Chapter 52:
"What the hell was that all about?" certain pink haired dragon slayer asked obviously angry.
"What?" Natsu asked his counterpart with straight face.
"Who was that... Lilith, was it? Yes, Lilith!"
"As I said before. She's demon from Lurioa. First fallen angel"
"Okay... Let's say we know and understand why are you so calm about it but why the heck did the demon from Lurioa came all the way here looking for you of all the people?!" Gajeel asked.
Natsu sighed and looked around. The five dragon slayers plus one dragon were still the only one in the camp.
"Gods let her out so that she could warn me about few irrelevant things" He finally said shrugging.
"Don't give me that bullshit!" Laxus roared as he tried to punch the dragon prince with his lightning-cloaked fist. Needless to say Natsu dodged that. Sighing again he sat on the ground. Others looked at him like he was crazy before Wandy sat down seeing what her 'brother' wanted. She was soon but reluctant fallowed by her counterpart until one by one everyone were siting down in front of the dragon.
"The information that I get from Gods and Dragons are not something I can go around telling whoever I feel like. Cultures of the time before have different rules considering traitors"
"Why would you be considered traitor if you said us something that could very well save hundreds of lives?" Wendy 2.0 asked in disbelief.
"Very small number of Gods actually care about humans" Natsu started 'Though I can't really blame them' "They talk to me (Never in person but trough messengers- Lilith for example) only when things get serious which means that what ever they told me it was meant for my ears and my ears only" Natsu said seriously, his voice leaving no room for any kind of argument or unnecessary questions.
Ignoring the sound of Natsu's voice his counterpart asked "So you expect us to pretend that that conversation in the forest never happened?"
"It shouldn't be that hard to you Salamander" Gajeel sneered.
"What's that supposed to mean?" Natsu 2.0 bristled.
As the two boys continued their bickering Natsu smirked and stood up.
"So you're really not going to tell us anything?" Wendy asked sadly that her 'brother' didn't trust her enough to tell her that.
Natsu hearing the unasked question said with one of those rare kind smiles "Look Wendy. I would but as I already explained I can't. It's not like they won't hear me if I said you everything I know." 'And believe me, sometimes, I wish I don't know that much'
Wendy returned the smile and watched Natsu as he turned around and walked toward the other end of the clearing.
Before he went too far he said loud enough for those who listened to hear him "Beware of the Eclipse"
And with that he walked to the spot under the tree where he sat that morning but instead of sitting down he murmured something as long black katana appeared in his hands.
Looking around and seeing that the two dragon slayers were still fighting, Wendy turned her attention to her counterpart who was trying to calm them down though she wasn't having any success so far.
"Can you please calm down?" she pleaded but the two seemed to be in their own little world.
"What are you talking about, Metal-head?! Of course fire is better than iron!" Natsu 2.0 yelled.
"Dream on flame-breath!" Gajeel growled.
"Guys..." Wendy 2.0 said again.
"How can iron be better than fire?" Natsu 2.0 shouted again "Fire melts iron"
"Not mine" Gajeel retorted.
"Yes, even yours" Natsu 2.0 said with smirk.
"No" Gajeel said again.
"Yeah"
"No"
"Stop it guys..." Blue haired dragon slayer tried again.
"Yes"
"Nope"
"Duh"
Wendy walked to her counterpart and whispered "Let me try"
Wendy 2.0 just gave her a puzzled look before stepping back letting her counterpart to try.
"No, and that's final"
"Yea, and mine is always the last"
Sucking the air in her lungs Wendy yelled "Stop!"
Two dragon slayers froze along with Wendy 2.0.
Pouting, both boys pointed childishly at each other saying in union "He started it"
Sighing, Laxus joined the conversation "How about someone starts making dinner? Others could return any minute now"
Hearing this Dragneel's eyes lit up as he grinned "Food!"
Now standing beside each other Wendy, Laxus and Gajeel said in union "It's still weird to see Natsu acting like that"
"I could say the same thing when I see yours Natsu" Wendy 2.0 said with smile.
Shrugging, Laxus said "I guess" and with that he went toward the make-shift kitchen to make something to eat. Quickly behind him were Natsu 2.0 and Gajeel saying what they want for dinner. That started another argument because they didn't want the same thing but this one was over much sooner due to Laxus's "I'm cooking what I want, now shut up!"
As the sky started getting beautiful scarlet color others made their appearance.
