Title: Blazing Souls

Author: CreateElements

Rating: T-rated for language and highly suggestive themes.

Summary: Something's are meant to be.

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail; if I did a lot of it would be different!

Marriage

"Don't marry the person you think you can live with; marry only the individual you think you can't live without." - James C. Dobson

Two years later…

Lisanna looked in the mirror at the fine fabric of her dress. The take-over mage pulled the dress up to properly cover her cleavage.

The dress was very simplistic. It was strapless, a beautiful sapphire blue, and probably the best dress she'd ever worn, which was saying something considering she'd been in at least four wedding parties in the last few years. Of course, Mirajane had high sense of fashion; she wanted only the best for the wedding.

She smoothed out the skirt of the dark dress and eyed herself. The dress went just past her knees and Lisanna loved it. The take-over mage wasn't fond of blue, she preferred red, but it was definitely better than the royal blue Erza wore and the sky blue Levy had chosen. The powder blue Juvia had picked hadn't been too bad but Lisanna's pale skin looked washed out.

As she mentally ran through the list of dresses she'd worn over the years, she realized just how many of her friends were now married. Mira was the first to marry. Not far behind Mira was Juvia. A year later Cana tied the knot, Levy just two years ago and Erza last year. Besides Wendy, Lisanna was the only one left and she really didn't mind. With work, her family, and her friends, she had a busy but happy life.

Lisanna had always been interested in marriage, but when she started her relationship she was content with what she had. The take-over mage had decided to take things slow with her Dragon Slayer.

This had surprised over half of the guild; everyone had expected Lisanna and Natsu to tie the knot within the few year of dating. The blue eyed woman was sort of proud of the fact that she had defied expectations. Natsu was starting to rub off on her.

Her hair was loose and fell down her back, thankfully, Lucy had summoned Cancer to help with the decision. The dress hid the fact that her hips were a bit wide and the sash helped with the slight curve to her belly; which Lisanna blamed on Wendy's wonderful cooking. Wendy had learned from the best. She made a mental note Team Natsu, minus the newlyweds, would have to go for another mission.

The take-over mage grabbed the golden bouquet. The ceremony was going to be held outside, behind the guild overlooking the ocean; a place where the couple had first met and where so many fond memories had taken place. The two had agreed they couldn't think of any place better.

Once she was content that she looked decent, she slid on her heels and left her room to go down and help the bride get ready. As she walked down the hallway, she wondered what type of condition the bride would be in; hysterical, nervous, worried, confident, relaxed or possibly some a combination.

The take-over mage was so distracted by her predictions of the brides' behavior that she failed to notice the figure hurrying through the hallway paying as little attention to his surroundings as she was.

The two collided by a portrait of Mavis, the first.

She was a bit dazed after she ran into the very solid form that had caught her elbow before she fell backwards. It took her a moment to steady herself and then she became aware of the fact that whoever it was had her bent backwards and she was straddling his leg with his hand covering her lower back.

The white haired mage blushed fiercely and finally looked up, straight into those onyx eyes that were o so familiar. How embarrassing…

"You okay Lisanna?" he asked with just a hint of amusement.

Her blush darkened. "Of course I am!" she said sharply. Of all the possibilities it just had to be him. He was good-looking, courageous, far too dense, and nice to be normal. "You should be more careful Natsu."

"Hey! It was you that ran into me," he said as an easy smile crossed his full lips. She glared at his lips for being entirely too full and making her think of kissing him in a way they had done just last night.

The blush never left her face as she thought about the events of last night. This wedding had her head thoughts all jumbled and it was now going to be the death of her.

"What are you thinking about?" he moved his eyebrows suggestively and licked his lips. Her eyes widened when she felt his fingers slide over backside.

"Natsu!" she gasped and snapped out of her thoughts, glaring at him when he chuckled and gave her that smile.

"I am disappointed Lisanna. I can't stop thinking about it," he informed her.

