Hey there, everyone. I`m here again, after being inactive for about a month. I finally was able to finish another chapter of my stories, and namely my "Reborn as a Campione" fanfic. There was a big inspiration block that stopped me from managing to do so earlier. It was like whenever I tried to do something like video editing, making wallpapers or writing fics, my inspiration just disappeared, leaving me at the middle of the work without any ideas at all. But I finally think it`s over, or at least for now. xD So without any more spaming, I will leave with my newest chapter. Hope you like it and please leave a feedback if possible. : )
The life of a Campione
It was around eight o`clock in the evening and the battle with the heretic god, Perseus has ended, as a result of which Natsu became a Campione, a God-Slayer. The pink-haired boy followed his new friends to Godou`s house, there he told them a short version of what happened in his world and about him trying to travel in time in order to change the past and save everyone from the tragedy. In return the others explained what has happened to him and what is the situation in their world. Both sides were stunned at the story of the other one, mostly the group, who at first though it`s impossible to travel between separate worlds. Erica, Godou and the chestnut-haired girl quickly accepted the mage, but Liliana however kept her suspicions and distanced from him, which didn`t left unnoticed by Natsu, making him keep his guard as well.
Currently all of them were in the living room, sitting around a table. Silence was ruling for about five minutes now, no one talked just sat and stared at the others, as most of the eyes were gazing Salamander. The boy was just looking around and thinking about what`s going to happen to him next, for that was his biggest question since he came here. Suddenly the door opened, which made everyone turn that way, some with nervous expression on their faces, others with a calm one and third with an worried. That was when a little girl entered the room and walked straight to the table. She had brown hair, which was done up by pink hairbands, and green eyes. Her outfit was the same as the three girl, which suggested that it must be an traditional outfit for this country.
"Onii-chan, what are you up to now?!" The girl asked in a harsh tone, turning to Godou.
"Nothing at all, just relaxing." The black-haired boy answered.
"Don`t come up with that when you are surrounded by girls everywhere." The brown haired girl replayed with a mean tone and pointed at the other girls next to Godou, but backed her hand in a surprised when she saw Natsu. "And who is that boy over there?"
"That`s a new friend of mine. He entered our school today." The boy replayed.
"What scho…?" The fire mage tried to say something, but was cut of when Erica gave him a elbow in the stomach, forcing him to stop.
"Doesn`t seem so with those cloths." The girl commented and went closer to Dragneel.
"I`m Natsu. Nice to meet you." The pink-haired boy greeted in a whisper, holding himself for the stomach.
"My name is Shizuka and I`m this weirdo little sister." She said, pointing at Godou.
"Shizuka, please drop the subject, will you?" Godou asked in a calm voice, not looking at his sister.
"Anyways, where do you come from?" The girl asked in a normal voice and turned towards Natsu
"I…" The pink-haired boy tried to answer, but was cut of again.
"He comes from the country Bulgaria." Erica answered for him.
Shizuka didn`t replay, just crossed her hands and left the room, bringing the silence in it once more.
"My sisters doesn`t know about me becoming God-Slayer and the other things." Godou said and let a sign of a relief. "By the way, what are you planning on doing from now on?" He turned to Natsu.
"Honestly, I don`t know. Fate has once again putted me on a challenge, sending me in this world." The boy stated and looked out of the window. "I don`t have any knowledge of your world, therefore it`s really troublesome for me."
After him saying that, the silence moved in again, as all eyes were upon him and everyone in the room felt the feeling of sadness and sorrow that were controlling him. It was like they were looking at someone, who lost all hope, yet he struggled to change his fate and that of the place he comes from. But only one was able to see the thirst for revenge that was coming from his eyes. That person was the blonde girl, Erica Blandelli, for now she knew what was that cold shiver that went through her spine when she fell onto him earlier today. Then all of a sudden, something happened that she didn`t expect to see and hear after hearing such a story.
"I`ll definitely find a way to fix this unfair destiny." Natsu said catching everyone attention and cracked up a small grin, leaving the rest into a surprise. It was they were seeing a different person before them, one that didn`t want to accept the despair no matter what.
