Chapter 2
Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail and that is actually a good thing. Because I don't know what's going to happen and I'll be excited by each new chapter and episode.
Another thing I am having a poll and the way to be in it is review to answer. The poll will be on Natsu and who should be paired with him. Gray and Juvia will be together and Gajeel and Levy because those pairs are perfect.
Erza: 0
Lucy: 0
Lisanna: 0
Natsu woke up to a white and clean ceiling that was definitely not his roof. He tried to get up and groaned at the action, feeling his body still aching but not as much as it had earlier. He looked around and saw he was in the medical room of the Fairy Tail guild. He was moving to get out of his bed when the door opened. Master Makarov walked in and looked at Natsu.
"Ah, I see you're awake Natsu. Happy was worried after you collapsed so he brought you here." He explained before walking towards the bed. "How are you doing my boy?" He asked worriedly but the dragon slayer could only stare at the old man.
"G-gramps…" He stuttered out.
"Yes, what is wrong Natsu?" Makarov questioned worriedly.
"I-I thought I saw you die?" Natsu finally managed to get out. The Master blinked in surprise before shaking his head.
"No child, I'm alright. Perhaps you had a nightmare of sorts." He suggested.
"Maybe, so the others are okay? Erza, Gray, Lucy?" He asked with growing agitation. Makarov slowly nodded at each name but frowned at the end.
"Erza and Gray are fine, but I don't know anyone by the name of Lucy. Did you mean Levy?" The old man asked. Natsu shook his head in response.
"No, I mean Lucy. You know, my teammate and one of my best friends?" He answered.
"I don't know that person. Are you sure you're alright? Did Lisanna's death affected you that much?" The master asked trying to put his hand on Natsu's head but the dragon slayer jerked his head away with a hint of fear in his eyes.
"Lisanna's dead?" He questioned with some apprehension. Makarov looked at him with a strange look.
"Yes Natsu, she died a month ago, when she went on the mission with Mirajane and Elfman to stop the you not remember that?" The old man had clear worry in his eyes and Natsu knew he had to do something and fast.
"Yeah, I'm fine Gramps. I was just still waking up, that's all." Natsu said with a fake smile on his face. The master scrutinized him for a few seconds before giving up. The boy was lying he knew that much, but he couldn't tell about what.
'Probably Lisanna's death.' He thought sadly.
"Alright my boy, stay here as long as you want." He said out loud before walking out of the room. As soon as he left the room Natsu's smile fell and was replaced with a frown.
"What's going on?" He muttered out loud. "Happy is back and so are Erza, Gray, and Gramps. The problem is they don't know who Lucy is. What is going on?"
Suddenly he remembered what Zeref had said. "At the same time, give you another chance." Natsu's eyes widened as he realized what had happened.
'H-he sent me back in time? HOW?' He screamed in his head. Zeref had somehow managed to send him back a month after Lisanna was sent to Edolas. He had said that this was Natsu's third chance to kill him and that he had to get stronger, but how?
As he was thinking about that the door slammed open and Erza marched in with Gray right behind her. Happy flew in a second later, and when he saw Natsu awake he cheered and tackled his friend.
"Natsu! I'm glad you're awake!" He yelled, hugging his friend around the chest. While Natsu was petting Happy, Erza walked up and hit him on the head.
"Ow! What was that for?" The dragon slayer asked while rubbing his head in pain.
"For scaring us you idiot. Don't just collapse like that!" Erza scolded him with Gray nodding behind her.
"She's right dude, what were you thinking?" He asked causing Natsu to growl.
"Hey, I couldn't control that! You try not to faint." He argued before blinking in surprise. He had been too busy to hugging Happy and arguing with Gray to notice but now that he looked he saw their appearances. Even though he knew he was in the past it was still surprising to see both of them were little again, with Erza having her armor from when they were kids and her natural red hair shorter than it was in the future.. Gray still had his stripping habit and was only wearing some pants but his brown hair was the same, tasseled and uncontrolled. Looking down at himself he was now wearing a red shirt instead of his black vest with one sleeve. One thing that did relieve him though, was the scarf his father had given him was still wrapped around his neck.
"Hey, guys?" He asked getting their attention.
"What is it?" Erza responded, being blunt as usual. Natsu paused for a moment thinking.
'What am I supposed to do? I can't ask about the future, they'll think I'm nuts!...What if I ask about it like a nightmare? Yeah that will work.' He decided.
"Hey, Flame Breath, are you here with us?" Gray questioned.
"Yeah Popsicle, just thinking. What I wanted to ask was if you had any nightmares last night?" The pink haired boy asked, looking at their reactions. Erza simply blinked and shook her head while Gray froze for a second before answering.
"Y-yeah, but it was something from what happened to me before this." He explained and Natsu nodded like he understood. Really, he did know about Deliora and Gray's master but he wasn't going to say anything.
"Did you have one Natsu?" The redhead asked. The dragon slayer nodded but didn't say anything else.
"Aye! I had one." Happy spoke up, raising his hand.
"What was it buddy?" Natsu asked with some concern.
"Well, I was eating a fish like any normal day and I was in the guild when suddenly…" Here he paused and the other three leaned in to hear. "My fish disappeared!" He wailed with anime tears while the others face planted.
"Jeez, all you care about is food." Gray complained.
"Waaaa! You're mean!" Happy wailed before flying out.
"Wait! I didn't mean that!" The boy yelled after the cat. Natsu laughed at their antics before getting serious.
