Chapter 55:

When Natsu and Arthur came out of the tunnel to stand on the edge of the arena, Arthur's eyes widened at the sight in front of him. Lucy was lying on the ground with smoke rising from her body. Most of her clothes was burned off leaving barely enough to cover her more intimate places. Her ankles and wrists were bearing angry red scorched marks and Arthur wasn't sure that it will ever heal completely.

"W-what happened here?" Arthur mumbled stumbling over his own words. He cast quick glance at Natsu. He couldn't really say he was surprised by seeing expressionless stare on his father's face but it stung slightly to see it in the time like this.

"I would say that Lucy lost" Natsu answered at Arthur's rhetorical question.

"It seems folks that Raven tail's Flare won this battle" Chapati said as he woke up from his shock "That means 10 points for Raven tail"

Crowd's cheers were deafening as they ignored the heartbroken faces of some members as they watched Lucy crying on the floor. Two paramedics came with stretcher to the stadium to take Lucy to infirmary.

"Would you mind leaving her there for a second" Natsu asked paramedics appearing suddenly beside them shocking the two. "W-what? Excuse me sir but we have to take the girl to the infirmary to treat her immediately. She has third degree burns covering her body"

Natsu sighed as he lowered his right sleeve exposing his shoulder with guild symbol. "I am her guildmate. I do believe that I have every right to talk to her and possible heal her if I wish to do so"

Younger of the two paramedics gulped slightly when Natsu's eyes flashed challenging them to say something he didn't like.

"How could you heal this miss if you don't mind me asking, sir?" Older paramedic, a man in his thirties asked obviously not believing the dragon prince "Her injuries are quite serious if you are not aware of that"

Natsu chuckled causing the tow to look at him confused "I'm quite aware of that" Natsu answered before smirking.

'What kind of sick bastard can smile and even chuckle when their friends are like this?' younger paramedic asked himself, disgust obvious on his face.

"Her ankles and wrist suffered third degree burns as well as right back of her hand" Natsu started "Two ribs on her left side are cracked" he continued as he showed which two ribs by kneeling next to Lucy and pointing at the two.

"Her ankle, left ankle, is sprained and she has small brain concussion"

They watched Natsu in shock before the older paramedic said "How could you know that?! You didn't even touched her!"

"I can smell it and hear it" Natsu said tapping his nose before his eyes flashed red "Now leave me alone so I can take care of this"

While Natsu was talking with paramedics, Gray held Arthur away from Flare while the younger boy was ready to split her skull open after realizing what shape was the burn on right back of her hand.

"I'm as furious as you are Arthur but you won't accomplish anything by hurting her now. You will only get Fairy tail expelled form the games" Gray hissed at the boy who continued to fight against Gray's iron grip on his shoulders.

"Who said anything about hurting her?!" Arthur yelled "I plan to kill her!"

"Calm down!" Gray hissed. Red hair came into his vision as Erza came to Arthur.

"We are all angry but the best way to take revenge on this is to beat them in games" Erza said.

"She's right Arthur" Mira said appearing behind Erza. "They just made worst mistake ever. They made Fairy tail their enemy"

Arthur stopped fighting Gray's grip and the raven-haired teen let him go. Arthur hung his head before he glanced toward Lucy. His eyes widened again but this time they were fixed on Natsu. He had seen his father doing this technique before. Even though it was only once he remembers it clearly. It was the reason why his sister is able to walk and why Natsu became someone who Arthur could call a father.

**flashback-six years ago**

Natsu and Mirajane were just entering Magnolia after completing one of the few S-class missions the guild got nowadays. The mission wasn't really complicated. They just needed to kill a demon that was terrorizing small village up in the mountains not even two days on foot from Magnolia.

"Is it just me or is there something burning in the city?" Mira asked after few seconds as she glanced at Natsu who was carrying their payment from the job- giant bag full of money and red amulet that wasn't really anything special but a girl gave it to them saying it's a good luck charm after Natsu saved her from giant boulder that was flying in her direction.

Natsu shrugged as he said "I can smell something's on fire so most probably someone got his or hers house on fire"

Mira stared at him for a second before she hit the dragon prince on the back of the head. She was probably the only person aside from Acnologia who could do that without losing at least her arm. Natsu looked at her as he rubbed his head "Mind telling me why you did that?"

