A/N: You guys don't know how much it means to me to read all your reviews! The story is reaching the climax and hopefully it will come to a conclusion, so let us continue!

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She was tired, so very tired, and she had no way of stopping it. It's been terrible, from the morning that she woke up from the sudden twist and turns of her stomach. She felt gross, she wanted to puke her guts out and she honestly felt like she did for half of the morning. Lucy hadn't gotten much sleep after her little talk with Happy, and the fact that as soon as she did rest her eyes she was shaken away by the wave of nausea that soon followed was not helping.

She felt like Natsu at this point, except he was knocked out cold from sleep as he laid sprawled out on the bed they shared on the boat. He could usually sleep through a ride if it got too bad, and he seemed to have been doing a rather good job at this point.

Lucy however, had made her way to the bathroom that came with the quaters they had stayed in, sitting on the floor as she rested her cheek against the seat. It wasn't flattering, no, but she felt a lot better from the coldness of the porcelain and just sitting down. It was helping.

"This is terrible." Happy had watched as he made his way from the bedroom to the small bathroom that came with the room. He watched Natsu for a short while, watching him sweat profusely as his face contorted into an uncomfortable position. After that, he went over to Lucy only to watch her groan and once again turn her head to empty her stomach contents into the bowl.

What a lovely couple.

"Guys... hang in there!" He exclaimed, offering rubs and pats whenever he had the chance to hoping it would help at least one of them.

Happy was in the middle of applying a cold towel to Lucy's forehead when he heard the loud spouting of a horn. It had come from their boat, and it was signal that they had arrived at their destination and was to be docking soon.

"Guys, the boat is docking! We're here!" He exclaimed, Lucy groggily turning her head up to look at the feline before she also heard the horn once again. A small smile came onto her face, and she stood from the ground as she held the cold towel to her forehead after thanking Happy.

She opened the door to the bathroom before she flushed the toilet, heading over towards the bed to watch the sleeping dragon. She took off the towel hesitantly, setting it onto the bed before she reached out to shake Natsu's arm.

"Oi." She spoke simply, shaking it rather roughly to wake him up but it wasn't working at all. He stayed snoring, and once again the horn sounded before she could feel it coming to a halt as they approached the dock.

Grumbling, Lucy tried again and this time she was practically yelling at him. "NATSU!" She screeched, and just like that his eyes shot open and he sprung up in the bed. As he did this, their foreheads came into contact with each other and Lucy was thrown back by the sheer force of it.

Seeing stars, Lucy fell onto her back and laid there as her eyes spiraled. "Wahhh..."

"Natsu-baka! Look what you did!" Happy shrieked and quickly flew to the females aid. Natsu simply blinked his eyes before his face became green again.

"I'm gonna hurl..." He croaked, covering his mouth not able to even form concern through his sickness.

"Still?!"

"Pretty stars..."

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After a few apologies later and a promise to buy Lucy something nice, the three wizards had finally made it back to the main land. They made their way from the dock to the train that would take them back to Magnolia and Natsu had practically begged Lucy to walk the rest of the way. She wasn't about to walk who knows how many miles back to town, not in her condition and especially not when she was knocked in the head so violently.

"He's hopeless." Happy murmured, the three now sitting in the train as it made it's way through the land and back to Magnolia.

Lucy sighed, glancing over to her partner who had been groaning and leaning his head against her shoulder for support. All these years and he still hasn't gotten over his motion sickness, who would have thought that the dragon slayers weakness would be something so simple such as motion sickness?

"At least he tries." Lucy replied to Happy's remark, running her slim fingers through his pink hair in an attempt to soothe him. It did help a little, but he was still green and shivering.

"Aye." Happy replied simply before he gazed at the quickly passing by trees outside their window. It was obvious he was still thinking of their previous conversation, and Lucy simply smiled.

"Don't think too hard about it, Happy." Lucy knowingly spoke, shaking her head no when the feline had looked back to her.

"I know, I just..." He was about to speak, however was quickly stopped when Natsu had made a small sound of discomfort. He was still there after all, and he knew that Lucy wanted to tell him when the time was right. The train, was not the right time and not out of his mouth, either.

"Everything will turn out alright." She spoke once again, though who was she trying to comfort, Happy or herself? She was planning on making an appointment for sure, but after that... what then? The future was still unclear.

