PLEASE READ MY LITTLE NOTE HERE BEFORE YOU START READING THE CHAPTER!
As you all can tell, I have not been writing a lot lately, as an apology and a thank you for a certain someone *Cough* *cough* I have written you a 8, 500 word chapter. yes to some it wouldn't seem like much but to this little writer it is the most I have ever written, and I busted my bum for this. Your reviews help me get through the day, letting me know I'm doing something right with one of the things I love to do, so please tell me what you think. I wanna bring out the best in this story, but its all you people who give me the motivation to keep the train going. this story is far from over, so all the feed back that I get from you is good feed back. thank you for all the reviews you have already given me, I read them almost everyday to bring a smile to my face, and some of them make me laugh! you guys are so creative and so funny it makes me giggle, no matter how many times I read them. I love you guys so much you have no idea. now...down to the really important stuffs...
I WILL BE MAKING THIS A RATED M STORY!
No lemons just yet, we will get to all that jazz later on, but I promise there will be a few...or a ton...depends. now on to the next tid bit of information
THIS IS A HAREM AND WILL STAY A HAREM
although some characters will have to back away from Lucy, (i don't know who either) she will not be deciding on just one, also please be prepared for jealousy, heart break, and a fuck ton of drama.
i am not kidding
for those of you who like certain pairings (GALE, NALI, MILA) this is my final warning to you, shit is gunna hit the fan, the girls aren't gunna be too happy, we might be seeing someone lose a limb...wait what? ha ha, just kidding...or am I?
for those of you who like the stuff I'm into (Drama, roller coaster feels rides, super 'what the fuck just happened' moments) then bring some popcorn, I'll bake a cake. we will have a good time.
now I shall let you read the longest chapter I have ever written in my life...enjoy the show!
The night was cold and crisp as Natsu walked through the dark forest to meet up with the other dragon slayers. After everyone went to bed the dragon slayer males decided it was about time that they had a meeting on what they recently discovered about themselves. Each male dragon slayer had a fascination with their favorite blond mage. It couldn't just be a coincidence could it?
The males met up in a clearing, not knowing how to start Gajeel just said what was on everyone's mind.
"Why?"
"What do you mean why?" Cobra asked, sneering like usual
"Why are we all attracted to Blondie?" Laxus asked, crossing his arms deep in thought
"What do you mean? You mean that every guy here likes the blond chick?" Cobra asked looking at all the guys in question.
"We don't know why either. I mean I don't know her that well but I want her near me all the time. It's annoying." Sting explained
"She broke me out of prison, yea she is strong and good looking but I doubt I'll fall for her like you pussies." Cobra taunted, wanting to get a rise out of them
"Look here ass hole." Laxus said as he walked up to Cobra "I doubt you would like me to put you on your ass for disrespecting my mate like that."
"Your mate she is my partner!" Natsu yelled, getting flamed up
"Pffff, the way you treated bunny I'm pretty sure you aren't partners anymore." Gajeel said with a grin "If anything I'm her partner, I'm the one who went after her."
"But I am clearly the best out of all you pansies, why would she go for weaklings like you if she could have all of this." Sting said as he gestured to himself
"You are all so stupid." Rouge said quietly. "It doesn't matter how strong we are. She is a woman; who ever can steal her heart gets to keep it."
The males looked at the shadow dragon slayer in surprise before nodding their heads in agreement.
"Rouge and I have already decided we could share her." Sting said as he combed his hands through his hair. "I know it seems weird, but a dragon slayer can share a mate. It doesn't matter how many there are, as long as the mate is accepting of it, it will work."
"I won't share her." Natsu said shaking his head "She was my partner first; I'm not going to lose her to the likes of you."
"Natsu you might not have a choice, believe it or not it's her choice whether she likes the idea of mating or not. Besides what are we all supposed to do. Once we find our mate, that's it. There is no one else." Laxus said maturely. He didn't like the idea of sharing either, but as long as Lucy was happy he couldn't seem to care.
"Has anyone noticed that Bunny has been acting strange?" Gajeel said as he frowned
"Yea, Luce won't smile like she used to. She has been distant to all of us too." Natsu agreed, frowning as well.
"I think I heard her scream one night."
"What do you mean scaly?"
"It was one of the first nights that I joined you guys, I wasn't too far away from her tent, but when I heard her…it was bloody murder." Cobra said "she woke herself up, and I could only see a flash of light and murmuring. I forgot about it till now."
"How could you forget something like that?" Natsu asked, worried about Lucy having nightmares.
"Damn it this isn't the first time this happened." Gajeel said "When we went on our mission she ended up drinking during the night, I made her sleep with me so she wouldn't wake up again."
"What? You mean you slept with her?!" Laxus said, wishing he took the living room instead
"Not like that, calm down Sparky." Gajeel grumbled
"The point is she is having nightmares, and it seems to be getting worse. So it looks like we take turns sleeping with her?" Natsu suggests "I used to crawl in her bed all the time, trust me it's worth a Lucy kick."
The males thought about it for a bit, before trying to decide who goes first.
"I get to sleep with her!"
"I've known her Longer!"
"She would be more comfortable with me!"
