Jessi2020: I'm sorry, but no. This story is only about Natsu in BC, but maybe there will be flashbacks or something. Thanks for commenting!
Guest: Yes, I'm thinking the same thing. Thanks for commenting!
Guest 2: Also, Mimosa x Natsu is a good match for me too, and your idea of how she falls in love with him seems good to me. Thanks for commenting!
Halo312: You have to have the notifications activated haha. Yes, I think your idea about Nero x Natsu is great, they are two perfect components for me too, I'll see what I'll do in the future. Thanks for commenting!
This is chapter five. I hope you like it!
Disclaimer: I do not own Black Clover or Fairy Tail.
Chapter 5: Mission
"So you're Noelle...?"
"Natsu...?"
"..."
"..."
Asta was sweating bullets through his nerves as two penetrating glances at each other from the front and sides. These clashing looks would make the wolves stop howling and run with their tails between their legs.
Natsu's eyes were sharp, with pupils that did not look completely human. He was watching the Silva family princess as his chin rested in the palm of his hand and his other hand had a chicken leg for his delight. He was a little bit bent over to analyze her and to get a better perspective while squinting.
Noelle was simply eating an elegant pancake while olympically ignoring the fire wizard staring at her.
Magna unexpectedly sat close to Natsu and wrapped his arm around his neck while Natsu stared at him blankly before biting the chicken leg with his raised eyebrow.
"Come on, Natsu! Don't be so cold to the princess, she looks like a good girl!... i think so..."
Noelle only frowned at the statements, but continued to eat without addressing any of the farmers.
"Well..." Natsu began massaging his chin in thoughts as he looked more at Noelle for his frustration and some discomfort.
"Come on, Natsu, sweaty, bastard!" Magna exclaimed and shouted at him, already tired of Natsu's suspicions.
Natsu suddenly stood up from the chair alerting everyone and pointed a threatening finger at her as he exclaimed aloud.
"You smell exactly what the bastard of those white eagles smells like!"
...
Noelle opened her eyes enormously when she understood perfectly what he meant, she immediately got up from the chair with a penetrating look in her pink eyes that shone in fury.
"Are you talking about Nozel-onisama...?! Wait... white eagles...? They are silver, you filthy commoner!"
"Shit is the same shit!" Natsu shouted in annoyance as he clenched his hands in anger while his eyebrow trembled slightly in anger. "That bastard just kept saying in exams, 'hehe, you dirty peasants, hehe". The infernal flames appeared in the Dragon Slayer's mouth. "When I see him, I'll kick his ass!"
Asta immediately got into the argument with stars in his eyes. "Oh, NATSU, don't say that! I understand how you feel, I don't like being discriminated against either!" Asta also exclaimed with some indignation, but still continued to shout. "BUT HE IS A CAPTAIN OF THE SILVER EAGLES, HE MUST BE VERY STRONG AND ALMOST INVINCIBLE!"
"Hmph". Noelle pulled her hair back with a wave of her hand and a small snort came out of her mouth. A look of supremacy was marked on her face as she looked down at Natsu with a smile from above. "What Bakasta says is true, he will defeat you when you try to hit him, or even get close to him!" She said amidst laughter of arrogance making Natsu's vein grow.
Magna stood in the way now. "Wait, wait, wait, wait!" Magna declared with minimal confusion as he looked at Natsu with a raised eyebrow. "Did you say they smell the same? What kind of animal are you, you bastard?!"
Natsu rolled his eyes at his comment. "I'm a human... and well, magic with abilities... maybe?" Natsu wondered in confusion about his Dragon Slayer skills, not quite sure what to say.
"Kids today". Vanessa massaged her head with extreme boredom as she watched the little discussion the teenagers in her order had.
"Are we going to fight?!" Luck appeared on lightning and struck Natsu and Magna without warning as he electrocuted them both suddenly to everyone's surprise.
Asta and Noelle cried out in agitation as Natsu and Magna's hairs rose and shook in shock as electricity surged through their bodies.
Vanessa sighed wearily as she looked at the paralyzed Magna and Natsu. "Luck, don't tell me because Natsu is a fire wizard you're going to bother him too," she said tired and let out a sigh. Without wasting any more time, she quickly took a sip of wine.
"Hmph, you'd better not make any noise or I'll kill you", said the annoyed Gouache before looking again at the picture of his sister as blood fell from his nostril.
"Anyone else want to eat?!" Charmy asked as she stirred a dough.
After a few seconds, Magna was the first to come out of shock, being somewhat accustomed to Luck's teasing and games. He glared into the eyes of a mocking Luck in the sky with mocking motions.
"Bastard!"
Magna quickly pulled out his flaming Grimoire as fireballs were created on his baseball bat. Natsu had a sinister smile as his arm went up in flames and he was ready to attack.
No one had ever hit him like that with his guard down.
Just as they were about to attack the Mocking Luck, the front door exploded into thousands of pieces as dust invaded the dining room. In pure, terrifying silence, Yami walked around with a bored, penetrating look on his face as he watched everyone instantly calm down when he entered. In search of a person, he looked at Magna before giving him an order with a gesture.
"Come on, Magna".
Noelle, Natsu and Asta blinked in confusion when Yami appeared and suddenly gave Magna an order.
The Black Bulls' fire mage quickly got serious and nodded before walking up to Yami and forgetting the fight he had with Luck.
The tense air disappeared.
"Where did they go?" Asta asked too confusedly. The door closed when Yami and Magna left and he focused his gaze on his companions.
"I don't know". Natsu shrugged his shoulders and calmed down after Yami came in and sat down again. Charmy went over to them and put food on everyone's plates for almost everyone's hunger.
"Sure to a mission," Vanessa comments amidst yawning and a burp. Natsu rolled his eyes as his mouth opened in shock at the sight of his crimson-tinged cheeks.
"She's already drunk...?" he thought in dismay, before shaking his head and starting to eat again.
A day had passed since what had happened in the dining room. At that moment, Asta, Noelle and Natsu were sitting in front of a Yami with his typical cigarette in his mouth as he let out smoke. Magna was at the side with a wild smile on his face.
