**previously**
"You won't get your rights back by doing this" Lucy yelled at him.
"We don't want our rights back'' Erigor said with a scoff before he raised his and with scythe tightly grasped in it ''We want revenge!" Erigor yelled as loud as he could, his friends cheering around them.
Chapter 9:
"You're planning to kill thousands of innocent people!" Gray stomped his feet on the ground, outraged.
"Gray, quiet down'' Natsu spoke dispassionately.
"How can you be so calm?! They are planning to kill thousands of innocent people!" Erza yelled at him.
"They are planning but they won't succeed," Natsu replied as slightly maddened smirk stretched his lips.
Erza looked at him for a second before she calmed down a bit and smiled a little 'You're right'
"I would like to stay at the party but I have to go. You know, places to go, things to do'' Erigor laughed again watching from above as Fairy tail mages prepared for the fight. The gust of wind formed around Erigor who crossed his legs and sat on thin air, flying out of the station through the window.
As soon as Erigor was out of their sight Eisenwald members turned to the group of seven and with a battle cry, first member rushed at them, quickly followed by rest while Kageyama and another member rushed outside of the room.
"Natsu! Gray! Go after them!" Erza yelled as a sword appeared in her hand, blocking the attack of one member.
"You can't tell me what to do'' Natsu muttered ''You're lucky that's what I planned on doing anyway''
Gray didn't even bother to reply as he ran after them. Erza sighed at Natsu's comment but turned to the enemy at hand ignoring the dragon slayer at the moment.
"Wendy! Lucy! You'll help me!" Erza instructed.
"Right!" They said in unison.
"Requip! Heaven's Wheel Armor!" Erza yelled and her body was then wrapped in gold light. When the light died down she was standing in different armor set. The silver armor was quite a sight to see along with the swords flying around.
"Dance, my blades" Erza cried as she outstretched her hand at toward the members of Eisenwald. The swords began to spin rapidly around her before they were sent flying toward the members of Eisenwald.
"Whoa! What kind of magic is that?" Lucy asked as she watched Erza dance a deadly dance with the enemy, her armor changing in a second as she ducked under one swing and parried another.
"That's Requip magic." Happy answered with a smirk as ''Go Erza!''
"Erza's special because she can requip her armors as well," Carla added. A sound of vacuum near her brought Lucy's eyes on Wendy.
"Sky dragon's ROAR!" cried Wendy. A large tornado exploded from her mouth rushing towards several unlucky members, sending them flying.
Lucy just stayed silent, shocked beyond belief.
"Wendy uses dragon slaying magic like Natsu" Carla explained seeing Lucy's expression.
"Yeah. She was raised by sky dragon Grandeeney" Happy exclaimed.
Deciding she spent enough time watching, Lucy reached for one of her keys and as she pulled out a golden key she pushed it into the air.
"Gate of Giant Crab, I open thee, Cancer!"
In front of Lucy appeared a black-haired man with red cornrows.
"Fiiiiiiish!" Happy cried in delight drooling. Carla facepalmed at his childish actions.
"What can I do for you, Miss Lucy?'' Cancer asked Lucy. "A new haircut? -ebi"
Lucy sweatdropped "No, I don't need a haircut. Can you take care of these clowns?"
"Everything for you, Miss Lucy. -ebi" Cancer bowed slightly before he rushed toward the members cutting their clothes and hair, distracting them long enough for Lucy to kick them unconscious.
Not even ten minutes later Erza landed between Lucy and Wendy. ''I believe we did a fairly good job'' she concluded as she looked at the downed mages.
"Requip!" Erza cried and once again glowing light wrapped around her body and when it died down she was wearing her normal Heart Kreuz armor.
Kageyama was running down the halls of station holding his bleeding arm. The man looked over his shoulder, scared for his life.
The deep gash that ran down his arm sustained from a brief moment Nastu caught him before the Eisenwald member managed to ran away and the more time passed the more he realized that Natsu let him get away.
