Hello, welcome to day 2. A little early but I anticipate a very long hard day at work tomorrow so I'm posting this mega chapter now. Thank you for the comments, favorites and follows. You guys are the fuel to my muse!


Day 2: Lick

Year x787: May; One Year Before Present

"Wait, you want me to what?"

"This coming from the woman who was part of taking down The Oración Seis and Grimoire Heart before facing down Arcnologia and surviving? Then there was Tartarus…"

"First off, how did you know about any of that? The media coverage never named any names."

Kaleb just smiled widely with that 'I know something you don't know' look in his eyes.

"Actually, now that I think about it, with your magic you probably got it directly from the Magic Council and erased the memories of you even being there or something equally as insufferable." Lucy sighed when his expression didn't change at all. "Fine don't tell me but for my second point please note that the Seis was sanctioned, Grimoire started it we were just defending ourselves, I lost 6 months of my life because of the Fairy Sphere spell, and once again Tartarus started it and I lost a lot because of them."

"I think you have to admit that's preferable over death."

"Kaleb, you're missing the point. What you're asking me to do is illegal. If I'm caught I'll be lucky if I'm executed," she said clutching the old com she had never used but always carried just in case he found he needed her help. This just wasn't the kind of request she'd imagined it would be.

She watched as the cheerful teasing expression suddenly melted into tormented pain right before her eyes. His eyes clouded and dull, the dark circles under them now visible. The look was all wrong and had no business being on the face of the beautiful man who helped her get away from her father. He was supposed to be confident and flirty damn it! What happened to him in the last 4 years?

"Lucy, if there was anyone else I could ask…

"Hey, stop that right now. I'm going to do it even had I not already promised to I would. The only reason I have the life I do is because of you. Can you…are you able to tell me why?"

"Are you in a secure location?" he asked, some of the light back in his eyes as his hope renewed.

"If you call alone in a cave 20 miles from any sort of civilization secure then yes," Lucy commented still not thrilled how her job was going. She'd been surprised when the request system flagged her and only her for a monster hunting job, not at all her usual adventure, but since Cana had successfully integrated the fortune portion of her card magic into it 8 months ago everyone stopped questioning the why. Each seemingly unusual request ended up being in some way perfect for the mage it selected.

Lucy's mind flashed to the baby sitting request Gildarts had been flagged for and after much persuasion from Cana he finally took it. Turns out the 8 year old boy he needed to watch? His son he didn't even know existed. The poor boy needed some serious help with his magic because Fiore pretty much left the mages born within their borders to fend for themselves and his mother couldn't afford to send him to Minstrel to study. When Cana found out? Yeah…it was bad and then the best thing ever for everyone involved. Cana adored her little brother.

So Lucy made sure she brought warm clothes and her trusty flint just in case and headed out to Autumn City, a beautiful city nestled amongst the mountains along the Bosco Fiore border, without batting an eye. Interesting fact about Autumn City is that it is one of two places in the whole of Fiore that prostitution is legal and the only city where gambling is legal. Needless to say, Lucy had taken it as a sign that she deserved a nice little vacation after she'd hunted down whatever beastie was troubling the town.

That beastie turned out to be a particularly virile Vulcan that had taken-over Chimera's, a very popular Boscan run resort, manager then fled to the surrounding mountains after the Rune Knights botched capturing him. Thus, enter Lucy looking all adorable, perfect Vulcan bait, ready to kick its ass until all that was left was the manager in question.

"Acceptable," he said with a straight face that made Lucy want to throttle him. She was starting to suspect Cana's magic might have led here for other reasons than a pleasure holiday as she watched Kaleb's expression turn dark and serious again.

"Lucy, I can't go into too many details but are you familiar with what a Bloodhunter is?"

All the blood ran from Lucy's face and a chill ran up her spin. All she could do was nod. Bloodhunters were supposed to be Bosco's version of Fiore's Garou Knights only much much worse. They were said to be spies and assassins the Steel Council used as their own private play things to eliminate things or people who got in their way.

"Trust me when I tell you, you don't know the half of it but what's important for you to know is I don't think they're serving willingly. I keep coming across one name consistently in all my investigations and it's his files I need your help securing copies of."

"So you think this Grendance person is taking advantage of free Boscan citizens? Why don't you pick his brain?"

Kaleb pinched the bridge of his nose. He wasn't sure if he was happy she knew to ask these questions or not. "Lucy I tried but every council member wears a protection lacrima to guard against just that so spies and mages from other countries can't influence them. I could break through the wards but then-"

"They know you're on to them."

"Exactly."

"Do the lacrimas only protect against telepathic magics or magic in general?"

"There are some protections to influencing type magic included in them too. It seems to be all focused on protecting the mind and body from being controlled."

"That's good for me then."

"I can see it in your eyes, you have a plan."

"I do and I think it is better we don't contact each after this until everything has settled. If these people are as dangerous as you say they won't wait for proof to act especially if they are trying to save their own asses."

"Ok but Lucy?" Kaleb didn't like this but every other person he could trust was logged in the military database with their magic signatures indexed.

"Yeah?"

"Be safe and if you find yourself in too deep… run. I'll send someone to find you and help you from there, ok?"

-LCL-

Lucy looked out the window of the pleasure cruise airship from her cabin. Looked like Cana's magic struck true again. It turns out the kidnapped manager she rescued? Yet, turns out he was the son of some big shot bathhouse and hotel owner in Bosco and his parents had been so thankful they got their son back they included 2 roundtrip tickets to Bosco's capitol, a voucher for up to a 2 week stay in one of their luxury suits at any of their hotels and what seemed to be as many complementary services as they could tack on. Fuck if it wasn't the perfect cover for why she was in Pelerno, the timing even fit.

The hardest part of it all had been finding someone to join her on her spontaneous vacation no questions asked that Lucy knew would be certain would stay out all night every night.

"Baby Girl why are you just sitting there? We're on a Boscan Pleasure Cruise! What part of that do you not understand?" Cana plopped down on the couch wearing a brand new harem looking ensemble that was apparently a traditional woman's fashion for Bosco, freshly opened bottle of beer in hand.

"You act as if I didn't just get back from the most amazing massage I've ever had. I'm allowed to veg for at least the next hour or so."

"Please, don't act like that bath attendant wore you out. He had a nice ass but he was no shadow dragon slayer or the mysterious Mr. from your time in Cellis."

