Hey guys, Flaredragon here with the next chapter of 'I'm Back'! I'm sorry that I'm taking so long to update but I'm typing multiple stories at once so it may take a while and since school is back up I have to do my work again.
I don't own Fairy Tail or any of its characters, but I do own the human forms of the dragons! :)
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Chapter 9
"Do you think that Gajeel-san and Igneel-san are fine?" Juvia asked Grandine and Wendy when they saw the two males. Gajeel was growling while crushing some metal screws in his hands. Igneel just looked sad. His head was resting on his hand as he gazed at the front doors of the guild with longing.
"Oh they're fine; they just want Metalicana to come back already." Grandine explained, "They really should give that lizard some space. He needs his time with his little mate after all."
"Who is his mate?" Juvia asked. Grandine gave her a smirk,
"Skiadrum, Rogue's mother, she actually looks a lot like our little Levy." Gajeel gasped as he stared at Grandine,
"What did you say?!" Grandine giggled,
"Skiadrum, she's actually reminds me of Levy. They look a lot alike, but Skiadrum has the punk style and acts sexier." Grandine said before laughing when she heard Levy squeaking in embarrassment. Gajeel looked shock and just stood there, most likely thinking about a sexy Levy in a dark bikini with some hair dye.
"Ghi hi hi…" Gajeel chuckled before a small trail of blood leaving his nose. His fantasy was short lived because a certain bookworm hitting his head with her book.
"P-pervert!" Levy stammered with her cheeks tinted red. The only response she got from the dragon slayer was a few grunts in pain and a small bloody fountain squirting out of his head.
Igneel groaned, "Metal-Head…come back…"
"Oh come on you overgrown hatchling! He said that he'll be coming back tomorrow so just suck it up and wait!" Grandine yelled with a noticeable tick mark on her forehead. She has been hearing Igneel groaning and complaining for an entire week and was now getting annoyed at her mate's behavior. Not wanting to anger his mate, Igneel kept his mouth shut and nodded. Juvia and Wendy sweat dropped from what they saw.
Eventually Juvia had to leave to go on a mission so Grandine and Wendy went to the bar and ordered some food.
Meanwhile at some table, Lucy and Gray were talking with Erza.
"Have you seen Natsu lately? He's been acting weird." Erza and Gray looked confused,
"What do you mean?" Erza asked.
"Natsu has been kind of quiet these past few days; and he's not causing any fights either. It's kind of worrying me." Lucy explained as Erza remembering their pink-haired friend acting different yesterday.
Gray laid back against his chair and sighed, "I think you're worrying over nothing. Flame Brain is probably just tired from his old man's training." Lucy shook her head.
"I don't know, maybe." Lucy admitted but still looked worried. They couldn't blame her though. Natsu is her best friend. They're so close that they consider each other as family.
Lucy and Erza heard the doors open and saw Natsu coming in with a limp and scratches all over his arms and torso. His clothes didn't looked any better, they looked like they went through a shredder.
"Oh God Natsu! What happened?!" Lucy yelled as she and Erza rushed to Natsu's side. They helped him to the nearest seat before Natsu collapsed on it.
"Thanks guys and don't worry, I was just doing some training." Natsu said lazily before Erza slapped him upside the head.
"Ow! What was that for?" Erza scolded him,
"Idiot! What kind of training would cause you to be in this bad shape?" Natsu's face paled a bit.
"Igneel's training. He told me that I had to swim up a waterfall and then try to stop the water from flowing down." Erza and Lucy were gob smacked. Natsu swam up a waterfall? A fucking waterfall! Why did Igneel make him do that?
"I finished the training but I kept slipping and falling down and hitting the sharp rocks at the bottom." Natsu said before groaning in pain. That'd explain the injuries…
"What kind of training was that for?" Lucy asked flabbergasted by the info. Natsu opened his mouth but didn't know what to say, so he turned to Igneel.
"What was that training for?" Igneel shrugged his shoulders.
"I don't know, I didn't have anything planned for you this morning so I just said something random for you to do." This shocked everyone.
