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Hey guys! Sorry I'm running late today. I'm pretty sleep deprived, and the day kinda got away from me lol. I should mention this chapter definitely toes the line between safe and citrus flavored. It's not exactly NSFW, but it's not exactly safe either. I've left it unmarked, except for the end, since I can't decide where I would even do that, so do take note and avert thine delicate eyes if it gets a little too hot for you. Not that I really expect any of you to do that... *smirk*
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CHAPTER 27
Undine
Undines are almost invariably depicted as being female, which is consistent with the ancient idea that water is a female element. They are usually found in forest pools and waterfalls, and their beautiful singing voices are sometimes heard over the sound of water.
Only when they were at the water's edge did Natsu let go of Lucy's hand. She laughed at the sight of him kicking a foot at the waves lapping at his heels.
He settled the food a safe distance away from the waters edge and helped Lucy spread out the blanket for them to sit on. His chest still rose and fell with excitement, laughter spilling from his lungs.
"That was fun," He laughed, eyes glittering as he plopped down, "I didn't know you danced Lucy."
"Part of it was from my upbringing. I had to dance for formal events." She admitted with a grin of her own. Humor tugged at her lips as she watched his eyes falling to the shining metals of her costume. Something akin to greed flashed over his face and his fingers twitched.
Snorting a bit as Natsu tried to play it off, Lucy undid a small chain near her waist and passed it over to him, "Something to add to your little collection." She laughed.
Natsu's cheeks flushed over being caught staring so intensely, his finger sliding over the smooth gold. Out of the firelight, it didn't have the same lively glow as it did before. But it still gleamed beautifully under the moonlight.
It looked haunting, like Lucy was draped in pearls instead of molten gold. He rather liked it on her.
He licked dry lips while Lucy spread out the blanket and sat down to rub her legs.
"Man you really are hard to keep up with sometimes Natsu," She groaned, "I'm totally exhausted with all that dancing."
Natsu grinned at her as he flopped down to join her, "But you had fun right?"
She smiled and nodded as she grabbed a piece of fruit and bit into it, "I did." She replied, and looked out over the water, "This is nice too though. It's so peaceful."
Natsu's breath caught at the look on her face. She was utterly breathtaking sitting blissfully in the moonlight, and despite the now muffled sounds of drums his heart thumped in his chest. His mistress was as beautiful outside as she was inside, and the itch to do something welled up inside him.
Unbidden the memory of the kiss she'd given him reared up again, and he suddenly wished she would give him another one. Unfortunately, she hadn't even so much as hinted that she was interested in doing so.
"Natsu? Aren't you going to eat?"
He started a little in surprise and grabbed a piece of roast, "I was just thinking."
"About what?"
"Ah, about a lot of things." He replied nervously, hoping she didn't notice, "I mean, so much has happened lately."
"Don't worry Natsu, we'll get through this okay. Somehow," Lucy told him with that sweet smile of hers he never really understood.
All he knew now though, was the sight of that smile made his heart begin to race. The heat from their dance which had been quietly simmering in his blood, only seemed to reignite. Especially when she scooted in closer to him.
Their bodies had cooled from the dance, and now the ocean breeze was a little chilly.
He smothered a grin as Lucy discreetly tried to lean in to steal his natural warmth, and he leaned back a bit just to make it easier for her.
If only she knew his thoughts weren't exactly occupied only by their mission. He bit his bottom lip, his heart beginning to thump with more excitement at the feel of her pressing against his arm.
"You tired?" He asked, his voice thickening as he tried to speak around his tongue.
"Mmmm... a little." Lucy admitted as she shifted into a more comfortable position, leaning her head against his chest and abandoning all pretense of discretion, "It's been a while since I danced like that."
Natsu's heart rattled against his ribcage so hard he thought it was amazing that she didn't hear it. What was wrong with him? Heat that had nothing to do with his natural fire was sizzling through his blood and seemed to congregating in his belly the longer Lucy stayed curled up with him.
It didn't help at all that she was wearing less than usual, and so much of her creamy skin was on display. He couldn't keep his eyes off it and gave in to the urge to touch it by curling his arm around her and trailing his fingers gently over her arm.
He watched in fascination as she shivered a bit and pressed closer, the excited heat in his gut jolting sharply as he was treated to a suddenly fascinating view of her impressive cleavage.
He'd seen it before. More than once. Lucy wasn't exactly shy about showing it off at times. But somehow this time was different. He didn't know why.
He tried to cover it by taking a bite out of the meat he was holding, but it tasted like straw in his too dry mouth.