"Do you even need to ask? We have to see what's going on" Mira huffed as she turned around the corner and started jogging toward her new destination.

"You do know that the fire is in the other direction?" Natsu asked her with blank face and not even second later Mira turned around and was already dragging Natsu to go with her toward where he pointed.

It wasn't long before they saw smoke rising from one spot in the city. A woman ran past them and Mira stopped her to talk to her "Hey wait! What's going on?"

Woman stopped running just to tell them "The fire broke out in a house further down the road. I don't have time to tell much now! They sent me to get a mage because tow kids were trapped inside the building"

"Well then it's your lucky day" Mira said with small smile to encourage the woman who looked at her like the white-haired girl was crazy. "I'm Fairy tail's guild master and the man next to me is-"

"There is no one around you miss" woman commented before her eyes shined happily "You're really Fairy tail's guild master?! That's wonderful! Here come with me!"

While the woman grabbed Mira's arm the guild master was looking around furiously 'Where on Earthland did he gone off to?!'

Few seconds later Mira and the woman arrived at the house which was now entirely consumed by flames. Mira's eyes widened "Fuck" she muttered under her breath. The building looked like it would fall apart any second now. 'Where is Natsu!' she thought looking around. While she was looking around she spotted two firemen that weren't extinguishing the fire. They were probably the one that were sent inside to get as much people as possible outside since they had oxygen masks in their hands now.

She-devil quickly made her way towards them easily pushing aside annoying bystanders that came here to gawk at the burning building. "I heard that someone was still inside" she said and two men in their twenties looked at her immediately. The one that seemed to be slightly older spoke up "Yes, but me and Brooks couldn't get to the highest apartment. The stairs collapsed"

"Where is this room?" a voice that was without a doubt Natsu's spoke behind Mirajane. She turned around angrily glaring at her mate "Where have you been?!"

"I went home to drop our payment" Natsu replied without missing a beat before he directed his attention back to the two firemen.

"There" younger one, Brooks, pointed to the window where small explosion just erupted inside. Natsu nodded and started walking toward the burning building, Mira hot on his heals.

"You stay here" Natsu said to her just before he was about to enter.

"What? There's no why I'm letting you go inside on your own!" Mira protested and would proceed if Natsu didn't silenced her by putting a finger on her lips "These flames can't even touch me if I have the scales on my skin. There is nothing that can protect you from them"

Mira opened her mouth to say something that would made him to let her go with him but after realizing there was no use she just whispered. "Just be careful"

Natsu smirked playfully "I'm always careful"

Mira looked at him and couldn't help but smile "I can hardly believe that"

And with that black scales warped around his body shocking the people around them and after muttering the familiar words he disappeared in black void that appeared beneath him.

The smoke was everywhere. Flames licked his scaled legs and arms but Natsu ignored the unbearable heat of the flames that without a doubt reached over 1000 °C. It couldn't burn him after all.

"Is anyone there?" He asked loudly, his voice sounded slightly off thanks to his current semi-demon form and smoke that was entering his lungs.

A portion of the floor broke few meters in front of him and a crash was heard from nearby room fallowed by a scream. Natsu jumped over the two meter long hole in the floor and made a forward somersault when he landed as he tried to stay as close to the ground as possible.

"Where are you?" Natsu asked again as he looked around himself but barely saw anything due to the smoke. He could tell he was in the kitchen.

"HELP!" A boy's voice shrieked and that's when Natsu spotted a young boy around ten years old kneeling beside what looked like an eight year old girl that was half buried under crumbled wall.

"Just stay where you are!" Natsu yelled as he quickly teleported to them. He saw that the girl's legs were almost completely trapped under the wall. "Can you walk?" Natsu asked the boy beside him who nodded before saying "I guess. I think I sprained my ankle"

"That's good" Natsu mumbled before saying "Move aside while I try to lift this from your sister"

"How do you know she's my sister?" boy asked as he quickly dragged himself away from the wall though reluctantly.

"Even though there is so much smoke that I can barely smell or see anything I can smell the scent and see the resemblance you two have" Natsu said as he concentrated his magic. One look at the boy would tell you he was more confused after the explanation than before.

