"Normal text" _ Talking to one another

'Thinking to one's self'_ thinking to one another

'Is everyone online, here's the plan' _ Telepathic communication

'Hisui, I'm not so sure that we can build visit your aunt this week' _ Mind link between two mates

"Blood Dragons Roar!" _ Spells/ Sorcery and incantations

"Can I land my airship here, I need some fuel" _ foreign language

"Tower this is flight 2100, we are requesting permission to land on runway 5A, over." _ Radio or lacrima comms.

Hello guys (and girls), welcome to the 12th chapter of True Salamander, I know it's been ages since I last updated and I am so sorry but I WILL update this fic at least till the end of the 'Bleeding Blade' arch, four chapter of MoFaF and two chapters of STtC this month and I'm already finished a the next of chapter MoFaF that will be posted just after this one.

Also I have fired my old beta ready and I'm looking for a new one. I NEED someone to help with all the spelling and storyboard mistakes that get past me and 'AutoCorrect' so pls PM me and let me know if you're interested.

Anyway, let's get to it.

Chapter 12: Town of beginnings (Part of 'Bleeding Blade') [Part 1 of 4]

"Beware the man who does not speak and the dog that does not bark." Cheyenne Proverb.

11th June X787 11:55am Streets of Rose Town

After the group went their separate ways to gather the supplies, Natsu told Happy to go on to the Villa without him as he read over the details of the mission he had accepted. When Natsu saw the little blue exceed speed off towards the place by air he turned his attention to the lacrima in his hands to read what Intel they had on the targets but before he accesses it, he quickly bolted to a nearby alley and took off for the roof tops, he then proceeded to jump from roof top to roof top till he reached the Mermaid Heel Guildhall once more, instead of entering though, he did a flame assisted super leap to the very top of the hall. He did a quick sniff of the area as well as a close listen for any nearby sounds to insure he was alone before he took out the lacrima to get the details. He pushed a bit of magic into it, activating the device. A holographic women's head appeared above the lacrima at his head level (The woman looks like Rukia with red hair)

"Magic sequence recognized as Natsu Dragneel; Second son of Igneel and heir to the Flame Realm. Level one Files Unlocked. Any files in levels above level one shall require password, voice and blood sample authentication to be accessed. Would you like to access Level one files?" 'Rukia' asked with all the life and mannerisms one would expect from an I.A.

"No thank you, please allow me access to level five files pertaining to all active mission Natsu Dragneel has to complete." Natsu asked Rukia.

"All files above Lvl: 1 require the level clearance code pertaining to that level as well as voice and blood sampling authentication to be accessed. To access Lvl: 5 files, please submit blood and voice templets." The Rukia requested of him. Natsu did both for the lacrima to read and after a few moments, it once again asked for clearance info but this it was the code.

"Conquista Isle." Natsu stated softy into the device but loud enough for the lacrima to hear and recognized. A moment later, he was granted the info he needed.

Official Pillar Assignments:Mission Task #2115

Security Clearance:Lvl: 5

Security Level Access (Natsu Dragneel):Lvl: 8(of 10)

It took another moment before the lacrima did a quick scan of the person holding it before it recognized who he was.

Access Granted

Welcome Natsu Dragneel

Assignment Level:SS Class

Current Pillar Undertaking Assignment: 4th Pillar of Fire-Natsu Dragneel

Estimated Job Duration: 2-3 Weeks

Job Type:Dark Mage hunting and/or elimination

Job Description:As of late, the Dark Magic Guild, Bleeding Blade has been trying to muscle their way to replace Grimoire Heart as one of the heads of the Baram Alliance for the past nine months by killing light wizards and making use of intimidation tactics, Bleeding Blade at this very moment a sub-guild to Tartarus however with Fairy Tail, Lamia Scale, Blue Pegasus and Cait Shelter(Disbanded) having destroyed Oración Seis during the 'Nirvana Incident' and Grimoire Heart's failed Attack on Tenrou Island which also lead to their destruction as well as loss of Hades. Due to this heavy loss of its fighting strength as well as death of Guild Master Hades (A.K.A Precht Gaebolg: Wanted Criminal Priority level 11), Grimoire Heart lost it's standing as a Baram head and was downgraded to a sub guild of Tartarus. The Dark Magic Guild, Bleeding Blade on the other hand as been rising in power and influence in the underworld for the past sixteen months and have been trying to leave the status as a sub-guild and replace Grimoire heart as a Baram head.

They have a similar set-up to the former guild Oración Seis, in the sense that they don't have large numbers but not to that degree, from what little info we could gather, they only have a total of 100 members and ten S-class(Ranking and power may exceed S-class rank) wizards including the master. Each one has control over ten other lower ranking wizards who act as bodyguards and enforcers to the guild. The guild master himself is known to have control over the other ninety-nine members including his nine lieutenants who are formally known as the 'Nine Keys'. Recent Intel suggests that eight of these nine will be either in the kingdom of Fiore or near its borders for unknown reasons who an unforeseen window of time. Not much is known about all eight but we do have information on five of them.

The screen revealed a picture of a middle aged looking man appearing to be in his mid-30s to early-40s standing at an very tall 6,29ft(192cm). He appeared to have jet-black hair cut to about ear length and pale blue eyes that had a bored look to them. He wore a white short sleeved, grey shirt with a dark green jacket on his torso. For his lower body he wore black cargo pants with black dress shoes. In the picture he seemed to be standing in a busy crowd in some market place somewhere.

This is the 'Key of Seven' Bertolt Hyuga, he comes off as uninterested and lazy but is quite observant of his foes and surroundings, his practices Titan Magic and has been known to grow to a size of at least 114,83ft(35m) in height and has training in CQCs tactics.

'Damn that's tall, I ever seen Makarov grow to 12m (39,37ft) but then again, I never saw him using it in a fight before.' Natsu thought to himself as he moved the screen to the left to show another one of the targets.

This time the picture was that of a pale skinned boy who looked to be at least 15 years old and stood at around 5.77ft (176cm). The teen had sharp purple eyes that seemed to be always looking for weakness. He appeared to have dark pink hair styled to spike up like an open flame would and wore a black head band to keep it that way. He wore a black all round with a black skin tight shirt hugging his lithe frame that was tucked into his pants, over this he wore a black wizard coat that a dark purple interior, the coat has large sleeves to hide the wearer's hands and a large hoodie which was pulled down at the moment. On his lower body, he wore skin tight pants with black combat boots. In the picture he was standing over the body of a dead light wizard which he has been accused of killing.

