Lucy was waking up feeling quite groggy after last night's induction into White Sea party, as well as Juvia's ranking. She woke up to see she was curled into Cristoff and Vander's side, Juvia was sleeping on Cristoff's chest, while Wendy was snuggled into the other side of the shadowquip. It had been quite the party, one that rivalled Fairy Tail's craziness. She'd also never blushed so much in her entire life. Emzadi and Xally had been talking about their sexcapades over the years, Evergreen and Juvia chiming in as well. Lucy had put her two cents in as well until Cristoff ratted her out about being a virgin still. She had sex, it was just oral sex, not the penetrating kind. Her face heated up while thinking about it even now.

The blonde got out of the warm mage sandwich she was currently resting in and made her way to her own room. She braced her hand on the wall and slowly made her way down the hall, her mind still extremely fuzzy from the alcohol she drank. Thankfully she didn't have a hangover or the need to puke, so that was a win in her books. She just needed to find her room, shower, and blissfully fall into bed and sleep it all off for several more hours. Lucy wasn't expecting for Cobra to be passed out in her bed though, or what she was hoping was him being asleep.

Lucy hoped in the shower, mind wandering to when she called Aquarius out to save Xally. Well, Gemini Aquarius. She hadn't been able to find her reformed key yet and seeing her briefly as Gemini helped the pain. She missed the mermaid spirit deeply, tears were being washed away by the water from the showerhead. She had so much pain happen to her since Aquarius sacrificed herself. Losing her spirit, watching her team leave without her, Fairy Tail falling apart, being captured, tortured in her dreams, and all the haunting nightmares that would come and go. Her favourite one was when she was being told they were coming for her, never any more of an explanation and the scenes were always different, but the message was the same.

"Tink," Cobra opened the bathroom door to see Lucy standing in a pink towel. "Why haven't you told anyone about Aquarius or the dreams? You shouldn't have to try and sort through all of this on your own. You do so much for everyone else the least we can do is listen to your internal struggles."

"Erik," Lucy smiled through her tears, "Who would have thought you would be my go-to person after all this time? First to claim me as kin, as your sister, family. Something we have both longed for and it all started in that damn cave in a steel cage." Lucy laughed at the situation.

"Everything happens for a reason Tink," Cobra steered her out of the bathroom and onto the bed. "I'm a murdering bastard who doesn't deserve the likes of you, but here we are anyways. So . . . tell me what you are going to do about your large crush on Laxus?"

"Only when you tell me about what your plans for Evergreen are," Lucy quipped back to the poison slayer.

"Touche," Cobra chuckled at the blonde. "She's my mate, Tink."

"Shut the front door!" Lucy's wide eyes stared into Cobra magenta one, blinking several times as she tried to wrap her head around this new piece of information. Evergreen and Cobra. Cobra and Evergreen. It was almost funny how perfect the two were for each other, both sarcastic to a fault with wicked tongues that would enjoy doing battle with one another. The poison slayer and the fairy mage as an item, the smile that took over her face was large and infectious.

"Cut that shit out Tink! I sure as shit not that mushy."

"You might be once you two are mated. I take it she doesn't know a thing?"

"Well I think she knows I'm attracted to her, and I sure as fuck knows she's attracted to me so that makes things easier." The truth was he had no idea what to do next. He'd never been on a date, never done anything more than fuck women when he needed it, hell he didn't even kiss the women he fucked. Kissing was for lovey-dovey types and he sure as shit didn't fit that category.

"How about you just try to get to know her better?" Lucy suggested as she closed the bathroom door behind her so that she could change. No use trying to get any more sleep now. "Sit with her while she's eating, take a mission with her, buy her a drink?"

"Yea I suppose I should start there. You know Laxus has a thing for you, right Tink? It's why he's been acting like a huge ass hole whenever someone else gets too close to you." He wasn't going to tattle and tell Lucy that she was Laxus' mate but try and point her in the right direction since Sparky wasn't moving his ass at more than a snail's pace.

"I guess I should try and talk to the big idiot as well," Lucy said with a slight blush staining her cheeks. "You should probably eat something before your match with Emzadi at ten."

"And you should just curl up in bed and get some more sleep before your own battle against Kaleb. You can still get three or so hours of sleep before making your way down to see my kick-ass fight." Lucy rolled her eyes at him before she crawled into bed, Cobra tucking her in and placing a kiss on her brow. She smiled at him as he closed the door on his way out.

