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Natsu and Gray lay on the feather covered, disastrous room floor exhausted. They had fought each other until they couldn't fight any longer. Erza and Lucy had escaped into the bathroom to braid each other's hair and talk.

"Erza?" Lucy asked as she comed through Erza's long red locks. Erza looked over her shoulder slightly.

"Yes Lucy?" She replied.

"What do you think of Natsu?" Lucy asked as she began to section Erza's hair into three parts.

Erza turned to face Lucy directly. "What do you mean? Wait do you liiiike him? You can tell me, we're friends right?" Erza's eyes lit up in excitement.

Lucy was now realizing Erza may not have an feelings at all for Natsu. "No, no...I have actually been seeing someone...here and there..." Lucy said with a sweet smile.

"You have?!" Erza asked, grabbing Lucy's hands.

"Well yes...sort of. Loke took me to dinner before he became my Leo. But after I found out and he became my Celestial Spirit we've gone out here and there. What about you, Erza? Doesn't anyone in Fairy Tail strike your interest?" Lucy inquired.

"Loke took you on a date? How nice... No" Erza said. " No one in Fairy Tail has caught my eye. " She looked down, letting go of Lucy's hands.

"Erza, there has to be someone you sorta.."

"I said no." Erza interrupted.

"It's the one who kidnapped you isn't it? You have a past with him?" Lucy was desperate for answers. The only one who knew about that incident with detail was Erza herself and Natsu.

Erza looked up at Lucy and nodded slowly. "He's not the same person I knew when I was just a girl. He changed back then into a monster and I had hoped I could fix him. My heart has hope that he's still a good person. " She said.

"That's...sad Erza." Lucy's heart sank. She didn't know for sure if Natsu truly had feelings for Erza. But if he did they'd be waisted all because of some crazed blue haired
Maniac. Lucy turned Erza back around and finished braiding her hair.

Meanwhile Outside the Bathroom

"Hey flame boy they're talking about you in there." Gray said with his ear pressed against the door.

"what did they say?!" Natsu yanked Gray's arm and pulled him away from the door.

"Calm down dragon breath."

"Shut up slanty eyes! Now tell me what they said." Natsu said.

"Erza doesn't like you." Gray said bluntly.

Natsu stepped back and sat on the bed. "I know she likes me...as a friend."

"Yeah but not...the way you like her." Said Gray glancing over at Natsu.

"Is that really what was said?!"

Gray shook his head. "No. Lucy asked Erza what she thought of you but the question went unanswered. Lucy then asked if Erza liked anyone in Fairy Tail and the answer was no. She's hung up on Jellal."

"Damn." Natsu said, clenching his fists. "I knew it. We were there at the Tower of Heaven. He told her he loved her. I knew then she did too but I had to stop her. She tried to stabilize the etherion herself. I pulled her out..."

"Maybe there's something you can do to prove to her Jellal is bad for her?" suggested Gray.

"Alright... I think you might have a good idea for once Gray!" Natsu said with a chuckle.

"For once?! You're the one who never pays attention and does things without thinking! Idiot." Gray folded his arms across his chest. "We are teaming up with other guilds tomorrow to stop a group called Orecion Seis. So...maybe along the way you can try to catch her eye. " Gray shoved Natsu off the bed.

"What the hell Gray?! I'm gonna take a nap!" Natsu yelled.

"What're you two bickering about this time?" Erza asked as her and Lucy came from the bathroom.

Natsu was unsure what to say. "Uh..Gray was just gonna make Lucy's bed..." He fumbled through his sentence. Erza bent down and touched his forehead.

"Are you feeling okay, Natsu?" she asked as she smiled at him. He smiled happily back.

"Yeah, I'm okay. Thanks Erz." He said blushing lightly.

She smiled down at him again. 'Oh Natsu..' she thought to herself.

Lucy and Gray observed the moment between the two. It reminded them of their moment in the ocean after the Tower of Heaven incident. It almost looked as if they kissed back then. They were beginning to suspect Erza might, somewhere deep down, have some sort of feelings for Natsu after all.

"everyone should get some sleep. We're meeting at Blue Pegasus guild tomorrow. We have a long trip ahead of us. " Said Erza patting Natsu on the head and climbing over Gray onto Lucy's bed.

"Why can't you all stay at your own places?!" Lucy yelled. "And Erza! That's not where you're sleeping you can take the couch and Natsu and Gray get the floor." Lucy crossed her arms.

"we can share right?" Asked Erza opening her arms.

Lucy blushed and Natsu and Gray giggled amongst themselves.

"Fine fine." Lucy jumped into bed with Erza and made herself comfy. It felt as if she had a big sister who was taking care of her crazy family of wizards.

Natsu and Gray made themselves a small bed with blankets and Happy had been crashed out from earlier during the pillow fight.

Orecion Seis was a hard, long battle.

Natsu had realized Jellal had a good heart deep down. That didn't change the fact he still cared very deeply for Erza. Jellal had given Natsu strength to defeat Brain and his split personality Zero. The flames of guilt, Even after previously trying to kill Erza and himself. The power he felt back then was unspeakably strong. But Erza was also cheering him on the entire time. Natsu was running through every possibility in his mind on how to tell Erza how he felt. But...she seemed thrilled that Jellal had lost his previous memories of being evil and tormenting her. She did yell at him. Telling him he had many sins to atone for especially after Simon's death and all of the emotional scarring that Sho had now had to deal with. She scolded him for nearly am hour.

'Does that mean she hates him?' Natsu questioned as he walked with his teammates through the woods onto Cat Shelter.

Suddenly, without warning they were surrounded by Magic Council Soldiers. Rune Knights.

"Halt." Said a man with black hair and glasses. He looked like an older style Japanese Samurai.

"Who the Hell are you?" Natsu asked with anger in his voice.

"Lahar, I am the head captain of the Custody Enforcement Unit of the Magic Council. We are here for Jellal Fernandez." He stated.

"What?! Why? He helped stop Nirvana." Natsu was now defending the man that was taking Erza away from him. But this would show her that all he truly wanted was her happiness above his own.

"Yeah! He doesn't remember anything!" Shouted Wendy.

"He's a good person. He lost all his memories of being bad." Lucy said.

"unfortunately there are no special exceptions. This man infiltrated the magic council and is under arrest." Lahar said.

Natsu switched his glance to Erza. She looked as if she was confused and holding back tears. He knew her heart was heavy.

"We ain't gonna let you take him, he's a friend of Fairy Tail!" Natsu yelled and suddenly everyone was fighting the Rune Knights. Everyone. It Erza and Jellal.

She couldn't take it anymore. Erza stood for what was right regardless of the consequences. "Enough!" She yelled. "Take him. In exchange for my guild's careless behavior you will receive a written apology from the Master, and myself." Erza stated somberly. Jellal smiled in her direction and the soldiers bound his hands.

"Anything else to say before you're locked away?" Lahar asked Jellal.

Jellal turned to look back at Erza. "That's right..it was the color of your hair. Erza..Scarlet." He said as they closed the doors and carried him away.