I, Forest Dragon Slayer have returned bearing tidings of the 2nd chapter! Wow, that was a weird way of speaking. Sorry for keeping you waiting, this is the first romance fanfic I've made and I had a bit of a writing stump on some parts of it. Anyway, I thank all of you who have reviewed, favorited, and/or followed this fanfic. Already, this has more favorites and follows than my other story. I'm both sad and pleased at that. Hopefully you'll like this chapter as much as my last chapter. Please review!

Also, when you get to the bit of the Boar Bulls, just imagine them as a fusion of boar and bull. Simple as that.

By the way, to that guest reviewer tete, I have no idea what you're saying. I don't even know what language that is. Could you please rewrite it in English?

I don't own Fairy Tail, Hiro Mashima does

Morning had come to Magnolia. And due to all of the excitement from last night, Millianna, Kagura and every Fairy Tail member was still sleeping peacefully. Well, everyone except for a certain Dragon Slayer who appeared to be looking for something.

"Moss, where are you?" Eugene said as he looked around the extremely messy guild hall while trying not to step on anyone. Mira definitely has a lot of cleaning to do. Eugene thought feeling sorry for her. After searching for a few more minutes, he finally saw Moss's tail sticking out of a pile of people. "Hey Moss, wake up. We got work to do." He said as pulled him out and shook the feline awake.

"Is it morning already?" Moss asked tiredly.

"Yeah" Eugene replied "Now come on, we got to move quickly."

"What are we doing?" Moss asked after yawning a little.

"I'll explain later." Eugene said. "Just grab Kagura, she's outside." He said as he found Natsu and started dragging him out of the guild.

"Why do I have to do that?" Moss asked somewhat confused. "And why are you dragging Natsu?"

"I said I'd explain later." Eugene said.

A while later…

"Why are we doing this again?" Moss asked his partner somewhat exhausted as he was dragging an unconscious Kagura.

"It's for the plan I made" Eugene replied dragging an unconscious Natsu.

"What plan are you talking about?" Moss said feeling somewhat worried.

"Don't worry, it's nothing bad." Eugene assured the Exceed. "Here's the spot, put them here." He said as they ended up at a small clearing. They put Natsu and Kagura side by side.

"Seriously, tell me what's going on." Moss said wanting answers. Eugene gave him the shortened version of what he found out last night and Moss seemed to understand to some extent.

"And now, the final touch." Eugene said with a grin as he flipped Kagura onto Natsu.

"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Moss asked knowing how awkward the position could become.

"If anything, it's definitely a conversation starter." Eugene replied. "Now get us out of here, I think they're going to wake up soon." Moss nodded and flew them into a nearby tree. As Eugene said, the two mages soon began to rouse from their sleep.

Why do I feel this weight on me? Natsu thought drowsily.

Why does the ground feel so warm? Kagura thought just as drowsily. As the two of them started to open their eyes, they immediately went wide as they saw the other. In a panic, Kagura got off of Natsu and both backed away from each other while blushing madly.

"Natsu, w-what were you doing?" Kagura stammered in embarrassment.

"T-That's what I should be asking you!" Natsu replied just as flustered as Kagura. Due to their high levels of embarrassment, the two of them failed to hear a certain Dragon Slayer snickering in the trees.

"In any case, where are we?" Kagura asked attempting to regain her normal composure. Could this place be what I think it is? She thought as she took in her surroundings.

"I think we're at the spot we found you and Millianna yesterday." Natsu replied. "See, that crack in the ground from your sword clash with Eugene is still there." For some reason, I feel a sense of nostalgia here. He thought.

"Perhaps we should be getting back to Magnolia." Kagura said. "Everyone will start to worry if we're gone for too long."

"Just follow me!" Natsu said with confidence. "I know this forest like the back of my hand!" He then broke out into a run into the trees.

"You're not getting away that easily Natsu." Eugene whispered from his branch. He then used his magic to change the natural pathway the plants created and turned Natsu back around to where Kagura was.

"How did I end up back here!?" Natsu exclaimed in both surprise and confusion. He tried running through the trees once more only to have a similar result. The pink haired mage just growled in frustration.

"Looks like you don't know the forest as well as you think you do." Kagura said with a small smirk.

