The Dragon and the Fairies Chapter 10, a fairy tail fanfic

HEYYYYO! Guess who's finally back with a new chapter nearly a year in the making…THIS GUY! Hehe…I'm sorry again. I keep saying I'll work harder and try to post more, but life finds away…to screw you over quite a bit. *sigh* Granted, I have updated my new DBZ+FT crossover recently, but this story is different. The Dragon and the Fairies was my first story ever on this site, so it definitely holds a special place in my heart. Not to mention it's definitely my most popular by far too! And for that, I sincerely want to thank all the people who support me on this site. It genuinely means the world to me when people favorite, follow, or review any of my stories. It tells me that you actually like what I'm putting out there and you want to see more. Now, people have asked me if I've abandoned this story and I want to answer here-

I HAVE NOT ABANDONED THIS STORY!

Three of them are on hiatus for reasons like, wanting to rewrite them or wanting to focus on my most popular fics, this fic being one of them. I mean…just WOW! The last time I checked I was at around 680 favorites, 720 follows, and 151 reviews! THAT'S HELLA AWESOME! Again thank you so much for all that. Hopefully I can get this fic to over 1,000 favorites and follows by the New Year (not likely, but it's definitely a goal to shoot for!) And jeez, seeing as how I've been gone for so long, so many FT related stuff has happened; Fairy Tail: Dragon Cry (I liked it. Although, I like the first movie, Phoenix Priestess, a bit better- The plot was better, the new movie characters (Éclair and the villains) were stronger (Character-wise and strength wise), everyone in the Fairy Tail guild actually contributed to the final battle, etc.), the ending of the manga (…Ah…I'll save my opinion for the end of this chapter because OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOSH, do I have so much to say about the final arc. I mean…*Shakes head* I'll just wait till the end.)

Also, I just want to make a quick announcement concerning the harem of this story. Now, I know I did say EVERY woman in Fairy Tail would be included, but I've changed my mind.

WAAAAIT! Before you start rolling your eyes and start unfavoriting, let me just say that there will still be a harem in this story, but it will just be a bit smaller than the mass harem I originally wanted in this story. That was what I sort of intended for this story to be, for example, "Boil" by EvilFuzzy9 (whom by the way is a master at writing smut. If you haven't read any of his stories, I implore that you do.) or "Pet Boy of Fairy Hill's" by Kript (whom is another amazing smut writer on this site.). Those particular stories lend themselves to being mass harem stories by the way the author has intended it from the very beginning, and I'm NOT dissing them. They're hella awesome writers and they're inspirations for me to one day achieve their level of infamy. Now, that's also not to say there won't be smut in my story, but I also want there to be some genuine love and romance between the characters and I'll try to the best of my ability to make it believable. But I'm not ignorant. I know harems are practically impossible to make believable and it takes a suspension of disbelief to properly enjoy stories like this. So, once again, I want to thank all of you for allowing me to take the story in the direction that I want to (i.e. delicious harem goodness :P). So, to sum up, there will be no MASS harem, but there will still be a harem. Two, there will still be smut, but not all the time seeing as how I will need to build some relationships from the ground up for certain characters (i.e. Jenny, Brandish, Milliana, etc.). So don't expect Natsu to jump into bed with any of them right away seeing as how most of the women (barring any of the actual members of the Fairy Tail guild, like Erza, Lucy, Lisanna, etc.) have really thought of Natsu in a romantic light…yet. ;)

Also, while I'm at it, I'll let you know on whom I plan on having enter Natsu's harem:

Erza

Mira

Lucy

Cana

Juvia

Lisanna

Evergreen (Yes, I know some of you did not want her to be in the harem, but blame "The Dragon, Titania, and The Fairy" by shinji01ikari (whom is also another one of my role model's on this site). I love that fic and I wanna explore what could potentially happen if Erza and Evergreen ever were interested in the same man, along with obvious other haremettes.)

Levy

Bisca

Ultear

Meredy

Virgo

Aquarius

Flare

Jenny

Milliana

Kagura (maybe)

Kyouka (I know she's dead along with Sayla (even though she's a Take-Over for Mira in the manga), but remember, this is an AU fic so I can bring her to life if I so please)

Sayla

Angel/Sorano

Yukino

Hisui (I have a rather particular interesting idea to include her in this harem, but this won't really happen till way later in this story.)

Irene (She's gonna be tough, but I'm willing to try it out. If I can't pull it off, then that doesn't mean I can't try again in a one-shot or something…or another Natsuxharem fix that's just pure smut…would any of you be down for that?)

And I know this is rather dumb, but part of me wants to add Edo-Erza (blame Neoshadow's, "The Story of a Dragon, a Knight, and a Fairy Hunter" CUZ I LOVE THAT FIC!) and Edo-Lucy. Again, these are maybe's. I haven't confirmed whether I wanna do that, or how I'd do it…well maybe something about an Edo-Acnologia…bah, I don't know. They're not official for the moment though.

So, that's like 23 women…shit, maybe this is still a mass harem, huh? Huh…well, I guess it all depends on what your definition of a "mass harem" is…why the hell am I thinking about this again?

…Oh right, I'm a fanfic writer that can't stop writing harem fics. :P

*eyes binder full of ideas for more NatsuxHarem fics and various other smutty fanfics hidden in my room*

P.S. Also, thank you for putting up with my weird sense of humor. You all are the best!

Also, P.P.S, I just wanna endorse some of my friend's stories that they've allowed me to read such as, "A Dragon of the COG" by thehappy, which is a crossover between Fairy Tail/Gears of War, and "Fairy Tail: Rise of the Crimson Dragon" by Strikefreedom10, which is an AU fic that has a much stronger Natsu from the beginning of Fairy Tail. They are amazing people that have written amazing fics! Feel free to check out any of their other fics too! They have such awesome ideas!

Anyway, without further ado…

Disclaimer: Honestly, does it look like I own Fairy Tail? Because I most certainly don't, but if I did, you'd bet your asses I'd have made Natsu and Erza the main pairing! Nothing against NaLu, I just prefer NaZa above all else. But no, Fairy Tail belongs to Hiro Mashima and Kodansha…*sigh*

Fairy Tail Guild (Nighttime)

It was a quiet night. Not a soul was stirring amongst the town of Magnolia as a quiet breeze blew through the town, shuffling the dust atop the cobblestone paths. The only lights that kept the town from being a pitch black environment was the large full moon that towered high above in the sky, along with all the numerous small stars that speckled the night sky. No, not a soul was stirring amongst this town…except for the six people currently inside Fairy Tail Guild.

