A/N- I'm so sorry it has taken me so long to update, but after finals and then I have been really busy since winter break started, I just haven't had time to do anything. But I'm so excited to write this chapter, and I hope you all like it.
I hope you all had a Merry Christmas and a Happy Holidays. Also, a Happy New Year.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy tail
Chapter 36
Tawna Clings to her brother and his cat tightly, until her knuckles turn white. Many of those watching wipe tears from their eyes seeing the reunion of the two. Natsu places a hand on the back of his little sister's head as she cries into his scarf, letting her get out all the sadness and anger she had bottled up for seven long years.
"Bugs," Natsu says softly, pulling Tawna and himself off the floor, back into a standing position. Tawna pulls back, wiping tears from her eyes and looks up to her brother. Natsu and Happy's eyes widen slightly in surprise, Tawna's eyes are no longer dull like in the pictures scattered across the bar, they are now bright and full of life, like they were when they left seven years ago.
"I missed you so much," Tawna says using her loose sleeve to wipe her cheeks, "I-I didn't know what to do without you."
"Everything is okay, Tawna," Natsu smiles, "We're not going anywhere, I promise." Tawna's lips curl into a smile and hugs him once more. Natsu is taken back slightly, not being used to her being taller, but doesn't hesitate to hug her back, "But…" Natsu starts, placing his hands on her shoulders and pushing her back slightly, "This, you being nineteen thing, is gonna take some getting used to." He smiles making Tawna and the rest of the guild laugh.
Tawna smiles and look to the other Tenrou participants. Seeing all the familiar faces brings an even bigger smile to her face. Looking behind Natsu, she sees Lucy, Erza, Gray, and Wendy, she rushes and captures them all in a hug.
"I'm so happy you are all okay," Tawna says squeezing the rest of her old team in a group hug. Slowly she feels arms wrap around her petite frame. She pulls back and pulls each of them into an individual hug.
"You have grown up so much," Lucy smiles as she pulls back from the hug, wiping tears from her eye. She then looks to Tawna's top and grins, "You need to tell me where you got this top, it's cute."
"Don't worry," Tawna smiles, "I'll show you the best shopping stops."
"You have turned into a beautiful young woman," Erza nods hugging the teen, "and from what we have been told, a strong one."
"Are you really as powerful as these magazines say?" Wendy asks hugging her best friend tightly.
"I guess," Tawna smiles rubbing the back of her head, then looks to Wendy, "but one this is for sure, you and I have seven years of sleepovers to catch up on." Tawna grins making Wendy nod in excitement.
"It's great to see ya," Gray smiles to his 'little sister', "but, you're still a shorty." Gray grins mussing up her hair.
"Great, the short jokes are already starting," Tawna laughs fixing her pink hair. Then she hears slightly mumblings behind them.
"Love rival," Juvia growls, making Tawna laugh and pull her fellow water mage into a hug.
"I have a feeling I'm gonna be getting that a lot now," Tawna laughs, "It's good to see you, Juvia." She says receiving a hug back.
Tawna continues to go down the line pulling her lost family in hugs. She tells Levy about all the books she needs to read, reassuring Cana that even though she missed her first legal drink, that she can still have a drink with her, Carla and Lily swarm Tawna hugging around her neck, Gajeel makes fun of her height and muttering something about being challenged to a fight, and all three Straus' pull her into a very tearful hug, and by tearful, Elfman was a blubbering mess.
Tawna grins pulling away from the three sibling, when she hears sniffling coming from behind her. Turning around she's met with the Thunder Legion with tears spilling over their cheeks and eyes wide.
"KATAWNA!" Freed, Bixlow, and Evergreen shout launching themselves to the nineteen-year-old.
"Ahhh, wait… oooofff" Tawna laughs as he is tackled to the ground in a group hug.
"You're so different!" Bixlow cries.
"different… different!" his babies echo.
"You have grown up so much!" Ever shouts with tears streaming down her face with Freed muttering something inaudible through tears of happiness.
