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"Natsu!" – Character Speech
'Natsu!' – Thoughts
Natsu! – Flashbacks
Natsu! – Spells and Magic
Natsu, Sun King of Fiore?
Fairy Tail, Bigger than Ever!
Previously on Natsu, Sun King of Fiore?
And while the 'guests' were burning time, not with their trip down memory lane, Natsu was having a more civilized discussion. At least this three knew when to show manners, "…Well I will be damned. You sure did surprise me, brat."
"Flattery will get your nowhere, old man. After all, I already have a mate and I don't swing your way." Despite how disgusting it sounded, the guards found it funny while Lucy giggled.
"So now that you are king, the top dog, what is going to happen to us?" Gildarts spoke up. "Is there any room left for us here in Magnolia? Would we simply age all those decades?" This got both him and the two mages next him to grow a little pale. If that was going to happen, there would only be ash and bones left.
"Not necessary." Natsu answered and his guests took a large breath of relief. "We have been trying to figure out why you have disappeared, and we have long established that was the third great Fairy magic, Fairy Sphere. It is said to be the greatest defensive spell ever created, it can block any force that has malicious intent fueling it. Not even Acnologia, in all of his glory could destroy Fairy Sphere."
"ACNOLOGIA!" The three mages shouted, "You mean he is still out there!?" Natsu simply shook his head.
"Not the last time anyone saw him. I was told by a great woman, out of her time as well, that Acnologia was punished." Natsu too in a deep breath, "He was sent to a pocket dimension, between all space and time. There, it will take a thousand years for Acnologia to even twitch his finger."
This helped the trio relax, again. "Back to Fairy Sphere, it is unrivaled in blocking danger and evil spells, but its effects on the ones being protected can be similar to suspended animation. Meaning that while you missed out several decades, you all aged only seconds. That much we did find out about Fairy Sphere."
This was heavy on their minds, they weren't I any danger but still in a world that they barely could recognize. "One last question, Natsu." Laxus spoke up this time and noticed that the guards glared at him, "…King Natsu…" That correction got the glares off, "What is going to happen to us? How can we catch up after all the damn years we missed?"
"I can't take favorites, it won't help anyone. But as King, there is this little something I can do for my old guildmates." Natsu said while stroking his long beard. Yet somehow, this didn't make the three mages feel any more comfortable.
"Woah~!" This was the general reaction of the Tenrou Island survivors. Once they were released from the 'guest rooms', they all were able to enjoy the new Magnolia without being manhandled like they were on the island. "What the hell!"
"When the King told us about the changes to Magnolia, he couldn't say them better than this!" Levy said excitably. "I just can't believe that my best friend got to be the Queen!"
"Lucky you…" Gray may had been excited but still couldn't admit that his big mouth got him a room in the dungeon. "…you don't have another night down there hanging by a thread over your head."
"I think that you need to learn some more manners, as expected to be a candidate to the next S-class mage seventy years ago." Erza's voice always did the trick and Gray, still traumatized, always shut his arrogant mouth. "I am just relieved that Lucy was able to finally get Natsu to learn some manners of his own." The others nodded, with thoughts on the 'miracle' back in the palace and sitting on the throne.
"Can we just go inside!? I am not liking the looks I am getting!" Gray whined like a true man child. The rest of the Tenrou group just pointed down and Gray finally realized that he, once again, stripped to his boxers with his clothes nowhere in sight. "ARRGH! WHY ME!?"
Letting out another sigh, the Tenrou group decided to just let the arrogant stripper find his clothes this time and moved to open the doors of the guild hall. The main one that is, they didn't see that their symbol can be seen on every other guild building.
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The doors were a lot bigger up close than when they stopped for a look up the road. While the wood looked the same, Erza could have sworn that there was something else in the outer walls of the guild hall but couldn't get her finger on it. And after seventy years, there must be hundreds of changes.
Both Erza and Makarov pushed open the massive guild doors, and inside was like the inside of a hollow tower. The entrance they used ended with stairs descending at both left and right down to where countless mages and staff were moving about. As it was seventy years, there were barely any familiar faces anywhere. Then one came,
"About time you whippersnappers got here!" It was Asuka, the elderly woman who led a team from the latest generation to check out Tenrou Island. "Boss gave you directions and told us that you were coming! The least you can do is make it snappy!" The Tenrou Mages had no idea why they were letting an old lady scold them for taking their time.