"If it has just been sex I'd say you have a point but I swear to you, his hands…" Lucy sighed exaggeratingly. "I feel all loose and melty."

"Fucking Mavis I knew this trip with you was too good to be true. Baby Girl I'm telling you now, if you can't keep up I'm leaving your ass at the hotel," the card mage said before rolling off the couch to grab another drink.

Yep, it seems like fate is definitely on my side in this, Lucy thought before easing into a mid-afternoon nap. She had another 2 days to enjoy herself worry free before she was on this super secrete spy mission and like hell she was going to waste it. She'd always been good at mulit-tasking.

-LCL-

It was official, he was bored. Whatever Steel Council Member thought he'd be the perfect spy assassin had obviously only considered what he could do with his magic without considering his personality. Spending hours in shadowed corners alone collecting intel or waiting in silence for the perfect moment to "cause a fatal accident" was not Vander's first choice in how he wanted to spend his time but it's not like he had a choice. If he didn't do as ordered he knew whichever Council Member was pulling his strings would just order another Bloodhunter to torture or kill someone in his family with the threat that if they didn't it would happen to someone they loved.

The cycle was vicious and the only reason he was spending his precious free time lurking around waiting for Grendance, his Council Member handler, to show up was to find out where the bastard kept all his incriminating documents. He'd already done a sweep of the area but the wards were layered so thick Vander had not been able to do a thorough search without the potential of triggering an alarm. Fucking bastard probably setup his personal security with him specifically in mind. That shit was even more incriminating then leveling "thinly veiled warnings" in his book.

Vander flipped a dagger in his hands trying to pass the time.

Waiting sucks. You know what sucks more than waiting? Waiting when you had a migraine because you can't fucking sleep because shades from the fucking voids keep throwing themselves at your soul like a fucking battering ram trying to get into your fucking world because the living world looks like a fucking all you can eat smorgasbord to those shits. That's what sucks even more than waiting but Vander had little choice, Bickslow's healing was holding less and less andtThings were only going to get worse for him if he didn't stop tearing his soul to shit because some dumbass bureaucrat wanted their nephew married to an equally as fucktastic moron's daughter.

That shit was not worth dying for, it wasn't even worth getting out of bed for let alone shortening the time until judgement day came for him. Vander swore if he was going down he was going to take as many of the Steel Council Members with him as possible just to be sure he got all the shady ones.

"I wanna, lick you from yo' head to yo' toes and I wanna, move from the bed down to the down to the to the flo'. Then I wanna, ah ah, you make it so good I don't wanna leave but I gotta, let-let-let know what-what's your fantasy."

Vander stopped breathing, he stopped thinking he stopped every fucking thing he could because he could not believe what he was hearing. It sounded like bad karaoke performed by his drunken handler but he was fairly certain Grendance had never ever heard that song let alone knew all the lyrics.

"I wanna get you in the Georgia Dome on the fifty yard line while the Dirty Birds kick for t'ree and if you like in the club we can do it in the DJ booth or in the back of the V.I.P. Whipped cream with cherries and strawberries on top, lick it don't stop. Keep the door locked don't knock while the boat rock we go-bots and robots so they gotta wait 'til the show stop," the man continued to rap.

Wide-eyed Vander watched as sure enough, his boss gyrated his way across the room rapping complete shit he wouldn't have known what he was trying to sing had he not known those lyrics so well. It was like car accident, he couldn't look away no matter how his eyes burned at the sight or his chest hurt from lack of air. The shadowquip mage was kind of grateful for his inability to breathe right now because if he could? There would be no way he wouldn't hit the floor laughing hard and getting caught. It would almost be worth it.

Oh fuck is he twerking? Where's my camera? Vander thought, hand frantically digging into his void pocket where he kept all of his tech and extra supplies. Finding the pea sized recording device Vander pointed and turned it on. So fucking priceless!

"Oh for the love of- Cricket please stop! The man is tone deaf and has no rhythm." Vander heard before a small shower of sparkles revealed a slim man in a well-tailored dark green suit, perfectly coiffed auburn hair and the most intense pure blue eyes he had ever seen.

"What this doesn't do it for you?" Grendance giggled. Grendance fucking giggled then proceeded to start grinding his ass on the... well… horrified man behind him.

"Gods no woman," the man said smacking the other's ass.

"Oh mommy likes," Grendance purred.

Vander was fairly certain by now that this was not, in fact, his prick of a boss but he kept recording. This footage would make excellent fodder once he got the man imprisoned for all the shady evil shit he was bound to be up to.

"If 'mommy' wants anymore she'll finish things up here sooner rather than later."

"Spoil sport." The older, slightly overweight, council member pouted but he did it while he moved towards the desk and did something underneath the lip of an edge. "This is supposed to be my vacation too. I should be allowed some fun since I had to walk around looking like this," he huffed amongst before another cloud of sparkles blocked Vander's view.

That's when Vander smirked eyes feasting on the ample cleavage, sensuous curves and long blonde hair. The dance moves had been decidedly feminine, even how he'd been speaking fit this version of the mage much better as she hip bumped the desk to the side not so much as stumbling rocking some serious heels.

I am totally going to find her later, he thought slipping his camera back into the voids trying to decide if he should come out now or confront her after he'd gotten a piece of that ass.

"Tell me you have-"

"The mail containers and a drugged unconscious Grendance ready and waiting?" the man snapped his fingers and stacks of pre-labeled boxes appeared along with a lump of alcohol reeking flesh on the floor.

"Stars how much did Gemini get the man to drink, was wasn't that intoxicated when I left?" the blonde's nose scrunched in disgust.

"Not much more after you swapped out with him I think Gemini dosed him when he passed out. That was seamless by the way though I think Leo's going to be having nightmares because of your little performance just now."

"Come on, help me box this shit up so we can catch the last mail drop today and with any luck King Altiene will have it all bright an early tomorrow morning." Lucy snorted getting down on her knees to box up every last file in the spatial pocket their target had built under his desk.

"You have got to be kidding. It's filthy down there and I just got a manicure. Call Virgo, she'd happily get on her knees for you."

"Fine, she'll need to clean up the magic trails anyway," Lucy grumbled. The sooner she could setup the scene for him to wake up to in the morning, the sooner Apus could send her happy little ass back to the bar to swap back with Gemini.

-LCL-

Vander sometimes forgot just how lucky of a bastard he was. He'd been all prepared to turn all his specific set of skills loose on the council while trying to simultaneously keep his family safe when this beauty came out of nowhere and took care of it all for him.

