Chapter 42~ Natsu Dragneel never fails to impress me.
Disclaimer~ I GlenCocoSavesTheDay does not own Fairy Tail, my ships would have been sailed by now if I did! But they will, THEY WILL I TELL YOU! The fabulous cover art is not made by me but is made by the genius yoriru from tumblr, please go check her out!
Authors Note~ Hello friends! I think I can update faster for this chapter! Which I hope I can. I've been really busy lately! I just made it to my new house, and I've been having to sleep on the floor. It's because my stuff hasn't gotten here yet.
But whatever, who needs a bed when I have a computer to write a new chapter!? I'm so glad I brought this with me! Anyways, I'm sitting on a counter right now, it's my only seat until tomorrow! Enough of my ranting, on with the story!
I really thought I was going to get some sleep tonight, but that didn't happen. Of course that didn't happen, I think I'm going to get bags under my eyes. I was awaken to purring. It had to be Happy. Why was it so damn loud though? It was like a cats purr, but it's so loud.
I opened my eyes, Happy was purring alright. I feel like I'm never going to get any more sleep nowadays. I didn't realize how loud Happy could actually purr 'till now. You think I would notice early, maybe I didn't because of how loud Natsu use to snore.
I flickered my eyes up, there was Natsu. He was peacefully sleeping. The corners of my lips twitched up, I reached my hand out and touched Natsu's cheek. I could never get enough of sleeping Natsu.
He was just so adorable, this is one of the things I like about him when he's sleeping. Yeah he snores, but he radiates heat which I love. Natsu was just so loveable when he was sleeping. He drools a little which is kind of cute, but gross as well.
I also love his silly side. I love everything about him. I didn't realize I could feel like this. I thought love was an underrated thing. I honestly didn't expect to marry someone like him, what I mean is a dragon fire prince!
My smile grew wider. Everything about him is basically perfect. Natsu's my hero. Natsu snored as he leaned into my touch. I giggled. I looked down to see Happy snuggling up on my chest. My heart, it felt like exploding.
I feel so full of, love? Oh gosh, I'm becoming very cheesy lately. I removed my hand from Natsu's face, I was intending to pet Happy's soft fur. That didn't happen though. Natsu's hand shot up and grabbed my wrist.
"That felt good," Natsu opened his eyes. "Keep doing it." Natsu closed his eyes as he laid my hand back down onto my face. I kind of just laid there, shocked. I could have sworn he was asleep.
"Luce please." Natsu whined groggily. I shook my head to snap myself out of it. I began caressing his face, lightly scratched his nose. Natsu's nose twitched, was he going to sneeze?
"Rushiee." Natsu smiled lightly. My smile reappeared. Oh gods, he was so cute. I closed my eyes and decided I wanted to go back to sleep. Natsu didn't like that idea either.
"Don't stop." Natsu whined. My eyes opened to see Natsu staring at me. I guess I was, ONLY FALLING ASLEEP. But no, Natsu wants me to stay awake for some reason.
"I'm tired." I whined. If he wasn't going to let me sleep, then I would just turn my back to him. I could hear Natsu grumble about how unfair it was when I started it in the first place. I felt a little guilty, but then I shrugged it off.
"I can't sleep now." Natsu and I said in unison. I was so tired a minute ago, what happened? I glanced over my shoulder to see Natsu getting up from the makeshift bed. Was this energy coming from him.
"Let's go outside for a bit." Natsu sighed as he stretched out his limbs. I watched in awe. Natsu was shirtless, who wouldn't stare? He just has so many muscles, how could he be so, sexy? Natsu looked down at me with a questioning look.
"Are you, checking me out?" Natsu smirked. I quickly looked away to my right. Darn him and his perfect abs. Him and his stupid abs always seem to make me, swoon. Oh god, when did I become such a pervert. Gajeel is having a bad influence on me!
"N-No?" I said like it was a question. Oh no, confident Lucy was totally gone out the window. I could hear Natsu crack up a little bit behind me. Natsu reached out a hand, and I grabbed his hand without hesitation.
Natsu and I quietly maneuvered around the camp. By the fire slept Elfman, he was cuddling with something, more like someone. Natsu and I stopped to look at each other. We got a little closer to inspect this, someone.
