Three days had passed since Mira had her episode with the GRG, the guild had mostly calmed down and had gotten used to their unfortunate but temporary situation, Lisanna was staying a little closer to Natsu after the shock she had from viewing the universe, it made her sick to her stomach that something like that could happen.

Natsu sat on a stool at the bar, talking to Kinana, trying to ignore the noise of the guild as the past few nights he has had sleepless nights, both caused by the girls who find their way into his bed and also the events that have happened recently.

"There is more people here than usual." Observed Kinana, speaking softly as she leaned on the bar, her head in her hands and her elbows propping her up on the wooden surface.

"We are getting more visitors than usual because the, heh, ex-men, aren't fighting." Natsu replied tiredly, looking up with bags under his eyes.

Alarms blared throughout the growing city. "Prepare to commence Gildarts Shift! All citizens move to predefined safe zones, Gildarts Shift will commence in one minute!"

Natsu perked up and grinned happily, causing Kinana to smile softly at the display. "Yes! He is back! I'm going to go greet him."

The pinkette made his way out the front doors and to the fence line, joined shortly later by the man's own daughter, Cana.

The brunette watched the city split and move apart to accommodate the dangerously powerful but ever loved ace of Fairy Tail, she smiled with a tankard of beer in her hand. "You know why he sent me home right?"

Natsu looked to his right at the lush. "You drank all of the bars' supplies of alcohol?"

"No!" Cana half-shouted playfully as she punched his arm.

"He went out womanising?"

"Nope." Her voice quietened. "He wanted to have some time alone with the grave of my mother, to visit and pay his respects, talk to her."

The pinkette nodded solemnly and placed a caring hand on her shoulder. "He really loves you and your mum, he has many regrets in his life, I know one of them is never being there for you two, that is why he is always hanging off you and showering you with affection."

Cana turned to look at the pinkette, searching his face, she found only honesty in the mature features of his. "I know, thanks Natsu. So, what do you think he'll say about all the guys back there?" She looked over her shoulder and into the guild.

"He will have a field day I bet, and it will either be painful for him or extremely aggravating and embarrassing for them."

Natsumi walked out of the guild and came up behind Natsu as quietly as she could, she goes to jump on his back only for him to sidestep away from Can and cause Natsumi to face-plant onto the pavement. "Ow~."

Natsu bent down and gently picked her up by the back of her jacket, he brought her up to his face. "What were you trying to do?"

"I wanted to surprise you, and also ask you something."

"Oh?" He put her on her feet in front of him and looks at her quizzically. "What did you want to know?"

"Could you come home with me and train my guild for the month leading up to the GMG?"

Cana looks at the two pinkettes in surprise. "I wouldn't worry, you'd thrash the other guilds with ease."

"Still a good idea Cana, remember what happened to us…" Natsu replied as he looked at the brunette. "I'll do it but I have to get some training under my belt myself, going to ask Erza if she wants to take a trip to go see Kagura and Mermaid's Heel."

"Why them?" Natsumi asks the male pinkette.

"Swordsmanship, those two are the best sword mages I know, there was a third but last I heard she had died during the tower of heaven fiasco." Natsu said before a wide grin spread across his face. "Hey Natsumi, Gildarts hasn't seen you yet, want to play a prank on him?"

"Hell fucking yeah I do!" The Dragon princess shouted as she leapt into the air eagerly.

"Sweat, well I need you to stay here with Cana and great him like usual, if he starts getting suspicious just try and direct his attention somewhere else, like booze or women."

"Got it." Natsumi said with a grin as she playfully started pushing the man back into the guild, she shut the doors behind him and quickly went back to his spot next to Cana.

"You are just like him back then." Cana said with a smile as she turned to the woman. "Before the war."

"What do you mean?" Natsumi asked the slightly older woman.

"We went to war with Alvarez a few years ago, we barely made it out of there alive, and that is before Acnologia turned up. We won, but only just."

"Oh… I hope we are one of the places that wins too."

"From what I have understood from both Natsu and Levy, every choice you make, there is a universe where you took the other choice, no matter how small or large."

"So say that I had pancakes this morning, there is a place where I chose eggs and bacon?"

"Yep, there could be a place where we are in the exact same situation, standing here talking, everything that has happened to both of us leading up to now is the same, but you chose eggs and bacon instead of pancakes, nothing would be different except what we say, or at least that is what I have gotten from talking to Levy and Natsu." Cana said as she stretched her lean body then smile at her father as he came to a stop in front of them. "Morning dad, how was your chat with mum?"

Gildarts wrapped his arms around his daughter tightly and smiled happily. "It was great, your mother and I had a nice chat."

"Hey Gildarts, fight anyone powerful?" Natsumi asked eagerly.

Gildarts frowned and looked at the pinkette. "Ok what happened to you Natsu… You have TITS! And what a rack they are, ooh so fit!"

Cana whacked her father across the head angrily. "Cut it out, deadbeat! Long story short, Mira found some experimental tech and turned all the guys into girls, except Alzack because Bisca didn't want it to affect their baby girl."

