Ch. 4: Out of Body
Hey guys! Thank you so much for the reviews again and for taking the time to read. I also hope you like the new cover for the fanfic, took me a couple of tries to get it to where I liked it. The full version is on my tumblr (Kuki-the-Barbarian).
I did also want to reply to a few of y'all through here:
dingus: yup, I listened to Hippie sabotage, not coasts though. Hippie Sabotage's Your Soul definitely gave me the mood to actually write out this story.
Crimsonlink310: Lol I listened to that song a lot too. When I heard it, I was like "I need this in my life". Thank you so much for your reviews.
Moon Stone Tiger Lily: You are a smart cookie.
Songs that inspired this chapter:
Catgroove by Parov Stelar
Out of Body by Dance with the Dead
Alright, I will shut it now. Hope you like this chapter. So please enjoy and leave a review.
Remember all of Fairy Tail belongs to the Great Hiro Mashima
The smell of vanilla hits my senses and the feel of soft skin within my hands as I begin to wake up. I grin lazily knowing this is not a dream or at least hoping it's not, how could I be so lucky. I wouldn't think a year ago that this woman would accept me further than she already has. For someone who could love a monster like me. I snuggle in closer into the cuddly source, then a small hand presses against my face and pushes me away.
"Too warm" she groaned
"But Lucy~" I whine softly pouting
"Go away" she moans and moves away from me
I then hear a bit of giggling coming from the kitchen, too soft to be heard by Lucy. I slid off the bed and grab my sweats and slowly open the bedroom door. What I see makes my jaw drop.
Five women sat at the kitchen table with what appears to be cake and coffee in the center. It's the scarlet haired demon that has me paled. "Oh… Oh Shit"
"Oh my" Mira gasps
"Well Good Morning…" A grinning Cana announces
"Morning Natsu" Juvia waves with a blush, the only one in that room who knew exactly what probably happened last night.
"Well…this is awkward" Levy deadpans, but makes a face of surprise when she notices my missing horns and tail.
"Fiend!" Erza growls as she stands abruptly.
I let out the most girlish cry and ran back into Lucy's bedroom, throw one of her small bed pillows at her and take off through the already open window. Heading towards my sanctuary, the workshop behind the cottage, but I might run a few meters through the forest for good measure.
No P.O.V
"What the Hell, Natsu!" Lucy yelled when all the sudden she got hit with a pillow and sat up to watch him jump out the window.
'What is wrong with that guy?' she wondered as she slipped into her pajama shorts and a tank. When she opens her bedroom door, she pales "Oh"
"Happy Birthday Lucy! I see you already got the Birthday sex out the way" Cana laughed
"B-b-birthday S-s-sex…" Erza stutters as she blushes like a tomato
All the girls began to laugh and cheer Happy Birthday to Lucy. Lucy stood there and wished the ground to open up to eat her whole. With the revelations from last night and the plaguing thoughts about Natsu throughout the past few days, she completely forgot that soon it would be her birthday.
"How did you guys even get in here?" she moaned
"Levy has a spare key and we asked her to kindly let us surprise you for your birthday" Mira happily said
"You threaten to burn her favorite books, didn't you?" Lucy stated knowing full well what they probably did.
"Yes" Levy pouts as she narrows her eyes at Cana, Mira, and Erza
Lucy grabbed a chair and ate a piece of cake. Well the cake was absolutely delicious and she was beginning to forgive their intrusion.
"So how was he, Lucy?" Cana grins and Lucy chokes on a piece of cake
Erza pats Lucy a bit too hard, but Lucy was relieved that she was no longer choking.
"Really Cana?!" she shrieks
"Am I going to see pink haired babies?!" Mira shouts with a glow in her eyes
Lucy lets out a groan and suddenly the cake felt more like a bribe to sneak into her home and catch her in the act with Natsu.
"Are you guys really here for my birthday or were hoping to find out juicy gossip?" she narrowed her eyes.
"We just want to start off your birthday with a surprise, Natsu coming out your room obviously after a good night of romping just made it priceless," Cana cackles
"Get out" Lucy flatly says
"Oh you're no fun Lucy. Just give us a few details, just the tip," Cana snorts when Lucy blushes
"Ugh, go away." Lucy whines
"Alright, alright we'll leave. You definitely need to stop by the bar sometime tonight and hang out with your loverboy." Cana says with her hands up in surrender
"Whatever," Lucy sighs, "Please don't kill Natsu, Erza."
"No promises" Erza sharply states," but we will see. I'll bring Jellal whenever you come by, Lucy. Since nobody has yet met him."
