Chapter 5: The Two Idiots!
It has only been a day since Lucy made her bone-head moment of telling Aquarius that she and Natsu are dating, and she has not been doing well. Lucy sat in her house while Nami was in the kitchen wiping the three of them up some dinner as Robin sat on the couch with Lucy reading a book.
"Aw, what am I going to do?" she cried out to no one. "I know Natsu will never agree to date me, even if just for pretend." Her face fell into her eyes. Robin continued reading while the celestial spirit Plue wandered around the sitting room.
"You could just ask him yourself, you never know what he'll say," Robin commented. "Another idea to use is to bribe him with food, it works on Luffy every time."
Nami entered the room carrying three plates of curry and rice. "I hear you loud and clear there Robin; those boys will jump headfirst into Hell if you dangle meat, swords, or a cute girl in their face." She laughed at her little joke and they dug into their meals.
After a while, a thought came to Nami. "Hey Lucy, why are you so nervous about asking Natsu this task anyway? You two are just friends right?"
Lucy spat out her drink. "What? N-No, we are only friends! That's all!" she coughed. But deep down, Lucy was thinking otherwise. Well, he probably thinks we are, and yet...
Nami saw the look on her face. "Ah-ha! I can read you like a book, you like Natsu, don't you?" Lucy blushed.
Just as Lucy was about to mouth off at Nami, Loke appeared in a puff of smoke looking distressed. "Lucy! I just heard from Aquarius, is it true that you're dating Natsu?! Tell me it's not true!" he wailed, grasping Lucy's shoulders.
Lucy removed his hands off her, speaking words of comfort to her spirit. "Oy, it's not true, really. See, what happened was..." Lucy went over the predicament she got herself into the previous day for the next fifteen minutes.
Loke breathed a sigh of relief when she finished. "While I'm glad to hear my dear Lucy is still available, I can't believe you let Aquarius get to you like that."
Lucy collapsed into the couch. "I know, I know. What should I do?"
Loke rubbed his chin. "I don't want you to be embarrassed, so I'll give you pick-up tips to use on Natsu," he said with a wink. Loke prattled on with Lucy for the next hour. "...And if all else fails, you can always bait and bribe Natsu with food; that always works with him," Loke finished.
Lucy gave a nervous laugh. "Why do I have a bad feeling about this?"
"You will be fine," assured Robin.
The next day, the girls arrived at the guild hall; upon entering the doors, all the men felt their jaws hit the floor at the sight of Lucy. She was wearing a beautiful black and white dress, similar to the one she wore back when Natsu tried convincing her to help him dig up Fairy Tail's hidden treasure. She wore black flats, and her hair was adorned with a pink ribbon and tied into an offside ponytail. A bracelet was on her left wrist. Lucy pressed her hand to her lips and giggled, her sex appeal shining bright and strong in the hall.
Lucy strutted over to Natsu, who was eating at a table with Happy and Erza. Luffy and the rest of the Straw Hat guys were scattered everywhere doing their own things with other guild members. Lucy sat on the table and leaned close to Natsu, who was too focused on his meal to pay attention to her.
"Morning Natsu," cooed Lucy.
"Morning Lucy," Natsu muffled through packed cheeks. "What's new?"
Lucy slid her hand over towards Natsu's plate. "I was wondering if you would like to, well, go out on a date with me." Her face was flushed red as everyone around them exclaimed in shock.
"EH?!" Natsu, however, was unfazed, and continued eating while Erza and Happy merely stared at him and Lucy.
"Why?" Natsu asked. Lucy bent over, exposing some of her cleavage for him to see and she winked.
"Why? You know why, Natsu; I want us to become closer than friends and teammates."
Levy, who was sipping a drink with Robin nearby, spat out her sip onto the table and looked at her friend. "EH?! Lucy...and Natsu?! As lovers?!"
"Shocked, Levy?" Robin chuckled.
"Well, no, but I didn't expect either Lucy or Natsu to come out and say it like this. I've had my suspicions about them though, especially Lucy."
Natsu paused his eating and looked up at Lucy for a moment. "Will there be tons of food to eat?" he asked.
Lucy sighed. "Yes, there will be plenty of food for you. So, what do you say?" Everyone was on the edge of their seats, waiting for Natsu's answer.