Inside the guild, there lay a similar environment of near-darkness save for the rows of candles set ablaze in rows, giving the guild a strange romantic ambience as opposed to its usual rambunctious nature. However, the candles weren't the only change that was made to the guild hall. While most of the tables remained the same, one table that laid in the middle of the hall was adorned by a pure white table cloth, which was decorated with rosy petals atop its white sheen. Along with the petals, there lie numerous mouth-watering plates of food that were mostly left untouched (save for a certain rowdy dragon slayer's). It certainly was a strange sight to see inside this particular guild that was known for its loud and boisterous nature, but it was all for a particular purpose. To explain that purpose, one had to understand just who were the three people inside the guild hall this late at night. Two of them were sitting at the table adorned with the rosy petals and delicious food at the moment; Natsu Dragneel, whom strangely was wearing a much different outfit at the moment, a charcoal-black tuxedo with a plain white dress shirt and his iconic scarf wrapped around the neck of his shirt in the form of a tie, charcoal-black dress pants, and (to several of his girlfriend's ire) his usual sandals atop his feet.

"I told him not to wear the sandals. I specifically told him to find a pair of dress shoes to match up with his attire, but does he listen to me? Noooooooo!" The beautiful bar maiden, Mira, whom was wearing a long-sleeved black dress with white frills layering the cuffs and chest, huffed to herself and proceeded to cross her arms and push herself against the bar while keeping her eyes on Natsu and the girl across from him. 'Geez, why does he have to be so stubborn sometimes? Can't he see that I, his lovely and intelligent girlfriend, know what's best for him better than himself? Ugh, I'll never understand men…' The ivory-haired woman shook her head, still staring at the man and his…date. Mira tittered at the thought. It wasn't purely the thought that brought a giggle to her, but rather the two people participating in said date. Her cerulean-blue eyes then shifted from the object of her affection to another one of her loved ones, her beloved little sister Lisanna. She giggled once more at seeing her younger sibling shift awkwardly in her seat as she fought to contain another one of her embarrassed blushes for what seemed like the umpteenth time tonight. It made sense why the youngest Strauss was so nervous after all. The poor girl had been hopelessly in love with the rose-haired dragon slayer for years now and had failed time and time again to properly confess her affection. 'But that all changes tonight.' Mira thought to herself.

But before we see just how tonight would once again shift the dragon-boy's harem once again, we must first see just how tonight came to be…

Earlier that Day

It was a calm morning. Rather, it was a little too calm in comparison to how most morning's started in the town of Magnolia. Most individuals had barely begun to awaken to start another hum-drum day (as opposed to certain individuals of a certain guild) of their lives. But rather than focus upon those people, instead, we focus our attention on two individuals starting their day. A small gust of wind blew outside a small cottage in the outskirts of town. Inside the cottage there were two individuals that had just finished their lovemaking ritual before one salmon-haired man parted to surprise his lover, a beautiful scarlet-haired woman, in the kitchen with a delectable surprise. Erza Scarlet, whom was drying herself off after her and Natsu's shower lovemaking, let out a contented sigh as she rubbed the towel against her moist skin. She brought the towel to her arms, rubbing the excess water from the shower away from her skin and allowing the towel to remove the liquid. After, the scarlet-haired knight proceeded to rub the towel against her bare chest, pushing the towel to her ample bosom, eliciting a small moan. 'Guess I'm still a little sensitive there. *Sigh* I told that fool to take it easy so early in the morning. Seems I'll need to teach him a thing or two on how to properly treat a lady.' Erza thought to herself, blushing slightly at remembering just how orgasmic her morning was not minutes ago. Removing the towel from her breasts, her brown eyes looked down to see her body reacting to her lewd thoughts and saw her areola hardening at the dragon slayer's earlier touches. Gulping, the scarlet-haired woman touched her fingers to her hardened areola and felt just how rigid they had become. Small traces of liquid began to flow downwards from her special place by her own caresses at the moment, causing her to quickly remove her fingers. 'No, now isn't the time for this! I just got done from having sex not minutes ago. My…if I didn't know any better, I swear my life was turning into one of my romance novels. There always were quite a number of shower lovemaking scenes inside of those pages. I'd always been curious to try, and while it wasn't entirely accurate from what I read…it still was quite invigorating.' Her eyes then moved to look at the small shower inside of the dragon slayer's bathroom and saw the small indentations and cracks left by both of their bodies colliding with the walls. 'I suppose I was right. We'll need to do some serious remodeling to this house in order to suit all our needs. After all, as the queen of this harem, it's my duty to ensure everyone gets to the best out of this arrangement.' The knight brought a hand to her chin, nodding at her thoughts. After thinking about it for quite a bit, Erza removed herself from her thoughts and wrapped the towel she was using to dry herself off with around her head. She then grabbed another one off the towel rack in the dragon slayer's bathroom and proceeded to wrap it around her body, not for a sense of privacy seeing as how the requip mage was more than comfortable enough to walk around naked inside her boyfriend's house, but merely to keep the two's libido from interrupting their morning once more. The knight wasn't ashamed to indulge in her own carnal urges, but reveling in them for too long didn't seem like a proper answer either. Feeling the towel wrap around her body, and feeling her sensitive breasts chafe slightly against the towel, the scarlet-haired woman quickly took a look at herself in the mirror inside the bathroom and smiled at seeing the beauty exuding from her before leaving the bathroom to search for Natsu.

Upon exiting the bathroom, Erza's nose caught the scent of a delectable aroma in the air. This smell certainly hadn't been here before when the two had arrived late last night, so the scarlet-haired mage was curious as to what it could possibly be. While her senses weren't as heightened as Natsu's own, Erza still managed to trace the smell with her own nose to the kitchen to find a rather astonishing surprise. In front of her eyes she saw not one, but several dishes laid upon the table; fried eggs mixed with diced tomatoes, cooked salmon, sliced toasted bread with melted butter on top, each making the knight drool slightly at how delicious each dish smelled. Her first thought was that Mirajane must have come over early in the morning before heading to the guild, but that thought was quickly dashed by seeing Natsu instead being the only one in the kitchen, wearing only his white trousers and an apron tied around his waist that for some reason had, "Kiss the Cook, Don't Fish the Cook" written on the front with a salmon below the letters with a chef's hat on. Seeing that, Erza couldn't help but giggle at the rather adorable apron the dragon slayer had on.

Hearing a sudden cute giggle behind him, Natsu turned around to see his nearly naked girlfriend gawking at the food he had cooked. Fighting the urge to blush at seeing Erza wearing only a towel around her body, Natsu coughed awkwardly and asked, "I-uh hope you're not too picky cause this is all I had in my fridge at the moment. I'm gonna need to head to the store sometime this week otherwise Happy is gonna be seriously mad at me for emptying the fridge like this haha."

Still a little shocked at the amount of food the rose-haired mage had made, Erza responded, "N-No, it's fine. Everything looks so good…surprisingly."

Natsu, crossing his arms, took offense to that last remark and irritatingly asked, "What do you mean 'surprisingly?'"

Erza chuckled at seeing her boyfriend pouting and replied, "Relax, Natsu, I didn't mean anything by it. I just meant that I didn't know you could cook like this."

His pout fading, Natsu grinned at seeing Erza so shocked at his awesome cooking. "Hehe, surprised are you? Well, I guess I can't blame ya. My cooking is just like my fighting; top-notch!" The dragon slayer exclaimed, beating his chest with a fist.

