Hiro Mashima owns Fairy Tail, but I was unhappy with how it ended so I started writing this. Then The Hundred Year Quest came out and I got distracted. But here's my first multi-chapter fanfic. (Or what was supposed to be the first)

"Speech"

'Thoughts'

Spells

Announcements/Large Beings Talking

Team Natsu returned from the hundred year quest. It was pretty easy and they found out that Acnologia was the reason it had never been completed. The trail that had to be taken went right passed Acnologia's 'nest' and so anyone that came close was killed. Now that Acnologia is gone, the mission was a simple delivery mission that only took them 1 month. After which Natsu went and did a little training for about a week as he felt the need to release some of his pent up energy.

Natsu was walking back to the guild with his hands behind his head. 'That job wasn't as exciting as I thought it would be. Maybe we should try to take on some S-class quests so we can get stronger. I wonder if the rest of the guys would go with that.'

"Natsu what's with the scary face?" Happy asked with his paws in front of his mouth laughing at his adoptive father.

"Oi! I'm just thinking about how that mission wasn't all that fun."

"Oh, yeah I thought it would be more difficult with it being a hundred year quest and all."

"Right? I didn't even get to use my full power on those small groups of bandits we came across on our way," Natsu said as he punched his right hand into his left. "You think the rest of the team would be willing to take an S-class quest?"

"Well they said they want to stay home for awhile so maybe we should wait a couple days?"

Natsu hummed in response. "Won't hurt to ask em though!" he yelled as he raced toward the guild hall with Happy in tow. He slammed the doors open with a "morning everyone!" Some reply and he scanned the guild for his partner, since she's the pickiest about jobs he knew he has to get her on board first.

He saw her sitting at a table talking animatedly to Levy. 'Probably about some new book' he thought to himself. "Oi Lucy!" He yelled and noticed how she immediately stopped talking and stiffened in response before turning around with a forced smile and a "good morning Natsu."

"Morning Levy," the pinkette said.

"Morning Natsu," Levy says, then gave Lucy a sly look that didn't go unnoticed.

"How's the guild been since we were gone?"

"Quiet," Levy said with a laugh, "but everyone missed you guys. It isn't quite the same without your team here."

Natsu laughed and said, "yeah we all talked about how much we missed the guild while we were gone too. Haven't really been away from it for that long that often."

Lucy and Levy both nod to his words. "Very few members take jobs that last longer than a few weeks so we all know how you feel," Levy said.

"Well I'll leave you two alone, I gotta go check on my team since we may need to go on a job soon," Levy said as she got up and walked away.

"Oh, bye Levy," Natsu said cheerfully.

"We'll talk later okay?" Lucy said giving Levy a look.

"Yeah Lu, see you later." And with that she's on the other side of the guild talking to Jet and Droy.

"So what were you two talking about?"

"Girl stuff" Lucy replied curtly.

"Oookay… well do you think you'd be up for a job in a few days? I didn't really get to let loose on that job like I thought I would've."

Lucy put her chin in her hand, "well let's see what Gray and Erza have to say but I don't see any reason to. That last job paid us well and my book sales have been pretty good for me," she said without looking at Natsu.

"Great! 'S not a no so i'll ask them when they get here!" Natsu cheered.

"Yeah, great. Well Natsu I'm going to order some breakfast want me to order for you?" Lucy said as she got up.

"Mhm! That'd be great Lucy." Lucy looked at him and genuinely smiled, then walks over to the bar to order food for both of them. 'I wonder why she was being weird,' he thought to himself, 'plus she and Levy were giving each other some looks I don't understand.' He thought about it for a minute then decided it wasn't worth looking into. 'If it was important she'd tell me,' he thought as he sat down.

Natsu then smelt Erza headed towards the guild and got excited as he could ask the team leader, and only S-class mage (much to his chagrin), if they can take a job that would allow him to let loose a little. 'Probably the first time I've ever been excited Erza's coming to the guild on a day we aren't sparring,' Natsu thought to himself as he began to unconsciously bounce up and down in his seat at the possibility of going on a job.

Erza came into the guid and went straight to the bar to talk to Mira and Lucy. Natsu heard her greet the two and order some strawberry cheesecake. He then heard something that caught his attention. Erza turned to Lucy and asked, "who was that boy I saw you talking to yesterday?"

Lucy looked startled as she replied, "what boy?"

"The brown haired boy you were walking with last night."

