his head to Sting with a mischievous smile creeping upon his lips. Sting sweat dropped at Natsu's creepy smile which got even creepier when flames soon appeared out of his ears.

"So Sting" Natsu said putting a friendly arm of friendship around Sting, "I heard the other day in the guild what you and Rogue were talking about. When are you thinking of doing that?"

Sting widened his eyes as a sly smile curled onto his lips, "How- how did you find out about that?" He then looked at Natsu's grinning face as it grew larger by the seconds.

"The ears Sting, the ears" Natsu said pointing at his own ears. After all dragon slayers did have amazing hearing so it wouldn't be surprising if Natsu ever ease-dropped onto Lucy and Sting's conversations. Or even Gajeel and Levy's or Juvia and Gray's.

Natsu snickered at Sting's reaction as he asked him the question again, "Once again- When're you going to do that Sting! I'm dying to know since I want to be the first to know about it."

Sting smirked at Natsu as he stood up from the picnic blanket, "To be honest with you Natsu-san, it'll probably be tonight." He then looked down at the ground as he heard Natsu cheer and hoot causing a bunch of heads turn to the two dragon slayers.

Sting then sighed shoving his hands into his pockets, "Just keep quiet about it Natsu-san, you see I want it to be a surprise."

"Of course I'll keep quiet about it." Natsu said grinning, "I'll even help you along with your little plan of yours!"

As Natsu was about to whisper into Sting's ear about his idea, Erza then whacked the two on the head as excitement filled her brown eyes, "Bingo! I got a bingo!" She then looked down at the Fire and White Dragon Slayer who were now face first onto the green grass with large bumps onto their head. She hadn't even realized that she had actually gotten over excited.

"Wendy!" Erza said turning to the Sky Dragon Slayer who dashed over quickly as possible, "Please tend to these two for you see I've accidentally made a little mistake. Right now, I must go claim my prize!" Wendy then nodded as she placed her hands against Sting and Natsu's bumps as she began to heal them.

"Oh Erza and her bingo you just can't get into the way of it." Wendy said giggling as she continued healing the two.

Erza then began to walk over to Mira and Makarov who were standing onto the stage where prizes were being held. Lucy and Lisanna were standing right behind them picking the perfect things that would look great on the parade later tonight.

With a confident expression, Erza handed her card to Mira and Makarov who gave her a smile and nodded as they grabbed Erza's surprise prize. Maybe it was some sort of rare magic item that could be added to Erza's armor collection or maybe even a sword she would also as well add.

Well it can't be a sword or armor. Maybe a small rare magic item Erza thought to herself.

She could feel her heart thumping as they began to hand the bag to her which she ripped open as soon as she possessed it. She had a feeling that whatever was in the bag was really rare. Erza then gazed into the bag as her expression the dropped.

Erza stood frozen as her mouth widened at the sight within the bag. Inside the bag were the same exact magic herbs she had won last year except once again they were rotting away. She fell onto her knees as depressed lines appeared onto the side of her face since she couldn't believe she had won the same lousy prize.

Erza then felt a familiar magic energy around her as she turned to her right noticing Ichiya sniffing her around. She could feel the irritation increase more in herself since she wasn't really in the best mood to be dealing with Ichiya right now.

"My honey, what lovely parfume-"

Before Ichiya could even finish his sentence, Erza had kicked him far off into the sky as a little spark had appeared which she knew meant she kicked him far into the distance. She sighed as she sat back down onto the picnic blanket grabbing for her strawberry cake.

Erza took a bite out of it and smiled as her expression turned into a determined one as she clutched a fist in the air, "I'll definitely win something unique next year!"

Wendy sweat dropped watching the requip mage continue eating her cake with such a determined expression. As she soon then giggled, that was the Erza they knew alright.

-Gray's POV-

I panted against a tree as I let out a deep breathing in and out. I had finally lost Jason who was doing the same thing as last time, asking me all these questions about Juvia and I. It's like can't a guy have a little privacy in his relationship without the magazine knowing?

I groaned as I soon headed towards Natsu and Sting who were rubbing the back of their heads. Knowing those two idiots they probably smacked their heads against something hard. Or most likely they had annoyed Erza causing her to smack them.

"Yo" Natsu said chuckling as he rubbed the back of his head quietly groaning, "Where have you been? I haven't seen you since the festival began."

I then quickly sat down rolling my eyes, "Well Jason once again wouldn't leave me alone about Juvia, so I had no choice but to just lose him. After all, if I didn't I would have punched him right in the face again if he said cool another time."

Sting laughed, "Tch I know he gets really annoying about asking the damn stupid questions."

I nodded my head in agreement as I soon lay down on the grass my hands clasped behind my head as I stared up at the orange and pink sky which meant the sun was about to soon set. I then overheard Natsu whispering to Sting and I raised an eyebrow curious about what the two were talking about.

"What're you two talking about?" I then said sitting up straight with my legs crossed as well as my arms. I was quite really curious about what those two were talking about since Sting kept on nodding his head in agreement with a pleased face.

I gave a straight face to Natsu, "Come on Flame-Brain spill it"

He looked over to Sting asking him if it was okay if he told as Sting then gave him a nod with the expression of approval. Natsu then gave me a toothy grin as he began to tell me the little thing him and Sting were discussing.

My mouth widened and I literally felt like my eyes were about to pop out of their socket. I looked at Natsu with a puzzled face as he grinned wider. He was actually serious on what he had told me. Sting then crossed his arms and began snickering.

"Yeah but I obviously can't do this alone." Sting said grinning which made me soon grin.

"Of course I'll help you with this!" I said with a grin giving him a thumbs up, "We're nakama after all, it's the least I can do! I'll get Juvia to help as well since she's good at stuff like that."

"This'll be great!" Natsu said with an excited tone as he stood up holding a fist in the air, "Alright I'm all fired up now!"

Sting then slapped his forehead, "Natsu-san would you just shut up!"

"Make me!" Natsu said sneering down at Sting as the two began to clash at each other throwing kicks and punches as well as their dragon slayer magic.

To be honest, I still couldn't believe what Sting told Natsu was true. I literally couldn't believe if it was kind of hard to sink in. I wouldn't be able to see him as a type of person to do stuff like that but I guess he actually was.

I already knew that this parade was going to be quite interesting since Sting was going to-