"The spa was a disaster." Lucy whined as she laid her head on the bar table.

"Oh, my." Mira was disappointed. She really wanted Erza and Lucy to get together. "What happened?"

"Natsu barged in when Erza was trying to tell me something, Gray walked in completely naked, and Juvia from Phantom appeared."

"What?" Mira smiled while breaking a glass that she was holding. She made sure that those idiots were busy with something else. "Phantom going after you again?" Mira does NOT like it when her plans did not work.

"I don't think she meant any harm though. She kept saying that she was sorry and that she wants to be friends...and join Fairy Tail..." Lucy murmured.

"And what's your opinion?" Mira asked. Still angry at Natsu and Gray. She shall punish them later with no remorse.

"I honestly don't know." Lucy sighed. "She was the one that first kidnapped me...but she didn't hurt me or whatever. I think she means well, I think."

"I see. How's your injuries?" Mira asked.

"It's a lot better. My ribs are almost healed, thankfully." Lucy was glad to be breathing properly. "That spa was really nice before the boys barged in, making Erza a demon."

Mira smiled, thinking that she will try to arrange the spa again. But with more success.

"I'm hungry..." Lucy muttered as she felt her stomach growling.

Then a jet of water bypassed them for a split second. Mira was completely soaked, and there was a lunchbox in Lucy's hand.

"Eh?" Lucy blinked, looking at the lunch box that had appeared from nowhere.

"Oh, my." Mira was soaked to the bone. "I wonder how that got there." Mira said, not even complaining about being soaked.

"Lucy!"

The blonde turned to see Erza approaching her, blushing up a storm.

"Erza, do you have a fever? You're red." Lucy noted.

Mira laughed as she squeezed the water out of her hair and dress, and Erza glared at her.

"Lucy...I have to tell you something." Erza started...but then she saw the lunchbox in Lucy's hand. "Lucy, what is that?" Erza asked, pointing to the lunchbox.

"A lunchbox." Lucy said, like it was the most obvious thing ever.

"Where did you get it?"

Lucy looked at the soaking Mira, then at her lunchbox, then back at Erza. "I have no idea."

Erza raised her eyebrow. "What do you mean?"

"I just said I was hungry and it appeared from nowhere, soaking Mira in the process."

Erza looked at Mira, who was indeed soaked, then back at Lucy and the mysterious lunchbox. "Are you going to open it?"

"Huh? Oh...should I?" Lucy asked, looking at Erza.

Erza blinked before grabbing the lunchbox, in cased it was rigged, and opened it, without Lucy seeing.

It was a character lunchbox. There was a picture of Lucy made out of food. It was disturbing. She must not let Lucy see this, she would be too grossed out.

"Lucy, you said that you were hungry?" Erza asked, closing the lunchbox.

"Huh? Yes...." Lucy said, wondering why Erza was closing the lunchbox and not giving it back to her.

"Then let's go eat. My treat." Erza smiled, throwing the lunchbox away.

"No, no. This will not do." Mira waved her finger

Erza glared at Mira. "What are you talking about?"

Lucy didn't know what was going on anymore.

Mira takes something out. It was tickets to the Akane Resort.

Erza and Lucy's eyes glittered with excitement.

"Mira! Where did you get these?!" Erza grabbed the tickets. She counted four tickets.

"I won them in a game!" Mira smirked.

Lucy had a bad feeling about this...if Mira was smirking like that.

Then Mira grabbed Erza and pulled her closer, and whispered something in her ear. Erza kept nodding, leaving Lucy with curiosity of what they were talking about.

Erza then grabbed Lucy and walked up to Natsu and Gray, who were glaring at each other hatefully, readying for another fight.

"Natsu. Gray." Ezra spat.

Natsu and Gray jumped and turned to Erza who was glaring at them murderously and immediately hugged each other, pretending to be friends.

"We are going to the Akane Resort. I have tickets for the four of us." Erza said.

"Eh?" Natsu and Gray looked at each other before looking back at Erza.

"So I expect you to behave, or I will not be as nice." Erza threatened.

"Aye, Sir!" Natsu and Gray cried in unison as they held onto each for dear life as they sweated bullets.

