Hey guys! Flaredragon here with the third chapter! I'm sorry that I haven't updated this story in a long time. I won't abandon this story! I'm working on my stories so it'll take a while for me to update all of my stories, including some one shots in the progress. Thank you for the people that has been patient.

I don't own Fairy Tail or any of the characters in the anime/manga. The only ones I own are my OC's.

'Ice-Make Magic' The type of magic

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" Announcing the magic move

"(text)" People talking

'(text)' People thinking

"(text)" Beasts/dragons/powerful beings talking

'(text)' Beasts/dragons/powerful beings thinking

Chapter Three

(Year x779 Natsu's P.O.V.)

I was exhausted. Lisanna and I have been following Kaishi in his torn up cloak while Happy was resting on my head. We have been walking for a while, and by a while I mean for five hours! The jerk has been leading us to some weird mountain in a thick forest. I heard some grumblings and monstrous footsteps inside the forest but I didn't really mind it since I was raised in the wild and had Igneel by my side. But Lisanna …

"Ahhh! What was that?!" Lisanna shrieked as she heard a roar in the distance. I shrugged my shoulders,

"How should I know? I don't know what's in this forest."

Lisanna pouted, "But you will protect me right?" I nodded,

"Of course Lisanna, you know would've done that even you didn't ask."

"Thank you Natsu." Lisanna said while blushing.

"Ahhh young love, I remembered mine~" Kaishi teased. He winked at me, "You sure are one lucky kid Natsu, having a wife as young and pretty as her." My face felt really hot and stammered,

"S-shut up!"

"Aaah Natsu, you don't have to be embarrassed about your little wife." Lisanna teased as she cupped her cheek and flashed her blue eyes at him.

"Aye!"

"Not you too Happy!" I shouted in comical annoyance.

"Now now Natsu we're only teasing you." Lisanna giggled. Natsu tilted his head forward in defeat,

"You guys are the worst…"

"Quit your complaining Pinkie." Kaishi demanded, "It's getting dark. We'll camp here for tonight."The area was an opening with trees surrounding them and had a few rocks.

Kaishi looked at them "Natsu, get some firewood and start a fire. Lisanna, you set up the sleeping bags. Happy, gather some berries and some eggs from a nest. Am I clear?" All of us nodded,

"Good."

"What will you be doing?" Natsu asked. As a response, Kaishi walked up to a big tree and ripped it out of its roots and threw it down. The entire forest shook as it hit the ground.

"I'll be sitting on my new log and wait for you guys to finish." Kaishi said flatly. Me and Lisanna sweated nervously and started on our tasks.

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After starting the fire and eating dinner everyone began to go to their sleeping bags. Lisanna was sound asleep with Happy and I was about to shut my eyes when Kaishi pulled me out of my comfy bag.

"Hey what's the big deal? I want to sleep!" I yelled out as Kaishi rolled his eyes,

"You can survive one night without sleep. I have to talk to you."

"About?"

"Something important." Kaishi put me on the log and sat next to me, both of us just sat there in silence and hearing the growls in the background. I was waiting for something to happen but Kaishi just sat there staring at the fireplace. Then out of nowhere, Kaishi threw something at the hearth and saw the flames turn white.

"Whoa!" I stared at the flames and drew my hand towards it.

"Don't touch the flames Natsu. Not yet at least." Kaishi said as he pulled his hood down, "Your training, it won't be an easy one. It will be brutal and will put you through Hell and back." I looked at him and was kind of scared, "I know it sounds bad now but it will benefit you tremendously. And you won't be alone, Lisanna will go through the same training as well."

"Really?"

"Really. You didn't think that I'll let you have traveling buddies and not train them too did you?"

"Uhhh…"

"Forget it. Besides your training, there's something else I want to talk about. A special offer…"

XXXXXX

(Year x784, 3rd P.O.V.)

Natsu suddenly stood up and found himself in his bed. He looked around to see his normal room and all the dirty laundry on the floor.

'Not again…I hate those memories…' Natsu thought groggily before pulling off the sheets. He chuckled when he found Flare sleeping on his right side while Wendy slept on his left, both snuggling close to his warm body. He carefully got out their hold and out of bed and went to check his old home. He was surprised that his house was still the same. He saw that most of the house was still in the same condition. Though, it collected so much dust over the years Eh, he'll clean it later. He went outside to see that it was still dark. He felt a small breeze and just realized that he was only in his black shorts that hung loose around his hips, showing the top part of his boxers.

Natsu just shrugged his shoulders, not caring that he's half naked, "Eh, no one's around."

