Chapter 28: You Traitor!
After making her great escape from her captivity, Erza Scarlet was trying to get out there. However, she didn't know how to get out of the fortress. So she went searching and paled when she heard alarms going off. Thinking, they had realized she was gone, she instantly bolted into a near watch tower and climbed the ladder while waiting. A guard was at the top, so when he turned his back she snuck behind him and knocked him out. He dropped binoculars and a communication device. She smashed the device and it exploded into little debris while some smoke came out of it, signaling its death. Titania then picked up the pair of binoculars and searched from up top. However, what she saw in the middle of the fortress grounds made her throw the binoculars behind her and she bolted down the ladder exiting the tower.
—With Natsu Dragneel—
As Hades and Makarov stared each other down, with both sides of the guild doing the same with one another, Natsu and Wendy got close together while the sky dragon slayer tried to soothe her lover whispering into his ear, "Calm down my love, let master make the next move." He glanced her way while having a lost look on his face. Something inside of him was battling to be let loose. Wendy motioned Alice, Jenny and Zancrow over.
"Are you okay Natsu?" Alice asked, she got no reply.
"Hey man, snap out of it!" Zancrow lightly shouted only for them to hear as he tried to get the dragon slayer to respond, but to no avail.
Master Hades, sensing something was wrong with Natsu, began to speak to him. "Natsu, I want you and Wendy to go check on the prisoner." Hades ordered which snapped Natsu out of his state, but before he could reply, someone else did.
"You don't have to, because I'm right here..." A voice called out which made everyone turn around. Even FairyTail had to turn around and see who was coming behind them, however, when they noticed who it was they had warm smiles on there faces.
"Erza!" The guild shouted seeing their Queen of Fairies enter the conversation. Ezra was now back in her regular armored outfit with her blue skirt and black boots. She glanced there way and smiled, however made no indication of speaking to them as she continued to walk towards the center where Natsu and his friends stood. Wendy to his left and Alice to his right with Jenny and Zancrow behind them.
"Natsu..." She mumbled seeing him and friends standing up ahead. He glanced toward her and his eyes narrowed. Wendy, sensing rising emotions instantly clinged onto her lover's arm and spoke more soothing words to him.
"Natsu..." Erza's voice rose more this time as she continued her trek to the fire dragon slayer. Grimiore Heart and FairyTail both forgot one another as they watched what was going on in the center.
"Natsu!" Erza this time shouted as she drew her sword. "You traitor!" She called out towards him. "
What the hell do you mean?" He finally spoke in forever, his tone growing in annoyance. Then glanced at Wendy and Alice and said, "Don't worry. I'll keep my apparentices safe." He grinned.
"You...TRAITOR!" She yelled this time with glaring eyes. "You...Wendy...your friends...will die!"
That's all it took to set Erza Scarlet off as she suddenly charged Natsu, not realizing the danger he was in, and stared swinging her normal sword at him. He backflipped as his friends scattered while barely missing the attack.
"What the hell is your problem girl?" Natsu asked now growing angry. From the sidelines, FairyTail's Gray Fullbuster and Lissana Strauss both looked at one another and said, "Did he just call Erza, 'girl'?"
Makarov then looked at Mirajane who stood to his left and Gildarts who stood to his right and groaned. "It's as I feared. Hades memory wiped Natsu."
"What!" Mirajane and Gildarts exclaimed together.
"That's why he looks at us confused like we are strangers. That's because to him, we are. He has no past collections of who we are..." Makarov said sadly, now knowing how this battle would end.
Back upfront, Erza quit her slashing and glared further more on Natsu. "What's my problem? You're my problem! What ever happen to our love huh? Protect your friends to the end right? No matter what! You nearly killed me! And you should have when you had the chance! I will be your living nightmare! I'm here to save my friends Natsu and Wendy. Here to save them from the living tormenting hell theyre currently being put through since their capture and if that means to kill my corrupted lover...then so be it!" She shouted and changed her sword to something larger and longer bringing it down upon the dragon slayer. However, Natsu was now focused and unsheathed his own sword as he brought the blade up with perfect timing and countered the attack. Erza Scarlet's blade met Natsu's Dragneel as she watched in amazement as the sword burst into flames and began to melt the steel of hers. Glancing up, his right eye was flashing red and she knew that she had to be on her guard, otherwise he would strike her down in her place.
