After I finish this story I think I'll start on my NatsuxUltear story that was requested. There isn't much more to it, depending on reviews and reactions to the ending I might continue with a sequel or long epilogue.

I don't own Fairy tail

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Thunderous clashes could be heard throughout the woods at the outskirts of the city. Booms and battle cries mixed with the earth shacking rumbles that coursed through the area as the woods thinned out into a large clearing dotted with craters which resembled a war zone.

"AHHHHHHH." Natsu roared as he flew forward, boosted by his fire. He sent a jet of fire out of his elbow causing him to spin as he flew towards an awaiting Erza at high speeds.

Erza held her long sword before her and used it to catch Natsu as he flew into her guard. The force of the impact pushing her back several feet as her feet dug into the earth trying to gain purchase. She held her long sword firm as Natsu continued to act as a drill on pressure her. A smirk graced her lips "You're going to have to do something better than that to beat me, NATSU!" she roared as she pushed the sword forward stopping Natsu's rotation and making him stumble back. Using his temporary loss of balance Erza swung her sword down in a large vertical ark.

Natsu looked in shock as Erza not only stopped his rotation but pushed him back. He barely recognized the incoming blade, without having enough time to completely evade he dropped to a knee angling his left arm above his head at an angle to deflect the blade. Erza's blade made contact, the force driving Natsu into the ground slightly as the rest of the force slide down Natsu's blade with the glancing sword, hitting the ground and causing a large slice through the earth for roughly 20 feet behind Natsu.

Natsu used the time Erza needed to withdraw her sword to put some distance between them. Panting heavily he stared at Erza, never leaving his low fighting stance. "Dammit, I'll definitely break through next time." He growled in frustration.

Erza only looked at him pointing her sword towards him with a small smile "Maybe one day Natsu." She then sheathed her blade "But for now let's rest, we can train again after we have some lunch." She made her way to a large stump that earlier had felt her blade, and now was conveniently the perfect height to sit on. She reequipped a picnic basket, pulling out a quilt which she laid out.

"It's a perfect time for a picnic" she said with a sparkling eyes before quickly also reequipping her lightning empress spear and firing it into the air "AND NO ONE WILL RUIN THIS ONE!" she roar looking around to find whatever fool would dare challenge her. Fortunately only a small cowering Natsu was in the clearing and he had no intentions of incurring the wrath of Erza at the moment.

After a few seconds Natsu decided that it was alright to enter the picnic area without be beheaded. He took a seat across from Erza and took a bite of one of the small sandwiches. He chocked slightly catching Erza's attention. "Is there a problem?" she asked narrowing her eyes at him.

"No I'm just surprised that this sandwich is actually good!" Natsu replied without a thought to what he just said.

A small blush dusted Erza's cheeks at the compliment before she completely understood what Natsu said, "What do you mean 'Actually' isn't all my food good? "She said a tick mark devolving on her head.

Natsu began to sweat as he quickly swallowed the entire sandwich that he stuffed into his mouth "D-d-did I say that? Hehe I meant it's as great as everything you make." He chuckled nervously. Erza simply sighed and accepted his answer before beginning to enjoy her ever necessary strawberry cake. After the few words the two sat in comfortable silence. Simply enjoying the presence of the other as they ate.

Natsu looked to his side to see Erza zoned out, her mind in a distant land, he then saw a small shiver run across her body. He looked around at clearing, looking at the assortment of browns, yellows, and reds. Most leaves have already fallen since it was a good way into fall already. He looked back at Erza seeing another shiver run through her system. Being a fire mage he rarely felt any sense of cold, it just never bothered him like it would for others. After witnessing a third shiver run over Erza he decided that he had enough. In one quick motion he hooked his arm around Erza and quickly pulled her onto his lap, wrapping his other arm around her midsection as well, pulling her closer to him as he leaned back and rested against the stump.

