Really left this one too long but I had other stuff going on including some shit at home that I'd rather not go into detail about. Uni as usual got in the way and really has me thinking if I'm really cut out for it but I decided to stick out the year and see how that goes. Anyway here's the chapter better late than never I guess even if it's two months over due.

"Sleep with me"

"K-kagura?!" even if he was a fire dragonslayer, even Natsu couldn't fight the rush of heat that went to his face, Kagura was a little puzzled by Natsu's reaction well that was until she caught on to her poor choice of words.

"W-wait I-I didn't mean it in a sexual way I just meant you know…" Kagura panicked waving her arms frantically trying to dissolve the whole situation making Natsu supress a smirk. "I meant you know like when I was a kid back then and I couldn't get to sleep, I just really don't want to wake up tomorrow of all days without out here" Kagura continued in a very timid voice, which up until this point was quite the contrast to the tone of voice she was using now.

Placing his hand on the swordswoman's head and giving it a gentle rub Natsu gave her his signature grin, "Okay if it will make you feel at ease then we can sleep together" the dragonslayer replied before the two hopped into bed together, amazingly smudge had somehow stayed asleep throughout all of this and was laying comfortable at the bottom of the bed in her box.

"Tomorrow you can open the rest of your present and then we can have a proper celebration without the crazy shenanigans, wouldn't need any of your members getting drunk the night before a match" Natsu said softly as Kagura adjusted herself into the pinkette's embrace. "I'd like that aaahhhh" Kagura replied in an exhausted tone before letting out a yawn.

"Don't worry I'm staying for the games, theirs a few people I want to see how they'll do in their fights so I plan on staying" the dragonslayer reassured the swordsman however he was met only by the sounds of light breathing causing him to look down to see Kagura fast asleep curled up against him.

"Good night"

Next morning

"EVERYBODY WAKE UP, WAKE UP YOU GUYS GOTTA LOOK OUTSIDE!" Natsu suddenly heard a voice shout out through the building as he began to groggily wake up. However, the slayer wasn't prepared for what happened next. "Kagura you have to see…ugh" Milliana suddenly burst into Kagura's room but froze at the sight of her best friend and the pinkette in bed together.

"What is it Millian…aahhhh!"

"What's with all this shouting…ugh!"

More and more of Kagura's fellow guild mates showed up at the door all before their jaws hit the floor at the sight of their guild mate and the pinkette lying in bed with one another with Kagura's pyjamas tossed to the side giving them a pretty graphic idea of what had happened last night. Luna was probably the most shocked out of all, despite how forward she seemed last night in her drunken state about the two staying together she was just messing around and didn't actually intend for this to happen.

"hmm not there" Kagura suddenly said in her sleep as she drew herself in closer to the pinkette resulting in him becoming fully awake at the feeling of the swordswoman's lack of clothing evident by the soft flesh pressing into his chest this time making blood rush to more than one part of his anatomy. "Shit when did she, no how did she take her clothes off ?!" Natsu screamed in his mind as the image of what very Yandere like dragon would do to him if she saw this very sight.

"K-K-Kagura?" Luna stuttered out trying to comprehend the female swordsman's words, Natsu knew this definitely looked bad, Kagura had a fierce bad death grip around him one he wasn't escaping from and she was constantly cuddling into the pinkette's chest while doing so leaving behind her own scent as she did so. It subconsciously made the slayer glad he had no leads to Lilli's whereabouts cause if he found her or se found him well something or one(him) was gonna get destroyed.

"Hmm, now ladies I know how things look but that isn't how they are" Natsu tried to explain without waking Kagura. "Oh, really pinkie, then why are your trousers on the floor with Kagura's clothes?" Milliana asked with a sly grin when she saw the slayers eyes dart to the mentioned item of clothing before they returned to under the sheets and bulging out of their sockets when he saw she was right, it also didn't help that Kagura was completely nude under the sheets. The closest thing she had to an article of clothing was the rabbit ears headband on her head.

"AHHHH" everyone was distracted by a rather cute yawn originating from Kagura who groggily start to stir awake. Needless to say, she felt rather strange waking up, extremely warm, light and something quite rigid poking into her lower thigh. Her eyes fluttered open a few times before she began to take in the site around her causing her to smile.

"Morning" she said with a beaming smile seeing that Natsu was still there, "M-morning" the pinkette responded in wat the swordswoman would call quite a flustered tone. A not so inconspicuous cough got Kagura's attention causing her to look towards her doorway to see her guild master, Milliana and Risley standing there.

"So, you two have fun last night?" Luna asked with a mischievous glint in her eyes confusing Kagura slightly before she looked under the sheets at her attire, or lack of it to be more accurate. "AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!" amazingly from lying position the swordswoman managed to bound from one end of the room to the other all the while getting her clothes.

Luna suddenly burst into a fit of laughter upon seeing her guild member's reaction, "That explains it then" the guild master said in a very amused voice watching Kagura trying to put her clothes back on while also trying to keep herself covered up with a blanket. "What explains what?" Risley asked in an equally amused tone enjoying the show just as much as her master.

"A few years after she joined the guild Kagura developed a habit of sorts" the master started gaining Natsu's attention as well and causing Kagura to brighten an extra shade of red. "On top of going commando, she tends to strip in her sleep; I guess Mr. Dragneel was too hot for her" the guild master said literally causing Kagura to have a meltdown in the corner from sheer embarrassment while her guild mates laughed.

"Oh, wait so then did she accidentally take off Natsu's trousers as well?" Milliana asked or well it was more of a statement as she tried to keep her sides from splitting causing a vein to bulge on the usually calm swordswoman's forehead. "Or maybe she's just using her habit to her advantage" Luna coyly added with a smirk.

