Hello my faithful readers! I was shocked by the number of reviews I got for the last chapter! I'm so happy that you guys are enjoying my story!

If you can't tell already, this is NOT a serious fic. I'm basing my writing style for this fic off of Fariy Tail. Serious when something is serious, but other than that it's a complete laugh.

This chapter is dedicated to Dixon Cider (Guest)! HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I really wish that you had signed in before you reviewed so that I could PM you on your birthday (the 27 of May)! I tried so hard to get this out on the 27th but, my family kept me out of the house all day! :'(

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!~HAPPY BIRTHDAY!~ HAPPY BIRTHDAY!~ DIXON CIDER!~

And in honor of Dixon Cider's birthday, this chapter will be a AllenxNatsu one! Some major plot development in this chapter!

A big thank you to my new beta, Azurealean!

ALSO! I apologize, I have been misspelling Gray's name! I had spelled it Grey but it really is Gray! I have fixed it in this chapter.


Previously

'Interrogation success, Prime Suspect #3 admits to carrying a weapon that could potentially harm Natsu.'

If only Erza had been just a tad smarter. She would have made a great smart person.

Now…

"Gray!"

"…"

"Hey, Gray!"

"…"

"Gray! Wait up!"

"…"

"… Are you ignoring me?"

"…"

"GRRRRRRAAAAAAYYYYYYYYY!~"

"…"

"Gurr… What the hell, Gray? Why won't you talk to me?"

"…"

"… Are you still mad about the prank?"

"…"

"I'll take that as a yes."

"…"

"Hey! It was your fault! You should have known better than to try and make me eat a frog. That's where I draw the line with food! Damn! Those things are gross!"

"…"

"I feel like I'm talking to a wall now."

"…"

"HEY ALLEN~! COME OVER HERE!" Natsu- if that wasn't obvious already- shouted at said white haired exorcist.

"Yes, Natsu?" Allen sighed, a glint of fear in his eyes. 'So much for having a peaceful morning... ' Anything that the pink haired girl did was crazy and most of the time ended with him in some sort of physical pain. At the moment, he didn't want to be involved with her unintentional malicious tendencies. It had been a week since the 'She-Devil' (common name: Erza) incident. He shivered at the memory.

"Why won't Gray talk to me?" she asked cutely. Natsu currently had a finger on her lips, her head cocked to the side, and was staring at the two boys with her 'Dragon-Doggy' eyes. She practically radiated innocence (unintentional pun. Not the weapon…) with a comical background of sparkles and flowers. Gray and Allen felt their faces heat up.

"E-er, um," Allen struggled to find the right words. "…You dyed his clothes green with polka dots and had flowers grow out of his ears. I'd be mad too…"Allen replied carefully. Why was she so damn cute?! "Wonder where you got that idea…" Allen muttered to himself. Gray chose this time to slip away before he lost control and kissed the object of his affections. Cuteness was a curse.

On the other side of the Black Order headquarters, Erza sneezed… and then proceeded to tackle the person next to her, demanding that they use the counter spell to reverse the 'sickness' that they had bestowed upon her.

"Hey, did anyone just hear that?" Natsu asked, her ears twitching slightly. "It sounded like Erza tackling someone… Nah, Erza's tackles are usually louder. Right, Gray? …Gray?" Natsu looked around very fast. "DAMN IT! HE GOT AWAY!" the pink haired girl said off handedly. "Hey, Allen!"

"Yes?"

"Will you help me get Grey to talk to me again? He's never ignored me before and I don't know how much more of it I can take. He's my best friend… I- I don't want to lose him over a prank…" Natsu looked down at her hands with sad eyes.

Allen felt his heart clench. It was obvious to him that Gray was justtemporarily mad, as any normal person would be over a prank, but for Natsu to be that concerned over a tiny bump in their friendship? …It made him feel…

Jealous.

Allen wanted that kind of relationship with the girl, her being constantly concerned over his well being. Her caring for him, her friendship, her… love?

Allen was momentarily stunned by the last thought, but as he thought it over, he came to a conclusion. Allen wanted that. He wanted her love.

Unknowingly to Allen, that decision had awakened something in his ever-so-fragile mind, something that Mana and he tried so desperately to dispose of.

"Sure," Allen answered. If he didn't have that relationship now, then he could try and build it.

Natsu's mood immediately brightened, causing Allen to once again classify her as bipolar. Seriously, how many emotions can run through this girl in a few minutes?

"Thank you, Allen! You're the best!" she said happily as she threw her arms around his neck, burying her face in his shoulder. Allen blushed at the contact.

"Don't mention it. I'm happy to help," Allen replied bashfully with a nervous chuckle. He felt butterflies fluttering in his stomach.

"Really," Natsu insisted, "you don't understand how much this truly means to me. You see, when I arrived at the guild," Natsu cringed as she said that, she had been trying hard to forget. "I was bullied a little bit. We were only five, after all. Grey was the one who stood up for me, he accepted mein the guild. I really owe so much to him…" Natsu trailed off, as she released the white haired boy from the hug. Allen was floored, he had not expected their bond to run that deep. If anything, it made him more envious.

"So how do you plan on getting him to talk to you again, Natsu?" Allen asked. Although he did promise to help, he wanted to know what ideas the girl had.

"Huh, I dunno. Usually when someone's not talking to me, I beat their ass into the ground, and then they start talking again!" Natsu said happily. Allen listened with a sweat drop that threatened to pull his weight to the ground.

"Maybe a gift?" Allen suggested helpfully.

"Well, he loves…. Um-er-OH! I know! BOXERS! I'll get him a new pair of boxers. Heheh~ I'm so smart!" Natsu patted herself on the back.

"Boxers?" he asked indignantly.

"Yep!"

"Why boxers?" Allen continued to ask.

"Cuz Grey's an Ice mage! Duh!" Natsu replied. It was the obvious answer.

"How does that answer my question, and what's an Ice mage?" Allen asked. Natsu gave Allen a look that clearly said, 'and they call me the idiot.'

Yes, Natsu. They do call you an idiot because you are one.

"An Ice mage is someone who makes things go BOOM by using Ice! Their BOOM'S usually sparkle!" Natsu answered happily. Allen face palmed, that didn't answer his question at all.

Giving up on the Ice mage part, Allen tried again, "And the boxers?"

"Ice mages all have the really annoying habit of unconsciously stripping! Grey spends more time just in his boxers than he spends eating!" Allen chose to ignore her horrible analogy, but, her answer did prove to be slightly helpful.

Natsu considered this for a moment before replying, "They can't just be any boxers, they have to be the perfect boxers! A pair that will force the ice princess to reaccept my friendship!"

"So how do you plan on getting these … boxers?" Allen asked Natsu.

"That, my dear partner, is where you come in." Natsu smirked. The exorcist began to pale. This was exactly what he was trying to avoid! "You see, I know absolutely nothing about boxers!" Allen face faulted. "So, I need you, a guy, to go find them for me!"

"How do you suppose I do that? It's not like I can run around the Black Order, asking every guy if they happen to own a 'perfect pair of boxers'?" Allen palled even more when he saw Natsu's smirk widen.

"That's exactly what you'll do!" Natsu grabbed his shoulders, despite her smaller size. "This is something that is very important to me, ok? Please for the love of the dragons, get. The. Perfect. Pair!" Natsu abruptly spun around and ran off, leaving Allen in her dust.


Allen sighed. 'Might as well get this over with already. There's no way to stop my impending doom…'

"Hey, Kanda?" Allen called out. Kanda turned his head ever so slightly. Once Kanda saw that it was Allen, Yu proceeded to walk away. "KANDA!" Allen tried again, Kanda still didn't bother turning around, and kept walking. Allen jogged to catch up to him. "Kanda, do you think you could loan me a pair of boxers?"

Kanda attempted to slash Allen with Mugen. Allen took that as a no.


"Hey, Lavi, come here a second." Allen said as he waved Lavi over.

"Sure thing." Lavi walked over to Allen. "What's up?"

"I need your help." Lavi raised an eyebrow.

"Well, how can I help you?"

"It's with Natsu…" Lavi laughed loudly.

"Eh? So you finally want to make a move on her? She may be beautiful, but I already have my eye on someone else. So, you've come to me to learn my great ways of getting a girl!" Lavi exclaimed happily. Lavi got fan mail, and now an apprentice! Lavi could see it now, Allen with newly dyed red hair (which, Lavi had mused, wouldn't be so hard to do considering that Allen's hair was white), an eye patch, and a bandana!

"NO! That's not at all what I need help with! Well, not entirely, but I need you to help me get her a pair of boxers." Lavi blinked, and blinked, then decided, 'you know what? I'm gonna blink some more'. So he did.

"Well, that's not the best way to impress a girl, but hey, if that works for you, in some really weird, creepy way…" Lavi trailed off; Allen interrupted him, Allen's face flushed from embarrassment.

"No, you see, Natsu thinks that Gray is avoiding her, and in an effort to reestablish her friendship, she decided to get Grey a pair of boxers. She then passed this responsibility on to me." Lavi sighed, he thought about the pink haired beauty for a moment. She was loud, stupid, brash, unpredictable, stupid, pretty, has a pet flying blue cat, and wielded fire like it was second nature to her.

Lavi looked over at Allen, who now had a slightly pained look on his face. Allen suddenly spoke up, "I really do want to help her, even if it is the most ridiculous thing I have ever had to do…"

And at that moment, the first AllTsu fan was born.

If Lavi had been female and had less self-restraint, Lavi would've been squealing with hearts in his eyes.

Lavi then smirked, a plan formulating in his head. One that would most likely embarrass Allen (it would probably embarrass Natsu too, but she wouldn't realize that it was embarrassing) and solve Allen's 'little boxer problem'.

"Sure, I'll help you." Allen brightened up at this, Lavi's smirk got a little bigger. "Come with me, I know just what to get." Allen followed, but made one huge mistake.

Never trust a fangirl or fanboy, when they're scheming.


"Natsu! I got it!" Allen said happily. Natsu smiled a 100 mega watt smile at him. Allen felt his heart melt.

"THANK YOU!~" Natsu yelled as she latched on to Allen again. Allen was startled at first, but then returned the hug, silently marveling that she fit perfectly against him. "I really hope Gray likes it! You don't know how much this means to me, Allen!"

"Well then, I'll hope Gray is not disappointed." Allen said, but then silently added, 'he doesn't deserve your affection anyways…' Allen thought with a slight smirk as he unknowingly tightened his arms around Natsu.

'Mine.' a silent voice said from the back of Allen's mind. The owner of the voice's face broke out into a maniacal grin. 'It's almost time.'


DUN, DUN, DUN! Cliff hanger!

I've gotten a lot of requests to close the pole, BUT, I have two alternate endings planed out that (each) last about 5 chapters. I have carefully planed out this story to last about 35-40 chapters depending on how much I add in each chapter. A lot, yeah, I know, but that's what works for my plot!

So, the pole will remain open for a long time! DON'T HATE ME!

So far the pairing count is at:

NatsuxGrey- 57

NatsuxAllen- 69

NEW STORY NOTICE~

NUMBER 3 WINS! THE AFTERLIFE IS FOR LOSERS! I will be publishing the first chapter of this soon, and will notify all of you readers at the end of a chapter (I HATE 1 chap A/N notes! There will be none of that here!) when I have it up!

ALSO:

I have new summaries! Yeah, I have over 40 original ideas written out in my notes, I need opinions on which ones to eliminate and which ones are good :).

So, same thing as the last chapter, vote which one of the three you want to see!

1. Title: It Had to Start Somewhere

Fandom: Fairy Tail and Soul Eater

Summary: It is said that Excalibur was created when a dragon blew fire on to an ordinary blade. What is not known is that Excalibur was created by the fire dragon, Igneel, for his only daughter, Natsu. The two grew up together, becoming the first weapon and meister. Now, they're ready to take the world of magic by storm. Fem!Natsu GreyxFem!Natsu

2. Title: The Truth That Lies Beyond the Gate

Fandom: -Man and Fullmetal Alchemist

Summary: Getting lost in the ark is one thing, but accidentally falling through a huge door labeled 'the gate' that just so happens to lead to a different world, is something entirely different. Fem!AllenxEd

3. Title: Dips in Destiny

Fandom: Fairy Tail

Summary: What if Natsu and Wendy kept their magic in Edolas? How would that change the story line? Fem!Natsu Male!EdoLucy NatsuxEdoLucy

So, VOTE, VOTE, VOTE!

~Slayerofthewind