Chapter 9: The Tower of Heaven
"So Master what are my orders?" asked Natsu after he was a good distance away from all of them Fairy Tail members.
"You are really not going to like this Natsu." said the Master with a frown.
"Shit, you only make that face when I have to take some sort of transportation." said Natsu with a pissed off expression.
"Yes and before you try and say that you really don't need it, the place where I am sending you is in the middle of the ocean. So unless you learned how to fly without using large amounts of magic Natsu, the only option is using a boat." said the Master in a commanding voice.
"Yes Master so what do I need to do?" asked Natsu still extremely pissed.
"You four are going to head to the Tower of Heaven." replied the Master with a grin.
"Yea that really doesn't help me at all Master, and I don't want to take the rest if this is going to be dangerous." said Natsu as he rolled his eyes.
"Natsu we will be fine, we're Slayers too you know." said Chelia as she glared at him.
"She's right Natsu, besides this is an order and you are probably going to need all the help that you can get on this one." said the Master in a tone that said the discussion was over with.
"Fine Master, so where do we need to go and how fast do we have to get there?" asked Natsu after he let out a very long sigh.
"First you will need to head to Akane Resort and then after reaching the resort. You four will need to take the ship that we have waiting for you and head south east from the resort, and you will know where to go when you are within ten miles of the tower." said the Master.
"How will we know that?" asked Wendy.
"You will all feel the pain and suffering from that horrible place, not to mention the aura of pure evil that will definitely be radiating from it." replied the Master.
"So what are we supposed to do once we get there?" asked Natsu.
"Natsu you need to destroy the tower by any means necessary and that means there are no restrictions or limitations on this mission." replied the Master with an angry expression.
"And the Council approves of this?" asked Natsu in disbelief, since he only gets no restrictions when pretty much thousands of lives will be lost if he fails.
"No they haven't Natsu, but I know that once they learn that the tower is just a few days away from completion they will be all for it." answered the Master.
"What's so dangerous about this tower and if the Council knows about it already, then why haven't they stopped it themselves?" asked Natsu who never understood why the Council did the things that they did.
"They have tried Natsu and it ended in failure, not only that but Siegrain is actually the owner of the tower and has been playing the Council this whole time. But don't worry Natsu we will handle him; all you need to take care of the tower and his twin brother Jellal. As for why it's so dangerous Natsu, I don't know how to tell you this but it's a creation of Zeref that is supposed to bring back the dead which we know never leads to anything good. So please remain calm Natsu and focus all of that anger into destroying the tower." explained the Master with a concerned look.
"Will do Master, now how fast do we need to get there?" asked Natsu as he fought to keep control of his magic that wanted to erupt and lay waste to everything around him.
"You have two weeks max Natsu, but I would try and do this in ten days just to be on the safe side." replied the Master with a small grin.
"We'll have it done in nine Master and unless you have anything else to say we are going to get to work." stated Natsu with his own grin that matched the Master's.
"Just be careful everyone and come back to us, and that is mainly directed at you Natsu." said the Master with a glare.
"Don't worry Master, we'll be careful and make sure to observe the Tower of Heaven before we act. We'll call you when we are done with the mission Master." said Natsu then he ended the call with their Master.
"Are you going to be okay Natsu?" asked Wendy knowing how much Natsu detested anything that dealt with Zeref.
"I am going to be fine Wendy, besides we won't be near that tower for at least four days, and I will be completely collected by then. And will use all of that built up anger to destroy that tower and this Jellal person." replied Natsu with an evil grin.
"Are you sure Natsu?" asked Chelia as she squeezed his hand.
"Positive Chelia; and you being here with me is going to make it definitely come true." said Natsu giving Chelia a loving smile.
"Well let's get going then." said Carla with a small smile that she only showed in front of Slayer and even then it only happened rarely.
Four days later:
"So what did you see Carla?" asked Natsu who was floating in the water near their boat that was still over three miles away from the Tower of Heaven.
