The new chapter! I apologize (as usual :P) for the late update but it's here finally! I'm very pleased with the feedback I got from the last chapter, glad to see you all are still invested in the story XD Well, begin reading!

It was the best sleep experience he'd had in a long time. He felt as if he was sleeping on a cloud that floated in only one spot, it was amazing. The warmth from his body seemed to last longer on whatever kind of material this was. Becoming aware of the sunlight's presence beaming onto his eyelids, he awakened from his slumber.

'I haven't slept this well since I was with Igneel, this is amazing.' Still lying down under the covers, he looked around. 'So, this is Mira's room, it looks and smells so nice.' As he took in his surroundings more, he noticed that he was the only one in the bed. Just as he was about to wonder where Mirajane was, the smell of bacon entered his nose. 'Ah, she must be downstairs, guess I'll head down now.' Throwing his feet out of bed, he stood up and took notice of his attire. He was wearing a pair of shorts that felt a size to big and was shirtless. This made him sigh as every detail of last night came back into his head, crystal clear. Natsu walked out of the room after thinking a bit longer.

Once he was down stairs he noticed Mirajane standing at the stove cooking what he could only assume to be breakfast as it was still pretty early in the morning, he greeted her.

"Good morning, Mira." The cooking bar mage turned around and greeted the dragon slayer who was walking towards the table in the average sized dining room area, which was just on the right of the kitchen. He pulled a chair out and sat down as he looked around at the setting he was in. The table was a medium size circular wooden one with a decorative red flower petal cover over it. Mirajane came out of the kitchen with two plates of food, sitting one in front of Natsu and the other at the spot she was going to sit at which was on his right. After she came back from getting them some freshly made tea the salamander asked a question.

"Where are Elfman and Lisanna?" Taking a few bites of food, she waited a moment before answering.

"They already left for the guild; I told them I would be late today. More importantly though, how are you feeling Natsu? Do you want to talk about what happened?" The young man's face hardened as he locked his hands in front of his face.

"…Yeah, I was walking through the forest leading up to my home when I started smelling smoke and saw a orange hue of light, so naturally I figured a forest fire was started, I was wrong. Once I came out of the woods, I saw my house burning down while it was surrounded by cloaked people. I rushed in immediately and began beating their ass's until the leader called for a retreat. This person, whoever he is, stood in front of the fire and stared dead into my eyes with a smirk. He said 'Now is not the time to fight and that it was only the beginning', or something like that." The bar mage listening took in all of this and frowned.

"Can you give a description of what color you think the cloaks were? I know it must be a bit hard because it was dark." Shaking his head, he responded.

"Nah, I saw them. The group cloak colors were brown and the leader's was a gray one." Taking a cautious sip from her still fairly hot tea, Mirajane closed her eyes then opened them with a sigh.

"Well, we're definitely telling master about this for sure. We aren't going to be able to do anything about them right now; they could be miles and miles away at this point sadly. With that said, I guess the next thing to discuss is your house." Natsu looked at her confused.

"What about it? It's burned down." Mirajane decided to explain more.

"I'm asking do you want to build a new house, you know, from scratch." The fire mage was quiet for a moment before he smiled at her.

"Yeah, I'll build a new one. It'll be better than the last one for sure!" He thrust a flaming fist in the air causing his girlfriend to laugh at his display of excitement, she was happy to see that he was feeling a bit better now. A thought came to him though. "But wait, I don't have the money I need for that kind of construction." The takeover mage only smiled at this.

"Well I guess we better get to completing some jobs then huh? I'll help you build your home too." Natsu wanted to tell her that he didn't want her to be away from the guild for that long helping him, but looking into her cheerful eyes convinced him otherwise.

"Yeah you're right Mira, though it's going to be a pain in the ass. Well in any case, just sitting around here isn't going to build a house. Let's eat and get over to the guild, it's going to be a long day." Mirajane drunk some of her tea before agreeing with a nod.

"Right." They finished their breakfast in a timely manner before taking turns showering. Once that was done, they left for the guild hall.

Guild Hall

Everyone was pretty upset at the moment. Master Makarov had just finished telling the guild about what happened to Natsu's house. Natsu and Mirajane, who were standing beside him at the bar looking out to the entire guild, already knew what would happen when they told him, but that didn't mean they knew EVERY thing. Makarov's next words threw them off a bit, yet somehow they were expected.

