A/N: HAPPY BELATED SUMMER! Omigosh so many reviews! I had no idea you all liked this kickass version of Naruto so much! Which reminds me, as to the pairing...it'll remain NarutoxLucy...with a twist. I know most of my stories lean toward the harem region, but I'm going to make an exception this time. Naruto may be quite a flirt at times, but really-in this story-Lucy is the only girl for him. Why? Well, that would be telling now, wouldn't it? But I've made you wait long enough! Now...

...onto the next chapter of She is my Noble Mistress! Warning! Gore and violence present themselves in this chapter!

"Ararara, aren't you a stubborn one?"

~Butler.

Her Butler, Vicious

"Spica hole!"

Naruto cursed as another hole opened beneath his feet and nearly tripped him up; forcing him to bound over the obstruction and continue his headlong charge through the mansion. He rounded a bend and skidded to a halt, waiting for his pursuer to appear. Nothing happened. The butler exhaled in a long, suffering sigh and withdrew a cigarette from within his vest. He rarely smoked-certainly not in the prescence of his noble mistress mind you-but never could it be said that he did not enjoy a good smoke.

Hell's Butler had to have some release from his day to day ministrations, after all. A murmurred incantation leapt from his lips to ignite his thumb in tongue of flame, alighting upon the tip of the cigar. He breathed deep and exhaled softly, expelling smoke and savoring the cigar, taste and all. It really did feel good to unwind, even in the middle of this chaotic misson. But still...

All this trouble over one lousy book?!

That boy Natsu was to blame for this. Of that much he was absolutely certain...

(Some hours earlier)

"OUT!"

"Hah?" Several passerby turned and looked around to see Naruto kick open the door to Lucy's apartment with Fairy Tail's resident dragon slayer in tow. The butler stalked across the street, hauling Natsu Dragneel along by the scruff of the neck, like a bad puppy. His eyes were an ungodlly red, daring anyone to object to his treatment of the young mage. Thankfully, no one did. Had they done so...well, suffice it to say, he wouldn't have been able to foot the bill on their life insurance.

Without pause or preamble, he dumped Natsu and Happy into the river.

There was a commotion as the dragon slayer flailed in the current, apparently forgetting he could swim. Naruto leered down at him for a moment longer-watching them flail helplessly-before finally taking pity upon both the boy and his cat. He made a motion with the fingers of his left hand, calling upon a technique from days long past-hundreds of years before his service to the Heartfilia family to be precise-drawing upon his energy to twist the very fabric of nature and reality itself.

Slowly, surely the waters began to stir; circling and taking shape, assuming the likeness of a fierce dragon, composed entirely of water. The butler had the supreme satisfaction of watching both boy and cat gawp at the ghastly apparition. An errant flick of his fingers sent it hurtling towards Natsu and Happy

With a startled cry, soaked slayer was flung from the fast moving waters and back onto the bank. Hacking and coughing he picked himself up off the floor, practically steaming with rage.

"Oi, teme!" Dragneel spat out some water, gagging as he expelled a small fish from his lungs. "What the hell was that for?!"

"For gazing upon my mistress's body with your lustful eyes!" Naruto barked back, pointing an irate finger at the glaring dragon slayer and his feline friend. "You have some nerve barging in here unannounced, lecherous pup! You should be ashamed of yourselves!" As if to prove his point, an abashed, half-naked Lucy peeked out over his shoulder, her body wrapped in a white towel. The blond immediately spun around, and wrapped his arms round Lucy, as though he could somehow shield her from the drago slayer's penetrating gaze.

"Natsu! Happy!" he barked at the pinkette and cat. "I believe the two of you owe someone an apology?"

The pinkette tilted his head in confusion.

"Apologize for what?" he asked. "We just wanted to see her new house-

Narut made an angry noise through his teeth.

"DID YOU JUST HISS AT ME?!" the dragon slayer yelled disbelievingly. "Kono –!"

Lucy petted his head. "Come on, Naruto," she crooned. "You don't have to be angry anymore. Its nothing I'm not used to."

"But Ojou-sama...

"Naruto!" her voice was thick with reproach, softening only when she saw his stern expression. "Just let it go, neh?"

"Fe!" Naruto snorted. "As you wish." He aimed a sly smile at Natsu. "Leave the whelp to his job, then."

Natsu snarled. "You wanna go, asshole?!"

"Oh?"

