Chapter 21: A Visit to Blue Pegasus
"Master do you really think that Jenny will be able to actually bring the Salamander here?" asked a member of Blue Pegasus.
"Yes I do, she can be very convincing when she needs to be." stated Master Bob.
"When will she be coming back with him?" asked a different member.
"Should be anytime now." replied Master Bob with a pleasant smile.
"What about the Trimen and Ichiya, do they know that they can come back?" asked another member.
"They have been informed that Jenny might be bringing Natsu back with her, and they too should be showing up any second now." answered Master Bob, as the doors opened and in walked the Trimen and Ichiya.
"See what did I tell you boys." said Master Bob with an enormous smile.
"Where is he, I can't smell the perfume of the Salamander?" asked Ichiya while posing in another one of his poses.
"Master is correct, where is Natsu?" asked Eve.
"Jenny has yet to return with him and it is also not definite that she will succeed in bringing Natsu back with her." replied Master Bob.
"Are you saying that we came back and he might not even be coming back with her?" asked an angry Ren.
"I bet she didn't get him to come with her." stated Hibiki with a small smirk.
"Come on men, we need to have faith in our comrade." said Ichiya getting into a different pose.
"Ichiya is right boys, have faith in Jenny's abilities." replied Master Bob.
"Yes Masters." said the Trimen altogether.
"Now men, we have visitors that must be attended to." said Ichiya while prancing over to an older women that just came in.
"Yes sir." said the Trimen while each going to help a different lady that was visiting their guild.
"I just know that you succeeded Jenny." whispered Master Bob to himself. It took another hour for Jenny to return to her guild, and her return confused everyone because she had on a really big smile but Natsu was nowhere to be seen.
"Hi everyone." said Jenny while giving everyone a wave still having that big smile on her face.
"See I told you that she wouldn't get him to come with her." stated Hibiki with a confident smirk.
"You're right Hibiki." replied Jenny still smiling like she didn't fail her mission.
"Okay Jenny, what gives, you aren't getting mad at Hibiki even after he pointed out that you failed and are still smiling like some crazy person?" asked Ren one of the few people in Blue Pegasus who can get away with saying such things to Jenny without her going ballistic. Probably due to the fact that Jenny and Ren have been friends since they were children.
"Who said that I failed?" said Jenny now smirking at the confused faces of her fellow guild members.
"Well seeing as how Natsu isn't with you I would say that is failing." replied Hibiki still confident that she failed.
"I guess I can see your point, but what is the one thing that Natsu hates the most in Earth Land?" asked Jenny taking a seat at the bar.
"That would be transportation." answered Eve with a small smiling remembering the faces that Natsu makes when on any form of transportation.
"Correct Eve, so tell me how anybody would get him to willingly take any of those?" asked Jenny and then ordering a drink.
"I don't know but he did take them when he was a member at Fairy Tail." stated Ren.
"I heard that most of the time Erza had to knock him out." said Hibiki.
"But what about the times that Erza wasn't with him?" asked another member.
"I heard that he only went on them because it would help him find Igneel faster." said one of their visitors.
"Or because he didn't want to make any of his friends at Fairy Tail walk." inputted another guest.
"Correct on all accounts, so why would he get on one now, yes we are friends but not that close where he would torture himself for me. Also I thought that the whole purpose of bringing him here was to get him to join us, and going with Erza's way wouldn't be smart. For all we know, that was one of the reasons that he left Fairy Tail." explained Jenny and took a sip of her drink. Her comment about them trying to recruit the Salamander surprised all of their guests, they were all now extremely curious since it sounded like he might be coming here soon.
"Those are all really good points Jenny, so are you saying that he is walking here, because if so that will take him at least a week." said Hibiki who was tired of her confident smile and smirk.
"No Hibiki, that would take too long, I am just waiting for the correct time since my train was actually faster than we discussed." answered Jenny still smiling.
"And what is the correct time Jenny my dear?" asked Master Bob.
"That would be noon." replied Jenny.
"That is just in a few minutes, what's going to happen then?" asked Eve.
"Well of course the Salamander will appear." said Jenny with a huge smile.
"How, I thought that he was still somewhere near Crocus?" asked Hibiki.
"That he is Hibiki my dear, but he said that he would be here at noon if I destroyed this at that time." said Jenny with a big grin, loving that she was able to rub this in his face.
"HAHAHA, Jenny I am pretty sure that he just pulled a hilarious joke on you." said Hibiki laughing his ass off.
"Keep laughing Hibiki, just you wait until he gets here." replied Jenny completely confident that Natsu wouldn't do that to her.
"Why are you so confident in him Jenny, also that isn't even possible for someone with his magic." said Hibiki finding it not as funny as it should be since Jenny is so confident in Natsu.
"Simple Hibiki, when Natsu Dragneel tells you something, especially when concerning him doing something for you then he is going to do it. Unlike most men that I know, isn't that right Master?" said Jenny while glaring at Hibiki and then giving Master Bob a pleasant smile.
"Yes Jenny you are correct, Natsu Dragneel is someone that takes his words very seriously." said Master Bob with a big smile.
"That may be true, but ninety percent of the things that come out of his mouth is about food and fighting the reset is completely idiotic." stated Hibiki getting a few laughs from the males present.
"Of course someone like you would think that. But you don't become the heart of a guild by doing that, if you talk to any member of Fairy Tail they will be able to tell you at least two different times that Natsu was able to make them completely forget their problems and start laughing and smiling with him. Also if he is an idiot like you claim then we need more of them, because look at how many times he has saved Fiore." shouted Jenny getting nods of approval from all the women and Master Bob.
