Fallen Comrades

Natsu Dragneel was spared from Acnologia's attack, leaving him to die. Meanwhile, Erza Scarlet and Mirajane Strauss are at the guild, overseeing that jobs are completed and nothing goes wrong. What happens when they hear the news? AU Meredy and Ultear will be their post time looks and everyone is slightly aged more.

AN: Welcome to the second chapter of a new fic. School is starting back up soon, so chapters won't be as frequent as they have been recently. Sorry for that, but I value education and a successful life, more than your entertainment. Let's get to the story now, shall we?

"Well, congratulations. She's pregnant. Now, if you'd excuse me, please leave." An old woman said to Natsu, Ultear, and Meredy, as they had gone to see if Ultear was actually pregnant. They had been in Magnolia for a week now. Half the guild was away training to get better. The other half were helping to maintain the guild. They ran jobs, and generally kept the guild hall clean and occupied. Kinana and Mira had barmaid and clean up duty, Erza was set for approving jobs, Ultear and Meredy helped all around the place, and Natsu oversaw everything that happened. The active and training members were to switch off every month.

"You do know that I wouldn't leave you even if you weren't pregnant, right?" Natsu said, bringing his arm around his lover as they left Porlyusica's house. "Why?" Was her simple response. "Well, if you wanted to take a turn for the better and change yourself, I would most likely be willing to help you every step of the way. I wouldn't leave you just because of your past. Why? Because it's just that. The past." Natsu explained, surprising the two. He had already forgiven them despite the fact that their guild was the cause for Acnologia's attack by waking Zeref?

"Hey, don't look so surprised. I'm a nice guy, you know? I don't judge people based on first impression. I believe in second chances, and I judge people after being around them for a long time. Based on this week alone, you two have adjusted to life very easily. Sort of like the dark mage job wasn't really for you, and your minds were already hot wired to be able to handle the legal guilds. Or I could just be crazy and you could be plotting something behind my back, but that's highly unlikely, I wouldn't believe you even if you told me that." Natsu said with a smile as they continued walking. "I wouldn't believe you, because you have a tendency to care for things close to you. For example, Meredy. I'm pretty sure that by having our child, it would bring us even closer together, and we would eventually grow into one loving family. Or multiple, based on how you look, talk, and act around Erza. Your fantasies are pretty kinky, you know." Natsu said.

Ultear's eyes widened. She went to stop him from saying anything too bad, but failed as he managed to let a few words out. "Like that one you were telling me about that you wanted to have a threesome with me and your daught-" Natsu said before he was tackled to the ground. "Natsu, I thought I told you not to tell anyone! Especially not her! That makes things too awkward between us." She said as she held him to the ground. "Well then again mom, you did ask if I wanted to quote on quote fuck him while he sleeps. I declined, and went on to grill you on how desperate you were, and how I wasn't as desperate as you. Not to mention the fact that I'm only 17, mother." Meredy said with a sigh.

Now was Natsu's turn to talk. "Well, you were kind of uh… Masturbating while your mom was on me. Don't act like you weren't." Natsu said with a smirk. "W-what're you talking about?! M-mom he's definitely l-lying! I would never do anything as lewd as masturbate to my mother getting pounded in by like, the largest cock in the world!" Meredy said, attempting to hide her nervousness. She then realized something. "Wait, why are you helping her!? Are you trying to get into my pants as well?" She asked. By this point, Ultear had already gotten off of Natsu, and they were brushing themselves off. "Well, I won't deny that you're beautiful. But you have this sort of… I don't know, this sort of thing about you that makes you remind me of your mother. Most likely because of your close relationship together. Therefore, I'm naturally compelled to like you, though I also like you in your own qualities." He said, making her heart soar, despite her current situation.

"S-so you like me and not just because of my looks, and because I remind you of my mom, right?" She asked hopefully. "Well, yeah. For example. You have this beautifully grown, curly pink hair. It's unique really. I haven't seen anyone else with curls in this style, and to be honest, I find it extremely attractive. Another part is that your personality differs, although slightly, from your mother. She has a more… I don't know, grim outlook on life. Yours is a little more carefree, and you seem to live life a bit more free than your mother, though that might change soon. I don't really want our child's mother to be some boring person. She should be a bit more fun at least. Though, if she doesn't want to change, I'm completely fine with that. It's up to her. Not me." He said as they started walking again.

