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Chapter 3: The Dragon Knight Recons
0600 Hours
This time, Erza was the one who woke up first. She looked at the pink haired pilot and saw how peaceful his face looked when he was sleeping. Erza knew how close they were to each other but she decided to stay like this until Natsu woke up.
"He's so warm... it makes me feel safe, I like this feeling." She sighed to herself and let sleep consume her again.
A few minutes after Erza fell back to sleep Natsu had woken up and looked at Erza. 'She's so cute when she's not threatening everybody.' He thought as he chuckled. Natsu got up placing Erza carefully in a comfortable position so she wouldn't kill him when she wakes up. He realised that he was half naked with only boxers on. 'Since when did I...?' As he rummaged through his briefcase a small picture fell out. It showed a baby girl with a small tuft of blue hair and her mother holding her in her bundle. On the right side was a small pink haired boy on top of his red-haired father's shoulders hands in the air.
This was the Dragneel family. Natsu stared at this picture as his vision blurred and tears dropped on the picture. Natsu dropped the picture and sobbed remembering all the memories that had happened. Suddenly a pair of benevolent hands wrapped around Natsu's bare chest and the said man turned around looking into brown orbs. Brown meets Onyx eyes; Erza had a look of worry in her face and pulled Natsu into a tight hug.
"It's ok Natsu, let it all out." Erza said in a comforting voice as Natsu started to sob quietly making Erza's night gown wet from the tears of the Dragon Pilot. Erza had never expected Natsu to just break down like this and she hated how she couldn't do anything to help. Minutes passed and Natsu finally calmed down.
"Now Natsu, you think you could tell me what happened in that picture?" Erza said "T-This was my family. We got separated when the war happened when I was 4. My sister; Wendy Dragneel was only 13 months old... during the evacuation the bridge we were in was destroyed when an Acnologian Super Hornet dropped a bomb separating our family; my mum with my sister and me with my dad." Natsu explained tears threatening to fall out again.
"Oh Natsu I'm so sorry you had to go through such difficult experience." Erza said feeling empathy for the man.
"I'm not finished. When I was 7, I watched my father die in front of me when the building had collapsed. He said to me: "Find Fairy Tail and join it." Well look at me now I'm the most ranked person on this planet..." Natsu looked at the clock and it showed the big hand on 8 "I think we should get going now."
Erza wiped the small tears off Natsu's face and smiled. "Yes, yes we should."
They had gotten changed and were now in a tunnel under Erza's cave/home. "Where are we going?" Natsu asked as he put his hand behind his head. "You'll see Natsu, and stop whining. God Natsu you're a fully grown man and you still act like a child." Erza chuckled as Natsu sweatdropped "I am not whining! That much..." Natsu argued back. "And besides can a man whine every once in a while?"
"We're here!" Erza said completely ignoring Natsu's question.
"What is this?" He said as he faced a completely flat wall.
"This Natsu." She walked over to the wall and pressed her hands against it and a blue square appeared around her hand making the wall change figure into a stock of guns she owned. "-Is my gun shelf."
Natsu looked impressed at the amount of guns she had but he was also impressed how much of the guns were sorted out into different categories like the LMGs 'Wait, why the hell does she have LMGs?' "Well I gotta say Erza. This is impressive; you even sorted these weapon categories out into stacks."
"Well I like to be organised." Erza replied as she folded her hands under her busty chest. "So what gun would you like? I mean you need an automatic weapon not just a bolt action weapon."
"Hmm..." Natsu scanned the shelf. He thought the Assault Rifles were too loud and obnoxious and so were the Light Machine Guns. He spotted a gun which had its barrel as a silencer and he instantly recognised the weapon. It was the AS VAL, A weapon that the Special Agents of the City of Mekura use. A weapon that was a favourite to Natsu. Next to his M98MB of course.
"I'll take this one!" He said as he picked up the AS VAL "So what sight would you like to put on it Natsu?" Erza replied back as she too was looking for weapons
"I'll take the Kobra Sight and I'll add a foregrip with laser sight."
"Oh? Are you using the same loadout as the Agents use from the City of Mekura?"
"So you know them as well?"
"Fairy Tail had to help them rid of the Phantom base in the city."
"Ah that's why your face seemed so similar." Natsu said as he attached the sights and other accessories on his gun.
