Chapter Fifteen…
(Lucy Heartfilia - Part 3.)
21st of December 782 - Acacia:
It has been over a month since Natsu got the job to find Lucy Heartfilia, and so far to his dismay, he has yet to find her. He for the first few days, he looked through Lucy's journals, to see if there was anyway she want to go. Sure enough, there was plenty of places she wanted to go to, it looked like she wanted to travel the world. So Natsu and Happy travelled to a few of the places that Lucy wanted to visit, he only visited four of them so far. The reason for this was twofold, the first is that whilst he was slowly getting better with transportation, but it still gets to him over time, and needed to rest for a bit once it gets too much for him. The second reason was searching for Lucy, taking about a few days in each town or village to search for her before heading to the next one. So far they had no luck in finding her, either she was there a while ago, but left some time back, or either she hadn't arrived there yet, or none of them noticed her.
After searching for Lucy in the fourth place in her journals she wanted to visit, and found that she didn't seem to have visited there yet, Natsu and Happy decided to take some time off to train. They took a backseat in training for the last month to search for the missing girl, but seeing that they haven't found her yet, decided to take a week or so off for training. But remembering that they needed a few supplies, they stopped off a small village called Acacia.
But as they got to the village though, Natsu picked up the faint scent of the person he was looking for. He didn't know if she was still there, or she have left, the scent was being mixed up by others in the village. So seeing they were hungry, the two parted to find some food, Happy like normal went looking for fish, and Natsu felt like having cake went to the cake shop. As got to the cake shop though, he saw a sign about a new pool club there for those who play pool. This interested Natsu, as he wanted to see what the game is about, and wanted to see if Lucy was there too.
As he was buying the cake though, he showed the picture of Lucy to the male shopkeeper and asked, "Have you seen this young lady lately? I'm trying to find her."
"I think I saw her about an hour or two ago," the shopkeeper informed Natsu, before asking, "has she done anything wrong?"
"No, her father asked me to find her," the Dragon Slayer informed him, "they got into a big fight and one thing lead to another and she ran off. The father felt guilty and so he has been looking for her to apologize for what happened." It wasn't the full truth, but close to one that he was willing to give. As he wanted shopkeeper to feel sorry for the father, knowing that all fathers might fight with the daughters and might go out of hand. And seeing that the father wants to apologize, might give him point and so Natsu could get some info from the man. "Do you know where she might have gone to?"
"Sorry no," the man apologized, "she just brought some cakes." and then thinking of something suddenly, he added, "Although I think I did hear that she was leaving the village soon, so sadly she might have already left."
Natsu sighed, it would look like that he might have just missed her, it could be possible that she might be going to the town that he and Happy not long left. 'What a pain.' Natsu thought to himself, as he knew he would have to check that town again to make sure she hadn't went there next, but aloud he said, "Thank for the food and the info."
"No problem sir, come back anytime." the shopkeeper told Natsu and the young man was about to leave.
But as he was leaving the shop, he heard something of interest, "Did you hear about that Mulan Rouge character?" He heard one woman whispering to another.
"Shh, we don't want to piss her off, she is a bandit," the other woman told the other, "not only that but she's a member of Fairy Tail. Remember what she said, if we piss her off or inform on her, she would have her guild come to punish us. And you know how powerful and destructive they are, we don't want them coming here.."
This interested Natsu, as until five months ago he hadn't heard the name of Mulan Rouge at Fairy Tail, that's unless she joined after he and Happy left. But even so, Fairy Tail wouldn't allow a bandit into the guild. Alright they would, but only if they give up being a bandit first and then they would allow her to join. Not only that, whilst they were powerful and destructive, they would never come to a town or village to punish people, (although Ezel might if she found out people were using the Guild's name and bad mouthing them,) and they would only hurt people should they attacked them or an innocent first.
So he knew that something wasn't right, and so he asked, "Excuse me ladies, but who is this Mulan Rouge."
