Adult-FanFiction.org : Anime

Fight Me, Bite Me	By : Rhov Category: +. to F > Fairy Tail Views: 39446 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 3
Disclaimer: Fairy Tail is the property of Hiro Mashima. I make no money, I just do this for my own pleasure.

Chapter List
- 34
- 35
- 36
A/N: Thanks to the fans on "Rhov Anion's Minions" who helped me with typing while I recovered.

Chapter 35

Rivers and Rivals

Gray and Natsu left the house and walked along a footpath through the forest. Gray led the way with Natsu reluctantly stomping behind. Gray kept glancing back to make sure the Dragon Slayer was actually following. Although his gaze was down at his feet, Natsu still continued onward. They went through a dark part of the forest, down a dell, and finally reached a meandering creek weaving its way through the small valley, surrounded on both sides by trees and cattails.
Gray immediately began to take off his shirt, but he saw Natsu staying back.
"Leave your clothes over there on a rock," Gray suggested, hoping to ease Natsu into undressing. "Make sure they're high enough. We don't want them to wash away."
Encouraged and realizing he needed to put his trust in Gray, Natsu began to unbutton his shirt. He shrugged it off and put it on the rock Gray pointed out, a large boulder close enough to the river so they could grab their clothes when they needed to, but high up enough to stay dry. He then removed his pants, and finally his scarf, setting them aside meticulously.
He gazed over at Gray, who of course had already stripped completely naked and was wading out into the river. Natsu could hardly help but stare at the pale globes of his buttocks shining in the sunlight, with waves of reflected light glimmering up from the river and dancing across his flesh. As tempting as the sight was, the sound of the water made him hesitate. Gray gazed back and saw Natsu still standing on the riverbank, glaring at the water suspiciously.
"Are you okay?" he called out.
"Yeah." Natsu still hesitated, but he dipped a toe into the water. He needed to ease himself into this. "I haven't washed in this river in ages," he told Gray, trying to delay the eventual plunge. "Before I got plumbing put in, this was where I would take all of my baths."
"Really? Out here?"
Natsu nodded, splashing a foot in the water.
Gray stared at him, stunned. "Out in public?"
Natsu pouted. "Don't put it that way. I'm in a forest. It's nature!"
"It's kind of … fun being out in the open," Gray hesitantly admitted, glancing around at the privacy the trees and cattails provided.
Natsu chuckled and began to loosen up. "You horny bastard," he teased.
"Sorry," Gray laughed, but he was glad Natsu was smiling finally. "No one is around, right?"
Natsu took a deep sniff. He could smell many things in the forest: water, trees, plants, animals, various scents. However, he did not smell other people besides them. "No. No one."
"Okay."
Gray collapsed backward and began to swim out into the water until he was up to his neck. He was hoping to encourage Natsu to come out more. He knew he could not push him, though. Still, by showing that it was safe, he was hoping to help Natsu overcome his new fear of the water.
Natsu finally stepped out, just up to his ankles. "It's cold!"
"You wimp!" Gray shouted back.
"No, it's really cold."
Gray swam back over and climbed up the riverbank. He grabbed Natsu by the hands and pulled him forward. He smiled encouragingly, tugging him further and further out. Natsu began to shiver, so Gray wrapped his arms around him.
"Is it warmer like this?"
Petulantly, Natsu grumbled, "Your hands are cold."
"Maybe I should cool off your body," Gray said with a lecherous smile. Gray rubbed his hands up and down Natsu's arm. Being like this, naked and in the water, reminded him of that time, being underwater. Although they had quite a horrible shock afterward, that day had been an absolute fantasy for Gray, not only having Natsu completely submerged in water, but taking him right there, in the middle of the guild. He thought about those claw marks he had noticed on the bar counter, scraped down into the wood where Natsu had driven in his fingernails, spurred on with ecstasy.
Gray really wanted to ravage Natsu, but he knew this was a horrible time. Natsu was scared, and rightly so. Gray seriously doubted Natsu would be in the mood for any sort of play. He decided to stick to the actual purpose of coming to this river.
He asked, "Do you want me to wash you?"
Natsu looked up, slightly shocked. He really thought Gray would suggest something erotic. Personally, he was glad that his boyfriend was not trying to take advantage of the situation. "Yeah. Did you bring a washcloth?"
"Yes, and some soap. Hold on."
Gray went back to the riverbank where he had left some supplies. It was not much: a washcloth with which to clean themselves and a bar of soap. He soaped up the washcloth and returned to Natsu in the river. Natsu turned around, presenting his back. Gray began to scrub the washcloth across the warm skin. He caressed the cloth up Natsu's back, around his shoulders, and back down again, rubbing in lazy circles.
He scrubbed up the neck, all the way to Natsu's hairline. Natsu shivered at the feel on the back of his neck. As Gray went back down, Natsu held his arm out. Gray rubbed the washcloth along the length of that arm, feeling the contours of his muscles, stroking along the elbow, down the forearm, soaping up his hands, only to return back up, rubbing the washcloth, spreading the soap around.
"I'm not sure when was the last time I ever bathed in a river," Gray admitted as he scrubbed the second arm. "It's weird." The water swooshing past his body was definitely a strange sensation.
Natsu turned around, and Gray began to rub the soapy washcloth across his chest. He had to admire Natsu's body. He had sculpted his muscles so well over the years. The washcloth ran over the pectorals, and Gray's free hand followed it, spreading the soap around with his bare fingers, caressing that hot body. Slowly, he worked down to Natsu's abdomen, over the taut muscles. He washed all the way down to his legs, but he did not go near the groin.
"Does that feel good?" he asked hesitantly.
"Yes," Natsu answered, still standing stiffly as he felt the river flowing past him and all that water touching his skin.
"You are really dirty," Gray muttered as he dipped handfuls of water to rinse the soap away. Suds floated away in the river along with grim.
"Sorry," Natsu said bashfully.
