Disclaimer: FOR THE EIGHTH TIME, FAIRY TAIL TOTALLY DOES NOT BELONG TO ME!
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Gray had been keeping a close eye on Natsu. With orders from Erza, of course.
He'd still been acting very strange lately, still questionably emotional, and hadn't gotten in a fight with Gray for quite some time.
Of course, no one else thought much of it.
Happy, Wendy and Carla decided to go on a job, which meant, Natsu was going to be alone at night again.
"Gray, please take Natsu home." Erza said.
Gray almost let out a groan, but didn't, and nodded anyways.
Natsu started walking home, Gray following him. Of course, he realized this was not what Erza meant by "take him home".
Natsu stopped a second, when Gray accidentally snapped a twig in half. Natsu turned around, and looked around. Then he walked over to where Gray was hiding, and peeked at him.
"What are you doing!?" He exclaimed.
"Heh, see-oof!"
Natsu punched him in the face.
"You jerk!"
"Excuse me, for trying to HELP!"
"Do what!?"
"HELP YOU!"
Natsu stopped. "Gray, did Erza send you?"
Gray sighed and nodded.
Natsu swallowed. "Thanks...but...I don't need any help."
Gray sighed. "Just...be careful, okay?"
Natsu waved behind him.
The next day, Team Natsu decided they wanted to go on a job. The only problem, was that Natsu wasn't there.
"Gray and I will fetch him." Erza announced.
Erza dragged an unhappy Gray towards Natsu's house.
"Natsu!" Erza called.
The two went into Natsu's house, both were shocked at how clean it was.
"Natsu." Gray said, walking over to where Natsu was sleeping. He was pale, and he was sweating.
Gray shook him awake. Then Natsu's fist collided with Gray's face.
"AH!" He screamed, and looked at Gray and Erza. "WHAT THE HELL YOU DOING HERE!?"
"We came to get you, Flame Brain!" Gray growled, holding his face.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL ME!?" Natsu yelled.
"Boys!" Erza scolded.
All the way back to the guild, the three bickered.
"When do you think that they will be back?" Lucy wondered.
"With them, who knows." Levy giggled.
Lucy was waiting alone, seeing as how Happy wasn't there. Levy and Mirajane stood next to Lucy.
Suddenly something outside of the guild sounded. It sounded like: "Arghkjhiuhsufn!"
All conversation stopped, and everyone stared at the door. It sounded like a monster.
Suddenly, the door burst open, and everyone gasped, expecting to find a big monster on the other side.
Not a big monster...no. Three little monsters.
Erza walked in, holding Gray and Natsu by the ears. But Gray and Natsu were still fighting.
"You moron!" Gray yelled at Natsu.
"Ice princess! Look in the mirror!"
"FLAME BRAIN!"
"SNOWMAN!"
"Enough!" Erza shouted, and banged Natsu and Gray's heads together.
The two fell to the ground, bumps on each of their foreheads.
Erza put her hands on her hips, and shook her head.
Suddenly, the boys started whacking each other, their eyes still closed, and started mumbling insults.
"ARE THEY FIGHTING IN THEIR SLEEP!?" Lucy asked.
Erza growled, and picked Natsu and Gray up. Suddenly, the boys' eyes opened, and they started kicking each other.
"I WOKE UP BEFORE YOU!"
"NO WAY! I DID!"
"I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT!"
"BUT YOU WILL, BECAUSE I DID!"
"NO YOU DIDN'T! I DID!"
"STRIPPER!"
"DRAGON BREATH!"
"PERVERT!"
"HOT HEAD!"
Erza shook her head again. "Stop-"
"SHUT UP!" Gray and Natsu yelled at her, and punched her hands away from them.
Erza glowered at them, and they realized their mistake.
"BOYS!"
A look of terror spread itself across Gray's face.
"APOLOGIZE!"
"Yes sir! SORRY! I'm sorry!" Gray said quickly.
Erza turned to Natsu. "You to!"
Natsu just looked her in the eyes, and smirked. "Nope."
"What!?"
"DID YOU JUST-"
"I don't wanna apologize. You'll have to make me." Natsu said, rolling his eyes.
Then the three of them started fighting again. Everyone was silent. Did Natsu say no to Erza?
"I CHALLENGE YOU TO A FIGHT!" Natsu suddenly and unexpectedly yelled.
"What?" Gray and Erza asked at the same time.
"You heard me," Natsu said, grinning. "when we get back from our job, we fight."
"Very well." Erza agreed. "Challenge accepted."
Natsu and Erza shook on it.
Once Erza walked away, Gray stared at Natsu in disbelief. "Are you stupid?! Erza is going to beat you!"
Natsu grinned. "Not this time, Gray."
Then he walked away.
Team Natsu went on a job, and collected jewels. Once they got back, everyone gathered in a long empty field.