A tail and wings erupted from his back as he fully transformed into his demon form. The boy shrieked again as he looked at Natsu in horror "What on Earthland are you?!"

"That's... kinda hard to explain though it would be more accurate to say 'what in hell'" Natsu muttered as he stood up from his crunched position and pushed his tail under the wall "Though I'm not trying to scare you. Believe me if I wanted you would know. I'm here to help"

Natsu pushed his tail up and when the wall lifted for few inches he pushed his wings as much as he could so his right side was crunched down under the wall. He picked the unconscious girl up and quickly moved aside as the wall fell on the ground with loud 'Boom'

Wings and tail retreated back into his back but scales reminded while he moved the girl so he could carry her with one arm. He moved to the boy and picked him up pushing him onto his scaled chest so if anything fell from above he would shield the two with his body.

"Is there anyone else in this apartment? What about your parents?" Natsu asked as he looked around.

"Our mum and dad died few years ago... Me and Annie are alone ever since then"

"Okay then... lets move out" Natsu muttered before saying "Dragon slayer lost art: chaotic void" the three disappeared just when building collapsed completely.

Natsu appeared outside with two children and when the crowd noticed him they started cheering. The three were cowered in grim and dirt and the kids had few minor burns covering them.

"He saved the kids!"

"He's a hero!"

Natsu ignored their cheers as he turned to Mirajane who was already next to him. "Can you take care of the boy? The girl seems be quite seriously injured"

"What?" the boy yelled when he heard Natsu say that. "Is she gonna be okay?!"

Natsu looked at the boy and now that they were in the light of a day he could clearly see the boys face "Arthur?" Natsu chuckled at the boys shocked expression. After few seconds boy recognized the pinkhead "You're that grumpy dude we met a year ago on Christmas eve! Umm... Natsu!"

A vain popped out on Natsu's forehead but nothing else shoved he even heard what the boy said as he looked at the girl in front of him with blank stare.

"Do you wanna come with us to the guild?" Natsu asked after few seconds shocking both Mira and Arthur "Guild? Wait! You're Fairy tail members?"

"Yes" Natsu said before he knelt down beside the girl and looked carefully over every inch of her body stopping occasionally to press some points with his index and middle finger.

"The wall broke her spine right above her legs" Natsu said after a second and Arthur's eyes widened quickly fallowed by Mira's "She won't be able to walk again?"

"No... but maybe..." Natsu mused quietly.

"What? Tell me what?! I'll do anything!"

Natsu glanced at the boy with raised eyebrow before saying "You can't to do anything... Though I just might be able... Move aside"

Arthur took a step back as Natsu put his hands over the girl's small frame.

"Dragon slayer forbidden art..."

**flashback end**

No one really knew why Natsu helped those two kids he barely knew but he saved the boy's sister. He was aware of the consequences after using that spell and he still used it even though it left him bedridden for two weeks in almost coma-like state. Arthur opened his mouth to stop him from using that spell again.

"Mind telling me why are you still crying?" Natsu asked as he turned Lucy on her back. Lucy opened her brown eyes to stare at pinkhead who was still kneeling beside her "I f-failed you" she sobbed. Natsu raised an eyebrow asking "Me?"

"No... W-well all of you so I guess that includes you" she said.

"You do know you have Raven tail symbol burned into your skin right on top of your Fairy tail one"

Lucy's sobs became louder as she said "Yes..."

"If you want I can try to erase that" Natsu said as he pushed sleeves of his coat up. "Though I can't promise I can erase it completely. This isn't what you could call usual healing spell"

He moved his hands above her body. She stopped sobbing though tears still flow freely down her face. "W-what are you doing?"

Natsu winked at her as he said "That will be our little secret"

She stared at him in disbelief as Natsu's hands were warped in black and red energy "Dragon slayer forbidden art: Life drainer: Death door-OPEN!"

"DAD! STOP IT!"

He was too late as all eyes on stadium turned to look at Natsu. Color drained from his naturally pale face and dark bags under his eyes became more pronounced while red marks spread over his wrists and on the back of his right hand.