Erza giggled at seeing Natsu so prideful of his cooking skills and was happy at seeing a different side of him. Smiling to herself, the scarlet-haired woman took a seat at the table and took another whiff of the food in front of her. Slowly taking a fork and knife, Erza cut a piece off of the cooked salmon and layered it on with some of the fried eggs as she scooped up the rest and put the food into her mouth. A sudden rush of euphoria hit the knight head on at tasting just how wonderful the food was. Her movements then became blurs as she scooped up the rest of the food into her mouth in a frenzy, leaving her plate bare and empty. Seeing that, Natsu was happy to have given her a delicious breakfast, albeit leaving him with a slightly smaller one for himself, but if it made his girlfriend happy, then he could live with a hungry stomach. Chuckling to himself, Natsu then made one last trip to the fridge and pulled out a bowl with a paper cloth covering its contents. Seeing that, Erza suddenly caught wind of a familiar aroma in the air. Her eyes sparkling, she asked, "Are those-"

Natsu merely grinned with a wink and replied, "Blueberries, why of course."

Erza growled. "Natsu…"

Laughing to himself (mostly in fear), the dragon slayer cautiously replied, "Kidding!" The rose-haired mage then pulled back the cloth, revealing Erza's favorite delicacy in all the land; strawberries. "I already washed them, so I thought maybe we could shar-" A sudden gust of wind slapped him in the face before he could finish as he suddenly looked down to see the bowl of strawberries gone from his hands and now in the arms of his beloved knight, whom was scarfing them down as if there was no tomorrow. '…And she calls me a pig,' Natsu thought to himself as he stared at his girlfriend eating all the strawberries. "Hehe…I don't suppose I could have just on-"

Erza growled at him.

"-One piece of nothing because obviously I wouldn't be asking for any of your strawberries hahahahahahahaha! …Please stop staring at me with 'I will kill you' eyes, Erza." The dragon slayer sweatdropped, sighing in relief at seeing his girlfriend go back to eating her beloved strawberries. 'Welp…so much for trying to be romantic…' Natsu deadpanned, slowly eating what little food was left on the plates he had left on the table. The dragon slayer sighed one last time before catching a wet drop that fell from the scarlet-haired knight's hair onto her ample chest, staring as it slowly draped down the valley of her bosom that was hardly contained by the towel and disappearing behind said towel. Natsu gulped once again at remembering just how little Erza was wearing and could feel himself swell with lust once again. His eyes then focused on how each breath the towel-clad knight took, the towel stretched farther and farther, getting closer and closer to giving way and exposing herself in all her naked glory to the fire mage. 'I can't tell if I'm feeling more horny or hungry now…' The dragon slayer thought to himself, inwardly debating if he should chase this sexy scene to wherever it may take him, or merely stay the course and finish his breakfast. He could feel his heartbeat race faster and faster as the juices from the strawberries were gushing from the knight's mouth and falling down and staining the towel with its juices, along with draping Erza's milky breasts with their pinkish juice. Moans of ecstasy emanated from the requip mage as she felt the wet liquids cascade onto her naked chest and the euphoric taste of strawberries flooded her mouth, unknowingly causing quite the erotic scene for her boyfriend.

Natsu gulped again…what should he do? Even now, he could feel his pants grow tighter as his erection grew larger by watching the scene before him. His loins began to burn with a metaphoric passion as his heart raced faster and faster. It then suddenly stopped…her gaze was now on him. Her reddish-brown eyes staring deep into his grayish own, wordlessly asking him what would happen next. The scarlet-haired woman's hand then reached for the final strawberry as she slowly pushed it against her lips, moaning lightly at the tip pushing against her lips. Slowly, her tongue peaked outwards, rolling along the tip and sliding back and forth around it, causing the juices to mix with her own saliva, which only made her moan more. Her mouth then opened slowly, pushing the tip deeper inside until the entire object was in her mouth. Erza suckled intently as she continued staring at her boyfriend, reveling in the boy's own passionate gaze. She loved seeing his eyes only on her and nothing else. Right now it was just the two of them with no one to distract them or to pull them into any other situation. A small smile grew near the edges of the scarlet-haired wizard squeezed the tip with her teeth, causing the liquid's within it to explode within her mouth, making her moan with a euphoric glaze in her eyes.

…

CLINK

Both the fork and the knife within the dragon slayer's then dropped (along with his jaw) atop his plate at seeing the end of the strangely erotic display of strawberry-consuming. Never before had this happened before…not once in his life had anything made him feel what he was feeling right about now. Never…never… "I think…I think…I th-think…I…I think I'm feeling hungry…and horny…at the same time?" Natsu said, questioning himself as he finished his statement.

Erza, with a vulpine smile, cupped her chin with a hand and asked, "Oh really now?"

Natsu nodded wordlessly.

"Then I suppose you'll be getting some more strawberries soon then?"

Natsu wordlessly nodded.

"Perhaps even…every day?"

Natsu wordlessly nodded.

Erza smiled again and flicked her hand towards the food near his plate and said, "Then finish your food and we'll stop off at the market before going to the guild. I'll show you how and where to pick the freshest strawberries for me. They may be a bit on the expensive side, but…I assume that won't really be a problem will it?" She asked with a saucy smirk, puffing her chest out, allowing her fairly round areola to peek out just a sliver for the dragon slayer to see.

Wordlessly, Natsu nodded before slowly eating the food next to him as his eyes never left the woman's gaze.

'I suppose I should feel just a bit guilty at having Natsu buy my strawberries from now on…but something tells me he won't put up much of a fight if I put on another show for him like that again.' Erza thought to herself, inwardly giggling at the dragon slayer's face and demeanor. '*sigh…I really should've done this years ago…'

Magnolia Town

After the erotic escapades of the lustful dragon and the lewd knight, the two had finished their meals and dressed themselves as they headed out towards the town to, as promised, buy the lewd knight's delectable strawberries for…more than dietary purposes to say the least. It didn't take the two long to enter the market and find Erza's favorite snack, while the Knight grabbed handful after handful of the red delicacies before finally stopping after one of the employees noticed that the woman had nearly emptied the entire supply of strawberries that the store held. After an intense argument between the dragon's girlfriend and the employee (or rather, Natsu holding Erza back from headbutting nearly everyone in the store), a compromise was reached and Natsu bought instead the red-headed woman a crate of her favorite food, to which he was holding with little to no effort on his shoulder as they exited the store and began heading to the guild. As the two walked through the town this quiet morning, the two carefully eyed one another while making carefully sure neither saw their gazes. Today the scarlet-haired wizard had decided to wear a different outfit instead of her usual armor or white blouse and blue skirt attire. Instead, she was wearing a black tank top that cut off towards her midriff while a brown small jacket covered her tank top, dark blue shorts stopped near her upper thigh, long black stockings, and black flats, while her beautiful red hair fell down towards her back as the wind graciously blew it as she walked. However, while the Knight was instead of wearing something different, the dragon slayer had decided to bring back an old classic of his attire. Right now, the rose-haired man was wearing his signature black and gold trimmed sleeveless waistcoat instead of his one-shouldered waistcoat that he had begun wearing during the Grand Magic Games. With this, he had decided to leave the waistcoat opened, allowing anyone to stare (which was what Erza had been doing unbeknownst to the dragon slayer) at the fire wizard's toned chest and abs, along with his normal while trousers, black and white scarf (which instead of being tied around his neck was shifted around his back and shoulders and knotted in front of his chest), and his mundane sandals.

