So i wrote this today. Shit gets real later on. Read and review. I know that people might not like how i handled one situation but its my story brah. thanks for the support guys. I dont own fairy tail. That ish belongs to hiro. Disclaimer brah.
Chapter 2: The Demon Job.
Natsu and Minerva made their way to the Sabertooth Guild in order to get something from Minerva's house that she claimed would help them against this demon. Natsu was hesitant to get on the train but Minerva "Encouraged" him to get on and he sat opposite to her in the compartment. Minerva knew exactly how sick a dragon slayer could be on a train. She lost a good pair of shoes because of Sting. As they arrived at Harimau Station Minerva got Natsu off the train only for him to stare up at the sky and shoot a jet of fire out of his mouth yelling "I'M ALIVE!" Natsu got a full force punch to the back of the head for doing that.
"Have some semblance of normalcy please. Sabertooth is respected in this town. We do not need any unwanted destruction or mayhem. Plus that would put a stain on my reputation. Do you want me to be rather upset with you?" She glared at him making the fiery mage shrink under her gaze.
"No Minerva I don't want you to be upset. I apologize for my behavior." Natsu mumbled not wanting her to hear the end of the sentence but she did. She just smirked as she knew he normally didn't act this way.
Minerva and Natsu made their way to the Sabertooth guild hall. It was the largest building in the town. Easily 10 times the size of the next largest building it attracted all of the attention in the city. In the front above the massive doors there was a massive Sabertooth tiger statue bearing its fangs. Natsu was amazed at how large the hall was. As they approached the building Sting met them by throwing open the doors. "MILADY! NATSU! What are you both doing here?" Sting shouted as Yukino, Rogue, Orga, and Lucy walked up next to him smiling seeing her teammate. Sting and Rogue's expressions changed as they took a few sniffs of the air. They hid the snarl that was forming but Minerva caught it and she gave them a questioning look. Sting however ignored it and continued with the greeting.
"Well Minerva said that she needed something from her home before we went on the job you sent over!" Natsu said as he tried to get back to the reason they were there. He received curious looks from Yukino and Lucy.
"What job would that be Natsu?" Lucy asked.
Demon extermination! It'll be fun!" Natsu cheered.
"You two aren't going alone. I'm sending a few of my mages with you just to make sure. Dobengal and Gregor are heading with you. I want won't have another Guild's wizard getting hurt while on a job for me. Besides 4 S-Class wizards are better than 4." Sting dictated to which everyone could only just shrug and say fine. "Milady if you'd go get whatever you needed from your home I wish to talk to Natsu in private." Sting said with a bit of an edge in his voice.
"Okay Sting I was just planning on showing him the guild then heading out but if you insist I'll go get it." Minerva said slightly confused as to why sting was suddenly so assertive and not giving someone an option. With a confused look at Sting Minerva left to grab whatever she needed, by the looks on their faces this talk would take a while.
"Hey Sting! Lucy and I are going on a job! We'll be back tomorrow!" Yukino said as she and Lucy went to leave the area.
"Be safe. " Sting yelled back.
"You. Get in my office. NOW." Sting Commanded ad Natsu just looked at him.
Natsu was not fazed by his tone. He walked up to Sting and got close to his ear. "I'll talk with both of you but don't talk to me like that I haven't done anything!" Natsu said as he walked next to Rogue who was guiding him to the office.
In The Master of Sabertooth's office.
"What are you thinking marking her!?" Sting shouted at Natsu.
"Rogue is this office sound proofed? I'd rather this conversation not be heard by the entire town." Natsu calmly asked surprising both of the Dragon slayers with his under control attitude.
"Yes it is Natsu so would you mind answering his question." Rogue sternly asked hoping to get an answer for what was happening.
"Sting you know as well as I do that we have no control over who it picks. I can tell you marked Luce. You don't see me freaking out. There isn't a problem." Natsu calmly stated. "And I know that Rogue has marked…" Natsu was suddenly struck by Rogue.
"Shut up! I know how it works! To be completely honest I'm surprised that you do!" Rogue shouted as he lost what remained of his composure.
After about an hour of talking all three dragon slayers emerged from the office with not the most pleasant looks on their faces but they were no longer trying to kill each other. Minerva was getting angry because she wanted to get started. "What the hell took you so long!?" She scolded the three as they approached Minerva, Dobengal and Gregor.
