I am quite pleased that my first foray into the naughty was well received, I promise in time there will be more. As for now... DRAGON BATTLE!
Cover art by WendyMarvellxd. Check her out on Deviant Art!
Disclaimer: Mashima owns all and I am so excited by his most recent interview. It made me squeal with joy. I won't give spoilers, but seriously, YAY!
Also... It's my birthday on Friday :D
Gajeel had ignored the glaring looks from Natsu and the embarrassment shown by Lucy for having been caught. He instead led them to a cave about 10 minutes away that was carved out of a fairly thick portion of the mountain and therefore, was rather deep. They were being extremely quiet as they crept up to it and found a place to watch that gave them a clear view, but also kept them hidden. They agreed to observe the dragon for a few days while formulating a plan of action. Going all out against an enemy you had no information on wasn't the best idea; it was Natsu's usual way of doing things, but he was overruled.
It was obvious that this was a poison cloud dragon's lair, not only because of the few piles of bones from various animals killed for food, but by the scorched earth from acidic spit. As they watched the ground began to shake and a large dragon emerged from inside the cave. It stood about 12 feet high and double that in both length and wing span. Slit like eyes were yellow in colour and its olive green scales had rigid edges. Four thick spikes covered its head from front to back and then trailed down its spine to the tail, which flared out like a rudder. Its claws were big, black talons, sharp enough to dig up dirt with each step it took. Two long jagged scars marred the side of its body. This battle, when it took place, would not be easy.
"I think this one is female." Gajeel whispered. "When I found the place earlier she was carrying in a mouthful of grass, I assume for a nest."
"Female or not, if she's the one who hurt Elfman and Evergreen, she's going to pay the price." Natsu said softly, fist hitting the open palm on his other hand. "We'll show her what it means to mess with Fairy Tail."
"That's all well and good Natsu but remember how dangerous she is. We've battled dragons countless times before, but this one could kill us without even touching us." Gajeel warned. "That's why we just need to watch her for a while, get an idea of her temperament, habits, weaknesses."
They watched as the large dragon laid down outside of the cave and a few seconds later the sun poured in through the trees, bathing her in warmth. Every scale suddenly lit up as light refracted off the glossy surface, shooting little sunbeams in all directions.
"How beautiful." Lucy said in awe.
"But deadly." Gajeel reminded her. "We'll start tomorrow, we all need some food and some rest. It'll be dark soon and I really don't want to find out she can see heat signatures."
They quietly retreated from their position and turned back towards the town. Once a safe distance away, Gajeel looked sideways at the two of them, Natsu had taken Lucy's hands and their fingers were threaded together as they walked.
"So it's safe to assume then that everything has been figured out between the two of you and I don't have to worry about watching my own back because you two can't work together?" They both knew he was curious, but masking it behind false reasoning. He liked to pretend he didn't care, when they all knew he did.
Natsu pulled Lucy closer to him and wrapped his arm around her shoulders, looking at Gajeel as if daring him to object. "Lucy's my girlfriend now."
Lucy flushed, but smiled in pleasure while Gajeel smirked. "You guys just cost me 1000 jewel, but I guess I'm happy for you anyway."
A look was exchanged between the new couple before Lucy finally asked, "How did we cost you 1000 jewel?"
Gajeel chuckled, "Since Lucy showed up here, it's been obvious to all of us at the guild that something would eventually happen between the two of you. Anyone who can put up with Salamander, let alone live with him for a few months is obviously made for him. We started a pool on when it would happen, I said it wouldn't happen for over a year. Damn that Mira and her romantic head. She just made a killing, 1000 jewel from 20 people." He was grumbling by the end of it, clearly disgruntled.
"You... you guys took bets... on when we would start dating?!" Lucy had been blushing before, she was red as a tomato now.
