I'm doing a double release today since I forgot to drop one yesterday so here it is. Chapter 9.

Thoughts:

The dragon/Dragon half of Natsu

Lucy

Natsu

Chapter 9

She did what?

Month: August

Lucy P.O.V.

Today is the last day of our month long vacation and the good news is that the power outage is over meaning we can go home and see our friends.

Natsu and I are in our room packing up our things when he says "I know we originally came out here so there was less chance of you getting hurt but I actually enjoyed it. What about you?"

I hum and say "I enjoyed it as well, maybe we could make it like an annual thing during the summer. Maybe after the Grand Magic Games each year take a month off to just relax?"

He grins and says "Yea I think we could work that out." I then look at the time and say "Natsu we have to go the train will be arriving in 10 minutes."

So we finish packing, check out and run to meet the rain. Once on the train he lays his head in my lap and I start running my fingers through his hair.

Next thing I know he starts snoring lightly and all I can do is smile at him. About 10 minutes from Magnolia station I try to wake him up saying "Natsu It's time to wake up."

Not one muscles moves, an eye lid doesn't even quiver. So then I say "Natsu, Happy's eating all the food again." Ding Ding Ding we have a winner.

Eyes shoot open, head pops up smacking into mine and leaving a red mark that stays for a good long minute. "Oh Luce why'd you put your head there?"

A vein throbs on my forehead but I ignore it and say "Because we're almost to the station baka."

At almost the same time I say that the train pulls into the station, and we grab our things and get off. I look at Natsu and say "It's almost 3 should we head to the guild first or do you want to head home and drop the stuff off?"

He taps his chin for a second before saying "Let's head home and drop the stuff off, then hurry to the guild. That should leave me with enough time to rough Ice princess up pretty well."

I nod and we head home, but when we get there we find there is no food whatsoever in the house so I say to Natsu "Change of plans, I gonna go grocery shopping and you can head to the guild by yourself."

He shrugs and says "Alright see ya at the guild later." Then walks out the guild. Meanwhile I grab a bit of money from our safe in the basement and walk to the market place.

I start going through and picking up things I need however I start getting a splitting headache and feeling a bit dizzy, but I grit my teeth figuring I can take something for it at home.

When I come to the spice section of the market, my nose starts to tingle and before I know it I have to sneeze, However when I do sneeze I feel a bit off heat from it before I black out.

Natsu P.O.V.

I am at the guild fighting with Gray when suddenly the doors burst open and I smell Loke. I immediately turn towards him knowing something is wrong because he only ever shows up in either a fight or if something is wrong with Luce.

So when I turn around I run towards Loke who is holding an unconscious Luce in his arms while next to him is Lahar who works for the magic council.

I ask Loke "What happened? Why is she out?" While taking Luce from him and walking to the infirmary in the back of the guild.

Then Loke says "I'm not quite sure, all I know is I felt something was wrong with her and when I went through the gate i found half of the market place burning and her unconcious."

I nod and say "Thanks Loke you can go back now, I'll watch her." He disappears in a cloud of smoke just as Wendy is coming to check on Lucy.

I sit in the chair next to the bed I placed Luce in and hold her hand the whole time Wendy's examining her. Finally Wendy pulls me aside and says "She's ok for right now but I think what is happening is the next stage."

I nod and say "Thank you Wendy" before walking back to Lucy's beside. The whole time i'm sitting there only one person comes in and that's Gramp's.

Gramp's looks at Luce and says "Is it what I think it is?" I nod my head and say "Yep apparently she's already entered the next stage."

He nods and says "Well at least you won't have to leave for this one, but can I ask you something?"

I frown but nod and he continues "Why weren't you with her?"

"Originally we were to stop at the house and then come straight here, but when we got to the house she said go on ahead to the guild because she had to do a bit of grocery shopping."

I say while looking at her.

Then something occurs to me. "Why was Lahar from the magic council here, I saw him with Loke when Loke brought Lucy in."

Gramp's waves his hand as if the issue didn't matter and says "Here on a mission of his own, but he did bring a bit of information you may want to know about though."

"What could that be?" I said cautiously.

"Just the fact that she burned half the market place." I look at the old man as if he's lost it, but he just nods his head. Then from outside the room we here "SHE DID WHAT?"

Gramp's says "Excuse me for just a minute Natsu it seems we have a bit of a hearing problem outside the door." With that he stands up, walks to the door, opens it and almost everyone in the guild falls through it.

"Didn't I tell you brats to leave us alone? Now I suggest that if you don't want repair duty for the next 2 years, then you disappear." Almost as if they were made of dust everyone disappears back into the main hall while Gramps shuts the door and returns to his seat.

