Thank you all for reviewing my fanfiction, and one of my readers pointed out a lot of dark spots in the first two chapters and many of the non reviewing readers might also have similar doubts about Natsu s personality, and his powers. Also, the deal about the golden flames that he used in the last chapter will be explained at the end notes.
Chapter 3: The Call of a Child
The seagulls flew gently over the afternoon waters of the calm West Blue, the day was bright and would be a perfect one for a day of sunbathing, which was what Saul intended to do, the mentioned giant, somewhat in better condition than the day before, sat with his arms around his bandaged knees…well bed sheets anyway. Robin sat on a hill next to the gigantic sapient man with a few slices of bread in her hands that were stuck to each other by some jam. Slowly she bit into what was supposed to be her breakfast.
"I just wanna letcha you know that I'm thankful for all ya help." He spoke with a bright face. Although it was covered by green markings that were the result of his 'special healing' paste he made out of a few herbal trees. "By the way ya boyfriend's been gone for a while, is it really ok for him to get into water?" Yes, Robin was a little worried about her friend who moments ago plunged into the monster infested sea to capture a sea king, but...
Boyfriend?
That was the second time she was hearing the particular term and the second time she was blushing up a storm. "W-we are not like that!" Her color grew darker as she felt like crawling under a rock and curl up and sleep.
"DERESHISHISHI DERESHISHISHI!" She snapped out of her little mind that hosted certain unwanted thoughts about her and her dragon slayer being more than just friends while her more reasonable part fought that they were still children and Natsu was too dumb. "I was only jokin lil lady! DERESHISHISHI DERESHISHISHI DERESHISHISHI!" That laugh was seriously getting under her skin, in a good way. Too good that it was making her want to laugh too and just like that, her will to hold back broke.
And for the first time she allowed herself to laugh with one more person added to her friend list. "Hee hee hee haa haa ha..." She laughed softly at the funny and awkward laughter of Saul who laughed harder. After a moment, the laughing stopped and Robin looked at her giant friend with a small smile. "Everyone except Natsu and the people at the library say my laugh is not good and I shouldn't laugh." She looked down in sadness.
Saul didn't know who these townsfolk harassing the girl was, but if they ever cross him, he was bound to give them a lecture on how to treat a child. Screw that, he's going to plunder the town. "Well whoever said that ain't from this planet, cus as far as I know, you have the cutest laugh! DERESHISHISHI DERESHISHISHI DERESHISHISHI!" Once again she was a mess of red. This past two weeks of her life has been the most interesting.
Till the day she met Natsu, she was pelted at and cursed by other kids and their parents waited for the moment she would defend herself so that they could take a jab at her with their words. At home, or in a more accurate way, her refugee center, she experienced the same problems with her mother's sister and her cousin while her poor uncle watched this helplessly.
Now it wasn't the same anymore.
She had someone to stand for her, someone to give her a full meal and candies, someone who didn't care if others would hate him for being her friend, someone who didn't care whether it was a kid or the parent that made her cry. 'Has it only been a week and few days?' She pondered as she bit into her forgotten sandwich.
"You should laugh more Robin." Saul advised her, snapping her out of her thoughts.
She looked at the giant who had his arms folded now and was looking out into the ocean. "Why?" She asked.
A broad grin came over his face, but he didn t look at her. "DERESHISHISHI! Cus if ya keep laughing, ya could be happy!" The giant laughed his awkward laugh without shame again, making the girl laugh too.
"I'll look like an idiot if I laugh when I am alone and for no reason." Robin stated after she got a hold of her laughter.
Saul was the definition of a happy living being, at least from the little time she knew him. "Yer neva gonna know till ya try!" The giant laughed once again and giving the man s words some opportunity, she too laughed, but this time there was a reason, the same one as before, Saul s laugh.
SPLASH!
The water few hundred meters from them exploded like a nuclear mushroom and a giant yellow creature with 'x' eyes flew towards them. It was half the size of Saul and had scales and fins. Saul watched the scene in surprise as the dead body of a small Sea king dropped ten meters from him at the shore.
