RAID 7
It had been about a month since the incident in the woods, and Natsu, Lucy, and Gajeel were all better, and back in their prespective homes. Except Lucy was still rather fatiqued, and had a lot of dizzy spells, so she was left under Natsu's constant watch and care.
Natsu groaned as he woke up, hearing a loud knocking on his door. both he and Lucy were snuggled in his bed (yes, he got himself a bed.) And winced at the bright light.
Natsu growled a bit, before yelling(his voice muffled through his pillow), "Who the fuck is it?!"
A growl came back, saying "Master wants you, Salamander!" Of course, it was Gajeel.
Natsu sighed, before getting up, quickly getting on his clothes, which were scattered all over the small, one roomed, house, before quickly opening the door, presenting himself before the older male, disheveled hair and all.
Gajeel smirked "what happened with you, last night?~" Natsu huffed in response "just shut up, tell gramps that I'll be there soon, ok-"
Before he could finish his sentence, the blue-haired wonder, also known as Levy, shot pass him, calling out happily; "Lu-chan!~"
The blonde in question groaned at the loud intrusion, sitting up, before squeaking when she saw the two people intruding. She quickly gathered the sheets around her, running off to the bathroom to change.
Lucy came back out, fully clothed, and sighing, hoping that no one saw anything.
"Ohayou, Levy-chan, whats up?~" she finally said
"Whats that on your neck?"
Lucy blinked, swivling her head to try and see "what-"
Gajeel instantly burst out laughing "y-you didn't TELL her?!" Which of course, was directed to Natsu
Natsu blushed cherry red, grumbling "it's not like I had a bunch of time, ya'know... this literally JUST happened"
The curious blonde decided to see her reflection in the mirror, and noticed what looked like a bite from a snake, or some fanged creature. And in this case, a dragon slayer.
"Natsu... what is this...?" Lucy asked slowly "and why is it so special...?"
Natsu huffed "well, you know when I... accidentally bit you last night, while you were... ahem" he didn't dare finish that sentence while Gajeel and let alone, Levy, were there.
Lucy nodded in understanding, blushing madly, causing Gajeel to raise a studded brow questionably
"Well, I may have... marked you"
Lucy nodded slowly "and that means...?"
Natsu coughed nervously "l-like... the equivelent of marraige for dragons... 'cept more severe..."
Lucy blushed more "severe...?"
"If you leave me, I probably will die.."
"Oh.."
There was a moment of silence, as Lucy processed this
That is, until Levy yelled out; "WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY LU-CHAN?!"
Natsu POV
After a lot of yelling, misunderstanding, and hitting (for being a "shrimp" Levy sure never knew when to let up) the situation was finally resolved. Me and Luce talked for a bit, discussing the situation, and she took it pretty well, which I appreciated.
It wasn't long before I had made it to the guild, to see what gramps wanted THIS time.
I'll spare you the conversation, and cut to the chase.
Pretty much, those assholess what attacked us in the forest? They were hiding in the castle. Yup... so guess what? We had to head back!
Goodbye afternoon plans, because here we were. In front of that palace. Yet again. Huzzah.
Usually I liked a good fight, but this was just ridiculous. But at least Lucy wasn't as nervous this time around...
"Man, this place is as dusty as I remember..." I said, giving a low whistle, to which Lucy nodded in agreement
"I don't know where these guys would be hiding though..." she said, and started off through the castle, to which I followed. "Can't you sniff them out..?" She asked
I shrugged "well, the people we fought before are in jail now, and I probably don't know what these people smell like... but I'll let you know if I smell something strange"
The was a silence for awhile... until
"Ah! Over here!" And with that, I dashed off, with Lucy trying to keep up
I looked around the library, which is where the unfamiliar scent was coming from, and I saw two people. A Girl with long blonde wavy hair, wearing armor, and another guy with dark blue hair in a blue-was that a cape or something?
"Natsu Dragneel... and Lucy Heartfilia... I knew you'd come running once you caught a wiff of where we were..." the man said, and he sounded SO cocky... little asshole...
"Ufufu..." The woman chuckled
I narrowed my eyes at her "wait, you were the one in the forest! You escaped?!"
The woman spread her arms "but of course~ all magic is usless against the great coodinator~"she proclaimed
"Seems we might as well introduce oursevles... I am Dyst, and, well, she already told you her name"
My fists lit up as Lucy grabbed her keys "geez, what do you guys want?" I murmured darkly
"Not what WE want, what our boss wants~" Dyst said
"Well then I'm all fired up now!"