"You mean I did that hellish training for nothing?!" Natsu yelled out with tick marks and fire in his eyes.
"Well I wouldn't say nothing…you're now a good swimmer right?" Igneel said. Natsu wanted to fight the damn dragon but he was too tired to even make a fist, so he just stayed in his chair and looked around the guild. There wasn't much to see since most of the guild was either at a mission or out training. He then saw Wendy and blushed.
He and Wendy had been kind of awkward with each other ever since that kiss. Whenever he looks at her he would blush and just stand there like an idiot. This time was no exception. He knew that this shouldn't be happening. Why is he feeling like this? He came back into reality when he realized that Wendy was staring back at him. Amber met onyx as both dragon slayers gazed at one another. They eventually looked away, one blushing while the other feeling confused and guilty.
'Why am I thinking about this?" Natsu thought as he continued to think about the kiss he shared with Wendy. He doesn't know why he's acting like this but it's starting to scare him. This feeling was way too familiar, the exact feeling when he and Lisanna began seeing each other…
'Damn it!' Natsu thought. 'Need to clear my head.'
"Natsu, where are you going?" Lucy asked as she saw the pinkette standing up and limping away.
"I'm going to the infirmary, have to rest up and hope that my wounds don't hurt later." Natsu answered wearily. Wendy quickly stood up and started walking toward Natsu,
"Natsu-san, if you want I could heal your wou-"
"No" Natsu cut her off, surprising the members that heard his tone, "I'm fine Wendy. You don't have to heal me. All I need is some rest."
"Oh, okay.."
Grandine noticed the look Wendy was making. She was doing her best, but Grandine noticed how Wendy was trying to hide how sad and hurt she actually is. She really couldn't blame her for not trying to looking weak, though she's mad at Natsu. He turned her down rather quickly and a bit harsh, why would he do that? She'd never expected him to act that way toward his nakama, and especially to Wendy. Now that she thought about it, the two have been behaving weird whenever they're around each other these past few days.
'Looks like I have to help my little one.' Grandine thought before turning to Igneel. She was going to ask for some help but sweat dropped when she found him sleeping with a drum stick in his mouth. Looks like she has to do this on her own...
~Time Skip~
By the time Natsu woke up it was already the late afternoon. He decided to get out of bed and stretch out his sore muscles. That nap really helped him out, he felt like a million jewels! He realized that his body did a full recovery when he couldn't see any bruises or open wounds. Though he now has a few scars now, that training this morning really did a number on him.
He got out of the infirmary and saw that most of the members were in the guild hall. He walked up to the bar to see Mira.
"Hey Mira, what's up?" The bar maid smiled back,
"Hi Natsu, nothing much, just doing my shift."
"Alright, how are Elfman and Lisanna? I haven't seen them for several days." Mira smiled, "Elfman is out running some errands for me and as for Lisanna…" her smile slightly wavered, "She wasn't feeling well this morning. She said she was feeling tired so she stayed in bed today." Natsu frowned,
"Do you think I could-"
"Natsu." A voice said behind her. Said dragon slayer turned to see Grandine staring at him with stern eyes, "I need you to talk to Wendy."
Natsu tensed a bit, "W-why?" Grandine's eyes narrowed,
"To fix your mistake; what you did today hurt her Natsu. You also need to clear things up with her about your feelings." Natsu looked confuse and kind of guilty, knowing that she was right and nodded.
"Do you know where she is?" Natsu asked. Grandine gave him a playful slap to the shoulder and shouted,
"You don't need my help. Use your nose and track her you idiot! Now GO!" Natsu quickly nodded and ran out of the guild with a small trail of dust behind him.
"What was that about?" Mira asked. Grandine just looked at her with gleaming eyes,
"I'm helping Natsu fixing his little mistake and possibly helping out Wendy to finally get her man." Mira looked confused.
"Wait, Wendy…finally getting her man…" Mira gasped, "Are you trying to get Natsu and Wendy together?" Grandine smirked.
