Fiore Academy
Chapter Eleven – Brothers United
Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail in any shape or form. I am a mere FF writer paying tribute to the world of Hiro Mashima, the rightful owner of Fairy Tail.
Authors' Note – Well guys, I've finally stopped talking to that childish user, Orpheus, that way my written words can be used to entertain those of you who actually appreciate them, and I appreciate your words of support, so thank you. Now then, I'm sure you guys can guess what this chapter is about from the title, so I hope you guys enjoy. By the way, I just finished watching Naruto (the first one, not Shippuden)… anyone think that ending was kind of anti-climactic? I figured we'd at least see Naruto pull of a nine-tailed fox.
"What's wrong with him? Is he going to be okay?" the tram conductor asked the three girls, pointing at Natsu.
Mirajane smiles, "Don't worry, he just has a really bad case of motion sickness".
It was now the weekend on Academy Island, and Natsu, Mirajane, Erza and Hisui decided to spend it inside the city. Now, as they slowly approached the station by tram, Natsu was feeling the effects of his motion sickness in a bad way.
"Someone… kill me" Natsu groans out as he lays on the ground.
The girls and the conductor sweat-drop.
"He'll be fine once we get off the tram" Hisui reassures the conductor, who nods in reply.
"Okay… well, there's sick bags on the back of every chair just in case" the conductor says before moving on.
Five minutes and two sickbags later, Natsu was found kissing the ground of the Station.
"I'll never leave you again! I'll walk if need be" Natsu vowed to the spot of ground he'd seen fit to kiss.
The girls saw fit to give off another sweat drop.
"Well Natsu, if you're done making out with the dirt, can we move on?" Erza asks Natsu, who nods with a grin.
"Sure thing! Let's get going!" Natsu called out, and began leading the way.
The four of them began to walk the streets of Academy City. Their first stop was the shopping centre, since the girls needed to pick up a few… lady essentials.
"What are those?" Natsu asks, his expression blank as he points at what Mirajane picked up off a shelf.
Mirajane smiles, "Tampons".
Natsu takes a freaked out step backward, "Forget I asked".
"Hey Natsu!" Hisui called out from the next aisle.
Natsu frowns, "What now?"
Natsu moves over to the next aisle where Hisui was looking at a section that he did not recognise.
"What's up Hisui?" Natsu asks her.
Hisui smiles, "Chocolate, Strawberry or Vanilla?"
Natsu felt as though a question mark was floating above his head in his confusion, "Uh… say what now?"
Hisui giggles, "Read the packaging".
Natsu picks up one of the boxes, and begins reading the back, "Only 97% effective… vanilla flavoured lube… large… pack of twelve… condoms… condoms? What the… CONDOMS!"
Hisui laughs good heartedly, "So… what flavour?"
Natsu drops the box on the ground and begins to back away, "I'm out of here".
With those words, Natsu ran off to search for sanity with Mirajane's and Hisui's laughter trailing him.
After leaving the store with a bag of essentials for the girls, the four began to walk off.
"Hisui… did you have to get one of each flavour?" Erza asks Hisui, "You haven't even been with Natsu intimately before".
Hisui stuck out her tongue at Erza, "Neither have you Erza… and that's the exact reason I bought one packet of each flavour… we got to try them out".
Erza nods, "Agreed".
"It's like I have no choice" Natsu groans sarcastically.
Mirajane smiles, "You chose this path Natsu, so deal with it".
Natsu nods tiredly, "Yes ma'am".
After that, it was an hour of window shopping before Natsu saw a store he remembered.
"Hey girls… you mind waiting here for a second?" Natsu asks them.
The three of them were looking at some dresses in a shop's display window before saying with half a mind, "Yeah, sure".
Natsu walks into the store, and after finding and buying what he was looking for, returned to the three girls, who were waiting.
"So Natsu, what did you buy?" Erza asks.
Natsu smiles kindly at them and holds out two small boxes wrapped in violet velvet to Erza and Hisui, "These are for you two".
Mirajane blinks, "Where's mine? That's so mean of you Natsu" she adds with a pouty yet mocking face.
Natsu smirks at her, "What are you talking about Mira? You already have yours, you're wearing it right now" he points at her neck.
Mirajane blinks at that and looks at her neck, where the golden dragon necklace Natsu had bought her on their first weekend out was wrapped around her neck.
Sure enough, when Erza and Hisui opened their boxes, each one held an exact copy of the one around Mirajane's neck.