"There is no point in running away'' Natsu called from somewhere behind him. Kageyama's steps echoed through the empty hallway but Natsu's were unheard, silent as a ghost.
''I can hear your every step'' Kageyama looked behind him, his eyes wide as he felt the breath on his neck but there was no one behind him.
''I can hear your breathing" Kageyama's head jerked in front of himself where the voice had come from, not a meter away, but once again there was no one there.
The Eisenwald member reached the end of the hall too soon as he looked around, his frantic eyes almost missing the iron doors that he opened and closed behind himself in a second. He leaned against the iron door, almost hyperventilating.
"What kind of monster is he?" Kageyama asked himself, shuddering as Natsu's mad grin flashed in front of his eyes as the mad wizard slashed him.
The silence lasted for few more moments, the only sound Kageyama's own heart as it pounded against his ears.
The stillness that fell around the dark mage didn't last long as a hand suddenly flew through the iron door as if they were made of paper and grabbed Kageyama's neck.
"I can hear your heart beating... and it really annoys me." Kageyama could hear Natsu whispering behind the door.
Cold sweat glided down his back as the hand around his neck tightened. The doors started to melt and Kageyama instead of intense heat felt the tremendous cold that crept into his bones making him shiver. He turned his head to see behind himself.
Oh, how he regretted it.
When he saw Natsu's face through the hole in the doors that kept getting bigger he wanted to drop dead. His eyes were cold, evil with his pupil's straight line like those of snakes. His mouth was twisted into a mad smile that would terrify the bravest.
Kageyama has never been this scared in my life, shaking uncontrollably while the other teenager held his neck.
Natsu moved his free hand slightly, the knuckles cracking before he lit the hands in black and blue chaos magic.
"What Erigor plans with the Flute? Tell me and I maybe spare your miserable life." Natsu hissed, mad expression didn't leave his face.
"H-he already t-told y-y-you." Kageyama stuttered.
"Don't lie to me!" Natsu's mad expression replaced angry one as he threw the mage across the room into the opposite wall before stepping through the hole in the doors blocking the only exit Kageyama had.
"He wants to use the flute on guild masters in Clower town!" Kageyama replied fast. To hell with Erigor's threats. The guy in front of him was ten times worse.
"It wasn't so hard, right?" Natsu asked with a wicked grin. The dragon prince moved toward Kageyama who pushed his back against the wall, much to his demise unable to get further.
As Natsu moved even closer Kageyama braced himself. He had nothing to lose now, anyway, right?
"Shadow Orochi" He cried as in front of him appeared purple magic seal and from it flown out black snakes made of shadow.
Natsu raised his hand and caught the shadowy snakes, cocking his head to the side, closing his eyes as he smiled.
''Intriguing'' Nastu spoke as he clenched his outstretched hand, the snakes disappearing with a wail.
"I-impossible" Kageyama murmured.
"And incredibly stupid'' the dragon prince informed the dark mage though as the seconds passed it was becoming more and more questionable who the 'dark' one was.
Chaos energy sparked around Natsu as he moved closer ready to kill the mage quickly.
"What kind of monster are you?" Kageyama watched with open horror as Nastu moved closer.
The slitted black eyes narrowed. ''Monster?''
Maybe slow would be more appropriate.
"I am the son of the apocalypse, Natsu Souleater, Kira of Fairy Tail. Remember the name when the gates of hell open for you. You will meet many who have fallen down by my hand there" Natsu said, dark energy dancing around him.
A second before Natsu could deal the first blow aimed at the man's stomach a rush of footsteps and new voices called ''Don't hurt him! We need him!" Erza yelled.
Kageyama stared at the scarlet-haired man in shock before he slumped down in relief.
"For what?" Natsu asked, the annoyance he felt absent from his voice as any other emotion.
"Erigor put some sort of wind wall and we can't get out of here" Lucy explained.
"And we have to get out of here as soon as possible because Erigor is really planning-" Gray started but frowned as Natsu spoke before he finished.