There and behold was Elfman, cuddling with, Bixlow. I felt a whiff of déjà vu. Next to them were Lisanna and Evergreen, they were leaning back to back with each other. Elfman had Bixlow in a death grip.
Natsu and I turned back to each other and shook our heads. We smiled at each other, knowingly that the morning is sure going to be fun. Natsu and I reluctantly left the quite humorous sight in front of us.
I'm kind of excited. Where was Natsu going to take me? Why so late out at night too. I think we only slept for an hour, maybe more? The sun didn't look like it was coming out anytime soon though.
Natsu and I reached the shore. The water sparkled at night. The moonlight kissed the surface of the water, it created enough light to see everything. I took in a deep breath, the fresh air was so nice. Natsu plopped us down onto the sand.
Natsu and I put out our feet into the water, it was a bit chilly but just right. Natsu intertwined our fingers, he let our hands fall to the sand. I'm kind of glad were awake now. The night sky was beautiful.
"The stars are pretty nice out tonight." I sighed happily. Natsu nodded his head as he shuffled closer to me. Natsu unwrapped our fingers and shot his arm around my shoulders, pulling me closer.
"So, who's next?" Natsu asked. I closed my eyes and tried to remember what the map looked like. Cancer and Taurus looked pretty close to each other. The crab and bull. Hopefully these two won't be as mean as Aquarius is.
"I think we could get Taurus and Cancer and one go?" I asked. Natsu hummed as he nodded his head.
"We'll tell Erza that in the morning." Natsu stated. I sighed happily as I looked back out to the water. I could see something bubbling a little farther out. I nudged Natsu in the side and pointed out. Natsu grunted a little but then looked out to the water.
"What the?" Natsu squinted at the bubbles as he got up and headed towards the bubbles. As Natsu got deeper, it was too his chest.
"Um maybe you shouldn't see what it is." I was a bit worried. I got up and decided to check it out with him. I hiked up my pants and rolled up my sleeves. I put my hand on top of my pocket, Aquarius was right there if I needed her.
"What the hell?!" Natsu cried as he fell back into the water. My eyes widened, was there a sea monster or something!? I quickly made my way over to him. Once I got to his side I pulled him out of the water the best I could. Now all my clothes were wet, how nice.
"It's a, monster!" Natsu exclaimed as he lifted up a hand and lit it on fire. I looked down at the water to see this supposed monster. My jaw dropped, I quickly grabbed his hand and shoved it into the water to extinguish it.
I began to laugh uncontrollably. Natsu stared at me, he was so confused. Natsu tried to lift his other hand up to lit it on fire, I stopped him. It was a bit hard to keep him from hurting the poor thing, I could not stop laughing.
"It's a dolphin!" I giggled. The dolphin squeaked as it swam away from us to some other dolphins.
"Dolphin?" Natsu asked like it was a new word to him. I can't believe it , he got scared from the cute creature. Oh boy, Natsu is never going to live this down. I could see the dolphin's in the distance swimming away.
"It's harmless and quite smart." I sighed as my giggles subsided. Natsu squinted his eyes at me. I knew exactly what he was thinking. He really thought that poor thing was a monster. Oh boy, the giggles were coming back.
"Do you know what a dolphin is?" I asked. Natsu looked away, a tinge of pink dusting his cheeks.
"I've been a dragon stuck in a cave for most of my life!" Natsu exclaimed. I giggled a little. He did have a point. I can't really see Natsu in dragon form hanging out in the ocean. It's still a bit funny though.
"Are you, making fun of me?" Natsu asked. Natsu reached out and grabbed onto my cheeks, pulling on them slightly. My hands shot up to grabbed his cheeks as well.
"Two can play at this kind of game." I tried to say, it sounded a bit funky coming out. Natsu pulled harder, I did the same. Tears came to the corners of both our eyes.
"I will not lose." We both whined in unison. After a while, I lost feeling in my cheeks. Natsu and I gave each other the look. It was the look of, this is a tie please let this be over kind of look.
"Oh fine." I said as we both let go at the same time. Natsu and I rubbed each other's cheeks for each other. I sighed as I let my hand fall down into the water. Natsu continued to rub my cheeks.
"Why are you still doing that?" I giggled. Natsu shrugged as he let his hands fall down into the water. Natsu and I stood in silence. It wasn't an awkward silence, it was more comfortable than expected.
