Sorry for the slow chapters lately. The reason I could get them out so fast earlier was because it was spring break, so I had tons of time. Now that school has started?... Not so much, But I'm tryin.

Disclaimer: I do NOT own Naruto, Fairy Tail, The Elder Scrolls, or Dark Souls.

One year had passed since Natsu and Kakashi joined the guild within quick succession. Over the year, people only ever saw them in the guild, usually talking to the people of their age group, before heading off on another mission. Team Ghost quickly rose up to be among Fairy Tail's strongest teams, having never failed a job, as well as completing them in record time.

All this attention attracted the Sorcerer Weekly, which is the exact opposite to what Natsu and Kakashi wanted. Right now in particular, we find a very interesting blonde reporter coming to Fairy Tail, and he seems to be infatuated with the word 'cool'.

"Yeah, the mission wasn't too har-" Kakashi tried to get his sentence out, but was cut off by the doors of the guild slamming open, revealing a blonde man with a camera and notepad.

"FAIRY TAIL FOR REAL! COOOOOOOOOOOL" He exclaimed. He began scurrying around, taking pictures and trying to get interviews from the more interesting members of the guild.

This promptly stopped, however, when he noticed Natsu and Kakashi. He rushed over to them, camera in one hand, notepad in the other.

"COOL! Who are you two?! And by the way, have you seen Team Ghost around anywhere?" He asked.

This caused the people currently seated at the table to grow confused. Team Ghost was right in front of him, what was he talking about?

Gray lifted a finger and began to spoke. "You crazy? They're ri-" But he couldn't finish, because Natsu smothered his mouth with sand.

Kakashi eye smiled and bowed apologetically. "Sorry, we don't know where they are. My friend and I are just some new recruits." He responded, making the others even more confused.

Jason became a little deflated at the news, but soon sprang back up to his earlier attitude. "THE DEMON MIRAJANE! COOOOOOL!" He yelled, sprinting full tilt towards Mirajane, who was at the bar getting a drink.

As soon as he was gone, Natsu took his sand away from Gray's mouth, allowing him to speak again.

"What the hell man? Why'd you do that? And why did you say you don't know where Team Ghost is? You guys are right here?" Gray asked skeptically.

"And how come he didn't recognize you guys? Surely people would recognize you by now." Erza continued.

Natsu shook his head. "We don't want any attention on us, it's pretty annoying to be honest. And they don't recognize us because we wear masks during our missions. Besides, Erza, are you sure you want all the fan girls knowing who Kakashi is?..." He asked, smirking.

Erza looked horrified. "W-what?! I-I don't care! What are you talking about?!" She asked, flustered and blushing hard.

Natsu turned to Kakashi and smirked. "Didn't even have to take off your face mask this time, eh?"

Kakashi narrowed his eyes at him. "How do you know about that?..." He asked suspiciously.

Natsu grinned. "Naruto told me."

Kakashi sighed, shaking his head. "That kid is going to be the death of me..." He muttered. Suddenly, he changed to a horrified expression. Wait... I'M YOUNGER THAN NARUTO NOW!

Kakashi inwardly groaned, putting away his book before disappearing in a whirl of leaves.

Natsu turned to them and smirked. "Hey guys, I think it's time for an SSS-Rank mission."

They turned to him, curious. "What? But none of us are S-Class mages! And we would still need-" Erza began, but Natsu cut her off.

"The mission is to unmask Kakashi!" He exclaimed.

They all stared at him. Gray spoke up. "At least a normal SSS-Class is possible..." He muttered.

Natsu smirked. "Don't worry, I have a few ideas. Wanna join me?"

HALF AN HOUR LATER

"I can't believe we're doing this..." Muttered an annoyed Aki.

Natsu shh'd her. "Don't worry, It'll be worth it." He said.

They were currently sneaking around Kakashi's house, trying to be silent as possible. Even Erza and Gray were there. Mirajane and the other siblings were on a special S-Rank job, so they couldn't come, no matter how much they wanted to.

