Hi everyone. Sorry it's been a while. I've been trying to figure out where I want the plot line to go.

The guild mark for Scarlet Claw, for those who don't understand the description is the Sharingan (from Uchiha Clan in Naruto) in the middle of two bat wings (that are hair clips from Krul Tepes in Seraph of the End).

GirlFish: Yes. Scarlet Guid is not a light guild. Seeing as they are tampering with demons, going behind the council's back and were given permission by the council to have their guild (their parents did), they could be an independent guild or a dark guild. Who knows?

Without further ado, hopes you all like it. REVIEW, FAVORITE AND FOLLOW:)

Previously

"Nakiri Lola, do you accept our call?" Kagome asked.

"I do." Lola replied. The magic in the room began to hum in symphony as it painted a mark on Lola's wrist, one that every member in the guild had. Lola could feel the prickling on her wrist, as the guild mark was tattooed. It was the shape of pair of bat wings with a three tomoe spiral in the middle. Once the prickling stopped, the magic in the room cut off immediately.

Someone walked up to Lola and pulled off the blindfold. Opening her eyes, Lola took her first glance at the new guild she had entered. In front of her, she saw around a dozen or so people standing around. And in the middle of them was Kagome and Maehara.

"Lola, welcome to the Scarlet Claw."

It had been six days since Kagome had last been seen in the guild. Wendy was okay the first couple days, being surrounded by her mother's family, but the loneliness was finally hitting her. Wendy started to grow bags under her eyes and couldn't sleep without seeing the large monster in her nightmares. She began to cry, which woke up the rest of the house. Mira and Lisanna tried to help her, but it was no use. Finally, Mira had to use a Sleeping Spell on Wendy to get the poor child to fall asleep.

"Mama…." Wendy mumbled as she rolled in her sleep, clutching a light blue dragon. Kagome had bought that for her when she had gone shopping with Mira days before. Mira looked at the small child with sad eyes, before closing the door to the infirmary.

"How is she, Mira-nee?" Lisanna asked, once Mira had come back to the bar and began to deal out orders.

"She's sleeping." Mira replied as she made Lisanna an iced tea. Lisanna nodded.

"I wonder if she's not used to having someone leave for so long." Lisanna and Mira turned to see the Thunder God Tribe sitting at next to Lisanna.

"But her whole guild disappeared. And she was okay after a while of crying." Bickslow replied.

"She had us to fill in that hole. Her dragon left her when she was a child, just like Kagome had to do when she went to finish business. Wendy must be having flashbacks from those painful moments." Evergreen told Bickslow, whacking the Soul mage over the head.

"When did Nee-sama say she was coming back?" Lisanna asked.

"About a week or so." Mira replied as she wiped one of the glasses in her hands.

"I hope she comes back soon. Wendy isn't getting any better." Evergreen replied as she looked back at where the infirmary was.

"Tadaima!" The group sitting around the bar turned around to see two figures walking through the guild door.

"Nee-sama!" Lisanna ran towards Kagome and threw herself at her. Kagome caught her oncoming sister and gave her a hug.

"How are you Lisanna?" Kagome asked.

"Good. Who's this?" Lisanna asked, looking at the girl that stood next to her older sister. The girl had chocolate brown eyes that had red flecks in them and violet hair. She was shorter than Kagome and noticeably younger as well. Meanwhile, Mira and Evergreen walked up to the group that stood in the middle of the guild, whilst the rest of the guild went on their own business.

"This is Nakiri Lola. She wants to join Fairy Tail." Kagome told her family.

"Lola, these are my younger sisters, Mirajane and Lisanna, the ones I told you about." Kagome said, gesturing to the two silver-heads that looked alike before turning to the brunette.

"And this is Evergreen, one of my best friends." Kagome added on.

"Hajimemashite minna-san. Please take good care of me." Lola said, bowing down.

"Nice to meet you too Lola. Let's take you to talk with Master." Mira said. before turning to Kagome.

"Kagome, you should head to the infirmary. Wendy's not doing so well." Before Mira could even finish the sentence, Kagome's image blurred as she raced out of sight.

"Who is the master of the guild?" Lola asked as they walked upstairs, heading for Master's office.

"Makarov Dreyar, one of the 10 Wizard Saints." Mira replied as they reached Master's office door. Knocking on the door, Mira walked in with Lola following behind. In the office, Lola saw a short old man sitting behind a desk holding up papers and giggling, while a tall, muscular blond male was yelling at him.

