AN: I do not own Fairy Tail, nor do I claim ownership.

(Side Note) So I know I write mainly Lucy x Natsu fanfics, but I do like Mirajane as both a character and a love interest. This will be the only girl I pair with Natsu other than Lucy, because she isn't paired with anyone in the original anime. Plus, there aren't too many Natsu x Mira fanfics, so I just wanted to contribute. Hope you like it!

The editor from Sorcerer's Weekly came bursting in through Fairy Tail's doors, earning him a sea of blank stares. "Wow! Fairy Tail! So cooooool!" He began exploring every inch of the guild; everyone remained silent watching him, before the stoic red head came to greet him. "Is there something I can help you with?" She asked with a self-assured smile on her face, the writer's eyes practically popped out of his head at her presence.

"The Great Erza 'Titania' Scarlet! SO COOOOOL! Please let me do an interview of you!" His excitement began to annoy some of the guild members, so they diverted their attention back to whatever they were doing prior.

"If you insist." The red headed mage stood there, mentally prepping herself for the general questions the interviewer was going to ask.

Over towards the bar, Natsu, Lucy, Gray, and Happy all sat on stools, bored out of their mind. "I wanna go on a missionnnnnn!" The pink head groaned aloud, slamming his head on the bar. Mira sweat dropped, hoping he wouldn't dent the perfectly polished wooden slap.

Lucy watched the editor, hoping she would get some attention being that she's new and cute. Gray, for once, shared the same feeling as Natsu, becoming anxious of being at the guild all day. "Natsu, come over here." Titania called over to the bored dragon, who got up and started making his way over to the red head.

"What is it, Erza?" She waited until the editor broke away from his shock. "Natsu 'The Salamander' Dragneel in person?! COOOOOLLLLLLL!" Natsu's dragon hearing made him wince at his voice, already getting annoyed. "Yeah that's me." He calmly replied, scratching the inside of his ear.

Lucy watched from afar as both Erza and Natsu were being interviewed, still anxious to get her chance to be in the prestigious Sorcerer's Weekly. Gray ordered a drink from Mira, who got it for him immediately. "Lisanna, can you watch the bar, the editor is here from Sorcerer's Weekly." The demon said with a light smile.

Lisanna nodded, "Go get 'em Mira-nee!" She yelled over to Mirajane who made her way over to the dragon and the knight. The editor immediately recognized the white haired pin-up model, almost tripping over himself. "Mirajane Strauss! Sorcerer's Weekly's Pin up girl!" Mira blushed softly.

"Hello, I assume you're here for the next shoot?" The barmaid smiled at the editor. He quickly nodded his head, adding, "But for this week's edition, I want to add the Great Titania and Salamander! So that way it will be more COOOLLLLL!" Everyone shuddered at the enthusiasm of the magazine journalist.

Natsu smiled widely, everyone baffled at the sight. They never would've guessed that Natsu was the type to be excited about a photoshoot. Jason the editor shared in his enthusiasm. "You'll be staying in a hotel for five days!" He perked up even more (if that were possible).

The pinkette's smile widened as he got lost in his thoughts, continuing to confuse all the other people around him.

"Will there be free food?!" The editor nodded his head furiously, making the Salamander salivate in that instant.

The guild member's heads fell onto their tables respectively, realizing that's what's been on his mind. While everyone was in a state of limbo, a young Heartfilia sprung up in front of the editor, two bright stars replacing her eyes.

"Hi! I'm Lucy Heartfilia!" She waited for the editor's eager response, before realizing he was across the room marveling at a certain blue Exceed. A stream of water came gushing from her eyes as she sobbed, "I'm never going to be in the magazine."

Mira and Erza stood silent with similar expressions, a small smile adorning both their lips. They waited patiently for the ADHD editor to come back and fill them in on their trip's details. "The next shoot is taking place at the beach city known as Fugi for the new summer edition! IT'S GOING TO BE SO COOOOOL!"

Lucy was heard crying harder in the distance.

Gray paid no heed as a bigger problem wrapped around his arm with the continuous shouts of "Gray-sama!"