"That they have a pretty tight security system that can shoot down any boat that is within a mile of the tower. They have minimal security on the top and rarely scan the skies at all. If we went in with two swimming and two keeping watch from the top, we should be able to get to it without being seen." explained Carla.
"Well when we do that the groups are obviously going to be you and Wendy and Chelia and me." stated Natsu.
"Those would be the optimal teams Natsu." agreed Carla.
"I want to make sure that we won't be seen if we do try swimming up to the tower, so I am going to go and test that out. If it does work I am going to see what I can learn from keeping an eye on them." said Natsu with a grin.
"Natsu, since there is a ton of destroyed ships surrounding the tower. I would suggest using them to your advantage." suggested Carla.
"Thanks Carla, and would you mind going up into the skies again, and keep watching them? You never know what you might see when they don't know that they are being watched." said Natsu with a grin.
"What about us Natsu, what are do you want Wendy and me to do?" asked Chelia.
"Well since we are still gathering information, if you don't see them firing at me after an hour I think that you should both join me on watching them. Having all of us watching them we are bound to get some good information over the next two days." said Natsu and then started swimming towards the tower.
"He doesn't expect us to swim for that whole time does he?" asked Chelia and Wendy only shrugged her shoulders while smiling.
"No he doesn't Chelia, Natsu knows how important it is to rest properly before a fight. But I too need to go and keep an eye on this vile place." said Carla as she flew away with a disgusted look on her face.
"Well that just leaves you and me." said Wendy with a smile as she turned to her friend who was getting ready to jump in.
"What are you doing Chelia?" asked Wendy.
"I am not going to do nothing for an hour when I could be helping Wendy. Besides Carla said that we would be fine and when has she ever been wrong on something like this Wendy? You know how protective she became with the whole guild after Happy died." said Chelia with a frown.
"Yea, it really hit Carla hard, almost as bad as Natsu." replied Wendy who also had a frown now.
"So let's go and start our surveillance already." said Chelia with a small smile and then dove into the water.
"You are just like Natsu sometimes Chelia." said Wendy before she jumped in after Chelia.
"Thanks Wendy." said Chelia with a grin like Natsu's and then started to swim to the tower with Wendy following.
Two days later:
"So what do you all think of the plan?" asked Natsu.
"Why is it that you're the only one that is taking risks Natsu, and want to face this Jellal guy alone?" asked Chelia with a small frown.
"You know why Chelia, I couldn't live with myself if any of you got hurt on this mission. Which is why you will be my support while also taking care of their boats and anyone that I don't get on my first sweep." answered Natsu who was still in the water and only stayed on the boat to sleep with the help of Chelia of course.
"Fine Natsu, but wouldn't it be better if we helped you out while they still don't know that we are here?" asked Chelia.
"She does have a point there Natsu." said Carla with a grin.
"I think that you should allow us to help out until we've been found out and will then we'll do it your way Natsu." said Wendy with a big grin.
"Fine, you two are as stubborn as me when you want to be." said Natsu with a big grin.
"Damn right we are, so when do we start the operation?" asked Chelia with a big smile.
"We are going to attack tomorrow night so let's get some rest and make sure that we are well prepared for tomorrow night." said Natsu as he climbed back onto the boat so that he could get ready for what tomorrow night would bring.
"I'll have first watch." said Carla as she walked away from them and started to look for anything suspicious.
"Well might as well rest up while we actually have the chance." said Wendy as she laid down ready to fall asleep even though the sun was still out.
"I guess I am going to do the same." said Chelia who was already lying down and being held by Natsu.
At Fairy Tail:
"Hey guys, guess what Loke gave we." said Lucy as she ran up to a table that contained Erza, Juvia and Grey.
"That could be anything Lucy." said Grey with small grin.
"True, but it's something that I plan on sharing with all of you." replied Lucy.
