College is stressful, but hey writing releases some of my stress so I've got that going for me which is nice. Enjoy this new chapter!
Red and White Fire Chapter 7
Before Natsu set off for his mission before he found Lucy, she had asked to have a sparring match whenever he came back from his mission. However, because of the Eisenwald and Lullaby demon fiasco, it was postponed until they finally arrived back at the guild, encountering some few complications on the way there.
Natsu woke up in his house and sauntered over to the mirror. He was half naked with no top and black joggers with his messy pink and white hair. He sighed as he gargled water in his mouth and got himself ready.
He lived in the town, but just on the outskirts where there was a small village. He had a small two story house accompanied with 16 other small houses in the small area. Their little village had a bakery and butcher which were good friends with Natsu. Everyone in that area was actually friends with Natsu.
He remembered that he promised a fight with Erza the day he would come back from his mission.
'I might as well get dressed for the occasion.' Natsu thought as he hovered over to his wardrobe and pulled out a fresh two-piece suit. The blazer and pants were black and his collar shirt was white, his tie however, was a dark-ish red with a small draconic emblem on the edge of the tie.
He wore black shoes and wore his black peacoat and went out of the house, locking the door behind him. It was 6am and there was barely anyone outdoors, only the occasional few who were tending to their front gardens.
Natsu walked the path towards the town, but he was stopped by a small green-haired girl smashing into him.
"Natsu!" She squealed as she hugged his waist from the side. Natsu scrunched his eyebrows as he slowly pried the girl off from his legs, "Lilah? What are you doing up so early?" Natsu asked messing up the 6 year old's hair.
"I came to see you of course! And I need to ask you a question." She said skipping in circles around Natsu.
"Well what is it then? I've got some time to kill before I go to the Guild anyway." Natsu said smiling.
"Lilah! What are you doing?!" A voice spoke out a few meters away there was a young woman who looked around Natsu's age with the same green hair as the girl next to him.
"Sis! I-I just wanted to ask Natsu something!" Lilah said as she hid behind Natsu. This person was Lilah's older sister, Saya.
"Don't disturb Mr Natsu! He's on his way to the guild." Saya said as she approached her sister. Natsu smiled back and chuckled out.
"It's fine Saya, we gotta get rid of her curiosity every now and again, right?" Natsu said picking up Lilah and placing her on top of his shoulders.
Saya sighed in defeat and she slightly grinned, "I guess so..."
"Hey look, you're doing great taking care of your sister by yourself! One of my Guild-mates is just like you, she's taking care of her brother and sister all by herself." Natsu said. Saya looked up at Natsu and made a huge smile.
"Thanks Natsu, after all, if you hadn't been there, me and Lilah would've never been here right now."
Natsu put his hand on her shoulder with assurance. He placed Lilah down on the ground and looked at her.
"So what was that question then Lilah?" Natsu asked folding his arms.
"Oh yeah! When are you going to bring over your white-haired girlfriend again?" She said innocently to which Natsu playfully frowned.
"You mean Mira? It seems you've taken a liking to her, and she's not my girlfriend haha." Natsu chuckled.
"Yet." Saya added in which made the Dragon Slayer slightly blush, "You be quiet Saya." Natsu said.
"Oh and also! Can you bring me to the Guild?" Lilah said with puppy dog eyes. Natsu looked at her and sighed,
"I'm sorry Lilah, I would but I've got a duel with the red-haired woman, you remember her?" Natsu said as she was recalling when she had met her.
"Oh! The Red-haired woman! Is she your girlfriend as well?" Natsu sweatdropped as he sighed in defeat and just left it.
"If you say so... anyways I'll be off now!" Natsu said as he powered his magic and propelled himself and hovered around 10 meters into the air. He looked down and waved at Saya and Lilah.
"We'll see you later Natsu! Bring your girlfriends around next time!" Saya said with a sly smirk. Natsu shook his head as Lilah waved at him.
"See you tonight Natsu!"
"I'll see you guys later!" And with that said Natsu gathered his magic at his feet and shot out from his spot towards the town. He glided into the air as he flew with the birds and the scenery below him going blurry from the speed.
A few minutes passed by and he spotted the Guild hall in the distance. He started to slow down his speed and eventually landed in front of the Guild door scaring some of the passerbys when he landed.
He dusted his clothes as he opened the door. Not many people were there since it was only 7am. The only people there were the occasional new members who would be too eager to do their first day of the job. He spotted Mira at the bar at the back of the room and walked over to her.
The heels of his boots clicking against the hard wooden floor got the attention of the white-haired mage and smiled as Natsu approached. She offered her hand out to Natsu, "Can I take your coat Natsu?" Mira smiled with a gleam.
"Sure thing Mira." Natsu took off his coat and gave it to Mira.
"Looking fancy today Natsu, anything happening today?" Mira asked as she hung Natsu's coat and straightened it out.
Natsu sat down and took the drink Mira had already made him and said, "Don't you know? It's my duel with Erza today." He took a sip from his drink.
"Oh yeah! I completely forgot!" Mira said leaning on the bar next to Natsu's head, "You need to have a fight with me sometime..." Mira said pouting at Natsu.
"Well you keep saying that, but you have your barmaid job you need to attend to. It's going to be bad if you end up with bruises and cuts because of me." Natsu said.
"Implying that you can even scratch me." Mira playfully said.
"I'll have to take up your word on that then Mira." Natsu said lifting his drink in the air and then gulping it all down, "If Erza or anyone needs me, I'll be on the second floor." Natsu said as he walked up the stairs.
"Laxus is there by the way!" Mira yelled to Natsu who waved her off and disappeared into the second floor.
He took a step on the second floor and spotted Laxus in the corner quietly listening to his Magic earphones. Natsu decided not to interrupt what he was currently 'doing' and sat down on a chair. He pulled out a book from his pocket and started to read it.
One Hour Later
The guild now had more members and some of the more regular members started to show up now. It's been a few days since Natsu brought her to Fairy Tail and she's already made some new friends. Gray was just casually brawling in the corner with Mira's younger brother Elfman. He was screaming something about being a man.
Wakaba and Macao were sat at the bar drinking away whilst Happy and Lisanna were talking to each other in the corner of the Guild.
Natsu saw all this from the second floor railings.
"Quite a view isn't it?" Laxus said from behind as he propped himself next to Natsu, "All of this here, will soon eventually be mine!" He snarled out to himself. Natsu looked at him with caution and asked.
"What in the world are you planning, Laxus." Natsu asked with his eyes squinted. Laxus turned away and walked back to where he was sat.
"Tch, nothing you should be concerned of." He said with venom in his tone. Natsu shook his head and sighed.
'Wow I need to stop sighing, I sound fucking bored.' Natsu thought as he walked downstairs, barely dodging a chair. He avoided all the other things being thrown from the guild brawl and made his way over to Mira.
"Quite lively today isn't it?" Natsu commented as he stopped a plate going to Mira's head.
"It is, they're getting riled up because of your fight with Erza today." She said cleaning out some glasses.
"That's what it seems like." Natsu said dodging an icicle, "When is Erza getting here anyway? It's been an hour and I haven't seen her yet."
Mira shrugged as she looked at her watch, "I think she'll be here any minute now, she said to yesterday about how she's thinking up of a plan to defeat you." Mira stuck out a tongue at Natsu.
"Well that's interesting isn't it." Natsu chuckled. He got out of his seat and made his way towards Lisanna and Happy. Happy spotted Natsu and instantly flew into him and hugged him.
"Natsu! I haven't seen you in a while... why did you leave me!" Happy said with fake tears.
"You know that my missions take a while, besides I didn't leave you. You have Mummy Lisanna over here." Natsu chuckled as Lisanna smirked and pried Happy from Natsu. She then hugged the Dragon Slayer and said to him.
"I've missed you too Natsu, you barely see us anymore!" She said as she pulled herself away from the hug.
"Yeah well that was because of the high demand of S-Class Mages this year, now that the year is ending, there isn't so much missions to do. Besides the money I get from S-Class missions lasts me for months at a time." Natsu said tidying up his suit.
Lisanna noticed this and pointed out, "What's with the fancy get up? Got a date with my sister?" She said in a sly tone and a small wink at Natsu.
"Not yet." Natsu laughed, "For now, I've got a duel date with a certain Red-head in the Guild."
"Oh yeah! You're fighting Erza!" Happy exclaimed, "How can you even do that?! She scares the living daylights out of me." Happy started shaking at all the memories of when Happy accidentally ate Erza's strawberry cake. Lisanna and Natsu laughed lightly at Happy's misfortune and patted him on the head.
"It's alright Happy, next time I go shopping I'll buy you some fish, alright?" Natsu said as Happy's eyes gleamed with joy.
"Alright, I'll talk to you guys later." Natsu said hugging Lisanna and waving them off as he traversed to the other side of the Guild hall to where Lucy and Levy were hanging out.
"Hey Natsu! How's it going?" Levy said as she greeted the Dragon Slayer, who had a book in his hand. Levy spotted this.
"Bah, not much, everyone's waiting for Erza so we can start our duel." Natsu said cracking his neck and opening the book on his hand.
"What's that book Natsu?" Lucy asked as she stopped reading her own and spotting Natsu's book.
"Oh it's just some old history about Dragons and such, you can read it if you want." Natsu gave the book to her which she said thanks to and faced Levy.
"On the way here, I saw Erza by the riverside just looking at the water, I guess she's on her way here now." Levy said twirling her blue hair, "She was probably prepping herself for this match."
Natsu looked down at the bluenette and smiled ruffling her head.
"Natsu!" Levy pouted as she grabbed Natsu's arm, Natsu laughed heartily as he waved her off and waited in the middle of the Guild.
Around him were objects being thrown, pieces of chairs, floors, ceilings and tables flew around him in slow motion as he waited for the door to burst open. Mira looked at this and found it quite majestic at how everything somehow managed to avoid Natsu.
Suddenly a strong scent enveloped his nose and he smiled. Everyone stopped brawling to see Natsu in the middle of the hall, wearing a suit, with a big grin at his face looking at guild doors. Everyone realized what was going to happen and they instantly cleaned up everything in a matter of seconds.
They waited for a while until the doors slammed open revealing the red-haired mage in her Hearat Kreuz armor with a single-handed sword at her hips. She saw Natsu waiting for her and thought how dashing he looked in the suit. Erza walked up to Natsu and looked slightly up at him admiring his features.
Natsu did the same as he looked down at her beautiful face. However what they didn't realize was that they were both emitting a threatening aura and the Guild all took cover with upturned tables or hiding behind the pillars.
Master Makarov slowly walked out of his office and saw that Erza and Natsu were already there, inches from each other looking at each other in the eyes, 'Ah, Young love.' He said as he looked around to see the Guild hiding.
'Ah yes, it's their match today isn't it.' Makarov remembered as he jumped down to the Guild floor catching the attention of Natsu and Erza.
"So, it's your fight isn't it?" Makarov questioned and got nod in response from the both of them.
"I suggest we do it outside since it would cause too much destruction in the Guild hall." Natsu asked as he pointed behind Makarov, "We can use the clearing behind the Guild, we use that area for training anyway."
"Good idea, Natsu. I definitely do not want waste millions of Jewels in for the guild." He said as he walked out the back of the Guild followed by Natsu, Erza and the rest of the Guild who wanted to watch the fight.
The crowd formed a huge oval shape with Natsu and Erza at each of the ends preparing themselves for the battle.
"Alright brats, the rules are, no fatal blows, don't get the crowd involved, no dirty hits or sucker punches. The first person which is unable to fight, wins. Last of all..." Makarov looked at the two of his 'children' and smiled at both of them.
"Have fun."
Levy put up some magic barriers making sure that they could withstand at least some of the stray magic that would spit out every so often.
Cana was over in the corner next to a big white-board that had Natsu on one side and Erza on the others. It looks like everyone seemed to have put most of their money on Erza, a few others put it on Natsu including Mira who was outside at the front of the crowd.
"Remember, Natsu. Whether you beat Erza or not, you're still going to fight me!" Mira yelled as Natsu sweatdropped and Erza looked at Natsu with a knowing look,
"What's this about Natsu? You're going to fight Mira?" Natsu put his hands up in his defense,
"Hey right, she forced me to, I couldn't say no haha..." Natsu said as he glared daggers at Mira. Mira winked and blew a kiss at Natsu. Said person rolled his eyes as he got into his battle stance.
"You ready for this Erza?" Natsu said igniting his magic as red tendrils flew off his body and hit the barrier, his tie violently fluttering behind him from the magical force
"Of course I am Natsu, I'm ready for you anytime..." She said which she tinted red at.
"Was that on purpose Erza?"
"Of course not!" She yelled as a bright light enveloped her, "Exquip: Dragon Armor!"
The bright light faded as Erza appeared with a dark red full set of Dragonite Armor. They were scaly and had spiked on her elbows. Her helmet had a 'T' shape covering which was complemented with the two black horns on either side of the Helmet. (A/N: to help, If any of you have played Skyrim, imagine the Daedric or Dragon Armor)
"Ohhh Erza, That's the armor I gave you a few years back! It's good to see you made use of it." He said with a bit of proudness in his voice.
"Well yeah, after all, it's one of my strongest armors in my set." Erza pulled out a dark red glowing sword from her Dimension Pocket and held it out in front of her, "You go first Natsu." She said with a mocking tone.
Natsu shook his head as he smirked at Erza's comment, "With pleasure."
Natsu sprinted at Erza in a flash and clashed swords with Erza, she was shocked to see that Natsu was carrying a sword. She pushed herself back and lowered her sword.
"Since when did you have a sword?" Erza asked pointing at the glowing red katana in his hands.
"I figured I should make this fair, I've been training swordplay myself for the past month or two." Natsu held the Katana to his side as he embedded his power into the sword and cut the air 20 times in quick succession.
20 cuts of fire headed straight for Erza, she dodged 7 of them and blocked the rest, she blocked the last attack but was almost struck by Natsu from behind. Erza ducked and swept Natsu's leg catching him off guard.
Natsu held his sword in front of his face as Erza brought down her sword and blocked it. He supported his fall with the flames as it came from the ground and helped his balance. He controlled his flames to push himself up freeing him from Erza.
He brought down the flame engulfed sword at Erza's chest, Erza reacted to this and slid his sword to the left and threw a right hook at Natsu. He blocked the fist by catching it which surprised Erza because she was sure that he was using two hands to hold the sword.
They both jumped back from each other panting from the quick exchanged they had, they then got back into their sword stances.
"Back here again." Erza stated as she looked at Natsu, "I think I got you there you know." Erza said to which Natsu chuckled
"I'm sorry Erza, but it wasn't me who got hit." Natsu said tracing his left cheek across. Erza looked confused at first but she realized when she felt something go down her left cheek. She touched that part and saw the blood.
She gritted her teeth as she sprinted at Natsu again, "Ragh!" She slashed at Natsu which he managed to dodge and sliced up with his Katana, Erza also managed to dodge this and went to roundhouse kick Natsu which connected and sent him flying to the far end. He landed perfectly.
"Oof, you got me there Erza." Natsu commented as he rubbed his chest. He stood up straight and fixed his tie back up to his collar. "This is quite fun don't you think, Erza?" Natsu asked twirling his Katana around.
"I guess it is, we've never properly sparred before." Erza said tapping the ground with her sword.
"It looks like our audience is getting restless." Natsu pointed at the audience who had their eyes glued on to the scene and no one moving an inch, "I think they're expecting an ending to this."
"Well, shall we give them that pleasure?" Erza asked as her magic flared up once again.
"I guess we should." Natsu growled playfully as his magic also flared up. Natsu decided to ditch the sword and stuck it to the ground and leaned forward, ready to sprint at Natsu. Erza did the same but kept her sword.
"By the way, What do I get if I win?" Natsu asked,
"I'll do anything you want for the day." Erza said to which Natsu raised his eyebrows and nodded for a bit, "But If I win..."
Erza looked down which made her bangs cover her face and mumbled out, "... take me out...date..."
Natsu heard this clearly with his Dragon Slayer senses and smiled, Erza looked up to see Natus smiling and blushed.
The audience had no idea what was going on, except for Mira, who was now slightly mad at Erza for taking the advantage using the spar.
"Let's get to it shall we?" Natsu roared as he jumped at Erza with his fists lit up with red fire.
Erza jumped as well and they both clashed in the middle about to release their attacks.
That was until Natsu spotted a green blur get between them, Natsu grabbed Erza's shoulders in a split second and propelled himself backwards taking Erza with him.
"Woah, wha-" Erza couldn't say anything as she landed on top of Natsu. "Oof." Natsu said with his magic power now deactivated.
Makarov stood up and boomed. "What is the meaning of this?" He directed this voice at the green humanoid frog-looking thing that interrupted the match.
"I am here from the council." Makarov backed down as he saw the mark of the council and growled.
"What does the council want? Haven't they pestered us enough."
"Clearly not. For we are here to arrest Erza Scarlet, for the destruction of many buildings in Crocus and various areas in Fiore!" The messenger said holding out a holographic scroll.
"What!" The Guild roared as they threw comments and insults at the messenger.
"Guys, it's fine, I will go." Erza said exquipping back into her Heart Kreuz armor and holding out her hands. Natsu put a hand on Erza's shoulder, she looked back at Natsu and smiled.
"It'll be fine Natsu, It's only a summons I hope." She said the last bit quietly whilst glancing back at the messenger.
"That's not the point Erza." Natsu said pulling out something from his back pocket.
"What do you mean?"
Natsu pulled out a Council Emblem and gave it to the messenger, his eyes widened as he realized what this was. "H-How did y-you get this!" The messenger asked but Natsu didn't reply.
"With this, I am allowed to escort Erza Scarlet to this supposed summons." Natsu said, "Are there any questions about that, Sir?" The messenger shook his head furiously and kindly lead them out of the Guild with a shaky hand.
The Guild audience were still in shock about Erza, but now were curious about what Natsu gave to the messenger to make him scared that much.
"What was that thing that Natsu gave to the messenger Natsu?" Mira asked.
Makarov looked up and shook his head, "Honestly, I have no idea."
Fiore Branch of the National Council
"Hello there Erza and- Natsu?!" A thought projection of Siegrain was talking to Erza until Natsu appeared next to her with a sly grin.
"Hello there Siegrain? Something to say?" The thought projection before Natsu trembled a bit before straightening himself up and spoke,
"N-No, I will t-take my l-leave then..." And with that the projection disappeared as Natsu shook his head and escorted Erza to the room.
"How do you know Siegrain?" Erza asked with a confused tone.
"That's a story for another time, here we are now."
They entered a large room with 9 people in front of her as she stood in the boxed off square. Natsu waited at the side of the seats and watched, all of the council's eyes were on the pink and white haired mage, he looked at them and pointed at Erza.
They shuffled around for a bit before one of them banged the hammer down on the desk getting the attention of everyone.
"Erza Scarlet of Fairy Tail! You are Guilty of Charge of destroying multiple buildings, our witnesses state so and thus you are found Guilty and sentenced to prison!"
"Objection!" Natsu pointed at the court and for some odd reason he had his hair gelled back and wore a blue suit with a red tie.
His outfit suddenly went back to normal which confused Natsu and everybody else in the court.
'The fuck was that?' Natsu shrugged and continued his challenge to the Council.
"What is the meaning of this?!" The Council man said as he looked at the guards, "What are you doing?! Arrest him right now!" The Guards looked at each other before they shook their heads and stood their ground.
"Wha-? You dare disobey me?!" The council man was furious at this act.
"They dare meddle with the Dragneel, sir, they do not want to lose their life." A council woman said who was sat beside him.
"D-Dragneel? I-I've heard rumors... but...?" He said now looking at the Dragon Slayer in front of him.
"Anyways, enough of that." Natsu replied setting himself next to Erza, Erza lightly kicked Natsu in the side of his leg getting his attention.
"What do you think you're doing!" Erza whispered, "This is fake you know!"
"I know, but I decided to have a little bit of fun with the council." Natsu whispered back as he smirked.
"Witness? Witness Testimony isn't as accurate as everyone thinks it is you know? Bribes, Magic and such..." He said walking around the court. The council man had enough and banged his hammer on the table to stop everyone from muttering.
"That is enough! The decision is final! You and Erza are sentenced overnight in prison!"
2 hours later
"You know, Natsu. You didn't have to do that for me..." Erza said lying down on the bed. Natsu looked out of the bars to observe the area around him, "Oh and Natsu, don't even try to melt the bars, we don't want to cause any more trouble than you did." She glared daggers at the back of Natsu's head.
Natsu felt this and turned around to smile at Erza, "Sorry Erza, I just wanted some fun, and spend some time with you since I know you weren't happy with me spending time with Mira." He plumped himself down next to Erza on the bed.
Erza blushed at faced the wall away from Natsu, "I-I-I don't know w-w-what you're talking a-a-bout!" Erza stuttered as she heard Natsu chuckle. Natsu took off his peacoat and covered it over Erza.
She was surprised at this action but was even more surprised when she felt warm strong hands wrap around her waist and the heat rushing through her veins. She inched back into Natsu's chest and snuggled against his neck.
"Erza you sly devil." Natsu whispered into her ears.
"Shut up Natsu! You're the one spooning me!" Erza said turning around and looking up at Natsu's dark brown eyes.
"Fair point."
A few minutes passed before Erza spoke up and asked, "Natsu? Do you like me more than Mira or...?" She got no reply, "Natsu?"
She looked up to see his peaceful face sleeping with a slight snore. She smiled as she snuggled closer to Natsu and fell asleep.
Natsu opened his eyes and stroked Erza's soft, red hair admiring her beauty.
'You and Mira are idiots, I love you both.'
Ahhh that was done, anyways! Liked the reference? What reference? I'll let you figure that out yourself.
As I said before in the previous chapter, I will not be doing all of the arcs, and thus I will be missing them. But I will do the aftermath of them, because that is my writing style lol. Just a quick message, hope you enjoyed the story so far!