This is the 'Key of Eight' Jinx Jump. He is the newest member to the group and his all records, loyal to the cause and his master, his uses many magic's so therefore we can't conclude which is his signature style but we do have evidence to indicate that he uses telekinesis and telepathy the most.

The next slide showed a busty lithe young women who looked to be in her late teens to early 20s. Like Jinx, she was pale with black eyes, light blue lipstick and oddly enough, a light blue tongue, she also has a beauty spot on the left side of her face near her left eye and she stood at an estimated height of 5.41ft(165cm). Her hair was midnight black and bobbed and covered the top of her slightly insane looking eyes. She was wearing a grey strapless dress which revealed the naval of her chest, the dress itself had a picture of a skull on it and black curvy lines and a pink outline. She wore puffed red pants that made her legs look bigger than they were (Not confirmed). She lastly wore black boots on her feet. In the pic she appeared to at a strip club and was having a drink with a gang of known mobsters somewhere in Seven from the looks of it.

This is the 'Key of Four' "Mystique Anno. She is both pretty and dangerous and has been known to torture her victims to death as she uses both extreme telepathy as well has snake magic.

The next slide was of a dark skinned man appearing to be in his early 30s with gold eyes and chestnut brown hair tied into a high ponytail, he was also very tall as he stood at 5.94ft (181cm). He dressed like he was raised in the desert as he wore the robes to cover his body along with the face mask to go with it. (He basically dresses like Gaswint from the legend of Aang). In the picture he was walking along a mountain path while pulling a cart full of goods but Natsu could already knew that this was taken when he was caught smuggling in illegal magic devices. The team sent to arrest him were killed unfortunately.

This next candidate is 'Key of Five' Isaac Lorde. He is a twisted individual who takes joy from spilling the blood of powerful foes but he isn't above killing the weak and defenceless.

The final slide was of a man but nothing else could be determined as he was walking at night along a dark alley. What they could determine was that his outfit was dark purple and black, he was also wielding a fairly large Nodachi type sword but it was wider than most at nearly twice the width of Natsu own wrist. He was an average looking guy as he only stood at about 5.68ft (173cm).

The last would be the 'Key of six' Blade. Not much is known about this one other then he uses staffs, spears and swords but he is skilled enough to have destroyed the light guild, Heaven's peak five months ago, there over 100 casualties including 60 dead.

Job Location: Northern Woods of Fiore along the border with Bosco, Site of ruins of the Dragnov Kingdom Capital of 'DragonsReach'.

Payment:1 250 000 Jewel per head if said target is captured for interrogation purposes. Grand total is 10 000 000 Jewel.

950 000 Jewel per head if said target is silenced. Grand total is 7 200 000 Jewel.

After Natsu read all the available information they had on the targets he pocketed the lacrima and jump down from the roof of the place….

…right next to Master Annette who was waiting for him at the bottom.

"Natsu, what have I told you about jumping about on my guildhall's roof?" Annette asked him with a gentle looking smile they he knew for a fact was anything but.

"To not to?" He offered in his defence as this women, who a lot like his wife scared the hell outta him when their pissed, like right now.

"Exactly, know I think it's time we have a talk about you following instructions." Annette stated as she grabbed him by the ear and dragged him back into the guildhall for proper punishment.

'Whoever said 'Hell have not no fury like a women's scorn' was one of the greatest man to ever live.' Natsu thought to himself as he was dragged to the gallows.

11th June X787 13:10am: Dragneel Villa

"Good afternoon sir, I trust you had an enjoyable time in town?" The gate guard politely asked as he opened the main gate for Natsu just as he arrived.

"I rather not talk about it." Was all Natsu said as he walked on by, leaving a confused man to his thoughts. At this time of day Natsu knew that his family were out as Liza was in school till 15:30 and Hisui had left to go see her aunt Matilda in the countryside to learn more about giving birth and what to expect, he knew Happy was home but he most likely went to the armoury in the basement to get some equipment and ammunition so Natsu decided he should go get his stuff from the smithy which was in the backyard. He thought it over and decided to take the longer route through the garden to get there as it was more scenic then going through the main building. As he walked he allowed himself to be distrait in his thoughts as he remembered all that had happened to him in his short life up till that point. From the day his parents taught him to walk and talk, when his brother took him out flying when his own wings were too weak to carry his weight, when his uncle Varrick taught him to fly himself for a 4th birthday present, how his parents would try to get him to sit-down and shut-up whenever he got hocked up in sugar, how he was so excited when is mother brought his first little sister, Bedelia and a year later, Enya. How he loved to play in the gardens and show his little sisters all he knew, the pranks they used to pull on the palace staff and his parents whenever things were too serious. How Aedus had become his role model and how devastated he was when he died. He remembered the pain from his fight that night and how he had drawn his first kill that night of new moon…

…a new moon that symbolized that the old Natsu had died with his brethren and brought forth the rise of the man he was now.

How poetic.

He thought back to how he was bedridden for weeks after the incident till he met Porlyusica. "Yup, my life definitely took a turn for the better when I met her, that's for sure." Natsu mumbled to himself as he absentmindedly waved at one of the garden staff as he walked by a flower bead the size of his old house.

Now that he thinks about it, he would be dead if not for her, she-like a mercy from god just appeared one day and showed that she did have the skill to help him and within two months, he was on his feet once more but even he knew at that point that he was no child anymore, he had become much darker, spent less time with his sisters and even less in the gardens to the point he missed out on one whole summer when he was eight due to being pre-occupied.

He remembered the look in his father's eye when he told him he wished to be enrolled in Magic School and excelled in all his classes, how he graduated the 2nd best in a class full of 14 and 15 yrs. old.

And he was only twelve at the time to add insult to injured prides of all his classmates.

But that did have some downsides to it, due to his age and almost fanatic dedication to his studies, he never really did made any friends while he attended the boarding school so while others would spent their free time hanging out or socializing, he would either: be at the training course doing self-practical tests; in the massive library reading up on his craft or getting extra lessons from one of the more caring teachers. Actually the only time he would talk to another student is when it was absolutely necessary like in the halls or while on mock quests in groups. It got so bad that two years before he graduated he was moved to a smaller one person room due to his behaviour. Something that otherwise shouldn't have happened.

"Maybe it had something to do with the fact that the head master and Igneel were old roommates themselves." Natsu once more said to himself as he stopped at the rather large fish pond at the side of the path and gazed into the crystal clear waters as the fish swam around without a care.

