Author notes: I don't actually know the name of the blade but if you want a general idea of what it looks like just Google "forearm blade" there's a few pictures there that will give you what it mostly looks likes.
Also I think my plot line is a little too obvious so I'm making some MAJOR changes that will effect where the story will wind up ending at. MWHAHAHAHA!
Oh don't worry Lucy isn't going to leave the guild or anything.
Once again I don't own Fairy Tail.
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Training
Natsu took a few labored breaths as he sat on a knee in the wooded clearing. His two wooden dull sword replicas heavy in his hands as he looked up at Erza. It's been two weeks since they had started training and Natsu could honestly say they have been the two weeks of absolute hell. He has been broken, stabbed (which caused the need for the new dull training weapons), beat, crushed, smashed, destroyed, and all of variants of the word. He slowly made his way to his feet and resumed a fighting stance 'I gonna beat her this time, I can feel it.'
Erza on the other hand stood across the clearing from Natsu, she had her fair share of bruises and welts. Her breath was coming out in short pants, pulling in as much oxygen as possible. She was wearing her Flame empress armor like she always did when fighting Natsu. Her sword felt heavier than usual in her grasp as she stared down Natsu and watched him stand back up 'You never give up do you Natsu? You're getting better every day, I hope you can see that.' Erza smiled as she thought to herself and watched Natsu assume his fighting position.
"You're going down Erza!" Natsu yelled as he set his feet aflame and jettison across the makeshift arena toward a waiting Erza.
Erza barely had enough time to lift her sword and match one of Natsu's powerful strikes. As she did she felt Natsu shift his weight in order to pull around his other arm. Erza took advantage of this and stepped forward into Natsu's guard using her knee to drive up into Natsu's chin. Natsu did a small backflip to absorb much of the impact. Landing on his feet he lunged forward quickly. He caught Erza off guard by his speed so she was only able to stop on of his strikes, the other finding purchase in her abdomen. She let out a quick gasp before slamming the pummel of her sword down on Natsu's head.
Natsu hit the ground hard, creating a small crater at Erza's feet. He quickly bounced back up as Erza withdrew her sword. He grabbed both of her wrist and hooked a foot behind hers. Then he pushed up with his hands making Erza lose balance and fall backwards with Natsu falling on top.
As they landed Natsu pulled back one of his fist and prepared to give her a strike across the face to seal his victory. However as he pulled back Erza let go of her sword and punched Natsu in the face causing the two to roll over. Erza reequipped a blunt knife and instantly had it to Natsu's throat.
"I win again it seems." Erza panted out as she pulled her knife away from Natsu and leaned forward on her hands which were on both sides of Natsu's face.
"You got" Natsu tried to say as he took large gulps of air one after the other "lucky. I'm tired Erza."
"I am too. You're getting better Natsu." She panted as she put more weight on her front arms and unconsciously putting weight down on Natsu whom she was unknowingly straddling.
"Can you at least get out of your armor if you're going to lay on me Erza?" Natsu breathed out.
Erza looked down and finally realized the position they were in and slowly got off and laid beside Natsu, too tired to be embarrassed at the situation. "My apologies."
"Can we take a quick breather? I'm exhausted and I need a bath and I'm sooooo hungry." Natsu whined as he shut his eyes trying to regain breath.
"Yes, my room is closer and I have some freshly stocked supplies. We're going through lessons like old times I figure it would only be natural to continue with the nostalgia." Erza breathed out as she began to stand up.
"Aye sir." Natsu agreed as he lifted his legs in the air then threw them forward using the momentum to throw his body up and stand. He made his way to his new blades and picked up the 'X' shaped sheath and slid it onto his back. The handles of the blades were on the bottom two legs of the 'X' and made it so that if he ever need to draw the weapons quickly he just had to reach each hand just past his waist to grab his handles and pull down to unsheathe them. "Hey Erza what are these things actually called?" Natsu asked as he drew both blades and held them before him.
"I honest can't remember. They were a reward from fighting a fire monster on one of my missions. I recommend calling them arm blades if you wish to have a name for them." Erza replied as she reequipped into her usual attire and made her way past Natsu and started up the hill.
