Wow been like forever since I came back to this story…I think anyway. Oh yeah I may have confused a few people with the power levels, when I said Natsu was ¾ as powerful as Mard Geer I meant his human form not his etherious and when comparing Tempesta to Jura it was the Jura during the Grand Magic games because he's bound to have gotten way stronger than then after the one year time skip. So anyway a new thing I'll be doing I may have done it once or twice in past chapters is start recommending anime and manga for u. In no way will I be saying that I think that these anime are the best I've seen just that I like them and there worth a watch so first anime I'll be recommending is an anime that literally describes my sister's life I mean we watched the first episode together and it scared us how similar it was to our everyday life, the anime is called Himouto! Umaru-chan, if you want a few giggles and want to take a break from serious anime this is a good one to watch, there is a second season and OVA which I haven't watched yet as I only found the anime literally a few days ago after watching some trailers for anime that people considered worth a watch. Anyway that the recommendation for this chapter now on with the story, hope u enjoy this chapter.
Magnolia; Fairytail guild hall
Over a year had passed since the Tartaros incident and Fairytail was still recovering some members more than others, after the revelation of Natsu being related to Zeref his old team barely spoke to anybody and would only come to the guild for jobs. But the ones who were affected most by this revelation were Gray and Lucy, Gray because finding out his best friend/rival was related to the man responsible for creating the atrocities that killed his biological and adoptive families hit him hard but even more so when he defended one of the demons that captured their friends and protested that it was only because she was ordered to. Lucy was sort of in the same boat, the person she considered her best friend was related to the demons that caused her to sacrifice her long-time friend in order to summon the celestial spirit king.
Other members were hurt by the revelation and because of other guild wizards the known fact of Natsu being Zeref's brother was widely known and he was now wanted by the newly reformed council. As worrying as the revelation was for Makarov he had different things to worry about, one was that Laxus and the thunder legion hadn't been seen in over a year and the second more pressing and concerning thing was that recently the Alveraz Empire was showing signs of activity and he knew why their emperor wanted something in Fairytail's possession and Makarov was debating internally whether he should reveal to his guild members the true meaning of Lumen Histoire.
But just as Makarov was pondering with his thoughts Erza along with a furious Gray burst into his office. "What is it, why the serious looks?" Makarov asked with a confused look upon his face. "The cube is back! Tartaros survived!" Gray shouted in anger before charging out of the room in full devil slaying mode "Is this true?" Makarov asked in total disbelief, "Yes, the cube is in Magnolia airspace!" Erza replied sternly before running out after Gray.
Inside the cube
"See what did I tell, they got a welcoming party ready for" Natsu said as he watched the guild members gather outside of the guild hall most of them in battle stances on a giant Lacrima screen just a few metres away from the large thrown he sat in with his 9 gates beside him. Natsu gazed fondly at the screen "They've grown stronger I can tell, well better get down there to diffuse the whole situation" Natsu said before disappearing in a blur. "Hmm let's see a couple of thousand feet no problem" Natsu said standing on the edge of the cube which had now halted and was hovering in mid-air before simply step off and rocketing towards the ground at insane speeds.
Back with Fairytail
"There's something coming!" Gray shouted out before summoning forth a blade of blueish purple ice with the rest of the members getting into their own battle stances. When the object in question hit the ground it kicked up massive gales and created a massive shockwave that blew some of the weaker members off their feet.
"Yo guys" a familiar voice called out before a hand swept through the dust cloud caused by the shockwave to disperse revealing a topless Natsu with black markings that now had spread further across his body almost to the same extent as Gray except they had reached down his arm or got to his face yet. "Natsu" the guild called out in unison before said dragonslayer was tackled to the ground by a white and a blue blur.
"Hey Lis, Hey Wendy, it's good to see you guys again but could you get off I feel like I have a lot of explaining to do" Natsu said while motioning to the cube above him. Before the girls could reply the temperature in the area dropped severely, "Natsu what the fuck were you doing on that thing?" Gray furiously demanded his magic oozing out more and more the further his devil slayer marks grew. Natsu didn't say anything he just blankly stared at Gray before he released enough of his magic power to return the temperature in the area back to normal.
