Yup! This one came early cuz it practically wrote itself! If you do not intend to deal with any more Seri-isms like: I like to lick you or, lemme lick u long time, then have fun: enjoy life, and dance like no one's watching. Don't fear the freak within! Go out and play.
Anywho, stay tuned for the conclusion of: Who Would You Dance With?
Rated M.
M is for MATURE people.
If I can pretend to be, then you can too.
DISCLAIMER: I OWN NOTHING! *sob* However sometimes I wonder if Mashima-sama used to follow me around and take character ideas from my friends and I.
At least let a girl dream!
Chapter 32
Into the Witch's Den
OR alternate title:
Wicked Witch of the West!
In an ear-splitting cacophony of crows' cries, the creatures came flooding into the basement. For a moment, the dragons felt strangled by the amount of feathered bodies in the enclosed area. Not as soon as they would have liked, the birds all congregated into a small space behind the table. They formed into a woman who looked just as old as the two men, Natsu couldn't tell if she was wearing a Halloween costume, or if she dressed like a gothic witch adorned with black feathers everyday. He didn't care about that though. What he cared about, was the unconscious wizard she'd carelessly dumped on the ground at her feet. Bickslow.
"Well, well." The woman held her hat in place with one hand as she stroked though her raven black hair with the other, "looks like my boys finally did something right!" Her blood red lips curled into a smile as she eyed the dragons in front of her, "two orphans for the price of one. And such handsome boys too! Mmhmm, won't my Lord be pleased!"
"M-m-m-m-m-mother! That ruffian demolished our beautiful hotel! AND just look at what he did to us! Brother's down and out and I—"
"Oh just hush, Randall," the witch told him in an exasperated tone, "you display too much weakness. Just..." she dusted her fingers at him, "play dead or something."
Natsu scratched his head, utterly confused. "Mother? Dude! You totally look older than her! Wait—you still live with your mom? Hey Gajeel, are you listening to this?" His eyes were tearing up and he laughed so hard he nearly fell off the table he stood on.
"Kid definitely ruined his mommy's dramatic entrance, that's for sure." the iron dragonslayer agreed, folding his arms.
The woman turned back to Natsu and frowned, "Would you mind getting off my table little orphan? Did no one ever teach you manners?"
"Oh! Well, sorry about that," he stepped off the table, then as a mental 'ping' hit him, he jumped back on the table to yell at her. "HEY! I'm not the one being rude here! You ruined our Rite, and looks like you took our friend too! You're lookin for a beating, lady!"
She lowered her eyes to fondly look at Bickslow on the floor, "Oh yes. I have been looking for this one for quite some time. This lovely man here is just what I've been needing! A soul such as his was certainly the hardest to find."
"Oh yea?" Gajeel tsked, "what makes him so special?"
Black lacquered fingertips traced the brim of her hat and she sensually started walking to the same side of the table as him, "My smart little orphan asks all the right questions! Good for you." Her lips curled into a seductive smile as she stepped in front of Gajeel and traced a finger down his jawline—effectively turning her back to Natsu, "to find a dark magic wizard who walks in the light has proved to be a daunting task indeed. But now that we are all here... we can begin. Thank you for coming into my lair so willingly, little orphan."
Gajeel jerked his head back. Her touch gave him chills—and not in a good way!
"HEY! Don't just turn your back on me!" Natsu yelled at her back. He suddenly grinned widely and snatched the hat right off her head, "woah, this thing is heavier than I thought it'd be!"
"You horrible miscreant!" That made her turn back around at him, "release my hat this instant!"
"Nah..." Natsu gave it a good look over, "I think I'll just keep it."
The woman lost all her elegant stature when he plucked one of the feathers from her hat, "AHHHHH! Why you nasty little...!" She leaped up and snatched it right out of his hands.
"Hey! You're pretty quick for a Grandma!" Natsu grinned.
She huffed indignantly and opened her mouth to say something else, but suddenly a bolt of lightning came crashing bits of roof all the way down to the basement. When she shielded her head, many of crows appeared to leak from her clothing to seal her within a protective dome.
"Damn, he's pretty late to the party..." Gajeel muttered.
"Ah what? Now we're trashin the place on purpose?" Natsu pouted.
The iron dragon quickly laid an iron punch right into the crows, but only heard a female cackle from inside, "Silly orphan! Your power cannot touch me! Your soul belongs to me!"
"This broad is nuts! My soul ain't nobody's but mine!"
The dome started to grow, and grow. Natsu and Gajeel momentarily panicked before jumping through the hole in the ceiling and out the door. What they saw outside gave them pause, for half the guild was outside with Laxus.
