"Speaking"
"thinking"
On with the story
A few days before
Natsu was flying in the sky as he searched the faint scent of Erza trailing in the ocean's breeze
He found the end of the trail as he was looking at a tower on an island that had slaves being forced to work against their own will
"what is happening here?" Natsu then floated down near the island while making himself invisible
He looks around and saw some guards were in the middle of torturing a little red head girl who was protecting another little girl who was hugging a ragged cat doll
"that girl…" Natsu muttered before he teleported towards the group
"get back to work!" the guards kicked the red head girl and left with his gang
The girl dropped to her knees while holding her bruised hand
"I'm sorry, Er-chan" the other girl apologized to her while crying
"It's alright, Milliana" Erza replied with a smile "this is nothing"
"Er-chan…" Milliana wiped her tears as more of the children slaves went to her
Natsu was looking by the sidelines as the man had a rather proud look on him
"her strong will is just like Irene's" Natsu thought with a smile before he look at the guards who had kicked Erza
"be Erased from existence"Natsu wiped his hand to the side as the guards who were talking and laughing suddenly disappeared without anyone realizing it
He sighs and turned his attention to Erza who was talking to a boy with blue hair and a tattoo on his right side of his face
"hoh? This boy has an interesting future up ahead" Natsu thought as his eyes glowed gold
He then looks at the other children and saw that their aura held a bright future for them
Natsu smiles to them as he knows that all of them will have a happy future ahead, but he soon frowns to one of Erza's friend, and that was an old man
He knows that regular mortals had a short life span and would die in a few decade tops, but this one was different. His aura had a mixture between a rainbow color mix with a bit of black
"this one's flames are weakening" Natsu closes his eyes as he frowned a bit
He shook his head as he looks as Erza and the others who were walking back inside the tower while being watched by the guards
Natsu made his way up to the tower and went in
He then saw hundreds of prison bars with slaves in them
"looks like my brother is their so called god"
Natsu looks to the left and right and saw many children slaves as well as older ones
He then floated up and head towards Erza's prison cell as he saw that she and her friends were in it
"I can't take it anymore!" a boy with yellowish hair cried while being embraced by Erza as he cried on her "we're never gonna get out of here!"
"it's alright, Sho" Erza sooth him while caressing his head "one day, for sure. We will be out of this island before you even know it"
Natsu looks in sadness to them before he had a glare on as he looks at the top of the tower
"I'm ending this here and now" Natsu said as he floats up to the top of the tower, but suddenly he stopped when shadow tentacles latch around his body
"why did you stop me?" Natsu said looking behind him
A shadow appeared out of Natsu as it transformed into a shadow version of himself
"we cannot interfere with fate, that child's destiny is not within our reach to meddle with"
The shadow disappeared as Natsu clenches his fist
"so, I cannot interfere"Natsu thought before he turns and softly landed in front of Erza's cell and went in when the guards brought out a fat boy who had brown hair with restraints
"Niisan!" a young boy with spiky black hair cried onto the old man who hugged him as he comforted him
"it is alright, I'm here for you" the old man comforted the boy
Natsu frowns to the young child for loosing his own brother to them
He turns to look at the fat boy who was being taken away as his eyes glowed golden and Natsu saw that the boy's aura was bright
"you will meet your brother again one day" Natsu prayed for the crying boy as he then turned his attention to Erza who was sitting alone by the corner of the room
"if only I had met your mother more sooner, Erza" Natsu thought in his mind before he stood aside to let the blue hair boy with the tattoo go to Erza
He then looks around and frown to the scene of slaves crying
"I'm sorry, Irene. It looks like I have to go back on my word"
Natsu stayed with Erza and her friends as he made sure that they would live to see another day
Day by day, night by night, weeks to weeks. Natsu stayed by her side as he would heal her bruises and so with her friends without them noticing him
He would add more food to their provisions and made the guards who dare harmed them, get erased from existence
But during one night
Natsu watches over them as he kneeled beside Erza and caressed her head while she sleeps
"Erza….Scarlet, haha what a fitting name for you" Natsu thought with a chuckle as he then started healing the bruise on her forearm before he heard movement behind him
"thank you" a voice spoke behind Natsu as he turned around and saw the old man sitting up and was smiling to Natsu
"I don't know who you are, but I thank you from the bottom of my heart for helping us" the old man did a bow to Natsu who was still invisible "please do not be alerted, I am just a loving old man to these young ones"
