Warning: Lemon ahead

CH21: Newfound Bonds

Erza woke up warm and at ease. She realized she was in her bed at her apartment wrapped tightly in her sheets. She could hardly comprehend how close she came to being raped the night before. As much as she hated to admit it, she had one passed out God Slayer to thank for her rescue. Zancrow was in her lounge chair a couple feet away from her bed snoozing. He looked so peaceful without a care in the world. She walked over to where he was and looked him over. He was a little scratched up due to his rescue attempt yesterday but other than that he looked fine. Nothing a full twelve hours of sleep can't heal.

Erza thought about the very first time she had encountered Zancrow. At the time, he was a threat to Fairy Tail and had grown in power during Tenrou's seven-year time skip. During their battle, she remembered wanting nothing more than to kill him. He managed to take down most of their guild, her included. The only reason she was able to beat him was her motivation to protect her family, and a cheap shot to his scrotum.

But since that time, Zancrow had changed. He put himself in harm's way to protect the guild from Twilight Ogre when he was around, helped Kinana with her boy trouble, and became a part of the Fairy Tail family even now. When Makarov gave Zancrow a chance to make something of his life, she was against it. She thought he would never change and would betray their guild the moment he saw fit. But she realized that the reason he never pulled anything during or after his probation was because he actually became quite fond of Fairy Tail.

"Makarov was right. This guild. It changes you."

Erza blushed thinking to that time when she went with Zancrow to 'keep an eye on him' when he took that job for the king. They were quite the couple when around each other and fought as a team in the face of adversity. She smiled finding it ironic that the man before her would even bother to save her after all the thrashings she gave him. It didn't take much to tick Titania off, and Zancrow had been on the receiving end of many of her outbursts. She extended her arm and stroked the God Slayer's cheek as she admired his sleeping figure.

"Thank you."

"Your welcome."

"…"

Erza was stunned to see the God Slayer wide awake and looking right at her.

"What are you doing?" Zancrow asked.

"What? I, um, was, lost in thought!"

"And I suppose you were so lost in thought that you forgot to get dressed this morning." He asked sarcastically.

"…" It then occurred to Erza that she was still naked from the night before. There she was in her birthday suit giving Zancrow a front row seat to her assets as he glazed over her with a smug look on his face. She freaked out and began to wave her arms like a maniac.

"DON'T LOOK YOU CREEP!"

Zancrow got up from the lounge chair. "But I'll miss it if I look away."

"I think you have seen more than enough for one day!"

"It's your fault. You had to go and get kidnapped."

"And you left me by myself! Jerk!"

Zancrow wrapped the naked Erza in his arms. Immediately she relaxed. She didn't care that she was bare or that Zancrow's exposed chest was touching her own. She was at ease.

"I'm sorry."

"…"

Zancrow pulled her head back and went in for the kill shot. His lips were now in full contact with hers. There were no tongues involved. Just a passionate, enjoyable kiss. When Zancrow was done, he pulled back to see Erza's face as red as her hair. He just smirked.

"Now don't go getting kidnapped again alright. It took forever to find you and you're lucky I got there befo…"

Zancrow was cut off by Erza. This time she initiated the lip contact and decided she wanted more.

"Hoho, feisty this morning aren't we." Zancrow taunted.

Erza just retreated to her bed and laid on her back giving Zancrow a great view of her womanhood. Hungrily Zancrow stripped naked as well but once the clothes were off he hesitated. What was keeping him from pouncing on her? Fear, logic? What would happen once they crossed this line?

"If we do this, what will we become?"

"I guess we would be more than just guildmates." Erza blushed.

"Anyone can have sex. I like what we have going for us now. But if we go through with this, where would that leave us?"

Erza had to think about that for a second. She had never done this before and was nervous as hell. But she did not even consider the awkwardness that would follow once they had bonded. Would their relationship stay the same? Or would she be ashamed and push the God Slayer away? If anything, this would strengthen their bond right?

"I don't know if I'm ready for a committed bond yet... but I do know that I have never done this before and I want to give it to someone special. I think you qualify." She looked at the God Slayer with hopeful eyes hoping he would not back out. "I promise our relationship will carry on as normal, with an occasional visit to your place." She smirked deviously.

Zancrow swallowed his pride and took the hint. Erza was giving him her first time and he was not about to waste this opportunity. Titania was the queen of the Fairies, and the Black Flame God Slayer was about to claim her as is own.

Hours went by and Zancrow was on a roll. He would have Erza panting immensely. That posed a problem since her throat would dry up. He quickly fixed that however by making sure her thirst was quenched in the best way possible. Erza was also having a blast exploring the God Slayer's body. She would grab onto him as if holding on for dear life as he was ravaging her. She owed everything to him after all. Her freedom, her dignity, possibly even her life. Tonight however, she allowed Zancrow to take all of that and more.

When they were done, neither had the energy to move. Erza was cuddling the God Slayer as she tucked herself away in between his arm and chest.

"You know, if you tell anyone about this, I will have to kill you." She said with a smirk.

"OH? I'm sure my first thought after this would be to announce our bed activities to all of Fiore. I'm not suicidal Erza." Zancrow replied with a smirk as well.

Things were pretty normal so far. They crossed the line and they were holding up well. The fact that Erza was making her usual threats to the God Slayer meant she was fine about their newfound relationship. Zancrow however was still not completely sure if she would be all in. Zancrow liked Erza's spirit. She was a warrior at heart and incredibly strong. If there is one thing that turned him on, it was a woman who could kick ass in the heat of battle. But he wanted this to be official, not hidden. But he could wait a bit longer for her to make up her mind.

"We should probably head over to the guild." He said.

"Hmm, five more minutes."

Zancrow and Erza ended up cuddling for the next hour neither willing to move.

Fairy Tail. It Changes you.