Hello everyone! sorry for my little freak out however long ago that was. I honestly forgot aha. Thank you to the people who commented. You made me feel a lot better and the only way i can really thank you is by updating the story. So thanks. I wont abandon the story. I was just really pissed and didn't mean it because i really like this story and i write it with rein and that wouldn't be fair for her. anyways, i hope we're done with those types of comments now that I've made a separate chapter for it. that's it so have fun and thank you guys again for all your support. I'm OK so don't worry!

Lucy's birthday celebration was an event everybody wished to attend. Each year, her papa would make it better than the previous by adding more events and activities you could do. This year, it was carnival themed since Lucy was getting older. Her papa used to rent all sorts of animals like horses, goats, and bunnies for her to play with. Or many bouncy houses or actresses dressed as princesses. But those types of things were for little kids and this is Lucy's 16th birthday.

There was a Ferris wheel, many carnival games to play, and rides that were spread out throughout the large backyard. Right now, Lucy was with all her friends, walking around and admiring what papa did this year. There was Cana, Juvia, Gray, and Levy. It's too bad papa doesn't let her invite all her old friends that are somehow associated with the Dragneel clan. Like Erza is a lawyer, just like her parents. Lisanna, Mira, and Elfman's parents were politicians, though none of them followed in their footsteps. Mira is a famous model, Elfman is one of those fake wrestlers, but is one of the bigger wrestlers out there, and Lisanna is much more normal, choosing to be a veterinarian. Of course, they all have their magic. Elfman uses his the most since he fights with his beast takeover magic. Lisanna was never much of a fighter and barely uses her magic ever.

And then there's Gajeel. He's in one of the sects of the dragon clan. There're seven sects in total and they're all lead by a dragon slayer and each have their own responsibilities. There's Sting in one sect and Rouge in another. Their mostly known for their excellent fighting abilities and often form a team to take over a new territory. Their magic complements each other very well, and both sects get thoroughly trained in martial arts and whatever dragons technique they follow. Cobra has a smaller sect. He specializes in poisons and how to make use of them in the gang. Many assassinations have been done by Cobra's sect, and he does it so flawlessly that the poison could be untraceable in the targets system if they want a death not to be known as a murder. Wendy's sect is known for they're amazing medical knowledge and support magic. If they're taking over a new territory, they often send some people from the Wendy's sect to support and heal any injured. Laxus is usually the diversion team. He can manipulate the weather and cause storms as long as he's in the general area. They need his ability if they need to clear out a particular area. Everyone scurries away once it starts pouring down rain with thunder and lightening zapping the streets and any long metal poles. Then there's Gajeel's sect. He makes weapons and any other kind of metal object they'd need. Gajeel often makes amazing swords for Erza to help motivate her, or he makes iron knuckles or torture devices for when things get dirty.

Lastly, there's Natsu's sect. Besides the leaders of the other six sects, higher ups who have done a lot for the clan will often gather in Natsu's sect. If they have excellent strategizing abilities or have a calm voice of reason that Natsu could use for when he gets really fired up and needs to be reminded of certain things. His sect also has the most people besides Sting and Rouge. But he often has to deal with fakes and people who wish to climb to the top quickly.

It's strange because their clan operates kind of like a military. They all have their own groups who work together to perfectly succeeded in their plan. Natsu is the leader of all the Sects because he's the most powerful. Despite Natsu handing down orders, they all function relatively independently. Natsu doesn't need to watch over all their shoulders. They all trust one another since their parents were good friends. Lucy wishes her father was close and was able to be helpful to Natsu like he used to do with Igneel, but ever since mom died, he has it set in his head that mom loved uncle Igneel, which Lucy knows for a fact isn't true, since her mother feel in love with him because of the contracts her goddess was in with different men, her father. She would tell him the truth, but there's many reasons she can't. For one, papa is one hundred percent sure that Igneel and her mom were together. No matter how much she tried to convince him, he would always end the conversation by saying she wasn't allowed to see Natsu no matter what. The second reason she hasn't told him the truth is because if she explained that mom only loved him because of the contracts, he would probably feel even more hurt that their love was kind of fake. And the third reason is because she would have to tell him that she and Natsu have been together and have always loved each other because of the bond of Natsu dragon and her goddess.

