Crazy trouble with love part 9

Mermaid Heel and Natsu part 3

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Blackness, that was all Natsu could see, and then, pain. He could hardly move, but he felt a big part of his head ache and pain, the back part of it to be precise.

'Ugh….where….am…..I…..?'

"Ah, you're finally awake!"

"Huh?" he slowly opened his eyes, only to find a smiling Beth's face above him, making him groan and hold his head. "Ugh...what?"

"We were really worried about you."

"Huh? We?"

"Yeah, you hit your head on the wall as you tried to get to the door and passed out." She remarked while Natsu tried to sit up and winced. "Easy there, you hit your head pretty hard. Ya'll were out for 12 hours."

"Wait, what?!" he said in shock. "Damn… I should really head back to the guild then, huh?"

"Are you kidding? You're in no shape to move around." She said as she pushed him back onto the bed.

"But Erza's gonna kill me if I don't bring her that cheesecake!"

"It can wait, you could get hurt if you don't take it easy." She said as she shook her head. "You need rest mister."

"But-"

"No buts." she held her finger to his lips and smiled. "I'll go tell the other girls, and you lay back and relax."

"I...ok." he said as she frowned at him. 'Was that all a dream? She doesn't seem crazy like before.'

She turned and left the room while Natsu tried to think back on what he did remember.

'I don't remember hitting my head, I think I remember coming here, a weird ring, and then the girls going nuts, or was that a dream? I went back to fairy tail and the girls went crazy there too, was it all a dream?'

That's when the door slammed open by Kagura with a serious look followed by the other girls who walked over towards him.

"Um… can I help you?"

"Yes, you can tell me what you remember."

"I think I remember coming here, something about a ring and… you girls going crazy? It's all kinda fuzzy."

"We aren't crazy, we're just forward." Beth argued, making his eyes widen.

"Wait, that actually happened?!"

"IF you hadn't tried to run you wouldn't be in this mess." Sighed Arana shaking her head.

"But you were all acting crazy and chasing me! You were claiming that I was yours!"

"Because you are." smiled Millianna who was holding Happy who was crying tears and flew from her arms and onto Natsu.

"Natsuuuu! You're awake!"

"Happy!"

"Natsuuu! You made me so worried! I thought you died and I was stuck here!" He spoke while his friend hugged him while patting his back. "You wouldn't wake up no matter what we tried!"

"It's true, we tried everything." Beth said with a nod.

"But now you're awake!" beamed Risley with a thumbs up.

"But I swore I left, and reached Fairy Tail, and….that's it." spoke Natsu, not wanting to mention further.

"You tripped and crashed your head against the ground when you left the guild, so we had to bring you here. We almost thought you were in a permanent coma." admitted Kagura with a hand on his back before smiling. "But seeing you awake and the same is a relief."

"Yeah, soooo…. Can I go now?"

"No." spoke all the girls at once.

"Why not?!"

"You just woke up, and we need to be absolutely sure you don't have brain damage." Spoke Arana while moving on his other side and held his head carefully to look it over. "You might seem ok, but you could have internal bleeding. Best you just lay back, take a nap, and stay a bit longer."

"Aw come on, I'm fine, I've had way worse injuries than this." He remarked tapping his head with his fist before wincing and hissed in pain. "Yeow!"

"Stop doing that!" Kagura said as she grabbed his hand. "Just relax!"

"But I've already been sleeping for half a day. If I don't get back with Erza's cheesecake, it'll be the end of me." he spoke with a horrified look on his face.

"I'll tell her why you can't bring it back and tell her that when you do eventually return I'll make a fresh one for you to take to her." She responded as she crossed her arms.

"Now get some rest, I'll bring you supper." Smiled Arana kissing him on the forehead, making the others bristle in anger with Natsu blushing lightly.

"I-I can really head back to the guild no-"

"NO!" They all shouted, making him and Happy wince.

"I'll hold onto the cute little kitty for you until you feel better, ok Natsu-kun?" Smiled Milliana picking Happy back up who paled.

"Uh….I guess."

"Don't let her take me Natsu! She has dresses my size!" He cried out in horror. "Help meeeeeee!"

"It's ok Kitty, we'll have fun together~" She said as she petted him happily.

"Sorry Happy, I don't think I'm in any condition to help." Remarked Natsu laying back down as Milliana and Happy left the room.

"TRAITOR!"

'I'm sure he'll be fine… and the girls seem pretty normal, I guess me thinking they were all crazy was part of the concussion.' Thought Natsu while Kagura smiled.

"Now you just relax and I'll be back later to check up on you."

"Ok." He closed his eyes while Kagura blushed seeing how handsome he looked with the girls still there sighing dreamily.

'He's perfect~' They all thought, none wanting to leave.

