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I don't own Fairy Tail, all credit goes to Hiro Mashima

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Announcements/Large Beings Talking


Natsu woke up the next morning and stared up at his ceiling. 'The team's been temporarily disbanded' he thought glumly. 'Goin on solo missions sucks now that I've gotten used to havin a team. Guess I'll train today instead.'

He got up and stretched until he felt a couple pops in his shoulders and back. Happy, hearing this, got up and did the same.

"What's the plan for today Natsu?" Happy asked as he flew towards the kitchen.

Natsu hummed as he looked around. 'Maybe I should get to making this place bigger' he thought. 'Or maybe I'll make a new place behind this one! Yeah! I'll give us bedrooms and all that other stuff Lucy and Lisanna keep saying about a 'real' house!' Now he was excited. He had been saving up a good bit of money recently. He would have no problems getting the materials.

"Natsu?" Happy tried again as he realized Natsu was in his own world thinking, which rarely happened. It actually kind of freaked the cat out.

"Hmm?" Natsu hummed absently.

"What are we doing today?" Happy asked again.

"Oh! I got a good idea Happy!" Natsu replied cheerfully. "I'm gonna build us a bigger house!"

"Really?!" Happy said, wide-eyed.

"Yeah!" Natsu nodded excitedly. "I'll make us a "real" house like the girls keep tellin us. Then we can have our own rooms if we want, an extra room if anyone has to spend the night, a nice bathroom, and a huge~ kitchen!"

Both started drooling at the thought of food.

"Maybe first we head to Fairy Tail and get some grub" Natsu said sheepishly after his stomach roared.

"Aye Sir!" Happy cheered as his stomach grumbled too, even though he just finished a fish.

The duo made their way to Fairy Tail going over the details of what they wanted in their home. Natsu has to say no to some of Happy's more...exotic ideas. Like fish shaped windows and furniture. Natsu did cave and tell Happy he can have a fish bed frame though. They also decided that even after they move out of their current place, they'd keep it and maintain it. In case someone ever needed it or they could make it a workout room or something.

They quieted down when they finally got close to the guild. Natsu kicked the doors in and yelled "we're here!" To which they received a murmur from those in the guild hall. Some said "it's too early for this" while others just greeted them normally, knowing full-well that Natsu was never going to grow out of that. The duo made their way straight to the bar so they could order some food.

"Good morning you two" Mira greeted cheerfully.

"Hey Mira!" the two responded.

"Can we get some food? We're starving!" Natsu cried, his stomach roaring for added effect.

Mira just giggled. "Sure Natsu. One hungry Natsu breakfast and two fish for Happy coming right up!"

"Why only two MIra?" Happy whined.

"I know you had one at home Happy" MIra responded over her shoulder. "And don't even try to deny it."

"It's like she's psychic" Happy muttered from his hands and knees in defeat. He's never been able to get one over on Mira. It was almost like she had something that let her keep track of how much fish Happy had a day.

"Well that's how it always is bud" Natsu said as he leaned back onto the bar. "You always have a fish before we head to the guild."

"Ah!" Happy cried as he realized his daily habits have become repetitive to the point where you could set your clock by them. "That's gonna change! Just you wait Natsu!"

"Alright" Natsu said with a grin. Happy's said the same thing at least once a week for the past year or two so he knew his little buddy wasn't going to change.

"Here's your food!" Mira sang happily as she reappeared with their dishes, which the two dug into greedily. Natsu devoured his plate of steak and eggs with pancakes, bacon, sausage, and homefries. Happy took longer to finish his fish, but only just.

"Whew" Natsu sighed happily. "That hit the spot!"

"Aye Sir!" Happy exclaimed.

"So what are you two up to today?" Mira said after she finished giggling at their antics.

"Well I was gonna-" Natsu started but then he remembered the break and slumped onto the bar. Then he mumbled, "just hang out here today I guess."

"Oh Natsu, a break isn't the end of the world. They wanted to spend more time with their friends here at the guild, is that so wrong?" Mira asked.

"No, I get it" Natsu said as he picked his head up a little. "I'm not mad at them or anything, it's just gonna suck doin missions by ourselves now."

