Chapter 3
To Save A Friend
Last Time: After a year of training Natsuko managed to achieve the strength she needs to extract her revenge against those who framed her, and hurt her Lyon. By then Fairy Tail realised the mistake they had made Judging her almost a year ago, and sworn for that time to get her back.
(Location: Harbour Town)
Harbour town, otherwise known as Fiore's biggest export, and Import, system In all of the country, receiving more than a thousand Items a day. It was a peaceful town with a large yellow sandy beach, and a large brown dock with countless boats, also receiving countless guests. From there, a boat appeared letting passengers go. While two of the crew members helped a certain pink haired passenger off the boat, who looked really sick, that's right, It was Natsuko.
"This girl rally has some motion sickness Issues." Commented one of the crew men.
"She's been at ~It since before we sailed." The other commented.
"I'm never, mmm, taking the boat again." Natsuko Said, with a voice filled with sickness.
"THEN WHY THE HELL DID YOU COME BACK AGAIN!" They both Yelled.
After dropping her off on a barrel, Natsuko took the time regain her strength, and looked up to see she was In Harbour Town (Note: I know, I know, It's a terrible name, but we're not goanna visit this place frequently a lot okay.). She looked with her dark eyes, at the people who walked passed her, chatting to each other. From what Natsuko could see was herself, and her old fiends among those people.
"THE HECK IS WRONG WITH YOU FLAME BRAIN! YOU DESTROYED ANOTHER DISTRCIT! WE'RE NOT GOANNA BE PAID A LOT YOUKNOW NOW WE'RE GOANNA HAVE TO PAY!" Grey, Shirtless, Shouted.
"AND WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU BRAIN FREEZE! I DON'T HEAR ANYONE ARGUING ABOUT YOU SINCE YOU STRATED IT!" Natsuko Yelled.
"YOU'RE BOTH TO BLME FOR THIS INCIDENT! NATSUKO YOU COMPLETLEY IGNORED THE MISSION AND ISNTEAD WENT AFTER THAT ONE GUT THAT GROPPED YOU! GREY YOU PUNCHED THAT OFFICIAL WHEN HE YELLED AT YOU FOR WLAKING AROUND TOWN NAKED! AGAIN!" Erza Yelled, as Grey, and Natsuko, cowered.
"Let's not forget Erza you did a bit of damage too when you destroyed those buildings such as the city hall In order to beat those Jerks." Lucy Commented.
"Aye Sir." Happy Said.
Erza dropped to her knees, and pulled her arm to her eyes, and started crying. "I'VE BEEN A FOOL BELIEVING IN THAT!" Erza Cried, as both Natsuko, And Grey, stared fighting each other again.
Natsuko shook her head, and looked back, to see she was back In harbour town, and escaped her own mind. Those were the good times but they were as good as gone now, until she can find out who framed her, and fix the mess whoever did this to her, taking her rucksack, she continued her way towards town.
(Meanwhile At The Train Station)
Erza, Grey, Lucy, Elfman, Lisanna, Mirajane, Laxus, Evergreen, Freed, Bickslow, Romero, Wendy, Carla, Happy, Gajeel, Levy, and Lily, got off the train.
As they got off the train It was silent, usually there would be a moaning groaning Natsuko being carried by Erza for being sick on the train.
Even though to the members who were most annoyed at this especially Grey they have missed that.
"Quite few members for an S class mission, any reason why the old man sent us here together?" Gajeel Asked.
"Supposedly there's a new powerful dark guild formed, they're strong." Grey Replied.
"Could It be possible they're a member of the balam alliance?" Lily Asked.
"We don't know that's why the master sent us here." Erza Replied. "Supposedly the magic council had sighted that a person who they believed a member of that dark guild was here." Erza Explained.
"What's the name of the guild anyway?" Gajeel Asked.
"It doesn't have one." Lily Replied.
"Supposedly they're a brand new guild that aren't allied with any other, and they're so secret they had very few sightings, even the magic council has a hard time finding out about this new guild, even their name Isn't known." Erza Explained.
"Let me guess, and we have to do all the work for them." Grey Said.
"It's also possible that well… the member that Impersonated Natsuko was part of that guild." Erza Said.
