*Glomp!* There you are! Oh I missed you so much! Come're lemme look at cha. Yup! You still look as lickable as ever! Hey... where are you going...? Get back here and let me give you the love and licks you deserve!
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DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING! *sob* However sometimes I wonder if Mashima-sama used to follow me around and take character ideas from me and my friends.
At least let a girl dream!
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Chapter 28
Love, Life, and Creation
A few members of FairyTail had traveled to the Capitol City Library in search of answers. Lucy had faced her close friend Levy and filled her in on her situation. The blunette had been more than happy to drop everything and come along to help. This was day three of their getaway from Magnolia and answers were proving to be elusive.
"I don't know Lulu. This is all foreign to me, we've been researching all this time and I still haven't come up with anything more than a basic knowledge of Celestial wizards, a compendium of Celestial Spirits, and a few autobiographies of past wizards." Levy looked exhausted.
Lucy's head laid on the library table. "Me neither... and if I have to read another of Canet Drask's Great Celestial Alliance Battles," she sighed, "I'm going to loose my mind."
Levy straightened her glasses and laced her fingers thoughtfully. "Has it occurred to you that this might be a personal skill that you haven't honed? Most mages worth their salt end up having something that is unique to them, maybe this isn't something we're going to find in a book."
"But—what about," Lucy lifted her head up.
Not allowing Lucy to complete her words, Levy said, "It's definitely linked to emotions, we got that. I'm more or less curious how it only just now started to become an issue."
"Natsu," Lucy replied.
Levy looked up at her and smiled, "You really do love him, huh?" She watched her friend nod and continued, "well, at the moment he sure is being a pain."
"Ahhh." Lucy thought fondly, "when is he not?" With a sigh, she felt that she had to mention, "it's not his fault though... it's mine. It seems that my magic has been able to take form ever since I started to recognize my love for him." She leaned her face into her hands and a hint of red splashed her cheeks as she smiled softly, "even at the Ball, when it first happened... I had begun admitting my feelings for him."
Watching her closely, Levy pressed her lips. Natsu and Lucy were together. Natsu and Lucy admitting their feelings and turning into a couple! It seemed as though the entire world was going topsy tervy. She seemed so happy, it was as though her friend's heart sang every time she so much as thought of him. Levy wondered if she felt the same way about her dragonslayer.
"I think it was sweet that Gajeel tagged along." Lucy continued, "at least the boys have something to do instead of having Natsu stuck here in the library with us."
This made Levy blush, "I dunno. I mentioned to him that I was heading out with you and he volunteered to come along." Levy shook her head, "we aren't talking about that, we need to keep on track."
Lucy leaned back in her chair and sighed, "We aren't getting anywhere today either. It's almost time to meet up with the boys for dinner."
"You want to pack up early?" Levy took off her glasses.
"Oh Mavis, yes!" The Celestial mage slammed the book in front of her closed.
Levy giggled at her friend's enthusiasm. "What should we do?"
"Let's take a walk around the outskirts of town." Lucy smiled, "it's really pretty country out there."
The blunette started stacking books. "Alright then! Lead the way!"
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Snow hadn't touched this part of the country yet. The two mages walked down a path shaded by trees of red and orange. Leaves would fall from them occasionally and it gave the distinct memory of the fire dragonslayer's power. At least it did for his lover. Lucy walked with her hands behind her back as Levy hummed to herself. The air was crisp and chill, but hardly jacket worthy. Their walk had proved to be rejuvenating for the two ladies who had kept themselves cooped up in a library for the past few days. As they walked, Levy found an oddly large pine cone that they began tossing back and forth as they chatted.
Levy was walking backwards as she tossed it back to Lucy. The blonde had missed her catch, and jogged back the way they had come to grab it. When she turned back around, she was terrified at the scene that awaited her.
A huge man with untamed red hair had her friend's wrist and held her dangling off the ground. From Levy's face, she was trying to yell out but no sound escaped her voice.
The Celestial mage narrowed her eyes at the unwelcome visitor. "Put her down."
