A.N.)Natsu might be OOC. Actually he will be. But we know how he gets into his passionate speeches. ;)

~Chapter Eleven~

Let Go

"Im so sorry, Erza-nee."

Team Natsu had just came back from their trip which turned to be a major bust. Fuyu knew about Erza's predicament with the blue haired man named Jellal. The two just sat on the bed, eating from cartons of ice cream. Erza's was cheescake flavored and Fuyu's peanut butter. They leaned on

each other in Erza's bed.

"Dont be. At least we know that he didnt snap on his own. That it was Zeref that took control." Erza looked so guarded and apathetic that Fuyu looked for any excuse to change the subject. Erza had trusted her with her secret three years back and Fuyu was going to reveal one of her own. "IhadadreamaboutsleepingwithLaxuslastnight!"

The redhead whirled, clearly catching everything. "You WHAT?! W-with...LAXUS?! Oh, God I think Im gonna barf!" The Sea Godess sighed at the Titania's over dramatic response. The two were closer than ever, seeing sides of each other that others never got to see. And this side of Titania, the one who acts like an immature teenager, was one of them. Nāmaka rolled her eyes but her cheeks were a flame.

The previous day after the talk with Mirajane, when she got back home it was well around eight. Considering that there house were on the outskirts of Fiore. And that she took her leasuriley time and stopped by a couple shoe and music stores. When she got home she practiclly ran upstairs when Laxus was in the gameroom playing the PS3. He laughed loudly to let her know he heard. She slammed her door and dove into her covers where sleep over ruled her and gave her a very sickning yet pleasurable dream filled with sweat and diffrent positions.

Loads of sweat and positions.

Erza turned darker than her hair when her little sister began describing the dream in very disturbing yet vivid detail.

"Ok ok! YAME TE!"

[A.N)This means Stop!]

"Yeah I yelled that one too."

Erza became mortified. She whacked the younger in the head and Fuyu laughed a little. Then she looked troubled.

"B-but...Im with Gray! I dont know what to do. Does that count as cheating?! No Big Sis, I dont wanna be a cheater!" Fuyu threw her hands around the older S-Class and Erza sighed.

"I dont think it's cheating since it really didnt happen. But why Laxus all of a sudden?" So Fuyu told Erza about the necklace and how it wasnt the real one.

"So why did he have the real one anyway?"

"Oh... the next day after Lissy-chan passed away... I just wanted to take a ton of S-Class missions to make me forget. I didnt want my necklace from Kou to get destroyed on the battlefied so I told Laxus to take care of it. My brother had no idea that I was leaving for so long. But not having Kou's necklace on me made me feel weird so I got an exact replica." Erza sighed and stroked Fuyu's hair.

"So you trusted him with your necklace huh? You must like him more than what the eyes can see. Anyways, you know your gonna have to tell Natsu."

Fuyu looked up at Erza with actual fear in her eyes. She knew that tricking the young boy was wrong, in fact she had been chewing herself out for it, but she did believe in what she said to Natsu and Gajeel. That if there dragons wanted them they would have no problem finding them. Erza glared back into the unnerving red eyes with gray ones as steel as her swords. Fuyu looked down and stared at her necklace.

It was only right.

And for two straight weeks the girl avoided Natsu and the rest of the guild to think on what she would say, how she would approach. And she decided that October 29, the following day, would be the day she talked to the fire wizard.

-Next Day-

October 29th.

It was the night before the Fantasia parade and Harvest Festival. Natsu looked down at his plate. He still felt a little sick from eating ethernano.

The night when Erza and Fuyu had a sleepover at Erza's place, Natsu had talked to Gray and Lucy. What shocked Lucy was that he actually didnt try to fight Gray and vice versa. Gray and Natsu explained to Lucy what kind of person Fuyu was and that she probably might be hostile towards her but she does that with any girl that wasnt Erza. Because of there best friend, Lissana, dying, Fuyu wanted to make sure whoever befriended her friends werent going to just up and hurt someone. Lucy had understood whole heartedly and sort of guesstimated why Fuyu destroyed her necklace. She just wanted to protect Natsu from the pain of Igneel abandoning him.

Natsu was actually thinking. Mind you that this is NATSU. He couldnt forget the look in Fuyu's eyes when she smashed the necklace beyond repair. That look was one of finality. Like she made the decision a long time ago. She had always, ALWAYS agreed that it wasnt the dragons fault. That was there promise, to never give up hope. To find out that she broke that promise upsetted him beyond belief. It was already bad enough she was gone for so long after Lissana died but the girl who came back wasnt his Fuyu. That wasnt his older sister. She had her face. She had her scent. She had her laugh and smile. But it wasnt Fuyu.

