Draco~Heart chapter 11

Disclaimer I do not own fairy tail or its wonderful characters it belongs to hiro mashima. And just a reminder this story is rated M it has smut, violence, swearing and strong themes. It's a mix of hurt/comfort, romance, adventure ect.

" talking"

' thinking'

"spoken in dragon tounge"

Recap:

Crawling into bed Natsu wrapped his arm around her waist as she snuggled into his large toned chest. He buried his face into her hair enjoying the sweet aroma as she stroked her fingers over his mussels drawing invisible patterns as they fought to stay awake. Trying not to succumb to sleep, as the lay in each other's warm embrace. Both refusing to thinking about what the morning would bring.

Chapter 11~ unexpected meeting.

~ Normal pov ~

The guild hall hadn't quite been the same, since the dragons left for their training mission. It was now winter, and instead of the usual rowdy atmosphere that normally surround the guild hall at this time of year. It was quiet, to quite, and certain blond hair mage was not as happy or full of spirits like she normally was.

Lucy had just returned from finishing yet another mission with Sora and Happy and was now sitting in her usual spot at the bar sipping on a strawberry milkshake with a sulky look on her face, sighing with boredom.

"I need a vacation?" she said Groaning softly thinking to herself. 'I woke up this morning still aching from my last mission. Happy and Sora started fighting again, when I tried to take my hot morning bath to relax. Finally getting them to stop I go to take my bath, only to find its at room temperature, and the worst part is It's been almost a year I still can't find any trace of Aquarius's key. I just need some time to relax.' burying her face into the bar counter she let out another loud sigh getting lost in her thoughts.

A few weeks after the boys had left on their training mission, Loke had appeared. He explained to Lucy that Aquarius's key had reappeared in Earthland, but due to Aquarius's orders he couldn't tell her where exactly. After all "where was the fun in that" Aquarius's words not his. So the next day the celestial mage had decided to started traveling all over Fiore, taking on various high paying missions along the way, while searching and saving as much jewel as possible. Sometimes some of the other girls would accompany her on her travels but it was mostly just her, Sora and Happy. Yet after almost a year she still had no leads; at times she believed she would never find her but the celestial Mage refused to give up.

Hearing the clanking of footsteps coming closer to her Lucy was pulled from her trance. She looked up trying to see who it was in front of her. She smiled softly when she saw long pure silky white hair; eyes that look like you're looking into the bluest of oceans, and a smile so bright that you might think you looking at the sun for just a moment. "What's wrong Lucy?" Mira said with a sweet smile.

She looked up at her friend with a tired smile "Hey Mira, nothing much I'm just really bored; I won't need rent money for a while, thanks to all my missions. Erza is still on a mission with Jellal, I miss Natsu and Gray and I haven't found Aquarius's key yet and I have no clue where to look next; I think I need a vacation." groaning in sadness putting her head back on the counter.

Mira giggled lightly "That's a perfect idea Lucy. I'll go ask all the girls and we should all go on vacation, but for now we have some new jobs posted that might interest you?"

Lucy looked up then took a look at the board and thought about it for second then she turned around responded back to her "Thank you Mira, I can't wait." walking over to the board scanning through all the job requests she found one that caught her eye "this one looks interesting" she hummed while looking at it carefully reading, but was interrupted by the sound of some calling her name.

"Lu-chan, your back." Levy said wrapping he arms around Lucy in quick hug, "I've been waiting for you. I just talked to master; our dragons will be coming home soon." Levy exclaimed with excitement. "Really, did they say when exactly?" Lucy asked feeling her own excitement bubble within. "Master said they should be home at the end of the week." Both girls squealed at the news. Over the last year levy had spent most of her time trying to find as much information on dragons as she could. After all she was soon to be mated to one, but much to her disappointment, she hadn't found anything else on the subject. "Their finally coming home, I have missed them so much" Lucy said trying not to squeal again, "me to Lu-chan". Both girls were pulled from their private conversation as Mira called their names waving for them to come join her and a larger group of girls that was now gathered at one of the tables.

