Previously.
"FIRE KING'S: FINAL JUDGEMENT!" They both yell in unison and set off a spell larger than both of them have seen in their lives.
A massive dome of fire hotter than the sun, bursts out from the mages and grows exponentially before soaring up into the sky and forming a pillar that burns right through the inked layer of sky and could easily be seen from miles away as the ground cracks and quakes under the sheer power emitted by the two alphas. The wall of fire races throughout the city and incinerates everything in its path instantly, leaving nothing behind but a massive crater as Locust and building alike a completely vaporised by the Unison Raid spell.
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On The HILT
"Holy Fuck…!" Was the common trend of sentence uttered as the massive pillar of fire obliterates everything.
"Damn… and I thought Azure Pillar was powerful…" Said Sam, awed by the power of the two Natsu Dragneels.
The transport shakes violently from the pressure wave cause by the blast and sends Cole running to the rear hatch, opening it as he is about to puke his guts out and letting in a massive amount of heat.
"Damn man, if you want a tan, now is the best time to do it…" Dom said jokingly as he held a hand up in front of his face.
"Man I don't even feel sick anymore from seeing that." Cole says as he straightens up.
"Give it a minute big guy, I'm sure it will come rushing back." Sam said as she patted Cole on the back, her eyes never leaving the raging firestorm as it easily goes miles past the city limits before dying down, revealing nothing by a gigantic crater of molten glass which cools rapidly as steam and smoke rises from it.
"Juvia thinks her love has out done himself, she thinks that easily tops any other Unison Raid she has seen him do." Juv says to the group as they appreciate the two mages' handiwork.
Scarlet head up to the pilots and tells them to turn back to pick up the two remaining soldiers which the pilots fly the transport back to the crater and to the epicentre.
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Berephus, Sera
Natsu groans and pushes himself up at the same time that Dragneel rolls over. "Damn, that's the biggest spell I've ever done… and I've one hit a massive War God with a Fire Dragon King's: Demolition Fist"
"Yeah, same, I've done some like that but never that big." Dragneel said as he sits up.
"What do you mean?" Asked Natsu as he stood on the cooling glass.
'I'll show you the aftermath of what happened when I finally managed to get back home, long story short, the Locust followed me home and people died, to stop them the COG and I conducted a simultaneous attack on the portal site, they dropped the Hammer of Dawn on the Seran side and Juv and I unleashed Unison Raid: Azure Pillar on the Magnolia side, I'll take you to ground zero after the two Wendys have had a look at you." Dragneel said in a sombre tone as he remember what was meant to be a joyous time yet turned into a literal blood bath.
The sound of an approaching aircraft catches the Dragon Slayers' attention, making them look to the coast as the HILT flew to the centre of the crater, it turns around so the rear hatch faces the two pinkettes.
"There! Juvia's love is down there!" Juv shouts, pointing to the centre of the blast zone as the aircraft comes closer then she hops out and rushes over to the two mages, tackling Dragneel back to the ground in a hug.
"Damn Dragneel, you've out done yourself, nothing remains after that spell, not even a pebble." Sam said, looking around as she walked over with Echo and the mages. "Hey Delta, Sigma, We're going to portal back from here, you guys are welcome to drop by the guild for a hot meal and a few drinks on the house."
"Man do the Dragneels know how to party or do they know how to PARTY! WOO!" Cole shouts from back inside the transport.
"We'll be there after we give our report to Hoffman, go ahead and start the party without us." Dom said with a smile. "Hey Jace, you guys coming?"
"Man it's the first chance I've been given to see another Universe, and Dragneel's home. So count us in." Jace replied.
"Alright, sounds like we are all in agreement, we'll see you all soon." Marcus calls out then heads up to the pilots. "Time to get out of this hell hole."
"Roger that." One of the pilots confirms as the close the hatch and fly back to base.
"Alright everyone, let's go back home, Scarlet open the portal." Sam orders as Scarlet requips a portal gun and dials up 137-C.
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Fairy Tail Guild Hall 137-C
A portal opens and out comes the group with Natsu being supported by Scarlet who places him on a bench by a table.
"Are you ok?" Asks a fretting Mira as she and the rest of the group from 129-G hurry to their comrade.
"I'm alright Mira, just took a bullet through the stomach." Natsu replies.
"Make way!" Marvell said as she and Wendy pushed their way through to the wounded pinkette. "Scarlet, Sam, can you get the armour off of him."
The two soldiers quickly remove the Fiorian armour and set it aside for repairs as Marvell and Wendy stand before Natsu.
"The shirt has to come off so we can see how bad the bullet wound is Natsu." Said the older of the two bluenettes, prompting the man to pull his shirt off and getting gasps from some of the gathered mages of 137-C, not expecting to see slash and claw like scars that littered Natsu's torso.
"Damn, what happened to you flame brain?" Fullbuster asked.
"Got shot, didn't I?" Natsu said with the roll of his eyes.
"He means the scars Natsu." Natsumi said as she kneels beside the oldest pinkette.
"Yeah looks like you pissed something off." Nat added.
"He can explain while we work, I need to make sure to heal any internal damage. Wendy, you take the front, I'll work from the back" Marvell said as the two bluenettes get into position and start using their healing spells.
"Well basically Luce and I were looking after a former council member as Tartaros had been hunting them down, we got attacked by the Etherious known as Jackal…" Natsu begins.
"Why would one Etherious attack another?" Asks Natsumi curiously.
"At the time I was like you three, so I fought and defeated Jackel, we contacted Gramps and were told that Mira and Erza had been sent to the former Chairman's house, I've never trusted him since the first time I met him, so Happy and I headed that way right away but when we got there those two were in the middle of a fight against a lesser dark guild."
"We were betrayed by the old bastard and were trapped, starting to feel tired as he gave us camomile tea but things were starting to look good once Natsu joined." Added Mira.
"Well they were up until the tea took effect on Mira and I, we fell unconscious and woke up in different parts of Tartaros' flying guild hall." Erza states. "I was in a cell with Lisanna, both of us naked and chained with magic cancelling bindings."