Never having seen such a scene in his life before, at least from a child of that size, who literally threw a Sea King out of the sea and he could still see the dead creature s muscle twitching, indicating it s recent death. "Well, yours and Natsu s meal is here." Robin's voice was what made Saul snap out of his trance.
And as usual, being in shock was a reason for him to laugh. "DERESHISHISHI DERESHISHISHI!" He laughed; covering the small grunt that came from the pain he felt on his bones and slowly made his way over to the dead Sea King. "Well will ya look at that, fresh outta sea! DERESHISHISHI!" He examined the creature for a moment before looking into sea where he saw a pink dot making his way through the water at a speed some professional swimmers would find demoralizing.
He let out a sigh and picked up the large sea monster and began to walk over to the small gulf and walked over to the center of the calm water which was only thigh deep for him. "There ya go!" He huffed as he dipped the sea king to clean the sand.
"Big-gramps! You need to gut it!" Saul heard the small pinprick voice of the Dragon Slayer who shouted from the shore of the Gulf as he stood there in his drenched clothes.
"I hear'ya Natsu, you just dry yourself!" Saul gave a wave of his hand and took the giant knife he had from his side and dug it into the scaly skin of the sea king and gutted it, allowing the inedible parts to fall into the sea where lesser creatures could enjoy it and after that he shaved of the scales and the outer skin. With one more dip, the giant began to make his way back to his camping area. He stopped a moment by the Dragon Slayer to allow the boy to dry his wet bandages and clothes.
Within an hour, the giant sea king was perfectly cooked and was in the process of getting consumed by Saul and Natsu while Robin just watched her two friends finish the giant sea creature at a rapid pace.
Four days passed...
"Saul," Robin called out the chewing giant gently.
He turned his head to the side and looked down at her and she was able to see that there was some bits of cooked flesh on his beard. "Hm? Whattdya want Robin?" He freely asked her.
"You are from Elbaf aren't you?" She allowed her curious nature to take over. "Because that's the only place where giants cone from right?"
As usual he began with his laugh. "DERESHISHISHI! Well you got that wrong, I am not from Elbaf but lemme tell ya something, not all giants are like those barbaric brutes who settle everything with fists." Before he could continue the Dragon Slayer interrupted.
"There's a place where people settle things with their fists?! Awesome! I wanna go there! Oh please oh please!" He begged and if not for the fact that Saul knew why Natsu was so interested, he would have already been sailing with the boy to Elbaf.
"DERESHISHISHI! One day I'll take ya there if we see each other again." That got the two children a little bit down and Saul noticed this immediately and took the needed measures. "You guys have to understand, if you both weren't muh friends, I would have stayed here." This got them confused, even the trees were confused. Sighing he finished his meal quickly so that he could give them a proper answer.
There was a bit of tensed silence between the three as they finished their meal. The sun was already down to a 30° angle and allowed the giant to give his reasons. Saul took a deep breath. "This is really important stuff, ya two listen carefully. I am in a lot of trouble and am a wanted man by the Marines..."
We are in a lot of trouble and we are wanted by the Marines...
Those words acted as a stimulus for a certain batch of memories he has forgotten over the course of the week.
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The seagull flag,
Blue green ships,
Tall men...
"Bring it on you four eyed freak!"
That civilian ship...
"Is he alive?"
"Who would do this to a child?!"
"How is he still alive?"
"It doesn't matter, we need to help him! Doctor, can you remove the spear?"
"I don t know, from the skin tone, he has already lost a lot of blood! Moreover the spear has already chipped the top of his heart!"
He was in pain. Mental and physical, with the constant sting of his broken bones and the numbness over his left chest and the voices that didn't let him sleep peacefully. The voices were growing quieter and the feeling of his body shifting was getting more known to him. He was on a wooden surface and he felt cool liquids fall over his chest before.
GASP!
His eyes fluttered open and his upper body jolted up as a seething pain that rivaled all his earlier injuries combined together impacted on his left chest."This is...how is he still..." With his unfocused eyes, he was able to make out the forms of a few people who stood inside a well lit room wearing white coats and most held a look of shock. Then his eyes fell on to his bare chest.
