Fairy Tail Dialogue

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Chapter 7: Sinister Woods!

In the last chapter of "The Demon Dragon Slayer":

Normal POV

Natsu just shrugged it off and looked up at the sky and smiled.

'Maybe this life isn't so bad after all.'

Normal POV

It'd been a few days since his fight with Ruby and ever since then, nothing eventful had happened in the guild, apart from the few amusing fights between Ashley and Wendy in the guild, both of which were trying to get Natsu's attention, it may seem normal to everyone but it got more interesting when Ruby decided that she wanted to get to know Natsu more as well as she greets him each time he exits his room and even sits close beside him while eating, this caused both Ashley and Wendy to stop arguing with one another and start a fight between the three girls causing Natsu to watch in awe at their fights and bringing Simon amusement.

Now, currently the Dragon Slayer was at the training grounds with Simon and Happy watching from the sidelines as he prepares to finish the last of the day's training.

The four of them were currently having a spar with the girls all teaming up against Natsu who was wearing a blindfold, finishing the last of his instincts training.

Ashley then sent a kick at Natsu's way, something which Natsu managed to avoid as Ruby came in from behind for a leg sweep at Natsu but he managed to jump up and pulled Ashley towards him before kicking her towards Ruby. Meanwhile, Wendy came in for a punch at Natsu while his back was turned but the Fire Dragon Slayer managed to catch the punch before pulling off a leg sweep of his own, tripping Wendy as the Angel Slayer fell to the ground.

Ruby then jumped in for a punch at Natsu but Natsu sidestepped as he avoided the attack but Ruby sent more and more punches his way, which made it hard for Natsu to avoid but the Etherious managed to catch one of her punches and sent her back with a kick to her gut.

However, Ashley wasn't done just yet as charged at Natsu head-on and sent a punch at the Fire Dragon Slayer's way, but he managed to dodge it by moving to the side and sent a kick at her back, sending her to the ground. Ruby and Wendy both came at Natsu from opposite sides, ready to attack him but Natsu ducked under to avoid their attacks as he grabbed their arms and threw them away from him.

"So, have I improved?" Natsu asked suddenly as he took off his blindfold and the three girls got up from the ground and swiped the dust away from their clothes.

"You definitely improved Natsu, it's safe to say that you don't need to worry about fighting blindly anymore!" Ashley said with a smile on her face as Natsu returned the smile with his signature toothy grin.

"It's all thanks to your training Ashley! I could never repay you for what you've done!" Natsu said happily as Ashley blushed at his words as she turned away from him, playing with her hair.

"N-no problem. I was happy to help." Ashley said softly.

And of course, that didn't sit too well with the other two who were obviously jealous as Ruby got behind Natsu and hugged him from behind.

"What about me, Natsu? I've to wake up early everyday just to help you with your training as well, you know?" Ruby whined cutely as Natsu blushed as he felt the brunette's soft mounds pressing on his back, but before he could say anything, Wendy then grabbed his left arm and placed it between her chest as Natsu's face started becoming more red because of that.

"And what about me? I make sure that you're fully healed after every training session, Natsu. It's not fair if you just give your thanks to them." Wendy pouted and to make it all the more worse (better) for the black haired mage, Ashley joined in and placed his remaining arm between her chest as well.

"Hey, Natsu complimented me! So why don't you guys just leave him alone!" Ashely glared at the other two who glared back at her, but Natsu's mind was unable to comprehend what on Earthland was happening right now, as the softness he was feeling from his back and both of his arms were making his mind all fuzzy.

Natsu then did the only thing a man with pride would do, and that was to faint to the ground.

"Natsu!" all three girls shouted in worry at Natsu's sudden fainting.

Later

Natsu then woke up on his bed and looked around and realized that there were no signs of the three females anywhere and he sighed in relief for that. It would have been a major problem if all three girls were all waiting for him to wake up in his room. Not only would they somehow be fighting over something, but they would all get possessive over him for some reasons.

Natsu then a placed a hand on his chin at that as he began to wonder.

Just why on Earthland were all three acting so clingy towards him. Were they scared about losing his attention to the others? That wasn't possible since he made sure all three were to get his attention as much as he could give, so why?

Natsu then shook his head at that as he began walking towards the bathroom, not knowing that he was as close to the answer than he has ever been.

Natsu then went to the dining room where he was instantly surrounded by the three girls worrying over him.

"Natsu are you alright?"

"Do you need any healing?"

"If you're not feeling well then you should go and rest."

Natsu then chuckled uneasily as he made his way through to the counter where Simon was also sitting.

"Don't worry, I'm perfectly fine, you guys don't need to worry about me." Natsu said with a smile as the girls look at him unsurely but decided to trust him in the end.

"So what can we do today? I'm feeling bored." Natsu said as he leaned on the counter as Ashley sat right beside him as she leaned on the counter as well.

