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Chapter 4: Answers

"So.. will this perhaps be an everyday thing..? or no?" A flushed Natsu inquired with a hint of hope in his voice as he was looking at Irene to his left, his eyes blinking a few times. He would occasionally shoot interested glances at Mira, Brandish and Dimaria as they continued to clean themselves of the excessive amount of his seed that he had showered them with just a minute ago. He gulped as the familiar emotion of lust hit him once more, the young King finding the sight to be pretty damn hot, and he honestly wouldn't mind doing that to them again if they didn't mind it as well. Judging by how much they seemed to enjoy being covered in his spunk as they were eagerly lapping it all up into their mouths and consuming it, he felt that it was safe to assume that they wouldn't have an issue with that idea either.

Irene giggled at the boy's question as her hand that was still on his left cheek gently stroked at its bone. "Mhm!" The tribe Queen hummed in chipper affirmation as she nodded her head. "It can if you so desire it to be, my love. All you gotta do is say the word to any one of us, and we will gladly tend to your needs to the best of our ability. No questions asked." Irene, with a smile, answered Natsu nonchalantly as she maintained eye contact with him. 'We certainly didn't have any objections.' Irene inwardly smirked as she too shot a glance towards the three beauties below who were still looking like they were in heaven whilst cleansing their voluptuous upper bodies. 'I think I speak for the others when I say that they won't protest when their times to be with you come, my King.' She internally spoke that comment confidentally.

Natsu's eyes slightly widened when he heard the response as they did another brief round of blinking. While he did express surprise towards her words, he also expressed excitement in the form of a slight grin. "Really? Just.. Just like that?" He questioned in slight disbelief.

"Well why of course, you are our King and husband, after all. It's only natural that we want to ensure the satisfaction of the one who rules over us and the one we love, is it not?" Irene playfully said to the boy as her smile transformed into a grin.

"I guess so.." Natsu's flustered voice trailed off near the end of his reply as his grin disappeared. Irene's words, though she didn't mean for them to, had ridded him of his apparent enthusiasm and had him dawn a somewhat serious expression when he was swiftly brought back down to the reality of his "situation".

"Oh, right, we're.. gonna need to talk about that now."

As much as he hated to put an end to this wondrous paradise he was in, it was finally time that he got some answers..

A few minutes later..

"I see.. And you really have no idea where he ran off to?" Natsu asked as he looked at Irene with a slightly depressed gaze.

With his pants back up, he was sitting on the bed with his legs crossed at the very spot where he had laid and slept during the night. Sitting on the bed a couple feet in front of him whilst on their knees and their hands together at their laps, were Erza and Irene. The pair of redhead beauties were still naked for their King to feast his eyes upon them as he had yet to instruct them to put anything on, not that they were complaining, of course.

Mira, Dimaria and Brandish's presence within the bed chambers, much to their dismay, were relieved by their queen as they were very much in need of a bath due to the mess that the young man had made out of their hair.

Natsu was just filled in on some information regarding his old man, but it was info that he wasn't hoping to hear. Irene revealed to him that Igneel was not with them anymore, it turns out that he hadn't been for over five years at this point.

"I'm afraid not.." Said a frowning Irene. "He was with us one day, then come the next.. He was just gone. It was like he had simply vanished into thin air and that was it. He didn't even leave us so much as a note saying goodbye. None of us knew he was gone until we went to go check up on him in the hut he was staying in at the time. Which was the one you had woken up in last night as a matter of fact."

Erza took the chance to add in a sad spoken comment of her own. "We all knew that he was going to leave at some point. We just weren't aware of when.."

Natsu emitted a downcasted sigh as he ran a hand through his hair while his head hung forward for a moment. "Then I guess it's safe for me to assume that he didn't leave me anything, did he..?" He questioned the redheads as he raised his head.

He received only reluctant head shakes of denial in response.

'Shit..'

"Of course.."

After a few tense seconds had passed, Natsu let out an agitated scoff. "That's what I thought.." He growled as he lightly gritted his teeth and his hands clenched into fists, his hands shaking due to how hard he was squeezing them. "That damn selfish old man..!" His voice presented more intensity to it all of a sudden as the bit of answers he had received only seemed to render him irritated.

