Title: Blood Revelation
Author: Sane. Allen
Rated: T
Genre: Angst, Hurt and Comfort, Romance
Summary: Nastu was kidnapped by a dark guild few days after Erza was declared to be the 7th guild master of Fairy tail. Three weeks after Natsu got kidnapped, Zeref, who heard what happen to Natsu, pass by a castle where he heard Natsu screams. The dark mage saved him, but the fairy tail mages arrive when he healed Nastu and both of the revealed something that the other mages never accepted for few years.
Pairing: Eventually Gray x Natsu
Warnings: Bad Grammars, OOC, Angst scene, Mention of rapes, torture, brother complex, temporary female Natsu, bad languages, gore and violence.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Brother complex mode, angry"
(Actions while singing/ actions while playing song/ scene change)
"Flashback/Past/memories"
"Emphasizing"
Please enjoy the story!
A/N: No Preview for this chapter
A/A/N: hey guys! Okay I will confess something… I was thinking of not uploading for this month because I don't have anything that comes up in my mind but then I read the new updates of the Fairy Tail manga and BOOM! I already had an idea on what to do in this chapter… A warning though there are spoilers! So if you still hadn't read the updates I'm sorry if this spoiled it.
Opening Song: V.I.P from Magi
Akogare o ima tsukanda
(Natsu, who was facing to the right and face down, slowly looks up and look in front and gives a sad smile.)
Daikansei no namari ni kokochiyoku utareta nara
(Zeref, who was facing to the left, face down as well, looks up although albeit faster and gives us a sad look)
(Gray, who was standing in the middle, face down, looks up and raise both of his hands, his fisted hand to the other and began to use his magic)
Saa tobikomou
(Then Gray release it, viewing this words
"Blood Revelation
ケツ ち
コク つ.げる")
Ashita kara umarekawaru to ka dareka ga mikiritsuketa to ka kono machi no sutairu to ka
(Sakura petals began to fall from their tree. Zeref, who's back is facing us, walks few meters away before stopping and look behind him and watch the petals flew before reaching his hand out and caught some sakura petals before blowing it and looks up.)
Sonna mono ni nagasaretsuzukete kado no toreta genseki ni wa kitto daremo you wa nai
(Nastu, who was laying down at the grass under the shade of tree, watch the petals flew over him before reaching out and caught one of the petals, and inhaled deeply when the breeze pass him and he lets go of the petals his holding)
Fushigi to tobira no mukou ni wa V.I.P nanoru yatsu wa naku daremo ga kunou no hate sa
(Gray, who was climbing at a plain grass mountain, stops and look down where he saw the town below him and looks up and watches the petals flew, before reaching out and took some petals before pocketing it, he smiled and then he continue to walk)
Akogare o ima tsukanda mi o yudanereba ii kaji wa kono te ni mittsu
(Zeref, who's face was near the view before it began to move away and showed as his whole body, open his closed eyes, as the view moves away from him and held up his fisted hand before opening it and releasing some black mist. Natsu jump in front of Zeref smiling and blow some fire towards the black mist, which made the mist to burst into flame before it disappeared, showing)
Kazoete the show time
( Natsu and Zeref standing back to back smiling and their hands intertwined.)
Daikansei no namari ni kokochiyoku utareta nara saa tobikomou
(Gray appeared in front of them and began to make some arrows with his magic and shoots it at us, followed by Erza who was wearing her Heaven's wheeled armor and her swords circling around before firing at us and lastly Lucy who summoned her celestial spirits.)
("Blood Revelation
ケツ ち
コク つ.げる")
(Bloody 6 Moving Forward and Saving Makarov)
(The next day, with Zeref and Co.)
Zeref yawned, blinking his, once shut, eyes open and before making a confuse expression and look down where he knew his new family are, only to frown when they weren't there. For a moment he panic, thinking that they left and went back to fairy tail, but then he sense his brother's magic, with his new family members, which made him sigh in relief. He then stood up and walk out of the cave, he look around and saw the people he's been looking for by the river, who are sitting at the river side. Zeref smiled and planned to head back to cave only to be stopped by his younger brother's voice.
"Zeref-nii!" Natsu exclaimed, looking and smiling at his brother, who turned and smiled. Zeref force himself to keep smiling, clenching his hands into fist, and inwardly telling himself to calm down when he saw how dull his brother's eyes look like, and he couldn't stop himself from blaming the dead mages he killed and himself.
"Good morning Zeref-san…" Wendy greeted smiling, said mage smiled and look at her eyes and saw the worry crossing on it, worry for his brother.
"What are you guys doing here?" he asks walking towards them and saw the cats playing at the river.
"Getting some fresh air!" Natsu said, before flicking some waters towards Happy with his feet. Zeref hummed and nodded, before sitting at his brother right side while Wendy was sitting at the left. The dark mage planned to sit Indian style but then he saw his brother and Wendy dipping their feet at the river, he then did the same after he took his shoes off.
"So…" Zeref started after a minute of silence and saw his younger brother shake his head.
"If you're going to say about how you are going to treat me and the others, Wendy already told me." Natsu stated, making Zeref's eyes to widen before he chuckled and shake his head.
"How did you know I was going to talk about that?" he asks, Natsu shrugs.
