Alright next chapter of my Natsu Kagura story, I've really actual been meaning to update this sooner but since today's birthday it seems like a great day to bring out the next chapter. It would have been out sooner but things came up such as other stories college and looking or a job got in the way so sorry to all of you who actually liked this story oh and I will not be following the canon material after the grand magic games exactly Tartaros will take place a year later than it does in the Manga cause I want to write about my own Grand Magic Games. I hope you guys enjoy this chapter and remember spread the Nagura or whatever you want to call Natsu x Kagura
"Natsu" in bold is thoughts or the Name of an attack
"Natsu" in italics is for flashbacks
"Natsu" just normal
On a train arriving to the seaside town of Rose town which is also the home town of the guild of Mermaid Heel we find an extremely motion sick Natsu Dragneel being dragged out of the train by an extremely fed up Kagura Mikozuchi. "God how can someone so powerful be so pathetic?" She asked in a rhetorical manner to which Natsu dumbly replied "When you have motion sickness as bad as me you won't be allowed to complain." Natsu said while trying not to puke up his insides. "What do you mean when I get motion sickness?" She asked curiously as the way he said it made it seem like he was hiding something or knew something she didn't.
"Shit I almost let it slip" Natsu thought while cover his mouth nearly blabbing out the secret. "You know, I meant that um…um when I find your weakness I'll make fun of you haha…ha." He said recomposing himself from his motion sickness. Kagura looked at him suspiciously before offering a hand. "Sure…I'll drop it for now only because we need to get you into Mermaid heel." She said in a suspicious tone.
"Okay let's get going!" He replied excitedly before walking off. "Damn I almost let it slip, I will have to tell her eventually but I don't want to be impaled by a sword anytime soon." Natsu thought to himself shuddering at the thought of the immense pain he would go through if he didn't explain properly. "Hurry up at this rate we won't be back until night." Kagura said to the dragonslayer now with a stoic expression on her face after all she had to keep up appearances.
After picking up the pace it only took Natsu and Kagura a few minutes to reach the Mermaid Heel guild which was situated near a beach much to the dragonslayer's joy. As the two walked up to the guild they received weird looks from people visiting the guild and the guild members themselves wondering why there ace had a man let alone Natsu Dragneel of all people. Shortly after the pairs arrival Natsu heard things being muttered due to his advanced hearing.
"Who's the guy with pink hair?" someone randomly asked
"It's Salmon" Natsu muttered under his breath
"Who's the pinkie with Kagura?" another muttered
"It's SALMON" Natsu repeated slightly more agitated
"Why is that pink haired guy here?" a third said
"FOR FUCK SAKE IT'S SALMON, SALMON!" He shouted out as he finally snapped
Everyone was now staring at the dragonslayer with appalled and shocked looks on their face at Natsu's outburst even Kagura looked shock. "What? I'm very defensive about my hair" Natsu deadpanned. "What is going on out here?" a tall slim woman asked as she came out of the guild followed by a crowd of guild members. The women wore a long purple dress that had golden floral designs that were joined and outlined by fine black thread. The dress had a slit over the right leg which exposed the Mermaid Heel guild mark on the exposed flesh, the women had long flowing blonde hair and she had green eyes that shimmered in the sunlight.
The woman held an aura of authority to her and seemed to have a dignified sense about her which was further enhanced by her elegant walk. "Master please forgive me" Kagura said while bowing her thus alerting Natsu to the status of the woman. "It's okay Kagura just raise your head and tell me what's with all the noise." The woman said as she stopped in front of Natsu and Kagura which showed she was a good few inches taller than Natsu and only looked to be in her early thirty's.
"Yes Master, you see Natsu here would like to join our guild and before you say no here me out Natsu is different than other men and I believe we should give him a chance at least because remember the council can press changes that and I need his help for something." Kagura said in a neutral tone trying to supress any audible excitement. "Hmmm I don't know if he's different as you say he'll have to prove it." The master said while giving Natsu a sceptical look. "And how do you as the master expect me to do that?" Natsu asked with a stern expression plastered on his face.
