Hey guys what's up? I'm back to do a few updates on my favorite story, also my most popular. I have a question though, a close friend of mine has asked me to do something and I want to know. Would you folks be interested in a high school style AU NaMi story? Just kidna curious because someone asked me to and I've been thinking about it. So yeah!

IMPORTANT:

Do you want to see an AU NaMi story? Setting high school, most likely with Natsu in a band with a few people like Grey and Gajeel and Jellal?


Natsu's eyes opened a fraction, taking in the sight of a forest. When was he in the forest? Natsu fully opened his eyes and glanced around, taking note of his surroundings. Natsu took a few seconds to think before remembering. That wasn't how he would have planned that date, but it sure as hell worked. Natsu quite chuckled to himself, about to lift himself up then thinking better of it when he noted one platinum blonde resting on his, well everything basically. She was pretty much on top of him with the exception of Natsu's head.

'Well then, looks like I'm trapped here,' Natsu thought to himself, 'She'll kill me if I move.'

Natsu looked around, finding that they had moved from the center of the lake to more around the shore, resting in a small area under a tree that overhung the water. Natsu looked around, there was no way he could have gotten them here, and no way Mira had either. It was almost perfectly still water and he had made sure he had stopped. Natsu glanced around, looking for a sign.

Natsu took a sniff of the air and found out what it was immediately. That damn pervert, Natsu growled. Oh well, at least he knew why. Natsu felt the weight on his body stir and looked down, seeing to blue eyes staring up at him.

"Sleep well?" Natsu asked cheekily.

"Shut up," Mira said before whispering to herself, "We're doing this again." If the salmon-headed dragon slayer had heard, he made no indication. Mira sat up slowly and glanced around. Looked like they had slept through the night in their little boat. Mira made a note to herself to keep the small boat for later.

"I suppose we have to get back to the guild now, don't we?" Natsu asked

"Yeah, I guess though I'd rather not have to explain," Mira groaned.

"Well, you could always tell them that we were doing that whole photoshoot thing I guess," Natsu said.

"That's true, but that's set to come out in two weeks, or maybe one given what happened. Plenty of gossip, but we can't really blame them for that. It almost like a second, smaller job for them honestly," Mira said, "Though I wouldn't worry about them telling lies. If Jason is writing it, it'll be fine."

"You seem to trust him a lot," Natsu said.

"I should, especially given that he's never wronged me and I've worked with him for the majority of my career," Mira said.

"Oh yeah! What exactly are you going to do about that, quit? Or will you just keep the modeling up?" Natsu asked.

"I suppose I will, though I'm not entirely sure," Mira said.

"Well, that's all fine and dandy, but I kinda need you to get off me," Natsu said.

"And why would I do that?" Mira asked, giving Natsu a devilish smirk.

"I could always move you myself," Natsu said, "That's an option."

"And how would you do that?"

"Well… You might get a little wet if I do," Natsu said.

Mira sat there for a second, stunned. Who knew the dragon slayer was capable of that? Mira stared at Natsu, giving an almost challenging, "I dare you" look. Natsu grinned evilly and his hands slowly travelled around the sides of the boat, sticking to the edges, around Mira. Mira smirked as Natsu didn't seem to be to back up his words.

"Looks like you can't liv-" Mira started but was cut off by Natsu grabbing the sides of the boat and spinning, taking the boat along with him. The boat quickly flipped, and Mira was dropped into the water by the now overturned boat. Mira was surprised. She didn't expect the resident idiot to come up with something like that. She poked her head up to the surface but was still under the boat however. She glanced up and saw a laughing dragon slayer, pressing his arms and legs against the side of the boat to keep himself above water. His hands were on the inner wall of the boat and his feet were firmly planted, using the bottom of Mira's bench to hold himself up.

"You cheeky bastard!" Mira yelled.

Natsu just laughed harder, "Hey, I warned you! And are you saying you would have rather it been the other way?"

"Shut up!" Mira said quickly before smirking. Natsu couldn't see what she was planning because his eyes were closed as he laughed. Suddenly, Mira's hands were around Natsu, pulling him down into the water. Natsu, ever unsuspecting, was caught off guard and immediately pulled under the water. Mira went under too, but she was inwardly smirking before feeling the surrounding area heat up very quickly. A strong arm wrapped around her, and she felt herself clear the water. Mira opened her eyes and glanced at the fire dragon slayer, feeling him holding her as he used a small burst of fire to get out of the water. Natsu had one arm around her, and another holding the boat up. His eyes slowly drifted down to her and he grinned. The boat in Natsu's other hand slowly swirled into a center point until disappearing completely, (Imagine Kamui from Naruto. Kakashi Hatake and Obito Uchiha can use it.).