"I'm surprise to see your group here so soon Natsu" Jellal said with smirk as he walked toward Natsu who was still practicing with his sword. It was really interesting to watch him practice with it. Every swing he make was elegant yet deadly. Every slash fast yet silent.
After he didn't get any kind of a response from his friend Jellal sighed and tried again but this time he asked another question "Did something happened?"
Natsu tched as the katana disappeared from his hands "Nothing that is worth mentioning"
"If you came early from your training because of that then it is" Jellal said. He knew that if he didn't press the matter now he will never find what happened... until it was too late that is.
"As I said; it is not important" Natsu said with blank face as he sat down in Indian style. Jellal sighed again as he sat down. They sat like that for good ten minutes and just when Jellal was going to break the silence after growing sick of it he heard two familiar voices. Even without listening what they were talking about he could hear they were bickering over something completely unimportant.
Before he opened his mouth to stop the fight Natsu spoke up "Ultear. Mirajane. I thought we had an agreement"
Two woman stopped their meaningless fight as they grinned slightly embarrassed "Sorry"
"No problem" Natsu said as he stood up. If you knew him as good as Jellal, Wendy, Mira and Ultear you would notice that almost invisible smile that formed on his lips.
"Have you guys eat already?" Ultear asked two friends who shook their heads 'no'.
"Then come here" Mira called as she and Ultear sat down at one of the tables with Lucy, Erza and Levi on the other side of the table.
Jellal, realizing that he didn't get his answer, turned to stop Natsu from making his way to the table only to find out he was to late. Dropping his head in defeat, Jellal jogged to the table and sit next to Erza facing Natsu who acted as if nothing happened.
Meeting his eyes Jellal started the silent conversation with the Dragon Prince.
"You will tell me what happened after dinner"
Natsu chuckled startling and confusing others as he started shaking his head "No I won't"
Jellal narrowed his eyes in displeasure "Yes you will"
"No I won't"
"Then I'll ask Mira and Ultear" he 'said', his eyes flickering to the two girls who were oblivious to their discussion as they talked to the other three girls.
His chopsticks frozen in his hands and his face even paler, Natsu looked at Jellal glaring the 'I'll-kill-you-if-you-try' glare that usually sent people covering back in fear.
While not having so strong effect on Jellal, he still understood the message. Realizing this was more important then he actually thought he dropped the subject... for now that is...
Finishing his dinner Natsu stood up attracting attention of those around his table.
Raising his eyebrow, he asked "What? I finished my dinner and I'm not interested in your conversation about Sorcerer Weekly and that idiot Jason"
"Well yea but don't you think you should eat more?" Erza asked looking at his empty plate "I doubt you ate more than me"
Natsu looked at his plate and then shrugged "I'm not really hungry"
And before anyone could say anything else he turned around and walked to the bucket where dirty dishes was left. He bent down, cleaned his plate and went inside his tent.
"Is it just me or is he even more grumpy than usual?" Lucy asked once Natsu disappeared inside the tent.
"No, he is more grumpy" Erza agreed.
"I wonder if that has to do anything with the fact that his group came today so early" Levi added.
"It is definitely connected and I'm going to find out how" Jellal said standing up leaving his half-eaten dinner on the table and heading toward Natsu's counterpart.
"What happened today?" He got straight to the point once he was standing next to Natsu 2.0.
Pinkhead turned to look at Jellal.
"What happened when?" He asked innocently. Jellal couldn't help but shudder. Who would say that Natsu could sound like that? I know... Creepy...
"Don't play dumb with me" Jellal said after regaining his composure.
"He doesn't need to play dumb. He is dumb" Gray 2.0 said with grin.
"What did ya say, Popsicle?" Natsu 2.0 asked turning to face Gray who was sitting on the other side of the table.
"Who are ya calling Popsicle, Flame-breath?" Gray countered.
Jellal could just face-palm himself as the two continued their bickering.
Looking around, he smirked when he spotted two blueheads sitting next to each other with white exceed between them.
"Could you please tell me what happened today while you were in the forest"
"No" "Well..." He got the answer in union.
"Well?" He asked turning toward Wendy's counterpart.
Wendy looked at her counterpart as she said "No we can't. I promised Natsu I won't tell anyone"
"But it was obviously important" Wendy 2.0 said "We should tell at least Jellal"
"I promised Natsu. He trusts me. You, Jellal, should of all people know how hard it is to gain his trust" Wendy said as she turned toward blue-haired mage.
