The Legend of Natsu Dragneel

by Enryuo

"Makarov told me once that through friendship comes true power, and back then I believed those words. However, I came to realize that I was naïve to do so. I lost everything once. One after another, all who I held dear were taken from me. This Time I won't let it happen! Even if I have to stain my hands in the blood of my own brother to keep them safe!" Powerful/OOC/Natsu/Harem

21. The Truth!

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Fiore Kingdom Year X784

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*Two Weeks after Phantom Lord's Defeat*

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"Everyone!" Lisanna's sweet voice got all of the Mage's attention as stood behind a makeshift bar, "You can all take jobs again starting today!" she announced, spreading her arms wide as a brilliant smile appeared on her face, "It's just a temporary counter, but do all the jobs you can!" as she finished, several loud cheers were heard before almost a dozen Fairy Tail mages rushed the request board; crowding around it to find a suitable job, "My, my they sure are eager."

"What's with them?" Lucy asked in confusion as she watched as every mage ran to the Job board to pick up a job, she sat on a chair in front of Lisanna with Mirajane beside her, crossing her legs while smirking, "Usually they're just hanging around not taking any jobs." Lisanna giggled at her statement.

"Who knows what is going on inside the minds of those idiots," Mirajane spoke with a grin. Lisanna didn't know why, but her sister was in a very good mood these past days. She swore she was glowing. The youngest Strauss didn't have a clue on what happened a week ago when she and Elfman went to a mission, but one thing she was sure about and it was that Natsu was the reason behind her older sister's change of attitude.

"Right..." Lucy sweat dropped as she heard Mirajane's response, "Oh, yeah, I haven't seen Loke around lately..." she said, looking around.

"I see you've finally fallen for Loke's magic touch then, Lucy..." Lisanna teased with a small smile. Her teasing part taking control.

"Oh, how troublesome. I thought you'd be immune to that idiot's advances, but I was wrong." Mirajane followed with a demonic smirk, enjoying the sight of the blonde blushing.

"That's not true!"

"Oh? Then maybe you have fallen for Natsu-kun's Draconic touch." Lisanna said and fought the urge to smirk as she saw the crimson blush that covered the blonde's cheeks, "I heard some rumors that you've been training with him lately" she wiggled her eyebrows suggestively at the blonde. The She-demon giggled slightly at the antics of her baby sister.

Of course, the poor blonde had completely misunderstood the Take Over Wizard. Her imagination began to run wild with images of her and the Dragon Slayer doing indecent things instead of training, "NO! THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WERE DOING!" she shouted, waving her arms in denial. Her face couldn't get any redder at this point. It was so red that it put a certain Knight's hair to shame.

"Oh? Who said anything about that?" Lisanna asked with a grin, "You're such a naughty girl for thinking such things!" Mirajane laughed uproariously as she saw the blonde's face turn an unearthly shade of red.

"SHUT UP!"

"Heheheh! I'm just teasing you!" the white-haired beauty said as she slapped the blonde on the back. Lucy grumbled, her face still red from the teasing.

"Hmmm~! Who knows? Maybe you'd love that sort of training with Natsu-kun!" Mirajane followed her sister and teased the blonde. She knew from her experience that any woman will really love doing that kind of training with the pink-haired Dragon Slayer.

"NO!"

"Oh, by the way, how is the training going with Natsu-kun?" Mirajane asked the blonde in curiosity. She, like the others, was surprised that such a powerful Mage like Natsu had taken Lucy under his wing and was training her. She could only wonder what he saw in her.

Lucy's face turned blue and several beads of sweat rolled down on her face as she remembered the 'Hell' Natsu had put her through the past week. She clutched her head with her hands and shouted, "That man is the DEVIL!"

Both ivory-haired women looked at her in surprise before bursting out laughing, "Heheheh! Must have been a great time!" Mirajane cried in laughter, feeling her sides about to spill out from how hard she was laughing. Lucy continuously cried anime tears as she hugged herself, muttering things about 'pink-haired Devils from Hell'. Lisanna giggled as she cleaned a mug, it was so much fun teasing the blonde.

"Oh, by the way, weren't your Spirits angry? About you dropping your keys?" The youngest Strauss questioned

"Oh, it wasn't enough for them to be that mad about..." She let out a nervous laugh as she remembered Aquarius'... Punishment for her.

I told you not to drop it, Girl!

"Just remembering makes my butt sting..." Lucy cried as she massaged her butt that suddenly got a red glow to it.

"Ara, Ara..." Lisanna smiled in sympathy. Mirajane chuckled, this girl was proving to be more and more fun with each passing day. She could almost trade her fights against Erza with teasing the blonde.

"Shall I chill it for you?" Gray suddenly spoke as he coated his hands in ice.

"I don't need innuendo-style sexual harassment," Lucy mumbled, blushing a bit.

"Lucy, let me see your bright red butt!" Happy and Mirajane exclaimed as they covered their mouths with their hands, trying poorly to cancel their snickering.

"And no overt sexual harassment either!"

"I wonder what she will look like if I make it sting even more?" Natsu wondered out loud as he ignited his hand in flames, his expression was a perfect imitation of a Devil, completely stunning the Blonde.

"I'm also curious at how it will look like." Seilah joined them and spoke with a calm expression.

"Are you two Devils?!" Lucy screamed in shock at his words.

Natsu chuckled at her before he felt a pair of extremely large breasts pressing against his back. He turned his head and was met the beautiful face of Cana. She had a sultry smile on her face as she pressed her body more against his, "You left me all alone, Natsu~! I was so lonely!"

The Dragon Slayer couldn't resist the face she was making, "Errr I'm sorry, Cana. I will make it up to you. Let's have a drink. I actually brought you an extremely expensive wine." he smirked as he saw her eyes sparkle at the word wine and requiped a bottle of wine, causing Cana's eyes to shine, "Well, come on. You can join us, Lucy, Seilah." he said as he took Cana to the bar.

They laughed and chatted together for some time, with Mirajane and Lisanna joining them, "So the fish lady flogged you in the ass?!" Cana asked in shock. She could only wince as she imagined the state of the young Blonde's butt.

"Don't remind me 'sniff'..." Lucy sniffed as she reached down to caress her butt.

"I told her I would chill it for her, but she refused," Gray told them with a smirk. Unconsciously taking off his pants.

"I told you I don't need your innuendo-style sexual harassment!" the blonde screamed as the others laughed

"And where are your clothes, Gray?" Cana asked as she took a gulp of the fine wine Natsu got for her. It was great!

Gray looked down, "Gahh! When did this happen!" he shouted in shock.

"Hahaha! Even your clothes don't want to be around you!" Mirajane laughed, getting a giggle from her little sister.

"Shut up!"

"Natsu-sama, does that mean Gray-san is so weak that even his clothes don't want to be around him?" Seilah asked, eliciting a shocked gasp from the Ice Wizard while the others looked at her in silence for a few seconds before bursting out into laughter, even Lucy laughed a little, enraging the Ice Mage even further.

"Not you too, Seilah!" Gray screamed as his face turned slightly red from the teasing.

"You hit the nail on the head, Seilah!" Natsu roared in laughter, enjoying the frustrated look on Gray's face, "By the way, where is Ur, stripper?"

Gray's eyebrow twitched in annoyance, "She is actually at Porlyusica's home."

"Huh? She is still recovering?" Lucy asked in confusion.

"Physically, she's fine. But her Magical Power had drastically decreased over the years. Add to that her missing leg. Porlyusica wanted her to get used to the prosthetic one she gave her." Gray explained as they listened attentively.

"It has to be expected. After all, she sealed that Akuma for ten years. She won't be at full strength in just some days." Natsu concluded before a bead of sweat ran down his face as he noticed them looking at him, "What?"

"Never thought I would hear you say something smart," Gray spoke finally with a smirk, feeling like it was his revenge for earlier.

"Shut up!"

"HAHAHAHA!" They laughed at him as he grumbled about 'traitors'. His right hand suddenly blurred and suddenly a barrel was in his hand. Lucy jumped at the unexpected action, but her eyes bugged out when Natsu, without looking smashed the barrel in Gray's face, knocking him back, a victorious smile coming to his lips.

"Try saying that again!" Lucy and the others looked at the center of the Guild and saw Erza standing with an angry look on her face, looking at Laxus, who was sitting at a table with his legs crossed. He had a smug and mocking smirk on his face that Lucy -And even the others- didn't like a bit.

Laxus smirked darkly and put his palm under his chin, causing Natsu to frown, "This time I'll tell you straight out." He spoke as a shadow covered his face, scaring a few, "We don't need weaklings in this guild!" he announced before turning his head to Jet and Droy, who were behind him. Their bodies covered in bandages from the injuries Gajeel inflicted to them, "You guys are pitiful. Getting humiliated by Phantom like that! HAHAHAHAHAH!" he finished, letting a loud laugh. He stopped abruptly and looked at them in confusion, "Oh, wait! I don't even know your names!" he laughed again, causing the two to drop their heads in shame. Erza shook in anger at his words and Mirajane glared at him in hatred, wanting nothing more than tear him apart.

"Tch, that dick has been back five minutes and he's already mouthing off everyone," Gray said as he crossed his arms over his chest.

"Tch!" Cana scoffed at the sound of the Lightning's Mage voice. Natsu placed his hand on her shoulder, but his attention was completely on Laxus, though.

He furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. He knew that Laxus was cruel and arrogant, but this was new. He seemed more sadistic than usual. Add to that the dark aura he was emitting. It was filled with hatred and dark Intent. Something he never believed would exist in someone who was related to Master Makarov. Seilah stepped beside her Master and whispered to him.

"Natsu-sama, shall I end his tale in the most painful of epilogues?" Seilah asked permission, bowing her head slightly.

The Dragon Slayer shook his head at her, "No. Let us just watch. There is something strange about him." he told the busty Etherious. She nodded her head at him and moved her eyes to the Red-head and the Lightning Mage.