"Master, we have a new person that wants to join, so stop looking at ecchi magazines." Mira said with a scowl on her face as she ripped the magazine away from Master.

"But Mira…" Master went to protest but stopped when he saw Mira's murderous aura appear around her.

"Never mind. What did you need again?" Master asked. Mira gestured to the girl behind her as she stepped out of the way and stood next to Laxus.

"What is your name child?" Master asked Lola.

"Nakiri Lola, sir." Lola replied. Whilst she was discussing her becoming a member of Fairy Tail, Mira struck up a short conversation with Laxus.

"What are you doing here?" Mira asked Laxus.

"Got roped up into working with Jiji on paperwork. Not that that actually ended up happening. It was more me yelling at the old man and him giggling away at magazines. Not that I didn't mind what I saw." Laxus said, the last sentence coming out significantly quieter so the she devil beside him didn't hear.

"Oh." Mira replied before Master called her.

"Yes Master?" Mira asked.

"The stamp." Mira nodded and she grabbed the guild stamp from the cabinet across the room before walking over to Lola.

"Where do you want it, and what color?" Mira asked.

"I can choose?" Lola asked. Mira nodded her head.

"I want it on my right shoulder, in red." Taking the stamp, Mira turned Lola slightly and pressed the guild mark on the girl's right shoulder. Lola sucked in a breath as she felt her magic surge inside of her.

"Lola, welcome to Fairy Tail." Mira told Lola as the girl looked down at her shoulder to see her new guild mark.

"Arigato." Lola replied, bowing to Master.

"That's alright child. Mira, Laxus. Show Lola downstairs to the others." Master said.

"Come with us. We'll introduce you."

Meanwhile

In the Infirmary

As soon as the words came out of Mira's mouth, Kagome rushed off to the infirmary. As soon as she made her way into the infirmary, she looked inside to see it occupied. On the bed, next to the window, laid Wendy.

"Wendy!" Kagome whispered as she walked over to the sleeping girl to see Charle sitting beside her.

"Charle, tadaima. What happened?" Kagome asked.

"Kagome… it's horrible. This girl… honestly. She wore herself out. She began to fear that you had left her and hyperventilated a couple of times. Finally, Mira placed Wendy under a sleeping spell so the girl would sleep. Now, it all depends on Wendy to wake up, if she wants to or not." Charle said. Kagome looked Charle over to see the Exceed had light bags under her eyes and her clothes were unkempt.

"Why don't you go have a a nap? I'll stay with Wendy." Kagome told Charle, lifting the small cat into her lap and rubbing her ears.

"No… I have… to watch over Wendy." Charle mumbled as her eyes began to droop.

"I'll watch over Wendy. I promise I will wake you up as soon as Wendy is up, okay?" Charle nodded. Kagome watched the small Exceed as she fell asleep, rubbing her head as the Exceed purred away. Lifting Charle, she laid the Exceed on the bed beside Wendy's before turning her attention to the sleeping dragon slayer. Kagome sat on the bed beside Wendy and held the little girl's hand.

"Wendy. You shouldn't have to fear me ever leaving you. You're my precious daughter. You may not be my daughter by birth, but you are the closest thing I have to a daughter. I have claimed you as mine. You are my kin and that will never change." Kagome sifted her fingers through Wendy's hair.

"Onegai… wake up soon."

"The brat will wake up soon. Don't worry over it." Kagome turned to see the metal-studded slayer walk into the infirmary.

"Gajeel… What if she doesn't? I can't lose another family again." Gajeel grabbed a chair and pulled it next to Wendy's bedside, where Kagome was sitting.

"We're all stubborn. It's kind of a requirement of being in Fairy Tail, if you haven't noticed. The brat… she's stubborn alright. She'll wake up when she's ready." Gajeel said. Kagome's mood didn't change.

'Special…' Gajeel's eyes widened as he heard his inner dragon speak to him for the first time.

'Don't lose… her….' The voice came again before dying off. Gajeel looked at the girl that the dragon was gesturing to. Kagome's eyes were watering at the thought of Wendy being all alone, thinking that she wasn't going to come back, Wendy not eating and sleeping properly. However, before the tears could fall down her face, Kagome felt herself get pulled off the bed and into someone's lap. Arms wrapped around her and pulled her close into the person's chest. Looking up, Kagome realized it was Gajeel that was holding her.

