Chapter 17
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The ORC group returned to the club building after they were done by the pool. They had a fun time and everyone was happy. When they entered the room Sirzechs was sitting on one of the couches.
"Rias hello there" Sirzechs greeted his sister who was the first to enter the building. The rest of the members followed her in except for Natsu and Akeno who was lagging behind since Akeno demanded Natsu to carry her back at a much slower pace since she wanted to ask him something.
"What are you doing here Sirzechs?" Rias asked.
"The first thing my little sister asked her brother she hasn't seen for such a long time is 'What are you doing here'" Sirzechs said in mock hurt.
"Fine then. Hello Sirzechs I hope your trip here went smoothly, how are you doing?" Rias said in an annoyed tone.
"Oh my trip was absolutely wonderful my dear sister" Sirzechs responded with a grin knowing he is annoying his little sister.
"Hello Sirzechs" Wendy decided to stop the teasing before Rias exploded.
"Wendy it's good to see you again" Sirzechs stopped teasing Rias and turned to Wendy.
"So to what do we owe the pleasure of the visit?" Wendy asked.
"Well I am here for Rias' class observation and I brought Grayfia to attend yours" Sirzechs explained.
This earned a groan from Rias.
"Where is Grayfia now?" Wendy asked.
"She is in the kitchen making tea" Sirzechs responded.
Just then Natsu entered the building with Akeno in his arms. Natsu sat her down and without acknowledging the visitor walked to the kitchen. Just as he was about to walk through the door it opened and out came Grayfia carrying a tray with a teapot and teacups. The two collided and Grayfia nearly fell down only to be caught by Natsu's left arm as it wrapped around her waist while his other hand managed to grab the teapot without spilling its contents.
The teacups shattered on the ground gaining everyone's attention. The devils who knew Grayfia waited for her to explode and attack Natsu so they held their breaths in suspense.
"Are you all right?" Natsu asked with concern in his eyes as he pulled Grayfia up so that she can stand on her own feet.
"Will you watch…" Grayfia began to say in an angry tone only to let her voice trail away as she made eye contact with Natsu.
There was a few second of silence where Natsu and Grayfia just stared into one another's eyes while their audience waited with baited breaths.
"Aer you all right?" Natsu broke the silence once again asking with concern in his eyes.
"Y-Yes thank you" Grayfia stuttered with a light blush on her cheeks unable to tear her eyes away from the onyx orbs of the man who still had his arm around her waist.
Sirzechs could hardly believe what he was seeing. Grayfia Lucifuge the Strongest Queen who is a very strict and had a very serious personality was blushing ad stuttering. Not once in all the time he had known her had he ever seen her blush or heard her stutter.
After a minute of staring into each other's eyes did Natsu let go of her. He then picked up the tray Grayfia had and handed it back to her with the teapot on it.
"Go sit down and I'll get some new teacups" Natsu offered after handing her the tray. Without waiting for an answer he walked through the door into the kitchen.
Everyone released the breath they were holding in a collected sigh of relieve. This however was a mistake. As Grayfia heard the collected sigh she remembered where she was and who else was in the room.
A murderous aura emanated from her as she gave the other occupants of the room a death glare.
"If even one of you says even one word about what just happened I will kill you" Grayfia said with an icy cold voice.
Grayfia sat the tray with the teapot down on the table and quickly cleaned up the broken teacups. Natsu came out of the kitchen with new teacups and two plates of cookies. He placed the teacups and one plate of cookies on the table next to the teapot.
Natsu took his usual seat on the couch which was right next to where Sirzechs took his seat. Sirzechs wanted to ask the pink haired man who he was since he had not seen Natsu's human form but before he could ask him Koneko came up to them and sat down on Natsu's lap while taking the plate of cookies from Natsu's hands.
"I don't believe we have met before? I am Sirzechs Lucifer one of the Four Satans" Sirzechs introduced himself.
"I know how you are young Satan and we have met before I just had a different appearance" Natsu replied.
