Yoohoo! Bit of a surprise extra upload while you're waiting for chapter 11 of Dragon Souls, don't worry it will be up within the next few weeks; I'm around half way through so there isn't too much to do. This one shot was the product of watching the first Fairy Tail final season episode, inspired by a certain scene between Natsu and Lucy. I found myself wondering what I'd like to see happen if they did actually spar with each other. The result was a long ass smutty piece of crap I couldn't stop giggling at like a little girl. So enjoy this story of shameless flirting, heavy heavy petting and you know what comes next...be warned for swearing, explicit lemon and bad humor!

"You'll do, Lucy! Fight me!"

"No way…is what I'd like to say, but I've done my own secret training!

"Oh."

"I'll never beat you in a serious fight, but maybe we can spar sometimes?"

"Nah. Not feelin' fired up."

"Seemed like it to me!"

Fighting Dirty

Thump…thud…thud.

Had it been anyone but a dragon slayer at the guildhall at this given moment, one might find the rhythmic noises coming far from within the sturdy walls barely audible to the ears. This in itself was not the strangest thing, it was the notion that apart from himself; Natsu Dragneel had believed himself to be completely alone at Fairy Tail.

Normally, the pinkette was not the type to stay so late into the early morning hours at the guild, unless there was a party going on.

It didn't take much to be used as an excuse for the rambunctious band of wizards to get absolutely shit-faced and make as much noise as possible, leaving Makarov with a hefty stack of paperwork to complete; from repair bills to complaints made to the Magic Council. As much as the doting father loved his precious children very much, the miscreants sure gave him one hell of a headache!

When the rag tag crew bunch weren't bleeding Gramps' liquor selection dry or giving him a brain aneurysm, they could be relatively well behaved. The fire dragon slayer was normally the instigator to the brawls, and had their beloved Master been a more spendthrift man; he would be presenting the hot-headed tearaway with a bill for every property damage claim that the guild received. Makarov Dreyar could have retired years ago!

It had become sort of a running joke at Fairy Tail.

Natsu Dragneel could always be counted on to break something, be it a table, window or a nose; the daily life of a Fairy was not complete unless there was absolute chaos.

Thump…thud…thud.

The rhythmic thud his sensitive ears could pick up from beyond the main hall told him that there was someone else within, he could hear what sounded like…grunting? Sensitive ears honed in, trying to locate the direction of the noise; but just who could it be?

It certainly wasn't Mira, the white haired barmaid and demon-shifter had finished cleaning down the bar, slung any drunken stragglers into the street and bid him good night more than twenty minutes ago; asking him not to destroy the place.

Phft...like that had happened...well – not on purpose!

Shit…he really hoped he didn't walk in on any more couples sucking face in the boiler room again, Natsu had better things to be doing than walking in on Elfman and Evergreen yet again pretending they weren't drowning in sexual tension.

His first time being frozen in stone for a week in the middle of the guild hall had been punishment enough, Ever had chased him in a blind fury and yelling obscenities; finally catching him up and casting her magic upon him. He'd only gotten laughed at by the rest of the guild, especially as his so called 'nakama' had taken it upon themselves to dress his stone statue with a lime green feather boa, a orange curly wig and matching beard and one of Lucy's pink mini-skirts and a purple floral bikini top. He'd also ended up on the front cover of Sorcerer Weekly, but he'd never found out who was responsible for that one.

Whoever it was had a very slow and excruciatingly painful death coming to them if he ever found them out!

Natsu still received the occasional invite to perform at the highly popular drag club in Crocus's west end, much to his friends teasing how good he apparently looked in women's clothing. Reedus had done such a realistic job of painting his stony face to resemble Lucy's scary landlady that the blonde had developed a nervous twitch in her step whenever she passed by, Happy had taken to hissing 'RENT!' in her ear sporadically through the week; much to the celestial wizards' chagrin. His favourite feline buddy was an inch or two from being boiled alive and served as an entree for Lucy's amusement. He wasn't quite sure how much more his best friend could take, having her raciest underwear flown down the central causeway by a blue cat holding them aloft like a cheeky banner in assorted bright colours.

Most of Magnolia had seen her panty collection by now and she was one more incident away from asking Virgo to open up a hole in the ground beneath her feet and bury her alive!

Speaking of Fairy Tail's resident spirit summoner, Natsu was only here at this time of night because he had no one else to hang out with, Happy had gone on a weekend vacation with Carla to visit their parents in Edolas; leaving him without his favourite blue buddy to pull pranks and mischief with. Natsu had of course tried to pay a visit to his favourite human, jumping up to his regular window of the little apartment on Strawberry Street; by the canal, only to find the place in complete darkness!

His favourite Celestial Mage was nowhere to be found within, he'd strolled through the home calling out her name; expecting to find the pretty blond either in bed, or whiling away hours in her large bathtub. Rather than sneaking a peak at those dangerous curves covered in bubbles, he found no trace of the buxom blonde.

Nope...Luce was not home either.

With a pout and his shoulders slumped, Natsu had tried the guild hall; finding the usual band of Mages and miscreants drinking, eating and causing a ruckus as normal. Gray had gone home an hour ago, so he couldn't even start a brawl with the Icy Jerk-off; Laxus was on a job with the Thunder Legion and Erza was away on a special task for the old man. Natsu milled about as normal, a smile on his face just a little forced as he went without the company of his team mates.

Back to his current mission, the Dragon Slayer walked by the wooden staircase that led to the second floor; where the S-Class Mages normally hung out. He couldn't sense or smell anyone up there, so those people were out of the question. The thudding grew louder in his ears as he silently moved closer, his steady heartbeat growing syncopated with the sound he eventually realised was clenched fists hitting the leather punching bag of the guild hall gym. Not many of the guild knew about it, as most all the Mages in Fairy Tail relied on magic, not physical strength. Only the top wizards ever really used it, himself included on occasion; when there was no one to trade blows with in the main hall, or he had frustrations to beat out himself. It wasn't much, some weight machines and punching bags, a few treadmills and bikes; some climbing frames and monkey bars, and a small square tatami mat in the centre for sparring.

