S.R: Normally I'd alternate over to 'A Different Team Natsu' for a chapter then come back to this one, but if I'm honest with you I had a bit of a hard time with writing Gray vs. Juvia. I might have to go back and reread that chapter in the manga to help. So this story gets priority right now. Anyway.

Review:

Welp at least we know how Selene looks like and boy Hiro didn't disappoint another sexy Dragon appeared just like the Dragon Milf Irene...

Wait Grimoire Heart is still active after so many years? Good twist but at this point Natsu can one-shot them before they even land… -Firedrakes

My reply:

I stopped reading the 100 year quest arc a while ago so thanks for the heads up that she finally appeared. I looked her up and I'm not as impressed as you are. After this goes up I'm going back and editing the chapter I introduced her in to be more detailed with what I was imagining when I heard the words 'Moon Dragon God'. Because my design fits that title much better in my opinion.

As for the comment about Natsu one-shoting them before they could land… Nope. Remember the Devil's Heart machine they had? Let's just say I'm giving it multiple uses here in this story.

S.R: Anyway, let's move on to the story, shall we?


Last Time

"We've got an airship inbound. It looks like it belongs to Grimoire Heart!"

With that Cana sprang into action.

"Warren, get back to the Christina and have the Trimens help you get linked up with everyone, you're in charge of information. Jet, Droy, I want the two of you to search for wherever they decide to land. Natsu you know what to do."

As she spoke Cana took her daughter off Natsu's shoulders. Even though Michiko frowned at the fact she wasn't going to go with her father, the young girl didn't say anything. The moment she was off of his shoulder Natsu rolled his neck as he called out some of his fire. Shaping it into wings he took off into the air.

"What's ash-for-brains going to do like that?"

Gray asked, a bit miffed that everyone that was on Tenrou Island got left out. He was the only one that didn't realize Cana was the one giving out orders.

"He's going to slow them down so we have enough time to set up a counter attack."

Wendy answered as she took a step closer to Cana and Michiko. Even though the older brunette didn't say anything, Wendy knew her task was to stay close and help keep Michiko out of harms way. After all there was no way they wouldn't get dragged into the fighting. But she wouldn't let anything happen. Her pride as a member of Fairy Tail, and as a Dragon Slayer wouldn't let her fail in protecting the two.

This Time

Upon realizing that everyone was following Cana's commands Makarov turned to the woman with a proud grin.

"They seem to be following your orders pretty easily."

"Of course. Since the Magic Council declared you all dead unless proven otherwise someone had to step up and take control."

"She says that, but really Natsu took charge and then because of how it would help in more than one way he nominated her to be guild master in your absence."

Cana replied though Wendy just had to explain it properly. It wasn't that she had anything against the older mage, but even though Cana was married to Natsu, Wendy wanted them to give Natsu the credit since it was his idea.

"I see. Looks like we've got a lot to talk about. It can wait until we get back to the guild though."

Makarov replied after hearing that Cana was currently Fairy Tail's guild master.

Just then a massive shock wave tore through the air, causing everyone to watch as Natsu was thrown to the ground. He landed on his feet but his arms were crossed defensively in front of him and he was panting slightly.

"Wasn't expecting that."

He muttered as he shook his head before reforming his flaming wings. This time instead of charging straight in, he floated a distance off from the airship.

"You managed to defend against and bounce me back while using Fire Dragon's Sword Horn. But what about attacks at multiple different spots? Fire Dragon's Flare Barrage!"

He yelled towards the airship before several dozen bolder sized fireballs formed in the air behind him. Shooting them towards the faint barrier he could see that had pushed him back before, Natsu watched with amusement as it shook a few times before fading under his assault. The few fireballs that still remained moved closer to the airship before being stopped once more by a similar barrier.

"Foolish boy, even if you can destroy our Magic Barrier, it can repair itself in nearly an instant. You'll need far more magic to hit Grimoire Heart's headquarters."

a voice called out to him, heavily amplified both by the PA system of the airship, and by someone's magic.