"And you there, the main culprit! The weakling Celestial Spirit Bitch...It was your fault!" he shouted at her, Lightning sparkling around his form as he stood up from his seat. Lucy gritted her teeth in anger at the weakling part, but she couldn't act on it. Both because he was right about her being the fault and because he was clearly stronger than her.

"Laxus That's enough!" Erza shouted at him. She was quickly losing herself to anger.

"No one has been talking about who is to blame for it! Besides, you have no right to say anything when you didn't even help us fight!" Mira shouted angrily at him. How dare this prick blame their Nakama?!

"That's right! That had nothing to do with me! However, I can't stand these weaklings around here! Especially that Bitch!" Laxus shouted in anger. His eyes turned purple for a split second, something that only Natsu noticed. Master Makarov's grandson disappeared in a flash of Lightning and appeared in front of a shocked Lucy and Lisanna. He completely ignored Lisanna though and just focused on the Celestial Spirit Wizard. His large form hovering over her. He held up his hand and clenched it into a tight fist. It was then coated it with Lightning. Lucy closed her eyes and crossed her arms over her head in attempt to protect herself.

"Laxus, stop it!" Mirajane shouted as she ran up to them. She never expected this from Laxus. Sure he hated the weaklings -which she herself wasn't fond of- but it shouldn't go to this extent.

"Damn it!" Erza cursed as she requiped a sword in hand. However, several beads of sweat ran down her face as she realized that she won't make in time.

"Go to hell, weakling!" Laxus shouted as he brought his fist down on Lucy.

Just mere inches from her, however, it was completely stopped. The Lightning in it was nullified. His eyes grow wide as he saw a hand wrap around his wrist, stopping him. He didn't get much time to see his assaulter as he was sent flying, smashing into tables. He placed his hands on the floor, trying to slow himself, his fingers created large drag marks until he stopped. He looked up and hissed in anger, "Natsu..."

Said Dragon Slayer was glaring at him. His hands clenched into tight fists by his sides. Natsu was confused and angry at what transpired, it was intriguing. When did Laxus become this cruel? Okay, that at least was understandable. However, what was confusing him was; when did Laxus' Magical Power become this massive? With his senses, he could clearly feel the amounts of Magic from people and Laxus' was just...Astonishing.

Something was seriously off...

"You little punk! How dare you!" Laxus glared at Natsu and his magic skyrocketed, stunning some.

"You're not going to hurt any of our guild members Laxus." Natsu returned the glare with his own. His immense magical power surging from him, making the others uneasy.

Laxus gritted his teeth in anger and tried to take a step forward, intending to destroy the Fire Dragon Slayer, but a voice stopped him.

Stop...

Laxus cringed at the pain he felt in his head. He didn't know whose voice it was, but he felt some strong magic entering his body. Natsu noticed the movements and the change of Magic and was confused. The voice Laxus heard in his head was the cause of the pain he felt then spoke once again.

The time to confront him is not now...

Laxus put a hand on his head, clutching it as he felt the pain intensify.

The time for you two to confront each other is soon...until then...continue with your plan of taking over Fairy Tail...

The pain Laxus felt slowly went away as the voice didn't appear again. He put his hand down and looked back at the Guild, his expression becoming cocky, "Just you wait, Natsu! When I inherit the Guild, I'll get rid of all the weaklings. As well as anyone who stands against me!" He announced, smirking evilly, "I will make the ultimate Guild! The strongest Guild in history that no one can look down upon!" he finished, turning away. He walked a few steps before disappearing in a flash of Lightning.

Natsu was about to begin to chase him and see what was happening with Laxus, but he was slightly shocked when he couldn't even detect the scent of Laxus. How was this possible? Usually, when he wanted to track Laxus, he could do that by just his sense of smell. However, now he couldn't even detect a single trace of it, 'Damn it! What the fuck is going on?!"

"What just happened?"

"That's new!"

"Laxus never behaved like that before!"

As the Guild muttered between themselves, Lucy huffed before sitting on the chair again, "Inherit? What nonsense is he talking about?" she asked Lisanna, who breathed a sigh of relief.

"It's not nonsense," Lisanna replied to her, causing Lucy's head to snap at her. Her expression filled with confusion, "Laxus is the Master's grandson, you see."

"EHHHH?!" Lucy shot from her seat in slight shock. The kind old man -Although perverted- had such a cruel Grandson?! How was that even possible?!

"Yes. So when Master retires, the chances that Laxus becomes the next Master are quite high." Lisanna explained with a nervous smile. She was hoping that it wouldn't happen.

"B-But...I'd be against someone becoming the Master who thinks that way about his allies." Lucy sighed. The Guild will be screwed if someone like that takes the Master position. What will happen to her?! Would she become homeless?! No! A cute girl like her wouldn't be able to survive!

"The rumor says is that's why he hasn't been able to retire." The Take Over Mage informed, "However, Master Makarov also sees Natsu-kun as a candidate for the Master position."

"EHHHH?! Really?!" Lucy asked, shocked. She looked at the Flame Dragon Slayer -who was still standing looking at the spot where Laxus was- with wide eyes.

"Yes. But when Master asked him if he wanted to, he..." The petite girl paused slightly as a sweat drop grew on the back of her head.

"What?"

"Well, he said 'HAHAHAHA! Me, Master?! No way in hell! I'm too lazy! Besides, I want to see you tortured more HAHAHA!' before taking a mission." Lisanna said as she tried to mimic the Dragon Slayer.

"S-seriously…?" Lucy's jaw dropped in shock.

"Y-yeah, after that, Master Makarov burst into tears, it took us hours and almost all our sake to calm him down," Lisanna added, causing the busty blonde to sweat drop, from what she saw, the old man really could do that.

"That jerk!" Mirajane hissed in anger as she clenched her fists.

"Enough Mira. You will just tire yourself out dealing with him." Natsu told her as he placed his hand on her shoulder. Thankfully, Mirajane calmed down a little.

"He's right. Anyway, what do you think? Want to go on a job?" Erza asked him with a joyous expression on her face that Natsu found irresistibly cute.

Natsu looked at her for a few seconds, causing her to become nervous. He suddenly hugged her and rubbed his cheek against hers, "Erza! You're so frickin' cute!" he exclaimed.

Erza's eyes grew wide, resembling those of a cat, "W-W-What are you doing?!" she squeaked as Natsu continued to hug her, much to the others' amusement and her embarrassment.

"I didn't know you wanted to go with me on a job that badly!"

"I-I-I meant together with Gray, Lucy, and Seilah!" Erza shouted at him, desperate for him to let her go. As much as she enjoyed the feeling of him hugging her, she couldn't let the people in the Guild see her embarrassed side! At the mention of their names, Gray and Lucy jumped, Seilah was calm as ever while Mirajane's eye twitched in annoyance, how dare that ginger head forget her name?!

"Gray, your clothes..." Lisanna reminded, causing the Ice Mage to jump.

Erza coughed in her fist after Natsu broke the hug, "I have a sense that we've been together ever since the Eisenwald incident." she explained and Natsu sweat dropped at her words. A sense?

"Now, you got a 'sense' like that?" Wakaba asked from his seat.

"We all thought it was pretty obvious...Wait! She never stopped to think about it herself?" Macao followed.

"That's Erza for you." Cana chuckled.

"Let's form a Team now. With the five of us. Or six, if you count Happy." She announced, smirking as she saw Mirajane look pissed as she didn't mention her name.

Mirajane's eyebrow twitched again. That red haired bitch was doing it on purpose.

"Well, I don't really mind it," Natsu responded.

"Looks like Fairy Tail's strongest Team is official now," Cana said as she nursed her drink.

"Good for them," Macao smirked.

"And wait, Lucy's the strongest?" Wakaba asked in confusion.

"Hey!"

"Is that okay with you, Seilah?" Natsu asked, to which the busty Etherious nodded her head with a small smile, telling him that she will go wherever he went, "What about you, Cana? Wanna join us?"

"No. Going on missions with those two is bad for my health," Cana said, causing him to sweat drop.

"What about Alcohol? Isn't it bad for your health?" he asked, still sweat dropping, but he got no answer as the Lush hugged the bottle he brought her.

"W-With him?" Gray asked as he looked at Natsu, who poker-faced at him.

"Got a problem?" Erza asked with a glare, scaring the shit out of the Ice Wizard.

"No, never happier!"

"Let's hurry and do a job. We'll take down the gang of thieves in the west outskirts of Magnolia that has been robbing the Town of..."

"Damn you ginger Head! How dare you forget my name?!" Mirajane finally snapped as she roared at the Red-head. She was a goddamn S-Class Mage for fuck sake!

Erza looked at her in confusion, "What? You actually can fight?" she tilted her head to the side. Her eyes had an evil glint in them.

"That's it!" Mirajane yelled and threw a table at Erza, starting another guild-wide brawl. Natsu sweat-dropped at the two girls fighting and screaming in the background and trying to tear each other cheeks and hair like children.

"KYAAA! My hair!" Lucy cried as she found her hair burning. Lisanna ran after her, trying to put out the Flames.

"I wonder if your story will end with you becoming bald."

"Who's the bastard that stole my underwear?!"

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*Sometime Later*

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"Man, those guys are such weaklings..." Natsu spoke in annoyance as he slammed someone's head into a wall, almost breaking his skull. He and his Team, consisting of Lucy, Gray, Mirajane, Erza, Seilah and Happy, were inside a Guildhall that was filled with unconscious Wizards.

"Don't go robbin' people when you're such weaklings!" Gray told them as stomped his foot one of the beaten mage's face. Seriously, how could this gang be so weak? He questioned in his mind as he continued to stomp on the guy's face, ignoring his pained groans.

