Chapter 6: Emergency Quest
Natsu and his group of Friends from Fairy Tail have just left the restaurant that they were eating at.
"So what do you guys want to do now?" asked Natsu looking at the wizards of Fairy Tail.
"We could always head back to the guild." suggested Master Makarov.
"That sounds like an okay idea, are you sure that your other mages will be able to handle a mage from the Slayers staying there?" asked Natsu with a big smirk.
"They will have to Natsu, no friend of mine will feel unwelcomed at my guild." stated Makarov with a confident grin.
"You are a really unique mage, Master Makarov, and it appears that you are raising other unique mages. And that is probably one of the best things that I have seen in a long time." replied Natsu with a big smile stretching across his face.
"Thanks Natsu, glad to hear that you approve." said Makarov still grinning. As the group continued on towards the guild until something dropped from the sky and landed in front of their small group.
"I knew that you would be nearby Natsu." stated a blue haired women that's features were extremely close to Erza's figure. Her outfit was almost identical to Natsu's except for that instead of the colors of black and red, she wore blue and grey. She also wore a skirt and tight shorts, rather than the pants that Natsu wears; she too had a surprising amount of scars on her that she obtained during battles. But unlike Natsu it appeared that she was able to keep her head and neck away from getting scars.
"Hey Wendy, how did you know that I would be here?" asked Natsu, now revealing to the group that this was the girl that was in Ur's story.
"You always come and visit his grave whenever you are in the area Natsu." replied Wendy now having a sad expression on her face.
"Hey come on Wendy, you know that he wouldn't want you to be sad about it still." stated Natsu as he approached her.
"Natsu's right Wendy, Happy died doing what he believed was right and would much rather she you smiling like you usually are." stated a white cat that floated down and landed on Wendy's shoulder.
"I know Carla, it's just still hard knowing that we are never going to see him again." replied Wendy.
"Wendy we know it's hard, but we have to keep fighting it's what he would have wanted, and I assume that you came here for some other reason other than talking about Happy?" asked Natsu.
"Sorry about that Natsu, I forgot, Master sent me to get you since you were the closest one. We were given an emergency quest by the council that needs to be completed as soon as possible." replied Wendy giving Natsu a small bow.
"Well it looks like we are going to have to have our little duel later Erza, the joys of being the cleanup crew for the Council." said Natsu while looking at the red haired knight.
"Does this happen often?" asked Erza, sad that she wasn't going to be able to fight him.
"More often than you would think, this is why I had to run out at our last dinner Makarov. So Wendy what did they screw up this time, or is a Dark Guild getting too bold with their actions?" asked Natsu.
"Both actually, one of their artifacts was stolen by a Dark Guild and the Council doesn't know what they are going to do with it." explained Wendy.
"So what artifact was it?" asked Natsu.
"Well you see it's…" said Wendy clearly not wanting to tell him.
"Wendy out with it now, you know that I will never go into a situation blindly if I don't have to." stated Natsu in a deep tone that startled the other girls.
"It's Lullaby Natsu, another one of Zeref's demons." said Charle stepping in so Wendy wouldn't have to give him the info.
"Fuck, you should have said that right away. I assume that all limitations are taken off?" asked Natsu with his head down so his eyes were shadowed, but the mages of Fairy Tail were more concerned about the magic that was emanating off of him in huge waves.
"Yes Natsu, no restrictions, all that matters is that Lullaby is stopped. They are supposed to be located north of Oshibana but you are guaranteed to smell it so you will find them." answered Charle with a frown.
"Then I will meet you two there." said Natsu as he started to walk away from them.
"Ile Vernier!" said Wendy as a magical circle appeared under Natsu.
"Thanks Wendy." said Natsu as he gave her a quick smile while looking over his shoulder and then took off at speeds that shouldn't have been possible for a human.
"We better go after him." stated Charle looking at Wendy who still was frowning.
