"NATSU! What is your command?" I yelled at him in frustration. We were in the greenhouse and Natsu was sitting in his normal spot and I was standing in front of him. "Command? What command?" Gray asked after getting slapped on the head from Erza for slurping down Mira's cooking again. "We had a challenge for who could execute the most amount of moves during the wrestling match. And the winner gets to have the loser obey one command." I explained. "Poor Lucy. He is probably going to make her do something humiliating." Levy said.

Natsu turned to me, and I waited to here what he was going to say. A minute past by and all he did was stare at me. I vein popped on my forehead, I was getting impatient. "Damn it, just say it already!" I yelled at him. "Fine. Please make me a bento." He said and I was definitely not expecting that.

~The next day with Natsu~

"Natsu-sama, what about your bento?" One of the maids asked me. "I'm good, thank you though." I said as I waved goodbye before heading off to school. "He seems to be in a really good mood." The other maid said. "Yes I wonder if something happened." The first maid replied.

~With Lucy~

"Alright! Let's do this!" I said while tying a bandanna around my forehead. I heard the sliding door open behind me and turned to see my mother standing there. "Lucy, what are you doing?" She asked eyeing her pots in my hands. "I'm making a bento." I said turning back around. "Bento?" She asked and I nodded. She then grabbed the pot out of my hand and pointed towards the door. "Get out of the kitchen right this instant!" She shouted. "What's up with you mom?!" I shouted back. "Your asking me why? I specifically asked you to never step foot in this kitchen!" She said and she was surrounded by a dark aura and I could have sworn I saw lightening behind her.

"But mom!" I said wondering how I was going to make a bento if I couldn't use the kitchen. "No! When ever you are in the kitchen you always destroy the counter, waste the food, and blow up my pots! It's because of you that your father has to work so hard at cleaning the mess up!" She shouted. "But, I have to make a bento for Natsu." I protested. "No matter what, I will not allow you to cook in this house!" She said now her dark aura looking more like she was on fire.

"So that's why I am here, asking you this Mira." I said after explaining what happened this morning to her. "Ah, I see. So your mother wouldn't let you use your kitchen so you would like to use mine to make the bento." She said and I nodded sadly. She said yes and took me to the kitchen that she uses while at school. "Wow! This place is amazing!" I said while walking in. Everything was so fancy and clean! Everything that I could ever need for cooking was in here. "It's so different from the kitchen in my house." I said still amazed.

"I pushed Levy to get the principle to build it for us. So we are the only ones who use it." She stated and I sweat dropped. "Anyway, that aside. So Lucy can I be the first to taste your bento?" She asked. "Hai! I'm going to make a super delicious bento and totally surprise Natsu!" I said getting pumped.

~Back at the greenhouse with the others~

Erza, Gray, Mira and Levy were all playing a game several feet away. They moved the furniture to be able to play it. Natsu was still sitting at his normal spot and they couldn't help but notice him constantly sighing. It seemed like every time someone moved he would sigh. Gray looked up and met eyes with Natsu and he flinched. "Uh, h-hey Natsu want to play?" He asked nervously. Natsu was acting different and it was kind of scary. "No thank you Gray. I'm fine." He said with a bright aura and roses forming around him. Everyone started to whisper about how weird he is acting.

"This isn't normal for Natsu." Mira said. "You got that right." Levy said, for some reason she was squealing while she said it. "I don't even know how to act around him when he's like this." Gray said. Gajeel then stormed in with his usual grumpy attitude and walked over towards Natsu and grabbed some food off the table. He then looked back and saw everyone standing so far away from Natsu and rose a brow. "huh? Did something happen?" He asked looking at Natsu. "Not really." Natsu said raising his hand to brush his bangs out of his face and sparkles forming around him. He had a bright smile on his face.

"Hmph." He said and started to eat the food he picked up when it hit him. He backed up several feet and glared at Natsu. "Wait, your smiling. Why is Natsu smiling?" He asked clearly as freaked out as we are. "Hey Gajeel, remember the agreement they had? The one where Lucy has to make a bento for him?" levy said and Gajeel grunted in response. "So that's why the prick is in such a good mood. Idiot." Gajeel said now looking bored.

"Excuse me! Pardon the intrusion!" Someone said behind them as they turned around. "Oh hey it's the president" Gray said with his hand behind his head. "Ha, it's the useless prez." Gajeel said turning away from him. Natsu then turned to face him with the rosy aura still around him. "Ah, it's the loser president." He said in a sweet voice. "Why you! How dare you talk about the president like that!" The girl named Meredy said. Ultear was holding her back because she was trying to run towards them.

"What brings you here?" Erza asked getting right down to business. "We were here for the Heartfilia girl. Is she here?" Jellal asked with crossed arms. "She transferred out yesterday" Natsu said with his smile becoming a smirk. "Like we will believe that!" Ultear shouted getting annoyed.