Happy flew over to Natsu with a bright smile on his face, "Natsu! Have fun and don't destroy anything! I'm going to miss you!" The pinkette grinned largely at him, "Yeah and you don't give Wendy and Charles too much trouble yourself! I'm gonna miss you too buddy!" He high-fived his kitty companion, shouting Aye!

"Have fun you three!" Lucy shouted, wishing deep down that she was also going.

The editor informed the selected Fairy Tail members that the train for Fugi was leaving in an hour, giving them a lot of time to pack for the five day stay. They all headed in different directions, rushing to get home.

Natsu scrambled for clothes around his messy apartment. He was freaking out about what to wear, not knowing what a photoshoot would consist of. He had a good idea that he should pack a lot of swimming trunks, but that was about it. He rustled through his drawers, before hearing a knock on the door. He sniffed the air and flinched at the familiar, yet unexpected scent. Opening the door, he saw Mira's small smile plastered on her face.

"Hey Natsu, just thought you'd need some… help… packing…" She saw the huge mess that was the dragon slayer's living quarters. Her motherly instincts began kicking in as she peered over the disorder. Clothes, leftover food, papers, books, fallen shelves, and other debris lined his floor to the point where you couldn't take a step without stepping on something. Mirajane quickly kicked Natsu out of his own house, as she quickly closed the door yelling, "Wait right here!"

Natsu's jaw was hanging at the snapped action, but didn't stop the determined take over mage. He heard a lot of rustling inside as he waited patiently against a tree. He even heard a fire torch and a power drill.

Finally the demon emerged from his front door, her hands grasped together in front of her humbly. "All done!" She called out, as the fire mage took a look inside.

The walls had been painted with a fresh new coat of soft yellow; the floors were spotless, shimmering in the light with its freshly waxed veneer. Every one of Natsu's belongings were arranged by relativity, books were on the newly polished shelf, the bed made with five pillows organized accordingly, the chifforobe was smoothed out with newly input handles, carved into an elegant "S" shape. Inside the chifforobe, the fire mage's clothes had been color coordinated, even matched with matching shorts, forming a full outfit.

Natsu stared on in disbelief at what the barmaid had done, happy that it was now clean, but upset that she touched his stuff and moved them to an unfamiliar spot.

"Mira why did you clean my room!?" He yelled out after recovering from his shock. Her happy face turned into a lecturing scowl. "Natsu you need to keep your room clean! It was filthy!"

The dragon slayer knew not to go against Mirajane in an argument, remembering the brutal beating she gave him when they were kids. He breathed out a sigh and then saw packed luggage in the middle of the floor. His backpack had been extensively filled, with his bundled up blanket on top.

"I took the liberty of packing your clothes for you." She said with her normal tone. Natsu once again sighed and picked up his things. Mira walked out the door with the fire mage close behind her, he locked up and began heading to the train station.

The makeshift pair saw the red-head with her humongous mountain of luggage behind her; Mira's smile went crooked at the sight, remembering that Erza had a bad habit of bringing too many things for such a short mission. "Ah, glad you two made it on time." Her stern voice reached the enclosing couple.

"Hello Erza." Mirajane awaited the train patiently, while Natsu held his stomach at the thought of the train. Mira noticed the pained expression on the dragon slayer's face. "Natsu, are you going to be okay?" She hadn't gone on the train with Natsu in such a long time she had forgotten all about his motion sickness.

"Yeah, I'll be fi-" he put his hand over his mouth as it filled with his breakfast. The white haired mage bit her lip out of worry, and Erza folded her arms over her armored chest, shaking her head.

The train to Fugi soon pulled into the station, Erza had carried the unconscious Natsu while her luggage was being transported onto the back of the train. Mira followed with a smile and boarded the train, taking the first empty seats they could find.

They sat as Erza put Natsu down and laid his head on her lap. Mira watched with slight confusion. "So why'd you knock him out again?"

"It's better this way." The red head simply replied, satisfying whatever curiosity the barmaid had.

"Next stop: Fugi." The locomotive's speakers sounded with the conductor's voice. The train slowly came to a stop as the revolving wheels on the track slowed. Mira gently tried to wake up the sleeping dragon, tenderly tapping his shoulder. He remained unconscious, until Erza sat him up and swiftly connected her fist to his abs.