"She does make a good point there Hibiki." said Eve.
"Oh come on you can't be serious Eve." replied Hibiki.
"I have actually always thought that idiot act of his was just a cover so that he would be always underestimated." said Ren while rubbing his chin.
"Now that you point that out, it has actually really worked out for him hasn't it." stated Eve nodding his head in agreement at Ren's last comment.
"You guys are all just giving him way too much credit." said Hibiki angrily.
"Are you jealous Hibiki?" asked Jenny in a mocking way.
"What the hell would I be jealous about that idiot for?" asked Hibiki asked back.
"Well, he's stronger than you, more popular than you, doesn't have to try nearly as hard to get women, knows how to treat a women correctly, do I need to continue?" said Jenny while holding up a finger for each point that she made.
"He is not better at any of those things than me." declared Hibiki.
"Oh is that right, do you want to make a bet on it Hibiki?" asked Jenny still smiling.
"You are so on Jenny, I am going to wipe the floor with your new crush." said Hibiki not remembering who he was going to have to fight in order to prove that bold statement.
"Glad to hear that Hibiki, because he will be here soon." replied Jenny glad that she was going to see Hibiki put in his place soon, and knew that she could really get Natsu pissed by a few choice words.
"Hey where did everyone go?" asked Eve now noticing that the guild seemed to have lost all of their guests.
"They all ran out of here after they heard that the Salamander was going to be here at noon." replied Ichiya standing on top of a table in another pose balancing on one leg.
"See Jenny, right there that is one point for me, they all ran away because they were afraid of him and his notorious brawls that follow where ever he goes." said Hibiki with a smug smile that was soon lost at Ichiya's next words.
"Sorry Hibiki, but the point goes to Natsu, because they all left to go and get their friends so that they could meet the famous Salamander." said Ichiya while staying in his previous pose.
"Well popularity goes to Salamander, and I am pretty sure that getting the women will soon follow." declared Jenny smugly, as their doors were just then thrown open and a stampede of women came in.
"Is he here yet?" asked one of them.
"Did we miss his entrance?' asked another.
"I can't believe I am finally going to get to see him." said a different one.
"Did you hear that he is the first well known mage to go back to being and independent mage." said someone else.
"Ladies please calm down, it will be noon here very soon so please take a seat and order whatever you want while we wait for our guest." said Ichiya surprisingly handling the situation quite well and not even doing a stupid pose while doing it. The girls packed into the guild and ordered some drinks and food, while Jenny cleared an area in the middle of the guild so Natsu could make a big entrance.
"Alright ladies the moment that you were all waiting for." said Jenny as she was in the cleared out center of the guild.
"Hey it isn't just girls that want to meet the Salamander." shouted out one of the guys that was present.
"Sorry about that, how about this then, the moment that you were all waiting for ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the Salamander." said Jenny as she threw the lacrima at the ground shattering it with her impressive strength. As it crashed and shattered on the ground there was a bright flash, once everyone got their sight back all that was in the place of the lacrima was a flame the size of a basketball burning.
"HAHAHA see that, I told you Jenn…" said Hibiki but was cut off by a roar of a dragon. The roar came from the fire that had now transformed into a dragon that was twelve feet tall while standing on its hind legs, wings spread out wide and it's head raised to the sky in a triumphant roar. Absolutely everyone was surprised by this, but that became even greater when all of a sudden the shadow of a man could be seen inside of the dragon made of fire. The dragon let out one more roar and then dispersed and in its place stood Natsu Dragneel, the Salamander, wearing his red pinstriped suit with his black coat and hat.
"Man I am so glad that it was able to work at that huge distance." said Natsu as he dusted off his shoulder that had a few flakes of ash on it.
"Wow." was the universal response of everyone looking at him.
"Hello everyone, I really didn't think that I would have this big of an audience when trying that out from Crocus." said Natsu as he took of his hat and coat and re-equipped them away and gave the viewers his well-known grin.
"Wait Natsu are you saying that was the first time you did that?" asked Jenny as she came up to him.
"HEHEHE, well I did it once before but I only moved ten feet. But don't worry Jenny I knew it was going to work because otherwise I wouldn't have been able to see you again." said Natsu with a sheepish smile.
"I am just glad that it worked I would have looked like a really big fool if it didn't." said Jenny quietly to him as she hugged him.
"I would never do that to you Jenny, so what's going on here, why is there so many people in your guild are you having some sort of party and why are they looking at us that way?" asked Natsu feeling weird with everyone looking at him that way.
"I guess you could call it a party, when I informed Master and the rest of the guild that you were coming, word got out so all of these people are here to see you Natsu." replied Jenny with a big smile still not having let go of him.
"Oh come on they couldn't all be here to see me, but that doesn't explain the weird looks they are giving." said Natsu.
"You really like to show off don't you?" asked Hibiki with a little bit of disgust in his voice.
"What are you talking about Hibiki?" asked Natsu having a completely confused face.
"See he's an idiot, but I am surprised that he remembered my name." said Hibiki pissed that Natsu actually showed up.
"Hibiki that is not how we treat guests at Blue Pegasus." scolded Master Bob.
"It's okay Master Bob, I used to always act like an idiot so it is not surprising that he might still think that. As for remembering your name Hibiki I actually have a really good memory and just chose to give people nicknames since I thought that it was fun, but it was pointed out to me that some people didn't like that so I have stopped doing that. As for way you are calling me a show off I truly don't know why you would say that, plenty of mages can teleport it isn't that impressive." said Natsu shocking all of the members of Blue Pegasus at how Natsu was acting, all except for Jenny that is since she spent a good amount of time with yesterday.
