Chapter 2: Arrival

"Talking"

'Thinking'

I Don't Own Fairy Tail

1 Year Later Fairy Tail Guild Hall

It's been 1 year since Erza and Natsu had met each other and 1 year since he left his letter and not a day goes by when Erza reads it waiting for him the arrive. Quite a bit has changed during that 1 year, Gray brought in a new guild member, Phantom lord attacked and destroyed the guild, two of phantoms members joined and also the battle against the dark guild Oracion Seis and two new member from Cait Shelter.
However there are some things that will never change, the guild fights and Erza eating her Strawberry Cheese Cake

Erza was quietly sitting at the bar eating her Strawberry Cheese Cake while there is one of Fairy Tail Well known brawls happing behind she was about to get up and stop them but then the guild doors open and standing there was a figure in a black coat and a hood over his shadowing his face. everyone in the guild stopped what they were doing to look at the stranger walking into their guild. When the stranger got halfway through the guild Gray walks in front of him to stop him

"Who are you and what are you doing here?" Gray asked the strange man

The hooded man just ignored Gray and walked right passed him this caused Gray to loose his mind and start yelling at him but yet again he was ignored. as the man was walking through the guild Erza was watching carefully because for some reason the magical energy feels so familiar to her but she can't figure out why so she decides to go up and confront the man after walking up to him and standing in directly in front she speaks

"What business do you have here" Erza asked the man

the hooded figure starts to sniff the air around him before stepping closer to Erza and putting his mouth near her ear before sniffing some more

"Beautiful as ever" he whispers into her ear before leaning back "I'm here to speak with the guild master is he here at the moment?"

"No he's not, but you can go take a seat at one of those table and wait if you want" erza replied, and with that the man walked over to a table and sat down waiting for the guild master to arrive. Erza made her way back over to the bar to continue eating her cake 'he's finally here' she thought to herself with a small smile on her lips

"Who do you think that man is" Mira suddenly asked bringing Erza out of her thoughts

"Not sure but if he wants to see Master then it's not any of our business" she said flatly

"He seems kind of strange like look at him" both Erza and Mira turn their heads to look at the hooded man who has his face flat on the table while snoring but then something else caught their eyes Gray was making his way over to him "oh no' they both said at the same time

when Gray arrives at the mans table he slams in fist down before speaking

"Did you think you could just ignore me and get away with it?" Gray said while sending the man a glare, but instead of getting a verbal response from the man he was only met with more snoring.

"why you bartered" Gray yelled before making and Ice hammer

Ice-Make: Hammer

"Gray stop" several members of the guild yelled out but it was to late Gray had already slammed his hammer into the back of the guy creating a massive crater Gray turns around and starts to walk off but then he hears more snoring and notices that the guy is still asleep.

"HE'S STILL SLEEPING AFTER THAT" the entire guild yelled out save for Mira, and Erza who are just watching the entire thing happen from the bar

Gray was fuming at this point he was getting ready to attack the guy again but stopped when he realised that the hooded figure was getting up, when he was fully standing he made his way over the Gray, several things were being said in the background like "Gray's dead" "who is this guy" "What's he going to do to Gray" where some of the things that where being said when he was standing directly in front of Gray he began to speak.

"You know" he started while lifting his hand up "It's rude to interrupt people while there sleeping" he said before bringing 2 fingers up and touching Gray's forehead. Everyone in the guild was curious as to why the man did that but then suddenly Gray collapsed and fell onto the floor completely unconscious. Everyone had their mouths wide open completely shocked at what just happened.

"He just nocked out Gray with 2 fingers" the guild said in unison. Even Erza had a slight look of surprise on her face but still didn't say anything.

The hooded man went over to another table and continued to sleep and this time no one was going to interrupt him after seeing what he did to one of their strongest members.

The stranger has been sleeping for a about 3 hours now but then suddenly his head shoots up and looks towards the door and he just stares there for about 2 minutes, everyone in the guild is looking at him and wandering what he is doing but then suddenly the guild hall doors open and a tiny man walks through.