Immediately Lucy, Grey, Happy, Carla, Wendy, all looked down as they heard of that member It wasn't easy after they mistaken Natsuko, especially If they were her first and most trusted friends she made when she first Joined Fairy Tail.
Grey still was angry at himself for believing Natsuko would do such a thing, sure they agued back when Phantom Lord attacked Fairy Tail about going against them but that was a different case, Lamia Scale was their ally ever since they went against the alliance and were a big help In many battles, such that, the battle against the dragons when Lucy helped activate the eclipse gate.
Lucy, and Wendy, also felt guilty about this.
"What reason could they have that Natsuko Is somehow Involved In this?" Lily Asked.
"Because the magic council said that the mage that Impersonated Natsuko has been seen In the very few sightings of the members of that guild, It could be possible they were somehow Involved In a plan for Natsuko." Erza Replied.
"Then was Impersonating Natsuko and having her kicked from the guild a plan too?" Grey Asked.
"It may true." Erza Replied.
(Back With Natsuko)
As Natsuko walked through the town she couldn't help but keep getting Images of her head with her friends, It was hurtful to her, but she remembered why she was here.
Like Erza and the others, she also found out about sightings of the mysterious guild, she found out due to rumours, even though In todays time she would be tired of rumours since they didn't help her with her search for Igneel, her father.
But not all rumours were bad, some, proved good, It had helped her this far out of the countless rumours for the past year she had found some evidence to find out about the guild.
Natsuko had stopped and sniffed, over the year sniffing had Improved, that she managed to find out her friends were In Harbour Town.
(With The Guild)
As the group continued their search they started to get annoyed, now It was Just Erza, Grey, Happy, Lucy, Wendy, Carla, Gajeel, and Lily, who were there.
"We're not getting anywhere, do you think the others found something?" Lucy Asked.
"If so I believe they would've contacted us by now." Erza Replied, looking very concerned.
By then that's when Natsuko came.
Erza Immediately turned her head to see Natsuko, her eyes widened, In shock, and happiness.
"NATSUKO!" GREY Exclaimed.
"NATSUKO YOU CAME BACK!" Happy Shouted, as he flew straight towards Natsuko's breasts and hugged her, she hugged back.
"Natsuko you've returned." Erza Said, In Shock.
"What are you guys doing here?" Natsuko Asked, In a demanding tone.
At first a Shocked Erza stood still, but then cleared her, throat and Replied "On a mission of a new formed dark guild, we're here to find out.".
"We know about Lyon." Grey Said.
"Go." Natsuko Said.
"What." Erza Said.
"I said go, leave, you too Happy I need to find these bastards myself." Natsuko Said.
"If you're referring about the man that framed you It's been done, he turned, himself In." Erza Said.
"That's not what I mean It was more." Natsuko Said.
"More what! More people Involved! Natsuko what are you talking about!" Grey Said.
"I can't say so Just leave." Natsuko Said.
"Natsuko, I know you're hurt but we're sorry, If so I'm sure your welcomed back." Erza Said.
"I don't think so." Natsuko Said, and Immediately, she held her hand up and a flames engulfed It, leading far a meter long away from her, after that they dissipated leaving nothing but a sword, a Katana, one with dark flame patterns over the blade and a hilt In bandages, she then pointed It towards to Erza. "Fire Make: Flames Of Katana." Natsuko Said. "I think you what this Is." Natsuko Said.
Erza's, Grey's, Lucy's, Wendy's, Happy's, and Carla's, eyes, all widened In Shock, as they saw Natsuko's Katana.
"YOU KNOW MAKE MAGIC!" Grey Shouted.
"No." Erza Said. "It's not Just that." She Said. "It's a very special sword which can be summoned by that magic, but the level of strength to perform such a technique Is, beyond that of even mine." Erza Said.
"This Is my sword, and I had to do a lot In order to get It, but It was worth It a long time of training." Natsuko Said.
"You've been training for a year!" Exclaimed Grey.
Natsuko nodded. "I don't want to do this so leave me and this place." Natsuko Said. She then walked.
"WE'RE NOT LEAVING WITHOUT YOU!" Erza Shouted, she then attempted to punch Natsuko, but with great surprise to that of the team and Erza Natsuko caught with little effort, and she looked at Erza and then punched her.
PUNCH! Erza's armour cracked and she held herself and looked at Natsuko with eyes of pain.
"I said leave." Natsuko Said.
"REQUIP: WING ARMOUR!" Erza Shouted as she reequipped to her wing armour, she then lifted her blade, and attempted to at least knock Natsuko down, but she used her Katana to block the blade from hitting her, then she used It to cut Erza's armour to pieces. "WHAT!" Erza Exclaimed, she remembered the battle she had with the swordswoman back many years ago, Natsuko was using the same type of magic. "NATSUKO!" Erza Shouted, she tried to move, but she felt she couldn't move a muscle.
"As I said before, I'm going to find them, nothing you can do." Natsuko Said, as she once again left, with her Katana over her shoulder.
"NATSUKO PLEASE!" Erza Shouted. "WE JUST WANT YOU BACK WE DON'T KNOW HOW YOU MUST HAVE FELT BUT WE WANT YOU!" Erza Shouted. "ALL WE WANT IS TO BE FAIRY TAIL AGAIN WITH YOU!" Erza Shouted.
Natsuko looked back, and as the moment she remembered she said words similar to what Grey said to her back then, Natsuko had looked down at her with a sad expression, one Erza never recalled seeing beforehand.
Over the years she knew Natsuko she never at one stage looked at her like that.
And It was the type of pain Erza lived with for years.
She knew how she must have felt.
And couldn't put her finger on It.
She tried to think.
When she was thinking.
She saw Grey.
"ICE MAKE: LANCE!" Grey Shouted, as he hit the ground with the palm of his hands and launched a large amount of spikes towards Natsuko. "Sorry to do this to you." Grey Said. "Bit we're bringing you back no matter what." Grey Said.
"Fire Dragons: Brilliant Flames." Natsuko Said, as she held her palm up and flames went towards the lance and melted them away. "I'm stronger Grey." Natsuko Said. "MUCH STRONGER!" Natsuko Shouted.
"She managed to use her most powerful attack with ease." A Shocked Grey Said. Throughout when Grey knew Natsuko he knew that attack was toll on her magic. And she used It like It was nothing.
"Fire Dragons: Fire Bubbles." Natsuko Said, as green orbs like bubbles came out of her palms, and scattered everywhere around Grey, at first Grey was confused, then he saw Natsuko. "And." Natsuko Said. "Burst." Natsuko Said.
BOOM! Around Grey the bubbles blew up.
WHIP! Around Natsuko's arms, a beam of blue yellow light wrapped around her, she looked at Lucy.
"NATSUKO STOP THIS WE JUST WANT TO BACK!" Lucy Yelled.
Natsuko then began to bring her arms out, Lucy tried her best to pull her whip to stop her, but the strength she felt Natsuko pull her arms were amazing as the whip began to break up and soon It dissipated.
As Lucy looked at her now broken whip, she saw Natsuko charged straight towards her and her fist colliding with her stomach, she felt the pain and soon lost consciousness.
A sword was then placed at her right side of her neck along with a Ice spike on her left.
"Conscious." Natsuko Said.
"You're not the only one who's been training for the past year Natsuko, we've been too, now please, stop this at once and come back to Fairy Tail, we understand your relationship with Lyon, and we also understand you were Innocent, so please come back so we could be a team again, so we could be a family again, so we could be Fairy Tail again." Erza Said, weakly, ash she, tried to hold her sword steadily at Natsuko.
Natsuko looked.
Natsuko was looking at Erza and knew that look from anywhere, this was obviously the same look, where she always felt sorry for her guild members, she knew they were sorry, but she didn't have time to be dealing with them.
"Please stop." Natsuko Said, as a tear came from her eyes.
"AHHHHHHH!" Erza Shouted, as she came towards Natsuko. "REQUIP: FIRE EMPRESS ARMOUR!" Erza Shouted. "I WILL NOT GIVE UP ON YOU!" Erza Shouted, as she remembered the R system.
Erza began attacking Natsuko. As Natsuko kept dodging. Grey used his Ice make magic, suppose the fight went on for a few minutes, district by district kept being destroyed, blowing up, everything happening, the rest of the team had noticed this as for the meanwhile the fight kept getting harder, and harder, as they kept battling.
