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CoLu

Don't know if I should continue this or leave as is right now. Regular updates will not be possible if I do.

Lucy scowled down at her new key, frustrated that the man had only given her a 1000 Jewel discount. "Is that really all my sex appeal is worth?" she snapped out loud before her gaze softened as she looked at the key. Smiling gently, she rubbed her thumb along the symbol for Canis Minor, "Don't worry, I don't regret spending the money on you. I just wish I had been able to save a bit more."

The key warmed slightly and she giggled, excited to meet her new friend a little later as she attached it to her key ring. The sudden squealing and calls of Salamander drew her attention and she perked up, suddenly excited, "Must be that fire mage that can use magic beyond what anyone can do from a magic shop!"

She rushed forward, excited, stopping when she caught sight of the man who had a lot of women fawning over him. Her heart began to beat faster, and she felt drawn in as something called to her. She ignored the part of her that whispered that something wasn't right.

Could it be, she thought, heart beating faster as she drifted towards him, is he the one?

Even the boy that shoved his way into the crowd of girls didn't shake the feeling, though she felt a strong pull towards him too. She frowned as he got beat up by the other girls in the crowd, twice. After watching Salamander go, the crowd dispersed, and she felt herself thinking a bit more clearly. She helped the pink haired boy out of the trash, frowning, "Wow they did a number on you. You ok?"

He glanced at her suspiciously and she gave him an embarrassed grin, "Here, I'll treat you to lunch."

He looked confused, but didn't protest as his stomach growled. Lucy giggled, still coming off her high from seeing the Salamander. As they ate Lucy found herself telling Natsu and Happy about her dreams to join a big guild, forgetting to mention which one she wanted to join. She caught herself before she began spilling her life story, though Natsu was just so easy to talk to. Eventually she walked away, turning down his offer of the autograph Salamnder had given him. Something just seemed off.

She froze as she walked into the park, eyes widening in a sort of realization. It's as if he was using some sort of charm magic! That magic was banned! Come on Lucy, fi-

"There you are."

Lucy smiled, even as she felt herself going under the spell one more time. Fight it Lucy!

Inwardly she was panicking, even as her body reacted and her mind got fuzzier. She soon found herself in a dress and boarding the ship. She cringed inwardly, even as he led her to his private rooms, wondering what kind of mage used a charm spell on people.

A memory rose up unbidden, a warning from her mother when she had mistakenly called a charm spell romantic when she was seven.

Layla frowned at her daughter, "Never say that Lucy."

Lucy looked up at her, innocent eyes hurt, and Layla sighed. "Lucy, a charm spell takes away the victim's will. After she or he has fallen under it, she can never break it. They can fight it only a little bit. It may wear off without reapplication but they'll never break out on their own. There is only one thing that can break a charm spell."

"What's that momma?"

Layla gave her daughter gentle smile, "Finding their soul mate."

"Soul mate?"

Layla nodded, "The person who's soul resonates in tune with their own."

Lucy frowned, not really understanding and Layla grew serious again, "Lucy, be careful out there. You can avoid falling under a charm's spell if you know about it, but once you've fallen under, keep fighting and hopefully they'll forget to reapply and you can run."

Lucy sensed the sleep spell as he fed her some cheesy line about drinking the wine, and let herself fall asleep, hoping he would forget to reapply the charm spell, and not do anything to her in the meantime. She didn't even hear Natsu crash through the ceiling.

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When Cobra had found out about the black market slave trade he had been livid, as had the other three from his cell block. They knew, however, that Brain would never let them take out one of their own dark guilds. Hoteye could care less as long as it brought him money, and while Midnight was angry, he didn't want to anger his father. Cobra looked between Racer, Angel, and Cubellios.

The other two nodded to him, silently letting him know that they'd cover for him.

"I hear ya," he muttered, hopping on Cubellios, and leaving to hunt. He had been chosen to talk to the council because of his dragon slayer nature. He was often going to hunt for poisonous plants or animals. Sometimes he'd even get to torture some of the local idiots, though they were nowhere near a town this time. Maybe he'd let the council in on Brain's plan to try to find Nirvana. He was wishing Brain had left them in the tower.