"Lucy, Levy I talked to someone of the girls and they agreed to come on a 5 day vacation. So tomorrow I want you all to be dressed nicely and we will meet at the train station at 7am no later. Now I want everyone it get a go nights rest and leave the rest to me." Mira said clapping her hands together with a large smile. Lucy and levy sheared a look the she-devil was up to something.

Trying to hold back a giggle, Lucy and levy sat down with the other girls. They spent the rest of the day talking about what Mira might have planned for them.

(Next morning)

It was a frosty morning as the girls all started arrived at the train station. "Has anyone seen Mira?" Lucy asked scanning the small group of women. "Oh, she said she had to pick up an important package from fairy tail. She should be here soon." Lissana explained taping her chin in thought locking at the nearby clock reading 6:45. "But I do hope she hurries up, or we will miss the train." She giggled looking to her blond friend.

"Not just that she has all the tickets." Levy chimed in giggling.

Excitement was bubbling amongst them as they waited for Mira. They all couldn't wait for what might lay in store for them. Suddenly a soft angelic voice called across the crowed "I'm sorry I'm late, but I couldn't leave this important package behind." Lucy was beside herself, when a flash of scarlet had caught her eye and instantly ran and embraced her sister type figure. "Erza I've missed, you when did you get back."

"Early this morning. "Erza said squeezing the poor blond. "Um...Erza I can't breathe." Lucy was thankful that today Erza was not dressed in her normal Armor.

"Oh my sorry Lucy."

"Okay girls, it's time to go. It's a two hour tip. Here are your tickets, oh, and we have privet car to ourselves." Mira called clapping her hands together before handing out the tickets.

Finally getting on the train, Lucy, Levy, Ezra, Mirajane, Lisanna, Yukino, Cana, Juvia, Evergreen, Bisca, Kinana and Meredy were getting settled in their seats when, something shiny caught her eye gaining the celestial Mage's attention. Lucy reached out and had grabbed one of the scarlet haired woman's hands. Her eyes grew wide as she pulled it to her face and squealed, "Aaaaaah, is that what I think it is... Erza are you engaged?" This drew the girls to circle around Erza to get a glimpse of the exquisite white gold and diamond ring. "yes...Jellal asked me two days ago." A soft blush appearing on her cheeks.

"Fuck, will you look at the size of that rock." Cana said wrapping an arm around the poor girl's shoulders.

"Kyaaa, congratulations." Lucy, Levy, Lisanna, Yukino, Juvia squealed jumping up and down.

Mirajane, was already making wedding plans. While Evergreen, Bisca, Kinana and Meredy just giggled saying their congratulations. It was a long two hours for the re-quip mage but she expected nothing less from her family.

~ Normal pov (Rina) ~

"GET YOUR ASS BACK HERE SO I CAN KILL YOU." Rina shouted as she gave chase to a man that had just committed his last offence ever. The day had started off fine, she had just finished moving most of her stuff to their new home and only had a few more things to take care off until Ayame called out their friend Henley needed her help with something. They had arrived at the hotel Henley was working at; they needed her to catch a pervert that has been taking pictures of the female costumes while the bathed in the hot springs. They had tried to catch him themselves but he always managed to always escape.

Everything was going as planned, it was a simple task. She had caught the dumb ass within an hour, of waiting by the hot springs. All was going well until she went to tie him up. The guy had grabbed her dagger, thrusting it towards her trying to slash it towards her face but it missed cutting her already damaged hair. Rina was so shocked it gave the man time to run away. It took several minutes for Rina to move again taking off after him in a fuller rage.

Rina had always loved her long hair, she was deviated when Heath had destroyed it. She would never admit it, but the eclipse dragon had developed a slight complex about her hair. Ayame learnt the hard way, what happens when you tease her about it. Rina had finally managed to get it back to looking half decent and now it was ruined. They were nearing the Main Street when the man turned his head to look back, never realising that was a big mistake.

Thwack. The sound echoed throughout the street as everything moved in slow motion as he was knocked out by a flash of red. Rina was stunned as she watched the man fall to the ground unconscious after a punch to the face. From the sound of it the guy had broken something. "Are you ok, we heard you yelling." A blond girl had asked as Rina watched the red haired girl 'punishing' the guy she had been after.

As things started moving again, Rina finally acknowledged that someone had spoken to her. She moved to retrieve the pervert and thank the beautiful group of women that stood before her.