In an instant, Naruto's entire demeanor changed.

He stalked a ways forward, his eyes more akin to winter ice than the sapphire skies for which they were so well known. Garrote wire slicked from his sleeves to lash at the street; promising pain if the slayer so much as uttered another word of offense. Natsu paled.

"H-How did you know we had a job?"

Naruto's smile grew another inch.

"How indeed?"

"A job?" Lucy's curiousity was suddenly piqued.

"Yeah," Natsu scrubbed at his soaked hair with a hand, "We were wondering if you wanted to go inside."

"Maybe we should go inside."

They retreated to the shady privacy of the Lucy's apartment, dragon slayer whistling tunelessly under his breath. Naruto made a face at the slayer as his mistress stepped into the closet to clothe herself. Protecting her was one thing, watching her strip herself...that was another. It wasn't his place to ogle her. Frowning at the thought and the implications it brought, he returned his attention to Natsu and Happy, pinnioning the pair in his smoldering gaze.

"What're you staring at?"

"Oh, nothing." He took his place on the sofa opposite them, steepled his fingers and leaned forward, peering at the pinkette. "Now, what's this about a job?"

Natsu offered him the flyer.

Naruto read it quietly. Two hundred thousand jewel just to retrieve some musty old book from a Duke Everlue? A footnote at the end of the flyer caught his attention. "Note: Everlue is a dirty, perverted man, currently seeking to hire a blonde-haired maid and butler to serve him for the rest of their lives...

Naruto's left eye twitched.

"Natsu-san. Happy-san."

"Hmm?"

"By any chance did you have Lucy-sama and I in mind...when you accepted this job?"

"Aye!" Happy chorused, eerily unaware of the man's now crimson orbs. "Lucy can sneak in dressed like a maid! Naruto's already a butler sooo..."

"You ungrateful reprobate!" Naruto took hold of the table and flipped it, sending Natsu and Happy sprawling. "The only one I serve is my Ojou-sama!" Wires slithered from his sleeves like a thing alive, grabbing hold of the pair in midair, slamming them facefirst into the floor in a way no boy nor cat could possibly desire.

"Wah!"

"Alright alright!" Natsu yelped! "You don't have to do it! We'll settle for Lucy! Just let us go!"

"Beg your pardon?"

Once more, Naruto's persona shifted. The wires receded into his sleeves, his face no longer bearing a rictus of fury but rather, an expression of subtle amusement. Lucy...in a maid outfit? His noble mistress? He had to admit, the idea intrigued him. Not so much the prospect of working together with the peeping tom and his cat again, however...

"So what's this about a job?"

Naruto turned his head as his mistress stepped out of the closet-and promptly clamped a hand over his nose. Lucy had emerged wearing a simple pink tank top, complete with a short black skirt which flared out at the hips, exposing her long, lustrous legs...

A trickle of blood leaked through his hand.

"Ojou-sama!"

Lucy blinked.

"What?"

"Wear something proper!"

"Don't wanna." Lucy quipped back.

"Ojou-sama!"

Ignoring the blonde's planitive protests, the brown-eyed blond turned her attention to Natsu.

"Now, you mentioned a job?"

Natsu showed her the flyer.

"Two hundred thousand jewel?!" Lucy exclaimed! "That's it! Naruto! We have to go!"

Naruto peered into those doe brown orbs of hers and heaved a heartfelt sigh, his shoulders sagging with regret. He knew his mistress well enough by now to know she wouldn't budge on this. Which meant he was-once more-along for the ride. Not that he minded. A small part of him-a very small part!-secretly reveled in the idea of seeing his noble mistress in a maid uniform.

"I suppose I should pack lunch for you then?"

Her smile outshine the sun.

"Hai!"

"Hooray! Lucy's going to be a maid!" Happy chirruped. "You have to call me master!"

Lucy flushed.

"N-Now wait just a minute, you damn neko!"

(End Flashback)

Naruto took the last drag on his cigar. The eve burned red in the windows as its soft, crackling tip and the sky glowed like a blacksmith's forge in the west– its bloody rays piercing both eyes, even through his curtain of shimmering golden hair.

He exhaled a lungful of smoke.

Silhouetted against the setting sun, the butler pulled the spent filter from his lips and swiftly flicked it to the floor. He spared a moment to watch it go out – sizzling against the floor, before he brought his heel down on it, crushing the cigar and ending it short life life.

