Chapter Three: A Mate is a Pawn
"The dragon's mate is chosen preferably by the inner dragon of its host. The mate is merely only a key for the dragon slayer's survival. If the inner dragon is not stirred, the dragon slayer's magic shall wane from its body."
Lucy smells at the malodorous smell from her underwear. She has not recovered from the unexpected events of sudden mood swings. She asks herself these three things: First, why has Natsu taken a sudden interest of Lucy as a sex toy rather than a comrade? Second, what happened to him? Three, when will he ask her for the legitimate thing? Although it sounds weird, Lucy wants it badly.
"I'm such a hot mess," she finishes another round of her pleasurable attempts to remember it. She gasps for air as she finished ten seconds ago with the deed she decided to do. She wipes the wet mess she created with her fingers on her chest. Lucy closes her eyes – the pulsating feeling, the noise of him jerking it off, his pleas for her to do it unto him, his moans and especially his sex. Fuck I love it, she imagines sucking the whole thing as he thrusts it deeper in her mouth. She needs him. She needs the whole of him but she must control herself and her desires. For desires are what ruin the most of men and he is in fact a dragon slayer, but, what can possibly go wrong?
Oh Lucy, if only you knew.
Natsu wakes up in the middle of nowhere. He hears the chirps of the birds and the noise of several predators surrounding him. He's in a jungle and something is sucking on his right thigh. He grabs it and throws it with ease at a nearby tree. He rubs his eyes as he tries to remember what happened. Did I drink? He thinks loudly. He does not recall drinking with Gray neither did he remember drinking with Cana.
He strides forward as if he knows where he was. He confidently jumps to a tree and sees Magnolia from afar. He measures the time he traveled. Judging from his walking pace, it must have taken him an hour. He sighs.
"I wish Happy was here, this would have better." He grunts as he hops from one tree to the other. In no time, he reaches a train station. He contemplates whether he must take the train with a 'hangover' on the loose. He also left his money back home. He decides to walk for another hour but a hand grabbed him from the back. His eyes widen with the person's sudden interest to pick at him. What the hell?! His fists ignite with red flames. His onyx eyes see familiar with the familiar blond hair and blue eyes. The man's tan complexion mixes well with his upper scar. Ah, the familiar smirk. It's no other than Sting Eucliffe – the young guild master of Sabertooth.
"Natsu, where's your girlfriend?" He teases.
"What?" Natsu grunts.
"That blonde friend you have," Sting reminds, but Natsu has no time to think. "You know the one with the whip and has big tits!"
"Hey don't talk about Lucy like she's some toy." He snarls. "She's just a friend."
Sting smirks widely. He picks up the smell of Natsu – the putrid scent of thirst and lust. The uncontrollable dilapidating of his eyes with him prononuncing Lucy's name. So he found a mate, huh? He contemplates with a leer.
"Oi, what are you smiling about?" Natsu snarls once more.
"So you found your mate?"
Natsu scratches his ear lightly. "What the hell are you talking about?"
Sting realizes it. Of course, Natsu is a clueless blockhead who does not know entirely of the mating season. Just like Gajeel, he keeps silent of this. Not because of his ulterior motive of revenge but the sight of a sex addict at loose is something worth watching and plotting.
"Nothing," He shifts his weight to the other. "Anyway I picked up some missions from the Ministry of Magics and Guilds. See you soon, hope to fight you sometime."
Natsu is left dumbfounded with the sudden remark of the light dragon slayer. He continues to walk towards the nearby village. He settles for the cold refreshing water from the river and a salmon he caught. If only Happy was here, he would have surely enjoyed it. Also with Lucy.
Oh that thought bothers him greatly. He could not speak of her name – her name is someone who must not be mentioned well by him. He blushes by the thought. How?! It seems like out of a sudden, he wants her. He needs her. She felt like the gasoline that ignites the flame inside him. He cannot stand to be without her.
"Am I… blushing?" He recoils on the thought of wanting Lucy, but there was something different ever since Lucy came back. Memories start to come back and he remembers something.
