Hello, everyone. I'm sorry I haven't posted in a while, but I felt that I needed a break from writing for a bit. I'd been doing a lot of work on my novel, (I passed 90,000 words last Saturday.) And was feeling a bit of burnout. However, I just cannot keep myself from working on this. And I have decided to keep writing this for a long time. Not only will I keep writing through the Alvarez Empire arc, I will attempt to write a Fairy Tail: Next Generations following the lives of the next generation Fairies. Hopefully, it won't turn out like Boruto. Instead, I'll try and correct the flaws that plague the original anime. Just a heads up. This probably will not occur for a while unless you want me to skip Tartaros. (I'm skipping Starry Heavens though, and I'll start a poll to see if I should skip the Dragon Festival Arc.) Just a heads up. Again, DM me anything you want to happen, or any feedback and I'll try to implement it.

Like the previous morning, Natsu woke first. Lisanna's arms were draped over his bare chest. He smiled as he rolled over and stared at her sleeping form. His heart pounded in his chest. To him, she looked like a goddess fallen to earth. He gently pressed his forehead against hers and closed his eyes again. After a few moments, he opened them and saw Lisanna's beautiful blue eyes staring back at him.

"Good morning." He said.

"Yeah."

"Last night…"

"Shh." Lisanna said. "Happy's here."

"Really?" Natsu said. "I thought he had gotten his own room."

"He did." Lisanna replied. "But he's asleep on the couch."

Natsu rolled over and checked. The exceed was indeed sleeping happily.

"Maybe he's finally come to his senses." Natsu chuckled. He got up, blankets slipping off his lower half. Lisanna blushed a bit but then relaxed.

"Last night was amazing." She admitted.

"Yeah." Natsu agreed. "It was."

Lisanna slipped out bed and walked slowly into the bathroom. After a few moments, Natsu heard the shower running.

"Are you coming in, Natsu?" Lisanna asked.

Natsu slid into the bathroom and shut the door. "Happy will hear us."

"We're not going to do it, silly." Lisanna laughed. "But imagine how traumatized Happy would be if he woke up and you were just sitting there naked. This saves time."

"Ok…" Natsu agreed.

After a quick shower, the lovers dressed. Less than five minutes later, Happy awoke.

"Natsu…" He murmured. "I'm sorry."

Natsu picked him up off the couch and wrapped him in a hug. "No, Happy. I'm sorry. Lisanna and I have been spending so much time together we've been neglecting you. That's our fault. You're our son, after all."

Lisanna smiled and joined in. Once again, they were a family.

Ten minutes later, they were joining the rest of the guild for breakfast. The master had given them the opportunity to catch up on some sleep after the hard fighting of the day before and delayed breakfast until nine. However, most of the guild beat them there. Most were having a good time, but a few seemed down. Gray and Jellal both seemed traumatized. Juvia was underneath her own personal rain cloud staring blankly at a wall, and Erza had her face buried in her food.

Natsu strolled up to the table where Gray and Jellal sat. "So, underwear freak, how was your punishment?"

Gray shuddered. "You wouldn't believe what happened to me."

Natsu laughed. "What happened?"

"So I took her out to dinner like you forced me too." Gray explained. "And then we went back to our room. I'm getting ready to sleep and then she pops out of a closet in a seductive bunny suit."

Natsu smirked. "Then?"

"Don't tell her I said this, but she looked good in it." Gray muttered nervously. "But then, she killed the mood when she started chasing me around the hotel in it shouting "Gray-Sama" At the top of her lungs."

"Did the girls make a plot to try and seduce us with bunny suits?" Natsu hypothesized.

"You too?" Gray said, surprised. "I didn't see Lisanna chasing you."

"Lisanna isn't insane." Natsu laughed. "We had a great time."

"You two… Actually did it? No one thought you ever would!" Gray exclaimed, surprised.

"Wasn't even the first time." Natsu whispered. "You all are just stupid. The only one who noticed was Mira."

"What?!" Gray asked, shocked. "Impossible!"

"You're just stupid, underwear freak."

"Say that again, Lizard Brain?"

Then, Natsu noticed Jellal, who just looked depressed. "What's up with him?"

"No idea." Gray said. "Hey, Jellal, why so down?"

Jellal mumbled something incomprehensible.

"What?" Natsu asked.

"I can't love her yet. Not as a sinner." Jellal mumbled.

Realization dawned on both Natsu and Gray's faces.

"You don't think-" Natsu said.

"Erza was in on it too." Gray finished.

"So that's why she's…" Natsu muttered. "Damn it, Jellal, you have to stop making Erza cry or I'll beat your ass again."

"You don't have an ether- nano tower to eat this time." Jellal muttered. "And you haven't seen me when I'm not possessed by someone who doesn't know who to use my magic."

"I'll still kick your ass again." Natsu said.

"No, you won't, Natsu." Gray said. "Jellal has single handedly destroyed hundreds of Dark Guilds."

"What's your point?" Natsu asked. "Haven't we done that too?"

"Until you can take a Sema and stay on your feet, don't even try to compare us." Jellal said. "Zeref could not use my magic at all. An Altaris? That wouldn't even have killed Erza."

"It killed Simon."

Jellal's face darkened. "And that is just one of the reasons I cannot love Erza. I have sinned far too much."

On that note, he stood and stormed away.

Meanwhile, Lisanna was attempting to cheer Erza up. But no matter what she said, Erza refused to even acknowledge that she was there. Then, Jellal approached. He beckoned to Lisanna to leave. She backed away but made sure to keep her eyes on what was going on. The ex-wizard saint leaned over Erza and whispered something to her. Erza lifted her face out of her strawberry cake and watched Jellal leave the room. For a second, Lisanna could swear she saw tears on his face as he turned to the door.

So, I'm going to start setting other characters up with each other, if it wasn't obvious already. Next week I'm going to transition into the Grand Magic Games. Also, make sure to vote in the polls of which arcs I'm skipping.