"Well ya, Salamander doesn't just invite anyone to his place you know. I've been in the guild five years and have been there once. Mira and Juvia didn't let their surprise show much when he offered, but after you two left? They wouldn't shut up about it. Fairly soon we started joking about placing bets, then after your first job... We did." Gajeel said, smirk back in place.
Lucy had no idea what to say now, she had been dumped into this world by a meddling Tarot card reader, who thought it would be hilarious to place her with the very dragon slayer who had been causing her so much trouble when she wrote. Then almost instantly, the people in this world she had created had seen that she and Natsu were going to end up together. Had Cana seen it too? Had Lucy unknowingly created Natsu as the sort of man she wanted to be with? Was that why she couldn't think of anyone to pair him with, or create one? Lucy fell silent, but it went unnoticed because Natsu spoke.
"So you guys have just been waiting for it?" He asked with a bit of disbelief.
"We thought it may have happened while you guys were away, you two were awfully lovey dovey when you got back to the guild, all hugging and stuff. We were told that doesn't count though, you'd have to say it outright." He shook his head. "Mira had it right though, we should all have known better than to bet against her."
Natsu grinned and kissed Lucy's temple, saying low enough for only her to hear, "Aren't you glad it didn't take me a year to figure out?"
She couldn't help but smile back up at him, though her thoughts still troubled her. They arrived at the inn and cancelled their rental of one room, back to sharing with Natsu she went. It was a huge relief to both of them and after dinner they settled into the bed and just held each other. The last week had been hell on both their emotions and neither one seemed inclined to let the other go. Lucy was laying with her head tucked under Natsu's chin when she felt a little tug at the ends of her hair, she shifted to look up at him and he kissed her as soon as she did. It lingered sweetly for a moment before he pulled back smiling.
"What?" Lucy asked softly.
Natsu threaded his fingers through her hair and then said, "I was just thinking of the reactions when we get back to the guild. Gajeel's already admitted he lost, so if we can just get him to stay quiet, we could wait until everyone is all seated at the guild and then... just do this." He leaned in and kissed her again, a little harder this time, tongue invading her mouth. By the time he pulled away, Lucy was in a daze.
"There would be a lot of yelling I think." She said breathlessly.
Natsu laughed now, "I bet there will be, along with Mira's gloating. She's a sweet tempered woman most of the time, but give her a competition..."
Lucy smiled, "Sounds like a plan. For now though, sleep." She yawned. "We've got a day of camping out completely silent in the bushes tomorrow, and that's going to be exhausting."
Natsu turned serious now. "I wonder if Elf and Ever are okay."
Lucy frowned and laid her head back down on his chest. "I hope so."
"Me too." He kissed the top of her head and they both settled into sleep.
By noon the next day, Lucy was of the opinion that dragons in general, lead boring lives. They had arrived just after sunrise and watched as the dragon laid around lazily for about two hours before she got up and wandered into the forest. Gajeel followed her and returned when she did, now carrying a dead animal the size of a horse. They watched her brutally tear into the thing as she ate, Lucy had to look away. She and Natsu followed her next when she went to a nearby river and rolled around in it to wash off the blood. Then she took a nap in the water.
This thing hardly seemed like a cold blooded killer, but they couldn't ignore the fact that three towns were now wiped completely out and Evergreen and Elfman lay dying in the guilds infirmary. By the time they got back to the inn that night they were all confused. Surely a dragon bent on destruction would spend their day doing something a little more... evil wouldn't they?
"Do we just confront her? Ask why she did it?" Lucy wondered. She sat beside Natsu, their fingers intertwined.
"I wouldn't do anything for a few more days." Gajeel warned. "Just because she didn't do anything today, doesn't mean she won't tomorrow or the day after. Even evil takes a break sometimes. At least I assume it does."
"What if she just does more of the same like today, then do we ask her?" Lucy asked. "What if it wasn't her, this is where Poison cloud dragons live right? Couldn't it have been another?"
