Hey everybody, I am back with another chapter for this story and hopefully, I will continue writing! Now, this chapter will get a little more plot development, and I hope that you like it.

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Chapter 5

"OF COURSE I'M REAL YOU JACKASS!"

Everyone cringed when they saw the older Dragneel uppercut Gildarts through the ceiling. The older man crashed through the ceiling in the same way that the younger Natsu did.

The older Natsu looked satisfied with his uppercut and seeing the reaction from his guildmates, though his satisfaction was short-lived when Gildarts jumped through the hole and landed next to the younger man.

"Who the hell are you?" Gildarts asked in a calm manner while glaring at the pink haired brat before him. Natsu stared at the man with little trouble as he held his ground,

"I am Natsu Dragneel! The strongest dragon slayer you'll ever see!" He declared with such confidence that it made Gildarts lose his glare. The older man looked at the dragon slayer a little closer and smiled a little.

'What a cocky punk, but I like his spirit!' Gildarts thought before chuckling, "You know if you really are Natsu, then you wouldn't be afraid to fight me."

Natsu smiled after hearing that and began to let his magic go wild; Gildarts doing the same, though on a larger scale. All the members moved back by instinct, not knowing what will happen since they never seen Gildarts fighting with his magic before since he only needed to use just his monstrous strength.

"You bet I'm Natsu!" The dragon slayer raised his fist up with gusto, "And I'll finally kick your ass!"

Right before anything could happen, Makarov got in between and he yelled out,

"There is no way in Heaven and Hell that you're fighting here! In fact, Natsu I'm putting you on probation! If you ever fight like you had with Laxus the other day in this guild then I'll suspend you from Fairy Tail for a month!"

The dragon slayer was shocked by the warning and knew that the old man wasn't bluffing nor was he leaving room for negotiation.

"And as for you Gildarts, don't bait this boy into fighting or you'll have to go through 'THAT'!"

The crash mage skin got a few shades lighter and nodded nervously; while Gildarts may be the strongest wizard in Fairy Tail, punishments from the master himself was scary, even for him. Natsu stared at the old master before asking,

"So I just can't fight like how I did with Laxus right?"

Makarov looked at the young man in the eye, "Exactly! And no, you can't fight with just your fists either!"

"Then how am I supposed to fight?!"

"You won't!" Makarov yelled before sighing, "I'm sorry Natsu, but you can't fight in the guild. The other day you showed great strength and abilities, but you also showed that you're destructive as well and because of that I can't allow you to fight in the guild; same within Magnolia. You might hurt someone due to your lack of restraint."

Natsu frowned after hearing this. One of his favorite things to do was sparring amongst his comrades and participate in guild brawls, and hearing that he's forbidden to do so brought his spirits down. Noticing his expression, Makarov continued,

"I'm not saying that you can't fight Natsu; I'm only saying that you can't fight here. If you want to brawl then you can do it outside of the city."

Hearing that made his spirits soar back up. Right when he was about to drag Gildarts out of the guild, Lisanna and Happy came from the attic with the other Natsu, who looked at Gildarts with fire in his eyes.

"I'm ready for round two you old goat!" The younger Dragneel declared, though before he had a chance to leap towards Fairy Tail's ace, Lisanna grabbed him by the scarf and pulled him back.

"No way mister! You are not fighting Gildarts today; not until you rest up from this morning's spar." Lisanna held her ground as she stared down at her 'husband'. The young Dragneel looked at her eyes before looking down and nodding.

Mira snickered, "Looks like someone became Lisanna's little bitch."

Both Dragneels glared at the eldest Strauss, "SHUT UP!"

"Mirajane, always the rude one," Erza said, "I just hope that you haven't tainted your sister with your ways."

"What the hell is that supposed to mean?!" Mira slammed her forehead against Erza's before Erza began pushing back.

"What, does your small brain need me to dumb it down?" Erza mocked.

"Hey wait a second! I'm not letting you off with what you said!" The younger Dragneel said as he escaped Lisanna's grip and began walking towards the two young teens.

