Chapter Twelve…

(Goodbye Fairy Tail.)

16th of November 782, Magnolia Town, Fairy Tail Guild Hall, Late Afternoon:

It was a late afternoon and Natsu, Happy and Levy had finally returned to Magnolia Town, where Natsu was happy to get off the train. First it was the boat and then right after it, not resting before hand, got onto the train to get to Magnolia Town. He knew he had to get used to transportation, but there was still a far way to go before that would happen. With using two forms of transportation in a short period yet again, he wasn't a happy healthy Dragon Slayer, and he was just getting better now that he was near his old Guild Hall.

By the time he got to the Guild Hall, whilst Natsu was feeling much better, but would need a day or so before traveling again. Happy went shopping to get some fish to eat not wanting to return to his former guild. So as they got to the doors, Levy turned to Natsu and asked, "So do you want to come in and report that you completed the quest? It would show those who thought you couldn't do it, that you were able to do so."

Natsu thought about this, whilst he wasn't really bothered about them believing in him anymore, seeing that he knew what they were like, he did want to go in. Part of it was for more closer, to show them that he was capable of doing a S-Class. But another was to rub Grey's nose in what he learnt back on the island, so he said, "Sure, but only for a few minutes got to meet up with the person who is taking me to my next job."

But as soon as Natsu entered the Guild Hall, he was pinned to the wall by none other than Erza Scarlet, who sneered at him as she said, "You dire return here after what you done to those people back on the island?"

"And as I told you back on the island, it wasn't your mission but mine to do what I felt right," Natsu explained calmly, "and as I'm no longer part of Fairy Tail, so you have no right to interfere with my mission."

Before Erza could make a remark, an elderly voice said, "Let him go Erza," here everyone turned to see their Master come out of his office, "he is right, you had no right to interfere with his mission."

"But Master…" began Erza as she half heartedly let Natsu go, but Master Makarov held his hand up to stop her from talking, he said, "Erza, Natsu is right, it was his mission to do as he felt was right. Although now that he is an Independent Mage and don't have to follow the same rules here, but I am disappointed that he would kill though." Here Makarov give Natsu a disappointed look at the Dragon Slayer.

"Don't give me that look old man," Natsu told his former Master, "I give them the chance to surrender, but they wanted to kill me anyway. So I killed them before they could kill me, so I won't lose any sleep because of this."

"What a hot head," this came from the one person Natsu was hoping was there, Gray Fullbuster, "the Flame Brain didn't think that there might be another way to deal with them."

"Ah Gray, you should know more about being hot headed and acting without thinking than I do." Natsu said with a knowing smirk.

"What are you talking about Flame Brain?" Gray asked confused, not knowing where Natsu was getting at, "Unlike you, I often think before I act."

"Oh you might do now, what about the past?" Natsu said as he kept the knowing smirk, "Do you know the name Deliora by any chance?"

"H-How, d-do you know th-that name?" Gray asked in shock and horror as he heard the name of the demon, that still give him nightmares to this day, and memories that he tried to forget.

"Because I sort of meet him on the island," explained Natsu, "so you know because of you hot headed actions when you were younger, not only made sure one life was lost back then, but is the reason that I was on the island in the first place."

"What do you mean my boy?" Master Makarov asked curiously, he knew part of Gray's past that no one else did, but Gray left out a few details. But he was also worried about where Natsu was going with this, this could get missy if this wasn't handled right.

"Well the group that I killed was part of another group that was trying to release Deliora from its prison." explained Natsu.

"What has this got to do with Gray's past actions?" asked one of the Guild Members.

"Because if he didn't act hot headed, none of this might have happened." Natsu smirked at this, "He thought he was strong enough to deal with the demon himself, but he wasn't and so his former Master was forced to sacrifice herself to save Gray and her other student and imprison the demon in a prison of ice."

"Like you wouldn't have tried to fight the demon." this came from Mirajane who was standing on the second floor, who was looking at Natsu with diastemata.

"Not at a young age where I know I wouldn't have a chance in defeating it, no I wouldn't." Natsu told her with a sneer, but as he looked at her, he could swear that he saw something in the gothic girl's eyes, the same look that Levy had for him over the last few days. But Mirajane was better at hiding the fact. But Natsu was confused, as he could tell that she also disliked him too, for the way he was treating her and the rest of the Guild. "I might be reckless," admitted Natsu, with everyone agreeing with him, "but I would never risk the life of another life other than my own, unlike the Ice Prick. From what I learnt, if it wasn't for this foolish ass reckless actions, his Master would still be here today."

"How dare you talk to me like that, you don't know anything." Gray sneered at the Dragon Slayer.

"I know that you let your thirst for revenge take over your common sense, and because of that your Master is dead and it is all because of you." Natsu told him darkly, "And you dare call me reckless and brainless, and say I don't think, all these years when the truth is you are much worse than me. At least my actions didn't get someone killed, even if they sacrifice their own life, and that's only because of your damn reckless actions."

Out of anger of being reminded of his actions that got his Master Ur killed, by Natsu no less, Gray attacked Natsu with a Ice Make Lance. He was aiming to hurt the person who would dare drag these memories back, and insult him like this. But attacking Natsu was a bad idea, as anyone who attacked him without just cause, like training, would be seen as an enemy, and he would fight back fully.

So as Gray tried to hit Natsu, the Dragon Slayer flamed his hand and took the left side of Gray's face, burning him as he threw him across the Guild Hall. Here, seeing what he did to Gray, Mirajane jumped down from the second floor as she used her Take Over form, Satan Soul, to pain Natsu into the wall. Whilst pinning Natsu to the wall, she sneered at Natsu and asked, "What the hell do you think you're doing, burning Gray like that?"