Thankfully, Lucy didn't seem to notice as she was caught up in the peace of the moment, for which he was grateful, but when she shifted again he nearly whimpered in despair. It seemed like every brush of skin against his fanned the flames higher, but he didn't know what to do about it.
His body, however, did.
His eyes widened in shock as he felt something twitch in his pants, and heat flooded his cheeks as realization hit. Not that he was particularly embarrassed about it or anything. Even if he'd never experienced it, that he recalled, it wasn't like it was unnatural. He was just shocked by the fact that it was happening around Lucy. She was his mistress, and yet she was beginning to cause him to feel things that fell outside of the ordinary.
This was not precisely what he had in mind when he thought he wanted to learn and experience everything.
Oblivious, Lucy shifted her weight, her head leaning on his shoulder and filling the air with her soothing scent, and Natsu's whole body felt electric and that knot in his belly seemed to spark with electricity every time he shifted his hips.
"W-would you like to lay down?" Natsu asked in a rush, suddenly no longer able to control his mouth or the things that were coming out of it.
Lucy blinked a little at him and then smiled, "Yeah, that sounds good."
To his immense relief she let go and stretched out on the blanket, though the sight of her lying down like that did absolutely nothing to calm him down.
"Uh, if you roll over I'll give you another backrub?" He offered hastily, and had to repress a growl when she smiled at him in delight and obligingly turned over. It seemed like everything she did was destined to drive him wild tonight.
"You're going to spoil me at this rate Natsu." Lucy giggled as she got comfortable.
"If you want, I'd give you one every night." Natsu purred, and immediately cringed over how husky his voice was. He covered it with a smile when she glanced over her shoulder curiously and shifted so he could touch her without her feeling the problem between his legs.
"Mmmmm... that feels good." Lucy purred as he started working on her, and he had to bite back another whimper when he throbbed in response to the sound. He knew she wasn't doing it on purpose, but she was not making it easy on him.
"So how come they dressed you up like this?" Natsu asked, casting around for something that wouldn't drive him crazier.
"Hm? Oh, they told me it was traditional to dress like this during a celebration." She smirked, "I think it's so they don't have much to take off at the end of the night."
This time Natsu did choke on his tongue, his cheeks flaming at the coy smirk on her face that the clear innuendo in her voice. He broke away from her, hacking and coughing until she looked up to give him an umimpressed look.
"Are you okay?" She raised an eyebrow.
"Y-yeah, just a coughing fit," Natsu wheezed. He choked on his own tongue. How embarrassing could that have possibly been?
He bent back over her, warming his hands just a little bit. He was of course insistent on focusing on bringing his mistress relief and pleasure, so he had to devout his attention to that task.
"I noticed everyone was a bit handsy," Natsu finally managed to respond to her statement with a quiet growl. Now he understood why Bobo had said for him to 'enjoy.'
Natsu had no idea what he was supposed to damn well enjoy at this moment. It felt like his groin was on fire, throbbing with every shift to his hips, even as he bent and slowly rubbed his hands down her back.
His fingertips brushed against the golden coins and chimes woven into the fabric, his breath catching at the sound of Lucy's shivering moan.
"You okay?" Natsu asked, his voice softer than the waves lapping at the shore so close to them.
Lucy nodded her face into the blanket, her eyes shuttering, "Yeah."
She kept her eyes down, grateful that it was dark and he wouldn't be able to see her clearly despite the light, but that didn't stop her from feeling every stroke of his warm hands against her skin.
She hadn't thought about it when she stretched out, but she was able to feel Natsu's hands through her normal clothes. The scraps of fabric and jewelry she had on only made it easier to feel every brush of his hot, calloused, hands against her, and it was quietly driving her wild.
She shivered as he gently rubbed a particularly difficult knot, and felt a jolt of heat head straight between her legs.
Oh no. No! This was not happening. She was not getting aroused over a simple massage!
She was certainly not getting aroused because it was Natsu touching her.
Except, it seemed she was.
The longer he worked the more she had to resist the urge to squirm under his hands. She could feel herself clenching in excitement every time he moved his hands near her breasts, or further down. It was intoxicating in a way, and she couldn't resist arching into his hands eagerly no matter where he touched her despite the fact he wasn't touching her in the places she burned the most.
Ugh, why was she acting like this? It was beyond embarrassing! Had it really been so long since she'd had a lover she was aching for the first attractive man to put his hands on her?
She didn't know, but ultimately it didn't matter right then. Because all she cared about was his hands on her, and fantasizing about him sliding his fingers a bit further down, and massaging her somewhere else entirely.
