Warning: Jura is not present, Hot-Eye doesn't exist, Natsu's a girl, Cobra's a 1st generation dragon slayer.
Hey guys. This is my first story, so please give me some feedback, good or bad, I don't care.
I'm trying to make a huge story which goes from Oracion Seis Arc to the Tartarus Arc. Hope you guys enjoy. (Yes, I know what I did in the beginning.)
Cobra dodged Natsuki's punch.
"Quit dodging me already." She yelled.
"You think I'm just gonna let you hit me? Are you really that slow?"
Some steam came from Natsu's body. "Shut up! You're just a cheating punk who's afraid to take a hit!"
"It like any kind of magic his using lets him predict our attacks." Happy said.
"No, I listen, maybe you should try it."
"I know what your next move is going to be because I can hear your thoughts."
Natsu and Happy gave Cobra strange looks. Natsu looked at Happy.
"He's some kind of a psychic?"
"If that's true. What am I thinking right now?"
After few seconds Cobra heard a growling sound and smirked. "I don't need to use magic to know you have fish on the brain fur-ball." "He can hear your thoughts Natsu I thinking of fish right now and he guess it!" Natsu was jumping a little, putted her arms close to her chest, not knowing she squeezed her breasts and it lifted her shirt a bit showing a little of her stomach. "I'm telling you, he's good!"
"Oh, me next." Cobra did a sweat drop because of how childish Natsu was being. "It's not some silly parlor trick, you know."
The two were suspended in the air facing each other, both wearing apathetic expressions. The air was surrounded them was filled tension; that and they were quiet as a mouse, as making a movement would start a fresh rumble between them again.
Then...
Cobra threw his head back howling with laughter. Natsu's face immediately went from the void of emotion look and to beaming brightly.
"Yeah!" she cheered, pumping her fists in the air in victory and jumped a little in the air. "He got it!"
"I never heard that one. I've gotta admit that was pretty funny!" The Oracion Seis member chuckled while staring at his butt length pink haired enemy. Brain ordered Cobra to kill the little Fairy pest, but ever since him meeting the beautiful, fiery wizard, killing her was the farthest thing from his mind.
Natsuki Dragneel. She was the Fire Dragon Slayer that everyone in Fiore has heard or, or if they're lucky, has met. From the talk that people made, Cobra was thinking of some big bad ass woman, maybe with tattoos of flames all over covering her body. He had some images played out in his head, but the girl in front of him did not live up to the expectations in his mind.
Cobra wasn't expecting a long pinked haired sassy shrimp that was barely looked sixteen to be a dragon slayer. His mission was supposed to be simple: Kill Natsuki Dragneel. But Cobra put off fighting the girl as long as he could, hoping that his comrades would take salamander down instead of him. He found himself wishing that the girl be unharmed.
Cobra had been obsessed with dragons ever since Venomica had left him. Him being with her was probably the happiest time he's ever had. Then came the destruction of his village, the Tower of Heaven, and worst of all, the Oracion Seis. But Cobra still had his obsession with dragons. Well, snakes and dragons. It just so happened that if he wanted to know more about dragons, this fire spitting girl named Natsu was best shot he's got. After all, the girl was trained by a dragon, according to her memories. He just wished that that monster named Brain didn't exist, or else he could do whatever he wanted. Unless...
Natsu was getting ready to send another volley of her Fire Dragon Brilliant Flames.
"Natsu, just stop for a second. I need to ask you something." Cobra said, dodging her attacks.
"SHUT UP AND STAY STILL, WOULD YOU!? FIRE DRAGON WING ATTACK!"
Cobra dodged the attack almost effortlessly.
"Um, Natsu!" Happy yelled.
"What is it, little buddy?" She responded, gasping after the last attack.
"My time is up!" He yelled.
"AHH!" They both yelled in unison, as they plummeted down towards the ground.
'A fall from this high and she'll go splat!' Cobra thought.
Cobra rolled his eyes. "Cubellios, I need you to grab those two and land, alright?" The snake giant rattled its tail in response, grabbing the free-falling dragon slayer and cat.
They all landed, and Natsu instantly got motion sick, her face turning blue and swollen.
He whispered to his snake. "Go hide somewhere, Cubellios. If Brain spots us, at least you won't be hurt. Don't worry, I'll meet up with you later, I promise."
The giant python nodded in approval, and left his sight.
Happy recognized his surroundings and realized what had just happened
"You really just saved us...Thanks Cobra! Maybe you're not as bad as the rest of your guild mates!" The talking cat said. "Or you could just be trying to put or guards down and attack us when we're completely open."
"Yeah, whatever."
Then, Natsu vomited at least a pound's worth of content.
"Hang in there, Natsu." Happy said, worriedly.
Cobra winced at the sight of the throw up and Natsu's face.
"Here, give her this pill. It should stop her motion sickness for a few days. Forgot I even had those, to be honest..."
"Hey! You're trying to drug my partner and then you're gonna molest her, aren't you! I knew you were up to something! I won't let you touch her, you little perv! Get away from her!" Happy yelled, trying to pull Cobra away from his partner.
"Relax, fur-ball. If I wanted to I could just kill you now and take her away myself. I'm just trying to help her out. I have no intention of harming the two of you."