It sucks because she wants papa to support Natsu. And not only support but approve of him as her boyfriend. She knows that will never happen though because Natsu told her that the first day he met her, papa already hated him and his family for being so close to her mom and her. Even before he suspected mom and uncle Igneel of being together, he already hated Natsu to the bone.

It makes Lucy sad thinking about it as her mind wonders to Natsu and how she wished he was here with her. She'll see him again tonight like always, but she wished they could really celebrate her birthday together and get him to warm up to her friends more, though Lucy actually really likes how Natsu only treats her nicely. It's obvious he only loves her…

She couldn't help her huge grin and rosy cheeks at that thought. Last night was the best. Finally losing their virginities together was so special and romantic… It was the best birthday ever, and the fact that Natsu killed someone to such a bloody point because they ruined her birthday cake made her feel a bit aroused. She doesn't know why, but the dark, bloody dragon inside him was sexy. He's so— just so unbelievably hot. His possessive behavior, body covered in blood and olive eyes so sensual and hungry when he looks at her.

She waddled along in her summery outfit a bit lazily. A pair of very short light blue shorts that are warn, a black crop top tank top, and one of her boyfriends' flannel black and red plaid shirts that was very large and loose on her body like a shall. It fell over her shoulders and rested in the crook of her elbows. To finish her outfit, she had gold strappy sandals and the star necklace with a fire opal on her collarbone, which Natsu gave her last night. She toyed with the piece of jewelry as walked in an out of it and distracted fashion. Her friends happened to notice her almost drooling gaze, causing Cana to nudge Gray's arm with a smirk.

"What do you think is goin on in her head?"

"Nothing a normal person would fantasize about, that's for sure."

Gray rolled his eyes at his little sister, despite how they weren't related. Lucy was his little sister though, and that's all. Natsu always got pissed at him for being protective of her when he would say things like how he wants to have sex with Lucy. Well of course Gray would get angry… No older bother wants to hear some guy talking about fucking his little sister. He always felt weird when Lucy talked about Natsu in detail. She didn't know any better since he, Natsu, and Jude sheltered her a lot. Talking about sex was like talking about the weather for her. She knew to only talk about it with her close friends, but with a face like that, its difficult to not know what she's thinking about.

Sighing, Gray began to walk away, knowing full well what conversation was coming, but he made sure to kiss Juvia's forehead before he left. "Listen to Lucy for me and tell me what she says later."

Juvia nodded because this was quite the normal conversation between them. Gray wanted to know what was going on with Natsu and Lucy, but he didn't want to know all the details Lucy adds and how aroused and excited she gets while talking about it.

"Juvia understands."

After one more kiss goodbye, Gray runs off, leaving just the three girls to surround the still distracted and drooling Lucy. Once she bumps into Cana, Lucy blinks at her three good friends in confusion. "What's wrong? Why have we stopped?"

"Let's go somewhere more private!" Cana drags Lucy by the hand to the Ferris wheel with the other girls following after. They didn't have to wait in line since Lucy is the birthday girl and sat in their seats. Juvia and Cana together and Lucy and Levy on the other side. "So, tell us about your birthday night with Natsu~" Cana purrs in a teasing manor.

It makes Lucy blush a bit as she continues to toy with the necklace. Her thumb runs along the back to feel the engraved symbols, and she can't help her face turning mushy as she daydreams again.

"Focus Lucy!" Cana snaps in her face, causing the blonde to blink up at her in surprise. Cana sighs and pulls out a flask from her purse and takes a sip. "What happened with Natsu?" She asked again.

Lucy gets excited that she gets to tell someone about what happened, so she starts from the very beginning and relays every detail from Natsu killing the guy because of the cake, then talks very enthusiastically about the bathtub, to the bed, to Natsu refusing to have sex because she'd get hurt. Then she talks about how much it hurt, but then when Natsu told her to beg. After she finished about the sex, she told them how she remembered her mom and how Natsu cheered her up with their strong bonds made from adhesives. Then she told them how he sang to her and how she ate the cake. And lastly, she told them about the necklace he gave her and how they slept through the night cuddled together shortly after.