"How about we go and train?" He asked, remembering Zeref's words.
'I need to train if I'm going to defeat him.' He thought seriously to himself. Gray shrugged which meant yes from him while Erza nodded.
"Sweet, let's have a three way fight and use our magic!" The dragon slayer cheered but Erza raised her hand.
"It'll be to destructive to use our magic so we'll just fight normally." She stated. Between Natsu's dragon slayer magic, Gray's ice make magic, and Erza's requipping we could probably destroy the guild hall.
"But-" Natsu and Gray began.
"No arguments." She threatened, glaring at both of them.
"Aye!" The boys shouted in fear, doing a very good Happy impression.
"Good, now that that's settled, let's go and train." Erza said with a smile before marching out like she had earlier.
"S-she's scary." Gray stammered.
"You haven't seen anything yet." Natsu comments while shivering at thought of everything grown up Erza had done to them when Gray and him had been fighting.
"What do you mean?" Ice boy asked with a confused look on his face.
"Oh, just, I mean she'll probably get worse later on." The dragon slayer gave a weak excuse while mentally panicking. After a couple of seconds his friend nodded.
"Gray, Natsu, get out here now." Erza's voice came drifting into the medical room.
"C-coming!" They stammered before rushing out and into the guild hall. Natsu paused for a moment and looked around. Some tears came to his eyes looking around at all of his guildmates. At the bar was Mira who was serving drinks with Master Makarov drinking on the bar top. Wakaba and Macao were sitting at a table talking about the kids in the guild.
'And they all die soon if I can't get stronger.' He thought grimly. He noticed Gray and Erza about to leave the guild and ran to catch up. They walked to the back part of the guild where they had a beach for fighting.
"Alright, now I'm all fired up!" Natsu cheered.
"I'll kick both of your buts." Gray responded, starting his old stripping habit again and taking his shirt off.
"Well then. let's begin." Erza stated while taking a pose. Everything was quiet for a moment with the only thing being heard was the waves crashing on the shore. The stillness was broken by the battle cries of both Gray and Natsu as they charged the redhead. Normally they would fight each other but when Erza was with them they ignored each other for the chance to sock her though they never did.
'But I'm better now.' Natsu thought with a grin as they reached Erza.
Gray swung his fist at her but she simply grabbed his wrist and threw him behind her. Natsu pretended to throw a punch but suddenly dropped down for a sweeping kick. Erza blinked in surprise before she leaped over the kick and landed in a push up position. Without a pause, she mule kicked the pink haired boy and sent him flying straight at Gray who was just getting up. He looked up just in time to see a flash of pink before it collided with him. Gray lay there dazed for a second before looking over a Natsu.
"Hey Flame Brain, what do you think you're doing running into me like that." He barked before getting up.
"Listen Frosty, I didn't do that on purpose. The last thing I would want to do is to be near you." The dragon slayer yelled back. A glaring match started between the two with sparks flying at them.
"Yaaaaaa!" A scream sounded out and they looked up to see Erza about to punch both of them.
"Help." They manage to get out before they meet the sand face first. While they were knocked out, Erza was above them wiping her hands together.
"Well that was good exercise, and good move earlier Natsu." She stated then turned around and started to walk away.
"Wait! Let's fight again." Natsu called, starting to get up again.
"No, we've done enough for today." The redhead said.
"I want to fight!" He screamed out, running at her. Before he could reach her though, he tripped over his own feet and fell on the beach. She looked back at him for a second before continuing to walk away. Natsu got back up and tried to run again but he only tripped over his own feet.
"Damnit, what happened?" He asked himself. He looked back at Gray but he was still out cold so he couldn't have tripped him.
"Whatever, Gray's out cold so he can't train with me and Erza won't either so I guess I should go and train at the house." He spoke to himself. With that decision he walked over to the hut Lisanna and him had built. When he reached it he paused for a second to look inside and faintly smiled.
"Don't worry Lisanna, Lucy. I'll get you both back, just give me two years. That's all I ask." He said out loud to the stone that was a memorial to her. He then walk to the side of the house where there was several wooden targets set up. There was also a big rock that Natsu went to.
'Now it's time to train with my magic.' He thought before before taking a deep breath.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!" He yelled while spewing a breath of fire at the stone. A roaring inferno came out of his mouth and spewed over the rock making it red hot. Natsu grinned before moving on to his next attack.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" A massive flame covered his hand and when it collided with the rock it broke apart on impact. The dragon slayer stared for a moment before cheering and dancing around.
'Yes! I still have my magic. I guess that's one thing Zeref, didn't want to change. Now to work on my fighting again.' He thought before going to one of the targets. He threw several punches and kicks at it but they seemed off. Whenever he tried to reach where he wanted he would miss his mark and end up lower.
'What is happening, I keep missing my target.' Natsu grumbled before looking down in concentration. He looked at his feet and then an idea hit him.
'That's why I can't coordinate anything. I'm so used to my old height that I keep going farther than I should. Great I have to start over again.' He thought glumly. A moment later he clenched his fist in anger. He thought about how today he had been messing with Gray like old times and then how Zeref had blown Gray's chest out.
'I can't tell them anything about it. I need to protect them and I'll do whatever it takes to save them even if it means my death.' He swore before throwing himself into his training with an intense ferocity.
Snake: Hey guys hope your enjoying it. I love these time travel stories and also revenge stories were the good guys are evil. Read and Review!