Jellal chuckled little awkwardly as he said "Yea... He did try to kill me twice and even after I saved Ultear he still didn't trust me. It took quite some time to get to the point we are today"
"Can you imagine how hard it was when he first came to the guild?" Wendy asked
As if he expected to see Natsu behind him he looked toward his tent but Natsu was still inside. His eyes saddened as he whispered "No, I can't even imagine that"
Wendy 2.0 now slightly lost in conversation but still seeing what was happening stopped persuading her counterpart into telling the truth and instead said "What do you have to do to gain his trust?"
At that both Wendy and Jellal stopped talking and started thinking. "Now that you asked... I have no idea... I just know he at some point started taking me with him on missions..." said Wendy.
They stayed in silence after that for good five minutes, each of them thinking about different things. On the other side of the camp others had a discussion on a lot more cheerful subject.
"So you really think we could go to Celestial world on your last day to say goodbye and have some fun?" Lucy asked her counterpart.
Lucy 2.0 laughed as she said "Of course! Loki already said I have to do that"
"That sounds wonderful!" Erza said with smile as she and her counterpart asked in union "There will be some strawberry cake, right?"
Others laughed as Levi said "Where ever you go Erza is still Erza"
"You said that right" Mira said with her usual smile.
"How come you never went in Celestial world before if you could, Lucy?" Levi 2.0 asked.
"I didn't even know it was possible" "It is really complicated and you need a permission of Spirit King to do so" The Lucys said in union.
Ultear raised her eyebrow "Say what?"
Lucy and her counterpart laughed and then Lucy 2.0 said "I said 'It is really complicated and you need a permission of Spirit King to do so' and Lucy here" she pointed at her counterpart "Didn't know it was possible"
"Perfect" Juvia said. Others looked at her confused as Erza 2.0 asked "What's perfect?"
"There are two real Grays and Juvia feels like Juvia's in heaven" Juvia's counterpart answered. Others sweat-dropped realizing the two bluenette didn't even know what they were talking about as the two watched Gray talk to Gray. Both of them somewhere along the conversation becoming shirtless.
"I wonder what time it is..." Mira suddenly said and others looked toward the sky. The moon was out for quite some time now.
"Around 10" Natsu 2.0 said as he sat down beside Lucy 2.0
"What are you doing here?" Lucy 2.0 asked slightly surprised he's here with the girls.
"I can't stand being around two strippers at the same time" he grunted out before he grinned. Others laughed.
"So what have you been talking about?" he asked.
"We were planning the party in Celestial world the last day of the week" Levi answered and couldn't suppress a giggle when his eyes lit up like Christmas tree.
"A party? Whoa! That sounds awesome!" he yelled as he jumped to his feet and bumped his fist in the air.
Others laughed at his childish antics as Ultear shook her head "Sometimes its hard to believe that Natsu could ever act like that" she whispered.
Mira, being the closest to her, heard her as she said "I seriously doubt he ever will... Unless maybe drunk..."
Since she didn't really try to say it to quite Natsu 2.0 heard her as he in the next second stood in front of her asking "Have you ever seen him drunk?"
That attracted others attention as well.
Both Mira and Ultear put their hand on their chins thinking about the question "No" They finally said.
"But I imagine him like what Erza is when gets drunk" Mira said with thoughtful expressions, either ignoring or not noticing the pale faces that surrounded her after she said that.
Crossing his arms in 'X' like shape Natsu 2.0 shouted "Then there is no way I'll be near him when he's drunk"
Both Erzas, confused at the direction the conversation turned to, asked "What is wrong with me when I'm drunk?"
"You're even more scarier than you are now" Lucy muttered.
"And you're mean!" Happy exclaimed. Two Erzas looked at them like they were struck by lightning before they both appeared few meters away circling with their fingers on the ground, dark clouds could be practically seen over their heads.
Others sweat-dropped as Mira smiled awkwardly "You're not that bad Erza"
The two ignored her. Sighing Mira stood up soon fallowed by Ultear "I think we should go to bed. It's getting pretty late"
After others nodded they all stood up and walked to their respective tents saying their 'Good nights' to each other.
As Mira and Ultear went inside their tent they saw Natsu sitting with his back resting against the pole that hold the tent in place. Quiet snores escaped his lips and the girls couldn't help but smile.
"Seems he's finally asleep" Ultear whispered.
"It's been a while since I saw him asleep..." Mira agreed.
"Do you think he's having nightmares?" Ultear asked as she took off her shirt and pants.
