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'Ugh...Not again.'

Lucy was currently at the guild sitting in front of Mirajane, watching natsu with a annoyed look as he stood in front of the mission board. He had at least 12 papers in his hand. Everyone in the guild were whining to themselves cause he basically took them all.

Some of them were stuffing papers in their bags and tried to escape from the back quickly.

"Are you going to go stop him again lucy?" Mira giggled when lucy rolled her eyes. "Obviously. If he leaves now, then he'll be gone for another 3 weeks."

"OR, he'll bring you along. And then once you guys come back, he'll shower you with gifts, and hugs and kisses and-"

"M-Mira!" Mirajane laughed as lucy's face and neck turned a bright red. Mirajane couldn't help but tease the celestial mage. It was obvious that She held a special felling for the Chaos Dragon Slayer.

Mira decided that the teasing was enough and left the red girl behind, making sure to say farewell, and tend to the rambunctious Guild-mates.

Lucy silently cursed Mira as she held her cheeks. She couldn't believe that she could say that!

Lucy huffed before she rested her chin on the palm of her hand. Mira was kind of right about one thing though.

Ever since they came back, natsu's been getting her a lot of things. Also, no matter what, he's always around her. Where ever she went, well, he's wasn't that far behind.

He would also sometimes growl at gray if he got to close, or fidget when happy started talking to her. And then if she was talking to the other guys in the guild, he would simply drag her away from them and take her outside.

Lucy almost laughed out loud when she remembered his blank sulky face when they walked out of the guild the other day.

Most of the time, When she wasn't doing anything important, Natsu would force her to accompany him on missions or long, quiet walks in the forest.

Lucy wasn't complaining at all, cause in all honesty, she absolutely loved hanging out with the chaos dragon slayer. Lucy giggled, smiling to herself as she thought of the pink haired man. While lucy was lost in her thoughts, natsu had turned his attention towards her, giving her a funny look, and made his way over as he stuffed the papers in his pockets.

Natsu stood behind her silently like a shadow. He hesitated before placing a hand on her shoulder, "..Lucy.."

Lucy jumped out of her skin, falling out of her chair and hitting the floor a thud. Lucy placed a hand on her chest, trying to calm her heart. She was dead sure that she just had a mini heart attack too. Natsu stared at her as she jumped up and glared at him annoyed, "Dammit Natsu! Don't just appear out of nowhere! You almost gave me a heart attack!"

Natsu didn't answer, he just stared at her with a blank look. He moved closer and lightly grabbed her arm, "Can we do another mission? I was able to grab a few of them."

'Grab a few? You basically took them all!' Lucy sweat-dropped before glancing over to Mira who was looking at the two of them.

Mira snickered as she gave lucy a look, causing said person to blush and glare. Mirajane mouthed out, 'I told you so'.

Lucy turned away from natsu so he couldn't see just how red her face was. Though that didn't work cause natsu could clearly see that her ears were a dark red. Natsu sighed before he gently picked her up and walked out.

Lucy squeaked as some of their guild-mates whistled and laughed.

"Great going lucy!"

"Unbelievable"

"Nyahaha! Be careful with natsu, lucy!"

"They're growing up so fast.."

"Don't those two look great together?"

"I ship it!"

"S-SHUT UP!"


Lucy's face was bright red as the left the guild. A childish pout was plastered on her face with her arms crossed. She was already embarrassed as it is. He just had to pick her up bridal style in front of everybody and leave.

It was silent for a bit, lucy's blush dimmed down to a light pink as she tried to think of what to say.

Lucy huffed when she couldn't think of anything and looked up at him in annoyance, "Can you put me down now natsu? I mean, I'm perfectly capable of using my own two legs! I'm not some princess and shit. You didn't have to pick me up in the first place either..." Lucy had mumbled that last sentence and looked away out of embarrassment.

Natsu tightened his grip, making lucy gasp, and continued to walk forward. He had no intention to put her down just yet. Natsu looked down at her slightly, "Well I wanted to hold you like this... and you may not think that you're a princess, but I know someone who does." Lucy gave him a curious look, "Oh yea? And who would that be Mr. dark and moody?"

Natsu twitched at the nickname. 'Dark and moody? really?'

