Hey everyone! I'm so glad that there are already so many followers for this story! Keep up the reviews, it really encourages me to keep going because I wasn't sure how this would turn out. I apologize for not updating in a while after frequently updating when the story was first published. My husband got deployed since then and my son was diagnosed as autistic along with a bunch of other life trying to get in the way. Hopefully now I'll be able to keep the updates more frequent. And without further ado here is my next chapter, warning it contains sexual scenes. This story was rated M for a reason.

Chapter 7

Connection

Miserable was an understatement for Freed after holding an unconscious, naked Lucy for so long as they waited for the rune knights to arrive. He had tried to place her down on multiple occasions, so he could help the others only to fail each time. Lucy would get a death grip on him the moment their bodies weren't connected and whimper till he held her tight again. Freed groaned in frustration, mostly with himself, at another failed attempt as she unconsciously snaked her arms around his neck and laid her head on his shoulder with her mouth slightly parted. It wasn't her fault that her hot breaths on his exposed neck were helping spur on a never-ending erection as more images from earlier came to mind. He was thankful that they were given space, so his guild mates wouldn't see his sickening struggle. It still felt like their magics were pulling on each other only now it was more like her magic was stroking his and it felt good.

"Let me get the brat from you, looks like she's been clinging to you like a baby the whole time."

Freed was startled out of his new fantasy, ashamed of himself yet again, he hadn't noticed anyone approach he was so lost in his thoughts this time. When he looked up towards the voice he was surprised to find Lucy's mermaid spirit there with her arms across her chest and a smug look. "Aquarius?" he couldn't help but question it, "How are you here? She hasn't summoned you and there's no water around."

Aquarius lost her smug look as she reached down and tenderly picked up Lucy who easily accepted the transition in her sleep. "Things have changed for us," she spoke softly as she looked down on Lucy like a mother would her sleeping child, "and she's gained enough magic back for one of us to pass through our gate. Now go get a break while you can, I can only stay for a little while and she's grown an attachment to you, so she'll want you back when I'm gone." She looked up at him and winked as her smug look came back. "And don't worry, I'll get her dressed for you."

Freed blushed and quickly left the room to Lucy and Aquarius, bumping into Laxus in the hallway but ignoring him as he continued down the hall. Laxus picked up on his behavior and went to check and see if Lucy woke up but was surprised when he saw Aquarius cradling Lucy's head to her chest as she allowed tears to fall. He decided not to intrude on an intimate moment, knowing the mermaid's usual temperament and began to slip away till he heard her begin to talk.

"You stupid girl… I promised Layla I would protect you, you should've called me sooner. None of this would've happened if I was there." Aquarius grit her teeth and fought the sobs, she wasn't one to cry but she loved this girl in her arms as much as Layla and had to watch for months while not being able to do anything. "Things are only going to get harder now for all of us and I promise to be there when ever you need me for now on. We all will be." She rubbed Lucy's head and leaned down to kiss her forehead. "I just hope we don't loose you in the end…."

Laxus had stayed hidden around the corner listening in just in case the whole time and decided to leave when he peeked around, and she had begun to get Lucy dressed. 'Hmm I wonder what she meant by all that and that we don't loose Lucy in the end? I thought we just saved her. And how is she out if Lucy is still sleeping? I'll have to ask Freed about that one I guess.' He held his chin in thought as he followed Freed's scent but stopped when he got to the door that leads outside and noticed Freed's scent disappeared. "Oh what the hell Freed trying to get privacy at a time like this!?" Laxus growled out as he stomped back inside to the room where all the others were.

*Back to when Freed left the room. *

Freed left the room in a hurry, not acknowledging Laxus as he bumped into him in the hallway. He couldn't think straight and the last thing he needed right now would be for Laxus to notice his problem. 'I just need some fresh air, so I can clear my head.' He thought to himself as he made his way outside and leaned against the wall panting heavily. Pulling at his hair he looked down towards his erection and growled in frustration at himself. 'Why the hell am I filled with nothing but lustful images over the woman we just saved!? This is worse than puberty, something must be wrong with me…' Freed let his internal ramblings end as he dropped one hand down and spat out in disgust, "Just go down already!" before gripping his clothed length so hard as if he was choking the life out of it.

That touch was all it took as he moaned Lucy's name, throwing his head back against the wall. His eye turned purple and he felt her magic wrap around his body, inviting him to continue. With a shaky hand he took out his sword and encased himself in a rune barrier that prevented the others from hearing, smelling, or seeing him. Once done he moved further down the wall till the door was out of sight as he began to unbuckle his belt. All reasoning went out the door as he followed an imaginary transformed Lucy tugging him along by his collar.

She shoved him against the wall and pressed up against him as she assaulted his mouth. He gripped her hips as he ground his still clothed erection against her exposed core, taking delight in the moan it elicited. Pulling back some she began to unbutton his jacket as she licked a trail to his ear, whispering in it, "Freed, make me yours," then nipped it.

Freed's inner demon roared in delight and he began to feast upon her body like a ravenous wolf, shoving her against the wall and sucking on her neck as he palmed her chest with both hands.

"Ahh! Yess Freed! I need more!" She called out in pleasure as she reached down and undid his pants while rubbing her clit with her tail. He swatted her tail away and began inserting his fingers, pumping in and out as he moved his mouth to her neglected nipple. Lucy threw her head back as she moaned his name.

