Previously...
"This is bad..." I said.
"Huh?" Natsu asked. "What is it? Why is it bad...?"
"If Sting is taking Lucy to a convention..." I stated. "It might be a little tedious to track them by sight alone."
"Why?" Wendy asked.
"I'll explain on the way," I said, starting to jog from my spot. "Let's just hurry now!"
Chapter 18:
Made Up Plans and Unexpected Visits
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NORMAL P.O.V.
Sting was still holding Lucy captive as they walked normally, well, as normal as they can, inside the wide, white halls of the mall. He had managed to lose Erza when they passed by a cake store opened for free tasting. Surprisingly, it was enough to draw the attention of the Fairy Queen. Sting considered himself lucky, but his blonde captive didn't. Lucy never would have thought that her first experience inside a modern-day mall would turn out to be something like this. They kept passing by store after store, each filled with cute and different outfits that Lucy desperately wanted to try on. There was even a sale on a shop that sold shoes, but her blonde companion just made her keep walking, ignoring that unsatisfied sighs she gave out.
"What's the deal, Sting?" Lucy asked the blonde man. "Where are you taking me? And why'd you have to drag me here if all we're doing is just walking around?" She heard no response from him, causing her to pout in frustration. She tugged at her hand, successfully pulling it free from his iron grip just a few moments ago. Wringing her wrist, she glared at the Dragon Slayer in front of her.
"That's it," She said. "I'm going to find Pen-san and the others. You're welcome to help if you've cleared your head." She then turned heel and started to walk away from him in a dignified manner. But not even two steps ahead did she have to stop because of the hand that grabbed her hand and spun her around. The moment she faced the Sting, he leaned in closer to her face, shocking the life out of the blonde woman. She closed her eyes shut and feared of what was coming. But a few seconds have passed, and she did not feel his lips press to hers, which was confusing as well as relieving. She peeked an eye open, only to spot the smug smirk on Sting's face. He then backed away from her and suppressed a laugh, as if he had known her reaction.
"Jerk..." Lucy mumbled under her breath. She turned around once again with a stomp of her foot to emphasize her increasing frustration and shrinking patience, and went to leave once again. However, Sting repeated the same action, and, assuming it was the same trick he used earlier, Lucy didn't hesitate to turn around. She growled as she turned quickly in hopes of slamming the purse she had on the Dragon Slayer's head just to knock some sense into him. But this time, she was even more shocked when the blonde man actually did press his lips to hers. The shock was so overwhelming that it stopped her hand mid-swing, and her eyes were wide as plates as Sting leaned in closer to deepen the kiss. She couldn't even react in time when Sting pulled away and proceeded to drag her in her dazed state.
"I'm not going to let you leave..." Sting muttered, snapping Lucy out of her shocked trance. "Didn't you listen to me? I'm going to make you fall in love with me, no matter how long it takes." Lucy bit her lip as she tugged at her hand again, but the iron lock that was his hand was back, and she couldn't move her hand without hurting her wrist.
'Natsu... Where are you...?' The blonde thought in worry. She was unable to escape, her keys in Sting's other hand, and she had to be rescued again by Natsu and the others. No matter how she looked at it, she always considered herself as a burden for the team. But even so, Natsu treated her as a friend, and even more so. She wished that she found out about it sooner, before all of this chaos started. Now, the two blondes were walking, wandering aimlessly inside the large, unfamiliar territory.
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MY P.O.V.
"Are you sure this is the place?" Natsu asked as we stood in front of the large domed entrance. "This is the place Sting is taking Lucy to?"
"It's huge..." Wendy said in awe. "It's bigger than the guild back home..."
"Yeah," I said with a nod. "This is the place. The convention should be inside... But I don't know where they're taking the event."
"So you dragged us out here randomly?" Natsu asked again, this time his anger rising.
"Of course not," I muttered. "A convention can take place anywhere inside this place. It's huge, but there are only a couple of spots that can actually hold a large number of people here..." I stared at the mall in front of us, looking from the bottom up before taking first step inside. "Come on, we don't want to lose sight of them..."
