Hi everyone Azza here. Sorry for the delay I wanted to post two chapters instead of one but I realized I kept you waiting long enough and just decided to release this one now.

Also anyone who actually is invested into the series you might be interested to know that I finished the first chapter of the sequel to this, now you probably are wondering why the hell would I start the sequel if this isn't even finished yet and my answer is that I also finished the final chapter because I got excited and wanted to put it down into words. Obviously as the story draws to a close I'll revise it but I have finally decided how strong Natsu will be EOS.

I will not be telling anyone a single thing about what the sequel is about nor what Natsu can do or how strong he is because that wouldn't be fun now would it. But yeah that is basically why there is only one chapter instead of two, I'm sorry if you think its dumb but I wanted to make sure I got these ideas down before I lost them.

Anyway I hope you all enjoy the chapter sadly no action its basically all exposition but hey it happens.

I do not own Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima does.

A Reunion Years In The Making

Natsu sighed as he looked out over the mountains before him; Alyssa had told them that this was where Queen Illyandra and the resistance main headquarters were located.

"Uh just so you guys know the Queen still thinks that the two of you are supposed to be dead so the moment she feels your magic she'll be going crazy trying to find you," Alyssa said as Natsu and Gildarts looked at each other with smirks.

The two began to power up as the rest of the group jumped back, the entire area began to shake under the magical pressure as the two mages made their presence known before they powered down.

"Now sit back and watch the show," Gildarts said as Alyssa shook her head.

A few minutes later everyone except Alyssa, Natsu and Gildarts were shocked to see the mountains themselves changing into what appeared to be a pathway as Natsu noticed a very angry looking woman at the top.

"Uh Gildarts …"

"Ah shit," the Crash Mage replied as the two began to run away.

Erza, Elise and Wendy just had blank expressions as a raven haired woman dashed past them with an angry look on her face.

"WHERE THE HELL WERE YOU TWO IDIOTS SIX YEARS AGO I SENT THOSE SUMMONS SHRIKKE SAID YOU IDIOTS WERE FIGHTING ACHNOLOGIA AGAIN WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOU!"

Natsu and Gildarts had cleared some considerable distance when Illyandra caught up to them. "Look I swear we can explain-!"

"Excuses again Gildarts I bet it was you who dragged Natsu into this mess I should kill you right now! Natsu I'm glad you are ok."

"Uh are you feeling alright," Natsu asked as the woman seemingly faltered for a moment before sighing.

"Come with me," she said as the group returned to the base of the mountain and she noticed the three girls. "I take it you three are with Natsu and that idiot so you're welcome to join us."

The three girls nodded without argument as they noticed Gildarts sporting a large bump on the head with Natsu teasing him about it all the while.

"Natsu who the hell was that," Elise asked as Natsu grinned.

"That was the Queen of this whole damn country Illyandra Scarlione VII!"

"THAT was the Queen," Erza and Elise said shocked as Natsu and Gildarts took their respective places behind her.

After a 20 minute uphill walk the group arrived at the entrance to the base which Illyandra promptly closed and returned the mountains to normal.

As soon as the group was inside the gates the soldiers began to break out into cheers upon seeing Natsu, Gildarts and Alyssa.

"Look Alyssa found the Queens personal knights!"

"Look how much older and stronger they are!"

"With them we surely can push Alvarez back!"

Natsu and Gildarts didn't even make a move to acknowledge the praise and remained firmly planted behind Illyandra as they walked through to the meeting room.

"I've never seen Natsu like that before," Erza noted as Elise agreed.

"That right there is a soldier not a mage I've seen that thousands of times whoever this Queen is commands respect."

"Especially if she has Gildarts doing the same thing," Wendy added as the three agreed and followed the rest of the group into the meeting room.

As soon as the doors were shut and sealed Erza took note of another man currently in the room.

"To everyone who doesn't know him this is Solomon one of the greatest healers I've ever met," Natsu said as he shook the man's hand with a grin. "It's good to see you again!"

"Likewise Natsu Shrikke's news caused us no end of pain but inside we all knew the two of you had survived."

Erza was surprised at the man's appearance, at a first glance the man looked anything but a healer. He was dressed head to toe in what appeared to be chain mail armor with a large bastard sword on his back.

Now if we could all be seated I would first and foremost like to meet the three young ladies you two foolishly decided to bring into a war zone," Illyandra said coolly as Natsu shook his head.