"If you are my brother, and if I remember correctly in the past you always think of others before yourself. Which is why you want to treat us like pawn, so that the curse won't affect the people around you."
"That's my brother." Zeref said, ruffling the said brother's hair.
"Hey! You know I hate that!"
"Of course I do! I'm your brother but I also know that you like having the back of your ear to be scratched." Zeref smirk playfully, Natsu gulp and began to ran away from where they are sitting and stops at the middle of the river flow, he turns around before yelping when he saw his brother doing the same which made him move. Wendy and the exceeds watch them with a smile, as the brothers avoid getting wet from each other or Natsu avoiding his brother. Never did they saw this part of Natsu at their former guild, sure he was laughing and having a playful banter with a certain ice mage but they never saw him playing like a child. Wendy look down at her feet deep in thought that she never saw a wave of water going towards them until it was too late and then the next thing she knew is that she and the others are wet. Slowly they all look up and saw Zeref smiling and Natsu grinning though, the grins seems to be out of place if he's eyes are dull.
"Natsu!" Happy yelled, the pink haired mage laugh.
"You guys need to have fun! Your so stress, relax will ya!" and just as he finish that statement his brother then send another wave of water towards them, this time they yelped and move out of they way running to the sides and then they look at the dragneel siblings.
"Natsu-san! Zeref-san!" Wendy shouted, the said mages laugh before sending them another wave and this time the others did the same. They've played their water game for a half hour and then they went back to their cave and let Natsu dried them up with his magic. It was a comfortable silence that covered them, when Natsu asks something that made Wendy and the rest curious.
"Oni… I'm wondering about something…" he started slowly, and Zeref hums. "About the age stuff yesterday…*inhales* -his brother, Wendy and the exceeds looks at him-… I know Laxus said that the reason whu Gajeel couldn't get pass the runes was because he told Freed to make sure the newly member of fairy tail aren't allowed to get out but… how come Juvia manage to get out if it was supposed to stop them from coming out?" the former fairy tail mages froze, never they did knew Natsu could think something like that, but the older brother smiled and instead of answering he asks.
"Did you remember everything? Because if you did remember then, your cleverness came back to you." He said, Natsu nodded.
"Yes, I remember that I inherited mom's eyes, nose, hair and slight of the body, and I got the attitude from dad, while you got dad's look and hair but your attitude belongs to mom. I also remembered how I become so extremely weak and how they died."
"How?" Wendy asks, tilting her head to the side.
"Well, oni and I were picking some fruits at the forest near our home when we heard some gunshots and we immediately run towards our home. We saw my parents lying at the ground few meters away from our house, bandits standing few feet away from their head, at first we though they were dead but we sense their magic and life force to know that they were alive but then a dragon came and attack the bandits but our parents also got caught with the attack. I run towards the place where I last saw my parents—"
"A reckless and stupid act." Zeref scoff finally remembering what happen, Natsu scowled before glancing at Wendy and the exceeds who are sitting just across them.
"My body was really weak at that time, so I only made it weaker when I inhaled too much smoke. And then I fainted and when I woke up, I'm grounded *glares at Zeref* and my parents were dead."
"How come you remember everything and Zeref seems to forgotten all of it?" Lily asks.
"I live for centuries, did you really think I can still remember what happen in the past?" Zeref asks, making Lily to mumble a good point.
"The guild that kidnaped me made me saw my past and tried to learn everything about me and Zeref." Natsu then hesistated, biting his lip. "It was then that they knew about me being E.N.D…"
"So you being E.N.D is true?" Carla asks, Natsu and Zeref nodded.
"It doesn't matter!" Happy said. "Natsu will be Natsu by heart!"
"But what about Gray? He hates Zeref's demon so much that I think he will kill you Natsu." Lily said, said pink haired mage glance at her brother.
"We will think of that when the time comes, right now I need to answer my brother's question."
"Thank you, Oni…" Natsu said, smiling at Zeref who rolled his eyes.
"To answers Natsu's question and your confusion… you, dragon slayers were never really born in this era."
CRASH!
"E-eh?" Wendy stuttred, Zeref nodded slowly, while glancing at his brother's reaction only to see how calm he is, and he seems to be accepting it.
"W-what do you mean?" Carla asks, looking at Wendy who froze.
"Like I said the dragon slayers were never born in this era, they are just legends per se… Natsu, Wendy, Gajeel, Rouge and Sting… the first generation of dragon slayers were born between 400 years ago, all five, no four of them were orphans."
"Oni… I think it's better if you explain what happen 400 years ago." Natsu suggested, making Zeref to sigh.
"You better get comfortable… this is a long story and I don't want to be cut off." He said, Natsu nodded and then snuggled at his brother's right side before reaching towards Wendy who snaps from her frozen state and went to snuggle and Natsu's body together with the remaining exceeds.
"My arm is not a pillow you know." Zeref sighed, Natsu giggle.
"You felt like one." He teased, which made Zeref to sigh more before he got serious.
(A/N: Explanation Spoiler Alert!)
"There are reasons why I revive Nastu… one is to see him smile and two is for him to kill me." He started and then felt Natsu and the other tense but they did nothing to stop him so he continued.