He thought back to his first time home after four years old, although he was only a month shy of 12 yrs. old at the time. How he was sent away to Ishgar by his own request as to watch how the magic council did business in their own backyard so to speak and he was disappointed to say the least. In his time in Fairy tail, he saw the distrust of the council in some wizards and downright hatred for in on others.

Most were even still light mages for the God's sake!

By the time he reached the smithy he had already reached the Nirvana incident where he ran into Wendy once more but pulled himself out of those thought when he literally ran into the door. "Goddamn door getting in my way." He grumbled as he pulled his face from the hard wooden door to stare at the building.

It wasn't overly small but it wasn't on the big size either as it sat on a foundation around 6.5m x 14.5m in area (94.25m2/112,72 square yards) in size and stood at around 1.5 stories tall. It was made from stone and wood and resembled a Viking sort of design. Once he step in he saw that everything was as he left it when he was last here. By the far left side of the building was a huge coal fire furnace where Natsu did his work along with a large barrel of non-flammable oil he used when cooling off whatever he was working on, to the left of it was a large open crate that held fresh coal to be used and to the parallel opposite end of the forge was neat stacks of metallic bars he used in smiting, each organised into pyramids that go from top to bottom 1; 3; 5; 7 etc. The first was made up of 49 bars of Corundum ingots, each weighting in at 15.95kgs (35.16 Pounds). The second was made up of 25 Dwarven Metal Ingots, each weighing in at 32.42kgs (71.47 Pounds). The third was made up of 49 Ebony Ingots, each weighing in at 25.52kgs (56.26 Pounds). The Fourth was made up of 49 Gold Ingots, each weighting in at 28.35kgs (62.50 Pounds). The Fifth was made up of 64 Iron Ingots, each weighting in at 27.86kgs (61.42 Pounds). The Sixth was made up of 36 Malachite Ingots, each weighting in at 42.56kgs (93.83 Pounds). The Seventh was made up of 36 Moonstone Ingots, each weighting in at 33.21kgs (73.22 Pounds). The Eighth was made up of 36 Orichalcum Ingots, each weighting in at 13.76kgs (30.34 Pounds).The Ninth was made up of 25 Quicksilver Ingots, each weighting in at 29.40kgs (64.82 Pounds).The Tenth was made up of 36 Silver Ingots, each weighting in at 41.83kgs (93.22 Pounds).The Eleventh was made up of 64 Steel Ingots, each weighting in at 36.76kgs (81.04 Pounds).

Next item he took notice of was the hammer table where he beat the metal into the shapes he desired from them. Next to it was the leather tanning rack where a fresh deer skin was hung out to dry, it sat in the corner with a sunlight and window pair so it could dry whenever the sun was out. Next to it was all the wood and other materials Natsu used when he made the handles for the tools and or weapons produced here.

By the entrance where he still stood was a rack that held 3x pairs of googles, 3x pairs of tampered leather aprons, on the stand right next to it on the left was 3x pairs of tampered leather gloves. In the middle of the room was the main tool table where he lays all his tools of all shaped and sizes in order since he didn't like to look for one particular tool through a pile of them, he also did the planning and final touches here. Next to that was the work bench where he did all the hammering, folding, shaping and etc. to the tool before he deemed it ready for service. On the wall on either side he proudly hang all his work from small daggers to full-fledged Warhammers. Overall the place had everything and more needed for Natsu do commit wholeheartedly to his craft while he was there without sacrificing workroom or space to move around freely.

As Natsu knew he couldn't cause too much damage to the ruins as it was still an archaeological dig site even if the dig teams had most likely left, so he opted for to take 6x Steel throwing knifes; 4x Dwarven CQCs Daggers and 2x Steel Gladius Blades. He may prefer his own spear but he didn't like too many people knowing about it as he liked using as a trump cards. "Hmmm, I may need to pick up more Orichalcum but damn those Orcs always asked for the most ridiculous prices for it and then give you such small amounts of it." Natsu said to himself as he exited the building and locked the door behind him. Afterwards, he walked towards the house and entered through the backdoor where he went straight to the underground armoury. It took two flights of stairs and four hallways but he made it just in time to see Happy storing away 5 clips of Sniper ammo into his pocket dimension, he also noticed that he was in his battle form.

"Ready to go?" Natsu asked him as Happy turned to face the newcomer.

"Ya but I need to leave that sweet Anti-tank gun here, they didn't give me enough ammo for continued usage but only enough to test it out. Can't wait till they begin mass production of it though." Happy said as he did a quick cycle through of all his weapons and munitions before he gave Natsu the 'thumbs up' and they both left the room heading for the train station where a pissed Kagura would most likely be waiting for them.

"I see, well we have to meet the others at the station and will also take a detour down to pick up more of my shots, I'm running low." Natsu said as they fall into step and continued up the stairs into the main foyer.

"You mean we're gonna…?" Happy asked, showing some uncertainty in his voice.

"Yes, next stop Magnolia."

12th June X787 11:40pm Magnolia station

"So this is Magnolia then, I expected something worse." Krul said as she stepped off the platform of the train station.

"You always expect something bad you blood witch." Natsu shot back as he walked off the platform while being helped by Kagura, with Happy and Fenrir close behind.

"Expect the worse all the time and always be in a good mood when they turn out better is my motto." She replied as she led the way out with Fenrir barking out in agreement, unknowingly scaring the hell out of nearby bystanders.

"Moving on, Natsu you said that we're here to pick up something?" Kagura asked as she helped the guy through the crowd out to the street.

"Yeah but it's nothing that needs a big crowd for so why don't you girls go site seeing for a while? The Cathedral is wonderful this time of year." Natsu said as he regained himself and gave Kagura a nod of thanks.

"You're here for your shot, aren't you?" She asked him and before he could how she even knew, she jerked her head in Krul direction and said. "Mermaids hide no secrets from each other and besides, we're not gossips to don't worry about it." She told him which managed to calm him.

"Well since you all know about it then, follow me. We're going to see an old family friend of mine." Natsu said as he began walking towards the east Magnolia woods with the group quickly falling into step behind him.

"Who are we going to see?" Krul asked him as she looked around for any blood banks.

"Porlyusica."

12th June X787 12:45pm East Magnolia Woods-Porlyusica's hut

The group arrived at the place that Natsu led them to and besides himself and Happy, the rest were surprised that the entire thing was built into a hollow-out tree but before they could ask anything, Natsu went up the steps and politely knocked on the door. He waited a few moments for response and when he got nothing, he knocked once more.

"Whoever it is go away, I not in the mood for company." They heard a voice from the other side reply rudely.

