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Chapter Eight
A week later
"Luuuuuuuu-chan! Wake upp!" Levy says walking into my room. I grumble waking up. Levy smiles at me.
"Happy birthday Lu-chan!" She smiles. I groan. She laughs. "Oh come on Lucy. You're eighteen today. We have some exciting things planned for today!" She giggles.
I roll my eyes, sitting up. "Oh yeah. We also have different clothes for you too! Here." She tosses me a dress. I sigh. The skirt was black, and ruffled. The corset was pure white. It was a pretty dress.
"Hurry up and change. I'll be right outside." Levy said leaving. I change into the dress. Then I start lacing up my boots. I tie my hair back with a bandanna, and walk out of my cabin.
"Ooooh Lu-chan you look adorable!" Levy squeals. I flush.
"Thanks Levy-chan." I say shyly. Levy jumps up and down clapping.
"Tonight it going to be amazing Lu-chan!" She smiles. I look down, a blush coating my cheeks. So far in the last week Natsu and I bickered, dueled, and fell asleep next to each other every clear night.
"Y-yeah. I'm actually excited, my other birthdays, i've never had. I've never told anyone my birthday. I dunno how Mira figured it out." I say, messing with a ruffle on the dress. Levy laughs lightly.
"Well, I've learned to never ask and go with it. Mira is unpredictable that way." She shrugs. I hide my twitching lips, almost smiling.
"Well I'll take that advice then." I say, looking up. Levy laughs again.
"That's for sure. Now come on Lu-chan!" Levy says grabbing my hand.
Sunset
I stare at the walls of my cabin. They were setting up the 'party' on deck. I wasn't allowed to know what it was so I was stuck here. We didn't do much earlier. Just a couple of happy birthdays.
The main 'event' was tonight, or so I was told. I humm a little tune, messing with my dress again. "Okay Lucy-san! You can come up now!" Wendy chirps. I shake out of my state of absent mindedness.
"A-alright." I stutter, standing up. I follow Wendy up to the deck. My hand flies to my mouth. Dancing. The deck was cleared away and lights were strung up. A table with food was off to the side and Gajeel, Max, Warren, and Laki were up on a small stage, playing music.
Bisca, Alzack, Asuka, Lisanna, Erza, and of course, Vijeeter were dancing. Reedus was painting the scene. Gray and Natsu were by the food table, and Juvia was fidgeting nervously.
"Juvia. What's wrong?" I ask walking up to her.
"Juvia wants to ask Gray-sama to dance, but she is too shy.." Juvia mutters. I turn around and walk to Gray.
"Gray." I say. He looks at me.
"Yeah?"
"Go dance with Juvia." I command. The look on his face was well worth the being forward part. "Go on. Don't make me make it an order." I joke. Gray gulps and walks over to Juvia. She looks so happy.
"So captain, if you're not to busy playing cupid for the other people here, would you dance with me?" Natsu says. My attention snaps back to him.
"Umm sure!" I say. He laughs.
"C'mon m'lady." He jokes. I look down, forcing my smile back.
"Of course kind sir." I say curtsying. He laughs, bowing and then grabbing my hand and leading me to where most of the crew was dancing. Laki licks her lips and starts playing her wooden flute.
I recognize it immediately. It was a common song for pirates. I curtsy again, before picking up the rhythm. We spin and leap to the music. A smile grows across my face. I close my eyes, twirling around Natsu. I hear him gasp.
I laugh for the first time in years. Then I open my eyes. We clasp our hands and walk around each other. Laki's flute skips and jumps throughout the song. I smile at him, Natsu smiles back. We spin again before jumping back. I skip around Natsu as he claps. Then he grabs my hand, spinning me before dipping me to the final note of the music.
"You have a lovely smile." He whispers to me.
"Thank you." I whisper back. My face is flushed and my hair is a bit messed up. But I was laughing and smiling. Eight years. I haven't smiled or laughed in eight years. He lifts me back up.
"Annnd I fulfilled my mission." He boasts
"No. The dancing made me smile. Not you." I snort. His face falls. Then he smiles deviously at me.