"I was in some kind of vat in what was called Hell's Core, the Tartaros regeneration facility which could also be used to turn people into demons." Said Mira.
"Back to what I was saying, when those two passed out, it was only me left and I was holding my own for a bit then I took cheap shot from a club to the back of the head and got knocked out, when I woke up I was in a room with my hands chained to the ceiling and my legs to the floor, butt naked and unable to melt the cuffs as they blocked my magic." Natsu says as the pain from the gunshot wound slowly fades away.
"Master was placed in Kyôka's torture chamber, she was curious about the strength and endurance of him, but not knowing who he really was she decided to have some fun with him, his scars are actually less than the amount I saw on him the time I came by with refreshments for Kyôka." Inputs Seilah as she waves a hand over Natsu's body.
"Bingo, Seilah is right, I was tortured, started out alright but I ended up pissing her off when I didn't break like she wanted and I started being a smartass. Only reason I don't have more scars is because these ones were too deep to heal fully, even with Wendy being in Dragon Force at the time." States the pinkette. "But it could be different for you other versions, infinite possibilities and all."
"Wow… Both of your universes are very different to mine." Natsumi says as she looks between the two male pinkettes and adjusts the coat that Natsu put on her.
"Things get darker the older we get, Dragneel and Nat haven't faced the Tenrou Incident yet, I'm not sure about you Natsumi." Natsu said as he looked at the female version of himself.
"We've come back from Tenrou in my Universe, they are most likely watching this whole thing to make sure I stay safe and will have questions for me after, but yeah, we have the GMG coming up, do you have any tips?" Natsumi asks hopefully.
"Fight hard and never give up, you'll win if you believe in yourselves." Said Natsu with a grin as he placed a hand on her shoulder.
'Damn she is cute, and smoking hot!' END states perversely.
"I'll even come and watch, oh and by the way." Natsu said with a grin. "The event that you take part in is call chariot and normally you'd be struck by motion sickness, I know I did, but since you came through the portal it will no longer affect you. Count yourself lucky and be sure to win us first place."
"Really?" She asked hopefully, glad she will be rid of that accursed weakness.
"Yes, it's true, I found that it happened when I was sent to Sera all those years ago." Dragneel confirmed.
"You're all healed up Natsu." Said Wendy cheerfully.
"Thanks you two." He said as he put his shirt back on and stood up, covering his scars.
"How bad did it hurt?" Natsumi asked as she offered to hand back his coat. "The torture I mean…"
"Like a mother fucking bitch, her curse was Enhancement, giving her the ability to enhance any aspect of her subject's bodies, her preference was to enhance pain. I nearly passed out loads of times from how excruciating it was but I kept my head and I wasn't about to give in and let her win." Natsu replies as he stretched out and smiles. "You two did an amazing job by the way."
"Can you use that curse?" Said a curious Nat.
"Yes, I can use all the curses that the demons of Tartaros used along with my own fire one which I haven't named yet, there is Macro," He points to Seilah. "Mard Geer's Thorns, which makes large thorny vines grow from the ground, Jackel's Bomb curse, you saw me use it to blow up that Locust, Kyôka's Enhancement curse as I said, I have others but I don't like using them."
"Woah…" Romeo said from the crowd.
"Now that you are better, I'll take you to the place I was talking about earlier, we'll be walking so you can see the difference between this Magnolia and the others. Follow me." Dragneel said as he requipped his armour off and set off for the large doors, the mages from 129-G and Natsumi from 121-M following the soldier out of the guild.
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Ground Zero, Magnolia
Natsu ran his hand over the monument detailing all those lost in the invasion, shedding a tear for his lost comrades as the other visiting mages pay their respects to their fallen friends and family.
"Natsu." Dragneel called out. "You're coming to my place before we head back, I want to give you something. Mira, I think MJ and her family want to do some shopping with you, you can come to the house since MJ is washing my tank or wait with Lis and Elf."
"I'll wait for MJ back at the guild." Mira replies.
"Erza, Scarlet and Knightwalker want to go to the bakery and wish for you to join them, just head to the usual, they said you'd know what that meant. Wendy, Sam and Marvell want to hang out some more, try the back of the guild hall. Gray and Lucy, your counterparts are probably fucking each other at their place, probably best to wait in the guild unless you want frostbite Lucy, Gray do whatever you want, fuck, go have a threesome with those two if you want. Juv is waiting in the guild's pool for you Juvia. Levy, I think McGarden has something she wants to show you, try either fairy hills or the guild library. Seilah and Natsumi… I got nothing…"
"I'll go with Master~." Seilah purrs as she hugs one of Natsu's arms.
"I guess I'll tag along too." Natsumi chimed in.
"What's the big arch over there?" Natsu asked as he pointed to it while the group went their separate ways.
"The Magnolia Arch, it's a big portal that allows us to supply the COG with food, weaponry, munitions and medical supplies while also taking in refugees from Jacinto where the other side of the portal is, the refugees work in the factories to earn a living, you'd probably notice the scents of those from over there mingling with the ones from Fiore." Dragneel said as he headed back to the guild.
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Erza's Favourite Bakery, Magnolia
Erza walks into the bakery and is instantly hit with the delicious smell of cakes and other sweet and savoury items, moistening her mouth in anticipation of gorging herself on untold amounts of succulent strawberry cake.
"Erza, over here." Scarlet called out from a table where Knightwalker and she sat, both of them eating a lime and strawberry cake respectively. "Put the cakes on my tab."
Erza nods and orders a strawberry cake then takes it to the table and sits with the other redheads, passing as the oldest of the three near identical sisters.
"So, fucked Natsu yet?" Knightwalker asks bluntly, making Erza choke on a piece of cake.
"W-What! N-no I haven't!" She stutters out a reply with a heavy blush to suit.
"She has thought of it thankfully." Scarlet said to her Edolas twin.
