This is my fate, my story, my foretold fortune. I'll be presenting you a very interesting, yet desolate and long story about our favorite characters of the anime Fairy Tail. Yes, Natsu and Erza are the ones I'm talking about. How will they choose to live their lives, how will Natsu precieve the fact he'd have to join a guild? We'll see all this later on, once enough information has been shared. Once a poet, now an author, my identity remains Unknown, relieved that I have returned, many clap and look forward to my story. How will you respond to my story is what you'll decide for yourself now. It's time to get started.
I hereby disclaim ownership of the anime Fairy Tail.
Definitions:
Hunter: A Wizard that hunts on his/her own and lives on his/her own. Basically a normal hunter, that has magical powers.
Wizard: Wizard
OC Natsu: Not as dense, understands logic and other things that smart people would understand, other than that, he's the same.
OC Erza: Erza is a lot similar as she was to the anime and manga, but she's a little bit different. You'll notice once you start reading.
Agony was known as sadness, something you'd feel at your worst times, something you'd decide to take in if you were at your worst state, yet what is it to us now? It's naught but a simple word that we take in as nothing. We make ones our kind feel that pain known as agony, yet little do we know that the happiness we recieve from drowning others shall eventually turn against us, turn to sadness... Agony...
- = Chapter One: Welcome To Fairy Tail = -
"Mm, gonna get myself some nice food today." A voice gleemed as it thought to itself.
"Woah, no way! That's a big fire breathing river fish!" It seemed to be speaking to itself, what a weird creature indeed.
*Cling* (sword voice)
"Woah woah, calm down little fish... oh you're big, well that doesn't matter you wouldn't
wanna get yourself in a sticky situation."
The same voice was now heard as it spoke to what seemed to be a little yet gigantic fish.
*Bruahhhhh* (fire breathing)
"Oh, so you wanna test your fire's strength then?" The voice now boomed.
Karyu No Hou- (Fire Dragon's Bre-)
A hint of red could be seen as some sort of creature flipped and striked with it's blade, the battle ground was now covered in dust.
As the dust cleared, what could be seen was two humans, not just any humans, but wizards as they clashed blades, and the body of a monster covered in blood.
"Hmph, you fight well for a hunter." The red haired female spoke.
"May I have the honor of knowing your name? I like to know one's identity before I obliterate them." The very same voice from the fire breathing human said.
"I'm known as Fairy Queen Erza, I've heard that you go by the name Fire Hunter Natsu. I'm sure I have the right person from the spell you were about to cast, fool." The red haired woman who was named Erza said.
"Correct." Natsu said as he laughed.
Erza moved swiftly in a pattern and slashed towards Natsu.
*Brsh* (sword hits heart)
"Easier than expected, I suppose." Erza said aloud.
However, the sword began the burn, as Natsu's body turned into a flame, he laughed "A petty attack like that won't kill someone of my calibre."
"Allow me to show you a real display of skill." He continued.
Erza pulled the blade out, and flipped backwards. She directed her vision to where her opponent was obscured at before, yet no hint of him was found. He had vanished.
"Shoot, I lost track of him. Where could he be?" Erza thought to herself.
Suddenly, Natsu had formed right behind his opponent, and before she could react, Natsu kicked her into the direction of one of many trees.
She flew at extraordinary speed, broke the tree she was kicked towards to and descended onto the ground.
Erza coughed up a few hints of blood, then attempted to stand, though it was inevitable. The impact was too hard, her body was numb and she couldn't move. She started thinking about what would happen if she died right there, what would happen to the guild, and what they would do without her.
"You were a formidable opponent, Erza. It's been a while since I've had to try, even if it was only for a little bit." The Fire Hunter said.
Natsu started to slowly tread away, until he eventually ran out of Erza's sight.
Erza tried to rise from the ground, and after a while, she was able to. Though she was in no form to duel. She had to return to the guild. She was grateful, yet ashamed to Natsu's mercy.
Erza used her last bit of energy to transform into her flight armor, and dashed at maximum speed.
Abruptly, a character in black appeared in front of Erza, using a gigantic spell shield to knock her back.
Erza was completely bruised, immobile, and unable to fight. Natsu may have had the honor to let her go, but this enemy most likely wouldn't. Erza had no idea who this was, or what he wanted with her.
"This is the end for you, Erza Scarlet." The figure spoke aloud, as if alerting others. He flew into the air and kicked downwards towards the injured Erza, causing her to cough up blood, and render unconscious. The enemy seized Erza by the hand, jabbed her in the gut to make sure she wasn't able to move, and captured her. He proceeded to put Erza on his shoulder. He made a hand signal and four other members wearing the same outfit as he had appeared. They started discussing how they were going to use her magic to empower themselves through some sort of necklace.