"Well you see the reason why we turn men away is because they only want to join the Guild for perverted reasons and if we allow them to take the test which is a battle they never take the women in the guild seriously and lose on purpose thinking it makes them look good." The Master explained causing Natsu to frown at the men's attempt to join the all-female guild. "I see, that is rather problematic but can you blame them for trying your guild is filled with beautiful women." Natsu replied in a care free tone no knowing that his statement put some of the women on edge while others faces were slightly red from embarrassment.
"However that isn't my reason for joining, my simple reason is that Kagura requires my help and believes the best way is for me to become a member of the guild and as for the test I'll gladly fight any of the members yourself included with everything I got." Natsu said in a neutral tone which turned more towards excited at the end. The master could find no fault in his words but he really got her attention and everyone else's with what he had said that it was Kagura herself that asked him to join the guild. "Truth be told I hadn't planned on joining any guilds so soon, I actually was planning on fulfilling a few promises here and there that I left unfulfilled due to all the time I was stuck on Tenrou Island. One such promise happened to involve Kagura herself." He continued motioning to the swords woman who now lost her emotionless composure as she was failing to hide a blush.
"I assume you want to leave the details of why you are no longer with Fairytail and this promise in the dark for now?" the guild master asked "Yeah" he replied slightly disheartened "Does the reason have something to do with Erza Natsu?" Milliana asked but immediately regretted so when she saw him clutch his eye, "Sorry Milliana I really don't want to talk about it." He said in saddened tone which was unusual for him for as long as Milliana had known him or heard Erza talk about him he was always cheery. "Anyway back to you wanting to join the guild." The guild master said trying to lighten the mood. "Well I doesn't matter if you don't let me join the guild I could always find somewhere to live in the town." Natsu replied in a calm tone.
"Well that is fine with us but let's just not knock off you not joining just yet, after all your performance in the last Grand Magic Games was something rather spectacular indeed, it could prove quite beneficial to have the infamous Salamander as a part of Mermaid Heel and there is the fact that with you and Kagura we could do very well in the games thus gaining more respect for our guild. But in saying that it doesn't mean that you will automatically be allowed into the guild so without further wait let us proceed to the back of the guild to the training grounds where you will face Kagura herself." The Master said with a smirk as she gazed over at the swordswoman also noticing the smirk present on Natsu's face. "All right now I'm all fired up!" Natsu exclaimed slamming his fists together causing flames to burst out from them.
Kagura stood at one end of the training field while Natsu stood at the other in his battle stance with a wide grin plastered on his field. "Master are there any rules?" Kagura asked as she got into a quick draw stance, "Of course GMG rules, the battle is over when either opponent can no longer continue or if the battle exceeds the 30 minute time limit." The master explained as she and the rest of her guild watched from the side lines placing bets on who would win with everyone placing bets on Kagura except for the Master who decided she would go with the underdog. "You better come at me with everything you got Kagura cause I don't like holding back!" he shouted towards his opponent who replied simply with "Likewise" in her usual stoic state until a small smile graced her features something that her guild mates rarely saw.
"There's the smile I love so much" Natsu said smugly as he noticed her smile causing her blush slightly, "Aw come on don't be embarrassed you should smile more often it suits you." He replied in the same smug tone causing her face to resemble the same colour as Erza's hair. T say that her guild mates were shocked at what the dragonslayer said was an understatement if anyone said anything remotely like what he said they'd have lost both arms by now, but here was Natsu not only saying these things and getting away with it but had also caused Kagura to lose her composure and blush which none of them knew was possible.
"S-stop distracting me and fight!" Kagura cried out stuttering a little at the start, "Okay, okay whenever you're ready. "BEGIN!" the master shouted out and in the blink of an eye Kagura had closed the distance between herself and Natsu. "She's even faster than Erza!" Natsu thought to himself in surprise before being launched back by a powerful kick to his stomach. "Yeah yo go Kagura…show 'em what a woman can do…No mercy." Some of the guild members called out confident that their money was safe.
"Wow nice hit, but you held back I thought I told you to come at me with everything you got." Natsu said as he walked out of a dust cloud relatively unharmed. "Really you're going to accuse me of holding back when I know you holding back far more. What happened to that power you showed me yesterday? You know you could have easily dodged that attack." Kagura said in an unheard smug tone. "Yeah your right, my bad from here on out I'll go at full power if you do as well." Natsu replied offering the compromise, "DEAL!" she immediately replied unsheathing her Archenemy which caused the entire guild including the guild master to fear for Natsu's life.