"Answer me your fucking pyro!" Gray shouted while pointing his ice sword towards Natsu, "Tell me devil slayer do you still intend to keep your promise to your father by slaying E.N.D?" Natsu asked in a neutral tone, "Eh? What does that…?" "Answer the question!" Natsu shouted with authority interrupting Gray who just gritted his teeth, "Of course what's it to you?" Gray replied with a bit of venom.
"I'm standing right here devil slayer" Natsu replied in an emotionless tone confusing everyone present with what he meant. "What are you talking about Natsu?" Lisanna asked in a confused tone causing Natsu to sigh he didn't want to bluntly have to say it but it had to be done or else they wouldn't get it.
"E.N.D that what you've known the name of my brother's strongest demon to be for the last year, but E.N.D is an abbreviation" Natsu revealed to them causing Gray to charge forward and grab Natsu by the shoulders, "You know what his name is don't you? Tell me, tell me now!" Gray shouted in the dragonslayers face who just responded by head butting the ice mage causing him to stumble back.
"Ugh! Damn asshole, what was that for?" Gray asked in anger while clutching his forehead. "I said I'm standing right here, E.N.D it's an abbreviation. It means Etherious…Natsu Dragneel" Natsu said in a dead serious tone that was followed by a chilling silence as everyone took in the dragonslayer's words. "I am E.N.D, the master of Tartaros but that is beside the point of my return, I'm here for reasons concerning my brother" Natsu said before holding out a book and flicking it open.
"You think that's some kind of joke!" Gray said furiously, "It's the truth, your welcome to try a kill me devil slayer but try and refrain from doing so until after the impending war and I stop Zeref." Natsu said before walking past Gray over to the cliff and reciting a few lines from the book. The next thing everyone saw was 9 lights appear around Natsu and a bright light in the sky before the cube disappeared.
"I'm still not convinced this was a good idea Natsu" Sayla said after the lights dispersed revealing the demoness and the other demon gates. "Yeah well I didn't have a better plan" Natsu replied in a neutral tone, "You never have a plan" Mard Geer added causing the demons and Natsu to chuckle at how true the statement was leaving a baffled crowd of Fairytail members at how Natsu was being so buddy-buddy with a guild that literally tried to kill them only a year ago.
Once again everyone felt the temperature drop causing them to turn to the source to see Gray with his body almost completely demonised ready to charge and attack the demons. "Natsu what the fuck do you think you're doing bring them here!" Gray shouted out before he began charging towards the group, however before any of the demons or Natsu could react a large bolt of Lightning struck down in front of Gray stopping him in his tracks before it transformed into Laxus.
"I say we give flame brain a chance to speak…Gray" Laxus said in an intimating voice that Gray tried to ignore. "Yo Laxus" Natsu greeted in his usual cheery tone, "Good to see you Natsu, what are you copying the stripper now" Laxus greeted before adding the jab in. "What hell now, why would I copy popsicle dick?" Natsu barked back in response not surprising Laxus in the least, everyone knew including the demons that Natsu would forever carry that childish streak in him.
"So you mind telling us what's going on?" Laxus asked before he saw a frown make its way onto Natsu's face, "Yeah sure" Natsu responded in a sad tone before he went to explain everything, from Zeref's curse to the impending war that would soon be brought upon all of Fiore. "Look I know it may be hard for you to trust Tartaros and as the guild master I take full responsibility but joining together is the only way we will be able to defeat Zeref and his Army, my brother doesn't want this, he doesn't want to take life but the only way to control his Ankhserum's curse is to throw away the value of all life so that is why he is doing this." Natsu said in a neutral tone as he stared out into the blue yonder.
"What size of army are we talking about here?" Mirajane asked curiously, "Well if my sources are correct, Zeref has under his control a total of 750 guilds both dark and light each with a minimum of 100 to a maximum of 500 members each, so were talking about somewhere between 75000 and 375000 foot soldiers" Natsu revealed shocking most but getting a few like Laxus and Gajeel to smirk. "That's not all he also has an elite group of 12 wizards similar to our wizard saints called the Spriggan twelve except I'm only aware of 6 of them and their magic, the most dangerous will Brandish also known as the continent destroyer and August the magic king, it is said his magic is so strong that it surpasses that of Zeref himself" Natsu said this time with a bit of alarm to his voice causing everybody to gasp in shock and horror including Laxus and Gajeel.
