Another chapter done. Had most of it already done and decided to finish it up and post it because things are going to get busy soon and don't know when I'll be able to sit down and work on the next few chapters.

Also I been seeing comments about Tsuna might being a bit overpowered that I wanted to address. Tsuna has experience from his first life against powerful enemies along with training from the best that I try to show throughout the story. And to some opponents Tsuna is a little OP against them but I make sure there a valid reason for it that can be easily explained and make sense. There is actually one in this chapter that does make Tsuna look OP, but I try to explain the best I can in the chapter and I will explain it more at the end in case there still some confusion. So please wait before pulling out the pitchforks and torches. Anyway enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 24

"God damn it!" Natsu mumbled as he walked through the forest injured. He hates to admit it, but that Fire God Slayer did a number on him. "That bastard... Man, it's been a while since I felt fire be "hot"."

He paused when he smelled something familiar before running off. It wasn't long until he came into a clearing where he saw Tsuna and Makarov.

"Tsuna! Gramps!" Natsu shouted before seeing that Makarov injured.

"Natsu!" Tsuna said turning to Natsu surprised before noticing his condition. "Natsu, what happened to you?"

"Never mind that! What happened to Gramps?!" Natsu said rushing over only to trip and crawl the rest of the way.

"He fought against Grimoire Heart guild master. I've given him first aid, but it's not safe to move him." Tsuna replied. He was about to send off a phoenix to find Wendy and guide her here. He can't leave Makarov alone in his condition with enemies in the area. "Anyway, let me treat your injuries."

"We should Wendy first!" Natsu protested only to be stop by a glare from Tsuna.

"Natsu. We might run into more enemies before we find Wendy. How do you plan on fighting them when you're injured already? All you'll do is get in worst shape and make things harder on Wendy when she heals you. Better to treat what we can to save her the magic." Tsuna explained pulling out what supplies he has left and started treating Natsu. "What happened to your scarf anyway?" He wasn't a fan of it's new color.

Natsu growled. "Run into some bastard earlier. He had some weird magic that looks like it killed some of the plants in the area and it turned my scarf black. When I get my hands on him I'll make him pay!"

Tsuna froze at that, magic that killed the plants. Why did he get the feeling that it wasn't just plants that that magic killed. If Natsu got hit with that magic, that that means Natsu should be dead. Tsuna focused on Natsu scarf and he felt that magic he felt traces of that magic on it.

"Tsuna?" Natsu asked wondering why Tsuna suddenly stopped. He turned his head and became alarmed when he saw fear in Tsuna's eyes. "Tsuna. What's wrong?"

"It's nothing Natsu." Tsuna replied with a smile. "Just zoned out for a moment." He didn't want to alarm Natsu to what could have happen if his scarf hadn't protected him. He doesn't want to think of that outcome.

Natsu stared at Tsuna. He could tell, that smile was fake, but decided to leave it for now. He knew Tsuna would deflect the question.

Something suddenly crashed landed near them making Tsuna and Natsu turn around to it.

"Got beat by Master Hades? Isn't that right, Makarov?" The newcomer asked grinning.

"Master Hades?" Natsu asked.

Tsuna glanced to Natsu for a moment and was shocked to see that Natsu was scared. He looked back at the newcomer with narrowed eyes.

"Who are you?" Tsuna asked moving in front of Natsu.

"Me? I'm Zancrow. Now die!" Black flames engulf Tsuna making Zancrow laugh. "How does the flames of a God feel?!" He asked mockingly thinking he killed Tsuna.

"Flames of a God?" Tsuna asked making Zancrow eyes widen as Tsuna slowly walked out of the flames uninjured. "Rather unimpressive if you ask me."

"What? How?" Zancrow asked, trying to figure out what trick was used. That's when he notice, Tsuna was absorbing his flames through his body.

