And here's chapter ten!
I'm sorry it took forever to update! Finals and I just got a new job, worst timing ever-
Just a little warning there is my own Oc in here- no I'm not shipping her with anybody- I kinda like where Hiro is going with the ships so I'm not going to get involved with that. She's just here to help with the plot like the rest.
Thanks for the reviews from-
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To Snowflake- don't feel bad! All reviews are excepted (well most) When I wrote it I kinda thought the same thing, but back then that's how I honestly thought E.N.D would come around- the book opening idea was just way too easy and I like putting poor Natsu into danger! (Insert maniacal laughter here)
To Luna Dragneel-Demon Princess- don't worry it'll be in here- because I love that stuff too. I can't really promise Gratsu- but I'll leave it open so if you find any let me know it'll be fun! I just need to expand on my Oc a little bit so she actually has a point of being in here and isn't just an annoying add on...
Feel free to review- but no flames plz!
...FT...
The girl had short black hair with silver eyes. She wore a black and purple Victorian era women's trench coat with a purple tank top, and black shorts and boots. She was about the same size as Erza.
"Cyrus Nightwalker." Makarov introduced her to the newer mages.
Pantherlily frowned, Nightwalker. Does this woman have anything to do with Erza Knightwalker from Edolas?
Gajeel looked over- seeing the frown on the black Exceed's face. "Is something wrong?"
"Nothing."
No- she doesn't even look like her- it must be just a coincidence. The Exceed told himself- however, that didn't settle the feeling in his gut.
Gajeel turned to Cyrus, "So you'll be fighting in Salamander's place for this match?" Gajeel asked- more curious on where this girl came from. He had never heard of a Cyrus of Fairy Tail- not even when he was in Phantom.
Cyrus nodded, "I will. However, I can't stay long- I still have some unfinished business." She said and the entire guild practically thought as one.
What? Is it the same thing you've been doing for the past ten years?
Makarov sighed and nodded. Hopefully she can keep her temper under control- the Master felt like crying then and there- who am I kidding? The rest of the Guild is one bad news away from smashing Death Cloud into mush- Cyrus has had a worse temper than Mira back when she was the She-Devil. As long as she keeps the damage in the arena. "Very well Cyrus."
Lord Backenstall nodded, "Then I will let Lord Shantire know that Cyrus Knightwalker will have to fight in Natsu Dragneel's place."
Then he left and Makarov turned away.
Macao walked up to Gray and Cyrus. "Make 'em pay."
"I plan to." Cyrus said and Gray nodded. Then Cyrus turned away and walked off, "I'll see you tomorrow."
Then she walked into the shadows.
Makarov sighed and frowned at where Cyrus had disappeared. Why did you show up now? What are you after Cyrus?
...FT...
It was quiet in the infirmary as Natsu slept. Lucy slept holding onto the blue Exceed- who had refused to leave the room.
Erza had sat in the chair against the wall and was fast asleep, sword in hand- just to be on the safe side.
The Master sat in a chair next to Natsu's bed and seemed to be asleep for the first time in days- even though they all knew he would be awake in a split second if anything were to happen.
The only ones who were up were Porlyusica- who was rummaging around, making a painkiller for when Natsu would wake up.
Then there was Gray, who was sitting in the chair on the other side of Natsu's bed- thinking quietly to himself. The Ice Mage peeked over at the Dragon Slayer- still trying to take it in. Even though the Flamebrain was the first person to pick a fight, he was also the last he expected to be in the infirmary in this bad of condition.
"You're supposed to be helping me kick these guy's asses for hurting out Nakama- not the one that they hurt." He growled then glared ahead. I had been so focused on Black Knight, I let Death Cloud walk right in.
Gray looked down to his hands in his lap and cursed to himself silently.
After a moment Gray sat back and looked over at Natsu's face- which was tense with pain. "I'll make them pay for this."
Natsu didn't answer- he didn't even move.
...FT...
Everybody- besides the Mages participating in the match was up in the audience. The Mages that were in the match were in their specific waiting areas.