Cubellios grew her wings, hovering off the ground and Cobra jumped up, hearing Angel and Racer wish him luck. He felt something odd as he heard Midnight's soul wish him luck as well. His chest warmed, glad that his brothers and sister from the tower were behind him on this.

He was to meet one of the council's lackeys as an informant in Clover Town. Luckily there was little going on in his guild while Brain searched for more information with stolen Archive magic. He snorted, remembering the man's pitiful cries as he poisoned him with Brain watching. He shook the memory from his mind, focusing on his personal mission. He just hoped the council would act on his tip. If what he had overheard the leader of Xolotl's Fang was true, they had captured a freaking Fairy as well. Why they hadn't killed the fucker and thrown him overboard yet he didn't know, but apparently the boy had jumped on board for what they thought was a rescue, and promptly gotten seasick. Cobra shuddered. That was one weakness he shared, not that anyone knew it. They couldn't ride the train anyways. They were too recognizable.

Cobra quickly found the location, the trip having only taken a few hours. He gently pet Cubellios, knowing she was tired. "We'll rest easy tonight," he murmured gently to her. He kept an eye out for anyone, sitting under the tree and closing his eyes. Cubellios slithered up into the branches, resting so as not to give her friend away.

Cobra caught the guy's soul long before he arrived, hearing it mumble nervously, repeating the pass code over and over. The man stopped, paling, as Cobra opened his eyes, studying him with a deadly look.

"C-c-c-obra of the Oracion Seis!" the man yelped.

"Well that's not the password," Cobra snarked, standing.

"W-w-wh-"

"Don't even, I know who you are," Cobra interrupted, "And you obviously know who I am. Your fucking informant so listen up. There are some things a few of the Seis won't stomach, at all."

The man gulped, whipping out a recording lacrima and quickly activating it. Cobra scowled at the thing, "One of our lesser guilds, Xolotl's Fang, has branched out into slavery recently."

He rubbed his wrists absently, and the Council man followed the movement, a sudden light of understanding going off in his head. Cobra glared at him, "Don't think this suddenly makes me a good guy, I'll still kill you if I feel like it."

The idiot still relaxed a little, "You said slavery."

Cobra snorted at his tactic, but still returned to the subject at hand. "One of their men, Bora, a fire mage, has kidnapped a bunch of women from Hargeon using a charm spell. Supposedly they caught a Fairy as well."

The man winced, and Cobra saw him run through the amount of destruction Fairy Tail would cause if they found out. Cobra smirked, wondering if he should've just contacted Fairy Tail. He then decided he might do that anyways and go see the carnage. If this man's thoughts were anything to go by, it would be beautiful.

"They're bound for Bosco. Should arrive in two days."

The man nodded, about to turn off the lacrima. "One other thing," Cobra said, shifting uncomfortably. He couldn't let the others know about this, but while he wouldn't mind the light guilds turning on one another, it was another thing entirely what Brain, and the demon sealed in his head wanted. He and the others were just pawns towards the ultimate goal. Cobra wondered what Brain would do after he destroyed everything, if he ever got the chance. Cobra wished he were strong enough to kill him.

The man looked up confused, and Cobra scowled, "Brain is looking for a weapon called Nirvana."

He could hear the man's immediate dismissal, and nearly ripped his throat out. The man turned off the recording lacrima, "Thank you, mister Cobra."

Cobra snorted at the formal dismissal, Cubellios dropping from the tree and coiling around him, terrifying the councilman.

He then began to wander into town, ignoring the whispers as he made his way to the inn. Most of them were whispers of fear, which were music to his ears. Once inside, only one person didn't recoil from him and Cubellios, and that was because she seemed absolutely fascinated by Cubellios.

"Yes, she's magical, and my friend. She's also venomous. Where's your communications lacrima?"

The girl blinked, glancing at him and then pulling the lacrima out. It was a cheap version, probably the best most hotels could afford. Personal communications lacrimas were unheard of except by the rich, but guilds would have them. He nodded his thanks, going to a secluded corner, hearing the accusations of the people watching him. He was tempted to steal it just because.

A white haired girl smiled out from the lacrima, and Cobra sneered.

"You've reached Fairy Tail! This is MiraJane, can I help you?"

Cobra sneered, "Your guild master in?"

"What is this in regards to?"

He snorted, "You'll find out after I tell him."