Natsu walked out to the forest to find his old training field. He bent down and stretch and loosened up his muscles for a few minutes before relaxing again. He breathed in and exhaled orange flames, "Guess I should some training before dawn…" Natsu got into a crouching position and breathed deeply. His body quickly developed in a white aura flowing around his body. He brought his hands out before a pair of kusarigamas appeared. He quickly grabbed them before swinging them around.

"It's been a while since I used these." Natsu said before throwing one of the sickles towards an unfortunate tree, slicing it clean through. He pulled the weapon back and caught it.

"Nice, very nice" He gave a small frown, "But not good enough."

Natsu sprinted towards another tree and wrapped it around with the chain. He pulled the chains and ripped the tree from its roots shot it towards the sky.

"Ryu!"

The kusarigamas was soon shrouded by the same white aura and Natsu became a blur as he flew toward the flying tree. Not even two seconds later he was on the ground again with his weapon. The tree exploded into sawdust.

"Yeah now that's better!" He was proud of his attack, until the sawdust showered down on him. Natsu groaned before covering himself in his orange flames and burning the dust off.

He was about to continue his training until he heard something in the distance. He crouched down again and closed his eyes. He gripped the kusarigamas tightly. He patiently waited for a sound to find the little trespasser.

CRUNCH!

Natsu sprinted toward the sound. Before the intruder could even blink, Natsu had his blades pressed up against the neck from behind.

"Get ready to di-Elfman?" Natsu asked when he realized who it was. The big man began to sweat nervously as he saw the scythes digging into the skin.

"Um Natsu…retract the blades, please?" Natsu pulled away his blades and had them vanish.

"Sorry about that big guy, I get kind of violent when I train alone." Natsu smiled sheepish as he scratched the back of his head. Elfman sighed,

"Its fine, I've gotten used to that when I was training with Erza and Mira-nee." Elfman shivered when he thought about the training he went through with the two women.

"Right, what are you doing here at this hour? Doing some early morning walk or something?" Natsu asked.

"Nah, I was going to do some training near a creek. That is, until you came out of nowhere and tried to slice me to ribbons." Elfman joked with a smile as he saw Natsu blush in embarrassment.

"I said I was sorry."

Elfman nodded, "Whatever, and what were you doing out here so early and don't you have a shirt?"

"Early training, whenever I wake up before dawn, I get up and do some weapon training and it's none of your business of my clothing."

Elfman nodded, "It's not MANLY to walking around half naked- wait, since when did you train with weapons?" Natsu smiled before summoning the same knife he used against Mira yesterday.

"My old sensei got me into weapons, though my favorite ones are blades and spears." Natsu continued, "I think I'll skip the rest of my training. Do you want some breakfast?"

Elfman eagerly nodded, "Breakfast is MANLY!" Natsu chuckled before leading Elfman to his house.

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"Since when could you cook?" Elfman asked as he saw Natsu flipping flapjacks in the air. Natsu caught it and poured honey and berries on it.

"Lisanna made me learn how to cook on our little journey. To tell you the truth, I actually enjoy cooking, especially when I bake."

"It's MANLY to bake!" Elfman yelled out as he pumped his fist in the air.

"Good morning Natsu-nii." Both men turned to find a drowsy Wendy rubbing the sleep out of her eyes, Flare following behind her as she did the same thing.

"CUTE!" Elfman bellowed.

WHACK!

"OW! What was that for!?"

Natsu gave Elfman a stern look, "That's for scaring Flare." To prove his point, Flare was hiding behind Natsu.

"He's scary Cherry-kun." Flare said timidly. In response, Natsu whacked Elfman again with a wooden spoon.

"OW! Quit it!"

"Sorry. Who want pancakes?"

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After the four had a mountain of pancakes they headed toward the guild. Natsu changed into loose grey-jeans with silver chains for a belt. He had on black sandals and a black trench coat with his signature scarf wrapped around his neck. Wendy had on a blue blouse with white shorts and white sandals. Flare was wearing a red shirt with blue jeans with some sneakers and was on Natsu's shoulders. Elfman still had on his normal attire.

"It's good to be back." Natsu looked around to see that most of the stores he knew as a kid was still around.

"It's good to have you back," Elfman said before giving a small scowl, "Because I was worried for Lisanna when you took her from us for five years!"

Natsu sighed, "Calm down big guy, it wasn't like I wasn't protecting her. And besides, she's gotten really strong over the years. I bet she would give Erza and Mira a run for their money."

"Hai, Lisanna-nee is very powerful…and can be scary." Wendy whispered the last part.

"That sounds MAN- WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR GUILD!?" Elfman, as well as the others, were shocked when they saw iron pillars through the guild. They got inside to see that everything was destroyed or stolen.

