SailorTardis498, twizt312. Thanks. I happen to adore my old dogs. I will definitely be using them again.
Firesong23. Poor Evergreen. Lucy didn't mean to turn her whole world upside down.
. Wow. That would be so funny! Hmmm... Before this day is over Somebody is getting slapped with a link! Maybe BixLu maybe someone else. Thanks. What an awesome idea! Why haven't I done that...
NinjaKitten93. Thank you so much! I always felt like the explaination of Bickslow's magic was left so... open ended. You see him pull out some serious stuff now and then (the shatter thing against RustyRose for example) but most of the time it's so... vague.
Hiro Mashima and his Fairy Tail are not responsible for any of what I have done in this story. Neither am I responsible for any of what Fairy Tail does.
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"I'm so sorry, Evergreen!"
"It's not your fault, Lucy. You didn't know. I'd better not hear a single word about this from you though, Bickslow! If anyone finds out I know exactly who to blame!"
"Don't worry, Ever. We won't tell a soul." *no telling, secret, big secret.
"You'd better not..."
"Well I think it's amazing news!" Meredy had been hovering over Evergreen since they woke up. "You get to be a mommy!"
"Meredy, it is possible Epsilon was wrong, or even that we misunderstood him." Lucy was trying her level best to keep everyone calm. "Though I do have a suggestion, Ever. Since it is, you know, possible that you are pregnant, don't you think it might, maybe, be a good idea to stop pretending... not to have a relationship... with this potential baby's potential father? Maybe?" Evergreen looked terrified at the thought. "We pretty much all know about you two. We think its sweet."
"She's right, Ever." Lucy loved the feeling of Bickslow's voice rumbling through her where she still sat, wrapped in his arms, snuggled on his lap. She should probably be embarrassed, but just couldn't seem to make herself leave. "Even Mira knows. She thinks it's cute that you two try to hide it." *so cute, manly babies, scary babies.
"But... I... My reputation... and..." Evergreen's voice got quiet. "Fantasia." Bickslow must have read her mind somehow, because he let her go as she flung herself at the potential mother to wrap her in a hug.
"No one holds that against you guys anymore. It was a long time ago and a lot has happened. Don't let a mistake most of us have forgotten hold you back from being happy." Evergreen sniffled. "Even if your 'reputation' offered your relationship Elfman wouldn't care. We are Fairy Tail. We don't care what other people think. It wouldn't be Manly!" They all chuckled.
"Thanks, Lucy."
"You know... caring about other people and letting them care about you doesn't make you any less Badass, despite what the grouchy dragons say."
"Cobra cares. He just hides it really well behind his... assholeness." Lucy sent a smile Meredy's way, giving Evergreen one last squeeze before hopping to her feet.
"Speaking of Slither Bat. We should probably find his crankiness and head to the guild for lunch." An idea suddenly occured to her. "Ever, do you think you could go ahead of us and ask Freed to put some runes up to protect our guests from and... instinctual violence? Just in case?"
"Maybe ask him and the boss to hang out by the doors too. Erza isn't around to deal with Natsu. I hope." Evergreen stood up and laughed.
"Sure. I'll see you guys when you get to the guild."
"Hey, Ever... do you want me to maybe go with you to see Porlyusica tomorrow?" Evergreen gasped.
"Would you really?"
"Of course." Lucy started getting excited. "We can make it a girls day out and show Meredy around town and go shopping! What do you say?"
"Oh, that would be so much fun! Please Evergreen?" Lucy could see tears clinging to Evergreen's eyelashes.
"Absolutely." She waved at them as she seemed to flee out the door. Bickslow's strong arms wrapped around her waist from behind her and her feet left the ground.
"Cosplayer you really have no idea what that ment to her." *Cosplayer friend, good friend. She let her head fall back to rest on his chest. He made her feel so safe.
"I like her. You were right, Bixy."
"Bout what?"
"She needs friends." The kiss he pressed to the top of her head made her feel all tingly inside. "Oh! Bixy, we should take our teams on a mission! It would be so much fun!" He laughed as he set her down.
"Isn't that overkill for, like, everything?" *boom, death, crazy, run away!
"Actually," Meredy spoke up hesitantly. "Why don't you guys join us for a hunt? When it comes to Zeref's followers there really isn't such a thing as overkill." Bickslow gave her a clearly skeptical look.
