-Kagura P. O. V.-

"You done yet? It's been like ten minutes!" I complained against the door.

"Hey, give me a break! I've never worn a kimono before! It's hard to take off." He retorted inside.

We walked around a little, celebrating my amazing victory at the ring toss. I'm gonna treasure that golden bottle for as long as I live!

I'm gonna sit down with my grandkids and tell them stories about 'The Amazing Golden Bottle of Victory!"

They'll be all like 'Grandma Kagura? Tell us the story of the amazing bottle!' And I'll be all like, 'Well, when me and your grandfather, Rogue, we young and sexy, I won that bottle at a ring toss with my incredible skill and power!'

Wait... Grandpa Rogue? Will... I marry Rogue?

I mean, he's freaking sexy as hell, sharp as my sword, sly as a fox, and I've already SEEN how big his... thing... is...

Oh god, he's gonna tear me to SHREDS! I'm not gonna be able to walk after...

"Okay, Kagura, I'm coming out." Rogue said inside the changing room.

I stepped out of the way as he came back out.

"Okay, now we look ready for the bea-" I said, grabbing my bag.

But I kinda stopped short when I noticed him.

Everyone on the boardwalk was wearing kimonos, but we wanted to go soak up some sun on the sandy shore by the sea, so we decided to change into swimsuits.

I changed into a white bikini, which I also bought along with the kimonos, but managed to keep hidden from Rogue.

Rogue... oh my god...

He changed into just a pair of red swim trunks, exposing his gloriously toned abs...

I couldn't help but stare.

Damn it, this man is too sexy for his own good!

How ironic that his adorable exceed is super innocent.

"Umm... Kagura?"

 I snapped to attention. "Huh? What?"

"Your... nose is bleeding..."

I quickly covered my nose and turned away. Damn it, I need a tissue. I did my best to wipe it away.

I turned back to Rogue. "I'm fine, now. C'mon, let's go."

We linked arms, me carrying my bag, and walked away from the changing rooms and towards the beach.

But seriously, Rogue is just freaking hot as hell!

We're gonna have some good looking kids!

-Rogue P. O. V.-

After a while of talking, we arrived at the beach.

There were a lot of people along the sand. A few sunbathing, a couple under an umbrella watching who I assume to be their kids making a sandcastle, some guy bodysurfing. People were just having a blast.

There was one of those lifeguard towers. I could see what looked like a woman sitting atop it, scanning the water and the shoreline with a pair of binoculars. It must be hard for her, cause I spotted a pair of red glasses on her head.

"Rogue, what do you want to do?" Kagura asked.

I half-looked at her and answered. "Oh, uh, you see anything interesting?"

I was a bit... distracted... by her incredible... endowments...

It had to be a bikini, didn't it?

She told me earlier about how Erza was trying to convince her and Yukino to keep equipment in their breasts. I can see where she's coming from. Kagura's big enough to fit her entire sword.

"Well, there's a volleyball game going on over there. You think we can join?" She asked.

I shrugged. "Let's ask." We approached the group of six. We waited until the ball stopped moving. "Hey guys, can we join?"

Then they all looked at us.

"Rogue? Kagura? What are you two doing here?" the girl with lavender hair asked.

"Do... we know you guys?" Kagura asked. I was also a bit confused.

"Oh, I guess we never really officially met, but yeah, I guess you could say you know us." a fat guy said.

"Well, let's get formally introduced. I'm Laki." the lavender girl said.

"I'm Jet, this is Droy." the guy next to the fat guy said.

"I'm Max." a guy with a small beard said.

"Warren." a guy with weird lips said.

"And I'm Kinana." a girl with dark purple hair said.

"Well, you guys apparently know us. Rogue and Kagura." I said. "How do you know us?"

"Oh, we're from Fairy Tail!" Laki said.

"We came to the beach with the rest of the guild." Max explained.

"Oh, we met Gajeel earlier. He said Levy was here." I asked.

"Oh, Levy? She's over there." Kinana waved behind us.

We turned around to see the lifeguard lady waving back. Kagura and I awkwardly waved as well. We looked back at the group.

"I thought Levy was running the ring toss with Gajeel?" Kagura asked.

"Oh, yeah, that was all part of her plan." Warren said. "Gajeel secretly wanted to run a ring toss, so Levy set it up and asked him to help. Then she made an excuse to leave and took over lifeguard duty. Now Gajeel's living his own dream. Lily also made an excuse to leave. He went to go bodysurf."

I glanced at the water and noticed that the bodysurfer had a tail sticking out of his swim trunks. That explains that.

"What about the rest of your guild? Like that sky dragonslayer that tied with Lamia Scale's god slayer or that beast man that lasted against Bacchus?" I asked.

"Oh, well, you know how they work. Most of the guild paired off or went with their friends. Wakaba and Macao heard a legendary chef showdown was going on somewhere in town, the competitors were this hot woman and this blonde smoking guy named Sanji or something, so went to get an eyeful of his competition. Elfman, Lisanna, Evergreen, and Bixlow went to the Ferris wheel, I'm assuming on a kind of double date? Laxus blended into the crowd to avoid Freed and probably went back to the guild, either for Mira or cause he doesn't like places like this. Cana and Master Makarov entered a drinking contest, Gray and Juvia went to the movies, and Romeo and Wendy went to walk around the boardwalk. Carla came here saying that they ditched her, then she went to go watch the cooking contest. Said she enjoys fine culinary." Max told us.

"Wait, I thought Gray was sick?" I asked.

"Oh, well Gray recovered quickly. Apparently, the cold didn't bother him, anyway, Juvia took him to the movies as a celebration of a quick recovery. Happy stayed at the guild with Mira to watch Natsu. I feel bad. Mira's 'bedside manner' usually involves long tangents about her ships. Natsu's probably suffering, listening to how all the couples are probably having moments here." Laki finished.

I picked up the ball that had rolled to my feet. "Well, can we join?"

The six smiled. "Sure." All six of them said.

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And I'm finally back! A long overdue chapter, for sure!

Anyway, I just wanted to say, have you guys read the new manga issue yet?

THAT STINGYU MOMENT!!!!!! I freaked out!

Not gonna list any specific spoilers, for courtesy sake. (And because a certain reader, by the name of MarissaMelody has a book for this specific purpose. If you guys like discussing the manga, check out her book.)

But, I hope you guys weren't in extreme agony waiting like this, so I'm gonna try to update more frequently. But, next chapter, I'm gonna ask an important question that will impact the future of this book, so make sure to stick around and answer honestly.

Anyway, hope you enjoyed this chapter. Peace!