Ch 13: Masters Meeting
As Natsu leveled out in the sky he couldn't help but marvel at the drake in front of him that hovered there with a grin on its face. This one was definitely full grown, most of the drakes that he had battled and followed the same color scheme that seemed common for drakes. And this one was mainly yellow with the accent being white, which stood out against the yellow which reminded Natsu of Laxus for some reason. Maybe because he could now feel that there was more electricity in the air than there usually would be.
"So drake why have you come here?" asked Natsu knowing that he needed to distract the drake as long as possible before he started to battle it.
"And why would I tell you that Slayer?" the drake asked back as it intently studied Natsu.
"Because I would like to solve this without fighting if that is possible." said Natsu and could actually see that the drake was shocked by this.
"That is not what I was expecting Slayer, especially if you are the reason that none of the other drakes have returned." stated the drake as it started to lick the air.
"I am, but I offered the same deal to all of them but one who deserved exactly what he got. They were all foolish to not accept this offer so we settled it your way which as you can see ended with me the victor." stated Natsu as he watched the drake ready for any trick it might try to pull.
"I can taste their blood in the air meaning that you speak the truth Slayer. But what is this other thing that I am tasting?" asked the drake obviously intrigued by Natsu.
"Oh that is most likely Acnologia's blood that got on me during our battle. I am surprised that you're able to still smell and taste it because that was almost a year ago." answered Natsu with a confident smirk on his face waiting to see the look of terror come to the drake's face.
"Interesting Slayer, most dragons couldn't fight that monster without at least losing a limb or their life. But here you are completely intact, which is quite impressive slayer. So who is the dragon that raised you to fight that monster and live to tell the tail?" asked the drake not looking afraid of him like any of the other drakes that figured this out.
"The Fire Dragon King Igneel." stated Natsu proudly.
"I figured it would be him since your flames give off the same power that made him undisputed King of all fire dragons and most of the fire drakes." said the drake while nodding its head in agreement.
"If Igneel was the King of the fire drakes as well then why have the two that I met so far only wanted to kill me?" asked Natsu with a slightly confused look on his face, but still maintained a fighting stance which was hard to do when you are floating in the air.
"Numerous reasons slayer, the most likely one was them probably still feeling betrayed by Igneel when he decided to help the humans rather than wiping them off the face of this world. And seeing you as his son and only heir could be seen as another act of betrayal that once again reminded them of the first one. Another possibility Slayer would be that they wanted to see if you truly are his son which I can already tell is true by the power emanating from you." explained the drake with a sinister grin on its features.
"Thanks drake, and I can understand the first two reasons but when do you think they'll stop fighting me for the second reason?" asked Natsu hoping that the drake would still be up for talking with him. Because the grin that it now had was a little unsettling for Natsu and knew it would only mean death and destruction if he didn't do something to distract the drake.
"Probably after you kill at least eight more of them Slayer, after which it would take another ten or one of their strongest drakes dying at your hands for them to finally recognize you as the son of Igneel their King. Now I want you to answer my question Slayer, what did this one drake do that made you kill it without offering to settle things peacefully?" asked the drake still sporting that grin.
"It went on a senseless killing spree in a town which is why I didn't even bother to learn its name before I end its life." said Natsu with a pissed off expression now on his face.
"Oh like I plan to do to this town you are trying to protect Slayer." said the drake clearly enjoying itself.
"I will not let that happen." declared Natsu in a growl.
"We'll see about that Slayer." replied the drake as it was about to dive into the town and have some fun.
"Wait drake I have a proposition for you that you might like." shouted Natsu as he started to panic that the drake might not be interested.
"Oh and what would that be Slayer?" asked the drake who had never done anything like this with a human before, much less a dragon slayer which it knew was a very rare thing to run into.
"Well I predicted that sooner or later a drake would come here so I did some things that would hopefully prevent you from killing anyone in this town." stated Natsu glad that the drake was interested.
"Like what Slayer?" asked the drake trying to figure out what the slayer could have possibly done.
"Well first off I have another dragon slayer down there that is ready to help me take care of you if this happens to go that way. The other thing is that I set up places for the humans down there to hide that you won't be able to find them once they've all gotten into them." answered Natsu.
"That wasn't very smart of you Slayer because what is preventing me from going down there right now since I can still see those insects scurrying around scared for their lives like they should be?" asked the drake ready to swoop down if Natsu didn't have a good response.
"Because if you wait for them to all be out of your eyesight my other dragon slayer friend won't help me at all when we have the battle that I can only assume you still want to have." replied Natsu with a grin.
"That is an interesting deal Slayer which really takes away your advantage in this situation. So how would I know that you won't go back on your word if I agreed to this, and why would you even offer this to me?" asked the drake who was really enjoying Natsu and wondered if all humans were like him or just other slayers. Or was he just one of the few humans out there that is truly extraordinary?
"I am a man of my word unlike you drakes, or at least a few that I have had the pleasure of fighting. And as to why I would give you that offer I am confident that I can hold my own against you, while also curious if you'll be able to find any of the humans once they are hidden." explained Natsu with a grin.
"Gambling with the lives of this town Slayer, I really think I might have taken a liking to you." stated the drake as it chuckled.
"Better to make this gamble than let you definitely kill hundreds of them." responded Natsu.
"Very true Slayer, but that makes me have to ask the question of why you even care about them and are willing to risk your life to try and save them?" asked the drake.
"Because my family is down there and all life is precious and shouldn't be wasted for no good reason." answered Natsu.
"Well Slayer you are very interesting and I have enjoyed our conversation. And now I too am interested if you are able to hide them from me, so I will agree to this little deal of yours." said the drake with a slight grin.
"Thanks drake and it should only be a few more minutes." replied Natsu with his own grin.
"Good to hear Slayer so what is your name?" asked the drake knowing that this was going to be a good fight.
"It's Natsu Dragneel and you already know my dad." said Natsu.
"Well Dragneel my name is Soreth and it is an honor to fight the prince of the fire dragons." replied the drake who then took a quick look down and could barely see any more humans.
"The honor is all mine Soreth and do you happen to be a lightning drake?" asked Nasu surprising Soreth that he figured that out before they even started to fight.
"Yes I am Dragneel, but how in the world did you figure that out?" asked Soreth seeing that the town was really close to being completely empty.
"You have the same atmosphere as one of my other friends that happens to be a lightning dragon slayer." answered Natsu with a grin as a look of shock came over Soreth's face.