"If only Warren was here..." Natsu growled and bit his lip. "Damn it." The only hope we have now is to make sure that Sting didn't take Lucy outside the mall. Searching this place would take hours, and if he goes outside, all the more. We can't keep wasting time, so we have to do our best to track those two down. The others would be doing their best to find them, I hope. The three of us stepped in through the entrance, only to be met by two guards and a short line. Natsu and I stood in the guy's line while Wendy was left shyly standing behind a giant, snooty rich-type lady with a ton of jewelry on her neck. She had her head held up high, not sure if it's because of the fat on her neck or her high status, but she seemed to carry a regal aura around her. Yet I insulted her just like that. Sighing at the sarcasm I made to myself, I stepped closer after the guard finished examining Natsu. After a brief examination of my own, we just waited for Wendy to step inside. The rich lady had a ton of things in her bag, and the guard was getting irritated at the number of jewelry both around her neck and inside her bag. So, to avoid wasting time, the guard just told her the clear, and the lady went on her snooty way. Wendy's examination went by fairly quickly since she was just a child. After regrouping, I scouted the area for any cosplayers in the vicinity, hoping to ask them for direction. Suddenly, I spot a nearby cake store and a flash of red across my vision. I turned back to that direction, then turned back to Natsu and Wendy.
"Let's check that place first," I said. "There might be some people who know where the convention is."
"Alright," Natsu said. "Let's go." The three of us walked along the tiled floors of the mall and across the wide hall. When we reached the cake store, I was sort of expecting the sight I was seeing. Over by the table, two people were eating a full-sized cake each. One was an overweight man in his mid 30's, and the other was probably the first person I thought of upon seeing the scarlet-colored hair.
"E-Erza?!" Natsu exclaimed in shock. Erza didn't even glance at us, she a continued eating the cake like it was some sort of competition.
"Come one, come all!" An announcer inside the store said. "The Desert Fest Competition is still going strong as two of our most competitive contestants battle it out with cake!" At this, I sweat dropped at the lame attempt to advertise their deserts. Still, watching Erza eat that much cake made me almost nauseous. I couldn't eat that much no matter how hard I tried. Minutes ticked by, and Erza's cake dropped to a quarter left, while her rival's plate was still half-full. His pace was starting to slow as the cake's excess sweetness affected his body. His actions became lethargic before he groaned and slammed his face onto the cake. By that time, Erza had already been wiping her face with a white napkin, and her plate was sparkling clean, much to everyone's shock.
"We have a winner!" The announcer said. "And for your prize, here's a special card that will clarify that you are this year's winner, and will be receiving a year's supply of cake!"
"A year's worth...?" Erza asked with a smile on her face. "I'm afraid that wouldn't be enough, but I guess this time, I'll let it pass... I'm in quite a hurry, so if you'll excuse me." She graciously took the reward from the announcer's fingers, stood up, and slowly walked out of the cake store. On the way, she noticed us and gave us a wave, ushering us to follow her. We followed, obviously, and we reached the exit. Once outside, Erza gave a weary sigh, and the calm look on her face changed into something serious.
"Sorry about that," Erza said. "I got a little side-tracked, and I lost sight of Sting and Lucy."
"That's fine," I said. "The others are probably looking for them right now."
"That's right..." The redhead replied. "Mira, Lisanna, Elfman, and Michael are searching the top floors, while Juvia, Dani-san, and Gray are in the middle. Dani-san had asked us to portray these 'cosplayers' so no one would suspect why we wear clothing that's strange here, so Ultear, Jellal, Meredy are asking around if anyone saw Sting or Lucy."
"Okay..." I nodded slowly. "What about Levy, Gajeel, Rogue, and the Exceeds?"
"Oh," Erza glanced at a distance. "They're with your mother right now, watching outside in case Sting drags Lucy back out."
"I see..." I hummed, processing all the info in my head. "I'm glad to see you all taking caution even in a panicked situation as this. Natsu's been all hyper ever since this whole thing started."
