Sorry for the delay, you don't understand how distracted I can get with the little free time I have x'D But thank you so much for the reviews, I love reading them! I've finally caught up with the Fairy Tail anime and hopefully I can get around reading the manga soon.

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Sunset

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The sun's sweltering rays beamed down generously upon the resort's beach. As Erza walked along the shore, sand wedging in between her feet, Erza gazed at the ocean. Waves endlessly crashed down on the shore and palm trees were scattered along the beach. The wind carried many different and interesting scents into the dragon slayer's nostrils, Natsu first move was to dive into the salty water and Lucy followed quickly behind him. Awkwardly, leaving both Erza and Gray behind, the two watched as they splashed each other with water. Erza let out a hefty sigh before breaking the silence. She didn't want any tension between her and her teammate during this vacation. Gray deserved an apology.

"Gray, I'm sorry ... about everything." Erza began. As she opened her mouth to continue speaking, Gray gave her a sincere, understanding grin.

"Listen, Erza," His hand unconsciously rubbed the back of his neck, "I don't know much about this Jellal guy but if you love him, I'll accept it. But if he ever hurts you, I won't hesitant to take him down."

Relief flooded over her body as Gray lightly touched her shoulder before he raced off to join the Natsu and Lucy. Erza smiled to herself, happy that Gray wasn't as upset as she thought he would be. How did he move on so quickly? Her coffee, brown eyes scanned the beach clearing, noticing a figure behind a palm tree and her loving gaze staring directly towards Gray. Ah, Gray had a secret admirer, that made sense. Instead of confronting the blue haired woman, Erza rushed into the ocean to join her teammates.

"Natsu!" Lucy yelped, a deep, red blush forming on her cheeks, "Put me down!"

The fire dragon had swiftly grabbed Lucy, holding her legs up with one arm while the other supported her neck. A sly grin formed on his face, "Let's see how far I can throw you."

"What? No!"

Ignoring her violent protests, Natsu tossed the key bearer in to the water and her body created a big splash as it made contact. He let out a loud, victorious chuckle but it was cut short as the blonde mage tackled him once she emerged from the water. Gray and Erza watched the scene with amused faces until they were hit with the waves the two create and were drug under.

"Hey, Natsu! Watch where you are splashing!" Gray shouted angrily on deaf ears as Natsu continued to fight with Lucy in the water, splashing her and everyone else around.

"Gray, put some swimming trunks on." Happy muttered, his little, blue body floating in the swaying water next to Gray and Erza. Her chocolate eyes peeked at what Happy had been talking about, the he-cat was right, Gray trunks had gone missing.

"H-How did that happen?" Gray growled with frustration as Erza giggled at how upset it made him, "What are you laughing at?" He accused before tackling the Titania as Lucy did to Natsu.

"Kya!" Erza let out a scream, her face turning a furious red, "Gray! Put some clothes on before you do that!"

The sun was beginning to sink into the horizon, the sky turning beautiful hues of orange, purple, and red. The ice mage decided to take a break after their hectic day of play, Lucy accidentally smacking a man in the head while playing pinata and an intense match of volleyball. Unfortunately, the volleyball game was lost since Natsu and Erza made an unbeatable team. He relaxed his body on a towel, stretching his limps under the peaceful sunset.

"Juvia is glad to see Gray-sama is feeling better." A voice sounded beside him suddenly, his dark eyes turning around to see the girl who had comforted him at the park earlier.

He began to wonder how she was at Akane Resort but Gray was suddenly distracted by her features. Instead of the thick, winter clothing she wore a dark, blue bikini that stood out next to her creamy, pale skin. Juvia neatly rested down beside Gray, the light from the sun making her skin glow.

"Uh, yeah." Gray muttered, snapping himself out of his trance. He brought his body up from the laying position and then gazed out towards the horizon, "Didn't you say before that you wanted to join Fairy Tail?"

"Oh, yes! Juvia would love to join Gray-sama's guild!" The rain woman chimed.

"Well, when we get back from our vacation, I'll talk to Marakov about you joining." Gray insisted.

