Chapter 1: Wait, What?!

A/N: Hello people of Fanfiction! This will be my first story on here and I hope you like it! Warning a small amount of citrus but nothing serious yet. Yet. Enjoy.

Rating: M

Genres for entire story: Humor, Drama, Romance, Adventure, Tragedy, Hurt/Comfort, Suspense, Slight Angst

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An Unknown Country far to the west of Fiore- X792 (Unknown POV)

I walk home after a long journey looking for the one thing I must find, something that still eludes me. 'Damn! I thought that lead was solid! Knew I shouldn't have trusted that guy, he was shady looking from the beginning. Oh well, hopefully everyone here is ok.' I continue to walk until I see a town, my hometown and the town I still call home. Only, it wasn't really a town anymore, it was a ghost town, no one but a few people lived there. And they all were either old and dying or young and dying, except for me and my family of course. 'I hope nothing happened to them while I was gone, hopefully Rames came back with the medical supplies he promised he could get. Or else there will be some funerals to plan...'

I walk up to the gates and the only other healthy people, the guards, yell out to me, "Halt! State your business!"

"It's me! I'm back, and I need to talk to the General!" I yell back and they immediately open the gates. I nod at the two and notice how they look, they are both thinner than when I left and look like they are sick. I sigh and ask, "Hey Rames back yet? And eat something you guys can't guard shit looking like that!"

I open my bag and throw them the bread that I had and they both catch it and gobble it up in seconds, "No, he's not, but hey there is some good news! He sent word and he'll be back tonight, WITH THE SUPPLIES!" At this news I perk up and look at them as they nod and i believe them. "Yeah, the General is in a good mood so the fact that you're empty handed won't make him too mad." I deadpan at the guards as they laugh and I soon join them, 'First piece of good news in months. This deserves some laughs.'

"CABRON!" I hear and cringe, only one person calls me that... "WHAT TOOK YOU SO DAMN LONG! I WAS GETTING WORRIED!" My wife, my very pregnant wife, said as she punched me in the head and I am sent crashing to the floor.

I pick myself up and rub my head and say, "Sorry, babe... I wanted to make sure the lead was a bust before I came back, it was. Oh well, but I hear Rames had some luck! Man that guy is resourceful, crazy, but resourceful."

"Yeah, that idiot actually found someone. Not only did he get medical supplies, but he got a guy to listen to our story, and it turns out the guy was a doctor! The doctor was so sorry for us that he decided to come out here and help us out! Cabron! A REAL DOCTOR!" She yelled happily and i couldn't help but join in her glee.

"Finally, someone who will know what their doing! Now we can start saving some people here. Finally things are looking up!" I said happily.

"Oh look! There's Rames! Wow it's late. Cabron! Why did you take so long that Rames almost beat you back?!" She yelled and smacked me again.

"You know that really is no way to treat your husband. Now behave please, and say hello to our doctor, Dr. Rua!" Rames said and we both shook the doctor's hand, the doctor was a she.

"You must be the local mages, correct? Rames here has told me a lot about you two. He was spot on with his description I see." She said and we both deadpanned at her. "Now Rames, let us all go and meet with your General. We have much to discuss." We all nod and walk over to the building that used to be the town hall.

We enter and immediately see the General waiting for us. As soon as he saw the doctor his face lit up and he rushed over to us, along with his council members. "Welcome to La Empieza doctor! Well what's left anyways. We can talk later. You! What did you find?"

"Nothing, at least nothing here in this country. But I may have a new lead. What we are looking for maybe in a foreign country, it would take a year to get there but this is our best shot, I believe." I say and look at everyone gathered. "Permission to leave in a week? Sir."

"Permission granted, but I won't send you alone. Your wife will go as well, after she has had her baby." The General said and we all nodded, then he asked, "What is the name of the country you are going to?"

"Fiore. The thing that we seek is there most likely." I answer and look at him.

He nods and says, "I hope for your sake, your right. We must find it! It's the only way for us to get our revenge on that MALDITO MAGO NEGRO, ZEREF!" We all nod and head salute him before we all go our separate ways, and I think to myself, 'Yes, I will find it and then kill Zeref with my own two hands, and make him feel the pain he caused me all those years ago.'

Magnolia- X793 (3rd person POV)

Two years, two years have passed since Fairy Tail had defeated Tartarus and since anyone had seen any sign of the Black Mage Zeref. Times have changed and many things have changed everywhere, guild masters have changed, new Wizard Saints have been chosen, and new enemies abound, change is prevalent except for in one place, Fairy Tail. Sure people have grown up a little (ok just Wendy), but at its core Fairy Tail is still Fairy Tail. The guild is still rowdy with more fights and brawls than one could count, the people still kind and caring and willing to do whatever it must to protect its Nakama. And yet something is amiss, the usual intensity carried by the members is there, the usual tomfoolery, the craziness and chaos caused by certain guild members is still there, but yet something is amiss.

(Natsu POV)

'Hmmm something really is weird' thought the Fairy Tail mage, 'Hmmm Ice-Stripper's over there pretending, and failing miserably, to ignore Juvia, nothing new there. There's Gajeel and Levy, the only couple that Mira was able to get together, doing their usual of reading and eating respectively. And even the Raijinshū are doing the usual fangirling over Laxus, sans Evergreen who is most likely with Elfman doing gods knows what (probably the nasty). Hmmm so what's missing? Hmmm…'

My reverie were interrupted by a flying ball of blue fur who asked, "Aye Natsu, where's Lushy? I haven't seen her all day!"