Normal POV
With those words, Natsu charged at Dyst, and Lucy, the coodinator, already having subconsciously picked their opponents.
Lucy cut the air with one of her keys, yelling; "Open! Gate of the Golden Bull! TARAUS!" And out came the bull, weilding his giant, sharpened axe.
"Mooo~! I will always protect Lucy-sama's nice body!" He pervertedly exclaimed, charging, but the coodinater swiped her hand, and he disppeared in a puff of smoke
"W-whats..."
"I dispelled your magic, silly girl~ RE-QUIP!~" and with that, the woman changed into armor, holding a sword in both hands "come~"
Lucy growled, pulling out another key "A-Aries!" The shy ram girl was also dispelled shortly after "d-damnit"
Natsu wasn't doing much better. He could fight all he wanted, but Dyst simply knocked him away like a play-thing. And Natsu was certainly feeling rather "rag-dollish" right now.
He gasped as the air was knocked out of him, from Dyst knocking him into a shelf. Natsu stood again, wiping some blood off the corner of his mouth with his thumb "y-you're not half bad" Natsu managed
"I must commend you for your ability to stand up again. But why not just give in? It would be MUCH easier than-"
"Yeah right!" Natsu shouted before Dyst could finish "I would go through this a thousand times before giving up Lucy!" And he charged again, only to be simply knocked through a window. The dragon slayer stood again, shards of glass sticking from his arms.
As he climbed back through, he noticed Lucy's attempt to fight The Coodinator with nothing but her whip.
Lucy had been doing pretty good so far, until she tripped on some rubble, causing her to trip and fall back, flat on her butt.
And The Coodinator kicked her hard into the bookcases, and it wasn't long before Natsu joined her, as per a result of Dyst's magic. (AND the bastard had the courtesy to throw him at the girl with swords, resulting in him getting cut)
Natsu panted hard, his eyes closed as he tried to steady his breathing to some extent, and Lucy was bruised badly, from the books on the bookcase falling on her, and The Coodinator's attacks.
But they still stood up... again, and again, and again, and again. Every time they were knocked down, they stood again, until both were battered, bloody, and had multiple broken bones.
Natsu was on his hands and knees, blood dripping off the bridge of his nose, and Lucy kneeled beside him, making sure he was ok, though she was in no better condition.
"GAAH!" Natsu yelled out in pain, as Dyst flung him into the wall, mercilessliy.
Lucy's eyes welled up with tears as before Dyst made sure she joined him.
Natsu started standing again, when Lucy grabbed what was left of his waist-cape, eyes watery "N-Natsu.." she whispered brokenly, causing Natsu to promise revenge to them for making her cry "are... we gonna die here..?"
Those words hit Natsu with the impact of 10,000 dragons body-slamming him. Were they gonna die? Had he failed Lucy? Was this it? Should they give up?
Natsu looked at Lucy for a bit, before grabbing her hand, helping her up, and facing Dyst, because... he decided she looked better when she wasn't covered in dirt, blood, and bruises...
"No... that's the last thing thats gonna happen..."
"But-"
"Lucy, this may be a last ditch effort, but... release any and all magical power you have left, and use your most powerful magic"
"Why?"
"Because... I don't wanna die... and I don't wanna see you die either"
Lucy swallowed dryly, before nodding "h-hai"
Dyst could feel the magic power brimming up in both of them, and braced himself for the oncoming attack
The Coordinator watched them closely "whats-"
Before she could finish, the two attacked, their magics combining beautifully as they yelled;
"GUREN; BAKUIIENJIN!"
"URANO METRIA!"
They destroyed half the castle, but Natsu and Lucy sat on the floor, panting hard, staring at their two collapsed enemies
"Wh-Who... ordered you to do this...?" Lucy asked breathlessly
Dyst, who was surprisingly conscious, chuckled dryly "king... Jude... he wishes for... your returm... and... the dragon prince... dead"
Lucy's eyes widened "Papa..?"
A/N: sorry if the chapters are getting too short, and I garuntee the last two wil be just as short, if not, shorter. And if im rushing, it's because I seriously forgot what happened (cuz this is based off a RP) and I can't wait to start working on some new NaLu stories! u
As always, I hope you enjoy, and please watch and favorite, AND comment/critique! It'll motivate me more to write better! And upload faster :P