Chapter 9
It had been a year since Natsu re-joined Fairy tail, he was currently sitting at the bar having a drink when Lucy walked over, "hey Natsu wanna go on a job?" she asked
"nah I've been on jobs all week I'm tired" Natsu complained
"come on Natsu" Lucy begged, "I have a job lined up but I need your help, I have rent to pay"
"fine just stop bei…" Natsu froze as he sensed something was off, he grabbed just in front of his throat and felt a blade inches from it
The blade slowly materialised in his hand along with the person who was holding it, Natsu looked to see Riki holding a knife to his throat, "wow slayer are more observant than I give them credit for" Riki said looking Natsu in the eyes
"he's one of those freaks from Reapers Path" Lucy grabbed her keys and everyone else in the guild stood up ready to fight
"what are you doing here Riki?" Natsu asked, "you won't get out of here"
"I'll get out just fine" Riki said as he sheathed his knife, "the guild master ordered me to come"
"what business do you have here?" Makarov walked out
"the guild master has called for the traitors head, I was simply getting the first cut in" Riki told him
"and if we don't hand him over?" Makarov asked
"then I am ordered to report back and we will come and take him" Riki said
"and what make you think you'll get out of here" Jet stepped forward, "I need to pay you back for what you did to levy"
"yeah" Droy stood next to his friend
"come and try me" Riki said and even though no could see his mouth Natsu knew he was smiling under there
Jet took a single step forward and Riki disappeared before re appearing behind the two, blood exploded from Jet and Droy as the collapsed, "don't worry they won't die" Riki made his way to the door, "we'll be back to fix that in a week be ready fairies"
Natsu balled his fist in anger as he shot up and marched to the door, "where are you going Natsu?" Erza asked as she stood in front of him
"I'm going to follow him and pound that guild to dust" Natsu said going around her
"no you aren't" Erza pulled him back by his collar, "this problem might be your fault but we deal with it together, that is the Fairy tail way"
"fine" Natsu said as he struggled out of her grip
"good now what can you tell us about Reapers path's strength?" Erza asked
"well most of you know the death gods but with me and Kalex gone they aren't as dangerous but I've met and fought with their mages and they are as strong as any mage here" Natsu told the guild
"what about their master" Makarov asked
"no knows what magic he uses, none of the members every saw him but he occasionally gives out orders but still some think he doesn't even exist" Natsu told the old man, both worried about the outcome
"hey cheer up Gramps Natsu, we won't lose to some dark guild nobodies" Gray shouted at him, "WE'RE FAIRY TAIL"
A week had passed and hundreds of dark mages from Reapers path poured in to Magnolia but they were met with the Fairy tail wizards. Natsu and his team stood at the front of the guild blocking them from going any further, "give yourself up now Natsu and we won't raze this whole town" Riki said from the front of his guild
"I won't give up, that's not what a Fairy tail wizard would do" Natsu said staring the assassin down
"YOU ARE A TRAITOR!" Riki shouted, "and traitors cannot be suffered to live"
Natsu lit his fists as Riki pulled out his blades, if he was going to die it would be fighting. They both took a single step forward when out of nowhere a scythe stuck in the earth between them, they both looked up to where it had come from and they saw a tall figure shadowed by the sun, "go home the lot of you" he said
The figure jumped from the roof and landed next to his scythe, "KALEX!" everyone screamed in surprise when they saw who it was
"you-you're alive" Riki said not believing his eyes, "good now you can help us…"
"I said go home all of you" it was Kalex standing in front of them but his expression was different; something was missing, something had changed in him
"Kalex we nee…." A random dark mage stepped out to plead with him but Kalex cut him down with on swift swing of his scythe
"I said go home" electricity started to crawl all over Kalex as he released massive amounts of magic power. The dark mages started to back off, scared of his power
"they're retreating let's ge…." one Fairy tail mage charged forward and earned himself a lightning bolt
"I told you all to leave" Kalex released more magic power, "now all of you scurry on back to your holes"
Both guilds were backing away from the crazed mage standing between them but just before Reapers path were going to retreat a single man stepped out of their ranks, he was about 40 with spikey blonde hair and wearing a pristine suit, "I think not my boy" he stood facing the angry wizard
"and who are you being so brave?" Kalex asked as he faced this foe, not letting up on the magic power he was radiating
"I am Thanatos but I suppose you should call me dad" he said with a smile on his face
"is that some sick joke I have no parents" Kalex said the grip on his scythe tightening
"no I clearly remember the day you were born" Thanatos said as he took off his jacket, "and I remember leaving you to die in that forest, you couldn't even do that"
Upon hearing that something snapped in Kalex, his scythe snapped in half and his magic power sky rocketed. Kalex charged, screaming with rage, he threw a thousand punches a second and each one of them missed Thanatos. The dark guild master struck Kalex in the chest and sent him back.
"I WILL KILL YOU, I WILL HAVE YOUR HEAD" Kalex charged forward with only a single thought in mind
The two exchanged blows but while Thanatos tried dodging and blocking Kalex took every punch head on, fuelled by pure rage. Kalex started to break through Thanatos' defence as the guild master started taking more hits and stopped giving out as many. Once his defence was completely broken Kalex's attack was relentless; punches, kicks, knees and elbows he didn't stop until Thanatos was on his knees, "any last words" Kalex asked as he towered over his father
"only that you shouldn't get too close to me" Thanatos grabbed Kalex's wrist and in an instance all of his magic power was gone and he was on his knees
"what the hell did you do?" Natsu asked as Thanatos stood looking down at his son
"just took his magic power, he'll be much more docile if he kn…." Thanatos was interrupted by a fist connecting with his chin
Kalex stood, still depleted of magic but his rage burned brighter, without a word he started his relentless attack, the surprised Thanatos had no time to react, he kept going until Thanatos was back on his knees, "just tell me one thing what happened to my mother?" Kalex asked looking down at the defeated man
"Lydia yeah, I remember, I killed her that whiney bitch" Thanatos spat some blood on the floor, "all she was good for was cooking and s…"
Thanatos was interrupted by his sons fist through his heart, Kalex pulled out his fist and let the body slump on to the ground, "now all of you go home" Kalex walked through the entire Reapers path guild and just walked away from it all.
End of chapter 9
