A/N: I'm back sorry for the wait! I realized that I included Mira in chapter 2 and I made it seem like she never saw him in chapter 4, my bad. Forget I ever put her in chap 2 since I'm too lazy to go back and change it. Anyway, on with the chapter, slight NaMi, and barely a hint of NaLu (Ah it hurts saying that pairing!)!

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairytail, If I did, then Natsu and Erza would of gotten together since the Tower of Heaven if not before.

Chapter 5: Re-meetings

-Time skip a few years later-

"Come on Happy! If we lose track of him I'll hate you for the rest of my life!" Natsu yelled back at Happy.

"NOOO! Don't hate me Natsuuu!" Happy yelled catching up to him while crying.

Natsu and Happy just got off the train and arrived at Hargeon. Luckily, Natsu remembered how he got stuck on the train last time so he quickly got off, ignoring his stomach in pain, before it departed.

"Don't worry Happy, I'm only kidding, that won't ever happen! Now come on, let's find Igneel!" He said with a wide smile.

"Aye!"

-In a store somewhere in Hargeon-

"Aww, so this is the only store in this town?" A certain blonde asked sulking. "Then coming here was not worth it then."

"Ah no, please don't say that." Said an old man behind the counter. "This town doesn't have many mages so this store is mostly for traveling mages. We just got a new shipment of items that you might be interested in." The old man said digging into some things beneath his counter. "We have one thing that is very popular among girls. The colorS! It can change the color of your clothes of choice." He said while changing his shirt's color to purple.

"No thanks I already have one of those." She said glumly while looking around the store. " I'm particularly looking for gate keys. Do you have any of those?"

"Gate keys? We really don't have many of those."

"Ah Nicola the Canis Minor! I've been looking for that one!" The blonde said while excitingly looking at the silver gate key in a box.

"That one? Are you sure you want that one? It's not very strong."

"That doesn't matter! How much for it?"

"Twenty thousand jewels."

-A moment of silence while the blonde stares incredulously at the old man with a smile still present on her face-

"I'm sorry, I think I misheard you. How much again?"

"Twenty thousand jewels."

The blonde just looked at him before hopping onto the counter and seductively posing for him.

"How much was it?" She said with a sexy smile.

-A few minutes later-

The blonde was walking out of the store looking grumpy.

"One thousand jewels. One thousand jewels is all my looks were worth." She sighed and then heard loud cheering and shouts.

"It's Salamander-sama!"

"I can't believe it's really him!"

"He's so dreamy!" said a bunch of girls.

"Salamander? He's here?" The blonde said. She knew about Salamander, he was a fire mage that you can't get anywhere.

As she went through the crowd, her chest started to feel weird. In the center was a man with dark blue hair, and a long dark blue cloak. Once she saw him, her heart started to beat really fast.

'What is this feeling?" She thought as hearts started to appear in her eyes. 'Is this love?'

-Near the crowd-

"Let's look around the center Happy, we might find Igneel there!"

"Aye sir!"

Natsu was very excited at the moment. He knew he wouldn't find Igneel there, but he was waiting to meet a certain someone.

As they walked, they heard the crowd in the distance and their hopes quickly rose.

"Look Natsu! There's something going on over there. Is it igneel?" Happy asked.

"I don't know let's go find out!" Natsu said while starting to run towards the crowd. 'Please be here, you have to be here.'

He pushed aside some girls and got to the center of the crowd. There he saw Lucy and a smile appeared on his face.

"Hey! Lucy!" He said abruptly without knowing he just called her name.

"Huh? Who are you? How do you know my name?" Lucy said.

'Damn it! Me and my big mouth.' Natsu thought, mentally kicking himself.

Before he could say anything, 'Salamander' interrupted their talk.

"Wow I even have male admirers I see. Most unexpected, but here you go, an autograph from the one and only ." 'Salamander' gave Natsu his autograph and gave a pose.

Natsu, forgetting everything for a moment, just stared at him; like before.

