Welcome, welcome to another story by yours truly. (Also, yes this is the same opening note for all of my Fairy Tail stories but the ending notes are different).

Firstly, I just have to say Fairy Tail is absolutely awesome at creating strong heroines, I mean you look at most of the main shounen manga and they all have a multitude of weak female characters.
Even classics like Dragon Ball fell into this after a while, sure they have strong willed characters like Chi-Chi and Bulma, and #18 was a great fighter who had her moments, when she was the strongest during the Android Saga and broke Vegeta's arm for instance, but, eventually it all dissipated.
It is honestly a little sad, I'm no feminist or anything, but almost every female character in every manga is really weak and it is a little annoying.
Then you have Fairy Tail with the likes of Erza, Mirajane, Ultear, Kagura, Minerva, Mavis etc. It is really awesome, I mean if Kishimoto took some advice from Mashima maybe Sakura and Hinata wouldn't have been so damn annoying.

In any case, there is a lot to like about Fairy Tail but one of my favourite parts is the E.N.D. plot twist.
This is a warning for this and all of my other Fairy Tail stories, all of them will play off the knowledge of E.N.D. Some almost straight from the beginning and some halfway through the story, the point I'm trying to make is if you don't know who E.N.D. is and don't want to be spoiled, don't read my Fairy Tail stories until you do.

With that said, on with the story.
SSJ3 Kyuubi Gohan.

Disclaimer – I don't own anything from the Fairy Tail anime/manga all I own are my original characters and plot twists.

'Talking'

"Thinking"

*expression*

Flashback

Techniques

Chapter 1 – Different paths

'Quick, we need to stop this moving guild!' Shouted Natsu, a pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer, as he ran off.

'Alright, let's split up and find this Guild's power source.' Declared Gray, an Ice Make Mage with black hair and a nasty stripping habit.

'It's just one crazy thing after another!' Shouted Elfman, a real man with white hair, blue eyes and a hulking figure.

The three mages quickly ran off, following their own path to try and find the source to the Phantom Lord Guild's power source.

'Oho Happy I had a great idea, I bet if we get on top of this thing I'll be able to find the other Element Four guys quicker, what do you think?' Questioned Natsu excitedly, as his gold trimmed, black waistcoat and white scale-patterned scarf bobbed erratically as he ran.

'Good idea Natsu.' Said Happy.

'Alright then Happy, up.' Declared Natsu.

'Aye sir.' Chimed Happy, as he started to carry Natsu up.

'Alright, here we go Happy, Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!' Shouted Natsu, as he burst through the roof of the mobile guild and landed outside it.

'Oh Happy what's going on, is it raining?' Questioned Natsu in shock.

'Aye sir.' Replied Happy with a salute.

'What kind of an answer is that?' Questioned Natsu.

'I don't know why it is raining.' Muttered Happy sourly.

'Drip, drip drop.' Said a voice, drawing both Natsu and Happy's attention.

'Juvia, The Woman of Rain of The Element Four. Drip, drip drop.' Said a blue haired woman with dark blue eyes and pale skin. Her hair was long and tightly curled at the base, resting on her navy blue coat and a fur shawl, with a teru teru bōzu doll attached to it, along with a Russian Cossack hat.

'To think you could beat even two of the Element Four, but Juvia and Aria are not to be taken lightly.' Continued Juvia.

'Two? Alright, in that case, I'll take you down to make three. No one hurts my comrades and gets away with it.' Declared Natsu with a stony face.

As Juvia gazed at Natsu she felt something, something was nagging inside her, her head more specifically.

'What is this? Juvia feels strange." Thought Juvia, as she grimaced slightly.

'Ho, what is with that face, don't you believe me, I'll show you Fire Dragon's Roar!' Shouted Natsu, as he breathed in deeply and held his hands together, clenched in front his mouth, as though holding a trumpet, before launching a wave of fire at Juvia.

'Water Slicer.' Juvia declared calmly, as her attack met Natsu's head on and tore through it.

'Fire Dragon's Claw!' Shouted Natsu, as his feet suddenly lit up in a blaze of flames and he launched himself at Juvia.

'Water Lock.' Said Juvia, as a sphere of water, absent of all oxygen engulfed Natsu.

'Natsu!' Cried Happy in worry.