Tsuna smirked. "You're rather arrogant aren't you. You think fire, even from a god, could hurt a phoenix?" Tsuna glanced back to Natsu. "Natsu leave this guy to me and protect Master."

Zancrow glared. "You think a dumb bird is better than a god? Gods are the one's that gave us fire!" He fired a blast of black flames that exploded around Tsuna engulfing him with black flames again. Once again Tsuna walked out of the flames uninjured making Zancrow grit his teeth in rage.

Tsuna glared at Zancrow and hit him with his killing intent. "Gods might have given us fire, but it was the phoenix that mastered it."

Zancrow froze in fear surprising him. The only one that has ever scared him was Master Hades, so how could this Fairy Tail nobody? It didn't make any sense. He's a damn God Slayer, there shouldn't be anything that can threaten him.

Tsuna took the opening and crossed the gap. "Fire Phoenix Talon." The kick sent Zancrow crashing into the nearby tree.

Zancrow jumped to his feet and created a scythe of black flames and swing it toward Tsuna cutting through the surrounding trees. Tsuna moved forward but make no moves to dodge it. Instead the moment the part of the staff of it touched him it was aborbed cutting off the end of it.

Tsuna grabbed onto the scythe that was separated using his flames and threw it spinning at high speeds at Zancrow and followed after it. Zancrow dodged his own attack and was meet at the receiving end of Tsuna's fist sending him backwards.

Zancrow slammed his fist into the ground to stop himself and then charged at Tsuna with his fist covered with black flames. However he was telegraphing his attack to easily and Tsuna in one fluid motion dodge the punch and grabbed Zancrow wrist before throwing him into the air.

Zancrow corrected himself in the air and took a deep breathe. "Fire God Bellow" He breathed out a huge fireball of black flames toward Tsuna.

That was a big mistake as Tsuna flew through the fireball as if it was nothing and appeared in front of Zancrow.

"What are you?" Zancrow asked with a hint of fear. It was understandable when you fight someone who your magic is useless against, especially with the mentality that your magic is unbeatable. Tsuna knew that and was using it against him.

"A Phoenix." Tsuna shouted before flipping in the air and landing a axe kick on Zancrow head sending him crashing down the ground. Zancrow hit the ground hard and bounced back into the air. Tsuna landed next to him and grabbed him and span around and threw him into a tree.

"It's completely one sided." Natsu commented off to the side in amazement. He was having a hard time against Zancrow, but Tsuna wasn't having any trouble.

"Tsuna is this Zancrow worst match up." Makarov noted getting Natsu's attention.

"Gramps you're awake!" Natsu said happily. He was out cold the entire time.

"For now." He was already fighting to stay awake. "It clear that Tsuna's opponent is more or less a one trick pony, at least with how he fights. No doubt from his mentality that makes him believe that he's unbeatable. He used to being able to overpower his opponent with his black flames that he has no plan for when that fails. Now he's at a lost on what to do and is panicking."

Natsu nodded, he won't deny that fighting Tsuna is difficult with how his fire have no effect on him. The first time the two had a spar Natsu was at a lost since Tsuna could just absorb him flames if they got near him.

Zancrow got in his feet with a growl. He hated how easily he was getting beaten, it was humiliating and if Master Hades learns of it he no doubt will be punished harshly.

Tsuna took a deep breathe. "Fire Phoenix Screech."

Zancrow grinned seeing the blast of fire coming at him and when the fire reached him he didn't hesitant in eating it. When he finished he started laughing. "So that's all there is to the flames of a phoenix?"

Makarov let out a sigh. "Shouldn't have expected it wouldn't be that easy."

"No, it's over. Tsuna won." Makarov looked at Natsu confused. Natsu grinned as he saw an orange glow from Zancrow stomach. "There a reason why I don't eat Tsuna's fire without his permission. Even after you eat it, Tsuna has complete control over them."

Zancrow screamed in pain as Tsuna's fire burst out of his stomach. Zancrow fell to his knees breathing heavily and holding onto his stomach. He looked up at Tsuna with a glare only for his eyes to widen when he saw a hundred phoenixes around him.