"Some damn immigrant from the West." sneered the first woman.
"Ann." warned her friend.
"What Jill?" asked Ann, "Not like she can hear us."
"Maybe not," admitted Jill, "but then again you don't know who might be listening, who knows, maybe one of her Guild Mate's might be around looking for her? What then err? We would have problems."
Ann just huffed at this, not believing this, before she asked Natsu, "So why do you want to know about her?"
"I heard you talking about her and I wanted to know about her." Natsu informed them
"Not much, and we don't want to know," Ann told him, "the migrant came to the village about four months ago. And since then she caused nothing but problems, committing petty crimes, like regularly looting, assault on the villagers, she even rubbing a few trains."
"Interesting," Natsu hummed thoughtfully, "can you tell me where I can find this woman?"
"Why would you do that?" asked Jill, "it would be better if you stay away from her."
"Because I have a job for her." Natsu lied to them, "She is after all a Guild Mage, which means she takes on jobs. I was heading to Fairy Tail myself, as I need some help that involves monsters and need a powerful Mage to help me. Who knows, if she agrees to this, she might not come back to this village, which would be good for you all."
This got the ladies attention and got Ann saying fast, hoping that this would get rid of the villages problem once and for all, "If she's not here, then she might be next door playing pool or drinking, or at the inn in her room. But be warned, she is known as Quickdraw Mulan Rouge, as she is quick with her guns. She is also a Gun Mage, and use Requip for her guns."
"Thank you for the info," Natsu thanked them, "I hope she takes my job, so that she might not come back here." and with that Natsu left to visit next door, in the hopes to run into either Lucy or this Mulan Rouge. As she sounds like the person he could use to build his Dark Mages manpower.
And Then…
Before entering the club, Natsu ducked in an alleyway to put on a hooded cloak on, so not to show who he was in the club. When Natsu entered the club, he found that the club was dimly lit, the place was lit by the lights above the pool tables from long ceiling lights with green glass shades, and lights coming from lamps from the booths in the place. The air around the place had faint pollute of tobacco smoke and the stench of strong beer and other liquors. The Walls are decorated with wood panels on the lower half while beer stained wallpaper on the top half. Floor has checked tiles which is sticky from the dried up spillage of beer spilled by drunks, blood from past brawls. And there were signs that the place was being refurbished, as there was paints and wallpaper lying about.
Natsu walked up to the bar and asked, "I'm looking for Mulan Rouge, is she here."
"Who are you and what do you want from that woman." asked the barkeep.
Lighting his hand on fire, he said darkly, "My name isn't important, I just want to know where is Mulan Rouge. You either tell me, on I burn down your place, I don't care one way or another."
"She's, she's over there in that booth." the barkeep informed Natsu, he pointed to a booth that had a green haired woman, in her late teen with huge breasts, facing them. She was wearing a sand coloured tight lace shirt with no bra, short sleeve purple jacket, with a tight pair of short shorts that went to the top of her legs.
"Thank you," Natsu thanked the barkeep, "now can I have two beers now."
The barkeep wanted to tell him no, as he didn't sound young enough to drink, but he feared what the Mage in front of him should he saw no. So he poured the drinks and give them to the Mage, where he then walked over to the bitch Mulan Rouge.
And Then…
As he placed the beers on the table, the green haired lady sneered and asked, "Who are you and do you know who I am?"
"You can go me Ichigo for now," Natsu informed the young woman, not wanting anyone to hear his true name, "and yes I know who you are or more pierce who you say you are. A Gun Mage name Mulan Rouge, who is a member of Fairy Tail. Although I'm not sure how long you have been there as I wasn't told."
"So you know that if you piss me off, I can call on the other Fairy Tail members to ruin your life. Who I have been with for almost a year." Rouge said with a sneer, "So if you know what is good for yourself, piss off."
