Chapter 19~ We play chicken?
Disclaimer~ I GlenCocoSavesTheDay does not own Fairy Tail, my ships would have sailed by now. But they will, THEY WILL I TELL YOU! Also the fabulous cover is made by yoriru from tumblr!
Authors note~ Don' forget Natsu is now a human! Also I'm sorry for grammatical errors, I beta my own stuff! On with the story!
Natsu pulled me by the hand through various tunnels. This was pretty awkward, you must be wondering why. Well let's just say Natsu has no pants on, and I'm wearing a bed sheet. Natsu at least had the front covered, thank god. But his butt was not covered, this made things even more awkward. His butt was just out there and free, was it even bothering him? It sure would bother me!
No I'm not a pervert, but it was really hard not to stare. I tried to make my eyes wander elsewhere, but they were glued to the area. I will admit this once and only once, Natsu Dragneel had a really nice butt. Never in my 18 years of living did I think this would happen. I didn't even see a man's body until today! Well actually that's a lie, Gray ruined my retinas. I also didn't think I would fall in love with a dragon boy.
I thought I would be married off to some knuckle head for sure, I guess I got lucky. I want to thank myself for being so brave. Why you ask? Because who really jumps out of a carriage and meets a dragon. Not your ordinary princess!
That's not even the crazy part! I fell in love with the dragon, who was really a boy. Which thank Mavis he was actually a boy. Well I don't want t give myself to much credit, my mother's words made me want to want more. More than just having babies with some stuck up prince!
The only thing that's bothering me more than Natsu's butt right now is, did Natsu even love me back? I know were mates and all but the question still stands. Did the whole mate thing mean we automatically loved each other? I don't really know how the whole mate thing works. I still want to hear him say those three words that will bring me everlasting joy!
I guess I was falling behind a little bit because Natsu pulled my hand harder. Natsu was so excited, I could see it right on his face. Natsu even had skip in his step, which was quite cute to see. I feel a bit bad for Natsu, only getting to see Igneel for a short amount of time.
Even though Natsu and I have the same issues with our mothers, at least I got to see my father every day. My father was grief stricken after mother's death, he was still loving except a year later he turned cold. I didn't think your parents could stop loving you, but I was so wrong. It wasn't fun seeing my father every day, he didn't enjoy my company and neither did I.
I would sometimes hope that he would show me he still loved me, but he never did. I just eventually, gave up on him. As much as it hurt to do that, he just wasn't the same person I knew and love anymore. Natsu still has chances with his father. Natsu and Igneel have a nice healthy relationship that I envy. But I guess I'm kind of glad my father pushed me away, it lead me to meeting Natsu.
"Were here!" Natsu exclaimed. Here where? I guess I spaced out quite a bit because we were now in front of a big brown door. At the top of the door it had a little sign which had little articles of clothing on it. This must be the dressing room. Natsu turned around and waved his hand in my face.
"Earth to Lucy, you can take your eyes off my butt now!" Natsu grinned at me. Wait, what? T-That whole time he knew I was looking down there. I could feel my whole face begin to heat up, why did Natsu have this effect on me.
"I-I was not looking there!" I hissed. Natsu raised his eyebrows as if he was, amused. Does this boy have no shame! Natsu smiled at me and put his other hand on my shoulder.
"It's okay Lucy, I get to have a peak at you too right?" Natsu was still smiling. D-Did he really just say that? Are my ear's even working anymore? Natsu and I made eye contact, which I had to break immediately. Now the downside of doing that made my eyes travel elsewhere, Natsu wasn't holding his pillow anymore. I looked back to Natsu with wide eyes and quickly kneeled down for his pillow.
"That was a joke Luce, you didn't have to actually show me." Natsu said while placing the pillow over that area. I looked at Natsu's face and saw him blushing, he was actually blushing. Wait, why was he blushing? Natsu looked away from me and started to whistle. I looked down in horror and realized I had dropped my bed sheet. Oh why did these things happen to me!
"Don't look!" I squealed as I quickly wrapped the bed sheet around myself. Natsu opened the door then he grabbed my hand, pulling me forward. I shut the door behind me and walked after Natsu. Natsu let go of my hand and sprinted towards another pillow, and covered his backside. Natsu looked back at me and smiled. Oh cheese and crackers how was I going to tell him?
"Come with me princess!" Natsu said while walking towards a big brown wardrobe. I followed right after him. Wait a second, did he call me princess? Natsu hasn't called me princess in so long.
"As you wish pinky!" I mumbled under my breath. Natsu stopped right in his steps and looked back at me. Did he hear me? I said it pretty quietly though. I guess he really does have super hearing.