"You guys are too loud; you would never let her sleep!"
"But you snore Sting"
"Shut up Rouge"
Cobra just looked around at the heart stricken men before sighing. Raising his hand he said "Why don't we just draw straws."
"Why do you care? You don't even like her." Sting protested
"She is cute ok? Mettle head why don't you make some straws so then we can get this over with." Cobra said, embarrassed by the fact that he was affected by Lucy like every other male was.
Gajeel grumbled before holding out his hand, making the magic circle and closed his fist. Once he reopened it inside there were seven different length straws in his outstretched hand. He then enclosed his hand again and gestured for someone to go first.
"The one with the shortest stick goes first; the next shortest is second, so on and so forth." Hedgehog grumbled, getting impatient by the second.
"Alright!" Natsu said excitedly, reaching in first.
Each man took out their straw; some frowned at the size while others grinned triumphantly.
They put their straws together and found that the first runner up was none other than Gajeel, to which he laughed because he never got to pick his own, just took whatever was left. Next up was Sting, then Laxus, Natsu, Cobra and last was Rouge.
"Well I guess that's all settled." Laxus said, turning to leave the clearing.
"How are we supposed to get in Blondie's bed though?" Sting asked
"That is for your selves to figure out." Natsu said grinning proudly; I will have no problems what so ever!"
The rest just sweat dropped at the way Natsu was acting; Although Gajeel couldn't help but wonder if it will be that easy to be able to hold the blond close to him.
My eyes open to the nothingness that surrounds me, and I realize just how alone I am. The darkness of that I'm surrounding myself in is not helping the way I feel. I miss my mother more than anything, she was my sun to my day and you know what? Once she was gone, my day turned to night, and there was nothing left for me to look forward to. My childhood was stolen because my father cared for money, and left me in a room full of toys, but with no one to play them with. Time after time I remember thinking to myself, why was I so unliked by him? Was it my fault that mommy is gone? Was I not a good girl? So when growing up, I would sneak out to play outside, the only comfort I ever had were the stars shining down on me, and for a little while, that was enough.
But soon, it was too much
My father became more strict, and kept trying to match me with men that were twice my age. Making me do things that no 13 year old should ever do. But because I wanted to do what my daddy told me to do, I did whatever he asked.
But one night, he went too far. Telling me that he loved me that night, and that he was going to read me a bed time story.
I loved stories
But not this one
That night was the first, and the last time I cried in front of him. I was so scared and shocked that I didn't know what else to do. But the second time, I didn't say a single word to him. It made my papa angry, so he made me say things, and when that didn't work, he made me scream things, and when that didn't work, he just made me scream out in pain because nothing I could ever do would be good enough to make it stop.
I became a doll, a lifeless, nothing made me smile. I couldn't look at anyone in the eyes anymore, because nothing could make me feel. And that's how I wanted it. The cheery maids running around, the cooks who seemed to know where they seemed to belong, they made me feel insignificant, and invisible. Couldn't they see what he was doing to me? Why?
One day I had enough. I managed to find a way out of the mansion, leaving behind what I thought would be the last thing that could ever make me sad.
But how wrong was I?
I was only 15. Trying to get money to support myself was something unheard of for a little girl to do. No matter how hard I begged for people to listen to me, they brushed me off. I didn't have a say when they pushed me out of their way and took it upon themselves to pick up where my father left off.
When I was 16, the children in the town were no better, the words they said, and the laughing fits they went into when I walked by, all because I couldn't afford to put myself in some type of schooling. I tried to study and get better in many ways, but there was never a time to prove myself. My self confidence went to an all time low, and I became so desperate that I started working at a strip club for money because I knew nothing else. No one was helping me and the only way to help myself was use what I have.
I had my body, so I used it. Drunken men and late night club openings were good nights for business, and soon I became a favorite.
But no matter what man called me beautiful, sexy, charming, smart, kind, I didn't believe them
I couldn't.
One night it became too much, one of my frequent customers asked me to go on a date with him.
I declined
Unfortunately for me, he never stopped, and was hell bent on making me to see that he wanted me.
It was all too much.
My self confidence on stage crumbled, and I started to lose what I worked so hard to gain.
And suddenly, my self-worth was gone.
To ease the pain I left that little town, and went to the port town of Haregeon, where I would meet my favorite pink haired idiot.
At first, I thought that is what he was, nothing more than someone who didn't know the loss I felt.
But with the exciting adventure we went on, and with the fact that I had nowhere else to go, I left with him to join his beloved guild.
Our beloved guild
I loved the friends I made, learning about them and bridging the gap to become friends, it was amazing. Adventure after adventure I got stronger bit by bit, and learned to let my scars heal. Soon I was smiling like a child again, and I was happy.
With adventures slowly becoming scarce, and the cold creeping in, I found myself alone again. I didn't want this. Please don't do this to me again, I can't take it.
The pain was too much to bear, and I left to try and help myself cope, but found a closer friendship that I never thought I could make. With my spirits and my knew friends I found it was getting easier to accept the fact that my home was gone, this might be enough.
After getting ignored by Gajeel and Laxus, it came back full force, but this time I had no hope of ever being truly happy.
