"Where have you been!?" Erza demanded as she yelled at us. I blush as the two Natsu's hide behind me.
"Well…." I stammer as Master's amused laughter echoes throughout the room.
"Oh! Really you two?!" Erza stammers out, bright red in the face. "You can't keep your hands off of each other for a few days!"
Future Natsu pipes up, " Technically, it's been six months for me."
I slapped my forehead as the Natsu's high five, behind me.
"How does an idiot like Natsu get to bang a mega babe like Lucy!" Gray glares.
" Um…. Maybe this is for the best." Wendy points out timidly with a blush. Erza turns to stare at her as she quickly adds. " Everytime Lucy was taken, she was alone. This time she's not…"
" Oh yeah!" Natsu turns to glare at me. " Why are people after you? I should just handcuff myself! I'm tired of people taking you!"
I roll my eyes. " Next time I get kidnapped, I'll be sure to remember that."
Future Natsu whines, " That's not funny!"
I send him an apologetic smile. The last time I was kidnapped from him, he couldn't save me. He had to watch me die.
"I think Raven Tail wanted me because I bested the god Flare was contracted to. Now for the others.. I don't know. Yukino called the ring leader Rogue but he didn't look like Rogue… he does want me dead."
"He wants you dead because he believes it's your fault his mate died. "Future Natsu softly explained. "You…. You had to unleash sunshine but…. When you did, you and Yukino died."
Yukino was his mate? The heat must have killed her. I thought, trying to understand an event that hadn't happened yet but will happen. My head hurts, I hate time travel.
"I wasn't fast enough. You were...both of you… I think he blamed me because I told you to do what you thought was best. He switched sides and…." Natsu guiltily stated. " ...The dragons just kept coming through the gate thingy... I should have… Why did you tell me to go?! I could have protected you! You should have let me protect you!"
I put my hand on his shoulder.
"You are a dragon slayer, Natsu. You had to fight them. Opening and closing gates is my specialty. Did I manage?"
"Well...Yes but…." He stammered. "I have to live without you Lucy. I hate it...So fucking much. I'm so lonely." He grabs my hands and brings them to his face, which is covered in tears, and kisses my palms. " I hate that I have to live in a world where you don't exist."
I hear sucks of breaths as I blush at his declaration.
"The fact that you're here gives us an advantage to protect Lucy and prevent the destruction you told us about last night." Master says as he puts his hand on future Natsu's shoulder. " Thank you, my boy. You have saved our future."
" There's two of us now." My Natsu says as he slides his arms around my waist. " We will protect our woman."
Future Natsu considered his words before smiling widely, and hugging me tight.
"Don't start that shit here!" Gray demanded as Master whistled. I rolled my eyes but allowed both Natsu's to keep their grips. Future Natsu seemed like he needed a hug. And my Natsu…
Erza grabbed him and said, "They are announcing the winners of games. We need to go!"
"...And in first place, Fairy Tail!" Pumpkin guy announces as he hands the giant golden cup to Master. Heavy cheers of excitement shake the stands as I clap, glad my failure hadn't caused us to lose.
Roar! Growl! Boom! Future Natsu grabs my arms and runs me through the crowd. Massive dragons fly across the sky unleashing magic that is vaporizing buildings and people.
" NATSU DRAGNEEL! UNHAND HER!" Future Rogue shouts from on top of a massive white dragon that's dropping eggs that quickly hatch smaller dragons.
" Over my dead body!" He shouts. "Fire dragon roar!" The huge tower of fire pushes the dragon further away as he shouts to me, "close the eclipse gate Luce. It's the only way the dragons will stop."
I turn to run, not really knowing where to go. Where was the gate? How do I even begin to close it? It was past noon, closer to sunset so sunshine wouldn't help. My thoughts are empty as I hear Natsu's cry of pain. When I turn I see him on his back with a concerningly large and growing pool of blood behind him. "NATSU!"
"Open gate of the lion! Leo!" I shout as I press my hands on Natsu's wound. "Regulus Impact!" "Shadow Dragon, Darkness stream!"
Leo fights future Rogue as I drag Natsu away from the battle. The scar on his cheek…. This is future Natsu… No! Natsu is still Natsu! And he's dying!
"Luce..." He grunts, "You gotta leave me."
"What no!" I deny, "You'd never leave me, I can't leave you!"
"I am not your Natsu. " He said as he grabbed my hand to place it against his lips. "I get to join my Luce this way. Thank you though."
" For what? " I whisper through tears.
"For being you. For letting me show you one last time how much I love you."
He dropped my hand and closed his eyes. " Natsu?!"
I was numb. Just because this wasn't Natsu from my time didn't mean this wasn't Natsu. He…. I….. DAMN IT! ROGUE NEEDED TO DIE!