"I do know my way around!" Natsu argued. "It's just that something keeps bringing me back here."

"I agree." Kagura replied. "I believe someone is trying to keep us here."

"Darn it, I can't smell the person who's doing this." Natsu said in frustration. "Hey, can you hear me!? Once I find you, I'll burn you alive!" He shouted to the air. Now I'm glad my scent is the same as the forest. Eugene thought somewhat frightened of what Natsu would do to him if he was caught. Then, the loud sound of a growling stomach filled the air.

"Moss, now's not the time to be hungry." Eugene whispered not wanting them to be discovered.

"It wasn't me." Moss whispered back. Turns out the one with the growling stomach was Natsu. Of course. Eugene sighed mentally. Kagura just smiled and took a small bundle from her bag.

"Since you're hungry, maybe we should have lunch." Kagura said as she unwrapped the bundle revealing the onigiri inside. "These are from yesterday. Hopefully they're still good."

"Thanks Kagura!" Natsu said in delight as he took one of the onigiri. "Itadakimasu!" He then began to eat. Huh? Why does this taste so familiar? Natsu thought as flashes of that dream went into his mind.

"Natsu, are you crying?" Kagura asked in worry snapping him out of his thoughts.

"I'm crying?" Natsu asked in bewilderment as he wiped the tears off his face. "Don't worry, it's not because of the onigiri." He assured her. "I have vague memories of a friend I had as a kid. One of the few things I remember of her was the onigiri we shared all the time. It tasted just like the ones you made." He still remembers something! Kagura thought happily.

Judging from the situation, Natsu should be figuring out everything soon. Eugene thought with a smirk.

"I forgot who she was, but I know she wasn't you!" Natsu continued before laughing a little. Eugene and Moss flipped. (Well, as best as one could if they were in a tree.)

"That is certainly ridiculous." Kagura replied while trying to hide the slight depression she felt when Natsu said that. So he doesn't really remember after all. Kagura thought sadly.

"That idiot!" Eugene exclaimed a bit more loud than before but not loud enough for the two below him to hear. "Does he need an entire herd of Boar Bulls to stampede over him before he gets it in that thick skull of his!" Suddenly, a low rumbling could be heard. It gradually became louder and louder as it got closer and closer. Eugene's eyes went wide at the sight as he said "I didn't mean it literally!" Indeed, a large herd of Boar Bulls was charging through the forest in Natsu and Kagura's direction.

"What are those?" Kagura asked after seeing the animals coming towards them at a fast pace. Natsu didn't have any time to explain and he just grabbed her and jumped out of the Boar Bull's way. As the herd stampeded past them, Natsu and Kagura stayed down. After a few minutes, The Boar Bulls were gone and the noise had subsided.

"Kagura, are you okay?" Natsu asked with concern. Kagura began to open her eyes and she blushed wildly when she saw Natsu was right above her staring at her. "Do you have a fever or something?" The Dragon Slayer asked after seeing her face turn red.

"I-I'm fine." Kagura protested.

"Let me check just in case." Natsu insisted as he put his forehead on hers causing Kagura's blush to deepen even more. "Are you sure you're okay? Your head feels hot."

"I-I told you, I'm fine." Kagura said unable to get rid of the continuously growing blush on her face. From up above, Eugene sighed in annoyance.

"I've had enough of this." Eugene said as he broke off a tree branch.

"Now what are you doing?" Moss asked with both curiosity and worry.

"You've seen how slow this is going." Eugene replied as he changed the tree branch into a wooden ball. "It wouldn't hurt to give those two a little push." He then threw the wooden ball at the back of Natsu's neck causing him to move his head so that his lips connected with Kagura's in a kiss surprising the both of them. They broke apart after a few seconds later with their faces as red as Erza's hair.

"W-Why did you do that Natsu!?" Kagura stammered as she was completely unexpecting the kiss.

"I swear, it wasn't on purpose!" Natsu exclaimed unsure of how that happened and he didn't want to incur Kagura's wrath.

"We better get down there before things get ugly." Eugene said after watching the scene he created. Moss nodded and they climbed down then ran into the clearing as if chasing down something surprising Natsu and Kagura.

"Eugene, what are you doing here?" Natsu asked temporarily forgetting the earlier awkward situation..