"She probably dreams of the same things you do when you have a good dream." Knightwalker said. "Being ploughed by Dragneel, or in her case, her Natsu."
Both Earthland born redheads blush from the statement, Erza more than Scarlet.
"Anyway…" Erza begins as she clears her throat and goes back to her cake. "How did you get to Edolas?"
"We took a portal there, their code is the same as ours except reversed, C-731 instead of 137-C, so if you wanted to visit your version of Edolas then all you need to do is input G-921 or M-121 for Natsumi." Scarlet informs the oldest redhead.
"I see, both of our universes have been through the seven year stasis so much must have changed over there, what I want to know is what happened when you went to Edolas. I gather that you had prior knowledge of Edolas since you used a portal to get there?"
"Correct, we knew what we were up against due to some friends in another universe giving us that intel, we mounted an offensive in the form of a two pronged attack, one group was to head to the Edolas Fairy Tail guild hall to protect them from any attack." Scarlet waved to Knightwalker. "While the second assaulted the castle with the main objective of preventing Faust from activating his dragon mech and if he didn't step down for Mystogan then the strike team was to eliminate him."
"I faced off against Dragneel in a duel, single combat." Knightwalker starts but gets interrupted by Scarlet. "And got creamed by Dragneel who didn't even use magic."
"No I got creamed by him later on." Knightwalker responds offhandedly.
Erza blushes and places an armoured hand on her face as she sighs. "Getting back on subject, I'm guessing Edolas is doing much better now?"
"Yes, they are, we gave them the same tech that the Serans have given us, we could give you them too to give to your king." Scarlet offered.
"That would be nice, but King Toma stepped down after the war, his daughter Hisui is in charge now, she is doing a nice job but I'm sure she would love something that would further our country's strength, especially if one of the neighbouring nations decides to invade us like Alvarez did a few years ago."
"I'm curious Erza, how old are you?" Scarlet asked.
"22 but if you count the time we have been stuck in stasis then I'd be 29, same with Mira, Gray and Natsu would be 28, Lucy 27 and Wendy would be 22." Erza replied as she ordered a strawberry milkshake. "You probably heard Natsu have a go at Dragneel. That was his point, though he neglected to mention that he didn't add those seven years in stasis, while your Dragneel is 20?" She gets a nod from Scarlet. "Ours looks 21 but is technically 28, well that's if you don't consider the time spent in the eclipse gate that brought the natural dragon slayers to the present time."
"Really?" Said Knightwalker in a surprised tone. "So you're still so much older than us?"
"Yes, I did tell you we were stuck in Fairy Sphere right? We were frozen in time until the spell was released."
"Who cast it?" Scarlet asked. "I don't think you mentioned that part."
"Mavis Vermilion, our first master, she did it to protect us from Acnologia's attack, he wanted to wipe out the dragon slayers." She replied simply.
"Oh, well Dragneel beat Acnologia in one of the other universes." Scarlet said.
"Has he fought the one from here though?" Erza asks and gets a shake of the head from the other two redheads. "Then it means naught, not to mention that in the war he becomes even stronger, it took the power of Natsu, before he fused fully with his demon side, and all of the other dragon slayers to take him down and even then it was Natsu using the remaining power of the six other slayers combined in his body to unleash one final attack on that monster to take him down, Natsu succeeded where Igneel could not and killed that bastard."
"What if Natsu was like how he is now?" Scarlet asked thoughtfully.
"He would have had a power boost thanks to the war." Erza replies. "But who knows what the outcome would be."
"I guess you're right, with different outcomes for different choices, there is no way we could guess what could happen." Said Knightwalker as she ate her lime cake.
"So about that armour that the others were wearing?" Erza starts but is stopped by Scarlet who holds her hand up.
"I knew you were going to ask, here, it's the Fiorian version of the armour, due to being made from materials found here on Earthland the armour has an innate resistance to magical attacks, if you end up low on magic and can only do one more requip, put this on." Scarlet says as she pulls a set of armour out of her pocket dimension. "It has been fitted for me so you should have no problem wearing it."
"Thank you." Erza said with a smile as she places the armour into her own requip space.
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Fairy Hills, Magnolia
Levy knocks on the door to her counterpart's room in Fairy Hills, having not found her in the guild.
The door opens to reveal McGarden in a towel while drying her hair with a second towel. "Oh hi Levy, come in, I just finished having a shower and was about to come find you once I got dressed."
"Relaxing hot shower to calm you down?" Levy said as she entered the apartment. "I could do with one after seeing all that…"
"Right, fucking nightmare Sera is, feel free to have one then the bathroom is in the same place." McGarden replied as she headed to the bathroom.
"Thanks, I can't imagine what it's like for you guys, losing so many people in such a horrific way." Says Levy as she stripped herself of her clothes and turned the shower on.
McGarden stood in front of her sink with a brush as she discards the towel she used to dry her hair. "Don't bother, we don't like other universes taking part in that war, look what happened to your Natsu, if he didn't go in then he wouldn't have been hurt."
"Well he did save a lot of people, I think he is happy with that, and your Dragneel didn't seem to mind in the end." Levy stood under the hot water as it ran down her petite body.
McGarden looked over as she brushed her hair. "That's true, they did need the help and he did help. But it was still risky."
"That's Natsu for you, always doing risky things to save as many people as he can."
McGarden nods and keeps brushing her hair as the two enjoy the comfortable silence.
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Waterfront beside the Guild Hall, Magnolia
By the water sat four identical blue exceeds with identical green bags, each one holding a fishing rod with the lure in the water, a bucket of fish sitting on the left of them.
"Ooh~ I got a bite!" Shouts one of the Happys. "It's a big one!"
The three other Happys gather around and help pulls a large fish out of the water. "Yay we can give this to Carla!" They all shout simultaneously then fly off with their catches.
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Streets of Magnolia
A large military vehicle drove down the road on its way to the city outskirts, the occupants of the transport were one horned woman and three pinkettes.
