Who Needs a Princess, When You Can Have a Queen

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Chapter 18

"Hey Sasuke, catch!" Jenny hurls Sasuke's navy blue swim trunks across the room, which she'd convinced Shisui to sneak out of Sasuke's room before they came to Crocus. "We're going to Ryuuzetsu Land today!"

Jenny's efforts were much to Itachi's amusement, as he sat down, eating breakfast, with his own bag at his side, filled with swim trunks, a change of clothes, and a few other little odds and ends. He had seen this coming a mile away, since Jenny had been talking about it the whole week before they arrived for the games. She wanted to go to the water-park, and that meant that she would drag the rest of them with her, kicking and screaming if she had to.

"Has anyone told you that you've become incredibly bossy lately?" Sasuke shakes his head as he examines the trunks. "Well at least they're the right size."

"Of course they're the right size. I got Shisui to steal them from your dresser!" Jenny was totally unashamed of her tactics. "I knew that you wouldn't bring any otherwise."

Sasuke watches the antics of his family with amusement. "Whatever. I'll wear the trunks." He was just happy they were back and so far, the only ones who had tried to embarrass him were Hibiki and Itachi for the most part, but he had already gotten his revenge on Itachi for being a bastard. So he was content.

"I even went shopping to get some for the rest of your family too!" She always got discounts at clothing stores, since they all hoped that she would get them more business by wearing the clothes that they carried. And she was holding out a bikini in just Mikoto's size. "Here, one for you too!"

Mikoto blinks, not at all sure this was a good idea. "Perhaps, we should stay behind." If all the women looked like Jenny in this strange land, she was suddenly feeling a bit self-conscious about her age. She was forty-six. She usually didn't wear anything as skimpy as a bikini unless it was lingerie and she was apparently expected to prance about in public in one now?

"Oh don't be silly!" Kenji smiles cheerfully as he tosses one of them to Aiya. "This is going to be great fun! Lots of wonderful sights to see!" Aiya twitches and the elderly Uchiha decides to amend his statement in the interest of survival. "Though none so lovely as my wife, of course!"

Shisui chuckles at that. Some things never changed. "Nice save." Good old Kenji was still, well Kenji.

Fugaku shakes his head, kissing his wife's cheek. "While I would prefer that you not prance around where you can be publicly ogled, you should not feel as though you cannot do so. I, for one, would have no complaints for you wearing such an…exotic piece to this 'swimming pool'." At least, that's where he gathered that Jenny was insisting that they go, based on her earlier squealing.

She smiles, feeling a bit reassured by that comment. "Alright." Besides, she'd just stay with their family and with such extroverted personalities like Jenny around, she could easily fade into the background. "I suppose there is no reason why we can't go then."

"Hmm. Jenny, which do you think?" Izumi smiles at the blond. "Should I go with the pink or red one?" She holds up two suits.

Before Jenny has the chance to respond, Eve pokes his head into the room, before heading for the large breakfast buffet table. "I think that the pink suits you best." He grins brightly, serving himself pancakes with berries and whipped cream. "It's sweet, just like you!"

Izumi blushes, but smiles at that. "Alright. Pink it is then." She darts towards the nearest bathroom. "Just gonna put my suit on under my clothes and then we'll be all set."

Akane had sneakily found a red swimsuit and a one piece. There was no way she was wearing something as skimpy as a bikini in public.

Jenny grins as her plan starts coming together, and Hibiki chuckles, wrapping his arms around his girlfriend's waist. "And, of course, once we're there, we'll meet up with Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale, and Quatro Cerberus. Since we've all got the day off, Master Bob thought it would be a good idea for all of our guilds to get together."

Sasuke blinks. He needed to practice his genjutsu or get contacts. Probably contacts though. If Fairy Tail was going to be there, that meant Erza would be. Which meant his Sharingan would activate and his parents would see that and damn it! He couldn't let that happen!

"That sounds wonderful." Shisui smiles at her. "It's always good to see our friends, especially outside the Arena."

"Exactly!" Jenny was so ready for this. "And who knows what might happen? It's an adventure!" And maybe, one that would end the dancing that a few boys were insisting on doing. Nothing screamed romance like bikinis!


