Here is another chapter. I didn't plan on updating this fic until I had more chapters stacked on the new story I have been writing 'Lost Memories.'

The reviews were the actual ones that encouraged me to update. This is my first time trying to write these kind of scenes (not lemons…but romantic kind of stuff). So, I hope it came good for a first timer(P.S: had taken reference from other fics as well)

: Jellal or Gerard… both are his names. I wasn't sure which one would be better, so I decide to use both to avoid confusion. It actually doesn't make much difference I guess.

Erza lay awake in her bed staring at the roof in the dark, with only a small lamp lit beside her bed. The events that had the occurred the night ago were still fresh on her mind, events regarding Jellal, Simon, Naruto, Natsu, the tower and mainly about Sasuke and what he had said to her during that time. The main thing currently on her mind was the revelation of who Sasuke and Naruto really were?

They both used weird magic when compared to the others. Even their master had no Idea about what kind of magic those two used, yet he didn't even say a word about it. And the last night happenings gave her some insight about those two… they didn't have what you could say a normal happy past, rather something tragic had happened in their childhood that compelled them to move forward in order to gain strength to protect their respective convictions, or what they believed in.

Now her mind wandered off to Sasuke again… there was something about him that drew her towards him. She wasn't sure why but thought that it was due to the similarities between him and the man she loved, who not long ago tried to sacrifice her to the most notorious villain of their time, the dark mage Zeref.

She at least knew Jellal was a kind person at the start, before becoming what he was today. But the same couldn't be said about Sasuke… he wasn't your normal typical average person, he would be willing to kill for things to go his way. It became clear to her the first time she fought him, back at the Phantom Lord headquarters, when he was about to slice Gray into two. But she reassured herself that he had come a long way since then. Not only she had changed, but she felt like Sasuke had changed as well in this recent encounter.

She remembered what he said back at the tower;

"Naruto! Listen to me… you have to save them if it's the last thing you'll do…" he said as he glanced at her and Natsu. "Once you've got them, I want you to take them and flee as fast as you can…"

"Sasuke… y-you..." Naruto said.

"I can agh… hold him here a little longer" he said slowly getting back on his feet, "If it ends here, it just means that this was as far as I was meant to go. I lost everything once… I don't ever want to see that again. My trusted comrades falling right in front of me."

These words hinted to her that they both shared a similar past. But all his talking made one thing clear to her… he wouldn't stick around for too long. He would certainly leave Fairy tail in the future, once he accomplishes whatever goal he has in his mind. She didn't know whether she should distance herself from Sasuke now so that she wouldn't feel sad if he does leave Fairy tail in the future.

If he does leave, so will her best friend whom she got to call in the past month, Naruto Uzumaki. But then again, another part of her wants her to continue things how they were now and worry about the future later. "Sasuke…" she called out in a low voice, now even saying his name out loud felt weird to her.

"Were you expecting me?" her shocked eyes trailed towards the door which creaked open as the man she had been thinking about stood at the entrance. He then slowly moved towards the bed and stood right beside it as she just gaped.

"W-What the hell are you doing here?" she shouted in a controlled hushed manner, "this is my room and it's late at night. What would Natsu or Gray think if they see us together at this hour…better yet Naruto, or Happy," she said getting on her feet and standing face to face with Sasuke.

Sasuke had no response, instead he just smirked. She was ticked off as he didn't listen to any of the things she had just said to him. She just laughed at herself internally for thinking that she was beginning to fall for this man who was arrogant enough as he didn't even bother to explain why he was here.

Maybe she was over reacting a little due to the fact that he walked in right at the moment she was thinking about him. She didn't want the Uchiha to get the wrong idea that she was beginning to regard him. She had an ego which was as big as Sasuke's.

Sasuke just pressed his finger on her lips to silence her, before she could say something that would get the neighbors around her rushing to the said room.

"I have decided…" he smiled as he pulled her figure close to his body by encircling his arms around her waist earning a slight gasp from her, "…to stay in Fairy tail as long as you are here. I want you to be the reason for my staying here." He stated as he pulled her into a deep kiss before she could reply. She tried pulling away from him but she felt her energy sapping away as she tried to fight it. She finally gave in as she reciprocated the kiss closing her eyes and encircling her arms around his neck. She ran her fingers through his spiky hair which were surprisingly soft. Their lips part as they both pant a little, feeling each other's breath as they stood at such close proximity.