"Natsu if she is gonna become as strong as we believe she then you can't leave her side for more than a minute. Now that doesn't mean smother her but that also doesn't mean let her go too far." I stare at the floor as I process what the old man is saying.

He continues on, though "The next time something like this happens, not only will it be bad for the guilds pocket but it could also be bad for you."

"Not everyone knows about the stages of change and if they see these giant fires popping up out of nowhere then they are gonna assume it's you and not a mate who doesn't have her powers under control yet."

He sighs and says "Look I'll leave you to your thoughts so you can figure this out but remember, and if I have to I will make this an order, stay by Lucy's side because right now she needs you now more than ever." and he walks out of the room.

Lucy P.O.V.

I open my eyes only to shut them again from the blinding lights in the room. The first thing I see is a head of pink hair lying on my arm, the next thing I see is that I'm in the guild's infirmary.

I try to sit up a bit which causes the head laying on my arm to wake up. "Lucy you're awake." He says while hugging me.

I smile then ask "Why am I hear Natsu? The last thing I remember is walking through the market."

He frowns and says "You apparently burned down half the market place, the only reason why you're here is because Loke opened his gate and found you before you could be hurt, but when he found you, you were already unconscious."

I try to stand up and would've fallen back down but Natsu catches me. "Luce what's the matter with you?"

I shake my head saying "I don't know, all I do know is that everything hurts my ears, everything blinds me, and my canines are sore."

'Ah that would be the second stage, my mate, it means your sense are heightening. It's gonna cause you a slight bit of pain up until about halfway through the third week, but you want to take it slow considering what happened when you smelled the spices.'

Natsu frowns and says 'Wait you knew that was happening and didn't bother to tell me?'

The dragon rumbles 'you stupid human, how many times do I have to tell you to pay attention to our mate? If you had paid attention you would've realized what was happening. The reason she accidentally set the market place on fire was because she had been smelling spices to use to make your favorite dinner tonight, but she didn't know it would cause her to sneeze fire.'

Natsu and I jerk our heads up so fast we could've had whiplash. "Wait I/you sneezed fire?" we say simultaneously.

They both get an image of the dragon taking his paw and almost face-palming. 'Yes it's very rare but with a bond such as ours it is possible for her to 'play' with fire.'

With that the dragon goes back to giving them the silent treatment. While Natsu and I just stand there looking like dummies trying to figure out what this all means, well that is until my stomach growls reminding me I haven't eaten anything since before we got on the train.

Natsu looks at me with a smirk saying "Guess you need something to eat?" I nod and he says "Well let's go to the bar and get you something to chow on."

With that he wraps an arm around my waist and I lean on him for support and comfort, as we walk into the main guild hall.

When we appear from the hallway, thankfully, no one notices us right away so we're able to get to the bar. That's when Mira notices us and says "Are you OK Lucy? And is it true that you started the fire?"

Before I say anything Natsu steps in and says "We'll talk about that later but right now can we get some food please Mira?"

The she-devil smiles and says "Sure, I'll be right back." While we're waiting Gajeel comes up and says "Hey Bunny girl how you feeling?"

I smile and say "I'm great" before noticing that Levy isn't in the hall. I turn to Gajeel and ask "Hey Gajeel where's Levy?"

He points towards the door that leads to the gigantic library under the guild and I say "Ah" in understanding.

Then he turns around and goes through the door he was just pointing to. After another 5 minutes goes by Mira returns with our food saying "Sorry it took so long had to wait for the bread to finish."

Laying a ham and cheese in front of me and a heaping plate of fire chicken in front of Natsu. I sniff and find that the fire chicken actually smells like chicken instead of ashes like it normally does.

I can even tell that the bread on my sandwich is super fresh just by taking a whiff. Then I start digging into my sandwich while Mira just stands there waiting for us to finish before she starts asking us questions.

Once I'm done eating she starts up being really blunt "Why did you burn the market place down?"

Before I can speak Natsu says in a low growl, although surprisingly I can hear him, "The second stage has begun and she sniffed one too many spices."

Mira looks at us with wide eyes and says "OK so then how was your vacation?" Changing the direction in a complete 180 that only She and Erza are able to pull off.

I cheer up and say "It was actually really fun and Natsu and I were planning on doing it again every summer after the Grand Magic Games."

The she-devil claps her hands together and says "Oh joy, now about your wedding" Again pulling off another 180 "With the surprise vacation we are a month behind so we're gonna have to pick a day for all the girls to meet.

