(A little author's note) Hey guys! Ready for some more Fairy Ta- Ah who am I kidding. It's Allmaster Sol again. I've decided to make this a full story. So many thanks to all of you (especially you MzCrossover2012. Your review is what got me writing this next chapter so, arigato) I did get some reviews about my formatting and story length. I got it. I'll try extra hard to improve my formatting and I'm gonna try to make this chapter longer than the last. Oh! Almost forgot. I am not in ownership of Fairy Tail. The masterpiece that is the manga belongs to Hiro Mashima. Now, without further ado, I present, the next chapter of "How I've always felt about you"!
"speaking"
'thoughts'
The Calm Before The Storm
Getting back to the guild hall was a surprise. They had finished rebuilding it! It was bigger and better than ever! Though one person disagreed with the change. Natsu.
'Ugh. Why'd they have to go and change the guild hall? It was fine the way it was before…' he thought. When they went inside the pavilion he looked around. 'So we have a café now? What's the point of it?' thought Natsu. 'Although… I guess it would be nice to share a meal with Erza here…' he softened up a bit at the thought of him and Erza sharing a meal together in the little café.
Natsu looked over to Erza. She was his mate now. He wanted to make sure she felt loved and special. 'Maybe I can get her a slice of that cake she likes and we can eat here together.' he thought. 'Or better yet, maybe I can get her an entire cake! Oh she'd love that…' He smiled softly. He should do that after they finish touring the new guild hall. When they went inside the guild hall they were amazed at how it had changed. It was so big on the inside. They even had a stage! Natsu sank into his scarf as Lucy and Happy stared amazed by the new change. "Pretty!" they said in unison. Erza smiled and nodded "I could get used to this" she said.
Natsu looked over to her. She was okay with it. 'Hm… I guess that I should accept it too if Erza likes it' he thought. He got his head back out of his scarf and looked around. Gray looked over to Natsu "Hey man. Something wrong?" he asked. Natsu nodded "Yeah. I just ain't used to the new guild hall. It seems different than how it was before…" he replied. Erza looked back to Natsu "I'm sure it can't be that bad. Personally I think it's a nice change." She said. Natsu sighed softly then smiled "Well… If you like it then I do too." he said. Erza smiled and went over to him "Thank you Natsu" she said.
Levy soon came over and waved at them "It's so good to have you back Lu!" she said to Lucy. Lucy smiled "Oh hey Levy!" she replied. Levy smiled more "Isn't this great? Guess what? We've even got a swimming pool behind the bar!" she said excitedly. Natsu stopped and looked over. 'Do we really need a swimming pool?' he thought. 'Although… it would be nice to see Erza playing in the pool' he imagined seeing Erza in the bikini she wore when they were at Akane Resort playing around with Natsu in the pool. Erza in a bikini... Natsu blushed at the image of a sexy looking Erza motioning Natsu to come to her. He ended up staring at Erza with a grin on his face.
Erza looked back at Natsu seeing his grin "What is it Natsu? Why are you grinning like that?" she asked. Erza's question snapped him out of his trance and Natsu quickly turned away looking at the suddenly interesting ceiling to try and hide his blush. "Oh! Uh… No reason!" he replied quickly. Erza raised her eyebrow "Are you sure?" she asked. Natsu sighed and turned back to her "Well… to be honest, I was thinking about how beautiful you are…" he said. Erza blushed and smiled softly "Why thank you Natsu. I think you're very handsome myself" she said. Natsu smiled "I'm glad you think so." he replied.
Levy looked over to them "Uh… Did something happen while you guys were away?" she asked. Lucy and Gray looked back to them "Yeah. They started dating. Isn't it cute?" Lucy asked Levy. Levy smiled "Yeah. It is nice those two found love. Though I am a little worried that they might wreck a town or something now that their together…" she said. Lucy and Gray nodded. "I'm sure they'll be fine. Erza will make sure Natsu doesn't do anything stupid." said Gray. Levy wasn't all that reassured but she shrugged and continued on. "Well, anyway, We've got a game room down in the basement now! But one of the biggest changes is upstairs. Now everyone's allowed on the second floor! Master actually lets more of us go on S class quests, provided an S class wizard agrees to go along" she said.
Natsu perked up at that. 'Erza and I could take on an S-class quest together!' he thought excitedly. He grinned at the thought. Erza looked over to Natsu seeing his grin 'Natsu seems excited about that. Maybe I'll take him on an S-class quest with me sometime. It would mean some alone time with Natsu for a while.' She thought. Erza smiled softly.
