A few days passed after the quest on Galuna island.

After the Natsu and the others returned home from Galuna Island, Makarov went into a scolding rage at Haruka and Haruo for trying to hitchhike in a dangerous S-Class quest that could endanger their lives. So after an hour of scolding and a few head knocks with his staff, Makarov forgave them but they were grounded for a week by Natsu.

Now we return to Natsu who is returning back to Magnolia with Kiara on his shoulder, the man had gone on a single quest by himself with the only accompany of Kiara as to get some jewels as his savings is running down short.

Kiara squealed to Natsu as the little Pop Fox walks beside the man who carried a sack under his cloak, the sack filled with jewels from his finished jobs.

"I know" replied Natsu as he continued walking straight for the guild. "after I check with Master, we'll head home"

Natsu kept walking before he stopped as he looks at an alleyway by his right side, sensing a presence that made him stop. He keened his eyes before hearing Kiara squealing at him.

"Nothing, it's nothing," said Natsu to the Pop Fox before continuing to walk to Fairy Tail.

When Natsu walks away, a shadow appeared as a "Gi hee!" is heard before the shadow disappeared as it jumps away.

Natsu keeps on walking the path that leads to Fairy Tail as he hears many whispering by nearby people.

"It's Fairy Tail wizard..." "I guess he don't know anything yet!" "The poor things..."

"did something happen?" thought Natsu as he continued walking to Fairy Tail before he came to a stop when he saw the guild from afar, but he sees that there was something off about the guild.

Natsu keened his eyes before they widen as he grabs Kiara from the ground and made a bolt towards Fairy Tail Guild.


Natsu stood in front of Fairy Tail as the guild had dozens of large iron rods punctured into its frame, seeming how the guild miraculously stood in its place. Kiara squealed as the Pop Fox climbed up to Natsu's shoulder.

The Salmon haired mage looks at the wrecked up guild before he heard some footsteps coming nearby as he turns to see Mirajane, Elfman, and Lisanna coming into view; the three siblings bringing in grocery bags with them.

"Natsu?!" said Mira in surprise to see the man.

"what happened to the guild?" said Natsu as he looks at the three siblings before to the guild itself. "were you all under attack a few days ago?"

"not really" replied Mira as she looks at the guild and at the iron rods that pierced through the guild's name "the guild got hit last night by those Phantom Lord jerks as you can see by their decorations"

"Phantom Lord?" said Natsu as he glanced at Mira who nodded.

"those guys ain't a man! They attack our precious guild than us selves! That ain't the right path of a man!" said Elfman, looking to be clearly annoyed that their precious guild got hit. "if I get the chance, I'll pummel them down to make them pay!"

"hey, Elf-niichan. Calm down" said Lisanna to her big brother.

"where are Haruka and Haruo?" said Natsu to the three siblings. "are they with everyone else?"

"yeah" said Mira with a head nod before looking to the guild "the two are with Lucy and Cana, down at the guild's basement"

"I'm glad…" Natsu muttered out in relief that his children were safe

"Come on, we better get inside." Said Mira as Natsu nodded before all four of them went inside the guild and heads down the basement.


Natsu walked down the stairs with Mira and her siblings as they reached the Fairy Tail's basement room where the room was mainly used for storage, but now it housed many of the present Fairy Tail mages. Everyone in the room didn't have happy faces as the atmosphere is quiet and solemn.

"Hey! Natsu is back!" said Max as he looked up from his table as everyone else did.

"Papa~!" Haruka and Haruo ran to their father from their table that had Cana and Lucy. The twins hug their father's legs with happy smiles that Natsu had too

"Did you see what those Phantoms did to the guildhall?!" said Nab, clearly angry over the ruined guild hall.

"they totally redecorated it into a low run bar!" added Vijeeter

"I saw" said Natsu before keening his eyes "and I didn't like it"

"we should make them pay!" exclaimed Jet with an angry face

"yeah! Burn their guild down!" added Droy with the same face as his friend.