"That`s the spirit." Godou shouted and lifted his arm up, in a sign of supporting his new friend. Then he stood up and went to the pink-haired boy and stretched his right arm. "Let`s be friend, shall we?!" He commented with a smile.
"Sure!" Salamander replayed and stretched his right hand as well, forming an handshake. "I think could help you to fight those gods, while searching for a way to go back."
"Your help will be gladly accepted." Liliana said and stood up, after which she bowed "Lord Dragneel."
"No need for such formality." The mage replayed, scratching up the back of his head.
"It`s getting late. We should probably get going home. We don`t have school tomorrow, but I bet we`re all tired." Mariya explained and stood up.
"Easier said, but done. Where is he supposed to sleep?" He said and pointed Natsu.
"Don`t worry about me. Can I use the roof? If so that will be enough." Natsu said, waiting for confirmation.
"I guess it`s not problem, but are you sure you`ll be okay there?" Godou asked with an questioned look on his face.
"No problem. I`m raised at the forest, so that`s okay." He replayed and took his bag and wished everyone a good night, after which he went upstairs.
The other three girls left the house and started their way home and Godou just went to his room. Later he and his sister had dinner and went to bed. Natsu softly refused the offer for dinner and remained on the roof. There he lied covered with a blanket and stared at the night sky. It was then he realized that this is the first night sky that he though as a beautiful since the accident at capital Crocus. There were many stars and no clouds, the moon was full and white as liked seeing it, a white and an innocent one. Not like the one at the day of the disaster, blood-red, giving a feeling of despair and sorrow. It also like he found something that he missed from a long time and he sunk in thinking what could it possible be. He continued to think for a minute or two, when suddenly his eyes widened, meaning that he found the answer. The answer was quite a simple one, which made slightly laugh with a sign of a mocking tone in his voice, a tone that mocked his pathetic way of thinking.
'Friends, huh?!' Natsu commented in his mind, for that was the very answer he was seeking from about three minutes. A thing he though that he would never have again in his life.
The boy continued to watch the sky for couple more minutes, until his eyes started slowly closing as he felt the desire for rest approaching and forcing him to sink in the world of dreams, until he lost himself into a deep sleep.
The morning, Natsu woke up to find the sun shining alone in the sky, without the slightest sign of clouds. It was like the sun was looking at the Dragon-God Slayer, that he kind of thought it as annoying. He quickly put the blanket in the bag and took out some meat and an bread from it and started eating. It was his last provisions that he brought from his world, so was careful not to eat to much, so he can have for a later date. His little breakfast continued for not more than five minutes, as that was something he started doing after the accident. Before that time, he was of those people that preferred eat slowly and enjoy as much as possible. After he finished eating, he put the bread and the meat back into the bag, closed it, put on his coat and started going downstairs. When he arrived at the living room, the boy was greeted by a loud snoring coming from the couch. Closing, he saw Godou sleeping on it and snoring so loud that sound echoed in Natsu` ears.
All of a sudden, the door opened with a brutal force, revealing Shizuka with an angry face, who ignored the boy and directly went next to her brother, leaned forward until she was just few centimeters from his ears, took a deep breath and…
"STOP SNORING!" She screamed in his ears, which resulted in Godou jumping off the couch and fell on the floor.
Natsu remained speechless, for the scream echoed in his ears that he started thinking when was the last time he heard a girl screaming when a chill went down spine at the memory of a certain scarlet woman he knew started rolling in his mind.
"W-What happened?" Godou asked, rubbing the sleepiness off his eyes.
"You were snoring way to loud and woke me up." His sister answered, still keeping the angry look on her face. "It`s 8 o`clock and just when I thought I would be able to sleep a little more since it`s Saturday. You are making breakfast to make up for what you did." She finished, turned around and again ignoring Salamander, like he wasn`t there at all and left the room.