"To be fair they are all stronger than I was when I came here especially those two," Natsu said as he pointed to Elise and Erza.

"I'm Elise Faulkner it's an honor," Elise said as she bowed slightly.

"I'm Wendy Marvell it's so nice to meet you."

"Erza Scarlett, charmed."

"Erza Scarlett you say," Illyandra said as she walked over to Erza. "Ah of course I know who you are Natsu never stopped talking about you."

"Really," Erza asked as she looked over at Natsu who appeared to be playing the whole thing off and failing miserably.

"Truth be told I've wanted to meet the girl that had captured Natsu's heart from such a young age, when he arrived I'd assumed it to be a simple crush that he'd get over but years on and he still talked about seeing you again."

Erza just blushed and looked down as she moved over to her seat at the head of the table, sighing she leant back in her chair.

"Now since you all are here I want to know exactly what your abilities are, Scarlione is a dangerous place where only the strong may survive now more than ever."

After the group spent the next 20 minutes filling Illyandra in on their capabilities her attention finally landed on Natsu.

"Now I'm especially curious about you, when you left you were second only to Gildarts in terms of strength out of my knights so I'm curious as to what level you are at now."

Natsu looked like he was in deep thought when Gildarts spoke up. "I'd say he's on my level easy if that gives you a fair idea."

"You kept saying that when the two of you left as well and we all know that wasn't the case at all, Natsu where do you truly believe yourself to be in terms of overall power?"

"If I had to guess I'd say I'm as strong as if not stronger than Gildarts to an extent."

"To an extent, what do you mean by that?"

"What he means is the way our abilities work, take me for example I mainly use Crash Magic right well Natsu is proficient in many different types of magic including two entire Dragon Slayer elements."

"You have a second one now," Illyandra asked shocked as Natsu nodded.

"Yeah I gained Gravity Dragon Slayer Magic; it's a story for another time."

"Anyway as I was saying Natsu is diverse in what he can do and has trained a great deal into all avenues he has access to, I only use Crash Magic and have trained it to a degree that makes me someone that is on a level only another Crash Magic user who's mastered it can reach. That's not to say he couldn't beat me in an all out fight we might not know that until it happens but as it stands we both have our inherit strengths and weaknesses same as everybody else."

"That's quite a surprise to say the least you two however as Alyssa probably told you Alvarez has some rather formidable mages as well."

"Yeah Alyssa she … I'm sorry about-."

"It's fine Natsu it was a long time ago and as things stand I have a war to plan so grieving wasn't really an option, perhaps after the war is over we might be able to mourn my daughter properly assuming that Alvarez haven't used her body for twisted experiments."

Natsu grit his teeth and Gildarts shook his head as Illyandra continued to speak.

"Now that you two are here you will be reinstated and promoted to Field Commanders, as of now the two of you are probably some of the strongest in the army so you deserve the position to reflect that."

"What about them," Natsu asked as he pointed to Erza, Elise and Wendy as Illyandra pondered the question.

"Considering that two of them are quite skilled as well and in my opinion pretty high up in terms of strength I'm going to place them under your control, Elise Faulkner you will go with Natsu while Erza you will go with Gildarts."

"Before you ask Erza that's protocol," Natsu said as Erza nodded.

"Now Natsu I have a task for you that I haven't had the resources to do, Shrikke went missing on a recent campaign I sent him on and if its anything like how you found Alyssa he might be dead."

"You want me and Elise to go find him right?"

"Precisely though his mission must also be completed otherwise we may see a new wave of terror on the battlefields."

"What was the mission?"

"Alvarez have stationed forces inside the palace and are trying to break into my vault, those forces are to be eliminated and the vault secured."

"Ah I see that shouldn't be much of a problem, any idea who is the commander of the operation?"

"Well it's not one of the Spriggan 12 thankfully but it is someone who is apparently high up in one of their divisions, name is unknown though I'm sure you'll find that out."

"Alright we'll leave soon then," Natsu sighed.

"Now young Wendy you might be wondering why you aren't going anywhere and that's simply because like Solomon you are a rarity here in Scarlione right now, Solomon was the last healer we had until you came along so we'd like you to help him."

"Don't beat around the bush Illy she'll get the wrong idea," Natsu said with a slight smile as the others looked at him confused.