Erza was disappointed. She wanted to go with Lucy alone...but Mira told her to bring Natsu and Gray...for whatever reason...and Lucy wondered why Erza was not happy when she got to go to the expensive resort.

...

Despite Erza's disappointment with the presence of the boys, she still resolved to have fun with Lucy and tell her feelings for her. Their time at the resort was fun and exciting. They swam, played with sand, played volleyball, and laughed together, and other fun stuff that people do at the beach.

Erza would have to occasionally glare at some men that had hearts in their eyes, staring at either her or Lucy. Erza didn't mind the look at was directed to herself, but when they were looking at her crush, she snapped and opted to stare murderously at them. And of course, Lucy remained oblivious to the glares of men and Erza's murderous looks that was directed to them.

And somehow Natsu had stolen Gray's boxers, making him stark naked. Natsu was dancing around with Gray's boxers in his hand. Lucy covered her virgin eyes and squealed. Erza sighed. She knew that this was going to happen.

Erza was about to punch Gray and Natsu in the stomach when a jet of water did the job instead, knocking both of the boys to the ground. Gray was, somehow, wearing a new set of boxers, while Natsu was still holding Gray's old boxers.

Erza blinked. Where had the boxer come from? Did that really happen? So unexpected. Lucy was still covering her eyes when a voice called out.

"I hoped Juvia helped." Juvia was hiding behind a tree.

Lucy uncovered her eyes and turned to the source of the voice. "Ah! Juvia." Lucy exclaimed.

Erza glared at Juvia and stood in front of Lucy.

Juvia did the same and glared at Erza with equal measure, muttering something about love rival.

Lucy sweatdropped. "Um..." Lucy wondered what was going on...why they were just glaring at each other. Staring contest?

"Lucy-sama is mine!" Juvia growled.

"I won't hand Lucy over to anyone!" Erza rumbled.

Both their eyes were glowing red, glaring at each other murderously.

Lucy paled. She doesn't know what's going on anymore. She opted to hide behind the stripper, since he doesn't have the magic of fire...and since Gray is nicer than Natsu.

Natsu, Gray, Happy, and Lucy watched the monstrous exchange of Erza and Juvia, who was bashing their heads together violently.

Then a light bulb appeared over Natsu's head.

"Oi!" Natsu called out to Erza and Juvia. "The winner gets Lucy!" Natsu grinned.

"I'm no prize!" Lucy screamed, she wanted to punch him in the face for that.

"Oi." Gray frowned, not liking Natsu's idea. He knows that this would be a bad idea...considering how strong Juvia was...and if she were to fight Erza...it would be disastrous.

Erza and Juvia looked Natsu, then at each other for a second before taking fighting stance.

"Lucy-sama will come to love me if Juvia beat you." Juvia said.

Erza glared. "I've known her longer than you. Lucy is mine!" Erza lashed forward.

Lucy facepalmed. "Why are they doing this?"

"Well, it looks like the Phantom girl has the hots for you. Erza had been a wimp to ask you out." Natsu grinned, fighting his urge to join the fight.

Lucy tilted her head in confusion. "What are you talking about?"

Natsu then looks at Lucy with a dumbstruck look on his face. "You're kidding right?"

Lucy stared at Natsu...and hid behind a trash can. "Your eyes are scary...and no....I'm not kidding."

Natsu placed his hands behind his head, unfazed by Lucy's hiding behind a trashcan, and wondered how to explain it. He turned to Gray, "Oi! How would you explain love? Lucy is weird since she does not know about it."

"Well excuse me for not knowing!" Lucy complained, still hiding behind a trash can.

Gray frowned. "Well then, allow me to teach you." Gray smirked and walked to Lucy and wrapped his arm around Lucy's neck. "Now...love is many thing. You think about the person every day and-"

Gray was sent backwards by a jet of water. Erza ran to Lucy's side and carried her bridal style and ran away.

"Lucy-sama!" Juvia whined as she saw Lucy being whisked away.

The last thing Lucy saw was Juvia glaring at Gray murderously.

...

"E-Erza!? Let me down!" Lucy managed to say as she was being whisked away, with the wind hitting her face.

"That woman is bad news. Stay away from her." Erza said, setting Lucy down once they are at a safe distance.

