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Natsu POV/Fairytail Guildhall
I took my time walking to the guildhall, my head was pounding and my senses were sluggish. All I could think about was the bits and pieces of what I did to Lucy. It scared the hell out of me. I knew what would happen if I got to close to her during my mating season, Igneel told me. But knowing about it and having it happen are completely different. My heart twisted when I remembered how I couldn't do anything but watch as my body moved on its own.
It was like I was plunged into the back of my mind that was plagued with fog. Not being able to control my movements or actions was bad enough. But seeing my own hands yanking on Luce's hair for once didn't arouse me, it shot pure horror through me instead. Seeing my own hands that would carry her when she was too tired to stand after a long battle, were holding her down while she battled for air. I could feel the guilt swell in my chest and I hung my head low. What was worst is when I regain control again I don't remember much about what I did, only little snippets.
Weakly shaking my head in a sorry ass attempt to clear it without making the pounding worst, I tried to figure out what I would say to the guild when I got there. Asking for wasn't in my vocabulary, not that it was very big anyways. But how would they react when they learned I was a threat to the brightest light in Fairytail? We were family, nakama yet I had single handily hurt Lucy when I had vowed to protect her all those years ago. And family doesn't hurt one another. I'm terrified Gramps will be disappointed in me and I'm even more afraid losing Luce.
What if she hated now? What if she couldn't stand the sight of me? What if- I was abruptly ripped out of my thoughts when my face made contact with a hard wooden surface. Holding my nose and groaning aloud I looked up to find the culprit. The door to Fairytail. In my internal squabbling I hadn't realized my feet had taken me straight to the entrance of guild that had before a home to me. Taking a step back I looked up at the building, inhaling a deep breath to calm my fraying nerves I froze when a delicious scent hit my nose. Strawberries and Starlight. Lucy. It was slightly tinged with iron, book ink and almonds. Gajeel and Levy. I knew they were mated but I just couldn't stand the sight of Luce being near him. Taking another breath to steady my rising heart rate I reached out to open the door.
Not wanting to make a big entrance like I always did, I quietly opened the doors expecting to see chaos. But I was met with mostly all the members of the guild crowded around that iron lizard at the bar who was talking to that freezing fucker Gray. No one seemed to notice my presence so I just listened. "Sooo, how do you know so much about this? You did say it happens when a slayer turns 18, sooo?" Gray asked suspiciously. To which Gajeel replied narrowing his eyes, "What are ya getting at ya icy fucking bastard?"
Gray spoke slowly as he asked, "...You're 19 and Laxus is 21. Who are you guys mated to?" I watched as Gajeel gaped an suddenly chocked on nothing at all, shifting my eyes to the second floor in time to see Laxus' eyes damn near popping out of his head as he chocked on his beer. Moving my eyes back down to the bar I took in Mira and Levy's bright red cheeks and hanging mouths of the guild. I snickered a bit at the misfortune of those 2 cocky lazy-eyed fuckers but I stopped remembering my own situation.
Thats when it hit me. The question Gray asked, it was about a slayers mating season and how Gajeel knew. A chill ran through me, if he knew then that mean't everybody in the guild knew...including Lucy. Feeling my heartbeat kick up, I used the fact nobody noticed me to my advantage and snuck up to the second floor using the second staircase in the back of the guild. I tracked Lucy's scent to Master's office, I stayed in the shadows so nobody would see me and listened with my heightened senses.
"Lucy, my child. Gajeel said that Natsu already attacked you, when did it come to this, child." I could hear the sadness in his voice. And it ate away at my heart. I heard Lucy take a few steadying breaths before she explained what happened barely 3 and a half hours ago. Again the words I was hearing were tearing at my heart. Then silence fell when she finished relaying what happened to Gramps. A few moments followed before Master said, "I take full responsibility for Natsu's actions. I should have noticed, my child. And because of my lack of attention, you have suffered at the hands of the closest person to you, and for that I am sorry, my dear." With that said my head fell and tears slipped down my cheeks. Master blamed himself for my actions! He was willing to shoulder mine and Lucy's burden of what happened simply because he didn't realize in time to prevent it. And that just made the guilt that was already heavy in my chest increase tenfold.
