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"KILL THE TREE!" Natsu shouted as she charged at the (now sparkling) tree with her fist raised in the air. Before she got very far, Lavi grabbed the back of her vest, pulling her to a stop. "Lavi!" Natsu whined, "Let me go smash that thing!"
"Nope," Lavi sighed, "from what I've seen so far, when you fight, you destroy almost every thing in the surrounding area. Right now, we're in a cave; quite frankly, I'd rather it not collapse." Turning his head slightly to the side, Lavi yelled, "Allen, destroy that tree and get the innocence while I still have a grip on the puff ball!"
"I am not a puff ball! I'm scary, scary, dragon!" Lavi burst out laughing.
"Yeah right! You done yet Allen?" Lavi called.
"NO!" Allen exclaimed between pants. "Maybe if you helped me, it would go a lot faster!" he said as he slashed the tree in half. The glowing leaves shriveled up as the top half of the tree fell to the floor. In the middle of the stump was the innocence, a small cube surrounded by two gears. "I got it."
"Great," Natsu said sarcastically, "now let me go Lavi!"
"NOT AKUMA! You may pass!" the gate keeper gargoyle yelled as it opened the gates. As soon as the people were let inside, they were greeted by the happy site of Komui, the Black Order's very own mad man.
"Ho ho ho! My name is Komui!" the bubbly man greeted. "Seeing as the other scientist would not let me push you three off the cliff, and you passed the human test, according to protocol, we have to let you in!~" Komui finished with a trill in his voice. "Its not every day we get visitors! So, who might you three be?"
For one of the first times in their young lives, the remaining members of Team Natsu, were at a loss for words. Yet, somehow, they should have anticipated that Natsu would end up in a place with people like this. It was Natsu after all, Fairy Tail's number one unpredictable knuckle-headed Mage, it would make sense that she would be here.
The three Mages watched uneasily as Komui began to talk about the Black Order. Where did the sparkles come from? Is that a pink bunny?
"Never again!" Natsu said weakly as she slowly dragged herself to the dining hall, her arms dangling dejectedly by her sides. She had decided that she deserved some fire after so much agony. It was all that damn train's fault! She had been barfing through the window the whole time. When the train pulled into the station, she had failed to get off and had to go all the way around again. Damn transportation.
Pushing the dining hall door's open, she continued with her sluggish behavior. The dragon slayer noticed Allen and Lenalee waving to her from across the hall. She gave a slight wave in recognition, she was too out of whack to do anything else.
Natsu would have headed over to the Jerry to place her order, gotten her food and fire, but she was stopped by a hard punch to the face, gaining the attention of the dining hall.
"DAMNIT! WHY DID YOU TAKE THAT ATTACK FOR ME NATSU! IT SHOULD HAVE BEEN ME THAT'S DEAD!" the attacker shouted as they continued to punch Natsu, with the same amount of force, sending Natsu to the ground. Slowly the punches' force dwindled until the attacker was lightly hitting her with a tear streaked face. "Why, Natsu? Why." the attacker mumbled.
Natsu looked up at the attacker. Even though Natsu sported a swollen face, Natsu smiled, a smile she saved only for her closest friends. "I missed you too, Erza." standing up, Natsu pulled Erza into a 's sobs only increased, Natsu found herself crying as well.
"NATSUUUUUUUUU!" came the rushed cry of the exceed. Happy flew as fast as he could to Natsu, his eyes full of tears that slowly fell. Natsu's face brightened.
"Happy!" she called out, capturing the blue cat into an embrace. "You're here too!"
"Aye!" Happy said into Natsu's scarf.
"Oh, I can't take this any more! Natsu! I missed you so much!" Lucy yelled.
"Lucy!" Natsu said as Lucy joined the hug. "What are you guys doing here?"
"Did you really think we would give up on you so easily, Flame Brain?" Natsu's eyes widened on hearing that voice. Lucy, Erza, and Happy let go of Natsu.
"Grey." Natsu breathed. She stared up at him with an unreadable expression. Lucy and Erza watched from the sides with growing anticipation. "WHAT THE HELL DID YOU CALL ME, POPSICLE PRINCESS?" Lucy and Erza face planted.
"I called you Flame Brain, dummy!" Grey said as he and Natsu butted heads, electricity flying from their eyes.
"Ice Prick!"
"Ass Fire!"