"come on you two! Stop that! We can't have a war with Phantom Lord!" said Levy, trying to stop the two from trying any actions.

"no one will be doing anything!" said Makarov as he sat on a few crates with a mug of beer in his grasp. Everyone's attention is to the Guild Master as the old man drank his beer before exhaling a burp. "there will be no willy dilly with Phantom Lord!"

"but Master!" exclaimed Macao, wanting revenge with Phantom Lord.

"listen to Master" said Erza by her table with Gray and Loke. "initiating a Guild War can cause heavy compensation to both sides"

"you should know better how we feel, redhead!" said Mira, knowing how frustrating and annoying it for her rival to see their beloved guild, wrecked up badly.

"I feel the same too" added Gray "but think about what would happen to the guild when we finished pummeling Phantom Lord"

"the Council won't take it nicely to see two big guilds in a war that can make a lot of chaos" stated Loke, knowing how the council work and all.

"Until the upstairs is repaired, we'll take jobs from here." Said Makarov who drinks his beer again before burping "I don't want to see anyone of you brats, going out of line!"

"how many casualties when the guild got attacked?" said Natsu as he wanted to know who got hurt in the guild attack.

"nobody got hurt" said Cana while holding a bottle of wine "the attack happened at night, when no one was in the guild"

"I guess we were all lucky that no one got hurt" added Mira while crossing her arms

"was that all?" Natsu said as he walks towards the stairs

"Natsu! you can't be serious!" Mira exclaimed to him "the guild is in a wreck thanks to those jerks!"

"only the guild" said Natsu as he glanced at Mira. "the guild can be rebuilt in time. If they had attacked when daylight, I will have a different view of whether or not we should have our revenge"

"But!" said Mira but Natsu shushed her

"my only concerns are Haruka's and Haruo's safety, and that is all" said Natsu as he caressed his twin's head with a small smile. "and that is all"

"how mellow your personality has become," said Chitetsu with a laugh as Natsu glared at his sheathed katana before he sighs and looks at the others

"for now, just calm your anger and let it flow away" said Natsu as he carried Haruka and Haruo in his arms then looks at Makarov "we'll be going home first, Master"

"ok" said Makarov with a handwave while drinking his beer.

"bye bye!" said Haruka and Haruo while waving their hands to Mira and the others. Some waving back while some stayed in their place, thinking hard on Natsu's words.

Natsu walks back upstairs as he left with his kids and Kiara, heading home for the day.

"what are we going to do now?" said Elfman while crossing his arms.

"Well, an outright conflict between guilds is forbidden by the Council." Cana reminded Elfman before taking a gulp of her bottle of wine. "and Natsu won't join in taking back revenge"

"Then there's nothing we can do." added Wakaba with a sigh.


nighttime had come as Lucy is heading back to Fairy Hills to get a good night sleep for tomorrow.

"Things have really gotten complicated, haven't they?" said Lucy as she walks back home with Plue beside her. "Phantom Lord is known for not being on good terms with Fairy Tail. I remember when I first started out on my journey, I couldn't decide on whether to join Phantom Lord or Fairy Tail. But thanks to Natsu I made the right choice."

Lucy entered the dorm and walk up the stairs to her room as she had a smile.

"Because Fairy Tail is..." said Lucy as she opened the door to her room and her eyes popped out of their sockets when they see Mira, Erza, and Gray in her room, "THE BEST!?"

"Welcome home," Erza said while sipping some tea

"Sup, Lucy?" Gray waved with a grin, as he relaxed on the bed.

"had a nice stroll?" Mirajane greeted as she walked out of the bathroom wearing nothing but a white towel around her.

"What are you all doing here?!" Lucy exclaimed as she dropped her bag before she jumped and sends a diving kick at Gray. "and why is a boy here!?"

"Buhuaaaa!" Gray exclaimed in pain before getting ranted by Lucy for an entire 5 minutes before she calmed down.

