"It exploded into being around him.
There were a thousand ways to perceive this place. Every voyager saw it differently, depending on circumstance and form and state of mind. For him it was a black, airless void in which a billion stars twinkled. Behind and beneath him blazed the world from which he had come. Through the void trailed the snake of energy he had summoned, guiding him outward into infinity."
—Illidan Stormrage experiencing the Twisting Nether
The Twisting Nether (also known as the endless void, the Nether, and nether world) is the astral plane between worlds, described as the line between the ebb of Light and the flow of Void. It is said that in the beginning there was Light and there was Void and a time long ago, the two collided in the abyss of the Great Dark, which the Twisting Nether overlaps with. The Twisting Nether is an ethereal dimension of chaotic magics that connects the myriad worlds of the universe.
There are a thousand ways to perceive it, every voyager sees the Nether differently, depending on circumstance, form, and state of mind. Illidan projecting his spirit into the Nether saw it as a black, airless void in which a billion stars twinkled, and behind and beneath him blazed the world from which he had come. A snake of energy leading out into infinity represented the flow of energy of the portals the Burning Legion use.
The Nether though separate from the physical universe still has physical objects, such as planets. It transcends all realities and is normally imperceptible to mortals. Those that enter the Nether rarely return. Time passes differently deep inside the Twisting Nether, and it is impossible to tell whether days, years, or centuries have passed. Turalyon and Alleria have fought in the Nether for "ages" from their perspective, while on Azeroth it has been only a few decades. - Wowpedia
Hi guys. It's been a bit hasn't it? Sorry it took a while to update. My oldest brother came back to live with us (Won't go into the details), so I have less time to work on my stories. But as you can see, I won't let that stop me.
Anyway, let's jump into the fray shall we?
Enjoy, or not, I don't care you all have your opinions. Everything belongs to their respective owners.
Chapter Fifty One: Setting off once again
It has been a little bit since Marcel and Rose played a song for everyone in the building to help lighten the mood up. Currently Rose was still playing the piano to fill the air with music as everyone else continued to either rest or help out with the others and civilians.
At another table in the corner of the building, Irene was simply looking around to see everyone going on with their businesses. The red haired woman herself was still trying to get over what had happened with the whole attack and all. She hadn't even eaten anything yet either. Not like that would make a difference, at least that's what she figured.
"Hey," Hearing her name being called, the Scarlet haired woman looked up to see her future son Sans standing near her with a plate of food in hand, "I figured you would be hungry, so I got you something." The three-way hybrid informed her with a smile. Irene couldn't help but smile a little herself, seeing the red haired male trying to help out.
"Thank you." She simply told the future son of her and Natsu. Sans continued to smile as he sat the plate in front of her before taking a seat next to her with his own plate of food in hand.
"No problem mom. Now eat to your heart's content." He told her, still smiling mind you; as he drank his root beer he also had on hand. Well, actually he was using his physic power to hold it, since both of his hands were carrying both his and Irene's food beforehand.
Irene merely looked at the plate of food before her. To her, it would simply taste the same like usual, tasteless. However she couldn't deny that she could fill herself with food to regain her energy. While Rose's Healing Magic restored her wounds physically, it didn't really do much to regain her actual stamina and energy. That and she didn't want Sans to be worried over her not eating anything.
The red haired Spriggan simply grabbed her fork before putting a piece of food into her mouth, not expecting anything.
However her eyes widened as the piece of food was in her mouth. Sans simply looked at the woman that will one day give birth to him with a smile, seeing the shock look on her face as she slowly chewed the food.
Taste. She can actually taste the food. Before she couldn't savor a darn thing, but now she can savor it. Irene Belserion can actually taste something!
Sans couldn't help but chuckled to himself at seeing his mother immediately digging into the plate of food in front of her. The future son of Natsu and Irene couldn't help but smile at the sight as well though.
As soon as Irene finished clearing the plate, with a still shocked look on her face, slowly turned to look at her future son, as a few tears were in her eyes. But these weren't tears of sadness, these were tears of joy.
"H-How…?" Irene started to question, knowing that Sans has the answer. Sans simply smiled once again as he pointed his thumb at Natsu, who was with Maria and Erza helping out with the others.
"The Fel Energy that was forced into you by Zeraful managed to get to the dragon seed inside you, destroying it in the process. Thanks to dad though, he managed to extract the Fel Magic from your body before it could destroy you completely. In short, thanks to dad, you're human again." Sans finished, his wide smile slowly became a soft one.
Irene looked at her future son, before turning to look at the pink haired Fire Dragon Slayer in the distance. It was thanks to him? She was actually human once more? Irene couldn't help but smile at the male as a small blush was seen on her face. The older red haired woman will need to properly thank him for what he did.