Natsu was looking down as his features showed confusion. With his arms on his hips, he was staring at his cigarette-addicted captain while raising one eyebrow. His clothing was the same as always, just a pair of black pants with boots of the same color, but this time, he had a white towel on his shoulder while sweat drops fell from his forehead. His black muscle, unlike Yami who had a white one, was somewhat dirty and covered in sweat. And don't forget the black bulls' robe on top of this one.
"So... do you want us to clean up your mess...?"
"Sure," Yami replied before raising an eyebrow as he looked at the damaged clothing of his new recruit. "What were you doing today? You're a little dirty".
Natsu dropped his arms at his side in dismay. Then he blinked multiple times at his captain when his question echoed in his mind. "Oh, right. I was training some spells".
"What?! A spell?!" Asta asked with stars in his eyes as he stepped into Natsu's personal space with excitement and euphoria.
Noelle only raised a curious eyebrow as Magna blinked in intrigue and Yami just stared.
"Yes and stay away from me..." Natsu sweated a little as he walked away from Asta in giant steps.
"And what is the spell you are practicing?!" Magna decided to be the only person to ask when curiosity won out. Everyone stared at Natsu as he simply stood there with his fallen features.
A sharp grin was etched on his face and he looked at his side suspiciously.
"Well... it's a secret..."
"OHHH, COME ON NATSU, TELL ME!"
"Hey, don't beat yourself up so much!"
"I want to know too!"
"I said it's a secret!"
"NATSU!"
"You guys... SHUT UP!"
Immediately everyone was calm and collected when Yami sent his bloodlust to everyone while his magic exploded and made the whole base shake. Yami's nerves were not able to stand the screams of some brats.
"Where did I get to?" Noelle asked with sweat on her head as she had a dry smile.
"You guys are going to the old man's village and hunt the boars for losing my fucking game..." Yami declared as he touched a cigarette.
"Is that our first mission?" Noelle asked with a trembling eyebrow and laughed sarcastically. "Hunting boar, really?"
"Apparently…" Asta said with a blank look when he calmed down after the fuss he caused.
"Well... will you go..." Yami's killer instinct exploded and surrounded the room, scaring off the new recruits. A deadly look was marked on his face and a smile, "...or will you die?"
"WE'LL GO!"
They had all shouted immediately as the sweat cascaded from their foreheads.
"Perfect, that's the attitude! Magna will guide you on your way!"
They all nodded firmly and prepared, excited about their first mission as magic knights.
"So, how are we going to go?"
"I don't know, but it's our first mission! Aren't you excited, Natsu?!"
After Captain Yami informed him about the mission they had to do, they all went to change, or rather to wait for Natsu to get ready to march with them.
Natsu stared at Asta. "Now that you mention it, it's our first mission... but it's just wild boar hunting, we do that at home".
"You were the only one doing it!"
"To emphasize..." all eyes were on Noelle after she spoke. She looked down at the floor a bit crestfallen. "I... am still not able to control my power... I was wondering if it was okay for me to attend..."
"Stupid!" Magna scolded her immediately to her total surprise. Magna pointed to himself. "I'll take over the whole mission. I'm your superior and I'll cover your ass any time!"
"That's so manly!"
"Hehehe, you're going to make me blush, Asta!"
"But how will we get there?" Natsu asked in confusion when he interrupted his conversation. He started looking for someone with his eyes. "Where is Finral? His magic is about space, so he could take us there in an instant".
"That bastard is useless!" Magna roared in annoyance as he shook his head in disappointment. "Now we're going to have to fly around on broomsticks because he never had any in that town!"
Natsu felt something hit him in the belly.
"...F-flight on b-brooms...?" Natsu tensed up and sweated cold as he lost his skin color instantly. His heartbeat reached absurd levels.
"Magna-sempai", Asta commented and raised his hand to get his attention. "But I don't know how to fly on a broom".
Noelle nodded in agreement. "Neither do I".
"...Huh...?" Magna was outraged and grabbed Asta's shirt violently as he waved it. "What do you mean you can't fly on broomsticks?! What kind of magic knights are you?! It's the easiest thing in the world!"
"I don't have any magic!" said Asta honestly without flinching from Magna's wiggling.
"I can't control my power yet. I don't know how you can't understand, are you stupid or something?"
"Who are you calling stupid?!"
Natsu was massaging his belly with sweat, his spine was shaking incredibly every time he thought about the killing machines. But then, he had the urge to look at Noelle with a raised eyebrow because of what she said.
"Now that you mention it," Natsu spoke to Noelle, fully recovered and capturing all her curiosity as Asta and Magna argued. "You have a giant amount of magical power that I didn't see in many people, maybe that's the reason why you can't control your power and it gets so hard. Do most royals have that problem or is it just you?"
Noelle looked at Natsu in shock. "I'm o-obviously royalty, p-peasant!" Noelle blushed completely and stammered with embarrassment before looking at the floor a bit uncomfortably. "Honestly... I'm the only one in my family who can't really control his power..."
Natsu smiled, "That means your potential is better than theirs!" Natsu congratulated her with a bright smile as he tapped her on the back for her embarrassment.
A crimson red glowed brightly on Noelle's cheeks. "O-obvious that I have p-potential, pink-baka!"
A stake was driven into Natsu's head comically after the insult as he stared blankly at Noelle.
Noelle only looked to her side, completely ignoring Natsu's dead eyes along with an accompanying snort, but slowly her lips rose up in a small smile.
When reality hit him, Natsu was about to reply in total disgust, but Magna interrupted him with a loud cry to the seven heavens.
"I have no choice but to take you all on My Baby!" Magna said with a big smile and his eyes fell on an almost sick Natsu. "And I don't think you need a ride, do you?
"I get really dizzy and I can't levitate in that shit".
"..."
"..."
"All of you are really useless," Magna declared and had a big drop of sweat as he watched the new recruits who just stared at him.
They simply said nothing and only looked at Magna.
Sighing in defeat, he massaged his temples before giving a wild smile. "Looks like I'll have to take you all in My Baby!"
Asta blinked. "Wait, Baby? What's that?!" Asta asked with stars in his eyes. He was too interested to see what that "Baby" was.