"Not here Lucy!" Leo yelled, flinching in pain from the amount of heat I was producing. " It won't be enough. You'll exhaust yourself."
I blink through tears. He was right. The sun was setting across the horizon. I stood and ran from Natsu's body.
"Where the hell is this gate?!" I yelled as I weaved through rubble, avoiding magic blasts from the sky.
A giant green dragon landed in front of me. "Yummy, a woman to eat. I've been craving one." He says as he bends down with his mouth open.
"Open! Gate of the maiden, Virgo." She appeared and quickly pulled me underground. I felt Loke's gate close. He must have been defeated by future Rogue I thought while changing to Virgo star dress. We dug a hole large enough to bury a dragon and emerged to the surface.
The dragon yelped as he fell through our hole but it wasn't large enough as the dragon's head was slightly below my neck.
He inhaled and said, "You're mated to a dragon!?" He then grumbled, "...and a pretty powerful one. I can't eat you. Not unless I want the wrath of that dragon. That sounds exhausting. Man, I hate it here."
I blink at the pouting Dragon. "How do I send you back then?"
He blinked at me. "Why would you help me? I was gonna eat ya."
"Because like you said, I'm mated to a dragon."
He contemplated my words for a minute before replying," I think if we fly through the gate, we should go back to our own times."
Finally! Something I can work with, A solid lead. " Where's the gate?"
"At the castle." He says off handedly.
Damn. That's gonna be full of robed people protecting it. Unless they were eaten but the dragons there. How was I gonna get to it unless… maybe if he could smell my connection to Natsu… they could too. "I'm gonna let you go. See if you can get the other dragons that want to go back to their homes to come. I'll send you back."
He blinked as I loosened the dirt surrounding him. " You can do that?"
I nodd and began running toward the castle. You didn't die in vain, Natsu. I've got this.
When I arrived at the castle, A handful of robed people attacked me with batons. I grabbed a baton and used my momentum to spin and throw them a few feet. Thanks to the Virgo star dress, I had super strength but I needed more. I switched to Capricorn star dress as I kicked a robed person toward two others.
I was surrounded. I'll probably need my spirits to close the gate similar to when I closed the gate to hell but… Damn. "Open! Gate of the twin fish, Pisces!" The twin fishes are throwing people left and right as I use my magic to track the gate. I found it!
The King surrounded by his guards is in front of it looking at me intently. " We can't let you close it, Ms. Heartfilia." The king says. " Get her!"
Before anyone can move a giant red tail swings through the crowd.
"What are you doing!?" One of the robed people bellows. "I need you to defeat the apocalypse dragon! She's gonna close the gate!"
"She is mated to my son!" The dragon roars. "She is not to be hurt!"
Son?! Igneel?! What? That's what this is about?!
"I have faced that dragon! And won! I can beat him!" I shout to the robed man. He pulls his hood off and a face I've only seen in textbooks stare back at me. Zeref!
"How?!" He demands. "He destroyed Tenrou Island. The island where the most powerful demon I've ever created was residing. If he could not do it, what makes you think you can?!"
" I am contracted to a supreme deity. At full power, I can summon him. No one can defeat a God except another God." I say. " This! All of this destruction! This pain! It's pointless! Natsu is dead and for what?! So you can wage war on a dragon I've faced before!" I was so mad...so frustrated that Natsu had to go through so much pain for a pointless reason.
" Natsu is dead?!" Zeref and Igneel say in shock.
" Natsu from another timeline. He came back to warn us.. To warn me that someone was trying to kill me." I explained, I understood Igneel's shock but Zeref's…
"Fine." Zeref says after a moment. "Fine, close the gate! But when Agnologia destroys humanity, it will be your fault." He disappears as I sigh in frustration. So the fate of humanity is in my hands. Great. I think sardonically. How do I close this damn thing?
" Where is my son now?" Igneel asks as he crouches to my level. Natsu was right, he was huge. "I can't imagine he'd leave you. Especially in your condition." I blink; my condition?
" He's probably fighting the dragon slayer who wants me dead."
" Please wait!" The king cries. " Zeref told us Agnologia will bring the apocalypse! Please don't!"
My rage is brought to the forefront of my mind as I call Pisces to me. I grab the king to jump on one of the fish. " Fly high Pisces."
I swing my arm to show the king his damaged kingdom.
"Is this worth it?! Look around!"
We looked around to see dragons vaporizing buildings, people fleeing in terror. "You caused this! You did this to your people! And you call yourself a king!"
Pisces lands as I pull the king by his collar. " You caused the apocalypse when you doomed your people."
The green dragon I was taking to earlier flies up with three other dragons. " How do we get home, woman?"
I looked at the gate. It was pulling from many moments in time to pull the dragons to it so if I push my power in it, it could… I placed my palm on the gate and pushed my power into it. "Fly through, you'll return from where you came." This took a lot of concentration so I closed Pisces' gate. The four dragons were gone. If I increase how much power I push into this gate, I could pull all the dragons back through.
