Back with a new chapter
"Speaking"
""Thinking""
on with the story:
With Gray
He was looking everywhere for Natsu as he went pass trees and bushes just to find the latter
"Natsu! hey! Natsu! where are you?!" Gray shouted out trying to find the man
He then found a tree that had a pool of blood stain on the ground
Gray's eyes widen as he run there
He kneels down and saw that the blood was still fresh
"Natsu! hey! Answer me! Damnit!" Gray looks around and didn't find the trace of the man
He then looks heard a commotion near him as he walks towards some trees and saw a huge commotion at the village as the giant rat throws some green stuff from a bucket to the village
His eyes widen in shock as he saw vapor or white smoke coming from the village
"tch!" Gray clicked his tongue as he looks back to the tree covered in blood then to the village
"you better be alive when I find you, Natsu!" Gray said as he then runs towards the village
At the village
Erza was standing in a crater of what was used to be the village but was now a wasteland with the only standing is a funeral stone
"what is your gain in all of this?" Erza asked to Yuka and Toby who was standing in front of her
Yuka smirks while Toby ooohhn
"like the great Titania can understand our pain, our need of revenge!" Yuka exclaimed as blue spheres surrounds his hands
Toby nodded as long green claws appeared in his hands
They then dashed towards Erza who just stood there
In a flash
BANG! POW! BANG!
Toby and Yuka were now on the ground with multiple bumps on their heads as it was smoking from Erza's gauntlet
"N-N-No way?!" Yuka exclaimed in shock with his swollen face before passing out
"OOhhhhhnnnn" Toby was in anime tears as he was on the ground with his face so swollen you couldn't even tell that it was him
Erza looks at them as she sighs
"Erza!" Lucy's voice shouted as Erza saw the blonde running to her
"you're alright, Lucy?" Erza asked her
Lucy nodded and told her how she defeated Sherry and Angelica
"Erza! Lucy!" Gray voice shouted as he was running towards them
"Gray!" Lucy exclaimed
"what happened?!" Gray asked them
"they throwed some liquid green gel that was actually acid" Erza answered him
She then looks at Toby who was the only one conscious
"we've managed to evacuate the villagers and they are all at a safe place" she squinted her eyes to them as Gray nodded in understanding
"Where's Natsu?" Lucy asked Gray who shook his head
"we were fighting Lyon and Natsu was actually winning before he suddenly stopped and Lyon managed to hit him hard" Gray explained to him
"we then got blown off the temple and fell to the forest, I woke up from the fall and then tried to find him but only found a tree that had blood on it" Gray said with a grim face as he frowns
"No!" Lucy gasped in shock
Erza looks worried as well before she decided to let it be for now
"I'm sure Natsu will be alright when we find him" Erza said to them
She then looks at Toby
"now" Erza said as she pulls Toby up to sit
"tell us your story in all of this" Erza asked him as Toby looks down a bit before deciding to tell them their story
With Natsu
Natsu was still unconscious as Ultear hugs his head to her chest as she embraces her former love one
Her tears fall down her eyes as she sobs to Natsu
She then laid his head on her lap sideway and then gently traces his eyepatch and his lower scar
She gritted her teeth in guilt as she felt her tears were falling even more
Ultear gives Natsu's lips a kiss and then leaned away as she gently caresses his face and hair
She looks up and saw that the ritual for Moon Drip was already on again as purple light rain down the ice encased demon
"it's already begun" Ultear said as she then looks at Natsu
"I'm glad to meet you for the last time" she smiled to Natsu as she caresses his cheek
She was too focused on Natsu's face that she didn't notice his fingers twitching
Ultear was surprised as Natsu's eye twitches open slowly as his eye slowly readjust themselves to the surrounding
As soon as his eye can see clearly, tears started to form on his eye as they fall to the side
"Ul…tear!" Natsu muttered out in sadness and joy as he slowly got up and hugs her
"I finally…..i finally found you!" Natsu stuttered out as his tears weren't stopping
Ultear's tears were falling down more as she hugs him back
"Na..tsu" Ultear muffled sobbed to his shoulder as they embraced each other after 2 years of separation
Natsu then looks at her as he caresses her cheeks
Ultear smiled as she leans to his warm hands
He then slowly reached towards her as they connected their lips in a kiss
After a minute, they separated as Natsu then leans his forehead to hers
He closes his eye as he savours her addicting smell and her touch as she was really there with him
Natsu then opens his eye and then embraces her again and hugs her tightly but gently
With Gray and the others
They were running towards the temple in order to stop Lyon and his plans
"come on!" Gray exclaimed as he was running as fast as he can
"I'm running as fast as I can!" Lucy retorted while looking out of breath
"stop!" Erza suddenly shouted as Gray and Lucy stops in their tracks as they were surrounded by the ritualist from the ceremony
"we will not allow you all to interfere with Reitei-sama' plans!" one of them shouted at Gray and the others as they were holding weapons
"we're surrounded!" Lucy said as she leans back with Gray and Erza in a circle
"Tch!" Gray put his hand over the other as cold air comes out of his hands
But before he could use his magic, Erza stopped him
"we will handle this. you go and stop Moon Drip, Gray" Erza said as a sword appeared in her hand
Gray looks at her then to Lucy who nodded while holding her whip
"I got it!" Gray exclaimed as he then runs forward the ruins
"stop him!" one of the ritualists shouted as some of them were about to attack Gray
"ooohhh!"