However, before his building frustration could really get a hold of him, the rise was halted when he felt Erza and Irene take gentle hold on both of his hands, Irene taking his right hand while Erza took his left hand. His surprised sights were met with the mother and daughter duo looking up at him with a pleading look in their eyes.

"Please, do not take what we said to mean that your Father doesn't love you, Natsu." Erza said almost urgently after she had gripped onto Natsu's hand caringly, hoping that her action would bring him some comfort.

"Yes, he in fact does love you very much, that we can say with certainty." Irene chimed in with a soft tone. The two beauties scooted closer to Natsu so they didn't have to lean so far forward to hold his hands, but also because they wanted to be closer to their beloved.

Natsu was able to reel in his emotions thanks to the ladies help as he managed to take a deep breath while closing his eyes. With a short tremble, his hands loosened up as his eyes opened, allowing them to keep holding onto his hands. "Well the old bastard sure does have a way of showing his love, that's for damn sure." He uttered in disappointment. "I mean, what kind of Father just ups and leaves his eleven year old son just so he can go off to... wherever the hell he is... to satiate his adventurous tendencies. It's so fuc... It just doesn't make a lick of sense.." Natsu huffed as he looked off to the side in annoyance.

Erza and Irene shared a nervous glance at each other after he said that. "I'm sure there's a reasonable motive behind his actions.." Erza said when her and her Mother looked back to the pinkette.

"I'll believe that when I actually hear it from him." He retorted. Natsu decided to drop the subject for now as he was about to become slightly enraged once again. "Whatever, let's just... move on." He urged as he could feel a light headache about to come up on him, his right hand rubbing at his temple to try and soothe it.

"If you wish." Irene acknowledged for her and her daughter as neither of them were going to question that course of action and they pulled their hands back to their laps.

When he managed to calm his nerves, Natsu's expression softened as he gave his royal pair of wives an apologetic look. "Sorry, I didn't mean to lose myself there. Heh, I must be sounding like such a big baby with daddy issues.." He said with guilt and embarassment in his voice.

"It's quite alright. We can understand your frustration. No one wishes to feel like they have been abandoned by a parent." Irene responded as she flashed him a gentle smile.

"Yeah.. Anyway, onto a more obvious question. Who.. exactly are you people?"

Upon hearing his question, Irene and Erza immediately sat up straight and proudly as Irene's smile remained while Erza expressed one as well, then the Queen proceeded to answer him. "We are 'The Fairies'. A tribe of women who have existed in this world for quite a bit of centuries. At least, we were a tribe of only women up until the point where you entered our lives." She smirked. "For as long as we can remember, this secluded part of the globe has been our homeland." She referred to the vast jungle that they were in. "It has remained unbothered and even undiscovered to this day, as far as we know anyway." She shrugged, concluding the tribe's introductions at that.

Natsu was silent for a few moments after hearing that as he looked to the buxom redheads a bit astounded. "I see.." He subtly gulped. With having already gotten over the overwhelming shock phase of his "situation", especially after the amazing blowjob he had received earlier, he was able to keep somewhat of a cool head as he processed that information. "And uh.. why am I the change to all of that? What makes me so special that you have to go and break the whole... all women thing?" He asked in confusion. "What.. did my dad promise you?" He had a good feeling that the answer to his last question summed up the whole thing.

Erza and Irene once again looked at each other. "Do you wish to do the honors this time?" Irene asked of her daughter as she cocked her head to Natsu.

"Sure, Mother." Erza took up the responsibility with a nod as they looked back to their husband. Letting out a heavy sigh while looking slightly unnerved, Erza spoke. "Well um.. You see Natsu, the answers to those questions are rather... complicated due to our past.. So I will start by explaining that first before saying anything else. Trust me, everything will make sense once you learn about it.." Before explaining their story, Erza took a deep breath to ready her heart for what she was about to say.. "One day, about seventeen years ago, when me and the current generation of the tribe were just infants, a sudden fatal disease had struck our people seemingly out of nowhere. It was a horrid epidemic that nearly wiped us all off the face of the Earth.. and to this day, we still have absolutely no idea of where it came from.." She nearly choked up upon recalling one of the most desperate times of her people's history.. She held on strong for the moment however. "Honestly, if it wasn't for the miracle that had blessed the remainder of us during those dark times, our whole tribe would have surely been no more.." Already, she couldn't go on anymore as her heavy heart started to weigh on her. And that is where the Queen's motherly instincts kicked in.