Tsuna smiled darkly. "Each of these phoenixes will create a small explosion that have enough force to easily crack your bones. Now imagine a hundred of those explosions, no doubt it will be painful. Normally I wouldn't do this kind of thing, but you and your guild has pissed me off." He can tell, Zancrow himself has killed hundreds if not thousands of people with a grin on his face. "Now pay for your sins."

With that the phoenixes dive bombed onto Zancrow making him scream in pain as a chain of explosion went on for thirty seconds. When it was over, Zancrow was out cold in the middle of small crater.

Tsuna stared at Zancrow emotionless for a moment. Zancrow was done as a mage after that. His bones are broken and won't heal correctly causes deforms which will cause some pain, along with the damage and lose of cartilage which will cause a lot of pain. The prison he spends the rest of his life at won't have to worry about him causing much trouble.

"Tsuna!" Natsu said rushing over to him. "You kicked his ass! The rest of Grimore Heart won't stand a chance!"

Tsuna whacked Natsu on the back of the head. "Don't get overconfident. That was nothing more than dumb luck. I doubt that the rest of Grimoire Heart members are arrogant fire mages as well." Tsuna knew if Zancrow used any other magic beside fire than the fight would have gone differently. Plus his intuition was telling him Zancrow is far from the most dangerous enemy on the island.

"Natsu! Tsuna!" A voice shouted getting the two to look up to see Carla, Happy, Lily, and Wendy flying over to them.

"Are you two alright?" Carla asked.

"We're fine. But Master needs treatment." Tsuna replied gesturing to Makarov making the others gasps at his condition.

"Never mind me." Makarov said weakly. He's about to pass out again. "Wendy can you do something about Natsu's scarf? The malevolence that stains his scarf will cause problems if we don't take care of it soon."

"I have to agree." Tsuna added in. "The traces of that magic I can sense on it makes me uncomfortable."

Lily glanced at Tsuna and could tell from his expression it's that magic that terrified him so much earlier. If traces of it is on Natsu's scarf than they should take care of right away.

Wendy nodded and moved over to Natsu and Tsuna kicked his legs from under him making Natsu fall on his butt. Wendy closed her eyes and focused as she channeled her magic into Natsu's scarf.

While Wendy worked on Natsu scarf Tsuna went over to Makarov who was unconscious again and Lily and Carla joined him.

"So what happened on your end?" Tsuna asked.

"We found Mest and Wendy just after the flare went up. With an attack incoming I decided to get answers right away worried that he might be an enemy as well. It turns out that Mest works for the Magic Council trying to get dirt on us so they can disband Fairy Tail. After that we were attacked by a member of Grimoire Heart. We tried to defeat him, but lost. When we came too Natsu and Happy were there and we were attack by grunts before this guy name Zancrow showed up and he was able to beat Natsu." Lily answered.

"Had a guess that Zancrow was the one that injured Natsu." Tsuna stated remembering how scared Natsu was when he saw Zancrow.

Both Carla and Lily blinked at that. "You know Zancrow?"

Tsuna pointed over to Zancrow. "He's over there. Did a real number to him as well."

"You defeated Zancrow? But you look uninjured." Carla pointed out getting a nod from Tsuna. She remembered just how badly Natsu was hurt in that fight.

"Mostly luck that he was my opponent. I'm immune to fire so his magic couldn't hurt me. I took advance of his shock and panic to end the fight quickly before he did any desperate attacks that could have hit Master. Anyone else or a different kind of magic and I'll probably be in the same condition as Natsu or worst." Tsuna explained. He honestly hated fights like this, everything thinks he stronger than he is and have higher expectation of him. It's annoying.

"I don't think Zancrow was one of the strongest of the Seven Kin of Purgatory." Lily stated thinking back a bit. "That man we fought earlier, Azuma. He seemed a lot more dangerous and I don't think we was using his full power at the time as well."