"Hey Luce?" Natsu looked down at me, he looked a bit awkward. Maybe I was wrong? I tried to focus a little, maybe I could read his mind? It was like he was putting up a barrier though. I couldn't quite get to his mind, it was blocked.
"What is it?" I asked. I was of course worried. Natsu and I don't have many serious conversations, and when we do, it's very troubling. I'm just going to hope for the best.
"I-I need to tell you something." Natsu stuttered. Natsu reached his hand up to the back of his neck, he looked nervous. Did I do something? Was he going to break off the engagement?! Oh please let it not be that.
"Lucy, stop thinking so much." Natsu chuckled as he grabbed onto my shoulders. I took a deep breath, I nodded my head. I was ready for whatever he was about to tell me.
"Look, I know we didn't actually do the whole will you marry me thing correctly." Natsu gulped. Oh my Mavis, was he doing what I thought he was doing? Calm down Lucy, just calm down!
"Yeah, you did just spring that one on me." I rolled my eyes playfully. Natsu sighed as he moved his hands down to my elbows, then to my hands.
"I got to some thinking, and I know what you're thinking, what?! Natsu's thinking?!" Natsu tried to imitate my voice, he was terrible at it. I would never think that, maybe I would have a little while back.
"Thanks for the confidence. " Natsu sighed heavily. I giggled nervously. Internally I was telling him to go on, and so he did. I could see a twitch at the corner of Natsu's lips. Natsu began to get down on one knee.
"Oh my god." I gasped. I was saying oh my god from shock and happiness. I was also saying it because Natsu was now underwater on one knee. I quickly pulled Natsu up, Natsu coughed up some water while he held onto my shoulder.
"That didn't go as I planned it to go." Natsu coughed. I patted his back and occasionally rubbed circles on his back. Natsu took a deep breath and let out a little flame of fire. I smiled, at least he's back to normal.
Natsu looked down at me, his cheeks turning an interesting shade of red. Natsu looked away from me, but then back down at me. Natsu's eyes widened as he fully turned around, showing me his back.
My jaw dropped. Was I going to be asked or not? I tapped on Natsu's shoulder, he glanced back but then looked forward. I never actually thought, Natsu would be shy about something. Oh this is good, Natsu's shy!
"I am not shy." Natsu growled as he turned around to finally face me. I raised my eyebrows repeatedly. I was quite amused, my planned worked.
"Oh, you're good." Natsu murmured. I nodded in agreement. I was pretty good, right? Right?
"Okay are you going to tell me or what?" I asked. Natsu squinted his eyes and titled his head in, confusion?
"What are you talking about?" Natsu asked. Oh no, I was not going to be playing games anymore. Not today, I mean tonight.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about." I hissed as I wacked Natsu's arm. Natsu acted to be hurt, I knew he wasn't. Natsu stood straight and took a huge amount of air in.
"Will you marry me!?" Natsu practically screamed. Natsu blasted fire everywhere into the sky. At first I thought he was being ridiculous with the whole fire thing. But then, I looked up.
In the sky, it burned bright. My eyes widened, he truly meant it. My heart was raging inside my chest. I felt my mouth go dry, I think I was starting to cry, but I didn't realize when I started to. In the sky it read,
"Oi Blondie, will you marry this Pinky?"
I remembered the first time we met, he called me Blondie. I know it sounds dumb, but it meant a lot to me. I thought, I thought Natsu would have forgotten something as stupid as that. The words in the sky burned bright, Natsu even shot up a few fireworks.
I felt an arm slid around my shoulders. I just stood there, crying like a big idiot. He didn't even have to ask me. He should already know the answer to every question I'm ever asked. This memory, I want to keep it forever.
"So, what do you say Blondie?" Natsu chuckled nervously. I looked up at him. Natsu reached his hand out and wiped away a few tears from my face. I reached my hand up and grabbed onto his hand.
"Pinky, you big idiot, of course I will." I cried as I whacked him on the chest. Natsu laughed pretty hard at my statement. Natsu grabbed onto my wrists and pulled me to his chest. The fire above us fell lightly onto the water.
I smiled as I grabbed onto the back of Natsu's neck and laid one on him. Natsu let out a sound of surprise but then kissed me back. I felt Natsu's arms wrap around my waist, trying to pull me closer.
