I woke up by a jerk and a low growl. I kept my eyes closed however, trying not to tense. It took me only seconds to realize Loke had stayed over night, I knew it was his arms holding me but I didn't know why he was growling like an animal, his arms tight.
"What do you want." He snapped but his voice was hushed like he was trying to keep me asleep. I had had a rough night, waking up a lot due to nightmares and really had only started to get some sleep about an hour ago. I was exhausted.
"It's my ship. If I want to be somewhere I can go wherever I damn please...cat." That was Salamanders voice, it strong and threatening but also hushed, as if he didn't want to wake me either.
"I'm a fucking lion you idiot." Loke said icily and I shifted slightly, my arm asleep. They both got silent and I felt Loke's nose brush over me, nuzzling me to make sure I was still asleep. Best. Brother/friend/he likes me/spirit. Ever.
"Yeah...whatever...and why is she still asleep? It's like noon." Salamander said after a few moments of silence, his voice getting quieter than what it was before. I could just imagine Loke's frown.
"She just fell into a peaceful sleep which is rare for her. So of course she's asleep dumbass. And I'd like to keep it that way." Loke hissed. Silence. Then.
"She has trouble sleeping?" Loke didn't answer, and I was grateful that he respected me enough to not blab out my personal things to people.
"Well if it's such a big deal then here, I'll hold her because you look like shit and I doubt you'd go to sleep anyway." I was grateful that Loke tensed so he didn't notice me tense.
"Not on your life. I'll be decent when Lucy is around but that's because I respect her and she saved my life. She gave me a second chance and I'll be damned if I just hand her sleeping body to the guy that's the reason she doesn't sleep~" Loke cut himself off. Fucking Loke.
There was a long silence before, "well the way things are going, I'll be spending a loooong month with her and I feel like you'll be a regular pest on my ship so we have to be at least able to not kill each other. But if you're gonna be waltzing around my ship in that stupid suit and tie at least look like you're not a zombie. If I wanted to hurt her I would have already when she couldn't summon you. Don't you think?" He asked and I felt conflicted. He kind of had a point on that last part but technically he had hurt me. Silence stretched out before Loke finally spoke.
"I'm her strongest spirit, leader of the zodiac and a good friend to the Spirit King. If I find out you hurt her I will come back and kill you." He threatened lowly. Wait you're going to let him!? Loke you traitor!
"Yeah whatever. Now move." I could imagine Salamander rolling his eyes.
"You need to come here so she doesn't wake up, she's a light sleeper. I'm surprised she hasn't woken up yet." Loke said and I mentally facepalmed. I heard a sigh, some footsteps then the bed shifting, I made my body as limp as it should it be as I felt Loke's arm slowly slipping out from underneath me, being replaced by Salamanders warm hand then arm under me. It felt weird slightly, his arm was a bit bigger than Lokes. Both of them had very smooth, ropey muscles but Salamanders seemed to be a tad bit bigger. They continued to slowly exchange places before I felt the blanket lift and Loke's leg start to move, which was tangled from mine. There was a pause and what seemed to be a small choke.
"Where are her pants?!" Salamander hissed. I could practically feel Loke rolling his eyes, not in his usual flirtatious mood.
"She doesn't wear them to bed. Besides it's not like it's nothing you haven't seen before. Fairy Tail girls don't really dress to cover themselves." Loke said. There was a grunt before I felt Salamanders leg slide into place before Loke's weight from the bed disappeared. I'm going to kill you Loke. Why didn't I just let them know I was awake? I could avoid this...but then they'd know I was listening to their conversation.
"If she looks like she's going to wake up nuzzle her." Loke instructed before adding. "Don't try anything, I'll be on high alert and I'll notify the other spirits to be as well." He said threateningly, which Salamander hardly paid attention too. There were a few moments of silence before Salamander shifted.
"You can open your eyes now he's gone." I heard and I tensed slightly in surprise, slowly fluttering my eyes open.
"You guys are pretty loud." I hissed and he shrugged.
"Not my fault, I walked in here because your friend asked where you were then I'm getting snarled at. What is he? A dog?" I rolled my eyes.
"He's a lion." I defended. He didn't answer me for a moment, just shifted slightly so he was a bit more comfortable, attempting to stifle a yawn.
"So how long have you been dreaming about my awesome face?" He asked and I nearly choked on my spit.
"Excuse me!? What the hell gives you that idea pyro!?" I yelled and he shrugged, a sly smirk on his face.
"Your boy toy said I was the reason you don't get any sleep." He said cockily and I narrowed my eyes, wrenching my arm back and letting my fist collide with his face before getting up, pulling on my pants and belt, my weapons and keys secured.
"What the fuck!?" He yelled and I turned, my hands on my hips in fist as I puffed my chest out slightly, my Sabertooth mark showing proudly.
"You're an arrogant son of a bitch." I snapped icily and his glare intensified from where he was crouched on the ground, holding his cheek.
"Oh well if my mothers such a bitch then you must know her. Do me a favor and tell me where she is." He snapped and I seethed.
