Chapter 15: First Date Part 2

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Natsu and Akeno are just about done with their food. They started off with some sushi rolls and had a noodle dish mixed with vegetables and barbecue beef as an entree. The whole meal was greatly enjoyed by the two. Though, Natsu didn't like that a majority of the men population in the room was staring at Akeno's breasts. Natsu quickly paid the bill and insisted they go outside to the garden area near the pond.

They found a nice bench to sit on in front of the water. There were lanterns surrounding the area to light up the area.

"Did you enjoy the food?" Natsu asked out of nowhere. He was a little nervous now that it was just the two of them."

"Yeah it was delicious. It's been a long time since I've had a satisfying meal like that." Akeno said happily.

"Yeah I bet. I forgot that you guys were on the run for a while. It must have been hard to survive."

"It wasn't too bad. I stole some rations from Grimoire Heart before me and Meredy left and I remembered how to survive in the wilderness from my days with Ramos."

"Still, I'm glad I was able to treat you to a nice dinner. I wasn't too crazy about that raw fish wrapped in rice, but the barbecue beef and noodles were great."

Akeno let out a giggle. She then placed one of her hands on top of his and stared at him adoringly. "I appreciate it Natsu, but I don't want you to worry about spending a lot of money on me. All I care about is that you spend time with me."

"You really mean that?" Natsu asked seriously.

"Of course. I already owe you for what you did. My life was such a mess before I met you. A bad person like me doesn't deserve this. I don't know how you're able to forgive me for the awful things I did to you."

Natsu sighed. "I don't want you to keep blaming yourself. You just caught up with the wrong people. You're not a bad person."

Akeno started to smirk mischievously, which sent a shiver up Natsu's spine. She leaned in close to him until her mouth was right by his ear. "You sure about that? I can show you how bad I can be." She whispered seductively and licked his ear.

Natsu inched himself away from Akeno and did not look amused. "Why do you insist on torturing me?" He said in a deadpan tone.

Akeno giggled again. "I can't help it. You're so adorable. You're only tempting me more by getting all embarrassed about it."

"Be that as it may we're still not doing that yet."

"Damn. I was hoping I could change your mind. Oh well. One day I will have you."

"Until that day, can we please talk about something else?"

"Sure thing. I don't want to scare you off now."

Natsu got close to Akeno again and looked at her seriously. "I hope you don't mind me asking, but there was something else I wanted to ask you about your time with Ramos."

"I think I covered everything, but sure go right ahead." She said cheerfully.

"How exactly did you meet Ramos?"

Akeno's smile faded. "Oh. I don't remember. I've been with him since I was an infant." She said in a depressed tone which Natsu noticed.

"It's the same with me and Igneel. So...you never got to know your real parents?"

Akeno turned her head the the other way. It was a few seconds until she spoke up. "No." This was totally new for Akeno. Natsu had never seen her act this way. He didn't want to make her upset, but this must be a bad subject for her.

"Yeah. I thought so. Igneel was all I had so I never thought about my real parents. Do you think that's a bad thing?

Akeno turned to face Natsu again. "Not at all. why would it be a bad thing."

"I don't know. I lived a happy life with Igneel so I never really felt sad about not knowing my real parents. When he left, my only concern was finding him. I never thought about searching for my real parents, I just wanted Igneel. Even now I have no desire to find them or at least know who they were. Do you think that's sad?"

"I don't think that's sad Natsu. If you never met them, why would you feel any emotional attachment to them. You probably just don't think about them because you're surrounded by such caring people. You said it yourself. The people at Fairy Tail are your family. You don't need to find anyone else to fill that void because there isn't one."

Natsu smiled at Akeno and went in to hug her. "You really make me uncomfortable at times, but at times like this you can be really sweet." Akeno smiled and blushed as she embraced Natsu back.

"Anything for you." She said happily. Natsu was grateful to see she didn't seem so depressed anymore. He didn't want to question her further so he just dropped the subject.

"I'm sorry for bringing that up. I hope I didn't upset you."

"No don't worry. I'm fine." She reassured him, But Natsu wasn't fully convinced. He had an idea of what might make her feel better.

"Are you sure because I have something that might cheer you up?"

Akeno look at him in curiosity. "Really? I told you it's not necessary."

"I insist. Just close your eyes and I will show you."