"Oh sorry Natsu, you just look very hot as a girl." Gildarts said as he gave the pinkette a once over.

"Yeah I get that a lot recently, it's been a few days since Mira went nuts, we are just waiting for it to wear off, the oldies have changed back though so hopefully we won't be too far behind." Replied Natsumi as she crossed her arms under her bust, making it lift up. "Let go inside, I'm sure they are all dying to see you again, we'll the ex-men probably won't be."

"Ex… Men?" Gildarts queried with a small grin appearing on his face. "Please tell me that is what you are calling the guys."

"Yup, funny ain't it." Said a smirking Natsumi as she leads the way back inside.

The two brunette father and daughter follow the dragon princess into the guildhall, Gildart's eyes go wide at what he sees, from one wall to the other, every guild member bar the old men and Alzack, they were all women, and somehow they were all smoking hot.

"What the actual fuck… This is Paradise!" He shouts gleefully as he springs forward and starts hitting on the ex-men.

"Fuck off gramps!" Gajeel yelled as she punched the womaniser away from her.

Gildarts flew through the air and landed on Laxus, knocking them both down onto the floor with the ace on top of the blonde. "Oh hey Laxus, you look shockingly beautiful today."

"I'll give you shockingly beautiful!" She kicked the man off with a lightning infused kick and sent him to another part of the room.

Natsumi slips into the kitchen where she can smell her counterpart and Levy. "God that was priceless, he thinks that I am you, even now."

"Sounds like there is a brawl going on out there." Natsu grinned and laughed happily. "I'd join in but I am working on a design with Levy."

"Oh watcha working on?" The pink-haired woman asked curiously as she moved to the two mages' side.

"He thinks we should miniaturise our interdimensional viewer further, get it into a forearm mounted device like we saw in that other universe." Levy said as she drew up some plans. "McGarden was telling me something about a "Fallout" universe when I was there, how they have something called a pip-boy, it's a big bulky computer that goes around the forearm, while it seems like a good starting point, its not where I would like to leave the design, something that sits on top of the arm and gets strapped around it will be good."

"I think I saw Tac-com on the device that Natsu had, I'm guessing it means Tactical Computer, something like that would be extremely useful." The Fire King said as he scratched his stubble in thought.

"If I go to a high tech universe, somewhere where I can sneak in and make it, or if I can just "borrow" some tech to make it then I'll make it asap. I could ask McGarden if she has anything for it or I can go snooping in her lab that she was telling me about."

"Do what you can, we'll finish up the plans some other time, or you can finish it yourself, you already know what I want out of it."

Levy waves him off as she points at the door, her eyes on the plans. "Yeah, it's fine, off you go, go have sex with Natsumi or Seilah or someone."

Natsumi blushes as she perks up. "I'll take that offer of sex! I haven't had the chance yet, we have showered together but that's it."

Natsu shakes his head in amusement as he leaves the kitchen, he looks around at the ruckus in the guild just in time to see Gildarts flying at him.

Both men go falling to the floor as Gildarts bowls them over, Natsumi steps out from the kitchen and bends over the two mages. "Bad timing there Natsu? Probably should have taken my offer~."

"Come on, get off me old man, I'll fight you if I have to." Natsu groaned out as he pushed the man off him. "You made me land on that metal arm of yours."

"Ah sorry kid, arm has a mind of its own sometimes." Gildarts raises from the floor and dusts himself off, he reaches down and helps up the dragon king to his feet then spots the dragon princess over his shoulder, looking between the two pinkettes rapidly. "Ok what the fuck?"

"I take it you tell all the girls that Gildarts?" Natsumi said playfully with a smirk. "I am Natsumi, the Fire Dragon Princess, I'm from another universe, one where Natsu was born a girl and to visually similar but biologically different parents to his own in this universe."

A yawn permeates Natsu's mind as a familiar voice comes to haunt him. 'Yo dude, what did I miss, been napping for a while, why are all the guys, girls?'

'Mira went nuts and turned everyone into girls, she spared Alzack and ran out of power before she could get us.'

'Oh, not that shit again…'

'What do you mean?' Natsu asked in his head, trying to ignore the hand waving in front of his face, belonging to the dragon princess.

'Remember that time I sounded like a chick? Yeah, that was why.'

Natsu shakes his head and focuses on the pinkette in front of him who crosses her arms and pouts. "Finally he notices me…"

The man chuckles softly. "Sorry I was talking to the voice in my head again."

"What did it say?" Natsumi asked curiously as she leant forward. "Was it about the hot woman in front of you?"

"Not this time it wasn't." He smirked. "No, it was just him talking about the laser gun Mira got her hands on."

"So~ I was wondering…" Natsumi said as she played with her scarf nervously. "Could I come along with Erza and you, you said you were going to Kagura's right?"

"Yeah, I did, and I suppose you can tag along, I still need to ask Erza what she thinks of it." The pink-haired man headed to a nearly empty table, the only occupant being Erza and her cake. "Yo Erza, I've got to ask you something."