"I don't dream anything nearly like you want me to. All I see is you killing Yukino." I barked at him and he got up, glaring at me hard and I almost flinched. Almost.
"Wanna know what I dream about? I dream about your little boyfriend killing Lisanna, and it's funny because he doesn't even love you. If he did he would have claimed you as his by now and yet you're left virtually untouched." He snapped, his words slicing through me. I held my head up.
"How do you know he hasn't already?" I snapped and his lip twitched.
"Because of what you asked me last night. And the fact I can smell your innocence, it's almost smothering because it rolls off you in waves and you know I only have a certain amount of self control because that's like ringing the fucking dinner bell to dragonslayers." He snarled and I hid the nerves that spiked inside me. He was just trying to scare me.
"Well get your nose checked Mr. fucking bloodhound." I snapped, starting to walk past him.
"I'm a dragon bitch." He seethed and I smirked, turning at the door.
"Oh yes I know, you sure are a dragons bitch." I said with as much venom as he had, spinning on my heel and stalking out.
"Ooooooo. Score one for Gate Mage!" I heard and looked over to see Salamanders second mate- Gray standing there with a huge grin. I was surprised, not only by the assumption that he had heard our argument. But the fact he was fully clothed, reminding me of how my waistcoat lay forgotten. Damn it pride.
Suddenly I felt a little bit of warmth around my soldiers. I looked up to see Gray's waistcoat now gone, the white material around my shoulders. He gave me a look.
"You're cold. Give it back later yeah?" He asked and I slowly put it on all the way, walking with him as he started to turn.
"What about you? Won't you get cold?" I asked and he shrugged.
"Nah, not really. I am an ice mage after all." He chuckled and I smiled slightly.
"I'll give you that…so why were you listening to our conversation?" I asked and he chuckled.
"Because I think it's cute how you two bicker back and forth." He said and I frowned.
"You call that bickering?" I asked and he nodded.
"Yeah, because I don't know what it is, but I feel like you'll be a big part of the future. I don't know why but there's something about you." He said, being completely serious and I was taken back.
"I- I don't really know what to say…" I said and he laughed.
"Just go easy on our Captain. He might be my rival...but I've known him for forever ya know? That idiot doesn't know when to give in, doesn't know what fear is." He chuckled and I bit back the snort, thinking for a moment.
"Everyone is scared of something." I said and he laughed, shaking his head.
"Natsu is different, he wouldn't know what fear is if it punched him in the face. Maybe it's because he's too stupid to know when to be afraid." Gray shrugged as they neared the top of the helm where Erza was at the wheel.
"Excuse you ice princess I'm not stupid." A voice huffed and we both looked to see Salamander walking forward, Happy floating by his shoulder and eating a fish.
"Yeah whatever flame brain." Gray scoffed.
"Shut up before I turn you into ice cubes." Salamander jeered and Gray and he rammed their heads against each other, I pulled my hair up in a ponytail, feeling like they were about to do something stupid and I didn't want anything caught in my hair, or have it burned off.
"That a threat ash for brains?!"
"Maybe it is ice boy!"
"Bring it on flame breath!"
"Ice princess!"
"You already used that one loser!" Gray yelled. I quirked an eyebrow as they tackled each other, rolling around and down the stairs, everyone carrying on, lifting things out of the way easily as if this was regular for them. I felt a presence behind me but didn't turn, knowing it was Jellal. I watched the boys scuffle, them bumping into a tall huge man with white hair and a scar under his eye. He yelled something about being a real man and being tougher than both of them before Salamander and Gray turned at the same time, punching him and sending him flying into another group of guys who attacked Elfman then each other, the entire deck getting into a brawl. Jellal and I sweatdropped as we watched debris fly everywhere, including towards us. Something hit the scarlet knight who was driving. She growled audibly, causing Gray and Salamander to freeze where they were and slowly look up before continuing to fight, them yelling profanities as spells were starting to from.
"Lucille take the wheel." The second mate demanded and yet I didn't dare disobey, grabbing it quickly as she screamed, drawing her sword and jumping into the fray, starting to break things up with in seconds, no one wanting to face her wrath.
I looked back at Jellal, a sigh escaping my lips as he watched her, with an almost longing expression. I smirked evilly.
"Does somebody have a crush?" I cooed and he stood straighter, a small jolt going up his spine as he looked at me, his face slowly turning a stubborn red, almost the color of his strange colored and shaped mark, knowing it wasn't a tattoo, but a simple mutation in genetics. They had become more and more common within the last hundred years or so, for examples such as natural colored pink, blue, or deep scarlet hair, along with symbols like that which was on Jellal's eye.
"Psh- what?- no- not even. What are you talking about Sg? Tch. Did you hit your head yesterday during the battle?" He asked, rolling his eyes and I smirked.
"Mhmmmmmmmm yeah okay. Well fine lets see if she likes you too shall we? HEY ERZ-" I started to yell but was tackled by Jellal, both of us starting to scuffle as I tried to wrench his hand from my mouth as he tried to stop me from doing just that.
"Sg please no don't do that!" He hissed/begged as I bucked my hips, startling him and forcing his arms to shoot in front of him, planting them on the wood so he didn't go head first into it.
"JELLAL WANTS TO KNOW-" He cut me off again by covering my mouth, frowning deeply as he blushed harder.
"If you don't shut up I'm going to tickle you." He threatened and I stopped my struggling, narrowing my eyes at him as if trying to figure out if he was lying or not.
"Are we interrupting something?" A voice asked and we both looked up to see Salamander with Gray and Erza flanking him, taking the scene in. I smirked and licked Jellal's hand, he gasped and wrenched it away before I brought my hand up, nailing him in the jaw hard enough to get him off but not nearly enough to hurt him. Oh no. Under that heavy coat of his was well hard packed muscle, I would have had to hit him much harder to hurt him. I jumped up, brushing myself off and grinning at Erza.
"Hey Erza do you like-" I said but I cut myself off with a shriek when Jellal tackled me again, causing me to fall forward under his rather heavy body. I heard a yelp and then I collided with another body and Jellal's weight was gone as I fell ontop of Salamander in a tangle of arms and legs. We both groaned.
"Do you like cake! Cake you know? Because I said you probably did- and Lucille said you didn't!" Jellal rushed out and I glared at him as I tried to pick myself up from the mess of Salamander but it was pretty difficult as he was determined to get up first and his leg was hooked in the back of my knee but both of us were working against each other. I tore my gaze away from the blue haired man and turned it to the pink one, a glint of frustration in his eyes but also playfulness as he shot me a smirk. I rolled my eyes, moving my legs but he moved it back to where I couldn't get up as he himself started to heave himself upward. I shoved my hand into his face, forcing him back down again I quickly jumped up, giving myself a slight cheer and fist pump before Salamander pulled me to the ground again causing me to let out a noise of distress.
"Me first!" He declared childishly, pushing on my back to support himself before he jumped up. I scoffed and flipped around, causing him to fall over. I jumped up again, using his chest as a launch pad. I quickly hid behind Gray who was shirtless, his arms crossed over his chest as he watched everything with his black eyes, a small smirk on his face. He chuckled when I hid behind him.
"Thats not fair!" Salamander pouted as he climbed up, the innocent, childish look on his face made me forget my annoyance for a second as I sucked in a breath, looking at him. He looked cute- I mean annoying. I stuck my tongue out at him.
"To bad!" I said and he made a noise of distress before I looked back at the blue and red haired mages speaking awkwardly. I smirked slightly before turning around, looking over the ship. I jumped however when I felt an arm over my shoulders. I nearly screamed when I saw pink hair next to my head, Salamanders face close to mine.
"Hey, sorry about earlier. I'm just tired is all." He said and I raised my brows in surprise.
"You went to bed before I did?" I asked and he shrugged slightly, looking away.
"I don't get much sleep." He said softly and I blushed slightly at how he looked.
"Oh...it's okay I guess. We're still getting used to not being at each others throats." I said, giving him a soft smile. Just because I can't be friends doesn't mean we have to be hateful.
"Yeah, you're right." He grinned brightly before a serious look came over his face. He stared at me intensely for a good moment and I shifted away from him slightly.
"What is your problem- ahh?!" I yelled as his cheeks bloated out and his face turned green, him hitting the ground. I looked around in alarm. When Gray noticed he scowled, kicking Salamander's side.
"Stupid." He spit and I frowned.
"What-"
"He has severe motion sickness. He has to take medicine otherwise he's like this." Gray explained and I slowly nodded, looking at Salamander as he withered on the ground. I knew he had motion sickness but it had slipped my mind while on the ship.
"You guys aren't gonna help him?" I asked curiously and Gray cast me a smirk.
"Nah, if he can't take a little bit of motion sickness he shouldn't be a Captain." Gray said and I laughed.
"Well I won't argue with you there." I said, looking back over at the sea.
"Hey Lucille, let's spar." He suddenly asked and I raised my brow at him.
"Hm? Like, magic spar or swords?" I asked and he shrugged.
"Swords, I saw you pull a few moves on Cana that were pretty sick, that and you held on really well against Natsu." He said and I grinned, pushing the lock of hair that hung by my face, free of the pony tail near my ear.
"Alright, I'm down." I said and Happy cheered out of no where.
"LUCILLE AND GRAY ARE GONNA SWORD SPAR!" He yelled, flying over the ship and yelling it a few more times, bringing people from whatever they were doing or out of their quarters onto the deck in interest. I laughed at Gray as he watched a bemused smirk as Cana started taking bets, her stomach exposed even in the cold weather, her black Fairy Tail mark on her stomach.
"Come on, lets get down there." Gray said, starting down the stairs. I followed him down, smirking as we got into the quickly forming circle, both of us drawing our swords as Cana stepped into the middle, holding the large bucket of bets and to state the rules.
"You're going down Icy." I called and he stuck his tongue out.
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