"Natsu… thank you" Erza says, staring at the ruby fragments used for the Dragon's eyes.
Hisui smiles, "Yes, thank you Natsu" she says, staring at her own.
Natsu grins widely, "Okay… what do you two say about me putting them on you?"
The pair nod, and with two clicks, all three girls, Mirajane Strauss, Erza Scarlet and Hisui E. Fiore, wore the Dragon necklace.
"I figured it could be like a symbol, a symbol that symbolises our relationship" Natsu says with a slight smile.
"It's perfect, thank you" Erza says.
Natsu waves his hand dismissively, "You already said thank you, now what do you say we go get something to eat?"
The three girls nod with a smile, "Right".
…..
"The burgers here are really good" Natsu mumbled as he dived into his pile of burgers.
The girls just smile hopelessly at their boyfriend.
"So, once you're done Natsu, what would you like to do next? It's your turn to choose, now that you got us these" Hisui asks a little timidly as she fondles with her Dragon necklace.
Natsu looks up at her, "Hmm… want to go see a movie?"
The girls smile at him and nod, and Erza says, "Sounds good to me".
After Natsu finished the last of his burgers, the four of them began to make their way to the City's cinema.
"I wonder what movie we'll watch" Mirajane wonders aloud, "I hear there's a really good romance out, some of the girls in my class said it was really good".
Hisui makes a gagging noise, making Mirajane frown.
"Oh? You got a problem with romances?" Mirajane asks the green head lowly simmering.
Hisui smirks, "Better question would be what I like about them… it'll take far less time to get the point across; if we're going to watch a movie, it's got to be a comedy".
"Stop it you two, you're acting childish" Erza says, sounding bored. The girls look up at Erza, frowning.
"Oh yeah?" Hisui starts off, hands on hips.
Finishing off, Mirajane says with arms crossed over her chest, "What would you watch?"
Erza sighs, "Something with action, adventure, fighting or all the above, of course; everything else is just boring".
Hisui's and Mirajane's eyes shone white with rage at this moment, but was quickly dissipated by a woman's scream.
Natsu frowns in the direction of the scream, "You girls can argue later, I think someone needs help".
The three girls nod, forgetting their anger for the moment as the four of them ran toward the scream's origin.
After a minute of full pelt running, the four of them found what they were looking for.
"B-but how? How could that many hostiles get into Academy City?" Erza wonders aloud as the four witnessed the sight of nearly a hundred mages in the centre of the City's largest market court.
Hisui frowns, "I don't know, but all of them are formidable judging by their magic pressure; none of them will be push-overs".
Mirajane frowns in shock, "Is it an invasion from rogue Mages?"
Natsu shakes his head, "I don't know, and for now I don't care; if we don't move now, a lot of people are going to die".
As he said these words, over three hundred of the Academy's Special Unit Police Force had arrived and immediately surrounded the mages.
Nearby, a woman sighed in relief, "Thank Gods above, the Police have come".
Natsu frowned; what was that scream before?
Natsu's eyes searched the scene, until his eyes laid upon something behind the mages; the bloody remains of at least half a dozen people… and one of them was clearly a child.
"The bastards!" Natsu growled lowly, simmering in a cold rage.
The girls looked at Natsu a little frightened; What was happening to Natsu?
"Natsu, you can't charge in there, even you can't defeat all of them on your own… the four of us won't even be able to do it" Erza tries to soothe Natsu.
"To hell with that!" Natsu growled, his fists clenched so tightly he could break his own fingers, "They will pay! All of them! They… will… burn!"
With that, Natsu charged forward.
Hisui stood there, stunned, "It… it can't be".
Erza and Mirajane turn on Hisui, "Hisui" Erza began, "Do you know what's wrong with Natsu? I've never seen him like this… he's always been cool and calm during a fight".
Mirajane nods, "This can't be Natsu… he isn't this kind of guy".
Hisui shakes her head, "No… there is a side of him I have only seen once… and it was horrifying to see him like that… he killed two dozen adult attackers… and we were only nine years old… not only that… but he burnt them to ashes" Hisui began to cry, "I had nightmares of Natsu on that day for years… I ended up going to therapy… it… can't be like that now".
Mirajane and Erza look in wide-eyed shock, and quickly turn around to look at Natsu as he finally reached the mages.
"OUT OF MY WAY!" Natsu yelled out in fury at the police, who were quick to step aside.
