Day 3
It felt like the whole world was spinning. Everything was going around in one giant circle and it was making Lucy sick to her stomach. She could tell that she was lying down but her mind was spinning. Her mind was aware of what was happening but her body was still asleep. "Where am I?" she knew she wasn't at home in her bed, whatever she was lying on was too hard to be her bed. The wind blew by, making her hair fall into her face and making her cheek itch. "I'm outside...on the ground." but where exactly was she? The last thing she remembered was being carried away by Natsu and passing out shortly after. So she was with Natsu but where had he taken her? He won't have taken her back to his house or anywhere else in the city because it would too easy for the other to find her. He had to take her somewhere close but well hidden enough that no one could find them.
She tried opening her eyes but her body was still as stone. Only her mind was awake at this point and she would have to use that to help her figure out where she was. By the way the breeze kept blowing meant she was outside, possibly in an open field or forest. She could feel the grass beneath her move with the wind and she could even smell some of the flowers that were close by. The sun was out, she could feel its warm rays touch her body.
"Lucy." if her body was as awake as her mind she would have jumped at his voice. She could feel him above her, his body was blocking the wind and she felt the ground sift when he put his two hands on either side of her head. He was on top of her, in an very intimate position and she didn't have it in her to scream or do anything to get him off her. All she could do was focus on his movements and nothing more.
His hand moved the hair out of her face, staying there to caress her cheek in his warm hand. She felt his lips softly brush against her lips, his thumb running over them next in a gentle matter. She never knew Natsu could be so gentle. He was always destroying everything he touched so it surprised her how gentle he was being with her. His body moved, for a moment she thought he was getting off her, she soon felt his head rest on her stomach, one hand running circles over covered skin. "Soon." he whispered out, his lips kissing her stomach now.
He stayed that way for a while, just resting there with her as her mind slowly fell back into the depths of sleep, wondering what he meant by "soon".
"What kinds of morons are you!" Loke cried out. He felt Lucy and her magic move further away from him and the rest of the spirits so he opened the gate himself and found out what had happened. "Why would you take away her keys? Without them Lucy has no way to defend herself." he was pissed. His so-called friends has just separated him from his master and put her in danger. His hands gripped the keys of his friends and he could feel them all worry over Lucy and what could be happening to her at this very moment.
"Look we know you're upset but now is not the time to start fighting with one another," Gray said to Loki in hopes to calm him down before he did something stupid. "But I will agree with you. Taking away her keys was a bad idea. Who's the big idiot that thought of that?" he wondered out loud.
Mirajane stopped running and crouched down into a fetal position, her tears streaming down her face. "I'm sorry. I thought it was a good idea at the time." she cried, hands covering her face as Gray was frantically apologizing behind.
"No! I'm sorry. I didn't mean to say that. I was just..." he continued to apologize, hoping that he could get her to stop crying but it didn't look like anything he said was working.
"You made her cry again." Happy said, floating right next to him with an amused smile on his face.
"Shut up you stupid cat!" Gray yelled, his one hand starting to form his ice magic.
"Natsu! Help! Gray is picking on me!" Happy flew away in tears before stopping mid-air. "Oh right...I forgot." he sighed. He had forgotten that his best friend had turned crazy and was not currently with them.
"How the hell did you forget?" Gray screamed at the blue cat that was getting on his nerves very quickly.
"That's enough," Erza scolded them, eyes giving them a hard look. "I know you're upset but this is no time to be fighting. We must focus all our energy onto finding Lucy and Natsu." she spoke in a neutral voice but everyone could tell that she was worried. They all were.
"Erza is right," Makarov stood in the middle of the group, his staff in one hand as he focused on all of his children. "Right now our main priority is getting back Lucy and helping Natsu."
"Well wherever that stupid fool took her it's blocking out my ability to follow Lucy's magic." Loke said, his arms crossed as he still held the keys of his friends. "As Lucy's spirits we're able to follow her anywhere but for some reason none of us are able to track her magic." he stiffened up, his eyes held the worry and anger he feeling over his master and friend being kidnapped.
"Same here," Gajeel sighed, leaning against a nearby tree. "I can't pick up the shrimp's scent."
"I can't either." Wendy announced, her two hands cupped together as she looked down at the ground in shame. "No matter how much I search the wind I can't pick up on Lucy or Natsu's scents."