"Hah, we gotta thank fire hunter for this one, he caught our prey for us." They all laughed together.
Instantaneously, fire erupted from the ground surrounding the five members who had recently been talking. The fire started to emerge, and out of it, Natsu materialized.
"Hmm? What was that about catching your prey for you? Let me tell you this much. Don't go for her again, or you'll be messing with me." His booming voice yelled.
"Hahaha, Fire Hunter, you think you can take five of the Dark Occult crew at once? Don't make me laugh." One of what appeared to be known as the Dark Occult crew said.
"No. I don't think I can take you on. I know I can take you on."
Fire started forming onto Natsu's hand, and once it had become extremely large, he propelled it towards them. A huge amount of fiery dust had merged as the orb of fire hit.
What could be seen after that strike was all five enemies knocked out, and Erza unconscious on the ground. Natsu walked towards Erza and plumped himself directly beside her.
He made a campfire out of his bare hands, and put Erza beside it, so she could recieve warmth, and regain her consciousness. Natsu jumped high into the sky, and landed on a tree. He looked out for a bit, and saw a single fish jump up out of the river.
He instantly vanished, grabbed the fish, roasted it, and returned to the campfire. All this had been done in a mere four seconds.
This is why he was called the fire hunter. He split the fish into four pieces with a butchering knife that he pulled out of his bag, and proceeded to pull out two plates. He put two slices of fish on one plate, and the other two on the other. He delicately put one plate in front of Erza, and the other in front of himself.
From all the noise that Natsu was making, Erza started to awake a little bit. At least she had opened her eyes.
She attempted to reach for her blade, though her body was far too slow, and didn't react in time, so it was a wasted attempt.
All she could do was yell aloud- "WHY THE HELL AM I HERE? WHAT AM I DOING HERE IN THE FIRST PLACE!? WAIT- IS THAT- FIRE HUNTER!"
"Calm down. If you remember correctly, those guys from Dark Occult tried to kidnap you. I took them down and decided to treat you. I want to know a few things about how a guild works. I've been looking to join one." Natsu spoke.
"A hunter in a guild? That's unheard of.. You'd have to give up hunting to join a guild." Erza 'calmly' replied.
"That's fine. I can do that." Natsu voiced.
Erza tried to stand, though she was far too injured to do so. She was forced to lay on the ground, though Natsu said that she'd heal soon if she just rested. His campfire had some sort of healing magic aura.
Two Days Later... (In these two days, Erza explains how guilds works, what they are, and how her guild (Fairy Tail) is like. In these two days, Natsu and Erza got to know each other more, and they were able to basically become friends.)
"Thanks for your help, Natsu. My guild must be worried about me, so I'm going to head back. Bye." Erza wished Natsu goodbye.
"Before you go, can you tell me why you attacked me at the beginning?"
"You had a bounty on your head, and it was a guild mission. But I'll head back and tell them I failed. Afterall, I lost to you in battle." Erza replied.
"Actually, I'd like to come along with you. I wanna join your guild. It seems like a nice place, and you seem like a kind person."
"If you're interested, then come with me to the Guild Hall, but it depends on what the Master says about you joining."
"Thanks a lot Erza. I appreciate your help." Natsu stated.
"I owe you one." Erza said as she remembered how she battled Natsu, how she was almost captured, how Natsu saved her, and all that happened over these three days.
They had started to move at a very high speed that both could easily maintain, it was as if everything around them was just flashing on by.
"Hey Erza?"
"What is it?"
"How did you learn about Fairy Tail? I mean, how'd you know where it was and how did you join?"
"I'll tell you once we get there."
"Okay..."
Once They Arrived (In front of the Guild Doors.)
"Wow. Looks like a nice place." Natsu said.
"Yeah, thanks. We got it refurbished not too long ago." Erza thanked.
"Erza, I need to tell you something before we go in." Natsu stated in a very serious tone.
"What is it?" Erza asked.
"My magic is Fire Dragon Slayer magic, but I'm generally skilled with a blade, since I was a hunter. I'm mainly going to use my sword around here so I don't seem too up there for just a normal wizard. I also want you to keep away the fact that I was a hunter, and say that the person you were looking for wasn't there, but you found me. Everyone knows me by Fire Hunter, and no one's really seen me since I move so quick, so please keep that fact away from the rest." Natsu finished.
"And why would I do that?"
"Remember how you said you owed me one? Well this is the part you pay me back."