"I only want my little one to have her man. And besides," She leaned a bit closer to the silver-haired beauty, "I'm pretty sure your sister wouldn't mind sharing her man."
Mira didn't look happy, "We'll talk about this later after my shift."
~Meanwhile with Natsu~
Natsu was walking through town as he was tracking down Wendy's scent. It was easy since he could track down her scent a mile away. He eventually found Wendy sitting on a park bench. He was about to call her name to get her attention until he saw her face.
She was frowning as she looked around the park. She was staring at some children playing with each other and a few old couples walking together. She sighed as she began to stare out into outer space. Her eyes showed that she was…hurt. Definitely hurt. Natsu felt really guilty now. Was he really the one that made her feel like this? He slowly walked up to her, hoping to make things better with her.
Wendy finally recognized Natsu being there when he was right next to her. She didn't react how she normally would, screaming and having a massive blush, instead she just looked at him with the hurt expression and turned back to the scenery in front of her.
"Hi Natsu-san."
"Hey Wendy." Both sat in silence for a moment until Wendy spoke up again,
"I'm sorry Natsu-san." This confused the pinkette,
"What for?"
"I'm not really sure," Wendy looked at the ground, "I don't know if it's for the accident or for annoying you."
Natsu's eyes widened after hearing that, "A-annoying me? What do you mean by that? You've never annoyed me Wendy. What made you say that?" Wendy looked at him with tears in her eyes.
"It's just that the way you blew me off. You sounded so upset. You didn't even stop to look in my direction, and that really hurts." She brought her knees up to her chest. "If you want me to give you some space or just leave you alone then I'll-"
"Enough Wendy." Natsu interrupted as he grabbed her arm and pulled her up. Wendy was surprised when she found herself being wrapped around Natsu's arms. "I'm sorry Wendy. I didn't know why I acted like that. It's just these past few days have been confusing for me. I have this feeling whenever I'm around you. The same feeling when I think about Lisanna and I don't know if it's right or wrong and it's starting to scare me." He gently lifted her chin to see her eyes, "I don't want you to leave me alone. I want us to hang out, to have fun and enjoy our adventures together. I want you to stay close."
Wendy's cheeks were tinted pink when she heard him. He sounded so sincere and caring. She felt more relaxed and quickly felt comfortable with his arms around her. She's happy to know that Natsu still wants to be together.
'To be together…' Wendy thought with despair, hoping for him to be her mate. She wrapped her arms around his torso and buried her head in his chest.
"It kills me to see you so sad Wendy." Natsu said as he rests his chin on her head. Wendy smiled,
"Then you have to make me feel better." She said in a cheery tone, "You have to hang out with me for the rest of the day."
Natsu pulled her away and gave her that toothy grin that she loved, "Sure, I'll make it the best date ever!" He then grabbed her hand and dragged Wendy to the nearest café. Not noticing her massive blush when he said 'date'.
"I n-never said it was a-a date…" Wendy mumbled but Natsu didn't hear. Didn't matter though, right now Wendy was the happiest girl in the world!
'A date with my future mate.' Wendy thought before being dragged inside the café.
~Meanwhile with Mira and Grandine~
"I don't see the problem Mira. What's wrong with Natsu being with Wendy?" Grandine asked as she and Mira were at Mira's house. Both were having tea and sitting on the couch.
"The problem is that Natsu is already with Lisanna and I don't think either wants to ruin their relationship." Mira was serious. Her sister is with the man of her dreams after so much time being apart. There's no way she'll let it get destroyed.
"They won't ruin their relationship; I actually think that this will make it easier." Grandine said before taking a sip of tea.
"How the hell will that make it easier?! You're asking two girls to date the same man!" Mira was infuriated with the dragon. Grandine sighed before putting down her cup and looking at the woman beside her.
"I know it's asking a lot, but I know how they're feeling. I was actually in the same position Lisanna and Wendy were in when I was a young dragonelle." Grandine said in a soft tone, thinking about her past. Mira raised an eyebrow in confusion.
"You were?"
