Hey! So sorry i kind of shocked the hell out of you guys when I first posted the first chapter...sorry. I just got way to excited about posting it that i didnt give you enough warning. Lesson learned. Anyway, thanks for the reviews on Chapter one!
I hope you enjoy this chapter. i really liked writing it, so ya! here goes
Crocus, Capital of Fiore
Lucy stared at the wall in her room, the faces of her previous guild members staring back. She had been keeping tabs on all of them for this whole year. All of them save one, the one she really wanted. A certain pink haired dragon slayer. Nothing about him had crossed her radar, it was like he just dropped off Earthland
Lucy sighed grabbing her press badge and giving herself a once over in the mirror. She sighed and went to the front door. The house keeper she struggled to pay, waived as Lucy left telling her to have fun at work. She probably would.
The stadium was packed for the last day of the Grand Magic Games. It hurt Lucy's heart that most of the guilds entered this year were new guilds not the powerhouse guilds from the year before. The absence of Fairy Tail the most painful for her. She climbed up to the press box to be greeted by her boss.
"Thank you for joining us for the last day of the Grand Magic Games! Our guest announcer today is none other than the beautiful Lucy Heartfillia!" The crowd cheered. These days she was known less for her magic and more for her writing, which honestly didn't bother her too much. She still practiced magic, using this year to get stronger, well as strong as she could, given her circumstances.
She waived to the camera, her face plastered on the huge video lacramas. The guilds left in the games were fairly powerful and it was fun to watch them battle it out. The magic on display this year was interesting to say the least.
It was finally down to the last battle and two mages were neck and neck battling it out. The crowd was on the edge of their seats, but just before the victor was decided the heat in the stadium increased drastically, making the walls of the stadium start to melt. There was an uproar, the crowd panicing at this sudden threat. A figure made its way into the arena and Lucy began to panic. No she couldn't die here not with him waiting for Lucy to come home. She jumped up, her whip in hand and keys in the other, and made her way down to the arena ready to protect the innocent people in the crowd. Her fear of losing her life pushed down, her drive to protect those not as strong as her rising up.
The flames coming off the perpetrator were intense and the mage closest to the newcomer puffed his chest trying to hide his fear.
"Hey you! Don't you mess with the strongest guild in Fiore! We will show you not to mess with us."
"Strongest guild huh?" That voice stopped Lucy cold one foot on the field, her heart dropping to her stomach. It couldn't be. This was too powerful of magic to be him.
Lucy saw the mage pull his fist back, and it erupted into flame before he pounded it into the ground. The mages in the arena were tossed back with the intensity of the blow.
The mage pushed his hood back and the crowd gasped. A straggled sound left Lucy's throat.
"Fairy Tail will always be the strongest guild in Fiore." A toothy grin spread across his face. The smile that always melted her heart and that ridiculous hair. Pink. It had grown considerably since she had seen him but it was still unmistakably pink. Lucy felt tears sting her eyes.
He caught sight of her then, whip drawn, and his smile intensified.
"Luce!" He ran over to her pulling her into his embrace.
"I missed you." He whispered in her ear.
"I missed you too you big idiot." She could hear the crowd cheering at their reunion.
He pulled back pressing a kiss to Lucy's cheek making the crowd go even wilder. She could hear the announcer still in the box gushing about young love, making Lucy try to disconnect Natsu's lips from her face. He pulled back. That dumb smile still on his face.
"Is there anyone else here with you?! Oh man I can't wait to kick Gray's ass! And Gildarts ass…I have so much to tell you!" Lucy's face fell just a bit. He didn't know, about all lot of things, but right now she was just too happy to see him. The one she missed the most, the one she loved.
"Natsu Dragoneel you are hereby cleared of all charges." The tiny King of Fiore squeaked much to the dismay of his guards. Princess Hisui and Arcadios shot smiles at Lucy who smiled back exasperated at this whole thing.
Lucy and the princess had gotten to know each other a lot more now that Lucy lived in Crocus. They had become fast friends, the past events seemed almost forgotten.
Lucy waved goodbye to her friend and marched a smiling Natsu out of the palace and down the streets of Crocus. Natsu slipped his hand into Lucy's. She gave a little squeak in surprise and when he began to pull his hand back, afraid he offended her, Lucy squeezed it. He returned the squeeze continuing down the streets. Happy who had been in the stands now fluttered by with the two mages, chattering about fish and how much he missed Charlie. They both were eager to hear news of the guild.
"Are we going to meet up with the guild."
"No none of them are here with me." Natsu gave her an incredulous look.
"Why not? They let you come all the way to Crocus by yourself? I'm gunna kill them..." He grumbled.
They stopped outside her building.
"Is this where you are staying?" She nodded.
She opened the door to her apartment, greeted by the house keeper.
"Oh Lucy! I'm glad you made it home. Would you like me to prepare you and your guest dinner?"
"Sure that would be great thanks. Also could you find me some scissors? This one needs a haircut." The house keeper giggled and wandered off to find something for Lucy to shear off all that hair. She turned around to see him giving her a look.
"Lucy…" Natsu looked serious, "Do you live here?" She nodded. She gestured for him to sit down and he did. The house keeper brought her scissors before leaving to make dinner. Lucy stood, taking his cloak and his scarf. She went to work on the mass of pink.
