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At the guild
Natsu walked straight to the guild needing to talk Gajeel, as soon as he walked through the doors a blue ball of fur flew straight to him.
"Natsu where have you been I was looking for you. Where is Lushi, is she making fish tonight?" Happy quickly ask Natsu
Natsu laugh as he pull him off his shoulder to talk to Happy, "I'm sorry little buddy, I went to check on Lucy. She's going to have a sleepover with the girls tonight so she can't make dinner for us." Natsu smiled sadly at Happy
Happy grin at his foster father before teasing him about Lucy. "You lliiikkee her! Why don't you tell Lucy already, I know you want to?"
Natsu was taken back by Happy's question he whisper so only Happy can hear his answer, "I'm going to tell her Happy, but I just need to make Lucy smile before I tell her how I feel." Happy was shocked that Natsu realize his feelings without needing help but he was surprise by his last statement.
"Natsu what do you mean make Lucy smile, she is always smiling she even looks like a sun fish when she does." Natsu laughed a bitterly before patting Happy on the head, "Don't worry little buddy I'm going to talk to Gajeel about it, why don't you go with Carla and Wendy." Happy yelled "Aye sir!" before flying to Wendy and Carla but he wondered what Natsu meant.
Natsu
He made his way to the iron dragon slayer; the fellow slayer was sitting at the far corner of the guild eating iron. Natsu sat in front of him, "Yo metal face I need to talk to you."
The iron dragon slayer was shocked to see such a serious express on the fire dragon slayer. "What do you want Salamander we have to get ready for the girl's sleepover?" Gajeel growl back.
Natsu lean over the table to whisper, "it's about mates…'' Gajeel quickly shot a look of surprise to the dense pink-hair slayer, he laughed "gihi" Gajeel recover quickly to answer Natsu's statement, "What do you know about mates Salamander?"
Natsu smile mischievously, "well metal face I think I found my mate and I need your help."
Gajeel grin at Natsu, "Okay what do you mean you think you found your mate? Is it bunny-girl or your childhood friend Lisanna?" Natsu was shock that Gajeel figure out about his potential mates.
"That's the problem I think Lucy is my mate but I don't know what's she hiding from me, it hurts deep within my chest. Then there is Lisanna who grew up with me, I know everything about her. I was even depressed when I thought she was dead but there just something about Lucy that pulls me to her." Natsu signed
Gajeel nod his head in understanding the fire dragon slayer's problem, "Let me ask this who makes your heart skip a beat, who makes you stop breathing with a single laugh, and who makes you want to be a better person? More importantly who is the one you want happy more than anything to this world? "
Natsu smile then looked at the iron dragon slayer straight in his red eyes, "Lucy."
Gajeel laughed, "Gihi, if you know bunny-girl is your mate what do you need my help for?" Natsu smile quickly turn to a frown, "There is something Lucy is hiding and making her sad. Every time I think she is happy she gets pull in by the darkness in her heart. I feel so helpless I don't know what to do."
Gajeel was surprise that Natsu was able see Lucy's true emotions when everyone else couldn't. He decided to tell Natsu the story Metalicana told him about mates.
"Listen Salamander I will tell you what Metalicana told him about mates…."
Come here brat I have something important to tell you. Young Gajeel made his way to the iron dragon, "what do you want stupid dragon!" The iron dragon rolled his eyes at his young son acting tough, "I'm going to tell you about a dragon's heart and why it's so important to protect it." The young dragon slayer sigh but listen his father story.
"Gajeel there will be a time when you find someone so important to you that the thought of them being sad or hurt will rip you apart. This person is known as your mate, you will meet them in the so most surprising places. Your mate will be the one to hold your heart. She will make you complete in so many ways, you won't be able to live without her because she is your heart. Without a heart you are not whole, if she were to die so will you because you can't go on without her."
After Gajeel finish telling his story about mates he looked at Natsu, "Didn't Igneel tell you about mates?"
Natsu laughed at the memory the fire dragon tell him about mates, "He told me the same thing that Metalicana told you. But that's even more reason why I have to know what Luce is running away from. I have a feeling that it has something to do about with her past and it scares her." Gajeel felt bad for the fire dragon slayer, he has always seen Natsu and Wendy as younger siblings.
Gajeel spoke to Natsu in an understanding tone, "That's why we are going to spy on the girls at their sleepover so we can better understand them. The way you're picking up on bunny-girl's emotions tells me you're in stage one of claiming your mate."
Natsu gave Gajeel a toothy grin, "You're right metal face I'll find out what is making Lucy sad tonight. And I think your right about me being on stage one of claiming Lucy as my mate, but the stage isn't complete until Lucy accepts me as her mate."
Before the dragon slayers talked more about mates the other boys in the guild gather around the table. They came up with a plan to sneak into the girl's sleepover without being caught. Little did the group of boys know a young female dragon slayer was listening to their whole conservation?