Natsu stopped the flow of fire and they dropped. Of course, there was one issue with this. Mira was still lower than him, her head around his upper stomach. If he landed, her legs would break, probably. Natsu certainly seemed to know about this as he moved his other arm down to hold onto Mira before quickly performing a quick maneuver to fully bring Mira to his height. He snaked an arm around her hips and used it to hoist the model up into a bridal style hold while his other arm kept her steady and from falling. When all was said and done, Natsu was holding Mira, arms firmly secured, holding her with one arm under her back and the other where her thighs and calves met (Also known as the knee pit).

Natsu landed lightly, being his knees to absorb a bit of the blow. Mira didn't feel anything. Natsu grinned as Natsu looked around, confused as to what transpired. Even if she was incredibly fast, her eyes simply couldn't keep up with what had just happened. Of course, if she had been focusing, she could have, but she wasn't.

"So, do you still doubt?" Natsu asked.

"Oh shut up. That was mean," Mira groaned.

"Mmm… Nah! I think it was just fine really. I told you, and I always live up to my word!" Natsu shouted happily.

"Shut it you, I'm wet and have no way of drying myself," Mira asked, "However… It has become abundantly clear that you have a way of drying me."

"Oh? And why would I do that?" Natsu asked.

"Because I told you too, now use that fire of yours and dry me!" Mira said.

"You'd have to take off your clothes," Natsu said easily with his eyes closed. Of course, somehow, Mira heard him and placed her hands around the hem of her shirts and slowly lifted. Natsu's eyes twitched and his eyes snapped open.

Natsu sputter and his eyes nearly popped out of their sockets as he watched Mira's open display. Natsu quickly moved forward and grabbed her hands, holding them down, placing them back by her sides. Mira gave him a questioning stare.

"I was joking! I don't need to have you take of your clothes! I thought you knew that!" Natsu shouted indignantly.

"Oh please, like you wouldn't have enjoyed it. Why else would you have gotten me wet if not only to see my clothes to stick to me?" Mira questioned innocently, or as innocently as any person torturing another could.

"Oh fine, you're right. You caught me," Natsu deadpanned.

"I knew it you pervert!" Mira said, feigning anger, "Oh well, the attention isn't unwelcome. Especially because it's from you."

"And what's that supposed to mean!?" Natsu asked. While he was plenty book smart, capable of thinking his way out of an armored vault (Though most of the thoughts are along the lines of blow it sky high), he wasn't the greatest when it came to women. Sure, he was a heaping load of eye candy, but it didn't mean that he knew what to do with himself. That fact became even more pronounced when he was around a certain someone.

"Nothing dragon boy."

"I am certainly not a boy!" Natsu growled indignantly.

"Sure you aren't. You'll just have t prove it to me some time," Mira said nonchalantly.

"Fine! I'll show you I'm no boy!" Natsu said.

"Oh? Then what exactly are you? You don't really have the body type of a woman, you have no breasts and your hips aren't exactly the widest," Mira thought out loud.

"I'm not a woman either! I'm a man! The realest of men!" Natsu shouted.

"You sound like my brother," Mira deadpanned.

"I didn't need to hear that."

At this point Mira was perfectly dry as Natsu had exuded large amounts of warmth.

"Well I suppose it's time to head back to the guild, no?" Natsu asked.

"Yes, I suppose. I enjoyed this," Mira said.

"Agreed. Now, I don't feel like taking a train so why don't we get back to the guild right now?" Natsu asked.

"And how would we do that?" Mira asked curiously.

Natsu grinned and held his hand out, a small red circle appearing in the center of his palm. He grabbed Mira's hand and they were sucked away. Mira stumbled and felt her head spinning. She tried to get to her feet to no avail. She dizzily looked around before spotting a smug salmon-headed male standing in a tree.

"I should have said, it tends to make first timer's dizzy," Natsu said.

"I couldn't tell," Mira said dryly.

"Yeah sorry, do you want me to carry you back to the guild or your home?" Natsu asked.

"Guild, but whence we're near the doors, drop me. I don't feel like starting rumors, especially given Cana most likely being in the guild," Mira groaned.

"Simple solution, piggy-back ride. Nothing wrong can come from that!" Natsu thought.

Mira thought about it for a second. She didn't see anything wrong with it so she nodded and felt herself be picked up and gently placed on Natsu's back. In seconds, Natsu raced off, Mira holding on as Natsu ran at breakneck speeds. Natsu and Mira arrived at the guild in three minutes and fourteen seconds. Well… Maybe arrived was the wrong word. It was more like Natsu slammed face first into the giant metal doors. Luckily, Mira had the sense to detach herself from Natsu's hold and was safely sitting several feet away. Natsu jumped up and shook his head rigorously before dusting himself off and walking back to Mira.