'*sigh. I swear, if it was up to me, I'd throw his entire "wardrobe" out the window and get him new clothes instead of seeing him wear basically the same thing day in and day out. If only he wasn't so damned stubborn.' Erza thought to herself, shaking her head as the two walked side-by-side together down the cobblestone path. 'However…' Her eyes softly shifted back towards her boyfriend's bare chest open for all of Earthland to see. '…I suppose his outfit, as old as it is, does have some perks.' A small smile stretched across the mage's face.

"Hey, Erza, your face is looking weird. Everything ok?" Natsu bluntly asked, still shouldering the crate of strawberries.

The scarlet-haired woman's eyebrow slightly twitched at being seen slightly reveling in the attraction she was currently feeling and gave the boy a look of pure dread. "Since when has my face ever looked weird?" She growled towards the boy of her affections, to which he merely gulped in reply and shakily stuttered out an excuse before he could shove his foot anymore into his mouth and continued facing forward. Erza silently sighed in relief at that. While her feelings were well known to the rose-haired mage, it still didn't mean that the Knight still wasn't at least slightly embarrassed when her feelings were put on display, at least out in the open. The two continued their trek in a comfortable, albeit slightly unnerving after the look Erza had given her boyfriend, and began slowing down after seeing a familiar face this early in the morning.

Sighing to herself at waking up this early in the morning, Lucy Heartfilia grumbled to herself as she locked the front door to her apartment, while rubbing whatever sleepiness was left from her eyes. Both the Knight's and Dragon's faces lit up as they saw their friend and they both shouted out towards the blonde, alerting her to their presence. A happy smile then broke through whatever sleepy exterior was present on the girl's face as she waved towards the two of her closest friends. Today the Celestial mage also decided to bring back an old classic, albeit slightly updated. At the moment, the beautiful blonde was wearing blue top with white trimming on the edges that cut off at the sides leaving ample amounts of her back and side cleavage open, gold buttons that clasped tight in the front of the top from the top to the bottom, a long black sleeve wrapped around her left arm, a short white skirt was tied around her waist along with her brown bag that held all her Celestial keys, and brown boots that covered all the way to her mid-thigh completed the attire. A light blush adorned her cheeks as she saw her boyfriend, as well as his…other girlfriend approach. 'Hehe…I guess this is gonna take some getting used to.' Lucy thought to herself with a sweatdrop as the two stopped in front of her. "Hey, you two. What are you doing up so bright and early?" She asked the two, actually curious to hear.

Two blushes also slightly adorned the two's faces as both Erza's and Natsu's eyes looked to one another in light embarrassment at remembering their early morning…activities. A bashful smile stretched across the dragon slayer's face as he chuckled. "Hehe…just…sometimes you wanna just…wake up early, y'know?"

Erza replied, albeit with a small stutter. "T-That's right. There's nothing w-wrong with two people w-wanting to enjoy each other's bodi-company! Each other's company! Is that understood?!" The Knight growled towards the celestial wizard, causing Lucy to sweat profusely in terror at seeing the scary look Erza was currently giving her.

"Y-Yes, Ma'am!" The busty blonde stuttered out, moving to hide behind Natsu, lest her answer not be good enough. Fortunately for her, Erza relented her aggression and nodded to herself.

"G-Good! I'm glad you understood." The scarlet-haired knight replied with a slight blush adorned on her cheeks.

"Yep…crystal clear." Lucy responded, still sweating slightly. 'Yep…never call you out on what you two were actually doing together this morning.' A small blush adorned her cheeks once again at the thought of what Natsu and Erza were potentially doing with one another, which caused her to feel a slight pang of jealousy inside of her. 'Sigh…it's one thing to agree to being a part of a harem, but it's another thing to actually share the person you're in love with. Well, no one said this would be easy, but at the very least, it's better than a broken heart.' Lucy thought to herself, staring at both Natsu and Erza. Her eyes then drifted towards the large crate Natsu was holding and asked, "Um, what's with that crate?"

Natsu looked towards the crate and back to Lucy. "Oh, Erza wanted me to buy her a crap-ton of strawberries, so she seduced me while we were eating breakfast to make me buy her some…and here we a-OWW!" The dragon slayer screamed in pain, hopping on the leg that Erza suddenly kicked in frustration. "Ow, Erza! What the heck?!"

"You didn't have to tell her that part!" The knight growled towards the dragon slayer.

Natsu moaned to himself at feeling the throbbing pain in his leg as he responded, "But I thought you were supposed to be honest in relationships?"

Lucy was slightly taken aback by the dense, rose-haired mage's response. "Wow…I didn't think you knew how relationships worked. And here I thought you were absolutely clueless when it came to intimate relationships."

The dragon slayer frowned in a cute fashion towards the blonde's remark. "Hey, I may be an idiot, but I'm not stupid."

"THAT'S BASICALLY THE SAME THING!" Lucy screamed the boy.

"What? No way. Being stupid is far different than being an idiot. What are you, a moron?" Natsu responded towards the celestial mage before being kicked on the same leg that Erza had injured couple seconds ago. "AGH! Same place!" The fire wizard whined, hopping on his uninjured leg.

Both Erza and Lucy sighed in irritation at their boyfriend's behavior. 'Something tells me this is going to be a regular thing with him,' the two thought in sync with irritated looks before staring at one another with a small smile on their faces. A wordless connection was deepened between the two as they both laughed together. While the dragon slayer whined about his leg being injured, both the celestial wizard and the requip wizard merely giggled and felt an odd sort of joy at finding themselves both in one of perhaps the strangest relationships ever formed in existence. All that could really be said in that moment though was that, while this harem was by far the oddest and weirdest thing they had ever agreed upon, at the very least, they at least weren't alone in it. The two smiled once again at the other and left the whining dragon slayer as they both walked towards the guild with happy hearts and jovial smiles. Natsu, still hopping on one foot, then turned to see both Erza and Lucy walking away towards the guild. Shocked, the dragon slayer yelled, "H-Hey, wait for me! C'mon, what happened to no guild members left behind!"

Fairy Tail Guild

After finally catching up to the two fairy beauties, even with his injured foot, Natsu (in a quasi-gentlemanly manner) kicked the door open for Erza and Lucy with a grin. "We're ba-ACK! OW! Damn it, why the hell did I kick it open with my injured leg?" The fire wizard bemoaned, limping his way in while his scarlet-haired girlfriend graciously thanked with a smile and his blonde-haired girlfriend merely sighed to herself at the boy's usual loud entrance and tried not to make eye contact with any of the staring guild members as they shouted back in response. Lucy, however, was the first to see Cana, whom had her hair tied up into a ponytail and was wearing a black bra with white lace around the edges, gray trousers, and sandals, at the bar, whom was chatting with Kinana while the purple-haired bar maid poured the lush another mug of liquor.