Natsu gulped down a slap of meat real quick. "Alright. Can you set up a date for us then?" Everyone was shocked.
Lucy grinned. "Of course. I can hardly wait, little salamander." Lucy got up and went back home to change clothes, continuing her day like normal. Natsu, however, did not react any differently to Lucy's request; I doubt he even realized what he agreed to.
Cana sat down with Levy and Robin with a gallon sized mug of alcohol. "Fufufu, that Natsu is dim, isn't he?" she chuckled before taking a big gulp.
"I just hope their date goes alright," Levy muttered. She pulled out two books from her bag and handed them to Robin. "Here's the books you lent me, Robin." She took them back just as Sanji staggered by, moping about.
"What's wrong, Sanji?" Cana asked him. Sanji tilted his head to her, revealing the tears in his eyes.
"There is not one lady in this city who will date me. And now that idiot Natsu is going out with the beautiful Lucy Heartfilia, that worm!"
Cana drew a card portraying a curvaceous young woman from her bag. "If you're feeling lonely, I've got something that get you out of your slump." Cana waved her hand, sparking a light in the card. "Sexy Lady Card! Activate!" he threw the card, striking Sanji with it.
The beautiful girl from the card emerged from it, dressed in dazzling clothes and wearing a cute smile. Sanji's mood heightened, turning his droopy eyes into hearts as he wrapped his arms around the girl, who cooed at his embrace. "Take him out for a while and be nice okay?" Cana instructed her card girl. She nodded and the two left the guild hall.
"Wow, that was really nice of you Cana," complimented Levy as Cana sipped her mug.
"Nah, I only did that because that perverted cook was going to try hitting on me next; he was using the old oh-woe-is-me trick to make me feel sorry for him. I didn't want to waste energy busting his groin, so my card girl will do it for me." She made an evil sort of chuckle and resumed her drinking.
Out somewhere in Magnolia, Luffy was running along rooftops for whatever reason, and Chopper, Wendy, and Carla were shopping for medical supplies. Chopper demonstrated a couple medical techniques for Wendy to use to conserve her magic energy if need be, and Wendy bought herself a tanuki plush animal at a store. "Look Chopper! It looks just like you!" she giggled, setting the plush down in front of Chopper for comparison; he was not amused.
"I am a reindeer," he hissed. Wendy lifted both him and her plush in her arms and snuggled against him as Carla hovered behind her.
"I don't care, you're still cute and cuddly!" Chopper surrendered to her, knowing it was no use.
Some time later, Luffy went into a restaurant via the second floor window, much to the surprise of the diners, and ordered a couple dozen meals. He stuffed his face, ignoring the faces staring at him; clearly, this sort of thing is normal to the rubber boy. Luffy shoved slaps of meat and rolls of soft bread into his giant mouth, barely pausing for air. He even snatched two sticks of flaming shish kabob from a passing cart and stretched his mouth around them, swallowing them whole before dropping the sticks on his table.
"Bring me more!" he cried with glee, as more waiters took his orders to their chefs, who were barely keeping up with the lad. A dozen more platters of meat barely hit the table with Luffy's elastic hands leading them to his belly.
"Hm, I wonder how Natsu and I would fare in an eating contest," Luffy wondered aloud. "Actually, I wonder if Ace could beat Natsu in a fight; that'd be awesome!" A waiter came out with Luffy's bill, reveling in disgust at Luffy's poor manners and the state of the table. Luffy opened his wallet only to realize it contained Berris instead of Jewels. He smiled weakly at the waiter, who was looking stern.
"Um, uh, hehe," Luffy chuckled. "Hey, uh, send the bill to Fairy Tail! Gum-Gum Munch Munch!" Luffy's mouth stretched out and consumed the rest of his food, even some of the dishes got caught and went in. Luffy dashed away and jumped out another window, grappling himself to a building across the street and made his escape.
The Fairy Tail guild would receive a letter from the restaurant two days later, consisting of not just the food bill, but also property damage for the windows, leading to a total close to 60,000 Jewels. Makarov, upon discovering Luffy as the culprit, went into Titan form and launched the rubber man to the moon.
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