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Chapter Eleven: Top Predator
Natsu was angry.
It took him by train to arrive at his destination, and that took a few days to do to get there. With him hoping with every fiber in his body, the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer thought that this clue would be the one. He thought that he would finally find Igneel, and finally get some answers as to why his dragon parent left him.
Natsu believed wrong, because it turned out to be fake. The rumor was false. It turned out to be some stupid wyvern that those who spotted it were mistaken and though it was a dragon.
So it's no surprised that the Dragon Slayer wasn't exactly the happiest in the world right now.
'Why? Why couldn't the rumor just be Igneel this time?!' Natsu thought with bitterness and anger. Why does life like to screw him over like this? Can't he have some happiness once and a while?!
Natsu continued to make his way through the forest he was in. The Fire Dragon Slayer was in no mood to deal with transportation right now, so he decided to just walk back to Magnolia. He didn't care if that would take longer to get home; he was going to do what he wanted. At least let him have that.
'It's not fair!' Natsu continued to think to himself with anger as he balled his fists up, 'Why won't Igneel just come back to me? Why did he leave me in the first place? Doesn't he know how much his departure hurt me?! Doesn't he know the pain I'm going through right now?!' The pink haired Fairy Tail Mage stopped walking as he was getting too mad by his own thoughts.
In his anger, he punched a tree down in order to attempt to calm himself down. Natsu didn't care about the loud noise the tree made when it came crashing down onto the ground. However it did little to calm the pink haired male.
'Why can't he be here?! Why do I have to face my problems on my own?! Why… why…' Natsu's thoughts trailed off before he lift his head into the sky, "WHY?!" He shouted with a whirl of emotions. Anger, desperation, sadness, and other similar negative feelings were noticeable in his voice.
Before he could go on with his crisis right there, a low growl was heard behind the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer. This of course got his attention as he turned his head around. Staring down at him from behind were a group of big black wolves, who seemed to have heard him from his shout and knocking the tree down earlier. And from the looks of things, the wolves planned to make a meal out of him.
Natsu however merely sighed. He didn't see these animals as a threat. The pink haired male had faced off against way worse things. He turned around fully as he got ready to take care of these animals so he could be left alone.
"Come on you animals! Try me!" Natsu taunted them with a loud voice. The Dragon Slayer figured he might as well have some fun with this.
And with that the group of wolves growled loudly once more as they all charged right toward the Fairy Tail Mage. Natsu merely jumped out of the way from them as he then dashed back in before delivering a swift kick to the nearest wolf, who cried out in pain as he was sent flying into a tree. Without looking, he jumped up while flipping over another wolf that attempted to get him from behind. Natsu landed behind the animal before slamming a Fire Dragon Iron Fist right into the animal, sending the creature into the ground. Natsu turned around before dashing once more toward two more wolves that were running at him with their teeth bared. The pink haired Wizard then jumped before slamming both of his legs right into both wolves side, getting them to go flying into the ground and another tree. A fifth wolf then ran at him while howling, but Natsu charged toward it as well before slamming his own head right into the creature's own, getting it to cry from the pain. The Fire Dragon Slayer followed up by grabbing the creature by the leg as he threw him into a few of the other wolves that were about to get back up, only for them to fall back down due to one of their own being thrown on them. A sixth wolf tried to pounce on him, but Natsu merely ducked before kicking the animal in the stomach, sending it to the ground as it cried out in pain.
Natsu merely looked back at the animals, and see that they were getting back up, albeit with some difficulty due to the blows they received.
"Really? Even I'm feeling sad for you guys." Natsu stated as he saw them struggling to get back up and into the fighting. Natsu didn't really want to put them down permanently, but if these wolves won't leave him alone then he has no choice.
At least it wasn't people.
Before Natsu could act though, another wolf then jumped out of the nearby bushes. Natsu couldn't react in time by the sudden appearing of another wolf before the animals managed to bit down onto Natsu's left shoulder hard.