One of the mages laughed, "Can you believe this guy?" he says with a raised eyebrow and smirk, "Does he really think he can-" but he said no more as he was sent flying over twenty metres, burning to a charred crisp before he hit the ground.
Everyone watching; the mages, the police, the civilians and the three girls, watched in horror at the sight.
"Who do you guys think you are?" Natsu growled lowly at the mages, who took a step back.
"What gives you the right, to snuff the life of a child!? What gives you the right to take out any life!? The life of one of these good people is more valuable many times over, than the whole of you combined! You worthless scum!" Natsu ranted loudly, rage fuelling his words.
One of the mages frowned, "I don't care how powerful this guy is; there's a hundred of us, and only one of him… we can take him!"
The rest of the mages nod agreement, smirking, and with that, the same mages screamed out, "Attack him! Destroy him… and everyone else here!"
With that, the mages charged at Natsu.
For seconds, Natsu swatted them like flies, burning them to charred crisps as he did so… but the numbers began to take effect; first, one of them got his left arm, then another had his right leg… and soon after, he was being held down by over a dozen mages; at this point, there were still over seventy of them left.
The mage who spoke before, smirked at Natsu as he stood over his fallen, thrashing body, "Not so tough are you, you little psychopath".
"Natsu!" Mirajane called in worry, drawing the man's attention to her, Hisui and Erza.
"How sweet, you've got girls waiting for you" the man began to say, "I wonder what they feel like inside with faces like that… you're a lucky man… but once we're done with you… they won't be so lucky" the man taunts Natsu.
Natsu began to thrash more, but to no avail.
The man laughs and says, "Finish him!"
"I don't think so" a calm voice echoed across the court.
Everyone looked up; the voice seemed to come from above… and around them…
"Who are you?" the mage demanded as he watched a black cloaked figure descend from the air, his hood drawn up to cover his face.
Landing, the cloaked figure pulls back his hood to reveal a soft face with soft black hair and onyx eyes.
"Who am I?" the newcomer asked tonelessly.
Natsu looks up, to see the man with his own eyes, his rage having simmered down, "Z-Zeref?"
Zeref smiled down at Natsu, "Come on Natsu… you can to do better than this".
Meanwhile, over at the girls, Mirajane asked, "Who is this guy? How does Natsu know him?" Mirajane asked aloud.
Erza shook her head, "I think I know".
Mirajane looks at Erza, "You do?"
Next to her, Hisui nods, "Yes… there's no doubt about it… it's him".
Mirajane blinks; the two of them knew who this man was?
"So… who is he?" Mirajane asks.
Erza frowns, "When I looked into Natsu's life, I also looked into his family of course… the Dragneel Clan, one of the five Royal Clans of the magical world… known for breeding the greatest fighters that the magical world has ever known… but none of them can even compare with the potential of Natsu… and his brother".
Mirajane blinks, "Natsu… has a brother?"
Erza nods, "At the age of ten, Natsu's brother had already graduated from Fiore Academy… he was a genius".
Hisui nods, "Indeed… at only eleven years old, he was immediately accepted as an officer in the Knights of the Red Cross… and when he was sixteen years old, an age where most are expected to start at the Academy… he made it to the position of Captain".
Mirajane blinked, 'But… that's not possible".
Erza shakes her head, "No Mirajane, it happened… and not only that… but after only a single month, his ranking among the ten Captains of the order went from number ten… to second among them".
Mirajane shakes her head, "Still… what does that have to do with what's happening now?"
"Everything" Erza says, widening Mirajane's eyes. At that moment, however, black flames began to erupt from out of the newcomer, splitting into tendrils, one of them quickly snapping up one the remaining mages each.
Squeezing his right hand into a fist, the newcomer's flames squeezed on the mages… until nothing remained but ash to be scattered to the wind.
"What do you mean by everything, Erza?" Mirajane asks.
Erza frowns as she stares at the man, "That man… is Zeref Dragneel… Natsu's older brother".
Shocked, Mirajane watched as the two brothers, Natsu now standing again after the mages on him backed away, stared into the eyes of the other; she did not know what she was seeing. Hatred? Or sadness? In the eyes of these two members of the great Dragneel Clan.
"It's been a long time Natsu" Zeref spoke up, staring at his brother.
Natsu frowns at his brother, "Indeed… since you became a captain four years ago, I have not seen you… you look no different".