Once more Natsu tried his Fire Dragon's Flare Barrage, only this time he didn't stop it at a few dozen fireballs. He let his magic go until there were several hundred. But when the same thing happened once again he grit his teeth in anger.

"DON'T YOU DARE LOOK DOWN ON ME!"

He raged towards Grimoire Heart as he could faintly hear several people laughing at his attempts. The temperature of the air around him shot up. His fiery wings took a slightly more molten appearance as his magic circle became a muddy orange color instead.

"Volcanic Dragon's Hellfire Barrage!"

Once more fireballs appeared in the air behind him, but everyone could clearly see a difference from the previous ones. Before they were just pure balls of flame, but now? Now they looked as if Natsu had used gravity magic to lift and shape flowing lava into his ammunition.

Makarov and Gildarts, as the two most experienced people on the ground were the first to notice the sharp rise in power compared to the previous attack, both impressed by the level of power Natsu was show casing. The others only felt their jaws hit the ground after they realized it. This time his attack punched through the Magic Barrier each time it repaired itself leading to several explosions in the air due to the power inside each fireball. In the end several parts of Grimoire Heart's airship went up in flames.

Several people on the ground cheered, thinking Natsu had stopped them from getting close enough to land, since the airship was loosing altitude due to the damage he caused. But of course a handful of them realized it was close enough, and was landing on it's own, their instincts screaming that the fight had yet to truly begin.

With his instincts yelling at him with the same feeling as the people on the ground Natsu landed with a sigh. He was just in time Warrens voice to ring out in his head.

'Jet and Droy are all set to ambush them the moment they step off that airship. But from what Ichiya can tell with his Perfume magic, they brought several strong members. It's likely that the entirety of their 'Seven Kin of Purgatory' are here.'

Since they were the most experienced members of Fairy Tail Gildarts and Makarov took command of the situation.

"If it's all of their strongest then that means Bluenote Stinger is here. I've heard he's a monster, so I'll deal with him."

Gildarts commented before walking off. Makarov was sighing heavily as he gave out his orders.

"Confronting all of them together is a bad idea. Split into teams and find advantageous places to fight. They're searching for something so they'll be going in small groups too, otherwise they'd have just shot at us from their airship."

A few people voiced their agreement with the idea.

"I know the person that voice that was taunting you belongs to, Natsu. I'll be taking care of him personally, and Gildarts will have Bluenote. Now let's show them why you don't mess with Fairy Tail!"

Roaring his proclamation loudly, Makarov let a bit of his magic pressure spill out before he left the group of wizards, just like the Crash mage had after declaring his target.

Erza, Gray, Natsu, Wendy, and Cana were the only ones not feeling slightly nervous about what was about to happen.

"We'll need to use the Christina as a base camp. Freed, Bickslow can I leave defending it to you?"

Erza asked as Cana and Natsu made eye contact.

The two in question nodded at the red headed knights command and walked away.

"Gray and Juvia. Your magic works well together so I'd suggest teaming up. Elfman, Lucy, Lisanna, Levy and Evergreen. No offense buy you're the ones that'll have the worst of it so I'd suggest staying together if you can. Wendy, Gajeel, and Erza it'd be good if you stayed close enough to provide back up if needed but you guys don't need to team up. As much as I want to have her go back to the Christina, Natsu and I are the best protection for Mich-"

Cana started to say, before looking around in a panic. Natsu, Wendy, and Gajeel were all wide eyed and staring at each other.

"How the hell?!"

The Iron Dragon Slayer grunted in shock. Despite their senses being the sharpest, none of the Dragon Slayers noticed when Michiko separated from them. They couldn't even try to track her by scent because there were so many people on the island that there was nothing but a jumbled mess of scents.

Growling at the situation Natsu's eyes became slits.

"We'll do exactly as Cana just suggested. If you find Michiko before Cana and I do, have Warren let us know."

Then he turned towards Gajeel and Wendy.

"Don't hold back."

