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Oh for the confusion in the last chapter. Bunny feet implied lucky rabbit's foot. Lucy Lucy's bunny foot. Get it? :D
Hiro Mashima owns Fairytail.
Natsu was running around trying to catch Happy. Happy was crying crocodile tears.
"COME BACK HERE YOU TRAITOR!"
"LUSSHHYY!"
Lucy was shaking her head at their childish behavior. She was in the kitchen to cook some dinner for herself. "Don't you dare break anything Natsu! Happy! Or else no food for you!"
"HAIII!" they both yelled from the bedroom.
Lucy put her hands on her keys by habit… and then she felt him. She looked towards her front door in confusion… then a smile grew on her face. She walked up to her door and opened it. And there stood Gray with a hand up ready to knock at the door. He looked surprised.
"Hello Gray."
"Gray?!" Natsu came scrambling towards the kitchen and peeked around the corner to see Gray at the door. "What are you doing here?!"
"What. I can't visit my teammate. She's my teammate too flamebrain." Gray glared at Natsu.
Lucy giggled and stepped aside. "What a surprise. Come in Gray. I was just about to make dinner."
Gray smiled warmly at Lucy. Lucy smiled and closed the door after him.
"Tch.. why'd you let him in Luce.." Natsu pouted.
"Because unlike you… I am polite enough to visit through the door." Gray smirked at Natsu as he put his umbrella down. Natsu glared at Gray. Happy watched from the dining table.. snickering at the two boys.
"They likkkkkkkkee her" Happy thought to himself.
Lucy was going around in the kitchen.. getting ingredients and cookingware ready.. Gray came up by Lucy and rolled up his sleeves. She looked at him in confusion. Gray smirked and winked.
Lucy thought to herself… "heh…"
"What do you need help with Lucy?" Gray said lovingly.
"Oh how sweet of you. Can you please peel those carrots and dice them." Lucy smiled.
"Sure. What's on the menu today?"
"Curry."
"Mm sounds good." Gray peeled the carrots while Lucy was rinsing the rice.
"Wait Gray's helping cook! It's going to taste nasty for sure now." Natsu scrunched up his nose.
"If you don't want any that's fine Natsu. More for us." Gray grinned as he looked towards Natsu.
Natsu was fuming. Here he was sitting at the dining table.. watching Gray and Lucy.. cooking together.. looking all lovey dovey… like… like a mom and dad… OH HECKS NO.
He got up from his seat and walked to the other side of Lucy. "I'll help too Luce."
Lucy and Gray stopped what they were doing and stared at Natsu in shock.
"You're.. going to help?.. make dinner?" Lucy said shocked.
"Yea. What?" Natsu looked at her confused.
"What's the occasion?" Lucy looked at him suspiciously. "You broke something didn't you."
"No Luce. Geez… Can't have ice brain mess our dinner up can we Luce?" He smiled.
"What?! More like you'll mess it up from your idiocy." Gray seethed back.
"Haha… I see… well then you can peel the potatoes and dice them as well." Lucy began to bustle around.
"Sure thing Luce." Natsu said going next to Gray and picking up some potatoes. Gray was glaring at Natsu as he continued his work.
Natsu began to peel and saw that Gray was peeling his second carrot. Natsu began to peel faster than Gray. Gray noticed Natsu's peeling speed.. and so he began to peel faster. Natsu picked up his pace.. and so did Gray. Soon carrot and potato peels were flying everywhere.
Lucy stood behind the dining table watching the two boys. *Sigh…. They even fight when cooking.
She heard snickering and she looked down at Happy on the dining table. Happy was having fun watching them too. Lucy smiled warmly and patted his head. He looked up at her with wide-eyes and smiled.
Looking back at them.. Lucy smiled warmly.. she saw the outline of the future Gray and Natsu around them.. then the outlines disappeared and she saw her Natsu and Gray. Her smile faded away and what remained was a blank face.
Happy had been watching Lucy the entire time… he noticed her eyes change.. they went from warm bright eyes.. to a glint of pain.. sorrow.. Happy looked between the two boys and Lucy… furrowing his eyebrows in confusion..
Walking through the guild hall.. she heard Mira call out to her.