Zeref smirks, "Where on the contrary, you have grown… I must say, it is good to see you again after so long, but we both have matters to attend to".
Natsu nods, "Very well, then shall we take them on?"
Zeref nods in reply, and the pair turn to face the mages, near seventy of them.
"This shouldn't take long with the two of us" Zeref spoke softly.
Natsu smirks, "Long? A word that has no place in this fight, so why use it?"
The mage leading them ground his teeth, "I must admit, with the numbers we have… as much as I hate it… we won't win against your calibre".
One of the mages beside him gasped, "But… Lieutenant… surely, we outnumber them and-" he wasn't able to finish because he was interrupted by the Lieutenant.
"Shut up you grunt; numbers can only go so far against all this power facing us… we're going to need more men" the Lieutenant replies.
The Lieutenant turns to face Natsu and Zeref, "Fortunately, numbers are what we have".
Zeref frowns, "What do you mean?"
The Lieutenant smiles, "You think I came to Academy City with only a hundred men? I originally decided to disperse all my forces across Academy City, since my job was to weaken it as much as possible and return with as few casualties as possible… the only way I'll reach the second part of the job is to recall all my men".
He reaches around his neck and holds a whistle on a cord around his neck to his lips, and blows it. The sound was high, and it carried far away.
Seconds passed in silence; the mages stood there in a tight group, smirking in confident foreseen victory, the civilians watching the encounter stared in uncertain anxiety, the three girls watched, wondering over the future, and Natsu and Zeref stood there, calm and collected… almost bored.
Then they came, and Erza exclaimed loudly in shock, "B-but how? I can barely believe a hundred made it through! But this many? Impossible! There is no way this many could even move a hundred miles from the Island without us hearing word of them!".
Zeref nods, "Indeed… even I have trouble believing this… an entire legion moving unseen".
Natsu ground his teeth, "Can we defeat this many?"
Zeref did not answer.
Meanwhile, the Lieutenant began to laugh, "Do you see now you fools? You would need the entire power of a Company of Knights from the Red Cross to defeat us".
Mirajane shook her head, "He's right… there's too many".
"You're wrong" Zeref says to the Lieutenant calmly.
The Lieutenant blinks, "Oh? Not even all ten Captains could defeat all of us".
Zeref cocks his head to the side, "As to that statement, I am uncertain… but your numbers are pointless anyway".
The Lieutenant blinks, startled, "What was that? Do you honestly think you can defeat 10,000 mages!"
He waves his arms to the sides, showing the ten thousand mages at his back.
Erza shakes her head in wonder, "All of them… down to the last man… is formidable enough to be a bother in numbers; I might only be able to take down a dozen before I am overwhelmed… how can even a Captain say with such certainty, that there is nothing to worry about?"
Zeref turns to Natsu, "Natsu… you will be the one to take them all out".
Mirajane, Hisui and Erza's eyes all widen in shock.
"What are you talking about?!" Mirajane screams out at Zeref.
"Are you insane?!" Hisui cries out.
"Natsu isn't strong enough to do this on his own; no one is!" Erza exclaims in disbelief over the fool words of the Captain.
Zeref nods, calming the girls a little, "I know… as Natsu is now, seconds would be all it would take for him to lose".
The girls sigh in relief; Zeref wouldn't send Natsu, he must have misspoken.
"But he will defeat them" Zeref adds, shocking the girls once more.
Meanwhile, Natsu just nods, "I understand brother… I understand… do it".
The girls stare at the brothers; what was going on?
Zeref nods, "Very well… I hope you are ready".
Natsu nods, and Zeref makes an unfamiliar hand sign.
"Open the Gates of the END… open the first… trap the rest… let the power shine in the light… may the fires burn his foes… may his flame be that of salvation, not of disaster… RELEASE!" Zeref chants, channelling magic power into Natsu.
Suddenly, Natsu began to scream in unimaginable agony as his eyes turned blank and an aura of flame surrounded him. Black streaks began to appear over his body, and the skin itself began to flake into that of scales instead of skin. His hair as well; a streak of white appeared on his pink fringe, as though it were dyed. All the while, he screamed with tears of agony shed from his onyx eyes.
Finally, it all subsided, and calm was restored, and Natsu was changed.
"H-Hisui? W-what just happened?" Mirajane stutters in question.
Hisui shakes her head, "I don't know… I've never seen this before".