~In the kitchen with Lucy~

"When it comes to bento's, you always have to start with rice!" She said while rolling up her sleeves. "First step, washing the rice!" She said and she cracked her knuckles and plunged her hand into the big pot full of water and rice. Mira had walked back in the kitchen to check up on me. I started to swish the rice around and then heard a loud noise. I pulled the pot up from out of the sink to see that my hand went straight through the pot. "Oh shoot." I said but I threw that away and grabbed out another pot and put more water and rice in it.

I started to wash the rice once more. I was thinking that the faster I washed it the quicker I could be done with making this bento so I went full speed with the washing. Mira backed away to avoid getting sprayed by the water and rice that was being flung everywhere. I looked down into the pot to see that nothing was left in it. All the rice and water was gone. "I'll just have to make sure that it doesn't fly out this time." I said starting over again. This time I slowed down drastically but used a great deal of pressure to make sure the rice was clean.

I wiped my forehead and was happy that it was done. Mira came over and glanced into the pot but backed away once she did with her hands placed on her cheeks and her face turning blue. "Oh, um Lucy, my stomach suddenly doesn't feel so good so I'll pass on the tasting." She said while still backing away. "Oh are you sure? Okay just don't over exert yourself." I said while putting the rice in the rice cooker. I turned it on and put on the timer as Mira left.

I had just remembered that I needed to cut the seaweed and I started to work on that when someone started to spy on me from the window without me realizing it.

~At the window~

"What is she doing?" Meredy said leaning closer to get a better look. "Looks like she is making a bento." Ultear said and Meredy gasped. "Do you think it's for Jellal-sama?" She asked and Ultear shook her head. Meredy's imagination started to run wild though. She pictured Jellal and Lucy sitting on a bench surrounded by flowers and Lucy fidgeting like she was nervous. She turned to Jellal with sparkles in her eyes. "Um, Jellal-kun. Please accept this. I made it just for you." She said as he opened the box to reveal a beautiful bento with a heart in the center of the rice. She even started to imagine Lucy feeding Jellal.

~Walking around the exterior of the school with Natsu~

I was walking down the pathway when I noticed two girls sitting on one of the benches eating. I overheard their conversation while I was walking past. "Ugh, bento again?" The brunette said annoyed. "But your mom always makes them doesn't she?" The girl with green hair asked. "Yeah but she always makes the same thing." The brunette said in response. I stopped walking and pictured myself when I was a kid and was eating in the garden at home all alone. The only company was my butler. I sighed and kept walking.

~Back in the kitchen with Lucy~

I glanced over at the clock and I couldn't believe what time it was. "Wow, it's already this late?" Just as I said that the rice cooker started beeping. "Ah, finally it's done." I said while walking towards it. I took out the pot and turned it over in an attempt to get the rice to come out but it didn't work. I started banging it against the counter top but it still didn't come out. I then slammed in onto it and the rice finally came out in one large burnt lump. It was rock solid.

~At the greenhouse with everyone~

Mira was just serving lunch as Natsu walked up. "Oh hey Natsu. Would you like some lunch?" She asked and Natsu shook his head. "No thanks Mira. I'll pass." He stated. "I'm not hungry yet anyway." He said with glitter forming around him once more. "I hear Lucy is almost finished the bento." Gray said while popping some food into his mouth. "Yeah she has been working on it all morning." Levy said and at that moment Lucy came running up.

"Natsu! It's finished!" She shouted as Natsu turned her way. His whole face instantly lit up. His eyes sparkled, and his smile spread to reveal his weirdly sharp canines. "Sorry to have kept you waiting" She said sweetly. "No it's fine. I haven't been waiting that long." He said and everyone in the room sweat dropped except Lucy and Natsu. "His face doesn't show it but I bet he is really happy right now." Gray whispered to Erza. She chuckled thinking about it. Lucy held out the platter and removed the lid. "Here a rice ball." She said. It was round and shiny, which you know a rice ball is not supposed to be.

Everyone backed up several feet. "Is it a cannon ball?" Gray asked. "I wanted to make you some other sides but that didn't work out to well. But here." She said while walking forward. Suddenly she tripped and the rice ball flew off the platter landing a few feet away and making a large dent in the ground. "Thankfully that didn't hit anyone." Mira said. "Yeah that would have really hurt." Levy said. "Did you see how it sunk in?." Gajeel murmured. "Maybe it really is a cannon ball." Gray said.

Natsu walked closer to her. "I will eat it." He said. "But it fell." Lucy said while picking herself up. "I'll eat it in spite of that." Natsu said picking up the rice ball. Lucy jumped up and snatched it out of his hands. "You can't!" She demanded as she instantly started to eat it herself. As she chewed it sounded more like she was chewing on rocks with the crunching noises it made. Natsu had a shocked and hurt expression on his face as he watched her devour the rice ball. "Please wait. I will re-do it." She stated not facing him. She then ran back off to the kitchen and left everyone standing there.

"Well I guess it can't be helped. She will try very hard to make it. For some people, no matter the effort put into it, they just can't cook." Mira said not intending to be rude.

~To be continued~