~I had a technical setback, but I managed to press this chappie out in a few hours so y'all would get an update today. I'm going to be spending the next few days trying to get ahead again and keep with the chapter a day pace I've tried to keep up.

Dear gods above, I really hope you like this chapter. The second re-write was fueled by sheer determination and copious amounts of caffeine, so let me know what you think!~


Chapter 29

When the three dragons had finally shouldered and shoved their way passed each other and through the doorway to get to the most delicious mix of spicy tomato sauce, fresh mozzarella and the mixed scent of honeyed-honeysuckle and a fresh ocean breeze, they stopped dead in in a neat row in the opening of Laxus' kitchen. With matching looks of approval, they watched as their curvaceous mate in a white silky pajama set with the shortest shorts trimmed in ivory lace and a short loose camisole with matching lace trim that did absolutely nothing to hide how her pierced nipples were on display, shimmy and dance around the island serenading the giggling Sky dragon in a much more appropriate borrowed set of pajamas with little Plue's on them. The Little Dog spirit doing his best wiggle next to his summoner before holding out his wooden spoon for the blonde to sing the chorus of 'Come on Eileen' playing from a music lacrima on the island. As she bent down to scoop the spirit up and shake her shoulders to the beat, she sent her dragons a cheeky wink before belting the chorus and dissolving in a fit of laughter.

Her dragons erupted into applause before she bowed, huge radiant smile affixed on her face, "Thank you, thank you, I'll be here all week."

Turning back to scoop her spiced up pizza sauce onto the four massive circles of dough, she called to her mates, "Well? How'd the house hunting go?"

Natsu answered in his usual rich cheery voice as he turned to pick up Plue who had moved beside the barstool the pinkette was sitting on to give him grabby hands meaning 'up', "We found the spot, Luce. You're going to love it. It's out in the woods and it's got a huge lake, plenty of land and as a bonus, Sparkles here said that Laki could probably have a field day with a log cabin-style nest with all the timber we'd have to cut to clear the trees." As he spoke, Plue was climbing further up his torso to pull himself up to stand on his shoulder, little paws in his pink hair for stability.

Her golden eyes went starry as she turned to face the four dragons all sitting at the bar in a row, Wendy on the end closest to where Lucy was putting the pizzas together, Natsu next to her, Laxus to his left and Gajeel on the other end, before speaking dreamily, "I've always dreamed of living in one of those rustic style log homes, you know the ones that have a deep green roof and huge clear windows that meet at a tall peak...exposed vaulted ceilings, great big stone fireplaces, the kind of home that exudes warmth and welcoming vibes."

"Oh, Neechan, that sounds perfect for you! It'll be a bonus that all those trees won't be cut down for nothing too. I can't wait to see what it'll look like when you're finished with it," Wendy was leaning on her hands as she matched the blondes starry-eyed look.

Laxus' deep baritone filled the kitchen, "It's a good thing you're so excited about it because I bought the land before coming inside. It was sheer luck the realtor had a late showing and needed to stop back at her office just in time to answer. It seems we are going to be telling the guild a hell of a lot after you wipe the floor with ash-for-brains tomorrow," sly smirk quirking the corner of his mouth.

Completely entranced with a very heated conversation with Plue, Natsu shot the blonde slayer the bird before conceding to the little spirit and turning to Lucy, exasperation in his words, "Plue would like a lollipop, Luce. He's become quite the little bully," poking the spirit in the tummy lightly, toothy smile in place, "and he says you've been holding out on him."

Putting a hand on her hip and crossing her arms, simultaneously looking more intimating with the confident stance and less intimidating with how she was pushing her generous chest up, leaving the silky material to barely cover her mounds, before drawling, "Is that so? Did he also tell you about me giving him the lollipop you got him while you were in Hargeon on your job and how he licked it twice before chomping the damn thing down in less than twenty seconds?"

Turning his head to glance at the sheepish spirit, ducking to hide behind him, Natsu leaned on his elbow casually, "No, come to think of it, he kept that bit of info to himself. You know what that means, little buddy..." quickly cradling the little spirit in one arm before his other descended to give the already giggling spirit a healthy dose of tummy tickles.

"Pun!...Pun pun...pun!"

"Fuckin' hell, Bunny! What are ya teachin' your spirits? Little guy has quite the mouth on him," peeling his ruby-gold eyes from Natsu to give his mate an impressed look of approval.

Meanwhile, the other two slayers had burst into relative fits of high-pitched giggles and rumbling laughter before the little blonde chuckled herself, answering the Iron dragon with a shrug, "Honestly? I've given up on trying to censor Plue. Between Natsu and Gray on missions and guild every other time, it's impossible to keep him from hearing it...wait, you can understand him?"