Seeing how this would escalate to a big fight, Makarov intervened, "Gildarts, would you kindly hold back Natsu?" Gildarts gave a thumbs up before running towards the younger Natsu and right before the little pinkette could join the two girls, Gildarts grabbed the smaller Dragneel by the back of his shirt and lifted him up,

"Time for you to be in the infirmary, master's orders."

"Since when?" Natsu questioned.

Gildarts ignored him and continued on to the infirmary with Lisanna and Happy behind. As for girls fighting, Makarov had an idea for that.

"Natsu my boy," The tiny master started with a small smile, "How about you go take a mission for me? To see how well you can do it? "

Natsu nodded, "No problem Gramps-"

"Hold it, you have to bring one of them with you and also someone to help keep things peaceful between you and one of the young ladies," Makarov instructed as he points towards Erza and Mira, which seemed that their fighting is getting worse. Natsu looked at the fight while the old master added one last detail.

"If you do then I'll make sure a nice big juicy steak will be waiting for you here." The next thing he noticed was a strong breeze and noticed Erza and Cana missing. He looked towards the guild's front doors and saw them wide open with a trail of ust up in the air.

"Cana eh? How unexpected." Makarov grumbled with a smile. He can tell that the next few weeks are going to be interesting and fun. Hopefully, the Magic Council won't figure out about this whole mess. Otherwise, there will be complete chaos.

"Well," The small man sighed while walking towards the missions board, "time to see which one he took."

~Half an Hour Later on the Train~

Natsu groaned as he brought his hand up to his mouth and tried to ignore the tremors and shaking, "I hate this…"

"This is rather disappointing," Erza said, comfortable on her seat with a cup of tea and a slice of her signature strawberry cake next to her, "I thought you would have gotten over your motion sickness by your age now but it seems it will stay with you forever."

Natsu groaned louder and muttered out, "Not my fault…"

Cana looked at the suffering dragon slayer, who was on the floor in a pitiful position and in agony, with pity in her eyes, "Poor guy. Is there a way for us to help?"

"We shouldn't help him Cana." Erza said strictly, "We must simply ignore him. After all, he brought us with him against our will and force us to go on missions with him."

Can frowned, "You're not wrong, but it's still not right for him to keep on suffering like this." She looked at Natsu in the eyes, "Is there any way for us to help you feel better?"

Natsu nodded, "Y-Yeah... there are a few ways…"

Cana nodded expectantly, "Which ones?"

"Laying my head on someone's lap," Cana and Erza blushed a little from hearing that, "Troia, which I can't get until I meet Wendy again," Both teenage looked confused and wondered who this Wendy person is, "or knocking me out, but I really don't want to go through that agai-OOF!" Natsu felt something hit his stomach, knocking the wind out of him and causing his soul to leave his mouth.

Erza retracted her fist from the young man's stomach and gave smile to the shocked brunette, "There, problem solved."

"Problem solved?!" Cana couldn't believe what she was hearing, "You can't just do that! What if you hit him too hard?!"

Erza closed her eyes after hearing that, "Perhaps, but like he said, it was that or laying his head on one our laps, which is very indecent considering our age difference and we don't know what this Troia is-"

"Erzaaaaaaaa…"

The young redhead 'EEP!'-ed when she heard Natsu's groan and saw him slowly sit up from his feeble position. Apparently, Erza's punch didn't knock him out for very long at all, but it still hurt like hell, which means now Natsu has to suffer stomach pain as well as his motion sickness,

"Kill me now…" Natsu said before passing out, still feeling some sickness in his unconscious form. It was going to be a long trip for all three; especially for Natsu and Erza. Natsu for obvious reasons, but for Erza it was mainly thinking about how much stronger this Natsu seemed to be since her punch wasn't enough to knock out the crippled man, especially since she barely held back her punch.

~Two Hours Laters~

"I can't believe you're doing this Cana." Erza scolded the young teen as she saw Cana combing her fingers through Natsu's hair as his head laid on the brunette's lap. Cana decided to end the dragon slayer's suffering an hour and a half ago and moved him so he was laying down on the seat next to Cana, all the while his head was on Cana's soft lap. The two teenagers noticed how Natsu's expression had softened from this and knew that his suffering was almost gone.