'Juvia wished it didn't end like this. If you bring Lucy to me, Juvia may be able to convince our master to withdraw.' Said Juvia sadly, before her eyes widened in shock.

Juvia had only intended to hold Natsu for a little bit, until she had convinced him to get Lucy for them, but instead, she was now utterly astonished as her whole attack was being eaten, or more precisely drank by her opponent. Juvia could only gape at this, as her water was not ordinary water, but rather, it was mixed together with her magic and her very essence… and it was being drank.

Natsu's cheeks puffed immensely, as he sucked the water in as fast as he could, as the dome holding him quickly shrank.

'We would never give Lucy to you, Fairy Tail mages don't ever give up on their comrades, especially with what you guys did to the old man, no, we will beat you.' Declared Natsu, as he slowly stood up drenched in water.

'Natsu since when can you drink so much water?' Questioned Happy with bulging eyes.

'I dunno, it kind of felt like that time I tried to eat Laxus lightning, but for some reason I'm really fired up, almost boiling.' Said Natsu with a grin, as steam escaped from his maw.

'You drank Juvia's water… Juvia's water…' Muttered Juvia, as she started to blush.

'He drank Juvia's fluids, Juvia is so embarrassed!' Squealed Juvia with a huge blush, as she clutched her head in her hands.

'Eh?' Questioned both Natsu and Happy.

'Happy what is she talking about I didn't drink her fluids?' Questioned Natsu in confusion, as he agitatedly pointing at the blushing rain woman.

'Natsu how could you do this to Lucy? Drinking another woman's fluids.' Accused Happy with a giggle.

'What the hell what kind of an answer is that?' Yelled Natsu.

'Lucy… why is he talking about Lucy.' Muttered Juvia quietly, but Happy heard her.

'That's because they have a thing.' Said Happy rolling his tongue.

'Eh? We do? I mean I know we invade her house all the time, but what thing?' Questioned Natsu, as he scratched his hair.

'Juvia's fluids were drank by Natsu, Natsu has a thing with Lucy… Juvia must beat Lucy now!' Shouted Juvia suddenly.

'Eh?' Questioned both Natsu and Happy again.

'Juvia's anger and jealousy are boiling!' Shouted Juvia, as steam started to roll off her body, her skin turning red.

'Oho Happy, she is all fired up, what the hell, that's my thing!' Shouted Natsu.

Juvia's steaming body flowed in Natsu's direction, causing Happy to fly away. Natsu quickly pushed off the ground and jumped into the sky, before he lit his hand ablaze and slashed in a clawing like fashion towards Juvia. The flames blasted Juvia and a huge steam explosion kicked up.

'Water Cane!' Juvia shouted from within the steam, as a whip of boiling water struck at Natsu.

'Augh it burns… wait a minute, how can water burn?' Cried Natsu in pain, before becoming quizzical.

'Natsu, this isn't the time for your slow thinking!' Shouted Happy urgently.

'Right, Fire Dragon's Sword Horn.' Said Natsu, as his entire body was lit ablaze and he launched himself into the steam.

When Natsu was a meter away from entering the steam cloud, he suddenly looked at Happy.

'Hey, what slow thinking?' Shouted Natsu indignantly, before he disappeared into the steam, shortly after which, a large explosion occurred, sending miasmas of steam into the air.

-line break-

Natsu's attack even caused the guild to shake slightly, drawing the attention of all the members of Fairy Tail currently fighting, and caused them to look up at the area covered in steam.

'Heh, bet that's Natsu up there.' Said Macao, a slim mildly muscular man who used fire magic as well.

'Yeah, no one else could have caused an explosion that loud and flashy.' Agreed Wakaba, a man with a pompadour-like hair style and cigarette in his mouth.

'Enough chatter, if they are fighting hard up there, then we need to work even harder down here!' Yelled Cana, a tall, slim young woman, with brown hair and ample bust, held back by a blue bikini top.

'Ah, you heard her Wakaba.' Chuckled Macao, as they threw themselves back into the fight.

-line break-

'Natsu! Are you okay?' Shouted Happy into the steam cloud, which was slowly expanding and covering a large portion of the guild.

'Yeah Happy.' Replied a voice from within the steam.

'Natsu.' Cried Happy happily, as he flew into the steam.

Happy found Natsu and noticed he was kneeling and next to him, was the downed rain woman lying flat on her back.

