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Chapter Thirty-Seven: Cave of Guilds
"Natsu!" Happy screamed, flying down from the sky. "The monster is charging up another super magical beam blast… explosion!"
"A what?" Natsu questioned, grabbing onto a Vulcan's face and slamming it into the ground.
"That!" The blue Exceed yelled, facing the huge monster that started this whole mess.
"Ile Armor!" Wendy chanted with her arms parallel to the ground in front of her. A light blue magic circle appeared on the palms of her hands and under Erza. The Re-quip mage stood in her Adamantine Armor, ready for the attack.
"Go Natsu, Wendy!" Erza commanded, putting her shield together. The attack rushed forward.
"Ill Arms!" The Sky Dragon Slayer chanted next. "Ile Vernier!" Magic circles appeared under herself, Natsu, and the Exceeds.
"Let's go, Happy." Natsu said.
"Aye sir!" The blue Exceed exclaimed, picking up Natsu and hovering above the ground.
The magic beam hit Erza's shield.
"Ready?" Charle asked, picking up Wendy. The blue haired girl nodded.
The Dragon Slayer pair rushed ahead, aiming for a direct attack that could knock out the monster for a long while.
"Fire Dragon's…" Natsu said while inhaling.
"Sky Dragon's…" Wendy repeated.
"Roar!"
The Fairy Tail wizards ventured inside with caution.
The interior of the cave was much larger than what the entrance portrayed. It was easily one hundred yards wide, filled with odd cylinder tubes that extended from the floor to the ceiling.
"Raicho Wing." The Ice Make mage read a plaque attached to one of the cylinder tubes.
"Quatro Cerberus." Lucy read one a few tubes away. "Blue Pegasus."
"Valkyrie Soul, Twilight Ogre, Dragon Fang, Harpies Feather, Lamia Scale." He listed off. "These are all wizard guilds. More specifically, ones that participated in the Grand Magic Games."
"Not these." Lucy informed from the other side of the cave. "Wizard guilds, but most of them were knocked out during the preliminaries or didn't even participate in the Games."
"No dark guilds, though." Gray noted. The interior was quiet as the two of them studied the odd tubes. Liquid filled the containers. "Lucy?" He called out when he couldn't hear her shuffling about any longer.
"Fairy Tail." Lucy said softly to herself, staring at a tube that was in the deepest and most concealed part of the cave. "G-Gray!"
"Where are you?" The Ice Make mage asked, looking around one row of tubes to another. He sensed the trepidation in her voice, pushing his movements faster.
"Furthest back. You have to look at ours."
"I figured we would have one. Whoa." Gray said in awe, standing behind the blonde.
"Yeah." Lucy replied uneasily, taking a step back. "W-We should tell the others. I felt Taurus' gate close a little while ago."
"That's the last of them." Erza said, dropping an unconscious monster wolf onto the ground.
"Good." Wendy sighed in relief, sitting down on a small boulder.
"What should we do with them now? Once they wake up, they'll just attack again." Charle asked.
"We should relocate them to another area. At least, some of them." The Re-quip mage replied.
Natsu stared into the valley and off into the distance. Where were they? Was Lucy okay?
"Should we look for them?" Happy suggested, flying by the Fire Dragon Slayer.
"Ye-"
"Guys!" A feminine voice yelled suddenly, echoing in the valley.
"Lucy!" Erza called. "Over here!"
Natsu let out a sigh of relief.
A white speck in the distance became larger as it got closer.
"What's that?" Charle questioned, going closer to the edge of the cliff with Wendy.
"A Celestial Spirit?" Wendy said unsurely.
"Erza," Gray said as he and Lucy floated just next to the cliff. "We need an S-Class opinion on… something. It's a bit urgent."
"Something?" The Re-quip wizard asked.
"It's giving off a nasty feeling energy. We think that's why the animals are all moving here." Lucy answered. Pegasus floated just above the solid earth, allowing Gray to hop off.
"All right. Take me there." Erza said, getting onto the horse's back and putting her arms around Lucy. "Gray, put cages around these animals. We'll have to relocate them."