"I will not let you!" Erza shouted as she takes down with ease
"go Gray!" Lucy shouted as she was punching a ritualist's head
"thanks!" Gray shouted as he was about to reach the temple
With Natsu
The two lost loved ones were in their embrace as Natsu was in joy to find her again
They then separated from their embrace as Natsu looks at her eyes
Ultear smiled sadly to him as her hand reached towards his eyepatch
"I caused so much pain to you, didn't I?" Ultear said as she slowly runs down her fingers on his eyepatch down to his cheeks as Natsu then holds her hand
"I don't really care" Natsu said as he kisses her hand
"as long as I can be with you again, it's worth it"
Ultear's tears started to fall again as she felt immense guilt
"why? Why can't you just forget about me?" Ultear muttered out as she looks down and her tears falls down to the floor
Natsu smiled to her as he reached to her chin and lifts her face up
"I can't" Natsu said to her
"I could never forget the woman I love, no matter what"
Ultear smiled in tears before she stands up
Natsu also stands up before wincing a bit in pain as he looks down and saw bandages on his abdomen
He then remembered that time when Lyon managed to land a hit on him
Natsu suck it in and let it be as he got up and reached towards Ultear's hands
"let's start over" Natsu suggested to her
"we can live together in Magnolia, I can build the house, buy the furniture and.." Natsu said to her as he imagines living together again before he saw Ultear looking sad
"what's wrong?" Natsu asked her
Ultear looks at him with a sad smile as she holds his hands with hers
"I really want to, Natsu. I really do, but I can't" Ultear said as he lets go of his hands and turns around as she holds her left hand with her right hand
"why?" Natsu asks her again as he holds her shoulders
"is it because of what you did in the past?" he said to her
Natsu turns her around to look at her
"Ultear, the past is in the past! I don't care what you did! I still love you no matter what!" he exclaimed to her as tears started to form near his eye
"I appreciate it, Natsu. I know you do, but I still can't leave yet" Ultear said as she reached into her pockets
"I can't leave Meredy and Aya behind" Ultear said as she pulls out a picture
"Meredy? Aya?" Natsu said confused
Ultear nodded as she gives the picture to Natsu who looks at it
In the picture was Meredy who was carrying Aya as she was smiling in the picture
"who? What?" Natsu asked in confusion
"Meredy is my daughter who I adopted a few years back before I met you. and Aya.." Ultear explained to him as she holds his right hand with her hands
"she's our daughter"
As soon as she said that Natsu's eye widen in shock as he looks at the picture
"m-m-my daughter? I-i-I have a daughter?" Natsu said in shock as tears were falling on the picture
He then looks at Ultear who nodded to him
"a year after I left, I found out that I was pregnant with your child" Ultear said as she looks at Aya in the picture
"at first I was overjoyed to find out that I was going to have your child, but.." Ultear paused as she looks down
Natsu looks at her as his mind was still processing the whole story
"I was afraid that Master Hades might use her for experiments on her magic seeing that she has your blood" Ultear said in grimace
"I've been keeping her a secret ever since then. I kept going out on mission where I was actually hiding till Aya was born" Ultear then reached towards her stomach as she gently rubs it a bit
"the only one who knows of her existence is me and Meredy" Ultear finishes her explanation before suddenly getting embrace by Natsu who was shaking in joy and tears were flowing down his eye
"o-o-our daughter" Natsu said to her
"Natsu?" Ultear said as she looks surprised from the shaking
"you made me a father of two" Natsu explained as he holds her closer
"I'm happy to know about them" Natsu cried as he embraces her closer
"But Meredy, she i-" Ultear said before Natsu stopped her
"I never did care if someone isn't related to me by blood, family is family and that's that"
"I will find a way for all of us to be together…" Natsu then leans away from the embrace as he looks at her eyes with a smile
"as a family"
Ultear's eyes widen before softening as she smiles to him and nodded
Suddenly the cave started to shake and rumble as the light on the Violet magic circle was getting stronger
"this is?" Natsu said as he looks at the magic circle
With Gray
Gray had reached the temple and managed to find Lyon and challenged him into a duel
They fought each other till the point Gray managed to gain the upper hand and defeated Lyon with an Ice Bazooka