"Well, I think this is fine," Natsu said, staring at the dent in the door.

"Not really, but can we go inside? I'm hungry," Mira asked.

"Sure!" And with that, the duo strode into the guild hall. Of course, a few heads were turned but Natsu figured it was because of the loud bang from outside when he slammed into the door. Natsu looked around the guild, trying to find a certain Ice mage. Natsu found none. Natsu figured he might as well eat, he had nothing better to do. Oh, maybe he could fight Gildarts again! That was always fun! Natsu shot up and ran around but was unable to find Gildarts. Natsu looked around seeing nothing. It was at this point that he saw a set of stairs leading up to a second floor. Natsu grinned to himself and leapt to the second floor, vaulting over the railing and landing lightly on the dark floors. Natsu grinned, heading over to the small set of jobs. Gildarts usually took jobs from up here, right?

Yeah probably! Natsu's senses told him there were two people up here, but it seemed like none of them were Gildarts. There was Makarov and then someone who seemed to closely resemble the master. Natsu wondered, Laxus was obviously watching him but why hadn't he said anything?

"You're not supposed to be up here Brat," he growled.

"Why not?" Natsu asked, "I'm up here pretty often."

"Well not anymore."

"I'm looking for Gildarts. If you don't where he is leave me alone," Natsu said levelly.

"You're a hundred years too young to be up here," Laxus said.

"If only you knew," Natsu said to himself, "If you say so."

"Try me. Leave, or I'll make you."

"Go ahead. I'm not leaving till I find what I'm looking for."

"Have it your way," Laxus grinned, cocking his fist back. Natsu silently chuckled to himself. Natsu simply held a hand up and Laxus stopped cold. Wind billowed behind Natsu as he stopped the heavy blow. Natsu yawned, moving his head back but still keeping his eyes open and focused on Laxus.

"My turn," Natsu grinned, slipping under Laxus's extended arm. Natsu grinned before slamming his fist into the man's gut. The blow curled Laxus in on himself as he was shot through wall out of the back of the guild. Natsu walked back to the railing and sat down, hanging off. Natsu closed his eyes and leaned over the edge. A few stares were sent his way and he happened to catch the eye of a certain platinum blonde. She groaned and walked up the stairs.

"Natsu, get down. You're not supposed to be up there," Mira said softly.

"I'm looking for Gildarts though!" Natsu said, "I need you to move for a second."

Mira gave him a confused look as he opened his eyes and slipped in front of her, stopping a large bolt of lightning from hitting her. Natsu growled as yellow electricity split in several different beams where his palm met it. Natsu held a small flame on each of his finder tips, using it to grab the bolt firmly and compress it. He turned it into a small ball before staring at it, as it turned orange in color. Natsu grinned before popping it in his mouth and chewing on it. He swallowed the energy, sparks popping in and out of existence around him.

A second bolt of lightning followed quick after, though Mira recognized it as Laxus's Lightning Body. Mira about to warn Natsu but he seemed to know as he swung his leg in a wide ax kick, brining it down on top of the bolt which turned out to be Laxus, sending him rocketing through the floor.

"Hundred years, huh? Seems like I'm stronger than you are," Natsu grinned.

"As if," Laxus growled, sending a large pillar of lightning down on top of Natsu. The bolt crashed through the ceiling and struck Natsu square in the back. Mira shouted out to him, but he wasn't focused on that. He saw two things, Laxus rushing forward, and Mira jumping in front of him. That wouldn't do. Natsu quickly placed a hand on Mira's shoulder and kicked up with his legs, using her shoulder as an anchor point to swing himself over as his jump propelled him up and over Mira. Natsu landed in front of her in less than a second and pushed her back a little bit before whirling around and sending a left hook straight into the side of Laxus's face.

The punch sent a small shockwave through the air and served to stop Laxus dead in his tracks and then throwing back out of the same wall he came from. Natsu was about to chase after him before being stopped by Mira, who grabbed his arm and pulled him back. Natsu would have growled and chased after the blond man, as his inner dragon was not so silently fuming about a challenger, but there was nothing he could do if he didn't want to anger Mira or hurt anyone.

"Natsu, calm down," Mira said quietly.

"But…" Natsu's response died in his throat.

"No. It's not worth it," Mira said, "Now let's go doing something else, yeah?"

"Fine," Natsu mumbled, not sounding unlike a moody teen, "But if Laxus comes back?"

"No."

"Why not?"

"I said so."

"Meanie," Natsu pouted, "I'll just have to do it on my own time."

"No," Mira said, "You can't fight Laxus."

"Why not?"

"He's a guildmember and part of the family. Not to mention it'd probably hurt his ego, and we don't need that because last time that happened, well…" Mira said.