"You humans do not have even a decent prologue. Therefore, you cannot even write the boring story of humans." Seilah sighed as she opened a book, she sat on the body of an unconscious Wizard. One of many that she pulverized easily.

"You think you will get away with doing this to us?" one of the mages asked weakly as he attempted to stand up.

"Master Devon won't stand for it!" another nameless Wizard added.

"Oh? I'm shaking in my boots!" Natsu cried in mock fear as he held his cheeks with both hands. This got him glares from the downed mages and smirks from both Gray and Happy.

"If you lay a finger on Natsu-sama, then you will suffer my wrath." Seilah's cold voice made both idiots tremble in fear.

"Besides, we beat that guy a while ago!" Happy chirped as he flew around them, humiliating them even further.

"We've finished up over here as well," Mirajane called out from up the stairs. The white-haired beauty stood tall and strong, hovering over a mountain of mages. Erza was behind her, in her usual armor. She placed her hands on her hips as she watched their handiwork.

"That's our Erza and Mirajane!" Lucy exclaimed with a grin. The cute girl was also improving to the point where she beat up many of the Dark Guild's Wizards with her fists instead of using her spirit. It was all Thanks to the vigorous training Natsu put her through for in the previous week.

Erza and Mirajane saw two mages trying to escape from the corner of their eyes and in a split second, they were in front of the now terrified mages. Their eyes glowed menacingly before they proceeded to 'Punish' them, "Looks like you haven't had enough punishment yet..." Erza said as she stomped on the guy's butt, which he enjoyed much to the redhead's disgust. Mirajane, on the other hand, was actually spanking the guy that tried to escape her.

'They are Insane!' Lucy thought with a sweat drop on the back of her head. She almost jumped in shock when a light shone in front of her and from it appeared Taurus with hearts in his eyes.

"Erza-sama! Mirajane-sama! Please punish me as well!" he shouted as he danced around.

"Where the hell did you come from?!" Lucy shouted in shock as her eyes bugged out of her head, "Return! Forced Gate Closure!" with her command, the perverted bull vanished without a trace.

"Man, never thought I would see a perverted cow!" Gray exclaimed, rubbing the back of his head.

"He is not a Cow! It's a Bull!" Happy corrected the Ice Mage.

"A perverted Bull to be more precise," Natsu added with a poker face.

"Natsu-sama, why is there a Bull wearing only panties?" Seilah questioned her beloved Master. Natsu looked at her in silence before he laughed, telling her she was really funny.

"That took less time than I thought," Erza commented with a smile as they made their way out of the ruined Guildhall.

"They were weaklings..." Gray shrugged his shoulders. Natsu smirked as he spotted Juvia squealing at the sight of Gray. Those two were just hopeless.

"Tch, I barely had a chance to really let loose." The She-devil said with a scowl on her face. She was hoping for a more great challenge. Now, she was all frustrated! A lightbulb appeared above her head as she thought of the way she could relieve her frustration. She looked into Natsu's eyes and licked her lips, a gesture that Natsu caught and flinched in nervousness. He got the message. She was implying about all Naughty stuff she will be doing with him later on and he found himself both nervous and excited. Seilah caught the exchange and felt a small pang of jealousy. She won't let that White-haired harlot take her Natsu-sama away from her!

'I think you had plenty of time to let loose.' Lucy thought with a sweat drop, gazing at the collapsing building around them.

"Lucy, check out this jewel!" Happy chirped as he showed the blonde a Diamond, which freaked out the Celestial Spirit Wizard.

"Hey! You can't just go taking that!"

Her shout was ignored by the cat as he glanced ahead, "Huh? Isn't that Loke over there?" he asked, pointing at the orange-haired man in the distance.

"Oh?" Loke looked quite surprised to see the Team in that place.

"What a coincidence," Gray commented with a grin.

"You had a job around here?" Mirajane asked him, raising an eyebrow.

"Yes. You too?" Loke responded before he violently flinched as he caught the sight of Lucy, "Lucy?!"

"Oh, Hello..."

The blonde girl was caught off guard when the Orange-haired abruptly turned around and dashed off, "Sorry! I'm in the middle of a job!"

Lucy stood there with a gloomy aura around her, she wasn't that bad, right? "What is with him?!"

"What did you do to him?" Gray asked her, raising an eyebrow.

Juvia, who was behind a rock cried anime tears, "Gray-sama is talking to Love Rival! Juvia's heart is in pieces!"

"Lucy, you're mean as ever." Natsu told her with a poker face, "He is so totally avoiding you!"

"I didn't do anything!"

"Now then, Shall we go back?" Erza asked as they stood on a cliff, looking down the ruined Guildhall they just destroyed.

"Hey, since we actually finished a job early for once, why don't we head to a Spa and take it easy?" Lucy suggested.

"Lucy..." Erza started, causing Lucy to freak out and Gray to turn blue in the face, "That's a nice idea." Lucy sighed in relief at the words.

"Oh? A bath sounds great. Right, Seilah-chan?" Mirajane asked with a smirk, which Seilah returned, surprising them slightly.

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*Later That Night in Hosenka"

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Lucy let out a content sigh, as she let the hot spring's warm water washed over her. The busty blonde leaned her head against the stones behind her and closed her eyes. As she enjoyed the relaxing water, her mind drifted to Loke. "And besides, what's with Loke, anyway? He's been acting so strange lately."

"Nice moon." Lucy cracked an eye open and glanced at Erza who stood up from the water, "And a nice bath, as well." she finished, stunning Lucy as she saw her in her Armor.

"In your Armor and all?!" Lucy shouted with bulging eyes.

"I feel more at ease like this," Erza responded, it was the truth. She only felt safe with her Armor or with Natsu.

"But, doesn't it feel kind of gross?" the busty blonde wondered. She couldn't imagine how someone can take a bath with their Armor on...

"….Honestly, yes it does." Erza finally decided after a slight pause, "Coming to a spa such as this really does merit complete relaxation, I agree." she finished with a stern expression on her face, causing Lucy to sweat drop.

"Yet your words are as stiff as ever..." Lucy spoke nervously before gasping as Erza requiped out off her clothes, "Wow! You're even amazing when you're naked, Erza!"

"Am I? Then how about I try going around the Guild naked?" Erza suggested with a smile, she wanted a reaction from the blonde and she got it.

"EHHHH?!"

"I'm joking..." Erza quickly said as she saw Lucy freaking out too much.

"Hmph! I guess only a slut like you can go around the Guild naked." Mirajane spoke as she washed her hair, her voluptuous body glistening in water.

Erza's brow twitched in a mixture of anger and annoyance at the remark, "And that's coming from you, huh? Who's the one taking photo shoots with almost nothing to cover themselves?!" she retorted, beginning a fight with the She-demon as they began quarreling once more.

Meanwhile, Lucy was staring in awe at the two beauties. Ignoring their bickering, her eyes were more focused on their amazing bodies, 'Oh Kami…they are so beautiful and sexy! How am I going to match them?!' she thought in awe as she took in Erza and Mirajane's incredibly curvy bodies.

"Those two are like children. Even in baths, their tale of fighting is still being written." Lucy turned her head and saw a nude Seilah with her back against the stones.

'W-wow! She's so beautiful!' Lucy thought as her eyes widened. She stared at the most prominent feature of the Etherious, which were her breasts. Lucy knew she had quite the pair, but Seilah's were just insane! They shouldn't be possible!

"Hmph! You're just jealous that my breasts are bigger than yours!" Mirajane shouted at the Knight, who fumed.

"What?! You look flat as a broad compared to me!" Erza retorted and soon the two dragged Seilah and Lucy into a contest of who had the bigger chest.

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*On the Men's Side*

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"Ahh! Nothing beat a good bath after a successful mission!" Natsu sighed as he let the water sooth his muscles.

"You got something right for once, Flame-brain!" Gray said as he relaxed.

"Blub... Blub….blub…." Happy's voice was muffled by the water.

Natsu liked this, no women to cling to him and no losing control. Just relaxing. He would have preferred the water to be far hotter, but he couldn't really do it since Gray and Happy were with him and he doubted they would leave a single cell behind if he used his magic on the water. But oh well, it was still great. There was no interruption.

"What the hell?! They look even bigger than mine! This can't be!"

"Yours?! Devil slut?! It's more shocking that they seem bigger than mine!"

'Guess not!' Natsu face palmed as he heard Erza and Mirajane's voices, the only thing that separated the men and women's side was a wall.

"Natsu-sama loves them huge, so I'm happy."

"S-Size isn't everything!"

"Hey, what are you doing?!"

Boing! Boing!

"What?! You damn Bitch! Seilah, I understand! But how did you get those breasts, Lucy?!"

"T-they seems highly illogical."

"KYAAA! Stop groping my boobs!"

While the sounds of shouting, splashing and groping were filling the bath, Natsu and Gray were doing their best to keep their hormones under control, but it was futile as the blushes on their faces betrayed their thoughts. Their eyes widened when they heard the women suggest that they find someone to determine who was bigger than the others. Happy giggled at their faces and burst out laughing as the two stood from the water, Natsu quickly wrapped a towel around his waist, while Gray didn't and exited the bath as the sounds of running and commotion echoed from the women's side of the bathhouse.

Soon, screams of women were heard as they saw a nude Gray running away.

---

*Later*

---

"It begins!" Mirajane announced as she held two pillows.

"Aye!" Happy responded as he flew around the room of the Inn with a pillow on his head.

"What's all the racket? I'm sleepy!" Gray grumbled as he lifted his head from the pillow. He was trying to sleep, but Mira's voice interrupted it! Damn it!

"Hmph! Look around you, underpants-man! We're at an Inn! So that's means pillow fights!" Mirajane huffed at the Ice Mage.

"I shall end the tale of this pillow fight," Seilah spoke as numerous pillows floated around her, ready for her command.

"All the pillows of merit in the room are already under my control!" Erza announced as she made her presence known. Under her arms, many pillows were being held. Lucy beside her sweat dropped at the Knight's words.