After few seconds the energy faded from his hands and Lucy shot up into a sitting position watching over her hands with shock, marveling at her pain-free body. Looking at her guild mark fresh tears sprung in her eyes as the pink, slightly scared tissue that was barely visible now cowered her mark. It was definitely a lot batter than having your own guild mark disfigured due to a scar in the shape of a mark of the guild you despise.

She turned to thank the pinkhead only to stop dead in her tracks at paleness of Natsu's skin. He was almost paler than paper!

"Natsu?" She asked uncertainly watching carefully if the dragon will topple over or stand up.

"What?" Natsu asked as he stood up shakily.

"Thank you" Lucy said as she stood up as well.

"YOU IDIOT!" the two could hear both Mira and Arthur roaring as they came rushing toward Natsu who raised his eyebrow at their yelling.

"May I know why are you calling me an idiot? As far as I know I did nothing wrong" he said and barely after he finished he bent over and started coughing.

"He healed her!" shocked voices came from the audience.

"Well this is an interesting development" Chapati commented "Wouldn't you agree, Mister Yajima"

"I sure would" Yajima said but his voice sounded far from happy it was moments ago. Both Jenny and Chapati noticed this as Jenny asked "Is something wrong Mister Yajima?"

"The spell he just used is rather dangerous for the user" Yajima said.

Back down on the stadium those that were close enough to Natsu would see red fluid dripping from his palm that covered his mouth.

"Is that... blood?" Gray asked as he came closer.

"What do you think?" Natsu asked sounding amused of all things.

Mira hit him in the back of his head yelling "Don't you dare using that spell ever again! Do you hear me?"

Arthur was just as pissed off as his mother.

"I hear you alright. Though if you keep yelling like that I don't know if I will be able to hear you anymore" Natsu said as he started walking toward the box where the rest of Fairy tail team B was.

"Are you okay?" Erza asked him as they watched Natsu sway every few steps.

"That's debatable" Natsu answered as he spat more blood out of his mouth.

The four watched as Natsu walked forward. After few seconds they went after him moving away from the stadium.

When the commotion calmed down for a bit Chapati announced the next battle. It was Blue Pegasus, Ren VS. Mermaid heel, Arania. After short battle Ren was the declared a winner.

Third match was Quarto Cerberus, War Cry VS. Sabertooth Orga.

Up in Fairy tail team B box Natsu sat silently in the corner looking ready to pass out while others watched the battles and every now and than casting worried glances at pale pinkhead.

"Are you sure you don't won't to go to infirmary?" Mira asked as she walked to Natsu and kneeled beside him putting a hand on his knee. She flinched slightly at the coldness of his skin that she could feel even trough the pants.

After receiving no answer she looked Natsu in the face and cursed loudly attracting attention of her teammates. Natsu's eyes were half-open and his breathing was uneven.

Jellal quickly walked to the two and slapped him lightly on the cheek. No response.

"He passed out"

"I'll carry him to the infirmary. I'll be back in a minute" Laxus announced as he picked the pinkhead and placed him on his back. He quickly started jogging to the infirmary. Hurrying, partly because he didn't know how bad Natsu's condition was and partly because he wanted to see the rest of the fights.

Jellal and Mira nodded while Lisana and Arthur stood aside watching with worried expressions.

"And you should go back to your team" Jellal said to Mira who looked at Natsu and then nodded making her way up in the other box.

Looking back down at the arena Mira was slightly surprised to see that the forth match was about to started. Orga beat War cry with one spell.

"Forth match! Jura Neekis from Lamia Scale vs... Jellal Fernandes from Fairy tail team B!" Chapati announced much to crowd's pleasure as they started cheering.

"Me?" Jellal asked shocked as he looked at Jura who was already down in the arena.

"Yes, you now go down there and fight like a man!" Arthur yelled as he kicked Jellal in his back sending him over the railings down on the arena. There was small 'thud' as Jellal's ass connected with the ground.

"Damn kid" Jellal muttered slightly embarrassed as he stood up.

Jura watched the bluehead clearly amused.

"I hoped that I will fight Natsu Souleater but you are just as worthy opponent as he is, former member of Ten wizard saints Jellal Fernandes" Jura announced as he took his fighting stance. Jellal turned to face Jura and smiled "Believe me, you should be happy you're fighting me and not Souleater"

Jura smirked "You seem pretty confident in your skills"

"Likewise" Jellal said as he took his own fighting stance.