"Seaweed, you have to trust her. Trust that she'll come back. She won't leave you, just like you won't leave her." Gajeel said in a low voice.

'Protection….' Kagome heard her inner dragon say. She called out to her, but her inner dragon didn't reply.

'Safe...' Kagome heard again, this time, her inner dragon staying silent after speaking. Kagome looked at the chest of the male that was comforting her and slightly burrowed her head closer towards him. Kagome was touched. For as long as she knew Gajeel, she didn't think he was the type of guy to do this. He was almost caring… loving. But then the rest of the sentence rushed into her head, and she slapped him on the chest.

"Seaweed. Did you just call me a plant in the sea?" Kagome asked, glaring at Gajeel's eyes that seemed to dance with mirth.

"Of course I did. You hail from the water, so I thought it was fitting." Gajeel replied, his lips twisting into a smirk as Kagome's face got redder and redder.

"Gajeel…" Kagome growled as the man laughed. Hearing Gajeel laugh, Kagome's ire died down as she pouted.

"So mean to me… after all I did for you." Kagome said, looking away with fake tears in her eyes, not that Gajeel knew though.

"Eh.. Um… Don't cry." Gajeel was panicking, ready to go get someone to stop Kagome from crying when he heard sounds of laughter. He turned to look at Kagome to see her laughing at him, happiness and glee dancing in her eyes.

"You faker!" Gajeel glared at Kagome, who continued to laugh. Seeing Kagome laugh and not still upset about Wendy made Gajeel smile.

"You still upset, you big baby?" Kagome asked, pulling at Gajeel's cheeks, when she felt something sharp on her fingers and saw her fingers in his mouth, more specifically, between his teeth.

"You bit me." Kagome squealed as she ripped her fingers from his mouth and gently caressed them, keeping them far from Gajeel's mouth.

"Gihihi!" Gajeel chuckled. The two were unaware of the murderous glare from the doorway of the infirmary that was directed their way.

Meanwhile

Guild Hall

"What would you like?" Mira asked as Lola sat at the bar. Laxus had wandered off to his table where the rest of his team was sitting.

"Just a glass of water. Maybe something spicy too." Lola asked.

"Do you want fire wings? Courtesy of our resident pyro." Mira asked.

"Sure." Lola replied. Mira turned away to get Lola's orders when a couple of girls gathered at the bar to see who the new girl was.

"You a new member?" Lola turned to see a couple of girls sitting next to her, one crimson red head, one beach blonde, Lisanna and Evergreen. A blunette came storming up to the bar and sat on a chair, putting on a fake smile that no one but Lola and Lisanna noticed.

"Guys, introduce yourselves. She doesn't know who you are." Lisanna said.

"Hi. I'm Lucy Hearfilia, Celestial Mage." Lucy grinned and waved her hand.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Erza Scarlet, Equip Mage." Erza demonstrated by equiping her signature sword and brandishing it.

"Neat. That sword… it comes from the original Heart Kreuz armor set, doesn't it?" The rest of the girls looked stunned at Lola's knowledge.

"It does. How did you know?" Erza asked. Before Lola could answer, the blunette cut her off.

"Don't forget the rest of us, Erza. Hi, I'm Levy McGarden, Solid Script Mage. Nice to meet'cha." Levy smiled. Lola nodded her head before turning back to Erza.

"I'm a dagger mage. That's how I know." Lola said, whipping out a dagger that was holding her hair up in it's hairdo and showing the girls.

"I also dabble in fire." Lola said, letting her fingers light up in dark red fire as she created the same mark that rested on her chest, just over her heart. She had learned the beginning steps of summons small amounts of fire and making sure not to let them out of control.

"Natsu is going to love you." Erza said as she looked at Lola's flames. While the flames looked pretty and innocent, like the girl herself, somehow, Erza felt as if there was something behind those flames. They seemed almost… dark. But Erza let the thought go. It could just be her imagination. Mira had returned with Lola's water and spicy wings and the dagger mage began to eat her lunch.

"How did you meet Nee-sama?" Lisanna asked Lola, which seemed to catch the rest of the small group's attention.

"Kagome? I met her on the train out of Haregon. The train was full and it was the last train of the night and she let me share the train compartment with her." Lola replied, changing how she called Kagame and tweaking the truth about how they met. From what Lola remembered before her operation, she was being transported on a train somewhere and there were two people with her, a male with brown hair who she now knew as Maehara, and a silver haired girl, who she now knew as Kagome.