"Fine. I'll play along." Akeno closed her eyes and waited for Natsu to give the okay.

Natsu was actually really nervous on the inside. He was starting another internal debate with himself.

'Crap! Why did I have to say that! This is too soon!

'Come on just do it! Be a man!'

'But what if she doesn't like this?'

'What the hell are you talking about! Of course she will!'

'How would I know, I've never been on a date before!'

'Just think about what Mira told you.'

'But what if I screw it up!'

'You idiot! You're taking too long. She's gonna think you're weird.'

'What is he doing?' Akeno thought as she didn't hear anything coming from Natsu's side. "Natsu? I'm waiting. You still alive?" She heard him take a big breath of air and release it slowly. "Natsu-" She was silenced by Natsu's lips. He opened her eyes to see his face right in front of hers. He had his eyes shut as he gently kissed her. He held the kiss for about five seconds before he removed himself. He was so nervous that he didn't want to hold the kiss long. Natsu looked at her surprised face and his turned red in embarrassment.

'Shit! did I do something wrong.'

Natsu started shaking his arms in front of him defensively. "I'm sorry! Was it the wrong time for that? I'm new to-"

Akeno placed her hands on Natsu's face and smirked cunningly. "Who told you to stop? You ain't off the hook yet." She flung him towards herself and covered his entire mouth with hers. Natsu's eyes shot open at the sudden sensation of Akeno sucking on his face. He slowly succumbed to the amazing pleasure and kissed her back following her lead. The kiss was full of passion as it went kept going on and on. Akeno was excited to see Natsu taking the initiative to wrap his arms around her back to bring them closer. She started licking at his lips signalling that she wanted to deepen the kiss. Natsu was so involved in the moment that he didn't care. Their tongues swirled around each other pleasuring both of them even more.

The make-out session ended and the two took in a few quick breaths of air.

'Wow.' Was the only word Natsu could use to describe this new mind-blowing experience for him. Never before has he experienced this sort of pleasure. He looked over and saw the satisfied look on Akeno.

"Feel better now?" He asked her. Akeno giggled and wrapped her arms around him again. "You are incredible. Not bad for your first time. You wanna take this further back at my place?"

"Annnnddd you can get off now." Natsu said removing Akeno from him. "You really know how to kill the mood, but that was an awesome experience none the less."

"Would you relax. You make it so easy for me to mess with you. Just go with the flow and let the water take you."

"Yeah, well we just hit the docks. The night still doesn't have to end though. I have an idea." Natsu had his signature toothy grin on is face.

"I love it when you have that look on your face. Let's go!" After Natsu and Akeno swiftly made their way out of the garden area, water came bursting out of the pond. The water formed into Juvia's body.

"I think I have enough for my research now. Dear me, that was the most the beautiful moment of passion my eyes have witnessed first hand! Oh I could just imagine me and my beloved sharing the same arousing experience! Every drop of water in my body feels like it's boiling. Be still my beating heart!" Juvia took a few deep breaths after the long monologue.

"Okay Meredy lets get out of here."

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"Meredy?"

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"Oh that's right. I almost forgot." Juvia plunged her hand inside of her water body and pulled Meredy out of her. She collapsed onto the ground lifelessly.

"It's okay to come out now Meredy. They're gone!

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"Okay this time I need you to answer me." Upon closer inspection, Juvia noticed Two X's in place of Meredy's pupils and water was trickling out of her mouth.

"Oh crap! I keep forgetting other people need air! You can't die on my me now Meredy, we just become close friends. I'll save you!" Juvia got down on her knees and quickly began pulling the water out of Meredy.

Meanwhile, Grimoire Heart Airship

Every remaining member of the Seven Kin of Purgatory was sitting at a long table in a small room meant for important meetings. Master Hades was sitting at one end of the long table while the five other people were sitting on either side of him.

"Thank you all for joining me this evening. We have very important matters to discuss." Master Hades announced.

"No offense Master, but couldn't this have waited until tomorrow morning. I'm usually out drinking on my night's off." Zancrow complained.

"Ultear."

"Will do Master Hades." Ultear took the hint and sent her crystal orb smashing into Zancrow's skull.