" 'Natsu might just be able to stop me…' I always held on to that belief… however, you were a bit too late…" he felt Nastu look up at him, which made him look down and smiled. "Rather than continuing to seek my own destruction, I chose to destroy the world instead… that is until this moment." He glance at Natsu's bandage arm, which made the pink haired mage to cover it poorly with his left arm. "That arm… had a strong magic on it Natsu." He complimented making Natsu to smile.
"You sense it?" he asks and saw Zeref nodded. "I inherited this power from Igneel." He stated, shocking the others except from happy.
"!?"
"The Last of the power that Igneel left behind inside of me, it took 10 months of training to be able to unleash this power."
"The last of Igneel's power…?"
"Yeah this is a one time deal only… once I use it, it'll never regenerate. This power truly is igneel's undying tenacity. I was planning to use it against you but… when I figure who you really are… I began to rethink my thoughts."
"Power Granted, from the dead… if that's the case it may just be able to destroy one who has become immortal, to destroy me! Don't rethink Natsu!" Zeref shouted, looking at his brother who glared at him.
"And you're going to leave me alone?" he growled, the dark mage flinched before sighing.
"It'll be for the best if I'm gone Natsu… I need to die so that this curse won't hurt anyone…"
"NO! I will think of a way to remove that curse without killing you oni! And that is something I promise!" they look at each other, Zeref watch his brother's eyes which shone in determination. He smiled before nodding slowly.
"All of us will look for a solution!" Wendy said, smiling at them, Zeref patted her head.
"Well then, I will continue my story." Zeref cleared his throat. "I told you about how I wanted to revive Natsu right? At the conclusion of the research I undertook in order to restore you life Natsu, I succeeded in constructing the lifeform known as the 'Etherious.' And that is what you are Etherious Natsu Dragneel. Igneel was supposed to defeat you but faild, not because he's weak but because he love you to such an extent that he couldn't bring himself to complete the task."
"That means I'm the master and creator of tartaros?"
"The one who created tartaros was Mard Geer. He used your book, this book," he then brings out a book from his robe. "Which he found by sheer coincidence to unify and control the demons, calling it 'E.N.D.'s will'. One might say that you, as well, were a creator of tartaros."
"You lost me there." Natsu joked, making Zeref to shake his head and the others to chuckle.
"You never were a good listener, even back then…"
"Hey I listened to you when we were young!"
"Sure… sure…"
"Meanie!"
"No matter what I did, you made no attempt to learn a language or the written word when I revive you… thus I sought advice from igneel, my close friend."
"Close friend huh?"
"Yes and that time was before I thought about giving you to him. In those days, Igneel was a rare breed of dragon who was not opposed to associating with humans. I became acquainted with him by happenstance while I was out collecting medicinal herbs one day. Igneel offered to teach you dragon slayer magic, Igneel, along with Metalicana and the other Pacifistic dragons hatched a certain plan. To raise and groom dragon slayers while concealing themselves within these mages' bodies using the 'dragon soul seal.' In doing so, they could effectively travel to the future. All for the sole purpose of defeating Acnologia."
"What need was there for them to travel to the future?" Carl asks.
"The Dragon's power was gradually weakening. The issue lied in the fact that the ethernano (A/N: Ethernano is the term coined to name particles of magic) was not dense enough for them to recover. If they did not travel to an era with abundance of ethernano, the dragon soul seal could not be undone. There were 5 off-spring who were selected for this plan."
"Me, Gajeeel, Wendy, Sting and Rogue were the chosen five, right?" Natsu answered Zeref nodded, the blue haired mage gasp.
"I was nearly against about my brother about their plan but there was no other choice. And all of you had one thing in common, your orphan. In your case, you still had me, but I endorsed this plan. Yes... Acnologia notwithstanding… it was my wish that if you became strong enough, you would do me the honor of endig my life."
"Oni…" the little brother growled, the older brother smiled.
"Shush… the Dragons used Eclipse to leap forward to the future, a celestial spirit mage known as Anna opened the door. They had not decided on exactly where in the future they would arrive. Anna's clan in accordance with the Dragons' plan selected this era, an Era in which the Etherano concentration was particularly high, and opened an exit there. In the future, a celestial spirit mage named Layla opned the door of eclipse."
"Lucy's mom!?" Happy shouted, making Zeref to glance at him while the rest look at him. He cleared his throat and continued.
"Yes… that was the July 7th of the year X777… that was the day on which you and the other young dragon slayers perceived your dragon parents to have suddenly disappeared. In reality, this was the day you reached this future era. You are all children who were born 400 years in the past." Suddenly Zeref look down and a sad aura began to surround them.
"And I… I waited for you all this time, Natsu. However, 400 years is a very long time… many things transpired in the meantime. I witnessed many eras come and go. My empathy of the true weight of human life and death began to erode. I met Mavis and then we parted… I am… you are a demon of the book of Zeref. Once you kill me, you will cease to exist as well…"
(A/N: End of spoiler)
Silence
"WHAT?!" Wendy and the cats shouted, while Natsu look at his brother calmly before mumbling.
"Figured as much…"
"Figured? You knew Nastu!?" Happy shouted, the pink haired mage shake his head.
"In the past… on my first life, I was a clever boy just like my brother… and I kind of connected some dots here and there… after if you created something won't it disappear if you die?" he asks, this silence everyone again.
