A/N: Hey Guy's I am back and after a grueling three weeks my midterms are finally over, so I will be falling into a schedule now which you can check out on my profile if you want to know when your favorite stories are being released.

Natsu took another long inhale of the crisp morning air as he walked the streets were empty this early in the morning and silence allowed him to think in relative peace. A small chink of metal caused him to shift the weight of the pack's on his back as he walked and he let out a sigh.

"She had quite the armory I didn't even take half of it and the bag is heavy." Natsu said aloud.

"Yeah and she is still pissed at you about it." Karite warned

"Well I spent a long time without weaponry while you taught me so the same is happening for her." Natsu replied flatly.

"Doesn't mean she needs to be happy about it," Karite retorted "If I remember that was the only thing you never stopped complaining about."

Natsu shrugged and didn't reply. He rounded a corner of another warehouse as he got close to the east gate, he spotted a familiar head of hair as he walked, Erza stood at the gate arms crossed over her chest and tapping her foot impatiently she spotted him and gave him a death stare like no other.

"You ready to go?" Natsu said flatly completely ignoring her glare.

She nodded curtly and turned on her heel and began to storm out of the village, Natsu shook his head. They walked in silence for a few minutes before Erza suddenly stopped, he peered at her but continued past her a few more steps before turning slowly.

"Why can't you give me just one knife!?" She demanded

Natsu sighed and continued walking without answering her, she jogged a few steps keeping in step with him while she waited for her answer, Natsu continued to watch the environment around them a thick forest led to the north border he stopped as he watched the forest an idea floating around in his skull. He turned sharply and walked into the forest, Erza watched him surprised but followed him after a few seconds.

"But the capitol is east of the village why are we going north?" Erza asked confused.

Natsu found a small clearing and he dropped the two pack's he was carrying on the ground heavily "I said I was going to train you, we start now…You want a weapon you have to earn it." He said sharply.

Erza watched him for a moment "That doesn't explain why we are heading in the wrong direction."

"The lands north of here are famous for their hot springs…I thought after the training you could use a little relaxation," After a short pause he added "Provided you earn the rest."

Erza smiled at the prospect of soaking in the hot baths "You are on!" She exclaimed.

Natsu rolled his eyes as he brought his hand's up, she blinked at him a few times.

"When you land a hit we will have a break." Natsu said simply.

Erza sprang of her back foot, Natsu sidestepped effortlessly, she stopped and reared her heel back attempting to hit him in the side of the head, he caught her ankle and flipped her over his head, she rotated her body and landed on her hand's before spinning around causing him to jump back, she rolled back to her feet.

'She is more flexible than I realized," Natsu thought with a smirk before quickly shaking his head as a few unwanted images circled in his head. Erza flew at him again, turning in the air she attempted to bring her heel down atop his head, he pushed of his foot and slid underneath her, she landed and whirled her hand around which he backstopped out of the way, taking the momentum from her swing into account she continued into a roundhouse kick, Natsu ducked to avoid the blow and she righted herself before charging again, Natsu stepped back but the moment Erza's foot hit the shadow cast by a tree, she seemed to melt before his eyes 'Shit." He cursed mentally as he dropped straight onto his hands Erza flew over his head before melting again, he dived to his left and rolled to his feet, she flew at him again and he caught her fist, she turned her body in the air and attempted to kick him, he caught hold of her leg, before something took hold of his collar 'Damnit.' rang out in his mind as he was yanked into the ground, rather violently, he sat up coughing for a moment, Erza stood in front of him a victorious smile on her face.

"How am I supposed to know how good you are if you hold back." Erza chastised.

"If I went all out I might hurt you." Natsu replied flatly as he laid down and looked up at the canopy of the forest letting out a relaxed sigh.

"What are you doing?" Erza asked

"I told you when you hit me we would take a break." Natsu replied 'Now quite acting like you don't want to sit down.'

Erza fell back with a sigh "It doesn't feel like a win when I know you are going easy on me." She said slightly irritated.

"It shouldn't," Natsu replied without looking up "But you need to learn how to analyze people's movements before they make them, I think you picked up I was trying to avoid you without blocking as much as possible in that one."