"Wait Wendy, I never got to thank you for what you did for me all those years ago." said Ur as she stepped forward and gave a large bow to Wendy to show her how much it meant to her.
"It really wasn't much, but your welcome anyways." said Wendy as she was once again about to take off after Natsu.
"The Lullaby that you are going to go fight isn't the ones from the stories is it?" asked Lucy nervously hoping that she didn't actually hear Zeref's name.
"Yes it is, which if we stay here much longer we will be late for the fighting." stated Wendy in a neutral tone.
"How are you so calm, you are going after something that can kill you with just hearing it?" asked Lucy.
"Because this is what we do, when the kingdom of Fiore or the Council needs something done we are the ones that are called." stated Wendy still looking as if this was just a normal day to her.
"One more question and the you can go Wendy, why did Natsu get so worked up learning what you guys were going after?" asked Mira wanting to know why it looked like he was about to explode. Wendy dropped her head and then started to explain quickly so that she could go after Natsu.
"Over the years Natsu has fought a lot of the demons that Zeref had created, Deliora for example was one of the bigger ones. But unfortunately he wasn't always the first one sent to deal with them because he wasn't in the area, and on a few of those we lost members. He of course blames himself and would strive harder to try and not let that ever happen again, but what happened two years ago made Natsu have only two goals in his life, one was to never break his last promise with Happy. The other one was to absolutely wipe anything even remotely related to Zeref off the face of the world." explained Wendy still with her head down.
"But that really doesn't make sense Happy died saving me from the Beast, which had nothing to do with Zeref." stated Lisanna with a sad expression.
"That's where you would be wrong; the Beast was actually created by Zeref followers trying to reproduce Deliora. This is why Natsu is now getting rid of anything related to Zeref. But now I must really go, Charle max speed please." said Wendy as she jumped into the air and was caught by her white cat.
"You didn't even have to ask Wendy." replied Charle as she the rocketed away from the group of Fairy Tail mages.
"Don't you think that we should follow them in case that they need help Master?" asked Erza.
"Erza is right Master, it looks like just the two of them are going to have to take down an entire Dark Guild and then deal with a legendary demon from the book of Zeref." inputted Ur.
"We can definitely try to catch up to them." answered Master Makarov as they headed to their magic mobile.
"Well judging by how angry Natsu looked, it shouldn't be that hard to spot where the battle would be happening." pointed out Mira as they all climbed into the vehicle and Master Makarov strapped into the plug and took the wheel.
"You do have a point there Mira." replied Makarov as they took off after the two Slayers.
"Master I have a question, that I became curious after hearing you and Natsu talk." said Lucy.
"And what would that be Lucy?" asked Master Makarov still making the vehicle soar on the roads.
"Well it is actually a question that Ur might know too, but how old is Natsu? You both made it sound like you meet him quite a while ago and he only appears to be in his mid-twenties, and you also made a comment about him not looking any different." asked Lucy looking at Ur since Master Makarov was busy driving.
"Well I don't know how old he is, but I first saw him ten years ago and he looked to be the same age as he is now, only difference is that he has more scars now." answered Ur.
"Same for me Lucy, but I have known him for an additional five years, but it still looks like he hasn't aged a day." replied Master Makarov.
"Wait so the rumors about him being one of the founding members might actually be true?" asked Lisanna.
"It would appear that rumor might not be that far off." stated Erza apparently fine that Natsu could be over a hundred years old.
"You know Lucy the best way to figure this out would be to just talk with him, he seems like he doesn't mind telling things about himself and actually enjoys people treating him normally." said Mira.
"Yeah you are probably right, so how much longer until we get there?" asked Lucy.
"Another two hours probably." said Ur while looking outside at everything zipping by them.
The rest of the ride was pretty quiet and they passed Oshibana about ten minutes ago and then headed to large amount of smoke in the distance. Once they got there they were all surprised at what they saw, the best description was a warzone. Absolutely everything in the area was covered in ash or charred black, there was also numerous fires still burning and some of them seemed to keep burning even though there was nothing left for them to burn.