Gray and Cyrus stood behind closed doors- the anger on their faces made them look even more intimidating then they already were. "I'm not going to ask why you showed up now out of all the times." Gray said and Cyrus nodded.
"I appreciate it."
"Ready?" Gray asked- not looking at Cyrus.
"Ready." Cyrus answered without looking at the Ice Mage. Then the doors opened and they walked forward- ignoring the cheering crowd and focused on their opponents ahead of them, namely Death Cloud.
"And all the teams are out!" The announcer yelled, "From Sabertooth! Rogue Cheney and Orga Nanagear!"
The crowd cheered as the Mages thought to themselves- odd pairing. Then the announcer continued, "Blue Pegasus, Eve Tearm and the beautiful Jenny Realight! Lyon Vastia and Toby Horborta from Lamia Scale! Millianna and Arana Web from Mermaid Heel!"
The crowd cheered too loud so the announcer had to give them a moment. Makarov looked down at Gray and Cyrus. "Be careful you two."
"There's no need to be worried." Macao snickered, "I'd be more worried for Death Cloud- those two are ready to kick some serious butt."
"And Fairy Tail- looking like they mean business- Gray Fullbuster and Cyrus Nightwalker!" The announcer yelled.
The crowd cheered- despite only recognizing one of the names and Lord Shantire leaned over to Lord Backenstall. "I hope this Cyrus woman will make this fight at least a bit interesting."
"Makarov of Fairy Tail insisted that she will do well." Backenstall stated.
Shantire nodded, "Good."
"From Lord Shantire! Raven Tail Nullpudding and Sally Tempus! Naked Mummy Zato and Gato! Death Cloud Kizaiko and Titanro!
Those on Lord Backenstall's team peeked over at Fairy Tail, knowing full well not to get in between them and their target.
"Death Head Caucus Ikaruga and Itriamo! And Black Knight's Sabrorka and Sinel!"
All the participants were in the arena and were standing in a circle. "This match will be based off the match during the Grand Magic Games called Hidden!"
Gray scowled, remembering the match, it hadn't gone all that well for him.
"Hidden?" Cyrus whispered- since she had not watched the Grand Magic Games, or at least that's what Gray assumed.
"Imagine a huge hide-and-go-seek game." Gray whispered back.
"I see." Cyrus turned back, and frowned- thinking. Then she looked over at Gray and smirked, "I've always been good at playing hide-and-go-seek."
Gray smiled, "That's good to hear."
...FT...
Gray and Cyrus walked side by side as silently as they could. "Well at least they don't have those annoying clones." Gray muttered.
"Clones?" Cyrus peeked over.
"It was something to make the match even more annoying." Gray said.
Cyrus smirked, "That doesn't explain a lot- it doesn't take much to annoy you." She chuckled and looked around- they were in a town that sort of looked like Magnolia. "We should get started."
Gray nodded and peeked over at Cyrus, "Here we go- you sure this will work?"
"Doubting me Ice Mage?" Cyrus teased and looked up at the sky, so far Black Knight was in the lead. "We'll be fine. We get one point each time we hit someone and lose one point each time that we're hit right?"
"Yup."
Blue Pegasus was in last place with negative four points. With Fairy Tail and Death Cloud just ahead of them with zero points. Gray frowned, "Looks like Death Cloud is waiting for us."
"How nice of them." Cyrus said- the two mages grinned at each other.
"Now!"
Cyrus touched the ground, "Full Scale Nightmare!" She yelled and a dark pulse shot out from her.
Everything looked a little darker and the shadows moved if you weren't looking directly at them- just like a child's fear at night. Gray chuckled nervously, "Creepy as ever." He mumbled- looking around.
After a moment Cyrus stood up. "I found them." she said then peeked over at Gray, "Happy hunting."
Then they both disappeared into the shadows under their feet.
...FT...
The first thing Natsu noticed was a dull pain in his left shoulder. He kept his eyes closed for a moment- listening to the sounds around him, trying to figure out where he was.
Natsu resisted the urge to chuckle when he heard the familiar voice of Elfman say, "I gotta say, it's manly to have a television so those in the infirmary cat watch the match."
