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So everyone knows, I am trying to put out a new chapter every 4-5 days, hopefully less. That is from the last time I post a chapter in THIS FanFic.
A sharp pain drew Natsu from the depths of his sleep, his breath catching in his throat. He clenched his teeth until he could bear the pain long enough to let his breath out, only realizing then that his back had arched off the bed. He sagged back in relief, casting his eyes around to see what exactly had awoken him in the first place. The sunlight peeking into the room told him that it was the middle of the day. A familiar smell flooded his senses, a combination of both vanilla and lavender. He followed his nose to pinpoint where the two were and fount that they had brought up a pair of chairs to sit on the opposite side of the bed from him as if they were afraid they would hurt him had they stayed with him.
Both were asleep, leaning against one another to stay upright. He smiled slightly at the sight, knowing that his pain had not originated from either of the mages. Letting out a small sigh, he pushed himself into a sitting position and slid back until he felt the cool wood of his headboard against his bare back. Leaning his head back against the wall, he caught movement off to his right, a flash of blue that tried to hide from his eyes.
The Dragon Slayer chuckled when the intruder let out a soft whine, peaking just past the edge of the bed up at him. "Natsuuuu?" Happy's eyes were filled with pain at seeing what he had caused his friend. The smile slowly diffused the regret from the cat until he threw himself at his adoptive father to land on his chest and have the Dragon Slayer wrap an arm around him weakly. "It's alright, Happy." He said, coaxing the cat to quiet down as to not wake the sleeping women.
"I didn't know if you were going to come back this time." Happy said sadly.
Natsu patted the cat's head again. "You can thank those two for that. Without them, I wouldn't have been able to come back at all." In talking with the Exceed, Natsu failed to notice that Lucy had woken up and was trying to move Mira's still asleep body.
"But you said it yourself; it's their fault you were put into that situation." Happy whispered, causing Lucy to stop where she was as regret coursed through her.
Natsu flicked Happy's forehead and picked him up by the scruff of his neck to bring him to eye level. "Just because you aren't happy that I left without notice six years ago doesn't give you right to place blame on whomever you see fit. Sekena is to blame here, not Lucy or Mira. Her wish to see Igneel again was what caused this. In a way, it was for the best." Natsu looked over at the celestial mage and smiled, giving her a slight wink. "Without her, I wouldn't have seen exactly what I was fighting for."
The celestial mage smiled at his words as she made her way across the bed to kneel next to his side. "How do you feel, Natsu?" She asked, running her hand over his bandages that wrapped down his left arm and left side causing him to flinch slightly. Her smile brought tears to her eyes at seeing him in this state, her emotions conflicted within her. On one side, she couldn't be happier that he was alive while on the other hand she wanted to cry at the fact that she hadn't been strong enough to protect him.
"I'll live." He commented, setting Happy down next to him before pulling the woman over to him, wrapping his arms around her thin waist ignoring the pain as his body protested his movements. "Happy?" He continued. "Can I have a few minutes to talk with Lucy?"
The Exceed lifted himself off the bed with his wings and hovered there for a moment. "I'll come by tomorrow to see how you are doing." Happy said quietly before making his way over to the stairs, giving one last look over his shoulder.
"Won't you think about staying?" Natsu asked over Lucy's shoulder. "We have more room here than we can think to use right now. I miss having you around. Just think about it." He said as the Exceed nodded and left through the door, the wall sealing seamlessly behind him.
"He wouldn't leave your side while you were out." Lucy said pulling back from him to look at the closed door to their room.
"How long have I been asleep?"
"Two days since we left the guild." She said shaking her head. "Why didn't you call for us earlier?" She asked looking back into his eyes. "We could have helped earlier."
Natsu smiled and raised his right hand to her cheek, circling his thumb over her soft skin. "I never planned on calling you. You had to be ready to give everything up to be of any help. That's why I had Erza hold you back."
Lucy hit his shoulder at his comment, causing him to groan in pain. She immediately regretted the action, wrapping her arm around his shoulders, pressing her head into the crook of his neck. "Sorry…" She mumbled against him. She jumped slightly when he kissed her shoulder. "I'm sorry I worried you Luce."
