Who Knew?

Summary: It's the end of the Daimatou Enbu and Fairy Tail rejoices their victory. Now that the guild has regained their place at the top, will everything start to go smoothly for them now or will new problems arise? (my very first fanfic so please be gentle with the comments onegai shimasu) NaLu

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters, Hiro Mashima-sensei does, but I own new characters that I will be adding to the story.

CHAPTER ONE: CELEBRATION

The Daimatou Enbu has just ended in Crocus and the results had been in favor of Fairy Tail. Upon beating Sabertooth, the once weakest guild for seven years in all of Fiore has now made a boisterous comeback and regained their reputation as the no. 1 guild. After days of competing with other guilds, surely they must want to rest and regain lost energy from the past few days –

CHEERS!

Or not

In the small hall of the guild, a celebration has been made for winning the tournament. Everyone is doing their own little celebration, Cana has just finished downing two barrels of sake and is about to go on her third barrel, Mira and Kinana are busy serving everyone, Natsu and Gray have just started an eating competition that turned into a big brawl with almost everyone caught up in it, Erza is quietly sitting on the bar watching the whole scene with Wendy and Charle. Lucy and Levy are sitting just a few seats from Erza. Juvia is secretly cheering for Gray from her seat and Master is drinking his beer while laughing loudly.

"It's really amazing how the men of this guild find a reason to fight each other even though they just suffered a beating from the Daimatou Enbu." Charle pointedly said to no one. Wendy nervously smiled at this.

"Let's just let them be for now. That's just how they show their happiness for winning the tournament." Erza said after finishing her very special limited edition deluxe strawberry tart cake that she'd been saving up until the end of the tournament.

"B-but wouldn't the guild be destroyed if this fight continued, Erza-san?"

"Don't worry Wendy; these things are usual in our guild isn't it? Besides, if things get serious the Master or I will intervene."

"W-well i-if you say so."

"Juvia thinks Gray-sama looks hot while fighting. Aah Gray~sama…"

Lucy and Levy both exchanged nervous glances while watching Juvia wave her butt in the air while cheering for Gray to beat the hell out of everyone else.

"Ne Lu-chan, how are you feeling now? I mean you're not feeling down on yourself about the tournament now right"

"I'm actually a lot better now, Levy-chan. Thanks for asking." Lucy smiled. She had not won any event in the tournament but no one really blamed her for it but still, even after it all ended, she still feels that she has to get a lot stronger to be able to keep up with everyone.

"I know you're only saying that, I can read you like a book Lu-chan. You did great in the tournament especially against that Raven witch. If only they didn't cheat then you'd be the victor of that fight. That was some awesome magic you did back then."

"Thanks. But I still need to train harder especially now that I have all 12 zodiac keys with me. Believe me I'm ok with it now, I did my best but I need to try harder to catch up with the whole team." Lucy said giving Levy a determined look.

Erza, Wendy, Charle and Levy all gave Lucy an approving look.

"That's the spirit Lucy, but don't push yourself too much, I'll help you in training if you want. How about we start tomorrow?" Offered Erza. Mira then went over to the bar and listened in to the conversation. Everyone jolted from their seats even Juvia who was pre-occupied on staring over Gray's shirtless body.

"T-thanks Erza, but I think I'll do my training by myself tomo-"

"Good then it's settled. I'll wait for you outside the guild then we'll start to practice your combat ability first." Erza continued while starting to rise up from her chair.

"No Erza, you see-"

"Be here by 9am tomorrow. Don't be late." Erza said with a fiery look in her eyes.

"She's completely ignoring Lu-chan" said Levy

"I feel sorry for her" Charle said

"Lucy-san" Wendy said

"W-w-wait-t a minute Erza -"

"I insist" Erza said with one of her death glares

"O-ok" Lucy said and she Erza was off. Lucy was left stunned and slowly slid down to her knees blanking out from that traumatic stare she got from Erza, but now she just realized that she'll be blanking out more tomorrow after a bout with the Titania.

How do I get out of this one? Erza is pretty determined to start Spartan training by tomorrow and why did it have to be me of all people? Lucy thought while silent tears ran down her cheeks. The thought of being Erza's first piece of meat after the tournament really doesn't look good for her.

"Poor girl" Charle whispered.

"Charle! It's ok Lucy-san I'll be there to heal you if anything happens." Wendy added

"Do your best Lucy" joined Mira

"That really doesn't comfort me right now. Why did it turn out to this?" Lucy said while crying more beside Levy.

"My, my" added Mira while placing a palm on her cheek.

"However, don't you think we should stop this riot first?" said Charle while pointing over a lump of passed out mages with Natsu shouting and breathing fire on top of them with Elfman, Gray and Gajeel beating the crap out of each other.