"Okay." The Ice Make mage agreed easily.
"Lucy," Natsu called out just before the girls left.
The Celestial mage smiled at him reassuringly, "I'll be right back." With that, the two women were heading back into the valley.
"I know you're worried, matchstick, but they'll be fine." Gray grunted, putting his hands in front of him and creating an ice cage.
"Yeah, yeah, but why do I have to be stuck with you?" The Fire Dragon Slayer replied with a roll of his eyes.
Happy, Charle, and Wendy sighed. The second Erza was gone; things always turned out like this.
"Let's hurry and finish this before they all wake up." The Sky Dragon Slayer advised kindly, struggling to lift up a mutant, carnivorous rabbit.
"Be careful with that." Charle scolded, keeping a close eye on the sharp teeth as she held onto a part of the fur.
"What'd you guys find, anyways?" Natsu asked, throwing a Vulcan over the cage bars.
"Something weird, for sure." The Ice Make mage said with shiver.
"Weirder than Lucy?" Happy asked, closing the lid to the cage once it was full.
"Lucy-san isn't that weird, Happy." Wendy added.
Natsu held his tongue. The blonde was his girlfriend, now. Nonetheless, she wasn't here… "Nothing is weirder than Lucy."
"You're so dead when you see her again." Gray replied dryly.
"What did you find?" Charle asked, diverting the conversation back to the important topic.
"A cave full of… tubes with a green liquid bubbling inside." The Ice Make wizard answered. "All of them had a name of a wizard's guild on it."
"Is there one with our guild?" Wendy asked cautiously.
"Ours is… Unique." Gray shivered.
"Unique?" Natsu repeated.
"Was the watery stuff different?" The blue Exceed inquired.
"Not only that," Gray trailed off, staring into the valley. "Ours was the only one with something inside."
"Amazing." Juvia whispered in awe. She looked around the streets of Magnolia. They were filled with new decorations, new stands for food and souvenirs – though those were empty at the moment. The Water mage had only been gone for a couple of days on a solo mission. The Mayor of Magnolia sure worked fast.
She walked towards the girls' dormitory, Fairy Hills. Her travel bag hung around her shoulder, bumping against her hip as she walked. Workers constructed a platform in the middle of the park to set up a Ferris wheel. The attraction was going to be made and set up by using magic. Magic made things easier, she supposed.
Juvia sighed to herself. She wondered how Gray-sama was doing. He had declined her offer of going on the mission. However, she understood. Love rival – Lucy-san – was finally home. Juvia supposed she shouldn't call Lucy-san a love rival, any longer. Lucy-san had Natsu-san, now. Perhaps she should ask the blonde how to get Gray…
Before she knew it, Juvia was walking up the steps inside Fairy Hills. The Water wizard unlocked her room, putting her bag on the ground beside the bed. She exhaled a breath of exhaustion, laying down and hugging a Gray plushy to her chest.
Gray-sama…
She trusted in his abilities as a mage. He didn't need her worrying about him when he's out on a mission. Besides, he had his teammates with him. Juvia rolled to her side, making eye contact with a larger Gray plush doll.
She worried anyways.
Erza and her team walked silently towards the train station. They had moved the animals and monsters to different locations and collected their reward from the lodge owner. Lucy and Erza did all they could to the cave, though it wasn't much. Without knowing the magic inside of the tubes, they didn't risk destroying them. Once they returned home, the team would alert Master.
Natsu fell to the back of the group, stopping Lucy from advancing forward with a hand to her wrist. The Celestial mage looked at him in confusion as he laced their fingers together. He brought their conjoined hands to his lips, laying a light kiss to the back of her hand. Though she blushed prettily, Lucy bumped her shoulder with his.
She was glad he was all right, too.
"Are we going home straight away?" Wendy asked, holding Charle in her arms.
"That would be best." Erza answered regretfully. "We have to tell Master what we found."
"What do you think it is?" Gray questioned. "It grated against my magic in a bad way."