Knowing exactly what he meant they both just nodded. With that Fairy Tail officially split up. Gray and Juvia wondered off to the east, Elfman, Levy, Lucy, Lisanna, and Evergreen heading back to the west, closer to the Christina. Gajeel, Erza, and Wendy sped off to the south, but slightly separated so as not to be in a group. Which left Natsu and Cana with the northern direction.

As Natsu and Cana began searching for their daughter a few mages from Grimoire Heart tried to stop them. But without slowing down in the slighting Natsu planted both of them head first in the ground. Cana took the time to look over her should and confirm that they were still breathing.

'Hopefully the magic council doesn't make a big deal about this.' She thought to herself, knowing that if things got any worse Natsu would go straight for the kill instead of just simply knocking out the people from Grimoire Heart.

Half an hour passed and they still hadn't found Michiko, and Natsu's rampage was getting worse. At the start he efficiently knocked out all the Grimoire Heart underlings that tried to attack. But now? Natsu was being brutal with his responses. Several of them had been severely burned, enough so that Cana was certain they'd be permanently scared no matter who it was that tried to heal them. Others were crushed and pinned by massive boulders, heavy enough that they heard the bones breaking.

'So long as he doesn't outright murder them, or mutilate them the council should be fine.' She told herself. This was as much for Natsu's sake as it was for hers since there had been a few times where she'd put too much power into an attack to deal with some of them. After all, once Michiko was safe, she was going to send Natsu to take out the top brass that Grimoire Heart had brought with them.

"You'd think they would have known better."

Cana muttered to herself. Which was true. Grimoire Heart had avoided Natsu like the plague before. After he became a Wizard Saint, there were times where he'd take a job from the council and have to confront them, but Grimoire Heart would always flee the moment they saw him. Plus, he had risen up to the 6th seat and was really well known in Fiore. So it was impossible for them to not know he was monstrously powerful.

Having heard his wife, Natsu gave a simple reply.

"Doesn't matter. They messed up by targeting my family."

The tone of voice, and the power he was letting flow freely was enough to convince her that when it came time to explain to the magic council what had happened, they wouldn't do anything. Natsu had gone full on dragon. And everyone knows to fear the wrath of a dragon.

Meanwhile

"Found him."

A young sounding voice commented Drawing Grays attention. He managed to shove Juvia out of the way, just in time for a blade of teal magic to miss both of them.

"Tch. He managed to dodge."

A moment latter all Gray and Juvia could see of the person attacking them was pink hair. Thinking quickly Juvia threw a wave of water forward and Gray froze it into a protective barrier.

"That's some quick thinking for someone who is supposed to be an idiot."

Another voice muttered, though it wasn't heard by anyone, before Gray's makeshift ice barrier was 'melted' into water so the barrage of teal colored magic swords could continue on towards their target.

"Shit!"

Gray choked out as he contorted his body in all kinds of ways to dodge the attack. Juvia liquefied her body and made it spread out on the ground as thinly as possible so as to avoid being touched by any of the flying blades no matter how low they were.

After the storm of magic swords ended Juvia reformed her body and shouted towards their attacker having noticed that she was practically ignored with the last attack.

"What are you only targeting my precious Gray?!"

If it weren't for the situation Gray would have blushed at her words. Instead he just stared at the person who had been trying to harm him. Long pink hair and bright green eyes were the first things he noticed. Then he saw some sort of gold wing-like headgear around her ears. Gray and Juvia quirked their eyebrows at her outfit, though they assumed it was a uniform she was wearing considering how neat and orderly it seemed. A tight, purple leotard with brownish thigh-high boots that had white stripes at the top. Over her uniform, she wore a red cape with a golden lining around the edges. Spotting the symbol of Grimoire Heart in white on the left shoulder of the cape, they knew that the girl was most definitely part of Grimoire Heart.

"Why shouldn't I target him?"

The girl angrily spit out towards them. The pure hatred in her tone made Gray take a step back, confused about what he could have done to anger her so.

"Juvia doesn't understand, you are acting like Gray is the only one you must fight? But Juvia is here too you know?"