She was out of breath by the time she finished but was so unbelievably happy. Levy was the first to speak up as she held her hand with a bright smile on her lips. "That's so great Lu chan! I'm happy that you're happy!"

She nodded enthusiastically. "I am!"

"So you finally lost your V card, Hmm?" Cana teased. Cana is the the same age as Natsu and Gray, and she is a bit wild, so she lost her virginity long ago. But since Lucy lost hers, Cana automatically turned to Juvia. "When are you and Gray doing the deed, Hmm?"

"J-Juvia doesn't know. Gray sama is like Natsu and always avoids talking about it." She suddenly jumped, and an excited smile lifted her lips. "Do you think Gray sama is scared of hurting Juvia like Natsu was with Lucy? Juvia would be so happy if that's true!"

"It would make sense…" Lucy thought back to last night and grimaced a bit. "It did really hurt, but Natsu let me be in control for that part. It felt really good after the pain though. It's worth it and it will only hurt once so you should just get it over with!"

"What did it feel like?" Juvia asked. She was genuinely curious.

"Well, I could feel Natsu throbbing inside me and the way he moved his hips and kind of ground was really nice! And then he drank my blood, so it felt even better. I was tingling all over, and was oddly sleepy, yet restless at the same time." Lucy suddenly shivered with her thighs rubbing together. "And when he was so sinful and told me to beg, it was really hot! Ahh, I wanna go do it since I'm thinking about it so much!"

"You're kind of a pervert Lucy." Cana laughed after taking another sip from her flask. "Was Natsu really that good?"

"Yes!" She hugged herself, another shiver shaking her body. "Maybe we can do it again tonight?"

Her friends started to tease her as they went around the ferris wheel many times, but they were having fun being girls. She suddenly realized that only her, Cana and Juvia were talking and Levy is silent. It made Lucy frown. Levy is her best friend. She's always been the closest to Levy, so Lucy could tell when she got sad. It made Lucy sad too.

"Levy chan? What's wrong?"

All the attention was now on the petite blunette, and it made Levy a bit embarrassed. "It's nothing, Lu chan. It's your birthday and you're having a great day! How could I be unhappy?"

That didn't convince Lucy though. "Don't lie… What's wrong? It might be my birthday but that doesn't mean your feelings don't matter."

Levy's lips trembled as she looked away. "I-I'm jealous, okay? You and Natsu are so happy together and are so in love but I've never even had a crush before… Even Juvia and Gray are happy, and Cana can get any guy… But I'm all alone."

"Juvia doesn't think Levy needs a boyfriend to be happy. Juvia was still happy just being close to Gray sama…"

Levy nodded, but still spoke up. "But you were happy because you had someone you liked. I don't even have that."

"Men are all useless pigs." Cana deadpanned. "Juvia is right, you don't need one. You're still young, Lucy is just really early into this."

"What if I set you up with someone?" Lucy held Levy's hand and smiled at her reassuringly. "He seems kind of mean, but he's actually a huge teddy bear once you get to know him."

Levy peeked up at her while wiping her small tears away. "Really? You know someone?"

"Mhmm!" Lucy grinned. "He'll like your feisty personality and will think your amusing. Though, he has a habit of naming people after animals. I'm bunny and—" Lucy cut herself off with her lips shut tight. She was going to say he started Natsu's Salamander nickname, but Levy would get scared off if she knew Gajeel was in Natsu's clan. It was best to keep it a secret for now.

"And what?" Levy asked, genuinely curious.

"And he's named many others too— he's also your type! You know, muscly, and unruly! Like those guys in the magazine!"

"He sounds really amazing!" Levy's eyes were shining, and it made Lucy smile. "Please set me up, Lu chan!"

"I will! I'll ask—" Lucy cut herself off again because she was going to say she'll ask Natsu to tell him, but she can't say that to Levy. "I'll ask him next time I see him! Promise!"

Levy hugged her tightly and was in an amazing mood the rest of the day. They played games and won prizes, screamed on roller coasters and ate lots of different food. It really was her best birthday yet!