"Who the hell are you?" He said with a bored expression.

'Salamander' practically choked on his saliva before regaining his composure.

"Don't tell me you've never heard of me before! I'm the infamous Salamander who uses fire magic!" He said as sparkles shrouded him causing his fan girls to go wild over him. He then held his hand out towards Natsu with his name.

"Here's my autograph, courtesy of Salamander." He said with fake dignity.

"No thanks" Natsu said as he looked away from him. Immediately after he said that, all the girls jumped him and started beating him.

"How dare you!?"

"Don't disrespect Salamander-sama!"

"Now, now, take it easy please. It's no big deal." 'Salamander' said waving his hand carelessly. The girls then left the beaten Natsu and went back to 'Salamander' with hearts back in their eyes.

"Aww Salamander-sama your so nice"

"So forgiving!"

"I'm sorry my ladies, but I have to get to get going. But I am hosting a party on a cruise later tonight and you are all invited. Red Carpet." He said before flying off on a stream of purple flames.

All the girls then left talking and Lucy walked up to Natsu who was rubbing his head, still recovering from the beating he received.

"Thank you for helping me." Lucy said as she watched him.

Natsu was about to answer but then he remembered that he would be getting free food which caused his mind to mentally drool.

"Huh? Helped you? I didn't do anything." He said to her.

"Physically, no. But that Salamander guy was using Charm magic. Charm magic causes anyone in range to fall in love with the caster. But it has a flaw, when someone figures it out, the spell has no effect. So thank you."

"Ah I see!" Natsu said as he had already learned that before.

"Please allow me to treat you to some lunch!" Lucy offered him while she beamed a smile at him.

"Sure!" He grinned showing his teeth while Lucy slightly blushed.

Lucy took them to a nearby restaurant and they quickly ordered what they wanted. Lucy was astonished when she heard that they wanted one of everything but decided to not pay attention to it.

"So you're both Natsu and Happy huh?" She asked.

"Aye!" They both said simultaneously.

"Hmm, Natsu, how come you knew what my name was?" She said asking the million dollar question.

"H-huh?! W-well I don't know, I mean you looked like a Lucy to me so I figured that was your name." He told her, thinking that she would buy it.

"I see. Oh by the way, I know I may not look like it but I'm a wizard." She told them.

"Really?" Natsu said with a mouthful of food.

"Yup! I'm a wandering mage actually, I haven't joined a guild yet. But I have my sights set on a certain guild!" She said with sparkles in her eyes.

'Please be Fairytail, Please be Fairytail!' Natsu thought nervously.

"It's a guild called Fairytail-"

'YES!' Natsu mentally screamed.

"-It's the strongest guild! I want to join it but I don't know where it is." She said with a frown. "I wonder if there's anything I need to do, like a test, to get in. Oh well you two probably don't know what I'm talking about." She carepessly waved her hand at them. "Well I'll be on my way, there's something that I just remembered that I need to do. Here's the money for the food." She said as she plopped down a thousand jewels and left the restaurant. 'And there goes the thousand jewels I saved from earlier. Sigh, oh well it was a nice thing to do.'

Once she had left, Natsu remembered that he wanted to tell her that he was from Fairytail and he could help her join.

'Oh man I forgot, oh well at least I know I'll see her again tonight if things still stay the same. I want all the friends that I had before to be mine again. I'm glad I'm in the past, I'm able to change things, like with Lisanna...'

-Flashback 2 years ago-

"Elfman stop!" Cried Mira.

Elfman had just taken over the beast and was going out of control, trying to destroy everything in sight including two white haired mages.

"Raaaagggh!" The beast roared. It swatted his hand down aiming for Mira but she was barely able to dodge it. She was sent flying a couple meters away.

The taken over Elfman started walking towards Mira before stopping abruptly as Lisanna appeared before her sister.

"Lisanna what are you doing get away from here!" Mirajane yelled ar her but was ignored.

