AN: I only just realized this as I was working on this chapter that I had no disclaimer in any of the first three. So here it is.

Disclaimer: if I really owned Fairy Tail do you think I would be posting here? It's not mine. T.T

Natsu had to keep himself from snickering as he crouched in an alcove on the second floor. He couldn't wait to see everyone's reactions to him being back. But who should he surprise first.

'It can't be Erza. She never leaves my house. Plus she would probably kill me for real.' He thought afraid. His red headed friend could be very scary when angered and no doubt she would be mad at him for not coming back immediately. Never mind the fact that he couldn't.

'Gray wouldn't be any fun. The ice bastard would go on like life was normal and just fight him or insult him.' Now that he thought about, Natsu thought he was due a good fight. Maybe he could turn it into a huge brawl involving all the guild members. That would definitely be fun.

'I know! I'll show up at Lucy's house. She always reacts! Screaming and throwing things and screeching her head off. It would be great!'

So absorbed in his plans of sneaking in to Lucy's house, which had never been difficult for him before, he didn't notice the person walking down the hall to the alcove he was hiding in.

Natsu jumped to his feet, punching a fist into the air. He knew exactly what he was going to do. He just needed to get there before . . .

Someone rammed right into him, knocking him to the ground. The dragon slayer glared up at the person who had ran him over and gaped.

Leather pants, purple shirts, large black jacket, weird headphones, spiky blonde hair and scar. It was none other than Laxus. What the hell was he doing here? The smug bastard hardly ever hung around the guild.

"Watch where you're going, shrimp," the lightning wizard sneered.

"Watch where you're going, you bastard. I'll kick your ass, Laxus!" Natsu yelled.

"As if you could you snot nosed brat. I'm at a level way out of your reach. You could never beat me."

"Says you! I'll show you. Let's fight! Right now."

"Get lost, kid."

Laxus turned around and walk away, completely ignoring the younger males screams and threats. He desperately needed a drink. Now his hallucinations were talking.

As he took his regular seat nursing a glass of ale, Laxus realized he had not drunken any alcohol since a couple days ago, therefore he could not be having hallucinations.

He leaned back in his chair, smirking into his drink. This could be interesting.

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Natsu was so wrapped up in Lucy's story that he never noticed said girl entering.

"What the hell are you doing in my bedroom, Natsu? I swore I told you to stop coming over unannounced."

Then she noticed the pages held in his hands, which she snatched immediately. "And I told you to stop reading that! I promised Levy she would be the first one."

"But Lucy," the pinkette whined, "how could you kill her. He loved her. She was his reason to keep going. And you just killed her off."

The celestial mage was enraged. How dare he criticize her writing? It was supposed to be a dramatic and heart wrenching story. By killing his lover, she could incite him into rage and fill him with the determination to finish the war before anyone else he loves gets killed. It was the perfect plot.

Besides, what right did Natsu have to insult it? She bet he probably couldn't even read. Of course he wouldn't understand the message in her story. He was much too dense.

Happy chose just then to come flying out of her kitchen. "Luuuucccyyy! Do you have any food that isn't green? I'm starving. Do you have fish? I haven't had fish in ages. You like fish, right Lucy?"

The blonde was successfully sidetracked from her ranting about Natsu's lack of understanding true literature by Happy's antics. Natsu gave his best friend a wink behind her back. He was so sure, once Lucy was done ranting of course, that she would notice that he was sitting on her bed. Which he shouldn't be doing since he was 'dead,' and that would have spoiled their fun if she realized that early.

And, as the dragon slayer and flying cat annoyed Lucy mercilessly until she turned red in the face and seemed ready to explode, Natsu couldn't help but wonder how stupid his blonde teammate was, because he and Happy distracted too many times and far too easily, keeping her from realizing that he was indeed alive. The girl's attention span was much too short.

Lucy was screaming at Virgo, who had randomly come to visit like she usual does, because the maid had insinuated that she was in love with Loke, and now Happy was fluttering around her, out of reach so she couldn't strangle him accidentally, constantly repeating, "You lllllloooooooooovvvvvveee him," and "He lllllllllliiiiiiiikkessssssss you."

"All right!" Natsu exclaimed. Everybody stopped to look at him.

"We haven't gone on a job together in forever, Lucy. Let's go find a really good one. One that will involve lots of fight, cause I haven't fought anybody for a long time. Besides, you need the money to pay your rent, right?"

The pinkette didn't give her a chance to answer, grabbing her by the wrist and jumping out the window. He pulled her along with him as he ran to the guild, Happy flying next to them. All three were smiling and laughing, just like the time he had first brought her to Fairy Tail.