"Juvia has no idea Lucy, so what did Loke give you Lucy?" asked Juvia with a big smile.
"He gave me four tickets to Akane resort that are all expenses paid for a three day stay and they start tomorrow, and I wanted to know if you three wanted to come along?" asked Lucy with a big smile.
"Sorry Lucy but we need to work on the guild." replied Erza with a frown since it seemed like a waste to not use the tickets.
"Erza I think that it will be alright if you guys are gone for a little bit, besides it's not like we are going to finish before you return." said Master Makarov with a smile.
"Are you sure Master?" asked Erza with a small smile.
"Positive Erza, and it wouldn't hurt if you relaxed every once and a while." answered Master Makarov with a grin.
"Alright guys, it looks like we are going to Akane resort tomorrow so I want to see you all at the train station bright and early tomorrow morning." stated Erza as she got up and left to go pack for their vacation.
"Who said that I even wanted to go?" asked Grey after he let out a sigh.
"Come on Grey, it'll be fun." said Lucy with a big smile.
"Fine but I am only doing this so that Erza doesn't beat me up." replied Grey as he too left to go and get ready for tomorrow.
"What about you Juvia, do you want to go with us?" asked Lucy still smiling.
"Of course Juvia does, this is the perfect way for Juvia to become closer with you three." answered Juvia with a big smile.
The next night outside of the tower:
"What are we waiting for Natsu, that boat full of mages left more than three hours ago?" asked Chelia who was nervous and antsy.
"Just a little bit longer Chelia, I would prefer that they are already on land doing whatever it is that they were sent to do. So that if they are called back to help take care of us it will take them that much longer." explained Natsu with a big grin.
"That actually makes a lot of sense." replied Chelia.
"Glad to hear that you think so, because it's time to have some fun." said Natsu with a wicked grin on his face.
"Here we go, another day of living the life." said Wendy with a big grin as she slipped into the water.
"Alright you three, this is a stealth mission so no loud moves until we're found out. And when that happens let loose a little and have fun with it." said Natsu and then started to swim for the tower.
Once the group got to grave yard of ships they were able to use them to their advantage and get right next to the edge of the island. Natsu gave the three some hand gestures that they all understood and split up as he pulled himself up and onto the island right as a patrol passed their location. Pulling out his two daggers Natsu quickly mad work of them and continued on to the next spot that he was to lay in wait and dispatch another group of guardsmen. In less than thirty minutes Natsu with the help of the others had gotten rid of all the patrolling guardsmen and knew that they had an hour and a half before anyone would notice that they were gone.
"Okay, now are you two sure that you want to do this?" asked Natsu as he looked at Wendy and Carla.
"Of course we do Natsu." replied Wendy with a confident grin.
"Don't worry Natsu if anything goes wrong I will get Wendy out of there. Besides Natsu, I know exactly where every guard on watch will be and where they are going to be looking. So this is going to be easy to take them out for the two of us, but what do you want us to do once we've completed that?" asked Carla with a grin like Wendy's.
"I guess be ready to swoop in when something goes wrong, or you two can do whatever you want as long as you don't go after that Jellal guy. He's mine and I am going to make him regret ever messing around with stuff that he has no idea what will happen if he completes it." said Natsu as he growled at the end of it.
"Fine Natsu, we won't go after him." said Wendy with a soft smile.
"Good now let's start phase two." said Natsu with a big grin as he went to a door and put his ear on it listening to whatever was happening inside. Carla picked up Wendy and they took to the skies and started their part of the job while Chelia went with Natsu and waited for him to open the door.
After five minutes of doing nothing, Natsu ignited his hand and focused the flames so that he cut through the lock on the door in mere seconds. The two Slayers slipped in without making a sound and then got to work, which was cutting down anyone that got in their path. The whole time while doing this Natsu started to place lacrimas near certain pillars with a rune that he made just for occasions like this. The two Slayers slowly and methodically started to make their way up the tower level by level and this lasted for a complete hour, meaning that they were already ten levels up when the alarm went off.
