Hey Readers welcome back to another chapter of FNT. Like I said in the previous chapter I forgot about this story and now that I'm writing it again, I can't remember where it goes from here so… I'll try and make it work.

"How did you even gain access to this lacrima?" Erza asked Macao who was lying in the hospital bed.

"All I remember is that one day I'm walking home and I bump into this salesman who handed me this box saying it could enhance my magic power a ton. Next thing I know I take it and I feel unstoppable," the older wizard explained before looking around, "is my boy alright."

"Your son is fine," Gildarts assured, "Now, tell us how you took it in."

"I drank it like a pill," he said before coughing violently.

"Okay Macao, you've done well. Perhaps you should rest," Erza said while holding him but he kept on coughing, "sir, please calm down."

Macao continued to cough until he coughed out blood, "Levy, call Dr Porlyusica now," Erza ordered causing the script wizard to leave the room.

"Macao, you can't die. You've got a little boy," Gildarts said as he also tried to calm him.

"At least you got what you wanted ay Gildarts?" he said before he continued coughing, "please make sure my little boy is safe."

"Macao hang in there."

The purple haired man coughed a few more times before he just stopped. His eyes rolled to the back of his head.

Porlyusica rushed into the room and towards Macao. She did a quick check up and turned to face the two with a frown, "I'm sorry but he's dead," she said before looking back at him, "what happened?"

"Yesterday he was beaten up pretty badly by the LIC guy. I think he was trying to extract the lacrima or something," Gray said as he walked up to them, "He almost died."

"He must have been poisoned by it," the Doctor said while looking down at him.

"Where's my dad?" Romeo said as he walked into the room rubbing his eyes as though he had just woken up.

Everyone in the room glanced at each other. All trying to guess what to say. Gildarts made his way towards the young boy and squatted in front of him, "Romeo, your father's really tired and he needs all the rest he can get."

"Oh, how long will he be asleep?" Romeo asked with concern as he looked at his father's body.

"Hey, why don't you go somewhere with Gray over there. Your dad will come pick you up later," Gildarts said while motioning to Gray.

"Oh, ok," he said before Gray approached him.

"Come on buddy, I'll take you somewhere fun," Gray said as they walked out together leaving everyone else without words.

"What's going to happen to the poor boy?" Porlyusica asked in concern.

"Maybe the master would let him stay with us," Erza suggested, "I mean, who's going to look after him?"

"I feel bad for him," Levy said while looking at the ground.

"No," Gildarts said as he started to pace.

"What do you mean?"

"I mean… I feel guilty about it and I obligated to take responsibility over him," Gildarts paced back and forth, "Ugh, man."

His guilt stemmed from the fact that he and his gang constantly harassed the old man to the point he took the substance that led to his ultimate death. He somewhat felt like a murderer.

"Okay, while he's in your care, we'll give you time to think about it," Erza said, "when you make up your mind, you can tell us."

"Ugh thanks," the crush wizard said before plopping onto one of the beds, "I hope the kids are alright. I told the boys not to fight at all costs."

"These pancakes are amazing," Lucy said as she savoured the tasty meal. Her eyes lit up in delight and she had the prettiest smile ever, "thanks for paying for our lunch, Natsu."

"It was worth it to see your pretty little smile," Natsu said from across her at the table. He adored the way she looked when she ate her food. His adoration however, couldn't compare to his worship over her swimsuit body, "You know Lucy, I'm willing to do this again some other time."

"Natsu, are you asking me out?" Lucy asked while looking at the pinkette across her who just stared at her.

"Aww, big brother likes Lucy," Wendy said from the table where she sat with a transformed Carla who was enjoying a bowl of ice cream.

"I suppose that's true," Carla responded.

"Nope," Happy disagreed as he floated onto the table.

"What do you mean?" Wendy asked somewhat confused.

"Natsu just wants to get into her pants," Happy explained, "that's probably all he's thinking about right now. The trio then glanced at the pair and could see Natsu saying something that caused Lucy to blush and what she did after shocked Wendy and Carla.

"How many times do I have to tell you that I'm not a hooker?!" the celestial mage yelled before smacking him with her purse, "pig!" she then stormed off, leaving him rubbing his head.

"Playing hard to get huh?" Natsu mumbled as he watched in the direction she stormed off.

"Love is weird," Wendy said while covering her ears blushing due to the fact that her big brother had other plans for Lucy.
"There's a difference between love and lust, dear," Carla said as she wiped her mouth.

"Well guess it's not over for Natsu," Happy said while pointing back at him, "Someone else is making a move."

For sure, walking over to Natsu was Lisanna Strauss and… another girl, she had light brown hair that she let down and wore spectacles over her eyes. She wore a green summer dress over some sandals.

"Hey Natsu," Lisanna said as she greeted the Dragon Slayer.

"Oh… hey," he responded before scanning her, "Lisanna right?"

"Yes, that's my name," she responded before turning to the other girl next to her, "this is my friend Evergreen."

"Nice to meet you Natsu," Evergreen said while shaking his hand, "Lisanna has told me quite a lot about you."

"Really?"

"Really Evergreen?" the younger woman nudged her friend with her elbow, "she's just kidding, don't listen to her."

"It's no problem. It feels good knowing that I've caught a pretty girl's attention," Natsu flirted before grabbing another chair from behind him, "hey, why don't you two join me?"

"Oh actually, Evergreen was wondering if you could hook her up with Elfman?" Lisanna asked on behalf of her friend who blushed.

"Whoa, you're into that big baby?' Natsu asked while pointing at the large man looking at the recipe books.

"Actually, I would actually just like to know him. He seems interesting," Evergreen justified.

"Really? Well, do you like cooking?" Natsu asked her.

"Yes, I do."

"Great, you'd make the best of friends," Natsu said before ushering her off.

"Maybe he will get lucky tonight after all," Happy said as he watched the two chat at the table.

"Perhaps," Carla responded as they watched, "he's even shallower than I thought."

"So, what stuff are you into?" Lisanna asked the pinkette as her attempt at conversation.

"I into magic, sports, food and I'm definitely into you," he purred in response.

The youngest Strauss could only blush in response as she looked at her hand that lay on the table, "did you already order something?"

"Oh yeah, I just had my main course. Maybe you could be my dessert," the dragon slayer added before joining his large hand with her smaller one.

Lisanna couldn't help it but her stomach was a mess when she looked into Natsu's eyes. He was very charming. This must have been his way of seducing women and even though she felt like he was just flattering her, she couldn't help it, "Natsu I…"

"Come on quick, it's about to start!" a man shouted snapping the two out of their moment.

"What's happening?" Natsu asked with a change in mood. He seemed serious as he watched a large amount of people walking in one direction.

"It's like they're all going to see something," Lucy said as she walked up to them, "I wonder what, though?"

"Why don't we find out?" Natsu said before looking down at Lisanna, "sorry, we gotta go," he said as she nodded her head but still avoided making eye contact. He then turned to Wendy and the Exceeds, "guys, let's go."

The team arrived at the town centre. Where almost the entire Magnolia was gathered. There was a large white stage towering above everyone. There were four pillars and each corner that seemed to be powering it.

"Is there a concert or something?" Lucy asked as she looked at the stage.

"I think we're about to find out."

The group could make out the figure of a man walking onstage, "how the hell's anyone supposed to see him from all the way up there?" Natsu asked as he tried to see the man to best of his dragon slayer eyes."

Several Lacrima Vision screens appeared around the centre of town. They showed a blonde man with short slicked back hair. He wore a white suit and seemed to have a prosthetic left arm. On his right eye, he wore a monocle. He then spoke, "Greetings Magnolia, I am Donovan VonClutch," he spoke with a thick German accent, "I am the CEO of the Lacrima Implantation Community in short, the LIC."

"So he's the bastard responsible for all this drama?" Natsu growled.

"I'm sure you're all unaware of my organisation. I'll elaborate," Donovan said before snapping his fingers causing the view on the screens to change to show a picture of a strange looking lacrima. It was purple with black highlights.

"The LIC is a private organisation that was established for the sole purpose of lacrima research," he explained before the screen shifted to a bunch of scientists in a lab, "some of our scientists accidentally created a very strange lacrima, what we decided to call the Battery Lacrima. It would drain their energy whenever they were exposed to it."

"We know that already, duh."

"Shut it Natsu!" the whole team scolded causing the boy to raise his hands in surrender.

"Some of my scientists decided to experiment and implanted the lacrima into a Gorilla and the results were surprising." He said before the ground started to shake. Sending everyone into a state of panic.

"I'm scared," Wendy shivered as she looked around, "the magical energy I can sense is scary."

Suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped around her, "don't worry sis, I'll protect you," Natsu said while smiling down at her.

"Thanks."

Suddenly, a large roar could be heard before a large Gorilla hopped onto the stage and beat its chest. It had dark purple fur and a lighter shade for its skin. It wore a large collar around its neck with the letter LIC as a medallion.

"After our amazing discovery, we decided to try out our lacrima on a human being and we got even better results."

Two people appeared right next to Donovan. The first was a woman with platinum blonde short hair styled into a Mohawk. She was a bit pale in complexion and had yellow eyes. She wore a sleeveless, black turtleneck over olive booty shorts and brown combat boots. She had a straight face and looked like she couldn't care less about anything, "this lovely Lady is Ms. Zoey Black."

The next person to appear was a dark skinned male with brown dread-locks. He was shirtless with several tattoos on his torso. On his hands he wore black fingerless gloves and camo cargo pants. He stood with his hands in his pockets and bore the same bored expression that was very similar to a guy the group knew, "My burly associate is known as Mr. Kelvin Moonstone."

The next to faze into existence was a figure in a hooded, black robe with the only visible features being a blue on grey robotic mask and boots, "My eerie associate is referred to as Agent Zero."

Donovan then sighed, "these super soldiers are as a result of the successful implantation of the Lacrima we have come to call the battery. Ladies and gentlemen, together with our large primate, Bobo, I give you the LIC's Super Soldiers!"

"These guys are quite powerful," Lucy said as she looked at them.

"You think that Zoey girl's seeing someone?" Natsu asked with smirk on his face, "she looks so serious."

"Do you really hit on every girl you see?" Lucy asked while side glancing at him.

"You jealous?" he asked while throwing his arm over her shoulder.

"Ew, get off me," she said before pushing him away, "pig."

"Now, I assume you are all wondering why I am broadcasting this to everyone. You see, the LIC wants to share this power with everyone in Magnolia. I believe everyone deserves a chance to feel powerful no matter who they are," he continued, "now, to show all of you what our lacrima can do. Zoey is going to demonstrate her power."

"How come she gets to have fun?" Kelvin asked his boss in a flat tone.

"Mr. Moonstone, it's not a big issue. It's just for fun," Donovan said before looking at Zoey, "have you thought of anything to demonstrate?"

Zoey glanced at the ground below; looking at every citizen of Magnolia. Her eyes soon fell on a pink-haired menace she never intended to see again, "You bastard!" she yelled before launching herself towards the ground.

"Whoa, what's that purple light?" Happy asked as they saw the light getting brighter.

"It's coming at us! Move!" Carla said as everyone but Natsu moved from its path.

"Whoa, what the!" he yelled before using his arms as a shield from the impact that sent him back a little.

"What was that," Natsu coughed as he removed his glasses. He then glanced at where the ball of fire had landed. The dust cleared revealing Zoey standing there with a scowl on her face, "Hey, it's you."

"You bastard. Now I've found you," Zoey said while clenching her fists that were covered in purple fire.

'Wait, what's going on here?' Lucy thought as she looked at the girl.

"I was looking for love too baby," Natsu said as he dusted his jacket, "You look even better up close. Why don't you come over to my place for some hot coffee?"

"You think I'm going to go with you after what you did to me?" she spat, "you disgusting pig!"

"Wait, you know her?" Lucy asked the dragon slayer who only shrugged.

"Sorry, have we met before?" Natsu asked getting confused.

"You're the same jerk that ditched me after hooking up with me," she continued, "I was hurting after losing my job and being dumped by my boyfriend and you promised to help me out. You just got me drunk, took advantage and left me," she added, "I bet blondie must be your new Bimbo."

"Hey!" Lucy scowled at the rude statement, "he really is a pig, isn't he?" Lucy asked to which Happy nodded.

"Yeah, but he'll always be my best friend," the cat added.

"Wait… you're the girl from Hargeon, right?" Natsu asked as if trying to recall.

"No, you, idiot.'

"Then you must be the girl from Alvarez."

"No!"

"Uh, then you must be from the woods, no wait, the club Mermaid's heel."

"No, you, jerk! I'm from Crocus. The girl you ditched in Crocus!" she growled before lunging at him with flaming hand's, "Battery Dragon… Energy punch!" she yelled before socking him in the jaw, throwing him off his feet and into a wall.

"I see you're a dragon slayer," Natsu said while getting up. He then turned to face her again, "Guess what, I'm a Dragon Slayer too."

"Heh, you don't stand a chance," she smirked while she looked at him.

"Heh… time for some fun," the pinkette said before lunging at Zoey, "Fire Dragon… wing attack!" he called before slicing passed the female who went and crashed into a food cart, "you don't know what you've gotten yourself into. Trying to pick a fight with me," he commented as she stood up, "hey, if I win, I take you out for dinner."

"Dirty pig," Zoey said as purple energy began to engulf her. All of her wounds seemed to vanish, "you can't defeat me."

"Really ohhh…" Natsu said as he began to feel weak and dizzy. Everything around him began to spin, "why are there two of You?"

"You see, pig, the more you attack me, I absorb your energy to heal myself and if I hit you, I absorb your energy to become stronger so in short, you can't beat me," she smirked as she watched Natsu stumble.

"She's quite powerful," Lucy said as she could sense the energy she radiated. she was giving out the same weakening effect as the lacrima in the lab.

"I agree," Carla said as she saw Natsu struggling, "I don't think he can take her on."

"Nah, Natsu's a beast on the battlefield," Happy defended, "He can't lose to her."

"I ain't losing to you," he said before getting up, "I like strong opponents so fighting you gets me fired up!" He then rushed back at her with another flame covering his body, "Fire Dragon… Roar!" he commanded as he send a vortex of flames at her.

"Ugh!" she gasped as she was thrown back a little, "he's more powerful than I thought. But still, I will walk away."

"Heh, you shouldn't have… ah," he gasped as more of his energy was gone. He dropped to his knees to catch a breath.

The crowd of people watched intently as the battle transpired. Each of them wondering if the lacrima was the real deal.

"My turn!" Zoey smirked before launching towards him, "Battery Dragon… Spear!" she straightened her body as she jetted towards him like a spear thrown with fire engulfing her body. She approached her downed opponent who quickly blocked her attack with his fore arms, "How?"

"I ain't going down… that easy," Natsu smirked back at her which only angered her and forced her to begin to punch his arms continuously until they separated allowing her to sock him in the face, sending him into the ground and after a few bounces he was on his knees.

She lunged at him again and kicked him in the gut sending him into the air and punched him on the way down.

Happy watched in fear as his best friend was beaten up. Tears began to well up around his eyes as his lips quivered, "Natsu, don't give up."

"Aw Happy, he's going to be fine," Lucy assured while holding him.

"What's going on?" Elfman asked as he approached the blonde, "The boss told us not to fight and look at what that doofus is doing. How unmanly."

"What kind of power… is that?" Natsu asked as he coughed out blood.

"The kind of power that's going to end your life," Zoey snarled before lunging at him and with all her might, she raised her fist. She ran towards the pink haired male that violated her. This was her chance; she was gonna get revenge for what he did to her. She jumped into the air and dove right for him.

Natsu closed his eyes bracing for impact. Suddenly there was a bright flash accompanied by and electrical sound and the impact didn't come. He opened his eyes to see what had happened, "Laxus!"

There stood Laxus, who effortlessly held back her attack with one hand. He still looked as bored as ever, "I take my eyes off you for one minute and here you are almost dying."

"Thanks bro," Natsu smiled at the lightning mage who saved him. The older did pass him a glance.

"Heh," he chuckled before glaring at Zoey, "before you regret ever living, get lost!" he growled as the woman stepped away from him holding back her fist.

"How is he so strong?" Zoey asked with a bit of fear. She looked at the much taller male who gave her a death glare. The pink one had power but his power was like ten times more. She had to admit that he was intimidating but she wasn't going to surrender, "I don't care who you are but…"

"Now, now Ms. Black," Donovan's voice called from the LacrimaVision, "You've demonstrated enough." A platform appeared behind her.

Sighing Zoey looked one more time at the lightning mage and back at the fire mage, "I'm not done with you just yet." With that, she stepped onto the platform and was elevated back to the stage.

She arrived there and was greeted by her colleagues, "heh, nice fight." Kelvin smirked at her with crossed arms.

Zoey glared before looking at her boss, "Mr. VonClutch."

"Yes Ms. Black."

"I need more power," she groaned.

"Oh, we'll go to the labs as soon as we leave," Donovan said before turning back to the crowd, "The battery lacrima will be in stores starting tomorrow. Grab yourself a lacrima and prepare to feel indestructible. Good bye everyone." Donovan glanced at the group that had proven a challenge, "Those pesky kids almost made a fool out of my product. Hmph!" With that, the stage disappeared.

The crowds all began to disband in discussion of what just happened before them. Some sounded optimistic while others were pessimistic.

"Natsu are you okay?" Happy asked as he rushed into Natsu's arms.

"I'm alright buddy," he responded while ruffling his fur. He then turned to Laxus, "Just so you know, I could've taken her but thanks anyway."

"Mm? say, wasn't that the girl you screwed in Crocus?" Laxus asked while looking down at Natsu.

"Ugh, how come I don't remember her?" Natsu asked while holding his head.

"That's because you're stupid," Laxus added, "the boss clearly told us to lay low yet here you are getting beat up by some chick to ditched."

"Yeah, do you know how unmanly it is to disobey instructions?" Elfman added, "You're really unmanly!"

Lucy watched as Laxus and Elfman scolded Natsu over his actions, "these guys have quite the relationship." The Lightning and Take over mages started to beat up the fire mage much to her surprise, "really strange indeed," she added but when she looked closer, she could see the concern in their eyes. She then let out a small smile, "but still, they really care about each other."

Hey guys, the chapter ends there. I hope you're still entertained. Anyway, feel free to tell me how you feel about it and I will appreciate it. Thanks a lot.

Bye.