Strangely his blue haired comrade wasn't as put off by the vehemence in the pink haired girls voice. But Gray did take comfort in the fact Juvia was defending him.

"You don't need to understand. You just need to stay out of my way while I kill him."

This time instead of the teal color they'd seen before the girl formed a few yellow colored swords out of her magic and launched them towards Gray. Reflexively he used his magic to create a shield while calling out to Juvia

"If she wants a fight I'll give her one. Stay back unless I really need your help!"

The confidence in his tone and the way he proudly stood to defend himself had Juvia staring at him dreamily. It took him telling her to move to snap out of her daze.

"Now it's my turn to ask. Why are you here?"

"Grimoire Heart is here to complete our plans and Fairy Tail is in the way. As for me, I'm here solely to kill you."

She glared at Gray as he ducked under another one of her attacks. As much as he wanted to retaliate, Gray didn't. He knew there was someone watching over the battle, not making any moves and he didn't want to risk them joining in against him just yet. So he just focused on getting the little girl to talk about why she was so focused on him.

Eventually after several minutes of prodding he finally got an answer.

"I want to kill you because you are the biggest threat to Ultear. Emotionally at least."

The name was enough to cause Gray to go wide eyed. 'There's no way' he thought to himself in shock. That was a name he recalled very well. After all it was the name of his teachers dead daughter.

At this point the figure that had been watching from the shadows finally stepped onto the battle field.

"Meredy, I appreciate the effort. I stayed out of it because I know you were trying to do it for me, but I can't take it any longer."

The woman smiled sweetly towards the pink haired girl, but then when she faced Gray the look she gave him… It was as if he was the source of all the negative feelings she harbored. Her pain, hate, sadness, all of it was his fault in her eyes and he could tell that was what she believed. The woman's face made Gray stop in his tracks entirely.

"U-Ur?!"

Even though he knew it wasn't his teacher, the woman's face was far to similar.

"Don't you dare say that wretched woman's name in front of me!"

She screamed in rage as her magic pressure swelled. Gulping at what was happening the Ice Make mage managed to connect the dots. Ultear was alive, and Ur had been lied to. Somehow his master's daughter had come to be part of Grimoire Heart.

"You really are her daughter then?"

Even though he knew it wasn't a good idea, Gray wanted to have it confirmed by the woman herself.

"What kind of parent would abandon their child? No that woman is not my mother!"

Clearly he was right, but for some reason Ultear didn't acknowledge her mother despite the anger she felt. Recalling all the times he'd heard master Makarov saying 'today's enemies can be tomorrows friends', Gray resolved himself to solve things peacefully. He refused to stomp on Ur's name and memory by fighting with her daughter.

"What the hell are you talking about?! She didn't abandon you!"

"Shut up!"

The woman yelled as the orb she'd been holding zoomed towards him. Because he didn't want to fight, Gray didn't bother to defend himself. Assuming he could take her attacks, he'd let her vent the frustration on him, and then have a proper conversation to explain things. As he held his arms out and welcomed the attack he shouted over to Juvia.

"Go help the others, I've got this!"

The blue haired woman quivered for a moment torn between staying with her love, or doing as he asked. But when she saw his eyes, pleading with her to let him handle the situation she relented and ran to find the others.

"Stupid. Sending your ally away from a fight. Not that her presence would help you."

The pink haired girl that had been called Meredy commented, though she didn't move. From how the last few minutes had gone, Gray figured her allegiance was towards Ultear and not Grimoire Heart itself. But he put that to the back of his mind as he tried to put his plan in action.

Despite having been hit several times by the weird orb he was still standing strong.

"Ur loved you dearly."

He commented, recalling the framed picture of Ur holding her newborn daughter with the widest smile he'd ever seen his teacher have.

"Ur abandoned me! She didn't want me and threw me away! Hell she replaced me with you and Lyon!"

Despite the fact he questioned how she knew that he and Lyon where Ur's students Gray slowly stepped towards her. From the tone of her voice, he could tell she was slowly loosing some of her hatred and anger.