There was a stab wound over his heart and without thinking he placed his palm over his wound and clenched his eyes shut in preparation for the incoming feeling of unparalleled pain. Red flames sprouted from his appendage and in the next second he was screaming in anguish but to the occupants in the room and outside, it sounded more like a roar.
The ones who were behind him at the head of the table gasped as they saw the spears exit wound on his back leak out reddish flames. The whole process lasted a couple of minutes and when his work was done, his hand dropped limply before his body followed suit. But before succumbing to the sweet darkness, a silver haired head came over between him and the light above him.
"Don't worry, I will take care of you! I promise!" Her voice was sweet warm and made him believe in her words even though he didn t even know who she was and with his busted lip he gave a small smile.
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He didn't know how long it has been since he was knocked out, but he knew he had missed a lot of important meals. Stirring his eyes he opened them slowly to the dark room. His onyx eyes stared straight up where the ceiling was supposed to be and laid there with a rumbling stomach. Soon colorful dots began to appear in his vision; his Draconian blood was starting to pump into his virtually inactive organs that were in a state of suspended animation.
It took a whole three minutes for him to regain his visual ability and realized that he was still in a dark room, but with his superior eyesight he was able to make out the surroundings in a dull way. Raising his upper body at the demand of his stomach to appease it, he swung his legs over to the side.
There was something wrong in this picture, the room was too big for him, ah maybe it's his starving mind playing tricks on him to show how insignificant he was if it wasn't kept well fed. With the mission to find food set in his mind he got off the desk and fell two feet from the air and hit the wooden floor face first. "Owie..."
He moaned in pain. Upon hearing the sound that came from his mouth, his head snapped up. "What's wrong with my voice?" He asked, expecting answers to come from the air. But as for his question, his voice was somewhat... "Why do I sound like twerp?" Squeaky.
Getting up he began, he dusted his clothes. "What the..." He was only wearing a trunks as he looked down on his well chiseled small body, something was not right, looking around in the dark room, he was able to find his precious scarf hanging on able hook. Without a moments waste, he grabbed his property and wrapped it around his neck. 'Something is not right...' He thought. The scarf was too big now.
CLICK
The lights in the room came to life as he pondered, something very weird as the dragon slayer was pretty calm about the fact that he somehow shrunk. But upon the arrival of the person who turned the lights on, he turned to look at the stranger.
"Mira?!"
After the sad realization of the woman standing there wasn't his white haired buxom friend, not to mention more than double his size, Natsu sat at the corner of the outer deck...thinking, yes the act of producing thoughts. A new field of knowledge Natsu has began, alas it is only in the testing phase.
'So, I was fighting, speared, blown away, found by alcohol-ligists, taken care of, Olivia is not Mira, my friends are nowhere to be seen, they don't know where Fiore is nor Alvareze or Ishgar, I am a child again and I am in a ship and not sick! This is the worst day of my life!' He thought as his brain throbbed with the heavy burden of thinking it had to do. 'Well..not being sick is good...'
"Here, you must be hungry." The smell of beef, bread and eggs invaded his senses before the sweet voice of the silver haired woman who was kneeling in front of him. The woman had warm brown eyes that looked at him with tenderness...that kind of unnerved him; it made him feel like a child. The woman saw the suspicious look the boy gave her, but the smile never left her face. "Come on Natsu-chan, there's no reason for you to starve, I know you are hungry." She spoke teasingly.
Natsu didn t know what made him more furious, whether his hungry growling stomach that betrayed him or that stupid name the woman called him by, but one thing was obvious, he didn t like either of them. But what she said was true, there was no reason for him to starve and this might be his last opportunity to ever eat something while being on transportation.
Quickly grabbing the plate, he emptied it into his mouth in two bites and this surprised the onlookers and the silver haired woman. "Thanks..." Natsu murmured while looking to the side as he held the plate back.