They walked for a couple more minutes before making it back to their home. In the past week, Natsu had offered that Wendy (I couldn't have her practically disappear for 7 years… instead, Chelia will be aged as well to accommodate their friendship.) a place to stay in his home. She happily agreed, and had moved in a couple days after he offered. She was adjusting to the mini family living in there, and Carla was still trying to adjust to Natsu. The women weren't bad, but the fire dragon slayer was too… Idiotic for her liking. She didn't want Wendy to grow up like him. "Wendy, we're home!" Natsu said as they entered the house. "Welcome back big brother!" Wendy replied. Yeah, she kind of developed a closer bond with Natsu as she soon realized. It wasn't anything too bad, it was cute really. Hell, even Carla found it cute.

"Wendy, I've decided that we need to slightly up your training. Is that alright with you?" Natsu asked the blue haired dragon slayer. "As long as it helps me, I'm fine with anything you have for me!" She said enthusiastically. Being around Natsu had changed her personality, though for the better. She was more confident in her abilities, though not to the point of arrogance. She was more sociable around people, making it easier to handle tougher situations by planning things out. All in all, the changes helped her.

"Well, I've decided that you need to learn physical hand to hand combat. You can't always rely on your dragon slayer skills even though we have a crazy amount of magical energy. In a fight, it is completely possible to run out if you've been fighting for long, so hand to hand should help you a lot." Natsu explained to the girl. "We'll start your training after the month timeframe has passed, so that we continue to man the guild. You'll keep working in the medical bay for now." He said. "Alright Natsu." She said with a smile, bringing him into a hug. With that, they all went to their rooms, and went to bed.

The Next Morning

"Alright everybody! I have a special announcement to make." Natsu said to the members at the guild currently. "Today, I will take Kinana to see if she can unlock any magic!" He said with a grin, making everyone cheer. "Kinana, please come up here." Natsu said to the purple haired barmaid. She did as she was told, and soon found her hands on top of Natsu's. "Please prepare yourself Kinana. This method has no chance of killing you, but it causes a good amount of pain. This also doesn't have a high chance of activating your magic. Maybe 10% at most." Natsu said. He could visibly see the woman tense up at this. He put a hand on her shoulder. "You need to relax. If you aren't relaxed, the percentage cuts in half due to stressed magic flow. Little did she know, Wendy was pouring calming pheromones into the air, making everybody calm down quickly.

Natsu put his hands back under her hands, and gave her a countdown. He then pushed some magical energy through him, making it conduct into her due to them touching. She instantly felt a cool sensation. Slits formed in her eyes, and she soon found herself viewing people as blobs of color instead. She then realized what this was. Infrared vision.

Everyone gasped when they saw her eyes change. Those that were there during the Oracion Seis ordeal tensed slightly, though they quickly relaxed themselves. Kinana however, was quickly regaining memories of her past life. How she was taken from her parents by Brain. Forced to work under Cobra, and turned into a snake. The magic she had now, was a poison based magic. Viper's Strike. She instantly gained knowledge on how to perform these spells. Everything good and bad was coming back to her. When it all ended, she fell forward, only to be caught by Natsu.

She was panting when it ended. "I remember everything." She said, making the guild happy for the woman. She had found closure on her missing memories, and wouldn't really have to work hard at remembering anymore. "I also have a lost magic. It's called Viper's Strike. A mainly offense, though can be used as a healing type magic." She explained, surprising the guild. "It's medical capabilities are rather large, too. It can create antidotes, though, the tougher the pathogen, the more magical energy it takes. I don't have a lot of magical energy due to me not having been in training for years now. I only trained in the wretched magic that Cobra had me perform. It was an offense only. It was designed to melt things to the bone, giving them a rather painful death." She explained.

"Well then, if that's all, why don't we all get back to our jobs now? We've got a lot to do guys! Don't slack behind!" Natsu said cheerfully.

The Next Month

Insert "Gonna Fly Now" by Bill Conti

In the past month, the mages that were in training had returned to take on missions while the other half went to train. Now was Natsu's time to train as well, so he left Macao in charge of his duties. Kinana had stayed as a barmaid and would begin training the next month. This was because they needed someone to man the bar, and Mira needed her training as well.

It was decided that the 5 (Natsu, Ultear, Meredy, Erza, Mira) would be training together. This was because they had intense training, and normal mages most likely wouldn't be able to handle the stress of their training regimen. They would have to get much stronger on their own to do so.

Natsu lead these training regimens. He planned everything, and somewhat enforced it. He would remind them, but not force them. He would yell at them for encouragement, he would compliment them for encouragement.

Natsu also helped Wendy get set up for training. He had a personal training room in his house, mainly used to train hand to hand, the subject which she was training in at the moment. They weren't far away either. Only a 5 minute walk from Natsu's home to a nice lakeside clearing, was where they trained. This month, they would be focusing on magical capacity. To do so, they would have to dish out spells at one amount of magical energy, and gradually increase the amount that they use. For Erza, she was set up with certain magic that helped her swordplay, since she was a requip mage mainly. (Think of it as sword skills from SAO)

Mira would see how long she could maintain her Satan Soul: Sitri, the most magically taxing take over in her possession. She could go a total of 10 hours without running out of magical energy, and this in turn would increase the time she could stay in that mode.

