Author's Note:

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IMPORTANT NOTE !

Now, as I'm sure you'll note (and without giving away too many spoilers) I just wanted to say that, starting this chapter, we are now entering the final arc for this story. So, we're coming to the end folks. *goes and hides to cry in the corner* That said, I'm going to start a poll here on story ideas for the next runners up I'll be writing. I've got several in the works and would like to see which one you all seem most interested in. I've got the side stories for this story, the first one I'd be writing is the Gruvia one since it's the most plotted out. Or I've got two NaLu stories already somewhat plotted out, specifically a story involving Natsu going into heat (which mainly focused on his and Lucy's relationship) or there's one that's about half-way plotted out that involves Lucy having a very dark/hurtful past (lots of triggers and Natsu helping her get over stuff in that one, focusing on trauma and emotions, probably some action and missions too) and lastly another half-way plotted out one that's an AU NaLu story that's called the Princess and the Arsonist...take that how you will. ;D So, I'm open to hearing what everyone would prefer to read next, and at the end of the very last chapter I will announce the winner!

Alright, now that that's over with, on with the show! And stay tuned till the end for a sneak peek of next chapter. ;D

One lovely blue-skied day, several weeks after returning home from the Grand Magic Games, Lucy, Natsu, and Happy walked in to the guildhall, before splitting up to go and do their various normal activities. Lucy headed to the bar to visit with Mira, Natsu picked a fight with Gray, and Happy followed Lucy to try and get some fish from the white-haired barmaid.

"Hello Happy! Lucy! What can I get you today?"

"Fish please!" Happy called, and Mira smiled before reaching under the bar and into his fish cooler to retrieve the requested item. Happy grabbed it with both paws and a big grin before zooming off to find Carla.

Lucy watched with a fond smile and then turned back to her friend for a little gossip. "So…have you heard any news from Cana this morning?"

"Not yet…she still hasn't come in."

"Hmm…well that could mean her date with Bacchus went really well." Lucy snickered while wagging her eyebrows a little.

Mira laughed behind her hand. "My goodness Lucy…you certainly have become lewd."

"Ha! Not really. I'm just a lot more comfortable talking about stuff like that these days…but I'm not a pervert. Cana and you still have the corner on that market."

She gasped in mock offense. "I'm nothing of the sort!"

"Oh please. How many times did you and Cana double-team me and talk about sex just to embarrass the snot out of me? I mean sure, Cana is waaaay more explicit, but you did your fair share."

All she got in response was a giggle and shrug from her friend before Mira wandered off to take someone else's order.

Lucy just shook her head and snorted before turning around on her stool so she could watch the guild. It had already been a couple of weeks since they had returned from the Grand Magic Games, and not much had changed. Almost everything had gone back to normal as soon as they returned…aside from a few key differences. For instance, Lucy was about ninety percent sure that Gajeel and Levy had gotten together, but just hadn't made it public yet.

Levy was probably one of her closest girl-friends within the guild, but she still hadn't managed to pull the truth out of her… not that she'd really tried yet. But when she caught sight of Gajeel and Levy coming into the guild together, and the iron dragon slayer was making a motion like he'd just removed his arm from around her shoulders, she couldn't resist. Before Levy could be absorbed by team Shadow Gear, she gestured for her blue-haired friend to join her at the bar, and Levy came over with a curious look in her eye.

"Hey Luce…what's up?"

"Nothing much. I was just waiting for Cana to come in so we can get the scoop on her date with Bacchus."

"Oh right! That was last night! I totally forgot."

"Yep…." She paused to ask for a strawberry milkshake. "Soooo, speaking of…how's it going with Gajeel?"

Levy turned bright red. "Wh-what do you mean?"

"Well, you guys are a thing now right?" Lucy commented casually, hoping to catch Levy off-guard.

"A thing?" she repeated, the last word rising in pitch dramatically.

"Yeah. I mean it's obvious you guys are together."

Finally, Levy blew out a deep breath. "Is it really that obvious?" she whispered, deflating a little.

Lucy made sure to keep her triumphant smile hidden. "Uh-huh. To me at least."

"Well shoot. I thought we were doing a good job of keeping a low profile."

"I guess you don't want to make a huge fuss?"

"Yeah…Gajeel's pretty private. He doesn't want anyone messing around in his business and having a bunch of busybodies poking their noses where they don't belong. At least that's how he put it."