"Hey Olivia," The woman turned to face her fellow traveler who sported a worried look. "We need to drop him in the nearest island." Natsu watched Olivia's body stiffen. Nico Olivia, the head of the expedition to unfurl the mystery of Poneglyphs that has recorded the Void Century. But this came with a price...
Olivia clenched her fists tightly, her bangs covered her eyes and her lips were drawn into tight line. "You are right Jethro, which is the closest island?" Natsu didn't like this one bit, it always meant there was going to be a dramatic fight that takes place due to a pretty brain fuck reason and his mind will be tested beyond its capabilities as a fighter. But the Dragon Slayer opted to remain silent.
The morning went by in a thick tensed atmosphere for Natsu. There were men and women on board and a majority of them wore white lab coats much like Olivia. They pranced around while keeping watch along with the sailors. They didn't smile, talk or laze around. They were afraid. The scent of salt invaded his senses from the sea, but he could feel a similar scent wafting from the people in front of him. Cold sweat and pounding hearts. That was fear.
This gave the boy some time to think too. 'What has happened to my guild...' He knew he was there inside the guild as the elites of Alvareze including his brother made their last stand against Fairy Tail. And he also knew he was trading blows with two enemies, one was his brother, the legendary dark mage and the other was...
Natsu shook his head, clearing of the last few images he saw and skipped to the last scene. Him and his brother sat kneeling in front of each other and the only reason which stopped him from finishing the job was crying Happy who held him by his arm. And his brother spoke of something that shook him.
'When you were dead, I wanted nothing but to bring you back, but when I brought you back, fate made sure that you can never be my brother...your only purpose to follow my will, and my will for you is to kill me, Natsu, and I find myself at a crossroad again..." That was it before Eileen threw a spear at him.
The boy jolted back with an inaudible gasp as he held a palm over his heart as he breathed hard as the Phantom of the pain resurfaced. "What the heck is going on..." He murmured in disbelief and fear. Did they win? Are they still fighting? More than that, are they still alive? These questions plagued his mind nonstop. But in the end a small smirk came over his face. 'Who am I kidding; they probably are searching for me after taking back Fiore and Fairy Tail." There was not a man in Fairy Tail who was this fiercely loyal to his friends and the blind belief of receiving that same treatment and it was true in his case.
Getting up, he dusted his shorts covered butt and the oversized T-shirt that was given to him by Olivia. Then a determined look came over his face; that woman knew stuff, although they didn't know where Fiore and Alvareze was, she still seemed a lot intelligent and knowing, so the best she could do was to get the info of his current location and a map, that way he can find a way back to Fiore, see whether there was a way for him to turn back and then launch an all out after victory party and do it for three whole years. 'Ha! I am a genius!' He praised himself.
Now, where was that woman? Silently making his way without being seen, which was actually very easy since he was only the size of their knees; these people were outrageously big! Following her unique scent, the boy made his way below deck and ended up standing in front of a small wooden door. Not being one to ever hear the word manners, he barged in and came face to back with the woman.
"Hey Olivia I need-" His words abruptly stopped in his throat as he stared at the woman who sat in her small bed with her body hunched, but upon hearing the door slam open and the squeaky voice of the pink head, she jolted up in surprise and was fiddling with her face that was not visually available to the boy.
But the scent hit him. It hit him hard. It wasn't sea salt, but the ones that came from the eyes. They was the scent of tears and the room was overflowing with the scent of misery. These weren't the first batch. The rooms itself made his senses go haywire; it was similar to the first time he saw his dearest friend cry in that tower. It unnerved him, he didn t know this woman, but this whole situation was giving him the image of the Tower of Heaven, the pain it brought to his comrade.
"O-oh uh hi there Natsu!" She turned around with a forced smile on her pained face. "Come in, I was just, some, uh there, the dusty-" She stopped when she saw the boy looking at her by the same eyes her mentor looked at her when she was troubled.
Or, her excuse was so lame that even a thick skulled man in a boy s body adding to the thickness could tell. The cabin was small, true, a table, a stool, a table lamp, a small bed and bag filled with a few set of clothes. Sure her table had a lot of books but that was it, she had the place in top notch condition. "What's going on?"