Once he was rinsed, Gray glanced up sadly at Natsu's face. "Were you scared?"
Natsu looked away. He did not want to admit it, but he knew that Gray had already seen just how much Juvia's actions had traumatized him. "Yeah," he admitted.
"I'm sor—"
Natsu cut him off quickly. "Stop saying I'm sorry. It just shocked me when she did that." He dropped his voice. Although they were alone, he still felt weird talking about this out in the open. "I wasn't sure about it, about … c-coming in water. I thought it would be okay, but then I realized … I don't know where it goes. It wasn't going down a drain or anything. It just … floated off, and I'm not sure where. And it's not like a sewer. A sewer makes it dirty, makes it unusable. That time, it was just … water. Clean water. Not dirty. And … and I don't know what happened to it. It could be anywhere."
Gray stopped washing and hugged Natsu closely, pulling the wet body against his chest. Natsu's muscles still felt tense from the fear plaguing his heart. Gray wanted to somehow make him laugh again. He wanted to see Natsu smile. His smile was so infectious, always so brilliant.
"Well," the ice wizard said blithely, "if we ever have underwater sex again, maybe I should suck you off. Then you know precisely where it goes: down to my stomach!"
Natsu laughed, although a bit awkwardly and with a blush.
It was nice to see him laughing, but Gray's countenance suddenly became serious. "I'm not joking."
Natsu's laughter cut off quickly with a jolt as he realized what Gray was saying. Gray's hand rubbed up Natsu's arms enticingly.
"Do you want to try it here?"
Natsu's eyes opened wide. "We're out in the open," he exclaimed, shocked Gray would even suggest something like that, considering his issues with public displays of affection.
"You can smell if someone's coming," he pointed out with a devious smile. "Maybe this will help you with your new fear of water." He tossed the bar of soap and washcloth back to the riverbank, where it landed quite a ways past the cattails. Then he extended a hand out to Natsu. "Come out into the river until your waist is covered."
Natsu looked reluctant, but he took Gray's hand and went out further and further. "It's cold!" he complained.
"I'll warm you up."
Gray reached around Natsu's hips and yanked him in. Natsu could feel already just how aroused Gray was. That long, hard length rubbed against his hip, sliding upward slowly. Gray's eyes fluttered down as he felt that heat. He let himself stroke up against Natsu's skin. Natsu began to blush, and he felt Gray's movements affecting him as well. As Gray held him, the heat radiated off of Natsu slowly increased.
"Mmm—mmmm."
"There, is that better?"
"Mm, Gray…" Natsu whispered.
Gray kissed him and held him tightly. Part of Natsu was still scared, feeling the water, remembering those touches that were probably not Gray's. For how much he had loved making love to Gray underwater, how much more gentle the ice wizard had been that day, holding Natsu closely the entire time, all of that seemed to darken as he realized that they had not been alone. All of that wonderful, sensual love shared between them had been shattered by Juvia's perverted crime.
However, now, being in Gray's arms, he remembered the good parts. He remembered grabbing the lard to lube up. He remembered feeling Gray kissing his neck as he took Natsu from behind. He remembered the wonderful sensation of floating, almost like they were flying, barely tethered down by the ice bubble around their heads. Natsu began to remember every sweet, sensual touch.
As Gray's hands drifted down into the water, he cupped Natsu's butt cheeks and pulled him in tighter, pressing their arousals together. Natsu moaned softly, and Gray could hardly help but shudder at the hot feel of that body. Gray's lips pulled back, swollen, with a string of saliva connected to Natsu's lips.
"How is that?" he asked with a husky gruffness in his voice.
Natsu felt completely overwhelmed. "Yeah," he said in a daze, barely understanding words right then, when all he wanted were touches.
Gray smirked. "You were really sexy under the water. You tied yourself up, you kinky bastard."
"Sh-Shut up," Natsu snapped. "I told you to restrain me."
"I'm sorry. I will from now on," Gray promised, caressing Natsu's cheek to keep him happy. "I just thought—" Gray's words suddenly cut off, and his face flinched. "N-Never mind," he mumbled.
Natsu looked up in surprise. "Thought what?"
Gray hesitated about telling him, but he knew this was something they needed to talk about. He hoped Natsu was in the right frame of mind to finally discuss it. "I felt hands on me," he said softly. "I thought they were yours. Although you were saying to restrain you, I thought you were touching me. I wanted those touches, and … and I thought … if you really wanted to be restrained, you'd stop touching. But … you didn't stop. The touches kept going. They were … touching me … as I came."
Natsu's eyes flared, and Gray felt the Dragon Slayer's flesh turn scalding as low flames flickered over his skin. "That was her, wasn't it!" he shouted furiously.
Gray gave a reluctant shrug. "I guess so."
Natsu growled lowly. "I don't like the idea that she touched you."
"Trust me, I don't like it either. I only want you. Your hands." Gray caressed up Natsu's hips, up his waist, and around his back. Natsu's rage flickered away as he moaned softly. "Only your body."
"Mmm!"
"I only want you, Natsu. Only you."
Natsu had a childish pout. "Not Juvia?" he mumbled.
"Absolutely not!" Then his voice softened as he ran his fingers through the pink hair and pulled Natsu's head forward. "Just you."
Gray kissed him. Although his fingers yanked in Natsu's hair, his lips were gentle, such a blend of the sadist he was and the romantic he was trying to become. It made Natsu feel like melting. Just as he thought they could simply be romantic, Gray's other hand slipped under the water and rubbed the hot arousal. He began to give Natsu slow strokes. He knew he needed to ease Natsu into this after experiencing such a fright being in water, so although he would have loved to rush, Gray kept his hand moving at a slow, easy pace. He felt everything about that cock: the thick veins, the flared head, the wrinkles of his foreskin … everything.
Natsu shuddered in pleasure. Gray was rarely this gentle, and Natsu loved how it felt, the way his hand slipped over him, such cold fingers that enticed, yet the chill prevented him from getting too hard too fast.