"Alright girls, let's leave him alone." Kagura said as she cleared her throat. "Natsu-kun needs time to heal, so no funny business, ok?"

"Yes ma'am." they spoke together, each one crossing their fingers behind them.

"Good, now let's go and tell the guildmaster that we have a guest staying here."

"I wonder if she's feeling alright to hear us out. Last time we tried to talk to her she wouldn't look at us for three days."

"Well I'm sure this time will be different...maybe...let's see if we can find her first." Kagura said with a sigh.

With that they left the room, each one with their own plan in mind.

(Elsewhere)

"Guildmaster? Are you in here?" Kagura called, knocking on a large door with Mermaid Heel's signia on it. "I need to talk to you, there is a guest that will be staying here for a few days, possibly longer?"

"N-N-N-No one's in here." Spoke a soft voice from inside. "J-J-Just a mouse, squeak."

"Guildmaster, mice don't talk, can I please enter?"

"I-I-Is it just you?"

"Yes, now I am going to open the door, so please, please do not try to escape into the vents again." spoke Kagura before opening the door and peeked into the dark room that seemed like any other, so she quickly moved in and shut the door. "Can you come out now?"

"D-Do I have to?"

"I would appreciate it if you did."

"...ok." spoke the voice before a small spot near the blankets moved under them near the top. "Can you turn the lights on?"

"Of course." She said as she flipped the switch, flooding the room with light. She walked over to the bed and saw a tiny head pop out, that of a woman with red lipstick and with light blue hair in a spiky and messy style who was shivering. "There you are, are you ok? Are you cold guildmaster?"

"N-N-No, I-I-I just wanted to make sure I could hide completely."

"You know you don't have to do that with me, right?" Kagura asked before shaking her head. "Anyway, I just wanted to inform you that we have a guest."

"A guest? W-W-What kind? Are they scary?" Asked the tiny woman hiding her head.

"No, no, he's not scary at all, he-"

"He? HE?! You let a scary man stay here?!" Yelped the woman who crawled under the blanket. "That's horrible! That's terrible! Oh why did it have to happen to me?!"

"He's not scary, he's very nice I promise you." Kagura said quickly. "I can assure you he would never harm you."

"I-I don't know...I s-s-should see for myself…"

"I could take you to him, he's resting right now because of a small concussion."

"What?! Y-Y-You mean he got it from fighting one of you?!"

"Well…. Not exactly fighting…." She said cautiously. 'More like trying to escape us.' "Please, he won't hurt you, he's fast asleep."

"I-I don't know...ah! I can check on him through the vents!" The woman popped out and scrambled across the bed like a spider and up the wall before Kagura could stop her.

"No, wait, you shouldn't, you might get lost again!" She called out, but the woman got into the vents making her sigh. 'I pray she finds her way back safe and sound.'

Meanwhile Natsu was staring at a wall, bored out of his mind.

"Ugh, I can't take this anymore!" He grumbled while crossing his arms. "I don't feel sleepy and can't make myself go to sleep. That hit to the head was stronger than I imagined."

He shuffled in the bed in annoyance before grunting. "That's it, I'm not just gonna sit here, I feel fine!" He stood up and stretched out while hearing a few cracks. "I know they want me to rest, but if I'm fine to get back up and walk, then I should be able to get back to the guild no problem. I'll give them my thanks and head out." He said as he opened the door and left the room. "I guess I better find Happy too before I go."

But as he passed by a vent, he heard a noise coming from it making him stop and turn to it.

"What's that sound? Kinda sounds like a mouse." He said as he leaned towards the vent to get a better look. He squinted his eyes, only to see a tiny pair of eyes look back at him. "Definitely a mouse." He said, unaware that he was staring at the guildmaster, who was now frozen in fear, both unaware of the ring on his finger glowing.

'T-T-T-T-That's the man?!' She thought, going pale and unable to make a sound, transfixed on his face and feeling a weird sensation. 'H-H-He's so large, a-and scary looking a-a-and pink!'

Natsu squinted his eyes to try and look closer, with the woman inside the grate feeling warm and her chest feeling a flutter.

'W-What is this feeling? I-It feels strange but nice!' She thought, unable to look away before Natsu shrugged and started walking away.

"I guess I better tell Kagura that the building has mice before I go."

'Go? Now? B-B-But Kagura said he needed rest!' She thought, suddenly finding herself panicking. 'H-He can't go! Not yet!' She scrambled to the vent and poked her head out without realizing it. "Wait!"

"Huh?" He said, turning around only to go wide eyed. "Eh?! A tiny head?!"

"Y-Y-You can't go yet!"

"Wait, why? Why not? Also why are you just a head?!"

"I-I-I'm not a head, I'm a woman." She said as her face heated up. 'Oh no, I went too far! I-I should just go back into the vent…'

"Oh, that makes more sense." Remarked Natsu looking upward before looking back down at her. "Well what are you doing in there?"