Makarov walked over to them after their little tour "Well, glad to see you dunderheads made it back made it back safely." He said. "I'd like you to meet Fairy Tail's newest member Juvia. Isn't she a cutie?" Natsu and the other turned to see her. Juvia smiled "I can't wait to work with you!" she said. Gray smiled "Hey, you actually made it in huh?" Juvia nodded. "The master was nice enough to let me in" Erza smiled and nodded "I never got to thank you for your help in the Tower of Heaven." Juvia smiled "Its nothing really. I'm glad I could have helped" she said.
Makarov nodded "I'd also like to introduce another member. Someone you might recognize." He said. "Who could it be?" asked Happy. Everyone turned to see Gajeel sitting at one of the tables. Natsu was infuriated 'Him!? The master let that bastard join the guild!?' he thought.
Juvia panicked a little "Gajeel was having some trouble finding work and I couldn't just leave him… But I don't want you to think I have a crush on him!" she said nervously to Gray. Erza shot a glare at Gajeel "I don't mind Juvia but he's the one who destroyed our guild hall" she said angrily. Makarov sighed. "Now remember what I taught you. Yesterday's enemy can be today's friend" he said. Levy nodded a bit nervously "Yeah… I'm okay with him here…" she said. Erza sighed "Well I'll respect your decision into letting him join the guild but I'll be keeping a very close eye on him' she said. Makarov sighed "Fine…"
Natsu walked up to Gajeel and glared at him "There's no way! I can't work with somebody I don't trust" he shouted slamming his hand on the table. Gajeel returned the glare "What's the big deal? It's not like I wanna be you buddy." Natsu couldn't believe him. He glared more intensely "Bastard…" "Little prick…" replied Gajeel returning the glare. Natsu grinned. He had an idea. "Least I got a mate." He said. Gajeel blinked. "What? Since when?" Natsu chuckled "Since a few days ago. Why do you care?" he asked. Gajeel shook his head. 'How the hell did this guy manage to get a freaking mate before me!?' he thought.
He looked around to see if anyone had a dragon mating mark. When his eyes landed on Erza he was stunned at seeing the mating mark on her neck. Gajeel looked to Natsu and pointed to Erza with his eyebrow raised. Natsu grinned and nodded. Gajeel was simply amazed. "Damn Salamander. Just…. Damn" was all he could say. Natsu grinned wider. He had won this battle and maybe even earned Gajeel's respect. Natsu walked back over to Erza with pride as Gajeel was left staring at the table thinking about how the hell he was gonna get a mate.
As Natsu was walking back the lights went out. Then a spotlight lit the stage as Mirajane stood with a guitar in her hands. Natsu waved over to her "Hey Mira. We're back!" he called over. Mira smiled "Welcome back guys. I'd like to dedicate this song to Fairy Tail's strongest team." She said. Then she started playing her guitar and singing softly into the mic.
Natsu smiled softly as he sat down next to Erza and held her hand listening to the peaceful music. Erza smiled softly and rested her head on Natsu's shoulder. This was a nice moment for the both of them. Erza sighed happily as Natsu rubbed his thumb on hers. 'Natsu is really good at this…' she thought. During the song Erza almost dozed on Natsu. The music and Natsu's warmth just relaxed her completely. When Mira had finished her song the crowd cheered and the spotlight went out. "Who's next?" shouted Macaou. When the light went back on the crowd was thrown off. It was Gajeel!
'This had better score me some points with at least some girl in this guild.' he thought "I wrote a song called "Best friend." Would you like to hear it? Well here it goes" he said. He started playing the guitar and singing. The crowd was amazed! (Well… Most of them) Gajeel turned out to be a surprisingly good singer! He wasn't too bad with the guitar either. Gray bobbed his head to the beat and Lucy closed her eyes to the tune. The part of the crowd that didn't agree threw trash up at the stage but Gajeel played on unfazed.
Natsu sank into his scarf. "Man, this has gotta be the worst song I've ever heard." he said. Gajeel threw his guitar at Natsu's face and yelled something into his harmonica. Natsu growled "You wanna go!?" he shouted. Erza put her hand on Natsu's shoulder "The song isn't that bad Natsu. Just listen." she said. Natsu looked back to Erza and sighed "Alright you got lucky. Keep playing your song." he told Gajeel. Gajeel blinked. Did Salamander normally act like this? "Fine. I'll keep playing" he replied. The crowd booed but he played on. As he played on the crowd eventually stopped being so negative and started enjoying the song. Even Natsu started enjoying the tune.
