Word count: 3,987

Date published: January 6, 2014

Date started: October 2014

Date finished: December 28, 2014

Chapter 1: Short, Fast and Loud

July 10, X791

"I hate you," a certain blonde mage said as he took off his pants.

"Oh, hush, nii-san. You love me and you know it," replied the woman he was talking to.

They were playing strip UNO where you have of course, strip, when you lose. So far the girl was winning, with only her bracelet removed. The man was down to his boxers and socks.

"Why the hell are you calling me your brother, Lucy?" He asked as he took a swig of whiskey.

"I don't know, it just feels right, Laxus-nii,"

"Then, I'll call you Lulu. I now dub you as my little sister. Okay, I give up. You win," Laxus gathered the cards and placed it back on its box. "Shall we discuss the problems of the universe?"

"Like how Gray... should have a threesome... with Juvia and... Lyon?" The younger of the two slurred drunkenly.

"Nah... Gray should do it.. with Natsu and Erza."

Few minutes passed in comfortable silence. The two new siblings silently sipped their alcoholic beverages. Nothing occupied their minds but how serene yet crazy the scene is around them. The only time the quietness was broken was when Laxus heavily exhaled, "We're so wasted."

The guild just won the Grand Magic Games for the first time and of course there was party. Most members have left for a good night's sleep, after all it was already three in the morning and the celebration started hours ago. The only mages who stayed were Team Natsu, the Rainjishuu, Cana, the Strauss', as well as their guests: Bacchus, the boys from Blue Pegasus and the twin dragons from Sabertooth. Fortunately or unfortunately, depending on how one views it, they are all passed out on either the tables, the chairs, the floor, or the bar. Laxus and Lucy were the only ones awake and apparently talking about how ducks are the most evil animal mankind has ever face.

"I'm telling you, Laxus-nii! Ducks are masterminds plotting the end of Earthland through sheer cuteness!"

The blonde man patted his sister's head, "No they aren't. Cockcroaches are! They can't be killed by nuclear weapons and can survive without a head! On top of that, they can fly! What's scarier than that?"

Lucy nodded. Point taken.

"LUCY HEARTFILIA! I LOVE YOU! LEMME HAVE YOUR BAB-" Snore.

"What the fuck was that?" Laxus inquired.

"I don't know, nii-san. I don't know at all. Natsu, I think... I'm seeing friendly mushrooms."

"Lucy, go home. You're drunk."

"But I caaaaaan't! Carry me!"

"So needy."

And so the older brother carries his younger sister home to her apartment.

Damn. My head friggin' hurts. What did I do yesterday? Lucy thought as she woke up from slumber. She took a glance on the bedside clock which read that it was already one in the afternoon. I better buy aspirin.

The celestial mage made her way to the drawers and changed out of the sweaty, vodka-stained clothes she wore the day before and into a white flannel shirt and jeans, something different than her usual attire. Then she attached her belt and keys.

Just as she was putting on her brown boots, Natsu once again barged into her room through the window. Lucy sighed, "You ought to have-"

The fire dragon slayer cut her off with a kiss. It wasn't a gentle one. Natsu forced his tongue into her mouth, trying to coax the girl's into kissing back. One of his hands firmly held Lucy's waist while the other was entangled with golden locks.

Alarm bells rang in the young woman's head. The logical thing to do was to push the man away but slowly, Lucy kissed back. She closed her eyes. The feeling of tongue against tongue was invigorating and new to her. She could feel her skin shiver from pleasure as Natsu skillfully flicked the roof of her wet cavern. Her delicate white hands found its way to the other mage's nape, pushing him towards her to deepen the kiss.

It wasn't the fairy tale moments she dreamed it would be. It wasn't the lingering soft ones like her romance novels said it felt like. She didn't have butterflies in her stomach like Claire had when Rick kissed her. Instead, Lucy felt hot, especially the nether regions of her body. She was sure that it wasn't the fact that Natsu is a fire mage but it was the mouth that was doing things she didn't even thought could send her senses crazy. It wasn't what she thought she wanted. It was better.

