Ch 12: Fantasia and a Drake

Fairy Tail late morning:

"We're back everyone!" shouted Natsu as he came through the front doors of the guild.

"Good then that means you can start helping me." stated Ultear who was working on the schedule of the fight's for the day.

"I would love to Ultear, and I would be happy to fight as much as you'll let me." stated Natsu with a big grin as he sat down in his usual spot at the bar next to her.

"I know you are which is why you are in half of them, and also why you are picked as the favorite to win each of them." said Ultear after letting out a sigh wondering how Cana was able to make sure that she always made money whenever she got the guild betting.

"Oh come on Ultear, I could easily lose to someone else. I still haven't won against any of the S-Class mages from the Tenrou group." said Natsu as his grin slowly faded away.

"Very true Natsu, so how did it go?" asked Ultear as she grabbed his left hand with her right and gave it a quick squeeze.

"It actually went better than I expected, they all seemed to like the pictures that we picked out. The really like the portrait of the Tenrou Group before they left for the exams, Reedus really out did himself on that one." replied Natsu as he continued to hold Ultear's hand.

"When they eventually return Natsu they'll be impressed with what you've all been able to do in their absence." stated Ultear trying her best to cheer him up.

"Don't you mean what we've done Ultear, because you and Meredy have been helping out since day one?" asked Natsu as his mischievous grin spread across his face.

"Sorry about that Natsu but whenever we talk about them it's hard to remember that we are now a part of their family. It's probably because Meredy and I were their enemies the last time we saw any of them." said Ultear as a frown graced her beautiful face as she tried to let go of Natsu's hand. But he had a different idea about that so he kept holding it as he looked at her straight in the eyes.

"Ultear, how many times have I told you that you need to let go of that? Because it's in the past and you are now the great person that I always knew you were, and I am not the only one that sees that Ultear. The rest of the guild sees it as well and are extremely happy that you are one of us now, and I know a few that would do anything to keep you here. One such person is our jewel crazy Master who keeps praising you for all the jewels you save him by restoring the guild back to its original state after a brawl." said Natsu with a huge smile on his face as he watched Ultear become happier as he reassured her about her doubts.

"Hey you would be concerned about jewels too if you didn't become rich off of dealing with the drakes." said Macao with a glare from the second level causing Ultear to chuckle at him.

"I really don't think I would be Master Macao since I never had much before all of this." stated Natsu as he grinned back at him.

"That's probably true, but you would be if you were the Master of Fairy Tail and had to deal with all of that paper work and bills." replied Macao as he made his way down to them.

"Well I am glad that I not Master Macao, because that would probably kill me before the drakes could even try." said Natsu with a smile and a chuckle since only he and Macao found his comment funny. Everyone else lost their grins or smiles thinking about what it would be like if Natsu didn't return from dealing with the next drake or drakes that showed up.

"That you would Natsu and I would love to see you trying to fill out all those forms." said Macao while still chuckling with Natsu.

"I would actually like to see that as well Master Macao, but why do I feel like I would have to wear glasses while doing it?" asked Natsu as he stopped chuckling.

"I don't know why Natsu but I too had an image of you in glasses." replied Macao with a grin as the two of them started to laugh again.

"Dad when is it going to start?" asked Romeo as he was bouncing around barely able to contain his excitement.

"Just in a few minutes Romeo, but why are you excited since you can come here whenever you want?" asked Macao as he looked at his happy son.

"Because now I get to train with everyone else, since you still won't let me do that for some reason." replied Romeo with a huge smile on his face as he looked up at his dad and Natsu.

"That's because you still haven't gotten complete control of your fire yet and we wouldn't want you accidentally burning someone now would we?" explained Macao.

"True but I couldn't even burn Natsu if I wanted to." argued Romeo with a pout on his face.

"Romeo we've been over this already, he's too busy to help you out." stated Macao with a small frown at seeing how sad Romeo was about that.

"How told you that Macao?" asked Natsu with a slightly confused face.

"No one did Natsu, but I can already see how busy you are and I didn't want to give you more to worry about." replied Macao with a sheepish grin.

"What in the world are you talking about Macao, this wouldn't be a bother at all? I would be more than happy to help Romeo with his magic and start him on his path to becoming the greatest fire mage Fiore has ever seen. Besides I am always willing to help out anyone who's a member of Fairy Tail, and that of course includes soon to be members." said Natsu with a smirk as he watch Romeo's eyes light back up and a smile return to his face.

"Do you mean it Natsu?" asked Romeo.

"Of course I do buddy, but like your dad said I am pretty busy so I am going to have you join me and the other dragon slayers during our training." replied Natsu still sporting the smirk.

"That is going to be so awesome!" cheered Romeo as he started to jump up and down in joy.

"Natsu he won't be able to handle that." declared Macao as he glared at Natsu.

"I know which is why he'll always have his own lesson that is tailored to him, which I just so happen to already have planned out. And I was only waiting for you to start letting him train his magic which I am still waiting for the okay." said Natsu as he looked back at Macao as Romeo stopped rejoicing since it seemed like he might not be able to start training yet.

"He's just so young." stated Macao as he looked at Romeo who was giving him the puppy dog eyes right now.

"I know Master Macao and I would have waited more if the drakes didn't start showing up. Making this world a little more dangerous than it already was, where everyone needs to learn how to defend themselves if necessary and as soon as possible." replied Natsu with a very serious expression.

"I know that Natsu, but he's still only a kid." said Macao who was able to resist the puppy dog eyes that his son was giving him.

"That is why everything will be at his level and mainly focusing on getting control of his magic so he doesn't hurt himself or anyone else by accident. Also all of the more serious things that I do with the other slayers will be done when he's not around." stated Natsu as he waited to see what Macao would think of this.

"Aww but that sounds like so much fun." pouted Romeo.

"And you promise that he'll only be doing thing that a normal mage can do?" asked Macao.

"Of course Master Macao, I have Sting and Rogue to put through hell." replied Natsu with a little grin.

"Okay Natsu, but Romeo remember that this is a privilege that you have to keep earning by giving Natsu one hundred percent of your effort." said Macao.

"I can't wait." cheered Romeo who then took off to go and tell a few other members the great news.

"HAHAHA he sure has a lot of energy." said Natsu while laughing at how excited Romeo was to start training.

"Says the person that was twice as rowdy when he first joined." stated Macao.

"What can I say expect for I was excited to be a member of the greatest guild ever." said Natsu which got a few members to cheer in approval.

"Master Macao isn't it about time that you go and tell the people outside that we're going to start the events of the day?" asked Kinana as she handed Natsu a cigar that he light with the lighter that he always had on him now.