Ah, a day to relax and rejuvenate themselves before the last day of the games. Erza could think of no finer way to spend the fifth of July. And neither could her team, judging by the excitement dripping off of Natsu and Lucy. Those two always were two of the more rambunctious members of the team, even if Lucy was generally far less destructive.

And as she walked in with her extremely revealing yellow and black bikini, she could see that the rest of the guild, along with Quatro Cerberus and Lamia Scale, were already here. "Ah, excellent. It seems as though everyone is present." Oh, wait, not quite. "I wonder where Blue Pegasus is."

"Erza, My Darling!" Ichiya comes running at her. "Oh it's been far too long since I last smelled the scent of your sweet perfume!"

Well, that answered THAT question. Erza shivers at the sight of the tiny man in the ghastly black thong, before kicking him right in the face, and sending him flying across the water-park on reflex. "Get away from me!" There was nothing that creeped her out more than having this perverted little man constantly hitting on her.

"The one in the yellow is Erza?" Aiya looks at Itachi as the family finally arrives at the water-park. "She's the one that Sasuke likes?" Well she was certainly…not shy about making her irritation known. Not that Aiya could blame her. That little man was behaving rather strangely

Itachi chuckles, nodding at the sight. "That would be her. Erza 'Titania' Scarlet, Queen of the Fairies." And he couldn't disagree one bit about her temperament. "She is reputedly the strongest female wizard in all of Fairy Tail." And judging by that kick, that designation was not undeserved.

"Sasuke is going to have his hands full with that one." Aiya blinks as Kenji walks over to them, carrying some drinks.

Kenji nods in agreement. "Yes, he is." The other Uchiha shakes his head as he watches the display. "And well you know what they say about red heads."

"Yes…it seems that Sasuke prefers feistier girls." Itachi could feel his eyes turning red as a bikini-clad Mirajane entered his field of vision. "Fairy Tail is not short on them." Because what they said about redheads seemed to also go for She-Devils.

"And you seem to prefer the more innocent type." Aiya giggles as she sees Itachi's eyes bleed red for a sweet looking girl with a charming smile.

Well, he'd been caught, so there was no point in lying to his grandmother. "Innocent is not what I would call her." Not in the slightest, since Itachi had seen her fight Jenny. And it was…brutal. A turn-on, really. Maybe Sasuke was right, and he was a bit of a masochist for finding the S-Class wizard attractive. "Her nickname is the She-Devil. And name that she has most certainly earned."

She tilts her head at that. Well appearances could be deceiving, she supposed. "Oh. Well, it's good to find yourself a strong woman. This clan is not one where wallflowers flourish." And her great grandchildren would obviously be adorable. Maybe, they would inherit the She-Devil's big blue eyes?

Now THAT was amusing. Itachi couldn't imagine any wallflowers lasting very long in Fairy Tail. That, or the disposition would be trained out of them. "Sometimes, I feel as though their guild emblems should come with a warning that any female wearing one is capable of kicking you through a wall."

"What about the women in your guild though?" Kenji had noticed the gender ratio seemed lopsided. "What are they like?"

"Ah…well…they tend to enjoy calmer pursuits such as modeling and hosting clients." Itachi rubs the back of his head sheepishly. "I believe that they are more concerned about breaking a nail than fighting monsters or dark guilds." That, and maybe the women in the other guilds were just a little insane.

Well that sounded sensible to Aiya. "I can't blame them there. Breaking a nail is a rather irritating experience." She nods at this.

"Yes, and you do have such lovely nails." Kenji smiles as he kisses her cheek.

"You think every part of me is lovely." She laughs. "That or you just like to butter me up." To which the elderly Uchiha man only nods as Sasuke cautiously approaches Erza. Probably intent on protecting her from Ichiyo.

Itachi smirks at the sight of Sasuke's very vivid ruby eyes. There was no hiding his state from any of the family, but Erza was still uninformed, luckily for his foolish little brother. But it seemed that the youngest of Nature's Fury was finally growing some balls. Itachi had half expected to discover that his foolish little brother was actually his foolish little sister.

Hm…was that Jenny stealing Mira's top?


Sitting by the water's edge, Erza soaks her feet in the cool water, enjoying the feeling of the waves splashing against her legs. She was watching Natsu dragging Lucy off to splash around in the pool, and noting the looks that Gray was giving Lucy. It was amusing, really, that Juvia believed that Lucy was her 'rival'.