The best part? The blonde was making it so all trails led right back to Grendance leaving all the corrupt assholes on the Council to chase their tails in impotent rage. It made the tired shadowquip mage feel all warm and fuzzy on the inside.

Now all he had left to do was find the woman again, seduce her and give her memories that'll be making her blush in her eighties. He'd stayed and watched as the small group cleared out the place, made digital copies, mailed it all out without so much as a hiccup. It was like the blonde knew every little thing about Grendance's setup. He even stayed until after the maid looking on finished cleaning up then poofed away, only her almost unnoticeable trail remained.

Vander opened up a small void sucking in the final remains and left to give chase.

She said she was on vacation. Honestly how hard will it be to find a smokin' hot blonde with legs that go on for miles bar hoppin' in a city where the predominant hair colors are all dark? Vander chuckled. It was like taking candy from a baby.

-LCL-

Lucy met Gemini in the bathroom stall and was a little more than shocked at her spirit's appearance. Thinking back over the years, though, she really shouldn't be. Gemini had, within minutes of copying her for the first time, flashed her breasts right at Hibiki and Sagitarius, so was she really surprised a drunk Gemi-Lucy had lost her/their shirt completely? Or that she/they had smeared lipstick various places besides her/their mouth(s)?

"Looks like I've been missing a hell of a party," she murmured rumpling her clothing and losing her shirt. "Now how do you expect me to get lipstick there?" Lucy flushed. It was a lot more embarrassing seeing herself this way completely sober.

"Just leave that up to us. Piri Piri!" Gemi-Lucy cheered pinning their master in the corner of the stall, head dipping low.

"What? No!" Lucy cried in horror. "No! You keep my lips away from me! Ack, stop! This is fucking weird. Eeeeeeek!"

-LCL-

She either works fast as fuck or is a complete lightweight, Vander appraised watching an incredibly mussed blonde stumble onto the stage from his strategic spot at the bar. She'd been just as easy to track down as he'd suspected but he hadn't anticipated to find her here. This was a local, hole-in-the-wall kind of bar known for its quality liquor, attractive staff and amazing live entertainment most nights; tonight was not one of those nights and judging by what he saw from this woman earlier tonight this was going to be more of a crime than leaving the stage empty.

Vander started calculating how quickly he'd be able to step in during her performance to save everyone's ears. She was a tantalizingly beautiful accomplished mage, she really should stick to what she was good at.

"Hi everyone!" the flushed blonde cheered holding onto the mic stand for support as welcoming cheers greeted her back. "Who wants to hear a song?" The patrons of the usually calm establishment went crazy most likely under the influence of her and the sexy brunette pausing in drinking an entire barrel of wine to shout, "Get you some Baby Girl!"

Bright eyes and a brilliant smile lit up the place as this mysterious woman got the stage ready with the electronic keyboard, mic and looping pedal all setup not looking nearly as drunk as she had moments before.

Lucy sat down on at the piano bench running her fingers over the keys familiarizing herself with the available electronic beats, warming up her fingers and the crowd. Her father would be horrified to know what all those music lessons she had as a child were being used for, not that Lyra wouldn't have taught her even without his consent. Plus, this gave the blonde a break from drinking and an excuse for "sobering up" a little bit while still keeping her mind blissfully distracted until the residual mind imprint from Grendance faded away.

That man was dark, kidnapping and killing the loved ones of any Bloodhunter that tried to retire before he was done with them, threatening to do the same when they were still impressionable young kids. He was well protected, too, by Bosco's Crown Princess Kurino since the twisted bitch was in the thick of it with him. Lucy had to send all those files directly to the king and digital copies to a couple of highly ranked generals Grendance was afraid of to ensure something was done and fast. She even had Apus send a list to General Minda Fashen of everyone they would need to secure in hopes to stop those Bloodhunters from having to choose between their loved ones or their country.

Shaking her mind clear letting everything she'd learn fade away again Lucy settled into the beat, pressed record then watched the building crowd from under her bangs a smile teasing her lips. It seemed Lick by Joi was going to be perfect judging by the intensity of their looks.

I lose all control
When you grab a hold
And you do your trick
I love it when you… lick

Lucy let her voice flow internally relieved that she no longer sounded like a dying hyena.

Lick

You've got lock and key
Every part of me
Know what makes me tick
I love it when you… lick

Lick

Vander was pleasantly surprised and let his tongue glide across his lips, eyes locked on the blonde. He'd never heard this song before and given how seductive and sultry it sounded Vander made the mental note to learn it.

I'll put my heels on for you baby
The ones that wrap all around my leg
Your every touch excites me
And damnit I ain't too proud to beg
And even when you're not around me
The tingling just won't go away
Don't make my body wait no longer
Because this pussycat's ready to play play play play play

Lucy smirked seeing Cana start dancing with the two men she'd been favoring all night.

I lose all control
When you grab a hold
And you do your trick
I love it when you… lick

Lick

You've got lock and key
Every part of me
Know what makes me tick
I love it when you… lick

Love it when you lick

Lick

The crowd started singing along to the simple chorus, drinks forgotten, their thirst turning in a different direction, bodies pressing into each other.

It feels so good I'm going crazy
My eyes roll back inside my head
Explore my inner warmths of pleasure
And hold on tight

Hope you ain't scared
I promise I'll return the favor
I'll do that trick you can't resist
Two rights don't make it wrong
Makin' love 'till the break of dawn
Emotions all up in a twist twist twist twist twist

Vander couldn't stay away any longer and moved to join the woman on the stage, the atmosphere in the casual bar getting heady with lust.

I lose all control
When you grab a hold
And you do your trick
I love it when you… lick

Lick

Lucy felt warm hands on her shoulders moving down her arms, heard a male's sensual voice join hers in the chorus.

You've got lock and key
Every part of me
Know what makes me tick
I love it when you… lick

Vander nipped at her long pale neck then…

Lick

Let his tongue drag sensually up her neck right on cue.

I'll put my heels on for you baby
The ones that wrap all around my leg
Your every touch it just excites me
And damnit I ain't too proud to beg
And even when you're not around me
The tingling, the tingling won't go away
Don't make my body wait no longer
Because this pussycat's ready to play play play play play

Lucy was having a very hard time trying to focus on the lyrics, her skin tingling, heart fluttering as the man ran over her heated flesh. She wasn't sure what was his hands or voice but what she did know was who she was taking to her room tonight.