'That's why she didn't want me to hang around yesterday I guess' Natsu thought as he slowly stopped bouncing.

Mira gave Lucy a knowing look, "So that's why you've been leaving the guild earlier these last couple of days."

"That's not the reason!" Lucy cried out while sporting a blush. "I've been working on a new novel recently!"

"Oh was that your new publicist?" Erza asked.

"Well...no. I met him in the bookstore the other day and he asked me to accompany him on a walk around the park and-" She was interrupted by a squeal from Mira. "I just knew it wouldn't be long until we had another couple here in Fairy Tail!" Mira exclaimed with her hands clasped in front of her.

"It isn't like that Mira!" Lucy cried out as her whole face was now red.

"Your face says otherwise Luucy" Mira said teasingly.

"Miiiraaa!" Lucy cried while burying her face in her hands.

"I'm only teasing Lucy, here's your food!" Mira said with a smirk on her face.

"Thank you Mira!" Lucy almost yelled as she hurried back to the table Natsu was sitting at.

"Here you go Natsu, steak and eggs with hot sauce," Lucy said as she handed him his two plates of food.

"Thanks Lucy!" Natsu cheered as he then began to shovel his food into his mouth.

"I don't know how you don't choke with how you shovel your food down," Lucy said as she smiled and shook her head at her partner.

"Ehh couldn't tell yah. Been eating like this my whole life" Natsu shrugged as he finished his second plate.

"Good morning Natsu, how did your training go?" Erza asked as she walked over to sit with her team.

"It was alright, but I was wondering if there's any chance of us going on a S-class mission soon since that hundred year quest wasn't all that impressive" He asked as he looked her in the eyes.

"Hmm. Well we did all agree to a little rest after being away from the guild for so long. What do you think Lucy?" She asked as she turned and looked at their other teammate.

"I don't really see the reason as we don't have to worry about rent or money with the reward from the last job" she replied as she looked up from her oatmeal and cup of tea.

"That is true. Well we can see what Wendy and Gray think before we make a decision" Erza stated as she went back to eating her cake.

They sat there and talked a bit before Wendy made her way into the guild. After wishing the rest of the guild a good morning, she went and sat next to Erza at their table. "Good morning everyone" Wendy cheered since Natsu was now back and her team was complete. Well they would be whenever Gray got there. They all replied with a "good morning Wendy and Charle" before Erza turned to her and asked her, " Wendy, Natsu is asking if we can go on a S-class job since he's getting restless."

"Didn't we all agree to some down time before we talked about taking another mission?" Charle asked before Wendy had a chance to reply.

"Well Natsu wasn't really part of that discussion since he went by himself to train before we got to the guild" Lucy said with a slight frown since he technically ditched them without saying anything as they were walking around Magnolia.

"I wouldn't mind going out on another job" Wendy mumbled as she fidgeted with the hem of her dress. Natsu gave her his toothy grin since she was the first one to say yes to his idea.

"Well then we just have to wait for Ice Princess to show up" Natsu cheered as he believed his rival would never pass down the chance to go on an S-class quest.

"Oi! I've been here almost as long as Wendy, Ash-Breath!" Gray yelled as he got up from his bench at their table. Now the two had their foreheads pressed together. "Who would notice you Snow-cone?!"

"You should, Flame-brain!"

"Why? I ain't datin yah!"

"You were waitin' for me Slanty-eyes!"

"I was only waitin' on these three Droopy-eyes!"

"You need every one of the team to make a team decision, pyro!"

"Popsicle breath!"

"Flame breath!"

"Pervert!"

"Moron!"

"What did you say?!" Natsu yelled as he threw a punch at Gray. which he blocked with his left forearm.

"I said you don't have any intelligent thoughts fire face!" Gray yelled back as he threw a punch at Natsu that got blocked. Then the two kept throwing punch and kicks while getting some hits in. They kept beating each other up and eventually bumped into Elfman who yelled, "attacking someone from behind is not a Man!" as he too got into the fight. He punched Gray into Gajeel, who turned around and threw Gray at Natsu, who ducked. Gray went flying into Jet who then also joined the fight. Soon after there was another guild wide brawl going on thanks to Natsu and Gray.

"Shouldn't you put a stop to this Erza?" Lucy asked as bottles and cups began flying around them.

"I guess they have had their fun, so I shall put a stop to this" Erza replied and began to get up only to have some food land on her head and start to make its way down her hair. Everyone froze as a demon aura began to form around Erza.