"Yes, I was. You see, I wasn't the first dragonelle that had feelings for Igneel. There were a few that wanted to be his mate, one of them being a beautiful lava dragon." Grandine's eyes looked glazed but no tears. "I was friends with Igneel for a long time. We first met when I was a mere hatchling and he was a young dragon. We grew up together with my sisters and we'd always be there for each other. I realized my feelings when it was time for him to mate, but I was a little dragonelle at that time and there were others that were stronger and more mature."
Mira was shocked after hearing this. It sounded so much like the childhood Natsu and Lisanna had both growing up together and Lisanna realizing her feelings. Not to mention also like Wendy when she felt self conscious when being around wizards that had bigger breasts.
"He' so handsome and powerful, it was easy for him to get a mate so I was worried that others would get him before I could; before I even had a chance to mate with him, this lava dragon came up to him and showed off her abilities and her beautiful crimson scales. Igneel became really close with her after that and he didn't have as much time with me as we did before." Grandine continued as she felt tears threatening to fall,
"In the end Igneel chose me over the dragonelle and I was so happy, but I was also confused as to why he did but I never asked him. I don't want him to remember such a beautiful dragonelle." Grandine finished before wiping away any potential tears, though Mira had let her tears loose. She'd never thought that dragons could have this kind of trouble. It was truly heart breaking.
"My reason for Lisanna and Wendy to share Natsu is so that they wouldn't try to fight over for him, to lose precious time with him. I don't want either of them losing the man they love. It hurts to see the one you love with another one. I know it won't be easy for them but it's better than seeing one of them with Natsu and the other with a broken heart." Grandine took Mira's hands and looked at her blue eyes, "I know I'm asking a lot out of you and Lisanna, but can you help me with this?"
Mira wasn't sure. She wanted Natsu to just stay with Lisanna but hearing her story...knowing how Lisanna felt…how Wendy is feeling…She just wasn't sure. In the end, Mira nodded. Grandine smiled,
"Thank you Mira." Grandine then left the house without saying another word. Mira stayed where she sat and looked at the ground. She doesn't really know what to do. Her train of thoughts was interrupted when she heard footsteps from the kitchen. She looked up to find Igneel.
"What are you doing here Igneel?!" Mira shrieked, surprised that Natsu's father was here and apparently taking some meat from her kitchen.
"I came here to check on Grandine but I heard what you guys were talking about and stayed quiet." Mira looked nervous.
"How much did you hear?" Igneel gave her a sympathetic look,
"I heard enough to know that you're confused. Grandine is only trying to help out her daughter and your sister. I don't really think its right to share a mate," Mira frowned but agreed with the fire dragon, "but I think it's the best way for those three. I think that we should just let them be for now and see how it goes. So don't worry about it, for now at least." Igneel turned towards the door. Before Mira could tell him to give back the meat Igneel said something that got her scared,
"You might want to check up on Lisanna. She'll need her family to support her right now and she needs Natsu even more. Good night."
~Time Skip with Natsu and Wendy~
Natsu groaned when the morning light hit his face. He slowly opened his eyes to look around and found himself in his living room with the lacrima screen on. He didn't really remember what happened yesterday. All he remembered was talking to Wendy and her wanting to hang out.
'Guess I'll have to go find Wendy and ask her if she remembers anything.' He was about to get up but felt something weighing down. His eyes widened when he saw a sleeping Wendy on top of him. He was about to get her off of her but found himself staring at her.
She truly changed when Grandine had her grow older. He still finds it hard that the little shy girl he knew was now an older, beautiful mage. She looked so much like her Edolas self. The longer he looked at her the more he realized how cute she looks in her sleep.
She looks amazing when she sleep. Her long blue hair is still silky smooth with very little tangles and her soft snores really adorable; same with parts of her hair being pink. He then realized that her arms were wrapped around his waist and couldn't help but blush when her breasts were pressing against his abdomen. He face quickly turned a shade of red when he realized that he didn't have a shirt on.
'Calm down man. You woke up with Lisanna when both of you were naked, so seeing a fully clothed Wendy shouldn't bother you when you wake up.' Natsu thought frantically as he felt Wendy's soft breasts still pressing against his rock hard abs.