"DEMO!" Natsu shouted, glaring at Zeref. "I will not kill you oni! You promised us a new life and you want us a new life! No way in hell will I kill you or let you die!" Zeref watched as his brother eyes suddenly had a glimpsed of determination before it disappeared, he then look at Wendy, who smiled at him.
"I always wanted to have a big brother…" she said, Zeref smiled and sigh.
"Alright, we will think of something else on how to make this curse leave me." He said, smiling at Natsu and Wendy.
"Does that mean we are all Dragneels?" Happy asks, Carla and Lily glance at him before glancing at the siblings and then at Wendy who smiled.
"Well… we are trying to move on so… I can get use of the name Wendy Dragneel." She said, Natsu smiled together with the others, while Zeref hums.
"It had a nice ring to it."
"Are you sure you're okay without Gajeel, Lily?" Carla asks, looking at the gray cat. Said cat sighed and nodded.
"Yeah… sure we spend a lot of time together but I wanted to know everything that had happen. Beside if I haven't met you guys then I would still with be the other exceeds." He said.
"There is something that's bothering me." Wendy stated out of the blue, Natsu glance at her before smiling sadly.
"Why did the others react so bad right?" he asks, Wendy nodded.
"Hai… especially Gray and Erza-san…" she said slowly, while the flame dragon slayer nodded slowly.
"It's just my theory but I think the reason why Erza acted like that was because of the Tower in Heaven incident were she and the others were force to work, so that they could call Zeref." He answered, before getting silent for a while and then hesitantly open his mouth.
"For Gray… I thinks it's because of Oni-san's demon killing his teacher and parents. Like what Oni-san explain earlier, the one who created tartaros was Mard Geer, but he use my book and made look like it was my will as their master. If he created that sort of guild, then what would Gray think if a will was written by someone? He will think that person created them and then that person was connected to Zeref."
"But I was thinking, that the ice mage was acting like that because it was what his father told him to." Zeref said, Natsu nodded.
"I also thought about that."
"That thinking is logical." Carla stated, and the next thing they heard were tummies rumbling. Zeref look at his new family before laughing at the embarrassed face.
"Shut up, nii-san!" Natsu shouted, Zeref coughs before standing up.
"Let's feed those hungry stomachs of yours shall we?" They nodded in agreement before leaving the cave.
'Slowly but surely… we are moving forward.' Zeref thought.
(Fairy Tail Guild)
Fairy Tail, eight years ago they were the most powerful guild there is, a year ago they reclaimed the title once again after losing it. And now they rebuild the guild again after it was disband by their 6th master at the same year. But the question is, what was the purpose of rebuilding the guild they love when their life, light in the darkness, joy, strength and sun is not with them?
Guilt began to consume the search party of fairytail, Erza and Gray were the once who got affected the most. Mira, who was standing behind their guild bar, wiping the glasses watches as the guild either glares at the equipping and ice mages or had a sad expression on their face. While the mentioned mages look blankly at the water in front of them.
After their master shouted at them two days ago, they've been like that. Gajeel was silent this whole time, this trying to get over the fact that Lily, his own exceed had chosen the salamander over him. Levy is with Lucy trying to help her calm, Cana was trying to get drunk, Laxus was sulking in the corner of the guild, while Juvia… Juvia seems to be plotting something, what it is? Mira don't know but her guts says it's no good. Mira sigh before looking up and saw their master going towards them and sits two seats away from Erza and Gray. Mira sighed before walking towards Gildarts and gave him his cup of coffee before going back at her usual spot, in front of Gray and Erza.
"Why?" Mira finally ask, after a minute of silence. Her question was heard all over the guild due to the silence which made all of the guild members to look at them.
"Wha—?" Erza started but Mira cut in.
"Why did you do that? Why did you tell those things to Natsu? Why did you attack Wendy and the others? Why? WHY?!" they look at Mira with wide eyes, not once did they heard her raise her voice like that. It was always sweet, and gentle, and fake, if she's mad, but furious nope never. Erza look at her for few seconds before sighing and spoke.
"I… I just got carried away… you know my past about the tower of heavens, where I, my friends, suffered, tortured and some die, just to revive Zeref… I… the moment I saw him, I remember those time that was put on us… the pain and everything… my mind was clouded with all negative feelings that I forgot that my friends were with him, that they were my friends… I just…" Erza then started to cry gripping her hair like she's about to rip it off her head. "My mind immediately saw them as an enemy the moment they sided with Zeref and I really… really regret everything…"
And just like that Erza cried, cried and cried like she lose everything. Which she almost did, she lose her brother and four other friends and it's because she can't control her emotions so well. Gray watched her cry before looking at the glass in front of him before sighing, making all eyes turn to look at him waiting for an explanation.
"Mine is almost like Erza… I mean…" he started, clenching and unclenching his hand into fist, Juvia look at him intensely. "Ur… my teacher sacrifice herself to defeat Deliora, who also killed my mom… my mind has been set to kill Zeref's demon and then there's my father who gave me his Ice Devil Slayer Magic… he was revived by Keye, another demon of Zeref, just to be experimented on… he then passed to me the mission to kill E.N.D. who was the reason everything this had happen or as Mard Geer said, E.N.D.'s will…" he then sighed and leaned back, looking at the ceiling before closing his eyes.