His pulsating heart, him running through the night, his senses heightened greatly, and a possessed man he became. He also remembers touching a soft fabric. The familiar scent of Lucy – the sweet strawberry and vanilla scent but there was something different in that smell… it was a strong smell that he didn't know that would only want him beg more. It was the smell of her sex that he badly wanted to have.
Now he remembers – oh the horrible things he has done! What must Lucy think of this? Is she back from her mission? What will she do now once she sees the mess? He dashes off to her apartment to make sure that no mess is seen as an evidence.
He scurries from one roof to another. He glides from house to house like a ninja and with the adrenaline rushing to his body, it only made him worse. "Lucy won't think it's me… will she?" A lot of questions are running on his mind. Of course it will be him! Gray doesn't have the guts to storm inside Lucy… Or does he?
Jealousy flames within his heart. He can feel his palms heat up by the thought of Gray breaking in her house to only do things he wishes to do himself. He leaps finally to the block where she lives at. She decides to live inside her own apartment – twice bigger than the one she used to own. The hammock resting outside smells fresh of Lucy's scent. The pillows and blankets are left unmade.
Oh, she slept outside. Oh, her scent is everywhere… He could not stop thinking about that scent. His sudden arousal was now noticeable if Lucy was in the room. Why did she leave the balcony open?
How can a woman like her let her scent be freed? Does she realize that her scent awakens the inner dragon within him? Like dragons, he wants to claim her as his property; The scent only entrances him to be the dragon he thought he never wanted to be.
He sniffs for the familiar underwear he came on. He wonders where it is. He remembers that he has released its load near her door. He looks for the familiar lace panties. Natsu dredges up the familiar velvety feeling of it. The lace that he wishes to rip apart from her – he wishes to smell her sacred fruit that's long been ripe. To feel it in front of his face is what he begs.
He strides to the other end of the room and sees nothing but slippers and heels. He looks to his far right to see a gold picture frame hanging from the white wall – it was a photo of their guild: Erza's pearly white smile could match with Mirajane's. Gray's arm strung on Juvia's shoulder. He sees Levy and Gajeel sitting at the other end of the bench. His eyes trail off to their captivated moment— him and Lucy.
They looked wonderful and he thought so too. Now he only hopes that Lucy's not smart enough to know that the white stains on her underwear was hers only. His tinted cheeks are highlighted with love and lust.
Lucy met up with Erza at the guild. She recently bought a new armor set that she proudly showed to their guildmates. It was an Arcana Witch armor that she picked up from a rare store at the north of Magnolia. She got it from the price of 5,000,000 jewels. Everyone roars at how the red-haired maiden afforded such a price as if she lost nothing.
Elfman roars that she's a man. "A real man can afford anything! Even if it already costs ten livers!" Everyone joins in to laugh but Lucy couldn't appreciate well of the mage's joke.
Cana pours another beer to Lucy's glass. "Lucy, why a sad face? Did Erza leave out your last mission pay?"
"Huh?"
She blinks twice before realizing what Cana's trying to say. "It's nothing."
Cana's red face shines brighter than a red stone. Her smile is a drunken smile which you will only be familiar off with many. "Guy problems, eh?"
Mira and Lisanna appears out of nowhere. "Another one-night stand?"
"What do you mean 'another one-night stand'?" Lucy sneers.
"You know we're just joking!" Lisanna laughs out loud.
Mirajane smirks with contentment, "Is this about Natsu?"
Lucy blushes ten times redder than Cana's drunken reflection. "N-No!"
Lucy looks at Lisanna. Everyone knows that Lisanna came back from Edolas and things didn't really appear like it was before they thought Lisanna has passed away. Natsu has given confirmation to the white-haired maiden that friendship only existed between them, however, Lucy knows that Lisanna's heart was torn into a million pieces. She does not want to remark more about the matter with Natsu especially with him masturbating inside her apartment.
"You are a bad liar, Lucyyyyyyyy!" Cana sips another liter of cold booze.