"Of course we can," Erza said. "We don't want to cause any trouble, and we don't know the laws of this land yet, so we need to take caution... Which reminds me," Her eyes turned from soft pride to steel daggers as she glared at Natsu, who slightly cowered in response. Before he could even try to run away, Erza's armored fist landed on Natsu's head, rendering him unconscious.
"What the hell do you think you're doing kidnapping Pen-san and Wendy like that?!" Erza exclaimed. "You could have waited for us, don't you think?!"
"E-Erza..." I called quietly. "I-I think he's unconscious..." Erza brought her devil eyes at me for a moment, and I thought I was dead meat. Then she glared at Natsu again, crouched down, grabbed him by the collar, and slapped his face like a wild Amazon warrior.
"Wake up, you idiot! This is no time to be sleeping around!" Erza exclaimed as she repetitively slapped the poor, defenseless Dragon Slayer. I never thought I'd see Natsu defenseless, but I guess there are some things I can't expect. I sweat dropped as Erza didn't relent on her harsh wake up call, and I fear Natsu might get permanent brain damage if this keeps up. So gathering all the my courage, I walked up and tapped the armored-woman in the back.
"E-Erza!" I exclaimed, trying to stop my legs from shaking. Seriously legs, stop shaking! "W-we don't have t-t-time for this! Lucy's gone to who-knows-where with an ill-confused Dragon Slayer, we have to get them back before Sting does something to her!" At the mention of Sting's name, Erza dropped Natsu like a heavy sandbag, and Wendy rushed in to see if he sustained any major injuries. Moments later, Erza turned to me. At first I squeaked in terror, but I saw that she was calmer now.
"Sorry about that, as well..." She said. "Okay, I'll be calmer from now on."
"Good," I said with a nod, crossing my arms together and smiling. "Now, let's move on. First we need to regroup with the others. Who's the closest to us right now?"
"Well, right now we're on the first floor..." Wendy muttered. "And just like you said, it's hard to recognize anyone's scent with all the perfume and food smells in this place..."
"Not to mention the reek of greed..." I muttered with a scowl. "Alright, since we're on the first floor, let's go up and meet with Dani and the others. Okay?"
"Alright." Erza answered, but her eyes were still filled with worry. "I hope Lucy's okay..."
"Don't worry, Erza..." I said, smiling at her. "I'm sure she'll be fine. Even Sting is not too stupid enough to hurt Lucy... I hope." I muttered the last part in a whisper-like tone. "A-anyway," I continued. "Let's just go find Dani and the others."
"Okay." Erza nodded. "Wendy, is Natsu awake yet?" The two of us looked down to see Natsu groaning and slowly rising to his feet.
"Natsu, come on, we're going to look for Lucy now." I said. He nodded weakly, but with a shake of his head, his fiery spirit came back tenfold.
"Allllllllllllllllllllright!" Natsu exclaimed. "Let's go!"
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DANI'S P.O.V.
"Ahh! Where the hell are those two!?" I screamed as we looked at a number of cosplayers passing by. We figured out where the cosplay convention was being held, but when we got there, I was really surprised to see NO Lucy cosplay. I guess finding them wouldn't be as hard as I thought.
"Well, I guess this raises our chances a little bit..." I muttered. "At least no one's pretending to be Lucy. That's something." I sighed as I made my way back to the entrance, where I made Gray and Juvia wait since I didn't want them to be bombarded by cosplayer fans. Then again, I don't think I have the right mind of judgment right now. As I neared the entrance, I kept hearing screams and squeals from a bunch of girls and awes and coos from guys, probably nerds.
"STAY AWAY FROM GRAY-SAMA!" I heard Juvia scream amidst the wild sea of screams. I immediately ran for it, seeing as they were probably in danger. I skidded to a stop as I saw the entrance got more clogged in as dozens and dozens of fans crowd both Gray and Juvia.
"That's some nice cosplay!" A guy with a big nose and goofy-looking glasses said.
"Come on, show that ass, Juvia-chan!" Another holding a camera wearing a perverted grin shouted.
