`As soon as Natsu dragged Zeref out he could tell that it was a big deal. The sun was already setting so the games had already starting. Natsu could hear the laughter of the other Fairy Tail members but didn't go over there because then Zeref would feel uncomfortable. "So those are the cherry blossoms." Zeref was looking around at the tree's of pink.

"Yeah aren't they pretty." Zeref nodded slightly as he stared at the now scarlet sky. "The rainbow cherry blossom isn't going to show until dark so what do you want to do until then?"

"It doesn't matter but you know you can go hang out with your friends if you wish," he answered a little guiltily at the thought of Natsu spending his time with him.

Natsu reacted by wrapping one arm around Zeref shoulder. He jumped a little at the sudden action and looked over at Natsu who had a huge smile plastered on his face. "Come on I wouldn't leave you all alone. And Besides you said it yourself 'Fairy Tail wouldn't like it if i walked around by myself.'" Natsu mimicked Zeref's voice by making his own deeper and puffing out his chest. Zeref was a bit annoyed but simply blew his hair out of his face.

"Fine then but what do you want to do?"

"I asked you first," Natsu asked

"And I asked you second, what's your point?" Zeref said with a small smile.

"Fine," Natsu though for a little. "How about we-"

"Hey Natsu what are you doing?" Natsu turned around to see Lucy standing there with a smile. Happy was flouting a little ways away. She noticed Zeref behind Natsu, "Oh, hi Zeref! I didn't think you would come." She walked over with a shy but happy smile. Looking from one to another. "Are you here to see the Rainbow cherry blossoms too."

Zeref slowly nodded. "Natsu told me about them. They do sound very pretty."

"Aye sir," Happy excitedly said "They are very beautiful."

"Yeah then we can experience them together." Zeref looked confused. "I've actually only seen it once and so I couldn't see it up close. Although Natsu you did help me see it the first time and from what I could see it was very beautiful."

"You couldn't see it well? Why not?"

"I was sick at home so I really couldn't leave." Lucy wrapped an arm around Natsu and proceeded to tell the story. "Then he had the crazy idea of digging out the tree and letting it flow in the river so it would pass by my house. It was very beautiful."

"Don't say that so loud!" Natsu warned "I'm still getting in trouble for doing that."

Happy flouted near Zeref and whispered in his ear. "They're in love." His sing-song voice made Zeref laugh.

"So you two are lover." Zeref asked innocently. Natsu smirked and Lucy just stared at him dumbstruck.

"What?! No no no no no no no," She said quickly. "We're not dating and Natsu if you don't stop laughing right now!"

"I'm sorry Lucy," He laughed out. He was grabbing onto his stomach "I just didn't expect him to say that. AH, Zeref, you're so weird."

"So you're not dating?"

"Hell yeah," Natsu said with a smirk. Lucy in turn hit him in the side of the head.

"Listen Zeref," Lucy said as she leaned in closer to him "You can't just be asking random questions like that. Anyway what about you and Mavis?"

"What about us?" Zeref seemed to turn even more sad at this point and Lucy noticed.

"Nevermind," She said as she shook her head. "Gray, Erza, and the others are probably going to come through here so we should probably leave."

"Aw they wouldn't hurt Zeref now would they?" Natsu said in his best baby voice impression. He was right behind Zeref and was poking his two cheeks while smiling down at him.

"Alright," Lucy laughed "The sun is about to completely set so I don't want to miss the tree." She latched arms with Zeref and Natsu and they let her lead the way as Happy sat on Natsu's head. The sun had set but they didn't seem to mind it. A few minutes of pointless small talk later they made it to a building.

"What are we doing here Lucy?"

"Let's sit on the top so we can see the tree better." Before they said anything Lucy began to climb. Zeref and Natsu looked at each other and shrugged. Zeref, with the help of his black magic, climbed up there. Happy, on the other hand, flew Natsu up there.

Once they were all there they could see everything. The garden of cherry blossoms were clearly visible and in the center of it was the Rainbow Cherry blossom that was already shining a mixture of colors.

Natsu looked over at Lucy happy that she finally got to see them closer up. Happy was laying on the roof gleefully looking at the trees but Natsu saw the beauty in it again. After the war he was glad that he could once again just relax and look at the tree.

Something was wrong though so he looked over at Zeref. He was looking down with a face of amusement. He looked over at Natsu with a small smile and his hair neatly fell on his face. "Fairy Tail is over there," He said pointing down near the trees.

"Yeah," Natsu looked down "Mavis is there too."

"Is she?" Zeref said as he looked back. "I wish I could see her in this light." As if being angry with himself for not seeing her he looked up at the stars. Ignoring the beautiful tree.

