The inextinguishable Flames

A/N: Hey guys, how are you? Doing good I hope! I'm bringing one more chapter for this story. Some people actually reviewed already, and they were actually some good reviews in fact. I appreciate it, seriously. Now, before we move onto the story, I have here with me, none other than Happy! As Always!

Andrew: Hey there Happy! So, How's it going?
Happy: We're doing well! We found Erza, and I can already hear the bells!

Andrew: You were always Fairy tail's smartass, weren't you?
Happy: AYE SIR!

Andrew: Alright, go get your Story fish and let's get started, because today Erza's going toe to toe with Head's Death Caucus!
Hope you enjoy the chapter!

Chapter 3 – Death's Head Caucus

Natsu saw Erza in the distance eating her Strawberry cake. Natsu thought about calling her, but he didn't know how to tell her he's been gone. And how would he talk to Mira about what happened? He wanted to apologize, but how?

Natsu saw Erza getting up from her chair and she decided to walk around town. Natsu, not to be seen, got out of the rooftops and decided to follow her waiting to find something.
Erza had leads on the Dark Guild. They had been last seen under the Guild Master's conference building. She went to the Conference building, knowing that according to reports they had built an underground facility under clover.

She entered, noticing a huge hole on the ground. 'They have made their move already?' She thought. Natsu was following her from afar, tracking her through her scent.

Erza jumped through the giant hole in the ground. Reaching the end of it, she could feel a very high magical power flowing in her direction. She knew there were enemies close.

She decided to hide, trying to keep going around, until she found someone.

She then entered a big room, trying not to be seen, but as she passed through the doors, they closed themselves and the room was quickly lighted.

A Beautiful bright pink haired woman showed herself with two of her allies. Erza quickly recognized the three Mages; they were from Trinity Raven, the Dark Guild Death's Head Caucus.

The Pink haired woman started talking. "Hello there. From that guild mark on your arm, I can see that you're a fairy. How Fabulous!" She said with a smile on her face.
Her two allies walked forward, one being a man with a face of a Hawk wearing a Jetpack and the other being a fairly pale man with a very white face, with long black hair, holding an electric guitar, being a noticeable metal fan.

"Taka, your turn." Said the Bright haired woman as said man started playing in his guitar, creating a huge sound blast that threw Erza back. Erza didn't know what it was, nor did she intend to know.
She just held her sword and changed her armor, shouting.

"REEQUIP!" She shouted, reequipping into her black Wing armor, showing that she wasn't playing around. She readied her sword before jumping and flying towards the enemy who she took out with one blow.
The Man was lying on the ground, all his hair had fallen off, and he was out of combat.

The Bright pink haired woman grinned. 'Perfect, she's as strong as people say, this will be fun.' She thought.

(Play – Fairy tail : Erza's theme.)

The bright pink haired woman shouted as she called her other ally to start fighting.

"Fukuro, have fun" She said.
The Hawk man started using his jetpack to fly around the room trying to hit Erza, missing most blows. Erza used her sword to create currents of air, hitting the hawk man into the ground, but no success in damaging him whatsoever.
Erza started flying against the hawk man who kept trying to hit her, missing most his blows. Erza wasn't able to hit hers either, but she decided to fly over him and tricking him into flying onto the ceiling, to take the battle into a more open place.

The Hawk Flew over her and as she hit him, he was thrown into the air, blowing up the Conference building that was just above the underground facility. Erza hit him in the gut, throwing him even higher, which backfired, as he used his jetpack to fly straight into her, letting Erza being thrown against the ground, destroying one more building.

Happy jumped from Natsu's shoulder, worried about Erza, as she was just thrown into the ground. "Natsu? Shouldn't we go help her? She'll be glad to see you!" Said Happy with a big smile. "I Believe in Erza, and that's why I won't interfere just yet." Said Natsu, returning Happy's Smile.

Erza had already gotten up and decided to fly directly into the Hawk, hitting a huge combo with her bare hands, since her sword was originally broken on impact. After 45 hits, Natsu turned to Happy. "Say it with me now, ULTRA COMBO!" (A/N: Killer instinct? No? Ok)

Erza hit him with one more kick in the stomach that sent him flying against another building, the Rune knights that were on standby decided to evacuate completely Clover Town for the security of the citizens, as Erza was fighting one of the Trinity Raven.

Erza then flew against him in the ground punching him even harder, creating a crater around them.

Erza turned around, and saw the village empty. "I'll admit, you were a strong opponent, but in the end, you stood no chance."