"Sounds like him. Looks like he's going the same route as Gray did at first."

"Yeah…" she sighed. "But after this I doubt it'll stay a secret much longer." She glanced at Mira, who was a ways down the bar looking totally innocent, but had probably heard at least some of what they were talking about.

And then they were interrupted by the other biggest change to Fairy Tail – the newest four-person team was just walking through the doors of the guild after getting back from their first job.

"Hey! They're back!" she exclaimed and Levy turned around to see who she meant.

"Oh cool! I hope it went well for them."

Lucy smiled broadly as Yukino spied her and started walking over to where she and Levy were parked at the bar.

After the Grand Magic Games, Sting, Lector, and Rogue had left Sabertooth, for multiple reasons. One of the biggest causes was that the master of Sabertooth had confronted them shortly after the Games had concluded. Not only had they lost – which was apparently normally enough to get them kicked out as it was – but the fact that they were gay had been hinted at. Basically, he had threatened the two and told them that if they really were a gay couple and he found out, they would be kicked from the guild and publicly humiliated. He had planned to keep them, even with their loss, since he wasn't stupid enough to kick out all of his most powerful mages at once – but to stay, they all had to participate in some sort of horrible punishment.

Naturally, Sting, Lector, and Rogue had decided to leave of their own accord, which made complete sense to Lucy. She would have done the same thing if she'd been in their shoes. Besides that, they had already probably been planning to leave so they could be with Yukino, and this was just the perfect excuse.

After that, they had met up with their white-haired girlfriend and the three of them had come to Fairy Tail to ask if they could join a "real" guild… saying that they'd seen how a guild should act by watching them at the Games. Naturally Makarov had been more than happy to accept them…. especially since it meant that Fairy Tail had an unprecedented number of dragon slayers in it. Not to mention dragons.

"Hi Yukino! So how was your first mission for Fairy Tail?" Lucy greeted and smiled as her fellow celestial mage sat herself at the bar with them.

"It went really well. Although they were confused when we showed up, since they thought we were still members of Sabertooth."

"I heard Sorcerer Weekly is planning to interview you guys, so it'll become popular knowledge then." Levy said from the other side of Lucy.

"I would really like that. After what you did for us, taking us in like this, I'm happy to let the world know that we're part of Fairy Tail now."

"Yeah! For sure!" came a new slightly hoarse voice as Sting waltzed over and joined them, closely followed by his shadow of course. That was the first thing Lucy had noticed about the pair, Rogue really took his role as a shadow dragon seriously, since he was basically Sting's shadow…or Yukino's shadow…whichever. Lector was also with them of course and hopped up on a stool next to Sting.

Yukino frowned, looking perturbed. "There was one thing that bothered me though…"

"Oh yeah, we definitely need to talk to the master about this. It was freaky." Lector interjected, making a face.

"What happened?"

"Well…the whole time we were on our mission…I kept getting this feeling, like we were being watched and followed."

"Someone was definitely following us. Their scent was always there, but no matter how much Sting and I tried to track them down-"

"They always gave us the slip! It was damn irritating!" Sting interrupted.

The shadow dragon nodded in agreement. "It was highly disturbing."

"That's not good…do you think it could have been Tartarus?" Lucy murmured, looking towards Levy and getting a worried shrug.

"Tartarus?" Yukino tentatively asked. "You think it was them?"

"Their scent was demonic, so it's very likely." Rogue interjected, which lowered their optimism a few more levels.

"And if they were following you…"

"They could be planning another kidnapping attempt on Yukino…" Sting finished her sentence, his expression dark and worried.

"You're right. This is definitely something Master Makarov needs to know." Levy agreed with their previous statements, and they all nodded.

Coincidentally, the master happened to show up at that exact moment, and Yukino, Sting, Lector, and Rogue all headed towards him to report on the strange occurrence they'd experienced.

Lucy watched them go, and uneasy feeling building in the pit of her stomach. "I just don't like it Levy. If this is Tartarus we're dealing with, they're really getting bold. I feel like something bad is going to happen soon."

"Don't worry Lu, I'm sure it'll all work out." Levy replied, but her tone was unsure and didn't do much to ease Lucy's sense of foreboding.

Still, she tried to put on a happy face for her friend's benefit. "Yeah, you're right. We'll be fine… we always are."

