Dun, DUN, DUN! Lisanna meets Natsu! Finally! BUT I'M GONNA HAVE LISANNA AND NATSU SLEEP TOGETHER! AHAHAHAHA!

(Mirajane's POV)

This guy—! He had gotten so much stronger! She had wondered how Elfman had still been beaten even with all the training they had gone through together. Despite her professional demeanor, she smiled. She was actually looking forward to a challenge, and she got the feeling he was too.

"Hahaha! You've gotten a lot better haven't you?" She ducked to the right, and kicked the figure away, into the moonlight, and she gasped. It was definitely the same fighting style, same size… so why?

"Hey! Elfman! Are you sure this is the guy?" Elfman grunted.

"`Course I am! Why wouldn't he—" He got a good look at Natsu. "Impossible! He's just a kid, how could he have fought us? He looks younger than I do!" Natsu couldn't hear what they were saying, but he could tell they were confused.

'I guess they noticed how much stronger I am now'

"What do we do?" Elfman asked his sister.

"Grr… Child or no, he is still a thief, and we still have our mission. So we still have to defeat him!" Mirajane soared higher into the sky, and beckoned for Natsu.

"Come! I shall beat you down!" Natsu recognized a challenge when he saw one, and jumped into the sky, aided by his new technique.

"Fire Dragons Claws!" Spinning, Natsu lifted himself to his opponent, and brought his feet crashing down. Mirajane blocked, and winced. She shoved his attack away, and punched back. Natsu grabbed her hand, and spun around bringing his own fist around. Mirajane blocked again with her other arm, and they kept exchanging blows in this position, but Mirajane was doing most of the work, keeping them both afloat.

She had the advantage with her wings, so she may as well use them. Managing to shove him back to earth, Mirajane chased him, intending to land another blow when he landed. Too quick, Natsu rolled to the side, counterattacking with a punch.

"Fire Dragons Fist!" Still regaining her balance, Mirajane was unable to put her guard up in time and was knocked back.

"Yatah! Yes! I got her!" Mirajane threw boulders at him in anger.

"I'm not finished yet!" Tossing more chunks of stones into the air, Mirajane hid behind them, flitting from one rock to the other. Natsu destroyed the first few, but then started to dodge. Mirajane jumped out and slammed him in the back.

"Gotcha!" She cried. But she yelped in surprise when Natsu caught her hand before she withdrew, and threw her in front of him. Natsu landed, but immediately held his head.

"ITEH! That hurts!" Mirajane landed on her feet, hands in front, about to sprint forward. She blasted from her spot, kicking up dirt and debris, aiming for Natsu. Noticing in time, Natsu jumped, and stuck out his chest, arms and legs falling behind him.

'Time to show just how much I've grown' Getting into a ready position, he yelled

"Fire Dragons Claws!" Leaping into the air, Natsu went as high as he could, and when he couldn't go any higher, he let his spell go, slowly rising, until Gravity called him back. He fell, but Mirajane wasn't going to wait. She jumped after him, and flapped her wings to catch up.
"Fire Dragons Elbows!" Rocketing back down, Natsu was ready to meet with Mirajane, and Mirajane was grinning with excitement. They crashed in an explosion of power, flames, and energy. Both mages were pushed back, but they relentlessly went at each other again and again. But Natsu was tiring, and Mirajane was rearing to go. He needed to end this quickly, or he would lose. So, in an all or nothing gamble, he yelled

"Fire Dragons Meteor!" Combining his two attacks, he lit his fists, and in small breaths, rapidly blew on them. Asteroids fell, aflame, the size of the monstrosities were thrice as large as Natsu fists and dozens more in quantity. Now Mirajane was under attack of falling objects, and but instead of running, she flew towards Natsu, dropping and weaving around the meteorites. Natsu only had the strength for one more attack, so he mustered up his energy, and blasted a last

"Fire Dragons Roar!" As Mirajane rounded up the last meteor, she spotted the incoming flames, grabbed the last rock, and tossed it. Fire bellowed against stone, but rock was steady and stubborn. It hit Natsu, without a fight, he was knocked unconscious and back to the orchard. Mirajane pumped her fists in triumph, ecstatic that she had finally beaten the thief, but her victorious mood was short lived. The flames that had struck the rock, instead of spluttering out, had regrouped behind the boulder, and reformed into the jet of flame. Caught unawares, Mirajane was hit directly in the chest, and she too fell back to Earth.

(Elfman's POV)

Before she hit the ground, Elfman caught her, and stood there, checking on his sister. He sighed in relief, as he made sure she wasn't in any danger of dying. He ran back to the mansion, so the maids could take care of her wounds. But he threw up the 'Going back to the mansion' lacrima before leaving, hoping that wherever Lisanna was, she would see it, and also return.

At least, he hoped she would. The fight itself had not felt too long, but the moon was starting to rise, and clouds ominously gathered at such a speed, that led Elfman to believe was unnatural.

'Be safe my sister. I sense bad times ahead' Praying to the sky, he forced himself to focus on getting back to the mansion. Lisanna could handle herself, and though Mirajane wasn't about to die, the wounds would become more sever if not treated any sooner. So he thought only about the fastest way to get back, and nothing more.