Ah...good memories.

Never once had he thought to see his mistress in a maid outfit. The image has been slightly...stirring.

He didn't enjoy them long.

Only a few heartbeats had passed before he felt the ground ripple underfoot; before he became aware of a small hole opening a few feet behind him.

"Are you done hiding now, intruder?" A soft, feminine voice inquired.

"Hide?"

Uzumaki Naruto, also known as 'Hell's Butler' stopped in his tracks and performed a half-turn, his whiskered face slowly appearing over his shoulder as he curiously regarded his persistent pursuer. A look of amusement crossed his single eye as it beheld her a slim spritiely maid with bright pink hair and unnaturally piericing cobalt-blue eyes, standing behind him. She had chased him halfway across this damnable mansion, hounding his every step. Of course, he'd allowed her, leading her deeper and deeper into the mansion until at long last, they were finally alone.

"I don't run or hide." An overly-gracious smile shined out from beneath bedraggled blonde bangs as he tamped out the ash out of the cigar with his foot. "I just got a little tired of waiting, that's all."

"Waiting?" Confusion flitted through those cerulean orbs. "Waiting for what?"

The devilish butler laughed then; it was a deep, throaty sound.

"Why, for you to become separated from your master, my dear." He raised a hand, fingers aglow in crimson color, and snapped them. Virgo flinched as though she'd been struck. Her entire form seemed to shimmer, all too swiftly, and then it was done. The walls around them glinted an unholy red then returned to their true white coloration. Virgo gasped in pain and clutched at her chest, feeling as though she'd just been stabbed by a rusty knife; painfully aware of the emptiness in her heart. An gaping void, one that hadn't been there before. Horror dawned upon her when she tried to return to the spirit world, only to find that she could not. Her link with Everlue-sama...it was gone!

"W-What have you done?" her voice was little more than a whisper.

"I?" Naruto feigned a pleasant smile. "I haven't done anything special. I've merely erected a barrier to prevent your fool of a master from summoning you, should the need arise. After all, a Heartfilia butler who cannot do this much isn't worth his salt. Wouldn't you agree?"

Comprehension dawned in her eyes.

"You...

"That's right." He smiled softly. "Its just you and me; this barrier won't disperse until my defeat. But still I wonder," And here he did tug his glove off with his teeth, "Why do you serve that fat fool? Why do you assume a form that demeans your own beauty? Why indeed?" He watched the maid's face begin to burn, her cheeks flushing brighter than her hair; removing his gloves in such a fashion often had that effect upon the opposite sex. Having finally freed them, he cast her a sidelong glance, sapphire snapping into slitted scarlet.

"That...is none of your concern."

"Oh, I think it is." Naruto corrected with a devilish grin, exposing his sharpened canines. "You see, my master has been seeking the golden Zodiac keys, of which you are one.. Nothing would please her more, were I to present you to her." He smiled, and for a moment, just a moment, it seemed genuine. "What do you say then? Will you serve my noble mistress?"

Virgo shook her head.

"Sadly, I cannot. My loyalties remain with Duke Everlue until such a time as our contract has been terminated. Being a butler, I'm sure you understand my position."

Naruto's smile crumpled.

"You know...I was rather hoping you'd say that."

"?!"

"That means I can have some fun."

Naruto stared at the maid a moment longer, licking his lips laviciously. She had proved most troublesome thus far; burrowing beneath his feet, denying him solid ground, tripping him up when he least expected it. He'd understimated her at first; thinking she was merely another of those meddllesome maids sent to stop his misstress from retrieving that infernal book from the equally infernal Duke Everlue. He'd been wrong. So utterly, delicously wrong. Virgo was a celestial spirit. The Maiden, if he recalled correctly. Nothing would please his mistress more, were he to present her with this gift.

"In the name of my master, Duke Everlue, I will defeat you." Virgo's voice was flat and monotone, utterly devoid of emotion, save for the slight narrowing of her eyes.

Naruto laughed.

"Maid vs. Butler, hmm? You know, I rather like the sound of that. Come at me then!" He laughed. Virgo's outfit almost resembled the very same one Lucy had worn only a few hours before.

Of course, Naruto hadn't been about to pass up the chance to see his noble mistress in a maid outfit. He was also to blame for their job going south. No one but no one called his noble mistress ugly. And once he'd seen that fool Everlue's disgusting sense beauty, well...anger didn't quite peg how he'd felt. Anyone could see that his mistress was indeed beautiful and anyone blind enough-deluded enough-to say otherwise, to fail to recognize her beauty didn't deserve to live.