"My mind, has been focusing on finishing E.N.D. trying to accomplish my father couldn't do… and then when I saw Zeref, my mind snapped… thinking that he had that book… and then Natsu went and said those shit… I really don't want to believe him but… he said he's E.N.D.! I couldn't stand it! My mind snapped and then I did those things! Said those things! And at… at the cost of losing my fucking best friend!" 'My life…' he added silently, letting tears fall down from his eyes. Juvia then stands up, knocking her chair and making all of them to look at her.
"It doesn't matter Gray-sama! Natsu-san choose the side of an enemy! He's a traitor! An Enemy and A monster!" gasp could be heard after her outburst. Gray look at her with wide eyes, before it turn into fury.
"What are you talking, Juvia!?" he shouted back, standing up, defending his best friend. "This is Natsu we're talking about! Heck if he didn't found you at the village I left you two months ago and then went to save who knows where I've been!"
"But Gray-sama! He's E.N.D.! A demon! Zeref's demon! The one you need to kill! Just because he's your best friend doesn't mean you need to be kind and ignore him! He killed you father! That monster, demon killed you father!"
"SHUT UP!" Gray, Gildarts and Gajeel shouted at once, shutting the water mage up and tremble in fear together with the other mages… slowly, ever so slowly Gildarts stands up, his magic overflowing and glares at Juvia.
"I will ignore what you just said, because you seem to have not been thinking well… but if you ever, I mean ever insult my son figure then I won't hesitate to saw you who's the boss…" he said, slowly before looking at Gray and Erza, his eyes helding something that they can't explain before leaving the hall and to the office. The ice mage watch him leave before looking at the water mage.
"Juvia… I don't know what's going on in that mind of yours but clearly you're not thinking well… yes, my mission was to destroy E.N.D. but did you really think that I can kill my best friend, the one who understands me most… just for a fucking revenge? Watch your words Juvia… I don't care if you get angry at me but if you ever, ever call Natsu names that aren't forgivable I won't hesitate to freeze you." And then he walks out of the guild. They watch as they left before looking at the Iron mage, waiting for an explanation why he shouted as well.
"Lily… I know my cat long enough to know that the reason he joined Salamander's side is to know everything… heck, I'm sure the reason they joined Natsu is because they wanted to know everything about him and… Zeref… Natsu taught them to never judge everything because they are what they seem to appear… heck, he's very scared of you, Erza, and that is because of your aura but he still cares for you… took me a while to understand them…" he sighed sadly, Levy stands up from where she was sitting beside Lucy and went to him and rub his arm soothingly. And slowly, as they let those words sunk in, as they let the things that had happen sunk in… they finally accepted their reason, except from Juvia. But one thing remained in their minds, no matter how much they regret it, explained it, their light will never come back to them…
After an hour of staying and talking there, the guild front door slammed open. They immediately look at the door, expecting a fire mage, only to be disappointed to see that it was only Gray and behind him was…
…
…
…
… Doranbolt?
"Doranbolt-san?" Mira asks, the man shake his head.
"You can call me Mest… and I heard that Erza is the new master of Fairy tail." He stated, glancing at Gray and then at Erza who frowned.
"Gildarts took his position as the fifth master." She said, Mest nodded before looking around.
"Where's Natsu-san and Wendy?" he asks, only to be answered by silence. He's eyes narrowed before sighing and walk towards Erza.
"I need you to come with me…"
"And pray tell where are you going to bring her, Mest?" Gildarts's voice suddenly asks, they all look at the stairs and saw him glaring at Mest, arms cross-over his chest.
"I think she had the right to know about it. And also because she's the only one that can save the sixth master, Makarov." He said, Gildarts eyes narrowed before he nodded and gestured for Gray and Lucy.
"Bring them with you." He said, Mest glance at them before nodding and went towards the basement door, with the remaining team Natsu behind him.
Gildarts walks down and stand in front of the door and glance at Laxus and Gajeel, who glance back at him before he shake his heads, which they shrug and continued to sulk. While the others began to whisper, worried for their master.
(A/N Spoiler alert!)
As Mest and the others walks down the stairs Erza couldn't help said.
"I never knew a place like this existed beneath the guild."
"That's because the entrance to it is usually sealed off."
"By the way… if Gildarts didn't ask for Gray and Lucy to come with us, why am I the only one allowed?"
"Because you're the seventh master, the place we're heading towards now… it's a 'for your eyes only' kind of Area… technically, even I don't have the authority to enter it… or I guess I do have…" he thens stop in front of a door and opens it. Team Natsu's eyes widen when they saw their first master inside a crystal.
"Fairy tail's greatest secret of all… Lumen Histoire."
"…!"
"The first?" Erza ask.
"This is… the first's body? Is she alive?" Lucy asks.
"What is the first doing encase in crystal underneath the guild…?" gray asks. Erza look at Mest and stated.
"Whenever you're ready, Mest…"
"Even I don't really know exactly what this is… but what is clear is that she has some essential vital significance."
Gray then snapped out of his stance and ask.
"More importantly, get to the part about grams?! You know where he is, don't you?!"
"More importantly' he says…" Lucy stated before flinching.