You've got lock and key
Every part of me
Know what makes me tick
I love it when you… lick

"Delicious like cream and strawberries," he purred licking up her neck again and nibbling on her ear eliciting a hitch in her breathing. "Mmmmm I know you can do better than that." He let the tips of his fingers ghost up her inner thighs and brush over her silk covered core earning a breathy groan. "Already wet for me huh? You look like an angel but that mouth, such a filthy song," he whispered in her ear, lips dragging across her cheek, brushing against her lips.

"I know of much better ways to use such a dirty mouth."

Lucy turned into the man, hands fisted in his long dark hair not giving two fucks who he was or what he looked like. His body was hard and warm under her hands, his voice alone getting her on the cusp of something wonderful, she could hardly imagine what the rest of him could do.

Vander smirked into the kiss, hands traveling down the woman's sides then gripped her ass, lifting her easily, her legs securing around his waist. This was exactly what he needed right now.

Leaning back for much needed air Lucy's mind rolled, she could hardly believe her luck. Dark eyes, warm, red, like her favorite wine and lips that just begged to be kissed set on the handsome face of this sexy stranger she was already wrapped around. His body was tall, lean but muscled like a swimmer's and covered in butter soft, tight, black leather that left his chest and arms bare giving her a peak at his clan's tattoos. Winged serpents, so fitting.

Suddenly he had her pressed against a wall as he moved down, holding her in place, touching her in too many locations to make sense. How many hands does this guy have, was her last coherent thought before his warm mouth stole her sanity.

Vander couldn't get enough of this woman, actually using some shadows to hold her in place on the wall so he could feast on her body freely. There was a warmth to her presence that felt similar to when his brother Bickslow help heal his soul so he could get some real sleep when things were getting really bad. The sensation got stronger the closer she got to orgasm. Curious as ever, Vander used a single digit to circle her opening and was rewarded with a little rush of or her power. He smirked, decision made. He was going to fuck this woman until she passed out then do it all over again just to feel that warm light.

Lucy could feel she was right there and with a flick of his tongue and twist of his fingers suddenly buried deep in her cunt she came biting back her screams incredibly aware of the public space.

A pulse of pure magic washed over Vander as her strangled cries of pleasure filled his ears. It cocooned around him melding with his own, the feeling so heady he almost came in his pants from it alone.

"Fuck I'm going to take you so many times tonight you won't be walking right for a week," he said before sealing his mouth over hers and plunging his tongue in deep.

Lucy's senses were on overload, the taste of black cherries and bitter dark chocolate mixed with her orgasm on his tongue, as she clung to this man for all she was worth thanking Cana and Kaleb in the back of her mind for bringing her here and now to her own personal Himeros.

She fumbled briefly pulling out her room key. Slapping in onto his chest she broke the kiss.

"The Aqualina Resort, are you familiar?"

"Very. Nice place right on the Grass Sea." Vander descended on her again sucking her tongue into his mouth and Lucy slowly lost her ability to think again.

"Hold on tight," he whispered before dropping into the shadows to take her to her room. He could have moved faster in the voids but nothing said mood killer faster than evil fucked up beasties trying to eat your soul.

-LCL-

Vander nestled further between soft breasts briefly before waking to the setting sun. Turns out, he'd been right. Every time he drove this woman past her peak he was wrapped up in her blinding magic stealing his release yet invigorating him at the same time so much so that he had her going well into the late morning the next day with only a short break for a brief nap.

Sighing regretfully Vander got up and stretched. Looking down on the naked blonde a soft smile tugging at his lips. She was a woman he was sure to not ever forget.

One night with her hardly seemed to be enough time to explore what they could do together but sadly Vander knew he couldn't stay any longer. There was bound to be a shit ton of fallout at the palace soon and he needed to be there to personally ensure anyone trying to run failed.

Calling up his magic to his hands Vander spent his last few minutes with the blonde who he only knew as Cricket to mold an insubstantial shadow into a delicate looking matte metal black chain with five tear drop onyx looking gems. Holding it up to the fading light, satisfied Vander clasped it on her ankle as a parting gift. One final kiss on her thatch of short blond curls Vander fell into the cold of the voids. It would have to be enough for now and if he got very lucky, he'd be seeing her again sometime.

-LCL-

Altiene sat in his office alone, General Tennison being the last to leave, still in a state of shock by everything that had happened today. When he'd gotten the massive "for your eyes only" packages from Grendance his first reaction had been disbelief and wanting to ignore it, that was until he had Generals Tennison, Fashen, and Parson barging down his door up in arms. The rest of his day was spent going through it all closely.

None of that helped him believe so many of his trusted advisors, his daughter, would be doing what they did to his people, the people they had sworn to protect and serve.

Sighing, Altiene poured himself a large, very stiff drink.

-LCL-

Year x788: April Present

Cristoff stood momentarily on the front steps of his other brother's home trying to organize a plan so he could enter it with a reassuring confidence that he knew the people inside most desperately needed. He wanted more details about how this all happened so he could have a working theory before seeing them but until he saw them he didn't have a way to know more. Taking a deep breath and exhaling slowly the lunar dragon slayer stood up straighter and walked right in.

He followed the sounds of quiet sobs, the overpowering scent of salt water in the air no doubt from the confused woman who found herself carrying a little baby dragon from probably a one night stand before almost tripping at the sight. The tall large frame of his blue and black haired brother sat in the center of a large overstuffed couch with a smaller more lithely built male with wild burgundy hair, pointed ears and a scar over his left eye sitting on his left leg, and a petite blonde with very familiar curves crumpled and curled into his right side.

"Lucy?" he involuntarily said before he could catch himself, it was just such an unexpected sight. He knew she was a member of Fairy Tail and lived in Magnolia but he hadn't for one second thought she'd be the unsuspecting mother. Gods, he'd planned to look her up while he was here too and have her show him around town and maybe have a repeat performance this time with decidedly more time to spend together outside of bed. The mother of all shit threw a wrench in those plans.

Milk chocolate eyes red and puffy from tears looked up and met his own filled with surprise and confusion.

