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Chapter 10 - chapter 5

Chapter 5

~~~~~~1 Year Later~~~~~~

Lucy Heartfilia looked out over the games, despondent. Was this really the best Fiore had to offer this year? Really, any mage there would've been absolutely destroyed by even the weakest guilds from the previous year. Even Quatro Cerberus would've dominated the winners.

"COOL! I can't believe you called it!" Jason, her current boss, was super excited about how she predicted the way things would turn out. It really wasn't all that tough, though. It was obvious from the beginning the winners had been throwing matches to try to make people bet against them. Anyone who could tell anything about magic power would know that.

Suddenly a huge magic presence manifested in the tunnel leading into Domus Flau. Lucy recoiled in shock as a hooded figure became visible, heading down the tunnel. Heat radiated from the figure, reaching all the way up to her in the stands, and behind that heat, a magical pressure the likes of which she'd never felt before.

"We have to evacuate!" She cried out, fearful of this unknown person who was breaking in on the crowd was already murmuring as the figure emerged from the tunnel. "I've never felt anyone this strong before!"

Apparently more than just the people in the reporting booth heard her, as panic ensued on all sides. People were jumping up from their seats, clogging aisles and passageways as they hurried to reach an exit. But the arena wasn't built for thousands of people to exit suddenly, and everything was at a standstill. There was no way they'd make it out in time!

"Is this the winning team?" The figure asked, his voice sounding a little… bored? "I'm going to challenge…"

"STOP THIS FOOLISHNESS!" Lucy jumped as another figure came barreling down the tunnel and out, slamming into the hooded figure and pushing him back a couple inches. Her eyes widened as she took in the familiar red hair and custom-made Heart Kreuz armor. They went a notch further when the attack caused the hood to fall from the challenger's face, revealing a shock of messy pink hair and two very unapologetic onyx eyes.

"Oh, you finished your cheesecake already," Natsu commented as Lucy looked on in shock.

"You…" Erza looked at him with shadowed eyes. "You tricked me with cheesecake so you could go challenge the winning team after I told you not to."

At this point, the screaming and scrambling to evacuate had ended, and spectators were all watching the exchange with mouths hanging open. Lucy also found herself unable to tear her eyes away from the scene in front of her. For months she'd looked for information about Natsu and Erza, but always came up empty.

"Whatever," Natsu said. "It's not like you can beat me into submission the way you used to. So let's get on with this challenge!" Fire erupted around his fists.

"I said stop this!" Erza said, her eyes radiating an aura that would've struck fear into Natsu - and the whole guild - only a year ago. "You may have surpassed me in strength, but I have other weapons at my disposal. I'm telling you right now, if you keep going there'll be no sex for a month."

Lucy's jaw dropped at this blunt declaration made without so much as a hint of embarrassment at all the people watching. She felt her cheeks beginning to darken at the implications of Erza's threat, as well as the way that Natsu's fire dissipated as he turned to the redhead in shock.

"A… A whole month?" He stammered. From the angle she was at, Lucy had an excellent view of his eyes, and through them she could see his brain working. Apparently he was having trouble deciding whether the thrill of this grand entrance was worth foregoing the pleasure he appeared accustomed to experiencing.

Then there was a flash of light, and Lucy felt her face turn an even darker red. Erza was no longer wearing her custom Heart Kreuz armor. Rather, she wore what appeared to be a white apron that didn't even fully cover her ample chest from the front, let alone the sides. Below that, Lucy could see red underwear that looked like a borderline thong. She wore no shoes, but rather fishnet style leggings that ran up her legs to her thighs. On her head was a white, wedding-style tiara. Her gauntleted fists, probably the best dressed part of her at the moment, held a large sword that had some letters that Lucy couldn't read from her current position.

"Natsu… Are you really trying to decide if it's worth it?" Her voice was dangerous. Both seductive and unfathomably angry. She could almost hear Natsu's gulp from her current position as his eyes met the brown orbs across from him.