"You really don't know do you." stated Ren.
"Hibiki could you please show Natsu his entrance and I know that you have it recorded." said Eve.
"Fine whatever." replied Hibiki as he used his archive magic to bring up a huge recording of his entrance, which completely shocked Natsu.
"Holy crap that looked so badass, I wonder why it didn't do that when I only moved like ten feet?" asked Natsu out loud.
"Maybe because it took more time for you to travel the long distance and this was the filler, also may I ask how you did that Natsu, I have never heard of any type of fire mage being able to teleport even with the assistance of a lacrima?" said Master Bob.
"I guess I might as well tell you since there is no way that this will be kept a secret with how many people witnessed it." said Natsu as he looked at the still shell shocked guests.
"So how'd you do it Natsu?" asked Jenny.
"I'll tell you, but after you let go of me, not that I don't enjoy it Jenny." said Natsu causing Jenny to have a small blush.
"Sorry about that, it just felt so comforting." stated Jenny as her blush deepened and she let go of him.
"No problem Jenny, and I actually have been told that a lot, must be because I'm a fire mage. As for how I did that teleportation, I gave Jenny a lacrima with some of my fire inside of it which allowed me to go to it once it was released." explained Natsu with a big grin.
"Okay but that doesn't explain how you are able to go to your own flames." said Ren really interested in how he did it.
"Sorry Ren, but that part I am keeping a secret, let's just say that I am unique when dealing with fire." replied Natsu.
"Are you sure that you can't tell us?" asked Jenny.
"Nope, sorry Jenny, but what are we going to do about them?" asked Natsu as he looked at the still very stunned crowd.
"Well here at Blue Pegasus, when we are not out on a job we cater to our guests every need. And since they all wanted to see you, it wouldn't be too much to ask if you visited with all of them?" explained Master Bob while also asking Natsu a favor.
"Wow that is really different to Fairy Tail, while I was there we rarely had guests just come and visit. But I guess that is probably due to all of the brawls that take place, and of course Master Bod I would be honored to be with any of my fans. And since I am at Blue Pegasus I will act as if I am one of your own members and not bring any shame on your guild." answered Natsu with his usual grin.
"Ha, fat chance Natsu, you might be wearing nice clothes now but that doesn't mean you are a gentlemen like us. You were once a boorish brute and will remain one no matter how you dress." said Hibiki causing a lot of the people present to cover their mouths with their hands after that comment in surprise.
"I am sorry that you think that of me Hibiki, but can I ask what I did to deserve such hostility. As far as I can remember I have never fought you or do anything to warrant such aggressive behavior, but who cares, if I let all of the bad things people say about me get to me, then I wouldn't be able to do much." replied Natsu still grinning and then headed towards a table full of women and started to converse with them.
"Why that son of a bitch." mumbled Hibiki.
"Well it looks like he is going to get two more points on you Hibiki." whispered Jenny into his ears with a smug grin.
"We'll see about that Jenny, just you watch." declared Hibiki as he went towards a table of women and used one of his standard moves. But was shocked that he was given the cold shoulder and they acted like he wasn't there, they even went so far as to start complimenting the Salamander just to get him to leave them alone. For the next few hours Hibiki kept running into the same results no matter where he went or who he tried to talk to, even the guys that were visiting didn't give him the time of day. They all seemed to be focused on meeting the Salamander, but Hibiki was the only one that wasn't able to interact with them, the rest of his guild members pretty much went about the business as usual expect for not being nearly as popular as normal but they all seemed to not care.
"What the hell is going on here, why am I the only one getting the cold shoulder?" asked Hibiki sitting down at the bar in front of Master Bob.
"Well you are not going to like the answer Hibiki." replied Master Bob with a sad smile.
"You can tell me Master, I just have to know what happened." said Hibiki.
"It's actually pretty obvious Hibiki, you were insulting Natsu in front of people that were here to see him. Especially that last comment Hibiki, that was way over the line, and you did that only because you and Jenny are still trying to get back at each other. After witnessing that it doesn't surprise me that no one is giving you the time of day, actually all you did was make Natsu look even better in everyone's eyes. He looked like the more mature person being able to brush aside your rude comments and remain completely calm." explained Master Bob.
"Shit, well what's done is done I guess." stated Hibiki as he rested his head onto the counter as Jenny came up to him with a huge grin on her face.
"Well it looks like it is three zero Hibiki." said Jenny giving off an aura of pure smugness at the results, which went better than she could have asked
"Okay Jenny you win, that's what you wanted to hear isn't it." said Hibiki with a frown.
"It is but I was hoping that you were going to wait until after you had a duel with him." replied Jenny with a smirk.
"Just cause he has more magic doesn't mean that he would win Jenny, battles require thinking which is where I would have the upper hand." said Hibiki not letting Jenny have a complete victory.
"You are correct Hibiki, that you need to be smart in a battle, but once again Natsu would destroy you in that aspect as well. Just look at all of the powerful things that he has had to overcome to keep alive." said Jenny knowing that she could still get under his skin.
"That was just luck." said Hibiki wanting to be done with this conversation.
"AHAHAH lucky, yea maybe Natsu was the first three times. But that wouldn't explain the rest of them and if you are so confident that it was just luck then why don't you put him in his place. Come on I now that you think he's just a smug asshole that needs to be taught some humility." suggested Jenny while chuckling.
"Maybe I will Jenny, just to get rid of that smug look you've had all day long." declared Hibiki while getting up in her face.
"Then do it Hibiki, go right up to him and challenge him to a duel. We all know that he can't turn down a good battle and it seems like you intend to give him a good one." replied Jenny with a sly grin, everything was going as planned.