Erza nodded "So I locked up your arm's and used the same Technique you used on Midnight."

Natsu rolled onto his hand's and pushed his body off the ground, he turned his head "All right as per you request I won't hold back anymore." He flashed her a wide grin as she got to her feet.

"What was all that about me not learning anything?" Erza retorted

"Well I can't let your head swell too big," Natsu fired back with a smile "But I suppose it wouldn't be fair to go all out," He tapped his chin in thought for a moment before continuing, he rose one hand in front of him and placed his left hand behind his back "I will only use one hand then."

Erza glared at him "You are leaving your left side wide open."

"Oh? Am I?" He said with a simple smile.

Erza gritted her teeth as she charged him, he barely moved his body at all and she found herself hitting the air, Natsu grabbed her wrist and turned her momentum against her flipping her over his head, she turned her body and landed with the top of her head towards his stomach she pushed forward attempting to ram him, she connected with air again, she slid to a stop and charged him with her fist in the air she swung in a wide arc and he ducked, she threw her foot forward and he caught it in his hand he pulled her forward and she rolled with the movement placing her hands on the ground in front of her, she continued over bring both feet towards his head, he blocked her with his forearm moved the blow to his left she rolled over it and landed on her feet.

"Stop trying to overpower me." Natsu said flatly.

"How else am I supposed to beat you?!" Erza demanded angrily.

"Speed and precision are your weapons, if you continue trying to use brute strength you will never beat me." Natsu replied impassively.

Erza gritted her teeth as she charged him again, focusing less on power and more at just moving quickly, she ran towards him, he smiled as the blow landed firmly into the palm of his hand "Better." He praised simply. she brought her other hand around and slammed her plan into the elbow joint, he winced at the blow and released she flipped her body around attempting to kick him in the back of the head, he ducked under the blow and whirled around and for the first time since they had sparred he attacked her, he threw his fist towards and while she was still in the air her only option was to cross her arms in front of her, the blow landed and she flew backwards, she knew he held back but it still hurt damnit, she rolled her body and her feet landed on the side of a tree, she pushed off and flew towards him again, he sidestepped the first punch bringing his elbow across his head before her foot connected, she reared her hand back and slammed her palm into his side again, he coughed as the air left his lungs, she brought her leg around and attempted to hit him with her heel again, he brought his arm up and locked her leg in his hand, he smiled "We are done for today." He said simply as he released her leg.

She rubbed her forearms where he had hit her "Much good using speed did, I landed two hit on you and you just shrugged the off."

"If we weren't using our fists I would be dead," Natsu replied flatly, as he pointed to the spot she had hit his side "Puncturing someone's lung is deadly and removing an arm doesn't leave the greatest fighting potential."

"I only landed those hits because you were fighting one handed from the start." Erza retorted

Natsu shrugged "It's better than nothing and you had more success using your own abilities rather than the techniques drilled into you."

Erza just nodded not wanting to admit out loud that he was right.

"Well get a fire going if you need it," Natsu said as he walked over to a tall tree "I will be back soon." was all he said as he jumped into the canopy above her.

She shook her head 'I wonder what he is doing.'

"He is watching the sun go down," Karite answered rather boredly "He always does…Well always tries to."

"Do you know why?" She asked aloud as she pulled a small amount of kindling from one of the packs.

"It's a human thing I guess," Karite answered "Something to do with his parent's but that is all he tells me."

Erza gazed over at the tree she had watched Natsu climb 'Should I go up there too?'

"If you go leave me here," Karite said simply "I don't want to know what you two will get up too."

She blushed slightly at the implications "We haven't even gotten near that point."

"Oh? Are you telling me you don't want to?" Karite chuckled

Erza yanked the chord from her neck and stomped on the medallion after throwing it next to the packs 'Natsu said he was annoying but I didn't expect perverted too.' she stormed over to the tree Natsu had climbed and began to jump up after him.

A/n: Bit of a shorter chapter, but I still have to shake off a little excess tiredness so I am splitting it up a bit more, hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I will see you in the next one