They happened to wander past a fortune teller booth that Cana rolled her eyes at. It looked pretty tacky and fake. She does fortunes. It's her magic, but this guy had one of those crystal balls and a turban on his head like you see in the movies.

They all didn't really believe it, but jokingly approached just to have some laughs. Lucy was the birthday girl, so her three friends sat her in the chair and crowded around her to await her fortune.

"You're the birthday girl, Hmm?"

"Yep!" Lucy smiled, though she wasn't too excited. The man didn't seem to notice and gazed in the swirling ball that had purples and blues and pinks. They were all a little surprised when the ball flickered with a golden light, which soon washed over it like a wave until the globe was shining brightly.

"Your magic is very beautiful, Miss Heartfilia. Like glittering stars."

Cana rolled her eyes because this wasn't fortune telling. This was taking information he already knew and making it onto something. It definitely isn't a fortune though.

"Thanks." Lucy was a bit disappointed as well. She was about to get up, thinking the fortune was over, but the ball suddenly fogged over like smoke. It was soon completely pitch black. The fortune tellers eyes widened at what he saw, his lips pursing and fingers twitching around the ball.

"I sense darkness. Lots of darkness." Her friends didn't believe it, but for some reason, his words made Lucy's heart drop.

"W-what kind of darkness?"

The fortune teller looked anxious but replied honestly. "Death. Someone wants your life. To bury your light in darkness."

The ball changed color again this time a pure red that soon ignited into orange flames. Bits of black could be seen peeking through the jumbled mess of hot colors. She thought of Natsu when she first saw it, but when the man spoke, his words scared even himself.

"War." He withdrew his hands quickly, a frightened expression on his face. "Civil war."

"What do you mean? Civil war? Against the king?"

"Come on, Lucy." Cana rolled her eyes for the who knows what time. "This guy has to be an actor because there won't be a civil war. Not in your lifetime, and why would it be in your fortune? He's just trying to scare you!"

She glanced at the fortune teller again, who looked very scared himself. If he was an actor, he was a very good one. But why would someone hired by her father try to scare her like this? That doesn't seem very logical. Just as she was about to ask, the man spoke up instead.

"That's right, Miss Heartfilia… I apologize for my joke, I didn't mean to make you so frightened." He had a tight smile that Lucy didn't believe one bit.

"See he's just an asshole! Let's go Lucy!" Cana grabbed her hand and tugged her out of the chair. Lucy's mind was a mess because she believed it. She doesn't know who wanted her life, and she doesn't know what this civil war meant either, but she was a bit frightened by his words.

Cana stopped at a picnic table and sat her down. Levy sat beside her, but the two other girls didn't take a seat. "Juvia and Cana will go look for Gray sama." That's all that was said, leaving Lucy with Levy. Nobody talked, but Lucy didn't notice. Her mind was in a frenzy and she didn't know what to think. Was there really going to be a civil war? If there was a war, who would be fighting it? And why did her light get smothered by the darkness? It doesn't make sense. She's never had an enemy her whole life and mom didn't either. Maybe it was someone on papa's side? Does he have any enemies? He does business with a lot of different people, so he could have many people trying to take him out for one reason or another so maybe she's getting sucked in as well?

"Lu chan, how about we get something sweet? There's a cotton candy stand. I'll go get some." She held Lucy's hand in concern and tried to catch her eye, but Lucy's gaze was lowered to her lap. "Do you have a certain flavor you want? Maybe pink or blue?"

"Pink is fine. Thanks Levy chan." She still didn't look up, but Levy left to get the cotton candy anyways.

Her mind drifted off again, not paying attention to anything and just replying what the fortune teller said over and over. He only spoke a few sentences, but the display on the ball spoke a lot for him.

"Lucy Heartfilia?"

She glanced up at the voice across from her and furrowed her brows a bit. It was a man who had long white hair and a long beard, mustache and a black eyepatch over his left eye. She's never seen him before, but it was her birthday, so he must be here to congratulate her or something. She wonders who he is because she has a bit of an uneasy feeling around him.