The celestial wizard happily waved at the two as she jogged towards them, unknowingly causing her bodacious bosom to bounce in their place. Arriving near the two wizards at the bar, Lucy smelled the strong odor of beer in the mug Cana was drinking from and curled her nose at the stench. "Ugh, I don't know how you can stomach that stuff this early in the morning, Cana."

The lush, giving the blonde a lazy smile, merely shrugged. "Meh, it's five o'clock somewhere in Earthland. Besides, Kinana loves pouring me alcohol this early in the morning, right?" Cana pointed towards the meekish bar maid.

Kinana sweatdropped in response. "Mira told me specifically not to serve you this early in the day, but you threatened to use one of your magic cards to blow up half the guild if I didn't serve you."

"CANA! Is this true?!" Erza, whom had just made it in time to hear Kinana's words, growled towards the awkwardly chuckling card wizard.

"What? C'mon, I was obviously joking with Kinana! Right, Kinana?"

"…It didn't seem like you were joking, Cana." Kinana deadpanned, remembering the glare the lush gave her when she initially refused to serve her alcohol.

The scarlet-haired knight pinched the bridge of her nose in irritation as she shook her head. "Honestly, Cana, to think that you could let yourself become addicted to something as mundane as liquor befuddles me to this day."

Cana shrugged with a lazy grin as she sipped some of the foam from her mug. "We all have our weaknesses, I guess."

Natsu, finally managing to limp his way over with his injured foot and crate of strawberries on his shoulder, grunted with a grin of his own. "Hehe, much as I hate to admit it, it's kinda true. I hate moving transportation like nobody else! Just the thought of it…makes me wanna hurl right now…" The dragon slayer moaned, his face turning green at the mention of transport vehicles.

"THEN STOP THINKING ABOUT IT!" Lucy screamed at the dragon slayer, trying to stop the sickly looking dragon slayer from vomiting all over her and everybody in the vicinity.

The scarlet-haired knight, however, merely shook her head with her eyes closed. "Well I don't have any such weaknesses such as those. I've trained myself and my body to withstand such things that can affect my wellbeing, including such measly ingestible items." Most of the others looked to one another at the obvious contradiction in the woman's sentence, while Natsu and Lucy looked intently at a certain object the dragon slayer was carrying that proved the requip wizard's lie. Ignorant to that fact, Erza smiled towards the purple-haired beauty and asked, "Now then, if you would be so kind as to whip me up a strawberry cheesecake, then I'd be grateful."

Kinana, however, shifted uncomfortably under the requip wizard's gaze as she responded, "W-Well, the thing is, Erza,…Mira also told me not to serve you an strawberry cheesecake this early eit-HER!" She screamed, narrowly dodging a rather sharp sword that dropped from a magic circle and onto the bar counter in front of them. Sweating profusely, the purple-haired amnesiac tore her eyes off the sharp sword that was now wedged upright into the bar counter, similar to King Arthur's own Excalibur, she stifled a scream as she saw the scarlet-haired knight's scarily sweet smile pointed straight at her.

"If you could please put three strawberries on the cheesecake, then I'd be grateful." Erza repeated once more, still smiling with an intense aura surrounding her, as the four wizards hastily moved quite a ways back away from the scarlet-haired woman.

Kinana, fearing for her life, hastily agreed with a shaky nod. "Y-Yes, Erza! One strawberry cheesecake with three strawberries coming up!" She said, sprinting away towards the kitchen with speed as fast as Jet's own in the hopes of appeasing the scary knight.

Seeing this go on, Natsu, Lucy, and Cana gave each other deadpanning looks as they stared back at the happily smiling requip wizard, whom was now removing the sword with her magic and sending it off back to her own personal stash of weapons. "So…no mundane weaknesses, eh Erza? Cana asked, arching an eyebrow.

Erza continued looking towards the bar as she responded, "Nope. Not a one." She then let out a happy exclamation as Kinana quickly returned with a plate of delicious strawberry cheesecake with the three strawberries she asked for. Kinana then hastily mumbled something about needing to go do something else before sprinting away from Erza, whom didn't even acknowledge her presence as the knight quickly began consuming the delectable dessert in front of her.

"Not a one, huh, Erza?" Lucy chimed in, sweatdropping at the sight that was playing out in front of her.

"Not a one." The strawberry-loving woman agreed, moaning in ecstasy at the taste of the cream atop the cheesecake as she put it into her mouth (while wondering lewd thoughts about replacing said cream with a certain cream of a certain dragon slayer).

Natsu, slamming the crate he'd been seduced into buying earlier that day down behind the sitting scarlet-haired woman at the bar, asked, "Ya sure about that?"

Erza merely nodded in response as she squealed in delight at another bite from her cheesecake.

Cana, having finally noticed the crate, asked, "What's in the box?"

Natsu and Lucy then responded, "What do you think?"

The lush took a half-second to connect the dots before nodding along with the two in sync as the three simultaneously thought together:

'What a hypocrite.' Natsu deadpanned.

'What a hypocrite.' Lucy deadpanned.

'What a hypocrite.' Cana deadpanned.

As this little humorous scene was playing out, a certain blue-haired stalker, whom was wearing a sapphire blue coat, cream colored furry trimmed navy blue shawl, and brown boots, was currently…well stalking a certain rose-colored boy and his harem (unbeknownst to her). 'Oh, there he is! Oh, what should Juvia do? Natsu-sama said Juvia could hang out with him anytime Juvia wanted to, but Natsu-sama is always surrounded by other women…wait…did Juvia say "Natsu-sama?"' A huge blush appeared on the rain mage's face as she realized what she had thought to herself and clapped her two hands to her blushing, pale cheeks. 'Oh, what is Juvia thinking? Juvia never thought of Natsu-sa-err-Natsu like this before, but now…MMMMMMMMMMMM!' Juvia stomped her foot quietly as she wiggled her hips as she continued thinking those embarrassing thoughts regarding a certain dragon slayer.

Unbeknownst to her however, thanks to his heightened hearing, Natsu heard the blue-haired girl's stomp and yelled over to her, "Yo, Juvia! How you doin'?"

Hearing her possible new object of affection's voice quickly brought Juvia out of her daydreaming and embarrassingly waved back at him. She saw that he and the other women surrounding him were giving her warm smiles as they waved her over to them. Gulping to herself nervously, Juvia slowly walked over towards the group, causing her heart to beat wildly with every step closer.

Thump Thump…

Thump Thump Thump…

"Hey, Juvia! How've you been?" Natsu asked towards Juvia with a smile that could rival a thousand suns.

THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP!

A shaky smile grew on Juvia's face as a steady blush began to rise across her face. "H-Hello, Natsu. H-H-Hello, Erza. H-Hello, Cana. H-Hello, …" The rain mage stopped as she stared at the Celestial wizard with a semi-confused look.