"Gray-sama, could you strip for us!?" A woman that looked no older than us squealed. "I can give you a great time, if you'd like, pretty boy!" Juvia's aggravation was increasing, and I started to sprint for it before they do something stupid or regretful.
"That's it!" Juvia screeched. "Juvia will destroy all of you!" Her arm started to faintly glow, like she's starting to gather magic. My eyes widened at that, and I cut through the crowd as quickly as I could.
"Water Nebu-!"
"Juvia NO!" I exclaimed, pushing the two of them as best I could away from the crowd. The flashing camera lights and the stench of sweaty cosplayers filled the air as I squeezed in between to get the two of them out of there. The interruption was enough to ruin Juvia's concentration and her mind was back to reality, having sudden clarity of what she was about to do, she panicked and began to run with me and Gray.
"Juvia is sorry!" She said to me. "It's just that-!"
"I get it," I panted as we sprinted. "Don't worry about it, just... just don't let them make you angry. Run if you see any of them! Run as fast as you can!" We skidded for a moment before restarting to a turn. There, I saw a pair of escalators. It was our chance to escape, so we need to get out of here, fast!
"Get back here!" We heard the crowd of fans shout. We can hear their footsteps from a distance, and we can hear them getting closer and closer.
"We don't have time for this!" Gray exclaimed. "We need to find Sting and Lucy!"
"Let's go back down!" I said. "We need to lose them, and running as fast as we can right now isn't going to work! We need to hide until the coast is clear!" The two of them nodded, and we sprinted closer and closer towards the escalators. Thank goodness no one was going up, or else that would've been ugly. But that thought quickly changed as I saw a certain someone wearing a dog hat chatting with Erza and the others.
"Outta the way!" I exclaimed, trying to stop myself.
"W-what?!" Pen exclaimed as he saw the three of us. The other three behind him had their eyes wide open as we slammed into them. The force of our bodies was enough to make us all tumble back straight down, ironic since we were heading for an up escalator.
"Ow, ow, ow..." Wendy muttered under me. "D-Dani-san... You're heavy..."
"So-sorry..." I panted. I looked at the others, eyes shut from pain while some from exhaustion. Then, I remembered why we were running so fast in the first place. I shot up and away from Wendy before shouting, "Let's get out of here!"
"W-wha...? Why...?" Pen groaned as he slowly stood back up.
"Fans!" At this, Pen's eyes widen, and he grabbed Natsu and Erza's hands, forcing them to stand up with a new-found strength.
"Run!" Was all he said before he dragged the two of them. Confused and utterly curious, Natsu, Erza, Wendy looked up.
"Oh look!" A fan exclaimed. "Natsu, Erza, and Wendy cosplays! We need to take pictures now!" The crowd's cheering was enough for them to take the hint, and they began running with us in no time.
"Ah! Why now of all times?!" Pen exclaimed. We were all running like idiots, dead tired and it wasn't even a since we got here.
"The hell should I know?!" I asked. "We need to hide from these sickos fast!"
"Over there!" Juvia exclaimed, pointing to a nearby fountain. We didn't have any choice at the moment, so we went there. As soon as we did, Juvia transformed her body into water and covered us, providing oxygen bubbles as she did so, and jumped into the fountain to disguise herself. We kept quiet and lay still, not wanting to stir attention to the fountain. We heard the fans scream and then stop, before screaming again and heading towards another direction. A few moments passed, and once we were sure that the fans were gone, Juvia emerged from the water and spread us out on the tile floor. Natsu immediately set his body on fire and quickly dried up all our clothing. The security cameras were all poorly placed, so there wasn't any near the fountain. I coughed up a little as I held my upper body up and knelt to the ground, exhausted from running so much. When I raised my head, I saw a retreating shadow near the bathroom stalls. Figuring it was just a random stranger, I shrugged it off and checked on everyone else.
"Is everyone alright?" I asked. Pen-san was removing his dog hat to dry his hair and the inside of it, but everyone seemed to be fine.
"I take it you found the convention?" Pen asked me. I nodded, and began to stand up, but sadly, my legs were still feeling tired and numb after all that running.
"Stupid obsessed fans..." I muttered. "But I'm not one to talk..."