"It won't be for that long, you'll see" Mira said comfortingly as she pat his head.

"Hope so" Natsu grumbled. "Well, let's see if we can get started on that project Happy!"

"Aye Sir!" Happy yelled and the two popped up and made to dash off when Mira cleared her throat.

"What project is this?" Mira asked curiously. It wasn't often that the two decided to do a project. And usually when they did it was a big prank that she ended up cleaning.

"It's a secret!" Natsu cackled as Happy grabbed his shirt and they took off out of the guild. Mira could only sigh and shake her head fondly.

"He's always so happy" she said with a smile.

"There's a lot to be happy about these days" Makarov said from his seat next to the bar.

"I know Master, but sometimes it surprises me how those two can stay so positive" Mira said as she grabbed their dirty dishes and made her way back to the kitchen.

"Some happiness is forced" Makarov said to himself as he watched the two boys fade from sight.

Natsu and Happy raced to the office Natsu said he used to get plans for their cabin. They were going to get official plans for their new house and were hoping if they gave their thoughts to the architect, he'd be able to draw it up for them. Natsu just hoped that the same guy he used before was still working there. He didn't make Natsu feel stupid the first time he was here getting a drawing, so he was who they wanted to use again.

"Hello! Welcome to Magnolia Home Emporium!" the receptionist said cheerfully when they arrived. "How can I he-Oh my goodness! You're Natsu Dragneel the Salamander!"

"Heh.. that's me" Natsu said sheepishly as he rubbed the back of his head.

"Oh, my son is such a huge fan Mr. Salamander sir!" She cried out.

"Please, just call me Natsu" Natsu said embarrassed.

"Whatever you say Natsu" she responded cheerfully. "So how can I help you?"

"We're here to get a drawing done for a house" Natsu explained. "We'd like to use Anthony, if he still works here."

"Oh he most definitely does!" the receptionist responded excitedly. "He always talks about what an honor it was to help you when you needed it since you're always helping people now!"

"Eh.. it's not that big of a deal…" Natsu said but the receptionist wasn't listening anymore. She paged an office, Natsu guessed was Anthony's.

"Mr. DeGrazia?" she asked.

"Yes Ellen?" Anthony said.

"I have a Mr. Salamander here to see you. He wants you to make him another drawing for a house" Ellen said and then they heard a crash from down the hall and a tall many of average build and dark hair came hurriedly around the corner.

"Oh, Mr. Dragneel it's so good to see you again!" Anthony said happily as he shook Natsu's hand.

"Likewise Anthony" Natsu said with a grin. "I'm happy you're still here! With the service I got last time I knew there was only one place I could go for another drawing."

"You honor me Mr. Dragneel" Anthony said with a bright smile.

"Just Natsu please" Natsu said.

"Alright Natsu, and you must be Happy" Anthony said turning to Happy and offering his hand, which Happy took.

"Aye!" Happy said as they shook hands.

"Well let's go get working on your new drawing!" Anthony said as he held his hands out for them to walk ahead of him.

"Awesome!" Natsu and Happy cheered. Natsu turned to Ellen and said, "It was nice meeting you Ellen. If you have something for me when I get back, Happy n I'll autograph it for your son."

"You'd do that?" Ellen asked ecstatically.

"Of course. If he's a huge fan it's the least I could do!" Natsu said cheerfully as the trio began making their way down the hallway.

Once they got situated in Anthony's office he asked, "So you've finally outgrown that small cottage eh?"

"Eh, it's still fine for me and Happy, but a few of our friends have said we could get more space and now that we have a good deal saved up we decided to go for it!" Natsu finished cheerfully.

"Oh so you're expanding on the cottage?" Anthony asked.

"Nah we want a new house behind it" Natsu explained. "We're gonna keep the cottage just in case."

"Smart idea. Maybe you could rent it" Anthony said thoughtfully.

"So what ideas do you guys have for the new house?" Anthony asked as he took out a pen and paper to write it all down. The meeting took awhile, but Anthony said he would have it ready by the end of the day for them.

Natsu and Happy saw themselves out after they finished with Anthony.

"Hey Ellen" Natsu said as they got back to the waiting room.