Sasuke slowly makes his way over to Erza. He had no idea what he was actually going to say to her, but he should really say something. The young Uchiha needed to warn her about his well-intentioned, but highly embarrassing family somehow.

Tilting her head towards the sound of footsteps behind her, Erza glances over her shoulder at the approaching Pegasus. Her eyes wander up and down his arm, looking at the tattoo now on full display, before flicking up to see ruby red eyes staring at her. "Hello, Sasuke. Are you well?" It hadn't escaped her notice that when Blue Pegasus arrived, several others had as well, foreigners, by the looks of it. And eerily similar to the three Uchiha boys. "You seem to have…guests?"

She thought his Sharingan meant he was sick. "I'm wonderful." Now that she was here and so was his family. He just had to ensure that his wonderful family didn't spectacularly humiliate him in front of her. "I figured that I should let you know the good news." He smiles at her. "Our birth family found us. They saw us on the lacrima vision."

"Really?" Her eyes widen, a smile blooming across her features. "Then I am glad for you. It must have been hard to be without them for so long." She couldn't imagine being without Fairy Tail for eleven years. The very thought of it was excruciating. "It also explains why there is such a resemblance between all of you."

"Yeah. They found us." He smiles both because he was overjoyed to be reunited with them and because well, her smile was that infectious to him. "It's just…well we haven't seen them for over a decade and they might be a little…overly inquisitive when it comes to finding out what they missed. So please don't be offended." He could envision this going wrong in a million different ways. "They truly have no idea what life is like in Fiore and…they fancy themselves matchmakers for the most part."

"That's quite alright." Erza was more than capable of dealing with a few overzealous family members. "If I can handle my own guild, I doubt that your family will be an issue." Though she did have to admit that it was nice to see Sasuke in such high spirits. His eyes intrigued her, as once again, they were not in battle, and that is where he seemed to use them most. But as long as he did not seem to be hurting, then it was fine. "Is that why you wandered here? To get away from your family?"

"No. I love them." He rubs the back of his head sheepishly. "It's just that I didn't want you to get ambushed." Which she was obviously going to get ambushed and since when did yellow become a sexy color? Apparently, since now. Was that swimsuit actually sparkling?

Well, that wasn't suspicious at all. Erza chuckles, shaking her head as she pats the floor beside her. "Why don't you sit? You should at least enjoy the water while you're here." After all, that was the entire point of coming to a water-park. "We have all day to do whatever we like."

She glances off towards her teammates, and more specifically to Natsu, who seemed to think that it was a brilliant idea to try riding the miniature train in the park. "I will not be playing chaperone today, so if you would like some company that is not trying to match you against your will, I think I'm more than capable of warding off the attempts of your family."

"That'd be nice." His eyes follow hers and he shakes his head at Natsu. "And I"m glad you're not playing chaperon today." It wasn't exactly against his will though. He did want to be with her, he just didn't want his family to meddle. "Does your guild do it too? Matchmaking?" It'd probably be the easiest way to see if there was someone she already had feelings for. Her response to such a question.

"Oh yes, Mira quite enjoys her matchmaking attempts, and her younger sister, Lisanna is more than happy to help her to that end." It was one of the things that Erza found irksome sometimes, but amusing at others. "Cana and Lucy have joined the sisters in that endeavor, though it is Mira who is quite fond of imagining what the children of the various couples would look like." Sometimes, the results could be slightly horrifying. "I believe that their current projects are Levy and Gajeel, Elfman and Evergreen, and Gray and Natsu."

She didn't list herself. That was good. "I knew about all of those, except for Elfman and Evergreen." Then again, he generally didn't pay much attention to them, so that wasn't surprising. "Well as long as your safe from the She-Devil's tangled web, I guess the only thing you have to worry about is dodging Ichiya."

"Oh, not even I am safe from Mira's machinations." Erza shakes her head. "She seems convinced that I have a 'stallion' of my own." Said stallion seemed to be rather interested in her non-existent love life. A good sign? Perhaps. "However, dodging Ichiya might be a futile pursuit. The man doesn't take no for an answer."

