"I thought we'd be able to find you out here."

Natsu turned his head toward the voice. "Gajeel?" He looked at the figures that approached him, and from his left to right stood Gajeel, Gray, Lisanna, Cana, and Loke. "What are you guys doing out here?"

"Aww, Natsu, we were wor-"

"Don't be all nice with him Lisanna. Get your ass over to Juvia's now Salamander or I'll beat you to a pulp!"

"Gajeel's right Natsu" Cana started up. "Why would you start something you can't finish, huh? That's not the Natsu we all know and love!"

Loke took over. "Natsu you know I told you to do way better than that. Keep your cool and you decided to blow eveything up!"

Gray decided to finish their little group speech. "The Natsu I know is always charging in looking for a fight or a challenge. Now all of a sudden he finds himself cowering like some chickenshit over some girl? Damnit Natsu, go and take what's yours!"

Natsu looked at everyone, stunned at all the words that his friends just said to him. He then turned his attention to Gray. "I figured you would just come out here to gloat that you won if anything."

"Actually I have something to tell you." Natsu looked at his rival, shocked. "About two weeks after we got back from Tenrou, Juvia came to talk to me."

"Okay?"

"She came to talk to me about you flame brain!" Natsu's eyes about bugged out of his head. "She basically told me that she was gonna act like she was still madly in love with me because she didn't wanna drop any bombshells in the guild by revealing her feelings for you."

"Gajeel and I covered for you both after the incident with Lyon" Cana told him.

"I made sure my master still had a little cush on you, and even made up a couple of stories to some of the guild members since you haven't been to her place in a month" Loke contributed.

Lisanna smiled. "I knew you two were going to make a cute couple from the first night you spent together. I even gave Mira a few false crush rumors about you so you two wouldn't have her meddling." She smiled and winked again.

Cana then shook her head. "Of course, all our efforts kind of went out the window when you decided to shove your tongue down her throat in front of the whole guild."

Natsu looked like he had been hit by a truck with all this information. He was also blushing heavily at the memory of him kissing Juvia. He wanted to do that again. "Alright I'm goin to find her!" Natsu jumped up and started to take off running.

Cana grabbed him by the back of his shirt. "Hold up fireball. Do you even know where she is right now?"

"I can smell her! I'll find her in no time!" The entire group minus Gajeel sweatdropped at this.

"Well we can make it a little easier for you" Lisanna said. "She said, 'Juvia will be going back to Fairy Hills now so if Lisanna finds Natsu tell Natsu to meet Juvia here.'" Lisanna closed her eyes, stuck her neck up, and pointed a finger in the air. "Or something like that."

"Great! Fairy Hills! Got it! Bye!" Natsu was off again.

"That's a real dragonslayer right there. Taking what he wants!" Gajeel yelled as the group stood in front of the grave.

"Oh really?" Cana asked. "That's what a true dragonslayer does?"

"Then why haven't you asked Levy out yet?" Gray questioned. Gajeel's eyes widened and a blush crept it's way onto his tin can face.

"I think Gajeel is intimiated by the shrimp" Loke reasoned.

"What? I'm not Salamander!"

"If you want" Lisanna started, "we can play matchmaker for you too."

Gajeel looked mortified. "Hell no! No no no! Fuck! That!" However, his cries fell on deaf ears as the other four looked at each other with evil grins. Then they all turned to look at Gajeel at the same time. "Gihihi" and the group was gone.

"HEY WAIT A SECOND!"

...

The moon was out now and the night sky was clear, creating a type of otherworldly glow on the land. Natsu's nose led him slightly past the Fairy Hills dorm and down to the beach below. He saw Juvia sitting on the beach with her feet out into the water.

"Natsu, why did you wait so long to tell Juvia how you feel?" Juvia's voice broke him out of his trance. He wasn't expecting her to speak first. She still wasn't looking at him though.

Natsu walked over to Juvia and extended his hand to her. She took it and stood up facing him. They both stood with their feet in the water.