As this was happening, an Era guard walked up to Hisui, getting her attention before the guard stopped right in front of her.
"You're highness. The reinforcements that you sent out for have arrived in the city. They should arrive at this building shortly." The guard informed her. Hisui was glad to hear of this, now the survivors of the city will be in good hands.
"I see. Thank you for informing me." She thanked the guard, who nodded and saluted to her before walking away from the green haired princess.
The princess of Fiore looked around to see everyone doing their own things still. She figured it was best to gather the others and let them know that more help has arrived.
'LATER'
"Are you sure it's okay for us to leave?" Tom questioned everyone else as they prepared to set off once more.
The large group was in the streets of the ruined city, as soldiers and guards were all around helping to clean up the city as well as helping out the citizens. Since the city had enough help, it was suggested by Hisui that they head out now if they are to complete their mission.
"We need to have faith that the people here are in good hands with the arrival of reinforcements." Erza replied back. If they were going to locate the remaining future siblings, not to mention locating where Zeref and Fairy Heart were taken to, they can't stay here.
"Which direction would we go though?" Lucy asked, since the train station was destroyed during the Legion attack, thus the idea of a quick transport was out of the equation.
"I say we head southeast," Tiron stated, as he had a map in his hands to help them with their travels, "Unless you all think we should head in another direction?" The future son of Natsu and Hisui asked them, in case they think they should all head elsewhere.
Everyone looked at each other before silently agreeing that the idea of direction was alright.
"We'll all head southeast then." Daron stated. The future son of Natsu and Lisanna looked at them all to make sure that they were all present, which they were to his relief.
"Uh… is it really alright to leave these people?" Asuka, who was standing next to Natsu, questioned. The little girl was confused if it was okay just to leave the city in its current state. Natsu and the others couldn't help but smile at seeing her concern about the people's safety. Natsu merely bend down so he can look at the girl clear in the face.
"Don't worry Asuka. The people here are in good hands with the guards. They will be safe." The pink haired demon assured the young black haired girl. This seemed to cheer the little girl up as she smiled widely, happy to hear that.
"Really?" She asked once more with a happy look, getting some of the others to chuckle at her happiness.
"Yeah, they will all be safe." Natsu told her, which convinced her fully as she happily cheered, glad to know that the people here in Era will be fine. With the Legion out there, it was no wonder why the little girl was worried for them.
"Well then," Maria started to speak, getting everyone's attention as they look at the future daughter of Natsu and Erza, "Let's not waste anytime. Let's go!" She exclaimed with giant smile.
"Yeah!" Most of the group cheered out loud. With new determination, they were all ready to go find the remaining future siblings, as well as hunting down the Legion and sending them back to their foul realm.
"Alright, onward everyone!" Natsu shouted as he was about to bolt. However before they all could begin to head out, Irene then spoke up.
"Wait a moment." She told them, getting everyone confused. Even Sans didn't know what his mother wanted them to wait about.
"What is it?" Natsu asked the red haired woman, who simply smiled at the pink haired male, seeing that his attention was on her. Irene couldn't deny that weird but nice feeling she got from that.
Everyone else simply watched in confusion as Irene walked up to Natsu… before slamming her lips into his.
Everyone was caught off guard by the sudden action of the woman, Erza most of all as they all had heir eyes comically widened from the action, well at least everyone that wasn't the future children. While Erza knows that this was eventually going to happen, it was still weird for her to watch.
After a moment, Irene pulled away, leaving a wide eyed Natsu who had a massive blush on his face from the sudden act of love he just received. Irene couldn't help but giggle at seeing his reaction.
"Consider that as my thanks for saving me earlier." Irene simply told him with her own smile. Sans couldn't help but smile as well at seeing the act of love his mom gave to his dad.
*THUD*
And then Natsu fainted. His blush was still present on his face for them all to see.
"…That's still a thing?" Garad questioned, before shrugging as he went to fling Natsu over his shoulders, "Whatever. Let's go everyone!" The future son of Natsu and Cana shouted as he took off. However the future kids noticed the direction where their brother and father were going.
"That's not southeast!" Ruby shouted out, which got Garad to come to a screeching halt before bolting the other way.
"I knew that!" He called back as he heading in the new direction… which got Daron to face-palmed at his brother's stupidity.
"That's still the wrong way!" The Death Knight shouted out as well at the alcohol addicted male.
This got those who were shocked by Irene's sudden kiss on Natsu to snap out of their surprised as they saw the errors Garad kept making. They all couldn't help but laugh at seeing this; it was nice seeing something like this after everything that happened so far.
Alright, here you all go. Hope you all liked it. If you didn't can't blame you for not liking it.
See you all next time, whenever that will be.