Thud…thump…thud

Natsu forced himself not to cheer loudly at the rise of his competitive nature, dampening it down slightly until he figured out just who it was; before he went in fists blazing and challenging the person doing a late night work-out to a duel. He owed Laxus a knuckle sandwich for the black eye he'd given the pinkette a few weeks back, but the new scent on the air made the Dragon Slayer pause.

A familiar and sweet fragrance of star light and strawberry lip gloss hit his sensitive nose almost as soon as he got to the corridor; his brows narrowed in confusion and he found himself pausing in his investigation. Maybe it was just the scent of his favourite weirdo tricking his brain because he missed her, perhaps she had been down the same corridor earlier in the day; maybe she had simply passed by on the way to somewhere else. But that couldn't be it. Because the sound of feminine grunting and huffs could also be heard within the pounding of fists on the punching bag.

Why the hell would Lucy Heartfilia be working out in the gym at nearly one in the morning?

It was definitely coming from the gym, because there was nothing on this side of the guildhall except the gym, some storage rooms and the kitchen. He doubted the pretty blond mage was beating out her frustrations over a pot on the stove! Or moving boxes and beer barrels in storage...had she lost a bet with Mira?

The door was ajar and his curiosity got the better of him before he went crashing into the room, unwilling to receive a 'Lucy-kick' to the head for surprising her. Natsu could sense her frustration and could tell something was bothering her from the huffs and puffs of her shortness of breath, she had a tendency to lash out when she was pissed off.

He peared round the door with curious black eyes, which promptly widened at the sight before him.

Lucy was dressed in a pair of baggy grey sweatpants that he distinctly remembered had vanished from his home more than six months ago, normally he could barely remember what he had eaten for breakfast; but they were his favourite pair! His mouth went dry as his eyes honed in on the tight black sports bra covering her ample chest, really not doing much to stop the bounce as each delicate fist hit the leather; long hair the shade of spun gold swayed too and fro with each subtle movement of her lithe body, her pale skin covered in a sheen of sweat that made his breath hitch as he watched her work out.

Feeling a little guilty for gawking at what his best friend was wearing, he made to look away from her sweat laced skin; Natsu was well used to seeing Lucy in much less clothing than she was currently wearing, but the sight of her toned stomach and the dip of her back as it disappeared into his sweatpants left him feeling far more hot under the collar than any of her skimpy outfits.

So he got all fired up when his best friend kicked ass...everyone had their quirks!

'Fuck it…if I'm quiet she won't notice i'm here…maybe I could just stay for a few minutes to check out her fighting form.'

Natsu could almost hear Happy teasing him in his head, the little blue fur ball seemed to thrive on making completely inappropriate remarks in the worst situations; if he wasn't so small and innocent he might think the Exceed was an evil genius on par with their fiercest opponents!

His right fang bit into the skin of his bottom lip as he quietly entered the room, silently thankful the wooden door didn't creak as he closed it gently; folding his arms and leaning against the doorframe. Black eyes widened a little as he watched his best friend clench her left fist and turn her right to the side, striking the side of the punch bag as he would the side of an opponent's head to knock them out. The punching bag swayed violently as she hit true, a pleased little giggle left her throat and made the hairs on the pinkettes bare right arm stand on end.

That was one of his moves!

Pride swelled within him as he watched his best friend then swing her hips to the right, lifting her left leg to strike the side of the bag with a satisfying thwack; the chain holding the bag up rattling slightly as it swayed.

Lucy moved with all the grace of a dancer on the balls of her feet as she moved a wrapped hand to tuck a wayward strand of golden hair behind her ear; before her chocolate brown eyes narrowed in challenge to her imaginary opponent. With a sharp jab to the left side of the bag, it swung sideways, causing her to duck back out of the way before it could hit her.

As a skilled fighter himself, he could see the underlying confidence in her movements. She was agile and her swift movements were an almost direct contrast to his own, he was built for power and endurance. Natsu could fight for hours, whereas Lucy was quick with her jabs; but it seemed she would tire out easily if she didn't pace herself accordingly.

Natsu was confused as to why Lucy would be practising her combat skills, as a holder type Mage; Lucy used spirits to fight, she was just the conduit for her magical energy. A vague conversation about her not wanting to be a burden if her magic ran out filtered into his mind, Lucy had wanted to hold her own in a physical fight; she had the ridiculous opinion that she was the weakest member of the team and she wanted to get stronger.

Of course Natsu had laughed and told her not to be silly, she was plenty strong. Maybe that hadn't been enough for her, Lucy could be extremely stubborn when she wanted to be...

A surprised yell suddenly left Natsu's throat as he watched his best friend perform a graceful spinning crescent kick; the edge of her foot giving the punching bag a brutal final move, before Natsu realised his mistake.

'Fuck.'

His hand covered his mouth immediately, as though it would help hide him from the wrath of an angry celestial wizard.

The blond swiftly turned towards the door, big brown eyes widening in surprise as she noticed her best friend gawking at her from the doorway of the gym, half guilty and half in awe of her performance. He tried not to let his eyes drop to her heaving chest as she wiped away the sweat from her brow with her right arm, before her eyes turned to him; narrowing suspiciously.

"How long have you been watching me, Natsu?" Lucy huffed, placing her hands on her hips impatiently.

"Not long...where the hell did you learn to do a Crescent Kick?" Natsu grinned, raising an eyebrow at her in challenge; to which she smirked smugly and walked towards him.

"Erza...she's been sort of helping me learn some new moves, so if I ever find myself without magical energy I won't need to be saved –"

"You don't need to do that, Luce. I told ya, you're a strong Mage."

Lucy scowled at him and rolled her eyes.

"Yes...I'm well aware you think I'm strong on my own, Natsu...and it's really incredibly sweet that you have so much faith in me, but I'm not going to stand back and have my team rescue me all the time when my magic energy goes 'poof' in the middle of a fight!" Lucy sighed and pinched the bridge of her nose. "I can't exactly talk my opponent to death now can I? Don't even think of an answer to that, bonehead!"

A cheeky grin had made its way onto the fire dragon slayer's face but it quickly vanished at the glare he received.

'So scary!'

"Wasn't gonna say a thing, Luce."

"Suure." Lucy smirked and turned away.