"I-I heard you were staying here and I wanted to see for myself… my magic is size manipulation, so I can shrink myself so I fit in the vents…"

"Oh! That makes way more sense. I thought you were a lost pixie." he chuckled while she blushed.

'H-He thinks I'm as cute as a magical creature?!' She thought as she had trouble staying conscious. Her head was starting to steam and her face going as red as a tomato.

"Hey uh, are you alright? You're turning as red as Erza's hair." He asked before seeing her plop out of the vent, seeing she wore a body concealing light blue suit that looked like swimwear. He saw her land on the floor, her eyes swirls as she started to steam. "Whoa, are you ok?!" He crouched down and gently picked her up. "Oh man, she must have passed out from too much heat." He looked around before setting her down on a shelf that was out of the sun and in the shade. "There you go, you should be better now, right?"

"Whaaaa…." She let out, still overwhelmed.

"Try not to get too overheated." He said as he began to wander away. "Happy! Oi, where are you?"

With the other girls, Kagura was currently trying to work out a plan on how to get close to Natsu without alerting the others.

"Ok, I'll start by offering him some food, and then move on to trying to find ways to keep him here without forcing him to stay, I can't just leave the guild to follow him to fairy tail after all." She muttered to herself as she jotted down her ideas in a notebook. 'I better make sure the food has flames to really make it tasty. Like a flambe.'

"Oi, Kagura, you busy?" Called Beth as she walked into the room. "Ah was wonderin', is there by any chances a mission involving fairy tail that Ah could take, you know, get out and see some of the world?"

"Not that I know of." She said as she narrowed her eyes. "And don't try to fool me, you're trying to see if you can go back to fairy tail with Natsu-kun, aren't you?"

"What? Nooo, that's crazy." she chuckled nervously. "Ah was just wantin' to see the world, get some extra jewels on the side."

"Well then, I do have a mission involving Ichiya from the Blue Pegasus guild, I can contact them and tell them that you'd be happy to help them out." She smiled with Beth paling and shaking her head. "I'm sure they'd be happy to have a girl along the trip."

"N-No! You can't!"

"Maybe you and him can discuss...what was it again, ah, yes, your 'perfume'."

"No no! Really! Ah'm good!"

"Interesting, so you don't want to leave the guild and see the world?" She raised an eyebrow. "Trying to trick me won't work, and we both know it."

"Ah know, ah know and ah'm sorry!" Beth cried out. "Ah just wanted to go back with the cutie and still stay in the guild!"

"It won't work, you trying something like that after what happened is something the others probably thought of and already saw through."

"Ugh, ah know." She muttered. "Ah'm gonna go check up on 'im."

"Better idea, we BOTH go check on him." She said as she stood up. "Not that I don't trust you, but I'd rather not come by later to find you snuggling up against him while he should be recovering."

Beth frowned and followed Kagura before biting her thumb. 'Dang it! Ah'm never gonna get any alone time!'

'I will have to act fast if I want Natsu-kun to be mine, I almost forgot I'm not the only one vying for his attention.'

With Aran and Risley, both were whispering in the cafeteria.

"So it's agreed, we work together to keep Beth, Kagura, and Milliana from stealing Natsu-kun."

"Agreed, and once he is ours we will share him, it is something I'd rather not do, but it does beat the alternative of potentially sharing him between all five of us." Nodded the plump woman. "Let's just hope no other girls here start to get the same idea."

"Agreed." She said, only for the object of their affections to come running past them like the devil himself was after him. "Hey, there he is!"

"But what's he running from?" Risley asked before the ground began to shake.

"This way!"

"After him!"

"He's mine bitch!"

They turned and saw the rest of the guild chasing after Natsu with hearts in their eyes.

"Oh crap, it's the others." Groaned Arana. They watched as a horde of women, all somewhat attractive but none really standing out, faces that seemed to blend into the background rather than being in the spotlight.

"Ahhhh!" Natsu cried out, taking various turns and paths around the guild to try and avoid the women. "It's happening all over again!"

"Come over here and give me some love hot stuff!"

"I bet I can get you really fired up~"

"I have a nice room where we can have some real fun~"

"Hey! Buzz off!" yelled Arana as she and Risley got up and joined the chase. "He's spoken for!"

"I don't see a ring on him!" Called one girl as Natsu kept running.

"Don't underestimate the power of love!" Yelled Risley while Arana let out several threads that tripped some of them up. "Especially ours!"

"Buzz off, you powerful mages hog all the glory and men, we want some!"

"YEAH!"

"Well you ain't getting this one!"

"God damn it, alright! If you girls wanna fight, then bring it on!" Rilsey called angrily.

The group turned and engaged the two while Natsu managed to hide in a closet, panting and trying to catch his breath.

