Master Dragneel: Those 7 Long Years
Chapter 2: Gains and Losses
Fairy Tail Guild Hall, Magnolia, Fiore December 8th, X784
It had been a day since the Tenrou group had left the Hargeon port for Tenrou Island. The guild members who'd stayed behind, were talking about their picks for the next S Class mage of Fairy Tail.
"I say its gonna be Gray. He's been working hard lately" said a slight drunk Macao.
"No way! Its gonna be our Cana. She's been picked each time for the last few years so I bet its gonna be her" disputed Wakaba who himself was slightly drunk.
"I think Levy-san has what it takes to become the next S Class mage. She's very smart and can use that to take down someone more powerful" pointed out Kinanna.
"Don't count out Freed and Bickslow guys. Those guys were in a team with Laxus and have trained together quite a bit. I'd say Freed has the best chance because of how long he's been in a team with Bickslow" added in Natsu.
It was at that moment, that someone barged into the guild hall. Said person was about 4.5 feet in height, had pink hair, was about 13 years old and was a girl. The girl was in pretty bad shape. She had cuts and bruises all over her, she then dropped unconscious due to her exhausted state.
"Meredy!" screamed a worried Ultear.
"I'll help her" said Wendy as Happy, Carla and Pantherlilly helped her take Meredy up to the infirmary.
Once Wendy and the exceed came back, everyone swarmed her asking for news.
"We're going to need Porlyusica's help if we want to heal her up completely. I did what I could. I-I'm sorry!" yelped out Wendy.
"Its alright Wendy. We know you did your best. Why don't you get some rest while Alzack and Bisca go and get Porlyusica" said Natsu.
The two gun mages nodded when the doors were blown off their hinges.
Standing in the smoke were two mages. One was well built with some muscle, a crazy, deranged look on his face with wild blonde hair, and the other had a slick, black hair, was extremely chubby, wore only a speedo, and had a doll in his hand.
"Zancrow and Kain!? What are you doing here!? Were you the ones who hurt Meredy!?" asked an enraged Ultear.
"Yeah we were. That little brats' been running for days trying to get to you to warn you about our attack on Tenrou Island. She was scared you would be there and that you would get hurt." replied Zancrow cockily.
"WHAT! TENROU ISLAND IS UNDER ATTACK!" screamed the Fairy Tail members.
"Yeah. Apparently Zeref is on the Island and the rest of the guild has gone there to pick him up. Fact we get to destroy Fairy Tail is just icing on the cake." continued Zancrow.
Natsu was about to jump at Zancrow when Ultear stopped him and started to whisper to him.
"Natsu, I read somewhere that the only way for a dragon-slayer to beat a god-slayer is for the dragon-slayer to empty themselves of their magic, eat the god-slayers' magic and combine the two. Meaning you have to put everything into your attacks and then eat his because he's a Fire God-Slayer" explained Ultear.
"Thanks a lot, Ultear. You just made it more fun to beat the guy." said Natsu as he kissed Ultear before jumping at Zancrow.
"Fire Dragons Iron Fist! Fire Dragons Sword Horn! Fire Dragons Talon! Fire Dragons Wing Attack! Fire Dragons Roar! And to finish you off: Dragon-Slayer Secret Arts: Flame Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade!" said Natsu as he launched attack after attack at Zancrow.
Being the Fire God-slayer he is, Zancrow shrugged off those attacks. What he didn't know was that Natsu in just a few short minutes had emptied his container by putting all his powers into those attacks. So, when he sent Natsu his own attack, he was very surprised.
"I hardly felt a thing you weakling dragon-slayer. I am Zancrow a Fire God-Slayer. Don't you know that gods are better than dragons? Here let me show you. Fire Gods Bellow!" spoke the now overconfident Zancrow.
To his shock, Natsu ate the attack and swallowed. Seconds later, Natsu sent back the attack.
"Dragon-Gods Roaring Bellow!" yelled out Natsu.
Zancrow was so surprised at what had just happened, that he wasn't able to react in time to avoid the attack or even brace for it. The combination attack was so powerful, that Zancrow was defeated. Natsu however, promptly collapsed from exhaustion from having used so much power.