Everything was perfect, this whole set up was breath taking. Natsu grabbed onto my left hand, fiddling with it. I didn't pay too much attention to it. I pulled back for air, I only got a little bit of oxygen until Natsu attacked my mouth again.
It was almost as if he was trying to hide something. I felt Natsu smile, he was hiding something. I put my hands onto his chest and pushed back. Natsu still kept his arms around my waist, but I was at a safe distance from his mouth.
"There, now it's official." Natsu grinned while holding up my left hand. Oh my, Natsu Dragneel never fails to impress me. There on my ring finger, was the most gorgeous ring I have ever seen in my entire life.
"I-Its, oh god it's beautiful." I chimed. The ring, it was golden. There was also something on it, it was a dragon. The dragon circled around the red gem. It really was impressive. How in the world did he get this? Did he make it?
"Remember that time we shared a room with Gajeel and Levy?" Natsu asked. My smile grew wider. Of course I remember that day, that was one of the best days of my life.
"Yes, you and Gajeel were cuddling like no tomorrow." I snickered. Natsu shuddered at the memory. Honestly, who could forget that? Aw man, I could relive that day three more times.
"Well, when you and Levy fell asleep, we made rings together." Natsu grinned. So, he did make them.
"I melted down some treasure I collect from the cave, Gajeel helped molding it." Natsu sighed. I didn't know, Natsu and Gajeel could be so creative.
"I got to have the best for my princess." Natsu chuckled while hugging me tightly. I hugged him back just as tight. This night, I will burn it into my memory forever. Suddenly, I heard a loud yes coming from the campsite.
"That would be Gajeel asking Levy." Natsu rolled his eyes. I laughed as I pulled back. I looked down, to our soaking wet clothes.
"I think we should go back now." I snorted. Natsu put on his famous grin and pulled me towards shore. Once we got knee deep, I felt something. Something, very painful.
"OW!" I hissed as I clung to my foot. Natsu quickly turn around. I felt multiple pinches on my foot. I began jumping around like a fool. I felt like I was dancing. Natsu started to howl with laughter as he watched me.
"It hurts!" I cried out. I soon couldn't take the pain anymore. I fell to my knees and dragged Natsu down with me. Natsu began to yelp out with pain, he joined me. Nice one Lucy, now you're both in pain.
Natsu grabbed onto my hips and began to roll us away from whatever was pinching us. The pain began to subside. Natsu rolled us to a less deep area. I sat on top of him.
"Well, this isn't what I expected to happen." Natsu chimed. I rolled my eyes playfully. I looked to where we just were. I looked back to the camp, it was a little farther away from us. I could still see the fire going.
"What do you think that was all about?" I asked. Natsu was about to answer until, his face scrunched up in pain.
"L-Lucy!" Natsu exclaimed as he tried to throw me off of him. Instead of being thrown off, I clutched onto him, I didn't want to get more wet.
"What is it?!" I asked. Natsu quickly pulled us up and began patting his butt. My eyes widened, what was he trying to say?
"Crab!" Natsu yelped. I looked more closely at his behind, there was a crab. The crab was weird though, it was, glowing? I snapped out of it when Natsu called my name again. I snickered as I pulled the crab from his butt.
"My aching ass." Natsu cringed as he rubbed his butt. I held the crab in my hands while laughing. The crab seemed like it was laughing along with me. I stopped laughing once the crab pinched my hand.
"Ow." I hissed in pain. The crab jumped a bit on my hand. Natsu and I went towards the shore and I let the crab down onto the ground. The crab didn't leave like I thought it would. The crab began waving his arms up, it was like it was dancing.
"Is it trying to tell us something?" I asked. Natsu was still rubbing his butt.
"I don't care what it wants, it hurt me." Natsu huffed. I sighed as I leaned down to examine the crab. Now that I look more closely, there was some sort of tattoo on his shell.
"Sixty-nine?" I questioned aloud. I looked up to Natsu to see him blushing mad. What? Did I say something funny? Or was I just funny looking?
"What?" I asked. Natsu closed his eyes and took a deep breath. For some reason, I felt like saying don't think perverted thoughts. I have a feeling this is coming from Natsu. I decided to drop it, I'll just ask him later.
I looked back down to the crab, it kept snipping his claws at me. I don't think he meant to hurt me, I think he was trying to get my attention.
