Hey guys! Sorry for the wait on this chapter, I had to go to the doctor after getting really sick and I was in the hospital for a really long time and I was not able to do anything for that time. You guys had no idea how sick I was that if I even tried to move a part of my body, it would hurt really bad! But finally I'm back and able to continue on with A Bond of Fire and Ice. Still not 100%, but good enough to where I can do things now.

Ok, now to tell you guys a few things. The First one being after a bit of thinking and from barely no one voting on the pull from checking on it after coming back (then again it was probably a waste to have done a poll), I've decided that there will be some sexual scenes that involve the two pairings of the story. If your not used to seeing those types of scenes, Let me do this:

WARNING: SEXUAL SCENE-If you see this, this is (obviously) telling that a sex scene is going to be shown in the story and-

END OF SEXUAL SCENE-This shows that the sex scene is over. So if your not used to seeing a sex scene in a story, just scroll down until you see this and you'll have completely ignored the sex scene.

Now the second thing I wanted to say is a question for you guys and that being...what are your guys thoughts on DBZ X FT Crossover stories? Because during the time, I had actually thought of doing a story on those two animes, but I wanted to know if you guys would like to see that.

Not only that, but I actually wanted to continue a story from another user who had started a story involving Goku during the Freiza Saga going into the world of Fairy Tail and I thought it was pretty interesting until he had suddenly deleted the story from his account. I think it was called "The Fairy Tail of a Saiyan".

The last thing I wanted to say is would you guys like to see any other pairings besides the two main ones? I know that there is a lot of pairings out there, so I'd figure if there are any pairings that you'd like to see in the story.

Anyway, with those things all said and done, here's the long awaited Chapter 3 of A Bond of Fire and Ice!


A Bond of Fire and Ice

Chapter 3


-Last Time...

"Anyway, you said that you wanted to join the Fairy Tail Guild right?" Natsu asked Lucy.

"Yeah?" Lucy said.

"Well, come along with us then!" Natsu told her.

"Yeah, I'm sure that the master won't mind you joining." Gray said.

"A...Alright then!" Lucy replied, a smile on her face.

"But first..." Natsu said, before rubbing his stomach with his right hand "I'm hungry..."

"You know, now that you mention it I haven't had anything to eat since we had arrived here." Gray said, touching his stomach.

"Let's go get something to eat then!" Natsu said.

"Sounds good to me." Gray said.

"Aye!" Happy said.


-Somewhere in the streets of Magnolia...(A few days after Bora's Defeat)

News had spread after the events that had occurred in Hargeon after the defeat of Bora the "Diabolical" who had been impersonating as a Fairy Tail wizard known as "Salamander".

Little did he know however that he wouldn't have expected both Natsu and Gray who are real Fairy Tail members heard about this and took care of him, his goons and his plan to have taken all the girls.

One of these girls also being Lucy as well as she was able to get her revenge by kicking the faker Fairy Tail member right in the crotch after being lied to ever since she had met him.

Speaking of Natsu, Gray and Lucy, just like they had said after the events from the night, they had gone to go get something eat. How it went...let just say that Lucy couldn't believe their manners.

Anyway, after eating their fill, they continued on back to Magnolia where Natsu and Gray were going bring Lucy to so that she could join the guild just like she had wanted to.

They decided to take a train back to Magnolia as this time there were trains available to take. A bit unlucky for Natsu as even though he had sort of lost his motion sickness, he still felt dizzy whenever he was in a moving vehicle, but it wasn't as bad as it had been back then.

Then after a few days on train, we can now find the trio currently walking down the streets of Magnolia towards the guild.

Natsu and Gray were walking normally with Happy following them as usual as they were excited to be back at the guild. Lucy however was feeling very nervous as she was going to be joining the most famous guild in all of fiore!

But...would they accept her? She knew that Natsu and Gray would try to convince them for her to join, but she still felt worried.

"Lucy?" Natsu called out.

"Huh?" Lucy replied.

Natsu looked back at her and gave her a smile.

"Don't be so worried! I know for sure that you'll join Fairy Tail! Believe it!" Natsu told her.

"Yeah. I'm sure that the master will let you join Fairy Tail, so don't act so worried like Natsu said." Gray also told her.

She thought about it. Maybe she was thinking too much about it and they would be right and she'll join right away.

"R-Right." Lucy replied.

"That's still weird." Happy suddenly spoke up.