"You really think a wizard saint, Erza Scarlet, three Dragon slayers, and, what, ten additional S- class or all but S- class wizards is... not overkill... Meredy do you want Fiore to lose a whole mountain range?" *gone, gone, everything destroyed. Lucy couldn't help but laugh at his growing expression of horror.
"Well, when you put it that way... it sounds like even more fun!"
"That's the spirit Meredy!" The girls high-fived. "I'd say there were four slayers, but... this sounds like an adults only trip."
"You two are serious? You want to take Team Natsu, The Thunder Legion, and Crime Sorciere on some sort of dark mage hunting field trip?! Are you both out of your minds!" Lucy leapt up to wrap her arms and legs around her... well, her Bickslow. She fought against the shiver that ran through her at the sensation as his arms went around her waist.
"Live a little, Bixy. This will be so much fun! You love fun!"
"I love being alive too, Cosplayer. Since when am I the reasonable one in this relationship?" Lucy bit her lip to contain her whimper at his use of that word. "I should never be the voice of reason. Ever! Before this moment I would have sworn it was impossible. Pretty sure you are forcing me to break cosmic rules here!" *cosmic rules, scary crazy, where are the brains. She was suddenly possessed with a fit of pure ornery that she was sure would get her into trouble. She kept eye contact with him as she leaned forward, flexing her legs a little to press herself tight against him. His breath caught in his throat, and she let the heat that knowledge sent through her show in her eyes. She got close enough that he would feel her on his lips before she spoke.
"I'm shaking the cosmos, Doc. It's my thing remember?" His sharp inhale told her that he really liked it when she called him that. In the back of her mind she was aware of Meredy doing some squealy, Mira-ish thing, and a variety of inappropriate comments from the babies, but she really didn't care because one of his hands was suddenly in her hair and he was kissing her with such intensity she literally saw stars.
Every kiss they shared was better than the last. This one was... just... cosmos shaking. She almost cried when he pulled away, and pressed his forhead to hers. The burning in her lungs told her that the kiss had lasted a lot longer than the meer seconds it had seemed to. They were both gasping for breath, and she could feel his hands shaking. When he spoke his voice had a rough edge to it that sent heat streaking through her.
"You don't fight fair, Lucy." *cosplayer cheats, do it again, Cosplayer broke daddy.
"Does that mean I win?"
"Maybe. You still have to convince, like, a dozen other people though, and you aren't allowed to use that move on them." *nobody else, daddy's Cosplayer, not sharing. She giggled.
"I seriously doubt it would work on Evergreen anyway." He cackled at her, tongue flashing his guildmark.
"So you gonna ride me all the way to the guild or walk?" *take a ride Cosplayer, yeah do it, ride daddy. Meredy collapsed in a fit of giggles and Lucy blushed. She burrowed her face in his chest and mumbled.
"Please put me down." She unwrapped herself from him and he gently set her on her feet. She checked her belt. Keys on one hip, whip on the other. "Alright! Let's go eat lunch guys!" The babies swirled around her as she skipped out the door. She could still hear Bickslow and Meredy laughing as she slammed it shut behind her.
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Cobra hadn't been hard to find. In reality he found them just as he had said he would. They hadn't even had to deviate from their course. Bickslow thought the startled squeal that escaped Lucy when he dropped off a roof to land next to them was adorable. The babies had warned him of the slayer's presence, and Meredy , who was apparently used to such behavior, hadn't even flinched.
The four of them came to a stop about twenty feet from the guildhall doors. Bickslow felt like if he got any closer to them they would bite him. He could see the apprehension on Lucy's face and the hand that rested on her key pouch was twitching. Cobra looked extremely bored, but he kept rolling his right shoulder as if it pained him. Meredy was remarkable calm, in fact she looked excited, however she didn't get any closer than they did.
"Cosplayer, you have a plan to get us through this alive if Freed didn't write that rune barrier right?" *death, fire, so dead.
"Not really..."
"I can't hear She-Thor, but the rest of your team is in there Tits. The Sky Maiden and the drunk fortune teller are in there too. They got back early."
"Well that's good. At least this way Wendy can heal our brains out if we get, you know, broken. Long as Erza isn't here to remove my head we should all survive." The babies started humming dramatically.
"Oh, well that's just creepy as fuck! Your barmaid's demons talk to each other inside her head. Apparently your babies are going to have brown eyes, and hair the color of the sky, and talk to ghosts at birth." Bickslow shuddered.