Levy smiled, seeming to relax some, and then turned to Mira to order herself a smoothie. While she was distracted, Lucy glanced back towards the four talking to their master. At the serious look on Makarov's face, she knew that she wasn't the only one who was worried about impending trouble.

…

After that, Yukino was put under close protection. She wasn't to go anywhere by herself and had to stay in town near the guild. That meant she couldn't go on any missions outside of Magnolia, so Rogue and Sting had to take turns doing solo missions to help support them.

Just for safety's sake, Lucy was put under the same guidelines, and she was also temporarily moved to Fairy Heights, the dormitory for Fairy Tail. Yukino already shared a two-bedroom suite there with Sting and Rogue – and Lector of course – so she didn't have to move. Of course, Fairy Hills wasn't exactly cheap, which was why Rogue and Sting had to keep taking jobs to pay the bills, but thankfully Lucy was given a room for free since it was strictly a temporary safety precaution. She doubted she would have been able to pay two rents.

Lucy appreciated the reason for it, but she also kind of missed her apartment. From the very start, Lucy had always rented her own place, at first simply because she hadn't known about Fairy Hills. But even after discovering it, she had already been so settled into her apartment that she hadn't wanted to move. She'd been in that same apartment for years, ever since she ran away from home, so moving was definitely unsettling.

Still, at least Natsu was allowed to stay with her, so she couldn't really complain. Apparently the previous dorm mother had been very, very stern about keeping the guys on their side and the girls on their side, without any mingling whatsoever. Ms. Fumio though, an older woman with spiky gray hair and a personality just as tall, didn't seem to care at all if the dormitory inhabitants comingled in their rooms. She ran the place like an apartment building, not a dormitory, and was only truly strict with the underage persons living there.

Despite her misgivings about moving into a new place – temporary though it might be – Lucy settled in quite well. She really liked Ms. Fumio and also enjoyed living so close to her guildmates.

A few nights after moving in, Lucy was lying on her new bed with Happy on her stomach and Amy's flank under her head as she read a new novel she had just picked up. It had been a lark, normally she didn't indulge in straight up romance novels because she had always held a somewhat snobby attitude towards them – thinking the whole genre was smut. But she'd recently been playing with the idea of including romance in her next novel…and wanted an idea of how to go about it. So, she had purchased an interesting looking romance, fantasy, mystery novel. The fact that the main male lead was a dragon had intrigued her for obvious reasons.

The book she had only just finished writing lay untouched in a box that she had brought with her. Being the first novel she had actually managed to complete, she was perhaps a tad bit possessive and protective of it. She'd already made a magical copy and put it in a safety deposit box that she now rented by the month for 2000 jewel – which was a great deal as far as she was concerned. Another copy had gone to Levy, because she had promised to give her one as soon as she finished it.

However…it had not made it to the one place that it really should. No matter how she tried to convince herself to turn it into a publisher, she just hadn't been able to get up the courage quite yet. 'Soon,' she promised herself.

Besides that, she had much bigger things to worry about right now, with Tartarus at large and apparently gearing up for another attack.

So, reading a new novel was a good distraction from her worries as well as inspiration for future novels she may write. She'd already plowed through the first third of the book, soon realizing that it was much better than she had originally anticipated. There were a few clichés, but overall it was actually quite engaging and funnier than she'd thought it would be. The mystery and action kept her intrigued, and the romantic plot was surprisingly just as thrilling.

Being unused to romance novels though, she wasn't entirely prepared for the first love scene or how quickly it appeared, and her eyes widened progressively as the main characters went past kissing and entered into the territory of sexual activities. Her cheeks were a little flushed by the time clothes started coming off, and she was so engrossed in the story that she missed the slight flash of flames and crackle that signaled Natsu's arrival.

Natsu of course instantly smelled a familiar scent on his arrival, and he paused to sniff deeply before turning to see Lucy reading a book. It was very faint, but the smell was unmistakable, and that meant whatever the hell she was reading was actually turning her on a little… which was weird as far as he was concerned.

Intrigued, he quietly stepped to the side of the bed, up close to the headboard, so he could peer over Amy and Lucy's head to get a look at the page. Pink eyebrows shot up as he took in the words she was so busy staring at, and then a smirk curled his lips and he couldn't hold back a loud snort of amusement.

The abrupt sound made her squeak and jump, which startled Amy and woke up Happy. All three turned to look at him with various levels of irritation, though Lucy seemed more surprised and embarrassed that anything.