(Natsu's POV)

'Chickshou! It was a tie again!' Natsu complained in his head. He was too tired to talk to himself, and even thinking was a chore.
'Great. Oh well, I'll just sleep here for a day or so, then go back and tell Igneel it was a tie again. Guess he was right about females, they really can be strong' No energy left, he let the drowsiness in his eyes take over, and within a few minutes, he was snoring.

(Lisanna's POV)

Was he really asleep? The man Mira-nee was fighting? She poked his cheek with a stick, and hid behind a shrub. When the man didn't react, she carefully tried to pick him up.

'Mira-nee will be so happy when I bring back this man. I bet she's really tired, it looked like a tough battle' Her attention was drawn back to the man, when she found how heavy he was.

"Grr… Erg…. GAH!" She grunted as she tried to budge him, but he was much heavier than he looked. She would never make it back to the mansion at this rate.

"Elf-nii! Mira-nee! Elf-nii!" Well, calling didn't work either. What was she going to do with this horrible, evil man? She couldn't be stuck here alone with him! The moon shifted away from the clouds, and Lisanna finally got a good view at the thief. It was a boy! A young boy! About her age! How could this be? Did Mira-nee know already? Was this her secret? No, she was letting the seed of doubt sprout. She tried to clam down.

'Oh well. At least this couldn't get any worse'

Boom

It was if the world had responded. Thunder rumbled, and let loose its luggage. Rain poured on Lisanna's head, and soaked her clothes. She sneezed and sniffed. If she didn't find shelter soon, she would either freeze to death and get hypothermia, or drown in all this water. Natsu groaned, and Lisanna hid in her bush again.

"W-w-what do you want!" Natsu weakly pointed to his left.

"Tree… Shelter… Go…" No way, it had to be a trap. There was no way her enemy would just give her directions to a place to stay.

"W-w-what about you?" He laughed weakly.

"I need… to sleep… Gimme… a couple minutes… I'll… be fine…" Then his hand dropped, but the snoring stopped. Lisanna stayed where she was, wondering what she should do.

'I can't trust him. He's the enemy. He defeated Mira-nee for heavens sake. He's probably as cunning as a snake!' She sneezed, and shivers travelled all over her body. 'Then again, if I don't go and just check, I'm going to die anyway' Tiptoeing around Natsu, she scurried in the direction Natsu had pointed.

Many minutes passed, but they felt like hours. She kept pinching herself, forcing herself to keep going. There were several times that Lisanna felt she had fallen asleep running. She was so tired… And she didn't see the tree she ran into. Falling on her bottom, she slowly got up, rubbing her sore area.

"Ouch…" Then she peered through the rain. Even inches in front of her, she could barely see in this weather. She reached out felt for anything, and could feel something soft, and wet, but stiff too it was a tree. Great. That would help a lot. She shuffled to the left and walked forward—

Bump

This time, she almost ran into the tree. A few tears threatened to rise, as she rubbed her poor forehead. Reaching out, she could still feel the tree. Just how large was this thing? This time she ran as fast as she could for ten seconds, then stopped. Reaching out, she felt the tree again. This couldn't be the tree could it? But even if it was, how was this shelter? How would this help her?

As she felt the tree, she felt her hand dip a little, then come up again. It was so faint, she almost missed it, but retracing, she found the indent, and rested her hand there. It felt like… an arrow. She was out of ideas anyway, what harm would this do to her? Running with her hand to the bark, Lisanna kept running, running around the tree until… There was no tree. She couldn't feel anything. She took a step back, and found the bark again. So this was where it stopped. She held her hands out, and stepped forward. The smell of musty straw overwhelmed her, and it beckoned for her, calling out to her. She could finally rest, and her whole body sagged in delight.

'Thank god I found this place!' But then she stopped; a sudden, horrible realization took over her. She was only here, because the man had been kind enough to tell her about this place. That BOY, the thief who had stolen apples from Mr. Morbis's orchard, who had fought head on with her big sister, Mira-nee. He was a child HER age, and she had left him to die.

'But the warm bed… It looks so comfy…' One side of her yearned. The other was desperate to go save the boy. 'But we must help him!' Arguing, the voices fought over and over, but with time, the one who needed rest was losing, her body ready to drop.

'I can rest now… and go get him when I wake up… Yeah… I'll do that…'

(Natsu's POV)

It was so cold… And he felt faint… He would go challenge the she-devil after a quick nap… But a warm feeling, spread throughout his body and gave him new energy. His eyes cracked open, to see a silver haired girl, dragging him over her shoulder.

'Ah… My guardian angel… Here to take me to heaven…' Then he fell back asleep, dreams peaceful, thoughts full, content.

(Lisanna's POV)

Who was she kidding! There was no way she would let someone else die because of her own selfish reasons! She would rather die! So she had forced herself to go back and get him. It was a miracle that she had found the tree again. As soon as the smell of wood and straw entered her nostrils, she plopped down, and fell asleep with Natsu beside her.

Tutururu! See? They did sleep together! X)P Yeah, that was a super bad emoticon thing. Whatever. I shall update soon! I hope!

-Justin, Lover of anime, enemy of haters, and family to all my otaku brothers and sisters. Welcome to my world! XD