"The incident with Phantom means that they've come to this town." Said Erza causing Lucy's eyes to widen in fear.

"It's possible they've looked up where everyone lives." Gray followed as he leaned back in his chair, "That's why master said we should stay in groups for a while..."

"R-Really?!" Lucy asked in a slightly scared tone, as she approached the table.

"since some of us sleep at the town, they'll be safe from any attacks because it will alert nearby citizens of the incident" added Gray

"And also, there's a high chance of the girl's dorm getting attack as well" Mira said as she comes out of the bathroom with her sleeping clothes on

"no way!" said Lucy as Erza nodded to her before she sipped her tea

"then why are Gray and Mira here?" Lucy asked Erza

"Gray's here because his apartment is quite far than anyone else, and I'm here because Elfman said that he's manly enough to protect Lisanna and told me to go here" Mira answered her

"I see" Lucy replied back with a sweatdrop


at the Eastern Forest in the Daimou's home, Natsu is in his children's room as he watch over Haruka and Haruo asleep on their bed while sitting on a chair.

Haruka and Haruo were already fast asleep as Kiara was sleeping nearby on a table on a green pillow with a small blanket covering her. The twins sleep peacefully as they snore lightly in their sleep.

Natsu looks at his kids before he stood up from his chair and quietly walks out of the room while gently closing the door.

He then exited his home as he stood in front of his house, Natsu looks to the side as Chitetsu was in a large wooden bucket filled with transparent sake water that is reflecting the moonlight and the stars above.

"a fine drink in a fine night" said Chitetsu as Natsu grabs the katana's handle and pulls it out of its cold sake bath. Natsu pointed the edge to the sake water as the liquid gets sucked into Chitetsu's blade that slowly glows white.

"has he come?" Chitetsu asked Natsu who nodded his head and squinted his eyes while glancing to the side.

Natsu swung Chitetsu to the side before he slowly sheathed the katana into its scabbard and then started walking towards the forest where a shadow started to follow him inside.

But unknown to Natsu, Haruka and Haruo had woken up from their sleep as the two were thirsty and didn't want to go to the dark kitchen all by themselves, so they went to their father's room while taking the sleeping Kiara with them.

"Papa?" said Haruka as the twins got into Natsu's room and find that the man wasn't sleeping on his bed.

"where did Papa go?" said Haruo while rubbing his eyes with his right hand while his left hand carried Kiara who is still fast asleep with a snot bubble on her nose.

"maybe Papa went outside" said Haruka as the twins went to the front door and walked outside to find their father. The twins look around and saw Natsu's back in the forest beside their home as the man keeps on walking deeper.

"let's go and see where Papa is going" said Haruo as Haruka nodded before the twins with Kiara went and followed their father to wherever he is going.


Back with Lucy in her dorm room, the blonde Celestial mage came out of her bathroom with a towel on her neck, and in her pajamas.

"There was something that I've been wondering about. It's about Phantom attacking us all of a sudden, do you have any idea why they did it?" said Lucy as the others got serious expressions on their faces when they heard her question. Erza was the one to reply.

"Who knows?" Erza said before adding, "We may have had a few scuffles several times in the past but it has never gotten bad enough that they'd attack us directly… well until now that it."

"And it's not like master is afraid of them or anything, him being one of the Ten Wizard Saints isn't just for show," Gray commented while keeping his eyes on the papers in his hand, before it was taken away by Lucy

"what do you think you're reading!?" Lucy exclaimed while holding the stack of papers close to her chest,

"Hey, I want to see how that scene ends!" said Gray, wanting to continue reading

"No! Levy-chan and Haruka-chan are going to be the first readers. It's already been decided." Said Lucy with a stern face.

"hmm" Erza, and Mira held their hands to her.

"And what are these hands for, huh?" Lucy asked with bulging eyes before saying "Anyway, you mentioned Ten Wizard Saints?"