"Of-of course not!" Natsu stammered. If his posture was anything to go by, he was currently wavering between lust and growing fear. "You know how much I love you."

Then, as Lucy and everyone else watched, the nearly-naked Titania approached, slowly closing the distance between herself and the pink-haired man. Then, in a sudden motion, she jumped up, her legs wrapping around his waist and her arms around his neck. Despite their closeness, she spoke in a voice that was loud enough for the whole arena to hear.

"After this fiasco, you're going to have to prove it to me."

The indecision was gone from Natsu's eyes, and Lucy saw a faint blush on his cheeks and possibly a trickle of blood leaking from his nose. "Alright! Let's go back to our hotel then! I'm all fired up!"

Only Erza's lips moved as her legs tightened their hold on Natsu's waist. The words, clearly audible yet again, caused Lucy's face to darken even more. Next to her, she saw Jason break out in a nosebleed. "No. Right here."

"Right here?!" Natsu's face was bright red now as he looked around the arena. "But everyone's watching!"

"You should know by now that one of my deepest fantasies is for you to fuck me in public," every word was still clear as though Erza wanted everyone to know what was happening. "This is the price you pay for trying to trick me." Her hips were gyrating, and Lucy could practically see Natsu's will slipping away as the scarlet-haired temptress leaned down to nibble at his earlobe.

"But… We could get in trouble…" Natsu protested weakly, his arms around her back, supporting the busty beauty that was grinding against him.

"That just makes it more fun," Erza said, unzipping his trousers just enough for his erection to spring free. Before Lucy could see anymore, a sudden half sphere of fire formed around them. The fire was orange mixed with black, and allowed not even a glimpse of what was happening inside.

Still, Lucy quickly looked away and covered her eyes as nosebleeds erupted all around Domus Flau. Even though she couldn't see through the flames and her strong curiosity was screaming at her to see if she could catch a peek, she feared the wrath she would face if she dared to watch the display. She knew Erza well enough to know that she would exact retribution later despite her perverted fantasy.

Once the moans and grunts were finally over, Lucy dared to open her eyes and look back out over the arena. Most of the men were looking rather uncomfortable as they hadn't dared to take care of their urges in this public setting. The sphere of flames was dissipated. Erza was collapsed on top of Natsu, who was now on his back on the ground. Because the knight was still wearing her seduction armor, Lucy could also see that Natsu's dick was still buried in her.

Then Erza's voice reached her, and everyone else in the arena as well. Even though her breathing was labored and her hips wiggled a bit as she spoke, it still sounded dangerous.

"I hope all of you don't think I'll let you get away with watching that… Natsu, now would be a good time."

Suddenly the heat around Lucy increased a hundredfold, and she gasped in surprise and pain at the intensity of it. She closed her eyes against the pain, only opening them again when it finally subsided.

When she gazed out over the arena again her mouth dropped open. Much of Domus Flau itself had been melted, along with the clothes of everyone in the arena. As other people began opening their eyes, shrieks erupted everywhere. People started rushing for the exit, pulling fire blankets or anything they could find to cover up with. In the middle of the arena Erza, now next to Natsu in her standard Heart Kreuz armor, snickered at the commotion.

"In the end I got punished too!" She wailed, searching for something to cover her suddenly naked body.

"Here Lushy!" A pair of red panties fell on the floor at her feet. They were a bit small around the crotch, but still better than nothing. She looked up to see Happy grinning at her from above.

"How long have you been here?" She shrieked at the cat as she pulled the panties on quickly. Then she stopped, feeling rage well up inside her as she realized that the crotch area was completely soaked. "Happy… Where did you get these panties?"

"Oh, I found them on the ground next to Natsu and Erza just now," Happy said with the same grin. "I was going to give them to Erza, but you looked like you needed them more."

Lucy turned white as she hurriedly stripped the panties off before kicking the cat in the face, sending him flying out into the arena. "STUPID CAT!" She yelled, flushing crimson before running from the booth, leaving the panties there on the floor.