The man gave her a big, vicious smile. "Oh I don't think so. The two of you look far too tasty for me to just let you scamper on your way."
"Open! Gate of the bull! TAURUS!" She wasn't going to waste anymore words with this creep who wasn't going to put her friend down.
"Lookin good as ever Miss LuuuUUUuuucy!"
Lucy pointed to the man in front of her, "Take out Levy's new boyfriend Taurus!"
"I hope I get a smoOOOoooch!"
The bull spirit pulled out his mighty axe and ran toward their guest. However, once the spirit got within three paces of Levy's captor, he froze midstep and a magic circle appeared underneath him. "I'm sorry Miss Lucy, but I can't mooOOove!"
"What?" Lucy took a step back.
With the big guy distracted, it was Levy's turn. She quickly hiked her free hand up to his arm and used the leverage to swing her leg up to kick him in his jaw. He cried out and released her while she was in mid circle, causing her to continue her flip and land on the hard ground with only her stomach to catch her. A fall like that knocked the breath out of her but she took the good with the bad, being belly first in the dirt was far batter than being held by a jerk like that. The script mage scrambled up to her feet and backed away, closer to Lucy.
"She's a Celestial mage boss!" A sniveling voice was heard behind them. Levy looked over her shoulder and Lucy turned around. There were three other men now behind them, the speaker was a short, incredibly skinny creature, to his right was a handsome man with lime-green hair pulled back into a ponytail. To his left was a tall cloaked man, taller than the man who'd grabbed Levy.
"That's fantastic!" Red replied. "Celestial wizards are rare nowadays. We'll fetch a good price for her."
"Oh no you won't!" Levy yelled as she spelled the word DISPEL and sent it Taurus' way. Lucy quickly pulled out her Fleuve d'etoiles and stood to Levy's back in a ready stance.
Levy's magic reached Taurus and the magic circle disappeared. "Hey! I can mooOOOoove again! You know, your friend's pretty hot too Miss Luuucy!"
"Ugh! Taurus! Just get him!" Lucy called out.
As Taurus started to swing at Red, the cloaked figure raised his hand and another circle appeared not only under Taurus, but under Lucy and Levy as well. The blonde mage's eyes widened when her Fleuve d'etoiles went out. "Oh no!"
Ponytail man smiled charmingly and stepped closer. "Two lovely mage girls! How exquisite! I think we landed a good haul today boys!"
On the other side of them, Red laughed heartily, "Get the cuffs on them Yazz, we need to get going before we're spotted."
The abnormally skinny man started to shuffle towards the ladies when his cloaked companion suddenly groaned and fell to the ground. "You see, magic cancellation spells are handy, but only if you know where the wizards are," smirked a lion spirit.
"Loke!" Both Lucy and Levy yelled out.
"You guys made a big mistake coming after FairyTail wizards." Loke adjusted his glasses, "you never know what they might have up their sleeve..." Before Ponytail and Skinny knew what was going on, Loke was between them and performing a low sweep kick to ground both of them.
Lucy's Fleuve d'etoiles lit up again and Lucy smirked to Levy. They turned back to Red and saw that he didn't look so cocky anymore. The spirit summoner threw out her whip and snagged his ankle while Taurus ran at him with his axe. Red yelped like a girl and fell to the ground, the axe landing right next to his head, giving him a good sized hair cut. Taurus wasted no time in punching him right in his face. Taurus stood up triumphantly, "Obstacle remooOOooved Miss Lucy!"
"Thank you Taurus, you can return now." Lucy nodded to him.
Loke had knocked out Ponytail and held Skinny by the collar of his neck. "Human trafficking huh? I can't believe there are still scum like you around!"
"EEEEEeeek!" The little man kicked and squirmed, "I'm sorry! I quit! I quit!"
Loke narrowed his eyes and knocked him out. He didn't care for the little man's sniveling. Throwing him back down to the ground, the lion spirit looked straight at Lucy. "We need to talk."