I'm in the infirmary? What the heck happened? I don't remember picking a fight on the last mission- at least not one that would knock me out. They were only bandits after all... Was it a match?
Wait match?
The memories came back to him a little more. Oh yeah- that's right, we were in some weird town participating in these "games" for some Lord Brussel Sprouts- no that wasn't it, Bean Sprouts? Broccoli? Barbeque? Meat would sound really good right about now...
Focus- what happened?
"Except those in the infirmary need to be resting- not stressing themselves out over a pointless fight. This is exactly why I hate humans." Said the familiar grumpy voice of Porlyusica.
She does know that she's also a human right?
"True." Carla said, "But I'm fairly sure that Natsu would be trying to rush out to watch the match if it wasn't here."
Yup.
"When he wakes up." Said the worried voice of Wendy.
I should wake up... how long have I been asleep anyways? A little voice in Natsu's head whispered. But his eyelids were so heavy and the throbbing in his shoulder where Dallas had struck him was annoying.
Wait- Dallas?
The memories came back to him.
That's right- Death Cloud hurt Lucy- I was going to kick their ass for it. Did I lose? I remember that my magic was useless against him- anti-fire thingys... I used my Fire Lightning Dragon mode on him-
I remember a bright flash of light...
Some small amount of stubbornness made Natsu open his eyes- blinking several times as his eyes adjusted.
"He's awake!" Happy cried out and hugged his friend, sobbing. "You're alive!"
"Hey." Natsu whispered- his throat too dry to speak any louder, and moved his hand to comfort the crying Exceed.
"How are you feeling?" Wendy asked quietly.
"Sore." Natsu mumbled, looking at his left shoulder. Then he turned his head, facing Happy and continued to comfort his friend. "But I'm alright."
"You're lucky to be alive." Porlyusica said peeking back from whatever she was doing. "Your shoulder is going to need to heal on its own- we'll be able to help it a little with healing magic- but the damage is too severe for healing magic to get all of it."
Lucy looked over relief flooding her as she saw the Dragon Slayer's eyes open and he was talking.
Porlyusica had Natsu sit up and she shifted the pillow behind him so he was more upright.
Natsu had winced when he leaned a little too much on his left side. Both Lucy and the two medics took notice of this and Wendy started using Healing Magic on his injured shoulder again as Porlyusica brought over some pain killing medicine and had Natsu take some. Then she gave him some water, which he happily took.
Good to see that he's drinking water. Porlyusica told herself. Then she started to interrogate Natsu to see if there was any other pain.
It didn't surprise her that there was still more damage besides his shoulder. There had been so many injuries by all right the Dragon Slayer should have been killed.
Natsu looked up at the TV screen, "So the next match has already started?"
"It's been going on for about an hour." Carla stated, "You've been asleep for almost a day." She said and Natsu nodded.
Natsu looked over, "Who's in it?"
"Gray, and your replacement for the match." Wendy whispered guiltily.
Natsu was quiet for a moment- slowly registering just how bad it was then he spoke, "Who's my replacement?"
Finally Happy spoke, "Cyrus is."
A look of shock crossed Natsu's face, "Cyrus?" He looked up at the TV, which was currently focused on a fight between Sabertooth and Death Head Caucus. "She's back?"
"Aye." Happy answered. "She said that she happened to be in town when she saw the fight-" Happy cut off, looking down at his friend's hand.
Natsu inwardly winced, remembering the fight. "So she saw that huh?" Natsu mumbled, then he looked back at the screen. "She's gonna be pissed."
"Aye." Happy agreed.
Suddenly the announcer shouted- scaring the daylights out of everybody in the room. "And Fairy Tail has made their move!"
Everybody focused on the screen as it switched to Gray clobbering a Death Cloud then immediately attacking with his Ice Hammer.
The man flew back and was about to disappear when the Death Cloud's shadow appeared behind him and struck him again.
The Death Cloud disappeared and Fairy Tail was up three points.
"Nice! Way to go Gray-san!" Wendy cheered.
"That's a man!" Elfman hollered- despite the TV not being able to let the Ice Mage hear his voice.
Natsu felt movement, he looked over and scooted over to let Lucy sit next to him.