"Elf-neechan! it's me Lisanna your little sister! Do you remember me?"

The beast simply stared at her, not being able to understand her speech. As Lisanna kept talking and smiling about who he was and who they were and what they mean to each other, the beast was becoming annoyed and rose his hand above her.

"LISANNAAAA!" Mira yelled as the monster's hand slammed down onto Lisanna, erupting a large amount of dust; blocking all view.

Mira just looked in fear, hoping that it wasn't true. She didn't want to believe that Lisanna was dead, but what happened next surprised her.

The beast's hand was being pushed back and then was thrown away causing it to fly a couple meters away. Looking closer, she saw Lisanna being held by Natsu by the waist.

"You idiot! You almost got yourself killed!" He yelled at Lisanna.

"I'm sorry, I just want Elfman back..." She said with teary eyes.

Natsu looked at her softly before replying. "Don't worry, I'll make sure to bring him back with us. Now go! Go to Mira and give us a lot of space!"

Natsu let her go and without hesitation went to Mira and they both ran to a considerable distance to be able to watch them.

"Are you ready you ugly beast?" Natsu mocked it. The beast only roared in response and tried hitting him but utterly failed as it was evaded.

"Karyu no Tekken! (Fire Dragon's Iron Fist)" He landed a hit on the beast's head which caused it to howl in great pain and fall back.

"Let's end this! Karyu no enchu! (Fire Dragon's flame elbow)" Hitting him in the face, the beast's form dissipated and left behind Elfman's body.

With all the dirt kicking in their faces, the Strauss sisters weren't able to see what was happening. The next thing they saw was Natsu walking towards them, grinning, and with Elfman on his shoulders.

"Natsu you did it!" Lisanna squealed hugging Natsu in the process. Natsu simply laughed before feeling his eyes bulging out. Mira had pushed Lisanna off him and gave him a hug of her own.

"Thank you, Natsu. Thank you so much. We wouldn't be here without you." Mira was crying softly on his shirt and had a faint blush at their closeness.

"No problem, I'm glad I could help. I'll always be here for you guys, always, I promise." He told them as he hugged Mira back.

-Flashback ends-

Everytime he would think of how he managed to save them, especially Lisanna, he couldn't help but smile. He saved Mira and Elfman from years of suffering.

"Natsuuu! Come on let's see if we can find Igneel!" Happy yelled.

Natsu grinned. "Sure buddy, let's go!"

"Aye sir!"

-At a small park-

"Hahahaha! Fairytail has done it again!" Laughed Lucy. Lucy was currently lqying on a bench and was reading the latest Fairytail magazine. "Fairytail protected a castle in need of protecting: but during the defense, the castle was destroyed as well! Fairytail never stops being amusing!" She laughed. "Oh and their cover card Mirajane! She's so beautiful! I wish I could be like her." She then sighed.

"Hmm? You want to join Fairytail?"

Lucy shrieked and quickly got up and turned around to see 'Salamander.'

"Salamander! What do you want?! Don't think I'll fall for another Charm Magic!"

"Ah I knew you were a mage when our eyes met! Sorry about that Charm stuff I just get lonely and would like some respect along with friends." He said.

"Hmph, scum like you don't deserve to even have such things." She said before walking off.

"Wait, have you ever heard of Fairytail's Salamander?" He asked her.

"No I did not... WAIT! You mean you're from Fairytail?!" Lucy squealed with sparkling eyes.

"That's right. And if you want I can ask the master to let you join."

"Really?! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU! Wait, what do you want in return then? I'm sure you didn't come all this way just to help me join." She said with narrowed eyes.

"Ah don't worry, it's nothing crude. All I want is for you to keep quiet about the Charm magic and attend my party for free. If you do that I'll give in the good word to the master. How does that sound?"

"Sounds great. Sure, I'll come!" She smiled wide up at him.

He laughed."Excellent then I'll see you then." He said as he walked away.