Natsu felt his traitorous eyes taking in her shapely behind as she bent over to retrieve a light pink towel from the small purple duffle bag he had only just noticed was sitting by the bench press. An odd sort of silence settled between them as he watched Lucy taking a sip of her water bottle, the blonde seemed to be internally warring with herself as to what to exercise next.

With his competitive nature piqued by the skills he had witnessed Lucy performing against the punching bag, he briefly wondered what else his best friend was capable of.

Natsu really hoped she wouldn't punch him in the face for what he was about to do, but he was really, really itching for a fight. Lucy being riled up from her workout was really freaking hot, in his opinion. He wanted her to show him what she'd been learning.

"Hey…Luce? Fight me."

"Wha- EEP!"

With the strength and speed only a dragon slayer (or Erza) could possess, Natsu ducked and swiped his right leg out in a kick to the back of Lucy's knees; momentarily alarming her. Instead of falling however, the blonde jerked, dropped the water bottle to the floor and darted sideways in a roll; her eyes zeroing in on him with a glare. She hadn't made it out of his attempt to disarm her completely unscathed, there was a wet patch on the left front thigh of the grey sweatpants she had stolen from him.

Lucy scrambled to pick up the leaking water bottle before it could soak into the tatami mat and reached out a hand to place it upright; her deceptively delicate hand momentarily pausing as she chose between closing the lid or upending the contents over Natsu's messy salmon spikes.

"Ah ah ah…this ain't a water fight, Luce." Natsu snorted and gave her his signature lopsided grin, eyes alight in mischief.

"Jerk." Lucy felt colour creeping up her neck as she saw the look on his face. Had it been anyone else, they would have known to steer clear of that look, but with her it just made her feel all kinds of frustrated…and not the angry kind.

Natsu's stomach looped in excitement as she shot towards him suddenly, aiming to take him down by grasping the pinkette round the stomach and pushing him onto his back. With a grunt of surprise from him, Lucy feigned to the right in order to throw him off; before she grinned and landed a well placed kick to the side of his abdomen. Her cocky grin made him smile.

"Rude…" Natsu grinned, rubbing his side in mock pain. With a swat of his palm to the side of her left hip, Lucy winced slightly at the smacking sound against her bare skin that echoed around the room. The two got to their feet and Natsu settled into his signature battle stance, palm facing upwards and gesturing towards her in a 'come here' motion. Surprisingly, Lucy grinned and instead of settling into her own stance, she stuck her tongue out at him and gave him the stank eye.

It was enough to drop his guard and his jaw as he gawked at her, she clearly thought her best friend was joking. Lucy shook her head with a giggle and bent over to pick up the water bottle again, moving towards her duffle.

"I'm serious, Luce. Fight me." Natsu grinned, folding his arms and tilting his head.

Lucy raised an arched eyebrow at him, mimicking his tilt of the head when she realised he was serious. Natsu actually agreeing to a sparring match - with her?

"Y-You seriously want to spar with me?" Lucy asked, completely flabbergasted, mouth dropping open comically as she watched the pinkette unwinding his precious scaled scarf; draping it over the bench with purpose. "B-But last time I offered you rejected me!"

"I wasn't feelin' fired up back then." Natsu affirmed cheerily, his hand moving to the orange sash he wrapped around his one armed coat.

"W-What are you doing?"

Lucy swallowed hard as she watched his powerful hands unwinding the sash to let it join the scarf. It was as if he knew exactly how much he was testing her as his coat parted to reveal those gloriously chiselled abs that she spent hours drooling over in her daydreams, much to her continued embarrassment; her favourite mantra was also the one she had to remind herself not to break the most often -

'One must not fantasise about pushing one's best friend against a wall and jumping on him, or equally scandalous scenarios!'

"I don't wanna damage my scarf." Natsu explained simply, a strange look she hadn't seen from him before on his handsome face as he shrugged off his coat.

Lucy stifled a gasp and turned away to busy herself with retying her ponytail as her eyes traitorously lingered on his muscular arms as he cracked his knuckles, kicking off his black sandals.

'The bench press looks more comfy for the back than the wall -'

Lucy shook her head vigorously to try and rid her face of the flaming redness that took over and turned round to find an adorably confused expression on Natsu's face at her actions.

"What's up, weirdo?"

"N-Nothing." Lucy growled, rare bravado giving her the courage to utter the thought lingering in her mind. "Anything else coming off…or do I have to buy you dinner first?" She added with sass.

The odd look was back again as she regarded the hooded expression and dark twinkle in his eyes. It was kind of similar to his 'battle ready' look, but inherently different at the same time; almost as though he was holding himself back from something. Lucy didn't know what it meant just yet, so she filed it away for later.

The low chuckle that escaped his throat made her suddenly feel as though she were a rabbit caught under the gaze of a hungry predator, about to pounce and be devoured whole for lunch. Just as a dull ache began to settle in her abdomen, the look was replaced with mirth and a cheeky grin. Lucy had had her suspicions for some time that Natsu Dragneel was not in fact as oblivious and innocent as he appeared to everyone else, everytime she seemed to get close to confirming her secret theory; he usually ran for the hills or laughed it off and went to wreck something.

"You sure say some funny things, weirdo!"

Lucy rolled her eyes and chose to ignore his obvious diversion for now, having absolutely no idea as to how much her words had affected her best friend; his instincts screaming at him to march over and find another use for that sassy mouth. Natsu knew his best friend better than she knew herself, she was way too smart for her own good and he wasn't sure exactly how long he could keep himself under control around her; especially when he knew she was onto him. It had taken literal years to get the beautiful blonde to even glance his way in any other way than purely platonic, the dragon slayer wasn't really interested in the idea of romance for the first few years; she was so easy to rile up and he was happy to play along to the oblivious idiot with the romantic range of a rock. Until she started to show some interest, he would go on with his little game.

Natsu secretly loved the thrill and tease of the chase, and while the hunt was winding into the final stages; the end game was shaping up to be a hell of a show.

Giving in to the temptation of keeping his hands to himself, the pinkette let his dark eyes trail over the grey sweatpants that hung loosely from her shapely legs.

"So when did my favourite pair of sweatpants go missing?" He couldn't resist teasing her when her cheeks turned a cute pink, a hair darker that his salmon strands; her lips parting to let loose a quick curse that anyone but him would have missed. "I've been looking for those."

