Italics indicate thinking

Bold is for attacks

Kanji's POV

Have I mentioned my life is really weird…well it is. Most people don't wake up from a nap and find that they were asleep for SEVEN YEARS! Now everything's all screwed up. Our guild hall is now a cottage in the woods. A lot of other stuff happened, and Erza's not taking some of them very well.

"What'd you mean you two got married?!" she yelled.

"Six years ago." Alzack explained.

Erza started slamming her fist into my chest rambling about how her life's goal is no more.

"Is she gonna be okay?" Bisca asked.

"Erza had her eyes set on us being the first ones to get married. She'll be over it by the end of the week." I told her.

"That's right I guess you two have been engaged for seven years." Bisca laughed.

"Yeah, I suppose we'll have to get back to that soon." I said "It was supposed to be when we got back from the exam."

"Do you guys have any kids?" Lisanna asked.

"One, her names Asuka."

"They have kids too!" Erza cried.

"Please calm down."

The door opened and Lamia Scale showed up to say hello, apparently, they had helped the other look for us when we went missing.

Carole, who was no longer the same five-year-old Erza and I babysat that one night, went up and bowed "Hello Lyon-Sensei"

"Lyon-Sensei?!" Gray yelled quite loudly.

"Well you weren't here to teach me so I had to get the next best as a teacher." She shrugged.

"My student thinks I'm second best…" then the man ran over and started hitting on Juvia.

Erza kept mumbling to herself about our failed marriage.

"Would you relax?" I told her "I'm still gonna marry you calm down, being first doesn't matter."

I left her by herself and went over to the bar.

"Whoever you are just give me something."

"Kanji!" this purple haired woman leaned over the bar and hugged me.

This girl was cute, short hair and a knock out body.

"Uhh? I'm sorry I don't recognize you."

"It's me Kinana."

"What?!"

That pudgy little girl turned into this!

Now that I think about it Kinana's age is 27 but her body isn't she must have gone through puberty these last few years. She's like us.

"I missed you."

"Yeah it's great to see you." I told her "How have you been, clearly the seven years have been good to you."

She clearly blushed when I complimented her.

"What was that?" I could feel Erza standing behind me.

"It's nothing dear…" Please don't kill me.

"I've been well." She smiled.

"How's your…condition."

"It's been acting up lately but I'm doing okay." She reassured me.

"That's good." I smiled.

Carole's POV

"Can you please stop hitting on Juvia? She's supposed to be Gray's girlfriend."

"Nope!" Gray yelled.

"Go outside and practice your spells or something." Lyon brushed me off.

I wandered around the guildhall and realized something.

Now that Wendy's back there's a girl my age here.

I went up to the girl.

"Hello."

"Um hi."

"I'm Carole. It's a pleasure to meet you." I said shaking her hand "It'll be nice to have a girl my age around."

"You're the only girl?"

"Well Bisca, Laki and Kinana are here but they're old. Technically the two of us are the same age. I mean you're supposed to be nineteen but now you're twelve, like me."

"Yeah…twelve."

"We're even the same size. If you need something to wear just ask."

"Same…size…BWAHHH!"

"Please don't cry!" I said consoling the world "just leave everything to your new best friend."

Kage's POV

"Here." Laki threw me a key "It's the key to your apartment."

"Why do you have this?" I asked her.

"Sometimes I…I just need to be someplace…special…"

I smirked "Yeah, I understand. I'm sorry I took so long to come home."

"You said you'd only be gone a few days. Stupid jerk!" she yelled.

"I'm sorry. I didn't plan on it." I told her "You're not talking weird anymore."

"You said you didn't like it when I talked oddly, so I practiced to make your last request come true."

"You didn't have to do that."

"I wanted to." She hugged me "I missed you so much."

"I know" I hugged back "I'm sorry I've been away so long."

"By the way." She said "I sold all your clothes."

"What?!"

"I needed the money. Your suit is still there."

"The one thing I never wear is the only thing you kept."

"I think you'd look handsome in a suit."

Kanji's POV

Erza and I left the guild to go back home and see what state the apartment was in.

"You two wait a second."