"That's right I need to go out there and explain everything to them about how we're going to be doing this." said Macao as he headed to the door as fast as he could without actually running.

"Well I guess that means we should all head to our stations then." stated Natsu as he got up and started to stretch.

"I knew that you wouldn't be having at least two of those cigars a day within a month of your first one." said Wakaba as he came up to Natsu.

"How many times do I have to tell you that it's not the same for me Macao since I am actually eating all of the smoke and fire. Where you on the other hand are doing it for the effects that it has on you." replied Natsu.

"You just keep telling yourself that Natsu." stated Wakaba as he continued on past Natsu to where ever he was supposed to be for the day.

"Alright Fairy Tail let's show our guests and the rest of Fiore why we are the number one guild in Fiore!" shouted Natsu instantly getting the rest of the guild cheering as their doors opened and people came rushing in.

And so the day of the Fantasia Parade finally started with a surprising amount of people coming to the Fairy Tail guild hall. Some of them instantly followed Natsu out back to either talk with him or do the activities that they had out there which were either trying to go through their training or going to the arena to watch the fights up close and start betting.

The rest of the visitors started to talk with the other members of Fairy Tail while they admired the inside of the guild that was known for their brawls, while some of them ordering food and drinks. So for the next three hours everything was running smoothly and everyone was having a really good time, with most of the people watching the previous fight which was Natsu against Jet and Krish. This also happened to be the fight that had the highest chance of Natsu actually losing since his opponents where extremely fast and had great teamwork because of all the training that they did together.

But like most of Fairy Tail predicted Natsu won, but for a while there they actually thought that Natsu was going to lose since he was on the receiving end of a major beat down for most of the fight. That is until he did a move that no one but the slayers and his close group, ever saw him do which was blast smoke everywhere in an instant. This was followed up by little explosions of flames shooting out of different areas in the arena with Natsu finally dispersing the smoke to reveal that he was now standing proud with both Jet and Krish knocked out and a few new burns as souvenirs.

After that fight it was finally Natsu's turn to stay in the guild and socialize with their guests, which shocked him since as soon as he came in he was instantly swarmed by most of the people there. All of them asking about the drakes and him using smoke in the most recent battle. They were also asking him questions about the Tenrou group and his relationship with the new member of Fairy Tail with purple hair. Natsu was completely overwhelmed by all of this and was having a really hard time answering any of the questions because they kept coming at him before he could answer the previous one.

"Alright everyone, it would seem that Natsu needs to have his own little press conference so he can properly answer your questions." said Ultear as she cleared a path for herself leading straight to Natsu with her ice magic, while also giving Natsu some space.

"That you Ultear they wouldn't stop asking me the same questions over and over again." stated Natsu as he gave her an endearing smile.

"Always glad to help Natsu, but you are still going to have to answer their questions." replied Ultear as she led him to the stage.

"Fine but I have never been good at speaking with people." mumbled Natsu since he only liked being the center of attention when he was fighting because he was extremely confident in those skills of his.

"Well this will be good practice for you then." said Ultear as she gave him a sly grin.

"Practice for what?" asked Natsu giving her a questioning look.

"For the future of course, alright everyone this is how we are going to do this and if you don't follow our instructions then Natsu is done with answering questions. You will raise your hand if you have a question for him and will only ask it if I call on you, otherwise you will remain quiet so someone else can ask a question that Natsu will be able to understand and answer." explained Ultear while giving off an intimidating aura. This caused the entire guild to quiet down and a few people gathered in front of the stage to raise their hands.

"Glad to see that you all can follow instructions, and you are our first question." said Ultear as she pointed to a man in the front row.

"Salamander in that last fight you just used some sort of smoke bomb to disorient your opponents, would you please explain why you did that since you are known to only use your fire?" asked the man which surprised a few of the members of Fairy Tail since it sounded almost like a question that a reporter would ask.

"First of that wasn't a smoke bomb, it was actually a spell that I came up with a while ago that gives me a huge advantage as you all just saw. " answered Natsu.

"But I thought that you could only use fire magic." stated the man.

"Nope I can use a few others now but most of them aren't for combat like my fire or smoke magic." replied Natsu with a little grin.

"What prompted you to start learning new types of magic Salamander?" asked the next person that Ultear picked.

"Well I would have to say that Ultear here is the main reason, since she showed me that magic is very useful outside of combat as well. Which is why I learned re-equip and telepathy magic to overall make my life easier, but the smoke magic kind of happened by accident." answered Natsu.

"And could you tell us about this accident?" asked another person from the crowd.

"Sure, on my most recent encounter with the drakes that have been coming into Fiore recently. There were two smoke drakes that were really close to killing me and my friend so I made a really stupid decision to eat their smoke which allowed me to beat the both of them while also protecting my friend. But it unfortunately put me into a coma for a while." answered Natsu with a sheepish grin.

"Is that why you were absent for about a month?" asked the same person.

"Yep but I am really surprised that you even noticed." replied Natsu.

"I along with a lot of Fiore find this whole drake story that you came up with after Fairy Tail's strongest members died is kind of hard to believe. While also very convenient since you are the only dragon slayer around that supposedly can even leave a scratch on them. So how are we supposed to believe such wild tales from a mage that used to be the most destructive person in Fiore?" asked a man with a smug grin on his face while all of the Fairy Tail members had faces of complete horror at what the idiot just said to Natsu.

"First of the Tenrou group is not dead and if you say that to me again I will show you just why I used to be the most destructive mage in Fiore. Secondly I am not the only dragon slayer out there, I just so happen to be the only one willing to risk my life to protect ungrateful idiots like you. And if I am indeed making all of this up then why has the Council been paying me to handle something that doesn't exist, because I can see that you know that the Council has never really liked Fairy Tail because of our destructive tendencies. Also I would love to see you go to Senna and tell the survivors there that I made this all up and drakes don't exist. I would predict that they would beat the living shit out of you which I am really tempted to do after you spewing all of that crap to my face." said Natsu in a gravelly voice as he glared at the man while smoke started to billow off of him. Needless to say the man instantly lost his smug grin and was too scared to even move which was actually happening to the rest of the crowd as well.

"Natsu calm down, you're scaring everyone else along with him." stated Ultear as she put a hand on his shoulder and gave him a small smile.

"Sorry about that everyone, I am just a little touchy about people saying that my friends are dead. And the same can be said when someone disrespects a whole town that has gone through a terrible tragedy by saying that there is no such thing as drakes." said Natsu with his usual friendly grin that somehow calmed down most of the crowd.

"Now I know that you just said that it was a touchy subject but could you please tell us why you are confident that the Tenrou group is alive? When the Council has just ruled them to be legally dead." asked a new person.