"Natsu! When did you get here? And why are you back there?! You scared the crap out of me!"

"Sorry…I just couldn't help but wonder what had you so … interested. So I decided to get a peek."

"I…you! You know I don't like people reading over my shoulder!"

He waved off her protest with a casual flapping motion of his hand. "Yeah, yeah. But seriously…I had no idea you were into books like that."

She flushed and scowled at him.

"Like what?" Happy yawned before she could fuss at him.

She glared at Natsu in a way that clearly said, 'This is your fault,' before turning to Happy. "It's uh…a love story."

The blue cat's eyes suddenly sparkled with mischief. "OOOOoooh. A loooove story huh? Is it that kind of love story? You know…the kind that makes you a pervert for reading them?"

The fact that Happy knew what might be in a romance novel shouldn't exactly surprise her. He was a full-grown tom cat…and he had been raised by a writer and avid reader. Still, it wasn't exactly comfortable to have him say stuff like that, and she frowned.

"Happy!"

He just giggled and puffed out his cheeks. "I guess I'm right! Haha! Lucy's a pervert!"

Natsu snickered along with him, up until Lucy threw the book at him, hitting him squarely in the face. "You! This is your fault!"

He reared back and clapped a hand over his red nose with a playful glare fixed on her. She turned away from him and then grabbed the nearest pillow to throw at Happy, who was still laughing. "And you! Stop calling me a pervert! You have a girlfriend! Grow up!"

He laughed a little more, but blushed too, always happy to have his relationship with Carla brought up. "I do! And she's super pretty too!"

Lucy sighed, relaxing a little as it seemed that the blue pest had been successfully rerouted. "Yes she is. Very pretty."

"Hey Happy, why don't you go see her? Since we're here, you might as well take advantage of it and spend as much time as you can with her, right?" Natsu suggested with a big grin.

It was true, Wendy and Carla also lived in Fairy Heights.

Happy's eyes lit up the way they always did when Carla was brought up. "Aye Sir!" he chirped and headed towards the door. Right as he exited though, he turned back with a smirk. "But I know you just want me to leave so you can do perverted stuff…"

"You! Cat!" Lucy yelled, grabbing her pillow and throwing it at him, only for it to hit the closed door as he shut it smartly behind him.

They could hear his laughter from the other side, and then he loudly sing-songed his way down the hall. "I got kicked out of Lucy and Natsu's room again…I wonder why?"

Lucy growled and was instantly getting off the bed to go and shut him up, snarling, "I'm gonna stuff his mouth with that pillow…"

Amy just laughed and jumped down off the bed. "I guess I'd better be off too then," she snickered, and disappeared in a poof of mist and light.

"Not you too! Gah! I'm surrounded by immature idiots! It's just a romance novel!"

"… 'he slowly kissed his way down from her neck to her collarbones, pausing to savor the taste, and she moaned, arching into his lips as she begged for more'…"

Lucy blanched and then flushed as she heard Natsu read aloud from the book she had just thrown at him. "Natsu! Stop that!"

"Stop what Luce? I'm just reading your book…" Mirth threaded his voice, which was just a tad husky. One pink eyebrow arched as he flipped a couple of pages to get straight into the sex scene. "This is pretty hot actually…"

"It's romantic…they just survived an attack by the mysterious killer they're tracking, and she finished bandaging his wounds, and they've both been holding back, but now…"

"He's going down on her and making her orgasm." Natsu finished her sentence and she completely lost her train of thought.

"Wait, really? Give it back I wanna see!" she eagerly grabbed for the book – scooting to the edge of the bed – and he laughed, handing it back over to her. She quickly flipped back to where she had been, not wanting any more spoilers than she'd already been given.

She was so engrossed that she didn't really register the bed dipping under Natsu's weight, and only realized that he was now sitting behind her and reading over her shoulder again when his breath brushed over the back of her neck. She squeaked when his lips touched her neck, but kept reading, flipping the page.

"Wait a minute, let me finish…" Natsu protested, and she flipped back until he hummed to signal that he was ready.

She slowed her reading pace just a hair to match his, so they could finish at the same time. She jumped a little when his fingers traced her collarbone – matching the action in the story – and then slid down to cup her breast as the main character did so.

"What are you doing?"

"Huh? Oh, just following along." he replied, his tone both lustful and amused.