"Is that good?" Gray asked softly.
"Mm-hmm." Natsu felt like he could barely speak, so he shuddered, "Gray."
"Is it too much?" he asked, looking serious.
Natsu did not want to be serious anymore. He wanted to indulge in the sensation. "Nnnngh!" he moaned softly, resting his head against Gray's chest. "More."
Gray was glad to see Natsu this excited. That was encouraging. "Stay there. I'm going to kneel." Gray dropped to one knee, letting water cover him up to the neck.
Natsu realized what he was about to do. "My hands—" he cried out, worried once again.
"Put them on my shoulders. I'll freeze them directly to me."
"Okay." Natsu leaned over and placed his hands on Gray's shoulders. "I have to bend over. It's a little weird."
"It's fine if you rest your weight on top of me."
Natsu decided to trust him on that, so he pushed down on Gray's shoulders to hold himself up. Although it pushed Gray down a little more, he realized he was about to go down much further.
Gray clapped his hands softly, and a magic circle formed. Ice froze across his skin, trapping Natsu's hands, crackling up his wrists, until he was trapped against the ice wizard.
"Is that all right?"
"Yes. Oh!" Natsu began to feel the pain of the ice. "It's cold."
"Will that be enough?"
Natsu realized what he was asking. This strange form of bondage needed to be strong enough so Natsu felt secure. He flexed his fingers. He could dig his fingertips into Gray, but as he tried to pull, his hands were solidly down.
"Yes. I can't move. I can't hurt you."
Gray nodded, and he dipped down. He took a breath, and then he dived into the water. Natsu was yanked with him and put more pressure on Gray's shoulders to hold himself up. A second later, the cold moistness of the river was replaced by heat, a soft tongue, and lips wrapping around him."
"Oooh!" he moaned. "Oh, Gray." Natsu leaned over, resting on Gray as he felt the ice wizard thrusting down on him, pulling back up, sucking hard on him.
Suddenly, Gray pulled up so sharply, it almost knocked Natsu off his feet. He coughed, and his hand went up to wipe his nose.
"Ack! Puh!" He snorted water out of his nostrils.
"Are you okay?" Natsu asked worriedly.
"Yes, I got water up my nose." He rubbed his face a bit more. "How about we move a few steps this way? That way, you're still underwater, but I can suck on you and still breathe."
Gray shifted backward, still on his knees, and Natsu followed him, walking across the gravelly, mossy bottom of the river. They moved just far enough so that Natsu was still covered up to the hips with water, but Gray would be able to get him without dunking his head. Just the flushed tip of Natsu's penis poked out of the water, like a happy little water mushroom.
"Are you ready?" asked Gray.
Natsu looked down, feeling uncertain. "You don't have to do this."
Gray had a devilish smile as he gazed up. "I want to!"
With that, Gray dived down and took Natsu into his mouth, sucking on him, devouring him. Natsu's fingers tightened up, clawing into Gray's shoulders, squeezing into the flesh, digging into muscles, curling inward, not breaking flesh, but leaving deep scratch marks. It felt so good, yet at the same time, all the water around him felt reminiscent. He knew though, this time they were safe, they were alone, no one was watching them in secret, and there would be no unwanted touches. It was just them, just him and Gray making love in the river.
Gray's head occasionally dipped under the water, especially when he wanted to go deeper and take Natsu all the way to the root. When he did that, his face hit the water, splashing up, but his nose mostly stayed above. At one point, Gray took a deep breath and pressed down, going as deep as he could until Natsu slid back down into his throat. The Dragon Slayer let out a cry at that.
"Ahhhhhn!"
Natsu's fingers dug deeper into the cold skin as he felt the narrowness of Gray's throat. His toes curled into the river's mossy bottom, sinking slightly into the pebbles. He panted loudly, and his moans mixed with the sounds of nature.
He thought back to when they made love in the forest. It was very much like this, out in the open, being just two more animals in heat, rutting, mating, making love in the middle of nature.
Now they were in the water, like that other day. Both memories, forest and underwater, were so sweet, tainted only slightly by darkness. In the forest, Gray had been sick, and they had to be careful about how they touched one another. Underwater, there were those ghostly touches that Natsu only later realized belonged to someone other than Gray.
This time, what they did was purely sweet, gentle, and sensual. He glanced down at Gray, his body completely submerged, but his head was above. Natsu wanted so much to run his fingers through Gray's wet hair, press his head in, really yank him down onto his cock, but that meant releasing his hands.
A flashback returned to him from long ago, something to do with water, something he did not want to remember. Natsu knew right then, he was not mentally ready yet to do this without the restraints.
Still, Gray's ministrations were pushing Natsu closer and closer to the brink.
"Gray," he panted out. "I'm ready to come."
Gray pulled back, moistness on his lips and pre-cum smeared down his chin. He smiled up at Natsu, glad to see him enjoying this. "Go ahead. I want it!" He dived back down, sucking harder, pounding Natsu into the back of his mouth.
Natsu tensed up. Gray's sucking became stronger, his cheeks hollowed out, slurping to the cockhead only to slam back into the water, his chin causing splashes. Just as Natsu was tensing up, Gray's hand slithered up and rubbed Natsu's tit, drawing circles around it. Suddenly, his nails tightened, and he sliced down Natsu's chest. That pain—not a bite, but a scratch—drove Natsu over the edge. He came hard, spilling into Gray's mouth. His voice echoed through the trees, wild and hedonistic.
Gray lightly sucked, knowing Natsu would be more sensitive, and slowly pulled back until Natsu's limp penis flopped out, making a small splash as it hit the water. Two second later, Gray made a tiny sneeze noise, reached up, and rubbed his nose.
"Are you all right?" Natsu asked, rather shocked at that comical ending.
"I got some more water up my nose. What about you? Are you feeling better?"
Natsu smiled, feeling light, satisfied, and calmer. "Much," he purred.
