Lucy's Point Of View

Natsu’s soft breaths were the only thing I heard. I undid Natsu's arms that wrapped around my waist and sat up. I looked up at the moon through the window, feeling my magic inside me. I got off the bed and silently went to the bathroom, hoping not to wake anyone up. I closed the door and looked in the mirror. My hair was down and messy. My seal was slowly making itself known. I could feel something going through my veins. As soon it reached my neck the feeling soon started to burn. My body started getting heavy and hot. Not being able to hide it, my eyes change to blue, brown, and gold. Calling forth Virgo, I felt her presence a few seconds later.

“You call princess.”

“Please tell me you have them.” I panted out. My knees were shaking, I could barely hold myself. 

“I'm sorry princess but we don't have any.” I let out a grunt before falling to the ground.

“Call fourth council member or master.”

“But it's late.”

“I don't care, just call them,” I said and handed her my phone. She pressed a few buttons before putting it to her ear. I gasped out in pain as Kalmte answered. I heard her say something.

“Hello, Ms. Kalmte. This is Virgo, Lucy is a little busy right now. I was wondering if you have her extra limiters?” I heard her ask what happened and Virgo explained. 

“I'm sorry, I don't have any but I can get someone to make some for you,” Kalmte said as Virgo put the phone to my ear.

“Yea, just hurry, I don't know how long I can last.” She said ok and that she’ll let me know as soon as they were done. She hung up and Virgo put the phone on the counter. I let out another grunt of pain. I grabbed the edge of my shirt and lift it up. I let out a breath as the heat calmed a bit. I knew I wouldn't be able to go to sleep anytime soon. I was debating whether or not to cut my hair, it made me weak and it might be enough to let me sleep. But there was a risk, I might crash and worry my friends. I summon my dagger and put it to my hair. I stood up and cut through my hair. I let out a breath in relief. My hair had ended at my shoulders which means I might have till morning till it was back. The hair that was cut off was already gone. I put my shirt back on and left the bathroom. I had to stop and lean against the wall as the burning feeling grew again. I fell to the ground as my knees weaken. Every second the burning grew and my body weaken. The seal began to glow. I closed my eyes and sleep took me. 

I don't know how long I slept for but when I woke up I was in the hotel room we first had been. My hair was long once again and I was wearing different clothes. As I sat up I could feel the sweat in the clothes, I cringed at the feeling. Natsu was nowhere in sight, they must be training. The burning feeling was still there but it wasn't as bad as before. I threw my legs over the edge of the bed and my legs felt like lead. Using the furniture in the room I made my way to the bathroom. I looked in the mirror. My hair was more of a mess than before and around my neck was a necklace. When I looked closer at it, I noticed it was a limiter. It was a weaker one but it’ll do for now. I peeled off the wet clothes and turned on the shower. I jumped in and let the water hit me. The burning feeling grew more. I had to turn the water to freezing cold and still didn't help.i had to make this fast. A few minutes later I got out and wrapped a towel around me. I threw on some clothes before calling out Cancer so he can cut my hair to what it used to be. Once he was done I walked out and sat on the bed. The burning feeling calmed down a bit but it was still there. I laid down and closed my eyes again. I ended up finding out that I was asleep for four days. They had found me asleep on the floor curled up in a ball the next morning. They tried to wake me up but I didn't. They thought I crashed so Natsu carried me on his back. We took the train back to our original hotel and they left me in the room while they trained. Kelly was still coming to Earthland even though I was asleep. I heard the door unlock and open. I lifted my head enough to see it was Natsu.

“Your wake! Are you ok?” I heard him say as he walked closer. 

“Yea.” I felt his hand on my thigh. His warmth matched the burning feeling.

“You feel hot.” He rubbed my leg. 

"Yea, where did the limiter come from?”

“When we found you in the morning and you won't wake up, we started to get worried. Virgo appeared and explained to us that Dark Night took your limiters and that your magic was building up inside because of it. She got a weak one and that is what we put on.” He climbed over me, legs trapping mine and his hands next to my head when I didn't say anything. 

“You ok?” 

“Yea, just have a burning feeling.” His hand held my cheek making me open my eyes and look into his.

“I was so worried that something happened when I woke up and you weren’t in bed. I thought you left or Dark Night took you. Lucy promised me that you won't leave again. It hurt that you left, I had thought I had done something wrong.”