Crash! I was pushed backwards by a blast that destroyed the gate. What?! "So this is where you've been hiding." Future Rogue says in a mocking voice, riding the big white dragon. "I hope you've said goodbye. That's more than Yukino got!" A blast of dark energy pushed me back. "Fire's Dragon Roar!" Igneel threw his fire at him only for it to be eaten by the white dragon. Igneel unfurled his wings to show his full size and unleashed a loud roar, I had to put my hands over my ears.
Everything went silent for a moment. "You may be a Dragon King but you are not mine. I will kill the girl myself!"
Igneel crouched low to place me on his head and swung his tail to flick future Rogue.
"Get away from Lucy!" Natsu shouted on top of a giant fire in the shape of a dragon.
"Atlas Flame" Igneel greeted.
"Fire King Igneel." Atlas bowed.
"Dad!?" Natsu shouted.
"You can't stop me, Natsu! She will die by my hand!" Future Rogue shouted.
"I will protect your mate." Igneel told Natsu.
The white dragon still crouched low turned to Future Rogue and… ate him.
"Huh?"
"Is it over?" Natsu asks as he looks around.
I looked to the sky because I heard my voice say Natsu's name. I see Natsu in a field, walking toward… me… I watch myself hold a hand out for Natsu to grab. The other me places Natsu's hand on her belly, Locks eyes at me and winks. Then, I see millions of stars. I place my hand on my belly. My Condition? Igneel's words from earlier… NO! I make a mental note to check when we get home.
"Give me Lucy back you overgrown lizard!" Natsu demands while pulling on Igneel's tail. Gajeel and Wendy arrived riding dragons a moment later. Watching them interact with the dragons… It clicked. The reason Natsu and the others lost their dragons was because they were pulled through time.
I looked at the gate. I don't think we can put them back. I slide off Igneel's head to hug Natsu. He was fine. He was alive. Bruised and battered. But alive.
Natsu wrapped his arms around me tightly and asked, "Why are you crying Luce?"
"I saw… you…you idiot!" I sniff in hysterics.
Igneel and the other dragons flew to hide in the mountains until we figured out how to send them home. The royal family hosted a party in honor of the people who fought and protected the kingdom during the Dragon invasion.
"Lucy?" Yukino softly said as she walked to me.
I give her my attention. "Yes?"
"Since I was kicked out of Sabertooth, I've decided to stop being a guild wizard." She says. " I wanted to say goodbye in person."
"Why were you kicked out?" I ask in awe. She can't stop being a guild wizard. She was powerful.
" Since I no longer hold Zodiac gate keys, I'm weak." She says sadly.
"You still have Ophiuchus. And there are so many different types of powerful contracts out there! What about Draco or the beast's key? Or the legend keys? The dark one? Ok, that's not a good one but he's powerful so I guess he could count..." I take a breath. " Why don't you join fairy tail with me?"
"You're joining Fairy tail?" Natsu asks, a little excited at the prospect.
"Sabertooth kicked her out because she lost her gate keys to me." I explained to him. "What is that on your head?!"
"I stole the crown." He says in the most obtuse way.
"Natsu!" I exclaim as the king's guards run to us.
"Wait!" A voice proclaims. "Leave him be." Princess Hisui orders. "It was our fault he and his friends got hurt. As long as he doesn't leave with it, he can continue with it."
Natsu smiles as he slides his hands around my waist.
"I understand that you two are celestial wizards." Princess Hisui says as she points to me and Yukino.
" You…" she points to me., "...saved us from being swallowed by hell." She bows to me and says, " Thank you, Lucy."
I gape at her. "How do you know that I..."
"I too am a celestial wizard." She explains and then adds, "...but nowhere near your level." She points to Yukino, "or yours!"
Yukino blushes and says, " I'm not that strong."
Hisui pipes up. " Are you kidding?! To summon Ophiuchus and not immediately pass out. The power you'd need just to summon a zodiac! You are incredible."
" Incredible enough to be a Fairy Tail wizard!" I said to her, She tears up as Rogue and Sting run to us.
"No! You are not leaving us!" Sting declares.
"..but Master Jiemma said…" she says but was cut off by Rogue.
"We voted him out. He's gone. You are staying with us."
Tears streamed down her face, so he put his hands on her shoulders. "You do want to stay in Sabertooth right?"
" Yes." She softly agrees.
Sting throws his arms over her shoulders. "Then, it's settled!"
Rogue grabs her arm and pulls her from Sting with a growl. Sting growls back as Natsu nuzzles my mate mark with a sigh of content.
I smile at them yo-yo Yukino as she looks to me for help.
"Boys!" I yell to get their attention. "She's not a yo-yo!"
