Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters; they belong to the one and only Hiro Mashima.
I own the idea for the fic.
Treason
(A I.-.-.I Kuroyagi I.-.-.I original fan-fiction story.)
Chapter 0: The downfall.
It was after the 4th day's defeat that he found himself wandering through the city in thinking, the tag battle was suspended for the next day so the teams could let out some steam; after the act Sabertooth pulled on Fairy Tail, the organizers believed it was better than having to rebuild the stadium.
So, the teams were ordered to head back to their hotels, cool down and prepare for the next day.
The night came and everyone was already going to their designated buildings, everyone but him. He needed fresh air to think, he needed to think hard about what was going on in the Tournament, he couldn't waste a minute now, he knew that his teammates were out in the city looking for him before time was up and they were penalized for not having all their members inside the building in which they were staying.
But it was 10pm, and he knew that he had time before anything could happen.
'What should we do? When it comes to skill, we win, but when it comes to strength…' He scratched his head furiously at the thought, trying hard to not let it win over his natural strong will and trust on the guild. He looked at the reflection of his face in the water; he was sitting on a bridge and staring at whatever called his attention, but mostly at his frowning face in the river. 'What's wrong with me? I shouldn't doubt our strength! We'll come out victorious as always!'
"Oh? What do we have here?" A voice full of pride asked to his side, making him turn his head to look at the one talking, discovering with some rage and surprised that it was all of Sabertooth's team coming from the direction their accommodations were. Sting, Rogue, Orga, Rufus and Minerva… all of them, standing close to the bridge in which he was sitting and smiling smugly at their luck, find the fire dragon-slayer alone was something surprising in all levels; Rufus being the one to notice him first, started the banter, taking one and two steps closer to the pink-haired. "A Fairy…? Away from his safe ground? How wrong is that?"
"Very wrong." Orga said with some mirth, cracking his knuckles in anticipation to the fight that might come.
"Now now, don't hurry yourself, Orga, we're here to talk… right?" Minerva said with a small smile to the fire Dragon-slayer, who was looking at her with all the hatred he had piled down inside after the torture she gave to Lucy at the Naval Battle. "Oh, come on, I'm sorry for what happened to your friend… it's just that your guild's arrogance gets to my nerves from time to time."
"Arrogance?" He asked in a low growl, jumping down from his sitting position to stand close to the group; his glare fighting the smug faces of Fiore's -now- strongest wizards. "Arrogance? We're nothing like that! We fight for our nakama…!"
"…and for their sake and bla bla bla, yes, I have all your speech in my memory." Rufus said in a bored tone, waving a hand in dismissal at the dragon-slayer before stepping forward; closing the distance between him and the shocked pink-haired. "But, tell us, Natsu-san; is it really Fairy Tail your reason for fighting?"
"W-what?" The dragon-slayer asked taken aback, staring at his enemies incredulously, his mind trying to understand his words. "What do you mean?"
"Oh, god, he's denser than what I imagined…" Minerva said with annoyance, walking away and letting her team partners deal with the pink-haired, she didn't have the patience to convince someone so strong-headed; Rogue walked forward, standing a few centimeters away from Natsu, next to Rufus, and looking at him in the eye with complete seriousness.
"Do you fight for your guild or to prove your strength?" He asked simply, the dragon-slayer taking a step back at the imposing figure of the shadow dragon-slayer and his words; his mind jumbling, his confusion from earlier plus the words of Sabertooth's strongest starting to pain his mind. "Do you fight for glory or for the safety of your friends?"
"Yeah, are you sure you're not confusing your thoughts, Natsu-san?" Sting asked nonchalantly, getting closer too, standing in between Rogue and Rufus. "Are you sure of what you're fighting for?"
"W-what I'm fighting for?" Natsu said in between gasps of breath, the words and thoughts taking its toll on him. Rufus nodded to his question and the blond's words.
