Change of Fate

Lady Countryrose

Ch. 4

Gajeel had been having fun with the little blonde girl before Salamander had shown up. Which the pink haired freak had been proven a good workout of a fight. But after getting all worked up and beating the two seemed fun at the time but not enough to feel satisfied. He was so worked up, his skin became of a metal draconic nature. He was enjoying the game that he found himself in.

Without warning; a woman came out of nowhere, just after Gajeel had beaten Natsu, who was low on magic power. The woman prances onto Gajeel, causing the said man to fall onto the floor with the woman on top of him. Digging long claws into his flesh. Causing the said woman to turn into something that none have ever seen before. Her skin turned into dragon-like scales, which looked to be made out of diamond and her eyes, sapphire.

The look alone made Gajeel react in ways that were not like him. "Be my mate," his lips moved without his permission along with a hard bulge where the woman was sitting on.

The woman's eyes flashed before glancing up towards Lucy. "Sis, are you alright?"

"Sister," growled Gajeel, who tried to wiggle out of the woman's hold that she had on him.

"Yeah," Lucy made her way towards the two on the floor of the broken building of Phantom Lord. "What took you so long, Grace?"

The woman laughed, "Sorry, I was trying to get Loke out of his prison that he found himself in." She glanced down towards the man below her. "... and what do you mean about mate?"

"Ah sucks," he glanced towards the other male in the room. "Salamander!" Causing the pink haired man to glanced up, with a drained look in his eyes. "Can you help explain what a mate is to us Dragon Slayers?"

Salamander sighed, leaning his head against what little wall was left for him to do so. "Igneel never talked about anything about that. Except I need to find one before I turn 23."

Gajeel growled, "Well, aren't you helpless!" His eyes found their way towards the woman on top of him, who turned back to her human-self. Which he found more breath taken than her draconic form. "A mate is like a soulmate to us dragons and dragon slayers. The one who we will spend the rest of our lives with and help keep us in line when we're out of control."

Lucy stumbled to where they were and fell to her knees. "Grace," she gasped out. "I think he's somewhat referring to wolves."

Grace huffed, "Except only the alpha can have a mated pair." She closed her eyes for a moment, which caused a pain in Gajeel because he enjoyed seeing her eyes. He wanted to know what she was thinking, just by looking at them, which he found so much knowledge behind them. "If I remember right from an ancient book about dragons. Mated dragons can have children with one another and no one else. Can also keep their raging hormones in check, and less likely to kill others when mated."

Her eyes opened, seeing the pleasure it had caused Gajeel but chose to ignore him. "If I also remember, if dragons don't mate by a certain time. They can find themselves killed because their hormones are too much to handle."

"That's correct," stated Gajeel with a gruff-sounding voice. "I'm twenty years old and I need to mate soon or I will start going crazy with need if I don't."

Grace's eyes flashed with heat behind them, she turned towards Lucy. "What does your friend live off to get energy?"

"Natsu," she gasped with a smile upon her lips, "fire."

Grace was about to move off of the man that she was on, who latched his hands out and placed them behind her knees. "Please, don't move." His cheeks became red. "I'm enjoying this."

"Yeah," growled out Grace as she tried to get up but find it difficult. With a huff, she raised her hand towards the pink haired man. "HEALING FLAME!" Causing a blue-white flaming vortex rushing towards Natsu.

The blue-white vortex wrapped itself around Natsu for a few moments. Allowing his outer injuries to heal before he decided to suck up the remaining flame. Bring him back to his feet with a determined look on his face. "Yum, sweet and tangy." He fisted his hands, causing the fire to build up. Seeing that his flames had changed. Believing that his flames had gotten much hotter than they had ever been before.

The pink haired man walked towards the three before him. But making his way closer to the two of which his focus was more on the man on the floor. "Gajeel, I do have a question for ya." When he saw that he had his attention, he went on to say, "Do you have any idea of where our dragons might be?"

"No," his hands slack enough to where Lucy was able to get her sister off of the dark haired man. Allowing Grace to be able to walk around to get blood flow back into her legs. "Nor do I care to find out."

"Why!?" Causing Natsu to yell at the man on the floor. "They were our parents, Gajeel!"

"If they were fucking great parents, why would they disappear like they have done!?" It was enough for Grace to turn towards the man, who was still on the floor. Straining his muscles from the topic of the discussion. "They should have taken us with them, I know that I haven't learned everything . . ."