His lips left hers and Lucy gave a slight whimper from the lack of contact but her breath hitched when Natsu kissed her jaw, trailing down to her neck. It was kissed, bitten, and sucked repeatedly until it was red. She moaned when a hand caressed her left breast.

This is wrong! Her mind would yell. He's your bestfriend, Lucy. It was wrong, yes. They're nothing but friends. They weren't lovers. Hell, the girl didn't even know that Natsu liked her that way... but it felt so damn good.

In those few moments they were kissing, the female mage couldn't think straight but when fingers linger on the button of her jeans, her eyes snapped open. Lucy pushed the man weakly at first but that was so effective. She tried again only harder and it worked. Natsu backed away and for the first time today, their eyes met. She saw the lust reflected in the pink-haired man's orbs.

"Come on, Lucy. I know you want it. I can smell your arousal," he breathed huskily.

The young woman's cheeks flushed red. She averted her eyes but she said, "This is wrong, Natsu. I didn't even know you like me that way."

The dragon slayer didn't pay her any heed and went back to his administrations, unbuttoning the celestial mage's shirt.

"Natsu, stop!" Lucy pushed him once again. All the pleasure she felt before was gone now. Her eyes stung as tears began to form. "Please!" No matter how much she force the man away, he wouldn't budge. That is until she kicked him hard where the sun doesn't shine.

"Bitch!" Fire blazed on the Fairy Tail mage's hand, effectively burning through the fabric it gripped and scorching the skin beneath it. For a minute, Natsu held his groin, writhing while Lucy screamed from the pain.

Then time stopped.

The door of the tiny apartment flew open. Laxus came in.

Yellow and salmon pink whirled in a blur around Lucy. Her body felt numb. She began having difficulties in breathing. All that she remembered before she lost her consciousness is her brother calling out for her.

"Laxus! What happened?" The barmaid known as Mirajane Strauss worriedly asked when the buff man suddenly walked in to the guild hall, bloodied and carrying princess-style a limp pale woman with a fourth degree burn across her mid torso. Occurrences like an injured mage wandering in wasn't uncommon, they're Fairy Tail afterall. However, formidable ones whom she knew wasn't on or from a quest, that's something.

"Natsu happened," he said as he passed her and went into the clinic. How the flip did he kept his composure, the present members in the building will never know.

Quickly, Mirajane took off her apron and laid on the countertop and followed the Lightning dragon slayer, while two other mages have ran to call for Wendy and Porlyusica.

The crisp white sheets of the clinic's bed were stained red from the blood seeping out of its occupant. The scene would have looked fine if one were to cover the lower half of Lucy's body but the stench of it can fool no one. The horrid scent of the red liquid and burnt flesh filled the air of the cramped room. It almost made the Take-over mage hurl her lunch into the nearest trash can but she held it back. Now, is definitely not the time to puke.

Her eyes wandered to the blonde man sitting uncharacteristically still on a wooden chair beside the bed. Laxus had his elbows propped on his knees while his head rested on his hands. He stared off into space, not even noticing the white-haired woman's presence until she tapped him on the shoulder and asked, "What happened?"

For a few moments, he just stared into her blue eyes. Mira then noticed the gashes across his chest, the bleeding cut on his forehead, and the multiple bruises on multiple parts of his body. She saw him before in worse conditions but when she met his orange orbs all she saw was pain. Not pain inflicted by his wounds, but emotional pain, like it hurt him to see Lucy in this state. She never saw him look at her this way.

Mirajane was ashamed of herself for being selfish. Her fellow guildmate was barely alive across her and yet she cared about how Laxus was more concerned of the younger woman's well being than hers. She was being jealous.