"Yes, Natsu-san, would you act the same if you were in Sabertooth or would you just fight to prove who's stronger?"
The pink-haired kneeled at the question, the words hurting and confusing him even more, his hands going up to grab his head, his fingers pressing hard against his scalp. Rufus smirked at the action, knowing by memory that he was getting through the thick head of the Fairy.
"Oe, I believe you fight for power." Orga commented to him, calling his attention and stepping forward to stand in between the other three, Rogue moving to stand behind the pink-haired. "You scream 'Nakama!' but I see that you fight to see who's stronger…"
"I… I don't do that…" Natsu whispered with some of his old will trying to fight back this new idea settling inside of him. The men around him giving soft smiles at his conflicted state, having felt that way some point in their lives; Rufus stepped forward, kneeling in front of the confused boy and laying a hand on his shoulder; a reassuring smile making the pink-haired look at him in hope and confusion.
"We all felt like that, Natsu-san, but we came to terms with it." He said sharply, remembering with exactitude the moment when Genma –Sabertooth's Master- appeared and told him the truth lying behind the words he used to yell. "We fight to prove our strength to everyone, to those that made us ate the dirt and taste the sour flavor of defeat; to show that were are not weak!"
"W-weak…"
"Yeah, we're not weak, that's why we joined Sabertooth!" Sting continued, looking at his old idol with some pity; somewhere inside of him not liking to see the fire dragon-slayer in that state. "We are the strongest of all mages, and we prove it by joining Sabertooth and showing our power to everyone!"
"P-power…"
"We fight to show our strength, we fight for our guild, we fight for the mistakes of our past;" Rogue said parsimoniously, nodding to his teammates words. "Are we really that different from your guild, Natsu-san?"
"Y-you… I… We…" He tried to speak but the mess in his mind prevented him from doing so, he couldn't think right, his mind was fighting against itself. These new ideas against the ones he had since he joined Fairy Tail. And a winner was not discernible in that cruel battle. But then, Orga laid a hand on his head, smiling sincerely to him.
"We fight for ourselves and our guild, we take care of our own and those that we look worthy of our attention," He said to him softly, the pink-haired looking at him with tears threatening to fall from his eyes. "We are the same, Natsu-san…"
"W-we are the same…" He repeated in his despair, the battle inside his head finally having a victor. "We are the same!"
"So, Natsu-san," Rufus muttered with a small smirk; seeing that they finally had the man where they wanted him. "Why don't you join us?"
"J-join you…?" Natsu asked in disbelief, not buying their words, believing that they only wanted to break his will to fight; not join them, as they were now saying.
"Yes!" Sting yelled enthusiastically, raising his closed fists to the dark night. "That way, we'll show everyone who's stronger!"
"S-stronger… W-weak…" Natsu muttered one last time, the bastion held by the ideals set on him by Fairy Tail crumbling to these new thoughts in him; he smirked at the end of his inner fighting, raising from his crouching position and grabbing Orga's hand to give a strong handshake. His face contorting into a dark grin at the thought of letting all of his strength out before those in his guild that contained his potential; his former friends and Master. "Count with me."
All of Sabertooth's team, except for Minerva –since she left the place-, smirked at the answer, leading the young boy to their headquarters; their minds imagining the shock on their enemies when they discovered that they had someone new in their team.
Someone they didn't expect.
In another place…
"Did you find him?" Makarov asked to the panting Max and Alzack, his mind going overboard when thinking that they might be disqualified because Natsu was not inside their headquarters before the time set by the tournament's organization was up. "Answer me!"
"N-no, Master!" Max said in between gasps. "W-we didn't find him!"
"Damn that boy!" He said to himself, turning around to enter the building. Not seeing Erza, Gray, Laxus, Gajeel and Happy arrive to the place and start an interrogation in between them.
"I didn't find him near the stadium," Laxus said with some worry, looking at the rest of the mages with a strong gaze. "And you guys?"