"It is a dragon slayer thing." The three said in unison earning a glare that made MiraJane's look like a bubble gun.
"We are late and I am never late when I accept a job. Do not earn my ire. You will not enjoy it." She snarled making all the dragon slayers cower.
"Let's Go." Minerva said as she left in the direction of the harbor. Neither Dobengal nor Gregor wanted to talk for they were terrified of Minerva when she is pissed….as everyone should.
As they headed toward the Harbor Natsu noticed a rather ornate looking ship with Sabertooth banners flying from it. Natsu paled as they approached the ship. "Get on." Minerva demanded shooting a glare at Natsu that pacified any resistance he was thinking about mounting. Dobengal, Gregor and Natsu all had a large room in the cabin while Minerva had the only actual room on the ship for privacy, the captain set sail and they were off to complete their job.
A few hours later on the boat approaching the Harbor.
"Natsu? I wish to speak with you." Minerva called from the room. There was no response. "Gregor. Would you bring Natsu in here for me please I wish to speak with him?" Minerva asked Gregor.
"Yes Milady I will be there with him in a moment. He is currently off the side of the ship." Gregor responded. Moments later there was a knock on the door.
"Enter" Minerva called out as Gregor opened the door with the Pinkette on his back looking quite queasy. "Gregor please put him on the couch and leave us please."
"Yes Milady. If you require anything else milady do not hesitate to ask." Gregor said as he exited the cabin.
"Natsu? I wish to know what you, Sting and Rogue were talking about that took so long. Will you tell me?" Minerva asked knowing that at this point in time Natsu was at his weakest.
All she got was murmurs and gurgles. Out of nowhere Minerva had an idea. She came out of the Closet type room in a slightly more reminiscent of a Cheongsam but still down to her to her ankles with the sides split up to her hip the difference from her normal outfit was it had a collar and her sides were covered. She definitely used this for more winter climates. Along with her typical elbow length gloves and feather boa. She sat down next to Natsu and brought his head down to her lap. Natsu's queasiness soon started to dissipate but he was not in his normal state of mind. Natsu was infatuated with the scent that now filled his nostrils. He being as motion sick as he was didn't really know what he smelled. The smell of Lotus blossoms and petrichor was overwhelming his senses.
"Natsu can you tell me what you talked about with Sting and Rogue?" She asked again hoping that the slayer might actually be able to talk to her.
Natsu tried to speak but noticing that a hand was slowly going through his hair soothing his motion sickness enough for him to finally fall asleep leaving Minerva asking herself why she continued to do this. She couldn't really answer that question but she couldn't find a reason to stop either.
In the Town of Saibhreas Gan Teorainn.
After the boat arrived in the harbor Minerva got Gregor to take Natsu off of the ship and sit with him until the dragon slayers senses were back to normal. Minerva was paying the Docking fee as Gregor and Dobengal got their equipment and waited for her. When Natsu regained his senses he looked around to see a mix of Fiore's culture with a heavy influence of something he'd never seen before. The buildings looked like ornate ships that had been taken out of the water and flipped upside down. They lined the streets along with houses that had been sunken into the land to look like they were hills. Some of the buildings looked round and very large he was in awe. Natsu had never seen buildings like these before. Along with these weird styles of buildings the roads were dirt paths and carts and animals littered the port area. In the center of this port city was a very large hill that formed a circle at the bottom of the hill was a palisade that surrounded it with sharp points at the top of each log that formed it. When they were all prepared they started moving along the main road that stretched from the port to the hill. To the northeast of the town Natsu saw a large mountain with a push rail cart system headed toward it with a large amount of people pushing carts filled with ore and precious metals to the town. Natsu was in awe and Minerva caught this quickly. "Have you never been out of Fiore before? It's quite a shock is it not?" she smiled knowing that he was hit with culture shock at the difference.
"N-N-No I've been to Bosco before with Gramps but it was a long time ago and it wasn't this different." Natsu responded as he continued to look around and listen to the strange sounds that the people were making which he figured out was them talking. "Hey Minerva?"
"Yes Natsu what is it?" Minerva answered with a quick look at him.
"Why are they making strange sounds and looking at us?" Natsu asked feeling kind of awkward with everyone starring at him and muttering in the strange language.