"!"
"Wh… what is this?" she asks, "In… inside my head…"
"A movie?" Erza ask, holding her head just like the others.
"They are my memories." Mest stated, holding his head.
"…"
"It was nine years ago from today… or to Team tenrou, I suppsed it was two years ago… I was given a certain mission from Makarov."
(Flash back)
"You want me to infiltrate the council?!" a young Mest asks.
"You're the only one capable of doing it." Makarov stated.
"Fine… what do you want me to steal?" he asks, smugly.
"It's not that kind of mission. What I want is for you to be our mole… feed us any and all intel that pertains to the 'West continent.'"
"That pretty much sounds like stealing to me!"
"Those punks may have gone and suppressed this information in their records and destroyed the physical documents. So what you'll need to do… is just keep me well informed with regards to any conversation within the council that touches on the subject of the 'West Continent'."
"To what end?"
"Please, don't ask any questions and just do this for me. This is to protect the guild." Makarov said, seriously.
"…"
"If I'm really going to do this, then I'm diving in head first! That's right! I'm going to erase all memories I have of my current self!"
"How about you not?"
One month later
"Diplomatic relations with the west continent have been irrupted. So there's no new intel coming in." Mest stated.
"I see." Makarov said.
"By the way… the council members aren't exactly fond of our guild… they're always looking to put the reins on Natsu…"
"I never thought you'd really go so far as to erase your own memories, in order to infiltrate them…"
"It's okay… it's been done in such a way that as long as you're the one who removes it, my memories will return."
"You are skillful indeed, Mest."
"While I'm undercover, I'll be going by the name of Doranbolt."
A few months later
"What business does the master of fairy tail have with me? Is it just my imagination, or did you call on me last month too…"
"This is getting beyond annoying…" Makarov sweat drops.
From there the months and days flew by.
"The master of fairy tail… coming to meet me again?"
"He's been asking for these visits a lot recently." Lahar stated, as he and Mest eat at the cafeteria.
"I just thought of a splendid idea! That guild's always got so many insidious rumors swirling around it… I'll use my magic to infiltrate it!"
"Ohh…"
"I bet I'll find out all sorts of dirty little secrets…" he grins. "To start with, I'll implant a memory into Makarov convincing him that I'm a member of his guild who goes by the name of Mest! Aaaahhhh I wanna know! I wanna dig up all the dirt on that shady guild, fairy tail!" he declared, his mouth wide open putting Lahar's head inside it.
(end of flash back)
"'The fuck, man…" Gray stated, paling and then his thought went to Natsu's reaction, smiling and chuckling inwardly, knowing he will say the same.
"I'm sorry about that. Really, I am." Mest said.
(Flash back)
And then 7 years later at the grand magic games
"It's been far too long…" Makarov said, Mest standing in front of him crying.
"I'm just so happy, you're all okay… you, master and everyone in the guild…"
"I've cause you so much pain and grief…"
"No… I decied this course of action on my own." Mest covers his face trembling.
"Just forget about the mission and come back home to fairy tail."
"I can't… I can finally see the light at the end of the tunnel…" Mest rejected wiping his tears. "Soon, I'll have the information that you've been seeking this entire time." Makarov eyes widen at his revelation.
One year ago, after the end of the Tartaros war.
"I'm going to break up fairy tail." Makarov stated.
"Ehhh?!" Mest shouted.
"Through all the information you've gathered for me and all of my own research up until now, I am sure… that this is the only road left to protect the guild."
"You're breaking up the guild based on some Intel on an investigation of the west continent?! That makes no sense!"
"You don't have to comprehend my decision. There is a major power within the west country known as 'Alvarze'. That country is just far too dangerous."
"And… what does that matter?! Sure 10 years ago, that country tried to invade Ishgar… but they failed!"
"Do you know why it is they tried to invade Ishgar? Lumen histoire. 10 years ago Alvarez sole purpose for invading Ishgar was in order to obtain the Lumen Histoire."
"!"
"Their invasion didn't fail, it was stopped. The council made use of their secret power…"
"Etherion!"
"And in light of recent events, we now know that face was also once in the councils possession. Given those facts, it was in the mighty Alvarez's best interest to tread lightly…"
"But the council is no more. Etherion and face no longer exist."
"Do you understand what this means?"
"Ishgar has lost their deterrents against Alvarez…?"
"Correct. They will once again make plans to invade."
"What does have to do with disbanding the guild?! If anyone comes at us, we'll blast 'em down! That's what fairy tail does right?!"
"It is because we cannot, that my only choice is to disband."
"Wh…what?"
"Including fairy tail, there exist about 500 guild within ishgar. Against that, the west continent with their legitimate and dark guilds put together, posses roughly 730 mage guilds. All 730 of those guild united together and created one massive, gigantic empire. The super military-driven, magic empire, Alvarez."
"!"
"A single guild cannot stand up to or fight against 730 united guilds… wee'd pose about as much threat… as a newborn in their eyes… they're completely different that any opponent we're seen up until now…"
"No way… There must be something we can do!"
"I shall go and negotiate with the empire f Alvarez."
"!"
"I'm going to put all my cards on the table and show them that if they invade Ishgar, that I will activate lumen histoire. All I can do is try and buy us some time. I'm betting everything on this. During that time, if we can just rebuild the council…"
"W… Wait a second!"
