Being such a star in Paris, Natsu gets to take part in many events and such...even if he didn't want to take a part in it. As he was working on his piano skills, Invel came in for something Natsu had to do.
"We'll be taking part for the wax museum soon, Natsu." Invel said. Natsu wasn't really looking forward to this.
"Invel, since this might take a while, can't I invite a friend or two to come along?" Natsu asked. Invel allowed it and Natsu was glad he could have it.
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Lucy
"Careful, Asuka. You might break it." Lucy said. Lucy was babysitting Asuka once again. They were up in her room while Asuka was playing with one of her things again. Asuka is certainly an energetic child. While Lucy was playing around with her, she heard her phone going off and saw it was Erza.
"Lucy, I have great news!" Erza said once Lucy accepted the call. "Natsu is heading for that wax muse. He's got to take care of some statue there. Natsu is looking for a friend to go with him."
"And... He wants me?!" Lucy said as she couldn't believe it. "Wait. Why are you telling me?"
"Well... Natsu did ask Gray, but he couldn't make it. Luckily, Juvia was there and informed me about it. So, Jellal and I are going and you're coming too. No excuses, you're coming with." Erza said as she wasn't giving her a choice. Lucy would love to go, but she spotted Asuka running around her room and saw why she couldn't.
"I can't and I have a good excuse. I'm babysitting Asuka today." Lucy said.
"No worries. All we have to do is pull a few strings. Speaking of which, you'll be telling Natsu how you really feel." Erza said. This sounds like it could be a lot of fun. Erza is a good friend and this could be Lucy's chance. The thing is that she just needs a little push to actually say what she wants to say.
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Natsu
Erza gave Natsu a call, Natsu asked if all those people could come, and he fortunately agreed. Erza, Jellal, Asuka, and Lucy were all in Natsu's limo and all of them were heading for that museum.
"Thanks for coming, guys. This would have been so boring if you all didn't show." Natsu said.
"No problem, Natsu." Jellal said as he was happy to help. While he seemed a little ignorant on what his girlfriend was planning, Erza knew she was going to need help.
"Jellal, listen up." Erza whispered to him. "When we get there, we need a way to leave Lucy."
"Hey, why would you want to leave Lucy?" Asuka asked as she could actually overhear what they were saying. "Don't you like her?" Asuka is pretty sharp for she had Erza unsure on what to say.
"I think Erza and Jellal just want some alone time, Asuka. They are boyfriend and girlfriend." Natsu claimed.
"Aren't you and Lucy boyfriend and girlfriend?" Asuka bluntly asked with Lucy getting a little nervous on what Asuka might say. "She has so many photos of you in her room."
"That's because she's interested in fashion and probably has tons of photos of her friends." Natsu said as that's what he believed.
"But what about all those hearts?" Asuka asked.
"Those aren't hearts! I don't know what she's talking about!" Lucy said as she tried to stop Asuka from saying anymore and tried to act innocent. Lucy was always so scared on Natsu knowing how she feels, but she was also concerned about Jellal knowing. She would have been embarrassed if anyone else knew. She knows what Erza is planning, but she wonders if Jellal knows considering how close they are. "Erza, you didn't tell Jellal about you-know-what, did you?"
"What? Of course not." Erza said as she tried to act like she really didn't do anything.
"Is there something I should know?" Jellal asked.
"No!" Both of the girls said.
"What are you all talking about?" Asuka asked. Lucy could tell that this is going to be a long day. Eventually, they arrived at the museum, where the director herself was outside waiting for her.
"Natsu! Thank you so much for coming!" The director said as she greeted all of them. "I'm sorry to call you in like this, but I'm afraid we do need your help."
"No problem." Natsu said as all five of them went on ahead. Natsu might have been called in on business, but the director gave a tour for the others.
"Welcome, the rest of you, to Museum Grevin." The director said as they went on inside. "Here, he display some of the best wax figures displays."
"Wow! We're inside the museum before anyone can even come in!" Asuka said as she liked getting a private tour, but Lucy was more focused on gazing at Natsu. While they were all moving, Erza and Jellal stayed back to talk about something else.
"Come on, Erza. It's obvious that Lucy likes Natsu, obvious to everyone except him." Jellal said as he was fully aware of Lucy's crush on Natsu.