"Natsu!" she replied blushing. It was then she realized they hadn't moved. She was still leaning backward and he was holding her far too close for the events of today. "You can let me go now."

"Never," he told her honestly as his onyx eyes glanced down. "I love the view from here."

Did Natsu always act like this around her? She couldn't think clearly. He was never this forward with her. What had gotten into him?

That's when she realized he was not looking at her; she glanced down at her chest. Her eyes widened as she noticed that the bodice of her dress had fallen just enough to reveal a majority of her breasts, just covering enough to keep her from being totally indecent.

"Thank you Mira," Natsu muttered with a husky voice before he grinned, as he straightened them. The Dragon Slayers fingers lightly brushed against her bare skin as he pulled her dress up for her.

She tried to ignore the spark of heat that followed that brief touch because it was ridiculous to lust after him at an event like this.

"I can do that," she whispered, her face flushed with embarrassment and possibly just a hint of arousal. The take-over mage grasped his large hands and pushed them away. The Dragon Slayer looked disappointed as she tugged her dress back up.

In front of her, the Dragon Slayer seemed to realize that he had acted very much out of character making him clear his throat. She looked at him, surprised to see him staring at her frowning. The white haired mage eyed him as his hand ran through his pink hair and then started to rub his neck. He's nervous.

"You look beautiful, Lis," he told her suddenly, his gaze meeting hers a blush crept on his face. It was as if he was seeing her for the first time. Lisanna was worried as she looked at him.

"Natsu?" she asked, uncertain what was up with the Dragon Slayer.

"Oh," he suddenly cursed and snapped his fingers as he remembered something. A smile came to his face, "I was on my way to find you! Levy sent me. I think she said something about Luce," the Dragon Slayer shrugged his shoulders, "Whatever it was Levy said she needed your help fast."

"Natsu!" she scolded, "You should have told me sooner."

The Dragon Slayer knew she wasn't mad but he still pouted. She murmured as she tried to push past him, inhaling sharply as she had to press against his lean body to reach the stairs. Shaking her head a smile came to her face as she grabbed onto his black tux pulling him close. "You're in trouble later," she murmured as she stood on her tip toes kissing her Dragon Slayer.

Against her will she pulled away from her man and smiled, turning her back to him.

"Lis," Natsu called out as he moved grabbing her hand before she reached the stairs.

She looked at him, wondering what in the word he could want, "Natsu?"

He grinned a toothy grin and dragged his finger over her palm as he asked, "Save me a dance?"

She smiled bright, "Of course, if I can fit you in with my other boyfriend" she joked. Reluctantly, she removed her hand from his and hurried down the stairs.

"You're joking right?!" The Dragon Slayer shouted after her. She couldn't help but laugh.

A dance would be nice, though. Natsu had learned to dance when Mira had gotten married. She had a lot of fun that week watching as Natsu learned from Gray, Gajeel, Laxus and Elfman, who all thought they knew everything about dancing.

The lessons had worked; he was an excellent dancer and she was thankful because she enjoyed dancing. She saw Gray pacing nervously in the hall outside the room where the others were getting ready and grinned at how disheveled he looked, worse than Lyon during his wedding. She watched as he loosened the tie around his neck.

"You shouldn't be here," she informed him crisply in her most stern tone.

"Lisanna? Levy said something was wrong, I had to…" Gray trailed off as he continued to pace, "She's freaking out. I don't know why. I wanted to go in there, but Levy said no. She can be scary you know."

She stood in front of the tall ice mage and smiled. She grabbed the tie and tightened it back up, "Gray. Everything's going to be fine. I promise."

Gray sighed with relief as he took a deep breath. He looked at her and whistled. "You look great, Lis," he sincerely told her.

"Thank you Gray. Now go get ready," she told him with a good-natured laugh. "Weddings tend to make everyone in the party nervous. Especially the bride and groom; it's a big step for a lot of people."

"Me, nervous, never," he said with a nervous laugh.

"She's going to be just fine," Gray said trying to reassure himself.