"What Natsu means is that Queen Illyandra intends to place you under my regiment, I take it that from my appearance many of you wondered if I was a healer or a knight no?"

"Well I was quite curious," Erza admitted as Solomon chuckled.

"Yes I am actually a Field Commander as well and have led numerous campaigns so far to try and push Alvarez out of our home, young Wendy I wish to train with you and take you on as a sort of pseudo apprentice/second in command type thing."

"You want ME to do something like that!"

"Hey you can do it Wendy I taught you well enough didn't I," Natsu said with a grin as he gave her a pat on the head.

"Well if you all think I'm capable enough then I guess I can give it a shot," Wendy sighed as everyone gave her a warm smile.

"Now Gildarts your task will be covering Natsu and Elise's dash into enemy territory and subsequent escape, between here and the capital lie numerous forts and smaller castles currently occupied by Alvarez that someone of your unique ability should be able to deal with."

"Great so you're just handing the army over to me that's just great," Gildarts sighed and shook his head.

"I'm sure the famous Erza Scarlett should be of great help in the coming battles right?"

"Well someone that can block a full powered blast from a Jupiter Cannon should be of SOME use," Gildarts teased as Illyandra looked over at her.

"Is that true?"

"Yes almost 8 years ago our guild was attacked by one called Phantom Lord and they fired one at out guild attempting to wipe us out but my Adamantine Armor blocked the shot, it really wasn't all that impressive considering Natsu managed to not only stop another shot from it but his breath attack managed to overpower and destroy the cannon."

"That may be the case Erza but Natsu is by all accounts a freak of nature you should be proud of doing something like that at such a young age, speaking of young age Natsu you seem a lot older than Erza here which has been confusing me."

"Ah yeah that is another interesting story see I used this spell that stopped Achnologia from killing us but it put us in this kind of pocket dimension for 7 years and I was the only one who aged and gained more power since I was constantly expending power keeping the spell going."

"So how old would you say you are now biologically?"

"Well I can't give you an exact number but I'd say at least 25-26 years."

"Hold up you said you aged but you gained more power to what the hell," Gildarts shouted as he punched Natsu in the face.

"Hey like you needed to know you dumb old geezer!"

"Cut it out both of you we have more important matters to deal with! Alright so how I want this to work is Natsu and Elise head out to the small town of Brinne tonight and wait for Gildarts and Erza commence their attack on the fort just south of there. Using that as cover they will be able to slip past the checkpoints without alerting Alvarez."

"In other words Elise we get to take the good old scenic route, more running through the woods."

Elise nodded as Illyandra stood. "But before you all go about your assigned tasks you must be hungry no doubt so let us get something to eat."

Natsu was first out the door as the group sighed and made their way over to the mess hall, when the group arrived Natsu already had his plate stacked full of food and was eating it in spades.

"Your majesty who is this man he just came in and started grabbing food and eating it like a madman!"

"Alright everyone listen up that man there is one of your commanding officers, despite what he may appear to be he could easily take all of you out so I'd better not hear about any insubordination."

"Yeah how can you not recognize that guy that's Natsu Dragneel he's a part of the Queen's Royal Knights!"

"And now he's also a Field Commander alongside Gildarts, Solomon and Shrikke, oh and these three are their second in command so be nice to them too since they haven't been to Scarlione before."

"The Queen got powerhouses to join our ranks Alvarez is finished," the soldiers chanted as they began to party for hours on end.

After the first two hours Natsu quietly slipped out with Elise and gave Erza a quick kiss goodbye and the two were now standing at the main gate to the base.

"Now listen here you two I want you both back in one piece alright," Illyandra said as the two nodded. "And Natsu try to keep that ridiculous magic power in check alright there's no use this being a surprise attack if they know your coming."

"Relax Illy I've got this," Natsu said as she gave him a hug.

"Just … don't die."

"I won't I promise you," Natsu said as his face hardened and both he and Elise were sprinting down the mountain at top speed.

"She seems slightly broken," Elise said as Natsu nodded.

"If any more of her close friends die she might just snap for good, honestly I can't even imagine the pain she went through all those years ago."

"Losing her daughter and a bunch of her close friends would have been hard no doubt, we won't die though Natsu after all you and I are too hard headed for that."

Natsu grinned as the two disappeared into the forest below.

It was early morning as Natsu and Elise emerged from the forests covered in blood and guts.

