Hey guys! Back again, how have you guys been? Recently I've been addicted to this new anime called Strike The Blood, 2 episodes in and I was in love! The manga is twice as awesome! Buuut I've been doing some research on some new stories I'm working on look forward to them! I'm trying to update my stories whenever I can but school has been a reeeeaaaal hassle. Read and Review kay? REVISED:


Previously on T.I. :

"I'M STILL HERE! AND YOU HAVE A LOT OF EXPLAINING TO DO LUCY! WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON!?" Gray fumed and stopped his feet.

"Geh! I forgot you were here Gray. Ah, this is not going to be good!" Lucy grabbed her hair in frustration.

"I don't care, I'm sleepy." Natsu laid back down and pulled the covers over himself. Lucy and Gray's eyebrows twitched.

"YOU GET UP TOO!"


"So, start explaining." Gray sat on Lucy's couch with a stern look on his face, his arms folded.

"From what happened in the infirmary or last night?" Lucy fidgeted nervously on her bed, now fully clothed.

"Well it shouldn't be that long of a story, it's only been a day."

Natsu scoffed and rolled his eyes. "Yeah well, it's a long story when you're dealing with her."

Lucy growled and punched him on the arm. "None of this wouldn't have happened if it weren't for you!"

"What!? It's your fault for pushing me down the stairs!"

"You came on to me first!"

"Yeah right, you didn't even know my name yet you were all over me in the infir...ma...ry... wait a minute... you called my name in the infirmary, but we had just met." He turned to look at Lucy. "Then there's that dream we both had. The marriage." Lucy gasped.

"You're right! I remember now! But what happened to us last night? Last time we went into a frenzy we were still conscious we just couldn't control ourselves. What was so different then?"

Gray scratched his head in annoyance. "Waaaaiiiiiit a minute. What the hell are you guys talking about? What's going on!?"

Natsu stood up and placed his hands behind his head his bare muscles flexing at the sudden movement. Lucy swallowed subtly her mouth watering as her eyes were suddenly drawn to Natsu's bare chest and arms.

"Ahhh, this is a pain. Me and Lucy are married, we don't remember. We bit each other. We're both of the immortal race, the rare immortal race. We've nearly had sex like 3 time; 2 out of the three was Lucy's fault. We can't leave each other's side or we'll die. Levy said something about our subconsciousness or whatever trying to recreate the bond we once had. Or something like that."

Lucy's eyes bulged out of her head. 'Is he crazy!'

Gray stood up abruptly.

"Um... Gray?"

"You're married."

"Hah?"

"You've almost had sex 3 times in one day."

"C-calm down Gr-" "

You're marked."

"But-"

"You two are pratically strangers."

"Wai-"

"And you want me-"

"Gray-"

"To calm down!?"

Lucy put up her hand in defense. "But we've met before, we just... can't ...remem...ber."

"You, idiot!" Gray grabbed her shirt and shook her back and forth.

"Waaahhh! Gwaaay I'm sowwwyyyy!" Her eyes started to spin and she got dizzy.

"You idiot, you idiot, you idiot, you idiot, you idiot, you idiot, you idiot, you idi-" Lucy was pulled away from Gray by Natsu. He held her in his arms with a firm grip.

"Wait, Natsu!? What the hell are you doing?!"

Natsu surprised himself with the sudden action. He quickly released her and stepped away. "Wh- I don't know! My body just moved on it's own. I just felt really annoyed when he was touching you."

Lucy grew flustered at his words. "W-what's with you all of a sudden?!"

Gray grew even more tense. "Can someone please tell me I'm dreaming. Am I being pranked?!"

Natsu walked out of the room & Lucy quickly chased after him. "Oi Natsu! We aren't finished talking about this!"

"I am."

Lucy growled and chased him down the stairs. "Can't you be more serious than this!? We are in a very dangerous situation. We are putting our lives at risk if we don't find a way to get along with each other!" Natsu continued on his pursuit to the kitchen. "Hey are you even listening to me!? Natsu! Geez Natsu this isn't a game you kn-"

Natsu stopped walking a pushed Lucy up against a wall trapping her with his arms on either side of her. "Don't you think I know that!? I've spent so many years thinking that I was all alone and by myself! Thinking that the only family I had was that bastard Gajeel. Suddenly I meet you and I'm having memories of a loving mother crying to me on my wedding day, plenty of family members congratulating me that I've never even seen before. Memories of me and you; someone I supposedly just met, being in love, getting married, vowing to be together forever. How the hell am I supposed to respond to all of that!? I barely know who I am, let alone where I come from, you don't even know me! You don't know what I'm capable of, what I can do, or how dangerous it is to be around me! The only memories I have are painful ones, you've lived a carefree life up until now; I haven't. So you telling me to be more serious about this is unnecessary... I'm already seriously thinking about it so much that it's making me sick." Natsu moved away from Lucy and angrily walked out of the door, slamming it behind him.