"Okay, okay," Tawna laughs, as she gets released from their grip. Tawna looks up and smiles catching the last person in line's wide eyes. "Laxus!" Tawna grins and jumps from her feet and quickly runs over to hug him. Wrapping her arms around his waist, taking him by surprise. His once little Squirt, is no longer little. Tawna pulls away from the hugs smiling.
"I guess I can't call ya Squirt anymore." Laxus smiles placing a hand on her head making Tawna smiles wider.
"I guess not." She grins.
"Child," Makarov says from his seated position on the bar next to a proud looking Gildarts. Tawna turns and walks over to her old master.
"Gramps," Tawna smiles.
"You have grown in to quite the young woman," Gramps nods, "You have been through many trials, and seeing the woman and wizard you have grown to be, makes me proud to call you my child."
"Oh, Gramps!" Tawna cries puling him into a hug crying once more.
"Okay, okay, Child." Gramps struggles against the tight hug, pushing the teen back to look into her eyes, "Enough of the water works, we are here. Now is not the time for crying, it is a time for celebrating."
"Yeah!" Cana shouts holding a bottle of booze, "LETS PARTY!"
"YEAH!" The rest of the guild shouts throwing themselves into the celebration. Within seconds the small guild was lively, even though Tawna is anxious to hear the full story of Tenrou, she decides it can wait and takes a seat next to a certain someone with pink hair and a blue cat.
"Why so quiet, Bro?" Tawna smiles sliding a flaming mug in front of him and Elie slides a mackerel in front of Happy.
"FISHY!" Happy cheers, "Thanks Elie." He smiles taking a big bite.
"I guess I still can't believe it's been seven years." Natsu says looking over to Tawna, "I mean, just look at you." He says sadly.
"We missed so much," Happy says looking to Elie, then back to up to Tawna.
"Don't be sad," Tawna says smiling softly, "It wasn't your fault that you were gone for seven years." Tawna sighs holding tight to her mug of ice chips, "Trust me, the last seven years haven't been easy, there were so many time I wished I was on that island. I guess, I thought being on the island, would have been easier than having to live through the pain."
"Tawna," Natsu says, "I'm glad you weren't there in the end. With everything that happened, I'm happy you were too injured to go."
"Macao said you would say that," Tawna smiles bitterly, knowing he was right, "You could say I ran on autopilot. For seven years, I bottled up my emotions, taking hard jobs, and spending my time training, until I would burst in anger and frustration."
"Poor Macao, he was usually at the brunt of those." Elie adds, "I'm pretty sure she's the reason he's turning grey." She says making Natsu and Happy giggle and Tawna roll her eyes.
"Yeah, Macao and I have definitely duked it out a few times over the years." Tawna laughs, "but to be honest, he had every right to be upset with me. I've been a bit, reckless."
"A bit?" Elie raises her eyebrows.
"Tawna," Natsu says in the 'I know you're lying' tone of voice.
"Okay, a lot reckless," Tawna laughs, "I rarely took easy jobs, and I came back pretty beat up a few times." She says looking over to her brother's matching dark green eyes, "I'm sure you would have killed me a few weeks ago, especially seeing how badly I was beat up, and saw the way I acted." She sighs looking down, "Especially since you saw me almost die in your arms." She feels a hand on her shoulder, and she looks to her brother.
"It's okay Tawna," Natsu says softly.
"Really?" Tawna asks surprised.
"No," He says punching her in the shoulder.
"Owww!" Tawna shouts offended holding her arm.
"Are you crazy," Natsu scowls.
"I'm your sister, so I must be." Tawna glares punching him back. Both Dragneels glare at each other, but both glares fade and are replaced by grins and laughter. "It hasn't even been an hour and we are already arguing." Tawna laughs.
"I guess some things don't change." Natsu laughs, "Unlike you." He says shoving her lightly.
"Hey," Tawna laughs, "Sorry to burst your bubble, but I couldn't stop myself from growing up."
"I know," Natsu sighs, "It just weird."
"Yeah, last time we saw you, you could barely walk." Happy says, "And Elie could barely fly in a straight line."
