"OI!" A pinkette man yelled out with a cat on his shoulder as he burst opened the doors of the Fairy Tail Guild. "I am back guys!"

Many people were seated when he bust the doors opened, others got up and greeted the boy who had finally come back from his long awaited mission. "Welcome back, fire brain!" A man with no shirt greeted.

"Welcome back Natsu and Happy." A blonde said as she was arranging her keys.

"Hey Gray-san!" The blue cat responded. "Hey Lucy-chan!"

A bulky, gray haired man then stood up and walked towards them. "How was your mission, eh? Natsu?" He asked.

"Ok I guess Elfman," Natsu scratched his head, trying to remember the details of his long mission. "I just had to save a noble man's daughter from a bunch of bandits that kidnapped her."

"NOW THAT'S WHAT YOU CALL A MAN!" Elfman then patted Natsu's back.

"You had to save a noble man's daughter?" Lucy asked.

"Yeah," Natsu then recovered from Elfman's strong pat to the back. "It wasn't that hard to be honest. Just a bunch of weak bandits just trying to make easy money by using ransom."

"How exactly did you find those bastards?" Gray, intrigued by Natsu's mission, asked him to continue.

"With this!" Happy pointed at Natsu's noise.

Elfman, Gray and Lucy all had the same dumbfound expression on their faces. "Exactly w-what?" Lucy asked.

"My nose!" Natsu said, a bit angry that they didn't seem to see the obvious.

"Oh that's right." Lucy apologized.

"Oh yeah, you got that great smelling on your side." Gray somewhat complimented.

"Anyways," Natsu looking around the Guild's main room. "Where's Erza?"

The room now filled with silence and many sad faces. "E-Erza?" Elfman stuttered, trying to muster up her name.

"Yeah, where is she?" Natsu asked once more.

"S-she… left the Guild, Natsu." Gray's words echoed in Natsu's head.

'W-what?" Shocked, Natsu couldn't believe what Gray just said.

"You heard me!" He retorted. "Erza left the guild!"

The silence still echoed around the room. "Y-you're lying!" He yelled at Gray. "She probably just left for a mission!"

Gray reached for his pocket, taking out a note. "Here, she left this note pinned with the rest of the jobs on the bulletin board." He said, giving the note to Natsu.

He took the note from his hands and read it in his head. Dear Friends and Fellow Guild members, the note began. I'm sorry this is out of the blue but I'm leaving the Guild. There is too much on my mind right now, and I don't want to be a burden to anyone. Don't worry about me, I'll return in sometime but it'll probably be in many years. Please don't try to find me. Love, Erza

Natsu couldn't believe what he read. Without hesitation, he ripped the papers and burned them.

"Natsu…" His feline companion lowly said.

"I couldn't believe it neither, Natsu," Lucy said trying to hold her own tears back. "S-she's gone!"

"A-are you ok Natsu?" Happy was trying to comfort best friend.

"…" No words came out.

"Do you need some space Natsu?" Lucy asked.

"Natsu?" Happy repeated his name.

"Yeah." Natsu responded.

Immediately, his feline companion got off his shoulder and went to Lucy. Natsu then swiftly had gone toward the Guild's doors and left solely to his house.

Upon walking, he heard the birds chirp from their nests up in the trees. His and Happy's lodge like house was located in the middle of the forest behind the Guild. He reached in for his key in his pocket, and inserted it in the lock. He turned it, unlocking the door and entering.

"…. DAMMIT ERZA!" Natsu yelled at the top of his lungs. He went around the house, tossing and destroying many of his own possessions which have been given by his dearest friend. "WHY? YOU BIG IDIOT!" He then stopped and dropped to his knees, succumbing to his own tears. "You didn't have to leave…" He whispered to himself.

He then got up, cleaned up his own mess. As he cleaned he noticed something unfamiliar to him, it was a red rose. "Huh?" Natsu walked up to the unusual anomaly. The rose was neatly placed on the middle of the dining table, in a vase. Under it was a sealed envelope. "What the?" He gently picked up the vase, taking out the note from the bottom.

Natsu nervously looked at the envelope. "Only a few people know that I live here…" He lowly said to himself, remembering which people those were. "Let's see… Happy of course… There's Lucy as well… Gray too… Master Makarov… Erza…" Natsu suddenly looked at the envelope one more time. "ERZA!"

He instantly opened it, revealing a note. "Let's see what it says…"

Dear Natsu, so it began. I'm sorry that I left, you must be devastated. "That's a bit of an understatement but whatever..." Natsu said to himself, he continued on. I know how you are however, you will try to find me. Don't. I mean it. I don't want to face you… not yet anyways. "Not yet anyways? What the heck is that supposed to mean?" He continued reading on. This is my burden and mine alone, I've already lost a past loved one, I don't want to lose you too… I love you. You already know who this is.

I love you… The last words Natsu read in his mind. "All this time…" He smiled. "I've always felt the same way you know?" He folded the note and put it in his pocket. "Sorry Erza but I'm going to have to disobey that order. I'm going after you."

Natsu put on both his scarf and his bag, still wearing the same clothes as usual, and blasted out of his house and through the forest one more time. The night had already sat in, the sky covered in millions of stars and the moon that revolved around the Earth. Natsu looked up and saw one star shine much brighter than the others, he smiled. "I'll find you!" He yelled out into the night sky.

He took out the note one last time and sniffed it. "That way." Natsu then bolted to the west side of the Guild, leaving only a trail of dust.

A/N: Hope you enjoy the first chapter. Also, this story might be a bit long so yeah this is my first Natza/Nerza long fanfic (I've made a one shot and it was ok I guess, if you want to check it out, it's called One Chance, A Nerza Fanfic.) See y'all soon with the next update.