"I did get you to snort first. And laugh."
"Fine. I'll give you that win." I say, sticking my tongue out teasingly. Natsu laughs, a perfect sound, not too deep, not to high. I smile again.
Mira cheers. "Aww we got her to smile!" She yells. Everyone turns to me. I smile shyly. Wendy and Levy jump, laughing. I giggle. I was in a crew of goofballs. Natsu wraps his arm around my shoulders. I stiffen, before relaxing.
Everyone gets back on the dance floor and another jig begins. I leave, a little winded. Natsu follows me. "Where did you learn to dance like that?" He asks me.
I bite my lip before answering. "I've always loved to dance and so I followed that passion. Now here I am." I look at him through my lashes. Natsu laughs again.
"That's cool." He said. Levy walks up to me.
"Lu-chan! Another round of dancing come on!" She grabs my hand and drags me away with her. I laugh following. Natsu looks crestfallen, before walking away.
"Oh no you don't Natsu! Get in there!" Mira yells, shoving Natsu. Levy grabs his arm and throws him with the rest of us. I burst out laughing, he looked so silly. It was adorable. I spin and jump to the music. Gray and Juvia looked like they were having fun.
Natsu was looped into dancing by Lisanna, Mira and I were spinning together, laughing. Levy smiles deviously, talking to Cana. Mira swaps me for Lisanna, and Lisanna swaps Natsu for Mira. They giggle. I roll my eyes.
Natsu sighs. "They really like us together don't they.."
I laugh again, before whispering to him. "Because you were the one who made me feel happy again." He blushed at my words. We twirl around each other, before clasping hands to the last note of the music.
"I have something to show you." He whispers in my ear. I nod.
"Okay." I say. He takes my hand and pulls me away from the festivities.
"Where are we going?" I ask him.
"Crows nest." He answers, starting to climb up. I follow him up there. What I see makes me clasp my hand to my mouth. A blanket was spread out with a couple candles lighting the area dimly.
"It's beautiful." I say looking at him. He looks a bit bashful.
"Thanks Luce." He says, his ears going a bit red. I giggle.
I turn around, looking at the dark sea spread before me. I shiver a little, it was chillier up here. I hear something shift and I turn around again. "C'mere. You look cold." He said patting the blanket next to him.
I walk over and sit down next to him, playfully resting my head on his shoulder. He sighs, resting his head on mine. I laugh again, feeling better than I had in years.
I shiver again, yes I was warmer, but it was still cold. "Are you still cold?!" Natsu says exasperated. I nod sheepishly. He slowly wraps his arms around me, his face buried in my hair, his hair tickling my neck. I sigh a little, before closing my eyes.
We stay that way for a little bit, before I turn around. He stares at me with those onyx eyes of his. I get lost in them, my eyes reflecting his. "Luce…" He whispers. He grabs my waist, pulling my closer to him…..he leans in and I lean in….and our foreheads bump. I snap back surprised, he rubs his head.
"Owww….Lucy! Way to ruin the moment." He complains. I laugh, kissing the tip of his nose.
"But the moment can be regained." I say, a joking look in my eye.
"Oh?" He said scooting closer.
"N-natsu?" I breath. He's awfully close. His bangs brush my forehead. I breath out, watching as he slowly closes his eyes. Our noses brush, a jolt of electricity shoots down my spine. I slowly close my eyes as our lips lightly brush.
He scoots closer and presses his lips on mine, slow at first. The breeze ruffles my hair, as Natsu's hands move from my hips to my hair, taming it. Kissing him was like kissing fire. It was untamable, wild, and I loved it. He slowly builds up courage, along with me. I move my hands to his soft fluffy pink locks.
He nips my lower lip and I pull away, only a little. His eyes slowly open. "L-luce?" Natsu stutters. I smile.
"Well...that was something." I laugh. He laughs with me.
"Yeah. Happy birthday Lucy." He said.
"Is that my gift?" I joke. Natsu lightly kisses me again.
"Well. I do have something else." He says. He picks me up and throws me over his shoulder.