She smiled as she crossed her arms, pointing down the hall to were the men were supposed to be getting ready, "Now run along. I have work to do if you want your bride ready on time."

"She's kind of scary," Gray whispered with a smile. "I'll go. Thanks Lis."

"No problem," she told him sincerely. Gray waved as he moved heading back to the room where he was supposed to be getting ready.

The take-over mage shook her head and opened the door to the room. She hadn't put a foot into the room before Lucy was grabbing her, "Lisanna, the flowers are all wrong! And I look like a bloated cow!"

Around the room stood the brides friends; all of them in gorgeous gowns. Lisanna smiled at the others all of which were trying to consul the poor celestial mage.

Walking to the room she stood nearest to the window, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure pacing in the garden outside the window, running his fingers through his thick pink hair and muttering to himself. She allowed herself a moment to admire him and, as if he could feel her gaze, Natsu looked up to the window and their gazes met. She flushed and smiled as she turned away from her Dragon Slayer and to her friend, "It's all right. We'll fix it."

By the time Lisanna had convinced the celestial mage that the flowers were fine, they were exactly the ones she wanted and that she didn't resemble a cow, in any way, an hour had passed.

She was actually relieved when Lucy became the familiar bubbly woman that everyone knew.

The women in the room talked as the bride finished getting ready. She looked beautiful in the white gown with a loose blue sash around her mid-section. Originally, all of their gowns did not support the sash but when Lucy found out a little surprise she had gone to Erza who suggested the sashes.

Lucy looked at each of her friends with a tearful smile, "Thank you all so much."

The celestial mage looked at her self once more in the mirror and then ran her hands over her stomach, a frown was soon visible. "What if he's mad?"

Levy and Lisanna exchanged worried glances but then Erza stepped forward. "Lucy, you look gorgeous and you know that Gray would never do that. He loves you Lucy," Erza pointed out matter-of-factly.

Levy nodded her head, "Lu-chan. He probably won't be surprised. To be honest you guys were never very subtle about your activities."

At this Lucy laughed and nodded her head as she blushed, "We never really were, were we?"

Lisanna smiled and shook her head, "I still remember finding you two in the kitchen in the guild. Mira didn't even bother trying to clean the counters, she just replaced them!"

Lucy laughed whole-heartedly she looked up at her friends, "I'll never forget that, we went in there to get the cupcakes." She looked over at Juvia who seemed to remember that day just as well, "I am sorry we ruined Lyon's initiation party."

The water mage smiled at her old love rival. "I was never upset. Lyon however, it took a lot of convincing him not to kill Gray-san."

Levy wiggled her eyebrows, "Convincing?"

Lisanna laughed when she saw Juvia blush. Erza looked as if she was thinking something over and then a gleam came to her eyes, "That was the night Anya was conceived!"

Juvia's blush deepened, "Juvia is so embarrassed! Juvia doesn't know what to say!"

Lisanna placed a hand on her friend, "Don't worry Juvia, Erza's just teasing you."

The water mage looked over to the scarlet haired woman, "Well… I don't think Erza-san is being very fair."

Just as Erza was about to comment, Wendy walked into the room with a bright smile on her face announcing that it was time. The room was filled with movement after that; everyone gathered up their accessories and made last minute fixes.

Lisanna picked up the bridal bouquet and gave it to Lucy, who thanked her as the celestial mage made sure her veil was perfect and then placed a hand on her stomach to ease her own butterflies. Once the celestial mage was certain that she'd forgotten nothing she smiled, "Let's do this."

They left the room and headed towards the door that led out to the back of the guild, where the ceremony was being held. A quick glance outside confirmed that it was still sunny and beautiful. A perfect day for a wedding, she realized. Beside her Lucy gripped her hand tightly and peered around the corner to peek outside.

"He looks handsome, doesn't he?" Lucy asked in a hushed whisper.