"Good. Then … can you touch me?" Gray rose out of the water with Natsu's hands still trapped on his shoulders. He wrapped his arms around the hot torso and pulled the Dragon Slayer in. "Can you touch me without getting aroused and needing to be restrained? I want you to do that."
Natsu felt the ice dissipate from his hands. He let his fingers rub along Gray's back. "Yeah, I think I'll be too tired for a while," he admitted.
Gray leaned forward and gave him a kiss. Natsu cringed at the bitter taste on his tongue, but he accepted it. After Gray did that to him, it was only fair.
"Touch me," Gray muttered with his lips still against Natsu's mouth. He bit the Dragon Slayer on the lower lip and pulled his teeth back, eliciting a small cry. "I need to feel your hands." He took Natsu's wrists and pulled them forward. He placed those burning hands on his thighs, urging Natsu to rub up close to his arouse, but then past it, up to his abdomen, the same stroking motion Gray used when warming up his body. "I keep remembering her hands, and I don't want those memories! So, fill me with memories of you. Your hands, your touches…" He gave Natsu another kiss. "…your heat."
"Gray," Natsu said sadly.
He realized he was not the only one molested that day. Juvia had probably done far more to Gray. He did not want to dwell on it; he just wanted to make this better. Gray had been working so hard to help Natsu get over his issues. It was only fair that Natsu should do just as much.
He never wanted Gray to experience something like this, getting unwanted touches to plague his mind. It was a horror from Natsu's past that he hoped would never happen again. He wanted to purge the darkness from Gray's heart, and he became determined to do whatever he could. Touching Gray, stroking him, feeling the arousal in his hand: if these things could help Gray through his issues and out of this darkness, it was definitely something Natsu wanted to do.
"Down," Gray ordered. Natsu wondered what he meant, so Gray took Natsu's wrist and moved it down to his balls. "There. She … she touched there."
Natsu's brow tightened. He did not like to think about it at all. He felt furious, so he decided to help get Gray past any of his own anger, fears, and darkness, by erasing anything Juvia might have done with his own hot touches. He gripped Gray gently, rolling his balls in his hand, tugging ever so slightly, nothing painful, just an erotic touch to that sensitive area.
"Ooh yeah," Gray moaned. "I love how hot your fingers are."
Natsu felt like he should be aroused, although he was so tired. Perhaps he could have let himself succumb, but he knew arousal for him carried its own problems. For now, he wanted Gray to enjoy this. He wanted to purely give pleasure, relief, and solace.
"Are you really okay?" he asked, nipping along Gray's neck.
"Yes. What do you mean?"
Natsu slipped a hand behind and to the crack in Gray's buttocks. "Can I stick my finger up here?"
"Up my ass? Sure!"
Natsu's face looked severe with jealousy. "Did she do that to you?" he asked sharply.
Gray shook his head. "No."
"Good. Only I can touch you back here."
Natsu licked his fingers, slathering as much saliva as he could, and reach back down again into the water. It had been a while for Gray, so he went slowly, pressing just one finger in, deeper and deeper. Gray let out a low, husky cry.
"Are you okay?"
"Y-Yes," Gray moaned.
Natsu slowly moved his finger in and out, timing it with the stroking of his hand. Gray grabbed hold of him, gripping into Natsu's shoulders, moaning and tensing up.
"Your hand … it's heating up."
Natsu chuckled devilishly. "Uh-huh." Slowly, he nudged a second finger in, stretching Gray and adding to the pleasure. "Is it all right?"
"Yeah," Gray shouted, hardly aware of how loud he was getting. His head tilted back and he moaned. "Oh God, your fingers are so hot."
Natsu laughed softly. "I can heat up this hand too."
The hand stroking Gray's arousal gradually grew hotter. Gray cried out. It felt like he was ready to come right there. Then Natsu's fingers loosened up and cooled off. He was not ready to push Gray that far just yet.
His voice was low and velvety. "I like to watch you like this, out in the open with sunlight on your skin."
"Natsu!" Gray cried out.
Suddenly, Natsu's head turned toward the trees. He inhaled deeply. Worried, he sniffed again. Gray heard the snuffling sounds.
"What's wrong?"
Natsu gazed off into the darkness of the forest. "Someone's coming."
Gray began to pull away in a panic. "Oh shi-…"
"No." Natsu yanked him back close. "It's okay. Stay quiet. They're still far away." He looked at Gray, and his eyes shined like an animal. "Keep quiet."
"What?"
Natsu stroked Gray again, and the fingers behind him slid in deep. Gray shuddered out a moan at the wonderful feel of those hot hands.
"Keep quiet," Natsu teased.
Gray quivered with ecstasy, and he looked at the Dragon Slayer, confused and pleading. "Natsu!"
"I can smell where they are. I won't let them see us, but I need you to keep quiet." He kissed Gray, and his hand kept stroking, not ready to let him go. "I know you like this," he taunted.
"Damn you," Gray mumbled, but then he kissed Natsu harder, moaning into his mouth. "Fine, but then not in the ass. It's too much."
Natsu smirked. "Oh, but you like it here." He slammed his fingers in harder.
"Natsu!" Gray yelped.
"Hushhhh."
"You bastard!"
Natsu refused to stop, stroking faster and faster. "They're coming closer, Gray," he said in a playful threat.
Gray glared, flushed with shame. "Are you just saying this?"
"No, there really is someone coming."
"Shit!" he growled, looking away in humiliation.
Natsu was worried for a moment. He knew Gray had issues. "Red?" he asked.
Gray thought about it. For how much he feared getting caught, this was definitely pushing his limits, and he loved to push limits. It was the same as when he had Natsu finger him in the public onsen. He just had to be quiet and trust the Dragon Slayer's sense of smell. Although the threat of being discovered was real this time, the excitement, doing this when someone was close enough for Natsu to smell, was invigorating.
"No. Not red. Keep going," he growled in lust.