"Because I was there when they disappeared, and the Council is doing that because I can't show them any proof of them still being alive. But they also can't prove that they are actually dead so it's going to be my word against theirs and I was the only one there so I don't really care what they think because I know that they will be back eventually." stated Natsu with a sad smile.

"How many drakes have you had to kill Salamander?" asked a little boy with a big smile.

"Unfortunately eight." answered Natsu with a small grin as he watched the boy's smile get bigger at his response.

"And why did you say that it was unfortunately eight?" asked a young lady with a note pad in her hand.

"Because all life is precious and should never be taken for granted and if I could have solved it peacefully I would have. But that is not what any of them wanted so they forced me to kill them before they killed anyone else." answered Natsu as he noticed that the lady was writing everything that he said down on her note pad.

"Salamander I don't know if this is a sensitive issue but do you mind telling us about all of the new scars that you have? If not I completely understand." said a younger man with a nervous expression on his face as Natsu looked at him.

"Don't mind at all and most of them are from me fighting drakes and having to seal my own wounds with my fire which always results with me getting new scars. And I would probably have a lot more if Wendy didn't join the guild when she did, as you can see from how many I now have since she disappeared." answered Natsu as he traced the three going over his left eye while having a slight grin on his face.

"So what's your relationship to Ultear, Salamander?" asked a lady about Natsu's age.

"We're really close friends and partners that will always have the others back." answered Natsu causing the lady to smile and Ultear to now slightly have a frown.

"Are you sure about that Salamander, because I have been informed that you two are always together and even live in the same house?" asked a man with a smirk.

"Isn't that what partners do?" asked Natsu with a slightly confused look.

"Yes they do Salamander, but what I am trying to ask is do you think that you two will ever be more than just friends and partners in the future?" asked the same man before Ultear could pick someone else.

"Well I have only known her for the past year and I can honestly say that without her I don't know if I would still be here. She's given me the support that I have needed to keep fighting for what I believe in and has also made it one of the best times of my life even though the Tenrou group disappeared. She's one of the strongest women that I have ever had the pleasure of becoming friends with and is just as caring as me. And she is willing to do anything to protect those that she cares about, while also being surprisingly funny when she chooses to be. So I would have to say that I can definitely see us becoming more than just friends in the future as long as she wants to that is." stated Natsu as he gazed at Ultear fondly, as she stared to slightly blush at Natsu saying that in front of all these strangers and the rest of the guild.

But then again Natsu was honest to a fault when he was actually talking so she wasn't that surprised about him saying this. The rest of the people gathered on the other hand couldn't believe that he actually said that to all of them, causing a few girls to start glaring at Ultear as the rest of the women could only aww at Natsu so openly saying what he thinks of her.

After that question Natsu stopped getting questions that sounded as if he was in an interview and started to get ones like what was his favorite food or color. Or to tell a story about his past that was funny or even ones that involved him and a specific person from the Tenrou group. Natsu of course liked these questions a lot better because they were ones that he could answer without even thinking about them and could be himself. This continued on until the guild got some very unexpected guests that Natsu hadn't seen since the Lullaby incident, which were some of the Masters from the other guilds.

"Natsu you have some very important guests that would like to have a few words with you." said Macao with a big grin as Natsu made his way over to them.

"Wow I haven't seen most of you since I accidentally destroyed your meeting hall while getting rid of Lullaby." said Natsu with a smirk as he came over with a cigar now in his mouth.

"HAHAHA it's good to see you again Natsu." said Goldmine as he shook his hand.

"Oh dear what happened to your beautiful face Natsu?" asked Bob as he gave Natsu a hug that the dragon slayer would have rather not received.

"Oh you know just battling a dragon, so what did you guys want to see me about?" asked Natsu as moved the cigar to the right side of his mouth.

"You young ones are always so impatient, and trying to do everything as fast as possible." stated Ooba who was standing next to her guild's Ace Jura Neekis who was grinning back at Natsu.

"I apologize if I was being rude Master Ooba, I just didn't want to waste your time since you are all important mages who have their own guilds to run." said Natsu as he gave them a quick bow which shocked most of them since just a year ago they were listening to Makarov complain constantly about Natsu and him never respecting anyone of a higher rank than him and constantly getting into trouble.

"You've changed a lot Natsu since our last meeting." said Jura with a smile as he shook Natsu's hand.

"Well a lot has happened since then Jura, Fairy Tail even has another one of its old enemies as a member that you might remember." said Natsu as he pointed to the lacrima screen that showed Cobra fighting Kagura which appeared to be a very even match.

"You have another dragon slayer and it's Cobra?" asked Jura in complete disbelief.

"That we do Jura since the Council knew that I could handle him because I was the one who defeated him before. Also it'll help with the drakes that have been showing up and getting into trouble." answered Natsu as he watched the two fight and started to see that Cobra was going to win this one.

"That's incredible, he's someone that I thought would never join a legal guild." stated Jura who was still shocked by this.

"HAHAHAHA what can I say Jura, I made an impressive argument that he couldn't disagree with." replied Natsu with a grin.

"By that you mean you beat him to within an inch of his life so that he knew he had no chance of beating you anytime soon." stated Ultear as she joined the group, shocking some of the Masters since they knew of her when she was on the Council. Most of them had heard that she got her record completely cleaned somehow but never would have imagined that she would now be a member of Fairy Tail.

"Hey Ultear what are you doing here, and how many times do I have to explain that I needed to do that because we're both dragon slayers?" asked Natsu as Ultear hugged him from behind.

"Oh I completely understand Natsu but you weren't telling Jura the complete truth. And I am here because Master Macao asked me to come since its apparently big news or something like that." replied Ultear while still hugging Natsu.

"Whatever Ultear, and me and Cobra were talking while we were fighting." stated Natsu which caused Ultear to start laughing at him.

"Well let's continue on, because those two will continue on like that for hours if you let them." stated Macao as he rolled his eyes.

"Oh, okay but which one should be discuss first?" asked Jura who was the first to recover from Ultear making her appearance and then acting all lovey dovey with Natsu of all people.

"That's up to you guys." stated Macao.

"Well we might as well start with why multiple guild Masters came to visit you guys." stated Goldmine.

"That would probably be the best action to take." said Bob with a big smile as he looked at Ultear and Natsu.

"Then why did neither of you two say anything? That's why I don't like old people either since you all take too long to get to the point." said Ooba which caused a few to roll their eyes for various reasons as she continued.