She laughed quietly and refocused her eyes on the page, deciding to just enjoy the attentions. It wasn't long before both his hands were up under her shirt and he was massaging her chest, pausing to play with her nipples periodically. On the one hand, it made it very easy to match his pace, since she knew exactly where he was on the page based off his actions, but it also made it harder to concentrate on reading at all. When his fingers tweaked one nipple hard to match a nip in the book, she squeaked, and nearly dropped the book.

"Natsu!" she chided, but her voice didn't sound very convincing when it was slightly breathless.

She was so distracted in fact, that he managed to get ahead of her in the story, and she was a little lost for a moment as one hand slid down her belly. "Wait…what're you…"

"Keep up Luce…" he taunted, and the tip of his tail pointed at the sentence he was presumably following. Skipping ahead the few sentences she'd missed, she synced back up with him right as his fingers dipped into her underwear.

In the story, the male lead had just kissed down her body and was now licking at her center, which Natsu replicated with two flattened fingers. Lucy hissed and bucked up into it, her eyes blurring for a moment and making it hard to focus on the words she was supposed to be reading. Understandable, under the circumstances. She wasn't sure how much longer she could keep this up.

When a finger slid inside and his thumb reached up to rub her clit in circles, she was pretty sure she was reaching her limit. A second finger quickly joined the first, in accordance with the story – which formed the backdrop to this whole scene. Even audibly. Instead of the normal verbal vomit that spewed uncontrollably from Natsu, he was mumbling along as he read, not really loudly enough for her to understand all of it, but loud enough to make a constant rumble in her ear. It was actually kind of funny, and she was pretty sure that he wasn't even aware he was reading out loud.

By that point, she'd pretty much given up reading and her eyes were partially closed, focused more on his fingers than the book still held in her hand. That changed though when Natsu suddenly stiffened a little and sputtered, "Wait…what? That's a thing?"

Blinking, she refocused on the page he'd just flipped to, and tried to figure out what could have surprised him. It didn't take long, and she also stared – a little shocked. The male lead had just slid in a third finger…but in a different location to the first two.

"He…um…well…huh. I didn't expect that." Lucy muttered to herself, still somewhat stunned.

Of course she'd known there was sex in this book, but hadn't thought it would get so… kinky. Though, she supposed it shouldn't have surprised her… Levy had said this was one of Erza's favorites. Lucy distinctly remembered a previous conversation about the redhead's taste in books and how they tended to venture into the land of dirty.

Of course, the little surprise made her suddenly pay more attention to the story – which was helped because Natsu's fingers had stilled, apparently busy reading too. Her cheeks burned a little as she read, somewhat embarrassed and even a little grossed out by the notion of butt-stuff. It wasn't like she hadn't been aware it existed. If she logically thought about it, she had to admit that it was actually probably pretty common, but she hadn't ever really considered it. It hadn't even occurred to her.

Naturally, the story was unrealistically romanticized, meaning that – even though the main female lead protested at first and called it 'dirty' – there was no mention of what was naturally produced from that area. It was made out to be perfectly clean, which she knew it couldn't possibly be. Just the idea of any contact with feces was the main reason that it grossed out Lucy. No matter how thoroughly you shower, there's always the possibility of something being up there, and that just couldn't be sexy.

However, the more she read, the more she was intrigued. Of course, the scene was obviously prettied up quite a bit, so maybe the pleasure that the female character got from the act was exaggerated. She just couldn't imagine how that would be pleasant. Although, if people did it, then she supposed it had to feel good – at least to them – otherwise they wouldn't do it…right?

All of these squirrelly thoughts were interrupted though when Natsu said, "So, wait, it feels good to put something up your butt?"

Blunt as always, and Lucy couldn't quite hold back the surprised and amused snort at his comment. "Um…I dunno. I mean, there's lots of people who do that sort of thing…so, I guess. But it seems kinda gross to me."

"You mean cause it's where ya crap?"

Talk about a turn off…Lucy rolled her eyes and decided to just go with it. The conversation was already happening, so why not?

"Right. That. And there might be stuff up there."

"Oh yeah…hadn't thought about that." he mused, and Lucy secretly breathed a sigh of relief that he'd understood what she meant. He could be pretty dense at times and she really hadn't wanted to explain what she meant by her last comment.

After a slightly awkward pause, he suddenly said, "Well, we won't know till we try!"