"What happened?"

"He flew into a fit of rage and nearly destroyed the entire hall. Gildarts had to knock him out," Mira said.

"Oh fine. I suppose he's undefeated then?" Natsu asked.

"Who, Gildarts?" Mira asked and Natsu nodded, "Well not anymore. According to you there was a few fights you won against him though you weren't part of the guild at the time, so I guess he still is."

"Do you guys keep track of all the wins in the guild?" Natsu asked.

"Only for the more powerful members or those who want it," Mira said.

"Oh? Are mine kept?" Natsu asked.

"Uh… Let's see, considering you've only been in the guild for a little while, you've had a lot of fights.

Natsu vs Gray: 57:0

Natsu vs Elfman 39:0

Natsu vs Erza 4:0

Natsu vs Jet 23:0

Natsu vs Max 10:0

Natsu vs Alzak 6:0

Natsu vs Droy 14:0

Natsu vs Team Shadow Gear 2:0

And the newest, Natsu vs Laxus 1:0," Mirajane said.

"Are these all written down somewhere, like for everyone?" Natsu asked curiously.

"Yeah, why? Well not yours yet," Mira asked.

"So you just remembered then? You named all of my fights pretty quickly so I'm just wondering," Natsu said.

"Maybe. Don't worry about it," Mira said nonchalantly, "Hey Natsu, I have a question?"

"Yeah? Shoot."

"Do you want to hang out later?" Mira asked.

"Sure! Love to," Natsu said, "You tell me when and I'll be there."

"Alright, well I'm going to go home and get cleaned up, you're welcome to swing by around seven to eat with us. I think Elfman is having someone over as well and I'd rather not deal with that all of dinner."

"Works for me!" And with that, Mira and Natsu parted ways. Natsu was about to leave to clean up when he was approached by a certain redhead. Natsu figure she would move around him to talk to someone else but she stopped in front of him.

"Natsu, do you want to go to a party with me?" she asked.

"When?" He asked.

"Tonight," Erza said simply.

"Uh what time?" Natsu asked.

"An hour," she said, short and quick as usual.

"For how long?" Natsu asked.

"Likely till morning given it's a celebration thrown for the guilds," Erza said, "I'd rather not go alone so I want you to come with me."

"Sorry Erza but I want to be somewhere at seven, Mira invited me over."

"That's fine then, some other time this week, the celebration for all of the guilds going on all week or around that anyway, tonight is the only just a party," Erza said.

"Do I get a choice?" Natsu asked. The look in Natsu's eyes gave him his answer. Not a chance. Natsu swallowed quickly before nodding. Even if he was stronger, he was still afraid of Erza.

"Alright, I'll see what I can do," Natsu said.

"Natsu, after you're done with Mira, do you think that you could come to my place and we could go to that party?" Erza asked.

"Maybe some other time? We could go on a mission and hang out after?" Natsu asked.

"Alright. I can do that," Erza said, "See you then."

Natsu let out a breath he'd been unaware he was holding as she strode off towards the exit. Wondered what she was going to do until then. Natsu groaned inwardly when he realized what he'd done.

"Natsu?" Gray asked from behind him.

"Yes, I did."

"Yeah. Why exactly did you agree to go out with Erza?" Gray asked.

"Well we're just friends and she wanted to have some company," Natsu said, shrugging.

"Damn it Flame Brain. Don't you get it? She never ASKS anyone to go with her, typically she drags us along with or without consent," Gray said.

"I'm sure you're over exaggerating," Natsu said, somewhat worried, "She'd do the same for you."

"No she wouldn't. She's dragged me along plenty of times. Why would she ask you instead of telling you?" gray asked rhetorically.

"Because I'm stronger than she is?" Natsu asked.

"Are you saying your stronger than me!?" Gray shouted.

"Hell yeah Ice Prick! Let's go another round, I'm ready to add another win to my count," Natsu shouted, starting another guild brawl as a stray ice lance hit Elfman who turned and punched Max who went flying into Alzack and bounced into Cana's barrel of beer. Cana in turn used a few cards to shower a certain someone in spells and a few hit bystanders. Poor Reedus was hit by a particularly nasty bowel movement spell, causing him to inflate like a balloon, or more so than he was normally.

After the ensuing chaos, Natsu managed to come out on top, yet again. Natsu glanced at the time lacrima on the wall and thought for a second. He should probably get cleaned up. Mira wouldn't want him over if he was covered in saw dust, glass shards, and splinters of wood. Natsu raced off home to get ready. Of course, he had won the fight, but the tables and glass weren't from him hitting stuff. A few tables had been thrown, along with everyone and everything on or near them. Natsu would always send a blast of crash magic so it wouldn't hurt anyone.