"If worst comes to worst… and something should happen to me and the guild is still left behind, then they're going to come after those kids. THA IS THE ONE THING I CAN SIMPLY NOT ALLOW TO HAPPEN! THE GUILD'S HISTORY, LEGACY, ALL OF IT BE DAMNED! IF IT MEANS PROTECTING MY FAMILY THEN I WILL DISBAND FAIRY TAIL WITHOUT A MOMENTS HESITATION!"
"Master… it's just too much… for a single human to try and stop an entire country…" mest said crying. "It's like you're going off to die…"
"I'm proudly carrying the lives of my family on my back, that's what it means to be a parent!" Makarov declared looking at Mest with determination.
(End of flashback)
"So you're telling me that gramps left for that whatchamacallit country… and hasn't come back yet?!" Gray shouted.
"Even the dissolution of the guild was for our sake…" Erza stated
Mest began to sweat watching as the others let everything sunk in.
"And you haven't heard from his this past year at all?" Lucy asks.
"Correct…"
"I hope he's okay… I'm so worried." Lucy said.
"Is he still in the midst of negotiations, or has he been captured? Or could it be that…"
"Don't finish that thought." Erza cut it, before Mest could say something they fear.
"I worked, in accordance with Makarov's plans, to resurrect the magic council. With the help of Warrod-sama we've formed a new magic council around the ten wizard saints."
"Come to think of it, the fact that the master's whereabouts are becoming an issue among the members of the magic council as well means…" Lucy said.
"Warrod-sama is aware of the situation but I suspect the other council members are not. They all, however, recognize the reality of the Alvarez Empire's threat. They quickly to moved to draw a like of defense; even now, it is serving to deter the dvance of the west continent."
"So that means Gramps' effrst at buying time were a success! Which meanse he should be returning any moment now…"
"Ideally, yes. We can assume that he either has not caught wind of these developments, or his circumstances prevent him from returning."
"Eithery way we're going to save him, right?" Erza asks, demanded.
"Yes… I've revived the magic council, just as the master has wished. From this point forward, I intend to function as a mage of fairy tail."
"Let's all go together!" Lucy suggested.
"Wait." Erza interrupted, raising an arm side wards. They stilled.
"This enemy is someone our master himself surmised as 'unbeatable'. We simply cannot afford to rush in blindly, without a plan. The time master risked life and limb to buy us… his feelings towards us…. Do you intend to make light of them? We will rebuild our guild, we will resume taking on jobs. We will completely revive fairy tail. I want the member that have gather here again today to laugh and smile as they once did… before everything that happen with… Natsu…" they gulp, as Erza began to tremble while Mest looks confuse.
'I'll asks them after we save master.' He thought.
"That is what I, as the seventh master, wish." Erza added, the others gasp and then she continued. "But my wishes as a guild member are different. WE ABSOLUTELY MUST RESCUE OR MASTER! THAT IS WHY WE WIL GO ABOUT HIS WITH JUST THOSE MEMBERS PRESENT HERE." Mest began to sweat at her declaration, while Gray smirked and Lucy smiled.
"A small band is better suited for this kind of task. We'll infiltrate Alvarez, save the master, and get the hell out of there. This is not a battle. This is an infiltration and rescue mission. We will not get into useless fights nor will we cause a ruckus."
"We'll get gramps back, no matter what!" Gray shouted, before their mood suddenly shift into something gloomy.
(A/N: end of spoiler)
'Natsu…' they all thought, Mest eyes merely narrowed. Before he sighed and they all went upstairs and prepared for their journey.
(Dragneel siblings, at the shore continent of Ishgar)
After eating their brunch, Zeref suggested that they should move and go back to his place. After a while of talking on what to do, either they ride ship or just use a portal to lead them there, they decided to walk until they reach the shore of the sea leading to their soon to be home. Right now they are resting their feets for they've been walking for an hour or two. Natsu laid at the ground asleep, Zeref is sitting, leaning at the tree behind him, the same goes with Wendy only, her knees are pulled to her chest, while the exceeds are sitting at the tree branch above them.
"Ne Zere—I mean nii-san…" Wendy started, trying to get use about Zeref and Natsu nii-san.
"Hm?" Zeref hummed, Wendy shake her head.
"Nothing… I'm just trying to get use of calling you nii-san…" she said, Zeref smiles before shaking his head and glance at his brother, noting his expression which is emotionless.
'No dreams?' he thought, before glancing at Wendy.
"So… dragon slayer don't like to ride vehicles?" he asks, teasingly. Wendy laughs and nodded.
"Yep… we got motion sickness… feeling like we're going to puke whatever it is that we ate the moment a ship, or train starts to move."
"Are all dragon slayers like that?"
"Hai! Even the second generation of dragon slayers!" she chirped, Zeref hummed and patted her head.
"The moment we arrive… we will find something that will help you from your motion sickness without using your magic." He stated, Wendy look at him with wide eyes before smiling.
"They say your bad, but in reality you're really nice." She said.
"Aye!" Happy agreed, which made them look up and saw that the three exceed are smiling at them. Zeref smiled back and then look at his brother, before patting his head. After a while he gulp and shake his head.