"GAH!" Natsu yelled out in pain from the animal's bite.
With that Natsu slammed his fist right into the creature's side, forcing the wolf to let go of the Wizard as it fell to the ground. Blood was now streaming from his bite wound on his left shoulder, as Natsu was grabbing onto the wound with his right hand, his hair covering his eyes as he was trying to process what just happened.
The smell of the blood of their target got the wolves around the pink haired male to go in a frenzy, making them more determined to make a meal out of their target. And with that the group of wolves then ran right at Natsu once more.
Before they could make contact though, Natsu looked back up. If one could see the look in his eyes, they would have seen nothing but hatred and fury present.
"You want to play like that?! THEN HAVE AT IT!" Natsu roared out, as the familiar feelings of bloodlust and feral took hold of the Dragon Slayer once again.
And with that, Natsu now filled with the ferocity of a wild beast, charged back at the other wolves. The nearest one would be the first to meet its fate as Natsu grabbed the animal by the jaws. He then swung the animal around at the other wolves like a weapon to ward them off, slamming each of the other animals into either a tree or the ground. With a moment to spare, Natsu grabbed the wolf he had on by both ends of its jaw, before using enough force, tore the jaw off of the animals, getting blood to pour from the wound as it was too much for the beast to bear as it fell to the ground lifeless. Two of the other wolves got back up and charged once again at the pink haired male. Natsu merely enveloped his fists with fire and he charged at them as well. Getting closed enough, the Fire Dragon Slayer sent down one of his fist right into the skull of one of the animals with such force that the head basically caved in as the animal was immediately dead as its body crashed into the ground, leaving behind a small crater where it lied. Not letting up, Natsu ran toward the other nearby wolf before shoving his fist right into the animal's side, before ripping out the bone that he grabbed from in the wolf as the creature then fell lifeless as the beast bled out. The remaining four wolves ran right back at the Fairy Tail Mage, not afraid by what happened to the other three of their pack.
The pink haired male also ran toward the remaining four wolves, with the bone he ripped from the other wolf's body still in hand. As he closed in on them, Natsu slammed the bone right into one of the wolf's eye sockets with enough force to get the bone to go right through the animal's skull, making the beast drop dead. Quickly turning around, he grabbed one of the wolves by the jaw before firing a small but concentrated Fire Dragon Roar right into the animal's mouth, getting the beast to burn from the inside out as its body smoldered as it collapsed. With a roar, Natsu then turned his attention back at the remaining two who attempted to pounce on him. Natsu merely slammed his Fire Dragon Iron Fist right into the noise of one of them. This held enough force to completely break the animal's noise as well as causing an enough shockwave throughout the body of the animal from the impact of Natsu's attack, thus killing it. With the last wolf remaining who still attempted to attack Natsu, the Fire Dragon Slayer merely moved out of the way from the animal's attack before firing a point blank Fire Dragon Roar at the beast, getting it to cry out as it was slowly roasted alive by the pink haired Mage.
Natsu took a few breaths as he looked around his handy work. A sick feeling of joy filled his body as he smiled wickedly from the sight. The smell of smoke, as well as the scent from the corpses made the blood thirsty Mage happy, as well as hungry.
With that thought in mind, the pink haired male walked toward the corpses before went on to feast on his meal.
Only a little while later did Natsu managed to get his fill from the meat that the corpses from the wolves could give. However, Natsu was still in his feral state, and thus wasn't satified yet.
"Need more…" Natsu trailed off as he started to walk away from the dead wolves, or at least what was left of them after the Dragon Slayer had his fill. He needed more food, he needed more to kill, he needed…
With another thought entering his mind, Natsu roared as he picked up his speed. He must find more! More to eat! More to kill! More to destroy!
'A LITTLE WHILE LATER'
"Thank you for your help Jura, we couldn't have done this without you." A captain of the squadron of soldiers thanked the Wizard Saint.
"There's no need for thanks. I'm sure if anyone else had picked this job they would have done just as well." Jura, one of the ten Wizard Saints as well as the member of the Lamia Scale guild replied back to the captain.