"Hey!" Elie shouts whacking Happy with the fish tail in her hand, "I could fly in a straighter line than you."
"Ow," Happy mopes, "I was only joking. You didn't need to hit me." He pouts making Tawna and Natsu giggle.
"I was little," Elie laughs, "My flying skills have improved."
"And I'm walking just fine," Tawna scowls to the blue exceed.
"Except when your knee pops out of place," Elie laughs.
"What?" Natsu asks confused.
"Oh, shut it El," Tawna laughs, "I seem to destroy the knee joint in most of my legs."
"Macao said you went through quite a few legs." Happy states nibbling on his fish.
"Yeah," Tawna laughs, "I don't go easy on them. I use a lot of hand to hand combat when I fight and lots of jumps. All that is not easy on prosthetic joints." She smiles to her brother patting her right leg, "But, this leg Dr. Gerald created has been holding up really well."
"He made it 'Tawna Proof'" Elie laughs, making Tawna roll her eyes.
"I wanna see your leg!" Happy and Natsu shout excited. Tawna sighs looking at her brother and his cat. She knows she can't refused them the request, as much as she wishes she could.
"Yeah, lets see it, Calico." Gajeel says approaching with Gray, Juvia, and Lucy, causing the Dragneels to turn in their seats.
"Fine," Tawna sighs, "I knew this was gonna happen." She says unlacing her boots. The rest of the guild heard she was showing her leg and they began to gather around. Tawna looks up and sees the many eyes of her guild mate, she holds back a sigh and ignores the self-consciousness rising in her head. "For the record," She says before removing her sock, "I rarely do this. Do not expect it to be a normal occurrence."
"You don't show your leg?" Lucy asks.
"Not very often, there is only a handful of people who have seen my leg outside the guild, and only two people who have seen me without the leg." Tawna states hooking her thumbs in the hem of her sock and pushing down her leg, careful not to get the fabric caught in the metal. As the sock left the leg, the Tenrou team looks speechless at the leg.
"Wow," Natsu says with wide eyes. The leg Tawna is sporting is matte black coated metal prosthetic leg, attached to the severely burn-scarred skin of mid-thigh. When she wears the sock, you cannot even tell she is missing the leg.
"It's the best leg yet," Tawna states ignoring the feelings of wanting to cover the metal, "I can use my magic through it, it's water, rust, and fire proof, and the metal is very strong, especially in the joints where I tend to break first, like the knee."
"Yup, you have the good stuff," Gajeel says about the metal, "I can smell it."
"Hey," Tawna says pointing to the iron dragon slayer, "I know what you are thinking, and no you can not take a bite of it. I have a box full of broken legs upstairs you can have." Gajeel thinks for a moment and nods.
"Fine," He says crossing his arms, "But when this leg kicks the bucket, I call dibs."
"Deal," Tawna laughs.
"How does it feel?" Natsu asks curious.
"Still like it does when I first got it," Tawna says pulling her sock up, "Just like my own leg, I can move it, run, jump, kick, and use magic. Though you can't feel anything through it. It took a while to get used to it, but it's just a normal feeling now."
"You said a couple people have seen you without the leg?" Erza questions, "What happened?"
"I was on a mission with two wizards from another guild," Tawna states munching on her mug of ice chips. "The dude I was fighting, destroyed the leg during the fight."
"Well, it was your fault," Elie adds.
"Okay," Tawna sighs, "I did detach the leg during the fight, but I had no choice. I still won the fight though."
"You kicked this guy's butt with one leg!" Natsu shouts proud.
"Technically," Tawna shrugs, "I don't know if replacing my leg with an ice one counts as a one-legged win."
"That's so cool!" Happy cheers from Natsu's shoulder.
"No way," Gray states, "You used Ice Make."
"Some-what," Tawna laughs as some of the guild members go back to celebrating, "I can only make legs, anything else just turns to snow, or turns into a leg. I'm gonna leave the Ice Make to you, and Water Body to Juvia."
"You still can't do water body?" Juvia asks surprised.
"Well, I can, but…" Tawna laughs, "Only without my leg."
