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Here is Chapter 12!
Sonja awoke in her own bed, all five of her Gospels stayed at her house, they had talked about getting permanent houses in Magnolia. She smiled at the thought of such a mundane life. She got up to go to the guild hall. When she was ready to leave she went to see if any of the guys wanted to join her, everyone was still asleep, so she left the room quietly.
Natsu did not sleep all night. He kept thinking about Sonja. He wanted to tell her that he liked her more than a friend but he wasn't sure how. He went for a walk and ended up in front of Sonja's house. He shook his head and walked up to the door, he decided to knock. He knew that her Gospels were there and he figured barging right in would tick off the Gospels and he did not want to fight off an angry demon. Sonja answered the door with a smile, when she seen him her cheeks got a little pink. Natsu thought about how cute she looked when she was embarrassed.
"Good Morning," she said.
"Yeah, good morning," he mumbled, "I wanted to know if you wanted to go for a walk."
"Yeah sure," Sonja said with a smile. She loved going on walks with Natsu. He was easy to talk to and he made her feel comfortable.
They walked together down the sidewalk by her house. She lived in the country side just outside of the city.
"Did you sleep well last night?" Sonja asked.
"Y-yeah," Natsu lied.
Sonja could tell he lied because his heart rate sped up, she wondered why he was lying to her. "everything alright?" she asked him.
He looked at Sonja, he could see the worry on her face he was never a good liar, "Yeah, honestly I just wanted to talk to you about that kiss," he said, feeling better now that he got that off of his chest.
"Oh," Sonja's face turned a bright pink. "What about it?"
"You said that the Sins can't make you do anything that you didn't feel before," he stated, Sonja shook her head, " I wanted to know if you feel, ya know, like that way about me?"
Sonja's face was burning, she could feel how red she was, "Yes, Natsu I like you more than a friend," she admitted.
"Oh okay," Natsu's face lit up, "I like you to."
Sonja could not hide how happy she was, then she thought about how he was such a good guy. She was dirty, she was a demon for god's sake. Natsu was so pure and full of good, she didn't want to ruin him in anyway. Even with all of her conflicting emotions she was still happy that he felt something for her. "Are you sure?" she questioned.
"Yeah, there is something about you that's different, it's like I am drawn to you or something," he told her.
Sonja blushed, than reality hit her. She had found her mate. Demons only ever get one mate, they live for eternity looking for their mate. Some are never really lucky enough to find theirs. She finally found the one that fate destined her to be with. But that also put him in danger. Being the Princess of Hell and the closest thing to a traitor that a demon can be gave her many enemies, she wanted to take Natsu and run away somewhere, somewhere she knew she would be able to protect him.
Natsu looked over to Sonja looking at the ground, he was suddenly nervous, "Did I say something wrong?" he asked her.
She snapped out of her thoughts, "No, no Natsu you didn't I just realized something."
"Oh," Natsu looked disappointed. He was hoping she would return his affections. "If you don't feel the same way" he looked so sad, "just forget I said anything." Natsu knew he was very new with liking girls. He had feelings for Lucy and Lisanna but Sonja was different. He felt the pull to her right away.
"No Natsu, I like you. I just realized that you were my mate. I know that you probably don't know what that is, but it is important in my species," she said without thinking. She covered her mouth and swore at herself for saying that out loud.
"I know what a mate is, Sonja. Igneel told me that dragons have destined mates too," he said while smiling, "hey, does that mean you are my mate?" Sonja shook her head yes.
Natsu hugged her. Sonja stood frozen, she was thinking about how much danger she had just put him in. She rested her head on his chest instinctively, Natsu ran his fingers through her hair. She breathed and relaxed at his touch.
Natsu had never been so happy. He had found his mate. Dragons could love other people besides their destined mate but they were soul mates. Dragons often spent their lives searching for their mates, he wondered if he was going to have to seek out his soul mate but he knew once he heard it that his was Sonja. When she put her head on his chest he noticed how perfect she felt there.
Sonja was so relaxed until she realized that they were being watched, she looked up but did not see anyone. She noticed that being with him clouded her judgment and made her less alert. She thought about moving away but couldn't she felt like she would lose something important if she pushed Natsu away.
"Natsu, you need to understand that you are in danger," Sonja warned him, "people will go after you to hurt me, bad people, sometimes not actually people."
