Chapter 3: Basics
Natsu Dragneel, the son of Igneel and a Fairy Tail wizard...lost. Well lost would be an understatement. He was utterly humiliated as he fell by a single flick of the Cat God's claw. He was pretty sure his skull was cracked, but the Dragon magic took care of that.
He laid flat on his back with his mouth hanging open in shock rather than pain. He twitched a little, still unable to comprehend what happened. 'H-how am I so...damaged?' He thought as he replayed the entire scene over and over again.
"Get up boy, do not tell me that is all you got." Beerus taunted the Dragon Slayer who slowly got up. He was no longer in his regular clothes, not even his scarf was on him, instead he wore a red sleeveless gi with the symbol of his current allegiance on the chest.
"Ha...now this is gonna be tougher than I thought..." Natsu spat some blood to the side before wiping away the trickle of blood on his forehead. With a smirk he charged over to the God of Destruction and began to reign down a series of blows that the anthropomorphic purple cat dodged moving an inch of his feet that was rooted on the ground. "Stop running away!" The Dragon Slayer roared as he charged his fist with a massive load of dark red flames. "Fire Dragon's Demolition Fist!" His attacks could now be over loaded with magic as his body didn't degrade after he switched to END's body. Which didn't have any difference other than the internal changes which allowed his valves to pump more magic.
Back to the fight, the attack struck it's prize and slammed on Beerus's face, resulting in a massive explosion that consumed the two. The fire soon cleared and dust was floating around in a thick cloud, blocking him from seeing the anthropomorphic cat's fate. "A good combo, would have surprised me if I was a baby." The bored voice was all he heard before he saw a fist emerging from the cloud of dust at rapid speed. Natsu's eyes widened in shock as it stopped in front of his forehead. Before...Flick.
This time he was knocked out for good, far away, near to the edge of the planet. "Lord Beerus, I would like to warn you of not harming the boy too much in the initial stage. Even if he is a demon, his body still has not tapped into the potential we seek yet." Whis walked over to the God of Destruction who was licking his wrist.
"I would agree too, Lord Beerus, Natsu may have a lot of potential but he only taps in through anger and that too only a few times." Igneel walked over and stood next to Whis, completely unaffected by the critical damage his son got.
"Ah...this is going to be boring..." Beerus sighed. "Well Whis, why don't you take him and get a bit of endurance on him. You too Igneel." He added the last part as he looked over to where the Dragon Slayer had disappeared to. "I am going to catch some zzz." He jumped back into his temple and quietly went back to sleep.
Five years passed...
Beerus continued his slumber while Dragon Slayer slowly overcame his limitations in strength. Natsu sat eating his dinner which was a strange alien bird that was now in a BBQ form. His appearance did not change much, only that his hair grew longer and his facial features sharpened. His exposed arms also showed considerable change with the many tribal tattoos that grew over to the inside of his gi.
Over the course of the past five years, he dedicated his time and energy in training with Whis and Igneel. And not a single time in these years did he resort to magic. Whis had made it very clear that his body needs to have enough physical strength and tranquility to learn the much more complex part of his training.
"Natsu," The Fire Dragon King called out, he stood there in his true form as a Dragon. The Dragon Slayer gave glance over his shoulder, acknowledging his father's call. "You have been doing this for the past five years, I know you miss your friends, but soon you will be able to see them." Natsu didn't reply, instead he silently finished his meal and stood up.
"That's not what bothers me pops." The Dragon Slayer began as he turned around. He raised his hand and let red energy flow out, gently covering his hand. "I just hope all this new power doesn't makes me different..." He let out a sigh.
Igneel placed his body on the ground. "Nonsense, you will always be who you are. Sure, you may look different on the outside, but you like those symbols decorating your arms, but on the inside..." Igneel raised his hand and brought it across the gap between them and extended a clawed finger and placed the tip of his powerful claw on the boy's chest. "...you are a man destined for greatness." Natsu placed his hands on the giant claw and touched his forehead on it. He remained like that for a moment. "Ok, that's enough, I want my hand back you brat." He pulled it away roughly.
"You wanna go old man?" Natsu got a smirk on his face as he fell on to a battle stance.
Never to be one to back away from a challenge, Igneel jumped up and unleashed a roar of acceptance. "You just earned a beat down! Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" The Dragon attacked with his signature move. Immediately his son retaliated.
Clapping his hand into a 'Namaste' position, his body glowed red before he parted hid hands and a ball of energy took form. "Calamity Stroke!" He roared as he pushed the attack on the approaching drogon fist.