But instead Natsu entered the booth, so that no could see him full, and scoffed as he said, "Oh please, we both know that isn't going to happen."
"How do you know," the Gun Mage told Natsu, trying not to let her fear show that whoever this person is, knew the truth about her, "I could call anyone from there and they would come and back me up."
"No they won't and you know why?" Natsu said with a smirk under his hood, before pulling up his left sleeve to reveal his old Fairy Tail mark, "Because you aren't a member of Fairy Tail."
"Wh, what ar, are you going to do?" Rouge asked fearfully, wondering what was going to happen next.
"Nothing as long as you don't piss me off." Natsu told her simply, shocking the Gun Mage, "As I'm no longer part of the Guild anymore, so I don't care if you ruin their reputation or not, as they piss me off too much."
Mulan Rouge was shocked to hear this, she wasn't expecting this kind of answer, so she asked, "So what do you want from me?"
"To go to your room and talk privately." Natsu told her, seeing that he didn't want to talk about what he wanted to here.
"Do you take me a fool," Mulan told him with a sneer, "I'm not that type of person."
"Oh please I don't want to fuck you," Natsu told her with a laugh, "I just wanted to talk to you. Anyway, if I wanted to fuck you I could do so right here right now, and there's nothing you can do to stop me. If I wanted to, I could burn down this whole village and fuck you among the ruins and flames of it all."
Yet again, Rouge was shocked to hear this, as she never heard someone say such a thing, or felt the power behind it either. Power that told her that he could do what he threatened to do if he wanted. What shocked her was that this power turned her on, she had to admit, as she was now, she wanted a man strong enough to deal with her. Strong enough to make her submit, to overpower her and bend her to his wirms. She didn't want someone who was weak who couldn't protect himself or her, and someone she could walk all over him, as where was the fun in that. But the darkness that she felt shocked her too, something she didn't think she would feel within someone coming from a legal guild.
"You wouldn't do that would you, you're from a legal guild after all?" the Gun Mage asked.
Natsu said with a laugh, "Because I'm formerly come from a legal guild, I wouldn't do such things, don't be a fool. Being in a legal guild only stopped me from doing such things before, as I wanted to be wanted, loved and cared for by others."
"What happened?" Mulan asked curiously, wondering what happened to set them to set him to become like this.
"Just say that things happened, and showed me that hiding behind a mask wasn't what I meant to be doing." Natsu told her, not wanting to tell her the full story.
Rouge drank her beer with the man she knew as Ichigo, and wonder who he really was and what happened to make him the way he was. But she also wondered what he wanted from her, if he wasn't willing to inform everyone here who she really was. "So, what do you want from me?" Mulan asked him.
"Not here, as I said I want to talk to you privately." Natsu told her.
"Fine, follow me." Rouge told Natsu, and with that she lead Natsu to the inn.
And Then…
As Rouge lead 'Ichigo' to the inn, she was shocked to meet up with a talking blue cat, who was eating fish. The cat, was about to say his friends name, but 'Ichigo' stopped him with a hand gesture. And told him to search for the girl they were looking for. Here she wondered why they were looking for someone, but decided it wasn't any of her business. So she continued to lead Ichigo to her room in the inn. Her room was a small one, with flower walls, and with only a bed and cupboard in it.
Once in her room, Mulan asked 'Ichigo,' "So Ichigo, what do you want from me?"
"I want to know what do you have planned for the future?" asked 'Ichigo.'
"Is that all?" the green haired Mage asked him in shock, "You could have asked me that back at the Pool Club."
"Yes I could," 'Ichigo' admitted, "but depending on your answer, I couldn't say anything else. I want to know, what do you plan for your rest of your life? Are you going to continue robbing people and stealing from them, or are you going to go down another path, maybe join a Guild or become a Dark Mage."