"I want you to stay in Fairy Tail as well, Sasuke" she said in a low voice as he gently pushed her onto the bed. He then slowly crawled up on the bed, just like how a Tiger crawls before pouncing on its prey. He was now currently on top of her as he leaned in. Erza looked at him with her eyes filled with lust.

"It's breakfast time, Erza. You need to wake up," he whispered in her ear. Her mind went blank as she analyzed what he just told her.

"W-what!?" she spouted.

"Wake up, Erza! It's – CRASH-!"

Her eyes pop up looking to see Lucy standing near her bed. Sun rays had just entered the room as she squinted her eyes a little and feeling her ass against the cold floor. She touched the small bump that had formed on her head as she noticed Lucy standing beside a food tray, probably having breakfast in it.

Lucy bent down and picked up an open book near her feet and began looking into it. Her face went red as she soon as she read a few lines from it and immediately tossed it onto the bed giving a ~Kya scream.

"Where is Sasuke?" Erza asked as she stared at the embarrassed Lucy.

"He left yesterday morning saying he had some work with council… don't you remember about it, Erza?" Lucy said as she stared at the red head who went into some deep thought. "Even Naruto left at night yesterday," Lucy added but it seemed like Erza didn't hear the last part.

'Was it all a dream…' Erza thought as she got up on her feet and closed the open book which lay on her bed. '…or, maybe I am reading too many romance novels.' She then walked towards the bathroom in her room and closed the door behind her. She let out a sigh as she leaned her head against it, with her back against the door, "Does this even mean anything?" she asked herself as she closed her eyes.

..

Magnolia;

"Welcome back, Sasuke!" Cana said as she drank a booze "Was your mission successful this time as well…?" she noticed Sasuke was lost in his thoughts as he sat at the bar counter and didn't respond to her.

"Sasuke…!?" she called out as he still didn't respond.

Sasuke slowly lifted his head and looked at her, "Where is Mirajane?" he asked. He looked like something dreadful had happened or was about to happen.

"I think she went to buy some groceries, or something," she said as she drank yet again another barrel. Sasuke was always surprised by this. He always wondered how could someone drink that much and yet remain so still. Maybe she had a high tolerance to the alcohol much like the Fifth, Tsunade Senju.

As soon as he heard that, he immediately rushed out and started sprinting the busy crowds of the Magnolia city. He climbed onto the roof tops and jumped from roof to roof in search of her. 'I need to find her fast before that dobe finds her… he might slip his tongue in front of her, for which I would be the one to get bashed by her.' He thought as he landed near the market, "Shouldn't have slipped about Mirajane's past near him… she told me to keep it a secret… ESCPECIALLY from him." He mumbled to himself while few of the passersby gave him a weird look, which he ignored completely.

Flash Back

"Sasuke! Can I talk to you for a minute?" Mirajane asked just as they started building the destroyed guild hall, just after ending their battle with Phantom.

"Hn" Sasuke looked at the woman, weighing his options of whether he should talk or just ignore her as she would probably ask him about his attack on Gray earlier but decided against it, "What do you want?"

Mira just tensed up a bit at his intimidating glare, "D-do you know who Naruto-kun is? Did you two know each other from the beginning?"

"Yeah… unfortunately," he said relaxing a bit, realizing that it wasn't about him. "What about him?"

"Is he going to join Fairy tail as well?"

"Yeah! …Probably if I still know how that idiot thinks," he said. "Do you have a problem with him?"

"Did he have a bad child hood or, something like that in his past" she finally asked the question she had been meaning to ask him. Did he suffer just like I have… or was he treated like a monster because of the demon inside him. Mira herself being a Takeover mage of demons/devils could sense the Kyuubi in Naruto.

"I am not at liberty to say that," he said bluntly before rephrasing his answer when he noticed a disappointed look on her face, "If you want to know more about him ask him yourself" he said as her mood lightened up a bit, "I told him you would bring him some food" he added.

"Of course!" she smiled as she hopped happily and went to the temporarily set up tent having food supplies as Sasuke just stared at her retreating back. Tch! What is wrong with her? And why is the sudden interest in that Dobe… unless-

She took a tray full of food and went in search for Naruto. She found him talking to Master, so she moved in a little closer to eve's drop on what they were talking about.