Before anyone could protest to her actions they felt an incredible spike in magic energy from where Natsu stood that rivalled Kagura's and only the guild master and Kagura could tell that it was still climbing. Natsu stood straight concentrating on his Magic energy which was causing small bits of debris to float around him. All was silent until Natsu shouted "LIGHTNING FLAME DRAGON MODE!" lightning arced around Natsu's body with small scales present on his forearms, larger debris now floated around him from the crater his magical pressure had caused and his hair now looked wilder as it looked spikier thanks to the lightning.
All of the guild was speechless except for Kagura who had already seen this transformation but the rest were too shocked to form words as the only time they had seen such a transformation was when Gajeel absorbed Rogue's shadows and became the Iron Shadow Dragon. "You ready Kagura because I ain't gonna hold back." He said aloud in an excited tone as both fire and lightning danced around his hands in a beautiful display of elemental unison.
Kagura only nodded before the two charged at each other with such speed that it left behind an after image of the two. Sparks could be seem flying and shockwaves could be felt from where they collided with each other until they settled once again at opposite ends of the arena both had visible damage and it looked like both were even in terms of power causing some of the guild members to gawk at the sight but that soon turned into a smile as Natsu started to stagger a bit. The members concluded that it was because Kagura had dealt more damage but it was nothing of the sort as Kagura well knew after Natsu's brief explanation of how his power had its hindrances on his body.
"I think it's about time we end this" Kagura replied with a stoic expression but her words caused the dragonslayer to smile. "I agree let's go!" he replied his voice oozing with confidence. "Gravity change X50!" Kagura shouted out and Natsu was immediately crushed to the ground by an extreme magical pressure and now that he felt it on his body first hand he could appreciate its power. "Damn this is even more powerful than that guy from Grimoire Heart's gravity magic." Natsu thought to himself in extreme discomfort as he tried to push himself off the ground but found the pressure to great as with every push the ground beneath him cracked further and further.
Kagura was now in full on sprint rushing to deliver a finishing blow and as much as she wanted Natsu to join the guild her guild master picked her for this fight and throwing away the fight just so Natsu could join would tarnish her honour as a swordswoman. As she was only feet away she skidded to a stop before entering the field of gravity shouting out "Archenemy Unsheathed; Strong Form" Kagura then proceeded to bring the flat edge of her sword down to knock Natsu out however what she wasn't expecting was… "Firing Hammer of the Lightning Flame Dragon." A massive explosion knocked both Natsu a Kagura away from each other giving Natsu the distance he needed as well as dealing some damage to Kagura.
"Let's try something new; Lightning Flame Dragon's Blade Edge!" Natsu called out gaining the attention of many as the lightning and flames the rolled off his body made their way down to his hands coating both forming two ethereal blades. His right arm was covered in a lightning blade while the left arm was covered in a flaming blade. "How about we have ourselves a little duel?" Natsu said grinning from ear to ear which caused Kagura to grin in response "Re-quip; Excalibur!" a bright light glowed in Kagura's free hand then dimming down to reveal a similar sword to that of Archenemy except the blade was as black as obsidian "Bring it!" Kagura shouted in an excited tone.
"I've never seen Kagura actually become excited ever let alone a fight." Milliana said in surprise but slightly happy that her usually stoic friend seemed to be lightening up and enjoying herself. Natsu and Kagura then dashed at each other at break neck speeds swords in or on hand in Natsu's case clashing with each other exchanging blow after blow. "Lightning Edge!" "Excalibur; Defence form!" Natsu shouted out and with a swift movement of his right arm sent a slash of lightning towards his opponent but before it could make contact she shifted the form of one of her swords deflecting Natsu's attack away harmlessly.
The two then charged at each other one again exchanging a flurry of blows, sparks flew, and flames swirled attack after attack was called out.
"Flame Edge!"
"Archenemy; Strong form!"
"Lightning Vortex!"
"Excalibur; Speed Form!"
"Lightning Flame Spiral Blade Dance!" Natsu called out hoping to finish the match.