"Cobra," a shocked messy haired fairy mage was a bit shocked to see her crush coming out of Lucy's room, her heart falling a bit.

"Relax fairy freak. I was just putting my kin to bed after she wondered her way back to her room early this morning." Erik. I know you can hear me! Aske her to get some breakfast with you. Take the first step. Cobra rolled his eye mentally at her. How she even knew what was going on when she was on the verge of sleep was beyond him. "I'm heading down to eat, want to come with me?"

"Ah, um, yeah sure," Evergreen readjusted her glasses and tried to tame her tousled hair.

"You look fine greenie." He actually meant it too. She had wandered off to bed by herself after Cobra had left early, her intentions for seducing the man gone to shit. He knew she hadn't had sex in a while, could smell no other scent on her body, but the smell of her slight arousal had him closing his eye to try and not screw this up right away. Baby steps, even if his dragon couldn't agree.

"Need some nightshade in your coffee?" Evergreen asked as they approached the bar, she went behind it and fetched him the concoction. "I've been working back here from time to time for extra jewel, plus it's a great way to meet people."

"Damn Ever. This is some tasty coffee and the nightshade is a great touch." He watched her blush again, enjoying the fact it was him who brought this side out of her. Now if only her face was flushed with desire as he pounded his cock into her tight pussy. His pants were a little too tight thanks to his minor trip down pervy lane.

"Thanks. They have an oleander scrambled egg special if you're interested."

"Damn woman. You know the way to my heart is to poison it." Evergreen laughed as she put the order into the kitchen, followed by her own orange juice and brown toast. "You know after my ranking battle and once we've taken down the bastard who hurt shadow shit would you like to go on a . . . date?" Evergreen almost dropped the glass of orange juice she was holding but managed to curve her surprise.

"I would really enjoy that."

"Morning Medusa. Sup poison breath?"

"Bickslow! Can you not be such a dick so early in the morning?"

"Where's the fun in that Ever?" the seith mage waggled his eyebrows playfully. Evergreen huffed as she turned to bend over to grab some raspberry jam from the cooler under the bar. Cobra watched as her skirt hugged her ass but not enough to see what kind of underwear was under that tight green number. "Cobra you should stop drooling over my teammate." He swiped at Bickslow who ducked and avoided being hit. "Your battle with Emzadi isn't going to be easy. She can literally burn anything with the heat of the sun, including your poisons."

"I know. She also has a mindbender mage as an older brother so she'll be well prepared that way."

"Maybe not," Evergreen said as she took a bite of her toast. "She knows you're a poison dragon slayer who can hear thoughts, but does she understand it's not thoughts you hear but souls? Plus she hasn't fought Bix in a long ass time so she's probably a bit rusty when it comes to soul magic. You'll just need to keep her on her toes and surprise her somehow. Anyways I'm going to get ready before the match. Good luck Cobra." Evergreen kissed him on the cheek before skipping out of the guild hall.

"I'm not sure who has it worse. You or her."

"Shut the fuck up Bickslow!"

Cobra entered the training grounds, slightly nervous over the fact that so many people were already here to witness the fight. He honestly didn't think that he was going to win but he wasn't going down without giving it his all. Lucy was sitting beside Evergreen and Wendy, all three women smiled and waved at him. The rest of the Thunder Legion was sitting behind the three of them as well as Vander and Xally. He could hear the curiosity from everyone's souls as one of the newest dragon slayers to join the guild, they wanted to see what he was capable of.

"You ready to face my fire, poison boy?" A busty blonde entered the arena, hips swaying. "This will not be an easy battle." Cobra stayed quiet as he assessed the situation. Runes flared to life around the battlefield protecting the viewers from poison and heat. Knowing he'd have to go all out and at least he couldn't hurt anyone. He heard Master Kaleb utter some words to the crowd and then a gong sound as Emzadi immediately attacked Cobra with blaring hot fists. Cobra dodged and sent a poison dragon roar her way, she ignited it with her fire and dispersed it.