"What a 'kind' women." Krul said as she did an eye roll with Fenrir and Kagura silently agreeing.

"Porlyusica, it me Natsu. I know that you don't like visitors but I was hoping that you and I can chat for a bit." Natsu said calmly through the door, afterwards he could hear the sounds of boots hitting wood which he identified as her footsteps as she came to the door, the door opened moments later and gave forth to the site of an elderly but fit pinked haired women to the group.

"So what's so important that you show your face around her after not visiting for three whole years?" Porlyusica asked him with her arms crossed and her usual displeased look on her face.

"It's been two and half years since we last met and I'm sorry for that. I'll make more time to visit but I was hoping we could catch up over a cup of tea?" Natsu apologized as he continued with his request.

"I'll hold you to that and I expect a visit from your sorry ass in the next two months at least. However I think we can have a cup of tea but the others stay out-you know I don't like humans." She responded as she step out of the doorframe to give him the chance to enter.

"I'm fine with that, sorry folks but it looks like you should have taken the whole site seeing thing when you had the chance." Natsu said before he entered the hut and the door soundly closed behind him, leaving a more than vexed group, including Happy and Fenrir.

How dare that old lady lock them out, they're not even human in the first place.

Meanwhile inside the hut.

While his group had to wait outside for him to finish, Natsu had sat down at the coffee table with Porlyusica sitting across from him. The cups of hot tea sat in front of them both of them, both on matching plates acting as coasters. The silence continued as Natsu picked up his tea-cup and plate in a manner that showcased his noble upbringing and took a sip before Porlyusica decided to break the silence that had gathered around them.

"You should have let me see that eye of your before you left." She chastised him.

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"I assume you know just how I lost it in the first place?" Natsu asked the women he considered to be his god-mother.

"Yes, I'm aware there was quite the fuss about when you left." Porlyusica answered him a she took a sip of her own tea while it was hot. Letting calm aura of the conversation sink in for a bit.

"From Master Makarov or Erza?" He asked her again as he took another sip of his tea before he put the tea-cup down and focused on her.

"Neither, the old fool was quite tight-lipped about the incident when I heard about some time afterwards. Rather I heard some of the townsfolk talking about it, something about being happy you left as there will be less destruction to worry about and confirmed it when I spoke to Ms. Marvel." Porlyusica told him as she only found out two days before the S-Class exam when she asked about the young Dragonslayer as she was sure he was going to be nominated that year. Needless to say she had a very informative conversation with the youngest Dragonslayer on what went done after Makarov down right shot her down when she asked him.

"Really, humans are quite the arrogant race but I suppose I can't complain, after-all, both dragons and demons are known for their pride." Natsu commented as he hide a quick laugh behind his sleeve. His thought taking a detour to the little blue haired child that was so much like her mother, it was near disturbing.

"Yes, yes they are to want you gone, I assume that's the reason that you left so quickly?" She asked him back and was awarded with seeing him try and fail to hide a flinch in his hand.

"Yes it's not as bad as yours yet but I don't particularly enjoy being in large crowds of humans as when they see you as a threat…" Natsu started as he would have not wanted to have done anything to rise his already large list of 'crimes' in the eyes of the magic council.

"You were worried that one of them would have done something to provoke you." Porlyusica finished for him as she's had seen that when push came to shove, he had a temper as short as Erza's and easily twice her magic power.

And this was BEFORE the whole Tower incident.

"As astute as ever I see, nice to see that you're still the same woman I met all those years ago." Natsu said with a small smile as he lifted his cup to her in a mock salute.

"It's only been 14 years, don't act it's been 40." Porlyusica reprimanded him with a small smile of her own as she remembered him in his younger days and noticed just how much he had grown while she had barely changed at all.

"Yes by the time it has been 40 years, I'll still look 25." Natsu stated, reminding her of his inhuman longevity due to him being the offspring of a dragon and demon.

"That would be odd, looking younger than your own children that it." She counted as she took a sip of her own tea, as it would be an odd family photo when the father looks to be the youngest adult there.

"Hahahahahaha, indeed it would but they and I would have to get to it. Natsu relented to her with a larger smile than before as he took another sip of his tea.

"It nice…" Porlyusica murmured to herself as she took another sip, looking out the only window into the forest.

"Hmm, what is?" Natsu asked with his right eyebrow raised, curious to her choice of words.

"That despite everything, you can still smile like that." She admitted as he looked at him with a smile few others will ever get to see. The smile of a happy grandmother

"What can I say, you are one of those who can make me smile no matter what." Natsu said with a chuckle as he took another sip from his half empty cup

"Speaking of those you trust, can I assume that you trust the people outside." Porlyusica asked him seriously with eyes that promise misfortune for mistruth.

"….Not fully no…but they have shown more promise than those fairy bastards ever did when I first joined and I don't like to deny others a chance because of the actions of their predecessors…so I'm willing to give them the shot." Natsu said slowly, picking his words to be as gentle as possible without actually having to lie.

Porlyusica sighed tiredly at his answer. "I see…well I can't say I expected a yes otherwise I'll have to check your head to make sure all those hits didn't mess with it." She finished attempting to rid them of the harsh cloud that had formed.

"Well that's just the way it is. Speaking of which I was hoping that you would have some of my shot. I'm running low." Natsu asked as rummaged through his coat for couple moments before he pulled out a folded sheet of paper and showed her his medical sheet which indeed said he only had three days-worth left.

"I expected that's way you came but yes I do BUT I only have enough for about a month, two weeks if you're about to do some strenuous activity." Porlyusica firmly stated as she stood up and went to one of the cabinets and searched around for a bit for what she looking for before pulling out a rather large box that contained about the shots.

"I'll keep that in mind, by the way how HAVE things been going around these parts?" Natsu asked her as he was a bit curious.

"After you left?"

"Yes from there would be great, all I've been hearing are rumors and half-truths and I've too busy and uncaring to look into it further as of late." Natsu confirmed for her as he put the cup and plate down and sat with his right leg crossed over his left one, unknowingly giving off a noble's appearance.

"Well at first nothing was off really, the town and its people carried on like you didn't existed in the first place but…" She started off slowly to test his reaction and was glad to see that he was handling it well so far.

"But what? What changed?" Natsu asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Well when I was visiting the guildhall for my weekly tea with Makarov Gildarts came back from his little quest, the one he took that was only S-class." Porlyusica continued with her tale but paused once more to see if Natsu was aware of this much.

