Natsu groaned weakly as he pressed ice to the result of his latest challenge against Gildarts. It hurt now but Natsu didn't mind, it had been a fun end to a miraculous day; they had saved Magnolia and the Exceed, they had escaped the now peaceful Edolas, Gajeel had adopted Pantherlily as his own Exceed, and of course; She was back... As he sat there peacefully with his chin on the table and his eyes closed, he smelled Her approaching; that gorgeous scent that had been gone for two years. It wafted among the other mundane smells like a sweet song in the bitter silence. He could smell cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg. As the scent grew stronger he opened his eyes, terrified for a moment that the events of the past few hours had been naught but a good dream, but they weren't.

"Hey there..." He croaked weakly, tearing up a little at the sight of Her.

There she sat, chin on the table, Her big blue eyes barely an inch away from his own slanted onyx ones, the tips of their noses almost brushing together.

Lisanna Strauss said nothing, only smiled, closed her eyes and tilted her head forward to rest against Natsu's.

The short peace was shattered by the expected "She llllllllikes you!" from Happy.

"Yes I do, and what about it?" Asked Lisanna imperiously, smirking at the hovering blue cat. Happy stuck out his tongue and instinctively landed on top of Natsu's pink mop of hair.

"Ouch!" Yelped the Salamander, "Happy! That's where Gildarts bonked me!"

Lisanna laughed, "Where didn't he 'bonk' you?"

Natsu scowled at the silver haired beauty across from him, "Easy for you to say, you've never fought him!"

"Well I think I have the sense not to." She smiled softly at him and yawned, "Anyways, after all this celebrating I'm knackered, I'm off to bed."

She started to get up when Natsu grabbed her wrist, "Wait, we need to go somewhere first, before sunset." He got up and pulled her from the table, he looked to the bar and saw Mirajane nod happily to him. With that sign of approval, he led Lisanna out of the Guild and through the sun washed streets of Magnolia with her small, delicate hand clenched in his own large, calloused one.

"Wait, where's Happy?" Asked Lisanna, stopping suddenly as she noticed the Exceed's absence.

"I told him to go home with Lucy, I'd like some time just for us." Natsu grinned before catching himself and splurting out, "I mean... If-if you're okay with that I mean, I don't..." Lisanna kissed him softly to shut him up.

"It's been two years Natsu... I want all the 'us' time we can get."

The Dragon Slayer grinned, "Great!" He knelt down with his back to her, "Hop on, and close your eyes till we get there."

Lisanna climbed onto his back and giggled, clenching her eyes shut tight with her face buried in Igneel's thick scarf.

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"Turn this way a bit more... Ok... You can look!"

Lisanna opened her eyes and was almost blinded by the sight of the sun climbing down behind the mountains past the wide fields. Her mouth opened to form a perfect o, tears rolled down her cheeks as she realized where Natsu had brought her. She slowly turned to see the thatched hut that had been their home for weeks on end as they cared for Happy's egg as 'husband and wife'

Lisanna's eyes lowered and she saw Natsu kneeling next to an upright stone with the Fairy Tail emblem carved above the words

IN MEMORY OF LISANNA STRAUSS

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Natsu smiled sadly as he crouched over her headstone and scorched off the second year, "Not yet... Not for a long time..."

"Oh, Natsu... " Lisanna dropped to her knees and sobbed into her hands, Natsu quickly ran over, picked her up in his strong arms, and carried her into the hut.

"It's ok Lisa, you're with me. I'll never let you go again... Never." The last word was filled with rage, rage reserved for whosoever dared THINK of hurting his love.

Lisanna kept sobbing as Natsu set her down on the ground, "I'm sorry Natsu... I'm so so sorry I put you through this..."

Natsu took her face softly in his calloused hands and wiped off her tears. "Lisa, look at me... I love you. You have nothing to apologize for, you never asked for this and now you're back, I could never ask for more..."

Then they kissed, they kissed until the sun had gone and only an orange glow in the west remained. In the pitch dark, Natsu waved his hand and a strong golden glow flowed through the air. The source flitted around his fingers like a dancer through the trees of a forest, but the fire was strange. It was brighter than any fire had any rights to be, and although it was warm, it did not burn, not even when Lisanna touched it with her bare fingers. The most peculiar thing however, was its color; it seemed almost entirely pure, golden yellow, but for the heart, which was a shockingly bright shade of vermillion.

"What is this Natsu? Why is this fire so..." Lisanna grasped for the perfect word but none felt appropriate.

Natsu smiled as he looked at the bright little flame in his fingers, "Macao told me once that fire has many forms, depending on who wields it... Like when I fought Erigor during the Lullaby incident, I was bathed in what Happy called the Flames of Anger, and when Jellal helped me fight Zero in Nirvana, he gave me some golden fire called the Flames of Guilt, showing the regret in his heart. Based on all that, I can only assume that the mage's emotions can change fire's properties."

Lisanna smiled, it made sense, the flames in Natsu's hand bore all the benefits of fire; warmth, comfort, and light, all the while neglecting its destructive aspects.

"So what do you call this?" Asked Lisanna, her head rested against Natsu's chest, still watching his fiery hand.

