Timeskip
《Natsu's POV》
I made my way back to Fairy Tail, I can't wait to meet all my friends again. I've trained myself on how to keep my composure, just in case that is the reason on how the demon will escape and consume me.
I didn't erase my guild mark because now I can tell that I am finally going to be back in the guild that I love and care about. I still haven't forgotten about my feelings for Lucy, so once I'm settled in. I will confess to her.
I can't wait.
《Lucy's POV》
I was now making my way to my guild, Fairy Tail, to see what adventure was in store for me today. I love this guild with all my heart and all my guild members as well.
I entered through the big doors which were wide open to see all the morning faces of my guild mates. Other guilds like; Blue Pegasus and Sabertooth were present. I greeted them all first then I walked up to the bar and greeted Mira.
"Morning Mira."
"Lucy! Good morning, how are you today?" Mira asked me with her gentle smile.
"I'm great actually. Just waiting for something amazing to happen."
"Like Aaron?" Mira grinned at me. I instantly blushed.
During these long two years, a new guild member called Aaron joined us and he uses flames just like my old friend, Natsu. Aaron is really brave and courageous. He doesn't back down on a fight and is really helpful. The only difference between him and Natsu, is that he is not dense and dumb and is the guy who creates the strategies in the team.
"N-No!" I denied.
"If I was you, I would confess." Mira told me.
"It's not that easy. Besides, I'm sure he loves somebody else in the guild." I looked at him, he was carving something in the corner of the guild.
"Who?" Mira asked.
"I dont know. Maybe Lisanna, Levy or even Juvia." I mumbled, but she heard it clearly.
"Hmm. Well, I'm not sure. You should give the whole confessing thing a shot though." Mira put her finger to her chin.
"Okay, I guess..." before I could finish my sentence, a flying stripped Gray came flying at the bar.
"HEY FLAME FOR BRAINS! IF YOUR GONNA START A FIGHT, YOU BETTER WARN ME FIRST!" Gray yelled once he got up.
I looked over at the door to see Aaron igniting his fists. He reminds me so much of Natsu.
"COME ON ICE STRIPPER, I'M OVER... HARRR!" Aaron, who had flame coloured hair, had just been punched in the face by the iron dragon slayer, Gajeel.
"GIHI! THERE'S ONLY ROOM FOR ONE SLAYER IN A BATTLE AND THAT IS ME!" Gajeel stood above Aaron with his fists on his waist.
"We'll see about that!" Aaron ignited his fists.
"Don't you two idiots ignore me!" Gray jumped towards them.
"Your both mine!" Gajeel stood with an evil grin.
"Flame Demon..."
"Ice Demon..."
"Iron Dragon..."
BOOM!
Then the whole guild turned into a battle ground. Fire and ice was thrown everywhere and iron pillars were all over the place.
"Oh dear me." Mira smiled behind the bar.
I just put my hand to my face. Yep this is fairy tail for ya.
"Go get em Aaron!" Happy cheered beside me then Levy sat down beside me as well.
"Rowdy much?" Levy sighed. I nodded.
"You said it Levy."
"So, when are you going to confess to Aaron?" Levy asked me. I just sighed and leaned on the bar.
"I don't know. I'm sure he loves Lisanna anyway."
"You won't know until you try." Happy jumped in with a fish, I'm surprised he hasn't done that annoying trend he loves doing when teasing me.
"Okay wish me luck." I got up from the bar stool and walked over to the battle between Aaron, Gajeel and Gray.
《Aaron's POV》
Man, I frikin love this guild. Everyone is so lively and there are so much beautiful girls here, especially Lucy. I love her the most. Forget her body, her personality, her smile and beautiful chocolate brown eyes. She's so my type! She was walking over here like she wanted to chat, so to make sure she doesn't get hit. I did an air thrust that pushed Gajeel and Gray away.
"Hey Aaron." She said so happily.
"Hey Lucy. What's up? Is your rent money low or something?" I gave her a cheerful grin.
"No. I just wanted to tell you something in private." Lucy started blushing for some reason. Then she held my hand. If it's what I think it is then... Oh yeah.
"Sure. Let's talk in your apartment."