"I...I knew it...they're still crazy, they all are!" He spoke with wide eyes. "Which means it wasn't all a dream! Oh man…." he looked at the ring on his hand and tried to pry it off again with a growl, but it held on tight. "Damn it, this thing is definitely cursed! It's going to have everyone here tear me apart!"

"Hey, who's in there?" Asked a voice outside the door that sounded quiet and hollow. "That's my closet."

"N-No one!" Natsu called back in a high pitched voice, trying to sound innocent.

"Yes there is, which is weird. Usually I'm the one who hides in there." Remarked the person casually.

"W-Well the closet is taken! Move along please!"

"...no." the person opened the door, before Natsu held it closed. "Hey, let me in my closet, or I'll make you."

"No! No you can't, just leave me in here!"

"If you don't let me in right now, I'll BREAK the door down!"

"If you do that then you can't hide in the closet either!"

"Fuck it!" they cursed before he found a fist bust through it, covered in chains mind you, before it reached around and grabbed at his scarf, then started to yank on it and slammed him against the door. "You wanna piss me off? Then I'll show you what I can do!"

"Ack! Ok, ok, I'll get out! Just let go of my scarf!"

"Too late!" They yelled before yanking, and broke Natsu's head through the door. "You messed with the-hey! You ain't no girl."

"Ummm… surprise?" He said nervously as he saw the new assailant. 'Please don't be crazy!'

The person was a woman who had dark tanned skin with short black hair, with a grey bikini top and bottom, knee high black boots, with a grey fur overcoat, with several scars across her stomach. "The fuck are you doing in our guildhall?!" She growled as his ring began to glow.

"It's a long story." he sighed, not bothering to cover the ring as he rubbed his head. "Can you just help me find my friend Happy and I'll leave, ok?"

"Hold up. Just why were you hiding in there anyway? Sounds fishy to me, especially since this is a girl's only guild."

"Well all the girls I've met in here have gone nuts, making me stay here longer than I was supposed too! I've tried to leave but stuff keeps happening!" He defended himself while tapping his head. "I tried to sleep off a concussion, but I couldn't sleep, so I figured I'd just get Happy and head out."

"Who the hell is Happy? You know what, I don't believe you, you came here to be a perv, didn't you?!" She glared while the ring glowed more, making her heart start to beat faster. "Gah! What are you doing to me, did you poison me?!"

"No I swear, I don't even use poison, I use flames." He held his hands up while lighting one of them on fire. "See?"

"Poison flames?! You're trying to burn me!" She growled before a magic circle appeared in front of her. "You're dead!"

"Eh?!" he let out, only to get himself launched back due to numerous chains that came from the circle, slamming him into the closet with a crash. "Ow! No, you got the wrong idea, I swe- ow!"

"I'm gonna chew you up and spit you out!" She roared, her heart now racing the longer she stared at him. 'WHAT AM I FEELING?!'

Natsu ducked when more chains flew at him before he lit both fists up and gritted his teeth. "You wanna fight? Then I'll show you what I can do!"

"Alright, bring it pinkie!" she roared as she sent several more chains at him.

Natsu swung and broke them when they got close and ran at her while the heat from the flames caused some to start melting the closer he got. "Ha, that's all you got?!" he called as she growled.

"I'm just getting started!" She shouted as another magic circle appeared, this time under his flames as they began to change into chains.

"Eh? How'd you do that?"

"I'm a chain mage, I can make anything I see into chains and control it with my magic!" She smirked as she sent the chains at Natsu, making him jump back as they started wrapping around him. "Now I'm gonna squeeze you until you pop."

"Not if I eat the chains!" He shouted as he began to eat the fire chains, making her growl in anger.

"Hey! Don't eat those!"

"If I don't you'll kill me!" He shouted back as he slurped up the chains like they were one long strand of spaghetti. He broke them off his body and hummed as they were gone. "Mmm, not bad."

She growled while feeling her body get warm, and it wasn't from the flames. 'What is this feeling, what is this?! Is it anger?'

"Now I'm really fired up." Grinned Natsu before inhaling. "Fire Dragon's Roar!"

"Chain wall!" She shouted as she made the rest of her chains block the fire, only for them to get melted into slag. Her eyes widened and went flying backwards, making her mouth open in shock as she slammed against the opposite wall front first and upside down. "Augh…..ow….fuck…."

"Ha, come on, was that it?" He said, his blood rushing from the fight. "I could go on way longer than that."

"Ow….well I… I can't… ow." She groaned before dropping down on her back while feeling stars around her head.

"Wait… are you ok?" He asked, starting to calm down. 'Maybe I used a little too much magic.'

"Fuck… yeah, I think I have few burns, maybe a cracked rib, but what do you care?" She asked as he walked over.