"Ur never abandoned you! She was told her daughter had died!"

"Lies!"

Ultear screamed as she flung her orb at him once more. It smashed into his jaw, likely in an effort to make him stay quiet. But Gray took another step forward, even as he ducked under another attack from Meredy who was trying to stop him from getting close to Ultear.

"Shortly after you were born you fell ill. Seriously ill. Ur took you to the hospital, and the doctors spent weeks trying to help you. In the end the doctor told her 'Your daughter was born with too much magic power. Enough so that it tried to awaken prematurely and her body couldn't handle it. I'm sorry but your daughter has passed away.'"

There Gray took a slight pause, only long enough to take a breath, even as Ultear's orb slammed into his side once again.

"I remember those words very well. Ur recited them to me the one time I asked about the only picture she had on the mantle… She looked so broken when she told me that story. It was easily the most painful look I'd ever seen her have."

At this point Ultear had stopped trying to attack. Whatever she was doing to control the orb was completely stopped as it fell to the ground. Her arms went up around her head as she bent over slightly.

"Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!"

She cried out, not wanting to hear anymore. At this point Meredy was lunging for him her magic having formed a teal sword in her hand. With his arms spread wide he accepted the attack. Somehow he just knew that they wouldn't kill him. Not know that he had told them what he knew. They'd keep him alive so they could figure out the truth.

Just as he suspected, the pink haired woman had stabbed him in the stomach. It was painful, but non-lethal.

"I'll do whatever it takes to prove I'm telling the truth."

His words drew a gasp from Meredy as she looked into his eyes. He could tell she was confused about why he was still alive. Instincively she had chosen not to kill him, and her eyes showed that she didn't know why. But he held her gaze with his own, conveying his sincerity.

Nodding, Meredy backed off and canceled out her magic. Ultear was sobbing, as she finally let it sink in that what she'd been told, and what she'd seen wasn't the exact truth. Since they didn't seem like they'd suddenly attack him, Gray coated his hand in his magic and used it to freeze his wound shut.

'Later this is going to hurt like a bitch.'

He thought to himself.

After a few moments of silence Meredy spoke up.

"You want to prove what you said is true? Focus on your memories of being told about Ultear."

She said in a tone that left no debate. Gray was kind of curious about what she'd do, but he didn't say anything as he nodded.

Meanwhile

"I knew it was you that I heard."

Makarov commented as he glared towards the man he had planned to confront.

"Well, well. It doesn't seem like the years have been kind to you."

He had to resist the urge to roll his eyes.

"Precht. What happened to you. What caused you to become part of Grimoire Heart?"

The other man just snorted.

"What happened you ask? As Fairy Tail's guild master you know very well the dark secret we protect. After years of studying it, I realized something. Magic, it is a power that was born in darkness. The roots of which trace back to Zeref."

Here, he just stopped speaking and looked down at Makarov.

"So what? What are you trying to accomplish here?"

"It pains me a bit to do this… but Fairy Tail must be destroyed. The strongest, who have gathered here must fall first."

Meanwhile (again)

"It's been a long time since I've fought someone my Gravity magic doesn't work on."

Even though he head the man, Gildarts didn't say anything in response. If he were to be perfectly honest, Gildarts was starting to question if he would actually have to go all out with their fight. Mostly because with the way things were going, he was starting to doubt he could just simply knock Bluenote out. The man was surprisingly sturdy, and had some real skill in fighting.

Between the two of them Bluenote had taken less direct hits. Though he didn't hit quite as hard as Gildarts did. After a moment there was a slight lull in the fight as Gildarts and Bluenote bounced off of each other after a vicious headbutt.

"Haa, screw it."

Gildarts muttered to himself after he saw the level of destruction their fight was causing. If it was going to go on much longer there wouldn't be much of an island left. They were standing in a rather sizable crater and the crater itself looked as if it was an ancient battleground from all the damage they caused.