"They have never seen someone with pink hair and dressed as you are because of the climate here. It is quite cold and you are wearing an open vest, three quarter length pants, and a scarf with sandals. You also have one sleeve which they find hilarious because your other arm is very bandaged. They think you got dressed in the dark." As she translated what the people were saying she could see the fire of anger forming at the statements. "Don't be angry. They haven't seen a Fire Dragon Slayer before. I know you don't get cold but as you can see Gregor is in a heavy Fur coat, I also have covered up and Dobengal is always like this so we three are dressed. You aren't and it's strange to them. They are also asking what I am saying as most don't understand us. Also to answer the original question it's the language of Seventh. Since we are in their country I will be speaking it to the contact for our job. Don't worry I speak it fluently so I will translate." Minerva said soothing the anger she had seen.
"Ok I that makes sense. Sorry for getting angry there for a moment. Also if you guys get cold let me know I'll raise the temperature of the air immediately around us. It works best if we are in a room if we aren't you need to be very close to me." He said as he tried to offer some sense of help to his team who looked very cold.
With that offer Minerva moved close and grabbed his arm. "I will take you up on that offer Salamander. I do so despise the cold." Minerva said as she snaked her arm around his. She was quite relieved when the air temperature started to rise and cut the edge of the chill.
They continued down the path until they hit the main gate of the Palisades. The Guards stopped the four mages and spoke "Luaigh do Ghnó leis an Méara?" the man asked. (What is your business with the Mayor?)
Minerva answered that they were answering a job request that was issued to the Sabertooth Guild in Fiore. She also stated that she was specifically requested pointing to the top of the Job request form when they gave her a skeptical look. She sighed and teleported right behind them with her territory magic to prove that she was who she said she was. They immediately believed her given her reputation for being ruthless the didn't want any trouble but stopped Natsu because he didn't have the Sabertooth guild mark and were very suspicious of the fire mage. "Cé tusa?" (Who are you?) Came from the guard in a low shout.
"Is é sin an Salamander."(That is the Salamander) Was all Minerva had to say for the guards to immediately back off. Natsu was confused at first but then he remembered that the Magic council existed in most countries as it was an International coalition of Mages, as were the Wizard Saints. He just grinned his signature grin and caught up to the rest of the group that was being led by a man.
"Thank you Minerva, I didn't know what they were saying." Natsu grinned as he thanked the Lady of Sabertooth.
"It is nothing at all Natsu. You are part of our team we can't have them stopping us from our job." Minerva responded with a small smile.
Behind the Palisade there was small wooden scaffolding that let the guard's patrol the outer edge of the fort then the hill began to go up but behind the gate was a path that led into the hill. It was all squared off stone that formed a hall into the hill. As they progressed into the hill they could see many rooms built into the ground. It looked large enough to house the town if push came to shove. There was already a good bit of the workers in the hill for some strange reason. Around 50 meters into the fortress the workers that were resting started watching them walk chanting something. As they continued they started hearing a synchronized stomp as the men all shouted in gruff voices "Bua, Bua, Bua". (Victory) This caught Minerva off guard but she kept up the stone face. Natsu could sense the Happiness that sprang up from their arrival but kept quiet because he was with Sabertooth. He thought it was kind of funny how it started off as a job for Fairy Tail but morphed into a Sabertooth Job. They had finally reached the middle of the structure and at this point as they started to climb the stairs up to the Building on top the entire hill was shaking from the massive amount of people stomping and chanting. It made Natsu grin because they were doing something that would benefit a lot of people but he was nervous as to what this Demon had done to force that many people into a fortress. They got to the top where a group of Men heavily laden with weapons were sitting around a table; the man that was leading them announced their presence "Na Mages Sabertooth tagtha!" (The Sabertooth mages have arrived.)
To which the man at the head of the table stood up and spread his arms in a friendly manner shouting "Fáilte go dtí an baile an Rachmais Gan Teorainn!" (Welcome to the Town of Infinite Wealth) to which the men at the table raised their fists and shouted a greeting that none of the mages caught then waited for a response.
Minerva Spoke and broke the silence "Beannachtaí tá mé Lady Minerva" (Greetings I am Lady Minerva) She bowed respectfully then continued, "Seo é Dobengal, Gregor agus an Salamander." (This is Dobengal, Gregor, and The Salamander) She raised her arms in a presenting fashion to the mages behind her smiling as the warriors in the hall had looks of complete awe. They were in the presence of incredibly powerful mages and that was when the warriors felt the magical pressure coming off of the group but in particular the man that had been identified as The Salamander and the woman in the front that had introduced them. The Mayor Clapped for them causing all of the warriors to begin clapping. Then the mayor asked in a Fiorian "Could we into my room?" It was broken but still understandable.