"Ichiya is determined. One has to give him that." Obsessive was more like it. "He doesn't mean any harm, but it's probably a good thing you're so firm with him and she's…that insistent?" He couldn't imagine anyone trying to boss Erza around. Then again, that one armor of Mira's had been pretty intimidating and she was the red head's guild mate. The Queen would probably tolerate her meddling to a certain extent.

"She tries, she feels that I need to move on." Move on from what could never be. Jellal had drawn that line in the sand long ago, and Erza respected his decision. "So Mira pushes an option for me. But with the games going on, I haven't really had the chance to investigate this 'stallion' very well. Though I hope to." Maybe it really would be enough to cast the wistful daydream of the impossible from the last corner of her mind.

Move on? He could read between those lines well enough. "She really likes the stallion metaphor, but she may have a point." Erza had been involved in a relationship before and presumably it had ended badly. "Only if you feel ready for such a thing though." Mentally, he kicks himself for being "surprised" by that. Erza certainly didn't lack for admirers. It was only natural that at least one of them would have attracted her attention before she was frozen and he "caught up" to her.

Erza smiles at the compassion coming from the young man beside her. "Yes, perhaps it is time to direct my interests elsewhere. Though I made my peace long ago with not getting what I wanted as a child. One's first love doesn't always mean happiness." Perhaps…it was time to test the waters again. "Though I should confess that I find myself growing very fond of this 'stallion' that Mira keeps referring to. It seemed like only yesterday that the boy was a child, and now…he's a strong, courageous, confident wizard." She smirks at the thought. "And he's become quite popular, now."

That didn't sound good. She was very focused on the stallion reference though. "Well that's good, but sometimes it does work out. First loves, I mean." Which made him feel like it was someone from his guild. Not Ren though. She had punched him. She'd chastised Eve as well. Which meant it was Itachi, Shisui, or him…if that theory was accurate. "Shisui is something of an exception in our clan."

Erza stifles a snort of laughter. "Yes, it seems to me as though Shisui is the exception to many rules." In fact, he often reminded her of Natsu, only more flirtatious and less destructive. "He reminds me greatly of a puppy. Eager for attention, and more than willing to give attention in return."

"Yes, that's an accurate description." Sasuke shakes his head in amusement. "He was a bit flirtatious back in the Leaf, but nothing like this. I think the nature of our guild, just amplified his natural…friendliness." That was probably the kindest way to put it.

"Is he the only one that was made friendlier by Blue Pegasus?" Erza raises a curious eyebrow.

Sasuke shrugs as an afterthought. "Itachi claims he's had a few relationships. I haven't seen him with anyone though." Despite trying to play that off, he had a sinking feeling that she meant him. "As for me, I'm too much like my grandfather for that."

"Well, I can't say that I've had the pleasure of meeting him, yet." Erza's eyes drift over towards the elderly couple lounging on the other side of the pool. "I take it that he is very…dedicated to your grandmother?" The elderly man certainly looked it, his eyes barely left his wife. And he looked at the woman like she was his entire world. It was…certainly something to be envied.

"That's one way to put it." Sasuke glances back at them briefly and smiles. "For him, it was love at first sight and for her, well I imagine she thought he was crazy." Extremely so. "It's a bit of a long story. For my grandfather, it was love at first sight, and the same for my mother with my father." Fugaku had also likely thought his mother was insane at first.

"I see…that's very nice." If only love were so easy for everyone. Erza smiles sadly. "I suppose that there's something to be said for being so optimistic." She loved her romance stories, and even her racy novels. But she'd learned the hard way that the world was cruel, and to put armor around her heart. Even now, years later, it was hard to rid herself of that armor.

She knew nothing of the world he came from and his memories, well he wasn't sure how much of them could really be trusted. "The terms would probably feel odd to you, but essentially…my grandmother used to be my grandfather's teacher. When they met, she was eighteen and he was thirteen." He laughs at that. It seemed to be something of an Uchiha Curse. The age gap. "Well you can imagine how mortified she was when he started making his declarations." And according to Aiya, his grandfather hadn't minced any words about the matter.

"My father won't let my mother tell me the details, but she's a few years younger than him as well." Sasuke shakes his head again. "I'm not exactly sure what happened, but mother claims she was the aggressor and it took her years to finally get his attention."