"So glad I don't get motion sick anymore~!" Said Natsumi happily as she sat in the back seats with Seilah.
"I agree. Say Dragneel, how do you and Nat work?" Natsu asks.
"Genetic compatibility wise?" He looks at his double briefly in time to see a nod. "So it seem genetically we are different but our lineage is the same, think of it like the difference between Earthland and Edolas. Identical but different, that is how it is with Nat and I, so basically everything is still the same, all the traits from our parents and that are the same, but the genes that matter are different, that's why you and I smell different to those two."
"Still here you know." Natsumi calls out. "Hey Natsu, do you think I could drop by your universe soon?"
Natsu looks over his shoulder at the pinkette. "Sure, I don't mind, I think Mira and the others would enjoy having a version of me that enjoys shopping and stuff like that."
Dragneel groans at the mention of his second worst enemy, behind the Locust, shopping trips. "God, the girls are a nightmare when it comes to shopping, dragging me from shop to shop."
Natsumi laughs at the two males. "Come on its not that bad, man up you two."
"She is right Master, it's not, and you know that you get to see all of our sexy bodies~." Seilah teases with a smirk. "And we both know that you enjoy it if END is anything to go by."
"We're here." Dragneel said as he drove up his driveway and parked in the garage/workshop.
"Woah, that's a lot of stuff." Natsumi said as they all got out of the vehicle.
"Come with me Natsu, you girls are free to look around."
Natsu nods and follows Dragneel to his workbench while looking around at the large room, spotting the tank from earlier all cleaned and polished to a shine.
"Ah good, they cleaned the blood off it, don't see why they went and polished the hell out of it though…" Dragneel said as his eyes drifted to his pride and joy before turning to the older pinkette.
"Hey man, I didn't mean to assume earlier when we had that argument, but how old are you? You said something about being in Sera for a long time and being sent there when you were 14 I think." Natsu asks.
"I'm 20 in about two weeks." The soldier replied offhandedly as he turned to his bench and rummaged around in it.
"Ah so about a year younger than me, hmm strange, maybe things were put off in the timeline due to your absence or maybe you came through the Eclipse Gate at an older age than what I did after all I was 18 at the time you are at now."
"Eclipse Gate?"
"You'll find out about it during the GMG, pain in the ass, probably could ask our brother about it when you meet him, speaking of which I may go visit him before I leave."
"You know where he is?"
"Well since you guys haven't been to Tenrou Island yet he should still be there."
"Hold on, I can't be just a year younger than you, you talked about events that happen years from now."
"Ah, the stasis, I forgot about that… Well taking that into account I would be 28, not counting the Eclipse Gate."
'Old bastard.' END jests.
Natsu rolls his eyes as Dragneel pulls a Boltok pistol from a draw. "Here, consider this a thank you for helping, we can customise it now and I'll grab a box of ammo for you along with a holster for it."
"How about black with red accents, what kind of holsters could I get?"
Dragneel gets to work on the Boltok. "One that goes onto your thigh or one that goes under your left arm would be my suggestions, the second one more so since it will be out of sight under your coat."
"How about both, so I can choose depending on the occasion."
Dragneel nods and points to a cabinet. "Grab the ammo labelled "Boltok" from in there, should be a crate or two, one should be more than enough, holsters are right next to it."
"Alright." He responds as he does as he was instructed, he puts on the underarm holster and requips the thigh holster and a single crate of ammo away.
Seilah and Natsumi roam around the garage, talking with each other about various things they find in the building, taking the opportunity to inspect the tank up close.
Dragneel hands the finished pistol to Natsu. "There all done."
"Thanks." He responds as he inspects the weapon then puts it into the holster.
"Oh before I forget." Dragneel said as he pulled a bag from a different cabinet. "Here is a cleaning kit."
Natsu nods and requips it away too as a comms window opens between them, showing Baird and Cole's faces.
"Hey kid, we're about to head off through the gate with Sigma and the others. See you at the hall if you don't swing by Magnolia Gate to great us." Baird said to Dragneel.
"All the way up at my house Baird, gotta check over the tank before I head off so I'll see you guys at the guild." The pink haired soldier responded.
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Fairy Hills, Magnolia
Levy and McGarden stand in the latter's bedroom after freshening up.
"I want to show you my lab before we head back to the hall." McGarden says as she grabs an empty back pack and slings it over her shoulder.
"Where is it?" Levy asks.
"In another universe, it's a wasteland, burned by a nuclear war."
"Sounds awful…"
"It is, should have seen the first time we went there." McGarden said as she walked to her personal IVD and punched in the location for her base.
"What happened?"
"Super mutant raid, people in power armour, feral ghouls, ate a cooked rat for a meal since we had nothing else." She replied offhandedly causing Levy to turn a shade of green at the mention of eating rats.
*Crackle Pop Pop*
"Alright let's go Levy." McGarden said as she led the way through the portal.
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McGarden's Base, Universe 1000-A AKA Fallout Universe
The two bluenettes walk out of the portal into a concrete bunker littered with computers, workbenches, parts, schematics and projects in various stages of completion.
"Ooo~." Said an awed Levy as she gazed around.
McGarden goes about collecting stuff and placing it in the bag, seemingly at random.
"What's out that big metal door?"
"Hmm?" McGarden turns to her on the way to a fridge. "Front door, got some Gatling Lasers out there for protection."
"Ah, what are those on the wall?" She points to the wall with various strange weaponry.
"Laser rifles and pistols from out in the wasteland, both pre-war and institute made, there are some ballistic weapons and plasma weapons up there too." McGarden replies as she pulls a red bottle from the fridge. "Here, catch."
Levy catches the bottle that McGarden threw to her and looks at it curiously. "Nuka Cherry?"
"Yeah, it's nice and refreshing."
Levy nods and cracks it open before drinking some of it. "Aaah, that is good. What about that other metal door, what's in there?"
"That's the door to my basement."
"Ok, but what is inside?"
