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Chapter 10: Twelve
Natsu looked at the blackness before him, it was scattered with little white dots.
"You did good boy, I cannot tell if Igneel already tested your spiritual energy but if he did his test was wrong." Natsu saw a tall, well-built man with black hair before him.
"My father's test could not have been wrong." Natsu argued back, feeling his body being enveloped with a light heat.
"I shall tell you what I found during your test," The man said, slightly laughing at the boy who was confused, "I found that you have a spiritual energy 62x the average human, which tells me that you were not born from two average Mages. It also told me that you have great physical and mental strength, that higher than a sixth rank warrior, so I can only imagine what you will be like as a saint warrior. You have amazing control on the elements you know."
"Who are you?" Natus asked, slightly shocked by what the man was saying, "You are not who you say you are."
The man chortled, and said, "Quite right, I am actually an OverGod. I am the OverGod, Dezeus, I am the OverGod of destruction."
Natsu looked on slightly, his eyes held confusion but he didn't inquire what an OverGod was, or what they did, instead, he asked, "How long have I been here?"
"Almost a month. But I have more to talk to you about, so I cannot let you go just yet, Natsu Dragneel," The man gestured for Natsu to come closer, and he did so. The man continued, "There are more than just the four Magic you have been told about in this world. There are the four main elements and the lightness and darkness magic. After that, there are the three rarest, Life Magic; Necromantic Magic, and Destruction Magic."
The man took a breath, and then looked at Natsu who was taking all this in, he then continued, "All these have high requirements when it comes to the soul of one's self. They required the purest of souls, and require the soul to be of a certain shape. For my Magic, the soul is required to be the shape of a great battle axe; I do not care about the other ones. You shall wake up soon, but whenever you need to talk to me just call, child."
Natsu felt himself being pulled from the strange place, and the light of his room flooded into his vision, blinding him a little.
Around him was multiple chairs, and he lay in a bed. This was the infirmary room of the house, he only knew this because he had wondered in here two years ago whilst looking for Gildarts.
He groaned slightly, lifting himself up. He watched as Cana and her white-haired friend turned their heads towards him, he gave them a meek smile and Cana sprung forward onto the bed. She did not hug him, instead, she gave him her meanest look and scolded him.
"Mama and papa were worried about you, and papa did not want to leave but he had to go see Mr Heartfilia, so mama has been looking after you every day." She stared at him with her cold eyes, but he just blinked at her, feigning innocence.
"Sorry, sorry," He said, waving her off as he looked around beside him, "Where did mama or papa put the sword that was on my back, I need it."
"You mean the thing on your back? Papa put it in his room and locked the door." She answered, Natsu cursed under his breath then threw off the bed sheets.
The white haired looked on in shock, Natsu, who was shirtless, was the boy she had met in the forest - the boy who had rejected her proposal. Natsu seemed to notice her too but didn't care much.
Instead, Natsu put on his black, rough cut trousers that had been left out for him, and slipped on his black boots. The taking his cotton shirt over his head, he sighed, and said, "Sorry to have worried you, little sister."
He patted her head affectionately, before looking at the white-haired girl, she was first to address him and yelled, "How dare you reject me!"
"Who asks someone they hardly know to become their lover, it is stupid and foolish," Natsu gave a cold stare to the white haired girl, not caring if he was cold-hearted or not, "Now because you have asked me once I shall never marry you because the male is meant to ask, what man would date a woman who wants to have dominance."
Cornelia walked into the room with a bucket of water and cloth, only to see Natsu holding the white head of a girl who tried to punch him. He looked stronger and more mature than he did before, but still boyish and wild. He would never lose his wild side.
She placed the bucket on the floor, producing a loud 'thunk' sound, which stopped all the children from playing around. She gave a small chuckle at their reactions, before embracing Cana and Natsu.
"It is very hard for me to believe that next year you will both be half the continent away from here. Natsu will be attending Fiore Institute for Mage's, and you will be going to Sabertooth Institute for Ninja," She said, smiling sadly, "I hope you grow in the two years you are away from us Cana, and for Natsu, I hope you will come back to us after three years or so, so that I can see how powerful of a Mage you become."
"By then I'll be a powerful Mage of the sixth rank, if I am not I won't come back till then." Determination filled his eyes, and his voice was clear and unwavering.
"It takes Mages thirty years after joining the school to reach the sixth rank, you will not make it when you enter. Come back and visit when you are sixteen." Cornelia asked, slightly taken aback.
