Chapter 8: Phantoms vs Fairies
The group of Slayers can be seen standing outside of Magnolia looking at the view which looked like a picture straight out of a fairy tale. All of the citizens going about their day with pleasant smiles on their faces, greeting their friends and acquaintances as they pass each other. This bothered Natsu since he was expecting to find the place more like a war zone rather than this peaceful setting that it was right now.
"What gives, I thought Master told you that they were going to be at war with each other?" asked Wendy as she looked around.
"He did, but he also said that it was going to be the start of a war. So maybe we got here before it happened." suggested Natsu with a smile.
"Then why don't we go and talk with these Fairy Tail wizards that you have always been fascinated with." said Chelia with a big smile as she still held onto Natsu's hand.
"Might as well, and go see what they are up to." replied Natsu with a big grin.
"They are full of themselves if you ask me." stated Carla as she let out a huff.
"Come on Carla they aren't that bad, they just haven't seen the world like we have. So they don't know how bad things can get." explained Wendy as they got closer to the guild hall.
"Well they should learn fast otherwise they are going to die a pointless death." declared Carla who clearly wasn't a fan of the Fariy Tail mages after her one encounter with them.
"Somethings not right, I should have smelt most of them by now." stated Natsu as they got closer to the guild.
"What do you think it is Natsu?" asked Chelia concerned that he might have to get straight to business.
"I think that they might have actually taken the fight to Phantom Lord." said Natsu with a growl.
"Why would they do that?" asked Chelia.
"If I would have to guess one of their precious members got attacked by some Phantom Lord goons, this of course caused Fairy Tail to get irrationally angry and go attack them. So let's hurry and see what's going on here." guessed Natsu as he and the rest of the group took off towards the guild at a faster pace.
"This is their guild hall, it looks like a pile of shit." stated Chelia as she looked at the building that had holes smashed into it and half of it fell into a sink hole. Over all it looked as run down as a building could look while also somehow still standing when it probably shouldn't be.
"No a pile of shit would be better than this." said Wendy with a little giggle.
"This is not what it looked like when I was here just a little bit ago, must be the work of Phantom Lord. Give me a sec to see if any of them are nearby." said Natsu as he then started to sniff the air.
"It seems that some of them are at the hospital if I would have to guess. While Lucy is off by herself and I think that I might have caught a whiff of Phantom near her. So you two go to the hospital and see what's going on while I will head over to Lucy and then meet up with you to at the hospital." ordered Natsu as he took off without waiting for a response.
"Is he always like that on missions?" asked Chelia as she and Wendy took off running towards the hospital.
"Actually, he usually just takes off without telling me anything and assumes that I will know what to do." said Wendy with a big grin.
"How can you work like that?" asked Chelia.
"Easy because most of the time I know what he wants me to do." replied Wendy with a smile causing Chelia to just shake her head at how ridiculous that was.
With Natsu as he arrives at the place where Lucy is at:
The first thing Natsu saw was Lucy trapped inside of a ball of water, this was honestly something that he would have never guessed to see in one of the random streets of Magnolia. And it would appear that the lady wearing blue was doing it while the other strange man next to her was her partner.
"Hey Phantom Lord mages, please let her go otherwise you are going to be in a load of pain." replied Natsu as he grinned down at the two mages from on top of the roof that he was on.
"And why would we listen to some peasant like you?" asked the man with green hair and a monocle.
"Because this peasant is a slayer sent by the Council to stop this stupid war that you assholes are trying to start." shouted Natsu as he ignited himself on fire and dropped to the ground.
"Juvia will snuff out those flames." said the woman dressed in blue as she let Lucy go, who dropped to the ground and was gasping for air. The water lady then sent a large stream of water at Natsu in the attempt to put out his fire.
"HAHAHAHA for most fire mages that would have been the end of them, but didn't you notice that even in this down pour I don't have a single drop on me. Usually water has the advantage on fire, but water mages always forgets that fire can evaporate water if it is hot enough. And guess what rain woman you won't be able to touch me." replied Natsu with a devious smirk.
"We'll see about that stranger, WATER LOCK!" shouted the woman but nothing happened to her surprise.