"Natsu we came here today to ask you to come to the next Masters meeting so that you can tell us and the rest of the Masters what we can do about the drakes. Master Macao here has been stressing the importance of this at the last three meetings even though most of the other Masters just laughed it off as another Fairy Tail thing. But since we know better and don't want another incident like Senna to happen we've come here to ask you personally to help us get the other Masters to realize how serious this is so we can prevent that." said Ooba while never taking her eyes off of Natsu who did the same to her while she was talking.

"I would be glad to do that if it means that there is a slight chance that others will be saved. But how am I supposed to change their minds if they won't even listen to all of you?" asked Natsu as he traced his scars.

"Well Master Macao said that you do have some parts of the drakes that you've been defeating which should be enough for a few of them." said Goldmine hoping that it would be enough.

"Also if you were willing Natsu you could show them your memories of a few of them with the help of one of my mages." said Bob with a hopeful smile on his face.

"I can do both of those, so when's the next meeting?" asked Natsu.

"Next week Natsu and thank you for doing this." said Macao.

"Of course I would Master Macao, there is no way I could ever sit around and let innocent people die when I could do something about it." replied Natsu with his usual grin with the addition of a cigar now finally being lit.

"Natsu since when did you start smoking?" asked Jura who never thought that Natsu would take up such a habit.

"Since I became a Fire and Smoke dragon slayer." replied Natsu still grinning as he watched all of their shocked reactions to this.

"And when did that happen?" asked Jura.

"It started about two months ago but I was in a coma for a month so it's probably more accurate to say a month ago." answered Natsu still enjoying how surprised they all were to hear this.

"Well that even makes their decision more reasonable." whispered Ooba as she looked at Jura who nodded his head in agreement.

"Whose decision about what Master Ooba?" asked Natsu shocking Ooba that he was able to hear them.

"You'll get used to it, all dragon slayers can pretty much hear everything going on in whatever room they're in." stated Ultear seeing the confusion in their faces.

"That is very impressive." said Goldmine as he made a note to never say anything around Natsu that he wouldn't say to his face.

"I guess I might as well get to it then. Natsu the Council has asked me to come to you and formally ask you to going the ranks of the Wizard Saints now that another seat has opened since the passing of Makarov." said Jura who was cut off by a growl coming from Natsu.

"He's not dead Jura, none of them are and they will be coming back I just don't know when yet." said Natsu as he glared at the Wizard Saint.

"Sorry Natsu but as I was saying, since the Council has ruled Master Makarov as dead his place needs to be filled. And they think that you would make a great tenth Wizard Saint after your recent changes since the disappearance of the Tenrou group and you handling the drakes." explained Jura as he watched Natsu looking for any sign of his answer. But once again everyone was surprised by Natsu's response which was to break into laughter that lasted for a good five minutes with everyone completely shocked by him doing this.

"Oh man that is hilarious." stated Natsu as he wiped away a tear.

"Natsu this isn't a joke at all." stated Jura as he glared at Natsu.

"Sorry Jura I know that this is a serious issue. But you do have to admit that it is kind of funny that they are asking the one person in Fiore that they tried so hard to get rid of because of his old destructive tendencies. Not only that but they even went to great lengths to not let any of the good things that I did be released to the public." explained Natsu having a smile on his face.

"I guess that I can see how you would find that amusing." replied Jura with a small smile.

"So what's your answer Natsu?" asked Macao who had a good idea what Natsu was going to say to all of this.

"I will pass." said Natsu nonchalantly to the surprise of the other Masters.

"Why would you turn down such an honor Natsu?" asked Goldmine.

"Because I don't want or need it. Also I don't think that the Council is doing this for any of the reasons that you guys are thinking of." stated Natsu with a serious expression since this was now dealing with the Council.

"How so Natsu?" asked Bob.

"Well let's just say that ever since what happened at Tenrou Island me and the Council have been in each other's faces. And they are not a fan of how I am doing whatever I want right now, you could consider me as a wild card that has never been a fan of the Council for numerous valid reasons. So of course the Council is going to try and stop that and one of the easiest ways to do that would be getting me to join them. And if I did that I would get more responsibilities and have to do all sorts of missions for them whenever they want me to. And I have a feeling that I would only be getting the missions that have a really low chance of survival." explained Natsu to the completely shocked guild Masters because it seemed like Natsu predicted that they would eventually offer this to him.

"The Council would never do any of that Natsu; this is only a show of them finally recognizing how much you've helped Fiore. And also them acknowledging your strength and power as a mage which is at the level of a Wizard Saint since you are dealing with the drakes all by yourself." argued Jura who clearly didn't like the way Natsu was talking about the Council.

"I don't think you would be thinking that Jura if they did the same things to you and your guild that they did to me and Fairy Tail. But you could be correct on this and even still my answer would be no because I am already too busy dealing with these drakes and helping Fairy Tail. There is no way for me to handle the responsibilities of being a Wizard Saint as well, so I will stick to being mainly concerned about Fairy Tail and the drakes since it's completely up to me and Cobra right now." replied Natsu with a determined look in his eyes.

"I can understand that Natsu, and I will tell the Council that those are your reasons for not accepting." said Jura with a small smile.

"I am assuming that you are only talking about the last part?" asked Natsu with a grin once again gracing his face.

"You would be correct Natsu, but I have a feeling that they are still going to try and get you to join us." stated Jura.

"I expected that Jura and I can already tell you that my answer is still going to be no. Which still won't stop them from still trying." replied Natsu.

"It seems that you already know how persistent the Council can be." said Jura as he admired how much Natsu had changed from that brash boy he was only a year ago.

"More than you know Jura along with a whole lot of other things that I never would have thought that I would learn about the Council." said Natsu as he looked at Ultear over his shoulder with a grin since she had been hugging him the entire time.

"You've never seemed to complain when I am teaching you while we're alone." said Ultear with a sly smile while enjoying her position of resting her chin on Natsu's shoulder. Even though she would have preferred if it was the other way around but he was at least seeming to enjoy it a lot more than when she did things like this months ago.

"What can I say Ultear, I enjoy our time alone since that is such a rare thing." stated Natsu.

"Isn't that the understatement of the year." said Ultear right before someone called out for Natsu.

"Yes Kinana?" asked Natsu as he turned to the barmaid.

"Apparently you have a visitor and he said that you two were friends that have been working together for a while now." replied Kinana as she got closer to the group.

"Did he give you a name?" asked Natsu.

"He said that his name was Cid." answered Kinana as everyone witnessed the excitement sparkle in Natsu's eyes.

"Did Cid bring something with him?" asked Natsu as he could barely contain his excitement.

"Yea it was wrapped in cloth so I have no idea what it is but it's fairly big." responded Kinana with a smile since Natsu was getting so excited.

"Is there any other reason for me to stay here Master Macao?" asked Natsu hoping that there wasn't.