The house was immensly large, having cost almost a million jewels. It was made mostly of wood, adopting a look similar to a medieval manor, albeit on a much smaller scale. The house came with no furniture, except the lights, which had been pre-installed. It was actually quite new, only being a few months old.

They kept going around Kakashi's house that could easily be considered a mansion. The creaking floorboards seemed as loud as cannons to them, and they froze every time they stepped on one. Which was about every ten seconds.

They were looking for one specific item there. Or rather, a few specific items. And they just happened to all have 'Icha Icha' in the name. They assumed the books would be in the bookshelf, but it seems that Kakashi had hidden them somewhere.

Oh, that's right. Kakashi's house just happened to have a small library.

The ragtag group continued on through the mansion, desperately trying to find Kakashi's prized books. They looked everywhere. It's a good thing that they cleaned up after themselves, otherwise it would look like someone had just ransacked Kakashi's house.

"Come on, Natsu, isn't there some other way we could see Kakashi's face? How about just asking him to go eat with us?" Complained Gray. "And I'm sure Erza would be perfectly happy to ask him." He continued, causing Erza to blush a bright red.

Natsu shook his head. "People have tried that, Gray, and about a million other ways. As far as I know, this is the only way to beat him." Natsu said, remembering when Naruto told him about when Team Seven tried to get Kakashi to reveal his face.

Hell, who even has seen his face? The Third Hokage probably has, and his dad. But they're both dead! Hmm... maybe Sasuke? Yamato? Why am I even thinking of this? It's not like we'll ever see any of those people again.

Still though, Natsu couldn't help but think of the various people that might have had the once in a lifetime opportunity of seeing his mask less face. Naruto had told him that it was to prevent a fangirl situation, which was understandable after seeing Sasuke walk around.

Suddenly, Erza gained a triumphant expression, and spoke a little too loud. "AHA! I see it!" She said, pointing.

They all rushed over to where Erza was pointing, finding them neatly stacked on the kitchen counter, making them all sweat drop.

"So much for hiding 'em..." Natsu muttered, picking up the top book, flipping it around, making sure it was actually the book. "Hehe, we got it guys... Now, here's the plan..." He said, bringing them into a huddle to explain.

TWENTY MINUTES LATER

Kakashi has had a long day. First the reporter, then he had to do some sort of searching mission, and without Natsu's clones, it was a real pain. Something a genin should be doing to be honest, and it frustrated Kakashi to no end.

He sighed as he walked into his house, taking off his coat and putting it on the rack. He rolled his shoulders, stretching his aching muscles from the menial tasks of the day. Suddenly, he noticed movement in his house, and turned his head towards it questioningly.

Natsu swiveled around in Kakashi's armchair, with a smirk on his face. He held up the books they stole. "Looking for these, Kakashi?" He asked. He held the books in one hand, and fire in the other.

Kakashi recoiled in horror. "What's going on! Natsu?!" He yelled. Even they're trying it now? Damn. I thought it would be longer to be honest. How long was it for Naruto's group?... I can't even remember now.

Erza, Gray, and Aki then stepped out from their hiding places. Erza pointed her sword at him. "Reveal your face or the books burn!" She declared menacingly.

Kakashi stared at them wide-eyed. "Ok, ok! I will, just wait!" He cried, reaching his hand up to his nose.

The group stared at him in expectation. Time seemed to move in slow motion as his hand glided up to the top of his mask. Closer... Closer... Closer...

Then, they all blinked as Kakashi just disappeared in a swirl of leaves, leaving the group completely speechless at his hasty exit. Eventually, the shock wore off, and it was safe to say they were fairly frustrated.

"DAMNIT!" Natsu swore.

"So close..." Gray and Aki muttered.

Erza just sighed in exasperation. Damn. She thought. We were so close... I wonder if he's super handsome or something?... WAIT! No. Why am I thinking like this?!