The redhead looked up from her cake at the man, blushing faintly as the words of her counterparts have made her mind wander more than usual with the fixation always being a certain pinkette. "How may I be of assistance Natsu?"

"I need training to use my sword properly. I was thinking of getting you and Kagura to show me the ropes."

Natsumi dropped into a seat next to the redhead and leans her head on her arms on the table. "And I was wondering if I could tag along to get to know the guild a little better."

Natsu smirked at his fellow pinkette then chuckled. "In other words, she wants to spy on them, figure out their strengths and weaknesses."

"Clever, getting to know your enemies before a battle always improves the chance of winning." Erza spoke calmly. "Though some would see it as cheating when it comes to the GMG, I'd advise you not to tell them about where your universe is up to. That is if we tell them that you are from another universe."

"So you're in?" Natsu asked as he leant forward and made a triangle with his arms and the table, his fingers interlocked.

"I'm happy to go on this trip with you. I'll be able to teach you free-flowing combat with the sword, Kagura will be able to teach you Iaido and Iaijutsu, the arts of quickly drawing the sword to attack or defend."

A possible third teacher crossed his mind, a woman from his past, though finding her and having her teach him her sword style may prove… challenging to stay the least.

"We can go tomorrow if it is fine with you Erza." Natsu said with a smile, happy that she has agreed to it.

The redhead nodded in agreement, as she nibbled on some cake. "I am happy with that."

Mira and Lucy came by and sat with the group at the table, talking animatedly about Hisui's latest choice as the queen.

While they talked, Erza declared that she needed more cheesecake and left to get her favourite food, her seat was quickly Gildarts who was after all the ins and outs of Natsu's relationships, possibly literally.

Levy walked over to the table with a roll of blueprint paper. "Natsu, here are the diagrams I have drawn up, can you go over them for me, I need a drink after all that."

"Thanks Levy, I owe you one." Natsu said over the noise of Lucy berating Gildarts for sticking his perverted nose into her love life.

"I'll think of something I need." She replied as she headed for the bar, only to stop in her tracks when a rift opens to her left.

Out stepped the buster version of herself from the hell hole as Levy liked to call it in her mind, McGarden spotted her and called out to her. "Hey. I need your help with something."

Levy made a small sound of shock as she nervously replied, if McGarden was asking for help then it had to be dangerous. "You do? But with what…?"

'This can't be good news…' Natsu thought to himself as he observed the interaction.

'Dude she is hot!' END shouted in his head causing Natsu to slap his hand over his face.

'Shut it END, she is taken, plus if Dragneel found out you were saying that then he'd probably be pissed.'

'Aw come on, we can take him, he only has fire dragon slaying magic, look at all the stuff we have up our sleeves.'

'While I may be more powerful magically, and most definitely with my curses, he will still whoop my arse, dude grew up in a warzone, fighting for his life and had more close calls with death than I have, not to mention he has military training from those Serans and access to a whole arsenal of shit-kicking weapons, I'd rather live thank you very much.'

"Wow! She's got great tits!" Gildarts shouted, breaking Natsu out of his inner conversation and causing a passing Cana to hit him over the back of the head, hard, and shout. "Don't be an idiot!"

'See, he thought so too!" END said with a wide grin on his mental face.

Natsu sighed to himself and rose from the table, he made his way to the visitor with Gray and Gajeel following him, they were holding cardboard cut-outs of their male selves to hide the fact that they are temporary female from the battle-hardened mage. "McGarden, is everything alright?"

"Well, the trials were interrupted because Zeref showed up in our guildhall… Shouting something about a pink-haired little brother… You wouldn't know anything about that… Would you?" She eyed the Fire King who raised a hand, accepting the responsibility for sending him there, he had a sad but sly grin on his face, happy that this one had been turned around from his own brother's cruel fate.

"He's in your hall right now!? But Acnologia will head to…" Gajeel started to shout but was silenced because Natsu narrowed his eyes and glared at her, turning his head to the side, silently telling her to shut the fuck up, McGarden had the same thought as she held up her hand to ask for silence.

"Relax, we already killed that fucker with nuclear fire and butchered the dark mages of Grimoire Heart." She waved a hand over to Ultear as she could see her in the corner of her eye, noticing the former male member and grinning internally that Mira acted exactly how she wanted, she got some free testing of her GRG, and a lot of it by the amount of females. "We did accept Meredy into the guild too while Ultear is on the council, so our trials are good to go."

"You… already did that?" Asked a bemused Laki as she sat with Max and Warren. 'We only killed him at the war… That place must be insane…'

"Yeah." McGardens said as she points to her double. "But I need her for a project. So, if you are curious, call my guild and ask them. The two of us… need to hit the fallout."

'Oh fuck… fuck, fuck fuck!' Levy paled as her eyes widen, she felt a little sick to her stomach and started to back up. "AHHH! I don't want to eat rats!"

McGarden grabbed the poor bluenette by the wrist and started to drag her with her as she opened a rift with her portal gun. "Don't be such a baby! I didn't even tell you about the cockroaches the size of Happy!"