"Okay." She said happily and we walked to her apartment.
《Gray's POV》
After Aaron and Lucy left, I saw somebody running in the distance. He had pink hair and a big smile on his face. I started to get angry.
"He's here!" Once I said that, everyone knew what I was on about and got into their positions.
Hehe, why do you think Blue Pegasus and Sabertooth are here.
I ran up to the pink haired idiot and froze my fists completely.
"Long time no see, Gra-" I punched him right in the face and he fell to the floor.
"Hey flame for brains, what are you doing here?" I smirked above him. He must've of thought I was messing with him.
"I trained for a year on how to control the demon inside me and now I can control it. You guys don't need to worry about me. I'm fi-" I didn't let him finish when I kicked him and he went flying into a shopping cart.
"Now! Ice Demon Rage!" A blast of ice magic came from my mouth, that idiot was able to protect himself from it with his fire power.
He has improved.
《Natsu's POV》
"What are you doing Gray?" Once I asked him that, Sting and Rogue jumped out of nowhere.
"Shadow Dragon..."
"White Dragon..."
Knowing them, they are going to go for a roar. I ran quickly, not in a straight line, in zigzags.
"Roar!" White and Shadow roars came straight at me, but the roar hit a few metres behind me.
"Fire Dragons Brilliant Flame" I countered and directly threw the giant ball at Gray who deflected it and hit a wall. There was a massive explosion.
"Hehe. Guess I haven't been able to master my power yet." I rubbed the back of my head, then I felt myself being pulled down to the ground.
"Don't resist Natsu-san. Libra has the strongest gravity force." Sting's girlfriend; Yukino, stood behind me with her key in the air.
"Sting's Girlfriend!" I shouted.
"Yes... wait what! I'm Yukino Aguria and I am not Sting's girlfriend!" Yukino whined. She was also blushing at the same time. This was my perfect chance.
"Fire... Dragons... Ground Shaker!" I punched the ground. Both Libra and Yukino lost balance and I was able to jump up high in the air.
"How's it going Salamander!?" Gajeel turned up behind me. Before I could react, I was hit with a wave of his roar.
"Iron Dragon Roar!!!" Gajeel blasted me straight to the ground.
I recovered quickly and ran down a straight path. Erza, Laxus, Mirajane and Freed were hot on my tail.
"There's no point resisting Natsu. You were not supposed to come back." Erza threw her sword, but I easily caught it and melt it. She changed to a different armour, that had nothing but sports tape around her breasts and red pants.
(A/N: I, as the reader has forgotten what the name of that equip form was and I ain't looking to quickly go on Google to search the name for it either.)
Laxus punched the ground and lightning started to flow through the ground, trying to catch up with me. I skidded on my feet and sucked up all the lightning. I had an idea.
Mirajane formed demon bombs in her palms and threw them towards me, I caught two of them with one hand and my fire in the other.
"Shit!" Laxus swore.
"We just walked right into his trap." Freed exclaimed to them. They stopped and I jumped backwards.
"Loving this surprise party of yours Gray, but I'm just going to have to put an end to it right here." I ate my fire along with Mirajane's demon bombs.
My body started to spark with Laxus' lightning, glow along with my fire and Mirajane's demon bombs.
"Did he eat my magic just now?" Mirajane asked whilst in her She-Devil form.
"Yes he did! Now he's going to bring it back to us." Freed shouted and stepped back.
"Everyone evasive maneuvers! Now!" Erza shouted and they scrambled to take cover.
"I'll call this the... Fire Dragons Demon, Lightning, Fork Hammer!!!" I raised my fist and slammed it to the ground.
《Aaron's POV》
Lucy had just confessed to me and now she wants us to date. I am so happy, I've never had a girlfriend before, so I'm going to make this last!
KAAAAABOOOOOOM
A huge blast filled the sky. I got so worried that I carried Lucy bridal style and went straight to the danger. I just hope everybody is okay.
"Aaron, what do you think it is?" Lucy asked me.
"I don't know, but it definitely doesn't look good right now." I high jumped to the situation. Everyone was on the ground and Gray was standing in front of someone, he looked hurt, so I landed with Lucy behind him.
It looked like he was talking to someone. A guy with pink hair.