"Yeah thanks, ya really helped me out. This pervert has been causing a lot of problems around here." Rina said grabbing her dagger back from the man. "Stupid jerk, you are so lucky you're not dead for ruining my hair." Rina grumbled out as she picked up the now unconscious man.

"Kukuku, it was ruined to begin with Rina, kukuku." Ayame teased hovering around the group. "Oh shut it, or I'll shave you in your sleep."

The cat hid behind the group of girls for protection, peeking over a sliver hair girl's shoulder, pointing an accusing finger at her friend "you wouldn't?"

"Oh, I would and you know it." Rina giggled at her exceeds horrified face.

"Um, I could fix it if you like." The kind voice of the blond said as she pulled out a gold key "open gate of the giant crab; Cancer." Rina watched on in stunned curiosity as a strange crab man appeared from a flash of light.

"Hey, baby." Cancer said as her appeared. "Hey cancer can you fix our new friends hair." The celestial Mage said pointing towards the eclipse dragon. "Sure thing baby."

"So how would you like it shorter, longer?..." Cancer started to explain when Rina interrupted "long please." Within seconds Rina's hair was once again long, hanging just past her waist. It was beautiful and looked even better than before. It now even had a natural wave to it.

"Oh my god, how can I thank you... um... wait I forgot to ask your names." Rina said grabbing the young blond's hands.

"Oh I'm Lucy and these are my friends levy, Ezra, Mirajane, Lisanna, Yukino, Cana, Juvia, Evergreen, Bisca, Kinana and Meredy." Lucy said pointing to each girl with a kind smile. Rina smiled back and gave a soft wave to each girl "hi I'm Rina, Rina Asami and this is here is Ayame, ... WAIT YOUR A CELESTIAL SPIRIT MAGE." Rina's eyes grew wide as her slow mind caught up to speed "um, yes I am." Lucy said felling a little nervous as the new girl got extremely close.

"Awesome, this is just perfect. Can I hire you for a mission." The eclipse dragon explained smiling. "umm… I guess.?" Lucy said she was going to ask if it could wait 5 days but Erza stepped forward intrigued by the younger girls our burst, but still showed Authority and caution after all they had only just met this girl. "May I ask what the mission entails?"

"Sure, but do you mind if we discuss it back at my place it's not far from here. Hey Ayame can you deal with this loser and meet me back home." With a way of her hand the lavender Exceed grabbed the pervert and took off.

"Um Rina if you don't mind me asking are you a Mage as well." Levy said walking beside their new acquaintance. "Yes, I'm not part of a guild or anything. Well not yet anyways."

They continued chatting as the girls followed Rina to the edge of town where they approached a small house. The group entered the now almost empty house. Face palming at her own stupidity Rina turned to the group "Um... shit... sorry I forgot, I'm kind of in the middle of moving... hehe so just find a spot to get comfortable." Rina said sheepishly sitting on the floor, following suit the girls joined her.

"So Rina what did you need a celestial Mage for." Mira asked sweetly. Letting out a loud sigh, Rina looked around the room evaluating how much she should explain. On the walk over she had finally noticed their guild marks, recognising that they were apart of Fairy Tail and as much as she didn't want to lie she had promised Natsu to keep a lot of thing a secret from his family. She had to figure out a way to explain her predicament to the girls, without compromising her promise to the fire dragon.

Seriousness surrounded the eclipse dragon as she begin to explain. "Well you see I need to speak with the celestial spirit king. I need his help, but as I'm not a celestial spirit Mage so I can't request an audience with him without someone to summon a spirit."

Lucy and Yukino sheared a look "I'm sorry Rina but I don't think I can help, humans can't enter the celestial world without the kings perdition and even then he doesn't grant that easily." Lucy said giving her new friend a sad smile.

"sorry Lucy but I have to try, it's a life or death situation. I wouldn't be asking if I had another way of doing this. You see I need him to help me hide this book, he's the only one powerful enough to keep it safe and no one from this world can get to it without the kings help or permission." A glow appeared revealing said book in the eclipse dragon's hands.