"Damn, that Shizuka." Godou muttered under his nose, then looked up and saw the pink-haired mage. "Good Morning!" He greeted.
"Morning!" Natsu greeted as well. "Your sister is really something."
"Yeah… She`s always like this, because our parents are rarely come home. Then Shizuka decided that she`ll look after the house."
"I see…" Dragneel said and bowed his head down.
"Okay let`s have breakfast and go pick up the others. Erica said she want to talk to us about something today." The black-haired boy said as he started his way towards the kitchen.
After breakfast, Natsu and Godou left the house and went to meet up with rest of the group. In less than thirty minutes they were all gathered in a shrine, everyone but Natsu had a sleepy look on their faces, which made the atmosphere a little gloomy a drowsy, silent and tiring. It remained for the next twenty minutes as the girls decided to get a refreshing bath, leaving the boys alone in a small room, that didn`t had any chairs to sit on, nor any kind of other furniture, just one carpet in the middle and five small blankets around it, that were used as a place to sit on. The two sat facing each other and just kept the silence.
"Damn, their bath will take like forever." Godou finally spoke up and deepened.
"That was mean, Godou-san." Mariya`s voice reached him in time for he to turn right, just to face a quick slap on the face.
"I`m sorry, I`m sorry, so drop it okay?!" The Japanese boy replayed, hoping the change the subject.
Soon after that, the rest of the girls joined the group and they made a circle around the carpet, showing that they are prepared for another conversation.
"So what do you want to talk with us about?" Godou questioned, looking at the blonde-haired girl.
"Yesterday I talked with Ena and she said a God causing havoc from the start of the week. She asks if we can go and help her to deal with the situation." Erica explained as she took out a map.
"Where`s that exactly?" Liliana asked her friend, leaning forward to take a closer look on the map.
"It`s at village near the capital of China." The blonde replayed and pointed with a finger on the map.
"Wait, China has a God-Slayer, right?!" Godou asked next.
"Obviously, she isn`t in the country right now." Liliana gave a short, but strong answer.
"As espected from Lili, I`m glad that I have such a talented friend." Erica stated, pocking the purple-haired girl on the head.
"So what are we going to do?" Natsu`s voice reached them, catching them off guard. It was like he and Mariya were completely ignored that the three felt a little guilty.
"Oh, yeah… about that. Godou, can I ask you and Lili to take of that problem?" Erica turned towards the two, awaiting an satisfying answer.
"What about you, Erica-san?" Mariya finally made her debut in the conversation.
"I`ll take Natsu on a trip to Italy. I want to show him to the Magician Society." She said and winked to the mentioned boy.
"Understood!" Liliana literally shoot out the word, earning the eyes of everyone.
"Okay. Leave this one to us." Godou confirmed with a smile.
"W-What? A trip?" The Dragon-God Slayer`s voice caught their attention, making them turn at him. "I don`t think it`s a good idea."
"Why not?" Godou asked as like a big question mark was about to appear on his face.
"Because, I get sick from any kind of transportation that has engine and wheels." Salamander explained, preparing for what was about to come next.
"WHAT?!" The rest screamed all in once.
"Seriously, that wasn`t cool." Godou said, looking at his fellow male friend.
"Shut up." Natsu defended himself. "It`s not like I wanted it to be like this. Every Dragon Slayer in the world that I come from has motion sickness as well, so it`s not like I can do anything about it for now."
"Okay, this wasn`t expected." Liliana stated, putting up and thinking look on her face.
"Isn`t there any other way to get there?" Natsu asked with crossed in front of his chest, hands.
"I`m afraid that`s the fastest way." Erica explained, taking all the hope Natsu had of avoiding getting on a something that moved thanks to an engine. "You have to put it through."
"Fine." The pink-haired mage whispered.
"Okay, we leave tomorrow morning, as me and Natsu head to Italy, while Godou and Lili are to head towards China to help Ena." Erica said and stood up. "Yuri, you stay here this time."
"Okay!" The others confirmed
"By the way, Godou. Do you have any cloths that can fit Natsu?" Erica asked, turning to the black-haired boy.
