Hi guys! I am soooo sorry about not updating in a while! Its been about a month since I made the story and look where it is now! I want to thank my first reviewer FairyTail555 who encouraged me from the start to continue this story! You have no idea how happy I am. From last chapter, I said that I was going to continue by telling you what happened to Lucy and what Natsu did for her b-day. I am going to do that BUT, Im going to have a side story that shows her b-day in further detail and what she did. I was going to do Nalu week but I guess the side story would be a mini Nalu week of a story using some of the prompts. Anyways, here we go in the next chapter of What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger!
Previously on What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger!
The next day Lucy and Natsu received their reward and headed back by carriage in 3 hours.
"WHAT HAPPENED TO THE GUILD?" Natsu demanded
"OH NOTHING! NOTHING AT ALL!" Erza stated stuttereing, obviously bluffing.
"Nothing we couldn't forget your birthday right?" Erza exclaimed. There everyone in the guild came out from different corners of the guild.
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY LUCY!" The guild exclaimed.
"YOU IDIOTS NOT KNOWING THAT HER BIRTHDAY WAS DAYS AGO YOU ALL MISSED IT!" Natsu yelled. Everyone froze.
"Um yeah guys my birthday was July 1st!" Lucy exclaimed.
"HAH YOU GUYS FORGOT HER BIRTHDAY!" Natsu exclaimed between his laughs.
"Didn't you forget it too?" Mira questioned.
"Who said I forgot it?!" Natsu exclaimed as Lucy's face turned red.
Chapter 15: Celebrated
"Lucy?" Cana questioned looking at her obviously blushing friend, "What happened to you two during you b-day?"
"N- not much!" Lucy stuttered as many pairs of eyes were on Lucy.
ABOUT A WEEK AGO… (The song reference is for reals)
July 1st was Lucy b-day and no one knew it. Or at least that's what Lucy thought. Of course the noisy Natsu had to be sticking his nose where it didn't belong and went through her obviously private notes to her mom. He picked out the one which read, 'June 30' and read it.
Dear Mom,
Hows life up there in the stars? I'm really excited for tomorrow! Its my 18thbirthday and I am really excited. I haven't told anyone but I plan on taking a break and going to the hot springs with my friends! I love you and I hope that you and dad are reunited up there in the stars!
From your daughter,
Lucy Heartfillia.
Natsu smirked when reading this because now he had a plan and a pretty clever one.
And then…
At 5:00pm that July 1st, Lucy Heartfilia walked back from a relaxing day at the hot springs with her friends. She sighed the usual rower called for Lucy telling her to be safe. Lucy reassured her safety while walking with Plue only to realize that she was being follow. Lucy turned and saw a flash of pink. There stood her former partner, Natsu. What surprised her was that he wasn't in his causal clothes and rather in a nicer red and white plaid shirt and tan slacks. Lucy gasped as Natsu quickly tied something around her eyes before she could protest.
"NATSU WHAT ARE YOU DOING!" Lucy exclaimed as Natsu took her hand!
"You will just have to wait and find out!" Natsu explained with a smile on his face that Lucy could not see.
"Natsu!" Lucy whined, "Happy are you there? Can you help me?"
"Happy is with Wendy and Carla," Natsu stated.
"Darn it," Lucy muttered under her breath as Natsu led her to a place that still remained a mystery to Natsu.
"Where are you taking me?" Lucy complained.
"Somewhere," Natsu responded.
"Can I take the blindfold off?" Lucy questioned.
"No"
"Please?"
"No."
"PLEASE!"
"NO LUCY! WAIT!"
"PLEASE NATSU! WITH A CHERRY ON TOP!" Lucy pouted with her bottom lip sticking out. Natsu gave up.
"Okay we are here" Natsu stated, looking at the important place to them. He carefully untied the blindfold which had blocked out Lucy's sight which allowed for Lucy to see a very important place to both of them.
"This is the restaurant we went to when we first met!" Lucy exclaimed, "I thought you had forgotten of it!"
"Nope," Natsu stated which caused for Lucy to blush, "What are you waiting for!" Natsu grabbed Lucy's hand again and led her into the crowded restaurant.
"What are they doing here?" Elfman questioned as he watched as Natsu dragged Lucy to a table from the other side of the restaurant.
"I never thought that Natsu, of all people, had this side to him!" Evergreen exclaimed from the other side of the table, "Either way we cannot allow them to see us here!" The two of them left carefully leaving for Natsu and Lucy to enjoy their meal and leave an hour later.
"Why did you do that to the waiter you know that the bill will go to Fairy Tail!" Lucy exclaimed,
"Well, I didn't like him flirting with you especially on your birthday when I want to spend the day with you," Natsu stated as he smiled his famous Natsu smile.
"What are they doing over here near Sabertooth!" Sting yelled into Yukino's ears causing for Yukino to cover her ears before she went death.
"Sting calm down they just walked out of the restaurant they probably just wanted food," Yukino responded calmly as Lector, Sting, and Yukino continued down the street in the opposite direction that Lucy and Natsu were walking. Neither of them had noticed Sting, Lector, and Yukino or Elfman and Evergreen.
…And Then
Natsu blindfolded Lucy yet again as he led Lucy down the street to another location. There Natsu untied the blind fold yet again to reveal many dancers and a couple of street musicians playing songs at the same street plaza that both Lucy and Natsu met; where they found the fake Salamander and when Natsu helped Lucy escape the charm spell.
"Natsu you remembered this too?!" Lucy exclaimed as she watched the dancers dance to the Jazz song being played by the musicians.