"At the time, because of the aforementioned miracle, me, a few friends of mine and.. some.. of the children were immune to the sickness.." Irene decided to reveal that bit of information to save her child from the pain of doing it herself, letting out a deep sigh of sadness as her head lowered. Her figure nearly quivered as she strongly resisted the urge to clench her hands upon remembering the close friends she had lost during the sickening apocalypse all those years ago. Initially, she fully expected Erza to only tell Natsu about the promise that Igneel had made to them, and she didn't anticipate that she would go on to reveal their saddening past..

The pinkette gasped at what he heard, about to ask a question regarding her last statement, but decided against it as he knew that there was no appropriate time to ask about such a heartwrenching topic.. Instead, he opted to ask a question that he thought was a little less... insensitive. He was sorry that he was even asking it in the first place.. Damn his curiosity..

"There used to be more of you?"

"Mm.." Erza nodded as she wiped away a couple tears. "A lot more.."

"Four hundred and twelve.. to be exact." Said Irene softly.

Natsu was rendered speechless upon hearing the number for a short time. Then another frightening thought hit him.. "and how many of you are there now?" He asked. A pregnant silence went by before Erza answered him while her scarlet hair shadowed her eyes.

"... Forty two.."

Natsu resisted the urge to cover his mouth when he heard the stunning truth.. Now, he felt like a complete asshole for thinking he had things rough with his Father.. but no, his issue doesn't even come close to comparing to the horrid things that the current ladies of the tribe had gone through in their past. Almost their entire populace.. just gone in the blink of an eye.. What made things worst, in his mind, was that they didn't even know what caused the disease to appear in the first place. It was just as if the universe had decided to curse the most of them, both women and children, with it and that was that.. They were to never find out the reason why the epidemic occured and why fate had so mercilessly taken the lives of those who are no longer with them. Even when they did nothing to deserve it.. They were a peaceful people that only ever kept to themselves. Never looking to initiate violence or cause any sort of trouble for anyone. The only times that they would ever get aggressive was when they were either hunting or defending themselves. All in all, that was about it..

Getting over himself, Natsu frowned as he gave the girls an apologetic look again. "I... I am so sorry that happened.." He expressed his condolences. "I'm sure that none of them deserved to suffer like that.. nor did any of you deserve to suffer the loss of them.." He was slowly beginning to realize his purpose due to that information..

"Thank you.." Irene weakly smiled in appreciation as she looked back at Natsu. Taking a breath, she regained her composure as she was determined to focus more on the future rather than the past. "Anyway, it is because of the epidemic that our tribe has been facing extinction for the last seventeen years." She uttered hesitantly.

Natsu could kind of see that when comparing their current population with their past population. No one could deny that it was quite the drastic number drop..

"Oh.." He shuddered. "W..What was the tribe's method of increasing its numbers? I mean.. there must've been one if your bloodline was able to live on for centuries, right?" He inquired cautiously.

Irene frowned as she nodded. "Indeed, we did have one that has worked for us with previous generations, including my own. Hence, how I had Erza." She shot a subtle glance at her precious daughter. "However, with how small our population has become, we feel that it's a huge risk to try and do it with the current generation. Especially when knowing how.. corrupt.. the mainlands have become in recent years. We may be an introverted people, but we do find ways to keep up with current day events."

The young man couldn't argue with that. Earthland has become a rather scary place in the last couple decades due to numerous reasons. Such as the war that is currently going on in one part of the globe and the.. the many cases of horrific things that are happening to young women that he dared not to speak or think of.. That was just pointing out a couple of the world's biggest problems.. But he was still confused as none of what she said really gave him a clear answer about their populating process. Thankfully, Irene wasn't done speaking.