"It's almost like they disappeared." Mirajane commented, no longer crying and returned to her normal self.
"No, they didn't disappear." Makarov held a knowing look on his face along with a deep frown. "There is only one place that I can think of that could block out their magic, making us unable to track them."
"What place are you talking about Master?" Elfman asked. He and everyone else couldn't think of any place in the entire world that could block out a person's magic.
Makarov sat down on the ground and sighed, he didn't think it would come to this. "When Natsu first came to Fairy Tail he had a lot of magic in him but very little control over them. If he didn't learn how to control it then the power inside of him would have surely destroyed him and everything around him. So one day I took him to the Null Forest,"
"The Null Forest?" Gray stared down at his master in confusion. "I've never heard of this place."
"Juvia has not either." Juvia added, stepping closer to her beloved Gray.
"It is an old and ancient place that not many wizards know of nowadays. It is a special forest that young wizards go to and train their bodies and magic." Makarov explained, his eyes looking up at the night sky that glowed a bright red.
"And you think Natsu took Lucy there?" Levy asked.
Makarov nodded, "It is possible."
"For the mating to go on the kid would need some place private and it sounds like he found the perfect location." Gajeel added in, kicking off the tree and started walking. "Old man, which way is this forest? We need to start moving if you wanna rescue Bunny-Girl in time."
"What do you mean by that?" Lisanna asked as they started moving again.
Gajeel just scoffed. "Tonight is the last night of the Dragon's Eye which means it's flame brain's last chance to mate. He's gonna try every trick in the book to get Bunny-Girl pregnant with his kid."
"Are you serious?" Gray and Loke cried out, shock and horror were written on their faces as they thought of the horrible things that Natsu was probably doing to poor Lucy.
"Poor Lu-Chan," Levy started to cry and Lisanna tried to comfort her.
"I hope Natsu isn't too rough with her. A girl's first time can be so painful." Mirajane sighed, her mind was in the opposite direction as everyone else. While they wanted to stop it seemed that she wanted it to happen.
"Can we please stop talking about this and go save Lucy!" Loke cried, not liking where this conversation was going. He didn't want to hear what Natsu could be doing his master and friend. He did not want those disturbing imagines in his head to haunt him at night.
"He's right, we need to hurry." Erza told them all and they picked up their speed, running once more to where they hoped Lucy would be.
Lucy could feel her mind awake once more but this time her body awoke with her. Her eyes fluttered open and she was met with the clear blue sky above her. So her conclusion before had been right so now she had a new question. Why was she here? She remembered Natsu taking her here after their failed attempt at capturing him. He flew off with her into the sky and she passed out right away. She had awoken slightly a while ago, Natsu had been with her before but now he was nowhere to be seen.
Instantly her hand went to her hip but she cursed inwardly when she felt nothing. She had forgotten that her friends had taken her keys away from her. "Now what?" she whispered, looking all around and saw she was in an open field surrounded by dense tress. To her left was a cave entrance that screamed horror and haunted. With a nervous gulp she stood up on her legs and walked through the field, hoping she could find a way back to her friends. "Where am I anyways?" she asked out loud, eyes searching all over but couldn't find a single thing that looked familiar. As she walked along she heard the sound of running water and decided she would follow it and hope that it led her back to town.
She came through the forest and saw there was a waterfall right in front of her, a beautifully made waterfall that just screamed magical. It seemed the rocks around it were glowing and the grass and flowers around the area seemed to have so much more color than regular flowers. "So you're awake." she jumped in surprise when she heard his voice and looked all around for the source of that voice. Finally she noticed that he was sitting under the waterfall, letting the heavy flow fall down his back and head, making his own body glow.
"Natsu...!" she squeaked out and took a step back.
He saw this and walked out from under the waterfall, his eyes still glowing a bright red and his body started to burn off the water that was dripping off his body. He wore no shirt and no shoes. He only wore his white pants and the scarf Igneel had given him. "It's about time. I thought I would have to go through the ceremony with you unconscious."
Lucy gulped, not really sure what to make of what he was saying. "What ceremony?" she kept stepping back until she tripped over a rock and fell down on her butt.
Natsu only grinned down at her, standing directly in front of her. "I told you back at the Guild," he fell to his knees and placed himself directly over her fallen form. "It's time to create a new dragon, Lucy." he kissed the side of her face, lips running over her skin and making it heat up from his touches.