The group went into the room behind the Head of the table to discuss the job with the mayor. In the room there was a large desk with a window in the center of the wall that was surrounded by two bookshelves on either side; on the opposite side of the desk were 4 chairs. After the Mayor had sat down a man approached and stopped next to him he introduced himself as an interpreter for the mayor spoke broken Fiorian. "The mayor wishes to thank you Lady Minerva for responding to his urgent Job request with such a swiftness." He began "He also wishes to let you know that because of the nature of the Demon we are currently facing it was a gift from the gods that The Salamander is with you. While we do not know what type of demon it is we do know that every mage that we have sent has been killed. This includes a few lost magic users and some other very powerful mages. We hope that you understand what you have accepted." The man finished.
"We do we would like to discuss the specifics such as the location of the Demon and what kind it is, we would also like to know what is had been doing?" Minerva asked in a respectful tone for the mayor to respond to the man interpreting.
"The demon is like that of The Destroyer Abaddon. We do not know what the creature is fully capable of but it was a calamity when we originally met it in combat. That is why those men are in the fortress they were injured during the original battle." The interpreter stated with an almost emotionless tone that panged a bit of rage within Natsu. He was quieted by Dobengal who motioned for him to stop as the room had started to heat up.
"It was located in a mine to the Northwest. We shut it down the minute we heard an explosion come from the mountain one night. Luckily no one was working for it was a night of an annual festival. We sent a scout to assess the damage and he reported a large dark figure in front of the mines entrance not moving but blasting craters into the ground in front of the mine as if it were making a barricade." This made all the mages wonder what this demon was.
"Okay we will set off for the mine now. What would you like as proof that we have killed it?" Minerva wondered.
"Well as this is a first for our town we looked into it and decided that we wish to have the head of the monster as proof." The Interpreter stated conveying the wishes of the Mayor. With a bit more discussion about pay happening the group departed from the Fortress and made their way toward the Mountain. Natsu was a bit worried he didn't know what type of Magic Gregor used and Gregor wouldn't tell him he just said "Wait you shall see Lord Dragon."
The group finally arrived at the entrance of the mine to find a disaster zone. Craters were everywhere, and scorch makes in the shapes of bodies were everywhere. They could tell many people hadn't made it back after confronting this beast. The remnants of battle stained the landscape as the group walked up to the mine. "This place feels wrong. I can't put my finger on it." Dobengal stated.
"I feel it too. It looks as though Natsu and Gregor do not. Maybe their magic isn't affected like ours is." Minerva said eyeing them strangely.
"Don't ask me I can feel it but it's not bad to me." Natsu said making them all look at him.
"Yeah I sense demonic power here how do you not feel the oppressive nature of it?" Dobengal asked rather confused.
"I don't know but I smell that bastard and it smells like rotting flesh and destruction. It also smells like Zeref." Natsu stated with a deep rumbling growl.
The group was stunned that he could smell Zeref on the demon. They didn't know how he knew what he smelled like. Minerva decided that that was a discussion for another time. They decided that the demon most likely wouldn't come out of the mine so they reluctantly went in knowing that the Demon had an advantage in the wide tunnels. The mine itself was large. Wide, tall, and long tunnels leading into large caverns that had been carved out by decades of workers. They slowly walked through the tunnels following Natsu's nose as he was following the stench of death. After a few hours they were exceedingly far into the mine and Natsu wasn't exactly sure how much farther they had to go. They moved into a smaller corridor until it met a very large room. Natsu stopped and put his arm up to stop the group. "It's here. Be on guard." Natsu said with a look of a warrior focused on battle. Dobengal drew a sword and got into a battle position. Minerva scanned the surrounding room. It was a large hall laden with tables. Unexpected for a mine but given how far down they were she didn't find it odd. The room was so large they couldn't see the other side but in the middle of the room there was a large throne like chair. The demon was sitting in it leaning forward with its elbows on its knees and its hands on its head. It looked like a regular man. Except it was almost 10 feet tall and looked encumbered by Elfman sized muscles. With large ram like horns jutting from its head that went a good 3 feet in a curling shape.
