Chapter 14: First Date

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or High School DxD. The former is owned by Hiro Mashima and the latter is owned by Ichiei Ishibumi.

Natsu just had the best night's sleep he's had all week. He didn't even care that two small arms were restricting his movement. He opened his eyes and saw Wendy's sleeping face with her long, dark blue hair all messy. She looked so happy and tranquil with her soft, smiling face. Natsu and Wendy spent the whole day together yesterday after making up two days ago. It doesn't matter what they did they just loved being in each other's presence. Natsu was grateful that things were able to get back to normal so fast. He was actually surprised that Akeno was successful at convincing her. He was willing to keep his promise to Akeno, so later on they were going on their first real date. Until then he didn't know what to do.

He figured he should wake Wendy up now so that he could get out of the iron grip she had on him. "Wake up Wendy. Time to get up." Natsu spoke softly while nudging her soft cheek.

Wendy let out a small yawn with her eyes still closed and grabbed onto Natsu tighter. "Don't wanna." She said half asleep to her warm body pillow. She clutched him happily in her sleep like a child would do to their favorite stuffed animal.

'OK looks like I'm not going anywhere for a while.' Natsu thought. He didn't mind though since he didn't have anything planned for the morning or afternoon.

Fairy Tail

After Natsu was freed from Wendy's grasp, the two had breakfast and headed over to Fairy Tail. Natsu was hanging with his friends at their usual table and Wendy was hanging around Lisanna. Things were finally starting to settle down since Akeno and Meredy joined the guild.

"Glad to see you back to your old self buddy." Elfman said to Natsu and gave him a friendly punch in the arm.

"Thanks man. Good to be back!" Natsu exclaimed.

"Yeah seriously. It was boring having you acting like such a downer. Maybe now we can get a decent fight out of you." Gajeel said like it was a challenge.

"You bet! I'm raring to go now Black Steel!" Natsu roared back getting all fired up.

"Ok before you guys can go at it, I need a rematch and our team is overdue for a job." Elfman pointed out. It has been a long time since Natsu's team went out on a job. First Natsu had to take a month to recover from injuries and then it took some time to get things straight with Akeno and Wendy. Luckily, Natsu's friends offered to buy him groceries so he wouldn't have to dip into his savings too much. Levy was definitely the one who contributed the most. She brought him groceries, cooked him meals, and spent more time with him than anybody else.

This made Natsu's mood take a turn for the worst. "Yeah...Our team." He said in a crestfallen tone. Yesterday, he had told Elfman about Levy's decision to leave the team.

Elfman put a hand on his best friend's shoulder reassuringly. "Don't blame yourself man. We need to keep moving forward. That day was inevitable. You acted like a real man telling her the truth of how you really felt about her. If you ask me, she acted way too harsh towards you. We don't need that kind of negative attitude in our team."

"Thanks man. You're right. I can't let this keep me down any longer. I just need to forget about her for now.

"Look on the bright side. Tonight you got a hot date with your new girlfriend. Any idea on where you're gonna take her." Gray asked.

"I have an idea. I may be new to romance, but I think I can pull this off." Natsu said confidently.

Gray burst out laughing at that comment. "Yeah. You're about as familiar with romance as you are with vegetables."

"Keep on laughing iceboy, but I'm still the first guy in this group to get a girlfriend." Natsu said smugly.

Gray stopped laughing and folded his arms over his chest in annoyed manner. "Don't remind me."

"Hey frosty. If you're so desperate to get laid, I think it's time you cut your losses and let the rain woman ravage you." Gajeel said.

Gray looked at Gajeel in all seriousness. "I'm gonna jump off a cliff before I let that happen. And keep it down. She's always watching me." Gray whispered that last part.

"I think you're safe for now pal. Looks like she's busy talking to Meredy. Who would of thought those two would hit it off?" Natsu said.

Gray looked over his shoulder and noticed Juvia and Meredy interacting at another table. "No joke! Finally she has someone to distract her. Having those girls here is starting to pay off for me!" Gray cheered.

Natsu scanned the room and found Akeno and Cana laughing about something. "Oh great. She's made friends with Cana of all people. I feel this gonna affect me in a disturbing way." He said in a worried tone.

"Alright. Enough of your problems. We need to get back to our job situation." Elfman said seriously.

"Fine with me. Where's Erza at?" Elfman and Natsu looked around the whole room, but couldn't find her.

"Hey sis! Mind coming over here for a sec?!" Elfman called out to Mira. she was over there shortly while holding a tray of beer mugs.

"What is it Elfman?" Mira asked in her sweet voice.

"You seen Erza today?"