"I will and then I will be the one laughing." declared Hibiki as he got up and headed towards said dragon slayer.
"Jenny, why did you have to do that to Hibiki my dear? You know that he is no match for Natsu." said Master Bob shaking his head back and forth.
"I am sorry Master, but he has been so happy after our break up and has constantly been rubbing it in my face. So I was initially just going to rub Natsu in his face for a little bit, but then he started to say all of those things, and things just escalated from there and I also had to prove him wrong about what he said about Natsu." explained Jenny to her Master.
"I can understand that Honey, so will you two be done bickering like children after this?" asked Master Bob.
"Oh it will be over for sure, if what I have planned works." answered Jenny with a devilish grin.
"Jenny I really don't like that look." stated Master Bob and started to get nervous.
"Don't worry about it Master." said Jenny giving him a sly smile and headed out back to their training arena.
Back with Natsu as Hibiki came over:
"Salamander I challenge you to a dual!" shouted Hibiki shocking all that heard this declaration.
"Sorry there Hibiki, but as you can see, I am busy entertaining these beautiful women who are our guests." replied Natsu waving Hibiki on, shocking everyone that Natsu turned down a fight.
"Are you kidding me Salamander, you never turn down a good fight." said Habiki angry that he was just turned down.
"You are right Hibiki; I don't turn down good fights and probably never will. But as I said before I am busy here." said Natsu going back to the women at his table who were all surprised that he still turned him down.
"Are you saying that I wouldn't be a good fight for you Salamander?" asked Hibiki clearly losing the remainder of his composure.
"Those were your words Hibiki, but yes that is pretty much it, this duel would be a waste of my time now would you please go away you are wasting these fine ladies time with me." replied Natsu with a grin knowing that he was really getting Hibiki pissed off. But he didn't care, Hibiki started this and Natsu was fine with making him look like the fool and making himself just look better.
"Not worth your time Salamander, you must think pretty highly of yourself!" shouted Hibiki completely pissed that Natsu wasn't taking him seriously at all.
"I really don't Hibiki, but my opinion of you has just been getting lower and lower as the day goes on. But I guess if these ladies wanted to see me have a duel with you I would do it just for them." said Natsu giving them a big grin and a wink.
"Really you would do that for us Natsu?" they all asked with slight blushes.
"Yes I would, also it would mean that we can go back to talking without any more interruptions." replied Natsu still grinning at them.
"I really don't care what your reason is Salamander, but after this you will realize that you aren't all that." said Hibiki.
"Hibiki are you sure you are alright, because I have never once thought that about myself, and I really don't want to fight someone if they are already hurt?" asked Natsu just making Hibiki madder and madder.
"I am completely fine Salamander, now let's settle this right now behind the guild." said Hibiki as he marched out.
"Well I guess I have a dual, so everyone else feel free to come and watch, it might turn out to be a better fight than I expect. I really still don't know why he's so mad at me." said Natsu as he followed Hibiki out to behind their guild and was followed by everyone else in the guild.
"Okay what is this, why the hell is Fairy Tail the only guild that doesn't have an arena, it truly doesn't make sense?" asked Natsu causing a few people to laugh at him complaining at something like that.
"Well it just proves that we are better than Fairy Tail." replied Hibiki with a smug smile.
"And that's why you guys won the last Grand Magic Games last time right, oh wait Fairy Tail did." said Natsu as he took off his blazer and sun glasses then rolled up the sleeves of his black dress shirt.
"Say's the person with no guild, what did you do to get them to kick you out Natsu? Was it your arrogance because if so, I completely understand why they did that then and can't believe that they put up with you as long as they did." said Hibiki still having the same smile.
"HAHAHA man I would never have guessed that you would actually be that good at smack talking Hibiki, but sorry to break it to you but you won't be able to get me angry with comments like that. Oh and if you didn't read that article in Sorcerer's Weekly I chose to leave for personal reasons that truly don't concern you." answered Natsu with a smile never leaving his face while laughing at the beginning.
"Are you sure about that Salamander, everyone knows that you are pretty sensitive about that pink hair of yours. And it looks like you don't even like it since you decided to add red to it." said Hibiki confident that he was pushing his buttons.
"HAHAHA man I can't believe everyone was actually dumb enough to believe that comments like that actually got to me. I only used that as an excuse to start fights with that stripper Grey, and unfortunately I had to keep pretending that it bothered my when someone else said it, otherwise my main excuse for fighting Grey would be lost." explained Natsu while chuckling to himself.
"That is so just a lie Pinky." shouted Hibiki.
"Nope and as for changing my hair color, I did try but unfortunately my magic only allowed this." said Natsu pointing to his red tips and giving Hibiki a big grin.
"Screw this let's get this fight started." said Hibiki.
"Couldn't agree more with you Hibiki." said Natsu while getting into a fighting stance.
"Wait I need to tell Natsu something." shouted Jenny as she jumped in and ran towards Natsu.
"What the hell do you think you're doing Jenny, this isn't the time to be giving your new boy toy a kiss." shouted Hibiki while Jenny was whispering something into his ear and once she was done she gave him a quick peck on the cheek and took off.
"Well now that your new squeeze has left are you ready to do this Salamander?" asked Hibiki noticing that Natsu actually had his head down so that his eyes were shadowed.
"What no response now Salamander, did she warn you about me and what I am capable of?" asked Hibiki with a smirk thinking that Natsu might not be so cocky anymore.
"Oh she did tell me about you Hibiki, and what she said makes me disgusted to think that I once was your friend." said Natsu in a growl.
