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Celestial Dragon

By Hime Jigoku

Chapter Two

Laxus walked into the guild with Bickslow, Gajeel, and Team Natsu, minus Lucy, right behind him looking defeated and exhausted. The past two days they have been searching for the blonde mage nine stop the past two days on no sleep. They refused to stop the search until she was found and they would still be out there looking if Master Makarov had not sent Mystogan, Gildarts, Sting and Rogue to force them back to the guild and take over the search. The master wanted at least one dragon slayer helping with the search at all times so he gave a Sabertooth a call for help. To his surprise the guild master and Rogue both showed up.

Laxus locked eyes with his grandfather as the old man made his way down the stairs for his office to stand before the group of mages. The gray haired man's eyes were red and puffy from crying the past couple days, and looking like he sleep just about as much as the group before him. He was hurting from the loss of one of his children.

"Go home and rest and then you can go back to the search," Master said never looking away from Laxus. He knew his grandson, Bickslow, and Gajeel were the ones hurting the most since there was nothing they could do to stop their mate from being taken. From what Erza had informed him of they were extremely outnumbered and before they realized what was going on Lucy was already gone.

"We need to be out there looking for Luce! Not here resting while they do god knows what to her!" yelled Natsu as he ran up to the master. His heart was breaking more the longer his best friend stayed missing. He, along with Gajeel and Laxus, search the whole area for Lucy's sent but they were unable to find it.

"Calm down, we all wants to find Cosplayer," spoke Bickslow for the first time since Lucy went missing. He voice sounded broken like he was on the verge of tears. His mate was missing and it was killing him on the inside.

"This is partly your fault! You are her mates you were supposed to protect her," Natsu spat turning to look at the seith mage. He knew it was not actually the two dragon slayers and seith mages fault but his anger was getting the best of him. His blood was boiling and his body felt like it was on fire.

"Shut your mouth Pinky! I would hate to have to explain to Cosplayer why I had to knock her best friend." Bickslow's anger was not starting to push down his feelings of hurt, worry, and sorrow at the loss of his mate.

"Bring it on twinkle eyes," Natsu said through clenched teeth. Both males got into fighting stances ready to attach.

"You asked for it flame turd!" Both males were getting ready to attach when a voice stopped them.

"Will both of you knock it the fuck off before I shove my foot up both your asses," growled Gajeel glaring at the two. "What would Bunny Girl say if she found out you two were fucking fighting right now."

Natsu and Bickslow looked at the dark haired man for a moment before disarming. They both knew that Lucy would give them both a good Lucy kick if she saw them just now. Lucy being missing was taking its toll on everyone not just the members of Team Natsu and her mates. The guild was falling apart without her being there. Everyone looked lost and depressed without the blonde woman bouncing around it.

"Gramps is right," Laxus said letting out a sigh before turning to face the group of mages that followed him in. "We will take two days to rest and get our strength back up, then we will head back out."

Erza and Gray we had been quiet the whole time just nodded their heads. Laxus could see the tears falling from their eyes. Natsu just looked at the ground in defeat; he knew they were right and that they could need their rest if they were going to find Lucy. Bickslow, who had stopped wearing his visor and hood a while ago, nodded his head trying to fight back the tears threatening to fall out. Gajeel did nothing but looked at Laxus with his eyes hardened but didn't say anything.

"Bickslow, Gajeel lets go home," Laxus said as he walked out of the guild with the two males behind him leaving the others behind. Laxus was not happy about having to go home but there was nothing else they could do.

After they found out that Lucy was each of their mate they worked together to build a house to make her happy. With the woman having three mates they made sure to build it large enough so that there were plenty of bedrooms for the children. They decided that six bedrooms for the kids was a good start and if they needed more they would just add on to the house. They decided to build the house in the woods by a small stream were the kids could swim when they got older. They finished the construction of it a month ago and gave it to Lucy as a gift.

Laxus remembered they look on the young woman's face when she saw it. She looked so shocked and happy that she started to jump up and down in excitement. After that they wasted no time in getting everyone's things moved into their new home and letting their old land lords know that they were moving out. They memory made the large blonde haired man smile.

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Lucy awoke the next morning with arms wrapped tightly around her waist and a firm chest pressed against her back. She looked over her shoulder to find a head of pink hair and it made her giggle as it tickled her nose. Natsu must have snuck into her bed while she slept last night. She had feelings for the pink hair dragon slayer and he for her, but neither was willing to act on them for fear that it would ruin their friendship.

Lucy wiggled out of the young man's arms and got everything ready for her to take a shower. It was the day of her eighteenth birthday and she was happy to get away from whatever it was that they guild was planning. She wouldn't have to go on a mission if Natsu had not tried to make a big deal out of her birthday, but that was her best friend for you.