"So your back to calling me pinky?" Natsu laughed. Oh boy, even his laugh was the cutest. Natsu let go of his backside pillow and opened the wardrobe. Inside the wardrobe was nothing to joke about. It was another room, full of clothes. How the heck does all this stuff fit in here? Natsu snapped his fingers and a flame appeared.
"So you still have your powers." I said aloud. Natsu looked back at me with the duh-are-you-stupid? look.
"Of course I do silly Luce!" Natsu said as he lit up a few lanterns on the wall. Now that the room was more lit up, we walked inside. This was something like a walk-in closet, except there was way more space than you would expect. Who even wore all these? More like who even made all these.
"I just want to play dress up all day." I said aloud. I smacked my free hand over my mouth. Did I just really say that? That sounded so, childish. But it was true, I wanted to try on every one of these dresses. There was even a few wedding dresses in here, maybe one day I could wear one of those. If Natsu ever proposes to me! Stop it Lucy, you're going to drive yourself crazy thinking about things like that!
"That would be fun to see you in them!" Natsu said cheekily. Natsu really does know how to make me blush. Natsu pulled me down the isle of clothing and stopped when we reached the swimwear.
There was so many swimsuits, even one that was Happy's size. I wonder if Happy would even wear a bathing suit. Natsu let go of my hand and reached into the rack of swimsuits. Natsu smiled mischievously as he pulled out the most immodest swimsuit he could find. It was a bikini, but that's not the bad part about it. The bottoms were like a thong and the top would barley covering anything. WHAT WAS THIS IDIOT THINKING?!
"For you Lucy!" Natsu chimed. I wacked him, yes I whacked him right in the head. I was going to whack the stupid out of him.
"Ow! Lucy why did you do that?" Natsu said while holding his head, while of course holding his pillow with the other hand. I grabbed the pillow from him and hit him again. Oh he was so going to get it.
"What do you take me for?" Whack! "I'm not a that immodest!" I started to breathe in and out. Calm down Lucy, this is not how you treat the guy you love. Natsu started to laugh. Why was he laughing. I was just hitting him and he's laughing. Is he a sadist?
"I didn't know you had it in you." Natsu chuckled as he pulled out another swim suit. It was a still a bikini, but way better than the last one. It was pink with little yellow stars on it here and there. I exchanged the swimsuit with the pillow, of course Natsu took it happily. Natsu pulled out a pair of swim trunks that had flames on it. Oh how ironic.
"Let's get changed." Natsu said while turning around. Did he mean get dressed right here, in his presence. No way, I was not going to change in front of him. What if he peaked? Natsu doesn't seem like a pervert though.
"Aren't you going to turn around?" Natsu asked me. Oh I must really look like a pervert now. I just stood there like an idiot staring at that area.
"Of course!" I quickly turned around and let go of the bed sheet. I slipped the bottoms on and had a little trouble with tying the top. I guess I'll just have to ask Natsu for help. I turned around and realized Natsu was staring at me. Was he looking this entire time? No, Natsu wouldn't do that would he?
"When did you turn around?" I asked. Natsu raised his eyebrows and walked over to me.
"I think you know the answer to that." Natsu smiled at me. No, I don't know the answer to that. I was not a mind reader!
"Just tie the back of my top please." I huffed. Natsu turned me around and began to tie. This day could not get any more awkward than it already has.
"Done!" Natsu said as he grabbed my hand. Natsu pulled me out of the wardrobe and the room. Finally we were back in the tunnels headed towards the lake. But before we actually left this place, I want to know something. Does Natsu love me back?
"Natsu." I said while stopping. Natsu looked back at me confused.
"What is it Luce?" Natsu asked coming closer. There he was again using my nickname. This was the time to tell him. Right here and right now. Just say it Lucy, say those three words.
"Any day now." Natsu leaned closer to me. Oh Natsu don't do that! Your distracting me. His face was just so close to mine. Our lips were inches apart, so close yet so far.
"I-I" I stuttered. Why couldn't I just say it? Natsu came closer to me. His body was now touching mine.
"Spit it out." Natsu said. Before I could even comprehend what I was going to say, I said something totally different and off topic.
"How does it feel to be human again?!" I half shouted. Natsu pulled back, looking a bit disappointed. Natsu looked down at his body then back at me. His body was quite well built. Even though he was trapped in a dragons body, he was still ripped. Natsu just had, so much muscle. Not too much though, it was the perfect amount really.
"It feels great actually!" Natsu chimed. Natsu grabbed my hand and pulled us outside. Great! Way to blow that up Lucy! I totally failed to ask him. I also failed to tell him my true feelings! How in the world am I going to do this?
