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"Natsu speaking"

'Natsu thoughts'

"Dragon speaking"

'Dragon thoughts'

Chapter 3

Year X774

About three days after Natsu left the woods that he had been training and living in, he cross the border of the nation of Bosco to the nation of Fiore. His base which his past self made 400 years ago is near the border of the two nations. Natsu found it simpler to travel at night by flying because of course theirs less people and more peaceful. Once he crossed the border he headed north that's where his base is at. After about an hour of walking north though the forests of Fiore he found a waterfall,

"I found you." Said Natsu as he jumped throw the falling water to enter a cave. Natsu waves his hand left to right 3 times then once down then a magical glyph appears right in front of him then it disappears as he undid the magical glyph he place on the cave. The cave floor open up to reveal a long spiral staircase going to down, Natsu lit his hand with fire so he can sees as he proceeds to walk down the stairs. He made it to the bottom of the stairs to a dark room, the young Etherious snaps his fingers and his fire travel lighting all the torch wall sconces. With light in the room Natsu gets a better look of the stuff in his secret base, he walks around looking at the stuff he left in there some clothes, and chest full of gold and precious stones, and books of spells, it even had a bedroom and a bathroom. His eyes shifts to a object that is hanging on the wall in front of him, he then smiles.

"There you are my glorious Onslaught" said Natsu as he take the object off the wall. The object he dubs Onslaught is a non-folding wide fan called a gunbai, the war fan had the Tartaros guild emblem on the left side of it and has a long handle with bandages wrapped around the base, as well as having a long chain attached to it, it's carved from an unique spirit tree from which only ritualistic instruments are made, it's covered in a special type of metal that is able too withstand E.N.D's overpowering magic without it getting destroyed or damage during battles. Natsu grabs it and takes a deep breath. He smiles then as he looks at the left side of the weapon he sees the Tartaros guild emblem on it he gives it scornful look.

"Those bastards I'll get even with all of them. I should look through the old books and refresh myself on the spells I've forgotten, let me see if Archive still works. I should also change my clothes I been wearing this for more then a year." Said Natsu as he scrapped his Onslaught on his back using the chain that is connected to it.

"Damn it's a bit too uncomfortable I'll get used to it, I mean back then I was a bit taller." Said Natsu remembering that his past self was 6.0ft tall so carrying a long weapon like his Onslaught was not that much trouble comparing to his size right now, Natsu is around 3.5ft tall for a 7 year old.

He walks to the book self and picks up one of the books that is label Archive, once he open the book three giant golden screens and a keyboard appear he starts to research for current events and anything on his enemies. After about a hour he found out that the dragons have not been seen for about 400 years ago and become nothing but myths to the humans, he found out that the Tartaros guild is still active and has joined an alliance with other wizard guilds called the Balam Alliance, as well on other events.

"So alliances eh? what are you prices of dog shit up to? It doesn't matter you will all die by my hand. Hmm what's this R system? So Zeref has cult followers trying to 'resurrect' him, foolish humans they don't even know that he's alive. So the ones that make the rules are called magic council and these wizards saints are the most powerful wizards of Ishgar. There's more" Said Natsu spending another 5 minutes on Archive researching on guilds both legal and dark and the way how Fiore citizens get by everyday, gathering information that he needs. But little does he know that a certain person is observing him.

'So this is E.N.D? He doesn't really like look Zeref but their presence are alike only difference is that Zeref's is giving the vibe of self loathing while E.N.D's is hatred towards others. Zeref told me that he's wants to destroy his enemies and everyone that gets in his way, I fear that theirs a major possibility that he might be a danger to Fairy tail in the future unless...' Thought the person looking at Natsu gathering information. The person decided to leave the base making sure that they don't get noticed.

