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Here's the next chapter of FP! I hope you enjoy it because it took me a while to publish this chapter. Thanks to *grumbles* school. Also want to take you for reviewing, favoriting, and following. Well enjoy!

Chapter 3: A Fiery Reunion

Seika…

What's going on? Where's this voice coming from?

Seika found herself floating in a dark space. Her hair was in flames, she was wearing a white dress, and the Firebird pendant was glowing brightly. All around her, she faced total nothingness.

Seika…you've regained the box of the Firebird Tribe. With this, you'll be able to access your powers that have been locked away in your pendant. The voice said.

My pendant? Seika looked down at the golden artifact. The thing glowed brightly in the darkness around her. Her eyes widen when the flames surrounded her body. When they subsided, Seika noticed she was in a different outfit. It was her old red and golden kimono she wore the day her kingdom fell.

"Why have you put this back on me? I don't want to remember my past?" Seika yelled.

Because you need to remember who you really are, the past will help you recover the pain inside your chest. If you keep pushing off the memories how can you advance to the future?

Seika eyes flashed gold as the memories flowed inside her. Her head burned and she started to thrash around. Oh the pain! Those nights that she was crying for her parents, those days where her powers drained because she was healing people, and the day she met the pink haired boy.

Wait a minute…the pink haired boy?

"Wait that boy I met long ago could it have been…." Seika started to say.

Suddenly, the space around her rippled and she was slowly descending from the space.

You mustn't delay. Hurry and beware the Dark Masters, who hide in the shadows. Also remember this; the academy is shrouded with darkness and you'll never know who you can trust. Oh and one more thing, protect the spirit of flames.

Seika gasped and with a flash of light, she vanished.

Academy Infirmary

Seika awoke with a ginormous headache.

She groaned and laid up in her bed. All she could see was white and realized she was in the infirmary. She touched her forehead which was covered in bandages.

Bad move.

"OUCH!" She yelled, clutching her head in pain. Then she stopped as memories flooded her mind of what happened.

The box, the fire, Natsu!

Wait Natsu?

Seika stood up from her bed, only to notice her legs were pinned. Her gaze went to the foot of the infirmary bed and saw someone sleeping there. It was Natsu and he was lying on her legs and Happy on her feet. Seika blushed and carefully tapped on Natsu's shoulder.

"Hey Pyro wake up!" She yelled.

Natsu continued to snore loudly, annoying Seika very much.

"Dragon Boy you're on my legs! I feel slightly uncomfortable with you on my legs." She said, blushing.

Natsu's eyes opened and when he saw Seika, he smiled.

"Hey Seika! I thought you'd never wake up! I was worried about you." He exclaimed.

Seika blushed a bit harder and carefully moved him off her legs. "I'm glad that you waited for me."

Happy yawned and rubbed his eyes. "Of course he was going to wait for you. He helped you here after all."

"He did?" Seika asked.

Natsu nodded. "Yeah what happened was…"

Flashback…

Seika fell to the ground, flames still curling around her.

"No Seika!" Natsu ran towards her and attempted to pick her up.

"You fool! If you touch the flames of a Firebird-" Thoth started.

"You'll be burned to ashes!" Taika finished.

"I don't care! I just reunited with her after all these years and I'm not going to lose her!" Natsu clasped his hand with Seika and took in her flames.

"Natsu stop! It'll kill you!" Erza said.

"Don't do it Natsu!" Lucy shouted.

"Listen to us Flame Brain and stop!" Gray said.

Natsu absorbed more of her flames until he reached the grips on the box. He yanked it from her hands and fell to the floor.

"See I told you I could do it!" he said, looking at the bewildered looks on everyone's face.

End of Flashback…

"Then I brought you here and you were out for three days." Natsu finished explaining.

Seika noticed the box beside her bed and took it in her hands. She closed her eyes and tears slowly fell out.

"What's wrong Seika?" happy asked, worriedly.

"Natsu, I remember you. You helped me years ago and I'd forgotten all about you. I'm so sorry!"

Seika stopped crying when Natsu placed a hand on her shoulder.

"Don't cry it doesn't suit your personality." Natsu said.

"Thanks. I guess I should see what's in the box now." Seika whispered.

Seika smiled and put her hand on the chest. She unclasped it and opened it up. A bright light enveloped the infirmary and when it stopped, a fireball popped out. It bounced around until it landed right in front of them. The flames went off with a Poof! and revealed a tiny puffball. It was orange with wings and the appearance of a bird. It had red eyes and a flame on its head.

Natsu, Happy, and Seika looked at it as it flew over their heads.

"Thank you for opening that chest, igni!" It chirped.

"Um…your welcome?" Seika said, confused.

"Just what the heck are you?" Natsu asked, bouncing it up and down.

"Not a ball that's what I know!" Seika shouted, taking him away from Natsu. It floated out of her hands and flew above them.

"I'm Akarui, the Flame Spirit, igni! You opened the Firebird Box so you must be a descendant of the Firebird Tribe, igni!"

Seika and Natsu both gawked at the little fire spirit in front of them. What Seika couldn't believe is that the little thing was trapped inside a box for over a thousand years.

"Are you supposed to be some kind of bird?" Happy asked, flying around with him.

Akarui chirped. "Yep I am the firebird! The last of my race to be in fact."