And at the end, with what happened to Natsu, and the rest of the guild, I started to have even more doubt. But I still smiled for them, because I cared.
Why did I have to care?
It would be easier just to leave and never return, never to rely on anyone, but no. This had to happen.
I have to rely on the people I never wanted to ask help from again.
Why am I thinking about this right now? As I lay awake? Because when I dream, I see things that no person should ever see. Something that might just kill me.
I wouldn't mind.
I close my eyes one last time that night, forgetting about it all to just leave it all behind just for a little while.
But of course, that doesn't happen. Before I know it the sun has risen and it is time for me to start everyone's day.
I get up; change my clothes wearing a tight purple tank top and some jeaned shorts, nothing too fancy. Why should I care about what I look like? It doesn't matter anyway. The less I attract attention, the better.
I would hate for them to hate me because the guys are all pervs.
Getting up and packing my things, I summoned Virgo to help wake everyone.
"Come on Sparky, get up! You too Hedgehog! Up up up!" I said childishly, trying to seem bright as possible.
"Come back in five minutes Bunny."
"No! We gotta get up and-"
"Shhh sleep." Laxus said, pulling me down and wrapping his arms and leg around me like a cocoon.
"Hey...Spark plug. Do you think you could share?" Gajeel said seriously, making it a bit suspicious to me.
Laxus must have heard the double meaning, and let me roll on my back for Gajeel to wrap his arm around my shoulders.
"Princess, why are you-"
"Loke! Help!" I said comically, reaching up to him in a desperate attempt to get away from the snuggly dragon slayers.
Loke quickly pulled me out of their grasps, and left me to go wake the rest of them up.
"Mira! Lisanna! Yukino!" I said going into their tent, only to find them already awake and getting ready.
"Princess they are all up, I will start making breakfast now." Virgo said from behind me, making me stumble out of the tent.
"Thanks Virgo, could you help me up though first." I said blushing in embarrassment, looking up at her from the ground while holding out her hand.
Virgo quickly lifted me up and I went to work with the tents. Taking things down while I could and making it easier for everyone. Soon everyone was up and ready to eat and I couldn't help but realize just how hungry I was.
While everyone was eating, Virgo finished up packing the tents and what not, and I took it upon myself to let them know what will be going on. Standing up, and giving myself a slight pep talk I took a deep breath and spoke with my voice as even as I could make it.
"Today will be busy, we will be training on the fly while we travel, stopping only for meals and bathroom breaks. So as soon as everyone is done we will get started."
My friends smiled in excitement and all said they understood; talk around the clearing came back at full blast, making me smile a little as I watched their smiling faces.
"Hey Blondie! Come sit with us!"
I turned to see none other than Sting and Rouge, with Lector and Frosh by their sides. Across from them sat Yukino and Rufus, enjoying their meal as well.
I smiled and walked over, taking a seat across from sting beside Yukino and listened on their conversation. They were talking about what it was like back at Sabortooth, and I couldn't help but lose my train of thought and started thinking about what I should teach them today.
"Blondie, are you listening?"
"Hm?" I asked looking up from my still full plate, noticing that theirs were already half done.
"What will we be doing today?" Rouge asked in his usual voice.
I turned to look at Rouge and answered for the group "Today we are working on battling on a moving object."
"I'm sorry Lucy, but I don't really understand." Said Rufus as he tilted his head in question.
"Well most of the Fallen are big, we need to work on fighting on a big beast like creature with each other so we can get used to the movement. The best way to do this is to have a competition. Everything goes; the ones who get knocked off will be flying with Nix, while the others will either fight on Beast. The three finalists will fight in Venatio and Kaito." I said with a grin. Hoping this would add some excitement into their training.
"Everyone at the table grinned, getting up and putting their paper plates in the garbage. Getting up with my only half eaten plate I stuffed it in the overflowing garbage bag and left to explain the rules to the rest of my friends.
After explaining, I summoned Beast in his huge form and told him to lie on his belly so we all could climb on.
Once we were off the fun began, soon attacks of magic and battle cries were seen and heard. Smirking I summoned Gemini and asked them to copy me, before both of us running in different sections.
Let's see how this all plays out.
Third person pov
Things went off with a bang, lights flashed and battle cries were called as Lucy wove through the fights that already started. Sting and Rouge quickly teamed up, taking on Lisanna and Mira, trying to take over the two sisters. Elfman and Evergreen also teamed up, fighting against Yukino and Rufus. Natsu on the other hand was facing off against Gajeel, and Laxus went and attacked Bickslow, getting him out of the way. Levy went up against Freed in a battle of wits, and Erza took on Orga's black lightning making things a heated battle. Grey and Cobra went all out, ice and poison attacks going everywhere. Wendy went to spar with Gemini since no one else was left.
And then there was Lucy.
Lucy ended up sitting with the Exceeds who were on top of Beast's head, looking at all the fights.
"Lucy? Who do you think will win? Rouge or Mira?" Frosh asked, tilting his head in question
"Well, it looks to be a close call; they don't call Mira a "She-devil" for nothing you know."