"Oh don't worry Soreth he isn't around right now so don't start freaking out just yet." taunted Natsu which happened to not be the best idea. Since the next thing he knew Soreth was behind him and bringing his tail down on Natsu hard. Luckily Natsu was able to block it with his arms preventing it from being a blow to his head as he was launched to the ground making a crater as he landed on his back.
"That's great news Dragneel and you really shouldn't have told me that since it means I can now go full out without being afraid of charging him up." shouted Soreth from the sky as lightning started to dance around him.
"Shit this is not going to be good." coughed Natsu as he got up while looking at Soreth in the sky.
"THUNDER STRIKE!" boomed Soreth as he plummeted to the ground like a meteor right at Natsu. Causing the ground to shudder at the sheer force of his impact that caused the surrounding houses to explode or crumble as lightning rained down from the sky.
"Where are you Dragneel, we both know that you would still be standing from that even if it was a direct hit?" asked Soreth as he destroyed a few buildings with his tails and claws as if it was nothing.
"I should have guessed that you wouldn't have fallen for such a simple trick Soreth." said Natsu as he stepped out from behind a chimney with a smirk.
"That you should have Dragneel, but I am surprised to see that you weren't hurt at all." stated Soreth as he looked at the completely fine dragon slayer before him.
"Salamander I got here as fast as I could." said Cobra as he jumped up onto the roof with Natsu.
"It's fine Cobra because this is between just me and Soreth." replied Natsu.
"What the hell are you talking about Salamander, this is the only reason that I am a member of your stupid guild." shouted Cobra.
"COBRA! I already told you that this is just between me and Soreth. And you are actually only with us so if there happens to be multiple drakes they don't swarm me or if I do die you'll be able to finish off what I couldn't." stated Natsu in a deep voice that reminded Cobra of their last fight.
"Yes Salamander, but can I ask you why?" asked Cobra who really wanted to fight this drake and prove to Natsu that he still had his fangs.
"It was the only way I could prevent Soreth from coming down here earlier. That along with claiming to be able to hide all of the citizens from him, which it would appear that I have done since he hasn't started to kill them." said Natsu as he grinned at Soreth.
"Well it's obvious who's the Alpha, which is not surprising considering who Dragneel's dad is. And Dragneel I was being an honorable opponent and waiting to see if you would keep your end of the deal, which I am honestly surprised to see that you did." said Soreth with a big grin.
"I did tell you that I am a man of my word Soreth." stated Natsu.
"That you are Dragneel, when you probably shouldn't be since I am now going to enjoy destroying this town!" shouted Soreth as he clawed into a building expecting to hear terrified screams and the smell of fresh blood. But he was shocked when he got none of that after smelling the scents of hundreds of humans all going into this building.
"FIRE DRAGON'S PIERCING TALON!" shouted Natsu as he monopolized on Soreth's confusion and landed a kick to the base of the right wing. Hoping to cut it off completely which unfortunately didn't happen, but Natsu could tell that it was enough to ground Soreth going off the roar of pain that the drake gave off during the attack.
"You little bastard I'll make you pay for that!" shouted Soreth after trying to decapitate Natsu with his claws that Natsu dodged by rolling backwards.
"Sorry Soreth but I learned from all of the other drakes that I have fought that there is no such thing as an honorable fight when you are fighting to the death which is how you drakes always seem to want to do these battles." said Natsu as he dodged a few more attacks of Soreth.
"That is very true Dragneel which is why I am going to end this right now and get back to killing all of the humans that you were trying to protect. ROLLING THUNDER!" shouted Soreth as he discharged a roar into the sky which Natsu and Cobra didn't see coming. But they both realized why Soreth did that as a huge thunderstorm formed over them and started to rain down lighting and actual rain.
"Shit this just got more difficult." said Natsu as he rolled out of the way of a lightning strike.
"You have no idea Dragneel how correct you are." said Soreth as he hit Natsu in the back with his tail launching him through a building.
"Now let's see where you little rodents are all trying to hid." said Soreth as he came to the next building and destroyed it getting the same results which infuriated Soreth to no end. As he then made his way to the next one and once again got the same results this caused him to let out a roar of lightning in frustration that obliterated everything in its path.
"FIRE DRAGON'S METEOR STRIKE!" could be heard coming from the skies causing Soreth to look up just in time to see a flaming ball of fire plummeting towards him that he wasn't ready for. This resulted in Soreth feeling immense pain shoot through his back and actually bring him to the ground because of the pain Natsu inflicted on him by dropping onto him like a meteor. Just like the spell was named after since it appeared to almost have the same results.
"FIRE DRAGON'S PIERCING CLAWS!" shouted Natsu as he seized this opportunity to inflict as much damage on Soreth as possible. Going for anything that Soreth didn't have guarded which was everything right now, but that quickly changed as Soreth regained his composure.
Cobra who was watching all of this couldn't believe that one of the two monsters battling it out right in front of him was actually Natsu. The same punk who more than a year ago only beat him by sheer luck, but now watching him Cobra could see that luck had nothing to do with his most recent defeat to this man. What Cobra was now witnessing was a mage who was actually putting it all on the line knowing that he might die any second. This was something that Cobra had actually seen tons of time before, but what made Natsu different was that it seemed like this was an everyday thing for the mage. Who also looked like he was enjoying every minute of this life and death situation that he was in, determined to come out on top after everything was all said and done. This is what made Cobra realize that right then and there that he would probably never surpass Natsu, because he knew that he could never fight that way even if he wanted to, which meant that Natsu would always have the advantage on him in any fights that they might have in the future.
"DRAGNEEL, LIGHTNING OVERLOAD!" bellowed Soreth as Natsu was about to land a strike on the drakes hindquarters. To only be blasted away by lightning striking Soreth that then shot off of him in every direction landing a good hit on Natsu who didn't see that move coming. It launched him into another building where he disappeared from sight.
"I'm not letting you get away this time Dragneel!" shouted Soreth as he smashed into the building and started to tear it apart and the rest of the buildings that Natsu was going through in the attempt to get some distance from Soreth.
"Fight me like a real dragon Dragneel!" bellowed Soreth as he ripped the roof off of a house while shouting into the skies.
"FIRE DRAGON'S SWORD HORN!" shouted Natsu as he head butted Soreth right in the chest and launching him into city hall.
"That is exactly what I am doing Soreth!" shouted Natsu as he landed on the ground a few feet away from Soreth.