"THAT'S EVEN WORSE!" Levy cried out as she was pushed towards the portal, she stumbled as she tripped over her feet and started to fall.

"We're just working in my lab! Stop freaking the hell out!" McGarden yelled as she gave the woman one final push to get her through the portal. 'For fuck's sake, it's almost like she is going to die or something.'

The guild watched in silence as the battle scared Levy walked through the portal and it shut behind her, minutes ticked by with no one moving or saying a word until Elfman broke the silence.

"D…did Levy just get kidnapped by Levy?"

"I'd have to be important if she needed another Levy's help." Natsu replied as he looked over at the white-haired muscly woman.

"Forget that! What kind of place has cockroaches the size of cats!?" Evergreen shouted as she shuddered, repulsed by the mere thought of it.

Erza stood near the spot where McGarden opened the portal to leave, eating her new cheesecake, she glanced at the fairy mage. "Yeah… Knightwalker told me all about it at the party we had over in their universe, that place is pretty nasty with all the cannibals and mutants. Not to mention all the other stuff."

"You know what? I don't want to know any more." Evergreen said as she rose quickly from her table with Elfman and headed to the bar. 'I need a drink or few to clear my mind of that filthy nightmare-inducing stuff.'

'I feel like I should help them, I did kinda force Zeref onto them, but there were the only people I knew with a chance of fixing him and giving him a better life, and they should be able to safe Mavis too if they save him.' Natsu thought as he looked around. 'I guess I have to remember that their Levy has seen a lot of shit, that she has fought the locust, monsters and every other vile piece of fucking shit under the sun across the multiverse, compared to them, we might as well be amateurs. If I remember what she told me of that fallout place, there is no magic at all… meaning I'd be effectively useless there, I mean what's a sword and a pistol going to do for me there?'

He made his way back to the table, still deep in thought. 'I should ask Dragneel or his girls about some training with them. I guess I'll wait a few hours for their return, if it takes longer then I'll go see what is taking so long.'

He was broken out of his line of thought when his head was shoved deep in between a pair of large and soft mounds of flesh. "Master~ Lucy and I want to go shopping with you, please come with us."

"Ok ok." Natsu extracted his head from his Etherious girlfriend's boobs and smiles softly at the demon. "I guess I have been kinda busy with training Natsumi and working on new devices with Levy recently, I have been neglecting you two."

"That you have Natsu, now come on and make it up to us." Lucy said as she stood next to the female Etherious.

"One sec, I have to put these plans in a safe place until Levy returns from her adventure." He put a hand on the blueprints and put them into his pocket dimension for safekeeping. "Ok let's go."

Both women grabbed an arm each and dragged him from the hall as they sprinted out and didn't stop until they were at the shopping district.


A few hours later, Natsu stumbled into Lucy's apartment, carrying all the bags from the two girls' shopping spree, they hadn't even let him check out the clothes they were trying on, his head was pounding as the two responsible walked in behind him.

"Lucy do you mind if I borrow your bed for a nap?" The purple-haired woman asked tiredly, he eyes drifting between the blonde and her bed.

"It was a big day." The woman gave the Etherious a nod. "Yeah, go ahead, I'll be in the shower, Natsu could you please put my clothes away."

"Why do I have to do that?" Natsu said with a frown, his attention on his best friend turned girlfriend.

"Because you owe me for being too busy to hang out, I mean I love the peace and quiet but I do love your attention." She pouted at the pinkette. "Maybe come join me when you are done with my clothes?"

"Alright, I'll be there soon." He replied with a soft smile, he took the bags to her wardrobe, leaving her to go into her bathroom.

"Master?" Seilah called out from the bed. "Word is that you are going to Mermaid's Heel for a training visit."

"I am, I'm going with Erza, Natsumi wanted to come too so she could spy on them for her GMG." Natsu said as he started to take clothes out one by one, de-tagging them and placing them in their spots in Lucy's draws and wardrobe. "Why do you ask?"

"It's my duty to keep you safe Master, we are the last of our race."

The pinkette sighed softly and made his way to the bed, he sat on the edge carefully and put a hand on the demon's shoulder. "I know you are worried about me, but you don't have to go out of your way to protect me. We both know I can handle myself."

Seilah slowly sat up, her kimono shifted and revealed more of her salacious skin as it exposed her breasts. "But Master… I'm in love with you… I don't want to see you get harmed, when you got shot back in that warring world… I almost lost control and Macro'd their IVD to send me to you."

"I know, and I love you too Seilah, but I don't want you to risk yourself to save me, as you said we are the last Etherious and we can't have you losing your life too, remember there is no Hells Core to bring you back, and my body is human so I only have one life." He gently cups her chin and kisses the demon woman. "Now you lay back down and get some sleep."

"Thanks Master…" She shakes her head softly. "No, thanks Natsu." The woman smiled as she laid back down on the bed, she didn't sleep as she wanted to watch her favourite man.

He brushed his hand through her purple locks for a couple of minutes then rose from the bed and got back to work on Lucy's clothes, knowing that she'd be waiting for him.

