Chapter Thirteen: Minor Complication(s)

Professor: Ha, told you I'd try to get at least one chapter posted this week! We are back to visiting Natsu. Hope you enjoy! Please remember that I do not own Fairy Tail or the Legend of Zelda.

Natsu was having the time of his life. He never wanted to leave. After all, he was currently in heaven.

Well, almost.

Having a bunch of rock people stare at you as if you were insane was really putting a damper on his mood.

But why shouldn't he be happy? He was literally bathing in the best food he had eaten since he tried to chow down on his Uncle, Atlas Flame.

He really should see about getting Gramps to let him have a pool of lava at the guild. He would get a nice relaxing bath, and then dinner!

"Umm….Pink-goro?" one of the Gorons he had rescued broke into his thoughts, "When you said that we should take a meal break, we didn't think you meant the lava."

"What else would I mean?" Natsu said before going back to slurping up the lava.

"The rocks around here!"

"So go ahead and eat them," Natsu said very nonchalantly, "I'm good here."

"Ermm..." the Goron turned to the others and shrugged. All of them were officially at a loss.

A different Goron walked up to Natsu next, "Um, Pink-goro?"

"Stop calling me that!" Natsu snapped.

"Where are we going next?" the Goron ignored his protest.

Natsu sighed, he wasn't enjoying his meal nearly as much anymore, "Look, we rescued all of you, so now we just need that special hammer."

"But we don't know where it is!"

"So?" Natsu shrugged before giving up on his meal. They obviously weren't going to let him finish it, "That's just what Erza calls a 'minor complication'."

"A minor complication?"

Natsu nodded, "Yep, she made sure I remembered that one. And she won't let me forget it!"

He almost shuddered at the memory of when he had forgotten it in the middle of a mission.

Man, Erza was terrifying.

"What do you think we should do Pink-goro?"

"Why do you keep calling me that?!" Natu yelled in exasperation.

As usual, none of the Gorons respond to him.

Eventually, he just sighed, "We'll just keep looking, ok?"

They nodded, appeased for now. Natsu rolled his eyes and got ready to continue on. Honestly, if he had known he would be stuck with such annoying cannibals, he would've totally chosen a different race.

A large rumble suddenly broke through his thoughts, moving the ground so violently that they all fell to the floor. Natsu instantly clutched his mouth, willing himself not to throw up the lava he had just eaten. He heard the chaos around him and chunks of earth falling to the ground, but couldn't get up the nerve to open his eyes. Something told him that actually seeing the world move around him would only make it worse.

Then it ended, just as quickly as it began.

It took a few moments for his stomach to settle, but eventually he was able to pull himself up and survey the damage.

Surprisingly, he and the Gorons had escaped it, but there was one major thing that caught his eye.

The lava level had risen quite a bit around the room.

"What in the world was that?!" Natsu exploded.

"And earthquake Pink-goro," the first Goron he rescued explained, "Volvagia caused it."

"A dragon caused that earth-shifting-torture?!"

He nodded, "It's for preparation."

"Preparation for what?" Natsu asked, continuing to look around.

The Goron took a breath, "For the eruption, Pink-goro."

The Dragon Slayer whipped his head back around to focus on him, "The eruption?"

"Yes," the Goron hung his head sadly, "Volvagia makes the Mountain shake, which will cause the eruption. The eruption would suit the dark lord Ganondorf's plans and kill all life on the Mountain, maybe even some places close by. It will happen after Volvagia has consumed the entire Goron race."

Natsu took one look at the heartbroken tribe that was so close to giving up before he spoke.

"Well then...minor complications."

"What?!"

Natsu punched his own hand, feeling powered up from the lava he had eaten.

"We've got a hammer to find and it's about time I proved why I'm the Fire Dragon Slayer."

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