Natsu and Gajeel looked at each other, both knew how unlikely that was given how territorial dragons tended to be. "We'll wait a few more days." Gajeel said again. "Then we'll decide what to do."
There was a knock on the door then and when Lucy opened it, the innkeeper was standing there holding a tray of berry tarts. "Hello guests! We are letting all our visitors know that the Tsaroberry festival starts in two days time! There will be pie eating contests, baking contests, jam and jelly making; and of course, games and food! We invite everyone to attend! Here is a sample of our Tsaroberry, it only grows here in the north and we believe it is one of the best anywhere in Fiore."
He offered the tray to them and they each took one, the innkeeper waited expectantly for them to take a bite. Lucy was the first to react. "Wow! This is fantastic!"
"Ya gramps it's great!" Natsu echoed, having finished his tart in one bite.
"It's good." Gajeel said stoically.
The innkeeper beamed with pride. "We do so hope you'll stay and join us in this celebration, dinner is being served downstairs," He looked at Natsu and Gajeel with just a touch of resentment before he smiled again. "Please, as always, help yourself to as much as you'd like." He bowed then and moved on to the next door, starting his speech over.
Lucy was looking at the two men, she didn't dare ask if it were possible to go. They were here on a job after all, but both of them could tell she wanted to. Once more the dragon slayers looked at each other; Natsu shrugged and Gajeel sighed.
"I suppose we can go, but in the afternoon. We'll watch the dragon in the morning." He said in a grumble.
Lucy broke out in a grin and impulsively kissed Gajeel on the cheek. There was a growl from behind her and she turned to see Natsu's eyes were red, his lip curled up in a snarl. Oops. She blocked Natsu from Gajeel's view while she walked over and gave him a lingering kiss, pleased to see his eyes back to normal when she pulled away.
"Thank you." She said brightly. "I know we have work to do, but it's been a long couple weeks and honestly, I could use some fun, couldn't you guys?"
"We already said yes bunny-girl. No need to badger us about it." Gajeel said, walking towards the door. "Lets go eat."
After eating, Natsu and Lucy bid Gajeel goodnight and crawled into bed. The day hadn't necessarily been strenuous, but just watching and waiting could be just as tiring as a battle. The exhaustion they both felt didn't stop the little make-out session they had before both slipped into sleep though.
Lucy's dreams were pleasant, she didn't know what they were about, but a warmth kept stealing over her body. It started at her neck and moved down one side of her body to the thigh, then back up the other side. After it happened a few times she felt the warmth settle over her chest, and a pressure begin at her neck. She gave herself up to the pleasant feelings, slowly being dragged back towards consciousness. When her eyes finally opened, it took a second to realize the warmth was Natsu's hand on her breast, and the pressure was his lips at her throat. She arched slightly into his touch and sighed softly. His head came up to look at her.
It wasn't Natsu touching her however, but the beast. His eyes glowed red in the dark, scales appearing around them. She could see the horns protruding from his head and hear the gentle flap of his wings. For a moment she didn't know what to do; the beast was a part of Natsu, but for the moment, a completely separate part of him. In the end she settled back and looked up at him with a warm smile; accepting his beast was accepting all of him. Lucy reached up slowly and dragged a finger down his cheek. There was a growl in response and the beast leaned down to kiss her. It was much more intense, more demanding than anything she and Natsu had shared so far. The beast shifted then and both hands moved under her shirt, each grabbing a breast and squeezing, playing. Lucy moaned into the kiss and was given a throaty hum in return. His leg nudged hers apart and she didn't stop him from moving between them. Hands leaving her breasts, they braced his body as he loomed over her. His lips left hers to begin kissing and nipping down her throat to her shoulder. Lucy's hands came up to play through his hair, arching to press their bodies closer together; she was breathless. Lucy would never give herself to the beast before Natsu, but she couldn't deny she liked what he was doing. The beast let his hips roll against hers a few times before he pulled back altogether and Lucy could see the smile on his face, the satisfaction in his eyes. With a last growl she watched the red fade, and the rest of what made the beast shrink away.