Almost; They would still hear a groan for every moment or two, but t was definitely better since he wasn't making any painful expressions or sweating from motion sickness.

"I couldn't help it," Cana looked down at the young man's face, "It hurt to see him like that, I couldn't just leave him in that position."

Erza looked at the brunette before sighing. She honestly couldn't understand why Cana would do this, after all he took them to do his jobs with him without even asking us first; all this trouble just for some steak at the guild and a fight with Gildarts. She wasn't actually mad at the dragon slayer, she was just annoyed that he basically took them with him without their permissions. Erza looked at the sleeping dragon slayer and sighed again before hearing a small bell from their cabin,

"We will soon be arriving at the next stop at Alberdeen Village."

Both girls sighed in relief after hearing the announcement, since that is the village to get to before getting to their destination and decided to wake up the sleeping dragon slayer. Cana gently shook the slayer by patting his cheek. The young man groaned in his sleeping before turning over, his face towards Cana's stomach and dangerously close to her…

"PERVERT!" Erza yelled before summoning one of her swords and using the flat of the blade to knock Natsu off of Cana. Unfortunately, her swing was stronger than she intended when she saw Natsu smashing against the wall of the train and leaving an imprint of the wall as the shape of the dragon slayer's body. While Erza was staring at the dragon slayer and seeing if he was moving or twitching in pain, Cana was just sitting there, shocked and blushing hard, she was playing back to when Natsu was turning his head towards her…

"What the hell was that for Erza?!" Natsu shouted after being woken up in a very rude way.

Erza raised her sword and glared at Natsu, "Y-You were acting without any shame!"

"HUH?!"

"You were doing something indecent to Cana!" Erza's cheeks become rosy red when she tried to explain Natsu's actions.

Natsu looked over to see Cana blushing hard before looking back at Erza who seemed to be stuttering and her cheeks still red. As confused as he was, he didn't have time to question them when one of the train attendants showed up in their cabin.

"What is going on here and what hit the train?" The attendant asks the trio of mages. Natsu looked at the attendant in confusion, still wondering about the two teenage girls and wondering why they were acting this way. Oh well, as Igneel always mention; when in doubt and confusion,

Blow it out with a bang!

BAM!

The entire train shook and smoke appeared in the cabin where the Fairy Tail mages were in. The attendant coughed and sneezed from the sudden smoke and wondered what happened. It was after the smoke cleared that he saw the enormous hole in the wall and three mages running away from the train.

"I don't get paid enough for this..." The attendant thought miserably when he realized that he was gonna get blamed for this mess

~With Natsu and the Girls~

"I think we're almost there," Natsu said as he looked at the job request in his hands. Erza, Cana, and Natsu have been walking about half an hour, walking through a large grass field. Nothing but tall grass as far as their eyes could see, apart from the train and the tracks; they could still see the smoke from their distance from the train.

"What was the mission again Natsu?" Cana asked as she stared at the dragon slayer. Erza looked at Natsu as well as both looked at him expectantly. Natsu continued looking over the flier while feeling the two girls' gazes on him, which felt pretty uncomfortable. He looked over at the two girls and answered them,

"We're here to take care of some monsters terrorizing a remote village."

"Ooookay," Cana said, "You do realize that I'm not very good when it comes to fighting monsters, right?"

Natsu looked at her, "Don't be like that. You're awesome at fighting monsters and dark guilds. In my timeline, you're crazy strong."

Cana was quite surprised by the dragon slayer's small praise and wondered if what he said was true. Most likely since Natsu wasn't the kind of guy to lie, and you could tell if he was lying since he had a terrible poker face, at least that is what she knew from the younger Natsu.

Erza interrupted any more thoughts coming from the brunette's mind when she pointed towards a village in front of them, just a few hundred meters away. The trio quickly made it there is little to no time flat and discovered that the village chief was waiting for them near the front gate. The village chief was an old woman, almost like Makarov's twin, minus the mustache and being bald.