"How the hell do you not have more damage than that Dragneel?" asked Soreth as he looked over Natsu who had most of his clothes torn off except for his scarf and pants. And only had a few minor cuts littered across his body along with a few singe marks from being hit by lightning a few times. But otherwise didn't have anything fatal and crippling like he definitely should have after some of the attacks that he landed on said dragon slayer.
"You can thank Cid and those two smoke drakes Razeth and Nazeth for me not being dead yet." said Natsu with a smug grin.
"How so Dragneel?" asked Soreth who was really confused how two drakes helped Natsu survive and couldn't care less about some human helping him.
"Well thanks to Cid this sword on my back stopped those few surprise attacks you landed on me from being as bad as they would have been. As for those drakes, it's because of them that I can now do this which I really don't know why it came so easily to me when I still can't do it with fire yet." said Natsu as his left arm turned into nothing but smoke that still resembled his arm just completely black now with smoke coming off of it.
"How is that even possible?" asked Soreth in complete disbelief that Natsu could use two dragon slayer elements.
"That I couldn't tell you Soreth, but you've already proven to me that I can keep humans hidden from you and other drakes. So let's finish this so I can get back to my normal life that you drakes keep interrupting." declared Natsu as he got into a wide stance.
"I am fine with squashing you like a bug Dragneel even if you are a very interesting bug." replied Soreth as he charged up his roar along with Natsu doing the same. They both released their roars that seemed to be equally matched which shocked Soreth because he had never tied another drake when seeing whose roar was stronger since that was something he prided himself on. As the roars were canceled he was going to comment on how impressive that was but was startled at Natsu now being right in front of him.
So doing the first thing that Soreth thought he slashed at Natsu and was surprised to see him deflect it with his sword while getting into striking distance of him. "FIRE DRAGON'S SMOLDERING EMBERS!" shouted Natsu as smoke started to pour off of him as he started to slash at Soreth who was once again surprised to actually feel the sword doing damage to his beautiful scales that no other human weapon has ever harmed.
"How is your sword able to hurt me Dragneel?" asked Soreth with slight fear in his eyes as he and Natsu continued to slash at each other.
"Because it's a dragon slayer sword Soreth, that I helped make from the parts of the previous drakes that thought that they could fight me and live to see another day." said Natsu as he landed another attack on Soreth's arm.
"Very smart of you Dragneel but that won't be enough to defeat me!" shouted Soreth who covered himself in lightning and had a devilish grin on his face.
"I was wondering if you could do that, and you might of actually won if you started with that move Soreth. But just like all of the other drakes you underestimated what one dragon slayer is capable of." said Natsu who had a smirk on his face that confused Cobra and Soreth since it looked like Soreth was definitely going to win now that Natsu couldn't attack without getting hurt.
"This is still going to be my win Dragneel since you can no longer touch me without being shocked!" shouted Soreth as he launched himself at Natsu doing a combo of attacks that the dragon slayer was just barely dodging while still not striking back.
"It would seem that you are not moving as fast as you were earlier Soreth, now is that because of you keeping the lighting all over your body? Or is it because all of your wounds are now hurting more than they did before?" asked Natsu with a wicked grin causing Soreth to realize that he was in fact in more pain, even though Natsu hadn't landed an attack on him in a long time.
"What did you do Salamander?" asked Soreth as he was now really regretting that he let Natsu ground him with his first attack. Because unlike other drakes, Soreth wasn't ashamed to flee when he could see that he was losing so he would choose to live to fight another day.
"Well you see all of this smoke that I have been giving off while dodging you?" asked Natsu as he motioned to the black smoke clouds all over.
"What about it Dragneel?" asked Soreth as he tried to figure out how to get away from Natsu.
"Well unlike other smoke mine can burn anything that goes through them. And it does really great work on open wounds like you have all over yourself Soreth. And I know that you've been trying to figure out how to flee but unfortunately you won't be able to do that since you've lost your ability to fly." stated Natsu as he rested his sword on his right shoulder.
"I am still faster than you'll ever be on the ground Dragneel." argued Soreth getting ready to make a break for it.
"Are you sure about that Soreth." said Natsu as he was then consumed in a pillar of fire while giving off the aura of an actual dragon. Well that was the only thing that Soreth could compare it to even though it was quite a bit weaker than an actual dragon. But it was much more than Soreth could handle in his already weakened state meaning that his only chance of survival was to somehow win this fight.
"How are you doing this and what exactly are you doing Dragneel?" asked Soreth deciding that he was going to have to put everything into his next round of attack.
"I have activated my stage two of Dragon Force Soreth and how am I able to do this? I have achieved this with a whole lot of blood and sweat for the past year while dealing with you drakes. This is probably overkill considering that you are already injured, but how am I supposed to master it if I don't use it as much as possible when situations like this arise." said Natsu as the pillar of fire died down and he stood looking the same as when he defeated Nazeth and Razeth two months ago.
"You shouldn't be able to do this." stated Soreth as he looked at Natsu in complete shock.
"Everyone keeps telling me that but I just go right ahead and keep doing whatever they say I can't. So it's your move Soreth and try to make it a good one." stated Natsu as he held his sword in his one hand and motioned for Soreth to bring it.
"Alright Dragneel you asked for it." said Soreth who launched himself at Natsu at an incredible speed ready to bite him in half and be down with him and his town, but Soreth was shocked when his bite hit nothing but thin air as his teeth clashed together. Soreth felt a sharp pain in his chest and when he looked down there was Natsu with his sword fully imbedded in Soreth's chest. And before Soreth could grab Natsu and rip him to pieces the dragon slayer with a quick motion brought his sword out of him effectively gutting him.
"I really wish that you would have listened to me when I said that I wanted to end this peacefully Soreth." said Natsu as the drake fell to the ground with copious amounts of blood spewing from him.
"And where would the fun have been in that Dragneel?" asked Soreth as he chuckled with blood starting to come of his mouth.
"It wouldn't have been fun at all Soreth, but you would have at least still been alive which is more important than having fun." argued Natsu as he glared at the drake.
"Sorry Dragneel but we're drakes and this is how most of us are. And it would appear that you are more like us than you are willing to admit to yourself." said Soreth spitting up some more blood.
"I am nothing like you drakes, I tried to settle this peacefully but none of you are willing to listen to me and only want to see who's stronger." shouted Natsu not a fan of being compared to drakes.
"That may be true Dragneel, but I could see that you love the thrill of the battle just as much as any other drake out there. Where one false move could seal your fate, just like what happened to me today because that is when you know that you are truly alive." replied Soreth with a big grin while watching the look of Natsu's face as he heard this.