"IT'S LUCY! We've known each other for years!" Lucy screamed out, flailing her hands in the air.

Juvia slowly nodded at that. "Ah…yes. Of course we have."

Lucy pouted at the rain mage's words as the rest of the girls patted the wizard in an affectionate manner.

Natsu, however, just gave a mild shrug towards the blonde mage and said with a blunt tone, "Well I mean you can't blame her, Luce. You do sorta have one of those forgetful faces. Not to mention your name is super hard to remember. I used to call you Luigi before cause it was so hard to remember."

"HOW THE HELL IS LUIGI EASIER TO REMEMBER, YOU IDIOT?! LUCY IS ONLY FOUR WORDS AND LUIGI IS FIVE!" The blonde mage growled out, grabbing ahold of the dragon slayer's toned shoulders and shaking him vigorously until finally stopping as she pulled his right ear downwards.

"AHHHH! Luigi, that hurts!" Natsu laughed with a semi-pained smile on his face.

Lucy growled under her breath as she put more pressure into her fingers that gripped his ear and slightly twisted it, causing him to grunt under the pressure. "Oh, hahahaha, you're so hilarious! Is this so funny? Huh? HUH?!" The blonde wizard continued asking the semi-laughing/semi-grunting fire wizard as the other girls in the area watched.

Cana tilted her head in light confusion as she continued staring at the two's odd "conversation" and accidentally said aloud, "Huh…and here I thought Lucy was a masochist; not a sadist."

Hearing that caused Lucy to stop dead in her tracks and blush like no tomorrow as she hastily jumped away from Natsu and began shaking her hands in front of her face. "Nonononononono! I swear I'm not a sadist!"

Erza arched her eyebrow as she responded, "Could've fooled me."

Blushing extensively, Lucy stomped her foot (which may or may not have caused her ample bust to jiggle, causing Cana to possibly lick her lips at the sight of that) and shook her head furiously. "NO! I-Natsu is just so-you saw how he was-hrgh-OH FORGET IT!" The blonde wizard said, exasperated as she sat down on the stool next to Natsu and crossed her arms under her chest and pouted once again. Seeing that cute little image quickly made the three wizards that teased her laugh, which only made the blonde wizard blush even more extensively.

Juvia merely continued to watch silently as she saw how the four interacted with each other with no hesitation nor any fear. The rain wizard stared at the four in slight awe as she could only inwardly berate herself for being so socially awkward. She had been like this ever since she was a child. From her odd appearance, to her lack of ability to control her water magic, to her inability to converse normally with people always made others feel uncomfortable in her presence. No matter how hard she tried there was always something about her that drove people away from her and made her a social outcast. But here she stood in the presence of not only these four people, but an entire guild filled with people with abnormal quirks and unusual powers. And yet, that never stopped them from having fun and reveling in their own odd sense of what life should be like. From their outbursts, to their parades, to their daily brawls, everyone inside of this guild was, in every sense of the word, a "weirdo." Just like her…just like…

Thump Thump Thump Thump…

Just like…

"But it's ok because…well we're all weird here. Every one of us…But it doesn't make them any less special…"

THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP THUMP

"…you're special, Juvia."

Just like…

"Natsu-sama…" Juvia whispered aloud, a dreamy gaze locked onto the salmon haired dragon slayer.

"Natsu-whatma?" Cana asked, breaking the rain wizard out of her daydreaming.

"W-What?" The water wizard stuttered aloud, quivering under the gaze of the four wizards that were staring directly at her.

"You said something, but I didn't quite get it. I know it had something to do with Natsu though…Natsu…ma something." The lush shrugged to herself as she lost herself in thought. "Granted, I wasn't paying much attention cause I was mostly staring at Lucy's jiggling rack." Cana smiled, licking her lips.

"No, I heard something too. It was something like, "Natsu-" WAIT, WHAT WERE YOU STARING AT?!" Lucy screamed aloud towards the grinning lush.

"I said I was staring at my little sister's ginormous, beautiful bosom. C'mon, let your big sis grope them again just like we did in the bath together~." Cana purred to herself as she leapt at the blonde wizard, whom was doing everything in her power to squirm out of the hold the lush held on her.

"W-Wait! H-Hold on, Cana!" Lucy stammered out, feeling Cana's finger wiggle their way into her top, causing her to moan quietly.

Both the dragon slayer and the rain wizard lightly blushed at the sight and continued to until the lewd knight finally stepped in to save her bodacious princess by slamming her hand onto the crass lush's head, allowing the princess to hide herself behind the knight's body. "No horseplay in the guild, understand!" The knight growled towards the lush.

Rubbing the spot where she was hit, the lush slowly nodded and replied, "Y-Yes, Ma'am."

Juvia silently breathed a sigh of relief at the group seemingly forget about her "Natsu-sama" outburst. It was one thing to think it, but saying it in front of her possible object of affection and his friends was a completely other thing. 'No…they're Juvia's friends too. They said so before. Juvia just needs…to be more confident in Juvia's self.' Nodding to herself, Juvia slowly asked, "J-Juvia…" She stopped as she saw the group's eyes all on her, including Natsu-sama's own. "You're special, Juvia…" The rain mage gulped to herself, but pushed herself forward nonetheless. "J-Juvia…Juvia…admired the way Erza protected Luigi." Juvia stammered out, shakily raising a thumbs up in approval to the requip mage.

"MY NAME IS NOT LUIGI!" Lucy screamed out, flailing her arms in annoyance.

Seeing that adorable display of shakiness, Erza smiled and pulled the rain wizard in for a hug as she caressed the blushing woman's blue hair. "Thank you for your kind words, friend." The knight responded, unknowingly causing Juvia's eyes to nearly water at the word "friend."

Cana merely rolled her eyes at the sight. "Oh sure, the rain master gets a hug, but I get a slap on the head? BS."

"Says the woman who was groping me not ten seconds ago." Lucy deadpanned, rubbing her sore bosom.

"Quiet, Luigi." Cana retorted, sipping her mug while Lucy flailed her arms in the air once more.

Natsu chuckled to himself before suddenly sneezing loudly, causing the women around him to jump up in surprise. "ACHOOOOO!" The dragon slayer sneezed again, rubbing his nose.

"Alright, what the heck was that about?" Cana asked, covering her mug of alcohol like a mother would her child.

Natsu sniffed before responding. "I don't know…allergies? Or maybe someone's talking about me? …Okay, does anyone else feel like their ears are burning now?" The rose-haired man asked, rubbing his ears.

The group of women looked at the dragon slayer in confusion before a certain lewd knight noticed that a certain lewd demoness was absent from their lewd group. "…Where's Mira?" Erza growled to herself.

