My profound tale continues with glory and honor. The second chapter has been initiated, and many people remain interested and seek to read it. I shall hand down the hammer of authors and update this story every two to four days. Please remain courteous and patient, meanwhile you wait.

Okay, out of dramatic talk for a little bit, I really appreciate the instant support I received in the first chapter. It kept my hopes up, so bare in mind that the more support I get on my story/stories will make them better, because I'd think that it's actually a good idea to spend time doing this sort of thing instead of doing what I normally would be doing. I hope this made sense. If you have any questions regarding my story please feel free to personally message me, and keep in mind that this story is strictly Natsu x Erza. There might be hints of other pairings, but they will be very small, and insignificant. Other ways to contact me would be through reviews, or my username for skype, and my email which are both included in my profile page.

- = Chapter 2: To Arms! = -

Victory is where we seek to be, victorious is all we ever imagined. Though in the end, many things can change, victory can be defeat, and defeat can be victory. Change is unstoppable, and unstoppable… is stoppable. What we seek from change is what will bring our downfall. Learn to follow it, and master the change.

"Lamia Scale did what!?" Makarov yelled straight in Natsu's face as he had began to explain what had happened on the mission.

"They did what I just said, Master." Natsu said in a rhetorical voice.

"Of course. They must be out of their minds if they're trying to fight us in battle. They attempted to kidnap Erza, and take you two out? I may have been able to handle them destroying our guild hall, but once they lay hands on my children, I must retaliate with war. Screw the rules. We're going to battle."

"Wait, they destroyed our guild hall? No one told me this…" Natsu said in a curious tone.

"Yes, I told the guild members to not share the information with people who weren't from Magnolia to begin with, but at this rate, you're an official member of the guild, so you're better off knowing." Makarov answered.

"Got it. To war we go!" Natsu ran around happily, as he murmured the word war over and over.

Makarov slowly walked out of his office, Natsu along with him. He had told every single member in the guild to organize in their normal seats and listen to him as he spoke.

"Everyone, today, I received word from Natsu, Erza, and Gray that Lamia Scale went even further than destroying our guild hall, and took a personal attack upon us. We cannot sit idle while more members of our guild get hurt. We have to retaliate. I give all of you permission to attack Lamia Scale! To battle!" Makarov yelled out his battle cry, which was unbelievably lame, and started to get everyone ready.

As everyone got into their positions, small whispers could be heard from some members talking to each other about how they were going to count how many people they could defeat. Some were scared of Lamia Scale, thinking that they were stronger than Fairy Tail.

This war would have to work somewhat like a battle royale. Fairy Tail would send members to invade their guild hall. This way, they would have a simple battlefield in between the two guild halls, and they could easily fight without having innocent citizens interfere.

30 Minutes Later

"Alright. I have the list of the people that are NOT going to attack Lamia Scale's guild hall. The list reads as follows. Remember, the people on this list will be working in pairs, while everyone else focuses on attacking Lamia Scale. Gray, Natsu, Erza, Mirajane, Wakaba, Macao, and Cana. This is an odd number for a reason. There'll be one group of three, and two groups of two. The pairs are as follows; Mirajane and Cana, Natsu and Erza, Gray, Wakaba, and Macao." Makarov was now sharing the plan he had come up with. This would allow him to attack more than just the guild hall.

"This is the plan. I want everyone who's invading to go in at once, and try to wipeout as many people or things as you can. This may be an evil plan, but them attempting to kidnap one of us is unforgivable. Everyone that was in the list I just mentioned will come with me." Makarov said.

The guild master, Makarov gave a hand signal for all people on the list to follow him, and they did so. They all found themselves in Makarov's office, discussing what they were going to do.

"Okay. All of you will be going to different towns in your pairs to investigate what has happened around the area. Remember, this is to find information on Lamia Scale. If you're able to get any big leads, or are able to find them, contact me back. You are allowed to initiate combat with them if civilians are to not be injured. Try to do all you can to defeat them." Makarov said.

"Right!" They all said in unison as they scattered out of the guild hall to separate cities that were still unknown to each other. All they knew was that they'd take different trains, and reach different destinations.

"Erza, I'm not taking another train." Natsu said as he shaked his head, motioning a nope.

"Then how're we going to get there?" Erza asked as she sighed at Natsu's hate of trains.

"It's relatively easy. See, I have wings of flame." Natsu answered back whilst smiling.

"No! Natsu! Please!" Erza said as she was on the brink of crying.

Natsu being as dense as he was picked Erza up without warning and started flying at his maximum speed.

Erza was extremely terrified and dug her head deep into Natsu's chest as she cried tears of fear.

Natsu started to slow down and proceeded to descend onto the ground.

