Hey guys! Another chapter ^-^ I was thinking on starting another story! I mean I would continue with this one , but I really want to make those Fairy Tail stories when they're in high school and everything. I was planning to make it a Sting x Lucy x Natsu story as well. I think I might just do it ! Enjoy ~

Erza led the group through a dirt path as she hummed a tune. It had been approximately three hours of them walking on foot. The group was completely the whole time, except Erza who was in the lead in a cheery mood.

"Can't we rest a bit Erza?" whined Natsu as sweat dripped off his forehead from the flaming sun.

"No we are almost there" she said in a stern voice, as Natsu sighed.

Lucy could feel the heat was getting stronger and stronger by the minute. Since the jungle was in the most tropical part of Fiore, of course the heat was going to increase.

Her face was beet red, as she felt tiny drips of sweat on her forehead. She wiped it off with her arm, as she sighed at least they were almost there.

"Is my blondie okay?" Sting said putting an arm around Lucy.

"I'm fine, it's just the heat" she said using her hand to fan her face giving off a smile at him.

He smirked as he agreed with her about the heat, it was the worst heat he had ever been in.

Of course the only one unaffected by the heat was Gray for one reason he had stripped leaving himself only in boxers. And the other reason was because Gray was an ice mage of course. A cold aura surrounded Gray which Natsu had noticed.

"What are you grinning about?" he asked Natsu who was grinning at him.

"Freeze the ground" he said in a commanding voice.

"What why?"

"Just do it!" yelped Natsu pleadingly.

Gray sighed as he did what he was told turning the ground causing it to turn into a sparkling shade of ice. Of course everyone didn't notice the ice until the next step each of them took. Natsu then started chuckling as he saw everyone wham into each other. Rogue had fallen onto Levy, Lucy had crashed into Erza, as Sting who lost control of balance was flying towards Natsu.

Rogue stared into Levy's hazel eyes. It looked like he had pinned her down accidentally. His hair covered his face, as he slowly released Levy from his grasp.

"I-I'm sorry" he said as he slowly began to stand up watching Natsu and Sting argue.

Levy's face was all red as she looked over to Lucy who saw the whole thing who gave her a mischievous look that made Levy shiver.

Natsu's laughter than disappeared as he saw the light dragon slayer in the air coming right at him.

"Oh crap!" he said as Sting whammed right into Natsu causing them both to fall onto the ground.

Gray was the only one standing as everyone else was on the ground, Erza then stood up carefully glaring at Gray.

"Was it your idea?" she asked him coldly.

"Nah it was all Natsu" Gray said as he pointed at the fire mage arguing with Sting.

Natsu's hands then began to melt the ice as he was still arguing with Sting, his anger getting to his hands. Oh how much he wanted to just punch Sting in the face, but couldn't find the urge to right now. A huge puddle of mud was now replacing the once dirt road. Lucy looked down at her shoes which were all dirty and muddy.

"Ah my shoes!" Lucy said as she tried to wipe the mud off. This was a time when she needed Juvia to use her water to clean her shoes. She sighed, she would just clean it when they would get there.

Erza then grasped the two dragon slayers by the ear roughly as she threw them in front of her. She didn't have the same expression she gave them last time. It was a more terrifying glare, much more. One that combined her and Mira's.

"You two are going to stay in the front with me until we get there! I don't want to hear anything from you two! Got it!" she hollered at them in the coldest voice.

"Y-yes Erza!" they both stuttered shivering.

Natsu and Sting then turned their back to Erza as they began walking once again with her right behind them both. They knew if they opened their mouths to even talk back to her it would be instant death especially on how much she was pissed off right now. Her once shiny armor was now covered in mud.

Lucy face palmed her forehead once again had Sting gotten in trouble with Erza. She shook her head, with a smile on her face. Those were the idiots she knew alright.

(Natsu's POV: )

Thankfully when Erza made me and Sting walk with her, we were just minutes away from the jungle. A sudden gust of relief filled my body. I didn't think I would have lasted another ten minutes with Sting. But then I remembered Gray's words echo in my head.

"Just try and give him a chance to know him. Then maybe you'd really accept him in dating Lucy. And to add to that, once you start accepting the fact that him and Lucy are dating, the more easier it'd be for you to move on."

I sighed I guess I would have to try Gray's advice. I knew what I had to do and I knew I had to say this if it was going to help me get to know the guy.

I walked up to Sting who was leaning against a tropical tree with his arms crossed waiting for Erza's next orders on finding the artifact.

"Hey can I talk to you?" I asked Sting who widened his eyes and nodded his head.

"I just wanted to say, I'm sorry about everything. On kissing Lucy, fighting with you that made Lucy all ticked at you, being suspicious of you and following you around with Gray basically everything" I then put out my hand, "I thought we could start fresh."