"NATSU!" I yell hitting him, he laughs. "I HATE YOU! PUT ME DOWN!" I yell again.
"Nah you love me." He says climbing down the rigging. I groan, submitting.
"You are so cheesy." I say, sulking.
"I know." He laughs. "But it was worth it for you. Don't expect me to do it often though." He laughs. I groan again.
"Put me doooooown." I say again, whining.
"We're almost there." Natsu says. I was so busy complaining I didn't notice he took me up to my cabin.
"Why are we here?" I murmur, as he puts me down. I looked at him. He looks back at me, before walking over to my desk.
"I did this earlier, but you didn't notice, thankfully." He admits, pulling a beautifully wrapped gift out of one of the drawers. Then he and I walk back to the crows nest. "I want you to open it here." He says handing it to me.
The wrapping paper is a crimson color and the ribbon tying it shut is a cream white. "It's so pretty!" I said slowly opening it up. It was a necklace. A red dragon wrapped around a pink heart.
"Oh my...Natsu it's so beautiful! I love it!" I say looking at him. He looks down shyly.
"Yeah Juvia and Levy helped me make it." Natsu says. I smile brightly. He looks up at me. Then he looks down again. I scoot closer to him, snuggling up to him. He looks at me, our noses touching again.
I tilt my head, making our lips meet again.
We stay like that until our eyes were too heavy to keep open. Natsu says down, pulling me with him. I was too tired to argue. He wraps his arms around me, burying his face in my neck. We fall asleep like that, cuddled into each other without a care in the world.
That morning
I wake up to a soft voice. Natsu snoring into my hair. I look up and see Juvia. I stifle my cries of surprise, wiggling out of Natsu's grip, without waking him up. Juvia smiles at me, her cheeks flushed.
"Hey." I whisper. Juvia looks down at the sleeping Natsu.
"Can we talk somewhere else? Juvia needs to tell Lucy-chan something." Juvia said, she looked like a hyperactive puppy.
"Sure. But we'll have to get Natsu somewhere. I don't want Mira finding him here." I shudder at the thought of what Mira might to do the poor boy...I touch my lips at the thought of last night. Oh gods I..we...uhh.. I blush looking down.
"Come on Juvia, we're strong girls." I say starting to pick up Natsu. Juvia snaps out of her thoughts and helps me. Somehow we manage to get him down without killing anyone. It was really early so not all the crew was up.
"Okay...the boys are still sleeping and I don't want to risk waking them up.." I said poundering.
"What about Lucy-chan's room? He would wake up there and not wake anyone else up." Juvia suggested. Short notice yes, but I nod.
"Alright let's hurry." I said making sure the coast was clear. We got Natsu into my room five minutes later. It took forever. We slide him into my bed. I stare at him. He was so freakin, adorable when he was asleep. I pulled the blanket over his shoulders, and kiss his forehead.
I put my broken key necklace and shell necklace on a hook and pull on the dragon necklace Natsu had gotten me for my birthday. I follow Juvia up to the deck. Juvia's long blue hair flutters in the breeze.
"So what happened? You look like you're about to explode." I said out of the blue. It was true. Juvia was practically vibrating.
"Gray-sama…..Gray-sama KISSED JUVIA!" Juvia screams. I blink before it dawns on me.
"Oh. My. Gods." I said. Juvia claps and I laugh. "Aww good for you Juvia-chan! That's so exciting!" I said. Juvia stops clapping and looks at me, with this weird teasing look.
"So Juvia and Gray-sama kissed. After the party. What did you Natsu do? You left right after a dance." Juvia said scooting closer to me. I blush.
"Um he well...he gave me a gift." I said holding my dragon necklace up. Juvia raises an eyebrow.
"Juvia has a feeling you did more than talk. You were quite cozied up. Juvia swears your lips were slightly swollen too!" She said. I blushed even more. Oh no…..I was so dead with Mira.
"We may or may not of...umm..kissed a couple of times." I admit. Juvia screams.
"Juvia is so happy for love rival! You found someone who isn't Gray-sama!"
"Yeah well….wait, love rival?! I never loved Gray!" I say looking at her. Juvia shrugs.