"It was like the tubes were pulling my magic out of me." Lucy added.
"That's probably what it's for." The Re-quip mage said in frustration. "Taking magic out of wizards."
Natsu and Wendy shuddered at the thought. They had their magic drained in Edolas.
"One for each guild, though?" Happy asked, flying onto Natsu's shoulder to feel more secure.
"We'll just have to hear what Master thinks about it." Charle said solemnly.
… One Hour Later…
"I see." Master Makarov said slowly.
Erza's team stood in Makarov's office. The seven team members crowded into the small office, nervously shifting their eyes to each other.
"What would you like us to do with it?" The Re-quip mage asked.
"Any idea who's hand it was in that container? Were there any markings?" Master questioned instead.
"Most likely a male's hand, but I'm not sure who." Lucy replied softly. "I-I didn't see any markings."
Natsu looked over, putting his hand on her back for comfort. He noticed before that what the blonde saw shook her up a bit.
Makarov nodded as he said, "I'm glad you came back unharmed. I'll contact other guild Masters and see what we can do. Don't worry too much about it."
"Are you certain, Master?" Erza asked softly. With a firm nod from the Titan wizard, the group relaxed. They trusted their Master. He knew what he was doing.
"Rest up. We have a carnival to prepare for." Makarov chuckled, shooing the group out of the office.
"Man, I'm hungry." Natsu complained the second they were out the door.
"I hope Mira has some fish in the kitchen." Happy exclaimed, flying down to the first floor.
"I don't think Mira-san is here." Wendy called out gently, but the blue Exceed didn't hear her.
"Poor Kinana is working all by herself, today." Lucy commented, watching the purple haired woman flit around the guild happily.
"I hate to agree with Natsu, but I could eat a whole buffet by myself right now." Gray sighed.
The group made their way to a table on the first floor, sitting themselves on the benches. Happy had already begged Kinana into giving him a large fish and flew to sit on the tabletop.
"Welcome back. How was the mission?" The purple haired bar maid asked as she came over.
"It went well." Erza replied.
"Can I get anything for you guys?" Kinana questioned next.
"The usual for me." Lucy piped up.
"Just make it the usual for all of us." Natsu groaned, putting his head on the table and holding his growling stomach.
"Right away." Kinana giggled, walking off to prepare the orders.
"You're not dying, flame head." Gray scoffed.
"How would you know?" The Fire Dragon Slayer retorted.
"Are we serious?" Charle said dryly. "Fighting already?"
"It's nice to unwind after a hard mission." Wendy added cheerfully.
Juvia walked towards the guild with a smile on her face. She hoped Gray-sama was back from his mission. She had bought a new hat and was eager to show it off to him. Though it was a bit early for his team to be back. She hoped that Gray begged the team to leave early so he could come see her.
The team would finish their mission and, right after, Gray would get on his knees, pleading with his hands together to leave early. He would say he wanted to come home to Juvia. And Lucy would reply, saying how romantic it was and how she wished she had a relationship so full of love. Of course, Erza would agree to leave early, seeing how the girl was quite the romantic herself.
Natsu would say something along the lines of being about time Gray swore his love for Juvia. Wendy and the Exceeds would cheer the Ice Make mage on as he ran from the Magnolia train station to the guildhall. Gray would scoop Juvia into his arms and embrace her, telling her how much he loved her and that he wanted to marry her.
Juvia sighed blissfully. The Water wizard didn't realize she was a step away from the guild's fence. She ran right into the stone doorway, knocking her out of her daydream. She groaned softly, putting a hand to her throbbing forehead. The doors for the guild were open to let in the summer breeze. She hoped no one saw that.
"Lucy! Let's go out for dessert." Natsu suggested, leaning his chin on top of the table in boredom. The table was piled high with empty dishes.
"You ate that much and you still want dessert?" Lucy asked.
Juvia perked up as she heard the familiar voices. Gray-sama was back, safe. She let out a sigh of relief, staring at the table from afar.