So really, he couldn't be blamed for plucking the man's eyes out now, could he? Tearing those pigish orbs from the man's skull in a sweet shore of gore, reveling in it before finally cauterizing the wound, forcing that fat foul fool to forever live within the darkness...yes, that was a worhty punishment for one so blind.

Besides, it wasn't as though he'd killed the Duke. Everlue would live...maybe. Possibly. Hopefully? The less Naruto thought about it the less certain he became. He could still remember those expressions of shock and horror they'd worn; those ugly, hideous maids of his screaming as the Butler coldly plucked the man's eyes from his face. Natsu and Happy had been less than enthused but then, what did he care? Duke Everlue had dared to do that which no man had done since his service to Layla.

He had insulted his mistress.

But make no mistake, in the mind of Uzumaki naruto, the man had gotten off easy. Eternal blindness was nothing when compared with whatever fate held in store for him; anyone who dared to make his noble mistress cry simply wasn't worthy of their life. He should've torn the man's tongue out, too.

One thing had led to another and-thanks to his outburst-the infiltration had eruped into outright breaking and entering. That, suited him just fine. There was only one problem. Lucy'd forbidden him to kill. She had been very...explicit in her orders henceforth but that didn't mean there wasn't a way to circumvent them. After all, was it murder if you beat someone within an inch of their life, only to bring them back, just before they died and do it all over again? Naruto didn't think so. He wasn't human, after all. He had to find some way to indulge himself...

"Hiyah!"

The blonde drifted efortlessly aside, his mind returning to the present as a small fist slammed into the wall at his right, splintering cracks across the smooth plaster. Impressive. Most impressive. But...not enough. This, was nowhere near the level needed to strike him down. Nowhere near enough.

"You'll have to do better than that, Virgo." he chided.

The maiden launched herself at him, her fists and feet little more than a blur. If she was a blur then Naruto was a ghost. She could not strike him. Her blows seemed to simply phase through him; whenever she thought herself having scored a strike, only to find she'd missed him by mere millimeters. And to make matters worse-and huimiliating-he hadn't taken so much as a step! Yes, he simply stood there shifting his center of gravity only when she came close to striking him.

When she tried to punch him in the face, she found herself in for a rude awakening. Naruto stood stock still, and took the beating, her petite knuckles smashing against his face like a bulldozer. Scarce had she struck at him than she found herself levered up and over his shoulder, flung backward into the banister. The sudden motion sent his ragged locks aflutter, around his face; lending his visage the disctinctive appearance of a devil, of a harbinger, a demon, come to take his head.

"So you've decided to hold true to your true form?" He noted almost absently, his gaze cutting across her thin, waifish form standing before him. "I must admit, I find it much more...pleasing than the last one." He was many a time her match; she knew this, even so she was determined to carry on. Determined to win.

At any cost.

"Spica Lock!"

Naruto cocked his head aside, smirking as the debris rose to swallow him, trapping his body in a prison of earthen stone. There was a silence. Naruto sighed and clapped his hands together; shadows erupted forth from his form to tear at the cell of stone and debris, shredding it apart like so much paper. He allighted efortlessly on one of Duke Everlue's giant, self-style statues, his body silhouetted against the setting sun. The coattails of his butler's jacket seemed to flutter in some unseen wind, growing and becoming ghastly as she looked on.

He tilted his head aside. Grinned, with all those deadly incissors.

"My turn."

He was past her in an instant, his arm scything out to sever her right leg. Then her left. There was no blood as she toppled backwards; being a Celestial Spirit Virgo was nearly immortal but the sudden surge of fear she felt at the loss of her limbs nearly set her to screaming. And the pain. Oh dear kami the pain! If one thought that a Celestial could not experience pain, they were wrong. Virgo felt every inch of it and tried her utmost to hold her composure-and her bile-as the severed limbs flopped uselessly away from her.

Naruto caught one of them in hand, crushing it in his grip as Virgo choked on wordlessly.

She gawped up at him, this great god of a man-no, that wasn't right. This was no man. She'd seen it there for an instant when he'd severed her legs. He was...something else. Not human but not a celestial spirt, either else she would've sensed it. Though it terrified her to admit, she didn't know what he was.

"You...just what are you?"