"Is there?" asked Macao as he looked at the other guild Masters as all of them were shaking their heads no.

"Well you are free to go and see your friend Natsu." said Macao with a big smile.

"Alright, let's go Ultear!" cheered Natsu as he quickly grabbed Ultear's legs, causing her to let out a girly squeak, and Natsu carrying her on his back as he then booked it through the guild towards Cid since he was really easy to smell now that Natsu was actually paying attention to his nose.

"It's good to still see him full of joy." said Jura with a smile.

"I have to agree with you on that one Jura, because the Natsu that I was talking with today seemed nothing like the one that my mages talked about after taking down Oracion Seis." stated Bob now smiling as well.

"You can't really blame him after everything that he's went through in the past year." said Goldmine with a little grin.

"Especially after all of his close friends dying on Tenrou Island." said Ooba with a frown.

"They aren't dead Master Ooba, Natsu was there and he would never lie to the guild about something like that." stated Macao as he glared at the older guild Master.

"We know that you all want to believe in him about this Master Macao but sooner or later you're going to have to come to terms with it." said Ooba who felt sorry that such a thing happened to a guild like Fairy Tail where they have closer bonds then most guilds.

"Fairy Tail will believe in Natsu and what he saw for as long as he does even if it takes them fifteen years to make it back to us. Because we are a family and we will never give up on them." stated Macao with so much conviction that the other Masters were impressed by it.

"I am with you on that one Master Macao and my guild and I are willing to help you in any way that we can. Because Master Makarov was a really dear friend of mine and a great mage along with the rest of them." stated Bob with a big smile.

"Thanks Master Bob, but we have to wait for that Island to reappear before we can really do anything else about trying to find them." stated Macao with a frown.

"If that is the case Master Macao then Blue Pegasus will monitor it for you and tell you if there are any changes to that area." stated Bob glad that he could help.

"Thanks Master Bob all of Fairy Tail will really appreciate it, some more than others." said Macao as he spotted pink hair in the crowded guild.

"Makarov would be really proud of what you've been able to do Master Macao." said Goldmine who was impressed that Fairy Tail didn't shut down after losing all of their strongest mages except for Natsu.

"Thanks Master Goldmine but most of this was all thanks to Natsu, he was somehow able to keep all of us motivated to keep the guild going when everyone else wanted to give up. I can finally see why Master Makarov always said that there was something special about him. I at first thought he was talking about his magic and fighting abilities, but now I can see that Master Makarov knew that he could inspire people to keep trying when they would usually give up. Not to mention how kind he is and his willingness to forgive those that have done terrible things in their past and still able to see the good in them that others would have missed." stated Macao.

"I assume those last ones are dealing with Cobra and Ultear?" asked Ooba.

"Yeah I guess, but he overall just cares about everyone else more than himself. Which is why he's always been willing to go out there and deal with these drakes that have already come close a few times to being the end of him." replied Macao.

"Makarov always was good at finding exceptional mages when they were young. And it would appear that Natsu might have been his best find to date." said Bob with a fond smile.

"I will have to agree with you on that one, and you are all free to make yourselves at home but I have to go and help out my guild." said Macao as he went to the bar to help Kinana and the other barmaids out.

"Fairy Tail is one of the strangest guilds I have ever seen and had the pleasure of working with." said Jura with a smile as the rest nodded their heads in agreement with smiles of their own.

With Natsu and Ultear:

"Natsu put me down this instant." said Ultear trying to sound angry at him but failing horribly.

"Sorry Ultear but we're almost there so just hold on." said Natsu as he jumped over a table that was occupied with guests that were surprised to see someone flying over them as all of the Fairy Tail members acted as if it was normal thing.

"Natsu I mean it, put me down!" demanded Ultear as Natsu instantly set her down.

"Well it's good that I found Cid then Ultear, but you know that you enjoyed it." replied Natsu while giving her a smirk.

"Oh yeah Natsu I love you carrying me on your back while wearing a kimono, possibly showing our guest things they should never be seeing." hissed Ultear as she straightened her kimono and made sure she was presentable.

"What I am hearing is that you did enjoy it but would have preferred it even more if you were wearing more appropriate clothing. Also you have never minded me seeing you at all, in fact I am positive that you have staged it so I would walk in on you while you were changing." said Natsu which caused Ultear to start hitting him repeatedly as Natsu couldn't help himself from chuckling.

"That is totally not true Natsu, and don't say such things so loudly about me what will they think? And you're different than everyone else so I don't care if you see me like that, but that only applies to you Natsu." said Ultear while still hitting him over and over again.

"Sorry Ultear, it'll never happen again. How about we go out to eat somewhere just the two of us as so you know how sorry I truly am about all of this?" asked Natsu as Ultear finally stopped hitting him.

"Are you serious Natsu?" asked Ultear with a big smile.

"Absolutely Ultear, since we rarely get any time with just the two of us. And didn't I tell you that I was going to try and make sure that we get more of just us together?" asked Natsu who was now being hugged by Ultear.

"You did but I didn't know if you were only saying that because of Alzack and Bisca getting married that day." stated Ultear who really couldn't be happier than she was right now. Well that isn't exactly true but she was getting to that point slowly and it was now only a matter of time.

"Come on Ultear, you know that I will always try and do whatever I promise you." said Natsu as he lifted her head by her chin so that they were looking into each other's eyes.

"Oh I am counting on it." replied Ultear with a smirk that she lost when Cid cleared his throat to get their attention.

"Sorry for ruining the moment between you two but I only came by to give you this Natsu and say congratulations on the restaurant and keeping the Fantasia parade going." said Cid with a big smile.

"Thanks Cid and I can't believe that you were able to finish it without me." said Natsu with a big smile.

"It wasn't easy Natsu, but since we already got it into a solid form of metal together I was able to do the rest. Granted I had to heat it to temperatures that would have melted every other metal out there in the world, just to do the simplest things to it. But she is going to be one of my proudest achievements until I get those other ones done for you that is." explained Cid as he handed Natsu a weird leather harness that Natsu had no idea what it was.

"What am I supposed to do with this Cid?" asked Natsu as he held it by one of the leather straps between his fingers.

"Natsu you slip your arms through the two loops so that the piece of metal is on your back allowing you to latch it together on the front for extra sturdiness." answered Cid as Natsu followed his instructions after taking off his vest. Of course Ultear and a few other women didn't mind seeing this at all if you looked at their faces while Natsu was doing this.

"Okay Cid but I still don't see how this is related to what we working on?" asked Natsu as he left his vest off and waited for Cid to continue his explanation.

"That is how you are going to carry her Natsu, because she's a little too big to have a sheath if you want to have her on your back like we talked about." replied Cid with a big smile.