A few minutes passed with the two holding one another to let their worries wash away through their contact. Lucy pulled away after a moment and leaned towards Mira, who had shifted to lay across the two chairs in her sleep. Natsu grabbed her hand before the blonde woke the sleeping mage. "Let her sleep for a little longer…." She turned to look back at him, her brow furrowed at him questioningly. "Just stay with me for a little while longer…"
She let him pull her back over to him and into his lap with her knees on either side of his hips. She smiled down at him before pressing her lips to his gently. She moaned against him as the heat of his lips washed over her. She quickly pulled back from him though, not wanting to take it too far with how much pain he was in. Her body tried to pull back as well, but was quickly pulled up against him, his right hand flowing into her blonde hair to pull her lips back against his. She succumbed to his advances, melting against his body as they tried to get closer to each other.
He took his time to let his right hand move through her hair feeling the silky texture of her strands. The muscles of his left arm strained against him when he moved it, sliding it down her side to her hip. Slowly, he deepened the kiss, his tongue trailing over her lower lip to request permission to go further with her. She gave it, opening her mouth and sliding her tongue to meet his, shuddering at the feel of his tongue and the taste of his mouth against hers.
The kiss intensified with every passing moment, Natsu caressing his tongue along the insides of her mouth to taste everything she had to offer. He wanted more, wanted to push farther with her, needed to feel every part of her body against his own. She pulled back from the kiss suddenly, pushing back against his shoulders. "No." She said quietly after having felt his need for her ripple through their bond. "We can't just yet. You aren't strong enough yet... Besides…" She said looking over at their sleeping comrade. "It wouldn't feel right with her still asleep… Or with the possibility of her waking up to catch us…"
Natsu smiled and pulled her hands from his shoulders to pull her to him once more, but kissed her cheek and trailed gentle kisses along her jaw to the base of her ear, licking the outer rim to leave a trail of burning saliva along her skin. "Don't stop me, I can tell you want this as much as I do." He whispered before sucking her earlobe between his teeth and biting slightly before letting it go. A soft whine left her lips at the sudden release. "For once I will let you take charge, only if you promise you can keep quiet." His voice came out in a low growl, rumbling from his chest.
His rough voice sent shivers down her spine and she ground her hips against his. "That doesn't sound like a no to me." He whispered. She arched her back against him again, grinding against his growing length. "Let me take care of you, then." She answered. "Let me show you what you would miss if you ever decide to pull another stunt like the other day." She locked her hands into his pink locks and pressed her lips to his, forcing her tongue into his mouth.
Natsu slid his hands under the hem of her shirt to feel the silky skin beneath his fingers. He stopped briefly as her lips left his only to once again find purchase on his neck. He drew a shaky breath and continued his way up her shirt plucking at the buttons. His impatience to get her undressed finally won out over his concern for her clothes as she pulled the two sides of her shirt quickly apart, sending her buttons flying in every direction. She giggled against his neck, dropping her arms from him to let the cloth fall from her body, leaving her bare from her waist up.
She pulled back just enough to give their hands a place to explore once again, tracing her fingers along his muscles gently, careful to avoid pressing too much pressure to his wounds. He let his hands find their own way up her flesh until he felt the large swells of her breasts under his skin. She moaned audibly, renewing her efforts to reach her goal. She looked down between them and smiled at the sight of his erection poking out from the top of his boxers in an attempt to be free of his clothing. She happily obliged, pulling his elastic waistband down his legs until she got sight of what she really wanted. She pulled back from his fingers, biting her lip in order to prevent her sounds from escaping her lips.
She took hold of his throbbing member in her soft hand, feeling it twitch in her grasp. She slid down his body, trailing kisses down him, paying special attention to the areas that caused him to move against her. She held his eyes until he bucked against her hand. "Luce…" He whispered hoarsely. Her hand gently slid up and down his erection, running her thumb over his tip slowly with her free hand. Lowering her head to him, she ran her tongue along the pulsing vein up to the tip. She teased him, pushing him until he started to move against her and would stop, looking up at him until he stopped.