"Yes, and you are?"

"Just call me Hades." He extended his hand out for her to shake, and Lucy was always taught to be polite. At least when it comes to the public. So she reached out her hand to shake, but as soon as their skin touched, Lucy felt a small zap. The lights flickered off, and the machinery of the surrounding stalls and rides slowed to a stop. Her magic serged forth with her goddess fighting to come out.

Her goddess isn't just a second person in her mind. She also had her own magic abilities that Lucy can't use. Only her goddess can use them, so she had to let her take over to do it. And right now, she wanted to purify the man in front of her. Which meant nothing good. If he's so dark that her goddess is desperately trying to take over, then that speaks volumes about his magic!

Lucy quickly pulled her hand back and stood up off the bench. The man looked just as shocked as she did, but soon after that, his expression morphed into one of hatred.

Just as Lucy was about to begin screaming at this evil man, he papa came running over and immediately held her by the shoulders with a worried expression. "Are you okay, pumpkin? Did anything happen to you?"

Lucy shook her head, Happy her father cared about her so much, but she still glared at the man who was still kind of stuck frozen on the bench. "Who is that man papa? His magic is very evil! So evil my magic reacted badly to it and made the power outage! I don't want him at my birthday party! Make him leave!"

Jude looked angry when he heard Lucy's words and quickly turned to the perpetrator his daughter spoke of. Once his eyes landed on Hades, he suddenly grew anxious. His daughter is the most important person to him and he'd do anything to make her happy, but Jude was well aware of Hades dark magic because that magic was used to kill Igneel. His daughter would never forgive him if she found out about that, so he was scared to pick a side. Though Hades was in the wrong because what was he doing talking to his daughter alone like this? It made him a little angry, but he and Hades weren't friends. When he and Igneel were business partners, Jude could be completely honest and say whatever he wanted to him, knowing that Igneel wouldn't lay a hand on him, despite his immense power. Hades is different. They are business partners and he is the leader of a very dark gang. He doesn't want to say anything that could ruin their relationship. But most importantly, he didn't want to put a target on Lucy's back.

"It's okay, pumpkin. Papa knows him. He won't hurt anyone." He moved his hand up to affectionately pat her head, but Lucy pushed his hand away, causing his heart to break.

"How do you know him?! He's bad! His magic is evil! You can't trust him papa! Why did you invite someone like that to my birthday party!?"

"It's okay…" on the inside, Jude's heart was breaking hearing how mad she was at him. "He's a business partner. He won't hurt anyone, pumpkin. I promise."

Lucy got even angrier hearing he's affiliated with such an evil person and was so angry she could explode. She stormed away, done with her birthday party, leaving her papa to clean up the mess with all the machines stopping because of that weird magic serge.

She stormed inside the house, ran up the stairs to her room and slammed the door shut behind her. She didn't expect for a familiar voice to call out to her, causing all her frustration to melt into tears as she ran over to the bed and immediately jumped on top of her boyfriend.

"Baby, what's wrong? What happened?" Lucy sniffled and peeked up at him with tear filled eyes. Natsu's heart broke seeing her like this, and gently brushed her tears away with his thumb. "Tell me, I'll fix it. I promise."

"W-well… first all my girlfriends and I were walking around the carnival having fun. We saw a fortune teller booth and we decided to do it for fun, not really taking it seriously. Then the guy said someone is trying to kill me. And then he said there will be a civil war."

Natsu just let her cry into his chest gently massaging the back of her scalp.

"I-it sounds stupid when I say it out loud, but I—I believe him. I don't know why, but I do." She sighed softly, but then her lips suddenly trembled as she remembered her second encounter. "And then after that, I sat at a picnic table with Levy. Cana and Juvia went to find Gray and Levy went to get me some cotton candy so I was alone. Then this creepy guy sat across from me. He had an eye patch and long white hair. Just really freaky. He shook my hand after introducing myself, but every ounce of magic in my body fiercely reject him. All the roller coasters, machines, and lights turned off because of it. Papa came over to make sure I was okay, and then he told me he does business with this guy! Like what the heck! My magic is light and pure, and it rejected him so strongly! I'm not stupid! That man is evil, and I don't like papa doing business with him!"