"What?!" she squawked, shocked.

"Yeah, come on Luce, let's give it a shot!" he said again, and his ring finger slid down.

The movement abruptly reminded her that his fingers were still lodged inside her, and she twitched. Then, when the tip of his third finger pressed against her in the spot they'd just been talking about, she yelped and clenched tight, making him hiss as she squeezed his fingers.

"I don't know about this Natsu…" Lucy protested, blushing bright red for the first time in a very long while. With Natsu's stamina and sex-drive, she'd gotten over any sort of shyness pretty early on in their physical relationship.

"Why not?"

"I already said why!"

"Eh, I'm not worried. If it's dirty, I'll just go wash my hands and be right back."

That made sense, and she was intrigued, so…. after a slight pause to consider it, she finally muttered, "…I guess we could try it."

"Awesome!"

His enthusiasm for trying new things would never cease to amaze or amuse her. However, right now she was too busy wincing as he tried to shove a finger in her ass to be amused. Seconds after agreeing, she was rethinking that decision and had to stop him.

"Ow! That hurts Natsu."

"Oh sorry! What am I doing wrong?"

"I think you need to make it wet."

"Okay."

However, when he went to put that finger inside her vagina, she protested again. "Don't switch from one to the other! That'll probably give me an infection!"

"Oh, uh, okay…so how do you want me to do it?"

"Use your spit I guess?"

"Right." With a nod he withdrew his hand, which made her shudder as he pulled out, waking up some nerves that had temporarily gone to sleep with the strange non-sexy conversation.

Realizing then that they might as well do this properly, she pulled away, saying, "If we're going to do this, let's go ahead and get naked."

"Okay!" he agreed enthusiastically, and they both shed their clothes in record time.

Soon, they were back on the bed and the book had been discarded entirely. Ironically though, they ended up in the same position as had been described, with Natsu's head down at her crotch level and his hand in between her legs. The only difference was that he was watching and not licking. He started with his fingers back inside her v-zone, and she sighed, arching into the familiar pleasant touch.

For a moment she wondered if maybe he'd forgotten the ass thing – he did have a legendarily short attention span, so she wouldn't necessarily be surprised – but she quickly forgot to think at all as his fingers lit on fire. As always, it sent a shot of heat through her, lighting her up like a firecracker from the inside, and she softly moaned at the sensation.

"…Good…you're getting all wet…just a little more. Fuck you're so hot Luce…I love feeling you like this…around my fingers…and the faces and sounds you make are fucking fantastic…love making you feel good…how's this?"

He crooked his fingers up and rubbed up into what she now knew was her g-spot and she gasped, answering his question without words.

It felt so amazingly wonderful that when he pulled his fingers out she whined a little in protest. He chuckled.

"Yeah I know you like that…but we've got other stuff to do."

"Huh?" she mumbled, having forgotten completely about the other stuff from before.

She quickly remembered though when a very wet finger relocated down to her butt, and she jerked, tensing up as he pressed it to her back entrance. The pressure there instantly made her clench, and he stalled out, unable to get past the tightened muscles.

"You're gonna hafta relax Luce…I can't get in when you're all tensed up like this."

"I can't help it." she groaned back, trying her best to relax the muscles down there.

They just wouldn't though, because she was worried. Not only was she concerned about the uncleanliness, but she was also a little worried about it hurting now…especially after the painful experience from before.

He grunted and dipped his head down to suck on her clit, which surprised her so much that she jumped and her pelvic muscles pulsed, clenching with pleasure. Right after though, they relaxed for a second, and he used that to push in. She sucked in a breath, tensing up again for a moment. Thankfully his finger was still very wet, and the moisture helped him to slip in a little more.

It felt really weird. It was kind of like when he put his fingers inside her vagina, the same sort of penetration and fullness…but it was a completely different set of nerves. It actually felt pretty good, and when he wiggled that finger in an attempt to get in further, she squirmed and chirped a little with pleasure.

After a moment, he pulled out and his mouth dipped to his hand, rewetting his finger, and when he returned it was much easier to slide in. She'd relaxed, trying to catch her breath, and he managed to catch her off-guard and push in while her muscles were loose. He only got a little ways though, because her muscles automatically clenched up against the intrusion.

At that point he lost his patience a little and kept pushing, using the extra lube he'd just put on to slide in past her tightened muscles. It stung a little and Lucy gasped, immediately yelping, "Gentle! Go slower!"