"Juvia can't be too careful. Tons of girls will want to steal Gray-sama away from Juvia." She shrugs. I purse my lips.
"Ooooookay then." I said. We turn back to the sea, talking about what happened last night. My heart fluttered at the thought. It was hands down the best day of my life, it topped my joining the crew, though that was second. I met my best friends because of me running away.
Tears prick my eyes. I look down.
"What's wrong Lucy-chan?" Juvia asks me.
"I'm going-" I get out before a cannonball wizzes past me.
"WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" I yell, sounding the alarm. Everyone comes onto deck at once, even Natsu.
Natsu's P.o.V
I wake up to the sound of Lucy screaming, and her seant all around me. "WE'RE UNDER ATTACK!" I hear her scream. I jolt out of the bed, my sword digging into my side. I run out of the room and onto the deck. I look around. Lucy looks like she's about to be sick. Gray and Juvia are fighting side by side, as the bounty hunters from the other ship board 'Rising Sun'.
Lucy pulls her whip and sword out. The sparkle like stars. He whip is blue and yellow, and...electric. I gulp. Her sword sparkles in the rising daylight. She looks ready to kick ass.
I pull my sword out from its scabbard and it ignites on fire. A man stands over all the men coming. He had white hair and red eyes.
"Zero." Lucy said, looking like she had just seen a ghost.
"Jellal." Erza said, facing off with a man. He had blue hair and a red tattoo on the left side of his face.
"Erza." He said. She runs over to him and hugs him. He hugs her back, looking happy. I tilt my head. An interesting scene in the middle of a battle. Erza kisses his cheek and joins us with driving these people back.
Lucy closes her eyes and screams. Her whip glows brighter. She opens her eyes again, fighting the people surrounding her. She was like a demon (Mirajane) she struck them down, and waved the whip around.
Tears sprouted from her eyes as she knocked all these men over. She crosses the deck, men falling left in right in her wake. She was beautifully dangerous. She looks so angry, with who, I don't know. Tears stream down her face, she's facing off with that Zero guy.
"Hello Lucy. How interesting to see you here." He smiles. She swipes at him and soon they're a blur of metal and flesh. I fight two other people at once, lighting their clothes on fire. But I kept looking back at Lucy.
Zero smiles at her as they stop. "I'll be back soon. Don't worry your pretty little head about that. Men, retreat. We'll be back. You can no longer run. Everyone is after you." He laughs leaving the ship. Lucy falls over. She sobs loudly.
"LUCY!" I scream as someone holds a sword over her back.
I feel like time has slowed down. She looks back at the man, and kicks him into the sea. The sun reflects off of her hair. Making it look golden. She looks back at me. "Nat-su." She says.
Her lips part before she passes out. I slide across the deck and catch her before she hits the deck. "Lucy Lucy Lucy. You crazy girl….you over exerted yourself." I say, cradling her.
Erza and that Jellal guy walk up to me. Era bends down, looking at the exhausted captain. Levy walks over, leaving Gajeel and Pantherlily behind. "We'll take her back to her cabin." Levy says quietly.
"No I can't!-" They look in their eyes stop me. They look like they know something I don't. I look at the blonde I'm holding. So peaceful. I felt my stomach drop, my heart flutter a bit. I was falling in love with her. Falling and falling…..I grit my teeth.
"F-fine." I said handing Luce to Erza. She carries the poor girl down to her cabin. Most of the girls on the ship follow, I was glad Wendy was going down with them. I go back to helping the rest of the crew, and talking to Jellal. I wanted to know who they guy was.
Lucy's P.o.V
I wake up in my bed. It smells a little like Natsu. Ash and flame. I look up to see the girls crowded around me. I sit up. "I have to go back. Tonight." I say. Mira shakes her head.
"No. Tomorrow night. We need to plan this out. We need at least another day to do so. You have to wait Lucy." She says. I nod. I would spend tonight with Natsu then. I was to go home…..be married to another. I won't see him again.
"O-okay." I said looking at my covers. Mira and Erza start talking.
"Juvia will go with Lucy." Juvia says.