Naruto cackled and spread his arms, his eyes glimmering like hot coals in light of the setting sun.

"What's the matter?" he asked. "You've only had your legs severed so far. Come! Attack! Send out your chains! Transform yourself! Put yourself back together and stand!" His tongue darted between his lips, lapping up a flick of blood previously unseen by her eyes. "The night's just begun! Hurry! Hurry! Hurry!" He laughed again, a dark, terrifying sound that sent fingers of flighty fear shooting down her spine. All I have is time! Hurry, hurry hurry! The fun's about to start! Don't dissapoint me! Hurry! Hurry!"

He leered down at her, awaiting her inevitable response.

Ever since she'd first reverted from that garrish gorrillaesque body and returned to her true form...their battle had proved most...interesting. If you could call it a battle. Despite all attempts to the contrary, she'd yet to so much as lay even a finger on him. And he? He was merely toying with her. Savoring in her agony. Lucy had given him no such order, 'Keep the maids busy' was all she'd said but he didn't mind pushing the envelope a little on that matter.

And pushed it he had.

The poor girl was at her wits end, doubtlessly frightened by his powers. However, to his infinite amusement, she did as he demanded. Her legs regenerated in a swirl of light, leaving her restored and whole. She picked herself up off the ground with an effort, standing proud and tall, albeit shakily.

"I...will...defeat you!"

"That's the spirit."

Naruto grinned, pearly white teeth glinting as the sun finally set. He felt his mistress's elation all at once; she'd just defeated Duke Everlue, which meant, their battle was to come to an end. He could feel the mansion's structural supports collapsing around them. He had the succint feeling he would have some explaining to do, once this was all said and done.

"However...

The butler chortled darkly.

"It seems we're out of time."

Virgo didn't even have time to blink before she saw the wires.

Clenched knuckles barreled into her visage; crushing cappillaries and breaking bone, leaving an indellible mark upon her face. The blow sent her sprawling, sailing head over heels. Naruto was there to greet her, his fist closing around her face like a vice, slamming her into the floor, dragging her across the walls. With a roar, he flung her across and into the opposite room, the mantle shattering before her abrupt entry and exit. Naruto waited a hairsbreadth of a second before stalking after her.

"Ah, there you are."

Virgo tried to rise, she really did. But no sooner did she see him standing in the hole they'd made, than those wires had her again, tying her down, holding her fast and firm. Naruto stepped through the opening, smiling softly to himself, as though he found the sight of her trapped and helpless to be incredibly amusing. A flick of the butler's fingers levered her upwards, the strings controlling her every movement, forcing her to face him and to look into those soulless red eyes.

She shivered.

"Have you already pissed on yourself?" Naruto asked pleasantly. "Are you saying your prayers? Are you ready to tremble in the corner and beg for your life? Well," he ammended at her terrified expression, "Fortunately for you, I won't be taking that. However, there's one last matter which we should attend to."There was a sudden glint of gold in the gloom, and she saw, as though from the corner of her eye, a key. Her key. When did he get it, she wondered? How did he get it?

And then there was no more time for thought.

"Release yourself from your contract." There was no room for arguement in his tone. "Swear on your key that you will serve my mistress. As a butler, I understand your loyalty, misguided though it may be, but I shan't ask ye again." Virgo could not shake her head, but something held in her gaze must've bespoke of her defiance, because Naruto frowned.

"Ara, you're going to be difficult, aren't you?" he sighed. "Don't say I didn't warn you."

Tethers of writhing darkness lurched forth from his form and latched onto her, each seeking to drag her into the blackness. And yet they did not. Instead, they held her there, leaving her helpless for whatever was next to come. The maiden clenched her jaw, bracing herself for the worst.

"Now, lets rid you of that awful contract, shall we?"

Virgo tried to scream, all that emerged was a choking gasp. She felt, rather than saw him delve into her mind, systematically shattering all ties that led to Duke Everlue, ruthlessly eradicating any and all memories that involved or lead to this horrible day. She was helpless to resist; forced to look on as he wiped everything clean, and then started in on her memories of today. The memories of their fight began to fade, the details blury and indistinct, until all that remained was the knowledge that they had fought. And then even that was gone, her memories ruinated and altered all in the same instant, the contract with Duke Everlue irrevocably torn and shredded.

"This can't be...this can't be happening!" Virgo found her voice breaking as she fought against her bonds, wincing as the wires cut into her flesh. "Who...what are you?!"