"Oh I'm sorry. She went out on a job by herself yesterday. She would have waited for you guys, but she really needed the money." Mira replied with a frown."Damn it! Now we're two members short!" Elfman shouted angry that Erza left without them.

"Relax man. We have to take Akeno and Meredy with us anyway because I'm technically responsible for their actions." Natsu pointed out.

"I can join in too if you guys want. I've got nothing better to do." Gajeel offered.

"Good afternoon gentleman!" Master Makarov greeted as he walked over to their table.

"What can we do ya for Master?" Gray asked.

"Natsu. I need to speak with you in my office."

"Sure thing Gramps. Elfman. Check out the job board while I'm gone."

"You got it buddy." Elfman made his way over to the the board with Gajeel following him.

Natsu sat down in one of the chairs in front of The Master's desk where he was sitting in his large armchair.

"What's this about Gramps?" Natsu asked.

"Natsu. This concerns our meeting with the Magic Council. Do you recall that one of the conditions was that Akeno and Meredy must disclose all information they have on Grimoire Heart?"

Natsu's face turned serious. "Yes. I remember." Natsu was so caught up with his personal life that he forgot that there is a bigger problem going on with Grimoire Heart. Who knows what they could be planning with the entire Fairy Tail guild. Natsu could have just been a small part of their plan. "Please. Continue."

"I decided to have them report the information to me and I would give it to the Magic Council. The information they gave me proved to be beneficial."

"That's good, but why are you only telling me this? Doesn't this concern the entire guild?"

"Unfortunately, your lady friend was only told to assasinate you and nothing else. It is not known if they plan to attack the whole Fairy Tail guild. They have been quiet ever since your last battle with her. I don't want to have to alarm everyone yet."

"I see what you mean. I know you don't want to make the other members worry, but it could be beneficial to them. If there's even a chance of an all-out war, we all need to get stronger and be prepared. We should rise to meet our fate."

"You make a valid point point my boy. Perhaps I should inform the others later. For now let's just focus on you. I was given information on the most elite members of the guild they worked with including their abilities. If we can understand what we're up against, we can deal with them more efficiently." Makarov said as he pulled out a file from his desk and took the papers out to read off to Natsu.

"Akeno and Meredy were part of an elite group called the Seven Kin of Purgatory. These are the names and abilities of the other five members. First there is Azuma. He uses a form of lost magic that allows him to manipulate and use trees, as well as create explosions by condensing the power of the earth inside the trees.

"That magic sounds very destructive, but explosions must mean fire. I should have no problem going up against someone like him." Natsu said confidently.

"Indeed. Hopefully we will be able to utilize your advantage. The second member is Ultear. She is the leader of the Seven Kin and uses a lost magic called Arc of Time as well as Ice-Make magic.

Natsu's eyes widened at that. "She uses the same magic as Gray!"

"Yes she does. Meredy actually said that there is some connection between her and Gray, but we will go into that later. Her Arc of Time magic allows her to manipulate the time of anything, except sentient objects like people. This allows her to move objects either forward or back in time to change their condition."

"The third member is Zancrow." Natsu clenched his fists in anger at the mention of his name.

"You don't have to tell me. Akeno already told me all about that sick bastard and what he can do." The Master could tell that Natsu was burning with rage. He had seen him angry many times, but this time seemed different. The way he spoke sounded more viscous than when he was usually angry.

"She did not give me too many details on him. I could tell that he is a sore subject for her. Whatever he did to her, I can see it's something that infuriates you. You must care a lot for this girl, but try not to let your emotions control you." The Master spoke to Natsu.

Natsu tried his best to try and calm himself. "I'm sorry Master. Please continue."

"The fourth member is Caprico. He uses a lost magic called human subordination. Basically, he has the ability to temporarily weaken the physical and magical abilities of humans around him along with other abilities."

"He could be a lot of trouble. Human subordination? That's an interesting name. Who knows what else he could do with that kind of magic?

"I agree. Finally there is Rustyrose. He uses a lost magic known as arc of embodiment. It's a powerful magic that allows the user to materialize anything from their imagination to be used at their whim."

"Seriously?! talk about overpowered. These guys are definitely elite."

"Indeed they are. Still there is something even more revealing about Grimoire Heart."

"What is it."

"Their master's true identity is Precht Gaebolg."

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Natsu's mouth hung wordless at the revelation. He was the last person to expect leading Grimoire Heart. How could he?

"You can't be talking about the second guild master. That's impossible!" Natsu exclaimed.

"I was mind-blown like you my boy. To think my predecessor and mentor could succumb to this."

