Previously…
"…Okay!" she exclaimed. "Let's do this! Let plan 'Get Natsu Jealous and Confess His Feelings' commence!" At that, all of us sweat dropped.
"Lucy-san…" Sting muttered.
"You need to work on your plan names…" Dani and I muttered. At this, Lucy sweat dropped as well before chuckling awkwardly.
"S-sorry about that…" she chuckled.
Chapter 16:
Crushes and Awkwardness
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MY P.O.V.
The four of us settled down on the sofas again, now with thinking faces on. How on earth can we make a dense Dragon Slayer jealous without requiring help from others? This was supposed to be a top-secret plan, not even Lucy would have known it. But I guess Sting's logic works, this time. He better think twice about spilling the whole plan to anybody else, Lucy and Natsu's possible relationship, and his fight with Natsu again, depends on it. If word gets out, those possibilities might not happen at all.
"I got it!" Lucy exclaimed suddenly, forcing us all to look at her.
"What? What?" Dani asked in slight excitement. True to fact, I was also a little excited of what Lucy thought up with the little time we just started with.
"Well, " she started. "You said before that people write a lot of fan fiction about us, right?"
"Yes, that's true." I said with a nod. "A certain fraction of people in this world absolutely love and practically worship some of you. But those are rare nut jobs, others are simple and either writes about you guys or fantasizes about you and said person in various scenarios."
"Right," Lucy responded with a nod. "So is it possible that Sting and I have our own fan fiction?" As the question flitted through my ears, I start to think of ways to answer this unbelievably obvious question. I didn't know if Lucy had considered all possible pairs for every person in their anime, but shouldn't this one be obvious?
"Do you guys have fanfics, she says…" I chuckled while slowly shaking my head. Then, I stood up and banged my hands on the coffee table while I looked at the two of them with fire in my eyes, at least, in an animated version it would. This caused a look of shock to appear on their faces as they continue to stare at me like I'm some lunatic about to kill them.
"The current and most fought over pairing is you, Natsu, and Sting. It doesn't really matter whether you guys made contact in the actual story or not. Just your body chemistry is enough to stir up fans worldwide!" I exclaimed in one breath. I took a second to breathe again and clench my fist near my chin.
"The sheer tension between the two of you is almost enough to make even the most avid NaLu fan turn to the dark side, or so they say. You," I pointed to Lucy. "With that cutesy look and revealing outfits you always wear, plus the extra points you get from using a whip makes you great eye candy for most fans! And you," I pointed to Sting. "The moment you appeared in a manga, almost half of the girls around the world practically bled their noses out of your face and bod! Of course, who, except for the minor characters, in Fairy Tail doesn't have an awesome body~?!"
"He's just making this up. Please just go along with it…" Dani waved quietly from the background as an aura of fire surrounded my entire body.
"Your pairing alone was enough to overturn Loke's reign over Lucy and forced him to pair up with Aries…!"
"Again, he's just making it up…" Dani chuckled awkwardly from the background.
"But fans worldwide still didn't accept the fact that Natsu would be paired up with Lisanna if you two hook up, so now a war is going on between StiCy and NaLu! Who will win the heart of the lonely princess?! The rose-haired Fire Dragon Slayer, or the blonde White Dragon Slayer?! Are two dragons battling for the heart of the princess even logical?! Will this usher in the end of the world if fans decide to go hardcore?! Oh, glob, someone punch me now!"
And, as it were, so it shall be granted. I got punched in the face by Sting as a look of fear and panic appeared in his and Lucy's faces. I got dizzy for a moment before I fully regained my consciousness. I shook my head, getting the last feeling of being punched in the face out of my system before grinning sheepishly.
"There!" I said. "I'm not crazy anymore. Please, continue with your plan…" The calm and perfectly composed aura I was resonating now would probably make the event that happened a few minutes ago almost unbelievable. But if anyone were to talk with the other three, they would say otherwise. Never question me about my fan fiction knowledge of Fairy Tail!