"O-Of merit?"

"Take this, Tomato Hair!" Mirajane shouted as she threw one pillow at the Knight, who blocked it with her hands. The force behind the throw was strong enough to push her back a few feet back. Lucy jumped in shock at the monstrous strength the white haired beauty had.

"No bad. Now your turn, Diablo Shit!" Erza cried as she throw the pillow with as much force as she could. Mirajane was known for her speed, however, and she demonstrated it by dodging the incoming pillow, which struck the poor Gray, sending him flying out of the bed.

He stood up and fumed, "Why you little..." he hissed before he caught the sight of the numerous pillows that 'Magically appeared in his bed, "Wow! From where all those pillows come from?" He smirked, happy about the turn of events. He didn't notice the blue haired Water Mage behind him, who stole all the pillows of the Inn and waited for the right moments to hand them over to her 'Beloved'.

'Juvia is so happy being of help to Gray-sama!' the Ex-Phantom Lord's Wizard thought in joy.

Gray gave a battle cry and threw the pillow with all the force his body could muster, it traveled neither toward Erza or Mirajane, which confused them. He smirked as the pillow hit Natsu's head. The Dragon Slayer was currently trying to sleep in a corner as he knew the crazy bastards were going to fight, but even so, they wouldn't let him sleep, 'Must not Fight... must not Fight...must not Fight...' he repeated in his mind, but his eager face betrayed his thoughts, 'But it sounds so fun!' He sucked on his thumb, trying to remain mature and not... Not join in on the fun.

"Erza, you are next!" Gray shouted again as he throw another pillow at the red haired knight. She smirked and just blocked it with one hand.

"This will be the end of your boring tales!" Seilah spoke as she ordered the pillows to crash into the others. Unfortunately, they all dodged and all the pillows hit Natsu.

"Aghhhhhhhh! You wanna fight?! Well, bring it on! I will take you all on!" Natsu finally snapped and he grabbed many pillows. Soon all the five began fighting, destroying the room they were in.

"HAHAHA!" Lucy laughed as she watched her Nakama fight like children, "All right! Maybe I'll mix it up..." she didn't get to finish as five pillows slammed into her, sending her flying into the night sky, "...Myself!" she screamed as she flew until becoming a twinkle in the sky.

---

*A small While Later*

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"You guys cannot be human..." Lucy grumbled as she and Natsu walked. After she was KO'd in one hit -or five if you count the number of the monsters that were fighting- she decided to go for a walk. Two guys suddenly appeared before her and they invited her to go with them, which she refused. Soon, she realized she couldn't move. Luckily, Natsu came over and saved her from them.

"You are right, Lucy. We are not humans." Natsu said, getting Lucy's attention, she visibly flinched as she saw his face darken and were those demon horns that appeared on his head?! "We are Demons!"

"IHHHHHH!" Lucy shrieked in fear as tears fell down her face. The look Natsu was giving her was monstrous! Evil!

Natsu couldn't take it as his cheeks puffed out, trying in vain to contain his laughter. However, the urge was too much and he burst out laughing so hard that he felt like his sides were about to spill out.

Lucy looked at Natsu, who was practically rolling on the ground laughing, "Don't do that again! It wasn't funny!" she shouted as she kicked him in the gut.

"Oww! That hurt!" Natsu groaned as he stood up, he wiped his eyes from the tears that gathered from the laughing. He held up his hands as he saw the girl scowling at him, "Alright! Alright! I'm sorry. Its just too much fun messing with you HAHA!" Lucy grumbled to herself before walking again, pouting. Natsu chuckled at the cute expression she was making.

"Thank you again by the way." she suddenly spoke in a soft tone.

"Huh? For what?" Natsu titled his head to the side in confusion.

"For saving me from those guys earlier," Lucy replied before standing on her tip toes and gave a small kiss to his cheek. Natsu looked at her in confusion and she blushed and looked down, embarrassed of what his reaction will be.

"That's what happened?" he asked with a question mark above his head, causing her to face fault in shock.

"You already forgot?!" she shouted with bulging eyes.

"HAHAHAHA! You have such a funny look on your face now! I wish you could see it!" Natsu laughed, annoying her greatly.

"Hmph!" she looked away from him and began walking, but a hand on her wrist stopped her, "EH?" she was shocked when her back was crashed against a tree. She looked up and her cheeks got red from the very small -and sexy- smirk that was on Natsu's face as he looked down at her.

"Don't get mad. I just love ...Teasing you, Lucy..." he whispered to her as he bent down, his hot breath making her shiver with excitement, "What was that kiss for, huh?" he continued speaking in the tone that Mirajane loved so much and judging by the shudders and the intensified blush on her cheeks, she loved it too, "I guess I should return the favor!" he finished and leaned down, his face getting closer to hers. His intentions became clear to the young blonde and she found herself anticipating it. She closed her eyes and waited.

However, what she imagined it to be a soul-searing kiss become a small peck on her right cheek. She opened her brown eyes and looked shocked to see him backing off, "I don't like being in debt of someone." he spoke with that damned smirk. He chuckled at the pout she was giving him and glanced behind to see Plue, "By the way, what kind of Celestial Spirit is that?" he asked the blonde who composed herself and looked at the Spirit.

"Uhhh...I don't really know. Maybe he's a dog! Right, Plue?" she asked the white creature who held up a palm.

"I'm actually a human-pan."

"Oh? ...Huh, wait! You can talk?" Lucy shouted and Natsu chuckled at the comedy in front of him.

"Aye!"

"Aye?!" Lucy repeated. Natsu face palmed at Happy's idiocy.

Happy covered his mouth with his paws as his body trembled, trying his hardest to not laugh, "I am an emissary of the Hero with the Sacred Stone-pun!"

"Eh?" Natsu sweat dropped. The sacred what?

"Yes, yes...Stop this foolishness and come out, Happy" Lucy said as the blue cat appeared from behind the bushes.

"I thought you'd be stupid enough for me to fool you for a week." Happy stated, surprise evident in his tone.

"That's quite a generous guesstimate there..."

"Oh? Lucy is actually a smart girl!" Natsu added with surprise.

"What's that supposed to mean?!" the busty blonde angrily screamed. Natsu just chuckled softly at her, "By the way, where are the others?" she asked him and almost regretted it when he smirked evilly.

---

*At the Room*

---

"Monster..." Gray grumbled as he, Erza, Mirajane and even Seilah were sprawled across the room, bruises in their forms, swirls in place of their eyes.

*Back with Natsu and Lucy*

"Let's just say they are sleeping really well!" Natsu chuckled evilly, freaking out the blonde.

'Scary...' she thought, trembling before something caught her eyes. Looking ahead, she saw Loke dragging the two guys that tried to take her with them by force earlier, "Eh? Loke?"

"Hmm?" Natsu hummed as he looked at the orange-haired man, "Ah! The womanizer. What are you doing here?"

"Ah! Natsu, Lucy!" he said as dropped the two and moved behind a tree, hiding behind it, "I'm sorry."

"For what?!" Lucy shouted at him.

"Loke, who are those two?" Happy asked curiously as he poked one of the man's face with a stick.

"Those two were actually my targets, but I found them unconscious. Was it you who took them out?" he asked them, to which they nodded at. He sighed and reached down and grabbed both unconscious men by their collars. "Thank you. Well, I guess I'll go turn these two in."

"Wait!" Lucy called out, as she grabbed the back of Loke's jacket. "Hey...if you don't mind, could we talk for a bit?" she asked, which shocked Loke.

"Well, if you want to talk to him then let us go." Natsu said, "Happy, you can go back to the room, I will get you some fish later, okay?"

"Aye, Sir!" Happy chirped in delight before he flew away.

"Come on Loke..." Lucy said as she tugged on the man's sleeve, "There's a little bar up ahead."

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*Five Minutes Later*

---

"H-Hey..." Lucy muttered, glancing at Loke who has seated several seats away from her, "You don't have to sit so far away." she told him as she sweat dropped.

"S-Sorry." Loke almost whispered, as he nervously chuckled. Natsu gave off a chuckle as sat beside Lucy. His eyes sparkled as he gazed at the mountain of food he had ordered. He drooled a bit before he dug in like a beast.

"I've been meaning to ask this for a while now." Lucy said, swirling around the drink in her hands, "What did Celestial Wizard do to you?" Lucy waited for a response, but after almost a minute she never got one as Loke just looked down, "It's fine if you don't want to tell me...But you know, I am who I am..."

"Yeah...I know that." Loke said as he stared down into his drink, "I'm really sorry...if I've been bothering you, I apologize...You should just forget about me."

"What's up with you?" Lucy asked, quirking an eyebrow at the sad looking man, "It sounds like you're breaking up with your girlfriend, or something." Seeing that Loke wasn't going to say anymore, Lucy sighed and stood up from her seat, "Well whatever. I was just curious...You know, you really are a nice guy!" A small smile spread across Lucy's face as she gazed at Loke. "Besides, no matter what you say, we're still Nakama...Well, I'll just-" Lucy was shocked when Loke reached out and grabbed her hand, "Loke?" even Natsu stopped eating and glanced at him with a brow twitching.

"Please wait." Loke said before he pulled Lucy in for a tight hug, "Lucy..."

"What's wrong Loke?" Lucy asked, shocked when she felt Loke begin to tremble slightly. Natsu didn't really know what happened in his timeline with Loke, but he didn't like what he was seeing.

"I don't have long to live..." Loke said, as he released Lucy from the hug and locked eyes with her.

"Loke..." Lucy breathed out, her eyes widening considerably, "What's going on?" Loke simply stood silently for a few moments, before he lowered his head. Lucy was stunned when the orange-haired man suddenly burst out laughing, Natsu scowled at him, "W-What?!"