Natsu was extremely anxious hearing her words. Long white hair, eye patch. That was awfully familiar, but he had to make sure. "Did you catch the guys name?"

Lucy nodded. "Hades."

Natsu's heart dropped to the floor hearing that name. The memories of last night and that guy he killed saying that Hades real target is Lucy. What does he want with her? Why did he talk to her? But whatever the reason, Natsu hated it! Even if Hades wasn't after Lucy, he would still hate it!

He grew a bit panicked, unsure what to say because he was keeping quite a few secrets from her. It was all for Lucy's safety, but still! He didn't want to make her mad, but he couldn't hide the turmoil in his heart. Lucy noticed it and sat up a bit to look at him.

"Natsu? What's wrong? Do you know him?"

He swallowed thickly and gently shook his head. "N-no I don't. I just get a bad feeling from what you've said about him."

"You do too?" Lucy's body started to tremble because if Natsu got a bad feeling from him, then that wasn't good. Natsu has never cared much about other people's magic abilities. He's very confident and has every reason to be because he's strong. But if Natsu was intimidated from this guy, then that isn't good at all!

Lucy's heart felt anxious and uneasy. Natsu noticed her shaking body and quickly cupped both her cheeks and looked down at her full of love and reassurance with their foreheads almost touching. "I promise nothing will happen to you. I won't let anything happen. I'll take care of this Hades guy. Don't worry baby."

"I'm still worried…" Natsu lowered his head to hers and gently kissed her on her plump lips. Lucy closed her eyes in bliss, trailing her fingers up his neck to bury them in his spiky, salmon hair. "Natsu…" She sighed, the memories from the previous night coming back to her mind. How badly she wants him to make love to her again and again. "More—"

Natsu growled lowly, quickly rolling them over so he was on top, and slipping his warm hands under her tank top. The fabric slightly pulled up as he cupped her breast and kneeled the soft, round flesh. His lips moved around to kiss at her ear as his other hand undid the button of her shorts and slipped his hands under her panties to rub her clit sensually. Lucy whined with her chin tilted up and a pleasant moan escaping her lips.

"I love you in my shirt, babe." Natsu rasped into her ear. "You look better in my clothes than me."

"T-that's—! That's a lie…" Lucy sighed, her eyes slightly opening to look up at the ceiling. She gripped the back of his hair, her other hand grabbing a hold of his shirt and tugging it with her wrists flexed and nails scratching onto his back. "N-Natsu— ahh! I-I want—"

There was suddenly a knock at the door, and the noise of the knob turning.

"Pumpkin? Can I talk to you?" Lucy was dazed when the warm body suddenly rolled off the bed, leaving an aroused Lucy with her shorts undone, hair messy, and tank top pulled up her stomach. The man who came into her room stared at her body, about to get extremely angry. Lucy reacted quickly and suddenly burst into tears. She grabbed the blanket at the foot of the bed and bunched it in her lap like she was very upset. Jude completely forgot about his daughters rather lewd appearance and quickly ran over to her bed and sat on the ledge to comfort his crying daughter. "I'm sorry, Lucy. I didn't mean for this to happen. I don't know why Hades went to talk to you, but I'll have a very serious conversation with him to never do it again."

"B-but why was somebody so evil at my birthday party! He shouldn't have been there! I don't like him!"

"I'll make sure he won't ever come to another one, okay? He's just a business partner." He held her petite hand in his very large one and gently squeezed. "I'm sorry this ruined your birthday, but you still have all your presents to open, pumpkin."

Lucy nodded. "We have to write everything down and send thank you letters this year too."

Jude smiled lovingly and patted her on the head again. "Such a good girl. Your mother would be so proud." At the mention of her mom, Jude suddenly frowned even though he was the one to bring her up. "It's a good thing that Dragneel boy didn't show up. He has no right attending your birthday."

Lucy frowned and thought that her magic didn't react badly to Natsu's, but that Hades guy did and he still showed up, so why couldn't Natsu come? But she held it back because she didn't want to get in another argument with her papa. But she did say something else.