"Cris? What are you doing here?" the blonde shifted to get a better look. It had been a little over three weeks since she'd seen the man before her in all his naked glory. Gods, he was built just like she liked and the sight of him again was distraction enough from her current concerns she latched onto it. His silky long hair, so black it shone blue in the sunlight, was pulled back in a leather cuff keeping it out of his face. He was wearing a light blue long sleeved shirt cuffs rolled up to his elbows that pulled over his muscled pecs and biceps, the front hem tucked into white slacks that cut beautifully on his body emphasizing his thighs and an ass she knew was rock hard. Heaven help her she loved Dragon Slayers and stars that extended weekend had been amazing. Had Lucy not been as far along in her pregnancy as she was, Cristoff would have definitely been the only other potential daddy on her list.

Cristoff's nose flared as the sweet scent of the blonde's faint arousal permeated the room and a crooked smile tugged on his lips. It was good to know he'd left a favorable impression even if he didn't remember most of it; the full moon tended to have that effect on him. What he did remember though…Lucy was all delectable soft curves on the outside but he loved how her eyes held fire and lit up when she was climaxing. She was such a passionate lover, too bad his dragon hadn't so much as said two words while he was with her or after they parted; he couldn't do much better than having her as his mate.

A growl brought Cristoff's thoughts up short as he met the eye of the once catatonic slayer now promising all sorts of pain directed at him. Chagrinned the lunar slayer held his hands up to placate the other slayer, his disarmingly charming smile firmly affixed. Nurem, his dragoness mother, had told him dragons became possessive around their brood mothers especially when there were unborn hatchlings involved so he really should have expected the same could be said about slayers. It wouldn't matter Lucy wasn't Cobra's mate, she was carrying his child and he would be extremely territorial around her, apparently enough to take issue with her being aroused at all around another slayer.

Cobra just snorted and pulled the woman into his arms as his eye narrowed on the threat. He may be a second gen slayer but his natural soul listening magic had always allowed him to be better in tune with his instincts than any of the other slayers in Fairy Tail. The only reason he'd not known Bickslow was his mate until they were actually having sex was because he couldn't even imagine having a mate that was male. Hell, he'd been drawn to the seith mage from day one and hadn't fought his need to be near the man; that's why they'd been such close friends even though Bix's antics could get more than a bit exhausting.

So right now he knew, just knew, he needed to keep Lucy away from any unmated slayers because they would try and seduce her from him and his mate then destroy his hatchling so she could carry one of their own. He might never have wanted kids, thought he'd be complete shit as a father, but like hell would he let anyone destroy the precious souls growing in his kin. Fuck that shit, even if the kid wasn't his he'd still of protected it and help raise the ankle biter with Lucy. He knew she wanted children eventually and would be completely wrecked if anything happened to the ones she had now.

"Aww, now I'm jealous. How come you don't hold me like that Sugar Lips?" Bickslow pitched his gruff deep voice higher and had his right hand clutching his chest.

Cobra fought the instinct to roll his eye. It was just so Bickslow to crack a joke when a stranger clearly interested in their pregnant kin who was obviously carrying his kids was in their home.

"Who are you?" All of his senses focused on the slayer in front of him, listening to his very soul trying to interpret its meaning since the man's thoughts were silent.

"Cristoff Pradesh, Bickslow's younger brother," was the easy reply from the massive slayer.

Cobra's mind raced nostrils flaring for confirmation. Mate's Brother. Family. Kin. The tension in his shoulders relaxed. Kin would never harm a Brood Mother, it would be bad for the tatsu. The terms came naturally to mind even though he had no real clue what they meant. It was like when he'd been reunited with Cubelious…Kinana, she was kin too. All that mattered was Cristoff was no longer a threat, well, to Lucy and his child anyway.

"Keep it in your pants," was all he said before loosening his grip on the blonde while she mentally worked through the concept that she'd fucked Bickslow's brother a lot apparently, something he would enjoy ribbing her about later, and turned his attention back to his mate. "You called him?"

Lucy stood up freed from her position on Cobra's lap. Now that she'd allowed herself time to freak out working through her shock and just oodles of tension, seen that her friends didn't hate her now and judging by Bickslow's tongue being shoved down Cobra's throat that they were still going to be just find after all, Lucy could finally think and her questions about the whole situation and how in the fuck it had even happened in the first place came swarming back.

Glancing back up to the attractive man she smiled sheepishly. This was not how she'd imagined running into him again. Hell she hadn't even known he was a Pradesh until now and as such one of her best friend's, and used to be hump buddy's, brother. Damn were the pair hot. Quickly Lucy shook her head internally before her thoughts strayed into dangerous territory, she couldn't afford to set Cobra off again.

"So, you're the unexpected mother?" the dark haired slayer smiled warmly not taking a step any nearer to the buxom blonde. Until he had Cobra's approval to look her over he was keeping his distance just in case.

"You could say that. I mean I got my infertility shot done like normal and coming off of a job at Heaven's Gate I'd been religious in taking a wafers too… I don't understand how this could happen." Lucy moved to the large flower printed arm chair, dubbed as her chair since she had insisted on its purchase, and sat with her legs folded under.

Cristoff tucked that little detail away to think about later. Those wafers were made in Bosco and were beyond trustworthy. He knew the brand she used because she'd insisted they both take one after their own physical encounter not quite a month prior even though he'd explained how his magic worked. As a healer, making sure his own little swimmers weren't viable was as simple as breathing. The fact that she also got monthly shots for infertility too meant she'd not been taking any chances and he wasn't surprised. From what he knew of the woman she left as little to chance as possible especially since she'd been working where she had.

Bickslow had dragged him to that club once before and the dancers there were incredibly talented in many ways so knowing Lucy had more skills he hadn't seen?…Yeah, something to think on later, maybe when he was free to act on them…

"Alright, take me from the top. When was a last time you and Erik had sex and did anything weird occur?" the lunar slayer said making himself comfortable on the love seat. At the blush blooming on Lucy's cheeks, the self-satisfied glint in his brother's eyes and the decidedly awkward shift in his fellow slayer he knew this was going to be an interesting story.

-LCL-

Year x788: March; One And A Half Months Before Present

Lucy let her eyes travel over the stage while she maneuvered around the crowd so she could make her way up to deliver the bottle of Crystal and glasses to some second level guests. It had been a week since she, Bix and Cobra had arrived at the famous Hargeon night club Heaven's Gate for their mission. They undercover tasked to find out who was bringing in the Frenzy, an illicit drug that had the bad habit of causing more overdoses than it was worth. The club had an amazing bar, a selection of safe mood altering potions and even professional "stress relief", ie all kinds of sexual favors, provided by any and all the club workers for a price. Frenzy was bad for business so here the three of them were finishing their last night, names of the dealer and his supplier already in hand ready to turn in.