"Huh. That's neat." Evergreen told Lola as the violet-haired girl continued to eat her meal.

"Let's introduce the rest of the guild to you. Come on." Lisanna, Lucy and Evergreen pulled Lola out of her chair once she was done eating and walked her over to where Bisca and Alzack were sitting.

Meanwhile

Infirmary

"What did you do for the past couple days?" Kagome asked. She had returned to her seated spot on Wendy's bed while Gajeel stayed in the chair.

"I headed out with Lily on a solo job in Crocus. We trained in a forest outside of Crocus for a day or two before coming back." Gajeel replied.

"Did you meet Sting and Rouge again?" Kagome asked.

"Yah. Those infernal idiots were picking a fight with a local gang. I had to go and fish them out of that mess. Then, they began to pester me about training them, so I spent a day doing that. They say hi. Sting says you betrayed them, leaving them to deal with me alone… when I get my hands on that brat." Gajeel said, running his tongue over his teeth and grinning in a feral-like manner.

"Poor them." Kagome mumbled before turning back to her unconscious daughter. She began to hum a song, one that her mother used to sing to her as a child and slowly, she merged with her inner dragon.

"Come back Musume." Kagome could hear her inner dragon calling out to Wendy. Gajeel noticed the spike in Kagome's magic and realized that she had merged with her inner dragon, seeing the maternal instincts that Kagome was showing.

"You're safe. I'm here. You don't need to be afraid or hide." Gajeel stayed silent as Kagome called out to Wendy's inner dragon, hoping the younger girl would answer.

'"I'm here. I won't ever leave you forever. You are my child… for eternity. So please… wake up." Kagame said, giving Wendy a kiss on the forehead, sending her magic through her kiss.

A few minutes went by and Kagome didn't feel a shift in Wendy's magic at all. Once the message had been told, Kagome let her inner dragon recede back into her unconscious.

Wendy's Mindscape

"I'm worthless. Not even my mother stayed with me." Wendy told herself as she wandered down the dark path. She was walking in a wooded forest with a small, white-feathered dragon, that represented her inner dragon flying beside her.

"Mama loves us. She wouldn't leave us." The dragon told Wendy, but Wendy wouldn't believe the dragon.

"Maybe it was for the best. Mama is so much better than me. She's strong than me, prettier than me. She can probably find someone for herself." Wendy said as she twisted the pendant on the necklace that Kagome had gotten her. The small dragon flew next to Wendy as the girl continued on her path.

"Maybe I'm the reason why Mama hasn't got anyone. Because no one will take someone that already has children, especially my age." Wendy felt tears welling up in her eyes.

"Mama will always stay with us. She will only find a mate that accepts us as well." The dragon told Wendy, but once again, Wendy wasn't listening.

"It's all my fault." Wendy felt tears running down her cheeks. She raised her hands and rubbed her eyes as the tears continued to drip down her cheeks when she heard a voice call out to her.

'Come back Musume."

"Mama? Mama! Mama!" Wendy called out as she tried to reply.

"You're safe. I'm here. You don't need to be afraid or hide." Wendy's eyes widened slightly. How did she know, Wendy wondered.

'"I'm here. I won't ever leave you forever. You are my child… for eternity. So please… wake up." Wendy saw a shimmering spirit form in front of her, forming Kagome. The spirit came up to her and gave her a kiss on the forehead before backing away and moving the strands of hair out of her face. Smiling, the spirit began to disappear.

"Mama!" Wendy called out as she began to cry, feeling Kagame's feelings through the kiss that the spirit had given her. The forest around her and the white-feathered dragon beside her began to fade from her vision as Wendy began to wake up.

In the Infirmary

"Ma...ma..." Kagome's eyes shot open as she heard the sound. Looking over at Wendy, she noticed that the small bluenette was waking up.

"My god, Wendy." Kagome called out, tightly but gently holding Wendy's hand in hers. Wendy's eyes slowly blinked open. Gajeel stood up from his seat and walked towards Wendy's bed, standing next to Kagome as the two watched over Wendy.

"Ma…ma." Wendy called out, her bleary eyes drifting around until they landed on Kagome and Gajeel.

"Ma...ma… Pa...pa…." Wendy called out again. Kagome stiffened at the last word.

"I'm right here Musume." Kagome told Wendy. Wendy blinked a couple times, letting her vision come back to normal. Once it was, she looked around from where she was lying to see Kagome sitting on the bed next to her and Gajeel standing beside her.

