**previously**

"It's been a while... father" Natsu said to the black dragon in front of him.

Chapter 46:

Acnologia let out another earsplitting roar. He then loomed over them and looked Natsu directly in the eyes.

"Gaki" Acnologia grumbled with annoyed look "Why don't you move out of my way". It wasn't a request. It was an order.

"I won't" Natsu retorted coldly.

Acnologia raised his scaly eyebrow with amused look on his face "Oh, and why is that?"

"On this island is something very valuable to me" Natsu said with little hesitation that didn't go unnoticed by others.

Acnologia laughed cruelly "You can't possibly be talking about this ants!" He was referring to Mira and the others.

He looked at Natsu and after Natsu didn't deny it he narrowed his eyes. Anger building inside his chests.

"You naive fool!" Acnologia roared and trashed his tail right next to Natsu who didn't even flinched.

"Did you forgot everything I thought you?! Do I need to repeat myself?" Acnologia hissed out the lest part as he lied down his enormous head in front of Natsu.

Natsu's eyes widened as picture of a certain fire dragon appeared in front of his eyes.

"... You are more than opponent. You're a rival, and I hope, a friend." a young boy with pink hair said.

Dragon covered in flames replied with smile "That is true... My friend"

"Acnologia! Please! Please don't! All I wanted was a friend! PLEASE DON'T KILL HIM! ACNOLOGIA! DAAAADDD!" boys cries echoed through the forest.

What Natsu did next made everyone in Fairy tail gasp in horror. Natsu throw himself on his knees, his head on the floor as he bowed to the dragon who raised his head once again, smirking evilly.

"There is no need to repeat yourself, your majesty" Natsu said.

Mira's eyes filled with tears. That wasn't Natsu she knew. Her Natsu wouldn't bow to anyone. He always stood in front of them. His head high. That teen in front of her wasn't Natsu.

"Then get off of this island, now! So I can destroy it and be done with it" Acnologia said satisfied.

"...Natsu..." Mira called out as tears rolled down her cheek.

Natsu heard satisfaction in Acnologia's voice. He also felt his guild member's... err... friend's eyes at the back of his head. Sudden anger flared inside of him. He stood up.

"I will have to disobey this order, my king" Natsu said his magic warping around him. Acnologi's eyes shined in fury.

"Run" he said to Mira and others.

"But-" Mira started but was cut off by Natsu "I said run"

Acnologia took a deep breath.

Before Mira could do anything else someone grabbed her wrist and started dragging her away from Natsu who was now completely warped in his magic. They could see his outline growing in size as wings formed on his backs, tail and horns growing.

Mira started screaming trying to get free from iron grip of the person that was holding her. She looked up read to plead anyone who hold her to let her go but after seeing Gray next to her who was on the verge of crying himself she couldn't do anything anymore and just ran along.

Just before Acnologia unleashed his attack, Natsu's smaller dragon's body crashed in his jaws sending the attack toward the ocean. Splitting the see in half for few seconds before it returned to its original appearance.

"I see your dragonfiction is complete" Acnologia said as he spread his wings and fly up in the air. Natsu fallowed him close by.

Without saying anything Natsu sucked in large amount of air and fired his 'Chaos dragon's roar' that was almost the same size as Acnologia. Acnologia swung his wings as hard as he could and raised even higher in the air moving out of the way of Natsu's roar.

"Not bad, gaki" Acnologia said and then barely avoid Natsu's claw.

"DON'T CALL ME GAKI!" Natsu roared angrily as he flew above Acnologia. Just when he was right above him he swung down his tail trying to hit Acnologia in head. Unfortunately for him, Acnologia saw this coming and he rotated his head so Natsu's tail came down right in Acnologia's opened jaws.

Acnologia clenched his jaws as blood sprayed trough the sky with Natsu's howl of pain rang trough the sky like thunder. Acnologia swung his head downwards releasing Natsu from his jaws and as Natsu's tail left his mouth he unleashed another Chaos roar at Natsu who was falling in the sea with attack hitting him directly, speeding his fall.