"And so we, the entire Fairy Tail guild, will aid Natsu in building a new house!" As he said this, the guild exploded into cheers of agreement, Natsu stood frozen for a second but then gave his signature smile. He turned to Mirajane.

"This is great Mira! With the help of the guild, my house could be built by as early as tomorrow!" The eldest Strauss sister felt just as excited as he did, Makarov asked the dragon slayer a question.

"So Natsu, have you created any blue prints for the house yet?" He shook his head.

"No, I uh-" The fire mage's response was interjected by the bar mage.

"I'll be handling that part of the construction." She gave her boyfriend a thumb up before continuing. "Don't worry though, I'll sit down and make them with you so you can see what you want." He nodded giving her his approval; Makarov then asked his next question.

"How long do you think it will take you to create the blue prints? We could get the majority of the build out of the way today, if we could start that is." Mirajane grabbed Natsu's hand and began walking towards the guild entrance, but stopped and turned around to give the guild master an answer.

"We will have the blue prints done within an hour at the most!" The couple left the guild quickly.

A Park in Magnolia

It was warm out today as Fairy Tail's newest couple was sitting at a round stone table in a section of the beautifully flower decorated park. They were there to draw out the blue prints for building a home. At the moment though, only the white haired woman was drawing as the pink haired man slept with his head against the table.

"Natsuuuu come on, you have to stay awake for this part. I mean, it is your home we're designing after all." He groaned but finally sat up and paid attention. He glanced over the sketch and then sighed as he looked at his girlfriend.

"I like everything about it but…what is all this for?" She looked down at the colorful animals and flowers she had drawn on the paper, she made a fake sadden face.

"My drawings aren't worthy enough to be included on your blue print sheet?" The dragon slayer simply laughed at her reaction while grabbing the paper and pencil.

"I'm joking, I love your drawings but, your design is missing a few important things. In the upstairs part, there needs to be more bedrooms. A master bedroom with two regular bedrooms, there needs to be a deck to walk out onto through the master bedroom also. Other than that, it's going to look amazing!" The bar mage wanted to question his changes to the blue prints out of curiosity but she was unable to as he had gotten up and began pulling her along back to the guild hall.

'What would Natsu need a deck added on for? And what about the two extra rooms?' She wondered this as they ran a bit faster.

The Strauss Home

By the sound of things, it would appear that the whole house was asleep at this moment. This probably would have been true if it weren't for to mages still awake.

"Hey Mira, you're awake right? I need to ask you a question…" They were lying under the covers of Mirajane's bed after a long day, he held her in his arms.

"Sure, is something wrong Natsu?" She felt his body temperature rise slightly as his heart rate increased as well.

"I wanted to know if… you wanted to move in with me once my house was finished being built." He had no way of knowing what her response would be, but he noticed that it did in fact catch her off guard.

"Yes…I want to move in with you, but I need to make sure that Lisanna and Elfman would be comfortable with me leaving them here to live with you. I could ask them tomorrow." She felt his body temperature drop back to its original temperature as he sighed and squeezed her a little tighter.

"That's fine with me; I was just worried that you wouldn't want to." He closed his eyes as he was slowly becoming overtaken by sleep, Mirajane began to speak though.

"I know that we haven't even been a couple for a week yet but…It feels like we've been together for much longer than that. To be honest Natsu, I haven't forgotten the first night you and I slept like this. Ever since then, I couldn't shake the feeling that something was missing every night I would go to sleep without being in your arms." The dragon slayer stayed silent as he could tell that she wasn't completely finished yet. "I guess what I'm saying is, I've been waiting for you to ask me that for the longest." She yawned after she finished and closed her eyes as well, sleep was fast approaching. The fire mage chuckled softly.

"I'm glad to hear you say that because I felt the same way about sleeping like this. That really makes me happy Mira." The last part came out in a mumbled slur as he had finally fallen asleep. The takeover mage giggled a bit as she realized this, but soon she fell asleep as well.

