=Hi guys this is just a note there is an update on this chapter coming soon im just releasing the first half now and the next tomorrow :)=

Natsus sea sickness was swarming up in his belly once again. The waves were rocky with water hitting against the boat. It wasn't calm this time of the afternoon, but they had to make it there.

Natsu groaned, he gave a small hiccup of a bubble with his cheeks forming into huge sacks of flour. His pupils dialect with his lips plumped into small size.

"Natsu how im the world are we supposed to use your magic if you're passed out on the boat?" Lucy questioned.

He scoffed sighing loudly. "Give me a break would ya? This sickness does take its toll on my body." He jerked whilst his body slides towards erza.

"Can't be helped. He is the salamander. Fire not water."

Juvia pouted."Oi. How come he has trouble riding a boat yet his fine with me and happy?" She asked.

lucy facepalms."Happys a cat duh he doesn't have water in himself unlike-"

"Heyy!" Juvia interrupted.

They all laughed. Natsu tried to put as much force moving his head towards the side to let his head flow amgonst the rail.

By this time natsu would try to make a smart remark to gray trying to act all coy and strong saying it's just a side affect. he knew gray would eye him down on the other side of the boat with that worried look of his. Its not that he wanted to prove he was capable on managing on his own. Its just, he loved the way he would just stare with those cold icey eyes of his showing how much he actually cared. It would make natsu become more heated than he would usually be. It was all so much for him. Gray was everything to natsu. He really is...

"Gray san..." he murmured at the thought of holding him close to his chest whispering sweet words into his ears.

"Eeeehh...Natsus blushingggg...is it cause of gra-" lucy stopped. Her mouth was covered by lokes hands submerging the words. He gestured a look towards jivia which caught their attention. She was looking down fidgety clasping her voodoo doll in her hand.

He looked towards natsu who flustered uncontrollably. He looked to loke searching for answers as loke looked at lucy whispering something in her ear.

Lucy blushed. Natsu gulped. He watched as loke shuffled closer to natsu holding his chin up. They starred at each other awkwardly. Natsu began to feel the same exhilarating heat he had when imagining gray.

Then, loke placed his lips on natsus. Natsus eyes widened as he saw how serious and intimate he was kissing him. His lips were smooth with a slight gash on his bottom lip. Natsu quivered. He didn't want to keep letting his mouth dominate him making out with loke without consent. He loved gray and gray alone.

But why does he taste so sweet and irresistible? ...

He placed his hands on loke trying to shove him separate with a trail of sliva breaking their connection.

They were both panting ferociously. Their show had attracted the attention of everyone especially juvia. Her expression was more surprised than lucy and erzas themselves.

"What was that for teme?" Natsu asked quietly.

Loke smirked looking at the swollen struck down salamander.

"Honestly natsu, if your going to fall for me you need to control your thirst for me." He joked.

Natsu sat there puzzled as loke took his place next to him swinging his arm around his shoulder.

Natsu wanted to hide. He sunk himself down in embarrassment blushing like crazy. His head was spinning, his heart was racing, but it was all so sudden.

"Why did he kiss me?..." he thought.

They arrived at galuna island at the stroke of midnight. Their aura was still on the 'scene' they saw between natsu and loke, but their hearts were set on the mission before them. Recovering one of the mail devices to contact gray so natsu can finally tell him how he felt.

Natsu however, wasn't feeling it. His minding was collaborating with his legs drifting off into nowhere. He didn't know how to phrase this profound love. Yes he deeply, emotionally, uncontrollably was in love with gray but...he's been so mean to him he might freeze it into particles and throw it away. What would gray do? Will he forgive him? Will he return?

"Natsu are you ok?" Lucy ask hitting him on the back.

"Ow...yes im fine but im in pain now." He groans.

Lucy laughs. "That's good, im glad your back to yourself again. If your thinking about what to say to Gray, I think its best you keep it short and simple." She suggests.

