Fire, Dust, and Territory

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail in anyway, but I wish I did.

New Year, New Story, New Phanthomas

It was an odd at the Fairy Tail guild. Everyone was laughing, messing around, drinking, and whatever they do, but Natsu felt extremely somber for some reason. The atmosphere changed when the Raijin Tribe walked in. Laxus approached the mission board, but bumped into Gray before reaching it. "Watch where you're going, Sparky." Gray said as Laxus's face darkened. "Who are you calling 'Sparky', you NUDIST!" Laxus shouted as he sent Gray flying into a wall on the far side of the guild.

Everyone looked shocked at what Laxus had said and done, but didn't dwell long as Gray charged with his Ice Make: Hammer, which Laxus blocked with his hands. "Hands off, Blizzard Brain." Laxus said with a small smile as Gray grew angry and swung the hammer at empty air. "Let's rumble with them, Freed!" Bickslow said as he dragged Freed, who tried to free himself. Elfman saw them and intercepted. "Those two are having man-" was all the Elfman said as an explosion sent him flying. "Let's go, Animal-Man!" Bickslow said, still holding a struggling Freed. Soon the usual chaos erupted and everyone was fighting, except for Natsu and Evergreen. Natsu looked to her and saw that she was disappointed in her comrades. 'Aw hell. I'll give it a shot.' He thought as approached her and poked her in the ribs. "Eep! What do you want?" Evergreen said as she glared at the Dragonslayer.

"Do want to go on a mission together? I'm feeling, kinda out of sorts and I just want to leave the guild for a while." He finished as she looked at him with her deep, wonderful brown eyes. "I don't have anything better to do. Let's go." She replied pleasantly as went for the board. She managed to grab a job that paid 750,000 Jewels. "Split it 50/50?" She asked as Natsu nodded 'no'. "I get 30, you get 70. I don't need much." He said, feeling oddly...odd. Evergreen blushed and proceeded to leave the guild with Natsu close behind.

They reached the train station and Natsu turned blue. "I'll just walk to the mission." Natsu said as Evergreen grabbed his hand and pulled him to the station. "Y-you can rest on my lap d-du-during both trips, so let's get going." She said blushing furiously for some reason. Natsu show this, kept in his mind and headed for the train. They entered the train, found seats, sat down and waited for the ride to begin. Only a couple of riding caused Natsu to become sick.

Evergreen patted her lap, blushing, as Natsu laid his head down and enjoyed his new pillow. 'Her thighs are so soft.' Natsu thought as he tried to snuggle closer to her. Evergreen covered her mouth with hands to prevent any giggles from exiting as Natsu's hair tickled her exposed belly and thighs. 'Why did I wear these clothes today?' she thought as the tickling was driving her mad. Natsu's hair felt like soft, warm, bristly feathers. She was wearing a deep-green chinese-style dress with white embellishments, black heel boots, gold bracelets, and a garnet dragon necklace.

The thin material of her dress hardly protected her belly and her thighs were just bare without protection. "Are you okay?" Natsu asked as he looked to her covering her mouth, breathing erratically. "I'm *giggle* just *stifled laugh* fine, Natsu. Your *giggle* hair *small laugh* tickles. That's all." She said letting few giggles escape her lips. Natsu looked at her strangely as she blushed heavily. 'Oh my GOD! Why did I say that?' She thought as her heart was pounding. Natsu squeezed her knees, making squeal cutely. "Evergreen is ticklish. Never would've thought. That's adorable." Natsu said kindly as she ruffled his hair. "You will not tell anyone about this!" Evergreen said as Natsu just smiled. "I won't, but I wouldn't you telling people about this." was his response as she blushed, still ruffling his hair and giggling softly.

The ride continued in silence, save for Evergreen's giggles every so often. "Weslond Village." a deadpanned voice said as the train slowed to a stop. Natsu rose up, stretched, helped Evergreen out of her seat, and left the train. "Can we walk there or do we have to get in another vehicle?" He said as his normal self started to emerge. She just laughed at him as she approached him, her large breasts in front him. "The flyer said that they will provide exit transportation as long as we find a way to the village. If you don't mind carrying me for about 40 minutes, we can walk there." She said as Natsu knelt down, waiting for her to move. "Climb on, I'll piggyback you there." Natsu said as she blushed a deep crimson, so deep you'd think that she had internal bleeding. "My breasts and thighs will be touching you. Don't you find it a bit weird to have a woman within such a intimate zone of your body." "I find it weird that you're getting hot and bothered about a piggyback ride. Hop on!" Natsu said, insisting that she ride him.

Evergreen blushed and climbed onto Natsu, her thighs in his hands and her breasts pressed against his back. "You're warm, Ever" He said before walking toward the path to Weslond Village.

The walk took about an hour to reach the village and they were received with warm welcomes from the villagers. "Welcome, mages! This is Weslond, one of the richer mountain villages. We have settled on rich veins of iron, silver, and salt. Many cities import supplies from us for various reasons." a portly man explained as Evergreen climbed off Natsu as she introduced both of them. "Your is to watch over a stash of golden eggs that we have unearthed during a dig to create a new salt mine. We need you three mages to watch over the eggs until transport arrives. We will pay you for each large you take down. Upon arrival, the transport will have main award and I will deal with large beast fund." He finished as Natsu and Evergreen nodded.