Keeping his cool, he showed her a faint smile, stopped, and then dumped her in some flower bushes nearby.

Lucy yelped as she landed. Looking up, lucy growled, "What the hell natsu! Why did you drop me?!" natsu rolled his eyes, "Well, you told me to put you down, and that you weren't a princess, so I don't have to treat you delicately right?" Lucy opened her mouth to retort, but closed it. She didn't know what to say to him because what he said was right.

Natsu chuckled in his head as he knelt down so he was directly in front of her, "Okay then luce, to answer your previous question... let's just say that I know a dragon that would do anything to keep his princess safe."

Natsu carefully watched Lucy's expression. He almost laughed when he saw the confusion in her eyes. Natsu shake his head and ruffled Lucy's hair up. He stood, "Let's get going blondie." Lucy glared at him for a bit, watching him walk away from her. She stood up and dusted herself off.

She stared at natsu's back, '...A dragon that would do anything to protect his princess? Who is he talking about? Wait...Dragon?'

A light bulb appeared over Lucy's head.

Lucy's jaw hit the floor. 'Don't tell me...He was talking about himself?!' Her face turned so red, that it could rivals erza's scarlet hair. Smoke rose from the top of her head. She stood there for a bit, thinking about what he just said. Lucy decided to put those words somewhere deep inside her mind, and made her way over to natsu, who was 4 houses down.

The two of them didn't say anything else as they made there way to Lucy's apartment. Once they arrived, natsu waited outside while lucy went in to grab a few things for whatever mission they were about to do. After about 15 minutes, Lucy came out in some skinny jeans and a hoodie. Natsu gave her a strange look, causing lucy to glare. "What is it now? Never seen a girl in jeans and a hoodie before?"

"...No..I've seen plenty. But you're not known for wearing any of those types of clothes."

Lucy gasped. She couldn't believe that he just said that. But...Lucy has to admit the her choice of clothing were rather...revealing... Most of the time.

Lucy huffed out of anger and marched away, making sure to snatch the paper that was in his hand. Natsu had the feeling that he said something he really wasn't suppose to say to the poor celestial mage. Natsu heaved a heavy sigh, scratching his head. He didn't mean it in a bad way...It was the truth!

Natsu shook his head and ran up to lucy who was already far away.

"Um...luce?"

"..."

"...lucy?"

"What now?"

Natsu sighed in relief, "I didn't mean to offend you.." Lucy hmphed at him before muttering something under her breath. Natsu smiled slightly to himself as they walked to the train station. Lucy and natsu sat by each other in an empty seat near the back.

"...Hey natsu?...Natsu?" When lucy didnt receive any sort of response from the chaos dragon slayer, she turned to find him asleep.

Natsu was sleeping like Erza. Sitting up straight with his arms crossed -Not that anyone could see, but she knew his arms were crossed- and his head was down, slightly tilted away from her. Lucy couldn't help but think that he looked like a child when he slept.

Having this peaceful expression, his soft breathing, even the warmth that was emitting from him was also making her quite sleepy.

Lucy yawned slightly. She wasn't able to sleep last night because she was thinking about lots of stuff. Like for example...Natsu. Natsu's been on her mind for a few days now. Or really, he's been on her mind ever since they first met. Lucy looked at natsu hesitantly, she wasn't sure if she should lean on him or not...

'...But i'm getting sleepy! ...Ah fuck it, he can't do anything!' Lucy made up her mind and softly placed her head on his shoulder. She looked up at his face for a moment before shutting her eyes. She smiled slightly as she dozed off.


Natsu opened an eye just as soon as lucy fell asleep. He chuckled to himself because lucy was so adorable.

Natsu shifted in his seat so he was leaning back. He gently placed lucy on his lap and played with her hair dazed.

Natsu didn't understand the things that were happening to him. Lot's of strange things were happening ever since he met lucy. Like right now for example, His heart keeps beating against his chest dangerously. Her smell makes him dizzy. Her smile shines brighter than the stars in the endless night sky.

There was also a time when he imagined him kissing her. Holding her, laughing, smiling, talking...And then there were times when his mind took a dangerous turn. He didn't understand why he thought about doing all of those things to her. Those thoughts made him feel weird. There would be this uncomfortable tightness down below. Even though he didn't understand what was making him like this, he liked it... He really liked it.