"Natsu what is he talking about?" asked Ultear as she glared at Natsu and was ready to start actually attacking him.

"Calm down Ultear, Cid thinks of all of his weapons as girls for some reason which is what he was talking about." stated Natsu as he rolled his eyes at how that almost got really ugly for him.

"That's because they are just like women Natsu, beautiful but extremely deadly." said Cid as he smiled at Ultear who thought that he was right about that, especially in her case.

"I guess I can see that." said Natsu as he thought about all the times that he got beaten up by Mira, Erza and even Ultear.

"Well here you go Natsu, she's a bit bigger than your average claymore like you wanted. And I would have never made her this big if I didn't know that you will actually be able to easily swing her about like a normal claymore." said Cid as he unwrapped the sword that he had been carrying this whole time as if it was his precious child.

It was just like your standard claymore except for its blade being twice as wide as the standard one with a red core going almost all the way to the end of the steel blade. Its cross hilt was forward slopping like most claymores but in the center of it was the emblem that Natsu had on the inside of his book about draconic creatures. The grip of the sword was plain black leather that looked sturdy, and the pommel had the Fairy Tail emblem at the center of it.

"Wow she looks better than I could have hoped for." said Natsu as he grabbed the handle and was shocked with how light it actually was considering how heavy it looked.

"You're surprised by the weight aren't you Natsu?" asked Cid with a big grin.

"Yes I am Cid because this feels exactly like a normal claymore when it should be twice that." stated Natsu as he was getting used to the feel of the swords weight and balance.

"That's because of the drake claws weighing less than normal steel, which she barely has any of since she is mainly composed of the claws." explained Cid with a proud grin on his face as he watched Natsu twirl the sword after everyone cleared away from him.

"She truly is a beauty Cid and now I have to see if she'll preform like we are hoping she will." said Natsu while still swinging the sword around.

"I would love to guarantee that Natsu but I have never done a sword like her before, now why don't you put her on your back. Natsu just trust me on this, it'll be fine and you know that I would never let one of my babies be harmed senselessly." said Cid as he saw Natsu give him a look like he was crazy for telling him to put it on his back.

"Holy crap it actually works." said Natsu as the sword remained on his back right where he wanted it to be.

"Yes it did Natsu and I could give you a rundown of how I was able to make it work but I know that you really wouldn't care that much. And I also have some other work to get done before the big Fantasia Parade, oh and it will even work if you put your vest over top of the harness." said Cid as he was about to leave.

"Cid thanks for doing all of this for me." said Natsu as he shook the man's hand.

"I was happy to Natsu because now I am the only blacksmith that can say he made a sword for the Salamander the slayer of drakes. Oh and you should give her a name since all good weapons have them, and I'll be ready to get to work on our next project whenever you're ready Natsu." said Cid as he gave a quick wave goodbye and headed towards the exit.

"I will see you then Cid." said Natsu with a smile as he took of his new sword so he could put on his vest and make sure that Cid was correct like he knew it would be.

"Wow Natsu that is quite the sword he made for you." said Kagura as she and Kei eyed it since they were two of the best swordsman in the guild.

"It's what Cid and I have been working on for the past few months." said Natsu as he put the sword on his back as a grin formed when it stayed there just like last time.

"So when are we going to see the fruits of your and Bianca's labor?" asked Meredy as she joined their group meaning that Natsu's usual group were now all together. Well one of his groups since the other one was the dragon slayers that Natsu spent most of his time with when not with these women.

"At least another month Meredy if not more because she's trying to make them feel like actual cloth while still retaining their protective qualities which is extremely hard as you could probably imagine." answered Natsu as he realized that he had finished his cigar a while ago and needed to get a new one later and should probably start putting some into his pocket dimension so he can get them whenever he gets hungry or just simply wants one.

"What's with the red core in the middle of the blade Natsu?" asked Kei who couldn't help but admire his new sword.

"Oh that's because of Zechum's claws being red." explained Natsu.

"Then why isn't the whole blade red then?" asked Kagura who was also curious about the sword.

"I honestly couldn't tell you, Cid said it was probably something about the magic pooling to the center. Or maybe it was something about turning the claws into metal that caused it to do that. It could also be just a weird mistake that won't happen in the next weapon that me and Cid make." answered Natsu as he noticed a lot of people looking at his group.

"What is the next weapon that you and Cid are making together?" asked Kei excitedly and wishing that she could have one. But then realized that she already made her own that were better than most swords out there.

"Another sword but a katana this time, and if that works then we'll probably make a few weapons for the guild. But I think we need to go back to taking care of your guests." stated Natsu as he left the group and started to talk to a group of women that had been watching them for a while now. Of course Ultear just so happened to join Natsu on helping take care of these women while making sure they all knew what was up.

So for the remainder of the day Fairy Tail continued to entertain their guests and have fun like they usually did when they weren't training, all the way up until they had to get ready for the parade. That was when they asked their visitors to politely leave as the changed into their costumes and got into their groups and did any final preparations for their floats.

And just like Fairy Tail was known to do they went all out with very elaborate floats that sometimes didn't even make much sense at all. But that didn't stop Fairy Tail or the rest of Magnolia and the other people gathered from enjoying it. One such float wasn't even a float at all which was actually the first one, and you would more accurately call it a race between Jet and Krish that followed the complete route of the float. And the first one to run back and forth putting up flags of Fairy Tail the whole length of the route would be declared the winner as long as they only did them one at a time. Meaning that the two mages would be running the two mile stretch at least ten times with where the piles of flags were stored.

There were of course the standard floats that had a few of the women clothed in revealing outfits while they performed their dance routines. And a few others that had some of the lesser known members showing off their magic by preforming little tricks that usually amazed the younger viewers of the parade. These same viewers were huge fans of the floats that were giving out free things like Fairy Tail T-shirts or even the ones that just gave out candy.

Laki and Reedus had one of the crowd's favorite since they would randomly choose someone from the crowd to become the center of attention. And how they did this was Laki would quickly make a half scale replica of the person or whatever they chose to make, using her maker magic to duplicate them. And Reedus would finish it off by painting it so well that it looked almost as if it was just a mini version of the person that they chose from the crowd who could then have it if they chose to. Otherwise it was tossed into the crowd so they could figure out who wanted it.

Another one that everyone seemed to enjoy was the sparing that Kagura and Kei did with each other. It had a tally of who was winning their matches, and all that they had to do to win was be the first one to land a hit with their sword. Of course this was another thing that people could bet on and it was so close that no one could tell who was going to be the final winner at the end of the parade.