"Natsu. Gray." Erza said in a barely calm voice.

"Y-Yes E-Erza?" The two boys asked in unison as they grabbed onto each other out of fear.

"What have we talked about regarding fighting in the guild?" Erza asked as she requipped a sword.

"Th-that there sh-shouldn't be any fighting in the g-guild?" Both boys asked with fear in their eyes.

"Exactly. And since you two broke that rule you must be punished." Erza stated as she began to stalk towards them holding a sword in each hand now.

W-wait!" they screamed as they began to run for their lives only to not make it a few feet out of the guild before being caught by the red-headed monster and knocked unconscious.

"The rest of you will clean the guild until it is as clean as it was before we got here this morning" Erza told the remaining members who were still frozen in place. They began to clean the guild at supersonic speeds to try and keep a pissed off Erza from giving them the same treatment she gave the two troublemakers.

"I'll be back to check once I clean this stuff out of my hair" Erza stated as she headed towards the infirmary which has a shower.

When Erza finished her shower, she returned to her team's table and asked what they have decided.

"Gray said as long as its a monster eradication he'll go," Lucy reported since Gray was talking to Juvia at the bar.

"Then I'll go look at the board and find one," Erza stated as she began to head for the stairs.

"YES!" Natsu cheered with Happy while Lucy, Wendy, and Charle smiled and shook their heads at their enthusiasm.

Erza went up and looked at the S-class board. She scanned it looking for an extermination mission and saw a different type. 'Hmm.. A bandit group is terrorizing a town on this one. And the reward is good for all of us to split with no problem' Erza thought as she brought the job poster to her team. As she approached the table Gray took notice and walked towards the team with Juvia.

"This is an mission that is asking for a bandit group to be taken care of" Erza told her team.

"That's perfect! I'm all fired up!" Natsu cheered while everyone else noticed the reward for the job: 800.000 Jewel.

"That's a big reward!" Gray said as he looked the poster over.

"Alright, everyone okay with this mission?" Erza asked as she looked at her team. Natsu and Happy nodded enthusiastically, while Gray, Wendy, Lucy, and Charle all give two nods and said "yeah."

"Let me register this job with Mira and we shall meet at the train station at 8:00 am tomorrow" Erza told her team as she walked away.

"Why can't we leave today? It's not even noon yet!" Natsu whined at his teammates as he dropped his head to the table.

"Because we are already taking a job sooner than we agreed on so we're taking one more day to relax" Lucy reminded him.

"Fine, but this is one more day that we could possibly help those villagers" Natsu grumbled from the table. His team freezes at hearing that.

"Did Flame-brain just say something smart?" Gray asked and Lucy and Erza slowly nodded.

"I'm not that dumb!" Natsu yelled as he shot to his feet.

"Still surprising Natsu" Happy said as he held his paws over his mouth while floating away.

"Oi! Get back here you traitor!" Natsu yelled as he ran after Happy.

"We shall leave in two hours" Erza stated and left no room for argument from their teammates. Hearing this Natsu froze and turned to Happy saying, "Happy! We gotta go pack!" as he started heading out the door.

"Wait for me!" Lucy yelled and got up to hurry after them.

"See you in two hours," Gray said as he started heading out to his apartment.

"Come on Wendy, Erza, we should head to Fairy Hills so we can get ready" Charle states once Mira stamped the job for the group.

"Yes, let's get going" Erza said as the trio made their way out of the guild.

"Goodluck!" Mira called out to them as they left.

After dropping Lucy off at her home, Natsu and Happy sprinted/flew towards their home because they were so excited to be going on another mission. "Let's go Happy, the faster we get ready the faster we can get to fighting those monsters."

"Aye Sir!" Happy exclaimed happily. They got home and immediately began packing up their stuff. They were finished packing when they realized that their place had been cleaned for them.

"Happy did you clean up when you came back here?" Natsu asked since Happy returned home for a day before rejoining Natsu for training in the woods.

"Nope, wasn't me" Happy replied.

"Hmm.. Maybe it was Lucy, Mira or Lisanna" Happy thought out loud.

"Why do you think it was one of them?" Natsu asked his 'son'.

"Well when I came back they were all in the area and no one else really comes around here if they aren't gonna visit us or go out on a job. Plus we don't really lock our doors" Happy said.

"Makes sense. When we go pick up Lucy we can ask her if she did it for us" Natsu said while heading for the door.

"Think Lucy will give us some fish since we have some time before we have to meet?" Happy asked while drooling.

