The Fairy With No Wings

by R0tatcid

As a fallen star can never return to heaven, a fairy with no wings cannot fly anymore. Watch as Naruto Uzumaki is reborn once more and becomes the armored war dog of Fiore, The Azure Knight. But how can he be brave when he fears his past? How can he be strong if he can't overcome his curse? Soul Calibur and Fate Apocrypha crossover added.

9. A Break From Fighting

Chapter 9 - A Break From Fighting... Then More Fighting

(Valkyria Chronicles OST - Those Who Succeed)

Field of flowers

Siegfried sat in the middle of the field and looked down at the field of flowers right below him. In it was a familiar pink haired girl who found a keen interest in the flowers. Siegfried chuckled to himself as he saw the girl looked at the various plants with much curiosity. As if she was contemplating the existence of such things. That how can something so simple, be so delicate and complex to exist on this planet.

"Franny, are you enjoying yourself?" Siegfried asked as the pink haired girl turned towards him and nodded.

He smiled as he lied down and gazed at the clouds. It was these moments where you completely forget about the world. That you are just one single space in a large spot. That being insignificant did not matter because all your concerns are gone. Not even bad experiences would clog your thoughts as you just accept the serene environment and let your mind wander away. Only to return to reality and either continue on with your path.

Clearly it was Franny's path to walk up to Siegfried and hand him a dandelion, "For me?" he asked and received a nod. Siegfried sat up and turned towards the direction of wind, "Time to make a wish." he said as he blew into it and made the little white petals fly away.

This confused Franny, "Why!?" she asked.

"Oh you don't know. You see Franny, when I was little. Grandpa told me that if you blow on a dandelion, you have to make a wish." Siegfried explained gathering the pink haired girl's interest.

"That all?" Franny managed to ask.

Siegfried briefly looked away, "Well there is something, but I think he was just messing with me." he said. Franny moved to the otherside to meet his gaze only for Siegfried to look away again, "It's nothing, really." he says trying to convince her.

"Sieg!" Franny said as she puffed her cheeks. "Tell me!" she demanded as she started shaking him.

"Ok fine." Siegfried says making the shaking stop. "Grandpa said, that he told this to my mom. If you blow off all of these seeds in one breath..." he stopped as he blushed.

Franny moved closer to his face and revealed her different colored eyes, "What happen?" she asked.

"In one breath, then the person you love... will love you back." Siegfried answered as Franny looked curious before grabbing another dandelion.

With vigor, Franny used all her breath to blow all of the seeds off of the dandelion. The homunculus felt victorious before turning to Siegfried who was still blushing. Now Franny sat beside Siegfried and and lied her head on his shoulder. Siegfried nervously put his arm around his shoulder.

"I r-really l-like you too Franny." Siegfried said as he felt warmer.

"I like... you... too... Sieg." Franny managed to say.

Present day

Siegfried opened his eyes to find a teary eyed Aries. Before the blond could react, the celestial spirit started crying and banging her arms on his chest.

"Aries..." Siegfried croaked.

"BWAAA! SIEG YOU ALMOST DIED!" Aries screamed as she kept crying. "YOU ALMOST LEFT ME ALONE!" she continued yelling.

Oh boy, was this going to be a long day.

A while later

Aries started calming down as she lied her face against Siegfried's chest. Her sobbing started to be more controlled as she hanged onto him like a life preserver. Siegfried can understand that nearly a month without him being active could scare Aries. Especially as the two have a strong bond since Karen's death.

"I'm sorry Aries, it was a one time accident." Siegfried said as Aries whimpered.

"No, no more putting yourself in danger." Ares told him.

Siegfried sighed, "You know I can't do that. So there is no room for arguing." he said as Ares gripped his shirt. "I know you don't like it, but it's how I live my life." he said hoping to calm her down.

Aries looked up with an angry and sad look, "Then you have to promise to... to not... to not almost die again!" she yelled.

Siegfried sighed again as he held the girl closer, "I won't, I promise I'll take you anywhere you want as compensation." he said as Aries started to calm down. "For now I can't leave the guild. My grandfather in his finite wisdom decided to restrict my movement." he told her.

"Your grandpa grounded you?" Aries asked. Siegfried nodded, "HAHAHAHAHA! Sieg's in trouble! Sieg's in trouble!" she sang.

"Go to sleep." Siegfried told her as Aries kept laughing.

At least she wasn't mopie and depressed.

With Astolfo

Makarov stared at the eccentric feminine boy, "So what brings you here Astolfo?" the guild master asked.

"Master Bob sent me here to give you this." Astolfo answered as he handed Makarov a letter.

To keep it brief, it was an important document disclosing the Balam Alliance. Specifically, one of their stronger dark guilds, Oracion Seis. As the master of Blue Pegasus, Bob was beginning an alliance with Makarov along with Master Ooba of Lamia Scale to combat the dark guild. Apparently there was another guild willing to help, some minor no name guild called Cait Shelter. Makarov decided to put that aside seeing as this would involve a small meeting or a form of communication later.

"Thank you for that Astolfo. How long will you be staying at our guild?" Makarov asked while not trying to sound rude.

"Really long! I wanna catch up with my best buddy Sieg!" Astolfo answered happily.

Makarov raised an eyebrow as the name confused him. Initially he thought Astolfo meant Siegfried's father, but it's likely Astolfo never referred to him as Naruto.

"Well I hope you enjoy your stay despite the fact that he's grounded for endangering himself." Makarov said as Astolfo frowned.

"Wah! I'm sure Sieg didn't mean it. Besides he used to put himself in danger all the time!" Astolfo complained.

"What do you mean?" Makarov asked with narrow eyes.

"Sieg would always hurt himself when he was dating his girlfriend. She was a homunculus that was poorly put together. So she leaked a lot of electricity and would shock him sometimes if they kissed or if we went swimming." Astolfo answered knowing Frankenstein's monster had a poor biology which required a lot of electricity.

This caught Makarov off guard, "Naruto never told me of a girlfriend. Let alone one that literally made sparks fly." he said. Then something else popped into his mind, "Where is she by the way? Naruto's girlfriend I mean." he asked.

Astolfo frowned, "Oh, did Sieg not say anything? Franny... she died maybe three years ago I wanna say." he said sounding depressed.

Makarov's face softened as he felt his heart tugging at the thought. Knowing his grandson, it was his first love and at 15, it was likely difficult for Siegfried's mental development. It does explain why he is distant and serious. Though some part of him felt some nostalgia. Mordred fell in love with a homunculus and the two of them created Siegfried. While a union between two homunculi is unheard of, the real surprise for Makarov is who is inhabiting his adoptive grandson.

"Well, don't tell Sieg I said anything. He's probably sensitive about it and I haven't seen him since he said he went to the shinobi lands." Astolfo said as this only continued to peak Makarov's curiosity.