The look on his face made Levy see that the conversation needed to be private. "I um.. Lulu," the blunette wrote out the word ROPE and looked back to her. "If you and Loke can tie these guys up, I'll run and let the authorities know to come get them.
"Alright, thanks Levy. We got it," Lucy agreed.
Levy took off down the path at a run, and Lucy and Loke made short work of the would-be slavers. They had them tied to a tree, and for good measure, Loke pulled off their pants and placed them onto their heads.
He stepped back and dusted his hands, "The guards shouldn't be able to miss them now."
Lucy laughed, "Oh yea! They'll be locked up for a long time! Thanks for the backup, by the way."
"Let's go." Her spirit motioned them to continue the direction she had been going before the attempted kidnapping.
The blonde was more than happy to get away from the creeps tied to the tree, but she felt apprehensive from Loke's attitude. He seemed much less carefree than usual. After a moment of walking in silence, Lucy chanced out, "What's the matter Loke? You got something on your mind?"
The lion spirit couldn't help but smile to himself. "Oh Lucy, you know me so well." He had his hands in his pockets and watched her from his peripheral vision. Lucy waited for for him to continue patiently. Loke remained silent for a while longer as the walked before he finally broke the silence. "I'm worried about you Lucy."
Lucy looked up at him surprised, "What do you mean? I'm fine!" She pinched her cheek to make him smile, "See?"
It worked. Loke chuckled and watched her fondly, admiring how much she'd grown since he'd met her. He stopped walking and moved to fully face her. "I'm pretty sure you know that's not what I mean."
His summoner stopped as well. She looked down at her clasped hands, "Yea, I do... but that's why I'm here, trying to figure it out." Lucy looked up at her friend and couldn't help it when her eyes started to water—all her pent up frustrations flooding out without warning, "I've been reading book after book for three days now and I still haven't figured anything out! Nothing!"
Loke pulled her into his arms before she was done speaking. "Shhh." He held her, allowing her to let out all the aggravations she'd been holding in. Levy and Natsu had been so worried about her that she'd felt that she needed to stay strong. Speaking with Loke was different, she was scared, and had no reason to hide it from a spirit who was linked to her rogue magic. He held her tightly and stroked her hair. When her sobs started to calm, Lucy lifted her head from his shoulder.
"I'm sorry, I think I may have ruined your suit..."
He winked at her, "It'll be fine. Those tears won't go with the suit back to the spirit world... even if I wanted them to."
"Loke?"
The lion spirit took her shoulders and led her to a bench along the path. Once they were both seated, he sighed and took her hand, interlaced their fingers and brought both their hands to his lips. He looked forward while he spoke, Lucy could feel his breath on her hand. "I wish you would have chosen me."
Lucy inhaled sharply.
He shook his head and turned to her, bringing his other hand to rest over the remaining part of the hand of hers that he held. "If you had chose me, all these doubts and fears you are facing would have been non existent. I would have been able to delve into you heart and unearth the answers you seek if only I held your love."
Lucy stared at him wide eyed. With round, hypnotizing brown pools of chocolate eyes, she stared into his fields of hazel. "Loke... I—"
Her friend lifted a finger to her lips, "Don't. You don't have to put what you think you should say into words. I already know." Loke then leaned forward so much that his lips were by her ear. "But I promise: if he ever hurts you, I will see that he gets what he deserves. I am your knight in shining armor after all." He lingered there to kiss her cheek, and when he slowly pulled back he felt a cold loneliness in his soul. Loke longed to see love in her eyes, but all he saw was that same surprised expression she'd held a moment ago. He released her hand and leaned back on the bench, cupping his hands behind his head. "There. I said it. Now I can live out the rest of eternity with one less regret on my conscience."
"Oh Loke..." Lucy smiled affectionately at her spirit, "you've always loved so much."
He looked up into the canopy of leaves with a sigh, "Yea. Seems so." Loke then pivoted his neck to look at his summoner again, "just you remember that I'm always going to have your back."
"No doubt, Leo the Lion." She winked at him, "I have faith in you."
