Chapter 33:

**next morning**

Wendy awoke to the sound of birds chirping. She opened her eyes and looked around the infirmary where she had been sleeping. Gray, Erza and Gajeel were still in bed sleeping. On Gajeel's bed was Panther Lily and on Wendy's bottom of the bed were Charla and Happy. They were both still sleeping and Happy was drooling while mumbling something about fish.

She then turned her head to see if Natsu was still in his bed that was next to hers. Unsurprisingly Natsu's bed was empty.

She sighed sadly. 'When was the last time you slept peacefully without any nightmares, brother?'

She then carefully went out of the bed trying not to awake the cats on her bed. She quietly made her way to the bathroom and took quick shower and then put her green dress on before glancing at the clock. 8:32 a.m.

She went downstairs to the main hall to see that it was already full with gild members. Nab 2.0. was next to the mission board. Mira 2.0. was serving drinks. Cana 2.0. was drinking from her barrel. Elfman 2.0. was shouting about manliness. Gray 2.0. and Natsu 2.0. were fighting. It was still weird to her when she saw those two fighting and Natsu breathing fire. She then made her way to Mira 2.0. avoiding the fight and asked "Did you see Natsu somewhere?"

Mira 2.0. smiled at her and said "Yes. He's been sitting there before I got into the guild."

She pointed at the table in the corner of the hall where you could see Natsu staring in front of himself into nothing.

"Thanks, Mira" Wendy said with small bow and made her way toward him with smile.

"Hey Natus" she called and waved toward him when she was close.

Natsu shifted his gaze at her for a moment and said "Good morning" before turning his head slightly and watching tough the window that was near him.

"Good morning to you too" Wendy said smiling.

"I wish" Natsu muttered but Wendy's sensitive ears heard hi and she frowned.

"Wanna talk about it?" she asked.

He just shook his head 'no'.

Then someone jumped next to them. Wendy turned her head to look at newcomer but Natsu didn't bother with something like that and just keep watching trough the window like he didn't even heard the person.

"Hey Natsu" Wendy said to the teenager that jumped next to her.

"Yo Wendy" Natsu 2.0. said grinning. "How did ya sleep?"

"Fine. Thanks for asking." she said smiling at grinning boy.

"Hey Natsuuuu~" came a whiney voice from certain blue flying cat "I eat all my fish..."

Natsu 2.0. smiled at his flying friend and patted his head "Just ask Mira. I'll pay her once when we finish some mission"

Happy 2.0. smiled and flied toward Mira 2.0. yelling "FIIISSSHHHH!"

Natsu 2.0. laughed at his partner and looked back at Wendy but before he said anything Natsu said with emotionless voice "What do you need?"

Natsu 2.0. grinned and said "You said that you're a dragon, right?"

Said dragon now turned his head toward his counterpart "So?"

"I was hoping you could show it to me before you go back home" he said still grinning.

"No" was his simple replay.

Natsu's 2.0. smile dropped. "Oh, Come on... Why not?" he whined.

"I don't feel like it" Natsu said coldly.

Wendy seeing this smiled knowing that she could help her brother-figure counterpart.

"Come on Natsu. I'm sure that you would make him happy." Wendy said happily.

"No"

Wendy pouted for second before getting idea. She smiled evilly and said in sweet voice "I will tell Mira how good you were"

"That's dirty trick" Natsu muttered looking away.

"Fine" he finally said.

"YES!" Natsu 2.0. yelled excitedly.

Lucy 2.0., Erza 2.0., Wendy 2.0., Lisanna 2.0. heard what Wendy said and walked toward dragon slayers and the chaos dragon.

"What Mira has to do with him?" Lucy 2.0. asked.

"She's my mate" Natsu spoke to everyone's surprise. Then after a second they realized what he said.

They blinked and then Lucy 2.0. shrieked "WHAT?!"

Natsu cowered his ears "Not so loud dammit!"

"Your m-mate?" Lucy 2.0. asked with face red as tomato.

"Yes" Natsu deadpanned.

"Don't you think girlfriend?" Erza 2.0. asked

Natsu 2.0. was the one to answer. "No. He means mate. Dragons and Dragon slayers have mates"

Girls nodded.

"And its more of a wife then girlfriend." Wendy said with smile.

Girls once again stared at them in shock.

"YOU'RE MARRIED?!" Lucy 2.0., Erza 2.0. and Lisanna 2.0. screamed in disbelief.

