For the next few weeks Natsu and the others try and tell me everything that they can about their life in Fairytail. It is unbelievable the things that my brother and his friends have done! Throughout the weeks I am introduced to more members of Fairytail and I quickly settle into Team Natsu learning about everyone's different abilities. The guys explained to me everything. They told me about how they came to be part of the guild, how they helped each other battle their own demons and how the relationships have grown within the guild. I soon forget my life outside of Fairytail. I have never felt more at home in all of my life! This is truly where I belong. I consider everyone in the guild my nakama now and I feel the bond in my new 'family'.

Natsu however keeps challenging me for a fight. Everytime he tries I keep telling him no which in turn means that he fights Gray instead which, I have been told, apparently is a normal occurrence. I promised myself that I would only protect him. I would never cause harm to him if I could ever help it. Natsu has only ever seen me fight when we go on missions together. Even if we weren't on missions, I would do any training needed alone. I didn't like the idea of challenging anyone to a fight unless I was being provoked. Lucy was really helpful and understanding with it. Everytime Natsu got really hot headed, she would always be there to calm him down and explain why I didn't want to fight him. It made me smile when I saw it. He always seems to listen to her and it is somewhat therapeutic. At least I know deep down that Natsu was taken care of all of these years.

Eventually Gray seems to have had enough of Natsu badgering me.

"Instead of fighting Natsu, why don't you fight me? Fire against ice. It's been a few weeks now of Natsu badgering you to fight him and I understand why you don't want to. We all fight together sometimes just to train. We never fight to seriously harm each other." I am currently sitting at a table in Fairytail with Natsu at my side badgering me for the hundredth time today for a fight. My patience was at its peak with him and if I was asked once more I probably would have actually punched him. I love my brother and all but man he can be a right pain!

I look at Gray who is currently sitting opposite me and consider his suggestion. It has been a while since I have had a fair fight. I could do with something to do to get rid of this pent up frustration from Natsu. I smile with glee as I answer.

"Sure."

"What! You'll fight stripper over here but not me! That's not fair!" Natsu protests.

"Natsu. It wouldn't be fair fight anyway. Fire against fire. I don't think anyone would appreciate it if we burnt down the guild if something went wrong by accident!" I answer. Recently I have come to terms with Natsu's destructive nature. It can be quite a pain when we go on jobs together. I feel the worst for Lucy. Out of all of us, she is the one who suffers the most with rent. I'm currently staying with Natsu so I don't have to pay as much rent but everyone else seems to be okay financially.

Gray smiles at me in return. "Great. We'll take it outside. I know just the place"

He walks me outside where I soon find out that word spread very quickly about my choice to fight Gray. We walk for about five minutes where we find a small secluded river bank. There seems to be nowhere in site that could be damaged and there is enough space for us to move around in. I love it! As Gray and I stand in front of each other about ten foot away from each other I try and remember everything that I have learnt about him so far. He is quite sensible when it comes to his fighting. He is very logical and he has to use both of his hands to fight. That is the only weakness I can think of. We are both mentally equal. In a fight I am not so sure. I think Gray pips me slightly but today will solve all of that. There is a small crowd gathered around to watch us. Natsu, Lucy, Erza and Happy have made their way to the front to catch the action. I catch a glimpse at Natsu and I give him a sly smile as if to say 'I've got this'. He puts his hand up to show the Fairytail gesture and I do the same in return. I turn to face Gray.

"Shall we?"

"Let's go! Ice Make Lance!" I hear him shout suddenly and I have to move to get away from his attack.

"Fire sword!" I shout back and attack his lances with my sword. I had recently discovered that my fire magic is called creation magic since I can create objects with my fire.

"Ice Make sword!" He shouts and we both start a duel with our swords. Man this guy is strong! I summon two swords in the hope that it will help me out but it doesn't. I slash one sword across the arm and he moves away as he is suddenly burnt with my fire. I shout out a quick 'sorry' in response.

"Ice Make tiger!" He shouts causing a large ice tiger to come out of nowhere! Shit! I am screwed. I still have my sword in my hand but I try out a new attack that I had been practicing.