"Finally you two showed up!" Erza said while holding a Jellal. Jellal was riding the back of Erza with a bright red face. My eyes wandered to everyone else. Everyone was wearing their bathing suits, but that wasn't the weird thing. Juvia was holding Gray, Levy was barely holding Gajeel up. Wendy was holding Romeo, Happy and Igneel was just holding his forehead. What the heck happened here?
"What's going on?" I asked. Igneel looked at me and sighed.
"They wanted to play chicken," Igneel sighed. "But some idiot hiker came by and told the women to be men and hold the men." I was secretly laughing inside. This was too funny. I wanted to laugh, but that would be so mean. Wendy looked like she was going to break anytime soon. Levy had Gajeel slipping every two seconds, but of course Erza and Jellal were doing just fine.
"And Erza-san said we'll show that hiker whose boss!" Wendy squeaked as she shuffled Romeo higher on her back. Of course Erza went along with it, Erza has no shame.
"The boys said no until Erza threatened them." Levy whispered to me. I could see how that went down. Erza was very demanding, also scary at times. Jellal probably cowered in a corner.
"I can't believe the Great Gajeel went down that easily." I grinned at Gajeel. Gajeel growled at me. Oh yes, this is pay back!
"Shrimp didn't want me to fight." Gajeel huffed. Shrimp? Oh yes, that was his pet name for Levy.
"Yeah because you would have had your butt beat." Levy snorted. Gajeel sneered and nipped at the top of Levy's head. Levy wacked Gajeel right in the honker.
"Oh watch out Levy, his sneer could curdle dairy!" I was laughing so hard that I was caught off guard by Natsu. Natsu all of a sudden came behind me and jumped onto my back.
"Natsu!" I squealed trying to keep my balance. I quickly grabbed the back of Natsu's knees and steadied myself. I looked back to the grinning idiot riding me like I'm his horse.
"What are you doing?" I asked. Natsu patted my head and put his arms around my neck. Natsu actually wasn't even that heavy, nothing that I couldn't handle.
"I wanted to join in on the fun too." Natsu said. I just gave up, there was no winning with this fool.
"Let's head to the lake!" Igneel said while running ahead. Great, he can run. But all of us have to stay walk cautiously. Well except for the almighty Erza.
"Let's go slow pokes!" Erza said while running after Igneel. Jellal looked back to everyone else and mouthed H-E-L-P M-E. Poor Jellal, he still hasn't grown his eyebrows back. The marker on his forehead was so badly done that I wanted to laugh until I could not laugh no more. Erza turned around and started to walk backwards, what a show off.
"Don't go to fast Erza-san!" Wendy panted. Wendy looked like she was having a hard time with Romeo and Happy. Erza smiled at Wendy and waved.
"It will be okay Wendy!" Erza called back. Erza's smile suddenly turned into a frown. Erza tipped back and started to trip. Oi! That is going to hurt! Erza quickly turned last second and let herself fall face first. Erza fell right into a huge muddy puddle. Jellal was so shocked that he almost got up off of her until she quickly stood.
"I will not lose!" Erza said while taking off again. Oh boy, Jellal's got a keeper. I don't think I could recover from a fall like that. I would probably start to whine and tell Natsu to carry me.
"She's a strong one." Levy whispered. I nodded my head in agreement and started to walk a little faster. Natsu seemed like he was enjoying his ride, he even had Happy sitting upon his head now.
"So Haps, how was staying the night with Erza and Jellal?" Natsu asked. I was kind of wondering how it went also. Where's Plue? Probably messing around with my stuffed animal at home. Plue had taken a liking to him, I let him sleep with it. I still every night go and check if he's alright. Which I find Plue's been sleeping and cuddling with him, and I let him. I usually didn't let people touch him, but Plue was a gentle creature.
"It was terrifying." Happy cried. What could be so horrible? Maybe Erza and Jellal were kissing and Happy was a baby about it.
"What happened?" I asked. Happy looked down at me and shivered. What could have happened? I seriously want to know!
"Let's just say Erza punches in her sleep." Happy shivered. Poor Happy, I wonder if he has bruises.
"How does Jellal deal with that beast?" Natsu asked. Of course Natsu wouldn't know. How in the world was I going to tell this idiot I loved him. Natsu was so dense at times, why?
"It's because he loves her." I said. Natsu hummed in response.
"We're here!" Wendy cried in relief. I looked back to the front of me and my jaw dropped. The water was so clear. The lake was way bigger than Natsu's bathtub, that's for sure. Igneel jumped into the water and swam around like a kid. Erza walked half way into the water and then turned around to me. She was covered in mud, her face was covered like a mask. The mud started to wash off her.