"So, it's a tradition in your family to fall in love with someone years older than you?" Erza couldn't help but find that rather funny. It seemed that no matter what world you came from, time had a way of messing with you.

"Depends, how you look at it. One side of the family would say they tend to fall for someone younger and the other would say they fall for someone older." It was just how it had worked out. Itachi could probably come up with some fascinating reasons why that was from an evolutionary perspective, but Sasuke wasn't going to get into that too much. "For the most part though, we tend to find our most precious person early…whether we realize it or not."

"I suppose that makes sense." She gazes at him softly. "And you? Have you found your most precious person?" It was such a romantic notion, and the sheer innocence of it made her smile.

"Yes." He nods. Sasuke hadn't been planning on baring his soul to her today, but the Uchiha couldn't lie to her. "I have." It was almost as if he was physically incapable of doing so. If he didn't know better, he would almost accuse her of using some sort of spell on him. He did know better though, Erza wouldn't do something like that.

And yet, she saw him with no women, which meant that, perhaps, he was being shy? Well, only one way to find out. And perhaps it would be enough to give him the push that he needed. She puts her hand on his back, smiling innocently at him. "Then I suggest that you clear your head and tell her. I find that swimming is a very refreshing way of doing so." And with that, she pushes him forward, sending him head-first into the water.

"That's what I'm trying to d-O!" Sasuke was about to do exactly that when he was shoved into the water. "Alright then, if that's the way you want to do things, that's how we'll do them!" He grabs her by the hand and pulls Erza right int other water!

Taking the plunge giddily, and surfacing a moment later, Erza laughs, splashing water all over the other drenched wizard. And, finding quite a bit of amusement in shaking the water out of his hair, she smiles. "See now? You should try to relax a little." She liked it when he was more playful. It was fun.

Sasuke's face suddenly burns bright red and he immediately pulls her into his arms. "Yeah. I'll keep that in mind, but your swimsuit…relaxed too much." Her top had fallen completely off her!

Erza blinks, looking down for a moment, before her face flushes to match her hair and she draws her arms in to try and preserve some kind of modesty. In private, with just her guild was one thing, but in public… "Ah…I'm sorry…" How embarrassing… "I-it wasn't supposed to do that!"

"Yeah, I figured." Well his Sharingan apparently wasn't going to deactivate anytime today, it seemed. "I'll flicker us to one of the swimming suit shops and get you another suit. You can just wait outside." He was pretty sure there was a tree behind the back of the shop. It should preserve…well some of her modesty and it wasn't too likely someone would go out back anyway.

"N-no, it's alright." Oh thank heavens for her foresight, or maybe just for her liking for keeping bikinis in stock. Her body begins to glow in the pool, her bottoms and the wayward top floating to the pool floor disappearing as she exchanges them for her much sturdier black bikini. "I always have extras."

"The black suits you." A lot. "But that's good that you had extras. Just don't let Ichiya know that." His eyes were apparently going to be red for the rest of his life. Sasuke might as well accept that fact now.

Black, like his hair. Erza found it a little ironic, despite her embarrassment. "And red suits you." His eyes were almost…glowing at her. In fact, they seemed to be even more red than before, if that was possible, and very fixated on… Wait, hadn't Shisui's eyes turned red earlier when Blue Pegasus had arrived, and as he was racing over to Cana, wearing her lingerie instead of a bathing suit? Click. "…Your eyes wouldn't happen to turn red through attraction, would they?"

Damn it! Well he probably should have realized that Erza would figure it out. "The Sharingan is activated by strong emotions. Usually anger, fear, adrenaline from battle, but…yes, attraction can do it as well." Only if it was a powerful one though. There were a lot of attractive women around this place and his eyes only activated for her.

…Well, that explained a lot. Sasuke found her attractive. Very attractive, it seemed. Hm…maybe it was a bad idea to have flashed him all of those armors when he was a kid. "You said…that you had found your most precious person?" Erza didn't know if his eyes had turned red for any other person, save for in the heat of battle, so… "When?"