Fairy Hills Bathing Area

How long had it been? How much time had passed? Lisanna didn't know. It felt like all of time had froze in this particular spot and nothing could break the spell. She remembered something before…before all of time seemed to slow to a crawl, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it. The ivory-haired girl recalled vaguely a little whisper from her…her sister. But what was it again? She couldn't remember. Did she want to remember? Perhaps that was why time slowed down. So that Lisanna wouldn't have to remember…but there was something that itched at her. A part of her wanted to know, but another begged her not to remember. Her sister...it had something to do with her…and…Natsu. Lisanna's blue eyes widened. Mira and Natsu…Mira and…Natsu…Natsu and…Erza…Natsu and…Cana…Natsu…and…Lucy? But that wasn't right, was it? Natsu was dense. Perhaps the densest man whomever lived in Earthland. So…how could he have…no, it was impossible. There was no way he could have a…a…a…

"…Harem, Lisanna." A sultry voice whispered in her ear. Her sister's.

"…H-Har…em?" Lisanna echoed back to her sister, still in a daze from what Mirajane had told her little sister about Natsu's…exploits. In the bath no less…

Mira tittered at her little sister's adorably shocked face and nodded. Her eyes wandered down and stared at her sister's nude body, which was still kneeling in the bath. "Mmmhmm. A harem. Me, Erza, Cana, and Lucy…and of course, Natsu." She giggled, rubbing her sister's shoulders in a relaxing way. The white-haired bar maiden that she was a bit afraid after seeing her sister freeze up after telling her somewhat about the harem plan, but quickly steeled herself before Lisanna could get any of the wrong ideas. "Natsu, the boy you've been in love with for so long now."

"…N-Natsu…" Lisanna cooed softly, staring at the water below her in a slight daze.

The buxom bar maiden nodded. "I know you're probably confused about this…harem plan, Lisanna." Mira said, seeing a small dazed nod from her little sister before continuing. "And I want you to know that none of us are stealing him away from you. Quite the contrary really. We, and by 'we' I mean me and the other girls, understand that Natsu's boyish charm has enticed quite a few women; such as Me, Erza, and Lucy for instance. As for Cana…well…she may not admit it, but her bad luck with men may have been the catalyst with even taking a chance with this harem plan. She seems to be enjoying herself quite a bit though, which I'm glad to see. But…I understand if you, a girl who's been in love with the guy for years and an outsider regarding this harem plan could see this whole thing as-"

"-Crazy…" Lisanna finished, shaking her head out of her daze. Slowly, she turned her body back to her big sister and shook her head. "Crazy. This. Is. CRAZY! Mira…do you…do any of you have any idea what this could do for your reputations?! For the reputation of the guild?! Do any of you know what could people would say if they find out about what you were all doing?!" She screamed at her older sister. This was all crazy! CRAZY! How could her friends do this…how could Natsu do this…how could her own sister do this behind her back?!

Mira, however, stayed strong and crossed her arms underneath her chest and frowned. "What we consent to do as free individuals has nothing to do with other people."

"Even the guild?" Lisanna pressed, staring intently at her sister.

"…even the guild." The ivory-haired Fairy Tail wizard replied, staring just as intently back at her sister, causing Lisanna's eyes to widen in surprise and shake her head. Mira's heart hurt at the pained look her younger sister gave her as she turned away from her older sibling and trembled, but this had to be done. Her goal wasn't to hurt her sister. No. It was to offer the youngest Strauss a path to be happy with her beloved. A path to happiness…though it would have to be a shared happiness with several other women, which she didn't blame her younger sister for having problems with. Lucy definitely had reservations at first, but luckily was able to come around to the idea (albeit, thanks to a little help from Natsu and his…draconic parts). "Lisanna-" Mira began before a hand cut her off.

"-Stop…I just…It just…" Lisanna rubbed her slightly damp mouth with a trembling hand as she continued, "H-How long?"

"Not long at all. Barely a week-"

"A week!" Lisanna laughed sardonically. "Wow…WOW! Haha…you and Natsu have been…quite busy, huh?"

Mira frowned at her younger sister's tone of voice. "It's not like that! This…this isn't just about sex…well for Cana maybe, but for the rest of us it's a chance to avoid a broken heart!"

"And so, a harem is the answer to that problem?" The ivory-haired younger sister fired back, staring daggers back at her sister.

Sighing, the bar maiden clapped her hands together before putting them onto her moist waist. "I'll admit our solution is…unorthodox…but that doesn't mean we're automatically wrong! This is all consensual! No one is being forced into a situation they don't want to be in, and anyone can leave if they so choose whenever they want!"

"But a harem…a harem?! Unorthodox doesn't even begin to say just how crazy that is!" Lisanna yelled back. "Whose idea was this? Erza's? Natsu's? Yours?"

"We all came to a consensus! While Erza may have started the idea, it's everyone who agreed upon the…outcome." Mira replied with a calm voice, desperately trying to keep her composure against her sister's tranquil fury. 'I have to calm her down…this isn't going at all like I had planned.' "Look…this isn't easy-"

"Did you have sex with him?"

"…W-What?" Mira stuttered, her own body beginning to tremble now.

"You said this wasn't about sex…you brought that up. I didn't. So, I'm asking you, have you had sex with the guy I've been in love with for years?" Lisanna asked, crossing her arms across her own chest in the hopes of stopping what felt like her entire body from trembling.

The white-haired model opened her mouth to reply, but couldn't find the words, even if they were so simple. 'Yes, I did.' Three simple words, but if uttered would create a catastrophic event between her sister and herself. But she couldn't lie…not to her own kin. All she could be…was honest. "…Lisa…" She began, using her nickname for her little sister in the hopes of using that as a way to calm whatever anger it could before continuing, "…when you died, I couldn't be comforted. Not by Elfman. Not by Makarov. Not by any of the guild members…except for one. I know you know who because you know how kind he is. I-…I was in a bad place. I-…I blamed myself for what happened. For my weakness to protect you. I was the strongest among us; the oldest too and I still couldn't protect you, and I held that rage inside of me for a long time." Mira stopped and stared at the way her sister was reacting, but still saw a heavy amount of anger behind her blue eyes, albeit slightly lessened. A quiet sigh of relief escaped from Mira before continuing, "And…it wasn't until I saw Natsu at your grave one night, talking as if you could hear him, that I saw I wasn't alone. I followed him home and we talked to each other. I asked him point blank if he blamed me or Elfman…and…he did. It…h-hurt hearing that from a friend, but he was honest, and I appreciated that. But he also blamed himself too for your death, regardless of me trying to tell him that there was nothing he could have done. Natsu was grieving, and so was I, and after that night…we used each other as emotional crutches to get by day-by-day. It was tough without you…but…from that night on I saw a different side of Natsu beyond the 'I wanna get stronger, so fight me' version of the guy. I saw a sensitive side to him and…I was…happy spending that time with him. And through that time spent with him, I began to develop…feelings for him. I wanted to tell him for so long, but I knew how you felt about him, and…it felt wrong…but I couldn't stop the feelings. They never disappeared and no matter how much I wanted to tell him it just was always the wrong time; from Lullaby, to Galuna Island, to Phantom Lord, to the Tower of Heaven, to Laxus trying to take over the guild, and so on…and then you came back…and…and…" Mira stopped, her voice cracking as tears spilled from her eyes. "…and all my prayers had been answered. You were back…and you, Elfman, and I could be a family again…and it was from that point on that I knew I had to bury my feelings forever…and then the Alvarez war happened. And…I thought that was it…that some of us…or all of us…were done…but we weren't. We won just like we always did. We stopped Acnologia, and garnered a temporary truce with Alvarez for the time being. And I was happy that we had finally got the peace we so deserved…but…deep in my heart I remembered that fear…of dying…of…of Natsu dying a-and never telling him my feelings for him-" Mira stopped, biting her trembling lip, "-And then Erza took him away."