"Stuff…"
"McGarden…"
"Stuff~…"
"Levy McGarden."
"There might be a murderous, killer watermelon down there… it might have killed a bunch of mercs… might have made a really big mess of it too… Although it might have not done it either… who knows… hehehe heh he-err… just don't go down there for the love of god." McGarden said as she looked around for something to change the subject with.
"A "murderous, killer watermelon", really…?" Said a shocked Levy as she observed her double run to a bench with a weird pink glowing Laser gun.
"Enough of that, here take a look at this, I call it the G.R.G." McGarden said with pride in her voice as she handed it to Levy. "Completely non-lethal and only damages the pride and perverseness of guys, well hopefully."
"What does it do exactly?"
"Not telling, just give it to your Mira and tell her to shoot someone, make sure to tell her that it absolutely will not kill the person that gets shot."
"Ok…" Levy said curiously before levelling the weapon to an unfazed McGarden.
"Shoot me, I'll prove it."
"You're completely confident in your creation?"
"Yes."
Levy hesitates for a full minute but finally fires the weapon at her double, the beam hits her but does absolutely nothing.
"See, no harm, only works on guys but even then they won't be hurt." McGarden said before placing the gun in her backpack along with a few other things.
"Ah ok…, anything else?"
"Nope, not that I can think of, time to go back anyway." McGarden said as she gave Levy the bag. "That has schematics, lacrima recordings, the G.R.G and a few other things you might like."
"Oh thanks."
McGarden opens a portal to the guild hall and the two bluenttes walk through it.
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Fairy Tail Guild Hall, Magnolia 137-C
Sigma and Delta squads were sat at a table, ravenously eating and praising both Mira and MJ for their cooking.
"Oh baby, this is so good~!" Cole calls out as he stuffs his face with the starter of the three course meal provided by the two models.
"I'll say! Twice the Miras means twice the amazing food!" Dom said.
"Calm down you lot, there are still two more courses after this." MJ calls out to the soldiers.
"MJ, please, after eating the MREs and mess food everyday this right here makes me feel like I've died and gone to heaven!" Jace said happily.
"Kinda fitting considering those two have takeovers that make them look even more angelic." Natsu said as he walked in with Dragneel, Natsumi and Seilah.
Mira giggles and hugs Natsu when he gets to her. "Wanna help me cook the rest?"
"Sure." He replies with a wide smile.
"The kid can cook? Dragneel is shit at cooking." Baird said with a grin. "Ham, cheese, tomato and grease sandwiches is what he ate when he worked in my motorpool."
"Hey, he is still better than Scarlet you know. She'll actually burn down the kitchen unlike the guy who can breathe fire." Sam said from the bar, getting giggles from the two young bluenettes at her sides.
"Is she bad here too?" Wendy asks, getting more giggles and a nod from Marvell.
"Oi I'm not that bad!" Shout both red heads in unison.
"Anyway~ yeah, Natsu can cook, when my little sister went missing and was presumed dead he and I started getting really close, I teased him more sexually, strutting naked around his house for example, I knew it affected him since he put out more heat when I did that." Said Mira with a giggle, wearing a pink 'Property of Natsu' shirt over her dress. "I also started teaching him how to cook from time to time so I didn't have to cook his food every night, plus I loved cooking with him as he always kept me between his arms, it was so~ warm."
"Mira's naughty side aside and going back to the point, as she said she taught me everything I know about cooking, and she is an amazing chef, she could work in the highest end restaurant in Crocus if she wanted, but she loves cooking for family more than cooking at a restaurant." Natsu said as he heads for the kitchen.
"Hey kid, can I have some more bacon?" Carmine asks.
"Want to try different flavours with it?" Natsu asks back.
"Like?"
"Honey bacon, chilli bacon of various degrees of heat, things like that."
"I'll take the hottest chilli bacon you got!"
All the mages look between Carmine and Natsu, the latter having a devilish grin plastered on his face.
"Whelp, been nice knowing you Carmine…" Gray said as he pats the soldier on the back.
"Why?"
"Natsu, give him the Dragon's Special chilli." Mira said as she mirrored the grin of the pinkette. "And a bottle of milk, and some tissues too."
"Oh this sounds like some manly stuff! Hit me up with some too!" Elf shouts as he sits down with Carmine.
"How's this, if you two can stomach three full courses of Dragon Special food, both Sigma and Delta drink on me tonight." Natsu offers. "You too Elf since you want in on this."
"Hell yeah baby, you better eat it all Carmine!" Cole cheers and the other soldiers shout in agreement.
"You're on kid, show me what you got." Carmine says to Natsu.
"Yeah… enjoy life while it lasts." Said Gray as Natsu heads into the kitchen with the two Miras.
A portal opens up and out steps the two bluenettes.
"What's up everyone?" McGarden calls out as she walks over with Levy.
"Carmine and Elf plan on eating three full courses of "Dragon Special" whatever that is, probably something hot." Scarlet said as she sat at the bar with Knightwalker and Erza.
"Oh it's a very hot style of food that Natsu loves eating, Gajeel tried it once and was practically breathing fire after it, it was hilarious he was so red!" Levy said as she burst out laughing at the end. "Erza do you mind looking after this bag for me."
"Sure, hand it here." The red haired knight takes it from the bookworm and requips it away.
10 Minutes Later
"Oh Fuck That's hot!" Shout both Elf and Carmine as flames shoot comically out of their mouths.
"Eat Eat Eat!" Cheer all of Sigma and Delta along with the gathered mages as Natsu watches on with a slightly sadistic grin from edge of the table.
"What The Fuck Is In This MANLY Food!" Elf shouts at Natsu.
"That's a secret so I can't tell ya, but you better eat up, the others are eyeing the bar like Dragneel's girls eye him after a rough day." Natsu replies with a more sadistic grin than before as he waves to the other soldiers. "What will you have?"
"Beer, whiskey, anything that is alcoholic." Dom calls out.
"I'm with him!" Alex cheers.