"D-Didn't realise they were yours, sorry." Lucy mumbled. "I'll give them back if you want."

"Now?" Natsu swallowed a lump in his throat and his teasing was forgotten about for a moment as his eyes settled on the dip of her hipbone that told him the waistband was kind of loose on her curvy hips. He chuckled darkly as her cheeks darkened to a beetroot and she spluttered at him.

"N-Not now, you pervert! I'm not going to fight you in my…my underwear!"

"Y'know I'm starting to think you have a fetish for fighting in your skivvies." Natsu teased, laughing at the steam almost spouting from his favourite weirdo's bright red ears.

"I DO NOT HAVE AN UNDERWEAR FETISH!" she screeched at him, making him laugh.

"Geesh, lighten up will ya? I was only joking…"

Getting into his normal stance, Lucy shook her head and paused momentarily before she shot off from her back foot and aimed a punch straight towards his smug face; eager to wipe it off with gusto. Rather than let her attack land and give him a bloody nose, Natsu parried with a palm thrust forwards into her solar plexus; winding her slightly, but not causing too much damage. Lucy grunted slightly and retaliated with a side kick to his left shin, causing him to bounce on the balls of his feet and jump back out of the way.

She wasn't putting everything into the first few swipes, he noted with a barely perceptible grin; she was good. Lucy might have looked like the typical damsel in distress to anyone who didn't know her, but the man in front of her had been on the receiving end of far too many of her 'Lucy Kicks' to underestimate his best friend. Her arms barely held any muscle but he knew that all of her power was in those long legs she liked to parade round in cute skirts and shorts, dangerously testing his limits on a daily basis; they hurt like hell when she was angry.

Speaking of anger, he was pretty sure the red haze on her face wasn't from being flustered…

"Stop holding back! I can take it, Natsu." Lucy hissed, balling her hands into solid fists to aim at his chest. Crossing his forearms in front of him, Natsu barely felt the one two she landed before he crouched low and kicked her feet out from under her, had it been before he knew she could fight like this; Natsu would have cradled the back of her head from hitting the tatami mat. Lucy didn't let that happen as she used the backwards momentum to roll over into a crouch, catching him off guard as she wrapped her arms around his knees and used her feet to propel Natsu backwards; landing him unceremoniously on his back.

Lucy was breathing heavily as she sat astride his hips, gazing down at him with her golden hair askew with strands clinging to her cheeks; which were a lovely rosy colour from exertion.

"Yield?" Lucy might be slightly out of breath, but she was smiling.

"Not until you tell me who else taught ya to fight." Natsu pressed, rising up onto his elbows and bringing his face nearer to her.

"W-What do you mean who else?" Lucy tilted her head in confusion, letting her palms drop to his abs.

"I recognise some of Erza's moves, heck even a few of my own but the way you move isn't like either of us." Natsu raised an eyebrow as a look of understanding passed on her face. With a wry smile she leant over him and flicked him on the forehead. "So who's is it?"

"My own, I studied both of your fighting styles. I spent hours practising to figure out what I could and couldn't manage and from there I added my own 'Lucy' flair to it. I've been struggling with the more complex moves but I didn't want to just copy your -"

Natsu suddenly bucked his hips up into hers and Lucy let out a surprised gasp, focused black eyes met those of molten chocolate and Natsu felt his breath hitch as his best friend bit her bottom lip.

"Show me." Natsu demanded in a low voice, moving towards Lucy as she backed up onto her knees away from his dangerous hips; the way they sat just low enough to tease her at what lay beneath enough to get her all achy again. Natsu grinned toothily at her in a challenge and crawled towards her, face stopping inches from her own.

"Show me what ya really got, Luce."

Shit…Lucy should have figured that Fairy Tail's resident brawler would know that she too was holding back.

The blonde had started her little project around seven months or so ago, after a particularly nasty mission had ended her up in the guild infirmary with a mild case of magic deficiency and one extremely angry fire dragon slayer berating her for trying to call out five spirits at once. Normally Lucy would be fully capable of doing something that was once impossible for her just a few short years ago, due to the intensive training she had put in over the year long hiatus of Fairy Tail; but that particular week she had caught a cold from being stranded in the middle of a rainforest the week before. It wasn't her magic that was the problem, it was her physical strength and stamina.

So, after talking it over extensively with an enthusiastic Levy, who was currently on heavily enforced maternity leave at eight months; and was an absolute terror as she waddled her tiny frame and ginormous belly round the guild and yelled obsenities at anyone who so much as breathed too loudly. Gajeel just grinned proudly and knew to steer clear of the scary pregnant bluenette on a rampage.

The guild was already placing bets on who the kid would take more after, Levy or Gajeel. So far the tiny bluenette was winning seventy three against twenty seven percent, and someone had even bet that Levy was going to give birth to an anvil instead of a baby!

Lucy had borrowed several Lacrima recordings of the Grand Magic Games and studied them religiously whenever she had the free time, determined to make as many notes as possible for future reference. Like any time that the blonde was to be found furiously writing in her notepad, everyone knew to leave her alone while the creative juices were flowing; she appreciated the gesture even if they were wrong in their assumption she was working on a sequel to her first book.

The blonde told the bewildered pinkette as much, as he sat blinking at her on all fours; his expression of pride extremely flattering to her.

"So you learned all that from watching our old fights?" Natsu gave a heartily impressed whistle as he got to his feet, reaching down to offer his hand to Lucy.

"Yup! I know I'm not perfect, but while you're here is there anything I need to work on?" Lucy asked eager to learn what she could direct from the source. He made a fist with his left hand and raised it to his face.

"You could use some work on your punches but you've got great footwork. You're swift and precise with your kicks, if I didn't know you'd been studying our moves I would have thought you'd been taught by us. Nice work, Luce!"

Lucy beamed with pride and Natsu watched as she did an adorably dorky celebratory dance.

"Just one question though, if you wanted to learn to fight…why didn't you just ask?" Natsu asked, genuinely curious. Lucy blushed again and tied at the ground with her right foot, hands clasped behind her back that made her boobs push together in a way that momentarily directed his gaze.

"I thought you guys might make fun of me." Lucy admitted, ashamed for thinking such a thing. Sure her friends might laugh a little at first, but when they saw she was being genuine; they would do whatever they could to help. "I also kinda wanted to see the look on your face when I challenged you to a fight and handed your ass to you."

