one again, just incase you missed it before, i don't own fairy tail, i will however claim jinx, kierran, vex, rya, the country of rythea... well there's quite a bit i do own in this story i guess... but for serious fairy tail ain't mine.

...cana's pov...
i was a little shocked when erza said she would return my new friends in five days but it wasn't that strange since she had taught natsu to read and write in three. she caught me completely by surprise though when she hauled the two of them over her shoulders and carried them to the basement but hey, this was erza after all...
the next five days passed way to slowly.. i did a few relatively easy missions to pass the time, unfortunately the last one i had been on i had gotten me a nasty gash in my leg that went right to the bone, which lead to me sitting at home, drinking a lot of booze, finally it was the the fifth day, i knew very well that erza was going to be keeping them right up to the last second (she always was particular about time and deadlines and stuff) she had taken them at twelve thirty on the first night so they would be released at twelve thirty on the last night. even though i knew this it didn't stop me from hobbling my way over to fairy tail and sitting anxiously at the bar all day on the off chance that they might come out early. i don't know why i was freaking out so much over a few people i hardly knew, but i was. i felt almost like i was connected to them somehow but i didn't get why.. i was currently on my twenty-fifth barrel of the day and it was still only seven o'clock, i had five hours until they returned. i slumped down in my seat a bit letting my head rest on the bar counter. i sat like that for a few minutes before i felt someone sit down beside me.
"your not doing to well without your mate are ya?" the person said. i looked up in confusion to see that it was gajeel who had spoken.
"my what?" i asked him.
"your mate. you know, soulmate, partner, significant other, whatever you want to call it." he said waving his hand.
"i don't have a mate." i told him. he laughed a bit as he took a bit out of one of the metal scraps he had on his plate. " yes you do, its one of those dragon slayers that showed up a few days ago. that's why your so anxious and reclusive you know." he said seriously. my head shot up and i looked around to see if anyone else was listening, thankfully the guild wasn't to busy tonight so there weren't many people around, i turned back to him, he had to be joking. theirs no way that he's serious
"how would you even know that?" i asked him .
"easy, i can smell it on you, not your moods, that was just me paying attention, but when a dragon slayer finds its mate it unconsciously marks the it with a scent that tell other slayers to back off, and since those four showed up I've been getting some very serious back the fuck off vibes from you. your mate is defiantly one of those two slayers. i don't know which one though but there extremely strong, it took me a few minutes just to convince myself to come over and talk to you." he said. crap. he seemed very serious... now that i think about it, Wendy had been avoiding me like the plague as of late.. could one of them really be my mate? if it was true i think i had a pretty good idea which of them it was..
"I'm sorry that it was difficult for you, i didn't even know.. " i said.
" no problem, you looked like you could use someone to talk to, and don't worry about the scent, once the two of you claim each other they'll go away, and so will the crappy feelings for the most part, your body is reacting this way because you haven't claimed each other yet, its worried that your mate might be rejecting you. with a scent like that though, I'd say there pretty interested." he said.
" well that's an upside." i said. i enjoyed talking to Wendy, i had missed her company lately almost as much as jinx..
"wait a second.. do all the slayers know then?" i asked him quickly. he laughed again at my discomfort.
"no, just me and Laxus, that i know of, Mettlianica taught me about stuff like that and Laxus found out the hard way as i understand it.." he said smirking " Wendy is much to young for that kind of thing, and Natsu... well i don't know what he knows.. his mate is obviously lissana but he hasn't actually claimed her yet. the thick head probably doesn't have the slightest idea. as for the new guys, it depends on how much they were told, or found out themselves." i took a second to digest this, then thought occurred.
"so Lucy and rogue.. " i started.
"are mates." gajeel finished.
"and sting and yukino? and you and levy?" i asked now smiling.
" yes and yes." he said.
"whoa..." i said. he laughed again and grabbed another piece of metal. we talked for a few hours about a lot of different things, from our respective times spent in rythea to our tales of victories and losses or just plain funny moments while on missions. i hadn't really ever spoken to him that much before today but i decided that i really liked gajeel, even though he was tough he still had a heart and a good sense of humor, i could see why levy liked him so much. he left me at eleven forty-five saying good night and wishing me luck before heading out the door. i still had another twenty five minutes to go so i ordered another beer from mira.