《3rd Person POV》
Gray stood in front of Natsu and was trying to catch his breath.
"Damn. I can't believe how strong he's gotten these past two years. What has he been doing!" Gray thought to himself and Natsu stepped out of the dust cloud.
Both Aaron and Lucy's eyes widened.
"Salamander... The Salamander!" Aaron got excited and ran to go and shake hands with Natsu.
"Huh?" Natsu was confused at first.
"It's really you! The Salamander, Natsu Dragneel, who destroyed the tower of heaven and stopped the demons from continuing with their plan to wipe magic from our world!" Aaron shook Natsu's hand and Natsu accepted his shake and shook back.
"Wow! I didn't know I had fans. So, I see you have a guild mar-" Natsu didn't get to finish as Aaron punched him in the stomach.
"If your Natsu Dragneel and your fighting your own friends, then that means your evil aren't you?" Aaron questioned him.
"Hmm Hmm." Natsu chuckled. "Not even. They attacked me first, I'm guessing it's a surprise party. Am I right Gray?" Natsu turned to Gray. Gray just gave Natsu a grimaced look.
"I don't want you here... nobody does! The slightest peak of your power is enough to convince me that you've turned to the dark side!" Gray held his arm and everyone started to get up and look at Natsu. Some were disappointed. Some were angry. Some were just disgusted.
"I thought that..." Natsu didn't get to finish when his crush spoke up.
"Your always thinking! But never compromising! Why are you so dumb? If your friends attack you then why would you attack back? You really have become E.N.D! I don't see the slightest change in you!" Lucy stood scared. Natsu walked up to her and held her hands.
"Lucy... I'm not E.N.D. I really, really thought that this was like a surprise party, since Gray did that last time I went for a long trip." Natsu held her hands tightly and brought her closer to him.
"Natsu..." Lucy started as Natsu brought her closer to his lips.
"I love you Luce." Their lips were about to touch each other, before Natsu was punched square in the face by Loke. Lucy secretly had her key out.
"Natsu, I loved you..." Lucy started.
Natsu winced and held his cheek. His jaw was paining him. He looked up at Lucy with fear and sadness in his eyes. Aaron came beside Lucy and snaked his arm around her waist.
"But now I found somebody else." Lucy finished. Natsu was quickly shot with Ice Devil Slayer Magic, that he went across the floor. Master Makarov was in his big form.
"Natsu! Remove your guild mark right this instant! Natsu doesn't attack his friends, no matter the circumstances! E.N.D on the other hand, certainly does!" Master Makarov stamped and Natsu grew scared. He looked at everyone.
"*Sniff* Your all traitors... All of you..." Natsu cried on the floor.
"What happened to our 'big happy family'? I'm Natsu... Not E.N.D. You've gotta believe me. Please" Natsu begged, but his so called 'family' stared at him with disgust. Natsu got up.
"If that's how it's gonna be... I'll become the person you want me to be." He engulfed his hand in flames. The guild mates got into their fighting stances, to their surprise, Natsu had slapped his flame hand onto his shoulder where his guild mark was located. He started running.
"I'll show you all! I'll show you!" Natsu ran into the distance.
"It is finally over." Gray sat down on the floor. Lucy cried into Aaron's chest.
Natsu was finally gone.
《Unknown POV》
I'll show them all.
A light shone in the darkness.
If they want me to be him so bad, then I will.
The light shone again. A plain brown book that sat on a coffee table. The light within it shone again.
Lucy
The book moves.
Gray
The book moves quite fast.
Erza
Mirajane
Laxus
The book rapidly moves across the table.
Lucy doesn't love me. But I love her.
Aaron...
The book opens and shines in dark green. Words started to fly from the book and float around the room it was in.
I will teach them!
No, I will kill them!
Yeah! I will! I will slaughter them all?!
The books shuts instantly and the words "...E.N.D..." were imprinted on the cover.
"Oh. So you're finally awake Natsu..." A man, young, short black hair, mysterious eyes and dark history places his hand on the book. Tracing all its corners and edges.
"As your older brother, it's only fair that I call you by your real name..."
"Etherious Natsu Dragneel."
《To Be Continued》