"Sure..." Happy said, crossing his arms. "I'm gonna take a cat nap, that flying was really tiring me out. Don't you dare try anything funny on Natsu!"
"Aye, sir!" Cobra mocked.
Happy places the pill in Natsu's mouth, and her face got normal almost instantly. Then he fell asleep on the floor.
"Still in the motion sickness stage huh, pepper breath? Just hang in there for a few more months and you should be fine."
"S-So... tired... don't hurt me..."
Cobra was confused by her stupidity.
'Did she forget that I was trying to kill her a couple seconds ago?'
She passed out and fell face first.
'What the heck? Did that battle really drain that much of her strength?'
Cobra lifted her off the ground by her hips. 'Wow, she's surprisingly light.' He laid her down on a flat road of the city. Then, he put the sleeping cat beside her. He smiled in satisfaction.
Natsu woke up after about 30 minutes, tired at first, but then slowly adjusting to the moonlight.
"You're up." Cobra said. "Next time, tell me you're about to pass out before you do."
What the heck just happened?
Did Cobra, a member of the Oracion Seis, just save her life, and then give her good hospitality? Could a member of a dark guild actually help someone? There must've been a reason, right?
Natsu muttered. "H-Hey, it's Cobra right?"
"Yeah."
"So...um...uh..." She wasn't sure how to approach the topic.
"Why did I save you?" Cobra said with a smirk. Natsu nodded. She forgot Cobra could hear her thoughts.
"Well, I'm curious about dragons, and I figured you'd know a lot about them since your the child of a dragon."
She was confused. "You saved me because I'm a dragon slayer?" She asked.
"I've got a lot of questions for you, hot sauce." he responded.
"Oh, so if I wasn't a dragon slayer, you would've killed me on the spot." She said jokingly.
"Well if you weren't a dragon slayer, I doubt you'd be here in the first place?" He smirked.
'What's with his smirk? It looks so hot! I wish I could just- Oh what am I thinking, stupid brain!? He's a member of the Oracion Seis, for crying out loud! Oh, but he's really nice and cute. Ahh! No he is not- Wait, can't he... hear my thoughts!?'
Cobra nodded.
'He's gonna kill me, isn't he...?'
Cobra gave a glare to her.
Her face was filled with pure horror.
'Oh no! He's gonna kill me!'
"Please don't hurt me! It's not what you think! I swear! I was just thinking about how you saved me and then yo-"
"HA!" Cobra let out a huge laugh.
"Huh...?" Natsu was confused.
"That look on you face was priceless!" He exclaimed.
"Ha. Very funny." Natsu frowned and crossed her arms, almost in a childish way.
"I thought you'd know it's okay, fire breath! Jeez, I get that all the time! It's human nature!" He said, still laughing.
After about a minute of Cobra laughing.
"Admit it, that was pretty funny." Natsu still frowned, ashamed.
Cobra had stopped laughing, to find her silent.
Cobra walked to her and wrapped his arm around her shoulder, sitting beside her.
"Hey, it was just a joke, chili sauce. You aren't actually offended, are you?"
Natsu shook her head. "It's not that... I'm just worried about Lucy, Erza, Gray, and the rest of our allies."
"I wouldn't worry about them. They managed to beat Racer. Trust me, they'll be fine."
"Yeah..." She said solemnly.
He noticed the girl looking scared and tried to lighten up her mood.
"I'll tell you my secret" Cobra smirked.
"You're secret?" She asked curiously.
"Yup."
Natsu leaned closer to him in curiosity.
"What is it?"
Cobra put his lips close to her ear.
"I'm a dragon slayer too." he whispered.
Natsu froze in astonishment.
"Are you... serious...?"
He nodded. "The Poison Dragon Slayer, Cobra."
"No way! That's awesome!"
Natsu started jumping in excitement.
"Wait, so you eat poison!?"
"Yes, I do."
"Wow!" Natsu said
Cobra gave a small smile. Seeing others happy apparently made him happy too. This wasn't really an emotion he was familiar with, but he was glad that he wasn't completely heartless.
"Together, we can finally find out what happened to our dragons!" She said with eyes gleaming with joy. "We could ask Wendy and Gajeel to join use too!" She was certain that with 4 dragon slayer, they could find their dragons in no time.
"Yeah, that sounds nice... I guess we could do that..." He had a slight sadness in his eyes.
"So, what was the question you were gonna ask me?" She asked curiously.
"The questions can wait. Right now, we gotta stop this thing, okay?"
"Yeah! Let's go beat that Brain guy together! I'm all fired up now!"
"I wish it was that simple." Cobra said.
Then, he heard it.
"Look out!" Cobra yelled.
"What?" Natsu replied.
"Dark Capriccio!"
The missile hit both Natsu and Happy.
"Natsu! Happy!"
"AAAGH!" They both screamed. Happy woke up from his nap, and then passed out
"No! Happy's down! Are you okay, Natsu!?"
"I t-think I'm alright, just a little b-bruised, t-that all" She wasn't okay. A normal person would've broken at least 2 bones. They were lucky that they're still in one piece.
"Brain!" Cobra snarled. "Let them go! You're fight's with me!"
