Chapter 35

A/N: Rainbow Cherry Blossom Filler! Lucy gets sick!

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"Rainbow Cherry Blossoms!?" Wendy exclaimed, with a happy glint in her eyes.

Lucy smiled at the enthusiastic girl in front of her. "Yep. It's like a picnic, with games and all. It's really fun."

"Sounds safe." Carla murmured.

"Plus, this will be the first year in which Lucy and I became girlfriends, as well as Wendy becoming our adoptive daughter." Erza added with a smile, wrapping her arms around Lucy to keep her close.

"You're right. I haven't thought of that." Lucy said.

"Hmph." Carla glared daggers at Erza. Erza just shrugged it off and continued to hug Lucy.

"By the way, Master gave me a job to do." Erza said with a pang of disappointment.

"Hmm? What is it?" Lucy turned to Erza questioningly.

"We need to go and find these special herbs for the party tomorrow. Apparently, they will be the prize for the game during the party." Erza explained.

"We can go with you." Lucy offered.

Erza perked up. "Really? You'd go with me?"

Lucy nodded with a smile. "Of course." She turned to face Wendy and Carla. "Want to come with us?"

Wendy nodded excitedly. Carla made an 'hmph' sound, indicating that she doesn't really care.

"Oh! And let's invite Natsu and Gray!" Lucy added.

Erza immediately pouted. "Why them?"

"The more, the merrier!" Lucy explained.

Erza sighed disappointedly. She wanted to go alone with Lucy. Maybe next time, Erza thought. "Fine, let me find them." Erza lets go of Lucy and went to find the boys.

"I said that I would do this job. But I never knew it was going to be on this freezing mountain!" Lucy cried, hugging herself tightly.

"S-So cold." Wendy shivered, trying to stay warm as she walked close to Lucy for body warmth.

Carla sighed as she flew, not bothered by the cold at all.

Erza walked on the other side of Lucy, looking around, trying to find the herb as fast as possible so they can leave as soon as possible, for Lucy's health of course.

"I'm starving! Is there any fire around here?!" Natsu whined as he continued to walk forward.

"Damn. It's so hard to walk in all this." Gray complained.

"I hope you are referring to the snow, not your boxers." Lucy commented, see that Gray was about to take off his boxers.

"Aye!" Happy cheered.

"Eh..." Gray muttered, before removing his hands from his boxers, almost ashamed.

30 minutes of searching in the cold weather, Lucy and Wendy was shivering even more, and Natsu, Gray and Erza was growing impatient. Happy and Carla could care less.

"Hey, herbs! Say something if you're there!" Natsu yelled, fire sprouting out his mouth.

"Get real, idiot." Gray muttered disapprovingly.

"Say what!" Natsu glared back at the ice mage.

"I said that you're an idiot." Gray glared back.

Lucy only sighed, knowing that this was going to happened eventually. The fight didn't last long as Erza stepped in and bashed their heads together.

"Enough fighting and get back to work!" Erza demanded.

"Aye..." The boys muttered, getting back on their feet and got back to work.

The mages continued their search and continued to be left with frustration as they were left empty handed.

"I can't wait to go home." Lucy murmured, looking through a bush to see if the herbs was there. No such luck.

"Yeah, I want to get ready for the flower viewing. Especially the rainbow cherry blossoms." Wendy said as she looked past some boulders and trees.

"I'm really excited!" Wendy exclaimed, already excited for the flower viewing.

Lucy and Wendy continued to talk excitedly about the flower viewing as the mages continued their search, coming across some Vulcans and areas in which did not possess such herbs.

Not long after that, Natsu then sniffed something, and begun to grin. "This smell! It has to be the herbs!"

"So wait, have you actually smelled these herbs before?" Carla asked, skeptical about his sense of smell.

"Nope, but I'm sure of it." Natsu confessed, but confident of his sense of smell. Soon, he left a trail of falling snow behind him as he ran straight to where the herbs were. "Let's go, Happy!"

"Aye, Sir!" Happy replied, flying after his friend.

The mages were quiet for a second, before Gray spoke up with an annoyed tone. "Man. Impatient jerk."

"I second that." Erza said, crossing her arms. "But in any case, we should follow him. He does have a remarkable sense of smell."

The mages that was left behind begun to walk to where Natsu had ran off. Erza walked over to Lucy and grabbed her hand and squeezed it. Lucy reciprocated it with a gentle squeeze and a smile. Wendy walked on the other side of Lucy with a smile. Carla flew in the air in between Lucy and Wendy, glaring at an oblivious redhead time to time. Gray kept their distance, not wanting to be punished from an angry redhead for being too close to them. He didn't want to risk it.

Soon, they heard a faint cheer from a flame mage, claiming that he had found them on top a hill.