Natsu came back to her, blinking. Lucy had her arms around his neck and was smiling up at him. He looked bewildered as to how they'd gotten into this situation, so she said lightly.
"Your beast likes me I think."
She knew he was aroused, she could feel the evidence against her core, but he made no move to continue where the beast had left off. Instead he looked down at her with concern.
"Did he hurt you? Force you?" His hand came up to stroke her neck where a slight mark was forming.
Lucy shook her head, the smile never leaving her lips. "I told you, he doesn't hurt me. He's gentle, careful. I think your beast likes me as much as you do."
Natsu dropped his head down onto her chest and sighed. "It still worries me, thinking that he might use my body to take advantage of you." He looked up again when she tugged at his hair.
"I can handle the beast, trust me." She grinned, trying to reassure him. Though she knew that if it came down to it, he could force her and she'd have little recourse. Leaning up, Lucy kissed him deeply, once more heating her blood, and his. Their tongues waged war on each other for dominance and her hands wandered over his bare skin. She felt him shudder beneath her fingertips but too soon he pulled back.
"We should sleep." Natsu's voice was heavy as he stroked her hair, he stole a few more soft kisses before rolling off her and pulling her body close to his. His fingers gently stroked the exposed flesh of her belly while they relaxed again.
Lucy felt charged, needy, but knew it was the right choice. They'd just started dating after all, and there was so much going on that it... just didn't feel right. Not yet anyway. So closing her eyes she whispered. "Goodnight Natsu."
There wasn't much difference in the routine of the dragon while they watched the next day. Hunting, sleeping, splashing around in the river. The difference today however, was when she walked into the forest until coming upon a clearing. Here she took to the sky, where she hovered for nearly a half hour before coming back down to wait another two, then headed back to the cave. It was strange, almost like she was waiting for something. Whatever it was, it never happened.
Lucy told Gajeel and Natsu it seemed like she was sad, but the two of them scoffed at her. What did she have to be sad about? She had destroyed three towns, hurt their friends; who knows how long until the town they stayed in now would become a target. She stayed silent, thinking.
That night at dinner, there were even more dishes containing the Tsaroberry, a precursor to the festival beginning tomorrow. It was used as a glaze on the meat, dressing for the salad, made into a sorbet for dessert. Good thing it was a tasty berry, otherwise they probably wouldn't be eating any of the food tonight. Well Lucy might not have, she didn't think Natsu and Gajeel cared much about flavour, as long as it was edible. They certainly didn't taste much the way they ate.
The next day, after another uneventful morning of watching the dragon, they returned to find the festival in full swing. There was music and laughter, children running around all over the place. The three of them walked around for a while before Gajeel and Natsu were dragged into one of the pie eating contests. That was a mistake on the locals part, she didn't think there were enough pies for them. Lucy laughed to herself when she saw the innkeeper taking bets that the two visitors would eat more than the rest of the 8 contestants combined. In the end, of course, it ended up being a battle between the two slayers on who could eat the most. Unfortunately, just as Lucy had predicted, they ran out of pies before they ran out of time on the clock. It would have to be settled another day.
Lucy sampled a few different kinds of jams and jellies, even settling in to help one woman make hers, before picking out two to take back home and share with her friends. She was surprised to see a large tub filled with the berries and a bunch of people inside stepping on them. She asked what was going on and was told they were crushing the berries to make wine. It actually looked like a lot of fun and Lucy kicked off her shoes to join in on it. Natsu jumped in a few minutes later, overzealous in his stomping of the berries. Lucy ended up with a good bit of juice on her clothes, but then, so did Natsu. They were aiming for each other after all, both laughing with each shot taken, each spray of the juice. Gajeel stood outside the vat with his arms folded and a grimace on his face. When they exited the tub, Lucy asked him what was wrong.