'Juvia lost, so much heat, even Juvia's boiling water started to evaporate.' Muttered the Element Four member, as her eyes stared vacantly at the sky.

'Man Happy look at this rain.' Commented Natsu as he held his right hand out.

'It is really pouring isn't it?' Continued Natsu.

'Aye sir.' Agreed Happy, as he landed on Natsu's shoulder.

'Juvia is a rain woman.' Muttered Juvia tiredly.

'Oh so you can make it rain, that's cool.' Commented Natsu, as he looked down at Juvia and gave her a grin.

"Cool… he finds the rain cool?" Thought Juvia in shock.

'Yeah I always liked the rain, whenever it rained me and Igneel would curl up together for the day and he would tell me stories.' Said Natsu fondly.

'The rain, it reminds me of the good times I had with Igneel, even when we weren't training.' Muttered Natsu.

'Natsu how can you like the rain, you are a Fire Dragon Slayer?' Queried Happy.

"Yes that is what everyone thinks, no one likes the rain." Thought Juvia sadly, after hearing Happy's words.

'That's easy, when it rains I get to go all out because if my fire gets out of control or anything, the rain will stop it.' Replied Natsu.

'You… like the rain?' Questioned Juvia softly.

'Yeah, it really makes me smile.' Answered Natsu, as a small smile appeared on his face.

'Juvia always hated the rain.' Muttered Juvia.

'Ehhh, how come, you are the reason it rains?' Questioned Happy in astonishment.

'People don't like the rain and find it gloomy. Juvia always felt depressed because no one liked the rain and always found it gloomy. Kids always hoped Juvia wouldn't come with them on field trips because it always rained when she was around. Even one time when Juvia had a relationship with a man, Bora, he broke up with Juvia because he couldn't stand the rain.' Said Juvia sadly, before she heard Natsu laugh.

'What is so funny?' Asked Juvia angrily.

'Oh, it's funny because people didn't want me to go with them to certain places because I would destroy things.' Confessed Natsu happily.

'But Juvia can't stop the rain, you can stop destroying things.' Refuted Juvia.

'Haha Natsu can't stop destroying things, he almost broke my egg when I was still in one. Even now, on every job he takes, half the reward is usually spent on repairs.' Snickered Happy.

'Yeah, besides that Bora guy was a real sneaky guy anyway, he wouldn't appreciate the rain, he was only a fake Salamander after all… guy trying to steal my name and everything, even though his fire magic was so weak. Hey, I bet that is why he broke up with you, his flames weren't strong enough to deal with the rain!' Declared Natsu boisterously.

'Couldn't handle the rain?' Questioned Juvia confused.

'Yeah just look.' Said Natsu, as he engulfed his right fist in flames even in the rain.

'Your fire… it keeps burning even in the rain.' Muttered Juvia in surprise.

'Yep, because Fire Dragon Slayer magic is strong. It might be smothered a little, but it will keep burning, even in the rain.' Explained Natsu, as steam wafted around his flaming hand.

'Natsu likes the rain… Juvia is glad.' Said Juvia with a smile.

'The rain… Juvia made it rain when Juvia was lonely... but now, it is raining and Juvia is happy.' Said Juvia with a smile, as the rain fell on her face, making it look as though she was shedding tears.

'Oh Natsu, I just realised, there is still another Element Four around!' Exclaimed Happy suddenly.

'Wait if I beat one, and Juvia said that we had beaten two, and Juvia makes three then… ah you're right Happy!' Shouted Natsu after finishing his calculations.

'How are we going to find the last one?' Shouted Happy, as he held his head in dismay.

'Wait, maybe Gray or Elfman already took care of the last guy.' Said Natsu aloud.

'Juvia doubts it.' Said Juvia softly, drawing both of their attention.

'Hmm are you underestimating Fairy Tail's power?' Questioned Natsu ominously.

'N-no.' Spluttered Juvia.

"Such intense eyes." Thought Juvia to herself.

'Juvia is just saying that Juvia doesn't think Aria is defeated because Aria holds really strong magic… he was the one who injured your master.' Explained Juvia, which caused a deadly aura to surround Natsu.

'So that was the guy who hurt the old man.' Muttered Natsu ominously.

Natsu was brought out of his musings when the mobile guild he was standing on started to rumble, before parts of it started to break apart.