"What?" Natsu laughs, "What does that mean?"
"For some reason, my leg won't take to the Water Body spell, it doesn't work." Tawna giggles, "When I try use Water Body to dodge an attack, the leg doesn't change."
"Yeah, one time she was practicing, and when she did it, her leg fell off and then she fell on the ground." Elie says making the group laugh.
"I wish I could have seen that," Natsu laughs then flashes the infamous Dragneel grin, "but I do want to see if you are really as strong as everyone says. How about a fight, you and me?"
"You are already challenging her to a fight, Natsu?" Lucy sighs annoyed.
"Calico might be small, but I'm positive she can kick yer butt," Gajeel smirks.
"I just got back from a mission, ask me tomorrow, and I'll happily take you on." She smirks leaning her back against the bar.
"I don't like the way she said that," Happy says wearily.
"Careful, Pyro" Gray laughs, "Your little sister is gonna kick your butt."
"She is not," Natsu argues back, falling into a classic Gray and Natsu shouting match.
"Oh stop it," Tawna laughs, "Enough talkin', it's time to celebrate." The teen grins.
"Aye!" The group cheers all grabbing drinks.
The rest of that night was filled with seven years' worth of singing, drinking, and dancing. Going most of the night, many of them began to drift off to sleep in the early hours of the morning for a nap, before they continue the party into the next day. Everyone was passed out scattered on the tables, bar and floor. All except for a tall blond wizard who sits quietly in the corner of the bar reading the current newspaper.
Laxus' attention is brought from the newsprint when the sound of little feet patter against the wood floor. Glancing behind him he sees, Alzack and Bisca's daughter up and wide-eyed and scanning the scattered bodies for something, or someone. The kid finds her target and sneaks over to the old sofa, carefully stepping over the sprawled-out legs, arms and cat tails as she makes her way over. Stopping a few feet away she tries to figure out how to get up to the cushions. Deciding just to go for it, she steps on Natsu's stomach, using him as a boost and jumps onto the teen sleeping on the couch.
"Uggg… Squirt," Tawna groans, reaching her arm up rubbing her face. Sitting up slightly she see a pair of large eyes looking at her. "What do you want?"
"Do you have another one of my outfits upstairs?" The five-year-old grins.
"Asuka, why can't you be like a normal kid, and want to stay in your pj's all day," Tawna groans laying back down.
"Please!" Asuka begs.
"Fine," Tawna sighs sitting up with the kid on her lap, "How did you get up here?" She asks seeing the bodies scattered around the sofa. The kid simply points to the ground and Tawna looks down and giggles. On the ground below, Natsu lays spread out, and snoring loudly with a small dusty footprint on his vest and stomach. "Good to know he is still a heavy sleeper." Tawna nods, "Okay, lets go." Tawna says crawling off the sofa, pulling the girl onto her back and disappears upstairs.
Laxus goes back to his newspaper, but can't but think about how similar Asuka is to Tawna when she was that age. He still can't believe she was that age 14 years ago, guaranteed it only feels like 7 years to himself, but that's something he can't help. Pulling him out of his thoughts he hears a mug slide in front of him.
"Still take your coffee black?" Tawna asks holding her own steaming mug. She has changed from the clothes she wore yesterday into a pair of black shorts, thigh high white socks and black boots, and loose off the shoulder flowy white crop top.
"Yeah," Laxus says surprised she remembered, placing down the paper, "When did you start drinking coffee?"
"15," Tawna states, "When you don't sleep and take countless missions, you need something to keep ya goin'" She pauses taking a sip of her coffee.
"Where'd the kid go?" He asks gabbing the mug. Tawna grins and points to a place where Alzack and Bisca are sleeping and Asuka is passed out once again between the two.
"She always gets up early, then passes out again." Tawna laughs then looks to the wizard across from her, "I hope you don't mind, I passed on the Squirt name."
"Probably the best," Laxus states, "You have definitely grown out of the name."