Perhaps Levy was onto something when she went through Siegfried's journal.

Later, at the bar

*SLAP*

Everyone turned towards a teary eyed Levy who just slapped Siegfried. Once again, everyone was wondering why the petite girl slapped her gigantic brother. All the while Aries glared at Levy for striking the same boy she saw as a brother.

"I deserve that." Siegfried said before Levy started banging her arms on his chest.

"Why do you keep making me worry!?" Levy cried.

Siegfried sighed as he had another little sister to calm down, "Levy, I know you're concerned. I know what I did was stupid. I know I worried a lot of people." he began to say. "However that does not excuse you dragging Lucy along with you to peep on my stuff. I expected this from Erza, but you always respected the rules." he said making Levy pout.

"That doesn't excuse you either!" Levy continued to argue.

A few minutes later

Siegfried managed to successfully calm down Levy down. Though Aries felt a bit offended at Levy hitting Siegfried. Now the two were sitting down enjoying their drinks with the Azure Knight hoping things don't go wrong.

'I could use some advice.' Siegfried thought as he expected old Naruto to speak up. All he received was silence, 'Then again, it's not like he can provide any.' he thought.

"Naruto who is this?" Levy asked now noticing Aries' presence along with the spirit's glare.

"This is Aries, she's my celestial spirit." Siegfried said before noticing her glare. "Aries, stop that. You're too pretty to be making an ugly face like that." he said making Aries pout as well.

"She hit you Sieg!" Aries argued.

"Be nice, Levy is my little sister. So I practically took her in like I did you. Levy is just worried is all." Siegfried said as Aries groaned. He then turned to Levy again, "Just be patient with Aries. She's pretty shy despite being defensive about me." he told her.

A little while later

Seeing as the two girls were conversing like normal people. Siegfried's mind was distracted. Not just because of his forced downtime, but because it's been around a month since he last reported in to Crocus. The only confirmation they likely have is the destruction of the Tower of Heaven along with the arrest of Ikaruga's group. Unless they somehow escaped and has to track them down later.

His worries about the outside world were interrupted by the appearance of his adoptive grandmother.

"Oh good, you're awake Naruto. I can tell you don't want to sit around the whole. So I think I have a task for you." Porlyusica said as Siegfried stood up.

"I'm ready for any task." Siegfried told her.

"Good, there's a few herbs I've been meaning to get, but this fiasco with Laxus only made my work load larger." Porlyusica said as she gave him a small sketch of which plant grows the necessary herbs.

"I'll be done fairly quickly." Siegfried said.

"Don't do it if you're going to strain yourself!" Porlyusica yelled angrily. "I swear, if your mother was here..." she stopped and thought over Mordred would say. Then immediately frowned, "She might only encourage the behavior. Just grab those herbs without hurting yourself." Porlyusica said as she left Siegfried with his task.

"I'll be back." Naruto said only for Aries to get up and follow him.

"I can help!" Aries said.

After that, the rowdy nature of the guild continued as scheduled.

Forest

A few minutes later, Siegfried decided to take the chance and stretch his legs. Seeing as his body was recovering, he had some old street clothes that he kept around for visiting more scummier looking environments. It helps considering that formal attire is more difficult to keep clean.

"They look like this Aries. Let me know if you need help or get confused." Siegfried said as Aries nodded and started her search.

The task was a bit confusing at first. To be honest, Siegfried felt a bit disoriented with how many of the plants looked the same. So he had to pay close attention to every delicate little detail of the plant's design. It would be about 40 minutes, give or take, before the two could eventually gather enough to fill a small basket. Just as they started to finish up, Aries ran up to Siegfried while looking curious.

"Sieg, I found something." Aries said as she presented an egg.

"Aries, where did you find that?" Siegfried asked.

"I saw a broken nest on the ground, but the egg isn't cracked since it landed on a soft bush." Aries said looking sad for what she thought was an abandoned child.

Siegfried sighed, "Aries, you kind of screwed up." he said.

Aries looked disheartened by what he said, "Why do you say that?" she asked.

"Aries, I could be wrong, but typically most animals won't pick up their children or eggs if they don't smell familiar. So you touching the egg will get it rejected by the mother." Siegfried explained making Aries feel sad.

"B-But... I-I t-thought it needed help." Aries said as tears fell down her cheeks.

Siegfried gently hugged Aries, "It's ok, maybe we can find someone to take care of it and incubate it until the bird can fly on it's own." he told her.

Aries sniffled as she nodded, "Ok, but... I-I'm r-really sorry! Now t-the m-mama b-bird doesn't want her baby back anymore!" she said crying onto his chest.

Siegfried continued to pat Aries as she kept crying and blaming herself. A few minutes of calming the celestial spirit down. Siegfried summoned a blanket and wrapped it up to place the egg on.

"I think it should be safe for now." Siegfried said as Aries blew her nose into a tissue.

"What kind of bird do you think it is?" Aries asked in between sniffles.

Siegfried took a close look, "It's pretty big, but I doubt it's as big as Happy's." he said earning a strange look from Aries. "The cat that hangs out with Natsu. It came out of an egg." he answered.

"Maybe a chocobo? They're nice and big... but then they wouldn't fit on top of a tree." Aries said catching her mistake.

"Well Natsu claimed he found Happy's egg after it fell from a tree. Then again, he is a bit of a fool with everything he says outside of Igneel." Siegfried continued to say.

"Igneel?" Aries asked curiously.

Siegfried nodded, "Igneel is a dragon and Natsu claimed that he was raised by Igneel. I think Lisanna and I are the only ones to believe him. Then again, I've met King Bahamut so I don't have any doubts anymore." he answered.

"We've also seen wyverns big brother. Wyverns are dragons without arms." Aries added.

"I know, people just forget that. Maybe they're just devolved dragons." Siegfried said before laughing. He then looked up at Mt. Hakobe where wyverns are usually spotted, "Saying you've seen a wyvern but don't believe in dragons is ridiculous. It's like saying you've seen turtles but refuse to believe in reptiles." he added.

Aries smiled as she saw her brother figure, "I wanna meet King Baha Baho Bahaha..." she stopped blushed as she couldn't pronounce the name of the Dragon King.

Siegfried smiled as he held Aries closer to him, "King Bahamut, Aries. Besides, his booming voice might scare you and he's intimidating like Kurama. I wonder where that fox is by the way." he said as he looked around.

After that, the two were about to leave and turn in the herbs until Siegfried felt negative energy heading towards him. The Azure Knight had summoned a sword and pointed for Aries to go hide with the egg. Siegfried held up to finger against the back of the blade and closed his eyes as he took several breathes. He waited for the aggressor that barreling towards him.