Natsu knew that it might take him thirty years, but he wanted to kill the man who took his father, he would stop at nothing to get his revenge...
One year later...
Natsu had grown. Now standing at 1.5 meters, he was taller than an average boy of his age, and he had filled out well. His muscles were starting to come through, and his arms were no longer scrawny like they had been before, but now had become ripped with birthing muscles.
He had had his hair cut again, it had become long, up to his shoulders in length, and then he had Cornelia cut it for him to a short length. His face had matured a little, no longer as boyish and cute as it had been before, and his chest was rock solid, like punching a brick wall.
He hadn't made any breakthrough's, he didn't feel like he was even close to becoming a warrior of the fourth rank. He hadn't made any progress as a Mage of the fire and earth elements, although he had a hunch on how to become an earth Mage of the third rank, and he had been meditating non-stop to break through as a fire Mage, he had managed to break through twice as a Mage of the air elements.
The first three ranks were considered among the hardest of ranks to break through on, the element wielder, the Mage, would have to learn the very basic fundamentals of the element before being able to progress. For a warrior, their training would need to be increased to face the harsh needs to breakthrough to the next rank. But, the gap from being a sixth rank Mage to a seventh rank Mage was considered the hardest of the main nine rankings.
For a Mage, the jump from a sixth rank to a seventh rank consisted of changing their spiritual energy from a gas-like substance that moved freely around the body, to a liquid. The liquidation of spiritual energy. As for a warrior, this was the time they would need to train the most to strengthen their souls. Both are requirements of Mages and warriors to be able to become a Saint if they can break through. After the nine stages, that were ranked in numbers, the next rank would be Saint, and this was split into three separate ranks, and then deity.
Natsu felt trapped in the clothes Gildarts had told him to wear. It consisted of a long-sleeve, buttonless, black shirt, and over the top of that was a sleeveless jacket that didn't button up, which had a hood on the back., the whole thing was blue, with a silver lining. The sleeves were odd because they went bellow his rib cage, and dropped down at the hem of his black pants. These were made of black cotton, and tucked into his black boots.
He could move freely in it, he tried out multiple kicks and jumps and even scaled the side of the manor before deeming it okay to wear, but he did not like the jacket. Gildarts told him that this is what young warriors wore when they were not training or fighting, and they would fight without the jacket on.
Natsu hadn't the long sleeves on the shirt, but Gildarts wouldn't allow him to cut the damn things off, so instead, Cornelia rolled them up for him.
"When you are older and are taller, this will look good on you. But as of now, you are a handsome young man," As she rolled up his sleeves, she spoke softly to him, her eyes glanced across the boy's arms, "You are growing some muscles, I see here. I cannot wait to see how handsome you are when you are older, my son will able to swoon any lady, as he already swooned Lisanna."
She giggled a little at his face, which had been struck by thunder, and he said, "Lisanna is not my type, I want someone that will help me take revenge, not need saving."
Cornelia hummed in response, ruffling his salmon locks, and straightening out his jacket, "Go put your belt on, and your sword," She shooed him off to the other side of his room, it would be the last time he stayed here, "Remember you are only getting yourself tested to go in today, Gildarts will stay with you in your hotel for the month as the school prepares to open."
"If I get in." Natsu pouted, slightly worried he wouldn't be good enough for the school.
When he placed on his sword on his back, which no longer made a cross but instead hung diagonally, he awoke Dezeus who simply responded in his mind, "'If', child you have more talent in your pinky finger than those teachers hold in their hold bodies," Natsu inwardly laughed, he'd taken a liking to Dezeus, who he found to be stubborn and ignorant, yet wise and intelligent, "You show them how high your spiritual energy is, and they shall take you in with open arms."
"I'm sure..." Cornelia began as she began packing Natsu's bag, "That you have some high affinity for magic like your fire element could be high, and your earth element could be average."
"Average!" Dezeus roared, feeling like his master had been slightly offended, "You have an exceptional affinity level for all three of your elements!"
Natsu smiled at Cornelia, before taking his bag from her and thanking for all that she had done for him. He then ran outside to the two separate carriages, one for Cornelia and Cana, and one for Gildarts and Natsu. He watched as Cana stepped out of the carriage and jumped on him, hugging him slightly.
"Thank you, for being my brother, Natsu." Cana said strongly into his shoulder, not allowing her tears to spill.
"Ninja do not cry, sister." They said their goodbyes, and then Natsu hopped into the carriage Gildarts was in with excitement.
The carriage sped off down the dirt roads, heading towards the main capital, Magnolia...