"Our method was rather simple. Once the youngest generation reached eighteen years of age, they were to set off to the outside world with the sole purpose of seeking out a worthy man and bearing his child. Once that was accomplished, they were to immediately return home." The Queen finished her explanation at that, keeping it brief.

Though the explanation was basic, it was the meaning behind it that made it difficult for Natsu's mind to take it in for a few moments. It was such a straight to the point process, yet it was surprising to him that they went about doing things in such a way. Now, after things have finally clicked in his mind and considering the fact that the tribe was all women, he couldn't help but wonder..

"What did you do with any of the male children you would get..?" He questioned as a nervous sweat drop slid down the side of his head, praying that she wouldn't say anything ugly.

The Queen displayed a relaxed smile upon noticing the worry present on his expression before proceeding to put his concerns at ease. "Well, believe it or not, we never had to worry about what we would do with a male child as, and this is as far as I know, not one Fairy throughout our entire history has ever given birth to a boy; only ever have we been blessed with girls. Now, we honestly don't know if it's simply just an everlasting series of coincidences, or if it's how our anatomies are aligned to be. Either way, we are not complaining. I guess you can say that's the main reason why we claim and accepted ourselves to be an all female tribe."

Natsu internally sighed in relief upon hearing her answer. 'Oh thank god..'

"Alright.." He scoffed as he grinned smally. "But um.. speaking hypothetically here, if any one of you were to give birth to a boy. What.. would you do with it?" He quirked a brow at the Queen.

"We would keep it, of course." Irene revealed right away as she and Erza couldn't help but chuckle at his latest question.

"I can assure you, Natsu, that the tribe has never been against the idea of having boys. I can see why you would think we were. But, like my Mother said, we were just simply never lucky enough to have had any in the past." The younger redhead commented as she smiled at her husband. "Understand that no matter their gender, the children we have would still be apart of our bloodline, our family. Most importantly though, they would be.. our children." Her heart fluttered when saying the last two words as her shapely rear momentarily rose from her heels.

'Well said.' Irene thought as she smirked at her child.

The pinkette caught onto the tone used in Erza's last couple words, but he didn't think too much of it as he was just glad to hear that the tribe wouldn't do anything rash regarding any baby males they would have.

"If there is one thing about us that you must always keep in mind, my love. It is that we will always put our family above all else.. Especially now more than ever." Irene commented confidentally.

For a few seconds, Natsu stared at the red haired pair with amazement in his eyes. He heard no hint of deceit in their voices, nor did he sense any sort of lie. So letting their words sink in and believing in them, he flashed them his first genuine smile of the whole conversation. "That's one ideology I can get behind. So what choice do I have but to keep that in mind?" He chuckled.

Falling silent for a moment, Mirajane's desperate words from last night repeated in his head. That, along with all of the information he was just given, allowed his mind to finally put two and two together.. and figure out what the promise was..

With a heavy blush on his face, he gave the women a somewhat serious, yet flustered, expression. "Okay.." He placed his palms on his knees. "After everything I've heard up until now. I'm.. I'm gonna go ahead and make an assumption on what my dad's promise was."

This was where Erza and Irene tensed up immensily as they resisted the urge to tremble in worry..

"You may do so.." Irene permitted, struggling to remain composed.

'I see now that it should've been obvious to me from the get go. I guess I thought it was just too good to be true.. Damn it, I don't know if I should thank the old man for this or berate him for making such a life changing decision for me without consulting me first.' Natsu thought.

With his seriousness remaining intact, Natsu took a breath before speaking again. "Considering the crisis that you're facing, and knowing him." He rolled his eyes at his last couple words. "He.. must have promised you that I would be the one to help you repopulate, didn't he?" That was where his blushed darkened a tad bit and his pink locks casted darkness over his eyes.

Due to a sudden burst of fear that coarsed through their beings, the redheads now briefly trembled as anxiety nearly consumed them at that very moment. Because in their eyes, this was the tribe's moment of truth. The moment that would determine their bloodline's fate..

"Yes.." Irene responded as she looked down to her fidgeting hands on her thighs.

Before Natsu could say anything, a still strong Erza interrupted him as she spoke up with slight desperation. "But that isn't the only reason why we want you here, Natsu! Why we need you here!"