"What the hell are you going on about Salamander?" asked Hibiki, but was stopped from saying anything else because of the huge amount of magic that was radiating from Natsu.
"LIGHTNING FLAME DRAGON GOD'S MODE!" bellowed Natsu as he was now covered in all three elements, but this time he was making a three story pillar with it.
"Oh she told me Hibiki, how while dating her you still flirted with other women, how you made her feel like she was someone that could just be used and thrown away with once you were done with her. How you didn't act like a gentleman with her as soon as you two became a couple, I thought that was something you men from Blue Pegasus prided yourselves on. I can see now that at least for you that was a complete lie, she also told how once you two ended it, you instantly went on as if nothing happened and rubbed in her face how happy you were to no longer be dating her. How dare you completely disregard all of those feelings that she had for you, did it actually mean nothing to you, well I can see that it didn't otherwise you wouldn't have done what you did to her. But I guess that might have been you just trying to hurt her more, if that is the case I should make it so that you can never do something like that to another women ever again. You make me sick Hibiki, that is not how you treat a women and that is coming from someone who was raised by a god damn dragon." shouted Natsu as he slowly stalked over to Hibiki.
Hibiki on the other hand instantly fell to his knees at Natsu's sheer power, and started to tremble and sweat profusely while he listened to Natsu rip into him about his actions and how he treated Jenny. He could hear the raw hatred coming from Natsu as he spoke, and as he sat there trembling for his life looking up at what a few moments ago he thought he would be beating up. He realized how wrong he was about Natsu, he could see that those eyes of his, which happened to be red right now, were taking in every little move that he made and was ready to counter any move he could make. As Natsu was only ten feet away he could feel the tremendous heat radiating off of him, and his mind that he was so proud of before and was confident that he would win with was telling him he had two options run for his life or beg and hope that this monstrosity of a man, the Salamander, might be gracious enough to spare him.
"I am so sorry please don't kill me Natsu, I promise that it will never happen again I swear on my mother's grave." said Hibiki as he started to cry and beg for his life. Yea he went with the second option which he knew was his only real option.
"What was that Hibiki, I don't think I could hear you clearly?" said Natsu stopping where he was waiting for a response.
"I said that I was sorry and it will never happen again I swear on my mother's grave." said Hibiki loud enough for all to hear.
"Good to hear, but it's not me that you need to apologize to now is it Hibiki?" asked Natsu still maintaining his impressive show of magical power.
"Jenny I am so sorry for how I treated you, it was completely wrong and I was a fool to ever do such things. Please forgive me and I promise that it will never happen to anyone else ever again." said Hibiki still shacking like a leaf in the presence of Natsu and his rage.
"Okay I forgive you Hibiki, because I can now see that you truly mean everything that you just said." replied Jenny with a faint little smile on her lips.
"Well it looks like you got lucky Hibiki, but if I ever hear about this sort of thing happening again I will be back, and that is a promise." said Natsu after he deactivated his LIGHTNING FLAME DRAGON GOD'S MODE and stop letting his magic out. The whole crowd was still shocked by what they just witnessed, they all just stared at the dragon slayer that did all of that just because someone disrespected one of his friends. All of the men where trembling hoping that they didn't accidentally do what Hibiki did to anyone that was friends with Natsu or even just knew him. While the women were all happy to learn that there were men like Natsu still out there and all thinking that they wanted to get to know this man some more.
"I am truly sorry about that Master Bob, he was never endanger of losing his life maybe some severe burns and a few broken bones but nothing more, I just get so angry when I hear shit like that." said Natsu with his head down and with a slight growl.
"It's okay my boy, nothing bad happened, Hibiki just had his pride hurt and learned a valuable lesson as did all of the men watching today. Also I am pretty sure you are going to be a real hit with the ladies after this gets out." said Master Bob with a big grin.
"Well they are probably going to be a little disappointed when they see the next Sorcerer's Weekly and the rumors that are going to be spread after seeing it. Mira and Jenny really had a fun time making me look like I was both of their boyfriends." said Natsu while shaking his head back and forth at the memory.
"HAHAHA it sure sounds like those two, they really do get competitive with each other over things like that." replied Master Bob with a sly smile.
"That they do, I felt like chew toy that they were just passing around." said Natsu as he and Master Bob headed to the guild hall.
"So I have to ask, even though I think I know the answer, but Natsu would you want to join Blue Pegasus?" asked Master Bob with a big grin.
"Thanks for the offer and I really mean it, but I don't think that I could handle working at the guild every day. I need the guild hall to be the place where I relax, no offence but it would become too much of a chore for me." answered Natsu with a small smile as he and the Master sat down at the bar.
"But you have been handling yourself perfectly fine today Natsu, and trust me it would not be as busy as it is today." explained Master Bob.
"I know that but it just doesn't suit what I am looking for right now if you get what I mean." said Natsu with a faint smile.
"I actually completely understand you Natsu; I went through the exact same thing when I left Fairy Tail. My path led me to Blue Pegasus, which is why I offered you to join us, but it would appear that your path will be leading you elsewhere and I hope that you find whatever it is that you are looking for my boy." said Master Bob with a huge grin.
"Thanks Master Bob, you are a really good Master." said Natsu giving him a big smile.
"Thank you Natsu, that means a lot coming from you, and it looks like some women are patiently waiting for us to be done." replied Master Bob while pointing at the group of women gathered a few feet away looking at them anxiously.
"Never a dull moment huh." stated Natsu with a little smirk.
"For someone like you I bet that is true, now go to your fans and don't keep them waiting any longer." said Master Bob as he shooed away Natsu.