AT THE GUILD HALL

The newly-made book stealers walked into the guild hall only to see Kakashi looking perfectly calm sitting at their usual table reading his prized book. His legs were crossed, and he didn't seem to notice them walk in.

They walked over to the table and sat down, awkwardly staring at Kakashi. Most of them thought that Kakashi would be angry with them for trying to reveal his face and burn his books. Eventually Natsu spoke up.

"So you keep an extra copy of those things?" He asked. Unlike the others, Natsu knew Kakashi got attempts like this all the time, so he didn't really care.

Kakashi nodded and kept reading. He looked perfectly calm, but inwardly he was laughing his head off. They must be so confused! Ah... It's always like this the first time. Too bad Natsu already knows what's up.

Natsu just shrugged and walked over to the bar to get a drink, leaving Gray, Erza, and Kakashi just sitting there at the table.

Gray noticed the somewhat... quiet mood. Standing up, he pointed a finger at Erza. "Come on, Erza! Let's go do some training! I still have to master my Ice Dragon Slayer magic, and you can use that cool sword Natsu gave you!" Hearing his name, Natsu turned to them from the bar and gave them a thumbs up. Gray just hoped that his idea would be able to lighten Erza up a bit.

Erza gave Kakashi a guilty glance, before standing up slowly and walking behind Gray to the training field in the guild's back yard.

Kakashi looked up with an eyebrow raised. Damn, she's taking this harder than I thought... Does she really have a crush on me? Never thought I'd see the day... Well, with my mask anyway. Maybe she could be the one?...

A FEW HOURS LATER, WITH GRAY AND ERZA

ICE DRAGON'S ROAR! yelled a grimy and sweaty Gray. He was covered in small cuts and bruises and was panting heavily.

A small whitish-blue ball of light appeared in front of his mouth, which promptly shot out several strands of turquoise ice that looked like lightning. They stuck closely together, spiraling around each other like a braid with more than three strands.

(Like Ice Beam from the pokemon television show)

The ice headed straight towards Erza, who looked much the same as Gray, although without as many bruises or scratches, since she was the one doing more damage.

Erza had decided to use the blade with her Flame Empress armour, which was what she was currently wearing. Since she didn't possess the Ice Empress armour, this would be the next best thing, hoping to melt Gray's ice with fire. Turns out dragon slayer ice happens to be much, much colder than Gray's normal ice, so at first it didn't turn out so well.

That is, until she decided to use the sword's special ability. Once the blade had been set ablaze in black fire, it cut through the dragon slayer ice with relative ease, only meeting resistance when Gray combined his Ice-Make and Ice Dragon Slayer magic.

As she saw the attack growing closer to her, she got into a low stance, Onyx Blade in one hand, Flame Empress Sword in the other. She set her blades alight, and put them up into a cross guard, nullifying Gray's attack.

When the dust settled, they both stood there looking at each other, panting from exhaustion.

"It seems you have gotten quite the power boost with that dragon lacrima, Gray." Erza commented.

Gray grinned. "Yeah, it really is amazing. Too bad I can't eat my own ice though, that would be cool." He said.

Erza sighed. "Yeah..." She said, looking sadly at her feet. I wonder if Kakashi is still mad at me? I really hope not.

Gray noticed her out of it look and decided to take action. "If you really think Kakashi is still mad at you, why don't you just talk to him about it?" He asked, clearly confused.

"Let's just go back inside, Gray." Declared an exasperated Erza.

A WHILE LATER IN THE EVENING

Erza just couldn't get Kakashi out of her head. What if he hated her now? Would she ever be able to get his trust back? Or would he just hate her forever? But she decided that she would ask him about it tonight, or rather, right now.

She finished her last piece of cake, and paid the bill, returning the plate to the counter of the bar. Immediately, she began her search for the copy ninja, looking in every nook and cranny desperately.

After a full hour of searching, she still couldn't find him anywhere. She had looked through the entire guild, and beyond, even going as far as Kakashi's house. Starting to give in to despair, she sat down at one of the benches. They were all open, as all the other guild members had left.