A couple of guild members set up a betting stand. Lucy was the only one who betted for Natsu.
"I bet my fish!" Happy announced.
"Why'd you bet for him?" Gray wondered. "Stupid if you ask me."
"I don't know..." Lucy sighed. "I just have a feeling."
Erza and Natsu stood facing each other. Once the word: "FIGHT" was shouted, the two started circling each other.
Erza was the first to attack. Her attack, though, bounced harmlessly off Natsu, for he dodged.
The thoughts going through Natsu's head gave him energy. He wanted to see if even as END, or the brother of Zeref Dragneel, he could defeat Erza. If he was as powerful as he remembered...then most certainly.
...Killl...
Natsu frowned. He wouldn't kill Erza. Never. He dodged her attacks, astounding the audience a little. Natsu's plan was simple.
He would dodge Erza's attacks, not attack her, until she was tired from attacking.
...Then...he would...make her beg for death...
Natsu shook his head, a bead of sweat running from his forehead. The torturous things he had done as END...terrible. Unspeakable. Thus, torturous. Why would the thought of making Erza "beg" for death even tempt to cross his mind?
Finally, Natsu took notice of Erza's slowed attacks. Her steps had become barely noticeable as sluggish. Barley noticeable to the rest of the guild. Natsu had examined her tactics many times before, he had memorized even some of her "moves". Even the most negligible of her stagnant attacks were visible clearly to Natsu.
Finally, Natsu prepared to attack. He raised his fist, without catching flame to it, he punched Erza in the side. She gasped and jumped backwards, avoiding Natsu's kick.
Natsu squatted, and then jumped up, flipping in the air, and kicking Erza who had an unforeseen look on her face. She grunted and moved away from Natsu.
Finally, Natsu used his flames. He lit his hand on fire, and punched at Erza, who tried to dodge his attacks, but failed when one of Natsu's punches caught her off guard in the stomach, and then in the face.
Erza growled, and transformed into her Fire Empress armor. Natsu and Erza stopped, and stared at each other. Natsu's bang's covered his eyes, leaving dark shades, and Erza's hair shook in the wind.
Then, a grin twinged the sides of Natsu's mouth. And he jumped up. Erza caught his foot, but Natsu twisted in the air, swiveling Erza as well, and her grip loosened on Natsu's ankle.
Natsu kneed Erza, and she stumbled backwards. Natsu grinned, his hands engulfing in flames, and then his whole body.
He tried to control himself...he really did. But the most he could do was lower his power so he wouldn't kill Erza.
"ROAR OF THE THUNDER FLAME darkness," Natsu whispered that part, and then continued yelling. "DRAGON...ending cast...!"
(A/N: when Nastsu was speaking, "darkness" and "ending cast" were both whispered so no one could hear)
Brilliant yellow flames raced towards Erza. But they didn't stay yellow. Red was mixed into the color, and a tinge of black as well. Electricity sparked the blast, and small flames of darkness.
It hit Erza so hard, that a bright light shone, and everyone was momentarily blinded. Smoke blew in everyones faces, and once it cleared...
Erza lay on the ground, her Fire Empress armor destroyed, leaving her in cloth wrapped around her breasts, and red pants. Erza's eyes were open, and her chest was heaving up and down. Her eyes showed true fear, but also amazement.
Natsu had to resist the urge to pass out himself. Stupid powers of END made him use to much energy. He still needed to repower to get all his true power back. That was just a midget. A little glance of his full power.
Natsu looked at Erza, his scarf flittering in the wind. Despite knowing about his real past, he would always hold onto his fathers scarf. The scarf his father gave him, always.
Erza groaned, and stared at Natsu in disbelief. The entire guild was shocked.
Gray was the most shocked. How come he could never defeat Erza...and Natsu could? Maybe he'd have to challenge Erza.
No one cheered yet, waiting for Natsu and Erza to stop staring at each other, and the Master to get over his shock and announce Natsu the winner.
Natsu would move, if he knew that his legs wouldn't buckle underneath him. It was unavoidable.
Erza slowly and painfully tried to sit up, but she couldn't hold herself up.
"T-the winner is...Natsu Dragneel!"
There were cheers, yes, but mixed with groans. All of them lost the money they bet.
Lucy was in shock. How...?
"Yay! I get to keep my fish!" Happy jumped around feeling happy.
"It is a good thing that you did not bet, Wendy."
"Why? I would have bet on Natsu-san!" Wendy said, pumping her fist in the air. "That was incredible!"
(A/N: Cue sad music...slow Fairy Tail theme, listen to this..." watch?v=u_upMKUm16M ")
Erza then pushed herself off the ground, and stumbled towards Natsu.
"Y-your incredible..." Erza muttered, holding onto Natsu's shoulder for support.
Natsu almost fell backwards. Erza noticed this. "Y-you u-used a lot of m-magic...N-Natsu..."