The group slowly made their way towards what they assumed used to be the guild hall of the Dark Guild. Half of its roof was blown off, the doors were no longer attached to the frame and like everything in this area fire was everywhere. As they were getting closer Lisanna tripped on something that she didn't see, upon looking at what she tripped over she was completely horrified.
"Lisanna what's wrong?" asked Mira noticing the scared expression that her sister now had.
"It's a body!" said Lisanna pointing with a shaking finger at the black object at her feet. They now noticed that Lisanna was correct and at her feet was indeed a body, but what made it terrifying was that you could tell that whoever it was in incredible pain as they died. It would appear that the person was burnt alive, which could easily be seen as a really painful way to go.
They then unfortunately, noticed that it wasn't the only body, spread all over the ground there were numerous bodies that looked like they shared the same fate as the first one. But after closer inspections it could be seen that some died from being shot in the head while others simply just had their throats cut. Those that didn't go out either of those ways died to the fire that apparently consumed everything in this area.
"Who would do such a thing?" asked a shaking Lucy, having never seen so many dead bodies, actually having never seen one dead body before.
"Isn't it obvious." stated Ur, looking like she wasn't surprised to find this.
"No it isn't at least not for me." stated the still shaking Lucy.
"It was the Salamander." answered Erza while still looking at all what one single man was capable of doing by himself.
"No this isn't like Natsu, this is just too brutal." replied Lucy shaking her head back and forth in denial.
"Sorry but this was definitely the Salamander, you just haven't seen him when he is actually fighting." said Mira who also surprisingly looked fine with it, unlike her sister Lisanna who was freaking out with Lucy but not saying anything.
"But Natsu was so nice, how can he do something so terrible?" asked Lucy.
"Because it wasn't Natsu, Lucy." replied Master Makarov.
"You guys just said that it was him moments ago." stated a now confused Lucy.
"No we said that it was the Salamander, the best way to look at it is that Natsu has two personalities. The one that you and the rest of us have met, which is Natsu, and the other one that only comes out for his enemies and that would be the Salamander." explained Master Makarov.
"Okay I guess that makes sense, but why is he killing all of them?" asked Lucy looking at all of the bodies.
"Well if you remember the white cat, Carla I think was her name, said that there was no restrictions which I take it means that he can use lethal force. It might even be encouraged when dealing with situations like this, because if you kill your enemy there is no way for them to get in your way later. Also considering that this is a Dark Guild he might have been ordered to eliminate them rather than arrest them because it is easier for the Council that way. All I can say is that I am glad that I am not him, because not everyone can take people's lives and still remain as human as Natsu is, even if he is killing despicable humans. We should all really be thankful that the Slayers are willing to do the things that we can't or are not willing to do." said Master Makarov while stroking his mustache.
"They truly don't get the thanks that they should do they?" asked Erza coming up to the Master.
"Yes, and it probably won't ever happen. But I know that I will be eternally grateful to them." said Ur.
"Me too Ur, without them there is a good chance Lisanna and I wouldn't be here either." said Mira coming up to the group. They all heard a terrible scream come from inside the guild and a man with black spiky hair came staggering out while another scream was heard.
"Run for the love of god, before that monster comes back." said the man as he fell before them, but continued to crawl away from the guild.
"What monster?" asked Lucy nervous at the prospect of a monster being inside of the guild.
"The, the, the, sss…" spoke the man not being able to get his words out.
"Spit it out already." said Erza as she turned the man onto his back so that they could look at his face. What they saw was that half of his body was brutally burned and appeared to be causing the man server pain.
"The Salamander." he croaked out and closed his eyes.
"Oh my god did he just die in front of us?" asked Lucy with her eyes opened as wide as humanly possible.
"Settle down Lucy he just passed out." replied Erza as she checked his pulse.