"Hehehe, just follow me out, she'll be waiting for you!"
Everyone looked at each other confused by Magna's euphoric statement before they found themselves shoulder to shoulder with no alternative. They followed him outside and their eyes opened wide when a broom came from the sky.
"She's Crazy Cyclone!"
Crazy Cyclone is a flying broom that has the appearance of a bull skeleton in which it has a bull's skull with sunglasses as a headdress. It has a purple coat and rib bones on its sides.
"WHOAAAA, SHE'S BEAUTIFUL!"
Magna laughed in shame at Asta's scream as he scratched his nose with his finger.
"That's the killing machine I have to get on...?" Natsu asked quietly with terror in his voice.
"So lame..." Noelle openly gave her opinion regardless of others.
Magna snorted insulted. "Girls don't have good taste in art apparently".
Noelle frowned. "So lame!" Noelle said tenderly to Magna's heartbreaking and painful cry.
Meanwhile with a pink haired boy, Natsu had a very suspicious look on his face as he looked around, his eyes suddenly became sharp as crystals.
"I think it would be okay if I ran away while they were talking to each other," Natsu thought genuinely with a frightened, forced smile. Drops of sweat fell from his chin as he took small steps while trying to escape.
"WELL, WE'RE LEAVING, TADPOLES!"
Natsu was suddenly dragged and grabbed by Magna when he saw that he was trying to escape from Captain Yami's order. He would forcefully sit him down while Natsu's shoulders fell in pure defeat. Natsu was seated behind Magna and he passed the girl Noelle where she was crossing her arms and with a nice scowl.
"We are leaving!" Asta shouted euphorically and happily as he celebrated with stars in his pupils. He was behind the princess as she only looked at him out of the corner of her eye with curiosity.
"AND HERE WE GO!"
And so, they took off into the clear blue sky where the people of the Kingdom of Clover would surely be embracing the hot day. Only a few cries of terror were heard and others of excitement when they finally disappeared over the horizon.
Magna was confused.
The journey through the heavens was one of the most tragic and disastrous events he ever had at the wheel. It almost ended with Asta's death and Natsu's fainting as he almost threw up behind his back and on his Crazy Cyclone to his disgust and terror.
Mental note: Never let Natsu ride your baby again.
He never thought he would be so weak in that rare aspect of a Magic Knight.
But despite that, something weirder is happening right now.
He thought it would be fun to watch the new recruits fight and run for their lives in their first encounter with the wild boar, but he never imagined what his eyes would witness.
Instead of escaping from the wild boars with their tails between their legs, Asta was actually hunting them like a professional in the art of trafficking.
Super weird.
He had already defeated a few pairs very easily. The boars had injury marks on their weakest and most unprotected points of their bodies.
The boars are actually fighting or running away from him in terror!
He took a deep breath to calm his surprise before looking around.
Natsu had his back supported by the trunk of a sturdy tree with his hands at the back of his head while his feet were stretched out completely in relaxation. His eyes were closed while he took a little nap.
Noelle was beside him, only standing with her arms crossed as she watched Asta make the boars run. She frowned when she saw only Asta screaming with happiness.
"He doesn't have the personality of a hunter, how strange he is..."
Natsu just hummed in response.
Magna heard this and laughed. He walked over to them and also sat on the green grass where Natsu was, only he rested his back on his precious Cyclone.
"You are right, but that makes it more masculine!" Magna exclaimed and laughed out loud as Noelle just rolled her eyes. Magna focused his gaze on Natsu with interest. "Do you also know how to hunt like Asta?
"If I know how to hunt like Asta?" Natsu asked rhetorically as he opened one eye, his jade green glowing brightly. He only had a mocking laugh. "I was the one who taught him how to hunt".
"Huh?" Magna blinked in surprise at his words. He was silent for a while before laughing, "Now it makes more sense, your personality is wilder than Asta, though just as hollow headed!
"Hey! What the hell does that mean?!"
"So... you hunt animals?"
All eyes focused on Noelle after her question. Natsu bowed his head.
"Yes, since I was a kid. Why?" Natsu wondered at her question. His eyes opened when he got the message. "Don't tell me you feel sorry for the hunted animals...?"
"A-Absolutely not!" Noelle immediately said and looked away in shame and anger as she let out an annoying snort.
"Apparently she does..." A great whisper of laughter near Natsu.
Natsu let his arms fall from the back of his head as he settled down and stood up while he tapped his clothes to remove the dirt. A reassuring smile spread on his face as he looked at Noelle's back.
"I only hunt in times of food shortage, just like Asta, we don't hunt for fun".
She did not respond and just let out another snort, making Magna and Natsu laugh.
"I'm done!"
Asta appeared in front of his fellow commanders with a pyre of wild boar completely defeated behind him.
Magna stood up and whistled something impressed by the number of animals. "You really showed off, Asta!"
"Thank you, thank you!" Asta was embarrassed and scratched his head with his demonstration hand.
"Well, now let's go to Suassy Village and we can have a great feast!" Natsu said happily as he put a boar on his shoulder and when he was about to walk, he stopped and stared in a certain direction with a scowl.
Magna noticed this. "What's the matter, you bastard, can't you carry that?" Magna scoffed, but fell silent when Natsu simply kept looking in one direction. Magna decided to look where Natsu had his attention and raised his eyebrow when it was just an ordinary tree.
"It's nothing," Natsu finally declared, but he still had a scowl on his face. He began to walk towards where the village was, worrying others.
Magna shook his head before cutting behind Natsu. "Hey, wait, I am the leader of the group, I have to lead the way, it's me!"
Magna and Asta followed Natsu's example and also put a wild boar on their shoulders, except that Asta put two on to train his body on the road.
After walking along a path far from civilization, Magna approached Asta with a strange look on her face while whispering in her ear.
"Don't you think your brother acted strangely at that moment?"
Asta blinked in surprise. His gaze centered on Natsu's back, Asta only laughed a little. "Well, now that you mention it, I've rarely seen him make a serious face, but I don't think it's that important really.