'That's it! Luce is missing!' "Good question Happy! Lets go and see if the weirdo is still sleeping or somethin'!" I yelled. "Come on! If we're lucky she's cooking and we can go and eat with her! Yoooooosh! I'm all fired up!"

"Aye sir!" came Happy's trademark reply, "First I'm going to give Charle this fish, meet you there?"

"Ok good luck buddy!" I yelled as I ran towards the guild doors.

However before I could get out the doors I was stopped by a certain white-haired mage, "Hey Natsu! Where you going?" asked Lisanna from her spot next to her sister Mira by the bar.

"I'm off to go find Luce! She hasn't come in yet and I wanna make sure she's ok!" I replied, "Then we'll probably go on a mission, well I'm off!"

"Ok Natsu have fun!" Lisanna replied and with that I was off and down the usual road to Luce's apartment.

"Hey look its Lucy's boyfriend! Hey Natsu!" the usually loud fishermen yelled at me from their boat.

"Eh boyfriend? What's a boyfriend?" I replied as they passed by, "I guess I'll ask Luce when I get there." I said as the fishermen deadpanned at my response. 'Huh wonder what's got them all wierded out. Luce sure has weird neighbors.' I thought as I climbed up to the door (he means the window) and entered the apartment. 'Huh she's not sleeping and I don't hear the shower or her cooking. That could only mean one thing…she's in her book world' I groaned at the thought and came inside, but what I saw next had me grinning ear to ear. "Oh so that's why you haven't come to the guild yet? Hehe"

In front of me stood Lucy in only her… well she had her underwear on but she stripped as soon as she saw me and said "Duh you left last night before we could have any fun." She pouted at me and was giving me her 'I want it and want it now' look. "Why did you leave anyways?"

"I heard Happy calling for me and since you refuse to tell everyone about us I had to leave and make sure he didn't see our date last night." I sighed as I walked up to her and held her close, "when are we telling the guild about us, about this?" I asked as I placed a chaste kiss on her lips and pulled back to stare into her beautiful, chocolate-brown orbs, gods how much I love those eyes.

"Not yet, I don't want to deal with everyone giving us crap like they did Levy and Gajeel," she kissed me on the lips and said, "It took everyone two whole years for everyone to leave them be, TWO YEARS!" She said exasperated for her friend.

"Well it kinda is their own fault, I mean she kissed him in the middle of a battle just to 'give him air'," I said air quoting the last part, realizing I was only in my boxers, "eh?! When did I strip? Am I turning into the Ice-freak or something?" I said truly terrified at the prospect of having anything in common with that exhibitionist.

Lucy giggled at my last statement and said, "Now that would be scary, I don't think the guild could handle TWO strippers," she said as she trailed kisses down my body, "But if you are then I wouldn't mind, I get to see this body even more often and do this." She said as she said as she continued her ministrations down my torso towards her now favorite part of my body.

I moaned at her ministrations and was fully ready to make up for last night's inactivity, but was interrupted by the window flying open with a familiar yell coming in with it, "Aye Natsu did you find her…AH my eyes, my innocent eyes!" Happy yelled as he came in and immediately fell to the floor, "AAAAAHHHHHH my eyes I'm blind Aaahhhh help me! Get me a fish!"

"SHIT! SHIT SHIT SHIT! I forgot Happy was coming!" I said as Luce's face and mine were red as Erza's hair "Quick put this on Luce!" I said as I passed my shirt to her which she quickly put on thoroughly embarrassed at the turn of events. "Luce I'm sorry please don't kill him!"

"Kill him?! Don't be ridiculous! I'll just make sure he never repeats what he just saw today…" She said menacingly as she stood up and walked over to her keys an evil glint in her eyes.

"Luce… we can't hurt him you know that. Happy look at me, Happy!" I yelled trying to get his attention. "Oi, Happy look at me or else I'm not buying you anymore fish!" I threatened as I walked over and closed the door (window) and closed it. As I turned around I saw Luce sitting on her bed with Happy on the floor in front of her. "Now Happy you have to promise us you won't tell a single soul about what you saw today ok? OK? If you do I'll buy you enough fish for a month."

"Enough for a month! Aye sir! One fish, two fish, three fish…" Happy said as he was off in fish land.

"Ummm, Natsu are you sure you have enough money for all those fish?" Luce asked.

"I will after our next job, which by the way we have to go pick! YOOOSH I'm all fired up! Let's go Luce!" I said as she finished changing and took her hand and went off to the guild with my girlfriend and Exceed in tow. Man was life good.

However unbeknownst to the three was that there was a fourth person present, and they saw everything, and they were not pleased.

Later that Night (3rd person POV)

It was late at night as a man ran towards the guild, a badly battered woman in his arms and a look of pure anger on his face. He kicked open the doors and yelled "Help! She needs help, Wendy please help her!" Yelled the orange haired man quickly, clearly shaken.

"Loke! What happened? Who did this? Who hurt Lucy?" Asked Wendy as she quickly began working on her badly beaten friend.

"She was attacked, that's what happened!" He yelled as he turned around and began to run off.

"Wait Loke!" Master Makarov asked as he came down from his office, "who did this?!"

"That bastard of a Dragon Slayer…" The members of the guild that were present had all their jaws drop and those with drinks in hand dropped them as he said, "Natsu Dragneel!"

A/N Dun-dun-dun! What? He did what? Cliffhanger, don't worry, I'll update whenever I'm not in school or sleeping or at the gym or doing who knows what. Please Read and Review!