When Gajeel finished his song the crowd cheered. Gajeel grinned and soaked up the attention he was getting. 'I could get used to this' he thought. When he left the stage the lights went back on. Natsu grabbed Erza's arm "Come on. I wanna get you something nice" he said smiling. Erza blushed a little and nodded. "Okay Natsu" she said as she got up.
Natsu took Erza over to the bar where Mira greeted them. "Hey you two." She said. Natsu smiled. "Hey Mira. Could you get me and Erza a strawberry cheesecake?" he asked. Mira nodded "Sure. How many slices?" she asked. "No, not slices. The whole cake." stated Natsu. Mira blinked but nodded. "Okay. I'll go get It." she said. Erza looked at Natsu "You're going to get me a whole cake?" she asked. Natsu smiled and nodded. "We can share it together in the café" he said. Erza smiled and kissed him "I'd love that Natsu. Thank you." she said. Natsu smiled and held her hand. "No need to thank me Erza." he said.
Mirajane smiled softly as she brought back the cake. "Here you go." she said putting the cake on the bar. Natsu smiled and picked it up "Thanks Mira. How much?" he asked. Mira shook her head. "It's on the house." she said. Erza nodded and smiled "Thank you Mira" she said. Mira smiled "Anything for the happy couple" she replied.
Natsu and Erza blushed. "How did you know we were a couple?" asked Erza. "I overheard you two talking to eachother" replied Mira. The two blushed more making Mira giggle "Oh it's alright. If you two don't want me to tell anyone my lips are sealed." She said. Natsu looked to Erza "Would you be okay with everyone knowing we're a couple?" he asked. Erza thought about it. "Well would you be okay with it?" she asked. Natsu smiled and nodded. "I'm fine with it. The more people that know the better" he said smiling softly. Erza smiled then nodded "Alright then. If you're okay with it then I am too." She said.
Mira smiled "Perfect. I'll spread the word" she said. Natsu nodded and held Erza's hand and walked with her to the café. As soon as they left Mira grinned "Hey everyone! Natsu and Erza are officially a couple!" she yelled. Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked over to the couple and started cheering "Woooooo! You're the man Natsu!" yelled Elfman. Everyone cheered as the couple took their seat. Natsu and Erza smiled. All the attention they got just from people finding out they were a couple. Oh Fairy Tail. One of the best guild in Fiore.
Natsu smiled and got a fork and cut off a piece of the cake and held the piece up to Erza's mouth. "Say ahh" he said. Erza blinked. "Natsu what are you doing?" she asked. "I'm gonna feed you some cake. This one of the things that couples do." he replied. "Oh. Okay then." said Erza as she opened her mouth. Natsu fed her the piece of cake and Erza sighed happily at the taste. "Mmmm… It's even better like this… I didn't think strawberry cheesecake could get any better…" she said.
Natsu smiled "I'm glad Erza. Hey, I need to talk to you." he said as he got another piece of cake and held it up to her. Erza ate the piece and tilted her head a little "Of course. What is it Natsu?" she asked. Natsu fed her another piece "Well… Have you felt any different?" he asked. "What do you mean?" asked Erza. Natsu ate some of the cake making Erza pout a little. "Well, has your magic started feeling a little different?" he asked. Erza thought about it for a second. Her magic had started feeling a bit differently since Natsu had marked her as his mate. "Yes… Now that you mention it my magic has started feeling different. Why do you ask?"
Natsu ate another piece of the cake "Well I was just wondering. You see, now that you have my dragon mating mark on you you'll be getting some of my magic." he said. Erza's eyes widened a bit "You mean I'll become a fire dragon slayer like you?" she asked a bit excitedly. Natsu shook his head "Not exactly. If that's how mating marks worked then most dragons would be multi elemental. What'll happen is your magic will have a sort fire element to it. For example, your armor will have a complete fire resistance to it now. And your swords can also combust when you want them too. At the moment though the most they'll do is become super-heated. But as time goes on the magic will become more powerful. It's also linked to mine so when I get stronger your magic will too." he explained.
Erza nodded. "I see. I'll keep that in mind" she said. Natsu tilted his head and thought a bit more. "Actually … you might actually get some dragon slaying abilities." He said. Erza's eyes widened again "Really? How?" she asked. "Well… your Flame Empress armor. My element is fire and so is that armor. Who knows. Maybe your armor will have dragon slayer capabilities since it's the same element." He said. Erza grinned a little at that. She'd be a dragon slayer like Natsu. She always wondered what it was like to be one since she had gotten to know Natsu better. "I'll keep that in mind as well. Now can we keep sharing our cake?" she asked. Natsu smiled and got another piece of cake and held it up to her mouth. "Of course my beloved mate" he said. Erza smiled and ate the piece. They were about to become even closer than before.