"Huh?" Lucy looked at Erza.

"That woman wish to take you away from me." Erza said with a crazed look on her face.

"...Huh? I don't get it." Lucy was...she doesn't know what to think of this. She doesn't know what is going on.

Erza looked Lucy in the eyes. "Lucy. You won't leave me, will you?"

Lucy blinked at that question. "What kind of question is that? Of course I won't leave you."

Erza smiled. "Lucy, I love you." Erza confessed for the nth time.

Lucy smiled. "Same." Lucy hugged her.

Erza sighed. Her real message had not been received...again. "Let's go back to the hotel. I want to rest." Erza had tired herself from trying to impress Lucy, and keeping the men away from her...then there's Juvia, the rain girl... Erza need to rest up and try again.

"Okay." Lucy smiled as she followed Erza back to the hotel.

...

"...Um....Erza?" Lucy muttered, looking at the sleeping redhead, who was sleeping out on the balcony.

No response. Lucy sighed and sat next to Erza and studied her. Natsu said that Erza wanted to ask her out...what does that mean? Gray said something about love as well...

Then Erza jolted straight up, causing Lucy to jump, not expecting anything at all. Erza was panting hard, and trembled a bit.

"Nightmare?" Lucy asked, calming her racing heart. Erza gets the same nightmare every once in a while. So she was used to it. The first time terrified her, the heavy breathing of a redhead next to her terrified her. But she got used to it, and soothed her as she did to her.

Erza looked at Lucy in the eyes. She immediately calmed down, looking into the eyes of her crush calmed her down.

"Yes." Erza muttered.

Lucy smiled. "Come on. Want to go to the casino?" Lucy stood, looking on the redhead.

Erza blinked. "I've forgotten they had a place like that."

"Want to go then?" Lucy leaned down to Erza's level, and stared her in the eyes.

Erza blushed. "If a pretty lady wants me to go, then I should go." Erza smirked.

Lucy frowned. "I don't want to force you to go."

Erza chuckled. "I'll go anywhere you're going."

Lucy smiled. "Well, I should get ready." Lucy left and entered the bathroom with a dress in hand. It only took Erza 2 seconds to change into one of her favorite dress.

She made sure that she looked pretty so she can try and woo Lucy. She waited five minutes until the door opened and Erza's jaw dropped to the floor.

Erza...was...entranced by how beautiful Lucy was. She wanted to hug her and kiss her for the rest of the night. She almost drooled from the sight before her.

"Erza?"

Erza snapped out of her trance and found Lucy standing in front of her with a concerned look on her face.

"Huh? What? Were you talking to me?"

Lucy sighed. "You've been acting weird lately. Is everything okay?"

"Yes...it just that...you look amazing." Erza muttered, trying her hardest to not check Lucy's body out.

Lucy blushed.

"You look beautiful as well..." Lucy muttered through her blushing.

Erza stared into the eyes of the celestial mage in front of her. Before she knew it, her hands wrapped around Lucy's waist and embrace her tightly.

"Erza?" Lucy was shocked at the contact.

"Lucy...I have to tell you something..." Erza wanted to say this now...and not follow Mira's plan...she wanted to do this her own way.

"Yes?" Lucy had to push Erza away to look her in the eyes.

"OI! Erza! Lucy! You there! Let's go to the casino!" Natsu roared behind the door while banging on it.

"S-Stop it you idiot!" Gray exclaimed.

Lucy had to restrain Erza from busting through the door and rain hell on the boys.

"Erza! Calm down!" Lucy cried, wrapping her arms behind Erza to keep her from destroying the boys.

"But-"

"Erza...we're at a resort. Let's have fun. Don't worry about them." Lucy said, trying to calm her down.

Erza sighed and turned back to Lucy. "Then let's go. I will tell you what I have to say tonight. Without any interruptions." Erza will make sure that Natsu and Gray are tied up before going and trying to confess to Lucy.

Lucy smiled and took Erza's hand. "Let's have fun then"

Erza blushed and tightened her grip on Lucy's hand as they made their way to the casino.

...

"A straight. Way to go, Erza!" Lucy exclaimed. See that Erza had won again.