"AHAHAHAHA!" Loke laughed, as he winked at Lucy, "You totally fell for it! That's a little trick I use when I'm chasing after girls." Lucy began to grit her teeth to hold in her immense anger, "It gets me some great sympathy points. So what do you thin-" The sound of a harsh slap filled the empty bar. Loke nervously smiled, feeling the stinging handprint on his cheek.

"I..." Lucy said, beginning to shake in anger. "I hate those types of jokes! You're a bastard!" Then with a huff Lucy stormed out of the bar. Natsu laughed slightly as he finished his food. He stood up and walked up to Loke.

"You know, maybe you should trust her." he began, getting Loke's attention as he looked at the pink-haired Dragon Slayer, "She is after all the descendant of Anna, Leo." he finished, stunning the orange-haired man.

"W-what?!" he stammered as he registered the man's words. If he really gave his trust to Lucy, would she... No! He shook his head. It was already too late. He was so wrapped in his thoughts that he forgot that Natsu called him by that name.

"By the way, don't do that again," Natsu warned as he wrapped an arm around Loke's shoulder.

"Hai. I'm sorry. I know it's not a good joke, but..." he stopped talking as he felt a dark aura coming from Natsu.

"No. Not that. Don't hug Lucy again. She's mine." Natsu said with a menacing smirk, causing Loke to sweat nervously.

"H-H-Hai!"

"Good." Natsu nodded before walking to the exit, "Oh, one more thing. Pay the bill for me and think about my words." he said and walked out. If anyone would have saw Natsu's face at the moment. They would have seen an extremely sadistic smirk.

Loke stood there, thinking about what Natsu said, 'What am I doing? Am I really thinking about asking Lucy for help?' he thought, as he hung his head in shame, 'I let my emotions get the better of me...I can't drag Lucy into this...it's already...'

He sighed and turned to pay for Natsu's meal, "How much-AHHHHH!" he let out a stunned shriek as he saw the plates of food and the chicken's bones everywhere. The plates were so much that they reached the ceiling of the Restaurant.

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*With Natsu*

---

Natsu was sitting in the room with Happy beside him eating the fish the Dragon Slayer brought him from the restaurant. That's when they heard a scream that shook all the Town.

"NOOOOOOOOOO!"

"What was that?!" Happy asked as he hugged his fish. It sounded like a dog who growled at him!

"HAHAHA! That's the sound of someone who is now completely broke!" Natsu laughed evilly. His laugh scaring all lives in mile radius.

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*The Next Day Fairy Tail Construction Site*

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"Back off me ice princess!" Natsu growled, butting heads with Gray, both releasing a dark aura, "Why don't you go search for your clothes before I kick your ass in front of everyone!"

"HA! I'd like to see you try that, ash for brains!" Gray shot back, as he glared at the dual dragon slayer. Gray was covered in bandages.

"What's up with those two?" Elfman asked Lisanna, staring at the duo from his place at the makeshift bar, "They've been like that since they got here."

"I heard a pillow fight escalated into a full out brawl during their last mission and well, Natsu kind of injured them," Lisanna said with a smile, as she wiped off the counter.

"How can anyone get hurt in a pillow fight?" Elfman asked with a sweat drop.

'Juvia hopes Gray-sama is fine.' Juvia thought, peaking at both mages from behind a nearby wall.

"Why do you have to take pillow fighting so seriously!?" Gray yelled as he gritted his teeth.

"Well, I don't really know how to hold back..." Natsu retorted with a smirk, "You're just being a sore loser."

"What?! You're the one who lost!" Gray retorted.

'Gray-sama won inside Juvia's heart' Juvia thought dreamily with a blush.

"Lucy!" Gray mages yelled as he turned to face the blonde, "I won didn't I?!"

Lucy turned toward the Ice Mage and Natsu chuckled, knowing what was coming, "Shut up!" she spoke as a dark aura surrounded her, scaring the shit out of him.

"Sorry." Gray said, as he hung his head, 'Holy shit, she was as scary as Erza right there!'

"Wow. There's actually someone other than Erza and Mira-nee who can stop him..." Lisanna said in awe.

"A man," Elfman muttered.

"Heh! What a wimp!" Natsu mocked.

"Shut it Flame-brain!"

"What's up Lucy?" Happy asked, as he flew next to the blonde, "You seem like you're upset, or something."

"Oh? I'm totally normal," replied Lucy.

"Are you still angry about me tricking you?" Happy asked in a sad manner.

"No! I'm not that petty." Lucy told him before letting out a sigh, "Sorry...I just have a lot to think about." she explained, as she poked at the food on her plate.

"You can always talk to me!"

"No, but thank you for the offer." Lucy smiled at the blue cat.

"Hey! What wrong with you?!" Cana suddenly appeared beside Lucy and wrapped an arm around her shoulder, "Oh, and those are as big as ever!" she spoke with a grin as she squeezed Lucy's boobs. The blonde celestial spirit mage was about to retort, but a sudden commotion at the other end of the bar caught her attention.

"Hey, is Loke here?"

"Where is Loke?"

"Loke's so cruel!"

"Who are you people?"

"That's what I should ask you!"

Lucy turned her head to see a group of girls gathered at the other end of the bar. All of the girls bombarded Lisanna with questions, all of them pertaining to Loke's whereabouts. The girls all looked upset, as if something terrible had just happened to them.

"Huh, what's going on over there?" Lucy asked, quirking a blonde eyebrow.

"I recognize some of them." Cana said as she scratched her chin, "I've seen a couple of those girls with Loke before. I guess they're all claiming to be his girlfriend or something." she told her as she took another sip of her drink.

"He tried to break up with me all of a sudden last night!" one of the girls complained

"I hate to say it, but me too!" another one followed.

"Me too!"

"Why would he do something like that?!"

"I-I don't know," Lisanna replied nervously, waving her arms dismissively. But this didn't stop the girls from asking her, even more, questions.

"Did he finally find 'the one'!?"

"No," Lisanna said as she lifted her arms up.

"Who is it!? Is she in this guild?!"

"I...uh...um..." Lisanna began to sputter, as she tried to come up with some type of response. But the white-haired barmaid couldn't come up with anything, so she did the only thing she could think of, "Mira-nee! Help me!" Instantly all of the girls questioning Lisanna whipped around to face Mirajane -who just showed up- an angry look in all of their eyes. Mirajane raised a brow as the girls began to stalk towards her.

"Who's that?"

"She's kinda cute..."

"And she's got huge breasts!"

"Is she Loke's new girl?"

Mirajane's whole body twitched in annoyance. It seemed that those girls didn't know who she was or rather didn't recognize her. Like hell, she would be that damn womanizer's girl! She was Natsu's alone! She roared and jumped at them, beating the crap out of them in front of the whole guild. The others watched in fear and disbelief as the white haired beauty tore the girls apart.

"That wasn't very nice Lisanna," Natsu said, causing the white-haired barmaid to pout cutely.

"But Natsu-kun, I couldn't think of anything else to do. I needed some help there." Lisanna said, as fake tears formed in the corners of her eyes.

"Okay, you can knock off the crocodile tears Lisanna," Natsu said with a poker face.

"Mou! You're no fun Natsu!" Lisanna whined, as she crossed her arms over her chest, as she continued to pout cutely.

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*That Night in the Sole Public Bath in Magnolia*

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"Public baths...are Manly!" Elfman said as exited the public bath.

"Using the public bath once in a while sure is nice!" Lucy said as she exited from the women's side, "Nothing beats soaking in a huge bath!" she was snapped out of her musings when Loke appeared before her, "Loke!"

"Here." he said to her and handed her a bottle of milk, "It's perfect after you get out of the bath."

"It's flavored milk!" Lucy was excited.

"I wanted to drink it together with you." Loke winked at her.

"Mou! You know I had it pretty rough yesterday because of you." Lucy pouted cutely, causing him to smile nervously.

"Now, now...Cheers! To your beautiful eyes!" they clicked the bottles and drank it.

"Delicious!" Lucy smiled brightly.

"Isn't it?"

"Oh! The stars sure are pretty." Lucy exclaimed as she looked up at the beautiful night sky.

"Yeah."

"Oh, a shooting star!" Lucy shouted as she saw a shooting star fall, "I wonder what happens to shooting stars after they fall?"

Her words caused Loke to become sad, "Hey, Lucy..." he called to which she looked at him in confusion, "Do you understand the sorrow of a star that cannot return to the heavens?"

Lucy's eyes widened, "That's another line to pick up girls, isn't it?" she accused looking away, "Do you think you can trick me again?"

Loke just chuckled, "You got me."

"Sheesh...Everything out of your mouth is to get girls..."

"I'm glad I was able to talk with you casually like this." Loke said with satisfaction in his tone, "Ja ne." he spoke and walked away, leaving Lucy to look at his retreating figure with a suspicious look.

"Ahh! That was a nice bath!" Lucy turned around and blushed a deep shade of red as she saw Natsu getting out of the bath. Shirtless. His naked torso providing the young blonde girl with eye candy. That was until she noticed from where exactly Natsu came out, "Wait! What were you doing on the women's side?!"

"Oh, Lucy. I didn't see you there," he spoke, completely ignoring her question. He didn't actually have an answer since Mirajane insisted for him to go with her in the public bath, so she could experience one of her fantasies. Luckily, the bath was big enough and no one heard them.

"Elfman was right when he said public baths were manly!" Gray suddenly appeared. Completely nude, expect for his underwear, "Flame-brain? What are you doing naked? Are you a pervert or something?"

"I don't want to hear it from you!" Natsu shouted at him with a tick mark on his temple, "Go find some clothes!"

"Gahh!" screamed Gray after realizing that he lost his clothes again.

"Mmmmmn! That was a nice bath!" Mirajane exclaimed as she come out of the bath, her only clothes were a tight black t-shirt and jean shorts. She was limping a little, which didn't go unnoticed by the blonde.