"R-right, okay…" Lucy stuttered a little. "W-well, as you said, we have fan fiction created for me and Sting, is that right?"
"Yes it is." I answered with much more calm than before. I don't want to keep freaking out like that and freak everybody else out, too.
"So, why not follow up with your original plan of making Natsu jealous, and read us fan fiction of me and Sting?" My widened eyes followed the smirk that played on Lucy's lips when she said that. Did I just hear what I thought I heard?
"Y-you mean, you… I-I mean, you, you know… You-" I stuttered out helplessly as she giggled in response. I blushed slightly at my humiliation before puffing out my cheeks with a pout.
"What did you think?" Lucy asked us with a smile. "Never underestimate the mind of a writer."
"I hear that." Dani answered with her own giggle. "So, how long did you know about it?"
"Well," Lucy hummed for a moment. "I think it was right about the time you read that second one. You know, about me and Loke?"
"Oh, that…" I realized. "Was that why you looked so bummed out that night? You were thinking of something, weren't you?"
"Yup, that's right." She smiled. "Don't worry about it, though. I'm fine with it. I actually wanted your plan to work…" she quietly trailed off at the last part, leaving me confused since I was too far away to hear it.
"What was that?" I asked with a hum.
"It's nothing…" she answered with a shake of her head. I didn't push for more when Dani started to formulate a plan.
"How about this," she offered. "We go up there, tell everyone that everything's fine between you and Sting," she pointed at me and him. "Then, we settle down and you read a fic about him to apologize?"
"I...guess that sounds like plan..." I said awkwardly. I still have no idea how I can make this work now that I think about it. Natsu won't get jealous that easily, and even if he did, there was no way he'd admit that. I must be missing something. I have to think about this even more now...
Suddenly, the doorbell rang again, and I silently excused myself to get the door. The doorbell rang again, and I was forced to move quickly just to stop the annoying sound.
"I'm coming, I'm coming!" I said. I reached for the sliding glass door and opened it to reveal Michael standing there in his blue basketball uniform with red trimmings lining it. He had his basketball beside him, his arm curled around it to grip on it as he fixed his hair a bit.
And there I was, staring with a raised eyebrow. It took him seconds to figure out that the gate was open and I was staring at him blankly. He quickly, and uselessly, straightened himself out before he greeted me with a smile.
"Can I come in?" he asked.
"No." was my quick reply before slamming the gate in his face. Before he could begin to formulate an outrage, however, I opened it up again while giggling. "Just kiddin'. What's up?"
With a slight huff of irritation, he sighed and headed inside.
"Nothin' much." he said. "Practice ended early because the coach is going on a honeymoon."
"Again?" I asked. "That's like, his 3rd time, isn't it?"
"Yeah," Michael nodded. "I don't know what's worse, him leaving again or my lazy teammates..." He sighed. "If this keeps up, we'll never win Championships."
"Oh, I'm sure everything will be fine..." I said as I began to pat him in the shoulder, only to pull back quickly upon realizing he was sweaty. I awkwardly retracted my hand and hid it behind me as I rubbed off the sticky liquid using my shirt.
"So, what else brings you here?" I asked again. "Shouldn't you be at home... Taking a shower or something...? 'Cause I can smell you from here." I giggled again as I went back to my seat. Michael glared at me at that moment when I crossed him, only to awkwardly look everywhere and quickly sniff himself, frowning when he realized I was kidding.
"Idiot," he muttered. But then that's where the sudden weirdness began. Michael changed from being popular athlethe to clumsy shy kid in a snap of a finger. He was blushing and he had his face lowered so timid-like.
"I-I actually came here to see someone..." he said in an almost whisper. "Is she, um, here?"
"Who are you talking about?" I asked, generally curious as to who the girl was. There were many girls staying with us at the moment, and I don't wanna have to pick out which one it was. I might just get punched in the face if I did.
