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The night soon came and neither mage had returned. "Hopefully they'll be alright," Lucy sighed.
"They'll be fine. They are two of the strongest mages here," Wendy reassured her.
Over at the lake, Natsu lay on the grass near the lake, looking at the stars. On his chest was his scarf that was neatly folded. He was only half asleep, but the memories of fishing with Happy kept him awake. "It's not the same without you, Happy," Natsu muttered aloud.
Soon enough, Natsu fell asleep.
Erza stood, first looking at the stars and then at the statue of Natsu that wore an angered look. "I should head back and apologize to Natsu. He was right, it wasn't his fault that she died," Erza sighed and began to walk slowly through the empty streets that was once filled with merchants and people.
Erza got back to Natsu's house to see the lights on and a cheerful chatter. Pushing the door open, she could see they were all gathered, seeming to be enjoying themselves. "Welcome back Erza," Jellal greeted her from his seat on the floor.
"Is Natsu back yet?" Erza asked.
"No, I doubt he'll be coming back. He probably fell asleep already," Levy answered.
"If you're hungry, there's some apple pie in the kitchen. I know it's not as good as strawberry cake, but at least it's sweet," Lucy pointed to the kitchen.
Erza served herself a piece and joined the conversation.
Conversations went on that night until they all fell asleep, but as Levy predicted, Natsu never returned that night.
Tyson awoke that morning, seeing that everyone was asleep around him though there was no familiar pink hair in the room. Grabbing his sheathed sword and fastening it onto his belt, he left the house quietly and went through the bushes that Natsu disappeared through yesterday.
After a short walk, he came upon a shimmering blue lake. Walking closer, he could see Natsu asleep on the grass. He walked over, unclipping the sheathed sword from his belt and sat on the grass next to Natsu. Minutes passed and Tyson's head jerked to hear a rustle in the bushes, only to see that Romeo and Wendy came out. "Natsu-nii's been here the whole night, it seems like," Romeo commented as both young mages neared.
"If he sleeps out here in the grass, he could catch a cold," Tyson said.
"No, Natsu-san would be impossible to get sick do to his abnormal body temperature," Wendy shook her head in disagreement.
"Why would Natsu-nii come here of all places?" Tyson wondered aloud after Wendy and Tyson settled in the grass.
"Natsu-san and Happy came here and fished many years ago," Wendy recalled.
Silence lay over them. Wendy grabbed Natsu's scarf and returned to her spot on the grass, running her hand over it. Romeo came closer to inspect the scarf. "Did Natsu-nii wear that scarf when Fairy Tail was still around?" Tyson questioned.
"Yeah. It was rare to see him without his scarf," Romeo answered.
"This scarf was given to him by Igneel. It's one of the most important items to him. Though, it's been through so many battles that the dragon scales it's made with aren't broken," Wendy inspected it.
"I remember when Tartaros got ahold of Natsu-nii's scarf. He searched their entire headquarters for the scarf," Romeo laughed.
Wendy laughed at the memory as well, but Tyson only smiled. "So this is where you've been hiding at," They all turned to see Lucy with her hands on her hips.
"Yeah, Natsu-san is also here," Wendy told her.
"Gajeel is so irresponsible. He told me that the three of you walked out and he didn't even follow," Lucy sighed.
The three young mages laughed. "That's Gajeel-san to you," Wendy laughed.
Lucy came over and sat down with them. "Sometimes I wonder who's more irresponsible: Natsu or Gajeel," Lucy told them.
"I heard the story when Natsu-nii took care of Asuka once. It seems that he's pretty good at taking care of kids," Romeo suggested.
"I guess he is good at satisfying little kids. I remember when Natsu saved your father just for your sake," Lucy smiled.
"Natsu-san also encouraged me and protected me," Wendy added.
"Natsu-nii did take me in. He told me that there was no reason to cry," Tyson added.
"Gajeel hasn't done such a thing though," Lucy sighed.
"Do you think when we win this battle against the king, we'll create another guild?" Romeo asked, frowns began to fall on all their faces.
"Perhaps. Maybe we'll make an even greater guild than Fairy Tail," Lucy looked to the sky and smiled.
"Could I join?" Tyson asked, nervous that he wouldn't be able to.
"Of course! Who said you weren't able to join the guild? Our guild will be just like Fairy Tail: for the weak and strong, kind and mean, independent and dependent," Lucy gave a smile at Tyson.
Tyson smiled back, seeming glad to be able to join their guild. "But surely we won't call it Fairy Tail again," Wendy pointed out.
"That's true. We already had a guild named Fairy Tail in history. Perhaps we can come up with another guild name," Lucy agreed.
Erza came up to them. "Hey Erza. We were just talking about perhaps making another guild," Lucy greeted.
Erza said nothing, but stared at Natsu. Fear sparked in Romeo's and Wendy's eyes. Lucy realized what Erza might do. "Erza, don't do it. Natsu may have gone against your judgement, but he had to defend himself," Lucy tried to back him up.
Erza said nothing and walked forth towards Natsu. They watched as Erza sat down next the pink-haired mage. They waited for Erza to strangle Natsu until he woke up. "Erza, please give up on hthe idea of strangling Natsu," Lucy pleaded.
"Who said I was?" Erza questioned, throwing them all off.
They sat there in silence, trying to figure out what was going to happen. "Goodness, if we were to run a guild, I'm sure Natsu should lead, but most of us would have to keep him straight," Erza sighed.
Lucy laughed. "Natsu lead? I'm sure we'll all get killed."
"No, I still believe he should lead," Erza said.
"Well, we should go back and get some breakfast," Lucy stood.
Tyson crawled over to Natsu's other side and shook the dragon slayer awake. "Natsu-nii, get up."
Erza stood and looked out at the lake. "Why's Erza here?" Erza looked down, seeing that Natsu glared at her.