"I think I might have some at home." The Japanese God-Slayer answered, placing a hand on his chin, making a thinking face.
"That`s great. You two go home to find some cloths and prepare for tomorrow. We will meet in front of the school at eight o`clock in the morning.
With that said, the group split up into three mini groups. As the Natsu tagged with Godou, who managed to find some cloths for the pink-haired mage, black shorts with white bands at each side and a red t-shirt with a big symbol of an tiger on it`s bag. After that the two decided to have a friendly spar at the backyard to make a good use of their free time, which was interrupted by Godou`s sister, who asked her brother to help with carrying few things to one of the unused rooms of the house. Natsu offered to give a hand and so the two boys found what to do till evening, when together with Shizuka, they had dinner, talked about a hour or two and after that went to their beds. Salamander again tried to use the roof, but thanks to the fact that it was raining outside, he had to choose the couch in the living room.
The next day, the boys had breakfast, made themselves up and went to meet up with Erica and Liliana in front of the school. In less than two hours the four were at the Japan airport, each duo waiting for their flight. There all of them wished the others good luck. The Dragon-God Slayer had little difficulties with passing the checkpoints, but after Erica using her charms magic, which surprised the boy, the boarded the plane as the most shocking for Dragneel was that he wasn`t feeling sick for some unknown reason to him, which resulted in being the very first traveling by a machine that he ever enjoyed in his entire life.
After over twenty long hours of traveling the two arrived at Rome, Italy. As soon of that happened, they headed towards the meeting point that Erica appointed yesterday, the great Colosseum, which the blonde explained to Natsu to be the biggest and most important monuments in the city, that was capital of the country. When they reached the place, they were greeted by a black-haired girl with blue eyes, wearing an made outfit, named Arianna, which for Natsu`s surprise turned out to be Erica`s servent.
Currently they were sitting on a stone waiting for someone to come, Erica was talking with Arianna about something, while Salamander stared at the blue sky, that it didn`t had an single cloud on it, letting the sunlight to fall without anything blocking it when all of a sudden a voice caught their attention. They turned right to see three men standing about two meters from them, one really tall, second a bit fatter than the rest and third one was quite old.
"Good Day!" The tall man of the man greeted. "Could you be the new Campione?" He asked, turning to Natsu.
"Yes, he is the one." Erica answered for him. "I introduce you, Natsu Dragneel!"
"Is he promising?" The older one asked
"He is and I fully stand behind my words. I saw how he defeated the Legendary Slayers of Dragons, Perseus with my own eyes."
"Well, let`s give him a chance to prove what you said." The fat man spoke up.
"So your going to test me with a fight?!" Dragneel asked, catching everyone`s attention.
"How did you know?" Arianna asked in a surprise.
"Godou told me that you had a fight in order to get their approval." The pink-haired boy replayed calmly.
The three man and Erica nodded in agreement and in less than a minute everything was set for the beginning of the battle. The man were stationed on the bridge that was right next to them, Arianna left off to somewhere and Natsu and Erica were down on the ground at the points, facing each other. All that was left was both of them to start the fight. Natsu was preparing for the training to begin when he saw a magic circle appearing in front of the blonde girl and after it disappeared it revealed her wearing the same cloths at the battle with Perseus. At her right hand there was a sword, which wasn`t very long, but still it looked very dangerous, for what he remembered from fighting Erza countless times, was that it doesn`t matter how long a sword is, instead what important is how sharp it is.
"Are you ready?" Erica`s voice ringed in his ears.
"Yeah, I am." He answered
It was a short, but a strong answer that let out a feeling of determination after it, for fighting was Natsu`s way of surviving and proving himself to others his entire life. Ever since he joined Fairy Tail he had many battles, from which it dependent whenever he lives or dies. Such as the war between his guild and that of Phantom Lord, the fight which determinated Erza`s life at the Tower of Heaven, the one he had with Laxus for saving the guild from being taken by the Master`s grandson, the fight with the dark guild, Oracion Seis. Another example was the one that he and his friends had at the other world, Edolas, the war between fairies and demons that placed itself on Fairy Tail`s sacred land, Tenro Island. All of those battles that he fought and won, all but one. The very one that led to the current situation in which his world was, the war with Future Rouge and the dragons.