"You still going on about that?" Gray asked him.

"Going on? What do you mean by that?" Lucy asked.

"Well Lucky-"

"IT'S LUCY!" Lucy yelled out.

"If your wondering why I said that is because both Natsu and Gray would always be fighting with each other almost all the time. But after they left for a bit and came back, they both stopped fighting with each other." Happy explained.

"Left? How long were you two gone?" Lucy asked the two.

"Four years." Natsu answered her.

"FOUR YEARS?! YOU'VE BEEN GONE FOR THAT LONG?!" Lucy asked in complete shock.

"Yep." Natsu replied.

"WHY?!" Lucy asked still in shock.

"We did that so we could get stronger." Gray answered this time.

"Stronger? Why would you want to get stronger if you guys already were after that night?" Lucy asked, not so shocked anymore.

"What? You mean that night with that Bora guy? That was barely any of her strength." Natsu replied.

"That was about maybe...1% of our power?" Gray said.

"J-J-JUST...ONE?!" Lucy asked, once again shocked.

"I think so." Gray replied.

She could only stare at them with wide eyes and an open mouth. Just how strong were these two?!

She was so focused on how strong they could be that she didn't happen to notice the building that they were arriving to.

"Here we are! Fairy Tail!" Natsu said.

Lucy shook her head at the mention of Fairy Tail and looked to be awed as she saw the huge building in front of her that was Fairy Tail. She couldn't believe it! It was really Fairy Tail!

"You ready?" Natsu asked her.

"Y-Yeah!" Lucy replied with a nod.

Then with a smile from both Natsu and Gray, the duo pushed the doors open as they walked inside. As they walked in, Lucy looked around her as she got a good look of the inside of Fairy Tail.

All around she could see people sitting in multiple tables that were scattered all around either drinking or talking with each other. Some of them looked normal for her standards, but a few of them made her look in wonder...or shock I should say?

Those few went to a woman drinking from a giant barrel, a large man with white spiky hair, and then to a woman with white hair at the bar. Wait...white hair?

Now that she thought about it...she looked almost like-

"We're here!" Natsu yelled out.

Said white haired woman looked to where she heard the voice and smiled. Also a little relieved as well.

"Natsu! Gray! Good to see that you two are alright!" The white haired woman said.

No way! It was-

"MIRAJANE IN THE FLESH!" Lucy yelled out with hearts in her eyes.

"Sorry for not showing up a few days ago! We had to go do some things." Natsu told her.

"Oh we know! Someone read the newspaper and found out what you had done that day!" Mira replied.

"Really? News must travel fast then." Gray said.

"Looked like it." Natsu replied.

"Oh, who is this you brought with you?" Mira asked them.

"Oh right! Mira, this is Lucy! She came here because she wanted to join Fairy Tail!" Natsu answered her.

"Really?" Mira asked.

"I-Is it alright if I can join?" Lucy asked, a little worried.

Mira was about to answer, but someone else beat it to her as a small old man appeared from behind her.

"I don't see why not. Anyone is welcome to join us!" The old man replied.

"Oh Master Makarov! I didn't know you were here!" Mira said.

"Master!? He's the master!?" Lucy thought to herself in shock "Really?!"

"Of course!" Makarov replied "If Natsu and Gray believe that you should join us, then yes."

Lucy had a big smile now as she was happy that she was able to join! She was now in the most popular guild now in all of fiore!

"Now then...Mira if you would like to give her mark." Makarov told Mira.

"Right. Come with me!" Mira told Lucy.

Nodding, she began to follow Mira to where she would be putting her mark wherever she wanted it. Meanwhile, Makarov wanted to talk to the two.

"I have to say you two, I was surprised to here that the two of you had gone and do something like that on the newspaper." Makarov said to them.

"It was something we had heard about on the way to the guild that day and me and Natsu decided to go take care of it." Gray told him "Sorry that was another sudden thing from us again."

"It's no problem at all. Now then...about that demonstration." Makarov said.

"Oh yeah! You want us to show off some of our strength?" Natsu asked.

"That's right. I figure that the best way is for the two of you to face off against each other in a sparring match." Makarov told them.

"Heh...that sounds good to me." Gray replied,a smirk on his face "I've been itching for a good fight."

"Took the words right out of my mouth." Natsu said, smirking as well.