Siegfried used his patience to tap into Orochimaru's teachings, "First Form: Winding Serpent Slash!" he says just as the aggressor arrived.

Sadly for the aggressor, it was an angry Natsu, "Naruto you coward! Come out and fight me!" he yelled only to be caught in Siegfried's attack.

Like the sannin, Siegfried started to move around like a slithering snake before unleashing several strikes across Natsu's body. Leaving the Dragon Slayer missing a vest, but at the same time given several scratch marks before hitting the ground.

Natsu immediately sat up and got angry again, "Hey that's cheating! You don't sneak attack a guy when he wants to fight!" he shouted angrily.

Siegfried sighed as he sheathed his sword, "Then don't be running at someone who was trained by shinobi." he said confusing Natsu. "My last name is derived from a legendary ninja." he said.

"I don't even know your last name!" Natsu yelled forgetting what Levy said to Erza when they saw Siegfried's memories.

Siegfried sighed at how dense Natsu can be, 'Was I like this?' he asked himself only to hear no answer from his other self. Siegfried felt confused at the silence in the past few days, 'Well I literally do talk to myself. So this shouldn't be anything new.' he thought before looking for Aries.

"Hey! You still owe me a fight!" Natsu yelled as he followed after Siegfried.

"I'm grounded remember? Also shouldn't you be resting too?" Siegfried asked as Natsu still had a lot of bandages all over his body.

"I don't need rest! You still owe me a fight and you keep running away by getting knocked out! On top of that, you keep stealing my fights!" Natsu argued.

Siegfried sighed, he really hoped he wasn't like Natsu in the past life. Then again, Natsu was probably merciful out of not going down a dark path while as Naruto, he just thought everyone would suddenly turn good. That didn't stop Obito, the insane man literally saw the error of his ways when a literal goddess appeared and told him that his convoluted beliefs were just a lie to manipulate him. Sure he helped a bit against Kaguya, but that doesn't stop the hundreds of thousands that got hurt within a matter of a 16 year period.

'Forgiveness is for those who stop themselves before they further continue their reign of destruction and realize their errors.' Siegfried thought as Aries came out of her hiding place. "Let's go Aries." he said as Natsu growled and continued to follow them.

At the hut

Porlyusica gave Siegfried a stern look, "While I'm disappointed that you can't go a couple of days before raising a blade. I suppose it was our local dragon slayer who is at fault here." she said as Natsu fumed in the background.

"Well it's your fault and the old man that I can't get my fight!" Natsu shouted.

"You need rest as well Natsu Dragneel! Now go back to the guild or to your home!" Porlyusica yelled as she prepared her broom.

"Alright fine! But I still want my fight later!" Natsu says as he backed down before the power of the broom.

Porlyusica shook her head at the immature behavior before turning back to her adoptive grandson, "I swear, you are your mother's son. Too reckless and picking fights for heck of it." she said remembering Mordred.

Flashback, a day after Siegfried's birth

Mordred was pale and found it difficult to breath, "Hey, is baby making meant to be this painful?" she asked Porlyusica.

"You've survived many life threatening situations Mordred. Are you saying it's easier to avoid being stabbed or set ablaze than delivering your child?" Porlyusica asked as she looked over some blood samples.

Mordred rolled her eyes, "My mistake, I shouldn't have asked the woman who's never made babies." she said earning a glare from Porlyusica.

"I may have not given birth, but I have dealt with the pain of raising a child. Yet here she is patronizing me." Porlyusica said earning a smile from Mordred.

"Yeah, well now you're a grandma now. Maybe my baby can patronize you. He's going to be like mama after all." Mordred said as she smiled at the sleeping form of baby Siegfried Naruto.

Porlyusica sighed, "If he's like you, then I can expect him to keep coming covered in scratches and all sorts of wounds." she said.

Mordred started to laugh before coughing a bit, "That's my baby boy. I know, he and Laxus will be good boys." she said optimistically.

"Then hopefully once you recover. You can take Makarov's place like you wanted. Maybe then you won't be hurting yourself." Porlyusica said knowing how much Mordred wanted to be guild master.

Mordred nodded before coughing again, "Yeah, dad better give me that title once I'm off this bed." she said sounding happy.

"That's rare, you referred to Makarov as your father. Has being a mother affected you that much dear?" Porlyusica asked.

"I guess, maybe I should start referring to my parents... as my parents." Mordred said before hearing Siegfried stir awake. As usual, a waking baby started to cry, "Oh no, hold on Sieg. Do you think you can pass him over to me, mom?" she asked.

Porlyusica gave a light smile as she picked up her now adopted grandson, "Come here little one. Your mother is right here." she told the infant as he was handed over to Mordred.

Siegfried's cries softened as he felt his mother's embrace, "Shush now baby Sieg. Mommy is here now and she's not going anywhere." Mordred said as she cooed him.

Unaware of the other presence with them, "Sorry Sieg... I guess this is how it starts again." said the familiar voice within Siegfried.

End of flashback

Siegfried held his head as if he had remembered something, "Don't tell me you hurt yourself just by standing there!" Porlyusica shouted loud enough tos care Aries.

"I'm fine, I'm still disoriented." Siegfried said coming up with an excuse.

"Then don't draw your sword out again young man!" Porlyusica continued to shout with concern.

"I understand, I'll just head back to the guild." Siegfried said calming the medicinal advisor down.

As they left, Aries couldn't help but to share her opinion, "Sieg, that lady was scary." she whispered.

"Grandmother is just concerned Aries. There's a lot of history with my family." Siegfried said trying to reassure the girl.

Back at the guild

Once the meeting with the guild master was over. Astolfo decided to take the time to see his old friend. Along with seeing what makes Fairy Tail great compared to Blue Pegasus.

"Sieg, show your skinny butt over here! I wanna hang out!" Astolfo announced as he ran down the stairs.

Everyone looked up wondering who the cute "girl" was. Especially one that was looking for Siegfried of all people. Lucy was the most curious since Siegfried showed his disdain for pink haired girls outside of Aries. Then again, he forced Virgo to wear a hood and tried convincing Aries to do the same. That's when Lucy noticed something in the magazine that she was reading from Sorcery Weekly.

"Oh kami!" Lucy exclaimed.

"What?" Cana, who was next to her, asked.

"She's on number one on this magazine!" Lucy said as Cana looked at the poll.

The Wizard I'd Like To Be My Boyfriend/Girlfriend Ranking

Girls:

1. Astolfo

2. Jenny Realight

3. Mirajane Strauss

4. Erza Scarlet

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10. Lucy Heartfilia (New)

Cana scoffed, "Bullshit, I should be up there." she said ignoring Astolfo's position.

Lucy sweat dropped, "That's not the point Cana." she said as Mirajane walked over to them.