"You know that I am right about this Dragneel, otherwise you would have said something by now. So before my journey comes to an end I have one more question for you Dragneel." said Soreth who received no response from Natsu which he interpreted as a sign for him to continue speaking.
"Why do you defend these humans like your father did, when if they knew what you were capable of they would treat you just like they treat us drakes? Because mark my words Dragneel they will soon fear you more than they have ever feared us, and we both know what humans do to things that they don't understand or fear." asked Soreth still having a smug grin on his face while he was slowly dying.
"Because not all of them are like that Soreth and they would never look at me that way. Besides why would they fear the person that is protecting them from you drakes, who might I add only want to get rid of them from this world permanently?" asked Natsu back.
"Once again Dragneel you may be correct about that but I am assuming that the ones who would stick up for you are the minority. And for humans that mean the others are going to get it their way because that is how humans accomplish things, they overwhelm their enemies with sheer numbers. As for why they would turn on you Dragneel, what will your purpose be to them if you somehow manage to fight off all of the drakes? The answer is nothing and they will get rid of you like humans do with everything that they can no longer use for their own purposes." answered Soreth sounding weaker than before.
"That won't happen." stated Natsu as he clenched his sword in anger at Soreth's words.
"Dragneel you once again can see the truth in my words. So why help those humans that are only going to throw you away once you are of no use to them? When if you help the other drakes you'll never be feared or hated for your power but only be shown the respect that you truly deserve." said Soreth quietly so only Natsu could hear him, not that there was anyone else around to even listen in.
"For the same reasons as before Soreth and you are forgetting that I used to be one of them and I am not going to betray my own kind. Which is one of the reasons that I am trying to settle things peacefully with you drakes because I don't want to kill you either." replied Natsu with a determined look.
"HAHAHAHA, Igneel sure can choose them and he would be proud that you are standing your grounds on your beliefs. Even though they are wrong but you are his son so why wouldn't you defend these worthless humans to your final breath just like him. And I think you are definitely more dragon than you think Dragneel." said Soreth while closing his eyes.
"Soreth what do you know about my dad, tell me right now dammit?" shouted Natsu.
"He was one of the few dragons that wasn't completely full of themselves." replied Soreth weakly.
"I know that Soreth, what I want to know is what you meant by his final breath? Does that mean he died fighting after he left me?" asked Natsu wanting the drake to answer him but wasn't going to be fooled again like he was with Zechum.
"It's how both of you fight Dragneel, as for what happened to him I truly don't know if he's dead or alive but I soon will." answered Soreth as he started to chuckle to himself quietly.
"Thanks Soreth, you were a worthy opponent and are going to be the first kill of Dragon's Remorse." stated Natsu as he made his way over to Soreth who remained still while Natsu thought to himself that hopefully it would be Dragon's Remorse last kill as well. But unfortunately he knew that it was highly unlikely for that to be the case here.
"It was an honor Natsu Dragneel, son of Fire King Igneel." replied Soreth right before Natsu brought Dragon's Remorse down through Soreth's eye. Ending the life of another drake, bringing Natsu's total to nine drakes in the span of just one year that still wasn't over yet. So without even thinking Natsu let out his victory roar and then went about his normal routine of disposing of the body but this time taking something extra since he had a sword to actually make it possible, along with more scales since the sword made all of this faster and easier for Natsu.
"Oh shit I completely forgot about everyone else being in the bunkers!" shouted Natsu after he finished harvesting everything that he wanted from the body and then took off for the rubble that used to be city hall to inform every one of his victory and it being safe to come out.
"I can see that he's left you speechless." said Doranbolt as he came up to Cobra now standing in front of Soreth's burning body.
"I can't believe how far above me he is." stated Cobra as he looked past the flames at Natsu digging around for the mic to the speakers in the bunkers.
"Yea and he only keeps getting stronger." replied Doranbolt as he too watched Natsu searching.
"I didn't know he could do all of that, which he didn't even need to man handle me when the Council dropped me off." said Cobra still in shock at seeing Natsu's stage two dragon force.
"Well you don't have to worry since you are now on his side Cobra, but it wouldn't hurt to remember that if you do turn against Fairy Tail you are making him your enemy. And he might actually be out for blood if you betrayed them." said Doranbolt with a big grin meaning for this to be a joke. But when he looked over at Cobra he could see that the poor man didn't take it that way and was now completely terrified of turning Natsu into an enemy.
Natsu's place after he stormed off:
"He's not right, they were just mad about all of the destruction." said Natsu lying down in his bed.
"Who's not right about what Natsu?" asked Ultear as she came into their room.
"Oh it was just something Soreth said to me before I killed him." said Natsu with a frown coming to his face as he thought about his battle that happened only a little more than an hour ago.
"Oh the drake, so what did he say to you that actually has you mumbling to yourself?" asked Ultear as she laid down with him as she wrapped her arms around him while resting her head on his chest, which was how she would usually go to sleep with him.
"It's nothing that important Ultear." said Natsu as he wrapped his arms around her protectively. This caught Ultear once again off guard since Natsu would usually only do this when he was asleep but this was much better in her opinion for some reason.
"Come on Natsu, it was something otherwise you wouldn't even be thinking about it. So tell me what he said to you so I can give you my opinion on it." said Ultear as she made herself more comfortable on top of Natsu since she didn't count on him holding her this way while still awake.
"Fine, he said that he couldn't understand why I would protect humans when all they are going to do is throw me away when I am no longer of any use to them." said Natsu causing Ultear to lift her head so she could look at Natsu in his eyes.
"And why would he think something like that?" asked Ultear with a very concerned look.
"He said that if I do manage to stop all of the drakes that most of the humans would become afraid of what I am capable of doing and start to fear me. And he also said that humans try to get rid of things that they don't understand and fear, which is unfortunately true Ultear." answered Natsu with an expressionless face.
"But Natsu all you have been doing recently is saving countless lives." argued Ultear.
"And look what that got me today Ultear." pointed out Natsu with a sad chuckle.
"Oh that makes you freaking out on them, understandable since they pretty much just proved the drake right." stated Ultear not realizing that this was not what Natsu wanted to hear.
"So people will start fearing me." said Natsu with a hurt expression on his face.
"Oh no, that isn't what I meant Natsu and they only said that because they just lost most of their possessions like you said earlier. Also they didn't know about everything that you did for them, which I am confident that they do now." replied Ultear franticly.
"But what about the places that I won't be able to set up bunkers for Ultear?" asked Natsu still concerned that Seroth was right.