"Are you three the ones that accepted our request?" The short old woman asked with a kind smile. The three Fairy Tail mages respond with nods and 'yes' and even showed their guild mark at the little chief, which instantly convinced her and told them of the situation of the monsters while leading them near the center of the village, away from the gate. She explained that the monsters have surrounded the small village, hiding in the tall grass, how they used some sort of camouflage and were very quick. The beasts would allow people in the small village but will prevent anyone from leaving the village, caging them inside and anyone that would try to leave they would hunt them down and eat them alive.

Knowing that this was serious, the three Fairy Tail mages looked at each other and thought of what to do and how to lure them out, at least Cana and Erza were since Natsu just wanted to rush in and fight them head-on.

After a few minutes of discussing on what to do, The three agreed on a plan, and hope that it will all work out.

~A few minutes later~

Natsu was at the very edge of the village, just at the entrance of the gate, he looked around at the tall grass and tried to see any movement, but nothing. He'll admit that he was pretty surprised that he couldn't see any sign of the monsters since his vision was close to that of a hawk or falcon, so their camouflage must be that good, and considering that the village didn't have anything from the monsters, he couldn't track them down with his superhuman nose either without possibly mistaking it for another creature or something.

So instead of following his instincts like usual, he decided to just stick with the plan and light up the grass around the village, just far enough where it wouldn't do any permanent damage and if it did, Cana would use her elemental cards to keep it in control.

Natsu remembered what Erza said about controlling his flames, but come on! Let's be honest here, Natsu was never the kind of guy to do something without giving it his all.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Natsu bellowed out as he unleashed a typhoon of flames onto the grass field, instantly burning the dried grass and the topsoil to ashes. He could instantly hear the monsters screeching out in panic as the flames neared them. It didn't take long before the fire spread and consumed the grass nearby and eventually burning everything within the mile, everything except the village since Cana used her card magic to summon water and ice to protect the small village.

It wasn't an easy feat for Cana since she wasn't used to protecting more than just a handful of people with her cards, so an entire village, even if it was a small one but she did it nonetheless.

By the time the flames were extinguished, the monster had nowhere to hide so it was easier for Natsu and Erza to take them out. The monsters didn't look that terrifying, they were much like lions with green fur, which really helped them with camouflage, and they had brown claws, though most of the fur has been burned away. Erza drew the sword from her side and summoned one of her first set or armors, which was a standard knight armor with small spikes covering the joints. She got next to Natsu, who covered both his fists in flames.

"Ready Natsu?" Erza had her eyes on the lion-like monsters and raised her sword.

"I'm all fired up now!" Natsu exclaimed as he aimed his fists at the beasts.

The monsters pounced towards the duo, ready to tear the two for burning them. Natsu and Erza both yelled and launched themselves at the monsters, meeting them halfway.

~Later that Evening~

The entire village celebrated that evening for finally being freed from the dreaded monsters. Exterminating them was easier than expected since the monsters weren't really that strong, it was there speed that was more annoying though, but getting burnt by Natsu's flames really slowed them down.

The village had the three mages as honored guests for freeing them from the monsters, even though Natsu destroyed all the grass around them they didn't really minded. Erza attempted to scold him for that but Cana stopped her and explained that no harm was done and that they finished the job without breaking anything from the village.

They had a feast with the village and Natsu danced with the villagers until late at night. Feast itself was quite impressive since it was enough to satisfy the ever hungry dragon-slayer and the dances from the villagers were very entertaining. Once the celebration was over, the small chief offered the trio to stay the night at one of the guest huts since it was already late, and there wasn't a train station for miles and they were most likely closed at this hour so they decided to stay for tonight.

When they arrived at the small hut, they saw that there were just a stove and two beds with a window in between, each bed was big enough for three people so it was perfect for Natsu in one bed and the other for Cana and Erza. Natsu waited outside of the hut while the girls changed into their pajamas, well mainly waiting for Cana since Erza can use her Requip magic to instantly change into her pajamas. When Natsu knew he could come back inside, he basically took off his cloak and shirt along with his scarf, only leaving him with his pants and sandals. He saw the girls already in bed and decided not to waste any time and just slid off his sandals and slumped on his bed, waiting for sleep to take him.