"Madam, the kids are listening and you are scaring them." Asuka halted in her ranting and took in a dozen heavy breaths. A simple man in a uniform was calling to her from directly down the stairs from the entrance. "And I am talking about the Boss's great grandson too. He is only…" The staff member trailed off when he finally noticed the visitors. "Are you the ones from our island that has appeared just a couple of days ago?"
"And the who the hell are you!?" Gray spoke up once again and embarrassed himself with his poor manners. Next thing he knew, the ice stripper was tied in some kind of cloth like a swiss roll. "Hey, let me go!"
"You are Gray Fullbuster, who had the nerve to bully our King in his youth." The staff member apparently conjured up the cloth from the palm of his right hand. "We were informed that you will be relocated from the castle and to the main building of Fairy Tail. The Boss made sure to tell us not to harm you. I personally can't see a delinquent such as yourself fitting in and around the children-!"
Erza tried to intervene but when she used one of her swords to free Gray, the blade shattered. "I suggest that you keep your swords to yourself, Miss Erza Scarlet. This is my Magic, Panic Blanket. I can conjurer up a cloth of any size and of virtually any material." This got Makarov to stroke his beard with a grin to go with it.
"Amazing, I don't why Natsu was making you work for pay here with such great magic." The staff member turned to the midget.
"It's because I asked to work here for pay. I always preferred to use my gifts to stop fights before they even begun and I love to keep the peace with the best of my ability." The staff member turned to Gray, still struggling. "Now as I was saying to Madam Asuka, we are being visited by the great-grandson of our King and it is important to watch your annoying habits around him. He is by no means spoiled but please make a better first impression, the entire royal family following our King knows about all of you, especially Mr. Fullbuster."
The staff member retracted the uncuttable cloth and walked down the stairs to wherever his job needs him. Asuka then led them down the stairs to where the bar was, which was like their own guild hall seventy years ago only three times bigger. It was definitely crowded and busy with members doing what most guild mages do; drink, eat, chat and check for a request for them to do. That was until the voice of a small boy was heard, "Auntie Asuka!"
The old woman laughed she caught a little rascal that jumped in his arms to hug her. "Hello there, little guy." Asuka kept the boy in her arms for the Tenrou mages to get a good look. There was nothing much to point out besides that this little kid was dressed in a t-shirt with trousers and sneakers on. What ready shocked them was the kid's salmon-colored hair as well as a pair of fangs showing, even though his pout.
"I am not little anymore! I am six years old!" Then he turned to the group behind Asuka, "Cool!" Jumping out of his aunt's arms, the boy ran over to get a better look at the visitors. "Wow! You almost like gramps but you are as big as I am! How does that make sense!?" Makarov didn't know whatever to feel flattered or insulted, he just knew that the boy didn't mean any harm as his eyes had only excitement and curiosity. "Hey, I like your blue hair!" The boy went to Juvia and asked about her magic involving water.
Everyone else had been picked off by this little boy until the latter got to the last one; Gray. "Woah, you are as ugly as I thought you will be! Your hair is like dirty snow!" The Ice-Maker wizard was trying to not to go apeshit on this little boy who had nothing but insults to give. "You must be…" Gray raised an eyebrow when the little boy trailed off before, "Ice Princess~!" The wizard stiffed while others around him laughed at the familiar degrading nickname.
"That's it! You little brat…!" Gray finally lost his temper but before he could try anything, something had sent him flying like a rocket all the way to the ceiling of the building; which could have been a couple dozen meters up!
"I am not little and my name is…!" The boy shouted up, like it was no big deal on his killer uppercut until another voice entered the fray,
"Nice punch there, Iggy!" When the Tenrou mages turned, they were shocked yet again to see a young man, more of an adult than the little boy with Natsu's hair. Except this one looked a lot like Marco and even wore similar clothing. Then came the bombshell,
"Big brother!" The little boy, named Iggy, once again jumped into a pair of arms. "Big brother, its them! The old Fairy Tail from years ago!" Iggy pointed at the Tenrou group like any hyperactive kid. The young adult flicked at Iggy's nose, much to the kid's annoyance.