Lucy, unable to say anything, fell to the ground in shock at the violent outburst she had received from him. Tears welled up in her eyes. She tucked her pale knees in and rested her head on them. She trembled as tears fell silently. Natsu's face was so serious that it scared her.

"Lucy, you okay?"

She sniffled and looked up at Gray. "Yeah, I'm fine. He just surprised me." Gray sighed and sat down next to Lucy. "You know Gray, I don't really get how me and Natsu are... married when we can't even hold a decent conversation with each other without arguing. It's really hard to believe that we actually loved each other enough to get married. How did we even fall in love in the first place?" She looked down solemnly and she played with the white carpet on her floor.

Gray sat silently, he didn't know what to say that'll make the situation any better so he just wrapped his arms around her. Lucy realized that Natsu stormed out of the front door and she stood up and ran after him. "Lucy!? Where are you going?!"

"To find Natsu!" She hoped he wasn't too far away because her neck was starting to throb. She sped down the sidewalk her bare-feet getting scratched on the pavement. "Natsu!" She continued running as fast as she could. "Natsuuuuu!" The pain was starting to grow. "NATSU!" Stumbling over her feet, she was sent tumbling to the ground.

"Yo~ missy. That was a hard fall~ You okay?" A group of creepy looking guys surrounded her. "My, my aren't you a cutie. Wanna hang out with us?"

Lucy stood and dusted herself off. "Sorry. I'm looking for someone."

One of the guys grabbed her arm. "Aw don't be like that missy. Just come play with us for a little while, it'll be fun~."

"I said no thanks." She pulled her arm but his grip wouldn't budge. Her neck started throbbing again. 'Crap- Why now!?'

"L-let me go!"

"We're gonna have a lot of fun missy."

She clenched her eyes shut. 'Save me, someone save me!' "NATSU-" She heard grunts and groans and the grip on her arm loosened. When she opened her eyes all of the creeps were laid out on the floor and Natsu was there, standing over all of them. He turned and walked towards her. Lucy wiped away her unshed tears and smiled in relief. "Nat-"

"You IDIOT!" He fell to the ground, out of breath.

"W-what?" She crouched down and looked at him.

"What if I wasn't there to save you. What the hell were you thinking!? You could've been raped!" He fell onto her shoulder letting out a heavy sigh.

"I-I was looking for you! You suddenly ran out! You know we can't be too far apart!" Tears pooled in her eyes. "I was scared!"

Natsu slowly wrapped his arms around her. He felt guilty. "Luce, I'm really sorry. I kinda lost it back there, I didn't mean to. I won't leave your side, I promise."

Lucy's eyes widened in surprise as her face heated up and her heart started beating faster. "N-natsu." He buried his face in her neck.

"What are we gonna do Luce? This situation is insane." She couldn't think straight with his toned arms wrapped around her and his breath so close to her neck. People were starting to stare at them as well.

"Um Natsu? I think we should head back to the house now. People are staring at us."

Natsu released his hold on her and stood up. He grabbed her hand and pulled her up off the ground. "Well, let's go." He squeezed her hand as they began walking.

She blushed scarlet as they continued to walk hand in hand. 'Why is my heart beating like crazy?'

Back at the house Gray was waiting impatiently. "Where the hell did they go!?" He thrashed around on her couch angrily. Lucy's door opened and the two walked in hand in hand laughing and talking. Gray peeked up from behind the couch. "Well aren't you two just getting along so well." He said monotonously.

Lucy quickly let go of Natsu's hand blushing. "W-well we have to if we don't want to die, r-right Natsu?"

"Yeah, I guess." He walked into the kitchen and began fixing a meal for himself.

"So... what are you guys gonna do?" Lucy plopped down next to Gray.

"Well, there's nothing we can do for right now. Except look for answers I guess."

Gray stood up and walked towards the door. "Well I have to meet Juvia so I'll be heading out." He looked towards the Kitchen. "Oi, Natsu." Natsu looked up from the stove to stare at him.