(Meanwhile, out in the Magnolia Park)
Gajeel tsked as Jet and Droy approached him with Levy behind them. "You two need me for something? Cus I gotta get to work…" asked Gajeel. "We got a bone to pick with you." said Jet angrily. "After what you did to us, there's no way your joining our guild." said Droy with just as much anger. Gajeel sighed "Come on fellas, can't we just forgive and forget?" he asked. Levy walked up to the two "Maybe he's right… I mean, now that he's in the guild there's no way he'd do that again." she said a bit nervously.
Jet glared at Gajeel "No way. We gotta let him know." he said. Droy nodded "He can't mess with us." He said glaring at Gajeel too. Gajeel smirked. "Go ahead and act tough…" shouted Jet as he sped forward at Gajeel using his High Speed magic. "While you still can!" He tackled Gajeel sending him flying back. Droy threw down his seeker seeds at the ground beneath Gajeel "Knuckle Plant!" he shouted as the seeds sprouted into fist vines and pummeled Gajeel sending him fling back a bit further. Jet then came up from the sky and flying kicked Gajeel "Falcon Heaven Sword!" He shouted as Gajeel was sent back even further.
Gajeel skidded back to a stop. 'Wait it out' he thought. 'Let 'em take it out on me…' Jet and Droy stood readily in front of him "Had enough yet? Jet asked. "What happened to the tough guy act?" asked Droy. Levy realized at that point. He wasn't fighting back!
Then Laxus walked over surprising everyone "You guys aren't giving the rookie a hard time? Are ya?" he asked. They all looked over to Laxus. "But seeing as he's the punk that tore down our guild hall I understand how you feel" Laxus continued. He walked up to Gajeel glaring down at him "We've become the laughing stock of the magic community. Because of you." Gajeel tensed up a bit 'Shit… This'll hurt' he thought. Laxus growled "On my way from my last stop, I stopped at a few pubs, and I heard some things that really pissed me off" he said angrily. "Everyone's been talking about how weak the Fairy Tail guild has become. No one dared say anything like that about us before you came long." he zapped Gajeel with a bolt of lightning and raised his fist readying to bring some serious hurt on the punk that sullied the name of their guild hall "Now! You're gonna pay!" he roared as he struck the ground causing a wheel of electricity to strike Gajeel knocking him into the ground as the wheel struck a tree.
Jet and Droy started getting concerned "Your taking this too far Laxus. Calm down!" asked Jet. Droy started realizing it too "I know Laxus is strong and all but something's not right… Gajeel's going down way too easily" he said. At that moment Jet realized that Gajeel wasn't fighting back "I didn't get this until just now but Gajeel hasn't been fighting back…" Levy brought her hands up to her mouth as she started feeling concerned for Gajeel "He's letting them take their anger out on him…. I think he's trying to get our acceptance…" she said.
Laxus started kicking Gajeel while he was on the ground using his lightning magic to add more pain "Never should have messed with us asshole. Now you gotta deal with me!" he roared. "Give it a rest Laxus! Leave him alone!" shouted Jet. Laxus growled "I ain't takin' orders from you!" he shouted as he turned around and fired a blast of lightning at them. But it went straight for Levy! Then, faster than any of them could see Gajeel ran forward and blocked the lighting with his Iron Dragon Slayer Club "You okay?" he asked. Levy nodded. Gajeel smiled "Good. It'd be a shame to see that pretty little face in any injury…" he said. Levy blushed. Gajeel smirked 'Just you wait Salamander. Soon I'll have a mate. Then we'll see who's the better dragon slayer' he thought. He sighed. He had taken quite a beating. "Are you through with me? Cus I gotta get going…" he said as he started walking away. Laxus frowned. Levy reached out to Gajeel "Gajeel I …. Thank you…" she said. Gajeel grinned and waved "Its fine shorty." He said.
Laxus growled a little and walked away as well "Can't take much more of this… Fairy Tail has become totally pathetic …. That old geezer is running it into the ground… When I take over the guild… things are gonna change" he said. Oh yes. Things were definitely going to change.
(A little author's note) Well? How was that! I hope I did a good job with the cliffhanger (or is it a cliffhanger?) I'm also hoping that I did a better job with the formatting. I made this chapter more than twice as long as the last one. I hope it'll be long enough now. Anyway, let me know what you thought about this chapter in the reviews. Oh! And before I sign off, anyone enjoy the little hint of GaLe? PM me if you have any ideas about what I should do with these two. Many thanks to all of you! Allmaster, signing off.