Lisanna looked out and her gaze immediately rested on Natsu, who was stood next to everyone's favorite lion spirit. The take-over mage noticed that he unlike the rest of the party wore a red tie; it was just like Natsu to defy Gray somehow on a day that was meant for Gray. The sun caught the natural highlights in his hair and the disheveled locks looked even more attractive as she pictured herself running her hands through his pink hair.

"Very handsome," she whispered as he shifted uncomfortably and smiled at Loke. The take-over mage could tell he hated the formal tuxedo from the way he fidgeted.

"Stop drooling over Natsu, Lisanna. I meant Gray," The celestial mage said with a nudge to Lisanna's side.

"I'm not drooling," Lisanna denied as she straightened up at the music's cue. "Ready?"

"Liar and I'm as ready as I'll ever be," Lucy decided as she finally released Lisanna's hand.

Brightly Erza smiled, "Just walk straight Lucy and don't freeze."

The celestial mage looked to Levy and Lisanna for support. Levy smiled. "Focus on Gray," the solid-script mage suggested. "Ignore everything else and just focus on him, you'll make it down the aisle no problem. You repeat the vows and then kiss and it's all done. Easy."

In front of her each of the girls lined up. Lisanna for some odd reason always disliked this part. She had a slight fear of falling in front of the crowd. Still, Lisanna held her head high, and stepped outside when Jet and Droy opened the doors.

The outside was decorated beautifully. Everything was decorated in various blues white and gold. Lucy wanted blue and white, in honor of Ur and ice-make. Gray had requested gold in honor of Lucy and her spirits. Lisanna admitted it wasn't easy to blend the colors but they had managed to do it. The chairs had a white covering with blue bows on the back of each and thanks to Loke the sky above them was littered with glowing lights that looked like far away stars.

Far in front of her she could see Wendy who was acting as flower girl for the wedding, reach the front of the aisle. Juvia was not far behind her. Erza was the next down the aisle; Lisanna not far behind stepped out into the light.

You won't trip... You won't trip. She repeated the mantra over and over in her mind as she began to walk.

Unconsciously, her gaze met Natsu's and a genuine smile broke out on her face as she saw him staring back at her with an unreadable expression on his face. On one side of him stood Lyon, Gray's best man, on the other stood Loke and beside Loke stood Elfman. Behind all of them stood Romeo, who acted as the ring bearer, for the ice and celestial mage.

Lisanna stood in front of Erza who gave her a bright smile. The crowd was mostly Fairy Tail members; however there were many from Sabertooth, Lima Scale, and Blue Pegasus and a few townsfolk.

Levy came up and stood in front of Lisanna, and then soft gasps and whispers indicated that Lucy was outside. It was no secret that Lucy's father had passed away a month before the Tenrou Team came home; so she was walking down the aisle unescorted, which made all her bridesmaids know made her even more anxious since she didn't have someone's arm to hold onto.

Unknown to the take-over mage, Natsu glanced at his best friend giving her and encouraging smile but his gaze returned to Lisanna and he didn't look away even after Lucy finally arrived at the front.

The vows were standard and unoriginal but every time Lisanna heard them spoken by her best friends the words seemed to sound unique. Several times during the ceremony, she glanced past Gray to find that large mess of pink hair before she'd once again focused on the vows being exchanged.

By the time Gray kissed Lucy, her eyes were damp and she was smiling. She noticed Lyon discreetly wipe his face. Every wedding she had seen him at he always cried. Behind Lyon, Lisanna's eyes caught Natsu's; they shared a smile as their friends got married before they looked back to the newly married couple.

Master waited to speak again until they were finished kissing, a soft romantic kiss that made her sigh enviously and think of her Dragon Slayer. Her gaze met his again and he smiled in a way that had her smiling in return. It was then that she heard the priest announce, "I now pronounce you husband and wife! It's about damn time!"

"Yes, I say get the first dance finished so the party can really get started!"

Lisanna laughed at Romeo's words.

Beside her Gray nodded and motioned for the music to start. He escorted Lucy onto the dance floor and began to dance their first dance as husband and wife.