"Twinkle Toes!" Natsu shouted as she threw an uppercut at Grey. Grey gladly returned the gesture. The two continued to throw punches and kicks back and forth, destroying tables and walls in the process.
"Wanna get something to eat?" Lucy asked Erza. Glancing back at the fighting pair, Erza nodded.
"Sure." she replied as they made their way over to the ordering window. Straberry cake sounded very good.
"PUT SOME CLOTHES ON GREY!" Natsu yelled at Grey. Grey glanced down, only to discover that he had mysteriously misplaced his clothes again, only to be left in his underwear.
"Gah!"
"That's It! I'm all fired up now!" Natsu announced. "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" she shouted as she punched Grey with her fire enhanced fist.
After recovering from the attack, Grey brought his hands back in an ice make formation. "Ice Make: Hammer!" a blue circle appeared followed by a large hammer made of ice appeared out of no where. Grey proceeded to swing the blunt hammer down on Natsu. Natsu, however, dodged and melted the ice hammer with another Fire Dragon's Iron Fist.
Frustrated, Grey shouted "Ice Make: Sword!" a sword of ice materialized in Grey's hands. He took of after Natsu- who was taunting Grey- charging and slashing at her when ever he could. Unfortunately, Grey accidentally hit Erza's cake, sending it to the floor.
Grey froze. (no pun intended)
Natsu froze.
Lucy froze.
Happy froze.
The temperature in the room dropped considerably. Erza's head turned robotically and stiffly to glare at them, the area around her turned black.
"My cake." she growled. Scared for their lives, Natsu and Grey clung to each other for safety. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS!" she hissed. Pissed Erza, not good.
Because this was her cake that the two idiots messed with, Erza called for drastic measures. Erza's hand glowed as she reequipped, bringing out her most commonly used sword. Soon enough she was in the air of the dining hall (which was now an open air dining hall thanks to Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dumb) and charged with out any mercy with a very pointy sword.
This only caused Grey and Natsu shake with fear. If there was one thing two of the most powerful Mages in Fairy Tail feared, it was a pissed Erza. After a failed attempt to run away (which only enraged Erza further with her claiming that 'they were cowards for running away from a truly given punishment'), the ice make mage and the dragon slayer were beaten to a pulp.
Sending her sword back to her storage dimension, Erza ordered another cake, taking no interest in the bodies of two of her closest friends which were lying in a pile on the floor.
The dining hall, was no more.
Natsu had already gone over all of the facts in her head.
She died. That's what got her into this mess.
She finally found Igneel. A quest she had almost given up on.
He gave her a second chance at life. Something that no one– mortal or dragon- should be able to do with out being turned into an Akuma.
Akuma, the Earl, and the Noah. The reason she was here, her mission.
Allen. The person she was told to partner up with.
The dragons deciding to bless her with the Dragon Innocence. A power she never wanted.
Forgetting all her earthly attachments, all but Igneel in the Limbo…
The arrival of her friends and them also being sent here by Igneel. Something they shouldn't have been able to do because they did not possess dragon blood nor had they died…
…or so she was told.
Her friends mission: Find Natsu. But she was sent here by Igneel, so why would he want her back?
It didn't add up.
Not in the slightest.
And that's what confused Natsu. Why didn't it add up?
'It's… It's almost like I interacted with a… different Igneel.' Natsu thought, eyes widening.
Andddd that's a wrap! YAY Team Natsu reunited! Sorry about the cliffy, I had to do it!
For all the people who kept asking me about why Natsu forgot everything in the Limbo- You have to wait and see! This chapter briefly touched on it. I have also told people in PM's that in the limbo you can be very easily manipulated (Ill give a prize to whoever can figure out where I'm going with this…). Natsu's slight realization is contributing to the over all plot of the story!
I am SO sorry for the late update, I was traveling and I didn't have access to my computer or wifi. Sorry!
I hope this chapter lived up to your standards!
ALSO!: I am taking suggestions for fluff scenes! For BOTH GreyxNatsu and AllenxNatsu! Also KandaxErza if anyone has a scene in mind.
So far the pairing count is at:
NatsuxGrey- 23
NatsuxAllen- 10
I was actually going to stop the pairing contest because Grey was so far in the lead, but, Allen made a small comeback so I'm going to keep it going for a little while!
*you will be notified when it's your last chance to vote
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