"Papa… why do you hate Natsu so much? He's harmless."

"He's not harmless, pumpkin." Jude sighed with a shake of his head. "There was a new story on the news this morning. They found a body beaten to a pulp in our neighborhood. They think Natsu did it."

Lucy got excited and aroused thinking about what Natsu did to that guy because he knocked over her birthday cake. Though, she did her best to hide it, but asked a few questions. "What did he do to the person?"

Jude sighed, but answered anyways. If she became scared of Natsu, it would be for the best. "His hand was almost melted off and he was strangled to death. Though it wasn't enough for him. Even after he died, Natsu broke all his bones in half, bit chunks of skin off and spit it out like some beast. He's not human, pumpkin. You shouldn't have any type of feelings for him."

Lucy's whole body trembled as goosebumps shivered along her skin. She looked down unable to meet her fathers eyes from the aroused expression on her face and the endless rubbing of her thighs.

Jude saw her shaking and assumed it was Lucy being scared. He quickly hugged his trembling daughter and patted her on the back. "There there… it's okay pumpkin. I won't let him get near you, okay?" She didn't respond, unable to answer him in this state because she fears her voice would betray her words. Jude pulled away from her and held her by her petite shoulders with a frown. "Let's go do something fun, okay? How about we open your presents or ride some rides together and get some food. We've barely talked all day and I want to celebrate your birthday with you too. How does that sound?"

Lucy wanted to say no and continue with Natsu where they left off, but she has just as hard of a time saying no to papa as she does with Natsu. So, she nodded, finally taking a deep inhale and releasing it to look up at her papa. "Okay! I still haven't gone on any of the spiny rides. You're stronger than me and can make them spin faster, right papa?"

"Of course." He smiled at his daughter and stood up from the bed. Lucy didn't quite get up yet and shifted around a bit to fix her clothes under the blanket before finally hopping off and following her dad out of the room.

"I'll be back later."

She said it out loud for Natsu, though her dad only raised a brow at her. Natsu heard it loud and clear and got out from under the bed once the door was shut after the father and daughter pair left. For a moment, Natsu just sat on the ground, trying to process his feelings. The first thought that came to him was the scent Lucy was releasing when Jude told her about what he did to that guy. Natsu never went into detail about it because he was scared Lucy would fear him, but she had the complete opposite reaction. She was aroused and it was hot. Getting turned on because he murdered someone for her—

Natsu sighed. Lucy's a weirdo.

After that thought, his mind traveled to Jude. He doesn't like Jude one bit. He killed his father, allowed Hades close to Lucy, and is keeping Lucy as far away from him as possible. Yet Natsu does somewhat respect him because of how much he cares for Lucy, even if he thinks keeping him away from her is the solution. It's obvious how much Jude loves her, and Natsu understands. Honestly, if there was a competition to see who loved Lucy more, Natsu's sure it would come out as a draw. He loves Lucy more than life, and Jude feels the same way. If Jude didn't do such a horrible thing to his father, Natsu would really try to earn his approval and not go behind his back so much. But the truth of it is, Natsu does hate Jude and he feels a bit better about what Jude did to his father by going behind his back like this and fucking his pure daughter right under his nose. It's a constant battle with himself, because Natsu really does look up to Jude as a father. When he and Lucy have kids, he hopes he'd be as good of a father as Jude is. He may be doing a few things wrong, but the bottom line is, he was doing all this for Lucy's sake. Jude didn't want him near Lucy for Lucy. Killing Igneel was personal gain, but Natsu knows there's a part of Jude that was thinking Lucy didn't need to call Igneel her uncle when he believes Lucy's mom and the love of his life cheated on him with Igneel. It's only normal that Jude would want to kill Igneel with those beliefs because if he and Lucy were in the same situation, there's no doubt about it. He would kill the guy way past death and even torture him after death.

He sighed and stood up, wondering around Lucy's room and scenting random things while he waits for her. It's what he's been doing since he got here, and Lucy had a lot of stuff, so he could scent for a long time. But after Lucy gets back, he's fucking her until the sun comes up. There's no doubt in that.