A demonic laughter is heard throughout the room causing Natsu to cover his ears from the echo. This was a mistake. Natsu knew that the demon was aware of their presence beforehand. "HAHAHAHA it seems more lambs have come to the slaughter. I wish to welcome such fools to their resting place! AHHAHAHA DO you not see that it was pointless for filth to enter such a place! HEHEHEHEHE" the demonic cackle made Dobengal nervous. They may have been S-class mages, except Natsu, but he didn't know if they could do this and the doubt was eating away at him. He had to push it away for the time being but it nagged at him.
"Who are you demon? Are you one from the Books of Zeref?" Minerva bravely spoke but Natsu could hear the worry in her voice.
"Be silent human. Know your place when speaking to your betters! I will bring this world to its knees starting with this place. I shall call all demons to unite as one and destroy the infestation that is the Human species! DO not talk as if you are familiar with us!" the demon shouted with rage in its voice looking down on Minerva.
"We humans are nothing to be looked down upon you walking abomination." Gregor finally spoke up. He cast off his coat and a Massive magic circle appeared. Natsu thought the magic felt similar to Jellal's Heavenly body magic but he wasn't sure.
Light Make: Heavenly Spear of Justice Gregor put his hands together and as he spread them apart a Spear made of light appeared in his hand. He hurled it straight at the demons head. The demon jumped out of his chair avoiding the spear and Shooting a jet of fire at them. The demon thought that he had wiped the stain of mages out but suddenly he heard a noise from behind the Fire.
Slurping echoed throughout the room as the fire swirled and tornadoed s chair avoiding the spear and Shooting a jet of fire at them. The demon thought that he had wiped the stain of mages out but suddenly he heard a noise from behind the Fire.
Slurping echoed throughout the room as the fire swirled and churned toward the open maw of the Pinkette. "Not gonna work asshole" Natsu shouted. The Demon was astonished he hadn't met a mage that could consume fire before. It intrigued him as he landed in front of the now obliterated throne.
"Well it seems you have spunk for lowly humans. How about we have sum motherfuckin fun." The demon smugly shouted with a hint of sadism not even trying to be hidden. Dobengal tried to flank the demon by teleporting to the left side of the room from the group using his sword to send a rainbow fire slash in the demons direction. Gregor, in the meantime, sprinted the opposite direction as Dobengal and hurled Light arrows at the demon. The demon was continuously on the defensive having dodged the flurries of attacks being thrown at him. Before his eyes widened at the realization he had forgotten about the other two mages. Behind him he heard a rumbling growl. FIRE DRAGONS ROAR a massive river of fire was unavoidable at this time. The demon was soon engulfed in the fiery river that was expended from the dragon slayers mouth. When the flames settled Dobengal was shocked to see a smirking demon.
"You. YOU WILL BE THE LAST TO DIE! HAHAHAHA FOR THAT WAS A GREVIOUS TRANSGRESSION! HEHEHEHEHE!" the cackling of the demon became very annoying. Minerva was chanting something under her breathe. Natsu couldn't figure out what it was. It was then that Dobengal started to run only for the ground to explode underneath him hurling him across the room and being caught by the demon. Natsu ran full tilt at the demon to retrieve his teammate. The Demon expected this and dodged the fiery fist that was launch at him. He started squeezing Dobengal in an effort to crush him.
"Dobengal!" Minerva shrieked as she saw he friend being slowly crushed to death. Gregor was charging now. Straight toward the Demon. Suddenly upon Gregor's right arm a familiar black mark started to appear. LIGHT DEVIL SLAYERS RESOUNDING FURY A bolt of light shot out of his outstretched hand piercing the Demons arm that was crushing their comrade. Natsu grabbed Dobengal and carried him away as they saw Minerva get closer. She rolled to the side of a slash the demon threw at her and started chanting while swirling her arms in a circular motion.
Niel Wielg Mion
Terse Elcantaeus
Yagdo Rigora!
As she finished the chant she spread her arms out summoning a gigantic stone statue with intricate designs covering its entire body. The God like statue emerged directly underneath the demon. When the statue finally emerged fully it exploded into a massive explosion of light. Throwing Gregor, Natsu and the severely injured Dobengal across the room. Minerva was breathing very heavily as Natsu and Gregor got up and moved toward her. They didn't know what had happened to the demon. Abruptly a hand flew out of the smoke and grabbed Minerva by the throat and picked her up. The demon brought her closer to his face bearing a mouth filled with sharp animal like fangs. All Natsu could hear was the gasps and sputters as Minerva tried to breathe as her wind pipe was being crushed. "You need to let her go this instant." Came a growl from the Dragon slayer.