"The cheesiest thing I can!" He grinned, "The Flames of Love."

As he said this, Lisanna laughed and the fire grew and grew, enveloping both their forms in flickering flame.

In the fire, Natsu lay Lisanna down beneath him and started kissing and suckling her throat while removing her top and bra. Lisanna moaned and took his vest off of him, as she did, the Dragon Slayer started to move his head down to her voluptuous bust. Lisanna squeaked and moaned under his onslaught of kisses and suckles. Both of Natsu's hands were rested on his lover's hips and one of them deftly unbuttoned and unzipped her pants, he then removed those so that Lisanna lay naked on the straw floor but for her panties and Natsu's benevolent fire. Lisanna stroked Natsu's pink hair as the Pyrovore started moving down her waist away from her hickey infested bosom and toward her covered treasure.

"Oh... Natsu... Go on!... Yes! Oh God, yes!"

Hearing his partner so excited revved up Natsu even more so that he hastily pulled down Lisanna's wet panties and sniffed the shaved slit inside. The smell of her arousal made him smile as he licked Lisanna's womanhood with long slow strokes. His thumbs then came up to search for her swollen clitoris: when they found it, his mouth started to suckle the sensitive button and Lisanna shuddered as spasms of pleasure shot through her body. Natsu reveled in his lovers' bliss, feeling immense joy with all of her moans and sighs.

"Natsu! I'm close!"

Just as those words escaped her lips, Natsu lifted up his head. Shocked, Lisanna looked up and whined wistfully

"Natsu! Why d'you stop? That was so good..."

He grinned evilly, "I know, right?"

Lisanna scowled at him, "That's so mean!"

"You'll thank me soon sweetheart, trust me." Said the fire Mage, going back down on her mound.

And so he continued for what seemed like hours; and every time Lisanna seemed close to release, he would stop. After a particularly close stop, the shapeshifter felt ready to cry.

"Natsu... Please, let me..."

He seemed to finally concede, for this time he did not stop, he used his skilled tongue to drive Lisanna over the edge and the fire blazed up like a wildfire. In that moment, she blessed Natsu a thousand times over, for the tidal wave of pleasure she felt then made her arch her back as far as she could and scream in bliss. Even after Natsu sat up and wiped her juices from his lips with the back of his forearm, she spasmed uncontrollably as her nerves struggled to process all the pleasure she felt from Natsu's skillful tongue play.

Natsu lay on his back next to her and sighed deeply, "Well, I think you enjoyed that. Sleep well Lisa, I love you."

He started to close his eyes, satisfied by his job when he felt a weight on top of him and pressure on his wrists. Natsu Dragneel opened his eyes to see Lisanna straddling him with pure lust in her eyes.

"Oh no you don't, you fire eating bastard!" She whispered in his ear, "We've only just started..."

Natsu was shocked for a few seconds, but he then grinned and stood up, carrying his nude lover in a kind of reverse piggyback. As he pressed her against the side of hut, he kissed her lips and throat greedily. Lisanna sighed heavily and reached down between their hot bodies to undo Natsu's pants, releasing his sizable member and letting it press against her soaked, virgin womanhood.

Natsu stopped ravenously kissing her for a moment, knowing it would be the first time for both of them, "Lisanna, I love you so much but are you completely sure you want to do this? I would really understand if..."

Lisanna gave him a weak slap, "You think you can tease me the way you did and then just leave me hanging? I want this Dragneel, I've wanted this for two years."

With those words, she used her hands to move the tip of Natsu's 'dragon' in alignment with her moist slit. Natsu looked in her eyes and kissed her with more passion than ever before. When they broke the kiss, Natsu simply said, "On three?" To which Lisanna responded;

"One..."

"Two..."

"Three!"

Natsu thrust forward with his hips and broke through Lisanna's maidenhead. She cried sharply with pain as she struggled to accommodate Natsu's girth. The slayer held her close and asked in a panicky voice, "Are you ok Lisa? I'm so sorry I didn't mean to hurt you."

Lisanna laughed the pain away and kisses her nervous boyfriend on the forehead, "I knew this would hurt Natsu, but I was ready."

She started to grind her hips against his and moaned almost exactly at the same time as her rose haired lover as his penis rubbed her inner walls. Natsu's confidence swelled up inside him and he turned around to lay his shape-changing lover and started thrusting into her. He started to suckle and kiss her throat, his hands groping her large, firm breasts as he came closer and closer to release and she reached her peak.

"Oh Natsu! Don't stop! NATSU!"

The sound of his name being screamed out amid the lustful debauchery made their golden crimson fire flare brighter and hotter, filling the hut with joyously flickering blades of light. The display seemed akin to some ancient heathen ritual where union was celebrated by hedonistic dancers, joyful without shame, or sin, or society's self established 'decency'. The Fire Dragon Slayer collapsed onto his partner as they peaked simultaneously. Natsu propped himself up to look in Her eyes,

"Found you..." He said weakly before kissing her, both falling into a deep sleep, holding one another.

On that night, in that secluded straw hovel; love was as it should be, a union, a blend of souls so close that nothing-not gods, nor men-could separate them. He was her and she was him; and all identity, all secrecy, melted into the dark nothingness fleeing from that furious fire...