A Little Red-furred Demon:
Summary: NaLu and other pairings, a relatively simple story containing chaos, havoc, love, and a demon.
Disclaimer: On my Christmas list, own Fairy Tail. I didn't get my wish.
Ch. One: Wake up, Pengu!
The morning of the 25th of December was grey and dull. The chilly air outside made the windows fog up and a haze shielded the inhabitants from most light. A white blanket covered the festive town, creating a nostalgic feeling for old timers, and young parents. It was an eerie quietness that caused the townsfolk more confusion than ever in the cheery peacefully season. The Fairy Tail guild was abnormally silent, most of the time the town was filled to the brim with noise, laughter, insults, and destruction. The people shrugged it off and continued with their hustle and bustle of Christmas morning. But, little did they know what was being prepared in the "empty" mess hall of the guild...
Mira stood with a clipboard in her freshly manicured hand checking off the final thing on her list. The noise was even louder and festive than usual. Thanks to Freed's ruins no one could see or hear anything except for the people in the guild at the moment. As Mira's sapphire eyes roamed the hall a large smile graced her lips. The tables and bar were outlined in tinsel, the walls were covered in leafy wreathes, red bows were on the back of the chairs, the doors were completely covered in red, green, and gold decorations, and a ginormous evergreen tree stood tall and proud in a corner. It was fully decorated and held one important ornament from every member in the guild, and with Master Macarov's help the star was glittering brightly from the top. Oh, it was wonderful, the best decorating yet! Mira smirked as she looked up into the rafters and many of the girls felt chills run down their spines. They didn't know what the take-over sibling had in mind but they all could tell it was going to be bad.
Levy shook her head and looked around for a peppy blonde but found nothing. Her quizzical expression when she realized her friend had not yet arrived and it was already ten thirty in the morning made a certain metal head snicker to himself. Still, the petite blue haired girl wondered what could have ever kept Lucy away from her guild so late, she was always here at eight thirty, and at Christmas time no less! Whatever it was had to be important.
In a quaint little apartment in the middle of town there was no noise to be heard except for the soft and steady breathing of a young girl. The warm fuzzy feeling in the apartment was just below suffocating and the pink comforter moved up and down in a rhythmic way.
A golden splash of hair lay at the top of the large bed fully enjoying the warmth and comfortableness of her bed. Lucy had not gotten to sleep until very late the night before, she was wrapping and wrapping and wrapping more presents for her nakama. Her tiredness had clouded her mind and she had not noticed how the window had been unlocked when she had locked it not an hour before. She had jumped in bed and snuggled into the source of warmth and the familiar smell of firewood, and had drifted off into a deep slumber.
Now, as it was so late in the morning the blonde stirred. She moaned a bit as her senses grew more acute to her surroundings. She cracked one chocolate eye open and yawned. She blinked a few times and her face contorted into an expression of confusion. A strong force was keeping her in place as it's grip tightened around her waist. It emanated a great warmth and was a very comfortable feeling. She struggled with her inner-self with whether or not to embrace the warmth or throw herself out of bed. She turned her head ever so slightly to her left and was met with a pair of onyx eyes. Her face burst into a shade of deep red as she realized what, or more of a who, was in her bed.
"Natsu!" she squeaked out, embarrassment laced her voice. Said person smiled a wide and childish grin and pulled her closer to himself. At the gesture her face turned ten more shades of red.
"Morning~~!" Natsu purred out, still smiling. His face was full of pure joy and playfulness. Lucy finally returned to her senses and was about to deliver a hard blow to his head was stopped when a warm finger brushed her temple. She froze as the digit traced down her skin like a feather. Her eyes were wide with surprise as she looked at Natsu's tender expression. It wasn't as fierce or ready for a challenge, his features had softened as a small happy smile flooded his face. This was new. Lucy had never seen Natsu like this, and was too taken aback to release herself from his gentle touch.
Natsu looked at the celestial mage gently, her beautiful eyes, those coaxing pink lips, and her expression-adorable! Not only was she fun to be around, she cared about everyone and did everything to her best ability. She was perfect no matter what she thought. Her skin was as soft as velvet. He wanted to give her the present he had thought of all by himself. Well, with the help of Gray and Erza... But not yet! That was for the annual gift opening later tonight at the guild. He retracted his hand and smiled.
"You wouldn't throw me out on Christmas would you?" Natsu asked, he pouted childishly as he hugged Lucy to him. She blushed even more and looked away. She shook her head. She faced him again with her chocolate eyes set with determination. Natsu could feel a shiver run down his spine.
"Natsu..." Lucy purred. Natsu swallowed, this wasn't good. Lucy fluttered her long eyelashes. Her petite hands went to Natsu's chest. Her hands explored his torso freely, roaming around delicately leaving goosebumps on Natsu's skin. Now, Natsu's a FIRE dragon slayer, right? Right. But Lucy's hands with their long slender fingers were hot and left trails of cold flesh wherever they touched. That, that, was not normal. Natsu swallowed a lump in his throat as Lucy drew small circles on his chest with her index finger. His grip loosened ever so slightly and Lucy slipped away. Natsu was dumbfounded, what just happened? Lucy turned her head around and stuck out her tongue playfully. She was wearing a white tank top and fuzzy red pajama pants with a cute Plue print. Natsu's cheeks were tinted the tiniest bit pink and Lucy didn't seem to notice. She grabbed a bag and walked to the bathroom with Plue popping up and following her. Before she closed the door she looked around.