A soft melodic voice drifted out of the open bathroom door, Lucy had started singing a song in the shower, bringing a smile to Natsu's face as he worked and once he was done he took his clothes off and entered the bathroom.

Lucy had her eyes closed and her face pointed up at the showerhead, water ran her hair and back as she sang some of her favourite songs in a soft voice.

The Fire King smiled at the sight of her and slipped into the shower behind her quietly, he wrapped his arms around her slim waist and presses his body against her back, he whispered softly in her ear. "All done Lucy, now you have my undivided attention."

A warm smile spread across her face as she tilted her head up more to look at the man she loved so dearly. "As much as I'd love it, no sex today, just hug me, kiss me, and maybe give me a massage."

Natsu laughed at the blonde's comment, he gently let the woman go and started to massage her lower back, he knew it would most likely be sore considering she had two large weights attached to her chest.

"Ooh yeah, that's the spot Natsu."


Later that day, the members of had gathered in the guildhall, they ate their dinner as they awaited the return of the two Levys.

They two Happys flew over to Natsu's group at one of the tables, they landed in front of their respective fire dragon slayers.

Natsu's Happy spoke up, curious about their friend. "Natsu, I wonder how Levy is going?"

Natsu gave his pseudo-son a comforting pat on the head. "I'm sure she's fine. I mean, they were just going to cure Zeref…"

Mira waltzed over with her dinner, a chicken parmigiana with chips (fries) and salad, she sat at the table with Natsu and the girls. "True, I'm sure she had fun working with new technology and knowledge. I doubt McGarden would take her anywhere too dangerous."

"I don't know Mira, your definition of dangerous and theirs' are a little different, so I wouldn't be surprised if she came back with a few scars or some good stories to tell, they were going to a nuclear wasteland so that in itself is inherently dangerous." Natsu said between mouthfuls of lasagne. "I just hope she has made headway with our project, McGarden has been to a lot of places and gotten a hold of lots of different kinds of tech, so it shouldn't be hard to make it."

A few seconds later the guild's attention was drawn to a portal that had opened in the middle of the hall. Outstepped the two bluenettes, they were covered from head to toe in blood, gore, ash, and grime. The armour they were wearing had gouges and scratches on them, even their weapons were flecked with blood.

Levy turned on her heels and faced her double, eyes alight with rage on the level of Erza when someone ruins her cake. "ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU HAD A PORTAL GUN THE WHOLE TIME?! We could've avoided almost all that shit!"

Natsu rose from his seat and started heading to the duo, hoping to defuse the situation.

McGarden held up a hand at the raging mage. "Relax will ya? We accomplished the mission, and you didn't even get shot once."

"Levy…" Natsu tried to start, wanting to ask if she managed to build their project but was ignored by the hot-headed woman.

"I WILL NOT RELAX! I GOT MUTANT INTESTINE IN MY HAIR!" She reached up and pulled what remained of the viscera out of her blue locks, flicking her hand aside in disgust as she sent it flying into a nearby bin. "I HAD TO FIGHT IN A HOSPITAL FILLED WITH BAGS OF HUMAN FLESH! THEN WE GET AMBUSHED BY RAPING MERCENARIES WHICH WE HAD TO KILL! FOR FUCKS SAKE! THEN A DEATHCLAW PINS US DOWN IN A RUINED DINER! THEN… AND THEN! AFTER ALL THAT SHIT WE HAD TO FIGHT A PACK OF FUCKING GHOULS! FUCKING CANABALISTIC GHOULS! WHO WANTED TO EAT US! AHHH!"

McGarden took a flask out of one of her pockets and held it out to her twin. "Yeah… when you say it like that it sounds bad… Here drink up." She offered Levy as the woman took it from her and spun the cap off.

Levy brought the flask to her lips and downed the contents in one long chug, the alcohol burning her throat as it flowed down to her stomach, the waves of anger, stress and all other unpleasant thoughts going through her mind radiating around her. She passed back the flask as she shook her head clear. "I'm… I'm going to go home, have a long, long, long hot shower, listen to music as loud as possible while I clean this filth off of myself, and I donno! Not Fucking Think About Today!"

Natsu watched as the short woman stormed out of the hall, leaving the doors open and letting in the sounds of the nightlife. "I think you broke her McGarden."

"YOU CAN KEEP THE RIFLE AND ARMOUR, LEVY!" She shouted out to her twin, her eyes drifted to the nearby pink-haired man as she got lost in thought, reflecting on the day. "You're right… Maybe it was too much for her on day one."

"YOU THINK!" The guild roared at the short, scared woman who just chuckled."

"It's probably for the best McGarden, she is tougher now than she was when Lucy joined, but she still needs to harden up a little more, if you need help in future then don't be afraid to ask, either myself or Levy would be glad to help, probably call me if you think you may go out into the danger zone, Levy would be happy to have an extra hand in that regard and I could always use the extra weapons training." Natsu said as he slowly turned back from the door and to McGarden.