"Uhh Mira-san, are you injured?" Lucy asked in concern. Natsu sweated nervously while Mirajane smirked seductively.

"Oh, I was very injured~!" she replied to the confused blonde who sighed and turned to Natsu.

"You didn't answer me! Why were you in the women's bath?!" she asked, pointing a finger at him.

"Uhh…"

"You were in the women's bath, Natsu-kun? Were you peeking on little old me~?" Mirajane purred, causing Natsu to look at her with a 'What the fuck' look. She just chuckled in response.

"You were peeking on Nee-chan! That's Unmanly!" Elfman roared as he grabbed Natsu's throat.

'I did more than just peeking.…' Natsu thought but didn't dare to voice it out loud. His expression became perverted as he recalled all the naughty things he did with the white haired beauty.

"Tch! And people call me a pervert." Gray grumbled.

"Shut up!"

"Honestly, you shouldn't go to the women's side, Natsu. People might get the wrong idea, you know." Lucy chided him.

"Y-y-you slut! What did you do to Natsu?!" Erza asked Mirajane as she pointed a sword at her. Her face was redder than her hair as she imagined the lewd things they could have done. She must protect Natsu's innocence! His virginity was he- err must be just for the right woman, yeah that's right!

"Oh? Do you really wanna know?" Mirajane smirked and leaned forward to whisper in Erza's ear, "Well, for starters..." she began muttering naughty things that would have made even the most perverted man blush. Erza's face was so red that it put her hair to shame. Steam came out of her ears and her eyes slowly became swirls before she fell on her back. Knocked out.

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*Later at Lucy's Apartment*

---

"So that's everything that's happened Crux-Jiji." Lucy explained as the elderly cross-shaped celestial spirit floated in front of her bed, "I...definitely overreacted when I slapped Loke...but the more I think about it, the more I feel like he wasn't joking." The celestial spirit merely hummed in response.

"That quite the accusation, Lucy," Natsu said, crossing his arms over his chest as he sat on the bed beside Lucy. He wanted to see if she would be able to figure out Loke's secret.

"Can you please investigate any celestial spirit mages Loke has been with in the past?" Lucy asked the celestial spirit. Crux nodded his head and appeared to immediately fall asleep.

"Uh, Lucy..." Happy said, tapping his blonde friend on the shoulder with his paw, "If you haven't noticed, the old man looks like he fell asleep."

"No, he's simply searching for information," Lucy said as she leaned back on her bed.

"Are you sure?" Natsu asked, looking at the celestial spirit skeptically, "Because I'm sure he's snoring right now."

"Crux-Jiji is an expert on celestial spirit magic." Lucy explained as she moved a few blonde locks out of her eyes, "He knows everything that's going on in both the human and celestial spirit world. He even knows which spirits are summoned by which mages." Happy and even Natsu nearly jumped out of their skin when Crux suddenly let out a loud scream, "Oh, you found something Crux-Jiji?"

"Hmmm..." Crux grumbled, readjusting himself in the air, "In the spirit world, one's personal activities are still private, so I can't be too precise. But I found out that the celestial spirit mage Mr. Loke was in contact with is...Ms. Karen Lilica."

"Karen Lilica!" Lucy exclaimed, as her eyes widened.

"Karen Lilica? I think I've heard that name before..." Natsu said, rubbing his chin as he tried to remember where he heard the name, "But I can't remember."

"When did you ever remembered anything, Natsu?" Happy asked, giggling behind his paws.

"Shut up, Happy!"

"She was a very famous celestial spirit mage," Lucy explained as she grabbed a bunch of copies of the Weekly Sorcerer that were on her nightstand. She found a particular issue and showed the cover to Natsu, "And she's a beautiful woman who's been on the cover of Weekly Sorcerer magazine several times."

"Oh, that's where I've heard of her." Natsu said, nodding his head, "Mira did a photoshoot with her one time, and told me about her when she got back." he said with a little venom in his voice as he didn't like those damn photoshoots.

"Yeah, but I heard she died on a mission a few years ago." Lucy said in a slightly saddened tone, "If I remember right, she was a member of Blue Pegasus." her words caused Natsu to freak out, Blue shit?! Those damn guys and that gay Master?! The blonde celestial spirit mage then turned back to Crux, "So, what does she have to do with Loke?"

"Hmm, that is all I can say." Crux said, causing a frown to spread across Lucy's face. After a few moments, it appeared as if Crux fell asleep again.

"Well, it looks like he's actually looking for something!" Happy said as he raised his paw.

"No, he's actually sleeping this time." Lucy corrected, causing Happy to face fault, "Karen and Loke..." Lucy closed her eyes as she went into deep thought. After a few moments, Lucy's eyes shot open as a sudden thought occurred to her.

"Finally figured it out, huh?" Natsu asked as he placed a hand on Lucy's shoulder as he caught the realization that flashed in her eyes.

"Eh?" Lucy looked up at Natsu in confusion. Did he actually knew everything and didn't tell anyone. The busty blonde was about to ask him, but the door to her apartment suddenly burst open. Ready to attack the intruder, Lucy was surprised when Gray ran into the room….only in his pants.

"Lucy! Natsu! We got big trouble!" Gray yelled as he came to a skidding stop in the middle of the room, "Loke left Fairy Tail!"

"What?!" Lucy exclaimed, leaping off the bed. Natsu just stood there calmly, "Why would he do something like that!?" Lucy asked, as she quickly threw on her boots.

"I don't know!" Gray replied, pointing out a nearby window, "But everyone is out looking for him right now!" Gray clenched his teeth and tightly balled his fists, "That guy has been acting strange for a while now."

"Could it be...?" Lucy muttered to herself, as she finished lacing up her boots, "It's just as I thought!" Before Gray had a chance to question the blonde, she bolted out of the apartment.

"Oi Lucy!" Gray exclaimed, running up to the door, but Lucy was already out of sight, "What's the big idea!? Where are you going?!"

"You heard her ice princess." Natsu said, as he grabbed Gray by arm and began to drag him out of the apartment, "Let Lucy do her thing while we look for Loke."

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*Thirty Minutes Later; Remote Location South of Magnolia*

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Loke had a solemn look on his face, as he stared at the aging grave in front of him. The grave was located on a small, isolated cliff, and was surrounded on three sides by a beautiful waterfall. The orange-haired man ran his hand over the inscription on the tombstone, "Here lies Karen Lilica." Loke let out a long sigh, as he ran his thumb over Karen's name.

"Loke." the man immediately bolted upright when he heard a feminine voice behind him. He turned his head to see Lucy smiling at him, "Everyone is worried sick, and looking all over for you."

"Lucy, what are you doing here?" Loke asked, turning to face the blonde celestial spirit mage.

"This is Karen's grave, isn't it?" Lucy asked, which caused Loke's eyes to widen, "Celestial spirit mage Karen Lilica, was your owner...Celestial spirit Loke." she softly spoke as she locked eyes with him, "No. Your real name is, Leo the Lion."

"Heh, you're something else you know." Loke said, a sad smile spreading across his face, "I should've known you'd figure out my secret."

"I'm a celestial spirit mage who's made a lot of contracts with spirits." Lucy explained, clasping her hands behind her back, "It took me a while, but I finally sensed the 'real' you. But...I really should have noticed sooner. Just so much has been happening lately that I never really paid much attention. Normally, when the summoner who holds your key dies, your contract is broken. You're then forced back to the celestial spirit world until your next summoner appears. Karen died, yet you're still here. There must be a reason why you can't return to the celestial spirit world." Loke chuckled darkly when Lucy said this, "Just as humans can't survive in the celestial spirit world, spirits can't survive long in the human world. Your life force will continue to drain away until you die."

"It's been three years already..." Loke said, which caused Lucy to gasp.

"Three years!? I'm stunned you made it past one!" Lucy exclaimed in a shocked tone.

"You're right..." Loke said as he rubbed the back of his head, "I've reached the end of my line. I'm running out of strength."

"I can help you!" Lucy exclaimed, taking a step towards Loke, "Tell me why you can't return to the celestial spirit world, and I'll try to open the gate for you!"

"I don't need your help." Loke calmly said as he shook his head.

"What are you talking about?! If we don't act soon you'll die!" Lucy yelled, taking another step towards Loke, "Please, let me help you!"

"The reason I can't return is quite simply really." Loke said, as he lowered his head, "I broke the sacred bond between summoner and spirit...and I've been exiled forever."

"Exiled...forever?" Lucy breathed out, her brown eyes widening considerably.

"This is my own sin." Loke said, as he raised his head and locked eyes with Lucy, "I'll die without any complaints. I'm a traitorous spirit. I killed my own summoner, Karen."

"You killed Karen...You killed your summoner?" Lucy repeated, her voice full of disbelief, "That can't be right..."

"A spirit that kills his summoner cannot return to the celestial spirit world." Loke explained as he gazed at the grave behind him, "I will disappear right here."

"But...you can't," Lucy whispered, tears forming in the corners of her eyes.

"It happened three years ago." Loke said as he hung his head, "Karen belonged to the guild Blue Pegasus. She always used to mistreat and abuse her spirits. Using us for menial tasks, and treating us as if we were tools." Loke suddenly tightly clenched his fists, "She even used Aries as a shield once. One day Karen was beating Aries, and she threatened to keep her trapped in the human world for seven days as a punishment. I couldn't stand sitting back and watching anymore, so I swapped places with Aries. She was furious of course, but I wanted her to terminate mine and Aries' contracts. She refused, so I told her I'd stay in the human world until she broke our contracts. As long as I remained in the human world she wouldn't be able to summon other spirits. I told her to meet me when she was ready to break our contracts. Dozens of times Karen came to me and tried to negotiate terms, but I would only accept the termination of our contracts. But Karen was just so damn stubborn! So eventually three months passed, and by that time I had become accustomed to staying in the human world. I had finally decided to forgive Karen, but when I returned to Blue Pegasus I learned that Karen had died during a mission. After that I-" Loke suddenly began to wobble, before he collapsed onto the ground.