"Why are you guys here." came a growl from behind them. They turned around and were once again shocked by what they saw. Standing in the doorway was Natsu Dragneel covered in copious amounts of blood and soot holding a dagger in each of his hands that were literally dripping blood.
"We came in case you guys needed help." replied Erza.
"That was not needed." said Wendy stepping right next to Natsu. She too had blood on her but it was nothing compared to what Natsu had on him, she also was in the process of cleaning her katana making sure that she removed all of the blood.
"We were concerned, it was just the two of you against a whole Dark Guild." explained Mira.
"That was very rude of you to disregard me." said someone who walked up to the other side of Wendy. It was another woman who happened to be just a little shorter than Wendy, she also had on an outfit identical to Wendy except that hers was white and grey colored. But what stood out the most was that her hair was white and had two cat ears sticking out of it, she also had a white tail swishing back and forth. And her hands weren't normal either, they looked like human hands mixed with cats because they were covered in white fur and had razor sharp claws at the tips of her fingers, that happened to be covered in blood, which seemed like it was a thing that all three of them had in common.
"Who are you, I don't think that we have met before?" asked Lisanna.
"Ignorant Humans, you met me earlier today." stated the weird cat lady in disgust.
"I am pretty sure that we would have remembered if we met you before." stated Ur also having no idea who this new women was.
"Like I said before ignorant humans, we don't have time for this." said the cat lady.
"That is Carla guys, the small white cat that was with me when we first met, this is just what she looks like in her battle form." explained Wendy knowing that here two companions were not going to explain it.
"What?" asked all of Fairy Tail mages in disbelief.
"Enough, I don't have time for this shit, step aside Makarov I have a job that needs to be completed." stated Natsu as he came closer.
"Sorry Natsu, but I can't let you kill that man. You have already beaten him there is no reason to end his life." said Master Makarov.
"No reason? Sorry Makarov but I have plenty of reasons to annihilate that sorry excuse for a human being." shouted Natsu clearly angry that someone was getting in his way.
"Like what my boy?" asked Master Makarov.
"First he is a murder as were all of the other members here were, their guild specialized in assassinations. Second he was skilled enough to get through all of the Councils wards and get Lullaby which means he can do it again and possibly try to unleash another terrible thing onto Earth Land. Final reason he started to mess with things pertaining to Zeref which means that he has to die, they were going to unleash Lullaby at the next Masters meeting to kill all of you old geezers. But after we came and were destroying them they switched their tactics to just unleashing it on the nearest town." explained Natsu seething with unmatched rage and anger at the Dark mage on the ground.
"Sorry Natsu, but I still can't allow you to do that." stated Master Makarov.
"And who are you to go against the order of the Council?" asked Cherla.
"I am Master Makarov and one of the Ten Wizard Saints." replied Master Makarov.
"HAHAHA that's it old man, every single member of our guild is at or above the level of the tenth Wizard Saint." replied Carla while snickering and causing the rest of members from Fairy Tail to be startled by that info.
"Carla these people are friends of Natsu, try and not be so rude." reprimanded Wendy.
"Makarov it's as she said, the Council gave this order so step aside." growled Natsu.
"But the Council is wrong you don't have to kill him to stop them." stated Makarov not backing down.
"Makarov we're friends right, so please let me do my job and then we can leave." said Natsu still glaring at Makarov.
"Yes we are Natsu, which is why I can't let you senselessly kill this man." said Makarov.
"Master is right Natsu we can't let you do this." said Mira as she stood next to Makarov.
"Yea Natsu you can't do this, it would make you a monster like all of those terrible rumors." said Lucy as she too stood with them with Lisanna following suit, blocking Natsu from his target.
"They are all correct Natsu, I can't sit back and watch you do something so terrible, it would go against everything that I believe in." stated Erza as she too joined the group stopping Natsu. The only one that wasn't with them was Ur and all she did was back up clearly stating that she wasn't going to be part of this.
"You all know that you are defying the Council right?' asked Carla.