The question and the intensity of the voice and his eyes scared her, not in a cruel way, but one that demanded authority, making her question whether this was really a child who was around the age of her own young one. "W-what?" She stuttered. His onyx eyes were sharp and near monstrous in appearance and there was that feeling which radiated from those orbs that made her wanting to bow.
Natsu continued to pierce his gaze into her brown orbs for a few more moments until he looked down and let out a small sigh. "I am not sure how I got to your ship, the last thing I remember is your voice. So why don't you explain to me the whole story from the moment you found me, where we are, why is everyone abroad readying to face imminent death?" Once again the boy's words scared her, but Natsu was mindful this time. "Please, I don't know if you can understand me, but my friends might be in danger...I...I need to be there!" His ferocity came down as he begged.
The woman s eyes lost all fear and she let out a defeated sigh, there was no use anyway. Even if they drop him to a nearby island, it could still not end there; the government might catch up to him for the little time he spent with them. They always had the ability to trace them. How they knew this? The pictures in the obituary pages that belonged to the men and women who quit their team or simply traded goods with them, they were ruthless monsters.
"We found you floating amidst a mass of seaweed three days ago with a spear through you..." She then proceeded to tell him everything that occurred from there to the part where he woke up.
"Hmmm...thanks for taking care of me..." Natsu kneeled and brought his head to the wooden floor.
"Don't thank us Natsu, we didn't do anything miraculous here, it was you...that fire you created, you are a Logia user aren't you?" Natsu stared at her confusedly before igniting his fist.
"You mean this?" Olivia stared with fascination in her eyes at the sight of the red flames mixed with golden fumes burn softly on his fist. It lured her mind to touch it and the Dragon Slayer noticed this, and immediately canceled them, snapping the woman back to reality. "But where in Earthland am I?"
The Archaeologist raised a curious eyebrow at the dragon slayer's question. "Earthland? Where is that?" Once again the location that the boy spoke of was inexistent in the map or they might be villages.
With a dry look, the boy replied. "The world we live on, you know, this planet."
"Oh you mean the World?" The woman clarified.
Then it dawned on him, his eyes widened. The dragon slayer has found out what was wrong with the picture. "All my life was a lie, so Earthland wasn't really its name!"
Fifteen minutes later
Natsu, decided that it would be best to assume that he was in another part of Earthland where people made different maps and that was the reason why there a long Lucy's underwear like land that connected at the center in a tilted fashion. Of course Olivia was a little happy, as she was able to teach someone after five long years, that too to a child of her daughter s age.
Being the adventurer and box of curiosity he was. "Why is this ship in danger?"
Olivia looked at his curious face for a moment and sighed in defeat once again. She kneeled to his level and held him by his shoulders."Natsu, I can t tell you everything, but only this, we are in a lot of trouble and we are wanted by the Marines..." She whispered into his ears, afraid that someone might over hear, although everyone abroad well knew of their fates.
"What...? Why?" They can't be criminals can they?
Olivia let out a sad sigh as she looked at him with her haunted eyes. "We can't burden with you anymore knowledge, but know this, we have discovered something of our past, but the Government has banned us from doing any research on it." Natsu didn't understand what the big deal about conducting some research was but opted to ask anyway.
"What's the big deal about that? It's just the past right?" Olivia wished it was that simple, but this had already gone way out of hand.
"I don t know Natsu, but the secrets would be too horrifying for a child to bear..." Be it fate or just his bad luck that resulted in the violent come back of his all powerful nemesis, Olivia was saved from curiosity. Natsu face planted in front of her, face green and eyes white. "Natsu! Are you okay?!" Olivia quickly kneeled down and gathered the limp body of the half dead Dragon Slayer. She shook him a little, but his only response was a groan. She lifted him and placed him on her bed. "Stay here, I'll go get the doctor!" She ran out of her room in search of the ship's doctor.