"I see that you finally showed up."

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(Mira's P.O.V.)

"I see that you finally showed up." I said with little patience. Natsu and his little group turned towards me,

"Do you know who did this?" He growled.

"Phantom Lord." I answered with disgust, "They've got some nerve for trashing our guild." The air began to feel hot and dry. I saw the air around Natsu shimmering.

"I swear when I get my hands on those cowards…" Natsu trailed off as he clenched his fists. He quickly calmed down when the little girl on his shoulders began to rub his head.

"Please be calm Cherry-kun." I was surprised at the small red head, especially calling Natsu 'Cherry-kun' but shrugged it off for later.

"Come on ash-breath, everyone is in the cellar, you too Elfman."

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"Welcome my boy!" Master slurred. The damn old geezer was already drunk.

"Master, why are we here?" Natsu said with his eyes flashing with anger, "Shouldn't we be heading toward that damn guild and give them a beating?"

"Oh come on now Natsu. No one was around, nobody got hurt and we can always rebuild the guild so need for any beatings. Come here and enjoy some beer!" Master said with his cheeks flushed red.

"What are you talking about? They trashed our guild! We need to do something!"

I sighed, "Knock it off ash-breath. What master says goes, alright?" To be honest, I wanted to go to Phantom Lord to beat the shit out of them too, but I couldn't disobey the old geezer.

"What happened to the guild?!" A familiar and very annoying voiced screeched out. I turned to the voiced and saw Erza with Lucy. Behind the two was a bruised Gray and Lisanna looking bored.

"What happened to ice-pop?" I asked.

"As it turns out, Gray was with Lucy and joined her in the mission. I simply punished him for going with her on such a dangerous mission instead of bringing her back to the guild." Erza explained as Lucy looked down in shame.

"Master what happened to the guild?" Gray yelled out.

"Oh just our rival coming in at night and trraaaaasshing the guild." Makarov slurred, stretching out the word 'trashing'. That old geezer needs to control his love for booze.

"And besides, no one got hurt so nothing to worry about." Makarov sighed in annoyance.

"Master we can't let them trash our guild and let them get away with it!"

Makarove shouted, "That enough!"

SMACK!

"Eep!"

Makarov smacked Lucy's ass and made her squeal, but he also smacked someone else's ass.

"You old pervert!" Lisanna yelled in embarrassment, covering her butt with her hands after Makarov smacking her. I flew by everyone and slammed my high heels into that pervert's face. Erza followed suit by driving her ironclad fist into his nose. Makarov flew into the wall, but to our surprise, he got out of the wall and dusted himself off as if it was nothing. Ignoring his broken nose and black eye, he gave a perverted chuckle.

"Come on now, *hic* I was only-"

"Master." The tiny master froze when he heard the voice behind him. "Tell me, why did you smack Lisanna's ass? Pray to any god out there that it's a good answer." Makarov turned to find Natsu staring down at him with cold, heartless eyes that gleamed with fury. I saw the master getting paled and sweating bullets. I guess he's finally sobered up.

"N-natsu, I can explain." Makarov wimpered. Natsu grinned sadistically and cracked his knuckles. Before he could even raise a fist, Lisanna got in front of him and looked at him.

"No Natsu, you can't do 'Wrath'." Natsu looked disappointed and pouted but nodded. What the hell was 'Wrath'? Makarov sighed in relief before Lisanna cupped Natsu's cheek and whispered "Don't worry, I'm sure Mira-nee and Erza can take care of our perverted master."

Makarov paled again, "Wait, n-now hold on a second-AAGH!" Me, Erza, and surprisingly Lucy tackled our old, tiny master and began to beat him to a bloody pulp.

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(3RD P.O.V.)

"Are you sure you want to be with us Levy?" Jet asked.

"Of course I do, and remember what Erza said?" Levy asked.

Droy sighed, "Yeah yeah, she told everyone to stay in groups just in case Phantom Lord would attack us, but don't you want to be with the other girls in Fairy Hills?"

Levy a thoughtful by tapping her finger to her lips, "Nah, I want to be with my teammates and besides, I like hanging out with you guys." Both Jet and Droy looked at Levy for a second before hearts appeared in their eyes.

"Yay Levy!" They shouted in unison. They continued to walk the streets of Magnolia when someone was following them on the rooftops of the buildings above the three. The pursuer was unnoticed since it was dark and cloudy and kept quiet. The silhouette showed the figure being a male. He continued following Levy and her little team until they were good distance away from Fairy Tail.

"Gee hee, this'll be way too easy." Moonlight revealed cold, red eyes narrowing at the three, his toothy grin showing long, sharp canines that gleamed.