"so you and gajeel really hit it off tonight, does levy have a new love rival?" mira questioned. i laughed and took a swig of my bottle.
"no, we were just talking mira, gajeel and levy are two cute together to break that up." i said honestly. mira sighed and began washing out a dirty mug.
"yea, your right there." she said. we spoke for a few minutes about the many relationships that were going on in the guild, she mentioned how i needed to get into one but i commented that she still wasn't in one herself which caused her to blush and quiet down a bit. i spent the remaining time drinking and thinking about this whole 'mate' thing.. there was no doubt in my mind that it was jinx.. i never felt so connected to someone before this, but it was still a shock, i mean, sure i had found out i was bisexual long ago i had dated girls before even though i kept it quiet.. but being someones mate.. could i handle it? i didn't get the chance to answer myself before the basement door was thrown open with a loud crash, i jumped in my set a little at the shock. after a few seconds erza stepped out and walked over to the bar calmly.
"mira, i am aware the bar is technically closed at this time on Mondays but i would ask you to make an exception for our new members and myself since we haven't eaten anything since we began our lessons." as she finished speaking mira and i noticed the other four crawl up the steps and through the door, they where all completely drenched and looked exhausted. i thought back to one of the last things i had heard her say ' ...or you will face the wrath of the squirty bottle.' no fuckin' way i thought laughing to myself, apparently mira had figured out what went on as well. "that's no problem at all erza, what can i get you all?" she said sweat dropping at the condition of the other four who had managed to drag themselves over to the bar, i noticed they all gave erza a shifty look as they sat down, jinx sitting between me and giving me a tired smile, her brother had erza on his other side, the two exceeds sat next to each other on erzas other side. "I'll have two pieces strawberry cake and a glass of water." erza said handing here a few hundred jewel. she nodded and looked at the others, jinx grabbed a pouch out her bag and pulled out a few thousand jewel. "raw meat, and booze for us." she said pointing to her and kierran, " and those two will have fish and lemonade, give us as much as this will buy please." she said handing mira the jewel. her Japanese had improved significantly, the only thing that proved she wasn't a native of fiore was the slight accent she spoke in, mira gave her a strange look at her request but shrugged it off before getting to work on the orders. jinx turned to me and gave me another smile "thanks for waiting up for us, even though the guilds closed, hope you weren't waiting to long.." she said. "no problem, i wasn't here too long at all." i fibbed waving her off. i heard mira scoff at my words over by the taps. "sure you weren't, you've only been sitting in that same seat since i opened this morning, and looking over at the basement door every hour or so like a lost puppy." she said grinning. shot the white haired girl a death glare. " since your still serving, can i get a beer?" i asked deciding to ignore the comment.
"nope." she said.
"oh, come on! you let them get something." i pouted. she gave me a stern look as she brought over everyone's food and drinks. the others started eating. she grabbed a seat on her side of the bar and sat opposite of us.
"you can get something, just not alcohol. I'm cutting you off, you went through fifty-two barrels today, that shouldn't even be possible but you did it, so your cut off before you end up with alcohol poisoning." she said. the others al looked at me shocked at how much i had gone through.
"wow cana, that's a lot even for you, how aren't you drunk right now?" she questioned.
"i am, i have been all day, actually i showed up here drunk." i said scowling at my drink having been denied. they all gave me confused looks.
"you drank before you showed up here too!? how are you even speaking normally?" realizing i had said to much i silently cursed myself, how many of my well kept secrets had gone out the window this week due to my own blabber mouth!? screw it, i owe them nothing i thought. so i simply shrugged at her words.
"if even you don't know than I'm staying over your place to night to make sure you don't die in your sleep or something." she said.
"unless these four have found a place to stay than that won't be necessary,i had offered them somewhere to crash till they got there own place, i won't be alone." i said tiredly. mira gave me a look before turning to the others, excluding erza,
"you all better look after her." she said calmly but the dark aura she was giving off wasn't helping the calming feel of her voice, she collected the plates from the now finished meals and walked of to the kitchen.