Before Michael could answer, though, we heard footsteps coming down. When we looked, Lisanna was happily skipping downstairs and landing her eyes on us, she smiled even wider. Was it just me, or did Michael just gulped? And why is he redder than before?
"Hey guys~!" Lisanna chimed. "Erza just wanted to make sure everything was alright. You were taking too...long..." She had her eyes scanning us with slight worry, before trailing off when she spotted Michael. At that exact same moment, Michael unknowingly looked up, black eyes meeting blue. I watched the two of them, looking at Michael first, then to Lisanna, before smiling to myself. Now I see what's going on. There were a few seconds of silence before Lisanna turned around rather abruptly. Michael blinked a few times in slight surprise, before huffing and blowing a strand of his bangs out of the way from his eyes.
"A-anyway," Lisanna continued, still not looking at us. "E-Erza w-wanted you guys to come up, saying she has an important announcement to make?"
"Ooh, an announcement." Dani cooed with interest. "I wonder what it is..."
"Who knows..." I humoured. "If it's Erza, it could be anything. "Anyway, let's go. I don't want to keep Erza waiting. You coming?" I asked Michael. He just shrugged in response before walking past me and heading upstairs, whispering something to Lisanna just before he went up. Lisanna then tilted her head, giggled, and then followed suit. With a raised brow, I looked over to Dani, who was just as confused as me, before we looked back at the pair we were 'hooking up' today. Sting and Lucy were caught in some light conversation, and it seems that they were enjoying it.
"Um, I hate to interrupt, but..." I said awkwardly to the two. They stopped and looked at me, making me steer my eyes away from them. "We need to go upstairs now. And we're going with Lucy's idea for now since we don't have enough time to think of any other."
"My idea's going to work." she said. "Trust me."
"I do, I do." I answered, waving my hand. "I just wished you said you knew in the first place. We wouldn't have to go through all this complication if you did."
"Why?" Lucy asked. "I thought you liked challenges?"
"I hate Math."
"What's that supposed to do with it?" the blonde asked in confusion.
"Exactly." I said before running up the stairs.
"Huh?!" I heard Lucy exclaim before another set of footsteps followed me up. "Hey, what's that supposed to mean?!" She slowed down to a stop when I stopped just at the edge of the stairs.
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"Hey, what's going on here?" I asked, confusion clear on my face. Everyone was silent and with smiles on their faces, as if they had just discovered something new or great. I scanned everyone's faces, thinking it was a prank, but I could see no sign of mischievousness in their faces. I slowly walked over to where Lisanna, Levy, and Erza were standing, which was near the desktop computer.
Levy sat across the computer as her hands tinkered with the controls. She, Lucy, and even Jellal, learned how to operate a computer without me or anyone else present. They can surf the net anytime they want, but I wasn't sure that that's what she's doing. She was doing, something, and by the look of determination in her face, I wasn't about to ask her directly. So instead, I turned to Erza who, just like everyone else, was smiling rather proudly.
"What's going on?" I asked her. "And Levy, when did you get here?"
"When you were downstairs," Gajeel, who had been leaning by the window, said. "I don't wanna have to deal with the crap you guys were doing, so we snuck up." He smirked at my raised brow.
"And where exactly did you sneak in...?" As far as I knew, there were no doors or windows that could lead them upstairs without going through the gates downstairs first. Where they climbed up to, I do not know.
"Through the window..." He used his thumb and pointed at the window he was leaning on. I tilted my head a little to get a good view of the window behind him, and my eyes went so wide, they almost fell out of my sockets. The window was generally unharmed, but the metal bars that were used as decoration had been literally split open, bent pieces of metal encircle the rather large hole that'll probably be there for who-knows-how-long.
"You...you..." I huffed, pointing a trembling, accusing finger at him. "You ate our house's window?!" He gave out his usual gihee-type laugh and smirked at me.
"Better than having you crap us with questions downstairs..." he said.