The old man held out his hand towards Naruto, "I am the Fairy tail Guild master, Makarov Dreyar."

"Naruto Uzumaki," Naruto said as he took the man's hand and shook it, finding the old man's grip quite strong.

"Well Naruto! How can I repay you the favor for protecting my children while I was gone" he calmly asked.

Naruto stiffened up a bit and, "Can you tell me how to get to the Elemental Nations?" he asked and bowed down, "… also, can you forgive my friend for what he did earlier today?"

"No need to worry about him. I already talked to him" he said as Naruto relaxed a bit. "Sorry my boy! I have no idea how to get you to Elemental Nations. I told Sasuke the same thing." Naruto just hung his arms down in disappointment "All that effort and… nothing ah!?" he cried anime tears.

"That bastard Laxus will pay for tricking me!" he declared while the Guild master just sweat dropped.

After that, they talked about how Naruto was brought here and what was his child hood like in the past and how meeting Iruka and Sasuke had changed his life. He told Makarov that if it was not for them he would have given in to despair, and he was glad he met them. He also told a little about Sasuke and told him that he was definitely going to bring Sasuke back to Konoha and he was going to keep his promise to Sakura. All this while, Makarov listened intently and silently wondered, just how much did this poor lad suffer in his past? It takes a lot of guts to turn out the way you did… I wonder if my children were to undergo all of that suffering, would they also have come up like you did?

Mirajane who was eve's dropping throughout the entire conversation, couldn't hold out her tears when she heard Naruto's tragic past and ran away from there, dropping the tray of food which she brought for Naruto in the process. The sound of the falling of the tray startled Naruto and Makarov and they both rushed outside the tent to see the spilled contents of the bowl lying on the floor and a bowl turned upside down.

Must be Mira… I wonder if she heard it all. Makarov thought as he inspected the fallen contents while Naruto stood there confused.

"I thought I sensed someone outside just now. Must be my imagination" Naruto said.

"Y-yeah! That must be it," Makarov chuckled as he rubbed the back of his head with his arm. I have to talk to her. This isn't like Mira at all… guess she remembered her past when she heard Naruto.

"You said you had classes similar to us…" Makarov said changing the topic. "… what were you?"

Naruto looked like he had been hit by a meteorite just now. "What I was, huh?" he said, "… I think I am still a Genin," he laughed nervously as Makarov's jaws fell down to the floor when he heard it. He understood about the classes in the Shinobi world as Naruto just now explained it to him. Genin was the lowest level… how could someone be so strong for the lowest level. If he was the lowest level, then what about the Jonin and the Hokage?

He wanted to confirm this for a fact, so he asked again, "What is Sasuke's level?"

Sasuke never took the Chunin exams like me… guess he's Genin as well. "He's a Genin just like me." Naruto answered giving his trade mark grin.

Makarov's jaws dropped even more. W-WHAT!?

Naruto noticed the Master's dumb founded reaction and understood that the Master misunderstood the whole thing. So, he started to explain again-

"I think you got the wrong idea, Jiji…"

Mirajane was sitting and sobbing alone in an isolated area. She was in a cemetery and in front of her was a grave having 'Here lays Lisanna Strauss, beloved sister and friend, a proud member of Fairy Tail' engraved on it.

"Lisanna! I met a man today. He's cheerful just like Natsu and from what he did, I can tell that he's also kind. He protected us all from Phantom's attack. You would have really admired him," she said to her deceased sister. If anyone from outside saw it, they could see a sad Mira talking to herself in front of a grave. It wasn't uncommon for someone to do this.

"He suffered a lot just like us and was constantly abused to drive him out of his village" she said as she stared at the tombstone in front of her, "but he refused and stayed there to work hard to gain their approval. He eventually won over them, for which I am happy" she said as she bowed her head a little, tears rolling down her cheek, "… do you think it would have been different if we had stayed in our village trying to gain their approval instead of running from it?" she wailed, "…would you have been still alive? Tell me!" she shouted.

"Aren't you trying to confess about your love/crush to your sister, or are you regretting about your decision of leaving from your village?" a voice spoke near her. Her eyes shot up and turned her head around to see Sasuke standing behind her, having a neutral expression on his face.