~~~~~~An hour later~~~~~~

"So Lucy, how did you come to be in Crocus?"

Lucy sat in one of the best restaurants across from Natsu and Erza. There was still a faint dusting of pink on her cheeks, though the pair across from her didn't seem the least bit perturbed by the earlier events.

"I'm a reporter now," she said somewhat absently. "I work for Sorcerer, so it's only natural I should be here you know."

"What about Fairy Tail though?" Natsu asked, his mouth stuffed with food. Erza promptly hit him on the back of the head.

"Manners," she said, glaring at him briefly. Then she turned back to Lucy. "I'm curious too, though. I know you enjoy your writing and all, but was it really worth leaving Fairy Tail?"

Lucy stared at them for a moment in shock. She could see Natsu forgetting something so important, but Erza? Erza never forgot anything important. She wasn't a blockhead like Natsu, at least.

Then it registered. "Oh, that's right. You guys left before the meeting." She straightened up, steeling herself against the reaction she knew would come. "Fairy Tail has been disbanded."

"WHAT?!" In other circumstances the way they both acted at the same instant, both their mouths dropping open and eyes widening in disbelief, might have been comedic. "But.. why?"

"Nobody knows. Makarov called a guild meeting just to announce he was breaking up the guild. Nobody's seen him since."

"What was he thinking?!" Natsu raged. "Isn't that selfish of him to break up the guild that's home to so many people?!"

"Why didn't you guys keep the guild together?" Erza added, her own eyes registering disbelief and some anger. "You could've reformed under a new master!"

"Everyone just kind of went their own way." Lucy said, looking down at her empty plate. "Anyway, it's not like you can two of you just left to do your own thing without talking to anyone about it. I'm sure they all had their reasons too."

Natsu opened his mouth, but before he could say anything Erza cut in. "You have a point, Lucy. However, I hardly think it's fair to compare Natsu's situation to anyone else's. Half the guild tried to kill him, after all."

Well shit. She hadn't thought about it that way, but if she was honest having half the guild try to kill just might be a little better reason than anyone else could have.

"Anyway," Erza said. "My initial thought was that perhaps the group split over that issue. I hope that is not the case?"

"No," Lucy shook her head. "It didn't even come up. We all just kind of went on our way…"

"Well, I guess there's only one thing to do," Natsu said, a grin on his face. "We'll just have to find everyone and get the guild back together."

"Get the guild back together…" Lucy looked up. "Is that even possible?"

"Sure," Natsu responded. "All we have to do is reform under a new master, like Erza said."

"Who will be the master, though" Lucy wondered aloud.

"Erza, obviously." Natsu replied with a grin. "She's perfect for the job."

"I guess you're right," Lucy said, quietly adding 'I'm not sure if I'll ever think of her the same way again though.'

"Why's that Luce?" Natsu asked, and Lucy jerked her head in his direction. Damn his sensitive hearing!

"Why's what?" Erza asked, her eyes fixed on Natsu with a quizzical expression. "You were the first one to say I should be master."

"No, I'm asking why she'll never think of you the same," Natsu said.

The urge to punch Natsu in the face warred with the urge to turn tail and run as Erza's gaze turned to her, a darkness coming over her eyes. "Is that so?" She asked placidly. "I guess I'll have to punish you more for watching that."

"W-WAIT!" Lucy shrieked. "We couldn't see anything because Natsu blocked it out with his flames anyway!"

This seemed to do nothing to placate Erza. "You will still be punished later," Erza said. Lucy breathed a sigh of relief as the knight turned her attention to Natsu. "You… crushed the realization of my fantasy?"

"I didn't want the whole capital to watch us have sex," Natsu retorted. "I figured that way you could feel like you lived out your fantasy without half of Fiore seeing you practically naked."

"Wait," despite the fear she'd just felt a moment ago, Lucy couldn't help being curious. "Surely you could see the fire orb around you."

Erza turned her attention back to the blonde for only a moment. "Natsu recently developed the ability to make his flames transparent. And apparently he also figure out how to make it only one way transparency…" She said before turning her glare back to Natsu.

"What?" Natsu said. "It would've worked if Lucy just kept her mouth shut. You would still have the joy of living out your fantasy without us having to live with half the country watching us fuck."

"You make a good point," Lucy shivered as Erza turned back toward her, eyes promising unlimited pain. "But you still have to make it up to me somehow."