"Yeah," Tawna sighs, "I know it must be weird to see me seven years older, but its also weird to see every one the same age. I always figured you all would be seven years older, but now look at us, we are technically only 4 years apart instead of 11." Tawna laughs.
"Yeah, I guess it is strange." Laxus agrees.
"So, how long you stickin' around?" Tawna asks leaning against the bar.
"Not very long," Laxus answers, "It's only a matter of time before the Old Man kicks me out."
"I think it's crap that they won't let you back in to the guild, especially all you did on Tenrou." Tawna grumbles.
"Don't get worked up about it," Laxus states, "I knew it was gonna end up that way." He says as a few people begin to wake in the guild and wake those around them for their second round of partying.
"Well," Tawna states leaning forward slightly, "If you ever need anything, don't hesitate to call me. I'll make sure to no one in the guild will find out." She smiles leaving to help wake up the rest of the sleeping guild. Laxus nods and goes to take a sip of his coffee to only find steam no longer rises from the cup. He flips it upside down to find it is frozen solid. Turning to Tawna, he catches her infamous mischievous grin and she snaps her fingers and steam begins to rise once more from the cup.
Laxus laughs slightly taking a sip of the now steaming liquid and thinks, even though she has grown, she still has her quirks.
As the morning went on, the guild woke and became lively once more. Many have taken places at the bar or at tables around the room, calming down compared to last night's party. Over at one table, Erza stands amazed, with shining eyes, looking at something Tawna is holding.
"Amazing!" Era says with sparking eyes, "Can I hold it!"
"Here," Tawna smiles handing over her sword handles with ice blades to her.
"It is quite impressive," Lily says as him and Elie share a kiwi on the table.
"You should see her use them," Elie smiles, "She's amazing."
"Yeah, but I am no where near Erza when it comes to swordsmanship." Tawna says honestly.
"Where did you get them?" Lily asks.
"A job, they came with the reward." Tawna shrugs.
"Magic?" He asks.
"As far as I can see, most types." Tawna states, "Romeo was able to use fire with it, but it wasn't very effective. It's more effective with substance that is solid. I would see if it works with Gajeel's magic, but I don't think I would trust him with it." Tawna laughs glancing over to the table where Gajeel, her brother, Happy, and Romeo sit.
"It's beautiful," Erza mumbles feeling the handle, "What are these markings?"
"Ancient writing," Tawna says taking the swords back and slipping them in their holsters at the base of her back, "I had Levy look at it last night, but she couldn't make out what the swords are meant for."
"You think these had a certain purpose?" Lily asks.
"Well, Tawna did find out that 400 years ago, swords like this were once used to give wizards an advantage in battle." Elie states.
"Are these that old?" Lily asks.
"They are ancient, but I don't know is they are that old," Tawna shrugs.
At a nearby table, Gramps, Gildarts, Wakaba, and Macao sit drinking.
"It's gonna take a while to get used to the idea of an adult Tawna," Gildarts states taking a sip of his beer.
"I raised her for the seven years, and I'm getting used to it." Macao sighs.
"You mean you tried to raise her," Wakaba laughs.
"I did just fine," Macao snaps.
"She was that hard?" Gildarts laughs.
"Between being a reckless Dragneel and being depressed, she wasn't easy." Macao rubs his temples.
"All in all," Gramps smiles, "Macao, I never expected you to fill the shoes of being a Master."
"Well, they never really fit me," Macao states honestly, "You could say I was keeping them warm for you. Now that you are back, I can now enjoy a stiff drink."
"That never stopped you from enjoying a stiff drink before," Tawna smirks as she walks by to join her brother and Romeo's table.
"Oh hush, you!" Macao snaps cough Wakaba and Gramps to laugh, "I was a fine Master."
"Eh, you tried." Tawna shrugs receiving more laughter.
"Hey, don't talk to the man who raised you that way!" Macao reprimanded.
"Eh, you tried," She shrugs again.
"Katawna!" Macao shouts through the other's laughter, as the teen leave to join her brother's table. At the table, Romeo is showing off his multitude of colorful flames.
"Hey," Natsu says, "I think I have smelled those flames before."