Suddenly the temple started to shake and rumble
"this is!?" Gray exclaimed as he looks around the temple
"Hahahaha" Lyon chuckles while on the ground
"the ritual is almost finished and soon Deliora will be free and I will finally surprass Ur!" Lyon exclaimed as Gray saw that the Moon Drip Ritual is still going
"not if I can't help it!" Gray shouted as he started to run towards the upper level of the ruins in order to stop the ritual
With Natsu
Natsu saw that the Moon Drip was melting the Iced Shell on Deliora as the water flowed down the ice
He then walks near the edge of the water and scoops some of it into his hands before letting it fall back
"did you know that he was killing your mother?" Natsu asked Ultear
Ultear nodded, "He wants to surpass Ur so much that he doesn't care at all"
Natsu then looks at her before looking back at Deliora
"I" Natsu said as he stands up
"wanted to invite someone special to our wedding back then" He then looks at the water as it glowed from the light
Ultear looks at him, a bit curious and sad at the same time
"I wanted to invite Ur to our wedding" he said to her making her surprised
"but.." Ultear said before Natsu stopped her
"I know that Iced Shell is very powerful ice magic and dispelling it just means killing your mother"
"but I found another way" Natsu said surprising her
Natsu then started to dip into the water as he walks in the water
"remember that time after I proposed to you?" Natsu asked her as Ultear nodded
Flashback scene
Natsu and Ultear was sitting by a bench near a tree as they were looking up at the stars above in the night sky as Natsu holds her waist and pulls her closer to him
His lips started moving as Ultear smiled in joy to him as her eyes glowed and she leans her head to his chest and closes her eyes
Flashback ends
Natsu then reached near Deliora as he turns around to look at Ultear
"I will light your darkness" Natsu said before his body started glowing yellow
He then crosses his arms over his chest as the glow started to glowed brighter and Ultear closes her eyes as the light was flashing brighter
Golden sparkles started gathering all over Natsu as it was creating a layer of light around his body
Natsu closes his eye as he concentrates his magic to a single spot
"Oooooohhhhhh!" Natsu roared as the water started to circle up Natsu and was flowing up like a pillar and was circling around him
All of the sparkles started to gather around him before Natsu started to move his crossed hands downwards to his waist and the sparkles flied below his hands as they moved in a circular motion upwards
Natsu's eye shot open as he looks up
"Haaaa!" Natsu's hands reached up and a pillar of light burst through the cave and went through the temple floor and onto the ritual as it changed the violet light into a goldish yellow colour as the golden light ascends through the sky and onto the moon
With Erza and the others
Erza and Lucy has just finished dealing with Lyon's men as they were all on the ground beaten
They then saw the light bursting from the temple as it was so bright, it almost looks like a star just fell
"what is that?!" Lucy exclaimed as she closes her eyes
"is this!?" Erza exclaimed in shock
With Gray
Gray has just reached the top of the temple and was about to stop the ceremony before getting shocked as the golden light coming from the ritual
"What the hell?!" he shouted as he holds his hands over his eyes from the blinding light
With Natsu
Natsu was within the pillar of light as the water around him started encircling around the pillar and into a sphere
The sphere then got even bigger as more of the water started to flow into it
The ice on Deliora started to sparkle as dust sparkles came out of the ice and flied to the sphere
Ultear just looks at what was Natsu trying to do as she was shocked as the water started to form a body of a person
Natsu then saw that he was almost finished with whatever he was trying to do
He then roared to the heavens as a flash of light appeared and everything went white for a moment before disappearing
When the light disappeared, Ultear opened her eyes and adjust themselves and saw Natsu standing on his knees
She was then shock as to see that the water was completely gone and saw Deliora was still encased in ice
Natsu was catching his breath before smiling
"it….worked" He said as he slowly pointed towards a spot near Ultear
Ultear looks to where he pointed and was shocked to the core
On the ground was her mother, Ur and she was naked like the day she was born with a crack like scars on her right eye
"M-M-Mother!?" Ultear stuttered out in shock before suddenly
ROOOOOOOOOOOAAAARRRRRRRRRRRR!