"…-E-Erza?" Lisanna asked, her own voice trembling now after hearing her sister's heartwrenching story.

"That feeling you have now…betrayal…anger…jealousy…that's what I felt too for her. For what she did with him. She followed me to the storage room to what I assumed to be a massive attempt to gloat about stealing him from under me…but she didn't." Mira shook her head. "Erza just…told me I didn't have to feel that because…she would share…him. It still doesn't feel real. Like…I'm in some sort of alternate reality or something, but…from that point on I felt a strange sort of…happiness. A messed-up one perhaps, but I still felt content. That FINALLY…after all this heartache and silence…that I could finally tell Natsu how I truly felt for him and hear those same words back from him." A small smile escaped from Mira's lips before subsiding and raised her eyes to stare back at her sister's. "I…I don't if this will work; maybe it will…and maybe it won't, but I am willing to take that leap of faith if it means I can be happy now. And I'm sorry that I did this behind your back and I know that doesn't excuse what I did…but I-I want you to be happy too, Lisanna. T-This is your chance…our chance to be happy now! You just…You just have to trust me…take that leap of faith, Lisa…"

Lisanna was…stunned to say the least. What she thought she'd hear from her sister was nothing like what she got, but even after it all there was still a pit of anger stewing in the bottom of her stomach, albeit smaller now after hearing her sister's tale. The younger Take-Over mage shook her head, "I can't…I don't…I don't know if I can do this. I just-"

"Then don't think about it!" Mira quickly interjected before continuing, "Just…just try it out! A-A practice date! Just for Natsu and you! Please, I promise you that you won't regret it!" The bar maiden clapped her hands together in a pleading motion.

The youngest Strauss was conflicted. Finally she had a chance to go on a date with the man of her dreams, but…it felt wrong somehow. That, even if it all worked out, she'd still have to share his happiness with others…her friends…her sister…it was wrong. So…SO WRONG!

…but

…a part of her didn't care. Or, to be more accurate, didn't want to care. After all of these years of pining away at a love she was too insecure and nervous to actually try there was finally an opportunity to explore it. To actually see if maybe…just maybe…there was a happily ever after with her and Natsu. And…she knew that it was different now. That the storybook ending she had planned ever since she was a little girl with Natsu was completely turned on its head now…a small part of her just wanted to take that leap of faith and see just what destiny had in store for her now. Perhaps she would regret this decision in the near future…but also, perhaps she would be smiling back at this moment in the future as the moment in time where she swerved onto the path that held that happiness that her sister held, as well as the other supposed haremettes currently had.

Lisanna's eye lightly twitched as she took a huge deep breath in before closing her eyes and slowly breathing out several times in the hopes of calming herself before finally responding, "…Fine." After muttering that one word, she was instantly brought into a hug from her older sister and saw a disturbingly adorable smile beaming from Mira's mouth.

"OOOOOOOOOOOH YOU WON'T REGRET THIS! You two are gonna make an adorable couple! Oh I can't wait to set up the date tonight!"

"T-Tonight?!" Lisanna echoed back in shocked voice.

Mirajane nodded back with a titter. "Of course! Love waits for nobody! We have to hurry before anything else happens. Oooooooooh, I can't wait to dress you and Natsu up! Oh, I'm so excited! Oh what dress should you wear from your close-NO! I need to take you shopping! For a dress! …and shoes! YES! Oh, and then I need to take Natsu shopping too because Mavis knows he needs a wardrobe change! Hmm…or I could send Lucy with him. She has good style, albeit slightly trampy (don't tell her I said that, 'kay, Lisa~), but I'll make sure she sets him up right if that happens! OOOOOOOOOOH I'M SO EXCITED! How about you, Lisa?" The ivory-haired matchmaker asked her deadpanning little sister.

"…I think I've made a huge mistake." Lisanna deadpanned.

To be continued…

…soonish, I promise.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAND THAT'S A WRAP! HOLY CRAP! …I can't believe it's already been a year since I last updated this story haha…hahaha…hah…my bad. Truly, I am sorry, but y'know how life likes to throw you curve balls every now and again. They suck…really, but really, all you can do is just go with it and just hope that you can hit a freaking home run from one of those curve balls and just…I don't know, win at life.

And thus ends that horribly crafted baseball metaphor! :D

Buuuuuuuuut seriously now, I just wanna thank each and every person that read this story, favorited it, followed it, reviewed it, and PM'ed me about it. It…haha well it really means a lot that people enjoy this story. I mean, I never expected much from this story, but FEEEEEEEEECK! I'm almost at 800 follows and favorites! That's like…CLOSE TO 1,000! HELL YEAH! I don't how my crappy writing ability was able to garner such a big number of people, but THANKS EVERYBODY! Y'all are the BEEEEEEEEST!

Buuuuuuuuuut…again, now I wanna talk about something else now…that Fairy Tail ending. Now, I've noticed something regarding this particular…subset of fanfiction. What I've noticed is that some writers have seemed to either abandon their stories or just delete them or move on to other things, and that's okay. I completely understand why. I mean…the ending…left more to be desired is all I'll say (and I'm being kinda generous). Did I like it? Umm…I was…meh about it. I wasn't happy or mad, just…meh (which isn't good for a long-running manga like that). Now, I could go on a long rant about how I wish things had gone differently, but…I mean, after much deliberation, I realize I don't have to. I mean…I'm already kinda "fixing" what I didn't like already…sorta - Fanfiction. I mean, I will say that I'm not completely doing what I wanted out of that last Alvarez WAR arc, but if I did, this would be a much sadder story and seeing as how this is a harem fanfic, I wanna kinda keep things more upbeat. I leave my darker side to other fanfics (feel free to check those out too! :D). But, ultimately what I mean to say is this, regardless of whether or not Fairy Tail's ending made you happy or sad or mad or sick or disappointed, it doesn't matter because thanks to this site, you can make whatever story you want regarding your favorite characters in this series. Or you can find other stories that fit how you wanted the series to end or just be like. That's the beauty of Fanfiction; if you don't like or didn't like how something is going or ended, then just make up your own story. And while it won't every truly erase what actually happened…well…I can tell you it certainly makes things easier for me after writing this fic XD.

But hey, enough about that! I just want to thank each and every person who took the time to read this story and any of my other stories. It means the world to me that I'm entertaining people through these fics and I hope I continue to do for a long time! Again, thanks for all your patience and please feel free to favorite, follow, and REVIEWWW if you haven't done so already! Thanks again!