Natsu finished getting cleaned up and slipped out the door, throwing on a light jacket despite the fact that he didn't need it. Of course, he was never really cold, or hot for that matter. Normally, a normal temperature like that of the ocean could kill someone with as high an internal temperature as Natsu. Of course, that's a big issue because then Natsu couldn't shower or go swimming in the ocean. Natsu would cool off too much and die. Luckily, his body was far more suited to harsh conditions and his skin was tougher as well as being able to regulate his internal body temperature through the use of magic. In theory, a true master of fire could even manipulate the internal temperatures of other but that would be considered a form of black magic. Not quite death magic, but almost there. It was still a forbidden art. Natsu was capable of it, though he wasn't ever going to use it unless it was absolutely necessary.

Natsu thought back to what Gray had said. Erza never asked anyone? Strange, why ask him then? It would probably be because he was stronger than she was, but then again, she had managed to drag away multiple people at the same time. Even if she was strong, there was no way she could handle five people. Either way, it didn't matter. The real question was should he tell Mira or not. He wasn't sure, because they certainly had something going on, so was it right for him to do something else with Erza? Natsu was hopeless. Worst comes, worst, Natsu decided to tell Mira because Erza and Natsu were going as friends, so who cared.

Before he noticed it, Natsu was at the door, raising his hand to knock. He hadn't realized he was there yet. Wow. Natsu knocked on the door, turning his head slightly to take in the scenery around him. Natsu heard the footsteps from inside and looked back right as the door opened. Mira stood in the door, smirking.

"Someone must be a bit eager, you're almost twenty minutes early," Mira teased.

"Why wouldn't I be? I et to spend some time with one of my best friends and get to have food," Natsu grinned.

"Fair enough. Elfman and his friend are sitting inside, do you want to help me cook?" Mira asked.

"Sure! Like you said earlier, I'd rather not get stuck with it just being the three of us," Natsu said, "Now are you going to invite me inside or do I get to sit here and watch the grass grow while I wait?"

"Come on," Mira sighed, "I decided to make fish given how much you like it and Elf never has an issue with my cooking, so we should be fine. The only issue would be Evergreen I suppose."

"Uh who?" Natsu asked.

"Evergreen is a member of Laxus's gang, the Thunder God Tribe," Mira said, "Thinks she's the queen of the fairies, says as much anyway. She's challenged Erza quite a few times but never won. There were two people Erza would always fight and one was Evergreen."

"And who was the other one then?" Natsu asked.

"Me of course," Mira said as if it were the most obvious thing in the world which it probably was.

Natsu and Mira walked into the kitchen, spotting Elfman and the girl, who must have been Evergreen. Natsu certainly remembered the scent but didn't recognize the face. Natsu and Mira slipped though the room into the kitchen, trying to avoid the other two as much as possible. Neither of them really wanted to deal with either of them, hence why Natsu was there in the first place. Mira hadn't wanted to deal with the other two, especially alone.

"So yeah that's Evergreen. Apparently, there might be something going on so they're hanging out because of that," Mira said.

"Uh huh," Natsu said skeptically, "So what do you want me to help you with?"

"If you don't mind cooking the fish, that'd be great. I know you have some sort of experience with cooking fish and your fire magic should make it easier. I would think so at least, seeing as you typically spend a lot of time by your lake area. I'd imagine the is an abundance of fish."

"You'd be right. Besides, it was also the easiest thing to catch when I was training with Igneel."

The two made small talk, speaking on topics like food or combat until Natsu thought to bring something up. He wasn't sure if he should have but it was better now than ever. Natsu breathed out and mentally prepared himself. This would either go badly or badly. There were no other possibilities. Maybe he should have given the old dragon a call before he had done this.

"Natsu, do you have plans tonight?" Mira asked, cutting his thoughts off.

"Yeah."

"Oh, then never mind," Mira said, somewhat sadly.

"Before you sound so sad, you should let me tell you what I plan on doing tonight, don't you think?" Natsu asked. Mira nodded, "Well, Mira, I plan on going somewhere to see if I can build a small house to live in. And I was going to ask if you wanted to help me with it. It would last pretty much all night but you have an eye for things like this and I really don't, so I want your help."

"Oh. You want me to help you build a house?" Mira asked, "You're trusting me with that?"

"Of course I am. I never lived in a house before so I don't know what I need to have or anything!"

"Well I'd be happy to help then," Mira said, noticeably happy. Natsu grinned and looked at the kitchen. He was cooking the fish nicely, but he thought they'd most likely need more given the extra people. Natsu might as well have counted as five extra people, but Mira knew that.

"Hey Mira, I think we'll need more food, between Elfman and I," Natsu said, "I think I'm going to grab a few more. I'll be back in five minutes!"