"W-w-what are you doing Natsu!" Erza stuttered out of surprise as she felt Natsu tighten his grip on her. She slipped perfectly between his legs and against his chest.

"I just thought you were cold, so I thought I'd help you stay warm." Natsu said with his usual stupid grin.

Erza blushed before hitting Natsu across the head "Don't do it so suddenly!"

"Sorry!" Natsu said rubbing his head till he felt a weight lean against him. He opened his eyes and smirk seeing Erza settle herself against him.

"But thanks for the concern." Erza muttered with a small blush. "Oh and Natsu…"

Natsu grinned as he took another bite of one of her sandwiches. "Yeah Erza?"

"P… put your arms around me again." She said turning her head away from Natsu, her hair hiding her face but not quite the rosy tint of her blush.

Natsu only grinned as he threaded his arms around her midsection pulling her back against him as he leaned against the wood of the stump. She leaned back giving a relieved sigh. Natsu nuzzled his head into her hair getting a deep whiff of her metallic but strawberry scent. They sat like this, Erza in Natsu's arms as she leaned against his chest, she reequipped her armor off after a second and felt Natsu's warm chest against her cool back, sending another wave of shivers through her body again.

Natsu confusing this shiver as a sigh that she was still cold only followed his instinct. He slipped off her scarf and quickly situated it around Erza's neck.

"N-n-natsu this is-"

"I know." He grinned giving her a squeeze nuzzling his head into the crock of her neck "But your cold and I wanted to fix that," he said pulling back with an innocent smile.

"I-idiot." Erza huffed out turning her head and hiding part of it in the scarf that was wrapped around her neck.

And this is how they sat for several more minutes. Erza was simply enjoying the feeling of Natsu's arms holding onto her. They were the physical representation of everything Natsu had promised her, his arms would always hold her close to him, they would never let her down and drop her nor let her go. They would always be around her just like Natsu would be, just like Natsu promised. She smiled to herself as she nuzzled into Natsu a little more. His warm embrace flowing through her body making her relax in the soothing hold. She looked at the picnic around them, aside from the massive training ground that resembled a battle field all around them this place was perfect for a pleasant picnic date. Erza's smile only grew as she thought of this as a date, if she could have it feeling this way she would never want to go to a restaurant or any other activity. Simply being able to relax in this warm embrace that soothed every muscle and need within her was a better feeling then any she could ever imagine. Being in Natsu's arms were the best felling she had ever felt. She blushed as she looked down at the dragon slayers arms around her. The idea of this being a date with Natsu not bothering her at all. Actually they did the complete opposite and excited her. She smiled 'This isn't too bad, maybe I could get used to this. To being with Natsu like this.' She smiled with a blush.

Natsu looked down at Erza's smiling face, his heart taking a jump at seeing her so happy in his arms, taking a mental picture. He didn't know why but he wanted to see that exact same picture as much as possible. He didn't know what emotion was pushing him to want that, but all he knew was that when Erza was smiling he was happy, and when Erza was smiling in his arms he couldn't even begin to describe the effect that it was having on him. He never felt this way for anyone else, he had a brief pull towards Lucy and even Lisanna when they were younger, but neither of those compared to the simple attraction that he felt toward the Scarlett knight in his arms. He gave a toothy grin as he squeezed her tenderly happy that the armor she had on earlier was missing. He never liked to see Erza vulnerable but the fact she had shed her armor for him only made him overjoyed. "Say Erza, I have an idea." He finally said breaking the silence.

"Hmmm?" Erza hummed in response her eyes starting to flutter shut as she fell farther into his warm embrace.

"After the mission, after training. Why don't we do this more often? You can bring you picnic basket and I can eat your awesome sandwiches!" Natsu said with a large grin.

Erza looked up in shock with wide eyes. "Natsu are you asking me if I want to go on a date with you?" with surprise as she looked back to Natsu.