Lucy sat down- being mindful of the Dragon Slayer's shoulder. "Mind if I sit with you?" She asked him.
Natsu grinned, "No problem Luce!" Causing a chain reaction of small smiles from everyone in the room.
The room shook from the cheering of the crowd outside- causing the Fairy Tail Mages to look up at the scene.
Gray and Cyrus had split up, but they were both being moved around by Cyrus's Shadow Walker magic.
Gray had struck Kizaiko and Cyrus had struck Titanro roughly about the same time. Both their opponents disappeared and they ran into the shadows- appearing and striking the opposite Death Cloud.
The crowd went wild and the room shook once again- making Natsu wonder exactly how close to the arena they were. In less than ten minutes Fairy Tail want from Zero to seven points.
Natsu blinked- he could feel Porlyusica's medicine kicking in- making him exhausted. He laid back and before he knew it he was slightly leaning on Lucy's shoulder- being mindful of his own- his eyes slipping closed as he drifted off.
Lucy peeked over and quietly moved her arm to hold onto the Fire Mage so he would be in more comfortable of a position as he slept. Then she looked back at the screen with a serious look in her eyes. "Go get them."
...FT...
Cyrus was easily able to find everyone with her shadow magic. She sighed and sent out a few of her shadows to tell the others where the Dark Guilds were hiding, then she stood up and looked around.
She could see through the shadows that Gray was wandering around waiting for her to make her move. I need to keep us in the shadows as much as possible so other Dark Guilds don't attack us. Which means we need to keep moving. I can handle a few more hours of this.
He stepped into a shadow and Cyrus automatically transported him to where Titanro was and transported herself to where Kizaiko was.
They both struck and switched opponents, immediately attacking again.
Death Cloud couldn't even get a breath in before one of the two Fairy Tail mages came out of the shadows and attacked.
"We need to take out the Shadow Mage!" Titanro was able to yell before he was shot by Gray's Ice Make Cannon.
"Good luck with that." Gray said as the Dark Mage vanished, "That girl is on par with Erza when she's pissed."
Then he heard a scream and Kizaiko appeared in front of him, Gray smirked. "How nice of you to show up." the Ice Mage mused and attacked, "Ice Make Hammer!"
The hammer struck Kizaiko and he was smashed into the ground before disappearing once again and Gray ran into the shadows. Used to the weird feeling that he got before he was transported, and was glad that Cyrus didn't accidently forget about him and let him smash into the wall- that would have totally killed the moment.
Cyrus was able to find the Dark Mages instantly she frowned, these guys may be able to communicate with each other over distance- if that's the case... She grinned, "This should be fun." Then she attacked.
At some point both Death Cloud Mages had appeared in the same place, which the Fairy Tail mages did as well.
"Shadow Spear!" Cyrus yelled and threw the attack at Kizaiko.
At the same time Gray attack Titanro, "Ice Make Cannon!"
Both attacks hit the Dark Mages at the same exact time and both Dark Mages vanished once again.
Gray and Cyrus passed by each other, high fiving each other as they passed. "Go get 'em!"
Then they both ran into the shadows and vanished.
...FT...
Orga whistled, watching the Fairy Tail points skyrocket. "Damn Fairy Tail." He chuckled, "Those are some angry fairies..."
Rouge watched silently- knowing full well how hard Fairy Tail fights for another. "Let Fairy Tail fight Death Cloud."
Orga chuckled, "Like I'm gonna get in their way- they're going nuts!" He peeked over, seeing the frown on Rouge's face. "What's up?"
"There's something I want to look into with Black Knight."
Orga frowned even deeper, "You mean that Kortorzi guy." Orga said. "If somebody was going to try and kill Fairy Tail's Salamander I would've thought that it'd be him. He did seem like he wanted to."
Rouge nodded. "Whatever is going on is a lot bigger then we can imagine."
...FT...
Makarov watched silently as Gray and Cyrus stole point after point from Death Cloud. Fighting with the fierce intensity that matched the Nakama that they fought so hard for.