Natsu's eyes widened, honestly shocked to see Gray so eager for this, but then those squinty eyes narrowed with a predatory gleam. "Oh God, you're so sexy," he purred. He tapped Gray on the nose with his own nose and gazed into those stormy blue eyes. "My exhibitionist."
"Shut up," Gray said harshly, "and keep going."
Natsu did not bother to tease him more. He stroked quickly and purposefully. He knew precisely what drove Gray crazy, from how tight to have his fingers to the angle of his wrist, and he gave Gray exactly what worked best.
Gray moaned loudly, and Natsu leaned into his ear, teasing, "Quiiiiiet."
"I can't," Gray growled in frustration. "I can't keep quiet."
"Moan into me, then."
Natsu kissed Gray hard. Just as Gray felt everything inside of him tensing up, Natsu's tongue slid in and his fingers slammed deep inside, stroking the small lump within Gray's ass, massaging the prostate with his long, hot fingers. His hand stroked faster, his wrist a blur under the water. Right at that moment, Gray lost his control. He gave a choking whimper and clung to Natsu, trembling at the emotional pummeling of doing this with someone nearby. He could hardly even feel what was happening with the water rushing past him, immediately sweeping away the white ropes of cum. They flowed down the river, heading somewhere toward Magnolia.
Natsu released his mouth, and Gray immediately dropped his head to the muscular shoulder, moaning softly, panting, a few more jolting shivers, feeling so tired, but so happy.
"Natsu, that … that was … oh God."
Natsu shook his hands in the water, cleaning off the thick whiteness and any filth from Gray's ass. Then he reached and yanked Gray's chin up. He gave the ice wizard an overpowering kiss and reached a hand into his black hair, yanking at his scalp until Gray moaned. Then Natsu plunged his tongue in. He loved the way Gray felt just after coming. It was one of the few times that his skin actually felt hot. With those flushed cheeks and lust-glazed eyes, Natsu thought he looked so sexy.
"I love you," Natsu whispered, nipping down Gray's neck and pulling the ice wizard closer, letting him relax and recover, resting in Natsu's chest. Gray said nothing in return, but the way his arms clutched possessively, Natsu knew that was his way of saying it back. He gave one more sniff in the air. "We need to get dressed. They're almost here."
"What?" Gray asked, lost in ecstasy. Then he suddenly remembered, someone was on their way. "Oh shit!" He looked around frantically. Where were his clothes?
Natsu strode out, completely calm, and went back to the boulder on the riverbank. That was when Gray remembered where they had stored their supplies. Natsu casually set himself on fire to dry off, and once the water had evaporated, he pulled on his clothes. Gray stayed in the river, feeling weary and not willing to move quite yet.
Natsu chuckled at the exhaustion in Gray's face. "Or you can just stay in the river. Everyone has seen you naked."
Gray actually considered it for a moment. Whoever was coming, Natsu did not look all that concerned, so it was probably someone he trusted. He was right, almost all of their friends had seen Gray naked at some point. However, he shook his head.
"No, I'm coming." Gray climbed out of the river and yanked on his underwear and pants. "So, who's coming?"
Natsu sniffed again. Whoever it was, they were closer, and finally he could tell who it was. "Lisanna," he said, slightly surprised.
Gray jolted and looked over. "Lisanna? What the hell is she doing here?" He suddenly remembered something. He had sent Happy to stay with Lisanna. "I wonder if Happy sent her."
"Happy?" asked Natsu.
"Yeah, since you barricaded yourself in your home, I told him to stay with Lisanna."
"Oh," Natsu muttered. He now felt bad about his attitude over the past few days. "Are you dressed yet?" Gray nodded. "Good." He suddenly spun around and waved into the darkness of the trees. "Hey Lisanna!" he called out.
Gray only then heard crunching footsteps come to a stop and a small sound of a squeak as Natsu caught Lisanna by surprise.
"Oh!" The footsteps started up again, and in just a few seconds, the white-haired girl stepped out. "There you are. Happy, said you were at home. I went to check, but no one answered. Then I heard noises down here."
Gray froze, and his eyes widened nervously. "N-Noises?"
She shrugged. "Well, I heard voices. I thought it was nearby since they sounded loud, but maybe acoustics are weird around here, because it ended up being a lot farther away than I thought."
Natsu grinned stiffly. "Oh, yeah, we were … wrestling … by the river and … and we fell in."
"Oh!" She looked at both at them. Natsu was totally dry, but that was no surprise. Gray's hair and skin were wet, but his clothes were dry, as if he had put the clothes on recently over his wet body. Natsu's grin was too fake, and Gray could not meet her eyes, his cheeks almost as bright as Natsu's hair. Suddenly, Lisanna realized what was going on, and her face went red. "Neeeeever mind!" she whispered. She laughed it off nervously. "So, um … Happy said you were sick."
Natsu blinked in confusion, but then he realized that was probably what Happy would have thought about his sullen attitude over the past few days, being in a panic attack for that long. "I'm better. It was just a … um … it was nothing."
"I was worried," she said with a pout. "Apparently, a few people got sick when Juvia flooded everything. A lot of people caught colds. When Happy said you were sick, I thought maybe you had caught a cold too."
"Oh. Well, I'm better now," Natsu assured her with a beaming grin.
"That's good." Lisanna paused and looked back and forth between the two of them again. Natsu seemed a little too exuberant, and Gray looked nervous and flushed. "I'll … um … I'll leave you and Gray," she muttered and began to turn around.
Natsu took a few steps forward. "No, you came all this way."
He glanced back to Gray, who was still standing there stunned. Of all people to almost come in and see the two of them, it was one of the girls Gray had felt most worried about being around Natsu. Everyone knew Natsu and Lisanna had a bit of a history, even if it was just a childhood crush. Still, it sometimes made Gray feel a little jealous.
"Come on, Gray," Natsu urged, holding his hand out. "Let's get something to eat."