Lucy shook her head snapping herself out of these thoughts, if she continued on like this she would make herself anxious. She glanced down to her stomach, and soon a small growl came from it.

"Anyways, I'm going to go get a snack. Do you want anything?" Lucy stretched her arms above her head, sighing as she shook off her fatigue. She certainly felt better from the boat ride, but it still lingered.

Happy thought for a second, before raising his paw. "Fish!"

Of course he wanted fish, she should have known. Giving a small giggle, she rose in her seat causing Natsu to fall onto the bench and groan once again as he simply stayed put.

"I'll be back." Lucy raised her hand and made her way down the aisle to the snacks area which was granted to them free of charge. It was nice of them, she thought, considering how she was really hungry.

When she got there, her sight was filled with all kinds of snacks. Desserts, bite sized finger foods, you name it. Lucy wasted no time in grabbing a plate and filling it with as much as she could. She got some sushi for Happy, and began to grab whatever smelt good to her. Pickles with cheese? Check. Crackers and ketchup? Sure, why not.

As Lucy munched away at her delightful creations, she suddenly stopped. Was she really eating pickles... with cheese...? She wanted to spit it out, but... it actually tasted pretty good to her. Or, maybe it tasted good to the baby? Who knows at this point.

She shrugged, turning from the table and munching away at her tasty pickle as she got lost in thought and began to wander down the hall. She would have to buy some more pickles when she got home. She was never a fan at first, but now it was super good. Oh, now that she thought about it more, she wondered how a flaming pickle would taste...

Her thoughts all came to a halt when she felt herself bump into someones shoulder, causing her to almost spill her plate of food before she regained her footing.

"Ah, I'm sorry-"

"Watch where you're going!" The man suddenly snapped, turning to stare at her with piercing eyes. She froze, taken back by his sudden hostility. What's with people these days?

"I said sorry." She grumbled, glaring back with little fear as she turned to walk back. Stuffing the last of her snack into her mouth angrily, she found herself being stopped when a hand wrapped around her arm and yanked her back.

"Hey-"

"I don't like yer attitude, girl." He hissed, Lucy practically shutting her eyes to avoid any spit flying onto her face. She opened her eyes once more and gave him the hardest glare she could muster.

"Let me go." She replied harshly, noticing something off about this man. He seemed in a rush to get somewhere and he had a nervous tick. He was trouble, and she knew it.

"I don't wanna have ta hurt ya, kid!" The man said in a hurried whisper, his hand almost crushing her arm from how tightly he had been holding on. Lucy didn't flinch and instead her eyes averted down to his chest. She could see a bulge protruding from his chest in an odd shape. Suddenly, her mind clicked and she could see that he was in fact carrying something.

"A bomb?" Lucy thought to herself, a bead of sweat rolling down her cheek. She had to stop this guy before he had a chance to make this thing go off on the train.

She reacted slowly, her free hand reaching down to shuffle through the bag that hung on her hip. Inside of it, it held her keys safely and she reached for one of them grasping it tightly in her palm. She knew she could probably use her star dresses, but maybe that would use too much magic. Summoning one of her spirits for a while couldn't use up that much, so it was worth a shot.

The man took notice, but before he could do anything to stop her suddenly a painful grunt burst from the blonde before she fell to her knees. The man released her quickly and watched as she wrapped her arms around her figure and trembled, her body being cloaked in golden light.

"W...what...?" She could barely speak, her limbs slowly giving out on her as she felt the movement of her body slow down until she fell forward on the floorboards. The train continued to move at it's regular pace, and the suspicious man simply stared with wide eyes.

"I-"

"Who the fuck are you?"

The man's eyes shot up to the strange new voice that came from a few meters away. His shaky eyes settled on Natsu's form as he leaned against the wall for support. He was clearly still very sick from the movement of the train, but his face now became serious as he saw Lucy on the floor in front of this strange man.

The man didn't say anything, instead he was practically frozen in fear as his gaze stayed interlocked with the dragon slayers piercing onyx eyes.

"What the hell did you do to her?" He hissed, moving forward and causing the man to take a clumsy step back. He found himself bumping into the door of the dining cart and a large gulp could be heard from his throat. Instead of doing anything to him, Natsu quickly kneeled down to Lucy's side to make sure she was ok. He observed her body as much as he could, and thankfully he couldn't find any marks.