Natsuko was standing In the middle of the destroyed town, and looked at Erza, and Grey, as they stood too, before they collapsed.
Natsuko saw her work, with only a few bruises on her, she left the town.
(Location: Magic Council, Specific Location: Prison)
"For the last time, why did you frame Natsuko Dragneel?" Asked the now tired magic council member.
"For the last, because It was for fun." The Chameleon Said.
For the last years since the true person who framed Natsuko for the attack was arrested they tried to get answers from him, however It did seem that their efforts were useless, as this was the only answer he was willing to give them however the years were not kind to him either with many Inmates hurting him fighting and since he couldn't use his magic gave them the best opportunity to attack and with those attacks he fought back harder and harder till many of the Inmates became scared of him rather than him to them such as the time one Inmate threatened to kill him If he slept on the top bunk of the bed only to get his arm severed with a knife he had In his hand by him and so far he wasn't willing to talk to the council time by time they offered him protection even to certain matters where they told him he would be paid a lot of money yet he always replied to them In the same way with the same answer and yet they were determined to get answers from him however that was slipping as their methods weren't as effective as they thought It would be with the mage and proved to be useless and which they turned to more harsher methods such as torture but no matter what he would still smile and treat It as some kind of Joke despite proving he was In pain yet he had been too tough to be telling them anything other than what he had given them and with that they had hoped further methods could persuade him otherwise but they had failed as much as their previous attempts with the mage and had continued but nothing yet for now.
"We both know that Is not the real reason you did this, there's another, that we don't see but you do. There's a new dark guild. And we have reason to believe that you're behind this with them, and to save you some more pain how about you Just tell us what you planned to do, surely not to Just frame Natsuko and turn yourself over because It was for fun, I'm sure there's another reason that you're hiding, we're Just not getting It." He Said.
Truth be told the chameleon was a very difficult person to find on their own the only reason he was arrested was because he gave himself up, yet many members of the council, still, believe, that, this was some sort of plot since time by time they attempted to capture him yet he always managed to escape but for once he turned himself In without any motives what so ever for doing It and In the end suspect a plot that they can't see though there had been sightings of him meeting this secret dark guild that makes a type of connection that he may be a member yet he had no emblem like the others have.
"If there was another reason do you think I would've told you already, why else would I do such a thing, tell me that?" The Chameleon Asked.
"Because you've been hiding from us for years, and we tried form time to time to get you, the only reason you would be turning yourself In If It was some sort of plot one that you could've thought for yourself unless another group was Involved, we tried to get you for years and suddenly you decided to turn yourself over a crime we didn't even know you've committed until you told us." He Said.
"I'll tell you this, It's a surprise, one that you'll be shocked, as of this Information." The Chameleon Said.
"Alright, what, do, you, mean." He Said.
"Let me tell you." He began, "I'm sure you know about the dragons that disappeared many years ago." He Said. "What If I said they didn't." He explained.
"And the dragons matter because?" He Asked.
"WE found them." He Said, this has earnt a shocked expression from the Interrogator.
"Impossible, the dragons disappeared for a long time, we have no Idea where they could be." He Said.
"What If I told you they were right under your noses, our noses, the dragon slayers noses this entire time." He Said.
"I'm listening." The Interrogator said.
"You see, obviously you know how much magic energy a dragon has, so It's Impossible for them, to hide It from us, however even If they suppress It we still be able to sense them but they had to hide Instead from what I hear they need to hide themselves from us." He Said.
"Yes It's possible they can supress their magic, the dragons knows spells, that are more advanced, even to this day at we had yet to understand." The Interrogator Said.
