Student of the Apocalypse

"I don't want to be in a guild." cried Natsu.

"Sorry, but you're going to. Gildarts if you please." said Makarov.

A tall man in a ripped trench coat with reddish-brown hair came up and held Natsu.

"Hey, let go!" yelled Natsu.

Natsu didn't notice that Makarov put magic seals on his ankle.

"There we go. Now you can't leave the guild for any intents or purposes." said Makarov.

Natsu's eyes widened and he tried to run out the door but was stopped by an invisible force of energy. When his attempt to run failed, he went to the corner and sulked.

Makarov sighed and asked the kids to resume their attempt to make Natsu feel welcome. Reluctantly they went over to try again.

Lisanna asked, "What kind of magic do you use?"

Natsu didn't answer.

Gray snapped and shoved Natsu. "What type of magic do you use!" he yelled.

Natsu now snapped, and he pushed him back sending him skidding. "Don't ever touch me again or I'll kick your ass." growled Natsu.

"I'd like to see you try!" retorted Gray.

"Show me what you've got then, you pathetic excuse for a mage." insulted Natsu.

Gray's face went dark, then the ice make wizard jumped back and cupped his hands.

He began to charge blue ice energy around his hands forming a magic seal and he chanted angrily.

"Take this you bastard! Ice-Make : Lance!" roared Gray. He shot five ice spears at Natsu which looked like a sure finisher, but then...

"Is that it?" asked Natsu unimpressed. He extended his arm and his arm erupted in dark-blue energy. A magic seal appeared but it was weird, it had a face of a dragon on it with horns.

"Chaos Dragon's Shield." muttered Natsu. A large dark blue shield made of Chaos energy formed and when Gray's ice lances made contact they shattered.

"What the..." gasped Gray. The entire guild went silent, even the Master and Gildarts looked over in amazement.

"Let me show you a real attack." growled Natsu menacingly. Natsu's dark glare paralyzed Gray, "What is this kid?" thought the ice mage.

Natsu charged his right fist in dark-blue chaos energy creating another dragon seal, then he rushed Gray appearing before him in an instant.

"Chaos Dragon's Devastating Fist!" roared the Dragon Slayer. Natsu slammed his fist into Gray's gut and sent him flying into a wooden table.

Then guild went very quiet until Erza broke the silence.

"What did you do that for?!" Erza yelled angrily.

Natsu answered with a death glare that paralyzed anyone who dared to look.

Erza however regained her composure and she declared, "If it's a fight you want, it's a fight you'll get. I'll beat you up!"

"Another overconfident fool who needs a lesson? Let's take this outside, and I'll show you what I can really do." said Natsu with a cruel grin.

The guild looked at the commotion tense as ever, this new kid was dangerous.

"Fine, then when I beat you you'll apologize to Gray." ordered Erza angrily.

Natsu's grin disappeared and he walked outside to a field next to the guild.

The rest of the guild followed excited for the battle.

"That punk has no chance. Erza will destroy him." said Mirajane.

"We shouldn't think about that now, Gray needs help." Cana said and she pointed to the groaning ice mage.

The two mages stared at each other with serious glares at a safe distance.

Erza thought to herself, "He seems to use a type of caster magic. He's most likely a close range fighter, if I can overwhelm him with long range attacks, I'll win for sure." She didn't know how wrong she was.

Natsu didn't bother to plan, she would fall to him like every other boulder or obstacle.

"Re-equip! Heaven's Wheel Armor." chanted Erza. She summoned a steel plated armor with feather like wings, he swords were held in her hands ready for battle.

Then the re-equip mage attacked.

Erza quickly slashed downwards, but Natsu sidestepped like nobodies business. She gasped in shock but Natsu retaliated swiftly.

"Chaos Dragon's Claw." growled Natsu. He engulfed his forearm in chaos energy and clotheslined Erza in the neck. She went flying backwards and hit the ground hard coughing up blood.

The guild looked on in shock, unable to comprehend what just happened.

"There's no way." gulped Mirajane.

"What the heck is going on here? Even I can't do that." gasped a teenage Laxus.

Erza struggled to her feet, panting and wincing in pain.

"Is that it redhead? I thought you were gonna beat me?" mocked Natsu.

"Just you wait you little jerk! Re-equip: Black Wing Armor." yelled Erza. She charged Natsu with a fierce battle cry.

Erza slashed at Natsu at a furious pace, but the Dragon Slayer dodged every attack. He ducked under one of her swings, grabbed her arm and prepared another attack.

"Chaos Dragon's Crushing Fang." chanted Natsu. He kneed Erza in the gut hard, possibly breaking a few ribs. The swords-woman gasped in pain as she flew into the air.

"You're not getting away." said Natsu. He jumped into the air, floating above Erza.

"Chaos Dragon's Talon!" roared the Dragon Slayer. He charged chaos energy in his left leg and drop-kicked Erza towards the ground.

But she recovered, and she landed on her feet. Her wings spread out and she attacked the airborne Natsu.

"Moon Flash!" cried Erza. She performed a powerful dual slash and grazed an off-guard Natsu in the side.

"She got him!" yelled an awoken Gray. Then he grasped his gut in pain.

"Take it easy, you're still hurt." scolded Cana.

Natsu and Erza landed on the ground backs turned towards each other. Despite Erza's connected attack on Natsu, the fight was obviously in Natsu's favor.

However, Natsu had a very pissed off look on his face when he landed.

"You're not as tough as you think you are." mocked Erza. "He's powerful but not invulnerable if I confuse him with quick strikes, feint, then land a powerful slash I can win this." she thought. But things were about to become very bad.

"Okay knight-bitch, you think you've won? I haven't even begun to shown you my true power." Then Natsu erupted in a dark-blue aura and generated a strong magic power.

