A/N: Hey everyone! Thank you for the reviews that you've left for this story. You know who you are. Also to those who've followed this story as well. It made me very happy to know that this story is starting to get a lot of support now since it's not a NALU fic but like I mentioned in my first chapter, I wanted to try writing a story about them. Maybe after this, I would try Gray and Lucy. Hehe. Anyways enjoy!

Chapter 5

Lucy's POV

I woke up the next morning feeling cramps all over my body. I wanted to stretch so that I could get rid the aching feeling but I wasn't able to. I opened my eyes and was faced with a chest, a muscular one I must add. I looked up and saw Sting snoring lightly away. I immediately turned my gaze away and faced his chest once again.

I couldn't help but to contain the blush that was crawling all over my face. What is Sting doing here? In fact, why are we cuddled up against each other? I tried to take a look around even if I had limited eyesight at the current moment and realized that we both fell asleep on the couch. No wonder my body was aching up. Oh, it might be because of the fight I had yesterday as well.

I thought back about what happened last night with Sting and I. He said he will make me fall in love with him? Is he trying to tell me that he is in love with me? Is this why he has been asking me if I believe in love at first sight? So many thoughts were swirling around my head when I heard Sting stirred. Did my thoughts woke him up? I looked up and saw Sting was already looking down at me, a warm smile etched onto his face.

"Good morning." I couldn't help but to look back down to hide the blush that was already plastered on my face, growing ever redder.

"Morning." My voice muffled but I bet he could hear since he had good hearing being a dragon slayer. We stayed in silence for a little while longer until I heard his voice once again.

"Lucy, don't you have work today?" I blinked several times before I was able to get my thinking straight.

"Oh yeah, work!" I immediately jumped off away from him which gotten Sting to loosen his hold around me in the process. I ran to my room to grab my clothes for the day before dashing into the bathroom to get a quick shower. I came out dressed though my hair were still damp as I saw Sting was already in my kitchen, checking out my refrigerator. Just like Natsu, I thought to myself as I folded my arms across my chest.

"Hey thief, do you want to grab a shower?"

"I'm not a thief. I'm just helping you to see what you can eat."

"Right…" He walked towards me and I handed him a towel. "Sorry I got no clothes to spare you."

"It's fine. I can reuse this." He said before walking into my bedroom. I decided to make some toast for us while I waited for Sting. Hmm, maybe I should go check on him. I entered my bedroom but I saw my bathroom door was already opened. My eyes widen when I turned around and saw what Sting was looking at. One side of my wall was filled of Fairy Tail's location.

"Lucy…" Sting called my name out, obviously stunned at what I've done up.

"You're not supposed to see that actually."

"This is amazing. Almost everyone?"

"Yeah, a girl can dream right?" This time, I smiled back at him honestly. No sadness hidden whatsoever. He walked towards me and gently placed a kiss on the top of my head.

"Of course." And he smiled at me with such warmth and sincerity.

"Work!" We both shouted at the same time before we quickly scrambled out of my bedroom, grabbing the breakfast I made earlier and exiting my apartment together. I passed him his share along the way, earning a thanks from him which after, he asked me to go ahead first.

I nodded back in reply as I made my way to the grand magic palace. The arena was already booming with the crowd. Jason greeted me before he went his own way. I was done with my breakfast and now I was craving for a coffee which it seemed Sting could read my mind. He handed me my coffee which in turned I thanked him before he went over to his guild.

I saw his guild mates were talking to him, obviously asking his whereabouts last night. He looked nervous as he rubbed the back of his neck. I have to take note of that. His one of his habits. I guess after he told them what they were asking for, his guild mates laid back. The question is, what did he tell them?

My mind wasn't focus on what the commentators were talking about but my guess was they were going to talk about the round that they have setup today before the next battle. I was almost zoning out before I heard my name being called out repeatedly and no, it wasn't coming from someone around me, it was coming from the speakers. I looked up at the lacrima vision and I saw that I was on the screen.

"Oh my, isn't it Lucy Heartfillia? The powerful celestial mage from Fairy Tail? What is she doing here?" I heard the crowd suddenly cheered super loudly. I turned my gaze away from the lacrima vision and looked at the opposite side of where I stood. Sting was looking at me worriedly. "I guess it's true to whoever left the note." Note? I immediately harden my gaze as I knew who did it, it must be them.