"Cobra." Brain responded with an evil smile. "Let's see how you react to your new friend getting tortured, eh?"
Cobra sprinted towards Brain as fast as he could.
"Dark Rondo!"
All three of them were stuck in one spot. They couldn't move a muscle.
"How about another shot, eh? Cry for me, little girl. Dark Capriccio Scream!"
This time Natsu took the full blast.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!" Natsu screamed in agonizing pain. Tears were rolling down her eyes. She had never felt this much pain before.
"Stop! Please! Let her go! She doesn't deserve to die!" Cobra begged.
"I knew you'd betray us eventually, Cobra! You will die for what you've done, aiding the enemy. See you in hell. Dark Capriccio Scream!"
A huge missile was headed towards Cobra. He didn't have time to react.
'So this is how I die, huh?' Cobra thought.
At the last second, Natsu pushed him out of the way, but got hit by the missile.
"NOOOOOO!" Cobra screamed.
Natsu laid limp on the ground, her body on the verge of falling apart.
"Natsu! You idiot! What did you do!?" Cobra said, tears rolling down his eyes.
"C-Co-Cobra." She replied weakly.
"Don't you dare talk, you charcoal brain! Save your energy!" Cobra said, tears welling up in his eyes.
'Cobra...?'
"Y-yeah? What is it?"
'I... owed one... to...you... for saving me...'
"I didn't care, you idiot! You never owed be anything!" Cobra's tears fell on Natsu's cheek.
'You're... a good... person, Cobra. It was nice knowin-'
"No! Don't you dare say that, you matchbox! You're gonna make it! I promise!" Cobra yelled.
'Stop him for...me...would you?'
Natsu passed out.
Cobra laid her down on the ground.
"Of course." He said, in monotone, wiping away his tears.
"Haha, how comical!?" Brain laughed. "The fire dragon gave up her life the poison dragon! And Nirvana has almost reached Cait Shelter."
Cobra gave a venomous glare to him, pure anger melting in his two eyes. He stood up, slowly walking towards the Oracion Seis leader.
"How...Dare You!" He said angrily, with literal poison drooling down his teeth.
"You honestly think you can beat me, Cobra!? Or should I say..."
Cobra lunges towards Brain, his arms now having purple scales. "You don't deserve to call me by that name!" Cobra yelled.
"Dark Rondo!" Brain cast the same spell again, where all his enemies would freeze in motion.
"Pathetic" Cobra muttered. He continued to jump towards Brain, striking him in the chest repeatedly.
"Agh!" He yelled in pain.
'How is this possible!? My Dark Rondo has never failed me before!' Brain thought.
"It's because you're weak, Brain!" He yelled, striking Brains stomach.
Cobra continued pummeling Brain. "Dark Capriccio Scream!" The same attack that put Natsu unconscious was headed towards Cobra. Cobra took the full force of the attack. "You call that magic, you insect!?" Cobra didn't care about the attack.
'No way! The same attack that killed the fire dragon didn't even put Cobra unconscious!'
"Natsu's not dead, you idiot! There's no way she's that weak!"
Cobra repeatedly striked Brain's chest, stopping only to catch his breath.
"Now you will die, Cobra!" Brain yelled furiously, having scars all over his body. "Dark Capriccio Scream!" He yelled, but nothing happened.
'No! My magic power!' Brain thought as he panicked.
Cobra just shook his head in disappointment.
"Why the hell was I afraid of you, you pig? I could kill you before you even realized you were dead!" Cobra muttered.
Natsu woke up from her unconscious state.
"Poison Dragon... ROAR!"
Brain laid limp on the floor.
She was happy to see Cobra beat Brain.
"Hey, thanks for saving me again, Cobra." She said with a smile, still getting up. "I ow-"
"No, you do not owe me anything, you idiot! Are we clear!?" Cobra yelled.
Natsu nodded, laughing.
"I thought I told you to tell me next time you pass out." Cobra asked, teasingly.
"Yeah, sorry about that. I kinda forgot." She said, giggling.
Cobra smiled.
"Stop this at once, Cobra! Remember all the times I fed you!?" Brain asked, sweating insanely.
Cobra forgot Brain was even there.
"BULLSHIT! I HAD TO EAT DEAD BUTTERFLIES OFF THE GROUND, AND DRINK SEWAGE WATER, AND THEN YOU WOULD TORTURE ME FOR FUN, YOU WEAK DONKEY!" Cobra was infuriated by Brain. "AND YOU DID THAT FOR, GET THIS, 10 YEARS!" Cobra yelled, fiercely.
'Was Cobra's past really that brutal? That's horrible...' Natsu thought.
Cobra lift a Brain by the neck with one hand, and Brain was struggling to be let free. With his other hand, there was an aura of poison getting ready to kill Brain.
That's when Lucy and Gray showed up.
"Hey Natsu!?" Gray yelled
The two saw the sight of Cobra choke-holding Brain.
"What the..." Lucy muttered.
"Are the Oracion Seis fighting each other now?" Gray asked Natsu.
"Hey guys! You made it!" Natsu waved.
"Yeah, Lucy here already dealt with Angel." Gray said.