He looked at my hand and slowly took it as I shook it, "I'm taking a good friend of mine's advice. This is not for your sake but for Lucy's."

Sting raised an eyebrow, and I just walked away from him. To think that I'd actually be the one to apologize was surprising.

(Normal POV: )

Once Natsu had walked away, Sting let out a deep breath as he looked over to Lucy who was observing Levy who was trying to figure out where the artifact could be hidden. He looked over to Rogue who had an amazed expression on his face watching the bluenette solve the hidden location.

He snickered he soon knew at that moment Rogue was really interested into Levy. Rogue took his gaze off Levy for a second to give Sting a straight face as he went back to the bluenette.

"It seems that the only place the artifact could be hidden is behind the Ancient Waterfalls of Fiore" she said as she closed the book taking her gale force reading glasses off.

Erza nodded her head swiftly, "Then to the waterfalls we must go!" She pulled Lucy by the arm dragging her across the ground. Lucy sighed but went with Erza.

Levy stood up dusting her outfit. Rogue then stood next to Levy with a tiny smile on his face.

"That was really incredible Levy, you're truly amazing" he said in a soft, calm voice.

Levy blushed, "T-thank you Rogue! It means a lot!"

He nodded giving her a smile, and the two started to walk after Erza as well. Leaving Gray, Natsu, and Sting walking together after Erza too. Just Gray's luck he was paired with the two idiots who always argued with each other. But something was different this time, they were actually not arguing for once.

"Tell me Sting. Why did you kill Weisslogia?" asked Natsu looking up at the sky.

Sting squeezed his fists as they walked, "It's not like I wanted too. What I told you at the tournament was only half true. Weisslogia willingly let me kill him to raise my strength, and to truly make me a real dragon slayer."

Natsu's eyes widened in surprise everyone had said Sting did it on his own will. But it seems like Sting just did what he was told by his own parent. He started to feel bad for the guy, after all it's not like he even wanted to kill his own parent.

"I'm sorry I didn't know." Natsu said as he looked at the ground with some guilt.

"It's fine Natsu-san" Sting sighed, "I mean I was a kid back then, I just did what I was told. I can tell you that I would have never done that if I was in that situation right now."

Natsu nodded he had never known that the cold hearted Sting Eucliffe of Sabertooth actually had feelings. Not only towards the people he actually cared about, but actually to his parent who he had bragged about killing and defeating.

Gray just stood silent between the two dragon slayers, he heard Sting's story as well and was just as surprised as Natsu was.

"Well this is the waterfall!" Erza screeched standing before it, "It's located here as Levy said, but exactly where?" She then scanned the area looking below and to the sides of them. She saw no opening of some sort anywhere around the waterfall.

Lucy then asked Erza to try going through the waterfall. Erza then did what Lucy said, which she was right. Behind the waterfall was a secret cave, with markings on the sides of it.

"Over here!" Lucy said as she waved her hand towards the others to come into the cave.

As the others arrived into the cave, Levy placed her hand onto the walls to the ancient markings. She looked puzzled on what they could mean, she had never seen markings like those before.

"Well. Where's this damn artifact hiding?" Natsu asked as he placed his hands behind his head.

"It has to be further down the cave." Levy said as she pointed towards the narrow path the cave had.

"I guess we have no choice." Gray said as they all began to walk down the path.

As they were walking a sudden light was seen in the distance of the cave.

"What's that?" Lucy said confused, "Are other people here as well?"

"We'll just have to find that out" Erza said as she and the group started running towards the light.

The light led them to a room with the walls filled with moss, and cracked edges. In the middle of the room was a single pedestal with something gleaming from the top of it.

As Erza got closer she nodded her head, "This is it, the artifact." She tried to grab it but then noticed it sent a great force of energy into her hand causing her hand to tremble in pain. She pulled it back swiftly, and squeezed her hand.

"Just what I thought, there's a spell that's been cast upon the artifact. But we must retrieve it and bring it to the group of archaeologists that want it. Levy can you do it?" she asked staring at the bluenette.

"I can sure try!" Levy said as she scurried towards Erza and then began to rewrite the spell.

Lucy grasped Sting's arm, as they both watched Levy in amazement. And of course, Rogue was interested in Levy from the moment she began to rewrite it.

"It's done!" Levy said with a proud smile, as Rogue began to give a soft clap for Levy. She blushed slightly then turned to Erza, "It's able now to be grasped!"

Erza nodded, and pulled out her hand to the book once more. And Levy was right, she was able to grasp it.

"Well now all we need to do is deliver the artifact to the people in the village!" Erza said with joy.

Lucy grinned because she knew that once the mission was over, her and Sting would probably be going on their first date.

They started to head out the cave, a smile on everyone's faces. It had been a smooth mission for them, and what else could they ask for? But they didn't know what was awaiting at Fairy Tail for them that would cause a shock to them all.