"Is that the latest issue of Sorcerer Weekly?" Mira asked as Lucy shared the results with her. Making the barmaid go wide eyed, "My position went down." she said looking sad.

"What about me!?" Astolfo said suddenly appearing behind Lucy.

"KYAAAHH!" Lucy screamed as she fell off her seat as Astolfo read the periodical.

"Oh boy, Jenny is going to get mad when I get back." Astolfo said having known that Jenny Realight has a great dislike for him.

"You do have that effect on people." Siegfried said as he suddenly appeared.

Which scared poor Lucy even more, "Can you teleport or something!?" she asked.

Siegfried nodded, "I can, but I didn't do that here." he said as he helped up Lucy.

"Good, you're finally here Sieg and you brought your other pink haired friend with horns on her head." Astolfo said happily as Aries hid herself behind her big brother. Only for Astolfo's smile to falter as he looked at Aries more carefully, "Sieg... why is there a pink haired girl in a white outfit with horns with you?" he asked.

"I don't know, why are you unconscious on the ground and full of swords?" Siegfried asked implying a threat.

"Ok I'm sorry for asking! Who is that girl anyways!?" Astolfo asked fearfully.

"This is my other little sister, Aries. Her master was abusive so now I'm her caretaker in this world." Siegfried answered as Aries nodded happily.

Astolfo moved closer to Aries and inspected her. He then used his little upper body strength to lift up the celestial spirit by her waist. Siegfried was ready to punish the younger boy only for him to say something very ludicrous.

"Sieg... why does she look like Franny?" Astolfo asked before he received a hard chop to the head.

Siegfried then grabbed Aries and gently put her down, "She doesn't look anything like her. Aries is her own person." he said denying Astolfo's claims.

It also appeared that he forgot his statement as he rubbed the lump on his head, "So mean! To think I wanted to hang out with you!" Astolfo said with a pout.

Siegfried rolled his eyes, "Fine, what do you want?" he asked.

Astolfo's eyes turned into stars, "I wanna see the festival before it ends! Master Bob says Fairy Tail's parades are super fun and they're ending today so let's go!" he said as he started pulling on his friend's arm.

"Fine, but let me find someone to take care of the egg Aries found. I'm hoping to keep it around until it's capable of being its own once it hatches." Siegfried said as Aries was still hanging onto the bird egg this whole time.

"Can someone hold this please?" Aries asked as she looked around.

"I'll keep an eye on it." Mira said raising her hand.

Aries smiled as she gently handed the egg over, "Thank you! I'll be back for it soon!" she says before running after Siegfried.

Mira smiled as she saw the three run off to have fun. Leaving the barmaid to act as mama bird despite having no idea how to take care of a bird's egg.

"I have no idea how to take of a egg!" Mira yelled with a shocked face similar to what her sister Lisanna used to do. Mira then started to juggle around the egg as if it were made of butter, "AHH! It's falling!" she yelled before accidentally tossing it into the air.

Everyone scrambled in an attempt to catch the egg. Only for Erza to suddenly appear and catch the egg with one hand. Erza wasn't even sure what was going on as she had just walked into the guild and saw everyone running around like idiots.

"What's this?" Erza asked as she studied the egg.

"It's Naruto's egg." Mira answered.

Erza processed what Mira had told her making three circle appear over her head like a loading screen. After a moment of thinking, an image came up of a chibi Siegfried dropping an egg. Then that egg hatched and revealed a tiny yet sickly looking version of a younger Siegfried wearing armor. The images ended with chibi Siegfried smiling and walking into the sunset with his new son. This made Erza's cheeks turn bright red as she remembered that no one can have children without a mate.

"Naruto's egg!?" Erza asked as she started juggling the egg around. Sadly she was wearing her default armor which made holding the egg harder as she was wearing armored gauntlets, "I dropped it!" she yelled in terror as the egg was about to hit the ground.

That's when Levy came to the rescue, "Soft!" she casted as the word "Soft" appeared and cushioned the egg's fall. Levy wiped away the sweat from her forehead and gently picked up the egg, "I think you two are too reckless and clumsy. Besides, I don't Naruto wants his egg being turned into an omelette." she said hoping to cement her point.

Surprisingly enough, Gajeel and Evergreen started hugging each other in fear, "DON'T PISS OFF NARUTO!" they yelled fearfully.

No one understood what Siegfried did to scare those two. Yet it did give everyone the idea that he wasn't the same weakling he was before. Considering Gajeel gave some of the guild members a hard time in a fight and wasn't the type to back down. While Evergreen was the haughty and arrogant type that still proved her worth as a member of the Raijinshuu. Even if that position was as the secretary when in actuality, it was the Laxus Dreyar Fan Club.

"But I promised I'd take care of it." Mira said.

"Just give it to me Levy. The egg needs a real motherly touch." Cana said after downing another mug.

Despite being a drunkard in the past couple of years, Levy respected Cana. As she was one of her first friends in the guild and the first real friend Siegfried made when growing up at the guild. However it was a horrible idea as she didn't want to imagine Cana being drunk and handling a fragile egg. That's when an image of a chibi Cana and a chibi baby Siegfried appeared in Levy's mind where the two were burping after having a lot of alcohol.

"No." Levy said making Cana frown.

"Levy, I know I've done horrible things that can never be undone, but I will put my reputation as a member of Fairy Tail on the line. I swear to you, that I can help protect that egg from all dangers." Erza said in a serious and promising tone.

"No." Levy said again.

"Why!?" Erza said in a childish tone.

Everyone face faulted when they heard Erza's tone of voice change. It was so sudden, random and dramatic in a way. Deep down, Erza hoped that she could begin to repair her broken relationship by doing him this one favor. Meanwhile Mira was thinking the same since they hardly had too many chances to interact with the last one being the accidental kiss. Though deep down, Mira wasn't aware of this, but she wanted to grow closer to Siegfried and seeing him again almost made her feel like she lost a part of herself when he left.

"The answer is no, even if I choose to ignore what you two did. Natsu and Gray living evidence of what you two can cause." Levy said pointing at the two boys.

To simplify things, it was best to describe what they were doing. Gray was practically naked with only his boxers on while trying to punch Natsu who in return, was biting down on his other arm with sharpened teeth. Before either could argue about that, the two did remember that they were hypocrites when it came to the "No Fighting" rule in the guild. That and Gray had to learn to read and write on his own since Erza did a poor job with Natsu.

Luckily Lisanna stepped in before Natsu could do something drastic to skip Erza's classes.

'I wouldn't be that bad would I?' Mira and Erza thought before another image appeared in their minds.