Ultear and Meredy's float show cased Ultear's magic off quite nicely since Meredy with the help of some other members would destroy the little building in the middle of their float with various different methods. Such as burning it, blasting it with all of their magic or what the guys of the group really liked doing was just smashing through it or throwing someone through the little building. But without fail Ultear would restore it back to pristine condition as if nothing happened to it moments earlier.

And towards the end of the floats was Natsu's and seeing him on a moving thing without instantly getting sick amazed the crowd by itself since it was pretty much common knowledge at least in Magnolia that Natsu couldn't use transportation without becoming violently ill. But there he was on a black float spewing smoke and fire into the air that would usually take the form of whatever he thought would look cool in the air. This was usually a Fairy Tail emblem or a dragon and if he didn't to that Natsu would shoot off his own form of fireworks that everyone seemed to really enjoy.

Everything was going great until Natsu heard a faint roar in the distance, and hoped that he was just hearing things. So he stopped shooting off his fireworks and focused on listening for the roar again which came moments later making Natsu start cursing to himself at his terrible luck just as Doranbolt appeared in front of him.

"Natsu there's another drake and…" said Doranbolt a little out of breath.

"And it's on its way here. I know I just heard the roar in the distance." said Natsu in a disgusted tone.

"Then why aren't you getting ready?" asked Doranbolt incredulously.

"Because you showed up right when I was about to, but that means you can go and take the Mayor to his office to sound the alarms. While I let the rest of Fairy Tail know what's going on." said Natsu as another roar could be heard but this time everyone else heard it too. Which actually stopped the parade in its tracks with everyone wondering if that was Natsu showing off.

"Natsu was that you?" asked Jet with Krish on the other side of the float wondering the same thing.

"I really wish it was you two, so I take it that you both know what I want you to do right now." replied Natsu as he did a few quick stretches.

"Inform the rest of Fairy Tail while handing out those maps you brought to the guild this morning?" asked Krish.

"That would be exactly what I want both of you to do, and then start leading people to the bunkers." said Natsu as he could hear the crowd wondering what was going on as another roar was heard but this time it was louder than before.

"Natsu don't tell me that is what I think it is?" asked Ultear as she jumped up onto the float with him as the other two mages disappeared to go and get to work.

"Sorry Ultear, but it looks like we might have to reschedule that getting something to eat together since something came up." said Natsu as he did a few stretches.

"That's fine Natsu, just make sure you come back all in one piece you hear me?" asked Ultear as she gave him a hug hoping that it wouldn't be there last.

"I will Ultear." replied Natsu as Ultear was separating from him but shocked her by pulling her back and capturing her lips with his. Ultear was completely thrown off by this but instantly deepened the kiss that she had wanted to receive from Natsu since she pretty much joined Fairy Tail.

"Make sure that you get everyone into the bunkers and try and find Sting and Rogue before one of them does something stupid." said Natsu after they separated and he hopped off of the float as another roar was heard. Ultear was still too shocked to answer him so she nodded her head causing Natsu to chuckle before he tilted his head back and let off his challenging roar that caused all those around him to cover their ears.

As soon as Natsu's died down another roar could be heard challenging him right back. A grin made its way across Natsu's face as he then shot into the air thanks to his fire while saying. "Just another day in the life of the famous Salamander, can't even take part in a parade without a drake ruining it."

The crowd was really confused by all of this until the announcement speakers turned on.

"Hello citizens of Magnolia and visitors this is the Mayor speaking and I have to inform you that a drake is headed this way. But you have nothing to fear because we are prepared for this thanks to the Salamander and Fairy Tail. Please follow the Fairy Tail mages as they lead you to the underground bunkers designed just for this sort of occasion while Salamander handles the drake. But remember that the most important thing is that you remain calm because Salamander has already dealt with eight drakes so this will be no different." said the Mayor.

"Your Mayor is correct, and you all need to remain calm and follow a member of Fairy Tail to a bunker. If you are unfortunately not watching the parade right now then please in an orderly fashion make your way to one of these locations that is nearest to you." said Doranbolt in a very calm manner as he then read of the list of where the bunkers where located.

"This is a joke right?" asked a random citizen as a whole bunch started to agree with him until they heard another roar and all looked into the sky to see a flaming ball heading towards a yellow drake hovering in the sky just outside of town. This of course caused some of the crowd to start panicking which would spread fast if they don't put a stop to it, and luckily for the citizens of Magnolia Fairy Tail was there to do just that.

But since this was Fairy Tail, they of course went a little overboard on how they dealt with the people freaking out. And that method was the mages of Fairy Tail knocking them out swiftly and handing them to another citizen telling them that they were supposed to carry them to the bunker as the member would either lead a group to a bunker or go and maintain order with an iron fist.

This of course resulted in a lot of citizens being brutally taken out but order was maintained. With most of the citizens of Magnolia wondering what in the world happened to the guild that was just moments ago partying and having fun with them. Now the members of Fairy Tail all had serious faces and wouldn't tolerate anyone getting out of order and this even included some of the younger mages of Fairy Tail.

So for the next half hour the citizens of Magnolia along with all the tourists crammed themselves into the bunkers with the mages of Fairy Tail being the last ones in and closed the doors wondering what the future would bring. And it would appear that they got into the bunkers just in the nick of time as the occasional bunker could feel the ground shaking and hear the faint sounds of the battling raging above them. This continued on for the next hour when it finally quieted down for a little while until another roar could be clearly heard in every bunker signifying that someone was the victor of the intense battle that just took place.

All of the civilians were now wondering if the Salamander was able to take on that beast by himself. While the mages of Fairy Tail were thinking along the same lines, but they knew that Natsu could do it again especially since it was Magnolia on the line this time. And he had Cobra with him this time as well if it did get bad making all of them pretty confident that he was going to be the victor again, all they had to do was wait for him to open the doors and let them back out. They all waited for another hour in complete silence dreading to break it and wondering if they were going to spend the entire night in the bunkers meaning that the Salamander had finally fallen. But the speaker in the bunkers turned on as a voice came out of them.

"Sorry everyone but it was really hard to find this system when the city hall is nothing more than a pile of rubble now. So if you couldn't tell by me making this announcement it is now safe to come out of the bunkers which I would like to think were a complete success. Oh and sorry about the town that drake didn't care that people lived here at all." said Natsu over the speaker system as people instantly started to cheer after they heard his voice. But then they realized that it was going to probably be pretty bad when they got up there if Natsu was actually apologizing for it.

Five of the buildings that had the bunkers underneath them were completely leveled and needed the help from the bunkers to get out of them and look at what happened to their city. The only part of Magnolia that got damaged was the southern part where the drake came from. And it looked like a complete warzone with a lot of the buildings obliterated and leaving nothing left of what used to stand there for more than a ten block radius that happened to include city hall.