Soon the doctor came and after a few minutes of observation, he let out a small sigh of relief and looked up at the worried silver haired woman. Don t fret over it, he is just experiencing motion sickness. He spoke, trying to pull a small smile, but his forehead and bags under the eyes were extremely against his mind s notion.
Olivia looked at the boy who had his eyes twirling in circles from the effect of his sickness. Isn t there any medicine you can prescribe him now? She asked her friend politely.
Chuckling a little, the good doctor gave a helpless smile. I am sorry, this is the first time I am seeing such a problem in medical science, not only is his motion sickness way off the charts but his whole anatomy maybe a paradox in medical science you know what happened the day we found him, right? His voice grew dark in the end as he got up and gave the woman who remained motionless in thought and quietly slipped out of the door.
The boy was truly a mystery for her, from the moment they found him to the present where she slowly sat near his head and placed his head on her lap, which seemed to have given him a little comfort and a bit ease to his violent sickness. You are a strange boy She giggled a little at the faces he made. Why don t I tell you a story? Natsu s face seemed to gain back it s natural color at the suggestion and Olivia took it as a positive sign.
There was once a pirate who set out into the world to find freedom, the man who became the Pirate King and sails the seas of the world, now with the freedom he desired so much
He maybe a man turned to a child, but even then he wasn t much different than a child in terms of personality when he was n adult. Natsu slowly found his solace in the words that came from his friend s mouth, her story about this man was very interesting to him, especially when he followed a similar taste, but he had no intention of becoming a Pirate King as he was already pushing forward with the dream of becoming the most powerful mage in the world, and so, the Dragon Slayer let himself submerge in her words and allowed it to null his angry stomach.
Three days later .
Grape Wine Island, West Blue
A small island in the West Blue, rarely visited by tourists and completely dependent on its small forest and agriculture. The island was rarely registered in maps and most Marine maps ignored this small speck of land. But for people who did world research, this was a big green spot of relief that they could juice out before the navy dogs sniff them out.
Having a natural dock of its own, the island was easily accessible by the Historian s ship which effectively meant that Natsu s journey with the crew of the Armstrong was coming to an end, and he wasn t really that excited about it. First of all, he was already lost, and there was a war going on in his country, and now he would have to say good bye to Olivia who wouldn t even accept his offer for her to join his guild.
"But I am very happy that you wanted me to join your guild. Olivia smiled at him as she placed him down from her hip after she stepped off the wooden plank and onto the dock. Natsu was immediately on his feet, his body coming to life like how a bulb lit. The woman giggled at the boy s antics as he cursed the ship childishly.
Then he stopped and looked around to face her. Why can t you join Fairy Tail? He wasn t sure if she heard him right in his motion sick state, but he made it clear to her that he didn t care about anything other than the fact that she was his friend.
Olivia did not reply, instead she just gave a warm smile. She held out her hand which the dragon slayer stared at in curiosity before holding it. Your hands are warm Natsu-chan. She tugged him to walk towards the small village that the island hosted. Why don t we go buy you something to eat? As mentioned earlier, this village wasn't up to date, and the only things available for consumption was salted rice cakes, eggs, fish and bread. The Archaeologists were already busy with restocking their supplies with whatever they can find.
For the first time in his life, Natsu sat staring at the food given to him. Bread, omelets and a glass of juice. The people who knew the Dragon Slayer knew that he was not picky about what he got to eat. The woman who sat across the table smiled sadly. "Come on now, we are parting ways now, we don't want to see each other sad, do we?" She took a slice of the bread and extended it to his mouth. At first there was no cooperation from the boy.
Olivia didn't give up her efforts either and much to her happiness, she saw the boy sigh in defeat and open his mouth, although he had his eyes averted to the side. Nonetheless he accepted the food and chewed it down. "You know Natsu, back home, I have a little girl waiting for me," The dragon slayer looked up. "My daughter," Olivia smiled sadly. "If you meet her, I am sure the two of you will be good friends..."
"Ya think so? What's her name?" Natsu asked out of curiosity.