An ear-piercing roar was heard as the whole island shook from it
With Lyon
Lyon was dragging his injured body to Deliora's prison as he had a crazy look on him
"finally! The time has come!" Lyon shouted as he pushed his efforts to the max
With Gray
"this roar!" Gray exclaimed in shock as he had beaten up the ritualists as he stopped the ceremony but it didn't stop the golden light that disappeared
Back with Natsu
Natsu looks back as the ice on Deliora was starting to break as the sealed demon was freed
He then looks to Ultear who was in tears as she looks at him
Natsu smiles to her before looking back at Deliora as the demon was breaking the ice it was in
"get your mother to safety, Ultear" Natsu said to her as he glared at the demon and Deliora was roaring at Natsu
"AAAAAHHHHHHH!" Natsu roared as his body burst into flames
Outside
Gray was running down the temple as it was shaking from what he thought was an earthquake, but quickly realizes that it was Deliora's roar
"got to stop Deliora before it's too late!" Gray exclaimed as he jumps over a medium sized boulder
"what the!?" Gray felt the ground shaking even more as the temple shook and pieces of it started to fall from the rumble
"outside!?" Gray shouted as he runs to an open large crack and his eyes widen in shock
Outside the temple stood Deliora as the demon roared
"D-Deliora!?" Gray exclaimed in shock as to see the Demon of Chaos freed from its seal
But suddenly Deliora was rammed down by a flaming dragon to the ground as it creates a tremor
Outside
With Erza and Lucy
The two stood in shock and surprised as a few minutes ago. They were on their way to the temple to stop the ritual before suddenly the ground shook and a roar was heard
They then saw that Deliora burst out of the temple and was accompanied by a flaming dragon who they knew was Natsu
Right now, Erza and Lucy were now witnessing the battle between a demon and a dragon as it rages on
"ROOOOOAAARRRRR!" Deliora roared as it punches the flaming dragon but the attack went through it
Natsu who was in the flaming dragon, roared at Deliora as it clawed the demon to the ground
CRASH!