"Today's my lucky day." Erza smirked, happy when she was impressing Lucy. "I feel like I'm on my invincible winning streak right now."

"Yeah." Lucy agreed. If Erza can do anything, she could win this without any problems at all.

"In that case...how about we play a special game instead?" The dealer said, drawing 5 new cards...

Erza was taken aback, seeing that it had read 'death'.

"Let's play a game where your life's on the line...my little sister." The dealer smirked.

"You're...Is that you, Sho?" Erza trembled.

Sho? A friend from the tower? Lucy looked at the trembling Erza, then back at the man that must be Sho.

"It's been a long time, Sister."

"You're safe?" Erza's eyes were wide.

"Safe?"

"Oh, I mean..." Erza was trembling harder.

Lucy stood up. Are they coming after her now? Not on her watch.

Then everything became dark. Lucy could not see anything. Lucy trembled...it reminded her of her past, those suffocating tortures that Lucy had to face...

Then a gunshot was heard, loud and clear.

"Gunshot?" Lucy muttered, hugging herself tightly. She would hug Erza for comfort, but she doesn't know where she is.

"What happened?" Erza asked, as she was trying to find Lucy, making sure that she was close by.

Then the light came back on, temporarily blinding the girls. After regaining their sights, Sho was gone.

"Sho!"

"Huh?"

"Over here, Sister." Sho called out from behind.

Erza and Lucy turned and found Sho flicking cards everywhere with a smirk. People were trapped in the card.

"What the?!"

"The people are inside of the cards?"

Then Erza sensed something, and something appeared beneath Lucy. She reacted fast and pushed Lucy out of the way before orange rope appeared, attempting to tie Lucy down, but failed.

Lucy fell the ground from the push harshly. Erza paled. She hurt Lucy...and her old friends want to hurt her...but she doesn't know if she should hurt her old friends.

"Feeling full of life?" A girl was sitting on the table.

"Millianna?" Erza exclaimed, she looked different.

"Long time, no see Erzy" Millianna said.

"A dandy man must live it's live to its fullest." A blocky man appeared, with his arms around Sho's neck.

The first thing that came to Lucy's mind was how blocky the man was.

"It's been a long time. You gone and grown quite voluptuous."

"Is that you, Wally...?" Erza almost did not recognized him...

"I don't blame you for not recognizing me. Compared to the Mad Dog Wally you once knew...I'm a much more well-rounded person now..." Wally smiled...or tried to which his blocky mouth.

Lucy mentally facepalmed...that was....cheesy? Weird? Stupid?

"Ya'll can use magic?" Erza muttered.

"It's nothing to surprise about. Anyone can use magic, once they figured out the trick." Another person appeared behind Ezra.

Erza turned, "Simon!?"

Lucy recognize all of those names, the names Erza had told her...the names of her old friends...the life she had led before she had become a Fairy Tail mage...and what had happened at the tower of heaven.

"Why are you here!?" Erza asked.

"What do you mean, 'why'? To bring you back of course." Wally said, tipping his hat.

Erza gritted in teeth as she trembled. Now, of all times? And she was going to confess...damned that Jellal!

"Erza..." Lucy muttered, afraid for her redhead friend.

"Let's go home, Sister." Sho smiled.

"Better do as we say, or..." Wally transformed his arm into a gun and aimed it at Lucy.

"Stop." Erza moved to stand between Lucy and her old friends...then something shot her in the back, causing her be knocked unconscious.

"Erza!" Lucy yelled as she tried to get up.

"We spared your life because Erza seemed to be fond of you. Better stay down." Wally said, pointing his gun arm at Lucy.

Lucy stayed down. She didn't like guns...or knife...but Erza's swords were an exception...but...Lucy didn't want them to take Erza back to that tower...not after the story Erza had told her.

"Erza don't even want to be taken back to the tower! Don't force her!" Lucy yelled.

Simon, who was holding Erza, paused and looked at the blonde. "Erza had told you? Then we must eliminate you."

Lucy's eyes widened as Wally pointed his gun arm at her head and shot it.

The last thing Lucy remembered was being covered in water as the sound of a gunshot reverberated in the air.

A/N: please review and comments. Hoped y'all like the chapter ❤️

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