Natsu followed behind studying the blades. "What type of monster was it Erza?"
Erza looked up in thought "It seemed like a large tiger except for the abnormally large fangs and the fact that it was consumed in flames."
"That's it!" exclaimed Natsu as he jumped in front of Erza causing the women to stop. "I'll call these 'Dragon Fangs' since they look like fangs and I'm a dragon." Natsu smiled as he held his the Dragon Fangs before him with a toothy grin.
Erza couldn't help but give a small smile at the sight of Natsu's happiness at the naming of his blades "That's a fine name Natsu." She nodded.
"Yosh now let's go get some grub! Then maybe we can go to the guild today? We haven't been there in two weeks." Natsu thought aloud as he walked along side Erza.
"That sounds reasonable. It has been quite some time since we saw the guild." Erza replied.
"I bet Lucy's rent is coming up soon so I'll have to help her get some money. She's always broke." Natsu laughed.
"She does seem to have a problem getting any money for herself." Erza responded.
"Yeah she thinks she needs to go do all those stupid missions to get stuff to make her stronger and what not which is just stupid. Lucy is plenty strong. Well not as strong of you of course but still." Natsu said smiling at Erza.
Erza only nodded at the compliment "You have become quite strong yourself Natsu. Over the past two weeks you have greatly improved you fighting abilities and have landed several hits on me."
Natsu smiled and scratched the back of his neck at the praise "Well I only get stronger because I have you training me."
Erza stopped and turned to Natsu with a questioning look "You probably would be getting stronger with anyone as your teacher, I simply made sure that you got some sort of weapon so you could increase you capabilities."
Natsu stopped a step ahead of Erza and turned back shaking his head "Nah you push me harder than anyone else would Erza. Also when we train all I think about is that time at the tower of heaven, I'm going to get stronger so that you don't ever have cry again Erza. That promise is the only thing I think about when we fight, and I'm going to make sure I keep my word." He smiled at her before turning back around and walking to the front door of Fairy Hills.
Erza watched Natsu continue his was up to the door 'Stupid Natsu, saying such things.' Erza thought with a pink shade placed upon her cheeks. 'Do you understand the things you say sometimes Natsu? Probably not.' Erza smiled slightly before she walked up to the door herself, a waiting Natsu sat patiently on the door step smiling his toothy grin up at Erza 'Definitely not.' She chuckled slightly.
"What's so funny Erza?" Natsu questioned tilting his head.
"It's nothing." Erza replied in a monotone voice as she unlocked the door and Natsu followed her up to her rooms. Usually men aren't allowed in the women's dormitory but since this was Erza Scarlet no one had the guts to complain or point out the unwritten rule towards the monster of a women.
Natsu immediately ran to the fridge "So what are you feeling today Erza?" He said quickly before the she could beat him to the food source. Erza might be a fierce fighter, great leader, and sexy model, but she could probably burn water if that was physically possible. This was something that Natsu learned on the first few days of their training and it was something he did not want to relive.
"Natsu are you touching my food with those dirty hands?" Erza asked as a tick mark developed itself on her head.
Natsu looked down at his hands and threw the food back into the fridge and shut the door "Nope sure not what are you talking about Erza? Hehe." Natsu chuckled nervously.
Erza let out a small sigh "How about we take a quick bath before having lunch at the guild. It's been some time before we've gone there like you pointed out earlier."
"Yosh I'll meet you at the guild then Erza!" Natsu said as he made his way to her window before feeling an iron grip on the back of his shirt stopping him in his tracks. "What's up Erza?" he said looking back at the Scarlet mage in curiosity.
"We don't have time for you to go back to your home to bath if we plan on eating as well as taking a job today with Lucy. You will instead take a bath here with me like we did in our younger years." Erza said calmly looking at Natsu.
"Erza you do understand we aren't kids anymore right?" Natsu said cautiously.
"I'm sorry you seem to have thought I was giving you a choice." Erza said narrowing her eyes at Natsu "Will this be a problem?"
"N-n-no ma'am." Natsu hastily replied putting his arms up.
A small smile appeared on Erza face "Good I for one miss doing such things like these to build the connections between comrades, maybe we will invite Gray to join us next time." Erza smiled as she dragged Natsu into her large bath room.