Not a moment later Lucy's angelic like voice sounded up again. "Master, I don't understand. You say you take responsibility and that you should've noticed but nobody knew." To this I heard Gramps sigh and speak again. "I may not pry into the personal lives of my children, but that doesn't mean I don't take notice of certain things. Like how 3 years ago Laxus started acting a bit strange around Mira. Then out of the blue came in the guild happier than happy after being gone for a week. Mira wasn't too far behind. I would catch them sneaking glances at each other, but kept quiet. It was their business. However I did read into it and found it was because his mating season had started. Since I never actually saw how he acted without people around I never knew how bad things could get. Which is why I am sorry, Natsu had been acting the same around you as Laxus around Mira."
Scoffing to myself at the mention of the time Laxus was pathetically trying to cover up the fact he was acting like lovestruck sap around Mira made me gag. I could smell them all over each other but they had decided to keep quiet as had Gajeel and Levy. To me this was nothing but foolishness if I were already mated to Luce I'd be shouting from the top of my sturdy dragon lungs that she was mine and only mine. But focusing back on the conversation Master and Luce was having when I heard Master's strong voice again.
"Lucy, I believe we both realize the full extent of danger you're in, so I order you to not stay alone. Be with someone at all times, we will make sure Natsu doesn't hurt you." Even though my heart tanked at hearing those words I was glad. I need her to be protected in case I lost control again. But the question Master asked next had my heart stilling inside my chest and my breath stopped in my throat.
"But I must ask, my child do you love Natsu?" His tone was dead serious and it felt as if the world stopped moving for a split second. Those measly little seconds in between his question and Lucy's answer felt like an eternity. But when I heard that single syllable leave her lips, that simple 3 letter word everybody used on a daily basis leave her mouth. I knew I was done for. The seriousness in her voice made that all the more clear to me.
"Yes."
Stumbling I wobbly stepped back. Holding my head and clenching my eyes shut. As soon as I heard her confirm she not only liked me, but loved me, my dragon went haywire. "SHE'S MINE NOW!" I could feel myself slipping further and further away, and I needed to leave before I completely lost control. I accidentally let out the strangled groan I'd been holding in loudly and my vision blurred. I heard a door swing open, the scent of strawberries and Starlight closer now than before and the sound of multiple sets of feet clambering up the stairs to where I was. But I didn't care all my attention was on trying to reel back in the vicious beast who was currently winning the battle of consciousness over my mind and body.
I heard a series of gasps from the familiar voices of my nakama before I heard Master say in a hurried deadly serious tone "Get Lucy out of here now!" And my dragon snapped, I was thrown to the farthest depths of my mind as my dragon burst forward. My senses were sharper to the point it was almost overwhelming, my fangs and nails were longer, sharper and I had blood red tribal markings all over.
I watched from my front row view in my mind how the situation went from bad to worse. Trying desperately to regain even an ounce of control back I watch in horror at what was happening. Gray, Mira, Wendy, happy, and Levy had all quite literally snatched up Lucy and started to haul ass. Flicking my eyes to the clock on the wall, it was 4:22pm. I could feel the rage that was going through my dragon as he fought off the rest of the guild. One by one beaten bodies were being thrown about.
I had knocked out Max, Warren, Nab, Vejiteer, Reedus, Macao, Wakaba, Jet, Droy, and Alzack with a single punch to either their jaw or solar plexus. The ones who were hit in their solar plexus coughed up blood immediately and the others just had a noticeably large purple bruise on their face with bloody nose.
And I could literally feel Elfman's jaw shatter when my fist made contact with it after he transformed into his beast soul. I had took out Evergreen, Laki, Kinana, Romeo, Lisanna, Bisca, and Carla with a simple fire ball. Which resulted in the main staircase getting completely demolished and mild burns to their skin. I felt myself step back to dodge Cana's cards and Juvia's Water Nebula and right into a rune trap Freed had made after I had blasted Evergreen's ass.
Since my dragon wasn't focused on the rune as much as I was he or well I tried to walk straight through it, only to be knocked right back on my ass. Growling I pulled my fist back and slammed it into the invisible barrier wall. The rest of the guild got into defensive stances an watched in shock as my fist connected with the rune again and again until it started cracking. I heard Freed yell "IMPOSSIBLE" and I threw one last fire coated punch before it crumbled and shatter all around me.
Launching myself at Freed I grabbed his face and slammed his head into the wall hard and watched in guilt as his body dropped to the ground in a heap an small trickle of blood running down his forehead. Turning back to Juvia and Cana I let out a Fire Dragon Wing Attack to cancel out their unison raid as Cana threw her Aqua based attack cards and Juvia threw her Water Slicer. The attacks met with a resounding boom an dissolved in a thick cloud of steam which I used to my advantage.