"You guys are awful happy about being covered in sticky berry juice. It's going to stain."
Natsu rolled his eyes. "Sometimes it's fun to get a little dirty you know."
Gajeel smirked at his choice of words. "I'm not above getting dirty, just of a different sort."
Lucy felt herself blush to the roots of her hair. "Okay... moving on!" She heard Gajeel laughing as she walked away. She took part as a guest judge in a pie making contest. Each judge ate a bit of the pie and scored them on taste, texture, and presentation. Then all the scores were added up, the winner getting a big blue ribbon. It was all so simple and Lucy loved it. By the time they got back to the inn, they were full of berries and ready for sleep.
Natsu and Lucy bathed, separately, and then slept. The following morning they gathered in Gajeel's room to discuss the dragon.
"I think it's time we went with Lucy's idea and just confront her. Three days of watching has given us no clue as to whether or not she's really the one who caused the deaths of all those people." Gajeel said, leaning back in his chair, one leg bent across the other.
"The only way to find out is to ask." Natsu agreed. "But just in case, we need to lead her away from the town. She's too close right now and if it comes to a fight, I don't want anyone here getting hurt."
"The clearing" Lucy said. "There's plenty of room there and it's far enough away that there shouldn't be any interference from the locals."
Gajeel nodded, "Then lets eat a little something and head out. We'd be wasting our time watching her any longer."
After a quick breakfast they were on their way back to the cave, the dragon hadn't come out for the day yet and so they waited for her to make an appearance. It was nearly noon before the female exited the cave. The three of them stepped out of their concealment behind some bushes, but before any of them could speak, the dragon's head had whipped around and she snarled.
"More of you?! How many do I have to kill before you get the message?!" She reared back on her hind legs and when her feet slammed back into the ground, all three of them were knocked off their feet. The dragon charged them as they got back to their feet, just barely dodging the swing of her tail.
"Gajeel!" Natsu yelled.
"Right!" The iron dragon slayer raced into the woods, they could hear him calling. "Iron dragon, CLUB!" A long metal rod appeared from in between the trees and slammed into the side of the dragon. She roared and turned to give chase. Gajeel kept up his attacks until they all made it to the clearing, there the three of them stood facing off against the angry poison cloud dragon.
"Lucy, call Taurus and stay back by the tree line. You've never fought a real dragon before, not like this, and we don't want you to get hurt." Natsu said, he kissed her quickly and forced her behind him.
Lucy did what was asked of her and headed back for the trees, there she pulled out her key and lifted it to the sky. "Open, Gate of the Golden Bull! TAURUS!" There was the sound of a doorbell and the Spirit appeared before her.
"Miss Luuuucy, but you are looking beauuuutiful!" The spirit said, she could practically see the hearts in his eyes.
"I need you to watch my back Taurus, Natsu and Gajeel are fighting that dragon over there, but I don't need to get involved. Just make sure I don't get hurt okay?" She had completely ignored his somewhat pervy hello.
"You got it Miss Luuucy. I won't let anything huuurt you." He planted himself in front of her and raised his axe, a sentinel on guard.
Natsu and Gajeel had meanwhile begun fighting in earnest with the dragon. Everything was happening so fast that she couldn't really see what was going on. All she could hear were the cries from both men and the dragon.
"Fire dragon, IRON FIST" Natsu called out and she watched him slam his hand into the dragons face.
On the heel of that attack, giving the dragon no time to react, Gajeel was yelling. "Iron dragon, KUNAI!" Several small metal knives shot out and lined along the dragons body.
The dragon was thrown slightly off balance by the attacks, but they did no real damage, instead it made her angry. Letting out a roar she opened her mouth wide and spit acid in the direction of first Natsu, and then Gajeel. Only their quick movements kept them from being covered in the bone melting substance. The ground around them shriveled under the green acid, and now they'd have to watch where they stepped.