"I know. I fail to see how he can do anything?" Natsu said pointing to Kageyama who immediately stiffened when Natsu's attention returned to him.
"He is the one that unsealed Lullaby so we think he could unseal Wind Wall."
"Why Wendy didn't eat it?" Natsu asked.
"I couldn't because it has some sort of protective magic on it." Wendy looked at the floor in shame.
"It's okay" Natsu assured her.
Just as they turned their attention at Kageyama still pressed against the wall a pair of hands shot from the wall piercing the mage's stomach.
A member of Eisenwald behind Kageyama, poking through the wall pulled his hands out, trembling as he looked at the Fairy tail mages in the room.
Natsu's eyes narrowed as he moved faster than anyone could react and grabbed newcomer's head pulling the man from the wall before turning around and smashing the head against the wall it just came out of.
The Eisenwald member didn't manage to let out so much as a startled cry before his head was crushed on the wall, the skull cracking as the blood exploded, spraying Natsu's hand.
The Fairy tail mages stared at the swirling wind wall surrounding the station through the front doors. Gray sighed as he shifted Kageyama on his back.
"So... Any idea how to get out?" Happy asked.
Natsu glanced at them "I could take us with Chaotic void-" He wasn't able to finish as all of them yelled in unison "NO!"
"Why not?"
"Because we will be useless'' Erza muttered, shuddering at the memory. Not a pleasant thought.
"There's no point, Erigor is probably almost in Clower town," Kageyama said weakly.
"Remind me why we took him?" Natsu frowned slightly
"Because he was hurt," Erza said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Obviously," Natsu said sarcastically.
"However, Kageyama is right. Erigor is as much as we know in Clower town already so we have to hurry"
"There is another way I might be able to get us out of here but I might not be able to help you in near future'' Natsu spoke after a moment, sounding somewhat relucent but it was barely hearable.
"Great. Do it!" Gray said impatiently not noticing the worried glance Wendy sent older dragon slayer's way.
Natsu took a deep breath as the air buzzed with magic energy that started rising,
"Stand back" Natsu spoke quietly.
"Dragon slayer secret art: Element Take Over..." Natsu began to cast the spell as the spark of his magic danced around his shoulder.
Everyone except Wendy, who for some reason was horrified, was amazed and shocked because they had never seen Natsu using that spell.
"... Wind Master!" Natsu finished. His eyes began to glow with a sky blue color. He held out his hands, clasped together, palm against palm, and wind from wind wall began to move towards them. Slowly, the wall decreased and wind forming it slowed.
Natsu's eyebrow furrowed in concentration as the wind seeped towards him and suddenly there was a barely audible crack heard only by Wendy and himself as the skin on the part of his hand cracked like glass, the skin soon breaking into fragments from the tips of his fingers all the way to his elbow, the blood flowing from the cracks.
Once the wind disappeared Natsu fell to his knees with his hands on the ground, panting. His eyes returned to normal black color as he stared at the ground in front of him.
Wendy immediately started running toward him, her eyes watering. She knelt beside him, her hands immediately warped in a soft glow of her healing magic.
"Why did you do that? You know that it will speed up the process!" Wendy yelled as few tears escaped her eyes.
"Because I didn't want to watch you cry," Natsu said softly. The others were surprised with tenderness in his voice. He raised his hand ready wipe her tears but quickly decided against it as his eyes glanced at the blood dripping from the cracks. Instead, he pulled her closer and gave her a hug.
A second later he pushed himself gently into a straight sitting position and turned his attention to the others.
"Why are you still here? Do you want that Erigor reaches the masters?" He asked, his blank expression in place as his hands dropped to his side again.
"Of course not! Come on, let's go!" Erza shouted pointing at the magic four-wheeler.
The scarlet-haired mage didn't bother to see if Lucy, Wendy, Gray, and cats were following, certain they were, but when heard Wendy shout she realized she was wrong "Come on Carla! Max speed!"
