Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or any of its characters; they belong to the one and only Hiro Mashima.

I do own the OCs that appear through the story, Nova Scarlet, Kaki Dragneel and the idea for the fic.

Knowing it from the beginning.

(A I.-.-.I Kuroyagi I.-.-.I original fan-fiction story.)

Chapter 9: 'A year and half from today, the fate of the world will be decided…' – Nova's words.

'You must be joking…' Thought our now awake fire dragon-slayer as he stared unbelievably at the ropes tightly encircling his upper body and legs, and preventing him from getting away from the place; I know, Natsu being tied down after waking up is making itself common in my stories, don't you agree? Moving his head around, he saw his partners, his teammates and the two kids separated from each other in a triangle fashion around him, gazing from time to time at the others while hushed conversations took place. Natsu rolled his eyes at the funny situation before calling their attention to him, moving a little on his spot to make them notice that it was him. "Huh… I'm awake, everyone, can someone untie me?"

A simple yet deadly glare from the seven people around him was enough to shut him up and hardly swallow some saliva in fear. "Just asking…"

"You should stay like that until the Council comes to arrest you for all that I care." Erza said calmly, making emphasis on the fact that she was okay with leaving her teammate being arrested; facing the ones that supposedly were his co-conspirators, she narrowed her eyes and with her arms crossed said. "As for you two, if the guards want to take you, we'll not oppose them."

"What? That sounded as if we would need of your help!" Literio said threateningly with a fist clenching at his side, the red-head frown but her view softened somewhat when Asis grabbed the blonde's clenched hand with both of her open hands. "And what if we don't want to be arrested? We're doing this to save all your sorry asses!"

"Literio, calm down, there's nothing we can do…" He was about to mention the fact that there were still their friends at the outskirts of the town, but Nova talked first, objecting to her words with a calm knowing voice.

"On the contrary, there's a lot more for you to do if you surrender yourself to the guards." Literio looked at her from the corner of his eyes, wondering what he could do in prison than he couldn't do free, if he surrendered and let himself be imprisoned that is.

"Oh yeah? I'm all ears then kiddo." Nova raised her head to look at the clear blue sky and put a hand to support her chin, thinking about it. It didn't take too much thinking to realize that maybe telling the truth might set them free and get them support from everyone, she just wanted to add some drama to the whole situation; even if there was enough of it already.

"You can explain why are you doing this and ask for the Council to help you." Natsu let out a dry sarcastic laugh at the option given by his supposed 'daughter', she tilted her head to look at him in question, a slight narrow of her eyes telling him that she didn't like that reaction.

"Please! Turn ourselves in? Do you even know what we did so far? What we're planning to do?" The tied down man asked while facing the girl with a scowl on his face, his voice rising a bit with each passing word that came out his mouth. "If the Council gets us, helping us will be the last of their choices! They'll execute us or jailed us for life!"

"Well then, that's why we're here brother!" The boy next to Nova exclaimed, giving a step forward with a confident smile and a thumb pointed at his chest. "If they don't believe you, then all we have to do is tell them about what will happen if they do not listen to your warnings!"

"Tch! don't make me laugh again, brother, who says that they are going to believe you two? For all they know, you are part of this too!"

"Have a little faith father, and stop antagonizing us; we're on your side." Nova said rather troubled after hearing his father's words, Natsu just rolled his eyes at them and shut his mouth, closing his eyes to make them notice that he didn't have anything else to say.

"Brother…" Kaki whispered under his breath, gazing sadly at the girl next to him that was curling her hands into fist in impotence; though, taking notice of this, Gray moved from his spot and went next to the pink-haired, frowning at him before giving him a hard kick on the ribs.

"Ow! W-what was that for! ?" He received another kick as an answer.

"I can't believe it man, you're planning to betray us and when a chance comes to get yourself out of this, you push it away!" He gave him another kick before kneeling to look at the man closely, the words coming out with sadness and anger. "Tell us what the fuck is going on flame-brain or I'll make sure that your plan stops right here!"