He glanced towards the side rubbing his head. "Yea but...you've seen how I was so mean to him all those years ago. And how lisanna and I became a couple right infront of him. How could someone-"

"Natsu." She hit the back of his head intentionally. "Your over thinking what really matters here. You love gray isn't that all. You were thinking about him then on the boat remember. Think about how he makes you feel and how he makes you act. I can tell you've changed cause of him and in all honesty its for the better. I can't really see you with lisanna anyway. " she saids admittedly.

Natsu takes lucys words to heart clenching his white muffler tightly. There were so many feelings he felt when he was around gray those days. That night especially, he wanted to just jump on him from behind telling him not to leave or if he did to take natsu with him.

Maybe that's what he should say...

He sighed loudly again. lucy laughed. She loved this vulnerable weirded out side of natsu. Its rare but it's something she could feel so much superior to when it came to love. She knows how much he doesn't know about love and how lisanna didn't really teach it to him. But, something always told her natsus love would be far stronger than the one she shares with loke.

"Your very mischievous, natsu."

Natsu looked towards her. "Huh? Did you say something?" He ask.

She shook her head giggling. Natsu tilted his head confused as she grabbed his hand unexpectedly pulling him towards the entrance.

They all lined up at the entrance. Natsu coincidently, stood near loke. Loke winked making natsu shrudder at the remembrance of that moment. Loke walked up knocking twice at the door.

"Who is it?" An angry old rugged mans voice called from the top.

Everyone looked up seeing two old man supposedly guards pointing their spears at them.

"Were wizards from fairy tail we've come to seek your help. " Erza exclaims shouting.

Everyones voices were heard over the wooden gate infront of them. They all were chanting whispering about the wizards of fairy tail who had helped them in a situation with lyon before.

"Open the gate there our friends."

A commanding voice was overheard from the gate. They all took a step back from the thick fog that emerge from the ground.

The gates lifted showing a hord of people gathered around to see them all. Natsu felt a little intimidated. He hadn't had this type of feel since he saw how close gray and loke were. That really did piss him off.

The old priest of the island came forward. "Loke already filled me in on your situation. "

They all turned towards loke as he stepped forward. "I appreciate the time you've taken for this." He says shaking his hand.

"Its no trouble at all besides natsu and gray helped us alot with our situation before. All we can do is repay." A small girl standing next to the old priest popped her head out shyly.

"Well whilst your hear there is something I must inform you about. Please come this way." He turned around directing everyone to follow.

he gulped clenching his muffler away a little breathing heavily. He was anxious to tell gray how much he loved him. But he was more scared of getting an instant rejection.

He jolted back. He felt a small hand tugging the corner Bottom of his top. He looked down seeing the small girl with the two yellow pigtails almost like lucys starring at him worriedly.

"Mister are you ok? " She asked.

He stayed silent. Her face was just as innocent as grays asking that persistent yet somehow loving question he always got.

He smiled placing his hand on her head. "Im ok really. Thanks though."

She smiled transferring her hand to his pulling him in unexpectedly.

They caught up with the rest of the gang. They were all quiet everyone bickering and muttering words he couldn't pick out as the huddle over a area.

He blinked as the girl suddenly let go of his arm pushing through the crowd of people.

"H-hey wait!"

Natsu picked up the pace walking into the crowd pushing by the odd one or two faces apologetically. He wondered what everyones aura suddenly went down. He saw the girl minutes past him standing in front of him along with loke and the others.

He sighed in relief. "Hey what's all the commotion-"

He choked. The smell of burnt firewood along with rotten meat brew from his nose. They piles of swords and Spears all clattered around with a few smear or two with dripping wet red. His throat clenched in digust holding back the gag the formed in his esophagus. It was horrendous, it was disgusting. And it was something he knew wanted gray badly.

Lucy covered her mouth in shock."W-what is this?..."

The old priest coughed stepping forward. "Those people came to the island demanding some sort of explanation on where gray is." Natsus eyes shot up.