Her smile grew dark, and Cobra was suddenly glad he couldn't hear what was going on in her head over the lacrima. Damn thing was useful.

"I got it Mira," an older voice said, "I am Makarov, Fairy Tail's master."

Cobra sneered, "Xolotl's Fang has one of your mages caught on a slave ship. They're headed for Bosco, should arrive in two days."

The old man palmed his face, "Must be Natsu. Damn that boy and his motion sickness. Thank you for telling me…"

Cobra sneered, shutting off the lacrima. He stared at it for a second before turning and returning it to the desk. His job was done. He walked out, heading out of town and back into the woods. He would sleep there tonight and he and Cubellios would head out in the morning. To where, he wasn't sure yet.

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Makarov sighed, grumbling about the youth of today before he hailed Gray, Elfman, Cana, and Loke. He wished Erza had returned to help with this. It didn't help that he didn't know how many mages they'd be going up against. He'd also have to inform the council. Natsu was just born for causing trouble for him, and he wouldn't have it any other way.

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When Lucy awoke, she was in a hard cot, naked, with her knees propped up as someone prodded her nether regions. Salamander was suddenly there, smiling charmingly, "Ah you're awake. Don't worry my dear, this is routine for anyone on my ship."

She felt herself smiling nervously up at him, even as she retched in disgust as he brought the sleeping potion to her lips again.

"Now drink deep, that's my good girl."

The last thing she heard before she fell asleep was, "Well, she's definitely a virgin and her breasts are very real. No penetration and she'll go for millions."

The Salamander cursed, even as he placed a hand on her breast, pinching the nipple.

When Lucy awoke again, she was chained to a bed in the first luxurious cabin. Her keys were sitting on the night stand next to her, and she was dressed in a sheer robe. She still felt the charm spell forcing her to think about Salamander, even as her subconscious fought.

The blue haired man entered the room, bringing in food that smelled delicious. Giving her an oily smile that made her heart beat faster.

Fight it Lucy, that's just the charm spell. What the hell has he done to me?!

He set the tray down, and she smiled up at him shyly, inner Lucy retching in disgust as the charm spell made her act the way he wanted her too.

She was fighting it, and he seemed to know she was fighting it, since he was tending to her personally.

"Is the cuff really necessary?" she asked, voice light, "I'm really not into-"

"Now my dear," he said smoothly interrupting, "If I let you go, some of the other men might think they can… take advantage. It's for your protection."

Her heart dropped, even as she agreed, letting him feed her the soup. A little dripped off the spoon and into her cleavage, causing her to yelp slightly as the soup was still hot.

"I'm so sorry!" he said, quickly undoing the sheer robe. She thought he would use the napkin to clean her up, but instead brought his head down, licking up the trail the hot soup had left.

Lucy gasped as her body reacted, her nipples immediately hardening, and she could feel his grin as the charm spell shoved her further back, leaving her body acting like a wanton lover. He nipped at her skin as he reached the peak of one of her breasts, slowly pushing her back towards the bed. He nipped at it before beginning to suck.

His fingers ran down her stomach and down her abdomen until they reached her nether lips. She could feel herself getting wet, her body reacting to his touch as he spread her lips, her legs opening so that she could feel more, even as her skin crawled. He rubbed two of his fingers along her slit, ensuring that he was hitting the small bundle of nerves just above it, causing her body to react more.

He switched to the other breast, causing her to gasp and moan as he gently bit the nipple, the tips of one of his fingers finding its way to just barely inside her entrance, beginning to push forward.

No. No no no no no! Please, someone! Not like this!

Lucy's prayer was answered when there was a sharp knocking at the door. Her charmed body moaned in frustration in tandem with him as the person at the door yelled in.

"Hey Bora, you in there?! That pink haired idiot set fire to his cell!"

"Don't call me that!" Bora snapped, "Call me Salamander of Fairy Tail remember?! Why haven't you killed him and thrown him over board yet?!"

Must be Natsu, Lucy thought as she relaxed against the mattress as Bora left. She struggled against the chains as the charm spell faded slightly, glancing at her keys. The man was probably going to try and get her to break her contracts so that he could sell them for extra Jewel. She couldn't let that happen. She sighed, resigning herself to a day of boredom and captivity. Just another day, and she'd be who knows where. Her body was still longing for Bora's touch, the charm spell still working even though she fought it.