Speaking of the Water Dragon Slayer, she had tapped on his shoulder to gain his attention. Erza had warned her that he had looked bad from consuming ethernano but she wasnt expecting him to look that bad. He turned around with a questioning brow, looking as though he's been on transportation recently.

"Can we talk?"

Natsu stood up wobbly and grabbed Fuyu's wrist. His hand was hot but she let him drag her out the guild. Gray and Erza gave her reassuring looks.

In the woods the two walked aimlessly untill finally Natsu stopped walking and dropped her wrist. Before she could respond the boy exploded, face as red as his fire.

"DO YOU KNOW HOW PISSED THAT MADE ME?! WHY?! WHY'D YOU DO IT?! PEOPLE WOULD KILL FOR THAT KIND OF KEEPSAKE!" He had every right to yell. Fuyu kept staring at her toes as Natsu paced back and forth. He didnt mean to explode, two years ago Lissana had told him that even though she acts tough, yelling tears her apart. He didnt want to hurt her feelings —that was the LAST thing he wanted to do to the fellow Dragon Slayer. But damnit he needed answers!

"Natsu-kun..." The young man turned around and watched in shock as Fuyu pulled out her necklace and let it dangle from her fingers on the long icy blue chain. The teardrop seemed to have more symoblic meaning than anything right now. Fuyu sat down on a tree trunk as Natsu gaped at her.

"B-But you crushed it!"

"It wasnt the real necklace, Natsu. It was a fake that I took to wearing last year so the real one wouldnt get destroyed." Natsu never looked so conflicted and betrayed in his life.

"So all that bull shit about giving up on Kou was a lie?!"

"Not exactly... I still considered myself giving up on him."

Natsu asked probably the smartest question she ever heard escape his lips that were currently etched permenately as a scowl. He was almost growling his words. Actually he was. The growls and snarls were dragon language. She understood clearly even though her mind hasnt regestired it in seven years.

"How could you possibly be giving up on him and yet still holding that necklace? He gave it to you to show he loved you, and you disregard it?! Bull shit! Bull shit! I. CALL. BULL SHIT!" Fuyu flinched and shook her head.

"I gave up on him Natsu. But that doesnt mean I stopped loving him. I love Kou as much as you love Igneel. But he did leave me!"

"So now what? Does that mean if he showed up right now you would walk away? Coz your giving me mixed signals. You give up but keep the necklace. That doesnt sit right with me. If you really gave up that wouldnt make you want to protect it with whatever youve got. Even making a copy so you could hide that one? Ha, that doesnt sound like your giving up on Kou. You love him to damn much to just stop. So this is what we're gonna do." Natsu gathered up leaves quickly and set them on fire close to them. He sat next to Fuyu and removed his scarf. "What are you..?"

"If you give up, then I give up. We always stick together when it comes to Kou and Igneel. If you give up, I'll throw my scarf in and you'll throw your real necklace in."

The girls garnet eyes widened like saucers as she stared at her friend. He was deadly serious. His eyes were daggers and his mouth, which she was so use to seeing in a cheery and goofy smile, was set in a hard line that made him look a thousand years older. Under all that sillyness he posessed, he showed that he was tired. Tired of waiting and looking.

"No Natsu! It should only be me. You dont need to throw your scarf in!" Natsu just held both their arms out. Still looking at her, his fingers began to loosen its grip on the cloth. Fuyu screeched and using her water to put the fire out just when he let go. The scarf fell into a puddle of water.

"Alright! Alright! We wont give up! We wont give up on Kou and Igneel! Just dont do that EVER!" The young man's expression softened and he softly smiled. "Now do you see how bad that made me feel when I thought you actually destroyed it? It hurt like hell." Fuyu burst into tears and cried. Natsu held her and stroked her long blueberry colored hair. He had to admit, he was terrified she would actually agree to the burning. But he would have done it. Simply because his big sister's words were right. He needed a reality check. He couldnt be hoping his foster father would just swoop down any day now. He had to be ready for the inevitable.

After there talk, Fuyu removed the water from his scarf and wrapped it around his neck loosely. Natsu clasped the necklace around her neck and decided to walk her home since it was getting pretty late.

Little did she know news at home would quickly deminsish this meeting as if she woke up from a pleasent dream.

A.N: Just got done with the Grand Magic Games Arc in the manga and I must say Rouge and Sting can be very adorable when they wanna be. Especially ROUGE-KUN! Geez Im going to turn into Rouge's 'Freed' if I kept re reading his parts! Or his Juvia...