"This can't be true. Nobody from Fairy Tail could ever do something like this. He showed you how to run this guild. This goes against everything we are all about. It doesn't make sense!"

"I don't know what became of the second master after he left Fairy Tail to me. I don't know what could have caused him to veer down this dark path. And I definitely don't know why he would threaten the guild he helped raise...But any member who endangers the lives of his comrades or children is an enemy of Fairy Tail.

Natsu clenched his fists in anger once again. To think that their former leader could lead a guild of mass murderers and send someone to kill him."You know Master. Maybe we're wrong. This could make sense."

"Natsu?" The Master looked at Natsu like he was beginning to lose it.

"If he's truly thrown everything he's believed in, he is no member of Fairy Tail. Maybe he feels the impulse to hurt us to prove to himself that he's given up on Fairy Tail. That I can believe...but what I can't believe...is how he can keep living while letting Akeno suffer for six years! That bastard made her believe he actually cared about her and reduced her to some sort of pawn!" Natsu slammed his fist on the desk in anger.

Master Makarov could see that viscous side of Natsu returning. He could see Natsu's good nature slowly leaving him.

"You are right about one thing Master. I don't care who this person is. He is an enemy of Fairy Tail and will receive no mercy from me."

The room was silent for a moment after Natsu vented his anger. That was a lot for him to take in and he just snapped. "I need to leave Master. I don't want to listen to anymore." He got up and made his way for the exit.

"Natsu wait." The Master called out. Natsu stopped right in front of the door and kept his back to The Master.

"I know that this is a lot to take in. I'm beyond furious as well, but I'm more worried about the well-being of this guild. In worst case scenario, this could lead to an all-out war with Grimoire Heart. The other members of the Seven Kin possess immense amounts of magic power. We usually make it out of these kinds of situations with minimal casualties, but this outcome could be far worse. Before you do anything brash, please remember how many lives are at stake. If you're gonna go looking for blood, be prepared to find it.

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"I've known you for a long time my child. You are a kind being with a good heart. Remember that."

"Thank you Master...Goodbye." With that Natsu proceeded to walk out of the office and shut the door behind him.

Natsu just headed straight home after the meeting. He needed to cool off before his date with Akeno. Right now he was in the shower just letting the warm water flow down his body with his eyes shut. He thought hard about the Master's final words. Facing enemies that strong will take everything they have. They may have to resort to more drastic measures to defeat them. It's true that Natsu was destructive at times, but he always means well. Could he actually take somebody's life. Is he even strong enough to defeat Master Hades. He knows that the wise decision would be to have Master Makarov take on Hades, but his anger for him is so strong that he wants to be the one to beat him down. Still just like Master said, the well-being of the guild comes first. He has to think like the S-class mage he is if he wants everyone to come out alive.

Ever since he was promoted to S-class, he's felt like he's had so much more responsibility to the guild. The only other S-class members were Erza and Laxus. There's also Mirajane and Gildarts, but Mira is retired as a mage and Gildarts is never around. Laxus could care less about the safety of the other members so that just leaves Erza. 'Maybe that's why she's always on everybody's case.'

Natsu always thought Erza took things way too seriously. She is always reprimanding everybody at the guild about everything including himself. Maybe she feels the need to do this because she is an S-class mage and just wants whats best for the guild. If something were to ever happen to the master somebody else would need to know how to lead. She may seem like a dictator at times, but like himself her intentions are good. Perhaps he should actually start listening to all those countless lectures she gives him.

'I'll worry about all of this later. I don't want be acting all upset on my date with Akeno.' Natsu knew that she was really looking forward to this date and he didn't want to ruin it.

'What the hell am I going to wear?'

Lucy is currently at her desk working on her infamous novel when she heard a knock at the door.

"Who could that be?" Lucy said out loud as she made her over to the door. She opened it to find Natsu standing in front of her.

"Natsu? What are you doing here. You never come to see me."

"I know, but I need a favor. I heard that celestial maid of yours can hook you up with clothes from the spirit world. I don't have any nice clothes to wear on a date."

Lucy sighed. "Look Natsu. I don't know if I'm alright helping you with your date. I still don't trust that dark guild girl and you are really hurting Levy."

"Are you guys gonna hold a grudge against me for the rest of my life? You guys haven't even tried to get to know her. Don't her feelings matter as well?" Natsu asked.

"Do you hear yourself? You actually care more about the feelings of a complete stranger than you do your own family."

"Last time I checked she is part of the guild now so she is our family. You have no idea how much she has suffered. She is just another human being that needs love and support and you two are mistreating her." Natsu said firmly

"Fine. I will help you just this one time. Come on in."