"Yeah I know the one, he had to guide a troop of travelling merchants through some pass that was filled with monsters. How long did it take him anyway to complete?" Natsu told her as he did notice Gildarts absence from the guild the day of his banishment which he himself is not sure he happy or sad about. As the way he saw it was that if Gildarts was there and believed he DID commit the crime, he would have been lucky to get out of town with his life, on the other hand, the guild hall and the members present would have been in on one hell of a mess afterwards.

Gildarts was never good at controlling his magic or temper.

"About four days as one of the women fall pregnant from what I know. She gave birth there and then." Porlyusica told him what she knew as to why he was late to get back.

"Well that's a story to tell the kids when they ask: 'Mom, dad where was I born?'" Natsu commented with a smile as he thought about such a thing and how he would panic and passed out if he was Gildarts' shoes.

"Yes it would be interesting to hear but we are straying off topic here. Anyway when he returned it had been about three days after you left. All I know was one minute he's talking to Macao the next he explodes enraged and takes off-through I wall I mind you." Porlyusica told him the event as she remembered it as even she was shocked beyond words at seeing the calm happy-go womanizer lose his shit like that.

"Well that DOES seem like something he would do but do you know what he was angry about?" Natsu said to himself aloud as he had only seen Gildarts mad once and even then it wasn't that big of a deal.

"I was getting to that, anyway at the time I didn't have a clue so I asked the old fool and he shot me down at every attempt. It was only about two days before the S-class exams that I found out the truth" Porlyusica told him as she begun to tell him the story in detail.

Flashback-19th December x784 18:50pm East Magnolia Woods-Porlyusica's hut

We see Porlyusica cleaning up her dinner table as she had eaten early today due to the weather, it had been about three days since she last spoke with Makarov and seen Gildarts blow a gasket and still she knew nothing of the cause other then it was big. She had tried to get the guild members to talk but most were tight lip and the rest just said it was nothing, in frustration, she stormed out more angrily than usual and was pretty sure that the guild's main door had been damaged by it and these were the doors designed to handle Natsu kicking them open on a regular basic.

Even if she isn't a spring chicken no more, Porlyusica still got it.

'Speaking of which, I didn't see Natsu at the guild when I was there, let's see the brat can't be dead otherwise everyone would be in mourning like with what we thought happen Lisanna and he can't be on a mission as I remember he now takes quests with his team and I saw Lucy and Erza while I was there, he can't be sick since that boy has the immune system of a lion and if it was serious he would have came to me about it. Hmmm, maybe he's out searching for more dragon slayers again, it still amazes me that all his guild mates still buy the 'looking for Igneel' thing. So why WASN'T'T he there?' Porlyusica thought to herself as she placed the last cleaned dish in the rack to dry overnight, she thought more about this for a while before deciding to scold the boy for worrying her like this (Remember she's his godmother and 2nd grandma so of course she worries for him) but decided to think more about it in the morning. As she sat down at the table with a few books on medicine and a copy of Hamlet, she heard a soft knock on the door. Now she wasn't expecting anyone today and it was pretty late to be wondering around the woods but before she could do anything the person at the door knock once more and this time spoke in an undeniable young girl voice.

"Excuse me, Miss Porlyusica? I came to ask you some things, my name's Wendy and I'm a new member of the Fairy tail."

'Wendy, could it be THAT Wendy' Porlyusica thought to herself a little shocked about this but pushed it to the back of her mind and stood up from the table. "Alright give me a minute." She said aloud to alert the person at the door she was coming. When she did opened it, she was greeted by the site of a young girl and a humanoid cat?

The first one was a young petite girl with fair skin no older than 13. She had beautifully long, dark blue hair that reached down to her waist, with two bangs framing her face which reached down to her chest alongside her caring brown eyes that anyone could see still had childish innocence to them but to the trained eye, you could also see a great will behind them as well. She also had elongated canine teeth which Porlyusica could see poking out of her mouth much like Natsu and Gajeel's do when they don't close their mouths fully. She was wearing a simple dress with two wavy stripes running across the dress and ending in small pointed edges at the bottom. Around her arms and legs she wore wing-like attachments. The Fairy Tail guild stamp was located on her right shoulder in blue.

The second one going by appearance was either a female as well or a crossdresser. It was a small, white furred Exceed with pink ears and brown eyes that had a strictness to them that she had mostly seen in Erza's eyes but she did notice that they were smaller than Happy's eyes. She? Was also had two whiskers on each side of her face. The Exceed was wearing a mustard yellow and pink top with a pink bow tie with a pink skirt with the top.

"Good evening mam, my name is Wendy Marvel and this is my partner Carla, sorry to bother you so late but I would like to talk with you for a while if you don't mind." The now confirmed Wendy requested as she gave a short bow when she introduces herself.

"What could you want to possibly talk about this late in the evening, can't it wait for tomorrow?" Porlyusica asked the two, not at all pleased with them showing up during her reading time.

"How rude." Carla admonished the women with her typical snobbish fashion while turning her head to other way.

"Excuse my Exceed but you're the one who came unannounced to my hut at this unwelcoming hour and your stating I'm the rude one?" Porlyusica asked the little Exceed, not much more irritated then usual which normally means trouble for any and all in her path. Luckily Wendy noticed the tension in the air and as she was already told that Porlyusica was like an older version of Carla, she intervened before it boiled over.

"Please hold on a minute, Carla please don't antagonize her and Miss Porlyusica. If it's all right with you, I'l-we'll like to take about Natsu and why he isn't here right now." Wendy started off waving her arms in the air to get them to stop trying to kill each other with their glares before her voice drop in volume when she spoke of Natsu. Porlyusica noticing this, reluctantly relented and stepped aside to allow them to enter her home, something Wendy was visibly happy about. They all sat down at the table while Porlyusica prepared some tea and biscuits for them. Afterwards, when they all had their treats and drinks, Porlyusica broke the ice of silence.

"You say you wish to discuss your guild-mate, right?" Porlyusica asked them as she took a bite at her biscuit before placing back on her own plate, all the while giving the young child the look that only a medical professional could, making Wendy more nervous than she already was.

"Yes...I did. Natsu…Natsu is no longer a member of the guild..." Wendy started out slowly as to get out the main point of the tale but she didn't expect the reaction she got from the elder.

Porlyusica was caught completely off guard by such a statement and immediately got to questioning "WHAT, HOW THE HELL DID THAT HAPPEN?!" she yelled as she stood up and banged her hands on the table hard enough to make the plates and tea-cups jump

"I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPEN, PLEASE DON'T HURT ME!" Wendy near screamed as she nearly passed-out in fear. Seeing this, Porlyusica quickly calmed herself down and silently admonished her own actions before sitting down once more.