Everyone on the bar just sweatdropped and stared with Master Makarov laughing drunk over the counter with Mira smiling over everything.

"My, my everyone's really hyped up" chimed Mira. Then suddenly Mira had a spark of realization in her mind.

"Hey Lucy, why not try to ask help from Natsu? After all, I think he likes you a lot to stand up against Erza in your stead. Aaaww..that would be like one of those fairy tales that I used to read to Elfman and Lisanna whenever they got nightmares back when we were little, about princes and princesses that end up with kisses and weddings and babies and more kisses and more babies and aaaww you'd be the perfect Fairy Tail couple!" squealed Mira while blushing and with her hands clapped together against Lucy's hands.

"W-what are you talking about Mira-san? Natsu and I aren't like that we're just partners, a team." Lucy said with a slight blush in her face.

"Oh really? Well judging by how Natsu reacted towards you in the past couple of days, I'd say I'm pretty sure that he feels something for you," teased Mira. Everybody else in the bar broke out a knowing smile and continued to press Lucy's buttons.

"Why are you all looking at me like that? Come on guys, you know Natsu doesn't even think of things like that, for him I'm just a friend, nothing more, whatever made you think that he had feelings for me?" Lucy challenged being pretty sure that they all know of Natsu's character that they would not be able to think of anything romantic that Natsu did for her. Oh how wrong she was.

"Well, remember your fight with Flare? Natsu was the one who helped you out and when you were crying after you lost the match he was the one cheered you up, didn't he?" Levy said. "Well he was just looking out for me, that's all. Besides I know all of you would have done the same if you knew." Defended Lucy.

"I do remember Natsu accompanying and looking after you after that match. If I didn't stop him, he would have went to check up on you while you were showering," Erza added after hearing Levy's statement.

"Come on Erza that's just typical Natsu gesture. He's just being thoughtful, AS A FRIEND," Lucy countered.

"Um I do remember one incident when Charle, Grandine and I were abducted instead of you that Natsu-san got agitated after realizing that you were being targeted and back when Arcadios-san mentioned they needed you as a Celestial Mage for Eclipse, he suddenly stood up against him with a mad look on his face asking why they should need you. Back then I thought he was being romantic to you Lucy-san," Wendy added in.

"Well-" Lucy tried to defend but Juvia thought it was a perfect opportunity to keep Lucy away from Gray so she quickly butted in.

"Wasn't it also romantic when Natsu-san rushed to catch Lucy-san after Minerva dropped her back in the Naval Battle event? I remember how fierce he looked after Lucy-san was beaten almost to death." Juvia said.

"Oh yeah, I remember that! I think I've never seen Natsu that mad even after knowing him for such a long time," Mira said with hearts on her eyes.

"If you think about it now, it does seem like Natsu really likes Lu-chan considering how protective he gets over her and how his emotions get fueled up whenever something happens to Lu-chan, like back in the Phantom and the Infinity Clock incident," Levy thoughtfully said.

"You guys are way over your heads, as far as I'm concerned, there's really nothing going on between me and Natsu. If you ask me I'd say he has the hots for Lisanna." Lucy said with her blush deepening even more.

"Well Natsu and Lisanna are childhood friends, but I think their relationship is more like that of a brother and sister." Levy countered Lucy. "Besides, if your not so guilty, then why are blushing like mad Lu-chan?" Levy added.

"I-I'm just embarrassed that's all." Lucy said.

And with that said the girls continued discussing random things about each and everyone's love interests while drinking their booze and disregarding the fight that the boys have started.

Several hours passed with the guild continuing on celebrating, brawling, singing (led by an over-enthusiastic Gajeel and Mira in a bunny outfit with Lisanna and Kinana dancing in the background), dancing, shouting and God-knows-what else they do to celebrate, the guild finally settled down to a complete silence with everyone either drunk or passed out from the brawl that suddenly erupted after Gajeel's second song. The only people conscious during the time were Lucy and Mira.

"Mira-san, I'm heading back home now," Lucy called out to Mira who was finishing up cleaning the bar and closing up the guild hall.

"Are you sure you don't want to stay here for the night? You've had a lot to drink for yourself too, will you be alright?" Mira asked Lucy who was a bit flustered from drinking.

"Don't worry Mira-san I'm fine, I think I can still make it back home. Besides, I have to rest up before Erza makes a mince meat out of me tomorrow," Lucy regretfully said.

"My,my…well, be careful then. Just close the gate for me on your way out," Mira then waved and bade Lucy good night.

