I just realized I wrote the wrong number of people from Fairy Tail 2.0 that came here in previous chapter. There is only seven of them and I have no idea how did I get the number of twelve so I apologize.

**previously**

"Long time no see, Souleater" said a certain pink-haired dragon slayer.

"Dragneel?" Natsu asked with raised eyebrow to hide his surprise. Other fairy-tail members stared dumbfounded at seven counterparts.

Chapter 51:

"Something's not right with you" Pink-haired dragon slayer stated as he watched Natsu raised his eyebrow. Dragneel put his hand under his chin with thoughtful expression on his face as he concentrated on Natsu. Members of Fairy tail 2.0 guild looked at Natsu before sweat-dropping at obliviousness of their Natsu.

"It's obvious, Flame-brain, his hair is longer!" Gray 2.0 said hitting Natsu 2.0 at the back oh his head.

"Hey! Watch it you Snowman!" Natsu's counterpart shouted turning toward Gray 2.0 with annoyance shining in his black eyes.

"You wanna fight, Squinty Eyes?" Gray 2.0 yelled butting his head against Dragneel's.

A certain redhead joined their conversation "Are you boys fighting?"

Natsu's and Gray's counterpart paled visibly as Erza 2.0 seemed to appear beside them.

"N-no... Are ya kidding?!" Fire dragon slayer asked in a voice several octaves higher then his voice usually sounded like.

"We were just... Kidding around... You know.. Like best friends we are!" Gray 2.0 said in similar voice to his team member.

Erza 2.0 looked at them with suspicious, narrowed eyes and when she decided that they were telling the truth she nodded satisfied and turned her attention back to the people they 'visited' only to find them still staring at them barely moving.

When Natsu's and Gray's duplicate started talking others watched them with wide eyes. Well not all of them. Wendy, Gray, Gajeel, Lucy, Erza, Natsu and Exceeds were somewhat used to it... okay they weren't but at least they saw it before. Laxus, Freed, Bickslow, Elfman, Cana, Levi, Evergreen, Annie, Arthur, Jellal, Mira and Ultear however couldn't simply comprehend how could Natsu be afraid of Erza. Not even in their wildest dreams. The only one that seemed used to it was Lisanna but that wasn't so surprising. She spent quite some time first in Edolas (where Natsu's counterpart was afraid of Lucy of all people) and then in other Earthland (where Natsu was happy guy afraid of the mighty Titania). This world's Natsu was simply too cold to even show emotions such as fear.

When Natsu 2.0 throw his arm around Gray's counterpart's shoulder and they started smiling like idiots Natsu could do only one thing. He covered his face with his palm muttering something that sounded a lot like "This is humiliating"

Mira who was standing beside him giggled and then said "Oh don't be like that... I think it's cute"

Natsu huffed before his lips twitched upwards in an almost invisible smile. "HA! I knew it!"

Natsu's happier counterpart yelled suddenly pointing his finger at Natsu who turned to stare at him with blank face.

"I knew you're going to smile more often!"

Natsu raised his eyebrow but before he could say anything else Lucy 2.0 suddenly exclaimed "Jellal?!"

Natsu 2.0 froze in spot as well as his other friends as they turned to look at Jellal and not long after that they spotted Ultear who stood beside Jellal "And Ultear?!" Gray 2.0 shouted.

"...Yes?" Ultear asked with awkward smile not sure what to think as seven newcomers stared dumbfounded at her and her blue-haired friend.

"What are you doing here?!" Levi 2.0 asked.

"Shouldn't you be running from the council since you broke out of prison?" Erza's counterpart joined the conversation.

"And where is Meredy? I doubt that Crime sorciere is complete without her" Lucy 2.0 asked looking around but only pink hair she was able to spot were Natsu's and his counterpart's.

"Meredy had to stay in the guild for few more days to clear up some unfinished business with the Council. She was a member of the dark guild after all and... Wait... Prison?" Jellal stopped their questioning with his own question.

"And Crime-what? Can you repeat that?" Ultear asked with raised eyebrow.

"Yes prison. You were in prison since we defeated Oracion seis seven years ago" Gray 2.0 stated.

"I wasn't in prison and Oracion seis were defeated five years ago, not seven" Jellal said, confusion finding its way in his voice.

"What?!" They yelled in union.