Ducking under Bluenote's incoming fist, with his prosthetic arm he uppercut Bluenote hard enough to send him airborne. Thanks to his magic though, Bluenote was back on the ground almost instantly. But it was enough of an opening. Noticing a loose stone, Gildarts kicked it towards Bluenote as a distraction.

"Oh no you don't. I'm drawing this fight out until I finally get bored!"

Bluenote shouted as he used his magic to rip the ground out from underneath Gildarts, while side-stepping the stone that had been kicked towards him. A quick burst of magic through the Crash mages feet caused the ground to become cubes, canceling out Bluenote's magic and making him fall back towards the actual ground. Since Bluenote was going to be a pain in the ass, he smashed his metal arm into the mans head, pushing down to the ground from the force.

"You keep this up and I might just have to kill ya."

Gildarts said, his first words for the entire fight. Bluenote just grinned widely.

"You think you can?"

"Considering we're on equal grounds while you keep stopping me from using more magic? I know I can."

Gildarts commented as he once again ducked under a punch. The result was that he had to roll to the side to avoid taking a knee to the face.

"In other words, If I let up and you start using magic beyond the basic level you'd completely destroy me?"

Bluenote asked eagerly. 'Of course he's a battle junkie.'Sighing heavily, Gildarts finally let up on his tight hold over his magic. The pressure skyrocketed enough to push Bluenote back several feet.

"More like if I get serious I can end you in an instant."

He commented, using the distraction to get in close. Gildarts really didn't want to hear the council's complaining about killing Bluenote, so he held back with his attack.

"Crushing Evil, Spreading the Truth: Empyrean."

Once more his fist caught Bluenote's jaw, but with the amount of magic it contained the difference in power was like night and day. He saw Bluenote's body shake and tremor from the force behind his attack before being launch skyward. Given how high the man went, and the angle it was at, and the fact he had temporarily disrupted Bluenote's ability to channel his magic, Gildarts guess the man would land in the ocean.

Climbing out of the crater their fight caused Gildarts went wide eyed when he heard a young girl's voice.

"That was so cool!"

Nearly breaking his neck as he turned to look at where the voice was coming from he saw a little girl. Makarov had told him about how Cana and Natsu ended up having to adopt a baby while they were making their way towards Tenrou to hold the S-class trials. Given Natsu had called her Michiko, he knew that the little girl that was on Natsu's shoulders when they first appeared had to be that baby.

Said girl was standing just beside the closest tree and staring at him wide eyed. For a moment his heart almost stopped, but then he noticed she was okay other than a few smudges of dirt. Letting out a breath, he called over to her.

"What are you doing there?"

"I've seen mommy and daddy fight before, and I've heard stories about everyone else. So I wanted to see how you fight!"

She responded cheerfully.

Snorting, Gildarts walked closer to her. Gently messing with here hair he commented back "You could've waited till we got back kiddo. Your dad used to challenge me to a fight all the time."

She just giggled, before quickly latching onto his arm. He watched in amusement as she squirmed around, so that his hand wasn't directly above her head, before jumping up and wrapping her legs around his arm. Wiggling her way towards his shoulders she laughed at his shock as she reconfigured herself to be sitting on his shoulders.

But then he smiled.

"That was a pretty good job kiddo."

"Thanks grandpa!"

A jolt went through him at her words. 'Grandpa!? Is she calling me old?'

"H-hey, you know I'm not that old."

"Grandpa is my Grandpa."

"Uh..."

Confusion raced through him. After all, Gildarts never had a kid. So he couldn't be a grandpa. Then he thought about it a bit.

"Are you mistaking me for the guy your dad always called gramps?"

Giggling at that Michiko shook her head, despite the fact the orange haired man couldn't see.

"Nope. You are my grandpa. Mommy said so."

At that Gildarts had to turn to look at the little girl on his shoulders.

"What do you mean your mom said I was your grandpa?"

"Well, mommy said that she didn't feel worthy of being called your daughter so she never told you."

Michiko answered with a thoughtful look on her face. Somehow Gildarts just knew the look was because she wanted to recall Cana's words exactly.

"I see."

He commented as he turned his head back towards the direction he was walking.