"I just told you that if I don't want to get wet, then I don't get wet. Also I am not some stranger I am the Salamander and you have pissed me off rain lady for not listening to me and then trying to attack me." said Natsu with a grin that meant a lot of pain for his enemies.
"S-S-S-Salamander like the one that beat up our Master?" asked the rain lady.
"The very same and I am going to enjoy doing it again, so what is your name lady? I like to know the names of the people I kill so that at least I will remember them. Oh and the best part about killing you is that there won't even be a mess to clean up." asked Natsu as he started to chuckle at his last comment while still grinning at her.
"It's Juvia and what do you mean no mess?" asked Juvia nervously while stuttering a little bit.
"Simple Juvia, you are made up of water so I can evaporate you to nothing and no one would even know that you are gone. You would just disappear without leaving a single trace." stated Natsu with an evil grin.
"Sol won't let you." declared Juvia as she looked to her partner who was no longer there.
"Oh so that was his name, he left as soon as he heard my name. Not caring at all that you would most likely die if you fought me, not much of a friend if you ask me." said Natsu with a grin that was now friendly and no longer menacing.
"Why would you care, you are just going to kill Juvia?" asked Juvia who was wondering what she should do in this situation.
"I am not going to kill you Juvia, but I just wanted to let you know that it is a possibility if you don't do as I say." said Natsu with a grin.
"Okay Salamander sir." replied Juvia hoping that he wasn't going to ask her to do something that she couldn't.
"I already know about Jose having a Jupiter Cannon but what is his other weapon that is supposedly stronger than the cannon?" asked Natsu.
"How do you know about that, and Juvia would never betray her guild?" asked Juvia while also telling him that she wasn't going to talk.
"My guild has ears everywhere Juvia, as for not betraying your guild that is something that I truly admire when it is a guild worth protecting. But your guild is not Juvia; look at what Sol did to you as soon as it looked like it was going to be just a little bit of trouble. He left you here to die for all he knows and I can guarantee you that he doesn't even care, I can tell that you aren't a bad person Juvia. You are just lonely and needed people to understand and accept you and trust me I know how that is." stated Natsu with a small smile on his face.
"How would you know what it's like to never have any friends?" asked Juvia with tears starting to form.
"Juvia are you forgetting who you are talking to, most people and that also includes mages as well, think that I am some sort of monster. But guess what Juvia; there is one place that actually didn't see me that way. Well at least not all of them that is." said Natsu.
"What place was that Salamander?" asked Juvia who wanted to know of a place that would treat someone like the Salamander as a normal person.
"That would be Fairy Tail Juvia, and I am positive that they would accept you with open arms if you asked to join them." replied Natsu with a big smile.
"No they wouldn't Salamander; Juvia is part of Phantom Lord who they are fighting right now. And they would never let an enemy join there guild." said Juvia with a big frown.
"You're wrong Juvia; the Fairy Tail that I know would never turn away a mage that wanted a fresh start even if they used to be an enemy. They treat all of their members as if they are family and would never leave one of their own behind like Phantom Lord just did to you." said Natsu with a grin.
"You are only doing this to try and get Juvia to tell you what Juvia knows about Phantom Lord aren't you?" asked Juvia feeling as if she was being tricked here.
"I am not doing anything of the sort Juvia, and trust me I could easily get you to tell me everything that I want to know. But right now I see someone who is like me and could use a little help and I think that Fairy Tail is the perfect place for someone like you. And how about this if you join them you don't have to tell me anything since I already know enough to get by." replied Natsu with a grin.
"Okay Salamander, but that won't matter since they won't let Juvia in." said Juvia with a frown.
"That's not true Juvia, of course we would let you in." replied Lucy with a big smile.
"Really even after what Juvia just did to you?" asked Juvia in a surprised voice.
"All you did Juvia was get me a little wet, and like Salamander said you are a good person that unfortunately had a terrible Master." answered Lucy still smiling.
"See, what did I tell you Juvia, Fairy Tail is truly a one of a kind guild that you can't find anywhere else." stated Natsu with his own grin.
"But what about the rain that follows Juvia around, won't you guys get tired of it?" asked Juvia trying to come up with reasons of why not to trust these two.
