The travel to Crocus was good but all the way there you couldn't help but think of seeing that goofy grin on Natsu's face, the idiotic things he said and the way that he was always hungry. The city itself was beautiful, with flowers everywhere as the scent fills your nostrils, as your starlight eyes scanned from stall to stall, the whole town, bustling of excitement.

As you were walking around, people were talking about the different guilds when your ears pricked at the sound of Fairytail. "I heard fail tail is gonna try to complete!"

"What? hahaha you're kiddin' they're the bottom of the barrel!"

"Damn...be good to laugh at them again!"

These were a few of the comments that were instantly dampening your mood, from taking in the sites of the beautiful city around you. 'Tch! We'll show them just how strong Fairytail really is!' clenching your fist, a devious smile that hadn't been on your lips for sometimes crossed your face. One that you use to have when hurting people or tormenting them.

Deciding to make your way to the hotel, Honeybone Inn as you said that you would meet Master Makarov there before you would meet up with Natsu. As you walked in you were surprised to see Laxus, Gajeel, Mira, Juvia and a guy you didn't recognise, which you learned was someone named Jellal but was pretending to be Mystogan due to a strange feeling he got from the games for the last few years you later would find out.

"Great we're all here," Makarov the small man announced as you walked through the door, all eye turning to you. None of them had seen you in months, after Tenrou, you'd gone away to find yourself before fully emerging into guild life and well mating with Natsu.

"Shorty...nice of ya to join us," Gajeel smirked, only to receive a roll of the eyes as you took a seat at the bar. Since you had turned 18 officially whilst away, but technically in the world now you were 24 but due to the 7-year gap you still looked the same. "Oh yeh...forgot your birthday didn't I," Gajeel as you just shrugged, it was clear you were a little nervous about being with some of the strongest mages in Fairytail.

"Beautiful...forget how to speak?" Laxus added as you just rolled your eyes at the lightning mage.

"No, she is just getting used to being around people again.... it's great to see you and happy birthday for when it was. When we get back to the guild...I'll bake a cake," Mira gave you a beaming smile before Makarov cleared his throat.

"Right, no we're all here. I just wanted to inform you that you will be Fairytail Team B members," clearly you all looked confused apart from Jellal who was aware of the rules. "I know we have Natsu and the others competing but there are no rules to state that you can't have more than one team. Just that Master can't participate, so in order to win the jewe...I mean respect then I thought it is best to show them exactly what Fairytail wizards are made of," smiling the guy clearly had a plan, as Jellal filled you all in on the previous years.

By the end of the meeting, you all had a strategy and apparently you were one of the main competitors, but Juvia would be a backup just in case anyone were to get injured. The team was a powerful team, so you were completely honoured to be asked.

"With all that, don't tell the others id you see them but make sure that you five are back at your room before midnight. That was one of the rules," the small added before leaving the bar to go sightseeing.

"What ya been up to the shorty?" Gajeel smirked making you turn to face him.

"Training to get stronger. What 'bout you metalhead?" a smirked plaster on your face as you earned a scowl.

"Tch! Training with Lily of course," a confident smirk adorned on his own face. "Wanna grab a bite to eat?" wrapping an arm around your shoulders, you just chuckled as you were hungry. Part of you was dying to see Natsu, but part of you wanted to surprise him tomorrow with being on the team for the games.

It was obvious that you were deep in thought to Gajeel, since you were the only two that left at the same time. Laxus wanted to talk to Mira about something and Juvia was wanting to meet up with Grey, so practically sprinted out the bar. "Thinkin' 'bout that hot head aincha?" Gajeel suggested, making your cheeks go a deep shade of pink. "Thought so...grab food, quick catch up then go find the fire eatin' idiot," the iron mage added, all you could do was nod before stopping to grab a snack and having a quick catch up with Gajeel.

As you went to walk away after saying bye to your lunch partner, a scent caught your curiosity, making your eyes go wide. 'A Dragon?' you thought your feet moving on their own before you were stood in a large crowd as someone shouted 'Fight'

Pushing forward but still saying hidden you saw two guys and what appeared to be two cats in clothes, they reminded you of Carla, Happy, and Pantherlily. Smelling the air and focusing on the two, it was clear the two drop-dead gorgeous guys were dragon slayers.

One had the lightest blonde hair, with blue sparkling eyes and his clothes showing off his extremely toned abs. The other was in covered but with black hair and piercing red eyes, that had a hint of danger to them. The cats that were with them were a red one in a blue waistcoat and a green one, in what looked like, a pink frog onesie and adorable as hell. It was taking all your strength to not run over and hug the cute, little ball of fluffiness.

Tuning back in, you noticed that the two men have multiple mages are their feet, the two of them looking out at the crowd. "Anybody else wants some?" a cocky tone leaves the mouth of the blonde, instantly making you want to go and sock him straight in his pretty mouth.

"Man, these guys are nothing but a bunch of losers," the little red cat was a cocky as the blonde, making you realise it was probably his cat.

"What's goin' on?" a familiar voice bring your out from your rage, for some reason you'd been that focused on wanting to pummel the blonde, you'd not sensed Natsu and clearly he'd not sensed you there either. Clearly, the two of you were similar in that aspect of being able to only focus on the fight ahead and not your surroundings.

Both the guys glanced to the pink-haired newcomer as you watched on from the side. "Well looky here," the blonde commented.

"Is that Natsu Dragneel?" the black-haired guy added, both men staring at your future mate, with a look of distaste in their tones. This made Natsu a little stunned questioning how they knew him and question who they were. Apparently, from the whispers around you, the blonde was Sting and the black-haired guy was Rogue, the twin dragon slayers of Sabertooth, the current strongest guild in Fiore.

Listening in, they mocked on how Natsu wasn't able to slay Acnalogia, stating they could have done it. It was then revealed that the two of them are classed as 3rd generation dragon slayers, due to being raised by a dragon but also had dragon lacramas in them.

Apparently, they killed their dragons the same day that the other dragons went missing. Natsu was furious, however, before leaving they gave Natsu some more shit before stating they were wasting their time.

Wanting to comfort Natsu, you went to step forward before he got up and began walking to the guild with Lucy and happy. It was clear that he wanted to fight the two, but the time wasn't right, and the time and place to do that would be in the arena. Making the decision, you decided that you would wait until tomorrow to speak to Natsu, so headed in the opposite direction to him but in the direction of the other two dragon slayers, merely by coincidence.

As you left, Natsu caught your scent, his head turning to find that you weren't there but as he went follow your scent, Lucy grabbed his arm. "Natsu...Erza will kill us if we don't get to the hotel soon," the blonde wasn't wrong, making the pink-haired guy groan.

"Fine, I thought I smelt (f/n)," groaning as he looked once more, your scent beginning to get fainter than before.

"I bet she has come to watch. All the guild is here," Lucy smiled sweetly at her friend, knowing that you wouldn't miss the games if you'd heard of them on your travels. For her friend, she hoped you were back because even though Natsu had been acting himself, she would catch him from time to time looking off into the distance, smelling the air to find your presence.

Meanwhile, you continued to walk down the road not paying attention from the urge of wanting to just run back to Natsu, jumping into his arms and letting him claim you. The urge to mate getting extremely strong but since it wasn't the mating season, you were able to hold the urges at bay, barely!

The feeling of walking into someone's back brought you to your senses, "Shit sorry," apologising as you rubbed your forehead.

"Not a problem for a cute li...wait?" not having the chance to recognise the voice, you felt your chin being pinched and your facelifted, as you're being stared at by two sets of eyes. One of ice blue and one of crimson red. The same eyes of the two dragon slayers that mocked your mate, the last people you wanted to bump into for the fear of wanting to punch them in the face. 

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