"What is Salamander doing here with bunny girl?" Gajeel mused as he listened to the jazz with the book crazy bluenette.
"The bigger question is why Lucy is with him? Are they on a date?" Levy questioned as the two clapped as the song ended.
Lucy was blindfolded once again by the fire pyro as he led the poor girl down yet another street.
"Natsu where are we going this time!?" Lucy questioned but Natsu stayed quiet and continued to lead Lucy. Lucy felt the ground beneath her soften and when Natsu took off her blindfold, she found that she was at a beach.
"Oh look its Flame-breath and… Wait. Is that LUCY?" The ice wizard Gray exclaimed with an also surprised Juvia behind him.
"Juvia is surprised that Natsu actually asked Lucy out!" Juvia exclaimed, "That means that love rival wont mess with my love for GRAY-SAMA!" While Gray was tackled by Juvia's hug, Lucy tried escaping Natsu in the waves when Natsu splashed Lucy.
"NATSU STOP IT!" Lucy exclaimed as she ran away from the splashes that Natsu caused.
"NEVER!" Natsu demanded as the water continued to wet Natsu.
"You leave me no choice," Lucy stated as the waves encircled her.
"I SUMMON THE DRAGON OF WATER DRAGONS, MIZU!" Lucy yelled (I did my research! Mizu means water in Japanese. So if you don't know by now, Kaito is the Air Dragon, Mizu is the Water Dragon, Gaito is the Earth Dragon, Luna is the Stardust Dragon, and of course, Igneel is the Fire Dragon!) There stood a 7ft Dragon the size of a horse.
"HAH! What will that little thing do!" Natsu laughed but Lucy just smirked.
"Hey Mizu may you show us your real form?" Lucy asked with a slight tone of revenge in her voice as the 7ft Dragon turned into a gigantic water dragon in an instant. Natsu froze as his eyes widened with terror. Juvia and Gray were still there, on the beach, and were almost stepped on by the now gigantic dragon.
"You called upon me?" Mizu questioned.
"You can turn back to your shrunken size now." Lucy stated obviously satisfied.
The gigantic dragon turned back to it's normal size and Natsu calmed down.
"So that's what you have been doing this whole time," Natsu stated as Lucy closed the gate, "Now I understand why you freaked out when you were looking for the keys."
"I was so close to finding all of them. I would have been the first celestial wizard of all time to find them all! But then I realized that you were actually the key." Lucy stated as she looked down with her hair covering her eyes.
"Well you can always have me!" Natsu stated casually which caused for Lucy to turn bright red.
"N- Natsu what are you saying!" Lucy stated.
"So I am the key, right? Shouldn't I have some power or something that turns me into a key? MAYBE I CAN TURN INTO A FIRE DRAGON LIKE IGNEE-"
"NATSU WHAT ARE YOU SAYING! THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE!" Lucy exclaimed, "I would have never done that to you and you know it!"
"Well then you can just have me!" Natsu exclaimed which definitely DIDN'T remove the red shade off of Lucy's face.
"Natsu! I told you that doesn't make any sense."
"Well then just think of it as your final birthday present from me!" Natsu exclaimed, "Your final birthday present is me!"
PRESENT TIME:
"SO YOUR PRESENT TO HER WAS YOU!?" The guild exclaimed simultaneously as Natsu finished his story of Lucy's real birthday.
"Yep! She didn't say anything about it yet though," Natsu replied.
"Well normally you would give the girl you like flowers or a nice set of chocolates NOT YOURSELF!" Gray yelled at the somewhat dense Natsu.
"Well what do I say then?" Natsu questioned, "I already gave myself to her what else do I d-" But before Natsu finished he looked around.
"Hey where is Lucy?" Natsu asked looking around the guild.
"I don't know but you better catch up to your girlfriend," Gajeel joked with his usual geehee.
"SHES NOT MY GIRLFRIEND!" Natsu yelled, "Anyways I need to find her I have something important to tell her," and with that Natsu ran out of the guildhall's doors and into the streets of Magnolia.
"LUCY!" Natsu yelled as he barged through the of her room.
"PERVERT!" Lucy screamed as she did her infamous Lucy Kick on the intruder.
"GAH LUCY WHAT DID I DO!" Natsu yelled as she rubbed his head to soothe the pain.
"THE NORMAL THING TO DO IS TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR NOT TO COME THROUGH A YOUNG LADY'S WINDOW!" Lucy yelled hiding herself in a towel.
"Well actually I have something to tell you and it's important," Natsu stated with a small blush on his face.
"Okay this is happening too much. Is he really blushing!?" Lucy thought.
"Anyways, meet me at the huge tree in the center of town tomorrow morning! Natsu stated looking down at the ground.
"Uh, okay!" Lucy agreed as she led Natsu towards the door.
"I know the case is hopeless but next time you come, PLEASE USE THE DOOR!" Lucy yelled as she pushed Natsu out the door and locked it. Natsu looked at the door for a good minute before turning away and walking back to his house.
"I may have not confessed to her," Natsu thought, "But at least I can begin my plan!"
So how did you guys like it!? Anyways I'm going to make another story called, 'What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger: Side Stories.' There I will put some side stories if I ever get bored and write a side story on the side relating the main fanfiction. I will put the full date on there as my first chapter and continue with other stories. Also please check out my Youtube at +ddrock43110 because I have been making tons of Fairy Tail AMVs and I would love it if you could watch them, like them, and even subscribe! Thanks! Please review on the story to see how you guys like it!