"Natsu you'll probably run into a lot of people who will blame you for things that you couldn't prevent since you're only one man. But most of the time they are just wanting to blame someone for everything that went wrong and you will be the easiest person for them to blame." said Ultear.
"This isn't really making me feel any better Ultear." stated Natsu who was wondering where she was going with this.
"I was just getting to that part Natsu, everyone else will see you for what you truly are which is a mage that somehow was able to prevent thousands of people from dying that would have if you didn't show up. All of Magnolia knows this now Natsu and it is only going to spread to every other town and village throughout Fiore. Which will probably result with most of the country seeing you as a hero protecting them from the drakes that keep showing up." said Ultear with a big smile.
"That doesn't sound that much better than being feared by all of Fiore." stated Natsu.
"How is being loved by most of Fiore a bad thing?" asked Ultear.
"That wouldn't be the bad part Ultear; it would be not being able to go out without being recognized and I don't like the sound of that. Not to mention, what would they think when I make a mistake which is bound to happen sometime and people could die?" asked Natsu with a frown.
"They'll forgive you since you are only human Natsu and have already saved thousands of people. And that is not something that will be forgotten despite whatever that drake said to you. Even if all of Fiore turns against you Natsu I will always be in your corner ready to help any way that I can." said Ultear as she then leaned forward and gave him a quick kiss that surprised him.
"Thanks Ultear." mumbled Natsu with a slight blush.
"Are you saying that about the kiss or my comment before?" asked Ultear with a huge grin as she returned her head to his chest and enjoyed how she felt in his arms.
"Both I guess, but I really needed to hear someone tell me that." replied Natsu as he tightened his hold on her.
"Natsu, I am not the only one who would've told you that. I am confident that all of Fairy Tail would have said the same thing and are willing to do almost anything for you." stated Ultear wanting to make sure that Natsu knew that he wasn't alone in this at all.
"I know that Ultear, but hearing you say that is all I really need." said Natsu as he realized right now for some reason that Ultear was the only person that he really cared what they thought about him.
"Look at you, pulling out lines like that now that you've finally kissed me." teased Ultear who was really excited to hear Natsu say that.
"That's not why I said that Ultear, I just wanted you to know how special you are to me." said Natsu with a faint blush once again making an appearance on his face.
"Thanks Natsu, so why did you kiss me earlier today?" asked Ultear as she remembered what he said about her when their guests asked him what Ultear was to him and what he thought about their future.
"It just felt like the right thing for me to do since I really didn't know if I was ever going to see you again." answered Natsu as he closed his eyes.
"Well maybe it gave you the luck that you needed out there." joked Ultear with a little giggle since she knew that Natsu probably just did it in the heat of the moment.
"Then I guess I better keep doing that each time before I leave." said Natsu as his blush deepened.
"Natsu I was only jo.. I mean that would probably be for the best, just to be on the safe side." agreed Ultear as a big smile creeped its way across her face. She knew that this was Natsu's weird way of saying that he liked her, but still didn't know about starting an official relationship with her just yet. Which Ultear was a little bummed about but once again this was getting her closer to them actually being a couple like most of the guild already thought they were already.
"Well we better get to sleep since you've got a lot of work to do tomorrow." said Natsu still with his eyes closed.
"What I think you mean is that I have a lot of work while you'll just sit back and watch." stated Ultear in a happy tone because of the smile that wouldn't leave her face.
"I can do something else Ultear if you don't want me there." replied Natsu.
"I didn't say that Natsu, I only pointed out that I will be the one fixing everything." said Ultear as she looked up at Natsu's grin that he had as he slowly got closer to falling asleep.
"Then I'll be there if you need anything at all, but I am truly tired right now." said Natsu while yawning in the middle of it.
"I would think so after you once again took on a drake by yourself Natsu." stated Ultear as she closed her eyes ready to drift off to sleep in his arms.
"Goodnight Ultear." whispered Natsu just quiet enough for her to hear it.
"Goodnight Natsu." replied Ultear as she was slowly lulled to sleep by the heat Natsu gave off that she had already grown accustomed to over the past few months.
One week later on the train to Clover:
"I knew that some of those questions sounded funny." stated Ultear as she pointed out an article inside of a magazine that claimed to have the latest news on the Salamander and his fight with the drake that attacked Magnolia.
"How so?" asked Natsu not looking up from his book that he was always reading when he had any free time.
"You know those first few questions that you were asked Natsu? They were all from reporters that decided to use Fantasia as a way to get information out of you." stated Ultear.
"But wasn't that the reason why we did all of it?" asked Meredy with a big smile.
"Yeah Ultear, we wanted to let Fiore know that Fairy Tail is still strong and proud." said Kei with a proud grin.
"I have to agree with them Ultear, I really don't see the problem of reporters coming to Fantasia and asking me questions that I was willing to share with everyone there." said Natsu still not looking up from his book.
"Natsu, what Ultear is trying to get at is that what they did was dishonest, because you and some of the other members might have said things that you wouldn't have wanted the rest of Fiore knowing about." explained Kagura as she shook her head at the three of them since they couldn't see the problem with this.
"I would have said the same things even if I did know that all of Fiore was going to find out." said Natsu still not seeing the problem.
"That's because you are a very straight forward person Natsu. While others at the guild are not, so what if something like this happened Natsu? One of our members accidentally said something that they didn't know would be put into a magazine and because of that they lost a friend they otherwise would have still had." elaborated Ultear.
"Like someone could have died?" asked Natsu now looking straight at Ultear.
"Well I was actually talking about them no longer being friends, but it could actually lead to someone getting hurt or dying. You never know what might happen because of something small like this happening Natsu." said Ultear glad to see Natsu finally paying attention to the conversation and not his book.
"If that happens I am going to make them regret ever sneaking into Fairy Tail like that." said Natsu as he cracked his knuckles.
"Natsu you can't do that since we didn't say they couldn't do that even though it was dishonest of them. We will have to remember to check next time if we do anything like that again." stated Kagura.
"I've already made a note about that Kagura." said Macao as he looked up from the magazine that he was reading.
"That's good to hear Master Macao, I will make sure to remind you just in case you forget." replied Kagura as she made her own mental note about this.
"Wow, how many reporters do you think visited us that day?" asked Meredy as she flipped through her magazine.
"Why does that matter?" asked Natsu who had already gone back to his book because no one was harmed yet so he had no one that he needed to go and punish.
"Because every single magazine has an article about Fairy Tail or at least the Salamander the slayer of drakes." answered Meredy.
