The Power of One Dream (A One Piece x Fairy Tail Story)

Part 2

[A few hours earlier]

"Uugghhh, I feel so woozy. Chopper, do something."

A voice.

"It's your own fault Luffy. What did you think would happen when you put your hand in the water?"

Another voice, definitely male.

"But Ussop, I thought it was a cool-looking fish and wanted to get a better look. But it turned out to be a guy and a girl." the voice from before whined.

Wait, a guy and a girl!?

Lucy Heartfilia stirred in her dreamless half-sleep. A particularly curvaceous 18-year-old Celestial Wizard, with long blonde hair that had been partly in a side ponytail (and sometimes in pigtails) but currently hung straight down the sides of her head and soaking wet. She was dressed in a sleeveless light blue jacket and white tank-top with a blue heart motif, also with matching blue frilly armlets, a black miniskirt and black leather high-heeled boots; all of which were also wet.

"Perhaps we were too late and the pair drowned while fighting to survive the sea's cold embrace? How unfortunate." a female voice said eerily calmly.

"Eeee, Robin! Don't say creepy stuff like that!" replied the second voice Lucy had heard squeamishly.

"Hey guys, keep the noise down! She's waking up." yet another female voice said aloud.

"Then again, maybe she can tell us more about what happened."

Lucy's eyes flickered. The voice from before definitely said a GUY and a girl. Could it be him? Her guild/team mate? Her constant uninvited house guest? Her friend? Her....

Her eyes opened a crack, and sure enough the equally wet Natsu Dragneel was laid on the floor of, wherever they were, right next to her. A spiky-salmon-pink-haired man of her age group (as far as the rest of the world knew) who was a Fire Mage, the adopted son of the Dragon King Igneel, and a Fire Dragon Slayer. He was dressed in little more than a sleeveless black waistcoat, baggy white trousers, black sandals and his signature white, scale-patterned scarf. She breathed a quiet sigh of relief. Soon he too began to stir, his Onyx eyes flickering open, meeting her chocolate-brown-eyed gaze. And all at once, Lucy realised just how close his face was to hers, feeling her own becoming increasingly warm.

"L..Lucy...?" he spoke groggily as his vision came back into focus. The softness of his voice and the look in his eye made her heart skip a beat. "Uhh, Luce..... You got some drool leaking out your mouth. And did you have yoghurt for breakfast, cause I can smell it on your breath."

And the moment was over. Yeah, she'd been up too late last night mulling over strategies. And a little worrying about her book still in draft format but almost complete. And yes she might have hurried her breakfast a little and neglected to brush her teeth in a rush to get to the rendezvous point on time. But did he have to point things like THAT out so bluntly.

"Yeah, thanks for the heads up..." Lucy replied sarcastically. "Oh good, you're both finally awake." came a fifth unfamiliar voice. Lucy turned to the direction of the voice and saw-

"TALKING TANUKI (A/N: Racoon, also a shape-shifting spirit in Japanese Mythology)!!!!!!"

[Lucy-Kick Count: 1 (A/N: Something I'll be keeping count of throughout the story, just for fun)]

Lucy immediately felt guilty about Lucy-Kicking the adorable furry creature (dressed in red shorts, a yellow/white-striped vest, a light blue backpack and a matching large blue bomber hat) in her panicked state. But her guilt was quickly replaced by awe as an enormous hand appeared out of nowhere, grabbing the creature mid-flight. The hand placed the cuddly creature next to a curvaceous long-raven-haired woman, dressed in a salmon-pink sarong, loosely-buttoned navy blue vest top and white and orange sunglasses, before it disappeared in a flurry of pink petals. The woman then turned to Lucy and Natsu and smiled.