As the boy was lost in his memories, a light sound caught his attention. Right ahead of him, the one that this world of magic knew as the red devil was dashing towards to her opponent, which was no one, but Salamander himself. However, just before the two clashed, Natsu heard something coming from the air and just when Erica swung her sword at him, he ducked under it, grabbed her tightly for her waist and jumped of the left. As soon he did that, something came crashing into the ground, making it to break and creating smoke after the impact.
"I have finally found you." Someone spoke from the inside the smoke. "I waited for you to return to Italy."
"That voice?! Lord Salvatore Doni?!" Erica said with a hint of surprise in her voice.
"Yeah, the one and only, Italy`s Campione." The voice answered as a figure started appearing from the smoke.
"Campione?! So he`s a God Slayer two?" Natsu asked, clenching his hands into fists.
When the figure was completely out of the smoke, Dragneel saw a blonde-haired boy with blue eyes, wearing blue jeans and a purple skirt and sun glass on his head. In his right hand there was a sword, a much bigger than the Erica had in her.
"What do you want?" The blonde girl questioned.
"I`m pretty sure you know why. Now that you broke up with Godou, I`ll use the chance and make you my knight." Doni stated.
"I already told you to leave me alone, didn`t I?!" The red devil shouted, but didn`t received an answer.
Italy`s Campione dashed forward in a incredible speed and aimed himself straight at Erica and when he was close enough, Doni swung his sword, which clashed with Erica`s. The impact from the clash sent the blonde girl crashing on the ground. The God Slayer than stepped forward and grabbed her for the hand and pulled her to him. Right at that moment, the boy felt something hitting him in the face, which resulted in Lord Salvatore hitting the earth. The girl just watched in amuse when she saw Natsu standing next to her.
"Who are you?" Doni asked getting on his feet, looking at the pink-haired boy.
"That doesn`t matter." Natsu replayed. "What does matter, is that it seems that you are trying to force your will on Erica after she declared that she doesn`t want to be with someone like you."
"That doesn`t concern you." The blonde man shouted and rushed again at Erica.
And again when he was close enough to reach her, Salamander grabbed the girl and rolled over to the right, hugging her deeper, so he can take the damage from scratching the ground. They rolled about a two meters, until they stopped at a pillar from some ruins. However, they didn`t get time to rest, as Doni suddenly appeared in front of them and swung his sword, catching them in a situation with no exit. At least it seemed so at first, but then the Dragon-God Slayer caught the blade with his hands, just before it make contact with his face. After that, he used his legs to push the opponent off, earning time to stand up.
And again as they managed to get on their feet, Italy`s Campione attacked once more. He swung his sword at Natsu`s head, but this time this swing had more speed, making the pink-haired mage to duck immediately. But Doni, pulled a knife out of his left pocket and aimed it and his opponents`s stomach. Just before it found the target, Dragneel deflected it using his right elbow to lead the attack away from his body, then didn`t waste a second and swung his left leg straight at Salvatore`s head, who was forced to back off few meters in order to dodge.
"Looks like I have a wall to pass before I reach my goal." The blonde boy said, as took out a scabbard and put his sword in it. "Guess I will withdraw for today, but I will be back and you, Erica will become my knight." He said and turned to the mentioned girl.
With him saying that, he turned around and slowly disappeared from their sight. Natsu remained sitting on the ground for around minutes, when suddenly the reason of the conflict, Erica, rushed next to him.
"Are you okay?" She asked with a concerned voice.
"Yeah, not even a scratch." He replayed and cracked a grin.
"Why did…" The girl tried to ask something, but was interrupted by the man from the Magical Sociality.