Once he was done he spends 30 minutes skimming through the pages of some of his books of old spells that he have might off forgotten. He the decides to change clothes after all he's been wearing the same rags for a long time now, looks around for clothes he can wear that fit him, he finds a couple of things that could fit him he just had to do a couple of modifications to the clothes. He goes in the bathroom to shower and clean himself up, the first thing he does is to put on bandages covering his neck, torso, scales covered arms and legs only leaving his hands and feet exposed also leaving his face unbandaged he then changes to his new clothes, his new outfit consists of closed collared, long sleeved waistcoat, which is untucked and zipped. Some black pants that had a hole in the back so his tail can move freely and black open-toed sandals for his claw like feet. He put on his new clothes, and looks in the mirror and felt something missing he sees his cloak on the floor he puts it on, he looks but something else is missing, he turns to the pile of clothes and notices two pieces of cloth tangled in a spiral, he walks to it and pulls it out he sees that it's two scarfs one is pitch black while the other is a white one with a scaled pattern, he stares at both scarfs for a minute, he has no memory of these scarfs but something about these scarfs seem nostalgic to Natsu. He snaps out of his thinking and puts the white one around his neck while the black one he wrapped around his forehead like a bandana he then puts his hood on. He walks to the mirror and smiles, as he recalled his past self always dressed like that.

"Now I feel better all I truly look like a demonic grim reaper. I just need is my Onslaught and I'll be good."Said the young Etherious as he straps his Onslaught on. He now has all the information he needs to travel, get even stronger, and to achieve his goals. He takes a look at the chest full of gold and other expensive stones, also his books and other belongings, he decides to take it all with him he does a simple storage spell puts all of his things in the a pocket dimension where he used store this. Once he got everything he needed, he puts out the fire and seals off the base, he takes one last look at his base then he proceeds to leave the waterfall, he looks up at the sky notices getting brighter as the sun starts to come out.

'What now? I honestly have no idea where to begin. Wait a minute how can I forget that, Coconino forest is only a few miles away from here. Perhaps he still alive. He never was the strongest among them but was formidable I guess I can use him as a measuring stick, I hope he's still alive, if he is he would be after I'm done with him.' Thought Natsu flying in the air as heads southwest to a forest called Coconino.

"Hmm I didn't know that he can fly. Well that explains how he got to Fiore from Bosco so fast. I should follow him maybe I can have a conversation with him" said a the person who was spying on Natsu. It turns out that this person is the Fairy Tactician and first master of Fairy tail Mavis Vermillion.

"I have to be careful Zeref says he can sense spirits better than even one on earth" Mavis said as she starts to follow Natsu.

Hour later with Natsu

Coconino forest just a southwest of Natsu secret base, is a majestic forest where all types of plant life live and thrive. This place is known for both its nature green beauty and its uninhabitable and dangerous terrain. Natsu lands right in the middle of the forest, he starts to sniffs around for anybody, a smirk appears on his face he put his hood down to reveal his scaled covered face and horns, he draws his Onslaught from his back. Then a second later something landed right behind Natsu. He turns his head lazily to look at what landed, once he saw what landed his smile becomes wider.

"Hello Virentium it's been a while, 400 years to be exact. So you overgrown lizards are alive" said Natsu in a taunting matter to the figure who turns out to be Virentium one of the strongest plant dragon on earth. He's a green organic like dragon with many shades of green on it.

"HOW DARE YOU SHOW YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS WORLD AGAIN YOU ARROGANT MONSTER!" Yelled Virentium as magic energy starts forming near his mouth area.

"PLANT DRAGON ROAR!" Yelled the green dragon as a giant green colored blasts of magic energy comes out of his mouth directed at Natsu. Natsu chuckles softly as he lets out his own roar.

"Fire dragon roar!"

Both dragon roar attacks collide with one another, both equal in strength so the attacks cancelled each other out. A huge cloud of smoke appear as a result of the magic attacks, the only thing that survived was Natsu and some left over debris, Natsu still standing where he initially was before. Natsu sees the dragon first and attacks him.

