Chapter 18

"Then…" Makarov uttered. All eyes snapped to Natsu Dragneel.

"What?" The Dragon Slayer in question asked, confused and stepping back from the group of people. This was not going too well. Surely, he had a crush on Luce back in the good 'ole days when they were only, him, her and Happy but a mate? That goes waaayyy beyond, dude! Way beyond.

"WHAT?!" Laxus practically growled in Mavis' face. All heads turned to them. Laxus and Mavis pretty much saw each other eye to eye since that no-good, supposed tactician didn't even do a thing to save her from Sael.

"What? It's only natural for her to be fated to the person who brought her here." She answered nonchalantly, flipping her hair and hmph-ing.

"Why?" Laxus seriously had some anger management issues but the girl has some attitude.

"Because only a Celestial Spirit Mage and a Dragon Slayer Mage can defeat them."

"Defeat who?! Sael?!" The blond man grunted. This was not going too well, for him and for his wedding and for his thirty babies.

"No, Zeref and Acnologia." Jellal has been silent the whole time because he knew all of this. This was his research in the recent years.

"WHAT?!" Alarm blared in Erza's system.

"Seriously, what's with the 'what'? You all sound like a broken record." Makarov intervened, trying to dissipate the tension.

"Yes, you are all aware of the fact that Acnologia is once a Dragon Slayer but you don't know how."

"Well, the stories said that Zeref helped him." Makarov pointed out.

"But how exactly? No one knows, right? It is because Zeref was the first Celestial Spirit Mage. He created Celestial Spirit Magic before he'd gone dark. " Mavis said, sadness taking over her mood.

"That's impossible! Then whoever Dragon Slayer Lucy helps becomes a…a…" Gray can't even utter the word 'mate' so he just toned it down to 'helps'. Laxus would have his head if he so ever dared to use that word.

"A monster? No, The reason Acnologia lost his rationality was because Zeref's power went haywire." The Fairy Tactician went on.

"Haywire? In what way?" It was Erza. This news is too confusing.

"Do you remember the incident with the dragons three years ago? Well, that's what happened. Something evil affected the turning process just like the red moon affected the Eclipse Gate." Everyone nodded in understanding. Lucy already told them about it after their war with the flying reptiles.

"But I still refuse to hand Lucy over to that idiot!" Laxus rambled. Just when everything's going smooth between him and his fiancée, the pink-haired will butt his sorry ass.

"Jerk!" Natsu countered.

"Laxus?" A different voice suddenly cut in. Everyone turned their heads to the door and there stood, supporting her body by leaning on the door, was the object of their discussion. Lucy.

"Lucy! You shouldn't be here! You need to rest." Laxus quickly dashed towards the door, afraid that the girl might fall.

"I'm alright. I'm alright." She waved her hands.

"No, I'll carry you back there." The man protested.

"I'm really fine. Just wobbly." She gave her encouraging smile to everyone who was still frozen in their place. Was she listening to their whole conversation?

"Child, have you heard of everything?" There, Makarov gathered the guts to ask the question.

"Pretty much." She giggled.

"How did you manage to open the door and break the spell?" The First Master asked, clearly astonished to that kind of feat. Never has she witnessed a young mage shatter a soundproof spell cast by a guild master.

"Well, I'm an S-Class too you know." Lucy pouted. Were these people having no faith in her? Seriously, that's offending.

"You really are one peculiar of a girl." Mavis smiled.

"Uhm, can I give my own opinion regarding what you've talked about? I mean, it's about me, right?" Lucy let Laxus guide her towards a nearby chair. Seriously, having your father decide who you'll marry was one thing but for a child to dictate who you'll have to sex with to save the world was way beyond stupidity. Especially with your best friend. It's not exactly a high on her list of freedom-friendly things. At least her father bothered to tone it down to marriage...

"Okay." The green-eyed girl answered.

"Well…you know, Laxus is also a Dragon Slayer and he also brought me here, in Fairy Tail."

"Eh?" Everyone's smart reply came except for the proud and smiling man standing beside her.