"I hope not but it's hard to tell" Mira said sadly. "He always has the same face when he sleeps"
As they took of their clothes Mira asked "Do you want to go to those springs up in the mountains for a night bath?"
Ultear smiled as she nodded grabbing two towels and two bathrobes warping one around her naked body while handing the other to Mira.
As they went for the 'doors' of the tent quiet and slightly rasp voice asked "And you wouldn't take me with you?"
Two girls froze for a second before they turned around to see Natsu looking at them with one eye opened while his other was still closed.
"We didn't want to wake you up" Mira said with smile "You've been up a lot lately"
Natsu shrugged "Nothing that a good night of rest can't take care of"
"When do you plan to take that 'good night of rest'?" Ultear asked, half teasing, half serious.
Shrugging again he said "Who knows?"
He then proceeded to take off his grey pants and black shirt. Taking another towel from his bag and warping it around his waist he asked "Shall we?"
Girls laughed silently not wanting to wake up anyone else "Let's go" they said in union.
"Dragon slayer lost art: Chaotic void" and they disappeared.
Reappearing right next to the small river and spring, girls took of their bathrobes completely unfazed by the spell. After all they were used to it by now. Looking up Ultear said "It's really beautiful sky tonight"
Mira and Natsu looked up as Natsu nodded and Mira agreed with "You're right"
As the three slowly entered the water they sat on the rock that was near the surface but low enough so everything below their shoulders to be cowered with water.
As Mira put her head on Natsu's shoulder she said "I wish it would always be this peaceful"
Natsu warped his arm around her and pulled her closer while with his other arm he gently stroked Ultear's head that was on his other shoulder.
"I wish that to" he whispered as he kissed gently her forehead. Ultear, seeing this looked up and pouted childishly "I want a kiss as well" she said.
Natsu chuckled as he bent his head and kissed the spot between her shoulder and neck. The girl giggled as she stuck out her tongue toward Mira who huffed playfully.
Natsu saw this and with smirk he dived under dark but clear water. He slipped out of the their embrace as he swam around the rock under water and pulled Mira down as well.
With the yelp the girl was face to face with smirking Natsu who hugged her and started kissing her neck ignoring the water that started coming inside his mouth. A black, scaly tail emerged from his back as it traveled to where Ultear was and pulling the dark-haired girl toward him as well.
They resurfaced few seconds later, all three of them slightly out of breath.
"You know, I'm glad you didn't stay asleep" Ultear said playfully as she warped her legs around Natsu from behind who held her there with his tail.
"Agreed" He said as he tilted his head backwards so he was able to bite at Ultear's lower lips. Mira, feeling little left out now swam toward her mate and started kissing the part of his chest that wasn't under water.
As Natsu slowly unwrapped his tail around Ultear to turn his attention to Mira he quickly swam around her and got behind her, warping his arms around her stomach. He bite gently on her ear as he whispered "Don't you think you're old enough to wait for your turn?"
Mira smirked as she turned in his arms so she was facing him. She pushed herself up so that she was able to reach his lips as she kissed him.
"It was my turn" she said as she dived underwater and freed herself from his embrace, resurfacing close by.
Natsu raised his eyebrow with smirk as he asked "Oh, really? I did not know that? Did you Ultear?"
Ultear smiled as she said "I'm sure you stole him little too early from me"
"Well then how about I make it up to you?" Natsu asked suddenly behind her as he pulled her underwater.
**next morning**
"What have you three been doing last night?" Cana asked as she watched two girls setting the table for the breakfast, both of them in particularly good mood.
Mira grinned "We were taking a bath in the spring up in the mountains."
"Somehow I felt even more dirtier after we came out than before we went in" Ultear said with giggle.
Cana, Lisanna, Levi, Erza, her counterpart and Lucy that were sitting next to them looked at the two girls in confusion before their mouths opened, their expression becoming somewhat horrified.
Cana on the other hand grinned "Well isn't that sweet?"
"No comment" Lisanna said with her head on the table.
Ultear and Mira laughed but before they could say anything else Arthur, Annie, Wendys and Exceeds made their way to their table.
"What have you been talking about?" Annie asked, her eyes shining with curiosity.
Mira smiled sweetly at her 'daughter' as she said "Nothing important, sweety"
Annie nodded, but suspicious expression didn't leave her face fro few more seconds until Arthur asked "Where's dad?"
Ultear looked around and after spotting Natsu talking with Jellal, Gray, Gray's counterpart, Natsu 2.0 and Gajeel she said "He's over there talking with the boys"
Grinning Arthur nodded as he ran to Natsu to tell him something. Mira raised her eyebrow as she turned to look at Annie "What is your brother doing, Annie?"