"Yeah?"

Pointing to Laxus with her spoon, "And you?"

Wiping the moisture from his eye before answering her, "Of course I can. I'm not an idiot, Blondie."

"Huh...," the blonde turned to put two of the pizzas in the preheated oven before leaning back over the marble island on her tiptoes to pluck Plue from Natsu, "It's just, no one else can understand him except me, or at least I thought that's how it was. Even Yuki doesn't know what he says, but you guys can all understand him." Narrowing her honey orbs before hugging her Little Dog spirit to her chest, "Must be another freaky dragony thing."

Plue had motioned for the blonde to duck down so he could whisper in her ear, putting his paw up to talk to her. Giving the little spirit a little nod as he continued his cooing before she answered a little apprehensive shock, "Really?"

Giving the Iron slayer very adamant point with his paw, Lucy walked around to stand next to Gajeel with Plue facing out from her chest.

Easily drawling as he turned to face Plue, Gajeel's voice was rough but not unkind, "What'dya need?"

"Pun puun pun."

"Uh huh, and ya think I can help with that?"

"Pun."

Narrowing his eyes at the snowman-esque spirit before putting his hands on his knees, ignoring the giggles from the females, "I don't think Bunny would be very happy with me."

Scrambling from Lucy's arms and up the black clad chest to whisper in his ear, Plue was rewarded with the deep throaty chuckle of the Iron dragon, "And ya know this for sure?"

Nodding enthusiastically before climbing to make himself a Plue-shaped cap for Gajeel, the little blonde mage watched suspiciously as he got up from the bar to open the little cabinet above the sink that had glass jars full of candy.

Unable to keep her jaw from dropping, her mouth opened and closed repeatedly at the hulking Lightning slayer for having an impressive stash of sugary sweets. He just shrugged as his deep baritone drawled, "What? I'm not allowed to like sweets?"

Gathering herself enough to smack the Iron slayers hand away from the cabinet before addressing Laxus, "I just didn't peg you for a sweet-loving guy- Don't give him any more candy, Gaj! He's gonna get an upset stomach!" earning a mock-innocent look from the raven haired mage and an adorable pout from Plue. "Oh no. I will not be guilted, Plue. Do you remember last time you ate that much candy?"

Looking even more sad, practically drooping from the slayers head, the spirit turned his puppy-dog eyes to the blonde, "...puuuuun puun pun. Punpun, pun puun."

"That's right, I had to rub your tummy for an hour just to get you well enough so you didn't throw up when you went home."

Fingers laced together behind his head, the pinkette spoke up, "Ooooo, I remember that, little buddy. That was the infamous 'Akane Incident', right? Even I was impressed at how much of the mini-bar candy he downed in the five minutes we had left him alone in the hotel room."

Rolling her eyes at the pinkette, "Don't encourage him, Natsu," as she pulled her spirit from Gajeels head.

Surprising everyone with his sudden insertion to the conversation, the Lightning Dragon elbowed the pinkette to his right, "So that's why your room's bill was so high. I was about pulling my hair out trying to figure out the expenses a few weeks ago, I honestly thought you had destroyed the place with what we had to pay."

Cringing at causing the behemoth blonde trouble, she offered whole-heartedly, "You know I could help you with the guild's paperwork, I could probably start my own accounting firm with all the lessons I've had in finance."

His big, blue eyes brightened at the prospect of getting help, "Seriously, babe? That would make you the most amazing mate in all of Earthland."

"I'm your only mate, how am I not already your favorite?," chuckling as she rounded the island to give Plue back to the Fire dragon.

When she heard the timer for the first two pizzas, she quickly pulled them from the oven and placed the bubbling cheesy masses on the counter of the island before signalling for them to dig in but be careful.

The rest of the evening was a pleasant mix of belly laughs and joking as they finished their dinner and moved to take over the living room to watch movies. Each of her mates had left at various times to shower and change, Gajeel having to borrow a pair of sweatpants from Laxus because there was no way Lucy was going to let him sleep naked or in his uncomfortable jeans, before they had all fallen asleep strewn about the furniture. The Iron dragon sprawled on the way too small love seat, Wendy curled on one end of the massive couch with Natsu and Lucy on the other end, cocooned in the blankets from the back of the couch, tufts of pink sticking out from the top and one dainty hand poking out from the cushion, and Laxus' huge frame leaned back in his leather chair, bare feet propped up on his coffee table.

xXx

When Lucy woke the next morning, she could hear voices surrounding her in the most disconcerting way.

"She really wasn't kidding. Fire freak is a cuddle monster and a blanket hog."