When she pulls out a wedding planner's book that's a bit dusty, my nose starts to itch but when I go to sneeze Natsu puts his hand about 6 inches from my face effectively stopping the flames before they do any damage.

Mira sees this and says "How'd you know that she was gonna sneeze flames Natsu?" He shrugs and says "It's in the body language plus that's what happened at the market. She was smelling spices and ended up sneezing."

"But didn't she faint that time?" She says a bit confused.

"Well that time the flames actually were able to spread drawing on her magic, but this time I stopped that from happening, so only a little bit of her energy was used but not enough to make her tired." He says while still watching me. I just nod my head agreeing with what he said.

"Oh my so this whole month you'll could very well be setting things on fire whenever you sneeze?" We both nod ours head in agreement. Then she says "I have an idea."

She leans forwards conspiratorially and says "Why not make tomorrow a girls day that way we can go shopping and we can make up for the lost month of wedding planning."

"That sounds like a good idea, Mira."

"I'm going with you girls tomorrow." We stare at Natsu in surprise and I manage to sputter out "B-But y-y-you hate shopping."

"So what I'm coming with you." He says daring me and Mira to say otherwise.

I shrug "Fine with me but no whining." I glare at him to make sure he gets the message.

We turn to Mira who says "I don't know how Erza will feel about that one, but it's your wedding we're planning."

I smile and say "So then it's settled see you here tomorrow morning at 9 am?" She smiles and nods. Then Natsu and I get up and walk home for the day.

~Next Morning Guild Hall 8:30 am~ Natsu P.O.V.

We're sitting at the bar eating breakfast and waiting for the others to show up for this girl's day thingamabobber when we hear squealing behind us. Luce and I both turn to see Levy running up to hug Lucy with Gajeel walking up behind her.

He sees me and growls "Let me guess Gramps is making you stick with bunny girl after the market place incident?"

I growl back "What do you think? I could've stopped it but instead I was here kicking your's and Ice Bastards ass." His grin turns into a look that says let's-go-right-now.

I grin back at him and shake my head pointing to right behind him. He turns around, yelps and ends up 1 foot deep in the floor boards.

Behind him is Erza standing with a scary aura around her staring right at Lucy. I stand in front of Lucy protecting her and say to Erza "Remember last month?"

She stops and looks at me "Yea what about it?"

"Well let's just say anything she does out of complete context to who she usually is, is an accident, and that includes what happened yesterday." I say hoping that she gives up on killing Lucy and doesn't turn on me.

"Alright I will let it slide." She says before walking over to the other girls.

'Damn she is scary.'

'You can say that again.' I jump forgetting that Luce can hear anything I think of.

'Sorry didn't mean to scare ya'

'Na, you're fine Luce, just forgot someone can hear me for a second.'

We look at each other and grin. By then all the girls are there and we head out. My arm never leaving Lucy's waist until we hit the dress stores then I just watch as they try on dress after dress.

Lucy P.O.V.

We're at one of the stores watching Levy try on a dress while Natsu is standing next to me with his arm around my waist when I sneeze again. This time though he stops it before it can hit the dresses.

He looks at me and says "What do you smell?" I inhale deeply and spout off a list of things I can smell. When I open my eyes I see him grinning at me. He says "Nice job Luce looks like your nose is really something."

I blush and turn towards where Juvia is trying on a Light blue almost white summer dress that is on sale.

Normal P.O.V.

As the day wears on the group of Fairy Tail women and Natsu slowly make their way from shop to shop buying or just viewing if it caught their attention.

Not once during the whole thing does Natsu complain, granted there is one time when his stomach does, but not once does he open his mouth and complain.

Once they reach the guild everyone goes their separate ways either to meet lovers, boyfriends, or just to go home.

While Natsu and Lucy just head home. Once they are home however Natsu has other plans for that night that Lucy agrees with wholeheartedly.

Natsu walks up behind Lucy hugging her and said "How about we take a bath?" Lips gently kissing her neck. She turns around and gives him a kiss that quickly turns from passionate in to lustful and says "Better yet let's just go to bed."

And that night was full of fire and passion so fierce it would rival a dragons.

Hope y'all enjoyed the chapter. I must say though that Erza let Natsu and Lucy off the hook a little lightly in my opinion, but then again even if she doesn't know the whole story she still has an inkling of what's up. And have y'all noticed that Gajeel has been spending a ton more time with Levy. Think his 6 months are up or do you think she broke the ice? We won't know until later on. Btw this is not about Gale the only parts of Gale you see are what happens in the back ground. Until then.

Grizzly out for the night.

P.S. I HAVE NEVER OR WILL I EVER OWN FAIRY TAIL even if I was to wish upon a star.