Chapter 1

"We can't let this kind of behaviour go unpunished any longer my boy" the short master of fairy tail stood on a table as he looked down on a pink haired dragon slayer and he read off a list of damages

"I'm sorry gramps the damage wasn't that bad" Natsu said as he looked away from the angry old man

"YOU DESTROYED A VILLAGE AND THE VILLAGE NEXT TO IT" the master shouted as he waved the papers around

"They just got in the way I'm sorry"

"THEY WERE 5 MILES APART WITH A MOUNTAIN BETWEEN THEM, WHICH YOU ALSO DESTROYED" the master sighed as he calmed down, "I'm sorry but the council has demanded I do something"

"What you talking about?" Natsu asked as he looked up

"I don't want to but you have forced my hand" Makarov looked down as he spoke, "Natsu I'm going to have to kick you out of Fairy tail"

The entire guild was shocked, they expected him force Natsu to pay for the damages but not kick him out. Natsu looked at the old man as shocked as everyone else and unable to say anything. Erza was the first to break the silence, "master I know he messed up but this is a bit much"

"Yeah this is what we expect from Natsu" Lucy chimed in

"If you're kicking out Natsu then you have to kick me out as well" Happy came forward

The noise in the guild grew as more mages complained but Makarov silenced them all with a raise of his hand, "I will not kick anyone else out" he was still looking to the ground, "but this is what I have to do"

Natsu lit his fists on fire as he looked at the old man with pure rage, most of the wizards were worried he would attack the master but the dragon slayer just turned and walked out of the guild hall.

Happy flew after his partner but when he got to their house all he found was the dragon slayers scarf, left behind so he could forget about his past and Fairy tail.

He had been training in this mountain range for months, the dragon slayer broke several trees in half with a single kick as he went on to burn a trail through the mountain valley. The dragon slayer had stopped for a small rest when he heard someone clapping, he looked up to see a blond haired guy wearing a golden jacket sitting on a branch with a scythe resting on his shoulder, "you are a hard man to find salamander" he said as he looked towards the setting sun

"Who are you and what do you want?" Natsu asked as he lit his fists alight

"Tell you what let's make a bet" the man said as he continued to look away from Natsu

"Ok what's the bet?" Natsu asked as he smirked knowing he could beat this guy

"if I beat you then you will join my guild but if you win you can have all my money" he said

"fine with me" Natsu jumped at the man ready to finish this in one punch but as he was about to make contact with his face the man disappeared. Natsu looked around for him when he was suddenly hit from behind and sent flying in to a tree, Natsu looked behind him to see the man standing with a smile.

Natsu sprang forward as he charged the mysterious man but when he was close enough to throw a punch he was swatted to the side by his scythe, Natsu flew through the forest as he smashed through tree until he finally came to a stop somewhere far from the trail he made. The man appeared on a branch above the dragon slayer as the sun set behind him and made him in to a shadow and with the scythe it only made him look more like death.

"who the hell are you?" Natsu asked as he struggled to him feet

"I am the one who slays all" he looked down at Natsu, "I am death's general, Black storm Kalex of Reapers path"

"so you're from a dark guild" Natsu said as he stood and faced the mage, "now I can't let a chump like you win our bet"

"you are far too weak to win" Kalex disappeared and reappeared next to Natsu, swatting him with the scythe again, "I have won"

Natsu managed to get his feet on the ground and slid to a halt, "I haven't had a fight like this in years" the dragon slayer smirked as he charged Kalex with his fists alight

Kalex appeared above the charging slayer as he kicked him in to a nearby tree. As Natsu stood to fight he saw Kalex ready his scythe, "now sever, slicing dragonfly", Natsu was thrown back by the force of the dark mages swing as all the trees behind him were sliced in half.

Kalex walked over to Natsu as he lay on the ground, "you are weak" he looked down at the pink haired slayer, "too weak to beat me, too weak to be in Fairy tail"

At the mention of their name Natsu got mad, he screamed as he threw a flaming punch at the dark mage and threw him across the newly made clearing. The two mages looked at each other from either side of the clearing, they charged at each other wanting to finish this with one attack, "FLAME DRAGON WING ATTACK" Natsu jumped and bared down on Kalex

Kalex dropped his scythe and pulled out two knives, "1000 slices" as he said that Natsu felt hundreds of blades cut in to him as he was thrown back. Kalex walked over to the out cold Natsu and picked him up, "I think I won our bet"

Meanwhile at the Fairy tail guild, Happy sat at a table playing with the dragon slayers scarf when Carla walked up to him looking worried, "hey Happy do you want to share a fish?" she asked trying to cheer him up

"no thanks" he said not looking at her making her more worried

"hey don't be so sad" Lucy sat in front of the cat, "Natsu is probably out there stuffing his face and fighting, he'll be back when he feels like it"

"but why didn't he take me?" the blue cat asked

"he just needed some time to himself" Lucy said, "now let's go find a job"

End of chapter 1