"If you put it that way," Magna shrugged without grumbling. "Besides, he says he taught you how to hunt, not that it's so surprising, but hunting wild boar is a bit strange in abandoned villages..."
"Oh, he said that, Magna-sempai?!" Asta asked and shouted with shock at Magna's statement. A small, thin smile spread across his face. "It is not very common in our village either, only that we had to learn when we were short of money and could not buy food". Asta said too melancholy as he looked up at the sky and laughed quietly.
"O-oh, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to relive painful memories," Magna said somewhat nervously as he apologized from the heart.
Asta shook his head. "No, no, no, don't worry, Magna-sempai, it happened a long time ago!" Asta said firmly not wanting the atmosphere between them to be filled with sadness and gloom.
Magna was only silent, but a bright smile appeared on his delinquent face. "You are right, one should not be sad about things of the past, one should leave it where it is and move forward" He raised his fist to the sky with a shout.
"OH, YOU ARE TOO RIGHT, MAGNA-SEMPAI!"
Noelle, who was walking near them, had a drop of sweat falling from her head when she looked at her superior and Asta celebrating as if absolutely nothing had happened. Honestly, she did not understand their attitudes.
"Hey, hey, Magna-sempai, and why did you become a magic knight?!" Asta asked too curiously.
Magna laughed, "Oh boy, the chief of the village we're going, he instructed me to join the magic knights".
"Then he had to be very strong!"
"No doubt about it!" Some nostalgic memories enveloped Magna for a second. "Whenever I caused terror in his village, he beat me up again and again!"
"You sound like a criminal..."
"That's amazing!"
"You said it, Asta!" Magna ignored Noelle's comment and gave Asta a good look with laughter. "I heard that in his prime, he had so much magical power to aspire to be a Magic Knight. Even though he never became one, he proposed that I enter the magic knight exams and thanks to him I am here!"
"Sounds like a good man," Noelle said with a nice smile.
Magna nodded in agreement. "Hell yes, he was the one who congratulated me the most when I became a magic knight. After Captain Yami, he is-
"What the fuck is that?"
Natsu's dismayed and confused voice took the three Black Bulls members out of their funny conversation. When they looked ahead in confusion, the eyes of all three opened wide as they reached the end of the path as they stared in confusion at what was in front of them.
The Saussy village was surrounded by a giant curtain of fog covering everything in its path and blocking their view. The confusion increased even more when they understood that it was not normal fog, but magic created by someone.
"Wow, that's a big fog!" Asta whistled in shock as he held a hand to his forehead.
Noelle rolled her eyes. "It's not normal fog, it's made of magic, stupid!"
"That's cooler!"
"No, it's not!" Noelle replied with a squeal.
"I have a bad feeling..." Magna said totally serious and paranoid while biting his lower lip. He threw the boars off his shoulder into the grass roughly.
"The feast is cancelled," Natsu declared firmly as he threw the wild boars as well as Magna to the ground and began to walk towards the gates of the villages with quick steps. His eyes shone crimson red and maliciously. "I think we'll have to cancel someone else's party".
"This gives me a headache..." Noelle sighed as she looked up and observed the size of the mist. "Even if we can get in, I doubt very much that we could get through all that fog".
Magna nodded in agreement to Noelle's information and turned his gaze to Asta when they finally reached the gates. "You, cut the mist with your sword!"
"Huh?" Asta pointed to himself before he shook his head. "But swords can't cut through mist! Don't be ridiculous!"
Magna was enraged. "Yours does, you idiot! That sword can cut through any magic!"
A light bulb was lit inside Asta. "OH, YOU'RE RIGHT!" Asta's eyes shone brightly as his Grimoire flew into the sky. A sword was held by Asta as he swung it and successfully cut through the mist. Asta shouted with joy. "TAKE THIS, THIS AND THIS!"
"I think he got too excited..." Noelle had a drop of sweat and a nervous laugh coming out of her throat as she watched Asta reverse the mist.
"That smug bastard," Magna commented and shook his head with a funny smile.
Natsu, who was walking near Magna at a snail's pace, stopped when his senses were triggered by the skies and quickly began to inspect his surroundings with caution and suspicion.
"This amount of magic," Natsu thought with surprise as he could feel a magical spell from close by. His magic sprang from his extremities. "This is no ordinary villager's magic!"
When Natsu stopped, he also caused Magna to stop. He raised a dismayed eyebrow. "What the hell are you doing, stopping..."
Without wasting any more time, Natsu broke the floor with a powerful burst as he silenced Magna and scared Noelle.
Asta's last sword was able to appreciate what was in front of them. Asta blinked when he saw Natsu pass in front of him, but was then stunned when he saw what was in the sky.
A number of ice crystals were pointing from above to the villagers in the village who looked up with terror in their eyes. They were in a circle as they hugged each other in fear.
Magna lost the color of his skin when he realized what was happening in front of him. Just as he was about to act to save the villagers, he saw Natsu's back in the middle of the air.
Flames surrounded Natsu's body as he burned and broke the crystals after covering the villagers with his blazing fire. They cried out in surprise and terror when a fire struck and rejected all the crystals. Natsu's eyes glowed red as he squatted and looked at the spell caster with a grunt.
"You!" Natsu spat and barked in a harsh tone of fury as his arm exploded into burning fire.
The leader of the villains who were sitting as he looked at his watch looked up and frowned in annoyance. "How dare you mess up my schedule?"
"W...what just happened, Mommy?" asked a frightened boy before he was hugged by his mother in tears.
Magna emerged from the stupor and quickly ran to where Natsu was while checking to see if the villagers were in one piece. After he finished checking, he tried to reassure the people.
"We are Magic Knights! What happened here?!"
Some villagers looked at each other confused and somewhat relieved. "Are you here to save us?"
Asta and Noelle also rushed to the scene of the disturbance. Out of the corner of his eye, Asta could see a person lying on the ground with dangerous injuries and a crying child nearby.
His heart sank.
"Hey, Magna!" Asta caught his attention with alarming despair.
When Magna turned to the place where Asta was pointing with a raised eyebrow, he was speechless when he saw a person known to him on the ground in defeat.
Some memories hit his body like a stake.
"Old man..."