"Yeah...it's kind of funny because he's literally the last mage on the planet who even needs blankets."

"I'm surprised my Princess hasn't died of heatstroke within the little nest he's built around her."

"Lu-chan always loved Natsu's heat when we were on jobs. She get's cold really easily."

"Maybe if Blondie wore more clothes, she wouldn't be cold all the time."

She could hear Cetus' scoff, "I'm sure that's what you were thinking as my Princess bounced around you in her usual attire 'Please, beautiful busty blonde, put more clothes on. You're offending me with your amazing body'."

The sarcastic drawl of her spirit drew bubbling giggles from her cocoon of blankets and groans from her fiery companion. How is it that I got mated to not only one unhappy morning dragon but two?

Poking a hand straight up from the blankets, she wiggled her fingers as he voice, muffled and sleepy, called to her companions outside the fabric casket, "Help...me..."

Natsu's crazy salmon locks emerged from the blankets long enough to growl at the three frames hovering over his hold on his mate, voice low and raspy with sleep, "My mate, I'll only give her up if I'm fed copious amounts of bacon and she gets waffles. Only then, will I release my hold on her sexy, comfy body."

The little blonde giggled from the cocoon, "You heard the terms of my release. He requires bacon and waffles."

Lucy could hear Laxus' smirk, "Good thing I've already made breakfast. Get your head out of Blondie's tits and take a whiff, Pinkie."

Smiling up from between the valley of white silk covered breasts, fangs shining before a dainty hand shoved him from the couch, "Don't think you can butter me up, honey. I'm still kicking your ass today," before leaning on her elbows to look down at her pink-haired mate and adding cutely, "Get used to the view from down there."

A deeply tanned, lithe hand reached over the grinning fire slayer, "My Princess, if I could be of assistance."

Taking Cetus' outstretched hand to step over Natsu's body, the blonde thanked her green-haired spirit and headed to the kitchen to enjoy breakfast with her kin.

xXx

The group stood outside the doors to the guild and took a collective deep breath in before their guildmates aka the proverbial shit, found out everything aka hit the proverbial fan.

Looking down at his nervous mate, Gajeel wrapped his arm around her waist and nuzzled into her loose golden waves, voice reassuring, "Don't worry, love. You're surrounded by territorial dragons, nothin's gonna happen to ya."

Smiling up from her lashes sweetly, she scoffed softly before patting his chest, "Oh, my big, bad dragon, I'm not worried about me," Cheshire cat-like grin spreading before backing through the guild doors and turning to greet her nakama, "Hey guys! I've missed you!"

"Lu-chan!"

"Lulu, babe!"

"Lucy! We've been so worried about you!"

Making her way towards the bar where Mira, Levy, and Cana were gathered, the little blonde mage ran to give the short blunette and brunettes a quick hug before shooting the Takeover mage a beaming smile, "I've missed you all so much!"

"Yeah, yeah, Lulu, tell us about your vacation with the hottest men of Fairy Tail," Cana drawled before taking a swig from her mug, "I want to know all the dirty details. No way men like them are packing small caliber weapons and theirs no fuckin' way they share nicely." Noticing the deep blush of her blonde friend before backhanding her shoulder lightly, "Shut the fuck up right now, my little Lulu got those dragons to see eye to eye on something and I'm pretty sure, it was your pussy."

Giving the blonde a light-hearted giggle, Mira completely ignored the flushed Solid Script and Celestial mages as she spoke maniacally, hearts beating from her eyes, "Oh I can't wait to hear the little pitter-patter of little dragon feet."

Rubbing the back of her head in a very Natsu-like fashion, she let out a few nervous laughs, "Heh, about that actually..."

"OH MY MAVIS, LU! YOU'RE PREGNANT?!," Levy screamed before falling to the ground, followed by a matching thud of the silver-haired beauty behind the bar.

Smirking at her blonde friend as she muttered into her mug, "Good Luck, Lulu. You're gonna need it after that announcement."

Master had been talking with a very begrudging Laxus when he heard, it would surprise me more of all of Fiore didn't hear the news with how loud Levy just screamed it, the news. "Laxus, my boy! Congratulations! Let's hope the little lady looks nothing like you and got all her mothers excellent traits," patting his back too enthusiastically.

All of a sudden, there were swords to each of the dragons necks, Erza's voice low and threatening, "If I found out that one you three impregnated my little Lucy outside of the sanctity-"

Taking a swift chomp from the sword at his neck before swallowing, voice irritated but not angry, "Calm the fuck down, Titania. She's fully mated to all of us," from behind his hand as he shrugged, he mumbled, "now was she properly mated when we got her pregnant? That may be questionable."