"What do you mean five years ago?" Juvia 2.0 asked confused.

"Oracion seis attacked five years ago" Natsu said with blank expression.

"No it was seven years ago" Erza 2.0 said getting slightly annoyed if her twitching eyebrow was anything to go by.

"I'm quite sure I know when I kill- I mean defeated Zero" Natsu answers with blank expression that soon turned into smirk when their duplicates looked at them slightly horrified.

"How could you kill him five years ago if you were... on... Tenrou... Island...?" Lucy 2.0 started with louder tone that soon died down as the realization hit her "You weren't there" she stated earning confused looks from her friends.

"What do you mean 'You weren't there'? He wasn't were?" Gray 2.0 asked confused.

"Don't you think he looks older then our Natsu" Lucy 2.0 said quietly, sadness creeping in her voice.

Her '2.0' friends looked at her and then their eyes scanned the stoic pinkhead. Erza's, Juvia's, Levi's and Wendy's counterpart's eyes widened suddenly while Natsu 2.0 and Gray 2.0 still watched dragon prince in confusion.

"I don't see it" Natsu 2.0 simply said shrugging after few more seconds.

"I'm so sorry..." Wendy 2.0 said quietly looking at Natsu's blank expression. Natsu turned his head toward her and muttered quiet "Me too"

Lucy 2.0 turned to Natsu who patiently waited for them to collect themselves "You weren't on Tenrou island for seven years, right? You were somehow able to run away before-"

She wasn't able to finish when Natsu's face twisted in utter fury. She wasn't even able to take a step back as an arm warped around her and moved her out of the way barely in time as Natsu's 'Chaos dragon's fist' crashed in the sand where she stood mere seconds ago.

"I. Did. Not. Run. Away" Natsu stated simply as he straightened his back again and his previous fury returned under his emotionless facade. Lucy was sitting in the sand with Jellal standing beside her. He wiped the sweat on his forehead as he said "You're lucky I know Natsu so well... If I didn't use my 'Meteor' that second you would've been squashed like a bug."

Lucy 2.0 could only nod as she stood up and looked at Natsu saying "I'm really sorry... I didn't mean it like that..."

"Wait you weren't on the island?!" Natsu 2.0 and Gray 2.0 finally catching up on the conversation.

"No. The earth under the cliff I stood on collapsed and Mira, Ultear and I were thrown into the ocean few seconds before the blast hit the Island" Natsu explained.

"Wait... Mira wasn't there either?" Erza 2.0 asked and then looked at Mira "But you look so young"

Mira smiled at them as she said "Ultear used her magic on us to slow our time down so we could spend more time with Natsu"

There was a moment of silence for few second before Levi 2.0 practically screamed pointing her finger first at Natsu and then at two girls dressed up in kimonos "You three are together?!"

There was silent thud as Levi's friends heard this and their jaws hit the floor. "W-what... Flame-breath... Has a girlfriend... Two girlfriends...?"

"Mates" Mira corrected with amused smile that was mirrored by Ultear who said "And it's more like a wife then a girlfriend"

Others stared at her dumbfounded as awkward silence fell over them. The silence was soon broken by Natsu's comment "Hey Gray-Copy"

Gray 2.0 glared at Natsu for the nickname but his glare soon melted away when Natsu returned with his own "Don't call me Flame-breath. I don't use fire magic"

Gray's counterpart could only nod while Gray watched him felling sorry for the guy.

**few hours later**

After counterparts explained how they got here trough Celestial world that connects their worlds they explained why they were here. They were here to train. Unfortunately they only have one week because time will go faster in their dimension while they were here.

And that's how we came to the conversation between Natsu and his counterpart

"So you expect me to train you?" Natsu asked with bored expression while sitting on one of the lower branches of the tree.

"Yes" Natsu 2.0 replied firmly, determination shining in his eyes "There is no better teacher for a dragon slayer than the dragon himself"

"That is true but I still do not see why should I train you" Natsu replied as his eyes flashed with amusement at his counterpart's angry face.

"I need to become stronger, dammit!" Pink-haired dragon slayer shouted losing his temper quite quickly and stomping on the sand with his foot "Train me, you asshole, so I can protect my friends!"

Dead silence fell over the clearing as everyone stopped talking and turned to watch their 'conversation'.