At hearing 'young Satan' Sirzechs and Grayfia's eyes widened a bit remembering the frightening power they felt that come from the demon that made its appearance at the cancelled wedding party more than a month ago.
"Don't tell me you are that demon Natsu Dragneel?" Sirzechs asked in disbelief.
"The one and only" Natsu replied with a cheeky grin spread across his face.
Sirzechs could only stare in astonishment.
"How do we know you are telling the truth you may look very similar to that demon without the obvious demonic traits but I don't feel the same magical aura coming from you?" Grayfia asked moving to a more protective position in front of Wendy if something was to happen.
"The aura I'm hiding is more for everyone's convenience but to prove I am who I say I am…" Natsu trailed off at the end as he was covered in a black smoke cloud. When the smoke dissipated Natsu was in his demon form staring them down. He let out a small amount of his magical aura just enough to let the two new devils know that he is who he said he is before reverting to his Human form and taking his seat with Koneko once again.
"Sorry for not believing you" Grayfia quietly apologised which surprised Sirzechs once again since his queen never apologised for anything that had no effect on the standing of the Gremory Family.
"Don't worry about it Grayfia I know you just wanted to ensure young Wendy's safety much like me" Natsu said. He had heard from Wendy how Grayfia had always been there for her during her childhood and the two shared a strong bond.
"I almost forgot the other reason I am here. I will be investigating the place that will be used for next meeting for the Three Factions" Sirzechs exclaimed.
"The meeting will take place here?" Rias asked.
"No I was thinking about using one of the School's offices or classrooms" Sirzechs replied.
"It's getting kind of late how about we all go home for the day?" Rias asked not wanting her brother to be around her entire peerage for longer than absolutely necessary in fear of him embarrassing her and damaging her image.
"I'll get something to eat ready so take your time" Natsu smiled before getting up and disappearing before anyone could say anything.
"Does he live with you two?" Sirzechs asked Rias and Wendy.
"Yes and his cooking is the best ever" Wendy replied with excitement before bowing to Grayfia thinking she offended her sputtering out "I didn't mean your cooking is bad or anything Grayfia I'm sorry"
"No offence taken Wendy cooking was never my best skill to be honest" Grayfia waved the comment off.
"Well let's get going then" Sirzechs said wanting to taste the food that had Wendy so excited at just the mention of it.
As the group walked out and split in their respective directions Sirzechs was a bit confused as to why Akeno was walking with them because if he remembered correctly she lived in the opposite direction.
"Did you move since last time I was here?" Sirzechs asked Akeno.
"Yes I am now living with Natsu, Rias and Wendy" Akeno replied with a smile.
"Did something happen to your place?" Sirzechs asked not really bothered that she is living with his sisters but rather concerned that something happened to her old place.
"No nothing happened there" Akeno replied oblivious to the fact that Sirzechs wanted to know why she was living with his sisters.
"What he means to ask is why you are living with Rias and Wendy" Grayfia interrupted the two seeing that the conversation isn't going anywhere, "And did you say Natsu was also living there?"
"Oh that's what you wanted to know then why didn't you just say so" Akeno said in a cheery voice.
"Well you see Natsu has been staying with us since the Phenex incident" Rias explained.
"He said that it would be easier for him to keep his promise to my mother that way" Wendy continued Rias' explanation.
"And I'm living there because I am one of his mates" Akeno finished the explanation with a huge smile on her face.
"You mean he has chosen you as his mate?" Sirzechs asked understanding the reason for Natsu staying over since he knew about Natsu's promised to Wendy's mother and with the knowledge he had on dragon culture he understood how mates work.
Sirzechs also saw a sad expression on Grayfia's face when Akeno revealed that she was Natsu's mate since she also knew that dragons only ever took one mate. Sirzechs made a mental note of this and started thinking about ways he could tease his queen about her crush.
"One of his mates" Akeno corrected Sirzechs. This got Grayfia's attention.
"What do you mean one of? Don't dragons only ever take one mate?" Sirzechs asked in confusion wondering if his information was wrong.