"Why're you crying?" Natsu asked curiously- he had no idea.

*Punch*

Erza punched Natsu in the face, knocking him back a little bit, as he did not see it coming. Natsu being the braindead fool he was, asked-

"Hey! What the heck was that for!?"

"NEVER do that again." Erza yelled in between tears.

"What? Why? It's faster than using the train." Natsu questioned.

"Well… It's because… Well… I-I… I'm scared of he-heights." Erza stuttered as she said. This was the first time Natsu experienced seeing her be so scared of something, even if it was a short while that he knew Erza, he was sure that she was a strong warrior, and that she wouldn't be scared of simple things. She was never this scared to say something.

All he could say was that he was sorry. And that's exactly what he did.

"Uhh… Sorry…"

"It's… It's alright… Just DON'T do that again." Erza answered, still self-conscious about what had happened.

"At least could you tell me why you're so scared of heights anyway? I mean, well, you seemed like someone who was powerful. Natsu said casually as if nothing had taken place.

"Thanks… But, you see, when I was small, like I said I had to work in this tower. When I was taking the materials from the top floor to the bottom, I tripped over a rock and fell down the cliff. If Grandpa Rob didn't catch me, I probably wouldn't be here right now." She said, still showing signs of fear.

"How exactly did that happen?" Natsu murmured to himself

"You wouldn't really want to know..." Erza mumbled to herself.

"Damn woman with her sharp hearing skills." Natsu thought to himself.

"Let's try that again then. I'll go slow, and you can look and enjoy the view. Being high up in the sky isn't as bad as you think." Natsu said.

"Absolutely not." was his collective response.

"Come on…" Natsu tried to convince Erza to try it.

"What did I say about doing that.. Did you already forget?" Erza was practically on autopilot, it didn't even take her a second to come up with an answer to Natsu's endless begging.

"Well then… I didn't think it'd come to this but… SUPER FORCING SKILLS ACTIVATE!" Natsu yelled aloud while grinning like a cat.

Instantaneously, his wings of flame appeared and he had Erza up in the sky. Erza closed her eyes and felt the wind pressure against her body. She was definitely in the air.

"Put me down… Right now." Erza said, not sure to be mad, or sad.

"Nope!" Natsu said as he flew around smiling.

"I said put me down!" Erza yelled this time, small tears forming up in her eyes.

"And I said nope." Natsu repeated.

"How about you try opening your eyes? It's not actually that bad a view as you think up here. You're going to have to get rid of your fear sometime." He said.

"I.. I guess I'll do it. Since you won't put me down anyway…" Erza said as she slowly opened her eyes and saw the peering view. She could see everywhere from how high she was in the sky. Her eyes drew back, slowly observing every single piece of information in the area. As she further looked around, she managed to see a lot of things she'd never seen before. Suddenly, her eyes drew back to a certain scene. That was Lyon from Lamia Scale!

"Natsu! I don't care what happens to me, go as fast as you can over there. That's Lamia Scale!" Erza yelled aloud.

"What? Where?" He asked as Erza responded by pointing over to the required direction. Natsu slowly picked up where Lyon was and started dramatically increasing his pace and speed.

They'd make it there in approximately 35 seconds at this rate.

"Hang on tight, I'm gonna go even faster." Natsu said as he grinned.

Erza pulled herself closer to Natsu and tried to face her fear as best as she could, the increase in speed was far greater than she had expected. The wind was blowing in her face at extraordinary speeds, it was as if she was going four or five times the speed she would on a train. Not 35 seconds, they'd be there in seven.

Natsu slowly descended onto the ground and let go of Erza. Lyon shifted his vision to where they had landed, he had noticed them. Jura appeared behind Lyon as they both got closer to the fairies.

(A/N: I've made Jura lot stronger than he is at the beginning of the Oracion Seis arc, at the current moment, he's about as strong as Makarov, maybe a little weaker. If Makarov's power was an 8, Jura's would be a 7.)

"Erza, I'll take Jura. Can you fight Lyon?" Natsu asked as he gave his motives.

"Alright."

Natsu started thinking of a simple way to get them separated. He'd have to use magic to do this. Erza already knew about his true identity, but these people didn't. Using a simple technique such as that wouldn't give too much information away. It was an ideal choice.

Natsu appeared right beside Jura in an instance, he was now in form to use his ability.

Ryuken! (Dragon Fist)

Jura was sent flying into a wall. Erza took this opportunity to requip into her Heaven's Wheel armor and begin her battle with Lyon. They didn't know how strong Jura was, or how strong Lyon was, so this was a risky trade. However it was even, because the same could be said about the opposite party.