"Honestly surprised that it took them this long to figure out that we were here." said Natsu with a grin as the alarmed continued to blare.
"Well I am going to go and take care of whoever triggered the alarm and continue to follow you at a distance like we agreed." said Chelia with a big smile as she turned around and headed back down the tower.
"Thanks Chelia." whispered Natsu with a faint smile.
"Stop right there intruder." shouted the leader of a group of guards.
"Now why would I do a thing like that?" asked Natsu as he grinned at them.
"Because if you don't we will kill you." shouted the lead guard.
"AHAHAHAHAH you really think that any of you have a chance of actually hitting me with an attack? You might have if I was trying to be stealthy but since the alarms are already going off that means I can cut lose." said Natsu with a feral grin on his face.
"Fire men, show this scum who he's dealing with." shouted the lead guard as his men then followed his command and unleashed their attacks on the intruder, causing a big explosion to go off right on top of Natsu.
"Alright men now let's continue the search for more intruders." commanded the lead guard with a grin.
"Well aren't you the confident one, time to let you learn what true magic feels like. Because that shit you guys just used on me didn't even leave a scratch." said Natsu as he walked out of the smoke from the previous attack.
"B-b-but how?" asked the lead guard while stuttering.
"Because I am the Salamander and now you all must die, FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR!" shouted Natsu as he unleashed his weakest roar possible onto the guards. After he ended it there was just ash left where they once stood and wholes blown through all of the walls behind them until the night sky could be seen.
"Shit and that was my weakest roar." said Natsu as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Screw it, Master did say no limitations." said Natsu as an evil grin spread across his face.
Outside of the tower:
"Well it looks like they know we're here now." said Carla as she held Wendy and they hovered in front of the tower as the alarm went off.
"Yep, which only means that things are going to heat up." replied Wendy with a smirk.
"Do you think they know about us out here?" asked Carla.
"Probably not and let's try and keep it that way." said Wendy as flames came bursting out of the lower levels where Natsu and Chelia were at.
"Natsu seems to be having fun." said Carla with a smirk.
"That he does, I kind of feel sorry for anyone that has to go up against him." said Wendy with her own smirk.
"Well let's not just float here Wendy, why don't we take out a few more curious individuals that dare to look outside." said Carla still smirking like she was really enjoying this.
"Sounds good to me Carla." replied Wendy as she gathered some of her magic in her hands to unleash on the first person they run across.
At Akane Resort's Casino:
"What do you guys want with Erza?" asked Grey as he picked himself off of the ground.
"Erza is needed at the Tower of Heaven and if you don't want to die I suggest that you step aside." said the large man who was wearing a turban and an eyepatch while also having a metal jaw.
"Yea ice boy, listen to Simon otherwise the next shot will go through your head." said a man wearing a purple suit and who's features were all boxy.
"Please don't hurt any of my friends." said Erza quietly with her head down.
"I thought we were your friends Erza, but I guess we never were since you betrayed us and left us to die." said a tan man with blonde hair.
"Sho I never meant for any of this to happen." said Erza still looking down.
"Well it did Erza and I think that your new friends might have to pay for your past mistakes." said Sho as he held up a card that had Lucy in it.
"Sho don't! If you let them all go I will come with you peacefully." said Erza as she stared at Sho and could only feel guilty about everything that was happening right now.
"That's what you should have done in the first place Erza, if you had then your new friends wouldn't have gotten hurt." said a lady with cat ears and a tail.
"Don't listen to them Erza, we can still win this!" shouted Grey.
"Grey's right Erza, Juvia doesn't want to lose one of her few friends." said Juvia who was on the floor tied up by orange tubes that were suppressing her magic.
"Oh how sweet." said the cat lady as she tightened her tubes on Juvia causing her to yell out in pain.