The flames exploded around him before he turned around and looked at the place where the cause of all this was. His frown grew to extreme levels as he pointed a threatening finger at it.
"Was it you, you bastard?! The one who caused all this disaster?!"
He just stared at them. "All of you... will die in three seconds..."
Natsu grunted in annoyance as he watched from the front some guys in white robes covering all their bodies. He was not liking the guys.
There was one who was not dressed like the others and was sitting relaxed, you could tell he was the leader by the amount of magic inside him. His eyes opened briefly when he felt a little killer instinct coming towards him and he understood perfectly. Suddenly, a spell was cast upon them as it carried away his entire step.
"I don't have enough magic to block that!" Magna thought desperately.
"Asta!" Natsu declared and called his brother's attention and without warning, Asta stepped ahead of him as he headed for the spell ready to be reversed. Natsu gave a small sideways smile.
BOOOOOOOM
Noelle had to drown out a scream when Asta easily broke the spell with his sword in half while a gusting wind hit everyone's face. Everyone's hands were held to their face.
Asta was silent as he watched from behind to see if the spell had not struck the villagers, after looking around a little and seeing that they were safe, he looked back at the man in front of him with a cold look.
His eyes shone with fury. "I'll kick your ass, you bastard!"
Natsu remained serene. His face was calm as he only looked around and saw destruction everywhere. The cries were heard from every direction by the little children.
This annoyed him.
His gaze became somber as he looked at the perpetrators. "You really are bastards".
Asta trampled the ground in anger. "How do you do something like this?!" Asta roared with fury. His hand tightened on the handle of his sword.
"Are you magic knights...?" A footman asked with a mocking laugh when he recognized his outfit. "Those cloaks... are of the Black Bulls, the worst order in the kingdom. This will be a piece of cake, hehehe".
"But they managed to break our fog," one snorted angrily. "Are they on a mission?"
The leader of the group of villains looked at his watch and had an empty look. "Black Bulls... huh? The magic knights who don't fit in with the others... will die in five minutes and we will look for what we want..."
"Five minutes?!" Asta roared as he set fire to them. "What do you take us for, you bastard?!"
"Mist Magic: Illusory Whirlpool of Mists"
A mist spell was cast on the Anti-Magic boy while the villagers screamed in terror. Asta did not flinch and just kept going.
"Do you really think you can defeat us? Throwing yourself like this will solve nothing! You never get close to Lord Heart!"
"I do not care!"
With a swift sword, Asta disappeared and completely annulled the spell while releasing a warlike roar. The lackeys let out a cry of surprise at the turn of events.
Natsu smiled as he saw the expressions on his face. "They already have an idea of how their sword works, now it won't be so easy for them!"
"I'm going to ask you again!" Asta threatened and roared as he pointed the Antimagia sword at her face. "Why did you attack the villagers?!"
"... So you want an explanation," the man whispered under his breath before giving him a cold look. "In this world, this village is in the abandoned kingdom, where peasants and commoners reside... Most of them are abandoned, inferior begetters badly born, their magic is insignificant. They are tool animals. They are trash that makes you waste time, and I must get rid of them as soon as possible…"
Everyone was disgusted and scared by his non-empathetic statement. Natsu clenched his fist so fiercely that drops of blood began to fall from the palm of his hand.
This was bullshit.
"You were able to enter the magic knights thanks to your magic?" He asked seriously and continued, "you only save them because it's your mission... but for you... aren't they just pathetic animals too?"
A tense silence was created in the air as everyone swallowed saliva for his statement.
Asta only increased his grip on his sword while trembling with anger.
"Those people who speak... are the ones I have to protect!" Asta roared with pure determination in his green eyes as he prepared to strike again. Everyone looked at Asta with surprise and admiration.
The man sighed in disappointment at her words before raising his hand ready to kill them all. "I see... die with all those beasts you want to protect".
Asta prepared for the confrontation.
Meanwhile, Natsu looked out of the corner of his eye at where Noelle and Magna were standing, they were on the defensive as they tried to guard the villagers from the spell the
enemy was creating. Magna stepped in behind Asta as he looked for a way to protect everyone.
"Guys..."
Natsu's whisper attracted their attention and they only stared at him in slight confusion when Natsu looked up and his eyes glowed red.
"Take care of the villagers..."
"Magical Ice and Mist Mix: Prison of the Endless Ice".
Thousands of crystals appeared in the sky ready to execute everyone without mercy.
"Will they... protect us from this...?" One villager hesitated with terror in his voice.
After some time in silence, the shower of crystals broke the tension and descended at extreme speeds while creating a crazy wind breeze. Everyone shouted in fright as Magna prepared to counterattack like Asta, but suddenly a rain of fire suddenly exploded and hit exactly each crystal as it burned in hell.
Everyone blinked when the spell evaporated.
Natsu's toe tapping was heard as the only muffled sound on the battlefield as he stood in front of his brother Asta. His Grimoire was open with hellish flames all around him as the leaves moved vaguely from side to side. Panties of flame fell from the sky like hail as Natsu stared at the leader of the group with coldness, hot smoke coming out of his mouth as he released a puff of smoke.
Asta looked at him in shock when he noticed the presence next to him. "Natsu?!"
The leader of the group groaned inwardly annoyed. "He removed exactly every crystal and effortlessly, apart from not hurting the villagers... He is not a normal magic knight," he thought with annoyance before shaking his head, "but still... it won't work".
"Asta..." Natsu exclaimed, looking over his shoulder. His lips moved in a whisper as he said something to her in silence.
Asta's eyes opened in shock and she looked at Natsu with disbelief, giving him only a small reassuring smile.
"I trust you," Natsu commented before looking away and forward.
Asta was only silent, but a bright smile appeared on his face as he nodded firmly in euphoria.
"What the hell just happened?" Magna asked in dismay after seeing the crystals disappear from the sky like dust. He looked to his sides when he noticed something. "Did what was behind us also disappear?! But how?!"
"I didn't see anything..." Noelle whispered in confusion as she looked at Natsu's back in total bewilderment. Sweat drops slipped down her cheek.