Gasping Levy immediately reached in to her bag pulling out her notes and a copy of the exact same book except hers had much more damage, she showed it the eclipse dragon. "That's the same as mine, but yours is in better condition. Please you have to let me read it." Levy said reaching for the newer copy with one hand. The book in Rina's hands disappeared into thin air just as quickly as it appeared, keeping it out of the script mages reach. Rina let out a low growl that filled the room, followed by a yelp as levy dropped everything she was holding as it burst into flames. The temperature around them was rising. "What is wrong with you?" Evergreen yelled as Lissana looked over levy for any burns.

Rina skin begun to change as beautiful purple scales started to appear. Blue and purple eyes scanned the room as she started losing control of her rage. "You're a dragon slayer?" Yukino gasped as Rina let out another threatening growl.

Rina started getting into a defensive position, ready to attack. "RINA!" Ayame screamed as she entered the room, putting herself in between the dragon and the other mages. "Calm down, you promised. You said you could control it." Hearing her sister's voice had pulled the eclipse dragon from her trance. Her scales disappeared and claws retracted as Rina shook her head then looked around the room at the stunned faces. Seeing the burnt remains and the book, Rina realised what she had just done. "Fuck." Rina said looking down at her hands; Ayame could roughly guess what was running throughout her sister's mind. "You're right. Sorry, just seeing that book... I just... sorry. Um ... Ayame can you explain to them... I need to clear my head; I'll be in my old hoard. Bring them down once ya done." Rina said leaving the room as quickly as she could. The eclipse dragon feeling mortified by her outburst. 'what did I just do.'

Ayame watched sadly as her sister left, she knew how much her sister was still suffering from the damage Zexion had inflicted upon her both mentally and physically. "I'm sorry; please don't hold it against her, Rina's still suffering because of that book. You see a couple of months ago she was captured by a dark cult. They tortured her pretty badly, due to some information they found within that book. It's magic and it holds many secrets that could kill all the dragon slayers." Ayame said walking up to Lucy. "they had claimed that the one Rina has now the last copy."

"Oh my, the poor girl." Mira gasped looking towards the direction their new friend had left them. "She's okay, but sometimes she snaps" the cat said getting comfy in Lucy's lap as she scratches behind her ear in comfort. Ayame couldn't explain it but she really liked this blond, she smelled nice.

"Why don't you just burn it like she did mine?" Levy asked confused. "The dragon's eye. It's the Jewel in the middle of the cover, it protects it from any and all harm; including aging, that's why it still looks brand new even know it's centuries old. We tried to remove the eye... but it wouldn't budge. So the next best thing was to hide it in a place it could never be found or gotten to without a high level celestial mage and the celestial kings help." Ayame said looking up to Lucy. "Please can you help us." Resting her right hand on the little cats head Lucy gave her a bright smile. "I will try."

"Yay, then follow me I'll take you to Rina."

(Rina's hoard)

After leaving the girls, Rina made her way to the hidden cave she found all those years ago. It was technically under the house, but you had to travel through a series of tunnels to get inside. The young dragon spent most of her time here; she hardly uses the house above anymore. It was quite large space that was once filled with all sorts of treasure, but now it was practically empty. Rina had already moved the majority of it to its new hiding place in magnolia.

Letting out a frustrated groan Rina continually punched a nearby wall. She needed to vent and what better way than to break shit. She continued to unleash her inner turmoil on anything she could find. "Fuck, Fuck, Fuck, Fuck.. FUCK!"

So here she stood beating the crap out of a large rock.

"Yo, if ya keep that up ya going to break a nail. Kukuku."

"Fuck off fur ball." Rina spat back as she unleashed a powerful punch. A loud thundering crack shot throughout the cave, as the giant rock split in two. Smirking triumphantly she turned back to face her new friends, " hey sorry about before. I shouldn't have snapped"

"It's okay I wasn't hurt and we understand." Levy smiled waving hear hands about. "But do you mind explaining a little more on the book. Truthfully Lucy and I are the only ones that know everything about the dragons. But there is more to it isn't there." Levy questioned placing a comforting hand on the eclipse dragons arm.