Natsu's training was a lot easier, and he helped Ultear increase her own magic. Natsu was simply roasting things for as long as he could with his Fire Dragon Roar. Ultear would repair these things with her magic, bringing her magical capacity up. Her Arc of Time magic was great, since it didn't tax her physically, and she could use it from a distance. This allowed for a safe environment for her developing child, though it most likely didn't have any benefits because of how careful Natsu was when around her.

Meredy's job was the simplest... All she had to do was maintain her Sensory Link on everybody. This was simple, because Sensory Link was simple to perform, and was easy for her to maintain because of how often she used it.

They would take ten minute or sometimes longer breaks. Natsu based the break time on how efficiently it worked, but would be very lenient if someone wanted a longer break time. During this time, they would either relax, drink water, or have food depending on the time of day.

Lunch was a particular favorite of everybody's. This was because everybody brought separate foods, and there was enough for everybody. Natsu would bring nice, medium rare burgers. Meredy had a knack of bringing salads to balance out the burgers. Ultear would bring simple, yet fulfilling fruits, such as apples, pears, oranges, things like that. Mira mainly brought sandwiches, but would occasionally bring a homemade smoothie as a drink, as an alternative to the normal milk that they were having. Erza's food however, was everyone's favorite. She would always bring perfect, fall off the bone, baby back ribs. These would come with a rather large side of fries. They were made to absolute perfection.

Whenever their training sessions were over, they would go to Natsu's house to sleep, since it was the closest. Natsu specifically built two more rooms to accommodate them. He was an expert in carpentry, and he was also able to memorize certain things easily. He made Erza's room have the same feel as her room in Fairy Hills. The same goes with Mira, being that her room was similar to her actual room in her home.

Being around Natsu upped everyone's morale. This was good, especially for Mira. She had lost her siblings to the apocalypse dragon, and being alone, isn't good for you, psychologically. It would mess you up, and you would eventually begin to talk to yourself if kept in a state without contact with others for too long.

Whenever they reached home, Natsu would always go to check on Wendy, only to see her passed out on the floor. She would always work herself to the point of exhaustion, and would collapse from it. Natsu would always take her to her own room, a room that was right next to his just in case something were to happen. She always slept with a smile, satisfied with how far she could feel herself getting. She, and the other occupants of the house, were proud of her. She was becoming great at hand to hand combat, and if scaled with Natsu, would have maybe 1/15 of his hand to hand combat skills by the end of the month. That's a lot if you think about it.

Natsu's room was shared by him, Ultear, and Meredy. Ultear slept with him on a bed instead of his hammock, and another bed was made for Meredy, though, she occasionally found herself snuggling up against Ultear. Natsu nor Ultear didn't have a problem with this. In fact, they found it cute. Meredy still was fond of her mother because, let's face it. She technically still is a child, albeit a rather old child. It wasn't really odd that she had this sort of behavior.

They trained for the entire month. During that month, their magic capacity went up about 50%, and they could perform their magic for longer periods of time. The next month was simple. Do jobs, get paid, eat, sleep. Things like that. Managing the guild wasn't very hard, because not many problems arose. Kinana was helped by Natsu, whenever he wasn't busy. When he was busy, Wendy would try her best at helping the purple haired barmaid out. She would go on to become an expert with her Viper Strike.

It wasn't until the third month of training that relationships between Natsu, Mira, and Erza began. All they really had to do was mention Ultear's… Desires, and next thing you know, they find themselves tackled and being covered in kisses, by said woman. "I knew you would understand!" The Arc of Time user exclaimed.

During this time, winter had come. Since Natsu had built his own house and doesn't feel the cold, he didn't really feel the need for a heating system. Instead, everyone moved to his room. Erza would sleep next to Mira, Natsu would sleep with Ultear and Meredy, and Wendy slept with her exceed. This was because Natsu naturally exuded heat, so his room was warmer than the others. This gave them a closer bond, and everyone was extremely comfortable around each other.

Month's passed and Ultear was in labor. The child was now on the way. With the help of Porlyusica, the baby was delivered. A healthy girl weighing in at 8 pounds. They named her Mavis, after the first guild master.

Years passed, and on the 4th year, they decided that everyone could take a break from training. Natsu and Ultear were now 25, Meredy was now 21, both Erza and Mira were now 26. Wendy was 16 and was growing into a fine young woman. Everyone's look generally stayed the same, but Mira adopted her old, gothic hair style. Wendy now stood at 5' 6'' and was well developed for a girl her age. Mavis on the other hand, was growing up well. She had caring parents that would always help her in any way possible. Her hair has grown like her mother, but she had pink hair.

