This is chapter 2 of the revised a Demonic presence.
This is my first fan-fiction so thanks in advance for bearing with me.
I don't own Fairy Tail only Hiro Mashima does.
Whelp on to the chapter.
Chapter 2
July 21st X778
It's been two weeks since E.N.D made his presence known by completely decimating three of the stronger members of Fairy Tail. While Natsu has yet to wake; Erza, Mira, and Laxus had woken up about a week ago. Each had a different reaction to the dragon slayer's outburst and some were a bit more severe than other's. Erza was angry, yes, but she had a new-found respect for the dragon slayer standing up to her even though it resulted in her being unconscious. She decided she wouldn't punish Natsu too severely for his transgressions against her authority. But he was still going to get punished. There was no way out of that.
Laxus was on the opposite end of the spectrum. He was livid at what the young dragon slayer did to him. Being beaten so handily fractured his pride a little. He kept spewing how weak Fairy Tail had become but look at him now beaten by a little punk who hasn't even hit puberty. Laxus couldn't take this blatant disrespect lying down. He was prepared to go to war to redeem his honor that he had lost. He would've gotten to Natsu too, but Makarov was able to stop him from beating Natsu half to death until after he was able to explain himself and hopefully defend himself.
Now Mira was a mix of both. Her pride had been shattered by the very kid that she had picked on teased for months now. How could she be beaten by that little punk. The demon of Fairy Tail taken down by a kid far to young to even give her a challenge. These were some of the thoughts going through her head. But there was another side to her thought process too. She felt that she did have that ass whooping coming because of how much she had teased the poor dragon slayer. She was completely caught off guard by how easily he snapped that day. Natsu was usually quick to shake off any disrespect that came his way. Or at the very least, would fight the person who disrespected him without fully going berserk like he did two weeks ago. She knew she was wrong but wasn't going to admit that out loud. She decided that not killing Natsu would be the best course of action. She was just going to break an arm or a leg. Pretty nice of her right?
The rest guild members were all shaken by Natsu's display of power because from what they saw and felt he could easily rival Gildarts, the guild's strongest Mage. Most were shaken by fear of what Natsu could, wondering during all those brawls was he holding back and what damage could he do if he went all out. Most feared Natsu now. Makarov had a similar thought but that's when it came to Natsu's jobs. Natsu hadn't gone on many jobs since he's been there but on the few he has gone one; the destruction of the cities and forest were ghastly. He would destroy multiple city blocks and that was on a good day. If Natsu went all out he could destroy a whole city. This thought alone made Makarov cry anime tears as he thought of all the money he was going to lose.
But only one person didn't fear Natsu and that was no other than Natsu's rival, Gray Fullbuster. This only made him want to fight Natsu more. Gray and Natsu have been rivals ever since Natsu stepped foot in the guild. They were always evenly matched when it came to magic, but Gray was slightly more polished when it came to battle tactics. Every time they fought it would either end in a draw or by Erza. In every fight however, Gray would usually almost win. The only reason he doesn't is because Natsu is one tough son of a bitch who can take a lot of damage before passing out. This usually resulted in Natsu using a desperation attack to draw even. But now, Natsu's magic power had eclipsed Gray's and Gray was itching to prove that just because he had more magic Gray was still smarter.
It took another week for Natsu to awake but when he did he had a splitting headache. When he got up all he could think of is that he needed to eat because he felt drained. He then started to smell some food downstairs and decided he would get up and "borrow" some of the food. As he got to the door, he noticed that it he was in the infirmary.
"Why am I in the infirmary?" Natsu thought while walking through the door. "It's probably because of that headache that I had. I must've passed out and they brought me up here. I must've looked mental." Natsu thought as he walked toward the bar with a sheepish grin. As he sat down, He noticed how quiet the guild got when he walked in "Wow it's really quiet. Actually, if I look closely everybody is staring at me. But I'm too hungry to think about that." As he sat down the bar, he asked for some fire to eat. But right before he got his food an iron fist hit him across the face sending him across the guild. Everybody was surprised that someone would dare attack Natsu after what he did but were also shocked that they landed the punch.
"Ow, that hurt!" Yelled Natsu as he rubbed his cheek wondering who had punched him, but started to sweat as he noticed who attacked him and who she was backed up by.