"Time to take these fairies out." He crouched and got prepared to ambush the unfortunate mages.

"I wouldn't do that if I were you."

The man turned around to see a pink-haired man in some black trench coat and a scarf. Both men stared at each other before crouching in a battle stance.

"Who are you?" The red-eyed man snarled. The pink haired man smirked.

"My name is Natsu. Natsu Dragneel. What about you?"

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It was around midday as Lucy and Gray were in the market for some shopping. To be more accurate, Lucy was doing the shopping. Gray was mainly to carrying Lucy's bags.

Gray groaned, "Why am I here again?" Lucy looked at him in shock.

"You don't remember?" Lucy asked in a hurt tone, "You said that you would be with me today and help me with my errands." She cupped her cheeks and gave Gray her cute puppy eyes. "Is it that you don't want to be with me, is it?" Lucy cried out in fake tears.

Gray panicked when he saw the tears, "No no no! It's not that I was just wondering that's all!" He shouted frantically, trying to calm the gorgeous and busty blonde in front of him.

And just like that, Lucy went back to her cheery mode, "Thanks Gray! Now time to look for some new novels!"

Gray groaned, "I hate it when you do that." Gray felt a few drops on him. "Great, now it's starting to rain."

Lucy looked up and was confused, "How is it raining when the sun is still out?"

"Hey you're right." Gray cried out when he saw the ground beginning to swallow him.

"What the hell!" Gray formed a hammer and shattered the ground below him. Lucy quickly brought her keys out to help but found herself in a sphere of water.

"Drip drop drip." Both of the Fairy Tail mages turned to see a blue-haired woman in a heavy blue coat with some type of Russian hat.

"Hello, Miss Heartfilia, Gray Fullbuster."

Gray raised his hammer and glared at the bluenette, "Who the hell are you?!" Gray was about to jump when he felt the ground swallowing him again.

"Not this again." Gray smashed his hammer to the ground again but saw a man forming out of the ground and caught the hammer.

"Non non non! I'm sorry monsieur, but I do not like hammers hitting my face." The man was odd to say the least. He has spiky green hair and is really thin. He was in a brown suit and a monocle. The part that threw Gray off was that the man was bending to the side at a ninety degree angle.

"Now monsieur, we must leave now. Au revoir!" The man kicked Gray to the gut, causing him to fly towards a fruit stand. When the green haired man saw that Gray wasn't moving he went over to the blue haired woman and Lucy.

"So this is the one Juvia?" The man asked.

Juvia looked at Lucy before confirming it. "Juvia believes so Sol. The description matches perfectly. Drip drop."

"Then let's go back-"

"Ice Make Spears!"

Ice spears flew out of nowhere and pierced Sol into a wall, who cried in pain. Both of the Phantom mages turned to see that Gray was standing with an ice dagger in his left hand. Sol tried to morph back into the ground but saw that the floor was coated in a thick layer of ice. The next thing saw was Gray in front of Sol, already retracting his fist from Sol's stomach. Sol was still before the feeling of the impact caught up to him and coughed up blood, instantly knocking him out.

Juvia was amazed, "When did you-"

"You have to be careful when you're facing an S-Class mage." Gray said cooly before facing Juvia. The two stared at each, the tension between them thick.

"Let go of Lucy."

"I'm sorry, but Miss Heartfilia is our target, she must come with us." Juvia replied stoically.

Gray sighed, "Fine then, in that case I have to take you down." Faster than Juvia could blink, Gray was already in front her, with another ice dagger in his second hand, and smashed the flat of his blades against her temples. Much to his surprise, the blades went right through her head. What shocked him even more that her head turned into water!

Gray quickly jumped back and shouted, "What the hell?!"

Juvia's head formed again after a few seconds, "My body is entirely made of water Fairy mage. Your attack won't do much good." Juvia then waved her hand out and summoned slashes of water towards Gray.

"Water Slicer!"

"Ice-Make Shiled!"

Gray quickly summoned his shield from the lethal attack. The shield withstood the attacks, but much to Gray's surprise, the water cracked the shield.

"My water can cut through anything." Juvia informed before sending another wave of lethal water. Gray rolled out of the way before the water sliced his shield and destroyed the spot where he stood. Gray quickly formed a sword and swung at her waist, but like before, his weapon went right through her.

"I told you before, my body is water, so no weapon can harm me." Juvia then shot a spiraling torrent towards Gray. Gray thrusted his hands forward and instantly froze the water.

Juvia's eyes widened, "No one froze was able to freeze my water before…" she muttered. Gray glared at Juvia.

"My magic can freeze anything, especially to water." Gray coated his fists in ice, "And I'll do everything I can to defeat you."

