Two days later at Fairy Tail.
"eeeh?! Loke is a Celestial Spirit!?" exclaimed Gray, Mira, Lisanna, and Cana in surprise as they were told at the bar of the revelation of Loke being a Spirit.
"Yup, that's the deal!" Loke spoke as he rubbed the back of his head.
"I didn't notice at all!" Gray commented, still surprised.
"Oh, yeah." Said Loke before he bowed to Natsu who sat by the bar, drinking a cup of tea. "thank you for keeping my secret."
"it is fine" Natsu replied as he sipped his tea.
"You knew?!" Gray asked Natsu who just sipped his tea as he ignored him
"So, what spirit are you?" Mira asked while combing Haruka's hair
"Loke's the Lion Spirit," Lucy said enthusiastically.
"Lion?" Mira asked, raising a brow.
"A cat!" Haruo and Haruka exclaimed as they climbed on Loke's back.
"Yeah, that's right!" Loke said with a smile.
"No, it's not!" Lucy shouted as her eyes bulged out.
"But is your body fine?" Gray asked in concern.
"I'm not at 100% yet, but I figured I'd come to say hi to everyone, and I wanted to see Lucy as soon as possible," said Loke while getting his face pulled and pinched by Haruka and Haruo.
"He likes you!" Mira and Lisanna rolled their tongue as they teased the blonde.
"Stop rolling your tongue!" Lucy told him in annoyance before she was lifted in a bridal style by Loke.
"So let's talk, you and I, about the future!" Loke said cheerfully while Lucy protested.
"I wish I had a Spirit." Haruka said with sparkles in her eyes.
"if you did, What kind of Spirit do you want, Haruka?" Mira asked.
"A dragon!" Haruka exclaimed as an imaginary bubble appeared above them as they saw Haruka riding a dragon with Haruo and Natsu "so we can ride on it's back and fly around in the sky!"
Haruo had sparkles in his eyes as he nodded in agreement to his sister's idea. Everyone laughed a bit as they find it cute for the child's imagination.
"but I don't think one exist though" said Lucy before sighing.
"no, you're wrong, Lucy" Loke said to her
"eh?" Lucy said confused
"there is one Dragon Celestial Spirit in existence" Loke said while holding up one finger
"really?!" Lucy, Haruka and Haruo exclaimed in surprise while Gray and the others hummed in amusement.
Loke nodded, "the Dragon Spirit of the North Sky, Draco"
Everyone then imagines a dragon who breathes fire from its mouth as it had a very mean look on it
"and Natsu is his partner" said Loke before glancing at Natsu.
"really?!" everyone exclaimed
"PAPA!" Haruka and Haruo exclaimed as they started tugging his pants "WE WANT TO SEE THE DRAGON!"
"you can use Celestial Spirit Magic, Natsu!?" Gray and the others exclaimed at Natsu
"none of you ever asked" replied Natsu as he takes out a crimson red gem that is in the shape of a Dragon's head.
"eh? What is that?" Lucy asked as she inspects the gem at a closer look.
"The Dragon Spirit does not require a key to summon him, rather than a key, the summoning for it, is a gem" Loke explained to her "and also, the spirit chooses it's owner than the other way around"
The gem glowed crimson in Natsu's hand before it flashed, Everyone started hearing thunder from the sky as they look up and sees a storm above
"wha!?" Gray exclaimed as he saw a red dragon like claw coming out of the dark clouds before it went back in to the clouds as it was replaced with a tail coming out of the clouds
Everyone's jaws dropped when they see a dragon's head popping out of the clouds above and that dragon was huge
"why have thou summon me?" the dragon spoke to Natsu who was taking a sip of his tea
"come down and we'll talk" Natsu said before the dragon nodded and disappeared in a puff of pink smoke.
"you summoned after a long time just for a talk?" a voice spoke before a pink smoke appeared on the bar counter and a cat size red dragon appeared and was looking at Natsu
Natsu shrugs his shoulders before the dragon was grabbed by Haruka and Haruo who started doing kinds of stuff on the dragon; like pulling his whiskers, stretching his body and etc
"UNHAND ME, VILE BRATS!" Draco shouted as he got out of their grasp and sat on Natsu's shoulder, away from the twin's reach
"it has been long, Lizard" Chitetsu said to Draco who snarled back at him
"it has, Scrap" Draco said as sparks flied between the two
"alright, enough with the fighting," Natsu said as Draco disappeared into a puff of smoke
"okay then" Loke said as he smiled to them "I will be going back to the Celestial World to rest but before that"
Loke then scrambled around in his pocket as he took out tickets
"Since I can't stay in the human world for long periods of time anymore… I've got these tickets for a resort hotel that I had planned on inviting all my girlfriends to," He explained, handing over the tickets to Lucy, "It was a great time with you while I was in the guild and I'm really thankful to you guys for saving Lucy from Phantom Lord, so I'm giving these to you. You should go and have a good time,"
"Ah! I can't wait to go to the beach!" Lucy cheered, hugging the ticket close to her chest.
"Man! I've never stayed at such a fancy hotel before!" Gray exclaimed as he stared at the ticket with wide eyes.
"beach! Beach! Beach!" Haruka and Haruo yelled out as Kiara came running up to Natsu, the man looking at the Pop Fox and sees that she brought a folded letter in her mouth.
"I already gave Erza hers, so please have fun." Loke said and on cue came Erza's voice "Hey, people..."
They turned to the voice and saw Erza, "What are you guys waiting for?" Erza asked, walking up dressed in her beach apparel. The scarlet-haired knight was towing her usual cart full of gear behind her, "Want me to leave you behind?"
"Now that's fast!" Lucy and Gray shouted as their eyes comically bulged out of their heads.