Loke chuckled to himself, it was that constant forthright attitude of hers that made him fall for her in the first place, and here she was-not letting up. She could at least slap him or something. He bent forward and leaned his elbows on his knees, hanging his head. "Listen Lucy." He paused, "I know you didn't have anything very close to the traditional apprenticeship that most wizards get, but I want you to remember that Celestial magic is a type of creation magic. Creation magic is a primary source of—"
"Life." Lucy spoke with him.
Loke turned his head to flash her a smile, "You got it. I can't really explain much of it, since every magic user is different by default... but if you think about all the changes you've gone through this last week." Loke grimaced, "or two, then you might come up with a conclusion that will help you control these powers you've unlocked recently without letting them get out of wack."
Gripping her hands together in her lap, Lucy gritted her teeth. "So, so what you're saying is that once again... I may be turning into a danger for FairyTail."
The Celestial spirit's eyes widened, "No... no Lucy." He quickly took her by the shoulders and shook her lightly, "how did you hear that from what I said? I didn't mean that at all!"
"But what you said makes no sense! How can I figure out this thing that seems to be leaking my life away just by figuring out what's changed?" Lucy started to cry again, "I'm still me! I haven't done anything different from any other girl that has fallen in love! There's nothing out of the ordinary here."
Loke was hugging her again, "Lucy," the lion spirit spoke soft and slow so that she might fully understand his words. "You are a powerful Celestial mage. There is nothing ordinary about you, you are extraordinary, and you will beat this. Your will is too strong to let a change in your magic flow destroy you." He gripped her tighter, "it will not sap your life from you. That would negate everything that creation magic stands for. Heh, not to mention I would never let that happen."
Lucy lifted her head and excepted a handkerchief Loke manifested for her, "Thank you Loke. Thank you for everything."
"Yea yea." Loke sighed, "just know that I would have been willing to let you pick out the curtains." He then smiled and winked at her, rewarded by her chuckle of a response.
The two of them heard the footfalls of a running dragonslayer at the same time.
"LOKE!"
The spirit sweatdropped and let go of his summoner, "For the sake of peace—I think I should get going Lucy. Hang in there."
Lucy blinked from surprise when he disappeared right before Natsu's arm swung a left hook at the puff of smoke that had been Loke. The dragonslayer had to hop a few times to kill his momentum from the swing so that he could keep from falling down past the bench his mate sat on. Once his footing was secure, he shook his fists toward the heavens, "You get back here and fight me like a man, you cowardly lion! You think you can just swoop in and take Lucy away?! I'm gonna—"
"Natsu!" Lucy grabbed one of his arms, guiding it down so that she could hold his hand. "Please calm down. Everything's fine."
The fire wizard's head of pink hair lowered down to the quiver in her voice. He squatted down in front of her when he saw that she'd been crying, "Luce! What's wrong?" His back started to flame up, "I'm gonna kill him."
"No... no Natsu, it's nothing like that. He was trying to help, he did help. We may have been half way to a slaves market just now if he hadn't come. He's contracted to protect me after all."
Natsu growled, "Yea, we met up with Levy. She filled us in and I came as fast as I could." He didn't like the smell of the cloth she used to dry her face. He looked at his mate's tear strewn face and cupped her cheeks with his hands and stared into her eyes earnestly, "Luce, what's wrong?"
"Oh Natsu..." Lucy bit her lip, "this trip hasn't been of any use at all."
"Are you kidding?" Natsu lowered his hands onto her thighs and smiled brightly, "we've gotten to eat a ton of good food, we got to get outta all that snow, and we got those sweet hotel rooms! Luce, this trip has been great!"
She couldn't help but giggle. Leave it to Natsu to see the glass half full. Natsu scooted in closer, between her legs and wrapped his arms around her waist and laid his head in her lap. Lucy toyed with his hair and smiled when she heard him purr. "You're so goofy," she said eventually.
He perked his head up and grinned at her, "Things are more interesting that way." Natsu nudged his head back the way he'd come. "Sounds like Ironeyes and Levy are leading the guards to those jerks back there. Wanna go kick'em one more time?"