"Yes, but Lucy has to be the one to tell him that. It would be a big step for her, and a boost in self-confidence." Erza said. "So, whatever one of them says, deny all of it." Erza might be right, but the problem will be to actually getting Lucy to say anything to him. As for little Asuka, she was more focused on having a lot of fun at the museum. She looked around and soon spotted Erik Cobra.
"Erik Cobra! Can I have an autograph?!" Asuka asked, but he didn't really do anything. "Why is he ignoring me?"
"Sweetie, this isn't the real Erik Cobra. It's only a wax figure." The director said. "Look around." She showed other figures of famous people around Paris. "We even have an exhibit that's dedicated to Celestria and Salamondra, filled some of the villains they've faced before."
"Look! Even Mommy is here!" Asuka said as she pointed to one of Bisca. She kept looking around to see the figures, but soon spotted one of Jellal. "Hey! There's even one of Jellal!"
"Boo!" Jellal shouted as he gave Asuka a good scare by pretending to be a wax figured.
"Wow. They look so lifelike." Lucy said as she was amazed with them.
"Yes, but that can be a problem." The director said. "Some fans come in and try to swipe some parts. That's why I asked Natsu to come in. Some of his fans came and snatched the arm of his statue. We need Natsu to remake it. This way to see how they're made." The director showed the way to where they make the statues. While they were walking, the boys and the girls were talking about another situation.
"Just do it. Just go and tell him you like him." Erza encouraged Lucy to do. "Jellal and I can take Asuka to ensure you two are alone to do just that."
"I can't do that. This isn't the time." Lucy said as she was too scared.
"There might never be the right time. You just got to go for it." Erza said. She's trying to convince Lucy to just come out and say to Natsu that she likes him. At the same time, Natsu was wondering something about Lucy.
"Hey, Jellal. Do you think you can help me out with something?" Natsu asked.
"What's up?" Jellal asked.
"Do you think Lucy actually likes me?" Natsu questioned.
"What makes you say that?" Jellal questioned.
"It's just...she always acts weird and a little secretive whenever she's around me." Natsu said. "I think I make her nervous or something."
"No. That's not it at all." Jellal said as he tried to follow Erza's instructions.
"So, she does like me?" Natsu questioned.
"Well, I wouldn't say that exactly." Jellal said as he tried implying that Lucy's feelings were stronger, but Natsu ended up taking it the wrong way. They all kept on going and found themselves in an elevator. While they were in an elevator, Natsu looked to Lucy, but Lucy backed away as best she could. Not good when Natsu thinks Lucy has a problem with him. They soon found themselves in a craft room.
"Here is where we make the wax statues." The director said. "This is where we add all the paint, accessories, and much more. Behind this door is where we make the wax." She opened up a door and showed a room where all the wax was. They were all amazed with this. "Now, as for your statue, Natsu. We have it just about done. We just need to make a new arm for it."
"Sure. Just tell me what to do." Natsu said. The director set up a box and filled it with the wax that was going to be used. Once she had that, Natsu placed his right arm inside and that was that.
"There. All you have to do now is keep your arm in there until this timer goes off." The director said as she set a timer and all Natsu had to do was wait. Meanwhile, Asuka was having a look around all the crafts. She looked around with the mannequin heads until she spotted one that looked like Jellal.
"Huh?" Asuka thought it was another fake, but Jellal roared at her and gave her another playful scare that she couldn't stop laughing.
"I have other work to do, but please do try to enjoy your stay." The director said as she stepped outside.
"This could be your chance." Erza whispered to Lucy, but the thought of telling Natsu how she really felt terrified her. She didn't know what to do.
"Lucy, let's play!" Asuka begged. That was another problem. She had to babysit Asuka, but she also wanted to get closer to Natsu.
"Jellal and I will play with you, Asuka. Come on." Erza said as she grabbed Asuka's hand and the two of them ran out with Jellal following after them. That left Lucy alone with Natsu, but it made her nervous that she wasn't sure what to say.
"Lucy, is there a problem? Are you upset with me or something?" Natsu asked.
"What? Why would you ask that?" Lucy questioned.
"Something Jellal said." Natsu said.
"Natsu, it's not that I don't like you. I actually..." Lucy was about to come out right then and there. Then, she realized what she was about to say and got all nervous. "I should probably check on Asuka! I am the one should be babysitting her!" She said as an excuse to just walk out of there and that's what she just did. That certainly didn't help Natsu feel any better.