"How long were you standing, eve's dropping on my conversation I was having with my sister?" she asked annoyed.

Sasuke just walked to beside her, his gaze fixed on the stone in front of him as he walked forward, "From the moment you started eve's dropping on Naruto."

Her jaws dropped a little and eyes widened. I didn't sense him at all back there… She recovered from the answer Sasuke gave just now and her anger on him vanished.

"Her anniversary is coming up in a month" she said with a sad smile, "I would like it if you and Naruto would come visit her" she said while he stared at her.

He patted on her shoulder, "I understand the loss of losing a sibling…" he said as he gave her a small smile, "…and since you took the pain of rushing here to talk about that dob- ; Err… no Naruto, with your Sister, I think you should talk to him about how you feel. I could help you by specifying your past to him before hand." He said as he felt some pride in what he just said. He thought he just gave her a useful suggestion.

He immediately wished that he didn't say out that last sentence to her. A dark aura formed around Mirajane and her body slightly changed giving her a devil look. Her voice grew heavy as well. "You won't be talking about this to anyone, especially near him… DO YOU UNDERSTAND?" she grunted as Sasuke tripped and fell back on his butt. Geez… and here I was giving her a relationship advice. Sasuke! Remember this… never meddle into a woman's personal love life. Not to mention that dobe would never let this one down if he got to know about it. Now I know why I stay far away from woman, he thought as a sweat rolled down his temple. He just silently nodded in response to her.

"Good! Shall I make you something to eat Sasuke?" she asked in a sweet voice innocently as if the previous warning was never even issued. All the dark aura around her disappeared and she started talking in her usual self. She got up from there and headed back towards the guild while Sasuke just sat there. I think I just got a glimpse of why that dobe gets shit scared of Sakura! He thought as he covered his face with his palm in shame.

Flash back ended

He felt a shiver run down his spine as he just recollected a bad memory. He searched for her, but she was to be found nowhere.

He was currently in some random street when he noticed Erza pulling her huge luggage behind her and the rest returning from the resort. They noticed him and walked towards him.

"Sasuke! Fight me!" Natsu yelled as soon as they were near enough. He was about to barge on Sasuke but before he could, Erza knocked him off.

"Learn to read the situation, Baka!" Gray just coolly insulted him while Lucy just sighed at her team mate's antics. Happy just circled around Natsu and helped him get up.

"Erza!" Sasuke called out.

"Huh… yes!" she said as she paid her attention to him.

"Have you seen Naruto or Mirajane?" he asked as he eyed Natsu and Gray getting into an argument.

"No… I haven't. Is something the matter?" she asked with some concern. If it was related to Naruto, he could manage by himself but the same wasn't about Mira. So she looked at Sasuke to know what had happened.

"N-nothing happened. I'll be going now!" he said sprinting in the opposite direction. There's is no way in hell I am telling you the cause.

"W-Wait!" she called out as she sprinted behind him, leaving her huge luggage and her team mates. She asked them to return to the guild without her and to take care of her luggage as well for which they just groaned. She chased after him, barely able to follow. He finally came to a halt and she caught up with him.

She panted as she rested her hands against her knees "T-tell me what's going on?" and looked at his face. He had an astonished look on his face as his left eyebrow kept twitching and his jaw hung down slightly as he stared forward. She saw in the direction in which he was seeing and had a similar expression as him.

The petals of the Cherry Blossom tree danced and swirled to the gusts of the wind, putting on a beautiful display as they swirled around each other, twisting, turning before gently landing below. As the petals landed below, they sighted two figures in a tight embrace under the tree, the taller one having his arms around the waist of the shorter one while the shorter one had her arms encircling the taller blonde's neck and her fingers running through his spiky blonde hair.

Naruto and Mira were hugging each other and their lips interlocked, eyes closed as the sun set behind them, a perfect setting for what they just did. Erza could only stare with awe at the scene in front of her, with a tiny hint of jealousy. It was what every girl would dream of.

Sasuke just looked dumbfounded and the eyebrow twitching hadn't stopped either. How in the world did those two end up together, nonetheless KISSING?

And cut.

Wait for the next chapter to know what happened in the end. Read and Review…

A question) the above stuff qualifies to be rated under T right? If not I'll have to change the rating. So, can somebody tell me?

Until then Later!