The Fairy Tail Ninja

Chapter 22

Natsu chuckled, "Was that a awesome job or what?" Natsu said cheerfully. Naruto chuckled, "Sure was." He replied. The rest of the team followed close behind.

"The client sure seemed to think so!" Happy said. Naruto scoffed. "Face it, you guys are lucky I decided to come along." Gray said.

"We're luck you begged to come with us!? How do you figure?!" Natsu asked irately. "Because you were about as helpful as one of Erza's suitcases." Gray insulted. Natsu and Gray bumped foreheads with each other, and soon, one of their silly fights was about to begin.

"You better watch your mouth or I'll pack you like a suitcase pal!" Natsu warned, "That doesn't make any sense!" Gray shot back.

Natsu and Gray's little fight was broken up by Erza, as she stepped in between and pushed them both apart. "That's enough boys! Now please get dressed." Erza said.

Gray jumped, panicking at his almost naked body. "Why does this always happen!?" Gray shouted. Naruto just sighed.

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"Hey, sorry to interrupt your conversation but...." Lucy paused. "What's wrong Lu-chan?" Naruto asked.

Lucy held up the job request they took, and showed it to them. A sheepish expression on Lucy's face.

"When I took this job I was originally thinking it was gonna be a solo mission you know...so why'd ya'll have to come along?" Lucy asked.

"Ah come on isn't it obvious?" Natsu said. "No I don't think so." Lucy replied. Naruto chuckled. "We're Fairy Tail's strongest so we gotta stick together!" Natsu finally answered.

"Aye sir!" Happy cheered, perched on Naruto's scroll. "Don't you forget it." Gray said. Lucy paused for while before smiling.

"Yeah we are!" Lucy finally said.

"No job is too tough! Not with me Happy, Erza, Whiskers and old droopy drawers here." Natsu said confidently. Naruto smirked.

Gray had an irate face, "Don't call me that." Gray said in dismay. "Hn, we are quite a capable bunch." Erza admitted. "True that!" Happy agreed. Naruto chuckled.

"YOU FORGOT ABOUT ME!!!" Lucy shouted in annoyance. Naruto looked over to his fellow blonde and laughed, "Of course Lu-chan, you're strong too!" Naruto assured.

"Yeah lighten up, I'm just messing with ya Lupy!" Natsu said cheerfully, not noticing that he had called Lucy the wrong name again.

"Well I don't appreciate it and that's NOT my name!" Lucy said. "Please forgive me, I truly didn't mean to upset you, I let myself get carried away. It will not happen again, if you would like you may strike me now." Erza apologized. Naruto sighed, 'These guys.' Naruto thought.

Lucy deadpanned, "That's okay, I really don't think it's in my best interest." Lucy said nervously. "Smart move." Gray and Natsu said together.

As Happy sat perched on Naruto's scroll, he noticed townspeople looking at them in a strange way. People were looking at the team with pitiful eyes, and murmuring suspicious things.

Naruto noticed as well, "What's up with the townspeople?" Naruto asked, "Yeah, why is everybody staring at us?" Gray asked. Naruto narrowed his eyes, 'I have a really, really bad feeling about this. I hope everyone is okay.' Naruto thought in concern.

"It's not the good kind of staring." Happy said. "It feels like pity." Erza said, "Yeah, like something bad has happened." Naruto added.

Naruto and Erza stopped in a halt when they the guild in a very strange and bad manor. Naruto widened his eyes, "Why does the guild look so bizarre!?" Erza wondered in fear.