Chapter 42

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-Skies of Thunder, Dragon Realm-

As Natsu woke up he felt a pressure on his chest, opening his eyes he was greeted by the sleeping face of Akeno, with her beautiful black hair flowing down each side of her face and draping over his chest. A smile came to Natsu's face as he remembered the wonderful date, and eventful night, they had.

Natsu felt Akeno starting to stir and saw her beautiful purple eyes opening up and locking with his onyx orbs.

"Morning beautiful," Natsu said while leaning up and planting a kiss on her forehead.

"Good morning my handsome Dragon," Akeno giggled as she moved up and planted a kiss on his lips.

"We should probably get ready to return home, I told Grayfia I would be having this date with you, but she insisted I be home today and spend some time with her seeing as school will be starting soon and then my time with her will be less," Natsu said with a chuckle.

"She does know that you usually get bored around the third period and then go home until after school right?" Akeno said as she tried to keep in her laughter.

"She definitely knows, I just think that she might feel a bit left out since I went on special dates with you and Xenovia so far and not yet with her," Natsu said with a sigh.

"But you already said you will be taking her on one right?" Akeno asked confused.

"Yeah, the thing is that with the plans I have for her it has to be during a very specific time, but enough of that," Natsu said, wrapping his arms around Akeno so that she would still be sitting in his lap while he sat up.

"Guess we should be getting dressed, but can we just sit like this for a few more minutes?" Akeno asked as she looked at Natsu with loving eyes, enjoying the skinship they were sharing.

"Sure," Natsu smiled back at her before pecking her on the cheek and looking out on the valley filled with all manners of lightning. Akeno leaned into him as she enjoyed the view of the beautiful lightning show.

-Gremory Estate in Kuoh-

Groans could be heard coming from the living room. When you would enter the room, you would be met with a table full of papers and books, with three devils sitting in chairs with tired expressions.

"How the heck did the others finish all their assignments already?" Issei complained as he looked at the mountain of work he still had to finish before school starts once again.

"I have no idea, but it feels like we are being punished for going on break," Xenovia added her complaint as she leaned back in the chair.

"I guess they were doing this between training, maybe staying up later," Asia guessed.

"I spent about an hour each night before going to bed on my assignments," Wendy confirmed as she walked into the room with a tray of drinks for the unfortunate devils.

"Can't you help us with this, maybe give us your answers?" Issei asked with hopeful eyes as he clasped his hands together above his head.

"Now, now, Issei, I already told you that you need to do this on your own," Rias said as she followed Wendy into the room with a tray of cookies.

"Thank you for food and refreshments," Xenovia thanked the two before returning her attention to the paper she was busy on while gnawing on a cookie.

"Maybe we can help explain some things after we are done with the tasks Grayfia gave us for today?" Wendy suggested as she looked at Rias.

"Fine, but we won't give you any of the answers," Rias relented with a sigh, the constant begging from Issei and Wendy's caring personality had worn her down to where she was willing to give them some explanations but she simply refused to give them answers.

"Thank you Rias, Wendy," Issei cried out in joy with Asia and Xenovia giving the two girls a happy and thankful smile before returning to their work. Wendy and Rias returned to the kitchen where they found Grayfia still bust cleaning out some pots and pans, whoever the faraway look from this morning still present in her eyes.

"Grayfia, are you okay?" Wendy asked as she approached the woman that is like a second mother to her.

"Huh, oh Wendy, sorry what were you saying?" Grayfia said as she blinked and shook her head to clear it of the thoughts that had occupied her mind.

"Are you okay?" Wendy asked again as a frown formed on her forehead and concern filled her eyes. Grayfia being lost in her thoughts while she was doing housework was something the blue-haired teen had never seen before.

"Yes, sorry for worrying you, just a few things on my mind,' Grayfia said as she offered Wendy a smile.

"Would you like to talk about it, maybe we can help you with some of it?" Rias asked.