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Cobra slid into place in the rafters, watching as Fairy Tail worked with the council to ambush the slavers. This was rare. The council rarely wanted to work with the guilds, even if they were legal, and if the informee's thoughts were correct, they really wanted to disband Fairy Tail.

He shrugged, not bothered, keeping himself hidden. Today was the day they would catch the slavers. He glanced over to where the rest of Xolotl's Fang was gathering. He was glad that the rest of the small dark guild was there. That meant they'd get all of them at once. Hopefully Brain didn't connect his disappearance with the capture of the dark guild. It wouldn't do for Brain to think he was defecting.

Cobra's ears began to pick out the cacophony of sound of muted souls as a ship pulled into the port.

Must be a charm spell, Cobra thought, scowling. This guy was some kind of sick.

The crew cheered down as they began to lead the women off, most of them still charmed with hearts in their eyes. Some of them had figured it out and hadn't had the charm spell replaced. He could see the dejection and hear the despair in their souls. They were dressed in different outfits. White for still virgins, red for those who weren't. They had color coded the hem at the bottom. Black for non-wizard. Gold for wizard. There were only a few white blouses, and only two that had come off so far had gold on the hem, and they were obviously still charmed. The hem of their sleeves were also color coded. Gray for anything over 40. There were none of those. Blue for 30-39, of which there were a select few, each looking younger than they were. Most were green, which was 20-29. Then the man with the charm spell walked off, leading a heavily charmed girl off the ship, and Cobra's breath was taken away. Her blouse was white, and did little to hide her figure. Her breasts strained the material, the hem at the bottom was gold, and her sleeves had the pink of a girl that was between the age of 15-19. Cobra stared, thinking she had to be maybe a year or two younger than him. His soul sang out, and her head lifted, blank brown eyes meeting his.

Suddenly her eyes cleared, and her soul sang out to his. His own responded, and he nearly dropped out of his hiding place. Something echoed up to him from her soul, an older woman's voice, Only a soulmate can break a charm spell once you are under it.

Soul mate? He questioned, gaze hungrily taking in the blond angel's appearance. Something that's only mine. Golden blonde hair and honey brown eyes that looked innocent and fearful, and full pink lips that he wanted to taste if only once. His eyes narrowed in on the magic cancelling cuffs that bound her wrists together and he snarled, idly rubbing his own wrists as a phantom pain suddenly hit him. It was then he heard her soul going a mile a minute. She glanced towards the blue haired man's pouch, and then back as the men brought up what appeared to be a pink haired bruise.

She gasped, and the blue haired man raised an eyebrow, "My dear, he's just a prisoner. Don't worry, he won't hurt you."

Lucy's jaw clenched, and she suddenly elbowed him in the gut, whirling faster than he could catch his breath and grabbing the pouch that held her keys. She then rushed back up gangway, barreling into the man that held Natsu, causing the pinkette to stumble, and fall off. She stumbled herself, another man catching her hair and pulling her up by it, the men on the ground jeering.

Fairy Tail and the council took this opportunity to attack.

Cobra grinned. This was carnage. Ice and concentrated bursts of light were flying everywhere. He nearly lost sight of his little blond soul mate in the process. He began jumping across rafters, soul singing at him to save her.

He leapt onto Cubellios, the snake having caught on and taking the stealthiest route to the blonde. He was quick to rip the throat out of the guy that was taking advantage of the confusion to try and rape her. He spit on the dead body, gathering up the blonde who was still freaking out.

"Calm down jugs," he snapped, pulling her away from the fighting.

Her soul stilled before rage settled in and her eyes narrowed at him, "What did you call me elf boy?"

He grinned at her, not bothered by the nickname and was pleased when she resolved to find something that he didn't like. He would have fun while she tried.

"This is how you greet your soul mate?" he asked, setting her down behind a set of crates and beginning to use his poison to destroy the manacles. It would take a while because they were magic resistant, but he was nothing if not tenacious.

"When he's a complete ass," she hissed, shifting uncomfortably. She then blushed as she studied him closely. He tried not to smirk in pleasure as he heard every dirty thought before she quickly discarded it. Suddenly the cuffs came off and she began to rub her wrists. He stopped her, inspecting them to see if there was any damage. He didn't want her creamy skin scarred, not like his.