"Good morning Lucy!"
"Good morning Mira!"
"I'm glad you're here bright and early. Master is upstairs waiting for you. Did you eat breakfast?"
"Not yet."
"I'll have some ready for you."
"Thank you."
She went up the stairs.. each step felt awkward.. usually guild members weren't allowed upstairs unless they were S-class mages.. one day she hoped that she would be able to become an S-class mage.. and look from the second floor.. arriving at the top of the steps.. she looked over the guild hall..
There were very few people.. it was expected since it was relatively early still. Taking a deep breath, she knocked on Master's door.
"Come in." was heard.
Lucy entered.
Laxus entered the guild hall. A lot of the members had already arrived. He noticed the rainjinshu at their table.. looking at him with a greeting smile. Laxus nodded his head at them and continued towards the bar counter.
"Good morning Laxus." Mira dried a mug. "Your usual?"
"Mm." Laxus looked around the guild looking for a certain blonde haired mage. She should have arrived already since she was working for jiji now.
"Here you go." Mira put a cup of coffee and a plate of eggs, bacon, sausage, and strawberry pancakes in front of him.
Laxus raised an eyebrow at Mira with confusion which Mira replied back with a smile.
"Would you be so kind and deliver this plate up to Master's room. You are going up there right?" Mira said happily.
"Tch.. when did I become the guild waiter." Laxus said
The guild doors blasted open.
"UGH I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU STRIPPER! I'M SCARRED FOR LIFE!" Natsu ran in.
"YOU'RE SCARRED FOR LIFE! I AM! UGHHHH!" Gray ran in beside him.
Happy flew in right after, laughing hysterically.
"Ugh…." Laxus massaged his temples.. "It's too dang early to deal with them…"
"haha…" Mira sweatdropped. "Good morning Natsu, Gray, Happy… What's happened?"
"Oh nothing.. they were just hugging each other when they were sleeping."Happy said laughing out loud.
"I was not! It was all him!" Natsu pointed his finger at Gray.
"Me! You're the one rubbing your nasty cheek on my hand. How many times do I have to tell you.. I don't like you that way!" Gray said disgusted. Everyone looked at Natsu with wide eyes.
"I DON'T LIKE YOU! UGH I HATE YOU!" Natsu said gripping his hair in frustration.
"Wait.. did you guys have a sleepover or something? Wow.. how girly." Gajeel said from his table.
"NO!" Gray and Natsu yelled at Gajeel and then glared at each other.
"I was at Luce's of course." Natsu said. "But then stripper here decided to show up and ruin everything. He even messed up the curry!"
"I DID NOT! YOU MESSED IT UP BY PUTTING ALL THAT CHILI IN THERE! LUCY WAS CRYING FROM HOW SPICY IT WAS!"
"OH MIRA! Speaking of Lucy, have you seen her?" Natsu said ignoring the fuming Gray.
Laxus picked up his coffee and the plate before Natsu arrived. Going up the stairs he overheard their conversation.
"Yes. She's currently working in Master's office."
"What's she doing up there?" Gray asked coming up beside Natsu.
"She's helping him with some paperwork."
"Huh? I thought that was Laxus' job?" Natsu said confused.
"Hmph.. so that's where she is." Laxus smirked to himself.
"Well I'm going to go see her."Natsu started for the stairs.. before a lightning bolt was stuck right in front of his nose.
He stared wide-eyed up at the second floor.. everyone became quiet.
"Where do you think you're going Natsu.." Laxus growled.
"I'm going to visit Luce!" Natsu said taking a step up on the stairs.
"Have you forgotten Natsu?" Laxus' voice boomed. "Only S-class mages are allowed up here.. and are you an S-class mage?" Laxus smirked over the railing.
Natsu fumed at Laxus.. clenching his fists.
The guild doors opened wide and a figure stood in the doorway.
"Exactly. Now you wouldn't be trying to break the rules now would you? Because obviously.. you're NOT an S-class mage." Laxus said smiling. Perfect timing.
"WHO'S TRYING TO BREAK THE RULES…" a voice resonated throughout the guild.
Natsu… turned his head slowly towards the guild doors… sweating perfusively now.. and there stood.. an angry Erza.. looking straight at him..