"Tremor magic: Shockwave" said Natsu as he punches the atmosphere in front of him in a attempt to hit the plant dragon with a shockwave. The dragon easily dodges it by flying above him. Virentium rushes Natsu with his giant claw trying to decapitate the Etherious. Natsu easily dodge it by jumping right behind him but Natsu notices something different from the dragon.

'He's different not only is he weaker but is like he lost his fighting spirit. Let me make sure I could be mistaken.' Thought the Pink haired Etherious as he runs to the dragon and engulfed his Onslaught with chaos magic.

"Chaos magic: chaos caliber" said Natsu as he slashes right arm of the dragon clear off with his Onslaught. The plant dragon scream in pain as his right arm lands right in front of him. Natsu left arm is now covered in dark magic and walks to the dragon.

"I can't believe you have become this weak. Don't worry I'll soon end your pathetic excuse of a life. Dark claw!"Natsu yelled as his dark covered hand ripped Virentium left arm off as well, leaving the plant dragon screaming agony. Natsu straps his Onslaught on to his back and faces the greatly injured Virentium.

"Tell me something Virentium why are this weak? I mean 400 years ago you would have easily dodge all of my attacks, I was holding back while you were going full force, don't tell me Igneel lost his edge too?" Said Natsu to the plant dragon.

"He..he...hehe..he...I..ad..admit...that it-it was stupid o-of me to fight you in this state. B-but l-like I said before are still a arrogant monster. NOW!" As soon as the plant dragon said that 4 miniature green dragons appeared above them. Natsu looks up to see 4 dragons, he didn't even sense them.

'How could I've been so careless. Damn it' thought Natsu with a panicked look on his face. Virentium saw this as opportunity to fly away and join his allies. Natsu thoughts where interrupted as he notices that a arm less Virentium has joined the dragon hovering above him.

All five of the dragons begin to gather all of their magic energy into one last giant dragons roar, to kill Natsu. Natsu curses under his breath as he sees the dragons getting ready to blasts him off this world.

'I only have ten seconds to finish this once and for all.' Natsu thought to himself as he looks at the debris that he and Virentium made during the first few minutes of their fight.

"Chaos magic: entanglement." Natsu whispers quietly as his claw like fingers start to sprout out purple colored strings. These strings starts to pull and attach itself to the left over debris. A few second later the dragons finished gathering the necessary magic energy to do the attack. Natsu looks up to be blinded by a shinning green light.

"MEGA PLANT DRAGON ROAR!" Yelled the five dragons in sync. A second later a giant wave of magic hit Coconino Forest right in the middle instantly destroying the forest, only leaving a giant scar on what used to be a forest. The five dragons looked at each other before they landed on the crater they made on their home. The dragons catching their breaths knowing that attack tap them out. With no signs of life other than themselves they sigh in relief.

"It..its o-over my friends. Like 400 years ago the most evil demon in history dies again." Said Virentium still in pain after getting his arms cut off earlier in the fight, but then he feels a strong magic presence right above him, he looks up to see Natsu with debris still tangled in the chaos strings. Natsu's strings starts to turn from a purple colored to a red one.

"Fire magic: hellish erosion" said the young Etherious quietly as the strings turns red and starts to expand widely completely covering the debris that is consisting of chunks of rock and broken trees, instantly melting the rock into lava and turning the wood into molten tar. Natsu then aims the lava and molten tar to the exhausted dragons.

"Volcanic meteor shower!" Yelled Natsu as he torpedoes the molten objects at his enemies, instantly killing 4 the four dragons that came to help, the only survivor of the molten bombardment is a greatly wounded Virentium. Natsu lands right in front of the dying plant dragon, he draws his Onslaught and points it on the dragon throat.

"Any last words you son of a bitch?"Asked Natsu.

"Ac-Acnologia *cough* *cough* h-he he to-took m-most of are spirits forces w-we a-are *cough* just a shell o-of are o-old selfs." Said the dying dragon to Natsu.

"How about Igneel?" asked Natsu.