Natsu looked over at Lucy and Happy, both giving him a sad look. "Zeref we'll be back in just a little. I need to talk to Natsu and Happy really fast." Lucy heartedly leaded them back down to the ground and whispered "We need to help him! I can't stand to see anyone looking that depressed," Lucy's voice was small but clearly heard.

"Yeah I know but what are we supposed to do?" Natsu said not entirely sure if this was a good idea.

"It's not like we can just make him see Mavis." Happy said until he had an idea. He looked over at Lucy who seemed to have the same idea.

"Why are you guys staring at each other?"

"Natsu you can't be serious?"

"Serious about what?"

"Classic Natsu." Happy commented.

"Yeah sure just tell me what you're thinking."

"Make him part of the guild." Lucy said "If he get's a guild mark then he'll be able to see Mavis and maybe some of the guild members will be more accepting of him."

"Are you sure that's a good idea?"

"Even if it's not we have to try." Natsu nodded. They headed back but were stopped by surprise.

As they got closer they could hear the small sound of Zeref singing. "Swaying shadows, a speaking voice, a frigid wind. In a photograph a floating feeling of being unable to return~. The disappearing shadows on an August night. Seeing disappeared, Disappearing is seen."

"Sad lyrics," Lucy commented.

He was in the middle of the song with a tune that sounded calm and sad. Neither three could resist from listening in.

"Like in a dream, a dream inside my head, it has completely disappeared~." His voice was small, sweet, and extremely sad. "I closed my eyes and remembered a winter landscape ambiguously. Like clear glass, December is acoustic, reverberating~."

He paused a little. Lucy and Happy both looked over at Natsu. His hand was over his mouth and his shoulders were shaking slightly. His eyes were glassy but tears refused to come out. "Natsu what's wrong?"

"I've heard this song before."

"What do you mean you've heard this song before?"

"I don't know," Natsu confessed. "I just know that I've heard it before." Lucy and Happy both looked concerned. All three looked up as Zeref continued once again.

"Since time is changing the beautiful landscape. The inside of my head becomes pure white. It's like a dream, December is acoustic, reverberating~."

"That's so sad." Natsu let out a small whimper. He quickley shook his head and put on his normal smile. "Come on guys let's go tell him the news." He wasn't hesitant this time. Instead he was excited. He didn't want anyone, not even Zeref, to live like that.

"Hey Zeref we're back." Natsu said. Zeref turned to look and gave him a small smile.

"I didn't sense you. Welcome back,"

"Okay, now come on we have to go to the guild."

"What why?" Zeref asked as Natsu pulled him up.

"We'll explain on the way," Lucy said

"But weren't you the ones who said you wanted to see the tree?" Zeref asked confused "Why don't you stay a bit longer?"

"No it's okay come on why don't we just go." Natsu pulled Zeref along and as they ran to the guild they explained what they were going to do. As they approached the guild Zeref stopped. All three of them stared at him curious why he had stopped. "What's wrong?"

"Natsu I don't want you to get in trouble." Zeref said only to Natsu. He didn't necessarily care for Happy or Lucy. He didn't know them very well but Natsu was already in cold blood towards the people that he considered his family. And in all honesty, Zeref didn't want Natsu to ruin his family ties more. If Natsu had someone that he could trust then Zeref was fine. Whether he was part of it or not. He looked down at the floor until he felt Natsu hug him. An actual hug. Zeref was in shock at first not yet realising what Natsu was doing. Before he could hug back though Natsu pulled away.

"Look, I don't care what you say we have to get you to stop being depressed somehow!" with that Natsu grabbed Zeref's wrist and dragged him in the guild. Zeref was somewhat happy that Natsu had not stopped.

The guild was still empty. "Happy keep watch and tell us if anyone is coming okay?"

"Aye sir!" Happy said as he flew off

"Okay come on." Natsu dug around MIra Jane's stuff to see if he could find the Fairy Tail stamp-like applier because she was usually the one to give them to the newcomers. Natsu pulled up Zeref's left sleeve when he finally did find it. "Is right here fine?" He said hovering over the very top of his arm.

"Yeah but before you do it are you sure you're okay with this?"

"Yeah it'll be fine."

"Hurry Natsu I don't think they'll be out there for much longer."

"Okay. Ready?" Zeref nodded

"What are you idiots doing!?" Erza barged in with other members behind her. Gray was holding onto Happy who he was eating fish. Mavis floated just above.

"I'm sorry Natsu. They distracted me." Lucy, Zeref, and Natsu all gave a small laugh.