"We're just more civilized than they are..." Pen interjected.
"I have to agree on that one..." I chuckled. We sat there by the fountain for a few minutes, resting our bodies and reveling in the silence in the absence of the fans. Then, from out of the blue, we heard a small explosion. Following the explosion, we heard a familiar screaming. We turned to look, already on our feet, and to our surprise, we all saw Loke with his glowing fists aiming for a jumping Sting with Lucy still in his arms.
"Get back here, you creep!" Loke exclaimed. "Let Lucy go!"
"As if I have to listen to you..." Sting smirked, easily dodging Loke's hits while still carrying Lucy. Punch after punch, the blonde was dodging the other person's hit. With a swift kick, he sent Loke flying towards a few potted plants, smashing them into pieces. Loke didn't let up as he dusted his jacket off and ran back to conduct another onslaught of failed hits.
"I-is that...?" I asked, still in shock.
"Yeah," Pen nodded, his dog hat back on. A few seconds after that response, I saw a blur of pink and the smell of fire rush past me. Stunned for a few seconds, I finally realized that Natsu had began to rush in to help Loke get Lucy back.
"STING!" Natsu roared with a fiery fist. "Give Lucy back!" The punch landed directly in front of Sting's face, causing him to let go of Lucy and fly a few feet away, regaining his balance as he did so.
"Natsu!" Lucy gasped as she got caught by the pink-haired. "I-!" She didn't even have time to answer as the pink-haired Dragon Slayer roughly pressed his lips against hers. All of us were wide-eyed for a moment, and then we made a sound of surprise at what we just saw.
"Eh...Ehhhhh?!" Pen exclaimed.
"O-oh my..." Wendy mumbled, partially covering her eyes but still looking innocently.
"Y-yay?" I squeaked in question. All of us present had blushes across our faces, and the two of them continued as if we weren't watching. Then, I saw a flicker or a flash in the corner of my eye, and when I turned around, I saw the same shadow retreating back to the bathroom stalls.
"Weird..." I thought aloud. Loke's cough brought me back to attention, and Lucy and Natsu stopped kissing. Loke had a glare fixed on Natsu for a moment, before sighing and just waving it off as he disappeared back to the Spirit World.
"Make sure to keep an eye on her, you idiot..." Loke's voice echoed as he disappeared into light. Natsu smirked at this, putting Lucy down and aside as Sting finally rose up from the rubble and dusted himself off, glaring and growling at Natsu. The latter responded with the same growl and readied a battle stance. Noticing the situation, Lucy slowly backed off with her keys in hand in case Natsu needed help. There was about to be an intense battle. Our logical sense was telling that we should stop it, but our fan sense keeps saying that we should sit back, grab some popcorn, and watch. The intense pressure as the two size each other up brought chills to my spine, and I didn't know what Pen-san was feeling, but judging by his nail-biting habit, he was getting nervous. Suddenly, the tension breaks, and the two charge at each other, magic-filled fists in the air. Although, those magic fists were suddenly encircled by pink bracelet-like auras, and the two stopped in their tracks, both shaking before they rolled on the floor and started laughing.
"Boy, what a mess..." A familiar male voice said. We turned our heads to see Ultear, Meredy, and Jellal heading towards us. Jellal was heading over to Sting, and Lucy was to Natsu as Meredy was being mercilessly tickled by Ultear.
"You guys," Pen sighed in relief. "I thought a war was about to break out..." When Ultear saw that Jellal had secured Sting and Natsu was to Lucy, she stopped tickling Meredy, who doubled over and panted as she released the two from her spell.
"Good job, you guys," Erza said. "Now we just need to find Michael and the others, and we can start shopping."
"Shopping~!" Lucy sighed. "It totally makes up for being kidnapped..."
"The sarcasm is strong in this one..." Pen muttered.
"I-it is not!" Lucy huffed. "At least we get new outfits!"