Rouge had to admit, this kind of questioning if overheard could rise a few eyebrows, and could see why this person didn't want people to know what he looked like, or what he was asking her. The young mage had to think about this, what did she want for the future. To be honest, until she never thought about it, she was an immigrant coming from Alvarez Empire. She came to Ishgar, or more pierce Kingdom of Fiore, because Alvarez was military-run and people were suspected to be in the military. But it was something she didn't want, she was a carefree person who only wanted to have and not worry about going to war and such. So she her pet mouse Sunny, left the country. But she found that as an immigrant, finding work and somewhere to live was more difficult than she first thought it would be. So she started to steal from people and trains, and beat anyone who gets in her way, to keep on going and buy food and other things that she and Sunny would need. And until now, she never thought about the future, and so with no other answer, she told 'Ichigo,' "To be honest with you, I have no plans at all. I was going to go day by day, and see where it leads me."
"What if I have a place for you, where your skills as a Gun Mage could be useful." 'Ichigo' informed.
"I'll have to ask, what do you want from me and what I would be doing?" the Gun Mage asked 'Ichigo.'
"Join me," 'Ichigo' simply told her, "I'm starting a Dark Guild and a somewhat normal Guild. I won't tell you much until I know what you'll do, but simply put the normal Guild with to gain information and earn money for the Dark Guild."
"A Legal Guild to fund a Dark Guild?" asked Rouge in confusion.
"Not a Legal Guild as such, but yeah to fund a Dark Guild," acknowledge 'Ichigo,' "how else would you think I'll be able to build by a Dark Guild? Steal and rob people? That's the fastest way to get unwanted attention, and get caught. I haven't got the people nor the money to run and protect a Dark Guild. I don't want to be ill prepared in starting a Dark Guild, only to get caught in our first dark job. People fight call me stupid, but I'm no fool, I know that if I'm not careful everything I want to do go up in flames if I start ill prepared."
The Gun Mage never thought of it that way, she never thought about how a Dark Guild came about, she only thought they just do dark deeds. But now she thought about it, she realized that all the new Dark Guilds had less than thirty percent chance of succeeding for one reason or another. Mainly as 'Ichigo' said, because they were ill prepared either because they had weak Mages or they didn't have the money to go far. 'Ichigo's' way seem to be a better way of doing things, so that in starting a Fake Guild she would call it, he could fund his Dark Guild and get the things he would need to make the Dark Guild a success.
Although she had to admit that his plan seemed to be a good one, she had to ask, "Why ask me to join you?"
"As you are at a crossroad," 'Ichigo' informed her, "one that can go either way. One path you can find a job and give up what you are doing now. Another path is that you keep on doing what you are, and keep up this scram and no one is a wiser. Or another path is that you are found out by the Magic Council, and that they mark you as a Dark Mage anyway. Or you could join a Legal Guild, either because you are found out or because you had enough of what you are doing. To be honest, other than joining me, your life can be boring, as you would have to limit what you have to do by following the law and the rules you get set with. It's up to you, have a boring life, or join me and have more fun with the law bothering you. Don't get me wrong, they'll be a few rules, but nothing that'll limit you too much. Just to make sure you don't betray me or anyone in the Guild, and to make sure you do training to get stronger."
Mulan had to admit she was at a crossroad, and whilst she had no rush of picking one at the moment, in the future she would have to. But which one to go for, was like 'Ichigo' said, find a job and give up what she was doing now, keep up this scram and no one is a wiser, or she could be found out by the Magic Council and they would mark her as a Dark Mage anyway, or she could end up joining a Legal Guild, either because she was found out or because she had enough of what she are doing. Or she could join 'Ichigo' as a Dark Mage now, he seemed to have some good ideas how to become a successful Dark Mage.
But still, whilst she was still in two minds as to what path she was going to take, the Gun Mage had to ask 'Ichigo,' "What's in it for me if I decide to follow you and become a Dark Mage."
"Other than help to get stronger?" asked 'Ichigo,' "Well people you can trust, or as much trust as you can get among Dark Mages."