"Twin demon blade's Desolation!" Kagura shouted using her counter attack.
A large explosion followed after their collision and the audience could only watch in awe at the sheer power the two demonstrated. They knew both of them were strong but seeing them fight now they were at a whole new level, the audience waited on baited breath as a large cloud of smoke and dust obscured the vision of the two contenders all wondering who came out on top. The smoke started to slowly clear up giving the guild members a view of two silhouettes standing albeit shakily but still standing. They couldn't believe after that massive explosion the two were still standing, the members were amazed that Natsu was able to go toe to toe with their ace but after that explosion they thought at least one of them would be down.
The smoke and dust finally cleared away giving the members a clear view of the two fighters, the stood only a few feet away from each other their breathing was heavy and it was clearly visible why. Both were littered with injuries, Kagura's blazer was now non-existent, her tights and other clothes were badly torn and she had multiple cuts and bruises on her body. Natsu was in no better shape his vest had been completely torn apart leaving his upper body exposed along with the multitude of cuts and bruises that littered his chest and arms, His scarf looked slightly more worn out than usual and his baggy grey pants had a series of holes decorating them and one of the legs now only went up to the knee.
Although the two were badly injured for a spar/test fight and were incredibly exhausted as both had used powers they wouldn't normally use unless they deemed necessary which would result in them having savvier headaches afterwards the two could only smile at each other which caused the members to think they were going to go at it for round three. However much to their surprise Kagura started to collapse but before she reached the ground she felt a pair of strong arms catch her. She didn't have the strength to look up at who it was but she didn't need to look to see who it was as she knew the feeling those arms provided which caused her smile to turn into a smirk before saying "I guess you win" she said tiredly before she felt her head being laid down on something soft.
She looked to her side to see a shirtless and scarfless Natsu who lay on the ground next to her chuckling "Ahhhh man that was an amazing fight, one of the best in my life." Natsu said in all honesty not realising the shade of pink Kagura's face had taken on from seeing him shirtless, after all she's only ever been in a guild filled with nothing but women so she has never seen anything of the sort before so it's not like she could help it. "Well I must say that was one of the most spectacular fights I've ever seen, indeed Kagura was right you are different and I hope you can forgive my being so on edge about you joining." The master said with a slight bow towards the dragonslayer making sure she got her apology.
"Please there is nothing to forgive, you all have your reasons for being so wary of letting men join your guild so it's only natural." Natsu replied in an understanding tone. "Well now that that is out of the way congratulations Natsu you've passed the first test in joining mermaid Heel, all you have to do is pass one more and your in." The master said in a slightly chipper tone. "Oh, okay then what is the final test?" Natsu questioned in curiosity thinking he had already gained the right to join the guild. The guild master smiled at the teen before saying "A test of truth, I will ask you some question and you must answer truthfully because I will be able to tell if you're lying, but be warned just telling the truth won't get you in the guild no I will judge your answers myself to see whether or not you re suitable to join." She explained before motioning for Natsu to follow her.
"Okay then but could you tell me where the infirmary is I wouldn't feel right leaving Kagura out here like this." He replied truthfully before picking up said swordswoman electing a yelp from her and a few giggles from some of the other guild members. Milliana walked alongside them in silence taking glances at Kagura's face which was now the deepest shade of red as she had never been carried by anyone let alone a man. Milliana couldn't contain herself anymore so she immediately pulled a Happy "HHHeee LLLiiikkkeeesss yyyooouuu!" she exclaimed pushing her paws together getting a few laughs from the other members, a deathly stare from a scarlet red Kagura and bluh from the pin haired dragonslayer.
After putting Kagura in an infirmary bed and asking Milliana to look after her Natsu had made his way through the main building to the Master office and if he had to compare it to anywhere well he thought it made Fairytail look like a shit hole and the only comparable building he could think of was the Kings castle. The building definitely had that royal sort of feel to it what with the crystal chandeliers, Marble floors and intricate water fountain designs. "So Natsu I am going to ask you a series of questions so could you please give me your arm." The master asked "Sure…wait I just realised that I don't even know your name so what do I call you?" Natsu asked as he gave her his arm.