They both let go and mumble apologies.
"Let's dance Luce!" Natsu says, dragging me to the dance floor.
We are swaying back and forth with Natsu's arms wrapped around my waist and his head on my shoulder.
"Hey, Luce?" He mumbles against the junction of my neck. "Loke told me what happened to future me. Are you ok?"
I freeze as I absorb his words. Was I ok? I had to watch my soulmate die being a hero. But the vision in the sky…
Natsu steps back to wipe the tears off my face. "Let's get some air."
I could feel the gentle breeze in my hair as I tried to calm myself down. Natsu presses his forehead to mine and softly says, "Don't cry Luce. I'm here. I'm fine."
"Do you know how much I love you?" I ask him. " Do you think he knew?"
Natsu scoffed and wrapped his arms around me. " Of course I do Luce. Being loved by you is a pretty powerful thing."
I smile at Natsu before pressing my lips to his. He immediately deepens the kiss as I wrap my arms around his neck. He slides his arms down to my hips as he presses me to the wall. His tongue meets mine and my body spikes with an intense arousal. I need him. Now. His erection pressed against my lower belly suggested we were on the same page.
He broke our kiss and said, "We have that room for one more night."
He grins mischievously, picks me up bridal style and jumps off the balcony, crown and all. "Natsu! You were supposed to return that!"
As soon as the door to the room closes, my front is pinned to it.
Natsu kisses across the back of my neck and pulls the clip that's keeping my hair in place. My hair tickles my back as he unzips my dress, trailing kisses as he gets lower. My dress falls to the floor as Natsu sits with his back to the door and grabs my hips.
My forehead is against it as I tangle my fingers in Natsu's hair. He nips and licks at my inner thighs as one of his hands grabs one of mine. He presses my hand against my lower belly and uses my finger to trace circles around my clit. I take his hint as he lets out a breathless, "Fuck, that's so hot." He gently slides my panties down my thigh to my ankles.
"You normally rip them." I say a little breathless since i'm still drawing circles around the most sensitive part of me.
"I can't rip these Luce. They are the same color as my hair." " He says as his tongue licks at my thigh again.
I step out of my panties as his fingers trace up the inside of my legs. He presses two fingers inside me and uses his other hand to press two more fingers in my butt.
I increase my pace as I feel him kiss my clit through my fingers. The hand that's in my backside tangles with the fingers on my clit as he takes it in his mouth. "Natsu!" I yell in pleasure as I raise my forehead from the door.
He releases me with a pop and kisses up my body as he stands with his back still against the door and his fingers still in me.
"Do you know how I know you love me Luce?" He asks as soon as we are face to face, his palm against my clit as his fingers increase speed. "I can see it in your smile. I can smell it in your arousal." He buries his face in my neck to nip and lick me. "I can taste it when I'm on my knees for you. That's why I love my tongue in your pussy."
"Natsu.. I'm close..." I whine as he looks me in the eye.
"I love you Lucy." I moan my release as he kisses me.
He removes his fingers, causing me to shudder and wraps his arms around my waist. He guides me toward the bed and sits me down.
"I love watching you play with your pussy but I need to be inside you."
I sat back and spread my legs wide in invitation. "Take me Natsu."
"You are a goddess!" He says while stepping out of his clothes. He crawls up my body and roughly enters me. I practically sob in joy at his brutal pace. "Yes! Yes! Yes!" He sits back to grab my leg and puts it on his shoulder. His hand slides down my leg to my hip and orders, "play with your nipples." I do so as he groans his pleasure.
He increased his pace as I ran my hands up my body to grip my hair. He leaned down to take a nipple in his mouth. The stretch was insanely incredible! My thoughts scattered as I screamed my release with a rush of liquid. How can he always make me squirt!?
I couldn't ponder on that long as I was turned to be on my hands and knees. He extended his legs so my hands were resting right below his knees and pulled me down on him as he pressed into me. I set a quick pace as he held on to my ankles.
He let go of my ankles to trail his hands up my sides to twirl my nipples with his fingers. I threw my head back as he sat up to tug on it. I loved when he played with my hair especially during sex. He always knew! How did he Always know? I came with a loud reverent shout of his Name as he pushed me so my back was flush against the bed. He gripped my thigh in his hands as he eased into me with a light groan. His other hand was tangling in my hair.
"Everytime I touch your hair, you get tighter Luce. Fuck if i had known how much you liked it..." He groaned as I tightened again.
He increased his pace as the hand that was holding my thigh snuck across my body to flick my clit. I pressed my face in the pillows but he tugged my hair. "I love hearing your voice. Don't hide."
"Natsu!" I scream my release as he increases his pace. His orgasm came a few moments later. He collapsed on top of me like a muscular weighted blanket.
"I love you too, Natsu." I say while we doze off.