"Who's this third mage?" Evergreen asked as he stroked his white beard. "Her name is Minerva, I think. From the Sabertooth guild she said. She wishes to get paid by receiving an egg. So will you two be splitting the reward or do I have to pay you two separately?" He asked as Natsu waved him off. "We're a team, so we're splitting it, sir." Natsu said as the man laughed heartily. "You two make a fine couple, if you mind me saying. I am sorry, my name is Roburto and I'm the mayor of this village." Roburto said, offering a handshake. They took and proceeded to head over to the mine. They reached the mine in about 20 minutes and saw a few tents set up and woman practicing martial art moves.

"Hello, over there!" Natsu shouted as the woman lost focus and stumbled. She glared at the approaching duo and ignored their introductions. "My name is Natsu Dragneel and my sexy friend over here is Evergreen. Pleasure to make your acquaintance, Miss..." "...Minerva Orlando of Sabertooth." Minerva said staring at the pink-haired mage. 'Interesting.' she thought as Evergreen urged him forward. "How long until transport arrives?" "Tomorrow evening, little girl. So until then, we have to be on guard." Minerva said as Evergreen grew annoyed with the Sabertooth woman. "Ever, why don't you check out the tents while I survey the area." Natsu said, trying to pacify the situation. Evergreen huffed and walked to the tents. "Be careful, pinkie." Minerva said playfully as Natsu headed into the forest.

After walking around the forested areas for a couple of hours, he headed for Evergreen's scent and ran into a tall man. He looked down at the dragonslayer. "Hello, young one. you seem to be going through a change." the man said as Natsu's fists burst into flames. "No need to get violent, DragonSlayer. It's time for you to start breeding." "Breeding?" "Yes, sowing your seed across this continent and bringing a new generation of dragonslayers into the world." the man finished with flourish and confetti. "I'll bite, how do you know anything about me or my so-called 'condition'. Natsu said disapprovingly as the man laughed. "I am an ancient DagonSlayer. My name is Viral and I have been through the 'Harem Phase'. It's when you begin producing powerful pheromones that seduce the opposite sex, your magic begins changing form, and it alters your personality slightly." Viral concluded as Natsu let information sink in and realized that the things Viral described had happened to him.

The ladies at the guild started nudging and sitting next to him over last few weeks, at least when was alone. He didn't argue with anyone in the guild and hadn't fought during any of the brawls that broke out. Even now, his flames felt like liquid, instead of the billows of burning power that he usually felt. "Can I stop it?" "Nope, it'll pass. But to get your magic working again, you just need to inject any excess magic into your mate-partners" Viral said putting his hand in front of Natsu, "A mate-partner is someone that you will always be with no matter what. A wife in the simplest terms, but you don't need a ceremony to mark a woman." Viral finished as Natsu looked intrigued.

"So, I just need to bite a woman and my magic will be normal again?" He asked as he knew it wasn't that easy. Still, he had to finish this job and he couldn't be off-kilter when the enemy attacked. "It is that simple, but be wise in who you choose." Viral said as vanished in swirl of light. "Dammit! He might have known about the dragons!" Natsu said as he punched a nearby tree.

"Natsu, are you okay? You've been gone longer you said you be gone." "I never said how long I would be gone." "Well, I was worried! Can you blame me?" She said shyly as Natsu wondered why it seemed like Evergreen was getting attached to his hip. 'Harem Phase.' Natsu thought as he sat in front of the gate of the egg tunnel. "I'll take the first watch!" Natsu shouted as Minerva winked and entered her tent. "Get some sleep, Ever. I'll be fine." He reassured as Evergreen went to her tent and closed the door. Natsu looked at the setting sun and wondered if he would be able to make it back to the guild. 'Erza, Mirajane, Lucy, Cana. I wonder if they'll agree to be my mates.' He thought as he blushed slightly at the thought of building a harem.

"Who's there?" Natsu asked to the shadows as he put up his guard. Four people jumped out of the darkness, flew over his head, and ran into the mine. 'Shit' he thought ash he chased them inside. The chase went on for a few minutes until all of them reached the huge stack of golden eggs. 'Smells like Igneel." Natsu thought as he jumped toward the closest thief.

Natsu punched the thief at the base of the neck, flipped over the body and delivered a sliding kick to the next closest thief. "Billy!" the third thief said as he ran to confront Natsu. The thief fired a beam at him, who then ran to 'Billy'. Billy got up and dusted himself off. "Check on Selma, she punched by that pink fool." Billy said as he turned to face Natsu. "Billy, Vord. Take of the meddler. Selma get over here and help me." the last thief said as Selma got and dashed over. "No yo-" Natsu didn't finish as lightning blocked his path. "You got to deal with us." Vord said as he fired another bolt at him, which was followed by a storm of stone spikes. Natsu avoided the bolt and smashed through the spikes. Rushing, he delivered a Karyu no Tekken to Vord's stomach which followed by Natsu grabbing Vord's shirt and throwing him into Billy. Billy caught his partner, only for him trip and fall down.