As Natsu defeated Zancrow, the rest of the guild was battling with Kain. Ultear let the main combatants how Kain's magic worked and how to defeat him. All that needed to be done was to avoid him getting close enough to you to get a piece of your hair. With that plan in mind, Gajeel kept firing Iron Dragon Roars at Kain, while Laki, Macao, Wakaba, Alzack and Bisca used their ranged magic to constantly bombard Kain with attacks, non-of them letting up. Wendy used her support magic to help their attacks be sent out faster and have more power behind them.
Due to the sheer number of attacks hitting him and the power behind each one, Kain was also brought down relatively quickly, as he couldn't do much to defend himself either.
"Yes! We beat them!" exclaimed the duo of Wakaba and Macao.
"Yeah but what were they doing here? Didn't one of them say something about how their guild is attacking Tenrou Island?" asked an increasingly worried Bisca.
"I don't know what Zancrow was talking about. As far as I know, Grimoire Heart had no plans to attack Fairy Tail or Tenrou Island. It must have something to do with Zeref. That's the only reason I can see why Hades would go after the Island and Fairy Tail at the same time like that.
"We have to go help them!" shouted most of the Fairy Tail members.
"What will we be able to do?" asked an equally worried Ultear. "Zancrow and Kain have been tracking Meredy for at least a few days. Which means that Hades would've told them a few days ago before Meredy ran off to find me. By the time we get to Hargeon, find a boat that will take us there, and get there, it could very well be over. And considering the power levels of who's left of the 7 Kin of Purgatory, I think Fairy Tail should be able to win. You guys said that Fairy Tail is a family, and family trusts one another and protects each other. If that's true, then against whoever's left, the Fairy Tail members on the island will succeed."
"Ultear's right guys. If 4 of the 7 Kin are here right now, then they don't have much to work with against the mages we have on Tenrou. I say we sit tight and wait for them to come back." agreed Natsu.
So that's what Fairy Tail ended up doing. They drank and talked with one another until a few hours later the doors burst open once again. It was the rune knights lead by Lahar and accompanied by Mest.
"Fairy Tail! The rune knights have come to report that the members of your guild who were on Tenrou Island have been killed by the dragon Acnologia. The council requests that you submit the name of a new master by the end of the month if you do not wish to get disbanded."
"What! There's no way that they could've been killed!" Said a grief stricken Bisca.
"Yeah what about Grimoire Heart? What happened to them? Surely those two guilds could've stopped this dragon together?" asked Wakaba.
"Fairy Tail had defeated Grimoire Heart before Acnologia came and destroyed the island in one attack. We are sorry for your loss good day."
"Wait a minute! What's Mest doing with you guys!?" Shouldn't he be on the island as well?" asked a confused Natsu.
"I was never a part of Fairy Tail. I had altered everyone's memories to make it seem like I was so that I could infiltrate the guild and help the council disband it. Unfortunately, I found nothing so unless you don't name a master within the next month, we won't be disbanding you." replied a stoic Mest.
Natsu was about to launch an attack at the rune knights but was stopped by Ultear.
"Don't Natsu. We'll just give them reason to shut the guild down if we do." said the sad and somber Ultear.
With that, the rune knights left the guild hall taking Zancrow and Kain with them. It took several hours for anything but sobbing to be heard in the guild hall.
"What are we doing!" yelled Natsu.
"Gramps and the others wouldn't want us to be sad! We should be smiling and partying to remember the great times we had with them, and then continue living on in their memory!"
After that speech, the rest of the guild perked up and started to agree with Natsu. Ultears' voice was next.
"We need to choose a master now that Master Makarov has perished with those on Tenrou Island."
"I-I-I think it should be Natsu" spoke a shy Wendy. "I mean he managed to make us smile despite what's happened. That's something that Master could do. He's also one of the strongest here."
One-by-one, the rest of the guild started to agree with her. Soon, everyone even a begrudging Gajeel was voicing their agreement and vote for Natsu to be Master.
"Are you guys sure? What if I mess up?" asked a reluctant Natsu.
"We'll all be here for you if you need help. We know you'll do a good job." said a supportive and encouraging Ultear who had the rest of the guild agreeing with her.
After taking a few moments to think, Natsu replied.
"I'll do it. Thank you all for choosing me. I won't let you down."
With that, the whole guild erupted in cheers.