Fire and iron met scale and acid, over and over again. They found out her tail spiked when she was on the offensive and those spikes shot out One hit Gajeel in his left arm and it suddenly dropped to his side.
"It's a paralytic." He yelled at Natsu. "Don't get hit!" Thankfully it hadn't been a leg and he could still move around, still attack."
"Fire dragon, WING ATTACK!" Natsu yelled, running at the dragon, who reared back on it's hind legs again and slammed back down, trying to knock him to the ground again. He jumped at the last moment however and his attack slammed into the exposed dragon. It roared in pain, the hit doing damage this time. Out of every pore in her body, greenish yellow smoke started to form.
"Get away from it!" Gajeel yelled, both dragon slayers retreating. It soon enveloped the clearing and all four of them were forced back into the woods. The dragon slayers stayed a good distance away from Lucy, trying not to draw her and her spirit into the battle. They couldn't control the poison cloud however, and Taurus lifted Lucy over his shoulder to carry her further away from danger.
It was after they had stopped running that it happened, they had moved what they assumed was a safe distance away and turned back towards where they came from, watching for either dragon or deadly cloud. Neither Lucy, nor Taurus saw the glob of acid headed toward them from behind. The dragon had apparently seen her fleeing and decided she was an easy enough target. Just before the killing green spit would have covered Lucy, she was slammed into from behind. Falling to the ground on a cry, she watched Taurus disappear under the onslaught of ooze. Looking up Lucy was surprised to see it was the beast, not Natsu; he let out a snarl and then charged off in the direction of the dragon. She could hear animal sounds now, from both the beast and the dragon he fought.
While the battle raged in the distance, Gajeel appeared before her, panting. His shirt was ripped and he had dirt smeared across his face. "We need to go Lucy, everything just got a whole lot more dangerous; Natsu's gone feral. There's no telling what he'll do once he finishes with the dragon." He hauled her up to her feet. As he did so they heard the keening wail of the dragon and then silence.
"Shit." Gajeel swore hard and shoved Lucy behind his body. She didn't even have a chance to tell him there was nothing to be afraid of. "There's no running now, he'll only follow."
"Gajeel wait" Lucy started, but he shushed her.
"I'm listening." Was his explanation. He suddenly swiveled to the right, a hand guiding her from behind, keeping his body in front of hers for protection. The beast suddenly appeared from between the trees, he was covered in blood; it coated his face, dripped off his scales and his horns, soaked into his clothes. The fabric on his was torn in places, non existent in others, and he walked slowly towards them, a growl issuing from his throat.
"I won't let him hurt you Luce." Gajeel swore, but Lucy was already trying to get around him.
"Gajeel you don't understand, you really need to let me go to him."
"Are you insane woman? Do you have any idea how dangerous he is right now? He'll kill you without a thought! Salamander would kill me if I let that happen." He pushed her further behind his back and it caused the beast to snap loudly, saliva and blood mixing in the mouth that had been so gentle on her body only two days before.
"I can calm him down, please you have to trust me." She slipped out of his grasp and ducked under his arm. She was halfway to the beast when Gajeel grabbed her around the waist and hauled her back. It was the absolute worst thing he could have done.
The beast let out an unearthly noise and lunged at Gajeel. Lucy was knocked to the side as the beast and the iron dragon slayer fought. The beast clawed and bit, drawing blood from wherever he struck. Gajeel was doing his best to fight him off without hurting Natsu, but the beasts sheer strength and rage was overpowering him. Lucy got to her feet and yelled.
"Stop! Please! Natsu you have to stop him! Don't let him hurt Gajeel!"
Nothing changed, the beast continued to snap and snarl, his claws digging into flesh, blood flowing from the wounds. Gajeel managed to get out from under the beast, but only for a moment. He was grabbed by the hair and slammed back down to the ground. Fangs found flesh and Gajeel let out a cry of pain. Lucy could see him loosing, could see the beast killing him. She did the only thing she could think of.