"Originally, I would have you two have your sparring match out in the front but I don't think that would be a good idea since I could imagine that the two of you must have gotten a lot stronger those four years, so we'll have it out in the forest." Makarov told them.

"That's fine with me." Natsu replied.

"Same here." Gray replied also.

As they finished talking, Lucy came back with a smile on her face.

"Look Natsu! I have a mark now like you guys!" Lucy said as she showed her right hand.

On her right hand now had on the mark of Fairy Tail.

"That's great Lucy!" Natsu replied.

"Well, now that your part of Fairy Tail now...Everyone!" Makarov yelled.

Everyone's attention was now on him as he yelled.

"Like I told you all a few days ago, Natsu and Gray are going to be showing us a demonstration of their new strength! So we're going to be heading for the forest out in the mountains so that they could-"

"Why would you need those two to show off their new strength when they probably did nothing being gone?" A voice interrupted.

Everyone looked to the second floor to where the voice had come from and saw that it was Laxus who spoke, with the same attitude he always had.

"I could still beat those two without even breaking a sweat!" Laxus told everyone "You all should know that I'm strongest out of anyone here!"

Makarov narrowed his eyes as Laxus was acting cocky like how he always did.

"You'd be surprised...we've gotten way stronger than before." Gray told him.

"Yeah...and to tell you the truth...we wouldn't even need to use our full strength to beat you!" Natsu added in.

"Heh...yeah right." Laxus replied "It be a good show to see that the two of you barely improved!" Laxus replied.

"I guess we'll have to show you then." Natsu said "Let's head to the forest then."

"Yeah." Gray said.

With that, the two were already heading out for the door.

"Well you heard them! Let's go!" Makarov told the guild as he began to follow them.

Just like him, everyone began to follow Natsu and Gray with Makarov as the two were going to give a demonstration of their power. Lucy had some thoughts as she followed them.

"I wonder...how strong are they if what they told me earlier was true..." Lucy thought to herself "Well, I guess I'm gonna find out then."

Thus, everyone had headed for the forest as Natsu and Gray were going to be showing a demonstration how strong they had become after their four year training trip.


-At the forest...

As everyone arrived, the two were already standing the opposite side of each other as they were preparing themselves for their sparring match to demonstrate how strong they were now. Both of them having smirks on their faces.

"I hope your ready Gray. I gonna bring everything I got to win." Natsu told Gray as he cracked his knuckles.

"Same here Natsu." Gray replied, stretching his arms to the sides.

Everyone was interested to see how strong the two had gotten as they waited for Makarov to tell them that they could begin. All of them were speaking with each other as they wondered how strong they were now.

"I wonder how strong they've gotten those four years...for once I'm actually interested at what those two can do." Cana said in wonder.

"I can imagine that they must be very manly after those four years!" Elfman replied.

Lucy just stared at the two as she was waiting to see what they could do. She also happened to have noticed that Laxus person from earlier sitting on one of the tree branches watching the two with a bored expression.

After a little bit of time, Makarov had gotten everyone's attention.

"Now...Natsu, are you ready?" Makarov asked Natsu.

Natsu replied by making flames appear on his body as he got into a battle stance.

"Alright...Gray...are you ready?" Makarov asked Gray.

Gray replied with ice now surrounding the ground underneath him and it seemed like smoke was appearing from his as he also got into a battle stance as well.

"Alright...then...BEGIN!" Makarov yelled out.

Surprisingly, the two didn't move at the signal as they both looked at each other with a serious look on their faces. Everyone waiting for the two to do something.

It wasn't until a leaf came off the branch that Laxus was on as he looked at it when it fell. Then as it landed...

*BOOM!*

The two had dashed towards each other at unimaginable speeds as a giant crater appeared underneath them as the two clashed with each other. A gust of wind also appearing as everyone had to cover their eyes from such force.

Natsu aimed a punch with his left arm at Gray's head as he dodged to then follow it up with an elbow aim at his head. He blocked it and countered with a punch from his right arm and Gray had to block it as he was sent flying back a bit which gave Natsu a small moment to get breathing room.

But it was short as Gray already began to charge towards him and the two clashed once again as they began to trade blow for blow. Each blow seemed to make the crater they were standing on become bigger and bigger as the blows continued.

Then it had ended as Natsu landed a punch to Gray's face which stunned him for a moment as he jumped back to do another attack as he began to breathe in.

"Fire Dragon Roar!" Natsu yelled out.