"What do you mean, as much trust as you can get among Dark Mages?" asked Rouge, a bit confused about the last bit.
"We're all Dark Mages, most bad guys, so backstabbing and betrayal is part of the deal." 'Ichigo' informed the Gun Mage, "But with one of the rules I'm planning to add, I'm hoping to at least make it harder to betray each other. I'm not saying there won't be any, but I hope it'll become less likely to happen."
"And how are you going to stop this betrayal?" Mulan asked in interest.
"Not going to tell you." 'Ichigo' told her simply, "Not until you agree to join me, or if I told you, you could tell others about it."
Rouge had to admit, this 'Ichigo' character wasn't stupid, and wasn't letting slip about anything what he was up to, and only telling her what was needed. If she wanted to learn more, she would have to agree to join him, but at the same time she had no plans in becoming a Dark Mage. But as this 'Ichigo' character pointed out, if the Magic Council found out about her, they would mark her as a Dark Mage anyway, so wouldn't it be better for her to be a Dark Mage anyway? Either that, or join a Legal Guild now or give up what she was doing and get a normal job.
As she thought about it, she knew that getting a normal job would be difficult because of her being an immigrant. As for joining a Legal Guild, she can be honest and say at this moment in time, she couldn't see herself joining one. As 'Ichigo' told her, it would be boring for her with all the rules that she would have to follow and obey. And she was a free spirit, and found that rules would limit her fun. But the question was, did she really wanted to become a Dark Mage. Sure there would be a few rules, but by the sound of it, it was mainly to stop betrayal and to get stronger.
Thinking about getting stronger, that was something she was interested in, she was a Mage and so getting stronger was something they all wanted to do. So if this 'Ichigo' character was willing to make sure that his people would be strong, the idea of joining him was something she could agree to. And as she thought about it more, more she had to agree about 'Ichigo' saying that she at a crossroad. But picking what road to take she wasn't sure which to take, or if she should do so right now.
Closing her eyes, she looked at each path was ahead of her, and each turn she was thinking which would be the best for her. Each had their merits, but some wasn't something she wanted. But more she thought about it, more she realized that as an immigrant, things would be difficult for her. And at the moment, even if it might be the wrong path to take, joining 'Ichigo' might be the path she would need to take.
So deciding to take the risk, she said, "This might not be the right option, but right now, it is the only one I think is right for me."
"And that option is?" asked 'Ichigo.'
"I'll join you," Mulan told him, "but I would like to ask, if all of those in this other Guild will become members of your Dark Guild?"
"Oh no," 'Ichigo' informed her, "most of them are only there will only be there to make the image of the Guild being real and not some front. And other than a few people and my rules are kept, none of them well know the connection about the two Guilds."
"How would that be possible?" asked the Gun Mage.
"As apart for me and the top members of the Guild, no one will know what the others will look like thanks to them wearing a mask to hide their identity." explained 'Ichigo,' giving her a bit more information about his plans.
Mulan had to admit that everyone wearing masks, would be a sure way to make sure betrayal was less likely. And only those in the higher ups would know who they were. She didn't know who called 'Ichigo' stupid, as his ideas was nothing, but a genius move. Thinking about who she was working for now, she had to wonder, and so asked him, "So 'Ichigo,' may I ask can I see the face of my new Guild Master?"
'Ichigo' seemed to think about it for a few moments, before deciding to take the risk and removed his hood to reveal himself. Mulan had to admit that whilst 'Ichigo' was a bit younger than she was suspecting him to be, she had to admit he was great the looker, and had power to back him up.
Once she saw what 'Ichigo' looked like, she asked, "So is your name really is 'Ichigo'?"
"No, but whilst I'm here that's the only name you'll learn from me at the moment." 'Ichigo' told her.
The Gun Mage could understand this, as he didn't want to risk his identity in this town. Instead she asked, "What are your plans now?"
