Voting results:

Kill him-8

Don't kill him-14

So obviously he'll live. I apologize to those who want him to die but this was voting so... yeah... he'll live.

**previously**

Makarov smiled weakly at a girl he considered his own daughter or granddaughter "You're... not useless Wendy... You are very... strong... and *cough* in the end... we all have... to die sometimes..."

Chapter 39:

Wendy could only cry. She never felt so useless. Not even when Natsu was in dragonfiction process. Charla was hugging her trying to comfort her even tough she was crying herself. Lily just kept staring with disbelief in his eyes.

Silence filled with sobs was broken when light chuckle escaped Natsu's lips.

Everybody looked at Natsu confused, even Makarov turned his head looking at Natsu with blurry sight that was slowly fading.

Charla was more furious then confused at his actions "ARE YOU LOST YOUR MIND?! HOW CAN YOU BE LAUGHING IN THE TIME LIKE THIS?! DON'T YOU CARE AT ALL?! I REALLY START THINKING THAT YOU AREN'T HEARTLESS MONSTER BUT IT SEEMS I WAS WRO-"

She stopped when she looked at him. She immediately regretted what she said when she saw his eyes. That eyes she saw for the first time in her life. Eyes that looked more human like this then ever before... Eyes that had sadness in them, deep sadness that seemed to take over whole his face. Pain that was so deep and regret that shouldn't be in the eyes of someone who had only 18 years.

"N-Natsu?" Makarov asked weakly thinking he started hallucinating.

"Why in hell are you talking about death when nobody is going to die today..." Natsu said looking at Makarov with weak smile.

"B-but Natsu *sob* I don't..." Wendy started but never finished.

"I don't care what will happen to me but you are not going to die. Is that clear?" Natsu asked looking at Makarov. Second later they could feel him gathering his magic.

"What are you doing?" Lily asked shakily.

"Well try to imagine Fairy Tail without this old fart. That just don't sit right with me" Natsu said with small chuckle.

Despite the situation Wendy smiled weakly. Natus rarely joked about anything and... wait a minute Natus never joked. Something was wrong. Natsu's next words confirmed that.

"Dragon slayer forbidden art: life drainer: death door" He put his arms above Makarov's small body. Wendy watched with wide eyes how Makarov's wound slowly closed in front of her eyes. A strong cough brought her attention back to Natsu. Her eyes wide. Natus's hands started to shake but he didn't remove them from their position above Makarov's body. He started coughing blood and color from his face disappeared completely leaving him pale as ghost. Dark circles appeared under his eyes like he didn't slept for months. Only when Makarov's wound was completely closed did Natsu removed his hands. His eyes closing as he start falling back.

The last thing he saw was Wendy's mouth opening and closing and tears going down her face. 'She's probably yelling my name...' he thought and whispered "Don't cry..."

"Natsu? Natsu?! NATSU!" Wendy kept yelling his name when his eyes start closing. Her eyes burned with hot tears that started flowing down her cheeks.

She almost missed when soft whisper escaped Natsu's lips "Don't cry"

She hugged his limp body that always was cold like ice but now it just worried her further.

"What did he do?" Lily asked no one in particularity and was actually surprised when he heard an answer.

"He healed my wounds... but the problem is... he didn't use magic..." Makarov said as he sit up completely unscratched.

Charla looked at master with relief "Master you're okay!" then she registered what he just said "What do you mean he didn't use magic... then how-?"

Makarov cut her off knowing what she'll ask "He used..." Makarov closed his eyes in grief "... his life force"

Lily looked at him worried and confused "And that means...?"

"You see... once a wizard spent all his/her magic he/she will recover it in relatively short time...but once a wizard spent all his/her life force he'll..." Makarov looked at Natsu and let out a sob "...die" Lily and Charla gasped. Wendy didn't listen what they were talking. She just stop hugging Natsu and put his head gently in her lap looking at his pale face and small trail of blood that was flowing down his chin from his mouth.