"Yeah, whatever." She said as she waved her hand in dismissal at the door and got ready to open a portal home. "She'll be fine. Now just to synthesis the cure, get drunk, fuck Dragneel… and then I can call it a day." She aimed the pistol and opened the rift back to 137-C. "Hey Natsu, we'll keep it in mind, your offer, but in the meantime can you tell Levy she did great when she calms down."

"Sure, thanks." Natsu replied as he watched her lazily wave goodbye to everyone and walk through the portal.

"Yeah, err… I think I'll go check on her… maybe help with her hair." Lucy said as she pushed her empty plate away, thankful that she had eaten all of her food before losing her appetite, but now she was trying to keep her food down at the thought of blood in her hair or what her friend had gone through, she rose from her seat and make her way to the dormitory.

Evergreen spoke up from her table with the thunder legion. "At least they didn't eat cockroaches…" She openly shuddered at the thought.

Natsu sighed and sat back at his table. "I'll finish my dinner then go check up on them, give her time to clean up."

"Oh my~ how considerate of you Natsu~." Mira giggled behind her hand.

Natsu smiled at the playful barmaid. "Shush you, tease Erza instead."

"Oh don't need to tell me twice!" Mira cheered with a devilish smirk, she leant over to the redhead and started whispering things into the woman's ear, the things she whispered make Erza blush as hard and as red as her scarlet hair.

"MIRA!" Erza complains loudly. "I don't want to hear about that while I am eating dinner!"

"Oh? So maybe I should tell you about him over dessert, hmm~?" Replied the devilish woman.

"That is even worse! I don't want you to sully my beloved strawberry cheesecake with words of salaciousness!"

While Mira continues to terrorise the poor woman, Natsu finishes his food and takes his leave, he looks up at the night sky and takes a deep breath of the cool, crisp air. "Ok, onto Levy's."

Natsu made his way to Fairy Hill and went inside, disregarding the fact that only women are allowed in the dorms, he follows his nose and ears to the dorm's private bathhouse and finds Levy's armour and rifle on a bench, hers and Lucy's clean clothes were neatly folded nearby, the device she was working on sat on the bluenette's clothing. "Ah, there it is."

"Is someone out there?" Asked a cautious voice, it belonged to the resident scientist, Levy.

Natsu opens his mouth to speak but realises he isn't really meant to be in the dorm, he just shakes his head and decided to speak anyway, knowing the two women won't kill him for it. "It's just me Levy, I came to see if you are ok, I know what you went through was rough."

A mop of wet blue hair peeked around the door, her brown eyes wide as she looked at the man. "Oh… could you err, give Lucy and me a towel each please."

"It sounds like Natsu out there." Lucy said as her head popped around the other side of the door. "Oh he is fine, just get Levy one, unless you want to show him your goods?" She looked across to Levy.

Levy blushed and looked down at herself. "I guess its fine, I know he won't do or say anything unless we allow it, come in I suppose, we are just trying to get the feeling of blood off of me and out of my hair."

The two women disappeared deeper into the bathhouse, leaving Natsu standing in the changing room, he gets a cloth and some heavy-duty cleaning sprays from the cleaning cupboard then uses Macro to levitate the armour and gun, he followed the women into the spa section, seeing them at the showers with their backs to him. "If you don't mind, I am going to clean this stuff that McGarden said you can keep." He gestured to the stuff trailing behind him, causing Levy to glance over her shoulder and nod.

He sat down and started cleaning the blood off of the gear, after a few moments Levy spoke up as she slowly turned to the man. "Natsu how do you do it?"

"Do what?" He looked up curiously and got an eyeful of her B cup breasts but he didn't stare at them as he looked up into her eyes, making her smile softly.

"How do you handle what happened on Sera so well?"

"Killing isn't easy Levy, but at a certain point it gets scarily easy, fighting in-human monsters like I did on Sera with Dragneel was easier than killing humans here, though I had a really good reason to do it here."

"It gets easier?" Levy asked in shock, mild horror was spread across her face at his words.

"Yes, for example, Dragneel and the others can kill in a blink of an eye and that's be expected considering what they have had to live through, if you cross them then you will die, and while we no longer have the no-killing rule thanks to the war, I think I am the only one who has outright mascaraed a large group of people because they wronged me, I think they were called Tombstone or something like that." Natsu said as he waved his hand absentmindedly. "I don't really remember nor do I care, they weren't worth remembering."

"That's… cold." Levy said softly as she made her way to Natsu and knelt next to him.

"I killed them because of what they planned on doing, I could tell that they were beyond redemption from what they said and how they spoke. Anyway, as I said killing gets easier the more you do it, and that is probably the most frightening part of it, more than actually taking a life."

"I… I noticed that…" The bluenette shook as she went over what had happened. "It was kill or be killed, like with your story, but the more I had to kill, the easier it was to pull the trigger and kill anything that wanted to hurt me."

Natsu reached over and gently pulled the shaking woman onto his lap and into a warm embrace, aiming to soothe her, he held her tightly and rested his chin atop her head. "I know Lev, I know what you are felling, I felt the same thing."