"Don't worry about it, I am strong enough to take care of myself, you know that," he said to her.
She smiled at him, she knew he was strong he beat Envy very easily and his name was everywhere. Then reality hit her, "I am going to have to watch you die," Sonja said with tears in her eyes. She mentally slapped herself, that's why she never got close to anyone. She always came off cold and kept her distance from people. She would live forever and they only lived for a short time. She still missed the first master of Fairy Tail.
Natsu looked down at her, he was confused. "What do you mean?" he asked her.
"I will live forever Natsu, you are human, you will die eventually," she told him as a stray tear fell down her face. She was so unsure around him, she buried her emotions a long time ago, she had a duty to every person in Foire to protect them from the darkness that she was born into. She couldn't be bothered with things like emotions and feelings while massacring her own race.
Natsu grabbed her and held her close, he never thought of that. Now he knew that they were soul mates he couldn't imagine losing her. He felt bad that she would live with out him. "Don't worry, we still got a while before that happens," Natsu said in a comforting tone.
"I could give up my immortality," she said more to herself than to Natsu, "no that is selfish, the future needs me to protect them. Demons will continue to attack."
"There will always be someone to protect them. Fairy Tail will still be here," Natsu said. He felt like she was going to leave him.
"I don't know if I can do this Natsu, I don't know if I can watch anymore people die," she said.
Natsu didn't know what to say so he just hugged her. He prayed that she would not leave him, he would never ask her to give up her life to be with him but he wanted to live this life with her.
Sonja put her arms around Natsu, she would think about her responsibilities later. She did not know how to be close to Natsu. She was so scared of losing him or anyone in Fairy Tail, she smiled to herself how quickly everyone in the guild had grown on her.
Hidden from her view someone was watching. Count knew Sonja could sense a presence but not his. He had been careful to cover himself. He loathed Sonja, he hated how the other Gospels loved and cared for her so. He only joined them because Thorn asked him too, and now he would report something to his master. Sonja had found her mate, we could kill her. She would give up her life for him, Count thought to himself.
Natsu and Sonja walked onto the Guild Hall.
Sonja looked around. Mira looked up and smiled at her. Sonja excused herself from Natsu and walked over to Mira, "Good Morning," Sonja said pleasantly.
"Morning, anything to drink?" Mira asked.
Sonja shook her head yes, "Just a glass of milk please."
Mira placed a small glass in front of Sonja, "Gray has requested to see you," Mira said with a smile. Sonja shook her head and watched the beautiful white haired woman walk away.
Sonja quickly finished her glass and walked over to the guilds infirmary. "Gray?" she said out loud.
She heard rustling in one of the room, "In here Sonja," she heard his familiar voice.
Sonja walked to the door and paused before she let herself in.
Gray heard Sonja's voice out in the hallway, he was up all night thinking about what to say to her. He wanted to just blame what happened on Lust but she knew as well as he did that Lust could not create those feelings. He moved so he was covered with the blankets and told her where he was.
His breath caught in his throat, she was still beautiful. He was so embarrassed by what happened yesterday.
"Hi" she said.
"Ugh, hey," Gray stammered out, "look I wanted to talk about yesterday," Gray said.
He saw Sonja tense up, "What about it?" Sonja felt the awkward tension between them.
"I just wanted to say that I am sorry," Gray said. He could not even look her in the eyes.
Sonja looked at Gray, "Gray, I am not mad at you. I figured that Lust would be hard to defeat. You resisted her for a long time," she said honestly.
Gray looked up, "I was the only one that got trapped by one of their stupid curses, even tiny little Wendy defeated her target, all I did was get horny," Gray said as he put his head in his hands.
Sonja walked over and hugged him. He hugged her back, "I got affected too, Gray," she said as she was rubbing his back.
"You did?" he asked. If she was able to get effected than it would make him feel a little better.
"Yeah, by both Lust and Wrath. Wrath just made me a little angrier, which isn't too bad," she said. She did not want to tell anyone that Natsu was her mate, she trusted Gray but she did not want anyone to use him against her.
"Lust affected you?" Gray asked. He knew that it wasn't with him, Natsu knocked him out, then he realized that it must have been Natsu, "Natsu? Did he hurt you?" Gray asked looking at her for any sort of indication that she was hurt.
