Author's Note- So my next update might take some time because I have my practical exams from tomorrow (amen to maths not having a practical)

On a totally different note, can any of you guys tell me whether or not chicken is fried when making chicken curry? I am a vegetarian so I have no idea whatsoever.

Is it weird that I listen to a mix of Coldplay, Calvin Harris, Red Hot Chili Peppers, 80's hits and Pink Floyd everytime I write? Like, such different genres. My brother was saying that I am crazy...but that might be true. XD

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Suddenly the door banged open and four females entered the room. It was Mirajane followed by Lisanna and Juvia with Erza bringing up the rear. Mirajane cornered Lucy and uttered one word.

"Spill."

"What?" A nervous Lucy asked the take-over mage. Lisanna and Juvia settled themselves on the bed while Erza drew up a chair. Mira and Levy made Lucy sit in another chair before joining Lisanna. "What happened last night Lucy? I-I mean we want details." Mira said to the celestial mage, with a dark smile. The expression told Lucy she will have to tell Mira everything. Lucy gulped before beginning.

"Well it started with me dancing with Sting. I was drunk and so was he. Before I knew what was happening we were in an empty corridor with me backed against a wall and him standing over me. He said that I smelled divine and he could eat me up." Lucy was blushing. "He kissed me aggressively, but I was too startled to respond. Then he said that I was, um, an innocent yet dangerous woman. And then, his mouth reached my waist and he, well, bit me." Lucy thought her head would start steaming soon. Levy on the other hand said, "Ah, he was so enigmatic! And sexy, very very sexy. I approve of Mr Sting Eucliffe's approach."

Mira looked like a child who had been given infinite amount of candy. "And then who came next?" Lucy frowned at her, puzzled. How did she know everything? "Um, the scene downstairs wasn't exactly quiet, was it? We kind of guessed what those guys and you might have done yesterday. Then Erza also told us what she knows." Lisanna said apologetically, understanding Lucy's confusion.

Lucy sighed and continued, "Well, next was Rogue. I went to the balcony after drinking more, and he was standing there. We stood there in the silence for some time before he cursed under his breath. When I asked him what happened, he started apologising. He said that even though he loved his brother, Sting would have to fight him this time. I didn't get it at all, but I thought it is his drunk self being weird. Then his slowly cupped my face and kissed me ever so softly! And he said that I am absolutely beautiful! Ah, and then he left soft kisses on my neck, before biting me." Lucy remembered the softness of the shadow dragonslayer fondly. Juvia sighed, and said, "Rogue was so romantic and sweet! And he said that he would fight his brother for Love Rival! I wish Gray-sama would fight for her!" And then Juvia got lost in her dreamworld. "Next" growled Mira, getting impatient. Clearly Mira wanted to know everything. And Lucy could guess why.

"I stood there in the chilly breeze for some time when suddenly Laxus came and draped his coat over me." Lucy recalled, while Mira nodded in approval. "Then he said that I look delectable in my dress. I think by then the drinks had really hit me because I asked him to taste me. He banged his lips on mine and said that I am delicious. And then he traced my collarbone with his fingers before biting me there." Lucy was flustered by what she had said to the lightning dragonslayer. "Laxus finally opened up enough. And he gave you his coat, albeit only for some time. So he is evolving after all. Okay Lucy, Natsu is the only one left." After making the remarks about the lightning dragonslayer, Mira looked at Lucy expectantly.

As the images of her encounter with Natsu floated in her head, Lucy's face heated up. How could she tell anyone? She just shook her head violently, mortified. All the girls stared at her, curious. Suddenly Erza said, "Lucy, what did he do to you? Did he besmirch your honour?!" Lucy again shook her head. "Seriously, you told us what Sting did but can't tell us what Natsu did? I mean come on, it's Natsu." Levy asked Lucy.

Under the pressure of her friends, Lucy opened up. " Okay, fine. Listen. As I went away from the balcony, I banged right into him. He was drunk, really drunk. He frowned at me and said something about my scent being weird and picked me up bridal style to take me to the inn." Everyone was staring at Lucy with amazement. "Then he let me down on this bed and climbed on top of me. He was looking so hot that I grabbed his shirt and smacked his lips against mine. He growled in my mouth, and kissed me back with remarkable passion. Before I knew what was happening my dress was on the floor and his hands over me." Lucy groaned upon remembering her actions, embarrassed. But Levy was staring at Lucy with big eyes, while both Lisanna and Juvia and red faces. Erza had a poker face and Mira, well, she was still the same. "His hands were extremely hot, and he placed them on my thighs to part them. He said that I am intoxicating. He then parted my legs and lowered his mouth on my thigh." Lucy's face was the colour of Erza's hair. But she continued in a small voice. "He sucked on my skin till I was moaning and bit me. Then Cana and someone else returned so he left the room."

Everyone was silent. Erza spoke up eventually, "It was me with Cana. I didn't see Natsu leave though. So, he carried you till here? That was good of him. Now Lucy, if you want me to punish him, just say the word." Erza looked so sincere and angry, that Lucy had to calm her down. "Oh, no Erza, it's fine. It's Natsu after all, I am sure he doesn't even remember now. And anyway, clearly he needs a lot of liqueur in him to do anything." Lisanna laughed at the statement while Juvia nodded in agreement. "Though who would have guessed that Natsu had it in him." Levy said thoughtfully. Mira looked lost in her own world.

"Okay enough. Lucy finish your packing, we are leaving in half an hour." Erza broke up the party.