"Look, truth is; I have already met all of the other dragons. They were the ones that saved me. But I promised I wouldn't talk about it, let's just say a lot happened. Now the deal with the book is unlike yours, this one holds a dark secret. One I still don't fully understand. As you can see mine still has the dragons' eye, it's what unlocks everything. Truthfully without the gem your book was pretty much nothing but a fake with useless information." Taking a deep breath Rina thought back finally relaxing.

"To open it you need a dragon's blood, I found out that different dragon's blood opens different information about that particular dragon but if you mix more than one then you could potentially open the whole thing. When I was with Natsu, Gray, Gajeel, Sting, Rouge, Laxus, Cobra and Wendy we tested my theory and it worked. But we still refused to unlock its full potential by combining all of our blood together at the same time. It was then that we decided it was too dangerous to keep it. We tried to destroy it but nothing we did worked, So I came up with a plan to hide it. I have read and copied everything we thought might important, such as mating rituals and stuff just in case. Nothing that could be used against us." Finally finished her explanation Rina turned to Lucy "so do you think you'll be able to help?"

"We're in, but I can't guarantee we can see the king. It's normally forbidden for non-spirits to enter the celestial realm." Lucy said "But I'll try" smiling she approached the beautiful raven haired dragon pulling out two keys. "Open gate of the maiden; virgo. Open gate of the lion; Leo."

Loke materialized from golden light he looked at Lucy with his Charm-the-Ladies smile. "Yes my love what can I do for you?" While Virgo had stepped neatly out of her gate with a small bow. "You called Princess?"

"I did indeed Virgo. Thank you both for coming so promptly. Firstly Loke; can you ask the celestial king if we can speak to him. It's extremely important we see him and Virgo if we are allowed an audience with the celestial king we need some clothes to get the celestial realm."

"Sure thing princess." Loke said as he kissed her hand to which Lucy chose to ignore.

"As you wish, princess." Virgo said giving a bow.

In a flash of bright light both spirits had dissolved, returning into the celestial realm. After few moments later they reappeared with their new clothes. "Lucy, the king has agreed but only Yukino, you and the dragoness may enter." Loke said as Virgo handed over the new celestial garments.

"will you all be ok to wait till we get back. It shouldn't take too long" Lucy said as she slipped into a beautiful golden dress.

"we will be fine, we shall wait right here for your return then we can continue our vacation' Erza said as the others agreed and got comfortable.

Once the trio was charged and ready to go Loke took a hold of Lucy's hand and placed another soft kiss upon it, "ready to go princess?" He purred Lucy rolled her eyes at her friend giving him a playful slap on the shoulder. "Ok everyone ready?" Lucy asked as they were surrounded by a flash of light.

(In the celestial realm)

Loke had lead them towards the Castle, the eclipse dragon couldn't help admiring how extremely beautiful the celestial realm was. Thousands of stars and constellations covered the sky, it seemed to have several different planet-like orbs floating in the air and at first glance, the void appears to stretch on infinitely. As they walked along the path, Rina had noticed various large multi-coloured crystals covered the ground. They were glinting and gleaming as the stars light fell upon them, due to her dragon instincts of likening shiny things; it to every ounce of self-control not to try and take them back to home with her. Yet the most beautiful part of this world that had captivated the young dragon was the dancing lights of the auroras. She could already feel its power being absorbed inside of her. Taking in a large breath Rina finally felt at peace, its purifying light had finally cleansed her of the darkness that plagued her. Finally she was free of Zexion.

They had finally entered the Castle and made their way towards the throne room. As they entered they were greeted by all of the other zodiacs along with the king himself. "Welcome my old friends." His voice was deep yet the eclipse dragon found it calming as she followed the small group to stand before the king. "It's good to see you again stache face." Lucy said giggling with a wink at their inside joke. She revived a large smile in return then he learned back in his chair before addressing the reason they were there. "Loke informed me you needed to speak to me urgently. What may I help you with my friends?"

Stepping forward Rina politely bowed as she spoke she pulled out the book "I need your help to hide this book and I believe this might be the only place, that it will be safe."

"Hmmmm, and why do you need to hide this book?" The king asked leaning forward to further inspect the book in question "Hmmmm, I see. This is the Draconiss; quite a rare and powerful book indeed. I haven't seen it since it was made. Please tell me why you wish to keep it hidden."