"Well if these two don't finish then you'll get nothing but water."
"Nooo! EAT EAT EAT!" The two squads shout.
"But it is so hot!" Elf yells and gets a nod from Carmine.
"It's not manly to back down from a challenge Elf. Only the manliest of men can hand the Dragon's Special, are you saying that you aren't manly?" Natsu questions as he places his hands down on the table and leans in. "And here I thought you were the manliest person on this table."
"I am MANLY!"
"Prove It."
"I'll eat twice the amount of Dragon's Special on my food I'm that MANLY!"
"You heard the man! TWICE the amount!" Shouts Natsu as he beckons to the gathered crowd. "Is he MANLY enough to complete the challenge!?"
The crowd cheers as beverages are drunk, Natsu heads back to the kitchen with the two white haired models to make the next course of food.
Sam cracks up laughing at the male takeover mage. "You just got baited!"
"I'm Manly and I'll prove it!" Elf shouts at the brunette.
"Maybe Natsu is a Master Baiter~." Natsumi says while she tries to supress a giggle but ends up bursting out laughing.
"No, I serve Master whenever the opportunity arises, he has no need to play with his large throbbing dick… mmm~." Seilah said with a purr towards the end as her mind wanders and she rubs her thighs together. "Master~."
"And we've lost her…" Levy said as she observes the horned woman.
Some time passes and the final course has been served up, Carmine and Elf are chowing down on the food while completely red in the face and being cheered on by the thirsty COG soldiers while Echo and a few other mages are drinking in front of them.
A very red faced Elf finishes his extra hot Dragon's Special and roars. "I'M MANLY!"
"Woo, It's Party time BABY!" Cole shouts as Carmine finishes right after Elf.
"Well looks like drinks are on me." Natsu said as he starts working the bar with Mira and MJ.
"You can work bars too?" Alberona asked as she was given a tankard of beer from the pinkette.
"Mira roped me into it a few times growing up, made me dress up like a waiter too…" Natsu replies causing her to laugh.
Marcus stands and makes his way to the bar. "Hey kid, if I remember right, I owe you a few beers."
"I think you do." Natsu said as he looked at the grizzled veteran.
"I see Dragneel has given you a Boltok, how about I pay for the drinks with ammo for it."
"Nah don't worry about it, how's this, I'll have the drinks and you guys have the night to party hard and relax, don't even think about the war."
"Sounds like a plan kid." Marcus said as he turned to the COG soldiers. "Listen up guys, tonight is our night off, go nuts."
"WOO! FUCK YEAH IT'S PARTY TIME!" Cole cheers as he throws his arms in the air.
Nat goes to the stage and brings out a Karaoke machine, she turns on the music and starts singing.
As the night goes on and the guild's become more inebriated, a guild wide brawl breaks out while Mira plays a rock song up on stage.
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The Next Morning
Natsu groans as he wakes up, feeling a weight on his chest and is unable to move his arms, lifting his head a little he sees Seilah curled up on his chest with Lucy and Mira holding his arms.
"Ah you're awake." Dragneel said as he walked over.
"Mhm, I'm up." Natsu groans out and feels something under his head, he turns it and sees his coat covering a pair of breasts with some pink hair sticking out on the other side.
"Looks like the princess found her prince." Dragneel chuckles as he points to both Natsu and Natsumi.
"King, took over Igneel's place." Natsu said as he chuckles aswell, gently moves the girls off of him and gets up, he puts his hand on his hip to check for his sword. "Huh… where is it?" He looks around and sees it embedded in a pillar.
"Dom thought it was a good idea to swing it around like an idiot. You punched him into the pillar." Dragneel said as he points to the unconscious body of the soldier, spread eagle beside the same pillar. "Anyway, enough of last night's shenanigan, come do up some breakfast with me, the smell should wake this lot up."
"Sure." Natsu replies as he uses macro to pull the sword out of the pillar and attach it to his waist then he makes his way to the kitchen, stepping over the bodies of his sleeping guild mates.
"Got any plans for today?"
"Nah not really, might see Zeref and see if I can talk to him into being a nice guy."
"How do you plan on doing that?"
"Being a good brother to him. Knowing what he said last time will help too, hopefully I can get him alone and not have to deal with Grimoire Heart at the same time." Natsu said as he grabs everything they need to make everyone eggs, bacon, sausages and toast for breakfast. "I'm hoping that I can convince him to come see you and McGarden about either fixing, suppressing or somehow safely siphoning his curse so he doesn't hurt those he care about, like us two, when he felt a death wave coming he told me to run."
"It would be nice to hear from my only living blood relative, so you're saying just be nice to him?" Dragneel asked as he started cooking pancakes while his older double starts frying up.
"Yes, look I'm not going to sugar coat it, he is one strong mother fucker, stronger than you and I, he punched a hole right through my chest when we were fighting, but he was only like that because after living 400 years or so in sadness and fear of hurting people he finally gave in and stopped caring, from one Dragneel to another, you know how we can get when we don't give a fuck about our enemy, Zeref is our big brother who has lived through hell on earthland, we need to show him the good side of life, which is what I'm hoping you and the others can do, before it's too late."
As the two Fire Dragon Slayers cooked, the smell of food wafted into the main hall and to the wounded, hungover and tired party goers. One by one the sleeping inhabitants of the guild awake, coming to terms with the nights festivities as some groan in pain from hangover induced headaches to bumps and bruises, while others go and help those less fortunate.
"Aww fuck~ I feel I've been hit by a freight train." Dom groaned as he was woken up by Marcus.
"You pissed off the kid when you grabbed the sword from his waist and started to play samurai with it, remember?" Marcus said as he helped his old friend up.
Dom grabs his head and gut as the world span around him. "Gah… now I do, whacked Baird over the head with it didn't I?"
"Yeah, ya did, damn lucky the cover was still on it otherwise I think the little blue haired twins would have beaten the hell out of you with those bats like they did with those black haired strippers"
"I think their name is Gray, huh why is he named after a colour?"