"you guys should head home, I'm going to stay back and assist mira with cleaning up." erza said walking around to the opposite side of the bar and wishing us goodnight as she joined mira in the kitchen. we all got up to leave but apparently my injured leg had other plans as a spasm of pain shot through my thigh, my knee gave out and i felt myself begin to fall but suddenly i was steadied by a pair of strong but gentle hands. i looked up to see the dark eyes of jinx looking back at me worriedly. of course it would be her i thought, blushing and looking down at my uncooperative leg.
"are you alright?" she asked me. i nodded, still not looking at her.
" yea, i just hurt my leg last night on a mission, it's not really healed yet. i should also change my bandage when i get home too.." i said.
" could the little dragon slayer not heal you?" kierran asked, this was the first time i heard him speak japanese, he had a heavier accent than jinx but he sounded fine.
"no, she could have but she's on a mission, besides, i prefer to let myself heal naturally unless my life is threatened .." i said. they accepted my answer and i was about to begin limping my way out of the guild when i was scooped up suddenly from behind and held bridal style in jinx's arms, she began walking out of the guild with kierran and the exceeds following behind her and giggling about something.
" i can still walk you know." i said blushing furiously as i was carried along through the darkness of magnolia's streets.
"yea, but i owe you one, two actually. plus i want to get to your place before sunrise." she said playfully. the walk home was quick, i asked them about erza and her teaching methods but they all paled and mumbled about it not being worth talking about. we continued in silence. thankfully since it was so late there wasn't anybody out to see me being carried through the streets, but that didn't mean my blush was gone.. if i was going to be having much more skin contact with her I'd go crazy, i need to actually start wearing shirts or something, maybe make her start wearing them too.. just her touch was driving me crazy.. i shut my eyes and silently counted to ten, then backwards from ten, and repeated the processes until jinx came to a halt, i opened my eyes to find we stood at my front door and she was looking at me expectantly. i realized that my door was locked and that that was the problem so i reached into my pocket and grabbed my keys, i unlocked the door from my demeaning seat and we all entered, with kierran locking the door again after.

"you guys can go sleep, I'll change the bandages on her then head to bed." jinx said. they all accepted this new plan, the other three turned to there makeshift beds and jinx began walking to the bathroom with me in tow.
"wait a sec, i do know how to take care of myself, i'm not five you know, put me down and go to bed, i can handle this." i said finally realizing what she had said.
"you know, I'm not five either so you can't tell me when to go to bed." she said ignoring my command and sticking her tongue out at me.
we reached to bathroom and i was set down carefully on the closed toilet
"one sec," she said running out again and coming back with a pair of my pj shorts.
"you can change into these so you won't have to roll up your pants." she said handing them to me and turning to leave.
"the first aid kits in the closet in the hall." i tell her as the door shut behind her. i put the shorts on the counter next to the sink and wiggled myself out of my pants while remaining seated to avoid the pain in my leg. i looked at the bandage that was wrapped around the lower part of my thigh, the wound had managed to bleed through the bandages over the course of the day, i really should have changed it sooner i thought before reaching for my shorts. just a few seconds after slipping on the shorts there was a knock on the door.
"hey,you decent in there?" i heard her ask me.
"yea, I'm good" i said. the door opened and jinx walked in carrying the black duffel bag with a dark red staff of Asclepius stitched onto it that i used as my first aid kit.
"oh my gosh.. i thought you said you could handle yourself? this bandage doesn't look like its been changed since you got hurt." she said shocked. i shrugged
"i didn't have the time to look at it this morning..." she sat down on the edge of the tub putting my injured leg between hers, i found my breath catching when her leg rubbed against my inner thigh thanks to the rather cramped floor space but thankfully she was to preoccupied with finding something in the first aid kit to notice. after a few more seconds she pulled out the equipment and set it down on top of the closed over bag. grabbing a pair of scissors she worked quickly but effectively, cutting away the bloody bandages and carefully removing them. she cursed under her breath when she saw the angry looking slice in my thigh the man who called himself Alan the deathbringer had made, he was a renowned swordsman and mage, feared by many, but now he was probably well on his way to prison thanks to me, and i was happy to have come out of the fight in good health aside from the injury he had given my thigh. but jinx didn't seem to share my positive attitude.
