(A/N): Thanks for all of your reviews and I promise to make them chapters longer. To clarify some things, Natsu was sent back to the time where he was about to join Fairytail for the first time and Erza had already joined. Also, my going back in time idea came from the fic "Time is the Path to Strength" except that Ultear is able to use her time magic and Zeref is a lot more evil. Now on with the story!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairytail...so sad.

Chapter 2: We Meet Again, My Friends

'Hmm, I wonder what year it is.' Natsu asked himself rubbing his chin. Natsu started walking and instantly fell on his face.

"What the hell?"He checked himself over and everything seemed normal. Until he realized his clothes were too big and they dragged. Natsu quickly realized he was a kid again.

"HOLY HELL I'M PUNY! Arrgh, I can't go around like this! But, I don't have any other clothes I think. Hmmm, I GOT IT! The guild should have some spares!" With that, he held his pants up and started his voyage to the guild. After two hours he finally arrived in front of the guild gates/doors/both.

"I'm going to see them again...after what had happened."He said as he pushed open the doors. He was immediately bombarded with loud chatter and laughter. 'it's just like I remembered.'

One of the guild members, who he recognized as Macao, yelled out.

"Oi! Master! There's some kid here!"

"Hmm? Oh a newcomer?" Makarov walked over to Natsu holding his staff. "What's your name young one?"

"Huh?! It's me! Na-" Natsu quickly caught himself and said. "I mean my name is Natsu Dragneel." He said as calmly as he could. He remembered that he came from the future and that no one from this time knew who he was.

"Natsu, is it? What a fine name. Tell me, is there something I can do for you?" Makarov asked.

"Uh yes, I'd l-like to join Fairytail! Natsu declared knowing he was probably going to relive his adventures he had cherished so much.

"Really now? That's great! Go over to our barmaid and she'll give you a guild stamp."

"Right!" Natsu quickly got his normal red Fairytail guild stamp on his left arm at the top. 'In the short while I didn't have this mark, I really missed it.' He asked for some clothes since he 'lost' it as he put it. Natsu decided to keep his oversized clothes because he thought he might need them.

Natsu looked around at everyone he remembered as kids. Then he began to walk over to a table in a corner before he was called by Gray.

"Hmmm, I don't like that look on your face."

"Leave me alone stripper." Natsu quickly said as he strode past Gray who realized his clothes were gone and frantically searched for his clothes. Natsu wanted to make a comeback, but something was bothering him and wanted to be alone for a while. Erza watched him the whole time and wanted to know more about him. She walked towards him and he noticed of her.

"Hey, you're new to Fairytail right?" Erza asked him.

"Hey Erza I'm glad to see you again!" Natsu yelled without knowing he just called her by her name.

Erza raised an eyebrow at him. "How do you know my name?" She demanded.

Natsu mentally hit himself realizing that he shouldn't say things that could probably change all of time that he remembered. He wanted certain events to happen again so that he could see his friends. He wanted to have Gajeel, Wendy and Lucy on his team again but he knew he wouldn't see them for a very long time.

"O-oh uhh, just a lucky guess I guess. Don't worry about it, can you please leave me alone." He wanted to avoid any suspicious questions from the Armored Scarlet Mage. Unfortunately for him, Erza wasn't about to let go of it so easily. Erza was getting suspicious and she intended to get answers.

"There's something you're not telling me isn't there? What is it?"

'Damn I forgot how stubborn she was.' "I said don't worry about it, it's not important."

"I demand that you tell me!" They were now starting to gather attention from the guild.

"And what if I don't? Are you gonna start crying?" Natsu didn't really mean to argue with her, but with everything that has happened from the future he came from, he just wanted to be left alone so he could get the image out of his mind. The sound of crumbling earth, howling winds and the scene of his friends' dead bodies lying around him in a pool of blood; would not get out of his head.

With his last comment, she snapped. She prepared to hit him in the face with her iron armored fist. "I command you to tell me!"

Just when it seemed like he was about to get hit, he caught her fist. Shocked, she stared at him.

"I TOLD YOU TO LEAVE ME ALONE!" Natsu clenched her fist tight and her gauntlet shattered into pieces, bruising her hand really bad and surprising everyone who was watching including Erza.

Natsu soon realized he had broke her gauntlet and injured her. He then thought that his magical power from his own time was still within him, claiming him stronger than them all. Shocked murmurs were spreading throughout the unusually quiet guild. Natsu lowered his head and let his bangs shadow his eyes.

"Sorry, I didn't mean to do that. I'll be going..." Natsu stood up and headed towards the doors.

Silence took the guild as everyone watched him leave. Erza just stared at his retreating figure with her eyes filled with regret.

"Way to go Tincan! You've done it this time!" A silver-haired girl about the same age as Erza said.

"Leave me alone Mira." Erza said while tending to her hand. Mira scoffed and walked away, deciding to bother her some other time.

Outside of the guild, Natsu wandered to the part of the forest where in his time his house was. He noticed that it was nighttime but didn't care. His mind was filled with thoughts about what had happened inside the guild. Natsu was so lost in thought that he didn't notice that Erza was following him with a large enough distance between them. Erza, after tending to her injury, wanted to apologize to Natsu for her rash behavior.

After another 10 minutes, Natsu arrived at the clearing where his cottage was supposed to be. 'Oh, that's right. I haven't built it yet.'

Natsu spent over an hour breaking many trees to create a small den like house. (imagine two parallel walls connected by a third with a roof and an opening at the front) Natsu then laid down on his clothes so he wouldn't be laying on the floor.

Erza hated seeing him trying to sleep like if he was some kind of wild animal. She slowly walked towards him, alerting him to her presence. Once Natsu saw it was her, he rolled over looking away. Natsu did not want to see her since it reminded him that he hurt her; something he never wanted to do and remembered he promised he would never let her get hurt. Erza then frowned and decided to talk to him.

"Hey.." Erza said with a softened voice.

"...hey."

"Listen, I'm sorry for what I had said. It was unnecessary and completely uncalled for."

"Don't worry about it, it doesn't matter."

"Yes it does! I forced you to say something you obviously did not want to tell reminds me, why wouldn't you tell me?"

Natsu sighed, "Sorry, I can't tell you. As much as I would like to tell you, I can't, I don't think I'm allowed to tell you. Please accept that."

Erza nodded and then sat down next to where Natsu was.

"So what's your name? You haven't told me yet."

"My name is Natsu Dragneel."

"Natsu Dragneel huh? I like that. My name is Erza Scarlet."

"Erza...Scarlet. I like your name too." Natsu had decided that he would keep pretending he didn't know her or anyone else to avoid any unnecessary things.

Erza simply smiled at him and said, "Well I'm going to head back and rest. Don't you want to sleep in a comfortable bed?"

"No it's fine, I prefer to sleep here today."

Erza nodded and turned to leave. "See you tomorrow then." And with that she left.

Natsu watched Erza leave as the moon's light shined off of her. She simply looked breathtakingly beautiful.

'I can't believe I didn't notice before. She looks so magnificent and beautiful.' Natsu thought to himself.

'Natsu Dragneel huh? What a cutie... huh?! What am I saying?!' Erza mentally scolded herself as she walked. 'Ah oh well, I just need some rest.'

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