Lucy shook her head, "No. I would just like to stay like this a little longer if you don't mind..."
"Aww." Natsu nuzzled her stomach, "I was hoping to get a couple good swings in. Nice touch with the pants/hats by the way." He gripped her tighter and laid his head back on her lap and enjoyed as she stroked her hands through his hair.
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As it turned out, the human slave traders had a good sized bounty on their heads. Levy and Lucy split the reward and treated the dragonslayers to a dinner that made the cooks work overtime preparing all that Natsu and Gajeel ordered. The waiters constantly found themselves relighting the candles, and Lucy and Levy were relieved when Gajeel had discovered that the silverware was actually silver. Even though the two slayers were rowdy as ever, the ladies found themselves thoroughly enjoying themselves. Life was good, and they would see that it got better.
When it started to grow late, Levy and Lucy wished each other a good night and parted ways. Natsu followed Lucy as she walked to the hotel's counter. He raised a curious brow when she asked to upgrade their room. What was the point in that? A clerk first escorted them to their original room so they could collect their things, and then he led the way to their new room. The fire dragon's eyes widened when he saw the new room. He'd thought their previous room was nice, it had everything they needed—but this one... what the hell!
Lucy turned to thank the clerk while Natsu started exploring with the enthusiasm of a child. The room opened to a large living room that was furnished with long sofas that went halfway around a large black marble round table. The whole suite seemed to be in the color scheme of black, gray and red. To the left sat a bar area with many different types of beverages lining the walls with its own couch area with a majestic corner fireplace. To the right opened up a door to a master bedroom with a king sized bed draped in a royal red that matched the vertical blinds. Another door from that led to a master bathroom with a huge shower. Natsu was popping from onto a couch, the to the bar area, to the windows, and finally to the fireplace. He had narrated all of his findings, but Lucy had been ensuring that their renter's insurance was in place, so she hadn't heard any of it until she'd closed the door.
"Lucy! Hey Luce! Let's make a fire! I could really go for a fire! Where's the tinder?"
Lucy giggled at how excited he was, "Those candles weren't enough for ya, hmm?"
"Lookit the wood in this fire pit! It's gonna make for some tasty fire!"
"Alright Natsu, I'll start one, just make sure you leave a little so that it won't go out."
"Awww," Natsu pouted.
"I'm not gonna spend all night making fires for you Natsu! You got that?!"
The fire dragon scratched his head, "Yea I guess."
Making a fire was fairly easy with the tools provided. Once she finished, she left her lover to his snack and she headed for the bedroom. Investigating the drawers brought her to the kimono she now donned. She thought the purple silk of it looked magnificent with the big red lilies that appeared to grow from the bottom of the kimono. Looking herself over in the mirror, Lucy decided to twist her hair up into a bun and secure it with a chopstick. It was then that she winced, hearing a crash, and a curse from Natsu.
Lucy raced back into the living room imagining the worst, imagine the relief she felt when she saw that his knack for destruction had only yielded a shattered bottle of wine all over the bar counter. Natsu looked up at her from his poor attempt at cleaning the mess with a few nearby napkins and froze. Lucy returned to the bathroom and snatched up a towel to help clean up the mess. When she returned, Natsu was beginning to throw away the soaked napkins. Lucy grabbed the small trashcan and raked the broken glass into the trashcan with the towel. "What were you doing Natsu?"
"I uh, was just opening it, and it broke between my fingers." Natsu was trying very hard not to look at her while she helped with the mess.
Lucy sighed, "You can't grip glass bottles like you can ceramic sake bottles. They are much more fragile."
Natsu scratched through his hair, "I'm no good at this stuff. Luce. I'd just wanted to pour us a glass."
This brought his mate a smile. She put the trashcan back where it went and dumped the towel in a hamper by the door. "We'll let me handle the glass stuff, mmkay?"