I shouldn't be jealous. They're friends that's all. She repeated over and over to herself yet her mind would counter. But your his girlfriend. Well, secret girlfriend. You have complete right to be jealous. They're suddenly closer after a night of being drunk together. That's suspicious.

Silently and monotonously, Laxus answered, "I saw Lisanna crying. When I approached, she yelled at me that Lucy's in danger and I have to save her. I ran to her apartment as fast as I could. I heard her screaming but when I arrived it was too late. Natsu charred her when she kicked him in the groin. I was able to throw Natsu of the building before I carried Luce here. When I came close to him, I could smell him. I could smell it."

The white-haired woman tilted to her head to the side. Smell what?

"Mirajane, Natsu tried to rape Lucy. And I think he tried to rape Lisanna too."

The white-haired woman fell on the chair conveniently placed beside Laxus'. To say that she was shocked was a huge understatement. She was flabbergasted! "What... the... fuck?" she said in a low voice, pausing after every word.

The man next to her was momentarily stunned. Afterall, Mirajane Strauss rarely curse. He shook his head slightly and began to explain the situation, "Dragons are considered animals and go through "heat" or the estrous cycle. Normally, it happen to females but it can happen to males too. Remember, the time when you were 16?" She gave him a nod. Those were the weeks they were so sexually active that it was a surprise, that Mira wasn't pregnant. "I was in heat at the time and right now, Natsu is. It gets us horny and eager to find a mate. If a dragon finds a suitable mate, he or she may mark his or her partner by biting the partner's neck and injecting a special type of venom, which is just really some lacrima enough for the partner to have the basic senses of dragon. Once marked, the partner will have a patch of scales on and around the area they were bitten. Am I making any sense?"

"I-"

Porlyusica and Wendy dashed in and began to treat the severely burnt woman, a serious look was shown on their faces. The couple took that as their cue to leave the room and continue their conversation outside.

After they've settled in one of the booths of the main guild hall, Mirajane asked, "Let me get this straight: dragons have a period of some sort that makes them horny and if they get a partner they bite their necks and turn to some weaker dragon?"

"Pretty much but we don't turn to dragons or dragonslayers. We just give them enhanced senses and the patch of scales I mentioned is basically to tell the other dragons to back off," he answered before taking a bite of a burger served by Kinana shortly after they were seated. "Other than that, being in heat gives off an unpleasant smell of burnt rubber mixed with other things I don't want to describe. It's faint so normal people can't smell it."

The two spent the next few minutes eating in silence, ignoring the noise of heir fellow guildmates, but thoughts hang heavy inside their heads. In Laxus', Why am I so damn calm? My self-appointed sister could be dying right now! And in Mira's, If dragons marks their mates, why hasn't Laxus marked me yet? I would have noticed if I have scales on me neck or enhance senses.

After swallowing the last of her lasagna, Mirajane put to voice the question she's been asking herself the duration of their meal, "Laxus, why haven't you marked me yet?"

"Are we really having thing conversation?" The woman gave a nod and with a sigh, the lightning dragonslayer stood to drag his girlfriend to the empty 2nd floor of the building.

"So?" She asked, purposefully dragging out the letter "o". They've been in a relation for what? 5 years? Or was 6 already? It would be around 12 or 13 if you count the years they were stuck in Tenroujima. It was about time Laxus set things straight.

"I really don't have an escape from this?" Mira a gave a slight shake of her head. For the nth time, the man sighed, "It would be your birthday in exactly 83 days. It would also be our sixth anniversary. I planned on taking you out to Jasmin City like you always wanted to. I also found out that there would be a super moon that night so I figured it would be a perfect time to give you this." Laxus dug into his pants' pockets, looking for that red velvet box he had 7 years ago. He flipped open the lid revealing a black gold engagement ring with a medium-sized diamond in the center and smaller ones around. Age has been unforgiving and caused the gems to lose some their shine but the ring still had its elegant antique feel to it. "It used belong to grandfather's mother and has been passed along through the generations. I want you to have it.