"I feel sorry for Rossweisse, being left behind hit her hard, maybe you two can take her out for some fun later on to get her mind of being left here by Odin?" Grayfia asked.

The Valkyrie had shown up at their home the previous night in tears. Grayfia had given her a room to sleep in and the leftovers of that day's dinner. Rossweisse was thankful for the hospitality and ever since then she had stayed in her room sulking with the only interaction she had with the residence of the home was when Grayfia brought her breakfast.

"Sure we can do that," Rias replied with a smile.

"But that isn't all that's been bothering you, is it?" Wendy asked with the concern still in her eyes.

"I can't hide anything from you can I? It's not really a problem or something that's bothering me, it's more just that I kind of miss Natsu when he isn't with me during the night," Grayfia confessed with a sigh and a slight blush.

"He went on his date with Akeno right, do you know when he will be back?" Rias asked.

"He promised to be back today. It's not that I mind him going on dates with his other mates, it's just I feel like some part of me is missing when he isn't with me at night," Grayfia said with a sigh before shaking her head.

"No use in overthinking things. There are still a few things left for me to do today so I'd better get to them so that I can spend some time with Natsu once he is back," Grayfia said as she returned to work with a renewed vigour.

Seeing this Wendy smiled before motioning Rias that they should leave.

"Maybe we should go see if Rossweisse wants to go shopping," Wendy suggested.

"That might be a good idea, I only saw her in either her battle gear or that business suit she had on the first time we saw her," Rias agreed as the two girls made their way to the room she was given.

As the two girls reached the door to Rossweisse's room Rias softly knocked. They heard a hoarse "Yeah?" coming from inside before they opened the door.

The room was dark with the curtains closed and the lights off. Wendy and Rias could see a slumped figure sitting on the bead with the blanket over its head.

"Hey Rossweisse," Wendy said as she flipped the light switch. The room flooded with light revealing the teary face of Rossweisse as she had the blanket over her head with just her face visible.

"Oh hello, you two. Sorry for looking so ugly," Rossweisse said with a sniff before she tried to wipe the tears from her face with one of her sleeves.

"Don't say something like that, it's perfectly reasonable to be upset with what Odin did," Rias said with concern.

"It's just… I don't know why he would leave me here, even after everything I did for him," Rossweisse said as fresh tears streamed from her eyes and a sob shook her shoulders.

"How about we go out shopping today, get you some nice clothes and take your mind off things?" Wendy suggested to the Valkyrie with a small smile.

"I-I would like that," Rossweisse said with a sniff.

"Then why don't you get dressed and then we can go?" Rias suggested with a smile.

After Rossweisse got herself ready for the day she stood in her room in her business suit along with Wendy and Rias before they left for a girls' day out.

-With Grayfia-

Grayfia watched with a smile as the three girls made their way out of the house to their day to cheer Rossweisse up. With one final glance at the disappearing figures, she turned back to the kitchen in order to complete cleaning up.

Taking the last pot from breakfast she filled it with water before reaching for the dish soap. A warm hand covered hers as she grabbed the soap bottle and a smile graced her face. As she turned around to greet her lover she felt his lips on hers. Melting into the kiss Grayfia dropped the bottle of soap as her man embraced her.

"So how was the date?" Grayfia asked once the two separated.

"It was a wonderful time and I really think the last place made it special for her," Natsu said with a smile.

"Where did you take her?" Grayfia asked as she bent down to pick up the soap bottle.

"First to the park for a picnic, then the Chinese New Year Festival and finished it off with showing her the Skies of Thunder in the Dragon Realm," Natsu answered as he took the soap from Grayfia and started cleaning the pot.

"Sounds like you really took her interests into consideration when you chose those last two places," Grayfia said with a smile as she saw how happy Natsu was. She started looking around the kitchen for something else that needed to be done, already knowing she won't get anywhere trying to stop Natsu from helping her, not that she minded.

"Yeah and thanks for the advice and suggesting a picnic, really worked well to start things off," Natsu thanked his queen with a smile.