"We're greatly outnumbered as you can imagine and as you may have heard God Serena our strongest Wizard saint is nowhere to be found, well that's a lie, God Serena has dejected to the enemy and is ranked 10th among the Spriggan twelve so even with him we would still be in a bind." Natsu revealed causing some of the members of Fairytail to grit their teeth in anger at the betrayal of God Serena. "So that's why you want us to trust Tartaros to give us a better chance of winning" Makarov summed up to which Natsu nodded, "Yes, but it still may not be enough were going to have to call upon all our alliances, Sabretooth, Blue Pegasus, Mermaid Heel, Lamia Scale everyone to stand a chance of winning otherwise there will be severe casualties. The only other thing I know is that Zeref is after something, something to do with Fairytail and I think you know exactly what that is…Mavis" Natsu said in a serious tone before staring at the spot where Mavis was standing shocking the first master of Fairytail because only people with the guild mark could see her astral projection and she saw Natsu remove his.
"I may not be able to see or hear you first but I know you're there nonetheless" Natsu admitted before smirking. "Does he mean what I think he does first?" Makarov asked wearily, "I think it's time to reveal the guild secret sixth" Mavis said in a stern tone before walking back into the guild motioning for the other members to follow her, leaving Gray staring down Natsu and the other demon gates, "I don't know what you're up but I swear once this is over with I will kill you!" Gray said in a dead serious tone, "Yeah, yeah whatever, I said you were welcome to try but by no means does that mean I will let you so don't make me do something I don't want…Gray" Natsu said in a neutral tone before telling the other gates to wait where they were while he and Gray walked into the guild hall.
"You really can tell he is Silver's son" Mard Geer mused before he started flicking through the tome they found in the ancient ruins. While Sayla was the expert on books within Tartaros Mard Geer was more diverse in really ancient tomes and scriptures. "I don't like him, I get a bad vibe from him" Sayla added in a childish manner before summoning forth several scrolls and speeding through them for any clues to lift Zeref's curse.
Inside the Fairytail guildhall
Natsu stayed at the back of the guild leaning up against a support beam listening into what was being said while trying not to attract to much attention but failing miserably, he was being swamped by questions from Happy, Wendy Lisanna and Gajeel who just wanted to fight Natsu to prove he was stronger but after a precise fist to the face Gajeel was out cold. Makarov then called for everyone's attention so he could explain what lumen histoire was and for the benefit of Natsu he spoke on Mavis's behalf. He revealed how Fairytail started, how Mavis met Zeref, how she contracted his curse and how they fell in love but most importantly what Lumen histoire actually was.
"Lumen Histoire also Known as Fairy Heart is a magic greater the 3 great fairy magics combined, it is our guilds secret because it is an unlimited source of magic, if the council had use of it the would be able to fire the magic canon etherion 30 times in a minute." Makarov revealed shocking everyone including Natsu beyond words. The whole revelation of an unlimited magic source sparked an uproar within the guild and gave them the hope that they could win the war, well that was until Natsu spoke up. "Unlimited magic won't mean anything against someone who's immortal, you could cut off Zeref's head and he would still live." Natsu revealed causing everyone to get down in spirits.
"As much as I hate it, there's only one thing that can kill Zeref…me" Natsu said with regret in his voice "But if there is another way then I will find it before resorting to 'that' method." Natsu said before walking out of the guild to get some air, he knew that the group from earlier plus one earlier were following him. Turning around he faced them before getting a smack across the face that didn't seem to faze him. "How could you of all people be their guild master, how could you even think of bringing them here? I don't care about your motives but how could you bring those monsters here!" Lucy screamed out while pointing to the Sayla and the other.
"Lucy!" Natsu shouted with a bit of anger gaining the celestial spirit mages attention, "I told you all earlier that it's my fault for what they did, as their guild master I'm responsible for what has happened. Besides it was never meant to turn out this way for them" Natsu said in a stern voice which gradually got softer surprising Lucy and the others "What do you mean?" Lucy asked while fighting back the tears. "They were created by my brother to kill him but somewhere along the way the purpose became clouded so they acted like lost children because me and my brother weren't there to guide them" Natsu revealed in a solemn tone while the Sayla, Mard and the others looked down in disappointment.
Lucy couldn't think of anything to say in response so just left the group, "Natsu I don't think you can really blame yourself for something you weren't aware of at the time" Lisanna said placing a hand on Natsu's shoulder giving him a reassuring smile, "Yeah Lisanna is right you probably only found out who you really were after the battle with Tartaros" Wendy chipped in "Aye sir!" Happy added in his usual peppy attitude. "Your friends are right Natsu we acknowledge the mistakes we made and that we are responsible for what we have done" Mard Geer added while the other demons nodded in approval.