"Yeah, about that, where did you go, Levy-chan?" Lucy asked the girl. She was still too busy with the computer to look, but she gave a slight chuckle to her friend.
"I'll tell you later," she said. "But right now, I need to focus!"
"I still don't get what's happening..." Natsu said as he walked towards us, standing next to Lisanna. "Why were we smiling again?" Sting had finally shown up and was standing next to Lucy. I didn't know why, but the tension was outstandingly thick, you could cut it with a knife. Either that or someone broke wind. At the thought of that, I unconsciously covered my nose in hope that it wasn't someone who farted that made the air so thick.
"Levy figured out how to contact the guild." Erza said simply, but I could sense the weight of that news instantly, and it wasn't hard to figure out what it meant.
"A-are you serious?" I asked in surprise rather than disbelief. This was Fairy Tail we're talking about, and I believe that if they put their mind into it, they can do almost anything.
"Yes," Erza said with a nod. "She had been working on it for quite some time now at Dani-san's house with Jellal. They said that this time, it should work."
"That's great!" Lucy exclaimed from behind me. "That means we can see everyone again, right?"
"Yeah, it does!" Lisanna exclaimed as well. "I miss everyone at the guild: The Raijin Tribe, Master, little Asuka, Bisca and Alzack, too~!"
"All right, we get to see Gramps again!" Natsu grinned. As far as I can tell, Lucy was the only person who blushed at that grin, and Lisanna was too busy looking at a certain someone to notice. And by that, I mean she was silently talking to Michael with their eyes. He was a few feet across the room, but their eyes said it all. They were hiding a budding romance, but I wasn't about to spill that yet. It'll ruin the plan.
"That's nice and all," I interrupted their mini celebration to distract myself from talking about my own discovery. "But can anyone tell me how the whole thing works? I mean, isn't it a little impossible to contact anyone out of this dimension?" I don't want to doubt anyone's work, but this all seems to sudden, let alone efficient. What if something went wrong, and they get stuck here for good? I know that they won't give up, but I see no reason why I shouldn't ask anyway.
"Yeah," Levy said, not looking away from the computer. "It's also impossible to send someone from one dimension to another without magic. But we're here, aren't we?"
"Anything is possible if we give it a try," Meredy answered from the background.
"Yeah, Pen-san, you worry too much!" Dani poked me on my cheek. I pouted in response at her lame attempt to lie about doubting them as well, but I let it slide. Before I could even open my mouth, or blink, Levy gasped unexpectedly. Everyone was suddenly around us, and Levy was typing like crazy. I've never seen anyone type that fast, and accurately. I haven't seen her erase one letter!
"This is it..." she muttered. "I'm almost through! I just need some magic! Does anyone have any lightning magic in hand?" She asked, still not looking at us. "Gajeel, get over here!" Gajeel jolted quickly from his position and bolted over to Levy.
"What is it, shrimp?" He still didn't drop the nickname, but I found it cute in their relationship.
"Just stay there for a moment." Levy said. "Anyone packing any electricity in them?"
"I do." Erza stepped back a few feet. She held her hand up a moment, and a weapon started to form as she took it out of her pocket dimension. It was the lightning staff from her Lightning Empress Armor.
"That'll do." Levy said. She stopped typing for a moment, then concentrated again. She wrote the word 'rubber' in thin air, and it appeared near the computer. Wasting no time, she used the rubber and wrapped it around the monitor's power source.
"What are you doing?" I asked, half-curious and half-scared. The blue-haired woman didn't even spare me a glance as she continued her work.
"In order to do this right," she started. "I need a large power source. Your technology may be advanced, but its electrical output is limited. It can only sustain a certain amount of power before it explodes. I need to double that capacity, but we're short on time."
"By using Erza's magic and Gajeel's iron," she continued. "We can direct electricity to your computer to give it a boost. The rubber is to absorb any extra power that could prove dangerous."