"Master Natsu! Master Natsu!"
"W-W-What's with all the noise?" came a voice from the top of the stairs.
"Meredy?!" yelled Ultear as she ran up the stairs to hug the young girl.
"Ultear?! You're OK!"
"How'd you get away from Grimoire Heart?"
"I linked everyone on board and then kicked one of the guards in his private area"
The guild sweat-dropped at that.
"When everyone recovered, Master Hades sent Kain and Zancrow after me. I've been running from them for the last 3 days."
"Well you're safe now, Zancrow and Kain have been taken by the Magic Council, and according to them, Fairy Tail defeated the rest of them on Tenrou Island. The Fairy Tail members on Tenrou were however taken out by the Dragon of the Apocalypse Acnologia." said Ultear while still holding Meredy in her embrace.
"I'm so sorry" said a sad Meredy to the Fairy Tail guild.
"Meredy, now that Grimoire Heart has been disbanded, I'm guessing you have no where to go, you wanna join Fairy Tail?" asked Natsu.
"Are you guys really going to let me join?"
"Sure we will! You risked your life to try and help us even if you weren't able to help, of course we'd want you. Besides, Ultear would have my hide if I didn't."
"If you're sure then I'll join."
"Great! Kinanna, can you get Meredy her guild mark?"
"Sure! Where do you want it?" asked an egger Kinanna.
"I'll get it in pink on my left breast" said a now uplifted Meredy.
After Meredy got her guild mark, Natsu jumped up to the banister where Master Makarov sat just days earlier and started to speak.
"I know we have lost a lot of friends and family today. I know we all feel hurt and as if we can't do anything. But we can't do that. Remember that they would want us to live on for them. And we will! Because We Are Fairy Tail!"
With that everyone started to cheer.
"Natsu to keep up with how much the council requires each guild to pay, we're going to need you to promote at least two people to S Class. Especially since you can't take any S Class missions yourself." said Ultear.
After thinking about it for a few minutes Natsu announced his decision.
"Well I can think of two people who should be able to handle S Class missions. They are: Gajeel since he was an S Class in Phantom Lord, and Meredy, since according to Ultear, being a member of the 7 Kin meant you were at least an S Class mage."
Natsu's choice were meet with great applause by the guild and the two aforementioned mages were shocked but accepted the responsibility.
"Meredy just for your age, I want you to go with Gajeel on S Class missions for two years. After that, you can take them on your own." said a motherly Ultear.
The whole guild started to laugh at the pouting Meredy. After that, the whole guild started to celebrate the naming of the two new S Class mages. And they partied into the night.
Little did they know, that there would by problems other than dark mages to come in the following years.
There it is guys, the second chapter. Sorry for being a week late, I thought I would have time to upload in between moving back to university, but I didn't so I'm sorry for making you wait for so long. From here on out, it should be a chapter every week on Wednesday.
So, for those who asked about how Fairy Tail could've beaten Fairy Tail without the 3 dragon slayers, here is how they did it.
Kain, Zancrow, Meredy and Ultear weren't on the island, so that takes a majority of the 7 Kin out. Zoldeo, Rustyrose and Azuma are beaten as they were in cannon. Makarov isn't injured by Zancrow on Tenrou here so he has more power to beat Hades with the help of the rest of the guild. Hades however is much stronger in this version so it takes most of the guild to take him down. Because they weren't that good in a fight, Max, Droy, Reedus and Jet were the ones who destroyed the Grimoire Heart in the ship. Laxus didn't show up on Tenrou (Natsu still has to get Lightning Flame Dragon Mode.) Bluenote and Gildarts still have their battle.
Fairy Tail due to Hades being stronger, still took a lot of damage and as a result, weren't able to escape Acnologia.
I'm going to put a poll on my profile for the name of Natsu and Ultears' child. The name will also have the gender next to it. Please go and vote for your choice.
Also, should Ultear adopt Meredy and have her as the "first" child for Natsu and Ultear. If she becomes the one of Natsu and Ultears' children, she and Wendy will have a sisterly relationship. If she isn't she and Wendy will become the new Erza and Mira/ Gray and Natsu. Let me know which one you prefer.
I hope you all enjoyed the story so far, and please let me know of anything I can do to make it better.
Thanks for stopping by, see you all next time.