"Aye," Happy says from his shoulder.
"Don't tell Dad," Romeo whispers, "But I have been secretly taking lessons from Master Totomaru."
"Get out," Gajeel smiles, "I didn't know he was teaching now." He says with Lily and Elie now sitting in front of him.
"That takes me back," Natsu smiles, "I still need to taste all of his colorful flames! Fire buffet here I come!" He cheers.
"Sorry, Natsu," Romeo laughs, "I don't think he's too keen on seeing you."
"That's a shocker," Happy says sarcastically.
"Yeah, trust me," Tawna says approaching, "He wasn't happy to see me, he's really not going to want to see you."
"You've seen him, Calico?" Gajeel asks.
"Yeah, who do think was the one who took him to the lessons in the first place," Tawna laughs.
"Tawna was the one who suggested it," Romeo nods, "We just told dad we were going off training."
"Which is wasn't really a lie," Tawna laughs as Natsu and Romeo fall back into a conversation about fire. She notices Wendy holding a picture that Reedus showed her.
"Why," Wendy whispers looking at all the picture Reedus painted of her seven years older, "My chest."
"Hey," Tawna laughs setting next to her best friend, "It's not that bad." She says from experience. "On the bright side you will get taller than me."
"I always thought you would have been taller," Happy says setting at the table with Elie, Carla, and Lily.
"I would have been," Tawna sighs, "But due to the extensive damage that was caused to my body after the accident, it stunted my growth. Without my heels I'm a little taller than Levy, but Porlyusica thinks I would have been closer to Lucy's height."
"That's unfortunate," Carla states.
"It's okay," Tawna shrugs, "It's not a big deal, being smaller has come in handy during missions." She laughs as doors to the guild burst open. Due to the habit of Twilight Ogre bursting in, Tawna jumps to her feet, but her body relaxes seeing who their visitors are.
"Wonderful," A deep voice say joyfully, "The rumors were true."
"Who are theses guys?" Elfman asks.
"I think I know," Mira says looking at their visitors.
"I'm so glad your deaths were exaggerated," Sherry's cheerful voice grins, followed by a bark from Toby.
"You all appear to be in great health," Wizard Saint Jura nods.
"Besides not aging for the last seven years." Yuka, or as Tawna calls him, Eyebrows says.
"You've barely been back for a day, and you have already trashed the place," Lyon states.
"No way," Gray states, "Lyon?"
"It's Lamia Scale," Lucy says surprised.
"Blue Pegasus and Lamia Scale helped us search for Tenrou island longer than anyone else." Max explains.
"You thank you for that," Erza nods.
"Yeah, I guess we owe you one," Gray states.
"I'd love to take you up on that," Lyon laughs slightly, "But I have seven years on you now, and I'm not the one to fight children."
"Yeah, yeah, rub it in." Gray rolls his eyes.
"You don't fight children?" Tawna laughs, "That didn't stop you from fighting me." She smirks receiving a scowl from the elder Ice Mage.
"You've fought Katawna?" Lucy asks shocked."
"If you ask me the Brat was asking for it," Lyon snaps.
"Yeah," Tawna says smirking, "Remind me, who won that fight, again?" She says innocently gaining laughter from her guild mates, ultimately shutting up Lyon and his cockiness.
Lamia Scale made themselves at home, catching up with their old allies and letting them know of the guild current standing in Fiore.
"So now, Lamia Scale is ranked number two in all of Fiore," Sherry smirks to Gray and Lucy, "I hope there is no hard feelings, Lucy."
"Wow," Lucy says, "Who's number one, Blue Pegasus?" she asks causing Toby to go into an outburst of angry jumbles.
"I take that as a no," Lucy say looking away.
"As if," Sherry scoffs, "It's Sabertooth,"
"Sabertooth?" Lucy wonders, "I haven't heard of them."
"Why don't you ask the Runt," Sherry smirks before walking away. "Runt?" Lucy wonders before remembering that she used to call Tawna, Runt.