"Ow! You worthless bitch! I'll turn you to-"

"THAT'S ENOUGH ZANCROW!" The Master roared silencing Zancrow. "You are slowly becoming more rebellious each day. If you don't be careful, I will have no choice but to cut you down. Is that clear?" Zancrow understood the threat clear as the crystal orb that bashed his head. He nodded his head stubbornly while blood trickled down his forehead.

"Now if there are no more insolent interruptions, we will discuss why I called you here. As you are aware our elite team has lost two of its seven members. In order to balance this out, we will need to find two worthy replacements."

"Shall we go over the qualifications of all of the other members Master?" A man with silver hair in a pompadour style asked.

"That will be unnecessary Rusty-Rose. None of the other members will fit my standards, especially with our plans for the future.

"I'm starting to like this meeting. I'm all for finding people to replace that dragon slut and pink midget. Ah!" The crystal orb once again crashed into Zancrow's skull."

Ultear sent Zancrow a death glare after hitting the Meredy nerve. "I continually grow agitated by your foul mouth Zancrow. You will keep it closed for the remainder of this meeting."

"Thank you Mistress. As I was saying, we will need to seek out new recruits worthy of joining the Seven Kin. I have managed to find such people from talk in the Dark Guild Underworld. I have their profiles right here." Master Hades pulled out two files from underneath the table and placed them on top. "They may not be the strongest we could get on our hands on, but they're the best that would be willing to join our ranks. I believe that their skills will suffice.

"Do you plan to have all of us seek out these people Master?" A man with tan skin and dark brown, confetti-like hair asked.

"That will also be unnecessary Azuma. Only Ultear will be sent to retrieve these recruits. Before you all ask if this is necessary. Yes. Yes it is. Now that we have attacked one of Fairy Tail's mages a second time, we might have convinced them to make their first move. It is unlikely, but should this occur, we need our top mages to hold down the fort. The rest of you will refrain from other missions until I say so. You four will meet with second-in-command Bluenote for your patrol assignments. Is this understood?"

"Yes Master." All five member said obediently.

"Excellent. You four are dismissed while I give Ultear her instructions." With that the other members quietly made their way out.

"When shall I set out Master?" Ultear said ready to go.

"I can always count on you Mistress. Here are the profiles of the two mages I need you to retrieve." Ultear took the files from him. "Their names are Morsov Gladius and Frederick Dawson. I would be mindful of Frederick. He is known to be quite the eccentric one and unpredictable at times. Still, his abilities are impressive and is also known to be very resourceful. Here are the payments for the two of them." Master Hades placed two sacks of money onto the table.

Their locations are in their profiles along with other personal information. Please examine them and set out tomorrow morning. Any questions.

"No Master."

"Then you are dismissed for the night. You may let yourself out. Try your best to hurry back."

"I won't waste any time Master. Farewell."

"Farewell my dear." Master called out as Ultear exited the room with the files tucked under her arm and the bags of money in her hand.

'Good to know that one mage is in control of her emotions. I can tell she is still upset about young Meredy by her small outburst at Zancrow, but she is still good at hiding it. She's always been good at putting her objectives first and not letting personal feelings get in the way. Lady Ultear has been a mother figure for that little girl the past few years. It just goes to show that a rebellious attitude is contagious. My Akeno actually convinced Meredy to rebel against me as well. Such ignorant little brats. I have no more pity for them. Eventually they get what is coming to them.'

Ultear entered her room and was about to start preparing for her mission tomorrow, but she couldn't fake the cool and collected act anymore. She collapsed onto her bed as tears started to roll down her eyes. She quietly whimpered as thought about her adoptive daughter. Unfortunately Ultears relationship with Meredy was different than that of Master Hades and Akeno. Ultear actually really cared deeply for Meredy like a mother would and her heart ached when she deserted the guild. Her and Akeno were the only people that brought her happiness.

'Why did you have to leave me? Is it because you think you don't matter to me? I really care about you Meredy and I curse my cold-hearted nature for not showing you that. I hope I can find you before the entire guild does. Please don't make me hate myself more. Just come back.' She is still human under that killer heartless shell, but she can't help, but remain true to her Master.

A firebolt was shot up into the sky and exploded like fireworks. The remnants of the explosion rained over the city of Magnolia.

"Wow! That's beautiful! I had no idea you could do that." Akeno cheered at what Natsu just did.