Alzack and Bisca ran up.

"We need to talk to you about something."

"About?"

"It's about Jellal." Al said.

"What about him?" I asked.

"Someone broke him out." Bisca explained.

"He did what?!"

"Your friend Harver did it." Al explained

"Those idiots." I spat.

"Thank you for telling us." Erza said "Come on let's go."

Erza and I made it back to the apartment and Scruff was waiting.

"The door is still locked."

"That's good." I mumbled taking out the key and unlocking the door.

We went into the apartment and found the place covered in dust and cobwebs. Some of Erza's armors had rusted and fallen apart as had my clothes.

"That's just great." I groaned "We'll go to the store and get new clothes in the morning."

"At least nothing got stolen." Erza said "I'll clean out the fridge you get the vacuum."

We started cleaning the rooms and getting the apartment back in order.

"Hard to believe so much has changed." I said.

"Yeah." Erza commented "Everyone's so different. Alzack and Bisca are married; I didn't think they'd ever admit how they felt."

"Yeah that's the weirdest thing. You aren't too upset are you?" I asked "I know how much you wanted to be the first one to get married."

"I'm over it." She said "It's not that big of a deal."

I walked up and hugged Erza from behind while she scrubbed the counter.

"You're so sexy when you're cleaning."

"What do you think you're doing?" Erza asked "Don't get any ideas."

"What are we gonna do about the wedding?" I asked her.

She looked down at her ring "Let's put it on hold while we get everything in order."

"Okay." I told her "Not for too long though."

We cleaned for a few more hours before deciding to turn in for the night. The bed was still in one piece, we didn't have and sheets that night so we had to sleep with just blankets.

"This sucks." Erza said.

"Yeah."

"Sir." Scruff said hopping up to the foot of the bed "Laxus is at the door."

I groaned and rolled out of the bed I had just gotten into.

"Yeah?" I said opening the door.

"So here's the thing…I need a place to stay."

"What?"

"Come on, do your brother a solid." He said.

"You know where the guest room is." I mumbled "Why are you still in town?"

"Got no reason to leave just yet." he said.

"Kanji." Erza called from down the hall "Come back to bed. I'm cold."

"I'll let you go." He said.

I crawled back under the blankets and pulled Erza close to help warm her up.

"Laxus is in the guest room." I told her.

"Fine." She mumbled moving around to get comfortable "Good night."

"Love you." I said closing my eyes.

LATER

The next morning Gramps dragged Me, Erza, and Mira over to Twilight Ogre so we could get the guilds debts wiped away.

"The money won't just magically appear because you're taunting us." Mira explained.

"You trying to pick a fight?!" they yelled.

"No, we'll pay you back, interest and all that. Someday…" Gramps told him.

"No! You're gonna pay up right now!"

"You're supposed to pay back your debts." Gramps told him.

"That's seven years of destroyed furniture." Erza told him.

"We'll have to pay them back for that." Mira added.

"Not to mention the seven years of pain our friends have because of you." I joined in.

"So we'll just take back what you owe us." Gramps glared.

After that we trashed the place and our debts were conveniently removed. Erza and I went shopping for new clothes. She got a new armor; it was like the last except that it was grey instead of gold. I was able to just get a new pair of jeans and a sleeveless shirt with the guilds symbol on the back. We went back to the guild after that, hung around did the usual stuff. Natsu and Happy came by to get a job.

"Weren't you two with Lucy?" I asked.

Natsu paused "Lucy… isn't feeling herself right now."

"What'd you mean?" Gray asked.

"Lucy's dad died last month."

"Oh dear." Mira said.

"Crap…" I said.

"She just needs a little time." Natsu said "I'm gonna stop by and check on her on my way out of town."

Natsu left the guild and Kage entered.

"What the hell are you wearing?" Gray asked.

"It's the only outfit I have left…" he grumbled.

"You look fine." I told him "Suit looks good."

It was a simple black suit and pants with a white shirt and black tie.

"Everyone keeps saying that, I'm gonna have to keep this new look if I get many more compliments."

After that Erza and I took a job and headed out of town for a few days.

AN

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