"What about Natsu and Gajeel?" Happy asked flying over to Lucy's arms
"Well, that one I'm not so sure about." Lucy said honestly
"Oh! Sting! You're the best!" Lector said from on top of Lucy's head
"Lector, be careful not to pull my hair too much ok?" Lucy said as she giggled at the small exceed
"Its kinda hard not to get caught up in Lucy's hair, it's so frizzy." Snickered a soon to be dead happy
"What did you say cat?" Lucy said, glaring down at Happy's face that was in between her hands as she pulled apart his cute furry cheeks.
"Ouuuuwwww LLuuusshhyy that hurts!" Happy wined, trying to get out of the blonds hold.
"Ah!"
Lucy looked up and saw that Orga had been knocked away by Erza, making him fly off the Beasts back and heading straight for the unforgiving ground. Without a second to lose Lucy summoned Nix who caught Orga just in time and carried him high in the sky for safety.
Lucy got up in time to meet Erza's powerful fist, dodging the scarlet haired women with ease, and then aiming a well placed kick to the S-class mages ribs, only to be blocked by the master swordsmen.
Lucy pov
"Well Lucy, it looks to me that you will be my opponent." Erza said as she aimed her sword at Lucy's thigh, which Lucy danced her way around it.
"Looks to be so Erza, I won't go easy on you please don't go easy on me. I won't be using my spirits besides Gemini because we have an odd number, but other than that's it, just you and me."
"Let's go." Erza said, reequipping into her black winged armor, giving her the ability of flight. That would be a great advantage, but I could make it work in my favor.
Erza came at me with all her might; I leapt in the air at the last second and jumped off her back, giving me a height boost. I turned in the air so I could face my opponent, and lifting up my right hand I cried "shooting star!"
With the magic circle in my eyes, the spell took full effect, shooting star like blasts out of my hand into Erza, making her crash into the Beasts hide upon impact. Erza quickly got up and shot at me while I was still in the air, being unable to dodge I grabbed her hand that was unarmed and brought her forward, using her as a lift once again I brought myself up and kicked her to the unforgiving ground, only for her to catch herself with her wings and fly up from below me, hitting me in the back and knocking me off course. Now I was heading towards the ground at a break neck pace, and the only thing I could think of was bringing out my trump card.
"Come to my aid and take flight! Star dust!"
When I finished casting the spell I could feel the Star dust forming my new appendages and attaching to my shoulder blades, once I felt control I quickly flew up to a shocked Erza, giving her a uppercut to the face.
Erza landed hard on the beasts back, and once landed as well I found that I accidentally knocked her unconscious by mistake.
"Oops, sorry Erza...Nix could you take her and heal her for me please?" I asked, Picking up the scarlet haired women and flew up to him.
"Put her down on my back and I'll take care of it Babe, nice work out there by the way."
"This spell is a lot easier in the spirit world, but I'm finding it hard to go easy on them." Lucy looked down worriedly at them, hoping to find an answer.
"Don't worry, they need some tough love."
I flew back down to take a look at the status of my friends, only to find them worn out and tired. So far we have traveled half a day and it was almost time for a break. Once three more people fall then I will let them rest.
That was when I saw Levy get pushed off by Freed; I quickly went to catch her, only to be beaten by Lily who was looking out for the script mage.
"Thanks lily, just put her up there to be healed, I'll be Freed's next opponent. Would you be able to catch everyone else who falls?" I asked while I eyed the tired Freed up and down, looking to see just how far he pushed himself.
Freed looked at me with shock, no one has gotten to see my wings as of yet so that was to be expected I guess.
"Like em?" I said as I brushed my hands over the white feathers which were shimmering gold in the light. My wings were huge, strong wings that could carry me places without getting tired. They made me look like an-
"Angel."
"What was that Freed? I didn't quite hear you?" I said teasingly, getting ready for the smart green haired man to make his first move.
But what I didn't think about was that he was going to make a rune around me right away. Before I knew it I was trapped in a purple box with no escape.
"Damn it Freed that isn't playing fair." I said crossing my arms and pouting
Freed just chuckled and said "You won't be able to get out of this one Lucy. This one is specially for you."
I looked at Freed for a second, before looking once again at the runes around me. Nothing seemed to strike me as a good idea, so it was time to think outside of the box.
"Through time and space we cannot see, suck in whatever is in your path, and cast out what you do not want. Black Hole!"
Freed's eyes widened as he watched a black hole the size of myself appear in front of me. I waved at the man before stepping through the black obis.
It was really dark. I couldn't see a thing, that was until I remembered to cast the spell again, this time I appeared behind Freed, stepping out of my black hole and Sparta kicking him off the edge of my Beast. I quickly shut my black holes and made sure Freed was picked up by Lily, which he was. I waved in thanks to the black feline before looking at the rest of the group.
While I was fighting Freed, a lot more were Knocked unconscious. Evergreen lied with Elfman who were both out for the count. Lisanna must have fallen off because she was nowhere in sight, I felt Gemini go back to the spirit world, indicating that they beat Wendy who was probably on Nix as well.