The pinkette, along with Irene, was taken aback by the younger beauty's sudden cry as he reeled back his head slightly. "W-What do you mean?" He dumbfoundedly replied.

Maintaining her courageous demeanor, Erza quickly rushed to retrieve her copy of the little Natsu photo from her bra before returning to her spot. She then showed him the photo when getting comfortable again. "This is what I mean!" She uttered with a weakly quivering lip.

Upon seeing the photo of little him, Natsu's eyes shot open as he gasped. 'How did she..' Before he could finish that thought, he sighed in realization. 'Right, dad..' Regaining his bearings, he then looked to Erza in bewilderment. "I'm sorry, I.. I don't understand.." He shook his head, sounding just as confused as he appeared.

After easing up her emotions with a calming breath so she can make more sense as she realized that she was lacking it for a moment there, Erza locked eyes with the object of her affections. "Natsu..." Relaxing, she lowered the photo down to her lap as her thumbs caressed it. Her eyes not leaving his for even a second. "I understand that it may seem like we're just using you to aid in our tribe's survival.. But, I promise you that there's more reason to it than that.." She smiled gently as that is when she looked down to the photo adoringly. "and it all starts with this picture that your Father gave to us a few days before he left.. On the day he made the promise. You see, the moment when we all first laid our eyes upon it.. upon you.. Our hearts immediately told us that you were someone truly special. A special someone who we could trust with every fibre of our beings... someone who... who we knew we were destined to be with." She stifled a chuckle bashfully as her cheeks flared a bright red. "I remember not wanting to let go of my copy for quite some time when I first got it. For nearly three months if I remember correctly."

"Four months, actually. Believe me, I kept track of the days." Irene commented as she looked to her daughter with a teasing grin. Her comment successful in making the girl's blush intensify a tad bit as her shoulders tensed up with embarassment.

"M-Mother!" Erza pouted as she lowered her head slightly and shot her Mother a light glare.

"Well, it's true." Irene softly giggled as her fingers shielded her lips.

"Th-That may be so, but you didn't need to call me out on it.." Erza huffed, whipping her head to face the other direction for a moment before sighing in slight exasperation and facing her King again. She then carried on with what she was trying to get across to the baffled young Dragneel once things have settled down between her and her Mother. "Anyway, my point is that we didn't accept the promise because we felt like we had no choice but to do so for the sake of our bloodline. We gladly accepted it because.. Well, if it isn't already obvious at this point.." Now displaying a shy smile towards the flustered pinkette after brushing some of her hair behind her right ear, she proceeded to finishing up her point. "It's because we love you; completely and utterly. And trust me when I say this as me and the rest of current generation have all agreed to it, if there is anyone in this world who we would ever want to have children with, to create a family with; it is you and you alone we would do it with, Natsu. For you are our king, our husband, our savior, and above all else... you are the man our hearts will forever belong to... our destined one." The young redhead concluded her speech at that as her cute smile brightened up a bit more, having spoken every single word without a hint of doubt in her mind.

A fond smile curved on Irene's mouth as she looked to Natsu after her child was done talking. "I can assure you that everything Erza said is the honest truth, my King. You are here for a much more greater purpose than what the promise itself allows you to believe. Not only would you be saving us from a terrifying fate, but you would also be fulfilling a highly anticipated dream of the tribe's. The dream of all of us spending the rest of our lives with you by our side.. and us by yours.." The scarlet haired Queen said with undeniable certainty.

Lub-Dub! Lub-Dub! Lub-Dub! Lub-Dub! Lub-Dub!

The only thing that Natsu could hear now was the sounds of his own ecstatic heart. Its loud and rapid beats echoed loudly within him as he stared at the ladies in awe. When hearing them express their genuine feelings for him, he couldn't help but feel.. happy? about it. He may have just met them, but he couldn't deny that when he first saw the five ladies he had communicated with thus far, something was swift to click between them. Like a special sort of bond had immediately blossomed between them. As cheesy and as hasty as it sounded, it was undeniable that each of them were successful on making his heart skip.

"That's.. how you all actually feel..?" He inquired for the sake of reassurance.

