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Natsu just shrugged when they pointed out how she had seen him and Lucy just the other day. To them that might have been the case but as far as the Slayer and the Celestial mage were concerned it had been over a year.

"Well I'd say it's been over a year and a half since we ACTUALLY got together. " Which likely didn't add up with what they knew. But his wording made it sound like he had held those feelings for longer. Much longer. So there was that at least.

It .. DOESN'T add up. Which is probably why Bisca still looks puzzled - now she could certainly believe he'd had feelings for the pretty mage for a very long time though. "And she's hidden it from us for that long?" She sounded very skeptical on that - Lucy wasn't that good a deceiver!

She glanced over at the blonde, then back to Natsu, "... but you know, however it was, I'm glad for you. She'll be good for you. And from the way she keeps throwing those glances your way when she thinks you're not looking -" she laughed, "She reminds me of someone.." Her maybe. When she first fell for Alzack. "Still, over a year and a half..."

"She was hiding it from herself too really so no wonder you didn't know for sure." Natsu didn't mind that though. Things had worked out in the end and quite honestly he would not have it any other way than it was now.

"Like I said that's a long story. And it's also connected to where those four came from." he said regarding to Regine with the two kids and the pupper.

"Aauggh, Lev..evy, can't... breathe..!" This from Lucy as the interrogation finally comes to an end.

Mirajane pulls free from the group, giggling, "Natsu~" C'mere you, she's going to give him a tight hug (she won a bet too, natch.)

Bisca glanced over at the pair, and then back to Natsu, "Wait, those four are much too old to be your children if you were only 'gone' a year and a half."

Mirajane almost choked, "Wh.. Lucy's pregnant too?"

"I AM NOT!!" Ohgod everything is dissolving into chaos already.

And then he's hugged before he can elaborate though he knows better than to try and escape.

"That's because they aren't. Well you could say they are in a sense. We took them in after we saved them from a witch." Sounds like a real fairy tale doesn't it?

Bisca let out a soft laugh, glancing over her shoulder as Regine started making her way back with Alzack, apparently having decided that the children would be fine on their own.

"They've really hit it off with your daughter - and she's so -CUTE-." Regine gushed, smiling happily when she rejoined the group. Lucy finally managed to pry herself free from Levy, though she looked a little blue in the face from a lack of air, staggering over to stand with Natsu ..and possibly make sure she doesn't fall over.

"You're really going to have to share that story with the rest of us, sometime.. you and Lucy both." Bisca mused, smiling softly at the small group and listening to the giggling of children and barking of a pupper.

"Don't worry we will." He just didn';t trust himself to get all the details right. Seeing Lucy and Regine make their way back, Natsu greeted both with a grin. a bigger one was saved to Lucy though.

"Oh hey you're still alive~" he teased with a cheeky grin.

"BARELY." Lucy remarked, mock dramatically, "How could you abandon me like that?" She pouted, much to Regine's amusement - but Lucy gleefully hugged Bisca and Alzack, before glancing at Natsu. "Did you tell them?"

"Hah! You think they would have let me go anywhere near your special emergency girl time?" Natsu shot back with a cheeky grin before he turned a bit more serious.

"Not everything. I wanted to wait for you to come back to make sure I got all the details right."

"When has that stopped you wanting to be near me?" She hmphfed playfully, moving her arm to slide around his in a light hug. Leaning a bit against him, she paid no mind to Mirajane's muted squealing, though Regine had to go from standing near the other woman to suddenly supporting and cringing when Mirajane latched onto her arm and squeezed in a classic, 'omigaw lookat them they are SO CUTE' gesture.

Regine chuckled softly, her attention shifting as Levy soon joined them. Lucy hid a smile, glancing up at her cherished partner, "Fair enough. Did they tell you about what happened here? Levy just updated me.."

The sooner Regine got used to Mira's antics the better off he'd be. Clinging to common sense within this walls was a sure way to going insane.

"Not that much. I was told the war ended months ago. Considering we're all here it's easy to tell who won."

Lucy nodded, "Yeah, that's about what she said. It's such a relief ... but it's really strange that so much time passed and we were 'here' through it all. Even though we were in that other place too." It's kind of confusing.

Levy tilted her head, "What was this 'other' place you keep talking about, Lu-chan? Is it like that other Earthland?"

Lucy hesitated, "Kind of, but not at the same time. If you want we can fill you in now?"

Levy nodded, helping Regine pry Mirajane off of her arm, "I'm really curious - if you guys feel up to it, I want to hear about this."

"Yeah I figured as much. It's definitely a real headache." Natsu nodded before he turned his look over to Levy. Yeah now was a good time to put it all on the table. Except the full steps that his relationship with Lucy had progressed to. Lucy would want to make it back without her top blown from embarrassment.