Natsu and Gajeel were still fighting strong, while it looked like Bickslow was nearing his last stand. Rufus and Yukino once allied began to fight one another but quickly tired each other out, and Grey and Cobra were still going at it, never losing focus on the battle. Mira was taking on the twin dragon slayers, making it her duty to put them in a world of pain. Last thing I wanted to do was disturb them, so I took the unconscious out of the way and flew them up to Nix to be healed.
"I think it's about time we stop for lunch, don't you think?" I asked Nix as he flew right through a cloud, making his passengers shiver from the cold ice crystals in the cloud.
"Yea, you better announce it to them now before things get too out of hand, besides I think Beast is having a bit too much fun running down there." Nix chuckled as he watched the large dog run through the forest, breaking a few trees on his way.
I chuckled along with him, before flying down to let them know we were having Lunch, and they would get a break before facing off one another again.
I flew down to find that Natsu, Gajeel, and Laxus were all going at it. It seems Gajeel and Laxus teamed up on Natsu. Which I found odd, but couldn't seem to worry too much about it. Bickslow was sitting on the ground panting so I thought it would be best if I went to go make sure he was ok first.
"Hey there Bix, how are you feelin?" I asked, bending down to give him a hand up.
"I feel alright I guess, it could have gone a lot worse. How about you? You out yet?"
"Naw, I fought with Erza and Freed, no one got the best of me this time, then again Freed came pretty close to out smarting me." I said shrugging as I lifted him up in the air towards Nix.
"Damn Cosplayer, you sure have come a long way."
I blushed at his statement before letting him down on Nix's back. "I'll see you guys in a sec, lunch time." I said to the others. "Nix if you want to land a mile or so in front of us, the match will end when Beast gets to you."
Beast barked back, letting me know that he understood. With that Nix flew at a faster pace, and I brought my attention down towards the still fighting mages. All dragon slayer except for grey, Rufus, and Mira, who might I add has been keeping up quite nicely. Yukino must have tapped out because she was playing over with the Exceeds, but from of the looks of things now, Grey was having a hard time keeping up with the high senses that Cobra possessed. Rufus seemed to team up with Grey, but that wouldn't be fair to Cobra right?
Maybe I'll pop in for a visit.
"Hey there boys, how's it hangin?" I said, flying upside down for a joke
"Nothin much, just showing this Popsicle what it's like to be beaten by his own thoughts."
"Bull shit Toxic breath; I'm not going down that easy."
"Then why don't we make things more interesting?"
Both men looked at me confused. I grinned at their curiosity and said "Why don't you two go against me and Cobra? It's not fair to have two against one you know." Lucy asked, winking at them while crossing her arms.
Grey and Freed grinned, before taking their fighting stances. "We will take you on!" Grey said, grinning in excitement.
Cobra and I exchanged glances before we went into action. I went for Rufus and he went for Grey. I lunged and aimed my punch at Rufus but he dodged, using my momentum on me and making me stumble a bit too close to the edge.
"Come on Lucy, give me something to remember." Rufus said while grinning almost flirtatiously.
"Remember this!" I yell while aiming a round house kick to the face."Lucy kick!" My foot connected to his face, letting him go down with a thud.
I quickly took the chance and looked to Cobra, who also had Grey on the brig. None of his attacks were making Grey move towards the edge though. I decide on the fly that we need something more powerful, so I quickly went to Cobra's side and held out my hand and grinned, hoping that he understood my suggestion.
"Lucy?" Guess not.
"Unison raid! Let's do it!" I said excitedly, ready to kick some ass
To this he grinned back and took my offered hand, facing our opponents who were up and looking at our hands in question.
"Poison dragon..."
Before I knew what I was saying the words bubbled in my mouth and I said something that...well...
"Infinity dragon"
"Roar!"
We finished casting our spell at the same time, opening our mouths and letting out our magic in a purple and gold explosion.
The blast was unexpected, and overpowering, Grey and Rufus managed to jump off of Beast, dodging the blast all together. Thank god because if they didn't I'm pretty sure we would have killed them.
I looked down at my hands in complete shock, how did I? I was not a dragon slayer. I was not supposed to be able to do anything like that.
I could feel the stares of everyone as they stopped their fights and looked at me in question and in shock. This shouldn't be possible. Why?
"Lucy?" Grey said when he finished climbing up Beast's soft grey fur.
"Miss Lucy, How? I didn't know it was possible." Rufus said, as he climbed up as well.
I just shook my head, speechless.
"Luce that was awesome!" Natsu cheered
"Blondie that was some serious shit right there." Laxus said, grinning with pride and something that I couldn't decipher
"Lucy...? Mira asked shocked, not used to seeing the blonde powerhouse.
Sting stared with his mouth hanging open while Rouge had his face masked in wonder...couldn't blame him this is a big deal after all.
Gajeel just walked up and patted my head in understanding, it was cool and all, but what did this mean?
"Lucy, we should ask Loke when we get back to the others."
"Could we keep this a secret?"
They looked at me in question, why would I want to keep this under wraps when it is such a cool thing to have?
"I feel... a bit over powered; I don't want people to start getting nervous around me. Lisanna has been a bit jumpy...not to mention Levy too...I just..."