One where a baby Siegfried was crying and pointing at Mira and Erza. When all of a sudden Doom Slayer music kicks in and Siegfried is wearing his armor and ready to tear the two mages apart. The two likely wouldn't admit it right away, but Siegfried was likely stronger than the two of them. Mainly from the fact that Gajeel is vague in his description about his fights and Laxus outclassed Mira during her youth while Erza has great difficulty battling her former guild mate. Despite the arrogance and hot headed nature of everyone, being S class in the guild meant you were no joke.

It didn't help that there was still so much they didn't know about Siegfried or the more abilities he's slowly gaining.

"Just let the girls help Levy." everyone turned their heads and saw that Makarov was listening intently while enjoying some beer.

"Master how long have you been here?" Erza asked.

"Since Naruto left, I know Porlyusica is going to get angry for me letting him run around, but I thought he should let that young man have fun." Makarov explained as he continued drinking. "Kami knows that the boy needed more friends in his time of need." he said as he had yet to learn more about his grandson's travels.

Levy sighed, "Fine, but you two will be working under my supervision the whole time." she said as the two girls nodded.

Later that night

Erza was staring intently at the egg. Making sure that everything was perfect for it to remain intact. Having listened to Levy's booksmarts, Erza and Mira gave the egg several warm blankets and a heated lamp. As well as making sure that the egg is rotated several times during the day. Along with some other small things to watch out for while remembering to repeat these steps for several days until hatching.

"Erza, if you give it that ugly stare. You're only going to give it anxiety." Mira said coming from behind her.

"But if I look away, something bad might happen." Erza said as she hasn't blinked in at least 20 minutes.

"If you don't blink. Your eyes might dry out." Mira said as Erza's eyes slowly slid out with the intent of staying on guard.

"It's a risk I'm willing to take." Erza said as she still refused to budge.

Not even when she heard the door open, "I see you two took good care of the egg." said Siegfried as he came in.

Mira smiled, "We sure did!" she said as Erza continued to stare at the egg.

Siegfried slowly approached the egg and Erza, "You can go now. I'll take it with me back to my room." he said as Erza still didn't move. "You can't come with me Erza." he said thinking Erza wanted to keep guarding the egg. "I do not want a pervert staring at me while I get changed." he said as Erza turned bright red.

"You don't know if I would do that." Erza replied denying her perverted nature.

"Yes I would." Siegfried said as he gently took the blankets.

"Can I still help with the egg tomorrow?" Erza asked hopefully.

"Very well." Siegfried answered giving her some hope.

Several days later

Over the course of the past few days, Siegfried took his recovery time as a chance to wait for the egg to hatch. Surprisingly enough Mira and Erza started to grow attached to the egg as well. With the two being concerned with the egg's wellbeing while Siegfried made sure that they had the necessary supplies to keep the egg warm and the embryo inside alive. Aries would also visit to make sure that the bird would be healthy and was eager to see it hatch.

It's been about two weeks or so since the egg was found and according to Levy, the egg should be hatching any day now. So Erza stopped staring at the egg for pointless hours and actually went on jobs. Surprisingly enough, Mira tried her hand at small jobs again with Elfman to get used to her magic now that it's returned. Which worked in a rotation, with both girls taking turns playing mama bird since Siegfried wasn't cleared up yet from being grounded.

Today, Mira decided to be brave and try something new as she had arrived from a small delivery job with her brother. This was something Lisanna tried with Natsu, but with little success.

"I'm home dear." Mira said as a greeting.

Siegfried who was reading a newspaper briefly looked at her, "Welcome home." he said sounding casual.

Though Mira's heart fluttered as she started to see why Lisanna tried this. Continuing her brave act, Mirajane continued to speak like a housewife.

"How is our child." Mira said already mentally kicking herself.

"Healthy as they were before you left for work." Siegfried said without looking away from his newspaper.

Mira smiled, "Are you hungry by any chance?" she asked.

"No, but if you are. Let me know so I can make you up something." Siegfried replied making Mira's face flush red.

"O-Ok... do you want me to look after junior so you can take a break?" Mirajane asked.

Siegfried raised a brow as he set down the newspaper, "Junior?" he asked.

"The little egg we've been raising." Mira answered.

"Mirajane, you know this bird will leave in a couple months. You shouldn't get that attached once it leaves." Siegfried told her.

Mira gasped, "Y-You want to get rid of them?" she asked.

"It's not getting rid of them. They'll leave on their own and after that, it's not my responsibility." Siegfried said returning to his newspaper.

Mira balled her fists, "So what then? You never cared for the baby then?" she asked.

Siegfried sighed, "It will be fine. You can live without it." he said ignoring whatever was going on with Mira.

Tears started to swell up in Mira's eyes as she grabbed the newspaper and crumpled it up. Siegfried watched as his periodical was destroyed as Mira looked angry. By tapping into his sensory, Siegfried could sense all sorts of emotions leaking from the older girl.

"That's how it's always been hasn't it!? You never cared Naruto! You were this sweet boy and I was always waiting for you! Yet you only had eyes for that red haired skank!" Mirajane yelled angrily as she tried to wipe away her tears.

Siegfried just stared impassively, "I'm sorry what?" he asked.

"It's always about Erza and you never paid attention to me! So there! You can move in with Erza and enjoy your own family with her!" Mira yelled as she pulled on her finger and realized there was nothing there. "Oh and look! You didn't even bother buying me a ring either! But if I did have one then I would just throw it because we're over!" she continued to yell.

"That's a waste of money." Siegfried commented.

Mira growled as she took away Cana's mug, "Hey my beer!" Cana yelled.

"Then take this! This marriage is over!" Mira yelled as she threw the mug across the guild hall before running away with tears in her eyes.

Leaving a confused Siegfried, "Did I do something wrong?" he asked.

Or was Mira taking her roleplay too far? Most likely the latter. Luckily this was just Mira's imagination.

In reality

Mira began to sweat as she realized that idea can go really bad. So she decided to be casual about it.

"Hi Naruto, how's the egg?" Mira asked.

"It's fine, would you like to watch the egg with me?" Siegfried asked as he pulled out a chair.

At that moment, Mira just wanted to rush towards that chair. For some reason, her chest continued to feel tighter. A pain that almost felt unbearable and yet it started to soften and feel good when she was closer to Siegfried. Mira could only remember that she had this feeling before when she was a child. Back then, it was whenever Siegfried was around and the feeling got more intense whenever he was following Erza around.

'I can't still hate him do I? No, I'm the one being stupid.' Mira thought as she shook her head. "Sorry Naruto, but no. I should get back to the bar." she said as an excuse.

"Very well." Siegfried said as he went back to reading.

As Mira walked away, Erza came up to Siegfried with two plates of strawberry cheesecake in her hands. Naturally everyone assumed that Erza is either very hungry or something stressed her out. To everyone's surprise, she offered one to Siegfried. Yes you heard right, Erza Scarlet, the Nidaime Titania and lover of Strawberry cake was giving away one of them to someone else.