"But he healed you... isn't that the same magic Wendy uses?" Charla asked he master.

"Well... yes and no... In basics it is the same... and his healing could actually healed much faster and much grater wounds... even recreate a lost limb... but it also comes with much greater price... Depends about the wounds... he needs to give that much of his life force as close to the death is the wounded one. In other word he gives his life force to the Wounded putting Natsu in near death state and Wounded in completely healed and alive state"

Charla, Lily and Wendy gasped. Wendy heard last part what Makarov said and started crying even harder.

"Right now Natsu gave... almost everything of his life force... It will recover... however I don't know how long it will take him to recover even a small fraction of it..."

**back in camp**

Lisanna and Mira were just cleaning the table in the camp when they saw red fireworks.

"Enemy?" Lisanna asked surprised. Mira frowned and looked from where fireworks just came form. Erza just went there half an hour before. She turned her head to the Happy who stopped eating his fish looking at fireworks. It's been over an hour since Natsu... left too.

"Happy! Go, find Erza and find out whats going on!" Mira said and Happy quickly put last bite of fish in his mouth before yelling 'Aye!' and flying into the woods.

"Lisanna get ready to fight... We don't know how close they are" Mira said and Lisanna nodded. They prepared their magic. The feeling of boiling magic in their veins and magic gathering around them filled the air. There was silence for around five minutes and then...

BOOOM!

Air around sisters exploded sending them flying.

"AAHHH!" They yelled in surprise more then pain. Lisanna landed with one knee on ground and Mira landed on her feet in crouch position.

"Who's there?!" Mira yelled angrily. She slowly stood up and looked around but no one was there.

"Look here" A voice said from a tree. Mira and Lisanna looked at the tree only to watch with wide eyes as a figure emerged from a tree.

"Who are you?!" Lisanna asked.

"Call me Azuma" Azuma said with smirk.

"Prepare for fight Lisanna" Mira said and Lisanna nodded.

Azuma raised his hand and air exploded again but this time sisters jumped out of the way.

"Sister! Use Satan soul!" Lisanna yelled as she transformed into her tiger soul.

"I can't use it over and over again..." Mira said.

Azuma raised his eyebrow "Sister... Don't tell me... You're demon Mirajane!"

Mira glared at Azuma "That's an old name"

"But better be careful! When Mira gets serious she's crazy strong!" Lisanna yelled at Azuma and was about to attack him.

"Oh.. I see" Azuma made some hand sign and from earth shoot trees and warped around Lisanna making it impossible to move for her. She transformed back to her normal form.

A number 180 appeared in front of Lisanna as it's some kind of watch and it started counting down.

"Lisanna!" Mira yelled as she tried to free her sister.

"I can't move..." Lisanna said

"I want to fight the demon... if you don't defeat me Mirajane your sister will be blown to pieces in less then three minutes" Azuma said.

"YOU COWARD!" Mira yelled in fury.

"To fight with that demon I'll do anything" Azuma replied.

In blink of an eye Mira transformed in her Satan soul and flew toward Azuma. She flied over another explosion that Azuma maid and crashed her foot in Azuma's stomach.

'It doesn't look good... I don't have enough magic to use this for too long' Mira thought 'But I have no choice!'

"Gguogh" Azuma moaned as he came crashing into the tree. He soon stood up with grin "This is it...! This feeling..."

"It's the best!" he yelled as Mira sent another kick in his head sending him flying again. He flipped in midair and raised his hand catching Mira off guard as air around her exploded again sending her flying backwards.

"Urgh!" Mira cried out in pain. Mira took a glance at Lisanna who noticed it "MIRA DON'T WORRY ABOUT ME! CONCENTRATE!"

It took all Mira's will power to concentrate at Azuma when number on clock in front of Lisanna was already on 113. Azuma used distraction and sent another round of trees that caught Mira's arms and legs. Mira struggled to break free but without success.