"Fight me." Erza said calmly. My jaw dropped. W-Was she talking to me?
"Me?" I asked. I was going to raise a finger until I realized I was preoccupied with holding Natsu. Erza pulled out her sword and pointed to me and while holding Jellal up with one arm.
"We will play chicken!" Erza cackled. What in the world? The last time I checked, you didn't use swords in chicken. But there was something I really wanted to ask Erza, I've been wanting to ask since day one.
"Where the hell do you pull your swords from?" I asked. Erza looked a bit taken back, and then got embarrassed. W-Was I right? Did Erza really pull swords out of her butt?
"I use Requip magic." Erza said while making the sword vanish. I've never heard of that before. Must be some really rare magic I guess.
"And all this time I thought you pulled them out of your butt." I said aloud. D-Did I just really say that? I could hear Levy and Gajeel snickering in the back. I looked at Erza and saw how red she was.
"That's not even possible." Erza said. Heck, it might sound impossible but I live in a world where stuff is just nuts. Juvia came right up behind me and nodded her head.
"That was what Juvia thought too." Juvia said. See! I am not the only one! Gray nodded his head along with Juvia.
"Well enough of that," Erza smirked. "Let's fight." I looked back to Natsu to see what he wanted, he said yes. Of course that dimwit would say yes, Natsu just wants to take Jellal down.
"Let's fight!" Natsu pumped his fist into the air. I started to walk into the water and got into a comfortable position.
"We'll win this for sure Jellal!" Erza smiled. Oh boy. Erza was going to eat us alive. Erza came at me so fast that I didn't see her behind me.
"This is not how you play chicken!" I squealed as I turned around. Jellal reached out towards Natsu and started to push.
"I will not lose!" Jellal pushed on harder. Natsu started to growl, I could feel the vibrations on my back.
"You will so lose no eyebrow man!" Natsu remarked back. Jellal made a gasping sound and bonked heads with Natsu.
"How dare you bring my eyebrows into this." Jellal gasped. Jellal moved up on to Erza's shoulders and Natsu moved up on to mine in one swift movement. My arms were finally free! But so were Erza's!
"Let's play Lucy!" Erza cackled as she started to push me. Erza was way stronger than me, how in the world was I going to win this? I dug my feet into the ground and pushed harder. I guess I caught Erza off guard because she gasped.
"So you have grown stronger!" Erza smiled. As scary as she was right now, she was still supportive.
"I do try!" I smiled back. Natsu on top of me was poking Jellal's eyeball at the moment.
"Take that!" Natsu cackled. Jellal let go of Natsu and went to cover his eyeball.
"That hurts you fool!" Jellal cried out as he started to fall back. This was my chance. Once Erza tried to get Jellal balanced again, I pushed. Erza fell backwards right into the water. I looked up to Natsu and he was smiling.
"Your pretty smart." Natsu grinned.
"Your just finding that out now." I scoffed. Natsu was about to say something until Erza came up from the water. At least she wasn't covered in mud anymore.
"Oh this is not over you two!" Erza said while carrying Jellal bridal style.
"You can put me down now Erza." Jellal whined. Erza looked at me and dropped him. Jellal came back up from the water and smiled. Erza was beat red, she probably didn't even know she was holding Jellal.
"Your eyebrows are running." I pointed out. Jellal looked up in horror and Erza pulled out a marker.
"I've got this!" Erza said while scribbling on his forehead. I let Natsu get down from my shoulders. I didn't realize it until now but, I was going to collapse. That whole fighting chicken thing got me really tired out. Before I could fully hit the water, Natsu grabbed me.
"You're not going down yet princess!" Natsu cheered as he picked me up bridal style. I heard a few squeals behind me and realized that Juvia and Levy were fighting it out too. Gajeel and Gray were punching each other nonstop.
"I will win this underpants!" Gajeel screamed.
"Not in your life time metal mouth!" Gray shouted.
"Idiots." Natsu and I said in unison.
Authors Note~ Hello friends! I really wanted to make this longer, except my family calls for me. I didn't want to leave it off at that because I know how much you guys hate cliff hangers. Well to make it up to you, I will tell you who will be coming in the next chapter! Cana! Yes that drunk lady will appear in the next chapter! Also Lisanna will not be the evil witch because I have another person to play that role. Maybe Lisanna will show up but I won't cause any drama with her. Next chapter will contain drunk people! Also the lovely ships! I hope you liked this chapter! Maybe I'll update sooner than three days! Don't forget to review, that always fires me up to write the next chapter.
Until next time
Glen coco out~