Teeth

Chapter 1

WELCOME! This is the prequel fic to Love Bites. If you haven't read it, that's okay.

IMPORTANT: Nearly all of the first section of this is smut. If you wish to skip it, jump ahead until the next dividing line!

General boring shit: Mashima owns Fairy Tail and it's characters, I've just used them for evil purposes.

Gray's ears twitched and he froze. He had heard a noise. There wasn't supposed to be anyone or anything in this old abandoned warehouse they had claimed as their home. Anyone that had even been in the surrounding region, they had scared off. And yet, he was sure he had heard something.

Normally Natsu, with his Elite hearing, should have been the first one to catch it, but he was, ah… busy, right now.

Gray himself was probably lucky to have heard anything, given at how distracted he was at the moment. Blissfully distracted by the heat of Natsu's mouth that was currently wrapped around his cock, while he was pushed further back against the wooden crate he was using for support. So distracted, he nearly forgot about the sound. Nearly.

Gray forced himself to concentrate and weighed his options.

Option One was to interrupt the Master of Head currently going down on him, with his talented tongue and wicked teeth and rough lips and… Oh fuck. A moan escaped him, followed quickly by a snarl. He'd nearly been his own undoing with that train of thought, and he would been damned twice over if he gave Natsu the satisfaction of him unravelling that quickly.

What was he thinking about again? Oh right, the sound. And his options.

Yeah, he could interrupt Natsu, but if there's nothing actually there then he'll get a broken nose for his effort because Natsu is a determined little shit and properly enjoys controlling Gray like this. Not that Gray was complaining, but then he would have to punch back and then he would never get to finish because Natsu would be a spiteful child about it, and holy hell he does not feel like missing out on this tonight.

You know what? It was probably nothing.

A sudden breeze, bitingly cold as it hit dripping saliva, caused him to shiver in pleasure before he realised that the only reason he could have felt it at all is if he was no longer getting blown. He groaned in complaint and opened his eyes.

Natsu stood at his full height in front of Gray (who was pleased to note that he was still the taller one, and forever would be), head tilting slightly in order to hear better, eyes bright with an unnatural glow as he wiped excess drool from his mouth with the back of his hand. Gray took an extra moment to scowl at the other vampire, all 'tight t-shirt showing off toned muscle', and pink hair plastered to his forehead with sweat from their boisterous fucking.

Finally he sighed and zipped up his pants. This was definitely on hold. Natsu's attention was completely elsewhere now that the safety of their home was in question. And Gray was usually the cool-headed one with his head in the game. He was annoyed that he'd dropped the ball just because his dick was doing the thinking. He was still bloody distracted! He shook his head and focussed, following Natsu's gaze.

"You heard something too, eh?"

They locked eyes and Natsu grinned at him.

"What's the bet it's some stupid human going ghost hunting again? Let's go hunting!"

With that, he was off. Gray just rolled his eyes and more calmly followed after his hyperactive best of friend of… what? Three hundred years now? That sounded about right.

It probably was just some stupid human, and they were both keen for a midnight snack.

Natsu crouched on the exposed beam and looked down at the lost looking girl wandering beneath him. He was still considering her when he felt a presence at his side. Gray had finally caught up.

"Slowpoke." Natsu muttered with a smirk, earning a scowl in return.

He didn't push it, he could tell already that Gray wasn't in the best mood and any further jabs would probably get him pushed off the beam. It wouldn't really damage him, but it was a long fall and he still felt some pain.

His attention returned to the intruder. Something was off.

"Natsu, she's not human."

He grunted. He had already figured that part out.

The girl looked scared; terrified even, but there was a power radiating off of her that showed she was more than she seemed. More to the point, Natsu wanted to know what the hell she was doing here? If she wasn't human, she should know the more realistic version of rumours about who or what lived in this building. Gray and him had carefully cultivated those stories and next to nobody had put them to the test.

With a muttered curse and a quick hand-gesture to Gray, Natsu dropped from his perch and landed directly in front of the girl.

To his surprise, she didn't scream; not even when she spun around to find Gray cutting off her exit. She quickly faced him again, eyes hard, jaw set, and magic already gathering in her hands to defend herself. He would be lying if he said he wasn't impressed. She definitely had his attention. Gray's too, by the looks of it. So, instead of outright killing her, he spoke.

"Who are you and why are you invading our home? Surely you know that nobody gets out of here alive."

The intruder seemed to be sizing him up before answering, so he took the chance to do the same.