"No, we searched the east side of the city and we didn't find him…" Gray answered worriedly in Happy's stead, the blue cat holding back tears for not being able to find his father; Gray's face depicting him as calm and composed, when his body was trembling and letting out some of his magic. "That dumbass! He surely got lost!"
"Chill, icepick, Salamander is not that dumb." Gajeel said with some restrained anger, crossing his arms and standing firmly on the ground to hide his concern better.
"He must be wandering around," Erza said to the others, her face clear of any kind of feeling, a small smile playing its way to her lips; knowing the fire-eating boy, he was surely punching a tree outside the town to let out some steam after the day's outcome in the tournament. She walked inside the building, motioning her teammates to follow her. "Come on, we should go to sleep, he'll appear before midnight, that's certain… if he doesn't wish to face punishment, he'll appear before time's up."
The others shivered at her last words, nodding in her direction and following her like soldiers to a general.
The next day…
The crowd was roaring and screaming the names of those they wanted to win the tournament. Most of the people siding with Sabertooth and Fairy Tail while the others had faith in the other guilds to turn over the tables and be the champions of that year's tournament; so many mages, skilled and experienced ones where taking part now that Fairy Tail's core members returned from Tenrou and that made the anticipation even greater.
"People of Fiore!" Mato, the referee for the games, screamed in joy and calling the attention of the audience to the center of the arena, where he was standing. "It's the fifth day and we now have reached the so long awaited climax of the tournament! We have the tag-team battles! Lamia Scale vs Mermaid Heel! Blue Pegasus vs Quatro Puppy! And the awaited fight between the former and new strongest guild of the country, Fairy Tail vs Sabertooth!"
The people gave a great ovation in reply, not holding back their anxiousness to see the fight between the two most promising guilds of the country.
Mato, however, tilted his head to a side after the first two battles finished, raising a hand to press it where his ear should be. "What? S-seriously? Is that legal? O-okay! I'll do as you say!" He turned to the crowd around him, sweating profusely at what he was going to say. "F-from Fairy Tail! The lightning dragon-slayer, the fierce lighting over Magnolia, Laxus Dreyar! And Fairy Tail's defensive wall, the iron dragon-slayer, Gajeel Redfox!"
In the arena's entrance….
"Did Natsu appear?" Laxus asked with some concern, getting ready to get out on the field with Gajeel following his example. When the others discovered with shock that he didn't return during the night, his grandfather told him to take his place and fight against the Twin Dragons with Gajeel. Mirajane shook her head sadly at his question, her blue eyes looking down in thinking.
"No, Max, Nab and Alzack are still looking out for him, but they didn't find him." She took off Laxus' coat and laid it on a table nearby. "You'll have to take his place as Master said."
"Damn that moron!" Gray exclaimed frustrated, crossing his arms in surrender, glaring at the entrance of the corridor as if the pink-haired was going to come running from it to fight. "Now he's disqualified and won't be able to kick those Sabertooth mages' asses!"
"Gray!" Erza warned with complete seriousness; not a hint of worry on her face, keeping her concern inside of her for the sake of the team. "Natsu is fine, believe in him; meanwhile, let's cheer for Laxus and Gajeel to win this battle."
"Tch, whatever you say." And he left the place, going to the designated area for the team's participating to be.
"Salamander, where the hell are you?" Gajeel whispered to himself, following Laxus' lead and going out to the center of the arena; his ears paining him at the loud cheer the audience was giving, but he kept his façade, giving a strong glare along Laxus to the entrance from which the Twin Dragons of Sabertooth were about to come out.
"People of Fiore! There has being a change from Sabertooth's part!" Mato communicated to the people in the crowd, making them go silent, and the members from Fairy Tail stare oddly at him. He sweated nervously, knowing that his next words were going to shake the stadium and the Fairies at the side. "Sabertooth is going to change its initial formation! There'll be Twin Dragons to please you… but not the ones you thought!"