"We understand Bunny." Gajeel said, probably understanding more than anyone here, with his past I wouldn't be surprised.
Natsu nodded, taking a step in my direction, putting an arm around me in comfort. I welcomed the warmth that came with his embrace it was nice...homey almost
Beast, who has been running none stop this whole entire time started to slow down, getting closer to their destination. I stepped away from Natsu's embrace and looked to Cobra, who was looking at me in wonder. The unison raid we preformed, it was nothing like what I felt with Juvia, it was...different. Something just clicked inside me, it's hard to describe. I brought my magic back into my body, letting the golden star dust blow away in the wind. Beast finally stopped and laid down for us to get off of his back. I couldn't help but pet the enormous hound in gratitude as I sent him back to the spirit world to rest.
Normal pov
Lu-Chan!" Levy said smiling, waving up to the girl. "Come on we have already started making Lunch!"
"Thanks Levy-Chan! We will e down in a sec!" Lucy said, waving back to the small Blue haired women
Lucy turned to the people left on Beast and spoke quietly "Gajeel, Laxus Natsu, Mira, Rouge, Sting, Cobra and I are the last ones standing; we will continue this tomorrow so we can rest and be at full strength, plus we need to get moving. Rufus Grey, Yukino, please don't say anything about what happened here, we will find out during lunch, until then please keep quiet, all of you."
Lucy turned to go check on how lunch was going, in the mean while the dragon slayers who were left standing went to sit at one of the many portable tables that were set up. They chose a somewhat secluded table to sit at, so Lucy could sit with them so they could talk about what happened.
What they didn't expect, was Loke to pop out of nowhere kneel before his beloved princess, and kiss her hand while saying sweet nothings to the poor blushing girl.
Oh no
That was not all
Not in the slightest
With a loud poof Kaito and Venatio made their presence known and wrapped both their arms around their princess, and nuzzled her cheeks with their own.
And to top it off
Nix popped in behind Lucy and pushed them all to an empty table, making her sit with them as they fawned over her to try and cheer her up.
"My dear princess your wings are as beautiful as ever, you never cease to amaze me." Loke complimented as he sat to her right, and held Lucy's hand, giving her an encouraging squeeze, letting her know that he would explain it all to her once he had the chance.
"Of course she doesn't Leo; she is one surprise after another. You know I could give you a surprise that would knock your panties off" Nix said, winking at the beautiful blonde, but went to sit across from her. He gently put a hand on her knee, letting her know that it was alright. But of course that didn't stop Lucy from blushing at his bold words.
"You know, our princess," Kaito started
"Has never been into that type of thing." Venatio finished
"But we promise princess, two is always better than one." They both said as Kaito pushed Loke away from her side, and they both took up the seats next to her.
"G-guys stop that, everyone is looking at us..." Lucy said, kind of going along with the joke, even though she knew each of them were somewhat serious in their own way.
"Let them look Babe. They can dream about it all they want." Nix said, giving Lucy his super sexy grin
"Oh my, Lucy I never knew you had that kind of thing going on!" Mirajane said with hearts in her eyes. "Oh think of the baby possibilities!"
"Mira-nee, you're getting a bloody nose!" Lisanna warned her sister.
Some of the women couldn't help but be jealous, it was every woman's dream to be fawned over and complimented by so many different guys. No matter who the guys were, it was still a fantasy that most women shared, and to have it played out right in front of them, it was just so unfair.
Now, the sad part was that mostly all the males were looking at the celestial spirits in complete anger and jealousy; some could hide it better than the others of course, like Freed and Grey for example.
On the other hand, there was the Dragon slayer table.
Each male had a glint in their eye that promised death to the men who were flaunting over what was theirs. They suppressed their growls the best they could, and couldn't wait for the battle royal to start, hoping that Lucy would summon them out to come play.
"Give it a rest! Jeez you guys can be such play boys, cut it out and go back!" Lucy said, trying to get them to leave her be so she could think properly.
"But princess-"
"No but princess me! I've kept enough gates open today and I still need to get ready for after lunch! Go back!" Lucy said in a huff.
"Fine princess."
"We will go back" Venatio and Kaito stated before standing up and leaning down so they could both whisper in her ear.
"But call us out later, we miss our cuddle time." They finished, both giving her a kiss on the cheek, and then winking at the angry spirits in front of them. They then proofed back to the spirit world before Nix or Loke could go after them.
The dragon slayer table was now shaking with rage and a deathly aura was surrounding the males as they plotted for their revenge on the dogs.
"Well princess I think it's time I take my leave too-" Loke started, only for Nix to sit on the table, beside Lucy so he was facing her and leaned in for a kiss. What could he say, he was jealous. He wasn't going to actually kiss her, just give her a kiss on the cheek at the last second.
But no
That didn't happen
Loke shrieked at what he was seeing and without thinking, he pushed the Phoenix just the right way, and just enough for their lips to meet.
Everyone was paralyzed in shock, Carla moved to cover a tomato red Wendy's eyes, all the women had hearts in their eyes, wondering what would happen to the couple in the long run. The men on the other hand were paralyzed in fear of losing their chance at the beautiful blond.