"Hm?"

"Take care of Lucy okay? You make her cry again and I'll kill you."

Natsu smirked. "Yeah, like you can kill me."

Gray smirked and walked out the door.

Lucy shifted nervously in her seat. The smell from the kitchen wafted into her nose. "Wow, something smells good." She walked into the kitchen and leaned over the bar. "You can cook?"

Natsu flipped the pancakes and glared at her. "Is it that weird for me to know how to cook."

Lucy giggled and rolled her eyes. "Uh, yeah. You don't seem like the cooking type." Lucy figured he needed a plate so she grabbed one and place it on the counter.

"Well I've been living on my own for like, I dunno... a century." She laughed. "Wow that's a preeeetty long time. It's amazing that you don't have wrinkles yet. What's your secret?" She said sarcastically.

"Lot's and lot's of sleep. It keeps the skin healthy."

She laughed and sat down at the table. He placed a plate of strawberry pancakes down in front of her. "Thanks! Strawberry pancakes are my favorite!"

He smiled and sat down with his plate of banana pancakes.

"How did you know I liked strawberry pancakes?"

He paused for a minute. "I... don't know. I just felt like you would like strawberry pancakes and before I knew it, I had already made them."

She smiled softly. "What's with that? Weirdo." She giggled and picked up her fork. "Thank you for the meal."

Her and Natsu chatted while they ate their breakfast. After breakfast Lucy and Natsu cleaned up and collapsed on the couch with full bellies.

"Oh hey, I need to go back to my place to pick up a few things. Since I'm gonna be crashing here for a while." He hopped off the couch and put his hands in his pockets. "You coming?"

Lucy stood up and walked towards the door. "Well of course I have to, unless you want us both to be in life threatening pain... again."

Natsu laughed and scratched the back of his head nervously. "Sorry about that."

She slipped on her shoes and waited at the door. "But um, you might wanna put on a shirt before we leave. You've kinda been shirtless the whole time." 'Not that I'm complaining.'

"Ah, sorry about that. Be right back."

Lucy waited at the door for him. When he came back down, now clothed in a shirt, he tossed Lucy her phone and car keys. "Ready?"

"Yeah, thanks." They both exited the powder blue house and drove off in Lucy's car. They pulled up at Natsu's apartment complex and got out.

"Wow, pretty fancy place. You live here?" Lucy looked at him in shock.

He raised his eyebrow at her. "Is that a problem?"

She put up her hands in defense. "Not at all,it's just you keep these surprises rolling huh?"

He frowned at her and they walked inside the grand building

"Wow~ It's so pretty!" Natsu grabbed her hand and pulled her to the front desk.

A man dressed in a nice suit. "Ah, welcome back Natsu-sama."

"Yo. Any mail?"

"Yes, just wait a moment." The tall man stood and went to the back to retrieve his mail.

"Pfft. Natsu-sama? What are you, rich?" Natsu raised his eyebrow at her again.

"Is that also a problem?"

Lucy's jaw dropped to the floor. "WHAT!? You, you're rich!?"

"Um, yeah. I've been rich for as long as I can remember. I don't see why you're so surprised, you're pretty wealthy yourself aren't you?"

Lucy sputtered. "W-well yeah I guess but I never knew how but I sure as hell wasn't gonna question it!"

"Then why are you questioning me?" He smirked.

"Because! I... Ugh!" Natsu gave her a triumphant look and she pouted and looked away. "Stupid." She muttered under her breath.

"Here's your mail Natsu-sama."

Natsu took his mail and walked off with his hand wrapped around Lucy's. "Thanks."

Lucy blushed at the contact. "I can walk by myself you know!"

Natsu laughed at her. "Yeah, I know. You might get lost so I'm keeping you close."

They stepped into the elegant elevator together. "So which room is yours Natsu?"

"The penthouse."

Her eyes bulged out of her head. "No way!"

Natsu sighed and rolled his eyes at her antics. "Does everything surprises you?"

"Not really, you're just full of surprises."

The elevator gave them the signal that the couple had reached the very top floor. Natsu and Lucy steeped out of the elevator and into a very luxurious room.

"Wow~ It's sparkling. It's actually clean too! Funny, I took you for a slob."

Natsu's eyebrow twitched. "You're starting to irritate me."

Lucy smiled. "Ahahahaha, sorry sorry." She walked around exploring the large space. "It's so nice!" She followed him to his bedroom. "Huge~!"