"Hello Natsu!" Ellen said happily as she put a file away.

"Got something for us to sign?" Natsu asked with a grin.

"O-oh, yes! Yes I do!" Ellen said happily. She thought he would've forgotten after the meeting. Ellen happily got a picture of Natsu from the Grand Magic games out of her desk.

"Oh was this from the Dragon Slayer fight?" Natsu asked as he took the picture.

"Yes!" Ellen replied. "Fairy tail was selling some good photos of you all that participated in their gift shop so Max had to have it." Natsu chuckled at this as he wrote a little blurb and signed the photo then held it out so Happy could.

"Well now he has another reason to want it" Natsu said cheerfully as he handed it back to Ellen.

"Oh thank you so much Natsu!" Ellen said happily. "I'm sure he'll be so happy!"

"I hope so" Natsu said. "We'll be back before you guys close to pick up okay?"

"O-of course Natsu! Come back whenever you want!" Ellen said quickly, then blushed deeply as she realized how that sounded. Happy, hearing this, put his paws over his mouth once they were outside and the door closed behind them.

"She liiiiiikes you" Happy drawled.

"Oh c'mon Happy, she's married" Natsu said as he rolled his eyes.

"Meh" Happy said apathetically as he shrugged his shoulders.

"I'm gonna get some trainin in before we go pick up the plans" Natsu said as he stretched. "You comin?"

"Nah" Happy answered. "I'm gonna go see Charle and Wendy."

"Suit yourself bud" Natsu said as he began walking towards the woods. "I'll see you in a little."

"Bye!" Happy cheered before zooming off towards the guild.

Natsu shook his head. He expected Happy to want to see Charle since they weren't in the guild earlier. 'Alright, time to clear some land' Natsu thought as he came up to his house.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist" Natsu chanted as he punch a boulder 200 yards behind the cottage. The boulder easily crumbled into dust. "Fire Dragon's Wing Attack" Natsu said as he whipped ten trees snapping them in half and setting fire to both sides. He turned to look at his work and saw that after the fires burned out he'd have a nice sized lot, but decided to make it bigger so he could have a yard. 'Well one day I want to have kids and play with them outside' Natsu thought to himself as he readied his next spell. "Fire Dragon's Talon" He cried as he kicked the ground and shot out a wave of fire that obliterated all in front of it, digging a large trench in the dirt.

"Whoops heheh" Natsu said as he scratched the back of his head. "Guess I put too much into that one. Maybe I should try clearing some more land without magic. MIght help me build up strength. It'll at least be a good warm up." So Natsu went and started punching and kicking a few more trees and rocks until there wasn't much left standing in an area that could house a football arena. He even deadlifted a few trees out of the ground, but ended up having to burn the roots since they were deep.

After about an hour Natsu looked back over his handiwork. 'Not bad' he thought proudly before swiping his hand to control the flames already burning to burn the stumps and felled trees. He was happy that he was able to move the flames telepathically. It was something he was working on recently to show he could control his magic better. Downside was it only worked for him about 50% of the time.

The trees burned down to nothing and he used his control to send the fire skyward….except it wasn't responding like he wanted. "Gah!" Natsu yelled angrily. "Just do what I want!" He wasn't used to trying to control fire not on or out of his body, but he wanted to be able to. That way if he came up against a guy like Totomaru again he'd be better suited to fight. Or he could start using some sneak attacks from behind enemies he was facing.

"But first I have to get it to listen to me!" Natsu said angrily as the fire continued to burn and not move how he wanted it to. He was so close, he could feel a breakthrough coming. "If Erza can control 200 swords with her mind I should be able to send a little bit of fire into the sky!" eventually the fire burned out, but the strain of continually using his magic to try and force the fire to move won out and natsu fell onto his back to relax.

"I….*pant*...*pant*...will get this.…*pant*...*pant*...soon" Natsu gasped out. He didn't remember a time he felt this drained since his fights with Zeref and Acnologia. "But first...water."

Natsu crawled his way to the pond nearby and flopped into the shallow water to cool down. Then he popped back up and took some gulps of water to rehydrate.

"Whew!" He exclaimed as he wiped his mouth. "I wonder how it's going at the guild."