"What is he talking about?" Makarov asked to himself, calling the attention of his guild behind him; the first master frowning sadly when she felt what was going on in the corridor that was Sabertooth's entrance.
Letting out a small tear that freaked out everyone, she sobbed and shook her head in pain.
"Oh, poor young one… you've been tricked." Makarov looked at her in confusion, not understanding what she was saying; his eyes moving to see the entrance of the mages from Sabertooth and find out by himself.
"Ladies and gentlemen!" Mato continued, trying his best to smile and keep his cheerful persona to the audience. "From Sabertooth, I present you, the Twin Dragons of Chaos! The white dragon-slayer, the shining path to victory, Sting Eucliffe! And the fire dragon-slayer, former Fairy Tail member and Sabertooth's new winning card, Natsu Dragneel!"
The whole place went mute at the words, only the sound of steps from the rival guild's corridor echoing inside the grand arena; the members from Fairy Tail, its Tournament Team and those standing in the middle of the arena watching in shock at the two forms coming out to the arena.
"Tch, you killed the mood, Natsu-san." Sting said with some annoyance, his face showing a small smirk when he caught a glimpse of the Fairies and their shocked faces. "Though, I'm not mad about it…"
"Yeah, me neither." The fire-eating mage replied, walking next to the blond to stand at the center of the arena, his face serious and watching at the two shocked dragon-slayers from Fairy Tail staring at him as if they were having a nightmare. His new uniform and guild mark at the back of his left hand leaving the whole guild and the public speechless.
A white vest with golden edges, a belt holding it tightly on his waist and a buckle closing the vest at the chest, a green middle-sleeved shirt underneath that was pressed tightly against his arms and body, and had Sabertooth's guild mark on his arms in a golden color like the one from his vest; his scarf around his neck, a red wristband on his left arm, green trousers and brown boots. He didn't look like Natsu at all, and his face just let that be more obvious.
He was smiling with a scowl in place, small cackles escaping him every now and then at seeing the faces of his past guildmates. Sting nodded at him, putting up his smug smirk back on and crossing his arms while standing in front of the two fighters from Fairy Tail that were still watching at the pink-haired with shock. "Oe, I'm here too, you know?"
Snapping out of his trance, Gajeel growled loudly, glaring at Natsu before turning his eyes to the blond. "What did you do to him, you asshole!"
"Me? Oh-ho! You're asking at the wrong person," He raised a thumb and pointed at the guy next to him. "It was all his doing; he got tired of all of you and joined us… the strongest guild in Fiore."
"Shut up, you…!" Gray yelled from the sidelines, not believing the picture in front of them; but he was stopped by Natsu and his deep serious voice.
"He's right." All of the crown and mages looked with wide eyes at the pink-haired and his unchanged face, his smile growing ever so slightly when remembering how he came to terms with his real intentions. "I joined you guys because I wanted to fight strong opponents, and I did, but I don't like to lose either… and we were not dealing well, that's why, I decided to leave you and join the strongest."
"You must be kidding me!" Laxus said loudly through clenched teeth, his fingers pressing so hard against his palms that it made some small cuts that started to bleed.
"That stupid brat!" Makarov muttered in between the shocked members of the guild, his fists crashing hardly against the railing and cracking it, his face shadowed while he let out a few tears in sadness; he knew he had to keep on looking for the pink-haired, why didn't he do it?
"Erza…" Gray called for his female team partner, gazing worriedly at her crossed arms and her hands clutching her arms strongly; her face shadowed because of her hair. He took one step closer to her, moving a hand to lay it on her shoulder and try to get a reaction from her, but she slapped his hand away and walked out of the place; her fists clenched at her sides. The ice-mage frowned at her, remembering how the night before and a few minutes prior to the start of the fight, she was the only one believing that the dragon-slayer was fine and was going to return like always. He growled, turning around to glare at his old friend, now traitor, with all his hate. 'Damn you, Natsu!'