"You were right about one thing. She does act rather strange." Igneel said as he came out of hiding.
"I must have done something. I do remember on my first day of school that she thought I was some sort of jerk." Natsu said, but wouldn't accept this. "I've got to try and fix this!" Natsu believes Lucy doesn't really like him, but he does intend to change that.
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Asuka
Asuka was playing with Erza and Jellal, and decided to play a game of hide and seek. Asuka roamed around the museum until she found herself in the Hall of Heroes. When she got there, she was amazed by the statues of the two heroes in the center and the villains around them.
"Wow..." Asuka said as she was amazed by it. It also gave her an idea to hide. She stood with the figures and kept still, trying to look like she was one of them.
"Asuka? Where are you?" Erza playfully called as she and Jellal looked around and soon found themselves in the hall.
"Wow. Look at this place." Jellal said as they were both impressed with what they witnessed. They both loved it, but they took a look at themselves from when they were villains: Sema and Knightwalker. Seeing themselves like that stirred some unsettling feelings in Erza. "You okay?"
"I know we weren't really ourselves, but it's hard to imagine we were once like this: as supervillains." Erza said.
"That's because you're looking at this all wrong." Jellal said to comfort her. "These are the people that Celestria and Salamondra saved. We were all under a control of evil, but they freed us. It also means that I turned into the tickle monster!" He said as he began tickling her and chased after her. However, it would seem they completely forgot about Asuka as she was just left there.
"Hey! What about me?!" Asuka said as she was a little hurt she was just forgotten like that. "Why is it people don't pay attention to me?" Asuka felt a little offended that she was just ignored like that. However, she did spot the statue of herself from when she was Puppetress. Asuka was a little mesmerized to see herself like that. Thinking she was once like that caused her to grip her hat with anxiety.
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Black Wizard
"I can sense the child's need for attention and playing. No one does like being ignored, do they?" Black Wizard as he was planning to etheriouize her again. He took an etherious and filled it with the dark power. "Flyaway, my evil etherious, and evillize her!"
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Asuka
The etherious was able to make it to the museum. Once it did, it was able to find Asuka and went into her hat. She was connected to Black Wizard once more.
"Hello again, Puppetress. No one wants to play with you, but I can change that." Black Wizard said. "However, there is one thing I must have in return."
"Celestria's and Salamondra's miraculous! I remember!" Asuka said as she accepted the power again and became Puppetress once more. With her powers, rather than controlling people through dolls, she used her powers to bring the wax figures to life.
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Lucy
"What am I going to do, Stella?" Lucy said as she hid herself in the bathroom. "I'm so tired of not telling how I feel, but I'm so scared he's going to reject me."
"I get it, but you've got to try something." Stella said. "You want to be with him, but you can't keep letting fear stop you. You're courageous when you're Celestria. You just need to bring that confidence out when you talk to him." Lucy thought that over. She is confident when she's Celestria, but that might be because know one knows its her, and she's more tactful with situations she can control. It all really comes down to her being able to actually be that confident when she's not Celestria.
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Natsu
As for Natsu, he's trying to figure out how to fix things. Riding down the elevator, he tried to think of someway to make this right with Lucy.
"You worry too much. So what if one person doesn't even like you? Not everyone needs to." Igneel said.
"Lucy is important to me. I've got to do this." Natsu said.
"Well, if you insist on doing this, maybe you should try making her laugh. Try pulling some harmless prank or practical joke on her." Igneel said. "Making people laugh is always a good way to break the ice."
"Make her laugh..." Natsu said as he thought that was a pretty good idea. When the elevator came down, he tried to think of how he was going to do that. He soon spotted Lucy coming out of the restroom and had to think of something fast. "I think I got it." He stood perfectly still like he was one of the statues.
"I sure hope I can pull this off." Lucy said without paying attention to where she was going. She soon bumped into Natsu and panicked, but she saw how still he was. "Oh, it's just the statue." She relaxed as she believed that was the real statue, not having any idea. "Wow. I've got to say that they did a great job. It looks so real." She ran her hand over it and didn't feel a bit of wax, but didn't know a thing still. Not even when she actually smelled it. "It even feels real. It even has Natsu's scent." Seeing as how it was Lucy, she went into a daze as she admired it. Natsu was getting a little uneasy about this, but he held his position. "I actually wish there was a statue of me to stand with him, to stand here forever." She was starting to get carried away with it for she didn't know it was the real Natsu. "They really nailed how amazing and handsome he looks. Then again, is there anyone else who embodies perfection. I know this might be silly, but I just can't seem to help it. It just seems so real." She was daring enough to actually try to kiss him.