"Nice digs." Natsu commented nonchalantly on the interior of Lucy's apartment.

"Thanks. Don't get used to it. Let's get this over with." Lucy said as she took out Virgo's celestial spirit key.

"What? You mean you're not going to offer me a beverage?" Natsu said sarcastically. Lucy did not appreciate the way Natsu was screwing around with her.

"Wow I hate you."

"Open: Gate of the Maiden Virgo!"

With that, a pink-haired woman wearing a maid's outfit appeared out of thin air.

"Is it finally time for punishment?" Natsu raised an eyebrow at this. 'What kind of relationship do they have?'

"Just ignore that. Virgo I need you to find a nice outfit Natsu could wear for a date."

"Certainly. Shall I find a nice outfit for you as well princess?"

"No I'm not going on the date with him!"

"That is unfortunate. Yet again you fail to capture another suitor.

"OK. Maybe it is time for punishment!"

"That can wait Lucy. I need to get going soon.

"What do you think?" The pink-haired maid asked Natsu's opinion on the outfit she picked out for him. Natsu's outfit consisted of a blue jacket with gold trim, light brown pants, and black boots with gold trim.

"Not really my style, but it will do."

"Good now get out. I want to get back to my-What the hell is that noise!" Lucy exclaimed while hearing a crunching sound in the background. She looked off to the side to find Gray snacking on some potato chips on her bed.

"Sorry. I will try to keep the noise down." Gray said and proceeded to munch on Lucy's potato chips.

"Intruder alert! Virgo get rid of this scoundrel!" Lucy yelled with tick marks on her head."

"Sorry princess, but my time is up." With that Virgo disappeared in a puff of smoke.

"That was convenient." Natsu spoke.

"You said it man. You're lookin sharp in that outfit. Go knock her dead." Gray said

"Thanks for the encouragement."

"I want both of you out of my apartment!" Suddenly a steel club came bursting through Lucy's door shattering it to pieces. On the other end of that steel pole was Gajeel.

"Hey Salamander I've been looking for yeah. Me and Elfman swiped a sweet mission off the S-class board. We didn't want to wait for you so we just snuck up to the second floor when nobody was looking. We get to help some town by taking care of this powerful monster that's been destroying it.

"Sounds awesome man. Give me the details later. I'm gonna be late." Natsu said as he began to make his way out.

"Look at you all dressed up. You must be going all out for Akeno. You lucky bastard." Lucy's mouth and pupil-less eyes were stuck wide open as she stared at the remains of her door. "Is nothing sacred?" She questioned to no one in particular.

"Hey guys! Lucy's got some cans of iced tea stashed in her fridge!" Gray called from the kitchen.

Natsu popped his head back in the room. "That reminds me. I never got that beverage."

"I could use a drink for the road. Grab me one too Gray." Gajeel called out. Gray came out of the kitchen and tossed two cans of iced tea to Natsu and Gajeel.

"See yeah Luce." Gray said as he walked passed the stunned Lucy and exited the room with Natsu and Gajeel. She returned to her senses once the guys have left the building.

"YOU ASSHOLES GET BACK HERE AND FIX MY DAMN DOOR!"

Natsu arrived at the Fairy Hills dormitory where he would be picking up Akeno. He arrived at her dorm and knocked on her door.

"Coming!" Natsu heard Akeno yell from the inside the room.

'I'd better brace myself in case she picked out some sultry outfit.' Natsu thought fearfully and gulped. Surprisingly, Akeno came out wearing her bright red dress with white sleeves and a purple ribbon on it. She also wore a pair of high heeled shoes, a silver heart necklace, and had her long hair out without her ribbon.

'Aw thank goodness.' Natsu thought relieved. "Wow! You look amazing." he commented.

Akeno blushed at his comment. "Thanks so much. You look really handsome. You didn't have to dress up so nice for me. You like some kind of prince."

"I know, but everything else I have to wear is too casual for where I'm taking you. We should get going." Natsu stuck his hand out flat in front of Akeno gesturing for her to take it. 'I feel like this is something I should do based on what little bits Mira has told me how to act on a date. Maybe I should have read some of those romance novels Erza has in her collection...Probably not the novels.'

Akeno blushed some more and took it a step further by latching onto his arm affectionately. She didn't press her breasts into his arm just for the sake of not making him any more nervous. "You really are a gentleman. I love it!" She said excitedly and stared at him with those big purple eyes of hers. Natsu smiled at her knowing that she was already enjoying herself.

"Shall we?" Natsu began walking with Akeno right next to him as she stay attached to his arm.

