Hi everyone. Here is story #9 from me, and I already have an idea what #10 will be. Got the idea for this one from Natsu is Awesome. Originally he asked me what I thought of this as an element in a story, and after reading the description I made a tweak and turned it into a story of its own.

Take place one year after the Tartarus arc.

I Own Nothing! The original idea for this story came from Natsu I Awesome.

Chapter 1.

Pilot?

"MMMMNNNN!" A young red-headed woman yawned stretching as she began to stir. While stretching she felt a pair of strong pierced arms pulling her back into their owners bear chest. Dressed only in red panties and bra did she feel the warmth of his skin transferring to her making her want to go back to sleep.

"You awake Erza?" The man with long spiky black asked groggily.

Hesitating for a moment. "Yeah." Feeling his arms letting go she wanted him to hold her still so she moved his arms back around her feeling the cool metal studs on the outer part of his arms. "Five more minutes Gajeel?"

"Five more minutes." He agreed smirking to himself. The Slayer knew she wasn't ready to get up yet, and to be honest neither was he.

So the Dragon and Knight laid down in bed for the next five minutes enjoying the feel of the others warm skin on each other only moving as their chests rose and feel while breathing.

"Lily is going to wake us up if we wait to much longer." Gajeel said taking a look at the arm clock on the night stand near the bed reading eleven O' Clock.

"Then let go of me." Erza began to free herself.

"I don wanna." Pulling her back in.

Knock, Knock, Knock. The exceed on the other side of the door knocked on the door.

Both letting out a groan of frustration hearing those knocks coming down low on the door.

"Erza its Sunday." Lily called from the other side of the door. "Its your turn to make breakfast." Not sounding like a former captain of the royal guard, but a child.

Reluctantly moving her mans arm off from around her so she could get up. "I'll be there in a minute." Erza called out to the exceed. Once her foot touched the carpet on the floor did she re-quip herself into a light blue pair of pajama bottoms and a shirt of the same color.

Feeling the woman getting off of the bed did Gajeel sit up propping himself up with his elbows. "Want a hand?"

Running her fingers through her long hair to straighten it up a bit. "I got this." Knowing she was going to just be making a simple egg breakfast.

"He'll be leaving on a mission with Wendy, Carla, and Romeo this afternoon." Getting out of bed dressed only in black boxers. "Say's they're be gone for at least a week." Grabbing a towel from atop a wooden dresser.

"To bad its not sooner." Stopping herself as her fingers wrapped around the door knob. "I might have made you breakfast in my Seduction Armor." She both winked and smiled at him lustfully before walking out of the bedroom.

"I hate having a cat sometimes." He complained knowing how breakfast would have ended if it was just the two of them in his two bedroom cabin. Opening the door Erza just did except he made his way to the bathroom instead of the kitchen.

Walking from the bedroom to the kitchen did Erza see Lily on his boosted seat at the table reading the morning paper he flew into town to get. "Morning Lily." Scratching the Exceed right behind his round black ears.

Hating how humans would do that to him no matter how good it made him feel. "Morning Erza." Lily greeted once she stopped scratching him. After seeing her heading back to the kitchen did the former Edolas captain turn the page over to go back to reading the comic strips.

"This still feels so weird." She said to herself gathering all the things she needed to make eggs, bacon, and pancakes. Months after moving in was she still getting used to living with Gajeel and Lily in their two-bedroom cabin nearly two miles away from Magnolia in the woods. After all she had been living at Fairy Hills for most of her life. Looking over to see her 'cat' turning the page over. "And you started it." Talking to herself

Ever since the former Edolian had joined the guild once or twice a week Erza would spar with the Exceed as she was a familiar face to him as he adapted to his new home world. It didn't take him to long, but the two kept the routine up. Once the sparing was done they'd tell each other of their home world. But one day nearly eight months ago everything changed.

Flashback. Eight Months Ago.

"Hmmmm, Hmmmm, Hmmmm." Erza hummed to herself walking through the woods to Lily and Gajeel's home. Finally arriving did she knock on the door. Not hearing a response did she knock again. Still nothing did she knock a third time. Ready to call out to her Nakama.

"Get off of my Property." A rough male voice yelled at her before violently opening the door. Once opened did he see his armored guild mate standing in front of his now open door. "What are you doing her Titania?"

"Oh hi Gajeel." Sure she had come by his cabin in the wood many a times, yet never once seeing him. It actually shocked her a bit to see him. "Is..."