"Who would care about such a trivial thing as it raining, besides I really like the rain since it brings life to the world." replied Natsu with a big smile.
"Yea Juvia, something as small as it raining around you wouldn't stop me from being your friend." said Lucy still smiling but doing it now because of Natsu trying to help this girl out when he really didn't have to.
"Do you two really mean it, would you still be Juvia's friend even with the rain?" asked Juvia with a sad face expecting that this was only a joke that they were pulling on her.
"Of course I would Juvia and if anyone gives you a hard time about the rain following you just tell me and I can guarantee you that they will be begging for the rain once I am done with them." said Natsu with a big grin.
"I would also still be your friend Juvia, like Salamander said before the rain is actually a beautiful thing that brings life. Also one of my strongest spirts is water based and she seems to always hit me with her attacks so I don't mind getting wet." said Lucy with a big smile.
"Thank you Lucy and Salamander, this means more to Juvia than you could possibly know." said Juvia as she hugged them at the same time.
"You can just call me Natsu if you want Juvia." said Natsu with a big grin.
"Thank you Natsu and Lucy." said Juvia as she started to cry.
"Well would you look at that, it seems that the rain was attached to your emotional state Juvia. And now that you know people will care for you even if it's raining, you're finally happy." said Natsu with a smile on his face as he looked up at the now clear skies.
"It's so beautiful." replied Juvia as she looked at the bright blue skies for the first time.
"That it is Juvia, so try and remember the moments in life like this one since they unfortunately don't happen that often." said Natsu with a sad smile.
"Juvia will Natsu." replied Juvia with a big smile.
"Alright why don't you get rid of that mark of your old guild that didn't care about you so you can get a new one from one of the best guilds in all of Fiore." said Natsu with a big grin as Juvia did what he suggested with a big smile.
"Well now that you are a rouge mage make sure to stick with Lucy and me until Master Makarov accepts you. But let's head to the hospital where everyone else is waiting for us and while we walk there would you two mind telling me what's exactly going on here?" asked Natsu with a grin. As they then started to head back to the hospital while Juvia and Lucy filled him in on why this war started now and why Fairy Tail was willing to actually take the fight to Phantom Lords actual guild hall.
"So you're saying that Phantom Lords guild hall can actually change into a robot and cast spells?" asked Natsu in disbelief.
"Yes and it uses the power of the Elemental Four to cast its spells." explained Juvia who was constantly smiling and looking at everything and admiring how beautiful everything looked when it wasn't raining constantly.
"Well what's going to happen now that you are no longer a member Juvia?" asked Lucy.
"The spells will just take longer to cast." said Juvia.
"That reminds me Juvia, but if Jose does bring that robot here please don't show yourself to him. I have a really strong feeling that he will not be a fan that you flipping sides on him." stated Natsu as they came to the front of the hospital.
"Natsu you finally made it." said Chelia as she hugged him and gave him a quick kiss that surprised all of the women there except for Wendy and Carla.
"You are acting like I was gone for days Chelia." replied Natsu with a smirk.
"I was just worried you big jerk." said Chelia in a fake angry tone.
"Well since it looks like you have already met Mira and Lisanna, I would like you to meet my other two friends Juvia and Lucy. Juvia and Lucy this is my girlfriend Chelia and that over there is my little sister Wendy and her partner Carla, Juvia since Lucy has already met them before." said Natsu with a big smile.
"So was there any problems with Phantom Lord like you thought Natsu?" asked Wendy.
"Nope that creep just ran away as soon as he heard who I was. I can guarantee that he will tell Jose about me, but that man won't believe him and is going to still come and try to kidnap Lucy." stated Natsu with a little growl.
"Why would he want to do that?" asked Chelia.
"Because my idiot of a father hired them to, he hasn't cared about me for the past seven years why did he all of a sudden start caring now? And I am so sorry that this is all happening because of me." said Lucy who was about to cry.
"It's okay Lucy no one is going to blame you." said Lisanna as she hugged Lucy.
"Lisanna's right Lucy, you're family and we could never blame you for what your father did." said Mira.
