I had decided to create a one-shot on Natsu's death. No, I don't think this is how Natsu's gonna die, but I know the impact of his death will cause a huge hole in the guild member's hearts. I hope you enjoy this. I certainly almost cried when I was writing it.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail
The guild was mourning about something, Happy had Natsu's scarf in his hands, and Team Natsu was no where to be seen in the guild.
Everything was silent, it wasn't rowdy today like it normally was, today was different.
Flashback(Two days ago)
A fight against a dark guild and Fairy Tail had ended. Everyone had injuries, but looked fine. They had noticed that the fire dragon slayer was no where to be seen. The guild began to search and finally Lucy found Natsu, on the floor, with a knife stabbed into his heart and blood drying on his clothes.
No one had seen Natsu fall. No one saw how he had died. Guild members stood in horror and sadness, thinking this was unbelievable. The guild had taken Natsu back, leaving the church to take care of his body until the funeral. The only thing they took of his was his scarf.
Flashback ends
Now, the scarf stayed in the Fairy Tail guild. Happy had tried to reason that he should keep the scarf, but Master told him that everyone would like Natsu's scarf so they shall keep it at the guild as a memory of the dragon slayer.
Levy entered through the doors. She went up to master and whispered," I found a nice spot to bury Natsu."
The master nodded. He had his eyes shut, trying not to show his saddness.
Soon enough, Lucy, Erza, and Gray entered through the door. Their faces had not shown since the day they discovered Natsu's death. Gray still had his clothes on, Erza didn't have her armor on, and Lucy looked as if she had cried every minute since the dragon slayer's death.
They sat down at their usual table, Lucy and Erza put their heads down and Gray had his bangs covering his eyes, his teeth were clenched.
No one doesn't know how Natsu died and they never thought he'd die. They all had the same thoughts.
They fought of him as the mythical salamander.
They thought of him as the undefeated dragon slayer.
Though, his death had given up on undefeated. When the sadness of Natsu's death was gone, there would be others who seek vengeance for their friend and everyone knew that.
Each of Team Natsu's members didn't know how they would survive without the dragon slayer.
Gray didn't know how he would get stronger without Natsu.
Lucy didn't want another partner to replace Natsu and help pay rent.
Erza didn't know who would push her and show that there is nothing that could beat Fairy Tail.
The streets of Magnolia thought it was awefully silent without Fairy Tail's usual fights.
A day later, the whole guild was back to mourning. Few had taken small missions so that they could get back for the funeral being held tomorrow.
Busting through the doors of Fairy Tail was not Natsu, but Sting and Rogue. They had demanded that they were back for a rematch against Natsu and Gajeel, but realized that no one looked like they were listening to them.
Rogue and Sting looked around, seeing members of the guild crying, having their heads down on the tables, or looked as if they were sad and lost in thought.
Rogue came up to Team Natsu's table to see Natsu's scarf on the table with an unhappy Happy crying into it and Lucy and Erza not bothering to look up. Though, Gray looked at him. Sting came up from behind Rogue. "What happened here?" Sting banged his fists on the table. Lucy looked up. "Natsu's dead," She whispered, tears rolled down her face.
Sting showed shock on his face. "Natsu-san's... dead," Sting repeated. Rogue looked away.
Wendy entered the building and went to Team Natsu's table with Carla. She had just completed a mission. "How long has it been since Natsu-san died?" Sting had asked, hoping that he wasn't the last to hear the news. "He's been dead for three days, tomorrow we have a funeral," Gray then answered and looked up once more. "His death has impacted us all. Look around you. There are many lives he's saved and helped. You can ask each and every one of them."
Gray then pointed to Romeo. Sting realized the outfit looked a bit like Natsu's. "That's Romeo. He looked up to Natsu ever since he was small. Like you, Natsu was an idol to him as well, thought of Natsu as an older brother," Gray chuckled a bit, but then shook his head. "I bet now he's lost the bravery to fight though."
Sting and Rogue had soon sat at the table. Wendy had been playing with a part of Natsu's scarf.
Romeo had soon come over to the table as well. Sting felt a little bad for him from what Gray told him. Romeo sat down with them, also playing with a part of Natsu's scarf. Sting realized that the scarf was a big reminder of Natsu.
The whole group had mourned and the two Sabertooth members joined in.
It was the day of the funeral. Everyone was dressed in black, all wearing sad faces. Sting and Rogue were also invited to the funeral.
Everyone had said a few words about Natsu. They were good things about him.
Team Natsu had said that they thought he would go undefeated and always give us hope.
Sting and Rogue had said that they would miss Natsu, knowing that his dragon parent would miss him very much.
Master said that Natsu was once the mythical, but undefeated salamander that shown the path in the darkest times. Many had said things that made everyone in tears.
When it was Romeo's turn, he had said, "Natsu-nii had given me the courage to fight and he would be a memory of the flame that never died out because he never gave up."
When Romeo had said that, people tried to muffle their tears, knowing that was true.