"Yes and your point cat?" asked Mira.
"That in doing so you could very easily get your guild disbanded, especially with how much trouble you guys are already in." explained Carla.
"We are willing to take that risk to help a friend." replied Master Makarov.
"But you aren't helping Natsu, you are making this a lot harder on him. If you were truly his friends you would step aside and let him do what needs to be done." said Wendy in a low and dangerous voice.
"That is not true Wendy, a real friend wouldn't let him do this." stated Lucy.
"Are you saying that I am not a true friend of Natsu?" asked Wendy while shouting at Lucy.
"Yes, I guess I am." declared Lucy and Wendy was about to attack but Natsu spoke again.
"Enough, Makarov don't make me do this." said Natsu with his head down.
"You won't do anything Natsu, yes you are an influential mage but I am a Wizard Saint which means that you can't touch me without there being sever consequences." stated Makarov.
"But that is where you are wrong Makarov; I have been given the order to eliminate anything in my way which includes Wizard Saints. This means that I could kill you right now and the only thing that would happen is my reputation would only increase. So please Makarov step aside, and that goes for the rest of you, I really don't want to hurt the few friends that I have, but I will if you don't give me any other option." said Natsu still with his head down.
"I am truly sorry Natsu but I will not step down, and I am afraid that the rest of them won't either." said Master Makarov looking at the women standing with him seeing that they weren't going to back down.
"This is my final warning Makarov; think about their safety, all that is going to happen here is that you guys will get hurt or worse. It is guaranteed that he is going to die today, what isn't, is if you guys are going to get hurt, that still doesn't have to happen." said Natsu hoping that they would listen to reason.
"Natsu once Fairy Tail sets its mind to something, nothing can stop us." said Master Makarov.
"I really wish that was true Makarov, well it was fun knowing what it felt to hang out with a group of friends but I should have known that it wasn't going to last. Nothing good ever lasts for me." Natsu said with a sad smile that actually made them feel sorry for him, that is until he started to release his magic. It was nothing like they ever felt before; even Master Makarov took a step back because of the insane amount of power Natsu was giving off. It was just about to get really bad when suddenly they all heard the vehicle that the Fairy Tail mages came in, that off with someone laughing maniacally.
"For fucking Christ's sake you idiots didn't even tie up your captive." shouted Natsu as his magical presence dissipated.
"Well you see we…" Erza started to try and explain.
"Shut the fuck up. Just so you know you are all responsible for every person that dies because of that man and there is a good possibility he has Lullaby with him so congratulations you are all most likely became accessories to mass murder now. Enjoy spending the rest of your life in jail thinking how you helped kill all of those people just because you wouldn't let me do my goddam job and got in my way. Seems like one of the oldest guilds has finally fallen!" shouted Natsu in pure hatred and then ignited into flames and took off after the vehicle.
"Oh dear god what have we done." shouted Lisanna already in tears.
"They won't actually throw us into jail will they?" asked Erza looking at the Master.
"You really don't think he had Lullaby do you?" asked Mira also looking at her Master.
"This won't ruin Fairy Tail will it?" asked Lucy. All of these were pretty much all said at the same time.
"This is why I hate humans, they never think about the big picture and how such a small action can change everything." said Charle now in her smaller form.
"Ile Vernier!" said Wendy casting it on all of the Fairy Tail mages as Charle picked her up.
"Why did you do that Wendy?" asked Ur.
"Because maybe you guys can save some lives, but this time stay away from us and don't get in our way. Because I can guarantee that Natsu won't hesitate this time, especial since he hesitated now and people are most likely going to die." explained Wendy and the Charle flew off.
"Master what are we going to do?" asked Erza.
"We should do what Wendy suggested and make sure that you stay away from Natsu, I would much rather us go to prison than any of you dying." said Master Makarov with a frown.
"Wait you mean what he shouted at us might happen?" asked Mira thinking that Natsu might have just used them to vent his anger.