"Wendy, her cat, and Natsu's fan-boy went on a mission together and he volunteered to go with them incase they needed some extra help." He said grumpily. Mostly due to him not getting invited to come along.

"Oh!" Surprised she hadn't heard about it. "Sorry for disturbing you Gajeel." She gave a slight bow before turning to walk away.

Annoyed even further now did time feel like time slowed down. Little did either sparring buddy know was that the Iron-Mage had watched every single one of them. Just like he's angry about Lily taking off on him for a week he was even more frustrated that the cat never invited him to join them. Sure he was tough all around, but on the inside he felt things he'd never admit to having to others.

'Should I ask her?' Asking himself mentally. Still watching her walk away did he see her hips swaying side to side.

'You should!' A voice inside his head answered him. 'You've had an eye on her even before the cat started sparing with her. Dumb-Ass!'

'Its not that easy.' Admitting he's had a crush on her since he joined the guild. 'I don't even know what to say to her.' Also admitting he'd never be good at expressing himself with words.

'There's more ways to ask someone for something besides talking, Dumb-Ass!'

Taking a second to process what his mind just told him. "HEY ERZA!' He shouted as he launched a solid pole of iron at her.

Turning around after hearing her name being shouted out did she turn just in time to get hit in the face by Gajeel's Iron-Club. The force behind the punch took her off of her feet.

'Oh Shit!' Freaking out on the inside while keeping a cool on the outside. He saw blood dripping from her nose as she staggered back to her feet. "If you're looking for a sparring partner I'm free. Gi Hi Hi!" Not only was he feeling the butterflies in his stomach storming, but now he felt his body aching for a fight. After all it had been a four months since Natsu and Happy left to go train with Igneel, and the Stripper un-willing to brawl as much since then made the guild a little to dull with the decline in the random bar-brawls.

Wiping her nose did she see blood on her gauntlet adding to her rage from being sucker punched. "You wanna spar huh Gajeel." Voice oozing with anger. "I'll spar with you Gajeel." Re-quiping herself into her heavy black Purgatory Armor looking to take something with her.

Only needing either sight or hearing to catch her new found intent did the Dragon-Slayer know he wasn't about to have a sparring match. This was going to be a fight against a pissed off Titania. Coating his body in Iron-Scale, and turned it to steal for additional protection. "Bring it on Titania."

What happened next was a twendy-seven minute war between the Knight and the Dragon-Slayer. A dozen innocent trees cut down in the process, and many deep gashes carved into the ground. Due to Gajeel's ability to consume Iron he was able to bite through and tear Erza's armor apart forcing her to use every piece of armor and weapon she owned. Despite his advantage over her the woman's will kept her going and coming back for more putting him on the defensive as many times he put her on the defense.

Erza slowly burned away from her anger as her armor was getting wrecked realize just how bad of a match up this was for her. She never faced an enemy who feed off of her as the fight went on. Unlike all her previous enemies she had to improvise more than she ever had before. Yet despite it all she was having the most fun she'd ever had in a fight before, and could feel the same coming from him.

Both mages found themselves exhausted leaning upon each other to keep themselves standing. Panting heavily as both heads buried in the crooks of each others neck.

"Give up!" Gajeel panted dressed only in raggedy white pants.

"You give up!" Erza countered panting just as heavily her red samurai pants mirroring the man's while her bandages hugged her large breasts loosely.

legs and bodies giving out they collapsed to the ground laying sweaty next to each other. The fight ending in a draw.

After several minutes of letting his body recover did Gajeel finally speak. "Wanna do this again?"

Processing the question in her mind did Erza answer. "Sure."

"ERZA!"

five weeks later. Erza, Gajeel, and Lily in battle mode where all three sparing just outside off the log cabin. They would only go two at a time switching one person out for various reasons. Doing so they were able to maximize their training time.

"That was fun." Erza said having caught her breath once the sparing was done.

"Are you staying for dinner?" Lily asked no longer in battle mode.

Looking back and forth between the two males as her stomach grumbled.

"Might as well." Gajeel's stomach also growling.

"Three plates then." Lily said walking into the cabin to prepare dinner.

With the exceed inside the two humans remained outside.

"So how's your team been doing." Gajeel asked knowing Natsu leaving damaged their team.

"Separated for now." Erza sighed not wanting to go into details.

Pulling a flier out of his pocket. "If that's the case then how's about you go on a job with Lily and me?" Handing it off to the redhead.