"Whoops…sorry." he mumbled, looking a little chagrined and dipped down to give her a few apologetic kisses along her lower lips.

Mumbling into her groin, he then said, "You've gotta relax though, unclench if you can."

Grumbling more protests, she focused on her breathing and tried to relax her muscles. It was tough, but his mouth helped to distract her, although his kisses also made it harder to focus on her breathing. When he started moving his finger, he thankfully followed her request and did it slowly and gently. She couldn't help but clench spastically, however he still managed to slide in and out, and she could slowly feel herself loosening up a bit. Mainly it didn't feel like such a stretch and the stinging slowly eased, to be replaced with pleasure.

Still, she was worried about the state of things down there, and after a moment she breathlessly asked, "Is it…empty?"

His head popped up for a moment so he could give her a grin. "Yep."

She breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed some, which made it a lot easier for him to move his finger, and that subsequently felt even better. Soon his mouth was working magic on her clit and she was squirming under the attention. When he managed to fit a second finger inside, she tensed up again for a moment at the slight sting, and he slowed his movements a bit till she relaxed again. It felt amazing actually, and it wasn't long before she had decided that there was nothing wrong with butt stuff and it was pretty great.

When the fingers of his other hand got involved and worked inside her v-zone while his mouth stayed on her clit, she nearly came off the bed and started making a few louder sounds than she normally would. And then she abruptly had to grab the pillow and slam it over her face to keep her noises from waking the neighbors when his fingers and mouth poured fire into her. She instantly orgasmed, the tight knot in her belly unwinding with a snap so intense that it nearly gave her whiplash. Her thighs clamped down on his head and hands as she bucked and squirmed nearly violently, but he somehow managed to stay put.

When she shuddered to a stop, he popped out from between her thighs and fixed her with a bright excited look. "So, does it feel good?"

She peeled the pillow off her face and cracked open an eye to give him a look as she huffed a weak laugh. "Isn't that obvious?"

He answered with a grin and removed his hands – getting a few more shudders from her – and then slid up her body. At her pointed stare, he rolled his eyes and wiped his fingers on the tissue she handed him. Then his lips were on hers and he was fitting his hips between her still shaky thighs. Fire poured into her mouth as his penis slid into her core. Both sensations made her arch up into him and softly groan into the kiss, swallowing his fire and feeling it settle in her belly and then groin.

As always, her mind went a little blank and she was consumed by the act of making love with him as he set up a fast, hard pace. Apparently trying something new had riled him up – which it always seemed to do – and it wasn't long before he'd gripped her hips and tilted them up into his, finding her most sensitive areas with ease. He pounded into her mercilessly, sending shards of pleasure across her senses, and her thighs clamped down on his hips, bucking up to meet him to the best of her ability. One of her hands ended up tangled in his hair, and then wrapped around one of his horns, while the other hand clamped down on his butt, digging her fingernails in. He growled into the kiss at the small sting.

As for Natsu, he'd had an insanely hot idea while he was fingering her before, and it'd excited him so much he couldn't hold back. His pace was probably just a little too fast for Lucy, so he made sure to hit all her good spots so she'd enjoy it too. It seemed to be working based off the small sounds that she kept making and the way her nails were biting into his ass. Of course, that was a huge turn on and made it even harder to control himself.

It wasn't long before he felt the tension in his belly peak, and a growl erupted from his chest as he snapped his hips tight to hers and froze. Pleasure numbed his brain – not that it'd been functioning all that great before, he always went dumb when having sex. An equally loud sound came from Lucy and she clenched spastically around him as she came too, her orgasm milking his to be twice as long – as always.

As soon as the intense sensations eased up, he rolled over, bringing her with him so she landed straddling his hips. Of course, she was already reaching for that fire extinguishing lacrima she always kept next to the bed, and he clenched his eyes closed as the icy spray hit his skin, grimacing a little at the feeling. It wasn't pleasant, but at least it kept her happy, so he put up with it. Otherwise he had to deal with her getting mad whenever he set fire to the bed, and that could get really annoying after a while. And scary. Mad Lucy could be amazingly terrifying.

He waited till she was done, and then he started up round two by sliding his hand in and pressing his thumb to her clit, letting just a little fire out to get her going again. The way she jumped and squeaked meant that he'd caught her by surprise, and he couldn't help but grin, thinking she was too damn cute for her own good. And then he smirked, thinking back to his awesome idea.