He looked over at Death Cloud- there was ten of them total, including Dallas's replacement Gazumaki- a big guy wearing thick armor. He looked ready to take on Elfman in his Beast Soul form.
Dallas was nowhere in sight.
He looked back at the lacrima screen and raised his hand with his index finger and his thumb outstretched. He kept silent as he did so- looking ahead.
The others in Fairy Tail quickly followed suit.
...FT...
Lucy and the others in the infirmary also raised their hands. Porlyusica watched silently in amazement- speechless since this had been the second time she had seen this.
Lucy held the passed out Natsu a little tighter- being careful not to put pressure on his injured shoulder. - And kept her face straight as she watched the mages continue their heavy barrage of attacks.
We're all here for you.
...FT...
Gray had got the sudden urge that he could fight harder- despite being incredibly low on magic power. It was as if somebody was pushing him forward.
He doubled his speed- running forward toward Titanro, who stepped back in fear. "You're still not out of magic yet?"
"Not by a long shot you bastard!" Gray yelled and attacked, "Ice Make Cold Excalibur!"
He hit Titanro, and as his enemy disappeared he ran into a shadow and when he ran out he attacked Kizaiko, who had just been attacked by Cyrus.
Gray paused long enough to see Naked Mummy get their butts handed to them by Mermaid Heel. He smirked- remember overhearing a plot to get back at Naked Mummy.
Then he ran into a shadow again, just in time for Millianna to see him. "Nyah! Was that Fairy Tail?"
Arana Web peeked over, "Probably- let's just leave them be and be glad that they're not after us."
Gray ran out of the shadow again to meet Kizaiko once again, "You again asshole?" The Dark Mage yelled.
"You hurt my Nakama you scum!" Gray roared and gave Kizaiko a solid punch to the face. Then he swung his ice sword and struck the Dark Mage's chest. "Hell yes I'm back!"
The Death Cloud vanished and Gray stood tall. "And it won't be the last time you'll see of me. I still have one more hour of this..."
"Well look who it is!"
Gray was able to dodge the attack from Nullpudding, jumping high into the air. The Dark Mage looked up, "You've gotten better than last time. Good- this may be a bit more fun!" He laughed then froze- seeing the look of murder in Gray's eyes.
"Does it look like I'm in the mood for you?" Gray yelled and took Nullpudding out with a strong enough punch that it made a few wonder if he had Makarov's Titan strength in his fist. Then- ignoring the Raven Tail mage he ran into a shadow and the assault continued.
...FT...
The lacrima vision had split in two- one for the constant Fairy Tail assault on Death Cloud and the second half was to watch the other fights. Shantire chuckled as Gray landed another hit on a nearly unconscious Titanro.
Kizaiko had already passed out long ago- however he wasn't spared from their attack- mainly since Death Cloud had struck Natsu several times after he had already passed out. "You're right- this is a good fight."
Lord Backenstall peeked over at the amused Lord Shantire then back to the fight in the lacrima
The man in the white robes leaned back, "Color me impressed." He mumbled.
The smoking man next to him chuckled, "They are practically out of magic- however, their anger is acting as fuel for their magic." He peeked over, "Was this what you wanted?"
The man peeked back at Koroku standing in the doorway- who was silently watching the fight. "I am merely here so someone doesn't try to kill Death Cloud."
The smoking man chuckled. "Really now?" He breathed out, "If that's the case then where's Dallas?" He said with a smirk then looked back at Koroku, who had his hood up- covering red eyes.
...FT...
Gray kicked Kizaiko over to Titanro and looked over at Cyrus. "They're not going to be moving for a little while."
Cyrus nodded and sat down with an exhausted sigh. Both mages were completely wiped out and covered in sweat. She looked over at the Dark Mages and chuckled. "Well I feel a little better."
"Well I'm still plenty pissed off." Gray said and sat down. "So are we going to wait here?"
"None of the other mages are near us right now- the closest is Death Head Caucus, and let's just say they're retreating as fast as they possibly can." She said with a chuckle as she jutted a thumb towards the direction that the Dark Guild was. "I think we scared them."
Gray laughed, "Oh really?" He sat back. "I could use a nap."