"Goodbye!" 'Ok, so I'll just stay quiet about the Charm magic and I'll be able to join Fairytail! After that I'll just ignore him! Heeheehee! Finally!"

-Later that night on a rooftop-

"Sorry Natsu, we couldn't find him." Happy said with a frown.

"Don't worry little buddy! we'll have plenty of opportunities! So cheer up!" Natsu was looking for the ship that the fake salamander was on.

"Aye! We'll find him for sure!"

"Damn right Happy!" He grinned.

"Hey is that Salamander's party cruise?" Said a girl on a balcony away from them.

"Salamander? Who's that?" Said another.

"You don't knkw who he is? He's the famous mage from Fairytail!"

"Wow that's amazing! I wish I could meet him."

'And that's my cue. Here I come Lucy, I just hope that everything will happen the same way.'

-On the party cruise-

"I'd like to make a toast Miss Lucy. For your upcoming joining of Fairytail." He said before using his magic to pick up some drops of their drinks and slowly led it to her mouth. "Now please open wide and accept this token of my appreciation."

Lucy was about to drink it before thoughts came into her mind. 'So all I have to do is drink this stuff and it'll be all over...' She thought before shutting her mouth quickly.

"Hey! This is some sort of trick isn't it?!" She screamed.

"Very observant, it was actually a drug to knock you out." He said as his men appeared around them holding the passed out girls that had arrived.

"You! What are you up to?!" She demanded.

"My plan is to sell you women to the black market as slaves." He said without a care in the world.

"What how dare yo-" She didn't finish as something broke through the ship's ceiling.

"What the hell was that?!" Yelled one of the fake salamander's men.

From the dust could be seen a figure that was rising as everyone stepped back. Once the figure was recognizable, Lucy gasped.

"Natsu?!"

"Hey Lucy, need some help?" He said with a grin before shouting, "Hey Happy! Take Lucy away would ya?"

"Aye sir! Come on Lucy, it's best if we get out of here!" Happy said to her, lifting her off and flying through the sky.

"Now to deal with business he-" He stopped as his face turned green and he fell on his face.

"Hahaha what is this? Seasick are you?" 'Salamander' laughed. "Alright boys, get him!"

Then Natsu was getting beaten by all of his men.

-outside with Lucy and Happy-

"Is it really okay to leave him back there?" Lucy said.

"Aye! Natsu can handle them." He said with pride. "But I just remembered that he has motion sickness."

"Motion sickness? Then we've got to help him!"

"Aye but we've got our own problem."

"Huh? What is it?"

"I'm out of magic power." Happy said as his wings disappeared and they fell into the ocean.

"Way to go blue cat!" She yelled.

"Sorry Lucy."

"Well lucky for you I've got a plan to help Natsu." She took out a golden key and pointed it into the water. "Open the gate of the water bearer, Aquarius!"

A mermaid holding a small jar appeared on the water, looking pissed.

"I thought I told you to stop bothering me, girl." Aquarius said with venom clearly in her voice.

"Just wash up that cruise ship onto the shore please!"

"Tch."

"DON'T 'TCH' ME! Just hurry up, my friend needs help." Lucy pleaded.

"Let's get something straight first, girl. Just because my gate key is in your hands, it does not mean you can tell me what to do!" She barked.

She then started absorbing water into her jar and, with an angry yell, let loose a huge tidal wave that pushed the cruise ship, including Lucy and Happy, onto the shore.

"When I said Wash the ship to shore I did not mean me as well!" alucy yelled in frustration.

"Oh, it seems I missed, I ended up pushing the ship as well." Aquarius said carelessly.

"YOU WERE AIMING FOR US TOO?!" She shouted in disbelief.

"Don't summon me for a week, I'm going on a vacation with my boyfriend. With my boyfriend. " She said as she disappeared.

"DON'T REPEAT THAT!" Sighing, they both got up to head to the direction Natsu was. When they arrived, they saw Salamander's men outside on the beach's sand staring up at Natsu whom was on top of the side of the ship.