Lucy felt her head spinning and tried to push him off. "What are you talking about?" she put her hands on his chest but he only grabbed her wrists and pushed her all the down to the ground. "Wait a minute...?" she finally realized something. "You can talk?"
Natsu frowned, annoyed that she was stopping him. "Of course I can." he tried leaning back in but she pushed his face away from her and kept it there.
"So why is it that when you kidnapped me that first night all you did was growl?" she grunted, using all her power to keep his face away from hers. If he got any closer than there really would be no turning back.
Natsu finally had enough and shoved her hands away, keeping them pinned by the side of her face and growled. "The moon's power made my instincts take over most of my conscious. I only brought you here so that it would null out enough of its power so that I could talk to you." his face was only an inch away from hers. Their noses were touching and Lucy could feel herself begin to lose to those blood red eyes that were just so memorizing. "I know you Lucy, I know what you need. I know you need to hear my voice to calm you when we start the bonding." he kissed her lips, making her body slowly become calm and still. Her heart and mind were losing to the heat that was radiating off him and pouring into her. It was a strange feeling but not a bad one. "I know everything about you Lucy. Everything you'll ever need I can give you," he moved his head down to her chest, kissing the spot just above her heart and released another wave of heat. She cried out when her skin started to burn but instead of feeling pain all she felt was pleasure. "You're my woman, Lucy. You're all mine."
Lucy couldn't find it in her to respond. Her mind was so clouded over, her body burned with an intense feeling that she couldn't even begin to describe. Her body just felt so hot. "Natsu." she whispered out in need. A need for what she wasn't really sure of.
"That's right," he held both her hands in his and licked her neck. "Always call out my name. Only my name." he was blowing more heat onto her body, making her burn even more and groan.
She felt so hot, it felt like she would melt but she wanted more. She wanted to feel more of this burning sensation and pulled him closer to her body. Her mind had lost all control and now only her heart was left and it was telling her to seek more of this wonderful sensation. Her body felt a light breeze suddenly blow by, a slight shiver ran through her but there was still heat radiating all throughout her body. "I'm naked." she took notice that her dress had come off and above her was and equally naked Natsu. She didn't see where their clothes went, all she saw was his scarf placed off to the side next to them. His hand fell onto her stomach and it burned with heat, a soft moan escaped her at his touch. "Our dragon will be born here." he kept his hand on her stomach, it never left her soft skin and it continued to pour heat into her body.
Suddenly a sharp pain overtook her whole body. This time when she cried out it was with a mixture of pleasure and pain. Her arms wrapped around his body to hold and try to help ease her pain but she could still feel sharp burning thrusts entering her. She cried more frequently now, arms wrapped around Natsu's body and his other arm holding her body close to his as well. They were moving in time with each other, each crying out their own sounds. To Lucy it felt like she was inside of a roaring flame that just seemed to keep getting hotter and hotter. Her body no longer felt pain but instead she felt pleasure from the burning. Slowly she could feel herself becoming addicted to it all. Her body, heart, and mind would crave this wonderful feeling for the rest of her life.
All too soon the burning reached its peak. It shot inside her body like a giant flare, spreading heat all through her as if an explosion went off and it made her collapse to the ground. She gasped for air, her body suddenly drained. All she could do was lie there and breathe.
"Lucy," Natsu was still above her, his hand still resting on her stomach but it was no longer radiating with heat. The only part of her that still burned was her lower half and the spot where he had kissed her on her chest. "Our dragon is born." he kissed her lips and once more the fire started up again inside her.
Gajeel and Wendy lead the group through the thick trees, nose guiding them both through the hundreds of smells that were surrounding them. Suddenly they came to a cave entrance and Gajeel stopped in his tracks, grabbing Wendy and keeping her from going any further. "They're in there." he grunted out and moved away from the cave, dragging Wendy with him.
"Where are you going?" Erza asked, eyes glaring in anger at the thought that he might be leaving them to fight alone.
"I ain't going in there. There are some things in this world I refuse to see and this little shrimp is too young for any of that." he pointed to Wendy, making her sit down against a tree and he sat with her, arms crossed. Their two Exceed companions flew over and joined them under their spot by the tree.