"A shower would be perfect for me right about now." Cyrus answered.
Gray peeked an eye open, "Tell me something- where have you been for the past ten years? I heard that you didn't even show up during the seven year gap..."
Cyrus sighed and sat forward with a playful smile. "It's. A. Secret." She teased. "Besides- I don't need to be around to be a guild member." She said as she pointed to the purple Guild Mark below her collar bone on her chest. "I'm good as long as I've got this."
"We could have used you a few times you know..." Gray sighed.
Cyrus chuckled. "You guys did perfectly fine." She said and leaned back. "I'll be there when you really need me."
"Is that why you're here now?"
Cyrus peeked an eye open. "Something means one thing Gray Fullbuster. I happened to be in the area- that's all you need to know."
Gray sighed, "Are you going to at least wait until Flamebrain wakes up before you leave?" He asked.
"And have him try to pick a fight with me in his condition? No thank you." Cyrus said and they both sighed- both of them knowing that the Fire Mage might try.
They heard what sounded like a bell and all of a sudden they were back in the arena. The two of them sat up as the crowd cheered. "Already?" Gray asked and peeked over at Cyrus- who shrugged.
Like either of them was bothering to keep track of the time...
"What an amazing fight! In first place we have Fairy Tail with an amazing eighty seven points!"
Cyrus frowned, "We hit them eighty seven times?"
"Minus one." Gray said, "I hit Nullpudding once-"
"Well I also hit Zato once when I accidentally landed on him." Cyrus said while she looked up at the sky- thinking and looking innocent- which made the Fairy Tail mages chuckle.
The crowd went nuts and after a moment the announcer shouted, "In second place with twenty four points-"
Gray and Cyrus paled and looked at each other- we went that overboard?
"-Black Knight! Only one point behind them with twenty three points is Raven Tail. Fourth place with twenty one points is Sabertooth!"
The crowd went nuts once again, forcing the announcer to pause.
"Fifth place with fourteen points is Death Head Caucus, sixth with twelve points goes to Lamia Scale! With four points seventh place goes to Mermaid Heel! Eighth place with a negative seven points goes to Blue Pegasus! Ninth place is Naked Mummy with negative twenty one points! Finally in a deep hole with negative eighty five points is Death Cloud!"
Cyrus chuckled. "If we each hit one other person then that means that we hit them eighty five times!" She busted out into a laughing fit. "Those morons didn't even get one point!"
Gray sighed, that's cause they were busy getting the crap beaten out of them by us-
-moron.
...FT...
Gray walked into the infirmary and paused- seeing Natsu in a different position then when he left him. "Did he wake up?"
"For a bit." Lucy answered, "He was able to watch some of the match before he passed out again."
Gray walked up and looked down at the sleeping Dragon Slayer, knowing full well that he wouldn't fall asleep during a fight unless he was totally exhausted.
He gritted his teeth and checked his rival's breathing- just because, but was relieved to know that he was doing alright. "Get some rest you idiot."
This time Natsu mumbled something and his head moved. Gray was about to move when he barely heard Natsu's voice.
"Nice fight today."
Gray peeked back- seeing Natsu's eyes slowly open. He looked over at Gray and gave him a weak and tired smile- still obviously under Porlyusica's medicine. "You totally kicked ass."
"You're damn right I did." Gray said as he sat in the chair next to Natsu's bed, "You feeling better?"
"A little. Still pretty tired." Natsu answered quietly.
Gray looked at the cast on Natsu's shoulder- making his entire left arm unusable. "Is it still hurting?"
Natsu examined his shoulder as if he was looking for a mark. "Not really. Just heavy." He looked over, "Must be Porlyusica's medicine- and you know- the cast." He said and frowned at the cast.
Gray nodded, "Are you going to be able to use it?"
"He'll be fine." Porlyusica answered him as she walked in. "He just needs to let it rest- it's already healing amazingly fast."
Gray nodded, sighing. "That's good to hear." then he looked back at Natsu. "I thought Black Knight was going to attack you-"
"So did I."
Gray stared in shock at the Fire Dragon Slayer, "You knew that somebody was after you?"
