Erza paced around the small bluette in front of her with a stick, she pushed her foot out and tapped her knee to make her bend it eh continued around her making sure the stance was correct.

"I don't see how the way I am standing is going to help me breath fire." Wendy complained angrily.

"You can't breathe fire on your own yet," Erza dismissed her complaints quickly "You will need to learn a technique we call guzzling."

"Is that how you eat fire so quickly?" Wendy asked excitedly

Erza nodded "Yes, as you use the power more it becomes easier and your body will gain power, Dragon slayer magic works more like a muscle than anything else the more you use it the stronger it is."

"So since I focused on healing an never really used that my power has weakened?" Wendy asked

"Yes," Erza answered "But don't worry if you can manage to learn how to guzzle your natural element which in your case is air so we have plenty of it, your power will increase much faster."

Wendy nodded.

The sliding doors of the hospital opened with a beep as Natsu walked out, Raken fell into step beside him.

"So?" Raken asked

"Got a clean bill of health," Natsu said enthusiastically "I can finally start training."

"Well congratulation's so we going to the forest with Erza and Wendy?" Raken asked

Natsu nodded "Yeah, they may have a use for your golem's too, oh and speaking of Wendy have you told her yet?"

Raken shook his head and Natsu refrained from slapping him "Look I may not be the best one to be all high and mighty here took me three years and dying to admit my feelings, but I think about how different things could have been if I admitted them a long time ago and honestly I don't see anything bad happening now."

Raken took what his brother said in with a nod "Why is it so hard?"

Natsu shrugged "All you need is twenty seconds of courage."

"I like the sound of that." Raken said with a grin.

"Well here's a small tip don't use it when you are dying I am pretty sure my time got cut in half." Natsu said jokingly

Raken rolled his eyes "Hey Natsu, why are you keeping me and Wendy around?"

Natsu looked at him seriously "I want you and Wendy to join our team." he said flatly

"Really?" Raken asked a little surprised

Natsu nodded "If you want to save Jellal like I do then we will do it together and even though she would never admit it Erza likes training with Wendy."

"I thought you wanted to hunt Jellal down." Raken smirked

"I never said I wanted to kill him," Natsu defended "And besides the more I think about it the more I believe he was possessed as you said."

Raken shrugged "Well I can't speak for Wendy but I would be happy to join your team."

Natsu smiled "Let's go see what she thinks then."

"Try again." Erza said flatly as another attempt at Wendy's breath attack failed.

Wendy slumped and panted from exertion, she gritted her teeth and closed her eyes, Erza watched the air around her quiver slightly before she Wendy was enveloped in a blue light, Erza smiled she has got it this time she thought happily. Wendy's eyes snapped open and she widened her stance slightly as she spoke "Sky Dragon, Roar!"

A jet of dark blue fire flew from her mouth, the heat from it was enough to sing the ground it flew above the blast connected with a tree a small distance away from them and it splintered showering the with chips of wood, Wendy threw her fist in the air in triumph a wide smile plastered across her face "I did it!"

Erza nodded giving the girl a smile "That was impressive Wendy, what did you think about?"

Wendy cheeks colored and she avoided looking at Erza "I-I thought about Raken." she stammered

Erza chuckled and shook her head she was going to have to have a chat to Natsu about his little brother, the sound of a branch breaking caught both the girls attention and they whipped around to face whoever was coming, Natsu stumbled out of the bushed with a large smile "Well done Wendy that was impressive."

Wendy smiled widely at him "Thank you Natsu!"

Raken stumbled out of the bushed behind him with a wide grin, Wendy's breath caught in worry she wondered if she had heard her, she hoped not as much as she would love for him to know how she felt over hearing it was not how she wanted him to find out, he didn't seem to be acting unusually and he let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding.

"So I assume you are finally able to train?" Erza inquired staring at Natsu

He nodded "Yeah, but before we do that I brought lunch."

The group huddled together as Natsu passed the food around "So how's it going with you two I see Wendy got her roar."

Erza nodded "Yep, she has her roar and judging from its strength and range she is going to be a mid range dragon slayer like Gajeel."

"What is the differences between being close mid and long range, I understand that spell distance comes into play but is there anything else?" Wendy asked

"There are many different factors that come into play between the range classes," Erza explained "Close quarter mages like me, specialize in hand to hand combat so out abilities centre around that area, I am not saying that a long range dragon slayer can't gain close range abilities and vice-versa but it is more difficult."

"Mid-range caster's and dragon slayers tend to have a good mix of offence and defense," Natsu cut in "Gajeel can increase his defense by encasing himself in iron scales and he uses large metal bars for offence."

"As far as I know there are no long range dragon slayer's," Erza said thinking about it "Although I have developed a few long range attacks for example brilliant flame."