"I was going to do some training, but now I have to return to the town that I just left." 'Ichigo' informed her.
"Why?" asked Mulan, confused why someone would return to the town they not long left.
"I've been hired to find a missing girl," explained 'Ichigo,' "and I was informed by one of the shopkeepers here that she was hear a few hours ago. And from what I learnt, the last town was somewhere she wanted to visit, so it is possible for her to be headed off there if my friend hasn't found her by now."
"A bit boring isn't it?" asked Mulan.
"It is," acknowledged 'Ichigo,' "but I need the money, and seeing I'm not well known, decent jobs are hard to find."
"Would you mind if I come with you?" asked the Gun Mage.
"I don't see why not," 'Ichigo' told her, "as I could see what you are capable of, and do some training if we don't find her."
And with that 'Ichigo' and Mulan left the room to find the blue talking cat. Once they did, they learnt that the person he and 'Ichigo' were looking for, wasn't there, and so the three of them left to return to the last town they went to, to find her.
And Then…
21st of December 782 - Magnolia Town:
It has been about a month since Gabrielle Redfox came to Magnolia Town, to try and find whatever she could about the Fire Dragon Slayer, and where he might be. Whilst she might not know where he was, she did learn that until a few months ago he wasn't the sharpest tool in the shed. But when he returned from wherever he was, he was sharper and darker and wasn't got to take any shit if what she heard was correct.
When she asked around to find out what was the cause of this change, she found out it was a few months ago when the Strauss Siblings returned from a mission. The mission was to defeat The Beast, that was attacking a town, but whilst Elfman Strauss was able to Take Over the Beasts Soul, the Soul took him over for a bit and went on the rampage. During this time, Elfman killed his sister Lisanna.
When Natsu Dragneel found this out, went belittled them, saying that whilst he might be weak and destructive, at least he didn't try and do a spell he wasn't ready for, which could kill someone if he done it wrong. Natsu blamed Elfman killed his best friend. But when he told everyone this, they belittled him and told him to apologize to the Strauss Siblings. She heard that the Fire Dragon Slayer wouldn't apologize, and that the rest of her members kicked him out of the Guild until he apologized, something Natsu wouldn't do.
When Gabrielle heard this though, she scoffed at this, if it was her, she would have beat them to death, or at the end of the beating, make them wish for death. Fairy Tail should be thankful that their Dragon Slayer couldn't control his magic, as if he could, he most likely burnt the Guild down. Something they well deserved, for them, Dragon Slayers, for whatever reason, it seemed that when they woke up on 7/7/777, everything they learnt so far was for nothing. They had to relearn everything, and their magic that they once had great control over was like a new-born dragon. And without help, with the new magic that was in the air now, which was much stronger than they were used to, made it hard to control without overpowering or underpowering their magic. So it was no surprise with no one to teach Natsu the way they should, it was no wonder he was like he was.
But wherever the Fire Dragon Slayer disappeared off to, he seemed to find someone to teach him what he needed to become stronger, and smarter. As when he returned, he had somehow become an Independent S-Class Mage, and went on his first S-Class Mission. The Iron Dragon didn't know the full information, but Natsu went to get rid of a curse on some villagers. Many thought that Natsu wouldn't be able to do it, and it was a fluke that became an Independent S-Class Mage, and those who thought he could do it, thought it would take him a while. In fact, to everyone's surprise, it only took Natsu a few days to complete the mission.
When he returned to Fairy Tail to inform the Guild Master that the job was done, and give them a few home truths to them. Not only that, but it would seem that Natsu was able to turn one of his former Guild Mates against the rest of the Guild. It would seem that Natsu was also willing to kill others, whilst his former Guild Mates was against him killing. They even believed that he might becoming a Dark Mage, and so some of them left the Guild to train and become stronger. So that if Natsu did indeed become a Dark Mage, they would be able to stop him. Although, the one that stood up for the Fire Dragon Slayer, left the Guild because she no longer agreed with how they treated Natsu and the way they was running things.
From what the Iron Dragon Slayer learnt so far about her follow Dragon Slayer, wasn't the person she and her Guild Master thought he was. He was smarter, dark and stronger than any of them thought he was, and they shouldn't underestimate him - although Gabrielle thought that she still could beat him. It wasn't like he could have gotten that much stronger in those short few months.
She also heard that some of the Fairy Tail Members were trying to get stronger, not because they wanted to, but because they didn't want to be showed up by a fool like Natsu Dragneel. She informed her Master about this development, as this could be something of a problem for them later down the line.
Now as for her search for the Fire Dragon Slayer, it wasn't going as she had hoped, as Natsu not once returned to the town, nor anyone in her Guild seen him within the last month. So she decided to get to know the one person who stood up to the rest of Fairy Tail, Levy Mcgarden, who comes to town every now and then for supplies. From what Gabrielle was able to find out, Mcgarden as a Solid Script Mage, which could be useful not only for the Dragneel, but for her too if she was able to convince the young Mage in joining her Guild. As she could summon up iron and flames to power them up in an instant.
So whilst she waited for her Guild Mates to find the Fire Dragon Slayer, she took time to know the young Solid Script Mage. It would seem that thanks to going on the S-Class Mission with Dragneel, she was beginning to learn the Requip Magic, so she could have all of her books with her all the time. From what he told her, Requip Magic was something all Mages should try and learn, so that they could keep their things with them without fear of people stealing them. Gabrielle had to admit, that was a useful magic to learn, she never thought about it before. And might try and learn it once this was all done with.
But that's not the only thing that the Fire Dragon Slayer taught her, he told her that all Mages should learn at least two kinds of Magic, especially if the Mage's main magic is Holder Type kind of magic. The reason that he gave Mcgarden, was that if they Items were taken, they would be powerless. Which the Iron Dragon Slayer could see his point about, that is why she found Holder Type Mages so easy to defeat. Once you took their item away, they were easy to deal with.
Not only that, but during their talks, Mcgarden also told her that Dragneel believed that if you use Close Range magic, then you should learn Long Range and vice versa. As the other mage could use the type of magic to their advantage, like if the person used Long Range, they would get up and personal to you so you couldn't use you long range magic. But at the same time though, if you use Close Range magic, the mage could try and keep away from you and attack from afar, it all depended on your skill. But if the Mage used both types of magic, that advantage would be taken away from the other mage.
Gabrielle had to admit, whoever Dragneel found to teach him done a good job, as he seemed to come up with things that no one else seemed to thought of. So it wasn't surprising to hear that he was thinking about going with Mcgarden's idea, and creating his own Guild. Her Master wasn't happy when he heard this, as he wanted the Fire Dragon Slayer in his own Guild, so he had some control over him. So he reminded her how important it was to do whatever it took to find Dragneel, and get him to join them.
As for the search for the Fire Dragon Slayer, it wasn't going as well as any of the Phantom Lord was hoping for. It would seem that if they found any sign of him, they would just have missed him by hours and a day, or it was a fake sighting of the Salamander. Just then though, her Communications Lacrima Crystal went off, and as she answered it, she saw it was her Guild Master, and so she said, "Master Jose, how can I help you?"
"Yes, I just got a positive sighting of the Salamander, and I want you to go quickly and get him."
"Where is he?" asked the Iron Dragon Slayer.
"In a small village called Acacia," explained her Guild Master, "I have one of our Guild Member with a map to where it is waiting for you at the train station. Hurry and get him, and remember, do everything in you power to get him to join us."
"Understood Master." Gabrielle told her Master, as she turned off the Communications Lacrima Crystal, and headed off to the train station. She just hoped that Dragneel was at the village, as she was bored as hell, and wanted some fun with someone who could keep up with her. Little did she know though, by the time that she got to the village, he would have been long gone, making her pick a fight with two Fairies that arrived long after she got there.
To be Continued!
Author's Note - PLEASE READ TO THE END: Here ends Chapter 15 of The Dragon Overlord, and I want you to thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed the chapter and hope you'll review. Now I hope you like how I introduced Bisca Mulan in this chapter, and how meeting Natsu changed her fate.
I finally got an idea on how to get Wendy, I now have a basic one, she and Carla will be visiting a rich man or someone with an illness, and she took the job to try and heal them. But on the way back to the train station to get back home, they get into some sort of trouble. So here is lays the problem, who should she be visiting and what she is healing, along with where the town that they should go to. Then there what kind of trouble Wendy and Carla should get into, something that they would need help to get out of. Unless you can think of someone else to join Natsu's harem at this point of time, please let me know who, and how to get them to join.
Now I had a review saying that I should kill Lucy after Natsu returns her to her father and got his money, so that he could also get her Gate Keys, and that she has literally no useful skills. I have to say this, apart for a few, the Golden Gate Keys are more or less useless, which is why I created the Red, Blue and Black Keys. They'll be more useful. As for Lucy having literally no useful skills, I can agree in parts, that was until Natsu went on his training, at which point she got some useful skills.
Now for this story, I WON'T be killing off Lucy, as if I was going to do that, I wouldn't be setting up to find her. In this story, when Natsu and his group first meet her, she won't have any fighting skills, only have her Keys, and will be weak. But as she spends time with Natsu, she's gets new Keys and over time she'll become stronger and gain a new look.
I also got a review saying that the descriptions took up most of the space in the story, and some are just things that have no real connection to what is happening. But the way I see it, I'm not about to think that my readers know anything about the story, they might be searching for a good harem story, or a dark and/or evil character story and decide to take a turn with mine. So I like to add as much detail as I can, to allow the new readers to the story, know what thing look like, and explain what is going on, be it thoughts, actions of others and so on. I hate stories where there's only one thousand to two thousand words, as they hard put any detail into it and makes you wonder how they get to that point, what the hell is happening around them, how they are feeling and so on.
So you know, I have been told by someone that hasn't seen nor read Fairy Tail, because of the details and descriptions, I got them interested heavily into this story. So they are doing some good, if I'm hooking people who haven't seen nor read the story before.
And if you think that my last chapter was short because it was under six thousand words, I have to say that's not short at all. I don't remember the last time I went below four thousand words, give or take few hundred words. A small chapter is around two to three thousand words, something I don't do of late. For me, that length is nothing, you don't get the detail of the story, and you get no idea what's going on.
Now, onto a non Dragon Overlord story matter: I'm looking for a Naruto story where someone who is pissed off with how he was treated, and how the teachers were teaching him. Because of the seal to keep the demon within him, he was problems learning ninjutsu, and needed to learn a different way. But because his teachers hating him, they not teaching him as they should, or was sabotaging him, the person helps him to learn ninjutsu a different way. I remember such a story, but I can't remember the title, so I thought you lot might know. I know that this story has someone teaching Naruto before Naruto's final test to become ninja. And so helps to make him stronger so he can past his tests.
Although I could be mixing it up with another story, I admit that, but I think there was such a story for Naruto. But if you don't know the story, I'm looking for similar stories, where because of the seal on him, Naruto have problems learning to control his Chakra and do badly at the Academy. Because of this, he or someone else learns about this, and trains him in another way to control his Chakra differently, making him stronger because of it. Face it, it was said he had high Chakra, so after some training he would be stronger.
So you understand, yes I'm looking for a story where Naruto puts more into his own training, or finds someone who is willing to train him. But I want more than that, I want the reason for him to have problems learning to control and mastering his Chakra, mastering the skills that comes with it is because of the seal that Naruto has. It is making it more difficult to learn, so need ANOTHER way to learn and control his Chakra so he can learn ninjutsu.