"Hey, bastard, then don't cry when her ass turns to ashes!" Natsu warned wildly and rudely as he clenched his fist in the palm of his hand. The small flames appeared in his hands. His insides could take no more, the urge to fight could not stand him.
"Even if you can repel the attacks, you won't last long," he exclaimed coldly before his magic was activated. "Stop this, magic knights!"
Natsu was alarmed. "Noelle, Magna, we'll be the ones to cover the front, take care of the back!"
After Natsu's statement, a shower of crystals came to Magna and he burnt the crystals with fury. "Don't tell me what to do! Besides, I am your superior!" Magna exclaimed as he began to work hard.
Drops of sweat fell from his face as he looked at Natsu burning crystals easily and Asta destroying them with his sword.
"I have no magic left, those guys have the same magic as a magic knight, but the leader must be different!" he thought with concern as he looked at the leader and his lackeys, but his gaze focused on Natsu who had only his hand in fire destroying. A wild smile spread on his face. "I cannot give up now, that would not make me a man!" Magna continued and continued to destroy more crystals as he broke through his boundaries.
Noelle was in a bind and in big trouble. She could barely create an attack and fire her attacks on the enemies. They just taunted her as they created more crystals to execute her.
"I can't die here..." she thought in terror as she tried to channel more magic. Her legs trembled. "I, a royal... must not die in these abandoned villages!"
She held back her frustration as she watched her three companions fight bravely from the front.
"I can only watch and observe..."
"Onee-san..."
A small hand grabbed her dress as she tapped it. Noelle looked down and was speechless when she saw the tears fall from the bowels of a frightened child.
"Please... save us..."
Noelle bit her lip for her words, but suddenly a power emerged within her suddenly and a light shone within her darkness as she exploded. Her Grimoire opened and moved its leaves as it created a new spell.
"This child is asking for help... I cannot run away!"
A quantity of magical power suddenly exploded and completely enveloped the villagers as a barrier of water rose above the others. Everyone looked on in shock as this baffled the battle over the amount of magical power emitted.
Noelle looked up as her eyes filled with determination.
"I AM ROYALTY... AND I BELONG TO THE BLACK BULLS TOO, I WILL PROTECT THESE PEOPLE!"
Everyone looked at Noelle's speech in shock. Natsu just smiled excitedly at how things were going. He couldn't have been happier knowing what was going to happen.
"Perfect, Noelle! You gave us the opportunity we wanted from the beginning!"
Asta realized this too, and then he shot out to where the leader was who was still in shock from seeing the defensive spell created. The beast stalked its prey.
"I have no magic," Asta came closer to him rather than strike a direct blow at his belly with the tip of his sword. "BUT I WILL STILL DEFEAT YOU!"
Blood was spat from the leader's mouth as he felt the burning in his belly from the recent blow. All the subordinates saw it with surprise.
"Did he hit it?!" Noelle asked hopefully inside the magical barrier she created along with Magna, but her eyes had to quickly follow a pink blur that disappeared where Natsu was.
"Where did the bastard go?" Magna asked and cried out in surprise.
Meanwhile with Asta, he growled when he saw that he was not at all shocked by his attack. His eyes were fixed on his own feet as the drops of sweat fell from the effort.
"He used his ice magic to waste my opportunity?" Asta thought with a tone of surprise about how he had ruined his plans strategically, but slowly his lips rose to form a smile on his toned face as he laughed quietly.
The leader had blood streaming from his lips as he was unmoved by the recent blow. His magic began to flow from him to kill Asta. "Your sword may be able to erase magic, but you are still a simple-
A thirst for blood hit and filled the air as the words slipped down his throat and fell into the endless void. Terror struck his being for the first time and fear frightened him so much that he lost his skin color. The leader let out a piercing cry that hit the air as a hand grabbed his head while the flames suddenly burned his entire face.
Everyone watched in terror as Natsu's figure grabbed the leader's head as a hellish fire erupted from it.
"I can feel the fire from in here... what the hell…?" Magna thought with surprise as he saw the bright light from outside.
"But when?!" Noelle thought incredulously as she staggered and tried to analyze the situation with every evidence and moment that occurred in the battle.
From outside of Noelle's defensive spell, Natsu had a cheeky smile and burst out laughing. I had been waiting for this moment for a long time and it was finally happening.
Natsu looked over his shoulder. "I'm sorry, Asta, I wanted you to catch the last blow, but this bastard is harder than you look!"
Despite the apologies, Asta only smiled enormously with happiness when the figure of Natsu grabbing the man's head appeared before him. Natsu gave him a sharp smile before looking straight ahead in earnest.
"I wanted to serve my...!"
BOOOOOOOM
A rumble shook the village when Natsu mercilessly smashed the leader's head into the hard cement with flames exploding around him. A tremor was created as a smokescreen flooded the place where Natsu was crushing the leader's head with his flames and blood began to spread on the ground.
Noelle's spell suddenly collapsed when silence invaded again. Everyone was silent and tense as the mist and dust slowly cleared.
Slowly, three figures could be seen from the outside and were inside the smokescreen. When it disappeared completely, everyone opened their eyes in shock.
Asta was on the ground resting while taking a deep breath. He wiped the sweat from his sleeve with exasperation as he let out a relieved sigh. His sword was on the ground as he slowly levitated and returned to his Grimoire.
But the two figures were the most striking to all. Natsu was clutching the head of a destroyed, fainting enemy that they had faced recently, Natsu's factions reluctantly showing when he saw the face of his enemy.
His nose looked broken while his lip was split in half. Blood fell from his forehead and head with third-degree burns, his ears dripped blood from his eardrums, and his shoulder was dislocated and only hung vaguely.
Everyone had to endure a shudder in his spine when Natsu let go and wiped his hands with an innocent smile.
"It's over~!" Natsu exclaimed childishly in an amusing tone, although a small frown was marked on his face as he looked around. "Although a bastard got away from me, I should have been more cautious and not gone without thinking".
Asta looked at him and shook his head with a smile.
The villagers looked on in shock and could not process what was happening. Some simply cried and shouted for joy while they were in the middle of the night.