Halfway there, an unexpected appearance of a White Wyvern appeared, protecting the herbs, as it was its favorite food, not wanting share them.

Gray immediately ran forward, getting into his stance, ready to fight. Natsu already ignited his hands with fire, grinned like a madman, excited that he gets to fight.

Erza lets Lucy go and stepped forward, requiping into a different armor. "Lucy. Wendy. Go after the herbs while we distract it."

Lucy complied and dragged Wendy with her and Carla followed. Happy also decided to follow, as he couldn't fight the beast. Lucy waited until there was a safe opening for them to go and grab the herbs unharmed and safely.

Sadly, the beast was hard to land a hit, as Natsu's flames was deflected by wind pressure, almost narrowly hitting Wendy and Lucy. Not soon after that, Gray launched an ice attack, soon being deflected and almost impaling Lucy. Enraged, Erza used her Lightning Empress Armor, and aimed it toward the beast, knowing that it will dodge it. It brought a mischievous smile when it had hit Natsu and Gray.

"Fools." Erza smirked.

"W-Why?' Gray muttered, recovering from being electrocuted.

"You did that on purpose, didn't you?" Natsu said, wondering why Erza did that.

From afar, Carla sighed deeply as she flew with Happy and the others. "I figured the brute would do something like this."

Lucy only chuckled nervously. "Erza had always been like that. If I was in the slightest trouble, Erza would immediately go after those two."

"I wish I could find someone like her." Wendy pouted, wanting her own knight in shining armor.

"As long as they're not perverted as the perverted beast that Lucy had reeled in, then it should be fine." Carla commented.

Lucy laughed. "Anyway, it looks like they finally distracted it." Lucy turned to Wendy. "Are you ready?"

Wendy nodded. "Yes."

Lucy turned and when she made sure that the beast was properly distracted, she ran straight toward the bush of herds and begun to collect them. Wendy did the same, collecting her share of herbs.

Soon, there was a deep rumble and the ground violently shook. Lucy turned around to find the source, only to have dread sink in.

Carla discarded what she was doing and flew to grab Wendy and took her out of harm's way of the dangerous snow.

In an instant. It all happened in an instant. Onesecond, Lucy was staring at the avalanche of snow in sheer fear. The next, the snow violently buried the blonde while Wendy had used Carla to avoid the onslaught of snow.

After several moments when the avalanche stopped, "Is everyone okay?" Erza shouted once the avalanche had stopped. She looked around to make sure everyone was okay. But she did not see Lucy. "Lucy?"

"C-C-Cold..."

Erza and the mages turned to see Lucy covered in snow, but nonetheless holding a handful of the herbs.

"Lucy!" Erza ran and held the blonde in her arms, and realized how cold she was.

...

The next morning, Erza was conflicted and was unsure of what to do. One minute, she was excited and happy to do the flower viewing for the first time with her girlfriend and her adoptive daughter. The next minute, she was sad and depressed.

Somehow, during the last mission, Lucy had caught a cold and was bedridden and had a high fever.

"But Lucy! What about the summer flower viewing party!?" Erza quietly shouted.

"There's always next time. Take Wendy and Carla and go have fun for me." Lucy smiled weakly from under the covers.

"If you're not going, then I'm not going." Erza pouted, crossing her arms in the process.

"Erza. I would love to go, but I would love it if you could go to the party for me."

Erza pouted some more.

Lucy sighed before smirking under the covers. "Be a good Erza- Papa and take Wendy and Carla to the party and win some prizes for me."

To Lucy, Erza was easy to convince, so it didn't take long for Erza to agree and comply to Lucy's demands.

"Alright." Erza sighed before smiling at Lucy. "If that's what you really want. I'll go for you. It'll be lonely without you."

"You'll live."

"Please get better soon so I can hug and squeeze you to death." Erza joked with a smile.

Erza was sad and lonely, but she did promised. This was Wendy's first time at a flower viewing party and wanted to make sure that she had fun. Carla, however, was not pleased. She didn't want to let Erza watch over Wendy, or be in any way, an influential person for Wendy.

"Wish Lucy-Mama was here." Wendy said, while looking at the falling petals drifting in the air.

"Like Lucy said, there will always be a next time." Erza pointed out.

"It would've been better if brute here was the one that got sick, not Lucy." Carla huffed, glaring at the redhead.

"What did you say?" Erza glared back.

"You heard me."

"Come one, Carla. Erza- Papa. There's no reason to fight." Wendy said, trying to end the fighting between the cat and the redhead.

Erza perked up when Wendy had called her 'Erza-Papa.' Carla jumped in front of Wendy with a disapproving look.

"I forbid you call that to the brute. She doesn't deserve it!" Carla cried.

"Eh?"