As mentioned the mage had been hiding from the council for years and had for some strange reason revealed himself to the council and turned himself In but they do believe that It could be some sort of plot he and the guild had came up with as to drive confusion since the only evidence they had was the fact that for years the council had been chasing after him but came no close to capturing him and all of a sudden a small crime he committed made him decide to turn himself over to the council and to have some sort of connection with this dark guild due to the sightings that were founded by people, however he seemed to, show he has of Idea of It, but the council knew of his ways of lies and changing his expression so as to make It harder for them to get answers from him so they were turned to methods of torture to persuade him otherwise so as to get answers from him but no matter how hard they tried they couldn't get any so they tried sending him to a prison where he was continually beaten by prisoners as way but that didn't work since he had fought against them too even without his abilities he still fought back and yet they believed It could still work until he gone too far with his methods and so returned to Interrogation where they continued their methods against him yet It didn't turn out In their favour as he didn't so much change his smiling expression which had made the members of the organisation cringe a bit from this and the need talk more.
"There's one more thing I wanna say." He Said.
"Wat Is It." The Mage Said.
"I have an escape plan." He Said.
BOOM! Immediately the walls of the room exploded.
The room was covered In smoke as figures appeared from It getting ready to battle and It seems as though for the past year the Chameleon had smile to reveal some sort of a plan attack since he's been there shocking the mages as they had no Idea what was happening and It seemed as though the questions they had been questioning for the past year were about to be answer as the mages seemed to start attacking other mages that were there at the time and also they had not been prepared to take these mages on as though their strength seemed to be more powerful than others so they attempted to stop them only to be stopped themselves as a way to be careful with them due to their strength that they had with them and the mages seemed to be careful as they had been prepared but not like this against mages who would be this strong In a battle and believed that only guilds could have that In order to beat them but for now they were on their own and could only fight by themselves but as the battle got harder they tried harder as well but proved to be useless as though they were pinned down by the mages heavily and seemed that hoped was no longer on their side as they had attempted to go head to head again and again but there was hardly any fight back against them as thought they were done for.
The mage looked only to be stunned by a magic spell revealing people In dark cloak running towards the Chameleon untying him and bringing him to safety.
Later other mages appeared trying to stop them but that was stopped when they attacked them first wave by wave they kept coming and the damages got worse and worse as they attacked.
Every fight became harder and harder as they kept on coming and yet the mages attacked back as a way to show their strength but never gave up as they ran towards outside and from there on they saw the Chameleon smile with that same look that he gave for the past year he was In prison and had realised It was planned since then all the fights In prison was nothing more but training and all that Interrogation was for nothing as he was confident with the plan he had made with these mages and so the council watched as they saw him leaving with them towards a field while remembering all the times he had smile at them while he had a plan to escape realising It was nothing more but a distraction true he had kept them distracted from something about a truth that they had not known about and now for all those times he was attacked from the prison and Interrogated proved to be worth It as he's finally escaping and that their plan was a success In distracting the magic council from their real objectives and so they were fooled this entire time when he constantly trained In the prison with his fights against the council so as he could prove himself to someone which they had realised for what he was doing that someone who refused to get caught In the past or at least turn himself over to the magic council from out of suddenly nowhere turn himself over as If he had to prove something and the magic council had realised that after all this time the magic council had realised that even after all this year the magic council had realised that he was distracting them and had finally found out that he worked under the unknown dark guild that they had been tracking and finally they got their answers to their questions against him and now they were too late as If It seems as though they had finally got what they want after all this time and now were trying to stop them but they were too strong for them to take down and saw them leaving desperately the mages tried to stop them to make sure that their efforts were not a waste of time so they could try and bring them In but they were very powerful and no matter how hard they tried to stop them they wouldn't stop and all of a sudden they started to disappear Into purple cubes while the Chameleon smile at them for the last time as he too disappeared and saw anything but the field as an attempt they had hoped to track them as a hoped way to capture them In hoped but that hoped was too late as It seemed with their magic trackers they were gone without a trace for them to follow and the mages cringe at this of their mission and soon realised that they may meet them again the only thing they could worry about was the fact that not only have they waited a year for their objective to be completed but also allowed one of their own to be capture as some sort of way to be prove themselves part of them and waited a year and also to be telling them the truth about a questioning talk with him and so the mages had thought but couldn't understand why they would go through all of this Just for this moment to happen and had been thinking of what would make them do all this with putting their own In prison for this year and making himself prove to them willing to go to a prison for a year and attacked by prisoners while also fighting back with strength and going through torture so as to prove himself to them and for reasons had they known that they would be at their objective.
Author's Note: Sorry about this chapter next one will be better.
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