*Erza begins to remember how she said that*
"Dang it, he's right." Erza thought.
"Okay, fine." Erza said.
"Thanks."
Erza opened the door to the guild halls and walked in. Everyone was running amok and causing chaos, but as soon as Erza entered, everyone suddenly stopped and went back to their normal work.
"Wow. You have a lot of presence here..." Natsu stated it like a fact.
"Master, this is Fir- I mean this is Natsu. He wanted to join the guild, he's not very good with magic, but he's really good in swordsmanship." Erza said to the master of Fairy Tail.
"Oooh, Natsu is it? I'm Master Makarov, I'm glad you decided to join Fairy Tail." Makarov said.
"So am I in?" Natsu asked.
*Erza elbows Natsu*
"Ow! What the heck was that fo- Ohhhh I get it now. Thanks Master Makarov! I'll make sure you don't regret your choice!" Natsu stated.
6 Hours Later... (A/N: Natsu meets every character of Fairy Tail like Gray, Mirajane, Wakaba, Macao, and the others.) (This does not include Lucy, that arc will be introduced later on.)
*Natsu and Erza move to a private room to talk*
"So… Erza, the question I asked on our way here… Can you answer it now?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah. Sure." Was his collective reply.
"You see, when I was little, around 7, I was enslaved at this place where they made us build this certain tower, at the time we didn't know what it was, and even now, we only know a vague idea of what it could be. I had a friend named Jellal, and at first he seemed like a nice person. I hate to say this to a complete stranger, but I actually had romantic feelings for him. I loved him with all my heart, but on the day we were going to escape, he betrayed us. I think he was cursed by Zeref, but still, what he did wasn't right. There was this really old man named Rob, and he saved me from a few enemy's magic by taking the hit for me. He told me to go to Fairy Tail at Magnolia. That was a really long time ago." Erza finished up her story.
"Wait, why am I telling you this?" Erza questioned herself in a very mad tone.
"I know how it must've felt to be betrayed by that friend. Trust me, I haven't had a very well past either." Natsu stated.
"It must've been rough for you." Erza said in a nurturing voice.
"Erza, could I know how old you are?" Natsu questioned in a curious manner.
"Nineteen… Why?" Erza answered, looking like why she told him that.
"Erza, I'm thinking about making a team. Wanna join? I already asked the perverted frozen dude and he said he'd join me, because he wanted to have his rivalry or whatever." Natsu asked.
"Natsu, why're you trying to get close to me? Why're you trying to become my friend?" Erza yelled out loud, as if she was mad, yet really sad at the same time.
"I…" Natsu stuttered.
"Well.. I…" He tried to say something, but nothing would come. He was left without an answer.
"You shouldn't get so close to me. You shouldn't get to know me. You'll just get yourself involved with my problems. You won't be happy. I'm not what you think I am. I'm an abomination… I don't know how to deal with anything… I let my friend Jellal become evil, I let old man Rob die… Everything is my fault…" Erza clearly had tears now, she was crying.
"Do you understand now? You should stay away from me. I've always been isolated from everyone else at the guild. (A/N: Yeah, she's more isolated than in the anime because Natsu wasn't there.) I've tried making friends, but they don't know my true situation. They're always joking around, and I can't help but laugh along with them because I have to forget about the past… Jellal was very important to me. I lost him because of myself. I couldn't save him, it's all my fault." Erza yelled at Natsu who was still sitting in his chair.
*Slap*
Natsu slapped Erza hard, making her seem surprised and mad. Natsu suddenly hugged Erza,
"Listen, you aren't the only one who's lost people or things that were important to him or her. I won't listen to you. I'm going to involve myself with you and become your friend. There's nothing you can do to stop me. I'm going to protect you and make you remember all you forgot about Jellal, but I'll make you think of him as a positive icon, not a sad one. Do you understand?"
"Natsu…" Erza said as she slowly descended onto Natsu's chest and slowly wrapped her arms around him.
"I'll always be here for you. You don't need to worry about anything… I'll help you take on your burdens. I'll carry both mine and yours. I can handle it." Natsu said.
"Why? Why would you do all this for someone you've only known for a few days?" Erza asked, still lying on Natsu.
"Because I feel like we're the same. I feel like I've been through what you've been through. I know how it feels to have no one there for you. That's why… I guess." Natsu said not so sure if even he understood what he was saying.
Natsu put his hand on Erza's head, her hair was so soft, it was organized in such a nice pattern. He was surprised he only noticed it now. She moved Erza's head closer to him, Erza's response was a simple, yet red and gushing blush that she hid by looking down, in a position where Natsu wouldn't see.