"He attacked me without reason," Natsu simply told her, as if it was plain as day, which it was, "so I retaliated just in kind. He is lucky though, if he wasn't a former Guild Member, it would have be a lot worse. As anyone out of practice attacks me, I'm more than happy to show them what a big mistake it is to do so. Now if you don't mind, please let me go now."

There, Natsu saw the look that Mirajane wanted to submit to him, and do just that, even though it was plain to see that she disliked him, and that dislike for him was what kept him from doing so. Natsu briefly wondered if the reason for these strange reactions from her, was because of his own demon side. From what he could tell. E.N.D was meant to be the most power demon of all out there, and when it comes to demons, they either submit to whoever is more powerful, or they fight and kill them to prove that they were the most powerful. In this case, it would seem that Mirajane was fighting not to submit to Natsu.

Whatever the case, before Natsu could try and test this theory out, Master Makarov ordered her, "Mirajane let him go right now."

"But Master, look at what he did to Gray." Mirajane told her Guild Master, as she pointed to Gray, where some of the Guild Members was looking after him.

"I know, but as Natsu said, Gray attack him first," the old Guild Master explained to the Take Over Mage, "whilst it might be over the top, Natsu was just defending himself." And with this, Mirajane unhappily let him go.

Once he freed, Natsu said with a smirk, "I'll be leaving now, I just wanted to come in and let you all know that I finished my first S-Class mission without much of a problem. But I think I'll leave before someone else tries to attack me for no reason."

"Please reconsider my boy," Makarov told the young man in front of him, "I'll promise you things will be different from before."

"No I don't think so old man," Natsu told his former Guild Master, as he saw the hate and distrust from those around him, "I know I won't be welcome back here, not that I want to come back. I'm finally free from those who thought I am mad in believing I was raised by a dragon, and that I am a fool because I have problems learning things when I was younger. No, I think it is best I don't rejoin, as they'll still hate me because my beliefs are now different."

Makarov sighed and looked and felt older than ever before, he could understand this, he wished he didn't but he did. His foolish children pushed Natsu too far a few months ago, and this was the outcome of it, a more dangerous and more confident person. But there was something that bothered him though, and so asked, "I would like to know something my boy, what changed, you didn't seem to be like this before. Willing to hurt allies, and willing to kill others, so what happened to you?"

"I meet people who allowed me to be me, and I didn't hurt an ally." Natsu told him honestly, shocking everyone there, "Whilst I am grateful for you taking me in, and giving me a place to call home, which I want to thank you for no matter what happens next, I had to hide part of who I really am. I am a Dragon Slayer, trained to kill my enemy. Whilst this is normally meant other dragons, it was also to those who threaten me too. And I was trained not to take no crap from others. But since I joined this guild, I had to change the way I was brought up, as people here don't believe things can better."

"Isn't that a good thing?" asked Makarov, "Isn't it better to believe that you can change things for the better without killing and violence?"

"In a better world maybe," Natsu admitted to the old man, "but we don't live in a better world, we live in a world where killing and violence is an everyday sort of thing. And unless things change, the only thing that seems to stop those who do such things, is killing and violence. Look at how many Dark Mages there are out there doing evil, how many of them stop doing evil because we treat them nice or because they were arrested and they regret what they done?"

Here Makarov look down to the floor, knowing the answer he didn't want to say, a rare few give up doing evil because they were caught and sent to jail. These rare few people were in a bad place, and needed to get caught before they changed, the rest that do evil, nothing seemed to change their ways. And was saddened when Natsu admitted his fears, "Very few, most either escape and go back to their ways, or when they done their time in jail and are released, go back to their old ways. The only way they seem to change is either death, or they are beaten so badly, that they think twice before going back doing evil. Now if you don't mind, I have to find Happy before he tries and spend all our reward money on fish." Here Natsu laughed at the thought, but knew that if he could, Happy would be more than happy to spend seven million jewels on fish alone.

As Natsu got to the Guild Doors, leaving everyone other than Levy in shock, heard his former Master ask, "One last thing before you leave my boy, how do you learn about Gray's past and how did you solve the problem on the island?"

"How else do you think I learnt about Gray and his former Master, by the other student himself, Lyon Vastia." Natsu informed his former Master, "As how I solved the problem, once they learned that I killed their friends and could do the same to them, I simply talked Lyon and his friends out of doing the spell they were working on that was affecting the villagers on the island. If you want to know more about what the spell was, and how I dealt the curse, ask Levy. As I'm leaving now as I got to find Happy, and meet someone about another job. So I'll see you around, and once again, I would like to thank you once again for taking me in and somewhat taking care of me all these years. I don't know what would have happened if you didn't, so thank you and goodbye and I wish your guild all the best."

And with that, before the Fairy Tail's Master could say anything, Natsu once again left the guild. On his way out though, he meet up with the main bitch of the guild, and it wasn't Mirajane or Erza. In fact it was Lexis Dreyar, the granddaughter of Master Makarov, and was a Lightning Mage.

She was a very attractive girl, no matter her personality, she had orange eyes, with long blond hair, although it was spiky strands pointing backwards on the front of her head. She head huge breasts, around E-Cups. She has a distinct lightning bolt-shaped scar on his right eye, and much like her father and grandfather, her eyes had dark circles, with each of them possessing a single, prominent eyelash jutting outwards.

And like most of the time, she was wearing her signature "Sound Pod" model of Magic Headphones, which she normally listen to her favourite music of being Classic Rock & Roll. Her black Fairy Tail stamp is located on her left rib cage, and is surrounded by a large tribal tattoo, which extends up to her left shoulder and covers part of the corresponding upper back.

She wore a short purple leather, and black jeans. Around her waist was a simple belt to which she attached the device linked to her Magic Headphones. She also had a small chain tied around her right wrist. Over her right shoulder was her black long coat, which had grey fur trimming around the neck and the sleeves' edges.