"Seith magic doesn't work that way..."
"Really? That's your only problem with what I just said?"
"Mira's baby thing is well established, Slither Bat."
"You Fairies are fucking nuts, and on top of that you are all crazy." Bickslow rolled his eyes.
"Look who's talking, Cyclops."
"Can we go now? I really want to see how Gruvia is doing."
"Really, Candy Girl? Gruvia? That's just... wierd."
"Ok. Let's do this!" Lucy started toward the doors. The babies tune was strait out of a horror movie by this point.
"Right behind you, Cosplayer." And he would be staying there. Behind her. 'Stop that babies. You arent helping' She kicked the doors open with a loud boom and yelled at the top of her lungs.
"Hey everybody! Look what we found!"
"Well, shit." Cobra muttered. "That was subtle as fuck." Bickslow shrugged. Her team didn't do anything by half measures. Most of the guild froze in shock. He could see Evergreen safe on the second floor, and Laxus and Freed were sitting just to the right of the door 'just in case' as Lucy had put it.
"Luce! You're back! Is that..." Natsu sniffed the air and grinned. "Cobra! Hell yeah! Fight me!" He threw himself across the guild, spewing fire, apparently not even thinking about the fact that his best friend was directly between him and the visiting slayer. Bickslow and Cobra moved almost as one to pull Lucy back and coral around her to protect her from the incoming flames, only for Natsu and his magic to splatter harmlessly against the runes Freed had put up. Laxus lit the pinkette up with a bolt of lightning before growling at him.
"You are a fucking idiot you know that. You are lucky Blondie knows your stupid ass well enough to ask Freed to put those runes up or somebody would have gotten hurt!" Bickslow felt rage bubble up inside him, and he spoke without even thinking.
"That someone would have been Lucy you flaming psycho! What are you blind? You almost roasted her!" *roasted, stupid, blind idiot. He would have continued, but Lucy began running her hands over his chest, in a way that was obviously ment to calm him, so he settled for holding her and glaring.
"Like Echo and the Lightningbug said. It's a sad day when I have to protect Tits from you, you flaming twatwaffle." No one moved or spoke for a long moment, untill finally Natsu spoke up.
"Sorry, Luce. I just got excited. About time you came to see us! How long you been out of that dungeon they stuck you in, Cobra?" Lucy facepalmed and Bickslow just had to laugh at the bewildered look on Cobra's face. This, unfortunately, drew Mira's attention to the fact that Lucy was still in his arms.
"BixLu babies!" She screamed, before fainting. He did his best to look casual as he let go of Lucy and stepped away. He felt empty without her, but now was not the time to deal with that particular issue.
"Cobra and his friends are part of Crime Sorciere now, Natsu. He and Meredy came to visit. Erza is with Jellal, and will probably bring the rest of the guild by... later." She stomped over and bent to shove her face in his, a little on the Scary Lucy side. This had Natsu trembling in fear. Bickslow tried not to stare at the remarkable angle she was giving him to view just how well her miniskirt fit her perfect ass. "You had better not be attacking any more of our guests! Someone will think you are trying to hurt them!"
"Sorry, Luce!" She stood again.
"Say hi everybody! Let's show the Witches a Fairy good time!"
"Aye, Sir!" Meredy was pulled away by a giggling Juvia to sit at the bar with Lisanna, while Cobra found himself roped into a drinking contest by Cana. Bickslow was only a little surprised when Lucy dragged her boys up to the second floor to sit with him and his team.
"So, Lucy," Gray draped himself against the rail, looking even more bored than Cobra usually did. "You gonna tell me what happened after you two left Shirotsume? Where the hell did you find those two at?"
"Actually, I am far more interested to know why the two of you suddenly seem so...close." Freed you weasel! Loke suddenly appeared leaning on Lucy's shoulder, smirking.
"Trust me, Gray, Freed asked the better question this time. Isn't that right Disco Princess?" Bickslow magically nudged Pipi, who sent a low powered laser shot at Loke's backside. The lion yelped and mumbled away from his keyholder with both hands covering his precious ass.
"Paws off my Cosplayer, Slippery Kitty." *slippery kitty, monster kitty, slippery secret.
"Bickslow," the look in Freed's eye was not making him comfortable. "Are you... being... possessive?" Whoops.
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To be continued