"Sure," Natsu said with a shrug. "You've got lots of fantasies that are less public. Pick one of those and we'll do it tonight."

"You mean like the one where we tie up a friend and make her watch?" Erza was still looking intently at Lucy.

"No," Natsu said flatly. "Anything that doesn't involve other people."

I'll really never look at Erza the same again, Lucy thought as she trembled beneath the other woman's glare.

"Fine," Erza said after a few very long minutes of silence. "But she will be punished."

Lucy let out a breath she hadn't realized she was holding. Even though punishment was still pending, the forestallment eased her mind a little, if only a little. Perhaps there was even a chance that Erza would forget about it with all the work they had coming up to rebuild Fairy Tail.

"And don't think I'm going to forget about it," Erza said, her eyes still steely as she glared at Lucy.

"Aye ma'am!" Lucy said, sweating profusely again. Well, so much for that idea.

Just then Happy decided to join them. He was carrying something red in his left hand, and Lucy turned white when she started imagining what it could be.

"You guys are so mean," he wailed as he sat down next to Natsu. "You left me at the arena after Lucy kicked me, and Lucy wouldn't even accept my gift…"

"What gift?"

"SHUT UP CAT!"

Lucy glanced fearfully at Erza who spoke at the same moment she yelled at the stupid feline to keep his mouth shut.

"This gift," Lucy's face turned back toward the damn blue cat as his mouth insisted on running again. "She was naked so I gave her this, but after she put it on she kicked me." He held up the red underwear, stretching it out so everyone could see.

Lucy started the motion to kick the dumb cat again but froze midway as a terrifying aura radiated from Erza. She shrunk back as far as she could into her seat, whimpering in fear.

"About that punishment. I shall no longer be able to postpone it," Erza said darkly.

Lucy wanted to protest. Wanted to shout this wasn't her fault. That the stupid cat tricked her into putting the underwear on. But she never got the chance.

~~~~~~Several minutes later~~~~~~

"You're really mean Erza," Happy said as he and Lucy trudged along behind Natsu and Erza. "That hurt a lot."

Erza didn't say anything. After administering the punishment to Lucy and Happy, she'd decided it was time to head to the train station. Originally her plan was to go to Magnolia, but when Lucy mentioned that she knew the location of most of the members they decided to head for Gray and Juvia's location instead. For some reason Natsu was insistent that needed to be their first stop.

Lucy wondered again how she got herself into this mess. Sure, she would be ecstatic to get the guild back together, but she found she was suddenly stuck with two friends and guild mates who apparently had a relationship that was extremely different from when she last saw them.

Then it occurred to her to do what she probably would've started with if it weren't for all the awkwardness surrounding the arena. She quickly cleared her throat before diving into the conversation. "So, what did you guys do this past year?"

"Just training here and there, all over Fiore." Natsu said with a grin.

"Erza was really mean," Happy piped up. "She was working Natsu into the ground trying to get his new magic under control. You should've been there for the first two months. Natsu would come back in the evening and be like 'I can't do this Happy. She's a slave driver.'"

Was it Lucy's imagination, or did she see a hint of pride in Erza's eyes as she 'modestly' said, "Oh come on Happy. Aren't you exaggerating a little?"

Natsu's face went a little white. "No. No he's not," he confirmed, but then his normal smirk returned. "But of course over the course of the year, I got to the point where I could beat Erza. Of course, the first time I accidentally burned her clothes off in the process and…" He was cut off by a sharp elbow to the gut.

"There's no need to speak of that," Erza said, a faint tinge dusting her cheeks.

"You were willing to fuck in front of thousands of people and you're embarrassed about that?!" The words came out before Lucy could stop them.

"Whatever are you talking about Lucy?" Erza asked, staring at the blonde as Happy burst out laughing.

"It's not what you think Lucy," the blue cat said with a smirk. "Erza thought Natsu was trying to 'do something perverted' to her, so she went into rage mode and beat him half to death. Then she raped him while he couldn't move."

"I DID NOT!" There was a swift swing of a sword and Happy went flying high into the air. Erza then settled a bit, coughing into her hand.

"Since the cat has given you the wrong impression, I guess I'd better explain. Yes, I admit that I mistook Natsu's intentions. But after administering the beating, I realized that I was most likely mistaken and wanted to apologize to him. During our… discussion… it came out that we both liked the other very much. So as part of the apology I decided to show him my seduction armor. And of course, I couldn't help wanting to tease him a bit… And that was when Happy came in and started yelling 'RAPIST!' as loud as he could."

Lucy could actually sympathize with Erza, and privately cheered her for delivering the punishment to the blue cat. As fun as Happy could be to have around, he did get annoying sometimes. However, she was ready to hear about something else. "So, did anything else happen?"

"Well," Natsu said after a moment. "There was that one time that I ate the weird mushrooms…"