"Lucy," Natsu whined. "We'll even go to that gross frozen yogurt place you like. Let's just get more food."
"Just us?" Lucy asked.
"That's matchstick's way of asking you on a date." Gray chuckled, patting the blonde on her head. "You are a couple now." The Celestial mage blushed, playfully pushing his hand away.
"Aye! Bring me back something fish flavored!" Happy exclaimed cheerfully.
"Lucy," The Fire Dragon Slayer continued to whine.
"I'm seriously full, Natsu." Lucy complained, standing up. "But I'll go with you."
"Finally." Natsu said happily, popping out of his seat.
"Oh," Lucy gasped as she looked up. The group looked where she was staring, realizing someone was watching them with a sweet smile. "Give me a second, Natsu. I want to talk to Juvia about something."
"Why is she staring at us?" Wendy asked with a nervous laugh.
"She's not staring at us." Erza commented with a knowing smile, turning back to the piece of cake in front of her.
"When you go over there, please tell her to stop." The Ice Make mage said dryly.
"Lucy, my stomach is going to eat itself." Natsu moaned again.
"No it's not." The Celestial mage laughed, standing up. "You just ate. I promise this will only take a minute."
Natsu reluctantly followed Lucy to Juvia's hiding spot, leaving the other team members snickering.
"She already has him wrapped around her finger." Gray chuckled, keeping his voice low.
"Hey, Juvia. What are you doing over here?" Lucy questioned.
"Oh, nothing, Lucy-san." Juvia replied with a blush.
"You can get up close and personal, you know." Natsu snorted. "I'm sure Gray would love that." Lucy lightly slapped him on the arm.
"Before you do that, do you have something planned for the carnival yet?" The Celestial mage asked eagerly.
"Juvia was hoping to do something with Gray-sama." The Water wizard replied.
"Do you want to do something with me, instead?" Lucy asked hopefully. "I got Aquarius to agree to an underwater event. Please, Juvia? You guys are good friends, aren't you?"
"How'd you manage that?" Natsu asked with a raised eyebrow. The girls ignored him.
"But Gray-sama…" Juvia trailed off.
"He's doing ice skating." Lucy informed. "It'll be fun! We can do some diving, and you can use that air bubble spell. Maybe we can even get Master to get some exotic fish for us. What do you say?"
"Lucy-san isn't doing something with Natsu-san?" Juvia questioned.
"He's setting things on fire with Romeo." Lucy said, playfully rolling her eyes. The Fire Dragon Slayer grinned innocently.
"A fire-show, actually." Natsu corrected.
"So…?" Lucy trailed off hopefully. The Water wizard turned longing eyes towards the Ice Make mage. The Celestial mage leaned in next to Juvia's ear, whispering something.
Natsu looked on in confusion. The blue haired woman's face turned red before she leaned away from Lucy and nodded her head furiously.
"Juvia will work with Lucy-san at the carnival." The Water wizard said eagerly.
"Great." Lucy giggled. "Why don't you go sit in our spots at the table?"
Juvia enthusiastically fast walked to the open spot at the table where the team had congregated for a late lunch. The Fire Dragon Slayer raised an eyebrow at his girlfriend.
"What did you say to her?"
"Something about Gray winning her a prize at the carnival." Lucy replied, taking Natsu's hand in hers and heading towards the doorway.
"That's it?" He scoffed.
"Maybe also getting him to do the kissing booth."
"Mira-nee sure is popular." Lisanna said in awe as she and her brother watched fans swarm the eldest Take-Over sibling from afar. "Even after the eight year hiatus from modeling."
"Nee-chan is pretty." Elfman commented proudly.
"Think she'll be nominated for Miss Fiore?" Lisanna asked with a giggle.
Mirajane expertly handled the crowd around her. Once someone had spotted the Mirajane Strauss coming out of the Sorcerer's Weekly building, all hell broke loose. Lisanna wondered how they'd react to the magazine coming out at the end of the week.
"She's manly enough."
