Natsu picked up on Natalia's scent, but she was out in the forest. Natsu and Wendy were flying right into an area where Natalia has the advantage over them. Natsu and Wendy landed down when they arrived in the forest.
"Okay. She's around here somewhere." Natsu said as they were all on guard. Natalia stayed hidden behind a tree.
'I guess Natsu couldn't get enough, but that child around is going to cramp all the fun.' Natalia thought.
"Where is she?" Happy said. Natsu sniffed around and he was getting close to where she was hiding. Natalia got set to take action.
"Hey!" All four of them looked and saw Nagare was able to catch up to them. He jumped from tree to tree and stopped on a branch. "What are all of you doing out here?"
"Nagare? How did you know we were here?" Wendy asked.
"I saw you fly in this direction and came after you. Now answer my question." Nagare said. "What are you all doing out here?"
"I picked up the scent of that Natalia girl again. She's around here somewhere and we have a fight to finish." Natsu said. "Not to mention she did something I didn't like and if Lucy finds out, she's going to hate it."
"Then leave and I'll take care of it." Nagare said.
"Say what? Why should we leave it to you? We got here first." Natsu said.
"Obviously you're not capable of this task. If you were, you wouldn't have let her escape and brought her in." Nagare said. "I knew Fairy Tail wasn't capable of this. You don't seem to take anything serious."
'Great. Someone else that wants to get in my way.' Natalia thought as she had to fight Nagare before Natsu. Just before she stepped out, Natsu jumped up to Nagare and caught him off guard as Natsu gave him a powerful right hook that knocked him off the tree. Nagare endured the hit and landed on his feet and saw Natsu look furious.
"What do you think you're doing?" Nagare questioned.
"I'm so sick of you badmouthing Fairy Tail." Natsu said. "What is your problem with us? What did we ever do to you?"
"Nothing personal, but I've heard about your guild." Nagare said. "You guild lays waste to an entire town and does more destruction than an enemy. Not to mention that you're always causing trouble for the Magic Council. In my eyes, you are no guild. You're just a group using a guild as a cover to just do whatever you want."
"That's it! I'm going to make sure you never talk like that about Fairy Tail again." Natsu said as he had his fists covered in flames. "Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" He tried to attack, but Nagare just stepped to the side and avoided it.
"You're just proving my point." Nagare said.
"Shut up!" Natsu said as he had flames around his feet. "Fire Dragon Talon!" He swung his legs around, but Nagare caught it and tossed him back.
"I find it pitiful if it weren't shameful." Nagare said. Natsu bounced off against a tree and charged at him.
"Fire Dragon Sword Horn!" Natsu rammed his head against Nagare and pushed him back.
"Guys, stop it!" Wendy said.
"We're suppose to be on the same side. This is no time for tomfoolery." Carla said.
"It's not." Happy said. "Nagare insulted Fairy Tail and Natsu's fighting for his pride as a member." Natsu flipped and came down with an axe-kick, but Nagare was able to block it and push Natsu back. While they were fighting, Natalia stayed out of sight and watched them fight.
"This is an interesting twist." Natalia said. "Maybe I should just sit back and enjoy the show."
"Fire Dragon Brilliant Flame!" Natsu created a fireball and tossed it down, but Nagare jumped out of the way.
"It's unreal. Nagare is a match for Natsu and is not even using any magic!" Wendy said.
"You're right. It makes me wonder what kind of magic he knows exactly." Carla said. Natsu came down and tried to give a powerful hit, ut Nagare was able to catch it.
"Not done yet." Natsu said as he drove his knee right into Nagare's stomach.
"You'll have to do better than that." Nagare said as he showed he was able to block that attack as well. He tossed Natsu back and jumped up to give him a spin kick. "Just give it a rest. You can't beat me."
"No way. Another thing you don't know about Fairy Tail is that we don't ever give up the fight." Natsu said as he went to attack again, but Nagare blocked his fist again.
"It's pointless." Nagare said.