"You have 3 seconds to explain yourself before we pay you back tenfold for what you did three weeks ago." Warned Laxus while Erza and Mira started to release some magical pressure. Natsu started to shake a little. He knew he couldn't take on three of them by himself. He was confident, but he wasn't stupid. Well, not as stupid as everyone makes him out to be. He was also confused at the demand since he didn't do anything to the three of them.
"Explain what, I didn't do anything to you three." Said Natsu. At this answer, the trio let even more of their magic power out causing Natsu to slide back a little at the intimidating image of three powerful mages ready to attack him at a moment's notice.
"1" said Laxus as he started to be covered with lightning.
"Please I didn't do nothing." Pleaded Natsu now on his knees.
"2" said Erza as she got her sword out. She swung it a couple times for good measure.
"What did I even do?!" Natsu yelled now as he stood up and tried to back up but soon realized he was already against the wall.
"3" Mira said as She, Erza, and Laxus jumped at him while he sat there until a giant hand blocked their path.
"What are you doing master, we deserve our retribution." Yelled Erza as she yelled at the old guild master. The elderly guild master sighed knowing that this matter wouldn't be easy to solve. He also knew if they got their hands on him, he'd be unable to explain what happened for weeks maybe months.
"That might be true, but he is not the one who put you in the infirmary." Said Makarov not only confusing the trio but the whole guild in the process.
"How can that be when this little brat was obviously the one who put us out of commission for a week." Said Mira irritated that the pink haired child beat her so easily.
"Yes, his body did beat but he was not in control. Something sinister took over." Said Makarov who turned to Natsu to see that the dragon slayers head was down with guilt as he started remembering the events of three weeks ago.
"I thought that was a dream. Did I do that to them. How was I even able to do that? I'm not that strong yet. I can barely even touch the three of them, but when he took over he was able to quickly overpower them." Thought Natsu as he started to ignore everything else.
"What are you even talking about you old geezer?" Said Laxus who was visibly getting more and more agitated that he couldn't pummel the pink haired dragon slayer. During those two additional week Natsu was out, Laxus had gotten way worse with his interactions with the guild. Before he would insult anyone, who tried to talk to him or just ignore them. Now though, they got a quick shot of lightning if they even got close the Laxus. The only person that didn't was Makarov and that was more out of fear than respect.
"Don't you find it a bit odd Natsu didn't just attack you after beating you three so easily. He proved he can beat you with very little effort, yet he was just about to cry as you three were probably going to try and kill him or at the very least send him to the infirmary for a couple months" Said Makarov as he brought his hand back to normal size. At the end of his speech, the trio of angry mages relaxed a bit deciding to think about what their master just said.
"You're right it's odd that he isn't fighting us but that doesn't prove a thing." Said Erza still wanting to teach the dragon slayer several lessons.
"At least let him explain what happened that day because I think he finally remembers." Said Makarov as he pointed to the boy who seemed like he was about to break.
"Fine." Said the three attackers in unison.
"Natsu would you like to explain what happened to you." Said Makarov while sitting on the bar with a mug in his hand.
"Well, when ice princess over there and a couple of others decided it was a great idea to disrespect Igneel by saying he doesn't exist." Natsu started while glaring at a few making some of them feel bad and others (Gray) want to fight him.
Natsu then began to tell everybody what happened in his mind and how a voice said he was him and how he looked just like him but taller with red eyes and red hair. As he was telling the story people were starting to feel bad for the kid. They weren't feeling bad because of his story though, they started to feel murderous energy from the three mages that attacked Natsu earlier. As Natsu finished the story by saying he then blacked out, he let out a small sigh.
"It is as I feared then." Said Makarov Sadly.
"What do you mean gramps, do you know something about what happened to me." Asked Natsu hope dripping radiating from him.
"Sadly, yes because before you gained back control the other you introduced himself to me by another name. He introduced himself as something believed to be dead for over 400 years. The black wizard Zeref's strongest demon E.N.D. No one has ever figured out what those letters represented until now." Said Makarov shocking everybody in the guild saying that such a power lived inside such a hyper energetic kid.
"What do they represent master?" Asked Levy who recently found and read a book on Zeref. But she didn't see anything on this E.N.D person.
"Well it stands for Etherious Natsu Dragneel!" Said Makarov as the guild went silent.
For those who have followed, favorited or even just look at the story thanks for giving me a chance, and like always it's been nightmare guys, Later.