"It's a title bestowed by the chairman of the Magic Council to the greatest ten Wizards on the continent." Mirajane nonchalantly explained to the blonde, who looked in awe at the new information.

"Oh! Wow!" Lucy exclaimed as she never knew such a title existed.

"The master of Phantom, Jose is also one of them." Erza added before she venomously thought, 'As well as that man...' an image of Siegrain appeared in her mind.

"Natsu was also one of them before he quitted four years back" Mirajane informed, causing Lucy's eyes to widen in shock.

"R-Really?! why did he quit?!" Lucy questioned while Mira and the others just look at her like she just asked them a dumb question. Lucy then realized as she rubbed the back of her head sheepishly. "oh right, Haruka-chan and Haruo-chan"

"Anyway, Master wants to avoid a fight because he knows the consequences of two guilds each other. It's to help preserve the peace of the entire world of magic" Erza spoke.

"Is Phantom Lord that amazing?" Lucy asked.

"If it came to blows, mutual destruction is ensured. Our offensive powers are about equal." Mira informed her.

"Master Makarov is said to be on par with Master Jose, also one of the ten Wizards, there are the Element 4, their S-class level Wizards. However, they say the most formidable is the iron dragon Gajeel. Apparently, he's the one who attacked our guild. He's the iron dragon slayer."

"Dragon slayer?!" Lucy exclaimed, "Th-Then does he...eat...iron and stuff?!"

"yeah" replied Mira as she laid down on Lucy's bed and looks at the ceiling. "Natsu can eat fire and stuff too, but he doesn't use his fire magic that often anymore"

Lucy looks astonished as she then looks at the moon from her window

"will Haruka-chan and Haruo-chan be alright?" Lucy asked a bit worried for the twins. "they live with Natsu in the forest, right?"

"relax, Lucy!" Mira said while plopping down on the floor "Natsu's with them! those Phantom losers must be idiots if they dare cross path with Natsu"

Lucy looks at her for a moment before smiling "you're right"

"hey! Remember that time when those goons from whatiscall tried to kidnap Haruka and Haruo and Natsu intervened and beat the living shit out of them and started making them piss their pants!" Mira said as she laughs with a big grin

"every time I remember it, I want to laugh so hard!" Gray said as he laughs while holding his stomach and even Erza who had a small smile

Lucy smiled to her friends before looking back to the moon as she felt something bad was about to happen


at the eastern forest, the echoing sound of metal clashing against one another is heard as sparks of fire flew everywhere

CLANG! CLANG! CLANG! CLANG!

Natsu is in a sword duel against a tall and muscular young man with long, spiky black hair and was wearing black and greyish clothing that had some metallic buttons on it. The two were fighting in the middle of the forest, far from Natsu's home and the town.

Chitetsu's blade clashes with an iron sword that is somehow the opponent's own right arm. The two blades clashed again before both got into a power struggle as flaming sparks flied when the two blades grazed against one another.

"Gi hee! Not bad!" the man grinned at him as he and Natsu backed off from one another.

"you're the Iron Dragon Slayer of Phantom Lord, Black Steel Gajeel, aren't you?" said Natsu as he swung Chitetsu to the side before wielding the katana with both hands.

"I'm glad that I'm famous in these parts" Gajeel said with a smirk.

The two dashes against each other as they send a relentless amount of sword strikes that got blocked and dodged by one another

"Tetsuryūkon!" Gajeel transforms his Iron sword into a large steel club and fired it at Natsu who blocked it with Chitetsu.

"for an amateur, he has skills" said Chitetsu as Natsu gritted his teeth and fling back the steel club back at Gajeel who reeled it back and transforms the club into an iron sword "he might prove to be a worthy adversary for you"

"I know" Natsu said as he and Gajeel circled one another.