"Loke!" Lucy yelled, running up to the orange-haired man and helping him sit upright.

"I'm almost...out of time." Loke breathed out, as he clutched his head in pain.

"Don't say that!" Lucy exclaimed, grabbing onto Loke's shoulders, "Wait! Please just hold on!"

"B-Because of me...Karen couldn't summon any of her other spirits." Loke said, as he placed his face on his hand, "A-And in her state, she went on a mission and lost her life...I killed her, or was at least the cause of her death." Loke removed the hand from his face as it began to disappear, "Ever since that day, I've been unable to return to the celestial spirit world. This may be the end for me, but even so, I'm happy to have met such an amazing celestial spirit mage." Loke turned to Lucy and gave her a weak smile, "Thank you, Lucy."

"Hold on!" Lucy yelled, tightly gripping Loke's shoulders, "We're Nakama! I'll help you for sure! I'm not gonna let you give up just yet!"

"Give my regards to everyone in guild," Loke said as he ignored Lucy.

"If you go back to the celestial spirit world you can regain your life force!" Lucy exclaimed, beginning to sweat nervously, "I promise I'll send you back there!"

"It can't be done..." Loke said weakly, as more of his body began to fade away.

"Please! Don't you think it's strange!? After what you told me, there's no way anyone would think you killed Karen! It wasn't your fault, it was an accident!" Lucy screamed, pulling Loke in for a tight hug, "Open! Gate of the Lion! Return Loke to the celestial spirit world! Open! Please!"

"Lucy..." Loke said, as he gently pushed the blonde away, "It's fine...so please just stop..."

"It's not fine!" Lucy screamed, gripping Loke's arms, "How can I just sit back and let one of my Nakama disappear right in front of me!? What would Natsu and the others think of me if I didn't even try?! I'd never be able to live with myself!" Loke's eyes widened when the amount of magical power Lucy was using spiked dramatically.

"Lucy! You can't use so much power at once!" Loke yelled, as his eyes filled with worry.

"Have you been listening to me?! I said I'd save you for sure!" Lucy exclaimed, her entire body beginning to glow brightly with magical energy, "I'll just force your gate open, and send you back to the spirit world!"

"It won't open Lucy!" Loke shouted as he tried to push the blonde away, but she wouldn't let go of him, "Celestial spirits who disobey their summoners cannot return to the celestial spirit world!" Loke began to panic as Lucy's body began to glow even brighter, "You have to stop! You're starting to merge with the spirit energy! If you keep this up you'll disappear with me!" Tears began to flow from Loke's eyes, "Please don't add to my sins!"

"What sins!?" Lucy yelled, her magical energy spiking once again, "If that's the rule in the celestial spirit world then I'll change it!" Both Loke and Lucy gasped when a new incredible source of spiritual energy formed behind them. A giant vortex began to form in front of the waterfall in front of them, "What's happening?!"

"You...you've gotta be kidding me..." Loke breathed out, as his eyes widened, "No way..." Before Lucy and Loke appeared a massive and imposing figure, adorned in brilliant armor.

The King was a gigantic, humanoid Celestial Spirit with an imposing, broad-shouldered figure, to anyone, his most striking feature was his light, oversized mustache, long enough to diagonally reach his upper torso when he was still and almost extending past his shoulders, with massive and extremely scruffy ends; more facial hair was found in the form of some stubble located on his chin. His blank, pupil-less eyes are most commonly outlined by a deep shade, and he has a slight hint of wrinkles on his face.

The Celestial Spirit King appeared clad in a full set of plate armor at all times: the upper part of his torso is covered with a chest plate, which is linked to the massive, overlapped and pointed pauldrons, while his arms are protected by coaters, each sporting a spiked protrusion, and by gauntlets reaching up to his upper forearms. Underneath, he wore dark chainmail. A dark belt with a simple squared buckle circles his waist, securing a light garment reaching down to his knees, open on the front to reveal the waist guard located underneath. He appeared to be wearing dark pants, over which he donned cuisses secured by leather bands, pointed poleyns, greaves, The King also sported an open helmet, adorned just above its opening by a stylized, upside down star, and with a small, fin-like ornament jutting out from each side; the helmet has a pair of massive horns pointing upwards on its sides, as well as a plumage on top of it, over his upper torso, a massive, dark cape was left hang with extremely torn lower edges.

"The Celestial Spirit King?! Wh-What...are you doing here?!"

"Did you say k-king?" Lucy asked, glancing at the stunned spirit beside her, "You mean the most powerful celestial spirit of all?!"

"My old friend, we who pledge oaths to humans..." The Celestial Spirit King's voice boomed, as he addressed Loke, "We who bear keys, we are forbidden from killing our summoners. Though not directly, you did indirectly cause your summoners death, Leo. It is forbidden for you to return to the celestial spirit world."

"Oi! Hold on a second!" Lucy exclaimed, standing onto her feet, "Don't you think you're being unreasonable?!"

"Please, just give it up Lucy!" Loke pleaded as he reached out towards the blonde.

"Old friend, that's the one rule I cannot change." The Celestial Spirit king said, looking down at Lucy.

"He's been suffering and basically dying for three years!" Lucy shouted as she glared at the towering figure before her, "He did all of this for his friend! It was for Aries' sake, so he couldn't help it!"

"What you say is true, and my old friend's wish pains my heart but-"

"This isn't about old friends! This about a friend right before your eyes!" Lucy exclaimed, gesturing towards Loke, "Please listen to me Celestial Spirit King!" Once again Lucy's magical energy surged, and she was bathed in brilliant yellow light, "Can't you see this all just an unfortunate accident!? I'm begging you, Loke isn't at fault here! I'll never believe he is anything but innocent!"

"That's enough Lucy! I don't need forgiveness!" Loke roared, as tears continued to stream down his cheeks, "I want to atone for my sin! Disappearing into the dark abyss...never being seen again...is fine with me!"

"I won't let you do that!" Lucy screamed, the ground underneath her began to tremble because of the amount of magical energy she was releasing, "You heard what I said earlier! What would the guild think of me if I didn't try to save you?! They always give their all to protect their Nakama! They risked their lives saving me when Phantom Lord attacked! So now it's my time to step up and protect my Nakama!" Loke's eyes shot open when all of Lucy's celestial spirits appeared around her. The celestial spirits all stood around Lucy protectively, "It's not a sin I tell you! Caring about your Nakama's feelings and wellbeing isn't a sin!"

'This many celestial spirits...at one time.' Loke thought in shock at what he was seeing. 'It's incredible...' Suddenly the spirits surrounding Lucy disappeared, and the blonde collapsed to the ground in exhaustion, "Lucy!"

"My Nakama all feel the same way too." Lucy said, digging her fingers into the ground, "As a celestial spirit yourself, you should understand Loke and Aries' feelings too!"

"You almost overdid it right there!" Loke exclaimed as he helped Lucy sit upright, "It was only for a moment, but you could have died!"

The Celestial Spirit King gazed down at the blonde, "If you would go so far for my old friend...maybe the one 'rule' is at fault here." A smile spread across Lucy's face and Loke's eyes slowly widened, "You committed a great sin for your comrade Aries' sake, Leo. I'll try and save that Leo, old friend. For the sake of that shining and radiant bond, I shall make one exception. Leo...I'll allow you to return to the spirit world."

"You ain't so bad, Mustache man!" Lucy said with a wide grin on her face. The Celestial Spirit King gave the blonde a toothy grin of his own.

"You were falsely accused, Leo." The Celestial Spirit King said, beginning to disappear in a swirling vortex of starlight, "Thank the guidance of the stars. Even after all of this, if you still are compelled to atone for your sins then I order you to become a pillar for your friends and live on. Those are the most important friends in your life. There is much nobility in the willingness to lay down your life...to protect those that are precious to you." he spoke before slowly fading away in a light. Before he disappeared completely, he looked forward. Against a large tree overlooking Karen's grave, Natsu Dragneel was leaning with his back against it, 'I will wait for the day where we meet again... Enryuõ...' he thought, giving Natsu a grin, to which he returned with his own.

"Haha!" Lucy laughed weakly, as she smiled at Loke, "What did I tell you?!"

'This doesn't absolve my sins...' Loke thought, fading away back into the celestial spirit world. The spirit of the lion wiped his tears away, and gently grasped one of Lucy's hands, 'But you've given me the strength to carry on.' he smiled at the blonde and squeezed her hand, "Thank you." Loke's disembodied voice said, his form fully returned to the spirit world, "I look forward to working with you...and being your backbone..."

"Me too," Lucy said, tightly gripping the new golden key in her hand. She smiled down at the key and let out a sigh of relief knowing that everything was going to be fine.

Natsu calmly walked out of his hiding spot and started walking toward her. Lucy didn't notice Natsu until she heard footsteps just behind her. She turned her head and looked up at his grinning face, "N-Natsu...w-what are you...?"

"Yo Lucy! That was awesome!" Natsu told her, grinning.

"Huh?"

"You know...how you stood up to that big guy..." He raised his arms to emphasize the largeness of the Spirit King.

"Y-You saw all that...huh?" She asked and he nodded his head, "You always knew that Loke was a Spirit, didn't you?"

"HAHAHA! Yes. I knew, but I wanted to see if you could figure it out yourself. Also, I didn't tell anyone because I respected Loke's privacy." he explained, getting a nod in return. He approached her and stopped a few inches from her, he dropped to eye level with her, "You did good, Lucy." he praised as he ruffled her hair like a child. Lucy couldn't help but blush a little at the praise she received.

"Thank you, Natsu." She felt her entire body warm up a little from his touch.

"No problem. Let's head back, you must be exhausted." He said.

