Natsu lied on a bed in the Infirmary his body weak and injured, it had been two weeks since he and the rest of his team returned from Edolas and brought Lisanna back, the reason he was so badly drained and injured was because of a combination of the dragon slayers final fight with King Faust and the fact when he and Wendy had been captured and drained for their magic power he had made sure that he was still the one who had been drained the most, he couldn't stand seeing the young girl in such pain. Even though he had managed to push himself for a few days after their return but it all caught up to him and he collapsed in the guild hall and had been in the Infirmary ever since dropping in and out of consciousness. It was a bright sunny day that he awoke again his eyes opened slowly as he stared at the white ceiling.

"Natsu your awake" a familiar voice called he looked to its source and sitting next to him was a blue cat and best friend.

"Happy?" Natsu said trying to sit up.

"Don't move let me get Mirajane she has some medicine you have to take" Happy sold summoning his wings, Natsu nodded feeling the pain he was still in her rested his head back on the pillow he then started to think. 'Aww this sucks still I should be up and able to fit in two weeks of training before the s-class trials' he thought to himself not realising how much time had past. After a minute or so he was pulled from his thoughts by someone entering the room.

"Natsu it's nice to see your awake" Mira said with a kind smile, she walked to a cupboard opposite from where Natsu was laying and pulled out a cup and a bottle with yellow liquid inside after measuring the medication out she walked over to Natsu and placed it on a table next to him. "So how are you feeling?" she asked helping Natsu sit up in the bed she saw him wince in pain.

"Yea a bit sore but not to bad" he replied with a smile, Mira looked at him for a moment as she kicked ewes he wasn't as good as he was saying goes else he wouldn't be in the bed in the first place she then handed him the mixture. "So when are they going to announce the S-class trails candidates?" Natsu asked after he drinks the medicine ignoring how bad it tasted, Mira's smile dropped.

"I'm sorry Natsu they have already announced the candidates this year and.." she stopped herself.

"I'm not going am I?" he asked hopping he was wrong.

"Master said that you in no condition to travel in the next few days and he right" Mira confirmed.

"Next few days? The trails and for another few weeks" Natsu said confused.

"Natsu you've been out for two weeks" Mira said sitting on the edge of the bed.

"Great" Natsu said losing his smile " Who's going?"

"Well Gray, Freed, Elfman, Cana, Levy, Juvia and Gajeel have been chosen while Lucy, Bixlow, Lisanna, Evergreen, Wendy, Happy, Carla and panther lily are going for support" Mira expanded.

"Great and with all the S-class going the guild is going to be empty" Natsu frowned.

"Well I'll be staying to help with your recovery" Mira said trying to lift his spirits.

"Well that will make it a little less dull" he said cheering up slightly she simply smiled back at him.

"You need to get your rest and again I'm sorry" she said calmly.

"Its ok there's always next year" he said drowsily.

"Good night Natsu" Mira said getting up and walking out the infirmary, as she re-joined the guild hall there were the usual faces drinking merrily Mira took her usual spot behind the bar, Erza was sitting on a bar stool opposite her.

"How is he?" she asked.

"He's asleep again but he should be back to his normal self in no time" she said smiling.

"What about the trials?" she pressed.

"He's not happy he tried to hide it but he couldn't very well" Mira said sadly.

"Well he was the best contender for this year" Erza sighed "Anyway excuse me I have to finish getting ready" Erza said standing up.

"See you later" Mira waved.

Two weeks later.

Natsu had almost fully recovered all he still need help walking any sort of distance so he for the moment was living in the Infirmary to help out, the S-class candidates were dew back within the next few days so everyone was relaxing in the guild drinking laughing and generally enjoying themselves over by the bar Natsu was sitting chatting to Mirajane it wasn't very busy for her at the moment so she was enjoying the down time catching up with the dragon slayer while Kinana dealt with the few orders that were coming in.

"hahaha" Mira laughed at the dragon slayer "Its been to long since we've talked and caught up" Mira said leaning on the counter.

"Yea it has been a while I've missed our talks" Natsu agreed. "Maybe once everyone's back you could come with us in a job" Natsu suggested not wanting things to go back to the way they were between the two.

"That does sound fun" Mira pondered, just as she was thinking the guild doors burst open revealing two men in white cloaks with the magic council symbol on them.

"Hello can I help you?" Mira asked walking out from behind the bar to greet the two.

"We have some bad news" the smaller of the two men said he had a scar over his right eye, he seemed to ignore the welcome Mira frowned at the man as Natsu stood up hearing the seriousness in his voice.

"What is it?" she asked.

"Its Tenrou Island it's been destroyed" he said emotionlessly.

"What do you mean Tenrou islands been destroyed what happened to our guild mates" Natsu demanded stepping forward.

"Acnologia the chaos dragon he destroyed the island it was completely vaporised as for the people on the island there were no survivors" his voice trailed off towards the end, Natsu's eyes widened 'Happy, Lucy, Erza, Gray, Lisanna..' he cut himself out of his thoughts when he thought of Lisanna he realised someone would be devastated he turned to see Mira falling to her knees, he reached out to catch her but due to him being weak he was just dragged down with her he simply wrapped his arms around her head without saying a word and they just sat there with Mira crying on Natsu's shoulder.

"There gone Natsu Elfman, Lisanna we just got her back and now she's gone again" she cried Natsu didn't know how to respond he simply took his right hand and stroked her head in an attempt to calm her down meanwhile he just looked around with an emotionless expression he saw his guild mates in shock some crying others just sat staring into space, in the corner of the guild he saw Bisca crying with Aslak doing his best to comfort her, jet and Droy were over by the bar sitting in silence.

"Thank you for telling us" Natsu said turning his head to face the two, they simply nodded and left the guild to mourn. Natsu wanted nothing more than to head back to his shack and lock himself away but there were people who needed him he had to be strong.

The remainder of the afternoon past in silence as the guild grieved Mira had cried herself to sleep in Natsu's arms so he picked her up in a bridal carry before he turned to the guild. " Head home get a good night's sleep and tommorow we'll talk about our future" Natsu announced as he started his way out the guild it was meet by a few weak agreements. Natsu carried the sleeping mage back to her home he was lost in his thoughts the whole way there that it wasn't long before he reached he house, it was a simple two storey house Natsu pushed the door slightly thankfully it was unlocked so he took her upstairs and took her to her room which was exactly what he was expecting from the white haired woman the wall were pink with white curtains he placed her down on her bed and pulled the covers over her he began to walk away but was stopped by something grabbing his arm, he turned to see Mira awake.

"Please stay" Mira said quietly not letting go of his hand.

"OK I'll sleep on the couch I'll be right outside" Natsu replied with a sad smile.

"No please stay here with me" she pressed gripping his hand tighter.

"OK Mira is that's what you want" Natsu said in defeat as he moved round to the other side of the bed pulling out of Mira's grasp, he climbed into the bed and pulled the covers over himself.

"Thank you" she said tiredly and soon sleep over took them both.