"I know you like the fluffy, mushy stuff like in the books so I wanted to propose under the moonlight but you ruined the surprise and knowing you, you'd want the whole truth so here it is. I ain't gonna give a speech on how I can't live with out you and how much I love you because there are a lot of things words can't just describe so Mirajane Strauss..." He got down to one knee. This is it...

"Will you marry me?"

"What?" Mirajane suddenly burst out loud. She was, as the kids say these days, ROFLing. She bent over grasping her mid torso, as tears formed on the corner of her eyes. "I'm sorry. I'm sorry," she said in between the laughs that were music to her boyfriend's ears.

Once her cackles died down, she stared at Laxus' blank expression and smiled mischievously, "You should have seen the look on your face, honey." Then she lovingly placed a delicate hand on his cheek, "We've been together since I was fourteen. I have no reason not to love you and want to be with you any less than I did before, now, or in the future; well, except the time you were being an ass to Fairy Tail seven years ago. Other than that, I love you and wouldn't be with anyone other than you. Do I need to say more? I don't want to bore you with a mega long monologue that may not even make sense, so in short, yes I will marry you Laxus Dreyar."

"Yes?!" The man in question shouted. Twenty pairs of eyes turned to the second floor balcony over looking the guild hall.

"Yes. Are you going to put the ring on it or not?" Laxus smiled cheekily and proceeded to gingerly place the jewelry on Mirajane's finger.

The two shared a passionate kiss, a really long one. Well, that is until the demon takeover mage pushed her new fiance away. "You didn't answer the first question!"

"That's because I wanted to mark you on our first night, because I wanted to make sure you wanted to the commitment. Marking is a vow that binds a dragon to its partner forever, a vow that will forever be inscribed on your neck. I wanted to know if you want me just as I want you."

The white-haired beauty just smiled in reply and pressed her lips against her lover's comforting ones.

The rest of the day passed quietly, a few shouts here and there but none too serious. Laxus lounged at one of the booths alone, a Rainjishuu would occasionally ask him how he's doing, or if he needs anything. A couple of the less prominent mages inquired about his sudden outburst earlier but he dismissed them all.

He didn't feel lonely though. He feel exactly the opposite, like in a room full of people. Though literally being inside a room with plenty-but-not-full of people, all his attention was focused on one girl tending the bar. He smiled contently as he sipped the weak alcohol.

Then he suddenly spit out his drink. He's been sitting like a duck for the past two hours and not once did he check on his sister who may or may not be dead at this moment.

He stood up and sprinted to the clinic. Just in time, Porlyusica came out. "She's unconscious if you came to visit her," she said. "But you can visit her now. She's... There are things you should see for yourself. Wendy will stay with her for the night so you might want to get them some clothes for the morning."

The old woman left and Laxus entered. True to her words, the Sky dragonslayer was sitting patiently, watching Lucy. At first look, the scene looked normal but when the blond man's eyes landed on what used to be charcoal flesh, his jaw dropped. He stuttered, "Is... Is she healing herself?"

"It seems so. Porlyusica-san and I were shock as well when the wound started glowing after we made sure the organs were fixed. But she's fine though, no organs harmed, just an awful amount of muscle tissues. At this rate, Lucy-san will probably be awake by tomorrow afternoon,"

Laxus nodded and a thought occurred to him, "You haven't eaten yet, have you? I'll buy you some dinner and get you and Lucy clothes." Just as he was heading out the door, he paused and turned back, "Hey Wendy?"

"Yes, Laxus-san?"

"Thanks for taking care of my sister."

Two days have passed since Lucy got burnt. Miraculously, all that remains of the once fourth-degree burn was marred expanse of skin across her abdomen, a shade or two lighter than the rest of her body. After fifty agonizing hours, the young celestial mage finally woke up. She opened her eyes only to see nothing but pitch black.

Where am I? What happened? Why can't I see anything?