"Stop this right now Millianna! I already agreed to come with you without a fight so stop hurting her." said Erza feeling completely helpless.
"Millianna, Erza is right, there is no need to harm other people if we don't have to." said Simon.
"Why not Simon, it would be fun to see how Erza reacts to watching her new friends getting hurt?" asked the block man.
"Because there is no need to do that Wally, we are all better than this." said Simon as they then heard his communication lacrima go off. He quickly pulled it out and answered it; Simon was surprised to see that it was the head guard calling him.
"Simon have you guys gotten the girl that Jellal wanted?" asked the guard as a loud explosion was heard in the back ground.
"Yes we have and will be returning with her right now, and what was that explosion that I just heard?" asked Simon.
"Good to hear Simon, someone go and tell Jellal immediately." shouted the guard to someone else that they couldn't see.
"What is going on at the tower?" asked Millianna with a concerned look.
"We've been attacked by a monster and nothing seems to affect him at all, it is actually the reason that I called you guys. We need all of you here as fast as possible, you're the only ones that will stand a chance against him besides Jellal but he is busy right now." said the guard as a really loud explosion was heard nearby causing the guard to start becoming even more nervous.
"Do you have any idea who this person is and why he's attacking the tower?" asked Simon wanting to find out who would do such a thing.
"I-i-it's it's the Salamander." stuttered the guard causing all of the mages listening in to have two different reactions. The mages of Fairy Tail could only smile at that news, while the mages from the tower all had extremely scared looks on their faces.
"But I thought that he was just a myth." stated Sho who was visibly shaking.
"Jellal said that the Slayers would never bother us and that the Salamander didn't exist." shouted Wally in anger.
"Well he's at the tower right now killing everyone in his path." shouted the guard.
"But that can't be true, Jellal told us that he was just a myth." said Millianna who was shaking just as bad as Sho.
"Well he isn't cat girl and Juvia happens to be a friend of his. And just so you know Salamander doesn't like it at all when someone hurts his friends, that usually means they die while being burned alive. So I would let go of Juvia and Lucy right this instant unless you want to end up like your friends at the tower." said Juvia with a big smirk.
"She's bluffing, and you must be mistaken on who's attacking the tower. I say that we should just kill them and head to the tower and take care of whoever is pretending to be the Salamander." said Wally as he made a gun and pointed it at Juvia's head. He then heard from the lacrima a scream that sounded like whoever was doing it was in the most pain that they have ever been in, in their entire life.
They all looked at the projection of the guard who was screaming because he was completely covered in fire. They watched as he was quickly reduced to nothing but ash, as a figure came into view from the right side. The person finally made his way to the communication lacrima and sat down with a wicked smile.
"So it looks like they decided to finally call in the reinforcements, well I will gladly turn you all to ash if you come back here. Oh and Wally, I am friends with Juvia and everyone else from Fairy Tail so if you guys don't let them go right this instant I will make it my life goal to hunt you, Sho, Millianna and Simon down and kill you in the most painful way possible. Which would be slowly burning off little pieces of you until you all are just torsos with heads." said Natsu as he glared at Simon since he was the only one that he could see.
"Who are you and how do you know our names?" asked Simon.
"If I don't hear Juvia telling me that everyone is completely fine after I finish this sentence there is nothing in this world that will stop me from doing what I just told you." said Natsu in a deep tone. Millianna and Sho instantly released their captives while he was still talking since they both knew that he wasn't joking around.
"Natsu, Juvia and everyone else are completely fine now thanks to you." said Juvia with a big smile.
"Did they hurt you at all Juvia?" asked Natsu with a growl.
"Nothing that I couldn't handle." replied Juvia with her smile still present.
"So they did, well it looks like you guys are going to be losing at least one appendage each. Oh and Simon I am indeed the real Salamander and I know your names because I have been observing your little tower for the last two days." said Natsu with a mad look in his eyes.