It took quite a while for Natsu but he was finally feeling his eyelids getting heavy and was about to enjoy some sleep, though he heard some rustling from the other bed and saw Cana squirming in her sleep. He continued watching the teenage brunette until he saw her open her eyes; that's when he noticed the faint smell of salt and the clear liquid coming out of her eyes.

"What's wrong Cana?" Natsu asked.

The brunette was a little startled by hearing the dragon slayer's voice. She looked at him and blushed a little. She knew a little bit about the physique of men and women since Fairy Tail are full of muscular and curvy people, but that didn't stop her from admiring Natsu's body. Since Natsu didn't bother using blankets due to him never being cold, Cana could see how toned and muscular Natsu has become over the years, and also seeing how handsome he's gotten, and she enjoyed it; you cannot really blame a teenage girl that's beginning her stages at being a woman, which include some confusing hormones for her.

Anyway, the purple eye girl continued to check the half-naked dragon slayer before she heard Natsu repeat his question.

"Oh," Cana looked away from the fit pinkette and looked out the moonlit window, "I was just having a bad dream, that's all."

Natsu tilted his head to the side, "What was it about?"

Cana shook her head, "It wasn't anything special, just something dumb." She said softly, knowing that her nightmare was about her mother and father. She dreamt about her mother passing away while her father never accepting her since she wasn't as strong or famous as himself. This wasn't the first time she had this nightmare, and she always wish that this would be the last time she had it.

Nasu nodded at Cana's answer; he didn't really believe it but he didn't want to push it, not tonight at least since it was so late.

"If you say so," Natsu said, not sounding very convinced. Cana could tell from his tone that he doesn't like being lied to and quickly changed her mind,

"A-Actually, it's just that I've been having this nightmare, about my dad not accepting me." She answered honestly when he turned back towards the pinkette.

Natsu looked at the young teenager in the eyes, "Is it about Gildarts not knowing you're his daughter, isn't it?" He noticed how her eyes widened and saw the curiosity in them, most likely wondering how he knew.

"How did you know?" She needed to know how he knew something so personal and delicate.

Natsu sat up from his positioned and gave her a small smile, "It happened after the time we finished an S-Class Exam. You finally told the truth to him."

Cana was quite surprised, to say the least; she always wanted to tell him but never had the courage to tell him whenever he's around.

"W-What did he say?" Cana asked, fearing the worst.

Natsu got out of his bed and walked over to sit next to the worried brunette, "He was quite surprised about it, but he never rejected you nor did he think that you were lying; he was actually sad to find out that he had a daughter so close to home and not realize it. In the end, he gave you a big hug and said that he'll do his best to be a loving father and to make up for all the time you two should have had together." He said, remembering that day as if it was yesterday while patting Cana on the head and gently ruffled up her hair. This gentle gesture made the poor brunette blush up a storm and making her cheeks bright red.

"Goodnight." The sleeping dragon slayer said before leaping towards his bed and quickly going back to sleep. Cana remained in the same position, confused, relieved, feeling so much heon in her face and ears and so much other things. She also felt annoyed and mad that Natsu just told her something so big and important for her to just go to sleep the next second, but at least she knew that telling Gildarts will be a lot easier now. And she had Natsu, he of all people to thank.

'Natsu…' Cana thought as she looked at the older version of the Natsu that she more personally know. He certainly wasn't what she expected him to be like when he gets older.

Cana had to cool her face down for a minute before smiling and looking at Natsu at a whole new light,

"Thank you, Natsu...for being the light in my darkness." Cana whispered, thanking him for giving the best news she could hope for.

Unfortunately, all that gratitude quickly changed to embarrassment when she realized just how corny she sounded.

'I CAN'T BELIEVE I JUST THAT!' Cana thought as her whole head burned with embarrassment.

A/N: And that's it for this chapter. Now I want to say is that I'm truly sorry for not updating for nearly half a year at all for any stories or oneshots. I don't have anything else to say except for that I would hopefully write more often and maybe finish a story. If you guys want to take one of my stories and modify your own way then that's fine with me. All I ask for is for you to tell me so I can read it myself and enjoy it.

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April 4, 2018

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