Lucy sighed as she looked out of the window of the moving train. She couldn't believe it. Lector, Frosh and Happy were snoozing on the laps of Sting, Rogue and Gray respectively. Opposite her sat the twin dragonslayers with green faces due to their motion sickness. Laxus was standing at the door of their compartment, clearly trying to hide his motion sick face. And the fire dragonslayer was sitting next to her with his head on her lap.

How could she have been so easy?

"Luce, will you please forgive me?" Lucy stared at the pink-haired man kneeling in front of her, shocked. She wasn't used to Natsu actually going to this length just to apologise to her. And she also wasn't used to his eloquence. Normal Natsu would have said something along the lines of 'yo Luce, sorry, but it was Ice Princess's fault' and would have then assumed she had forgiven him. Somehow, she suspected the hand of a certain requip mage behind his behaviour.

But unlike the usual stuff like stealing her food, this was different. Hell, even she didn't know how to deal with this situation. He had kissed her and marked her. Somehow those two things were different events in her head and thus needed to be dealt with differently. By marking her, he had definitely crossed some line of her privacy and free will. But she didn't even know what exactly he had done to her, let alone how to deal with it. Like sure, she had a basic idea, but she just didn't know how to react to it. On the other hand he had kissed her, and that seemed to be the bigger problem to her. Does it meant he had romantic feelings for her? And she had wanted him to kiss her. Does that mean she had romantic feelings for him? She didn't know how this would affect the dynamics of his relationship with her, and a part of her didn't want to know. She was confused about her own feelings for the fire dragonslayer and didn't want to tarnish what they already had. So she decided to let go of what he had done as a drunken mistake and basically ignore it. It was Natsu after all, he probably wouldn't even remember most of it. Especially what he had said to her. The memory made her blush.

But the fighting was a different deal. She was still pretty pissed at all four of them. How could they just fight over her like she was their property? And she had felt really bad that she had been the reason they fought, because the fight had been serious. Natsu had looked ready to murder, not like his usual self when challenging and fighting guild mates. And while she wasn't used to seeing Laxus, Sting and Rogue fight, even they had looked deadly. She didn't even want to think about what would have happened had she not broken them up, but she had a pretty good idea. Images of broken limbs, a damaged inn and harsh words floated in her mind. She stared at Natsu unforgivingly, clearly not impressed by his apology.

"Please, I am sorry, Luce." And just like that, she broke. He was pleading with her, and his puppy eyes were in full swing. Disappointed by her weakness, she sighed.

"Fine Natsu, I forgive you." She couldn't help but give a small smile as Natsu jumped and his fist pumped in the air at his victory. And the grin he gave her was definitely worth it.

But his face had lost the good humour pretty easily as they had gone into a train compartment with Gray, Erza and Happy only to be joined by Sting and Rogue with Frosh and Lector on their shoulders. Natsu gaped at the light-shadow duo.

"Y-YOU! Why are you both on the train?" He exclaimed. Sting gave Natsu a smirk while Rogue didn't even acknowledge the fire dragonslayer. He looked at Lucy and asked in a soft voice, "I hope we are not imposing on you, otherwise we will leave." How could Lucy say no?

With a smile she replied, "Please, feel free to join us! That is, if Gray and Erza have no problem." She looked at the mages, one sitting next to her while the redhead was on the empty seat. Gray simply nodded while Erza turned to face Rogue. "I have no objection."

"H-hey! Why didn't anyone ask me? I have a problem with them!" Natsu pointed a finger at the mages sitting opposite to her while looking at Lucy. She shrugged her shoulder's and Erza gave Natsu a glare. That shut him up. "So why are you guys going to Magnolia?" Lucy asked the Sabertooth mages.

"We have some work there. It's, um, classified." Sting replied with an uneasy look on his face. Gray smirked at the duo, knowing fully well what 'classified' business they had there. But Lucy (who was usually so intelligent) remained dense and didn't realise their true motives. Just as the train was about to leave the platform, the door of their compartment banged open and in came the huge figure of Laxus. Seeing all the seats were occupied, he stood at the door. Looking at Titania, he said, "All the other compartments are full." She nodded, and didn't question him. Gray coughed awkwardly, again guessing Laxus's motives while Lucy stayed oblivious. Natsu just glared at all the other slayers, who returned the favour. The train finally started to move.

Ten minutes in and four of the faces in Lucy's compartment were green. But to the dismay of the other three, Lucy's attention was only on the one sitting next to her.

"Natsu, please don't puke on me!" She was worried, and her hand automatically started making soothing circles on his back. With a lot of effort he said, "Can I lie down?" She nodded and his head instantly collapsed on her lap. Gray looked at the other's for their reactions. Sting was openly glaring at the pink-haired mage while Rogue had the perfect pokerface as he stared out of the window. Laxus turned his face to hide his expression. Then he noticed that their faces were tinged with green too. He bit down a chuckle.

As Lucy's mind wandered off, she unconsciously started playing with Natsu's hair. As her fingers stroked his scalp and twisted the hair, Sting and Rogue stared at him with obvious jealousy. Natsu cracked open one eye and stuck out his tongue to the dragonslayers sitting opposite him.

Then the train lurched and all the four dragonslayers heaved."NATSU!" Lucy screeched.

Bonk. Bonk. Bonk. Bonk.

Erza was standing with a raised fist and the dragonslayers were knocked out.

I really enjoyed writing Erza in this chapter. And I know, it has been days since any of the four did something romantic with Lucy. But it is nessesary to set the storyline. And I dropped some hints in the girl chat ;)

Court818- Yeah, Lucy is a goner XD Once Mira gets hold of her love life, she won't let go easily. And it really has been a hectic day, hasn't it? Maybe Lucy needs to unwind (hint, hint) And thank you for reading, I hope you continue to like it!

Thank you to everyone who followed and favourited this story!

Anvi out~