Natsu howled once again but he quickly flipped in the air so instead on his back he fall on his legs. Though as soon as his feet touched the water he swung his wings pushing himself of the water's surface, lunching himself at Acnologia who was still looking rather amused.

Natsu was up in the sky in short time as he warped his claws in magic trying to pierce Acnologia's scales. Acnologia rolled in the air so Natsu was only able to scratch him. He growled in frustration as he ducked under Acnologia's tail, getting under him he got an opening. Not wasting any second he stretched out his neck, opened his jaws and locked them around Acnologia's neck.

Metallic taste of blood filled his mouth confirming that he did some damage at least.

Acnologia hissed when smaller dragon sank his teeth in his neck. He also titled his head under him and fallowing example of his son he started biting at Natsu's wings while Natsu's tail tried to get Acnologia's jaws off of Natsu's wings. His tail miserably failing if I may add.

From the island Fairy tail members watched in horror as two dragons fought in the air. Their happiness when Natsu sunk his teeth in Acnologia's neck didn't last long when two dragons started falling down into the sea.

Natsu who didn't want to risk getting chained to the earth while fighting a dragon by damaging his wings any further, pulled his teeth out preparing to unleash his roar. Acnologia smirked as he also released his grip on Natsu's wings. Two dragons collided with the water as they started sinking down.

From the shore only thing Mira and the others could see was tornadoes of Chaos energy erupting from somewhere under the surface with dark shadows dancing deadly dance under the water.

Under the water Natsu and Acnologia continued fighting. Their scales glinting from the sun that break through the surface. They throw spell after spell at one another. After ten minutes of being under water Acnologia started swimming toward the surface.

There was silence that lasted for few seconds before Acnologia flew out of the water and tornado of Chaos energy following him close behind. Acnologia laughed as Natsu erupted from the surface.

From the distance where Fairy tail members were, both dragon looked like they were in the same shape but if they got a closer look they would be able to see a difference. Acnologia had few bite marks and many scratches and gashes but nothing was too deep expect the one on his chest that went from his neck to his right foreleg. Natsu on the other hand didn't look so well. His wings were quite bloody from Acnologia's bites and one of them was fractured. He had to wave quite hard with his left wing that was somewhat still usable to keep himself in the air. He had deep gash over his right eye and there were many more other scratches and gashes covering his body.

Nastu panted as he watched Acnologia circling above him like a predator that hunts its prey with grin that was more then familiar to Natsu's enemies and friends alike since he himself had it often when he had fun while fighting.

"You are much stronger then you used to be, brat. Too bad you're still not good enough to defeat me" Acnologia said laughing.

"Is that supposed to be a compliment you oversized lizard?" Natsu snapped.

"Aren't you cranky today" Acnologia said with chuckle.

Natsu hissed as he unleashed another roar at his father before disappearing in 'chaotic void'. Acnologia's eyes scanned his surroundings and he was able to notice Natsu appearing over him just in time to get away with just another gash over his back instead of losing his head.

Acnologia spun in the air facing Natsu who was flying over him as he unleashed a roar at Natsu who didn't have enough time to avoid it since his wings were in bad shape. He was thrown at the island as he hit the ground destroying the surrounding trees and skidding several hundred meters before stopping.

"NATSU!" Wendy cried out when Natsu didn't stood back up. He landed pretty close to them and before anyone could stop her she started running to him. Meredy tried to stop her but Wendy was already to far away for Meredy to get a hold on her hand. Gajeel sighed as he ran after Wendy.

Others fallowed them soon afterwards.

As Acnologia flew closer, Natsu was able to stop his head from spinning. A sudden 'NATSU!' jolted him up like someone hit him with lighting. Natsu's head rose from the ground only to see everyone running toward him.

"NO! YOU MORONS! STOP!" Natsu roared at them.

"NO! WE WILL FIGHT WITH YOU!" they shouted back in union.

"FAMILIES STICK TOGETHER!" Makarov cried.

"AND BY FAMILY THAT INCLUDES YOU! YOU BAKA!" Gray shouted as he ran toward Natsu.