"And the forth and final match of the day has... STARTED!"

'I will do anything in my power to win. For Fairy tail!' Jellal said to himself, determination burning in his eyes like wild fire.

Jura was first to attack as he lifted his leg and broth it down on the ground loudly. Second later ten pillars made of earth shot up at Jellal who jumped at the tow of one and raised with them before jumping away from a stone fist that came rushing from above.

"As expected from wizard saint! Jura Neekis is an opponent to be feared!" Chapati yelled in his microphone.

"I agree with you" Yajima said before smirking "But Jellal has yet to show his true colors"

When more pillars came rushing down toward Jellal he muttered "Meteor" as his body was warped in golden magic. Jura raised his eyebrow as he moved his hands to control the earth fist that just rose from the ground and was rapidly closing the distance between itself and Jellal.

"Too slow" Jella whispered as he dodged the fist with ease before moving forward toward Jura who released his control over the fist and broth a wall in front of him trying to shield himself from Jellal. Unfortunately for the saint Jellal possessed more than just speed. The control he had over that speed was frightening as he circled around the stone wall barely few inches from it.

Flipping his body in the air he trusted his leg forward as he lifted Jura from his feet when his foot connected with Jura's jaw. Jura quickly regained his composure as he rolled on the ground ending on his feet in crunched position. Rubbing the bruise that will soon form Jura stood up before complementing "Not bad"

Jellal smirked "Thanks. You're not so bad yourself... though..."

Jellal used his meteor to come behind Jura who spun around and brought his arms up ready to start a fist-to-fist fight or bring the wall from the ground in a second.

"But you're too slow" Jellal finished as he aimed for a kick to Jura's head only to drop to the ground in next second before Jura had even time to react. He swiped his leg over the ground getting Jura's feet in the air. Jellal jumped up in next second to deliver axe-kick to Jura's stomach but the taller man already had his hands on the ground and as the man flipped back on his feet a pillar shoot from the ground trowing Jellal to the side with Jura successfully avoiding Jellal's kick that proved to be fatal as the magic-enhanced leg destroyed the top of the pillar when Jellal redirected his kick from Jura to pillar.

Jumping away from each other the two fighters were again at square one. Both men were slightly out of breath but they didn't wasted any second of the small amount of time they were given.

Jellal jumped in the air to avoid Jura's flying rock projectiles that just kept raining down on him. Jura controlled the rocks with his fingers and after a minute of the chasing he said with smirk "There you are" and as he trusted his middle and index finger downwards a rock hit Jellal directly in back bringing him on the ground in a matter of seconds.

"I made it in time" Jellal said with smirk as he lifted quickly up himself albeit still shaken from the blow he received moments ago. Jura looked at him confused before he looked upwards only for his eyes to widen. Crowd fallowed his example as they said "A magical array in the sky?! When did he..." and "Was he drawing that while dodging the rocks?!"

"Be judged by the seven stars" Jellal said before yelling "GRAND CHARIOT!"

Jura's eyes widened as seven beams of light came rushing at him. Shaking out from his shock he clasped his hands together yelling "Rock mountain!"

And as he said that a giant part of stadium rose from the ground warping around Jura to protect him. The ground that rose was in the shape of what looked like a man with armor.

A giant explosion shock the stadium as two spells connected and great amounts of dust filled the air. When the dust cleared both Jura and Jellal were still standing as remains of Jura's 'shield' fell to the ground.

"You are truly persistent" Jellal remarked as Jura smirked "I could say the same too you"

Jura brought his foot to the ground jet again as several fists came rushing toward Jellal who used meteor to dodge before jumping high in the air. Jura spun around as he made more and more pillars that kept going higher in order to hit Jellal who kept dodging them.

"It's time to end this" Jellal whispered as he jumped from the last pillar that was destroyed by another stone fist. He stood in front of Jura and bring his arms into a weird position ready to fire one of his strongest attacks.

"True Heavenly Body Magic!" Jura's eyes widened after hearing this as he looked at the Jellal. Every alarm in his head screaming 'DANGER'.

"Star Destruction..." A giant sphere of light appeared behind Jellal. Clouds in the sky darkened as they came circling around the bright sphere.