"Fufufu, seems like the Fairies are not dealing well with their friend's decision." Rufus commented with a small smile, chuckling quietly at their expressions. "I should keep this in my memory for later entertainment."
"Give me a lacrima with the blond's face on it, I wanna laugh too!" Orga demanded to the masked wizard, receiving a curt nod as an answer; both of them happy of the accomplishment from last night.
"Stop gloating, you fools, you make us look bad." Minerva said containing her own happiness, shaking her head at the other two and turning to look at Rogue; he was leaning against the wall next to the entrance of the balcony, keeping vigilance over it and watching with crossed arms at the figures of Natsu and Sting standing face-to-face with Laxus and Gajeel. "Oh, come on, Rogue; the tournament is not over, you'll get to fight that metal-head sooner or later."
"I know." He said quietly, his eyes not moving from the tension point created in between the four fighters.
"Ha! Sting doesn't need Natsu to win; he can beat those Fairies by himself!" Lector cheered with his usual confidence on his friend, Frosch nodding to his proclamation and adding the usual. "Fro thinks so too!"
"Salamander is surely a complicated man, men~" Ichiya from Blue Pegasus said to his team partners and apprentices, all of them troubled by this new development in the Tournament, Hibiki being the most confused of all of them, and most curious too.
"It's not like Natsu-kun to be changing loyalties like this, he surely had a reason, or they coaxed him to join Sabertooth." He commented to the others, well, mostly to himself; his eyes narrowing when another thought crossed his mind. "And the organization, this kind of situation is not allowed, how did they manage to get Natsu to fight for them from one day to the other?"
He looked down in thinking, turning to walk away from the place with Ren and Eve sighing at his behavior, knowing that when something poked their friend's curiosity, it was close to impossible to make him back away from it.
"Jura." Lyon said dryly, crossing his arms in thinking, looking at the pink-haired with narrowed eyes; trying to come up with a more valid reason for him to leave everything behind and turn to the rival guild's side.
"Ah." The wizard saint muttered with the same expression, trying to sense something off in the dragon-slayer, his persona or magic, finding nothing in the end; he shook his head and turned to the exit of the balcony, Lyon following close behind.
"Where are they going?" Toby asked with total cluelessness, receiving a shook of head from Yuka.
"To get some answers, probably."
"Oh~ Natsu-san has certainly changed since the last time I saw him." Milliana said to her team partners, watching with a confused face at the pink-haired; the corner of her eyes letting her know that her nee-san was not okay with his decision of changing sides as neither was the rest of Fairy Tail. "It seems like his guild didn't know of his change of sides."
"Seems like it." Kagura gave as a dry reply, watching at the pink-haired with some curiosity, thinking about the one she found the other day and was in the same guild as him. Her eyes flashed a deathly glint. 'I wonder… would he be willing to tell me if Jellal is truly hiding in Fairy Tail? Or is he still loyal to them?'
"Kagura-san?" Risley asked with some concern, seeing her superior in deep thinking was nothing new to them but, her expression was fighting back a smile and the hand resting on her blade was shaking.
'I guess I'll have to find out after the fight is over.' She concluded with a nod, her expression returning to her normal blankness and her hand stopping its shaking. She gave one last look at the pink-haired, narrowing her eyes to remember his face and attire, not wanting to miss a detail of him to later search for him.
"Natsu…" Jellal said with some anger inside of him, having witnessed Erza's reaction to the dragon-slayer's betrayal; standing up from his position in the upper railings of the stadium, he looked left and right and thought about the first place to seek for answers.
His eyes spotting Sabertooth's lodgings in the distance, he nodded to himself and disappeared from the place. Promising to Natsu, Erza, the others and himself to find out what happened the night before for the dragon-slayer to change sides so suddenly. 'I owe you a lot, Natsu; I cannot see you like this unless you give me a good reason for your actions…'
Mato looked from one side to the other, feeling nervous at being so close to the four dragon-slayers, and more over; two of them were boiling in anger, and if he didn't call the fight to start, he was sure that they were going to force him to do it. He raised an open palm to the sky, trying his best to smile and keep an unconcerned face to the still quiet audience.