Natsu ended up taking her to a nice restaurant that resembled a Japanese temple. The inside of the restaurant was kind of dark being only lit by paper lanterns along the ceiling. Some of the other patrons at the restaurant were wearing traditional kimonos similar to the one Akeno wears. There was a small garden outside of the restaurant with a pond in the middle with a waterfall splashing into it. Akeno absolutely loved the entire decor of the restaurant. Natsu had a feeling she would.

"This place is perfect Natsu! It's so beautiful!" Akeno cheered with Natsu outside the restaurant.

Natsu smiled that he made the right choice. "I thought you might like this place considering I see you wearing that kimonos a lot and you liked being in that abandoned shrine I found you in."

"This place was a great idea, but you didn't choose something so elegant for our first date."

"It's alright. I have plenty of cash saved from all those S-class missions I've done. You don't have to worry about me. Just enjoy yourself. You deserve it." Natsu reassured her.

Akeno smiled happily at Natsu. "Alright. If you say so. Let's head on in.

Natsu and Akeno were seated at a table in the middle of the restaurant. They were having a great conversation while waiting for their food to arrive. They mostly talked about lives with their dragons since Akeno didn't want to bring up anything from Grimoire Heart.

"Hahahahaha! You actually thought Igneel left Wendy with you to be your mate." Akeno was enjoying the many funny stories Natsu had about his time with Igneel.

"Oh come on. I don't how dragons think. Maybe they have different morals on how big of an age difference there can be. I don't like that now!"

"You are something else. Anyway, at least Igneel had the decency to say goodbye to you. Ramos just up and left me during the night without saying a word." Akeno began to frown.

"I'm sure he didn't mean to hurt you like that. From what you told me, I can tell he cared a lot about you. Maybe it was too hard for him to explain that he had to leave you. Please don't feel bad." Natsu said trying to cheer her up.

"Thanks for that. You're probably right. The years I spent with Ramos were definitely the best of my life. Hopefully I can make even better memories now that I'm at Fairy Tail."

"That's right. Joining Fairy Tail was probably the best thing that could have happened to me and Wendy. It looks like found a friend in Cana."

Akeno giggled. "Yeah. She's really fun to be around. She also gave me a bunch of great ideas on how I could make you happy." Akeno said that last part in a more seductive tone and sent a wink towards Natsu. Natsu felt a shiver go up his spine.

'Damn it Cana! I knew you were a bad influence!'

"That's...good to know." Natsu said nervously. "How about we put those ideas off the side for a while."

"Sorry. I couldn't help myself." Akeno did her innocent giggle again.

Off in the corner of the room, two people were sitting with the menus concealing their faces. The duo dropped the menus to reveal Juvia and Meredy. Meredy was wearing her usual attire while Juvia was wearing a blue dress with a slit to show off one of her legs, white puffs at the sleeves and neck, and a dark blue round hat with a yellow flower attached to the side.

"I can't believe you talked me into coming with you. What do you hope to accomplish from this." Meredy complained.

"Isn't it obvious?" Juvia replied while she was gazing at Natsu and Akeno from afar. "I'm here to observe how an actual couple interacts so I can learn how to win over Gray."

"OK. So why am I here?" Meredy deadpanned.

"It would appear less conspicuous if somebody else was with me. I thought you liked hanging out with me."

"I do. I just you wouldn't involve me in your stalking attempts. By the way are you sure you need to wear glasses because you were stumbling around the whole way over here?" Meredy asked pointing the glasses that Juvia was wearing.

"Oh these? I don't actually wear glasses. I just put these on as a disguise. Since I never wear glasses, they will never know it's me."

Meredy looked at Juvia with a blank expression. "You're screwing with me right?"

"Nope. I don't mess around when it comes to spying...Uh oh. Natsu's coming this way. Quick! I need you inside me!"

Meredy looked at Juvia in horror. "What the-." Meredy didn't get a chance to finish her sentence as Juvia grabbed her shoulders and pulled her across the table and into her water body. Thus knocking over all the plates, glasses, and silverware making a loud crash. With Meredy inside of her, her whole body now appeared to be made of water as she sprung up to the ceiling, across the room, and through one of the doors to the outside pond.

'Well. There's another disturbing image that won't be going away anytime soon.' Natsu thought as he witnessed the entire scene from where he was walking.

Part two of the big date will continue in the next chapter. Sorry to keep you guys waiting. In case you guys are wondering, I don't have a clear update schedule. It just depends how busy I am, but don't worry I will try to update at least once a month. Though you might see me update a different story next time because I just got the idea to write a series of funny one-shots involving Natsu and Gray.

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