"Normal dragons yes but not the Dragon King" Akeno said and continued to explain how Natsu was going to have multiple mates after Sirzechs questioned her further on the subject.
Sirzechs was well aware of the shine in Grayfia's eyes when Akeno explained that Natsu would have multiple mates. The mischievous side of the Satan began scheming on ways to embarrass her.
The walk to the Gremory house took half an hour but when they arrived they were met with a wonderful smell. As they entered the house they saw the feast that was set on the table their mouths began to water.
"Do you want an official invitation?" Natsu asked as he saw them just standing in the hall.
This seemed to snap them out of their temporary frozen stats.
"It smells wonderful Natsu" Wendy exclaimed as she took her seat.
Grayfia went to stand behind Sirzechs like she usually would do when he would eat since she was a maid at their house in the underworld.
"Come take a seat Grayfia and enjoy the food" Natsu said to her pulling out the empty chair to his right while Akeno took the seat to his left.
Grayfia could only nod and accept her seat next to Natsu because for some reason unbeknown to her she could not deny his request. As Natsu smiled at her when she was seated she looked sown to hide her blush.
The group ate the delicious food making sure to let Natsu know that they never tasted something so delicious. Grayfia didn't say anything but Sirzechs, who was fascinated by the new shy side he saw form his Queen could clearly see the wonder in her eyes as she ate the food.
After they finished their food the three girls went to their rooms to freshen up while Natsu proceeded to clear the table and went to do the dishes. Every time Grayfia would offer her assistance he would refuse saying that she should just relax and that he was happy doing the cleaning.
"Seems like someone has a little crush" Sirzechs teased Grayfia when they were alone taking the gamble that she would be too embarrassed to retaliate on the spot and that she would not want to show a violent side in case her new crush would reappear. He knew he would feel her wrath later but determined this rare opportunity was worth it.
"S-Shut up" Grayfia stuttered.
"And did you taste the food he made? Just think of how it would be if you lived with him eating like royalty every day" Sirzechs continued in a teasing voice not paying attention to her objections.
Grayfia unintentionally started imaging how her life would be like if she lived with Natsu.
"And he is the Dragon King. Just imagine it the Dragon King and the Strongest Queen together" Sirzechs continued turning Grayfia into a blushing mess.
"I think if you continue like that she might faint" a feminine voice came from behind the two.
When Grayfia saw who just talked she just wanted to sink into the ground. Sirzechs however was too caught up in his moment of power over his Queen that he just continued his teasing seeing a new way to embarrass his Queen, consequences be damned.
"Rias don't you think she would match perfectly with Natsu?" Sirzechs asked the woman.
"Hmm they would match perfectly to be honest" Rias let her sadistic side out and joined in on the teasing.
Grayfia had enough of the teasing and instantly froze the entire room solid. She let out a sigh of relief and quickly regained her composure.
Just as she regained her composure Natsu entered the room.
"What happened here?" he asked looking at the two frozen occupants of the room.
"Nothing to be worried about" Grayfia replied in a matter of fact tone.
Natsu decided not to ask anymore question about the frozen duo since he wasn't sure if he even wanted to know what they did to deserve this.
Natsu and Grayfia talked for a little bit about their daily lives until Wendy and Akeno joined them. After they arrived Rias and Sirzechs was unfrozen and luckily for them they didn't tease Grayfia any longer. The night went by without another incident and Rias showed their guest to their rooms.
The next day Natsu had already prepared breakfast before his morning training because the previous evening Sirzechs expressed his desire to leave early the next morning in order to look over the place he wanted to use when he hosted the Three Faction meeting.
Natsu Wendy and Akeno arrived at the school together to see a lot of parents at the school reminding them that today was the class observation day.
That concludes Chapter 17. Yes Grayfia will be one of Natsu's mates. I have also added another person to Natsu's harem bringing the number up to eight. Next chapter will have some fun interactions between the family members of the ORC group and some other individuals. Some shameless self-promotion here I am busy writing another story that will take place in the Fairy Tail universe and I have uploaded a prologue for it at the same time as this chapter. See ya next time.