"…" Natsu remained quiet, shrugging the pain he felt away and continuing to stare the stoned floor with indifference in his eyes. Gray was going to kick him again when he felt a hand on his shoulder that made him turn to see who it was.

"Erza… No, Nova was it?" She nodded and asked him to move back with a light tilting of her head, he looked at her troubled for a second before giving Natsu the kick he deserved and going back to where he previously stood, watching with interested at the girl. She kneeled at Natsu's side and started to whisper things to him that seemed to catch his attention. "What is she planning to do?"

"Perhaps talk some sense into him? She said she came from the future, so maybe she knows something that can make him talk…" Lucy said in thinking, turning to see the red-head at her side, seeing the stoic expression she had while watching the change of words between their stubborn friend and the girl.

"Tsk, I hope you're right, god knows that we want to help him but not blindly…" The ice-mage said ending the conversation, preferring to keep a close watch over the foreigners standing across them; crossing his eyes with Literio at some point, the blonde glaring daggers that he fought with his own glare. 'Stop glaring at me dammit!'

'When you stop glaring at me Fullbuster!'

'Uh! ? What the hell! ?' Both widened their eyes in surprise before moving quickly their heads to a side, preferring to ignore each other than to have something like that ever happening again.

Now, I know that keeping you out of Natsu's and Nova's conversation is slightly killing you, so what if we check a little on them now? It was mostly a one-sided talk, since she was telling him everything that was going to happen if he continued to disregard her and his friends help in this matter that for Natsu now seemed to be authentically a life or death matter of not just Fiore but the entire world. "Are you listening Father?"

Natsu shook his head to clear his head of useless thoughts and stared back at the red-head, a slight frown on his face. "Sorry, I was zoning out, and stop calling me like that!"

She arched an eyebrow at his last words. "Like what?"

"Don't play stupid with me little girl, stop addressing me as Father! For what I know you're not my daughter!" She looked hurt for a second, changing her expression to a stoic one before nodding.

"Okay, Natsu, did you at least get the message of what I told?" He gave her a short nod; she sighed and asked for him to move over his belly, untying him under the surprised expressions of most of the people around them, Kaki just nodding and smirking victoriously at the action; both stood up from the ground and exchanged looks before turning to their own groups, Natsu coming close to his friends and asking for the foreigners to get near before he said anything while she whispered some things to the boy that came with her.

Once everyone was around Natsu, or at least close to hear him, he cough on his fist and started to explain his actions to everyone.

"During my travel through the eastern country I found out about a guy that, according to what people said, knew everything and was able to see into the future; I met with him after travelling to the remote village in which he lived and asked him about Igneel and the other dragons but instead he told me and showed me something more important."

"The reason behind why all of them left the 7-7-x777 and what is our job while they're gone…" Literio added without looking at the people close to him, preferring to lean back against a wall with his arms crossed and a serious expression. Natsu looked at him from the corner of his eye and nodded to his words before continuing.

"He explained to me that someone called 'the dark one' will come to destroy everything and that only the combine strength of the dragon-slayers can defeat him…"

"But that won't be enough, not even with Fairy Tail and the other guilds help." Nova intervened, stepping close to the group of wizards and surprising them with her words. "Because the assault on the Council and the day in which 'the dark one' will appear will be on the same date, all of you will be too weak to oppose him or his followers so the battle will be lost…"

"And when would that be?" Lucy asked, a little frightened at the news she and her friends were receiving so suddenly; Gray nodded at her question, shifting to look at the red-head from the future when she debated with Kaki whether to tell them or not. Kaki just whispered something and Nova nodded before going back to face the group.