"The creatures here really are quite annoying don't they know when they're outmatched?"

"Nope they'll just come at you until either you or it are dead that's just the way it is here," Natsu replied as the two found a lake.

"Don't know about you but I'm washing this stuff off," Elise sighed as she just jumped into the lake with all her clothes on.

"Well aren't you the expert at laundry," Natsu sighed as he took all his clothes off and jumped in.

"Well I was trying to be decent but clearly you don't care about that," Elise pouted as she took her clothes off and began cleaning the blood and guts from them. "You know Erza would kill us if she saw this right?"

"Maybe but this isn't exactly what I'd envision as a romantic affair though I didn't realise you had a fantasy of being naked cleaning blood and guts off your clothes with a guy but hey whatever gets you off I guess."

"Well aren't you the comedian and I know nothings gonna happen anyway since you and Erza have that bond thing she told me about that makes the two of you bound for life, if you didn't have that we wouldn't be doing this."

"You know before I had this bond I saw Eliza naked," Natsu said with a smirk as Elise's jaw dropped.

"What the hell when did that happen!"

"Just after the Nirvana incident when I was in Terminus, I had to stay at her house and she was just walking around with nothing on. I found out later that she was trying to tempt me and see what type of guy I really was and I guess I passed since she gained a newfound respect for me."

"That is the weirdest thing I've ever heard mother do before, speaking of mother I wonder where she is?"

"Doing her job for once," Natsu said as the two began to laugh.

"Or perhaps trying to have a nice relaxing time in a heated lake but being disrupted by two brats."

Natsu and Elise spun around and there was a naked Eliza just relaxing in the centre of the lake.

Natsu immediately noticed the new scars on her face and body and was about to speak when Eliza held out a hand.

"I got these doing my job Natsu in case you were wondering."

"How are you even able to be scarred by something," Natsu asked in confusion as Elise swam over to her.

"Remember what I taught you Natsu only a God can harm another God well that was mostly true, there are another group who are able to harm us Gods though I suppose you could say they are Gods too. The Devils are our counterparts and have Devils that fulfil each of our positions including Creation and Destruction though they can only affect the things they create."

"Sooo in other words you fought the War Devil," Natsu asked confused as Eliza nodded.

"Former War Devil," she said with a smirk as the two nodded in understanding. "Now I heard you all came back but when I went to Fairy Tail they told me you were all here in Scarlione and that was rather intriguing."

"I was … recalled alongside Gildarts," Natsu said as Elise nodded.

"Erza myself and Wendy came because we didn't want Natsu to face these problems without us."

"I admire that Elise but let me ask you this; do you know what you have walked into?"

"A war between Alvarez and Scarlione right Natsu," she asked as Natsu just looked away.

"No this war is one that rages for a singular purpose, one individual is responsible for all the carnage and devastation in these lands."

"It's not her fault though Eliza she was born like that the same as all her family," Natsu said as she nodded.

"I understand that Natsu and it is a sad tale but one that exists nonetheless, tell me Elise what do you make of the Queen of Scarlione?"

"She's really strong and she cares about those closest to her."

"Oh yes she is indeed powerful probably the most powerful person currently in the country right now, as for those closest to her yes she loves them a great deal. But do you know why she is the Queen of this land and all its citizens still believe her to be Queen even though Alvarez controls the entire country?"

Elise began to think about it but could only come up with weak theories and ideas when Natsu spoke.

"It's because of her magic Elise."

"Her magic, she's strong yeah but-."

"Elise that woman's magic is something that goes far beyond Lost Magic and transcends into something far more magical, tell me what she did when you all first arrived at the base she was at."

"She shifted the mountains themselves and made a solid path to chase after Natsu and Gildarts."

"Correct and what does that tell you?"

"She can manipulate the earth to a phenomenal degree?"

"Yes and no … Natsu I think you should be the one to explain this."

"Elise Illyandra she isn't exactly human," Natsu said as Elise looked at him confused.

"What do you mean she isn't human she looks as human as we do?"

"That's how she was made to appear, Queen Illyandra and all people related to her are from Scarlione itself."

"From Scarlione itself so you mean-."

"Yes, Queen Illyandra is Scarlione the country. She is powerful because she is the physical embodiment of the country itself and therefore has access to all the magic in it and can manipulate everything in it with a wave of her finger."

"But she had a daughter how does that work?"