Before Erza would answer him, her hands steadily reached out to slip her fingers underneath her soulmate's own. When the digits came to his palms, she lightly raised his hands from his lower limbs as she scooted close enough to him to where their legs nearly touched. Using her left hand, she pulled his right hand up towards her exposed left breast before pressing the limb lightly against her ample mound. She nearly moaned when his hand instinctively gave her bosom a light squeeze. Her right hand then pressed his left hand up to her cheek and held it there as she desired to feel his warm touch upon her face..

With where his right hand was on her body, Natsu could feel their hearts racing as one..

Then finally, Erza gave him their answer..

"Absolutely." She smiled sweetly as she tilted her head into his palm. She then proceeded to ask him the ultimate question that would forever determine the tribe's fate depending on his answer. "So please... my love. Would you..." She took a stable breath..

"Would you please stay with us?"

With a brief tremble occuring with it, the boy's hand on her face gave into temptation as he lightly held onto her smoothe, warm skin. Their bodies erupted into a soothing heat the second he did that as they gazed passionately into each other's soul windows. Their faces remaining ever so flushed as they did so.

After everything he had heard, everything he had experienced this morning, both emotions and pleasures.. and everything he was feeling at this very moment..

How in the hell can he possibly say no to them?

'I suppose I should be thanking the old man for this. Who knows, maybe this won't be so bad. I mean, I did dream to one day get married and become a Father. I just didn't imagine I would achieve that dream with so many women, and I would be doing something good for them. Plus, it's not like I have much going for me back at home anyway. Sure, I have some friends over there, but I wouldn't say I'm close with them.. I did just meet them when I started college and already they proved to be an annoying bunch most of the time. I don't have any family waiting for me back there either, not since Aunt P passed away a few months ago.. Nor is my career path heading anywhere. I've kinda just been going with the flow all throughout the school year.. Anyway, Dad will come back one day, won't he? He has to if he went so far as to decide this for me.. right..? ...Ah what the hell, whether or not he comes back.. I guess it's alright..' He flashed Erza a smile of his own as his thumb started to gently stroke at her cheek bone. Hope filled the redheads eyes as they took the motion to mean something wonderful.

'just as long as they're around..' Now he couldn't wait to meet the others..

Taking a deep breath, Natsu gave them his decision.

"Well, seeing as how I have nothing to lose and everything to gain. Yeah, I think I'll stay." He said with a toothy grin as he admired the way Erza beamed upon hearing his response, tears starting to fill her eyes.

Meanwhile, Irene just looked extremely relieved as her voluptuous figure relaxed.

With a sudden burst of joy running through her being, Erza let her emotions reign free as she didn't hesitate to launch herself at the unsuspecting King.

Emitting a startled grunt and catching himself before he would fall back, Natsu blinked while in a stupor as the redhead took it upon herself to unite their lips at long last, gladly giving him her first kiss.. while she gladly claimed his own for herself.. much to his delight.

With how soft and warm her lips were, Natsu quickly relaxed a second later as he accepted the young Scarlet's feelings and slowly closed his eyes. He reciprocated the affectionate motion as his hand held onto her cheek a little stronger and his other hand moved away from the bed to wrap around the princess's slim waist to hold her against him. The two now completely indulging in the unity of their hearts..

Irene quietly scoffed with a small smile as she couldn't blame her daughter for doing what she did. If she were in her place, she would've done the same thing.

Not wanting to interrupt the two teens, she kept her tongue silent as she watched on in content.

A minute later, in one tender moment, Natsu and Erza slowly pulled their lips apart as a soft smack of their lips echoed throughout the chamber.

The redhead pressed her forehead against the pinkette's own as her hands came up to hold onto his face while tears of joy trailed down her cheeks with a fond smile curved on her lips. "You just made me and many others the happiest girls in the world today, Natsu." She whispered as she gave him a peck on the lips.

"Heh, I-I hope I did.." He responded after the brief kiss, chuckling bashfully as he moved his hand away from the girl's face and rubbed at his head.

Easing herself a tad bit, Erza leaned off of Natsu slightly and moved her hands to the back of his neck.