"Alight women, there was a group that didn't get to finish our conversation." said Natsu as he headed back into the crowd of fans that he didn't really understand why he had them.
"So what was his answer Master?" asked Jenny coming up to him with a big smile.
"It was no like I thought it was going to be, but we still had to ask." replied Master Bob as he watched Natsu having a good time with the women all around him.
"Darn I was really hoping that he would join, I mean look at him he just a natural at this." said Jenny also looking at him.
"That is because all he wants to do is be friends with all of them, nothing less and nothing more, he has no ulterior motives he just wants to be their friends. It is something that you don't see often in the world we live in, it truly makes him special." said Master Bob with a proud smile looking at the man that used to be a kid of Makarov's.
"He is isn't he." said Jenny with a faint blush and smile gracing her features.
For the rest of the day Natsu stayed at Blue Pegasus entertaining and just talking with anyone that wanted to see him. It lasted until midnight when they shut down the guild, and by that time Natsu, Jenny, and Ichiya were the only ones remaining.
"Well it was fun hanging out with you guys." said Natsu as he started to stretch.
"It is always a pleasure to smell your perfume Natsu." said Ichiya.
"It truly was fun Natsu, and thanks for sticking up for me." said Jenny giving him a fond smile.
"Hey no problem Jenny, it is something that I would do for any of my friends." replied Natsu with a big grin.
"You would wouldn't you." said Jenny while smiling, knowing that was just who Natsu was.
"So what are your plans now Natsu?" asked Ichiya.
"Probably keep wandering around looking for who knows what, but hey isn't that half of the fun." said Natsu with his big grin directed towards the two.
"Sounds like it, so when will we see you again?" asked Jenny.
"I honestly don't know Jenny, who knows it could be that we see each other again at the Grand Magic Games or it could be sooner, well goodnight Jenny and Ichiya see you when I see you." said Natsu as he started to walk away.
"Goodnight Natsu." said Jenny.
"Goodnight Salamander and I hope you find out what you are looking for." said Ichiya, to which he got Natsu giving him a wave of acknowledgement and then he was gone.
One week later:
Natsu can be seen overlooking the Worth Woodsea from a cliff. Remembering that the last time that he was here was during the whole Nirvana incident, which was another one of the times that he almost died for Fairy Tail, but he didn't care about that. This was the mission that allowed him to meet Wendy who he considers his little sister and would do it all again knowing that he gets to meet her again.
It had been a full week since Mira called him and he was starting to get worried that what he said to her last time they talked and upset her to the point that she might not want to talk to him anymore. So he decided that he would wait for her to call him and give her all of the time that she needed. Natsu then felt that we was getting a call and assumed that it was Wendy but when looking down to pick it up he realized that it was Mira.
"Hello Mira, I am surprised that you called me, I assumed that you were still mad at me from our last conversation." said Natsu wanting to get that out of the way right away.
"What are you talking about Natsu, I should apologize to you I wasn't thinking clearly. I just wanted to go back to when we were all a family and now realize that was an unreasonable thing to ask of you. And I was really concerned that you were going to be angry with me." said Mira wanting to clear this all up so that they could talk like normal.
"Mira I thought that I told you that I can never be mad at you longer than a day. I just care about you too much to stay mad at you any longer than that, so to what do I owe the pleasure of this call?" said Natsu.
"I was wonder if you still planed on coming back here in a week?" asked Mira confident that he was going to be coming back like he said but just had to make sure.
"Of course I am Mira, I have to talk to Happy and you about if Master Makarov is okay with my proposal, and possibly see a few members while in the area. Also I still have to go to Hargeon for my photoshoot, then after that I need to visit Emi and Chelia." answered Natsu, giving his plan for after this week.
"Well that's good to hear, and Master Makarov is actually okay with any member hanging out with you as long as they want. He said that he knows that you will protect them, we also worked out an agreement that if you want Master and Team Natsu won't be in Magnolia for a few days if you tell me when you are coming." said Mira happily at the prospect of him staying in Magnolia for more than just a day.
"How the hell did you get him to agree to something like that?" asked Natsu never being able to predict this turn of events.
"Well after our photoshoot I was kind of upset and then felt the need to let some out, and then I ended up telling them everything that we talked about. " said Mira knowing that he probably didn't want that.
"Mira why would you do that?" asked Natsu not believing what he heard Mira just say that she did.
"Well I just was so mad after our conversation, and knew that what you said would be really painful to them. So I kind of told them knowing that it would really hurt them, you did say that you wanted them to know how it felt." said Mira in a timid voice that sounded really odd coming from her.
"What am I going to do with you Mira; yes everything that I said to you was true. But the main reason that I was avoiding them was because I knew that I would say those things and once their said they can't be taken back. And now that they are out, they are going to want to know if I really said them or if you are lashing out at them since I left and they were one of main reasons." said Natsu in a tired tone.
"Sorry Natsu I didn't mean to make it worse for you." said Mira in a sad tone.
"It's okay Mira, they were going to figure out sooner or later, so are they still planning on searching for me?" asked Natsu.
"Yea it took some convincing but they plan on heading out tomorrow to see if the leads that they got are any good. But they wanted to wait for the new Sorcerer's Weekly because they have been keeping track of your known sightings, and are also curious about the main article as well. Jason really did a good job on your interview." answered Mira.
"Shit, I have a feeling this issue is going to be a doozy." said Natsu.
"And why is that Natsu?" asked Mira.
"Well I am not going to tell you Mira, you are just going to have to read about it like everyone else." said Natsu and Mira could swear that she could hear him smirking.
"Why do I have to do that?" asked Mira.