The Take-Over: Animal Soul wizard nodded. Mira kindly shooed away her admirers, saying that she was on a family vacation. Being long time fans of the model, the enthusiasts didn't push for anything else. Lest they want to see Mirajane use her magic.
"Sorry that took so long." Mira apologized, walking up to her siblings. "Let's go have fun."
"I hear there's a manly petting zoo in town. It's near the center of the town square." Elfman exclaimed, looking at his younger sister. Lisanna's eyes lit up in excitement.
"Can we go there, Mira-nee?" The Take-Over: Animal Soul mage asked excitedly.
"Of course." Mira laughed, leading them to the center of the city. "How many times in a year do we get to come to Crocus?"
"Not enough. Let's go!" Lisanna said excitedly, skipping ahead of her siblings.
None of the Take-Over siblings noticed the familiar face in the dispersing crowd, staring at them indifferently.
Lucy nibbled on her spoon timidly as she and Natsu sat on the ledge of the fountain in Magnolia's park. Was it normal to be this nervous? It wasn't as though they hadn't been alone before. Were all relationships so tense at the beginning? The Celestial mage took the spoon out of her mouth before she bit the plastic in half. Natsu had bought her frozen yogurt, like he said he would. He didn't even like frozen yogurt!
Lucy felt her mind go into overdrive. Her boyfriend didn't seem like he felt the nervous tension in the air. She liked Natsu… A lot. She had for a long time. However, now that she let the feelings run free instead of suppressing them…she didn't know what to do. Lucy held in a sigh. She wished she knew more about real life romance rather than the stereotypical romance in books.
Was it okay to hold his hand in public? They weren't sitting too close, right now. Would he mind the contact? They've done it, before. Do things change now that they weren't in a platonic relationship? Of course things changed, but still… What if he expected her to make the first move?! Or maybe he wanted to make all of the moves? He kissed her hand when they finished the mission, earlier. Behind everyone's backs. Maybe he just wasn't into public displays of affection.
She had never been this nervous around Natsu before. Lucy hoped that this 'first' date didn't disappoint him.
Natsu shifted his eyes to look at the girl beside him. Was she enjoying herself? Surely, she had some kind of standard for these 'dates,' he just needed to figure out what. She wasn't talking. Did he fail already?! The Fire Dragon Slayer took a huge bite of his frozen yogurt. She was biting her spoon, again. Did she not like it? He thought she loved that nasty yogurt shit! Did he need to get her something else?
Girlfriend was such a foreign word to him. What did he need to do to get this girl's approval? Maybe she wanted to set something on fire. That was fun, right? He thought of all the times Lucy scolded him on a mission for setting something on fire. Maybe not. Did she want to go on a dangerous mission?
Natsu internally growled. Lucy Heartfilia. The daughter of a high-class businessman turned Fairy Tail wizard. Her favorite color was pink, she loved yogurt and strawberries, she didn't dress very warm in the wintertime, she loved her Celestial Spirits, and she didn't allow anyone but Levy to read her in-progress novel. He knew everything about the woman! They've been through a lot together, but why didn't he know what her perfect date was?!
Maybe he'd just take her to a bookstore.
"Natsu,"
"Lucy,"
The two of them spoke simultaneously. The couple each let out a breathy chuckle.
"You first," They said together, once again. Instead of speaking, Natsu shook his head, nodding towards the blonde.
"Um," Lucy trailed off with a slight blush. "I was wondering if you wanted to go do something?"
"Like what?" Natsu asked, finishing off the rest of his frozen yogurt in one mouthful.
"I don't know. What do you want to do?" She asked, tilting her head.
The Fire Dragon Slayer looked over. That was an adorable pose. He took a deep breath before responding, "Do you want to go to a bookstore? Or maybe the library?"
Lucy turned her head quickly, giving him a hard stare.
"You? A bookstore?" She questioned. "Who are you?"
"Very funny," He replied dryly. "I just thought you'd enjoy it."
The Celestial mage felt her face heat up even more.
"You've… Been doing a lot of things for me, lately."
"Is that bad?"
"No," Lucy trailed off. "But I want to do things for you, too."