"Natsu don't hurt them, they were all tricked by Jellal." shouted Erza.
"And that gives them a free pass Erza, sorry but that isn't how the world works. They have been helping that bastard create this tower that is supposed to be able to bring back the dead and they were going to use it on Zeref." replied Natsu angrily.
"Yes Natsu, but that doesn't mean you should maim them because they were foolish children and listened to that bastard. Can't you show a little compassion Natsu, and none of us are hurt just like Juvia said." pleaded Erza much to the other mages surprise.
"Fine Erza, but if they come back here and get in my way then they will share the same fate as Jellal." said Natsu as he let out a growl while saying Jellal's name.
"You don't mean that you are going to kill him, do you Natsu?" asked Erza hoping that she misinterpreted what Natsu said.
"That is exactly what I meant Erza, and if you or anyone else gets in my why there will be no hesitation like last time. And I will have zero remorse since they are trying to help someone who's using one of Zeref's crazy contraptions." replied Natsu as he glared at the communication lacrima.
"But …" said Erza but was cut off.
"No but's Erza, he's going to die and probably before any of you can even get here. And I would really hate to have to tell Makarov that one of his mages died a pointless death because they tried to save a man that was trying to bring back the evilest man to walk on this world. And if I am not mistaken it looks like my prey is coming to me now, so I am going to end this call." said Natsu and then sent a ball of fire at the lacrima destroying it and ending the call.
"He's going to kill Jellal?" asked Millianna in disbelief.
"But why?" asked Sho.
"Because Jellal is evil and has been lying to us this whole time." said Simon.
"What the hell are you talking about Simon?" asked Wally.
"Exactly what I said Wally, Jellal lied to you all about Erza betraying us and what the tower is actually for. The Salamander is right about everything that he just said, but he doesn't know what he's getting himself into." replied Simon.
"You better tell us everything right now Simon." shouted Sho who was completely confused right now.
"Fine and this is what I know about what happened all of those years ago. And Erza will have to tell us the parts that I don't know about." said Simon as he told his friends what he knew. After which Erza told her side of the story and how she couldn't do anything since Jellal threatened to kill them if she did anything.
"I'm going to kill him." shouted Sho after listening to the true story of what happened back then.
"Don't worry Salamander has probably already done that already, I mean that is all those Slayers are good for." said Grey with an angry expression.
"Grey would you grow up, Natsu has saved your life three times now and has also saved Fairy Tail twice. But all you do is keep bad mouthing him." said Lucy in an angry tone.
"I wouldn't be too sure about Salamander defeating Jellal all by himself. Jellal has more power than any other person I have ever met, and he is crafty as hell." said Simon with a frown.
"Then we need to go and help Natsu." declared Juvia with a determined look on her face.
"I don't know if that would be smart for us." said Wally remembering what the Salamander said to them.
"He won't do any of that if you are helping him and not getting in his way." said Lucy with a smile.
"I will take all that are willing to help and lead them to the tower." said Simon and looked to see that everyone but Wally and Grey looked like they wanted to help.
"Sorry guys but I am not going to die to Jellal or the Salamander." said Wally as he walked away from the group.
"I am never going to help that bastard, I will head back to the guild and inform the Master about what's happening." said Grey as he walked away before anyone could try and convince him otherwise.
"Well we better get going before it's too late." said Simon as they headed to the boat and started to have a small conversations on the way. The only one not saying anything was Erza and that was because she was having an eternal battle with herself. She knew that Jellal had done unspeakable things over the years but she still believed that there was good in him and wanted to save him if she could. But on the other hand Natsu made it very clear what would happen to her if she got in his way, and Erza was smart enough to know that she wouldn't last a second against him.
At the Tower of Heaven with Natsu:
"You can come out, whoever you are." said Natsu with a wicked grin on his face.
"That is very perceptive of you Salamander, and might I say I am very impressed with what you've done so far." said the man that had the appearance of a rock star.