"Are you mad?"

The girl on his shoulder asked, considering he didn't say anything about what she'd just told him.

"Mad? No, not at all. I'm just, just shocked. I mean if I had known..."

From the tone of his voice, Michiko knew it was hurting to think about what could have been. So she gently tapped on his head.

"It's okay grandpa. Mommy was just really shy."

Thinking back to Cana when she first came to the guild, he completely agreed with the little girl on that.

"I guess that's true."

He would have continued the talk but he had to take a step back as a body crossed in front of them before crashing into a tree. Years of experience caused the Crash mage to punch forward, his magic tossing another person a good distance away. Farther than he had intended to, but Gildarts was quick to realize he put more power into that attack because he was carrying Michiko.

Turning to look at the person that had smacked into the tree he was surprised to see it was Makarov. He could see that there were already several bruises forming, and from what he could feel of the older man's magic, he'd already used a good chunk.

Groaning Makarov tried to stand up.

"Sit down master. If someone from Grimoire Heart can push you that far then it's better for me to take over."

He commented as he walked towards the short man. The tone of his voice told Michiko that it was time for her to get off, and she climbed down his back. Turning to the little girl he calmly spoke again, while pointing towards Makarov.

"Stay with him."

Makarov knew exactly what Gildarts was thinking and as much as he wanted to protest, he had to agree it was the better idea. Old age was really rough on him, and fighting at the level it would have required him to would most likely lead to his heart acting up in the middle of battle. So he would protect the little one. After he asked how she came to be with Gildarts at least.

"How did you end up with Gildarts?"

"I sneaked away from mommy when she wasn't looking."

Realizing she was a lot like young Natsu, Makarov just chuckled, even though it was a serious situation. He couldn't help it. But when he finally stopped with his laughing he gave her a rather serious look.

"I had to laugh because it reminded me of something your dad would do when he was young, but that was very dangerous. With how things are right now you could have been seriously hurt and no one would have known."

Because she knew that she deserved the scolding Michiko looked down a little and responded in a small voice.

"I'm sorry."

Knowing that Natsu and Cana were likely panicking, he used Telepathy to contact them and inform them of what he had learned. The parental duo suggested he stayed right where he was at and that they'd come to him. After he canceled out his magic he looked at the little girl again.

"I know you are. That's why when your mom and dad get here you'll apologize to them too right?"

Instead of vocalizing her response Michiko just nodded her head.

"Well then, while we wait would you like to hear some stories about when your mom and dad were young?"

Rather than let her focus on the fact she was in trouble, which would just make things worse, he chose to distract her while they waited for Natsu and Cana to find them. However before he could get any more words out Makarov suddenly clutched at his chest as all the color left his face.

"What's wrong gramps?!"

Not realizing that she used her fathers nickname for the short old man, Michiko shouted in fear when she saw that he seemed to be in pain. It was just loud enough to reach Natsu over the sound of all the other battles going on and he charged towards her, Cana almost being dragged behind him as she could only just keep up with his pace.

But he was not the only one to hear her. Walking towards the tree that Michiko and Makarov were sitting under was a blonde man with a twisted grin. As he moved towards the two with the demented look on his face black flames blazed to life in his hand. Michiko cowered in fear of the strange man, and even closed her eyes to avoid seeing exactly what he was going to do.

Finally he was close enough to reach out, but just before his had could touch either one of them, a blur smashed into him. The sound was enough to startle the little brunette into opening her eyes. Protectively standing in front of her were her parents.

"Mommy, Daddy!"

She cried out as she latched onto Cana. Natsu would have joined his wife in calming her down, but he had to protect them as the man he had sent flying came back with an attempt to hit Cana from behind.

Glaring at the blonde mage Natsu grabbed him by his throat and ran off. Realizing what was happening Cana didn't even try to go after him. She just hugged Michiko close.

"Everything's fine now sweetie. Mommy's right here."


S.R: Okay, so I'm just going to leave this here... So yeah, next time Natsu vs. Zancrow. See you then.