"Vord, wake up!" Billy said as Natsu dropped a large mine cart on top of them, then topped it with a boulder. He saw Selma and the other putting eggs into a sack. They headed for the exit, but Natsu throw a rock at Selma's leg. She fell to the ground holding her leg, rubbing the burn gently. "Stay there, while I deal with your leader." Natsu said as Selma nodded and he rushed after the leader. 'Lilacs' Natsu thought as smelled through the tunnel, catching up to the thief in no time. "Fool! You'll never cat...ch...me." the thief said as Natsu flew using his Karyu no Houko to gain air. "Take this! Karyu no Tekken!" Natsu shouted as landed a direct hit on the thief. "Quiet down out there!" Minerva said exiting the to see a smoking person and Natsu with flaming hands. "What happened?" she asked as light flashed from the tunnel. "Stupid, Flame Head!" Vord said as he and Billy were flying away on a large lightning with a big sack. Minerva snapped her fingers and the two appeared in front her. "Looks like we have some thieves." Minerva said deviously as she cracked her knuckles. Natsu dropped the leader next to the boys. "There's one more in the tunnel, but I injured her leg." Natsu said as he headed for the tunnel.

He returned to see that the first were trapped in some kind of bubble and they were sleeping. "Wimps couldn't handle a little torture." Minerva said as Natsu and Selma sweatdropped at her. "So, Sel-" Flare. Flare Corona. That's my name." Flare corrected. "Flare, why did you come here?" "We were paid to steal some of those eggs, in return we each got a single egg each. I just left my village for the first time and I needed money live. So this said that if we took some of those eggs, we would be set for life." Flare finished as Natsu nodded and Minerva sighed. "Can you watch the eggs and the thieves." Sure thing, Hot Stuff." Minerva said as she waved him off. Natsu headed for his tent only to pulled into Evergreen's tent. She was wearing a black negligee with black nylons and her skin was sparkling.

"Dazzling." Natsu said stupidly as she blushed lightly and hugged him. They fell gently to the ground and stared into each other's eyes. Evergreen was giggling happily as Natsu just took in her scent. "I don't know why, but I feel so free with you. It's exhilarating, and oh so different. Do you feel it, too?" Evergreen asked as Natsu shrugged and kissed her neck. She moaned at his kiss and felt herself get hot in her nether regions. 'Not even Elfman can make me feel things like this, but why did compare Natsu to Elfman.' She thought as dozed off with Natsu's tingling, warm kisses on her neck.

"Wake up, lovers." Minerva said huskily as Natsu woke up with Evergreen's nylons on his face and Evergreen wrapped in his scarf, nude. "We are not lovers, but we did share skinship last night." "It's still night, Ever." "Well, Miss Evergreen, it's your turn for watch duty over the bandits and the eggs. So let me take this bedwarmer until morning." Minerva said pulling Natsu close to her, resting his head on her bust. "Fine! Don't do anything with her." Evergreen said as she transformed her nude state back into her chinese dress outfit. "Shall we go to my tent?" Minerva said playfully, licking his cheek. Natsu shivered as he wanted to with his sparkly fairy again. 'My sparkly fairy?' Natsu questioned to himself as he thrown onto the floor. Minerva stripped nude and straddled Natsu. "W-wh-what are you do-doing?" Natsu stuttered out, panicking over whether he would lose virginity to a strange woman. 'But, then again, all the women I know are pretty strange.' Natsu thought as he was brought out of his thoughts when Minerva laid herself on top of him and kissed him, hotly.

"My magic resides over territory. That means I can control space itself. Nothing is out of my reach, got it?" She said as she pointed to her neck. He began to lick her, only taste something different entirely. "What the fu-" "I said that nothing is out of reach. I can teleport things anywhere I want to. Also, I can open portals to various to different points anywhere I want, including my womanhood." She whispered hotly into his ear and he followed her unspoken law. As licked her neck, he tasted the inside of pussy. He fell in love with it and upped his game. Swirling, thrusting, and whatever else he could think of caused Minerva to scream, moan, and gasp.

"What in the aaaaah!" Natsu moaned as he felt something touch the base of his member. "I can play with you as well." She said, licking, blowing, even nibbling softly. This inverted 69 continued until both orgasmed and promptly fell asleep. "Idiot." Evergreen said as she open the tent to see Natsu and Minerva hugged tightly with smell of sex faintly floating in the air. "Don't worry. He's still pristine, unless you took that from him." "I WISH I DID!" Evergreen shouted as Natsu blushed.

"I can arrange it. Want to be my mates?" Natsu asked as the ladies looked at him with wide eyes.

Back at the guild, about half an hour after Natsu and Evergreen.

"Hey guys, have you seen Evergreen and Natsu?" Jet asked as the others looked around and shrugged collectively. "Natsu went on a mission with Evergreen after the brawl broke out." Happy said, eating a fish. "WHAT!" Everyone in the guild as they either fainted or dropped to the floor, except for Mirajane. "Oh my! I may have some competition soon." Mirajane said as she sauntered out of the guild.