When they turned towards Wendy she was already high in the sky. The small group moved toward the magic four-wheeler, determined to catch up with the girl. As they seated themselves in the car, Erza in the driver's seat again, she noticed Natsu still sitting on the stone floor in the same spot.
"Are you coming?" She asked. He looked at her sidelong and wheezed as he tried to catch his breath.
"Need help?" she was a little worried.
"No, I'll catch up with you, Titania," He said as his eyes dropped on the ground again.
"Okay... if that is what you want... Let's go!" She started the magic four-wheeler running, leaving Natsu in the dust.
'It already started Wendy... I'm sorry' Natsu sighed as he looked at his hands, still bloody and cracked, but not as many thanks to Wendy's brief usage of healing magic. His eyes moved to his left palm and fingers where, beneath the cracked skin that was slowly falling off, black scales could be seen. The skin slowly peeled off from his fingers, the nails falling off together with skin as he watched in morbid fascination as the place where his nails used to be was replaced with talons.
"Ten more minutes and I'll have my revenge'' Erigor said out loud humming a melody of some sort under his breath.
Beneath him rails of a train were stretching in the distance, standing on the bridge whose bottom was hidden by the fog underneath it.
The shinigami was not in a hurry. Why would he be, anyway? There was no way those Fairy tail mages could defeat his whole guild and even if they manage to do that by some miracle the wind wall is impassable.
A shout from behind almost made Erigor fall to the ground in surprise.
"There he is!"
The voice was without a doubt female. Erigor looked at himself but by the time he turned around the girl was already above him.
"Sky dragon's ROAR!" Wendy cried as she fired the tornado at Erigor at point-blank range sending the surprised wizard crashing into the rails below.
Erigor grunted as the rails bent beneath him on the impact. ''What the...''
As he looked up his eyes widened recognizing the girl from their brief encounter.
"How did you get past my Wind wall?!" Erigor asked shocked as he raised to his feet while the girl landed on the ground, the cat that carried her dropping to the ground exhausted.
''You made a big mistake, shinigami'' Wendy said as she dropped lower into a fighting stance. ''You underestimated Fairy tail''
Erigor growled in anger before he yelled, the attack sudden and deadly "Storm Bringer!"
In front of him appeared a magic circle in light purple color and from it formed a powerful tornado that wound around Wendy.
Erigor smirked in satisfaction as he lost the sight of the girl. The smirk disappeared from his face when a loud sucking sound came from the center of the tornado still circling around the girl.
"It's good that this isn't the same as Wind wall'' Wendy said after eating the whole tornado. ''I can eat this'' she wiped her mouth as she looked at Erigor.
"And I'm sorry to tell you this but it tastes horrible''
Erigor just watched not sure what to think of the scene before him.
Without a warning, the young dragon slayer jumped into the air and cried "Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang!"
He fingers warped in the wind as she rushed at Erigor with speed that surprised the silver-haired man. Though surprised, Erigor had little trouble dodging it as he jumped backward, Wendy's fingers brushing the air where he stood not even second ago.
"Storm Shred!" Erigor yelled having enough of just watching as projectiles fired at the bluehead.
Wendy ducked as the first two flown above her and then rolled the side to avoid the next three. The last of the projectiles came towards her just as she stood up, grazing her leg. Wendy hissed in pain as the wind bullet pierced her skin.
Ignoring the mild pain she leaped high into the air and cried as loud as she could "Sky Dragon's Wing Attack!"
Erigor jumped away as the attack raised dust around them. Unable to see, the only warning he received the attack was coming was when the girl was already in front of him, the incantation leaving her lips.
''Sky dragon's claw'' Erigor didn't have enough time to move his head to the side as Wendy's foot crashed into his head sending him flying further down the rails, out of the dust cloud. Before he crashed into the rails again he twisted his body in the air, bringing his scythe out and swinging it down in a slash just as Wendy exited the dust cloud.