"You do a lot for me already." Natsu said with a grin as he turned to her.
"Like what?"
"Being here."
"D-Don't say such weird things." Lucy protested, her face as red as a cherry tomato. When had Natsu turned into a romantic? "Let's go fishing or something."
"Without Happy?" He scoffed. "We'd get an earful later."
"Then, what do you want to do?"
"Just be here with you." Natsu answered automatically. Whatever she wished to do, he was fine with. He just wanted to be near her and make sure she didn't disappear again.
Lucy felt like she will never get her face to be a normal shade, ever again.
"Do you want to fight?" She asked.
…
"Take that, Lucy!" Natsu laughed manically.
The Celestial mage exhaled loudly, pushing stray locks of hair out of her vision. The two of them were in a lacrima-laser tag arena, and Natsu was having the time of his life beating his partner. Though she got a few good shots off on him, she was sure he had shot her three times as much. The rules were simple, hit everyone with a beam of light and the hit target will register in the lacrima-laser gun. Who ever had the highest score, wins.
Lucy dodged to the side, crouching behind a plastic wall. She stayed behind cover as she aimed at her pink haired target.
…
"How'd I win that?" Lucy asked, shocked. She and Natsu looked at the lacrima-tron outside of the arena. Only the two of them were in there, so there wasn't much competition.
The Fire Dragon Slayer smiled cheekily, putting his arm around her shoulder.
"You got a few lucky shots in at the end." He replied with a chuckle. "Are you getting lessons from Alzack and Bisca?"
Lucy raised an eyebrow. She had been losing severely at the beginning, and then, suddenly, she started getting shot after shot on Natsu. There was no way she was that good at shooting, even if it only was a lacrima-laser. It was like he allowed her to hit him when the time started winding down… Oh.
She looked around briefly before turning to him. Lucy lifted herself onto her toes and kissed his cheek chastely.
Natsu felt his cheeks heat up slightly. He scratched his other cheek with a finger in nervousness.
"Let's go get dinner." The blonde suggested, walking out from under his arm. Instead, she grabbed the hand that fell from her shoulder and tugged him outside. The sun had already set most of the way, leaving the sky to darken. "Where do you want to eat?"
"How about that place?" He asked, pointing ahead of them.
"You want to eat northern cuisine?" Lucy questioned.
"It's pretty good."
"Maybe you and Gray are more alike than you realize." She giggled.
"What does Gray have anything to do with it?!" He yelled.
"How long have you been friends, now?" Lucy asked, looking at him oddly. "Gray's from the north and has an affinity towards food from there. Wasn't he the one to suggest this restaurant to us, in the first place?"
"He was?"
"Have you ever thought about getting your memory checked out?"
The couple decided to take the food back to Lucy's place so they could relax after a long day. The Celestial mage laid out the food on the table and sat down with a tired sigh. Natsu went into the kitchen to get a lighter from the drawer before sitting down beside her.
"Tired?" Natsu asked, opening up the containers and placing one directly in front of his girlfriend so she didn't exert any more energy.
"That mission this morning really took a lot of energy." Lucy exhaled, giving him a smile in thanks. She took out the disposable utensils from the take-out bag and stirred her noodle dish a bit.
"It was nothing." He scoffed, flickering the lighter on and placing it near his food. "But falling off of a cliff would've taken a bit out of you."
"Just a bit…"
"Be careful, next time, will you?" Natsu let out an airy chuckle, his breath tickling the flames that had engulfed his food.
"No promises." Lucy giggled back. "You know us Celestial wizards."
"Stubborn."
The blonde sent him a sharp glare. The Fire Dragon Slayer shrugged innocently, shoving forkfuls of his meal into his mouth. The fire flickered against his skin before being consumed.
"How are you eating so much?" The Celestial mage asked. "This is our fourth meal, today. Breakfast, two lunches, and now dinner." She paused. "You know what, never mind."
"Only a weird person asks a question and answers it themselves." Natsu retorted with a grin. Lucy sighed, stabbing her fork into a noodle.