/at the guild
Gray looked up suddenly "I suddenly have the feeling I need to take a really long mission far away form here." as he stood up and looked around the guild and made his way to the request board "a month long one should be enough." He said as he ripped a job off and left the guild in haste.
/back with Natsu and Erza
Natsu began to undress as Erza began to prepare the water for the bath. Her personal bath tub was massive in size compared to his or Lucy's, it could easily fit four people comfortably. Natsu casually stripped off his shirt and jeans as well as his bright red boxers. He was completely comfortable with doing this around Erza so he thought nothing of being awkward around the woman. They have bathed together several times in the past so Natsu thought nothing of the fact he was naked in a bath room and was about to be joined by a beautiful women.
After Erza had prepared the water she started to undo her own casual wear as Natsu passed her and sat in the warm water. She smiled slightly as the memories of them bathing years ago entered her mind. A small smile graced her face as she shimmed out of her underwear and sat across from Natsu.
"What with the creepy smile?" Natsu asked as he rested his back against the tub.
This comment earned him a smack on the back of his head which grew into a welt quickly. "I do not have a 'creepy' smile. I was simply thinking back to how we used to do this years ago." Erza said with a more serious face. "Now turn around so I can wash your back."
Natsu only gave a small groan as he nursed his head and turned himself around backing between Erza's legs so she could was his back. Erza grabbed a nearby bottle and put some shampoo in her hands before massaging Natsu's head. Her soft fingers gliding through his surprisingly soft hair. She smiled as Natsu let out a sigh of relief.
"For someone who seemed against this idea at first you seemed to have relaxed." Erza commented as she continued to run her hands through Natsu's pick locks.
"It's not that I have anything against it, it's just we aren't kids anymore." Natsu replied as he relaxed more tilting his head back giving Erza more space to move her hands across.
"We are comrades who are close are we not? What does our age have to do with such things?" Erza questioned.
"Well Jellal won't be happy I'm doing this." Natsu chuckled as Erza hit the top of his head adding to the collection of welts.
"I don't know what you're talking about." Erza said quietly as she began to rub his hair a little rougher. Natsu growled at the increased pressure causing Erza to stop. "Did you just growl at me? "She questioned pulling Natsu's hair back and staring him in the eyes.
"Y-y-y-yeah sorry! I just like it when you get rough!" Natsu said waving his arms innocently.
'I like it when you get rough.' Erza started to blush as she thought of the rather dirty novel she read just the other night which had the same words. "V-very well." She said cursing herself at her slight stutter. She pushed Natsu back into his previous position before going through Natsu's hair again being even rougher than before.
Natsu let out another growl "Ahhh that feels good." He purred causing Erza's blush to increase as Natsu repeated yet another line from that dirty novel.
"S-so what made you bring up Jellal?" she asked slightly flustered trying to change the subject.
"Well you have a thing for him don't you?" Natsu asked. Erza's hand's immediately stopped causing Natsu to open his eyes and turn around to see Erza turn her head to the side slightly.
"I, I don't know. It's complicated." Erza said quietly.
Natsu didn't know what to do so he just went on instincts. He grabbed her chin and made her face him. "Erza, no matter what you choose just know that I will kick whoever's ass it is that makes you cry" Natsu then leaned forward and put his forehead against hers "I never want to see you cry again Erza, I said that at the tower of heaven and I mean it."
Erza sat in silent shock with Natsu's face virtually an inch from hers. Their noses practically touching. Then she watched as Natsu pulled back and settled between her legs again and relaxed again "Now keep going with my hair. It feels good!" he said childishly. Erza closed her eyes and shook her head slightly 'Natsu you baka you never have any idea what you do, do you? You never think ahead, you just do whatever you think needs to be done at that situation.' Erza smiled as she went back to rubbing his hair.
The moment however was shortly lived as Natsu leaned back farther to get closer to Erza's hands. He felt something soft on the back of his head and tried to snuggle into the softness.
"Natsu, are you trying to steal my innocence as a women?"
Natsu opened his eyes and looked up at Erza as she narrowed her eyes at him. "What?" he questioned truly oblivious.