"Fuck!" Freed couldn't help his reaction as he finally felt her hand reach its destination and pulled him free of his restraints. She let go and he looked up at that beautiful, breathless flushed face and almost lost it as she seductively winked at him before licking her hand and reaching down to grip him once more. His eyes rolled to the back of his head and he moaned into her chest as her wet hand began pumping him, thrusting into it some.

His reaction was her undoing as her body convulsed and she clamped down on his hand riding out the high of her orgasm. Once she had come down from her high she pushed Freed off and dropped to her knees so she could take his full length into her mouth, looking up into his lovely mis colored eyes.

"Gods Lucy! Ahh…" Freed braced himself against the wall with one hand and cradled the back of her head with the other as he began thrusting into her mouth. She moaned with every thrust and it wouldn't take long with how enticing she looked with his cock thrusting in and out of her. He watched as she fondled herself and inserted her tail inside her, pumping it into herself at the same pace of his thrusts. It didn't take long before the waves of another orgasm shot through her body and her moans vibrating on his cock, spurring on his own release as he watched her unravel with him in her mouth, shooting his cum into her throat…

Freed's eye went back to normal and he panted in exhaustion as his mind began to clear. Lucy was no longer there, and he looked down in confusion at his hands gripping his now limp dick, one holding a heavily soiled handkerchief while the other still held his penis. "What's happening to me?" He questioned himself out loud as he reached down for his sword that he apparently dropped on the ground at some point. 'I can't leave this here because of the rune knights coming, it could complicate our situation. The slayers will smell it if I don't hide its scent.' Holding out the handkerchief and pointing his sword towards it he began to encase it in runes to hide its scent before shoving it in his pants pocket in disgust at himself. 'I can't believe what I've done during a mission and right after saving a guild mate at that….' He shoved his member back into his pants and straightened out his clothing back to presentable. 'I don't even know how long I've been out here. And it feels like Lucy's magic has calmed down and is no longer pulling at my own like before. I wonder what that could mean, I should get back to them just in case.' Freed wrote another rune to be safe and prevent the slayers from smelling any evidence on himself before dropping the barrier he placed while entering his trance earlier and made his way back inside the mansion.

*Back with Aquarius and Lucy. *

Aquarius had just finished putting her star dress on Lucy when Lucy began to partially transform to her white hair, claws, and rune tattoo. Her cheeks were flush, and her breathing became erratic as she tossed in her sleep.

"Lucy…" concerned, Aquarius felt her forehead to make sure her master hadn't caught a fever out of no where but was caught off guard as Lucy moaned in her sleep. "Tsk. Stupid girl having dreams like that while I'm around." Annoyed with her she began to gather water and planned on waking Lucy from the dream as punishment but stopped as something caught her eye. "What's this…" She looked over Lucy's belly button as the rune tattoo began to form a sigil on it as well as more runes surrounding it. Ignoring Lucy's moans, she watched as the tattoo kept growing before her eyes and placed a finger on it tracing it. "Some of this is ancient celestial writing but I can't make out this other part… Crux needs to be here for this." Finally, the tattoo stopped growing along with Lucy's moans, Aquarius looked up as Lucy's hair began fading back to blonde. "So, something with her dream made her rune tattoo progress. Tsk, I don't like this." Lucy's transformation was gone, and Aquarius looked back down towards the tattoo and was surprised it didn't fade like the rest of her transformation.

"Is she presentable now?"

Aquarius jumped at the question and looked back to find Freed at the door. "Ya she's dressed now." She turned back towards Lucy and looked at the tattoo again, something about it disturbing her. "Come here and look at this, she transformed again in her sleep and you might know since you're a rune mage."

Freed walked over to the other side of Lucy to get a look at what Aquarius was staring at. "A rune tattoo?" He asked in fascination and put his face closer to examine it better. "Some of these look like the language used in the rune barrier placed on our guild, the others I've never seen before."

Aquarius grinned at him, "Well of course you haven't, it's ancient celestial but I can't help you with the rest, it's why I called you over. Her tattoo grew during her transformation this time but stayed once it faded. I have no clue what it means…"

A thought occurred to Freed now as he looked over the tattoo and a glimpse of earlier came to mind, 'Could she have possibly been there or caused me to do that?'. "I will look into it for you, you have my word." Freed reassured Aquarius while also trying to reassure himself. There has yet been a puzzle he could not solve and this one was looking rather intriguing.

Laxus having picked up Freed's scent again chose now to enter the room and inform them the rune knights contacted him while Freed went off earlier. "While you were off giving yourself some space," his piercing blue eyes glared towards Freed who shifted under his gaze, "which I don't suggest you doing again, the knights called to inform me that they will be arriving within an hour. I would like all of us to gather in the main room, so we can go over how much information to give them and what to do about her because I don't think they need to know she transformed." Laxus waved his hand towards Lucy still sleeping on Aquarius' tail.

Aquarius got up and began moving towards the door and carrying Lucy. "I won't be able to stay that long. You had a memory make mage with you correct? I believe I remember seeing him during her battle." She looked over her shoulder, questioning Laxus and Freed.

"Yes, why?" Laxus raised an eyebrow in confusion at what the mermaid wanted Rufus for as the two men followed her out the door.

"He's going to extract her memories since I can't stay for the knights. Lucy doesn't need to wake up nor speak with rune knights just yet. It will also prove useful to have her memories documented for later… Just in case. But I am warning you, no one will like what they're about to see." A small tear escaped Aquarius' eye as she looked down towards Lucy, entering the main room. She was about to witness everything for a second time, remaining helpless to her loving master.

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