Natsu face darkened as he didn't even think of the request being a date, but now under some rethinking he could definitely understand how this would be called a date. Surprisingly he wasn't opposed to the idea of it being a date with the scarlet beauty. "W-w-well I uh…"

"I'd love to Natsu." Erza said quietly as a blush coated her cheeks and she buried her head in the scarf as well as nuzzling back into Natsu.

"R-really?!" Natsu said in disbelief, half surprised that his head wasn't currently rolling around on the ground. Erza nodded in confirmation looking up at him with pink cheeks. "AWESOME!" he yelled letting out a stream of fire and pumping a fist in the air.

His celebration was short lived as Erza punched him in the face "Stop moving! I was comfortable! "She growled, the blush on her face still plainly evident.

Natsu gave a stupid grin and rubbed the back of his head sheepishly "sorry." He said as he situated Erza back in front of him. "Hey Erza." He said again getting an annoyed 'what?' in reply. He leaned forward putting his mouth by her ear "when you told Meredy and Ultear I wasn't on the market, did you plan this to happen?" he grinned slyly feeling her blush return and her shift uncomfortably on top of him.

"S-s-shut up." She mumbled in response making Natsu laugh before giving her a quick peck on the cheek causing her eyes to grow wide. But before she could scold him they hear a yell form across the field behind them.

"NATSU! ERZA!" a light voice called from the other side of the trunk. He two mages quickly untangled themselves before running to meet the two mages running across the clearing calling their names. Erza quickly reequipped into her armor following Natsu as he sprinted to meet their other companions.

"Natsu!" the light voice of Lucy called as she ran with Meredy, the four mages approached each other near the center of the clearing. "Wow you sure have been pushing yourself." She giggled at the large scale of damage that covered the area. He giggling stopped as her eyes reached Erza "um why is Erza wearing your scarf?"

Erza reached up and clutched the scarf protectively, opening her mouth to say some random excuse but Natsu beat her to it. "Because she was cold." He said simply but then looked to her with loving eyes "And she's important." He said with a typical toothy grin. This causing a blush form Erza and Meredy and a look of rage from Lucy.

"W-well we found the stupid Dark guild!" Lucy yelled as she turned around "when you're done doing whatever you are doing we're going to go finish this thing!" she huffed as she stormed away. Getting a curious look from Erza and Natsu, and a sad frown from Meredy.

Meredy turn to the two "You could've just told us earlier Erza." Meredy said with puffed cheeks and a pout. "But as Lucy says, Jellal found the dark guild earlier and we're planning on attacking tomorrow night, so we are having a group mission at the hotel to discuss how we should go about destroying the dark guild." She smiled before giving them a devious look "So you two don't have too much fun in your room tonight, we need both of you at tip top performance tomorrow!" she said running off leaving Erza in a blushing mess.

"What did she mean by that Erza?" Natsu asked puzzled.

"N-nothing!" she squeaked uncharacteristically, which Natsu thought was rather cute. 'How could Meredy even say that? Maybe eventually but he just now asked me to date him!' she thought to herself only causing herself to become more flustered.

Natsu watched this with a questioning look before grabbing her hand and pulling her towards town, breaking her from her thoughts. "C'mon Erza, you heard her! We need to get back to the hotel to talk to Jellal about the mission, and then we need to rest and I sleep better when you snuggle up against me. So let's go get cleaned up and jump in bed!" he yelled pulling her along.

A loud smack was heard as Erza hit Natsu "Don't say such indecent things outs loud!" she roared causing him to coward in fear. She huffed before grabbing his hand and dragging him to the hotel. "Let's just go rest and get this over with."

"A-aye sir!"

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After roughly an hour all six mages were huddled around the table in Erza's and Natsu's shared room. Natsu was sitting by Erza while Meredy and Lucy sat across from them, Ultear was to Natsu's left at one of the heads of the table the last chair was empty due to Jellal absence.

