Welcome to E.N.D. Rises: Natsu's Return, the sequel to E.N.D. Rises.
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E.N.D. Rises: Natsu's Return
Prologue:
Shock
...July 7th, X792...
Fairy Tail just wasn't as lively as it used to be. People went out for jobs, they completed those jobs, they received a reward and they returned to the guild. Also, Magnolia hadn't thrown any pointless parties since the funeral and that was their thing! Life wasn't the same for them without a certain pink-haired Dragon Slayer. Lisanna, wearing a black dress with Natsu's scarf tied around her shoulders, wiped clean a pint glass. Everyone was in but the guild hall was silent expect for the turn of book pages and a brush against canvas. Lucy was appalled by how people hated Natsu for being E.N.D. and so she was working on a book to explain everything about Natsu's very long life.
"It's a... beautiful day out," Wendy said with Carla in her lap "Why don't we all go to the park or swim in the pool or-"
"NONE OF THAT WILL BRING NATSU BACK!" Romeo shouted at her.
Everyone looked up from their own misery and directed their attention at two of their youngest members. As Romeo breathed heavily through his teeth in rage, Happy came walking up to him. The blue Exceed pulled his trousers' leg and the young Fire Mage looked down at him.
"Natsu isn't coming back... and he would want us to live on..." Happy said, looking down sadly.
All was quiet until...
"MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!"
There was a crash and Ichiya came through the ceiling, stirring up dust and smashing the floorboards. Ren then came down with the other Trimens through the hole made by their... leader. Everyone stared when Ichiya jumped up and struck his pose.
"Fairies! It is a sad thing to see you like this!" he bellowed "But rejoice to the smell of my par-fume for my comrades and I have brought glorious news!"
"What kind of news?" Gray asked from where he lurked in the shadows with his (now official) girlfriend.
"The kind you'll want to sit down to hear," said Hibiki as he brought up Archive.
Those who had stood up sat back down and paid attention as the "pretty boy" expanded Archive's main screen for them to see. He whipped through multiple files before coming across what he was looking for.
"I found this in Archive's database and since then I've been running non-stop facial recognition scans to be sure," Hibiki explained "At first I couldn't believe it but now I'm positive,"
"Positive about what?" Lucy asked.
Hibiki opened the file to reveal a wanted poster for a suspected arsonist with a facial recognition scan of... no. Between the wanted poster's sketch and his picture blinked a caption that said "100% match" in red. Even just by staring at it they could tell it was him. It had to be. No one else had that fanged smirk of his. There was another crash and everyone looked back to see Lisanna had dropped a tray. Her eyes were wide and sorrowful and she fell to her knees with utter shock on her face. With a sigh, Hibiki said what they had all just realized...
"Natsu's... still alive,"
BOOM! But, let's face it... you can't kill Natsu and keep him dead. He's Natsu. He'll spring right back up and punch Hades in the face in the process.
My favourite line in this chapter?
"MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN!"