Hey guys, this is my first Fairy Tail fanfiction~ I hope you like it. Apologies if I make mistakes, I haven't written anything in a long time! Please bare with me on this first part! Got carried away with the backstory hehe.

"Talking."

'Thoughts.'

Disclaimer- I do not own Fairy Tail~ and the cover image is not mine, belongs to Hiro~

Love Dolls

It was on the mystical Tenrou Island where we find our heroes locked in battle against the Seven Kin of Purgatory from Grimoire Heart. Several teams of Fairy Tail members had split up around the island to try and take down the members of the dark guild. Natsu, Lucy and Happy were up against the strange and overweight form of Kain Hikaru and his Mr. Cursey dolls. It had been a couple of hours since their fight began and it was getting tiresome. Kain had been ruthless when he managed to snag a strand of Lucy's hair to attach it to one of his dolls, effectively making her a giant ragdoll as she was forced to attack Natsu. After one too many insults thrown at Kain (from Natsu), he went berserk and decided to finish the battle using sheer strength alone.

Currently it was up to Lucy and Happy to defeat Kain as Natsu was presently half buried under a heavy pile of debris. As Lucy dodged another attack, she quickly threw a glance towards her partner to see how he was fairing. She saw him trying to wriggle out from underneath the rubble yet again, but it did not budge, he leveled the rocks with a frown.. 'At least he doesn't look too hurt.' If it were under different circumstances, Lucy would have found his pouting expression cute. Unfortunately they were in battle, and she was trying to dodge giant meaty fists aimed to crush her skull. She mentally sighed. 'Such a pity.'

Since Kain was so focused on attacking Lucy he did not notice Happy diving down to steal the 'Lucy' doll from his belt until it was too late. Happy was sticking his tongue out at him as he dangled the doll tauntingly above Kain's head.

A sigh of relief escaped Lucy's lips, glad the doll was out of Kain's clutches. Now she wouldn't have to worry about being controlled by the cursed doll if he went back to using magic.

"G-give Mr. Cursey back before I crush you cat! Woo-wee!" Kain spat out as he tried to jump and reach the exceed, Happy quickly dodged back when Kain's hand nearly swatted him. He gripped the doll closer to his small chest.

"Wah! Natsu save me!" Happy wailed, as he flew towards the immobile dragon slayer.

"Why you little-" Kain bit out as he made an attempt to chase the cat. Not wanting him anywhere near Happy, Lucy quickly decided to distract him, she bent down and grabbed the nearest rock, eying him with a fierce glare.

"Hey jerk!" Lucy shouted as she threw the small rock towards him, it hit his head, but it did no damage. It did however, draw his attention away from Happy. 'Good.' "Your fight is with me." She growled out. On the outside she tried to appear ready for a fight, in reality, she could sense her magic was pretty much depleted, running solely on the last of her adrenaline rush. She highly doubted she was going to win this battle, but she would be damned if she didn't give it her all to protect her friends. As Kain drew closer she circled him, trying to formulate a plan of attack. They needed to defeat this guy soon. But how?

A sudden bright flickering of light coming from her right hand caught her attention, as she glanced down towards it she immediately began freaking out.

Her hand was on fire.

"Ahh! My arm!" Lucy screeched in alarm, tears pouring out of her eyes as she tried to frantically wave the flames off. Only belatedly realizing that the flames were not hurting her at all, they was just...there. While trying to figure out what was happening she heard a giddy chuckle behind her, that sounded an awful lot like Natsu. She quickly glanced over her shoulder at him, noticing he was holding the 'Lucy' doll that Happy had stolen off Kain just moments ago. It wasn't hard to figure out who lit the doll's arm on fire. His onyx eyes glinting in childlike wonder as his gaze darted between her and the doll.

"It worked! That's a relief!" Natsu grinned at her. Her jaw dropped at his offhanded reaction, she lightly stomped her foot in indignation.

"But what happened if it didn't you dope!" Lucy cried, not everyone was fireproof like him. "My arm could have been bur-" She was cut off when she felt her body begin to shift upwards without her consent.

"Catch Happy!" Natsu called out as he tossed the doll back to the blue exceed, causing Lucy to also fly into the air with a squeal. "Use Max Speed!"

"Aye Sir!" Happy shouted as he flew up high activated his Aera magic, bringing Lucy along with him unwillingly. His wings glowed brilliantly as he began to fly downwards. Lucy could just make out Happy giggling as he quickly arranged the doll's pose. "Time for Lucy Fire!" The exceed cheered enthusiastically.

"Kyaaa! Stupid Cat!" Lucy screamed frantically as she was hurtled towards Kain with tremendous speed. Why did it seem she was the one always getting into such crazy scenarios!? Before she could curse her predicament and her crazy partners further she felt her boot made hard contact with Kain's chubby face, the force of her momentum smashing his face against the ground leaving a small crater. Standing up on wobbly legs she felt the exhaustion making its way into her sore limbs, but she was happy she was in control of her body again.

"Woo-wee..." Kain rasped out as he fell unconscious. Satisfied that he wasn't going to move anytime soon, Lucy rushed over to help Natsu, using the last of her magic energy to summon Taurus, the pervy bull made light work of the debris that had fallen on the dragon slayer, freeing him in rapid time.

Glad to be free of his rocky confinement, Natsu ran up to her and gave her a small one-armed hug. His eyes scanning over her to assess the damage Kain had done to her, a concerned frown appeared on his face. To be honest she was surprised she was still standing after such a long fight, her whole body ached and demanded rest. Not wanting to appear weak or worry him further, she mustered up a bright smile for him. He instantly returned it with his own boyish grin. His smile always seemed make her feel better. As she went to make a step, her leg wobbled and she began to topple over, warm arms instantly wrapped around her shoulders, preventing her from falling. Natsu seemed to always be there to catch her.

'So much for not appearing weak though.' She let out a weak laugh.

"You okay?" Natsu asked. She nodded slowly, as if unsure. He observed her for a few moments, before crouching down in front of her, motioning to get on his back. Lucy cautiously crawled onto his back, locking her arms in front of him to secure herself. The warmth of his back seeped into her, while his smoky scent reached her nose, it was comforting. He slowly started to rise, briefly worrying he might drop her, she tensed. "Don't worry Luce. I got ya."He assured with an easy grin. Lucy was touched on how protective he was of her, and glad he couldn't see her face rival the shade of Erza's hair.

"Thanks Natsu." Lucy said softly, smiling against the crook of his neck, her lips lightly brushing over his warm skin by accident, he shuddered slightly from the touch. She raised a blonde brow, clearly not expecting that reaction, she wasn't imagining it right? A small spark of hope fluttered in her chest. She waited to see if he was going to do anything further, but all he did was reposition her legs so they were properly secure, then started walking without another word. Her mood deflated. 'Guess it was nothing afterall.'

Happy was walking past the fallen form of Kain, still with the Lucy doll in his paw. As his eyes glanced over at Kain he spotted another cursed doll tucked in his belt. Without much thought Happy crept over and took it. Now normally he would never take things without permission (apart from that one time when he stole Virgo's celestial key from her previous owner), but they were so much fun! And besides, they were just dolls, surely Kain could just make more later so no harm done.

"Happy hurry up! We need to go meet up with the others!" Natsu called out to the small exceed.

"Aye!" Happy chimed, taking one last glance at the dolls, then stowed them in his knapsack with a grin.

It wouldn't hurt to keep them as a momento.

A/N: That's it for the first part! Next part will be up soon! So what did you guys think? Please review~