"Wait, he's real?" Cana gasps
"W-what? Of course he's real, why would he not be?" Erza says confused
"Well we never have seen him and you always say he is too busy." Levy says
"Well we are both detectives, but we work different departments, Levy." Erza explains
"But for a half a year? Really? No time…at all?" Levy points out
"Oh I know, you guys spend more time interrogating each other in the bedroom, huh?" Cana winks at Erza
"W-What?! N-n-no!" Erza stutters
Lucy giggles and truly felt like this birthday was the best.
Cana, Mira, and Erza get up and hug Lucy goodbye after a while of chatting, all needing to head to work. Juvia and Levy are left but both don't budge from their seats. Lucy knew what they wanted to talk about so she closed the door behind the other 3 and turns to face them. Juvia looked a bit nervous not knowing that Levy was aware of Natsu's secret.
"Don't worry Juvia, Levy knows about Natsu and he told me about you" Lucy reassures her with a smile
"Wait, Juvia knows too?" Levy asked confused
"Yea, she is the one who actually told him what he was."
"How? How did you know?" Levy curiously asked Juvia
"Well Juvia…Juvia is a Siren" Juvia says with pink dusting her face
"Oh…My…God, Really?!" Levy says in excitement which surprises Juvia, "Do you get a tail like a mermaid? What do you sing? Have you drowned any guys? Can you show me?"
"Levy, really?" Lucy sighs and gets the sense of Déjà vu
"Is she gone?" Natsu whispers from the slightly open door to Lucy's room and they all get a sweat drop.
"Yes, Natsu. You're so lame" Lucy snorts
"Oh thank god, are you gonna finish that?" he points to the half-eaten cake.
"No, go ahead"
"So how did you get your horns and tail to disappear, Natsu?" Levy asked
"I fed off Lucy" He states as he stuffs a piece of cake in his mouth, not really interested in starting a conversation. Levy looks to Lucy who is now blushing crimson.
"Juvia will answer, Levy. Natsu fed off Lucy because he is an Incubus" Juvia mentions," he now has enough energy to be able to retreat his demonic appearance."
"EEEEEHHHH" Levy shrieks, now completely red.
Lucy rubs her temple and for a second time that day she wanted the ground to swallow her up.
"Ok, both of you get out, I've had enough fun for today" Lucy groaned. Juvia tries to restrain her giggle as she guides a too stunned Levy out the door.
"So why'd they visit, Lucy?" Natsu asked after the two other girls had left.
"They wanted to surprise me for my birthday" Lucy states
"….."
Lucy turned to look at him and he had the most adorable sad puppy look.
"Why didn't you tell me?" he pouts
"Well I never thought about it, when I found you I told everyone I was too busy that day" Lucy strides over to him and pecks him on the lips, "It's not a big deal, you didn't know, Natsu."
"Well I can give you some more sweet lovin' if you want" He purrs with a mischievous grin, "It'll be a win-win for both of us"
"Pervert" Lucy moves away but gets pulled back onto him and carried up bridal style.
"Just for you, Lucy" he wiggles his eyebrows and chuckles as he heads to her bedroom
"Natsu! Put me down!" Lucy demands
"Ok" he throws her on the bed and jumps on top. He hovers slightly and Lucy notices that his horns and tail have reappeared.
"Natsu, I'm not in the mood" Lucy glares at him with a blush, finding it difficult not to be aroused
"Oh come on, Lucy, don't you love me?" Natsu pouts
"What the heck does that have to do with it, idiot?!" Lucy huffs
"Pretty please" he leans in to give her a kiss when all the sudden they hear electricity.
There on top of Natsu stood a broad blond demon. He had long horns protruding from the sides of his head, a lighting like scar on his right eye, golden bat wings and a golden tail showing a little under his heavy looking coat.
"Ack! My spine!" Natsu cries
"Tsk, how pathetic, my own little brother begging his food." He steps off Natsu, "but I'll give you credit kid, she is a hot one."
"What the hell!? Who the heck are you!?" Natsu yells while rubbing his back
"My name is Laxus, your older brother" He states with a intimidating aura, we both gape at him.
"We don't even look alike!?"
"The hell you call these then, moron" Laxus grabs Natsu's horns
"Ow ow ow, lemme go"
"Natsu!" Lucy shrieks 'What in the world is going on?!'
"Maybe Gajeel was right, tsk, you've been in the human world too long. No wonder you don't know your own kind" He stated as his wings retreated.
