Back with the continuation

"speaking"

"thinking"

On with the story

Irene and the others followed Natsu from a distance as they walk within the cave, the man had entered in

"this caves….all of the caves that we've encountered had nearly the same writings as the others" Erza said as they walked within the cave where there were the same ruin markings all over the wall

Irene went to some of the writings as her eyes scan around and found something

"'death comes to those who seek life, life comes for those who seeks death. The eternal cycle of life, from the deeps of the mountain, the ancient spirit of fire guards the treasure of the Fire Dragon King, those with hearts of morality may be bestowed upon it' every single writings here, they are all indicating to different locations" Irene said as she had read out some of the writings on it "Natsu…he thought that some who are worthy might try to find the Ryubusous….in hope that they would be able to finish what he could not"

"finish what he could not?" Erza repeated "what does that mean?"

"the mission that was bestowed upon him by the High Council 400 years ago, the mission that all Dragon Slayers have" Irene explained "to hunt and slay dragons"

"but in this particular mission, the Dragon of Chaos" Kagura said as she was looking at a carving of a giant creature with black scales and black wings "Acnologia"

"he wanted someone worthy to find the Ryubusous, someone who is strong enough to defeat Acnologia for good," Irene said as she looks at the ancient drawings of Acnologia

"but finding the entrance to the caves would be hard considering that they are hidden in plain sight" Kagura said

"Yes, but the true challenge that he had set upon each location.." Irene said as she saw little drawings of many creatures that have strange appearances "…there are Guardians within each sealed location"

"Guardians? Do you mean creatures like the eight headed snake we once had encountered?" Erza asked as Irene nodded

"I had thought that the drawings at the temple were just drawings but they are ancient extinct creatures of the past that are the protectors of each Ryubusous" Irene looks around before she stopped when she found a drawing of a woman and a dragon

She looks upon the drawing as the dragon looks a lot like Belserion and the woman looks to be just like her

Irene smiled a bit to the drawing before she felt a rumble on the ground

The rumble started to turn into shaking as the entire cave's wall were shaking hard

"an earthquake!" Kagura exclaimed holding onto the wall

"no! it must be the Guardian hidden here!" Irene exclaimed before she heard a loud rumbling roar coming from the end of the cave


Irene and the others reached to the end of the cave where they find Natsu standing in front of a giant rock statue that moves and was causing the cave to rumble

"a Rock Stone Golem!" Irene exclaimed as she knows the earth creature "a creature made out of pure stone that is able to hibernate for a millennium"

The golem crashed around the cave before it fell down in front of Natsu

Natsu approached the golem with tears pouring down his eyes

"thank you…for everything" Natsu said as he touched the golem's head

"Natsu….what happened here?" Irene asked as Natsu was in tears to the golem

"he protected this place with everything he had" Natsu said as he looks to the golem and sees dozens of explosion marks all around its body as some part of it were crumbling to pieces "but he couldn't do it forever"

"what do you mean?" Erza asked

"someone came here" Kagura said as she finds old broken magic weapons laying around everywhere "I presume that someone found this place and took the Ryubusou hidden here"

"and they used any means to take it for themselves" Irene said as she looks to Natsu who caressed the golem

"thank you for your hard work" Natsu said "you can rest now"

The golem looks to Natsu before its eyes turned dark and its whole body crumbled to boulders and rubble

"did it…" Erza asked as Irene shook her head

"golems have long life span, even if their stones are damaged, given time to rest they will heal" Irene explained as Natsu had a broken old sword in his hand

"human did this" Natsu said before he threw away the sword "despicable humans!"

Natsu's eyes turned red as his fangs grew sharp

"Natsu.." Irene reached for Natsu but the man slapped her hand away from him

"human awakened me from my slumber, humans harmed my friends, humans are nothing but vermins!" Natsu exclaimed and showed Irene and the others his glowing red eyes

"his eyes!" Erza looks at Natsu as the man started to walk away from them

Irene watches Natsu leaves as his aura raged like crimson fire

"Natsu….you're wrong….not all humans are bad" Irene looks to him as the man walks to the cave and disappeared into the shadow


Natsu stood above the top of a mountain as he over sees everything around him

His eyes scan the area before he finds a small city near the mountain range

"I can sense the Ryubusou within that human infested city" Demon Natsu appeared as Natsu looks at the town

Flashback

The kingdom of Dragnof, in its days of glory

Humans, dragons, live together peacefully and harmony as Natsu watched them all with Eliza beside him

Flashback

"find the exact location" Natsu said before he jumps down the top of the mountain and started sliding down the down lane ground "my senses are still dull after my long slumber"

"as you wish" Demon Natsu said before he disappeared

Natsu jumps up as he landed to the ground before he started walking and was heading to the city


Far from his location was Irene and the others as they were following Natsu from behind

"must we follow him?" Erza asked "he has no intention of having anyone following him"

"we have to follow him" Irene replied watching Natsu walking towards the city's gate and entering in through the gates "I can't let him fall to the darkness again"

"then let us move then" Kagura said as she started to follow the man with Irene and the others following behind


Natsu entered the city as he scans the area and sees that it looks to be a normal looking city

He continues on walking through the streets of the city as there were flags that had three golden feathers drawn upon it

As he continued on walking, he passed by an alley where he sees a couple of men kicking and hitting something rather small and yellow

"this thing had the guts to keep stealing from my stall!" one of the men shouted while kicking the small yellow thing before taking out a knife and raised it up "die!"

He swings the knife down before Natsu appeared and caught his hand

"wha!? Who is this guy?!" one of the other men shouted as Natsu grips the man's hand so hard that the bones instantly break

"Gaaaaaah!" the man screamed in pain as Natsu lets go of his hand before kicking him towards the other two men

"beat it" Natsu said while his eyes glowed red that scared them as they ran away

Natsu scoffed seeing them running away like cowards before looking down to the thing that they were kicking and hitting at

"you're….!?" Natsu looks in surprise as the small yellow thing that the men had been hitting and kicking on was a small doll looking bird "..Momon?!"

The small yellow doll bird gets up before looking up to Natsu as tears started to pour up

"Na….tsu….." Momon muttered out before falling as Natsu kneeled down and cradled the small bird in his arms

Natsu sees that Momon had shredded tears all around him and one of his wings was gone

"what….what happened to you?" Natsu asked the bird as Momon was not doing good

"please….Natsu" Momon begged as he holds Natsu's hand "Éclair….please save, Éclair!"

Natsu looks to the bird as it fainted in his arms

"Éclair? But….it has already been….3 centuries?!" Natsu looks bewildered as the last time, he ever met the two was 300 years ago

Natsu looks to Momon as confusion was written all around his face


That's a wrap!

Bye bye