"He wanted to show Father the new spell he learned yesterday with Jellal" she replied.
Others smiled as Juvia said "Juvia thinks it's really sweet"
They talked about few more things before a familiar voice spoke in front of them "Am I seeing double?"
Ultear, hearing the voice looked up and grinned from ear to ear as she ran and hugged her adoptive daughter saying "Nice to see you again, Meredy"
Meredy smile back as she looked around again "So I'm not seeing double?"
Others laughed "No you're not seeing double"
Wendy 2.0 walked toward Meredy as she said "We're from Fairy tail from another dimension"
That didn't really helped clearing the things up to the young pinkhead as she started asking questions.
"Well it was about time you showed up" Jellal said with smirk as he walked to the group after spotting Meredy.
The girl smiled sadly as she said "I'm sorry guys... The council had quite few things for me to clear out"
"No problem. It's important you made it" Natsu said as he walked to them.
"So what's for breakfast?" Natsu 2.0 asked turning to Mira.
"Well... there are few choices so you'll pick yourself one you like the most"
With that the training group moved on for the breakfast and after breakfast each group went on to their respective training places (Meredy with Ultear).
**one week later- the last day Fairy tail 2.0 was there**
As the week past by it was obvious that Jellal, Ultear, Mira and Natsu didn't plan on giving them any rest as they trained from dawn to dusk returning to the camp half dead. But now, the last day Fairy tail 2.0 members were with them, they were ready for a party.
"Everyone ready to go?" Loki asked looking over the group of people around him as the doors to the Celestial world opened behind him.
"Yes!"
"Aye!"
"Yea!"
And several other forms of agreement could be heard.
"I hope you'll come here again" Natsu said from behind the group while sitting on one of the tables.
"Eh? You're not going?" Natsu 2.0 asked looking at his counterpart like he was crazy.
"And you too Jellal?" Erza asked surprised seeing the blue-haired mage sitting beside Natsu.
"I'm not really a Party-person" Natsu said with blank face.
"Really? Who would say that?" Arthur asked sarcastically, smile playing on his lips.
"Watch it, brat" Natsu said with straight face but there was hint of amusement in his voice.
"And what about you, uncle Jellal?" Arthur asked looking at Jellal.
"I'm going to stay and keep Natsu a company" Jellal said with smile.
"Well I'm sorry to break it to ya boys but you're coming with us whatever you like it or not" Mira said with smirk.
"I seriously doubt that" Natsu answered.
"And you can doubt all you want but that won't help you" Ultear said with grin as put a hand on Natsu's shoulder.
"Now lets go" She said as she griped his shoulder obviously too tight. Natsu glared at her before he tched.
Jellal smirked as Arthur commented "You're growing soft, father"
Natsu looked at Arthur as he said just his name as a way of a warning "Arthur"
Arthur wisely shut up after that.
"Well... Let's get this over with" Natsu said as he walked trough the portal.
Others watched after him for few minutes before Loki realized they were staring at empty portal for too long.
"You heard the man... errr, dragon" Loki said smiling "Let's go party"
"You said it!" Natsu 2.0 said with grin as he dashed trough the portal. Others fallowed closely behind.
"Now remind me why do we have to wear this clothes?" Arthur asked as he watched his now yellow shirt and red knee-length pants paired with dark red sandals.
"I must say I agree with the kid. This is rather ridiculous" Gajeel said as he pointed at his green button-up shirt and grey baggy pants.
"I don't know what you're talking about" Natsu 2.0 said with grin "I love these"
He had yellow knee-length pants, blue shirt and black sandals with his white muffler warped around his neck.
Loki chuckled as he said "With these clothes you can stay in Celestial Spirit World for short amount of time"
"You didn't have black?" Gajeel asked annoyed at the bright color of his shirt.
"No" Virgo answered with straight face.
"Wait if you didn't have black then what is Natsu... wearing...?" Wendy asked from behind them when she spotted Natsu talking with Jellal. Jellal had dark blue sleeveless shirt with a hood and white baggy pants tucked in blue boots.
Wendy giggled as he saw Natsu "I think this is the first time he's not in black"
Others looked toward Natsu who tried to ignore their looks. He had bright red knee-length baggy pants, white hoodie and white combat boots with his scarf warped around his neck and his hair freed from that ever-present pony-tail.