Levy became keenly away at how she was still naked and soaked from her shower, she blushed as red as Erza's hair as she felt her breasts become pressed up against his muscular chest, thanks to the heat given off by him she was starting to dry off too, very quickly too she noticed.

"Natsu, as much as it is making me feel better, and also nice and warm and cosy, can we save the comforting for until I am finished and dressed again?" She squeaked out cutely, a total behavioural flip to the raging woman she was not that long ago.

"Sure." He said as he let her off his lap, happy that she is back to relatively normal.

"So off from the macabre subject, how did your project go Levy?" Lucy spoke up from the shower stall.

"Oh!" Levy jumps slightly as she kinda forgot that Lucy was there, she was just so fixated on Natsu and what he was saying, and his warm… hard body… she shook her head to clear her thoughts before they become obvious to the dragon slayer's nose. "It went well, I was able to use the tech that McGarden accumulated in her travels to make it, it is purely electronic, it runs on this tiny fusion reactor that when I asked about it, she said came from this space-faring universe, in fact, the only thing that is magical in it is a single rune, and that enables tactile feedback with the holographic interface, since the unit is…" She grabs Natsu's arm for reference. "About half the length of Natsu's forearm, and about 3 or so inches wide, and a half-inch thick, the case is ergonomically designed to sit on the top third of his forearm with straps to fasten it in place!"

Natsu watched as the giddy woman bounced with excitement, his eyes flicked to her boobs as they move about but he wenches his eyes back up to her face. "You sound very happy with it."

"Come! Let me show you how to use it." She rose to her feet and jogged out into the change room. "Come on!"

The pinkette and blonde followed the excited woman into the change room where they are met with the still naked Levy holding out the device. "I call it the MID, Man-portable Interdimensional Device." She hurried to Natsu and took his left arm. "I wanted to make it less pistol-like than the device made by our counterparts, this is also not just a device to create portals, but also allows you to view them with the holographic display and even talk to them! Think of it like a mini IVD!" She strapped it to his forearm and took a small step back, bouncing on the balls of her feet with bountiful enthusiasm.

Natsu examined it, moving and rolling his arm to check it out from different angles. "Feels great, really secure, how do I use it?"

Levy leaned forward and demonstrated it as she walked him through the use of it. "You activate the machine with a tap on the top left corner of the metal faceplate, then you drag your finger from that corner to the bottom right corner, this activates the user interface, if you get a call then you just tap the top left corner and it will bring it up."

The trio look at the cyan holographic screen and keyboard, it was very similar to their IVD but with minor quality of life changes, it looked similar to his modified Archive magic in how it sat on his arm.

"Can the colour be changed?" Lucy asked the bluenette curiously. "Because I can think of situations where that colour would be hard to see."

"Yes, so here." She points to a key with a circle filled with the rainbow on it. "This colour wheel button allows you to change it to anything you want, press it Natsu."

The man taps the projection and feels resistance like he actually hit a button instead of the hologram, he looked at Levy with surprise. "Huh, that is fairly satisfying."

"Yeah, that is one of the reasons I put the rune in there, so there is that feature, but if you come across a place with no magic then that rune won't work, but since the machine is fully electronic otherwise, you can still work it in places like that nuclear fallout universe, now with the colour selection, you can scroll around the wheel with your finger and it will change the colour or you could use these sliders here to change the colour, saturation and also the brightness of the colour." The giddy woman pointed to each part she was explaining, eager to share her knowledge with them.

"And to close it I am guessing it is the top left corner again?" Natsu asked as he hovered his finger over the corner, Levy nods with a smile and lets him close the device down. "Thanks Levy." He smiled and hugged the short woman who blushed again because her nude body is pressed against his warmth.

Levy sighed softly as she started to feel relaxed, like the tension from her adventure had washed away thanks to the dragon slayer, she brought her arms up and wrapped them around the man and closed her eyes as she let herself become enveloped by the warmth. "Thank you for helping Natsu, Lucy." She smiles at the two of them then steps back. "I think I'm going to get dressed now and head up to my room, thanks again for checking up on me."

Lucy smiled brightly at her best friend, glad that she is feeling better now. "If you need anything else, someone to talk to for advice, comfort or just to hang out, you know where to find us."

Natsu brought the armour and rifle into the room and made it hover near the bluenette. "I've set it so that it will follow you up to your room and go to wherever you want it to be, once it is there the Macro will shut off. Now I better get out of here before the other girls catch me and I get slaughtered." He waved over his shoulder as he raced out of the room.


The Next Morning, Natsu's House

Natsu awoke to an unfamiliar weight laying half on him, the body felt taller than Lucy but less busty, a body that was a cross between the curves of Seilah and the athletic fitness of Erza, he knew of that because of her fondness for "skinship" and enjoying bathing with him, he yawned as he opened his eyes and looked down at the invader in his bed, seeing a mess of pink bedhead hair. "Natsumi?"

The woman mumbles against his chest as her hand slowly explored his muscles, she was still deep asleep.

"Great… Now what should I do… Maybe Seilah could do breakfast, hopefully that will wake her up. Then again it is usually Seilah in this position…"

A groan rises up from his chest as the woman mumbles to him. "Will ya shut up already… I'm trying to sleep."