"The little accident wasn`t expected at all, but it help convince us that Nastu Dragneel has what it takes to bear the title, Campione." The tall man explained. "With this decision we place big trust in you, to fight for the sake of the world whenever is needed." He finished and as soon he did, all three of them started applause the Dragon-God Slayer.
"It looks like you managed to get their approval without my help." Blandelli said as she smiled at the boy.
"Nah, I didn`t do nothing special, just stopped the guy from getting his hands on you." Natsu stated, scratching the back of his head.
"But still… you…" She tried to say something, but failed and bowed her head down
"So what are we going do now?" The boy asked quickly when he felt the uneasiness in her, hoping to changed the subject.
"Ah, w-we will go to the house of a famous witch that leaves in this country. There we can find shelter for the night." Erica answered as she turned around and started walking with Salamander following right behind her.
After two hours of traveling with a car, the three – Natsu, Erica and Arianna arrived at the place where they wanted to stay. It was the first building that remained the pink-haired mage about the buildings in his world, a big house with in the shape of a small castle, with many big windows, two chimneys and a big yard in front of it.
As they were waiting at the gate, a black cat passed before their eyes and jumped on the wall, then turned to their direction and then heard something he thought he will never have again, a talking animal.
"If it isn`t Erica and Arianna and who might be you." The cat said fixing her eyes on the Dragon-God Slayer.
"It`s been a while indeed, Lucretia-sama." The blonde girl greeted. "This is Natsu Dragneel, the new Campione."
"A new Campione, huh?! Very interesting indeed. You may enter." The cat said and turned around and jumped off the wall in the yard.
After that the doors opened and the three entered and in less than a minute they were already inside the house. It let a feel of comfort and calmess, which was noticed by Dragneel right away and made him feel like something bad left his body. The group walked directly in the living room where an tall woman waited for them, sitting on a couch.
The woman had brown hair, long all the way to her waist, purple eyes and wore a long purple dress, with a tent in the around her bust.
"Nice to meet you, young man! I`m Lucretia Zola, also known as the witch of Sardinia." She greeted and smiled at the boy.
"N-nice to meet you as well." Natsu replayed with a serious, but an innocent face.
"What leads you here all of a sudden." The witch questioned, turning to Erica.
"I brought Natsu here to introduce him to the Magical Sociality of Italy. Then we had an unpleasant encounter with Lord Salvatore and decided to come to ask to spend the night here." The red devil explained a short version of the story.
"I see. Well, feel yourself like home." Lucretia said. "You must be tired from the trip. Why don`t you take a shower and go to bed. There is plenty of place where you can sleep." She stated, showing them a door next to the one they came from.
"Thank you very much!" Both Erica and Arianna said and bowed in a sign of gratitude.
And so the two girls headed to the bathroom, while Salamander found a comfortable couch and lied on it, staring at the ceiling as he began thinking about what happened today. The new things he saw, why he didn`t feel sick from traveling in machines and mostly about the battle with that guy, who tried to take Erica by force. It was like a familiar feeling came to him at the moment he stood in the way of Doni, a feeling of wanting to protect someone whatever the cost is. Something that he stopped feeling after losing against Future Rouge and now it was like, the desire to protect Erica escalated even more than usual. Just thinking like that, he failed to realize when his eyes closed, plunging himself in the world of dreams, leaving the worries for when the morning comes.
And so, this is it - Chapter 2, The life of a Campione. In this chapter, I tried to show Natsu`s new beginning as Campione and the way how a normal day for him will be from now on in this fanfiction. There isn`t anything too special happing in this one, except the fight with Salvatore Doni.
Also I tried to use this chapter to introduce more of the characters that will take action in this fanfiction later on, plus I think now I`m ready to slowly proceed things between Natsu and Erica, so expect something big coming soon.
By the way, don`t blame me choosing Bulgaria for Natsu`s country. I`m just popularizing my country worldwide, that`s all. xD
With this said, I`ll be leaving for now. I hope to finish the next chapter soon, especially when ideas started flowing into my mind. xD Well, that`s all for now. See ya soon! x)