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Chapter 8 Reunion

Her scream of release followed but the distinct pain of her own teeth breaking his skin in her own mark had him roaring out in triumph, even as it sent them both over the edge once more. The combination of back to back orgasms had him clutching her against him tightly even as he dropped to his knees, his teeth still buried in her neck, his dick still being milked inside of her.

Feeling overwhelmed by the intensity of their orgasms, neither noticed the explosion of light that came from them, sealing their hearts, souls, and lives together for the rest of eternity.

After what felt like hours, but was surely only minutes, they drew away from each other, smiling, feeling more complete than they ever had before. Tracing her fingers over the scales still visible on his face, Lucy giggled slightly as Natsu shivered under her touch. Pulling his gaze from hers, he ran his eyes over her own face and down over her shoulders, his eyes widening in awe.

Scales as pure of a white as the stars that graced the night sky speckled with other colors covered her in a fashion similar to his own. Around her eyes like a mask, across part of her left shoulder, across the top of her breasts, the scales glittered under the glow of the stars that continued to pulse around them. What really drew his gaze like a magnet though, was what covered a portion of her upper right arm and shoulder.

His mark on her.

A red dragon, wings tucked in, head nestled right where he had bitten her, trailed across her shoulder, its body wrapping around her upper arm. Peering closer at it, he found the tip of its tail just above her elbow. He had never thought that the mark would be so large, but after the soul bond, perhaps it made sense.

Lifting a hand from where it had continued to clutch at her hip, he ran a fingertip over the mark from nose to tail, and realized that this was definitely different than anything he had ever heard of. The moment he touched it, he felt a pulsing warmth, almost like a purr, vibrate up his arm, and watched in surprised as the dragons eyes opened to wink at him.

Looking back at Lucy directly, he found that she too was gazing at him in shock. He was about to follow her gaze when he felt a sudden stabbing pain in his chest.

Coughing against it, he stepped further back, not wanting to hurt Lucy, but realizing that she was already hunching over in pain as well, gasping even as she reached for his hand….only for it to pass through him like a ghost.

'Natsu?!' Lucy cried, trying again to catch him, even as she fought to stay up right.

'Lucy! I don't know-shit!' Natsu gasped, doubling over as the pain increased.

'Natsu you have to go back! I can't lose you, not when we've just gotten this!' Lucy stepped back quickly, seeing that he was starting to fade, realizing what had happened, knowing there wasn't time to explain.

'Dammit Lucy no! You have to come with me! I'm not leaving you here!' Natsu tried again to reach for her, feeling betrayed when she stepped back.

'Don't worry Natsu, I am coming back. At least part of me. Soul Bond remember? You'll find me soon Natsu, I know you will. I love you.' With one last smile, and a tear rolling down her check, Lucy disappeared, leaving Natsu in the dark once more.

Roaring in anguish, defying the darkness that threatened to consume him, he broke free of that which could have killed him.

"Come on Natsu! You've gotta wake up!" Pressure on his chest had him groaning, then retching as his body fought to expel the liquid in his lungs that didn't belong there. Rolling to his side he coughed and heaved, feeling his throat and sinuses burn as water and stomach bile poured out of him.

"That's it son, you've got it." A soothing voice, plus a solid thump between his shoulder blades had Natsu coughing again, even as he almost stopped breathing again at the words he had just heard. After a few more minutes of his body trembling, and seizing to get the last of the unwanted liquid from his lungs, Natsu collapsed to his side, barely managing to keep from landing face first in what he had gotten rid of.

Seeing the man kneeling above him, Natsu let his instincts take over and let a fist fly, landing on the others jaw and sending them flying back. Panting slight, Natsu rolled to his feet before stalking over to the man still on his back, only now he was laughing even as he rubbed his aching jaw.

"Seven years old man! Seven damn years Igneel! SEVEN GODDAMN YEARS!" Natsu roared, jumping on and letting his fists fly. It wasn't until a few minutes had passed that while Igneel was not doing anything to fight back, none of Natsus' punches were landing on him either. Realizing this, Natsu rolled off of him, panting, his lungs still burning. Hearing his old man sit up next to him, Natsu snarled.

"Are you quite finished? You're welcome by the way." Igneel stated, draping his arms around his drawn up knees.

"What the hell for?"

"If I hadn't come along when I did, you would've died by drowning. What the hell is wrong with you? I taught you how to swim, so drowning in a pond for you would've been embarrassing."

"Shut it old man, a lot has happened since you've been gone. Why the hell are you here in the first place, after all this damn time?"

"I may have been gone, but it was for my own reasons that will hopefully help you in your current problem. You're looking for Phantoms Fist aren't you?" Igneel asked, not at all surprised when he had a hand yanking him forward by the collar of his shirt.

"What the hell do you know about them?" Natsu snarled, not realizing that his right arm was pulsing or that his eyes were flashing from black to fiery red. The steady hand that was placed on Natsus' arm only had him snarling more.

"Natsu stop. You're letting a lot of things cloud your instincts and most of it is getting you no where. Although…I can see you followed your instincts on at least one important step which will in turn help you find Lucy."

"What are you talk-"

"Hey flame brain! Everything alright?" A voice called out, catching Natsus' and Igneels attention at the same time. Shifting towards the voice, they watched as Gajeel broke through the trees, his body tense and ready for a possible fight. It wasn't until a blue head peeked out from behind him that Natsu realized that Levy had been with him. Which in all honesty shouldn't have been surprising.

"Well I'll be…so Gajeel found his mate as well huh? Metalicana would be proud Gajeel!" Igneel stated, grinning at the shock that crossed over his nephews face.

"Wait-Metalicana? You know where he is? Who the he-Igneel?!" Gajeel stuttered before darting forward to yank the man out of Natsus' grasp. "You're Igneel? Where the hell is Metalicana?!" He demanded almost shaking the fire dragon senseless. A flaming fist caught him upside the head and sent him flying.

"Yo bolts for brains, get your hands off my dad!" Natsu snarled. Before he could go after Gajeel, Natsu choked, feeling the scarf he wore pull tightly around his neck and stop him in his tracks. Looking over his shoulder, he glanced up to find the familiar toothy grin, bright blue eyes and bright red hair of his dad towering over him.

"That's enough Natsu. He has every right to want to know what's going on, however there is nothing I can tell him except that Metalicana will return in time when he is needed, much as I have." Glancing over at the iron dragon slayer who was just now sitting up with the help of the blunette by his side, Igneel couldn't help but smirk. "As I said before Gajeel, he would and will be proud that you've found your mate. Shit. She does know right?" Igneel asked with a delayed grimace at the blush that stained the girls cheek. The familiar snarky grin that crossed the boys face was all the answer he needed.

"Yea, she knows thanks to that idiot son of yours who decided to keep us dragon slayers in the ass." Gajeel grunted while getting to his feet to pull Levy against him.

"What the hell are you doing here tin head?" Natsu asked with a scowl.

"We were leaving the guild when I smelled something odd and followed it, which led me here." Gajeel answered bluntly. "It was familiar, like you, but at the same time different, and I wanted to make sure you hadn't gone off the deep end with everything going on. You do still have the ring on right?"

Nodding, Natsu held up his right hand to show the ring. Letting out a huff of breath, he turned to Igneel with a glare.

"Well, since you decided to show up out of nowhere, why don't we all go inside and see if we can figure out what's going on." With that said, Natsu entered his home, leaving the door open for the others to follow.