A God Amongst Men

Chapter 38

Erza stared at Naruto with a blank look on her face for a long moment before speaking. "I thought you were going to do a sparring session with me?" She demanded with her eyes watching Naruto intensively. That was what he had said but now, they were gathered just outside of Magnolia because this person was going to have a match with Natsu and that disappointed her.

Naruto just smiled, he didn't break from the stare Erza was giving him. But honestly, it was a dangerous kind of look that made you nervous. If he was sleeping in the same bed with her, tonight, he was going to sleep with one of her swords separating them. "We will still have our moment but I don't want witnesses when we go around." He said.

Ezra raised an eye brow at this. "Why no witnesses?"

Naruto smiled slightly before responding. "Because our match will be a bit personal," he said and took a step closer to Erza, cutting the distance between them. He leaned closer and placed his right hand on her shoulder before whispering. "You know, when we have a match, we will be touching and everything. I must burn your clothes on purpose just to see some of your skin. Now, we don't want people seeing that, do we?"

Before Erza could respond Natsu spoke. "Hey, Naruto, can we get this started already? I can't contain my excitement!"

"Your timing sucks, Natsu," Lucy said with a shake of her head. Could he not read the mood? There was definitely something happening between those two but Natsu didn't seem to notice. Then again, he was a dense as they could be. Ah, Natsu would always be Natsu. He didn't understand a thing. Well, that is what you get for growing up with a cat and being raised by a dragon. If she hadn't even seen Acnologia, she would have still not believed it.

"Aye," Happy said with a nod of his head.

"Huh?" Natsu asked with a confused look on his face.

Gray shook his head. "That is what happens when you fill your head with nothing more than flames," he snickered. "You can't even see something so obvious before you."

"I don't think you should be the one saying that," Lucy said to Gray, while casting some glances to Juvia.

Gray had an idea what Lucy was on about. He glanced at Juvia and caught her looking at him with wide eyes, expecting him to say something. He sighed, this wasn't going to end. He should have just kept his mouth shut. Well, no matter what he did, this perverted water user was still going to be around him. At least that was something to think about – in both good and bad ways. Some of her tendencies did freak him out. He was glad that he was saved from saying something when Naruto spoke.

"Lucy, you should teach your boyfriend a couple of things," Naruto said in a stern tone. "He isn't getting any younger, you know. And you are the one who is going to be stuck with him for the rest of your life. I'm certain that to get the message across, you will have to undress him yourself and explain where this goes and what it does."

Erza hit Naruto on his for saying those words.

Lucy looked shocked. "He isn't my boyfriend!" She exclaimed. "W-what image a-are you even trying to p-paint of my innocent mind?"

Naruto merely laughed, amused by the situation. "You didn't have to hit me, Erza," he complained.

"That education was a bit excessive," Erza said. "I do think they would make a good team though," she said with nod of her head.

"We are a good team," Natsu said.

Lucy was thankful that at times Natsu didn't get the point, and sometimes she wasn't thankful for it. But this time around, she was glad he didn't. She shouldn't have been surprised that Erza would get in on the fun nevertheless. She was like that after all. Lucy was certain; it wasn't about the fun nevertheless. Naruto might have been joking, but Erza was possibly serious – the woman hardly joked about anything.