"DONG"

The sky suddenly cleared as Jellal face-palmed himself while hearing "Time's up!"

Jura looked just as disappointed but inside he was truly surprised 'I don't know if I would be able to stand up after that attack"

"Well, I guess we'll have to wait for another opportunity to finish our fight" Jura said as he walked to Jellal and the two shock their hands while the crown cheered.

"I'm looking forward to that" Jellal replied with smirk.

"And now that the first day is over let's see what our table says:"

1. Sabertooth- 24 pt

2. Raven tail- 21 pt

3. Blue Pegasus- 19 pt

4. Fairy tail B- 18 pt

5. Lamia scale- 15 pt

6. Fairy tail A- 10 pt

7. Mermeid heel- 8 pt

8. Quarto Cerberus- 6 pt

"It's only the first day" Yajima spoke up "It'd be nice if things turned around starting tomorrow"

"I'm really looking forward to the second day" Jenny commented.

"Mr. Yajima, Miss Jenny... Thank you for today" Chapati said.

"Of course" came from Yajima and "See you later everyone" from Jenny.

"So... How are they?" Jellal asked as he walked to the infirmary, half of the guild was already there.

"All three of them will be okay and since Lucy's injuries weren't truly life threatening Natsu should be awake by tomorrow" familiar voice of Porlyusica announced as she stepped out of the infirmary.

"There is actually a good side to this" Jellal mumbled as all eyes were on him "What? I'm just saying that Natsu will finally get some much needed sleep"

"I agree with you, boy but it would be a lot better if the sleep wasn't caused by this" Porlyusica muttered grumpily as she eyed all people that gathered around them.

"Now off you go" she said "I'll let only five people inside and that's already too much to my liking"

Most members turned around and left after seeing that there is no use in arguing with the woman saying their goodbye's and wishing fast recovery to the three people.

After a while Makarov, Mira, Jellal, Lucy, Erza and Happy entered. Porlyusica was about to protest as there were now six of them staying plus Ultear that was here whole day but Makarov managed to convince her as he said "Lucy is only here to see Natsu since he did so much for her today and you technically said five people- Happy is an Exceed"

Finally agreeing Porlyusica let them all stay as she retreated in the back of the room to prepare more medicine. Mira made her way to Wendy who was awake and was talking to Ultear.

"How do you feel?" Mira asked softly as Wendy smiled weakly "I feel a lot better now then I did in the morning"

Mira nodded as she glanced at Ultear. The purple-haired woman found the young dragon slayer in the castle garden lying on the floor, her magic reserves completely depleted. Mira's team saw Wendy right before they went to the stadium to see the first game.

"You're here whole day" Mira said and then added "You should go to the inn to get some sleep"

Ultear smirked as she said "I plan on staying here"

"Well than that makes to of us" Mira said smirking back.

Next to Nastu's bed Lucy was watching the sleeping, still pale but now more to his original paleness, pink-haired man. She muttered a quiet 'thank you' and then turned to Ultear and Mira who were still talking to each other.

"Master. What was that spell Natsu used?" Lucy asked the old man who turned to look at her.

Wendy was the one who answered "As far as I know he used it only once before"

"Twice" Mira corrected before she waved her hand saying "Long story" when others turned to look at her.

"To put it simply the idiot uses his life energy to heal the wounds on another person" Porlyusica said from behind and in the silence that fallowed they could hear her mumbling something that sounded awfully a lot like 'Idiotic fool... Giving me so much trouble'

Lucy's eyes widened as she stared at the pinkhead "Why would he do such a thing for me?"

Mira smiled "That just shows he cares about you. Despite what people thinks, Natsu can be very protective toward the people he cares about. There is not much of them but I'm sure that he would do the same for pretty much entire guild if it was necessary... Of course he will never admit that"

Lucy smiled slightly at the idea of overprotective Natsu.

"I guess I should go now" Lucy said as she bowed her head slightly to Porlyusica saying "Thank you for letting me stay here for few minutes"

Porlyusica just grunted in return.

"Are you sure he's going to be okay?" Jellal asked as he used his finger to lift Natsu's eyelid to see if he will get some response. It seemed that the pinkhead was dreaming since his irises were moving around rapidly.