"But we'll need your help if Natsu attacks." Levy reminded him of the danger that was Natsu when he was in this state.
Gajeel replied with a snort and pointed up to the sky. "The sun will be coming in a matter of minutes. By the time you reach him that idiot will be back to his old stupid self." he told them.
"Then we will continue on." Erza said and walked inside the cave. Her friends following closely behind and magic ready to use if they needed to defend themselves.
"So this is the Null Forest?" Gray commented when they walked out of the cave and headed straight into the dense trees. He could feel his body suddenly become heavy, as if all his magic powers had left him and left only a giant weight in its place.
Makarov nodded. "That's right. Natsu trained here as a child to control his powers." he said.
"So if this place nulls out all powers than why would Natsu take Lucy here?" Lisanna asked as they walked more and more through the dense trees. "I mean wouldn't coming here block out the moon's effect on him?"
Makarov shook his head. "According to Gajeel the moon's power will not wear off that easily. By coming here he will most likely return more to his senses but his instincts will still be in total control." he told them of the information that he knew.
Gray nodded, "So then what happens?" he asked just as they walked out of the trees and into another open field that held a waterfall, flowers, and two bodies. They all screamed when they saw the two glowing bodies of their friends. "Never mind! I don't want to know!" Gray cried, covering his eyes and trying to get that image out of his head.
"Now I know why Gajeel didn't want to come in!" Levy cried, face burning bright crimson and her eyes peaked out through her fingers as her hands covered her face.
"Lucy..." Loke cried, falling to his knees and bowed his head in shame. "I'm so sorry. I couldn't protect you!"
Before them were the resting forms of Natsu and Lucy. Natsu wearing only his white pants loosely around his waist and was lying up against a tree, his hands holding the sleeping Lucy. His eyes were closed and they could only assume that he was sleeping as well. Lucy was resting with her head on his lap, his shirt covering her chest and his scarf was the only thing that covered her bottom area.
"Juvia cannot believe her eyes?" Juvia felt her whole body start to steam as the imagines came into her head and started to change into her and Gray in the same position.
Erza coughed and turned her back on them, she just screamed uncomfortable. "We should probably come back later." she started walking away.
"Natsu and Lucy finally committed the ultimate act of love," Mirajane started to glow, eyes sparkling. "Now all that's left is the wedding and children!" she was already making plans for them.
"This is truly a man's moments!" Elfman cheered into the sky.
"Would both of you shut up!" Lisanna yelled at her old siblings. It was so weird having them say such creepy things like this.
"So they completed the ritual?" Makarov crossed his arms and stared up at the sky where the sun was just beginning to rise. "Now we can only wait to see what happens now." his eyes landed on Natsu just as the sun's beam landed on his face.
The moment the light hit his eyes did Natsu awaken. His eyes fluttered open and he let out a massive yawn. He went to stretch out his body but found that he couldn't, looking down he saw the sleeping Lucy resting in his lap. With a soft smile he ran his hands through her hair, whispering something to her that no one from the group could make out.
It seemed whatever he said had caught her attention and she awoke from her slumber. Her brown eyes looked up and saw that she was lying on a half naked Natsu. They widen in shock before looking down at her body and saw what she was dressed in. A scream escaped her and she jumped away, one hand holding close the vest and the other holding the scarf to cover that part of her body. "Natsu...w-w-what the hell?" she squeaked, her whole face burning red.
Natsu only grinned and crossed his arms behind his head, a proud grin on his face. "What do you think Luce? We made a new dragon last night." his grin widened in size as he spoke.
Lucy blushed a deeper shade of crimson as memories of last night came flooding into her head. "Yeah well..." she didn't know what else to say. Last night had been a whole new experience for her and she wasn't sure what she was supposed to do now. She felt embarrassed to stare at his face so she decided to just stare at what was ahead of her but she paled when she caught sight of her friends staring right back.
Another scream escaped Lucy and the others screamed with her. The boys all turned around so that their backs were facing her while she hid behind Natsu to cover up her exposed body. "What are you guys doing here?" Natsu asked, clearly not bothered that his friends had seen them in such a state.
"We came to rescue, Lucy." Lisanna answered in a weak voice, eyes looking everywhere but at the half naked couple in front of her. This was such an awkward situation and she didn't know what to do about it.