Natsu snapped out of it and shook his head. He can't be thinking about her like that. He just can't!

Natsu sighed. After about another 2 hours, the train whistle blew as it slowly came to a stop. They had arrived at their destination.

Natsu waited for a few people to leave the train before lifting lucy and their things up. He walked out of the train quickly, shooting small glares at men and women who stared at them.

Natsu looked around the area, trying to see if there was any place for them to rest for the day. Lucy shifted in his arms, sighing as she opened a groggy eye. She started to glance around curiously before looking up at natsu who was staring at her. They stayed like that for a bit until lucy shrieked in surprise, her face burning a bright red.

Startled by the sudden scream, natsu accidentally loosened his grip on her, making lucy hit the ground. Lucy groaned. sitting up, she rubbing her back and glared at natsu. "What was that for?!" Natsu frowned, "It's you're damn fault for suddenly screaming like that.." Lucy frowned, picking herself up. Natsu watched her carefully as she started to walk away from him.

Natsu started to walk forward when he suddenly stopped. Lucy, who didn't hear natsu stop, kept on walking forward. "Lucy." "What now?!" Once she turned, all she saw was a blue ball heading straight for her. Although, she couldn't react in time as the blue, surprisingly soft, ball hit her dead on, causing her to fall down roughly.

"Ouch! What the hell?"

"Luuuuuuccccyyyyy! Why did you two leave me behind?!"

"Happy?!"

Natsu stared at happy with a blank look. He didn't know why, but he had felt the need to switch places with the feline. He also had felt...jealous.

Why was he jealous over a cat? That didn't make any sense! Natsu tched when happy started to calm down the poor blue cat.

"I'm so sorry happy! I didn't mean to leave you behind.." Lucy hugged happy. said cat rubbed his face against her and purred. Natsu, who was feeling even more jealous, picked him up and growled.

"Natsu!"

Natsu twitched, allowing lucy to take happy away from him.

"Will you be nice natsu? I can't believe that we forgot about happy!" Lucy rubbed happy's head, smiling apologetically. Happy grinned before placing himself on top of her head, "It's okay lushie! I'm here now!"

Natsu sulked silently as he watched lucy laugh with happy. "...Lets just go already blondie." Lucy threw natsu a small glare before following natsu.


Natsu listened to what lucy and happy was talking about quietly. Natsu's heart thumped when he heard her laugh. It warmed his heart, and gave him a feeling of relief. Natsu, lucy and happy stopped in front of a rather large house.

It was a pretty nice house, the color and everything made it stand out. Lucy went up to the double wooden doors and gazed at it. It had this plant like design on it. Lucy knocked on the door three times. The door opened, revealing a very young woman.

She had long wavy black hair, purple-ish pink eyes, and she had on a pair of ripped of jeans and a white, long sleeved shirt splashed with the colors of the rainbow. "Are you three fairy tail?" Lucy nodded. The young lady smiled and bowed, "Oh my! I must apologize for my appearance. I was in the middle of helping the mistress with her room. My name is Kimiko. I am the maid here."

Lucy smiled, "My name is lucy. These two here are my team-mates and friends. The one with the pink hair is natsu, and the cat is happy."

Kimiko glanced at natsu and stiffened slightly. Lucy saw this and frowned. Happy flew so he was in front of kimiko, "Aye! Nice to meet you Kimichi!"

Kimiko twitched slightly.

Lucy sweat-dropped, "...It's kimiko, happy.."

Kimiko giggled, "It's alright, Please do come inside, Mr. Tadashi will be with you shortly. I'll go let him know that you have arrived."

Everyone looked at each other silently.

They followed kimiko inside but stopped in their tracks.

Lucy gasped in surprise, "Wow... This is amazing.."

"Whooaaa! Lucy! Look at that! There are so many fish!" Natsu glanced around. He moved so that he was just a little bit behind lucy. Natsu didn't know why, but he had this feeling like something bad was going to happen.