"Her name is Ro-" The shouts and cries of men and women belonging to the expedition crew and the villagers rang through their ears.
"But that's a lie!" The Dragon Slayer's eyes regained the glow of reality when the sharp and pained voice of his friend rang through his ears. He blinked a few times to focus on what was happening. Saul sat where he was during his meal while Robin was on her feet, leaning forward as she shouted those words before running away with tears flowing down her eyes.
Natsu immediately got up and gave an enquiring look to Saul. The Giant had a sad face with fear etched in the corners as he looked at the boy. "What's a lie Saul?" He didn't threaten the man, they were friends and probably did something like Clover.
Saul wasted no time in delaying the explanation that he was sure, missed by the pink head. "Natsu, Ohara is going to be attacked by war ships, the government is planning to wipe out the island and anyone who claims to be an Archaeologist!" Why is it that he was unable to stop his friend's tears nor punch the person who made her cry as of recent times.
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Robin ran through the forest and towards the ancient library, she needed to warn her teachers. Tears flowed freely as she thought back to the information given by Saul. "My mommy is alive..." She was glad about that news, but what he said after that, she couldn't bear it. "I can't say that I am not Olivia's daughter! I can't lie I am not an Archaeologist!" She cried as she tripped over a root, but did not stop her charge. Her mother was somewhere in the ocean and the government wanted her. But all she wanted was to see her mother one more time.
If only she knew that her prayers were finally answered...
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The door to the Tree of Knowledge opened, drawing all attention to the entrance that was opened by the untimely visitor. Clover looked at the person who intruded their sanctuary with a sad face. "So you managed to escape child..."
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A fairly sized Marine vessel sailed towards the island that they could make out in the horizon. "Marine Headquarters to CP9 Chief, come in!" The Den Den Mushi in the hands of a oddly dressed man who sat on the deck with three others of similar clothing. Oddly dressed here means, out of all the Marines who stood around the deck doing various duties, they were the only ones wearing formal suits rather than uniforms.
"This is LTT300 on line Marine HQ. Connecting to Chief Spandyne. Over." The man handed the microphone of the Den Den Mushi to another man who wore a purple suit with a black and white striped long jacket over his shoulders.
Spandyne, as referredby the man in black suit, took the devicein his hand, a gruff face as he looked at the nearing island. "Spandyne here." He spoke.
The Den Den Mushi once again began to pass the voice from the other side. "Chief Spandyne, this is from Admiral Sengoku's office," That stiffened his posture and a little nervousness took over bored face. "This is to inform you that the presence of the prime suspect who fled from Grapevine has been found by Marine agents. He escaped from a Vice-Admiral. Advised to eliminate the individual upon sight."
"Understood." Spandyne replied before a cruel smirk came over his face as he terminated the line and handed the device back to the person who held the creature. "My chance to improve my rank above that I currently hold is here." He then looked to his subordinate who held out a paper that was faxed to him. And upon inspection his smirk widened. "A twerp? He's on that island huh? Well ain't that just perfect? Hahahaheeehhhhaaaaa..."
Behind this ship came what would mark one of history's darkest days...
Large and imposing, the warships of the Navy sailed slowly, each moving with the might of a continent as they advanced hastily towards the small island that existed in the West Blue. Small sea kings and other creatures scurried away in fear at the massive ships. The marines ran across the decks, moving explosive cannon ammunition out of the ship's storage and towards the main cannons.
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Golden Flames: As you can see, Natsu is from the Alvareze war, and he has absolute control over his flames, so he willed it to burn the dead skin and the infections that Saul had on his legs. Nothing like a healing new power.
And about the Pirate King, Gol D. Roger is still alive as he was executed after Ohara was destroyed and Robin was on the run. I don t think he s going to play any out of cannon roles in this fic.
This chapter was 10000 words but I had to cut it down since I wanted a flash back from Olivia's view too. Also the next chapter, as the title suggest will have a battle.
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Preview Chapter 4: Natsu vs The Buster Call
And what of us and Ohara?
You will perish with the Buster Call.
Till next week, Skipper out! ;)