Seika nodded and pushed the box closed. "Akarui do you know about the war that happen years ago?"

"That war between humans and dragons? Why would you want to know about that?" Natsu asked.

"Somehow that war happened because of something and if Akarui has been in the box for longer than that, I assume he'd know about it." Seika explained.

"Of course I know something about it, igni! I was part of it, igni!" Akarui said.

"Well can you tell us about it?" Happy asked.

"I guess I'll start from the beginning, igni…" Akarui started.

The door opened with a BANG! as the rest of the Fairy Tail team entered in. Erza took one look at Natsu on Seika and immediately gave him an angry look.

"NATSU DID YOU BESMIRCH THIS GIRL'S VIRGINITY!?" She shouted angrily.

Natsu paled as he took himself off of Seika. "No wait Erza! This…isn't…WHA!"

Erza had successfully knocked him out, to Seika's dismay. Lucy then noticed Akarui floating around with Happy.

"Is that what was in the box?" She asked Seika, who was still weeping over the fallen Natsu.

"Oh yeah! Everyone meet Akarui the Firebid." Seika gestured towards the flying fire spirit.

"Nice too meet you, igni! Are you from a guild, igni?" Akurai rapidly questioned.

"Yes we're from fairy Tail!" Wendy answered.

"Where's his clothes, igni?"

"CRAP! I HAD THEM ON ALL DAY AND NOW THEY DECIDE TO DISAPPEAR!?" Gray yelled, frantically looking around for is clothes.

Akarui fluttered over to Erza and landed on her head. Everyone stopped moving and gaped as she put him in her lap and started to pat his head gently.

"So Seika you realized that you were knocked out for three days, right?" She inquired.

"Yeah what have I missed?" She wondered.

"Oh well we started setting up for the Firebird festival. Thoth and Taika thought it was better than fretting over your comatose form. Today is the first day of the festival actually." Lucy trilled.

"Natsu couldn't concentrate with you hurt so he came in here almost every day and waited for you to wake up. Something about meeting you for the first time in forever." Gray went on.

Seika smiled at the unconscious Natsu. He waited all that time for me to wake up? He's such a great friend. She thought.

"We didn't want you to feel left out, so when we heard you were awake we came as fast as we can to retrieve you from the infirmary." Wendy finished.

"And to ask you a quick question." Erza said.

Seika knew what was going to be asked and prepared herself for it.

"Are you the actual Firebird Princess?"

Crap.

Dark Dimension

"Rise Sayomi-dono."

Sayomi smirked as she stood up from her spot. A looming figure sitting upon a throne appeared in front of her. Its red eyes glowed as it scanned the area.

"My lord, I have found the Firebird Princess. I ask to proceed to phase two of the plan." Sayomi said, bowing.

"Ah yes Sayomi-dono, you have my permission to capture the princess and force her to tell us the location of the Firebird kingdom." The lord hissed.

"As you wish, my lord." Sayomi said.

"Look at Sayomi, getting all friendly with the master." A male voice teased, making Sayomi growl. A column of flames came from behind her and out came a red haired boy. He wore a school uniform, but unlike Sayomi's his hand small flames dancing around the edges. His orange eyes flickered mischeviously.

"Tenkuu-san shouldn't you be intercepting the trespassers who followed the princess?" Sayomi snarled.

Tenkuu laughed. "For someone who always kisses up to the boss, surely you remember the other Dark Masters?"

Suddenly, a gust of wind surrounded them and a girl with long silver hair flew in. She wore a long white kimono decorated with clouds and wind swirls. "How could you forget about us? We work under the same lord." She said, monotonously.

"Era-san you're here too?" Sayomi then noticed a guy appearing from the earth and a waterspout erupting another girl. "Manami-chan? Chimaru-san? You guys came here too?"

Manami was a small child with tan skin, sea-green eyes, and cerulean hair. She wore blue dress that looked like a waterfall and water lilies adorned her hair. In her hands was a crystal ball that held pure water.

Chimaru was a serious guy with long green hair in a ponytail and hazel eyes. He wore black armor that had vines coming out of them. Behind him was a dark green cape.

"How could Sayomi onee-chan forget about us?" Manami whispered, clutching her crystal closer.

"We are all dark masters and you seem to forget that we all work together." Chimaru stated.

"You know we were created for one goal." Era said.

"Take the Firebird and clip her wings! Hot and Spicy!" Tenkuu shouted.

Sayomi smiled and her red eyes glowed. "Yes we are the Dark Masters. We will take the princess to the lord and gain total immortality."

"Not to mention finding the fire spirit." Era agreed.

"Our goal will be completed, trust me." Sayomi grinned, sadistically. She turned back to the looming figure of their master. "Sir if we may let the Elemental Knights help me with my conquest."

"We won't be a bother; we can take those Fairy Tail pests, Hot and Spicy!" Tenkuu exclaimed.

"They will be no trouble to us. Today is the festival at the school so they'll be distracted." Era agreed.

"And we'll do our very best!" Manami put out.

"Just leave it to us." Chimaru said, stoically.

The master seemed to think about this before he hissed. "Do not fail me."

"Oh we won't believe us." Sayomi grinned.

And that takes care of Part One! So next time we'll be on Part 2: Fairy Tail vs. The Elemental Kinghts! Until next time, please review and keep reading!