Well shit. He wasn't expecting that to happen with his poison against her flames, however, it did give him an idea. They traded blows between wicked fast punches and kicks, with his soul reading magic he was able to stay a step ahead of her. Emzadi was wicked strong and fast with years of training from being a White Sea mage plus everything she had learned from Nurem. She wasn't without her skeletons though, none of them really were. "How does it feel to go up against someone who can see inside you?"

"Pft. Your magic is nothing compared to my brothers. You're not even trying to cripple me from the inside, you mustn't be that strong on a mind reader." Emzadi sent a powerful solar dragon roar his way, barely missing it. His jacket was burning as he threw it down to the ground, thankfully the undershirt and pants he had on was from Elluris and was able to withstand her heat. A brilliant idea that was given to him from Freed last night when he was a tad intoxicated and happily sitting in Farron's lap.

Cobra started running around the grounds evading attacks, but never actually launching one himself, luring the blonde into a false sense of security. He was leaking poison from his feet, creating an intricate design that he'd be able to set off a series of attacks. Was it going to be enough to stop the blonde? Who fuckin knows but this would be fun either way. Destruction and mayhem were things he had always excelled at. He continued to draws lines in the ground tossing a poison fist and roar into the mix to change it up some, didn't need to catch on to his brilliant plan. A punch caught him in the face sending him flying into the barrier.

"Cobra!" He heard Evergreen yell his name and once his vision stopped swimming in his only good eye he saw her. Concerned eyes watering as Lucy tried to comfort her. Well, damn it all if that wasn't the sweetest fucking thing he'd ever seen. Mavis, when did he become such a sap when it came to Lucy and Evergreen. Time to kick his plan into high gear.

"You're pretty good at evading my attacks. Balls haven't dropped enough to fight me like a man?" Emzadi teased, hand on her hip with one hand brushing her hair over her shoulder.

"I think you're boobs are cutting the oxygen supply off to your brain. I'm every bit a man that you'll never get to try out." Cobra ran towards the solar dragon slayer, starting to activate some of his poison traps in the ground. Emzadi was flipping away from one explosion when another caught her side, throwing her to the ground as she groaned in pain.

"That wasn't bad twinkle toes," Emzadi dusted herself off. Cobra set off another couple poison flares close to Emzadi, so she had to cover her mouth and flee the area. It was becoming incredibly toxic with all the fumes out and about, her vision was blurring as she tried to wipe the haziness out. Time to set the poison on fire and watch him squirm for a little while. She sparked her fist, not expecting to be flown back into the barrier. "What the hell was that?"

"Easy there darlin'," Cobra smirked at the blonde on the ground. "Wouldn't want you to break a nail now."

"That's it!" Emzadi's entire body became encased in flames. "You're going to be flambeed now you snake."

"Flattery will get you everywhere!" Emzadi continued to fall into his well laid out plan. If there was one thing that he was well aware of is how to piss off someone who is a hothead. Thank you Natsu! "If you're lucky you'll hear all about what my snake can do, sugar tits."

"Sugar. Tits. Why you," Emzadi came at Cobra fast and hard, the soul reader a step ahead of her at every turn. "How can you hear my thoughts! My barrier is strong enough to keep Kaleb out for several minutes. I should have no issues against you."

"Awe pumpkin." Cobra sent a poison dragon roar her way which she sidestepped and placed her exactly where he was hoping she'd land.

"You're so going down!" Her entire body became encased in golden flames of the sun as she stepped onto one of Cobra's poison lines in the sand. The entire area blew up with savage fumes, Cobra eating them all up since they were different than what he had originally laid. Emzadi was out for the count but Cobra's hands were slightly burnt from the heat.

"We're dissipating everything within the rune barrier before stepping in," Kaleb's voice sounded from somewhere. Once the runes were down Cristoff and Xally were in the arena, with Xally healing Cobra's hands and Cristoff checking in on his sister. "We're awarding Cobra Double S ranking with an immediate track into Century Class. I suggest everyone get some food before the third ranking will take place later this afternoon."

"You were amazing Cobra," Evergreen whispered to him. "How about I treat you to lunch?"

"Sounds good fairy queen." The two walked out of the room, Lucy with a smile on her face. Now she just had to figure out what to do with her own man situation.

Figured it was time to have a little more fluffy chapter(s), so why not kick it off with some CoGreen! I hope you all enjoyed it because next chapter we'll have some freat LaLu fluff coming along, so excited!