"Born from the country in order to take her place once her physical body becomes to frail to continue defending Scarlione, it's really complicated but the land basically creates a representative that helps the lands inhabitants."

"Everything in this land from the humans to the creatures to the trees all bow before her, she is Queen because she is the land in which they reside. The magic the land uses to create her and her kin is something not replicated anywhere else," Eliza added as Elise just absorbed the information.

"So the people fight because she is forever the rightful owner of the land then?"

"Pretty much though they adore her as well, the Scarlione family always make sure that no matter what the harvests come and there are enough creatures to eat. I suppose it would be fair to say that us humans here are in a sort of symbiotic relationship with Scarlione itself."

"But if she has the power of a country behind her how did that one guy from Alvarez beat her?"

"Ah you must mean August one of the Spriggan 12 that man is an interesting one, it appears that magic just doesn't seem to do much to him and the only way to deal any real damage to him is through something synthetic like hitting him over the head with a pipe or something," Eliza said with a small giggle as she imagined the exact scenario playing out.

"She also lost to Achnologia because that Dragon is able to pretty much negate or eat every element," Natsu added as Elise nodded in understanding.

"Anyway you two I noticed that you were on a mission behind enemy lines, not exactly the time I would choose for skinny dipping but to each their own I suppose," Eliza teased.

"Well we can't exactly walk into town covered from head to toe in blood and guts and expect the Alvarez soldiers to ignore us, stealth mustn't be a word you understand very well huh," Natsu shot back with a grin as the Goddess sighed.

"I won't waste time debating my extensive knowledge of the art of stealth with you Natsu since we are both busy so I'll leave it at this, my reason for coming here was that I was genuinely worried about the two of you. It might surprise you to know that I was there when Tenrou disappeared and although I was told repeatedly you would be fine I still festered over you two."

"Why were you worried about me as well," Natsu asked confused as Eliza sighed.

"It took me a while to understand that myself but I began to see you in the same light I see Elise, the fact that the two of you basically act like brother and sister already sort of made it click for me."

"Did you hear that Elise we're officially siblings now better start showing your big brother some respect!"

"Shut up Natsu you already get plenty of respect any more and you'll turn into an ass, but it's nice to see you lighten up a bit since we got here."

"Heh yeah this place holds lots of good memories but many more bad ones, dragging the three of you here was freaking me out though Illyandra seems to have put my mind at ease for the moment."

"You know Natsu the battles you and Gildarts fought years ago weren't in vain, the actions of you two and your team saved millions of lives over the years," Eliza said as she floated past him.

"Yeah but remember what the fighting turned into once Alvarez were in the retreat, guerrilla warfare tactics, kids that were no older than 6 being filled with explosive magic and sent into villages disguised as refugees, a scorched earth campaign wherever they went it wasn't the best thing to see."

"Perhaps not but you did grow from the experience didn't you so at least something positive came from it right?"

"Tell that to the thousands of innocents who died," Natsu sighed.

"Natsu we should get moving soon it'll be sunrise in less than an hour," Elise said as she got out of the lake and hung her wet clothes over a tree branch. "You're the one who can dry our clothes so hurry up."

"Yeah I'm coming," Natsu sighed as he got out of the lake and placed his clothes next to Elise's and began drying them with his heat.

After several minutes the pairs clothes were dry and they got dressed shaking their heads when they realized Eliza was still floating around in the lake.

"You know if you didn't have those scars I'd swear you did no work at all," Natsu sighed.

"Perhaps one day I'll show you just how important my role really is Natsu and why I relish opportunities like this to relax however you seem rather occupied so I'll leave the two of you to your fun," Eliza said as a portal back to Terminus appeared ahead of her and she slowly floated into it leaving Natsu and Elise with blank expressions.

"You know it'd be karma if she screwed up where that portal lead," Natsu said with a small smirk as Elise sighed.

"Well mother probably wouldn't care anyway she's proud of the way she looks."

"Proud enough to float into the Council of Gods like that?"

Elise couldn't help but smirk at the idea as the two began to walk through the woods until they came upon a dirt road.

"So this is the path we're supposed to take so what do you think our identities should be?"

"Hmm perhaps we could get away with the whole brother sister thing as our alias, you're my big brother and we're travelling around Scarlione seeing the sights?"

"With a war on get real Elise," Natsu scoffed as she hit him over the head.