"A year and half from today, the fate of the world will be decided and only if we unite forces we'll be able to survive." Eyes widened in shock were the only response to her words, only the sound of rustling clothes and wind blowing freely on the lone streets being heard. Nova shifted on her feet and tried to find some comfortable position in the awkward silence that she created before opening her mouth again to speak. "I know that this doesn't sound to encouraging but, it's what's in store for you if you keep up with your original plan…"

"Yeah, saving that dragon-slayer is going to leave all of you wasted, even you brother…" Kaki added with a nodded, his eyes scanning the different reactions of the people present. Though, what he said was something that made the Fairy Tail mages turn to look at him in question.

"Dragon-slayer? Inside the council's prison?" Lucy managed to voice out, Gray staring wide eyed at the young boy before changing his view to Natsu; who was looking at the future boy with a frown.

"What does he mean Natsu? What other dragon-slayer?" He asked loud enough to gain his attention, Natsu tilted his head to look at him from the corner of his eyes, and giving away the fact that he didn't wanted to let that information out for them.

"Tell them Natsu, who is the one you're trying to free with all this senseless violence." Nova urged a response to Gray's question, the pink-haired man moving his eyes to glare at her before looking down. Debating internally again if he should tell them or not... only that this time, the waiting was not long.

"We're weakening Fiore and it's guilds to attack the Council without much resistance, and free the Star Dragon-Slayer that they have been keeping jailed without knowing of his heritage…" He began, swallowing hard and looking at Erza apologetically before continuing, she just raised an eyebrow at his action. "We were supposed to free…"

Era; prison cells of the Magic Council.

'I come in the name of Asa to tell you that it has been a change of plans, Jellal Fernandez.' Stated Hyde ceremonially, not meeting eyes with the blue-haired man that was holding him tightly by the collar of his robes. Jellal eyes widened before loosening the hold he had over the man's clothes, staring unbelievably at the man in front of him before being able to form words to question him about it.

'You mean… Natsu stopped this madness?' Hyde shook his head. The blue-haired man didn't lose time to grabbed him strongly by the collar again and raise him from the ground to make a point in his next question. 'Then what's going to happen! ?'

'Simple, you'll be freed but in a more common way.'

'And why is that?'

'I cannot tell you.' Jellal released the hold of one of his hands on the man's collar and clenched it into a fist, quickly giving the frail looking guy a hard punch in the face. Cheekbone and fist making a loud clashing sound in the middle of the lone darkness.

'You WILL tell me!' Hyde just shrugged the previous action and sighed, shaking his head lightly before meeting the guy's eyes for the first time; a dead serious expression overtaking him.

'I cannot tell you, you'll have to find out by yourself.' Jellal gritted his teeth in rage, a golden aura starting to surround him without him noticing it but shocking Hyde who was able to witness the strange occurrence.

'You will tell me, or you'll die in your sleep.' He whispered dangerously calm to the man in front of him, raising his fist again, only that these time this one was engulfed with the golden aura. Hyde stared wide eyed at the fist, unable to respond or give a simple movement of acknowledgment, giving Jellal the wrong impression. 'I warned you.'

The clenched fist moved faster than the sound and connected a strong hit against Hyde's gut, disintegrating the clothes he had in the area and sending him flying towards the total darkness from which he appeared, falling unconscious in the invisible floor after being 20 meters away from… the star dragon-slayer.

Jellal panted heavily, trying to catch his breath, his body sweating and shaking uncontrollably before him, his vision blurring as his body fell to the ground and his consciousness seemed to be coming back. He only had one thought before completely falling on the old prison cell in which he was at since 5 years back.

'What… was that…?'

To be continued

Sorry for the long waiting, I had a writer's block and nothing seemed to be coming through to at least complete one chapter of this story. xD

For getting out of it, I want to give a warm hug and thank you to my friends and fellow NaZa writers, that by talking to me, gave me back my imagination and helped to drive back that damn writer's block. I hope we never see it again... or at least for a long time. XDD

Thanks NxE-Forever, KnightScales15 and shinji01hikari, though that doesn't mean that the Project will be cancel, oh no, I'll see that it gets finish and publish before the end of the year... XDDD Hahaha!

Enjoy this chapter my friends, the next one is just around the corner... XD

Saludos!

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