Author notes: Thanks for all the compliments! The romance will begin shortly don't worry I'm working on it!
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The Promise
(After preparing for the mission Lucy, Erza, and Natsu met up with Jellal, Ultear, and Meredy at the edge of town in order to begin their travel's northwest to the dark guild that is in need of destroying. They are currently entering the town of Shounew.)
The six mages traveled down the cobble stone street of the large city in search of a hotel to spend the night at since the sun was already beginning to set on the chilly day. They were passing through a small market place that was closing at the end of the market day. Most venders were already home after the busy day so the street was mostly empty of city goers.
"It's very disappointing that we have missed a day of training your swordsmanship." Erza said aloud as she dragged her large cart of supplies at the rear of the group beside Natsu. "But I guess it could not be helped with Jellal and the others being unable to use transport due to the fact they have not been pardoned by the council yet."
"I'm glad they aren't yet. It means we don't have to take the stupid train." Natsu responded turning a shade of green at the thought of a train.
"Still, being a wanted criminal had its many drawbacks." Jellal added as he stopped in front of a large hotel. "This place should work for the next few days till we gain enough information about the dark guild to make our move."
Erza stepped forward "I will handle the room reservations." She said as she passed the group and moved to the counter.
Lucy then moved closer to Jellal and whispered in his ear "So when do we start the plan?" She said quietly enough that Natsu couldn't hear with his enhanced senses.
"Once we have the information we need on the dark guild." Jellal responded as he saw the worried look on Lucy's face "Don't worry it will work perfectly how I plan." He said with a devious smirk.
Natsu was conversing with Ultear and Meredy to the side when he saw the look Jellal gave Lucy. His gut clenched causing him to grab his stomach 'Something feels off. Maybe it was the fish Erza told me not to eat but I did anyways?' He thought to himself as he watched Lucy and Jellal split apart, Lucy coming up beside him with a large creepy smile that he halfheartedly returned.
Erza returned with a fist full of keys "I ordered a room to be shared by both you and Meredy. I hope that is alright with you." Erza said handing a key to Ultear who nodded in confirmation. "Also a room for you and you." She said handing a key to both Jellal and Lucy. "Alright I will be depositing my things into my room and then Natsu and I will be leaving to the edge of town to work on his training that he did not complete for today."
"Um Erza where is my room key?" Natsu asked confused that he did not get his own room like the others.
"Since we will be spending the majority of the mission training your abilities more I have decided you will be sharing my room. Is that a problem?" She asked looking over her shoulder drilling her eyes into Natsu who instantly shock his head.
"WHAT?!" came the loud yell of Lucy and Jellal.
Erza turned to see the two shocked mages. "Is there a problem?" she asked.
"Why is Natsu sleeping in your room with you?" they both asked at once.
Erza looked at both of them "Natsu and I will be training late every night, I decided you would be more productive on this mission if you were not awaken every time we returned." She then turned to Natsu "Come Natsu we already don't have much time." With that she began to walk down the hall way towards her and Natsu's room. Natsu followed close behind throwing his rough sack over his shoulder.
Jellal and Lucy looked at the two mages in what could best be described as the apex of jealousy. The two then just grumbled and then started to make their way to their own rooms. Ultear and Meredy watching the two curiously and with concern.
Natsu and Erza entered the rather large room. "Wow." Natsu said as he threw his pack on the couch and looked around. The room itself was divided into two smaller rooms. The one they were in was the larger of the two, it contained a living room area as well as a kitchen and dining room are equipped with an oven and stocked refrigerator. Natsu ran to the kitchen opening the door "WOW Erza they have so much food!" He exclaimed as he grabbed an arm's load of food and set it on the table and began to dig into the large deposit of food he threw on the table.
Erza only smirked as she made her way to the bedroom. It was a king sized bed in the idle of the room against the wall, a night stand on either side as well as a dresser and walk-in closet to the side. She made her way to the bathroom and saw the large tub that was roughly the size of her at the dormitories as well as the twin sinks. She nodded her approval before heading back into the den area.
"Erza it's getting really dark out are you sure we should be training?" Natsu questioned as Erza entered the room. He was standing on the balcony that Erza didn't notice before. From the balcony all of the city was in view as well as the setting sun in the distance. The dark purples and blues were quickly replacing the vibrant yellows and oranges.