Natsu's face became blank once again as he jumped down from the tree branch he was occupying. He walked slowly and he didn't stopped even when he was in front of the dragon slayer who was watching carefully his every move. He stopped for brief moment when they were next to each other, their shoulders almost touching.

"Then fallow me, Son of Igneel" Natsu said quietly so only his counterpart could hear him. Natsu's 2.0 face was almost split in two when he grinned and turned around on his heel and fallowed his long-haired counterpart.

"Wendys, Gajeel, Laxus!" They all jerked their heads toward Natsu when he barked "Fallow me. We need to start our training"

Laxus and Gajeel smirked while two identical blue-haired girls sheared a look and smiled before jogging after the group. Others sheared confused looks before Jellal called out "I think it's time for us to go as well"

And with that they moved toward their respective training grounds they used the day before. Counterparts fallowing each other after their 'senseis'.

**with Natsu**

"So... how's Fairy tail doing here since you and Mira were there for seven years" Natsu 2.0 asked walking beside his counterpart.

"I bet you're still number 1. Am I right?" he added with grin.

"I'm afraid you're wrong" Natsu said not turning his head to look at his counterpart who stopped walking for a second.

"Eh?" came his intelligent answer.

"Why not? I mean couldn't you, Mira, Ultear and Jellal kick their asses at the GMG?" he asked sounding slightly annoyed.

"Umm... Natsu... I don't think Mira was able to participate. She is... or was forth guild master... Right?" Wendy 2.0 said from her spot next to her counterpart.

Dragneel smiled sheepishly and rubbed the back of his head "Oh right... I forgot about that"

Natsu rolled his eyes but before he could say anything his counterpart already continued talking "Okay so Mira wasn't able to participate but what about you and those other two?"

"I can't believe this is Natsu even though he's just his counterpart" Laxus muttered from behind.

"Why not?" Wendy asked turning her head to look at Laxus.

"Well... First off all, he's too happy, too immature, too carefree... then he's more relaxed... not like someone shoved a stick up his ass..."

Gajeel snickered while two Wendys looked at Laxus disapprovingly.

"What?" he asked looking at the two identical girls.

"You don't have to be mean" Wendy's counterpart huffed.

"And he's nothing like you said he is" Wendy added agreeing with her counterpart.

"He is" Gajeel said though it sounded more like statement.

Natsu continued walking ignoring the other four though his eye twitched here and there when Laxus said that last part.

He instead decided to answer the question his counterpart asked "I had more important things to attend and Ultear and Jellal couldn't do it alone"

At that Natsu 2.0 looked infuriated "What is more important then your guild?!"

Other four stopped their bickering and started listening the argument between the two pinkheads.

"I highly doubt this is any of your concern" Natsu said with blank face.

"It is! Of course it is!" Natsu 2.0 yelled "How can you even say something is more important then your guild"

"I did not say that" Natsu stated calmly.

"You didn't deny it!" Dragneel barked.

"As I said I had more pressing matters to attend to." Irritation started seeping in his, until now calm, voice.

"And what would that be?!" Dragon slayer shouted again.

"Keep your voice down will ya?" Dragon prince asked narrowing his eyes.

"No way! Until you answer me I will not-" he was stopped by Natsu who said "I was on attending Council meetings at the time"

Everyone went silent for few minutes until Wendy 2.0 asked "You joined the Magic council?"

Before anyone could say anything else Natsu chuckled making most of them look at him in shock. Natsu chuckling could be considered like Natsu laughing. Seems like Christmas came early this year.

"Me, joining the Magic council?" Natsu asked with smirk "I don't think so"

"Then wha-" Laxus started.

"I am a member of a Dragon council though" Natsu replied with smirk, his eyes glinting with amusement at their shocked faces.

"They called you back?!" Wendy asked shocked.

Natsu 2.0 looked at his counterpart and said "Holly shit! You were part of the Dragon council-"

"I still am" Natsu corrected.

"- even before you became a dragon?"

"Yes" Natsu replied.

"What's this council anyway?" Laxus asked. Other five looked at him like he was crazy.

"You seriously have no idea?" Gajeel asked.

"Isn't it obvious" Laxus replied annoyed.

"That's the most powerful council composed of the strongest dragons- in other words kings, queens and princes. I was the first non-dragon who was allowed to enter the council. I was seven at the time."