"Unless you want to be thrown across all of Magnolia naked I advise you to remove your head from my cleavage." Erza said tick marks appearing on her head.
Natsu looked to his left and right quickly seeing to large lumps of soft flesh before a blush coated his cheeks and he sat up quickly "I'm sorry Erza don't eat me!" he said bending forward covering his head for protection.
Erza let out a small sigh before getting a bucket form outside the pull and dumping the water on Natsu's head to clean him of shampoo. "I'm not going to eat you Natsu, now switch me spots."
Natsu cautiously looked up to make sure Erza wasn't trying to trick him. When he decided the coast was clear he uncurled himself and took his spot against the side of the bath tub. Erza made her way between his legs and sat up straight. Erza looked down at the two legs on each side of her, and couldn't help but recount yet another dirty novel she read the past week. Her check darkened but she kept her composure.
Natsu grabbed the bottle of shampoo form the edge of the tub and dumped some in his hands, "So do you want me to be rough of soft?" he asked innocently as he put more shampoo in his hands.
Erza's composure broke as she turned around quickly with rosy cheeks "W-w-what did you ask me?" she said wide eyed and shocked.
Natsu looked at her with a question mark above his head "Do you want me to go hard or soft? You know like you did with my hair?" he smiled.
"I rather it be hard." Erza couldn't help but blurt out in her loss of composure. She quickly regained her self "But not too rough. Understand?" She finished as she turned around. 'I really need to take it easy on the novels' she sighed internally.
Natsu began to slowly work the shampoo into her hair which was feeling like absolute heaven. She hummed in content and started to lean back unconsciously. After a while she felt a warm smooth surface along her back.
"Um Erza you're kinda laying on me."
Erza turned her head "Is that a problem?" she asked as she looked Natsu straight in the eyes.
"N-n-no not at all!" he replied.
Erza leaned back against him and looked down seeing his legs on either side of hers. She bit her lip slightly as this reminded her of the novel. Then before she could put much thought into her actions she wiggled her entire body closer to Natsu. Her ass moving between his thighs.
"Erza stop moving." Was the only response.
Erza frowned as this was definitely not the reaction she had imagined nor the reaction that any of her novels said would happen. "Natsu I have a personal question you need to answer." She said not giving him the ability to say no to her question/order.
"Uh okay, what?" Natsu asked as he continued to run his fingers through her hair.
"Are you gay?"
…
…
"WHAT?! I AM NOT GAY WHAT MADE YOU THINK THAT?!" Natsu exploded behind her. Knocking her forward as he stood.
Erza pulled her head from the water and hit him on the head. "Don't do that again!" she yelled as Natsu fell back into the tub shrinking as far as he could. "And I'm sorry for misreading you. Now continue to wash my hair." She said as she placed herself between his legs again.
Natsu cautiously resumed his place and went to wash her long hair, tracing his fingers along her scalp and down her hair and back.
"Do you not find me attractive?" Erza asked suddenly catching Natsu off guard yet again.
"W-w-where is this coming from Erza?" he asked cautiously again.
"Answer the question Natsu." Erza responded with a slight edge in her voice giving no room for an escape.
"O-o-okay!" Natsu hurried out as he continued her strokes of her hair. "Well yeah you are attractive. Any guy would be lucky to have you." He said simply.
Erza smiled at the compliment and snuggled back into him war chest more, making it difficult for him to wash her hair. "If you think I'm attractive then why did you fight the action of taking a bath with me? I've read- I mean I've heard from around the guild that those are very desirable actions that men wish to do with women they are attracted too."
"I don't like how most people around the guild act around women." Natsu said quietly pausing in his movements.
Erza opened her eyes and turned to the dragon slayer "And why's that?" she questioned.
"They see women as a piece of meat on the market it seems."
"So when you say I'm attractive you mean as a piece of meat?" Erza replied a tick mark growing on her head.
"No! No! No, not at all! I think you're attractive because of who you are." Natsu hurried out.
"Explain." Erza order as she laid back against him.
"Well you're always there for me. You have a very caring and compassionate side when it comes to your comrades even if most people don't see it. You have great determination to always succeed at whatever you do. You honestly remind me of a dragon sometimes haha." Natsu chuckled as he brought a bucket of water and rinsed out Erza's hair.