"Think of it as the punishment for telling the guild our private conversation, Mira. Oh and did you get the package that I sent you yet?" said Natsu.
"No I didn't what did you send me?" asked Mira.
"The thing that you will use in one week to bring me back, and since you got Master to agree to them not being there we might as well use it. And I will only be able to actually stay in Magnolia for just one day, so you can tell him that so I don't inconvenience him too much." said Natsu.
"Will do, but how is something that you sent me going to bring you back here?" asked Mira.
"It's a lacrima Mira, and if you destroy it in a safe place in a week from now at ten in the morning then I will be able to teleport to you." explained Natsu.
"Really, that is incredible Natsu." replied Mira amazed that he could do something like that.
"I know that I am awesome Mira but I have to go now, talk to you later Mira." said Natsu.
"Okay Natsu talk to you later." said Mira and with that Natsu hung up. Mira was intrigued about what was going to be in the magazine so she decided to head out and get one since it was already ten in the morning and the vendors would already have everything set up. So on her way to the guild she swung by a vendor that always had copies of Sorcerer's Weekly.
"One copy of the newest Sorcerer's Weekly." said Mira with a big smile.
"Sorry Mira but they all sold within ten minutes of opening up, but some of your other members happened to get some copies. If I recall correctly I think Laxus bought ten copies since this was a special issue." replied the salesman with a big grin on his face while looking at Mira, and it creeped her out.
"Thanks Sir, I guess I will just borrow one of my friends' copies." said Mira as she headed to the guild in a run now, and as soon as she got in everyone looked at her with wide eyes.
"Why is everyone looking at me like that?" asked Mira.
"Mira did you forget that your photos that you took with Natsu were going to be in Sorcerer's Weekly?" asked Lisanna holding up one of the magazine, and right on the cover was Mira in her new soul kissing Natsu.
"Oh my, I can't believe I forgot about that, must have slipped my mind because of the talk we had after wards. But hey Lisanna it isn't that bad, it was just a kiss nothing more." said Mira with a slight blush.
"Just a kiss Mira, you really must have forgotten all about that photoshoot because all of this looks like more than just a kiss." said Lisanna as she waved her hand gesturing to the top of the bar that had every picture that was published from the photoshoot proudly displayed. Showing Mira and Jenny manhandling Natsu and coming as close as you can to being porn without actually being porn.
"Oh HEHEHEH, yea me and Jenny got carried away." replied Mira with a sheepish smile, noticing how good she and Natsu looked together.
"Let me go, it's not Manly to be hanging up photos of my sister like that!" shouted Elfman who was pinned to the floor by Gajeel with his magic, as he and Laxus stood over him laughing whole heartedly.
"So are you and Salamander finally a thing?" asked Gajeel with a big grin.
"What are you talking about Gajeel?" asked Mira still keeping her blush.
"Oh yea you haven't read it yet, since they all sold in ten minutes flat, Gii hii." said Gajeel still grinning.
"Well the whole of Fiore is now wondering if it is going to be you or Jenny that's going to tame the wild Salamander." said Laxus throwing her a copy of the magazine and then bursting into laughter.
"What are you talking about, why would anybody think that Natsu and Jenny are a thing?" asked Mira becoming curious, she thought that her kiss with Natsu was going to make people think that they might have a secret relationship, which they kind of do but not the way that Mira wanted.
"Mira just read it and stop listening to those two." said Levy with a comforting smile.
"Looks like you were in the same boat as me Mira, except for you couldn't keep your hands off him." shouted Cana and then bursting into laughter.
"Shut up Cana I need to read this quickly." stated Mira as she then started to read all the articles related to Natsu which happened to be pretty much all of them. Once she was done she was at a loss for words.
"Hard to believe that he beat the Trimen on their home turf." said Macao with a sly grin.
"Beat them he kicked their asses six ways from Sunday." said Cana laughing once again at was she read.
"That is not even counting what he did to Hibiki." pointed out Wakaba and shivering a little bit glad that he was all talk since he has his wife.
"I didn't know that Natsu would do that for any of his friends." said Laki with a look of pure admiration in her eyes, and considering that Natsu destroyed Hibiki because of how he treated Jenny it made sense why Laki looked that way. Since Laki was a strong believer that most men were just pigs.
"It's Natsu we are talking about here guys, would you expect any other kind of reaction?" asked Lisanna.
"You have a point their Lisanna, it is amazing that all he did was make Hibiki lose all credibility as a man and didn't also beat the shit out of him." stated Nab.
"I knew the Salamander wasn't as clueless as you all thought he was, Gii hii." stated Gajeel with a confident grin.
"I actually thought the same thing Gajeel, he probably didn't want to have to deal with the women here so he just pretended to not notice. When you actually think about it, it was actually a smart move by him because he was then never bothered by people and their relationships since everyone assumed he wouldn't understand." said Laxus and then laughing with Gajeel.
"You don't know that Laxus, maybe he just learned once he left." said Lucy with a sad look on her face.
"Sorry there Lucy, but it seems that you really didn't know him did you? Because there is no way for someone to go from not knowing what a relationship is, to being able to beat Blue Pegasus at their own game of making every girl feel like they are special in just two and a half months." stated Laxus.
"That is just Natsu being himself." refuted Lucy not liking people pointing out that she was a terrible friend to him.
"Laxus Lucy is right, but sorry Lu-chan Laxus is also correct. Read all of these women's interviews about their time spent with the Salamander, they all say how he was upfront with them that there was no chance for a possible romantic relationship but that he would be honored to be their friends. He even gave some of them relationship advise that was actually really good, and he made time to see every single one of them that came to visit him. That all shows that he was definitely not too dense for a relationship, either he didn't want one or already has someone in mind." explained Levy and then gave Mira a wink.