"Hehehe*cough* hehe t-tell y-you the t-truth I-I don't know. Te-tell me some*cough*thing demon, how a-are g-going to kill Ac-Acnologia?" Asked Virentium while coughing up blood.

"You want to know how I'm going to to kill Acnologia. This is how I'm going to kill Acnologia." Natsu drives his Onslaught through the throat killing the dragon. He takes his Onslaught out of his dead enemy's throat, he then sits down next to the dragons mangled corpse. He looks at his body and starts to think.

'How in the fuck was I that careless. I let them surprise me with that attack. I should be thankful that had enough time to prepare, but Acnologia stealing the spirit forces of dragons. That explains why he was so weak. Just how powerful has Acnologia become?' Thought Natsu.

"Damn I need to get stronger." Said Natsu out loud, unknowingly to Natsu Mavis Vermillion the first master of Fairy tail saw the events that just happen, needless to say she was not happy.

'You will be a danger to Fairy tail and the rest of the world. You have the body of a 7 year old, yet you handled those dragons like nothing, at the rate your going you will be a threat. These dragons may have been just a shell of there former selves, but they still had significant amount of power and you took them on with no trouble. Zeref did mention that you have a need to be strong I guess I need to exploit that. I've decided to not destroy you E.N.D it's risky but you are going to join Fairy tail, it's the only way I can make sure you don't become a threat to the world. hehehe this is going to fun' giggled Mavis in her head, she already thought of a way to trick Natsu into joining Fairy tail. She makes her way to the Etherious who is still sitting next to the dead dragon still thinking. She decided to stop suppressing her energy as she walks to him.

Natsu feels a strong presence approaching him, he stands up and turns to see a Mavis walking towards him with a smile on her face.

"Nice day for a walk isn't?." Said Mavis to Natsu. He takes a look at her she's in her early pre teens. She has blonde hair and green irises less eyes. She wears a frilly, pink layered robe with a red ribbon tied in a bow around her neck. Around the chest are three blue diamond patterns with two blue triangles above and no foot wear she looks like a little girl playing dress up. Natsu blank expression turn to one of confusion, the only person that could or even snuck up to him is Zeref. Not to mention the fact that her aura is the complete opposite of Zeref but yet so familiar to Zeref.

"Who are you?" Asked Natsu.

"Oh my sorry about that I'm Mavis Vermillion nice to meet you E.N.D." Said Mavis better knows the Fairy Tactician and the first master of the Fairy tail.

"How do you know who I am?" Asked Natsu more confused then ever.

"Oh well I know about you because we both have a mutual acquaintance" said Mavis cheerfully.

"Zeref. That explains why your scent is so familiar to his, you also use that damn Ankhseram magic don't you? I also know that your just a spirit. So this begs the question of what do you want from me?"Said the Etherious to Mavis. She gives him a smile.

'Let me work my magic on this young demon.' Thought the spirit evilly as she giggled in her head.

"When me and Zeref spoke about you he mention that you have a many enemies from humans that can turn into dragons to regular old dragons to even your own kind."

"So?"

"Well perhaps I can help you with this problem. You indeed have an impressive amount of magic energy for your body age. But let's say if Acnologia or Mard Geer of Tartaros would to fight you? The result will be that you will die because you are not strong enough. What Zeref told me is that when you where in your prime you were able to fight both Acnologia and Igneel the fire dragon king at the same time." Said Mavis as Natsu agreed with everything she just said, he would die if he where face them now, and now knowing that Acnologia is stronger now by stealing dragons spirit forces.

"Yes that's true. So you said that you can help me. How? And why?" Asked Natsu.

'Yes I got him hook, now to reel him in' thought Mavis evilly.

"Well first I want to help you because a long time ago Acnologia killed my family and friends, so I learned Ankhseram from Zeref so I can combat Acnologia, I fought and was killed by him." Lied Mavis with serious expression on her face, but in her head she was laughing. Natsu listened to her story not knowing if it's true or not. She does knows who he is and knows Zeref.