Natsu lifted his head to look at her again. His eyes took all of her in, draped in a kimono that displayed much of her cleavage and elegantly draped over her hips all the way down to her feet. It was as though looking at her thickened the air and made it harder to breath, but he could not look away.
"Natsu?" Lucy tilted her head, he looked odd standing there behind the bar, zoning out in her direction. She starting walking back toward him, "is something wrong?"
He widened his eyes and shook his head, "No, no.. it's just..." The wizard scratched his head, "uh, you look... really great."
Lucy's lips curled into a bashful smile and spun in a circle for him, "Kimonos are you weak spot huh?"
Natsu stood there and shook his head slightly, feasting on the vision before him.
"Okay then..." Lucy chuckled, "you enjoy that fireplace Natsu. I wanted this room for the backyard anyway." With that, she walked to the sliding door in the living room he'd thought was a window.
Natsu watched her walk past the bar, noticing the natural swish of her hips when she walked. Backyard? What? Where's she goin? I—He smacked his knee on the bar in front of him as soon as he started going after her. Owwwww... gotta get to Lucy! No way is she gonna hide from me lookin like that! This time he deftly swung his legs over the bar as Lucy slid the glass door open. She started to close it behind her but suddenly there was a dragonslayer in the doorway, looking at her as if she were something delectable to eat.
There she was under the stars, enveloped under the light of her own element. The moonlight shined down on her hair and it seemed to take on a light blue color rather than the golden locks she had always flaunted in front of him. Her brown eyes looked like dark pools he could loose himself in forever, and she looked at him as though she were pleased that he'd followed her.
Natsu stepped through the doorway and closed it behind him without looking away from this maiden of the stars. "I can't let you go off by yourself, I don't wanna find another note tellin me to go find ya." He spoke lowly.
A mischievous smirk is what his comment merited, "You never know. I could be plotting my escape right now." Lucy turned from him and walked toward the small private hot spring that must have been her reason for coming out here. Once again Natsu watched her hips swing and found it far more hypnotizing than a magician's pendant.
She stopped at the foot of the spring and his ability for speech returned to him, "You wouldn't get far, Dragon Charmer... not tonight."
Lucy had brought out the predator again with her entrancing gait. With her back to him, she pulled the sash of her kimono free and dropped it to the ground. She could hear a growl from behind her as she slipped her robe down to her waist, purposely showing him the pale skin of her back before stepping into the water and abandoned the rest of the kimono where she had been standing. The spirit summoner then turned to face him, her head laying in her arms at the rim of the spring and watched him.
It was as though a spell had been cast this night, and his mate held all the cards. As intoxicated as he was by her charms, Natsu did not approve of loosing his dominance. He slowly made his way to the discarded kimono and picked it up. He looked right at her and smelled it deeply before saying, "You won't be needing this for a while." It pained him to do so, but he turned his back to her and draped the sinful cloth over the chair of a small table set barely big enough for a party of four. His task complete, he returned to the hot spring and began pacing around the edge.
After a few circles, Lucy stretched her arms out, interrupting his laps. "This water feels a little cold."
"You should be careful with what you say Luce," he responded, "especially to a fire dragonslayer that has been trying to get you in a bath with him for days now."
Lucy giggled lazily, she reminded him of a cat enjoying the sun rays. "You sound like Juvia when you talk like that."
"Cept I sound sexy."
Lucy laughed, "Sure you do, Natsu."
This made him squat down in front of her and tilt her chin up to look at him, "Do you mind Luce? You made an awesome moment for us, and now you're messin it all up by mentioning another girl."
Lucy just spit her tongue out at him and pulled her chin away, "Just get in here already and warm up the water!"
Pulling off his vest with a simple gesture, Natsu said, "Aye sir."