She waited patiently until he was done inspecting her wrists. She didn't know what to think. She didn't know who he was, except that he had broken the charm spell. Their eyes had met and suddenly she could think for herself, and feel her body, and the first thing she was doing as soon as she got her stuff back and had some money was taking a hot shower and scrubbing all the places that sleazy man had touched.

Cobra stiffened, a growl rolling through his chest, "Where did he touch you?"

As soon as he asked the question he was assaulted with visions of the man feeling her breasts, kissing them, his mouth moving down to her most secret place, and Cobra growled louder, ready to kill the man. If the blouses weren't charmed to show the slavers the truth about the girls' virginal status and age, he would've thought he had forcefully taken that from her.

"He always got interrupted by Natsu trying to burn his way out of his cell," Lucy whispered, imagining the pink haired idiot as she last saw him. He made a mental note to thank the fucker before beating him to a pulp for shiggles.

"Thank you," she whispered as she felt her magic running through her again. She pulled her celestial keys out of Bora's pouch, looking at them lovingly before glancing back up to him and blushing. Suddenly she grasped his face, pulling him forward and kissing him. Cobra, startled, didn't hesitate to respond once he could think again.

"Thank you, Peter Pan," she whispered when they broke, both gasping.

"Always, Tinkerbell."

She smiled tremulously, "I'll hold you to it."

He nodded and suddenly she was on her feet, a key in her hand.

"Open, gate of the Golden Bull! Taurus!"

A giant cow suddenly showed, axe in hand, looking at Lucy with hearts in his eyes. Cobra snarled at it as it made a perverted comment to the girl and she was quick to send it into the sea of bodies, somehow knowing who it was supposed to attack.

She glanced back, biting her lip as she studied him, "I'm Lucy."

Cobra stood, Cubellios wrapping around his waist, reminding him that he was from a different world, a darker one. His soul mate was the one thing he couldn't have. "Erik," he whispered, memorizing her smile.

She stepped forward, kissing him one more time before returning her attention to the battle, jumping in when one of the Xolotl mages went to attack her spirit.

"I'll have to keep Angel far away from her," he whispered to Cubellios. Cubellios seemed hesitant to leave, and he winced, glancing at the blonde one last time before making his way away from the carnage. He couldn't be seen here, he had to get back.

He didn't notice the little old man watching him carefully before returning to the battle.

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Lucy felt like crying, both from joy and heart break. She had been invited to join Fairy Tail. Master Makarov had apparently been impressed with her work with her celestial spirit. Natsu turned out to be the real Salamander, and had joined the battle as soon as his cuffs were off, bruises or not. He had nearly burnt Bora to a crisp. The heart break was from finding out that Erik wasn't a part of the guild she had been longing to join, and that he had just disappeared.

One of the men from the council coughed, "You mean Cobra was here, and he left?"

Lucy's eyes narrowed, and Master Makarov sighed, "He was here, and yes, he left."

The council man cursed, "Would've been nice to capture one of the Oracion Seis as well as these idiots."

Lucy glanced questioningly at Master Makarov, and he motioned for her to sit back. She did so, trusting his judgement. She didn't have a guild stamp yet, and she didn't want to jeopardize getting one, Erik around or no.

The council man left them alone, Makarov checking to make sure none of the rest of the guild was around before he turned to face Lucy.

"Cobra, or Erik as you know him, was our informant on this matter. I assume he was just here to watch the carnage."

"But when he saw me," she whispered.

Makarov nodded, "Cobra is a member of the Oracion Seis, one of the leaders of the Balam Alliance, which is a set of guilds that aren't legal. I can only assume he bothered because he doesn't like slavery in any form. As far as I know, he was acting alone."

Lucy looked down, upset. Makarov hopped to the ground, looking up at her with a smile, "He could still be a good man. We'll just have to see if he comes back to us."

Lucy glanced down at the old man curiously before smiling, and joining the rest of her new guild on deck.

I uh… So it's a different beginning. Reviews, preferably constructive ones would be helpful as I don't have a beta and am hesitant to start emailing people to beta. Kind of a weird personal quirk. I kind of thought to have him keep her until the seis arc in the story but I kind of like this.

Still trying to decide if and how I want to continue it. The research will continue…..