"A nightmare?" Jellal muttered when suddenly the dragon-like eye glazed over and Natsu's eyes stopped moving. Porlyusica slapped Jellal's hand saying "He needs rest so leave him alone"

"You should all be on your way, actually" The healer said and when she gave the two girls, namely Ultear and Mira, a pointed look the girls turned to protest but the pink haired healer would take none of that as she pushed everyone except Happy who was already sleeping next to Charla out of the infirmary saying "You need rest just as much as these two trouble makers and I have no intention on healing you when you come here tomorrow with new injuries because you didn't get enough sleep"

When everyone where out Porlyusica turned around to look over the room one last time. Seeing that Wendy was still awake she said "You should go to sleep, child"

"I know... but I wanted to thank you for taking care of me and Natsu" Wendy said with smile. Porlyusica just huffed as she said "No need to thank me. I plan on going back home the moment he's awake" she pointed at Natsu who didn't so much as twitch.

"Still thank you" Wendy said as she pulled her blanket up and went to sleep just as the old pinkhead turned off the light.

"Good night" Wendy mumbled while she was drifting off to sleep.

"Sleep tight" Porlyusica muttered as she closed the doors. Wendy rolled around in bed to look at Natsu who was sleeping in the bed next to her just before she fell asleep.

**in Natsu's head**

This is not one of his usual dreams. This was definitely not one of those memories he loathed that came from his sick childhood. No... something was trying to enter his mind. He could hear it speaking to him the moment he set foot in the capital.

Whispering in his all-hearing ears "Come to me... Bend to me..."

And right now that same voice was screaming non stop inside his mind.

"What's taking you so long?! Just let it go! Let me in!"

"Just leave my head you freak" Natsu yelled back as he turned around in the black abyss that surrounded him.

The voice laughed wickedly but instead of scaring the shit out of Natsu like it would do to most it just served to infuriate him even further.

"I'm warning you! Get lost or you'll know the wrath of a dragon!" Natsu hissed, his eyes glinting with red light.

"Hahaha! You think you can hurt me?" voice asked clearly amused "You can't even wake up!"

Natsu growled angrily and was about to prove the voice wrong but he couldn't so much as twitch. That's until his eye was forcibly opened only to look at Jellal. He saw the bluehead talking to someone but he couldn't hear the word they said.

He wanted to say something but his mouth wouldn't move.

"I told you! You can't wake up!" the voice said smugly before it drawn him deeper into his subconscious and blackness surrounded him yet again.

"Fuck you! No one's telling me what to do in my head" Natsu growled as he looked turned around when he felt a hand creeping around his neck. His dragon-like eyes widened a fraction when giant black eye opened in front of him.

"What the..." he mumbled when the voice spoke again "I'm watching you"

And as the voice finished more eyes of different shapes and sizes opened around him, filling the black void while blinking curiously at him.

"I've been watching you for seven years but you've been avoiding this city like plague" Natsu looked around trying to find a way out of his own mind.

"Did you know that I've been waiting for you or is it just a mere coincidence you didn't came here for such a long time?" the voice asked sounding genuinely curious.

Natsu spat in the black eye though it didn't have any effect on the damn thing. "Dragon's council meeting is hold at this time of year but if I knew you were here I would've went there this year as well. Now I just got into a trouble with Acnologia for nothing"

"That hurts my feelings" voice whined though it was obvious that he was not hurt in the slightest.

"I'm sorry to hear that" Natsu hissed ready to throttle someone.

"Well now, no need to get angry" the voice let out a laugh "If you want I can let you wake up but only if you let me to stay in your head"

"Do you really think that I'll do something like that? If you do than you're bigger fool than I thought" Natsu said before muttering "To enter the mind of a dragon..."

"I was able to enter your mind only because you are a dragon" voice said before laughing again when Natsu's eyes widened.

End of Chapter 55.

Well... It's been a while guys! How have you been?

So... I wonder what you think of this chapter? Things are starting to get interesting in this games, don't you think? I'm sure most of you will guess who the voice in Natsu's head is but I would like to hear what you think. I had quite some trouble with this chapter so I hope it's good. And since I have nothing else to say I'll just go with the usual please review and thanks for reading :)