"Whatever do you mean?" Erza questioned after she picked her gun which was a bullpup FN2000 silenced.
"Do you remember the time when you were surrounded by enemies?"
"Y-Yes, and then all of a sudden each one of them dropped... dead... was that you?!"
Natsu smirked as he cocked his AS VAL "Yep."
"Well I guess I owe you something then." She walked closer to Natsu
"No, no it's alright you don't need to-"Erza kissed Natsu on the cheek "Thank you." Erza spoke quietly as her cheeks were fiercely red and so was Natu's.
"E-Erm... I think we should... head out..."
"Y-Yeah good idea..."
1200 Hours
It was good 3 hour train ride as they departed from the train. Natsu led the way as Erza covered Natsu's back. However, it seemed that the coordinates were wrong. Erza scanned around the area and noticed an abandoned mineshaft. They both went inside and saw steel doors that stood firm and tall.
"Natsu, we're here!"
"Alright, so are you ready?
"More than ever."
"Here goes Hell and Out."
Natsu threw a smoke grenade right into the base doors and as soon as the smoke went off so did the alarms. Natsu and Erza who were dressed in Black Recon Clothes sprinted into the doorway only to be greeted with the enemy. They started firing their weapons at them; bullets flew everywhere but Erza and Natsu managed to take them out. The red head ran past the dead guards but was disarmed by a woman hiding in the shadows. This became a melee fight.
"So, Erza we meet again?" The woman appeared from the shadows, she had purple hair and wore a somewhat a robe.
"Iris Jetkoru, the ace close combater of Phantom."
"Enough talk let's fight."
Iris swung her hand at Erza's face but was blocked and Erza did a backwards cartwheel kicking Iris in the face sending her back into the wall. Erza punched Iris but she dodged it performing an uppercut to Titania's face. Erza had regained herself and she decided to end this. She walked across the wall kicking her in the face and jabbing her pressure points temporarily disabling her limbs from moving. Iris head butted Erza's face and caused her to have a nosebleed. Erza in anger jumped and roundhouse kicked her in the face smashing her to the hard steel floor.
"Damn you Titania, I'll get you I sw-"A swift kick to the face silenced Iris as she lay there unconscious. Erza turned around to see piles of bodied trailing across the hall. Erza sweatdropped 'W-wow Natsu... I must admit, you deserve the title of the most ranked person in the world.'
Meanwhile with Natsu.
Natsu cracked his knuckles and neck. "Awww, You guys didn't put up a fight I expected. I thought this was the most heavily defended base of Phant-" Natsu's instincts suddenly kicked in; his pupils went into slits as time seemed to slow down. He bent backwards dodging the 4 bullets that were all perfectly lined leaving him to see the mini sonic booms it made from the back of the bullets. His eyes reverted to normal and there at the end of the corridor was a man dressed in a red clad cloak and with black and white hair, a 93R held in his right hand.
"Ah, as expected of the Salamander, Dragon Pilot. The hidden power each 4 of the Dragon Pilots possess are quite powerful aren't they?" The man spoke in a cocky manner
" Totomaru... " Natsu said through his teeth "It seems Jose Porla wants to go all out in his defence system am I right?"
"Indeed! Now. Face your Death!" The man called Totomaru screamed as he shot from his burst fire pistol.
Natsu took cover from the onslaught of the bullets in his way as he jumped at the end of the corridor taking cover.
"You can't hide there forever little dragon!"
He was right, if he didn't do anything he would get hit by one of the bullets and that was not a good experience, since when he saw the bullets they were NATO rounds and are bigger than the average pistol ammo. 'Dammit! Am I going to have to use that?!' He blind fired across the corridor to Totomaru's position with his AS VAL but Totomaru also took position in the walls escaping the bullets. Suddenly a bullet hit Natsu in the shoulder making him yelp out in pain.
"Aha! How does that feel little dragon! Painful isn't it?" The man taunted which angered Natsu.
' Agh, fuck this, screw him. I'm using it.'
Erza came around the corridor to find Natsu and Totomaru in a gun fight. When she was about to interfere something caught her by surprise. Natsu's eyes closed and when they opened everything froze with a colour of light red painted on the objects around Natsu. Erza saw Natsu travel at inhuman speeds that practically broke the speed of sound and cut Totomaru's throat with the double edged military combat knife. Everything stood still for a few seconds until the colour was back to normal. A loud boom was heard where Natsu literally 'teleported' from. The sonic boom caused the wall to have a huge dent. Totomaru's body still stood up now fell with blood spurting from the neck. Natsu put away his knife and glanced at Erza.