"Besides Lucy, Jose is just using this as an excuse to attack Fairy Tail, he has been waiting to do this for a long time." said Natsu with a big grin.
"Natsu's correct on that Lucy." said Juvia with a smile.
"How would you two know that?" asked Mira with an eyebrow raised.
"Juvia used to actually be a member of Phantom Lord, but Juvia would really like to become a member of Fairy Tail. But Juvia understands if you wouldn't want her." said Juvia with a frown.
"Why are you assuming that we wouldn't want you Juvia? If you are friends with Natsu and Lucy then that means you are friends with the rest of us." said Mira with a caring smile.
"And we would be glad to have you become a member of our guild." said Lisanna with a big smile.
"And how do you know these things Natsu?" asked Mira.
"Well let's head to your guild where we can meet up with the rest of your guild once they return and I can tell you on the way." said Natsu with a smile as he then led the group towards the guild.
"So are you going to tell us Natsu?" asked Lisanna.
"I have known Jose for a long time now and I have met tons of people like him. They are very predictable and only care about getting as much power as they can. Besides that our guild pretty much knows what's happening everywhere in the country and are always keeping tabs on the crazy ones like Jose, so we even had a few more people watching him over the last few years." explained Natsu.
"Oh yea, wasn't Jose the Master you beat up at the first guild Master Meeting that you went too?" asked Lucy as she remember Master Makarov saying how that was what happened when he first met Natsu.
"Yep and ever since that happened he hasn't gone to one again." replied Natsu with a grin.
"Hey isn't that the rest of the guild." said Lisanna as she pointed to the crowd outside of their ruined guild hall.
"It is, but why do they all look so depressed?" asked Mira with a concerned look.
"Hi everyone, what happened at Phantom Lord?" asked Lucy.
"Nothing good Lucy, Master got jumped and lost all of his magic." said Ur with a big frown.
"Don't worry about that Makarov will be alright, something like that isn't going to take down that old goat." said Natsu with a big grin and shocked most of Fairy Tail that he was here.
"Salamander's here to finish us off." shouted one of the members as he got into a fighting stance.
"What the fuck are you doing here Salamander?" asked Grey as he made his way to the front.
"Hey don't talk that way to him." said Chelia as she made her way to the front with Wendy and Carla.
"Oh my god there's three of them we are so screwed." shouted another member.
"Settle down Fairy Tail, I am only here to put an end to this stupid war that Jose started and they are just here as my back up. So you guys don't have to be worried just sit back and watch why the Council calls us when things get out of hand." said Natsu with a big smile.
"Thanks Natsu, I really don't know if we would be able to handle Phantom Lord since the Master is down. Erza is blaming herself for that and Laxus, Mystogan, and Gildarts are who knows where so this really means a lot." said Ur as she hugged Natsu.
"Ur we don't need this piece of filth's help, Fairy Tail can protect itself." declared Grey and getting a few cheers of agreement.
"Grey shut the hell up for once in your goddam life." shouted Ur which startled Grey because she has never yelled at him like that before.
"Listen to the lady Grey or I will kill you for saying things like that about Salamander." said Chelia with fire in her eyes.
"Hey its okay Ur and Chelia, I am confident that your guild Ur will be able to stop Jose when he literally marches his actual guild here and fires his Jupiter Cannon at you all." replied Natsu with a smirk.
"What they have one of those, I thought that they were all destroyed years ago?" asked Macao.
"They were, and I would know since that was all thanks to me. But it would appear that I didn't destroy all of the parts each time and Jose was able to scrap together a new one and will show up here in a few minutes. Oh and Ur, Mystogan is actually in the area but will probably sit this one out since he knows that I am here." said Natsu with a smirk.
"You destroyed all of the Jupiter Cannons, but that was over twenty years ago?" asked Macao.
"And what do you mean that Jose will be here in a few minutes?" asked Wakaba.
"You can tell that Mystogan is here?" asked Ur.
"Yes I destroyed them all, and I mean that he is driving his guild towards us. I can hear its loud footsteps from miles away and are you saying that you can't feel that giant source of magic moving this way? And yea I can sense Mystogan's magic, I have run into him a few times and we have helped each other out, but man does he like to remain anonymous." answered Natsu still smiling.