As a good portion of Magnolia surveyed the damage they couldn't believe the destruction that was caused by Natsu and a drake fighting each other. Because this made all of the other things that Fairy Tail had done in the past look like a joke when compared to this and right at the front stairs of city hall was the drakes body slowly burning with Natsu Dragneel standing in front of it covered in blood like he always was when going about the process of disposing of the drake's body.

And to the side of him stood Cobra who not many people knew, and those that did couldn't help but notice his face that looked like it was locked into a shocked slash terrified state. And on the other side of Natsu was Doranbolt who was no longer that shocked with seeing Natsu covered in gore after watching him deal with seven other drakes before this one. All of Magnolia didn't even know what to say or do when they came upon this scene so most just stood there and quietly waited for something to happen.

"Natsu are you alright?" asked Ultear as she came running up to him.

"I am fine Ultear, but that is mainly thanks to Cid giving me Dragon's Remorse today." said Natsu as he tapped the handle of his sword on his back.

"He gave you what?" asked Meredy as she came up to the group.

"Oh that's just what I decided to name my new sword, what do you think?" asked Natsu with a small grin.

"I think it fits it quite nicely since you really don't want to kill them Natsu." said Meredy as the crowd started to mumble to one another about what just happened. And thanks to Natsu's good ears he could hear that a lot of them were starting to blame Fairy Tail and more specifically him for all of this.

Which was soon made know to everyone there as someone shouted that it was all his fault. This of course caused others to join in and in a matter of seconds there was a little mob formed that was blaming Natsu for all of this saying that the drake only came here because of him and that he should leave town before he brought more of them. They even said that this was actually all a ploy by Fairy Tail to try and stay relevant after losing the Tenrou group, which instantly got all of Fairy Tail up at arms ready to give those citizens a piece of the minds. Tht is until a loud voice caused everyone to quiet down, to listen to the owner of the voice who just so happened to be Natsu who looked pissed.

"Quiet!" shouted Natsu.

"Fairy Tail you will not harm any of them or you'll have to deal with me." state Natsu as he glared at his members.

"That's right; Fairy Tail is just as bad as him. I mean look at how they handled the situation of getting us into those bunkers. They knocked me out as if I was a common thug." shouted someone from the mob instantly getting cheers of agreement.

"Shut the hell up before I make you, you fucking dumbass!" shouted Natsu as his magic flared up.

"Do you want to know why they knocked you out? They did that because you my friend are nothing more than a coward that was panicking like a little girl when the announcement went off, actually that is an insult to little girls because none of them started to freak out like you or anyone else that my guild members knocked out. And is that how you show your gratitude to those that risked their own lives to save you, you ungrateful bastard?" asked Natsu clearly upset with the man that he was now walking towards, who was now all alone and too afraid to run form Natsu or say anything.

"I will admit that knocking your sorry ass out was going a little too far, but it was either that or let the rest of the citizens of Magnolia start panicking. Which would have guaranteed costed the lives of some of the citizens, so I will not let you speak ill of the people that saved not only your ungrateful life but that of the rest of the city. You can hate me all you want for destroying a good portion of the town but I will not ever let you look down on Fairy Tail who thanks to them not a single life was lost here today." stated Natsu as he was now face to face with the man.

"I can't stand to see your face anymore so I am out of here before you cause me to do something that will only end with you in the hospital." said Natsu as he then walked off with everyone getting out of his way. Everyone was giving him at least a five foot radius of space between him and any other person as he made his way through the crowd and heading towards his home.

"What place did you own mister?" asked Ultear as she glared at him causing him to instantly shout out the address of it while pointing to where it used to be located at.

"This place?" asked Ultear still giving the man a glare that could almost kill a person as the man nodded. Then Ultear turned to it and casted RESTORE on the location and all of Magnolia watched as it returned to how it used to be before the attack and they were about to rejoice when it all of a sudden started to look dilapidated and rundown finally going back to ruins like the rest of the area.

"I would have been more than happy to do what I first showed you, but after what you just said and did to the man that is responsible for all of Magnolia not being reduced to smoldering ruins. I along with the rest of Fairy Tail will never again help your ungrateful ass, but we are more than happy to help those that can appreciate what Natsu did for all of you." declared Ultear as the rest of Fairy Tail nodded their heads in agreement.

"If you hadn't run Natsu off I probably would have gotten most of the town back to how it was before all of this. But instead I am only going to fix the hotel so you all still have a place to stay tonight expect for you, otherwise I won't lift a finger tomorrow or any day after." said Ultear as she pointed at the man still all alone and had angered Natsu to the point that he stormed off.

Ultear then made her way to where the Hotel was and once again amazed all of those watching as it reformed into the hotel that was standing there two hours ago. Ultear then made her way over to the Mayor who was now in front of the crowd of civilians.

"Hey Mayor you might want to let everyone know that if it wasn't for Natsu there would have only been one bunker finished by today." stated Ultear as she then headed into the crowd that did the same thing for her as they did for Natsu.

"Alright Fairy Tail let's head home." declare Macao with a smug grin as he and the rest of Fairy Tail made their way through the crowd and headed towards their guild on the other side of town.

"Mayor what did she mean by that?" asked one of his assistants.

"Well to put it simply all of those bunkers that we used today were built and owned by Natsu Dragneel, also known as the Salamander who just took out that drake for us." stated the Mayor as he pointed to the corpse that was still burning in front of where the city hall used to be.

"And he did all of that because he said that the city was taking too long and didn't want to see any of us die, so he paid for all of it so that it would be done just a few days ago. And it would appear that he was right about me taking too long on their constructions since if he didn't do that then only the one under his restaurant would have been done." said the Mayor knowing that he might as well tell them everything since it wasn't really a secret.

"And the thanks Natsu gets for killing the drake and saving all of Magnolia is a bunch of idiots upset that they lost their homes. When if it wasn't for him they would have most likely lost their lives as well, I sure hope that Natsu doesn't decide to move somewhere else after being treated like that. Because he did tell me that there was a chance that even the bunkers wouldn't be enough to stop the drakes if he couldn't stop them." said the Mayor as he then strolled into the hotel with a smug grin on his face.

End of Chapter

Author's Notes:

Thanks for reading as always and I hope that you enjoyed it also. So first off I was going to do the fight with the drake but that would have made it a lot longer than it already was so I decided that I am going to put it into the next chapter. Also I thought that of course not everyone would see Natsu as a hero if he destroyed a good portion of the town while not knowing that he was responsible for the bunkers that saved their lives. So as always feel free to leave me a review and I will try and get back to you as soon as possible.

Until the next Chapter

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