He was still uncertain, but he realized he could not just keep standing there by the river, motionless, like a fish just pulled in on a hook. "Uh, sure," he muttered. He took Natsu's hand to step out of the riverbank and up to the trees.
"Mira-nee is cooking some food," Lisanna offered. "You two can come over and eat at our place."
"Do you mean Gray can come too?"
"Of course!" Lisanna said cheerfully. "He is your boyfriend, after all."
"Right!" Natsu said happily. Then he suddenly realized what she said: his boyfriend. He was still getting used to the idea of other people calling Gray his boyfriend. It felt nice, and his chest heated up with pride. He looked back to Gray and saw that the ice wizard was experiencing the exact same thing. To hear other people accept them, to hear their friends calling them a couple, felt really good. After hiding it for so long, having everyone in Fairy Tail accept the idea of them as a couple was a really wonderful feeling.
"Right," Natsu said softer, his chest burning with happiness.
Gray's eyes lighted on him, and his fingers tightened around Natsu's hand. "Yeah," he whispered, feeling a tremble at the same thoughts Natsu was experiencing.
Lisanna glanced between the two of them. They were so awkward together, and yet she could easily see the love that existed between them. "You two really are cute."
Natsu flinched just a little at being called cute, but he decided, maybe it was not such a bad thing. Being a cute couple actually felt kind of nice. Then he realized, he and Gray were being ridiculous again, some stupid couple! He let go of Gray's hand and dropped his chin bashfully.
"Oh, sorry."
"No, it's fine." Lisanna smiled plaintively. Maybe a small part of her still had a crush on Natsu, but seeing him this happy was far better than anything else she could imagine. If Gray was the one who could make him happy, then that was good too. She swished aside any wisps of jealousy and decided to just accept what they were—a couple—and to accept Gray as his lover. "Come on, you two," she cried out playfully, grabbing them by the hands. "Happy is waiting for us."
She pulled them along, but eventually she walked on ahead, knowing the two probably wanted a little more time together as they walked through the forest.
Gray rarely went to Fairy Hills, since boys were not allowed inside the building. He felt a little weird even being at the girl's dormitory; however, he braced himself, raised his knuckles, and rapped on the door. With a squeak, the door opened, and a small lady stood on the threshold. It was Ruchio, the Fairy Hills landlady.
"What do you want?" she snapped crankily.
Gray stared down at her. "I need to speak with Juvia."
Her eyes narrowed at him, and she shut the door again. Gray stood there, glancing around awkwardly. A few minutes passed, and he wondered if maybe he should knock again. Just as he was about to raise his knuckles, the door opened and Juvia peeked out.
"Gray-sama!"
"Hey, Juvia." He paused for a moment as he collected himself. Facing her again brought up anger, and he did not want to show that yet. "We need to talk to you."
"We?" Her eyes widened slightly. "Do you mean Natsu too?" She glanced around, but no one else was outside. "What's wrong, Gray-sama?"
He noticed a few female heads peeking from behind. He needed to get her out of there and over to where Natsu was already waiting. "Not here," he stated gruffly, and he turned away, walking down the path back to Fairy Tail.
He heard the door shut and soft shoes walking behind him. He did not bother to look back—he really did not want to see her right now—however, this was something they both needed to do.
Gray led Juvia to the guild, but instead of going inside, they went around. On the back side of the building was the pool that the guild used for swimming and parties. No one was out there today except one person: Natsu stood with his arms folded sternly. When he saw Juvia following Gray, his eyes glared at her with a cold flame burning in his gaze. Gray walked over to Natsu, taking a stand beside his boyfriend, and finally turned around to look at Juvia.
"I'm just going to come out and say it," Gray said angrily. "Juvia, what you did was really bad. You did something horrible to us, without our permission." His eyes narrowed and his voice raised into a shout. "Do you even know what that's called?"
Juvia took a step back, shocked to be receiving Gray's anger. "Juvia is sorry," she said in a small voice.
Gray's anger was truly worked up. "This goes far beyond simply saying I'm sorry."
He paused, glanced at the door, and made sure no one was listening in. The rest of the guild already knew that Gray and Natsu had plans to confront Juvia. They were actually prepared in case something flooded again; however, he had sternly demanded that they should have privacy while discussing this. It seemed, although the entire guild was curious, they were being respectful. No one was peeking through the door. Still, Gray tried to lower his voice.
"The only reason I'm not getting you into really big trouble is because I'm your friend. I know you've liked me for a while. Still, you went way too far."
Juvia's eyes began to water. "Juvia's so sorry. Juvia saw Gray-sama and Natsu. Just once, Juvia wanted to know what it's like to be with Gray-sama." She took a bold step forward, raised her hand, and began to reach out toward his chest. "At least to touch … a little."
Her hand drew closer and closer. Just as she was about to touch him, a fiery hand slapped her fingers away. Natsu stood in front of Gray protectively.
"Hey," he growled. "Don't touch him!"
Juvia pulled back her aching, burning hand and cradled it next to her chest. "I'm sorry."
Gray put a hand on Natsu's shoulder and pulled him back out of his aggressive stance. "It's all right, Natsu."
"No, it's not all right!" Natsu shouted.
Again, Gray was trying to be understanding, and it angered Natsu. Gray thought Juvia simply did not fully realize what she had done. She was an obsessed girl who took things too far without thinking about her actions. To all that, Natsu thought: bullshit!
He glared back at Juvia again. "I can understand about you being obsessed over Gray, but—" His voice dropped and his eyes hardened. "—you were touching me … down there," he hissed. "You were stroking me."
If this had just been about Gray, Natsu might have been able to dismiss this as an obsession turned bad, but Juvia had touched him as well. For Natsu, that turned this into something beyond an insane lusting over her crush. Juvia had gotten between them. She had joined in.
Juvia shrank back, scared of the fury in Natsu's eyes. "Juvia's sorry!"
Natsu's eyes smoldered. "Sorry?"