"What in the hell are you?" asked a random guild member that was shocked that Natsu could do all that.
"Why a Slayer of course, but since you guys don't need my help I will just sit back and watch ice boy here deal with the Jupiter Cannon." answered Natsu causing most of the members of Fairy Tail to glare at Grey.
"Like I said earlier, we don't need your help Salamander." stated Grey confidently.
"Grey there's no way you can stop a weapon like that, and Natsu are you literally going to just sit back and watch him throw his life away?" asked Ur who was getting frustrated at this whole situation.
"Yea I am fine with letting some stupid human throw his life away when all he's ever done is blaming me for saving his sorry life the first time and constantly hurls insults at me. Besides Ur when someone is that stupid you can't stop them from killing themselves, and this time I get to sit back and watch." answered Natsu with a smile which scared all of those watching.
"Well said Salamander." said Carla with her own smile.
"He does have a point Ur why should Salamander help Grey when all Grey's done is hate him and say shit about him?" asked Lucy with a frown.
"Because if he doesn't do something than the rest of us are going to die as well." stated Ur as she flailed her arms around.
"Come on Ur, I would never let my friends here die. I am just going to let the idiot over there make the first move. I am here on a job from the Council to take care of the Jupiter Cannon and get rid of Jose and his stupid war that he waged." answered Natsu still smiling at Grey.
"Well could you also save my idiot student as well Natsu, just for me?" asked Ur with puppy dog eyes.
"Sure why not, I can never seem to be able to say no to a friend." said Natsu with a grin.
"Natsu why are all of your friends women?" asked Chelia with an angry expression.
"They aren't all women, just most of them and you should ask them that not me. I tried being friends with other guys but they usual just want to fight me and then afterwards are too afraid to look at me. The only guys that haven't done that are Makarov, Gildarts and Mystogan, and right now I don't really know if me and Mystogan are friends." replied Natsu still grinning even though Chelia was glaring at him.
"I shouldn't be concerned should I?" asked Chelia still glaring at Natsu.
"Of course not Chelia you know that you are the only woman for me." said Natsu as he brought her into a passionate kiss surprising everyone that was watching.
"What was that for Natsu?" asked a blushing Chelia since they usually don't do anything like that in public.
"A good luck kiss before I head off into battle of course." said Natsu with a smirk.
"You two are a couple?" asked Ur in disbelief.
"Yep and couldn't be happier." replied Natsu as he was hugging Chelia.
"For how long?" asked a disappointed Ur.
"For a lot of years now." said Chelia with a slight frown.
"How many?" asked Mira who couldn't help but get excited about any couple that she sees.
"More than any of you would guess and he still hasn't proposed to me." replied Chelia as she looked up at Natsu.
"I already told you that I am not doing that stupid human custom Chelia, I am a dragon slayer and by our terms you and I are already married." said Natsu which got a squeal out of Mira.
"Yea but it would be nice if you did this for me." stated Chelia as the rest of Fairy Tail was wonder if they forgot that they were there or just didn't care.
"Hey ice boy you ready to show me what you got?" asked Natsu with a grin.
"What the hell are you talking about Salama…" and was cut off by the ground shaking and then seeing a big object in the distance coming closer.
"There my little Fairies is the guild of Phantom Lord." said Natsu with a big grin thinking of how much fun this was going to be.
"You can't be serious and why are you here Natsu?" asked Erza who was in just a towel.
"I am and I am also here on Council business which is dealing with Jose so just sit back and watch the show." answered Natsu still grinning like a mad man as all of Fairy Tail waited for the guild to get closer.
"Hand over Lucy Heartfilia and surrender and then no one has to get hurt." said Jose's voice that was being amplified by magic.
"No way in hell would we ever give up one of our members." shouted a member of Fairy Tail.
"Yea she's one of us." shouted another.
"You'll have to kill all of us before we would let you do that." shouted Erza.
"See Juvia what did I tell you." whispered Natsu into her hear and all she could do was smile at him and nod her head.
"Well that can be arranged Fairy Tail, Fire the Jupiter Cannon!" shouted Jose and Fairy Tail watched as a purple glow started to form. Grey took off to the front of the group and shouted "ICE MAKE SHEILD!" which formed a huge ice shield that blocked everyone. The Jupiter Cannon fired its beam that hit the ice shield and looked like it was going to hold until cracks started to form.
"He needs help." shouted Erza as she took off and switched into her adamantine armor and closed the shield to put up a barrier right behind Grey's Ice shield so that once it broke she could block the rest. But that never happened because of one pissed off dragon slayer.
"FIRE WALL!" shouted Natsu as a wall of fire sprung up in front of Grey and Erza stopping the shot from the Jupiter Cannon from reaching them.
"I would suggest that any Phantom Lord Mages that want to survive, they should get as far away from the Jupiter Cannon as possible. Because it's time for my rebuttal, FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!" bellowed Natsu so that everyone could hear him and then unleashed his roar on the beam and pushed it back into the Jupiter Cannon until it exploded.
"Hopefully that is the last time I see one of those cannons again." said Natsu with a smirk.
"So Sol wasn't lying to me and you truly are here Salamander." said Jose.
"Yep and I am actually here on the Council's orders Jose, they are not happy with you and you know what they do with things that they are not happy with." said Natsu with a grin.
"They send their dogs to deal with it, so I assume that you were given permission to use lethal force?" asked Jose with venom in his voice.
"Yep and even if I wasn't I would after that stunt you just pulled Jose." shouted Natsu back.
"And what would that be Salamander?" asked Jose with a sick joy in his voice.
"You just shot your Jupiter Cannon at my mate, which means you are now going to experience pain that you didn't even know was possible." shouted Natsu with a smirk on his face.
"AHAHAHAH you Slayers are so full of yourself, you think that since you use lost magic that you are untouchable." shouted Jose after he did his maniacal laugh.
"You couldn't be more wrong about that Jose; we know that we aren't untouchable because he have seen a lot of our comrades die in battle. But I will admit that it has never been to a simple mage like you Jose, no we only die to worthy opponents like demons and other things that you would just wet yourself from seeing." replied Natsu with a smirk.
"Well I guess that you are going to be the first Slayer that dies to a normal mage then Salamander. Because I have a mage that is perfectly designed to make you look like a fool." replied Jose who then broke into a fit of laughter.
"Bring him out Jose, and anyone else that wants to have their face smashed in by me." said Natsu with a confident smirk.
"Oh I only need to send out just one to finish you off Salamander, Totomaru if you would." said Jose as a mage walked towards Natsu on the ground.
"Yes Master Jose, now are you prepared to meet your maker Salamander?" asked Totomaru with a confident smirk.
"I would love to, but he sure as hell isn't you. Are you serious Jose you think that this piece of shit will be able to do what you couldn't all of those years ago?" asked Natsu.
"Yes because he's a special mage." replied Jose who you could tell was smirking.
"No he's definitely not special watch." said Natsu as he threw a fire ball at Totomaru who just smirked at it but then all of a sudden his face turned into one of confusion as he rolled out of the way. Totomaru stood back up and turned to Natsu only to feel himself being hit in his two shoulders after hearing gun shots, and sure enough he had just been shot in both shoulders.
"I bet you are wondering why you couldn't control my fire aren't you Totomaru, well guess who was the person who created that type of magic you are using?" asked Natsu as he whispered into Totomaru's ears while having one of his pistols jammed into Totomaru's throat.
"But that was created over forty years ago." stated Totomaru who couldn't believe what he was being told.
"It was actually even farther back than that my stupid little fire mage, and I bet you still don't believe me since I look so young. But guess what that is one of the things that comes with being a slayer of any type; you have a longer life than the average human. This is why you guys will never be able to touch us since we literally have years upon years of experience on you assholes. So my only question is should I pull the trigger and get rid of one of Jose's little follower's?" asked Natsu with a devious grin. Totomaru was about to answer when he heard two more shots go off but realized that they weren't directed at him since he was still alive.
"Why hello Sol, you decided to join the party I see. And if you try to run again by going into the ground I swear to god I will smash your face until no one will be able to recognize you as a human." said Natsu with a smirk.