"Erza is not fit to be called 'Erza-Papa!' So don't call her that!" Carla shouted.

"Wendy is allowed to call me whatever she wants!" Erza cut in, glaring at the cat.

"Then you don't mind if Wendy calls you a brute!? Because that's what you are!"

"Say what!"

Wendy chuckled nervously, wondering how to stop this fight. Lucy would know how to stop them. But how can Wendy stop them?

The redhead and the cat continued to bicker amongst themselves for couple more minutes until Mira decided to speak up.

"Now it's time for the customary flower viewing bingo tournament!" Mira smiled.

Erza immediately stopped fighting with Carla and went into gaming mode, intent on winning something for her girlfriend.

"I'll make sure to win a prize for her!" Erza declared.

Carla huffed and grabbed a bongo beside her. "Knowing you, you might get an inappropriate gift for her. Lucy needs a proper gift."

Erza turned and glared at Carla. "I'm not the brute you say I am."

Carla smirked. "I will win a proper gift for Lucy. Wendy is on my side and will help me win before you!"

"Leave Wendy out of this! And you, back off! Lucy is mine, not yours!"

"You do not possess her! Lucy is ours too!"

Wendy sighed and grabbed two cup of cold water and dumped it on both Erza and Carla, immediately shutting them up, and gained their attention.

With a nervous grin, Wendy pulled Carla on her lap and let Erza do what she does. "Let's just focus on the game and try to win a prize for Lucy. We should together."

Carla and Erza huffed and returned back to the bingo game.

30 minutes later, Erza was this close on getting bingo. Not another second, a number appeared, indicating that Erza had won a bingo. Unfortunately, two other people had also gotten bingo at the same time. Erza didn't waste another moment to glare at them murderously, hoping that they would step down and forfeit.

The two other people was Juvia and Levy. Levy was smart enough to step down and pretend that she did not get a bingo when she saw the murderous glaze from Erza. She didn't want to die. Juvia, on the other hand, was stubborn with an unfazed by the murderous glaze from the redhead. She merely glared back with much more intensity.

"Brutes." Carla muttered disapprovingly, while Wendy only laughed nervously.

"I get the prize!" Erza shouted.

"No, Juvia will!"

"Oh my." Mira smiled, amused by the turn of events.

"Then whichever one of you two can do the best short performance gets the prize." Makarov compromise.

"Short performance?" Erza and Juvia muttered questioningly at the tiny old man.

"The prize this time is two tickets for a 7-day, 6-nights at the luxurious Akane Resort." Mira added, holding two tickers for said place.

Erza exploded, definitely intent on taking that prize, for a little getaway with her and her girlfriend. Juvia was having daydreams of her and her Lucy-sama.

Unbeknownst to Juvia, the contest of the short performance had already begun and Juvia was too busy with her little fantasy with Lucy. So, in Erza's favor, she had won the tickets and see that it expires in a couple weeks. That is more than enough time for Lucy to recover and plan their little getaway.

Juvia sulked and pouted, a cloud of rain hovering over her, flood of tears washing away all the members.

It was now nighttime and Erza still felt really bad. It was their first time as a family. Lucy was really looking forward to this, considering how Wendy had just became a part of their family. Erza really wanted to do something for her girlfriend.

Lucy probably had been sleeping all day, so she should be feeling better. Erza concluded as she continued to watch the rainbow cherry blossom.

Wendy, Carla and Erza was the only ones left at the park, and the silence was beautiful. But Erza really wanted to do something for Lucy.

Then an idea popped into her mind and grinned mischievously. She turned to Wendy and whispered something in her ear. Wendy easily complied, but questioned what Erza will be doing.

"Something that is not...legal. But it will be fine if I return it."

Still questioning what Erza was doing, Wendy left to do what Erza had planned.

Erza turned back to the rainbow cherry blossom and only hoped that everything goes her way. She summoned a boat and a giant pot and begun to dig.

Lucy's head hurts as it pounded against her skull. Her skin sweaty and her hair sticking to her skin. Shivering from the cold, wrapping herself in the warmth of the blanket that covered her.

Lucy begun to reminisce on the memories since Lucy had joined Fairy Tail. The memories since Lucy had met Erza and the rest of Fairy Tail. The memories since she had learned to trust and learn to be happy. The memories since Lucy vowed to become stronger to overcome her demons.

Facing her father, facing many obstacles and many adventures of her friends. That cursed island, the first mission in which Natsu, and later Gray, had taken her with them without Erza, which was terrifying at the time.

The bonding of her friends became deeper and deeper, especially after that tower from Erza's past.

If Lucy did not know better, she would never believe that Erza had actually fallen in love with her. Thanks to some...situations and obstacles, did Lucy realized her feelings for that redhead.