At that moment it was like something in Natsu sharpened. It was an awareness that made his whole body tingle, his senses flaring in a way that made him suddenly hungry.
It was in that moment that all of Gajeel's talks with him began to make sense, and he understood the physical craving of wanting to be closer to Lucy. He puffed out a ragged breath, his fingertips grazing down across her sides and dipping over the slope of her back.
He wanted to smooth his palms down on the globes of her rear and press his fingertips in the soft skin of her thighs. Wants... wants... wants...
Natsu wanted her.
The massage turned out to be a bad idea after all. Lucy was breathing shallowly against him, and she smelled absolutely amazing. Natsu had to overcome the instinct to slowly dip down on top of her, his arms coming up to wrap around her body and pull her into his chest.
There was so much his body was craving all at once, and Natsu didn't know what to do with all of the sudden feelings. It felt like he would burst at the seams.
"You ready to go?" Natsu asked, his voice much lighter than what he could let on.
Lucy's breath hitched at the question, her mind immediately plunging into the gutter. Was she ready to go? Oh yes she was! She hadn't wanted anything this badly since she could remember.
It took her a moment of struggle to realize that he hadn't meant it that way and he was really asking if she wanted to get off the beach.
She felt her face heat up as she nodded, "Y-yeah. Let's head in. It's getting late."
She awkwardly climbed to her feet, grateful he hadn't seemed to notice anything out of the ordinary, and smiled at him, "Thanks for the massage."
She tried not to twitch as she throbbed hungrily at the movement, and wondered if there was a way she could escape to deal with this privately without him knowing.
She thought about it as they folded the blanket, too distracted to notice how he was moving stiffly or the bulge in his pants, "Um, I think I'm gonna take a quick stop by the bathhouse before I turn in." She grinned at him nervously, "I want to wash this paint and stuff off before I go to bed."
Natsu used the platter as a shield between himself and Lucy, "Go on ahead. I'll finish up here."
He fought for a smile, but it slipped easily off his face when she nodded and turned away from him.
His eyes fell down across her back and her hips, a swaying invitation for him to touch and never stop.
He was grateful when she was out of range to hear him whining, even as she hobbled away from him. He breathed out in relief and flopped back down on the folded up blanket.
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His hand crept to his waistband, and he tugged his belt away, opening himself up to the night breeze.
He gasped at the feeling, his mind hazing over as his fingers found purchase. Oh that was good. Natsu's eyes shuttered and his body tensed, the flames licking through his veins spurring him to investigate himself in ways he hadn't before.
The knowledge of what he was doing and how to do it filtered into his mind. Natsu didn't even stop to question why that was possible, his mind was just too overwhelmed with how nice it all felt for him to even consider stopping.
Lucy's face filled his mind as his breath quickened and his pace began to pick up, his hips tensing and rocking up into his hand. He bit his bottom lip, a flush rushing to his cheeks as his blood roared in his ears.
He gasped as his pleasure mounted, building to such an unbearable degree Natsu was certain he would burn up before he reached the end.
Growls spilled from his throat and his head fell back when suddenly he felt that band snap violently in his gut, a rush of pleasure flashing through his body and making his limbs turn to liquid.
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He huffed out a tired breath and rolled backwards in the sand, somewhat exhausted and feeling a little confused over what had just happened to him.
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Metallicana smirked a little at the reaction, "Come on. I'm afraid we have to leave as quickly as possible. The early morning fisherman are no doubt already out, but we should try to avoid arriving when there's more traffic."
"Right." Lucy replied as they joined the others and smiled as the tribe gathered around to see them off.
"Thank you so much for everything you've done for us." She told Bobo sincerely, "You didn't have to do any of it, and we're really grateful."
Bobo chuckled, "It was our pleasure Lucy. It's not often we get to strike back at Tartaros even a little, and it's heartening to know that there are some who want this perpetual war to end. I hope you'll come back to visit for a while once everything is settled." He grinned, "We'll even build you a permanent hut!"
"Oh, you don't have to do that!" Lucy laughed, "But I would love to come back one of these days and relax for a while."
"Yeah!" Levy agreed enthusiastically, "We could explore that temple you talked about!"
"Uh... maybe you and Gajeel can do that!" Lucy replied nervously, "The last time we explored a temple together I wound up bonded with Natsu. Not that I mind that now or anything, but it would be just our luck if you found a demon frozen in ice underneath the temple or something!"
Levy laughed, "Aw, c'mon Lu! What are the odds of that? We're on a tropical island!"