"Mages, ready?" He asked dumbly, receiving strong stares from Sabertooth's side and death glares from the Fairy Tail dragon-slayers. He squeaked in fear and dropped his hand to the ground, jumping away quickly and signaling the fight to start.
"Fight!"
30 minutes later…
"I do wonder…" Natsu said in between pants, glaring at his old guildmates with some confusion, his clothes were in tatters, his body was heavily bruised and he was standing shakily in his own two feet. "Was… this really… all you can do?"
"S-shut up!" Laxus said in the same condition, leaning forward and using his knees to support his upper torso with his hands. He had one eye with a burn mark and the other barely open. "S-stupid brat!"
"S-salamander…" Gajeel growled with all the hatred he could muster, standing up again and preparing himself to continue the fight.
"I don't understand; why am I here?" Sting wondered to himself, looking up in thinking; he looked at the public, at his partner and his enemies, his clothes were intact and not a single blow fell his way. "Natsu-san took care of everything after all."
"Because… you wanted to fight me, not them, remember?" Natsu said to him, turning to face him and walk in his direction, showing his back to his old friends that clenched fists at his audacity. "Let's go, the thirty minutes limit passed and there's no victor. It's a draw."
"If you say so." And Sting followed his lead to the other side of the arena, letting Mato and the announcers the job of letting the shocked audience know the outcome of the fight. Not a single person in the stadium believing what they just saw.
From the start of the fight to the very end, Natsu fought against both of his opponents by himself, holding his ground and returning the damage they dealt to him in the same measure. Receiving small boosts of power from Sting's part when he was running low in magic, he managed to fend off his attackers with ease and stand his ground until the limit for the fight reached its end.
"Oh! I almost forgot…" The pink-haired said, calling everyone's attention to him, he moved to show his right side and ripped what was left of his clothes to show his shoulder. Everyone in Fairy Tail looking in shock at the burn he had where his guild mark should be. He grinned and winked in his old friends' direction, patting his shoulder before turning to walk away again; Sting grinning at his action and patting his back slightly. "See you later, my old nakamas…"
"Was that necessary?" Minerva asked him when he and Sting entered the corridor, the rest of Sabertooth expecting an answer from him. He shrugged, rolling his eyes in wonder before shaking his head.
"No, but it's good to leave things clear." He walked past them and headed to the dressing rooms, walking among the people that stared oddly at him with a face of complete indifference before reaching his destination. He opened the door and entered the room, heading directly to the showers and disregarding the person standing in the middle of the room as if she wasn't there.
"Natsu!" He stopped, looking sideways in annoyance before turning around and jumping close to the door to avoid a barrage of swords heading his way. He glared at the person standing in the middle of Sabertooth's medical room, her scarlet hair and brown eyes making him get ready for another fight. Erza called her swords back and glared at the pink-haired with all the hate she piled down since she learned of his change of sides, crossing her arms in front of her to stand in a more defying position. "Why?"
"Why? You ask why?" Natsu said with a low chuckle, shaking his head in fake amusement. "I left that clear, the question should be, why are you here?"
"Answer me!" Another barrage shot away from her and he jumped away again, watching unsurprised how the door was shreddered to pieces and it left their argument be known to the people standing outside. She seemed unfazed by the people looking at the both of them inside of Sabertooth's room, if her glare and face was anything to go by.
He sighed, dropping his arms to the sides and shrugging nonchalantly. "I told you."
"You didn't!" And another barrage was sent his way, together with her lunging to slash at him, the pink-haired avoiding her sword to later stop and lift a hand in front of him, halting the Titania's sword with a frown watching her still angered expression.