"I would have to agree." Carla added it. "Zancrow seemed to go all out at the start to overpower his enemies. While that Azuma would watch how we would react and counter."

Tsuna let out a sigh. Those kind of enemies are trouble, they hold back to figure you out before they try to finish you off. And since they hold back it's hard to get a good feel on just how strong they are and what they can really do. Plus they tend to have a good understanding of their magic and develop different ways to use it to it's fullest.

"So what kind of magic did he use?" Tsuna asked, he needs all the information he can get if he's going to defeat someone like that.

"I'm not sure what it would be called. He could merge with a tree and create explosions. I don't know how those two are related." Lily explained thinking over the possibles. However his knowledge of Earthland magic is still limited.

"A type of nature magic." Tsuna said with a hum. "That would explain why I sensed some of Tenroujuma magic in that tower of fire. Still how does nature magic let you use fire like that?" It was a puzzle. Must be some kind of Lost Magic that Tsuna doesn't know about. They're are a lot of those that are confusing.

"No clue." Carla said with a sigh of defeat.

"What should we do now Tsuna?" Lily asked.

"For now we stay here. As much as I would like to find the rest of Grimoire Heart and kick them off our island, we need to wait until Wendy takes care of Natsu's scarf and takes a look at Master. After that we need to regroup with everyone else. They should be heading to the camp." Tsuna answered getting a nod from the other two.

It took roughly fifteen minutes for Wendy to fix Natsu's scarf before she took a look at Makarov. Sadly with how badly he was injured she won't be able to heal him in one go and she's a little drained from fixing Natsu's scarf. So they decided for Wendy to get Master in a more stable condition so they can move him.

As she work on that Natsu started walking around sniffing around getting a confused look from everyone else.

"Natsu?" Tsuna asked wondering if he should be concern.

"This smell." Natsu mumbled focusing on a direction.

"What smell, Natsu?" Happy asked.

"I remember now. Why was he here?" Natsu said puzzled making everyone else puzzle since they have no idea who he was talking about.

"Who is he talking about?" Lily asked turning to Carla.

"Wendy, Tsuna, do you know?" She asked hoping that they had the answer.

Wendy turned to Carla. "I can't tell... Everyone's smell kind of blends together and I can't tell who is where"

"It'll come with time Wendy." Tsuna said reassuring her. "I'm more used to the island now, so I can roughly make out the direction mostly everyone in to a degree. Some more than others due to the wind. But I can't recognize a smell I never smelled before." Carla nodded accepting that.

Happy looked back at Natsu. "So, Natsu... Who did you smell?"

Natsu turned to Happy. "That guy I met on Galuna Island." That would example it, Tsuna didn't go to Galuna Island when they stole that S Class mission. So anyone Natsu meet there would be an unknown for Tsuna. "He's close!" He said before charging off.

Tsuna let out a sigh. "Happy can you go with him please?"

Happy nodded as he summoned his wing. "Aye."

Tsuna glanced back to Wendy who was still working on stabilizing Master. The are going to be here for awhile.

He just hopes that everyone else if alright.

So has promised I will explain thing about Tsuna fight with Zancrow. Zancrow gives me the feeling as an arrogant person who thinks he's unbeatable and fighting style is overpower his opponent with his magic. Yes Natsu had a hard time with him because of his flames, but once he figured out a way around those flame he quickly defeated him. Tsuna from being a Phoenix Slayer has an immunity to fire so he didn't need to figure out anything. And with how arrogant Zancrow is of his magic, once he loses the ability to overpower someone with his magic he is easily beatable as shown by Natsu. So that's how Tsuna got an easy win against him.

I want to say more about this issue, but I want to avoid spoilers for the upcoming chapters. So please wait for those chapters before going off about Tsuna being OP.

Well that's all for now. Leave a review if you like. Until next time o/