Levy and Lyon joined them when it was time, followed by Juvia and Natsu, then by Erza and Jellal and finally Elfman and herself.

Lisanna generally liked to dance and didn't even mind that her brother was rather awful at it. It was easy for the take-over mage to dodge his missteps and twirling before he could step on her feet. Her feet were still rather sore but not nearly as bad as they could have been. As if the universe decided to spare the take-over mage the song was over and another began with more people joining them on the dance floor.

Elfman bowed to his sister, kissing her hand as he walked away. Lisanna headed straight for one of the empty tables sitting down to rub her sore feet. Sitting on the sidelines she watching as her friends laughed and had a good time. She was especially happy to see Lucy laughing as Gray twirled her around the room gracefully.

"Hello beautiful," Natsu said as he and Levy joined her.

"You two-" Levy was interrupted when her husband showed up scooping up the tiny solid-script mage back out onto the dance floor. The solid-script mage laughed the entire way.

Natsu moved in front of her holding out his hand. Eagerly she took it. The Dragon Slayer gave her a toothy grin as he reached up to gently brush her hair away from her face. "I seem to recall you promising me a dance or several," he shouted over the loud music.

"I said only if I could fit you in," she joked as she smiled up at him.

Natsu looked down at her seriously, "I don't like to share Lis."

He pressed himself closer to the take-over mage. His hand cupped her face as he lowered his head and brushed his lips gently against hers. She knew they both wanted more as they reluctantly separated but it wasn't the time or the place for the kind of kisses they wanted to share.

"Lis?" he looked down at her with a serious expression that made her stomach flip. He moved his fingers into her hair and let his other hand rest on the small of the back. "Do you ever think of us… you know doing this?"

The take-over mage glanced up at him with a smile. "Ever since I was little," her eyes widened when she realized what she had just said.

"I still remember that night, you asked me if you could be my wife," Natsu said with a fond smile.

"What's brought this on?"

The Dragon Slayer shook his head, "Nothing Lis. Just wanted to know what you thought."

Lisanna was skeptical but didn't linger on their conversation. She moved her arms around his waist, as she laid her head on his chest; trying to calm her heart beat. They had talked about marriage of course like most couples. At the time, Lisanna thought she had made her intentions clear. Apparently, Natsu didn't realize how serious she was.

As the couple danced Lisanna could hear the erratic beat of his heart.

"I love you Natsu," she told him as she closed her eyes.

He rested his chin on her head in contentment, "I love you too Lis."

By the time she reached the edge of the dance floor, she'd been spun around the floor by Loke, Elfman, Jet, Droy, Natsu and even Romeo.

Of course, most of them were curious about her and Natsu, all wanting to know when she would be wearing a white dress soon. It was to be expected that her Dragon Slayer, would be gone at a time like that. She hadn't found him at all. However, he wasn't the only one gone. Only married for a few hours and Lucy had already lost Gray. Where in the world are those two?

After a few minutes she spotted him coming out of the kitchen area with Gray in toe. The two bumped fists and Gray gave Natsu a genuine smile before leaving to find Lucy.

Before Lisanna could reach Natsu, Gildarts was telling her that she needed to dance with him. After recovering from the surprise of Gildarts actually dancing, she found out Laxus had one to many drinks and had dared Gildarts to dance with every guest and it seemed a large amount of jewels were on the line. Lisanna couldn't help but laugh as Gildarts retold his story of just dancing with a shell-shocked Gajeel while Levy laughed in the background.

It was another two dances before she met up with Natsu near the middle of the dance floor, both giving up trying to reach the side. "Having fun?" she asked as he took her hand and squeezed gently.

"Fun isn't quite the word I'd use," he decided.

"It's been that bad?" She was suddenly worried.

He smiled as he leaned down to kiss her, his lips lingering against hers for a few heartbeats. "It hasn't been bad at all," he told her. "Ice Princess and Luce are happy so I can't complain. I just wish Gildarts wouldn't have danced with me," Natsu visibly paled at the memory.