"I'm sorry child, I lost my temper and wrongly aimed it at you, please continue." Porlyusica gently but firmly told her and was happy to see the girl relaxed again.

"It started about a day before Natsu and Happy returned to the guild after completing a quest. One of the council's employees showed up and told the master Makarov that Natsu had done some crime, attacking a village I think. At first no-one believed it but the more he told us the more we found it believable, from the location being close to his current quest, the fire damaged and witness testimony claiming a pink haired teen was present. Added to the fact that it was the town where Natsu was denied payment during his first job as a Fairy tail wizard due to damaged-most changed their view on the matter and started thinking that he had done it. Master Makarov then asked the council employee to punished Natsu himself when he got back and he soon agreed before leaving." Wendy begun the tale before losing herself in shame, leaving Porlyusica now more informed but with more question then before but luckily Carla caught this and continued the story.

"It didn't get any better for the boy since as soon as the council frog left, the other brute…Gray yes Gray is his name, completely lost all sensible thought and started raving on about how Natsu was a destructive fool and a disgrace to the Fairy-tail's 'good' name. Soon most openly shared his opinion and joined on in on the tomfoolery. I myself kept my opinions to myself as although I too think the boy is overly destructive and a bad influence on Wendy here but." Carla continued for Wendy, remembering how Gray was bashing the guy that was not present to defend himself, while in his underwear but stopped and rose up her paw to Wendy when it looked like she was going to add on when she herself starting to talk smack about the absent dragon-slayer before continuing. "He did not seem to be one to hold a grudge for very long as it was about two weeks ago that the whole Daphne things went down and Natsu, in front of the whole guild, told Gray that there were no hard feelings a couple days later so the whole motive behind his alleged crime is out the window as he did his first quest for the guild seven years ago. I don't know the fool all that well but Wendy looks up to him as a role model seeing as they use similar magic and from what the Conbolt boy told us that Natsu does not like to disappoint those who look up to him, so this whole thing smelt off to me but I stayed my tongue as I didn't and still don't know the full story myself." She finished, slightly shocking Wendy at the fact that she didn't fully believe any side but was willing to look further into it.

"…I see well that's a lot to take in but what do you need me for?" Porlyusica asked them as she now knew why the old man was so tight lipped about this but what she should do with this now information.

"I want to ask you… is Natsu angry with me?" Wendy asked softly after gathering her wits about her.

"Pardon?" Porlyusica asked her, surprised.

"Is he mad with me? When all this happened I didn't say a thing about it, not even he was attacked by Erza the very day afterwards. I saw it…he looked into my eyes and all I saw his one useable eye was disappointment and sadness…not that…not that I can blame him when I did nothing for him in that moment like he had done for me during the Nirvana incident and when we went to Edolas. I tried finding him the next day, hoping he was still in town but all we found was his house burned down… he used his own magic to destroy his house…he didn't want to leave a single shred of his presence here ever being here. I spent the next two days following his and Happy scent trails and pleading for information from anyone but they the trail ran cold in Oaktown…I couldn't even find him to apologize and ask his forgiveness but I don't think I deser-!" Wendy stopped her self-belittlement when a warm pair of arms wrapped around her and brought her into a loving hug, the arms belonging to Porlyusica who couldn't stand listening to the crying child speak such ill words about herself and had stood up from her seat, dashed around the table and enveloped the emotional girl in a loving embrace. She was about to question her why she was giving her a hug before Porlyusica spoke in the kind, soft, grandmotherly tone she previously left reserved for the fire dragon slayer in question.

"Hush child, there's no need for such words here. There is nothing wrong with someone your age being too scared to air their views or not stand up to their elders. Besides you should know that Natsu knows ways to hide scents or create whole new trails so it's not too surprising you couldn't find him as it sounds like he didn't want to BE found." Porlyusica gently told the crying girl in her embrace, while getting an approving look from the white Exceed who has been unfortunately unsuccessful in calming Wendy guilty heart.

"But-"

"No buts, what happen to him was terrible but you are no way to blame for this. Yes I can see Natsu being a bit upset with you but not mad because he's smart enough to know you couldn't have done anything in his favor. Just like your friend here said, Natsu does not hold grudges for long anyway." Porlyusica told her with a firm but caring voice while she wiped away her tears, glad to see that her words had reach her.

"Then why did he have to leave? Why did he leave and not say goodbye? He and Gajeel are like the older brothers I never had and now he's gone like Grandeeney." Wendy shot back, the pain of loss evident in her tone. Fortunately it was something Porlyusica was prepared for.

"He will return child, he would NEVER abandon those he considers friends, which goes double to those fortunate few who he calls family and besides, you just said you have Gajeel as an older brother too didn't you? You even have your little friend here, do you not?" Porlyusica rhetorical asked her to get the point across and when she looked up from the hug with her cute brown eyes, she couldn't resist adding. "And now you have me to come to whenever you're feeling down and out." She added with a grandmother's smile.

"…Do you…do you really mean that Miss Porlyusica?" Wendy asked shyly, she really wanted this but she also didn't want to open herself up to being hurt again, even if she knew why Natsu and Happy had to leave, her hearts bleeds none the less because of it."

"Of course I do child, and none of that Miss anymore, please just call me Porlyusica." Porlyusica told her as she sat down by the nearby couch with a now smiling Wendy now on her lap, Carla was quick to follow and was sitting next to the pair, more than overjoyed at the fact that Wendy was smiling for the first time in almost two weeks.

"I'm glad that I ran into Mr. Gildarts now."

"Now are you glad that you ran into him of all people?" Porlyusica asked her, hoping beyond reason that Gildarts isn't gonna turn little Wendy into the next Natsu with his less than tolerant reckless teaching.

"Because we ran into him on the way back to fairy hills today after we were about to leave on another search for Natsu, he told us that we should talk to you while giving us rough directions to your house, honestly his sense of direction is terrible, took us all day to get here." Carla informed her from her seat, more than frazzled that the man basically told them to wonder around the east Magnolia forest till they found a hut in a tree.

"I can see how that would be an inconvenience to most but there is a reason I live all the way out here you know." Porlyusica told them as she didn't want the child trying to drag her to too many social events in town.

After-all, she only ever came for guild emergencies and Natsu birthday parties, much to the confusion of most.

"He also told us that you and Natsu have an odd relationship to say the least as he's seen you actively put more time to him than any other person in town, why is that." Carla asked the old healer as that part stuck out considering most of what the man told them was that she hated people and stayed in the woods to keep them away.