"Are you supposed to be a rock star or something?" asked Natsu with a grin.
"That I am Salamander, and I am going to be the mage that kills you." replied the man with a maniacal laugh.
"And how do you plan to do that?" asked Natsu still grinning at the man.
"With my guitar magic of course." shouted the man as he brought out his guitar and was about to start playing when gun shots went off.
"You really are stupid aren't you, never tell your enemy what your plan is." said Natsu with one of his pistols pointed at the man who was now holding a broken guitar.
"My guitar, why would you do something like that?" asked the man as he still looked at his guitar while now on his knees.
"Simple, if you don't have a guitar then you are completely defenseless now." said Natsu as he put his pistol to the head of the man.
"You wouldn't kill a defenseless person now would you Salamander?" asked the man now fearing for his life.
"No, normally I wouldn't but for you I am going to make an exception and do you know why that is Vidaldus Taka?" asked Natsu with a huge grin.
"No and how do you even know my name?" asked Vidaldus as he started to shake in fear.
"How could I not know about you Vidaldus, you're a member of Death's Head Caucus a dark guild that specializes in assassinations. Not only that but you are a part of the group known as Trinity Raven and are the best that your guild has to offer. I make it my job to know who my enemies are, even if I might not see them or even ever run into them." said Natsu as he grinned at the man on his knees before him.
"Looks like you are a little too afraid to even talk anymore so I will just continue on with why I am making an exception for you Vidaldus. I know for a matter of fact that your group has done this to countless people over your career so it only seems fitting that you die the same way." said Natsu in a very cold tone.
"Please I beg of you Salamander I will do anything that you want if you let me live." begged Vidaldus who finally found his words.
"Sorry Vidaldus the only thing that I want is for you to die!" shouted Natsu as he pulled the trigger ending the life of the assassin.
"Since he was here I can only assume that his two partners are here as well." thought Natsu as he then sensed someone approaching him at a very fast speed. Natsu tried to jump out of the way and thought that he succeeded but was then grabbed by a mechanical arm bring him along for a ride that he would have preferred to not have taken.
What had grabbed Natsu was a man with the head of an owl that had a jetpack on his back. This was one of Vidaldus's partners who went by the name of Fukuro, and it would appear that he knew of Natsu's one weakness transportation. And it seemed that Fukuro was going to exploit that weakness to the max since he flew Natsu around the inside of the castle for five minutes and then threw him to the ground.
"You shouldn't have done that Salamander." shouted Fukuro angrily because he just lost one of his partners.
"I am now going to eat you Salamander, which will give me your power. And once I have those I will be unstoppable." shouted Fukuro with a hoot at the end. Fukuro then walked over to the downed Salamander and picked him up as he unhinged his jaw and put him in. Right before Fukuro had Natsu all the way in his mouth Chelia charged into the room and was shocked at the sight that she saw.
"Get him out of your mouth now!" shouted Chelia as her magic flared up and black wind started to circle around her. But before Chelia could do a thing Fukuro closed his mouth effectively swallowing Natsu whole.
"You are so dead!" shouted Chelia in rage as she charged Fukuro ready to kill him for eating the man that she loved. But Fukuro quickly dodged out of her way thanks to his jet pack.
"Ah another Slayer I see, and it would appear that you are close to the Salamander." said Fukuro with a big smile.
"Yes and now you are going to die!" shouted Chelia as she charged at him but had to call it off do to fire flying at her.
"How the hell did you do that?" asked Chelia in disbelief because she could have sworn that the flames felt like Natsu's.
"Simple young lady, thanks to eating the Salamander I have his power now. And with that I am going to kill you, isn't that just perfect. You get to die by the magic of the one that you loved." said Fukuro who started to hoot in pure enjoyment. But just as soon as he started that it quickly became screams of pain.
Chelia was completely confused at what was happening and watched Fukuro fall to his knees clutching his gut screaming in pain. