Chapter 7: Mission Time!

Haru POV

"Are there any good missions today Natsu?" I finally fell into a routine at the Fairy Tail guild. Wake up, check missions, Natsu and Gray fight, Erza comes and beats up the two of them, I laugh, we go on the mission. Good times.

"Meh... There is one that sounds okay. It is a bodyguard assignment for a family that has to travel through a dangerous area."

"Sounds great!" I take the mission down and tell Mira we were taking it. When I come back, Natsu and Gray are already getting their daily "lesson" from Erza.

"Don't they ever learn?" I turn to my right and greet Lucy. "When you two were born, I think you got all the common sense."

I laughed and Erza comes over to ask me about the mission. "So, how many people are needed?" I look down at the paper.

"It only requires a group of four. Happy can come along as well." Erza looks a bit downcast.

"I already have a mission, so I can't go..." I give her a reassuring pat.

"It's okay. You can come on the next one." She gives me a small smile and leaves on her mission.


Our group is made up of Natsu, Gray, Lucy, Happy, and me. Lucy, Happy, and Natsu make one group. Gray and I are the other. We meet up with the family we are guarding. There are four people, a young couple with two kids. The boy is ten and his little sister is eight. Lucy, Natsu, and Happy watch the parents while Gray and I watch the kids.

"Wow! Your hair is so awesome!" I chuckle as the little girl, Hana, admires my hair. For once, someone thinks my pink hair is cool!

"Well, I think it looks stupid!" The boy, Hashi, is not exactly a ray of sunshine. Gray smirks and I glare at him. He isn't helping!

"Well, you are entitled to your own opinions, but I think my hair is awesome. At least I don't strip every three seconds like Gray." I look over and he is in the process of taking his shirt off.

"Hey! I don't strip every three seconds!" I sigh.

"Gray, your shirt." He looks down and curses under his breath. "Anyway, I think I am going to stick with Hana. She obviously has good taste." I pick her up and she laughs as I carry her on my shoulders. I smile at her childish antics. All in all, the journey is rather peaceful. So of course the universe had to change that.

A group of men ambush our two groups, separating us. "Gray, we're under attack! Keep the kids safe." He is one step ahead of me and already wields an ice sword.

"Just stay out of my way." I scowl and scan the area. We are surrounded and it looks like the ratio is 6 to 1. Normally, this would be easy, but these enemies are mages.

"Well, look who we have here! We were just going to rob these guys, but it looks like there are some kids from Fairy Tail. It'll be fun taking you down." The biggest guy, the leader I'm assuming, was looking for a fight. There are 12 of them and two of us. No big deal... I hope...

I growled at the rogue mages. "You don't know who your messing with. We're some of Fairy Tail's strongest mages!"

The Leader laughed. "HA! You think I'm scared of you, Pinky?" That was when I snapped. My eyes turned from brown to fiery red. Flames surrounded me and I let out a roar.

"WHAT DID YOU SAY!?" I lunged at the guy, taking out his lackeys too. I was slashing away at them, fire formed into dragon like claws. My fury refused to be extinguished until every last one was down.

I finally calmed down and went back to normal. "Ow, my head. What the hell happened?" Gray surveyed the area surrounding us.

"I think I found out what your beserker button is. Don't diss the pink hair."

"Damn straight."


Natsu POV

One minute we were surrounded and the next I see Haru kicking serious ass. "Woah, Luce did you see that?"

She nodded. "When Haru gets pissed, it's like he becomes possessed... I'm glad he's on our side."

"You can say that again." We gather everyone together and Gray tosses me Haru's now unconscious form.

"We need to get moving. He should wake up soon." Lucy and I exchanged looks. "What made him react like that?"

Gray smirked. "Never insult his pink hair."

We made camp for the night and I took first watch. I check on Haru and see the little girl, Hana snuggled next to him. It's really cute, but also weird because it's as if I am watching myself. Creepy. The fire cackles with familiar warmth. Fire reminds me of Igneel, which renews my determination to find him. I stare into the fire a little longer and let my thoughts drift.


"Hey! Let go of m-" My eyes snap open at the sound of Lucy's struggling. Damn it! I fell asleep! I lunge and try to stop them, but more appear and grab me. The captors drug us and drag us away.

"Heh. We'll show those brats. How strong are they now that their fire mage is kidnapped? The girl is a bonus." I struggle as hard as I can, but the chlorophome finally took affect and I slipped under the blanket of darkness.

"What the hell do you think you are doing!?" I wake up again to Lucy's yelling. Blinking of the weariness, my vision adjusts to our unfamiliar surroundings.

"Lucy!" I struggle against the ropes, but to no avail. My flames can't even burn through them.

"Ha! We knew who we were up against this time. Those ropes aren't flammable, so your magic is useless!" I growl at the bastards who held us hostage. They are the mages that attacked earlier. A few guys pick Lucy up and restrain her. "She's a pretty one. We can have some fun with her." Lucy's eyes widen and she struggles even more.

"DON'T YOU TOUCH HER!" I roared. The leader turns away from Lucy and starts kicking me in the stomach.

"You little shit, you think I forgot about you? I'm going to repay you for these burns you gave me!" His scarred face twists into a cruel smile. He kicks me harder and I start coughing up blood.

"Stop it!" After one finally kick, I hit the wall and go limp. He walks over to Lucy and brings her face closer to his.

"You! Make sure he is sitting up! I want him to watch everything I do to his precious girlfriend." Lucy brings her leg back and delivers her infamous move.

"LUCY KICK!" She lands a solid hit and he lets go.

"YOU BITCH!" He slaps her across the face and Lucy freezes in shock at what just happened. The cave is silent for a moment.

Then the anger inside me all rushes out like a volcano. "AAAAAAAAHHHHHHHRRRRRRRRRRRR!" I felt power course through my body. Fire surrounded me giving me the shape of a dragon. The ropes melt away and I soar with wings of flames. "I'LL KILL YOU!" In a blur of fury, I defeated every last one of them. These guys were much more experienced that the rookies from before, most either A and a few S Class mages, but my power was no match for them. The battle took minutes, and then it was over.

I drifted to the ground and the power fades. Before drifting again, I hear an echoing voice in my mind. Natsu, my son, you have done well.


A/N: I'm not dead! This fic isn't either! I got inspiration after reading A Different Destiny. I am actually the Beta/ co-author for the fic! You should check it out! :D More action in this chapter! I leave it off at a dramatic part! Who could the voice belong to? Will Natsu and Haru ever regain their forgotten memories? What new power have they discovered? Find out soon! Bye!

Manga-neko signing out! :3