"You beat Angel?" Cobra asked. "Damn, blondie"
"No, my precious guild..." Brain muttered
Cobra, still holding his neck, glared at him, and he stopped talking instantly.
"Wait, he's a member of the Oracion Seis! He's the one that almost killed Erza!" Gray yelled.
"No, guys." Natsu explained. "Cobra here is an ally now."
"Seriously!?" Gray asked.
"Well, welcome to the team." Lucy smiled.
"Thanks." Cobra replied with a small smile.
"I'm not letting you get away with what you did to Erza, you psycho."
"Yeah, about your friend, I'm honestly sorry. I thought Brain would torture me if I wasn't fighting properly..."
"Whatever..." Gray muttered.
"Unbelievable, Cobra! You chose them instead of me-" Brain muttered, still being held up by Cobra.
"YOU LITTLE BASTARD! WHO SAID YOU COULD TALK, YOU WEAKLING!?" Cobra yelled, gripping Brain's neck harder, making him struggle to breathe.
"He's had enough, Cobra." Natsu said gently.
"NO HE HASN'T, NATSU! HE STILL NEEDS TO EAT BUTTERFLIES OFF THE GROUND AND DRINK SEWAGE WATER, WHILE GETTING TORTURED, FOR 10 YEARS!"
"Cobra, please..." Natsu whispered.
"You got lucky, Brain. If Natsu wasn't here, I would've been torturing you for years! You should thank her!" Cobra said, snarling at him.
Cobra punched Brain's head, at he fell unconscious.
"Wow... you could be pretty scary..." Natsu said, eyes widened.
"That bastard... You should've just let me kill him!" Cobra yelled.
"He deserves a second chance, Cobra..." Lucy said.
"No, he deserves to burn in hell for all of his sins!" Cobra yelled.
Natsu walked up to him, and put a hand on his shoulder. "It's over now, Cobra. You're free, now." She said with a small smile.
Cobra nodded.
"Wait, wait...Holy crap!" He exclaimed. "I almost forgot."
"What's wrong?" Lucy asked.
"No, no, no! Crap!"
"What is it, Cobra?" Gray said, worried.
"No, no. Dammit! Erza's battling Midnight! No! It can't end this way!"
"Cobra, what's wrong?" Natsu asked gently.
"We have to kill Brain! Now!" Cobra yelled.
"What? Why?" Lucy asked, confused.
"There's no time to explain! Quickly, kill him! Before it's too late!" Cobra asked running towards Brain.
"If you want to kill him, you have to get past us!" Gray said, ready to do an Ice Impact.
"If I were you, I would listen to the man." Klodea arose.
"Huh? Who the heck are you?" Natsu asked.
"That's Klodea, the 6th member of the Oracion Seis. That doesn't matter! Kill Brain!" Cobra yelled.
"Ice Impact!" Gray yelled, attacking Cobra.
Cobra easily dodged it, but Klodea was crushed by the ice.
"Noooo..." Klodea said, getting crushed.
Natsu came in the way, blocking Cobra from getting closer to the Oracion Seis leader.
"Dammit Natsu! Out of my way!" He yelled
Natsu's eyes were filled with sorrow. "I'm sorry Cobra...Fire Dragon Talon!"
Cobra grabbed blocked her flaming leg as it was about to attack his chest.
"I said out of my way!" He said, glaring at her.
Natsu didn't move an inch. "You two go inside that building! There's probably a control panel or something there!"
"A lacrima!" Cobra explained. "A big black lacrima connected by 6 veins of wires. If you want any chance of stopping this thing, you have to find it."
Lucy and Gray ran to the building surrounded by torchlights that lit up the black sky.
Natsu and Cobra were fighting each other, but Natsu, of course, couldn't land a single blow.
Cobra, on the other hand, was pummeling the fire breathing girl. He was landing blows from left and right, but she didn't have the energy to dodge the attacks. Cobra wasn't using his full strength. The girl had saved his life, after all.
Natsu was covered in bruises, but still didn't give up.
"I w-won't let you t-touch him, C-Cobra." She said, weakly. "F-fire Dragon Iron F-Fist!"
Cobra let the weak attack connect to his stomach.
'Yes! I finally hit him!' She thought
The flames from her hand disappeared, to show that Cobra wasn't even scratched.
'No! My attacks are so weak against him! Maybe I should just give up... No! I can't surrender! Or else he's gonna kill that old guy! Oh, but he's so sexy when he fights... I couldn't even hit him once this whole time, so hot... Ahhh, what am I thinking!?'
Natsu looked at Cobra, who was chuckling at her.
"Oh shut up, you poison pervert!" She muttered.
Cobra's eyebrow raised. "I'm the pervert?" He asked, smirking
"I told you to shut up. Can we continue fighting already?"
Cobra sighed. "Look. we're wasting time, Natsu. At least hear me out, here."
She wouldn't win the fight if he tried anyways.
"Fine!" she said, crossing her arms and frowning.
Cobra cleared his throat "You see, there's actually a 7th member of the Oracion Seis."
"A 7th member? But we were told there were only 6!"
"His name is Zero. Master Zero."
"Master Zero?" She asked. "So where is he?"
"That's where it gets complicated. Look, Master Zero lives inside of Brain. He only comes out to possess Brains body when all 6 of the Oracion Seis are defeated, including Brain."