Lucy decides to leave the guild. On her way out, she sees Levy and Gajeel enter inside the guild with their hands entwined with each other. Their smiles were showered with blessings and happiness. She sees how their lives were perfect. Too perfect. It aches her heart. Levy notices this and she looks up to Gajeel.
Levy telekinetically whispers, "Natsu's in the city. What's going to happen?"
Gajeel tightens the grip. "We must not interrupt. We have to give way for a dragon's awakening."
"But Lucy—"
"Lucy can take care of herself. The fire dragon chooses her. It will be tamed by her and it calls out for its masters wishes and for its mate as how it did for you and I." Gajeel reassures of the blue-haired mate. Levy nods slowly with little doubt. Her tight orange dress flows a bit. Gajeel knows of Levy's body and the iron dragon smells something different with her. He could not pinpoint it.
He glances back at Lucy. Time will only tell when she will be chosen. Dragons are beastly. When females have reached their time to be picked as a potential mate many will fight to be the female's lifetime partner even if it takes to kill another. However, there are others who do not fight for competition but to wait for the potential time. Natsu does not know of his fire dragon instincts which is why he must not interfere with their mating season.
Lucy could not take it anymore. Instead of marching back to her apartment, she went to Natsu's home. The forest is enchanting and beautiful but at the same time it is dangerous and evil lurks within it too. Lucy could have sworn that she was circling the same path for an hour now, but this is getting worse as the sun has sunk down and the moon has proudly shown itself up in the sky.
She finally sees the cobblestone path on the way to Natsu's treehouse. She sees it not lit. She climbs up to the other door and sees that no one is home. She goes down to knock on his door. "Natsu? Are you in here?"
Nothing. No sound but only her heart beating faster than usual. Her sweat is trickling down her forehead and her chocolate brown eyes focus on the door. I'm sure it's open, she thinks. She handles the doorknob and sees it unlocked so she pushed the door open. The familiar scent of nature was greeted by her. Books were still on the floor but what made it different was the ripped pages scattered on the floor. Vases have shattered from one end to the other; Lucy scans the room and sees the bed unkempt. Where is Happy? Lucy asks herself.
She walks forward but the sudden noise of the clank of chains startled her. She hears a sudden thrust from the bedroom. She runs towards there with the key of Taurus ready to be called. "W-Whose there?" She knows for a fact that a theft must not rob Natsu's house. Could it be a werewolf or a monster?
She sees a man chained there. The other bed's pillows were destroyed. The room was an utter disaster. She sees him heaving with his torso scratched heavily. His clothes were ripped but his shining abdomen looked too familiar. It's Natsu!
She sighs in relief, but of course, why is he chained up? "Natsu, what—"
"Stay away from me!"
"What?"
Natsu clears his voice more. "Listen Lucy you can't be here."
Lucy didn't care, she had to find a way to take the chains off of him. "Why are you chained? Who did this to you? God, why are you heaving so roughly?" She used her magic to unlock the magic chains that shackled him. It was absorbing his magic that left him powerless. One by one, the code was decoded and he was freed from his caged trap.
"You shouldn't have done that Lucy. Please… run away…" He controls himself. Have you not noticed? Time has been controlling the fire dragon of Natsu tonight. With the moon out in the sky, he has no control of who he is. No matter what Natsu's conscience wants, he cannot control it. Lust creeps its away back on its soul. He cannot stop now, his fire dragon will fight its dominance for its mate.
Lucy stands up wide-eyed. "From who?"
"From me."
Author's Note:
Sorry it's been too long since I have updated! Please tell me your comments please! There are times that I wish that I discontinue this story but I hopefully get totally inspired! I really need to know what you think so far! I hope you like the next chapter ;)
I love you guys and I can't believe Fairy Tail has 5 chapters left ;o~ I dedicate this chapter to: DarkWolfGirl19. Girl, honestly, you made me continue writing this. Thanks for the encouragement, hope to hear your feedback for this!
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