Natsu gave a sad smile in response when something came to mind that he completely forgot, "Damn I can't believe I forgot" Natsu said before face palming. "Forgot what?" Carla asked curiously, "Well the first few weeks of my travels I ran into Gildarts, I explained all the shit that was gonna happen so he gave me this to give to Cana, shit speaking of Gildarts I forgot to tell you guys something else as well" Natsu said in a slightly shaky voice at the end. "What is it Natsu?" Lisanna asked looking at the dragonslayer and master of Tartaros curiously when she noticed him slightly shaking. "It's just that we won't just be fighting Zeref and his army we'll be fighting Acnologia as well" Natsu revealed frightening the four as the horrible memories of Acnologia's appearance on Tenrou and his fierce battle with Igneel came to mind.
"To be more precise there will be three sides to this battle, us, Zeref and Acnologia but each side has two opponents and in a weird way two allies where we'll all be depending one side to wipe out some of the other enemies. But the thing is on my travels I came across a book that was dedicated to Acnologia depicting him in all his power, while I'm uncertain it still remains a possibility, the book I found says that Acnologia supposedly has some sort of that just vanished all of a sudden and I doubt they were destroyed unless it was by Acnologia himself which is likely but if he does have an army they would have to be extremely powerful and non-human as Acnologia hates humans and respects nothing buts power." Natsu explained as the Fairytail members started to shake like leaves.
"OW!" "Jeez how could you forget something so important?" Sayla question/scolded Natsu after slapping him across the back of the head, had it been any other one of the demon gates Natsu probably would either started a fight with them our sealed them in Absolute Command for a while. However he still didn't like it and would always argue with Sayla that she stop and that he didn't deserve. "I told you to stop doing that" Natsu said while stretching Sayla's cheeks.
Seeing the interaction between the two lightened the mode of the four Fairytail members, "So Natsu when did you two start dating?" Lisanna asked sarcastically unaware that she hit the nail on the head, turning to face Lisanna Natsu got into a thinking pose trying to recall how long it had actually been, "I thinks it has been almost 9 months since we became an item" Natsu answered truthfully without a hint of lies in his voice and just as he mentioned the term item he was sure he heard an all too familiar squeal followed by a charging demon who just so happened to be its owner.
At speeds that would put Jellal's meteor to shame Mira rocketed out of the guild before grabbing a hold of Natsu and Sayla "You guys have to tell me everything, details, details, come on how did it start, what was he like when is the baby coming?" Mira asked without taking a breath causing the demons to sweat drop at the sight. "Is she always like this?" Jackal asked Natsu unable to comprehend what just happened, "When it comes to romance and couples then yes she always like this and from what I've heard she's unstoppable when she gets like this" Natsu said to Jackal who just placed his paw on Natsu's shoulder "Poor bastard well good luck" was all he said before disappearing in a golden flash teleporting him back up into the cube.
Lisanna, Wendy, Happy and Carla were still trying to get over the fact that Natsu, hopeless, clueless Natsu was in a relationship. "I always thought it would be me" Lisanna mumbled under her breath, "Oi Mira calm down your making me uncomfortable" Natsu said as he backed into a corner, but Mira wasn't listening, like a predator she closed in on the dragonslayer because one way or another she was going to get the detail. Thankfully before Mira could get any closer Sayla tapped her on the shoulder, "Mira if you come with me I'll tell you everything that happened between us" Sayla offered and like a bullet Mira and Sayla had disappeared from sight. "Well that was weird" Natsu said in a 'I can't believe that just happened' tone while Mard chuckled "Humans sure are interesting creatures" he said in a humorous tone before offering Natsu a hand up.
Sometime Later
After an hour after Mira had left Natsu had been discussing with the remaining demon gates their plans and strategies for the war that was soon to come, Natsu had also revealed to the guild the threat of Acnologia as well as his suspicions of his possible army and had gave Cana a brand new card specifically designed for summoning Gildarts along with a letter the Crash mage had wrote. Natsu had managed to catch up with a few members who didn't seemed put off by the fact that Natsu was E.N.D, this group consisted of Laxus and the thunder tribe, the Strauss family, Master Makarov, the exceeds and dragonslayers Cana and at one point he had a conversation with Erza to patch up any misunderstandings from a year ago. Currently Natsu was outside of the guild, with his eyes closed and was simply breathing in the air of Magnolia he had missed for so long peacefully. That was until he felt a spine chilling presence behind him one he knew all too well and no matter how powerful he got he would never not be afraid of.