His initial glance had screamed 'young' even for a human, but now that he was closer, he sensed an age far beyond what she appeared. Her eyes, a rich chocolate brown, were sharp and calculating. He wondered if she was an immortal of some kind; she definitely wasn't a vampire, but as Gray had commented earlier, 'human' was not an option.

She was wearing a fancy-looking ball gown that seemed out of place in this dingy warehouse, but it was battered and torn. It looked like she had ripped away at the bottom to increase ease of movement and it was showing off some impressive leg. Actually, now that his mind was on it, she had an absolutely killer body. And he should really not allow himself to be distracted by that fact; she was probably dangerous.

Overall, Natsu was finding himself thinking that blondie here was not what people expected her to be. His eyes were drawn back to her face as she finally broke the silence.

"My name is Lucy. I… apologise for intruding." She seemed to be choosing her words carefully, but it was just making Natsu suspicious. "I was being chased and if I had stayed out there, I would have been killed. I chose instead to risk hiding in here. I am not looking for a contract, I just need somewhere to hide for the night."

Natsu could tell she was tense, expecting attack from all sides. She was watching him very closely, while also trying to see Gray in her peripheral vision.

It appears that her explanation has also piqued Gray's curiousity. "Why are you being chased? What exactly are you? What reason do we have to not kill you?" He fired off the questions and Lucy turned slightly to acknowledge him.

"I'm a Sorceress. I'm being chased because, although I'm young, I'm naturally powerful. And I refuse to be controlled by perverted, crusty old men who think they own the world and everyone owes them something."

Natsu's mouth twitched as he tried to hide his smirk at the venom in her voice. He wondered whether he could get her to snap. "And what would these old men offer us to hand you over to them?"

Bingo. She whirled on him, her fury evident and blazing in her expression.

"Then you will have no home left, vampire! Because I will fight them with every ounce of power in me and take as many people down with me as I go! I'm not sure even you would survive!"

Natsu had definitely touched a nerve. She was seething. And very afraid. But she was using that fear to fuel her strength.

He couldn't help himself. His eyes widened nearly imperceptibly and his breath hitched. He caught Gray's low groan.

Gray had always known what was going through Natsu's head, even before they were both turned. As Natsu met his eyes, he knew this was no different.

"For fuck's sake, Natsu! Seriously?"

The Lucy girl was looking very confused but they ignored her for the moment. Natsu tried his best 'puppy-dog eyes' on Gray.

"Don't fucking try that with me, Flame Brain! You're supposed to be a terrifying, deadly creature of the night, not a fucking child. You cannot just randomly adopt strays!"

Natsu was watching Lucy as he waited for Gray to come around. He would give in eventually. Not because of the begging, but because he had seen what Natsu had seen, and it had set off similar thoughts. He spotted the girl trying to edge away from the apparently distracted vampires, but she froze and took a tentative step towards him at Gray's words. He grinned. Gray buried his face in his hands.

"Fine. Whatever. Sorceress, this is the deal. My friend here is clearly curious about your existence. For some unknown reason. He's also easier to deal with when he's entertained. So you can stay."

An obvious look of relief passed over her face, but she remained wary. "What's the catch?"

Gray was caught off guard enough to look slightly impressed. This girl's brain worked lightning fast.

"Heh. We'll keep the annoying idiots away from here and from you. The 'catch' is that you leave when we decide you can leave. I still haven't decided if you'll leave at all. But you won't die tonight and that's what you want, right?"

"I don't want to die ever, but I have limited options right now. I accept. Thank you."

"We're not doing this out of the goodness of our non-existent hearts. We're just bored."

He stalked off.

He shot Natsu a grin and a wink as he walked past, unseen by their new addition.

Natsu cackled as he approached her with a cackle and a wicked gleam to his eyes.

"Welcome to the family, Luigi! We're gonna have lots of fun!"

He didn't expect the punch that landed squarely in his gut.

"I may be staying with you, but you don't have permission to touch me. Don't even try." She strode off in the direction she had seen Gray go, Natsu staring after her in shock as she shot over her shoulder, "And it's Lucy!"

I'm hoping to update at least once a week.

I'm assuming Teeth to be around 10 chapters long, but it could be shorter. I'm a horrible judge of length.

There will also be at least 2 more smut scenes. Love Bites was entirely smut, so it made sense for that to be a heavy focus of this one.

I'll get back to writing an actual NaLu fic again sometime soon, probably. (Or more Gratsu, wtv)