"Yes Mira, if that man did have Lullaby and it gets used then we will be held accountable. This means that it would probably be the end of Fairy Tail, and we would be thrown into jail. But right now we can't think about that we need to get to Oshibana as fast as we can and save as many people as possible." said Master Makarov as he took off after Wendy and Natsu, with the rest of the Fairy Mages following close behind.
Once they got there they couldn't believe what they were seeing. Just on the outskirts of town was standing a huge seven story tall demon made out of wood, which had three glowing purple eyes that were glaring at the Salamander standing in front of a huge fire wall that was between him and the city. They also noticed that Wendy and Charle were nowhere to be seen, most likely evacuating the citizens to safety.
"Well let's not just sit here, let's make sure that all of the citizens are safe and out of the area." said Makarov as he then charged into the city, once again followed by his fellow mages. They did this for the next thirty minutes as they heard the explosions going off in the distance, after which they were confident that everyone had been evacuated and met up in front of a church that they agreed to meet up at after they were done.
"It appears that everyone has been evacuated." stated Erza with her stoic expression.
"How many casualties were there?" asked Master Makarov with a frown dreading the number coming.
"I found none." replied Mira with a smile.
"Me either." said Ur.
"I didn't as well." chimed in Lisanna.
"Same for me." answered Lucy also smiling.
"So no one died." stated Erza with a smile now gracing her features.
"Yes, all thanks to Natsu." stated Master Makarov still frowning.
"Come on Master lighten up, no one got hurt." said Mira with a smile.
"Only because of Natsu, though if it wasn't for him there would be a really good chance that this whole city would be dead right now." said Master Makarov as he looked in the direction of the battle.
"Well since everyone else is safe, why don't we go over and help him?" asked Erza still having her small smile.
"I think that we should listen to Wendy, Erza, let's not get in his way." replied Ur before Master Makarov could answer.
"But we could help him." refuted Erza.
"Just like you guys helped him before." said Ur with a little venom in her words.
"That wasn't supposed to happen." said Erza.
"Yea but it did Erza, and because of it Fairy Tail might still be disbanded." said Ur angrily.
"Why, no one has died and we fixed our mistake?" asked Erza.
"First off we don't know that no one has died, just because we didn't find any doesn't mean that it didn't happen. Second people could still die Erza, the battle is still going on, and also we didn't fix shit, Natsu is fixing the mistake that you guys made. None of you know how serious a demon from the book of Zeref is, and now because of that we might lose Fairy Tail and go to jail, just because you couldn't let some murder die, for crying out loud it wasn't like Natsu was making you help him do it, all he wanted was for you guys to get out of his way." ranted Ur, letting all of her anger out.
"Ur's right Erza, we will sit this one out unless we are told otherwise." said Master Makarov before Erza could start arguing with Ur. Just then they heard a loud crash and looked up at the steeple of the church to see that something slammed into it, and then fell to the ground in front of the church.
"Fuck that one hurt like hell." said Natsu getting up from the ruble of the church, he looked like he was having a tough time with Lullaby. He had a few new cuts and bruises, the worst one was definitely a fresh on that went over his right eye but going in the opposite direction of his other one and seemed to be bleeding a lot.
"Natsu!" shouted the mages of Fairy Tail in concern.
"What the fuck are you fairies doing here, haven't you already done enough." spat out Natsu while glaring at them with is one eye.
"Well we came to help and evacuate the citizens." replied Makarov.
"It seems like you fairies are not be as completely useless like I was starting to think. So I am guessing this means that everyone is out of the town?" asked Natsu wanting to know now.
"Yes they are all gone." answered Makarov quickly.
"Great, now I don't have to be wasting half of my magic with that protective wall." said Natsu as he did a hand gesture and the huge fire wall disappeared revealing Lullaby who also looked a lot worse than he did when they first saw him.
"Natsu we can help you." suggested Erza.
"Quite calling me that it's the Salamander and just stay back I am going to finish this." spat out Natsu as he took off towards Lullaby. The next thing they saw was Natsu ignite into flames and flew directly at the chest of Lullaby with his daggers in front of him. He collided with the demon causing an explosion and then bursting out the back side of the demon and gracefully landing on the ground.
"You dam maggot that hurt, I am tired of trying to swat you." shouted Lullaby.
"My thoughts exactly demon, which is why I just ended it." declared Natsu.
"What are you talking about you miserable insect, I am perfectly fi… oh what is this pain?" asked Lullaby as he grabbed the hole that Natsu just punctured though him.
"I am going to enjoy watching you burn from the inside out." said Natsu looking back at Lullaby.
"No make it stop!" shouted out Lullaby as cracks started to show and fire could be seen eating away at the insides of the demon. Within the next two minutes there was nothing left of the demon once known as Lullaby.
"That is just incredible." stated Mira as they looked at Natsu standing in front of the pile of ashes which was all that remained of Lullaby.
"He was able to take on that demon all by himself while also protecting the city." stated Ur while looking at Natsu wondering what he was thinking right now.
"Why is he just standing there?" asked Lucy.
"No idea, but I am really glad that we didn't fight him, I don't think that we would have made it." said Erza in sheer awe of what just took place for the last half hour.
"Are you cowards hoping that I would faint or something, because that isn't going to happen so might as well come out?" shouted out Natsu, confusing the Fairy Tail mages.
"Wow that is very impressive that you could detect us." stated a Witch Hunter as he and a six more came out of hiding.
"Man am I really glad that you guys came." replied Natsu with a creepy smile.
"Are you crazy or something, you filthy mage, we are Witch Hunters and have come to capture you. And judging from what we just saw you have to be out of magic, and will be worth a lot of money considering how strong you are." said the same guy as before.
"AHAHAHAHAH, out of magic oh you are in for a rude awakening and here I thought I wasn't going to get to use my no restrictions. So how do we want to do this, do you guys want to all die at once or do you want me to hunt you down so that you can feel what it's like to be a mage?" asked Natsu while cackling like a mad man.
"Boss, I got a bad feeling about this mage, he's not normal and what if he isn't lying?" asked a Witch Hunter.
"It doesn't matter if he is bluffing or not, we have our anti magic gear, it will protect us, not to mention that there is only one of him." replied the man who apparently was their boss.
"Man, I am sick and tired of you Witch Hunters not knowing who I am. Maybe I should start my own hunt and your whole group will be my prey, after that I think that you will learn to not mess with me or any of the Slayers again." replied Natsu with an evil grin.
"Boss, he's one of those Slayers we really shouldn't mess with him." said another one of the Witch Hunters.
"Shut up, we know that all of those stories are lies. Now quite being a bitch and let's get this bastard." said the boss as they then moved forward.
"I am not just some random Slayer, I am the Salamander and yes your gear stops magic from going through, but does it stop it when it can easily go around it and start to burn away at your normal flesh?" asked Natsu with a huge smile on his face, causing all of the Witch Hunters to stop dead in their tracks.
"I know the answer to that question, but it is so much more fun if I show you. FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!" bellowed Natsu as flames shot out of his mouth and engulfed all of the Witch Hunters except for one. And he just stood there listening to his former partners scream in agony as they were burned alive in a matter of seconds only leaving behind their clothes.
"Hey would you look at that, it seems like my magic just goes around your fancy gear. So mister Witch Hunter, I am feeling merciful right now which is why you are still alive. Also because I want you to take a message back to your organization, if I ever hear even one more time that you bastards even talked with a mage from the Slayers. Then I am will personally hunt down every single one of you until all anyone remembers about your group is that it is an example why you don't ever mess with the Slayers. Oh and just so you know I have your scent which means I can now find you whenever I want, so I expect you to spread this around and to all of your higher ups as well, you have now become my own little prophet. I just hope that your group is smart enough to listen to you otherwise it becomes open season for Witch Hunters, oh and just so you know I am actually personal friends with the King of Fiore so he might even sponsor my little hunting expedition." said Natsu the whole time with an evil smile on his face.