They remained in that position for about 25 minutes, until Natsu said something.
"Hey Erza…"
*No Reply*
"Erza?"
*No Reply*
Natsu looked down. Erza was asleep. Not a single movement from her. Yet Natsu could hear her breathing-
"Phew, thought she was dead. That was a close one." Natsu said in a jokingly manner.
Erza didn't seem like she wanted to wake up anytime soon, and Natsu didn't exactly hate the position he was in either. He decided to sleep along with her, if you can't wake them, join them was the thought going through his head.
7 Hours Later
"Hey Erza? Erza where are you? Oh yeah.. He went with that Natsu guy into that room to talk or something." The man known as Gray talked to himself. (Wait does everyone in this damn world talk to themselves?)
He opened the door, only to find Erza sleeping on the bed, and Natsu sitting in the chair just watching her.
"Hey you awake, flame scrub?" He said quietly, as to not wake Erza.
"Yeah. I'm here…" Natsu said.
"Why's she sleeping? Erza never sleeps at this time. It's like 10 AM." Gray asked.
"To be honest, I have no idea." Natsu answered as recalled what had happened that midnight.
"Well, try to wake her up when you can. I wanna start the first mission, I'm gonna show you who's better." Gray yelled aloud.
"Go for it." Natsu said as if he was thinking.
Gray left, and that was Natsu's queue to wake Erza up. Natsu stood from his chair, sat on the bed where Erza was sleeping, and pulled the blanket off.
"Heh, at least she doesn't sleep in armor." Natsu thought to himself
He tapped Erza's shoulder and said wake up a few times, on the fourth time, Erza slowly opened her eyes, looked around and noticed that there was someone there. Her immediate response was to hit him as hard as she could.
*Woosh*
"Hey, easy there. Only me, not some sort of monster." Natsu laughed
"Oh.. sorry. Also, sorry for waking up so late." Erza said as she looked at the clock.
"It's okay, Gray just wanted to do a mission. You coming along?" he asked.
"Of course. I'm on the team, aren't I?" Erza questioned.
"Obviously. You accepted, didn't you?" Natsu said as he hugged Erza.
"Wha- WHAT THE HECK ARE YOU DOING?" Erza said as she reacted in a very shocked manner.
Natsu released his hug and said,
"I'm hugging you, can't you see? Anyway, let's go get ready for the mission. We wouldn't wanna be late."
Erza just nodded and followed Natsu out the door, where they both headed to change rooms. Erza simply requipped her armor with magic. Natsu in the other change room took a little longer, as he had to put on his scarf, and jacket with his hands. As Natsu walked out the exit of the change room he noticed Gray and Erza in front of the mission board and quickly trotted to them.
"So, have you guys decided on a mission yet?" Natsu asked.
"No… Not yet." Gray said.
Erza stayed quiet and just tried to look for a mission that all of them could do without too many problems.
"Ooh, how about this one?" Natsu pointed at an A-Rank mission with a reward of 12 Million reward. (Is this the right ratio?)
Erza nodded in agreement, though Gray was thinking if this was the right thing to do. Natsu didn't know how to do magic very well, and Erza recently came back from going for the Fire Hunter, so she probably wasn't at her best. Gray decided to take the mission and ask Mirajane if they should do it or not.
"You guys can go. You have to stay on guard for three nights while the noblemen of Fiore have a feast. There'll be other wizards there, so as long as you don't doze off for too long you should be okay." Mirajane said.
"Okay, thanks, Mira." Gray now headed towards Natsu and Erza to tell them what the objective of the mission was, and that Mirajane said they could go.
After Gray Explains
"I get what we have to do, so let's just go?" Natsu said as he hurried to the door.
Both Gray and Erza followed Natsu out the guild doors and went over to the train so they could go to the mansion the party was being held at.
"Can I talk to Erza for a moment?" Natsu asked.
"Sure." Gray said.
Natsu held Erza's hand and tugged her a bit away from Gray and said-
"I can't handle trains. I'm gonna throw up."
"What does that mean?" Erza asked.
"I mean I really can't handle things that move, like vehicles so…" Natsu answered.
"Alright then…" Erza said, not sure what would actually happen on the train.
All three went to the train and took their seats, meanwhile, Natsu was already basically throwing up. Erza put Natsu on her lap and said to stay that way, because it was probable that other wizards from other guilds would be in this very same train, and showing their weaknesses wouldn't be a very good idea.
Erza and Gray started to discuss the mission, concurrently, Natsu was still in no shape to listen to what they were saying. They decided to talk to the other wizards that were there and come up with some sort of plan as to when they would rest and otherwise.