Other members heard this and looked at them confused. They could saw Lucy 2.0., Erza 2.0. and Lisanna 2.0. looking at Natsu with disbelief and shock written all over their face while Wendy, her counterpart, Natsu 2.0. and Natsu had their hands over their ears. As soon as they saw Natsu's eye twitching with anger they turned to what they were doing before only they were covered in sweat.

Girls also saw that and said quietly "Sorry"

Natsu sighed and then said in emotionless voice "Dragons don't need marriage when they find their mate because once they find her/him they can love only her/him. When dragon's mate die the dragon won't find another and most likely will die soon after it from despair and sorrow that brings mate's death."

Girls gaped (except Wendy) for second before saying "O-okay..."

There was an awkward silence for few minutes and only sound was Happy munching his fish.

Then Natsu 2.0. clapped his hands and grinned saying "So... Will you show me your dragon form?"

"Later" Natsu said and stood up. He started walking out of the guild.

"Where are you going?" Wendy asked running after him.

"You stay here. I just need to check on something." Natsu said.

"Oh... okay" Wendy said. He walk out and Wendy watched after him until she couldn't see him anymore.

**with Natsu**

When Wendy couldn't see him anymore he said "Chaos dragon lost art: chaotic void" and with that he was gone.

He reappeared in the forest near the clearing where was the lake he showed to Mira few weeks ago. He sit next to the water. He watched the surface of the water and his thoughts drifted to his trip to Lurioa one day before mission that get them in this mess.

**flashback**

After Natsu used 'chaotic void' he appeared in front of very familiar golden door. As soon as he step in front of them the doors opened. He entered in dark cave that didn't change to much in last few years. The doors closed behind him.

He took deep breath and then shouted "LILITH!"

Even though this was the place were Zeref created his demons here you could also find other demons that lived in underworld. 'Lilith' was the name of one of the most powerful demons. In beginning Lilith wasn't demon. She was first and most powerful god slayer. First God slayers were considered as angels. Gods that raised them rarely let them to go to Earthland. Lilith, being the first and most powerful 'angel' become greedy and hungry for power. She came down to the Earthland and attack humans and dragons. Dragons defeated her and sent her back to the Heavens. Her foster mother, Light goddess, banished her from Heavens to the Underworld and cursed her. Lilith became demon and as centuries past she was forgotten. She became nothing more then legend. But obviously some still knew that she existed.

As soon as Natsu shouted her name he could see glowing red eyes disappearing in the dark.

"It's been a long time, hasn't it... dragon prince?" sweet womanly voice came from dark.

"Indeed, Lilith" Natsu said with smirk looking in darkness.

Then a figure came out from the dark. When the figure came to the weak light you could see young women with black, long, curly hair, white skin, red, snake-like eyes, red lips and she had on herself black kimono with red sun on the back. The woman, actually demon was indeed beautiful.

"Did you came here to take me out?" Lilith asked licking her blood red lips reviling snake-like tongue. After Amaterasu cursed her she wasn't able to go outside to Earthland until a man came and take her outside. She was stuck in Lurioa and Underworld.

"No" Natsu replied coldly.

She narrowed her eyes "Then why did you called me?"

"I'm pretty sure you know the reason" Nastu said with emotionless face but there was slight annoyance in his eyes.

She looked at him with mock innocence "How should I know what you want?"

Then she appeared behind Natsu and licked his ear saying "Except I know you want me~"

Natsu rolled his eyes and move from woman's range. "Would you quit doing that!"

She-demon just smiled evilly "Oh~ come on~.. I know you like it~"

"I have no interest in you. I have my mate and I have no intention to make you my other one" Natsu said annoyed.

Lilith huffed and turn serious "Fine! What do you need?"

"I want to know what do you now about Zeref" Natsu said.

"Payment?" she said stretching her arm out and opening her palm like expecting to get money or something.

"You know that I always have it" Natsu said and reached in his pocket.

Lilith watched as he take from his pocket wooden flute. The flute wasn't normal flute. It had skull with three eyes on it.

"Lullaby?" Lilith asked and then smiled widely "Oh that's so cool! I really wanted another pet!"

She reached for flute but Natsu put it back in his pocket before she touched it.

She glared at him.

"Do we have a deal?" Natsu asked.

She sighed "Yes"

Natsu then gave the flute to Lilith.

"So what do you know about Zeref?"

"I know that he's awake" Lilith said seriously.

"I know that to" Natsu said annoyed "What else?"

"I know that he's on an Island..." Lilith said with smirk.

Natsu raised eyebrow "Island... Which one?"

Lilith smiled mockingly and stretched out her index finger and shook it 'no' few times while saying "No, no, no~ I need more to give you that kind of information"

On Natsu's forehead appeared tickmark. "You damn snake" he muttered.