Natsu hesitated then nodded, "Can I talk to Gray alone for a sec?" He asked the others.
The others slowly nodded, "We'll be outside." Lucy said and led the others out, slightly disappointed that Natsu felt that he couldn't tell the others what he was going to tell Gray.
But they left none the less.
Gray turned to Natsu once the door was closed, "What the hell is going?"
Natsu looked away, "You know when I told you in that alley that I had lost Zeref so nothing happened?"
Gray slowly nodded.
"Well- I lied, he spoke to me."
"What did he say?" He kept his voice calm- but inside, he was screaming at the idiot.
"He said that a Dark Guild wanted me dead."
Gray kept silent and let the Fire Mage continue, "He said that they knew something about me that I don't know."
Gray frowned, just by looking at the Dragon Slayer's face he could tell that something was bothering him.
"Idiot Flamebrain, you should have told me-" He sighed, forcing his anger down. "Do you have any idea what it is?"
Natsu shook his head.
"Then what's bothering you?"
Gray. I don't remember a thing from before Igneel found me. I didn't know anything, I didn't even know how to walk. Igneel taught me everything I know."
"So you're worried that this might be something from before you meet Igneel." Gray said, watching Natsu slowly nod in response.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Gray asked quietly.
"I wanted to make sure-"
"YOU IDIOT!" Gray snapped, "If you had told me then maybe I could of-"
"Gray!" Natsu shouted as best he could back, "Zeref told me, I can't trust him- the last time he showed up Igneel died. For all I know this could be a trap-"
"And that's exactly why you should have told me." Gray snapped and looked away.
Natsu remained silent as Gray sighed and spoke quietly, "You idiot- Dallas could have killed you, he almost did."
"About that-" Gray glanced over at Natsu. "He didn't kill me- what happened?"
Gray frowned, "You don't remember?"
Natsu shook his head, "I remember Dallas hitting my shoulder and a bright flash of light... The next thing I knew I woke up here."
Gray remembered Natsu getting up, his red eyes, attacking, and walking out of the arena on his own. The next time he had seen the Dragon Slayer he was passed out on the ground, and Laxus was next to him.
"You got back up and kept fighting." Gray peeked over to Natsu to see the surprised look on his face, then he continued. "You fought and you won the match- burning all the magic out of him. You left the arena on your own."
Natsu frowned, "I don't remember any of this. So I won the point?"
"Both sides ended up getting a point because you were technically knocked out first." Gray said. Then he remembered how paranoid the Master had been before Natsu's match. He looked over at the Dragon Slayer, "Gramps? Does he know?"
"I told him," Natsu said, "Before the first round."
At least he told somebody-
"But I don't get it- why would Zeref warn me that someone wanted to kill me? I don't imagine him as a worried, kind person-"
Gray frowned, Natsu was an idiot, but he was a sensible idiot (at times). Frankly, it was strange that the Black Wizard was so worried about Natsu...
He peeked over at Natsu- easily able to tell how exhausted the Fire Mage was, "Get some rest."
Natsu frowned then he slowly nodded and laid back down, Gray helping him so he didn't put any weight on his left side. "I'm gonna get you back for this once you're healed and this is over with- you better remember that." The Ice Mage said.
"Please- I'd kick your ass even with my arm still in a sling." Natsu said and closed his eyes- the medicine and his own exhaustion pulling him back into sleep.
"Not if you can't stay awake Ash-For-Brains idiot."
Somebody tapped Gray's shoulder, Gray turned around and stared at Lucy- and a very intimidating Erza.
"The Master has informed me on what is going on." She stated. "You chased after Natsu that day that he caught a familiar scent and jumped out of the carriage- you owe me an explanation on why you lied to me about something that important." She demanded- keeping her voice quiet, but still murderous.
Gray gulped and peeked back at the sleeping Natsu, suddenly seriously regretting the fact that he had told the Dragon Slayer to "get some rest."
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...FT...
And Gray's in deep trouble with Erza... XD
There's chapter ten- and it turned out longer than I planned it to be- hooray!
But seriously- that fight scene was fun to write. XD
I'll make sure to update soon!
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'Til next time!