Natsu's Home

It was late evening as the build of Natsu's home had just come to an end. Fairy Tail worked quickly and efficiently for a total of twenty hours. They worked ten the day before and ten today, it was definitely the quickest built home in history probably, though there would be no way of knowing if that was true or not. The house looked amazing all around in and out. The exterior of the home was painted in the same colors as the old one; a tan beige color with a bright red roof. Inside, the walls were painted a sky blue color with white borders. There wasn't any furniture in it yet though as Natsu and Mirajane agreed on going furniture shopping together one week before the S-class exams start. Ever one cheered and celebrated the success in completing the build so quickly plus the fact that Natsu now had a new home to return to. Some wondered why he would need a home so big with three bedrooms not to mention the added deck outside the master bedroom. Though these thoughts were in most of their heads, they ignored it ultimately. It was getting late as the guild members were all heading back home. Elfman and Lisanna were just about to leave as well until their older sister called their names. The two siblings stopped and came back as they now stood in front of Mirajane and Natsu.

"You wanted something Nee-Chan?" The two siblings asked as takeover brought her hands together in front of her.

"… I wanted to know how you two would feel if I…did something…" Eyes filled with worry and confusion were centered on the bar mage as the siblings wondered what it could be; they both asked her at the same time.

"Did something like… what exactly?" The looks in their eyes pushed her enough to finish her question.

"Natsu asked me to move in with him last night and…I said yes but, I wanted to know how you two would feel if I left home." By the end of her question, she had shifted her eyes to the right and down at the ground, Natsu remained quiet the whole time. He watched as the two younger siblings walked up to the unsuspecting takeover mage and brought her into a hug, a smile graced his face as he listened to their next words, starting with Lisanna.

"Mira-nee remember what I told you the night you returned? It's your turn to experience your own happiness for yourself only, something that no one else can take from you." Elfman decided to add on to Lisanna's statement.

"Lisanna's right Mira-nee, besides, it was only a matter of time before you would be taken away by a manly man." The male takeover mage glanced at Natsu with a grin who intern grinned back. Mirajane was at a loss of words. She didn't know that her siblings were so prepared for something like this.

"I didn't know you two would be so prepared for something like this." They let go of their older sister as Lisanna responded to her.

"Something like this? Mira-nee you're making it sound like you're going to war and not coming back or something." Elfman once again added on to Lisanna's words.

"Yeah Mira-nee, no matter what, we are and always will be a close family." Their words filled the bar mage with happiness. She felt absolutely free now that she knew her siblings would be ok without her there at home.

"You're right, no matter what; we will always be a close family, and nothing will ever change that. Now let's go home and have dinner together, I haven't moved out yet." They all were smiling as they walked through the woods to get back to the Strauss home.

The Strauss Home

Dinner had been an enjoyable one as everyone ate well and shared various stories. The couple was now in Mirajane's bed, having a quiet conversation while under the covers. Moonlight was the only form of light to be found in the room at this time of night.

"Mira." She turned over to face him while answering.

"Yes Natsu?" He remained quiet for a bit as he held his right hand in the air while looking at his palm.

"It's been on my mind and well, I decided that a little bit of training would be helpful." The takeover mage couldn't believe her ears. Her boyfriend, who previously laughed at the idea of training for the exams, changed his mind and was now going to train anyway. She laid her head onto his chest as she smiled happily.

"You don't know how happy that makes me to hear you say that, I really want you to become an S-class mage. I want to help you with your training if that's ok. You have power but you could use a bit more speed, there's no point in having power if you can't reach your enemy." Natsu brought his hand down and began to gently rub his hand through her beautifully white hair, he smiled.

"Why wouldn't it be ok? I just wonder how you plan on getting my speed up." A mischievous smile crossed her face as she closed her eyes.

"You'll just have to wait, were starting tomorrow. Enough time has already gone by, we can't waste anymore. Goodnight Natsu." The dragon slayer was unpleased with the answer as he whined her name.

"Miiiiiiirrrrrraaaaa come ooooonnn; give me a hint at least." Mirajane frowned a bit, which he couldn't see as she was still lying on his chest.

"No, now goodnight Natsu!" Sighing, he gave up on his futile efforts.

"Ok, goodnight Mira." Sleep ensued them both.

A Deep Forest in Magnolia

The sun was shining as bright as ever on this wonderfully warm day in magnolia. Its wonderful rays of sunlight didn't go unnoticed by two Fairy Tail Mages standing in a forest clearing.