"I-I know..."
"I-I'm proud of you."
To think that Natsu thought he should kill Erza...make her beg for death...
Natsu's eyes teared up. She was proud of him. Proud.
Natsu's legs finally buckled. But he used it to his advantage, and hugged Erza. Both fell to the ground. Everyone stopped chatting and turned towards them, all remembering the other week when this exact thing happened basically.
"I'm sorry!" Natsu yelled.
"No." Erza said, hugging Natsu's head. "I am."
Natsu waited, feeling tears slip down his face.
"I pushed you. Forgive me, Natsu."
Natsu shakily pulled away. "No need."
"You are powerful. I will always be proud of you Natsu."
Natsu smiled. "Erza..."
Erza smiled back at him. "Good job."
Natsu looked into her eyes.
"You did well, Natsu. Your power is very strong...I could never defeat you if I wanted to. Rest now."
Natsu was already having trouble keeping his eyes open, and smiled, his head slipping down. Erza caught him.
"I'm proud..." Erza whispered, before she herself slipped into a sleep.
Two days passed before Natsu and Erza finally woke up.
Erza woke up, just a little before Natsu, and scurried downstairs. Natsu's eyes fluttered open.
He hated being in the infirmary. Especially alone. Natsu tore the covers off, and jumped up. He shivered. His shoes were gone, and so was his shirt...
I started searching, for his shoes and shirt, forgetting all thoughts of his true life. He scurried downstairs, his back craned, looking high and low for his shoes, as if they were hiding under the bar.
He was so out of it, he didn't even notice everyone's eyes on him, or his missing muffler.
"Oh shoes...shirt..." He whispered. "Come out...wherever you are..."
He slipped to the ground, and started crawling on it, looking beneath everyones feet for his missing garments.
He growled and pushed himself up, meeting eyes with a one Lucy Heartfilia.
"Gah!" Said mage jumped back in surprise.
Natsu did the same.
Lucy shook her head. "What are you doing? I didn't see you there!"
"Like-" Natsu stopped himself. "Me either!"
Stop using those stupid big words that Zeref taught you.
Zeref.
That was one thing that Natsu had forgotten. His thoughts were shattered by the guild hall chuckling.
"Your in looooovveeeeee...!"
Natsu glanced up at Happy, who was staring at the two.
"SHUT UP CAT! WE AREN'T IN LOVE!" Lucy bellowed.
Love...
What was love?
Affection for another person, admiration? Or just friendship? It all depended...on what the situation was?
Lucy stared at Natsu, anger filling her chest, after she moved her piercing glare away from Happy. Natsu's hand was on his chin, and his eyes were moved upwards, as if he was thinking hard.
Funny...he didn't look stupid thinking hard anymore. Then Lucy realized what Natsu was missing. "Where's your scarf?" She wondered aloud.
Natsu blinked, and felt his neck, panic rising in his chest.
"It was on you when we put you up there..." Gray muttered.
Natsu's panic turned into anger panic. His eyes turned down to a glare, and he turned, and started stomping around the guild, making loud: BOOMS every time he stomped, which was funny, because he didn't have any shoes on to make it louder. He stomped up to Freed and grabbed his color. "DID YOU TAKE IT!?"
"What!? No!"
Natsu rolled his eyes and put Freed down, and walked up to Jet and Droy. "DID YOU TWO TAKE MY MUFFLER!?"
"NO!" They replied quickly.
"WHO TOOK MY SCARF!?" Natsu shouted. "IGNEEL GAVE THAT TO ME!"
"I'm sure you just left it in the medical wing!" Levy suggested.
"I LOOKED!"
"Don't freak out-"
"Grah!" Natsu punched a table, cutting it in half, and making a dent in the ground.
Gray frowned. Something was off.
"Natsu!" Erza yelled. "Enough!"
Surprisingly, Natsu stopped fuming for a moment, and turned towards Erza.
"I am sure there is a logical answer to this! We will all go and look for your scarf!"
After hours, everyone returned to the guild empty handed. Half the guild went out into Magnolia, the other half scoured the guild. Nothing.
Natsu slumped down on a bench, and put his face in his hands. He pushed his finger nails into his forehead, causing a bad headache. Why was he even holding on to that worthless piece of junk.
'NOT WORTHLESS' Natsu thought agitatedly. 'Igneel is still my father. Despite trying to kill me when I was END. That's not the point!'
Natsu felt a hand on his back, and he slowly moved his hands. Gray stared down at him with his deep dark blue eyes, and then smiled.
"Don't worry, man, we'll find the scarf."
The truth...truth...
Messenger...the evil...demon...he wanted to be by both Zeref and E.N.D's sides. To fight...but END would never join them if he has his friends. He needs to be put in his place!
I shall steal his scarf...and frame a member...
None of those Faries will survive the power of END...
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-Roxkey
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