"Happy to help," Grayfia replied as she took the clean pot from Natsu and placed it on the drying rack.

"Well the next one is all for you, but we still need to wait a bit for what I have planned," Natsu said with a huge grin.

"So where will we be going?" Grayfia asked as she looked at a random book, trying not to seem too curious, but in reality, she really wanted to know what he had in store for her.

"That is a secret," Natsu whispered into her ear as he embraced her from behind. Grayfia smiled and leaned back into him, closing her eyes and enjoying his presence.

"Fine, on another note I don't want you to aid Xenovia in her assignments if she asks, she needs to do this on her own," Grayfia said.

"I agree, so why don't we go take a nap before we enjoy the day together making a few things in the kitchen? Got a few ideas from the Festival," Natsu suggested.

"I'd like that," Grayfia said with a loving smile, happy that she will always have special moments with Natsu, as the two made their way to their room.

-With Akeno-

Akeno had just returned from her wonderful date with Natsu. They had arrived in the foyer in a blazing inferno of various colours after they enjoyed an extra hour of looking at the Skies of Thunder. Natsu had given her a kiss before saying that he would be checking up on Grayfia, leaving Akeno to her own devices.

Walking into the living room she was shocked to see the sheer amount of open books and scattered papers. Her confusion was quickly cleared up once she saw the three exhausted forms of Asia, Xenovia and Issei.

"Oh my, haven't you guys completed your assignments yet?" Akeno asked the three devils.

"Is it really just the three of us who still needs to do this work?" Xenovia asked in disbelief.

"Please help us Akeno," Issei begged with tears in his eyes. The three had hit a wall, none of them understanding the work required to complete their current questions.

"Honestly I don't know how to explain this part that well," Akeno said as she took a look at the work the here were busy with.

"Then how did you do it?" Asia asked.

"Natsu helped me out when I asked him," Akeno replied.

"Then I will go ask him right now," Xenovia said as she stood up.

"No, you won't," Akeno said with a serious expression as she stood between the blue-haired devil.

"And why not, it's not wrong to ask advice?" Xenovia asked as she narrowed her eyes.

"Because unless you want to cause the next ice age you will not disturb Grayfia's time with him," Akeno said with a shudder.

"Why would you say that?" Xenovia asked with a bit of cation in her voice after seeing Akeno shudder.

"Let's just say I wanted to have Natsu to myself for a while after your date. After hearing Grayfia telling me in a calm and level tone that 'This is my time with Natsu' while the floor around her feet starts freezing over and you understand never to step in between them when they are together," Akeno said, not revealing all the horrors she experienced through the sheer aura around Grayfia at that time.

"It sounds like Grayfia is hogging him all to herself," Issei commented.

"It's nothing like that, basically apart from when he is in the kitchen with her or a select few times they are spending alone time together she has no qualm if we drag him away with us. I think she just sometimes wants some alone time with him since he usually spends his afternoons with the ORC and the only time she gets to see him is when he gets bored at school or on these special occasions for her," Akeno quickly dismissed Issei's assumption.

A moment of silence descended on the room as Xenovia returned to her work along with Issei and Asia.

"Do you guys know where the rest of the ORC is?" Akeno asked, breaking the silence that was beginning to get awkward after her last statement.

"I think Kiba is at his home and Koneko said something about working on her powers before heading out back," Issei answered.

"Gasper is in his room back at school, said he enjoys it there," Asia added.

"And I heard that Wendy and Rias went shopping with Rossweisse," Xenovia finished answering Akeno's question.

"Well guess I might see if Koneko needs help," Akeno said to herself before heading to the back yard.

"Xenovia, give it until lunch, then you can ask Natsu about some of the work," Akeno said before walking through the door.

This chapter didn't have that much action or anything really, just wanted to finish up Natsu and Akeno's date before they returned and wanted to give some view of the relationships between Natsu and his mates. So next chapter school will start again and some drama will be instigated, hehe. Leave a review with your thoughts and I will see you all next time.