"That's what you think." Natsu said as he flipped over Nagare and got behind him. Natsu attacked from the behind and gave Nagare a powerful punch in the back and knocked him off his feet.
"Wendy!" The others looked and saw everyone else with Hitomo carrying Siena and Lucy.
"Everyone! How did you find us?" Wendy said.
"Don't worry about that now." Erza said as Hitomo placed the girls down. "Siena and Lucy are both greatly hurt and they need some medical help."
"Oh I see! I'll get to work right away." Wendy said as she went over to help the both of them.
"What's going on?" Gray said.
"Natsu was fed up with Nagare talking about Fairy Tail and is giving him a piece of his mind." Happy said.
"Fire Dragon Iron Fist!" Natsu managed to score a hit against Nagare and pushed him back.
"Is that all you've got?" Nagare said as he didn't seem bothered by any of Natsu's attacks. Nagare and Natsu went to continue this fight, but a wall of flames appeared between them and interrupted their fight. That was when they both noticed all the others arrived.
"Just what are the two of you doing?" Hitomo questioned. "Now is not the time for us to be fighting among each other."
"Don't look at me. He was the one that attacked me. I was just defending myself." Nagare said. It was like every time he opened his mouth, Natsu found himself getting more and more irritated. He was starting to think Nagare was doing this to him on purpose.
"And I was just defending my guild that you keep insulting." Natsu said.
"Again? Nagare, I don't know what to do with you." Hitomo said.
"We have more vital matters like the fact that Lucy and Siena are badly hurt." Gray said. When he said that, he just noticed Wendy working on healing Lucy.
"Lucy!" Natsu shouted and ran to her side. "Lucy, please tell me you're okay."
"Wow! Who knew he would be such a devoted boyfriend." Gray said as that was a surprising fact to him.
"She'll be okay." Wendy said. "It doesn't look like her injury is all that serious. I'm just about done with her." Natsu looked down and saw Lucy was waking up and saw Natsu with her injury completely gone.
"Natsu?" Lucy said.
"I'm glad to see you're okay." Natsu said and Lucy realized she wasn't in pain any longer.
"I am! Thanks a lot, Wendy." Lucy said.
"I was glad to do it. I better get to work on Siena." Wendy said as she turned to Siena and started using her magic to heal her up.
"What's the situation on E.R.6.?" Nagare said.
"Two members have been defeated and have been taken in by this kingdom's guards." Laurence said. "That means there are only two of them remaining. We're almost home free."
"That's good. The sooner we get done with this job, the sooner we can forget about Fairy Tail." Nagare said. Natsu heard that and tried to continue the fight as he ran up to Nagare and gave him another strong hit across the face.
"I'm not exactly a big fan of you either." Natsu said.
"Enough! We can't afford to fight each other. Especially when we're so close to obtaining our goal." Hitomo said. "The enemy can use that against us and ruin all that we worked for. We need to focus on Siena getting better and taking down the last two."
"Whaa!" All of them looked to see Wendy was kicked out of the way.
"Wendy!" Carla called out as she ran to her and everyone looked to see who attacked her. It was Phantaru and he had Siena under his arm.
"Enough of this." Phantaru said. "I thought those other fools could finish you, but clearly I was wrong."
"Who are you?" Lucy said.
"He's got Siena!" Happy said.
"I am Phantaru."
"You're the leader of this unit." Hitomo said.
"That's right and I'm taking this girl with me." Phantaru said.
"No way. You're not going anywhere with her." Gray said as all of them got ready to fight.
"I think you all have bigger problems to worry about. Look in the sky." Phantaru said. All of them looked up and saw something surrounding the city. They looked like purple crystal skulls.
"What is that?" Lucy said.
"It looks similar to Laxus' Thunder Palace." Erza said.
"What have you done?" Hitomo asked.
"I don't need to explain myself to you." Phantaru said. "Consider this warning. Stay out of my way or I will kill this girl." With him saying that, he had darkness surrounded him and he vanished with Siena and gave them all a difficult ultimatum. They either have to save the city or save their friend.