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Chapter Twenty-One

The guild doors open to show the team that the master had sent to help Lucy, what they didn't expect was the Twin Dragons of Sabertooth to be there with them. Sting was holding Lucy like she was something precious to him, which had confused most people. They weren't given any explanations on why they were helping her and they didn't know Lucy was pregnant. Some of the mages stood up in alarm, then knew they were with the group that was sent but that was what had confused them even more. Why were they here?

They watched as Sting took her upstairs to where the infirmary was, he was taking care of Lucy? Their attention was brought to the master who was standing at the bar and he began to explain the whole situation to them.

~After he told them the story

"So that's why Lucy left." Lisanna thought out loud, some people nodding in agreement.

"Juvia wonders if she is going to be okay." Juvia said.

"I hope she wakes up soon. Wendy healed her but she was still unconscious the ride back."Levy added with a worried tone.

"She'll be okay, she is from Fairy Tail after all." Cana commented.

~Infirmary

Sting looked down at Lucy, he felt so guilty. It was his fault she was his mess and it was his fault she was unconscious. He didn't know what he would do if she didn't wake up soon he wanted to see her smile, hear her voice, see her beautiful eyes and most of all he wanted to apologise to her.

Sting was sitting on the bed with his back leaning on the wall, he had Lucy between his legs with her back against his chest. Sting had his arms wrapped around her waist, his hands on her stomach. He wore a worried expression on his face as he rubbed her stomach in a circular motion somehow communicating with the child, because occasionally the fetus would push back making him smile softly. At least he knew the baby was okay.

"Lucy..." he whispered against her ear. "Come on, wake up." he let out a sigh when he didn't reply.

"You really do care about her." Sting turned to look at the door to see Natsu.

"Of course I do." Sting replied turning his attention back to Lucy.

"I know I don't have a chance with her anymore. She is probably in love with you now, so please take care of her." Natsu said with a soft tone surprising Sting.

"I will, I promise Natsu-san. I love her." Sting said with a smile and buried his face in Lucy's hair to get her scent, that's what it looked like to Natsu but he was actually trying to his blush, it was the first time he had admitted he loved her out loud.

"I know, why else would you mark her." Natsu said raising an eyebrow at the blonde. Sting frowned at this, when he marked Lucy he didn't love her... in fact he really didn't know anything about her but he was glad he got to know her in the past four or so months.

"Yeah." he looked back to Natsu. " I know I am not strong enough to do it on my own so can you help me protect her, Natsu-san?" Natsu's eyes widen at this then he gave Sting one of his signature grins.

"Of course, it won't only be me but the rest of Fairy Tail." he paused for a few seconds then he face turned serious. "But you have to promise us that you won't hurt her whether it's emotionally or physically." Sting nodded then Natsu left the room leaving the two blondes alone. He let out a sigh and places his lips on her head giving her a light kiss.

"Lucy, come on... wake up." he hugged her a little tighter. "Please."

"Sting." said man looked at the door again to find the master of Fairy Tail.

"Makarov-san." Sting said with wide eyes. "Why are you here?"

"It's my guild is it not?" Makarov raised an eyebrow at him.

"Oh, yeah... That's right. I'm sorry." Sting looked away from the elderly man.

"I heard that you wanted to join Fairy Tail." the dragon slayer nodded. "Why?" Sting sat there thought for a few moments before answering.

"I want to protect Lucy, I want her to be happy. I want our child to grow up in a good environment, sure Fairy Tail is rowdy but there are good people here. So the reason for joining Fairy Tail would be because of Lucy and our baby, the family I want to protect."

"That's a good answer." Sting smiled at him.

"Thanks."

"It better be true."

"It is, I am not lying. I want to protect them and I want them to be happy." Sting said with a determined looked in his eyes. Master nodded before walking towards Sting.

"Where would you like your mark?" he said as he showed him the stamp. Sting let out a sigh of relief and moved his jacket out of the way to show his shoulder noticing his Sabertooth mark was gone he smiled. "What colour?"

"White." he closed his eyes when he felt the stamp press against his arm.

"Your friend – Rogue – has joined as well, I also gave your exceed one as well."

"Thank you."

"I wish you and Lucy the best. Also the girls are dying to talk to her, tell her that when she wakes up. Oh and be careful, there are some guys down there that are very protective of the girls in Fairy Tail." he said and walked out after placing the stamp on Lucy's hand remembering what colour she had before she had left. The two where left alone now, no one to bother them.

"Sting." he looked down at Lucy to see her eyes flutter open and look up at him.

"Lucy... you're awake."

"How long was I out?" Sting thought about the events that had happened, she had fallen unconscious about half an hour before Fairy Tail had arrived, then Wendy spent about an hour healing both him and her and they were on the train for eight hours and they have been in the infirmary for two hours.

"Almost twelve hours." she let out a sigh of relief.

"At least it wasn't a day or more."

"Yeah, I don't know what I would do if it was that long." Lucy blushed and turned to her side comfortably and wrapped her arms around him.

"Sting." she whispered his name. "Thank you."

"For what?"

"Staying by my side." now it was Sting's time to blush. "You could have left me alone to fend for myself and raise the child on my own. You could be doing your own thing, living your own life but you stayed by my side and helped me through this. Thank you." Sting smiled at this.

"I am sorry for what happened." he said after a long silence.

"Huh?" she looked up at him with a confused look.

"Minerva took you and drained you of your magic, she also inflicted injuries on you. I can never forgive her for what she did. The council is looking for her now so you should be safe now, she can't get you anymore."

"It's okay." she froze and then realised she had no injuries anymore and her body wasn't sore. She looked around the room and her eyes widen as she recognised where she was. "Where at Fairy Tail, how?"