"So Natsu" Ultear said in the same tone she used earlier in the day. Erza shot her a glance that went unheeded as the dark haired women leaned toward Natsu, her generous chest resting on the table. Before she could say anything however her eyes caught the white cloth that was wrapped snuggly around Erza's neck. Her mouth instantly turned into a pout "No fair." She said childishly resting back into her chair. This all confused Natsu but Erza wore a confident smirk as she grinned about winning the short nonverbal battle over the women that wanted to challenge her for her man. She blushed as she thought that.

Natsu looked back and forth confused before he looked across the table at Lucy who was sulking with her arms crossed. He raised an eyebrow as the atmosphere around the table continued to get even more awkward. "Uhhh." He said gaining the attention of the three females. "Did you get a new key Luce?" he asked randomly and scolding himself internally because he knew Lucy still had the same number of keys she always had.

"I do! How did you know?" the blonde said perking up instantly as Natsu singled her out.

"You do?" Natsu asked completely floored that his random question actually worked.

"Yupp!" she smiled pullout out the simple brass key and setting it on the table with a proud slap.

The group of mages looked down at the key with an anticlimactic look of wonder.

"I have to say compared to your other keys it lacks in design." Erza stated.

Natsu nodded in agreement "It looks kind of plain." His eyes then lit up "But is there a powerful spirit inside?! If there is I'm fired up!" he said punching an open palm.

At this Lucy scratched her cheek nervously "well the thing is there isn't anything in it right now." She looked up to see the confusion of every mage, and double the confusion on Natsu. "It's an empty key so next time we beat a supper powerful monster I can trap it inside this key." She said confidently "then I can use it anytime I want!"

"Wow Luce that could come in handy if we get in a tight spot." Natsu said with Erza nodding in agreement.

As Lucy was about to continue all their attention was directed to the opening door. Jellal entered the room wearing a large dark cloak. As he entered he approached the table, casting a look at the scarf around Erza's neck before slamming a map of the area on the table. He looked over at Lucy making eye contact "the plan is in motion." He said, the blonde giving a small nod in understanding. He unfolded the map showing the local area as well as the location of the dark guild.

"I found that the guild was hiding in these nearby mountains in an abandoned castle to the north. They're pretty tough but nothing the combined might of all of us can't handle." He said then pointing to an area in front of the castle "the castle only has one way in and one way out, we will have to blast through the front door. I figure the one who does the most unnecessary destruction could handle the door." He cast a glance at Natsu and scowled slightly as Natsu nodded with a stupid grin taking the comment as a compliment.

Erza nodded at the plan "It is rather straight forward but it seems to be the only course of action, the castle is only maybe an hours walk from here so at what time are you planning on making the attack?" she asked looking toward Jellal.

Jellal rolled the map up and stood straight "Since it is still a good walk over mountainous terrain a morning raid wouldn't do us much good, the darkness could cause for unnecessary accidents." He said looking to Erza expecting some sort of praise for his leadership but only gaining an indifferent look, he coughed awkwardly before continuing "So we will head out at first light. Any questions?" he asked looking to the group who all nodded their understanding. "Alright then that is it for the pre-mission."

Ultear and Meredy stood and stretched "Ahh alright well let's get a good night's rest then before the mission!" Ultear said with a smile, her a Meredy walking toward the door. She looked back to Lucy and Jellal who were still sitting there as Natsu stood and stretched. "Lucy, Jellal, are you coming?" she asked.

The blonde simply looked at Natsu and sighed before standing and walked past the two. Jellal however only looked from Natsu to Erza.

"Something wrong Jellal?" Erza asked confused.

He looked between the two then put on a smile "No not at all, at least not for long." He said getting a curious look from both Natsu and Erza as he exited the room. Meredy shutting the door behind the group leaving Natsu and Erza alone in the room.

Natsu looked down to Erza with a raised eyebrow "What was that about?" he asked.

"I don't really know." Erza replied honestly before also standing. She made her way to the shared bedroom before turning around with a blush. "We worked hard today, we should get some rest."