Lucy was half way through her shower when a sharp pain shot through her body causing her to fall to her hands and knees. She bit her bottom lip, drawing blood, to stop herself from screaming. Wave after wave of pain rocked through her body making her feel like she was being stabbed over and over again by a rather large knife. Her breathing picked up as she tried to calm herself.

The bathroom door swung open and Natsu ran in. The thud of her falling over caused him to wake from his sleep, and her heart rate and breathing speeding up caused him to worry. He did not delay on coming to check on her. What he found shocked him though. Lucy was doubled over what the most excruciating look on her face. He ran up shut the water off and crouched down beside her.

"Where does it hurt Luce?" asked Natsu not bothering to hide the worry in his tone. He had never seen his best friend look this much in pain before and that worried him.

"Everywhere," she managed to say between pants of breath. This was the worst pain she had ever felt before and she was unable to think clearly to find out what the cause of it was.

Natsu turned around grabbed a towel and wrapped it around the busty blonde before picking her up and carrying her back to the inns bed. He laid her down gentle making sure not to cause her anymore pain. He looked over her body to find any kind of injury that would explain Lucy's pain but he found nothing. He really started to get worried when he caught a whiff of Lucy's scent. No longer was it the vanilla and strawberry scent that he loved, instead it was a scent that reminded him of a summers night full of stars in the sky. It wasn't that he didn't like the new scent; it was just that he did not know how someone's scent could change almost instantly.

Natsu head shot up to look at the bedrooms door as it opened and in walked Erza and Gray. They stop in their tracks when they got a good look at the fire dragon slayers face. His eyes held fear for the young woman lying on the bed. They looked at Lucy to find her eyes tightly shut in pain. They were frozen in place by shock.

"Call master and have him send someone to finish the request. We need to get Lucy back to the guild to see Wendy now," said Natsu, not leaving any room for argument. Erza wasted no time to pull out her calling device (sorry I'm drawing a blank on what it actually called, so sorry) and calling their guild master. Gray went over to Natsu to find out what was going on.

"Natsu, what is wrong with her?" Gray asked in a worried tone. He couldn't stand to look at his baby sister figure in so much pain.

"I don't know. She was fine last night and it just hit her this morning," Natsu replied looked back down at the blonde woman. They pain did not seem to be letting up. He ran his hands through his hair nervously not sure what else to do.

Erza had been listening to the two while she waited for master to answer. Her chest started to tighten with worry and her eyes started to burn. Just then Master appeared on the device.

"Good morning Erza," Master Makarov said cheerfully.

"Master we need you to send someone to replace us. We are heading back to the guild," said Erza's fear filled voice.

"What is wrong?" master demanded, his face turning serious.

"We are unsure, Lucy just collapsed in pain. We are bringing her back to see Wendy."

"That sounds for the best. I will send Gildarts to take over and have Laxus use his lightning teleport to some get her. The rest of you get back as fast as you can." Erza nodded her head and hung up.

"Master is sending Laxus to come and get her. We are to head back to the guild right away," Erza said to the two male mages in the room. Natsu looked at her with a hard look in his eyes.

"Why is Laxus coming to get her? Why can't she go back with us?" asked Natsu not liking the idea of leaving Lucy in Laxus' care.

"Her condition may be serious and Laxus can get her back to the guild faster."

Just then there was a load bang of thunder and Laxus appeared in the room. He looked around the room at the worried expressions on everyone's face. He was getting ready to ask who died when he saw the small blonde woman lying on the bed in pain. His grandfather said that something was wrong with Blondie but he did not realize it was this bad.

Without wasting any more time he walked over and picked the blonde mage up in his arms. When her new scent hit him he was shocked but that was quickly pushed down when his dragon instincts kicked in telling him to claim her as his. It took all the strength he had to fight it back down and was replaced by shock once again. He was prepared to find his mate one day but was not expecting it to be the small busty blonde in his arms now.

"I'll see you guys back at the guild," said Laxus to the other members of Team Natsu before he turned back into lightning and carried Lucy off to the guild.

When he arrived Gajeel came running out of the guild and his eyes hardened when he saw Laxus. Laxus saw the man's eyes drift to Lucy in his arms. He could tell that Gajeel was fighting off his instincts just as he had done just a bit ago. What shocked him the most though was that his inner dragon seemed to be calm about the whole situation.

"We need to get her to Wendy fast," Laxus said eyes still locked on Gajeel.

Gajeel looked away from Bunny Girl to look at Laxus. He nodded and took the woman from the blonde slayers arms and headed to the infirmary. When he first caught a hold of the scent his body reacted on its own and ran out of the guild. Who the scent was coming from shocked him though. Lucy's new scent attracted him, the scent of his mate. His shock did not stop there though, she was in Laxus arms and like Laxus' inner dragon he was ok with that.