It was a small room, dark, reeking. Natsu was tied up against a chair, helpless, crying although he knew by now, tears were pointless. Touches that were pleasurable by nature tormented him, and all he wanted was to slip away from this place, to vanish and become nothing.
There was a sharp pain to his neck as the knife that was there—always there, always against his throat at these times—slipped. It was not the first time his captor had left a cut on his neck.
"Oops, sorry." He gave a vile laugh. "Your cock just twitched, boy. Do you maybe like pain? What if I cut you here?"
"Owww!"
"Sorry. What about here?"
"AAAAAH!"
"Sorry, sorry. How about … here?"
"Please, stop! No! Ahhh!"
"Haha! You came. Finally! My wrist was getting sore. Maybe you really do like pain. My cute slave boy likes to be punished, huh? I can work with that."
"OOOOOOWWW!"
"Oops, I really didn't mean it that time. Shit, you're really bleeding. Haha! Sorry."
Natsu suddenly grabbed a handful of Juvia's hair, yanking her head back roughly. She screamed in pain.
"Natsu!" Gray shouted, shocked at his violent attack.
Natsu was livid. "Sorry, sorry, sorry," he said mockingly. "Do you think you can just say sorry and everything's fine? Do you think just apologizing makes it better? Believe me, it doesn't!" he screamed furiously, spittle flying from his mouth.
"Natsu!" Gray yelled, scared he might do something drastic.
"It's disgusting! What you did was lower than scum. You thought it was all fun, right? Bet you laughed about it. I bet you were smiling the whole time, thinking you were so fucking clever!" He shook her head violently. "How would you like it if some man touched you that way, huh? How would you like to find out someone you thought you could trust, someone you thought was a friend, touched your breasts and rubbed your pussy without your permission? Would it be funny then?"
"Owwww!" she howled as he shook her head more and ripped out hairs.
Gray grabbed Natsu's wrist. "Seriously, stop! You'll snap her neck."
Tears fell down Juvia's cheeks. As Natsu watched, he thought about how his own tears had fallen on that day. His attacker had ignored his crying. Natsu knew, he could not do the same. He could not turn into that man and ignore the pain of someone else. Just thinking about it made his skin cold. In frustration, he threw her hair aside, and Juvia fell back a few steps. She rubbed out her head, and she looked terrified now, cowering in dread.
Natsu hissed quietly, "What you did … was really sick. You should be thankful that I don't kill my friends."
"Natsu!" Gray warned. There was madness in the Dragon Slayer's eyes. For a second, he had seen the flinch Natsu always gave when he remembered something of the past. Did he have another flashback? He was ready to put a shield of ice between these two, if only to keep Natsu from doing something unforgivable.
"Honestly," Natsu went on blithely, "right now, I no longer consider you as a friend. That is how mad I am, because you did that to me and Gray. You touched us. You fondled us!" he sneered.
"I'm sorry," she screamed, sobbing hard and blanching in terror at the hatred in Natsu's eyes.
Natsu stared hard at her. He had thought that confronting Juvia would be like confronting that man. Part of him even hoped that maybe this could bring some sort of closure. It wasn't at all the same, though. That man would have never been truly repentant. He would not have apologized for his crime—and never did, even at the end.
That both reassured Natsu that Juvia was not the same as that wretched man, and drove home to him that this crime had now happened twice, and this time it was not purely evil. It was ignorant and unthinking, but not malicious. He could easily hate something done with evil intent. He was not sure how to feel about something done because the other person simply did not think about her actions at the time.
Juvia looked traumatized as what she had done in playfulness was now fully revealed in front of her eyes in all of its disgusting darkness, a crime against two friends. She had not at all thought of it as molesting Gray. Even when Makarov scolded her and threatened to expel her, she did not fully understand why. She just wanted to touch and join in, have a piece of the fun, and see what it was about Natsu that Gray liked so much. If she could like it too, and if Natsu could come to enjoy her feminine touch, maybe Gray would invite her for more threesomes. That was all. It had seemed like a fun, harmless thing, just touching skin. Now, the way Natsu looked and the hatred in his voice, she realized just how deeply she had betrayed the trust of both men.
Quietly, Natsu threatened, "I don't want you to touch Gray again. I don't want you to even look at him for a while. And never … ever…" he screamed, only to drop his voice again, "touch me like that again … or I will kill you."
His eyes were frightening, and Juvia pulled back trembling, truly scared for her life. Gray stood to the side, gazing at Natsu, shocked to see this side of him, horrified because, deep down, he knew about Natsu's past. He knew what the Dragon Slayer had been through.
Kill her? Was he serious?
He certainly sounded serious, and that scared Gray. He could only imagine how terrified Juvia must be, to be getting glared at and threatened by the Fire Dragon Slayer.
Natsu's voice remained in a sinisterly soft whisper. "Do you understand?"
"Y-Yes," she shuddered in terror.
"Do you realize what you did?"
The words caught in her throat as she trembled, but she sobbed out, "Juvia does now. Juvia doesn't know how to apologize. Juvia won't do it again. Juvia broke Gray-sama's trust. Juvia … doesn't deserve … Gray-sama." Her eyes dropped sadly, and tears fell down her sallow cheeks.
Natsu sneered. "That's right. He deserves better than you."
Gray put a hand on Natsu's shoulder. That was quite enough for him. Juvia was obviously startled to realize how her actions affected them. As he figured and feared, she just did not realize that what she had been doing was a crime. Ignorance did not make this all right, but it did make him decide that they could solve this privately. He was pretty sure that now Juvia understood the severity of her actions. He stepped forward to the rain woman.
"Juvia…"
"Gray," Natsu warned.
"It's okay," he assured, and he looked down into those watery eyes. "Juvia…"
He was about to say 'It's okay now,' but that was not the case. He wanted to say 'I'm not angry,' or 'Everything's fine,' but … it wasn't! He felt he should say something to soothe things over, especially after Natsu had hurt her and threatened her; however, what could he say that was not just ignoring the fact that what she did was immoral?