Knowing Juvia had a weakness to steam I caught her off guard and along with Cana and sent them flying with a Fire Dragons Talon. At this point I was internally mortified at what I was doing to my nakama. But I was even more terrified that one seemed to be able to stop me. After I had destroyed the main staircase Luce and the group tasked with keeping her safe had to reroute and use the second staircase which set them back about a minute of running away, so I could still smell Lucy's scent which mean't they hadn't gotten far.
Noting the shift in the air I jumped out of the way in time to dodge Bickslow's Baryon Formation. Looking up to see the said annoyance standing atop one of his floating babies. I caught a glimpse of Mest in the corner of my eye trying feebly to sneak up on me. I waited til he got close enough to throw his punch before I spun around and snatched him by the throat and banged his head once against a random piece of rubble from the staircase and used his limp body to throw at Bickslow. As Bickslow was falling to the ground I roundhouse kicked him in the face an felt his nose break upon contact and watched as his body flew through the wall to Masters office.
The next 2, I was happy and scared to fight. That rusty sack of shit Gajeel and that electric dick nibbler Laxus. While I was happy to get to fight them even given the situation I was scared shitless too, I was faced with if I beat them, then thats 2 less powerful slayers who could protect Lucy from me. And damn it that hurts to say that my shining shimmering shooting star Luce needed to be protect from...me. My dragon however was getting fed up with both my constant fight for control and all these ridiculous cock blocking hooligans trying to stand in his way to Lucy. Gajeel entered his Iron Shadow Dragon Form and made off into the shadows. Honestly it's an amazing ability to have in combat but its fucking irritating having to actually go up against. Laxus just let static whip across him and then he lunged followed by Gajeel leaping from the shadows behind me. Kicking into my Lightening Flame Dragon Mode and also being amped up by adrenaline, my dragon being in control, and being driving by my instincts I blocked both their punches. And jumped back so I was no longer in the middle of them. They were both in front of me glaring daggers.
"You are one fucked up mate, Salamander." Gajeel said and my dragon snarled at him. "For once this sorry scrap heap is right, you can't be near blondie til you've calmed down. If you do, you could seriously hurt her in this state." He said in a dead livid voice. My dragon or I smirked and said, "That's my business what I do with my mate but keep talking so I'll have a reason to add little Levy and Mira to my fuck senseless list." I said in a deeper voice than my in-control-Natsu voice. But I knew my dragon was bluffing and lying, I could feel he had absolutely zero interest in Levy or Mira. But Gajeel and Laxus didn't know that. So they both let out battle cries and lunged at me. Bursting my body into flames so I would illuminate the hall brighter than it was and to get rid if the shadows created with all the wreckage and debris that was blocking the sunlight through the many holes in the guildhall I had absentmindedly created in my wake.
I ate the Lightening Dragon Roar Attack that came towards me from Laxus and used that extra power to send an even stronger Lightening Flame Dragons Roar Gajeel's way knowing it was damage since fire and lightning illuminate darkness and shadows are darkness. While Gajeel was still recovering from my last attack me and Laxus were busy trading punches and kicks. Feeling my dragon hit his limit of patience he or well I hit Laxus with a full force Fire Dragons Destruction Fist followed by a regular Fire Dragons Roar so he couldn't eat the lightening if I did a Lightning Flame Dragons Roar, also catching Gajeel in it too.
Turning around I was nearly sliced with an overly large sword. Following the buff furry arms up from the handle of the sword I narrowed my eyes at Pantherlily. He glanced at the limp form of Gajeel and glowered at me with a snarl. Lifting his sword he said, "You'll regret harming Gajeel, I'll make sure of it." Feeling my dragon laughing hysterically at the feline, I smirked again and said, "For such a small kitten who can only transform for 5 minutes at a time you sure wield a big sword, sure you're not overcompensating for something Lily?" I tilted my head in an innocent manner and watched as Pantherlily's expression changed from confusion to realization to embarrassment to pure rage before he jumped at me sword swinging. Using his built up momentum from all his swinging I extended my foot out and tripped him. As he was falling I hit a pressure point on the back of his neck and watched him drop unconscious.
I spun around to see Master standing before me and deeply frowning. Flicking my eyes to the somehow still intact clock it read 4:29pm. Only 7 minutes had passed, and I could still smell Lucy but it was faint, she was getting farther. Turning my attention back to Gramps I noticed something in the corner of my eye and smirked. Ever since the war with Alvarez Gramps can't expel much energy without getting sick. I waited til he enlarged his body and started swiping at me with attacks. I dodged every one of them leading him closer and closer. Til I acted as if I had stumbled and let down my guard for a second. And he lunged for me but right before he could grab me I hopped out of the way and let him land on the floor.