"Go on" said Natsu.

"Well before I was killed I manage to make a special type of lacrima that holds a infinite amount of Ankhseram magic energy. I call it the Lumen Histoire."

"If that thing had a infinite amount of magic energy why didn't you use it on Acnologia?" Asked Natsu still in debate whether or not Mavis story is true or not.

"Well you see I made the lacrima so strong that my body could not with stand it the amount of Ankhseram, so ultimately I couldn't use it. But you E.N.D you can use it seeing how your body is not human and Etherious can withstand Ankhseram magic. That's how you can kill Acnologia" said Mavis with a cheerful smile.

"Ankhseram? Yeah like I want to use that magic. No thanks. Besides I do I know your not lying?" Asked Natsu.

"Well have you heard of the magic guild known as Fairy tail?" Asked Mavis

"Yah I heard of them their the number one guild in Fiore. What about them?"

Asked Natsu.

"You want to why their number? It's because they have my special lacrima that's why, their using its power. I'm not telling this to trick you. I'm telling you this because I want you to kill Acnologia because you have the best chance to kill him." Said Mavis smiling looking at Natsu who had a convinced look on his face.

'Yes I got him' thought the mischief spirit.

"Fine I guess you want me to go to Fairy tail and steal the lacrima. Any idea where is it at?" Asked Natsu

'I can't believe I'm taking her word. She doesn't seem like a danger to me, if she wants she can easily destroy me, I still have to be careful.'Thought Natsu.

"Lucky for you I'm a spirit so I can faze through solid objects and with my magic I can even go through magic seal places. The lacrima is located underground the guild hall, there's going to be a door it has a number of seals on it but I know how to unseal them." Said Mavis as she explain where the guild is located and how unseal the door.

"The lacrima is the size of a regular watermelon, your best chance to get the lacrima is at night the guild members all leave at around 8, the only people their are the bar maids I doubt they would sense you. So that all if you gonna fly I don't recommend it, since the magic council is station here in Fiore, it may raise up question so I say you should go on foot." Said Mavis.

"Fine you got a point. If you spoke with Zeref about you should by now that once I kill Acnologia with that lacrima I'll use it to get rid of all my enemies and rule this world." Said Natsu with a sadistic smile on his face.

"Yes I know but it's better to have a tyrant who rules everything living thing than one that destroys all living things. Well I should be going good luck." Said Mavis as she turns around and walks away with a giant smile on her face.

'Good I got him. E.N.D you will be a great addition to are guild. Hehehehe I'm so smart' thought the spirit as she disappears from sight. Natsu takes one last look at the dragons corpses laying on the ground on what use to be Coconino forest. He starts to walk away.

'So this Lumen Histoire is what can kill Acnologia eh? I still have my doubts on her story but she does have a convincing background she uses Ankhseram and knows Zeref, not to mention she managed to sneak up to me and she knows who I am.' Thought Natsu.

"So north west is where Fairy tail is located at. I read that guild has some pretty strong wizards. Maybe I'll have the luck to fight one of them. There's a village a few miles from here I should ask around there about Fairy tail." said Natsu walking in the northwest direction headed to Fairy tail.

Authors notes:thanks for reading. If anyone's confused about the weapon that Natsu has just look up Gunbai from Naruto. And about Natsu outfit again if anyone is confused just think about his X791 clothes but instead of just one sleeve its two sleeves and with bandages all over his body, two scarfs and a cloak. I also want to clear up that Natsu right now is 7 years old so he's not at the level of Mard Geer or Acnologia, he still has trouble with his powers. The plant dragon name Virentium means evergreen in Latin.

Here's the harem list here it is: Salya, Lucy, Kagura, Ultear, Sonaro, and Juvia. I planning to make Lucy and Juvia stronger with a different attitude, so yah don't hate please.

Thanks for reading and I'll probably post another chapter later today or tomorrow.