"Well that would be difficult to explain…but I suppose that you deserve to know this much BUT don't go telling people about this understand." After Porlyusica got a nod of agreement from the both of them, she told them about just how she came to meeting Natsu, that he was actually Igneel son and how he and Wendy had met in the past, at this part Wendy did remember some bits and pieces but as she was so young she couldn't remember the full thing. Even Carla could feel sympathy for how he lost his brother and shock that he was smarter than he let on but could understand why he hid it was he wanted to fit in and fighting with just entertained him.

Soon afterwards, Wendy and Carla were standing at the open door as they were about to leave for the night as Wendy was partnered with Mest and she wanted to ensure that she had packed all her things in advance she the master informed them the trail would take about three whole days to complete. "Thank you for the talk Porlyusica, I really enjoyed it." Wendy thanked her with a small curtsy, with Carla doing something similar while floating in the air so she was at head height with Wendy.

"No need to thank me child, I enjoyed it as well, it's not often that I get to talk about medical science with another around these parts. Oh and remember if you ever want a lesson in healing, you know where to find me." Porlyusica told them with a smile marring her face that stayed on even as the Exceed Wizard due walked away into the night on their way home.

Flashback end-12th June X787 13:03pm East Magnolia Woods-Porlyusica's hut

"And that was the last time I saw her, from what I know is that the Exceeds went to the island because Carla had a bad feeling about the whole thing. Who would have guess…" Porlyusica finished as she let out another sigh in emotional exhaustion as it had hit her harder then she let on when news of Tenrou's destruction broke.

"I see then, well it seems it was wrong of me to not have at least said something to the girl…its funny how hindsight is 20/20 but my foresight is not nearly as good." Natsu said quietly as he looked out the window with a disheartened expression, don't get him wrong he did care for her but he never knew just how much she cared for him…till it was too late to do anything about.

"You can't say those things you stupid brat, you were just kicked out of a guild you were a member of since you were 11 years old, that kind of thing takes time to sort out." Porlyusica told him sternly before that thought could take root in his head.

"Maybe so but still…" Natsu contemplated as he closed his eye to think about it in depth

"Stop thinking about things you can't change rather think about the still things you can change and plan for the things that you must change." Porlyusica said wisely to him, those very words were told to her by her medical teacher when she just started being a medical wizard well over 40 years ago (In this story, Porlyusica is much younger than Makarov as he's 88 pre-Tenrou while she's 67)

"Hmmm. Yeah your right, as always, so anyway I got to get going cause if I don't start this quest soon I'm never gonna get it done." Natsu said as he got up from his seat and walked for the door of the hut, after which she gave him a hug to say goodbye, he closed the door and walked back to his group who were all sitting on a fairly large fallen tree.

"I trust that you got what you needed?" Kagura asked him as she and the rest stood up to met him.

"Yep, right lets go we need to get to the train station in the next 45 minutes for we'll miss out ride up north." Natsu said as he and the rest of them started walking back to town to get to the station on time.

"Why are you so excited about this?" Krul asked him.

"Cause the train may be murder on my stomach but at least it only lasts 5 hours, the 2nd fastest way is by horse cart and that would take 8 hours to get there…so let's go already." Natsu admitted as his skin took on a light shade of green at the prospect of riding a train again without his meds but he needs to as alert as he can be for this. As the group went back to town Natsu and Krul heard many whispers from the crowd, most were about their strange group; the dire wolf; the Levy sized Happy or much to their humour-Kagura's supposed three sizes, at that part Krul had to hold her back from beating the poor fool black and blue. But what really got their attention was the whispers about Natsu himself.

"Isn't that Natsu?" One person asked the woman next to him.

"Is here to re-join Fairy tail?" The same woman asked him back.

"Of course not, haven't you heard his a member of Mermaid Heel, I mean can't you see he's hanging around their blade-mistress, Kagura?" The shop keeper behind them told them

"Oh yeah the article in Sorcerer weekly magazine right?" Another person said.

"Yeah that's the one." The keeper confirmed for them.

"Speaking of which, he's really filled out over the years." A younger woman said as she pulled out a copy of him wearing some trunks and trunks alone picture from her pocket and gazed lustfully at it.

"Besides why would he lower himself to joining that guild, they've fallen from 1st guild to what 46th guild?" Another said.

"Actually their 52nd best guild now and with about 214 guilds around the country it means they're not so bad." The first said back, defending Fairy tail apparently.

"Not like those Ogres." The keeper grumbled to himself.

"Quiet you, you're be in some deep shit if they hear you." The first woman told him quickly

"Crap her they came." And true to their word, ahead of Natsu group was a group of no less than five guys walking towards him, that then resulted in Natsu colliding with one of them on the edge of the group when he tried to avoid them.

"Watch where you're going idiot!" shouted the leader of the group, at least he looked like the leader as he was the one carrying a giant club.

"Sorry about that, I will be more careful next time." Natsu apologised as he was in no mood to beat the crap out of weaklings.

"Sorry isn't gonna to cut it buddy, my friend over here needs to be compensated for you getting in the way." Stated the leader as the rest of his group stopped and started to chuckle at what they thought was an easy score.

"The hell you talking about here, compensation for what?" Krul asked them with a prominent scowl as this was turning out to be annoying for her and the rest of the group. But she did give them props for talking down to the guy with a monstrous wolf by his side.

"You must not be from around here cause if you were you wouldn't be acting so high and mighty while talking to us." Said the leader of the group with a smug smile as Natsu and his group could tell meant he thought he was the shit.

"I not acting high and mighty guys, I just always talk down to rats who think they ca n dare stand proud in my presence and get away with it." Natsu responded with a grin that would make the devil proud, absolutely enjoying the utter looks of rage he was getting from the five men.

"Why you little shit, you're acting high and mighty just like those weak fairies did when we first arrived in this town. And now I'm gonna teach you the same lesson I did that little brat: nobody messes with Twilight Ogre!" The leader yelled while swinging his club towards the right side of a slightly taller Natsu's head. The club user and his men thought that it was going to be a one hit thing, which is what is usually happened for them and resulted with those witnessing it to run in fear or with them doing whatever the group told them to.

This wasn't one of those times.

The club user and the rest of those watching bar his team were shocked and awed by the fact that he didn't just stop the club from even hitting him by a full two inches, no they were shocked that he stop the club from hitting him with but the pointing finger of his left hand which was rise to look like he was pointing at something.