"And only weird people date other weird people."
"Oh, really?" He questioned, leaning in close to her. She nodded. "I accept your challenge."
"What challenge?"
"You're the only weird one here." Natsu said, shoving another bite of food into his mouth. "Hurry and eat so I can prove it."
Lucy couldn't help but question what she had gotten herself into.
The two of them finished their food in silence. Well, Lucy finished half of her meal and Natsu ate the rest of it. Being a 'good' boyfriend, and definitely not a weird one, Natsu offered to take their trash to the kitchen to dispose of it in the garbage bin. This left the Celestial mage to go into her bathroom to wash up and change into her nightwear. Upon coming out, she saw Natsu sitting on her bed and staring out of the window at the bright moon.
"Are you waiting for Happy?" Lucy asked.
"Nah, he's probably hanging out with Charle." Natsu snickered as he felt the bed shift. The Celestial mage sat down with a book in her hand.
"He's not waiting for you at home?"
"He knows where to find me." He replied, turning to her. Lucy sat against her headboard, opening the book in her hands to the page marked with a cute charm attached to a thin ribbon. Natsu shrugged, it was now or never. She looked pretty cute in a loose shirt and short-shorts, anyways.
The Fire Dragon Slayer stealthily moved up the bed, straddling his girlfriend's thighs. She looked up, surprised, especially when he took the book from her hands and dropped it to the floor.
"Wh-What are you doing?!" Lucy screeched, her face turning red once more.
"Am I weird now?"
"Y-Yes!"
Natsu rolled his eyes, putting his arms up and placing his hands on the headboard, effectively blocking her in. He leaned his head close to hers, lips mere millimeters apart.
"This is normal for guys to do to their girlfriends."
"Says wh-who?" She stuttered.
"The other guys at the guild."
"You're weird for listening to them." Lucy said, accidently brushing her lips against his. "Y-You know they're a bunch of perverts."
"Why can't I do this and be not weird?" Natsu asked, pressing his lips to hers briefly. Though Lucy couldn't see it well, his cheeks turned as red as hers.
"Because you're Natsu… You don't do things like this."
"Then you're the reason I'm weird now." The Fire Dragon Slayer said with conviction, pushing his body closer to hers. "I caught your weirdness."
"You can't catc-!"
Lucy's head tilted back slightly against the new pressure, hitting it against his hand that was now tangled in her hair. His lips moved against hers softly. The kiss was as electrifying as the first one. It was hot, like the fire Natsu wielded with expertise. And like his personality, the kiss was powerful. She felt herself expel a low moan in satisfaction, feeling her eyes flutter close.
Natsu gently tested his limits, wrapping one arm around her shoulders and using the other hand to play with her soft hair. She smelled of a fresh shower, her natural fragrance filtering into his nose. Heaven. The Fire Dragon Slayer pressed his lips harder onto her soft ones. Hoping not to scare her, Natsu asked for entrance into her orifice, gently licking her bottom lip. Her hands traveled up his chest to drape around his neck, sending a shiver down his spine. Lucy allowed entrance. She tasted of minty toothpaste mixed with her natural fruity taste – like a sweet and tangy dessert.
Was everything about this man hot? His tongue was undeniably warm as it lightly stroked hers. Was this what fire tasted like? A spicy tingle accompanied by something that screamed Natsu. Lucy felt like her body was enveloped in a blanket that protected her from all evils. His fingers were weaving through her hair; gently guiding her head to the angle he felt was best, similar to a warm message. Her hands locked into his pink mane, as well, combing through the light locks. Lucy felt a vibration run through her arms that were resting on his shoulders as he growled, bringing her body closer to his.
The moonlight filtered into the room through the window glass. Neither noticed as they solely focused on each other. Natsu pressed his chest against hers. They broke apart briefly, catching lost breaths. Without allowing much time, the Fire Dragon Slayer bent his head back down and reclaimed her lips. He nipped at her bottom lip, getting her to open up once more. This time, he encouraged her to explore his own, secret depths.