Erza walked out onto the balcony and stood beside Natsu and looked down to the city from their vantage point seven stories above the lobby and road. "Hmm" Erza thought with her elbow resting on the railing and her hand holding her cheek. "It seems like we have wasted nearly all of the evening training time. We will begin as soon as the sun rises in the morning then."
"Yosh!" Natsu said happily "Hey Erza did you pack any fire chicken in one of your bags?" Natsu asked with a toothy grin.
Erza looked at Natsu with an eyebrow raised "I though you just ate all of the food here? Are you still hungry?"
"Well I wanted some fire chicken." He replied sheepishly.
Erza sighed "very well there is some in my bag, I think I will have some cheese cake also." Her eye lit up at the prospect of eating her favorite dish.
"Thanks Erza!" Natsu cheered as he ran inside and took his seat at the table. Erza walked to her mountain of bags and pulled one out at random. She unclipped the bag and pulled out a plate of still steaming Mira fire chicken as well as a plate of cool strawberry cheese cake. She sat the plate in front of Natsu and then set hers at the other side of the table and took her seat. She smiled pleasantly as she took a small bite of cheese cake her eyes shining brightly.
As Erza was about to bite another piece she stopped midway feeling like something was missing. 'Cheese cake? Check. Fork? Check. Why does something feel different?' She asked herself as she looked up and notice the lack of plying chicken bones that usually happened whenever Natsu was eating. She then looked up farther to notice the lack of Natsu himself. "Natsu?" she called as she looked around the room in confusion.
"Yo!" Natsu responded as he came back into the room from the bed room. "Sorry I just wanted to make sure my dragon fangs got put up before I did anything else." He smiled as he scratched his neck sheepishly before sitting across for Erza and began to dig into his meal.
Erza gave a small smile "You've really taken a liking to those swords it seems."
"Of course!" Natsu said as he swallowed a mouthful "A dragons fangs are a dragons pride, it's almost as important as his roar!" Natsu said happily thumping his chest. "And they were a gift from you so I have to keep them safe." He smiled before digging in once again.
Erza smiled at the comment before looking down at her cake. She took a few more bites till roughly have the cake was left, she then slid the cake over to Natsu. Natsu looked up confused.
"This is your reward for progressing so far in the past month." Erza smiled.
Natsu looked at the cake skeptically "Are you sure? You aren't going to beat me up if I eat this right?" He asked. Erza simply shook her head making Natsu brighten up and smile. Natsu slowly grabbed the fork from beside him, not wanting to anger the monster sitting across from him by digging in with his hands. He slowly used the fork to get a small forkful of strawberry cheese cake. Lifting it up to eye level he looked at the strange substance in question before glancing back to Erza "Are you sure?" he repeated "This is your cake after all." Erza nodded once again in confirmation. Natsu looked back at the cake once again before slowly putting the fork in his mouth and clearing it of cake. He pulled the fork out and chewed on the cake for a few seconds before swallowing it. Erza watched with bright eyes as Natsu tried her most prized food source.
Natsu could only describe the cake in one way, ABSOLUTLY DISGUSTING! He had to stop himself from choking on the insanely sweet mushy substance as it overrode all of his enhanced dragon slayer senses. The cake was waaaayyyy too sweet for his body to handle and the texture just felt so wrong. He forced it down trying to keep a smile on his face as a chibi Erza watched his every move.
"That was um… delicious." He coughed out.
Erza crossed her arms with a smile "it is the best cake in all existence. Enjoy it." she then narrowed her eyes at Natsu "For I will never give you another."
"Yosh, then here's my thank you for training me." He smiled back as he slid the last piece of fire chicken over to Erza. "Since you gave me your favorite food I'll give you mine." He smiled again as Erza looked down at the meat in question.
"There is no need for this Natsu, but I will accept It." she bowed before cutting off a small piece of chicken and eating it.
After a few seconds she stopped chewing and her eyes grew wide as her face became chibi. "So how do you like it?" Natsu said with a toothy grin.
As Erza opened her mouth to answer a jet of fire shot of her mouth and covered Natsu's head. After a few seconds the fire stopped leaving a slightly scorched wide eyed Natsu. He blinked twice as he reached up and put out a small flame that was on the end of his hair.
Erza used her napkin to clean her mouth before replying with only "Spicy but good."
Erza then stood up "I believe it's time for bed, we will be getting up early for training in the morning, since we are only helping Jellal and Lucy needs the rent we will let them gather the information."