"Chain burst!" Azuma yelled the spell as trees around Mira exploded. Luckily she was fast enough and break free just in time to escape the explosion.

She flied straight toward Azuma as she withdrew her fist readying it for a punch that she sent straight in Azuma's face. Unfortunately Azuma dodged the punch.

"RELEASE MY SISTER!" Mira yelled readying another spell.

"Strong.. very strong... It's been a while since I had this much fun!" Azuma said with smirk.

Her eyes glanced at Lisanna again. Clock was already on 62.

Azuma used the distraction again and with motion of his hand trees rose form the ground again striking Mira and sending her flying.

"What are you looking away for?!" Azma asked.

"AHHH" Mira yelled in pain.

"BURST CLAW!" Azuma yelled. Explosion hit Mira but she was able to compose herself before she crashed down "Soul Extinction!"

She sent her spell at Azuma and it exploded destroying everything in her path. When explosion died down to Mira's shock and horror Azuma was able to protect himself with his ability to control wood.

On Lisanna's watch was already 24.

"I expected no less from you Mirajane... Let's enjoy this a bit more"

Mira glanced at clock. 19. She squeezed her eyes before reopening them and flying toward Lisanna.

"MIRA!" Lisanna yelled.

"What are you doing?!" Azuma yelled furiously.

"It's futile! It won't unlock unless you defeat me!" Azuma yelled at Mira who was desperately trying to free her sister. "You don't have much time left! Show me how much serious you can get!"

"Sorry..." Mira said as her Satan soul disappeared. She hugged Lisanna. "I don't have enough power to defeat this guy right now"

"Eh?" Lisanna asked confused.

"It's impossible for me right now" Mira said softly to Lisanna.

"Mira..." Lisana said.

"But I believe that there is someone in the guild who can" she smiled weakly at Lisanna.

"What.. are you talking about Mira...?" Lisanna asked crying.

"So.. your sister is going to forfeit here, but..." Mira said to Lisanna "...you don't need to worry,"

Clock showed 1. Azuma could only stare wide-eyed at two sisters.

"Lisanna"

"You're the one person I won't let die again!" Mira said.

"MIRAAAAAAAAAaaaaa-!" Lisanna's yell was silenced by the sound of the explosion that destroyed whole section of the forest.

Explosion died down and dust cleared. Lisanna could only stare with wide eyes in front of herself. Mira was lying on her... unmoving.

Lisanna slowly moved her sister from herself.

"M-Mira?" Lisanna asked looking at her sisters face. Azuma walked away.

"Mira... no... you have to wake up..."

"Hey... wake up..." tears went down her face "...Mira..."

"Come on... You know what will happen if you don't wake up..." Lisanna sobbed "I'll cry... then Elfman will cry... entire guild will be sad... and... and you know what Wendy said will happen to Natsu if you die..."

Azuma stopped in his tracks to hear what will Strauss sister say... that pink-haired dragon was on completely different level then anyone else.

"... he'll die too... you know... so Wendy will have to cry over him too..." Lisanna knew she was babbling but she couldn't think of anything else to say "Come on Mira! Wake up!"

Azuma started walking again.

**somewhere else in the forest**

"Finally" purple haired woman said "My dream will come true..."

Woman smiled softly "Once I have my hands on Zeref... I will be saved"

Leafs rustled behind her.

"Who's there?!" She asked as she turned around quickly.

"Looking for me?" answered a voice.

Woman's eyes filled with tears of joy "Zeref!"

When she saw the man she froze.

"I see... so you are the peoples that disturb my peace.."

She started shaking. Those eyes...

"It's sad..." said Zeref "How you've managed..."

"To anger me..." Zeref growled as his eyes glowed crimson.

End of chapter 39.

So Makarov is alive and well. Thank you all for reviews and I hope everybody liked this chapter. If there's anything you wish in future chapters, if you have any idea or some questions I'll be happy to answer and maybe use some of those ideas. I don't have anything more to say so please review and thanks for reading :)