"A dark cult and its leader Zexion wanted to use it against us dragons to start a war and enslave mankind. Zexion won't be able to get to it without the help of a high level celestial mage, and powerful celestial spirit and even then they can't come to the celestial realm without your permission. But I also believe he has more than just a war in mind, when Ayame found the book she came across a small wooden box with celestial keys in it and a piece of paper with Draco heart written on it. I have no clue as to why but I know this book is dangerous if it's left in our world." Rina could feel herself getting angry at the memories; she clenched her fists tightly, her nails digging into her skin almost drawing blood. That was until she felt a gentle touch grab her hand.

Rina's blue and purple eyes meet soft and warming honey brown, as Lucy smiled bright as the eclipse dragon reassuring her she was no longer alone. The celestial king smiled down at the two girls and their display of friendship "I know as to why this Zexion is after the celestial keys, but the ones he needs are the thirteen gold keys as well as this book. I believe he is seeking the first dragon himself, Draco." The eclipse dragon flinched at the new information returning back to the king "that can't be. He's dead, Draco's soul is said to have become the stars that make up the constellation Draco." The celestial king just nodded slightly in understanding.

"I'm not sure young dragon, not much is known after Draco disappeared from your world. None the less I shall accept your request, but I have a condition of my own. I would like for you to give Lucy and Yukino your protection." He gave Rina a knowing look, which she gladly returned. With her protection Zexion could not use them to get here.

"They both will have my protection, all of fairy tail will. I give you my word. As to Lucy and Yukino, I will offer them my mark but It will also be their choice to either except or decline a mark from me. I will discuss it with them once we return home." Rina said bowing in respect.

"Very well. I agree to guard the Draconiss. Now it is time for you all to return to the human world."

"Thank you."

(Back at Rina's home)

The girls had returned back to Rina's home finding only an hour had passed. Rina had offer for the girls to pick something from her hoard as a reward for their help. They tried to refuse the offer but Rina just growled and threatened that if they didn't choose something she would keep bugging them till they did, after all she could be really annoying when she wanted to be. Happy to have won that argument, the girls once again found themselves in the dragon's cave of treasure. Rina had already remove most of it but several chests still remained. Rina was just leaning against one of the large rocks leaving the girls to their own devices.

She noticed levy had found the chest with a bunch of rare books and couldn't choose between a curtain three. Rina watched her inner struggle to pick just one taking pity on the script Mage she walked over. "You're welcome to keep all three, I don't mind."

The poor girl almost broke down with joy. It was a good thing Rina hadn't told her about a huge stash of books she had already moved to their new home, the mage would most likely move into her hoard, and that was not an option.

Ezra and Bisca had found some of Grans, old Armor and weapons she had moved here when the old woman passed on. Gran had made and sold most of the best magical weapons in all of Fiore; she smiled as Bisca chose an old gun that Gran had made when she was younger and Erza had picked out one of Grans Armour and swords sets.

Mirajane, Lisanna, Lucy, Yukino, Juvia, Evergreen, Kinana and Meredy had found a chest of Jewelry. Rina could help laughing at their faces when they opened that particular chest. "So it's true what they say about dragons and collecting treasure." Lissana said as Rina and levy joint them.

"Um I guess. For each dragon it's different. We collect what attracts us sometimes it's things related to our magic, for me I like sparkling things. Well feel free to pick one."

"Rina exactly what is your magic?" Yukino asked remembering that Rina had used fire.

"Oh, I'm an eclipse dragon. But I won't get into that you will just have to wait and see." She winked and examined the girls rummaging through the chest.

After they had chosen a piece of jewelry each. Rina made her way over to Cana who was happy to take a bag of jewel; that was until she found Rina's hidden stash of 12 year old fire whisky. 'Luckily she only took one barrel' Rina thought to herself as she went to retrieve a particular surprise for her new friends.

After every one had seemed to pick out what they wanted the eclipse dragon had gathered all them all together facing the two celestial mages, "I have one more thing to give you." Quickly she raised her hand to stop any interjections, "before you reject the offer, just know, if you don't take them they will be sad and alone sitting in this box as I can't use them." Smirking at everyone's confused faces Rina opened the box revealing 6 celestial keys but only one stood out.

Tears fell from Lucy's eyes at the glint of gold, which sparkled from within the box. Slowly she reached out and took the key into her trembling hands. I smile graced the celestial mages face as she looked at her new friend, "thank you. Rina you don't know what this means to me." Watching the blonde's reaction Rina just smiled softly back. "Don't thank me; it was Ayame that found the box. I'm just glad you like it." Lucy wrapped her arms around the dragon letting the rest of her tears slowly come to a stop. "Hey do you mind telling me why that keys so special." Lucy gladly explained her and Aquarius's story. In the end there was not a dry eye in the house, and after the tender moment of Lucy story. Everyone waited with anticipation as Juvia filled a cup she found in the treasure chest with water, Lucy finally dipped her key into the water calling forth her beloved friend.

"Open gate of the water bearer, Aquarius."

As the flash of light filled the room Erza and Mira sheared a look, ushering out the rest of the girls back upstairs to give the two friends' time to get reacquainted. All they hear as they left was "about time brat, still see your single." And Lucy's tearful laughter.

It was late at night by the time Lucy entered the house. She found that only Rina and Yukino were still awake. She found the dragons and celestial mage sitting by the window gazing out into the night sky. "Hey Lucy, done already." Yukino said as Lucy walked over to join them.

"Yeah, I don't like to keep them from the celestial world to long, that and she said she had a date with Scorpio. Um Rina do you mind if we talked." Lucy said feeling shy all of a sudden. She couldn't explain it but ever since the returned from the celestial realm she was feeling a strong connection towards the eclipse dragon. "Sure, come sit."

"Rina what did the king and you mean by a mark." Lucy asked as she sat next to yuki.

"The king wanted me to give you both a sibling's mark of protection. It will keep you safe by using my magic and it will allow me to know you are in trouble. Normally it's given to someone who you shear an extremely close bond with. But it's extremely powerful magic you have to be strong to receive such a mark. As an alpha I'm able to assess someone's strength, if you were a dragon I would say you'd be a Delta Lucy. It's the highest rank a female can get other than alpha and Yukino I would say you're about a gamma in strength. Also I will not force this upon you. It will be your choice and your choice alone. Just be warned, if you agree to bear the mark, once the other dragons come home you may get defensive around them. Technically as they will have their own alpha, they might see you as a threat. So if you have a thing for one of the dragons I suggest you turn down the offer." Rina gave a knowing look that caused Lucy and Yukino to blush. "I'll give you time to think about it."

"Rina, I'll except the siblings mark. Aquarius explained that this dark cult will come for my keys and I will do anything to protect them. I can't lose them, they are my family. I may have gotten stronger but I will not risk them just to keep my pride." Tears slipped from Lucy's eyes as the memory of losing one of her keys resurfaced.

"I'll accept the mark as well. I will not have my friends hurt or used against their will." Yukino said with pride.

"If this is what you both truly want the pass me your wrist. Also this might hurt a bit, as I'll have to bite you. It takes time for the mark to settle but once it does you and I both will feel the pull of the bond. So you ready?" Lucy only gave a quick nod as the eclipse dragon brought the celestial mage's slim wrist to her mouth and bit into her soft flesh. Lucy's blood began to fill the dragon's mouth as Rina let her magic flow into the other girl's body. Releasing Lucy's wrist from her mouth Rina's gave the wound a lick to stop any further bleeding. Lucy had started to close her eyes feeling drowsy as the magic took effect. Rina turned and did the same thing to Yukino.

Lucy had placed her head into Rina's lap, before falling into a deep sleep. Rina smiled down at the now sleeping girl, Yukino had curled up next to Lucy as they snuggled together. she would never have thought, that after all these years alone that she would once again have a family. Let alone three beautiful sisters. Closing her eyes Rina finally let sleep take her.

Authors notes:

Sorry it taking so long I kinda got bad writers bock. I hope you like it. I wanted Lucy and Rina to develop a strong bond due to what I have planned in later chapters. Sorry for any spelling or grammatical mistakes.

Chapter 12: this is why we can't have nice things ~ Nothing says welcome home like a little friendly fight ;p Natsu and the boys are on their way home and life is about to get a hold lot sexier ;)