"I wouldn't dream of it Salamander, since you have fallen into our trap." said Sol as he started to laugh.
"Oh if you are talking about Aria trying to drain me of my magic you are going to be disappointed since I brought my own friends along. Oh and they are the Sky Dragon Slayer and Sky God Slayer and they really don't like it when people try to attack me with underhanded methods like that." said Natsu still smirking.
"You're just bluffing." stuttered Sol as he waited for Aria to attack.
"Then why isn't he here yet, wait here he comes." said Natsu as a body dropped from the sky. It was cut all over and barely had any clothes left on him, and form closer inspection Sol could tell that it was Aria who was barely clinging to life. So Sol did the only thing that he had been actually good at, which was escaping when things started to go south. But unlike the times before, as he just got into the ground a fist smashed through and grabbed him and brought him back out.
"I thought I told you not to do that Sol, and I am a man of my word so here comes the beat down I promised." said Natsu with a grin as he started to punch Sol repeatedly in the face. And he just kept on hitting him over and over again until you honestly couldn't tell that it was supposed to be a face. After that Natsu just tossed him over to where Aria's body still laid on the ground.
"Listen up wizards of Phantom Lord, if you don't want to suffer the same fate as these two idiots you will erase your guild marks right now. Because by order of the Council, Phantom Lord is no longer a legal guild do to the actions of your Master Jose. The Council hopes that it was all Jose, which is why you are all being given a second chance and I highly suggest that you take it. Otherwise we will meet again and it will not be pleasant for any of you." Natsu shouted at the guild of Phantom Lord.
"Hey were the hell are you all going? Get the hell back here this instant or suffer my wrath." shouted Jose at what they could only assume was his whole guild deserting him after what they just witnessed.
"You're finished Jose, you can turn yourself in peacefully or we can start round two and I can't promise that you'll make it this time." said Natsu with a big grin.
"You little piece of shit, I would never turn myself in to someone like you Salamander. And since you seem to like Fairy Tail so much how will you like watching them suffer as they get destroyed by my Shades." shouted Jose as he sent out hundreds of Shades that headed towards the Fairy Tail members.
"Man you Phantom Lord Mages are really stupid aren't you. You keep thinking that there is only just me here, when in fact there are three more slayers here. Who all happen to pretty much rule the sky where your Shades just so happen to be." said Natsu with a grin as all of the Shades started to explode one after another to the shock of Jose and all the Fairy Tail members.
"Is that happening because of Chelia, Carla and Wendy?" asked Lucy as she watched none of the Shades get anywhere near them and they kept on dying from who know what.
"I would have to assume that it is since Natsu said it." replied Ur as Mira and Lisanna nodded their heads in agreement.
"So Jose, are you ready to meet your maker?" asked Natsu as Jose came out of his guild with a crazed look on his face.
"You don't know who you are messing with Salamander." shouted Jose as spit flew from his mouth.
"Oh but I do Jose and are you thinking that because you are now a Wizard Saint that you have a chance against me?" asked Natsu with a grin.
"I do because the Council ranks Saints at the same level as members of your creepy guild." shouted Jose.
"Well I am actually here to prove that assumption wrong." replied Natsu as he lit his hands on fire.
"DEATH WAVE!" shouted Jose as he sent a wave of darkness magic at Natsu, who just put up one of his hands covered in flames and blocked it.
"Jose I am the fire that burns away all forms of darkness, and to prove how much stronger all Slayers are than you Wizard Saints I am going to beat you without using anything but the fire on these fists." shouted Natsu as he pushed through the Death Wave and hit Jose right in his nose.
"You think that you will be able to defeat me without using a single spell Salamander?" asked Jose as he wiped way the blood flowing from his nose.
"Yes I do Jose, so give me your best shot." shouted Natsu.
"Have a taste of my Shades then." shouted Jose as they were sent at Natsu who just smirked as he covered himself in his fire.
"What part of me burning away all darkness didn't you get Jose?" asked Natsu as he stalked over to Jose as the Shades disintegrated before they could even touch Natsu.
"This can't be happening, how are you destroying them?" asked Jose as he kept sending more at Natsu.