It was a fun job. The celestial mage had really enjoyed the freedom she felt when she got to dance on stage but nothing really could compare to getting to see Bickslow perform which is why her eyes kept finding their way back to the stage.

The man was so beautifully toned and the lighting looked amazing across his tanned skin. The things he could do with his body, it really was no surprise that he got so many requests for special favors when he was finished with his routines.

Gods, she already had plans to jump him when they got home tomorrow. There wasn't a god or goddess in existence that she hadn't thanked already for their hump buddy status. While this type of relationship was common in Bosco, the country her dearest Bixy was from, in Fiore it was taboo but she didn't really care about what people thought about her anymore, she was happy. Bickslow and she were good friends and they found each other attractive. So what if they found pleasure and relief with each other from time to time?

As a seith mage, Bickslow had a soul mate out there somewhere that he very much wanted to find and as good as the sex was, they just weren't meant for each other and Lucy more than understood that. She loved the idea of having a destined other half and supported his wishes fully. They were still amazing friends and roommates and until she couldn't have him anymore, she would definitely enjoy his amazing tongue and the rest of him.

Lucy also had her fair share of requests from clients too but most of them were drunken duds she'd had to do all the work for and even then most finished way way way before her leaving her unfulfilled by the vast majority. It fucking left her hornier than she could ever remember.

Eyes cutting to the bar as she made her way to drop off the cleared tray, one vibrant indigo eye locked on hers sending shivers down her spine. Stars she'd take Cobra right now against the wall in the storage room if she didn't need to get ready for her final performance and by the arrogant smirk twisting his smooth lips he knew it too.

Later, she thought knowing the soul hearing poison slayer would hear her.

Mmmmm, he was another one of her go to hump buddies she'd happily bed until he found his mate. His deep reddish hair was so soft, skin so sensitive she loved nibbling on his pointed elfin ears and sucking on his pierced lobs.

Where Bickslow was playful, Cobra was pure animalistic desire and oh did she have a little fantasy of having them both in her bed together. That would be fucking amazing after all of her disappointing encounters over this last week.

-LCL-

Lucy stepped onto the dark stage, there was no music playing and as the lights throughout the space went dark the club's patrons started to still and quiet. It had been an idea she'd pitched to the owner the day before knowing this was going to be her last night and she wanted, needed, all eyes on her.

Crouched center stage the clapping beat of the song started to play drawing people in; the silence between the beats almost deafening. Bright white flashes of light hitting every other beat jarred the senses of the crowd pulling their eyes to the only bit of color on the stage - her.

As the electronic melodic lines started to play the lights started to strobe faster as Lucy slowly stood up, back to the crowd. Letting her hands glide over her oiled skin she swayed her hips letting the movement roll her body as she acted out a fantasy in her head.

This entire dance she'd choreographed especially with two men in mind and she could feel their eyes on her following the paths of her hands as she moved around the stage occasionally tugging at her constrictive costume.

The pulsing driving beat heightened her ardor and her touches became much more insistent. The images in her mind of being smashed between two hard bodies before being bent over and taken roughly while she took the other in her mouth made her own breathe hitch.

It was easy to find their eyes out in the crowd, they were the only ones there that could make her stomach flip in anticipation and heart beat violently in her chest.

She crawled to the edge of the stage, the club patrons' attention half on her half on whomever was close enough to get their hands on needing to feel, touch and taste just like she did.

By the end the celestial mage was splayed out on the floor writhing, the overhead cameras projecting the view on both sides of the stage and with the final beat it all when dark again.

Breathing hard Lucy pulled herself from the floor and quickly made her way back stage. She had no doubt there just might be a well-paying client for her after that. With any hope, as worked up as she'd gotten herself, they might be able to get her off before they became useless.

When she turned the corner a strong grip had her arm and soon she was pressed harshly against the wall, the low warning growl letting her know just who was manhandling her. Stars, that threating sound did nothing but excite her more. His hard erection pushed into her bare stomach and fanged teeth dragged over her neck.

"You want to skin me with your tongue." It wasn't a question, with him it never was as he recited the lyrics of her song back at her. She could feel his sharp claws prick her skin as his grip tightened on her hips.

"Erik…" The pleading was evident in her voice. One of his strong hands slide up to her hair then pulled her head back and to the side. He chuckled as a moan escaped her lips.

"You know the rules Nightshade," he used her stage name, "Not until after the job is done." He nipped at her once more and was gone.

Lucy slumped against the wall taking in the first real gulp of air since Cobra had first found her. Shaking her head clear the blonde stood tall again and went to go meet with the head dancer slowly bringing her trembling body under control; they would know who she would be spending her night with tonight.

-LCL-

Cobra eyed his friends closely while they rode the last few minutes on the train ride home. The job had gone very well, they all even managed to get put on the VIP lists for both Heaven's Gate and its sister club Hell's Gate for life their client was so happy. It was a perk that had his friends a lot more excited than he was. The clubs, while he could admit, were very well run and brought in a lot of hot women, were essentially just that…clubs with music that hurt his ears or his head from the mental blocks he had to put up so he didn't go crazy. If it hadn't been for Bickslow's blissfully silenced soul or Lucy's well organized thoughts he probably would have killed someone the first day on the job. They would never ever be his choice of location to go blow off some steam; he'd rather wipe out a dark guild or kill a monster for that.

Still, there had been some pretty decent lays and he'd been tipped handsomely to just bend them over in one of the privacy pods shoving their faces into the mattress to muffle their irritating screams. So, not a total loss.

The thing that had him eyeing his friends critically was the very vivid imaginings of Starfire's from early that night. As a rule Cobra didn't fuck men and Hell No was he going to let them fuck him, he'd melt their fucking dicks off first then probably vomit at the thought. But…when Lucy had pictured the three of them together doing all sorts of wrong…he hadn't felt ill, hadn't even sneered in disgust. It had his cock twitching in anticipation, which really, he was not ok with, but the way Bix's ass clenched in her fantasy, the way his face contorted as he came… it was fucking hot and even now he was tempted oh so very tempted.

Would sex be so bad with a man he trusted with his life? When it was consensual and the guy actually knew what the fuck he was actually doing? With Lucy there as a buffer? If everyone stayed away from his ass?

It was a tempting thought and he knew Starfire had gotten the shit end of the stick in this job so maybe he could do her a solid this once. It seemed like every fucking time she'd come down from the second level her client's gazes were hazy, some of them walking funny but she was always disappointed not that you would have known to look at her but the soul does not lie.

Erik knew she enjoyed sex with all types – hell, they fucked from time to time when the mood struck – but there was only so much she could do in the 2 minutes her clients averaged; she'd started timing them and it was a fucking disgrace. When compared to the men she normally fucked with any regularity – Bix, Freed, Rogue, Loke and him – it made the whole thing that much more of a disappointment. Judging by her current thoughts, even her palate cleansers, i.e. random one night stands with incredibly attractive men to keep things loose, were 10 times better at least than her clients.

Gods he loved how her mind was tearing into those sorry excuses for men. All the shit she went through since after he'd last seen her during the Infinity Clock incident was well worth it in his book. Before she was whiney and so self-conscious it was fucking annoying but now? She was so fucking sexy and badass it was unreal and the world was better off for it.

Somewhere in the back of his head he'd noted that each of her "hump buddies", her term not his, had magic that gave them each a destined mate of sorts. As dragon slayers he a Rogue had mates that their instincts and magic would be drawn to, as a seith mage Bix had a literal soulmate out there and Freed's dark as fuck demon needed his its other half to fully reach its potential. Asshole was picky as hell too. There was probably other commonalities between them all but he really didn't care if there was some deeper meaning to it all.

There were only two things that were important. One, the things she did with her snatch should be considered magic and two, he never have to deal with jealous assholes with her.

Bright hopeful brown eyes finally turned and met his own as the conductor announced their arrival in Magnolia.

Why that little shit…no wonder she was replaying disappointment after disappointment from their job. She's trying to get a pity fuck with her as the creamed filling between Bix and me. He nodded his head but with a sneer so he knew she knew he was onto her. She didn't care, soul actually squealing with excitement. Good thing she knew better than to let that shit leave her mouth with him around.

-LCL-

Lucy quickly turned to Bickslow a brilliant smile on her face and nodded. He couldn't help his surprised expression but he quickly recovered grinning with his tongue hanging out as he looked back at the other dragon slayer he knew with anger management issues. When she had asked him if he'd be up for a three way with her and Cobra when they got home he'd said hell yes. Like he would pass up the opportunity to finally get his hands on that sexy slayer's body. Denial would have been a physical impossibility but he had doubted Lucy's ability to get the strictly hetero male to agree to a devil's threesome.

Shit he should have never of doubted the woman. This was the best news he'd heard in a long time. Though not shared, Bickslow completely understood Cobra's position when it came to having sex with men. The poison slayer, like one of his older brothers, had been abused repeatedly by men from an early age. That would make anyone gun shy to say the least. When they'd gotten Zen back a year ago his brother flatly refused lessons with male Sudepah. To this day Zen never sought out or agreed to have sex with men.

There was a small part of Bickslow that hoped after this, after feeling that men could give pleasure not just pain, that Cobra might be a little more open to his advances. He knew Cobra was his soulmate, had since the day he'd joined the guild, but it didn't take long for him to understand he might never get that bond he'd dreamed of his whole life because of the torment his other half had suffered at the hands of monsters with dicks. Resigned he took the proffered friendship from his soulmate and continued his normal behavior as much as possible keeping their potential connection a secret from everyone.

Thank the gods Cobra couldn't read his soul; that would have been all sorts of awkward. Gods he could kiss Lucy for giving him this chance. If nothing more came from tonight… he'd be ok with that but he was damn sure going to make his efforts count for what could be his only chance.

Never one not to act of his impulses Bickslow pulled the blonde towards him and kissed her with all his pent up passion for his soulmate.

Bickslow cackled at the dazed look on his friend's face, grabbed an arm each of Cobra and Lucy and practically dragged them off the train. "Times a wastin' Cosplayer. It's about time you finally get off dontcha think?" he said to cover his real excitement.

-LCL-

The lighting was dimmed and a playlist of what could be described as mood setting music played softly through the hidden speakers Bickslow had installed in his room as the three mages sat on his large bed. This was not how he'd imagined this going, in fact in his version of things Lucy and he had torn through Cobra's clothing already and would be trading off between kissing those sweet thin dark lips and tasting the rest of his delicious body. In reality Lucy was bouncing a little with barely restrained excitement, a sentiment he mirrored only without the physical demonstration, but the tension coming off of their would be third could choke an asthmatic in seconds.

Rolling his eyes Bickslow smirked as a plan started to form in his head. Standing up, taking Lucy with him, he started dancing sensuously to the current track letting his hands ghost up her thighs as theirs bodies slid against each other to the beat. Gods she was beautiful and moved just as well as he did to music, it was one of the reasons he'd first decided to cross that line with her. He knew they'd have great sex and her performance a few hours ago had had him so fucking hard it hurt. He could still remember her red painted lips mouthing "Baby, I wanna fuck you, I wanna feel you in my bones," chocolate orbs locked on him as her hand had slid under the dark red patent leather thong. He let the music flow over him once again letting it control his movements, forgetting about anything other than fulfilling the desires of the woman in his arms.

Grabbing her hips he pulled her willing body closer savoring the heat from the glimpse of bare skin between her low hanging skirt and tank top.

Lucy let her fingers crawl up his tanned large forearms, her nails dragging just a little letting herself fall into the heaven he was creating. One of his large callused hands, flat against her taunt stomach pushed her shirt up so he could better lead as their hips created small circles while his other hand had slipped under her skirt palming her heated sex over her drenched lace panties. Delighted little moans flew freely from her mouth as she buried her hands in the tall man's soft blue black hair behind her. Gods was this man intoxicating.

Grinding her ass into his steadily firming cock she pulled the seith mage down into a fevered kiss groaning when she felt the chill as he freed one of her breasts from her top, the cool air instantly puckering the exposed nipple.

So lost in the attentions of the tall Adonis behind her she completely missed the vicious growl and muttered "Shit!" by Cobra as he watched them dancing so erotically every cell in his body ached to be with them. Forgetting all his reservations Cobra finally got up and acted. His instincts had never led him wrong, a lesson he learned the hard way when he hadn't killed Brain right after getting the dragon lacrima implanted in his body.

