Sorry for the late update, I'm moving soon so I have a lot on my plate. Especially since I live with six other people I have to help clean up after and two puppies.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail.

Natsu felt like he had just stepped out of hot shower, He felt refreshed and all his pains had gone down to a dull ache. He smiled and leaped at Gajeel again.

"Fire Dragon Sword Horn!" He shouted, shoving his head straight into Gajeel's stomach. Gajeel flew back a few meters.

He growled. "I always hated horses." He glared at Lucy, who waved sheepishly.

In all honesty, she still felt like shit, but she didn't care. It made her feel better to see Natsu, just as she expected. Natsu set himself aflame, letting a chuckle slip through his lips at the surge of power he felt.

Gajeel jumped at Natsu again. "Iron Dragon Hard Fist!" He shouted, attempting to slam his fist into Natsu's flaming face.

Natsu simply lifted a fist to meet his, successfully shattering Gajeel's scales and sending Gajeel flying again.

Gajeel jumped up, rubbing his head and staring at Natsu in awe. Natsu leaped forward and punched him repeatedly in the stomach. He then kicked Gajeel into the burnt tree. Gajeel emerged minutes later covered in splinters, glaring daggers at Natsu.

"Bad choice, fire boy." He snarled at Natsu, his eyes darting to Lucy on the other side of him.

Natsu lunged at him, only for Gajeel to hold an iron rod to Lucy's neck. "She's weak at the moment, doesn't have the same spunk. You think her neck will put up much of a fight after what she's been through? Is there some part of her that wants me to snap her like a twig and end her suffering?" Gajeel grinned like a mad man.

Natsu stopped short and sent Gajeel a death glare. "Leave her out of this, this is a fight between you and me!" Natsu growled deep in his throat.

Gajeel's smirk never wavered. "But isn't a fight's meaning to hurt someone more than they hurt you? And isn't losing a loved one supposed to be the worst pain imaginable, especially if forced to watch? And don't act like this girl isn't the most important thing to you in the world."

"Please. What can I do to get you to leave her alone?" Natsu asked.

Apparently, that just angered Lucy.

"I'M NOT A DAMN DAMSEL IN DISTRESS!" An enraged Lucy shouted, jamming her elbow into Gajeel's gut and proceeding to beat the shit out of him. Natsu dragged her off the unconscious dragon slayer when she kept hitting him.

She glared at him and suddenly her eyes turned happy. "Huh, for some reason, I feel perfect again." She grinned at him when he smiled warmly at her.

He picked her up bridal style. "Let's head back to camp."

She nodded sleepily. "You never mentioned beating the crap out of someone took so much out of you..."

At camp

"Hey, where'd Lucy go?" Mira asked Makarov.

"She went after Natsu. Ah, young love. And young boobs." Makarov smiled as Mira smacked him upside the head.

Mira looked around. "So she went after Natsu? That is sweet. But are you sure she's strong enough? We don't know what happened to her, just that it pissed Natsu off and made her quiet."

"I can vouch that she was strong enough!" A voice shouted from the forest. Natsu emerged carrying a sleeping Lucy and having Gajeel dragged behind them by a rope connecting his wrists with one of Natsu's ankles. "She saved my ass." He smirked.

The bundle that was Lucy shifted and she murmured, "And kicked Gajeel's." before starting to snore again.

Natsu chuckled. "And kicked Gajeel's" He confirmed, kissing her on her forehead. He then walked away, going to make them a more comfortable bed to snuggle and sleep on.

Mira looked up. "What about Gray, Elfman, Loke, Jet, and Droy?" She asked Makarov.

"Who knows?" Makarov chuckled. "None of them have boobs."

With Gray and the others

"Ice Make Spear!" He shouted, aiming the spear at Jude's jaw and sending him spinning away towards Elfman.

"Takeover magic! Beast arm!" Elfman shouted, transforming his arm into his Black Bull arm and punching Jude towards Jet.

Jet sped forward and punched Jude repeatedly until he was in front of Droy, and he sped back to his place.

Droy chucked some seeds in the ground. "Knuckle plant!" He shouted as plants sprung from the ground forming fists and punching Jude over to Gray, thus repeating the process.

Soon, Jude found a weak spot and broke free, running into the forest. They all ran after him, Jet obviously first, but then Jude was surrounded in water.

Juvia stepped out of the shadows of the forest. "Juvia realized what we were doing was wrong, so Juvia came to help." Juvia said, answering the questioning look Gray was giving her, staring at each other longer than necessary.

Jude fainted and Juvia released him. "Perhaps some of your guild members would like to get a few hits in." Juvia suggested.

Gray nodded and grabbed some nearby vines and proceeded to hogtie Jude. When he finished, they headed back to camp, chatting quietly.

So, what did ya think? I'll try to do better with updating, it totally skipped my mind.