"Oh." Well, I sounded very intelligent, she mentally scolded herself.

The music stopped and dinner was announced as they ended their dance. She was pleasantly surprised to learn that Natsu had asked Levy to change places with him, which meant he was seated next to her during the meal.

Speeches were made before the meal was served.

Levy's speech went well, though she wasn't a funny person so she couldn't tell jokes so she focused on Lucy and told a few stories with a dry wit that she could pull off somewhat.

Lyon's speech made her sniffle and discreetly drink some wine to cover the fact that she wanted to cry at his reminiscing of the past and how Ur would be proud of Gray.

The speech Lucy gave was entirely her. It was soft, warm, caring, and loving.

It was Gray's speech, which made her cringe. The take-over mage had heard Gray give countless speeches but this one was just awful. He stammered awkwardly but it was so full of emotion that she couldn't help but admire the ice-make mage. The ice mage stumbled a little which caused the entire guild hall to erupt in laughter. Lucy didn't seem to mind, because she knocked her chair over backwards when she stood up and kissed him in the middle of his stuttering.

The remainder of the meal was spent talking and laughing, the conversation between her and Natsu seemed never ending. Not that she wanted it to. She enjoyed talking to him.

However, there were a few times when Lisanna was disappointed when she was forced to slap away his wondering hand. She swore the man didn't have an off button. Not that Lisanna minded.

When the food was cleared, Gray took her hand and led her to the dance floor before anyone else had the chance to steal her. "You know, this is not needed," she told him as the music started.

"Yes, it is. I danced with everyone else," he replied as he shrugged his shoulders. From the side lines she could see some of the other people she had danced with tonight give the groom a few looks.

"Not you too," she groaned in an obvious attempt to avoid this discussion.

The ice mage chucked, "They want to know if you're free from Natsu yet."

"I am not," she answered.

"No, I know," he said as he smiled.

"Don't hurt him," Gray told her softly. She looked at him in surprise and a little confused.

Gray didn't noticed her confusion, "I know he's got a reputation for being... well Natsu, but he's actually rather shy when it comes to you and I know it's taken a lot of nerve for him to get as far as he has the past few years. You are the best thing that's ever happened to the flame brain."

"I wouldn't-"

"I know you'd never deliberately do anything," Gray interrupted as he twirled her to the music. "I just had to mention something because you're both my friends and surprisingly I do care."

"You know, most people think you're not very smart or sensitive but really you are a softy," she told him as she squeezed his hand.

"I love the sweet talk Lis, but it won't work, I'm a married man now," he teased as he pulled on a stray lock of her hair. "Go save the poor guy and sneak away for a bit or whatever."

"Save him?" She looked over her shoulder and saw that the pink haired mage was dancing with Erza. She laughed when Natsu tried to pull away from the Titania only to be pulled back in. She looked over to her raven haired friend. Over the years he had become a great friend, almost like a second brother to her. "Congratulations, Gray. I'm really glad that you're happy," she said with a wink.

"She does make me happy," Gray said with a goofy smile. He looked all around them, realizing how late it had gotten. "In fact, I'm about to find her and do a bit of escaping of my own I think."

The take-over mage waved goodbye to the groom as gave a comedic bow and turned to find his bride.

Going in the opposite of her raven haired friend Lisanna walked up to Natsu. "I believe I promised you this dance," she told him as she snuck up behind him.

He turned around looking at her up and down, "Did you?"

"Yep," She nodded as she took his hand and moved closer to him. They started to dance and she gathered up her courage. "Last dance, Natsu."

He stopped briefly before looking at her, "It is?"

"Yes," she replied as she closed her eyes in contentment. "My feet hurt and I want to get these shoes off. Last dance."

"Oh, ah, okay" he said with obvious disappointment before he smiled. "Do you want me to walk you home?"