"Please…" He moaned. She conceded, lowering her lips to take him into her mouth. She caught herself moaning at the taste of him and swirled her tongue around the tip while her hand slid up and down the base of his erection. Listening to the sounds of her lover's breathing speed up. A swell of confidence washed over her and she removed her hand from him, pressing her hands against his taunt stomach while she dipped lower on him trying to take as much of him as she could. She barely got half of his length into her before her gag reflex started to kick in before she pulled back, gasping for air.
Delving back down onto him, she bobbed her head up and down on him, stopping briefly every so often to get another breath. "Don't stop…" He moaned, clenching his fists into the sheets so as to not force her deeper onto him. "I'm going… I'm going to cum Luce…" Feeling him throb in her mouth, she pulled away to keep him from reaching his climax. She pushed her way up his body, dragging her bare chest along his rough skin.
He grabbed her waist and pulled her against him roughly, claiming her mouth with his. "You're such a tease." He whispered when they parted, moving his hand down her hips and under her short skirt. "You are going to regret this, I promise you that." He smiled through his words and kissed her painfully gently. His hands traced over the lace edges of her panties before he burnt them off, tossing the remains away from them.
Lucy reached down between them and took ahold of him before aligning him with the entrance to her core. He moaned against her lips, feeling the heat radiating from her that was strong enough to rival the heat his own body gave off. She stopped just before she let him slide inside her and pulled away from his lips. "Beg me for it." She whispered lustfully, biting her lip.
Natsu moaned at her command, pressing his lips to her collarbone where he had left his mark, enjoying this side of Lucy. "Please, Luce… I need to be in you."
Lucy didn't wait to hear anything else, lowering her body over his erection until he filled her completely. The blonde was barely able to stifle her moan as her lover latched his lips over her breast. He left his hurt left hand against her waist while his other lifted up to her lonely breast, massaging the soft skin between his fingers. Her arms wrapped around his neck, pulling him into her chest further.
The celestial mage increased her movements over him, raising herself up just to slam herself down on him again. She dropped her head to his shoulder, biting down on one of his muscles to hold bake her mewls. Natsu pulled away from her breast only to kiss the sensitive skin under her ear. "I'm about to cum Luce… just a little more."
"Mmmmm…" She moaned against his shoulder, feeling her own climax building inside of her. "I want it inside of me…" She whispered seductively to him. Her words ended in a squeak of surprise when he wrapped an arm around her waist and rolled them over so she was lying on her back with him over her, thrusting his hips into hers.
She looked up into his eyes and saw his raw need for her through the pain that covered his features. She opened her mouth to complain about their sudden change in position and found a cry of passion coming from her lips instead. "Naaat… suuuuu…." She moaned, moving her hips in time with his. His eyes were locked on her chest, watching her breasts move with the force of his thrusts. He ignored the pain, relishing in the feeling of her walls encasing his length.
Not soon after they had moved did his thrusts start to become more erratic, less coordinated. She arched into him with a scream, being unable to hold her voice back any longer. "Natsuuuuuu!"
Natsu thrust into her twice more before the tightness of her walls threw him over the edge and he pushed himself deep within her, filling her with his seed. "Lucy!" He moaned. Feeling the hot seed fill her caused her climax to continue, causing her body to lock up rigidly against him.
The two heard a small gasp from the woman next to them and only then did the blonde remember that Mira sat not three feet from them. "I hope I'm not interrupting." Mira said quietly, a bright red blush crossing her cheeks.
Natsu smiled and bent to give Lucy another passionate kiss before rolling off of her into a sitting position, holding his left shoulder as he cringed. Looking over at the white haired mage, he smiled and pushed his way over to her. She met him halfway, pressing her lips to his. She smiled at the familiar feeling of him, at the uncomfortable warmth of his body before he flinched under her grasp when her hand pressed his shoulder back to put him on his back. She pulled away and pouted. "It isn't fair Natsu; you shouldn't have pushed yourself so far…."
Natsu grabbed her wrist and kissed the palm of her hand. "Don't hold yourself back on my account, I won't stop that easily." He said winking and pulling her down with him again, only to have her stop him anyways.
"I want you to be able to enjoy yourself, not force yourself for my sake." She said finally leaning down to lie next to him with her head on his chest. Lucy pulled herself over next to the two and smiled sheepishly over at the other woman. "Sorry we woke you…"
Mira shook her head and trailed a hand down Natsu's chest. "If he wasn't as hurt as he is now, I would have joined you. But next time…" She warned. "Don't try anything without me." Natsu laughed gently before pushing the three of them up into a sitting position. "Thanks to you two, there will be a next time…"
"About that…" Mira said quietly, pulling her legs under her. "I can sometimes still hear the Dragon talk to me…" Natsu spun to look at her, unable to believe what he was hearing.
"What do you mean you can hear her talk to you?" He asked.
"She warned me that if anything happens to you, she would make me regret it… I don't know what she means by it, but it has me a little worried… No soul I have taken has been able to talk to me before, let alone think freely outside of my own will…"
Natsu looked past her out the windows and thought hard about what she was saying, wondering exactly what it would mean if she tried to use the Dragon's soul in a fight, or at all for that matter. "Maybe it would be best that we didn't tell anyone about this until we figure out exactly what is going on. Maybe Master Makarov can help us further…" He offered. The two women nodded and watched as the Dragon Slayer slid to the edge of the bed and stood up on unsteady feet, ready to help him if he needed it. "Why don't we get cleaned up? I'm sure everyone is worried enough as it is with our sudden departure."
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It hadn't taken more than an hour for the three to get showered and dressed and they found themselves at the table next to the kitchen where Natsu had his shirt off and Mira was rewrapping his wounds. His left arm had a long gash down it, the skin having turned a bright red in its attempt to heal while his left side had fared far worse. His side had stitching across his ribs. They had told him that he had broken a few of his ribs in the fight, but Wendy had put them back together with her magic.
Lucy sat across the table from the two, laying her keys out in front of her to inspect them, especially the gate key that linked the lion to their world. When she reached Virgo's key, her hand recoiled from it with a cry. She tentatively picked it back up and tried to call the spirit, but she didn't come. This worried the blonde because she hadn't called her since the fight with Sekena.
Then she remembered what she had seen with Natsu after the spirit had been called to help them. She looked up at Natsu with a glare and stared at him. "What did you do to Virgo?" She asked accusingly.
Natsu avoided her eyes and clenched his hands on the table, a snarl appearing across his lips. "I did exactly what I said I would. I warned you not to summon any of your spirits when you came to me, that I wouldn't be able to control what I did."
She waited for him to continue, but when he didn't she pushed her chair back roughly and grabbed his collar. "What did you do to her?"
Natsu looked up into her eyes briefly before looking away again. "I ripped her apart…. I tore her arm from her body before she could flee back to the spirit world… But the main thing I did was make her afraid to come back whenever I am around… That side of me, the side of me that I can't control… I wanted to break her connection to this world no matter what it took."
Lucy sat there stunned at his confession and gripped the key tightly to her, trying to call the spirit once more. When the spirit refused to show, she frowned and held her key up. "Force Open: Gate of the Maiden: Virgo." She commanded, casting her hand out in front of her.
A bright golden light filled the room as the spirit appeared in front of the celestial mage before shrinking back from the Dragon Slayer. "W-what does my master wish of me?" She said hastily, avoiding eye contact with anyone.
"How are you feeling Virgo? Are you healing well?" Lucy asked, reaching a hand to the spirit, but seeing the spirit tense up forced her to let her arm drop again.
"Virgo is fine, master. Please do not worry about me. I will not be a burden; I will do as is asked of me." The spirit said quietly, bowing her head.
Natsu sighed and stood up, walking over to the spirit and putting an arm on her shoulder, ignoring the fact that the spirit visibly shook from his touch. "Virgo, I'm sorry for what I did. I wasn't in control of myself… When Lucy summoned you, something inside me snapped. I was moments from death and couldn't accept the fact that someone could be as close as you were to Lucy at that moment. The bond you shared with her was more than I could handle, I had to end it then and there before you got any closer to her."