"Are any of them good articles since the ones about me before were only damage reports." asked Natsu.
"Most of the ones I have read have been about Fairy Tail still being strong after the Tenrou group went missing. And they all put a warnings in there that pretty much said if you don't want to piss off the Salamander you would be wise to remember that they are missing and not dead." said Kei with a big smile.
"One of the articles that I read was all about your little interview Natsu and it ended with a picture of you and Ultear kissing right before you went to fight that drake. They went on to say that the future you were talking about must have been closer than you originally thought, would you care to explain?" asked Kagura as she looked at the two sitting next to each other.
"Why would we need to do that?" Ultear asked back with a smile that irritated Kagura.
"Because we're all on the same team and team members shouldn't be dating each other because that can cause problems." stated Kagura as she glared at Ultear.
"I have to disagree with you on that one Kagura, because if anything it would mean that we would have better teamwork and fight even harder than we would have before." replied Ultear as she glared back.
"True, but that could cause one of you to not finish the job because of the other one getting hurt or captured. Isn't that correct Master Macao?" argued Kagura.
"There is no way in hell I am getting mixed up in this one, that's a job for Natsu." said Macao as he pointed at Natsu who was tracing his scars.
"So Natsu what do you have to say about our little discussion?" asked Ultear as she gave him a glare that he just ignored.
"I didn't even know that we were in a team together." answered Natsu causing Kagura and Ultear to sigh while the other three started to laugh at Natsu choosing to diffuse the situation by ignoring the two women.
"Well of course we are Natsu, why else would we always be together and going on jobs as well?" asked Kei after she stopped laughing.
"Does that mean I am on a team with the other dragon slayers and even with those two speed freaks?" asked Natsu not even bothering to answer Kei's question.
"I would say so for the slayers, but who are the speed freaks?" asked Meredy.
"That would be Krish and Jet, Natsu just learned that Jet doesn't like that nickname so he's been calling him that recently." explained Macao since he knew about most of the things going on in Fairy Tail, one of the perks of being it's Master.
"Well Natsu have you gone on any jobs with them?" asked Kei.
"Just a few not as much as the other slayers, who I haven't done as many jobs with as I have done with all of you." answered Natsu still tracing his three scars.
"Then it looks like you have three teams then Natsu." said Kei with a big smile as Meredy was nodding her head in agreement.
"That seems like too many teams for one person to be on. And do you know if any of them have names?" asked Natsu.
"One of them does Natsu and it's ours, and we're called Team Natsu." answered Meredy happily before Ultear or Macao could stop her. Both of them dreaded what Natsu's reaction might be to this and slowly turned to see how bad it was going to be. But both were surprised to see a small smile spread across Natsu's face at hearing this while looking at Meredy who was obviously excited by all of this.
"That's nice and all Meredy, but I really don't know if I deserve to be the person we name the team after." replied Natsu still smiling at her.
"Why not Natsu, you've already helped all of us and the rest of Fairy Tail seemed to like the sound of it?" asked Meredy now concerned that Natsu didn't like it.
"Of course they would, you know what Meredy? I like that name too so let's make Team Natsu the strongest team that Fairy Tail has ever had." declared Natsu with a grin making its way across his face.
"Sounds good to me Natsu." cheered Meredy, glad that Natsu wasn't against their team name because she really liked it.
"Well now that we have established that we are in fact a team, what is the relationship between you two at this moment?" asked Kagura as she glared at Ultear, demanding that she answer her question.
"Same as before Kagura, close friends and partners." answered Ultear with a smug smirk.
"Then what was that kiss?" asked Kagura not believing Ultear for a second.
"A good luck kiss before he went off to battle." replied Ultear.
"Natsu is that true?" asked Kagura as she directed her glare at him.
"That is was Kagura, so please give it a rest because I am finally getting to another good part in this book." said Natsu as a faint blush could be seen on his cheeks as he continued to focus on his book. Kagura had a feeling that there was more going on but decided to stop inquiring because Natsu asked her to, and all he's done for her since she's joined Fairy Tail was help her. They sat there quietly for the next ten minutes all reading their own things until the conductor announced that they would be arriving at Clover soon, causing Natsu to finally realize something.
"Wait a minute why in the world did the rest of you come?" asked Natsu as he looked at all the women with him and Macao.
"He just now realized that we were coming with him?" asked Kei not believing Natsu was that absent minded since something like this has never happened with him before since she joined their group.
"Same old Natsu." said Macao while chuckling to himself.
"Hey give him a break; we're always around him so that wouldn't be odd for him. And since we are on a train you all know that he has to focus on something otherwise he'll get sick." explained Ultear as she gave Natsu a quick smile.
"You two are still weird." said Meredy in cheerful tone as got up from her seat.
"Hey, none of you have answered my question yet." pointed out Natsu.
"I am here as Master Macao's advisor since Wakaba decided to take a job just to get out of this." stated Ultear in a tone that meant Wakaba was going to pay for making her do this.
"And we decided to just tag along since Master Macao said it would be fine." answered Meredy with her usual smile.
"Okay, but what are you three going to do during the meeting?" asked Natsu.
"Probably go and explore the town and do a little shopping." said Kei with a big smile as Kagura rolled her eyes at the prospect of shopping for hours. When in her opinion it only should take an hour max, two if there happens to be a swordsmith or shop selling swords.
"Well you three need to be careful then." stated Natsu as he put away his book as the train came to a stop.
"Natsu we're mages of Fairy Tail so there is no need to worry." said Meredy as the three of them left the cabin to go and see what Clover had to offer.
"It's because of that fact that I am concerned." said Natsu while shaking his head.
"HAHAHAHA, they'll be fine Natsu. And if not you'll be able to rush in and save them since they won't be that far away." said Macao as he patted Natsu on the shoulder and then headed out with the other two following him.
"So what are your plans for this meeting Natsu?" asked Macao now realizing that it might have been a good idea to ask him before they were already in Clover and heading to the meeting taking place in the next hour.
"What we talked about with the other Master a week ago, did I need to do something different?" asked Natsu as he walked with both of his hands behind his head.
"No that should be enough but you usually do your own thing in situations like this." stated Macao.
"Not this time Master Macao, but I did decide to bring a little surprise that should prove my point." said Natsu with a grin.
"Natsu what are you planning to do?" asked Ultear not liking the grin that he had.
"Trust me, it's something good and will help me convince some of the other Masters of how serious this all is." said Natsu who then started to whistle as he took the lead.