"Jura, I've heard you're one of the ten wizard saints. How about we rumble for a bit?" Natsu laughed aloud.

"Fool, he can't possibly take Jura on. Is he out of his mind?" Lyon thought to himself.

"Hah, we'll see if you're worthy enough to make a challenge." Jura said as he smiled back. These two wizards enjoyed battle-they were one of a kind.

Jura and Natsu brawled equally for a while, they both used their abilities to it's maximum capabilities. Same could be said about Lyon and Erza. At this rate however, Jura and Lyon would win. Jura had too much sustain with his rock defenses, and Natsu was mostly offense.

"Jura, you're very strong. It's been a long time since I've faced someone so powerful. However, if this proceeds the way it is, I'm going to lose. Therefore meaning I'm going to have to end our little fight now." Natsu said in a serious tone.

"You think you can simply end this battle in an instance?" Jura laughed, Natsu was getting cocky he thought.

"We'll see."

Natsu jumped back a few steps and pulled out the blade he had on his back. He had never sheathed it before. Not even Erza knew what it looked like. As he pulled it out, strong, yet dark pressure was covering the area. Lyon had stopped fighting Erza to look at what was happening. The blade was coated in black, it was a blade of utter darkness. This sword carried a lot of dangerous aspects that not even it's wielder, Natsu could master. What was he going to do with it?

"Well then. Allow me to finish this up." Natsu yelled in a dark voice.

Blade of Death - Yorunomikogi!

"This blade is like a double-edged sword. It can instantly kill anything it touches if I put a lot of magic into it, however, if the wielder even has one simple contact with the blade, the darkness will engulf them, and their soul will be captured within the blade. A truly nerve-wracking weapon to hold." Natsu explained to everyone in the surrounding area his

ability.

He focused enough magic to be able to injure them onto the blade, and striked. Lyon attempted to block it with his ice shield, though Erza quickly realized this and broke the shield, allowing Natsu's attack to connect.

They had won a small battle, though that did not mean they had won the war. The rest of Lamia Scale was being attacked by the guild right now. Natsu and Erza started thinking about how the rest of the guild, aside the other pairs were doing against Lamia Scale at the moment. If it came down to it, which guild would win? Which guild was more powerful? Fairy Tail would try their best to win the war, but victory was not assured. Both guilds also had to bare in mind the fact that the council most likely would not allow this to just pass why as an accident. There would be consequences.

Erza started thinking about that ability Natsu had used to win them the battle. If what Natsu said about the blade was true, it'd have to be a black magic blade. It would be extremely dangerous for Natsu to carry something like that around with him everywhere… But he did looked experienced with it, as if he's had for a long time.

Erza looked over at Natsu with intentions of asking him about the blade he had used in the battle, however, instead, her heart started beating extremely fast, it was as if it was pounding. She'd never had that feeling before. She had no experience with it whatsoever. When Natsu looked back at her she blushed madly, and slowly spun around to hide it. What was this feeling that Erza was experiencing?

"Is this what they call… Falling in love?" Erza stuttered to say that, the very thought of relying on someone disgusted her. She'd always been her own independent woman, without the help of anyone she'd been able to take care of herself. Abruptly, thoughts of what had happened that night started syncing into her mind, how Natsu had held her very close, and how he said he would be there for her. What did Natsu think of her? Who was Natsu to her to begin with? Had they met before, because he seemed awfully familiar all of a sudden. All this was driving her crazy- how could she possibly go from thinking of a war and battle to this? Did she like Natsu that much to have been able to forget everything corresponding to the situation when she looked at him? This was too much, Erza couldn't handle this unknown pressure. She slowly closed her eyes and fell unconscious.

"You did a good job." Natsu said as he picked Erza up. He'd have to return to the guild hall and inform the master of what had happened and how they had refought Jura and Lyon. They'd also have to ask about how the invasion went. Hopefully they had returned by now.

Natsu formed his wings of flame and started flying into the air. He thought of what Erza would say if she were awake right now. Natsu started to notice how alluring and attractive she actually was. Up until now he'd ignored it, but now the he looked at her whilst asleep, Erza was beautiful. He'd wondered how to get rid of these feelings for her, he wanted to know what she thought of him. It'd be too weird to just ask her straight up, perhaps he'd get someone to do it for him… Someone close to Erza…

What would happen to their feelings?

Will Natsu and Erza confess? If so, how?

Who is this close person?

How would their relationship impact the people around them, if they so did get into one?

If you're interested to know the answers to these questions, I'd commend staying around for the ride. It'll be fun.

Stay around for the next chapter- Make Love, Not Warcraft!

Rest and Relaxation to all of you. I stayed up all night doing this. ;)