Tears brimmed the corners of her eyes, and she buried her face in her hands. This is horrible! I can't find him anywhere! What if he's purposely ignoring me... He probably doesn't even want to talk to me after what I did...

"Looking for something?" She heard a voice call out from above her.

She looked up at the voice, not even caring if anyone saw her cry anymore. Her eyes widened when she saw Kakashi casually sitting on one of the support beams that run across the top of the guild hall. He eye smiled and waved at her, before appearing beside her in a fancy swirl of red leaves.

Erza shifted her feet nervously. "H-hey Kakashi... I'm r-really sorry a-abou-" But Kakashi cut her off, holding up his hand telling her to stop.

"Nah, don't worry about it. Back where I come from, I had people trying to get under my mask constantly." He said, waving his hand dismissively.

Erza's frown instantly turned to a smile. She wiped the tears from her eyes, and fixed her slumped posture from crying. She was about to thank him, but he cut her off yet again.

"But I never understood why you people want to see under my mask." He said, shrugging.

"Well, I-we want to see your face obviously!." She said with a bright smile, correcting herself mid-sentence.

Kakashi raised an eyebrow at her response, before responding with something completely off topic. "This is completely off topic, but I never got a straight forward answer as to what Fairy Tail is all about. Natsu just told me it was like a family, but that's it. Can you explain further?" He asked.

Erza tilted her head at the odd question. "Uhh... well yeah, sure! In Fairy Tail, we all treat each other like family, and would do anything to protect them. Master even considers all of us his 'kids'. Fairy Tail also signifies a never ending adventure! Do fairies even have tails? do they even exist? It's an eternal mystery, a never ending adventure to be shared with your precious family!" She finished in a glorious tone.

Kakashi eye smiled and looked up at the sky, reminiscing. You would like it a lot here, Lord Third, Jiraiya.

Once Erza had finished her explanation, she looked at Kakashi, wondering why he cared so much about their guild's 'motto'. But when her eyes came upon Kakashi, she gasped, and almost fainted.

Kakashi had taken off his mask, and boy oh boy was he handsome. He could dethrone Hibiki in half a second! She thought, blushing a deep red, not even noticing how her jaw had dropped. Then the more... depressing thoughts came in like a tsunami. With that kind of face... he could get any girl he wants... Why would he ever want me? I'm not even pretty, or anything for that matter! She thought, gritting her teeth, tears starting to form in the corners of her eyes yet again.

Kakashi smirked at her. "What? Too ugly for ya?" He teased.

Erza, who was still flustered to no end, shook her head rapidly.

Kakashi smiled, which happened to be the first time that anyone had ever seen a real smile from him.

Poor Erza didn't stand a damn chance. She fainted on the spot with a cute squeal. Out before she even hit the ground. Kakashi sighed and caught her with one arm, putting his mask back on with the other. He put her unconscious form on his back, piggyback style, and began the long trek back to Fairy Hill's, where he knew Erza lived.

THE NEXT MORNING

The guild was just being it's normal self. Few brawls here and there, mostly caused by Aki, who constantly fought with Gray. Makarov sat at the bar drinking, along with Cana. The others were just sitting at their normal tables, enjoying the day.

Suddenly, the guild doors slammed open revealing a red-haired, twelve year old girl. She ran in the guild, not even bothering to say hi to Makarov or the other guild members.

Getting to her table, where the rest of her friends sat, she stood at the head of the table, staring down at them menacingly.

"Where is Kakashi!" She demanded, slamming her metal-encased fist on the table, causing a small crater to form.

They all stared at her in confusion at her weird mood. They all knew where Kakashi was, but nobody had the guts to tell her, until a certain ice mage came to the reasonable conclusion that someone else would eventually tell her, but she would still beat them up anyways for not telling her.

"Erza... Kakashi and Natsu left on a decade quest."