Natsu only grinned before walking toward her and wrapping his arms around her waist lifting her off the ground causing her to give a surprised yelp. "You're cute when you blush." Natsu said light heartedly as he then carried Erza to the bed bridal style and dropped her on the bed.

"NATSU!" she yelled turning brighter red. "Don't think you can just do things like that now since I agreed to go on a d-date with you!" she stuttered out, reequipped into her purple pajamas before sliding under the covers.

Natsu slid of his shirt before climbing into the bed with Erza, wrapping his arms around her and pulling her closer, surprising her with his sudden forwardness. "I'm a dragon I can't help but horde the things I like." He grinned resting his head in her hair. "And I'll do stuff like this till you tell me not to." He leaned back staring into her eyes "I promised id always be here until you want me to leave after all." He grinned before pulling her tight again.

"I-idiot." She mumbled before wrapping her arms around him and snuggling into him. Then a small smile graced her lips "Goodnight my Dragon." She whispered.

He smiled "Good night my..." he paused gaining her attention.

"What?" she asked.

He looked down at her "well you're definitely not a silly princess." He said getting a hard smack to the head.

"WHAT DO YOU MEAN IM NOT A PRINCESS!" she yelled hitting him on the head for every word.

"I-I'm sorry Erza!" he yelled under the barrage of fist making contact to his face. "You just aren't like fragile princess!" he continued only bringing on more of the woman's wrath.

"Then what am I a knight because of my magic?!" she asked fuming.

Natsu scratched his chin "Weeeeeeell." He glanced at the fuming form of Erza "N-n-no of course not!" he waved his hands. He thought for a second before an idea popped up he wrapped his arms around her again and pulled her close, Erza still visibly upset "You're my Warrior Princess, it's like a regular princess but you're too badass to be JUST a princess." He grinned at his creative solution.

Erza blushed at all the praise before her inner girl decided to make an appearance "S-so you still think I'm like a princess?" she said in a small voice looking up at Natsu. Natsu looked down and was completely shocked with the chibi face that Erza had and was looking back up at him with.

Natsu only nodded "Yupp, you're my badass warrior princess." He said emphasizing 'princess' causing Erza to blush and squirm in his grasp, her usually hidden girly personality making a rare appearance. "Good night my warrior princess." Natsu then said before quickly leaning down and stealing a kiss form the scarlet haired women. She blushed as Natsu pulled back with a grin. Her girly personality however was quickly pushed aside as her usual one regained control.

Not wanting to be outdone and definitely not allowing Natsu to think he had some sort of power over her, yeah all those dirty novels definitely didn't have any contribution to her deciding her actions, she leaned up and pushed Natsu roughly down on the bed, catching the dragon slayer off guard. As he opened his mouth to answer Erza took the opportunity to seal his mouth with her own. Quickly taking dominance in the kiss over the dragon slayer who after a few seconds growled in pleasure as he kissed back. She pulled back to look at the confused eyes of the pink haired man. "You know, unlike a regular princess who is captured by a dragon, a warrior princes…" she paused tracing a finger down Natsu's chest and leans in to whisper in his ear "Tames her dragon."

Natsu felt a shiver of pleasure run down his body as he felt her breath on his ear, his blood beginning to pump faster "Dragons aren't creature that are that easy to tame." He grinned back talking in a husky voice, making eye contact with Erza. Erza held his gaze as she felt him begin to heat up "we'll see about that." She said with a confident smirk.

She then punched Natsu directly in the face knocking the dragon slayer out col.

"But we have a mission tomorrow so we need to sleep." She deadpanned, all the building tension instantly dissipating. She smiled as she rested her head on Natsu's chest "good night my dragon." She said with a smile before she drifted in a comfortable sleep atop of her comfy warm body pillow.

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One more chapter and this will be completed, I might add an epilogue afterwards but beside that this story will be completed!

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