Grace sighed, she spoke up when she saw that Natsu was about to say something more. "I think that's enough." He turned his focus on her, waiting for her to continue. "I know this is an important topic for you but can't you see that he's given up. And I don't mean just about his pointless battle against you guys, but finding the dragons altogether."

"But . . ."

Grace walked towards him with a glare within her eyes. "I know that your dragon was the best for you in your life. Like a loving father, but you must understand." The pain was written within her eyes, while Lucy came up and hugged her. "Not all of us are lucky to have fathers like you have."

"What do you mean," Natsu looked confused from the look that he was given her. "Didn't your guy's father spoil the heck out of you?"

Lucy was within tears, clinging onto Grace like a lifeline that Natsu had seen her do onto him a few times. But this was different, it was a lifeline of someone reaching out for someone that was there. Who knew her better than he had ever hoped to know Lucy.

Grace wrapped her arms around Lucy, causing the said girl to calm down. She glanced down towards Gajeel. "What was your objective?"

"Take Lucy Heartfilia back to her father, who has arranged for said daughter to marry a man that she had ran from." His eyes turned towards Grace. "We were also told to keep an eye out for Grace Heartfilia, who will marry Lucy's said man's brother."

This caused both males to growl after Gajeel's statement. Which brought both of the women to glance at one another. Grace whispered, hoping that none of the males had heard. "What did you do to Natsu that has caused him to be protective of you?"

"Wasn't me," Lucy breathed. "Ever since I've met him, he's had been like this. It started with a slave smuggler, trying to take me to Bosco a while back."

Grace growled, "The same country that father has been trying to marry us off to."

Gajeel hissed as he tried to get upon his feet again, causing Natsu to growl at the man. "Don't worry Salamander, I'm not in the mood to continue our fight." He placed his hand over his ribs as he tried to stand. "I'm no longer interested in cashing in on the money that Jude Heartfilia had on his daughters."

"Why's that," Natsu glared, allowing Grace to know that trust was earned with the man and Gajeel needed to prove that.

"Because of that auburn haired of the two, is my mate." His eyes flashed with something other than anger towards the pink haired male. "It would be a deadly sin for a Dragon Slayer to do that to their own mate. Knowing that they could cause death across the country for allowing that to happen."

Natsu nodded, "Alright then." He glanced over to Lucy, causing his eyes to soften while looking at her. "Come on Lucy, let's go home." His lips pulled wide, bring forth a cheeky looking grin to take over his face. "I bet the guild has been worried about you."

Lucy walked towards Natsu. Allowing him to take her in his arms and walked their way out of the ruined guild of Phantom Lord. He turned back, seeing that Grace hadn't followed. "Are you coming?"

"After a while, I still have some things to find out first." She stood in her torn jean looking slacks and her two sizes too big of a loose fitting button up shirt. The look alone made her sexy in Gajeel's eyes.

Lucy called out, "Don't take too long. I want you to join Fairy Tail!"

Grace chuckled, "Don't worry Lucy. I'm not going anywhere." Once the two were gone, Grace turned towards Gajeel, raising her hand towards him. "Healing Flame!" Unlike with Natsu, a small amount of blue-white flame vortex wrapped around Gajeel. Healing everything. Even the deep ones but the amount she gave was enough for the Iron Dragon Slayer to heal without causing harm to him.

Gajeel sighed with relief, "Thanks, I needed that." He gave her a hopeful look, something that Grace would have never thought from this Dragon Slayer. "It would take time off of the healing process for sure." He walked towards her, like a predator sizing up its prey. "Be my mate, only you have the ability to keep me in check."

"There is something you need to think about, Black Steel Gajeel." She saw the flash of anger in his eyes, making her wonder if he hated her saying his title with his name. "If you want me, you have to work to get me." She saw the confusion, it almost made her smile; almost. "Ask me out, take me on dates. Know me for who I AM."

She turned away from him after she saw him freeze from her statement. 'I guess it was too much to ask for.' Grace was always like that, a hopeless romantic who dreamed of a happy ending. She was just under the door frame when she stopped for a moment. "You have a lot to think about, which you have time to do." Then she was gone.

Gajeel's eyes kept their focus towards the place that she once was. Mentally he was chewing himself out for being too straight forward with his attentions towards her. Sure he had been around women, but none held his interest not until he met her. Grace Heartfilia was the only woman he would ever chase and the only one to be with. "I'm fucked."