"That might be a little too real!" Natsu said as he cut the act and pulled away. Lucy was completely shocked and felt mortified. She felt so embarrassed that she seemed like she was about to cry. Natsu felt so guilty about it. "I'm so sorry. I was only trying to pull a joke."
"Not funny!" Lucy cried as she just ran off with Natsu feeling like such an idiot.
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Erza
Erza was still playing around with Jellal, but there was no sign of him anywhere. On top of that, she realized that they were looking for Asuka.
"Jellal! Where are you? We need to find Asuka and probably meet up with the others!" Erza called. She looked around and soon found herself back in the Hall of Heroes. "Jellal? Asuka?" She didn't like how this felt. However, she felt better when she felt a hand on her shoulder and thought it was him. "There you are. I..." She turned around, but saw the statue of Sema alive. Getting spooked by it, she backed away until she back into the statue of Knightwalker.
"Mma!" Erza also looked up and saw Jellal was webbed and gagged. With nowhere to run, the statues grabbed a hold of her and took the two of them away. Puppetress is playing a different game now, and this game could lead the heroes in serious trouble.
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Natsu and Lucy
Lucy felt humiliated from how she acted in front of Natsu thinking he was a statue. Natsu blamed himself for the whole thing. As she sat and cried, Natsu sat next to her and tried to make things right.
"I really am sorry, Lucy." Natsu said. "I was only trying to be funny. Even after all this time, it looks like I still have a trouble fitting in with you guys. You're one of the nicest people I know. So, when I thought you didn't like me... I..." Natsu wasn't quite sure what to say, but Lucy certainly seemed to understand enough.
"Natsu, it's not like that." Lucy said as she wanted to explain the situation, but didn't get the chance. Natsu gasped in surprise when he saw something. Lucy look towards the entrance and was shocked herself. Standing at the entrance was Black Wizard. "Black Wizard?! What's he doing here?!" Black Wizard charged right at them to attack, but Natsu acted quickly as he grabbed a chair and threw it at him with it hitting and knocking him down.
"Careful! You don't want to break my toys!" Puppetress called as she was using the PA system.
"Asuka? Is that you?" Asuka said.
"I'm Puppetress now, and I have tons of fun games we can play!" Puppetress claimed with Black Wizard getting back up.
"Lucy, get out of here!" Natsu said as he pushed Lucy in a direction to run while Black Wizard went at him. Lucy hurried into the elevator and took cover in there.
"Stella, Twinkle!" She transformed in the elevator and hurried out. Natsu kept trying to avoid Black Wizard, staying out of his reach, but he soon grabbed a hold of Natsu and tried to hold him down. That was right when Celestria came swinging in and kicked him to free Natsu.
"Run!" Celestria told him with Natsu running off. Natsu ran into the elevator so he could transform himself.
"Igneel, Fire Up!" Natsu became Salamondra and hurried out to help her. Celestria tossed her whip at Black Wizard and got it around him. When that happened, Salamondra jumped in and kicked him down. Realization that it was a statue hit when they saw how he broke apart.
"Too bad that wasn't the real Black Wizard." Salamondra complained.
"Nice move." Celestria claimed.
"Thanks, but what was up with that statue?" Salamondra questioned.
"Puppetress is back. She must be here somewhere." Celestria explained. "That statue of Black Wizard came from the Hall of Heroes. Let's try there first."
"After you, my little star." Salamondra said with the two of them hurrying off. The two of them hurried down the stairs and was about to enter the hall, but Celestria spotted a couple shadows behind the door and saw a trap waiting for them.
"Jump!" Celestria said as she jumped through the door instead of running through it. Salamondra followed her lead. It was a good thing they did because the statues of Knightwalker and Sema tried attacking them, but ended up attacking each other instead.
"Sharp as ever. You're brighter than any star." Salamondra said. Celestria just brushed the flirting aside and kept her guard up. She got spooked when she saw Puppetress, but saw it was only a statue.
"Just a statue." Celestria said.
"So could the real Puppetress be?" Salamondra questioned. They tried thinking of how they were going to catch her, but Salamondra got a strange feeling. "Do you feel like we're being watched?" That was right when the other statues of previous villains started moving. "Looks like it's you and me against them. No one else I would fight by my side."