"Yeah...but I can't move...I guess I must have exhausted a lot of my magic..." She chuckled. Summoning all those Spirits was NOT an easy task.

"Yosh!" She looked at him and watched as he grabbed her and lifted her bridal Style like she weighs nothing. At the gesture, she blushed a very deep shade of red.

"W-What are you doing!?" She stuttered, blushing crimson. The position felt so right. Being in his arms felt so warm and right.

"Hmm? You said you couldn't move so I'm offering you a ride." He told her with a small tilt of the head.

"Y-Yeah...but..." She started poking her fingers together to go along with her flustered face. Her movements made Natsu smirk, she was just too cute.

"You've so cute, Lucy!" he exclaimed as he began to walk.

Lucy couldn't answer that as her voice suddenly disappeared. She never felt so embarrassed in her life before. Her face was red, her cheeks felt like they were on fire and her heart beat against her chest so hard it felt like it was trying to escape her body. 'W-What should I do...? This is so frustrating! But...' Lucy thought with a blush as she placed her head against his perfect chest, 'It's so warm!' she could feel the warmth Natsu's entire body emitted and found it to be soothing. In fact, it felt so good that it was making her sleepy. She tried her best to stay awake, but it really was difficult for her. Natsu looked down and smiled at her cute face. She was trying her best to not fall asleep on his chest. However, just from looking at her, he could tell she was losing to sleep, "Thank You...Natsu..." He hummed at her voice and looked down to see her sound asleep. He smiled at her and just continued walking toward her apartment.

When he entered her apartment, he made his way toward her bed and gently laid her down on her bed. Grabbing her sheets, he put them over her and smiled down at her. He didn't know it at first but he was staring at her with his smile still on his face. He allowed himself one last thing as he leaned down and put his lips on her forehead. He stayed for a few moments before he let go and sighed. He gave one long last look at her before heading toward the door. He softly closed the door behind him and out of her apartment.

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*Elsewhere*

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In a dark room, a young man was sitting on a throne, his legs crossed and his face on the palm of his hand. He wore a white shirt with a blue tint under a hooded dark blue coat with light blue edges, two strings with shield-shaped pendants hanging down from the hood and a prominent golden symbol on the left part of the chest, plus simple, loose, dark pants tucked inside laced boots. From under his hood, someone could see blue hair and a strange red tattoo on his face. Jellal Fernandes was a powerful mage. One with power and authority. He was proud to admit he feared only a few things in his life.

However, he would also admit with complete honesty and no shame that he was absolutely terrified of one thing or, rather, a person. His fears were justified. As the person was none other than the extremely powerful Natsu Dragneel. While Jellal liked to consider himself one of the most powerful mages out there, the truth was that he highly doubted that he would survive if he got pulled into a direct one-on-one battle to the death with the Dragon Slayer of Fairy Tail.

For the sake of his dream, he would do anything. And Natsu was a threat to said dream. He had gathered a load of money just to request help from an elite trio of assassin Mages. The three were famous for their immense strength, stealth and ability to assassinate anyone before they could even defend themselves. Jellal was at first reluctant to request them because he didn't think anyone could be a match for Natsu. Not him or the three Assassins Mages from the Assassins' Guild Death's Head Caucus. Trinity Raven who stood beside him.

The first had an extremely bizarre appearance: he had the body of a man, but the head of an owl, as well as a rocket pack strapped to his back. His body was heavily muscular and mostly bare, with his clothing consisting only of a pair of green short tights held up by a belt, whose buckle bears a symbol reminiscent of a waning moon with a triangle pointing left in the empty part, and high sneakers bearing the same symbol. He also dons wristbands, and each of his biceps is adorned by a band which has several long feathers hanging down from it.

The second man was mildly muscular man of average height distinguished by his extremely long black hair, which reaches down far below his feet, was parted in the middle and has two bangs reaching down below his waist framing his face. He has a large hooked nose and hairy eyebrows pointing upwards in spikes. He donned a simple attire consisting of a sleeved shirt paired with plain armbands, pants, gloves, and shoes.

The woman with them was a beautiful girl with long, bright pink hair which was tied on top of her head in two large buns. She had a curvaceous figure, peach skin, a beauty mark underneath each eye and sports red lipstick. She wore a long, slightly loose white kimono with a red stripe in between two black stripes around the waist as well as a red triangle at the bottom of her dress, decorated with flames and skulls motifs, open at the top to reveal her shoulders and a fair amount of cleavage; it's closed around the waist by a large black belt adorned with a horned skull. Her guild insignia was incorporated into her kimono and seen at the end of both of its sleeves

"Lord Jellal. Why would you request another guild for help when you can easily dispose of Salamander or send us?" The long black haired man spoke as he put his hand over his chest.

Jellal let out a deep chuckle, "That wouldn't do it. Even with the four of us, we won't be able to kill him." Jellal answered.

"Ara, this sounds exciting," Ikagura spoke as she covered her mouth with her kimono.

"The owl of justice can surely bury the Evil of Salamander!" Fukuro said, taking an odd pose.

"You can't. However, Fukuro, you are to go with the ones I will be sending to the Fairy Tail's mages. I need your special ability." Jellal said as he smirked evilly as he thought of the way he could get rid of the Fairy Tail's mages beside Natsu.

"Ara, Ara... This does sound really interesting…."

The voice of a female purred caused the four to turn their heads toward the sound. Jellal's eyes widened in shock at what he saw. How the hell did they get here without him noticing?! Forget that! However, the hell did they even know who he was or his location?! Those were the questions that he asked himself as he gazed at the three newcomers.

The first man -The one in the middle- was middle-aged and the shortest of the three. He had extremely pale skin with silver hair that was spiky in the front, while shaved in the back. He possessed blue eyes and a toned body which was covered by a white buttoned-up vest with standing collar over a long-sleeved dark blue shirt and matching white trousers and black dress shoes. He sported a smile that made Jellal and the trinity raven shiver.

The second one, the one at the right, was and extremely large man. He looked to be in his forties and was easily seven feet tall. His body was freakishly muscular, which was shown by the tight outfit he wore. His hair -as red as blood could be- was spiky and shoulder length and kept slicked back, with a matching pair of red blood eyes. He had a stubbly beard. His attire consisted of a tight fitting sleeveless black uwagi, a long-sleeved black undershirt with a turtleneck, a red sash, black pants and red boots. He was staring at Jellal with a bored gaze while his hands were behind his back.

Finally, the third person of the group was a beautiful woman. She possessed a very voluptuous figure, with large breasts and curvy hips, her outfit was quite provocative. She had long blonde hair, reaching her mid-back, black eyes. Her attire consisted of a tight blue bikini top, with tight jean shorts. She had one hand on her hip while she lightly leaned to her side. She was smiling seductively while her other hand was brushed against her face, showing her long nails that were adorned by nail polish.

The Trinity Raven and even Jellal were quite nervous. It was visible with the three, but Jellal tried to keep his composure, although, several beads of sweat could be seen on his cheeks. The Magical Power the newcomers were releasing was monstrous. Even the woman had an incredible aura. Not just they were extremely powerful, but they were also able to sneak into the room without them noticing it. The rumors didn't do them any justice.

They could have easily killed them before any of them could lift a single finger.

"Hello, Mr. Fernandes. I'm Kei. The leader of this small and humble group of Assassins and Magic Hunters." The middle man, now introduced as Kei spoke in a cold and smooth voice, "I believe that you have requested our help. We received the payment required. We only need information on your request."

Jellal coughed in his fist, "Yes. I requested you for an assassination mission. The target is none other than Natsu Dragneel. A Fairy Tail Mage and one of the most powerful mages in Fiore." he informed. While he hated requesting help from anyone, he didn't have a choice. He hoped at least for those three imbeciles to weaken Natsu enough for him to finish him off, "Basically, I want him dead."

"Imbeciles... That's quite the rude thing to say to someone who is helping you, don't you think?" Kei said as a small cold smirk appeared on his face. His words stunned Jellal to the core as he never thought that this man could read his thoughts, the man beside Kei seemed ready to attack Jellal if it wasn't for Kei holding an arm out for him, meanwhile the woman only looked on with faint amusement, "I advise you to be careful with your words. After all. We can easily burn this place to the ground with you in it."

The blue haired man gritted his teeth before letting out a sigh, he couldn't afford to fight the three of them. His plans would be ruined, "I apologize. Anyway, are you going to do the job?" he asked, already knowing that they will accept. They were Magic Hunters after all, and Natsu's magic was something they won't pass up just like that.

"Fairy Tail, huh? Aren't they those rambunctious guys?" The red haired man spoke in a deep, masculine voice. It could be interesting, he thought. He had heard that many powerful Mages resided in that Guild. Ones like Gildarts Clive, Erza Scarlet, Mirajane Strauss and of course not to forget Natsu Dragneel.

"Hm? If you mean loud and obnoxious, then yes." The woman spoke in her smooth voice. She had heard many rumors about that guild and being loud and obnoxious was surely their traits, "Although that Salamander guy does seem pretty cute." she mused seductively as she recalled seeing a magazine article about him once, but didn't think much of it. Who had thought she and her colleagues would be paid to kill him? Hmm, maybe she could make him her slave instead of killing him.

"You always say that about our target before killing them, Valeria." The red haired man grumbled, causing the woman to giggle.

"Aw, you're so cute when angry, Katsu." the woman named Valeria giggled once again.

"Me? Cute?" Katsu raised a brow at the confusing woman. One second sweet and the other seductive.

Valeria ignored him and pulled a magazine from her cleavage. The magazine had Natsu as its cover and the woman looked at it with lustful look, "Oh Salamander... "

Katsu sighed while Kei chuckled at his colleagues' antics, "Well, Mr. Fernandes. We will have the job done tomorrow." he spoke before turning around, with the two following closely behind and the Trinity Raven let out breaths they didn't know they were holding

"We will offer you Natsu Dragneel's head."