"Awhile ago." He'd never said anything because Sasuke wasn't delusional. He hadn't been his grandfather or mother who would pursue the one they wanted the odds be damned. "Years ago." Then she had disappeared and now they were the same age physically. After that, well…it had been a matter of determining how she felt about him. "Maybe, Itachi is right." Did she still see him as a kid or an adult?

Well he supposed he was going to find out. Surprisingly chilly water and lots of screaming be damned as well. "It was you." He brushes his lips against hers. "It's always been you." Giving her time to protest and trying to drown out the sounds of screaming. Had he been paying more attention, he would have realized it was Gray and Lyon screaming and that the water was turning colder for a very specific reason, but he wasn't. He had eyes only fro her at the moment.

The way he looked at her lit a fire in her bones, but the gentle kiss, if it could be called that, was painfully hesitant. And contrasted with the cold water, Sasuke was so warm, unnaturally so, really. "I see." The hand that had once been flicking water out of his hair slides up his chest, feeling the warm planes of every muscle there, before gliding up his neck and back into his hair, fingers curling there as she reaches up to kiss him, a little experimentally. Maybe Mira was right. And maybe…it was time to try and open up her heart again.

Sasuke was one very happy Uchiha and was about to deepen the kiss when the water started turning to actual ice. "Damn it!" He quickly grabs Erza and jumps out of the water with her and onto the sides of the pool as it became startlingly apparent that ALL of the water in the park was now ice.

Erza's eye twitches, knowing who the culprits were. "Gray…" And where there was a Gray, there was usually a Natsu to be found. "Come on!" She grabs Sasuke by the hand, tugging him far away from the pool as fast as she was able. There was only one safe place, and that was far away from here. And with her senses on full alert, there was only one thing that concerned her, and that was Natsu's flaring magical power. Spotting the changing rooms ahead, she makes a beeline for the door and kicks it open as the entire park begins to grow very hot, very fast. So she slams the door behind them, barricading it against the blast.

"That idiot is trying to melt the ice." Sasuke growls in frustration as he heads into a changing stall. "There's probably not going to be a park left by the time those two are done." Of course, he had long ago learned how to change his clothes quickly and thus he was able to slip out the stall in record time. (Well record time for not using magic, of course).

By the time he emerges from the changing stall, Erza is already requipped into a light lilac summer dress, with matching sandals and hat. "Normally, I would find those two and give them a proper lecture regarding not destroying public property. However I believe that today, it would be best to leave that to Master Makarov." The change room rocks with the force of the magic in the park. "Will your family be alright?"

"They should be." Sasuke smiles at her reassuringly. "They're ninjas. They can handle the cold." And any other weather extreme thrown at them. "I have to admit that I wouldn't mind seeing you discipline the idiots." He shakes his head. "But I'm sure that Makarov can handle it though."

Well, disciplining her teammates did sound rather entertaining, when Sasuke put it that way. But she truly was more concerned about Sasuke's family. "Ninjas…" Yes, Erza had heard of such a thing before from Itachi. "Ninjas are what wizards are called where you come from, isn't that right?"

Sasuke nods at that. "That's one way to put it. Though usually ninjas are more focused on taijutsu than most wizards." She probably didn't have a clue what that was. "Taijutsu is just using your body to attack your opponent. Punches, kicks, weapons, and things of that nature."

"I see, so hand to hand combat." Erza knew that style very well. "Natsu and Gajeel are both very fond of that approach. As is Gray." Well, and a lot of wizards, actually. At least the more powerful ones. "Well, it is always good to have diversity within a guild."

"Yes, exactly." He had actually kissed her and she kissed back. Though Sasuke wasn't precisely sure where to go from there. "I imagine that you want to scold your guild and I should check on my family anyway, just to be on the safe side." How did his guild mates make this look so easy?! "Maybe, after the next games events are over, you'd like to go with me and we can get some cake or something."

Well, he was a little awkward about it, but Erza couldn't deny that Sasuke at least knew the way to her heart. "I think I'd like that." After all, she did like nothing better than her strawberry cake. But on a more sobering note, there was still one more day of the games, and Erza had learned earlier what that was going to entail. "And I would also like to test your skills for myself, tomorrow. So be sure not to be eliminated before the end."

"I wasn't planning it." He smirks at the last part. While he was no Shisui or Itachi when it came to flirtation, he was quite confident in combat skills. "I look forward to both the cake and fighting you."