"Thanks. It took me a while to get that right. I tend to experiment with fire a lot. Most of the time it gets me in trouble though." Natsu smiled innocently while Akeno giggled at him. Natsu had taken Akeno to this tall peak overlooking Magnolia where he was impressing her with his homemade fireworks.

"Has anyone ever called you an arsonist?" Akeno asked.

"How did you know?! People call me that word all the time. I've always wanted to know what it means. Could you help me out?"

"Nevermind." Akeno was trying hard to contain her laughter. "You think you can do more than one of those firebolt thingys at once.

"You serious? No problem!" Natsu took a big breath and shot out five firebolts in rapid succession. They flew far up into the sky and burst into into a bunch of small radiant explosions. It really was a spectacular show for the two of them as well as the people of Magnolia.

"I have to say I never expected you to pull off a stunt like this. You really know how to show a girl a good time."

"You wanna give it a try?"

"Me? I've never tried anything like that. I'm not sure I could do that with lightning."

"Come on it can't be that hard. Remember when you shot those lightning orbs at me. Try doing something like that."

"Hey you're right. Maybe my Lightning Dragon's Scattershot could do that." Akeno closed her eyes and brought her hands closer keeping them a few inches apart. Purple lightning began to flow from her arms to her hands and gathered into a giant orb.

Natsu watched in awe at how her purple lightning danced around her body gracefully and illuminated the area around them. He noticed how the lightning was a shade of purple just like her eyes.

'Whoa. When, we're not fighting each other. Her lightning makes her look sooooo...Damn it! I can't think of the word! Elegant maybe. I think that's a word."

Once Akeno gathered up all of her lightning she released it into the air. It quickly separated into a bunch of smaller orbs and exploded in the air. The lightning was only there for a flash though.

"Damn it. Those things can explode, but don't linger around to put on a show like your fire." Akeno said disappointingly.

"Don't worry. Maybe there's other ways you could improve it. Hmmmmm. Oh! I actually have an idea! And it's a good one!

"Oh boy...When you say it like that...What could go wrong...This ought to be good." Akeno stated laughing in between sentences.

"Yeah yeah yeah. Just here me out. Maybe we could do a unison raid to make a lightning fire bolt."

"A unison raid? Aren't those really hard to pull off?"

"They say if two kinds of magic are similar in nature it's possible to combine their attacks. Since we're combining dragon slayer magic, it could be more compatible and have a greater success rate. Let's try it."

"You make a good point. Sure! This could be fun!"

"That's the spirit!"

"So. Don't we have to make contact for this to work?" Akeno said lustfully as she brought her lips over to Natsu ready for another make-out attack. Natsu pushed her away gently.

"Yeah. Not that kind of contact. Why don't we try hand to hand?" Natsu proposed.

"Boooooooooo." Akeno frowned cutely at him.

"Get over yourself and just hold my hand." Natsu extended his hand to her.

"You're not afraid to say no. All the more desirable. I like it." She sent over a playful smirk while she latched onto his hand.

'Perfect. I'm only fueling your desire...Is that a bad thing?...Yes!' Natsu was comfortable making out with her, but then he remembered the incident from that morning. What will happen when she really lets loose. When that day comes, may Mavis have mercy on Natsu's soul.

"Ok I'm not entirely sure how this thing works. Let's just try sending our magic to our palms and see if they combine."

"Sounds good to me."

"Good. Now concentrate." The couple closed both their eyes and focused on the connection between their hands. Lightning was flowing down Akeno's arm while and fire was flowing down Natsu's. It seemed that the magic from their bodies was giving off a bright red and purple aura around them. They both opened their eyes to see the fire and lightning flowing around their hands.

Akeno gasped. "It's actually working Natsu!" Akeno cheered. She did feel any pain from the fire touching her nor did Natsu feel pain from her lightning.

"Hold on Akeno. Don't lose focus. Let's try separating our hands and let the energy gather in the center." Akeno did as Natsu instructed. Soon the two elements began forming into a single sphere of energy. It was like a ball of fire with purple lightning surging around it. The energy spiked a few times, but remained stable for the most part.

"Now what do we do?" Akeno asked thinking the sphere of energy was large enough.

"On my mark, we fire away. Ready?!" Natsu grinned ecstatically.

"Ready!" Akeno just as excited.