"Lucy, tell me." She sighed, continuing her work. His hair was still soft like it was a year ago, a little messier but still the same hair.
"Take your shirt off and sit on it. It will be easier to clean up afterwards." She was avoiding the subject and Natsu knew it, but he let her finish cutting his hair. He liked the feeling of her fingers in his hair. They would stop every once and a will and massage into his scalp. When he could tell she was done, Natsu reached up and grabbed her hand pulling Lucy down to sit on his leg. He looked at her with questioning eyes. She sighed looking down at her hands.
"Natsu, FairyTail…they…they disbanded, the day you left." Natsu let a gasp ecape from his lips.
"What? Why?" His voice was soft and full of hurt. Lucy could faintly hear Happy crying from his spot on the couch
"Master… I don't really know exactly, but everyone has gone their separate ways." He looked crest fallen.
"Then we just have to get them all back together!" Suddenly he was "all fired up" again ready to take on the world. She sighed. Now was as good a time as ever.
"There is something else. Come on Natsu, I have something I want to show you. We will be right back Happy" Natsu followed after her as she walked down the hall to her bedroom. She opened the door and let him in.
Natsu stopped short, smelling another person in the room, a male. His heart skipped a beat before he put up a front, giving Lucy a coy smile.
"Lucy did you get a boyfriend?" Lucy snorted.
"Well I've had a man in my life for the last year I guess you could say. I didn't really meet him face to face though until a few months ago." Natsu was puzzled.
"Long distance relationship huh?" Lucy snorted again. He was really frustrated that she kept doing that. It was cute and it was making him mad that she was cute even when she was mocking him.
"Over here, come meet him." He was still confused, how could her boyfriend fit into the small cage she was standing by. What the hell was Lucy into?
Lucy was really nervous. She had no idea how Natsu was going to react to this, and as he crept closer to the crib, sniffing the air as he went the fear built in her stomach. She was such a weirdo.
Natsu finally reached the cage peering over it. His mouth fell open. A baby.
"Lucy…who's baby do you have?" He gave her a look of disappointment.
"Are you saying I stole him?" She laughed. Natsu raised his brow waiting for an explaination.
"He's mine Natsu…" Natsu froze, a thorn twisting in his heart. They joked about Lucy having a boyfriend but Natsu knew how long Lucy could keep a boyfriend so he really wasn't that worried but this? How long had it taken for Lucy to find another after he left? Another she loved as much as she let him believe she loved him. He felt betrayed by her. He dropped his eyes, not wanting to look into hers, not wanting her to see the look of hurt on his face.
"I bet his father is very proud of him… He's adorable, he's probably going to be a heartbreaker just like his mom." He ment to be harsh with that comment but it was flat and had no strength behind it.
"Although that hair of his. Unlucky little man. I mean pink is such and unmanly color. I bet…" Natsu's eyes widened. He looked back into the crib. Sure enough the little sleeping bundle had a little fluff of pink hair. Natsu couldn't breathe and he could feel his stomach twist.
"I don't know Natsu are you proud of your son?" Lucy whispered. Natsu gripped the edge of the crib till his knuckles turned white, and Lucy feared he would break the edge. His eyes were wide his mouth hanging open.
"W-what's his name?" Natsu said finally finding words.
"Igneel…" Natsu let out a sob, tears streaming down his face. Lucy's heart twisted.
"Y-yes…"
"What was that?" Lucy scouted closer to him. He threw his arms around her for the second time that day, burying his face in her shoulder.
"Yes, I'm proud of our son." It was Lucy's turn to cry, in relief. She lifted Natsu's face to look at her. He kissed her. The first kiss after a year apart, and it was just as Lucy remembered.
"Do you want to hold him?" She murmured into his mouth. He pulled back looking at her now with such innocence.
"Can I? I'm not going to break him am I?" She chuckled shaking her head.
"No." She picked her infant up in her arms. He opened his little black eyes and looked at her, yawning.
"Hey handsome, there is someone here I want you to meet." The baby smiled at his mother, squeaking in delight when she turned him to face his father. Natsu reached out carefully taking hold of his son. A smile spread across his face when he looked down at the baby in his arms.
The baby laughed, reaching up and placing a chubby little hand on Natsu's cheek.
"Hey there little guy…" His voice came out shakier than he thought. He placed forehead against little Igneel's. Natsu sighed. He shifted the baby so that he could wrap his arm around Lucy's waist and pull her close. He kissed her again. This time the kiss was like a silent thank you.
Lucy ran her hand through Natsu's hair, the same hair that Igneel now had.
She had looked at her little boys hair these last three months and all she could think of was Natsu. Natsu yelled in surprise.
"What? What happened?" Lucy said panicked that something was happening with the baby.
"He just shot fire at me!" He looked at her with a mixture of pride and surprise.
"Oh yeah, he's burned three of my best shirts. He gets his disregard for respecting my property from his dad." They laughed. There was a knock at the open door.
"Sorry to interrupt but dinner is ready." The house keeper gave them a knowing look. She had suspected from the time her employer had hired her, a young girl with a new born with a crop of pink hair, that he was the son of the infamous Salamander of Fairy Tail. Lucy smiled at her.
"Thanks, you can go home now if you want. I think I can take it from here." The house keeper bowed and left. She had a suspicion that her employment with the celestial mage might be coming to a close.
Wacko1: maybe...hadnt thought about that option...