"Actually, I was hoping that you might like to leave with me," she mused with far more confidence than she actually felt at the moment. Natsu was the one to initiate the intimacy. For once she wanted to. The take-over mage ran her fingers up and down the Dragons Slayers arms; with a suggestive smile and maintaining eye contact.

He inhaled sharply and he stopped moving for several beats of the music. "Lis?" he asked softly as his hand drifted up and down her back.

Deliberately, she pressed against him in a way that showed what she couldn't actually say. Her cheeks were red, she knew, and she hoped everyone was distracted and hadn't just seen her not so subtle movement.

"Lis," he muttered hoarsely lowering his head and began to kiss and nip at her neck.

She closed her eyes clutching onto the Dragon Slayer as he continued his assault on her neck. He kissed her neck softly before he pulled away looking down at her with a lustful gaze.

"Your place…" she whispered as she pulled back to look up at him. She smiled when she saw the look on his face that left little doubt as to his desire for her. He seemed a bit flushed and she almost felt sorry for him because it was rather difficult for him to hide his arousal. His hardness pressed against her belly definitely told her his body was more than happy and ready. It was the look in his gaze that excited her and flustered her and aroused her all at the same time.

"Let's go," he stated in a husky voice.

Content that no one was paying them any attention, she took his hand and led him away from the reception.

They didn't even make it inside Natsu's house before he stopped her and pulled her against him for a kiss that made the previous ones seem tame in comparison. She whimpered as she gripped his hair and pressed closer. She pulled back and smiled. She took his hand and pulled him along after her inside his own home towards his room.

Her eyes fluttered open before shutting them quickly. The sunlight flooding in through the window and was far too harsh to face this early in the day. Turning on his bed towards the opposite wall, she re-opened her eyes to stare at the empty space beside her.

The take-over mage placed a hand on the rumpled sheets and sighed. The place where he had lain down last night was no longer warm. Natsu must've already gotten up.

She laid her head back down on the pillow for a minute before deciding to get up. Lisanna eased off of the mattress.

When Lisanna realized she had worn a dress last night, she grabbed one of Natsu's discarded t-shirts off the floor. The shirt had come from the celestial realm on one of their missions; she had one that matched. However, this one had a unique scent that could only belong to him and it was all around her as she pulled the worn garment over her head. The white haired mage headed straight for the door leading out of his bedroom.

"That's stealing, you know."

She jumped about three feet in the air at the sound of his voice letting out a small shriek and released the doorknob she'd been about to pull.

After taking a quick moment to regain her composure, she turned around to face the Dragon Slayer standing behind her with only a towel wrapped around his waist.

His onyx eyes shone with amusement as he waited for her to reply. After a moment, she looked away and mumbled, "I wasn't stealing it. I was just going to go make some breakfast."

The Dragon Slayer let out a chuckle as he grabbed for his vest, "I was only kidding Lis. You look good in it."

Lisanna smiled as she shook her head, "I'm going to go make breakfast."

Natsu smiled as he watched her walk away. Once Natsu was sure Lisanna was downstairs he reached over to his vest pocket and pulled out a small, blue velvet box. He opened it slowly and tucked inside was a diamond ring. The diamond was small but it was the best Natsu could buy with what he had. Being who he was, he didn't make a whole lot of money on missions.

He wanted to take the next step in their relationship. The Dragon Slayer had been debating with himself for months about finally asking Lisanna. The Dragon Slayer had been trying to find the right moment to ask. Last night he had asked Gray how he knew. Gray just said he knew and good luck.

Suddenly, an idea came to Natsu. The Dragon Slayer snapped the ring box shut as toothy grin spread across his face; he threw on his boxers running down the stairs.

"Hey, Lis?"

From the kitchen Lisanna came out holding a frying pan looking at him confused, "Yeah, Natsu?"

A/N: Gahh I know its super late but I wanted to post this one soo bad. I really like this one. Sorry for the length! I actually had a lot more to this one, but I took it off.

Next up: Universal!

Until next time!

- CE