Natsu only grinned. "Lucy didn't need to be rescued. She was with me this whole time." he told them and received a punch on the side of his arm from Lucy. He frowned at her and rubbed his arm.
Gary scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Yeah, that's why we were worried about her." he said loud enough to be heard by the fire mage.
Natsu growled and jumped to his feet. "What you say you ice freak?"
Lucy shrieked and hid behind the tree more. "Natsu, you idiot. Don't move!" she felt like crying so much right now. This was so embarrassing. Her eyes searched frantically for the white dress she was wearing before but all she saw was a pile of ash in its place.
Loke made a fist at Natsu and growled. "What did you do to Lucy?" he would make sure he would regret ever being born a man if he had hurt Lucy.
"Loke, do that later," Lucy cried to her friend, sticking her head out from behind the tree. "Just give me Virgo's key!" she cried, stretching her hand out. She needed to call the spirit and tell her to bring her clothes.
Loke let out a long sigh but he listened to his master. He knew that she needed clothes and while he would rather punch in Natsu's face he needed to help Lucy first. "Here it comes?" he threw her keys to her but they were intercepted by Natsu.
"No way." He huffed, crossing his arms and kept the keys in a tight grip.
Lucy nearly cried. "What the hell are you doing?" she tried reaching for the keys but he was to our of reach for her to get anything. "I need to summon Virgo to get clothes. Do you want me walking around here naked?" she sent him an annoyed glare which he only rolled his eyes at.
Natsu swung the keys are his finger and stared at Lucy. "You're not using your magic until the baby is born so no keys for you."
His words caused everyone to freeze in shock before screaming out. "What!" This time everyone fell over and felt their minds lose themselves.
"What do you mean baby?" Levy cried, her eyes looking from Natsu to Lucy and back.
Natsu only shrugged. "Exactly what I said. While Lucy's pregnant I'm not letting her use her magic or go on any missions." he repeated himself and sat back down against the tree, making sure to keep the keys out of his mate's reach.
Mirajane jumped forward, landing right next to the pink-haired boy. "Natsu are you really sure that Lucy is pregnant." she asked.
"She is." they all turned around to see Gajeel, Wendy, Charle, and Lily walking through the cave. "Bunny-Girl's scent reeks of pinky. She's caring his brat inside her." he informed them.
Gray shot him a strange look. "I thought you didn't want to come in here."
The Iron Dragon Slayer shrugged his shoulders. "I figured with all the screaming going on meant it safe to see what was going on."
"Um...is Lucy alright?" Wendy asked, her eyes looking at the blonde that was hiding behind the tree.
Levy smiled at the young girl and put her hand on her head. "Lu-Chan is just fine. Natsu is just annoying her right now." she gave the only explanation that she could give. There was no way she was explaining what really took place here.
"Natsu, give me my keys!" Lucy cried once more, trying to grab her keys but he kept it out of her reach.
He only shook his head. "I told you, you're not touching these keys until our child is born." he was dead set on his decision and nothing would get him to change his mind.
Lucy growled and sent him a glare that could rival Erza. "If you even want to touch our child you will give me my damn keys!" she yelled out in fury. If she were a real dragon she would have been spewing fire out of her mouth by this point.
Natsu stiffened up and quickly handed her the keys that she wanted. "Here you go." The only thing that could change his stubborn mind was a angry and a very scary Lucy.
"Thank you." Lucy huffed out before going completely behind the tree to summon her spirit and change into real clothes that covered everything.
Natsu let a pout form on his face while she did this and his legs started to twitch and nerves. "Would you relax." Lisanna came and sat down beside him. "Lucy is tough. She won't die from summoning one spirit." she reassured him before he went mad.
Natsu however wasn't that easy to convince. "Yeah but Dragon Slayer babies are different. You need a lot of power to support them and I don't want Lucy putting a strain on her body." he could remember all the things Igneel had told him about Dragon Slayers and their mates. The woman's body would use all her magic and energy to support and protect that child that was inside of her. This left her defenseless and in a fragile state. That's why the male was always there to protect her and their child.
Mirajane came to join her sister. "But Lucy isn't even a day pregnant. I'm sure summoning Virgo once won't have an effect on her." she too tried to help reassure the nervous boy.
"Even if she's barely a day Lucy needs to be careful," Makarov came and joined their little circle, legs crossed and his staff behind his back as always. "If I'm right then this baby is special from regular Dragon Slayer children."
"What do you mean?" Gray asked, not sure if he understood what his master was saying.
"He's saying the brat inside her is gonna be a lot stronger than most kids," Gajeel stepped in to fill in the blanks. "The child was created during the Dragon's Eye a time when all Dragons and Dragon Slayers are at their most strongest. Their power is at their peak and with the child born under these circumstances means that it'll be born with very strong magical powers."
Levy gasped when she realized something. "So that explains why that Toki guy was after Ryu. He said he was after him because the powers inside of him were very strong." she remembered the time traveling wizard and what his evil plans were.
Gajeel nodded. "It never crossed my mind that the little brat was conceived under the Dragon's Eye but now I know why that future freak was so obsessed over a kid." he shoved his hands inside his pockets and cracked his neck. Honestly he was bored of this whole situation now and just wanted to head home.
"Juvia is still not sure she understands." Juvia said and a few others nodded with her.
Makarov gave them the answer to their confusion. "It just means that we have a new and very powerful wizard that will soon be joining the Fairy Tail ranks." he gave them all a wide grin which they returned. Despite all that has happened they were looking forward to seeing a new face.
Natsu started laughing loudly. He jumped to his feet in excitement. "I can't wait to start training the little guy. I'll teach him everything Igneel taught me."
Happy flew over to his friend and grinned. "And I can teach him all about fish!"
"You're not teaching him until I say so." Lucy appeared from behind the tree. Her hands were in her hair, tying a blue ribbon on the side of her head in her usual fashion. She wore a light blue sundress that had thin straps and stopped at her knees. Matching blue ballet flats were on her feet. "Princess if that is all then I will be going." Virgo bowed to her master and went back to the spirit world.
Natsu sent her a large pout. "Come on Luce, at least let me teach him how to throw a fire ball." he pleaded with large puppy dog eyes.
Lucy almost said yes but she fought his gaze. "You can teach him only when he's old enough to form sentences and it has to be the basic stuff." she would not have her child while still a baby learn such dangerous techniques that Natsu liked to use.
Natsu frowned slightly but nodded his head. "Fine." he wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her close.
"Hey Lu-Chan?" Levy called out to her best friend, grabbing her attention. "What's that on your chest?" she pointed to a spot that seemed to be glowing.
Lucy looked down and finally noticed said spot. "I'm not sure." she pulled down her dress enough to get a better look at it. Directly above where her heart was a dragon that was curled around, biting its tail and in the very center was a star surrounded by fire. It glowed a mixture of red, orange, and yellow and when she touched it a sensation of heat flowed through her body.
"That's my mark," Natsu grinned happily and pulled her closer to his body, both arms wrapped carefully around her. "A Dragon has to mark his mate so no one else tries to take her away." he explained, resting his head on hers and watched as she stared down at the mark in fascination.
"Do all Dragon Slayers do this?" Levy asked, looking up at Gajeel for an answer.
He gave a quick nod. "It's a Dragon's tradition to mark their mate. It's how they stay connected and keep others from taking what is rightfully theirs."
"I don't know much about it but I do remember Grandeeney telling me about it." Wendy added in, her eyes looking from the floor to Lucy and back again. She remembered learning about it but seeing it up close was making her blush and feel embarrassed.
"So that means that Lucy is now forever belonging to Natsu?" Juvia asked. She wanted to make sure that Lucy would not be trying to steal her beloved Gray.
"Yep," Natsu only continued to grin and pull Lucy closer. Now that he finally had her he didn't even want to let go. "Lucy is mine forever now and anyone who tries to steal her away has to deal with me." he said that last part in a low growl and gave everyone a look that screamed he was serious and would burn them all to a crisps if they tried taking her away from him.
Deciding to remove this suddenly tense atmosphere Master stood up and cleared his throat, calling all attention on him. "Well since everything is settled I say we go back to the Guild and celebrate!" Makarov cried out and everyone cheered with him. After what they all went through they needed some time to relax.
They made it back to the Guild with no problems but when they entered it took them a while to explain that Natsu was back to normal what the current situation was. After a while everyone seemed to accept it and went about their everyday lives, a few asked some questions but mostly they were left alone.
"So you're really pregnant, Lucy?" Happy asked, sitting on her lap and rubbing her flat stomach with his paw.