"Probably better than whatever you were doing before Natsu" a voice said from the tree line.

"Oh, hey you guys. Whatcha doin all the way out here?" Natsu asked as he turned as saw the Connell women.

"Well Asuka wanted to come find her favorite playmate, but we saw you focusing and decided to watch and see what you were doing" Bisca answered as Asuka ran up to Natsu and pointed her pop guns at him.

"Hands up!" Asuka cried, which Natsu complied with immediately.

"Alright, yah got me" Natsu said with his hands in the air. "But what'd I do?"

"Mira said you're sad, so you're under arrest until you feel better!" Asuka said with a serious face.

"HAHA okay Asuka. Can I not be under arrest now? I'm not sad" Natsu said as he started to slowly lower his hands. Asuka gave him a once over and seemed to be looking for something.

"Hmm….. I guess so. You don't seem sad" Asuka said as she reholstered her guns.

"Thanks" Natsu said as he dropped his hands.

"So what were you trying to do Natsu?" Bisca asked.

"I'm trying to control fire like that Totomaru guy Romeo learned from" Natsu said with a pout as he crossed his arms and hunched his back.

"HEEHEE I guess it's not going as well as you hoped?" Bisca asked with a giggle.

"Nah. Only works half of the time" Natsu said as he relaxed.

"So Natsu…" Asuka said and Natsu hummed in response as he turned back to her. "Wanna play?"

"Sure!" Natsu said with a toothy grin. "What're we playin?"

"Tag!" Asuka cheered, then turned to run away. "And you're it!"

"Hey! No fair!" Natsu yelled after her but only got her laughter in response. Bisca laughed at this too as she saw the Dragon Slayer was taking this play time "seriously."

"Well you'll never catch her if you just stand there and complain" Bisca said with a smirk.

"Yeah, yeah" Natsu waved her off. "Just counting to 25 like we usually do." Then he took off after the little girl. For the next 20 minutes Bisca just heard her daughter squealing and laughing from the area surrounding her along with Natsu's laughter. She was more than content to let those two run around while she took in the peaceful atmosphere of the forest. Soon enough, Natsu came over with Asuka riding his shoulders as she let out a little yawn.

"You really tired her out huh?" Bisca asked as she watched her daughter.

"Of course" Natsu said proudly. "I take every game seriously."

Bisca just rolled her eyes. "Well let's get back to the guild. I told Alzack we'd be back about an hour after we left and it's almost been two."

"You two go ahead, I'm gonna clean up then I'll head over" Natsu said as he put Asuka down.

"Alright, see you in a bit" Bisca said as she took Asuka's hand.

"Bye Natsu!" Asuka cheered as they walked away.

"Later" Natsu called back, then walked over and started moving the pieces of boulder that were still of decent size and put them in the trench. "Less dirt I have to add" Natsu said when he finished. He looked around again and saw mostly burnt grass surrounding the immediate area where he wanted to put his new house.

"Yeah maybe I went a little overboard. Oh well, it'll help the future grass grow" Natsu said as he walked to his house to shower. After he finished cleaning up he started for the guild. 'I hope Asuka gives me time to eat before she wants to play again' Natsu thought to himself. He felt bad that Asuka didn't have anyone her age in the guild to play with, but he enjoyed the time they spent together. 'Plus that time she tried to get me and Lucy to kiss. Can't let your guard down around even a little girl in this guild.' Natsu thought as he approached the doors to the guild and kicked them open again.

"You break those doors you're replacin em!" came an angry response to the Dragon Slayer's antics.

"Yeah, yeah. You got it Gramps" Natsu said as he made his way to the bar to order himself a late lunch. He spotted Happy sitting with Charle, Wendy, Erza, and Pantherlily at a table. That was new. Usually Lily didn't leave Gajeel's table except to get his kiwis.

"Hey Natsu" Mira greeted cheerfully.

"Hey Mira" Natsu said as he adopted a pout. "Sending kids to check up on me now huh?"

"I didn't send her" Mira defended. "I just told her she should go cheer you up."

"That's like the same thing!" Natsu replied. Mira just shrugged her shoulders and smiled.

"Oh well" Mira sang.