"What do you want crab?" Natsu asked as he began to sniff the crab. I was a bit disgusted, but then Natsu pulled back, looking confused.
"It's a part of that crab celestial spirit." Natsu scrunched up his nose. Hold the front door, part?
"What do you mean part of Cancer?" I asked. Natsu shrugged.
"It means we have to find the other crabs like this one." A voice said behind us. Natsu and I quickly clung to each other, letting out a little scream. Our scream died down when it turned out the voice was, Happy.
"What are you doing up buddy?" Natsu asked as he pet Happy's head. Happy smiled as he purred and leaned into Natsu's touch.
"I woke up when you guys left, Lucy's really loud." Happy chimed. I squinted my eyes at him, we are friends, but enemies. I lightly karate chopped Happy on the head, it was more playful then anything.
"So, we have to find the other ones like him?" I asked. Happy nodded his head. I looked back to the crab, this was going to be a pain.
"I say we all look for them together!" A another voice exclaimed. Happy, Natsu, and I clung to one another screaming. Our screaming died down when we realized, it was just Erza and Jellal.
"I think it would be helpful if we all worked together." Jellal stated again. I nodded my head in agreement, finally Jellal says something useful. I'm just kidding, maybe not.
"Me and Salamander can sniff a few of them out." Gajeel said as he came from behind Erza and Jellal.
"I could help as well." Levy chimed while coming into the conversation. I'm such a big baby, I feel like crying.
"Thank you guys, really, I don't know where I would be without you." I smiled brightly at them.
"Well, you all helped us out here and there, so what are friends for?" Erza beamed. I turned my head to Natsu, he gave me a wild look.
"Let's do this!" Natsu and I chimed in unison. Jellal shushed us though, we were being too loud evidently. Natsu and I got up from the floor and decided to look around the beach. They couldn't be too far off from the other one.
Happy was searching from the sky, looking for glowing crabs, he pointed some out for me. Gajeel and Natsu made a contest out of it. Gajeel caught about thirty of them in the ocean. Natsu caught thirty-two of them out of the sand.
Erza and Jellal found about four of them. Levy and I found two more. I had a suspicion that there would only be sixty-nine of them. We all gathered around, we dropped the crabs into a pile. Happy threw a fish in there, but then quickly grabbed it out.
"Are we sure these aren't just ordinary crabs?" Gajeel asked. I looked down to the glowing crabs, and then back to Gajeel. I kind of just wanted to smack some sense into him.
"Do you see glowing crabs every day?" I asked. Gajeel scrunched up his nose in thought.
"You've got a point there bunny girl." Gajeel pointed at me. I smiled as I looked back down to the crabs. Now what? Damn, this always happens to me.
"Now what?" Levy asked. It's like Levy read my mind. Well, may be we should try to push them together. I leaned down and began to hug all the crabs. I was trying to mush them together, it was a bit weird looking.
"Ow." I winced. A few crabs were pinching me. Oh god, why did that stupid witch do this to him. Having your body spread into individual you's, that would be terrible.
"Why are you hugging the crabs?" Jellal asked. I shushed him. I didn't know the answer to that either. It just, felt right?
"Come on Cancer, come on." I whispered to one crab. Just like that, a poof of smoke appeared. I heard a snipping sound. I felt a rush of magic overflowed me. I fell back onto my butt and looked up, to see a very tall weird looking man.
I'm guessing this is Cancer. His hair, was so twisty. I looked back to Natsu, he was just as dumbfounded as me. Cancer looked very, stylish you could say. His clothes were very nice as well, I've never seen clothes like that before.
"Shrimp." Cancer said as he pointed a scissor at me. I looked at him for a long time until I actually answered him. Wait, shrimp?
"What?" I asked. I was a bit confused. Was he talking to Levy?
"Oi, don't steal my sayings crab man." Gajeel hissed. Gajeel clung to Levy, like he was protecting her? Cancer turned his body over to Gajeel, kind of over towering him a little. Cancer sure was tall. Cancer brought up his scissors and smiled at Gajeel. Gajeel immediately paled.
"Snip Snip." Cancer smiled. Gajeel tried to run, but Cancer got to him faster. In a few seconds, Gajeel's hair was trimmed and looked actually, pretty good. Gajeel's headband was still there. Gajeel grabbed onto his head and turned to Cancer.