"Natsu you might be a complete idiot but you are also very sweet." Erza said closing her eyes and resting against Natsu.
"What?! I'm not an idiot!" Natsu yelled getting another punch to the head.
"Silence," ordered Erza as she continued to lay on him.
"What am I your pillow now?" Natsu questioned.
"Yes." Was the short reply. "Continue to run your hands through my hair."
"Why? You don't have any shampoo in it."
Erza opened her eyes and looked at Natsu. "Is that a problem?"
"No! I enjoy playing with your hair, it reminds me of fire." Natsu grinned as his hands traces through her scalp "but I thought we were going to go get lunch and take a job with Luce." Natsu said trying not to anger the women in front of him.
Erza opened her eyes slightly "What do you think of Lucy?" she asked curiously.
"What do you mean?" Natsu answered innocently.
"Do you like her?" Erza pressed.
"Well I like everyone in the guild." Natsu said as if it was obvious.
Erza thought for a second "My apologies, do you see Lucy as something more than a friend or partner?"
"I, its complicated." He said repeating her words from earlier.
Erza couldn't help but close her eyes and smile slightly leaning back against the strong chest of the dragon slayer. Feeling the warmth travel from his body to hers "I see." She said smiling. Erza opened her eyes and stood up hitting Natsu in the face at her quick change of position. "Well I guess we need to get going in order to help her with her rent."
She exited the tub and picked up a towel. She turned in her place and began whipped herself off. She ran the towel around her body and along her stomach to clear up all the moisture. She then looked up to see Natsu watching her "yes?" she asked.
"N-nothing!" Natsu stuttered as he exited the tub quickly and wrapped a towel around him and exited the bath room with his clothes.
Erza watched him leave and noticed the small blush across his face. She couldn't help but smile. After she dried up she put on a pair of lacey black panties that she 'borrowed' from Lucy and threw on her casual attire before reequipping her breast plate and gloves back on. She exited the bath room and noticed that Natsu was laying down on the edge of her bed playing with one of his 'Dragon Fang' blades.
"Are you ready?" she asked making Natsu jump up and salute her instantly.
"Yes ma'am!"
/at the guild
Mira was cleaning the apparently uncleanable glass at the bar counter as she looked to the depressed blonde sitting at the corner of the bar counter. "I'm sure that he'll come to the guild today Lucy." She said trying to cheer the girl up.
Lucy only looked up "Why would he? He's with Erza. Not that I'm jealous or anything." She huffed out quickly as she put her head back on the table.
Mira sighed "Well why don't yo-"
"I mean so what she's stronger than me!" Lucy suddenly sat up talking aloud "And maybe she can be smarter and is more useful in battle. That doesn't mean much does it Mira?"
Mira was shocked by Lucy's sudden outburst "Um maybe you should go slee-"
"I'm plenty useful! I'm the only sane one on any of the missions anyways." She took a few deep breaths before turning to Mira "Mira am I ugly?"
"W-w-what? Of course you're not Lucy you're beautiful!" Mira responded shocked.
Lucy began to cry large anime tears "YOU HESITATED!" she yelled as she slammed her head down on the table. Mira went quickly to her side.
"Lucy pull yourself together!" she said patting the girls head trying to calm the blonde down. At that moment the doors to the guild opened and three hooded figures walked in.
The largest figure removed his hood to reveal none other than Jellal Fernandez. He walked up to the bar while the other figures also removed their hoods revealing themselves as Meredy and Ultear. As Jellal made his way to the bar Meredy and Ultear went to Juvia since Meredy had been dying to see her for so long.
"Hello Mira uhh is this a bad time?" Jellal asked as he pointed to Lucy who was still crying her eyes out.
"No this is fine what can I do for you Jellal?" she asked sweetly.
Jellal put on a large grin "Well I was hoping you could tell me where Erza is-"
"She's with Natsu like she always is!" Lucy cried loudly lifting her head to face Jellal who took a step back in shock.