Naruto chortled softly.

"I am simply...

...one Hell of a butler.

"You...!"

"Sh." He soothed her, cradling her cheek. "Calm down. It'll all be over soon. Yes, that's it. Good girl. Just relax. Relax...

Virgo squirmed, but to no avail.

This was terrible...horrible...wait a moment. What was she worried about again? Where was she? And who was he, this blonde standing over her? Everything was growing fuzzy in Virgo's mind. She dimly recalled willing to forge a contract with someone, but who? When she tried to reach for the memory she could not recall. Naruto pulled back, his wires receding leaving her standing woodenly, without care. She felt hands rest upon her shoulders, steadying her.

"Are you alright, Virgo?"

The Maiden blinked, peering up, up, up into his eyes. How did he know her name? She vaguely remembered leaving the spirit world, having been summoned by her key. Ah! That was her key! There, held in his hand. It all made sense then. He was the one who'd called to her, then. There was no other explanation for it. She remembered bidding farewell to Taurus and the others as she was summoned, and...now she was here. So sillly of her to forget such a thing.

"Are you the one who summoned me?" she asked him.

The butler shook his head.

"You were going to form a pact with my mistress," Naruto prodded. "Remember? Virgo blinked. Was that it, then? She could tell this one was not human, therefore he could not possibly be her master. Certainly she was correct. She must be. It had been such a long time since she'd ever served anyone. This might be just the change she needed.

"I would very much like to meet her, this mistress of yours."

He permitted himself a wan smile.

"Is that so?"

Naruto turned his head, ruefully regarding the recovering maid standing behind him. He felt a touch of sorrow for what he'd just done, but it was a fleeting one. He had no time for such guilt; all that he did was for Lucy and Lucy alone. He was fairly certain she wouldn't appreciate being told of his violent behavior. Yes, he was justified in doing this. He couldn't have Virgo thinking such things of him either. It was only a shame that this ability of his only affected non-humans...after what Natsu and Happy had seen him maim the Duke, he'd have some explaining to do once they returned. But for now...

"Come with me, Virgo."

The Maiden did as he bid and took his hand; allowing herself to be led on, blissuflly unaware of the turmoil raging with the blonde's mind.

...Lucy's happiness was all that mattered.

A/N: Well now, Naruto is quite violent in this chapter, isn't he? Forcibly tearing up Virgo's contract and mentally assaulting her memories, yikes! He's not one to mess with when he's angry now, is he! Virgo won't hold anything against him for it in fact, she may end up thanking him-should she ever remember-for liberating her from that awful ass of a Duke. Speaking of Everlue I think he got what was coming to him. He should be glad Naruto only blinded him! And we see our favorite blond, bloodthirsty though he may be, is really only trying to make Lucy happy. Such a good butler! IfNaruto feels someone is insulting his mistress though, i.e. Everlue, he will go to town on them unless told otherwise. After all...

...he is one hell of a butler. If you got the TFS AND Kurohitsuji references, remember...

I OWN NOTHING!

And to clarify, I won't say what Naruto is just yet. But I will say this! NOT A VAMPIRE! But Mirajane is right; Naruto isn't human anymore, and he's been around for quite awhile. You'll soon find out just why he's so adamant when it comes to finishing off his enemies instead of letting them live; suffice to say it has somehting to do with his past. Don't worry about Lucy now; she may be grappling with what she's been told, but she'll get some steel in her spine pretty soon...

Naruto is quite blatant about what he'll do to anyone who messes with his mistress; he'll flay them to pieces and leave them drowning in a pool of their own bloody. Pairing is still NarutoxLucy! Mira's reaction was surprisingly... appropriate, given how hard she's worked to suppress her younger, crueler, self, and along along comes someone to shake the very foundations of her beliefs.

Translations:

Ojou-sama= My lady.

Hime= Princess.

Jigoku no Banken= Hounds of Hell

Now that I've provided the translations and such, feel free to review. So, in the immortal words of Atlas...

..would you kindly review for this chapter and this preview? We DO get to see Erza next chapter, alongside the guild's reaction to Naruto, but for now, here's that preview, eh?

Preview:

"I insist you punish me, ojou-sama."

"No, it was my fault, hime. Please use this whip to punish me instead!"

"W-w-would you two shut up already? It was my fault the cookies were burnt!"

R&R! =D