Natsu snapped out of his confusion and stood "Alright I'll definitely beat you tomorrow then!" he smiled as he passed Erza and fell onto the couch.
Erza walked up to the foot of the couch and looked down at Natsu "What are you doing?"
"Sleeping?" Natsu responded.
Erza sighed and grabbed Natsu by the collar. "We will be sharing the bed, I can't have you complaining about a poor nights rest when we train tomorrow." She then dragged him into the bed room and closed the door behind him. She threw him on the bed. "I hear you do this regularly with Lucy so this should not be a problem." She said as she reequipped into her usual purple pajamas and went under the blankets.
"Sweet!" Natsu said out loud happy at the thought her was getting to sleep in a comfy bed instead of a stupid couch. He went to his bag and stripped out of his vest and pants, sliding on a pair of red shorts. He made his way back to the bed and slid in on the other side of Erza smiling as his head hit the soft pillow. "Night Erza!"
"Goodnight Natsu." Was her reply as she turned her back to Natsu and slowly began to let sleep crawl upon her.
/Erza's dream
Erza was wearing her usual attire as she walked along a brown pathway. She looked around curious at the environment that she found herself in. She was walking down a brown path in a large opened field. She followed the path looking at the interesting fence that lined the road she walked. It looked strangely like… chocolate. Her curiously getting the best of her Erza approached the fence and broke off the top part of a post. She brought it to her nose and sniffed, her nostrils being instantly full of a dark deep chocolaty scent.
Erza's eyes lit up as she took a giant bite humming in content at the rich flavor. She looked farther down the road and dropped her chocolate in utter shock at the sight she saw.
Farther down the road was a large mansion, made COMPLETELY OUT OF STRAWBERRY CHEESE CAKE.
Erza's eyes shined brightly "Am I in heaven?" she asked herself as she slowly made her was down the brown milk chocolate path towards the sweet salvation that was this cheesecake mansion.
As she approached the door it blew open to show a man made completely out of cheesecake. "Welcome home honey!" the figure said.
Erza only looked on in awe at the cheesecake man before her. She didn't think for a second as she instantly jumped onto the cheesecake man before her. She felt arms wrap around her waist and she wrapped arms around the cheesecake man's head and curling around his icing head, that felt more like soft hair instead of icing, but the thought was fleeting as she continued her assault on the cheesecake man. She kept tasting the sweet taste of cheesecake but there was something else that she couldn't name that made the taste of cheesecake slide from her mind. As she became even more aggressive on the man under her.
/Natsu's dream
"MWHAHAHAH I AM DEMON LORD NATSU!" Natsu yelled from his throne inside his castle of Nastville located in the country of Natsuovia.
Three small chibi figures of Gray, Gajeel, and Laxus bowed before Natsu's throne "All hail king Natsu, he is more powerful than any of us could ever be and one day we hope we can be just as good as him!" They all said together.
"MWHAHAHA that will never happen but you can try!" Natsu said as happy flew beside him with a plate full of assorted food "Aye sir!" the blue cat said happily.
"Thank you of great Natsu for allowing us to try to be as great as you!" a chibi Laxus said looking up to Natsu.
"Lord Natsu is so kind!" chibi Gajeel and Gray said from behind him, tears rushing down from their face.
"Of course I am!" Natsu yelled "I am the greatest king and strongest person ever!" He grinned. "I am the best fighter in the world!"
At that instance the doors to his throne room were blow open and a ravishing young women with brown hair and curvaceous body ran in and fell before Natsu.
Natsu looked down at the women "Oi what the hell do you think you're doing ruining my gloating?!" Natsu yelled.
The women looked up with large brown eyes "I'm sorry of great Natsu-sama I've just been cursed and I heard of your greatness and thought that maybe you could help me! The way I am now I could never find a man who would give me true love." The women cried.
"Oi oi don't start crying!" Natsu said failing his arms.
The women wiped away her tears "I'm sorry Natsu-sama but the bad man meanie Zeref put a curse on me."
Natsu scratched his chin "Hmm the bad man meanie Zeref huh?" he said to himself.
"Yes Natsu-sama, he made so that I will never be able to find the man who could love me." She started to tear up.
"What did he do?" Natsu asked narrowing his eyes.