"Why wouldn't I care?" He asked as he walked over. 'Damn, I guess I'm used to most people back in the guild being able to take most of my attacks, I got too carried away here.'

"Because...you're some creep…"

"Hey, I'm not a creep, the name's Natsu lady." He muttered as he helped her sit up. "Sorry about the burns, but you were trying to kill me so...even?"

She groaned and wanted to tell him to fuck off, but when she saw how close their faces were, the warm feeling got ten times stronger. "I...m-maybe, but you owe me, ok?"

"Ok, bye!" He waved before walking off down the hall. "Happy! Come on, we're leaving!"

'W-What just happened?' Thought the woman watching him go. 'I got my butt kicked, by a random creep, and….I'm not too mad about it.' She thought as her body heated up. 'Instead I...wanna see him again?! What is going on?!'

Natsu looked left and right and tried to remember where Milliana's room was again. 'Ok, I think it's around here...right? I bet it'll have cats on it.' He thought as he passed by several more doors. But when he passed one with a dog on it he heard low growling inside. 'Huh? What was that?' He thought as he stopped.

"Cat….I SMELL CAT!" Yelled a voice before the door slammed open and he found himself tackled by something. "I GOT YOU MILLIA- wait, what? You're not her!"

"Yeah, I knew that." He remarked and saw it was a girl with brown hair that was scraggly, with some of it fashioned in the shape of two dog ears on top. She even had painted on whiskers with a loose black t-shirt, blue short shorts and sandals, with her nails looking slightly sharper than normal with a belt around the shorts dangling down the back like a tail. "So who are you, and why'd you attack me?"

"I'm Aruffia, and I am her rival! And I attacked you because you smelled like cats, like her." She growled as the ring began to glow. "What's with that? Are you some weird fan of hers trying to suck up to her? Do you have tons of cats of your own? Cause news flash buddy, DOGS ARE BETTER!"

"What? No, I probably smell like this because of my buddy, Happy! He's a talking cat and I'm trying to find him." He said as he tried to push her off of him. "Hey, c'mon, get off of me!"

She growled and got off him with a huff. "Cats aren't all that big, I could give you a hundred good reasons dogs are ten times better."

"Look, that's not the point, I'm just here to find my pal, Happy." He muttered as he shook his head. "That and escape this crazy place."

"What are you even doing here? Last I checked no guys aloud. Just a girl's only place." She remarked before scratching the back of her ear with her leg, with amazing flexibility and smiled. "Ah, much better."

"Wow, that's convenient." remarked Natsu. "Anyway, it's a long story. Just know that I'll be leaving soon."

"Well if you want that lousy cat girl, she's just around the corner." She muttered with a huff. "But you don't need her."

"To get Happy, kinda do." He remarked casually before walking off.

"You don't need some stupid cat… you need a dog." She said as she began to pant as she started to follow him. "With a dog you're guaranteed a loyal pal. Show them love and care and they'll follow you to the ends of the world."

"Eh, I'm not much of a dog person, besides, I have Happy."

"No, you just need the right dog, one who will show you how good they are~" She grinned while feeling warm inside. "I could help you find one. I'm the go to gal around here when it comes to stay dogs."

"It's fine, like I said I don't need a dog. Ah, this must be Milliana's door." He smiled reaching the cat door and gave it a knock with Aruffia letting out a low growl.

"No, you need a dog, you need ME!"

"Eh?" He looked at her right as the door opened to show a smiling Milliana.

"Natsu-k-HEY! What are YOU doing here?" She hissed seeing Aruffia who growled back.

"I'm here to make sure you don't steal MY man!" She growled as she grabbed one of Natsu's arms.

"Wait, what?!"

"NO! Natsu-kun is mine!" Milliana grabbed the other and pulled him towards her. "Get your smelly paws off him you mutt!"

"NO! He needs to be shown the error of his ways, he needs me to get him a puppy!"

"What?! No, I don't! Happy! Are you in there?!" Natsu called out and wound up getting his pal to come flying out and land on his head.

"Thank god you're alright Natsu! I thought I was gonna be stuck in there!" He cried out, the blue cat now having several bows in his hair and one on his tail with a pink sailor suit on his body.

"Grrrrr." Growled Aruffia to the cat while her canines were noticeably sharp. "Get the hell off him you furball!"

"No, he is mine you flea riddled mutt!" Hissed the cat themed mage, making Natsu gulp nervously as he sensed a fight about to start, with him in the middle of it.

"Oh please, I can practically hear the tiny bastards crawling all over him. Probably got them from you and the rest of those rats in there."

"Take that back right now or I'll give you a trim!" Hissed Milliana with narrowed eyes. "My kitties are cleaner than you could ever hope to be!"

"Natsu, what's happening?" Happy groaned.