Lilith smiled again and said "If that's all I'll like to go and play with my new pet."

And with that she went back in the dark.

Natsu went in different direction toward exit while saying "Treacherous snake"

**end of flashback**

Natsu sighed looking at water. "Well... I still need to find out on which island Zeref is..."

"Stupid Lilith.."

'It's good that I find that stupid flute after other leave the place where I fought it... But that stupid Lilith get more expensive every time I get there' he thought.

'Gods don't take humans anymore. As far as I know the only way these days to learn God slayer magic is to have some sort of lacrima implanted in you'

"Well I guess I should head back to the guild" he then looked around. "The lake looks the same"

"Chaos dragon lost art: Chaotic void" he said with sight and with that he was gone.

**in guild hall after Natsu walk out**

"Did we said something wrong?" Lucy 2.0. asked confused and worried.

Wendy smiled at her "No... He's just like that sometimes"

Lucy 2.0. nodded and looked at Wendy. She frowned when she saw that Wendy's smile didn't reach her eyes.

"You're also worried. Aren't you?" Lucy 2.0. asked.

Wendy looked at floor and nodded "He don't sleep well in lately"

Before Lucy could say anything frog-like man and around ten Rune knights walk trough the door.

"Council?" Few members asked confused.

Makarov 2.0. walked and asked "What do you need?"

Frog-like man then took out document and start reading "Yesterday the Council sensed a demon in Magnolia. Most likely in guild. The demon's power was to great to be ignored so in the name of the Magic Council we came here to find the demon and kill him or seal him if we are unable to kill him. The guild Fairy Tail is asked if they want to help to catch the demon and if they had seen it"

Fairy tail mages stared at the frog dumbfounded. They blinked trying to understand about what the frog-man is talking about.

Makarov's 2.0. eyes widened 'They must be talking about Natsu and his figh twith Gildarts'

He looked at messenger and said "We did not saw any demon nor did we felt it's power. I would like to ask you to leave"

Messenger just huffed and said "We are here to find the demon. We are not leaving until we found it"

Makarov 2.0. narrowed his eyes at messenger. Few other members that realized what the man talked about did the same.

Then a figure appeared behind messenger.

"Why is the council here?" the figure asked.

Messenger turned his head quickly to see pink haired teenager with dragon-like eyes.

Frog-like messenger turned his head back to the guild to see that the same looking boy is there. His face filled with horror as he took shaky step back from Natsu. Natsu just looked at frog with emotionless face. The frog then pointed shaky finger at Natsu and stuttered "T-that's t-the d-dem-mon!"

Natsu raised an eyebrow when Rune knights pointed their spears at him.

"D-don't move!" one knight shouted.

"Did I do something to scare them? I mean I didn't even tried this time" Natsu asked.

Makarov 2.0. replied "The Council sensed your magic when you fighted Gildarts and they think that you're a demon"

"So he is a d-demon!" Frog-man yelled "Kill it!"

On Natsu's face appeared his famous wicked smile as he asked "I'm not a demon... I'm a dragon"

Council members paled as Natsu said that but before they could do anything he disappeared and reappeared outside the guild.

"How did you do that?!" one knight asked.

"Magic" Natsu said, smirk never leaving his face. He raised his hand and warped it in Chaos energy. Then suddenly around him shoot pillar of black and red energy. Inside the pillar you could see a figure that slowly changed it's shape. The familiar sound of tearing skin and breaking bones filled the air.

"Hey Natsu..." figure yelled and Natsu's 2.0. eyes looked at figure.

"Yes?" he asked confused.

"You wanted to see my dragon form..." the figure's body start growing "... watch carefully"

Council member's eyes widened at sound of Natsu's voice.

Suddenly a large, very large, clawed paw emerged from the pillar of energy and hit the ground only few centimeters from messenger leaving its print in stone. Then two large black, feathery wings emerged.

"ROAARRRR!" the earsplitting roar was heard through whole Magnolia. The energy disappeared and before them stood Black Dragon with red markings.

Everyone stared at dragon with wide eyes.

"IT'S ACNOLOGIA!" one Rune knight cried "RUN"

"You miserable human, I am not Acnologia! I am his son!" the dragon roared.

Rune knights paled even more if that was even possible.

Few knights started running but before they could get to far massive dragon tail crushed the ground and everything on it's way in front of them.

"We are going to die!" one knight cried.

Messengr turned toward wide-eyed Fairy tail "YOU!" he pointed at them "YOU ARE WORKING FOR ZEREF!"