"It's hot as hell! What are we going to do out here anyway?" The pink haired wizard yelled out, making the white haired wizard laugh. The male wizard had four seals on himself, two for his legs and two for his arms. These seals were magical weight seals. Each seal added one-hundred and twenty pounds, totaling out to an extra weight of four-hundred and eighty pounds. Just walking to the forest felt like a miserable task to complete, now he had to find out what else his girlfriend had in store for him.

"The best way for you to probably build your speed up would be to raise three things, stamina, strength, and reaction time." Natsu thought it over for a moment then nodded in agreement as he pieced it together.

"Ok that makes sense but, how am I supposed to do that if I'm not fighting anyone?" Just as he said this, Mirajane's demeanor changed drastically, she smiled sinisterly. Dark purple magic energy began to display its self around her, Natsu's eyes widen as far as they could. "Mira…what are you…doing?" Dust had picked up within the air around her which then dispersed as her appearance changed to her Satan Soul's demonic form; she held her left hand out while forming a ball of dark energy, aimed for Natsu. "Mira, you're not serious." She held her serious demonic expression as she fired the ball of energy directly at Natsu who barely had time to move out of the way as it destroyed a large amount of trees; she prepared another one, this time even more powerful.

"Right now at this very moment, I am the Demon Mirajane. You have two options, fight me seriously…or die!" She released the blast yet again as Natsu dodged it just in time, only to get punched in the stomach and sent through three trees. He coughed as he struggled to get up; he looked out at the clearing where Mirajane stood waiting for him to reappear.

'Shit…she's dead serious. What do I do…?" He watched as she began walking into his direction, she looked so intimidating. 'What do I do!?' She gained a demonic smirk as she launched forwards at him with her right fist ready to deal damage.

Guild Hall

Team Natsu sat at their usual table with an addition of Lisanna, who was idly talking with Lucy about random things in general. Erza was enjoying one of the many sweets she like eating when in the guild. Gray looked around then asked Erza a question.

"Hey Erza, doesn't it feel like something's missing here?" Titania looked around as she tried to figure out what the ice mage was talking about, and then it dawned on her.

"Natsu and Mirajane aren't here. I wonder where they are." Hearing this, Lisanna answered her.

"Well, you know the S-class exams are in two weeks right? Well Natsu said that he wanted to train a bit for it, so he and Mira-nee are probably training somewhere right now, I really do feel sorry for him…" The entire table gasped in surprise as the mental image of Mirajane in her Satan Soul form appeared in their heads, Lucy spoke next.

"Training with Mirajane!? That sounds more like suicide!" Lisanna laughed as she too thought about just how brutal her sister could be, Erza got over her shock and voiced what was one the whole table's mind.

"I wonder how things are going." They all sat quiet as they each envisioned their own ideas.

A Deep Forest in Magnolia

He could feel it, she was close by. He had been running from her for a full hour now, the tension he was feeling was high. It was as if he was a kind of prey, a rat maybe, and she was a boa constricting snake, capable of sniffing him out from anywhere. He was now hiding behind two trees that had grown too close to each other; she called out for him in that demonic voice of hers.

"Natsuuuu where are youuuuu?" She had gotten much closer than she was just a moment ago. Natsu couldn't shake the feeling that she knew where he was and was only toying with him; her voice regained its serious tone. "You can't hide forever, Natsu."

'Stupid weight spell! I can barely run at all!' His nose began to give him the feeling of needing to sneeze. 'I can't sneeze, I can't sneeze, I can't sneeze!' It sounded like she was closing in on him slowly and then, it happened.

"AACHOO!" It felt like everything stopped, there wasn't one sound being made. 'No!' Slowly peering around the tree, his blood ran cold as he was face to face with his predator. It all happened in what felt like slow motion. Mirajane brought her right arm down in a swiping motion aimed for Natsu's neck as he dodged it. As he moved away, he watched as her hand cut clean through the tree. With this near miss, they were back to their game of cat and mouse.

This extremely dangerous style of training will continue until the last two days before the S-class exams.

Chapter 14 complete! So next chapter will be the start of the S-class exams a.k.a the Tenroujima Arc (Which I have a few plans for) I plan on at least starting on the chapter today but I can! In any case, feel free to leave feedback and I'll fix the errors ASAP, see you soon! :D