"my name is Rob. my friends call me Old Rob" the old man introduces himself to Natsu who turned back visible
"how are you able to sensed me?" Natsu asked while wiping his hands as it made their conversation unhear able by others
"I've noticed the day when Wally's brother was taken away. I had sensed that there was someone with great magic in the room with us" Rob explained to Natsu "I can't thank you enough, you made these young one's day better and better"
Rob caressed Sho's head with a smile "you must be a friend of Erza-chan, am I right?" Rob asked as Natsu nodded to him
"she's the daughter of my companion whom I promised to find" Natsu replied to him "I've never had any idea that this society even existed till the day I found Erza"
Natsu looks to Erza as he combed her hair behind her ear "all of you must've been taken away from your family and loved ones" Natsu said with a sad voice
"yes, indeed" Rob said while closing his eyes "these children do not deserve such cruelty"
Rob then looks at Natsu "I beg of you, please give these children a bright future" he bowed his head to Natsu as tears fall down his eyes
Natsu looks at him then to Erza "I will" Natsu replied as he looked towards Rob "you have my word"
The man soon disappeared as he started to go transparent
"I'm sorry but your flames will die out soon" Natsu said to Rob as he was about to turn invisible
Rob nodded to him with a smile "I have lived my life to the fullest" Rob told to him as he looks to the sleeping children "if my life perished to protect the young ones, so be it"
Natsu smiled to the wise old man before turning around and disappeared
"fate is really a humorous thing"
Natsu continued to stay by their side while conversing with Rob and got to know that he was once a mage of a guild called Fairy Tail
"Fairy Tail?" Natsu asked Rob who was sitting across him
"yes, I was once a mage of the guild" Rob said to him
"is that guild's founder a woman by the name of Mavis Vermillion?" Natsu asked him
"why yes, how did you know?" Rob asked him a bit surprised
Natsu looked down and chuckled a bit "to think I would find a member of her guild" Natsu said with an amused smile
He then looks back at Rob who was looking quite confused to him
"my brother was an acquaintance of that person, and he told me how he met her guild that was named after a fairy's tail" Natsu said to Rob "now I know what he meant by a Fairy's Tail"
He then turned his attention to Erza who turned side way as she sleeps
Natsu smiled as he stands up and kneeled beside her
"her potential for magic is very high" Natsu said as he caressed her head
"Erza-chan's dream is to become a witch and fly in the sky with a magic broom" Rob said with a chuckle
Natsu chuckled a bit as he caressed her head
He then turns to look at Rob as Natsu's eyes glowed golden
"the time of your flames perishing is getting nearer, Rob" Natsu said with a sad voice
Rob smiled to him while looking down
"I see," Rob said as he looks to the sleeping children "if my time will come sooner than expected, at least I can die without regret"
Natsu sadly looked at him before turning around "thank you for being with Erza all this time" he thanked the old man as he turns back invisible
Rob nodded before laying back down
The days passes as with the night
There came the day where Erza and her friends planned to escape the tower by digging a tunnel to do so. But their planned failed as Erza was taken away as she sacrificed herself to protect the others
"ERZA!" Her friends screamed for her as they tried to reach her
Natsu could only stood and watch as he could not interfere at all
"IS THIS HER FATE!?" Natsu looked behind him as his shadow appeared behind him
"her fate is her destiny, this is something we cannot interfere at all, Natsu"
Natsu clicked his tongue as he just watches as Erza gets taken away
He then looks at the children and saw the young boy with the tattoo on his face
"If I cannot interfere then he can!" Natsu then wiped his hand to the side as the boy's eyes glowed yellow before turning back to normal as the boy then breaks out of the prison bar and busted through the guards
"go!" Natsu made a grasping gesture with his hands as stairs appeared near the boy as it leads to where Erza is being taken away
Natsu tried to move to help the boy but could not as his shadow stopped him
"the time to interfere with them is not now Natsu"
Natsu clenches his teeth as he gritted them in anger
Jellal had managed to save Erza from being turned into a sacrifice but at a cost of her right eye and his own mind as he was tortured to become a follower of Zeref
When Erza returned to her cell, Natsu wanted to do nothing but help her as he felt such immense anger and rage to himself
He tried to help her but was shocked and surprised as Erza started a rebellion and fought the guards with the rest of slaves fighting back
Everything seems to go good for them but when the magic soldiers appeared and attacked them, everything soon changed
Erza falls to the ground with no help as the magic soldiers were about to attack her
"Erza!" Natsu was about to go and protect her but was surprised as Rob appeared in front of Erza and protected her from the attack "Rob?!"