"Master/Gramps" the guild called out in unison

Makarov walks though the guild making his way over to the bar but then he suddenly stops and looks around the guild sensing incredibly high magical pressure, after scanning the guild for a couple of seconds his eyes land on the strange figure. he begins to make his way over to the man

"Can I help you?" the master asks

the man stands up and towers over the guild master before answering with a simple "yes" the master gestures the man to follow him upstairs and into his office where they can speak in private. after a short walk the 2 make it to the master office, after the man closed the door Makarov decided to speak.

"What is it I can help you with" he asked in his usual tone

"I would like to join this guild sir"

Makarov looks at him for a bit before speaking

"Would be able to remove your hood please?"

"Of course" so the man lifts his hands up and brings his hood reviling his pink spiky hair

"Name?" Makarov simply asks

"Natsu, Natsu Dragneel, or as you may know me Salamander" at hearing this the master had a look of complete shock on his 'this is the man who beat Gildarts?' the msater thought to himself

"Alright Natsu, if you head back down to the bar asks the lady with the platinum hair for guild mark"

"Thank you" and with that Natsu makes his out the door but not before putting his hood back over his head, making his way down the stairs is notices that Gray is now awake and is glaring at him but he decides to ignore the man again and makes his way over the bar where the scarlet beauty and the platinum bar tender is. After arriving he starts speak.

"The master said this is where I can get my guild mark?" he asks the lady in front of him

"Yes it is. What colour and where would you like it?" the bartender asks

"Red and on my right upper arm please" he says before lifting cloak up reviling his upper arm, Erza turns her head to take a quick look and gulps at remembering what the rest of his body looks like. The bartender bends down to grab the stamp on the bottom shelf of the bar and switches the colour to red before placing it on the spot where the man asked for it. after he acquired his mark his turns around and locks eyes with the red-head and in the second he mouth the words 'East Forest' to her before making his way out of the guild hall doors. Erza looks at his retreating back before going back to her Strawberry Cheese Cake.

"It would seem we have another new member of our guild, and it seems that this is incredibly strong" Mira says in her usual carefree tone

"So it would seem" Erza simply said while trying to figure out when she should leave to head to the East Forest

"Are you alright Erza" Mira asks breaking Erza out of her thoughts

"hm? Ye why"

"I dunno you seem kind of different today that's all"

"I assure you i'm fine, maybe I just need some sleep" She says as she gets up and makes her way out the door heading towards the East Forest. After about a 20 minute walk Erza finds herself in a clearing in the East Forest, she looks around the clearing before spotting the cloaked man sitting on the ground looking up to the night sky.

"Beautiful sky isn't it" He suddenly says surprising the girl a bit by the sudden noise

"Yes, Yes it is" she answered while looking down and noticing that the man in standing up, the man was now standing directly in front of Erza, he lifts his hands up and brings down his hood reviling his pink spiky hair and his toothy grin. Erza looks at his face while blushing a bit, she holds her hand out and a bright light appears, Natsu has to shield his eyes at the unexpected brightness. his eyes slowly open readjusting to the light. he looks down and in her hands there is sheet of paper, she brings her hand up and gives it to Natsu, he takes it and opens it and his eyes widen in slight surprised that she has kept it for this long but then a smile appears on his face.

"Did you find him?" She suddenly asks

"No, not yet" and as he said this he could see Erza's face grow sad and look down and he didn't want that "But" when he said this Erza face moved up and her shone with a glimmer of hope in them "I realised that i may never find him, but that doesn't matter because I know that he will always be with me" he says as he moves his hand to where his heart is. "Are you ready?"

"I've always been ready" she says as she embraces him into a tight hug and this made Natsu laugh, after hugger for a bit Natsu leans back slightly and looks into her deep brown eyes then he leans in and connects their lips together, Erza instantly melts into kiss once again, Natsu decides to get a bit daring and licks her bottom lip asking for entrance which Erza happily grants him they then get into an all out tongue war with each. after a couple of minutes of fighting for dominance they have to break away for air, both are panting and are in great need of air.

"You know -huff- since I just came here -huff- I don't have a place to stay yet" Natsu manage to get out in between breaths

"Well you could -huff- always come -huff- to mine" Erza replied trying to catch her breath

and with that they both set out heading towards Erza room at Fairy Hills hand in hand

Thanks for reading this chapter everyone hope you enjoyed it the next one should be out either today or tomorrow.

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