"I hate it when he does that." said Ultear as she watched Natsu out in front pretending that he didn't just leave her so he wouldn't have to answer any more questions.
"Ah to be young and in love." said Macao which resulted in his shoulder getting punched by Ultear as she then left him to go walk with Natsu. This of course only caused Macao to start laughing to himself and think the same thing that he had just said to her seconds earlier.
One hour later in the conference room of the Master Meeting hall:
"As some of you may know we moved this meeting to an earlier date to once again talk about the drakes." said Bob since he was the leader of today's meeting.
"What's there to discuss since it's a Fairy Tail thing." said a random guild Master.
"That is one of the main reasons right there, because it's not a Fairy Tail thing. We've all just been lucky that they have been handling it for all of us." stated Bob.
"More like they made it all up so they can try to not pretend that they are no longer number one." said Jiemma the Master of Sabretooth.
"How can you say that after what happened to Senna and what just happened to Magnolia not even more than a week ago?" asked Goldmine in complete disbelief.
"Simple Master Goldmine, that mage of Fairy Tail what's he called the Salamander I think? Well he is just destroying things like he used to do when Master Makarov was still alive, but now that the old man is gone he's come up with these drakes as an excuse." answered Jiemma with a smug grin. That was replaced by one of shock when he felt a large amount of magic flare up right outside of their meeting room that he wasn't able to get a good read on because it disappeared as quickly as it appeared.
"Master Jiemma I would advise you not to say such things about my Master. Especially with Salamander so close by, whose name is actually Natsu Dragneel if you even care to know. And for the last time we are not making this up and are only try to prevent other disasters like Senna from happening, which we were lucky to avoid at Magnolia." said Macao as he glared at the huge man.
"Master Macao I can say whatever I want, and I along with a few other Masters are sick of you Fairies thinking you're still the best. Your stunt of disbanding Twilight Org and whatever you want to call what happened at Fantasia won't trick us into letting you boss the rest of us around." said Jiemma as he glared right back at Macao.
"We have never once tried to boss you around. All I have ever done is try and warn you so you can save your mages and towns in case of a drake showing up, because you won't be able to do a thing to them. Which was made clear by the first on that Natsu had to take down after a lot of mages lost their lives, or when the second one came and the Council sent their Rune Knights that didn't stand a chance against it." argued Macao in a loud tone.
"Oh but this Salamander of yours can? Sorry Master Macao but I don't think that your pink haired little brat can even compare to any of my top mages. Meaning that if one of these supposed drakes does show up we'll be completely fine without the help of that weak brat." said Jiemma who once again detected the magic but this time he couldn't help but feel a little threatened as it stayed present for a few seconds and he still couldn't get a good read on it, but he could tell that who or whatever it was seemed pissed. Jiemma wasn't the only one that detected it since all of the other Masters and their advisors were now staring at the doors, all except for Macao and Ultear who both were sporting grins at the reaction Natsu was getting while not even being in the room.
"What the hell was that?" asked the Master of Titan Nose, which was the question that all of the other Masters were wondering as well.
"That would be our guest for this meeting and since Master Macao and Master Jiemma are finally done with their usual argument. That hopefully our guest will be able to settle once and for all and hopefully open all of your eyes to the clear danger that these drakes are posing to our guilds and all of Fiore." stated Bob with a big grin.
"And who is this person that can settle this whole debate about if the drakes are even real?" asked a different Master.
"That would be the person that has been dealing with them for us." answered Bob as his grin got bigger.
"You don't mean Salamander do you?" asked Jiemma with a little rage in his voice.
"I most certainly do Master Jiemma." replied Bob as he gave Jiemma a wink.
"We all know that he's just going to lie like his Master if you can even call him that." said Jiemma as he pointed a finger at Macao who was only grinning at all of this.
"We knew that you would think that Jiemma which is why Natsu is bringing proof that drakes exist since you all for some reason don't believe two whole towns that have actually seen them." responded Bob.
"They're only going to try and trick us just like she did with the Council. Yeah I know about past Ultear Milkovich, what I don't know yet is how some dark mage whore like you was able to get the Council to wipe your records clean and sneak into a weak guild like Fairy Tail." said Jiemma as he glared at Ultear whose only response was to shake her head knowing what was most likely going to happen next. And it was just like she thought it would be when the doors were blasted off of their hinges and flew to the other side of the room.
"Okay I have heard enough out of your pompous mouth for today Jiemma. Sorry about the doors and not waiting for you to tell me to enter Master Bob but Jiemma here has gone too far for me to just sit by as he disrespects everything that I hold dear." said Natsu as smoke and fire surrounded him as he made his way towards Jiemma who was shocked by Natsu's sudden entrance and the power he was emitting.
"No problem Natsu, frankly I am surprised that you waited this long to make such a flashy entrance." replied Bob with a smirk as he looked at all the startled Masters who had never interacted with Natsu before. And had only seen earlier pictures of Natsu when he looked like a happy teen that had probably just destroyed something that most likely costed as much as the reward for the job he was doing. That Natsu compared to the Natsu now were nothing alike since the one before them now looked like he had gone through hell and back again because of all the scars that he had and the intense glare that he was giving Jiemma.
"I really wanted to come in earlier, but held off because you all asked me to. But when he disrespected Ultear that was the last straw for me Master Bob, so Jiemma what were you saying about me not being able to take on any of your top mages? Because as far as I know none of your mages are or have ever even been asked to become a Wizard Saint and that includes you Jiemma. While I on the other hand was asked a week ago, but thanks to these drakes I had to respectfully decline because dealing with them is what is important right now. So try and act like an actual guild Master and put aside your irrational hatred for me and my guild and think about saving the lives of your guild members and the citizens of Fiore." said Natsu now standing right in front of Jiemma just asking for him to throw the first punch so he could beat the living shit out of him for what he had been saying earlier.
Needless to say all of the Masters were shocked by Natsu's little speech and him not attacking Jiemma like they all expected him to do. Most of them couldn't believe that this pink haired mage was actually offered a spot as a Wizard Saint, but when they remembered that he was the source of that magic flare earlier it made sense.
Jiemma on the other hand was actually scared of this little man standing before him. He could tell that Natsu was holding back most of his magic which if that was all the magic that he had he would still be at an S-Class level. This meant that Natsu at full power would easily rank in the level of Wizard Saint, giving credit to his earlier statement. Not only that, but Natsu's eyes promised Jiemma immense pain if he continued on the path that he was traveling earlier when bad mouthing Fairy Tail, which really scared Jiemma because no one has ever been able to make him feel this way before. But Jiemma thought that he was doing a great job of hiding all of this from them that is until Natsu started to grin at him.
