Inspired by LeonS-7's picture of Lucy being a mermaid with a pink tail. Lucy is a blonde mermaid who met Natsu after he saved her at the beach from a group of pirates that caught her in a net. Enjoy! Picture belongs to LeonS-7.

Natsu, Wendy, Happy and Carla were enjoying a day at the beach after successfully completing a mission involving members of a dark gun magic guild. Erza and Gray were not present due to being on another mission.

"This feels great!" Wendy said while stretching her arms.

"We deserve a day like today after taking on a dark guild." Carla said.

"Aye!" Happy added. He looks at Natsu who was taking a nap. That was when Wendy grabbed a bucket and filled it with water. She silently walked over to Natsu and throw the water on him, waking him up from his nap.

"What the hell! I was sleeping!" Natsu yelled out.

"I couldn't resist!" Wendy said.

"Ok then! If it's a water fight you want, get ready wendy!" He started splashing the little blue haired mage with water.

"Sky Dragon's Roar!" With the power of her air magic, a vortex of water hit Natsu, sending him flying to the other side of the beach. Wendy sweat dropped after realizing that she put too much power into her attack.

"Oh no! Natsu!" She yelled out. When it came to using her breath attack, Wendy always overdid it. She and the two exceeds chased after Natsu. The fire mage landed on a pile of sand.

"Damn! Wendy sure is a strong little girl." That was when Natsu noticed a bunch of pirates on the beach dragging what looked like a giant fish. He got closer and hid behind a rock to avoid being detected. After taking a closer look he realized that the thing inside the net wasn't a fish, it was a blonde girl.

"Please! Let me go!" She pleaded.

"Let you go! Ha! That's a laugh! You're our ticket to getting a lot of money. After all, finding a mermaid is almost near to impossible." The captain said while having a devious smile on his face. The fire mage felt disgusted at what he said.

'Unbelievable! These guys are a bunch of savages!' He thought while tightening his fist and grinding his teeth.

"So boss! What are we going to do with her?" One of the pirates asked.

"Obviously we are going to make her our slave until we find someone who will buy her for a lot of money. So we can do with her as you please." All the pirates agreed at their captains decision. Natsu saw that she had a horrified look on her face, tears streamed down her face.

"Hehehe. The captain was about to touch the girl until Natsu charged in and punched him hard in the face with his iron fist attack, sending him flying towards their ship, causing it to split in half.

"What the hell! Who are you-" He was interrupted when Natsu kicked him in the stomach, grabbed his arm and threw him in the ocean.

"You guys got some nerve! You have no right to treat her like this!" Natsu said as he lit his fist on fire. The blonde girl smiled, knowing that the fire mage came to her rescue.

"She's ours! Who do you think you ar-" The pirate was knocked unconscious when Natsu punched him hard in the face.

"I'm Natsu Dragneel! I'm a Fairy Tail mage!" He proudly showed his red guild mark that was on his right arm. Most of the pirates were surprised.

"What the hell is the Salamander doing here?!"

"Crap! Retreat!"

"You idiots! SO what if he is a powerful mage? There's 15 of us and only one of him! We can kill this bastard!" All of the pirates yelled in agreement thinking that they could take on Natsu. Boy were they in for a hell of a surprise.

"Get him!" The pirates charged at him but were blown back after the fire mage used his breath attack.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu unleashed a vortex of fire from his mouth and the pirates were sent flying towards both halves of the ship, causing it to sink faster. Afterwards Natsu went to get the girl out of the net, making sure she wasn't hurt in the process.

"Hey are you ok-" He stopped after seeing the sight before him. He didn't just save any ordinary girl, it was a beautiful blonde mermaid with a pink tail. She had golden sunshine hair with a red flower on top of her head, chocolate brown eyes, a seashell bra, and on her waist she had a brown belt with a pocket case.

"Um, are you okay." He said while backing away a bit. She seemed scared so he didn't want to frighten her. But she smiled and went closer to him to embrace him.

"Thank you for saving me." Natsu returned the hug.

"Sure. No problem." The mermaid laid her head on his chest, making Natsu's heart beat rapidly.

"You lik~e her!" Out of nowhere Happy hovered above them and rolled his tongue.

"Happy!" He started chasing the blue exceed. The pink mermaid couldn't help but laugh.

"Excuse me but are you okay?" The blonde turned to look at Wendy.

"I'm okay. I just have some bruises from those pirates." Wendy examined her and saw the bruises on her back and arms. That was when she realized that the blonde girl was a mermaid.

"Y-y-y-y-y-y-y-you're a m-m-m-mermaid?!" Wendy was left stuttering after seeing the blonde's pink tail.

"Um yes. I'm a mermaid."

"Wendy. Can you heal her at the guild? It's better if we take her to the infirmary." Natsu said while pulling on Happy's tail.

"Natsu I'm sorry!" Happy said as he cringed in pain. Natsu let go of his tail and turned his attention to the blonde mermaid.

"Natsu's right. We should bring her to the guild infirmary. It will be safer for her."

"Ok." Wendy nodded.

"Wait a minute. Where are you gonna take me?"

"To our guild. Don't worry, we aren't gonna hurt you. You know that. I just protected you from those guys."

"I know that. But if you're taking me somewhere on dry land, then I need to transform."

"What do you mean transform?"

"You'll see." Lucy placed her hands on her tail and a magic circle appeared. That was when her tail changed into human legs in a matter of seconds. Natsu covered her exposed womanhood with a towel he brought so that people wouldn't see her like this. He picked her up and carried her bridal style and headed towards Fairy Tail with Wendy and the other exceeds following closely.

Natsu kicked open the guild doors but was only met by the eldest Strauss sibling. Because of the upcoming S Class Mage Event, the guild was mostly empty. The only people who were there was Makarov, Mira, Erza, and Gildarts. Last year Natsu defeated both Gray (the finalist in the S-Class Exam) and Erza in battle and become an S-Class Mage.

"Hey Natsu, who is that in your arms?" Mira asked while pointing.

"I'll tell you later. Right now we need to get her to the infirmary!"

"Ok!" All of them headed to the infirmary. Once inside, Natsu placed the mermaid on the bed and Wendy began to heal her.

"Don't worry, you're going to be fine." Natsu said as he held her hand in his. The mermaid smiled and relaxed.

"Those pirates said that your name is Natsu right?"

"Yes, my name is Natsu. If you don't mind me asking, what's yours" She smiled and answered.

"My name is Lucy. Nice to meet you Natsu.

"Same here Lucy."

'Wow she's really beautiful.' He thought as looked into Lucy's chocolate brown eyes.

That's the end of the first chapter. Let me know what you think!