Fair warning: this fic is rated M for a reason. Expect sexual themes later on. Also, for the faint of heart expect some dreaded...light fluff.
"Speech"
"Thoughts"
To think he had finally gotten his wish made Natsu jump in joy (on his head that is), he was finally alone with Lisanna just like old times. Sure, Happy was missing but he was certain the flying blue cat planned it like this to give him the space he needed to confess to the white hair girl (and at the same time get some free time between missions to pursue his own source of affection, namely Charle).
Everything was perfect so far, that is everything but this…
! I can fly!
! You can fly!
Can we fly?
The job Lisanna took was the "Let's fishing" poster no one dared to take, after team Natsu discovered it was extremely tedious to fish the winged creatures, and to add insult to injury the fish tasted horrible.
"Wow, I almost got one"
But in the end Natsu didn't care, he was next to the object of his affection after all. Turning to his side he found Lisanna struggling with her fishing rod, the girl in question had no idea of how hard it was to catch those fish so he didn't blame her for taking this specific mission. If only there was another way to catch them.
"I got it!" – Lisanna broke Natsu's line of thought –"If we use magic we can do this a lot faster."
To say Natsu was surprised was an understatement –"Wow, you're right! You're really smart." –Maybe the smartest in the guild since not even Erza or Makarov thought about it.
Firing up, Natsu jumped into the canyon and shouted–"Karyū no Tekken" (1)– igniting his hands on fire he proceeded to punch as many fish as he could, of course he lowered his power considerably to avoid turning the fish into charcoal. Smiling at Natsu's never ending optimism Lisanna used her Animal Soul:Half Bird to help the pink hair dragon slayer in catching their prey. After a few minutes they had more than enough to complete the required quantity to meet the job description, they could even afford a few for themselves (of course Natsu would never touch the thing after Happy nearly died of food poisoning last time).
Back in town:
"Impressive!" – The man was astonished at the quantity of winged fish the couple brought to his restaurant. –"These will last me for a long time. I can't thank you enough; you even took the liberty of cooking some for me!"
"Yeah… that was our intention" – Natsu said as he scratched the back of his head. –"You're not planning on giving them to your clients, are you?"
"Of course not!"- The man quickly replied –"All of these are going to my personal stash, I just can't have enough of them."
"You're a brave man for eating those"- Natsu thought as the man gave Lisanna the reward and a few cooked fish as a bonus.
"Once again thank you, both of you. In fact, if you ever feel like it you are welcomed to eat here, free of charge."
"Thank you, we just might do that"- Lisanna replied with a smile while secretly planning her move to confess to Natsu.
Leaving the fancy place, both of them headed towards the Inn they were staying at. All the while Natsu looking at the package Lisanna carried like it was a bomb ready to go off.
"You should get rid of those Lisanna. Trust me; they taste bad."
The girl looked at Natsu with doubt; if the owner of the restaurant wanted them so much then surely they don't taste that bad, right? Taking a small piece she proceeded to eat it, much to Natsu's horror. Almost immediately her face turned purple for consuming the awful fish, fortunately Natsu gave her some water to wash away the bad taste.
"Told ya."
Lisanna looked at Natsu who bore a small smile- "Not funny, Natsu."- She said with fake anger, he did warn her after all.
Natsu was about to add another small joke when he realized this was his chance –"Say Lisanna, since we haven't eaten anything in a while maybe we could go out later for dinner." – The dragon slayer said as he turned his head to the side, not wanting her to see his blush. -"Well, I'm just saying. With us leaving tomorrow morning and…"
"Natsu Dragneel, are you asking me out on a date?"- Lisanna wore a playful smile, but on the inside she was jumping in joy. It seemed the slayer was making it much easier for her.
"Well, yeah"- Natsu replied with a serious expression –"Lisanna; would you go out with me?"
To say she was surprised was an understatement; this was one of the rare moments Natsu spoke without any childish comment. Her surprise was quickly replaced with a deep blush that adorned her face. –"Yes, I would love to, Natsu."
For some reason, their bodies had come closer during their talk, their faces a few inches of each other. Slowly closing the gap, their lips came closer and closer until they both realized the closeness between them and quickly proceeded to gain space between themselves.
"Look at the time; we should get ready before we go out!"- Natsu said with a huge blush while looking at the sky.
"Yeah, we should get going."- Lisanna added looking down while sporting a matching blush. And so both headed towards the Inn anxious for what could happen tonight.
"Daaaaaaaaamn!"
Was the thought crossing trough Natsu as he entered his room at the Inn, after careful planning for this day he forgot a key element: wardrobe. He rarely cared what clothes he had on himself but tonight he knew he had to look his finest to impress Lisanna. Looking outside he realized it was too late to go out and buy something, and his back pack only carried the basics and another set of his preferred clothes.
Resigning himself he decided to at least change to a set of cleaner clothes, opening the backpack he was surprised to find a box he hadn't noticed before with a small drawing of Happy. The box contained some clothes Natsu found perfect for tonight.
"Thank you Happy, you're a lifesaver!" – Natsu exclaimed with huge tears dropping from his eyes.