"That's certainly well-calculated..." I muttered. Honestly, I didn't understand a thing she said, but making her explain was going to be more time-consuming as it is. "But are you sure you got everything worked out?" Not to be a party-pooper or anything, but I'm still generally concerned about this. They'd be putting themselves at risk if this goes wrong, plus there's the chance they'll blow up the house if they fail.
"I don't know..." she said, slightly uncertain, and now I regret ever asking that. "But, we can't just sit around here while the others are worried sick for us. It's like the Tenrou Island incident all over again."
"Okay," I said. "I'm still not sure... But do what you gotta do, I suppose." I still trust their abilities, so I just closed my eyes and prayed for the best.
"Okay," Levy said. "Do it now!" With that, Erza released her magic with a slight battle cry towards Gajeel, who in turn, directed the electrical energy to the computer. As expected, the rubber absorbed the extra electricity that would've made the computer blow up. Levy planned this carefully, and I wonder if she was thinking of this the moment they got to this world.
"It's working!" Levy exclaimed. "The magic energy's converting into signals, and in no time it should reach one of the lacrima in Fairy Tail!"
"Did you set its magical frequency right?" I asked. Even though I had no clue about how they did it, I had a pretty good picture about how they'll manage to find Fairy Tail using that.
"Yes," she answered with a nod. "Hopefully, Master and the others will receive the signals and we can-"
Her words were cut off when a sudden spark flew from the computer. Light began to engulf the screen before all of us covered our eyes. The sound of static echoed throughout the room, and for a brief moment, I wondered if their experiment worked. The screen suddenly blacked out on us, and when we opened our eyes, it was filled with static. The irritably endless noise echoes through our silent surprise, and a while we didn't move. It was Levy who broke the silence by clearing her throat.
"H-hello…?" she asked uncertainly in front of the monitor. "Can anybody hear me? This is Levy McGarden from Fairy Tail. Is anyone there?" We heard no response for agonizing minutes. And all seems lost before we heard something that made us all jump up in surprise. Our nerves were already on edge, I don't know how much more surprises we can take.
"Hello, what is this? Can anybody hear me?" The familiar voice of the master of Fairy Tail brought us back to reality. We all gasped at his voice and quickly encircled the computer to get a better hearing of them.
"M-master?!" Levy asked in excitement. "Is that you? It's me, Levy!"
"Levy?!" The Master seemed to be just as shocked as us. "Where are you? And why can't we see you?! Are you alright?"
"Yes, master, we're fine." Levy sighed in relief. I sighed as well, and let go of a breath I didn't realize I was holding. "We found Natsu and the others, but we can't get back."
"Natsu…" Makarov muttered. "I'm glad you're all safe, but why can't you go back?"
Levy began explaining how they got here, from that old lady that they can't seem to forget about, to meeting us people from this world, and the discovery of other guilds being targeted by the old lady. After the long explanation, we waited patiently for Master Makarov. Erza, no matter how relieved she was, still needed to maintain the energy flow of to power up the machine. And Gajeel was gritting his teeth already, finding it rather difficult to maintain resistance to electricity in a long period of time.
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"Hmm… I see…" He made an audible grunt before he continued. "Where are the people you are staying with? May I speak with them, please?"
"They're right here…" Erza answered, still not moving from her spot. She nodded at me, Michael, and Dani to come forward. I don't know why, but I'm getting pretty excited. Maybe it's because I'm going to be talking with Fairy Tail's master, Makarov Dreyar? Just the thought of that made me shudder in excitement. So the three of us stood there slight nervous of what the Master was going to say. Dani was giggling a little before she placed her closed fist to her chest, probably feeling slight nerves. I saw Michael gulp a little, looking at Lisanna, who nodded at him before smiling. Michael smiled as well before facing the monitor. I did nothing except think of what we were going to hear from Master Makarov.
With another quick nod from Erza, we were silently ushered to speak our presence.