"Wow..." Laxus whispered quietly.

"Anyway... back to the point... Yes they did summon me again. Zeref started making his moves so they needed my help. Old bastards... first they leave me for seven years alone and then they decide to call me back"

"Seven years? When did they called you back?" Wendy asked confused.

"Acnologia called me back on the day we thought he destroyed Tenrou" Natsu replied.

"Wait... You went back to that bastard even though he almost killed you" Gajeel asked, anger seeping in his voice.

"I can't ignore a direct order from the king and a Father" Natsu replied.

"Father my ass" Natsu 2.0 muttered.

"Excuse me?" Natsu asked glancing at his counterpart.

"Come on! Which father would try to kill his own kid?!" he shouted.

"Acnologia?" Laxus offered.

"He gave me the chance to fly off" Natsu pointed out.

"Yea... That's really generous of him" other said not really amazed by that fact.

"When did Acnologia even called you?" Laxus asked.

"Yea... we didn't heard him saying anything" Gajeel added.

"After he destroyed the island" Natsu replied "Before he left he said : 'Sa nooa desccara inante da dedara di seebi, ibii. Teroosart, minora rico Natsu'"

Natsu 2.0 whistled.

"Wait... you understand that?" Laxus turned to the Son of Igneel.

"Yea, you don't?" Natsu 2.0 replied. Laxus just looked at him with blank face.

"What did he say?" Wendy asked.

"'I'll see you on the seventh day of the seventh month, son. Don't forget, my prince Natsu'... Or something like that" Natsu 2.0 said with shrug.

"7/7..." Wendy mused "That's the day when dragons disappeared"

"Indeed" Natsu replied.

"But how did you know where you needed to go? I mean he just said you the date."

"That's where you're wrong" Natsu replied with smirk "He also said 'Don't forget'"

They looked at him confused.

"What does that has to do with anything?" Gajeel asked.

"He didn't mean about the date when he said that" Natsu replied as his smirk widened.

"Then...?" Wendy 2.0 asked completely lost.

"He said the same thing to me when I was a kid..." Natsu stated looking in front of himself. As he kept talking it sounded more and more like he was talking to himself more then to them.

He chuckled but it sounded biter "It was night before he disappeared"

Wendy almost tripped over her feet. Natsu never talked about that day. Not even to Mira and Ultear.

"He said that he was pleased with my progress... That was almost the same like he said he's proud of me... You know... He never said that to me..."

As Natsu continued talking his counterpart was trying not to show his frustration 'How can that overgrown lizard do this to his own son?! No matter what I did Igneel would always said that he was proud of me! It's no wonder the guy turned out this way'

"He then started talking about seemingly irrelevant things but I still remember every word he said that night... Then right before I fell asleep he said that I am his son..."

"You're my son, Natsu. You'll always be. It doesn't matter if we found each other here, in hell or (though I highly doubt it) in Heaven. Don't forget that"

"I'm quite sure he was only half aware I heard him though"

They went silent for many minutes after that. Gajeel finally broke the silence asking "I still don't understand what does that has to do with anything"

"Idiot" Natsu whispered.

"What was that?" Gajeel asked with raised eyebrow. He heard it alright.

Natsu blinked at him "I didn't say anything"

Natsu kept on walking as others looked at him with their mouth hanging open. It was their Natsu... right? And he just joked... Right?

"Anyway... He did say where to find him so I went there" Natsu continued.

"You went where?" Laxus asked.

"Well isn't it obvious. I paid a visit to hell" Natsu replied with smirk.

"Hell... You mean Lurioa?" Gajeel asked quietly.

"Yes. After all, Lurioa is the only part of Hell where living can enter" Natsu replied with shrug.

"What happened when you found him?" Natsu 2.0 asked not bothering to keep annoyance out of his voice. To go willingly back to that beast after what he has done to him and his friends... He wasn't sure if he would do the same.

"We had a fight" Natsu replied with blank expression "Of course not physical fight. We just yelled at each other for around two hours until I decided to leave"

Natsu then smirked "He stopped yelling at me and actually said why he called me here in the first place"

"I agreed to come to the meetings and that was mostly it. I became active member of the Dragon council once again"

"And that's why you never participated in Grand magic games?" Laxus asked though it came out more like a statement.

"Right. Meetings usually took place around the same time as Grand magic games" Natsu explained and then stopped walking since they reached the entrance of the forest.

Natsu 2.0 and Wendy 2.0 looked at pink-haired dragon.

"This is where you've been training?" Natsu 2.0 asked.

Wendy and her two fellow dragon slayers paled slightly.

"I guess that's one way to say it" Natsu said with chuckle.

"So what are we gonna do today anyway?" Gajeel asked.

"You're going to hunt a dragon" Natsu replied with smirk.

"W-what?" Wendy 2.0 asked.

"I didn't plan to do this for few more weeks but since those two-" he pointed at Wendy's counterpart and Dragneel "-are able to stay here just one week I need to speed this up"

"I don't like this..." Gajeel muttered watching Natsu's sly grin.

"Oh you're going to hate it" Natsu replied, his grin widening. "Anyway. I came up with this idea when I realized just how bad your hearing and sense of smell is"

"Hey! We have excellent hearing and sense of smell!" Natsu 2.0 yelled.

"Well... While you indeed have better hearing and sense of smell then those four all of you are still far bellow my standards"

"You do realize you are a dragon. No matter how good our hearing and sense of smell is there is no way our senses will be the same level as yours" Gajeel said slightly annoyed.

"I know that, baka" Natsu said with smirk ignoring Gajeel's angry protests.

"But yours are still bad compared to the mine while I was still a dragon slayer" Natsu replied.

Laxus snorted as he said "So what are you going to do?"

"Me?" Natsu asked faking his surprise "I won't do anything"

His 'students' looked at him clearly confused.

"Cut the crap and spit it out already" Laxus said after few seconds silence.

Natsu raised his eyebrow as his expression became blank again and small glare was sent toward Laxus who quickly added "Please...?"

"I'm serious, I'll just hide somewhere in that forest and you'll have to find me" Natsu replied.

"That's easy" Gajeel said confidently "You should come up with something harder"

Natsu looked at him from the corner of his eye and said "I wasn't finished"

"Crap..." Gajeel muttered.

"You're going to wear this while you search for me" dragon prince said raising four pieces of black cloth.

"What are we going to do with this?" Natsu 2.0 asked as he took his piece of cloth.

"You're going to wrap it over your eyes so you will be forced to rely only on your other senses" Natsu explained and smirked at their disbelieving expressions.

They watched Natsu who smirked as he said "Go on. It won't bite you"

Five dragon slayers wrapped their blindfolds over their eyes with not-so-surprisingly little enthusiasm.

"When can we start?" Wendy asked turning her head around even though she couldn't see a thing.

"I thought we already started" Natsu replied from behind her. 'When did he get there?'

"Oh and before I forgot. Be careful. This forests are full of... monsters" Natsu said before every trace of him vanished.

"Any idea where to find him?" Natsu 2.0 asked as he started walking toward the forest fallowing his nose even though he could barely smell anything.

"Nope" Gajeel said few meters behind him.

"This is gonna be a long day..." Laxus said as he fallowed the two boys. Wendy and he counter part fallowed Laxus soon afterward.

"Watch where you're going next time, Slamander!" Gajeel yelled trying to get rid of the mud in his mouth.

"It was your fault to begin with!" Natsu 2.0 yelled back as he wiped the mud that got under his blindfold while trying not to take it off.

"We all ended up in that swamp because of you two so shut up!" Laxus yelled at the two.

"Does anyone know where we are?" Wendy asked trying to get her mud-soaked hair off of her face.

"No..." her counterpart answered as she stood up only to slip and fell right back in the muddy water.

"I really hope we're getting closer" Gajeel muttered as he climbed up from the swamp.

"I seriously doubt we're getting any closer because his scent is still the same as it was at the begging." Natsu 2.0 muttered as he fallowed Gajeel's example.

"Wait... You're able to smell him?" Wendy asked surprised.

"Well yea. What do you think I've been doing all this time?" Natsu 2.0 replied as he helped Wendy get out.

"Trying to drown us?" Laxus asked, annoyance clearly in his voice. Gajeel snickered.

"I already told you it was his fault!" Dragneel yelled pointing toward where he could smell Gajeel. Though his pointing was useless since others couldn't see it.

"Whatever you say" Laxus shrugged before turning around and smelling the air.

"But I still don't see how are you able to smell him. I don't sense him at all" Wendy said as she sniffed the air.

"Well, Natsu has better hearing and sense of smell than any of the dragon slayers we met" Wendy 2.0 said as she tried to hear what rustled behind her right now.

"How many dragon slayers you met anyway?" Gajeel asked as he dropped on the ground. Others turned toward him as iron dragon slayer added "What? We deserve little rest. We've been out here in woods for nearly four hours"

"Alright. But only ten minutes" Laxus said as he slumped down on the ground.

"To answer your question... We know only five dragon slayers though we heard about two... What were their names?..." Wendy 2.0 said thinking.

"Sting and Rouge?" Gajeel asked though it was more of a statement.

"Yea! Those two... You know them?" Wendy 2.0 asked.

"No but Natsu met them" Wendy replied.

There was another rustle but this time they all heard it.

"What was that?" Natsu 2.0 asked jumping on his feet.

"Who's there?" Gajeel asked as his hand transformed into a sword.

"My, my aren't you all worked up, Son of Metalicana?" a feminine voice said from the spot where they heard the rustle.

Five dragon slayers froze.

"What do you want?" Laxus growled at the voice "And who are you?" he added.

"I'm looking for a dragon. Have you seen him anywhere?" Voice answered as a snake hissed.

"Souleater?" Natsu 2.0 asked as he put his hand on his blindfold ready to take it off.

"Oh so you do know him" The voice said and then she added "Would you be so kind and tell me where he is, Son of Igneel?"

"How...?" Natsu 2.0 asked as he took of his blindfold, others fallowed him soon afterwards.

They froze once again when they saw beautiful woman with pale, almost white skin, black, curly hair, snake-like eyes and snake tongue that licked her red lips. The woman was wearing black kimono with red sun on the back.

She laughed. "'How' what? How do I know that you are son of Metalicana?" she said facing Gajeel, she then turned toward Natsu's counterpart "Or that you're son of Igneel?"

Two boys just nodded as she proceeded to tell her answer but a cold hand around her neck stopped her "You will say no more, Lilith"

Lilith just smiled, obviously not worried about clawed hand around her throat. She traced the hand covered with black scales that stopped right about shoulder of its owner.

"It's been a while Natsu-boy" Lilith said with giggle.

Stone-cold eyes greeted her as Natsu said "You five"

Five dragon slayers stiffed.

"Go back to the camp. Training is over for the day" Natsu said, his voice void of emotions.

"We are not going to leave you here!" Natsu 2.0 yelled back.

"Leave. Now" Dragon prince growled.

Natsu's counterpart gulped unconsciously but before he could say anything else Wendy answered "Come back to the camp soon"

Other four looked at her as she took Dragneel's hand and started dragging him toward where the camp was.

Once they were gone Natsu turned back to Lilith "How did you get out of Lurioa?"

"Gods let me out so that I can bring you this piece of information. It's not much but it is rather urgent."

Natsu immediately turned completely serious as he narrowed his eyes saying "What's happening? Is it Zeref?"

Lilith nodded "Something else, though Zeref's magic is thick in the air"

Natsu raised his eyebrow, he didn't like the feeling he was getting "What else?"

"Someone is messing with the time" she said as she looked toward the sun.

"What?!" Natsu growled.

"Hey, don't kill the messenger... I don't have much time left, I have to go back." Lilith said as she turned to leave.

"Wait!" Natsu hissed "Who is doing this?"

Lilith looked at him and shrugged "I'm not allowed to tell anything else"

Natsu cursed as Lilith disappeared with the wind.

"The games has just begun...and the Eclipse is not far..." Lilith's voice was carried with the wind.

Natsu closed his eyes as he turned his head to look toward the sun. His eyes snapped open as realization dawned upon him.

"Crap" were his simple words before he started walking toward the camp shaking his head.

End of chapter 51.

Another chapter... I had a lot of problems with this one... Well after this I will speed up their training toward GMG most likely. I have few pretty good ideas, if I can say so myself, for the upcoming arcs. I'm sorry for my slow updates but once the school is over I'll be able to update more often.

On another note... How did you like this chapter? I'm not really satisfied with it to be quite honest.

Well anyway... Please review and thanks for reading :)