He got up and tried to walk towards me but was abruptly knocked back on his old ass. Watching another rune barrier Freed set up activate I knew Gramps wouldn't be able to hit it hard enough for it to break without the risk of expelling too much energy and possibly going into the state he was in after he preformed the Fairy Law spell on the berserker soldiers.
Jumping down from what was left of the second floor to the first, I was about to haul ass after Lucy when Asuka jumped in front of me with a real pistol in her tiny hands. "Freeze evil Uncle Natsu!" Her small squeaky delicate voice shouted. My dragon payed no mind to the "annoying little human cockroach" and scoffed as I walked past her. Only for her to stand my way again, this time firing a shot. The recoil made her drop the gun and stumble. Increasing my body temperature to an insane degree the magic bullet melted on contact with my skin and dropped to the floor.
My dragon thinking Asuka wouldn't stop him again since she was clearly no match, I continued walking. Only to be stopped again when she jumped in front of me again her little arms extended and tears in her eyes. "You won't get past me and hurt Lushy!" She cried. Rolling my eyes, I panicked when I watched myself walk up to Asuka. I had no idea what my dragon would do, and Asuka was just a small child. But I guilty sweat dropped when I saw my hand extend out and flick her on the forehead lightly once, before she softly fell to the ground. A small red tick mark on the middle of her forehead was all that was left.
Still Natsu POV
Turning and sprinting out if the guildhall, I followed Lucy's scent. I could feel my dragon was getting even more restless. Since I was already much faster than most at my base form, adding on having my dragon in control boosted my speed so I caught up with Luce and her group in record time. Up ahead I saw them running full speed. Happy heard fast approaching footsteps and alerted the rest of them.
I saw Gray and Mira skid to a stop and take defensive stances before I heard them tell Wendy, Levy, and Happy to take Lucy and run. And that was the breaking point of anger for my dragon. He was done with people standing the way of him and our mate. What little fight I put up to regain control was squashed and I felt like a prisoner in my own mind. Whatever he did I no longer had a way of fighting for control, all I could do was watch as Gray kicked into his Ice Demon Slaying Form and Mira into her Algeria Form. Gray launched his Ice Devils Zeroth Destruction Bow Attack and Mira leaped towards me in a attempt to grab my face. Dodging Mira and countering Gray's attack with a Lightning Flame Dragons Roar I sadly watched as I kicked into my Fire Dragon King Mode and unleash my Fire Dragon Kings Demolition Fist and watched their limp forms hit the ground as I continued to take off running after Lucy.
It only took about 30 seconds for me to catch up again, but this time Wendy signaled something to Happy and I watched in relief as Happy grabbed onto the back of Lucy's shirt and take to the air. My dragon an the other hand was fuming. And to be perfectly honest I feared for Wendy and Levy. Not stopping my full speed running I jumped into Wendy's Sky Dragons Roar she released after she had tapped into her dragon force form and used her air currents to soar into the air and tornado kick Happy back down to Earthland.
He landed unconscious on the ground with a now slightly injured Lucy. I started towards her only to be intercepted by Levy. Who told Luce to run.
Wendy attacked again with her Sky Dragons Crushing Fang to which I merely blocked. And Levy fired her solid script bullets. Wendy then unleashed her Sky Dragons Sky Drill and I quickly burst my body into flames to heat up the air so I could change its direction. Once the air was out of the way to reveal a panting and low on magic power Wendy I let out my Fire Dragons Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade. When the smoke from the blast cleared to reveal a down for the count Wendy and Levy, I shot after Lucy.
She had run into forest east of Magnolia where it was known for blooming flowers. If she had more time to run her plan to cover up her scent would've worked. And my greatest fear became a reality when I saw and felt myself tackle her to the underbrush of the forest ground. She tried to kick and pry me off of her before I grabbed her neck and slammed her back into a tall thick tree. Blood trickled down her chin from her mouth and her nose was bleeding from when I tackled her. She arms and legs were slightly bruised and scraped from her fall with Happy. And she had little cuts and scratches from running through the forest. And I started to cry. I wouldn't be able to do a thing but watch to see what was to happen to my precious Luce.
She started to tear up when my grip on her throat tightened as I said.
"Gotcha..."
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