"Mama!" Wendy sat straight up and gave Kagome a hug, her arms tight around Kagome's body as the older girl held her close.

"I'm sorry I took so long to come." Kagome told Wendy in a soft voice, smoothing the girl's hair down as she talked.

"I was scared. I know you weren't going to leave me, but I was scared." Wendy replied.

"I promise… for all eternity, that I will never leave you behind. There will be times where I will need some space for personal reasons, but it isn't your fault." Kagome said, kissing Wendy on the forehead before pulling away.

"I told you before, when I first marked you, we talked about mating." Kagome started.

"I'm leaving. Feel better brat." Gajeel said, ruffling Wendy's dark locks and heading for the infirmary exit, when Kagome's voice stopped him.

"Oh no you don't. I'll tell Mira you chickened out. She'll have a field day with that, won't she?" Kagome told Gajeel. Gajeel growled darkly and spun around, his eyes narrowing on Kagome's laughing figure as he returned to Wendy's bedside.

"There are two bites that a dragon, or in our case, dragon slayer can give or receive. One is the claiming bite, which is what you have. It claims anyone unrelated by blood under their protection as a child or sibling. This bite is rare as it only happens if your inner dragon allows it so." Kagome explained.

"The second bite is the mating bite." Kagome told Wendy.

"Mating? Is that what all the girls in the guild talk about?" Wendy asked with a blush. Kagome's cheeks began tinted red as Gajeel chuckled next to her. Sending him a glare, she continued on.

"Wendy, mating is when a female or male dragon looks for it's other half, what they call a mate. And there is a season for this, which is called mating season."

"In our lives, there is only one person that is our mate. It has already been engraved in our inner dragon's soul. Your inner dragon will begin to send you signs of mating when you become of age. As soon as the female turns of age, the inner dragon will seek out it's other half. It will start to send out signals and the chosen male will respond." Kagome started.

"What happens next?" Kagome blushed, not wanting to breach the topic.

"You started this Seawead. You have to finish it." Gajeel said, his arms crossed over his chest. He was loving this.

"Once the male and female know who they are, they undergo the courting process, what you know as dating. Once they are ready to cement the bond, the female or male dragon slayer will bite their mate to seal the mating. Now usually, the bite mark goes in the crook of the neck on the left side, but it really depends on where the dragon slayer wants it." Kagome finished, her face bright red by the end and Gajeel was laughing his head off.

"Where else can a dragon slayer leave their mark? And what is it about mating season?" Wendy asked, curiously.

"A dragon slayer can mark their mate where they want really, but usually it is in the crook of the left side of the neck. Mating season is the time when the inner dragon rises into your conscious and your senses are more in tune with it." Kagome explained.

"Mating season is when the mating process occurs. It is also a time when a dragon slayer goes into heat." Kagome cut herself short, cursing in her head.

"What is a heat?" Wendy wondered.

"Brat, a heat is when dragon slayers will desire the opposite sex as they look for their mate. Their senses will be in overdrive and most of their time will be spent with their inner dragon telling them how to act and so forth." Kagome quickly explained.

"Oh ok. One more question. What is the mating process? You didn't explain before." This question was one that both Kagome and Gajeel didn't want to answer.

"You won't need to know about that till later. When the time comes, I'll tell you about it. Okay?" Kagome pleaded, hoping that Wendy wouldn't ask anymore.

"Okay Mama." Wendy said, burrowing her head into Kagome's chest as the older dragon slayer let out a purr.

"Do you think you're well enough to move around?" Kagome asked.

"I think so. I slept a lot, so I should be good." Wendy replied.

"Why don't you head into the guild hall? There are some people who have been waiting for you to wake up. I'll be right behind you." Kagome asked. Wendy nodded. Jumping off the bed, Wendy walked out of the infirmary, heading for the guild hall. In the infirmary, Kagome and Gajeel could hear the cheers, signaling that Wendy had entered the guild hall.

"Does she know that you're already of age?" Gajeel finally asked.

"No. I don't think she does." Kagome replied, her head in her hands.

"How am I supposed to explain that I have to find a mate soon? She's going to think she's extra weight." Kagome said into her hands.

"More importantly, will your mate accept her? That's the question."

Hope you all liked it. The next chapter will come out during the first week of January so look forward to it. There will be some jealously with Levy and some private moments for Gajeel and Kagome. Please review if you have any ideas that you want.