"Natsu, stop!" Tawna shouts bring the attention of those in the hall's attention to the two Dragneels. Natsu has fallen back into his annoying older brother roll and has Tawna in a head lock, musing up her hair.
"Natsu," Lucy sighs, "Let her go."
"Not until she fights me," Natsu laughs continuing to mess up Tawna's hair.
"Ugggg… FINE!" Tawna shouts breaking from Natsu's grip, knocking him backwards out the window behind them. "If you wanna fight, then lets fight." Tawna says walking to the door, and shouts of excitement echo through the hall. Walking to Natsu, she grabs his scarf and drags him to the clearing behind the guild, followed closely by many of the guild mate.
"Oh she's mad," Elie says setting with the rest of the exceeds on a barrel.
"Bets over here!" Cana shouts, wasting no time on collecting the bets from the guild mates.
"You got this buddy!" Happy cheers bouncing up and down. In front of them, Natsu stands from the ground cracking his knuckles giving Tawna the infamous Dragneel smirk.
"Don't expect me to go easy on you, Bugs," Natsu grins, making Tawna roll her large eyes and grin.
"I should be saying that to you," Tawna grins crossing her arms.
"I call winner," Gajeel smirks leaning against the wall.
"So, that means you're gonna fight Katawna," Lily states making Elie nod and laugh.
"The Kid, can't be that strong," Gray states.
"Don't be so sure," Lyon adds, "That Brat isn't someone to mess with."
"She beat you that bad?" Gray laughs.
"I don't wanna talk about it," Lyon pouts.
"Yeah," Romeo adds, "Tawna may go easy on us in the guild, but I can see it in her eyes, She's gonna let Natsu have it."
"Go Tawna!" Wendy shouts.
"This is ridiculous," Carla scoffs, "They should be catching up with each other, not fighting."
"This is Natsu and Tawna," Lucy says, "I'm surprised they didn't fight sooner." She says placing her attention back to the Dragneel siblings.
"What are you waiting for, Bro." Tawna smirks placing her hands on her hips, "You wanted to fight, so fight."
"Bring it, Bugs!" Natsu shouts sending a messy fire ball towards his sister. Without even flinching Tawna steps to the side dodging the flames. Smirking the teen, jumps towards her brother, kicking her leg up high sending a water ball to him. It connects with his arms as he tries to block it, knocking him off balance.
"You seem rusty," Tawna smirks, "Did that seven-year nap, slow you down?"
"I see you still taunt your opponent," Natsu smirks charging with a flaming fist. Throwing a blazing fist Tawna uses her arms to block his never-ending punches and kicks. Getting annoyed, Natsu starts throwing quicker jabs.
"Wow," Lucy says watching the fight, "Tawna is barely using magic."
"Yeah," Elie smiles, "She's very good with hand-to-hand combat. It's one of the reasons she's so good at fights." She says watching the Water Dragon Slayer quickly dodge and change positions, confusing Natsu and tiring him out. Tawna sees and opening and punches Natsu's in the stomach, leaning a magic circle in its place.
"Water Bomb!" Tawna smirks.
"What… AHH!" Natsu shouts as his body is blasted back. Jumping back to his feet, Natsu's eyes glow with excitement. "Fire Dragoon Iron Fist!" He shouts charging to his smirking sister. Seeing the spell and her brother charging towards her, Tawna flips out of the way. Landing on the ground she jumps back into the air.
"Water Dragon Talon!" Tawna shouts, bringing her right leg down on to her brother. Natsu raises both of his arms to block the attack as her leg collides with it. The attack knock Natsu back, and using his momentum, she flips back wards into a standing position once more.
"OOOO!" The guild cringes seeing Natsu fly to the ground.
"OWW!" Natsu cringes as he squirms on the ground holding his arm, "What hell, Tawna! What did you kick me with, it felt like steel!" He shouts making Tawna roll her eyes.
"Idiot," Tawna shakes her head, and knocks on her right leg with her fist making the sound of clanking metal echo through the air.
"He forgot about her leg, didn't he?" Lucy sighs exasperated.
"Yup," Happy and Elie answer.