"Well when you were a baby, you were found by gramps. He brought you home, but seems like you dropped through a crack in the dimension sometime after and you were sent here to the human world. You are like the 30th adopted kid for our gramps, Makarov, but I'm pretty sure he adopted everyone just to look like the single dad and get chicks. It kinda took us a few years to find out what happened." Laxus explained
"You guys are shitty" Natsu states with his arms across his chest
"Oh come on, kid, at least I'm here to take you back in person. So let's get going" Laxus declares
"I ain't going anywhere, my place is with Lucy!"
"That's too bad, you're coming home kid"
"I said no!"
"Natsu!" Lucy cries not understanding why this guy was determined to take Natsu, when he clearly wanted to stay. Lucy finding the courage, pushes Laxus away from Natsu, "Leave him alone! He already said he doesn't want to go with you, Jerk!"
"Don't get in the way Human." Laxus spat, all the sudden he points at her and Lucy began to wheeze.
"Lucy!" Natsu shouts
'I can't….I can't breathe' Lucy thinks as she collapses to the ground holding onto her neck.
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING TO HER!?" Natsu roars
"Pfft, siding with a human, you really are pathetic," Laxus drawled," We've been watching you for a while, took you long enough to get a single meal and now you trying to gain favor with her just to get more. How lame."
"HUH?" 'What was this guy rambling about…?'
"Why beg for your meals? Just make her your sex slave. You're an Incubus, you should be able to do that easy."
Never. "Lucy saved me, Jerk! Let her go NOW!" Natsu growls as he lands a punch square in Laxus's jaw and sends him to the ground.
"What the!?" He grunts
"Now get the hell out of my house!" Natsu snarls
Lucy begins to cough no longer being choked by the invisible force.
"Lucy! Are you okay?!" he goes over to Lucy, but she seems to have lost consciousness. He looks over to notice that Laxus has left as well. He picks Lucy up and gently places her on the bed. He sits on the floor and waits for her to wake up.
'That power…. If Natsu really is an Incubus as he says…could he have manipulated my feelings?' was Lucy's first thought as she began to wake up. She remembered some of the conversation that Laxus and Natsu had before the world around her faded.
"Lucy are you awake?" Natsu asked with concern, noticing the blonde stir
"…Natsu?" Lucy softly asked
"Thank God you are ok!" he sighed in relief
"That guy?"
"Don't worry, I chased him away, he mumbled that he might be back but I'll just beat his ass again" Natsu grinned triumphantly
"Natsu…." Lucy sadly whispers, not wanting to face that demon with such terrifying power again, but that was the least of her worries. The thought of Natsu possibly using his powers to cloud her mind enough for her to succumb to him, made her clench her fists.
"Lucy…If you're ok now…c-can we pick up where we left off?" Natsu rubs his neck with pink dusting his cheeks, "I don't think I can hold out any more."
Natsu begins to lean into Lucy, but suddenly she pushes him away. Anger clearly in her eyes.
"Lucy?" Natsu asked with a look of disbelief
"I heard what Laxus said before I blacked out…. what if this whole time you've been manipulating my feelings to get me to sleep with you?" Lucy yells, "What if...What if I don't really love you, b-because you're an Incubus and you messed with my head to get your way!?"
"I'm…I'm NOT using any weird powers! I don't even know how to!" Natsu states baffled that Lucy would even think that he would do that to her. He tries to reach for Lucy, but she backs away from him and pulls her legs closer to her. Her face displayed an emotion he never thought he would see on her: Fear.
"I don't want you near me, Natsu!Go Away!" she shrieks, noticing the look of hurt that Natsu expresses.
"Lucy…" whispered Natsu, grief-stricken he knew full well that he needed to give her space, there was nothing he could do at the moment.
He glanced one last time at the one person who never once looked at him like a monster, but now was. His heart feeling heavy as he leaves the room. Natsu walked out the front door hoping that the air outside will calm his broken heart and that his presence farther away would calm Lucy.
"The hell is with that sad look?" Laxus said from against a tree.
"Damn, you're still here? Leave me alone" Natsu scowls
"Made your mind up yet? You ready to go home?"
"Go away, thanks to you, Lucy hates me now"
"Well that's too bad for you, good for me" Laxus chortled
"S-she thought I used some sort of power to make her love me, I-I don't even know how to," Natsu sorrowfully says," If I could fix it I would…but it's what I am that is the problem and if she hates me because I'm a demon….I-I"
All of the sudden Natsu began to glow and a mist slowly began to envelop him.
"AH CRAP! NATSU! WAIT!" Laxus yelled trying to reach for Natsu but it was already too late.
Ok, hope you guys enjoyed it. Please don't hate me for leaving it there lol. I really wanted to properly break the story where I wouldn't have to type too much.
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