"OH MAN!" Natsu yelled out as the ground rumbled, "we really messed up!"
"What are you talkin about now!" Gajeel yelled over the sound of the hotel crashing down.
"Bickslow is still down there!" Natsu was zipping around the falling building, trying to find another way back down.
"Don't you worry about him!" Came a low and sinister voice from a pulsing, growing dome, "he is being integrated into my master's prison so that we may use my collection of souls to release him! And it will be GLORIOUS!"
"Not if he looks like a pile of feathers like you!" Laxus grimaced. "Gajeel! Natsu! Roar attack with me!"
"Don't you start bossin me around!" Gajeel yelled, and the same time Natsu yelled, "Hillbilly flambe comin up!"
"Lightning dragon..."
"Iron dragon..."
"Fire dragon..."
"ROAR!" The three of them attacked all at once.
A muffled scream could be heard as black feathers flew everywhere, revealing a giant succubus within. She stretched out her impressive wingspan, and pointed her palm right at Laxus and the others, "You will regret burying my master underneath a pile of rubble!"
Her palm started to glow the same green the Rite lacrima had first turned and a magic circle began forming underneath Laxus' feet.
Natsu decided to go in for the direct approach and jumped onto her upraised wrist, she was so big that his body was hunched over it as he raised his temperature to be scalding. Just for good measure, he bit her too, as hard as he could.
For the second time since their meeting, Natsu turned her indignant as she: "EEEEEK! GET IT OFF! GET IT OFF!" She shook her wrist desperately but his hold stayed firm. Gajeel then took it upon himself to slam a body made of iron right into her cheek, and it was clear the monstrous woman was seeing stars. At the smell of more lightning, Natsu jumped off right when Laxus zapped her with another torrent of his power. The giant succubus tumbled down with a ground shattering thump, but her eyes were still hard as ever.
"It is too late for you... even now, he who commands the dark but walks in the light beckons the souls to gather. He will be free, and I will forever be his servant..."
The remains of the hotel behind started to shake, and the debris started floating. From out of the wreckage floated Bickslow holding the pulsing chest as the four purple flamed candles rotated around him.
"Bickslow!" Lisanna cried, "snap out of it!"
The four apparitions who had hold of the girls moments ago started swirling around Bickslow as well, and the witch (who had shrunk back down to size) laughed weakly, "You see! It is beginning! Nothing can stop it now!"
*cue in that delightful FairyTail Irish diddy*
"You're wrong." Natsu gripped his fist, "you still need an orphan. What you don't get is when you're a member of FairyTail... you're never an orphan again.
"Ge heh," Gajeel smirked. "Yea. I got more family than I know what to do with."
"You should check us out around Christmas time. Gets pretty crazy with a family like ours!" Laxus chuckled. "It's not Christmas til somebody cries!"
The many guild members behind them shouted out an, "Aye!"
Guildarts called out, "Natsu! That purple flame looks like it could be tasty!"
"Hey yea!" Natsu inhaled deeply and sucked out all four of the candles, causing the remaining wax to fall to the ground.
"Those are flames of binding!" Guildarts explained, "so how about you seal that box up real tight!"
"One order of toasty box and a side of Bickslow, comin up!"
Lisanna winced when Natsu breathed the purple fire all over the chest her boyfriend held. As the fire surrounded the chest, the soul wizard was finally able to let go of the chest and quickly plummeted to the ground. There was a reason the Thunder Legion followed Laxus though, and a big part of that was that they knew he would never let them fall far. The lightning dragon caught him on his shoulder, and Bickslow was able to weakly say, "Thanks... man.. ugh."
"NOOOOOO!" The raven haired woman cried out as she saw a perfectly normal, locked chest fall to the ground before her. "Master! No... this cannot be happening! 30 years! 30 years...!" Her age started to gain on her, skin wrinkling and hair graying. Her clothes now fit her loosely and her precious hat fell off her head. Guildarts walked over to her and looked at each dragonslayer in turn. "I'll see that she goes to have a long chat with the Magic Council."
"Now hold your horses there son!" The ghost that had held Erza manifested before him. "Don't you forget those two boys of hers down under there. They helped lure some of us into this mess, they oughta be punished too!"
"That's right," Gajeel nodded, "two more guys are under there."
"Old man?" Natsu lifted a brow, "Your outta Erza? What about the others?"
The ghost cackled, "A deal's a deal, son! They told me to tell ya bye, and I'm here to tell ya thankya. I'll be off now, I betcha my wife up there's got a few choice things to say when I finally meet up with her again."