The Train Arrives
As soon as the train stopped, Natsu instantly stood and grinned with 'revival' face and ran out the doors before anyone could stop him. Erza and Gray soon followed and they all ended up going to the mansion where the party was being held.
All the other wizard guards were already there and the main and strongest people of each guild were in a room separate from the others, making some sort of strategy. Erza told the others to wait there for her, and as she entered the room, she noticed a lot of strong wizards on par with herself. They had already formed a plan, which they proceeded to share with Erza, and she was in agreement of what they were doing. That concluded the meeting, and they all had to get to their posts now.
"Natsu, Gray, we're on guard here, Lamia Scale is also on this post, so we'll have others helping us." Erza informed.
"Okay." They both answered.
As they all headed over to their posts, Jura Neekis, the strongest member in Lamia Scale went over and started talking to Erza about how they were going to plan out when each group slept and how they were going to rest.
Once Night Time Arrived...
At the meantime, Erza, Gray, and Natsu couldn't trust the people from the Lamia Scale guild because they were basically an enemy guild.
"Natsu, Gray, we get to sleep now. It's up to them to cover for the next 4 hours." Erza said as she requipped normal clothes and lied down on her sleeping bag. Natsu and Gray followed by doing the same.
After around 30 minutes of talking, they were all asleep.
*Switch Scenes to Lamia Scale*
"Hehe, they took the bait. Nice job, Jura." The man known as Lyon Bastia said.
"Yeah. Didn't think even Titania would fall for it." Jura answered.
"Well, let's take them all out. Actually, we should probably capture Titania. It'll cause a lot of problems for Fairy Tail, and we could get some sort of profit out of it." Lyon said.
"Yes.. You're right." Jura agreed.
Jura and Lyon went to where Fairy Tail was sleeping at, Lyon froze the other two into a state where they couldn't move, but it was more of a trap. The moment they awoke, it would take over them. Jura used his rock golems to capture Erza, but she had known something like this would happen, so she requipped into her Purgatory armor and dodged the attack.
Jura made a rock mountain to create a lot of dust, and Lyon pushed Natsu and Gray away so they wouldn't awake. Lyon then used his ice magic to create an ice tiger that attacked Erza on sight.
Erza dodged both attacks and attacked Lyon with her blade, but almost instantaneously, Jura jumped above Erza and striked down with his hand. He used his rock magic to cover it with rock coated armor so Erza would take extra damage. Erza flipped around and blocked Jura's attack, but Lyon was right behind her and she couldn't exactly block both attacks at once. Jura moved the rock armor from his hand around Erza's body so she would be unable to move. Lyon used Ice Blizzard and the attack connected. Erza couldn't dodge or block. The impact from the hit was very strong, some vital points in Erza's body took damage and she was defenseless. These two were strong wizards. But S-Class, it would be impossible to take them both on. Lyon kicked Erza's chest causing her to cough a few times. Erza moved over to a sitting position, and was trying to stand. Lyon was about to kick her on the shoulder this time, but before he could do anything, some sort of creature appeared and blocked the kick.
"Natsu!" Erza said as if she couldn't be any more glad of him coming.
Natsu coated his leg on fire and flip kicked Lyon. Lyon's defense was an ice shield that he popped up right beside him, but the fire was far too strong, and Lyon was knocked away. Jura appeared right behind Natsu and used his hand rock technique, but Natsu simply moved his head and pulled out his blade. Natsu cut off Jura's rock armor and used his magic to push both Lyon and Jura away back to where they first were at. Erza couldn't move very quickly as she was injured.
"Every time I have to show weakness around Natsu… He probably thinks I'm really weak…" Erza thought to herself.
"No. I don't think you're weak, I just think you keep getting into fights you can't really win." Natsu said as if he read Erza's mind.
"Wait what? How'd you know what I was thinking?" Erza seemed surprised.
"Doesn't matter. Let's go." Natsu said as he picked Erza up and vanished into thin air. He went back to where Gray was and released the magic on him, then proceeded to wake him up.
"Gray, let's get outta here, Lamia Scale is trying to fight us." Natsu said really fast and jumped away.
Gray caught on immediately and followed Natsu and Erza. He would have to ask what happened once they got back to the guild. What a good first mission. (Sarcasm Intended)
They had to return to the guild hall and explain what had happened to the guild master. At this rate, war could break out between Lamia Scale and Fairy Tail.
Who would win this Guild War?
What would happen to our hero, and heroine?
Why did Lamia Scale attack Erza and Natsu?
All these questions will be answered in the next chapter. Stick around if you're interested to know.