"He, he, he made it so that my kiss will only taste like fire chicken. Please help me Natsu- sa-"she was cut off as she felt a hand on hers. She looked up to see Natsu kneeling before her.
Natsu looked even more attractive due to the fire shining light down upon his face from behind. As he began to speak his voice was deeper "Worry not my fair maiden." He spoke fluidly causing the women to shiver "Thou has not been cursed but blessed."
"B-b-but Natsu-sama how coul-"
Natsu stood pulling her into his chest, looking down at her "Hush my maiden, speak not more. For any word that exit's your succulent lips will be worth more than any speech I could give you in return." He said in the same deep voice causing the women's knees to turn to jelly.
"Oh Natsu-sama." The women cooed. A fire raged around them briefly and they were instantly in the king's bedroom. "Natsu-sama why have you brought me here?"
"I have brought you here to not rid you of your curse but show you the appreciation of this blessing." He said smoothly kissing the back of her hand.
"Oh Natsu-sama"
Natsu looked her in the eyes before leaning forward about to take her lips. Inside his body was jumping off the wall 'HOW LUCKY CAN I GET TO HAVE A GIRL WHO TASTE LIKE FIRE CHICKEN!' he yelled inside as he continued to lean forward.
He was however taken by surprise as he felt the women in his arms jump on him and tackle him onto the bed. He was taken by shock at first as the women assaulted his mouth. She had only the faintest taste of fire chicken but there was something else that tasted better than anything Natsu had ever had. He wrapped his arms around the women's waist while feeling her wrap her arms around his neck running her hands through his hair.
Natsu groaned into the kiss as he tilted his head to deepen it. He got a soft moan as a reward for his efforts. This started the dragon side of him, causing him to roll over pinning the women under him and pinning her hands to her side. He kissed her harder before pulling away as the two took deep breaths trying to find some sort of oxygen. He started to kiss along her neck running his sharp canines against her soft skin. 'Holy shit this feels so vivid' Natsu thought as he continued his dominance over the women, her soft moans and mews coaxing him on.
The women is seemed though had her own sense of dominance she had to feed. She rolled the duo over once again, one hand pulling lightly on Natsu's hair while her other want to his pants, sliding in and grabbing hold of the hard piece of meat that lived there.
Natsu groaned as he kissed her back, one hand slipping low down her back before cupping her ass getting a moan from the women. His other hand made its way under her shirt. The thought that she was wearing a dress earlier never crossing his mind. He cupped her left breast before gently kneading the soft flesh.
/back in the hotel room
A small bottle teetered at the edge of the nightstand on the side of the bed. Another shake in the room finally pushing it to the point that it could no longer win its battle against gravity. It landed on the ground hard causing a large thump instantly awaking the two mages sleeping in the bed next to it causing both of them to become completely alert.
Natsu's and Erza's shot open as the quickly asset the situation in the room, prepared for any situation that might be present. They were not how ever expecting to be looking into each other's eyes.
Natsu looked up at Erza's eyes as she hovered above him, out of reflex he gulped in fear not realizing that Erza's tongue was where it was at the last of his dream before he awoke, about have way down his throat.
The action caused Erza to close her eyes slightly and let out a small moan before she pulled away quickly a dark blush dusted her check "Natsu are trying to steal my innocence?" she asked her hair covering her eyes but not quite her blush.
"N-n-no Erza!" Natsu squeaked out "You're the one on me." He pointed out.
Erza continued to look down at Natsu "Natsu either remove your hands from my ass and breast or prepare to part with both of them." She said darkly her blush also growing darker.
Natsu looked down and saw his hand inside Erza's shirt as well as down the back of her pajama bottoms. He quickly pulled them out and put his hand up in surrender.
"Good choice." She said coldly
"U-u-um Erza?"
"What?" she asked between clenched teeth.
"C-c-ca-can you you know let go of umm my uh…" Natsu stuttered as he looked down.
Erza followed his eyes till she saw her hand down his shorts. She felt something large, hard and warm in her hand. As she gave it an experimental squeeze she hear Natsu let out an involuntary groan. Her eyes widened as she looked up at Natsu "I-I-is this your…" she asked wide eyed.
"Y-y-yeah." He stuttered out as his face became flustered.
"But it's so big, how does it even fi-"she began to ask as she looked down at Natsu seeing his face reach a new level of red as she realized her own words. Her face became as red as her hair and she quickly let go and got off Natsu.