She was still awake, however her heavy breathing and the odd glowing light around her meant something was happening to her. She felt weak, she couldn't move nor could she express her state to the worried dragon slayer that had helped her sit up. She could literally feel the magic being sucked from her body and it was terrible.

"Avoid using any magic, no matter what." The words of the doctor rung in her head and she felt stupid. Of course summoning a spirit would use up too much magic, this must have been the reason. The child would just suck it up, even if she hadn't done it the magic power beginning to flow caused it.

When Lucy had been helped up by the dragon slayer, his head turned back towards the man and soon his arm became encased in flames. Lucy simply stayed put as she leaned against the wall, watching his flames grow more with rage as he made his way over to the frightened man.

"I-I didn't-"

His words were cut off as soon as Natsu's fist came into contact with his jaw. If it was slowed down, it could've been clearly noted that it was dislocated as the man was sent flying right out the window of the train. The glass shattered at the large mans impact, and as the train sped by he was soon out of sight. Some shards flew across the room, but thankfully none of them had hit Lucy.

Natsu could feel the nausea setting in again when he realized where he was, but his concern for Lucy helped him make his way back to her.

"We have to get you off." Natsu spoke, his arms now around her waist as he helped her off the wall in her weakened state. "To a doctor, we'll never reach Magnolia in time."

"But..." She began, forcing herself to find the words to speak. "The... train..." She finally managed to say, the train still not reaching their destination and moving at a quick pace.

Natsu didn't say anything in response, instead he turned his head to face a now present Happy. Under the feline were their bags, and Natsu soon had a smile appear on his face. Lucy watched his expression change, and she felt an impending doom.

With an arm still around the blonde, his other arm had grabbed their few bags and Happy had floated over to them both.

"Happy, let's go." With that, the feline grabbed onto Natsu's shirt and made his way out the broken window.

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God, she knew he was reckless but she never expected him to do something like this. The train was far from any town, sure, but that was no reason to jump out the window all willy nilly. It didn't matter how sick she was, the train was much safer!

The three made their way through a thick forest that had ran along the train tracks, Natsu carrying the bags with both hands as Happy floated above him. On his back, Lucy was being carried with a scowl on her face.

The glowing of her body had stopped as soon as the lingering magic had gone away, but she still felt incredibly weak. If she had more strength, she would tell Natsu how reckless the idea was and that it would have actually been faster to stay on the train.

He knew though, he could feel her glare burn into the back of his head as he continued on his way. Happy casually flew after a butterfly, not caring about the circumstances as long as they got back to Magnolia.

"I know, I know." Natsu began, sighing as he looked off into the distance. He could hear her scolding him in his mind, it was weird. "I won't be able to concentrate on you if we stayed on the train, I hate that thing."

What he was saying was true, and she appreciated that he put her conditions first, but he still had to know he can't just go jumping out of windows all the time. She didn't say anything though, she really couldn't force a voice out her throat. Instead, she rested her cheek against his shoulder and breathed heavily as she tried to fight off her weakness and ignored her little grudge.

Natsu looked over his shoulder to catch sight of Lucy, his eyebrows furrowing in concern. He couldn't run with the bags, but he can't just leave their stuff in the middle of a forest. He wanted nothing more than to get her to a doctor, but there was no way that was happening unless they magically teleported there. Happy could have flown one of them, but Natsu wanted to make sure he stayed by Lucy's side.

"Will you be ok, Lushy?" Happy questioned, lowering himself to look at Lucy who didn't show any sign of responding. She had her eyes shut tightly, grinding her teeth together as she laid practically lifeless as a doll on Natsu's back.

"She will." Natsu responded for Lucy, his look hardening as he quickened his pace. He could smell the air, and the scent of rain lingered in the distance. If they were going to get to a town, they would have to do it before it came.

Happy watched Lucy with worry painting his face, could this be because of Nashi? Happy had already dubbed the child, male or not, and Nashi was the name that he chose. Lucy asked him if he liked it, and he really did. "Hang in there, Lushy." He thought to himself, bringing a paw to move some strands of hair from her face in an affectionate manner.