"Hell if I know, for all I know his dad is called Silver."
"Bet ya ten bucks that it is." Dom said as he held out his hand.
"Ten and a slab of beer."
"Deal!" Said Dom as he and Marcus shook hands.
"Well you better pay up Marcus…" Gray said as he walked over. "Because he is called Silver."
"God Damn It!" Marcus shouts before putting the money in Dom's awaiting hand. "You'll get your beer later."
"OI! Easy On The Shouting!" Shouts McGarden, ironically, as she and Levy get up.
"Speak For Yourself!" Shouts Nat.
"Shut The Fuck Up!" Shouts MJ.
"Why Are We Shouting!" Natsumi shouts with a giggle.
"Jeez least we know when all of you have woken up…" Natsu says as he and Dragneel come out with lots of plates loaded with food.
"Master made us breakfast?" Seilah asks as she beams with happiness.
"Nah it was the leprechauns Seilah." Natsu jests as he placed the food down on various tables. "Hey Natsumi, mind if I take my coat back?"
"Sure, but only if I can come with you guys to your universe for a short stay."
"And if I say no?"
"I'm keeping your coat as a souvenir!" Natsumi cheers playfully.
"I'll have one made up for you by my tailor if you want." Natsu offers.
"Does that mean I can come?"
"Well she is going to need your measurements isn't she?" Natsu said with a smirk.
Natsumi opens her mouth to tell him her measurements but quickly closes it and gives him a nod. "Yeah, you do."
"Dig in everyone!" Natsu said as he took his coat from her and put it on.
"BACON!" Carmine yells as he starts eating a plate full of it.
"Save some for the rest of us big guy." Sam said with a chuckle as everyone started chowing down.
"Hey Levy, McGarden gave you a portal gun right?" Natsu asked the bluenette.
She nods with a mouthful of egg before swallowing it. "Yeah it is in the bag that I gave to Erza."
"Erza can I have the bag?" Natsu said as he turned to the knight.
Erza silently brings it out and hands it to him while she has a sausage in her mouth, unknowingly giving him a somewhat suggestive look.
"Thanks." He says as he takes out the portal gun, seeing a different weapon inside the bag but not questioning it as he hands the bag to Levy. "Just input the code right?"
"Yeah, pretty simple but it can be messed up in the heat of battle." Dragneel confirms.
Natsu nods and eats his fill of breakfast. "Alright I better head off."
"Where are you going?" Lucy asks curiously.
"To see my big brother." He replies quietly.
"Oh… good luck Natsu." She says as she gives him a quick kiss.
"Thanks Luce." Natsu says as he heads for the door, as he steps out he turns to Dragneel's Packhorse. "Hey Dragneel, someone has covered your vehicle in strippers!"
"WHAT?" Dragneel shouts as he appears next to the other pinkette. "GRAY! GET YOUR ARSE OVER HERE!"
"FUCKING RUN!" Fullbuster yells as he grabs his counterpart and they sprint from the hall and out into the bustling Magnolia.
"GET BACK HERE YOU FROZEN PIECES OF SHIT!" Dragneel shouts as he chases after them, followed by his girls.
Natsu watches them leave with a shake of his head and a grin, he summons his wings and takes flight, his destination being the first place he remembers seeing Zeref.
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Tenrou Island
A black haired man in black robes and a white shawl draped over one shoulder sat under a tree, not knowing or caring how long he has sat there, he feels a presence off to his left and turns his head.
Nothing.
He saw nothing but the feeling is still there, he realises that it is just the ghost of his girlfriend and lover, Mavis Vermilion. "Hey Mavis… Checking up on me again?"
The presence moves in front of him and kneels down between his legs, like it's trying to say something to him but the words can't reach his ears.
"I long to hear your voice again my love, to see you and to feel you, I miss you so much Mavis." He says as tears flow from his eyes. "I killed you… I didn't mean to, but I loved you."
The presence moves again this time he feels a faint and strange sensation on his left cheek, as if the presence has placed its hand upon it.
Zeref swears he heard the faint voice of Mavis telling him that she forgave him and that she loves him too but he just brushes it off as the wind as he looks down, tears drop from his face and land on his robes, the wetness barely visible on the black clothing.
*Whoosh*
"Hey Zeref." Said an unfamiliar yet familiar voice making Zeref turn and see a pink haired man with the same eyes as his own and dragon wings coming out of his back.
"N-Natsu?"
"Yes, it's me Zeref, but not the one from this universe." Natsu replied as he dispelled his wings and made his way over.
"What do you mean?" Zeref asked as he rose to his feet, the ghost of Mavis sticking her head out from behind him.
"Well that's a long story, but first…" Natsu said as he stood right in front of him. "It's good to see you again big brother."
Zeref was shocked that this Natsu knew of their past, even more so when he wrapped him up in a tight hug. "You know?"
"I know everything Zeref, I've told the Natsu from here most of it. He knows who you are, what you are, and also what we are." Natsu replied as he feels his older brother's arms wrap around him.
"I'm not so sure that was a good idea…" Says Zeref cautiously as he released his brother from the hug.
"It'll be fine, just make sure to warn them when a burst is coming." Natsu said as he turns to the ghost of the First Master. "Hello Mavis, how are you?"
"I'm well Natsu, Zeref has told me a lot about you."
"Did he tell you I'm a zombie?" Says Natsu playfully as he grins at Mavis then lifts his arms and staggers around after her. "Roar~ Brains~."
Mavis giggles and runs circles around Zeref.
"You can see her?" He asks.
"All who bear the mark of Fairy Tail will be able to see her, so would you if you joined, which could be beneficial for you in more ways than one."
"How so?" Mavis asks at the same time as Zeref.
"I believe that with the combined brainpower of this universe's Natsu and Levy, it is possible to find a way to nullify your curse, well more importantly your death wave, so neither of you will harm those around you." Natsu informs the couple as he sits under the tree. "But eventually I'm hoping that you could be the brother to him that I could never have…"
"What happened?" Zeref asks as he sat down next to him.