*gulp*
He ran straight towards the bar counter.. and raised his hands up. "Not me Erza.. I'm not trying to go up there."
Erza walked towards Natsu Gray and Mira. Her armor clanked with each step. "I'm sure you wouldn't Natsu.. unless you wanted a early death from my hands."
"Heheh….."Natsu looked away from Erza and clenched his fists in frustration.
"Tch…" Laxus turned around and opened the door to the office. When he went inside.. his eyes widened.. there was Lucy.. sitting at Master's desk.. concentrating hard on the files in front of her.. she was writing furiously on a notebook while she was examining some papers.
He looked around the office and found his grandfather sound asleep on the couch. He then looked back at Lucy.
"Good morning Laxus." Lucy said without looking at him.
"How'd she know?" Laxus thought.
Walking up to her.. he set down the plate in front of her. She let her papers down and looked up at him.
"Thank you. I forgot to go down to get it."
"Who said it was for you?" Laxus said took a slice of bacon from her plate. He put it in his mouth and began to munch. "You're in my seat."
Lucy huffed. He was so childish.. why were they all so childish… how much growing up they had to do in the next 7 years.. he didn't even ask if she got home safely! But then again.. maybe it was better this way…
She got up from the seat and stretched her arms upwards. Laxus watched her stretch.. her chest push out.. her slender arms above her head.. her flat belly and bellybutton showing under her shirt. She then relaxed and brought her arms around. She was about to walk around the desk when Laxus put his hand on her head and pushed her back down on the seat.
"Ah~! Laxus!" Lucy said grabbing a hold of his hand on her head. She looked up at him with a frown. She noticed his cloak around his shoulders.. she felt a weight lift from her chest.. "So he liked it..."
"Eat." Laxus said as he took a sip of his coffee.
"I thought you said it wasn't for me?" Lucy said frowning still.
"If you won't eat it then I will" Laxus reached out for another bacon. He got a hold of the bacon when Lucy grabbed a hold of his hand.. pushed his hand closer to her mouth and took a bite of the bacon.
She chewed happily and looked up at him with a frown. "My bacon."
Laxus stared at her. She was still holding onto his hand.. He had just fed her..
Lucy noticing his surprised stare.. looked back at her hands and quickly let go. She choked on her bacon and was coughing terribly.
He quickly began to pat her back. "Chew your dang food Blondie." He offered her his coffee. She drank some frantically but began to cough even more… it was strong black coffee…
Cough cough cough* Lucy coughed as her face was tomato red.
Master Makarov opened one eye slightly and watched the whole scene. His mouth slightly formed a smile.
There was a knock at the door.
"Come in!" Laxus yelled.. still patting Lucy's back..
The door opened and Erza came in.
Lucy gasped for air as she coughed…. "ERZA!"
Master Makarov "woke" up now. "Ah… Erza.. you've returned.."
Erza eyes were wide as she saw Lucy at Master Makarov's desk.. "Lucy…"
Master sighed.. "Come.. sit.. Let me fill you in."
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After explaining everything and Lucy finally filling in Erza about the older men she was with.. Erza sat with her legs and arms crossed..
"I don't agree with Lisanna being on the team." Erza said straightly.
"Erza.."
"No Lucy. It'll break the team dynamics. Natsu and Gray will get used to having Lisanna around and when you finally do come back onto the team.. it is bound to bring problems." Erza said frowning.
"I promise everything will be fine. I trust that Lisanna and I will get along so that there aren't any problems." Lucy said smiling.
"I still don't agree.." Erza said
"Please Erza… you'll be there to make sure there aren't any problems in the future anyway. We'll all listen to you." Lucy smiled.
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"Fine. And if there are any problems in the future.. I'll make sure to beat whoever is causing it to a pulp."
"Heh..heh….."Lucy sweatdropped.
"I'll take my leave now. I need to go teach those boys a lesson for leaving you." Erza said leaving as she closed the door behind her.
"Well… she handled it better than I thought she would." Master let out a breath of relief.
"Master! What did you think she was going to do?" Lucy paled in outrage.
"hehe…" Master said grinning wide.
Laxus was standing in the corner of the room.. sipping his coffee..