'There are tools… I can use them against fairy tail…' he thought, trying to control his curse and not accidentally killed his new family.
"Ya…mete…" a raspy voice suddenly said, Zeref blink before snapping his head to the side and saw his brother frowning, gasping and twitching.
"Natsu!" Zeref shouted, grabbing his brother's shoulder.
"Natsu-nii-san!" Wendy gasp, watching as her new older brother shake their sleeping.
"Natsu! Natsu wake up! It's a nightmare! Natsu!" he shouted, and watch as he saw Natsu's eyes snapped open. The moment he saw the olive eyes, he then noted how it panicky look around before he could stop himself he hugged Natsu which made the latter think he was being attack.
"NOO! Please! Don't!" Natsu struggle, Zeref gritted his teeth and waited for Natsu to calm down ignoring the pain he felt from the punches his brother give him. Never letting go from embracing him. The next words hoever made him and the other froze.
"PLEASE! Don't enter me!" Natsu sobbed, Zeref gulp and began to pat Natsu's head.
"It's nii-san… it's nii-san… otuotu…" he's grip then tighten and after that Natsu's body limped. Slowly Zeref laid his brother back to the ground and stands up.
"Stay here Wendy." He ordered and began to walk away and went through a portal. Wendy watched as he left before looking at Natsu.
'Enter? Could it be natsu-nii-san got… rape?' those thought rang in her ears and only waited for their older brother to come back.
(with Zeref)
Zeref's front hair covered his eyes as he walk to the place where he's brother was tortured on.
"You rape my brother." He declared to no one before unleashing his black magic and then look at the ground, his eyes turning red. "SUFFER IIN THE AFTER LIFE YOU BASTARD!" he roared, and then he can hear some screams, soul screaming as they were swallowed by his black smoke. After a while it was gone, including the castle it was as if the Erebus Valdis guild never existed before he turned and walk away.
(Back at Natsu, Wendy and the others)
Natsu blink before sitting up, Wendy look at him carefully and then look up and saw Zeref walking towards them. The black haired mage stop beside his brother and look at him with gentle eyes as they met the dull olive eyes.
'Please don't tell me that you can't be put back together if you get hurt like this again.' Zeref thought before focusing at what his brother was saying.
"Gomen… I didn't mean to do that…" Natsu said, Zeref inhale and hug him before gesturing Wendy to join them together with the Exceeds.
"We're a family now Natsu… you don't have to tell us everything that had happen now… but please tell us sooner, so that the nightmares will stop." The older brother nuzzled at their heads, making them nod and look at him.
"Hai…"
"No secrets?"
"No secrets." Wendy said, looking at the other who nods at her.
Zeref let them go and took something from his robe and give it to them. Natsu and the others look at it before lifting it up and saw that they were cloaks with hoods on them. They all smiled and wears it and look at each other before chuckling.
"Well…" Zeref chuckled. "You three cats looks likes babies, that knew how to walk at a young age." He teased, earning a growl, glare and a pout from the said cats.
"What are these for?" Wendy asks, Zeref glance at her and lifts her hood.
"To hide your identity." He said, and looks at Natsu who already had his hood lift up.
"You better explain everything tonight." He growled, Zeref chukled and nodded.
"But first let me tell my tools that I'm bring some guest over." He said and turns around ignoring the other as they talk about how cool they look which made him smile.
'12 Springgan, can you hear me?' he telepathically thought, before receiving confirmations. 'I'm bringing five people over, show them some respect… tell the others…' after receiving another sound of confirmations he cut off the line and walk towards his family who are waiting for him expectantly.
"Let's go?" he asks, giving them his hand. Natsu and Wendy grab it while they reach towards their other hand to their cats. Happy is to Natsu and Carla and Lily to Wendy. They look at the horizon and inhale deeply.
"Let's go to Alvarez." He declared stepping forward and into the portal.
TBC
Actually I wasn't planning on making Wendy come with them, but she was so nice and I thought about them having a lil' sister so I thought why not and try! I hope you like this chapter!
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And really I wasn't planning to bring Wendy along but then I had this idea and yea I need her in the future chapters.
Yep they will see how KAWAII! The dragneel siblings are but in the future chapters and I need them to see what will happen if they faced Zeref wrath especially gray.
Oh there are more reactions that will be happening, especially Makarov and gildarts.
And thanks for the suggestion! Actually I was planning to do that only after chapter six or seven or it's on those chapters. Ahahahha I was planning everything you suggested and it's all plan well…
Sorry but Gildarts and Romeo can't join them but they do have a special role in the future chapters.
Natsu is super strong but I need to hide on what can he do and all that stuff.
Oh they will have a change of hearts, but everything is not the same even if they did though. Well Erza love natsu as a brother so yes, she will rethink her actions for years to come, Gray as well… I mean you did read the warnings and pairings right? He had a crush on Natsu and then something… hehehe… about Juvia? I'm not sure about her… I sort of hate her per se… so I've been thinking about her role.
How broken Natsu is? Let's just say, if you kill his new family, you will have a Powerful Etherious after you and nothing can stop him not even Gray's magic… in other meaning he's nearing insanity one more heart break and boom! Natsu dragneel we all know is nowhere to be found…
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