Disclaimer: I own Fairy Tail! –Wakes up- Shit!
An: This is my fault because I thought it would have to go without saying, but I was wrong I apologize. When the quest says "recommended level" That IS the level Natsu would have been in canon.
Once Again, my bad.
Chapter 2: Anti-Climaticism
-Guild Hall-
Lucy had a dilemma that she had absolutely no idea what to do about. It wasn't really a dilemma actually, as there were no drawbacks but she couldn't help but feel a little guilty. Ever since she and Natsu formed "Team Natsu", a fitting name if you ask her considering the past few missions, she had literally done nothing but just blatantly gape as Natsu finished every quest single handedly in less than five minutes. However, that's not what threw her for a loop.
What confused her was that Natsu still split the money with her.
Bless his soul.
And that somehow she felt herself getting stronger when all she literally did was stand to the side and watch Natsu take care of everything. Like when they went to rescue Macau.
-Flash Back: Macau Quest: Recommended level: 15-
Natsu, Lucy, and Happy were all staring at the large primate with wide eyes as it landed in front of them.
"It's a Balkan!" Happy shouted as the monkey leered at Lucy, making the blonde shudder in disgust.
"A human woman!" The ape-like monster spoke as it beat its chest. Lucy was about to reach for her keys, when Natsu held out a hand as hew narrowed his eyes at the monster.
"Wait, Lucy." Natsu spoke out as he used his scan ability on the monster. "Let's see what we're dealing with here." Natsu frowned as he saw the picture of a mask next to the HP bar.
FAO-Tip: The mask symbol is the status sign for someone being taken-over. Many spells and monsters can cause the take-Over status to appear so keep your eyes peeled!
Name: Macau
Current aliases: Balkan
Lv: 13
Guild: Fairy Tail.
"W-what's wrong Natsu?" Lucy asked shivering slightly, as Natsu smirked. Engulfing his right hand in an intense flame he shot a ball of fire at the ground in front of Lucy. To her surprise the flame stayed lit and didn't spread. It just burned in front of her warming her body up.
"I can hear your teeth chattering from over here. Just go by the fire and stay warm. I won't let anyone hurt my precious Nakama…not even my Nakama." Natsu said form over his shoulder with a smirk, making the blonde blush at being called 'precious'. However before she could question what he meant by the last part of his statement; he disappeared in a bright flame, leaving her standing alone with Happy.
"You lIIKKKKKEEEEE him." Happy teased again making the blonde growl and kick snow at the small cat.
"Ah! Natsu, Help!" The cat cried as it was covered in snow.
Natsu was currently behind the Balkan as his right foot was ignited with a vibrant flame.
"Fire Dragon's Claw!" Natsu roared as he kicked the Balkan in the back. Natsu smirked as the HP Bar completely plummeted as the monster went' sailing passed a gaping Lucy. They watched as the monkey's body slowly transformed in to a mortally wounded Macau. Natsu wasted no time in sealing the wound before picking his guild mate up. "Let's go Lucy! We don't have much time!" Lucy nodded her head stunned as she followed him.
CHAPTER 2: Complete!
Objectives:
Defeat the Balkan (Check)
Find Macau (Check)
Keep Macau Alive (Check)
BONUS:
Prevent Lucy from being molested (Check)
REWARDS:
+60,000 Jewels (Bonus + 10%)
+ 20,000 EXP (Bonus+ 10%)
Bronze Trophy: King Kong ain't got shit on me. (Complete chapter 2)
+25,000 Jewels
NATSU HAS REACHED LEVEL 54
Passive ability unlocked: Flame duration + 5 seconds
LUCY Has reached lv 17
Passive ability unlocked: +10% chance of obedience from summons
Passive Ability Unlocked: Celestial Endurance (10% chance for a summon to endure a mortal blow)
Rage Spell Unlocked: Rage of Aquarius
As they ran Lucy couldn't help but feel as though her magic reserves had just increased exponentially and that she had just gotten a lot stronger. She shook her head and decided to ask Natsu about it later.
-Flash Back End-
Of course when she did ask him he gave him an explanation. He said it was a skill he had picked up on his travels that would permanently increase the strength of his current allies whenever a foe was defeated. This made Lucy feel as though she was cheating in her growth as a mage, but Natsu had told her not to worry about it and that she could still train by herself and get stronger.
"What is wrong with him?" Lucy muttered to herself as she glanced at her team mate looking through more quests. She was frustrated that she couldn't understand what made Natsu do the things he did. He found her and made her dreams come true, made her more powerful, gave her money and asked NOTHING in return. Feeling her face burning she thought back to her latest mission she had taken with Natsu.
-Flash back Daybreak arc: Recommended level 18-
"Hmm…three level 17 opponents?" Natsu glared at his opponents as Lucy to a step back and placed a hand on her keys. He widened his eyes as Evaroo shot straight at Lucy with a manic grin.
"H-he's fast" Lucy thought with wide eye as she tried to side-step the incoming man. Realizing that she wouldn't make it, she closed her eyes and waited for the impact.
*Crash*
Natsu went sailing through a nearby wall as he lost one percent of his HP. It was at this moment, however, that a feeling of dread washed over everyone in the room.
BGM: Skyrim OST: Dragonborn
What nobody knew was that with Natsu's quest to save Lisanna, he never had a chance to let the wound caused by her death to heal, with her on his mind all of the time. This consequently caused his Nakama complex to be much more apparent than it normally would be. So if one we're to look at Natsu's mind as a math problem it would be something like this:
Lucy + Nakama + Not letting anyone hurt said Nakama + three weak bastards nearly attacking Lucy through a wall = Alright I'm about to kill everyone in this room minus Lucy.
"Happy…" Natsu began making the Cat turn to its partner nervously.
"A-aye?"
"Get Lucy outside now." The cat wasted no time in flying a protesting Lucy out of the window. The three would be villains began sweating as Natsu cracked his knuckles with a serene smile.
-Outside-
"SOME BODY HELP!"
*Boom*
"The inhumanity! Please save us!"
*Crash*
A chibi Lucy and Happy hugged each other while crying anime tears as torrents of flames began spewing through the open windows. They watched in horror as one of the Vanish brothers risked jumping from a fourth story window to get away; only to be caught around the neck by a clawed hand and drug back in to the building.
"My- Brother you pink-haired bastard!-"
*BOOOM*
"RAHHHHH" Lucy and Happy watched with wide eyes as the entire building was engulfed by a roaring flaming dragon. The building was reduced to ashes moments later as a blood soaked Natsu came from the ashes with a smile.
BGM: END
"Alright guys lets go deliver that book!" Natsu grinned. The two nodded their heads shakily as they followed him.
CHAPTER 3: COMPLETE
Objectives:
Find Daybreak (Check)
Defeat Evaroo (Check)
Defeat the Vanish Brothers (Check)
Keep Daybreak intact (Check)
BONUS:
Prevent Lucy from being touched inappropriately (Check)
"What's up with this girl and molestation?" Natsu thought in wonder as they continued their trek.
Traumatize Evaroo for life (Check)
REWARDS:
+ 2,000,000 Jewels (Bonus + 20%)
+25,000 EXP (Bonus + 20%)
+ Virgo Key
Bronze Trophy: Maid Service! (Clear Chapter 3)
+70,000 Jewels
NATSU HAS REACHED LVL 55
Passive Ability unlocked: Fire/Lightning damage + 5%
LUCY HAS REACHED LVL 20
Passive ability unlocked: Celestial Spirit obedience +5%
-Flash Back END-
"And he gave me a new key…" Lucy thought as she touched her new Zodiac key softly. "Well, I'll just have to prove to him that I can help just as much on missions too!" Lucy thought in determination as Natsu walked next to her with a sigh.
"Sorry, Lucy looks like there are no good jobs today."
"It's not like it matters today anyway. We're splitting up." Lucy told Natsu making him tilt his head in confusion.
"Eh? Why?" Natsu asked sounding honestly confused making her sigh.
"You'd just accept any blonde to join your team wouldn't you?" Lucy asked with a sigh. Natsu put his forehead to hers to see if she was feeling alright. This of course went didn't go unnoticed by the guild as they watched the exchange in shock. From their angle it looked as if the pink-haired mage had just kissed the blonde. Said blonde was currently blushing up a storm.
"Oh my!" Mira said as she put a hand to her mouth.
"Don't be silly Lucy." Natsu said as he leaned back and stared at her with a small smile. "I picked you because you're you." Honestly Natsu was confused, the guide didn't tell him about any other blonde haired Celestial mages.
"W-w-what." Lucy stuttered out, still shocked. Happy, of course chose this moment to walk next to the blonde.
"You Li-"
"-I will cut you." Lucy interrupted him seriously, making the cat shudder.
"Ah Natsu! Lucy's mean." Happy cried as he hid behind the pink haired mage.
"Honestly you should work with else." Gray began as he regained his composure. "Don't tell me those two are going out and if so how far have they gotten? Don't tell me that bastard beat me again!" Gray thought with a grimace. "You defeated three mages in your last mission right? You're amazing." Gray said with a smirk.
"That was actually Natsu…and you're in your underwear again." Lucy said with a face palm as Gray looked down in disbelief.
"Shit not again!" Gray said in dismay making Natsu Laugh. "Oi, something funny? You want to fight." Natsu's right eye twitched as his right hand lit on fire.
"It wouldn't be so much of a fight as it would be an experiment to see how fast popsicles melt." Natsu said nonchalantly as the words "Come on" Appeared over his fingers in fire. The guild went quiet at the come back until…
"DAMMMNNN!" Some random guild member shouted as he instigated the fight. Before said fight could break out Loki walked in between them and up to Lucy.
"Honestly, your beauty is almost too-"He stopped when he noticed the keys in her hands and broke out in to a cold sweat. "Err, never mind gotta go!" Loki sputtered as he ran away, leaving a stunned Lucy behind.
"Don't mind him; he's never been good with Stellar Spirit mages." Mirajane explained with a smile. Suddenly Loki ran back in terror.
"O-oh no." He whispered with wide eyes as he stared at Gray and Natsu.
"What's wrong?" Natsu questioned in concern as he watched the man shiver. Gray's eyes widened in terror as he looked at Loki. Only one thing would scare Loki enough to go within five feet of a Stellar Spirit Mage.
"ERZA'S BACK!" Loki shouted scaring many of the guild members.
"Shit!" A random guild member yelled before running towards a window.
*Crash*
The guild watched with a sweat drop as the no-named member escaped from the guild.
*Thump*
Slowly everyone turned as a woman with crimson hair in a suit of armor stood next to a giant Horn. She was about to comment on the guild's behavior but a flash of pink caught her attention making her eyes widen.
"Natsu?" Erza asked getting a nod from the young man as Gray continued to sweat next to him... "Well when did you get back?"
"Not too long ago actually." Natsu said as he crossed his arms and activated his scan ability.
Name: Erza Scarlet
Current Alias: Titania
Lv: 43
Guild: Fairy Tail
"Damn." Natsu thought impressed. "She is strong."
"Glad to see you made it back in one piece." Erza said with a smile. "Did you find what you are looking for?" Erza asked making Lucy frown in confusion.
"I found out that as long as my heart keeps beating that I will achieve my goal." Natsu answered seriously making the woman frown slightly.
"Anyway, you being here is perfect assuming you didn't waste your time." Erza said regaining her smile. "Natsu, Gray I need your help, you'll come with me right?" Erza asked while placing her hands on her hips. The Guild went silent as the three had a stare down.
"Sorry, but I'm not about to do anything with Gray, ask Loki" Natsu said as he began to walk out the guild. "Lucy, we'll meet up tomorrow to see if any other jobs get posted." The guild watched in shock and horror as Natsu brushed passed a stunned Erza and headed for the door.
"Maybe you didn't hear me Natsu? You will come with me right?" Erza asked with the same smile as she placed an iron grip on Natsu's shoulder; making him smirk. The guild watched stunned as steam began to come from Erza's gauntlet as Natsu glance back at her.
"You want three of the strongest in this guild, two of which don't get a long at all, and one of those has been gone for years to work together?" Natsu asked as he raised an eyebrow. "Not only is the synergy horrible, but you don't know the skill set of one of the members other than it involves fire. Did your tactics get rusty while I was away? Shame on you Erza." Natsu smirked as Erza found it difficult to continue holding on to the pinkette, but to her credit she did. It was at this point that Lucy frowned slightly.
"That's weird…it's almost as if he's trying to start a fight." Lucy said making Mirajane widen her eyes.
"Of course! Erza would never give him the time of day if he asked for a battle like he used to, so he's trying to use her own pride against her." Mirajane said, shocking Gray and Lucy.
"No way. Don't tell me that bastard actually got smart while he was gone!" Gray said frantically. The tension in the room got heavier as Erza tightened her grip and Natsu increased his temperature.
"Enough, Natsu." Makarov said as he sat down his drink. "Don't tease the girl anymore; she was who I was going to have test your abilities when you came back. No need to provoke her." Natsu nodded his head and gave an apologetic smile to a now stunned Erza. "Go on the mission and come back for your evaluation."
"Alright old man, see ya tomorrow Erza." Natsu grinned as he left the Hall. Makarov then turned to Erza with a smirk.
"Erza, when you test him, do not hold back…you will end up hurt if you underestimate that boy." Makarov ordered and Erza nodded with a grimace.
"Understood, excuse me." Erza said as she left through the back of the guild hall.
-With Natsu-
Natsu opened his jacket and checked his shoulder. He grinned when he saw a bruise on it.
"Well, this will be fun."
-With Erza-
Erza checked if she was alone before pulling off her gauntlet. She grimaced as she saw a burn on the palm of her hand.
"What happened to you Natsu?"
Chapter 4: Lullaby Arc Begin?
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