Giving the slayer a warning look before easily stating, "I want to be a godmother."

With an easy laugh as he inched around the redhead's blade to throw an arm around her shoulder, Natsu easily placated the Requip mage, "Of course. Luce and I would be honored to have you be the godmother of our hatchling, right Luce?" Shooting the blonde a cheeky wink.

Staring at the scene in front of her before gathering herself, making short work of the distance to Erza, "Uh, right...we really haven't talked about it much but I was hoping that Mira could be the godmother for Laxus and I's baby and Levy could be the godmother to Gajeel and I's baby."

Laxus nodded from behind Erza's sword, pushing to the side casually before adding, "Gray could be the godfather to Pinky's hatchling, Bix would be the godfather for any of my hatchlings and Gajeel can decide who his godfather would be, but it's all up in the air. We don't know which of us knocked her up."

Rolling her honey eyes at her Lightning slayers word choice. In the hopes of changing the subject, Lucy interjected, "We actually came to the guild for another reason besides, umm, our very poorly announced announcement."

"Yeah, Luce and I are going to fight," picking the smiling Celestial mage up onto his back to carry her to the sparring grounds out back of the guild.

"Natsu, I swear to Mavis herself, if anything happens to my granbaby, I will put you into the infirmary on permanent bed rest," Makarov called from the back of the pack of ansty, buzzing mages following the pair out the back doors.

When everyone settled on the bleachers, Levy and Mira in a daze having just woken up in the arms of Bickslow and Freed, Laxus' booming baritone rang over them, "Shut the hell up and let me talk!," rolling his shoulders as he turned to Lucy and Natsu who were facing each other at the center of the dirt sparring grounds, "Okay, so I feel i shouldn't have to say this but I'm going to just in case, obviously this is just a training bout, no lethal blows, no stomach shots for Blondie, and for love Mavis, please do not destroy the guild, Natsu," giving the Fire dragon a very pointed look before turning to face his mate, voice low and encouraging, "Kick his ass, baby. I know you can do it," earning a chorus of feminine 'awww's as he kissed her temple.

Gajeel gave a nod of his head to draw her over to him. Running over to the raven haired slayer, excited and breathy, "What is it-"

Earning a chorus of wolf-whistles and cat-calls as he dipped his mate into a searing kiss. When he finally them upright, he whispered into her ear with half a growl, "I'm gonna love watchin' every second of your wicked little body movin' out there. I'm gonna be real excited to celebrate your winnin' this little match when ya get home," giving her a knowing smirk as her sweet vanilla scent washed over him.

Turning her around and giving her ass a hard smack, she gave the Iron slayer a mock-stern look as she flipped him off. Her wide hips swaying as she made her way back to the center of their makeshift arena.

"I'm not gonna go easy on you, Luigi so you better bring your A game," her Fire slayer teased as his fists lit up.

"I'd be more offended if you did, my Fiery Prince," as she donned her Scorpio Star Dress, tight black, red and white bodysuit clinging to her every curve, armor plating her shoulders, forearms, hands, knees and greaves, her fingers and her toned back completely exposed. Blowing Natsu a kiss from beneath the red headband with Scorpio's sign in the center, her hair in a high ponytail with two long tufts hanging on top of the band.

Chuckling at the younger mages, Laxus backed away from the couple before signaling the fight to being.

Before Natsu could swing, Lucy had called out the Earthen King, Cepheus and yelled, "Give me some cover, Ceph!"

"With pleasure, my enchanting Princess," smirking to the unsuspecting dragon before kicking up a thick fog of dust and dirt to simultaneously blind Natsu, completely losing his sense of sight.

Grinning to himself before calling to his mate, "Luuuuuce, I don't need to see you to know where you are." Letting loose a Roar to where he heard the crunching of dirt beneath boots, only to be greeted by the quick snarls of two behemoth wolves, silver and gold glinting bright as they flanked him, his blonde mate still unseen in the fog.

Watching from the sidelines as the Fire slayer engaged Ato and Saki, Gajeel leaned to Laxus, "What's Bunny up to?"

Shaking his head mirthfully, the blonde responded earnestly, "I have no idea but I think we are about to be impressed."

Calling from behind the pinkette, "Now, Cepheus!"

As the dirt cover dropped in an instant, Natsu was face to face with the blood red eyes of the Earthen King Spirit.

Smoke leaking from between his sharpened teeth, he fueled the fire of his hands, letting out a fierce Fire Dragon's Crushing Fang. Cepheus made no move to dodge the attack, giving the slayer a sly smirk before disappearing into the Spirit World.