“Natsu, I promise that I won't leave,” I said to him. He scanned my face for any lies before slamming his lips against mine. I let out a gasp before I started kissing him back. I felt his hand go up to my side, his hand under my shirt, and stopped just under my breast. His other hand went to my hair, he grasped some of it and pulled me closer. My arms went around his neck. My back arched against his. I pulled away to take a breath when he started a trail of kisses along my jawline. I could no longer focus on the burning feeling. I heard my phone start going off making Natsu growl and bite my earlobe. 

“Natsu.” I gasp out. I pushed against his chest but he didn’t move he growled again. I started laughing before pushing him again. He fell to the side and sat on the bed as I sat up and reached to grab my phone off the nightstand. It was Kalmte. He growled again and I told him to sh. 

“Hello,” I answered.

“Lucy, are you ok?”

“Yes, I'm ok.” I felt Natsu move behind and wrapped his arms around my waist. I looked at him in confusion.

“Good, just making sure. We have two done so far but we still need the other one. Will you be fine till they are done?” Natsu’s head went into my neck. He started nibbling, sucking, kissing on my pulse point while one hand went to my thigh and the other one slowly started going up.

“Yea, Vir-Virgo got me a weak one for the time being.” I had to bite my bottom lip so I didn't moan or groan. His hand grabbed my breast and started to squeeze.

“Are you sure that you are ok?” Kalmte asked in concern.

“Yeah, I gotta go. Kelly wants me to train.” I quickly said as soon as I felt the hand on my thigh go higher. I hung up and put my phone to the side. He growled as my head fell to his shoulder. I started panting as his hand started to mess with the edge of my shorts. I knew I had a hickey on my neck from him. A knock on the door broke me from the trance. 

“Natsu, open the door, and I forgot my key.” I heard Happy say from the other side. I pulled Natsu’s hands from me and stood up. He was about to grab me again but I smacked his hand. I mouth later and he nodded. I walked over to the door. I had my hand on the doorknob when I heard Natsu go into the bathroom. I opened the door for Happy.

“Lucy, you're awake. You have me worried.” He said as he flew and hugged me. I rubbed his head as I shut the door and walked to the bed. I sat down and he pulled away.

“Have Erza and the rest of them been training with Kelly?” I asked.

“Yea, even Gajeel and Levy have.”

“Really, I might go and see it.”

“Yea, Kelly beat Gajeel butt. She told him that he was up next and he said that he didn’t need it. So they made a deal, if he won then he doesn't need to train but if Kelly won then Gajeel has to train every day without a break.”

“Kelly won didn't she?”

“Yea, they broke down two trees.” Happy explained the rest of the fight to me. I could feel the burning coming back but I hid it so I won't worry Happy. I let a laugh when he said that Gajeel had to spit out some dirt after the fight. I heard the door open and in came Levy.

“Hey, Happy, we are heading to-. Lucy, you're awake.” Levy ran up to me and hugged me. With the focus, her little body had knocked me on the bed.

“We were so worried when you didn't wake up.” She said as she stood up. 

“I didn't mean to worry you, sorry.”

“I'm just glad that you are ok.”

“Is there anything that you needed?” I asked.

“Oh yea, Kelly had said something about planning so she gave us the rest of the day to relax before tomorrow. We were planning to walk around town, shop, and whatever else. I was wondering if Natsu and Happy wanted to come along and now that you're awake, do you want to come?”

“Sure, just let me get changed.”

“Why, you look fine?” I was in shorts that ended mid-thigh while the shirt ended just above my belly button.

“Just want to get into something comfortable.” 

“Alright, meet you downstairs. Don't take too long.” Levy said as she closed the door, she gave me a wink at the end which I knew what she meant. I mumbled some words under my breath as I looked through my bag. I heard the bathroom door open and Natsu came out.

“Have you finally calmed down?” I smirked.

“Shut up.” He grumbled. I laughed as I grabbed the clothes I was looking for. I went into the bathroom and quickly got dress. I knew that if I changed in front of Natsu, we wouldn't be leaving the room. It was in a regular shirt and shorts that ended above my knees. It wasn't much different from before but I would be more comfortable with this. 

“Ready to go?” I asked Natsu once I got my shoes on.