"My name is Aerial Yuki, even though you're not in the guild yet just call me Master Aerial." She answered with a smile before what appeared to be a pink bracelet like design appeared on Natsu's skin. "Ah sensory link, so that's how you'll be able to tell if I'm lying." Natsu said in a surprised tone as he only knew one person with this magic. "You've seen sensory link magic before, I'm surprised it is an extremely rare magic now days'." Aerial responded sounding as equally surprised as Natsu. "I have a friend who is an independent mage who can use it." He answered simple.
The master then activated the sensory link and the mark on Natsu's arm started glowing "Okay Natsu I'm going to start asking you the questions now and you must answer truthfully do you understand?" She asked to make sure he understood what was about to happen and he nodded to show he did.
"Okay Natsu to you what is the most important thing in life?"
"My friends and family."
"What do hope to achieve by joining Mermaid Heel?"
"I want to be able to help a friend and keep a promise."
"What is your opinion of the women in this guild and in terms of relationship where do you hope you stand with them?"
"Well the women in the guild are all beautiful, they seem kind, loyal and strong from all their magical presences. As for the second part I…" Natsu but paused when he remembered about 'that' and didn't know how it would affect him getting into the guild should he come clean and tell her what transpired that night or lie and risk his chances of getting into the guild. Those were the sort of thoughts going through Natsu's head before he was brought out of his thoughts by Master Aerial as she felt his heart rate spike through the sensory link causing her to smirk.
"You what?" she questioned smugly, at this point it was make or break so Natsu to tell the truth. "Forgive me Master Aerial but I haven't been honest from the start." He replied causing the guild master to raise an eyebrow "Oh, how so?" she asked in a fairly curious manner. "What do you know about dragons?" For the next hour Natsu went over the events which took place after the grand magic games more specifically the dragon invasion. He made sure to include every detail no matter how insignificant. The master knew he was telling the truth because of the sensory link Magic but she still found it hard to believe that such a magic existed within the world that had the power to bring the living back from the dead.
"I see then I am very grateful for you saving one of my guild members lives truly I am very grateful thank you." Aerial said with a small bow showing her appreciation. "Well I only did what was necessary but it is another reason why I'm here, like I said I made a promise and that is also a reason but I came here because I wanted to get to know Kagura better, I would be lying to myself if I said I wasn't attracted her, she is a beautiful, strong woman. She has an amazing personality actually quite intriguing but I'm not saying that I'm in love with her, I'm definitely attracted to her but I do want it to be more than attraction that's why I want to get to know her better by joining the guild but I don't want her finding out just yet I don't want her to fell forced." He replied explaining his dilemma once again telling the truth.
Master Aerial was taken back by the sincerity in his words that it moved her so she decided she let him join but would ask him one last question. "Natsu what would you do for this guild?" she asked in a neutral tone before a smile graced her goddess like features. "I'd move heaven and Earthland." He replied sternly and truthfully. "Then welcome to Mermaid Heel Mr. Dragneel." "Woah wait seriously?" Natsu asked in disbelief "Of course, now let's introduce you the rest of the guild." Aerial said in a calm reassuring tone.
By now Kagura and the rest of Mermaid Heel had gathered in the main hall and were all wondering what was taking so long. "The master and Natsu are taking a long time I wonder if it's going well." Kagura said to Milliana, Risley and Ariana. "Attention mages of Mermaid Heel I want to introduce you to your newest comrade and guild mate Natsu Salamander Dragneel!" Aerial shouted from a balcony overlooking the main hall with Natsu standing next to her. "It's nice to meet everyone, I hope we can all work together in the future and be great friends." He shouts out to everyone showing them his signature grin.
There chapter two done hope you like it, I'm actually pretty proud of the way I wrote the fight between Natsu and Kagura. As for the Mermaid Heel master I don't ever recall seeing her in the anime or hearing any mention of her name in the manga so I just decided to make up a character and I know she seems a bit young but her age is roughly 30-33 so she would have guild master at the age of 23-26 before the Tenrou time skip and if you think about it that seems to be a reasonable age for it considering Makarov said Laxus was meant to be his successor and Laxus was only 23 at the time. Anyways I hope you enjoyed this fic for now I will try and figure out which one of my stories to update next so for now chaosdragonslayer777 signing out