"I-I'm Pen-san, Master Makarov," I stuttered a little. I still have no idea why my nerves were taking over, but my voice was sounding unnaturally small and quiet, so I had to speak up. "I was the first one to have found Fairy Tail in the Human World."
"My name is Dani, sir." It was Dani's turn now, and she was doing a fantastic job in keeping her nerves under control. "Pen-san called me a few days later after Fairy Tail got comfortable in the Human World."
"And I'm Michael," My cousin introduced himself. That cool, almost arrogant look on his face was back again, only this time a little softer than before. "I actually had the same experience that Pen-san had when I found Fairy Tail a few days he did."
There was a moment's pause as we all heaved a sigh of relief. A few seconds of standing there later, the Master spoke up.
"I see…" he said through the static screen. I never noticed before, but the static even affected his voice, as it felt like we were talking to a robot.
"But you three don't sound any older than my bunch of brats," he said, his voice rose slightly. "Don't cause them any trouble, you hear me, brats?" It was a message for the Fairy Tail, I guess.
"Geez, calm down, gramps!" Natsu chuckled with a grin. "We're not causin' any trouble!"
"Natsu's pretty well-behaved ever since we got here," Erza said calmly, but we could see that the strain of using too much magic in world without one was draining her of her strength. "And there had been a, few developments in our team that made us more behaved." She must be talking about the fan fiction, since they didn't mention that to him yet.
"Developments?" Makarov repeated. He hummed, the sound of the static mixed in his voice was slightly annoying, but I didn't say anything.
"Yes, we'll explain once we get back." Erza said. "But for now, you can rest assure we're safe under our hosts' care." That made me a little happy to know that they trusted us this much. Well, I don't want to disappointed them, so I'll try extra harder. But, for now, I need to execute our little jealousy plan.
"We'll do our very best for Fairy Tail," I said. "Don't worry, Master, Fairy Tail will be returning to you safe and sound!"
"Mm…" He hummed in approval. "All right, I'll leave them under your care. But if they cause any problems, don't hesitate to abandon them, okay?" Harsh words, but they sounded as more of a joke.
"Don't worry," I said in a mischievous tone. "I have other ways of keeping them in line… Do you want to hear about that?" I was so glad that Fairy Tail sensed the joking tone in my voice, or else I would be apologizing to everyone the moment they switch communications off.
"Oh, do you, huh?" Makarov asked with his own light tone. "Well, as much as I'd like to find out, I don't really have the time. So, Levy, when can we expect you to return here?"
"We don't know yet, Master," she said. "I'm sorry. But we're doing the best we can. We'll contact you again if we made any development."
"All right," Makarov said, his voice hard and serious. "In the meantime, we'll keep looking for more information about that strange woman who teleported you there. Hopefully we get some info before you contact again so we can work things through."
"Same here, Master." Levy sighed, exhaustion finally taking over her body. She slumped on the chair, only to feel a rough hand gently hold her shoulder, squeezing it in a rather comforting gesture. She looked over to find Gajeel resting his hand on her shoulder, making sure she was okay even though he was having a harder time than her. Still, that small smile on the man's face made her fatigue almost instantly disappear. It replenished her energy, if only slightly.
"Well, I hate to end our conversation, but I have other business to attend to." Makarov said before sighing. "The Council is having a meeting, and they want their previous members to attend as well."
"We understand, Master," Lucy said. "Don't worry about us. Maybe we'll contact you soon. We're not gonna give up on this side, either!"
"Yeah, that's right!" Natsu suddenly exclaimed, grinning to her for a moment, before being stunned by his actions. He just acknowledged Lucy's present, something he wasn't doing earlier. He muttered something incoherent under his breath before looking away with a sad look on his face.
"Good," Makarov said. "I'll be off now."
"See you soon, Master." Mira chimed in with her usual cheery tone. And with that, the screen blacked out again. Erza finally stopped the steady flow of electricity and slumped to the ground, Jellal quickly coming to her and aiding her to sit down on one of the couches. Gajeel wrung his hand as little sparks continued to make it numb.
