*opens door…*

*slowly peeks head inside*

*glances around and sees nothing*

*opens door all the way and walks in*

*is immediately pelted with wads of paper, quickly becoming buried in them*

*fake Umbridge cough*

Hello, people!

Sorry, I guess this story's been on an unofficial hiatus. I got caught up in the Naruto fandom (if any of you guys are interested, I now have a few Naruto stories in progress) and I have been writing for some of my other stories that I hadn't updated in forever, and this one…yeah.

Anyway.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or any of the characters not from Fairy Tail, because they're all either from something else (all but one) or an OC of mine still from another series (Charlotte Phantomhive.)

Oh, and I just noticed that this re-write is already more popular than the original, with a fair number more followers and favorites, and exactly 1 more reviewer (which I thought was funny.) Thanks for the support, everyone! Especially those of you who take the time to review after every chapter. You guys deserve better than to have to wait for me to get my ass in gear and update.

Warnings: …AU? LaLu, GaLe, Jerza, EverElf, and a few other pairings. Crossover, obviously. Some yaoi, and of course spoilers.

Enjoy!


Erik stared up at the ceiling, feeling his brain turn to mush as he listened to his fiancé and her best friend talk about things that he wasn't interested in the slightest.

He wished he could just ignore them, but unfortunately his Sound Magic made that impossible, and the dragon slayer enhanced hearing didn't help.

Seriously?

He was Cobra, former Dark Mage with the Oracion Seis, one of the top three greatest dark guilds under the Balam Alliance, right up there with Grimoure Heart and Tartaros!

What was he doing listening to girls talk about some sale at the mall?

As soon as he thought it, he deflated.

There was a reason he had chosen to retire, and it wasn't because it was a condition for his release into Fairy Tail's custody.

He did it for Kinana, his Cubellios, his constant friend and companion.

And he wouldn't trade her for the world, even if this inane chatter and gossip did makes his ears feel like they were about to bleed.

…Yeah. Some former dark mage he was.

Ugh, he was getting soft.

At least Ultear and Meredy were in the same boat. And that Itachi guy (and wow, mind-reader or not Erik hadn't seen his bid on Ultear coming) had apparently been a criminal back wherever he'd come from.

Jellal didn't even count, the bastard.


Rin Okumura, Son of Satan and former Exorcist-in-training, looked nothing like the dignified and trained warrior that most would except of someone of his 'status' as a Prince of Gehenna (or Hell, in certain circles.)

His half-brother Mephisto Pheles would probably make a joke at his expense, and his other half-brother Amaimon, broccoli-headed freak that he was (AN: I actually love Amaimon, don't kill me), would probably stare at him blankly, sucking on his ever-present lollipop, and steal his sword again just so he could unsheathe it and awaken Rin's powers.

Again.

Or pull on his tail. That had hurt, damn it!

Anyway, back to the point.

Rin was noticeably nervous as he glanced at his date. Things had been going so well, but then he glanced at her, and she was surrounded by a halo of light, and he lost his train of thought.

Kozue Orihara was, without a doubt, the most beautiful girl he had ever seen. Smart, too, and one of the sweetest people in the world, probably.

And…she was blushing.

Oh, right…telepath.

MIND-READER.

A moment later, Rin's face turned a deep red and he wished that Amaimon, the Demon King of Earth that he was, would have mercy on him and open up a hole in the ground to swallow him up.

Alas, it was not to be.

Knowing just how embarrassed her date was, Kozue smiled shyly, wrapping her arms around one of his as she pulled him to their next destination.

He had decided to take her to a fair in the next town over, which apparently was a really good choice. Kozue had been bullied when she was a young child, and had never gone to this kind of thing because she had no one to go with.

Rin had never been to this kind of thing either, come to think of it. He did have a twin brother he could go with, but Yukio was more serious and didn't really like this kind of thing. Not only that, but their adoptive father Shiro hadn't really had the money to spare.

Or at least that's what Rin had believed, before finding out that Shiro had been a Paladin for the True Cross Order, which hunted demons. Luckily, Shiro had seen the humanity in Rin and had refused to turn him over.

And he really needed to stop thinking depressing stuff.

With that, he turned his full attention back to Kozue.

The two had gone on all of the rides, and Rin was pleased to discover that Kozue was fearless, and actually seemed to prefer the thrill rides. Could this girl get any more amazing?

Apparently she could.

The two had competed against each other in the fair games. She won him a goldfish, and he won her a keychain. She then won him a small stuffed cat that looked sort of like Kuro, and so he won her a slightly larger panda plush. And on and on it went.

To most people, trying to one up each other would get annoying, but they had fun competing. Fairy Tail mages knew better than to take this kind of thing too seriously. They were more amused by the people running the stands' frustration as they constantly beat the rigged games.

They shared some deep-friend Oreos, cotton candy, and the other cliché fair foods.

Kozue suddenly squeezed his arm, gesturing towards the Ferris wheel excitedly.

'Please?' she projected, using the dreaded puppy eyes technique. 'I've never been on one.'

And who could (or would) say no to that face?


Erza was absolutely delighted when Jellal brought her to Magnolia Park to find a picnic with a straw basket, red and white checkered blanket, wine, and everything. A moonlit dinner under the stars?

This was already a rather romantic setup, but for a girl who had never been on a picnic and had always wanted to have one, it was even better.

They spent their night catching up as much as they possibly could, at least the things that they couldn't say in front of anyone else.

Jellal told her about how he was dealing with his guilt, what it had been like living with Lucy, stories about things that had happened with both her new and old friends during the past seven years, and how he was slowly reconciling with Millianna and the rest of their friends from the Tower of Heaven. They knew logically that Jellal hadn't been in control of himself, but emotionally there were a lot of broken bridges that needed to be fixed or rebuilt.

Erza told him about what she had done during the years where Jellal was possessed and acting as Segrain. Her intense rivalry with Mirajane, how everything had seemed to change after Lisanna's supposed death, what it was like on Tenrou Island when they realized that the S-Class Exams were over, and that they had much bigger things to deal with: Grimoure Heart, Zeref, Acnologia…

What it was like being attacked and then 'wake up' seven years in the future, the world around you so very different than how you left it (to what felt like only a few days) while you had remained unchanged.

It was a long, emotionally trying night.

But they needed it.

The beautiful picnic relaxed them enough that they could finally talk about their shared past without chickening out.

This was their chance to move on.

Their chance to start anew.


There was very little difference in Sinon and Charlotte's dates, as the two girls would later discover.

The boys were arrogant, insulting, and cheap.

But the worst part was that they were both misogynists, which infuriated the two proud girls. Feeling superior was one thing, but outright saying it and then trying to cop a feel?

Needless to say both boys quickly became acquainted with the girls' weapons, a pair of pure black katana for Charlotte and wicked-looking daggers for Sinon, who didn't think that they were worth pulling her longbow or sniper out.

Listening to the two friends talk about what they had done to their 'dates' as punishment, the Fairy Tail males shuddered, making a note to NEVER piss them off.

They were both proficient with close-combat weapons, but Sinon favored her guns, and Charlotte had been the apprentice of England's top sniper for years.

They could kill you in the blink of an eye, and you would never even see it coming.


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And that's part two. I promise I'll try not to take so long to update again.