Sonja giggled, "No, he didn't," she told him.
"Oh, okay," he relaxed a little.
"Gray don't worry about it. We are a team, I trust you. I know you would never hurt me if you weren't under Lust's curse. You are more of a gentleman than that," she said as she smiled at him.
"Good, thanks Sonja. It means a lot to me," Gray said with a smile. His smile faded, "You like Natsu, huh?" he asked her.
Sonja looked at him, his head was hanging low, "It is a little more complicated than that, Gray. He is my mate, I am drawn to him," she told him while looking at her hands. She decided she could trust Gray, everyone in Fairy Tail put their trust in her she would be able to trust Gray with her small secret.
"It is okay, I just wanted to know," he told her. Gray figured what being a mate meant Natsu had said something about it once when Lucy was new to the guild.
Sonja got up to leave, she was happy that she had talked to him and that they were still going to be friends, "Sonja," she looked up at Gray, "thanks for being honest with me," he told her. She smiled at him and left the room.
Weeks later…
Both Natsu and Sonja walked to the Guild Hall. To Sonja's surprise Velkan was already there, he and Lucy had gotten very close. Sonja suspected that they were more than just friends.
"Uh, Sonja can I talk to you," Velkan said. Sonja smiled at his nervousness. He, and the rest of the Gospels, had started treating her like a comrade instead of a master. But it was obvious he wasn't used to it.
Sonja walked away from Natsu, "Yeah, what is it?"
"Lucy got a letter from her aunt. She needs help in a nearby city, I wanted to know if it was okay if I went with her," he asked, "of course , if you need me just call me, I will come," he said while he was looking at anything but Sonja.
Sonja laughed, "Yeah, go ahead." She could see the happiness explode all over his face.
Lucy came over, "Good Morning Sonja," she said as she smiled. Sonja smiled back.
"Did you ask her," Lucy said as she looked at Velkan. He nodded, "She said its fine," he said, Lucy gave him a hug.
"Thanks Sonja, I don't think it will be for too long," Lucy said.
"Don't worry about it, keep him as long as you need. Things have been pretty quiet around here," she said as she walked away.
"Sonja," Gildarts said, "come here for a second."
Sonja walked over, "what is it?" she asked him.
"I wanted your help on a job, you and Kizak, that is," he asked her.
"Yeah sure, that's not a problem," she said, "what job is it?"
"We just have to go to the magic council. They are mad at Fairy Tail for destroying something, again," Gildarts said.
"Why do I have to go with?" Sonja asked.
"They got wind of the whole Goddess of War thing and they wanted to talk to you," he said. It was obvious that he was distressed about the magic council finding out about her.
"Okay, that not a problem," she said, "how long do you think it will take?"
"A week, but also, I wanted your help in taking down a larger dark guild," he said, "I would normally just let one of the kids do it but I heard that none of the mages that get sent to do this job come back. And Erza and Laxus are out on jobs and I don't want anyone to get hurt," he explained.
"Yeah I understand, so you think like three weeks?" she said.
"Yeah that sounds about right," he confirmed.
Sonja walked back to Natsu, "What did Gildarts want?" Natsu asked as he glanced over.
"We gotta go see the Magic Council, they found out about me and they wanna talk to me, no big deal," she told him. She figured it would be better to leave out that they were going to fight a dark guild, her flame brain would want to come to and she didn't want to put him in harm's way.
"Oh," Natsu said. He was sad that he would not be able to see her for awhile. They were taking things slow. Sonja was nervous to let anyone know they were together, she was convinced that there was someone that would hurt him, so they did not sleep over at each other's houses but they walked around late at night and talked a lot. He would defiantly miss her company.
"I leave tomorrow, I will be gone for like three weeks," she said as she looked down. She could tell Natsu was sad about her leaving. She was sad that she would not be able to see him but she felt even worse for making him sad.
"Okay," he said. He looked at her and her little pout. He admired her fierce determination and loyalty to the Guild. But he knew that she didn't want to go, she enjoyed her quiet life as a mage with her friends. He also knew that the questions that the Magic Council would ask would make her uncomfortable, he thought about asking if he could come but knew that he should let her do this herself, she didn't need or want a babysitter.