And then there was Loke
"WhAt ArE yOu DoInG! GEt OfF!" yelled a very freaked out Loke.
The kiss was full of passion; Nix lived up to the meaning of the Phoenix, and gave Lucy all he got. Sure it wasn't supposed to happen, but Lucy didn't seem to mind.
Lucy was absolutely shocked at first, she had been kissed before, but nothing quite like this.
Not like someone cared about her.
She was sure she was blushing beat red by then, but she couldn't help herself and kissed her spirit back with just as much passion.
Nix opened his eyes in shock, before ginning and deepening the kiss by nibbling on her soft pink lips.
The kiss only lasted a few seconds, but it felt like hours to the two.
Poof
Virgo appeared and stared at the scene for a second in shock, before prying apart the couple and dragging Nix away from Lucy. Nix was still trying to reach for Lucy while Virgo started to beat him up for stealing such a kiss from their princess; they faded into golden light and were soon gone.
A minute later Virgo appeared again looked around at the still shocked to silent people around her. All she could see were mouths gaping open and mouths dropped to the floor. She abruptly turned around and Leo by the shoulders, lifting him up by the hips while he stayed as flat as a bored and took him back to the spirit world as well.
Lucy brought her hand up to her lips, still in shock by what just happened. Why would he?
"Um...what just?" Yukino asked, breaking the silence and shedding light into the situation.
All at once people started talking and asking Lucy questions she had no idea how to answer.
"Are you two a couple?"
"When did this happen!?"
"Is it alright for you to be in a relationship!?"
"How far have you gone?"
All that Lucy wanted in that moment was to have some personal space at that moment. She loved her family, she really did. But with everything that has been going on she just couldn't take it right at that moment.
Gajeel saw the look she was giving the people who were surrounding her, he knew that she didn't know anything that was going on either, he nudged Laxus to take a look himself. Laxus nodded to Gajeel before taking it upon themselves to get the stressed blonde out of this situation.
"Come on guys back off, can't you see she doesn't know anything either?" Gajeel said, standing beside Lucy and bringing her closer to him to let her know he was there for her.
"I bet that this was all a miss understanding, if you looked at her you would see that she really doesn't know anything either." Laxus continued, glaring at the people half heartedly, scolding them for not seeing it themselves
"P-please, I don't know what happened, can we just drop it?" Lucy asked, holding her hands out trying to calm the ragging mob that wanted answers.
The women sighed in frustration, giving a look to Lucy, letting her know that they weren't finished with her yet then went back to what they were doing before this mess all happened.
Lucy looked up at Gajeel and Laxus in thanks, only to have them both look down at her with a serious emotion that she could not for the life of her decipher. Looking at each other, giving one another a silent message before taking the seats next to her, each taking a side.
"So Luce that was interesting." Natsu grumbled, while he walked over to sit at the table, although he was not too happy with what happened. "But we should get down to that dragon thing now."
Lucy nodded, understanding the importance of the situation.
The rest of the dragon slayers followed Natsu's actions and sat at the table, waiting for the first person to speak.
"I should try dragon slaying magic without a unison raid; see if I can do it on my own." Lucy suggested, thinking of what else she could do to help figure out what was going on.
"What did it feel like when you two were in the unison raid?" Rouge asked, looking towards a blushing Cobra and Lucy in suspicion.
"It was different." Lucy stammered, playing with her hands in sudden interest. "It felt like out magic's were merging, instead of just combining for one shot, I can still feel some of it flowing through me."
The dragons looked at one another in question, before looking to Cobra for some answers
"It's like she said, it was different. More...intimate maybe?" Cobra said as he scratched his cheek in embarrassment.
"Wait." Lucy said, perking up having remembered something very important. "I said 'Infinity dragon right? Infinity is another word that could describe space!"
"So?" Natsu and Sting said together, not quite getting it
"My magic is special because of what I am, but I am not a full celestial spirit, so I do not have my own constellation sadly. This means that I don't have my own personal magic. Although I am able to use magic straight from the stars I am also able to use the magic from my fellow spirits as well." Lucy explained excitedly, if she was right things were gunna get a lot more interesting.
"You did say that one of the Fallen was a Dragon right? So that is how you were able to use our magic!" Natsu said proudly
Everyone looked at him in shock, look who had a brain.
Lucy smiled at Natsu "Exactly Natsu, The question is will I be able to use it on my own. Before I can use a spirits magic I have to come into contact with it. I have never seen the infinity dragon before, so I was thinking it was because of the unison raid I was able to do it."
"Guys dinners ready!" Levy said, running over to Gajeel and dragging him over to the growing line for food.
"Hold on Shrimp I'm commin I'm commin!" Gajeel grumbled while he was dragged along.
"Come on Sting! Rouge! The food will get cold!" Yukino waked to them as they got up and said goodbye to Lucy.
Natsu! Laxus! We made your favorites!" Lisanna said
"Hurry before it gets cold!" Mira shouted after, smiling at the two.
"Aye sir!" Natsu called running towards to food line up as well, with a face palmed Laxus walking behind.