'Eh… does this mean someone beat Aria?' Questioned Juvia, before noticing Natsu was swaying.

Natsu dropped to his knees.

'Did Juvia hurt Natsu?' Questioned Juvia curiously.

'No, Natsu just can't handle vehicles.' Muttered Happy, as he floated in the air.

'H-Happy, make it stop please?' Pleaded Natsu, as he held his stomach in agony.

'But you might throw up on me.' Whined Happy before, after a bit more whimpering on Natsu's part which caused him to sigh, he reluctantly picked up Natsu.

'Ah thanks Happy.' Said Natsu after a moment of getting his stomach back under control.

'All you Fairy Tail members out there, we have succeeded in capturing Lucy.' Announced Master Jose through a loudspeaker.

Shortly after the announcement, a pained cry was heard, which everyone recognised as belonging to Lucy, from the speakers.

'Now our only remaining goal: is to slaughter the lot of you disgusting brats.' Declared Jose through the speaker.

Natsu's body started to leak steam, almost as if his very skin itself was boiling.

'Natsu, what's going on?' Questioned Happy nervously.

'Happy, let's go save Lucy.' Growled Natsu in anger.

'Aye.' Replied Happy, as he carried his friend where his nose led him.

As the duo of Dragon Slayer and Flying Cat started to disappear from Juvia's sight, she mumbled one last thing before passing out.

'Lucy… you are a love rival.' Juvia muttered as her eyes closed.

-line break-

'Gajeel, maybe you should stop, what if you actually do kill her, Master Jose will be angry.' Said a rather nervous looking Phantom Lord member.

'Eh, if I kill her I'll just blame it on one of you.' Replied Gajeel, as he threw a kunai just next to Lucy's head causing his long, spiky black hair to shake.

Lucy flinched slightly, as she was chained to the wall and couldn't move at all.

'Man, this sucks, all those Tail idiots are throwing their lives away just because this girl's got a bit of cash.' Complained Gajeel, causing Lucy to laugh.

'Hmm, you say something girl?' Questioned Gajeel, as he glanced back at Lucy, his red eyes boring into her.

'You guys really are complete idiots, aren't you? I feel so sorry for you it makes me want to cry.' Said Lucy.

'Is that right? To be able to bluff in a situation like this, you might just be worth something after all.' Said Gajeel.

Lucy winced as another kunai struck just near her head.

'If I died you would be the guys in trouble, you know. Fairy Tail would never forgive you! That's the kind of guild they are. You'd spend the rest of your life cowering in fear, as the most terrible guild in the world hunts you down.' Continued Lucy.

'Hmm maybe I should test your little theory and see how it holds up.' Said Gajeel, as he threw another kunai.

'It's going to hit!' Shouted a Phantom Lord member, as Gajeel's kunai approached Lucy, heading straight for her head.

Lucy closed her eyes and waited for the kunai to hit, before she heard a large explosion and felt the area around her rumble. Lucy opened her eyes in surprise, as a flaming apparition floated in the air above her.

'Heh, I knew it was you, I recognised your smell.' Said Gajeel with a smirk.

Natsu landed on the ground flames and steam circling around him, his eyes pure white as his clothing fluttered madly. Suddenly, in the blink of an eye, Natsu was in front of Gajeel and launched a fire infused fist into Gajeel's face, sending him flying into the other guild members behind him.

'Natsu.' Said Lucy happily.

'You okay, Lucy?' Asked Happy, as he pulled on the metal restraints holding Lucy to the wall.

'Happy.' Cried Lucy in happiness.

Lucy's attention was drawn back to Natsu when she saw him blast Gajeel back with a fiery uppercut.

'Whoa, I've never seen Natsu like that.' Commented Lucy.

'Me neither, right now he is strong, he might even be able to beat Erza the way he is now.' Happy said in agreement, as he pulled out a bolt to one of Lucy's restraints.

Natsu was covered in a white sheen of, what appeared to be, steam, which was slowly wafting around him, as he clashed with the Iron Dragon Slayer.

'What's the matter Salamander? Cat got your tongue?' Questioned Gajeel, as the normally rambunctious Fairy Tail Mage was surprisingly silent.

'I didn't take Natsu's tongue.' Pipped in Happy indignantly.

'Quiet stupid cat, don't make him realise where we are!' Cried Lucy, as she muzzled Happy with her arms and tried to find somewhere to hide from the battle.

Natsu suddenly opened his maw and spewed reddish flames, tinged with white around the edges, at Gajeel. Gajeel rolled to avoid the attack, but turned his head slightly when he heard hissing behind him and saw Natsu's attack; was actually eating through the very walls of their mobile guild.

'Whoa, that guy isn't messing around.' Commented one of the Phantom Lord members, not bright enough to flee from the room holding two very destructive mages.

'Hey, Happy, why is Natsu acting so weird, what happened to him?' Questioned Lucy quietly, with a hint of worry in her tone, as she stared at the still dissolving wall that had been struck by Natsu's attack.

'Hmm I'm not sure, but he got really angry when he heard Jose over the loudspeaker and when I carried him here, he kept getting quieter and angrier. After a while he just went silent, which kind of worried me.' Said Happy thoughtfully.

Gajeel launched a pole of iron into Natsu's gut and pushed him back, but Natsu then batted the metal aside and launched another roar, which Gajeel swiftly avoided.

'But why are his attacks dissolving everything, I mean he uses fire, shouldn't he be melting things?' Questioned Lucy in confusion.

'Hmm I dunno, although it might have to do with the fight Natsu had with that girl before this.' Said Happy smartly, as he slammed his tiny right fist into his left palm.

'Eh, what happened?' Asked Lucy curiously.

'Natsu drank her fluids.' Explained Happy, getting everyone in the room, including Gajeel, to gawk, which caused Gajeel to get a solid kick to the gut.

'W-what!' Shouted Lucy, along with a few nearby Phantom Lord Members.

'Hey why are you guys listening to my explanation? You guys are bad.' Happy exclaimed, as he pointed at the nearby mages.

'Never mind that cat, what do you mean he drank her fluids?' Questioned Lucy, as she shook the blue creature.

'Ah Lucy stop shaking me, he drank the blue lady's water.' Said Happy weakly, as he was manhandled by the, in his words, heavy girl.

'Why did you say her fluids then, stupid cat?' Shouted Lucy in annoyance, as she kept shaking the cat.

'She was made of water.' Muttered Happy, before collapsing to the floor as Lucy released him, with visions of fish dancing around his swirly eyes.

'Oh pretty fish, just give me one bite.' Muttered Happy weakly.

The remaining mages in the room had their attention drawn back to the fight when Natsu landed a solid fist into Gajeel's gut, which dissolved his clothes around that area and burned his gut horribly.

'Tch that actually hurt, I better not mess around anymore then.' Said Gajeel, as he grabbed a metal tile from nearby and promptly threw it into his mouth before chewing.

Natsu charged Gajeel and launched a fiery axe kick at him, but Gajeel blocked with a cross guard, his arms and entire body now covered in iron.

Gajeel smirked, before feeling the heat burn his hands slightly and jumped away from Natsu, whose foot then slammed into the ground and burned right into the floor.

'What the hell?' Exclaimed Gajeel, as he saw the iron surrounding his arms was covered in rust and was flaking off, revealing raw skin underneath.

'That's it, I'm ending this, Iron Dragon's Roar!' Shouted Gajeel, as he released a spiralling beam of metallic energy at Natsu.

Natsu seemed to retch slightly and cough, causing fire to escape from his mouth, before looking up and unleashing a blast of white hot flames directed at Gajeel's attack.

The two beams of energy clashed, with Natsu's starting to erode through Gajeel's, before finally reaching him and sending him through the guild floor. Gajeel roared in pain before Natsu's attack exploded, leaving a heavily burnt and near unconscious Dragon Slayer on the floor below. Lucy watched in awe, while all the other mages ran away in terror, at seeing their strongest member beaten. Natsu dropped to his knees and retched again, before a wave of misty white flames projected from his mouth and eroded a large portion of the floor, before sinking through the subsequent levels, leaving a gaping metre wide hole right down to the ground.

'Ugh I feel terrible.' Muttered Natsu, as he opened his eyes and revealed his black pupils, which had previously been absent.

'Natsu!' Cried Lucy, as she quickly ran to his kneeling form.

'Ah hey Lucy, you're okay right?' Questioned Natsu tiredly.