She tried to recall the events prior to this moments. She remembered waking up with a bad hangover. Then Natsu flew in from the window. Then... Oh my- I was nearly raped! By my best friend nonetheless! Oh my gods! Holy Spirits! I can't! I cannot! I-

And so Lucy started hyperventilating.

The door opened and white rays from outside poured in to the room. A light switch was flicked, making the young blonde fully visible to the visitor.

"Lucy-san! Calm down." The blue-haired visitor who turned out to be Wendy muttered words of encouragement and peace. "It's okay. You're safe now. Natsu's gone."

Eventually, the panic simmered down and Lucy's breath evened out, fast asleep.

Another person entered the clinic and this time it was the Guildmaster, Master Makarov. "How is she, Wendy?" he asked.

"She woke up and panicked but she's fine now. Her burn healed itself in an unnatural speed. I discussed this with Porlyusica-san and we both came to a conclusion that Lucy-san may not be entirely human or atleast she possesses another strong type of healing magic other than celestial spirit magic."

"Hmm... I wonder... Well, Wendy, you must be really tired. Why don't you go home and I'll watch Lucy for the night?"

"But Master, I wouldn't want to be a burden..."

"Nonsense, Wendy. I'll watch over Lucy. You go rest."

Once the blue-haired slayer was gone, the short Guildmaster brought out a small greenish sphere, a Lacrima communication sphere. He tried to contact his youngest daughter but to no avail, it didn't reach. Just like all the other times he tried.

The last thing she said to her was still fresh in his memories, "Daddy, in a few days I'll be gone but I need you to give this letter to Lucy and Laxus 20 years from now. I'm sure that it would be enough time to make Riyu a safer place. Look out for them, will you, daddy?"

He sighed, "Layla, it has been 14 years since you left. You told me to wait for 20 but I don't think that your children can hold on for much longer. Once Lucy gets better, I'll send them to you. It's for their own good. Riyu might be a safer place for them than here with the threat of Acnologia still hanging around." Then he gazed down on her granddaughter who looks like a carbon copy of her mother. Makarov lovingly held her hand and kissed her on the forehead.

"Is she your... What's it called again? Aha! Girlfriend! Is she your girlfriend, sixth?" A young girl in a frilly dress materialized behind the aging man.

"Oh! No, not at all, Master Mavis. Please don't get the wrong idea. She's my granddaughter and Laxus's sister," he defended himself.

"Eh? I thought Laxus was an only child?"

"Actually, he has two other brothers too but one was taken away after his birth and the other had to be given away or else he will be killed by his father."

"I don't think that your son... Ivan is it?..." The man nodded. "Is capable of killing off a baby."

"Ivan isn't their father. He is my son from my second wife but I had two daughters from my first wife, one of which is Laxus and Lucy's mother."

"Where is she now?"

"Ahh, it's not my secret to tell... But one day you'll find out and so will I. All we can do is sit back and watch the story blossom by itself."

"Your daughters, who are they?"

Makarov smiled to himself as he remembered memories of Nora growing up and the short meet-ups with Layla that they had monthly after they met. He whispered, "A sprightly bunch, my girls. The eldest is Nora, a headstrong lady that firmly believes in all sorts of things. The younger one is Layla, an exact lookalike of Lucy here, a bit stubborn in the head but is compassionate about everything. Nora, Layla, Lucy, and my wife could even be mistaken as quadruplets if they were all the same age!" He sighed, "I miss them dearly but I know it would be an awful amount of time 'til I see any of them again."

"Well, at least you have your grandchildren..."

"About that, I was thinking of sending them back to their mother early. I fear that they might get hurt more here than in their realm."

"Realm?"

"It's a secret but eventually, you'll find out, First. Besides, they have spent already their whole childhood without their mama."

"Okay. How about Laxus and Lucy's brothers? Who are they, Sixth?"

"Oh. You know them actually, First. They're from..."

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