The walls and everything had paintings on them. The floor was extremely sparkly, and so clean that you could actually see your reflection. Kimiko led them into a room that had black and gold walls. A large window was on the right all the way in the back. A man, at least in his 20's, was sitting in a chair across from them. Lucy and the others sat down and looked. The man had black hair that was brushed back. He wore a black t-shirt with jeans and boots.

"I'm glad that you guys could make it. I thank you for helping us."

"You're welcome sir."

"Please, call me Daichi."

Lucy felt somewhat uncomfortable but nodded. Daichi leaned back and crossed his arms.

"Now, I'm sure you know what you're suppose to do right?"

Lucy stiffened, she had forgotten to ask natsu about the missions. She quickly glanced at natsu and stared in surprised when he had this grim expression on his face. "I see that you don't know miss. Well, I need you three to babysit. As well as house-sit for us." "Us?" Kimiko suddenly came in with a red face, "Y-yes, us." Daichi grinned and stood up. Kimiko went over to him. "Did she tell you guys that she was a maid?" Lucy and happy nodded.

"Well, she's actual my girlfriend." Kimiko nodded, "Yes. I'm his girlfriend. And I would like you three to watch over my siblings." Daichi held his head, "Please don't be mad at us for this... We just need at least a month by ourselves." Kimiko placed a hand on his shoulder, "I have 3 brothers and a baby sister... Guuuuuys!"

The door opened and three boys and a baby came in. Lucy gaped at them in surprise.

Kimiko smiled and walked over to one of them, "This is my oldest brother." The boy was slightly taller than natsu. He had spiky black hair and light brown eyes. His skin was slightly darker than the others. He wore jeans and a tight gray t-shirt that showed off his muscles. He silently looked at natsu and lucy before nodding at them. Kimiko beamed proudly, "His name is Kiyoshi. He's not much of a talker."

Kimiko then walked over to another boy who was slightly shorter than kiyoshi. He had long, messy brown hair. He had sky blue eyes and was a bit pale. He also had some muscles too. He sported a pair of skater pants and a gray shirt. "Sup. The name's Tatsuo. I'm the second oldest." Tatsuo looked at lucy. Lucy did the same. They both stared at each other before grinning.

They both moved forward and immediately did some kind of handshake.

Natsu fidgeted in place. He didn't like the look tatsuo was giving lucy at all. He also didn't want him to touch her. Kimiko saw this and chuckled, causing natsu to glare at her slightly.

Kimiko took the baby out of tatsuo's hand and handed her to lucy. The baby stared at her before smiling. "This is Cho. She's only 8 months old." Lucy giggled and cooed at the small baby. Cho giggled and nuzzled lucy cutely.

Daichi stepped forward and pointed to a boy leaning against the wall, "This guy here is Aoi...". Lucy froze and felt a chill run up her spine as she looked at him. The boy was about the same height as natsu. He had black spiky hair like kiyoshi's, but with a red streak. His eyes startled lucy however. They were an icy blue. He glared dangerously at lucy.

Natsu, sensing this, pushed her behind him and glared right back. Kimiko walked over to lucy and whispered, "I'm sorry...He really doesn't like strangers...women in particular..." Lucy nodded slightly as she gazed at Aoi.

Tatsuo and Kiyoshi sighed as they left the room. Aoi didn't move for a while, he just stayed there and watched lucy with a caution. Natsu stepped into his view and shot him a dark glare. Aoi, turned away and left the room quickly.

Kimiko sighed in relief when he left the room finally. Cho was playing around with a strand of Lucy's hair. Lucy sighed as she slid down so she was sitting on the floor.

"...Why does Aoi hate females?" Kimiko shook her head, " Our mom had left us when he was only 5. He has seen many women play around with guys. He even had his heart broken.. Poor boy." Daichi hugged kimiko gently. Lucy looked up and huffed, "You guys go ahead. We'll keep them company until you come back."

Kimiko looked at lucy in surprise, "Are you sure lucy-san?" Lucy nodded, "Yea, We can handle it. Right natsu? Happy?" "Aye sir!" Natsu didn't answer. He was still staring at the door with a dark expression. Kimiko looked at Daichi worriedly.

Daichi seemed to realize and sighed, " The main reason why we asked for help is because many people despise Aoi, because of the things he's done..." Lucy stopped playing with Cho to stare at kimiko and Daichi.