"Come, let us destroy this god forsaken place."
Erza smirked and followed Natsu in the windy corridor. Finally they ended up in this office which was empty and contained maps with drawings and markings. Erza investigated the maps and noticed all the X's were the base they had all destroyed and the circles were their bases that were destroyed in the Kingdom of Arat. Natsu on the other hand was rummaging through the desk as he found what he needed. Natsu suddenly froze.
"Hey Erza, do you know that feeling when something's back about to happen?"
"I do...?"
"Well I'm feeling it right now."
As if on Cue, the whole room was lifted in the air.
"Woah What in the Fuck!" Both Erza and Natsu screamed.
"Quick! Throw me the flashy purple thingy!" Erza tossed him the object and threw it where the room originally was.
"What the hell did you just throw?!" Erza shouted so her voice could be heard from the Helicopter motors.
"A Nova bomb! It is set to explode in 5 minutes! This chopper isn't ours by the way! Climb the rope!"
Erza's eyes widened "ARE YOU INSANE?! A NOVA BOMB?! THAT JUST FREAKING DANG-" Natsu grabbed her waist causing the Knight to blush and pulled her up the rope knocking off some Phantom Jackey's off the Helicopter in the process. Natsu followed on and pointed his pistol directly at the pilot's head.
"I think we are hijacking this helicopter right now." He smirked and threw the pilot off the helicopter. Natsu got into the driver's seat whilst he put on a helmet and wrapped his hands around the steering wheel while pressing a few buttons to put the helicopter into max speed. Erza put the seatbelt around her and looked to her left facing the Phantom Base which had a weird purple glow to it.
"Um, Natsu? What the hell is that strange weird purple vortex?"
"That's the Nova bomb effect taking place! Hold on tight! The turbulence will be rough!"
The Nova Bomb exploded. Well, it didn't actually explode. Because as you see, this bomb is a space vacuum and will suck anything in and disintegrate it to tiny pieces and then scatters/blast the particles and shards in different direction. And it just did that. The whole of the base got sucked in and with a huge sucking noise and silence. Until an ear piercing boom echoed through the forest. Debris was flown everywhere and almost hit one of the motors on the helicopter.
"Shit! That was close!" Natsu said as he swerved left and right with amazing skill.
1 Hour Later
"Ne, Natsu?" Erza asked as she sat in the co-pilot seat admiring the view of the mountains on her right.
"When you were fighting that guy with the black and white hair, I came over as you noticed but before that, the room turned a light shade of red and everything just froze! Then when I blinked you travelled 20 meters faster than sound... What was that?"
Natsu was silent for a few seconds and finally spoke with a monotonous voice. "That is the power which all 'Dragon Slayer's have. We all have different ones, like mine is to basically stop time and travel faster than the speed of sound. It's in our genes. Our fathers had it and our forefathers had it. Anything I touch, when I travel at the speed of sound, so does the object I'm holding on to. So If I was in a jet I can make it so it would travel faster than anything on this planet. This power is called 'Dragon Force'. "
"Dragon force... so you had this power all the time?" Natsu nodded.
"Yes, so does Gajeel, Sting and Rogue."
"Can you tell me what their Dragon Force is?" Erza faced Natsu and tipped her head slightly to the right with a confused face which Natsu found adorably cute.
"Well, Gajeel's power is to turn him and anything he touches into impenetrable iron." Erza's eyes widened
"Sting's power is warping from places to places hence his nickname we call him 'Light Speed' and Rogue's power is to make an area pitch black with no light at all."
"Jeez, all you guys are so powerful!"
"You're quite powerful too; you could even match Rogue and Sting!" Natsu said while grinning like a mad man failing to notice Erza's bright red face.
"J-J-Just drive already!"
"Flying Erza, we're flying."
"I know that!"
"Then why-"
"URUSAI!"
Well, hope you enjoyed that :D I'm sure as hell I did. So yeah I'll be able to update frequently! Btw I was supposed to extend this to where they would share their memories but like I ended up deciding to do that in the next chapter so as you're reading this I'm basically typing the next Chapter up :P
So in the meantime!
*Salutes* Peace out!