"Thanks, you too." And with that Lucy walked her way home while thinking deep in her head about what they have been talking about earlier about Natsu possibly having feelings for her. After thinking back about it, she did notice that Natsu was very kind and overprotective towards her. She also took note of the times when she'd catch him stealing glances at her during missions and how warm and comforting his smiles were for her. She knows that she could just be over thinking things but whenever she thinks about it, she couldn't help herself from breaking out a smile and feeling that maybe, just maybe…

"Natsu likes me?" Lucy thought out loud while standing in front of her apartment door and a small blush crept its way on her cheeks making them feel hot.

"Whoa, why am I thinking this way?! I-I mean Natsu and I are j-just friends, right? His behavior is just normal. It's because of our talk earlier, yeah that's why, it's just because of that that I'm thinking this way ha ha ha…" Lucy nervously said to herself. " I need to rest," Lucy then opened her door and let herself in. She took a short shower and went to bed with just her towel on not even bothering to put on her pajamas because she was really feeling tired now. However, even under the bed sheets and her lack of clothes, she couldn't help but feel warm, too warm, as if her bed was completely heated by something.

Heated? W-wait d-don't tell me. And as she slowly looked from behind her as she was facing the opposite side of her room when she went to bed, she was immediately shocked to see the very familiar spikes of pink hair and a pair of strong and warm arms that suddenly wrapped themselves to her body as she turned to face the other occupant of the bed.

Natsu was suddenly hugging Lucy and murmuring incoherently while sleeping. Lucy's mind was racing and her heartbeat was rapidly increasing. Here she was with Natsu, alone in her apartment in the middle of the night, embracing her barely covered body.

H-how did he get in here again? And why didn't I notice? Lucy was brought back from here thoughts when Natsu hugged her tighter and she was pulled closer to his body. I need to wake him up. Lucy then nudged Natsu and tried to wake him up.

"H-hey baka wake up!"

No response

"Natsu! Wake up!"

"umm…"

"Damn it Natsu! Wake the hell up!"

And with that Natsu woke up only to raise his head and smile at Lucy which made her blush. Why is he smiling like that? Lucy thought to herself.

"Hi Lucy, what's the matter?" Natsu asked Lucy half-asleep.

"Idiot! What are you doing here?"

"I wanted to see you, you left the guild earlier so I followed you here"

"How'd you get in anyway?"

"The window"

"Figures. Anyway, I want you out of my bed and out of my room NOW!"

"No can do Lucy, it feels good here in your bed," Natsu said while hugging Lucy tighter and drifting back to sleep.

"N-natsu s-stop it! Go back to your home or the guild and stop hugging me" Lucy said while blushing profusely and pulling Natsu off of her with little effort. I can't pull him off, he's too strong for me and I feel light-headed from the alcohol.

"Ne Lucy, why are you dressed in your towel?" Natsu asked again.

"I-I just came from the bath, could you please just let go of me? You can sleep in the couch for all I care just not here on the bed." Lucy blushed after having Natsu noticed her lack of clothing.

"But I want to sleep her with you. Besides, your body's so soft and I like it." Natsu said to Lucy giving her a small smile making Lucy blush even more.

"W-wait Natsu are you drunk? Get off the bed now please, I need to sleep"

"You know, you really look pretty" Natsu then moved his head closer to Lucy.

"Natsu stop" He's drunk I have to snap him out of it

But before Lucy could open her mouth to say something, Natsu had already pressed his lips against Lucy's. Lucy was shocked because she never imagined that Natsu would ever kiss her. At the moment, she thought of pushing him off of her but the moment she placed her hands on his chest, Natsu placed a palm on her chest while the other roamed her thigh. Lucy gasped which Natsu took advantage of by sticking his tongue in her mouth and exploring it. Lucy was dazed. She knew she had to pull him off her but the heat that was building up inside her and the alcohol kept fogging up her mind. Before she knew it, they were both enjoying themselves getting as much pleasure from each other as possible, letting the alcohol take control of their consciousness. When they both reached the end of their ecstacy, they just snuggled with each other with Natsu wrapping an arm around Lucy as she dozed off and kissing her forehead while whispering good night and falling asleep himself.

A/N: first chapter done! Hope you like it, forgive me for any mistakes in the story. I first though of continuing with the lemon part but I don't think I would do so good in the first try so sorry to disappoint you, if you could give me advice then I could try to make one on the next chapters or on a different story.

To clarify things, Lucy gained the 12 keys after Yukino surrendered Libra and Pisces after the Daimatou Enbu. The arc in the manga is still ongoing and I don't want to mix it in with this story especially the controversy with Eclipse because it will only make it confusing to those who aren't updated to the manga. Anyways, Rate and Review please