Finally dragged my ass write this chapter. This was the most difficult chapter I ever wrote, ehm typed. Since I got a complaint about answering reviews in the chapter I won't do it, but know I appreciate your feedback. That is what is keeping me going. Enough rambling.
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Happy was a very efficient means of transport, even if Natsu did not think of him as such. For him the blue exceed was a nakama, someone who he could trust. Rather ironically, he did trust him, but not fully.
They quickly reached the island and landed. Unfortunately, four of the paths were taken.
"Let's take this one. E means Erza. Right?" The pink haired teen knew that it was a rash decision to want to fight Erza, but right now the only thing which could distract him from the slaughter of memories was a good fight.
"Are you serious? You want to fight Erza?" Happy started. Natsu was no means suicidal, he just enjoyed the rush of a good fight. Besides he needed to focus I he wanted to become an S-class. He followed the route when his nose picked up a scent.
"Just come out" he said.
The fight with Gildarts was not one of his wise choices. The fear he felt was nothing he had ever encountered. Yet his mind flashed back to a different memory, when he felt that aura he did not see Gildarts in front of him.
Instead it was a reddish-pink long haired women, her long hairs flowing in the seemingly non-existing wind. Ribbons of fire breaded into the hairs and around her, the skin revealed by her clothes had flames of phoenix on it.
"You sure it will work hime-sama. His blood is strong. He is not human, we don't know what this particular combination of blood will do to him. We must kill him. He's abnormal, a monster." a man said. He was a mere shadow for Natsu.
He saw the women finish her job on his body and only then did he realised that there were marks of fire covering his other flame like marks similar to the women. The women stood up, shadows covering her face.
"This monster as you say is my son. I will protect him till the end." Her flames covered her and the markings on her body burned brightly. Fire licked at him, but other than making his markings glow they did no harm. A dark frightening aura surrounded the women, even he himself flinched even I it was not directed at him. Take care of him, Zeref. This was a whisper he thought he heard.
As the arms came to pick him up
He was suddenly back to the present where he was kneeling in front of Gildarts because of fear.
Next thing he knew the mage had allowed him to pass. Now he was sitting others who had passed the first round. He was not interested in whom had defeated whom, he was more focused on what these memories were and how they connected him to Zeref.
Suddenly he felt it. That dark but oh so familiar aura. His body aches to be close to that familiar warmth again. Even Lucy's light was not this nostalgic.
'Maybe because I had never been in light for long' he thought as he prepared for the second part of the exam.
"Your task is to find the grave of Mavis Vermillion. The first master of fairy tail" the third master said, and again the name gave him an ache on the heart, like he was forgetting an important member of his family.
'The pain in my heart will protect me huh. I don't see how if it will only give me more grief.' He thought as he left for the task he was appointed, completely ignorant of the fact that the one he was seeking was close to him.
The aura hit him harder than the scent. Oh so very familiar scent. He ran in the direction. He might have said something to Happy, but he no longer remembered. He just speed past the trees pushed two people down. His body was on auto pilot. A wave of black magic washed over him. It was familiar. His senses knew, he just didn't remember.
He saw a black haired boy standing in front of him. He was a little taller than him, his onyx eyes filled with tears.
"Who are you?" Natsu asked.
"Natsu. You have grown. I missed you so much" the black haired teen was freaking emotional, and Natsu was not known in the most patient of people so he punched the guy. Just to beat an answer out of him. Nothing personal or so his mind declared and the next thing he wondered why in the hell he cared.
The guy shouted a warning and black magic flared around them. The markings on his body flashed for a fraction of a second before disappearing. When he woke up his scarf was black. Tainted.
He was angry. This was his only link to his past, after all Zeref.
Wait. Zeref.
That black hairs. Onyx eyes.
Shit. That was Zeref. At that time he had been too distorted to think about it, but now.
"I need to find him. Je have answers I need." Natsu said.
Unfortunately, he met Hades first and Zeref had already unleashed his fearsome Black dragon on them.
"I see. It was nice to see you again Natsu. Maybe next time. No. This is goodbye Natsu." The now red eyed man said as he left.
This arch ends in the next chapter. Since the whole exams were not important I decided not to add them. But I can't wait to write next arch. I have some surprises for you all and that arc will be longer.
Also, since the seals of Natsu are a little undone be will have new powers. And most of the GMG arc will be AU. I am making huge changes in teams. But only in Fairy Tail teams. Can anyone tell me the names of members with their magic type, in the eight qualifying teams. My memory is a little hazy. I only remember a handful of them. Please help me.
Hope you like this chapter and review.