The blonde could only nod. "I guess so, I mean I don't feel any different. I just feel really warm." she informed them and instantly Natsu ran and grabbed her a glass of water from the bar. "Thanks." she was shocked by how fast he had gotten it, and more surprised because she didn't even ask for it in the first place.
"You'll probably start showing signs within the next few weeks," Mirajane told her friend, carrying a tray of drinks to her friends at the table. "So until the baby is born please feel free to ask for anything you like," she wrapped her arms the blonde from behind and beamed. "After all we want to take good care of this little guy." she rubbed Lucy's stomach affectionately.
"Right..." Lucy wasn't sure how to reply to that. "Well I am a little hungry." she hoped by saying that it would get Mira to go back to normal.
Suddenly a rush of wind passed by and they all looked and saw the empty spot where Natsu once was. "Where did he-?" the wind came back and so did Natsu with a giant plate of pasta in his hands.
"Here you go, Luce?" he placed the plate in front of her eagerly, wrapping one arm around her shoulder. "Just let me know if you want anything else." he was grinning from ear to ear and it was starting to freak them out.
"Ok?" The spirit mage did not understand what was happening to the pink-haired boy but she would question it later. Right now she just wanted to eat this delicious smelling food in front of her. She raised the fork to her mouth and took the first bite of the pasta and chewed it lightly in her mouth, letting the flavors swirl all around her taste buds. "Hmm...could use some hot sauce." she gave a quick shrug and went back to take another bite but was stopped by another gust of wind. They watched Natsu jump behind the bar and run right back, sitting right back down next to her with a full bottle of hot sauce in his hand.
"I got the hot sauce." he hand it to her with the same wide goofy grin as before and Lucy would have been bothered by it if not for her growling stomach that was demanding food. She took the bottle and squirted out almost half the bottle onto her food.
Everyone around the table other than Natsu couldn't believe what they were seeing.
"I'm guessing being pregnant gave her some of Natsu's eating habits." Levy wasn't too sure what else to say about this. She had never seen her best friend eat something like before and it kind of scared her.
"Well with Natsu's kid inside her must have her body craving the same weird shit that he craves." Gray said, crossing his arms and watched in horror as Lucy took another big bite of pasta that was drenched in hot sauce. He really hoped she wouldn't be eating like this throughout her whole pregnancy.
"She's having a Fire Dragon's baby, of course she's gonna want hot stuff." Gajeel told them with a scoff, saying as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Is that so?" Mirajane stared at the couple intensely, one hand on her hip and the other on her chin.
"Mira-nee?" Lisanna looked to her old sister, trying to see what she was doing. "What's up? It looks like you have something important on your mind."
Mira nodded, "I'm just thinking about what kind of decorations would work."
"Decorations?" Elfman looked to his sister this time. "What for?"
Mira looked at them all like she was crazy. "For Lucy and Natsu's wedding. What else?"
"Wedding?" the Guild somehow heard her and they all screamed in shock. Lucy even stopped eating because she dropped her fork in shock.
Natsu gave Mira strange look. "What are you talking about, Mira? Lucy and I are already mates so that means we're already married." he tried explaining Dragon customs to her but the white-haired mage wouldn't listen to any of it.
"Even so you need to have a wedding if you want the rest of the world to accept your relationship with Lucy," Mira explained, holding up Lucy's left hand. It still held the pink ring from before that Natsu had given her. "Guys will look for two things on a girl's left ring and Lucy is missing the second piece. She's missing the wedding band."
"The what?" Natsu had never heard of this before. They didn't have wedding bands when Igneel was teaching him this stuff.
Mira only smiled, she knew she had him right where she wanted him. "A wedding band is another type of ring that a girl wears to tell the world that she is already taken. Now if Lucy is walking around without this ring then many guys will try and take her away from you because they'll think she's single." she knew after this there was no way he would argue about having a wedding.
Natsu growled at the thought of someone taking his Lucy away. He jumped to his feet, slamming his hands on the table. "We're having a wedding!" there was no way he was going to let some weaklings take away what was rightfully his.
Mirajane laughed in triumph while Lucy sat back in silences. "Mira, what have you done?" she whispered, bring the food back to her mouth and continued to eat. She was shocked beyond belief and a little worried about what the two mages might do but she was too hungry to do anything about it.