Turning around to face the presence he was met by a single word and a gold plated gauntlet "PERVERT!" the female voice screamed before the plated fist collided with the side of his face sending him spiralling into the side of the guild hall. "Mi…Mira what the hell?" Natsu asked as he twitched while still firmly planted in the hole in the wall. Mira then dropped her Satan soul transformation which had gotten a shit tonne more powerful since Natsu last saw it. Returning to her normal form he could see a pissed look on the barmaids face. "You know damn well what that was for you pervert" Mira said before effortlessly pulling the dragonslayer out of the wall while the other demon gates watched in amusement as the Master the most powerful demon ever created was getting his ass handed to him by the barmaid, it was quite the spectacle to behold even if Natsu hadn't retaliated whatsoever yet.
"No Mira I'm afraid I don't" Natsu revealed before dusting himself off showing the only injuries he had obtained were a few scuffs (still more than some of the demon gates could do). Seeing that he was going to play stupid and appeared relatively unharmed Mira decided to bring this up a level "Satan Soul; Halphas!" Mira called out the name of a soul that was unfamiliar to the dragonslayer but he could sense from the dramatic increase in magic if he didn't protect himself from this one he would end up with more than a few scuffs.
Sensing the magic the entire guild came out and were all puzzled why Mirajane was using her Halphas form against Natsu but they were even more puzzled with what Mira called out next "You touched her horns!"the she demon shouted before charging towards the just as puzzled dragonslayer who didn't know what she meant, so dodging her initial punch Natsu touched one of the blue horns on Mira's head causing the she demon t0 yelp out in embarrassment before she completely dropped her take over, "Like that?" Natsu asked innocently Mira was too embarrassed to even respond, everyone in Fairytail Face palmed at the dragonslayer's stupidity while he may have appeared smarter overall there would still be that knack for his regular stupid antics.
"Natsu you no man I'll kill you" Elfman shouted out in anger jumping at the dragonslayer before being Ko'd by a well-placed karate chop to the head. "I don't get it what did I do?" Natsu asked in pure innocence once again before Sayla came over and whispered something in his ear causing the dragonslayer to pale and want to clone himself so he could kill his clone. "Mira oh my god I'm so sorry, please forgive me I didn't know, I had no idea" Natsu begged as he got down on his hands and knees in front of Mira and begged her forgiveness as if she were some kind of Goddess. (Well she probably could be just saying.
"…" Mira said mumbling something so low that not even Natsu's draconic hearing could pick it up, "Sorry what did you say Mira "I SAID TAKE RESPONSIBILITY YOU BIG DUMMY!" Mira shouted through her embarrassment shocking everyone present and even caused a few of the old perverts in the guild to cry at the loss of the guilds poster girl and model, some we're mortified mainly Lucy, Erza and Lisanna especially Lisanna, the prospect of her sister even being with Natsu mortified her to no ends.
Natsu was even worse he was frozen in unable to move and he was pretty sure he soul just up and left his body saying "Sorry this is your problem now pal." Turning his neck slowly like a creaky joint to face Sayla he looked at her with an expression that said "Why did you tell her that? Help me!" Natsu's pleading look didn't go unanswered as Sayla just shrugged her shoulders "I don't mind sharing" the demoness said as if it were the most Natural thing in the world shocking all but one "That works for me" Mira answered in response further shocking all but one, "Wait don't I get a say in this not that it bothers me?" Natsu asked in a surprised tone.
"Nope no lets go" Mira said in a childish tone before the entire Natsu, Mira, Sayla and the other demon gates disappeared in a flash of light teleporting them up to the cube leaving behind a very confused and weepy Fairytail.
Chapter end
Well that changed dramatically from what I had planned but progress is progress I guess, so next chapter will be the start of my war arc which I would like to make pretty long in my standards, I mean what I'm aiming for length wise is 10-12 chapters and averaging about 3.5k each that will be 35k-42k in length once completed. Anyway hope u like it, remember fav, follow and review