"Yes Salamander Sir, I will do exactly as you asked me." replied the Witch Hunter cowering before the Salamander in all of his fury.
"Good to hear, oh and you should take their clothes as proof, now you better hurry I want to see quick results." said Natsu causing the man to quickly grab their clothing and bolt out of there as fast as his feet could carry him.
"So obviously you are still pissed." stated Wendy as she landed next to him.
"Oh what gave that away?" asked Natsu sarcastically,
"Well usually you would have just crippled them severely, but I guess you are probably pretty drained and that does send a clear message." replied Wendy smiling at him as she started to heal him.
"Yea I am getting tired of those bastards always trying to capture me, so I decided that I was going to put an end to that once and for all. Hopefully they will get the hint otherwise I will be all over Fiore squashing bugs." said Natsu as he sat down and let out a sigh.
"Yea but I am guessing that as soon as you start doing that, they would beg for your forgiveness." said Wendy while giggling.
"Yea, maybe I should talk to the King and see if he would make them illegal in Fiore. Also I do not want to hear anything from you Fairies, Ur you're still fine though feel free to say whatever." stated Natsu as the Fairy Tail mages got closer.
"Thanks Natsu, so what are you going to tell the Council?" asked Ur.
"I should tell them everything, but that would be the end of Fairy Tail and overall you guys are good, maybe a little too naive but I was that way when I was young. So to answer you Ur, Fairy Tail will remain out of my report." answered Natsu.
"Thanks Natsu that means a lot to me and of course to the rest of them." replied Ur giving him a big smile.
"I know one of these days being nice is going to be the death of me, just like it was for happy." said Natsu with a sad smile, and causing everyone else feel bad.
"Come on Natsu we all die eventually, and this isn't like you." said Wendy.
"I know Wendy, and I am sorry, but if I was just one minute later than half of that town would have been destroyed." replied Natsu gesturing at the town behind him.
"Yea but you weren't Natsu." said Wendy looking at Natsu's sad expression.
"My luck is going to eventually run out sometime Wendy, I am actually surprised it hasn't yet." said Natsu.
"Well when that happens I will be there to help you, like you have always been there for me. Oh and it looks like you have added a few more scars to your tally." said Wendy since she was now done healing him.
"It's to be expected when fighting a demon made by Zeref. So you ready to head back, I haven't been there in months?" asked Natsu.
"Yep, while we are walking we can catch back up." said Wendy smiling at him.
"You don't have to do that, you can have Charle fly you back, I really don't mind being alone." said Natsu while getting up.
"Nope not going to happen I want to walk with you and talk like we used to." stated Wendy.
"Fine you win Wendy, oh see you later Ur and Master Makarov I don't think I will be attending the Masters meeting that is coming up in a few days. Please give my regards to the other masters." said Natsu as he and Wendy walked off and went back to chatting casually.
"Well we really got lucky there." stated Ur.
"He seems really mad." said Lisanna once again sad that she hurt him again.
"Of course he is, he almost died because of us." said Mira also sad like Lisanna for the same reason.
"Do you ever think he will forgive us?" asked Lucy.
"I truly don't know it will be hard for him since we almost caused the destruction of this town." answered Master Makarov.
"Don't worry too much guys, I am pretty sure that he just needs time, he will then see that you were only doing what you thought was right. Granted you were wrong this time but he will most likely respect that you stuck with your beliefs and maybe forgive you." replied Ur.
"Well let's head back to Fairy Tail." declared Master Makarov.
End of Chapter
Author's Notes:
Thanks for reading and hope you enjoyed it. I would like to say that I am sorry with how long it took me to update this story, but I have been pretty busy with my other two. So as always feel free to leave me a review.
Until the next chapter
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