Rob fought back as he eliminated the magic soldiers attack but at the cost of his own life
Natsu gritted his teeth as a tear falls down his eyes
He then saw the guards were about to attack Erza but he was surprised as her magic activated "Re-quip type magic!?"
Erza fought back against the guards and had reach the top of the tower and found Jellal who was already possessed by some evil spirit as he was no longer the same boy, he once was
"this is!?" Natsu stood in shock as Jellal sent Erza flying to the ground
"Jellal….." Erza muttered out before falling unconscious to the blast
Jellal smirked before raising his hand as a purple magic seal appeared in front of him
"disappear, Erza!" A purple blast was created from the magic circle as it was heading towards Erza
BOOM!
An explosion was created as it sent rocks and dirt flying in the air
Jellal smirked before getting shocked as Natsu appeared in front of Erza
"is this his fate?" Natsu thought in his mind before turning his attention to Erza as he carried her up in his arms and turn back to look at Jellal with a glare
Natsu took a deep breath before firing a fireball at the ground as it created a huge smokescreen
He then takes the chance to escape as Natsu teleported away into the sky far away from the island
"I'm sorry" Natsu said to the other slaves he could not save
He then turns around and flies away with Erza
the moon was rise in the sky as the sky turned dark but was filled with shining stars
the ocean's water swayed upon the sandy beach as a hermit crab was getting washed away by it
Natsu landed near the beach as he sets down Erza near a tree
"I know that I cannot interfere with her fate, but…" Natsu thought as his hand glowed as a red orb appeared in his hand "I can at least provide her with the power to gain her freedom and future"
Natsu gently drops the orb to Erza as it flowed into her body "with this, your future is within your grasp, Erza"
"I pray that you will find a great home and a great family, Erza" Natsu said as he caressed her head while healing her bruises "I pray that one day you and your mother can meet one day"
"and I pray that you will have great friends you can trust"
Natsu then snaps his fingers twice as a portal appeared behind him
A reptilian like claw appeared out of the portal and then a snout with eyes appeared next
Out of the portal came out a giant lizard like salamander that had flames coming out of its backside
"Flaze" Natsu called out to the giant salamander while rubbing its snout "I have an important mission for you"
Natsu then looks to Erza "I want you to be with this girl's side as she walks through her life" Natsu told Flaze as the giant Salamander nodded to him
Flaze burst into flames as it turned into a gecko sized Salamander
"protect her and call me when I'm needed to save her" Natsu holds Flaze in his hand as the little salamander nodded to him again with a little growl
Natsu then lets down Flaze near Erza as he then walks away
He snaps his fingers again and summoned a portal as he walks into it before taking a look back at Erza "I will see you again Erza, for sure"
Natsu then walks into the portal as the portal disappeared
in the present time, Natsu was sitting on a chair outside the balcony with a few scratch marks on his face, courtesy of a furious and crying Irene who tried to kill him for letting his shadow stop him from saving Erza
He looks back to the room and saw Irene already asleep on his bed
Natsu smiled a bit as he looks back to the moon for a moment before walking into the room
He made his way to the bed and looks down to Irene "one day for sure, you will be reunited with your daughter"
Natsu place a kiss to her forehead as he then walks out of the room while taking a sneak peek at Irene sleeping before leaving
That's a wrap!
Bye bye