I am back with the 6th chapter and I will try to make this one a bit longer so sit back and enjoy, R&R and have fun.
Master looked at Mirajane shocked. She just told him she had a dream about Natsu. What happened in the dream?
" You had a dream about Natsu?" Master asked still shocked.
She just nodded.
" What happened in the dream?"
Mirajane just sighed. And started to explain.
" Well, I wasn't there. I was in Natsu's body." She paused to see if master understood her. When he nodded she continued.
" It was about some prophecy." Mira said. She just saw a terrified expression on master face.
" Prophecy? What kind of prophecy? Did Natsu tell you anything about any kind of prophecy?" Mira just nodded at the last question.
" Did he mention it before or after the dream?!"
" Before… Master?"
" Huh? What is it child?"
" … Um, who is Natsu?" Mira asked hesitantly.
" I am sorry Mira. I can not tell you that." master said.
" But why? What is his connection to you? To this prophecy?"
" Mira! Enough. I said I can't tell you that. If you want to know you will have to ask him." master said.
Mirajane just looked at master and nodded.
After a few hours:
Natsu, Gray, Erza and Mirajane were standing in front of a train in the train station.
" So… are you gonna get on or not?" Gray asked as he looked at Natsu.
" He has motion sickness." Erza explained.
" That's so lame." Gray said and laughed at Natsu.
Natsu just sighed and climbed aboard.
After they found an empty cart they sat down and relaxed. But as soon as the train started moving Natsu palled and fell into Mira's lap due to the lack of balance and strenght to keep himself up.
They just looked at him but decided to let it go. They just laughed a bit and started chit-chatting on their ride.
Soon they reached Clover town, they found out about Eisenwald and their plan, they were now trapped in Erigor's 'Wind Wall'.
" So.. how do we get out of here?" Mira asked.
" I have no idea… What if Gray uses his ' Ice-make Shield' and try to stop the air currents?" Erza suggested.
" I can try. But I don't know if it will work…" Gray said as he started chanting his spell.
" Ice-make: Shield!" Gray made a shield made out of ice but as soon as it was created it was shattered to pieces by the air currents.
" Nope… It doesn't work…" Gray said.
" Let me try." Natsu said.
" What are you gonna do? You use fire magic… wind counters fire." Erza said.
" ...Where did you hear that?" Natsu asked shocked.
" Um, Natsu, fire can't beat wind. It's just that simple. You'll just end up wasting your magic power." Gray said.
" No… wind amplifies fire. You got it all wrong." Natsu explained.
" Natsu-" Erza tried to reason but was cut off by Natsu.
" Just let me try."
" … Alright… But I told you." Erza said.
As he inhaled large amounts of air his back arched backwards and he suddenly released a 'Fire Dragons Roar'.
As fire flew out of his mouth it started to burn the air away and dispel the wall of wind made by Erigor.
The other three just starred their jaws hitting the floor.
" Natsu, how did you do that?" Erza just watched as the last bit's of the wall disappeared in thin air.
" I learned before, how to change the properties of my fire so that it can't be beaten by anything, not water, not wind, nothing." Natsu explained.
" When did you learn that?" Mira asked.
" On one of my adventures. Anyway we need to hurry after Erigor. If he has what I think he has then we can unlock Mira's magic power and she'll be a mage again." Natsu explained.
" Alright. Let's move!" Erza said glad that she will be able to fight her old rival again.
" But Natsu, how shouldn't you explain to us how will you get my magic back?" Mira asked.
" I won't be getting your magic back, you will."
" Huh? How?" Gray asked confused.
" Mira, your magic is Take-over magi, right?" Natsu asked.
When Mira nodded he continued.
" And how do the Take-over mages get their powers?" Natsu asked.
" By consuming the soul of their opponent."
" Well my father told me stories about a demon. He said the demon could kill people just by singing. He was very powerful and he killed many people. Then one day a dark mage came and sealed him in a flute. But his magic was so powerful that even while sealed, the sounds the flute made would kill all the people who hear it except the user." Natsu said.
" So… what's your point?" Erza asked.
" Sigh, well I have a feeling that the magic item those dark mages were talking about is that flute, Lullaby. If we can somehow unseal the demon from the flute and weaken it, Mira just needs to consume his soul. If she does that she will get her magic back and a new soul." Natsu said.
All three were now looking at him and wondered how did he figure all that out.
" So… you made us all come here to get Mira's magic back… based on a feeling?" Gray asked.
" No. We would come here anyways because Erza wanted to take those dark mages out and I came along because I wanted to fight, so I thought we could bring Mira along just in case it really is a demon."
" … Natsu, I was wondering… How much do you know about the history? I mean you seem well informed on any subject concerning magic and mythical creatures." Erza said.
" I don't know." Natsu said and shrugged his shoulders and turned towards the direction Erigor is at.
" What do you mean you don't know?" Erza asked.
" I'll tell ya later Erza, right now we have a demon to catch. Right?" Natsu said and smirked at her. She just smirked back at him and nodded.
" Alright, let's go." Erza said as she sat in a magical four wheeler.
" Wait, Erza where are you going?" Natsu asked confused.
" Well we need to catch up to him. So come on get in the car."
Natsu just palled and fell to the ground.
" I suddenly don't want to do this…"
" You haven't even got on the vehicle. Don't be pathetic and get on!" Erza said/ordered.
After a few minutes.
" Ugh, why did we have to use this thing? I feel so sick right now."
They were on a railway in the car and were going very fast. They were catching up to Erigor very quickly.
" Hey I can see him in the distance. We will catch up to him very soon." Mira said.
" Ugh, I don't… think I can fight… him even when we catch up. Ugh." Natsu said.
" Erza you are using too much magic power to speed us up. Attach it to my arm so you can save some energy. We need you now." Gray said.
" No… We need to catch up to him soon. We can't do that if you are boosting us up. My magic is stronger than yours." Erza said.
Gray just complied as he didn't want to argue with her.
They caught up soon and stopped Erigor from advancing.
" Ah, the little fairies escaped their little cage, eh? Well you should have ran away when you got out… Now you are just going to die anyway." Erigor laughed.
" Natsu is unconscious from the ride… It was too bumpy I guess, and Erza has no magic left. You will have to fight him Gray." Mira said to Gray who just nodded and started walking towards Erigor.
" So… You wanted to use that death magic to kill our gramps, huh? Well. Bad news for you Erigor. I will stop you here and beat the hell out of you." Gray yelled and started chanting.
" ICE MAKE: CANON!" Gray casted his spell and fired a blast of Ice at Erigor.
Erigor just swung his scythe at the direction of the projectile. The wind was soon forming a blade as it cut the projectile in half.
" A molding mage? Heh, your magic is useless against me. You will all die here and now!"
" WIND SLICER!" Erigor yelled and sent another gust of wind at Gray. Gray barely dodged it in time and used a spell of his own.
" ICE MAKE: LANCE!"
Several lances of ice shot from his hands and rushed towards Erigor. He didn't expect such a fast response to his attack and couldn't dodge it. He got hit by most of the spears and screamed in pain. Three pierced his leg, one his abdomen and one his left arm.
" You piece of shit! How dare you?! I will kill you for that!"
" WINDMAIL! TWISTER!"
As he used those two spells wind formed around his body and acted as armour. The other spell made a small tornado and rushed at Gray. The tornado caught his right shoulder and pinned him to the ground. Soon it disappeared but Gray was bleeding a lot and couldn't use his magic because his shoulder was broken. He got up and tried to move his arm but just recieved pain from his shoulder. He realised he needs to stall time for Natsu to wake up or they were all gonna die. His shoulder was crushed and Erza had no magic power left.
' Shit… I am so stupid. How could I let a punk like him get me like that. Hurry Natsu. Wake up!'
" Gray! Are you alright?" Mira yelled from the side worried as she saw that Gray was bleeding and was barely standing.
" Mira? Stay away. You'll get hurt." He yelled back and pointed his left, not broken, arm at her.
Mira stopped in her tracks and looked at him with worry. She stepped back without taking her eyes of him.
She turned towards Natsu and Erza to see if they were alright. Erza was breathing heavily and Natsu was still out.
Gray was standing and looked at Erigor as the other was floating in air with a evil smug on his face.
" Why do you want to fight? You do know you will die if you continue this, right?" Erigor asked with no interest at all.
" I won't stand down while my friends are unable to fight. I will never give up when the lives of my friends are hanging on a thread. As long as I can keep them safe I will not stop fighting." Gray said and Erigor smiled.
" Interesting theory you have there, but how much longer can you stand and fight?"
" As long as I need." Gray said venomously to Erigor.
" Well then let's see how this ends, eh? I will enjoy killing the white haired beauty behind you… she looks like she has beautiful screams…" Erigor said looking at Mira with a michivious smirk on his face.
" You bastard! I won't let you hurt her!" Gray yelled.
" Shut up you weakling! I don't find you entertaining anymore." Erigor said as he hit Gray on the head with his scythe.
" Ugh… " Gray groaned in pain as he fell to the ground.
" GRAY!" Mira yelled as she saw Gray get hit and fall. She wanted to run over to him and see if he was alright but someone was in her way.
" Now… what should I do with you?" Erigor asked.
" You bastard." Mira said and slapped him on the face.
" Oh, you have some fight in you… I like that." Erigor said.
" Then you're gonna love me." Someone said and punched him in the face.
" Who the hell- " Erigor wanted to curse at who ever hit him but was cut-off.
" I'll kill you!" Natsu said and picked Erigor up and punched him again.
Erigor almost got knocked out by that punch and blood was flowing from his nose. He tried to free himself from Natsu's grip but to no avail. Natsu was holding him so tight that he had no chance to shake off.
" Who are you?" Erigor asked?
" I don't have to tell my name to a dead man." Natsu said coldly and punched Erigor once more knocking him out successfully this time and put him down on the railway. He grabbed the flute he was holding and placed it on the car.
" Mira? Are you alright?" Natsu asked as he saw the demon standing there and looking at the motionless body of a man who almost killed them all.
" Y-yes… I was jus-just wondering how did you do that?" Mira said.
" Do what?" Natsu asked. He came closer and placed his hands on her shoulders. Mira instatly shivered at his touch.
' He's so warm? Where is this warmth coming from?' Mira thought.
" Mira. Everything will be alright. We just need to unseal the demon in the flute and defeat it. If you absorb him you will get your magic back and we can go home." Natsu said.
" Yes but what about Erza and Gray? And him?" she asked pointing at Erigor.
" Erza and Gray will be fine we will carry them to Clover town where gramps is and then we will go back. And about Erigor, I will get rid of him in just a minute." He said and started walking towards Erigor.
" What are you doing Natsu?" Mira asked as she saw Natsu lift Erigor and come closer to the edge of the railway.
" I'm getting rid of him just as I said earlier." Natsu said and prepared to throw Erigor over into the canyon.
" WAIT!" Mira stopped him.
" What?"
" You can't just kill him Natsu! You can't take another humans life just like that!" Mira yelled.
" Why not?" Natsu asked.
" Because! He is also human and he deserves a better chance." Mira tried to reason with him.
" Mira… Do you really believe the words you are saying right now? You do realise that he was ready to kill you and Erza and Gray and me, just to get to his goal. This world is cruel. I know it's hard but in order for you to survive you must kill others… We humans always fight in this world… in a fight the winner survives and the loser dies. It's that simple. It always has been and it always will be." Natsu said and threw Erigor off of a cliff to his death.
Mira was speechless. She was shocked. Natsu just killed someone. He threw a person off of a cliff and killed him. Without a second thought. Without a moment of hesitation he killed a human being. He was a murderer. If he killed him so easily, he must have killed before. There was no other explanation. He killed people and he didn't stop once to think if the things he was doing were right or wrong.
" … You just… You just killed a person. You killed another human being?! Natsu how many humans have you killed before?" Mira looked at him with terror in her eyes.
" … Fifteen people. Why?" Natsu asked.
" WHY?! NATSU YOU CAN'T JUST KILL PEOPLE! THEY HAVE LIVES OF THEIR OWN AND YOU JUST TOOK IT LIKE THAT? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU?" Mira yelled.
" Mira, calm down." Natsu tried to calm her down.
" Calm down?! Are you serious? You killed a person and you tell me to calm down! I can't calm down!" Mira continued yelling at Natsu trying to tell him that it was wrong.
" Mira calm down! It may seem like a bad thing-"
" It is a bad thing Natsu! You can't take other people's lives!"
" … Gray will die of blood loss if we don't get them to a town soon." Natsu said.
Mira looked towards Gray and saw a lot of blood around him. She ran towards him to cheek if he was still alive. His pulse was there but not for long.
" Let's go. You drive the car with them and I'll take the flute. Go find master and get these two to an infirmary and fill master in on what happened. I'll be there soon." He ordered her and put the other two in the car as he took the flute and looked at her.
" … Are you coming? Mira, you need to drive these two to the town."
" … Natsu, you killed a person right now… what will you do with the flute? You said the flute can kill." Mira asked.
" Mira… don't worry. I won't kill innocent people. Now go or gray will die!" Natsu ordered.
Mira got in the car and tried to start it but couldn't.
" What's wrong? Mira?" Natsu asked.
" I can't start the car.I need to pour magic in it to start and I can't do that."
Natsu placed the flute on top of the car and came closer to see what they could do about the issue.
" … Alright I will power the car you take the wheel. Just let me get the flut-"
" Natsu? What's wrong?" Mira asked.
" The flute… It's gone!" Natsu said.
They looked around to see where the flute was but they could see no trace of the flute. Natsu sniffed the air and smelled something familiar.
" Well... Mira… He's not dead." Natsu said as he looked in the direction of Clover town.
Erigor was flying towards Clover at high speed with the demon flute in his hands.
" I'll kill them all!"