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Hiro Mashima owns FairyTail
The river was cool… she sat on top of a boulder in the middle of the river.. her feet were soaking in the cool waves.. water dripped from her chin..
Her thumb was on a certain key… telepathically…
"Crux"
"Yes Lucy-sama.."
"Would you by chance know any way to time travel? As you already must know.. I have some friends who must return to their time."
"hm… time travel is a strictly prohibited topic Lucy-sama…"
"Please.. I just want to get them back.."
"I will ask the Celestial Spirit King for permission.. just this once Lucy-sama."
"Thank you."
..
"Lucy-sama?"
"Yes?"
"Your spirits are uneasy… I suggest you talk to them about your situation.."
Lucy was frozen.. how could she forget.. her spirits hadn't seen her or heard much from her since her fight.. and poor Loke was shot back into the celestial world after trying to visit her…
"Thank you Crux.. I will… soon.."
The rippling waters kept flowing on down.. birds chirped in the air.. it was peaceful.. beautiful. The sun's rays warmed her body and she felt.. alive.
Natsu paced back and forth. Gray was getting annoyed by Natsu's restlessness.
"OIY FLAMEBRAIN.. will you just SIT down and calm yourself. I CAN'T THINK WITH YOU STUPID PACING!"
"DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO STRIPPER" Natsu shot back.
"Natsu… sit." Laxus glared at Natsu.
"DON'T TELL ME WHAT TO DO.. I'm not afraid of you…"
"Sit down." Laxus stood up glaring at Natsu.
"OR WHAT. You looking for a fight Laxus." Natsu growled lowly.
"She's coming" Gajeel said glaring at the two arguing dragon slayers.
Gray Natsu and Laxus flinched and looked towards Lucy's direction. And sure enough, she came walking through the trees.
"Ahem…" Natsu straightened himself and looked away.
Laxus just went back and sat down at his seat.
Lucy walked up and gave them all glares.. she crossed her arms under her breasts.
"You guys better not have been fighting while I was gone."
"Nope.. who's fighting? Not us." Natsu said putting his hands behind his head. He grinned widely.
"We're all best friends Lucy. We wouldn't fight" Gray said smiling too.
She looked at Gajeel who had a frown of irritation.. and Laxus who was trying to control his anger.
"Right. Sure." Lucy raised an eyebrow at them.
She looked for her keys and was trying to find the one she was looking for when Gajeel suddenly stood up and put his hand over hers. She looked up into his eyes in surprise. His eyes pleaded and demanded her to stop… to stop using her magic.
"Gajeel.."
"No."
"I just want to get Virgo to take care of our stuff" Lucy said frowning at Gajeel's behavior.
Gajeel looked at the other men. "Let's pack up now. We'll leave in 10."
Laxus Gray and Natsu got up from their seats and were heading towards their tent when..
"I can help" Lucy started after the three but was stopped as the four looked at her and said simultaneously "NO."
Lucy was startled.
Gajeel picked her up and gently placed her to sit on a log.
"You sit here and look pretty." Gajeel gave her head a good strong pat and he too went to help pack.
"Let the men handle the packing Lucy." Gray said smiling to assure her that everything was under control.
"Yea Luce. It's our way of saying sorry for the mission okay?" Natsu smiled widely. Gray looked over at Natsu and smirked, approving of his quick lie.
"HA. You're gonna need to do A LOT better than that to get me to forgive you all. YOU GUYS OWE ME BIG TIME! And I'm not fragile so that I can't help us pack." Lucy frowned.
"Will you just sit there and enjoy the show. You can ogle our bodies to your hearts content. We won't complain. In fact, we give you permission" Laxus smirked.
"WH..WHAATT?!" Lucy looked away blushing.
The four smiled at her as they continued to pack. They were so relieved.. that Lucy was being herself… they could finally breathe and rest. A huge weight was off their chest now… not everything.. but nonetheless a good weight of burden.. at least she knew..
They were a day's worth of traveling from Magnolia now. Nastsu and Happy were sharing a room while Lisanna slept in a room next to theirs.
Natsu and Happy were happily lying on the bed.. Staring at the stars through their window. They looked beautiful and were twinkling. Stars.. celestial…
Then the realization hit them both.
Natsu and Happy shot up from lying down to sitting positions. Thunder* effects were seen behind them as they sat mouth gaping.
"WE FORGOT ABOUT LUCY!" They both yelled together.
"Lucy's going to kill us!" Happy said comically crying.
"Nah Happy. I'm sure she won't mind. Hehehe…" Natsu said sweating.
"I'm sure she could have used the money for her rent…" Happy said looking down guiltily..
Natsu scratched his cheek.. "Yea… we'll just have to go on a mission with her when we get back!" he smiled widely. "Don't worry Happy. Luce can't stay mad at us for too long"
Natsu leaned back and bounced onto the bed.
"I hope you're right Natsu.." Happy curled up inside the blanket next to him.
"We did take Lisanna on a mission instead… and… yawn… leave without telling her." Happy dozed off into dreamland.
After a while..
Natsu was still lying down on the bed.. staring at the ceiling.
"Luce…"
Somehow.. an unsettling feeling was in his stomach… Lucy wouldn't be too mad…. everything would be okay…. Right?
"We are NOT going there." Laxus said firmly.
"Aww cmon!" Lucy whined.
"NOPE" Gajeel shook his head.
"No" Laxus said.
"Nuh-uh" Natsu was shaking his head vigorously.
"No way" Gray said looking away.
"PLLEASEE! And plus! You guys owe me." Lucy pouted with crossed arms.
"Luce.. we are not going there." Natsu pleaded with her.