"HAHA I think she might buddy. We can always bug her until she does if she's done getting ready" Natsu answered with a smirk.

"Yay! Fish!" Happy yelled as they made their way back into town and towards Strawberry Street.

They entered Lucy's apartment through her window and sat on the bed quietly. They noticed that Lucy was still packing so they waited until she was almost done to scare her. Natsu and Happy looked at each other and, with a nod from Natsu, Happy crept up behind Lucy and yelled, "HEY LUCY YOU READY YET?"

Lucy shrieked and jumped as she turned around to see the two boys rolling in laughter. She flushed in embarrassment and then kicked the two into her wall screaming, "DON'T YOU TWO KNOW HOW TO SAY HI LIKE NORMAL PEOPLE?"

"But Lucyyy, we've been waiting forever for you to finish up" Happy whined.

"Yeah Lucy, we thought you'd be done by the time we got here" Natsu said while rubbing the back of his head.

"Well I need to pack more stuff than you two do because I care about wearing clean clothes!" Lucy exclaimed while looking at them with narrowed eyes.

"HEY! We do too care about clean clothes. We just don't pack for a job like this and expect to stay there for a week. It's a quick job of beating up a stupid bandit group" Natsu grumbled with a pout that Lucy thought was adorably child-like.

"Well you know things rarely go as expected with our team, so I'd rather be prepared" Lucy shot back while starting to smile at her friends.

"Fine, fine. How much longer until you're ready? Because we only have 45 minutes to get to the station" Natsu told her, which immediately got Lucy panicking.

"I'll be done in a minute, just get ready to leave as soon as I say I'm done" Lucy said as she resumed packing. After another 15 minutes Lucy threw her bag on and turned to her teammates saying, "alright let's head out!"

"Alright!" "Aye Sir!"

They just made small talk for the 10 minute walk to the station from Lucy's place, and saw Wendy and Charle waiting on a bench. They headed over and started talking and laughing at Happy's attempt to woo Charle failing miserably. A few minutes later Gray showed up with Erza right behind him.

"Good, everyone's early. Let's get our tickets and board the train" Erza said as they all made their way to the ticket booth. Natsu bought his, Wendy, Charle, and Happy's tickets, even after Wendy complained that she could buy her own. Natsu waved her off saying that she should save whatever she can so she doesn't have to go crazy over rent like Lucy does. Charle agreed with him, but also didn't like that Natsu bought their tickets. She, however, knew that it was already done so she just backed Natsu up by saying that saving is very important.

"I heard that Natsu!" Lucy said with a tick mark over her eyebrow.

"Uh..uh.. H-hey Lucy. I meant nothing by it! I was just trying to help Wendy by giving her a life lesson!" Natsu said as he cowered behind Wendy, who just started giggling.

"Thanks-" Wendy started before she got cut off.

"Who would want to learn anything from you flame-brain? You're the king of the idiots. Any advice you could give would probably do more harm than good" Gray said with a smug face.

"OI!" Natsu shouted. "I give good advice. I've given each of you advice in the past and it's usually helped you out" Natsu snapped as Gray just scoffed.

"You got lucky. No way you could spout any real wisdom" Gray said with the same smug face as Lucy and Erza giggled at what he said.

"Natsu does give me good advice pretty often" Wendy said timidly while fidgeting with the end of her skirt looking down at the floor.

"I agree, he has only ever tried to help Wendy grow up to be better than he was. His actions leave something to be desired but his advice has been solid so far" Charle added.

"Sure" Gray drawled while rolling his eyes as the other continued to laugh quietly. Wendy looked at Natsu and saw how their belittling of him was actually getting to him. But as soon as the hurt expression was there, it was gone and he smiled down at her. She gave him a concerned look to which he just shook his head and boarded the train.

"I'm surprised the idiot got on the train without complaining this time" Gray said once they got situated in their seats.

"Well you all made it obvious you don't really want to be here so I figured I had no reason to complain since you're doing this for me" Natsu stated simply. The other three froze at this and looked at each other.

"Okay that's the second thing you've said that is halfway decent or smart. Who are you and why are you trying to impersonate an idiot" Gray questioned with an incredulous look on his face.

"Watch yourself stripper. I have only so much patience" Natsu growled out as he tried to fall asleep.

"You have to admit that you have really been acting out of character recently Natsu. Are you sure you're okay?" Lucy asked to which he responded with just a scoff.