The ground shook from the attack as Deliora rages towards Natsu
Back with Gray
Gray just stood where he was at as he watches the battle
He then heard grunting sound behind and he turns around and saw Lyon dragging himself towards him
"i! -grunt- will! Surpass Ur!" Lyon shouted as he pushed his body to the limits
"Lyon" Gray said with sympathy to his old senior before looking back at the battle
Outside
Natsu and Deliora fights off each other as the surrounding green life were destroyed from their fight
"aaaahhhh!" Natsu roared as he fired a breath attack at Deliora
The attack hit but only caused a few burn marks on Deliora's body
Deliora roared as a beam was charging in its mouth
Natsu growled in the dragon as it was also charging up a roar as well
They fired their attacks and resulted a devastatingly huge shock wave that caused nearby things flying from their collision with each other
"Waaa!" Lucy screamed as she was holding onto a tree for dear life
Erza grunted as her hair flied all over the place from the intense wind coming from the explosion
In the dust field, Natsu and Deliora were facing off each other as both sides were standing while watching the other
Natsu who was in his flaming dragon form, squinted his eye as he saw a little crack forming on Deliora's chest
"I get it now" Natsu said as he made his dragon disappear and he landed down to the ground
He then looks as Deliora brought back its fist and was about to attack Natsu
Natsu ignites his fist as he holds it up
Deliora then sends its fist to Natsu who jumped and was also delivering his punch at it
"Natsu!" Gray shouted to him
"Orraaaaaaaaa!" Natsu shouted as his fist connected with Deliora's as the power struggle between the two monsters battle it out
Suddenly Deliora's fist, started to crack as it spread through its whole body
"wha!?" Gray and the rest exclaimed in shock as the demon's body crumbles down and fell into billion pieces
Natsu then jumps down as he let out an exhale
He then heard someone talking as he smiles a bit
"Natsu!" Gray's voice shouted out as he was running towards him and he also saw Erza and Lucy running to him as well
"you! You defeated Deliora!?" Gray exclaimed in shock to which Natsu nodded to him
He then started to walk forward a bit
"let's go to the village, we still have a quest to finish" Natsu said to them as he turns around to walk to the village
Gray and the others looks at Natsu then to each other before nodding as they followed Natsu
"Wait you?!" a voice shouted out as Natsu and the others stopped and then turned around to see Lyon leaning on a tree for support
"Hm?" Natsu looks back at him as he slowly turns back around
"How did you do that?" He demanded.
"Do what?" Natsu asked.
"Don't play stupid with me! I mean Deliora! The immortal killing machine that destroyed countless villages and people and cost me and Gray's master her life to seal! How did you kill it so easily?!" He demanded.
"that thing was already dead." He said as Lyon's eyes widened.
"What..?"
"It was just crumbling because it was sealed in there for so long. I just finished it off." Natsu said as he shrugged.
"YOU LIE! How do explain the shrieks!? It clearly was alive when it fought you!"
"it was the last thing it could do. It may be a demon but It can't survive for that long in ice " Natsu said as he and Lyon stared at each other. Lyon then fell to his knees as he drooped down.
"So Ur really did killed it..." He said as he was frowning. "All this time...I just wasted it all chasing ghosts..Ur would be ashamed if she saw me now."
"You shouldn't feel bad Lyon." Gray said. "Ur may not be here in human form, but I have a feeling she's happily watching over us, her disciples." Gray said
"I still am" a voice spoke out surprising everyone
Gray's and Lyon's eyes widen in shock as they slowly turned around and saw Ur standing in front of them while wearing a cloak
"U-U-Ur?!" Gray and Lyon exclaimed in shock
""long time no see" I think?" Ur said while raising up her hand in greeting
"B-B-But how!? I thought Iced Shell was a magic that causes its caster's life!?" Lyon exclaimed to her
Ur shrugs as she leans to a tree
"I really don't know how I am even here, but…" Ur said as she had a soft smile to her
"I heard someone calling me "Mother" and that voice. I couldn't never forget that voice" A tear falls down Ur's left eye as she smiled with closed eyes before opening them again
"when I woke up, I saw that I was in the middle of a forest, dressed in a cloak and saw you guys here"
Gray then looks to Natsu who had his back turns to them
"Natsu" Gray said as he turns to him
"was it you?" he asked him
Natsu turns to look at him for a moment before turning back
"yeah" he replied
"I did it because she is my mother in law"
Ur got confused and surprised at the same time
"hold on there, I may have got back from the dead but I know that I don't remember having a son in law" Ur said to him
"you do now" Natsu said as he walks away
Ur got even more confused and turns to look at Gray
"I'll explain at the village" Gray said as he came over and offer Lyon his hand. Lyon then looked up and took it as the two then shook as he scoffed a little.