The energy blast in shape of a wind rushed at the girl who jumped to the side as soon as she noticed it but the attack was too wide to dodge, the sharp wind piercing the flesh all the way from shoulder to hip. Wendy dropped from her jump to the ground in a cry of pain, the cut going all the way to the bone where it cut near her shoulder.
"Wendy!" Carla cried in fear as she tried to stand up only to drop to the ground again, too
"I'm fine" Wendy breathed out as she stood up, one hand pressed on the cut, a grimace forming on her face as she applied more pressure.
"But not for long!" Erigor yelled and prepared new attack "Emera Baram!". He crossed his hands and then swiped them down sending X-like beams of wind down at the girl who didn't manage to dodge fast enough.
A scream of pain left Wendy's lips as she was sent flying through the rails, the blood bursting from the new gashes and her mouth.
''I'm surprised you're still in one piece'' Erigor remarked as he looked at the bleeding body of the dragon slayer. As she slowly started to sit up he added ''Or alive''
''I told you not to underestimate Fairy tail'' Wendy said as she spat a mouthful of blood before she stood up straight.
Erigor raised an eyebrow as he looked at her but his eyes widened as the injured teen suddenly crunched and launched at him even faster than before.
"Dragon Slayer's Secret Art: Shattering Light: Sky Drill!" She cried as she warped her whole body in wind.
Even if Erigor could dodge her he didn't move out of the way, too shocked by the speed and power behind the attack coming from a girl that should've been dead already.
Wendy hit Erigor directly in his stomach and the silver-haired wizard's eyes widened even more as blood escaped from his mouth, his consciousness slipping away before he hit the ground.
As she landed, Wendy dropped on her hands and knees, panting, trying to catch her breath ignoring the blood that dripped from the gaping gash on her body.
After a moment she pushed herself to her feet as she moved toward Erigor who didn't move.
"I'm sorry that I hurt you but you didn't leave me any other choice''
"You do not have to apologize to the enemy, Wendy," said Carla as she moved slowly toward Wendy, recovered enough to stand but it was anybody's question when she would be able to fly again.
"Of course, Carla'' Wendy said as she sat on the ground next to the fallen mage. She looked at him for a moment before she sighed and bent over ripping the scarf that was warped around mage's neck and then pressing it on her wounds tying it around it. It was sad, in Wendy's opinion, that wounds like this didn't present much trouble when healing but she was still unable to heal herself. The good side of it all was that she healed faster than most people.
Carla looked at Wendy nodding in approval before the cat noticed the flute that lied next to Erigor. She walked to it and picked the flute up carrying it to Wendy.
"It seems that our work here is done," Carla commented.
A sound of wheels screeching brought their attention the magic four-wheeler that came to a halt few meters behind them. As soon as it stopped Erza jumped out of the car and ran toward her, followed by Lucy, Gray, and Happy.
"Are you all right?!" Erza asked as she looked wide-eyed at the petite wound-cowered girl sitting on the floor.
"I'll be fine'' Wendy said with a smile as she looked behind Erza. Natsu wasn't with them.
"He said he would meet with us later," Gray answered her unasked question.
"Oh... That's... Okay" Wendy said as she looked at the flute in her hands only to watch a snake made of shadow took it out of her hands.
The magic four-wheeler moved with a wheel as Kageyama yelled "So long, suckers!"
The group of six stared at the retreating vehicle in silence.
"Not a word about this to Natsu..." Erza murmured.
Kageyama cursed as he hit his head on a branch. Damn woods. Where was that mansion again? The night has fallen maybe half an hour ago and since then Kageyama had been searching for the mansion where the meeting took place. He knew it was somewhere around this but come on! How hard was it to find a big mansion in the middle of a forest?
Kageyama sighed as he leaned against the trunk, his eyes dropping to the white bandages the Fairy tail kid warped around him.