At that statement frog-man was lifted from the ground with two claws. Natsu brought him in front of his snout and said "They are not working for Zeref!"

Messenger paled and start yelling "Don't eat me! Council will heard about this! Fairy tail is working with dragons!"

Natsu's eyes narrowed at tiny messenger "ARE YOU LISTENING FOR ME YOU LOWLY FROG!"

When messenger was about to say something else Natsu swing with his wings and lifted himself in air with messenger still between his claws.

"Don't kill mee!" frog-man cried. At that Natsu smirked.

"Beg me. I like that"

"Please" messenger said holding on Natsu's claw on which his life dependent.

Natsu put his other front leg on his snout like he was thinking.

"Okay... Let's do it this way. You go back to Council and say you killed the 'demon'. If they ask you about the body just say that that knucklehead over there-" he pointed at Natsu 2.0. who heard this and yelled "Hey!"

"-accidentally burned it to crisps"

"You w-won't kill me if I do that?" frog-man stuttered.

"I wish I kill you right now but I don't won't make trouble for my guild" Natsu said as he smiled evilly and all his sharp teeth were visible.

Natsu then started flying back toward the ground and he let the frog fall when he was about two meters from the ground.

He landed gracefully in front of the guild and said in sinister voice and emotionless face "If you even dare to say what exactly happened today I will hunt you and I will torture you until you're just unrecognizable pile of bones and flesh"

The Council members gulped and nodded.

Natsu put his wicked smile again and said "Good to see that you understand"

"Now run from here while I didn't change my mind"

He didn't need to say it twice.

He then started to turn back to his human form and once again terrible sounds filled the air.

When he turned back to human he looked at guild. He sweat-dropped at sight. All members had the same face expression of shock. Their jaws on the floor.

"What?" Natsu asked annoyed.

"That was..." Lucy 2.0. started her eyes still wide.

"SO AWESOME!" Natsu 2.0. yelled and pumped his fist in air grinning.

Lucy looked at him and sweat-dropped "I wouldn't use that word to describe it"

Natsu 2.0. ran to his counterpart and start jumping around him "That was so cool! I can't believe that my counterpart is so awesome!"

Natsu just watched his counterpart. 'And I can't believe that my counterpart is so... you'

"Why don't you train me now?" Natsu 2.0. pleaded.

"Because we need to go home" Erza 2.0. answered (they woke up before council came)

"Yes. Our nakama are waiting for us and if they saw that whole forest is gone they'll get really worried" Lucy said.

Natsu 2.0. pouted childishly and then grinned "Okay. But come soon"

"You can count on that" Happy said flying around them.

"I'm not that sure we can say something like that when there is no proof that we will be able to come back" Charla said.

"She have a point" Panther Lily said.

"I feel we'll see each other again" Erza said with smile.

"Yes" Wendy grinned.

"So Makarov, I think its time to go" Natsu said looking at old man.

"Indeed it is" Makarov 2.0. said. "Follow me"

And with that Everyone followed master toward one room in guild. When they entered the room they saw big stone door frame that had dozens of lacrimas implanted in it. There were also two wires that had some kind of magic drainers o them. Makarov 2.0. put one drainer on his wrist and Natsu was about to do the same when strong arm stop him. He turned to see Gildarts 2.0. standing there.

"I'll do it" Gildarts 2.0. said with smile "You know... You look almost the same as Acnologia. It's almost scary how much your alike"

Natsu chuckled and said "I'll take that as a compliment cause I don't have time to kick your ass if it's not"

Gildarts 2.0. laughed. They shake their hands in sign of farewell.

Natsu turned to see his counterpart grinning face.

"So I guess we will see each other later" Natsu 2.0. said rubbing the back of his head.

"Indeed" Natsu said.

They also shake hands and Natsu 2.0. grinned smiling "Try smile more often"

Natsu looked at him with annoyed look that soon became amused one. He chuckled.

"I'll try" he said and smiled.

"See. It's not that hard."

They both then laughed and Natsu turned to see everyone waiting for him.

"Let's go" he said and they nodded.

Gildarts 2.0. and Makarov 2.0. chanelled their magic and portal opened. Soon Erza stepped inside. After her Lisanna, then Lucy, Wendy, Charla, Happy, Gajeel, Lily and then with final wave Natsu stepped in.

When they passed trough the portal they find themselves in front of the guild.

"Guys.." Gajeel started.

"We are finally home" Natsu said with smile.

End of chapter 33.

Next chapter: S-class trials

First; sorry for not updating for so long. Also, my school is starting next week so I won't be able to update so often. Most likely once in a week or two.

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