Scanning the flier did she quickly notice the S-Class ranking on it. "Planning on me saying yes?" She smirked knowing he had to have asked Makarov about it earlier.

"Afraid of taking it on. Gi Hi Hi." He laughted.

Still looking at he job it was to retrieve a valuable artifact from a rogue wizard who had stolen it. "Please I could take this job myself."

"That's what I told the old man, but rules are rules." Taking the paper from the woman. "So what do you say we have a competition."

Simply hearing the word lit the spark of her competitive nature. "You're on."

With that Erza and Gajeel formed a new team with Lily bouncing between them and Wendy's team with Romeo.

"ERZA!"

Two months later. Gajeel and Erza's relationship quickly grew. Enough so that Erza had moved from living in Fairy Hills to living with her now boyfriend and his exceed, skipping sleeping in different rooms they shared a bed the first night she had moved in so not to steal Lily's room.

"MMMMNNNN!" "UGGGHHH!" Both groaned in frustrations after nearly an hour of trying to fall asleep neither could.

"How do people sleep like this?" Erza groaned.

"We could always try...UGH!" Gajeel tried to suggest something to tire them out only to get hit before he could finish.

"We are not doing that yet!" Feeling like they were going to fast already sharing a bed.

"Yet?"

Sitting up from lying down did she grab her pillow. "This was too soon." Trying to get out of bed, but was pulled back down before she could get up.

"Tartarus?" Gajeel asked having heard what the demon Kyouka did to her. Under the ending of the shirt she was wearing could he see one of the scares acquired from the demon. "Or the Tower of Heaven?" Having heard from Lucy her struggles from her childhood.

Hugging herself as both names brought only horrible memories. "Yeah."

Wrapping his arms around his girlfriend. "You're not the only one." He assured her. Gajeel then went on to talk of his childhood. A Childhood that nearly mirrored her own in darkness. Both mages were in tears sharing their dark histories, and fears with each other.

Looking at him with teary eyes. "I guess that's why ended here together." Now understanding why after less than four months from sparring with each other why she was now getting closer to him than any other she'd been with.

Staring back into the eyes that store into his. "We understand each others darkness." Understanding the true attraction they had for one another. "And want to help each other get past it." Having felt her bringing order to him.

"And finally move on in life." Feeling herself becoming more and more comfortable around others, and loosening up on some lesser rules.

Leaning into each other till their lips meet.

"ERZA!"

A month later after a long intense sparring session with no Lily around Erza and Gajeel found themselves in the same situation they were the first times the clashed with their clothes damaged beyond repair. Only this time Gajeel had landed on top of Erza, and they weren't completely spent.

"MMMNN!" Both moaned as they began a different kind of battle.

"ERZA"

END FLASHBACK(S).

"Huh!" Erza snapping out of her daydream of how her and Gajeel became the others partner in many different ways. Looking around did she see Gajeel pointed at something behind her in the kitchen still drying his long black locks with the other. "What is it Gajeel?"

Pointing as something behind the woman. "You're burning something."

"Crap!' Turning around did she see the bacon burning beyond the point of being edible. Over the course of fixing her mistake did she think of what happened next in her last flashback. Of the first time they had sex. Neither was each others first, but neither would surrender any names.

"Thanks for breakfast." Lily said once finished with his plate. "I'll be back in a week or two." Heading for the door.

"Be careful." Both humans said before he exited the cabin.

Without saying anything the Dragon Slayer picked up all the dirty dishes leaving only a set of coffee mugs still being drinken from. Carrying them to the sink did he begin to wash them.

Now having some free time did Erza open up her Equip screen to check for notices. Luckily none of her armor was damaged so there were no bills she had to pay her blacksmith. "No updates on new sets of armor." Mumbling to herself as she flipped through the pages on the screen. "What's this?" Noticing an order complete message from a smith who's name she didn't recognize. After opening it up did she jump up to cheer like a child. "Yes! Finally!"

From the kitchen sink did Gajeel hear his girlfriend screaming like a child who got what they wanted for Christmas.

Quickly going through the reply screens did she get her newest piece of armor. In a flash of golden light was her right hand and arm just above the elbow was covered in a smooth black material that had a scaled design with a hint of blue on the outside of each scale. Whatever it was made from it was far to light to be made up of any metal she knew of. as a mater of fact the piece despite a scaled design etched into it was so smooth and flexible that fit like a glove instead of several pieces of metal forced to fit as a protective armor of any kind.