"Yes, what are you doing here?" Kagura said having her serious face back on. She was still suspicious of him especially because of how easily he saw through her emotions the night before.

"Well excuse me for being a hunter." Eugene replied while showing his bow and other hunter equipment.

"We were chasing down a Boar Bull for lunch but it looks like it got away." Moss lied.

"Is that so?" Kagura said still being wary.

"Yeah." Eugene replied going along with it. "By the way, the cat girl is looking for you."

"You mean Millianna?" Natsu asked. "Looks like we were here longer than I thought."

"What were you doing?" Eugene asked as if he didn't know what was going on. Remembering what happened, Natsu and Kagura started to blush.

"Nothing, nothing." The two of them said in a panic not wanting anyone to know. (Too bad for them Eugene already knows)

"Are you sure? Your faces are red and your life energies tell me you're embarrassed." Eugene noted. Crap, I almost forgot how observant he could be. Natsu thought while trying to find some way out of his current predicament.

"Let's get back to the guild hall!" Natsu exclaimed trying to change the subject. "Everyone will be worried if we stay out too late!" he said as he started pushing his fellow Dragon Slayer towards the direction of the guild. Kagura and Moss followed close behind. I've done what I can so far but you'll have to figure out some stuff on your own Natsu. Eugene thought as he was being pushed.

Several hours later…

Night had once again fallen on the land. Kagura and Millianna had decided to stay in Magnolia for one more night and after telling their guild master, they went and stayed in guest rooms at Fairy Hills. Everyone was soon sleeping peacefully. Well, almost everyone. After going through such an awkward scenario, Natsu just couldn't sleep as he kept thinking about it. Just what on earth made me do something like that? He thought.

"AUUGH!" Natsu exclaimed in frustration when he couldn't figure it out.

"Natsu, is there something wrong?" Happy asked drowsily. Natsu's loud shouting had woken up his blue feline companion. "Come to think of it, you've been acting strange today."

"It's nothing Happy." Natsu replied. "Sorry to wake you up."

"If you say so." Happy said before falling back asleep.

"Now I wonder how I'm going to fall asleep." Natsu wondered. "Maybe I should try that thing Erza gave me when we were kids that helped me fall asleep." He then pulled out a recording lacryma from a drawer. "Now how did this work?" He muttered before accidently pushing the button to activate it. Once on, the magical device started to talk in a droning voice about the history of Fiore. Almost immediately, Natsu fell asleep and began to dream.

Inside the dream…

Natsu had found himself in the same forest he was in earlier that afternoon. While puzzled, he still looked around trying to find out why he was there. Pretty soon, he came to the clearing he also was at that afternoon to find two kids sitting there eating onigiri. Who are those two? Natsu asked in his mind. Wait, is that me? The sight before him consisted of a younger version of himself sitting next to a girl with black hair.

"Ne, Natsu, let's make a promise." The black haired girl said to him.

"What kind of promise?" Natsu asked.

"Well, your dad disappeared right?" She said. "My brother's also missing so I was thinking that we could promise each other to look for them together."

Who is this girl? Natsu thought looking at the sight. But she feels so familiar.

"Sure thing Kagura!" Natsu replied with his trademark grin. "It wouldn't be any fun to travel alone!"

That's Kagura? Non dream Natsu thought as he shockingly found resemblances.

"Then let's pinky swear on it!" She said as she stuck out her pinky finger. Natsu responded by taking his own pinky finger and interlocked it with hers. "And to complete the promise," Kagura said before kissing Natsu.

Dream end…

Natsu woke up suddenly as he just finished watching a scene from his past. Memories then began to flood into his mind all of which were the times he had with Kagura. He then came to the realization that Kagura was that childhood friend he held dearly before he became a member of Fairy Tail.

I forgot who she was, but I know she wasn't you"

"Oh crap, why did I say that to her?" Natsu exclaimed as he just realized what he said to perhaps his closest friend and maybe crush. It made him feel even guiltier when he remembered that somewhat sad expression on Kagura's face when he said that. "I got to go make things right." He said as he ran out the door towards Fairy Hills.

When he reached the area in front of the dormitory, a thought went through his mind. He remembered that Fairy Hills was an all-girls dormitory. How am I supposed to get in now? Natsu thought. It looks like I'll have to sneak in. He then began to run only to accidentally step on a ball which made him lose his balance and fall.