"Luce, you know your spir-"

Whispering in his ear before kissing his cheek, "Sorry, baby." Pressing a series of quick sharp jabs with her knuckles up his side before letting a lightning sharp jab with her two fingers of her left hand fall to the base of his neck, leaving the slayer completely without muscle usage as he crumbled to the dirt in shock.

Silence fell over the members of the guild.

Turning to face her nakama from where she landed in a crouch with a nervous smile before Cana threw up her mug, "Atta girl, Lulu!"

The guild erupted into a sea of cheers and thunderous applause.

Hearing the groan of her fiery mate, Lucy quickly released her Star Dress and bent over the immobile mage, quickly accompanied by her Sea Serpent spirit, "Ah, Fire dragon, how do you like my Princess's new ability? I've developed it myself over my millennia of existence and I like to call it Chi Blocking and your mate as taken to it like a fish to water."

"Why can't I move my arm, Luce?," more of a whine than a real complaint.

Couching down next to her dragon, pushing his pink hair out of his smiling face, "Don't worry, honey, it'll come back in a few minutes. Cetus taught me about how the varying pressure points of person's body, specifically a mage's body, can deeply affect the flow of chi and subsequently the mage's magic within their body, hindering and completely blocking it in some cases. Of course after a certain amount of time, full functionality will return as it's only temporary but it's pretty fuckin' awesome."

Reaching up with his left hand up to cradle her cheek, looking in to her shining milk chocolate eyes, without a shred of hesitation, he pulled the smug blonde down onto his chest only laughing harder at her loud 'oofmph' on impact.

"There'll be no living with you now, Luce," nuzzling his nose into her golden waves as his arm slowly regained feeling. The moment he could move his fingers, they were at her side causing peals of melodious laughter to escape her squirming body.

Struggling to breath, let alone speak, the Celestial mage managed to squeak out, "Not...fair...!," between bouts of uncontrollable giggles.

Flipping to straddle the wiggling blonde, voice light and cheery while the pinkette continued his relentless onslaught, "Not fair? Luce, you were the one who hid and then took my magic, little cheat."

Staring into the gold-flecked onyx eyes of her mate, she bit her lip before Natsu stilled his fingers, giving Lucy the perfect opportunity to retort with a smug look on her face, "Well, I learned from the best, honey."

Seeing the shit-eatting grin on her face, he resumed a full frontal barrage to most sensitive ticklish spots. Only managing to cry his name out before crumbling into outrageous giggles.

"Okay, okay. Let Bunny up. She kicked your puny ass, fair and square." Holding a scarred hand out to help his mate up, Gajeel had the biggest smirk firmly fixed on his mouth, toothy fangs poking out from his lips.

Taking a deep breath as Natsu got up from his perch, Lucy grabbed her raven haired slayer's hand to stand next to him.

She could feel her Lightning slayer press against her back, bulge of his hardened cock firm against the small of her back as he wrapped an arm around her. With his hand splayed across her stomach, his voice was husky as it danced over her ear, "That was sexy as fuck to watch, sweetheart."

Closing her golden eyes to try to focus on something other than her slow-burning arousal deep in her abdomen.

Thankfully, her little pow-wow with her dragons was interrupted by the slur of the Card mage, "Lulu! That was fucking awesome! You are going to have to let me get my hands on that sexy king of yours," eyeing up the toned, fit, very naked chest of her long-haired spirit, "or maybe I could get my hands on this delicious piece of man."

Giving Cana a dangerously smooth grin and a small bow, his exceptionally deep voice answered easily, "While it doesn't surprise me my Princess holds herself in most beautiful and exquisite circle of mages, this 'delicious piece of man' is a spirit of Celestial Realm and doesn't have relations with mages." Smirking at the dragons with a malicious glean in his deep black eyes before sweeping his summoner into his arms, "Unless, of course, my lovely Princess were to ever want my company, then I would have to make an exception."

Scoffing at her spirits blatant baiting of her dragons, she spoke exasperated but with a smile on her face, "Down, sea monster, I'd like to be able to call you out without my mates sending you back immediately."

"Fine, suit yourself," easily letting go of the busty blonde to be greeted by a trio of growling dragons. Rolling his eyes with a flippant wave of his hand, he continued, "Calm down, guard dragons, I'm just getting under your scales."

Slinging an arm around the blondes slim shoulders, Cana shoved her mug into her friend's bountiful chest, "Oh, to have your problems, Lu."

Voice easy and light as she gave the brunette a beaming smile, "Trust me, Cana. It's really not all it's cracked up to be."

Master's booming voice echoed through the training grounds, "It's for Fairy Tail to celebrate!"