"Oh... So he's sort of like a fail-safe for the Oracion Seis?"
"Exactly!"
"Then what does that have to do with killing Brain?"
"Don't you get it? If Brain's body is dead, Master Zero won't have a body to go to when all the Seis are defeated. Right now, the only one left to defeat is Midnight, and Erza already figured out his 2 weaknesses."
Natsu thought for a while. "You don't have to kill an innocent man, though." she muttered.
"YOU THINK THAT MAGGOT IS INNOCENT!? HE'S COMMITTED MORE SINS THAN THE DEVIL HIMSELF!"
"No, listen to me Cobra. All we have to do is beat him, right?"
"Yeah, I know what you're thinking. Even if you were to combine the strength of every member in the Alliance, you still wouldn't stand a chance against him."
"What if you helped us, too?"
Cobra froze. Was Natsu, the queen of egomaniacs, actually asking for his help? He was surprised as hell.
"Natsu,-"
She shook Cobra's shoulders. "I know we can beat him, okay Cobra? Just look at you! You're barely scratched after fighting with me, and that was because you let me hit you once!"
"Look, we-"
"Canbeat him!" She said said, smiling. "I know I'm like one of the best wizards in Fiore, right?"
"Sure. Keep daydreaming, firefly." He smirked.
"And you're incredibly strong, too! I'm almost certain we can beat him together, Cobra!"
"And what if we can't?" Cobra asked.
"Then we just try again!" She said, trying to sound smart.
"How stupid are you? This guy destroys cities for entertainment! Any chance he gets, he's gonna murder us without thinking twice!"
"In that case, we'll just fight harder." She said, smiling.
He sighed. "And there's no changing your mind, huh?"
"Nope. Not at all." Natsu crosses her arms.
Cobra shook his head. "Fine."
"Yes!" Natsu started jumping up and down in joy.
"But just this once, campfire! I'm pretty sure you're gonna deal more damage to your ally than your enemy."
"Well, you can ask Gajeel when we get to my guild." She said, giggling.
"Wait, what?"
"Yeah, man. After this whole Nirvana crap, I'm totally showing you around our guild hall. We are friends, right?"
What? "Y-yeah. Of c-course." He was shocked.
No one in his life, except Cubellios, had ever seen him as a friend before. If anything, an ally in battle, but nothing else. He was surprised how close he had come with the fire dragon. She was the only human friend he ever had in all his years.
He decided. He was not gonna let his friendship be screwed up by some stupid guildmaster that never even sees his guild and wants to destroy everything. Natsuki Dragneel has been nice to him ever since she met him. Cobra was looking forward to returning the favor .
Natsu shifted uncomfortably. 'Is that Master Zero guy really that strong?' She thought nervously.
"Hey Natsu." he said softly, wrapping his arm around her warm shoulders.
"Uh, yeah?" She replied.
He slowly caressed her left cheek, causing her to blush intensely.
"W-W-Wait! What are y-you d-d-doing...?"
"You don't need to worry so much. We're both taking him down, not just you, okay? I've got your back, trust me. I won't let anything happen to you. We are friends, right?" He said, smiling.
"Yeah, thanks Cobra. I trust you." She said with a small smile.
"Here, I got this for you." Cobra said, bringing her a lit torch. "I figured fire heals you too, since poison heals me."
"You're right about that."
"I'm sorry about that fight we had, Natsu."
"No, don't worry about it." She smiled. "I've felt worse when me and Gray fight after lunch."
"Should I be offended? Or...?" Cobra said acting confused.
"I guess so." She chuckled.
As Natsu was chowing down on the torch, Cobra asked.
"So, are you ready?" Cobra asked.
"Uh, yeah, I hope so."
"Don't bother about telling me to move out of the way when we're fighting. I'll hear you, anyways."
"Yeah, okay." She responded.
He stepped closer to the fire mage. "Is something bothering you, Natsu?" he said softly. "You know you can talk to me."
"Not really." Natsu said, worried. "It's just tha-"
"Gray and Lucy need to be able to find the giant lacrima moving this. As long as Master Zero is conscious, that lacrima is body-linked to keep being repaired automatically. What they're doing is just as important as what we're doing, okay?"
Natsu nodded.
"Hey Cobra?" She asked.
"Yeah?" He replied.
"Thanks for helping us." She gave a small smile. "You don't know how much this means to me."
"No problem, flame oven." He smiled back. "I'm expecting all of my questions to be answered though, okay?"
"Yeah, I'll answer every single one. I promise"
Zero opened his eyes, having red pupils.
"He's up!" Cobra yelled.
"Yeah! I'm all fired up now!"
Zero had the same appearance as Brain, but he didn't have the lines on his face, and he had pale skin.
"Well, Cobra! I'm surprised you would betray us like this! Even Midnight fell! I suppose the Alliance is more powerful than I thought." Zero said. His voice was deeper and more sinister than Brain's.
Without warning, Cobra and Natsu lunged Zero, but Zero easily dodged the attack.
"Fire Dragon Flame Elbow!"
"Poison Dragon Sharp Horn!"
Both of their attacks landed, but the Oracion Seis Master was barely phased.