He kept thumbing her clit and slid his other hand up her body to play with her nipples, which immediately got her on board and she started rocking on him. That made it a little harder to focus on his plan, but he still managed to keep it firmly in mind and not get too sidetracked. After a minute of getting her thoroughly aroused again, he stopped and grabbed onto her hips. With a grimace, he lifted her off him, having to force himself to do it. She whined and he nearly lost his resolve, but the thought of what he wanted to do kept him strong.

His dick plopped onto his belly with a wet smack, and he held her in place above it as his tail snaked around her thigh and then up inside her. She made one of her soft little groans and he matched the sound with a much louder one of his own as words spewed from his mouth.

"Fuck!...feels so good Luce…not as good as putting my dick inside…but it still feels great…damn you're wet…it's awesome…makes this super easy…gonna make it nice and slippery…"

As soon as he was done, he slipped his tail out and then propped his dick back up with one hand while guiding her onto it with his other. She looked a little confused about it all, and stuttered something, but he answered her half-assed questions with his thumb back on her clit. A gasp cut off whatever she was saying, and he grinned, loving the look of pure pleasure on her face as her eyes shut and scrunched up a little.

Her eyes flew back open though when the tip of his tail snuck back up between her legs, but this time he was aiming for her ass.

"What are you…ah!"

She figured it out for herself when the wet tip snuck past that tight ring of muscle that he'd loosened up earlier with his fingers.

"I dunno Natsu…" she moaned, but he didn't really think her voice sounded all that upset.

"Relax Luce…it's gonna feel great…if it hurts I'll stop…fuck…you feel amazing…shit you're tight…try and loosen up a bit…"

The tip of his tail was really narrow, so it was easy to fit the point in, and the wetness he'd just scooped up from inside her made it easy to slide in a couple of inches. That was probably about the same width as his fingers, but after that, it was harder to get in. It was even harder for him to take it slow and steady. It felt absolutely mind-blowing…having his dick inside and the tip of his tail too was slowly driving him nuts. His tail wasn't as sensitive as his dick, but it was pretty damn close – especially the tip – and he wanted to shove as much as he could in her…but of course he didn't. That would probably hurt her, and he wanted this to feel as good for her as it was for him.

Meanwhile, Lucy was also losing her mind as he pushed more and more of his tail up into her…making everything feel tighter than usual. She felt insanely full and stretched, but in a good way – though it did sting a bit when he pushed a little too fast. As she'd discovered only a little while ago, there were a bunch of pleasurable nerves in her butt, so it felt amazing as long as he didn't overdo it.

She quickly found herself squirming and bouncing up and down on him and he soon started thrusting up to meet her. When he wiggled his tail, they both moaned, and he immediately started moving it as well. He couldn't really thrust it properly, not while he was so thoroughly distracted, but he did set up a rhythm of ripples that felt insanely good. It was obvious that it felt good for him too, thanks to his explicit narration of everything that went through his head, and his pleasure only ramped hers higher. As always, Lucy loved watching and hearing him and knowing how good he felt while they had sex.

This time she was the first one to cum… with his finger brushing her clit with fire she didn't really have a choice in the matter. As pleasure washed over her, she couldn't keep herself from yelping loudly, and he answered with a roar as her orgasm apparently launched him into his. That made hers restart, and she was sent into another round of pulsating goodness as pleasure seared her senses. She immediately curled into him, her forehead pressing to his shoulder as she shuddered.

Finally, they both collapsed into a heap, and Lucy whimpered as Natsu's tail slithered free. She was a little bit sore after using that part of her body in a new way for the first time, but it had definitely been worth it.

After a long moment of just catching their breath, Natsu mumbled, "We should read more books together."

That startled her into a laugh, which she muffled in his chest.

"Okay…"

Sneak Peek

Then Yukino suddenly perked up just a little. "Maybe we could do something about it. To make us feel in control of the situation again."

"Like what?"

"Like…maybe we should do some really intense training or something. It would help to distract us, and if we get stronger, we won't be so scared."

Lucy perked up too at her suggestion. "You know…that's actually a really good idea! Why don't we?"

(Note: Yes I know we just did a bunch of training for the GMG... but whatever. These ladies are going to need an outlet for the stress I'm about to put them through, so bear with me.) ;D