From the point on, everything became a new adventure, a new chapter for Lucy to explore and enjoy her time with Erza.

Then they met Wendy. During that mission, to destroy nirvana and Oracion Seis, and Wendy's guild, Cait Shelter, was an illusion and she was left alone. Erza and Lucy decided to adopt her, make a family.

It never seemed so complete and real.

Lucy really wanted to go to that flower viewing and spend some time with Wendy and Erza.

Couple minutes later, Lucy could hear some loud murmurs through the window. Sighing deeply, Lucy sat up and opened the window to see what the commotions was about.

Lucy was flabbergasted and left speechless. Was it actually possible for a magically floating water to be carrying a gigantic tree in the air?

Apparently it is.

From the window, as far as Lucy could tell, the rainbow cherry blossom was being carried in a pot, and is being dragged by magical water across the air.

"Quite the unusual sight, isn't it?"

Lucy turned to see Erza, Wendy and Carla behind her with a smile. Lucy smiled back. "Yes. It's very pretty. I wonder who did this." Lucy said with a knowing look as she turned back to look at the rainbow tree and glittered in the night.

Erza sat next to Lucy and wrapped her arm around Lucy's waist. "How you feeling?"

"A little better." Lucy said, leaning into the warmth of her girlfriend.

Wendy and Carla went and sat on the other side of Lucy. The mages watched as the rainbow tree floated on a magically floating water through the window.

They were silent for a few moment, enjoying the comfortable silence as they continued to watch the tree, until Lucy decided to break the silence with a question.

"Erza. I really hope you had gotten permission to do this."

Erza stiffen, ever so slightly, and played innocent. "I do not have the power to do this. Plus, I do not break rules...there would be no way that I would do this."

Lucy sniffled a laugh and leaned in further into Erza, wrapping an arm around her. "I never said that I was angry. This is amazing and really romantic. Just tell me that you will put it back."

Erza sighed, mostly from relief. "Yes. Of course."

Lucy smiled and reached out to turn Erza her way and gave her a kiss. "I love you."

"I love you too." Erza smiled, wrapping both of her arms around Lucy and held her close, ignoring the glare from a certain white cat.

The next day, Lucy felt fanatic and well-rested. The fever was gone, and Lucy was more than ready to go back and see everyone at the guild. But before she was even allowed to go to the guild, she was stopped by Erza, who had told Wendy and Carla to go ahead to the guild.

Lucy and Erza was at a park, and Erza looked extremely happy, leaving Lucy curious to why Erza was smiling so much.

"What is it?"

Erza smiled and grabbed her hand. "I want to tell you something."

"Ok."

"I got us ticket for us to go to the Akane Resort! Just the two of us!"

"Really!? But...are you sure? The last time we went..."

"That was just a one-time thing. Nothing will get in our way this time. I just want to have a little getaway with you." Erza smiled.

"What about Wendy?"

"She has Carla. We can leave her with Mira or Cana if you want. She'll be fine."

Lucy smiled and hugged Erza. "This is very sweet of you. Thank you. When are we going?"

Erza immediately reciprocated the hug with passion and love. "In couple of weeks. So make sure your schedule is clear at that time." After couple of seconds, Erza pulled away reluctantly and smiled at Lucy, "Shall we head to the guild now?"

"Yep." Lucy grinned before giving Erza a quick passionate kiss. "Let's go."

Lucy tugged Erza to the guild in a comfortable silence, holding each other's hand. Walking into the guild, the girls made their way and sat next to Wendy, who was sitting at a table, talking to Carla and Cana.

Erza pulled Lucy onto her lap and wrapped her arms around Lucy to keep her from leaving.

All is well until Makarov walked into the room extremely angry. "All right! Who uprooted the city's treasured cherry tree!? The mayor is fuming mad! Fuming, fuming mad! He's fuming mad!"

"I say it was Juvia." Erza blurted out, her face buried in Lucy's neck, trying to hide her grin.

Makarov, who believed Erza, turned to Juvia with ticks on his head. "Is this true!? How dare you uproot the tree!"

Juvia paled from being framed.

Carla sighed and shook her head disapprovingly. "Lies, lies, lies." She muttered while glaring at the one that was really responsible.

Lucy turned to Erza with a raised eyebrow. "Why tell him that it was Juvia when it really was you?

"Why not? I don't want to be punished by master."

Lucy and pinched Erza's cheek. "Lying is bad you know." Lucy frowned before inwardly smirking. "As punishment, no strawberry cake for a month."

Erza paled and stared at Lucy to see if she was joking. A snicker was heard from the other side of the table, and Erza swore that Carla was laughing at her.

Erza soon debated that no cake for a month is better than Makarov punishments. So she accepted it and sulked for an entire month.

A/N: Next chapter will the last filler before edolas.

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