"No matter, that's only a minor setback." Natsu said as he got back up and ran again. This time, he stepped on a banana peel and slipped hitting the ground again. "One more time." He said as he got up. Not wanting to make such a ruckus, he looked around for any other obstructions to his path. Finding none, he went forward. All of a sudden, Natsu was run over by a herd of Boar Bulls.

"Where did they come from!?" Natsu exclaimed as he was run over. Unfortunately for the Dragon Slayer, all the noise started waking up Fairy Hills's residents and Natsu not wanting to be caught ran as fast as he could from the place.

"That was close." Natsu said when he had gotten a safe distance from the dormitory. "Now how am I going to talk to Kagura? Maybe I should ask someone to help me sneak in." His brain then went through all of the Fairy Tail members he knew.

There's no way I'm asking the Ice Princess or Tin Head for help, Freed would probably get a nose bleed too easily, Elfman's way too loud, Macao and Wakaba are perverts, Romeo would never agree to do this. Wait, I know the person to ask! I wonder which tree he's sleeping in this time. Natsu then took off to search for the person in question.

In a nearby forest…

Where is he? Natsu wondered as he looked around the area. It'd be a lot easier to find him if he didn't switch trees all the time. Soon after, Natsu was able to hear snoring from above him. Looking up, he saw Eugene sleeping on a branch like usual.

"Oy, Eugene wake up!" Natsu exclaimed trying to wake the boy from his slumber. Seeing that he wouldn't wake up anytime soon, Natsu snapped the branch Eugene was sleeping on causing him to fall.

THUD

"Natsu, what the heck was that for!?" Eugene shouted after recovering from the fall.

"Listen, I need your help so I can talk to Kagura." Natsu said surprising Eugene. So now he remembers. Eugene thought.

"You get people to help you by making them fall from trees!?" Eugene exclaimed.

"You wouldn't wake up when I called for you!" Natsu replied in defense.

"That's still no reason to make me fall out of a tree!" Eugene shot back.

"Look, are you going to help me or not?" Natsu said in a serious tone.

"Fine." Eugene sighed seeing Natsu look so serious about it. "So what do you need me to do?"

"I'll explain on the way. Come on!" Natsu said before leading Eugene back into town.

Back in front of Fairy Hills…

"So let me get this straight." Eugene said as they looked at the building. "You want me to sneak into Fairy Hills and get Kagura to come out?"

"Yup." Natsu replied. "You might need to think a little before going in though…" He then noticed that his fellow Dragon Slayer had disappeared. "Where did he go!?" Natsu exclaimed.

Inside Kagura's room…

Like Natsu, Kagura wasn't able to fall asleep due to earlier events. Also, she kept thinking about how Natsu forgot about their time together. Why won't you remember Natsu? She thought sadly. She really wanted him to remember her from back then and hopefully have the same feelings she had for him. She immediately started blushing at the thought that he would accept her feelings. All of a sudden, she heard a rustling sound from the room's closet that snapped her out of her thoughts.

"Who goes there?" She asked while getting out of bed and readying her katana.

"That's strange, I was supposed to come through the ventilation shaft. How did I end up in here?" Eugene said as he came out of the closet not really paying attention to what Kagura said.

"It's you!" Kagura exclaimed in a serious tone. "Why are you in what is supposed to be an all-girls dorm?"

"Be quiet or you'll wake everyone up." Eugene whispered not really intimidated by Kagura's glare. "Look out your window and you'll see the reason that I'm here." Still wary of Eugene, she reluctantly looked out her window to see Natsu standing near the gate to her surprise. "He said he wanted to talk to you." Eugene commented sensing her surprise. He wants to talk to me? Kagura thought. Could he have remembered?

"What does he want to talk to me about?" Kagura asked trying to keep her composure.

"How should I know? I'm just the messenger." Eugene replied. "Now if you'll excuse me." He then went back into the closet.

"Hey, wait!" Kagura exclaimed looking in the closet only to find nobody in there. "Where did he go?"

Outside…

"Man, he's taking a while." Natsu said waiting in front of the gates. He then heard a noise from behind him. Turning around, he was shocked to see Eugene come out of a manhole.