Natsu flashed Lucy a grin. Soon, everyone would know he was back, and then they would all be smiling again.

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Natsu scanned the guild, which was now full, looking for a certain stripping ice magic user. The guy with the least amount of clothes shouldn't be hard to spot.

Aha. There he was.

The pinkette dragged Lucy along with him as he approached Gray.

"Put on some freaking clothes, you ice cube! Nobody wants to see your underwear, you frozen bastard." Natsu yelled and punched Gray on the head. Hard.

"What was that for, flame brain? Did all the flames you eat melt your brain?"

"What's that supposed to mean? At least I have a brain."

"You do not you bastard. If you did you wouldn't cause so much destruction."

"I didn't destroy that mountain. It was all your fault!"

"I was talking about the giant crater you made that we had to turn into a lake. But that was your fault too, loser."

Natsu tackled Gray into the table. The table broke under their combined weight, launching Cana, who had been sitting at the end chugging beer, into the air.

She landed on Elfman's back, who yelled that a real man doesn't attack from behind and threw a punch at Natsu, who duck so it hit poor Lucy, who had been standing right next to him.

Virgo and Loke appeared without summoning to protect her. Virgo dug a hole and came out of a complimentary hole she dug under Elfman. Loke turned his glowing hand on Gajeel, who was unlucky enough to have been sitting at the next table.

Juvia, seeing that her beloved was in danger of being strangled by an unknown person, sent a torrent of water at Natsu. The dragon slayer used his fire dragon's roar to turn it to steam.

By this point, everyone in the guild had joined in, and it had become a typical day at Fairy Tail, complete with minor destruction of the guild.

Crash.

Minor destruction and a hole in the wall.

Laxus observed from the second level at the chaos that had befallen the guild the second Natsu had stepped through the doors. And not one of the idiots below him blinked an eye at the fact that Natsu was picking a fight with Gray and starting a guild wide brawl.

He watched as the fist fight turned into a food fight when Levy of all people threw a bowl of pudding at an unsuspecting Reedus, who started painting all sorts of food to throw back.

Laxus stood with a smirk. He'd give the kid credit. It was an interesting plan, getting the whole guild involved in a brawl so that no one noticed he was there until they were all worn out, by which point they wouldn't have the energy to react.

Well, he was the best fighter in the guild, he thought as he slammed a lightning enhanced fist into the ground. And if it was chaos and confusion the kid wanted, he would be happy to help.

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Mystogan watched unnoticed from the shadows at the bedlam that had erupted from Natsu's actions. He was so relieved the younger man was not dead. Not just because he hoped to get his help in Edolas with his power crazy father, but because he grown genuinely fond of the pink haired boy.

Mystogan felt his shoulders lighten. He would have felt so guilty if his Earthland self had killed Natsu.

There was just something about him that drew you to him and made you trust him and believe in him.

He drew further into the shadows, waiting for the moment when the massive fight would end and the rest of the guild would realize just who was standing amongst them again.

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Master Makarov smiled as he sat behind his desk in his office. He was glad Natsu had informed him of his plan to destroy his guild hall; otherwise he would have been very angry.

And he probably would have interrupted the festivities and put a stop to the fight. Then everyone would have seen that Natsu was back.

Natsu's method was much more fun, and to be honest, the third was so happy to have him back that he didn't mind the havoc and damage that was caused.

Because it meant things would return to normal.

Besides, he could always just order Natsu to clean the place up and fix it.

But not today. That could wait for tomorrow. For now he would revel in the noise his guild was causing, for they had been quiet for too long.

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Natsu couldn't have been happier as he watched his nakama enjoy themselves and throw their whole hearts into the fight.

Actually, he could have been. If he had never 'died' in the first place it wouldn't be necessary to make them cheer up, but that was besides the point.

Although it would be perfect if Erza was here, either fighting along side them or hitting them about the heads for such rowdy behavior.

The dragon slayer smiled widely and threw himself back into the mess with a flaming fist to Gray's head.

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She could not believe her eyes.

She blinked, hoping the image would go away, that the guild really was not fight and was instead sitting in silence like they had been for the last almost two months.

But it didn't. She opened her eyes and there they were, stilling fighting.

This is not what she had expected from them.

She cracked her knuckles dangerously, the sound ominous and somehow heard over all the brawling and chaos in front of her.

"Just what it going on here? You will all stop this nonsense this moment and explain yourself or there will be severe consequences."

The entire guild shuddered as one and turned to face the doors of the guild where Erza "Titania" Scarlet was standing, sword in hand and pointing at them.