Although the trio had covered a lot of ground since they jumped from the train, they were miles away from any civilization and he knew it. Despite the speedy pace they had been moving in, a drop of water was quick to land on Natsu's cheek and he looked up to the sky. Droplets had begun to fall steadily, the clouds rolling in and thunder soon could be heard in the distance.

"Fuck, come on Happy." Natsu called out to the feline, and soon they had began to run as best as they could with the bags in his hands and a fragile Lucy on his back. With a bit of sniffing around and a sharp eye, Natsu's sight fixated on a cave opening and he quickly turned on his feet to run into the dark opening. If anything was lurking inside, he could just kick 'em out of there.

When they ran deep enough into the cave, Natsu let the bags drop from his hands and he sighed when he heard the rain now pour hard outside. The droplets echoed into the cave, but thankfully there had not been anything sleeping soundly so there was no fear of waking a beast.

Happy sighed and plopped down onto the floor, looking around at the cave they were now in. "Happy, get me a blanket." Natsu asked, averting his eyes from the rain back to him.

"Aye!" Happy spoke, and dug into his bag in order to pull out a thick blanket he carried around. Flying over, Happy set it down onto the ground as straight as he could and Natsu lowered himself down to his knees, letting Lucy lay across the blanket gently. When she was released, her head turned to the side and she continued to rest her eyes and body.

The pinkette gazed at her face for a few seconds, and when he saw a shiver run over her body he sat himself down near her. Holding up a hand in front of him, he soon lit his hand on fire to provide the space with light and warmth.

Happy yanked out a few pillows from the bags that they kept for the trip and gently set one under Lucy's head using the other as a seat for himself. The two sat in silence, the only sounds that rang through the cave was the soft pattering of the rain drops against the rocks and leaves.

Natsu sat in thought, his hand stretched out towards Lucy to keep her warm but not close enough that it would burn her. As he stared at her resting face, his mind lingered to other places.

"Be prepared." Gajeel's voice, that's for sure, but why now? Natsu grumbled low to himself, looking back to his flames as he pondered what exactly the iron dragon slayer meant. It's only a flu, so that can't be what he meant. Maybe he meant the train ride and the boat ride back to back? Though, that also didn't seem right. It angered him to know that Gajeel had knowledge about something he didn't, especially since he knew it had something to do with Lucy.

As thunder clashed loudly in the distance, Natsu's attention was captured by a small movement from the blonde.

She had turned her head towards him, her chocolate eyes now wide open as she stared at him with a frown on her face. Natsu was about to speak, that is until she decided to place her hands at her sides and push herself up from the blanket.

"Are you OK, Luce?" He soon questioned, Lucy already making an effort to keep herself in the sitting position. She almost fell back down, but Natsu's arms quickly wrapped around her and supported her into a seating position. She glanced up to his face, their noses now inches apart and she glanced up to meet his gaze.

It wasn't long before tears began to swell up in her eyes, and Natsu's widened in shock. Was he hurting her?

"O-oh, sorry, I-I'll just..."

"Natsu... I'm sorry..."

Natsu was taken back by the statement. He had no idea what she had to be sorry for, she did nothing wrong. It wasn't her fault that she was sick, so she shouldn't feel bad for having to be supported even just a little bit. It's always been like this, and even though she had some independence he couldn't help but want to support her.

"What are you talking about?" He quickly asked, Happy watching in fascination at the scene unfolding before him.

Lucy took a minute to speak again, her lip quivered slightly as she tried her best to stop the tears that now fell down her cheeks. She leaned forward, pressing her forehead against his chest and letting out a few hushed sobs as her body shook from the effort. Her hands were balled up into fist and those also rested against the dragon slayer.

Natsu wasn't sure what to make of the situation, nor was he sure what caused it. He thought back to all that he said during the trip back, but nothing struck him as something that could have upset her. Was it the train thing? There was no way that would have such an impact on her.

He narrowed his eyes as his expression softened, placing his hand on the back of her head so that he could bring her closer to his form. His other arm was kept tightly around her waist and now they were in a full on hug.

She whispered something, but it was barely audible. He rose an eyebrow in confusion, loosening his grip on her so that her face wouldn't be pressed up against him so tightly.

"What?" He asked, Lucy noticeably tensing up after this.

"I'm..." She began, and soon she spoke louder than she has in a while. "I'm pregnant, Natsu."

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