Natsu took this freedom and stood up and quickly made his way over to the door "Um well I'm going to sleep on the couch, later!" he said quickly as he hurried out the room shutting the door behind him.
Erza sat back on the bed looking at the door in shock. She slowly leaned back rethinking all that just transpired. At one point she was about to eat a cheesecake man when all of a sudden she woke up on top of Natsu having a make out shesh that obviously was about to go to the next level.. She brought her hand to her lips at the memory, the sweet taste of the inside of Natsu's mouth still fresh on her memory. She licked her swollen lips tasting the remnants of Natsu still fresh on her lips. It was such a sweet taste that it put her cheesecake to shame.
She then held her other hand before her looking at it. It was the hand that was around Natsu's…. she couldn't even think of it as her blush returned in all its might. Every dirty novel she ever read she never heard of it being that, that BIG. Erza continued to look at her hand memorized by it and not able to look away.
'Why did all that happen? What caused all that?' she thought to herself. She wasn't complained about the act itself because she couldn't lie to herself. She enjoyed it, she enjoyed every second of it. From the dream world to waking up and feeling him accidently suck on her tongue, all of it was amazing.
Erza smiled to herself 'Natsu isn't too bad. He's loyal and good looking, and not to mention he always there for me.' She thought to herself and couldn't help but smile. Then the image of Natsu running out of the room reappeared in her mind. She shot up instantly "He didn't run away did he?!" she said aloud as she ran to the door and kicked it open. She looked around the room and couldn't find Natsu. 'Shit he left!' Erza thought as she ran to the door of the room and ripping it open and stepping outside. "Natsu!" she called as she looked both ways down the hallway.
"Erza what's wrong?"
Erza instantly looked back into the room at the familiar voice. There she saw Natsu standing at the balcony looking in to her. She quickly ran back into the room and tackled Natsu onto the ground of the balcony. "E-e-erza what wrong?!" Natsu repeated in a panicky voice.
Erza looked up at Natsu with tears leaking out of her eye "I-I-I thought you left." She said quietly squeezing him tighter. "I thought you left after that."
Natsu put a hand on her cheek "H-h-hey don't cry about that! I'm here, and if I make you cry then I have to beat my own ass to keep my promise to you." Natsu said trying to calm the women down.
Erza smiled as she remembered the promise he told he at the tower. She looked up at Natsu, her usual strict and bossy domineer completely erased in this past few minutes due to the insane circumstance she's been in since she awoke. "Natsu you wouldn't ever leave right?" she asked showing a rare instance of venerability.
Natsu looked down at the beauty in his arms not liking seeing her like this "Of course not." He smiled "I won't ever leave unless you wanted me too. I promise." He smiled comforting the women by squeezing her tighter.
Erza buried her head in the crook of his neck. She smiled slightly as her heart started to beat faster 'Why do you cause this to happen to me Natsu?' she asked herself as she pulled away from Natsu standing up and fixing her pajamas and returning to her usual self "Very well I will hold you to that promise." She said staring down Natsu before turning on her heels and marching back into the room. "When you're ready come back to bed." She said a little too quickly as her façade fell slightly dusting her cheek with a light blush.
As she was about to shut the door she heard Natsu's voice." Hey Erza, can you promise me something in return?"
Erza stopped and looked back "depends what it is."
Natsu walked toward her draping and arm across her shoulder before looking into her eyes with a large smile "Don't wear your armor around me, I'll always be here like a promised so you don't need to constantly be wearing it."
Erza looked at him confused "I'm not wearing my armor though?" she questioned crossing her arms.
"That's not the armor in talking about. I'm talking about the armor you wear here." He pointed at her heart before walking past her into the room.
Erza looked down and put a hand over her heart and smiled "Baka, you're already making that armor fall apart." She said quietly before entering the room behind him.
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I have finals this week and I wanted to finish this before so that you all had at least something to add to the story. I feel like I rushed this so if there are any complaints tell me, I might delete this chapter and start again if it's too bad. I've been working on my other stories also but I just haven't had a lot of time on my hands to write that much.
Thanks for all the positive reviews though and I hope this chapter, while maybe not the best, isn't too bad. But if you disagree and feel like this is terrible that's fine also.
Any questions please ask I'll try to remember to answer them. Also I'm probably going to tke a long break after this so don't expect an update on any story anytime soon.