"It is not polite to point. And I also got the memo from your Gramps." The young man said and gently dropped Iggy back on the ground, just in time for Gray to land rather hard. "And you have a lot of nerve to pick on my little buddy." Iggy pouted again and Gray wanted to say something about a kid sending him flying when Levy finally spoke up.
"Excuse me, are you Marco? You look like him." The young man smirked and scratched the little chin hairs.
"Actually no, that's my grandfather." This once again shocked the Tenrou group, especially Gray. "My father happens to be the best of friends with our Boss so I am Iggy's sworn brother when I was born. My name is Remyton, but just call me Remy." Remy shot out his hand to shake and Makarov shook it. "I won't bore you with the details but Dad works as one of the Boss's guards while Granddad is in retirement, lucky devil huh?" With a smirk, Remy made a jab at how the midget Guild Master wishes to retire from the mayhem that his generation of Fairy Tail keeps causing.
"Just who is this kid!? He is as bad as Erza…OWW!" Gray was still grouchy from the bad landing and he got a bump on the head which hurt just as bad.
"First of all, Iggy never hits anyone while unprovoked. Second, he the heir to Dragneel Family of Fiore. From when he could walk, he was a powerhouse." Remy rubbed Iggy's head who still pouted but didn't move from his spot. This caused a few sharper mages in the Tenrou Group to put two and two together and realize just who this little boy was. Remy beat them to the punch,
"We call him Iggy, but his real name is Igneel Dragneel III. He is the youngest in the Royal Dragneel Family."
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"Not five minutes back in our Guild and you nearly got all of us killed by trying to hurt Natsu's grandson!" Makarov had Gray in his giant grip, no pun intended, and wished he could crush him like a grape. "Give me one good reason that I shouldn't break every pathetic bone in your sad little body of yours and listen to your arrogant voice cry like a drama queen!?"
"ARRGH!" Gray could only cry out from the pain. The rest of the Tenrou Group were unsure on what to think of the Ice Stripper, even his biggest fan Juvia. But then came the icebreaker,
"Can you please keep it down, it's annoying me." That was both a polite and demanding tone, one that suddenly caused the entire building to be silenced. Makarov looked to see the little prince again but with a displeased scowl like any kid who missed their beauty nap but the midget saw that this boy also contained his temper, not even close to a temper tantrum. "Put him down, now." The old man did just that and even shrunk his hand down its normal size before, "That was cool!"
"Huh?" The Tenrou group couldn't believe the sudden 180 or that Iggy grabbed the Tiny Titan by the same hand.
"Gramps told me that you can get bigger! You can turn into a giant! Where did you learn it!? How does that work!? Can I learn it!?" Iggy asked away like bullets from a machine gun and even Makarov couldn't keep up. That was until the sound of a finger snapping at one's forehead was heard,
"Don't be rude to our guests, brat. What do we say?" It was Asuka again. And while Iggy pouted with a flick to the forehead, he nodded and faced Makarov and Gray.
"I'm sorry for being rude to both of you." It felt strange have a prince bow to a pair of mages instead of vice versa. But before anyone could comment on this strange sight, the tower came back to life.
"The Boss's grandson and his wife have arrived! They have arrived!" The Tenrou group remembered what Remy said before he left; that the little guy was the third-generation prince after Natsu was made king. Which means,
"Mommy! Daddy! You're back!" Iggy shot off like an arrow, weaving through the crowd around the doors and jumped up high towards the couple in the doorway. The father chuckled and caught the little prince while the mother rubbed Iggy on the head. Since these are his parents, they must be from the Royal Family too.
"And how is our little Iggy? Has he been good?" The Tenrou Group moved through the crowds to better see Iggy's parents, and were so shocked that they were close having a heart attack. The father looked almost entirely like Natsu they know but with Lucy's blonde hair and eyes. The mother didn't look like the king or queen but instead, of Ultear!
End of Chapter 3.
*Hey. Glad that I got this chapter finally done. Just something to expand this universe I am building where Natsu has been king for several decades, with quite the family and a big home. Who knows when I will make another while I am trying to work out getting a cashier job? Wish me luck!*