The guild hall had greatly expanded. There were now 3 separate floors. The bottom floor was the main area of the guild hall. Here, everyone conversed, and just had fun. The second floor was for jobs. It was pretty straightforward. The third floor had the Guild Master's office, and the S-Class jobs. This area also housed the many trophies Fairy Tail has gotten. From? #GrandMagicGames.

Training started back up, and Ultear was back at training. In the previous years, she had been taking care of the child, while she let her husband train. Oh yeah, the wedding? It was spectacular. People from all over Fiore went to see some of the strongest mages get married to each other. Let's just say that people were kind of jealous that Natsu had 4 of the most beautiful women in Fiore, as his wives. It wasn't until the 7th year since the Tenrou group's disappearance that they received news about them.

Blue Pegasus had contacted them, saying that there was odd magical readings around the Tenrou area. What do they do? Well, they get on a boat and sail to Tenrou. What else would they do? When they got there, they were in for a surprise.

Natsu recognized the girl hovering above the water, due to him having to study the history of Fairy Tail, as long as learn it's secret. He recognized the girl as Mavis Vermillion, the person that they named their child after. So what does he do? Well, of course he follows her. Mavis suddenly motions for them to stop, and performs a spell, raising the island out of the water.

They rush forward, trying to find their fallen comrades, and they gladly did. The first person they found, was a half conscious Lisanna Strauss. Mira immediately dove for the girl, bringing her into a tight hug. "M-Mira, what're you doing here? I thought you were back at the guild?" The short haired female Strauss sibling said. "I'll tell you when we meet up with everyone else." She said through tears.

They eventually made it to the rest of the Fairy Tail group, only to find them battling with some old man. Natsu gave him a swift chop to the back of the head, and he was immediately down. "Natsu! Wait… Erza? Mira? What're you guys doing here?" Gray said confused. He was soon met in a brotherly hug from Natsu, as he actually missed his old friend. Now, Gray and the others that were on Tenrou were confused. What the hell was up with Natsu?

"Um… Natsu?" Gray said, poking his shoulder. "You guys are finally back." Was all he said. "What do you mean by 'finally back'? We've been here the entire time." Gray said. "No, you guys have been gone for 7 years. Acnologia's attack really messed you guys up, didn't it?" Natsu said. This caused everyone's eyes to widen. "Where is it?" "Gone. Like I said, you've been gone for 7 years, so why would it wait for you?" Natsu questioned.

He then released Gray from his hug, and soon enough, Ultear and Meredy entered the clearing. Everyone tensed up at their arrival. This was the exact reaction they were expecting. "Natsu, what the hell are they doing here?!" "Oh calm down, they were the ones that saved me. I would've drowned if they didn't pick me up." He said, calmly. "Also, they're my wives. Same as Erza and Mira." He said, surprising everyone.

"You're married to Erza and Mira?!" Gray said in disbelief. "Don't forget Ultear and Meredy." Natsu said with a grin. Now, everyone was confused. "Wait, you married my sister!?" Came the voice of Elfman. "Yeah, is that a problem or something?" "Yes! You don't just marry my sister without my permission!" Now was Mira's turn to talk. "Please stop talking Elfman. I'm older than you, and I can make decisions myself. I've been happy with Natsu. If I wasn't, I wouldn't be with him." She said with a smile.

Just then, Mavis Dragneel decided to pop her head from behind Ultear. "N-Natsu… Why does that little girl look eerily like you, and who is she?" Gray asked. "Oh, that's my daughter. Mavis Dragneel, named after our first master. That reminds me, we have a problem. We have 2 guild masters now." He said. "We do?" Makarov asked. "Well yeah. Ever since you guys disappeared, I took over as guild master." This got everyone even more surprised than they already were.

"So how do we even this out? I could step down if you want to retake the guild master position." He informed the old master. "Wait, do you destroy things as much as you used to?" Makarov asked before turning down or accepting the offer. "Well, no I-" "I'll take the title back!" Makarov said. What? He was an old man. He didn't want to retire, nor did he want to become an active mage. He was too old for that, or so he said. The fact that Natsu wasn't destroying everything, made his job 10 times easier.

"Well then, I guess it's settled. We'll get back to the guild by boat, and we'll announce the news to everyone.

And with that, everyone left the island.

AN: Oh boy, chapter two of this fic. How are you guys liking it so far? Be sure to check out my other fics if you're waiting for one to be updated. Sometimes, other fics have news on what's to come. For example, I'm going to be making a Natsu X Mavis one shot soon. Hope to see you there.