Virgo stood with her eyes closed, waiting for him to snap again. After a few tense moments, she visibly calmed down and looked up at the Dragon Slayer then over to her Celestial Master. "It was the first time Mistress has allowed me punishment. It wasn't as pleasant as I had wished, but maybe it was better than none at all…" Virgo bowed to Lucy once more. "If mistress will allow me, I would take my leave. I will answer your call without hesitation." With that a pink puff of smoke appeared where the spirit had once stood, leaving the three once again to stand there.
Lucy hit Natsu in the chest and glared at him once again. "Idiot. There isn't a person alive that could get closer than you are already. Stop trying to break my keys." She explained to the Dragon Slayer. "Because no matter what happens, we will always be yours." She shared a smile with Mira before grabbing his vest from the table and shoving it into his arms. "Now put that on before we have another reason to stay away from the guild till tomorrow."
Mira walked up behind him and slipped her hands around him, sliding over the muscles of his abs. "I wouldn't mind a little detour if it came down to it." She whispered seductively. She gasped slightly when Natsu spun around in her arms and kissed her. "You will just have to wait until we get back, Mira." Lucy said before the two had a chance to heat things up.
The take-over mage moaned in displeasure of Lucy's words before releasing a huff of air at having to wait. Natsu kissed her cheek and took her hand. "I'll make the wait worth it, don't worry."
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Natsu pushed his way out of the master's office, annoyed that the master refused to talk about their issue, telling the trio that it would be better for them to figure things out on their own. Mira and Lucy followed him out, thinking the master just didn't want to admit that there was something even he didn't know about. "Shall we do a job?" He asked, breaking the silence between the three.
Lucy folded her arms below her breasts and sighed. "What need for money do we have? After what you brought back we shouldn't need to do anything for several months, maybe more than a year." She pulled his pocketbook from the pocket inside of her blouse to run over the numbers again. Excitement grew in her at what she could buy with it, at the clothes she could get from all of the fancy shops around town.
Natsu growled and snatched the book from her and shoved it back into her pocket. "It isn't about money Luce. I just want to go out and relieve some of the aggression I feel at the moment. At least enough so I don't have this burning itch to hit something." He grumbled. Mira perked up at the idea. "A fight would be nice right about now. And besides, we need to get Lucy and you ready for the S-class mage trials that are coming up."
Lucy sighed again. "Without someone by my side, I'm useless in a fight. Without you two being there to help, I wouldn't have been able to do anything against Sekena." She knew she was physically weak, knew that she would have a long ways to go to be at an acceptable level with the two mages next to her. A surprised squeak escaped her when Natsu flicked her nose.
"What part of mate do you not understand? We will do everything we can to help you get stronger, just as we expect you to prove to us that you can stand on your own." His voice came over sternly, but caused her to smile at his intended purpose to the comment. She looked up at the board before grabbing one of the ones that would lead them away from town for a little while.
Natsu snatched one of the highest paying jobs. "How about this?" He asked handing over to the two women. Looking for someone to take care of a group of thieves that continually assault our village. Mira looked for the name that would lead them to find out who to talk to, but only managed to find a business by the name of Hans Inc. in a neighboring town not too far off. "Well… we have two choices here. It will be either a two day walk, or an eight hour train ride." Lucy responded, folding the paper in half.
"I vote train." Natsu's suggestion stunned the other two who looked at him as if he had grown a third head. "The sooner we get there, the sooner I can hit something." He explained, pushing his scarf back over his shoulder. He rolled said shoulder with a small wince and dropped his head in recognition of his pain.
Mira shoved him slightly. "You realize that with you still hurt, you won't be able to fight the same way you did before. You will have to rely on us more than anything." He smiled back at her and cocked his head to the side at the two. "Should we invite anyone else, or just us three?" He asked.
The women looked at one another for a brief moment before grabbing the Dragon Slayer to drag him off. "We won't share you with anyone else unless absolutely necessary. So I think the three of us will be more than enough for something like this." Mira said. "And besides, we could use a vacation after the mission on the way home." Lucy added, wanting to get some time to show off her appreciation for the pink haired mage to anyone willing to see.
As always, R & R please!
And yes I know, the story jumps around a lot. I'm trying not to, so if it keeps happening feel free to yell at me.