"Oh yeah," Natsu says putting the pieces together. Tawna smirks and raises her hand above her head creating a cyclone of swirling water.
"Water Dragon Typhoon!" Tawna shouts sending the strong storm, crashing it into Natsu's chest.
"Damn it, Tawna!" Natsu shouts short of breath, "Lets make this interesting." Natsu shouts as flames and lightning begin to rise around him.
"Wow," Tawna says in awe, "Awesome," She smirks.
"Lightning Fire Dragon Mode!" Natsu shouts, "Lightning Fire Dragon Roar!" He shouts as the roar engulf around Katawna. Stepping back smirking, thinking he finally got her, his mouth falls open in shock along with many of the guild members. Twirling her arms around in front of her, Tawna's water extinguishes the attack. As the steam and lightning clear, Tawna sports a mischievous grin.
"She blocked it!" Lucy shouts in shock.
"It didn't even touch her!" Gray shouts.
"What!" Natsu yells in shocks.
"Cool," Tawna grins, "I didn't know you could do it too," She winks.
"What?" Natsu shouts. White light begins to shine around Tawna as she closes her eyes and place her hands together in front of her chest.
"White Water Dragon Mode," Tawna says calmly, "Holy Water Roar!" A stream of white light and water swirl together, barreling its way to Natsu's chest. Unable to dodge the attack, it collides to his torso, sending the Fire Dragon Slayer into the ground, sliding back to the trees. As the dust clears, Natsu is crushed into the ground, covered in dirt and grass.
"She showed no mercy!" Lucy and Wendy shout shaking slightly.
"That was quite impressive," Erza nods.
"Yeah, Tawna!" Elie cheers, next to an approving nodding Lily.
"NATSU!" Happy shouts flying out to the field to help is Buddy.
"Uggg," Natsu groans.
"Say something Natsu," Happy begs, pushing him up.
"Oops," Tawna says, "I should have held back more," She says rubbing the back of her neck.
"What the hell was that?" Natsu shouts struggling to stand.
"You're not the only one who has accidently eaten the wrong magic," Tawna says sassily placing her hands on her hips.
"Okay that's it," Natsu grumbles standing, "No more holding back, I'm going to… ACK!" Suddenly Natsu's body slams against the ground and tree a few times, before being dropped back into the hole he crawled out of.
"I don't think I wanna mess with Tawna," Lucy shivers.
"I told you she's someone you don't wanna mess with." Lyon states. The blue magic circle in her palm fades slowly and she lowers her hand.
"Are we done?" She asks crossing her arms.
"I'll… let you… win… this time," Natsu squeaks from his hole. Cheers erupt from the spectators and people gather their bet winnings.
"Damn," Gildarts states, "The Kid knows how to fight." He nods.
"Sad thing is," Max states, "She went easy on him."
"That was easy?" Lucy shouts shocked.
"Tawna has trained hard over the years," Elie says watching Tawna walk over to Natsu, "People see her as an easy fight due to her leg and petite size, she wanted to prove those people wrong." Lucy nods and glances back up to the brother and sister in the field in front of them.
"You okay, Bro?" Tawna asks reaching her hand down, pulling Natsu to his feet. Unlike Natsu, after the fight, Tawna is clean, not a speck of dust or ash on her, but poor Natsu is covered from head to toe in dirt.
"Yeah," He groans, "I'm gonna feel that for a while. Did you have to use Blood Grip? It's a lot rougher than before."
"Sorry," Tawna laughs, "You weren't giving up. It was the only thing I could think of to end the fight."
"You really did train a lot, huh?" He asks.
"Yeah, Tawna sighs, "I guess I wanted to make you guys proud of me. I didn't want to be that broken kid anymore, when you guys got back."
"Well, you certainly made me proud." Natsu smiles pulling his little sister into a hug. "Now you need to tell me about this White Magic."
"I have a lot to tell you," Tawna smiles as the two begin to walk back to the hall, "We still have a lot of catching up to do."
A/N- it's finally done Again I'm so sorry it took me so long to get this chapter up. I'm hopefully gonna get back into it.