"Well now that I got all of that out of the way you can continue Master Bob." stated Natsu as he walked over to Macao and Ultear and stood behind them.
"Since you have successfully gotten all of the Masters already listening to you Natsu, which by the way is no small feat, why don't you tell us about a few of your encounters and then show us what you've brought us to look at." suggested Bob who along with Macao, Goldmine and Ooba were really enjoying all of this. Because never had any of them seen all the other Masters too stunned to talk like this.
"Can do Master Bob, do you have any preference about which ones I talk about?" asked Natsu.
"Probably the ones that were difficult and the two that actually attacked towns." answered Bob.
"Alight then, the first one was actually one that I almost died to because I didn't know much about them at that time." said Natsu as he then went on to tell them all about that fight and then a few more. "So thanks to the bunkers we built no one got hurt that day except for me and they were only minor injuries." said Natsu as he finished his story about the fight that he had only a week ago.
"Those are fine stories you have their Salamander but where is this proof you were talking about earlier?" asked Jiemma with a smug grin.
"Oh yea sorry about that, here you guys go. These are some of their scales, teeth and claws that I took from their bodies for certain reasons that doesn't matter right now." responded Natsu as he brought them out of his pocket dimension to be passed around.
"This proves nothing, these could have come from all sorts of different animals just to try and trick us." stated Jiemma causing a few other Masters to nod their heads in agreement.
"I really don't know why you think we are trying to trick you guys, but I guess you could say that the most recent drake came right when I needed it to. Since I had a feeling that someone would say something like that Jiemma so what about this evidence, how would you like to explain this one away then?" asked Natsu as he re-equipped the head of Soreth onto the table startling everyone at its sheer size. The mouth was big enough to easily fit a man curled up in a ball into its mouth with room to spare.
"So Master Jiemma please tell everyone how this is not the head of a drake." said Macao who was startled by Natsu doing this but wasn't going to waste this opportunity. Jiemma was at a loss for words and decided to remain silent rather than make a fool of himself by trying to disprove something that was now right in front of all of them.
"Well it looks like we won't need to show them any of your memories anymore Natsu." stated Bob with a proud grin that all of the Masters couldn't ignore the fact that the drakes are an actual problem that they'll all have to deal with and that it isn't just Fairy Tail's problem.
"No Master Bob there is something that I want all of them to see, which is what happened to Senna because of the Council not taking these drakes as a legitimate threat. Which would have happened to Magnolia if I didn't start preparing for it as soon as I did, and what could happen to all of your towns as well if you don't take this seriously." said Natsu as he then waited for the mage from Blue Pegasus to hold out her hand for him to take so they could all see his memories of that terrible day displayed on a lacrima screen in the middle of the room.
After Natsu's memories finished:
All of the Masters were left speechless once again by what Natsu showed them and this time it included the Masters that knew about this beforehand. They were all shocked by the complete destruction that the drake left in its wake which was bodies being littered everywhere. And they also couldn't believe that two young boys actually tried to save the town by taking the drake on by themselves. This led up to the fight that they all knew if Natsu wasn't a fire dragon slayer he wouldn't be standing before them right now. But what shocked all of them the most was how vicious and ruthless Natsu was towards the end as he beat the drake to death, clearly making it suffer rather than putting it out of its misery like he easily could have done halfway through the final fight.
"What are we supposed to do if mages that aren't dragon slayers can't hurt these things?" asked one brave Master who could tell why Natsu showed them all of this.
"That would be to protect the citizens of Fiore until one does show up." stated Natsu with a frown since he had to relive that day again.
"But that could take forever and they might lose their lives." stated a different Master.
"That could and probably will happen, but all guild mages should know that death is a possible outcome when they chose this line of work." replied Natsu still frowning.
"That is easy for you to say Salamander since you can actually fight these things." said another Master.
"Yes I can, which is why I have almost died three different times and every other fight was the same. One small mistake and then that would have been the end of the line for me. Which is why I don't want any of your mages to actually fight one the drakes by themselves because that would be suicide." replied Natsu.
"Then how are they supposed to protect people if we can't fight them?" asked another Master.
"That is something that you'll have to figure out for yourselves since it'll be your mages out there. But in order for me or Fairy Tail's other dragon slayer to help as much as possible it would be smart if you could alert the Council as soon as possible so they can get us there as fast as possible." answered Natsu, which socked a few Masters that Fairy Tail had another dragon slayer.
"And how would you suggest we do that?" asked the same Master.
"Well with the help of the Mayor in Magnolia we now have guards on watch at all times of the day along with our guild keeping an eye out as well. I wish I knew of a better way to detect drakes but unfortunately I don't, so we have to rely on people spotting them for now until someone comes up with a better way. And I would like to think that what we did at Magnolia a week ago shows you what your mages can possibly do while a dragon slayer or at least an S-Class mage deals with the actual drake." replied Natsu.
All of the Masters now had worried expressions since this was a problem that they could have been working on sooner if they had just listened to Master Macao when he first warned them. But that was in the past they now had to be concerned about the future and what they could do to protect their guilds and their homes, so they all sat there in silence for the next few minutes. Each of Masters absorbed in their own thoughts and plans of how to deal with this situation that was not an easy one to find solutions to.
"Well I'll leave you all to your own thoughts but just so you know I'm willing to help anyone that wants me to." said Natsu as he gathered his things and left through the doorway that no longer had any doors because of him. None of them said anything as Natsu left their meeting since he had already given them all a lot to think about.
"I think that we too will be leaving, but just like Natsu said we along with the rest of Fairy Tail are willing to help in any way that we can." said Macao as he and Ultear followed after Natsu.
"It looks like this meeting was a success since no one is talking anymore. So I am going to call this meeting to an end so that you can all go and discuss this with your guilds and get to work on your preparations." said Bob as all of the Masters got up and left still trying to figure out what they could do about this.
End of Chapter
Author's Notes:
Thanks for reading and I truly hope that you enjoyed this chapter of Master Dragneel. I was thinking about doing another little time skip in the next chapter to progress the story a little farther, which would mean that I wouldn't go in-depth about the upcoming S-Class exams. Which will have a few members pass but I still don't know which ones of the eight will, if you want certain members I would be glad to hear which ones. So I really don't have anything else to say here except for as always feel free to leave me a review and I will try to respond back to you as soon as possible.
Until the next Chapter
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