"THE ONLY THING YOU'LL DO TOGETHER IS THAT YOU'LL DIE TOGETHER!" Natsu shouted at them as he stood up and crashed his tail right in front of them, preventing them from getting any closer.

Acnologia was by now flying up in the air right above them.

"YOU ARE LOW ON MAGIC!" Ultear yelled.

"SO?" Natsu retorted. He knew that already. There was no need to point out the obvious.

"SO WE WILL GIVE YOU OURS! WE ARE GOING HOME TOGETHER!" Makarov replied.

"You said it yourself Natsu, nobody is going to die today" Wendy said smiling.

One by one they started joining their hands. Wendy, Mira, Ultear, Meredy, Makarov, Freed, Gildarts, Cana, Lucy, Gray, Evergreen, Elfman, Bickslow, Lisanna, Laxus, Gajeel, Juvia, Levy, Charla, Happy, Lily and Erza. They were all there, holding their hands. Natsu looked up and his eyes widened. Acnologia was ready. He will unleash the roar any second now. There was only one last thing he could do. Natsu warped his body around everyone. Shielding them completely.

The last thing they heard was Acnologia's roar and part of the ground of the cliff they stood on braking. The last thing they saw was Natsu, Ultear and Mirajane falling in the water below before everything turned white. They didn't even have time to shout out their names.

In that split of a second when the cliff broke and Mirajane and Ultear started falling down Natsu was able to warp himself around Mirajane and Ultear to protect them from part of Acnologia's attack that caught him as well.

After that they knew no more.

The Tenrou island was gone.

That was the first thing that men from the council noticed when they approached to the place where Fairy tail's holy ground used to be. There wasn't even trace of it left after Acnologia attacked. When Acnologia came only thing they could do was to watch terrified as another dragon appeared. Acnologia was twice the size of this second dragon. And when they started fighting any normal and sane man would shiver in fear. Their roars sounded like thunders. A fight that sounded more like a sudden storm that will raze the earth.

When Acnologia unleashed his final attack he said something and then flew away.

"Sa nooa desccara inante da dedara di seebi, ibii" said Acnologia and turned to fly away

"teroosart, minora rico Natsu" he added before he was to far. (A.N/ I'll translate it later)

The second thing they noticed was something big and black floating on the surface of the water. They slowly approached the floating figure and when they saw what it was only shock kept them from fleeing away.

There, where Tenrou island was not even an hour ago now float that smaller black-and-red dragon, curled up protectively around something. From the wounds the dragon had blood was flowing, staining the ocean's water red at alarming rate.

Councilmen stood on their boats, none of them daring to utter a single word. The heavy silence being broken just by loud splashes of waves and dragon's shallow breathing.

"Natsu..." Doranbolt said as realization hit him like thunder.

Lahar looked at Doranbolt confused "What did you just said?"

"This teen... no this dragon... he's a part of Fairy tail"

Lahar's eyes widened "A dragon is a member of Fairy tail?!"

Doranbolt nodded "I found that only recently and I didn't have time to report it to the council... and to be honest I didn't believe it either"

Lahar nodded absently, his eyes fixed on Natsu.

"We have to help him" Doranbolt said after few moments of silence and before Lahar could say anything Dornabolt already used his magic and teleported himself on Natsu.

Lahar watched from the boat as other Rune knights (who didn't hear this conversation) started shouting at Doranbolt "ARE YOU CRAZY?"

Lahar turned to them and shouted "Start moving. We need to get that dragon to the nearest land before it sinks.

"What-" they wanted to protest but Lahar didn't have time nor the patience to listen to their complaints.

"That's an order"" he yelled.

In the meanwhile Dornabolt was sitting on Natsu's shoulder that was out of the water trying to wake him up. Natsu's right side was already underwater and it won't be long till he was completely under it.

"Hey Natsu... Wake up..." he tried gently. Dragon prince didn't even stir.

"Natsu" no response.

Doranbolt sighed as he stood up and teleported to Natsu's ear. 'Please don't kill me'

"HEY NATSU!"