The funeral soon came to an end. Romeo had stayed behind and sat at the grave stone implanted. Team Natsu, Sting, and Rogue had stayed and watched him do so. The grave stone didn't show the time Natsu was alive. No one actually knew how old he was. They could've guessed, but they put this on the grave instead:
Natsu 'Salamander' Dragneel
Even if died, he would always be the flame burning in Fairy Tail
Though, he saved everyone, no one could save him
The group then turned and left Romeo next to the grave.
A week later, Romeo had returned from a mission and decided to return to Natsu's grave.
Fairy Tail had quieted down, it didn't have the usual fights and a complaint from the council came in from time to time. Everyone could see that Master missed the mountain of complaints they recieved from the council, no matter how much he hated it.
Team Natsu got renamed to Team Dragon, everyone could see the obvious reason.
Romeo had reached the grave, to see that it was tilted forward a bit. He went behind the grave stone to see that it was writing he couldn't understand. He could tell that two large claws had tilted the stone and saw that there were scales on the floor. Romeo was shocked. He knew this was a dragon's doing. He ran back to the guild to them what was happening.
Gajeel, Wendy, Erza, Lucy, Gray, and Happy had gone with him to see what this was all about.
They arrived at the grave and Romeo showed them the back. "This is indeed ancient dragon text, I can only read a little, but not all," Wendy looked at it.
Gajeel had a suprised look on his face and Romeo caught it. "What does it say, Gajeel?" Romeo asked. "It reads:
To the one who's name means summer:
The name Natsu describes everything about you
Your smile is like the sunshine
Your pink hair is like the flowers that have bloomed
Your flames represent the sun high and bright in the sky
Forever will the flames dwell within you
And I, Igneel will be remembering you
That's what the first part says," Gajeel said, pointing to wear he stopped. "It seems this has three parts to it," Wendy examined.
Gajeel began to read the second part:
Son of Igneel
Your past was not smooth and had walls to encounter
Your flame never blew out
Giving up was not an option you took
Fighting for your beliefs and freedoms and what not was all you did
Hopefully you shall have peace for once and allow friends to take on the burden you have carried for them
And I, Metalicana will grant your heavy burden to come to an end
Gajeel choked after reading it. You could tell he wanted to fall and cry, saying that his dragon was alive, somewhere on Earth Land.
Wendy read the last part since Gajeel didn't look as if he wanted to read more. She began the third part:
Dragon slayer of fire
You have helped every dragon slayer out in different situations
You had stopped the dragon slayer of iron
You have stopped the dragon slayer of lightning from his rampage
You have defeated the dragon slayer of poison
You have ended the dragon slayers of white and shadows from being careless
You have also been able to take care of the dragon slayer of sky
You have also encoutered and defeated many high-leveled mages that no others could fight
You acted like a true dragon in those fights, including two of the many
I, Grandeeny, shall grant you peace from your countless battles you have fought and bring them to an end
At this point, Wendy was sobbing as she picked up a white scale from the floor. She could tell each one was from Igneel, Metaicana, and Grandeeny.
The whole group was crying. It was true what they had said about Natsu.
It was several months later and the newly formed Team Dragon was facing an enemy. They were all panting, all on their knees in front of an enemy they were trying hard to beat. They were each beginning to give up, especially Lucy and Wendy.
Erza and Gray stood up.
Lucy looked up at them. "We can't do nothing against him. Why stand up against him again?" Lucy asked.
Wendy also stood up, saying, "No, we should still stand! Natsu-san never gave up. He stood every time he fell. We should also, for his sake!"
Lucy's eyes widened. It seemed like Natsu's actions were contagious to the rest. Gray nodded in agreement.
"We shouldn't let Natsu down! We continue to fight for his sake!" Erza changed her armor and attacked the mage, so did the rest.
The assualt continued until a ring of flames came upon them. It surrounded them and the mage. "It seems like you need help," A familiar voice whispered to them. A ghostly shape of Natsu stood behind them and he leaped over them and attacked the mage with flames. The dark mage was stunned and had taken the blow. Natsu beat him quickly.
The group came to him as the flames died down. "I must go now. I only came because I saw you struggle. Don't miss me to much, you already know that I'll always be in your hearts," Natsu's ghostly shape disappeared. The team had gotton to see Natsu once more and hopefully a lot more later on...
The End!
Hope you enjoyed the story! My idea at the end of of the story was from reading Warriors: The Last Hope for the millionth time. My mood changed simply because of a book. That's what caused me to write this and almost begin to cry tears. If Natsu does die, Hiro Mashima better make his death honorable. Hopefully it won't be from murder or something extremely stupid. My hatred towards Mashima will be brought on fanfiction.
Anyways, now I've made myself super mad, might as well end the story before I decide to write more of the story and it turns to hatred. Review if you'd like and make sure you check out my other stories! I'm going to quit writing stories while I'm burning with anger unless stuff will seem really OOC! Well, I hope to see you in future updates for other stories!