Then, Zero punch Cobra.
'What the!? I can't hear his attacks!' Cobra thought.
"Dark Capriccio!" This was that same attack that Brain tortured the fire eating girl, but this time, the attack was at least 5 times faster, and much more powerful.
"Cobra! Look out!" Natsu yelled.
Cobra was hit.
"COBRA!" Natsu yelled.
'No... He's... so strong...' Cobra thought, losing consciousness.
"No, Cobra! Are you okay?"
"Run... Natsu..." He whispered.
Cobra fell unconscious.
"NOO!" Natsu yelled.
"How ironic! Who would've thought he'd join the same fate as his little snake friend!" Zero said, shaking his head.
"What do you mean!?" Natsu yelled, tears welling up in her eyes.
"Yes! I already killed that Cubellios of his!" Zero started laughing.
Natsu's body was covered in her flames, and she darted towards Zero.
"Dark Rondo!" Zero yelled.
The girl was frozen in place.
'Dammit! He got me!' She thought.
Natsu glared at the monster
"How...could you! Cubellios was his friend...!" Natsu asked.
"All that has form must be destroyed! Including that little snake!" He yelled.
Natsu didn't know what to do. Her ally was defeated, and her enemy was intensely powerful.
"Would you look at that! You're all too late! We have reached Cait Shelter! Nirvana, Fire!
'No...' she thought. 'We were so close...!'
That's when the Christina airship attacked the moving city, budging it just enough to make the attack towards Cait Shelter miss.
Hibiki and Ichiya, with the help of Gray and Lucy, telepathically told the remaining allies who could still fight to meet them at the central lacrima controlling the entire Nirvana city.
"Tss. It'll take another 10 minutes for Nirvana to fire. It seems you guild members are more of a nuisance than I realized." Zero muttered
'In that case...' Zero thought.
Zero walked towards the unconscious Cobra, picking up his limp body.
"Let go of him, you monster!" Natsu yelled, trying to move.
Zero grinned maliciously.
"Dark Rondo Release!" he said.
Natsu could move now. He was just about to run towards Cobra, when Zero said. "If you take another step forward, I will kill him. Understand, salamander?"
Natsu froze in place, her eyes filled with fear. She was overwhelmed in every way possible. She so wished one of her allies would save them.
"O-okay! P-please! Don't k-kill him!" Natsu begged.
"Kneel before me, you maggot!" Zero yelled.
"Y-Yes s-sir!" She stuttered in fear as she went into a kneeling position. Zero grinned, and walked towards the kneeling girl.
'No! What's he gonna do to me? Somebody! Please! Save me!' She thought.
Brain kicked Natsu stomached
"AHHHHH!" She screamed in pain. She was coughing blood.
Zero laughed a sinister laugh.
'Anybody...'
"We found the gigantic lacrima Cobra was talking about!" Lucy yelled to the others.
"Are you seriously trusting that bastard!? He's fighting Natsu right now. The second we break that thing, there's probably going to be a million bombs exploding in our faces!" Gray yelled.
"He's not that bad of a guy, Gray." Wendy said. "When the Oracion Seis kept me captive, he was the one who insisted talking to me peacefully when the other members wanted to torture me."
"But he nearly kill you, Erza!" He yelled.
"I'm still alive now, that doesn't matter." Erza said.
"But he said he was sorry about that." Lucy countered.
"That's true... I just hope he's not giving Natsu any trouble right now." Erza replied.
"We should probably start destroying the lacrima" Jellal said.
"Jellal's right, we should get started before it's too late." Carla said.
"Whatever you say, Carla." Happy muttered.
'Natsu, I hope you're doing okay...'
Natsu was battered and beaten from head to toe.
Zero had just come up with a way to break the puny little girl.
"Natsuki Dragneel!"
"S-Shut u-up" she said, on the verge of breaking. She had never been violated in such a way.
"I am truly impressed by your performance and stamina. Let's make a deal, shall we."
Natsu was confused. With the remaining energy she had, she spit at Zero's direction.
"I would like it if you join the Oracion Seis." Brain offered.
"Never!" Natsu yelled, her tears shining on the moonlight.
"Or else I'll kill Cobra!" He replied with an evil grin.
'No! This can't be happening!' She thought. 'This has to be a nightmare, right...?'
"I need an answer!" Zero yelled furiously.
"P-please... give m-me some t-time to think..." she gasped out of energy.
"I'll give you 5 seconds, or I'll kill the Poison Dragon!" He demanded.
"NO! P-please...!"
"Four!"
"P-please" she whimpered.
"Two!"
"W-Wait!" She pleaded.
"ONE!"
"I'm b-begging you, j-just wait a second." She coughed more blood. "Don't d-drag Cobra int-to thi-this..."
"Time's up!" Zero said with a wicked smile. He was about to punch Cobra head.
"NOOOO!" Natsu yelled.
Cobra's eyes shot open. He caught Zero's punch .
"You should've killed me when you had the chance..." He muttered.
Cobra got up, still holding Zero's arm.
"Poison Dragon Scales!" About 20 little daggers of poison flew from Cobra, attacking Zero, who was barely pushed back.
"Pitiful!" Zero yelled.