Natsu could fully understand where she was coming from on that note, he might have thought the woman who had a ridiculously religious nightly beauty regime and spent far too much Jewel on clothes that got ruined extremely quickly, was joking when asking him to teach her how to fight. Lucy had him at hello there!

"You aren't wrong there, and who said you'd be handing me my ass…princess?" Natsu narrowed his eyes dangerously, the predatory look was back with a vengeance now and Lucy felt her stomach drop when she realised exactly what it was for. She knew for a fact now that he was onto her, and she couldn't be more thrilled at being proven correct.

Holy shit…Natsu was actually flirting with her!

If he got turned on by the mere thought of fighting her, then she wasn't entirely sure that she was going to be able to win this battle; not with the way the obviously salacious way his eyes trailed over her body as they circled one another on the tatami mat. The familiar itch of longing made the normally dormant bravado she used to try to flirt her way to a discount rise to the surface, narrowing her eyes and making her lick her parched lips before she smirked at him. Might as well make him work for it!

"Bring it on, Natsu." Lucy could feel the adrenaline from her previous workout wearing off slightly, so she stretched out her neck and shook her hands; bouncing back and forth on the balls of her feet and entirely well aware of his eyes watching her lithe body moving. The little wink she sent him made all of the blood in his body rush south and he could feel his animalistic side warring within him for dominance over this coquettish siren.

Before any thoughts of how else he wanted to see her body moving could take over in his head, Natsu sneered at her the same way he would an opponent; except this one promised to do naughty things. The way her eyes caught the flex of his abs as he settled into a sideways squat made her raise her left thumb to rub against her bottom lip, much like she did when choosing items at the bakery; before she mirrored his stance.

Lucy tried to strike out with a low kick, Natsu blocked it and hit back with his right arm; however instead of hand hitting her ribcage, his rough fingertips danced along her flushed skin instead. With a huff of frustration, she aimed an uppercut towards his chin, getting her own back by flicking Natsu's nose. Shaking his head at her, the pinkette pivoted on his right leg and raised his left to deliver a kick to her ass; that one earned him an actual growl.

"Come on, Luce. You're supposed to be hitting me." Natsu mocked salaciously, he feigned ducking low and caught her completely off guard as he pushed them back to the floor; Lucy hissed at him and managed to get a swipe at his ear before he grasped both of her hands and secured them above her head on the mat.

She looked incredibly sexy, all sweaty and dishevelled, long hair escaping from its ponytail, her creamy skin all slick and pink from her exhaustion. Natsu let his hooded eyes trail down to her heaving chest, one of her straps dangerously close to falling down, his eyes wandered lower. A bead of sweat slid down from her belly button, causing her to shiver as it disappeared into the waistband of the grey sweatpants. Lucy gazed up at him with cloudy brown eyes as she licked her lips slowly, she could feel the slack grip the dragon slayer had on her wrists; but she couldn't find it in her to want to move.

"You gonna let me up…or?" Lucy murmured, her eyes flicking to his lips as he gazed down at her. Immediately letting go of her, she tried not to be disappointed at his lack of response as he scrambled away from her as though burned.

"D-Don't." Natsu held up a hand to try and stop her advance, but she was tired of him running away from her. She'd tired of it roughly half an hour ago, actually.

Lucy didn't wait for her best friend to answer as she twirled away from the hand he had tried to stop her with and stood behind him. Using her right calf to wrap around his right leg, she wound her left arm around the front of his torso and tightly grasped his wrist. Had he wanted to do so, Natsu could have easily wrestled out of her grip, but he could feel her hardened peaks pressed tightly between his shoulder blades and the thought of her being turned on made him moan low in his throat. This wasn't exactly how he was planning his day to go, he figured he and Luce would wrestle about a bit and then go home; where he'd most likely get kicked out for trying to sneak into her ridiculously comfy bed…yet again.

Shit…he shouldn't be thinking of Lucy and Bed in the same sentence right now!

"Don't what, Natsu?" Lucy spoke breathily into his right ear, making sure to open her mouth to nibble a little on the lobe as she did, her teasing fingertips walking ever so slowly down his lower stomach and making him groan. The pinkettes left hand managed to move enough to grab at her wrist, halting the nimble fingers from journeying any lower on the V of his abdomen.

"Don't push me." He replied in a dangerous voice, the last two letters hitching in his throat as the teasing blonde bucked her hips up into his ass; before she let go of him and moved away. He sounded absolutely feral as he turned to look at her. Her entire face was covered in a light pink blush, her fingertips dancing across the waistband of his sweats, tugging ever so slightly on the drawstring. He had no idea what the hell she had on underneath, but Natsu didn't care as he watched her lips smack together and her gaze drop to watch what she was doing to herself.

"Guess I thought wrong…have at me then."

They momentarily stared each other down before Natsu made the first move, his breath rattling in his chest and gait agitated as he went straight in for the kill. Lucy thought he was going to pull her down to the floor again, but shock hit her like a freight train as he snarled at her. He easily picked up the brunt of her weight and lifted her into sitting astride his hips as he marched them backwards to Mavis only knew where.

Lucy found her nails digging into his bare shoulders as her legs tightened around his narrow hips, weight settling on the hard bulge beneath his white baggy pants as he ground up into her.

"N-Natsu!" Lucy's breath went up a pitch and her head fell back as the cold hard wall met her back. Using his hips to hold her weight against the wall, Natsu freed his arms, one grasping tightly at Lucy's waist. The other hand carded into the back of the blondes barely there anymore ponytail and yanked her down towards him to press his forehead against hers.

"I warned ya…" Natsu looked his best friend in the eyes to find any sense of trepidation, upon finding none he grinned.

Leaning forwards, his face turned against her cheek to run his lips against the curve of her jawbone, dropping small but heated pecks against her skin, smiling at the way her left hand smoothed into the messy pink spikes at the nape of his neck. The other hand smoothed along his shoulder and down his left arm, grasping at his wrist to leave her waist and make for higher climbs.

Her breath caught in her throat as his lava hot tongue followed the trail his lips had left back up to her jaw, pausing to nibble on a freckle at her chin before the same tongue darted slowly across her trembling bottom lip. Lucy cried out into his mouth as his lips captured hers with all the ferocity of a wild animal, completely the opposite of what she imagined their first kiss to be.

Lucy whimpered into his mouth as his hips unconsciously rucked into her own, she tilted her head and shuddered in delight as his tongue darted out to tease against hers, with a squeeze of her hand against his wrist, Lucy encouraged Natsu to touch her more.

Natsu shivered as his best friend kissed him back just as harshly, lips bruising and tongues duelling for dominance as though an extension of their fight. He let his rough hands smooth over the side of her breasts as he tilted her back against the wall, their lips pulling apart with a smack as he lowered his head to her neck; trying to catch his breath, Natsu paused for a moment.

"Luce…what are we doin'?" His breath shuddered against her collarbone as she laughed breathily against his crown, tilting her cheek to rest against his head.

"Dunno, but it feels really fucking good."

"No shit." Natsu felt rather than see her mischievous smile, he sighed and withdrew his head from her shoulder and nuzzled his nose against her flushed cheek in a tender display that was nothing like their fevor of a few moments ago.

Lucy smiled down at him with an expression so fond that it made his heart leap into his throat, and for a moment he was struggling for what to say; luckily Lucy cut straight to the chase for him.

"Then why the hell are we stopping? Cause I'm pretty sure I can help you out with that." Lucy suddenly wiggled her hips and ground down on his erection, making him groan again.

Flushing slightly at her crude choice of words, Natsu raised an eyebrow at her, he was quickly becoming very attached to her sudden case of sailor's mouth.

"What gave me away?"

Lucy huffed an amused breath through her nose and rolled her chocolate brown eyes at him.

"I've been suspicious of you being the furthest thing from oblivious since you grabbed my ankle and held me upside down…no one does that to a girl wearing only a towel unless he wants a peek at the merchandise." Lucy raised a fingertip to poke him on the pectoral, before she smoothed her hand across his cheek; smiling as he leaned into her touch.

"So all I had to do was ask to bone you?" Natsu opened his mouth in shock.

"I was kinda hoping for a little more romance than you just 'boning' me, Natsu." Lucy whispered harshly as she lowered her lips to bite at his swollen bottom one. "Though I really wouldn't say no to you ravishing me mercilessly."

Natsu unwound her legs from around his waist and for a moment she thought he was going to make a bolt for the door. Lucy was pleasantly surprised when he pushed her back against the wall again, one hand lifting to pull the loose strap off her sports bra down and the other to trail his fingers across her lower abdomen, tugging on the drawstring of her (his) sweats.

"This isn't one of your sappy romance books, Luce."

With that he tugged on the string and growled as it fell apart, his earlier theory of the waistband being too loose on the aroused blonde proving to be correct as they all but fell to puddle at her ankles; the shock of suddenly being half naked in his presence made her cheeks turn red. Before her bravado could disappear, she stepped to the side and kicked them out of the way; standing before him in a tiny black thong.

"You should read some of the erotic novela that Levy has been lending me lately, they aren't half as sweet as the dashing Princes in my 'sappy romance books'." Lucy looked up at him through her eyelashes. "They leave me all achy and longing."

There was barely enough fabric to cover her centre, let alone be more than a scrap of material between her ass cheeks; something he quickly confirmed when his hands roughly snuck round to palm each round globe with greed. Lucy squirmed against him, rising to her tippy toes as their hips ground together; her eager hands made quick work of the button and zipper at his hips, but got no further. Natsu lowered his head to bite down on her neck, her moan making him growl as he suddenly turned her in his arms and repeating the same torture to the other side of her neck.

"You don't want a Prince, do ya Luce?" Natsu mocked roughly against her ear, nipping at the lobe as he breathed hotly against her. "Princes are so prim, polite and boring."

Lucy gasped in surprise as she was pressed against the wall, palms holding steady against the wood as her feral dragon slayer yanked down the front of her sports bra and grasped roughly at her left breast, thumb and pointer finger joining the assault on her wound up body.

"N-No, I don't." Lucy lifted a hand around the back of his neck and brought his lips to her shoulder, where he immediately bit down in a show of power and dominance. "I'm rather fond of Dragons actually, they're so much more exciting…and dangerous."

With a growl, Natsu ghosted his fingertips across the front of the tiny scrap of fabric she dared to call underwear. He pressed roughly against her clit and her eyes drifted closed with a moan, incapable of uttering a single word as Natsu teased his finger in a circle against the sodden material holding him back from her centre. Lightning streaked through her body as she bit her bottom lip, fingertips grasping the wooden wall that held her up as her knees quivered beneath her.

But as quickly as she felt her body tensing to the ministations of the slow circle the pinkette was working against her nipple, clit and his tongue against her neck; she very nearly came apart at the meaning behind his next words.

"Let's see how strong those legs are when they have to hold you up, Luce." Natsu grinned against her skin, peppering kisses at her jaw.

She blinked for a few moments when he ducked from view, strong hands parting her legs as her underwear was worked slowly down. Lucy suddenly felt her face flame beetroot red as she looked down at the thoroughly aroused dragon slayer grinning cheekily up at her from between her thighs. Without much ado, his mouth pressed against her centre, his extremely hot and talented tongue working her like a finely tuned instrument. Hot streaks of pleasure shuddered through every nerve ending in her body as she felt his finger probing her entrance, he slid a single digit inside and she could do nothing but scream as her legs wobbled beneath her.

With the incredible taste of her sweetness thickly coating his tongue, Natsu moaned in delight as his hazy eyes opened and looked up at her to catch her reaction; pushing another finger into her core and swirling them. He used his other hand to work her thighs over his shoulders, given she looked about five seconds away from forgetting how to use her legs. Natsu used the new angle to pump his two fingers within her harshly, his dick aching to be set free as she dug her nails into his scalp; making him groan in pleasure at how out of control she was getting.

"N-Na tsuu…shit." Lucy gasped breathlessly as her thighs clamped down on him, her back falling against the wall as she rode his fingers and devilish tongue to completion. It was then that her orgasm hit her hard and hot, making her voice hit a new height as she screamed out into the room; making Natsu glad that they were entirely alone at the guild.