"I don't have any more reasons than the ones I said," He repeated, grabbing her sword with his hand and using his free one to stop a knee to his gut. "Or what? Do you want me to say something else?" He hid his face with his pink locks, his grip on her sword and knee tightening ever so slightly; his teeth clenching in repressed anger. "Do you want me to yell my reasons to everyone? My already obvious reasons for leaving! ? Are you out of your mind! ?"
He did his best to contain his feelings inside, not wanting to let her know what was one of his reasons for leaving, not wanting to hear an earful about how silly that idea was; he was tired, tired of Fairy Tail and all of its members questioning his way thinking, he wanted a fresh start in a new place, a place that respects him, a place like Sabertooth.
He pushed her away to the other side of the room, clashing his fists together and calling his flames in preparation for the fight to come, glaring at her with his most serious expression. Not noticing that she looked taken aback for what he said, and not noticing that the rest of his new team and the security of the tournament –the Rune Knights- were there at the moment watching the whole exchange.
"Stand down, both of you!" Lahar ordered to them, stepping inside the room and in between the two old friends, 6 of his men following him inside the room and surrounding the Salamander and the Titania. The brunette stared at the two for a moment, shaking his head in Natsu's direction before facing the scarlet knight. "Scarlet, you shouldn't be here, leave this room before I tell the organization and they disqualify you from the tournament; unless, Dragneel here allows you to stay."
"I don't." He said shortly, dispelling his flames and leaving the room with his new teammates smirking in his direction, some of them patting his back while he tried his best to not look back and see the still glaring eyes of Erza.
He leaved the room and headed to the exit of the stadium, using his nose to avoid encounters with his past friends, his old Master and the members from the other guilds that knew him; he had enough of seeing their crestfallen faces and explaining all over again his reasons for leaving Fairy Tail; what was so hard to understand in his words?
He managed to leave the stadium unnoticed, in between the crowds of people that were whispering to eachother about him and his recent exchange, growling loudly to scare them away every now and then when he noticed the people pointing fingers or looking in his direction.
He was now walking through the city, his senses in alert, for he was still wary of his old friends, and his eyes looking for the big building that was Sabertooth's lodgings in Crocus; not noticing a female figure following him close behind until this one tried to lay a hand on his shoulder. He widened his eyes in surprise, his left hand moving in reflex alone to stop that unknown hand from touching while he turned around to glare at his spy; discovering with some confusion and surprise that it was Mermaid Heel's team leader, Kagura.
"What do you want?" He asked to her in honest curiosity, releasing her hand and moving to hide in an alley when he noticed behind her a pair of figures running in their direction; she followed his lead and hid with him, watching how Lyon Bastya and Jura Nekis ran down the street talking about the dragon-slayer and where he could be.
After they were far away from their position, she turned to faced him and stared at him for a moment before he narrowed his eyes and repeated his question with some annoyance.
"I was looking for you." She said honestly and shortly, earning a confused look from him.
"Eh? Why?" He couldn't picture a reason for her to be looking out for him, he could understand Fairy Tail and the other guilds, but her? Why was she looking for him? She nodded at his question, straightening her position and looking at him with her most hardened eyes.
"I want to know if Jellal Fernandez is hiding in Fairy Tail."
Natsu took a second to register the words, his mouth fighting back a smirk and laugh when the words finally sunk inside his head; he nodded slowly, motioning for her to follow him to the building that belonged to his new guild with an evil smile finally escaping him.
Talk about killing two birds with a stone.
"Let's go, this is not a safe place to talk."
To be continued.
Talk about being original, ha! And the title, I believe some people will think more of it, like, something of 'two ways'?
Whatever, I was writing this and I just let myself flow with my imagination, but do tell, what do you think?
I believe this is the first story for this pair, great for me... *sarcasm noticeable* I'll work hard and see how can I pull it off and give you all a good story and entertainment; besides clearing my head, obviously.
So, review and tell me what you think! I can't continue if there's no reviews!
Saludos.