"Lucy, can you help Ur?" Gray asked Lucy who nodded as she came to Ur and helps her
They then started walking as they followed Natsu
At the village
Natsu and the others were back at the village which was mysteriously back together
"how is this?" Gray asked while knocking on a house's wall with his knuckles
"the whole village is back to normal!?" Lucy exclaimed in surprise
"questions later, medical care first" Natsu said as he opens up a curtain to let Ur and Lyon in the house
"ah! Everyone!" a villager called out to them as Moka and the others heard the calling villager as they all walked to them
"thank you for restoring our village, Mages!" some of them thank Natsu and the others while bowing their heads in gratitude
"But we-" Lucy tried to retort but Natsu stopped her
"we didn't restore the village" he said to them as the villagers got confused
"but right now, we have something else to discuss" Natsu explained to them
"are you all telling us the truth?" he asked them as everyone (Except Erza) got confused from his question
"what are you saying Natsu?" Lucy asked him
"I'm asking if their telling the truth on their assumption of their so-called Curse" Natsu replied her
"if the curse was from the moon or from Deliora being here, everything should be back to normal by now"
"Hey you're right, how come they're not back to normal? We stopped the moon drip, didn't we?" Gray said. They all turned to the villagers. They all had confused looks as they looked at each other.
"Was the moon drip really the cause of your transformations?" Erza asked.
"Well...we're not sure." They said. "All we remember is that when the moon turned purple, we turned into demons."
"Didn't you guys ever go to investigate the place I mean it's kind of suspicious when you think about it." Lucy asked.
"Well, it was tradition to not wander far from the village, but we did try to investigate the temple, but every time we did, we always wound up here." The village chief said.
"That isn't making sense." Lucy said as she was getting more questions than answers.
"that's because they got the wrong conclusion of the whole thing" Natsu said as he looks up at the moon
"the cause of their so-called Curse, wasn't because of Moon Drip nor Deliora"
Natsu then made shooing motions with his hands as the villagers back off from him
"it was because of this" Natsu inhaled a lot of air into his lungs as he pulls back his head
Karyuu no Hoko!
Natsu fired a flaming breath attack as it went up to the sky and on to the moon as the attack flared when it reached it
After a minute, Natsu stopped the breath attack before exhaling
He then turns around and walks back to the house where Lyon and Ur were in
Everyone looks at Natsu for a moment before looking back up and was in shock (except for Erza) as they saw that the Violet moon had a crack that was getting larger and larger before shattering as the moon turned normal
"The moon wasn't the reason you all were turning into demons. it was a side effect from the moon drip. It created a magic residue that made a crystallized dome around the island. That's why the moon looked purple." Erza explained.
"But, how come we're still demons?" The village chief asked.
"Yeah, their appearances are still the same." Lucy noted.
"This is their original appearances." Erza said which shocked everyone.
"Wait, so your saying.." The villagers started.
"all of you were demons to begin with, and the moon drip was causing your memories to be in a disarray" Natsu said as he opens up the curtain to the home before walking in
"So, this really is an island of demons." Lucy said as she was astonished.
"That is correct." A random person said as they all turned their heads to one man.
"Hey, you're that guy who took us out here!" Gray exclaimed as he recognized the man.
"Yes, I am also from this island. I am also the chief's son." The man said as he tore his cloak revealing his demon-like body.
"No way...Bobo..is that you?" The chief said as he had wide eyes and came over to his son.
"Yes. I left the island and I regained my memory, but I didn't want to come back and scare you all when you had forgotten about me." He explained as he frowned.
"Hey wait...it's coming back to me now." One of the villagers said.
"Yeah, I remember Bobo!" Another exclaimed.
"He's alive! He didn't die after all!" They all cheered as they were all now happy that Bobo was still alive.
"This calls for a celebration! Everyone, lets prepare feast! My son, has returned!" They all then happily began walking around getting everything ready. The wizards just stood there and smiled as they watched them.
"Well, I guess that solves the mystery of the Cursed Island Galuna." Lucy said as she smiled.
She was then suddenly dragged into the celebration of the demons as they were giving her drinks in gratitude
"I think I'll go take a nap." Gray said as he yawned.
He then flinched in pain as he holds his waist that was injured from his fight with Lyon
"but first, need to bandage this up" He said as he walks to the house Natsu and the others were in
He opens the curtain and saw Natsu was sitting across Ur and Lyon who was bandaged up
"sit" Natsu said as he reaches into his shirt and pulled out his necklace
Gray complied and sit down beside Natsu
Lyon then passes him a med kit who he took with a nod
"I should start from here" Natsu said as he opens his locket and gave it to Ur who took it and her eyes widen in surprise to the picture
"this all started a few years back.." Natsu said as he tells them the whole story to Ur and Lyon
That's a wrap
Bye Bye