"We didn't know what to say since we haven't seen him in awhile, but then they threatened to kill every child in the village. So we gave them a false accusation telling him he went to the tower of heavens." He pondered. Loke shot a gaze at erza seeing if the mention of that place had effected her.

"I was afraid if gray was actually at the place he would be in a difficult situation. So we devised a counter strike from behind with the gate people firing spears at them." Natsu gazed at the people all huddled up against their family member forsaking their victory. They were all shaken up but also relived they daughter's and sons were still connected to them.

He turned around looking at natsu. "My people haven't been this distort since that week of pain. My people owe you a great deal, natsu."

"A-ah but you see it was really..." he looked down holding the corner of his sleeve. "I don't deserve that thanks in my opinion. I just lent a helping hand to the boy who saved you. I-i did my part on that mission which was to protect the people of galuna. Gray did far more than me by taking on the thing that had ruined your appearance." Natsu gave a slight whimper lifting his head up.

Loke took his stand next to natsu placing his hand on his shoulder. "These people want gray gone so they can resurrect that beast again. I know it's all so sudden but believe me when I say it their going to kill him for the sake of becoming stronger. " he warned. Everyone gasped in shock reminiscing to the day lyon also had the same ordeal of creating a better world. Natsu just couldn't make out what type of world deliora was going to benefit these people. Only sacrifice was going to come our way.

The old priest groaned holding his stick firmly. "If this is what it has come to then there's no doubt, we must send a letter to gray immediately."

Lucy, erza, juvia, loke and natsu nodded.

"Alright I suppose we should settle in for now its best we keep a look out in case anything happens. We will each take turns. I will be first two hours, natsu your next after him will be lucy, juvia, and later just for more precaution will have erza on last shift." He ordered.

They all agreed on motion as they turned their attention back towards the old priest.

"So then these mail devices, are they kept somewhere on site or are they enclosed somewhere else?" Lucy asked.

"The mail devices are made by a priestess named Yui. She lives up their east side of the Mountain." Loke points im the direction of the three karin mountain that represent the three gods of life.

Natsu gulped at the view on how long this journey would be just to reach up their to claim mail device. But it was all worth it in the end.

For Gray...

"It saids their aren't as many left as to most of them been used for recent guild wars over fiore. My guess is that you guys set for 'kanpachou' first thing at dawn to avoid any trouble." The old priest enquiried.

"Im sorry but what is 'kanpachou'?" Juvia asked confused.

"Kanpachou is the name of the god of heaven which was later passed down onto the shrine. That's the one Yui protects. They say its like she passes good will in the letters like their a gift from God." He for told.

Lucy looks at loke.

"W-what?" He asks.

"Nothing just really surprised you know so much about this girl. " she lifted her eyebrow annoyed.

Loke rubbed the back of his head. Everyone laughed whilst the old priest directed us to the house we were all sharing.

Natsu shriveled up pushing the thoughts he had before a side before reconnecting with the others.

Natsu couldn't sleep at all. His mind was too busy thinking of what he was going to say to the popcile after a whole weak of quietness. He had so much to say for so little time. If only he could pause this life and write down a whole list of things he felt for the ice maker.

And for he saw today at the pit. There's no doubt, he had to warn gray. If something were to happen to him whilst on the search for him, who knows what natsu would do to himself.

He shifted his head to the other side of the bed seeing loke come in.

"Alright natsu your up." He said pulling the covers away.

Natsu groaned stretching his arms out wiping the rest of the sleep out. He moved his legs to the side pulling himself up. His body still wasn't functioning the way he wanted it to.

"Natsu." Natsu felt a grasp holding his shoulder.

He turned. "Yeah?"

"Dont worry ok. Your gonna get through this. I know there's something you want to say to Gray but it isn't comming out yet. It's best you don't dig too dip in to find what it is okay?"

He smiled before looking down. His hair covered his eyes showing a dark shadow.

" thanks,loke."

He walked out of the door.