"I'm sorry, but it this fight has already ended." Juvia said before turning away from Gray.

"Hey wait a second! Get back-AGGGHHH!" Gray collapsed to the ground and was sweating. "What the hell… why do feel so… weak…" Gray's vision became blurry and he heard something ringing inside his head. He then felt a powerful force that sen him flying towards another stand. Gray tried to get up but found that all his strength was gone.

"W-wha…"

"You're magic is now gone, how sad…"

Gray tried to turn to the deep, powerful voice but couldn't move a single muscle. Gray mumble one word before succumbing to his fatigue.

"Lucy…"

Lucy was horrified. She's trapped in some water sphere and just saw Gray, her only chance for help, get defeated by these mages. She turned to look at the man that took out Gray.

The man was tall. Very tall. He was tanned and quite large. He had on a green trench coat with a green fedora and his eyes were covered by a blindfold. She could tell that this man was very powerful by the way he took down Gray.

"Aria, why are you here?" Juvia asked. The blindfolded man, Aria, turned to the bluenette.

"I came to help you out. I sensed Sol being unconscious within ten seconds so I realized that you could use some help." Aria explained before bursting into tears. "It's so sad."

Juvia frowned, "I could've taken him out if you didn't interefered with your 'Metsu'." Aria stopped crying and chuckled at Juvia's denial before going to Sol and helping him out.

"We have to go back, otherwise Jose and Gajeel will be pissed." Aria warned. Juvia nodded and began leaving with Lucy and her comrades. She turned to the blonde to see her unconscious and shook her head in disappointment.

"This one couldn't hold her breath for very long." Juvia muttered under her breath before looking at Gray. For some reason, she didn't like how the man looked so defeated, especially under a dirty sneak attack. It just doesn't feel right to her.

"I'm sorry, Gray-san."

She walked away to catch up with her comrades before Sol stopped.

"Non non non! This won't do!" This confused the other two. Sol turned back around and walked toward Gray

"This man has to pay for humiliating me." Sol snarled before kicking Gray's side. "Let's have some fun, shall we?" Sol grinned evilly with Aria joining him. Juvia knew what they were going to do, but she also knew that she couldn't do anything to stop them so she continued walking without the other two, no one noticing her sad expression.

"I'm truly sorry." She muttered under her breath as the rain followed her.

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"Hey has anyone seen Lugi or Ice-stripper?" Natsu asked everyone at the guild's cellar though everyone looked at Natsu in confusion.

"I think you meant 'Lucy', not Lugi." Lisanna corrected. Natsu nodded.

"Right, Lucy, has anyone seen Lucy or Ice-stripper?" This time, no shook their heads no.

"Hmm…I wonder where they are." Natsu thought aloud.

"Why do you want to see them now?" Mira asked as she walked towards the duo.

"I wanted to ask Lucy a few questions about how her magic works and I want to where Gray is so I could kick that stripper's ass." It didn't really surprise the sisters why Natsu wanted to see Gray but wanting to see Lucy got both the sisters' attention.

"Why do want to know where Lucy?" Mira asked as she raised an eyebrow. Natsu gave his signature grin.

"It's because I-"

"GUYS! GUYS! GUYS! GUYS!" Droy and Jet kicked the doors to the cellar and ran in to Makarov. Everyone wanted to tell them to shut it but stayed quiet when they saw who they were carrying.

"Gray?!"

"What happened to him?!"

"My God!"

To say that Gray looked bad was an understatement. He looked deathly pale and his eyes seemed sunken. His face was covered in sweat and was breathing hard. If they didn't know better, they would have thought he's gonna die.

"Gray! Do you two know what happened to him?!" Makarov yelled out to the two. Jet and Droy were about to answer before Levy entered in.

"Phantom!" Levy yelled, "Phantom attacked Gray and kidnapped Lucy!" Makarov was shocked when he heard this. He soon became furious when he noticed Phantom Lord's guild mark branded into Gray's back. Everyone had the same expression when they saw the mark, especially Natsu and Erza.

"I can handle our guild hall being destroyed…" Makarov said in calm tone, but his murderous aura showed his true feelings. "They can trash talk us anyway they like…"

But hurting my children is too far! Phantom Lord! THIS! IS! WAR!"

A/N: And that's the third chapter for this story. I know that I changed the storyline from how the canon actually is, but I think it'll be better. For those that are wondering about Natsu and Gajeel, wait for the next chapter; it'll make sense, trust me. As for Gray and Juvia…they will be together in this story but it's going to be a little bit more…interesting to say the least. Please review! I need to know what you guys think about this story!

Feb. 3, 2016

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