Natsu took a deep breath and exhaled. "Juvia, I've never been in love before. I didn't know what to expect from it." The air vanished from Juvia's lungs as Natsu continued. "All the time we spent together, all the dates, the laughs, watching you smile, I was never able to place what those feelings were. But now I know. Those feelings only come when you love someone, and I have all those feelings when I'm around you. I love hearing you laugh, watching you smile, when you tease me, I hate seeing you in pain, and no matter how many times I see you I still get these nervous butterflies in my stomach. I love you Juvia Lockser."

Rain started to come down as tears were welling in Juvia's eyes. Natsu knew this rain, the rain that was caused by Juvia's magic. But this rain felt different somehow. Usually the magic rain she gives off feels cold and dead, but this rain was warm. This rain felt like each drop had its own life to it. With tears still in her eyes, she let out the biggest smile Natsu had ever seen. "I love you too, Natsu Dragneel."

And they began to kiss in the rain.

...

Natsu Dragneel had the biggest shit eating on his face as he threw the doors open to the guild the next morning. "Good morning everyone!"

He heard welcoming cries and good afternoon cries as he made his way to the bar. "Two glasses of orange juice please Mira."

The barmaid nodded and went to fetch the drinks. He turned his attention toward his teammates. "You know it's one o'clock right?" Lucy asked.

Natsu shrugged. "I had a late night last night."

"Yeah, I bet you did." Gray and Lisanna both winked at him.

Natsu just laughed. "Oh relax, it was nothing like that."

Lucy, feeling awkward at the dirty innuendos, decided to change the subject. "Well Natsu, we decided to not go on that job yesterday, so we were wondering if you wanted to do one today?"

"Sorry, but I think I'm gonna go on a job with my girlfriend today" was his reply.

"WHAT?" Lucy and Erza shouted.

"So it did work out. Congrats Natsu." This came from Lisanna.

"I guess you didn't have to keep cool after all."

"LOKE WHEN DID YOU GET HERE?"

"Natsu has a girlfriend now? Is it who I think it is?" Mira asked.

At this, the source to all their questions slammed the entrance open and came sauntering into the guild hall. "Juvia wishes everyone a good morning!" She was greeted the same as Natsu. She walked over to said fire mage and draped her arms around his neck. "Well hello Natsu."

"Hey Juvia. I got you orange juice already for when you got here."

"Aww, Natsu is just the sweetest boyfriend ever!" she said to him as she sat down next to him and locked their hands together.

Most of the guild was still in shock from what happened yesterday to believe this turn of events. But after the initial shock was over, the guild burst into cheers. "This calls for a round of drinks!" Cana shouted.

Erza jumped in front of Natsu with stars in her eyes. "So tell me how it happened! You know I love a good romance story!" Her voice sounded like a kid in a candy shop.

Natsu still wore his shit eating grin. "Well let's just say a dragonslayer takes what he wants."

"Damn you Salamander" Gajeel growled. "Hey shrimp, come here!" he hollered as he stood up and walked over to her. She got up and met him in the middle of the floor. He then proceeded to grab her by the waist and smash his lips into hers, and she returned the favor. "Don't expect me to be some sweetheart like flamebrain over there and by you orange juice though" he told her when they broke the kiss.

"Good, cause no one's asking you to!" she shouted. They turned away and crossed their arms over their chests, only to turn around and start making out again five seconds later.

Natsu started laughing. "It'll take a lot more than that to show me up tin can!" He then stood up and whirled Juvia up onto the bar.

"Natsu, what are you-" she was cut off by the fire dragon's lips on hers, displaying their affection for the whole guild to see. Natsu pulled away from her and looked over to Gajeel, who had also pulled away from Levy.

"Gihihi." Natsu mocked Gajeel's laugh and they both went back to displaying their affection toward their respective blunettes.

"Natsu's always loved a good competition, hasn't he?" Lisanna voiced.

"That's for damn sure." Gray then let out a quiet laugh.

"YAY! HAPPY ENDINGS FOR EVERYBODY!" Mira shouted from the bar, leading the guild in a volume of cheering.

"I love you Natsu."

"I love you too Juvia."

...

A/N: annnd scene! That's all for this story folks! But don't worry, I'm working on a lot more right now. I've got four more stories that should start being uploaded within the next couple of days, so check them out for me ;)

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