"No peeking!" she stated and closed the door leaving Natsu to lounge on her bed with the window slightly open. It was way too hot in there.
Lucy was doing her usual routine, bathe, brush her teeth, hair, final touch ups, and get dressed. Oh, and fix Plue's wrinkle withered form. Lucy had just slipped on her final piece of clothing and hooked her belt on. Her gaze traveled up to the mirror on the wall. She had to say she did do a great job this year on her outfit. It was a red dress that, for once, didn't show a lot of cleavage. It had a white fuzzy collar that held a see through cloth to a perfect level where it cut off and flowed into a form fitting silk. It was about knee high with more white fuzz on the end and had a slit up her right thigh. When she twirled around the bottom fanned out without revealing anything. The flowing fabric was accompanied by the light jingle of her keys and the Santa hat that she wore on her head. She smiled at her reflexion.
"GRAAAHHHH!" the scream echoed throughout the apartment. Of course, it was Natsu. Happy was with Charle at the guild otherwise you would have heard a sharp yowl. Lucy opened the door with her hand on her keys, ready to defend her apartment. She stood there eyes bulging and mouth wide as she looked at the scene before her.
Natsu had fallen off the bed and taken the covers with him and was wrestling with it while the window was ajar and a nippy breeze flew in. Lucy's eyes were then directed at the shivering pillow on her bed. Lucy slowly sidestepped to the end of her bed, hand never leaving her keys. It seemed as if time would slow, in reality it was about thirty seconds, for her hand to reach the pillow and take ahold of Aries's key. In one swift movement Lucy pulled the pillow off of the inturder (No, not Natsu) and summon Aries. Lucy stood there frozen as she stared at the thing before her. It shook uncontrollably and was no more than one foot tall, like Plue. The creature had no distinct animal breed, it had horns on the sides of it's head, what seemed to be pawish feet, two arms with no hands, they could have been paws or flippers, a short little tail like a dog's, and a crown with an obsidian jewel in it (The crown is not attached to the creature). The fur that covered the thing was red and slightly puffed out, it looked super soft, and had a white fur belly. The creature opened one of it's eyes as big globules of tears. It was a deep onyx eye. The things nose was that of a cat with a small mouth with sharp canines. As both eyes opened and the tears slowly ceased Lucy's mind deducted that the animal thing was adorable beyond belief! The mixed up body parts all fit together perfectly and the red and white striped scarf it wore around it's neck was just even more adorable. The designs on the end of it reminded her of cartoon eyes.
"Awwwww! Hey, little guy! You're okay, we won't hurt you!" Lucy cooed. Natsu's head popped out of the blankets and only his eyes were visible over the side of the bed as he glared at the animal. The thing cringed under the harsh glare.
"PPPEEEENNNNNGGGGGUUUU!" It squealed as it tried to cover it's head with the smaller arms, it didn't work very well. Lucy noticed now It was quite chubby. Looked over to Aries and smiled. Aries stood frozen staring at It.
"No way... These aren't supposed to exist, I'm sorry..." Aries stated in disbelief. Her eyes were wide as she took a step back. Lucy gave the spirit a look of concern and curiosity. Aries looked back at Lucy and sighed.
"This," Aries gestured to the thing on the bed," is a Pengu Demon. It is among the rarest of celestial spirits and one has not been seen for over five hundred years, I'm sorry. We spirits thought our elders were just telling myths about the Demons' powers. One of them is more powerful than all of the zodiacs combined. They only show themselves to people they thinking will be able to pass they're bondage test, I'm sorry," she explained. Both Natsu and Lucy stood there dumbfounded looking from the quivering Demon on the bed and Aries.
"WHAT?!" they both screamed. Natsu plopped down on the floor in disbelief while Lucy swiveled and stared at the Demon. The Demon looked up from it's pathetic attempt to hide itself. As their eyes locked, something in Lucy felt warm and like it reached out past her body from her heart. It felt as of something warm was entwining itself with her magic. It was like a contract, but different. The Demon stopped shaking so violently and smiled a bit with it's tiny mouth. Lucy smiled back opening her arms and kneeling down by the bed.
"Welcome home!" Lucy said enveloping the Demon in a hug. The little arms tried to wrap around Lucy's neck to return the hug, but didn't get half way around. Aries stood there amazed that she had witnessed a bondage of a Demon and her current Master. Already she couldfeel the change in magic and power in Lucy. It was mind-blowing and sent her head reeling. She had to tell the others soon!
"Oh, Lucy! One more thing, Demons once bonded don't ever leave the side of their masters! That's why they don't have a key, and they have different forms, like a peacefully form or a battle form. They could come out at anytime, so be careful! I'm sorry!" Aries said as she poofed back to the Celestial Realm to tell he comrades the news.
It was now ten thirty in th morning at Lucy's house. She would have to do a lot more explaining than she thought.
Author's Note: That's chapter one! Sorry it's a little late for Christmas, but here it is, so pretend it was two days ago. Merry Christmas!