(Stop Song.)

Erza looked back, seeing The man with the Hawk head bleeding out, she was on top of a blood puddle, as she has stabbed, punched, kicked, and threw the dude against walls and rocks over and over. He was dead.

Natsu turned to Happy with a smile. "Didn't I say she'd win? Easy. Erza's awesome." Said Natsu. "AYE SIR!" Said happy with a huge smile on his face.

The Bright pink haired woman came out of the shambles that were the Conference building. She looked straight into Erza's eyes. "My name is Ikaruga, I'll admit, I underestimated you. You're far stronger than imagined. And that's why I'll take care of you myself. And just for you to know, my Magic power is Far superior to any of the schmucks you just killed. " She said with a grin on her face.

"How could you say such a thing about your comrades?" Erza stood there, speechless.
"Comrades? Don't make me laugh. They were barely my servants. Like I'd ever see those two as equals. They were weak beings, not even deserving of being alive. If you ask me, you did this world a favor." She said.
"Then I'll make the world another, By letting you go meet those two schmucks."

(Play – Fairy tail: Main theme Metal Version)

Erza Reequipped into her Japanese cloth armor, seeing that her enemy was a swordswoman, and a highly skilled one.

"REEQUIP!" She shouted, as she ran up to Ikaruga, the Pink haired woman. She jumped and dodged Erza's first blow. Trying to hit her from behind, but Erza's twin swords were fast and effective.

She jumped once more, and this time, trying to completely cut her in half, but missing by a few centimeters. Ikaruga tried to cut her head off right next, but Erza's second sword blocked her attack.

Both Erza and Ikaruga got back with a back flip.
Ikaruga drew her sword and jumped again into Erza, switching blows , that were all blocked by either Erza or Ikaruga, a true battle of swordsmanship was inbound. Erza then took an opening and after blocking ikaruga's move, she jumped, kicking her in the stomach, throwing her back.
Ikaruga quickly rebounded from the wall and jumped in Erza's direction, this time, trying to kill her, again.

Erza jumped sideways, dodging her move, and then kicking her in the back. Ikaruga took the chance to put her hands on the ground and back flipped, not falling on the ground.

Ikaruga's face suddenly turned black, and a powerful aura was emanating from her. She dashed towards Erza, as Erza jumped back, but not able to completely dodge the attack, being cut slightly in the leg.

Ikaruga's speed had tripled, and strength doubled. For as much as Erza didn't want to admit it, she would have a hard time besting her in combat. Erza charged all her energy and ran towards Ikaruga.

They started exchanging blows. Knowing that Ikaruga was way faster, Erza jumped back and dropped one of her swords, whose weight was slowing her down. Knowing she'd have to be more careful not to be hit.

Happy turned to Natsu, this time with a very worried look on his face. "Natsu? This time I Think it really will be necessary to intervene." Said happy. "For as much as I hate to say it, I think you're right. But I want Erza to show her full potential, We'll only step in if really needed" Said Natsu, as he grabbed Happy and got closer to the battle, continuing to pass undetected.

Erza kept jumping towards Ikaruga, Being able to block most her blows, but cuts were all over Erza. She had been cut many times, but not with this speed. Ikaruga really was something else.

"To Think I was scared of the great Titania! You are Very powerful, but your swordsmanship leaves something to be desired." Said Ikaruga, before jumping towards Erza with her sword in hand.

Ikaruga tried to cut her one more time, without success, as Erza kept blocking most her blows, as Ikaruga attacked one last time, Erza was sent flying against another building, throwing it down.

Erza got up one more time, as she noticed that her speed couldn't compare to Ikaruga's speed, so she decided to equip her second sword again, to have a better chance of winning. 'She might beat me in speed, but I will beat her in skill!" She Thought.

Erza jumped one last time against Ikaruga, attacking her, this time, blocking all her attacks, and being able to retaliate, since this time, she had a second sword.

Ikaruga Jumped back, and started Increasing the power of her next blow.

(Stop Song.)

Erza couldn't keep it much longer, there was blood dripping from all over her legs and arms, and she knew, she wouldn't be able to keep on fighting for much longer.

Ikaruga looked at Erza. "You were a worthy opponent, but not at my level."

(Play : Fairy tail – Main Theme)

"HANDS OFF ERZAA! BLAZE DRAGON KING ROAR!" Natsu shouted, unleashing a deadly roar that burnt most of the town.