"I've heard many stories about you!" Gajeel said while grinning to Natsu "they say that you were once a Wizard Saint like Master Jose and you were once feared as a mage who breathes and eats fire"

Gajeel raised his iron sword and dashed at Natsu before he swings his sword at Natsu who blocked it with Chitetsu.

"I came to this stinking town because I wanted to fight with the one, they once called the flaming Salamander!" Gajeel exclaimed at Natsu who grunted before he pushed the Iron Dragon Slayer back.

"that was my past self. He no longer exists" said Natsu as he got into a stance and runs his fingers on Chitetsu's blade. Natsu soon sees a quick flashback of him wielding Chitetsu whose blade is covered in flames while the man is standing in the massacre of a village.

Natsu dashes towards Gajeel as he swings Chitetsu right at the Iron Dragon Slayer who blocked it but the force of the swing caused him to skid a few feet back.

"hmph! Is this what's left of the ferocious Salamander!?" Gajeel said as he and Natsu jump away as they got their swords readied.

"Tetsuryūsō: Kishin!"Gajeel turns his arm into a large spearhead, from which a large number of iron spears are fired towards Natsu in a rapid-fire.

Natsu dodged all of the spearheads as all of the spearheads lodged themselves on a tree.

"let's see how long can you dodge them!?" Gajeel continued firing his iron spears at Natsu who kept dodging and then repelling before he jumps to dodge them all.

"I'll finish this quick" Natsu was about to feed his blood to Chitetsu when his eyes caught sight of Haruka and Haruo coming out of the bushes together with Kiara who is now awake.

"Children!?" Gajeel exclaimed in shock as some of his iron spears were flying towards the twins.

"HARUKA! HARUO!" exclaimed Natsu as he dashes and jumps right in front of the two.

ZWORSH!

Haruka and Haruo had their eyes closed from seeing the flying spearheads before they slowly opened them to see their father standing in front of the two with his arms out and back to them. Drips of blood fell to the ground as Natsu coughs out more blood from the damage he received to his own body.

Gajeel looks at Natsu with wide eyes as the man had defended his own children with his own body when he could have just used Chitetsu to block them but his parental instincts kicked in before his own mind could comprehend.

"What a foolish choice!" said Chitetsu as the katana is on the ground, the demonic skeletal shadow appearing in the blade. "those spears weren't going to even hit them!"

"Papa..?" muttered Haruka as she reached her right hand out to him.

"stay back, Haruka…..Haruo" said Natsu as three of Gajeel's iron spreads were lodged right into his left side, two were on his right thigh, and one on his right shoulder. "stay back….from here"

"Papa!" Haruo started to tear up while Kiara let out a squeal to Natsu.

"I'm…fine" said Natsu as he took a glance at his twins. "Papa is strong remember? Papa won't lose to him"

Natsu looks back at Gajeel who stood in his place while looking at Natsu with a surprised face. Haruka and Haruo tried to reach towards him but Kiara who transformed into her larger form picked them up by their shirt as the Pop fox had a sad look on her.

"take them….home, Kiara" Natsu told the Pop Fox as Kiara let out a sad growl to him with sadness in her eyes.

"PAPA!" Haruka and Haruo cried out to him as they were taken away by Kiara who ran away from the area.

Natsu smiled a bit as he saw Kiara following his request before he fell to his knees and caused the iron spear that was lodged into his right thigh to fall to the ground.

"if it's me that you want….then don't harm them" said Natsu to Gajeel who didn't speak a word nor moved from his spot the whole time.

Gajeel didn't speak a word as he turned his right arm into an Iron Club that he pulled back

"I'm sorry for almost killing your kids, Salamander" Gajeel said to Natsu in apology as the salmon haired mage smiled a bit.

"it is…..fine" said Natsu in a weak voice as his heartbeat started to slow down because of the blood that was pouring out of his owns wounds. "I'm just thankful…..that they are safe"

Gajeel swung his Iron Club forward before Natsu's world turned dark as he falls to the ground with a large thud.


That's a wrap!

Bye bye