"So you must be from this Twilight Ogre guild then, no wonder my superiors think you're a waste of space, I mean come-one, I can barely feel magic power off yer and the one I can feel is at what 240?, I've met cats with more power than that." Natsu commented as he placed his whole left palm on the club and tighten his grip so the thug couldn't pull it back.

"Why you…" the thug hissed out as he tried to pull back his weapon with more force and even then, it didn't move an inch out of Natsu's death grip. Before he could speak again he was interrupted.

"He's not wrong, Happy over here has at least 432 MP and his a kid cat, that's just sad really but their just thugs so I wasn't really expecting much." Krul teased as she patted Happy on the back to illustrate her point to them, angering them even more.

"Natsu can you take care of this already, if you keep toying with them, we're gonna miss our train." Kagura told him as she was getting tired of this.

"Oh you're right there so sorry gents, looks like I'm gonna beat your teeth in even faster now, don't?" Natsu said with a mock frown before it changed into the biggest grin the thugs have seen. But before they could respond, Natsu pulled back on the club within a blink of an eye, forcing the poor sap still holding onto the handle to loss his balance and fly with it, the next thing he knew was a burning pain in his gut as Natsu buried his right fist into his midsection with enough to shatter rock, forcing the guy to let go of the weapon and fly about 24 feet into the air, sadly it didn't end for him there has as he came falling back down to earth, Natsu had spun clockwise on the heel of his left foot and preformed a high speed spinning horizontal heel kick to the man's chest with his right foot, launching him 35 feet into the window of the nearby bakery at about 34 mph. This show of strength of skill awed the group of Ogres into silence which gave Natsu more than enough time to jump 35 feet into the air and gracefully land in the centre of them on all fours which got their attention but before they could rise some kind of defence Natsu leaned forward, putting most of his weight on his elbows and hands while rising his feet off the ground before he forced his arms straight while throwing his feet straight and true, aimed towards the faces of the two guys in the back, performing a devastating double mule-kicked that not only broke both their noses but sent them into a comically placed hey cart, fortunately softening their landings but as they were knocked out by the blow, they wouldn't know. Within the time it took for the two to fly, using the momentum from his last attack Natsu landed perfectly on his legs before jumping forward towards the last two in the front of the group, grabbing their faces in a vice-like grip before smashing their heads into the pavement-creating small craters with their heads small dust clouds, knocking then unconscious. Natsu paused, stood tall and surveyed his surroundings, he could see that four out of five of groups out cold but he could hear movement from the bakery so he could guess the leader was still in this. True to his prediction, the guy he hit first limped out of the door of the establishment, covered with some bruises around his gut from the impact with the punch and kick and cuts ranging from small paper-cuts to mild wounds from flying through a glass window and landing on glass shard, he still had his club in his grasp but it was damaged with five holes on it from where Natsu's fingers and thumb dug in.

"Oh wow, you're still standing, that is impressive yer vermin." Natsu said with a mock clap of congrats to the man who just glared hatefully back.

"How…HOW THE HELL ARE YOU THIS STRONG?! I WON'T LET YOU MAKE A FOOL OF ME AGAIN YOU FLY!" He yelled out at the top his lungs in rage and embarrassment as he dashed as fast as he could towards Natsu and swung his club with all his might at him, sadly for him, not only was he moving at speeds that Natsu could easily keep up with but Natsu had had his fill with this farce of a brawl so Natsu got into the standard punching position and cocked his right fist back, turning the knuckles into a tight fist with his left hand raised to chest level as well but with his palm open and facing him as he waited for the right moment to strike. When the man was right in front of him with his club ready to hit, Natsu moved his open left hand away from his body closer to the guy face but then moving it to his side, with the man's eyes following his left hand movement, completely forgetting the cocked back fist-just like Natsu wanted and with the man distracted and unfocused on his whole body, Natsu launched a devastating right hook aimed for the man's club that not only blasted through the weapon, destroying it but continued on and hit the poor man's face with about 771 lbs of force that sent him right back into the bakery, the only difference being that this time it was through the solid brick wall of the place instead of the by comparison softer window and at 75 mph. When Natsu heard no movement he walked towards the now wrecked place and just as he thought, the sap was battered and knocked out laying on the remains of the brick wall and the most likely table that was behind it. The crowd then burst into awed and slightly scared whispers.

"Did you SEE that?!" One of the townsfolk muttered loudly.

"He decked Thinbault's whole crew without breaking a sweat!" An elderly woman said in shock and awe.

"He didn't even used his magic to do it." A young child said with stars in his eyes while he held his mother's hand.

"I'm glad he didn't, he would have destroyed the entire street if he did." The before mentioned mother spoke, as she had seen what he was like before he left town.

"Yeah he just basically demolished the bakery." Her friend said as she gestured to the wreck of a building

"But man his way more powerful than the last time I saw him." A fruit salesman said out loud as he was one of the view that know what really went down during Laxus' failed takeover of Fairy Tail and had bared witness to his fight with Laxus when they took to the sky above the Cathedral.

When Natsu turned his attention towards the crowd they were all extremely tense and anxious, waiting for his next attack but were rightfully shocked when he just asked a question. "Who is the baker here?" He asked with a level and cool voice that didn't fit the guy who just beat the crap out five people without trying but Natsu got his answer when one of the women stepped forward. She had blonde hair and green eyes and looked to be I her late 40s, she was wearing a blue dress and simple black flats and had a white apron on over the dress.

"That…that would be me sir." The woman spoke aloud, after gathering some courage. Natsu walked up to her face and is was now painfully clear he was at least three inched talker than her, adding to her fear but he then requipped sixe large brown bags, each making a metal giggle sound as they hit the floor by her feet.

"Here you go mam, there's six bags here, each with 35 460 jewels in them. It should cover cost to repair your bakery and make up for any business you might miss. My apologies for the miss though, I went a little overboard with these idiots." Natsu told her as he bent down and picked up one of the bags and gave it to her and too her amazement, she could barely lift it with both hands, adding weight to his words about just how money was in it.

"But, but sir that's 177 300 jewels, that's more twice the amount it would take to repair!" She told him as she only made 30 000 jewel a week, so he was giving her more than she earned in month to pay.

"Well then, consider it a donation to your business then." Natsu said as his group walked up to him and Kagura tapped his shoulder to get his attention.

"Ready to go girls." She asked orderly and when he gave a nod to her, they all left the crowd of people behind. All somewhat glad he at least paid for damages for once and put the Ogres in their place at the bottom of the foodchain.

DONE!