"Oh are you going to make me? She is the best challenge I've gotten from you mages! I take no orders from you…" he couldn't finish his sentence as a knee connected with his elbow smashing it from its bent position to the complete opposite completely shattering the bones that made up his elbow. The unexpected speed and strength of the hit caused the demon to cry out in pain. "I gave you one warning. Now you face the consequences for your foolish actions." Natsu growled.
Minerva couldn't believe the speed and strength she had just witnessed from the dragon slayer. It was nothing that she had seen from him previously. Minerva caught her breath; she was helped up by Gregor as Natsu started a relentless assault of attacks toward the demon pushing him back across the room at an alarming pace. In the middle of the assault they heard "CHECK ON DOBENGAL IVE GOT THIS FUCKER!" Minerva's eyes widened as everything had happened so fast she forgot that Dobengal had been i9n the demons grasp too.
Both Minerva and Gregor rushed to Dobengal's side. He was in extraordinarily bad shape. He was still breathing but it was erratic and neither Minerva nor Gregor knew healing spells. Thinking swiftly Minerva had an idea. "Gregor! Go help Natsu I'm going to teleport him to town!" She said panicking not wanting to lose one of the only family she had left.
"Milady!" Gregor shouted at Minerva not getting her attention. "MILADY!" Still nothing. "MINERVA!" Gregor got in her face and finally got her attention. "You don't have the power to make it that far you will use all your power if you do that! We can't lose you too! Stop panicking! If you get him out of this chamber and stabilize him he'll be okay!" Gregor said when out of nowhere Natsu Flew past them into a wall. "NATSU!" both shouted in unison.
Gregor shop up and looked for the demon unfortunately the demon was directly in front of the Light mage and territory mage. He grabbed both by the head and tossed them over his shoulder and advanced on Dobengal. "The first to perish from the insolent mages, do you think he would like to die quickly or painfully. No matter his life ends now!" the demon bellowed out in visible joy as he kicked the body of Dobengal into a crater against the wall. Dobengal was flat on the ground face up. The demon lifted his foot and put it on Dobengal's chest. Natsu slowly started to lift himself up and looked. His eyes widened in fear. Minerva and Gregor both were staggering to their feet. CRUNCH SQUISH GURGLE
Minerva's eyes widened at the sounds and stared at the body. Gregor's eyes started to tear but he made no sound. Where Dobengal was the foot of the demon was planted in the ground with a coating of blood on it. Blood was leaking out of Dobengal. He was dead. No one could save him now. A roar erupted from the downed dragon slayer as his eyes grew into slits looking much more reptilian than normally. Small patches of scales formed on Natsu's face and arms. Crimson fire erupted from his body completely coating him in hellish flames that looked like blood. It was very obvious he was pissed. The demon in the meantime had walked over to Minerva. She sputtered and tried to block his arm with a territory imbued swipe forming a barrier but to no avail. The demon had her by the throat again. Seeing this Gregor jumped at the demon but was bitch slapped by the demons broken arm to Minerva's horror the arm began to crunch and reverts back to a non-broken state. The demon didn't notice Natsu as he was focused on finishing the mages that were shocked. FIRE DRAGONS INFERNAL TALON Natsu shouted as his foot connected with the demons face propelling the demon across the room. Again. "MINERVA SNAP OUT OF IT I NEED YOU HERE!" Natsu roared as he sent a fireball after the demon. "DO YOU THINK HE WOULD WANT YOU DWELLING ON HIM WHEN YOUR LIFE IS STILL IN DANGER? NO I KNOW HE WAS YOUR FAMILY BUT HE'D WANT THIS DEMON PRICK TO SUFFER FOR HURTING YOU! I NEED YOU RIGHT NOW!"
Hearing this Minerva got up and summoned as much of her magic power as possible. Natsu was right. He was dead but they all would be if they didn't keep fighting. With a screech she took off following Natsu as they relentlessly assaulted the Demon. FIRE DRAGONS FLAMES OF PERDITION a massive wave of fire surrounded Natsu and he began the assault. Gregor suddenly appeared next to them and was seething with absolute rage.