Her crystal eyes gleamed with happiness as she jumped up with excitement, Gray couldn't help but grin. It was the least he could do for her, without the the former Phantom Lord mage Gray would probably still be sore about the whole situation with Erza. At least now he had something to distract him from the Titania, he secretly enjoy the rain women's attention.

Across the beach, Lucy settled down while eating a piece of watermelon beside Happy. The blue he-cat was playing with the sand, forming it into a castle. A good one at that. Beside the blonde, celestial wizard was Natsu and the fire dragon looked out at the sunset. Lucy cast her brown eyes towards Natsu, his gaze seemed more serious than usual. Lucy was about to open her mouth to question him but she ceased. The only time he ever looked so concentrated was when he was either thinking about Igneel or Lisanna. Either way, both were a touché subject for Natsu and she didn't want to disturbed him. After finishing the rest of her watermelon, she threw the rind to the side and stood up.

"I should probably go check up on Erza." Lucy mentioned, stretching out her arms, "Its about time we go check out the casino anyway. I'm ready to gamble!"

Happy chirped in agreement but Natsu only nodded slowly before he brought his gaze up to Lucy, the seriousness fading from his eyes. Lucy sighed in relief as he gave one of his signature grins, she didn't like it when Natsu became extremely serious outside of battle.

"What's wrong?" Natsu inquired, he had noticed Lucy's sigh.

"Oh, nothing! You just seemed down, but I guess I was just seeing things." Lucy said, frantically shaking her hands in front of her face in defense. The dragon slayer stood up, stepping forward until he was close to Lucy. He stared deeply into her eyes, a deep blush was forming on the key bearer's cheeks as their noses were nearly touching.

"Lucy?" Natsu muttered.

"Y-Yes?" She barely managed to stamper, Lucy wanted to back away from him but her legs refused to move.

"You're weird."

Lucy stomped off right after she nearly fell drastically to the ground, it frustrated her whenever Natsu would do such things. It would seem as if they were having a moment but he would ruin it with a comment like that. Exhaling a exasperated sigh, Lucy headed towards the hotel room and left a dumbfounded Natsu staring after her.

Erza had left earlier from the beach than the others, hoping she could get some alone time with her thoughts. Her body was lazily sprawled out on a folding chair, dozing in the setting sun. Just as she was drifting in to a sleep, a knock on the room door snapped the Titania awake. Erza walked over and pulled the door open, revealing Lucy in the threshold. The celestial wizard was already fully dressed in a long, flowing, fancy black dress that shown quite a bit of cleavage but that was normal for Lucy.

"Hey, Erza." Lucy greeted, showing off her dress to her best friend, "Everyone's ready to go down to the casino, you want to come?"

"Of course." Erza grinned, her bikini requipping into a sleek, revealing dress that was similar to Lucy's, "I'll meet you guys down there in a little bit."

Lucy nodded, smiling before leaving the room and headed downstairs by herself. Just as she was about to lock up the hotel room, Erza stopped before a mirror hanging on the wall. It was very rare for the scarlet haired warrior to ever wear such an outfit and she admired herself for a moment, posing slightly and smiling at her reflection. She lifted her arms, playfully messing with her hair that was held in a high, yet somewhat loose, ponytail.

"I feel like an idiot posing like this." Erza grumbled, letting her arms fall back to her sides.

"I think you look beautiful." A sweet, seductive voice called out from behind Erza. The Titania gazed back into the mirror, revealing Jellal standing a few feet behind her in the reflection. Suddenly conscious of herself, Erza crossed her arms and blush deeply. Clearly embarrassed that Jellal caught her admiring herself in the mirror, but she did feel overjoyed to see him again.

"Jellal, what are you doing here?" She inquired, stepping closer to her childhood friend.

"I came here to take you, Er-chan."

A/N ;; Not much Jellal x Erza in this chapter, sorry about that but I wanted to sneak in some more Gray x Juvia and add some Natsu x Lucy. I'll try to get the next chapter done as soon as possible! Please review~