Natsu raced off, sprinting through the forest into the nearby lake. Natsu grinned to himself, before shooting a small bolt of lightning mixed with fire into the water. The electricity coursed through the water, zapping any fish within a five-foot radius. Around 79 feet in total coverage, which should be more than enough. Sure enough, after a few seconds, several fish of varying sizes floated up to the surface along with six freshwater crabs, two very much alive snakes who started to swim away, one freshwater eel, and a rather large and unhappy turtle. Natsu felt bad about the turtle. Crabs were great though, they could eat those! The eel wasn't going to be of much use. Hmm… maybe the turtle would accept the eel as compensation?

Natsu put his arm, holding the eel in his left hand and grabbing the other things with his right. The turtle glanced at the proffered eel and promptly bit down on it, and Natsu's hand in the same bite. Natsu laughed and shook the turtle off casing the reptile to sink back down and enjoy its free meal. For two minutes worth of work, not bad. Several fish and a new snack. Crabs. Mmm delicious. Natsu quickly grabbed a small container from his personal pocket space and tossed the new food in. Natsu had thoroughly boiled the water to make sure that it would kill any and all bacteria or parasites nearby. It also had the added benefit of telling him where the largest concentrations of metal were in the fish. The crabs would be a gift probably. Elfman could eat them some time.

Natsu arrived at the Strauss residence exactly four minutes, thirty-two and five fourths seconds after he had left, nearly giving one platinum blonde a heart attack as he practically materialized in the kitchen.

"Hello, I bring gifts!" Natsu said.

"Fish and… crabs?" Mira asked, "Where'd you get the crabs?"

"From the lakes of course!" Natsu said.

"Okay then. Thanks, though I don't think we'll make those tonight," Mira said.

"I know, I thought as much," Natsu said.

"Then did you by any chance pick up any sort of ice?" Mira asked.

"Nope, but I can make some," Natsu said, placing his hand on the box of crab. Ice quickly crept away from Natsu's palm and across the sides and base of the box, before small chunks of ice dropped into the box, "Now that that's done, I brought more fish and stuff."

"You can use ice magic?" Mira asked incredulously.

"Yeah, why do you ask?" Natsu asked.

"Because as far as the rest of the guild knows, you have only two types of magic," Mira said.

"And? Plenty of people have hidden magic talents, I just use mine," Natsu said, "Besides, Gildarts and Makarov know I have more magics. Not to mention, they can still think it's the same magic. It is ice dragon slayer magic of course, so as far as they know, I can still be a one-trick pony."

"Don't you mean two-trick pony? You can use crash magic!" Mira said stunned.

"Yeah and?"

"Don't you understand, not only can you use crash magic which is incredibly difficult to learn on its own due to the risk of literally blowing up parts of your body, but to be able to control it as well," Mira said.

"Well, it's not all that hard for me. A most of my slayer magics are far more volatile than the crash magic which gives me a very high level of natural resistance to things like strong magics," Natsu said nonchalantly cooking a few more of e fish and placing them on the plate.

"What do you mean most of your dragon slayer magics?" Mira asked, "I thought you only had two!"

"Did I say that?" Natsu asked. The look on Mira's face was enough, "Fuck."

"What do you mean? Why haven't you told anyone?" Mira asked.

"Well Gildarts and Makarov know I have more. He just doesn't know which ones, or all of them. Gildarts might, but he kinda got knocked out when I was using them," Natsu said, before suddenly worrying, "You're not going to tell anyone are you?"

"If you don't want me to, my lips are sealed," Mira said.

"Well thank you. It looks like we have a new issue to deal with. For the next week do you have anything going on?" Natsu asked.

"Why? And not really," Mira said.

"Okay, then we need to go somewhere, you weren't really supposed to know about it. I got it cleared for Gildarts and Igneel had said the guild master ought to know a little bit, but they had said no regular mages," Natsu said.

"Uh what?"

"Nothing. I think you need to meet someone tonight. Scrap the house thing, we can do that some other time," Natsu said.

"What do you mean Natsu? Who's this they?" Mira asked.

"Don't worry, I'll explain it all tonight. I just gotta tell someone because I technically wasn't supposed to tell you though I might be able to get away with it," Natsu said.

"We'll talk about this after dinner, but you get to get off the hook, for the moment at least. The food's ready. If you would call Elf and Evergreen into the kitchen?" Mira said more than asked.

"Alright," Natsu said, walking back into the small living area. Natsu spotted one light brown-haired woman and Elfman sitting next to each other, somewhat intimately. Natsu immediately spun on the ball of his right foot, swing the left in front of him and using it to step forward as soon as he had finished his turn. He would let them have their moment. Elfman seemed like he would be the kind to have a bit of trouble with that kinda stuff. Natsu had spun around quickly, but not before making eye contact with Elfman and winking. Excellent blackmail.