"Good. I wouldn't want it any other way." Erza did not like battles where one didn't give it their all. Not even her enemies. It was disrespectful, in her opinion, to give your opponent anything less than your best. Well, short of trying to kill any of your allies. There was no need to ever go that far. "But do know that I won't be going easy on you. None of us will."

Sasuke smiles and caresses her cheek. "If I had wanted a woman who would go easy on me in battle, I wouldn't have fallen for you in the first place." The woman who likely had at least a hundred different kinds of armors. "Though like I said before, I'm afraid Fairy Tail will have to settle for second place this time. We're not going easy on any of you either." Though he wouldn't mind tearing into Sabertooth.

"Oh, you think so?" Erza's smile widens, her eyes glittering in excitement. "I suppose that we'll simply have to see about that."

"I know so." Sasuke smiles at her as his eyes dare to drift lower over curvaceous form. "We're still going to fight for first as hard as we can, but either way I still win."

"Oh, you do, do you?" Erza smirks at the thought, feeling…maybe just a little reckless. "Care to bet on the results of the games?"

He pauses at that. "Maybe, I imagine your bets are less unseemly than the majority of bets at this tournament." The sun dress flattered her. It complimented her vibrant red hair and fair skin rather elegantly. He still preferred the bikini, but it was nice. "I still win either way because I got to kiss the most beautiful woman that I've ever seen." Then again, he still suspected she could make a potato sack look alluring somehow.

"Well, then, how about this…" It wasn't unseemly, of course, but it was…potentially dangerous. "If I win, you will bow to my will for one whole day." Erza could think of many ways to entertain herself through such a wager.

"Alright." He nods in agreement. "That's fine. What do I get, if I win?" Sasuke figured that it was in his best interest not to tell her that, outcome would be no different than any other day really. They just hadn't interacted enough for her to notice the power she wielded over him.

"That…is up to you." She chuckles at the thought of naming all of the terms. "You are confident that Blue Pegasus will win. So, should that happen, what is it that you want? Name YOUR terms."

Sasuke tilts his head as he considers the question. "Same as you. That's a pretty flexible reward." There were a lot of possibilities involved in that one.

"Fair enough." Erza holds out her hand, satisfied with the terms. After all, she was still quite confident that her team would do what it took to win. "Then the winner will have the other at their beck and call for an entire day."

"Sounds perfect." Sasuke smiles as he shakes her hand. "Though I should probably go and check on them. I'll meet you at the booth that sells your cakes after the games." He didn't like the way Shisui was looking at them and when he made eye contact, his cousin darted off. That could only mean one thing. "And after you've dealt with the idiots." He was going to tell Itachi.

"Very well…" Though Erza was NOT looking forward to dealing with Natsu and Gray's antics. "Perhaps this time, I WILL lock the two of them in a room together to sort out their issues in a healthier fashion."

Sasuke laughs at that. "They'd just destroy the room." And they both knew it, he thinks to himself as he quickly weaves through the crowd of agitated people back to his family.

Itachi raises an eyebrow as his foolish little brother approaches the place behind a large row of palm trees that their family had taken shelter in when the dragon slayer had gone on his rampage. "That was fast. Are you already finished with your date, Sasuke?"

"Itachi!" He glares at his brother. "She was worried about all of you and had to deal with her teammates." Sasuke sighs as he gestures around to the destroyed water-park. "For obvious reasons."

"Yes, and you've dodged the question." Itachi shoots him a pointed look, lowering it so that the rest of their family would not eavesdrop. "Do you think that I did not notice you slipping off with her during the chaos, or the incident in the pool?"

"I knew you would because you have an unhealthy fixation when it comes to my love life." Sasuke shakes his head. He loved his brother, but like all siblings they had their quarrels. "I knew you'd notice." There were times when he was sincerely tempted to Chidori his brother, but he couldn't actually bring himself to do it outside of training.

"Yes, because I care, Sasuke." Itachi shakes his head, before poking Sasuke's. "I fixate because I want you to be happy, and she makes you very happy."

"Yes, she does." Sasuke twitches. "And will you STOP poking my forehead?!" It was a rhetorical question more than anything else. They both knew the answer to that question.

Itachi smirks. "Never."