"Natsu…"
"Huh?" Natsu looked at Wendy and saw her still asleep.
"Natsu…" Wendy mumbled lightly, cuddling even closer to the hot body she loves so much.
'Is she talking in her sleep?' Natsu found it kind of odd but found it cute none the less.
"Wait, why is she saying my name?" Natsu whispered.
"I love you Natsu…please be my…my mate." Wendy mumbled before kissing Natsu's bare chest. Natsu finally lost it after that.
"AAAAHHHHHHH!"
"Kyaaaa!" Wendy screamed before falling off the couch and onto the hard wooden floor. Wendy looked in panic,
"What happened Natsu?" The pinkette's face was now glowing red after Wendy's 'confession'.
"N-n-nothing W-w-wendy." Natsu stammering like a broken record, "H-how did w-w-we get h-here?" Wendy tilted her head to the side in confusion while giving Natsu her 'innocent look' with her brown eyes.
'Cute' Natsu thought in awe.
"We came here to watch some movies in your house after the cafe, remember? I guess we fell asleep in the middle of one."
"That explains the lacrima screen being on." Natsu said as he calmed down and turned off the lacrimas before getting up and stretching, unintentionally flexing his naked torso in front of a blushing Wendy.
"Want to go to the guild?" Natsu asked as he found his one sleeve shirt and putting it on.
"S-sure."
The walk to the guild was pretty quick and quiet. They didn't say anything to each other but they didn't really mind. It was nice and peaceful and they wanted to stay like that for a little longer. Too bad their peace and quiet was broken by an angry redhead when they entered
"There you are Wendy!" Erza yelled out, looking at the two in suspicion. Carle was right next to her looking at Wendy in disappointment.
"Where have you been child?" Carle asked, "I was waiting for you to return to Fairy Hills all night. You were with this barbaric ruffian weren't you?" Carle accused as she pointed her paw at Natsu.
Natsu sighed, "Can we do this later? I'm not really in the mood to hear this shit right now so see ya." He walked away from the two angry women towards Elfman. Erza grabbed his shoulder to pummel but Natsu flung her across the guild. This surprised the guild. They'd never thought they would see the day Natsu would just throw Erza like that, and he wasn't even looking her way!
"How did you that?" Macao asked, still astonished at Natsu's accomplishment.
"Did what?"
"You know what I mean. You just threw Erza across the guild." Macao pointed at Erza who was still embedded into the wall. Natsu's eyes widened,
"Holy shit! I did that?!" Everyone was dumbstruck.
"You're telling me that you just threw Erza into the wall without even noticing?!" Wakaba shouted as he sweated bullets.
"MANLY!" Elfman shouted.
"Looks like my training lessons are working." Igneel said before Kinana handed him a ten pound roast beef with hot sauce and flames.
"Thank Kinana!" Right before he took his first bite, Metalicana kicked the front doors opened with a big grin on his face.
"Hey everybody! How's everyone doing while I was-gaahhh!" Gajeel gave Metalicana a devastating kick to the jaw and sent him flying right next to Erza in the wall.
"Next time send a letter you jackass!" Gajeel yelled with tick marks all over his forehead before walking away. Metalicana got himself out of the wall before being tackled by a very happy Igneel.
"I'm so glad you're back Metal-Head! Please fight with me!" Igneel cried out with anime tears. Metalicana tried to pry out of his friends arms but only caused Igneel to hug tighter.
The metal dragon looked around the guild. Natsu was sleeping instead of fighting with a blushing Wendy nearby. Erza was KO'd and in the wall. The guild looked flabbergasted. Gajeel kicked him across the guild for no reason and Igneel was crying and giving him a hug. What is going on around here?
"What the fuck did I miss?!"
A/N: That's the chapter! I hoped everyone like the NaWen moments. There will be more NaLi moments too for the NaLi fans out there. I know that this chapter was pretty serious but I couldn't really help it so…yeah.
Jan. 17, 2016
Flaredragon out