Now with Natsu, he was battling arousal as he will never forget the feeling of the young Scarlet's naked breasts squishing up against his chest. It reminded him of what he had done to the warm flesh orbs during the wifely service he was given earlier.. and oh, how he couldn't wait to do so much more with everyone else.. It's a shame that he had bigger things to focus on at the moment though.

"I trust that is truly your final decision?" Asked Irene as she gained the two's attention.

Looking back to the Princess holding onto him for a few seconds, he smirked confidentally as he looked back to the Queen and nodded. "Yup, I'm pretty sure that it is." He replied without any hesitation.

Managing to hold back her own joy, Irene nodded with satisfied acknowledgement as she huffed in relief. "Perfect. I'm sure the other girls will be delighted to hear that you're staying." She assured.

"Y-Yeah.." He responded in slight disbelief as this all still seemed too great to be true to him. Now that he thought about it, perhaps Erza was right.. Maybe there was a reasonable motive behind his old man's departure.. and that reasonable motive was now all around him.

Now, despite the day that has just been made for the tribe, Natsu wasn't done with the interrogation quite just yet as he still had one more question on his mind. "Hey, if you don't mind me asking, and this is something that's been bugging me too. But exactly how and when did you all meet my dad? Because somehow I feel like you've known each other for more than five years.." He questioned as his eyes narrowed curiously at the busty Queen.

Erza blinked as she too looked at her Mother curiously, actually wanting to know about that as well. She knew for a fact that the tribe has been well acquinted with Igneel for years. The only thing she didn't know about the subject however, was the story behind it.

Irene stifled a chuckle at her King's question as she briefly lowered her head with closed eyes. "You are not wrong to feel that way, my love." Looking back at Natsu with a calm expression on her face, she carried on. "Yes, it is true that your Father has always been a good friend of ours for much longer than that. Twenty one years to be more precise." She smiled faintly as she couldn't believe how much time had passed since that fateful day. Meanwhile, Natsu was only expressing slight shock at that reveal. "In fact, I was just a teenager myself when we first met him. Oh my, how quickly the years have past since then.. Anyway, as much as I hate to leave you two in the dark like this, I believe it's best that we save the tale of how we met for another time as it's actually a rather long story. Right now, we have an important announcement to make to the others~" She grinned while moving to sit at the foot of the bed for a second before standing up to put on her lion robe that was still on the floor.

As much as they didn't like the idea of waiting to be told the tale, the teens accepted it as they had a good feeling it would be worth the wait. At least Natsu had one part of his question answered, so he was content enough with that. Plus, Irene wasn't wrong. They did indeed have big news to tell the rest of the tribe.

"That's a bummer.." Natsu mumbled as he and Erza both sighed in disappointment. They then looked at each other again and smiled the instant their eyes met as the disappointment swiftly washed away.

Suddenly feeling brave, Natsu leaned in and delivered a gentle kiss to the beauty this time around. Making said beauty blush as he caught her off guard. Of course, Erza would never deny his love as she held onto one of his cheeks and happily returned the gesture.

With her robe equipped and looking at the late teens from over her shoulder, Irene held back a cheerful chuckle as she then moved to exit the chambers. "I'll be waiting for you two outside when you're ready." She advised before disappearing past the entryway.

Now that her Mother was out of the chamber, Erza allowed her feelings to truly take over..

Their lip lock suddenly became more heated as the red haired beauty moved herself to mount the pinkette's lap while wrapping her arms around his neck. She held onto his head as she then pressed her lips more strongly against his own. Now that she was alone with her beloved, something powerful came over Erza as she couldn't help herself but to try and have him claim her virginity right then and there. She even hoped that he would bless her with his seed so she can bear his first child.. and the first child of the next generation.

In due time Erza, in due time..

"E-Erza..!"

Breaking the kiss before things got too intense, Natsu and Erza lightly panted as the boy pulled his face back just an inch away from the girl's. Believe him, he was eager to see how things would progress from there. But, he knew it wasn't the right time for them to engage in such.. marital activities as they did have other matters to attend to.

"W-What's wrong..?" The flushed redhead questioned with a pout as she momentarily forgot what was important right now.