His eyes shot open, hunched over from the armored mage's attack. He composed himself gritting his teeth, "What was that for Erza?!"

The said mage gave him a dark glare, "Is there a problem with the way I do things?"

He quickly retracted his anger and shuddered, "No ma'am!"

Mira smiled at the reminder of daily actions performed at Fairy Tail. The takeover mage got up and began walking toward the exit, with Natsu and Erza following respectively. They grabbed their gear and departed from the station.

The seaside town of Fugi was breath-taking to the mages. The buildings were a Mediterranean style, with the streets inclined. Their nostrils filled with salty oxygen, and their skin felt the tingle of the ocean breeze brush against their skin. "This place probably has awesome fish! I should get Happy some while I'm here!"

Natsu tried to run to the nearest seafood store until Erza stopped him, grasping his collar firmly. "We're not here to explore. We need to first find the hotel we're staying at."

Mira quickly pulled out the flyer the editor had given her, reading the name aloud to her companions. "The hotel we're looking for is called, 'The Mandalay'." She smiled at the lavish name.

"Oi, that sounds fancy!" Salamander quickly announced Mira's thoughts.

The trio asked for directions from strangers until they found the hotel they were staying at, which was located less than half a mile away from the ocean. The locality was perfect, and definitely photo-shoot worthy. They walked in only to stop and spectacle at the beautiful furnishings inside the Mandalay.

One of the hotel clerks quickly recognized the Fairy Tail emblems on the group, and ran up to them without hesitation.

"Hi! You must be the mages for this week's shoot, correct?" They broke their trance and looked at the person talking to them, registering what she had said, then nodded quickly.

"Yes, we're here for Sorcerer's Weekly." Erza replied.

"Excellent! Unfortunately however, we can only give you two rooms, seeing as how we've been booked for the last few months. It always gets busy around this time of year." The group looked at each other, mentally arranging Mira with Erza to a room, and Natsu by himself. The clerk sweat dropped at the amount of luggage Titania had brought.

"It seems that you will be getting a room to yourself, Miss Scarlet." She addressed formally, still wondering how long the red head thought she'd been staying. Erza quirked her lips then looked at Natsu and Mira.

Mira was okay with staying with either one, but she preferred Erza seeing as how they were both women. Natsu would've favored staying alone or with Mira, Erza had her scary moments that he couldn't deal with for five days straight.

"I'll stay with Natsu then." Mira's smile was unwavering; the clerk reciprocated the action and gave them their room keys. "Your rooms are on the 4th floor, Room #'s 413 and 414." They nodded as they quickly headed to the staircase with their luggage.

It didn't take long to reach their rooms. Erza felt bad for taking a room all to herself, but felt no need to apologize seeing as how Natsu and Mira were happy. Mira wasn't at all uncomfortable with sharing a room with the destructive dragon slayer; in fact she was a bit pleased that she could spend some time with him.

Back when Mira had first joined the guild, the top three things that she discovered was, that Erza was going to be her rival, that she was one of the strongest members in Fairy Tail, and that she had developed a little crush on the pinkette. She never acted on it, however, since Lisanna had been spending much more time with Natsu than anyone else.

She'd never admit to herself that the little tinge she'd feel whenever she saw Natsu and her sister spend so much time together was jealousy, because she loved her sister too much.

Mira did cherish the little fights that would erupt between her and the dragon slayer, but always wished for a little bit more.

That all changed when Lisanna had been killed. She decided to throw away all feelings she had for Natsu, because those feelings were connected to her memories of her little sister. It was too painful for the elder Strauss.

She knew it was hard for Natsu as well.

Those feelings came back however, as Natsu would always cheer the barmaid up on her darkest days. It didn't take long for her to realize that she'll always like the dragon mage, but quickly changed her tune when Lucy joined. Mira smiled warmly to herself, knowing that Natsu would always remain a friend, but she was okay with that. The demon broke her train of thought to see what said fire mage was doing.

She stared at Natsu, who was running all over the room, exploring every luxurious aspect the room had to offer. Mira simply smiled, walking into the room and dropping her luggage on the spot. She walked from the living room to the bedroom, before freezing.

She let out a gasp, viewing the single king sized bed against the wall in front of her.