FIRE DRAGONS BRILLIANT FLAME
LIGHT DEVIL SLAYERS SWORD OF MICHEAL
FIRE DRAGONS SCORCHING TALON
LIGHT MAKE ARROWS
FIRE DRAGONS IRON FIST
TERRITORY EXPLOSION
FIRE DRAGONS IMMOLATION FISTS
LIGHT DEVIL SLAYER SECRET ART: ARCHANGELS BOW OF TRUTH
The onslaught lasted for quite a while the entire time the demon muscled through the attacks. At the end Minerva was almost out of magic power along with Gregor and Natsu. They heard the demon speak again this time not in a cackling manner or mocking but completely serious "You mages. You are the greatest challenge I've faced in a very long time. I feel as though before you die you have earned the right to know my name. I AM ZER'EL. THE USURPER OF ABADDON THE DESTROYER THROWN! HAHAHAAH"
None of them could believe that the demon was still alive after so many hits. He hadn't done many attacks to them but his sheer strength alone was insurmountable. Gregor thought to himself "Should I try it?"
"Minerva! What did you get from your house that could help kill this damn thing! Whatever it is we could really use it right about now!" spoke Natsu who was kneeling beside Minerva as all three of them were breathing heavily.
Minerva grabbed teleported a small dagger in front of Natsu. "This is imbued with ancient magic. I was saving it for any remaining Tartaros member but I can't kill them if I'm dead. You have been the one getting in the closest. Would you be able to end this demon filth for Dobengal?" Minerva asked almost breaking into tears at the mention of their dead companion.
"Of course Minerva. Gregor give me cover! I'm going back in!" Natsu shouted snapping Gregor out of his thoughts. "Okay Salamander!" Gregor shouted back launching another wave of arrows at Zer'el. Zer'el was backed up to a cliff as the opposite side of the room they were on was open to another chasm.
Natsu ran as fast as he could toward Zer'el holding the dagger backwards so he could just bring it down and stab the demon. Surrounded by the arrows of light he jumped as the demon covered himself in defense of the arrows. Suddenly the demon felt a dagger in his chest. Sputtering coughing blood was coming out of his mouth as Natsu plunged the dagger back into the demons chest. "YOU LIKE IT NOW YOU BIG BITCH!" Gregor yelled as he hurled a Devil slayer spear into a stab wound. Making the demon sputter more as this attack went through his body. He blew Natsu off of himself with an attack. Gregor, seeing this ran at the demon while continuing to hurl spears at him. He took Natsu's place while the dagger was still in the demons chest. He grabbed the dagger and plunged it into the demon a few more times. Teetering on the edge of the chasm the demon was close to falling. Minerva was struggling to get up; she saw what was happening and thought that they might actually be able to avenge Dobengal.
"HUMAN DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK YOU CAN KILL THE LORD OF DESTRUCTION?!" Zer'el shouted through the gurgles he was making as he was coughing up blood. He roared out in pain as Gregor, who was still on top of his chest twisted the dagger harder and farther into the demon. "YOU ARE COMING WITH ME LITTLE MAGE!" Zer'el knowing his time was about to end moved to jump into the chasm knowing that neither he nor the mage currently stabbing him would be able to survive either. Gregor turned to Natsu and tossed the dagger to the ground and smiled.
"Swear on your life you will take care of Milady for me." He calmly said as Natsu sprinted toward the pair as they toppled over the edge. LIGHT DEVIL SLAYERS RAGE From Gregor's mouth a massive torrent of pure white light emerged and engulfed the falling demon. "I swear….I swear I'll take care of her…." Tears swelled in Natsu's eyes as he had gotten to the edge to late and they were already gone. The Light Devil slayer sacrificed himself to dispose of the demon. Minerva was crushed having watched two of her family die in front of her eyes in the span of a few hours. She collapsed on the floor. "There might be a chance to teleport him back here!" She thought as she sprinted over to the edge trying desperately to find his figure in the darkness. She couldn't see the light mage.
Minerva didn't even know if she could cry. The job was done but at what cost she thought not knowing what to do. Natsu walked over to her and sat down. He didn't say anything. There wasn't anything to say. He may not have known them very well but this was Natsu he thought of them as his friends. He just waited for Minerva to do something. He wanted to help but didn't know what to do finally he decided. After an unknown amount of time he got to his feet and pulled Minerva to her feet as well bringing her into a warm safe embrace. He just held her as she started to cry. "Shhhh it's okay. Let it out. It's not weak to show sadness Minerva. It's what makes us human. It shows us how much we really care. Neither of them would want their deaths to keep you down. You are a strong mage. You are a strong woman. Let it all out then we pack up and find Gregor's body and get that bastards head. We'll bury them with the honor they deserved." Natsu said in a hushed kindhearted tone that let Minerva know he was here for her.
