A.M 2
Chapter 3: Teammates and Rogue missions
Natsu made his way back down the stairs silently, apparently Ur and Ultear were still occupied on the roof not that he minded one less annoyance in his life.
He came to the main hall, finding the occupants in a state of panic he raised an eyebrow.
His unknown question was answered by a random shout. "New recruits today!? What she's just informing us now!"
"That's not manly to warn us at the last second!" A loud bellow caused the pink haired teen to sigh. He had already memorized the files for 97% of the members. And that idiot was Elfman Strauss the brother if Mirajane Strauss also called by him "Bulldog," and Lisanna Strauss who was on a infiltration mission at the present.. He had already seen her photo in her file but their was so much unknown about her, her sister and that big brute. So much that was still an enigma.
He didn't like unknown factors, they caused complications and change of plans which made it more complicated. It caused unnecessary casualties in missions that were supposed to be easy to complete and trust me he knew.
He groaned no matter how he searched he found nothing in the citizen database or universal continental database (UCD) no phone records, no citizenship, no internet footprints, no A.M.M registry until a couple years back it's like they just appeared out of nowhere. And Elfman was a big muscle headed buffoon.
"For once I agree with Elfman though Director Irene isn't a man." Evergreen muttered across the room to the right.
"Oh so now your agreeing with him?" Bickslow snickered right next to her.
"So it seems!" A smirk formed on Freed's face as he stared at her. "I wonder what leader would think of you falling for such a pathetic specimen."
"What!? Not a chance! Me falling for that buffoon!? The day!" She frowned when she found her team mates laughing at her defence.
She growled " Not-"
"Manly!" Elfman roared from across the room.
Natsu noticed the scarlet twins in a corner with the Jellal fellow openly flirting and fighting.
He groaned, a sudden bolt if pain hit him like a speeding train. He stumbled a little catching the attention of some nearby people who stared at him confused. His ears started ringing and it grew louder, his breaths turned into gasps for air like a drowning man before everything went black.
Beep...Beep...Beep...Beep...Beep...Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. A nurse ran into the room shouting for emergency. But stopped when she saw Natsu sitting up on the bed. She had short blue hair that stopped midway down her neck and beautiful blue eyes, she had a slim build and a pale complexion. She wore a camo combat uniform and black boots.
"What are you doing? You need to lay down now." She ordered.
"Sorry miss but who are you?" He asked politely, not like he really cared.
"Second Lieutenant Azure Forrest, A.M 2 medical subdivision." She stated. "And you Mr Dragneel need to rest."
"I'm fine Lieutenant." He stood up from his seat on the bed. The room was very unfamiliar. The walls were white, very little space with all kinds of medical equipment here and there. The machine from before still still continuing it long uninterrupted "beep." And it was getting annoying.
He noticed that the doctor was looking at him intently for some reason. "Is there something on my face? You've been staring at me for a while now."
She blushed. "N-no nothing!'' He raised an eyebrow at the sudden increase in volume and heartbeat.
"Are you okay?" He pressed his forehead against hers. "Hmm You have a high fever, an increased heart rate and breath rate, are you okay?"
"Y-yes just..your a little too close for comfort.." She looked like a radioactive tomato.
"Oh I see." He nodded. "Well I'll be going now." He didn't even wait for an answer.
"Wait!" She shouted at the retreating man either he could hear or didn't care she didn't know but he had managed to create quite a gap in the few seconds. So she had to guess it was the former. She sighed still blushing slightly.
Irene drove her car down the street, she made a right turn. And another right at a place called Strawberry street. She sighed this was going to be a pain. She stopped at a large three floor mansion. One of the many Heartfillia Mansions in the country. She was here about some report they had made about a business mine near Valcaove that had been attacked by traders from Bosco.
She knew knightwalker had sent a team to Valcoave but they had lost contact with the team a day ago. She was here to gather some more info.
She knocked on the door gently. The sound of shuffling caught her attention. The door opened slightly to see a pink haired maid.
"Ms Belserion what are you doing here?" The maid questioned.
"Ah Virgo is that the way you greet me?" Irene faked a hurt tone. "Do you not want to see me anymore?"
"My apologies Lady Irene. Is there punishment?" Irene smiled at the maids behavior.
"Maybe later right now I have some business with Mr and Mrs Heartfillia.
"Who is it Virgo?" A voice interrupted her. A blonde young lady wearing a elegant pink dress.
"Oh Ms Lucy it's been a while." Irene smiled.
Lucy gave her a bright smile. "Lady Irene it's been a while indeed how is Erza and Knightwalker?"
"They are fine is your mother and father home?"
"Ah yes mother is in her room preparing for another one of my fathers 'political parties' and father is in his office doing business as usual." She explained to her guest.
"Ah I see thank you Ms Lucy."
"Just call me Lucy it's fine with me." They both traded smiles. "But I have to return to my studies soon."
"Thank you then." Irene replied as she made her way towards Irene room, but to her surprise she was met half way by both of Lucy's parents and Virgo. She was surprised but then she remembered, she had forgotten about Virgo.
"Irene! Its been a while, hasn't it?" Layla greeted her with a bright smile and a hug. "How is the little twins?"
"It has, three months I believe." She returned the hug. "They are fine, not so sure of the little part though."
"Ah I see. So what brings you here?" Layla inquired. While Jude was studying her intently. This was always the case, even when he had a wife he would always spare her lustful glances, men were such animals. (Blah blah blah)
Jude himself had said nothing from the conversation begun and listened but he heard very little as his mind was elsewhere.
"I'm here about the company mine you said was attacked near Valcoave." Jude perked up at the term 'company mine' this now had his full attention.
"What of it have you managed to recover it?" Jude questioned.
"About that," Irene muttered "my daughter sent a team almost a day ago and we've lost contact with them I'm here to inquire if there is any data you left out."
"Hmph." A voice scoffed from the door, Irene turned to see Lucy scowling for some reason. "There is always something important missing when it comes from my dad."
This earned her a glare from the said man. "Lucy behave yourself." Layla reprimanded Lucy for her words against her father not that they were wrong.
Her father would always leave out the important details so the person would take the job faster, but there would always be one problem the person would now underestimate the danger of the mission and well...
And this was more common than it seemed not that he gave it a thought or cared for that fact.
"We got reports that there was a at least a level 7 A.M.M user in the group that attacked the mine it was the last thing we heard. From what I could tell a majority of them are level 2 and the remaining level 3.
"A level 7? With a group if thieves something's not right." Irene muttered. "Well thank you we'll see what we can do about your mine."
Jude just rose from his seat and left without another word. Layla smiled and gave Irene a hug which she accepted. "Don't mind him."
"Don't worry I think nothing of it. Though I have to wonder how you could marry such a man."
"He was a lot nicer when we married, I guess he was just after the money." Layla sighed sadly. "Now that he has it he wants more even willing to sacrifice his daughter's happiness for it. Its truly sad."
"Indeed." Irene said, before she began to leave. "It was nice seeing you again, maybe we can go out and have some fun sometime. Until then please take care of yourselves."
She exited the house and into her car. While searching for her key her phone began to ring loudly almost startling the mother of two.
Hello?" Irene answered politely.
"Yes, yes, yes... You did what!?"
Sometime before...
Natsu had simply walked into the room and all eyes were on him.
"If I knew all it took to get this much attention was to faint then I'd have done it a long time ago." Natsu joked in a bored tone not that he wanted it to be funny. No one laughed with one exception.
"Geehee! Oh lookie salamander is trying to be funny. "You've gone and gotten soft on us?" A new person mocked He had long black hair, red eyes and was muscular in build similar to Natsu. He wore a black jacket with both sleeves ripped off, grey jeans and black sneekers and a pair of fingerless gloves.
Natsu raised an eyebrow, us? He then noticed another figure sitting not too far away. A man with black spiky hair, dark blue eyes and a muscular build. He a blue tank top, black jeans and sneakers. He was playing around with a necklace designed with a crucifix. "Is that right?"
"Do you want to come over here and test that theory?" Natsu narrowed his eyes hostilely at the dou. "Gray, Gajeel.."
Grey stepped forward first. One step then another and another until he charged at the waiting Natsu.
"Sub-Zero: Demon's Zeroth sword!" Gray slammed his two hands together, when he pulled them apart, a blade of ice formed in his grasps.
"Haahh!" He shouted as he brought the sword of ice down on Natsu. But to his surprise Natsu simply grabbed his wrist and tossed his to the other side of the room like a rag doll. Gajeel came up behind him to the surprise of Natsu.
"Heh!" Gajeel grinned he pulled his fist back preparing to punch the surprised pinkette. Natsu watched as the blow drew closer, he barely managed to duck past the strike of Gajeel, who stumbled slightly.
"Damn!" Gajeel grunted. Natsu took the chance to slip past him. Gajeel wheeled around and threw another punch but this one was off target by a large margin probably trying to put up some distance by forcing Natsu back and he had seemed to noticed.
"Gah!" Gajeel felt Natsu's fist drill into his gut. He immediately felt all the air leave his lungs. Natsu stepped back as Gajeel fell on his knees gasping for the lovely air he missed so much.
Gray who watched the exchange after he safely landed some distance. Raised his hands in the air.
"I give up you've proved you point." Gray muttered with s sigh. There was no way he was taking one of those punches.
"Good." Natsu muttered, he offered a hand to Gajeel who took it gratefully.
"Damn, I see you still hit like a ten tonne cannon ball." Gajeel groaned in pain. "I'll be feeling that for days."
Gray smirked. "What can't hold your screws?" Gajeel glared daggers at the smirking ice user.
"Laugh while you can cuz I'm gonna kick your ass just for that joke." Gajeel growled while Natsu watched the two in amusement.
"What is going on here!?" A loud shout interrupted Natsu's entertainment. Natsu face palmed, how could he forget that loud and annoying Scarlet 'witch?'
She entered the room with a angered expression. What she saw?
Broken tables, and computers all over the place. (not from Natsu's fight) Her sister Mira and Jellal entered not too long after to meet the same sight.
"They happened!" Jet lied. "They had a fight and destroyed everything."
"Yeah!" Others joint in too afraid of Erza's wrath to speak the truth.
Gray raised an eyebrow along with Natsu while Gajeel sniggered.
"What so funny!? This is property damage I should have you clean the entire building as punishment!" Gajeels smile vanished and was replaced by a blank stare.
"And you!" All you do is go around making trouble you slept out your first day and now this!? What is your purpose here!?" The true culprits stayed on the sidelined not eben bothering to help.
"My purpose? Hmmm." Natsu went into a thinking pose. "Oh yeah to do what you guys can't." Natsu said in a carefree manner.
" And what is that?" Knightwalker asked stepping forward.
"Your jobs!" Natsu said maliciously. Making Erza glared with hostility toward him.
"What are you saying we are doing nothing?" Erzs growled.
"Doesn't matter what I'm saying. What matters is how you interpret it." Natsu turned to walk away. But was met by a sword pointing towards the back of his neck.
"I completely outclass you, fighting me is meaningless." Natsu said while using his finger to move the blade away from him.
"He's seriously pissing off Erza is he going to be okay?" Whispers floated to his ears he heard them all thanks to his enhanced hearing.
"This guy is so dead I hope he already has a coffin he likes because he's gonna get it."
Erza calm down he's just provoking you." Jellal said calmly placing a hand on her shoulder.
"Well at least there is one smart person here. Keep a tight leash on your dogs before you lose them." That was the last straw. Knightwalker rushed past Jellal with a spear in her hand ready to dice Natsu into tiny cubes. (That worked well for Gildarts in the cannon XD)
"Watch your mouth you pesky little trouble maker!" Erza Knightwalker screamed in an outrage. By now anyone who wasn't Natsu, Gajeel and Gray or The Erzas, Jellal and Mira had already fled the room. running for their lives. She was always the more level headed of the two but Natsu had crossed the line.
"You stupid brats if you wanna fight take it to the training area! I hate humans." Porlyusica screamed from her work area on the second floor. Where? Who the hell cares!?
"Tch let's go." Knightwalker turned to leave only to notice Erza wasn't following. "Let's go Erza."
"No." Was the simple reply.
"What!?"
"I'm staying I'm gonna show this bastard what we're here for."
"To bully new comers?"
"To eat cake all day?"
"To read your weird booksporn?" The three apposing boys asked simultaneously.
Everyone who was still in the room mouths dropped. 'Oh no.' Mira though.
"Rahhhh!" Erza screamed like a angry banshee. "You, me training area now!"
Natsu continued to stare at her emotionlessly. Before he turned and headed to an nearby door. Not too long after they arrived at the training area it was surprising that Natsu found it without problems since it was like his second day since he slept away at the first.
It was a large open field inside a building... Okay this is weird. Erza walked up to a console along the left end of the field a began typing away.
A few seconds later the field changed to a large abandoned warehouse. Everyone had gathered in the a room above the area to watch the supposed battle.
"Your gonna fight me in here?'' He raised an eyebrow.
"No not her, us!" Knightwalker stepped into the fight, along with Jellal and Mira.
"I can't let you get away with insulting my sister and I!" Knightwalker growled.
"Indeed you made a mistake referring to them as dogs." Jellal said coolly both Erza's blushed at this.
"I still owe you back for yesterday." Mira smiled wickedly. She couldn't beat him alone then she would do it with help even if it was Belserion.
"Four against one, hardly fair," Natsu muttered loud enough for them to hear. Knightwalker smirked she was about to retort when he spoke again, "for you."
In a flash Belserion was holding a long sword while knightwalker was gripping her spear tightly in one hand with a pistol in the other.
"Are you underestimating us!?'' Erza Belserion screamed and charged at the awaiting opponent. With a war cry Erza slashed her blade downward towards the pinkette who quickly sidestepped the move with ease. A loud gunshot rang out in the room Natsu barely managed to tilt his head to the side in time as a bullet whisked past his ears by mere inches.
"Light form: Meteor!" Jellal was engulfed in golden light. Using his enhanced speed he quickly closed the distance between him and Natsu preparing to launch a punch at Natsu who seemed surprised at the sudden intrusion. This caused the hit to land.
Natsu took the full force of the blow to the chest and staggered back a few feet.
"Dark void: Evil Explosion!" Mira threw a beam of darkness at the staggered fire user giving him no time to react. The beam sent him back a couple feet.
"Melforce!"
"Lightning beam!" The sisters fired there respective attacks from the spears they now both wielded. Both attacks exploded on contact completely engulfing Natsu in it. Smoke rose from the newly formed crater.
"Its over." Knightwalker said as she turned to leave. Mira let out a long sigh.
'He wasn't so tough after all looks like yesterday was just for show.' Mira thought.
"Well we showed him!" Mira cheered.
"Oh but is it?" The smoke cleared showing Natsu standing in the exact same place without so much as a scratch his eyes now glowing blue.
"What!? How!? You shouldn't even be conscious!" Erza Knightwalker yelled.
"You see these." Natsu referred to his blue eyes. "My eyes are semi-artificial." Everyone in the rooms eyes widened.
"I lost my eyes in an incident when I was younger and they replaced the damaged parts with artificial ones." Natsu mused. ''My eyes when activated move fast enough to track a speeding bullet. But my brain couldn't keep up with its fast movements, so they used a chip to speed up my brain as well. But it puts a strain on my muscles so from time to time a faint so the muscles can repair themselves." Natsu explained. "So what I'm trying to say is if I wanted I could have dodged all your little attacks but I felt like playing around a bit. But now its my turn."
Natsu sped towards the four with incredible speed even by inhumane standards. "Come on show me what your made of!" He said a loudly as he closed the distance in seconds even too fast for Jellals Meteor to keep up with.
Elsewhere in a dark room a meeting of some kind was taking place. The room had a large round table with eight occupants.
"Are you sure you can handle the Magnolia branch Josè? They are a rowdy but powerful bunch." The fist man said.
"Of course, don't you trust me Hades?'' The man now known as José.
"No. Wasn't your organization apart of those 'A.M fools?" Hades questioned from his seat.
"Indeed until I left a year ago. I'm fed up with those imbeciles spreading lies." Jose spat distastefully. "You shouldn't speak of such things director Precht."
Hades rose from his seat. "Do not use that name in my presents!"
"Now, now boys you need to calm down." This time it was a female spoke. "All that yelling is going to make you look older."
"Speak for yourself Kyoka." Another female scoffed.
"What was that human scum?" The female known as Kyoka questioned.
"If your all going to fight you can at least make it entertaining. Dimaria stop bothering her." Another man spoke.
"Dr Rosé you need to calm down. Let's get to business I'm busy."
"Brain is right. I've been waiting to get back at those legal bastards that burned me."
"You are such a fool Erigor, but I do agree Erza Belserion will feel my blade for what her mother has done."
"Is that it? Ikaruga I'm disappointed, such skill only for revenge. Why not work together and we can destroy the Magnolia branch together forget one Erza you can have them both." José suggested.
"Indeed your skill is wasted on mere revenge."
"As appealing as it sounds I am only after Belserion."
"How truly disappointing.'' José sighed. "We could have accomplished so much together."
"Enough! José what information do you have for us?" Hades broke the casual conversations before they wasted his important time."
"Ah yes that. I have taken a mine on the Outskirts of Fiore."
"That's it?" Brain questioned. "I came here to hear about a mine?!"
"Calm down and let me finish." Jose grinned maliciously. "As I was saying you wouldn't guess who the mind belongs to."
"The federal agency?" Dimaria asked boredly while cleaning her nails.
"The Heartfillia family and as Irene Belserion and Layla Heartfillia are good friends." José's grin grew. "They are bound to try and reclaim it."
"A well thought of plan indeed but you forget one thing. Our target is 0123 not Magnolia branch well with an exception of Ikaruga. And we have yet to discover his position we waste important time doing this."
It matters not. We will find him."
"His majesty is also interested in this."
"Well we should prepare for this mine defence just in case any miscalculations or such." The doctor rose from his seat the others began to leave as well.
'Irene your little group are about to face many trials. Let's see how well you've prepared them.' Precht thought darkly.
The fight had continued for well over 10 minutes and it wasn't going well for the larger group.
"Light form: Meteor!"
"Sonic Claw!"
"Melforce!"
" Dark Genisis: Cosmic blast!" By now the entire warehouse was a large pile of rubble. Explosions continued to echo across the room. Natsu simply evaded all their attacks.
"Damn what is this guy!?" Mira panted out. "We've been at this for ten minutes and he's already worked us dead and he barely has so much as a scratch!"
The four were covered in scratches, bruises and cuts while Natsu had non as Mira said before. It was just a one sided massacre.
" I didn't want to do this but. Be judged by the seven stars! Light storm: Grand Chariot!" Jellals attack descended to the ground with a massive explosion.
Natsu shot out of the smoldering crater straight towards Jellal.
"Silfarion!" Knightwalker spear changed. She used her increased speed to intercept Natsu halfway towards Jellal. Erza appeared on the opposite of Natsu in a burst of speed.
"Sonic Claw!" Erza slashed her blades at Natsu with incredible speed. Natsu weaved through her slashes skillfully until knightwalker decided to join Jellal used the time his teammates were giving him to recover his energy after using Grand Chariot.
Natsu ducked under knightwalkers spear, but was met with a roundhouse kick courtesy of Erza Belserion.
The kick was enough to send Natsu flying back a few feet. He skidded to a stop only to see all four coming at him this time.
"Hahh!" Mira delivered a solid punch to the right jaw. Erza raised a large black blade with jagged edges and swung down. Natsu barely rolled out of the way to avoid getting smashed by the dangerous looking weapon.
Knightwalker came up next with two spears one engulfed in flames the other in ice. Natsu grabbed the one engulfed in flames while side stepping the ice blade. Knightwalker choked up saliva when Natsu delivered a punch to her gut.
Jellal came next, he ducked a punch from Natsu. Some how he had managed to get behind him. Natsu stumbled forward when Jellal drop kicked him in the back only to meet Knightwalker again! This time her spear was in the explosion form. A loud blast engulfed Natsu when she swung her blade. Erza now wielded a different pair of swords. Water circled around the blades.
Take this!" Erza slashed he blades created shockwaves comprised of water. The shockwaves shredded everything in their path Natsu was forced to dodge in order to avoid injury.
"All right it's time I end this." Natsu muttered, this was going for too long.
The other four readied themselves.
"Light storm: Grand Chariot!"
"Explosion!"
"Lightning beam!"
"Cosmic beam!" Natsu eyes widened they were too close to dodge! Everyone watched as the powerful attacks engulfed Natsu in a power explosion of flames.
But this time no one moved. Repeating the same mistake twice would be a fatal mistake in any dangerous mission. The flames continued to burn until...
"Huh what's that?" Mira asked staring at the remnants of their attacks confused.
"What?" The others became shocked. The flames began to swirl around (no he can't eat fire in this) until it formed a vortex of spinning flames. The they watched as Natsu sent the large vortex in their direction. Erza tried to move they all did but her legs wouldn't listen the flames grew closer. "Looks like..we...lost." Erza said slowly, the flames grew closer to the point she felt like her skin was gonna burn off.
Not a second later the flames vanished. Erza was on the ground laying half conscious. Her vision grew blurry. The last thing she saw was pink before she fell unconscious.
Knightwalker slowly opened her eyes. "Mmmh where am I?" She questioned not knowing she wasn't alone.
"Building infirmary." She quickly turned to see Jellal on a bed next to hers. "Sleep well?"
Ignoring his question Knightwalker asked a question of her own. "How long was I out?"
"Around an hour and a half not too long." Jellal said getting up from his bed. "I feel fine, oh Erza got a job for us be up in thirty."
Knightwalker only nodded, her mind was elsewhere at the moment. "What was that?" She thought back to that exact moment. He pretty much stepped out of a burning inferno without so much as a scratch. It must be some kind of drug, but how would he know how to use it before the match, did he? No I'm probably over thinking it."
She got up from her bed noticing she didn't have so much as a scratch remaining. "Well guess I'll go get ready." Erza made her way out of the room not noticing someone outside the infirmary stuck to the window.
"Meeen!" The person said ominously.
Alright that's a rap of CH 3. I'm on time as promised.. The last part was kinda rushed to keep up but I finished on time. Alright I have some ideas for two new fanfics that I plan to start writing soon. I might not put out a chapter 4 next week because of school. What can I say? Life's a beach. Any way. Wish me luck and thanks to everyone who followed my story even if I don't know if its exciting myself. If you don't get an update at least twice a month I'm dead or the story is discontinued.
Ideas:
Age of Heroes, (Apocalyptic AU)
Something went horribly wrong! 400 years ago Zeref's expirament released Demons into the world. When Dragons the only creatures keeping those demons at bay disappeared the creatures of the darkness are free to do as they will! Now to the present, humans have become rare 400 years of getting hunted the specie is on the brink of exctintion. Now a group of mages decides to fight back with the help of a certain Etherious, END claiming it to be his fault. Will they cleanse the world of this darkness or will it consume the light?
Musical Magic (Modern AU)
When Natsu was young he was crude, stupid and rash. After asking the girl he likes out for a school dance he gets mercilessly rejected. After being made fun of for weeks about it he moved away. 6 years later he's back and better than ever. He wasn't what they expected and he knew why.
Well I'll end this here.
Next time: Dark shadows!
Natsu: Damn I should have known.