"I will too." Levy shyly says.
"I will definitely go." Erza commands. I nod, smiling.
"I-i'll come along!" Wendy says smiling.
Mira nods. "Lisanna, Cana, and I will stay behind, to keep the guys in line." She laughs darkly. "And keep Natsu from burning the ship down, looking for you Lucy." I smile looking down. He was sweet in that way.
I stare at the rest of the girls, determination was set in stone in their eyes. I stand up by my friends, as we get out some pieces of paper. "Alright. Write down what we have planned so far, make sure none of the other crew members find out. Lucy, distract Natsu. Juvia same with Gray. Levy, Gajeel. Those three we don't want catching wind of this."
I nod. "Alright. Tomorrow night. I'm going home." I walk out of my cabin with Levy and Juvia. We split up in the hall to go find the boys. I go up onto the deck looking for Natsu.
Butterflies fill my stomach as I look around. I bite my lower lip. I cannot believe how this arrogant man had managed to weasel his way into my heart. I stand at the bow, breathing in the clear air, it would be limited today and tomorrow.
"HAPPY!" I hear from behind me.
"NATSU! I'm sorry! I was gone for so long!" I hear. I turn around. It was Natsu and Happy. Happy flew over to his friend, holding a scaly scarf.
"I went on a mission to retrieve this! It took a while because you guys kept moving." he said holding it to Natsu. Natsu wraps it around his neck. My breath stops at how handsome he looked.
"Thanks bud! How did you get this?"
"I went back to look for it. The chest managed to be taken by Quatro Cerberus. I got it back though. They didn't want it." Happy said.
Natsu smiles, before noticing me. "Hey Luce!" He said smiling, his teeth looking fang like.
"Hey. Hey Happy!" I said smiling. Happy looked between us. He giggles.
"You liiiiike her!" Happy giggles.
"YEAH AND SO WHAT?!" Natsu explodes. My face goes inflamed. Natsu was also blushing. Happy giggles.
"YAY! You guys are so cute!" Happy smiled. I walked over to the cat and ruffled his ears.
"Well look who's talking. Mr. Adorable." I say. Happy looks at me, smiling.
"Yay! Lushy is smiling!" Happy said spreading his angelic wings. I kiss the top of the exceed's head.
"Indeed I am." I said laughing. Natsu smirks.
"I got her to smile."
"No you didn't remember? It was the dancing. You made me laugh though. And...umm..that." I said, causing Natsu to blush.
"Oh yeah. That. I uhh...i'm sorry I wasn't thinking and I-" He starts before I interrupt him. I'm laughing at his face, so red and flushed. It was fun teasing him in this way. The way he reacts is so cute.
"Who said anything about me not liking it? Maybe I loved it and want it to happen again." I said smugly. He looks at me, raising an eyebrow. His eyes looked so dragon like, I lost myself in them.
"Maybe I'll be happy to oblige again." He said stepping near me.
"EWW YOU GUYS BE LOVEY DOVEY SOMEWHERE WHERE I'M NOT HERE!" Happy yells, causing me to jump. I'd forgotten he was there. He flew off, probably to find Carla. I laugh.
Natsu turns back to me. "Well with Happy gone." He said jokingly. I close the space between us.
"Yes?" I said, our noses brushing again.
He breaths in a bit. His eyes seem to be reading mine. I wrap my arms around him. "This is nice." I breath.
"I know something that's nicer." He whispered, before our lips met. I loved the way my heart expanded as if it were to swallow us both. He tugs me closer, I felt sad though. I wouldn't get moments like these soon.
I was leaving. I would never see him again. I kiss him harder, I was gonna make this count. His touch sent jolts of electricity down my spine. He nips at my lower lip again, and I don't pull away this time. I teasingly nip at his too.
We part for air and he looks at me with surprise. "That was new." He said. I kiss his cheek.
"I feel like a new person." I whisper in his ear. He licks his lips and I mess with my hair. We walk around the ship a bit after that, him joking and me teasing. I felt so happy, I never wanted it to end, but it will. Tomorrow night. I will be gone.
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