"Well I don't hear you coming out with any suggestions!"

"Well fine then here's one, the brother and sister thing stays but we're refugees from a village just south of here that the Scarlione forces ordered destroyed. Scorched earth campaigns work both ways so that might incline them to act hastily with their newfound information right into a trap."

"Hey Natsu can I ask you something?"

"Yeah what's up."

"If my mother ever made a war that caused the deaths of people you cared about would you hate either her or me for it?"

"Well I'm not gonna hate you in the slightest since you aren't the one who made the war you're just Elise my best friend and adorable baby sister."

"I'll kill you for real if you start using that as a joke," Elise said with a frown as Natsu just pushed her playfully.

"Come on I'm kidding around lighten up we're about to spend probably the next couple of days being all serious."

"I suppose so but I'm not an adorable baby sister alright I'm your absolutely drop dead gorgeous sister who could kill you at a moment's notice."

"That's a mouthful so how about you're my younger sister Elise and that's it?"

"That's lame I even made up a really good one for you, my divine older brother who is the strongest there is!"

"Why are we even arguing over this anyway," Natsu sighed as the two strolled down the dirt road.

"Because if we don't do it then mother will do it for us the next time we see her and it'll be the most embarrassing thing ever."

Natsu just shook his head at the sheer stupidity of the conversation but couldn't help but find the humour behind it and smiled slightly.

"You can call me what you want and I'll think about what I'll call you during the mission and afterward I'll tell you what I've come up with as we drink ourselves blind, deal?"

"I thought you couldn't get drunk?"

"That was in Fiore where I couldn't get a hold of certain resources to make a drink strong enough, trust me once this is all over you and I are gonna be blind."

"Hmm well I've never been drunk before so I guess it could be fun, sure why not."

Natsu's smile vanished the moment the town ahead came into view. "Alright we're on mission now no more fooling around."

Elise nodded as the two began to play the part of the innocent refugee as they stopped near the entrance of town at a checkpoint.

"Who are you and what's your business," one of the guards asked as Natsu began to speak.

"I'm Nile and this is my sister Stelly we're refugees from the town of Prist, the Scarlione rebels attacked and destroyed the entire town shouting about how they won't let Alvarez gain any ground."

"The rebels are beginning a scorched earth campaign that is most interesting news, please go on through you two and thanks for the information," the guard said as he ran off towards a nearby tower.

Once Natsu and Elise were far enough away from the guards they both released sighs. "We don't have long until they realize what I said was a lie though we only have to wait until Gildarts and Erza come through with the distraction so we can slip past that over there."

Elise looked at the spot Natsu motioned her to look and saw a large fort. "They must have a garrison in nearly every town now I understand why the stealth mission was necessary."

"Indeed for now we need to disappear so those guards won't be able to find us, we'll rent a single room and hide there until things are set to kick off."

The two made their way into the nearest hotel and Natsu leaned in to whisper to Elise.

"We're two lovers that are looking for a private room alright this one always works."

Elise nodded as Natsu extended his hand and Elise took it all the while giggling and blushing as Natsu whispered things to her, the man at the counter sighed and pulled out a book.

"A room for two I take it sir?"

"Yes please my friend and I would like some privacy if you don't mind, money isn't an issue."

"Understood sir here is your room key, payment is to be deposited in the small collection lacrima in the room by no later than 5:00PM daily. Please enjoy your stay."

Natsu and Elise continued to put on a show until they were safely inside the soundproofed room and once again released collective sighs.

"You know you're pretty good at sneaking around Natsu where did you learn how to do this type of stuff?"

"One of the requirements Gildarts set for me was that I had to be able to infiltrate and operate within hostile territory, unfortunately that meant he tossed me into a bandit village and I had to blend in or get my throat cut."

"Gildarts really was a hard teacher wasn't he," Elise said as Natsu nodded.

"Hard but fair I'd say, look at how those skills paid off just now. Anyway we're stuck in here for who knows how long, this lacrima here will go from red to green when it is our time to move so until then we've got time to kill."

"Great this ought to be fun," Elise sighed as the two began their long arduous wait.

Not really any action I know but setup is always necessary, I suppose some Natsu and Elise bonding time was in order since he's had time with both Erza and Wendy now although this won't equal that long amount of time but hey Elise gets what she can.

Anyway I hope you all enjoyed and I'll see you in the next one.