Lucy looked up as she watched her friends leave the table for her female friends. She couldn't help but feel little pang of pain in her chest. Looking away she found Cobra staring at her in wonder, before quickly looking away and blushing in embarrassment. All that was left was a blushing Cobra and Lucy, leaving them to deal with their new ordeal by themselves.
"So...Want to have Lunch with me?" The poison dragon slayer asked, scratching the back of his neck in embarrassment
"S-sure, come on!" Lucy said smiling, forgetting what ever happened and dragged him to the rowdy line up of people.
And this was just the beguiling of their troubles
"ALRIGHT!" Lucy said to get everyone's attention from their conversations "We should reach Mangolia by night fall, after a couple days at home we are setting off again. If any of you want to part from this mission you are free to do so. I won't make you help me. If you are needed elsewhere, I understand." Lucy said, softening her eyes as she watched everyone's happy faces. "Now let's get back on Beast and we will continue until night fall!" She cheered; summoning Beast and having him lay down for the passengers to get on. They traveled all through the day, lounging around on the hound's soft fur and talking to one another with excitement that was yet to come.
But, what they were expecting was something out of their reach, success couldn't be achieved the way things were.
Something had to break.
And Lucy knew it.
Lucy went into her tent after setting up camp for the night and laid down in her sleeping bag that Aries made for her. Cuddling up to the soft pink wool she drifted off into her normal nightmare filled dreams.
While everyone else was tucked inside their tent Gajeel was out on the prowl, waiting for Bunny to fall asleep so he could sneak into her tent to check on her.
He waited for her breathing to even out, but only to find it quicken at a steady pace. He could hear Lucy tossing and turning from his hiding spot, and before he knew it she was whimpering in her sleep, mumbling for whatever it was to stop. For it to all go away.
She wished
After hearing enough out of Lucy for one night. Gajeel slipped into her tent quietly and shook the poor girl awake. Snapping her eyes open she found Gajeel staring at her with his piercing gaze, never looking away from her golden rimmed irises.
"Gajeel, what?"
"Shh, go back to sleep Bunny, I will watch over you tonight." Gajeel grumbled lowly in his throat, making the sculpted muscle that he called a chest vibrate.
"But what if someone sees?" Lucy asked, sitting up so she didn't have to look up at him, and so their faces wouldn't be so close.
"Why does that matter?" Gajeel asked, tucking Lucy back in to her sleeping bag and laying down beside her as well.
"What about Levy Hedgehog? You can't be that naive to not see that she likes you?" Lucy mumbled sadly, trying to make herself give up the hope she used to hold so dearly.
Gajeel looked at Lucy in question, why should that matter? He didn't like shrimp in that way, she was with Dray after all.
"I don't want to hurt her feelings." Lucy said looking at down ashamed. "I'm afraid they might hate me Hedgehog." She continued, trying not to cry.
Gajeel brought a hand up and grasped Lucy's chin and brought it up so he could look into her eyes. "Lucy what are they talking about? They love you. Everyone at the guild does. No one could hate you bunny. You are much too sweet for that."
Lucy blushed at his words, not expecting something like that coming from Black Steel Gajeel of all people. Before she knew it herself he brought their faces closer, before he looked into her eyes. Searching for something that was unknown to her, but he must have found it in the end because before she could blink Gajeel brought his lips to hers.
Lucy's eyes opened wide in shock, not prepared for something so wrong.
But it felt so right.
Before she knew it herself she was closing her eyes, and kissing the iron dragon slayer back with full force. It was nothing like she thought it would be, kissing Gajeel, you would think it would be rough and demanding but no.
It was soft and gentile at first. He took his time with her, not to waist a single moment. Lucy brought her arms up to the dragon slayers neck to deepen the kiss.
And deepen it he did.
The kiss turned into one of passion, hard as iron Gajeel was Lucy's rock from when this all started, and she clung to him for dear life. Lucy felt loved. She felt happiness, and all the stress that was on her shoulders was starting to tumble off. Gajeel was helping her in ways she didn't know were possible.
Gajeel and Lucy pulled back with panting breaths, looking into one another's eyes, searching for the one thing they both needed.
Love
"Bunny, I'm not going to force you into anything you don't want to, but I do want to make things clear, this is not a fling for me." Gajeel said, taking her hand in his and bringing it up to his cheek. "There are things going on that you need to know about, but this is not the time. So until you understand I can't ask you to commit to anything with me."
Lucy looked into Gajeel's eyes and saw them soften in a way that made her heart melt. She nodded her head, not trusting her voice at a time like this.
Gajeel wrapped his arms around his blonde bunny and held her close.
"Thank you Hedgehog, goodnight."
"Goodnight Bunny."
OOOKKKAAAYYY i'm done for the night.
so please let me know what you think, and we can get this little ball of fandom rolling and everyone will be happy.
just kidding
shit is gunna hit the fan and you are gunna get covered in those feels.
I mean it man
ooohhhh boy
*posts chapter with only 100 words as a joke* bahaaahahaha
no I'm not that mean. but seriously, stay tuned, betrayal is a shitty thing, and when it rains it pores.
also we can take a look and see how Jakku is doing.
he is a little short guy with stepping stool problems...
he also has not been laid since he messed himself up...
yep..he has problems.
JA NE!