Natsu's left eye opened as he groaned in pain. His yellow eye with red iris looked toward Doranbolt who was now on Dragon's snout. Natsu mumbled something but it came out as another growl and his barely opened eye started closing again.

Before he lost consciousness again he could hear Doranbolt yelling his name. With the last bit of magic he had in his body he enveloped his dragon form in chaos energy.

When the energy touched Doranbolt's legs, Doranbolt jumped not even realizing that he will fall in the water. Natsu's body slowly but steadily became smaller until he returned to his human form.

Doranbolt's eyes widened when he saw two women float beside Natsu. He sighed in understanding. They were the reason Natsu was curled up. He was protecting them. Doranbolt's eyes then traveled back to Natsu and his head rang in alarm when the only thing left above the surface was Natsu's arm.

Doranbolt swam toward it and grabbed Natsu's arm just in time. He pulled Natsu over his shoulder with his right hand and with his left he get a hold on Mira and other woman with purple hair he didn't recognize.

He teleported himself and them back to the ship and quickly but gently put Natsu on the floor. Every time he moved him he could fell some of his bones moving the way they defiantly shouldn't.

He handed Mira and unknown woman to the guards since they didn't seem to be so injured and were easier to move around. They carried them under the deck and put them on some of the beds.

"Get some bandages! We need to stop the bleeding!" Lahar ordered.

"A needle and thread too!" Doranbolt added as he examined Natsu's wounds. 'This wounds aren't life threatening if we stop the bleeding but he won't wake up anytime soon. His magic container is completely empty'

**the next day-Magnolia**

Makao was sitting at the bar drinking beer with Wakaba, talking about Romeo.

"...and then he said that I'm the best father- Hey, Wakaba... Wakaba! Are you even listening to me?" Makao yelled.

Wakaba jumped in his seat, almost letting go of his mug of beer.

"Sorry, Macao... I was just thinking about those that went on Tenrou. They should've come back by now or at least contact us"

Macao nodded with thoughtful expression "I guess you're right... It's been almost a week since they left"

As soon as he said this doors of the guild burst open.

Everyone turned their heads toward the entrance with smiles on their faces and Macao saying "Speak of the devil-"

Macao stopped himself when he saw rune knights at the door.

Hall was filled with gasps of horror when they saw who they were carrying. A sound of shattering glass filled the room when Macao let go of his mug.

"N-Natsu..." he said but it came out as nothing more then a whisper. Everyone watched in complete silence as rune knights carried Natsu in on the stretcher. Natsu was warped in bandages that were red from blood. Right behind them they carried Mira and some unknown woman in. They were relieved when they saw them with just minor injuries. They waited to see the rest of those that went on the Tenrou but only few more knights came in.

"Where is your infirmary?" Lahar asked.

Droy only pointed to the doors on the second floor still not able to speak. Rune knights hurried upstairs with Natsu, Mira and purple-haired woman.

"What is the meaning of this?" Macao asked, his voice finally back as anger and worry started building up in his chest.

"You better sit down and I would recommend to get someone to treat the wounds of your fallow members." Doranbolt stated.

Macao nodded to Jet who ran out of the doors to get Porlyusica.

"Start talking" Macao hissed as he sat down.

**one hour later**

When Rune knights left the hall was left in silence. Many members were already crying. Macao was trying to stay calm but it was hard as some tears escaped his eyes. They were gone... All of them... Master, Gray, Lucy, Lisanna, Thunder God tribe, Levy, exceeds, Erza, Wendy... even Laxus... everyone...

"Mina..." he sobbed.

It was a sad day for Fairy tail. Sad one indeed.

End of chapter 46.

Here is new chapter. I hope that it's okay with you that Natsu, Ultear and Mira stayed off of the island. I was thinking about this for few weeks and after I changed my mind at least hundred times I decided that this'll be the best. Natsu and Ultear will have more time together. And anyway... If there will be many complaints about this I will change it but I would prefer this chapter to stay as it is. I want to hear what you think and please review! Thanks for reading :)