Shouts and cheers were going around the arena for Fairy Tail repeatedly. I looked around the crowd and saw everyone was looking at me excitedly. Sorry but I'm going to burst everyone's bubble. It's only me around.

"It seems this upcoming round, Lucy's going to be involved." What?! "Yeah you heard us right folks but only the first one who reaches her. That's right. If you want to have a chance to have a faceoff with one from the strongest guild last year, you have to come first in the race that we've prepared for you. The first one to reach this arena will be able to have a battle against her. But here's the catch, if you win, you will get the 10 points but if you lose, you will get no points."

I couldn't believe my ears. What is going on right now? I clenched and unclenched my fists. The question that lingers in my mind now was how did they managed to get through to the commentators and setup this shit. Is one of the commentators working with them? I looked at them intensely and sensed no source of evil. My attention was brought back to the crowd when I saw myself in the lacrima vision again.

"So how about it Lucy? Are you okay in taking up the challenge?" I was about to decline but when I heard the crowd was cheering immensely for Fairy Tail, it was making me remember the good old times. Fairy Tail doesn't back down. I couldn't help but to smirk.

"That's right!" I shouted as I posed with one hand on my hips. "Fairy Tail is the strongest guild around and will ever be." And the cheering grew louder even more. I was about to head down to prepare myself for the battle when I saw Sting ran towards me.

"Lucy!" I stopped and turned around. "What the hell are you thinking?" Sting questioned me as he stood in front of me.

"They were shouting for Fairy Tail. I had to do it. It's the least I could do for them."

"But you know someone set this up right? It must be them."

"I know and that's why, this is the only way I can get them."

"You know this only involves the eight people from the eight different guilds right?"

"I know."

"That means it must be one of the eight guilds." I didn't want to think that Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus, Mermaid Heel, Quatro Cerberus and Sabertooth would want to hurt me so that leaves me with 3 guilds. Twilight Orge, Tigers Claw and lastly, Diamond Hearts. I saw Sting looked around before he grabbed my hand.

"Come!" I didn't object but instead I let him pulled me as we went over to his guild.

"Lucy!" Yukino greeted me which caused all of the main guild members to turn and look at me.

"Listen guys." Sting started explaining to them about what happened yesterday. "So can I know who's going up for this round?"

"I'll go." Rogue volunteered himself first. "I would like to have a match against a Fairy Tail also."

"Thanks Rogue. You got to win this." Rogue just smirked back before looking at me.

"Make sure I don't regret giving my all for this." He said before turning around and headed to the battlefield.

"You won't." I could already feel my adrenaline rushing though my veins. It's been long since I was able to fight, as a Fairy Tail guild member. I was about to head down but Sting stopped me.

"I think you can wait here for the mean time." His eyes were serious so I decided to comply with him. I leaned against the railings and looked down at the battlefield.

All eight members were already there. I ignore the members from Sabertooth, Mermaid Heel, Quatro Cerberus, Lamia Scale and Blue Pegasus. My targets were on the remaining candidates. I had to study and learn how they will move through this race.

Everyone were transferred to somewhere in Crocus to begin the race. On the count of three, the referee who was none other than Mato blew the horn and everyone dashed off. Along the race, there were obstacles. You could use magic to go through the obstacles or simply, bring your opponents down.

Rogue was leading the race and I couldn't help but to be hyped about it. I didn't mind having a challenge with him. I was even cheering for him along with his Sabertooth mates but we were happy too soon, the last leg of the race is for the members to ride on a longboard as they go down the hill. There was no way of escaping this. I saw Rogue's face paled upon seeing it.

"Come on Rogue! Try to put your motion sickness away right now." Sting shouted as he leaned over against the railing.

As if Rogue could hear him, he got onto the longboard as slowly as he tried to, as if hoping his motion sickness won't take affect so fast. He started pushing himself down on the hill but sadly, it didn't work so he ended up crashing against a wall.

"Man, I should have taken this round instead." Orga commented.

And within seconds, the member from Tigers Claw, named Haru crosses the finish line first. The crowd was cheering for him or do I mean swooning as they were leaving remarks at how handsome he looks. He was smiling to the crowd before he landed his eyes on me.

A/N: Woah, are you getting excited? I am though. When I was writing this scene, it was like non-stop typing away. I was really into the story. Anyways, I hope the story is going to your favor so will really appreciate if you leave me some reviews so I can know on how you find it so far. For now, tata!