Taking a few more breaths, Natsu smiled awkwardly as he responded. "W-Well, as much as I would love for things to escalate. We do kind of have to.." He quirked his brows while cocking his head towards the entryway. "Y'know.. Heh.."

Erza came back down to reality upon witnessing his motion as she blinked dumbly when looking to the entryway.

"Ah, r-right." Blushing and scoffing flusteredly, the young redhead removed herself from Natsu's comfy lap before they got off of the bed together.

Once she was on her feet, Erza gathered her fur clothing before putting them on. She had her backside turned to the pink haired male as she put on her bra first before getting to her lower cloth.

'Oooh, dear god.'

A sweating Natsu gulped while tugging on the collar of his shirt.

Sticking out and pointing directly at him for a few seconds was the young Scarlet's womanly rear. The boy clenched his fists tightly as it took quite a bit of willpower to hold himself back from doing anything sexual to the unsuspecting girl. From where he was standing, Natsu was able to see everything on that particular part of her anatomy before she had pulled up her undergarment completely.

'Take it easy, Natsu.. You'll have your chance to get with her soon enough. Hell, you have the rest of your damn life to be with them all. So there's no need to go rushing anything.' Natsu told himself in his head, shutting his eyes briefly before taking a calming breath to settle the hormones that nearly went on a rampage within him.

"Are you okay, Natsu?" Erza inquired as she was now looking over at the pinkette with a worried gaze.

After shaking his head and getting out of his thoughts, Natsu looked to the beauty while giving off a bashful scoff. "Uh, y-yeah, I'm fine. Heheh.. Sorry, I was just.. thinking about something. It's no big deal." Waving his words off before clearing his throat, the male properly composed himself and turned his body to where he was facing the entryway. However, he wasn't going to leave the chamber quite just yet.. Not without his wife anyway.. Now thinking about it, he would also need to ask her about how they were already calling him their husband later on. But till then, he was going to focus on the task at hand.

"Anyway, ready to get the move on? From the look of things, we got a pretty big day ahead of us. So, how 'bout we go and get through it together, huh?" With those words, he extended a hand out towards the smiling redhead as she didn't hesitate to take the hand and come close to her husband's side..

"Yes, of course... my love."

And with that, out of the royal bedchamber they went..

Tadaaa! The next chapter! Yup, it's about damn time, I know! Lol I deeply apologize for how long it has been since I last updated this story. But I assure you that I haven't abandoned it. Nor will I ever do so. As long as you continue to see this story on the site. It has never been scrapped. So to those who have worried about that, there you go. (:

Welp, there's the backstory behind Natsu's ever so gifted destiny! Lol Yeah, it's nothing too clever or original. But I think it's enough to set things up for what's going to happen from this point onwards! XD

Alrighty, I don't have much else to say other than that. So I'll leave you all to enjoy the rest of your day or night!

Thanks for reading! and I hope that you at least somewhat enjoyed this chapter! Have a good one!

The Harem!

The Fairies! ( 43 )

- Mirajane Strauss

- Erza Scarlet

- Irene Belserion

- Kagura Mikazuchi

- Juvia Lockser

- Cana Alberona

- Lisanna Strauss

- Lucy Heartfilia

- Ashley Heartfilia ( Lucy Ashley )

- Layla Heartfilia

- Anna Heartfilia

- Michelle Lobster ( Imitatia )

- Wendy Marvel ( Older/Edolas )

- Fem Zeref Dragneel

- Levy McGarden

- Laki Olietta

- Mavis Vermillion

- Kinana

- Bisca Connell

- Evergreen

- Millianna

- Jenny Realight

- Ultear Milkovich

- Ur Milkovich

- Yukino Agria

- Sorano Agria

- Éclair

- Meredy

- Virgo

- Aries

- Aquarius

- Libra

- Brandish

- Dimaria Yesta

- Seilah

- Kyoka

- Sherria Blendy

- Juliet Sun

- Heine Lunasea

- Riana

- Swan

- Briar

- Sonya

The Mermaids! ( 7 )

- Hisui E. Fiore

- Flare Corona

- Minerva Orland

- Ophiuchus

- Cosmos

- Kamika

- Mary Hughes

The ladies of the harem are still the same! I just wanted to make the list a bit more organized and what not!

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