"Right, right..." Pen said. "Anyway, I'll just text Michael to take the Strauss siblings back to the bus. Let's all head back first so we can rest up for a while. Plus... I'm going to have a little talk with Natsu about his 'approach' to romance..." He had a surprisingly ominous aura as he said that, but I guess he was just frustrated that it ended up like that instead of a love-filled confession.
"Uh-huh... Right..." I chuckled. The rest proceeded with Ultear fixing everything that was broken before all of us went back to the bus. Pen's mom was worried sick, and she was glad that everything was all right again. Everyone was relieved, but sadly, the time we spent looking for Sting and Lucy made us waste daylight, and the sun was already beginning to set. So the others were pretty bummed out about not being able to shop today and waiting until tomorrow. Pen was giving Natsu and Lucy a pretty hard lecture as their heads were bowed down in apology, but they became happy when Pen sighed and said something out of my hearing range.
"Oh, that reminds me," Pen said as he headed towards us. "Would you guys like to visit a new friend Natsu, Wendy, and I just met?"
"Oh? Is she from around here?" I asked.
"It's a ten-minute walk from here." He said. "So, you guys up for it?"
"Sure," Mira said. "But I'm not one for keeping secrets. If I feel like she can't keep a secret, I'll be leaving, okay?"
"Oh sure," Pen agreed. "I'll be doing the same thing, too. So, let's go."
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NORMAL P.O.V.
Back at the mall, a hooded figure was hiding behind a wall near the bathroom stalls, scrolling through his camera pictures. Pictures of people with glowing hands, people on fire, people transforming to water, and people that can turn back time. He took pictures of them all, and he also recorded a video of the battle that transpired there. He considered himself lucky, and he chuckled mysteriously as he pulled out a black cellphone from his pocket.
"Yeah, Jeeves?" The man called through the phone. "Have I got a scoop for you..."
.~ … ~.
MY P.O.V.
With the directions and the landmarks I remembered, we soon reached Delph's Library where our new friend, June, was said to be working in. I knocked a few times in the front door, and a few seconds of waiting, the curly brown-haired girl opened the door shyly. Upon seeing me and Natsu, shyness got thrown out the window and she opened the door graciously.
"Welcome!" She said. "You're just in time, we're almost closing, so there won't be too many people inside. It'll be just you guys."
"Alright then," I said, entering the place. The library was ginormous! It was a building that has two floors, the stairs made of polished oak. Even the bookshelves were made of oak, lined up perfectly against the walls. There were books reaching from the most ancient of history books up to the most modernly updated one. The giant center of the ground floor consisted of a big but short round table with leather couches facing it, all over a round red rug. There were also about two long wooden tables close to the edge with three to four chairs for people who like to study and research. For me, the place was absolutely perfect!
"I think this is the place I'd like to spend my summer in..." I sighed dreamily as I walked towards one of the bookshelves and started skimming through it.
"Well, this is a nice place indeed..." Mira said as she followed me, doing the exact same thing I am. "I wouldn't mind spending a day here."
"T-thank you..." June said with a delightful tone. "It's nice to have you over. I'm June, by the way."
"Nice to meet you, June-san. I'm Dani." Dani said and shook the girl's hand.
"My name's Michael," Michael said with a wave of his hand. The girl nodded at them and smiled slightly.
"N-nice to meet you all..." She said. "N-now, back to business... Pen-san?" The mention of my name startled me as I was finally getting submerged in a good mystery book.
"Y-yes?" I asked. "Ah! That's right, business. Wait a minute..." I said, rushing back to Michael and Dani before they ask any questions. "Fairy Tail members are to pretend they are cosplayers... Repeat, Fairy Tail members are to pretend they are cosplayers... Got it?" It took them a second to get it before they spread it quietly towards the others without alerting any suspicion towards them.
"O-okay!" I said as I turned back to June. "Back to business, everyone get in now..." Everyone started to pile inside and occupy the empty chairs in the round table, and I noticed that Sting wasn't with them. I looked outside to see him sitting the bench in front of the library.
"Be right back," I said. June nodded as she lead the others to the table.
"I'll be back," She said. "I have to go get my laptop and make tea for everyone."
"I'll go help you," Mira offered.