"Fire whip!" I shout and a long whip that looks a bit like Lucy's but longer appears in my hand. Gray starts making the tiger run after me and attack me while I am attacking it with my whip. It seems to do the trick because about five slashes later the tiger evapourates! This gives me time to calm down my heart rate! I am shattered already! Maybe it was a good idea to fight with Gray all along. I need to increase my stamina.

"Let's make this quick! Ice Make Prison!" I try to run away from his attack but I suddenly caught in an ice prison! It is huge! I try to burn it with my fire but I don't succeed. I try for my fire sword once more and slash the bottom of the prison where it should be it's weakest point. The next thing I know it evapourates and Gray almost lands on top of me from falling off the prison.

"If you want to make it quick, then let's do this right" I shout back knowing that I am going for Gray's one real weakness. I don't say the incantation out loud to give the element of surprise. The next thing I see is fire coated changes come out of the ground and aiming straight for Gray's wrists successfully grabbing them and pulling them apart so that he is standing upright but with his hands very much spread out wide. I can see him weakening as soon as the chains are attached to him. He looks at me in surprise.

"What is happening! Why do I feel so weak?"

I smile slying back at him. "That's because they are magic draining chains. I developed them last week and I was looking for someone to test them on. Might as well be you since you are here battling me."

I pull out my fire sword again as Gray starts to struggle. He can tell that I have worked out that he needs two hands to his ice magic to work and he knows he is in trouble now. I walk towards him, blocking out the cheers from Natsu and the others. I place my sword up against Gray's neck and look him square in the eye trying to place the fear of God in him.

He stares back at me shocked. He thought he had me but I just proved him wrong. He tries to move his head away from my sword so it doesn't burn him but I keep it there for a few seconds. I can hear people behind me starting to get a little concerned. Am I going to hurt him? Do I really want to cause him harm after spouting all of his nonsense about not wanting to hurt Natsu?

I pull my sword away slightly, I pull my head away from his and put on my sweetest grin.

"I win" I say in the sweetest voice I could manage and start laughing. I stop my magic and release Gray from the chains. Due to the magic being drained from him he drops to his knees in exhaustion. Gray looks up at me and chuckles and I high five him knowing that there are no hard feelings between each other.

"Thanks for the fight Gray. I had fun."

He nods. "You are leathal. Good thing you're on our team. I genuinely thought you were going to slit my throat or something then."

I chuckle. "Of course not. You are my nakama. I would never cause harm to you or anyone here."

The next thing I know I see Natsu running up to me. "Nozomi that was amazing! You really need to fight me now! Shame on you losing to my sister ice-freak! The fire Dragneels rule all!"

I shake my head in disbelief again. I can't believe he calls us that now.

"I could have had her flame-brain! I let her win!" I look back shocked at Gray.

"What! You let me win! That's rubbish I had your arse there"

"Whatever! If I can't beat you then flame-brain surely can't!"

"Can too!"

"Can not!"

"Can too! Watch me!" I wait for a punch from Natsu but the next thing I know, both Gray and Natsu are fighting...again. I lurch forward as I suddenly feel a hard pat on my back. I turn around to see Erza looking at me with a smile.

"Well done. That was a brilliant fight." I thank her as I see Gray and Natsu stop fighting holding each other like friends. I also worked out recently that Gray and Natsu are quite scared of Erza. To be honest I am aswell but I don't think I am that affected by it.

I see Lucy come up to me and grabbing my hands. "That was amazing Nozomi! Well done!"

"Thanks. It's got me worked up now to go on a job. Really want to let off some more steam." I say looking at Natsu with a scowl. Lucy laughs at me.

"Well that's what I was coming over for! We have a mission we all can go on!"

Gray and Natsu stop their fighting again to come over and see the sign. It's a poster for help with a city that is being taken over by a gang of mages.

"Looks like fun. Let's go!" Natsu shouts

"Not now. Let's go in the morning. Looks like it's going to be a long train ride there." We all agree as Natsu scowls. I know he has his motion sickness.

Looks like we're off again on another job!

and here is another chapter! let me know what you think!