"Would you like one Naruto?" Erza asked trying to steel her nerves.

"Sure Erza, that's awfully kind of you." Siegfried said as he took one.

Erza smiled as she took a seat and started eating. While Erza felt confident, that sign of bravery completely fell apart once things got quiet again and Siegfried hadn't given her any form of attention or attempted to communicate with her. Leaving to as the one to initiate communication once more. Then again, there's one thing she needed to say and he needed to hear it from Erza after so many years apart.

"Naruto." Erza said calling out to the knight. "I want you to know that. I truly regret my actions from six years ago." she said as Siegfried merely turned a page in his newspaper in silence. "I can never undo my actions. So please..." Erza stood up.

(TRIGGER WARNING! AVERT YOUR EYES AND MOVE ON IF YOU FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE! MOVE! MOVE YOUR ASS! IT'S NOT A LEMON OR COMPLETELY GRAPHIC BUT JUST GROSS IN GENERAL!)

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Siegfried put down the newspaper and watched as Erza took off her armor, her shirt and the presented her backside. Siegfried stood up and approached the red haired mage as she closed her eyes. Awaiting for Siegfried to physically abuse her or torment her in anyway he deemed fit as penance for her actions. To her surprise, Siegfried raised her by the hair to look her in the eye.

"Don't you turn your back on me or close your eyes Scarlet." Siegfried said as Erza opened her eyes to find a look ferocity in his eyes. "If you want punishment badly, don't expect this one time thing to be temporary." he says as he drags Erza down into the basement away from the public eye.

Erza whimpered as she felt Siegfried's grip tighten before being slammed into the floor. From there Siegfried began to take off his shirt and stretch his body as he approached the fearful looking Titania who already looked broken.

"Erza, I think it's time I remind you that are not invincible." Siegfried said as he lifted up Erza again and proceeded to reach for her voluptuous body.

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(END OF THAT! YOU'RE FREE TO READ AGAIN YOU SNOWFLAKES!)

In reality

Erza actually didn't bother apologizing and went straight for stripping off her shirt and tried to unhook her bra. This made Siegfried uncomfortable and he proceeded to bash Erza on the head with his newspaper. Erza looked up in fear and confusion, thinking that her victim of abuse went straight to giving a beating. Instead he was just very annoyed.

"Erza, if you're going to sit there and be perverted. I think I'll take the egg and go." Siegfried said with a hint of disappointment in his voice. "I admit, I did have romantic feelings for you as a child, but that's gone now. You shouldn't be getting naked and spreading your lustful ways in front of everyone." he added hurting Erza emotionally.

To be fair, this was her fault to begin with. Erza didn't try to be upfront and apologize for her actions and went straight with payment with her body. Possibly damaging their relationship even more now she's been exposed as a pervert. Then again, a lot of people know she's perverted and don't bother saying anything. Even worse was the fact that Erza just realized that Siegfried had a crush on her and immediately remembered his words in the journal. Things felt like they could get worse from here.

Meanwhile Gray learned from this, "Juvia, I know you have feelings for me. But seriously, don't strip in front of me." he said.

Juvia frowned, "But Gray-sama, it wouldn't be fair seeing as you do it for Juvia all the time. Including right now." she said.

Gray panicked as he found himself in his underwear again, "Why does this happen!?" he asked himself.

Juvia immediately stood up and started taking off her hat and dress, "Don't be afraid my love. Juvia will join you and be an exhibisionist too!" she said as Gray grabbed her.

"Don't get naked too!" Gray yelled as he struggled with keeping Juvia dressed.

Ending with Gray being on top of the girl. With their lips being a centimeter apart.

"Hey, no love making either!" Siegfried yelled as Juvia quickly pushed off Gray.

"Juvia is sorry Gray-sama, but Juvia is not ready to get pregnant!" Juvia said before running away.

Natsu also took inspiration for this as well, "Hey Lucy, if I got naked would you do the same?" he asked.

"Hell no!" Lucy asked as her face turned bright red.

Natus nodded before speaking again, "Would you let me get you pregnant then?" he asked not knowing what a pregnancy is.

Lucy decided to kick Natsu as a response, "PERVERT!" she yelled.

At that point, the whole guild started to fall apart yet again. With Makarov sitting on the counter enjoying his alcohol.

"This is fine." he said ignoring the sudden fire that appeared out of nowhere.

Another day later

Siegfried sighed as he made his way to a new restaurant in town, 8 Island. Seeing as the guild was out of food and Makarov needed to order a new stock for the kitchen crew to cook. Siegfried was given permission to leave the guild to eat elsewhere, not that he wished that he needed permission. Regardless, after making it this far, he entered the restaurant and sat down in the first available booth. Unfortunately, his seemingly peaceful day was already getting hectic as he heard the sounds of destruction nearby and was then presented with a busty woman moving very close to the table.

"How may I serve you dearest customer?" asked a sultry voice.

Siegfried internally groaned as he looked up to see that his waitress was Erza. Erza gasped as her face was suddenly filled with shock as she did not expect Siegfried to be at the restaurant. She already made a bad impression with the time she exposed herself as repentance and now she was sure Siegfried would hate her before today ended.

'Why do I make poor choices in my life!? Is this some genetic issue I have!?' Erza wondered.

At the same time, Rung sneezed while being tortured by demonic entities in the afterlife.

Yet while alive and grateful, Siegfried chose to ignore his former crush, "I'll have the soup." he said.

A while later

Still waiting patiently, Siegfried watched as Erza slowly made her way to his table while holding the bowl of soup. Only for Natsu and Gray to chase each other around and knock her over. Erza never had the chance to threaten either of them with physical punishment as she slipped and slowly plummeted towards the ground. Siegfried quickly picked up the soup and placed it down before catching Erza.

Once again the two idiots made things worse as they bumped into Siegfried who started rolling around the floor with Erza. Until the temporary waitress was now straddling him and pressing her lips against his. What made it worse was that Makarov and Porlyusica had arrived just now to witness the accidental kissing session.

"SIEGFRIED NARUTO! I DID GIVE YOU PERMISSION TO LEAVE HOME SO YOU CAN KISS PRETTY GIRLS!" Porlyusica yelled at the two.

It's just after noon and this day is already going to hell already.

Later that afternoon

Siegfried cleared up the situation with Erza kissing him. Along with Natsu and Gray being punished torture, likely in a medieval fashion, by Erza. Siegfried was able to continue eating despite the sudden presence of his grandparents. Who apparently wanted to join Siegfried as another attempt to catch up with the young man. The only person who probably wasn't in true pain was Lucy as Yajima gave her the payment she needed to make rent. And thinking about it, everyone minus the elder mages found it surprising to see Yajima running a restaurant before remembering the collapse of the Magic Council.