He immediately walked into his walk in closet and started packing some clothes.

Lucy walked over to the bed and flopped down on it. "So soft~" She rolled around on the King sized bed in amusement. She kicked her shoes off and jumped on the bed.

"Kyahahahahaha! This is fun!" She belly flopped onto the bed with her face in one of the pillows. She inhaled the scent.

'Ah, it smells just like firewood and pine trees; just like Natsu. It smells nice, comforting.' She smiled and inhaled the scent again.

"Glad you're making yourself at home." He looked at her questionably and dropped down his suitcase.

Lucy sat up nervously. "T-the bed was just so soft, I couldn't help it! S-sorry." She looked down nervously.

"Your hair is flying everywhere. You're like a kid." He walked over to her and ran his hands through her silky golden hair, smoothing it down. She looked up at him and their eyes locked. She seemed to get lost in those piercing onyx eyes. Natsu's hands remained in her hair as his face drew closer.

"N-natsu." Lucy tensed and her eyes never left his. Their faces were inches apart and their eyelids started closing.

"Meow."

A blue cat jumped into Lucy's lap, startling her and Natsu causing them to move apart. Natsu coughed and covered the growing blush on his face, Lucy looked down in embarrassment. 'What the hell were we doing?'

The cat in her lap meowed again and nudged her hand, wanting to be petted. "I-is this your cat Natsu?" Lucy laughed nervously.

"Y-yeah, his name is Happy." 'Damn cat.'

Lucy smiled at the pretty cat that was purring in her lap. "He's cute." She continued to pet happy as she looked around his room.

She noticed a note sitting on the nightstand. She picked it up and read it:

'Natsu, since you didn't come home last night I fed Happy and did your laundry. Your school uniforms are hanging up in the closet. I'll see you at school on Monday. Btw; be more responsible with your phone, I've been calling you for ours and I come over and your phone is sitting on the nightstand. Be more careful you doof. You better be at school on Monday! -Lis

'Who is she his girlfriend?' She felt a pang of jealousy at her own thoughts. "Hey Natsu, Who's 'Lis'?"

He turned around and looked at her. She waved the note at him. He took the note and read it. "Oh she's just a close friend that often took care of me when I first moved here like 3 years ago."

Lucy frowned as if she was unhappy with that answer.

Natsu looked at her questioningly. "What? You jealous?"

She puffed her cheeks and looked away in annoyance. "Why would I be?"

Nastu smirked and leaned in closer to her again. "I dunno, maybe because you're my wife?"

Lucy blushed and frowned at him. "I. am not. jealous."

He raised his eyebrow at her. "Sure, sure whatever you say, Jeally- I mean Lucy." Happy jumped up and walked across the room to curl up in his cat bed.

Lucy pushed him away. "I'm not jealous! I have no reason to be!"

"Yeah, yeah. Let's go. Oh, do you mind if I bring Happy?"

Lucy looked away from him. "I don't mind, here your phone." She tossed him his phone and picked up Happy. Natsu grabbed his luggage and his keys and followed after Lucy. When they reached the parking lot Natsu walked in a different direction from Lucy. "Uh, Natsu? My car is over here."

"I'm going to get my car." He yelled over his head. "I'll be right back."

'I figured he would have a car.' She walked over to her car and got in placing Happy in the passenger's seat. She pulled out and waited for Natsu at the exit. A car came roaring up next to hers. Lucy looked over and nearly had a heart attack. The sight was simply too much for her. It was Natsu sitting in a spotless, sleek Lamborghini. "Good lord, even the car he drives is hot." She mumbled to herself. Natsu let down his window and signaled for Lucy to roll down hers. She slowly rolled down her window swallowing harshly.

"What? You look like you saw a ghost."

She was utterly speechless.

"Toss me your phone Luce."

She tilted her head curiously. "Why?" "

Cause you don't have my number." Lucy tossed him her phone and he put his number in. He called himself on her phone and saved her number. He gave the phone back to her and rolled up his window. Lucy's phone started buzzing in her lap. The caller i.d. said 'My loving husband' with a bunch of wedding and kissy face emoji's. She picked up the phone and put it on handsfree mode.

"Hello? Your 'Loving Wife' speaking." She said monotonously.

"Hahahaha, that's funny. That's what I put for your name in my phone."

"You're such an idiot." She giggled as she started her engine. She pulled off and Natsu followed her.

"So I've been told multiple times."