Cobra glanced at the fire dragon slayer on the floor who was barely breathing. "Hang in there, Natsu..." he muttered to himself. He checked through her memories to make sure Zero didn't give her any fatal injuries. Then he came across something that made his heart skip several beats:
'I already killed that Cubellios of his!'
Zero was lying. He must be. Cubellios couldn't die. His childhood best friend couldn't die to this maniac. There was no way. There was literally no way. Me and Natsu saw Zero waking up. Cubellios should've been long gone by then. Natsu must've heard wrong. Yeah, that's gotta be it. Since she was getting beaten so much, she must've heard wrong out of the confusion.
"Now, I will kill you both!" Zero yelled
"Answer this, Zero. Where is Cubellios?"
Zero laughed like a maniac. "That snake of your's? She died trying to get off Nirvana. I killed that little python."
Cobra vision and hearing went hazy. His body was feeling numb.
"What... did you say...?" Cobra asked, struggling to say each word.
"You heard me right! I killed Cubellios!"
He froze. Every muscle in his body tensed, all with one goal: Kill Zero. He couldn't handle the amount of power surging through him. 'Is this what they called the Dragon Force?' he thought as his soul started to lose control of itself.
"Run while you can, Master Zero!" He was genuinely concerned for him.
"What do you mean, you maggot?" Zero asked.
"I'm being serious! If you stay here for another second you're gonna experience hell!"
"What?"
"I'm being dead serious, Zero! I'm saying this for your well-being. You killed Cubellios... then you tortured Natsu... You tried to kill me... and you even tried to destroy an entire guild hall... If you stay here for another second, I'm afraid I'm gonna lose it. I'm scared that there won't even be a body to bury in your coffin!"
"How comical! Are you trying to threaten me" Zero said, laughing. "I'll send you to the same place I sent Cubellios, HELL!"
That did it. Cobra snapped. His entire body was covered with poison dragon scales. There was an aura of toxic gases around him. He glared at Zero, the person that killed his best friend, and then tried to kill both him and Natsu. He soul lost control of itself. He let his muscles do the work.
"Goodbye Master Zero. It was nice knowing you." He muttered.
"Dark Capriccio!" 5 missiles shot towards Cobra. The attack barely damaged his clothes. Cobra glared at Zero again, who had a slight fear in his eyes.
"My turn. Poison Dragon Spiral Jaw!" Zero was propelled back by the attack.
"Alas! A worthy foe!" Zero yelled. "Dark Capriccio Scream!" This time, 30 missiles were headed towards him. Again, the attack didn't even make the dragon slayer flinch.
"Enough playing around!" Cobra yelled.
Cobra dashed towards Zero and repeatedly struck him.
They continued in this matter for a couple minutes, Cobra striking Zero, and Zero blocking Cobra.
"Poison Dragon, ROAR!" A wave of poison came from Cobra's mouth, making it difficult for Zero to even open his eyes. Zero laid limp on the ground.
"Get up, Zero! You not done yet!"
Zero picked himself up
"It was entertaining to spar with you, Cobra. But it seems I have underestimated the power of the Dragon Force... It's time I finish this."
Cobra was about the leap towards Zero, before he realized something tugging on him.
"Now! Demons of the dead! Come devour his soul and memories!" Zero yelled.
"Genesis Zero"
"Enjoy an eternity of being consumed by the undead, Cobra!" He muttered."Now open, portal of the demon's wave!"
'No, it can't end like this!'
"Goodbye, Dragon Slayer!" He yelled, laughing sinisterly.
Everything was turning pitch black. Cobra couldn't see or feel anything.
Was this it? Was this his life, now? Living in loneliness and darkness while hearing the souls of the dead? He rested his eyes, getting read to sleep for an eternity.
'Erik?'
Cobra's eyes opened.
"What? Who's there?" He yelled, seemingly at nothing.
'Can you hear me, Erik?'
"Who is that!?"
'It's me, Erik, you're best friend...'
Cobra's eyes widened. He was in pure shock.
"Cu-Cubellios...?" He whispered.
'Yes, Erik. It's me, Cubellios.'
Cobra couldn't believe his ears. For the first time in his life, he thought his ears were lying to him. Tears ran down his cheeks as he smiled.
"I guess it's a good thing you're here then, huh?" He chuckled. "You gotta keep me company for an eternity now, okay?"
'No, Erik. You must go.'
"What are you talking about!?" He yelled. "I'm staying right here!"
'You can't, Erik. My time is up, but yours isn't.'
"But you'll be lonely forever! I can't bear that guilt, Cubellios!"
'It's okay, Erik. Once you die, you'll meet me right here.'
"But you won't see me until I die!"
'Time flows differently here, Erik. Right now, Zero's still saying "Goodbye" to you in the real world. Do you understand?'
"Yeah, I get it."
"My adventure has just ended, but yours is just beginning. Don't be alone, Erik. Make friends."
"Okay, Cubellios. I'll never forget you, I promise." He smiled
'Thank you for being so understanding.' She felt her smile back. 'Has your prayer been answered?'
"Yes it has, Cubellios."
'It's time for you to leave, Erik.'
"Good bye, Cubellios. Don't forget me." He said, grinning.