“Yup, let's go.” We headed downstairs and everyone was waiting. 

“Lucy, you're awake?” Wendy said.

“Yea, I'm fine if you were going to ask.” 

“Alright let's go,” Erza said and we all left. We head to the shops. As some of the shops appeared we all broke off into our own groups, Erza, Wendy, Carla, and Happy, Gray, Juvia, and Storm, Gajeel and Levy, then me and Natsu. The first shop was a thrift shop, it didn't have anything interesting. The next shop was a magic shop. As Natsu walked around I went to the front counter.

“Is there anything I can help you with Miss?”

“I was wondering, do you have celestial keys?” He looked at me in shock. 

“I haven't heard that magic in a long time. I do have one, when I ask celestial magas in the past they said that they never have seen or heard of the key that I have. So it is a rare one and it might cost more.” He explained as he moved stuff around to grabbed a medium size box. It was somewhat flat and the designs on the box were all too familiar. The color on it was faded but overall it was in good condition. If the box has been in this shop for a while then the family line it was in died. He opened it and in the center was a gold/blue key. A blue gem laid in the middle with what looked like vines wrapping around it. Going down the key was cracks, the key was not damaged, it was just its design. 

“May I?” He nodded and I picked it up. It was cold, I could feel my body cooling down. I knew which key this one was. It will go with the rest of them.

"How much?” I asked right away.

“95,000J” I gave him the card that was linked to the money that I got from the council. He swiped it as I placed the key in my pocket. I couldn't risk them seeing it. He gave it back with a receipt. I said thank you and went over to Natsu. 

“Did you find anything?” I asked.

“No, this is boring.” 

“Want to go get some food then?”

“Yes.” He exclaimed. I let out a laugh as he grabbed my hand and pulled me out the door. The shopkeeper said have a good day and I said you too. He pulled me, following his nose, till we reached a nice restaurant. We walked in and waited to be severed. I guess through the window Erza, Wendy, Carla, and Happy saw us because they came in. We ended up dining in together and had split the check. As we walked out a creature suddenly climbed up my body and nuzzled my cheek. I already knew who this was.

“Hello, nice to see you too,” I said as I scratched under the creature's chin.

“Lucy, do you know who that is?”

“Yup, this is Mico.”

“Lucy.” I heard a familiar voice shout. A small body ran up to me and partially jumped on me. I lost my balance and fell to the floor. 

“Lia, get off of her.” I heard Nick say. The small weight was lifted off of me. As I sat up I could see Nick holding Lia up by her shirt.

“Let me go.” Nick let her go. Natsu helped me up and I dust off any dirt.

“What are you guys doing here?” I asked.

“We have a job and we were asked to give this to you.” Lia handed me a small baggie. I could see my new set of limiters were in here.

“Thanks, I need these. Oh, guys, this is Lia and Nick.” I will introduce my friends. Erza was about to introduce herself when Lia interrupted her.

“I already know who you guys are. Lucy talked about you.”

“Anyways, it was nice seeing you again Lucy but it is time for us to leave before we miss our train,” Nick said.

“Bye Lucy, don't forget you still owe us a job.” She yelled as they started to walk away.

“I know.”

“She seems very lively.”

“Yea, she hasn't let anything get to her.”

“What do you mean?”

“Lia, she had dealt with Dark Night in the past. She was a child in her village with her family, she had a younger brother. Dark Night came and attacked. Her father protected them while her, her mother, and brother escaped. Some of the guards chased them into the forest, the mother was killed while they captured Lia and her brother escaped. They started taking her back to the base but she was able to escape, she found her brother but he was dead. From what she told an old guild found her and took care of her. That guild disbanded and she ended up joining the council.”

“Oh wow."

“As for Nick, his village was attacked and he and his mother escaped. She was captured and killed. He was able to escape and a couple found him. They decided to raise him. Dark Night found out and attacked. Nick’s step-parents were killed and he escaped again. Kalmte found him dirty in an alley. She told him back to her home and helped him. At that time Lia was staying with Kalmte and that's how they met.”

“Wow,” They had become victims to Dark Night just like a lot of people. The people I’ve saved in the past were forced into hiding in hopes of not getting caught again. If they do then they would be killed. I need to call Master and fourth council member. We need to move ahead of schedule. 

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7/22/20

They had a heated moment but they got interrupted.

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