Lucy laid her head back on her arms and closed her eyes while her lover undressed and splashed into the water. The water became blissfully warm as he came up behind her. His strong arms wrapped around her waist firmly and he wasted no time planting his lips on her neck. Lucy hummed her delight as his hands started tracing the outlines of her body. He was not prejudice in what part of her to touch in particular, Natsu wanted to feel all of her. His teeth started nipping the soft skin under her jaw as one of his hands trailed up and the other trailed down. The northbound hand dragged past her belly, curved out with her breast giving it a slight squeeze as it continued on its way to her collarbone, neck, to finally rested at her cheek. A tool he used to turn her head so that he could kiss the delicious lips that he would never tire of. All the while his southbound hand traveled down her hip and around her thigh, barely grazing over his mate's core which caused her to arch her back with a hiss when he brought her in for the kiss.
Two of his southern fingers dipped into her personal fire as he slightly parted lips with her to say over her groan, "Is it warm enough for you now, Dragon Charmer?"
With eyes closed, Lucy's smile pressed back into his and she nipped his lower lip. Natsu growled and curled around her so that she would not be strained by a deeper kiss. Her lips were trembling from her lover's fingers within her: exiting, entering, circling, rubbing, and fondling. He dominated their lip lock and lifted her onto her lap so he could feel her thigh rubbing against his manhood. A feat that was surprisingly easy with most of them being under the warm water.
Natsu broke from their kiss to gasp and grunt as Lucy did something she'd never done before. She'd taken both her hands and laced them around his length, gripping tightly. She was displeased when Natsu lifted from their kiss so the star maiden brought a hand up into his hair and returned his lips to hers. Doing this brought her remaining submerged hand to stroke all the way up to the tip of his growth only to slip right back down to his base. As her ministrations continued, his slowed. It was becoming hard for him to focus on anything but the leisurely strokes she was granting him. His hand lowered from her cheek to hold her breast firmly, gripping it managed to keep him steady enough to continue to pleasure her as she did him. After a bit, the both of them parted lips in favor of breathing through huffs as they leaned their foreheads together.
Natsu groaned, he couldn't stand it! Indeed, her hand felt amazing but it still had the taste of a tease. "Luce..." he growled.
Lucy hummed in response, her eyes closed contentedly. He endured a little longer, bringing his lips to her neck and ear, causing his mate to do a bit more than hum—but he wanted to hear her scream.
Suddenly, Natsu removed his hand from her region and used it to snatch hers from him. She finally opened her eyes to see the eyes of the creature behind her. His eyes told the story of too many nights since their previous intimacy. The eyes of a formidable wizard wrecked with lust for his one and only life partner. Lucy's eyes widened upon seeing those slitted, golden orbs zeroed in on her. "Natsu..."
With a brief squeeze of her hand, her lover smirked. She yelped as in one fluid movement, Natsu stood her up, spun her around and bent her over the spring's edge. His attitude was feral as he trailed an intensely hot tongue up the full length of her spine to clamp his teeth down on bridge of her neck as his aroused member entered her underneath the water's surface. The fire dragonslayer growled out his pleasure, his dominance, his impatience to take his mate. His want was increasingly sated as he heard the surprised moan followed by a chorus of delighted wails coming from his mate's vocals. He cried out his own delight as each pump into her fire began increasing the flame within him into an inferno. The chill breeze was a poor assault for the lovers lost in lust.
When Lucy started to scream his name, familiar stardust began emitting from her body. A feast for the eyes to prove her love for him and only him. This supernatural light show would go unnoticed for now since both lovers had not a care for anything but each other. Celestial mage barely held herself off the rocks, matching her lover thrust for thrust, while the son of the fire dragon king transfixed on the beauty of his mate's moon tanned back. He growled as her core grew tighter around him and he began to drill into her faster. Her wails turned into unadulterated screams when her climax left her with an inability to call out his name, or anything remotely legible. All she could do was scream out her ecstasy, lifting her chest off the rocks to proclaim her passion to the heavens. Her inner walls rushed onto Natsu with the liquid heat he loved so much. It tainted the water and to his keen nose, made it smell all the sweeter. He was able to ride out her pleasure before he released his own, just as his mate had screamed, Natsu roared his defiance to the heavens. They would not have her. Lucy had gifted him with her body and soul, and nothing on this plane or the next could come between a dragon's claim. With a few more intense thrusts that left Lucy quivering, Natsu moaned and laid his chest onto her back, his head rested on her shoulder as he wrapped his arms snugly right below her breasts.