He couldn't help the growl of pride that rumbled up from deep within his chest as he guided a thoroughly spent and quivering celestial mage from sitting atop his shoulders, to rest against the floor of the gym, completely entranced by the low moans as she rode out her high. His erection was straining against his boxers as he saw her eyes flutter open and a lazy and satisfied smile made him move towards her to kiss from her smug face.

"I definitely didn't read that in one of my stories." Lucy giggled airily, before she seemed to find her askew sports bra to be a nuisance against her sweat laced skin. He let his eyes rove down her naked body without fear of harsh reprimand as she peeled it from her torso and let her generous chest bounce back into place.

The way he regarded her as though she was the most beautiful thing he had ever seen made her cheeks flame, as though what they had just been doing moments ago were nothing more than a fever dream. Lucy crawled towards him, her long hair cascading over one shoulder as her hands grasped on to the waistband of his undone white baggy pants. She looked like a tempting goddess who deserved nothing but complete and utter devotion and he really couldn't find it in him to blurt out the next words with any sliver of embarrassment.

"You're so beautiful." Natsu whispered, causing Lucy to gasp and dart her brown eyes up to gaze into his as her hands worked both the waistband of his trousers and boxers down his hips. She looked suddenly nervous as her eyes widened at the sight of him bared and hard before her for the first time, she bit at her bottom lip with her teeth and Natsu found his hand rising to rest on her cheek. He leaned in to place a reassuring kiss against her lips, a silent gesture that made her smile.

He was about to lean in and kiss her again when he felt her hand confidently grasp the base of his length, causing him to whine and let his head tilt back as she pumped slowly up and down. His hips rucked against her desperately, making Lucy squeeze his length gently; her unoccupied hand sliding into the spikes of pink at the nape of his neck, bringing their lips together in urgency as his hips writhed underneath her expert touch.

"L-Luce" Natsu grunted her name helplessly, his eyes widening slightly as he watched her lean down and take him into her sinful mouth; not a single complaint uttered from the blonde vixen as she swirled her tongue around the head of his length. There was something extremely powerful about the fact she was reducing such a powerful man to a quivering mess with a simple wiggle of her tongue and a pump of her fist, Lucy could easily get addicted to his unique flavour as she worked her hand harder against the base of him.

Natsu bucked again into her mouth as she held back on taking him in too deep as her tongue swirled again and her mouth took him back in.

"Luce, i'm gonna come if you don't sto…fuck do that again." Natsu growled as she hollowed out her cheeks on the way back up again, she rewarded him with a chuckle that vibrated right to the base of his dick and made him hiss. "J-Just like that."

Without hesitation, Lucy dove back in with wild abandon, keen to give him as much as he had given her; eager to outdo him as she worked him to completion. Natsu wasn't going to just sit idle and let her though, as her mouth let go of his slick length with a loud pop and a hearty moan as his fingers found her entrance and teased her opening.

"F-Fuck." Lucy keened breathily as she tightened her hand, he immediately thrust two of his fingers within her, her earlier release helping his rough digits move with no resistance as he fingered into her at a brutal pace; Natsu swallowed her cries with a harsh suck of her lip into his mouth, swirling his tongue inside for a moment before his free hand grasped harshly at the hair at the nape of her neck.

"Y-Yes, Natsu."

Lucy all but begged him for more as his feral eyes took in the drool that sat on her chin, lips swollen and cherry red as they parted in breathy little hums of delight as they crashed over the precipice together. His vision went white hot as her hand loosely pumped his length, three ribbons of white hitting his abdomen as he rode out his own orgasm; he watched Lucy fall forwards into his chest as she screamed her second release, the broken syllables of his name on the tip of her tongue as she mumbled nonsense against his shoulder.

Natsu let his breath catch for a moment before he pulled a thoroughly languid feeling Lucy against him and into a hug, his body shivering against the perspiration running down the back of his neck. Lucy mumbled something against his shoulder and he found himself pulling back and looking down at her through the curtain of golden hair that clung to her sweat laced body.

"What was that, Luce?"

Had Natsu been any more of a prude, he might have found the next words to tumble out of his lover's mouth to be crude. But he was quickly discovering that his pretty little blonde best friend was nowhere near as innocent and oblivious to the effect she had on others as she first appeared.

"I didn't get you to finish in my mouth." Lucy whined and bit her lip enticingly, brown eyes catching the way his own satiated black orbs widened with thinly veiled hunger. So much for thinking she was satisfied, as she let her fingers swirl in the white mess at his abdomen, lifting said finger and licking it clean with a satisfied hum.

Natsu sat completely flabbergasted as he watched his best friend crawl into his lap, where his spent dick was very quickly springing back to life as she rubbed her sodden clit against his length; her pebbled peaks rubbing enticingly against his own. He'd not known that his own nipples were an erogenous zone up until this point, but the dragon slayer found that thought being replaced by a single minded goal as she wound her arms around his neck and dropped her lips to place a heated kiss to his own mouth.

"Fuck me, Natsu." Lucy demanded of him, as his hands slid down to squeeze harshly at her ass, no doubt going to leave ten round bruises come morning; but she didn't care as she felt him rutting against her like a wild animal. Natsu found a tiny sliver of his brain that seemed to still bear some form of rationality as he looked up at Lucy as she moved above him.

"What about?" Natsu murmured, pressing a slow kiss to her left nipple, before sucking her right into his mouth and using his fang to nibble on the tip gently.

"Magical Contraception Charm, courtesy of Cana." Lucy giggled as though they were discussing what to have for dinner. "It was a gift for my last birthday."

"She didn't…" Natsu raised an eyebrow at her and shook his head.

"She did." Lucy tittered as Natsu laughed, her body shivering as she was quickly raised from Natsu's lap and found her bare back resting against the tatami mat floor, a dangerous look in the eyes of her dragon slayer.

"Good, cause I'm gonna fuck you."

Lucy shivered at his words, her head tilting back in slight pain as he thrust into her in one solid length. She knew that he would make good on the promise his words offered as she felt her innocence shattering as the tip of his length hit the very back of her warm body. Natsu felt a dash of remorse as he saw her wincing, he'd guessed she was a virgin from the fact he had never smelt another man on her; nor would he ever let another man have her if he could help it. Luce deserved a romantic, candle-lit bedroom with rose petals, fancy booze and soft and teasing caresses for her first time. That stuff could wait for next time, as right now they both craved the sweet release of nothing but animalistic and carnal sex.