Back at Magnolia, several Mages of Fairy tail wondered who had ransacked their closets and left their clothes littered all around.
Taking a quick bath, Natsu proceeded to change; he wore some dark slacks with matching shoes, a black jacket with a dark pink shirt underneath. Of course his scarf was around his neck as always. Before he left he got a glimpse of the "package" Mira had given him.
"What was Mira thinking? We're not even a couple yet! Let alone start thinking about sex."
Later would he realize that stage wasn't too far away for both of them.
Realizing it was time he left his room and walked next door to Lisanna's, straightening up he knocked the door twice.
"I'm coming."
When Lisanna opened her door Natsu was unprepared for what he saw: standing before him was Lisanna dressed in a sleeveless light blue dress with crossed straps, the dress left her back exposed and a midriff on the left showed her long leg, blue heels complement her attire. Light makeup as well as a bit of eyeliner to highlight her features.
"Wow…"- For once Natsu was speechless –"You look…beautiful."
"Thanks."- Lisanna's cheek turns red after his remark – "You don't look too bad yourself, Natsu."
Gathering his wits he offered her his arm –"Shall we." – To which she linked her arm with his.
Dinner was uneventful (both glad the owner was serious about not giving flying fish to his clients).The young couple chatted about trivial things from childhood memories to Natsu's last missions and Lisanna's experiences in Edolas, making small comparisons between him and his counterpart Natsu Dragion.
"Oh come on, it's kinda cute"- Lisanna smiled remembering Dragion's change when he was pulled out of a transport, while Natsu pouted.
Then to other things as to how much the guild had changed since she returned, It seemed most didn't want her to know what happened during the war with phantom lord and how the guild was destroyed, but eventually Natsu told her everything since she had a right to know.
"Lisanna, I'm sorry about that"
"What do you mean? It wasn't your fault; you don't need to apologize for that."
"But I do"- Natsu defended his argument –"I promised you the guild would never get harmed while I was there, and I failed you."
Natsu felt her hand over his and turned to look at Lisanna –"There's nothing to apologize, you kept your promise; Fairy Tail is still standing and bigger and stronger than before."
Accepting her words Natsu recovered his happy demeanor and changed to a more pleasant subject.
Much later would the pair left the restaurant after tanking the owner for his hospitality, since it was still early to return to the Inn they decided to take a walk through the empty streets towards the town's plaza. Noticing she was cold he lends her his jacket as they took a seat in a nearby bench.
"This is it; now or never."- Natsu thought as he prepared his speech, unknowing she was thinking the same.
"Lisanna…"
"Natsu…"
Both stopped and shared a small laugh. Clearing her mind Lisanna spoke first:
"You go first Natsu."- The girl offered to get time to gather more courage for what she was about to say to him. –"I insist."
Straightening up Natsu spoke: "Lisanna, ever since I lost you two years ago there hasn't been a day you weren't on my mind. I thought I would never see you beautiful smile again, but luckily fate allowed me to see you one more time. When you returned and confirmed it was really you, you can't imagine the joy that filled my heart."
"Could it be…"- Lisanna was shocked at what she was hearing, and here she was about to do the same thing –"Natsu…"
"What I want to say is that I love you Lisanna, would you be my girlfriend?"
The dragon slayer didn't have to wait long for an answer as the white hair girl jumped into his arms and embraced him.
"Yes!"- Lisanna's answered as tears of happiness flooded her eyes. Ever since she returned, the fear of having already lost Natsu to Lucy like in Edolas had pushed her to look for the right time to confess her feelings. But this was much better than she would have expected.
Natsu's smile was as wide as his face could manage, for two years he had missed her in silence, only Happy knew the sorrow he kept deep inside his heart. But now that was over, she had returned, and most importantly she had accepted him as her boyfriend.
Looking at each other, both came closer and closer until their lips were only a few…
"How cute."
Natsu and Lisanna turned to the one that had the nerve to interrupt them at this particular moment; in a faraway bench there he was, covered in a black cloak the guy's face was concealed but they could still see the smirk he sported.
"Hey you!"- Natsu pointed at the guy –"Couldn't you have waited a few moments before interrupting us?"
A large sweat drop appeared on the guy's head –"My apologies, but I did it in consideration…salamander."
Natsu was startled when the guy recognized him while Lisanna had a bad feeling about all of this. –"Who the hell are you?"
"Who am I?"- The guy stood, revealing his triple-bladed scythe to the couple –"I'm the one who's going to kill you and take this lovely girl as my prisoner. Dragon slayer"
A.N.
Oh No! cliffhanger!
As you noticed, I prefer to name Natsu's techniques like in the original manga, not the dubbed version. If you dont like it then too bad haha (just kidding, I can use the english versions if you prefer next time). Also, to Max tiger; I added the condom scene just for some humor, Natsu and Lisanna won't be using the entire box anytime soon. so don't worry about it.
Thanks for all the reviews and favorite adds. Until next update.
* Techniques:
(1) Fire Dragon's Iron Fist ( Karyū no Tekken)