While it was really good looking outfit it was kinda ridiculous seeing Natsu in it. So of course everybody laughed.
"I knew I needed to stay in camp" he muttered.
"Oh don't be like that" Gray 2.0 said trowing an arm around his shoulder then quickly retreating it after it was almost cut off.
Jellal laughed and said "Well, we're here now so might as well get some fun"
"I agree" Mira said with smile. She had long pink dress similar to the one she wore seven years ago but this one had silver details instead of the white ones.
"Lets get this party mooving" Taurus said behind them with grin as he turned on the funny-looking radio.
Even though Natsu still felt ridiculous with the clothes he was currently wearing he had to admit to himself he was having something that could be called fun. He would never said it out loud of course. He spent some time talking with celestial king about Haradachi and Yobuko and he found out the Celestial Spirit king already knew of them. Than he watched the arm wrestling competition that was started between Laxus and Nastu's counterpart though he was also dragged in only to yawn from boredom as Gray tried to move his arm.
Mira watched with amusement as Natsu brought Elfman's hand to the ground. She wasn't really surprised when Ultear invited her to give her 'the beating of her life'
The girls started arm wrestling and it was soon obvious that they are equal. Though none of them wanted to stop so others had to separate them.
As the day stretched out and party came to an end Virgo called them together since she was the one to return them home (Loki was still unconscious after he tried to flirt with Ultear- we all know that's not a good idea)
"I'll first send your group home princess" Virgo said turning to Lucy 2.0 and her friends.
They all said their 'goodbyes' and expressed their wish into seeing each others again. After few more minutes they all went trough the portal with Natsu 2.0 being the last saying "Pull out that stick from your ass already, Souleater"
And before he could have been knocked out by Natsu he vanished trough the portal.
"Oh" Virgo said as though she realized something but her facial expression and her tone of the voice stayed the same.
"I forgot to tell them" she continued.
"What?" Lisanna asked.
"The time flows different here then it does on Earth" she said.
"We know that. It flows faster here" Gray said.
"Wait. How much time has past on Earth?" Natsu asked not really looking forward to the answer he already knew.
"Almost three months" Virgo said.
"WHAT?" They all yelled in union as Natsu face-palmed himself.
"We need to go to the games and we had barely one week to prepare" Meredy said.
"Ups" was all Virgo said, her voice and face the same as ever.
"Let's just go. We still have around a day to get ready" Natsu said walking to the portal.
"And what can we do in that time?" Mira asked. Natsu smirked as he pointed at Ultear "Not 'we'. Just she"
"She?" "Me?" Came Ultear's and Mira's voice in union. After few seconds their both eyes widened slightly as they said yet again in the same time "Ooooh"
"Let's go. There is no time to waste" Natsu said as he gestured with his hand to others to start going trough the portal.
As they walked one by one out Tenrou group had only one question on their mind 'What are they talking about?' And if Natsu's slightly crazed grin had anything to do with this they definitely wont like it.
"So what are you going to do to make us all stronger in one day?" Gajeel asked skeptically, then added pointing at Ultear "Is she going to slow the time around us or something?"
"Have you ever heard about second origin?" Jellal asked them question while ignoring the fuming Gajeel.
After receiving blank looks that obviously said 'No' he sighed and continued "In recent years, it has been discovered that Mages have a second "Container" for their Magic power that is largely unused called the Second Origin. Using the Arc of Time it is possible to unlock the said Magic Container, granting the Mage in question a large boost in Magic Power."
"Awesome!" some they exclaimed with stars in their eyes while others looked speechless.
"Why didn't you said that immediately! We could've unlocked it the second we came here!" Gray asked after he get over the shock.
"I wanted to do that but those three refused" Natsu said with shrug "Something about being unbearably painful"
Others looked at Ultear, Jellal and Mira, some showed worry on their faces while few of them tried to hide it.
Ultear looked at them with pity in their eyes "It is true. It is incredibly painful to unlock the Origin"
Now they turned their attention to Natsu who looked at them with blank face asking "What?"
"You sounded like they were overreacting" Cana pointed out.
"Is your Second Origin unlocked?" Levy asked curiously thought her curiosity soon turned into confusion when Natsu chuckled and other three laughed slightly "I opened my Second Origion when I was six years old"
Tenrou group looked shocked.
"What? Do you really think that Father wasn't aware of the existence of Second Origin. He took me to a Time Dragon Queen who unlocked it"
"It is possible to unlock with dragon magic?" Gray asked.