'That's my girl.' Laxus thought.

"What exactly do you mean by that?" Makarov was the first to recover from the confusion.

"He was the one who returned me here, remember?" Lucy's tone challenged them. Oh, come on, who was the one who had gotten from amnesia? "And besides, I bet Natsu here has someone he likes." Lucy tone changed to teasing.

"W-What-t are you talking about, L-Luce?" He stammered while blushing.

"You like her." The blonde pressed on. Natsu might be one hell of a dense but when it comes to the matter of Lisanna, he'll crack like an eggshell.

"Please don't roll your tongue. You sound like Happy." Natsu tried to steer the conversation to another track.

"Changing topic are we, Fire Breathe?" Gray taunted.

"Oh, really, Ice Princess? How about I tell them about you and Juvia's smooching session?" Natsu always founds a way to humiliate his sworn rival.

"W-What-t are you talking about?" The raven-haired man also stuttered while blushing like Erza's hair. "Pinky!"

"Don't you deny it, Porn Star!"

"You too! You and Lisanna did it!"

"You and Juvia too!"

"My, my, my. It seems as if my children here are growing a pair." Makarov smiled, cracking his knuckles and growing himself into gigantic proportions. Both boys gulped. They might never see tomorrow. Lucy and Laxus chose that moment to exit the room. They don't want to hear the animalistic adventures of their guild mates.

Unbeknownst to everyone blushing, shouting and running, over there in the deepest and farthest corner of the room, were Jellal and Erza. Both are furiously blushing in their embarrassment. It wasn't just Natsu and Gray who did it. She also did. Memories of that sensual night she and Jellal shared came like a hurricane in her mind.

"Hmm? What are you doing hiding there?" Oh, no. Mavis noticed them. All eyes turned to the couple. Natsu and Gray's eyes glinted like a predator. This was their moment! Damn all the odds! Revenge was finally there's! Erza flinched.

"Oh, no. You also did it, didn't you?" Tears jerked from Makarov's eyes. First Natsu and Gray now its Erza.

"Say, Gray, what do you think is Erza's answer?" The pink-haired idiot feigned a whisper in Gray's ears loud enough for everyone to hear while wiggling his eyebrows.

"I don't know, Natsu. Maybe she did." Gray replied, also faking the whisper.

"Maybe. Did Jellal enjoy?" Salamander won't let this one-in-a-million chance of revenge to pass. He'll savor each and every second of it. He stared at Jellal who blushed and panicked.

"Yeah, Jellal. Ain't it fun?" Gray followed suit, wiggling his eyebrows and smirking.

"I uh…I guess?" Jellal scratched the back of his head, blushing.

"You two, I'll crush you!" Erza bellowed, blushing like a teenage girl. Both boys ran for their lives, screaming like little girls.


A/N: Hello, everyone! Did I give you a good scare? Ha? Ha? Ha? *wiggles eyebrows* Hahaha. Sorry for that guys but I really need that one sentence to move on to the next chapter. Of course, *gasps* I won't turn this into a NaLu. I'm like one of the biggest LaLu shippers out there (I wouldn't claim that I'm the number one. I might not live to see another day. Haha)

Luna123456: Hahaha. I'm just teasing. :)

rockifi: Yeah! First Master is still a child and she's liable to any errors. :D

Altairis vogue: That was...Wow! And I don't really plan on making this a NaLu. I got that idea from the Blessing and Curse quote I heard one day. Though I can't really remember the exact words. -_-

OgaxHilda: It turned out that Laxus didn't have to do a thing. I will bend hell to make way for LaLu, if not in the real world, then in this fanfic. Haha XD

supercrazyperson: Haha. I will personally make it sure that she won't mate with Natsu. ^_^

twilightamanda: Wow! I'm really glad for your book and I'm sure if you're aunt didn't know what to say anymore, then she's definitely surprised and awed at your work. On the other hand, I got that 'mate' thingy from almost any fanfic about Fairy Tail's Dragon Slayers. Never thought I'll be able to use it :D