The guild at first jubilant over Erza's attack grew quiet, something wasn't right.

"Something very bad is about to happen." thought Makarov.

The Dragon Slayer's aura disappeared but was replaced by a glow. Erza rose her sword ready for his next attack.

She never saw it coming.

Natsu disappeared in an instant and reappeared in front of the redheaded knight with his fist charged in chaos energy.

"What the..." gasped Erza but she didn't finish as Natsu slammed her in the face sending her rolling.

"Chaos Dragon's Devastating Fist!" roared Natsu. But this Dragon's fist was three times more powerful than the one he used on Gray. And the chaos mage didn't let up.

The Dragon Slayer began a flurry of attacks destroying his opponent's armor and causing Erza to scream in pain.

"Chaos Dragon's Claw." growled Natsu. He engulfed his forearm in chaos energy and backhanded Erza into the dirt.

"Chaos Dragon's Fang Thrust." continued Natsu. He charged his elbow and slammed it into Erza's face.

The re-equip mage tried to counter with a downward slash, but Natsu disappeared again.

"Chaos Dragon's Crushing Fang." chanted Natsu. He kneed Erza in the back and sent her tumbling forwards.

The guild couldn't believe what was happening, the new kid was making Erza look like an amateur.

"Come on Erza!" yelled Mirajane. She was beginning to be frightened by Natsu's magical prowess. She was an equal to Erza which meant he could dish out the same punishment out to her as easily as he's doing to Erza.

"This... guy is a monster." stammered Gray. The rest of the FT kids nodded their heads in solemn agreement.

Erza slid back once again from Natsu's onslaught and fell on her hands and knees heavily panting. Her armor was beginning to break down and her sword was chipping.

"What are you..." gasped a weary Erza.

"Your superior." bluntly answered Natsu. Then in another show of extreme speed he disappeared again.

Natsu rushed forwards appearing behind Erza, she was only able to glance at Natsu before his next attack connected.

"Chaos Dragon's Wing Attack!" yelled Natsu. He engulfed her in a powerful torrent of chaos energy and Erza screamed like no one had heard before.

"AAAAAAHHHHHHH!" she screeched as her armor was destroyed and she was smashed into the side of the guild creating a large hole. Erza lied on the ground, battered, beaten, and badly bruised, utterly defeated by Natsu.

Natsu smirked and said, "Looks like you're all bark and no bite."

The entire guild was frozen in shock. Even the master and Gildarts were startled. Natsu defeated Gray and Erza with such ease.

Natsu wasn't finished however... the Dragon Slayer began to suck in a large amount of air, gathering energy in his mouth.

"What is he doing?" asked a startled Gildarts.

Natsu puffed his cheeks and cocked his head back. Then he shouted, "Chaos Dragon's Roar!"

A large twister-beam of chaos energy shot out of Natsu's mouth and headed towards Erza. She could only watch in stunned horror.

Then Gildarts appeared, he grabbed Erza and stuck out his hand towards the Dragon Roar. The moment the two made contact Gildarts used his magic and made the blast implode on itself.

"What's the matter with you?! You could have killed Erza!" shouted Gildarts.

"What? She asked for a beat down and I kindly obliged." answered Natsu stoically.

Everyone in the guild then looked at Erza who was shaking and looked to be on the verge of tears.

"No way that punk can't be this powerful!" said Mirajane.

A teenage Laxus who was standing by the wall was visibly shocked. He thought to himself, "Holy Shit..."

Then Natsu turned and began to walk away from the complex, leaving everyone in silence.

"Master…" Gildarts tried to say.

When the Dragon Slayer passed through the gate, Gildarts then turned to the master and said, "I thought he couldn't leave the guild?"

Makarov replied, "I made it so he can't leave Magnolia, but I think it'd be best for him not to be here right now.

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\(Later In The Woods)

Natsu jogged into the woods and sat on a collapsed tree. Natsu was very confused; when he trained with Acnologia he was encouraged and praised when he was ruthless. In the guild, however, he was shouted at.

Most confusing of all was that Gildarts guy. No one had ever been able to diffuse his attacks like that before.

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\(The Next Day)

Back in the guild, some members were repairing the damaged guild building, while others were talking about yesterday's fight, but not in front of Erza in fear of invoking her wrath. Erza and Gray were both bandaged and were talking with the others about the day before.

"I can't believe that I was beaten by that new kid!" Gray shouted.

"Calm down. I lost too, but you don't hear me complaining." Erza said but in reality she was trying not to explode from anger.

"Ha, the mighty Erza knows defeat by a kid." scoffed Mirajane.

"You would have been beaten as well." retorted Erza.

Before Mirajane could answer, the guild door swung open and in came the topic of discussion, Natsu.

Most of the guild avoided eye contact, and Natsu walked up to the master and Gildarts.

Makarov asked, "What are you doing here kid?"

Natsu replied, "I want to join your guild."

Now everybody froze. What could have caused this change in Natsu? Makarov again asked. "Why the sudden change?

Natsu answered, "I want to get stronger…" while looking at Gildarts, the finished saying, "…so I can find my master."

"And who would that be?" Makarov asked curiously.

Natsu took a deep breath then said, "The Black Dragon of the Apocalypse, Acnologia."

With that everybody stopped what they were doing and gasped.

Gildarts said, "So that's why you are this powerful, you're a Dragon Slayer."

Erza and Gray tch'd at that statement.

Makarov said, "And he was taught by the most powerful dragon out there. Natsu might be superior to all other Dragon Slayers."

Natsu nodded at the statement.

"Well then, welcome to the guild." said Makarov.

However Gray wasn't happy with this and said, "Hey master you can't seriously let this guy join after what he did."

Makarov simply stated, "I am and I did."