Wendy
Wendy and the two exceeds where siting at the table talking before Happy came flying to them with a look of excitement on his face. Wendy turn to Happy, "Happy what's wrong?" Happy looked at Wendy before answering her, "Natsu finally realize his feeling for Lucy, but he went to talk to Gajeel about it and I don't know why." Happy quickly frown feeling hurt. Wendy smiled a devilish smile before turning her head towards the older dragon slayers. Carla pick up on Wendy's smiled.
"Wendy do you know what they are talking about?" Carla spoke with curiosity
Wendy turn to the three exceeds, "They are having male bonding time but they should think before talking in the guild knowing there is another dragon raise slayer in the guild." Wendy mischievously smiled.
Happy and Lily sweat drop knowing that smile and what that smile meant since they have seen that smile on their own partners' faces. Happy turned to Lily, "Wendy isn't as innocent as she seems maybe its dragon slayer thing." Lily agreed with Happy about Wendy.
Wendy seeing the other boys leave Gajeel and Natsu alone, as they too were about to leave she quickly called them over to her table? Gajeel and Natsu walked over to Wendy's table.
"What do you want squirt, Salamander and I have some business to take care of," Gajeel quickly responded
Natsu nodded his head, "Hey Wendy is it something important because metal face is right."
Wendy smiled, "Well I need to talk to you about a problem can we go to Natsu's house before the sleepover it's really important."
Both older slayers were taken back by the blue-hair slayer but Natsu agreed. They walked to Natsu's house but as soon as they enter the house Wendy turned, "I know all you boys are planning to sneak into the sleepover but that's not what I want to talk about."
As soon as those words left Wendy's mouth the older slayers fell to the floor from shock. Natsu recovered, "h-how did you know?" Wendy gave them a devilish grin, "Did you forget I'm a dragon slayer too, so I have the same abilities as you." Gajeel quickly responded, "Damn I forgot about that, but you said that's not what you want to talk about. Then what do you want to talk about."
Wendy sat on the couch, "Simple I'm going to tell you what Grandine told me about mates, and what you have to understand about your mates."
The older slayers felt their whole world just stop at the sky dragon slayer's words but they just nodded their heads.
Smiling sweetly at her "brothers" stupidity, "Grandine told me the same thing your dragon's told you about a dragon's heart but there is more to it than that."
Wendy dear come here I have to finish telling you about a dragon's heart. A young Wendy made her way to her mother; she sat down waiting to hear her mother's story. "Wendy as I told you the story male dragons will tell their children but I'm going to tell you what makes females so different from the males. There once was a dragoness with the bluest scales, they were blue as the ocean and she was the dragon of the water. She once had a mate the dragon of thunder but war rip them apart she lost her mate that day and she was never the same. Until the dragon of ice came into her life, he was able to piece her broken heart. They form a bond like no other because he was able to stand by her side until she was ready to expect him as her mate. That day came when she realize that she no longer cry for her past mate, the ice dragon saw within her blue eyes there was hope and light. On the dragoness neck form a mark as white as snow a dragon encircling and snowflake and on the ice dragon's neck there form a blue dragon encircling a water droplet. The dragoness was able to find love again and within that love she was able to become stronger because of the bond she shared with her new mate." A young Wendy awe after hearing such a wonderful story about love, she admired the dragon of water. She turned to her mother, "What were the dragons' names in the story and what does it have to do with a dragon's heart?" The sky dragon smiled sweetly at her daughter before answering, "Well my little Wendy I don't remember the ice dragon's name but the water dragoness name was Sapphira she was a dear friend of mine. The point of this story is that just because you lose someone dear to you doesn't mean you let yourself fall into the darkness. There will always be someone to protect you from your own demons if you allow them within your heart." Young Wendy smiled at her mother, "I hope I can meet her one day." The sky dragon smiled at her daughter knowing this little girl will always be loved.
Natsu looked at Wendy understanding her story but not seeing what that has to do with him. Wendy seeing the confusion on his face so she decided to answer his unspoken question.
"Natsu the point of the story was to tell you just because you don't know everything about Lucy doesn't mean she doesn't trust you. Whatever she is running from it doesn't mean she needs you less it means she needs you more than she realizes. Lucy has had a hard past but whatever is taking her light from her eyes, just be there to light her darkness. Natsu trust me when I say this, she will open up but the question you have to ask yourself is will you accept all of her the good and the bad." Wendy smiled sweetly at Natsu.
"I think whatever Luce is running from I can protect her from it and the darkness that's within her heart I will be there to light her way, I'm fire dragon slayer after all." Natsu smiled.
After the three dragon slayers talked, Wendy promise she wouldn't tell the other girls about the boys coming to the sleepover. She wanted her "brothers" to claim their mates and she knew that the sleepover will gave them the courage to tell them their feelings they held for them.