"Your... wife?" Natsu stared at the ghost.
Laxus, Gajeel, and Natsu glanced at each other, and with no words spoken—it was a race to get back to the guild and the girls. They ran halfway to the guild before Natsu slowed, "Wait a minute!" Gajeel and Laxus turned to look back at him. "They're not there. No one is, just smell it!"
"What the hell? They're at the square?" Gajeel grunted.
"Along with the other half of the guild, I'm sure." Laxus laughed.
Thus the dragons altered their course, and was intercepted by many of the returning guild members forcing them to stop so they could congratulate them on a good hunt. Natsu, as impatient as ever flamed up and warned them with a simple, "Get outta my way!" And ran the rest of the way to the square as FairyTail parted to make room for him. All four of the girls (and Jellal, who was already holding Erza tightly) were sitting on the edge of the flower filled fountain as he ran up, tailed by two other dragons. Lucy caught sight of him and smiled weakly, standing to meet him.
His fire died down as he embraced her tightly. She was her again, he could smell her clearly. Natsu pulled her away slightly, holding her shoulders tight, as though she might slip through his fingers if he were to loosen his grip. "Luce?"
The blonde smiled back at him, "Hey Knucklehead."
Natsu's eyes searched hers frantically, "Marry me."
Her eyes widened, "What?"
"Marry me! Now, today, tomorrow, but marry me, Lucy."
Lucy searched his eyes and could not find even a hint of doubt. Only complete resolve: be mine, and let everyone know that I am yours.
Macao cupped his hands and yelled out, "Whaddya think you're doing, Natsu! You get on your knee to propose!"
"LIKE A MAN!" Cried out Elfman.
Natsu's eyes widened and stumbled down to his knee, "Lucy, uh... Heartfilia. Marry me!"
Lucy's eyes filled with tears that would not fall as she lowered herself on both her knees, "Oh Natsu, only if you'll marry me too!" She felt so happy she thought she might explode, how could this be anymore perfect?
Her fire dragon grinned mischievously, "I would be happy to... so long as you say please!"
With narrowed eyes, Lucy responded, "Don't make me kick you..."
"Oh I'm sure I will," Natsu smiled, cupped both her cheeks and pulled her to him in a close embrace, and deep, loving kiss for all of FairyTail to witness.
"Is that a yes?" Perked a wide eyed Erza.
Mirajane wiped a few tears from her eyes, "I'm sure it is!"
All FairyTail members present screamed out an 'Aye' before waking the entire town in a chorus of whoops and huzzahs.
^.^
Natsu woke up midday. He vaguely recalled falling asleep with arms securely around his mate at the guild early Halloween morning. Now he was alone, in a forest that only barely smelled familiar. He groaned and rubbed his forehead—or tried to. He stopped when an envelope that was tied to his wrist bopped him on the nose. "What the hell?"
He sat up tiredly and eyed the paper. It was definitely Lucy's. Her notes always smelled just like her. Upon further investigation, he saw that his name was scrawled on the front. Her typical handwriting seemed rushed.
At the sound of several songbirds, he jerked his head up, and he could swear that the tree they perked on hummed a hello to him. I'm—back in that enchanted forest? For real? Feeling dumbfounded, Natsu waved back to the tree before turning his head back down to glare at his mate's letter. "What the hell did you do, Luce?" He struggled with the paper, too impatient to figure out what she was up to, "always a pain in my ass..." Victory was his when the envelope finally yielded to his fingers. To his dismay, the paper was very thin, so he took great care to handle it more gently.
Dearest Natsu,
I'm sorry...
but I roofied your drink.
It was the only way I could get you off of me so I could give you your wedding gift! You asked to marry me today right? It's all up to you. The whole gang is here, waiting for the groom to arrive. What's it gonna be Natsu? Today or tomorrow? My dress is so amazing, I've gotta marry someone! So get off your ass and come to our wedding!
Happy hunting
Your prize:
Lucky Lucy Dragneel
ps. I love you
THE END
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If you're not absolutely sick of my ramblings however, I already have some chappys up on my second fic that is still hunting for a community: Zombie Earthland: A Love Story? BUT if you are sick of me, I can't really blame ya: I'm pretty exhausting! ^.^;;
On with the licking! Only two! T.T
Fanficlove2014: I think I watched a bit of Soul Eater a while back, then shit went down and I lost internet for quite a while and I forgot all about it. The images I just googled look familiar. Until next time my Luv!
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