"T-thank you... U-um, what's your name?" June asked. Mira, knowing about the plan, gave June a wink and smiled.
"A great coser never goes out of character." She said. At this, June blinked a few times and chuckled sheepishly.
"I-I guess that's right..." She said. "Alright then, Mira-san... Thanks for the help."
"Mira-san's pretty good..." Levy whispered to Lisanna.
"Yeah," she nodded. "Go Mira-nee!" She cheered in a whisper-like tone. The two of them giggled as they watched Mira interact with June normally.
"No problem," Mira smiled. The two of them head into a kitchen-like stationary as I head outside to face the rather gloomy Dragon Slayer. His face was drawn in a frown, and his eyebrows were knitted together.
"Is the poor, lonely Dragon Slayer feeling heartbroken after being dumped?" I teasingly asked. The blonde Dragon Slayer immediately wore that sarcastic smirk of his and turned to me.
"What ever are you talking about?" He asked in an innocent tone.
"Oh, nothing..." I muttered. "Just figured something out..."
"And that is.." He pressed.
"...That you like Lucy enough to go through that plan." I said.
"I don't know what you're talking about..." Sting said, trying to dismiss it with a wave of his hand.
"Lucy told me you kissed her..." I said. At this, Sting's hand momentarily stopped moving. "Natsu also found out about it... But I stopped him from beating the hell out of you, again..."
"What's the point of telling me this again?" He asked, albeit irritated.
"The point is," I said. "You didn't tell us you had feelings for Lucy, too. You could have disagreed from the plan by telling me that, you know?" He stayed silent for a few seconds, so I continued. "Is it so hard to share those feelings with us? I could have kept it a secret..."
"You couldn't keep a secret even if your life depended on it." Sting scoffed. "You just like meddling with other people's lives because you don't have a life of your own!" Sting had faced me and yelled right in front of my face. I didn't know if it was fury or irritation that I spotted in his eyes, but he was still pissed off, that I can tell. "Just admit that you're just a snotty little brat who just wants to cause trouble to everyone around him. All you ever do is meddle with other people's lives, and not once since I met you I've seen you do something for your damn self! I don't know what's more irritating, the fact that you're obsessively clinging to every single member of Fairy Tail, or your nauseating attitude...!" I lowered my head as he continued to glare at me, until he finally snapped out of it and went to sit back down. He didn't apologize, nor did he even had the nerve to look at me. He just sat there, looking into the distance. That is, until my foot connected to his face. He audibly groaned as I pulled my foot away, and I started to walk back inside before he could glare at me again.
"Jerk..." I muttered under my breath. I noticed that there was something shining inside, so I went in and checked on them.
"Hey guys?" I called. "Guys...? What's going on?"
"P-Pen-san..." I heard June gasp. "C-can you come here for a moment, p-please?" Hearing the call coming from the center of the library, I went there as calmly as I could before I saw the screen of June's laptop shining. I knew what that was, so I ran towards them as quickly as I can.
"I-is that...?" I asked Dani and Michael, who both nodded in astonishment.
"Pen-san..." June said as she slowly turned to me. "What's going on?"
"Y-you'll find out soon enough..." I said. "It's not scary, though. Promise."
"Promise?" She asked.
"Yeah!" I said. Now, the rest of us stared randomly at the screen, waiting for a new group of Fairy Tail characters to show up. I guess keeping it a secret from June was a major fail.
A/N:
Is this a dream? Or an illusion? A "Dreamllusion"?! O_O An update... 3 days AFTER an update... Gosh! XD I really need to savor the moments I have the will to write, especially when College is right around the corner... And writer's block is just lurking around again... -_- Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter as well! :) Oh, and if you haven't noticed, I changed the summary~ XD
Okay, JuneDelph, one of the winners from my earlier contest, is now officially part of the story! Whoopy! XD The other one is Erza Scarlet Titania, and "HE" would be included later on~ ;) So, since I'm running out of characters... Should I propose another contest? X) I don't know... Maybe after all the contestants have their characters properly placed in the story~ XD Either way, I'm open to making another contest!
Ja Ne~