"You were always the quiet type anyways Yaj." Makarov said as his old teammate nodded.

"I am, but even then I thought something wrong. So regardless of the council's decision, I still didn't feel right with Siegrain persuading everyone to use ethirion and Ultear's betrayal didn't help either." Yajima said remembering the mess.

"At least we took out the tower and stopped his plan to resurrect Zeref!" Natsu exclaimed excitedly.

"You idiot, we didn't do anything but get our butts kicked. Then run into Juvia before Naruto kicked our butts." Gray said as Natsu was about to argue with him. Only for Gray to finish the details, "Which you and Erza decided to continue going after Jellal only to get your butts kicked by Jellal then Naruto again." he said.

Natsu growled, "At least I'm not a quitter like you!" he yelled.

Lucy sighed, "At least Naruto stopped him right?" she asked.

Siegfried nodded, "The tower and Jellal are both gone, but there's still Ultear to worry about." he said mentally writing down his next target.

Porlyusica internally sighed knowing Siegfried's not letting anything stop him from his next mission. Especially if his orders are coming directly from the King and the capital of all people. Then again, despite his good behavior, he didn't have the council breathing down his neck as they have no authority over him.

"And that's my next mission." Siegfried said confirming the woman's thoughts.

Yajima gave the younger man a look of worry, "I know you have your orders, but shouldn't you call a sick day off?" he asked.

Siegfried shook his head, "I've had too many." he said.

"Yeah and he still needs to fight me!" Natsu yelled as if his life's purpose was this fight.

"The day I accept your pointless challenge is the day Gray stops being perverted." Siegfried replied.

"I'm not a perv!" Gray shouted.

"Clothes Gray." Lucy said as Gray at least remembers to keep his underwear on.

And once again, Erza threatened the ice mage with medieval style torture for stripping off his clothes. Siegfried wondered if Fairy Tail had changed at all since his six year absence.

The next morning

There was a local stylist in Magnolia Town. It isn't anything unique and yet nothing uninteresting either. Just a simple individual hoping to make a living by giving her clients comfort in being in groomed and maybe offer new styles in order to feel unique. This barber just sat down in a chair reading a magazine while waiting for a potential client or one time customer.

The Wizard I'd Like To Be My Boyfriend/Girlfriend Ranking

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10. Siegfried Naruto (New)

This Week's Spotlight:

While Siegfried Naruto isn't a wizard or claims to be one. It's hard to not put up this good looking knight in shining armor. Though for some dark guilds out there, he's the knight in bloody armor. Regardless, with Freed Justine's fashion disaster of a haircut and Siegrain's betrayal. There are only so few people to fit onto this list. So ladies, if you're into quiet men who fight for what's right over pride. You know who to look for.

To be fair, the individual ranked number 10 looks ok but the photo was clearly edited. As it looked more like a candid shot rather than one of the many photos that are either submitted or taken at their guilds.

"I wouldn't mind seeing what's under those locks." the stylist said to herself.

Having said that, a client walked in causing the bell by the door to ring. She immediately put that magazine and prepared to tend to her client.

"Welcome, how may I... help you?" the stylist asked.

As none other than Siegfried Naruto stood before the stylist.

"I'm hoping stop hiding myself." Siegfried said as he gestured to his long uncut hair.

The stylist nodded dumbly, "How would you like me to help?" she asked.

At the guild, some time later

With the help of the information Astolfo gave before he left the town. Makarov went over the issues with the Balam Alliance and proceeded to plan out who to send. Once again, Makarov has to remember that Fairy Tail would be working with three other legal guilds to take down one of the three strongest dark guilds. Along with his adoptive grandson, Siegfried, as Makarov already received the package from the king. He didn't go behind his grandson's back like Levy and snoop through his things.

Having been a guild master this long, Makarov knew when things get real serious. So it was no doubt that he would receive orders to help in this effort. Makarov couldn't help but to feel that Siegfried has this bloodlust around dark mages.

"I suppose fixing things take time. At least Mirajane has changed along with the others." Makarov said as he only had to deal with Siegfried who was broken for other reasons.

"Some things heal at their own rate." said Siegfried as he arrived from his stylist.

Makarov smiled, "Oh look at you. Do you have a hot tonight?" he asked.

"No, and I'd rather not deal with women after Erza decided to follow Gray's lead." Siegfried said referring to Erza and Gray as perverts.

"Laxus what are you doing here!? I thought you got kicked out you jerk!" Natsu yelled behind Siegfried.

"I'm not my brother you impatient pyromaniac." Siegfried said as he turned around and confused Natsu.

"Eh? What did you do to your hair?" Natsu asked.

"I gave it to the person I promised to fight next." Siegfried said to intentionally anger the dragon slayer.

Even Makarov laughed, "I'm sure you'll get your fight Natsu. Maybe in another 20 years or so." he said further infuriating

Natsu then proceeded to punch his fists together, "Fight me right here! Right now!" he demanded.

Siegfried sighed as he started forming hand seals. Natsu grinned thinking Siegfried was finally accepting his challenge. Especially as Siegfried had to produce many seals at a quick rate. Makarov felt like trouble was coming and it didn't help that Juvia was running in with her cake.

"Naruto-sama..." Juvia tried to say only for Siegfried to finish his technique.

"Ninja Art: Domain Expansion!" Siegfried said as he clapped his hands together and enveloped the four of them in a new reality.

In the domain

Makarov looked around wondering where he was when he saw that he and Siegfried were on top of a building. Meanwhile Natsu and Juvia were on the ground looking just as confused.

"Hey get down here and fight me!" Natsu demanded.

"Fight these them instead. Though to be fair, this is more of a pleasure for Juvia since I didn't expect to see her here." Siegfried said as he revealed the name of the building he was on.

The Ice Strip

"What!?" Natsu asked.

Then suddenly Natsu's worst nightmare had appeared yet again.

(Naruto OST - Go Go Naruto)

From all around the city block where they stood. Juvia and Natsu found themselves surrounded by an army of Gray's who were wearing nothing but loincloths. Natsu tried to fight back only to find himself being dragged into the club. As for Juvia, she dropped her cake as her nose started bleeding so much that it turned into a geyser. So she just gave up and let the army of Gray's drag her away.

"NO! NO! DON'T PLEASE! I'M HAVING A HORRIBLE TIME!" Natsu screamed.

"YES! YES! PLEASE! I'M HAVING AN AMAZING TIME!" Juvia screamed.

Then the music from the club went on full blast to tune out the two wizards. Leaving Makarov wondering how far Siegfried decided to push it.

"I suppose this is a good punishment for any future punishments." Makarov said as he still had his alcohol on hand and continued drinking.