"Stay focus, Salamondra!" Celestria said as she tried fighting off the statues. "There's a little girl in danger."
"As you wish." Salamondra said as he started to fight himself. "You always know how to light my way."
"How do you do that?" Celestria questioned as she threw one to the ground.
"Do what?" Salamondra questioned as he tried to hold another back.
"I mean so much to you, and you say these nice things without a problem. You have no problem with it all, no fear." Celestria said as she kicked another statue back. "How do you say all this stuff about me without fear? How do you say it so easily? Aren't you afraid to say any of that stuff?"
"Not really." Salamondra said as he twirled his staff around. "I just think if you have something to say, you should say it; and if you don't, you're just using fear as an excuse not to say it." That was certainly something for Celestria to think about, but there was no time. Suddenly, she heard something coming down the stairs. She looked and saw a bunch of supplies coming down the stairs.
"She must be in the workshop!" Celestria said and hurried back up the stairs.
"Wait!" Salamondra called as he wanted to chase after her, but that was when all the statues dogpiled on him and kept him from going anywhere. One statue of a head even tried to taking his ring by using its mouth. "Aw... That's so gross!"
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Celestria
Celestria tried to hurry to the workshop. Not safe to take the elevator, she ran for the stairs. She opened the door and waited for Salamondra to show himself. When he did show up, she shut the door. At least she thought it was the real Salamondra.
"Thought I lost you for a second. Let's go." Celestria said as the two hurried up the stairs. Soon, they arrived at the workshop, but Celestria knew they couldn't just charge in. "We better have a little insurance before just charging in. Open the Celestial Gate!" She used her powers and ended up getting a cowgirl hat with the Taurus sign on it. "Not my usual style, but I'll find a way to make it work." She said as she had the hat hang on her side. "Let's do this!" The two of them busted right in and were ready for action, but Puppetress was ready for them.
"Nananananana! You fell into my trap, Celestria!" Puppetress claimed as she had a few other statues with her.
"That's what you think!" Celestria said as she had her whip ready, but Salamondra grabbed her arm and stopped her. "What are you doing?"
"Get her earrings!" Puppetress ordered. That was when Salamondra reached for them, but Celestria grabbed his arm and tossed him another.
"Another wax statue!" Celestria said as she realized what the problem was. Looks like she was on her own as other statues came at her.
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Salamondra
As for Salamondra, he fought off the villainous statues and was able to beat all of them and kept his miraculous safe.
"They were never a match for me." Salamondra said as he thought the job was done. When he turned around, he spotted Celestria was there. "Ready to go rescue a kid?" He was ready to go, but the fake Celestria walked over to him, grabbed his hands, and looked like she was trying to kiss him. "Oh?! Finally coming around?" He was distracted by the idea that he didn't notice her trying to slide off his wing. "Is that new perfume? It smells like...wax? Dragon Fire!" Realizing it was a fake, he used his powers and turned the statue to ashes. Now that there was nothing stopping him as he hurried to help the real Celestria.
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Celestria
Celestria still kept trying to hold on in the workshop. The fake Salamondra pushed her against the wall and tried to hold her down while a couple moving hands went for her earrings.
"Get off!" Celestria demanded as she kicked the fake off and swatted the hands away like they were bugs. She took her whip out and twirled it around to keep the statues away from her.
"Hurry and get her!" Puppetress ordered. Realizing that the etherious must be in her hat again, Celestria threw her whip at Puppetress and was able to knock her hat off.
"I got it!" Celestria called.
"No!" Puppetress called as they both jumped for the hat. Celestria was able to grab it first, but everything dived for the hat. Puppetress was worried it was all over for her, but she saw a hand was able to grab the hat and gave it back to her. As for Celestria, she was able to push all the wax figures off, but Puppetress was making her escape. "Finish her, my dolls." She ordered before diving in the next room. Celestria was in trouble as she found herself surrounded. The fake Salamondra came at her from behind and got a hold of her. She tried to get out, but it was strong...until the real Salamondra showed up in time and knocked his fake off her.
"Hands off! I'm the only Salamondra that can get handsy with Celestria." He claimed as he knocked away all the other figures.
"You're the only one that can what?" Celestria questioned as she didn't like how he worded that, and he felt like he was in trouble. He looked at her and spotted the hat she had.