"I hope we can still be friends." It was terse and not as amicable as he had hoped to sound, but it was a start.
The terror faded into shock and hope. "Even after that?"
Gray frowned and looked aside. "I'm really mad, but I will try to forgive you. I would prefer if we can still be friends." He heard Natsu scoff behind him, but he ignored that. Fairy Tail was good at forgiving people, even people who were once mortal enemies. Although he could not forgive Juvia right at that moment, he hoped that they could continue to work together as members of Fairy Tail.
She finally managed to smile. "Thank you, Gray-sama."
"But let me get this one thing straight," he said sternly. "If you ever touch Natsu again, even though you are a member of Fairy Tail, I will not hold back. He is absolutely and completely off-limits. Got it?"
She looked back over to the Dragon Slayer. Natsu was seething, true hatred in his eyes and a killing intent aura. Juvia realized something more was going on here, but she did not dare question it.
She just whispered, "Yes, Juvia understands. Sorry, Natsu. Juvia did not mean it." Then she looked up wistfully to the ice wizard. "Is Gray-sama really happy with Natsu?"
"Yes, I am," he answered coldly.
"And Gray-sama loves him?" she asked, glancing again to the Dragon Slayer.
Gray hesitated just a moment. "He is my beloved, and I care for him more than anything."
Those ardent words cooled the fiery rage in Natsu's heart. He smiled to hear Gray say that to someone else, confessing those feelings out loud. His beloved! Hearing Gray say that directly to him was one thing, but hearing him calling Natsu that openly to someone else was really wonderful.
Juvia dropped her head and shook it. "Juvia can't compete," she sighed in surrender. "I just hope Gray-sama is happy. And Natsu—" She glanced over, relieved to see he had calmed down some. "—make Gray-sama happy … but not too happy," she said with a playful glare. "You are now my love rival."
"Well, as a love rival…" Natsu yanked Gray back to him possessively. "Back the hell off!" he yelled, clutching Gray's arm. "I will smell if you stalk him."
She bowed in a final apology. "Juvia won't stalk Gray-sama anymore." Then she left and walked out in the direction of Fairy Hills.
Once she was gone, Gray glanced over to Natsu. "Well, you're possessive," he said in a light chuckle.
"Of course I am," Natsu said stubbornly.
"That was sexy, standing up for me."
"I wasn't just standing up for you. She touched me too. That's gross!" he cried out, making a sour face. "I never had a woman touch me like that before."
Gray led him back toward the guild. "Now you can say you've been in a threesome."
"That totally does not count!" Natsu shouted vehemently.
"No, it doesn't," Gray chuckled, amused by his reactions. Then he thought about something. "Would you still want something like that? Not now, obviously, and not with her. It must be something we both agree upon."
"Oh." Natsu recalled that Gray wanted to try a threesome one day. "I don't know. Right now, I just want you. I'm not really interested in other people."
"That's good. Right now, I don't want you interested in anyone else. I'll probably be really jealous for a while."
In reply, Natsu clutched Gray's arm even tighter. He already knew the burning sensation of jealousy. Gray was his!
They entered the guild together. Juvia was not there, but by the looks of the other guild members, they could tell that everyone had seen her run through, probably in tears. Now everyone's gazes were on Gray and Natsu, but the two of them were not about to explain.
They walked over to a booth and sat there by themselves. No one else came up; they were giving the two a bit of privacy. After a few moments to calm themselves down, Natsu got up and walked over to the bar to ask for a drink. He did not drink alcohol too often, but he needed something now.
Mira made up one of his favorites: a flaming drink, setting the alcohol on fire and letting it burn with a blue brilliance. Normally, those drinks were blown out before drinking, but not Natsu. He downed the entire thing, flames and all. It hit him hard, burning his throat all the way down, and he hissed at the strength of the alcohol. Gray came up to him and placed a hand on his shoulder, shaking his head. He knew from experience that drinking was not the answer.
Natsu slumped down, and Gray leaned over, letting Natsu use his shoulder to rest on. He wanted to hold the Dragon Slayer, comfort him, but he felt self-conscious in front of everyone. Instead, he reached over to where Natsu's hand had flopped down on top of the bar counter and he placed his fingers over the hot hand, squeezing softly, hoping to instill a little bit of comfort. He knew he needed to change the atmosphere, and a devious smile rose onto Gray's lips.
"Hey, Natsu," he whispered, "you once said everyone in this guild thinks you are in charge of this relationship, right?"
Natsu raised his emotionally weary head and looked over in confusion. "Well, that is what most people are saying."
Gray smirked, and Natsu could see right away that he was planning something. "I'm going to make them think differently."
Despite his usual reservations against doing anything in public, Gray suddenly grabbed the back of Natsu's head, pulled his hair as he yanked him forward, and kissed him hard. Natsu flailed out, shocked at the move. He tried to protest, but it only came out as mumbles as Gray's tongue thrust into his mouth and that wintermint taste inundated him.
Natsu calmed down and began to savor the kiss. Gray was being aggressive, right here, in front of everyone, and that utterly thrilled Natsu. His cheeks went hot, and his mind blanked out, forgetting about the crowd around them, surrendering to the dominance of the ice wizard.
Around them, the guild watched in shock. Mouths dropped, eyes popped open, girls blushing and tittering, and Lucy was jotting down notes for future reference.
"Wow, Gray!" Mira exclaimed.
Lisanna covered her mouth and laughed privately. "He's really taking charge."
Erza watched on and nodded firmly. "They switch!"
Finally, Gray pulled back, and he savored the look of Natsu's embarrassed, flushed cheeks. He had completely taken the Dragon Slayer by surprise, and he knew that now, at least the guild had a clue about who was really in charge in this relationship.
Natsu glared at him, turned his face aside bashfully, and muttered under his breath: "Bastard…"
End of Chapter 35
- 34
- 35
- 36
You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.You need to be logged in to leave a review for this story.
Report Story

Fight Me, Bite Me