As Natsu walked into the kitchen again, he told Mira about the situation. Mira was microseconds away from rushing into the living area with a camera but Natsu had managed to grab her as she had produced the camera from… somewhere. Natsu wasn't going to question it.

"Now now Mirajane, I won't allow you to spoil their moment. How would you have felt if someone had interrupted on the boat?" Natsu asked.

"Are you saying we had an intimate moment on the boat?" Mira asked.

"Hmm? What were you saying?" Natsu asked as he produced a snack from his pocket area. Of course, a snack for Natsu was closer to a weeks' worth of food for a normal person, and that was only by draconic standards. If a human ate that much, well… Not the prettiest of things would happen after.

Mira just shook her head, "Natsu, we're about to eat. Why are you eating now?"

"I don't think you want me eating everything?" Natsu asked questioningly.

Mira sighed and nodded. She and Natsu placed everything on the table and sat down. A few minutes later, two people walked in, one looking distinctly more bashful and nervous than the other. Elfman and Evergreen sat down, and Mira served everyone. After that, everyone had free reign. At some point Natsu and Elfman had a small competition as to who could eat more. The winner was Natsu, obviously. Elfman later exclaimed that only the manliest of men could beat him, which Natsu had done constantly.

After dinner was done, Natsu and Mira cleaned up while Elfman saw Evergreen out. Thankfully, there had only been a few small incidents, most involved with Evergreen making digs at Mira about random things such as her magic or the small house. Mira had taken every comment with grace, however, closer towards the end of dinner, she donned a sickly-sweet smile and showed a different side. Natsu and Elfman wisely kept their mouths shut as shit hit the fan. After that little fight, nothing else really happened.

After everything was done, Mira went up to her room and got into something a bit more suited to go outside in. Meanwhile, Natsu and Elfman sat on the couch discussing this and that.

"Hey, so Mira said the reason Evergreen was coming over was for some thing Master had yet to announce?"

"Oh yeah!" Elfman said, "Well, Evergreen approached me a few days ago, and said that Laxus had told her something was coming up and that she was going to need a partner. And so, she chose me, like a real man!"

"She's a woman."

"A manly woman!"

"That's not a good thing. Don't let her hear you say that."

"Why not" Elfman asked curiously, "She's a true man!"

"From what I can tell of Evergreen, she wouldn't appreciate it," Natsu said shrugging, "Just saying. Oh, and can you tell me anything about her magic?"

"Why?"

"I don't like the feeling I get when I'm around Laxus or his goons for that matter, I don't trust him," Natsu said.

"She has this thing called Stone Eyes and then Fairy Magic," Elfman said, "Plus she can fly."

"She can turn people into stone then. That's a slight bit more dangerous than the other. Has she ever used it on anyone?" Natsu asked.

"Not that I could tell you of."

"Alright. Well, I hear your sister coming down, so I think it's time for me to leave. Oh, do you want some food?" Natsu asked, pulling a meat skewer out of his pocket space.

"We just ate," Elfman deadpanned.

"And? I have dragon slayer magic. My body burns off things very quickly and more efficiently so I can actually use my magic. After all, for magic to work your body and magic container have to work together to use it properly. That's why you have to learn it, because your body and container have to get used to drawing on another."

"That's not manly!"

"It's magic. It's also a testament to a takeover magic mages' skill because it requires extra work. So be proud of yourself and of Mira. If the takeovers were stronger than you, it'd kill you," Natsu said.

Elfman went silent and suddenly became very interested in the floorboards. Natsu was confused. Why would he be upset? Natsu looked around and spotted a picture. Not two. Fuck. Natsu immediately turned.

"So that's how Lisanna went down, huh?" Natsu asked. Still silent, "Look, it's in the past. From what I hear of her, she wouldn't want you to be sad about it, so why are you disrespecting the memory?"

"I wasn't strong enough," Elfman said miserably, "I shouldn't have tried."

"Bullshit. I know exactly what you faced. I killed it," Natsu said, "If you hadn't partially subdued it, it would have killed the three of you."

"You couldn't have killed it. I have its soul," Elfman said.

"You have part of it's soul. It was called the king of beasts or whatever, right? No never mind, King of monsters," Natsu said, "As the name entails, it was a king of monsters. Unfortunate, your sister was wrong when classifying it as that. It's closer to an animal demon that a plain beast. That means, you were able to take a portion of its power but not all of it because you can't utilize other take overs. You got the animal, or beast, part of the soul. The rest of it was left and took you over which is why you became out of control. It wasn't you acting, you were merely a vessel.