~~~~~~Flashback~~~~~~

Happy ran crying up the side of the mountain to where Erza and Natsu were training.

"Natsu!" He cried as he glimpsed the pink-haired mage sitting on a rock. "Some mean people stole my fish!"

"Is that right?" He noticed Natsu looked really weird. And where was Erza? "I'll get it back for you, Happy."

Happy couldn't help noticing a bunch of weird looking stalks near Natsu. "Umm, Natsu, did you eat those?"

Natsu grinned. "Yup! They messed with my system a bit but I'm fine now!"

Suddenly Erza sprang up from the midst of a patch of tall grass nearby. "What are you talking about Happy? I'm fine!"

"I didn't say anything about you…" Happy felt a few beads of sweat roll down his face. Natsu he could see. But Erza? How in the nine hells had Natsu convinced Erza to eat the mushrooms?!

"Anyway, we must deliver justice for this atrocious misdeed!" Erza said, getting to her feet a little unsteadily.

"Aye," Natsu said, also getting up and swaying slightly.

"Hey Natsu," Erza said. "There's nothing wrong with me, but I kind of feel like putting my hand on your shoulder right now." She did just that, visibly gripping his shoulder to steady herself, and the duo followed Happy as he ran off toward the people that stole his fish.

"You there!" Erza called out as they approached a small group of mages by the fire. "Did you steal a fish from this cat?!"

"We didn't steal anything," one male stepped forward, a small smirk on his lips. "We discovered him in our territory catching our fish, so we just took back what was ours."

"That's not very nice," Natsu said. "Give it back or you'll pay!"

"Who do you think you are? We're mages from -"

"Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" Natsu didn't wait for them to finish, nor did he hold back much. The resulting attack blew the mages away, and destroyed the entire mountain. Happy cried huge tears as ashes fell off the bones off the fish skeleton in front of them.

"I got them for you Happy!" Natsu said, seeming oblivious to the fact that he totally destroyed the fish.

"Justice has been served," Erza said happily before the pair collapsed to the ground in uncontrollable giggles.

~~~~~~Present Time~~~~~~

"They were so mean!" Happy wailed as he finally descended from his unasked for trip to the sky. Lucy actually felt a little sorry for the feline now. Just a little, of course. Her body was still aching for the punishment Erza inflicted on both of them for the damn cat's stunt with her underwear.

"Oh, and we met Gildarts," Natsu grinned. "Old man's a pushover now."

Erza punched his side as they approached the train station. "Pushover my ass," she said. "He pretty much fought you to a standstill."

"That was just because his damn magic cancellation destroyed all my spells," Natsu glared. "I would've beat him easy otherwise."

"Anyway, he complimented Natsu on how strong he got," Erza said. "And then their packs got mixed up. When we dumped it out later, his pack was just full of dirty magazines…" Was it Lucy's imagination or were her eyes gleaming as she remembered the event?

"Yeah, and then he came charging after us and got all mad," Happy interjected. "He grabbed all the magazines and put them back in the pack and then ran off again."

Lucy finally found her voice. "So that mountain incident was you!" She said. "I saw it in the news, but I didn't think Erza would let you destroy a mountain."

Just then they reached the train station, and the conversation came to a standstill. This wasn't because Lucy was no longer interested in their travels, but rather because Erza was now dragging a struggling Natsu along and into the 'death trap' that awaited him.

And soon they were off to see Juvia and Gray.

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