"What did the crab do?!" Gajeel cried as he gripped onto his hair. Cancer's smile got huger as he brought up the mirror. Seriously where did he pull that out from. Gajeel's face turned even paler.
"I look like, I look like a pretty boy!" Gajeel cried out. Levy giggled as she patted him on the back. Cancer then turned to Jellal. Jellal gulped. Cancer squinted at his nonexistent eyebrows.
"I can fix that." Cancer smiled. Jellal's eyes were full of hope. Cancer went to work. Once Cancer moved away, Jellal's eyebrows were there! It was amazing, how wonderful, for Jellal. I thought it was a bit funny, I'm not mean, right?
"How do I look Erza?" Jellal asked. Jellal leaned in towards her face, extremely close. Erza was starting to match her hair. I giggled a little, they sure were cute.
"I-I think you look great." Erza smiled while grabbing onto the back of his neck and smacked him into her chest.
"Ooo." Gajeel hissed aloud. I was thinking the same thing. Jellal smiled as he hugged Erza back. I decided to look away, it just looked painful. I turned to Cancer.
"How did you do that?" I asked. Cancer smiled as he snipped his scissors with excitement.
"Well, I used the little bit of magic you gave me." Cancer stated.
"When did Lu-chan give you magic?" Levy asked. That's a good question, I don't remember doing that.
"When you gave me words of encouragement, your words were like magic to me." Cancer smiled. Everyone began to giggle, and so did I. I'm glad my words reached him.
"Cancer." I stated sternly. Cancer looked my way.
"Shrimp?" Cancer asked while putting up his scissors. I shook my head, while putting out a hand. Cancer eyed my hand carefully, it was like he didn't know what to do with it.
"Will you make a contract with me?" I asked. Cancer smiled at me with happiness.
"I've been waiting a long time for you to say that shrimp." Cancer said while putting his scissor into the other hand, reaching a hand out towards my hand. As soon as our hands shook, before I knew it, Cancer vanished, and now I was holding a golden key.
"So now you have two golden keys?" Levy asked. I turned to her and gave her a smile.
"Ten more to go!" I chimed. I was excited. I felt like I was making new friends. Making friends always makes me happy. I looked down at the key and decided to put it in my pocket. I hope Aquarius doesn't get mad because she has to share a pocket.
"It like two in the morning, can we get some sleep now?" Happy asked. Everyone groaned, we all realized how tired we actually were. Everyone walked to their individual tents, even stopped by to laugh at Elfman and Bixlow.
"So glad to go back to sleep." Natsu said as he flopped onto the makeshift bed mumbling random things. Happy followed behind him. I smiled as I looked down at my clothes. There were dry now.
"Finally, sleep." I sighed happily. I stumbled onto the bed, almost crashing into Natsu and Happy. I could hear Happy and Natsu squeal once I hit the bed.
"Jeez Lucy you scared the crap out of me." Natsu whined. I grunted in reply, I was too tired to talk. I opened my eye one last time, the ring sure was pretty. I felt like I could stare at it forever. I could hear Happy get up and sleep on the pillow above me.
I could also hear Natsu moving a lot. I didn't really know what he was doing until he pulled me to him. Natsu sighed heavily when he dropped his head into the crook of my neck. It was a nice and a warm embrace.
"Goodnight guys, hopefully for real this time." I giggled softly. Natsu grunted in my ear as a reply. Happy was already asleep. Now there was one problem, Natsu's breathing is really bothering me.
He's literally breathing down my neck, it was a weird tingling feeling. Great, now everyone was asleep but me. Way to go Lucy, you really win the award this time. Maybe if I move, I can go to sleep.
I turned around in his arms, now facing his face. Natsu's head was still in the crook of my neck. Awesome, the position still hasn't changed. I wanted to groan, but I didn't want to awaken the dragon.
"You're thinking has already clouded my mind." Natsu whispered huskily in to my ear. I squeaked as Natsu pulled his head back and looked into my eyes. Um, um, pretend to sleep? I closed my eyes, even letting out a little snore.
"Oh that's just mean." Natsu whined. I wanted to laugh, really I did. I continued to fake sleep, but that didn't last long. Natsu seemed to get a little annoyed with me. I could feel his annoyance growing.
"You asked for this." Natsu cackled lowly. I didn't expect his next move. My eyes snapped open, he was biting my neck.
"Idiot." I hissed. Natsu continued to attack my neck. I'm going to be completely honest here, I'm freaking out. My body wanted him to continue, but I was a bit afraid. Natsu pulled back, looking at me with half closed eyes.
"That's what you get." Natsu chuckled a little but then closed his eyes. He, he fell asleep?! Oh when he gets up in the morning I swear I was going to destroy him.
"Luce's a pervert." Natsu smirked. Oh, it's on. I didn't really think about my next action. I just suddenly attacked him? I was now straddling his hips. Natsu's eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.
"W-What are you doing now?" Natsu stuttered. I smirked as I lightly took my hand and traced his abs.
"Oi Lucy, this isn't funny." Natsu growled. Oh, now he's growling. I wonder if I'm getting to him. I traced my hand back up towards his scarf. Natsu hissed at my every touch.
"I don't think anything's funny at all, Natsu." I smirked. Natsu growled as he attached his hands to my hips. Natsu gripped onto them when I moved my hands on his chest.
"You are seriously asking for it." Natsu growled out as he leaned up. I was asking for it, but I have a plan.
"How do you feel Natsu?" I asked. Natsu stopped his growling, his eyes widened.
"I swear if you leave me like this there will be punishment." Natsu hissed. I finally smiled. I ruled off of him, leaving him there. Yes, I know, evil.
"You're going to regret that later." Natsu sang. I shrugged it off. I smiled when Natsu got back to our position we had earlier. Natsu wrapped his arm around my waist, tugging me hard.
"Goodnight." I chimed. Natsu hissed this time in reply. There was a smile on my face the whole time until I fell asleep.
The Morning.
"Damn it Elfman, this is exactly why we can't sleep in the same area ever." Bixlow yelled. I began to laugh, was this a dream?
"I didn't realize you felt that way Elfman." Evergreen laughed. I could hear Lisanna's laughter as well.
"What the hell are you doing here?!" I could hear someone else yell. I think it was Gray. I didn't really know what was going on, I just decided to sleep.
"I'm here to help of course, also here for a certain someone." Another person chimed. This was getting interesting. I wonder if this is a dream or maybe I'm awake now?
"Now we have two ice idiots?!" Gajeel exclaimed. Natsu and I decided to get up when we heard Gajeel yelling. Natsu and I sleepily looked at each other. It seemed to be morning, thank god it wasn't dark outside still.
I looked at my pillow to see Happy still sleeping. I got my blanket and lightly set it onto of him. I turned to Natsu to see him smiling at me. I smiled back as I got up, Natsu followed behind. I opened the tent, to have ice fly at me.
I dug my hand quickly into my pocket. Without even thinking about my defense weapon, I pulled it out. I deflected the ice from hitting me. I let out a sigh of relief. Natsu stood behind me with fist ablaze. Natsu melted all the ice that was flung my way, other than the one I caught.
"Thanks." I smiled. Natsu grinned at me but then looked back to where the ice flew from. In front of us was exactly who I thought it would be.
"It's nice to see you too Lyon." I smiled. Lyon looked towards me and offered a smile. I looked to the side to see Gray, hovering over Juvia. Juvia looked like she was in la la land. I let out a laugh but then put on my poker face, Gray sent me a glare.
"So, I heard you wanted to help?" I asked. Lyon nodded so fast I thought his head would fly off. Aw man, I feel so loved. Everyone's helping out, I really need support like this.
"I think that's a great idea." Erza stated as he she patted Lyon's back. Gray grumbled a couple insults as he got up and off of Juvia. Gray walked his way up to Lyon and grabbed him by the collar, Lyon still had a smile plastered on his face.
"You better not do any funny business." Gray hissed. Erza was giving Gray the glare of the century. Gray let go and backed off. Natsu chuckled as he extinguished his flames.
"Should we get going?" Erza asked. I looked around the campsite to see everyone taking care of their tents. I looked back to our tent, to see it taken down?! I glanced to the right to see Lily giving me a thumbs up, thank god for that cat.
"Yeah, we should head out for Taurus." I stated. Erza gave me a small smile.
"It's a good thing he's close by." Jellal murmured while looking at the map. I sighed with relief, everything was going pretty smoothly.
"I'll be right back." I said to Natsu. My destination, was Lyon right now. I glanced over to the poor guy. I kind of feel bad for him. Unrequited love must suck a lot. Natsu gave me a thumbs up, he knew what I was thinking.
"Hello Lucy." Lyon stated as he turned to me.
"It must suck." I said bluntly. I didn't mean for it to come out like that.
"Yeah, it does, I wish I could be there with her." Lyon sighed. I gave him a small smile, I reached my hand out and gave him an awkward pat on the back. Lyon rolled his eyes playfully.
"I think I should give up, I just want my brother to like me again as well." Lyon sighed heavily. I began to laugh. Lyon gave me a sad look.
"Is my situation really that funny?" Lyon asked sadly. I shook my head.
"Gray will always love you Lyon, you're brothers." I laughed. Lyon looked down at me, with hope? Wait, that's a good thing.
"Siblings will fight, but that doesn't mean they will hate you forever." I giggled. I was giving advice about siblings, when I don't even have one. But I feel like this advice is helpful either way.
"So Lyon, what's your next move?" I asked. Lyon gave me a huge grin.
"Juvia will always have a special place in my heart, but I give up." Lyon announced. I gave him a thumbs up.
"But I do like messing with Gray." Lyon shrugged. I sighed heavily. There was no winning with Lyon sometimes. Wait a second, when did I even become good friends with Lyon. It's weird how we were enemies at first.
"So, do you have any other girls on your mind?" I asked. Lyon frowned, but then smiled.
"There is this one girl, named Meredy, she doesn't really pay attention to me though." Lyon sighed happily. I gulped. This guy really needs help with his love life.
"Maybe she'll come to her senses." I whispered. Lyon snapped his head towards me. It was like there was glitter all around him.
"You really think so?!" Lyon asked while grabbing onto my shoulders. He was shaking me repeatedly. I was starting to get a bit dizzy. I gave him a shaky thumbs up, or at least I tried to.
"Wait, do you think Gray will like me again if I stop messing with him?" Lyon asked while still shaking me. Ah man, I think I'm going to puke.
"Probably." Gray chuckled. Lyon immediately let go of me. I was falling back, but Natsu caught me.
"That was a close one." Natsu stated. I nodded my head. Damn, that was really annoying. My gaze flickered over to Lyon and Gray, they were smiling.
"You did, a great job Lucy-san." Wendy and Romeo sniffled in unison. I turned myself around, a bit too quick. Natsu held onto me before my back met the ground. Once I was turned around, everyone was standing there.
"Ah come on, I feel lame now." I sighed. I looked up to see Natsu giving me a wink.
"You look pretty lame with that spatula in your hand." Bixlow pointed out. I looked down to my hand, and groaned. I deflected the ice, with a spatula!? I really need to stop doing these things. I dropped the spatula.
"Okay spatula woman, let's get going towards that cow." Gajeel smirked. I glared at him. Taurus was a bull, and I was not spatula woman. I decided to just let it go, for now.
"Alright, the map says Taurus is near a, bar?!" Jellal exclaimed. I could hear Cana give out a cry of happiness.
"Oh this is going to be fun!" Cana giggled. I gave out a groan, Natsu grabbed onto my hand. Happy came flying by and stopped to sit on my head.
"Go horse." Happy called out. I growled a little but kept walking. Taurus, what was he doing at a bar?
Authors Note~ Hello guys! I know this is late, but I think you'll all enjoy this chapter anyways. I had fun writing this one. The whole proposal part was my favorite, I hope you guys liked it. I think it was in character, right?!
Anyways I didn't have Taurus come in this chapter, but hey, you get to have more chapters! Also, thanks for the reviews, they make me smile. Also, I really enjoy writing for this story, I hope you all enjoy it as well.
I decided to look back on the first chapter, just to see how my writing improved, and holy crap it sure did. I was terrible, I'm so glad you all stayed with me this long. Okay, so next chapter will have some villains come in! More action, the next few chapters are going to have a lot of action, and more characters!
Who's excited?! I am! The twin dragons are coming in soon too, even Yukino will appear! Also, who wants to know my tumblr? I have two, ones a humor blog, and one's a anime blog that I share with my cousin.
Well guys, see you next chapter!
Glen coco out~