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They all agreed to Erza's plan, Natsu and Wendy leading each group in opposite directions. "Natsu-san, what would we eat besides apples? It's not like we can go and shop in Magnolia at the moment, we may get caught and we don't have any money to spend," Sting asked.
"We can go fishing. Me and Happy used to go fishing all the time and Gildarts would sometimes come with us also," Natsu explained.
There was a missed moment where Happy was supposed to agree by saying 'Aye!'
"On Tenroujima, they were fishing with Gildarts for food. Until Acnologia came and began to destroy everything," Erza agreed.
"It's a wonder how Natsu can stay still for such a long amount of time just to fish. I wonder how Gildarts taught you; you were quite active when you were small," Levy laughed.
They came across the house that looked the same, but there was over-grown grass and bushes in front. Erza looked a bit annoyed on the amount of grass and bushes they had to pass through and so in a flash, she had a sword in each hand and cut the grass and bushes fast. She finished and both blades were gone. "That's better," Erza approved of her work which had all the grass cut short and the bushes were trimmed.
"Well, welcome to my home!" Natsu smiled.
"Wow, what a house you've got, Natsu-san," Sting looked over the house.
"Me and Happy lived here long ago," Natsu told him with a long face.
"Salamander, don't be sad that your cat died. We all had our cats die," Gajeel told Natsu.
"You're lucky that you had a friend to travel with! I've been alone until the day I met Tyson!" Natsu turned to Gajeel.
"You probably didn't live your life in sorrow," Gajeel clashed his head against Natsu.
"Oh, I was alone, worried, and I was sorrowful. Someone died just to allow me to escape those knights!" Natsu threw back.
Then attention was drawn. "Natsu..." Levy began.
"...Let someone die," Erza finished, remembering her own experience.
"She convinced me that she would be fine. She said that I could do something against this non-magical kingdom. After I ran a bit, there was a scream in the air and I after awhile, I went back to see she was already dead," Natsu informed them.
"Natsu would never let someone die," Levy whispered quietly.
"When was this?" Sting asked.
"At that point, it was fifty years after I stopped using magic," Natsu told him.
"No wonder. You were powerless and trying not to get yourself killed," Levy just couldn't believe on what he said.
"Salamander, I thought you didn't want people to die," Gajeel challenged.
"I don't, but she insisted that she helped me get away," Natsu told him, his teeth gritted together.
Erza made her way to Natsu, bangs covering her eyes, hands were in fists. "Natsu, how dare you allow someone to die. You didn't want people to die and yet you allowed one to die. If someone wanted to die, you would've saved them and yet you didn't!" Erza gritted her teeth, tears fell, sadness and anger could be heard in her voice.
Natsu stood, looking away and his face showing sadness. "You, Natsu Dragneel, Salamander of Fairy Tail, allowed a person to die for you! What happened to saying 'Don't you dare die'! Tell me!" Erza demanded.
Natsu didn't react at all. Though, the others were in shock. "Natsu Dragneel, answer me now!" Erza demanded again.
"It wasn't my fault! She told me that she would be fine. I believed it. Though, now I can't change what I did in the past," Natsu growled and turned walking away, Yukino watched quietly and soon went after.
Erza walked away in the other direction, Jellal soon followed.
"Did Natsu just go against Erza?" Levy asked after both were not seen.
"He did," Gajeel was quite shocked since even he feared Erza's wrath.
Wendy, Romeo, Lucy, and Laxus came into the clearing and stopped, looking at the remaining members in a deformed circle. "Where's Natsu-nii?" Romeo asked.
"And Erza-san?" Wendy added.
No one answered for a moment. Erik appeared also, quite stunned. "What happened?" Laxus tried.
"W-We should tell you later. It's a bit too much to take in on what happened," Levy replied, clearly not believing on what she saw and heard.
After a bit of time and all that heard calmed a bit, they told of what happened which stunned the three. "Natsu-nii let someone die," Romeo murmured.
"I can't believe it. He won't allow one person to die for any cause," Wendy murmured.
Laxus said nothing, he only gritted his teeth.
Lucy couldn't believe the information she was just given.
"Lucy, is it true that Natsu stopped anyone from dying?" Tyson asked.
"That's right. He stopped Gray and Erza from killing themselves," Lucy informed him, still stunned.
"What surprises me most is that he snapped at Erza and walked away from the situation without getting beaten up," Levy said, kinda frightened.
"Salamander's gonna get it later," Gajeel told them.
"Perhaps, but we may never know," Lucy said, really worried now.
"They both ran off, I wonder where they went," Levy looked at both directions where the mages disappeared from, hoping to see any signs of either returning.
Though, there was a rustle in the bushes from where Erza left, only to see Jellal was coming through. "Anything?" Levy asked.
"She's standing at the statue we just visited. I'm not sure whether or not she'll be returning back anytime soon," Jellal sighed, shaking his head.
"Same here. He's sitting at the lake looking at his scarf," Yukino told them as she came through the bushes.
"I don't think talking to them would help the situation at all," Sting thought.
"We might as well wait for Titania and Salamander to come back," Gajeel grunted.
"I can go talk to Natsu-nii and Erza. Perhaps they'll come back if I talk to them," Tyson offered.
"No, we'll leave them alone. It'll be better if we allow them to come back peacefully rather than rowdy and start a fight," Levy made a decision.
"That'll be the best. Plus, both need to save their energy for the fight against the so called 'king'," Laxus agreed.