"Hmph" Natsu pouted.

"Oh stop with the showmanship. Do you want something to eat?" Mira asked knowing it was one of the reasons why he showed up again.

"Yeah!" Natsu replied quickly. "Lemme get some fire chicken Mira!"

After he got a look from Mira he added "please?" which got Mira to smile and nod. "I'll be right back" Mira said as she made her way to the kitchen again.

"Natsu!" a voice said from Natsu's right. He turned to see who it was and saw Lisanna coming over to him.

"Oh, hey Lisanna" Natsu said with a grin. "How've you been?"

"Busy" Lisanna replied. "Elfman decided he wanted to keep up with you guys when you were taking all of those jobs to prove he was just as manly."

"Oh. Sorry about that" Natsu said.

"Not your fault, but I had to tell him no a few times so I could spend some time with Mira and our other friends." Lisanna said.

"How have your missions been?" Natsu asked.

"Not bad. Nothing crazy hard compared to the war, so that's always a plus" Lisanna replied. "You?"

"We've had some trouble on a couple of jobs, but mainly they've been good" Natsu said happily.

"That's good!" Lisanna said. "At least you're getting to challenge yourself on some jobs."

"Yeah" Natsu said sheepishly. "But some time off might be nice too."

"Here's your food Natsu" Mira said as she slid his plate in front of him. "By the way, what's this project you and Happy are working on? He won't tell."

"You and Happy have a new project?" Lisanna asked, thinking of who the two would want to prank today.

"Yeah, and it's a secret" Natsu replied as he dug into his food.

"It won't be messy, will it Natsu?" Mira said with a smile but let a little of her magic flare which stopped Natsu mid bite.

"N-no M-Mira" Natsu stammered. "I-It has nothing to do with the guild!"

"Oh?" Mira said as she leaned closer to him, which made Lisanna puff her cheeks out a bit. "Now I really wanna know what your project is."

"Not telling" Natsu said as he went back to eating.

"Oh c'mon Natsu~" Lisanna playfully whined. "At least tell me!"

"Hmm….alright" Natsu said. At this Mira looked shocked and Lisanna was glowing with happiness. "You'll see it once it's done" This made both of them deflate.

"That's not what I meant Natsu and you know it!" Lisanna pouted. Natsu ruffled her hair in response.

"I know, but it wouldn't be much of a secret if I told now would it?" Natsu asked playfully. "You two'll be some of the first to know when it's done. What time is it?"

"Huh? It's almost 4. Why?" Mira asked as she looked at the clock over her shoulder and back at Natsu who got up.

"No reason. Happy!" Natsu yelled. "We gotta go!"

"Aye sir!" Happy responded as he flew over and landed on Natsu's head. "Let's go!" And the two made their way out while the two Strauss's watched.

"Think he got everything we wanted?" Happy asked Natsu once they were a ways away.

"Probably. We did throw a lot at him thought" Natsu replies as they came up to the door which Natsu pushed open.

"Good aftern— oh! Natsu and Happy!" Ellen said happily. "Here to pick up your drawing?"

"Yeah! Is it done?" Natsu asked quickly.

"Umm. He hasn't dropped it off here yet, but I'm sure he's almost done. You can wait here if you want" Ellen said as she went back to organizing some paperwork.

"Alright. Can we pay now? Or do you have to wait until Anthony brings it out?" Natsu asked.

"We have to wait. Sorry" Ellen said.

"No problem. We'll wait then" Natsu said and Happy nodded. After waiting another 20 minutes and making small conversations with Ellen, Anthony came out and brought their drawing with him.

"Hey boys" Anthony greeted. "So I got most of your requests in, but I couldn't fit all of them in the size house you wanted. I hope that's okay."

"Well let's take a look" Happy replied. They unfurled the drawing and both Natsu and Happy liked what they saw after going over it with Anthony.

"It's great!" Natsu cheered.

"Aye!" Happy confirmed.

"I'm glad you like it!" Anthony said as he gave Ellen a piece of paper.

"Now just to pay" Natsu said as the rolled the plans back up. They went and paid for the drawing before bidding the two farewell and heading home to catch some fish in the pond for dinner and going to bed.


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