A movement through the woods made the wizard tense up as he looked around, dropping into a crunch as quietly as possible. A short old man stood between several trees, the white hair and thick mustache immediately telling the shadow user who he was looking at. 'Fairy tail's master! How the fuck are they always in my way?!'
Carefully Kageyama sneaked out, the new rustle in the bushes unnoticed by him.
Hearing Kageyama's approach Makarov raised his eyes from the magazine he was looking at, the mage noticed a girl in a swimsuit on the page before he hid it behind his back.
Makarov smiled as he scratched the back of his head, excuse already on his lips before he realized he did not know who the boy in front of him was. The old master's eyes narrowed slightly as he noticed the white bandages warped around boy's stomach "Shouldn't you be at the hospital, boy?"
"T-they would not let me play at the hospital. Do you want to hear it?" Kageyama asked taking out Lullaby.
"Sure, why not," Makarov said with a smile as he eyed the flute.
In bushes, Erza and others were about to attack when master Goldmine stopped them. "Just watch." Goldmine whispered as he settled beside them behind the bushes, master of Blue pegasus beside him.
''That's one creepy looking flute you got there'' Makarov added.
Kageyama nodded uneasily. ''Y-yeah''
Kageyama put Lullaby to his mouth but hesitated. His grip tightened around the slender piece of wood. 'Why can't I do it? He's right in front of me. It would be so easy. Just a single note and everything would change'
"Nothing will change," Makarov whispered shocking the Eisenwald member who stared at him in shock.
'Is he reading my mind?!'
Makarov smiled at him ''I'm not reading your mind''
Kageyama's eye twitched.
''Your face is just easy to read''
'Damn'
Erza had enough of standing on the sidelines so she sprung to her feet as soon as Kageyama dropped the flute and fell to his knees "Master!"
Makarov looked at them, his mouth falling slightly open before he sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. ''What are you doing here, brats?''
"We were fallowing Kageyama in order to get Lullaby'' Erza mentioned toward the fallen piece of cursed wood.
Makarov nodded as he looked from the flute at the group of teenagers. Erza stood in front of him, behind him stood Lucy, Gray, and Wendy who looked slightly worse for wear.
The absence of pink-haired dragon slayer who should be with them didn't go unnoticed by the old master but he chose not to comment on it.
Makarov sighed again as he opened his mouth to talk but was interrupted by a new voice that sent chills down the spine of everyone present.
"Miserable humans!'' The flute roared ''I'll devour your souls!"
Everybody stared at the wooden flute on the ground in shock as purple smoke started rising from it.
"Crap...'' Gray muttered as he looked at the demon that slowly started rising from the smoke.
"It would seem that Lullaby truly is a demon from Zeref's book. This is rather... unfortunate'' Master Bob said.
"Zeref?!" Wendy yelled in shock as she turned to face the bald baster who shrugged ''As far as I know only he was capable of forming demons as large as this that was able to walk in mortal plane''
"We don't have time to talk, guys!'' Gray yelled at them as the temperature around him dropped, his magic rising. ''We have to take it down."
''Low human scum like you will never be able to take me down! I am great and almighty Lullaby!" The demon hissed before it threw his head backward, a purple sphere of energy started forming in his open mouth immediately.
After a moment, as the energy concentrated Lullaby jerked his head back up straight, the ball of energy released in a giant tornado of purple light.
Erza cursed as she rolled out of the way dragging Lucy along the way. Wendy jumped to the side, pushing as much magic as she could in her feet to sent herself flying away as much as possible.
Grey didn't move as he slammed his fist into outstretched palm "Ice make: SHIELD!"
The light blue magic circle appeared beneath the wizards as a shield in the shape of a flower formed from the ground in front of him and masters who watched in surprise and shock as the ice stayed whole after the beam hit him with full force, not even a crack on it as the beam received.
Gray smirked as he let the shield vanish ''Good thing the name's Lullaby. I was afraid it would be something really scary like Sparky''
"Requip! Black Wing Armor!" Erza yelled ignoring Gray's joke as the golden light warped around her. The black armor formed around her as wings appeared on her back, a giant black cleaver in her hands.