'Yeah, she is still smokin' hot!' END calls out in his head, a grin could be heard in his voice.

"Oh shut up END…"

The woman perks up and slowly rises up until she is propped up on an arm and looking down at the man with a cheeky grin. "Oh, is END saying perverted things about me?"

"Shush you." Natsu replied with a groan.

'Hey kiddo, if she has the same stamina we have then we could easily go all day and night with her.'

Natsu slapped a hand over his face as he frowned. "Yes… yes, he is Natsumi."

The dragon princess' grin widens as she decides to playfully sit on the man's abs. "You know~ I was having a really wonderful dream~."

"Oh kami, not you too…" He complained but slowly and surely a small smile spread across his face.

"I'm kidding." She chuckled. "It was wonderful but it wasn't that wonderful."

"I'm guessing since you are in my bed that you have already packed for the trip?"

'DAMN! Look at those tits! They must be double Ds!' END hollers inside Natsu's head.

Natsumi watches Natsu's nose flare as he lets out a breath, she sees his eyes on her boobs and breaks out in laughter. "He said something about my tits didn't he?!"

"Yup…"

Natsumi feels something poke her arse and she turns to look behind her, seeing that he has gotten hard, she starts giggling hard. "Looks like END isn't the only one who is enjoying the view."

"Woman… Are you packed?"

"Aw don't be so upset, I find it flattering~." She giggles again as she playfully teased the man. "And yes, I am packed, my bag is beside the door over there."

"Oh good, because we have to meet Erza at the train station in 30 minutes, so let me up so we can get dressed and have breakfast, I'll fly us there."

"Are we taking the Happys?"

"I would normally take him, but they seem happy hanging out with each other, fishing and eating their catch."

"Ah, that explains why I haven't seen much of them." Natsumi said as she moved off of his chest and went to her bag.

Natsu moved to the edge of the bed and sat there watching the pinkette. "I told them what we were up to anyway, I think they plan on pestering Carla into training them in transformation magic."

The dragon princess smiled softly as she pulled out a set of pink lace underwear, a thong and bra, and slipped them on. "Yeah, that does sound a lot like them."

The pink-haired man rose from the bed and made his way to the wardrobe. "Good thing I packed last night."

"You would have been in a rush this morning otherwise, right?"

"Not so much, I spent a fair bit of time letting you lay on me." He smirked over his shoulder at the woman as she slipped a pair of short black and red shorts up her legs and over her ass, turning to him as she zipped them up and did up the button, her tongue poking out at the man.

"You enjoyed it."

"I'm not against it, you looked cute. Also, you might want to do something about your hair, serious bed hair."

"Hmm?" She runs a hand through her hair and feels the knots. "Hey, do you think you could tame it for me with Macro?"

"Worth a shot." Natsu said as he was half-dressed, wearing black pants with a red belt that had a dragon buckle. He focused on her hair and slowly made it separate then styled it into long spikes.

"Thanks!" She cheered as she put on the one-armed jacket he used to wear before it was shredded beyond repair on a mission. It went over her bra and she zipped it up to mid breast so it showed off a nice amount of her juicy cleavage.

Natsu pulled a red tank top from the wardrobe and put it on, deciding to show off his ember-like Etherious markings on his arms, he strapped the Boltok he was given by Dragneel on his left thigh with extra ammo in his requip dimension, finally he reaches for his sword and picks it up, closing his eyes as he has a few words to his late father, Igneel, and the mother he never got to meet.

"You alright man?" Natsumi asked as she wrapped her arms around the man's chest.

"Yeah… yeah, I am fine."

"The sword, I saw it before, when you were fighting on Sera, what is it?"

"It's a sword Igneel left for me, it was made from the remains of his late mate, and his Dad, my… our grandfather." He said as he drew the sword for her to inspect it.

"It looks awesome…" She whispers softly in awe, she held out her hands slowly as she met his eyes. "May I pay my respects?"

Natsu nods and sheathes the sword, he hands it to his fellow child of Igneel who knelt with the sword in her hands, silently asking for guidance and a blessing for the future while also saying a few kind words in her head to her father whom she wishes to meet again.

After a few moments, she raises to her feet and hands it back to him. "Thank you, Natsu."

The King of Fire places the sword on his back, the sheath automatically sitting against his back even though there is no physical attachment. "Let go eat."

The two dragon slayers collected up their bags and headed down the kitchen, after a quick breakfast made by Natsu, he requips their backs away and picks her up as he steps outside.

"Now I feel like a princess!" Natsumi said as she giggled about her current situation.

The pink-haired man just shook his head in amusement as he manifested his wings and flew to the train station where they are met with the sight of Erza.

"Ready to go visit Mermaid's Heel?" She asked.


That's where I am going to call it for this chapter, I hope you have liked it, I have a few ideas on what I can do next and where I can take Natsu with his new MID, plus a few ideas for character development, but if anyone has something they might like to see happen then feel free to let me know. I'll see you all next time.