Fire had come from Natsu's mouth as it was sent toward Gray as he had just shook himself out of his stunned state. Seeing the attack, he was already prepared to defend himself.

"Ice Make: Shield!" Gray yelled out.

A ice wall appeared in front of him as it was able to block Natsu's attack with ease and doing so he retaliated by jumping into the air.

"Ice Make: Bow!" Gray yelled out.

A bow of ice appeared in his hands as a total of five arrows were ready.

"Ice Make: Arrows!" Gray yelled out.

Then the arrows were sent flying towards Natsu at fast speeds as he saw them coming.

Most of the members who were watching in shock assumed that he was gonna either dodge or just melt them away with another one of his fire attacks, but he did neither one.

He proceeded to make fire surround his hands as he had what looked like boxing gloves made of fire were on his hands now. With his flaming hands now, the next thing he did as the arrows neared him made everyone look, even more shocked than before.

He used his flaming hands which were now fists punch the arrows out from the air as they came right by him, taking all the arrows out with only his bare hands. Gray however wasn't finished with his attack as it looked like ice covered his hand as he dashed towards him.

Natsu replied by dashing as well with his flaming fist and the two collided as their fists made impact with each other, making a shock wave appear from the force of both of their strength.

Once again, a gust of wind appeared as everyone had to cover their eyes again. Each member couldn't believe just how strong the two were now!

"T-This is crazy! Just how strong did they get!?" Cana asked in shock.

"I-I don't know! B-But...they've become so manly that I don't think even I can become that manly!" Elfman replied in shock as well.

Makarov kept thinking to himself as he witnessed their new strength.

"A-Amazing! If it's even possible, the strength of the two could rival even Gildarts!" Makarov thought to himself.

The one who was the most shocked however was Laxus as he couldn't believe what he was seeing! Their power was unimaginable! Were they right about their strength!? No! He was the strongest! He KNEW that he was stronger then those two!

Back to the fight, Gray had gone on the attack after their fists collided and landed another punch into Natsu's gut which stunned him and gave him the time to do another attack.

"Ice Make: Excalibur!" Gray yelled out.

A giant sword made of ice appeared now as he held it with both of his hands as he swung downward to try and damage Natsu. He saw it coming however after recovering from his last hit and grabbed the sword with both of his hands, nearly a few inches from his face.

Then with his flaming hands. broke the sword and followed it up with his own attack.

"Fire Dragon Flame Elbow!" Natsu yelled out.

Fire soon came out from his elbow as his fist was sent towards Gray at fast speeds which made impact with Gray's face as he was sent flying back as he crashed into the ground as a puff of smoke appeared from where he landed.

Natsu stood there for a moment, unsure if he had taken him out. But instincts warned him of danger as-

"Ice Make: Javelin!" Gray yelled out.

A flurry of ice spikes were sent towards him as he had to dodge the attack. Gray however expected this and immediately dashed toward him.

"Ice Make: Hammer!" Gray yelled out.

As he dashed towards him, a giant hammer appeared in his hands and in the process impacted Natsu's body which sent him flying back and just like Gray crashed into the ground as a puff of smoke appeared.

Gray stood there as he waited for the smoke to disappear as his hammer disappeared. He knew that wouldn't have been enough as the smoke cleared to show him standing up already, smirking as well.

"Whew...not bad Gray...but I'm still ready for Round 2." Natsu told Gray, flame surrounding him again.

"Good...I'm still itching for more!" Gray replied, smoke coming off of him again.

Before they could continue fighting, Makarov had called out to them.

"Natsu! Gray! I think that's enough!" Makarov told them.

The two of them wondered why he wanted them to stop, but they then noticed the environment around them as trees were either burnt, frozen or just destroyed.

"Whoa...did we really do that much damage around us?" Natsu asked Gray.

"Looks like we did..." Gray replied.

As Makarov told them, they had stopped their fight as Natsu's flames disappeared from his body and Gray had stopped smoking finally.

"I must say that the two of you have shown that you've become very strong after those four years." Makarov told them.

"Strong? They've become SUPER MANLY!" Elfman yelled out.

As he said so, all of the members began to cheer and compliment the two as they were awed by their display.

"That was amazing you two!" Mira told them.

"I usually don't say this to you two, but that was awesome!" Cana told them.

Lucy just stared at the two as she was still getting over her shock of how strong the two really were.

They smiled as they had given them quite a show as they were getting compliments from their guild members.