"Gate of Golden Bull, I open thee, Taurus!" Lucy cried and in front of her appeared a man with bull's head.
"What can I dooo for your sexy booody, Luucy?" Taurus asked as he looked at Lucy, wiggling his eyebrows at her.
Lucy sighed and pointed at the raging demon currently engaged in a fight with Erza who flying around its head. "Help me defeat that demon, will ya?! This is not time for your stupid flirting"
Taurus sighed heavily as he nodded somberly ''No matter how stupid you find me your body will always mooove me!'' and with that Taurus jumped in the air, his ax above his head ready to strike.
Further away Gray jumped into the air ready for the fight "Ice make: Ice Cannon!" In his arms formed a cannon made of ice which he didn't hold for more than a second before firing it at the demon making a hole in its shoulder. The demon screeched but not from pain but from anger.
Wendy pushed air in her feet as she pushed herself in the air again, wincing slightly as she felt the wounds from her last battle but she ignored them as she spun in the air with a shout ''Sky dragon's wing attack!''
The attack hit the demon making the huge thing stagger backward a bit but barely making any damage whatsoever.
Lullaby growled in anger "Die from my magnificent song, you filthy scum! DIE!"
"Oh dear god'' Bob muttered as he looked at the demon with wide eyes. Makarov's eyes widened while Goldmine muttered a quiet ''Fuck''
''NO!'' Erza yelled as she moved in on him again only for the demon to sent her flying away as its hand crashed into flying mage.
Lullaby took in a deep breath, while everyone closed their eyes, and released it in a long shriek. Erza, who landed on her feet after being hit was the first to open them as the shrinking continued "What the...?"
Goldmine looked up at the demon who stopped making the noise looking confused "They made so many holes in it that it can't even sing! Oh, dear god, this is priceless!''
Lullaby looked at the master in shock before its featured turned from confused to furious "You will pay for what you did to me! I will kill you with my bare hands! I will crush you!"
Erza sighed as she readied herself. This was not good. She was getting tired and the others didn't look all that better.
Lullaby cocked its head back again, the purple light gathering in his mouth. As it threw its head back toward them something hit him in the head, snapping it to the side along with the beam that missed them completely.
"Is that...?" Makarov wondered before he smirked, facing the back of the figure that stood in front of them.
"Brother!" Wendy cried happily as she clapped her hands in glee. Natsu didn't turn to look at them as he said ''Stay back. I'll take it from here''
"Is he planning to take down that demon by himself?" Master Bob wondered as he looked at the young man in front of himself in worry.
"That's Natsu for ya" Happy replied.
"Natsu... Isn't he one of your strongest S-class mages? The Kira?!" Goldmine asked amazed.
Makarov smirked ''That would be him''
Natsu sighed soundlessly as he cracked his neck. 'This shouldn't take long'
The dragon prince made a step toward the demon who looked at the newcomer in fury.
''You think you can take me on all by yourself? Don't be an idiot, human! There is not a man in your race strong enough to defeat a demon!''
Natsu didn't say anything but took another step, his magic started building up. By the third step, he was running at the demon, the hands glowing in black and blue energy. Lullaby roared as it brought down its fist on dragon slayer. Nastu rolled out of the way and stood on his legs in a movement practiced for too long to be done in any other way than perfect. The dragon prince jumped in the air with a spin to propel himself as far as possible his magic-coated fist meeting with Lullaby's leg punching through the wood that was the demon's skin.
Lullaby screeched again as it waved through the air trying to get the wizard off of himself but Natsu just pushed his hand deeper under the wood before he ripped his hands out with a pull, the wood surrounding his hands exploded upwards, the sharpness flying around him. The demon screeched again as it brought his hand down on dragon slayer who was holding on the edge of the hole in demon's leg.