Wendy took in the information with a nod "So how long until I start getting new abilities?"

"The time can vary," Erza replied "But it shouldn't be long."

"So if you were to fight a long range mage what would you do Erza being a close range fighter it would be most difficult for you?" Wendy asked

Erza shook her head "No, because I am fast enough on my own to get on top of long range mages."

"So who do you have trouble fighting?" Wendy asked curiously

"No one really," Erza answered proudly "The beauty of being a dragon slayer, we have a unique magic that makes us stronger than most people."

Natsu chuckled and Erza glared at him "What's so funny?"

"You say you are stronger than most people," Natsu laughed "How come you have never beaten me Laxus or Mystogan here." gesturing to Raken.

"Well Laxus is too scared to fight me," Erza smiled wickedly "He never tried," she said pointing at Raken "And I can't hurt you because then I wouldn't be able to see your new powers."

Natsu shook his head and gestured to Raken to make a golem "May as well try this out." he said as he walked into the centre of the clearing

Raken made a series of hand movement before putting his hand palm forward in front of him "Black Iron Golem!" he shouted releasing a small amount of magic energy into the earth, all he had to do was make one stand there for Natsu to hit and likely Wendy after so he tried to use bare-minimum magic energy. The ground shook violently as the earth shifted, bit of black metal seemed to solidify above the earth before with a loud clang the pieces started smashing together after a few moments the ground stopped and in the place of all those pieces of metal stood a large black suit steam billowed from the grate that was where it's face should have been and it stood stone still.

Natsu looked at Raken for confirmation he got a small nod and walked towards it he closed his eyes well first things first let's see how well I can compact the energy in my hand he pulled his arm back and slammed his open palm into the chest-piece in front of him with a loud clang the air a shockwave caused the hair of the party to whip around there faces Natsu stood in the same spot he had before with his arm outstretched, the Golem had a large dent in its centre.

Natsu smiled "This isn't that difficult." the metal bent back into shape after a moment, and Natsu brought his other hand up and repeated the process a few times satisfied with how he could compact the energy he turned to Raken "Give it a bit of combat ability let's see what happens when I need to block or avoid."

Raken nodded and increased the flow of his magic energy enough that the golem would start to move and fight with Natsu, with a groaning screech the metal began to move, it's joints seemed to loosen and it hit its large metal hands together resulting in a loud clang. Natsu waited for the thing to attempt to strike him, he moved the energy to his legs and practically blinked past the blow he felt his leg muscle twitch violently and he stopped, alright so don't use it to empower my movements nodded to himself. He turned his head to see a large black fist coming towards him, he threw his arm out with a loud clang he noticed he had severed the metal in half to the things elbow the bottom half of its arm falling heavily to the ground Natsu realized he had drawn a sword as an automatic reaction and he shook his head as he let the sword disappear. He jumped backwards to get some distance he focused on the space in front of him he created three large blocks of energy it looked to him like her was staring through ice, taking his fist back he hit the first one it flew forward slamming into the golem before dissipating he kicked the second one and it flew toward the golem knocking it down and he smirked as he leaped on top of the third so I can use the as platforms too he thought excitedly rolling backwards he hit the last block with his fist and sent it towards the golem knocking it across the clearing. Natsu felt his knee's give out and he fell over he nodded to Raken who let the magic energy go, the golem fell heavily to the ground Natsu walked over to them panting "Well I got a few pieces of good information." he said as he accepted a canteen of water.

Erza nodded "That was impressive to watch," she praised with a wide smile "That last attack making object you could launch that has near endless possibilities it fact it reminded me of Gray's maker magic."

Natsu nodded "Same idea, I just thought I would test it out."

"What about your hits!" Wendy asked excitedly

"I released a compact amount of energy at the point of impact creating a small explosion," Natsu explained "If I can work on speed that will be incredibly powerful."

Raken nodded "I wonder if the effect would increase if you wore lighter armor."

Natsu tapped his chin in thought "Maybe, we will have to give it a try."

The group nodded as they got their feet, Natsu turned his head slightly and looked at Wendy "Wendy I was wondering if you would be interested in joining our team."

"Really?" she asked excitedly hopping on her toes.

Natsu smiled "Of course, Raken didn't want to answer for you so I had to ask you."

"Of course I would be happy to join your team!" she exclaimed happily running off towards Magnolia, Erza and Natsu laughed and Raken just watched here run off the he looked at Natsu.

Natsu nodded "Just remember twenty seconds of courage."

Raken nodded and bolted off towards Wendy.

"Twenty seconds of courage?" Erza asked cocking her head to the side.

"A little brotherly advice," Natsu said with a smile "Shall we go home?"

Erza nodded and the two set off home.

A/N: All right guys hope you all enjoyed this chapter and I will see you next time!