"I don't know anymore Happy." He said as he tried to pull his arms free. He felt their grips tighten while Aruffia gave a dark grin.

"Why don't I show you what my fangs can do. Remember the last time you got in my way?"

"Of course, you spent three weeks in the infirmary licking your wounds after you lost." Milliana responded with a fanged grin.

"Yeah, and you missing most of your hair. Why don't you tell this hot stuff about where those scars are? Go ahead, tell him."

Milliana hissed louder with Natsu and Happy swearing they saw a huge cat rising up behind her. "I'M GOING TO FIX YOU MYSELF!"

"That's for males you dumbass! I'm a grade A bitch." Aruffia leaned near Natsu and gave his cheek a lick, making him, Happy, and Milliana go wide eyed. "Why don't I really show you what this bitch has~?"

"THAT'S IT! YOU DIE!" Milliana hissed as she launched herself at Aruffia, making her lose her grip on Natsu.

"Natsu run!" cried Happy.

"You don't have to tell me twice!" He shouted as he began to run away. He heard the sounds of a regular dog and cat going at it, clothes getting torn up too, with a piece of underwear landing on his shoulder. "I didn't wanna get put in between there, I just got done fighting this one crazy girl who tried to kill me with chains."

"Well let's just focus on leaving! I wanna go home!" Happy cried out as he landed on Natsu's head. "Run!"

Natsu picked up the speed while Happy struggled to get the ribbons and dress off, all the while they were on a one way collision with a rather petite girl walking down the hall looking in a hand mirror.

"Ah, mirror mirror, who is the fairest in the guild?"

"That would be….Kagura-san." Remarked the mirror back.

"LIES! You're supposed to say me!" They growled giving it a shake. "Say it right!"

"But you asked for the truth! And you ar-"

"JUST TELL ME THAT I AM THE FAI- ow!" They cried, crashing into Natsu and fell on her butt with the pink haired mage not dropping. "Watch where you're going!"

"Ah, sorry about that!" Natsu said as he held out his hand to help her up. "I'm kinda in a rush."

"Hmph, that isn't going to be...enough?" She said as she looked at Natsu's face, unaware of the ring glowing. "Hey, what's a man doing here anyway?"

"I'm leaving, don't worry about it." he remarked before noticing the person was a girl around Wendy's height with blond hair like Lucy, except it was long and going down her back ending in curls, and wearing a white ball gown dress.

"Are you some sort of pervert? That's the kind we get around here." she remarked with a glare.

"Well I'm not, I came to get Erza her cheese cake, stuff happened, I hit my head, and then I lost Happy." He listed off while pointing to the blue cat who gave a wave. "Who are you?"

"I am the most beautiful mage in Mermaid Heel! Surely you know my name, don't you?" she remarked with a hand on her chest with a smug look and her head turned away.

"Uh…..nope, not really." He remarked after a quick one second of thought.

"Y-You swine! How dare you lie to me like that!" she scowled while blushing. "How could a commoner like you not recognize beauty?"

"Uh….because I've been busy?" He replied back confused, acting like she was asking a real question. "I've never seen you before."

"W-WHAT?! I am the most famous member of the guild!"

"Really? How come I've never seen you before, or see you at the tournament?"

"Because as the most beautiful and fairest of the guild, it's my duty to keep my form from being besmirched in a pointless fight. After all, a girl has to look her best all the time." She boasted with her hands on her hips.

"... that's dumb, that's really, really dumb.' He said bluntly, making her gasp. "I know tons of girls who look pretty as they kick butt."

"H….How….dare you!" She puffed up her cheeks in anger while feeling odd in her chest. "How dare you say that to my face!"

"It's true. There's Mirajane, Erza, Cana, Lucy." Happy started listing off.

"There's also Milliana, Kagura, Beth, a-"

"Enough!" She cut them off with an eye twitch. "I am the REAL princess around here. Those are second fiddles compared to me." she spoke firmly while glancing at her chest for a brief moment and back at them, which Happy noticed.

"What's wrong?"

"Nothing."

"Are you sure? You looked down for a moment."

"N-No I didn't!"

"Yes you did, right at your ch-" Happy started, before he grinned like a cat who caught the canary, something she noticed and paled. "Oh I know why~"

"N-N-No you don't!"

"Yes I do~"

"N-No you don't!"

"What is going on, what do you know Happy?" Asked Natsu cluelessly.

"She was talking about her-"

"SILENCE!" She shouted, red faced. "If you say one more word I'll drag you and lock you in Milliana's room!"

"Ha! Jokes on you, I already experienced that." Boasted Happy before getting depressed with his head drooped. "I'll never forget it…."

"Good, because if you do talk I'll forge some paperwork to make it so she owns you!" She threatened.

"Hey, don't threaten Happy!" frowned Natsu. "Happy's my best pal."

"Ai!" Chimed in the cat with his paw raised. "Natsu here saved me, he's the best mage around in all of Fairy Tail."

"R-Really? But you aren't nearly as powerful and beautiful as I am!"

"He has the same size chest as you." Happy muttered. "Flat as a board."

She paled and went stiff with Natsu looking at her.

"Wow, you're right." He said as he leaned in a bit. "She is flat, she reminds me of Wendy, she's even the same height."

"I wonder if she's a kid too?"

"I-I'M 18!" She shouted, her face now red. "J-Just shut up! I am not flat! A-And even if I was that doesn't matter! Beauty isn't just about having big old boobs!"

"She's jealous~" Happy called out with a snicker.

"I am not you annoying rat!"

"It's ok, our friend Wendy is the same way and she's just fine the way she is." Remarked Natsu casually.

"You said she was a kid though! I am not a child!" She yelled while flailing her arms around, the ring making her chest tighten up with her stomach feeling aflutter. "I-I'll prove it if I have too!"

"How?"

"I….I….I just will!" She shouted as her face turned red.

"Um, that's not really necessary, I'm just trying to leave." He remarked bluntly while looking around. "As soon as I find the exit."

"H-Hey! Don't just ignore me damn it!" she fumed as he started to walk the opposite way with her following.

"Don't worry, I'm just trying to leave, sorry to bug you." He called as he kept walking. 'Maybe I should just start knocking down walls until I get outside?'

"Don't you know any manners? It's rude to just walk away from a lady when she is talking." She shouted as she jogged to keep up. "Now you stop and listen to me damn it!"

"I am listening, but I'm also thinking at the same time." He said as he approached a wall. 'Ok, I've spent enough time here, time to do this the fairy tail way!'

"It's polite to turn and face-wait, what are you doing?" She asked when she saw him bend his knees and pull his fist back before it lit up in flames.

"I'm getting out of here!"

"No, don't you dare! On the other side of the wall i-"

"Here I go!" He swung his fist, causing a huge explosion against the wall making the girl cover her eyes as Natsu charged into the hole. "Freedom!" He called, only to blink in surprise. "Wait… is this a bathroom?"

"Wrong Natsu-kun, it's the communal bathing area."

"Huh?" Natsu blinked as he and Happy found themselves in an extravagant looking bathing area with marble columns and fountains, with Kagura and the other girls there in the water or clad in towels, all of whom smiled when they caught sight of him. "Uh….hehe, sorry, my bad...I'll just go…" he said as he gulped nervously, anticipating them to start attacking him any second for busting in.

"Why? You're already here, so why don't you join us?" spoke up Risley.

"Yeah, you can come over and I'll wash your back~" Arana said as she licked her lips.

"If you're out of bed and can walk, I don't see why you can't come soak with us." Smirked Kagura while the short girl next to Natsu puffed out her cheeks while looking red.

"Y-You all shouldn't be this relaxed about this! T-This heaven broke into the bathing area! He's a pervert! Pervert, pervert, pervert!"

"Ah'm not complain'." winked Beth. "And ya can join us if ya want." She said as the girl blushed.

"I-I do not bathe with commoners!"

"Is that any way to talk to your guildmates?" Kagura said with a frown. "What would the guildmaster say if she could hear you now?"

"I-I'm right here…." Muttered the woman, making the others look down at a floating bucket with the woman inside while nervously poking her head out.

"Guild master, you know you can grow yourself back to your normal size, right?"

"...yes." She said nervously. "I don't like it though, I'm too big like that, people stare…"

"Aw come on, we don't stare that much." Remarked Aruffia waving her hand and turned to Natsu. "Hey big boy, ditch the clothes and jump on in!"

"What?" He said in shock. "No way, I need to leave! Wait… weren't you and Milliana fighting? Wait...where is she?" He asked before he felt a wet warm body tackle him from behind. He went splashing into the water with Happy floating above the water while Milliana giggled.

"I got you Natsu-kun~" She said as she rolled him around so his face was out of the water. "Now come give your kitty a kiss~"

"Hey! Get in line!" Growled Aruffia before the bathhouse shook since the numerous unnamed girls rushed over and started crowding around Natsu.

"Yes, it is only fair I kiss him first, I am the strongest here after all." Kagura said as her face heated up a bit.

"No way! He owes me for making me feel weird!" Shouted the girl with chains on her.

"I-I am the guild master...maybe I could um…. Have the first kiss?" Suggested the small woman looking bright red. "J-J-J-Just to make sure it's safe of course!"

"Noooo, I caught him so I get the first kiss, nya!" Yelled Milliana trying to shove the extra girls away with a hiss. "Back off! He's mine!"

"Hell no you alley cat, he's mine!" Aruffia growled as she tried to pull the pink haired dragon slayer towards her.

"Don't underestimate the power of my affections!" cried Risley before charging over.

"Indeed, I will not be left out!" Arana called as dashed over as well.

Natsu went wide eyed as he found himself utterly swamped by all the girls, finding most of his vision obscured by their chests. 'I-Is this really happening?! Have they all gone nuts?!' he thought as he eyed his glowing ring. 'YOU! This is all your fault! If I could just get you off then I could finally leave!'

The girls shoved each other to try and get to his lips, but several of them wound up getting flung aside due to Kagura who cupped Natsu's cheeks with a smile. "I believe it is time I claim you as mine Natsu-kun~"

The dragon mage found his lips pressed against her own, making Happy and the others gasp while Natsu's eyes widened. As soon as their lips met Natsu's ring glowed brightly one last time before it began to disintegrate.

And with that kiss, something in Natsu just clicked. He felt something inside him rising to the surface as his eyes became more dragon-like. He let out a low growl before grabbing Kagura by the shoulders and kissed back hungrily.

"Alright, so he does have some balls! And here I thought we'd have to explain the birds and bees to him!" Laughed Risley.

"Now it's a party." Smirked Arana as the girls watched the two start making out, with Natsu picking Kagura up by grabbing her ass and held her closer to him, which surprised Kagura, but didn't make her stop.

"S-Stop this! You both are in public!" Cried out the newest girl as she covered her eyes.

"Awww, someone's too shy~" sang one of the girls.

"So pure, probably never even saw a man naked."

"I-I'm leaving you pervs!" She cried as she ran away.

"How much you wanna bet she'll make a move when we're done?"

"20 jewels say she does it halfway."

"You're on!"

(Later)

"What's taking him so long?" Frowned Erza with her arms crossed. "It shouldn't take this long for a simple trip. Unless he got sidetracked, he should have been back hours ago." Frowned Erza. "If he takes any longer he'll ruin my cheese cake, it needs to be refrigerated!"

"Maybe flame head got lost." Spoke Gray. "I wouldn't be surprised if he found himself in another town and got into a brawl."

"No, he knows what will happen if he doesn't come back with my cheesecake." Erza said darkly, right as the guild doors opened. "Finally, Nats-Natsu?" Erza said as everyone turned to see the energetic Dragon slayer looking exhausted, his clothes torn as he brought over a pink box to Erza.

"I'm...back….here…." he let out with Erza taking the box, but watching as Natsu dragged himself over to a table and sat down. "So….tired…"

"Wait, flame brain's tired? All you did was pick up some cake." Gray said as he raised an eyebrow.

"Stuff...happened…"

"Um, Natsu? Where's Happy?" Lucy asked as she looked around for the exceed.

"He should….be…..right…..behind me….." He groaned as he plopped his head down on the table. "Or...Milliana...got him…"

"You mean you left him?" asked Lucy, now really surprised.

"He'll be fine….she likes cats…." He groaned. "Just...let me sleep….quick… then I...I….I…" he started before his eyes began to close.

"Yo fire ass, tell us what happened." Spoke Gray before they heard Natsu start snoring. He moved over and gave a strong hit to the head.

"Gray!" Frowned Lucy. "He's...still out cold?"

"Zzzzzzz."

"I wonder what happened to him to cause this?" Erza wondered as she dug into her treat before noticing something slightly poking out of the back of his pants. She raised an eyebrow and walked over. "There's something there."

"What? You mean in his pants?" Blushed Lucy.

"No, something under it." She said as she grabbed the dragon slayer's pants and tugged down, just enough for her to see his rear, only for her eyes to widen in shock. "Oh my god."

"What, admiring Natsu's ass?" Cana chuckled as she leaned over, only to do a spit take.

"What? What is it?" asked Wendy who curiously peaked over, only to go wide eyed and yelp before covering her eyes.

"What, what is it?! Don't keep us in suspense!" Gray called. "What's on flame brain's ass?"

"The mark of Mermaid Heel that's what!" spoke Cana.

"What?!" Gray called as he rushed over, to see exactly that, the mark of Mermaid heel stamped on Natsu's left ass cheek in bright pink. His jaw dropped open as the whole guild, hearing this, were blown the fuck away. "H-How the hell did that happen!?"

"I don't kn- wait… there's a message?" Erza said as she looked at the other ass cheek. "Natsu, congratulations on being our first male member. Come back as soon as possible, Kagura."

"N-Natsu left the guild?!"

"How did he do something every man dreams of?"

"Wait he still has his Fairy Tail mark, how does that work?!"

"I don't know, but once he wakes up I'll ask him." Erza growled in anger. 'I can't help but feel angry at how this happened, but at the same time, proud he did something like that with someone I can trust.' She thought as she shook her head. 'But he's still going to get his ass kicked for even thinking of leaving the guild like this!'

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