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Chapter 1

I challenge her because I want to be strong like her, no I want to become stronger than her to protect her heart. I fail every time...

"Natsu!" shouted an eager Happy with a fish in his mouth. Natsu jolted awake.

"Hm? Oh hehe sorry Happy." he stated. They were eating fish by the river not too far from the guild. Natsu had just burned his fish to a crisp. He tossed it into the water nonchalantly and rested his chin on his hands.

"Natsu...you look grumpy. What's wrong?" Asked Happy.

"Huh? Oh I'm just thinking about the Tower of Heaven..." he stated as he leaned back into the lush grass next to the clear blue river.

Happy flew next to him and sat down. "Do you still feel strange after eating that etherion?"Happy inquired, still munching on his fish. The sun was starting to set, bringing a beautiful hue to the sky. Natsu looked up at it and put his hands behind his head.

"Erza's tears... Happy. Erza's tears fall every day. Just for him." he turned his glance to Happy who was watching him intently. "I have to find a way to stop them."

"Stop who, Natsu?" a familiar voice said from his side opposite of Happy. Natsu turned to face Lucy.

"Hey Lucy." He said ignoring her question. "Let's go to your place. I'm stinky and I wanna take a shower." Natsu said as he stood up.

"What's wrong with your own shower?!" Shouted an infuriated Lucy.

"I like yours better" Natsu said as he started walking towards her house again with his hands behind his head. Lucy followed but she was determined to find out who he was talking about.

"Are we goin on a job?" Lucy asked.

"I haven't checked the board recently. Maybe we'll take a look after my shower and my nap." He continued to walk to her house, Happy flying next to him.

"Nap?! Who said anything about a nap?! Go to your own place!" Lucy yelled. She knew it wasn't going to change the fact that he was going to be taking a shower at her place and a nap. Regardless of how many times she told him, Gray, and Erza to leave. They stayed. "So...Natsu..who were you talking about stopping?" She asked as she caught up to him and began walking on the ledge next to the water as always.

"Lucy, that's dangerous!" shouted the boaters as they usually did.

"I know I'll be fine!" she yelled back.

"No it's not a who it's more like something. But I ain't gonna tell you nothin. It's a secret." Natsu said as he approached the door to Lucy's home. The blonde haired celestial wizard walked to the door and stood in front of it crossing her arms.

"You want in? Then talk. I'll even make you and Happy a snack." she said.

"It's hard to turn down a snack! I'll tell you Lucy!" Happy replied eagerly. Natsu yanked Happy away from Lucy by the tail.

"Happy, you ain't sayin anything to Lucy! We'll just get in the way we usually do, through the window." Natsu said as he began to open the window and climb through it. Lucy grabbed onto his ankles and began to tug him with all her might.

"Natsu! Grr...let go of the window seal!" She yelled, yanking his ankles harder.

"No! Let go Lucy I wanna get my shower already!" The salamander replied as he began stretching his arms and clinging to the bed frame dragging Lucy closer to the window.

"Natsu!" Lucy continued pulling but lost her grip sending her flying toward the water and Natsu flying past the bed and crashing into the wall across the room.

Lucy was preparing to hit the water but something very firm and sturdy stopped her with a loud, metalic CLANK

"Lucy what on earth are you doing?" asked the armored wizard Erza Scarlet.

"Where's Natsu did he hog up the bed?" asked the ice wizard Gray Fullbuster.

"Erza thanks for saving me." Lucy smiled and blushed from embarrassment of falling in front of the two. "He's inside. He broke in and demanded to take a shower then a nap. I was attempting to stop him. He also said he had some sort of secret." Lucy said walking to the door to unlock it. She looked behind her shoulder, Gray and Erza were gone. She shrugged it off and walked up to her room where she found where Erza and Gray had disappeared to.

"Lucy...you wear these?!" Erza asked holding up a pair of black lacy undies.

"Have you heard of a door either of you?! And give me those!" Lucy yelled snatching her panties from Erza's curiosity and throwing them back in her dresser.

Lucy observed that the shower was running and the bathroom door was shut 'Natsu must be in the shower...Now is my chance to ask Happy...' she thought to herself. "Happy..want a snack?" she asked hoping to bribe him.

"Aye sir!" Happy replied as he followed her to the kitchen.

Lucy sat him down on the counter and gave him one piece of chocolate. "you can have as many as you want if you tell me what Natsu is up to." Lucy bribed.

"I don't feel like that's the right thing to do to Natsu...but...if you give me a fish... I'll talk." he replied tossing the candy to the ground. Lucy opened her freezer and found some fish stix left over from the last resident.

"Will these work?" She asked.

"Aye sir! Natsu will have to heat them up for me. I'll tell you after." he said hopping down from the counter.

"Not so fast kitty. Tell me. " She said picking him up by the tail.

"Ow! Lucy!" Happy yelled.

"Put him down." Natsu said walking into the kitchen wrapped in a towel. She gently sat Happy down. "If I want you to know I'll tell you. Now who's ready for a pillow fight?!" He said with a grin.

"At least get some clothes on! You're starting to remind me of Gray." She said blushing slightly.

"Natsu." Erza said walking into the doorway of the kitchen. Hearing her voice his face turned a little red. Lucy hadn't seen him blush like that before. Maybe it had something to do with Erza. Natsu turned to Erza slowly.

WHACK

Erza smacked him in the face with a pillow and that's how the epic pillow fight began.