"Set...Go!" Natsu and Akeno forced their palms forward and sent the lightning fire bolt soaring into the sky. It left a streak of purple lightning as it flew. Once it reached maximum height, it exploded in a fiery exploding passion. Bright purple light was shining from the explosion. The combined power amplified the explosion even more.

"That was awesome! I knew we could pull it off on our first try!" Nastu cheered getting up and pumping his fist in the air.

"I can't believe we pulled that off!" Akeno jumped up and pumped her fist in the air like Natsu. She doesn't usually have fun like this often. In fact, she can't remember the last time she had this much fun.

"Imagine what else we could do with some more practice. We should train together tomorrow to see if we could learn some other new techniques."

"I'm glad you're so determined. I would love to show you everything I could do. I might just surprise you as well.

"I'm ready to get stronger and-Oh shit I almost forgot!

"What's wrong?" Akeno asked in a concerned tone.

"Right before I picked you up, my team told me about a job they found for us. Since, I'm technically in charge of you and Meredy you two will need to tag along." Natsu informed her.

Akeno breathed a sigh of relief."Is that it? Don't scare me like that. I'm alright with that."

"Even so, we are probably gonna head out tomorrow so we should go home and get ready. You still need to tell Meredy about this." Natsu started to walk off, but Akeno grabbed onto his shirt.

"Could we stay a little longer. It's a really nice view up here." Akeno put on a cute pout for him again.

"I guess it wouldn't hurt. We've already been out this late."

The two of them sat back down on the peak and looked out at Magnolia. The city wasn't brightly lit, but was still a pretty sight. They could see the path of the water canals that flow around town with the shining street lamps following them.

Akeno scooted closer to Natsu and started to lean on his shoulder. He looked to his side and noticed she wasn't even looking at the view anymore. Hers eyes were shut and she had the most peaceful look on her face. Natsu loved it when she was like this and it didn't bother him that she was close anymore.

'I could get used to these moments. This date thing actually went pretty good.' Natsu thought and smiled at her content face.

"This is nice Natsu, but do you mind if I try something?" Akeno spoke softly.

"Uh...Sure...Go for it."

'What do I got to lose at this point?'

Akeno got off his shoulder and went down lower to lay her head on his lap. She let out a sigh of contentment and was blushing slightly while laying down on him.

Natsu smiled at her again. 'This seems familiar. I'm surprisingly okay with this.' This reminded Natsu of their first time at the abandoned shrine. When she decided to spare his life and he woke up in her soft lap. She was in pain herself, but she did what she could to ease his pain. That was when she knew that she was falling for him.

Natsu thought he would try something as well. He began running his hand through her long, silky, black hair. If Akeno was a cat she would be purring. She was quietly humming as she relaxed to the feeling of Natsu petting her head. Either Erza or Levy would do this for Natsu whenever he got motion sickness. He was glad to see it had the same comforting effect on Akeno.

'You can be overbearing and shameless at times, but you can just as adorable and sweet as well.' Natsu thought. He started staring at the back of her dress which was exposed since her hair was laying on the ground. He began to frown upon remembering what else happened at the abandoned shrine. He remembered the long black scar that was burned into the back of her body.

'I won't ever leave you. I will be here to support you as much as you want.' They stayed there for a lot longer than they expected. Both of them had no intention of leaving anytime soon and the view had nothing to do with it.

Hidden within the forest below the peak was the mystery man overlooking Natsu and Akeno's battle from before. This time he was peering at them from below with binoculars. He was watching how Akeno was relaxing in Natsu's lap and both teens looking content. The man smiled upon what he was seeing.

"It looks like this man has had a better affect on her than I thought. I've never seen her look so happy. Still, I've better make myself scarce. It's inappropriate to spy on them when they're like this." He hopped down from the tree he was in and floated to the ground gracefully with his cape. He looked up at the couple one last time.

'I want to be with you in person, but it's not the right time.'

Sorry to keep you guys waiting. Sometimes it might be a long time before I update again, but I will get to it eventually. I've also started writing a series of short stories with a fellow author and good friend of mine, Atlas Storm. It's called "It all started at a party" which is about Natsu, Gray, and Happy involved in many hilarious situations while sneaking around the rooms of many female mages. I'm probably gonna switch off between updating both stories one chapter at a time. So I highly suggest you give that story a view as well. Thank you to all my loyal followers who have been waiting so long for me to update.

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