"I already told you Jose." said Natsu as he appeared next to Jose and started to punch the shit out of him. After that happening for a bit Jose finally got away from Natsu.
"Seems like I will have to employ a different strategy to deal with you Salamander." said Jose as he made numerous copies of himself and blended in with them.
"Let's see if you can find the correct one now." said all of the Joses together while laughing.
"Already have." said Natsu as he grabbed Jose by the throat and lifted him off his feet with a grip that couldn't be broken.
"But how?" asked Jose who was gasping for air.
"You already know that I am a dragon slayer Jose and with that comes enhanced senses and you my friend where the only one that had your fowl stench." said Natsu as he then slammed his face into the ground and started to do that repeatedly until there was no way for Jose to think or stand properly.
"Now it's time for me to break every bone in that disgusting body of yours that reeks of dark magic." said Natsu as he then started to punch and kick Jose all over in blinding speeds. After this Jose was crumpled up on the ground barely breathing looking up at Natsu towering over him.
"So when I am I going to learn who I am messing with Jose?" asked Natsu knowing that he wasn't going to get a replied from Jose because he probably physically couldn't anymore.
"Well I was given permission to kill you Jose, and it kind of feels like a waste to me to not rid the world of people like you who only care about power and don't care who you hurt along your path to achieve that. So I think I might just finish you now since my job is to rid the world of monsters and you are one of the worst." said Natsu as he raised his flame covered fist ready to finish off Jose with all of Fairy Tail watching him.
"STOP!" shouted Master Makarov right before Natsu landed the finishing blow.
"Glad to see that you are alright Makarov but are you sure you want to stop me from killing again? Because if I remember correctly that didn't turn out very well and you almost caused the death of thousands." asked Natsu who caused all of Fairy Tail to look at Master Makarov in shock.
"Yes Natsu I want you to not kill him, and this won't be like last time which also didn't have anything bad happen." replied Makarov.
"That is only thanks to me for saving all of your sorry asses that Fairy Tail is still a guild and you aren't all in jail. So what if later on Jose tries to do something evil and I just sit back and let him do whatever he's doing since he's going to be your responsibility from here on out?" asked Natsu.
"First off I wouldn't believe that you would ever just sit back and watch someone commit evil deeds Natsu. And secondly I wouldn't let that happen because like you said he will now be my responsibility." answered Makarov.
"You don't know the first thing about me Makarov but have it your way; he's your responsibility now. And I can't be everywhere Makarov so I truly hope that you are able to make sure that Jose doesn't go down this path again, because I have a really bad feeling about keeping him alive. And I truly might just sit back and see how you handle what comes from me not killing that man." said Natsu with a serious face.
"Well hopefully you are wrong Natsu and if you aren't Fairy Tail will just deal with it like we always do." replied Makarov with a confident grin.
"HAHAHAHA Makarov this is the sixth time that I have stopped the destruction of Fairy Tail." said Natsu while chuckling.
"Sixth I thought it was only twice?" asked Lucy.
"Oh my bad, the second time that I have saved your sorry asses." said Natsu with a smile.
"And for that I am truly grateful Natsu and don't know how I can ever repay you." said Makarov.
"Just don't make the same mistakes over again as did the previous generations of Fairy Tail. Wendy where's that communication lacrima that you were supposed to keep safe for me, I need to call Master and see what are our next orders are?" asked Natsu as he just walked away from the stunned mages of Fairy Tail. Who were stunned for numerous reasons but the main reason was the sheer power that Natsu show cased to them.
"Master what did he mean by previous generations of Fairy Tail?" asked Mira.
"Also why did he think that he saved us six times now?" asked Lucy.
"I don't know girls, but I do intend to find out." stated Master Makarov.
"What the hell was he talking about stopping you guys from you being responsible for thousands of deaths and the disbanding of Fairy Tail?" asked Grey.
"Well I guess I might as well tell you all what happened a few weeks ago." said Master Makarov as he let out a sigh and then told them all about the Lullaby incident in full detail.
End of Chapter
Author's Notes:
Thanks for reading and I hope that you enjoyed it. I don't know what else to say here except for sorry about the long updates for this story but that is due to me working on all of my other stories. So as always feel free to leave me a review.
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