"Well, there's nothing left to teach you, so I guess all of us can take a day off." Ashley suggested as she smiled. A day off was a rare thing back when she had no control over her powers back in the day, so it was such a good thing she had managed to in the end, otherwise she would have never met Ruby and Simon or reunite with Natsu again. However, meeting Wendy again isn't considered to be one that she would have liked, though that's what she tells herself.

"Hmm?" Simon made a surprised noise, making everyone turn to him.

"What's up, Simon?" Natsu asked and the old man handed him the newspaper that he was reading.

Natsu took the paper and started reading it, causing him to smirk.

"I see…..well I guess this'll have to do then." Natsu said as Ashley looked over the pinkette's shoulder and started reading the contents of the newspaper.

Fairy Tail guild Holds Precious Artifacts located all over Fiore!

Ashley smiled as well after reading the news.

"Who knew that we had a shot against them so soon?" Ashley smirked as she cracked her knuckles.

'I'll make them pay for nearly killing Natsu.' Ashley thought to herself, enraged by the image of Natsu nearly dying in front of her.

"A treasure? In Fairy Tail? I've never heard of them having such a thing." Wendy said as she crossed her arms around her chest.

"It doesn't matter." Natsu said bringing the attention to him as a determined look was plastered on his face before he punched his fist into his palm.

"What matters is finding those artifacts before they do and make them look like fools." Natsu said.

"And what do you plan on doing, if you do find the artifacts?" Simon asked curiously, causing Natsu to shrug.

"It all depends on what it is, if it's worth anything then it's better to just sell it off rather than keeping it, I guess." Natsu said causing everyone to look at him weirdly.

"What? Is there something on my face?" Natsu asked curiously.

"No, it's just that we never expected you to say something smart." Happy said as he flew over towards Natsu, causing Natsu's eyebrow to twitch in annoyance.

"Hey! I can think of something smart from time to time too you know!" Natsu shouted in annoyance, causing everyone in the guild to laugh in amusement.

The next day, Natsu and the rest of the guild, minus Simon were all packed and ready to head out as they stood at the entrance of their guild.

Both Natsu and Wendy sported new looks as there was a chance that they would encounter Fairy Tail and they didn't want to take their chances.

Natsu was wearing a plain black undershirt, and dark grey combat pants, he was also wearing a red cloak that had a hood to cover his face when needed to.

Wendy was wearing one of the clothes Ruby had lent her which was a blue undershirt along with a white jacket with blue trims, with a hood, so she can cover herself if necessary and black combat pants.

"Remember to be careful, even though it's Fairy Tail, other guilds or even hunters may appear on your journey." Simon said, a hint of worry could be detected in his voice as Ruby rolled her eyes at her father figure.

Sometimes he was just too overprotective.

"You don't need to worry about a thing, we're going to kick their asses! Right Natsu?" Ruby asked as she slung her arm over Natsu, bringing him closer towards her. Her heart slightly beating as she did so.

"Yeah!" Natsu responded with a smirk while the two females behind the brunette were seething in anger at seeing the close distance between the two.

Happy, who was standing beside Natsu, was hiding a smile, seeing the angry looks on the females' faces.

'Natsu really has that charm that attracts girls to him.' Happy thought to himself, remembering the times in Fairy Tail where the Etherious had managed to attract some of the girls.

"Well, we're off!" Natsu said, waving at the old man as the group continued to walk until the old man was out of sight.

Simon then sighed as he looked up at the skies above him. 'You better protect them, Natsu.' Simon thought to himself before walking into the guild.

With the group

"So, is there any leads to these artifacts?" Natsu asked and Ashley took out the newspaper that Simon was reading earlier.

"Based on rumours alone, these artifacts are hidden in some of the ruins part of Fiore." Ashley said and Natsu groaned.

"But it'll take forever to locate all of these ruins AND trying to find the artifacts. By the time we're through with all of them, those bastards would have found them all!" Natsu said.

"Actually, there is some way we CAN locate them faster." Wendy said and Natsu turned to her.

"Really? How?"

"Well, obviously Fairy Tail are going to these ruins so that they may collect all of the artifacts. So, all we need to do is follow one of these groups and they'll just lead us to the artifacts." Wendy said and Ruby nodded her head.

"That's a nice plan, so now all we have to do detect their scent and just follow them!" Ruby said.

"Leave that to me!" Natsu said as he then closed his eyes and started sniffing the air around him.

However, no matter how hard he tried, he was unable to catch anyone's scent before he sighed disappointingly.

"Damn, they're too far away for me to sniff." Natsu said as he slumped down with Ashley patting his back in reassurance.

"Well, you can leave it to me then." Wendy said as she then closed her eyes as there was suddenly wind blowing around them, more specifically around Wendy.

"Wait, what is she doing?" Natsu asked.

"Based on the looks of it, she's tracing their scents as well, but this time by using the wind. Dragon Slayers has heightened senses, which include smell, but if they're completely miles away then there's no point."

"So she's doing it differently?" Ashley nodded her head.

"It's more of her using the air to detect their presence, after all the air surrounds us and as long as there is air and that it is not sucked up, Wendy can search for anyone at any time." Ashley said as the wind died down.

"I found them. They're quite a distance away from us, but if we start walking then we'll be able to catch up with them to wherever they're going two days' from now." Wendy said as she smiled.

"Alright! What are we waiting for? Let's hit the road!" Natsu said enthusiastically and with that the group began their journey to the ruins.

However, none of them could have expected that their journey wasn't as easy as any of them thought.

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"So where are we?" Natsu asked as he looked around the dense forest surrounding them.

"Hmm, judging from the map, it says here that we're in Sinister Woods, and it's rumoured to be practically a maze around here." Ruby said as she sat down on the grassy terrain.

"Oh and since we're already at a nice spot, could we take a break? I'm exhausted from all of that walking!" Ruby complained.

"I agree with her, we've been walking without rest and I'm pretty sure they'll take rests from time to time as well." Ashley said as she sat down as well with Wendy joining her.

"I'll go and take a look around here for some food." Natsu said as he began walking with his hands behind his head.

"Wait Natsu!" Ruby called out as Natsu turned back to face the brunette.

"What is it?" Natsu asked.

"Be careful out there, there are plenty of monsters around here." Ruby warned but Natsu waved it off.

"I'm not scared of any monsters, besides I can blast them away." Natsu said but the serious look on Ruby's face told him a different story.

"You may be strong, but the monsters around here are definitely no pushovers, so keep that in mind before fighting any monsters." Ruby said and Natsu nodded his head before walking into the woods.

With Natsu

'I wonder if what she said was true.' Natsu thought to himself as he thought back to what Ruby told him a few minutes ago.

'But if there really is strong monsters around here, that'll be loads of fun!' Natsu thought excitedly, never noticing the pair of eyes watching his every step from a nearby bush.

The being hidden in the woods then let out a low growl but Natsu was too far to hear it.

Natsu continued on walking and when he arrived at a clearing, he suddenly stopped and turned back towards the entrance.

"Alright, whoever you are, come on out!" Natsu said as he engulfed his hands on fire.

"I'm going to give you a countdown from three and if you don't show up, I'm force you here!"

"3."

"2."

"1."

"Wait, Natsu!" a familiar voice called out to him as Ashley appeared from the entrance of the tree.

"Ashley? What are you doing here?" Natsu asked, surprised to see his guild mate even though she wanted to rest back with the others.

"Well, I was worried about you after what Ruby told you." Ashley said with a small blush on her face as she avoided his gaze and played with her long hair.

Natsu smiled at his childhood friend but he was slightly confused about one thing.

Why couldn't he detect her scent? Normally the girls had different scents that were unique in their own way. Wendy smelled like strawberries, Ruby smelled like chocolate while Ashley smelled like (something) but currently, he couldn't detect her scent at all which was impossible, considering the fact that she was so close to him right now.

"Natsu, could you come over here for a moment?" Ashley asked suddenly as Natsu was shocked at her question.

"Natsu, I want to you to hold me again, like that time. I want to feel the warmth emitted from you. So, please Natsu?" Ashley asked and Natsu, not one to refuse a request from his loved ones, started walking closer towards the black haired beauty.

As he started walking towards her, a voice in his head sounded, one he hasn't heard from in a LONG time.

"Natsu, don't go any closer! It's an illusion!" Natasha's voice shouted and Natsu immediately stopped in his tracks before he examined Ashley closer.

To test what Natasha had just said, Natsu then shot out a torrent of flames from his mouth at 'Ashley' and instantly 'she' was destroyed, shocking Natsu.

Natsu was processing the thing that had just occurred before he turned back to the voice in his head.

'Hey Natasha, haven't heard you in a LONG time. Where've you been?' Natsu asked and he could instantly feel Natasha rolling her eyes.

'Where else could I possibly have been when I'm stuck here?' Natasha asked in annoyance and this time Natsu rolled his eyes.

'I meant what have you been doing since you haven't been talking in a long time.' Natsu asked.

'Well I think that the writer completely forgot about me until he read through the previous chapters again.' Natasha stated as if it were the most obvious thing in the world.

"Wait what?" Natsu said confusedly, unsure as to what the demon in his mind had just said.

'I was just kidding. Well you looked like you were having lots of fun with those girls so I didn't feel like disturbing you.' Natasha said plainly as if it were normal.

But why did that hurt her heart so? She didn't feel anything for him, right?

Natsu frowned when he heard her reasoning. Even though he had loads of fun with Ashley and the others, he would never forget about Natasha. Although the two were different people, they were still considered as one.

'Natasha, even though I may have fun with the others, it wouldn't matter if YOU weren't having any fun at all. Besides, we're family, right?' Natsu asked, shocking Natasha with his words before she felt a smile crept up her face and giggle.

'You say some really cliché things, you know?' Natasha said and Natsu was just about to question her, he immediately turned his head towards the bushes.

"What was that?" Natsu asked, more to himself as he felt a dark presence coming from the direction in front of him.

Back with the resting group, Ashley immediately turned her attention to the very same dark presence Natsu was feeling.

"W-what is this?" Ashley asked and Ruby, who felt it as well silently cursed.

"That's why I didn't want Natsu going too far, there was something that I didn't mention to him. This forest is ruled by a very dangerous monster, one who has the strength to be as strong as you, Ashley in your Acnologia form." With that said, Ruby quickly got up.

"That means Natsu's in trouble!" Happy said worriedly.

"We have to get to Natsu, immediately." Ruby said with Wendy and Ashley getting up as well.

"Say no further, let's go!" and with that the three girls and Happy then ran, or in Happy's case, flew towards Natsu's direction.

With Natsu

"Show yourself you asshole! I'm not afraid of you!" Natsu yelled out as he was in his battle stance, ready to take on whatever that was headed his way.

The ground began to shake as Natsu felt the thing coming closer and closer towards him.

'Now!' at that moment, Natsu jumped out of the way as the monster erupted from the ground, creating a massive hole in it as the monster looked around before its eyes looked around and found Natsu glaring at it.

The monster then roared causing the trees surrounding them to be blown back by the force backing his roar.

Natsu, however, stood his ground and stood tall, examining the massive creature in front of him.

It was a monster with a massive size, towering over Natsu, its rock-hard body was covered with scales. It also has a large tail that were covered with spikes.

The monster then charged at Natsu who engulfed his hands with flames, Natsu avoided the attack before he sent a punch at the monster, however he was shocked when he saw his attack did no damage to it.

The monster then swung its massive tail at Natsu, sending the Etherious flying into a nearby tree, breaking it.

"What on Earthland is this thing?" Natsu asked as he got up from the attack.

'Uh oh, this is bad. I never expected that it lives here of all places.' Natasha said.

'Wait, you know what that is, Natasha?' Natsu asked.

'I sure do, that thing's called the Tyrant and it's one of the most powerful monster that roams around Ishgar. Its strength can be compared to some lower tier dragons.' Natasha explained and Natsu immediately smirked at what he heard.

"That's all I needed to hear!" Natsu said as he charged at the Tyrant again.

The monster then swung its arm at Natsu who jumped over it before he fired a torrent of flames at the monster.

The attack seemed to have done no damage to the monster as it looked unharmed before it grabbed Natsu.

Natsu tried his best to get out of the monster's grip but it was too strong.

The monster then opened its mouth as a dark black ball appeared in front of it as it began charging up its attack.

Natsu continued to struggle as he tried to get out of the monster's grip.

'Damn it, is this where it all ends?' Natsu thought to himself, gritting his teeth.

"Let him go!" someone shouted as the monster cried out in pain before releasing Natsu from his grasp.

Natsu then dropped to the ground and made some distance away from Tyrant.

"Natsu, are you okay?" Natsu turned back and saw Ruby and Wendy.

"I thought I told you to be careful." Ruby said with a glare and Natsu rubbed the back of his head sheepishly.

"Sorry about that."

"Uhh guys, a little help here?' Ashley shouted as she and Happy avoided another attack from the Tyrant.

Tyrant then sent a right hook at Ashley as Happy was forced to drop her but Natsu was able to grab her in time before she reached the ground.

"Just dropping in?" Natsu joked as Ashley smiled as Natsu placed her on the ground with Ruby and Wendy running towards them.

"Well, what do we do now?" Ruby asked and Natsu smirked in response.

"I say that we beat it up!" Natsu said and Ruby smirked as well.

"I like that idea!" Wendy and Ashley both sighed before they smiled.

"Well, what are we waiting for?! Let's show how strong we are!" Ashley said and Natsu engulfed his body with flames.

"I'm all fired up!"

End Chapter

Fairy Tail Dialogue

Christopher Dragkrow: Well that is it for the chapter. Sorry for the short and fast chapter. In the next chapter Natsu and the rest will take on the Beast of Sinister Woods, Tyrant. Will they be able to pull out victorious? Or will they lose it all? Find that out in the next chapter!

Natsu Dragneel: Alright can't wait to see more!

Christopher Dragkrow: Yeah, so no flames, review, favorite and lastly follow this story. Also sorry about how bad and short this chapter is, I hope you can forgive me

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