"Hahahaha. That's not something to be proud of."

"Hey, you gotta take pride in everything you do."

"Hahahahahaha. You're really an idiot, a true idiot."

"Funny, I didn't really know you could laugh so genuinely. I've just mostly only heard you scream and yell. I like your laugh, it's like wind chimes. It's really cute. It makes me wanna hear it more."

Lucy's face turned red instantly at his words. Then her expression turned sad "Natsu..."

"Yeah?"

"Are you sure you want to... you know... live with me, reconnect the bonds we once had... get your memories back?"

"Of course I do. Whatever happened to make us forget, I won't let it happen again. We seemed happy when we were together; when we were in love. I wouldn't mind that happening again. It doesn't seem that bad. You know... I'm starting to like you Lucy. You're not bad at all."

Lucy used her hand to cover her mouth. Tears silently fell down her rosy cheeks.

"... You crying Luce?"

"No you idiot! W-why would I cry?!"

"Cause you're a weirdo."

"Shut up!" She smiled and pulled into her large driveway. Natsu pulled up next to her.

"Home sweet home. Hahahaha."

"Hang up the phone, idiot."

"Okay, okay."

He hung up the phone and hopped out of his car.

"You're probably gonna need a key to the house too right?" Lucy said as she got out the car. "Hmm, yeah I guess." They walked inside and he set his stuff down as Happy scampered over to Lucy's couch to curl up on it. "I'm gonna head upstairs and unpack." Natsu grabbed all of his bags with ease and walked up the stairs. Lucy collapsed on the couch. She couldn't help thinking about what Natsu had said earlier. 'He said he's starting to like me...' Her face grew red at the thought. 'He kept holding my hand too, I liked the way my hand's fit into his; it's perfect. Then we almost k-kissed in his room, if Happy hadn't interrupted... Why didn't I stop him?' BZZZT. The ringing of her phone jolted her out of the many thoughts that bolted around in her head because of that pink haired male. She grabbed her phone and pressed answer.

"Hello?"

"Lucy, You home?" A smooth but stern voice called out on the other end of the line.

"Yeah, why?"

"Well you planned a slumber party with me and the others remember? It's our girl's night tonight."

Lucy thought for a moment. "Oh yeah I totally forgot, so what time are you guys coming?"

"Well Levy, Juvia, and I have almost arrived so come and unlock the door. The other's will be here shortly as well."

"Kaaaay~ See you when you get here." She replied with excitement.

"Alright. Bye." Lucy hung up her phone suddenly really enthusiastic.

"Who was that on the phone?" Natsu called out from behind her.

"Erza, she and the other girls I hang out with are on their way over for a girl's night."

"Oh, sounds nice."

"Yeah, I know right!" Lucy smiled happily.

Lucy started walking away but stopped suddenly, all her previous enthusiasm gone.

"... DAMMMIIIIIITTTTT!" She grabbed her hair in frustration.

Natsu jumped, surprised by her outburst. "What!? What is it!?"

She turned around mechanically. "What. are. we. gonna. do. about. our situation."

Natsu thought for a moment. "I dunno, I'll just stay out of sight. I'll stay in my room, if you stay downstairs there won't be a problem then right?"

Lucy turned around to hi-five Natsu. "That's a great idea Natsu you're such a ge- WHERE ARE YOUR CLOTHES?!" She blushed fiercely and tried not to stare at his heavenly sculpted body or the towel that was hanging loosely and dangerously low on his hips.

He looked down and shrugged. "I came down here to ask you how to turn on your shower. I don't know how to use it. Mine's was voice activated so I have no idea what to press." She coughed and turned away quickly her blush growing rapidly as she pictured him in the shower. 'Bad Lucy! Stop it!' "Alright, come on I'll show you." As soon as she got nearly halfway up the stairs there was a knock on the door. Her eyes widened in fear. "Eeeep! They're here! You have to hide! Now!" She pushed Natsu back down the stairs. "Go back into the closet!"

"W-wait Luce, we're still on the stairs!" When they reached the bottom Natsu lost his balance because of the momentum he gained while Lucy was pushing him. Lucy saw him falling so she quickly grabbed his hand. 'Shit, this is how we met!' Both fell down the remaining steps. Natsu landed on his back and Lucy landed on top of him.

"Lucy? The door was open so we-" Erza froze at the front door as she witnessed Lucy and Natsu, what she deemed to be; kissing.


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-Dynasty.