"After you passed out, Minerva ran off and a team that was sent by Master arrived. Wendy healed both of us and I carried you to the train station and then here to the guild." Lucy looked at her right hand noticing that her guild mark was there, she then sat up and moved Stings jacket causing him to blush as it looked like she was removing his clothes. She smiled when she saw Stings mark and she leaned forward and kissed his shoulder.

"We belong to the same guild now."

"Yeah, we do." they stayed silent for a while before Sting remembered something. "Oh yeah, master told me when you woke up to tell you that the girls are wanting to talk to you." Lucy's eyes widen then she frowns.

"That's right... they know now do they?" Sting nodded and Lucy looked at the mattress. "I don't know how to confront them."

"What do you mean?"

"I lied to them... I told them I was training but in fact I didn't want to tell them that I was pregnant." Lucy bit her lip, she really didn't know how they would react.

"It's okay. It's Fairy Tail after all." Lucy nodded and slowly got out of bed, she stood up only to stumble back. Sting placed his hand on her back steadying her. "Be careful, I don't want to break my promise already."

"Huh? What promise?" She raised an eyebrow at him.

"Never mind." she pouted at him but ignored it and stood up next to her and grabbed her hand. "Come on let's go down stairs, everyone is waiting."

~Down stairs

The mages looked as Lucy and Sting walked out of the infirmary, Lucy had her eyes glued to the ground not wanting to look any of her guild mates in the eye. The two walked down stairs slowly and eventually made their way to the main floor. Lucy looked up to speak only to be almost knocked over by Happy who came flying into her chest sobbing.

"Lucy, don't ever leave again." She smiled and hugged Happy, saying she that she wont. Sting smiled at their small reunion but then winced when all the guild members yelled out things like 'Lucy your back','Congratulations', 'Welcome home', 'Your pregnant?' or 'Why are you with him?'. His eye twitched at the last one but he brushed it off and hugged Lucy from the side and moved her hair out of the way of her mark and kissed it causing Lucy to blush. He did this every time someone would flirt or insult their relationship in front of him.

"Sting, why do you do that?"

"So people know that you are mine." he whispered against her skin.

"Don't make it sound like I am some object!" she yelled at him and pushed him away. Sting sent her a smirk causing her to blush again. "Can you stop it with the smirking?" the two began to bicker, the bystanders just watched as they did so. They found it amusing, from what they had seen throughout the games Sting was a cocky, confident and arrogant guy and seeing him flinch at Lucy's yelling was pretty funny. Natsu eventually stopped their bickering so he could fight the blonde to which he agreed and the two began a brawl in the middle of the guild and Lucy was pulled away from the fight and brought to the other end of the guild so she couldn't get hurt. Before she was going to sit down she was hugged by Levy, she gladly returned the hug.

"Lu-chan, I missed you so much."

"I missed you too Levy-chan." Lucy smiled as she hugged Levy tighter. "I missed all of you. I am sorry I didn't tell you about the baby."

"It's okay, I can guess you had your reasons." Lucy let go of Levy and sat down, sighing as she did so.

"I am so glad no one is angry at me. Sting seems to be getting along with everyone as well."

"Oh yeah, Lu-chan... How did you and Sting meet? Like I didn't know you were dating him." Lucy's eyes widen.

"I wasn't..." Levy looked at her and tilted her head to the right in confusion. "It was a one night thing, the night when we won the games we both got drunk and yeah..." Levy's eyes widen. "Please don't think of me differently, I – I mean we didn't know what we were doing and then yeah... But we are both happy, it was something we both regretted at first but then we got to know each other and well I know I fell in love with him... and I think he fell in love with me, but that could be the side effect of the mark."

"It okay, I don't think of you differently." there was a comfortable silence before Levy gasped causing Lucy to jump. "Can I see your mark?" Lucy smiled at this and moved her hair out of the way to show Levy her patch of white scales. "So that's what it looks like... Gajeel said when we get more serious and if I want to he will mark me. I was curious on was it looked like."

"You and Gajeel. Did he finally ask you out?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah, it was a week after you left and we've been dating ever since." Levy smiled as a small blush appeared on her face. The two engaged in a conversation, as they went on night began to fall and Lucy let out a yawn.

"I am so tired." she whined and her eyes widen when she was lifted all of a sudden.

"Then I'll take you to bed."

"Where are we staying anyways?" Lucy asked curiously looking at Sting.

"Ahh..." he paused to think for a few seconds. "Damn... I didn't think about that." Lucy rolled her eyes and let out a sigh.

"Well, can you put me down?" Sting shook his head and Lucy let out a groan. "Why?"

"Because I want to hold you." She blushed at this, she was about to say something until.

"Oh get a room you two!" Macao yelled.

"Do you know where one is?" Sting shot back with a smirk on his face. Some guild members laughed and Lucy yawned again.

"I'm going to sleep." she said as she snuggled up to Sting and closed her eyes. Sting let out a sigh and went back up to the infirmary and laid her on the bed. He watched her as she slept, she looked so peaceful. He cupped her cheek and brushed her soft skin with his thumb.

"I lo..." he stopped what he was going to say and sighed, how could he be so nervous saying it when she wasn't even awake? Come Sting, say it.

"Damn it. Why am I such a coward?"

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Spoiler for chapter 331; Omg, so much NaLu, I swear... I laughed when he grabbed her boobs and when they were in the bell. :L I laughed at F!Rogues face when a naked Lucy crashed into Natsu, that was priceless. But yeah, I am curious on what Natsu's strategy is, I wants to know. :L Oh and go Wendy beat that bad dragon!

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