Jura was currently in a rather large town that was near the Fiore-Seven border, more specifically the main barracks of the place. The Wizard Saint had taken a job to help out the Magic Council forces here to take care of a powerful dark guild that has been wrecking havoc on the town. Luckily, with him aiding the, they managed to defeat the dark guild and arrested them.
"That may be true, but we're still thankful none the less." The captain told the Lamia Scale member.
Jura simply smiled in response, glad that he was able to help them out.
Before he or anyone else around could speak up again, loud screaming suddenly filled the air, immediately getting the Wizard Saint and the soldiers' attention.
"What the?" Jura questioned, before he and the squadron looked ahead to notice that the screams were coming from near the outer edges of the town.
"What's going on?" One of the soldiers questioned in worry. No one answered him though, as the only thing Jura and the captain know is that people are in danger.
"Captain, gather your soldiers and get the people to safety! I will handle the problem." Jura told him.
And with that, Jura started to make his way out of the barracks and toward the source of the screaming.
On the other end of the town, Natsu, still in his blood crazed frenzy, was moving and striking down any living being that he could get his hands on. Some people tried to defend themselves only for them to meet a gruesome end either by being burned alive, or being dismembered. Soldiers who were rushing attempted to get the people to safety and fending off the feral Salamander. But like Natsu's other victims, met their end by his hands.
Though if one would to pay the attention, there were some that Natsu left alive with the only difference was that the pink haired male made sure that they couldn't move to get away. And by that he basically broke their legs and arms, or just flat out ripped them off. Another thing to point out of these few was the fact that they were all women, either being around Natsu's age or older, as they were all in the empty streets behind Natsu and unable to move at all.
However everyone else was too busy trying to run for their lives to care about trying to save those who the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer left alive for the moment. Those who tried were merely killed by Natsu, or were being held back by other people.
"Stop him!" One of the soldiers shouted as he and the rest of the group charged at the pink haired male with their weapons raised.
Sadly it only ended with Natsu simply ripping them apart or roasting them alive with his flames. He also fired off a Fire Dragon Roar toward the groups of people running away in front of them, which proceeded to cause a loud explosion, killing them all.
His ears picked up a noise, Natsu turned to his left to see a woman who looked to be in her late twenties, with on of her leg was trapped in rubble due to Natsu throwing around his magic all over the place.
A hungered look appeared on Natsu's face as he spotted the trapped woman, as he walked toward her in order to make sure she doesn't get away. This didn't go unnoticed by the woman, who looked back up from the rubble trapping her leg only to freeze in fear by the sight of the Fire Dragon Slayer.
"N-No! S-Stay away!" She cried out, tears going down on her face. However her pleas fell on deaf ears as Natsu approached her.
Before he could get closed enough though, a rock wall suddenly popped up in front of him, blocking him from reach his target. Anger now present in the frenzied Natsu's eyes, he turned his head to find the source of the interference.
And behold, standing there was the Wizard Saint Jura himself, with some soldiers with him as well. The Lamia Scale Wizard was shocked by seeing Natsu, more so when the bald man realized that the pink haired male was causing all of this destruction.
"Natsu Dragneel?" Jura questioned in disbelief, shocked by one of the Fairy Tail members were the source of the havoc.
"Come on solders, we must get the survivors to safety!" A captain of a different squadron with Jura ordered his troops in order to grab those who Natsu had yet to kill.
Natsu, seeing that they were attempting to interfere, tried to run after them only to be stopped by another wall of rock. This of course got Natsu to growl in anger as he glared at Jura, who was in fighting position.
"Natsu, what is the meaning of this?" Jura demanded from the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer.
However, a roar of fury was his only answer as Natsu charged toward the Wizard Saint, planning on removing this enemy.
Welp… looks like a fight is going to take place next time. So what did you all think? Good? Bad? Want me to jump off a cliff? Let me know.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.