"You make it sound like I'm the dumbest person on the planet" Natsu said as he opened one eye.

"No, we know you aren't that dumb, but you have been acting smarter than usual is what Lucy meant" Erza said.

"Whatever, I'm gonna try to sleep so I don't have to suffer in this deathtrap for three hours" Natsu said as he closed his eye and attempted to get comfortable against the wall. Wendy followed his example except she snuggled up to Natsu to have his heat lull her to sleep. Both managed to fall asleep just before the train took off.

"Why would she try to get that close to him on a train? He might just hurl on her if she's that close" Gray said once he stopped looking out the window and noticed how the two slayers were.

"That's probably because Wendy sees Natsu as her older brother, so naturally she'll seek comfort from him if she knows something is going to be wrong with her" Charle replied from Wendy's lap.

"Really? How long has she seen him in such a light?" Erza asked as this was the first time she's heard of this.

"Really? Have you not been paying attention all of these years? She's viewed both Natsu and Gajeel as older brothers since she's met them. They've also both been there to help her and train her to use her dragon slayer magic" Charle said while looking at the other three mages.

"Now that you mention it, that makes a lot of sense when I look back on some of their interactions" Lucy said with a finger on her bottom lip while looking up at the ceiling thoughtfully. With that they began to talk about whatever came to mind as the train continued on.

They arrived at the town and made their way to the mayor's office, making sure to cover their guild marks since the request said they should. When they made it to his office, they were quickly ushered in to the mayor's office. She told them that the bandits started causing trouble a few weeks ago, but recently have been demanding protection money from the citizens, even forcing some to give their stores up to the group. She then told them that the bandit group was overheard saying that they were going to try to take control of the town soon, which is why they needed to be stopped. Natsu and co. agreed that they needed to be stopped and then asked where the group was located and if they were mages or not. The mayor ended up telling them that their base is in a big building on the western edge of town next to an inn and a tailor, and that some of the bandits were believed to be mages but they weren't sure if they all were.

"Thank you for the information. We will take care of them now after we scout the area a little bit" Erza said as she got up while the mayor made to stand too.

"They are usually all in their base once night falls so if you want to get all of them in one shot, that's your best bet" The mayor said as the team made their leave.

"We'll wait for nightfall to attack then, thank you" Erza said with a smile. The team then left and checked in to an inn that was across the street, making sure their guild marks stayed covered while in the open.

"Alright, Natsu and Happy." "Aye!" "You two will scout out their position as soon as it gets dark out. Then report your findings and we'll devise a strategy on how to take the guild the easiest" Erza said once they convened in her room.

"I'm all fired up!" Natsu said as he was eager to get started, hoping that one of the mages would give him a good challenge.

They lazed around for a few hours until night fell. Then Happy grabbed Natsu and took off towards the western edge of town. What they found was the building was like their guildhall. The members were drinking and joking around with each other and some were showing off their magic. After watching for 30 minutes, the duo were convinced that no one else was coming and that the group had no idea that the mayor had sent out to have them beaten. He returned to the group around 11:00 p.m. to tell them what he found.

"Alright Natsu, what do we have?" Erza asked as soon as he was situated.

"They've got about sixty members, I would say at least 50 can use magic" Natsu said.

"Good job, now how about the building itself? Do they have guards posted or anything of the like?" Erza asked him.

"They seem pretty laid back, almost like how our guild is. No one even paying attention to the doors, everyone was too busy drinking. There also was-" Natsu was cut off when Erza turned to Gray, Lucy and Wendy and began to make a strategy.

"Alright so they have no guards and 60 or so members. That means each of us gets 12. If we hit them hard and fast we should get them down in no time at all" Erza said.

"There could be members that were in a basement or something, so let's plan on there actually being 75 members" Lucy added.

"Well actually-" Natsu started but was cut off again as the others seemed to be ignoring him except the Exceeds and Wendy.

"Good call Lucy. So if we go in we can clear the main floor then separate into two groups to clear out any other floors" Gray said smiling at the two.

"I was saying there's another way i-" Natsu started but was cut off again by Erza.

"Enough talk Natsu, we have our plan. So let's head out" Erza said with a look that dared him to challenge her.

"Aye" Natsu mumbled as they all got up and headed out. As they were walking Natsu whispered to Happy to take Charle and cover the rear entrance to the building that he was trying to tell Erza about.

AND DONE. I Hope Ya'll likd it. Please review! Any constructive criticism is welcomed!