"Natsu…more." Lucy pleaded against his shoulder, hips rising to urge him on as he let her adjust to his size. She gasped for air as he snapped his hips roughly into hers with wild abandon, his teeth clamping down painfully on the left side of her neck, marking her as his as their hips undulated together. Lucy could vaguely feel a sharp pain at her neck as she felt Natsu's teeth on her, but she concentrated her efforts on snapping her hips up in sync with her dragon.

The loud and wet sound of flesh on flesh echoed around the room and made the pinkette growl, his hands finding hers and gripping her wrists as he pounded into her warm and tight cavern relentlessly; her moans loud and throaty against his ear as he pulled her up and into his lap. Sitting back on his knees, Lucy found her stomach looping pleasantly as she was swiftly turned around and set her momentarily on all fours, Natsu lifting her thighs from the floor as he entered her again from behind.

Lucy, who was still holding her weight up by her hands felt her elbows give way as the energetic dragon slayer leaned over her and slammed her into the tatami mat with such force that she was beginning to feel the burn of the carpet on her skin. Her moans became muffled as she found her face being pressed against the floor as he moved inside of her, white spots began to enter her vision as she felt the strongest of sensations rippling out from her centre.

Natsu could feel his body wearing out from the force he was using to pound relentlessly into his best friend, she was taking it like a champ as she screamed and wailed into the floor; her creamy skin was red from the strength of his hips constant motion against the back of her thighs and he was pretty sure the both of them had some pretty serious rug burn to explain come morning. All that drifted away as he hissed and stopped his movement and pulled out of his lover's eager body, smiling as she made a very loud noise of protest and turned to shoot him a glare for not finishing.

But he was far from done yet.

"DON'T YOU DARE LEAVE ME LIKE THIS, NATSU DRAGNEEL!" Lucy yelled at him as she was pulled roughly to her feet, her eyes widening as she was lifted up and frog marched to the bench press where his scarf, coat and orange sash were sitting innocently from their removal earlier. Lucy swatted at his arm for her rough treatment, before he unceremoniously dumped her ass down on the seat, her back aching from holding herself up as the dragon slayer made a show of taking his length in his hand and giving her a show.

She kept her eyes solely on his impressive dick as he stroked himself languidly, thoroughly enjoying her reaction.

"This should be more comfortable than the floor, eh Luce?" Natsu used his rough hands to part her thighs and licked his lips at the sight of her essence dripping dangerously close to his beloved scarf. Deja Vu made her mouth drop open comically as her earlier thought of him taking her against the bench press entered her mind once more. "Cause you ain't gonna be able to walk after I'm done with ya."

"How the hell did you know what I wanted?" Lucy moaned the last word as Natsu took his aching dick into his hand and gave himself a slow stroke, before he teased the weeping tip against her swollen clit, making her keen again. Toes curling as he gave her a shallow thrust that went barely a few inches into her core, she used the heels of her feet to hook around the top of his muscular thighs and pull him into her fully; making the both of them gasp in pleasure.

"Shit!" Lucy hissed as her head tilted back in bliss. "Harder."

Natsu sent wave after wave of delicious friction into her core as he sped up the pace and thrust of his length, he much preferred fucking into her like this; he could see her normally composed face coming undone around him. Her brows were arched helplessly, brown eyes dazed and hungry for more; her lips parted with every rough and feral snap of his hips into her tight tunnel. He growled as his hands lifted her hips from the bench press slightly, making her back arch as her hands grasped onto his shoulders as he leaned over her. Nails dug into his skin as she raked her sharp talons down his back, leaving small red welts in their wake. Lucy turned her head to bite into the sleeve of his black coat, muffling her cries of abandon against the fabric. He too was nearing his high, as Lucy all but brought him over the edge with her.

Natsu just hit the right spot within her, his last few thrusts sporadic and quick as he felt a jolt of lightning shuddering through his entire body; pleasure washing over them both as Lucy's canal milked him for everything he had. The exhausted pinkette collapsed bonelessly against the dishevelled blond summoner as his chin settled in the crack of her cleavage, gazing down at her with a faraway look and a fond smile showing his fang peeking out at her.

"Love you, Lushi."

Everything ached, Lucy thought as a satisfied hum left her body, her thighs, her knees, her -

"What?" Lucy lifted her head to look up tiredly at the sleepy dragon slayer, who looked absolutely adorable all mussed up in the afterglow of their amazing sex. His pink hair was soaked and plastered to his forehead as he pressed a kiss to her shocked lips, before he hugged her into his lap; silently apologising at her wince as he finally pulled out of her spent body.

"I said I love you, Lucy." Natsu repeated, this time there was no mistaking his words for the sleep ramblings of a dragon.

There was a single moment of breathlessness as his best friend turned lover regarded him as though trying to search him for any sign of dishonesty, but when she found none; tears sprang to her chocolate orbs.

"I-I love you too, Natsu."

The look of awe on his handsome face was downright adorable before he gave her the biggest and goofiest grin she had ever seen him give anything. She really wished she had the energy to move so she could do anything but give him a tender kiss, so she decided to simply hug him like he was the cuddliest dragon plush she owned. Quite content to stay in his warm arms and forever bask in the afterglow of their love-making (the thought of their rough fucking made her blush so she settled on that word) but Natsu had other ideas.

"So who won the spar?"

"SERIOUSLY?!" Lucy screeched as he ruined the moment entirely. "Keep that up and you'll end up in Sorcerer's Weekly again but this time you'll be wearing a bright pink tutu." she added before she realised the words had left her mouth.

A set of black eyes narrowed very dangerously at her as her face turned as white as a sheet.

"YOU…"

This time instead of a scream of pleasure echoing in the Fairy Tail guild hall, the early morning was pierced by a scream of fright as a half naked celestial mage was chased by an equally half naked enraged dragon. Those wandering the streets of Magnolia at this late hour simply looked on in amusement and wondered what Lucy had done to Natsu this time as it was usually the blonde chasing the rambunctious pinkette!

No one dared to ask…

Anyone make it this far? Hello! Now that I have this out of my system, see you soon for the next chapter of Souls! Reviews and faves are always welcome!