"Natsu do you truly believe Zeref deserves to be in this guild?" Mavis asked that. Natsu gave a small shrug.

"I don't know if I'm making the right choice here but I want to at least give him a chance. I want him to be part of something and not just wander around aimlessly. That's what got us into the war after all." Zeref gave a small smile and Natsu smiled back.

"First Master please let us do this for both Zeref's sake and Fiore's." Lucy asked with a determined face. Mavis didn't answer straight away.

"No way! We can't allow this!" Gray raced over.

"Well guess we have to do this fast." Before Gray got there Natsu stamped Zeref with the Fairy Tail mark. The mark usually reacted to the person and decided what color it was going to be so it wasn't surprising to see Zeref's. It was a dark shade of purple that should also be seen as black neatly laid on the very top of his arm.

Zeref looked over at the members and blinked a couple of times. Then he noticed her. Mavis was flouting just a couple inches from the ground. "Hello Zeref," She said with a small smile. She took a couple steps forward. "So you can finally see me?"

Before she could say anything else he stepped forward as well. "Mavis… I," He reached out to touch her face, but his hand just phased right through.

Mavis smiled a little "I'm an illusion remember?"

"Yeah. I guess I just hoped I could touch you again." Zeref finally looked up and his eyes became glassy. "You haven't changed. You look exactly the same and you're voice is the same too." Mavis seemed to pout a little "I'm glad you didn't. I missed you. I missed you so much." Small tears fell from his face.

"I missed you to Zeref, but you have caused a lot of difficulties and sadness for many people I can't just overlook that."

Zeref stepped back with a smile, "No, I never expected you to forgive me so easily or forgive me at all for that matter. I'm still damaged, both in personality and spirit. I'm just glad I get to see you again." Their was a pause.

"Jeez, you were never supposed to mean this much to me; I wasn't supposed to fall in love with you." Mavis looked down at the floor as small tears trickled down her face as well. "But you know what? I did and that's the truth. I don't want to completely let you go because it would hurt to much."

"Mavis?"

"That doesn't mean I completely forgive you though,"

"I didn't expect you too." Zeref laughed "But I'm glad that I can be something good for you. Even if it's just you're friend."

"You know people aren't going to say many good thing about you and you'll probably hear things very off putting considering your reputation."

"That's fine," Zeref confirmed "Words sting but complete silence breaks my heart."

"Don't feel broken, okay?" Mavis said as she held up her hand.

"I'm in repair. I'm not broken nor fixed. I'm not completely together yet but I'm getting there." He put his own hand on hers and they intertwined fingers. Not physically. No Zeref couldn't feel her but he liked the feeling of them holding hands once again.

"Well I guess you got you're happy ending in the end huh Natsu?" Gray said as he looked over at Natsu. "I feel like you made the right choice."

"Hell ya I did." Natsu said as he smirked at Gray. Zeref and Mavis were looking over at them and laughed together. Both their laughs echoed the walls. The Fairy Tail members, only just hearing Zeref laugh for the first time, felt astonished. "This isn't the end though, I'm just happy that that problem was resolved." He said referring to Zeref and Mavis.

"Yup I suppose you're right." Gray said with a smirk.

"But next time tell us when you're about to do something so reckless." Erza's meanising voice broke in. "All three of you," Lucy, Happy and Natsu both quietly shivered to themselves.

"Yes ma'am," They all said quickly with a small bow.

"Good now go greet our newest member," Erza gave them a small smirk and Natsu smiled back eagerly. He was happy that she wasn't mad.

He quickly raced over to Zeref and outstretched his hand, "Welcome to Fairy Tail!" Natsu happily said. As soon as Zeref took his hand most of the members gave out excited yells for a new member. Others quietly mumbling complaints and worry's. Zeref didn't dwell on it too much though.

"'Welcome to Fairy Tail,'" Zeref said quietly under his breath with a smiled. He closed his eyes and repeated that in his head, liking the sound of it. With tears streaming down his face he whispered something only he could hear "I wish I belonged here."

A/N: Rereading this it kind of sounds like this is the last chapter but rest assured it's not. I didn't expect it to be so long but whatever. This one was really fun to write but I've just been busy lately. I kind of want to write another fanfic too (most likely one about Gravity Falls) so my updates will probably slow down unless I discard the idea. I promise, I'll finish this though. I'm not going to dwell too much on relationships just because I don't want to include my personal ships and I'm not very good at creating romance. Please leave a review on what you like or disliked and what I should improve on in my writing. If anyone is curious the song that Zeref was singing is called "Acoustic" by Ling Tosite Sigure. Thank you for reading!