"It's your fault I'm in this mess. And so all of you are going make it up to me. I'll return back to Magnolia once everyone's calmed down. At least then…. Master won't be too harsh on the punishment" Lucy said comically crying.
"Lucy…" Gray said rubbing the back of his head.
"Cmon Gray.." Lucy said grabbing his hands in hers. She pleaded with wide eyes..
…
"Fine.." Gray looked away blushing.
"YES!"
"GRAY!" Natsu said incredulously.
"Natsuuuuu" Lucy went up to Natsu and put her hands together.. wide-eye puppy dog eyes.
"Luce…." Natsu whined.
Blink blink.. tears about to form.. Lucy looked so sad.
"FINE!" Natsu said giving up.
Lucy then looked towards Gajeel and Laxus, who were standing next to each other. They looked away in opposite directions with their arms crossed. Frowns on their faces.
Lucy walked up slowly to Gajeel and said "You WILL take me" as she stared.
"Or what… bunnygirl" Gajeel said staring right back at her.
"I will NEVER be your bunnygirl ever again"
"Ohhh…. So you did like performing with me" Gajeel smirked as he bent down closer towards her.
"No I did not.. but if you don't take me there.. I will NEVER EVER perform with you EVER again. I can promise you that. And a celestial mage always keeps her promise."
Gulp*
"Fine." Gajeel huffed in annoyance.
"YAY!" She clapped in joy.
"Tch… women.." Gajeel walked away from her.
Laxus looked at her from the corner of his eyes. Lucy slowly turned her head towards him.
"Laxus.."
"No."
"Please…" Lucy "I've never been before.. and I can finally have a chance to go.. and I finally have the money to go.."
"No means no blondie."
"I don't understand why you don't want to go. We can't even go back to the guild yet anyways because we haven't figured out a way to get you all back to your own time. And.. Master will probably give me a terrible punishment for taking the S-class mission.. You know how scary he can be… how terrible his punishments can be.."
"I know."
"Then?!"
"… Blondie…"
"FINE. If you don't want to come you don't have to take me. I'm going no matter what you do or say." Lucy turned around and was about to walk away when..
"Oh really?" Laxus picked her up bridal style.
"KYAA! LAXUS PUT ME DOWN!"
"I thought you're going to go no matter what I DO or say?" Laxus smirked.
Lucy tried to push her out of Laxus' grasps but of course.. he was too strong.
"You're a bully." Lucy pouted and looked away.
…
Laxus looked at the other men for support… obviously none of them wanted to go there.. but she really wanted to go huh.. Gray and Natsu glared at Laxus.. implying him to let her down… and stop making her upset. Gajeel was knocking his head on a tree…. Frustrated at how he had become.. swayed and controlled by his feelings for a woman…
Sigh…. Laxus' frustration rose.
"OOOHH! LET'S GO HERE! OOHH AND THAT ONE! AHH! THIS ONE!" Lucy was running around at the wonderful boutiques and cafes.
The four men walked together slumped and defeated.. bags in each of their hands. This was exactly what they were dreading.. it wasn't just any place they were at..
They were at Fashion Fashion of Fiore! The number one shopping city in the continent.. with city blocks and blocks of stores and cafes.. restaurants.. EVERYTHING... everything of a woman's dream. emphasis.. WOMAN'S
"how long has it been?" Gajeel said dryly..
"it feels like 5 hours…" Gray said tired.
"it's only been 30 minutes…" Laxus said gruffly…
"someone….. save us…" Natsu said exasperated…
"WOMAN WE ARE NOT YOUR SLAVES! YOU DO NOT DEGRADE MEN TO BECOME YOUR..YOUR… BAG HOLDERS!" Gajeel yelled at Lucy who had heart eyes at how wonderful the shops and merchandises looked.
She turned around and saw that the men looked tortured… Gajeel was angry.. Gray and Natsu looked like they were dying.. and Laxus looked annoyed and about to explode...
She giggled and walked up to Gajeel
"I know. But you can't really blame me. You guys are the ones that chose the S-class mission and because of it got me all this money to spend. If you guys hadn't chosen an S-class mission.. we wouldn't be here would we?" Lucy said smiling.
Lucy motioned for the men to come closer towards her. Gajeel huffed in annoyance and brought his face closer. Laxus, Gray, and Natsu came closer.. annoyed and yet curious as to what she wanted to tell them in private.
"Be good boys and maybe I'll give you guys a present" Lucy whispered.
They all straightened up and looked at Lucy in confusion.
"What present?" Natsu asked innocently.
Lucy smirked and put a hand on her hip. "Wouldn't you like to know" She raised an eyebrow at them as she kept smirking. Their faces were priceless. Their eyes were wide and they had been taken by surprise. Frozen in their places.
Laughing, Lucy turned around and began to walk down the road once again.. looking at the stores she was passing by.
They watched her walk away… and they looked at each other to see if they had heard right.. seeing the shock in each others faces.. they knew it was real… and soon.. they dashed after Lucy.
Lucy walked in and out of the stores.. buying clothes.. shoes.. books.. and her faithful knights trailed behind her. Grumbling and moaning to themselves.. yet they remained close and took care of all her bags.
This was what she wanted it to be like… that nothing had changed between them.. that everything was fine.. at least for the small time that they had together.. she would enjoy every minute of it.. smiling and laughing with them.. she would worry about everything later…
Right now.. she chose to live happily.. at least for this moment.. they were all with her.. making precious memories..
This moment… she could pretend that they.. the four handsome men of FairyTail.. were her team.. her team of knights who loved her… and would remain by her side.. to the very end. She could pretend that at least for this moment.
A girl can dream.