'Yeah I'm fine, thanks to you, how are you though what happened to you?' Replied Lucy worriedly.

'Uh… not sure, but if you don't mind, I think I'm going to take a nap now.' Said Natsu weakly, before he passed out, saved from falling into the hole he had just made by Lucy's quick reflexes.

"Natsu what happened to you?" Wondered Lucy, as she absentmindedly stroked her saviour's head.

-line break-

The battle with Phantom Lord ended shortly after Natsu passed out, as a revitalised Makarov had shown up and took Jose down in one powerful attack, Fairy Law. Afterwards, Lucy lamented the loss of the guild and begun to blame herself for everything, before Makarov quickly dissuaded her of the notion and gave a short, but stirring speech, which brought her to tears, shortly afterwards, Makarov joined her, when thinking about what the Council may end up doing to him. Natsu ending up staying unconscious until the next morning, after which he woke up slightly groggy.

'Hey flame brain what's the matter with you, you almost hit me there! Are you trying to start a fight?' Shouted Gray, as he and Natsu were carrying lumber to help build the new guild.

'Ugh shut up ice princess, my head is still ringing.' Growled Natsu in annoyance.

'Well that's what you get for being a weakling.' Mocked Gray.

'Hey shut up, I took out two of the Element Four and their Ace, what did you do!' Accused Natsu.

Gray growled slightly, remembering how Aria had easily manhandled him.

'Alright Natsu that's it, you want a fight?' Questioned Gray menacingly, as he unknowingly stripped his shirt off with one hand while still holding a chunk of wood in the other.

Natsu was about to retort before Erza came over.

'If you've got time to play around, hurry up and help, we've got to fix the guild as soon as possible!' Ordered Erza, clad in construction worker clothing.

'O-on it!' Stuttered Gray fearfully.

'Uh yeah whatever.' Replied Natsu half-heartedly… to Erza.

Gray looked at Natsu in shock and started to back away slowly, noticing Erza's gaze harden.

Erza walked over to Natsu while Gray silently left the scene, hoping to get away from, what he was sure would be, another one of Erza's lectures.

Natsu sighed softly feeling Erza approach him, truth be told, Natsu wasn't all that afraid of Erza. Don't get him wrong, he feared her trying to teach him things again, or "helping" him deal with his motion sickness, but usually he just played along with everyone else's fear of Erza, mainly because he had yet to beat her in a fight. Truth be told, he liked Erza, especially since she could almost match the amount of destruction he could dish out, but he wasn't feeling up to it today.

'Natsu is something wrong?' Asked Erza firmly.

'Uh no, not really.' Answered Natsu with a half-smile.

'You aren't lying to me are you?' Questioned Erza with a narrowed gaze, hoping to somewhat intimidate the fire mage.

'Yeah I'm fine, just still recovering I guess.' Replied Natsu tiredly.

'Ok, I've decided that you are not yet fit to help with construction, go and lie down somewhere for an hour then come back to me so I can assess you.' Ordered Erza.

'Really Erza, I'm fine.' Protested Natsu weakly, before Erza glared at him.

'Alright fine, I'm going see.' Said Natsu tiredly, as he placed the lumber he was carrying down and went to lie in the shade of a nearby tree.

"Natsu, what's wrong, this is so unlike you?" Wondered Erza worriedly, at the strange behaviour on the part of the Fire Dragon Slayer. Not only did he not cower in fear from her, but he even shrugged off her gaze and tried to disobey an order, from her, Erza Scarlet. The old Natsu would have never done something like this and it made Erza concerned.

Natsu sat down against the trunk of the tree and almost instantly fell asleep, although, as he slept, he clenched his stomach occasionally and his eyebrows furrowed in annoyance, as strange visions assaulted his mind. Visions, of destruction, carnage, and even, death.

I hope you all enjoyed the first chapter but now I need your opinion straight off the bat. All of my Fairy Tail stories are set up in a way that they can all be single pairings, in other words just Natsu/Juvia for instance, or can have multiple pairings.

Each story however has a separate selection of who I could possibly add.

For this story however, should most of you choose for multiple pairings it would include any or all of the following: Erza, Mirajane, Ultear, Lucy, Minerva and/or Sayla.

This selection however is non-negotiable as there is a reason for each person, in other words for this story, someone like Lisanna would not work at all, hence no amount of persuasion would make me add her.