"Are you alright?" Dani asked worriedly over to Gajeel. The man just gave her a massive, toothy grin before waving his distressed arm around like it was completely fine.
"Nothin' serious," he shrugged. "It's just feelin' a little numb is all, it'll come off on its own." Dani sighed in relief at that, and said nothing more. Levy sighed as well before standing up and bringing her arms to wrap around Gajeel. They both dropped to the ground, not even caring anymore as sleep took over them instantly.
"Hey-!" I was about to scold them for sleeping so suddenly, but Mira came to me and put a finger on my lips. She quietly shushed me, and when my face twisted into that of confusion, she pointed at the other pair, Jellal and Erza, sleeping soundly on the couch.
"Let them rest," Mira whispered. "I don't know how long they've been planning to do that, but it seems that they tired themselves out." With a quiet nod from me, she smiled happily. She went to Natsu and Happy to ask for some help with something, before the three of them left for the kitchen. I guess she'll be preparing snacks for everyone.
Well, it's nice to let them rest, but what about the plan? I can't keep putting it off. My NaLu fan heart is getting crushed already as it is. I don't want to prolong that sensation. So much for getting this over with quickly…
Everyone else seemed to be doing their own business now. Meredy and Ultear were helping Gajeel and Levy by carrying them to the bedroom with the help of Gray. Juvia and Wendy were using their free time to take a shower, while the Exceeds take up their little corner near the bedroom and talk. Sting and Lucy seemed to be caught up in another delightfully light conversation, much to my surprise. I did not know whether they were acting that out, or they were simply getting to know each other more. Either way, it seemed beneficial for both, at least. Now where did my cousin and Lisanna go?
"Dani-chan," I called over. She looked at me and rose in a brow in confusion.
"What's up?" she asked.
"Have you seen Michael anywhere?" I asked.
"Oh, he and Lisanna were going…downstairs and…" She trailed off when she probably saw my wide eyes. She must have realized her own words as well, because we gasped at the same time and silently made our way downstairs. Just as we were about to turn, we quickly retreated back to the shadows, eyes even wider at the scene that we stumbled upon to.
Lisanna was pinned against the wall by Michael, their faces only mere inches apart. Both faces were flushed red, and they were talking about something. Luckily, they were quiet enough that the others wouldn't notice.
"How long have you been holding out on me, Lisanna…?" Michael asked with a smirk present on his face. Lisanna was just staring at him, wide-eyed as well. She then steered her blue eyes away, luckily away from us, too.
"I-I…" she stuttered helplessly. I thought it was impossible for our eyes to get wider, but apparently I was wrong. Because when Michael used his other hand to gently caress Lisanna's chin to look at him and inched his face closer to her again, our eyes nearly fell out of their sockets.
Michael had just kissed Lisanna, right in front of us! It was really surprising, but somehow I saw this coming.
'Is this a good thing?' I asked myself. As far as I can tell, Lisanna seemed to be responding to Michael's advances, and with her out of the picture, it'll be much easier to make Natsu jealous. But, now we have a new dilemma.
A Human from this dimension and another from Fairy Tail had fallen in love with each other, making it that much harder to bring Fairy Tail home. If they got this attached already, I don't think either would want the other to leave.
What was a fan/cousin to do?
A/N:
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwww w SNAP! What the heck did I just do?! I-I paired up Lisanna and Michael! This is bad! Or is it? I think a lot of NaLi fans will begin to hate me for this, but please don't! T^T I can't live with being hated!
Anyway, sorry again for the late update. I was planning to do a 2-chapter special, you see, but I couldn't quite write the second one just as quick as this one. It'd taken me three weeks to a month to write this one because of school, and now it's coming to an end. I'll try, okay? XD
I'd like to apologize to someone because they didn't appear in the story like I promised. So I'll make it up next chapter, promise! -3-
Ja Ne~