"It was the dragons that gave humans their magic four hundred years ago. Every type of magic that humans use today is nothing more than a small branch of the One magic" Natsu explained.
"So how many Origins are there?" Erza asked.
"Humans are able to access only three of them" Natsu said and then added "Though I don't recommend the use of the third Origin"
"And why is that?" Laxus asked with raised eyebrow not liking the amusement in Natsu's eyes as he ignored him "Demons, devils, angels and gods are able to access four to five Origins depending on their level of power. Dragons are able to access five Origin though there is something of a myth about Sixth Origin"
"So Second Origin gives you a large boost of power. What do the rest of Origins do?" Erza asked.
"Third Origin gives you access to the power that you may possess one day. Bad side of it is that once you open it after short amount of time you will loose your magic permanently."
Others listened as Natsu continued without so much as blinking.
"Forth Origin accessible by lower class of demons is something of a cure to the third Origin. Lower class is able to open Third and Second Origin simultaneously which allows them to open Third Origin when ever they want without losing their magic. Higher Class of demons, devils as well as dragons are able to access Fifth Origin that allows them to change their body structure from one form to another or in rare cases (like mine for example) to three different forms without much consequences as many times as they want."
Their mouths shaped an 'O' shape as they listened Natsu's explanation.
"So who is going to open it first?" Natsu asked with noticeable evil glint in his dragon eyes.
Jellal, Ultear and Mira sweat-dropped when most of Tenrou group looked at them, pleading them to say something reassuring. Without much reassuring words in this condition Jellal said "Look at it from the bright side; You'll be a lot stronger once you're finished"
Reluctantly, Gray stepped forward soon fallowed by Gajeel and Laxus.
"I actually think that it would be better if you all go at once" Ultear said as she also took a step towards them.
Shearing few glances among each other others stepped forward while cats flew of to stand near Jellal, Mira and Natsu.
"Alright... Brace yourself" Ulter muttered as she rose her hands in the air and they started glowing.
"1..."
Lucy and Levy took each others arm for support. Wendy squeezed her eyes shut but not before noticing Natsu winking at her. Erza clenched her jaw.
"2..."
Laxus remained stoic on the outside while a trickle of cold sweat rolled down his spine. Gray looked around with few drops of sweat covering his forehead. Gajeel clenched and unclenched his sweaty palms. Bickslow gripped Cana's shoulder reassuringly though he himself seemed extremely nervous. Freed inched a little closer to Laxus.
"3!"
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" Screams were heard all over the clearing.
"Should we put some silencing seals around them?" Mira asked as she looked at her brother and sister with mixture of pity and concern. Red markings covered their body as it did with the rest of the group that screamed on the ground.
"I don't really see the reason why?" Natsu said with shrug as he pushed himself from the tree trunk he had his back against moments ago.
"How long is it going to take?" Erza asked as she walked to Ultear who looked at her with mixture of amazement and confusion.
"Well it depends... I now I said it before but I still can't figure out why aren't you howling in pain with the rest of them" She pointed behind herself with her thumb.
"Maybe her Second Origin was already opened" Happy snickered.
"Maa.. It's not that... I wasn't howling in pain either" Natsu said in bored voice though his face didn't betray any emotion.
Jellal, Mira and Ultear shared a look before turning their heads toward Erza in union. Erza raised an eyebrow oblivious to what was happening around her since Mira brought her cake few moment ago.
"I guess we could start packing our things since we'll need to head back to guild the moment they get some rest after this." Ultear said as she moved toward Mira.
"Shouldn't we then leave the tents so that they'll have a better place to rest" Erza questioned.
"I seriously doubt any of them would have the power to drag themselves there" Jellal said with shrug as he started bringing down one tent with Natsu after they took all of its things outside.
"Alright" She said as she proceeded to help Mira and Ultear.
**two day later-guild hall**
"I hope you all trained hard" Makarov said with grin and mug of beer in his hand as he watched Tenrou group stand before him.
"Hai" they answered little too loudly and too quickly earning an raised eyebrow from old master. Ignoring the way they said it Makarov continued "I have chosen who's going to represent us in Grand Magic Games"
Everyone stood on their toes as guild hall grow quiet. You could practically hear the pin drop.
"Erza"
Erza's eyes shined with pride as she proclaimed "I'll do my best"
"Mira"
Mira giggled as she said "Well that was to be expected"
"Gray"
And that was soon fallowed by a loud "Yes!"
"Lucy"
Lucy almost dropped the glass she was holding.
"Ehh?!" she exclaimed in surprise "Me?! Not that I'm not grateful but what about Natsu and Jellal"
Lucy looked around searching for Natsu and Jellal but when she didn't saw neither pink nor blue she asked "Where are they anyway?"
Master sighed as he spoke "Some urgent matter came up and the two of them had to leave immediately"
Lucy looked at Mira with worried expression while Mira smiled at her reassuringly.
"And the last but not least; Gajeel"
"That's what I'm talking about" Gajeel said puffing his chest out proudly.
"And as a back up members; Wendy and Ultear"
"O-okay" Wendy said shocked they choose her even as a back up.
"Sweet" Ultear said with grin.
"Don't let it get over your head" Mira said with smirk "You're only a back up"
Ultear's eyebrow twitched as vein popped out on her forehead. "Be careful with what you say Mira" She said trough gritted teeth with forced smile "Or else we'll need a back up before we even get to the games"
"Is that a threat?" Mira asked with smug grin.
Ultear returned with sweet smile as dark purple aura surrounded her "No... It's a promise"
Other members backed away slowly leaving the two arguing rivals alone to their... conversation.
"Does any of you have any information on what will be happening in the Games?" Levy asked trying to ignore the murderous auras that radiated from the two girls.
"Nope" Bisca replied.
"It changes every year" Alzack said as he picked up Asuka that came to his arms.
"Well I guess we'll have to wait until the Games start" Lucy said with sigh.
"I'm kinda excited" Wendy said with smile.
"Well that is only natural" Juvia said with smile.
"This year..." Makarov started
"We're gonna be..." he continued in louder voice as others turned their attention to their master. Two girls in the background stopped their bickering few moments ago.
"NUMBER ONE" Makarov shouted as others fallowed his example raising their hands in the air.
"BECAUSE WE ARE FAIRY TAIL!"
End of chapter 52.
As always, I apologize for the long wait. I hope you like this chapter. The next chapter will be the first chapter of GMG arc so I hope you're looking forward to it. If there is anything left unclear please ask right away.
I saw that many people recommend different stories (and that's a great idea) so since I read quite a number of them I thought I could mention few I really liked- loved actually;
So the first one you'll hear from me (in this story since I already recommended one in my other story) will be: Chance for a Prophecy written by Dorcyy. Great story so if you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend that you read it. (It's Naruto story)
On another note, I was thinking about writing another story (Though I won't publish it until I'm done with at least one of the stories I'm currently writing). This one would be a Naruto story and I have three ideas. You will decide which one would you like to hear first.
1. (I'm not really sure about the name yet):
On this story I'm working for a while but don't let that change your opinion if you think some of thous other two would be better. Personally I really like this idea of mine and I dare to say it's a lot better then it sounds here.
An AU story where ninjas are people who are able to control their animal spirit that every person posses. A fully fledged ninja can be called that only when he is able to transform into his animal spirit.
"He's dying" The fox whispered "The last member of the Nine-tailed clan will die soon if I don't hurry"
When he heard this, Kakashi had a feeling he will pass out 'The strongest clan in the History of shinobis was obliterated in one night without anyone noticing it?!'
"The Last one?" He asked, almost pleading the fox to say he misunderstood it.
2. (No name as well):
To be quite honest I think you would like this one the most and this seems like an interesting one to me as well. Even if you didn't played the Skyrim you would still be able to fallow the story without any difficulty.
This would be somewhat of a crossover between Naruto and Elder Scrolls V:Skyrim though I would use the plot of the game with Naruto characters in it and things slightly changed so that it would fit Naruto-universe better.
"What is your home town?" I could hear a voice with unmistakable nordish accent say next to me as I started to wake up.
'Did he figure out that I was awake?' My breath caught in my throat as I hopped no one realized that I was waking up. Thinking about the question I had to hold back some tears as I thought of my homeland. Land of Fire or maybe to you better known as Morrowind. Who would've thought that I would have to leave my beloved village so that I could come to this frozen hell. The Land of Water aka Skyrim which population was majorly consisted of stupid Nords. Idiotic people scared of magic.
3. ():
I thought about his story because I really like stories like Konoha's scarlet claw but it's really hard to find such story that is of high quality.
This would be a story where Natsu is around 4 years older than other kids that are in cannon his age and would be a jonnin professor to a team. I get the idea from Konoha's scarlet claw by NoNameNeeded though it would be quite different.
I don't have anything written on this one so there's no any clips from first chapters like in those two above.
So please review and thanks for reading :)