Natsu smirked as the hand closed in on him. He jumped up and flipped in the air catching the demon's fist before flipping again and jumped on the forearm of the arm. The other fist tried to catch him as Natsu moved across the arm too fast for the demon to even see him clearly. Lullaby's eyes widened as Natsu flickered in front of his face, breath already drawn as he shouted ''Chaos dragon's roar!''
The wizards who stood on the ground watched in morbid fascination as the tornado of black and blue energy exploded from Natsu's mouth at least twice the size of the one Wendy produced on the station.
As the roar subsided Nastu dropped to the ground with grace barely possible. Lullaby stood in shock, half of its face gone and the other side burned beyond recognition from the sheer magic force.
A grin cracked on Natsu's face as his eyes glistened madly, pupils enlightening in slits, as Lullaby looked at him with one good eye, still shocked by the sheer power. "Whoever said I'm a human?"
Lullaby stared at him for another second before growling in anger, the shock wearing off only to be replaced by anger.
''You will regret ever coming here!'' Lullaby yelled as he tried to stomp at the pinkhead who didn't move as the leg came down on him.
''Did he just let himself get squashed?'' Goldmine asked as he looked at Lullaby who was grinning triumphantly, the grin looking horrible on the mismatched face.
''No'' Wendy said as she smiled a black hole forming in thin air above Lullaby.
Natsu dropped from it a second later, his hands already warped in magic.
''Chaos dragon's wing attack!''
The attack hit the demon at point-blank range exploding from its back to its chest tearing a huge chunk of the wood.
Lullaby dropped to its knees gasping for breath and wheezing in pain. The huge demon raised a large amount of dust as it crashed into the ground that shook from the impact.
''Chaos dragon's sword horn!'' Nastu yelled as he came down at the demon like a bullet blasting through its chest like a bullet through paper.
Once inside the demon Natsu looked around and smirked, spotting the small glowing purple orb in the middle of the hollow chest caved in from multiple sides.
The smirk on Natsu's face widened into a maddened grin.
Lullaby gasped as it felt the mage moving from inside it. ''NO! GET OUT! GET OUT! YOU CAN'T DO THIS!''
''Watch me'' Natsu replied but the demon was the only one that could hear him.
''Chaos dragon crushing fang'' Natsu swung his fist at the glowing orb that shattered on the impact.
Lullaby screeched in pain as its chest ballooned up before it exploded from the inside out.
The mages on the sidelines watched the demon explode in shocked silence. A black hole opened in the ground, Natsu exiting from it holding a book with wooden covers. The remains of demon disappearing into the air like ash of a burning wood.
Natsu looked at them with a raised eyebrow but didn't say anything.
Master Bob started clapping enthusiastically breaking the silence ''Amazing Makarov. Your children are truly fabulous! To defeat the demon so easily. What were your names again? Lucy, Gray, Erza, Wendy, and Natsu. Amazing''
Happy looked at the master as he crossed his hands, pouting. Bob laughed ''Yes, of course, Happy and Carla''
Carla blushed ''Oh, we didn't do anything''
Goldmine chuckled as he turned to look at the pink head only to for his smile to drop along with his jaw at the site of the mansion behind the pinkhead. Or rather what was left of it.
Noticing the sudden change in expression, Makarov followed his line of sight as it stopped on the ruins of the once great mansion.
The old man blinked once, twice. ''Crap''
"We will give you a five-minute advantage." Goldmine explained.
Gray blinked, confused "For what?"
Goldmine's eye twitched ''To escape''
They looked at each other in silence for a moment before they turned around and started running.
Natsu looked at his retreating guildmates before he looked at the two masters who were staring at him in silence. ''It was a pleasure meeting you'' Natsu said after a moment as he nodded politely. Not a second later the hole opened beneath him as the dragon slayer disappeared.
Goldmine and Bob exchanged another look before Goldmine huffed ''Weird kid''
Bob chuckled as he smiled at the brown-haired man ''Adorable, isn't he?''
End of chapter 9
Rewritten
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