And as Igneel laid defeated, he had a stupid smile for a dragon on his maw. His son has surpassed him, and was more than what he was when he still had all of his power. He would pity the Dragon of Apocalypse if he were to ever attack his son or his loved ones. He was no longer in the circle of a Dragon or a Demon, now he was on the leagues of the Gods. The Dragon felt his boy walk over his chest and fall on him and soon he heard the sound of soft snoring. Both father and son slept peacefully, undisturbed by nightmares that plagued them for many years.
And finally the day came in which he was ready to challenge the Destroyer who woke up after a five year long slumber. Well he did not fight the pink head right away, instead went on to clean himself up and get a massive breakfast. But when their battle took place, Beerus was to say the least, pleased by the result to a minimum although Natsu lost.
"He has grown stronger Whis...not bad, not bad at all..." He let out a smirk as he watched the Dragon Slayer slowly rise to his feet. "Natsu." He called out the pink heads name for the first time with a mild touch of respect. "Now you prove to me your loyalty." His voice took to a serious turn.
Natsu face hardened and he gave a curt nod before kneeling. "Tell me what to do."
Beerus rubbed his chin a bit. "Hmmm now that you mention it, you will have to learn about the whole detail of how we will thwart Ankhseram's plans. Follow me." He turned around and began to walk into his lair. Whis walked towards the struggling Dragon Slayer and gave him a wife smile.
"That was so awesome Natsu! I can't believe you managed a whole ten minutes with him!" The attendant who taught him all he knew spoke excitedly before healing him by a simple touch of his scepter.
Natsu chuckled as he felt his body mend. "Well I had some pretty good teachers." He looked at the God and smiled before looking over to his father who transformed into his humanoid form and stood leaning under a tree, watching the entire battle with pride. The Dragon Slayer raised his hand high and gave a thumbs-up. "I did it you crazy frog!" Ok well not that proud anymore.
Nonetheless, he walked over to the boy and gave a pat on his back, a little too hard that the pink head went face first on the ground. "Maybe a class for respect will do some good you punk!" The Dragon bellowed in laughter as his son got up with an angry dirt covered face. His glare then shifted to Whis, who was also having a few chuckles, but quickly covered it with his fist and turned it into a fit of cough.
Seeing the Dragon Slayer still looking skeptically at his coughing, the God tried. "God allergies...cough cough..." He resumed cough as more laughter came. And the pink head actually bought it! The three slowly made there way into the temple with a little confused Dragon Slayer.
And just before entering the temple Natsu asked in an innocent confused voice. "Gods get allergies?" Whis hastened his steps into the building. Of course he had a hard time controlling his giggles. "Wait...was I tricked?!" Igneel's laughter was the only thing that was heard inside the empty halls.
Upon entering the new room which had a large white glowing table in the center, Natsu saw Whis walk over to the head of the table where Beerus stood with his hands folded behind and an expressionless face. "Natsu." He looked at Whis. "The plot to overthrow Lord Beerus was planned by Ankhseram, but another god, from Universe 10, one of Creation who served under their Supreme Kai, named Zamasu joined forces." He tapped the tip of his scepter on the table and a 4D projection of an alien looking male formulated. "This is Zamasu." Whis introduced.
Natsu immediately copied the image of the man into his face. Zamasu was of average height. He had pale green skin, gray irises, white eyebrows, and white hair in a mohawk. He wore a violet long-sleeved shirt under a gray and yellow coat, a light blue sash, dark blue baggy pants, and white boots. He also wore orange earrings. "Looks pretty weak to me..." The Dragon Slayer scratched his head.
"Hahaha!" Beerus bellowed in laughter. "Finally someone agrees with me!" He said in between chuckles before stopping his laugh and looking at the Dragon Slayer with his strange glint in his eyes. "But don't be a fool boy, his strength could still give you a lot of trouble." The anthropomorphic cat god warned.
"Yes, well moving on." Whis cleared his throat and all attention was on him again. "Zamasu, as you can see, is not from our Universe. Hence he cannot be killed unless he directly provokes Lord Beerus, which he is not foolish enough to do." Beerus let out a snort at that.
Igneel folded his arms and looked at the image of the villainous god. "I presume the the King of All has something to do with this?" He saw the Destroyer suddenly flinch at the mention of the most eminent diety across the twelve universe.
Whis had a better control over his emotion and simply smiled. "Yes, after he wiped out a few universes, Lord Zeno made some strict rules regarding conflicts between universes. He had prohibited killing or destruction to each other." The attendant explained quietly.
"Whoa whoa whoa, let me just hold you there! There are other universes? Someone wiped out universes? Universes?! And who is this Zeno guy?" Natsu was having a field day of weirdness.
"Careful how you word his name boy." Beerus warned him seriously. "Anger him, and there is no place for you to run and hide, not even death will save you." His words slightly shook the Dragon Slayer.
"S-so he is stronger than you?!" The Dragon Slayer didn't know what was happening. Suddenly all the foes he faced became void in his eyes.
"Yes." There was no hint of shame or annoyance in admitting that he was inferior. The Cat God's eyes was extremely serious. "His power surpasses logic and he maintains control of all twelve universes, all of them having Gods of Destruction like me. Of he wished, he could very well wipe us all out without even bothering to look." Coming from his mouth like this shook the son of Igneel to no end. Not only in fear, but in excitement.
"So there is a level beyond you, eh?" A small smirk came over the pink heads face.
Before Beerus could discipline the boy, Whis once again cleared his throat. "Back to the matter at hand. Zamasu is technically not allowed to meddle with the Universe 7 affairs directly, so he utilized a bunch of planets, all with violent powers, these planets are located at various parts of each quadrant of our Universe. There objective: To cause an imbalance between creation and destruction. Not to mention if the Kais try to stop them, they will be destroyed too. Hence more imbalance will take place." Whis explained.
The God of Destruction saw Natsu eyeing him for some words. "It's not that I don't have the power to destroy these planets, but if I do so, then it will start a probe from Lord Zeno himself, and if the King of All is annoyed by this, he will destroy both of the universes involved even though Zamasu is the cause, so everything has to be done in discretion." Beerus warned.
"So...like, what does Ankhseram, me and Zeref do with this?" Natsu asked thoughtfully.
"Ankhseram cannot work directly with Zamasu, given their status difference and the Universe Law created by Lord Zeno prohibits it. So for Zamasu to succeed, he needs to eradicate the mortals in the universe as they are what supports the existence of Gods. So once that line is broken, there would be anarchy in the Universe and could eventually lead to the arrival of Lord Zeno to destroy this universe." For some reason Natsu understood what his mentor said. "Then comes Ankhseram, he saw the potential of Earthland's ability to take out an entire quadrant. And just as he predicted, Zeref tried to make a failed revival. Although resurrection is not a heinous crime, Ankhseram played the cards so that your brother will do it wrong giving Ankhseram the opportunity to curse him so that he will create a powerful Etherious, you."
"What's the whole point of this?" Natsu scratched his head.
The table glowed and several solar systems began to take form. Whis pointed at one planet. "This is your planet and in the near future you would have fought against your brother, the result of that battle would destroy Earthland's magical core, but the main objective is to wipe out all of the living beings in the East Quadrant." Whis's face radiated calmness but his words struck horror on the tensed Dragon Slayer.
Igneel grimaced as he saw his son shutting down. "Natsu..." He places a hand on his shoulder, startling the man a little. Natsu's eyes widened as he was brought back from his line of thoughts.
"H-how could they even think of..." Was these the Gods billions of people prayed to in his world?
"Boy!" Before the Dragon King could offer any reassuring words, the Cat God interjected. The Dragon slayer looked at the Destroyer with a questioning face. "You can either let yourself be cornered by your bounds on Earthland or you can stand up and fight against those who want to disrupt the balance." He spoke harshly. "To put it bluntly. Be the Envoy of the Destroyer and eradicate those planets that supports this plan, or watch Earthland end by my hand before it does by any others..." This was one offer the Dragon Slayer could not refuse.
He understood that the planets Beerus wanted destroyed may have millions, if not billions who do not have anything with this conspiracy. But the sheer fact that beings above what he could comprehend, threaten to destroy his family, made him decide what he needed to do. He had two more years to wait before his friends came back. There was no way in hell he was going to drag Fairy Tail into what he was about to do.
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Just to get some things clear before scrolling down!
Natsu was able to get so much strong in the cannon in just one year away, right?
The way he was able to reach that kind of strength in my opinion would be:
1. Second Orgin unlocked
2. Massive Fights against the Dragons and the demons.
So he did the above two things before he went training. Also, the big boost of power was actually from Igneel's residual power.
The reason why I mentioned this is because Natsu is not going to be getting any form of artificial strength. He will have to learn everything the way Goku learned. The hard way. So to those who want to see him duking Beerus in this or the next chapter, please don't be upset or angry as it is going to take a while before the Dragon Slayer can even think of forcing a half of Beerus's strength against him.
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