"Natsu!" She yelled before being blocked by Happy.

"Are you really from Fairytail?" Natsu asked with his eyes shadowed by his pink locks.

"What's it to you?! Go get him men!" Salamander said.

Once his men had come into range, Natsu merely swatted them aside as Natsu looked upon him with a face full of anger.

"I am Natsu of Fairytail! And I have never seen you before!"

Everyone could see his Fairytail Stamp now and they were all shocked.

"That mark! He's the real deal Bora-san!" Said one of Bora's crewman.

"Idiot! Don't call me by my real name!" Bora said.

"Bora, Bora the Prominence. I heard he was kicked out of the Titan Nose Guild a few years back." Noted Happy.

"I'll teach you a lesson for using Fairytail's name for your crimes!" Yelled Natsu.

"Oh yea? And what do you plan to do about it punk? Prominence Taifun!" He said as he launched a spiraling tornado of flames at him causes the ship's side to catch on fire. Thinking that he had won, Bora turned around. "Heh, you were just all talk."

"Gross! I can't believe how gross this fire tastes! Are you really a fire mage?"

"What?!" Bora yelled as he looked back and his eyes widened at what he was seeing.

Natsu was eating his magic flames as he seemed to not be affected by the fire. Lucy along with Bora and his men gaped at the sight before them.

"Thanks for the meal!" Natsu said with huff.

"W-what the hell is he?!" Bora exclaimed.

"Fire isn't going to work on Natsu." Happy told Lucy.

"Wow, I've never seen magic like that." She said in awe.

"Now that I've eaten I'm all revved up!" Natsu said before smacking his fists together. "Karyu no Hoko! (Fire Dragon's Roar)" He used his two hands to create a tube in which he blew fire out of.

The fire went straight for them as it knocked all the men out except for Bora who floated in the air using his Reddo Kappeto. (Red Carpet)

One of Bora's men was barely conscious as he spoke up to his boss.

"B-Bora-san, I recognize who he is! The one with pink hair, and the scarf that looks like scales, he's the real-"

"Salamander." Lucy finished with her mouth wide open.

"Remember it well, this is, what a real Fairytail wizard is!" He roared as he placed his fists on fire and launched himself into the air.

"He eats fire, he lights his hands on fire without getting burned, is that really magic?" Lucy asked.

"A Dragon's lungs, to breathe fire, a dragon's claws to wrap in flames, a dragon's scales to dissolve flames, an ancient spell." Happy said with smile.

"What is it?"

"Lost Magic, it's Metsuryu Maho (Dragonslayer magic). The fire dragon Igneel taught it to him." Happy said with pride.

"Amazing." Lucy said still in awe.

Natsu then hit Bora with his Karyu no Tekken (Fire Dragon's Iron Fist) which launched him to the town's clock tower causing it to explode. (Remember he's in his second origin form: far more powerful than the current council members).

Natsu landed near Lucy and was about to ask her if she wanted to join Fairytail, but was stopped as he heard footsteps.

"Oh crap! It's the military! We can't get in trouble with them!" He said frantically as he started running pulling Lucy with him.

"Wait! Why are you taking me?!" She cried.

"You said you wanted to join Fairytail right?"

She looked up at him and gave him a wide smile which he returned with a grin.

"Heh, come with me." He said cheerfully.

"Sure!" She said running after him with the military hot on their trail.

'Lucy is going to join us like she did before. I'm glad, she's going to be part of our family again! I can't wait to see what'll happen in the future! Erza, everyone-' He recalled his dead comrades from the future. 'This time, I promise, I won't let you guys down until the day I die!' He mentally shouted with determination.

A/N: And there's the fifth chapter, my longest so far. Again, all thanks to bl00dshy for getting me started. I'll try to update sooner but no promises since I'm lazy as hell. Next chapter will have a big NaZa moment, I assure you!