The only one who wasn't happy was Laxus as he had a look of irritation as he got off from the branch he was on and left to wherever he was going to.

"So...how was that?" Natsu asked Makarov.

"Amazing! The two of you have shown that you've become very strong!" Makarov replied "And I think to celebrate how strong the two of you have become, let's have a party back at the guild!"

Everyone cheered as they all began to head back to the guild to celebrate both Natsu and Gray's strength. As they did so, Gray and Natsu began to speak with each other as they walked with the others.

"That was a pretty good fight. You had me on my toes." Natsu told Gray.

"Same here. I didn't expect you to take out my arrows with just your fists." Gray replied.

"Hehe, my hands must've gotten stronger then." Natsu replied.

The two continued to speak with each other as they followed the others back to the guild as they talked about there battle and were also getting excited about the party they would be having once they got back to the guild.

Meanwhile, Makarov had some thoughts in his mind as they headed back to the guild which involved the two's display today.

"They've grown a lot to have become this strong...I think...they might be able to become S-Class Mages." Makarov thought to himself "Maybe I'll them the news about it after the party."

So with that in his mind, he remembered to tell them after the party was over. For now, he and the entire guild had a party to celebrate back at the guild.


-Later at the guild...

Everyone began to cheer and celebrate as everyone was drinking and talking after both Natsu and Gray's display back at the forest. Just like always, everyone was having a wonderful time.

Cana was able to convince a few of the members to join her in a drinking contest to see who could last the longest and as usual, she was the one to have won after drinking a total of 45 cups, even though the other contenders were knocked out after about 10 drinks.

Elfman decided to have an arm wrestling match with Natsu and Gray as he wanted to see if they were manly enough to beat him. Sadly for him, he failed to win miserably as the two had beaten him without breaking a sweat leaving him on the floor with swirly eyes.

Afterwards, Natsu decided to join Mira as he wanted to have some time with her while Gray decided to go hang out with Levy, Jet and Droy and shared a few drinks with them.

All in all however, the party was pretty much a blast as everyone was enjoying themselves.

"You know Natsu, I have to say that I was really impressed with your showing back the forest." Mira told Natsu.

"Thanks! I definitely have gotten stronger after those four years." Natsu replied "The same thing for Gray as well. If it wasn't for him, I don't think I would have gotten as strong as I did."

"Really? You couldn't have done it without Gray?" Mira asked.

Natsu was about answer, but said Ice user sat right besides him.

"Yeah, and I couldn't have done it without him." Gray told her.

"Hey! I was about to say that!" Natsu told Gray.

"Too late." Gray replied with a smile.

Natsu had a small irritated look on his face now, but Mira giggled at the two's antics.

"It's good to see the two of you getting along now. Just seeing you two like this makes me wonder how Erza will react to seeing you both now." Mira told them.

At the mention of Erza, Natsu's eyes seemed to go to shock suddenly.

Natsu...stop him...before...i-it's...too late...

He almost felt himself fall out of his seat for a moment with Mira looking at him in worry and Gray looking at him in concern.

"Natsu? Are you alright?" Mira asked him.

"I-I'm...alright. Just felt light headed for a moment...I think I'm gonna get some fresh air." Natsu told Mira.

As he said, he got up from his seat and went to the doors as he went to get some air. Gray could immediately tell that he remembered what had happened that day and followed him outside as well.

As he exited, he could see Natsu was standing a few feet away from the entrance as his head was down.

"Natsu..." Gray called out to him.

Natsu didn't answer him. Gray walked up to him and put his hand on his shoulder.

"Natsu...remember, that never happened now." Gray told him "She and the others are alright."

"I know...j-just...I had flashbacks going back to Erza...before she-"

"Natsu! Remember, that never happened! We're not in that world anymore. She's still alive." Gray told him "And we're going to make sure that never happens."

Natsu looked at Gray as he finished talking.

"Right." Natsu replied.

"You OK now?" Gray asked him.

"Y-Yeah. I'm good now." Natsu replied.

"Alright. Let's head back now why don't we?" Gray told him.

Nodding, the two had gone back into the guild to enjoy more of the party as once again they partied until it had become night time.

End of Chapter


Next Time

A Bond of Fire and Ice

Chapter 4


Just want to say real quick that I am so happy to be back after being sick and gone for a few months, so I hope you guys enjoyed the chapter and I'll see you guys next time.