"Aright. But you better grab a chair since this is gonna be long."

So the two started to tell the story of everything that happened in Genessia. All of the good and the bad.

Dear lord if he was THAT open about what happened in Genessia, Lucy really would make good on her previous mock threats to make him sleep on the couch. What went on in the privacy of their bedroom was no one's business but theirs no matter how nos--er, inquisitive her dear friends in the guild were.

But everyone more or less, pulled up chairs as she and Natsu told their ~~fairy~~ tale, with Regine pipping up now and then - since she was from there, it was a little easier for her to fill in the blanks on the parts of the world Lucy and Natsu were unfamiliar with.

Mirajane pulls away briefly to get drinks for the two since that's a LOT of talking to do. When they finally stop, Levy let out a long sigh, "That's crazy Lu-chan... I can't believe you were actually in two places at once that whole time. Or even that we were there too - I don't remember any of it."

"And we lived it too," Lucy laughed.

"Well it's good you're finally home." Mirajane grinned. "And ~together~. I knew it would happen - i knew it!" <3

She would never! Would she? Anyway it didn't come to that so Natsu had nothing to worry about. This time at least.

"Yeah. ANd we managed to bring Nev Justine and Regine with Herb with us too." Natsu agreed with a big smile as if there had never been that great of a risk.

Probably not. But she'd still threaten it! And if she ever did make him sleep on the couch odds it was a punishment that wouldn't last the night before either he came sneaking back or she forgave him and climbed onto the couch with him.

"I'm sure the Fairy Tail guild is still there, even though we've left. But seeing the original, it's so much more grand and inviting here." Regine grinned around the room, "I don't think Lucy or Natsu even once thought that they wouldn't be able to go back home - to this Magnolia."

Lucy shook her head, listening to the sound of the children playing outside, Herb's happy barking. "I didn't." Well - she did get a little discouraged once or twice, but... "Even if I did, Natsu would never let me think something like that." She gave him a fond smile.

And he knew that all too well which was why the threat itself didn't have much of an effect on him.

"That's right. I brought you to the guild the first time, then I brought the guild back together after it broke up. There's no way I wouldn't bring us all here in the end."

Lucy's grin only grew ten times warmer, much to the amusement of...several that were watching the group. Mirajane smiled lightly, "Well! Are you hungry? I can whip up some food for you guys, and the children in the back - Oh, Regine, I can show you around in the back as well. Of course you'll have to meet the Master before it becomes official, but I don't think it'll be a problem." She chatters happily.

Lucy nodded - she'd almost forgotten how hungry she had gotten when they walked over to the guild hall. "Thanks Mira - we'll go and settle in." It's been a while without being a while - she wanted to breathe in the atmosphere of the guild more.

"Hell yeah. It's been way too long since we've had your cooking Mira!" Natsu answered eenthusiastically before sensing Lucy wanted to soak in the home sweet home feeling of the guild now that they were finally back and safe and sound.

Lucy giggled at the enthusisatic response, finding a bench that was unoccupied before glancing around - if Natsu wasn't following right away, she beckoned him over with a smile. It's not going to be as cozy as they get when they were alone, but she still wanted him close by.

She was actually contemplating where they could put Regine and the kids up for the meanwhile - but Mira might have an idea on that end. "I feel exhausted," she sighed, slumping against the table. It just felt like everything they'd been through in the past year and a half she was feeling only now, now that everyone was safely home.

Not a chance. As soon as Mira went off to fix something up Natu was right behind Lucy, ending up in the seat next to her while his arm looped around her waist as he leaned against her closely.

"Not surprised~ You did just get one heck of a grilling from the other girls~" he chuckled warmly while his eyes went over the guild, admiring the rowdy bunch that they were.

She smiled as she felt him following hot on her heels, shifting her slump to lean against his side, slipping her hand in his. Chuckling as well, she leaned against him, "That's true - though that's not the only reason. It's everything we've been through too." Although the interrogation was definitely draining.

He nuzzled his cheek against her shoulder slightly while smiling up at his beloved celestial mage.

"Well it's all over and done with now. Only the big bright future for all of us waiting ahead~"

Lucy smiled at the feel of him nuzzling against her shoulder, slipping her arms around his one arm, hugging him close and paying no attention to the squealing from Mira. She'll get used to seeing it as much as Lucy will get used to being cuddly with Natsu with their guildmates around. "I can hardly wait." She grinned, "Really.. it's like our dreams finally came true." Being together in their own world. "We're going to have to find all new dreams." WELL, she still had her dream of being a writer.

Natsu heard the squealing the loudest but didn't react as if he heard it. Instead he allowed himself to snuggle up close to his beloved star. "That's right. All of us from now.""

He smiled and leaned to press his lips to her cheek for a moment. At least it was her cheek instead of her neck or lips this time