"It would appear that there was a lot more to Natsu then we ever could have imagined. But now that we know where he was let's go there and see if we can pick up his trail." said Erza getting up from her table with her team.
"Yea that is true for someone who didn't even try to get to know him, even after he repetitively saved them over and over again." said Wendy loud enough for Team Natsu to hear, which caused then to flinch at her comment and put their heads down and head towards the doors.
"Guys, Juvia is going to sit this one out if that is okay with you." said Juvia nervously.
"It's fine Juvia, I'll see you as soon as we get back." said Grey as they left the guild.
"Wendy why do you keep being so mean to them?" asked Juvia as soon as Team Natsu left the guild.
"Why shouldn't I point out the truth?" asked Wendy having a smirk on her face that just didn't look right on her.
"Because it really hurts them when you say such mean things, and Juvia doesn't want to see any of her friends sad, especially her Grey-sama." replied Juvia while looking at the little dragon slayer.
"Well it hurts me every time I see them here and remember that because of them Natsu is gone." said Wendy.
"Yes but that doesn't mean you should take it out on them, they are trying to fix their mistakes by finding Natsu and talking with him." said Juvia.
"Then who should I take it out on Juvia, the people that caused it seem like a perfectly reasonable choice." stated Wendy.
"Juvia doesn't know Wendy, but you need to stop taking your anger out on them." replied Juvia.
"I don't think that I will Juvia, not until Natsu comes back for good." said Wendy doing that smirk that just looked off on her since she used to be such a shy and nice girl.
"Wendy, Juvia is right, I was hoping that you would have stopped this childish tantrum of yours by now, but it appears that you won't so I am now ordering you to stop harassing Team Natsu." ordered Master Makarov.
"HAHAHA that is just great, well at least you are trying to prevent it this time unlike when Natsu was here. I mean it is totally fine if Erza beat him up for the littlest mistake, and for everyone to make fun of him constantly saying complete lies about him. But heaven forbid I tell them the hard truth, and I guess I am now permanently banned from becoming an S-Class mage just like Natsu because I am acting childish, according to you master." said Wendy shocking all of the members present that she was talking back to the Master that way.
"Wendy don't talk to the Master that way." said Juvia in a scolding manner.
"Why not, I was giving my honest opinion on his order, or is my opinion going to be completely ignored like Natsu's was when he pointed out the reasons why he should have been promoted?" asked Wendy.
"Wendy why don't you accept that Natsu felt on his own and stop blaming other people when you should be blaming him for leaving you." said Juvia angrily, causing Wendy to get up and head to the doors.
"Sorry Juvia but I am not going to blame someone who only did things to help this guild even after he left. I do think that he might be wrong about always helping other people, I mean look at what you are now doing after he helped you with your only goal since joining Fairy Tail." said Wendy glaring at Juvia.
"What are you talking about Wendy, Natsu wasn't even here when Grey asked Juvia out." said Juvia.
"HAHAHA are you seriously that dumb Juvia, okay I will tell you what actually happened. Natsu gave Grey one month to sort out his feelings for you and stop just leading you on like he has done since he met you. So you are only dating Grey right now because of Natsu, he even made sure that if Grey didn't have feelings for you that he wouldn't be an ass about it like he is with everything else that he does." explained Wendy still glaring at her.
"What was Natsu going to do if Grey didn't listen to him?" asked Lisanna.
"I don't actually know that but it must have been pretty scary to get that stripper to actually do something, I mean he would have just kept Juvia as back up probably for the rest of his life if Natsu didn't step in. It wouldn't surprise me if he threatened to kill Grey, like he should have done after that robot dragon incident. But he more than likely threatened to break every bone in his body knowing that Juvia here would be sad if Natsu killed a man that was just using her, because that is how much he cares about his friends even the ones that don't know how much he cares about them. Oh and Master I will no longer give that team anymore problem, I will just pretend that they don't exist." said Wendy and then left the guild, once again stunning the whole guild which she had been doing a lot more of in the past three months.
"Juvia didn't know that he cared that much about her." said Juvia shocked at the revelation that she has Natsu to thank that Grey finally did something.
"It's okay Juvia, it's just who he is and he doesn't expect or want anything in return. All he really wants is for you to be happy." said Mira coming up to her and giving her a hug.
"Juvia knows that now, but just wishes that Natsu would make up with his old team. They are all so sad now that Natsu is gone and Happy won't go on any missions with them now." said Juvia with a frown.
"I want that too Juvia, but when I tried all I did was make things worse. They just need time, and unfortunately it will probably take a long time, so we are going to have to be strong for them." replied Mira as she hugged Juvia.
"So who would have thought that the Salamander could actually teleport." said Gajeel trying to get all of the attention off of Juvia and Mira, and back to a happier subject.
"I bet that is another one of his abilities from being the Fire King." stated Levy with a smile knowing what Gajeel was doing.
"And talk about making an entrance, it is just like Natsu, to have a dragon appear and roar before he shows up." said Cana getting in on the conversation. This then started everyone at the guild to once again start talking about Natsu, and his photos with Mira and Jenny, and what he did at Blue Pegasus.
End of Chapter
Author's Notes:
Thanks for reading, hope you enjoyed. So I hope that his meeting with Blue Pegasus was interesting enough if not I am sorry. The next chapter will be Natsu doing all of those things that he planned on and a meeting that he didn't know that he was going to be having. So as always feel free to leave a review.
Until the next chapter
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