" We had at least 20 assassins come by in a week. I don't know why they attack him... They keep saying something about being dangerous and hidden magic. Please...Please protect my family Lucy-san!"

There was a sudden bang, causing everyone to turn to the door. Aoi was growling furiously at kimiko and Daichi.

"Why did you tell them? This is my business alone! I don't need someone like you to look out for me! You even went ahead and told this bitch and salamander about it! I don't even want to be near him because he's-"

*SMACK*

Everything went silent. Natsu, kimiko, kiyoshi and tatsuo who came in to stop aoi, happy and Daichi stared in shock and horror. Aoi Slowly held his check in surprise as he looked at lucy.

Lucy crossed her arms and glared, "I had it up to here with you. What the hell is your problem? Huh?! Kimiko-san is trying her best to protect you and everyone, and this is how you repay her? Are you mad?!" Natsu walked up to lucy silently, "Lucy..."

"You are going to sit down and shut up. I'm not going to put up with your behavior. We are here on a damn mission. Don't make it any harder for us. If it goes smoothly, then we can hurry up and leave." Aoi silently watched lucy before turning away. Aoi didn't say anything else as he ran out of the room quickly.

Kimiko and Daichi released a sigh. Lucy turned so that she was facing Daichi, "We got it under control. You guys go." Kimiko nodded and they both left. Natsu handed cho to lucy as he walked out of the house.

"Where is he going?" Tatsuo stood next to lucy with his arms crossed. Lucy shook his head, "He's going to keep watch." "keep watch?" Lucy nodded, "He'll know when someone is coming." Lucy stopped talking and handed cho to him, before going to where aoi was.


Lucy headed up the stairs and knocked on a door. Kiyoshi had told her where Aoi would have been. When she didn't get an answer, she opened it just enough so she could stick her head in.

"..Aoi?" Aoi was sitting on his bed reading. He jumped when he heard her voice and accidently threw the book. Lucy chuckled as she entered the room. "Hey.. I just came to apologize. I didn't mean to hit you like that." Aoi quietly watched as lucy made her way to his bookshelf. "What do you want blondie?" Lucy twitched slightly.

"Nothing. I just came to apologize to you. I'm going to go make dinner, so come join us."

Lucy walked out of the room and made her way into the kitchen. Tatsuo and Cho were already there playing. Lucy smiled.

Natsu walked in with a sullen look. He had sensed that there were people hidden somewhere. It was also getting dark. But he felt like they were not in any immediate danger. Natsu sat down as he stared at the ground in thought.

He wished that he had looked at the request before they came here. He didn't like how friendly those guys were being towards lucy. Sneaking a glace, Natsu stared at lucy who was making dinner for everyone. 'Lucy's pretty...'

Lucy seemed to sense that natsu was staring, cause she had turned her head towards him and smiled, "What's the matter natsu? You want to help me?" Natsu stared at her a bit more with a blank expression before getting up. "No." Lucy laughed when he left the kitchen.

Before they had left, Kimiko had showed them their rooms. Natsu had his own room, Which was daichi's and kimiko's. Lucy had wanted to share a room with Cho. After everyone ate, they all went to bed. Natsu sat on his bed, staring out the window. He could hear lucy reading to Cho who was giggling and making baby noises. Natsu smiled to himself. Happy was asleep on Natsu's pillow. Natsu listened to lucy a bit more, listening to her read. Her voice was soothing.

Natsu wanted to be around her more. He didn't want to leave her side. He really didn't understand why he didn't.

He laid down and stared at the ceiling in thought. He had this bad feeling earlier when he was outside. Natsu decided to ignore it and fell asleep.


everything was silent, except for the occasional snores and such. Everyone had fallen asleep, however, there was something there. Red eyes gleamed in the darkness of the night, watching the peaceful lucy sleep.

Dangerous red eyes stared at her in amusement.

The shadow backed away from the window and into the shadows.

"I finally found you Heartfilia. Be prepared... Gihi."

Guy's. People. Friends. I'm going to change this chapter. I know I know I know It sucks butt. I am seriously sorry. I would like it if someone would give me tips on either how to make this chapter better or if I should completely delete this and restart. Also... I want to write a few lemons in this, but I don't know how _

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