"That's strange, I started from a closet but I somehow ended up exiting a manhole." Eugene commented as he came out. "Ah Natsu, Kagura's on her way here. I'll just leave you two alone."

"Thanks Eugene!" Natsu said with a grin only to find that the Dragon Slayer had disappeared again. "How does he do that!? Happy's right, he is a ninja."

"Natsu…" Natsu heard Kagura say from behind him. Natsu immediately turned around to see her slowly walking towards him.

"Kagura, we need to talk." Natsu said after a few awkward silent moments. "Come with me for a bit." He then grabbed the swordswoman's hand and started leading her away from the dormitory. Kagura immediately blushed at the contact. Pretty soon, they decided to sit at a bench in the middle of town. Both didn't know what to say to each other at first so they just sat there awkwardly.

"So, what did you want to talk to me about?" Kagura asked breaking the silence. Natsu hesitated at first but finally got the guts to talk to her.

"First off, I want to apologize for forgetting about you for all these years." Natsu said seriously. "I feel stupid for not noticing that painful expression you made whenever I said something or acted in a way that showed I forgot about all of those great times we had together."

"Y-You really remember everything?" Kagura asked with a hopeful voice. To her, this seemed too good to be true.

"You bet I did!" Natsu replied with his trademark smile.

"I'm so happy." Kagura said with a true smile. He really does remember! Kagura thought in pure joy.

"Also, I want to say…" Natsu started but stopped because he didn't know how to say.

"What is it Natsu?" Kagura asked when she saw the pink haired Dragon Slayer stumbling with his words.

"Why can't I say it!?" Natsu exclaimed in frustration when he couldn't put his current feelings into words. All of a sudden, something hit him in the back of the head making Natsu's face closer to Kagura's, making them both blush furiously. Having found the only way to express what he felt, Natsu closed the gap between them with a kiss. This surprised Kagura but she didn't show any displease as she kissed him back. Unlike the last kiss which was unintentional and short, this kiss lasted for a longer time. But because they're human, they had to break apart for air.

"Natsu" Kagura said breathlessly happy knowing that he had the same feelings as her.

"Kagura, I know we were just friends back then but I want to be more then friends now." Natsu said in a serious tone once more. "I sincerely want to be with you forever. If you don't feel the same, I understand…" Natsu couldn't finish that last sentence because Kagura immediately hugged him tightly as if never wanting to let go.

"You idiot, I completely feel the same way." Kagura said with a smile. "I also want to be with you for the rest of my life." After that, the two of them kissed once more.

"He actually did it." Eugene said to himself from a nearby tree. "Looks like I won't have to do anymore. Nice work Natsu." He then left the newly formed couple completely to themselves for once.

The next morning…

Eugene yawned as he walked to the guild hall. Due to last night's events, he wasn't able to get much sleep.

"Eugene, where did you go last night?" his feline companion asked.

"It's none of your business Moss." Eugene replied as he opened the doors to the guild hall.

"Don't be so mean!" Moss whined. His complaining immediately stopped when he saw all of the commotion going on inside the guild hall. "What the heck's going on!?"

"Hey Moss" Happy said flying over to them. "You'll never believe this, Natsu and Kagura are going out now!"

"Ehhhhhhhh!" Moss exclaimed in surprise. "When did this happen!?"

"Apparently last night." Happy replied. Leaving the two Exceeds to their conversation, Eugene decided to sit at the bar and look at the celebration centering on the happy couple.

"You know, this is the first time a couple was created without my help." Mirajane said all of a sudden surprising Eugene. "How did you manage to pull this off? Especially because Natsu's part of it."

"I don't know what you're talking about." Eugene said trying not to look like he was part of it.

"Either way, I just thought I'd let you know that I'll be helping them a little." Mirajane said. "It's going to be fun." She said with a smirk. Why am I worried? Eugene thought.

That's the end of chapter 2! So, how'd you like it? Still, I think I overused Eugene again. Next chapter, Natsu and Kagura will be going on their first date. Mirajane will try to 'help' them while team Sleeping Forest will try to stop her. If anyone has ideas I can put into the date please PM me or put it in the review.

Please Review! This Forest Dragon Slayer signing off!