" who the hell did this?" she asked me angerly.
"the target of my last mission did, i was lucky to have apprehended him with this being my only injury, he wasn't exactly an easy opponent." i answered honestly. she gave me a look but went back to her work cleaning up my leg in silence, after she cleaned it she pulled a small container out of her pocket.
" this needs the attention of a professional... sorry but this is the next best thing, its either this or two weeks bed rest since you don't want to be healed by the little slayer." she said grabbing my hand.
"fine, but why do you have my hand?" she didn't answer as she carefully applied the cream with her free hand. i was about to ask her again when the pain suddenly came, i was left speechless as the intense burn overwhelmed me. she finished with the cream and wiped her hand off on a cloth just as i began to collapse, in an instant she had shifted my limp body so that i landed in her arms my hand that she had held now held hers in a vice-like grip that i was unable to ease up on, her other arm was wrapped around me tightly.
"pressure will ease the burning, it just lasts a few minutes." she said squeezing me a bit tighter, i could feel the truth of her words as the pain subsided enough for me to draw a ragged breath. we stayed like that for a couple minutes until i felt the terrible sensation leave my body altogether. she slowly helped me back to my seat on the closed toilet.
"what the fuck was that?" i asked the shorter girl
"medicine. it heals wounds much like your friend the sky dragon slayer but not quite as well and a lot more painfully.." she said. i looked down at my leg to see my wound was mostly healed it was just a small pink cut with scar tissue on either side of it.
"whoa.. I've never seen any cream that could do that.." i said surprised, there was no hint of pain at all now.
"its an old faie medicine, my mother taught my brother and i how to make it when we were little... it allows your body to heal itself at an accelerated rate, but you still feel the same amount of pain you would have and your body does all the healing. your probably feeling pretty drained by now, we should probably go to bed." she nodded her agreement and we both stood up and walked back to the room. i was feeling pretty drained myself.. those five days with no food or sleep were intense... i couldn't doubt miss erza's technique though, we had learned to speak read and wright English in record time but it was more out of necessity than anything else, we all knew that woman wasn't going to let us up those stairs until we were all fluent, many attempted escapes had proved it, we had endured many worse things in life as slaves and she was far from cruel but she was strict... i shuddered at the memories and quickly pushed them from my mind.
"are you alright? do you want another blanket?" cana asked from the other side of the bed we were both now in. i chuckled to myself realizing i had probably shook the whole bed.
"no, I'm fine, i just creeped myself out thinking about something from the past.. " i told her closing my eyes and stifling a yawn. i felt her body shift and opened my eyes, thankful for my ability to see in the dark, to see she had rolled onto her stomach and lifted her head to stare at me, even in the complete darkness she somehow managed to meet my eyes although i was sure she couldn't see me since there was no light whatsoever in the room.
" just so that you know, nothing and nobody hear will hurt you. i promise you that on my honor. you are a fairy tail mage now, we aren't exactly saints to each other all the time and we fight and bicker a lot but we protect our own when things get serious." she said. nodded at her kind words, smiling at the irony that it was one of my new nakama that caused my unrest
"thank you..." she smirked at me.
"you know, you should smile more... i like your smile, it looks much nicer than that scowl you usually have on your face." she said playfully as she layed back down.
"wait, you can see?" i asked her curiously, she giggled
"well yea, i have the moon arcana binded to my soul, all three of the cards that chose me gave me a few little abilities that kind come with the territory." she said yawning. "but that's a story for another night, I'm beat." i had to agree with her there, my eyes would barely even stay open now.
"your right... see you tomorrow." i said lazily.
"goodnight.." she said
"night.." i heard myself whisper before i passed out completely.

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yea, i can tell some of you are wondering about a few of my pairings already, but i am standing by them, i am in no way a diehard supporter of any of them but do happen to think that they each look cute in their respective ways.