"I first met you at this very spot, it was the S-class trials for Fairy Tail, you let off a death wave and I pushed two of my friends out of the way, but I got caught in it."
"But you survived…" The black haired man said as he feels the unsavoury sensation build up.
"The scarf saved me, my scarf is made from Igneel's scales."
"Yeah…" Zeref said noticing that said scarf is not on Natsu and moves away to a safe distance, letting off the death wave and killing the plants around him.
"Anyway, how about I tell you what happened during my life?" Natsu asks.
"Sure." Says Zeref.
"But~." Natsu grins. "You have to promise that you have to go to Fairy Tail for help."
"Fine." Zeref says with a sigh as he returns and sits back down next to his younger brother.
"Fine what?"
"Fine I'll go to Fairy Tail and see if they can help me."
"Good, make sure you get made a member, Mavis would love to talk to you again, isn't that right Mavis?" Natsu said as he turned his head to the ghostly girl.
"Yes Natsu, I'd love to be able to talk to him again." She replies happily.
"She is happy about it. Anyway it's story time." Natsu said before retelling his life.
Hours Later
"Well that pretty much sums everything up." Natsu said as he stood before his brother.
"Interesting life you have lived Natsu." Said Zeref.
"Yup."
"So END is a consciousness within your head, like a second voice?"
"Yeah, the whole developing separately then becoming one thing."
'Tell him I said hi.' END says to Natsu.
"Speaking of whom, he says hi." Says Natsu.
"END…?" He asks.
"Yep." Natsu said as he smiles happily at his brother.
"Well I better start making a boat or something so I can make my way to the mainland and find my way to Magnolia, I wonder how much has changed since I was last there." Zeref said as he adopted a thoughtful pose.
"More than you'd think considering what has happened to them but Dragneel can tell you more." Natsu said with a wave of his hand. "Oh, one more thing before I leave, when you get there I want you to kick down the door and shout "Where is my pink haired baby brother" for me please."
Zeref watches Natsu with a bemused expression while the pinkette laughs his head off at the thought. "Ok, well I better get started, it's been nice seeing you brother."
"Likewise, and I'll say something I never got to say." Natsu says as he wipes a tear from his eye. "Goodbye big brother, I'll miss you. Goodbye Mavis, make sure you keep him in check once he can see and talk to you properly."
"I will Natsu, goodbye." Said the bubbly First Master as she waved goodbye to the pinkette.
Natsu walked away from the two and pulled the portal gun from his pocket, dialling in 129-G he opens a portal back home, giving one last wave and a sad glance back at his older brother and his brother's girlfriend, Natsu steps through the portal.
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Fairy Tail Guild Hall, Magnolia, Fiore, Universe 129-G
A portal opens and out steps Natsu, taking a moment to collect himself he then looks around his guild hall as the portal closes behind him.
"Ah there you are, what took you so long?" Gajeel asks the pinkette.
"Visited my brother and Mavis before I left, felt like I needed to set things right in that universe." He responds as he turns to the Iron Dragon Slayer.
"How was it over there?" Gajeel asked.
"Sera? Fucking nightmare I tell ya, thought I was done for when that bullet went through my gut." Natsu said as he headed for the bar.
"Yeah, we watched it happen through the projection, you did end up jinxing yourself you know." Gajeel said with his trademark chuckle.
"Seems like I did, hey Levy, here is the portal gun back, you can start reverse engineering it whenever you feel like it." Natsu said as the two men passed her table and Natsu put the gun down.
"Thanks Natsu, by the way, Happy took Natsumi and her Happy up to your house." She replies with a smile.
"Cheers for letting me know, I need a drink." Said Natsu as he looked to the bar, seeing Mira fiddling with the gun that was in Levy's backpack. "Mira can I get a glass of fire whiskey please?"
"Coming right up Natsu." Mira says with a smile as she pours him a glass. "How'd it go?"
"I told Zeref about my life and hopefully he finds his way to Dragneel, be the brother that I never got to have." Natsu replies as he downs the glass in a single go. "Aaah, that hit the spot."
"I'm sure it will be fine Natsu, need another?"
"No I'm good, thanks Mira."
She smiles and goes back to playing with the gun. "Do you like my shirt?"
Natsu sits down on the stool with Gajeel taking a seat next to him. "Hmm? Oh it looks good on you." He chuckles as he notices her wearing a blue 'Property of Natsu' shirt.
"Whatcha got there Mira?" Gajeel asks the Barmaid.
"Oh, it is something that McGarden gave to Levy to give to me, but Levy never told me what it is, aside from that it's a non-lethal gun…" Mira says softly as she keeps playing with it before putting it down on a shelf under the bar. "I'll check it out some more later since I have work to do and it looks like it is going to be a busy day."
AN: Alright, I'm going to leave this here, hope you have enjoyed part two and the last part of my crossover with thehappy's story, I greatly enjoyed writing it, my favourite part is definitely the battle scene in the previous chapter, that was a blast to write. Sorry about the lateness of this update, a few thing can attribute to that, for one I just started playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on pc, fantastic game and I can't wait for CD Projekt Red's next game, Cyberpunk 2077. There are other reasons, chief amongst them is that my Nan has been diagnosed with cancer and is to undergo radio and chemo, but don't worry about that, I'm confident that she will make it through it, she is such a strong woman.
Me: After a long wait it's finally done.
*Door busts down*
Me: I just fucking replaced that!
Dragneel: Yeah yeah, I'll find a replacement when I get around to it, I've got bigger fish to fry.
Me: And that is?
Dragneel: Do you know where McGarden's G.R.G when to? If it falls into the wrong hands it will be a catastrophe.
Me: Nope. No Idea. None Whatsoever… Absolutely Nothing.
Dragneel: *leans in* Mhm, I got my eyes on you punk…
Me: *gulps* Well… Moving on, I hope you all enjoyed the chapter and I'll see you all next time!