You inadvertently split it into two parts, demon and animal. Originally that was what it was, a more powerful Vulcan possessed by a demon. That's why it looks closer to a Vulcan than anything. The feet came from the demon itself most likely when it took over then Vulcan. In theory anyway. I stumbled across the demon half of it and slayed it."

"Does that make you a demon slayer?"

Natsu thought for a second before grinning, "I suppose it does." Elfman laughed and declared Natsu a true man. Natsu and Elfman continued to talk about random things. After a few minutes, Mira came down, cleaned up and ready to go, possibly for a fight. Natsu said farewell to Elfman and he and Mira left, but not before Mira silenced Elfman with a withering glare, causing the complaint to die in his throat.

"Elfman, would you tell Master that we might be gone for a bit?" Natsu said, "And yes. I promise."

Elfman had opened his mouth but closed it when Natsu had finished. He nodded. If Natsu could fight Gildarts, why be worried? Natsu and Mira walked out the door, Elfman seeing them out. As soon as they were out, Natsu headed off to the woods, sprinting to an undeterminable location, Mira in tow. As soon as Natsu stopped, he placed his hand up in the air and formed a small, two ring magic circle with the outer one being red while the inner one was smaller. Natsu grinned as the outer and inner ones reversed colors, with the outer now being black and the inner being red.

"Alright Mira, we just have to wait here for a bit," Natsu said.

"You still haven't explained what we're doing here," Mira said.

"You're right. So long story short, I technically wasn't supposed to tell you that I can use more than one dragon slayer magic. That's it, so I just kinda need to talk to someone about it," Natsu said as he sat down, crossing his legs and leaning against a tree.

"Is that it?" Mira asked incredulously.

"Oh no, certainly not. Do you want anything to eat?" Natsu asked as he formed a small ice blade and hurled it through the trees. A small cry was heard and a few minutes later, a small deer was brought back, the ice having formed a small band to pull the carcass along. Natsu clenched his fist and the ice disappeared, depositing the poor animal behind a tree out of sight.

"No Natsu, I do not. That was kinda cruel, don't you think?"

"Not at all really. Cut at the base of the neck or in this case, base of the skull to kill something relatively quickly and painless aside from the brief pain of the blade cutting in for a minute. Other than that, it should be fine as the brain wouldn't receive the signal as the pain gates would close in the spinal cord causing the signal not to get to the brain and therefore not allowing for as much pain as the brain wouldn't be able to interpret anything after that."

"How'd you know it was there?" Mira asked.

"Other than the fact that I could hear and smell it, I could sense the heat," Natsu said.

"Oh. Question, why aren't you affected by loud noises but can still hear things even if whispered several feet away?"

"Well, I suppose it won't matter if I tell you this, but I can somewhat manage my senses. I can close and open certain things in my body to allow different things to happen which affects my senses and body. If I wanted to increase the amount of pain felt, I wouldn't have to get punched harder, rather I'd just have to open certain passageways," Natsu said.

"Why would you do that!?" Mira exclaimed.

"Excellent incentive to train harder," Natsu said simply, "Ahh, he's almost here."

"Who's almost here?" Mira asked confused.

"Him," Natsu said, jabbing his thumb behind him before something collided with him and sent him rocketing away, crashing through a few trees.

"Natsu!" Mira cried, quickly leaping up. She tried to get to him but a large something planted itself in front of her. She quickly spun, appearing in a satan soul. She noticed the hand that covered up the sky above her, which made the thing that stopped her a claw. A claw had to come from somewhere. She was then acutely aware of two glowing eyes with yellow sclera and onyx pupils. She heard the hand behind her move but didn't try to turn and observe. Better to make no sudden movements and not get killed. If this thing wanted her dead, she would be so already. She gulped before putting her fists up, preparing to fight if the need arose, not that she would win.

"Was that necessary?" Natsu asked, emerging from the nearby brush. He quickly moved over and leaned against the claw.

"Absolutely. I wanted to test her," a deep, rumbling voice came. The leaves rustled, and a few twigs snapped. There was also the distinct sound of bones and muscles snapping and ripping. After a few seconds, a distinctly smaller figure emerged from the trees. He looked like an older version of Natsu with red hair and yellow, slitted pupils along with a pair of draconic wings and longer nails.

"Who the hell are you?" Mira asked quickly, moving back against Natsu.

"He's my dad," Natsu said.

"You're Igneel?" Mira asked cautiously, "Why'd you hit him?"

"It's how we say hello to each other. It's only been a year or two since we spent more than a day together," Igneel said chuckling, "It's good to see he's in good hands though."

"What do you mean more than a day?" Mira asked.

"Well, we're going to go somewhere for most likely the better part of a month, dragon time at least," Natsu said.

"What?"