'Don't worry, Erik. I'll be keeping watching your world every now and then to make sure you're doing okay.'
"Okay, then. See you later, Cu!"
Cubellios smiled.
"Goodbye, Dragon Slayer!" Zero laughed.
Then, out of nowhere, Cobra reappeared. All the demons trying to consume him were being dissolved by the poison aura surrounding him.
"No! My demons! How is this possible!?"
"Thanks for the help, Cu." He muttered to himself. "Let's finish this now."
"Dragon Slayer Secret Art! Melting Venom Strike!"
"No!" Zero yelled, before being struck down.
The fight was finally over.
"Wow..." he muttered to himself, as his body turned normal again "Couldn't have done it without you, Cubellios..."
"Oh, crap!" He yelled in a hurry.
Cobra rushed to the unconscious dragon slayer, her silky pink hair flown in all directions on the floor. She was bleeding all over her body, and her clothes were barely held together. She was naked waist up.
"Oh Natsu..." he said to the pinkette softly. He picked her light-weight body up and placed her down in a proper and comfortable position. Then, he ripped his jacket into long strips of cloth, and used them as bandages so that she wouldn't lose too much blood. He scanned through the fire dragon's memories again, just to be safe. He was surprised. The girl had chosen to be tortured to save his life. He was very grateful to her. He took of his shirt and put it on Natsu to cover her breasts and stomach.
"Thank you." He said to himself silently. "I won't let anyone hurt you, Natsu."
Natsu woke up an hour later, surprised to find her scars covered with cloth. She didn't want to open her eyes. Was she being held captive by Zero? Was she wearing Cobra's shirt? Where is Cobra!?
"I'm right here, Natsu." Cobra replied softly.
"W-What happened?"
"In a nutshell, I stopped Zero." He smirked.
Her eyes widened. "How...?"
'Oh, he's so powerful and hot! He's my Prince Charming that's saved me twice now! He such a... CAN YOU SHUT UP, YOU STUPID BRAIN OF MINE!?'
Cobra giggled.
"YOU SHUT UP TOO!" Natsu yelled.
"I'm your Prince Charming!?" He chuckled.
"Ugh! Your stupid ears are so annoying!" She blushed.
Then she realized. "Wait, while I was unconscious..." She started blushing insanely.
"Oh yeah... I kinda had to."
Natsu's body engulfed in flames. "How... DARE YOU TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ME!"
Cobra's eyes shot open. "W-wait, it's not like I was staring at them or anything! I promise!"
The flames disappeared, and Natsu covered her face in embarrassment. "Just forget it, okay!?"
"S-Sure..."
Natsu stared at the starry sky. "Thanks a lot, Cobra. You saved my life twice now."
"You saved me twice to, so we're even. Let's try to keep it like that, okay?"
"Yeah. We should go meet up with the others." She said, standing up.
"Fine by me. Can you walk?" He ask worriedly.
"Of c-course." She said, struggling to stand.
"I know when you're lying, okay? Here, let me help you." Cobra held Natsu in his arms like a baby.
Lucy saw Natsu and Cobra in the distance.
"Natsu! Cobra!" she yelled.
"Natsu, you're okay!" Happy yelled, flying towards her.
"Hey, little buddy." Natsu told him. "Glad you're okay."
"Natsu... why are you covered with bandages... ?" Erza said.
"It was Cobra, wasn't it!? That bastard!" Gray yelled, about to hit Cobra.
"It wasn't Cobra!" she scowled at Gray.
Natsu explained everything that happened ever since she was fighting with Cobra in the air.
"Wow... You beat Zero all by yourself...?" Lucy muttered.
"I know right? I was pretty surprised myself. I guess friends really do make you powerful, huh?" He told her.
"So, Cobra?" Wendy asked.
"Yes, I'm a dragon slayer like you, Wendy. Pretty cool, right?" Cobra chuckled.
She stared at him in awe.
"So that's 5 dragon slayers we know, including Laxus..." Gray thought.
Cobra walked towards Erza, keeping his head down.
"Umm, Erza..." Cobra said.
"Yes, Cobra?" Erza replied.
"I know apologizing won't change anything, but there's nothing I can do right now to repay myself, so I could mayb-"
Erza lifted Cobra's chin so that she could see his eyes.
"I forgive you, Cobra. You're good deeds out weigh your bad deed by a lot. You've saved Natsu's life twice."
"Yeah!" Wendy yelled. "If it wasn't for you, my guild would've been destroyed by now..." Wendy said, hugging Cobra. Her tears were seeping into Cobra's shirt. "Thank you..." Wendy said.
Cobra smiled. "Y-Yeah, your welcome."
Everyone started smiling, even Gray.
"So, what now?" Lucy asked the group.
"Well, Cobra and I were planning on picking you guys up and meeting up with Lamia Scale and Blue Pegasus." Natsuki said.
"Yeah, I heard them meeting at the damaged Christina." Cobra said.
"Let's get going then." Gray muttered. "Lead the way, Cobra."
Wooo! Insanely long chapter! I was originally trying to make each chapter an arc, but now I realize how long each chapter would be. Next chapters focus is gonna be on Cobra's relation to the guild,and the Dragonoid Arc, since that Arc was short anyways.