"W...wait...don't tell me what?!" Magna looked for his enemy's lackeys when he came out of the stupor and what he saw left him speechless.
The three lackeys who were on the level of a magic knight were completely defeated with burns all over the place. Magna had to swallow saliva admiring the speed that Natsu defeated him. Without wasting any more time, he tied the guys up with his fire magic after using the last of his magic. Not understanding very well, he just let out a relieved sigh and laughed out loud.
With the princess, Noelle massaged her arm when she saw Natsu chatting with Asta. Asta only laughed amusingly while insulting the enemy they faced from above.
"It was at that time?" Noelle asked mentally when she remembered the pink flash. She held her hand to her chin in contemplation. "Did he... finish them off at that moment...?"
Magna ruffled his hair with an exaggerated sigh as he looked at the new recruits. "You had it planned from the beginning, didn't you, Natsu?" He thought strangely, but quickly shook his head. Such things did not matter to him at all.
"All right, we won!" He celebrated the seven heavens.
Noelle simply let out an annoying, smug snort as she tossed her locks on her back, but a smile stretched across her face as she watched Asta laugh to the seven heavens.
"Wow, my muscles hurt, damn it! We defeated him and we are commoners, hahaha, ha ha ha!
Natsu rolled his eyes when he had to grab Asta who fell down faintly. He fell completely asleep after the battle he had. Natsu could not blame him, he had an incredible battle and deserved a good rest.
The end of the day had come, the sun was hiding from the horizon while the last rays were falling. After their first mission, the four magic knights were gathered while the leader and lackeys were completely tied up and surrendered.
Natsu was swinging a red book from his hand while staring at it with suspicion. This book belonged to one of the lackeys he had defeated. Apparently he was a magician of fire. His nose sniffed the book and gave him a good look. This had a good smell to it. He had never had another Grimoire in his hand but his own.
"AHHHH, STOP PINCHING ME YOU BASTARD! AND WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN ALL DAY?!"
Natsu ignored Asta's battle with his pet bird as he pestered him by pecking at its head with a mysterious stone. With interest, he oiled the book again as his eyebrows fell into confusion.
Noelle just stared at it blankly. "What are you doing?"
"Uhmm... I...?" Natsu hummed with a suspicious smile as he ignored Noelle's question and looked at the owner of the Grimoire who was just staring at him silently.
His mouth opened comically when he took a hard bite of the book with the infernal flames.
Noelle let out a scream in total fear of what she saw.
"Uhmm... this... doesn't taste... so bad... Uhmmm"
"Wh-Wh-What the hell are you doing you're eating a G-Grimoire, P-PINK-BAKA?!" Noelle stuttered with round eyes in shock as she watched Natsu eat a Grimoire without flinching. He stared at her as he chewed a few pages with fatigue and sweat drops on his head from her screams.
This crazy scream attracted the attention of the other magical knights and enemies who looked on in bewilderment. Asta was the first to break when the emotion could not be endured any longer.
"WHAT?!" Stars appeared in his pupils when he approached Natsu with pure concern. "Are you eating a Grimoire?! What the hell?! You're going to get sick!"
Natsu bit into the Grimoire's cover as he continued to chew and stare blankly at Asta.
Magna just laughed out loud and shook his arms. "This is fun!"
The owner of the book looked cautiously and curiously at what his own eyes saw. A grunt came from his throat. "He's really eating my Grimoire... but what's the point? Wait... Don't tell me what!"
Suddenly, after finishing eating the Grimoire like bread, Natsu laughed aloud as he tapped on his full belly.
"Well, it's been a while since I've eaten, that was exquisit-".
Natsu could not finish his prayer, his eyes opened in surprise when he felt an aura envelop his body. He felt a warmth suddenly flooding every part of his body as the aura became more illuminating. A reddish red exploded and the light rose to the blue sky frightening everyone. Natsu shouted comically without knowing what the hell was going on.
"What the fuck is going on?!"
"How should I know, Bakasta!"
This light that rose to the sky slowly began to descend patiently as it left a strong breeze. The light disappeared and reached the ground, leaving everyone captivated by the view in front of them.
A hot red aura surrounded Natsu's body as he looked at his hands in confusion and constant blinking. His Grimoire opened on its own and moved a few sheets as he began to write quickly.
"I knew it!" The owner of the Grimoire opened his eyes in surprise as small wolves made of fire began to emerge from the ground and stood elegantly. Drops of sweat fell from his chin and forehead. "That bastard took over... one of my spells!"
Natsu was quietly delighted as he watched with a raised eyebrow the animals in front of him, they just looked at him while waiting for an order from their owner.
"WH-WH-WHAT IS THIS?!"
With lightning speed, Asta approached and looked at Natsu's animals with interest and tried to touch them, but ended up burning. He looked at his brother in shock. "How long have you had this spell?! Is he the one you spoke to us about?!"
"What the fuck?" Magna whispered in surprise as he looked at the wolves in confusion. He could feel the amount of manna that was wrapped around these animals and it was great.
Noelle had a little blush. "They're kind of cute..."
Natsu blinked in bewilderment when he was able to grab his Grimoire. His eyes opened when he read what the page said.
Guardians of the Fire Dragon, a spell that allows you to summon certain guardian animals and fellow fighters. They regenerate and will re-emerge through your mana, if your mana runs out, they will disappear, or if you want to sever the connection with them. You can summon an exact number because of the control you have over mana.
"... I...created a spell by eating someone else's book…?" Natsu asked himself aloud with a wild, excited smile as he tapped his cheek. His eyes returned to the Grimoire when he read the last part, listening to the description, and noticed that his mana was connected to the animals and slowly fading from his body. Natsu cut the connection with the animals and they disappeared in panties of fire. Natsu sighed and scratched his head as he looked at the owner of the Grimoire he ate. "You had this power and you didn't even use it... Is there a reason?"
The owner of the old Grimoire just stared at him silently. "I lose a lot of manna using it... it's useless".
"Hmmm, I see..." Natsu massaged his chin, analyzing his statement while looking at the sky.
"I don't understand anything at all," Asta commented with smoke rising from his head as Noelle still nodded in a deep blush after watching the cute animals disappear. Asta clenched her fists with stars and approached Natsu with a bird resting on her head.