They didn't know how long they stayed there while Minerva cried but when they went to move they grabbed the dagger then set of and found a set of stairs leading to the next area. Natsu went over to Dobengal's body closed his glassed over eyes and grabbed his sword and scabbard and slung it across his back. "Dobengal your sword will rend the proof this bastard is dead." Natsu said under his breathe soft enough so Minerva couldn't hear him. Minerva used her territory magic to store Dobengal's body so they didn't have to leave him. They eventually ventured down to the bottom of the chasm and found the bodies. Only part of the demon was left. Natsu decapitated the demon as Minerva slowly tended to Gregor's body and stored it the same as Dobengal's body. They had the head of the demon they set off to leave that accused place.
Back at the fortress.
Natsu and Minerva were spotted by the sentries and the Mayor met them at the gate of the fort with his interpreter. Once the head was delivered the Mayor asked about their comrades and Natsu shook his head. Minerva had been expending her magic to store their bodies and she couldn't do it any longer causing both of their bodies to appear and Minerva passed out due to magical depletion. This shocked the Mayor and Interpreter as they weren't expecting the Lady of Sabertooth to collapse and have the corpses of two Sabertooth Mages on their doorstep. Natsu quickly scooped up Minerva and calmly asked if there was a place that they could rest as a he too was close to passing out. The mayor Lead them to a room with two beds and the Interpreter got the morgue to take the bodies. Natsu made sure to stress that they were to be respected or they'd learn why they call him one of the most destructive mages.
A few days later.
Sting had received word of the jobs completion but after about a day of waiting and not receiving word he got Rufus and Orga to go with him to Saibhreas Gan Teorainn. What they found when they arrived was shocking. They didn't expect to find two of their mages dead and a third passed out with Natsu being the only one awake. Sting was furious. "HOW? HOW COULD YOU LET TWO OF MY MAGES DIE!? I TRUSTED YOU! THEY TRUSTED YOU!" Sting shouted angrily.
"Sting he tried." A soft voice came from the doorway. Minerva stood in the doorway eyes red from crying. "He tried to save them stop taking your anger out on him. Did he tell you what happened?" She asked softly which threw Sting, Orga and Rufus.
"No he didn't. The only thing he has said over the past two days was that you had to be the one to explain it and when we'd try to get him to leave your side he wouldn't. Orga literally had to knock him out for him to leave your side." Sting said sighing as he couldn't get his idol to talk.
Minerva spent the next few hours explaining what happened. Orga didn't believe half of it and Rufus was shocked. The entire time Natsu sat silently in a chair looking at Minerva to, make sure she was going to be able to finish the recounting of the job. After Minerva recounted the story she was trying not to cry but they all knew she needed too. "Sting I need to talk to you." Natsu said in an emotionless tone trying to not freak anybody out.
"Yeah I'll be out there in a moment." Sting replied as Natsu left the room and waited in the hall. "I'll be back in a little bit milady."
"What is it Salamander?" Sting asked as he closed the door.
"You know that she cares for the mages in Sabertooth right? She may act like she doesn't but inside there is a broken girl." Natsu stated as a matter of fact and not something that is debatable.
"What are you talking about of course I know that she cares! She is NOT BROKEN." Sting almost shouted.
"For the longest time your guild only cared about the strong. The old Minerva would have said we were better off without the weak. But what I saw wasn't that Minerva. She cared about them. I promised Gregor id look after her. You know how I am with my word. The council may still want her to go to fairy tail and continue this whole inter-guild co-operation thing. Either way I'm going to help her." Natsu said with conviction.
So yeah that just fuckin happened. I made a guy and Murdered the fuck outta that character. im kinda a dick for that. I didnt realize while i was writing that he has te same magic set as gray. dont rip me apart for that i forgot. The Language i used was Irish on google translate. Thanks for the support. THings will get better for Minerva i promise. I wanted to give her some true issues to deal with because they just kinda glaze over the whole dark mage thing in the series. so i gave her some REAL issues.