"Get out right now!" Kagura shouted before shoving her guild mates out the door and slamming it to avoid any further embarrassment. However, her mind start drifting back to what they had said, "If I did somehow take off his trousers then what I felt against my thigh was…?" Kagura thought to herself before in Natsu's honest opinion, was followed up by her face turning an unhealthy shade of red and her running into the bathroom mumbling something even his hearing couldn't pink up.

"Honestly, I don't think I'll ever understand girls" Natsu said to himself in an exhausted one before getting out of bed and getting his trousers. "Morning smudge" Natsu greeted the pup which gave him a bored look before it sank back down into box leaving Natsu feeling rather dejected.

"Guess I don't get animals either" the slayer joked to himself as he looked towards the bathroom door trying to make out the incoherent mumbles. "I wonder what we'll do today, the games were called off and it seems like there's quite a bit of ice and snow outside so I guess there's only one thing for it then" the pinkette said with a mischievous smirk.

As the slayer went to make his way outside he noticed that smudge was following him, "What's up with you I thought you didn't like me?" Natsu said rhetorically knowing the pup couldn't answer him. As soon as Natsu opened the door of the lodgings smudge sprinted outside before she stopped to do her business, turning a patch of snow from white to yellow.

"So, you just needed me to get outside?" Natsu said in an amused tone as he picked up a handful of 'clean' snow. "I can't help but feel as though something bad is gonna happen today" the dragonslayer thought to himself as he gradually raised the temperature of his hand and watched the snow snowball slowly melt.

"Must be my imagination, I'm just paranoid that's its yeah" Natsu reassured himself as Smudge walked back into the inn without the dragonslayer noticing. "Alright everyone let's have some fun!" Milliana suddenly shouted as she burst out through the inn doors followed by her fellow guildmates all dressed up in the appropriate clothing for the current weather conditions.

"Jeez calm down, what are you like five?" Beth joked at the feline like woman's expense causing her to pout, but not for long. "I'm gonna build snow kitties and a house for my snow kitties" Milliana continued on getting lost in her own little world. "Well looks like we've lost her, anyway how about a snowball fight?" Risley suggested with a grin upon noticing the looks of excitement on her fellow guildmates faces.

The next thing Natsu knew was snow and ice was flying in all directions, he didn't have long before he had to start dodging which seemed to be going pretty successful even as he took the time to return some of the 'enemy's' fire. Well that was until a snowball connected with the back of his head. "What the?" the pinkette questioned before he turned around to see a very smug looking Kagura who now had a large pile of snowy projectiles in waiting.

"Crap" the slayer deadpanned before Kagura decided to get creative with her magic and applied some of her gravity magic to her throw increasing the pace of the projectile as well as proportionally increasing its force of impact.

"Hey, hey, hey!" Natsu shouted frantically upon dodging each projectile, seeing that they were leaving sizeable holes in the stone street from the impact Natsu had surmised that it would be best to avoid actually getting hit by one.

"Awe come on Natsu it's just a bit of fun, you know I wouldn't willingly try to hurt you" Kagura said in a very amused tone before stifling a fit of laughter at the form of the slayer leaping about the place. "Really you could have convinced me otherwise!" Natsu shouted in response causing the laughter to spread throughout the all-female guild.

"Come on, you're never gonna get me if you just keep dodging" the swordswoman said as she continued to chuck snowballs at the slayer. "You think so huh?" Natsu said with a grin taking Kagura up in her challenge. "Ready or not here I come!" Natsu shouted before in an amazing feat of speed the dragonslayer sped past the swordswoman which was followed up by him dumping a large bucket of snow on her head. Where said bucket came from shall remain unknown for the rest time but right now Natsu's little stunt had caused the commotion to die down.

Why you ask, well they of course wanted to see how Kagura would react. To say she was stunned was an understatement but right now she was trying to ignore the fact the snow had slid down underneath her shirt and was melting, dampening the fabric.

"Jeez, now you've done it, thanks to you Natsu now I'm all wet" Kagura said not even noticing how her choice of words made her guildmates burst out with laughter, even Natsu couldn't keep it together. "What, what did I say?" Kagura asked in confusion before Milliana came over to her best friend and whispered something in her ear causing her to go beet red.

"Why do you guys have to be so dirty minded! You know I never meant anything like that!" the swordswoman shouted in defence. "Yeah we know but sometimes your reactions make it too hard to miss out on the opportunity" Natsu said causing Kagura to pout.

The rest of the day was spent with everyone celebrating the holiday outside doing as they pleased, in fact almost every guild was out bar sabretooth who remained inside for obvious reasons. Everyone only went back inside once the light of day had faded away and the temperature dropped by a considerable amount.

"So how your first official holiday celebrations?" Kagura asked as she walked up to Natsu handing him a drink while he overlooked the city of Crocus from the inn's balcony. "Thanks, it was definitely different I can say that" Natsu replied as he accepted the drink. "Primarily being a fire user I don't have any particular care for ice or similar things, water's okay but snow is just so close to my opposite that I never really imagined myself ever playing in it like that" Natsu admitted in an amused tone causing Kagura to smirk.

"Still today was definitely quite enjoyable" Natsu said before throwing a sharp glance in the direction of an unwelcome presence, one that had a similar feel to that of Zeref but at the same time had its own unique feel to it. Nonetheless the presence made him feel uneasy and caused him to unconsciously pull Kagura close to him.

"Something's coming"

Chapter end

Really sorry for the wait on this one I've been dealing with stuff so I'm behind schedule on everything and I've found very little time for writing fics. I'm gonna try and update sooner but its trying to get organised is the problem.