"That's because this is the first time we've ever opened a Gate" Zeref says calmly, hearing the girls.
Erza grits her teeth, "The first time? What is this anyway?"
Zeref smirks, "Power… this is the true manifestation of the power of the Dragneel Clan".
Meanwhile, the Lieutenant grit his teeth, "Oh yeah? Doesn't look that much to me; sure, he might be stronger than before, but there is no way he'll defeat all of us".
All ten thousand mages smirked confidently; no matter how powerful a mage can be, as if they could ever defeat ten thousand other mages who are all well trained.
"I wouldn't be so sure about that if I were you… Natsu?" Zeref turns to Natsu, "Everything okay?"
Natsu nods, his eyes the same as before, "Yeah, Zeref… everything is just fine… I am much more powerful now… I feel overflowing with magic power".
The Lieutenant laughs, "Like I said; you can't defeat us no matter how powerful you are!".
"And Zeref said, don't be so sure" Natsu smirks, "Now if I recall correctly, you threatened Mirajane, Erza and Hisui before… correct?"
The Lieutenant smirks, "Yeah? So, that's their names? I guess I'm going to have to get used to them… as will all these men, all ten thousand of them perhaps".
Natsu growled at the man, "I tell you what you good for nothing scumbag… I'll spend some 'special' time with you later".
The Lieutenant blinks, "Later? You will be dead soon".
Natsu smirks, "This will take only one spell".
The Lieutenant smirks, "You're right… because that will be all you can make in time before we kill you! And then it's fun time for me and my men, not so much for your pretty little girl friends!"
Natsu claps his hands together and says two words, "Flame Combustion!"
Nothing appeared to happen and the Lieutenant began to laugh.
"Really? What happened? Cat got your tongue?" he laughed.
Natsu shook his head, "No… I suggest you look closer at your men".
The Lieutenant blinks and looks at them; nothing seemed out of the normal, except… they weren't breathing, they weren't moving, and they all had a shocked look on their faces… otherwise, they had no sign of harm on them.
"W-what's wrong guys?" the Lieutenant asks weakly, not receiving a reply from them.
Zeref smirks, "I know that spell Natsu… I was the one who taught it to you… normally, the victims of it scream in agony for about a minute before it happens, but yours happened so fast and so powerfully… they kept their normal forms for a little while".
Mirajane blinks, "What does he mean?"
Erza frowns, "I think I do; when a person slashes you fast enough with a blade, your body won't register it has happened for some time after. The faster it is, the more time… some cases, a person can even keep moving and thinking normally as though nothing has happened, if such a cut is made to their brain".
Mirajane blinks, "That's what's happening?"
Erza nods, "I think so".
The Lieutenant began to freak out, "What did you do!?"
Natsu holds up three fingers, "Three" he folds one of them, "Two" he folds the second, "One" the last folds, and then it happened.
All ten thousand bodies collapsed into ten thousand neat piles of ash.
"B-but how? There wasn't any fire!" the Lieutenant cries out in horror.
Zeref smiles, "There was fire; it just came and went so fast you never even saw it, Natsu's control of it is truly impressive after opening the first gate, but he released a burst of fire in the direction of you and your men, and it was intense enough that in a single moment of its heat, even their bones were reduced to ash; that is Flame Combustion".
The Lieutenant shakes his head, "Impossible! If that's true, how am I alive?"
Natsu answered, "Simple… I let you live… immediately after casting the spell, I wordlessly casted a Full Flame Resistance Shield over all your skin; it hovered only half a millimetre over every pore of your skin, like a second skin as it were".
The Lieutenant shook his head, 'But why? Why spare me? Aren't you going to kill me!?" he begins to rant loudly.
Natsu's expression was sad, "Zeref… do me a favour?"
Zeref looks in his brother's eyes, seeing something there he had only seen once before; he knew what his brother wanted.
"Understood" he says calmly.
He holds up a hand and creates a small ball of black fire. He sends it out to Natsu and extends it around Natsu and the Lieutenant; they both disappear from view, and Zeref maintains the ball.
"What's going on now!?" one of the policemen asks Zeref, who grunts.
"None of your concern… be on your way now" Zeref replies arrogantly.
The man blinks, "Excuse me?! I'm a Captain of the Special Unit Policemen of Academy City! Show some respect!"
Zeref looked coldly at the man, "So? I am the Captain of the fifth company of the Knights of the Red Cross! Show me some respect and clear everyone out of here, except for the three girls over there. Now!".