"Natsu," Lexis sneered at the Dragon Slayer, "I hear a rumour that you left the Guild and that you are now an Independent Mage. But yet here you are, so they must be false."

"No, I truly left the Guild and I am an Independent Mage," Natsu informed the female Mage, "I just here to let the Master if this Guild that I completed my first S-Class Quest that I got from this Guild."

"You a S-Class Mage, who in the right minds would let a weakling like you become S-Class Mage." the Lightning Mage sneered at Natus.

"I'm not going to bother with you about that as I am leaving," Natsu told Lexis, he wasn't in the mood to deal with the bitch, "but just so you know I'm not the same person as you knew me. Whilst I might not be as powerful as you and the other S-Class Mages here, that doesn't mean I'll always be as weak as you."

"Oh and why is that?" Lexis asked with interest, this wasn't the same Dragon Slayer as she used to. He would often find reasons to pick fights with people, and calling him weak was more often a sure way to do so. For him not to react to this, something most have changed in the last few months since he was gone.

"Because I don't have this place holding me back anymore," Natsu said a smirk as he saw a shock look on the blonde's face, "and have actual people willing to help me at last to make me stronger. So with luck, unless we cross paths or I'm in the area for some reason, this'll be the last time we'll we meet. And with that I leave with this parting gift…" and so with that he snapped his fingers and left, before Lexis could say anything.

And Then…

The moment that Natsu left, Lexis only seconds to realize what Natsu meant by his parting would of parting gift. Her clothes were alight with fire, lucky she didn't burn as her clothes become nothing more but ash, and so leaving her naked. "The fucking bastard, I'm going to kill him for this, mark my words, I'll find him and gut him." the Lightning Mage shouted out in anger, as lightning begun to dance around her body.

As Lexis she turned round to go to get some clothes from the storage, she saw people looking at her in shock and lust. The lust was from most of the men and a few of the women there, they always wondered what the granddaughter of Master Makarov looked like naked. Some tried to date her to only find out, but always got knocked down and beaten up for doing so. No one had the guts to do what Natsu did, and was two minds about how to feel about it. Should they be thanking for fulling their fantasies, and pity the fool for what the Lightning Mage would do to him once she caught up to him, or should they be angry at what he did to one of their strongest Mages at Fairy Tail. In the end the decide to be thankful and pity the fool.

"What are you looking at!?" Lexis shouted at them all even at her grandfather who was looking at her lustfully, who all of them looked away quickly. As she looked around and saw people helping the ice prick Gray, whose face was burnt, and people looked ready to fight, asked "What happened here?"

"Natsu…" Levy informed her, as she used her Solid Script Magic to create a cloth to go around the naked girl, so that people would stare at her any more.

"That weakling?" Lexis asked in shock, "You're all hot and bothered about one weakling."

"As Natsu told you, he isn't the same person as he used to be Lexis." Levy told her.

"Levy," began Makarov, "I know confidentiality is in place seeing he was your client, but could you answer a few questions if you could?"

"I'll do what I can Master." Levy told her Master.

"First off, do you know how he become so powerful?" the old man asked the young girl, and as he did there was cry of outrage, saying he wasn't all that powerful at all. But he put his hand up as he went on to say, "Most of you might not felt it, but his magic has become stronger since he was here, even if he was hiding most of it."

"Sorry Master, I can't tell you most of it, as he asked me not to." Levy informed him and the rest of the Guild, who were shouting at her to tell them, in which she replied darkly to them, "If I did that and other clients find out about it, do you think I'll ever be able to work again?" This shut everyone up, knowing this was the truth, as if she or them informed others about their clients business and their clients found out, they would have difficulties ever finding work again. "But I can tell you that the power boost as because of his new training, and of the ability he was born with and only recently learnt he had."

Here the guild was shocked to hear this, whilst it was true that those with magic are born with it, and that magic depends on each person. Like why some people was able to use Caster Magic, whilst others can use Holder Magic and Ancient Spell also known as Lost Magic. Sure normally one person can use only one type of magic, but there are those who have the ability to use more powers. Then there was the select few who had an inborn ability, that allowed a person to boost their magic or give them a new ability.

Lexis wanted to say something about, as she didn't believe for one moment that the Fire Dragon Slayer had gotten any stronger than the last time she saw him. But at the same time something seemed to be off here, and something off about Natsu. She could sense that he had changed, and somewhat stronger than before, and much less arrogant and rash. So she decided it was best not to say anything, and listen to what is being said and decide what to do then.

Master Makarov sighed at this, he was now realizing the mistake he made all these years ago, which was now beating them in the ass. He needed to do something to fix this, before any more mistake are made, as so he asked the young Solid Script, "Is there any chance we can get him back Levy?"

"What are you talking about Master?" Erza asked her Master, "Look at what the bastard done to Gray. He is also willing to kill, why would we want him back?"

Here Lexis was shocked, to hear about this, sure she saw what Natsu did to Gray, at first she wasn't sure he was the one to do so. As he wasn't like this before, he was weak and pathetic, and wouldn't do such a thing. But now he was different, and by the seems of everything more ruthless and willing to kill. More she heard about this new Natsu, more she realized she wasn't dealing with the same Natsu as before.

"I have to agree with the flat chested bitch, why would you want the bastard back?" Mirajane ask the old man.

"Because child, we have made many mistakes with him, even myself." Makarov told them with a deep sad sigh, "We all pushed him away for one reason or another, when he asked us for help. And your kind of help wasn't what he needed Erza," the Guild Master told the redhead, as he saw she was about to say something, "your kind of help was counterproductive. You forced your ways onto Natsu, didn't let him rest and such, at the time I didn't do anything as I thought you could deal with it. But now I know I was wrong."

"It's not my fault that he was so dumb that he couldn't be taught." Erza defended herself.

"Oh and you didn't think that Natsu had a problem with that or needed some extra help in learning?" Levy defended her new lover with a sneer, "You could have taken time to teach him, instead of forcing him to learn everything over a few days, and give him time and explain things to him."

"Here I agree with you Levy," the Guild Master told her, and with shame he added, "I just wished that I thought of it before. But I thought it best he learnt what he could as fast as possible, so he wouldn't have problems in his quests. Now I see that was the wrong thing for me to do. So Levy, is there any chance of Natsu coming back to Fairy Tail? As I fear that he might end up going down a dark path with the people he is with."

"But don't you often say we have to make our own path in life?" Levy asked her Guild Master.

"That is true, but it is also my job to make sure that you don't go down a dark path either." explained Makarov.

"Maybe, but either way, but as for Natsu, he would never return to Fairy Tail, nor would he join another Guild either." Levy told everyone, "As he told me that this place and any other Guild would only hold him back from getting stronger, and he thinks that other than the S-Class and a handful of a few people, the rest of us are weak and useless."

"Oh please like he can talk about us being weak and useless, as he was weak too." this came from none other than Nab.

"No he wasn't weak, he just didn't have someone willing to train him," Levy defended Natsu, "but I can name two of the most weakest and most useless of the people here and that's you and Vijeeter."

Here everyone was shocked to what Levy said, and found it strange that she would act like this as she was normally tame and calm person, who wouldn't say boo to a mouse. But this Levy was more confident and willing to talk back to those in her guild, and many wondered what the hell happened during her time with Natsu and his mission.

Here Lexis give a good sniff at Levy and smelt Natsu all over her, and there was smell of sex over her too about a day old. 'So that's what happened,' Lexis thought to herself with a hidden smirk, 'she fucked Natsu and not only grew up but gained more confidence in herself too.' You see the reason that Lexis could smell Natsu on Levy, was because unknown other than her grandfather, father and a rare few others was that she was a Dragon Slayer too.

But unlike the stories that Natsu told about being brought up by a dragon, her powers come from a Lacrima, a rare and powerful one that would allow her to learn Dragon Slayer Magic. That's what she thought Natsu's Dragon Slayer Magic come from really, and not this bull story about being raised by a dragon. Either way, more she heard about the changes

Before she could think more about this, Lexis heard Nab try and defend himself by saying, "And what do you mean by that Levy?"

"You only stand around the noticeboard, trying to look like you are bust, but yet you don't even bother do any requests." Levy told her Guild Mate, "And as for Vijeeter, all he does is dances and doesn't take on any requests either. Both of you don't help make the guild look good, and as much as I hate to admit it, but Natsu was right, you two shouldn't be in Fairy Tail if you're not going to be part of the Guild and do quests too."

"Isn't that a bit hush Levy?" asked the Guild Master before anyone else could say anything.

"It might be Master, but doesn't make it any less true." Levy admitted, "Whilst on the mission for Natsu, he and I talked a bit and he pointed out a few things that I haven't thought of. The is what would happen should the S-Class Members and the few powerful Mages that we have just disappear one day, as much as hate to think about it, but I have to agree with Natsu that the Guild would fall."

"No way!" denied many of the Fairy Tail members, not believing what they just heard, and angry that Natsu would say that.

"At first I thought the same, that there was no way our guild would fall should we lose our strongest so the worse happen," Levy once again admitted her doubts, "but after I thought about it, he was right. All of you are leeches, who are only here because we have the strongest Mages, if they left or disappeared for some reason, you would leave and find another Guild with the strongest Mages to join."

Here Lexis could only openly smirk at this, seeing that Natsu seemed to learn the same truth about the Guild that she did over the years, and had shown Levy the truth too. She couldn't wait to see what happens next, as she didn't think this was over just yet.

"Levy you have spent too much time with the bastard," this came from Erza, "he is fuelling you head with lies. You wouldn't talk to us like this before."

"That is true, but the thing is that I listened to Natsu's reasons as to why he left, and thought about the past as I remember it." Levy sneered at the older female, "And you know what he was right not to return here."

"Could you tell me what his reasons are?" asked Makarov, who was feeling very old at this moment, "As if I know what they are, I could change them so the same thing wouldn't happen again."

"Sure, Natsu wanted me to tell you should you ask, but he suspects nothing will happen, as you are all stuck in your ways." Levy told them all, "The first reason is the lack of rules, Natsu admitted he was grateful of it as he suspected that if there were any, he would be the first to be kicked out. But he also admits that with rules, there would be less likely of doing damage at the Guild and during our missions. And so that people like Nad and Vijeeter would be forced to do requests, instead of lying about and making us do all the work.

"Another reason that he didn't want to return is the lack of help with training and any sort of help, as it would help lessen the damage done by us. As we would know how to control our magic. Whilst you would prefer us to learn our own limits, and find out what we are able to do by ourselves, some training as to control our magic would be great and maybe learn some basic magics. From what Natsu told me, everyone should learn the basics of Requip, as it would be very useful."

"And how would learning the basics of Requip be useful?" one of the Guild Members asked with interest, which everyone else was interested to hear too.

"For the main reason that we can carry whatever we want around, but not be loaded down with items in our arms or on our backs." Levy explained to them, which made a few of them very interested in learning Requip, "But it would be most useful for those who need items to use our magic, so that way no one could steal our items and so magic use powerless, as our magical items would be kept safe in a place they can't get to. And speaking about being powerless, those who use long range magic like me, Natsu believe we should learn some hand to hand combat or a secondary magic so that we can fight in close quarters. As we would be screwed otherwise, as all they have to do is close to us and our long range magic would be useless. And even if you don't have long range magic, learning another magic and learning to fight hand to hand would be useful anyway, as our enemies wouldn't suspecting it."

Now this caught everyone's surprise, that Natsu all people thought this up, when none of them did. But it did make sense though, especially the Requip idea, as those who use items for their magic, as they often feared about their items being stolen and so they couldn't do anything. But if they could learn Requip, they could keep their items safe and use the magic for other ways too.

Whilst the others were thinking about this, their Master asked Levy, "Is there any other reasons why Natsu wouldn't think about not coming back?"

"Yes one main one, the people here and how the treat him." Levy told her Master, "But there are three people that he didn't want to deal with anymore, Lexis, Mirajane and Erza."

"Oh and why is that?" Mirajane asked darkly as she unleashed her demonic aura.

"Let's start off with Erza," began Levy, as she tried to remember what she and Natsu talked about, "whilst she is very strict, which is okay until she directs it onto others when she has no reason to. Natsu says she has double standards, something I agree with. As she often criticizes the bad behaviour and habits of the members of this guild, she does the exact same thing that that she tell the rest of us for. Like starting fights with Lexis and Mirajane, and go overboard with things. But if we dare and say anything, you get mad at us for thinking such a thing and threaten us. Natsu said that he didn't know what was wrong with her, but she should take the stick that is stuck up her ass, his word not mine," she quickly added before the girl in question could hurt her for saying it, "and live a little and have some fun instead of being a stick in the mud. Next off is Mirajane, Natsu said she was less worse of the three, whilst temperamental and bad-mouthed everyone, she pick fights and start fights with anyone."

"Like he is one to talk." someone called out.

"He doesn't deny that either, as I called him out on that too," Levy told them all, "but he told me that he was a teen and she was nearly an adult and should know better and should show a better example to others, just like Erza should. But instead she was a bully who bullied everyone here, even some of the adults. He even admits that Erza in her own way bullies others, but not as bad as Mirajane. Erza is feared because of the way she goes overboard with telling people what to do and what they were doing wrong, when she has no right at all to do so, the right to punish and tell people off if they do something wrong is the Master not her. Mirajane is feared because of her bullying.

"Now lastly Lexis," here Levy looked at the girl in question fear, as she was the most person Mages at Fairy Tail other than Mirajane and Erza, "here Natsu says that the main reason that she became such a bitch, was because of her father's excommunication from the Guild, and in that happening, she changed for the worse."

"And I have every right to be upset, the Master had no right to throw my father out of the Guild." Lexis told them angrily as lightning was coming from her body.

"Maybe or maybe not, but as Natsu told me, Master Makarov most of had serious reasons for doing so," Levy told the angry Lightning Mage, "as look at everything that the guild have done, and the behaviour of you, Erza and Mirajane, mainly you. As if he hasn't kick them or us out because of the way we have acted, than whatever your father done, must have been very serious, otherwise he wouldn't have bothered to kick him out. The only reason Natsu could think of for your father to be kicked out of the Guild, was one of two reason, he either killed someone, or he proved to be a serious threat to the Guild and so giving Master no other option but to banish him.

"Natsu don't know what happened to you, but since your father, was kicked out, you became arrogant, overbearing, selfish, and prone to make fun of the rest of us. You believe yourself to be the strongest among the Guild."

"Because I am." the Lightning Mage said automatically, before Levy could finish talking. Although, by this time, everyone who wasn't already shocked by the young girl was acting, was now beyond shocked. Many would have stopped her by now, as the Solid Script Mage had already talked back to two of the strongest of the female Mages, and she was in her stride with the third and the most powerful of the three. Many had to wonder what the hell happened between her and Natsu to give her this new found confidence.

"Stronger than the Master and Gildarts," smirked Levy, as Lexis found herself unable to say anything about that, "and even if you're stronger than the rest of us, it doesn't give you the right to look down on those you considered weak. Not only that, but you also heavily reprimand our weakness and even resolving to hurt whoever crosses your path. The only reason you have gotten away with so much, is because you're the Master's granddaughter. "

Lexis wanted to say something here, but the female Lightning Mage knew better, as Levy had one over her at this moment. She was the one who created the cloth that was covering her naked body, and could easily undo it and allowing these perverts to see her naked, something she wasn't going to allow. If she didn't know better, Lexis thought that this was a setup of some kind, so that Levy could say all this. So she could only greet her teeth and let it be for now. Everyone else, even the Master, couldn't believe how Levy was standing up to Lexis, and not for the first time wondered what changed in her.

"You seem to care very little about your fellow guildmates, you usually only help others if only they had something you want. I often fear the day should I ever need your help, as I fear what you might ask of me. I bet I'm not the only one." Levy informed the older girl, as she looked round she could see she was right by the looks they had - it was a known secret that Lexis was in both sexes, but mainly female. She decided to finish here by saying, "The only things you appear to truly care about is your fame, strength and reputation of Fairy Tail. I know you have problems with wondering if your fame is because you're the Master's granddaughter or not, and that I can't help you with.

"But as for the strength and reputation of Fairy Tail, let me tell you something. Whilst our reputation does take a hit now and then because of our actions, you're just part of the problem too with the way you treat everyone. If you're not careful, instead of of being liked and respected, we could end up being feared and hated, and that would be done to you.

"And as for strength, well if you, the Master and the rest of the S-Class Mages decided to pull the stick outta your asses, Natsu's words not mine," she added she the shock faces, "and stop being almighty and stuck up, you could help train the rest of us. Even set up a few rules to make sure we don't go overboard too much. But as Natsu told me, he don't think you'll do this, as you're all stuck in your ways to change." Then with a sigh, she said something that'll upset and shock a lot of people, "So because of this, I'm leaving not only Fairy Tail, but also the town."

"What!?" "Why?" "What lies have Natsu be telling you?" Were a few questions that were being asked, most of them were blaming Natsu for her about to leave.

"Listen Natsu has nothing to do with this, he doesn't even know I decided to do this." Levy told all of them, "After listening to his reasons for leaving, and talking to him during the mission, I realized that I needed to think if Fairy Tail is the place for me or not. To do this, I have to leave, as if I stayed I'll have you lot whispering in my ear, trying to convince to stay and most likely have me stay. I need somewhere where I can think, without others trying to convince to stay."

There were many people who were unhappy about this, mainly her follow Shadow Gear team members, Jet and Droy, who were trying to change her mind.

It was their Guild Master that stopped them as he said, "Stop this at once, it is her decision to do this, her own path to take, we have no right to force her to stay if she doesn't want to stay." This stopped most of them gilling Levy about leaving, but there were whispers between them, about what to do about this, and blaming Natsu for her leaving. "Levy, whilst I'm saddened to see you leave, I understand needing to think about which path to take. But do you have to leave Fairy Tail altogether? Can't you leave town for a while, do a few missions on your own, and think about it all like that?"

"Sorry Master no," Levy told her Master sadly, "I need a clean slate, nothing to connect me to the Guild, not even our Guild Mark. If I keep it, it'll be like having people here whispering in my ear to stay. I need to have a clear head with nothing trying to sway my decision be it people or Marks."

There were many cries of disbelief, people trying to change her mind, and many still blaming Natsu for Levy leaving. This lasted for a few moments until Master Makarov shouted, "Quite you damn brats, if Levy wants to leave it is her decision to do so. As I told you, this her path to take, we have no right to force her to stay if she doesn't want to stay. No matter where this path takes her, we can only hope that wherever it takes her, she is happy. And we hope that her path leads back to us." Then turning to the young girl in question he said with a smile, "Levy my dear, I hope that you'll stay for us to throw you a farewell party like we normally do with those who decide to leave us. We couldn't do it to Natsu, but I hope you'll allow us to do so for you."

"Of course Master," Levy replied with a smile, "I won't be leaving until either end of this month or next. As I need to do a few solo jobs, so I can get by on until I decided what I want to do. I'm just lucky that my rent is paid up until end of next month, or it would have been harder to do so."

"That's good to hear my dear, tell me when you're leaving and I'll set the party up." Her Master informed her with a smile.

"I will Master." Levy told her Master, as she left a shock group to get a new Request so she can own the money she needed.

As she got to the notice board looking for a decent job, her now former partners, Jet and Droy, came up to her and Jet said, "Please Levy rethink this, we'll miss you."

"I understand, but this is something I have to do." Levy informed them both, "If after thinking about everything over, and I realize that Fairy Tail is the right place for me, I'll be back. But if my path leads elsewhere, well that would be it and I'll move on."

"Please, is there anything we can say to change your mind?" asked Droy, hoping that there was something to change her mind, so that he could get a chance to date her.

"No, nothing either of you can say will change my mind." Levy told them firmly, before she said, "Now if you two don't mind, I have to look for a job."

"In that case allow us to help you," Droy told her, hoping that in doing so, over time they could talk her out of leaving, and allowing him the chance of dating her, "it is the very least we can do for you."

"Sorry, but no," Levy told them with a sad sigh, "I'm trying to save money, so I can live on my own for a while to think about where I'm going in life. But if you two come with me, it won't happen, as much as I hate to say it, but you two will make more problems than solutions."

"What are you talking about?" ask Jet in surprise, as he never thought that he nor Droy create any problems during a mission unlike Natsu.

"I came to realize that the reason that we don't get much money in some jobs is because of you," Levy pointed out, not even bothering to mention Natsu as the two of them would bad mouth her new lover more which she didn't want to deal with, "as more often than not, you create problems where I need to fix what you done. And in doing so, we get paid less, so it is best if I deal with my jobs alone." And with that she picked a easy job to undo a seal on a book from the Request Board, and she left before Jet and Droy could say anything, leaving them in shock at what she said and wonder how it came about.

As before they were a tight group, but now they were falling apart, and it was all because of the job she went with Natsu. Jet and Droy didn't know what happened, but they knew one thing, Natsu was to blame for taking Levy away from them and so they wouldn't have a chance to date her. Natsu would one day pay for taking from them, Jet and Droy didn't know how yet, but they vowed that one day the Dragon Slayer would pay for this.

And Then…

As Levy left to get another job, and Jet and Droy following her to talk to her, Master Makarov turned to Erza and said, "Erza, take Gray to the Medical Room and I'll call Porlyusica and see if she can heal the burn mark on his face." and with that, Makarov walked towards his office to call Porlyusica. But as he got there, Mirajane was waiting for him at the door, looking some what concerned.

"Master, may I speak to you privately?" Mirajane asked politely, shocked the Guild Master, as she was know The Demon, not only because of her Take Over Magic, but because as Levy pointed out, her behaviour towards everyone, even him. So it was a shock to him that she was being so polite.

"Of course dear, come on in." Makarov told the young girl, as he waved her into his office. And once he closed the door, he asked, "So Mirajane, what can I do for you?"

"It is about Natsu," Mirajane told her Master simply, "I was wondering if you felt something off about him."

"What do you mean my dear?" asked Makarov. Although he suspected already what she was going to say, there was a darkness within the young boy now, one that wasn't there before and he was worried. There wasn't much he could do about it sure, but that didn't stop him worrying. As whilst the darkness was small at the moment, he feared that over time it would get bigger and bigger, until the darkness consumes the young Dragon Slayer and who knows what will happen. And the worse part of it all, was that he feared it was the actions of his own guild that put the darkness in Natsu in the first place. But he was somewhat shocked that Mirajane could sense it, as not many at her age could do so.

"You know full will what I'm talking about old man, the darkness within him." Mirajane told him firmly, "I would be surprised if you didn't feel it."

"Yes I did felt it," admitted Makarov, "but I am surprise that you could at your age."

"If it was any other darkness I might not," Mirajane acknowledged, "but this was no normal darkness, this darkness was of a demon and because of my power, I felt it."

Now that the Take Over Mage mention it, he realized that she was right, it did feel like a demonic power. Now what Levy told them made sense also, the inborn skill she was talking about was Natsu's demonic side. It also explained why his power felt like Mirajane's power. He wasn't sure how or why, but somehow one of his parents was a demon, or a part demon at the very least and during the last few months Natsu awoke this power. If that was the case, if he didn't control it, that power could overtake him and possibly cause some problems in the near future.

Makarov cursed his guild, and himself, if they all treated the young Dragon Slayer better, he wouldn't have left and in doing so awaken this new power of his. As now that he wasn't part of Fairy Tail, there was no way to watch over Natsu, so that his power didn't take control of him. All they could do now was wait and see, and hope that this wouldn't bite them back in the ass later on.

"So what do you want me to do about it?" asked Makarov, wondering what the young girl was getting at, "Now that Natsu is no longer of the guild, there's very little I can do. Other than wait and see what happens, and hope that his power doesn't take him over."

"I understand that Master," admitted Mirajane, "but that doesn't mean there's nothing I can do about it."

"What are you talking about Mirajane?" The Fairy Tail Master asked in concern.

"Well you see Master, as you said all you can do is wait and see what happens, and hope that his power doesn't take him over. But what happens if his demonic power does take him over?" Mirajane asked her Master, "You know that every time I use my power, not only do I fight others, but I have an inner battle to keep my powers in track too, so that they don't control me. It is one of the reasons I can such a bitch, as I allow part of myself be like that, as it is easier to control when I do use my powers."

"Again, what do you want me to do about it?" asked Makarov.

"Nothing, as should Natsu's demonic powers take him over, and he is powerful when it happens, I'm sorry to say there's fuck all any of you can do about it." explained Mirajane, "Not even tin can out there could stand up to him, she could put up a good fight, but should he be at full power he would crush her like a bug. Same with you."

"So what is your plan than?" asked her Master, "You must have one if you're here to see me."

"I do," Mirajane admitted with a sigh, "but not the plan I had not long ago. I was planning to give up being a Mage, give up my Take Over Magic and work behind the bar. After the death of Lisanna a few months back, I've seriously thinking about giving it all up as it doesn't feel the same as before. Even Elfman, whilst still going on missions, has decided to give up on learning to fully learn his Take Over Magic, out of fear of repeating what happened to our sister."

Makarov could only but nod at this, as he fully understood their reasonings for doing so. In fact he was suspecting Mirajane quitting sooner, the signs were there, but with everything with Natsu, it seemed to make her think before doing so. It would been a great shame, but after Lisanna's, he could understand where they would coming from.

"But now that I seen Natsu and his new behaviour and his new magic, I fear my plans have to change." Mirajane informed her Master.

"How so?" asked the Guild Master.

"I'm going to take a year out from Fairy Tail to train and do a few S-Class quests to get more powerful." explained Mirajane, "You see, to defeat a powerful demon, you need to be a powerful demon yourself. So I'm planning to train over the next year to become more powerful, so that should Natsu's power take him over, there'll be someone who can deal with him."

Makarov sighed that this, whilst he didn't like the idea of Mirajane doing this, as he didn't want to put her in danger. But she was right, whilst they might be able to fight off demons, it would be difficult and could be crushed like bugs if they weren't careful. But as the young Take Over Mage said, to fight a powerful demon, you need another powerful demon to fight it. So with a sigh he said, "So when are you leaving?"

"Later on today," Mirajane told him, "the sooner I start, the better."

"What about Elfman?" asked the Master.

"I know he is on a mission and won't be back for a while, but this has to be done soon as possible." explained Mirajane, "Just in case the worse happens sooner than later."

"I understand," he truly did, he might not like it, but he understood, "is there a message you want me to give to your brother?"

"Yes just one," Mirajane told him simply, "keep on training and don't give up on mastering his Take Over powers, as we might need it should Natsu take the wrong path and need someone to stop him. Don't tell him that though, but tell him to keep on training and find someone to help him."

"That I can do, I might even be able to find someone to help him." the Master told her, wanting to help any of his children when he could, as he didn't want to fail them like he did with Natsu.

"Thank you Master." Mirajane thanked her Master.

"You're welcome dear," smiled the Master, "I'll let you be, so you can get ready to leave. Pick whatever jobs you want when you are ready to leave and come and see me."

"I will Master." the Take Over Mage told him, as she left his office, leaving the old master to think about what has been happening, as he called Porlyusica to come and see Gray.

And Then…

Meanwhile though, as this was happening, another set of events were unfolding. Lexis had gone to the store room, so that she could find some spare clothes to wear for now. For the next few hours, people feared to go near her as she would threaten them with lightning should they go near her. Not only was she muttering death threats who dare to look at her lustfully because they saw her naked, she was muttering death threats about Natsu and how she was going to kill him. As he was the one behind the lustful looks and whispers, as he burnt her clothes away in front of everyone. It was something she wasn't going to forgive, and Lexis was planning all sorts of things to hurt and/or kill Natsu in the slowest possibly way. It was decided that until she calmed down, it was wise not to go near Lexis for the durable future.

As for the others, when they weren't giving Lexis lustful looks, and whispering about what they would like to her to those they trusted, they were whispering what happened. They never thought that Levy McGarden of all people would speak like this, and why she would leave Fairy Tail. Whilst many would lay blame on Natsu, they knew that she was a strong minded person who wouldn't allow others to control her that easy. So something else must be going on, did whatever she and Natsu talked about really change the way she thought about them and her way of thinking? It would be a while before they stopped talking about this.

Now with Gray and Erza, as Erza took Gray to the Medical Room to wait for Porlyusica, Erza turned to the Ice Mage and said, "Listen Gray, I know that you and I never got along, but I need your help?"

This shocked the Ice Mage, as long as he knew Erza, she never once asked for help before. In fact, she preferred to do everything by herself. He didn't know why, that it was always the case, she would always push people away should they offer any help at all. So he asked the Requip Mage, "Help with what?"

"With Natsu," Erza told him simply, "to stop him from killing anyone else. Even if those people are Dark Mages, they are living people. They should be imprisoned, and allow justice to deal with them and try and redeem them, or kill them if it is the verdick. As they would have a trail, and be judged by people who knows what they are doing. There's a reason why we're not judge, jury and executioner, we don't have the wisdom or the right knowledge to do so. But Natsu doesn't, and he is willing to kill anyone if they get in the way, or to send a message so that others will stop what they are doing.

"If he is willing to kill Dark Mages, how long do you think it'll be before he starts to kill innocents because it sends a message to finish a job, or that they got in the way? Not only that, but look at how he is acting so far, look what he has done to you and talked Levy in doing. If he could do that now, what do you think will happen in the future."

As much as Gray hated to admit it, Erza was right, Natsu whilst a pain before, he wasn't someone Gray thought he could handle. But now, well, he wanted payback for what flame brain done to his face. "But how?" asked Gray.

"I don't know," admitted Erza, "whilst we don't want to admit it, Natsu as gotten better. He isn't as foolish or as weak as he used to, he was able to get a few cheap shots back on the island, and you know how hard that was for him in the past. Not only that, we don't know where he will be going from here, and what his powers are so far. For now, all we can do is train and become more powerful, as he'll be doing so too, and stop him where we can."

"Why me though?" Gray asked with interest.

"Because of your powers," Erza told the Ice Mage, not denying anything, "ice is one of the few powers that can fight against fire and vise versa. I'll be asking a few other people that I think I can trust and get along with, as I know we'll not be able to deal with him alone."

"That's fine." Gray told the Requip Mage, whilst he didn't like being used, he could understand why Erza came to him, as he had a power that other than Water Mages, can fight against a Fire Mage. No, he would train with Erza and pay Natsu back for what he done to him.

And so over the next few hours, they talked about how to train, and who they should team up with, even finding new people to join Fairy Tail to join them. During their talks, by the time Porlyusica came to the Guild, she checked for infection and told them that if he wanted to, she could heal the burn but it would take some time. But Gray decided that he would leave it, as it would be a reminder not to underestimate Natsu again.

To be Continued!

Author's Note - PLEASE READ TO THE END: Here ends Chapter 11 of The Dragon Overlord, and I want you to thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed the chapter. I don't know if I used the term client right, but it seemed right, if not please let me know so I make sure I make it right in future chapters.

Now for the burn mark of Gray's face, it came from a review by The Sith'ari, who suggested that when Natsu returns to Fairy Tail with Levy, he could call Gray out for how much of a hypocrite he was for calling him hot headed. When Gray was stupid enough to attack a powerful Demon, like Deliora, and forcing his own sensei to sacrifice herself to kill the demon. As a result to this, Gray attacks Natsu, only for to be overpowered by the Dragon Slayer, where his face is burned by Natsu's fire magic, giving him a scar similar to z.

Can I ask that when you review, you say why you love or like the story, or why you hate it, as it'll help me with writing this story better. I don't mind one liners, as I often do them myself when I can't think of anything to say about the story, but I do like to know why you love, like or hate it and would like a few lines to tell me why. So if possible, I would like to hear why you like or hate (or both) this story, and what you would like to happen next.

Now like before, I would like to ask for any ideas you would like to see to happen next, anything can go, as I would like to hear your input. But at the moment, I mainly want ideas as to where Natsu could search for Lucy and what could happen in the towns. It could be anywhere, and I would like a few ideas as to what could happen in each town/village that Natsu search in. So far I got two ideas, although not the towns they could happen in, both ideas is where Natsu meets up with two of his future Harem Members: Wendy and Bisca Mulan a.k.a Mulan Rouge. But I would like ideas of towns and other ideas as to what happens in each town, so I can make a few chapters before we meet up with Lucy.

For Natsu's girls, I'm going to try and turn them in such different ways as possible, breaking them in some way, twisting what they believe or twisting them in some way, and using magic on them. I don't want to use the same method too often, so I would like your thoughts as to how I can do so. The most important one is Wendy, as I'm planning to add her during Natsu's search for Lucy, but I want ideas as to how to split her from the village she comes from. Got a few ideas, but I would like your thoughts about it.

Now as you seem in this chapter, I have started to set a few things up so that Natsu can capture his future harem. I even got a few ideas how he'll meet some of them, apart for Juvia Lockser and Gabrielle Redfox: I still would like ideas as to how Natsu could interact with the Phantom Lord, and as soon as possible so he could meet them. I can't use the comic/anime way, because as I said, it wouldn't be possible in this story.

Before you give me any ideas, I would like to point out that everything that's happening right now, it's about a year and a half before the events from the comic/anime. So the events from them when Natsu would have meet them, wouldn't be happening in this story, as most things will be different by then. So when you are thinking of ideas, please remember this.

Now I would like your thoughts about Ivan Dreyar, last I remember seeing him was being pulled away from the Grand Games, and we never know what happens to him. So I would like to ask, what would you like to see to happen to him in this story. Also is there any characters you would like to see more of, but simply disappear and never hear of for some strange reason. If so, who they are and what would you like to happen to them, keep alive, killed or have a better reason why they haven't been heard of again.

As you know, I didn't like the end as it left many plot holes in it. They could have done one more saga, to fuel in the plot holes, it could be the One Magic and this one could have some old characters and explain how to deal how each of them leave in one way or another. What do you think?

Please leave some feedback to let me know your thoughts and ideas, as they do help me to write better and let me know what you want to happen next. They also give me ideas.