It took several moments of heavy breathing before he said, "I love you Luce."
She sighed, "I love you too." A soft smile gracing her lips.
Natsu lifted off of her and she turned back to him on shaky legs. He supported her as she sat back into the water fully. Lucy's mind drifted through a sea of stars as she sifted through her capability of logic and reason. Her lover had this effect on her, pushing her past the brink of love and lust and still granting her more. She sighed when she felt his arm behind her head and leaned onto it gratefully.
"Luce, look." She listened to him say.
Opening her eyes at that moment was not preferable but she obeyed without complaint, and the sight before her was worth it. The air in their immediate vicinity swam with stardust. It was not simply drifting through the air as it had the other times. Its movement had a rhythm that made the sky dance.
"Oh wow..." Lucy stared at it.
Natsu chuckled, "Your magic is as beautiful as you are." Lucy bit her lip but made no response, so the fire wizard thought he'd try something. "I wonder what happens... when I do this!"
He turned on his mate and started tickling her, Lucy started batting his fingers away but he continued despite her efforts. She laughed uncontrollably, "Na-Natsu, hehehehe! Wouldja~AGGG, Na! Stoooooop it!"
"Ehehe!" Natsu laughed with her, "I can't hear you!"
Lucy kept laughing, "HA! Rrrragh! Can't breeeeath!"
Her lover ceased, a bright grin on his face. Through teary eyes, Lucy looked to her goofy dragon, but gasped when she saw how some of the stardust was dancing above him, rotating around his head like an over sized halo. She smirked and pointed to it, "You still wanna know what would happen?"
Natsu looked up curiously, "Whoa! How cool! I wonder what it was doing while we were mating!"
"Making love."
"Yea, that too," Natsu smirked, leaning back again.
Lucy snuggled up to his chest and listened to the beating of his heart. Listening to the drum of his life force made her think about creation magic. She started to think out loud, "Celestial magic is a sub branch from creation magic. Creation magic is a source of life."
"Life huh?" Natsu said thoughtfully. "When I was a kid, I'd asked Gramps to cast a spell to hatch Happy's egg. What he'd said I'll never forget." He sighed, recalling the memory, "he said that to do such a thing would dishonor the miracle of life. That life is born from love and love alone, and no magic can transcend it."
They were both quite for a while staring into the floating stardust as its movements calmed with their caster. "So... creation magic is a part of life, but life is born from love."
Natsu held her tighter, "And we just finished mating, an act that could bring life. Hehe, oh, and we love each other"
His blonde lover nudged him, "Shut up, Knucklehead."
"Ya know..." Natsu tapped his chin in mocked thoughtfulness, "Maybe if we practiced more of this, 'making love' you speak of, you might be able to gain better control of this magic that seems to have been brought out cuz you're so crazy about me..."
"Natsu! Are you kidding? You're such an animal!" She pinched his side.
"Hey!" He jumped, "It's just a hyperbole!"
"Hypothesis!"
"Yea that."
The two of them held each other for a while longer before they rose from the hot spring. Her lover draped the kimono back over her shoulders and took her to the fireplace where they sat on the rug and enjoyed one another's company long into the night. The dragon ended the evening by seducing his love once more by the light of the fire, the idea of taking her again was too good to let slip by. Lucy had found the fire's luster reflecting off his skin irresistible, it suited him better than anything he could ever wear. In the end, his mate was far too tired to stay awake any longer. She would barely recall him carrying them to the bedroom where he tenderly laid her under the blankets in the morning. Natsu crawled in with her and held her for the rest of the night. Before he too drifted to sleep, he wished her sweet dreams and whispered, "I love you, Dragon Charmer."
Please shoot me a review, we are nearing the end of this tale with the Rite looming around the corner, and I can't even explain how much I will miss your input once the story ends. T.T
Much love
Stay naughty
Love to live, and live to love.
Seri aka Lick
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