In reality

The domain eventually collapsed leaving an unconscious yet traumatized Natsu and a blissfully unconscious Juvia with a bloody nose. Leaving quite the number of Fairy Tail wizards wondering about what Siegfried did with them.

(End of Song)

"Well, I suppose I'll be leaving tomorrow for my mission. I'll visit my mother in the meantime." Siegfried said as he left the guild again.

At the cemetery

Once again, Siegfried found himself kneeling by the graves of his mother, Mordred.

"Hi mom, you're probably already aware of this and likely mad like grandma. I almost died because I pushed myself too hard. I guess I got too emotional seeing Erza trying to be authoritative. So it brought back bad memories." Siegfried began to say. "A lot has happened since I returned to Magnolia. I saved the guild, that's a first." he said almost like a child trying to impress his parents.

(Soul Calibur V OST - The Breeze At Dawn)

"The guild was destroyed in a war with Phantom. When I saw that, I remembered everything grandpa told me. The origin, the journey to find fairies regardless if they have tails or not, my memories of meeting everyone, the home Makarov gave us. Everything you wanted when King Arthur rejected you. When our family home was destroyed, I finally gave into the beast... until dad saved me." Siegfried said as he shed a tear.

"When the beast was released and ready to devour the world. I heard dad's voice and unleashed Balmung returned me to this world. Then when I was in my coma. I saw him as well." Siegfried said as he looked down at his hands and made fists. "The First Dragon Slayer, the one that slayed Fafnir passed on his will and power to me as he did with dad. It's kind of a lot to take in." he said as he closed his eyes.

There Siegfried remembered the many who came before him. Hoping to pass down their power to him. For reasons he doesn't understand. He wasn't Naruto Uzumaki anymore or maybe he wasn't him at all but some boy who was pitied by him. He doubted himself, while no one can blame for running away in fear as a child. He blamed himself for letting Nightmare be unleashed onto this world by going after Cervantes and taking Soul Edge for himself. Yet when despair had attempted to hang onto him like a cloak.

Siegfried felt as if there was a bright light in front of him. As if there were more than one presence standing before him. In his mind, he saw those who came before him watching him.

Indra Otsutsuki

Ashura Otsutsuki

Madara Uchiha

Hashirama Senju

The original Siegfried

His father Sieg

And finally Naruto Uzumaki who stuck his hand out in front of him.

"Regardless, I have to push on. Those who have faith in me will not go wasted. I will continue to purge myself of my sins. No matter what, I will return to the guild once this has been purged." Siegfried said as a new fire had been sparked within him.

*CHEEP CHEEP*

Siegfried smiled as he reached into his pocket and pulled out a small bird. A filolial to be specific, a strange breed of birds similar to a chocobo. They're said to grow as big as ostriches and are fast to ride.

"I also managed to hatch this little one with some help." Siegfried said as he remembered that the egg hatched last night. "I named her Filo and she imprinted on me. Along with Mirajane and Erza for some reason. So I guess you're a grandma." he said as the Filo chirped happily.

Siegfried took a deep breath as he gave Filo a light pet, "Well then, I'll see you later mom. You too dad, but I guess you probably already know what I'm up to. I'll visit once I finish my duties again." he said as he put Filo back in his jacket pocket.

Once more, Naruto's reincarnation put himself in the line of fire.

(End of Song)

TO BE CONTINUED...

OMAKE: Erza's apology

Seeing that Erza forgot to say "I'm sorry" in person and went straight to offering her body like a crazy person. Erza decided that maybe cooking for Naruto would be a good idea. So she ran past Mirajane and straight into the kitchen. Only to run into Elfman and Nab.

"What are you two doing here?" Erza asked.

"We work here. Did you think my sister cooks everyone's food?" Elfman asked.

"I did actually." Erza admitted. "Also Nab aren't you looking for a job?" she asked.

Nab shrugged, "I have a bad time choosing. So I help in the kitchen to get some pocket money." he answered.

Erza accepted the answer, "Very well, today you two will be assisting me in making an apology for Naruto. In the form of his favorite meal, tsukemen!" she said.

"He likes ramen Erza." Elfman said correcting her.

Erza glared at him making the younger Strauss shiver, "It's the same thing. Now help me!" she ordered.

One mess later

Erza arrived with a bright smile on her face. Upon reaching Siegfried's table, she put down the tsukemen. Expecting Siegfried to be happy and willing to accept her apology. Only to get slapped.

"How dare you!? I hate tsukemen!" Siegfried yelled.

Then Mira arrived with a bowl of ramen, "I know you prefer this." she said.

Siegfried smiled, "Aw Mira, I love you. You always know what's best." she said as a rainy cloud appeared over Erza's head.

OMAKE: Erza's Apology #2

"He likes ramen Erza." Elfman said correcting her.

Erza slapped her forehead after realizing her mistake, "Very well, let us begin! First, the bowl." she said as she reached out for a bowl.

A minute later

An explosion occurred within the kitchen. Everyone surrounded the door as the were afraid something horrible had happened to the chefs. Only to find Erza coming out covered in burn marks, missing half of her armor and walking out the door with a limp towards Siegfried.

"I made you ramen Naruto... it's good I swear..." she said before passing out in his arms.

More time later

Erza woke up with a plate of strawberry cake on her bedside with a note on it.

"Good try, but thank you anyways Erza-chan."

Erza smiled thinking her attempt at an apology worked.

OMAKE: I'm Not Lesbian! I swear!

One thing lead to another and now Mira attempted to make the ramen. With Mira and Erza having a fight as to who will cook. Instead of talking it out like the civilized adults they are now. They decided to fight using their fists and magic. Which subsequently caused a small fire that burned off their clothes.

"What is going on here?" Siegfried asked as he entered the kitchen.

Only to find that Mira and Erza were completely naked and holding each other down.

"I knew you two lesbians." Siegfried said making both girls turn bright red.

"N-Naruto... I-I... it's not what it looks like!" Mira tried to say.

"I know Mira, you picked on me all the time because I wanted Erza's attention. Erza you always fought with Mira because you wanted to be the alpha. I understand my crush was pointless so you two don't have to rub it in or do your disgusting love making in a kitchen. People make food here so you two perverts need to leave." Siegfried explained further embarrassing the two.

Once Siegfried left, Erza and Mira ran after him while still naked.

"I'm not lesbian! I swear!" Mira yelled only to realize the whole guild was watching the two of them.

"This is not good." Erza muttered.

Then she felt Natsu put a hand on her shoulder, "Erza, you're mean and pushy, but to me you're my big sister. It doesn't matter if you like boys or girls. I'll support you." he said.

Gray nodded, "Same here big sis." he said as Erza felt so much embarrassment.

Why is making ramen so hard?

END OF OMAKE