Ikaruga was on fire, but she jumped onto the river next to the town and stopped the fire on her.
"Who are you?" She asked, noticing Natsu's power.
Natsu turned to her. "My name is Natsu Dragneel! And I'm a dragon Slayer for Fairy tail!" He shouted before running into Ikaruga.

Ikaruga raised her sword to cut him but as she tried to hit him, Natsu punched the sword, breaking into a million pieces.
Natsu Kicked Ikaruga in the Stomach, throwing her against the ground.
Ikaruga got up and rushed towards Natsu in a desperate attempt. Natsu put his own hand on fire, and shouted "BLAZE DRAGON KING IRON FIST!" before punching Ikaruga in the face. When Natsu looked at his bloody hand, he noticed that Ikaruga was dead on the ground.

"That makes three enemies down." Said Natsu.
Erza couldn't believe her eyes. Someone she just had so much trouble fighting, he killed her in one swift blow.

Erza looked at Natsu surprised, before getting up, bleeding and running up to Natsu, hugging him from behind.

"Natsu! You're back!" She shouted with tears rolling from her face. Natsu knew he was still not going back. Although Natsu could go toe to toe with Erza, he would still have trouble with Laxus, and Laxus was someone he wanted to defeat.

(Stop Song.)

Erza looked at Natsu, surprised by his lack of response.
He suddenly looked back at Erza with a smile on his face.

"Long time no see!" He said. Erza held him even tighter. Natsu hugged her back gave her a kiss on the cheek, making her blush madly. In the background a Blue cat was laughing at a Blushing Erza.
Erza turned to Happy who was laughing, launching a deadly look. Happy turned around, not to be killed by her deadly eyes. She hugged Natsu again, from being worried about him.

"It's scary how strong you've become. Let's go back to the Guild, everyone is waiting for us." She said, with a smile on her face.

Natsu took off His scarf, something he never took out, and gave it to Erza.
"Keep it for me. Go back to the Guild, I can't go back yet. I'm still not strong enough." He said, with determination flowing off his eyes. Natsu and Erza broke free of the hug, Erza sad for seeing Natsu leave. In front of her, Natsu picked up Happy and vanished into flames, after closing her wounds with fire.

Erza was still blushing madly, not wanting for Natsu to leave. She got up and reequipped into her heart Kreuz armor.

Still crying Erza left Clover, going towards Fairy tail. For a strong Dark guild like Death's Head Caucus, and their strongest wizards Trinity Raven, they had fallen pretty quickly, since only Ikaruga could actually go toe to toe with Erza.

(Fairy tail Guild Hall – Magnolia – One Train ride later)

Erza was reaching Fairy tail's guild hall. Master had given her the order to research the dark guild, that had fallen at both her hand, and specially Natsu's. Even she was scared of his power. She entered the guild hall and as everyone saw Erza entering, all banged up and still with some blood on her armor, Mira ran up to her.
"ERZA! Are you ok?" She asked, completely worried. She nodded, trying to tell everyone she was ok. Master knew her mission had been successful, and although she did defeat the dark guild, she wouldn't have done it without Natsu's help, who wanted to go training to be stronger for the Grand Magic Tournament, that would be held in two months.

"Master, may I speak with you in private?" She asked, with a serious tone. Master Makarov knowing that the subject would be serious, he called her out to his office, to talk about the Dark guild she had fought, while on her mind all she wanted to tell the guild that she had an encounter with Natsu.

Erza entered Master's office, and sat down in front of him. Master looked at her seriously.
"So, did you find out what the dark guild was up to?" He asked. "Unfortunately, I did not. But I can tell you it was Death's head Caucus. Their group, Trinity rave, was the one I fought. They were strong." She said.
"Did you inform the Rune knights?" Master asked, trying to think of a way to get the magic council off his back, according to the destruction of Clover which had already reached his ears. What he did not know was that it was not Erza that had destroyed it all, but mostly Natsu.

"Very well, now seriously, what was that you wanted to speak to me privately?" Master Makarov asked, staring into Erza's eyes and knowing that she was serious.

"I met Natsu." She said.

A/N:
So, did you guys like the chapter? It was a combat based one, and I loved writing it. I Used a lot of Fairy tail music to inspire me, imagining the combats in my head, and oh My did Natsu become strong in these last 5 months.
Now if you enjoyed This Chapter don't forget to leave a Review so I can know what I could improve on! Thanks!

Next chapter, don't miss Erza revealing That she met Natsu and the beginning of Fairy Tail's training for the Grand Magic Tournament! (Not The Grand Magic games, that will come later)

Next Chapter: A long Lost Friend!

Andrew Out!