Natsu stopped his thoughts and looked at his brother. "Hmmm, what is it?"
"Let me see the spell!"
Natsu rolled his eyes when Asta snatched his Grimoire from his hand and began to analyze it letter by letter. Noelle just bowed her confused head from her position.
Natsu bowed his head as well when he received a serious, somber glance from the bird above Asta's head. She grimaced. "This bird doesn't give me a good feeling..."
Suddenly, steam rose from Asta's head as it alarmed Noelle. He looked foolishly at Natsu. "I didn't understand anything that was written! He looks too much like my Grimoire!"
Natsu smiled mockingly. "Bad luck~!"
Snatching his Grimoire now from the hands of Asta, he intertwined them by his fingers as he hid it in his little Grimoire bag. A sad smile dawned on Natsu's face. "You will never understand what it says if you do not speak the language of my world..."
"Hmph, whatever, we have to ask these bastards something," Magna commented as he walked towards them. He really didn't want to know how the fuck Natsu got that power. His finger was pointed at the leader in anger. "Now tell me who the hell are you and what do you want?!"
The leader who was bound by Magna's magic only looked at him before declaring. "No, you cannot..."
A magical power suddenly emerged, alarming the magic knights and the villagers.
"He had a magic item inside him?" Magna thought with surprise as he took a step backwards.
"Ice Magic: Ice Burial!"
Natsu covered his eyes with his forearm when a spell was executed with power. Moving his hand away from his face, his teeth grinded as he clenched it tightly, immediately realizing that it was happening in front of him.
The three subordinates and the leader turned into glass before it broke into thousands of pieces leaving an uncomfortable silence in the air.
"Did they... destroy themselves?" Magna asked furiously as he watched the place where they died. "They swore serious loyalty to someone! These bastards had guts!"
"Why?!" Asta thought in terror and anger as he clenched his fists. His body didn't stop shaking for a second. "You idiots... what do you think life is?"
Noelle just looked on in shock.
Natsu watched silently and in shock as his mouth was briefly opened by the shock. Letting out an overwhelming sigh as he shook his head in surrender, he looked up at the sky with his arms crossed, avoiding the view.
"I think I ... have no right to say anything ..."
The night hit the sky like a brand new punching bag. After witnessing the self-destruction of those who caused Saussy's destruction, the magic knights belonging to the Black Bulls returned to the base in a somber way.
The interaction between Yami and his recruits was uncomfortable and tense, but it was something that the magic knights should be prepared for without remedy. They could only wish peace in the other world to the man who courageously gave his life to protect his village. And besides, Natsu learned that there was a kind of greeting between magic knights, which brought back beautiful memories.
After that, the day ended and everyone decided to go to sleep, except for two people who were staring.
Natsu was looking calmly at the person in front of him.
"Here, this is your reward".
Natsu grabbed a bag full of coins with curiosity while he could feel the amount of weight. He looked at his captain in confusion. "All this for me?"
Yami blew smoke as he pushed his precious cigar away. "The pay was supposed to be for tomorrow, but the Wizard King himself wanted to give you your payment first. Don't ask me why".
"King Wizard?!" Natsu shouted in disbelief as he opened his eyes and took a step backwards. "The same Wizard King?! The strongest man in the whole Kingdom?!"
Yami scratched his head as he let out an annoying snap. "Yes, and shut up, it's too late to go screaming".
"Ohh, yes, I'm sorry..." Natsu had a drop of sweat as he apologized.
"Besides, you have a mission assigned for tomorrow".
"A mission?" Natsu blinked in surprise and was somewhat confused, "What kind of mission was assigned to me?"
"I have no idea, but the heir to the Ignis family wanted to use you as a bodyguard to take him to the kingdom of the heart along with another of the nobility," Yami explained before giving his cigarette a taste and proceeding beforehand. "And also that you would attend this mission along with the golden dawn, so get ready for tomorrow, brat".
Natsu recognized the name of the squadron instantly and opened his mouth in surprise before straightening his back and scratching his chin while muttering. "So, I'm going on a mission with the squad where Yuno is... Now that I think about it, I didn't hear any news about him... how will he be doing?"
"Stop mumbling, it's creepy," Yami said with a scary look as he grabbed Natsu's head for his comical scream. Releasing it when he got bored, Yami broke through and walked away with one hand raised as he said goodbye. "Don't sleep well, you little brat".
"This is how you treat your Magic Knights?!" Natsu thought in pure shock from the ground as he watched Yami's back disappear into the corner. With a sigh he got up from the floor and put the money in his pocket as he frowned and began to walk. "Another mission? I don't mind, but I have a bad feeling about this..."
Passing by his brother Asta's room, his senses were activated as he stopped suddenly, his nose moved with curiosity and suspicion as he wrinkled his face. Then, Natsu decided, instead of going to sleep in his room, he preferred to go outside and look for a certain individual.
The wind was blowing the branches off the trees as it hit the window in process. A certain small animal was trying to sleep while ignoring the snoring of a certain person sleeping in a bed, but suddenly, he felt something hit a branch nearby and opened her eyes. Her eyes glowed in confusion when she saw the imposing figure looking down from above as a black cape moved frantically in the breeze created by the wind.
"I don't feel any manna coming into your little bird body, but my smell would never fool me," the figure whispered as he crouched and sat on the branch lazily. The bird opened its eyes even more with terror and disbelief when it never imagined one of these cases. A smile spread on Natsu's face. "Come on, don't be embarrassed, tell me who the hell you are, human, or a demon, I'd like to talk with you for a while... you don't have anything else to do, do you?"
Today was going to be a long night.
End of the chapter.
The chapters won't come out as often because I started school online and it's really annoying hahaha, so it's going to take longer than it took to upload a chapter. This chapter had about ten thousand words with the author's notes and the answers, so it's like nine thousand in LOL history. I also felt like you will find me writing a chapter of Gohan in Fairy Tail... god, that's crazy, I have to rewrite that fanfiction.
Well, that's it.
If you like it, write a comment leaving your ideas and criticisms, thanks.
Goodbye!