Soon, everyone cleared out, and the girls approached Zeref.
"Been a long time onee-chan" Hisui greets him softly.
Zeref smiles at her, "Indeed it has, Hisui".
"What's going on? What is Natsu doing?" Erza asks.
Mirajane nods in support of the question.
Zeref sighs, "There is a reason I have made sure that no one can see what he is doing right now… he would never want anyone to see this… he would never forgive me if I showed you what I am seeing".
"What are you seeing?" Erza interrogated.
Zeref frowns, "Something I wished I had not… I feel sick".
The girls were shocked; what could be so bad… so wrong… that Zeref felt sick at the sight?
…..
Inside the Black Sphere, when it first appeared
"What's happened? Where am I?" the Lieutenant asked.
"This sphere" Natsu began to answer, 'Will be where you die".
The Lieutenant looks up, "But why? Why kill me here?"
Natsu smiles, 'Because this will take a long time".
The Lieutenant was frightened into shock, "But… but why… kill me… do it quickly… I beg you!"
Natsu shakes his head, "No… what did you say of the women I love?"
The Lieutenant began to dampen the crotch of his pants in fear.
"You said that you and all ten thousand of your men… would violate them… you would take pleasure from them… nothing can be done for those words in receiving forgiveness" Natsu's eyes began to shine in anger.
The lieutenant begins to breathe shallowly and loudly in panic, "I… wasn't serious… I would never… please, I lied! Please, believe me!".
"NOT A CHANCE!" Natsu began to bellow in uncontrollable rage, "NO ONE THREATENS THOSE I LOVE! NO ONE! YOU WILL PAY! YOU WILL BURN! NOT ONLY FOR THEM, BUT FOR THOSE PEOPLE YOU KILLED BEFORE I CAME! ONE OF THEM WAS ONLY A CHILD! YOU HAD NO RIGHT! NO RIGHT! NO RIGHT! NO RIGHT! MY BROTHER SEALED US IN HERE, BECAUSE RIGHT NOW… RIGHT NOW, I WILL NO LONGER BE NATSU DRAGNEEL! I WILL BE PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! PAIN! AND I WILL BE THE ENTIRETY OF THE REAMINDER OF YOUR EXISTENCE! FLAME TORTURE!" the last part was a spell, and immediately, the Lieutenant began to scream in absolute agony.
"PLEASE! STOP IT! KILL ME!" the Lieutenant began to cry in pain.
Natsu began to laugh, "ALREADY!? YOU'RE SOFT! WE'VE ONLY JUST BEGUN! SECOND ROTATION!"
With those words, the Lieutenant began to feel twice as much pain, but no harm was made to his body.
"PWS! ST… ET! KWILL… MEH!" the lieutenant cried the same words as before, this time in so much agony he could not say them right.
Natsu laughed more, "Stop? No… I want you to think of this… every fifteen seconds, I will advance a rotation, and the number the rotation is on, will be the amount of times the agony you were feeling before be multiplied… for example; on the tenth rotation, you will feel ten times more agony than the ninth rotation, which will be nine times more agony than the eight rotation and so on" an evil grin appeared on Natsu's face, "And you will endure a total of forty rotations! FORTY! THIS WILL BE THE LAST TEN MINUTES OF YOUR LIFE, THE MOST AGONISING YOU HAVE EVER FELT! NEVER… THREATEN… THE ONES… I LOVE! THAT IS THE MISTAKE YOU MADE! REPENT! THIRD ROTATION!".
By this point, the Lieutenant's mind broke, and all he could feel in every atom of his body, was pain. Thirty-seven rotations to go.
Authors' Note – I'll finish off here… I hope Natsu wasn't made too OP, but I'll give an explanation in the next chapter about how it's all balanced. Now, after asking what you guys thought of Natsu, saying he wasn't as angry or whatever… it was always my intention to have that be a side to my Natsu in this story… I hope I did well in demonstrating that side of him… if only a shadow of it… you have seen nothing of this side of him if you ask me. Let me know what you guys think… I would love to know, so be sure to comment on it, or if you want, PM me if you have any questions, I will always read them… unless it's Orpheus, because if you're reading this Orpheus, I'm done with you until the day comes that you grow up. Aside from that, next chapter will be posted on the 28th of March, 2017, approximately 8PM Australian Eastern Standard Time. Be sure to look forward to it (: