Summary: Forest Demons? Water Demons? Night Demons? Why is it always demons? AKA some more misadventures of Lucy and Bickslow

The First Trip:

She ran as fast as her legs would allow her to. Pushing herself past the brink of exhaustion and beyond, Lucy huffed and puffed, hoping to the stars that she would make it out of this shit alive. Of course, the making of this shit wasn't her fault. It wasn't even Natsu's fault, for once. It was Bickslow's. Her idiot quasi-boyfriend/bang-buddy and he liked to call them.

"BICKSLOW YOU IDIOT! WHY WOULD YOU KICK A FUCKING HORNETS NEST?!" Lucy screamed as she pushed herself harder. The anticipation of being stung by thousands of tiny hornet looking creatures was not something she was looking forward to.

"I DIDN'T MEAN TO!" He hollered back. Performing a maneuver that only circus performers and idiots who kick hornets nests can do, Bickslow spun, turned and jumped onto his babies to get a better angle to take the hornets out. "Uh oh," he mumbled to himself.

"UH OH?! WHAT DO YOU MEAN UH OH!" Lucy shrieked as she executed an awkward running jump, tumble, get up and keep running maneuver over a shrubbery.

"Umm, just that these aren't hornets. They're actually Forest Demons."

"FOREST DEMONS?!" Lucy's shock caused her to trip and roll into the raging river that proceeded to carry her down the stream. "BICKSLOW!" So far this small job and vacation was not going to plan. As Lucy floated downstream and bumped over hidden rocks, Bicsklow and his babies took care of the tiny Forest Demons. They looked a lot like how Lucy would imagine a Pixie would be if they were real. Small, almost child-like bodies with horns and their skin was made up of greens, greys and browns to allow them to blend into their environments. Their mouths were filled with sharp teeth that looked to be poisonous to the untrained eye but were really just rotting. And their shrieks could make a dog go deaf. Luckily for Lucy, this was a walk in the park for Bickslow. Unluckily for Lucy, she was now drenched, bruised and sore. Someone wasn't getting any anytime soon.

The Third Trip:

After the disastrous first trip where Bickslow was convinced his bang-buddy was going to leave him for someone normal, the unlikely couple took a trip to a spa, also known as Lucy's heaven. Bickslow, feeling like he had recovered and gained standing with her, convinced Lucy they should take a job together when the weird foursome known as Natsu, Lisanna, Grey and Juvia were in a tiff and Erza had vanished with Crime Sorciere. The job was supposed to be simple. Recover some treasure from a recent shipwreck. The Merchant Guild Water Works had never had one of their ships wreck on them so they were anxious to have some mages come in and salvage what they could of the shipment.

Arriving in Hargeon, Bickslow and Lucy took the time to window shop and eat before sailing out to the wreck site and diving down. This would also give Lucy a chance to exercise her Aquarius Star Dress capabilities so she was really looking forward to the job. Then they dived.

Bickslow had been feeling very exposed in his tight wetsuit and awkward breathing apparatus but Lucy seemed to enjoy how the fabric clung to him. Lucy remained in her Star Dress with a spell to make a bubble of air around her head. The two swam, Bickslow's babies floating along beside them, until they came to the wreck. The hairs on the back of Lucy's neck instantly went up. But Bickslow didn't seem to notice or care. Until his rented wetsuit was ripped, he was bleeding, and a great fish-man was trying to spear him with the bones of a swordfish.

"Water Torrent!" Lucy sent a blast of water to push the unknown being off her boyfriend before it could kill him. Swimming quickly to Bickslow's side, Lucy hauled him out of the ship and up to the surface. The spell around Lucy's head broke as they made it to the surface. "What was that!?"

"A Water Demon," Bickslow panted out as he tried to stem the bleeding while still underwater.

"Another demon?! What are you? A Demon Magnet?"

"No that's Laxus."

"Not funny Bickslow!" Just then, Lucy was tugged back underwater before she could take a breath or put the air bubble back around her head.

"Babies! Barrion Formation!" Bickslow put the breathing apparatus back into his mouth as the babies got into formation underwater and prepared to decimate the water demon. In the end, the demon was defeated and swam off, allowing Lucy and Bickslow to salvage what they could. It seems Water Demons are a lot like dragons from fairy tales and they are attracted to large quantities of treasure and guard their treasures most fiercely.

The Twelfth Trip:

Years passed, babies came, and soon Lucy was pregnant with their fourth child. Desperately in need of some quality one-on-one time before baby number four arrived, Bickslow planned a babymoon to the new Hot Springs and Spa Resort in the nearby town of Blossom. Leaving their three children with Laxus and Mira was asking for them to return the favor, but Bickslow needed to bang his wife or he was going to explode.

The trip started wonderfully. Their unborn child didn't kick too much over night, the pregnancy safe hot springs were always empty when they wanted to soak, and the sex was fantastic. Then the night terrors started. At first, Bickslow thought it was his anxiety over being a parent to four children and how that would change the family dynamic. When Lucy started having the same dreams, they knew something was wrong. After all, it was Lucy who had insisted that they have four babies and she was desperately looking forward to the time when the baby was Earth-land side.

Figuring out that they had attracted the attention of another demon wasn't hard. In fact, they caught the little rascal in the act. The owner's pet black cat wasn't actually a black cat, but a prototype Zeref demon meant to cause chaos and strife in an enemy barracks. The little mongrel had found its way out of its Zeref created prison and cozied up to the sweet old couple whose businesses were their babies, not realizing that they were losing customers because of their 'cat'. Breaking the news was horrendous. Being six months pregnant and fighting a Zeref demon was worse.

"Why is it that every time you plan a trip, Bickslow, we're right in the center of DEMONS?! LUCY KICK!" Lucy screeched as she fended off an attack from one of the demon-cat's nightmare tails.

"I'm sorry! Babies: Line Formation!" Bickslow jumped in front of his wife and was smacked across the room.

In the end, Lucy and Bickslow had to pay for the damages they caused trying to contain the demon-cat and were banned from ever coming to one of the couple's chain spa resorts. That was all well and fine to Lucy, she much preferred the guild's hot springs and the resort in Crocus. Bickslow was feeling very sorry for himself, though, as his gorgeous wife decided a suitable punishment for making a six month pregnant lady fight a demon was no sexy time for a week. Lucky for him though, his kids wanted to spend time with Grey and Juvia's kids and Juvia loved having a full house more than she loved going on jobs. Sexy time was back on the table!