Lucy whimpered as another set of hands grabbed her face forcefully pulling her mouth free of Bix's full lips only to be taken again roughly by thinner more demanding ones. Lucy groaned at the feeling of two hard hot bodies pressing into her as they moved fluidly together, their hard dicks digging into her ready for attention. Her hands instinctively latching onto muscled shoulders to ground herself and the overwhelming sensations she was feeling.

"Stars!" she barely got out when Cobra growled at her then latched back on, his own clawed fingers gripping into her firm ass.

The way Cobra's fangs teased her lips Lucy didn't even notice somewhere along the way that her clothing had been shredded leaving her naked until she felt warm fingers tug or her turgid nubs. Cobra swallowed the illicit sound and let his hands lift Lucy up as he leaned into Bickslow's steady frame.

A warm tongue traced the shell of his ear before nipping at the sensitive point sending shivers down the heated slayers spine as he dragged his painful erection through Lucy's wet hot folds. He knew it was the seith mage's tongue on him since he was kissing the hell out of the blonde wrapped around him. He also knew it was his large warm callused hands digging into his ass helping his move against Lucy and him both and for the life of him he couldn't help but love it. Goddess above there were now two people who could touch him without his dragon screaming for blood and one was a man.

Bickslow grinned against Erik's ear as he moved teasingly down his neck excited that the slayer had so far accepted his advances. Gods feeling is firm muscles under his hands, the sweet taste of his skin. He could even feel that delicious cock of his running along his own. He needed to get his hands on it so he did.

Reaching between Lucy's legs his hand firmly grabbed Erik's hard velvet length stroking it firmly he used it to tease Lucy while he got his feel for them both. Erik might be his soulmate but Lucy was the beautiful person that made this happen and like hell he'd leave either of them unsatisfied.

The trio slowly moved towards the bed writhing against each other now taking their time to let the heat overwhelm them. When Erik finally sunk into Lucy's scorching sex the back of his knees hit the bed causing him to sit abruptly.

Lucy groaned at the hard thrust but easily used her leverage now with her legs wrapped around Erik's trim hips to bend back and finally get a taste of her other partner.

Bickslow's eyes crossed as the blonde's kiss bruised lips wrapped around his length, hands gripping his thighs while he watched Erik's steady rhythm make her heavy breasts bounce.

Lucy knew she was close from the attentions from both men on her but as she felt the edge of her climax coming near she used all the strength she had to clench down on the slayer determined to take at least one of her partners with her.

Cobra snarled and shuttered as Lucy came down on him like a vice ripping his orgasm from him so hard he could barely breathe. He'd been too focused on watching the way the taller mages hips flexed and how his hands travelled over the woman between them to hear the little minx's plans but determinedly he forced himself to ram into her harder.

Lucy groaned around Bix's cock earning her own well-earned Boscan expletives as he reflexively pushed further into her mouth. She didn't last much longer, over a week of being on the edge hornier than hell never quite getting there had her easy to please but seeing Bickslow's carved ass hollow with his shallow thrusts, the muscles rippling up his back…Stars above she loved he'd placed the large mirror there so even upside down and between his legs she could still see glimpses of Cobra's darker lither form ram into her aching core, watch as his abs flexed. It was all too much. Her scream was choked as her body bent unnaturally up when her long needed orgasm finally overwhelmed her.

Moments later, when her mind kicked in again she registered Cobra's weight on top of her the tale tell signs of his seed dripping warmly down her ass. It was a badge of pride she'd at least gotten him off with her but she was far from done. Let it never be said she ever left a lover dissatisfied.

Their night had only begun, pleasure, lust, desire had them drunk on passion, needing more the more they indulged.

Bix's eyes rolled back in his head when he finally got to feel his soulmates heavy cock inside him. It was so much better than he could have imagined, the first real hope blooming in his chest, but his attention was stolen again when Lucy dropped down on his cock as the pair worked in tandem to drive him insane. It was like an unspoken agreement since he hadn't gotten off yet. Thrust, drop, thrust, drop the pace got frantic as the duo worked his body. Souls this was Nirvana.

Cobra growled, a feeling deep in him loving the way Bix's ass felt around him, the way his hips crashing into Bickslow's cheeks and thighs. It felt good. It felt right.

Not once tonight had the beautiful man screamed in pain but instead asked for more, harder, faster, and he gave it, dragon force coming on easily as he drove into his willing body all thoughts of the petite blonde between them gone now with the blinding need to dominate such a powerful body, his fangs itching.

When Lucy screamed it set off a chain reaction. Her pussy clamped on Bix, Bix came with her his own body seizing, Cobra snarled as he was the next to follow needing to sink his fangs into his best friend.

Smashing Lucy between them to do so, Cobra bit down on Bickslow's shoulder feeling his magic swirl and flow out of him. The magic in Bix's blood filling his mouth, one thought repeating in his mind, Mate. His world stopped, shattered, came back together and then finally made sense.

"Oh…my…Mavis! Did what I think just happen, happen? Are you guys mated now? I'm so happy for you! Damn it! I'll need to find new hump buddies now, not that they can replace either of you, oh and I should probably go and leave you guys alone but I'm stuck in the hottest man sandwich ever. Cana's going to be so jealous and Mira's gonna pass right the fuck out. Oh stars, can you imagine trying to explain how you two got toge- umpgh." Cobra's hand clapped over the chattering blonde's mouth as his mate shook with laughter under them both.

"Starfire, if you don't want me to be covered in your blood and viscera you will keep what happened just now to yourself," he rumbled without any real edge. He actually liked her too much to follow through and she knew it too but at least he knew she would keep the details of what happened to herself. He needed time to process and acclimate to the situation without the crazies in Fairy Tail storming the place.

"Mm phughhdn."

Cobra sighed and removed his hand.

"I promise for now but…can I at least tell Laxus you're mated? Oh and Bixy's dad?"

Rolling off the blonde and next to his mate he sighed and ran his hand down his face. "And Kinana but not while you're at the guild."

Lucy squealed softly, gave them both a huge kiss on the mouth then dashed out the door on wobbly legs internally refiling Bix and Erik from hump buddies to best friends. Gods if she had to lose two of her favorites at least it was to each other with a hell of a parting memory.

As she scrambled to put on clothes and grab a few items she noted in the back of her head the wonderful soreness of a night and morning well spent. It was a testament to her well fought for stamina that even though her body still tingled she was somewhat mobile.

-End of Chapter-