"Have you figured out how to use your item yet?" Salamondra questioned. Celestria looked around to see how the hat could help. She did see how as she spotted some paint, fabric, and a few other accessories that she can use with the hat.
"I think I just did." Celestria claimed. She put her plan into action, and part of that was having Salamondra act like the wax statue and look like he had her captured. "Let go of me, you fake!" She said as she was dragged into the wax room.
"Great work, Salamondra. Now get me her earrings!" Puppetress ordered. Salamondra made it look like he was about to take the earrings, but just stopped. "Huh? What's going on? Why isn't it working?" She kept telling Salamondra to take it, but nothing was happening.
"It's not going to work since I have this." Celestria said as she showed she had a copy of Puppetress' hat. "I grabbed your hat and switched it with a fake. This fake grabbed me before I have a chance to tear your hat apart."
"You think you won? Well, you're wrong!" Puppetress said as she showed she captured the museum director, tied her up, and was about to drop her inside the wax. "Give me that hat or she's going to take a wax bath."
"No! Okay." Celestria said as she just gave up handed her the hat. Puppetress removed hers and took the one Celestria had, but she noticed something strange. She looked to Salamondra's ring and saw the timer on it was running out.
"Wait! If that ring is beeping, it can't be a fake. That means..." Puppetress realized she was tricked too late. Celestria grabbed a hold of the real hat and tore it apart with the etherious flying out.
"No more evildoing for you, little etherious." Celestria activated her whip and twirled it. "Time to de-evillize!" She tossed it and caught the etherious. "Gotcha! Bye-Bye, little guy. Miraculous Starlight!" She threw the hat in the air and unleashed the magic stars with all the damage done in the museum being restored, the hostages freed, and Puppetress turning back into adorable Asuka.
"Pound it!" The two heroes celebrated.
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Black Wizard
"You might have won this time, but you can't keep winning." Black Wizard said. He accepted defeat, but was still going. "When I finally do defeat you, I'll go down in history!"
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The Museum
"And there." The director said as she was able to finish the statue of Natsu and put it on display. It looked so much like the real Natsu.
"It's amazing, but shouldn't Asuka be seeing this?" Lucy said.
"You're right. Where is she?" Erza questioned as they acted like they didn't know where she was.
"Hey. What's that over there?" Jellal said as the four of them went over to Asuka while she was pretending to be a statue and made her think they were falling for her little trick.
"Boo!" Asuka screamed with all of them pretending to be scared. It certainly was a fun day.
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Natsu and Lucy
After everything was done at the museum, all of them were heading home. They dropped off Erza and Jellal, and left Asuka with her parents. That left Natsu and Lucy in Natsu's car, but it was a little awkward between them. After what happened between them earlier, neither were really sure what to say. However, Natsu followed his advice and just said what he needed to say.
"Lucy, when you thought I was a statue, what was all that stuff you were saying about?" Natsu asked.
"Oh! I was just playing around! I didn't mean any of what I said back there!" Lucy laughed as she tried to act like it was nothing.
"Okay... Well, again I'm sorry. I was trying to pull a joke because Jellal said you might not like me." Natsu said. "You're like one of my greatest friends and I didn't like the idea that we weren't."
"I don't know what Jellal told you, but I think you might have misunderstood." Lucy reassured. "It's not like that at all, Natsu. Although, I think your jokes could use a little work."
"Yeah. The girl I'm in love with doesn't think I'm all that funny either." Natsu said.
"A girl? You're...in love with?" Lucy said as she felt some misery of her own. Eventually, Lucy arrived home. When she got there, she went straight up to her room. Disappointed and upset that Natsu loves someone else, she was about to rip the photos of him off her wall. "You heard him, Stella. He's in love with someone else, and I'm just a friend to him. What's even the point?"
"Don't say that, Lucy." Stella said. "Don't give up. You don't know what's really ahead of you and Natsu. There's still a chance."
"You think? How when I can't even tell him how I feel?" Lucy said.
"You came close, but just didn't realize it was him." Stella said. "You're getting stronger and stronger. You're becoming more and more confident. In time, you will be with him. Just don't give up hope. There's always a chance." That did make Lucy feel a little better.
"You're right, Stella. There could still be a chance." Lucy said, even though she's not aware Natsu is already in love with her. The love those two secretly have for each other is real, and one day it will be displayed for all to see.