"Um wha-"
"She's always with him! They go out in the woods alone together and do god knows what when no one is looking! Then he goes to her house all sweaty and sticky with her and they don't come out for hours then they go back to their little private clearing to do it all again!" Lucy continued to cry then instantly stopped. "Not that I'm jealous of Erza of anything though." She said meekly turning her head. She then turns to the still utterly shocked Jellal "He's only with Erza cause she has a bigger chest then me right? I mean so what she's more flexible and is able to do more! I have a better personality ri-"Her rant was stopped by a hand slapping her across the face. Lucy stood up and faced Mira who still had her hand raised. "Thank you Mira, I needed that." She bowed before sitting at the counter again and taking a few more gulps of her drink.
"Um Erza is with Natsu right now doing some training." Mira said trying to force a smile as she turned to Jellal.
"I um… I see… uh well…" Jellal stuttered out catching every double meaning he could from Lucy's outburst. As he cleared his throat to speak his next sentence he was interrupted by the loud bang of the doors opening.
The whole guild including Lucy turned back to see Natsu and Erza standing at the door way.
"I'M BACK!" Natsu called as he walked into the guild he gazed around until he found a certain head of blonde at the bar. "Yo Luce lets go on a miss-"
He was interrupted by a playing blonde haired female that tackled him to the ground "NATSU I MISSED YOU SO MUCH! COME BACK! YOU CAN EAT ALL MY FOOD AND SLEEP IN MY COMFY BED AGAIN I DON'T CARE!" the blonde wailed as she squeezed the life out of the poor boy.
Erza looked down with an indifferent expression "We thought it would be beneficial if we paused the training in order to help you pay off your rent." She said eyeing the blonde.
Lucy's eyes shot open as she looked down at Natsu "YOU WERE THINKING OF ME! THANK YOU SO MUCH NATSU!" she yelled as she crushed the dragon slayer again.
At this point Jellal approached the group gaining the attention of Erza. She smiled at the man "I didn't expect to see you here Jellal."
Jellal looked to her and Natsu on the ground remembering the words Lucy spoke earlier "I, uh… I was seeing if you and your team was up for a mission." He spoke breaking his eyes from her.
"What type of mission is that?" Erza inquired.
"Taking down a dark guild, they are more than we can handle so we were hoping you and" he gaze shifted to Natsu who finally was able to stand with Lucy still squeezing him "and your team could help us." He spoke trying to hide the disgust from his voice.
Before Erza could answer Natsu beat her "How much are we talking?" he asked smiling.
Jellal gave him a look of disgust before turning to Erza ignoring his question "So will you help us?" he asked.
Erza caught the look Jellal gave Natsu and raised her eyebrow in curiosity "Yes we can, how much is the reward?" she asked repeating Natsu's question.
"900,000 jewels." He answered calmly.
"Sweet that will be enough for Lucy's rent for sure." Natsu smiled as he looked to Erza who simply nodded.
"What time do we leave for the job?" she asked Jellal.
"I was hoping to leave within the hour." He said casually.
"Very well." Erza nodded before grabbing Natsu and ripping him from Lucy's grasp. "Come Natsu we must prepare." And with that she pulled Natsu back out of the guild the distant cries of Natsu complaining about not eating falling on deaf ears.
After they left Jellal looked to his side to see Lucy sitting on the ground watching the doors. "You want Natsu back?" he asked the blonde.
Lucy looked up to him before turning away and blushing "Natsu can do what he wants." She mumbled.
Jellal just shrugged "alright I was going to recommend a plan so that you got Natsu back but if that how you see it." He said as he turned around only to be stopped by Lucy grabbing his wrist.
"Wait maybe I'll listen to your plan anyways." Lucy mumbled.
Jellal only grinned "Alright."
To the side Meredy and Ultear watched the blonde and blue haired mage walk to the counter. "I have a bad feeling about this." Meredy whispered.
"I just hope it doesn't end too badly." Ultear responded eyeing the blue mage in particular.
/
Know what will happen next?! What's the plan? What's the job? What will happen in the future?!
I kind of kept with the fact that Erza and Natsu are completely okay with being naked together since they are in the actual storyline, sorry if other don't agree.
So yeah if anyone has any questions feel free to ask.
I will be referring to Natsu's swords as dragon fangs from this point onward also so I hope that's okay.