"Lucy," Loke called out to the Celestial Wizard. She looked at him and she saw that he was smiling a little sadly, "It's not like my sins have completely disappeared, but you've given me the confidence now to move on. Where once I was a member of Fairy Tail, now I am your Spirit, Lucy."
"I'll show up whenever my owner is in trouble. Think of me as your prince on a white horse."
"I'm not your owner." Loke was surprised when she shook her head before giving him a thumb up, "I'm your friend, right?"
Loke looked at her for a few seconds before a genuine smile made its way toward his face, "That's right. From now on, let's count on each other, Lucy." he said and disappeared in a flash of light.
"Same to you, Loke!" Lucy responded as she held up the Golden Key.
"Lucy, we're leaving." Erza approached the blonde
"coming!" Lucy exclaimed as she went to her before looking at Natsu who is handing his ticket to Mira.
"Mira, take my ticket" Natsu said as he slides his ticket on the bar table.
"eh? Why?" Mira said confused
"something urgent came and it needs my attention" Natsu said as he holds a letter in hand that he crushed and burns in flames "can you look after Haruka and Haruo while I'm gone?"
Mira nodded as Natsu nodded back in gratitude before feeling his pants getting tugged by someone as he looks down and sees Haruka and Haruo pouting at him with tears forming on their eyes
"sorry, I have to go" Natsu said as he caressed the both of their heads. They pout even more as Natsu sighs
"this is something important, I hope you two understand that" Natsu told them with a smile as he turns to grab Chitetsu and left the guild with Kiara following behind.
Erza and the others look to Natsu leaving with a confused look while Haruka and Haruo were just upset
Natsu and Kiara were currently walking the path to the Eternal Sakura cave as Natsu was keeping a cautious look to his surrounding. Natsu reached the cave where he went in and smelled someone's scent coming from in the cave
He turns around and saw a man with long black hair and was wearing a white outfit and was standing in the middle of the cave as if he was waiting on someone
"thank you for coming, Daimou" the man said as he bowed to Natsu in respect
"state your name" Natsu said as his eyes glint at the man while grabbing a hold on Chitetsu's handle "now"
"my name is Vidaldus, Vidaldus Taka" he introduced his name to Natsu as he let go of Chitetsu
"is what you stated in the letter true?" Natsu said to Vidaldus who nodded to him
"yes" replied Vildadus as he reached into his pocket and pulls out a pink coloured half moon edo comb that he throws towards Natsu who caught it.
Natsu squinted his eyes as he sniffs the comb and his eyes widen when he smelled the scent coming off of the comb
"where?" Natsu asked the man who motions him to follow.
"only you and your weapon may come, the little one may not" Vidaldus told to Natsu who looks down to Kiara who squealed.
"go to the others, Kiara" Natsu told her before following Vidaldus who was leading him to the entrance of the cave
"Kyuiiii" Kiara squealed as she sees Natsu and Vidaldus walking to the cave before disappearing as a blue magic circle appeared above the two before flying down and making them disappear
Kiara is now alone as she squealed one last time before running to the cave's entrance to follow the others going to the beach
Natsu and Vidaldus are now standing in a dark room as torchlight came to life and brighten the room.
"she is waiting you 3 floors below" Vidaldus said as Natsu nodded. stairs appeared in front of him as Natsu started walking down the stairs
after walking down the stairs, 3 times. Natsu was now in a Japanese styled area as everywhere he sees reminds him of a certain memory of his past
flashback
Natsu was sitting at a Japanese styled home as he was drinking some tea with both hands before feeling someone hugging him from behind as he smiled to the one hugging him
flashback
Natsu caresses his hand on the wall near him before he started to hears a familiar song being sung by a familiar voice. Natsu slowly made his way to the sound of the song as he drops Chitetsu on the ground unconsciously
Haruka naru sora wa
Mune o saku yō ni
Wasurekaketa kioku o samasu
Afureru wa namida
Tears slides down Natsu's face as he walks into the built-in river water stream
He started walking towards a certain spot in the water as it was a little miniature island that only had a Sakura tree in the middle and he could hear that the singing was coming from that area
Shiroi sakura no hana no kisetsu wa
Tōku yume no naka ni dake
Maichiru hanabira no sasayaita
Wasurerarenai kotoba
Natsu reached to the island and he sees a strip of white poking out from behind the tree. He turns around the corner as his eyes quiver in tears.
Natsu teared up before a hand slowly reached towards his face.
"Natsu-han, why do you cry?" a voice spoke to Natsu as the hands slowly wiped the tears on his face. Natsu could not answer as he was overwhelmed by his emotions of seeing Ikaruga once more with him.
"i-I'm sorry" Natsu cried out as he embraces her and cried out over and over as he hugs the woman tightly yet gently
Hands slowly caresses him as Natsu and Ikaruga slowly sat down with the man's head leaning to the woman's chest as he rested on her
"shuuush" she slowly and quietly hushed him to sleep while caressing his head slowly
"the past is in the past, time can never be taken back, the scar in the heart, may heal with forgiveness and love" she spoke to him as Natsu's eyes fluttered closed as he hears her heartbeat that beats like a gentle lullaby.
Ikaruga gives a peck to his head while slowly running her hands up and down his back to calm him
Jellal was sitting on his throne with a smirk as his hand move a chess piece that had a dragon like design near another one that looks like a Japanese doll that was standing in the middle between an owl and an electric guitar
"the preparations are complete" Jellal spoke before his eyes turn towards a lacrima orb where it was showing the images of Erza and the others arriving at a resort "the time for Zeref's resurrection is upon us"
Jellal said with an evil smirk before he started laughing evilly
That's a wrap!
Bye bye