"What's that!" Never seeing this piece of armor before, or the woman ever getting this excited for new equipment.

Smiling. "This." Placing the gauntlet in his line of sight to mask her face from him. "Was made from the scale of the Acnologia that was knocked loose." Remembering the fight between Igneel and Acnologia that ended when the black dragon flew off once all the demons had been slain.

Gajeel's intrigue rose hearing that the gauntlet was made with a dragon's scale, even though he was unimpressed its appearance. "Did it really take a year for your smith to make that?" Personally thinking he would have preferred a dagger to a single gauntlet.

Shaking her head. "I didn't know the smith who made this, but he was the only one who was willing to forge something with it." Not really caring that it was a solo piece she got from the scale that feel near her weakened body. "A whole year?" Taking another look at her newest piece of armor.

"A lot's happened to you and your former team since then."

How true he was. Within five minutes of the end of their war with Tartarus Igneel had taken Natsu and Happy with him to finish training him so he could do what he couldn't, kill Acnologia. No one from the guild or any of their allies had heard a single thing about him, and no one knew when or if he would return to Fairy Tail. They simply knew that he would eventually return to them.

Gray out of the three whose year he did know of must have went by the most boring. The guy was still ignorant to Juvia's stalking and pretty much still hasn't found anyone to be with yet. Then again with how busy he had become becoming Fairy Tails newest S-Class wizard he was barely in town for more than a few days before heading out for a new job as he honed his new found Devil-Slaying magic.

Lucy though reversing the curse that imprisoned everyone but her said she never wanted to lose some else again like she had Aquarius because she was too weak. Snapping her key at great cost to summon the Spirit King that was the beginning of Fairy Tails counter attack. To become stronger she begged Laxus to train her which at first he refused until his determination to not train her cracked before hers did. In nine months training with him did the two blondes develop a relationship that grew just a little bit faster than Erza's did. How much further could they have gotten ahead of them you may ask. Simply put Makarov said he couldn't let the future master of the guild take his mantle over without marrying the woman carrying his great-grandchild. The duo just returned from their honeymoon a week ago.

"A lot has changed over the last year." Erza said while still eyeing her newest toy, while still thinking of all that had changed in her life while it was being made.

"Wanna test it out?" Gajeel asked more than recognizing the look in his lovers eyes whenever she got a new piece of equipment. It was the same kind of look a child has whenever they're about to start opening their presents on Christmas morning. Wasn't too easy to spot this time as part of said excitement was being masked by thoughts of change were flowing just as much, but he could still see it.

Recomposing herself. "Yes." Turning to face him. "But no taking a bite out of his piece." She warned him. "The Blacksmith said he can't replicate the material without any more scales."

"Ah Shucks." Wrapping his left arm around her waist as he pulled her in burying his nose/face into the crook of her neck. "But I oh so love stripping you out of your armor." Kissing her neck between words.

Pushing him off. "Not yet." Pressing her armored right hand on his chest. "Not until I get to test this gauntlet out." Her inner woman wanting him now while her inner child wanting to play with her newest toy to find out what all it could do. Grabbing hold of his collar with her free hand and moving the other to his collar as well to pull him into a kiss. "After some sparring then we can." Feeling herself getting scooped up off of her feet.

"Then lets get started so we can get started." He grinned. "Gi hi hi hi!" Kicking his front door open and ran into a square acres clearing they had made.

Once in the clearing did Erza jump out of Gajeel's arms. Once her feet touched the ground did she take a few steps back away from him till there was a ten foot gap between them. "You ready to help me test out my newest gauntlet. A gauntlet made from the scale of the Acnologia." Feeling the magic of the armor beginning to surge through her body. A magic unlike any she had ever felt before.

To be honest as excited as he was to see what the weapon could do another part of him was terrified. In the two times he had seen the great dragon it had never taken any damage from a human. Even when it got hit from five Dragon-Slayers at the same time. "You bet I am?" Refusing to let any of that fear become present. Covering his body in Steal-Scales. "Show me what your Acnologia-Gauntlet can do!" At that both mages charged each other.

End Chapter 1.

Next Chapter.

Pandora's Box?

Sorry for a boring first chapter. I promise things will start to get interesting from this point forward. I'm just not very good at writing opening chapters that don't end on a true cliffhanger.

Until next time my lovely readers.

Have an awesome one.

WildCard555 Out.