Running up to the beast she threw herself onto his back. The beast reared back, his body twisting and moving, trying to throw her off.
"Stop this! Please! Beast, Natsu, one of you! STOP THIS!" She begged. The beast fought her for a few moments more before her voice penetrated and he stopped fighting her. She had scratches to her hands and arms now and her face was covered in the blood of dragon and friend. The beast fell to his knees, and then bent at the waist, hands in the grass. His breathing was ragged, heavy, and slowly, so slowly she watched as Natsu returned to her.
She crawled off his back and ran to where Gajeel lay unmoving. He was bleeding from neck, arms, torso and legs. "Oh gosh... no. You'll be okay Gajeel I swear! We'll get you help!"
"I told you... I was dangerous." She heard the breathy, anguished voice from behind her. Whirling around she saw Natsu, holding his arm across his chest, staring in agony at his friend lying on the ground.
"No, Natsu. It wasn't you, it was the beast!" She rose to go to him back he backed away from her.
"Don't you get it Lucy? I am the beast, he is me." He kept moving away from her, his eyes fixed on Gajeel.
"You are not the beast! That's not who you are!" She insisted, but then he yelled.
"LOOK AT WHAT I'VE DONE!" He was panting now, "I almost killed my friend! I hurt you!" He shook his head and kept up his backward steps. "I can't... I can't put you in danger anymore. I can't put anyone in danger. Next time I might not stop." He finally looked over at her and she saw the haunted, empty look in his eyes. "I'm sorry Luce."
"Don't you dare!" She warned. "Don't you dare run away from this! We will fix it! We will find a way!"
"There isn't a way..." With a last look, Natsu turned and ran into the woods.
"NATSU!" Lucy screamed, tears streaming down her face, hand outstretched. She started to chase after him but stopped when she remembered Gajeel lay unconscious and bleeding behind her. "COME BACK!" She begged, but he was gone. She fell to her knees, and wept.
I'm sorry, oh my gosh I'm so sorry. Please don't hate me! It had to be done!
Thank you so much to everyone who reviewed!
FairyTailLover04: How about now? lol
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FlameDragonHime: Please explain! I don't understand why you are so upset! Don't you know it'll all work out in the end?!
Gaia Kame: Then I change it to... YAY LIME! lol there will be lemon eventually though, so look forward to that. I'm glad you enjoyed it and now have something to look forward to on Mondays. Btw, where is Ja Ne from? I can literally hear someone saying it in my head but cannot place it.
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Writing Pixie: Well he did exactly what you asked for, was it everything you wanted? I will read your fan fic as soon as I have time and I look forward to your original as well!
Caslspirit15: Don't you know I love a happy ending? Everyone has to a suffer a little first though.
Crimsonlink310: Yay no cardinal sins of smut! I'm glad you liked the little bit of sizzle and as I said to someone else, of course Gajeel was going to ruin it. He's like... the anti fun lol. It's funny the way I'm describing so much stuff in my fic because when I read, I tend to gloss over that stuff. I'm trying really hard not to now that I know how much effort goes into it. As for how the dragon issue is resolved... Well, it was partly done now, but I'll admit... it's not quite done.
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Angel: Thank you! I'm so glad you like it! I have an outline all prepared for the rest of the chapters but it's not set in stone so we will see what happens!
Rawrlikerue: Well there was jealousy... lol Didn't end well though...
Escapetoanime: Well family is so important to spend time with! My sister reads and helps me edit all of my chapters before I post, just to make sure I didn't goof somewhere. I'm so glad you could sympathize with Lucy and could feel everything she felt. One of my favourite experiences when reading is being able to feel that emotion of the character, like an ache in my chest. It makes it all the sweeter when they finally get together, I just burst with joy. You are not a pervert! lol I welcome any and all help for writing, especially since it's my first foray into many different forms of it! You also have just the same sort of thinking I do, build until it snaps. We'll have to wait and see how I do on that front though.
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