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Punishment Time


NO ONE'S POV

The other day at the Sakura tree in Sunny Hills, she finally read the rest of her books from Crux in just a few hours. The rest of that day she trained with Loke on switching back and forth between Zodiac Bonds and controlling them as Gajeel and Lily took another nap. After that, it was getting late and they both went back to the hotel to pack and go to the train station.

Right now, they just got onto the train and it was midnight. When the train lurched forward, Gajeel's face turned green and he covered his mouth, laying his head on the table. Lucy giggles, "What happened to your pills?" she asks.

"Ran... out..." he groans, making a 'blurgh' sound at the end. She sighs and moves over to the Dragon Slayer's seat, sitting down next to him before grabbing his head and laying it on her lap. He attempts to sit up, "Hey, what are ya- urgh!..." he drops back down onto her lap when a train hits a bump.

Lucy sighs and runs her fingers through his hair, causing Gajeel to tense up before relaxing with a sigh. His green face turning into a peaceful expression. She smiles, "This usually helps Natsu with his motion sickness." she said. Instead of getting a reply, she heard him purring. Purring. She giggles and continues carding her fingers through his hair until he fell into a deep sleep.

"Wow..." Lily said in awe, sitting on the table crossed legged. "You're amazing Lucy." he said.

The blonde giggles at the Exceed's comment, "No I'm not. I'm just helping a friend out." she said, feeling some what depressed just saying the word friend.

He shrugs and crosses his arms, "How was training?" he asks.

"I'm able to control my Zodiac Bond now, and I can control myself unlike when we met Natsu. I just have to keep training with Loke as my Bonds keep increasing." she explains and he nods. Lucy yawns, "I'm going to sleep, you should too..." she said, leaning back in her seat as her fingers continued moving.

Lily nods and lays down, using Lucy's black stuffed bunny as a pillow saying, "Night."

"Night..." she said before falling into a deep sleep.


LUCY'S POV

I woke up from my slumber from the voice of an intercom and the sun shining on my face. I flutter my eyes open when I realize that the train was slowing down and I yawn. I feel something heavy on my lap and my hand touching something soft, I look down to see Gajeel's head on it and my fingers in his hair. I blush a bright red and nudge him gently, "Gajeel wake up, we're here." I said.

He groans in his sleep and I sigh. I then smirk evilly, getting an idea before saying, "Natsu's here, Gajeel." Immediately, Gajeel's head shot up, looking around with a scowl before glaring at me as I giggled at him. "Well that was easy!"

He just 'tch'ed at me and got out of his seat, when he realized that the train stopped, to get our bags. I look at Lily who was still asleep and I pick him up gently, cradling him in my arm while grabbing my bunny with my other hand.

I followed Gajeel out of the train and yawn again, "Finally back home!" I said happily. The Dragon Slayer grunts and says, "Lemme walk you to your place."

Before I could protest, he was already walking to my apartment while rolling my bag behind him. I sigh and catch up with him, walking by his side. "How about we go to yours first and you can drop your stuff off, then we can go to mine and drop mine off, then go to the guild since my apartment is closer to the guild." I suggest.

Gajeel ponders on it before nodding, "Sure, but how do you know where I live?"

"One day I wanted to privately train with Capricorn so I was going to the forest, but then I saw you walk into your house not too far away." I shrugged.

"I wonder why I couldn't catch your scent..." he thought out loud.

Before we knew it, we made it to his house that he said he built himself. By then, Lily had woken up and was extremely confused in my amusement. Gajeel invited me inside and I wandered around, complementing the style of his house which was a very calming setting. He had a fire place, and some of his furniture had metal used on it which really showed how much it fits Gajeel's character.

Once Gajeel finished putting everything away, we got to my apartment which wasn't too far away. I told him that I would get changed and once I did, I changed into something I wouldn't usually wear which was a white hoodie with a black sports bra under it, a black mini skirt, a white fingerless glove on my right hand where the guild mark isn't at, black studded, knee high combat boots, and my signature belt. I let my hair flow down my back, with no ponytail at all. Along the way, I set my bunny by my pillow on my bed to cuddle with when I go to bed.

After I finished, I walked out and locked the door to meet Gajeel. I summoned Plue and cuddled his trembling body to my chest. "New style?" Gajeel asks.

"Not really, I'm just trying it out, plus it's getting chilly out here." I said.

Before we knew it, we were in front of the guild doors. I summoned Plue back and I look at Gajeel and Lily who were waiting for me to open the doors. They nodded at me and I smile at them, gathering up all of my courage to open the guild doors.

I stuffed my hands into my hoodie pockets and notice that half the guild was there and were staring at us. Some said good morning to us which I just smiled at the ones who did, sighing in relief when I see that Team Natsu isn't here yet and that the guild has stopped ignoring me. I go up to Mira at the bar, "Morning Mira!" I said with a smile.

"Lucy, you're back! What took you so long? I got so worried!" Mira exclaimed.

I giggle at her, "Don't worry, Gajeel, Lily, and I finished the job early so we stayed at a hotel to heal up before getting our reward from the mayor. After that we decided to hang out." I smile at her, not mentioning the part about Natsu, and when I said the last sentence, she immediately gasped and had hearts in her eyes. Oh no... those are her matchmaker eyes. I quickly change the subject, "Anyway, is the Master here?" I ask.

She got out of her little worried of matchmaking and nods, "Yes, he's in his office right now."

I nod, "Thanks." I turn around to look for Gajeel and see that he's sitting at the end of the bar, eating the last pieces of scraps of metal as Lily talk to him. "Gaj, Lily, let's go to Master's office." I said with a bright smile and they nod, following me upstairs to the office. I knock at the door and wait for the 'Come in' before entering.

Master Makarov looks up from his paperwork, surprised to see us together. He puts his pen down and stands on his desk as we stood in front of it. "What do you need children?" he asks with a smile.

"We want to form a team. Team Draco." I said. His eyes widen in shock, "How did this happen?" he asks out of curiousity. I giggle at his reaction, "We really work well together at jobs and we actually began to grow close together. The first job we did together only took us about an hour to finish." I explained.

His jaw drops at the amount of time it took us, before grinning a toothy grin, "Of course you brats can make a team! I'll add it to Fairy Tail's list." he says, "Team Draco is it? Why Draco?" he asks curiously.

"Draco is the Celestial Spirit Dragon. I thought it would fit since Gajeel is a Dragon Slayer and I'm a Celestial Spirit mage." I answered. He nods, "That's a great idea. Well, I have some paper work to do, so you three can go now." he told us, using a shooing motion with his hands.

I waved good bye as I left the office with Gajeel, and I immediately went to the bar to get my favorite strawberry milkshake. Surprising everyone, I took my milkshake and walked over to the corner of the guild where Gajeel sat and sat next to him. Everyone's jaw dropped when he smiled at me and ruffled my hair. Mirajane squealed at the little scene between the two, fainting behind the bar counter.

I sweatdrop and sipped on my milkshake before speaking to Gajeel, "I think Mirajane found her new targets..." I said. Gajeel grunts in agreement. I sigh and continue to drink my milkshake contently with a bored expression. I look around the guild and notice that Levy isn't at the guild today. Is she feeling bad about what happened? I sigh again at the thought and I look at the guild doors, just in time to see them being kicked open.

An angry Fire Dragon Slayer walked in with flamed fists and a bruised cheek, yelling, "Where the hell is that slut and Lightning Rod?!"

My eyes widen at the name and I stopped drinking my milkshake when his eyes land on us. Erza and Gray were no where in sight, probably went home knowing how tired they get after having long train rides, and only Lisanna and Happy trying to calm Natsu down. "What the hell do ya want flame bastard?" Gajeel asks in an annoyed tone.

"I wanna beat your's and the weakling's ass for what you did yesterday!" he yelled. The whole guild was silent and I look down at my glass of milkshake, my hand clenching around it. It hurts seeing Natsu like this...

"And what did I do yesterday?" Gajeel asks. "You fucking attacked me!" he yells. My hands were clenched so hard around my glass of milkshake that the glass broke, causing the last tiny bit of the drink to get all over my hand, the sound of glass breaking echoing around the guild. Everyone looked at me and I just stared blankly at my milkshake covered hand. I casually wiped it off with a napkin, luckily not getting any cuts from the glass. It hurts knowing that he hates me...

After that, I crossed my arms leaning back against my seat. "Roar of the..." I hear the familiar spell and before I could react, I was grabbed and wrapped around cold, scaly arms. "Fire Dragon!" I then felt the heat radiating off of the scales and I began to realize that Gajeel had protected me.

I look up to see him in his Iron Scales and his back was facing Natsu, his arms wrapped around me. My eyes widen, knowing that Gajeel probably got burned through his scales, seeing that his vest had burned off. He lets go of me to turn around and glare at Natsu. I growl like the lion that still flowed through my veins did, "Natsu..."

It hurts seeing the one healing my heart in pain.

Everyone gasps as my eyes turn orange, "I told you that you would regret trying to hurt Gajeel or Lily..." I grunt when I felt the sudden urge to release my anger, but I kept control. I blink away the orange eyes to turn back into my cocoa brown eyes. I sigh and glare at the cocky Dragon Slayer, "My bond with Loke is so strong, even without activating my Zodiac Bond I still have lion instincts..."

"Lion instincts?..." Erza asks in a confused voice.

I nod, "You see, Erza..." I blink again to activate my orange eyes once again, "I have the anger of a lion." my canines grew pointier as if I were turning into a Dragon Slayer myself, "And you never want to anger a lion." I glare intensely at him, the look even causing Laxus' spine to shiver. I whimper at the feeling of anger going through me, looking down at the ground. The usual burning feeling of anger that went through me suddenly turned into pain, "L-Loke... Can I let it out now?..."

Suddenly, Loke appeared next to her and places a hand on her shoulder, "Never turn away from instincts. Your instinct is to protect." he says, but I shake my head and drop to my knees, "No! I-I can't hurt Natsu right now!... I-I want to let it out and beat the shit out of him, but something is wrong... It hurts..."

"But Lucy-"

An obnoxious laugh rang through the tense air and I force myself to look up at a laughing Natsu as the pain continued to go through me, "That's pathetic! Never anger a lion?! You're a Celestial Spirit mage, what the hell does that mean?!" he laughs again.

That familiar snapping feeling touched the core of my magic container and I stopped shruddering. I found a new form. I look up at Loke and he had a knowing look when I look at him with a smirk. He nods approvingly, "I think it's punishment time for Natsu, Lucy." he said loud enough for everyone to hear.

I nod in agreement and look at Team Natsu as my orange eyes slowly became a bloody red. Love and anger, sadness... and now pain.


Woahohoho~ I wonder which spirit form she has now! Wiiink~ ;)

Anywhooo, I hope you liked this chapter! I hope it wasn't too rushed, I really wanted to finish this chapter and get it posted quickly! Sorry this one is kind of short, but Wednesday is my last day of school so I'll have plently of free time soon! :D

~Sugoi! Sugoi! (~3)~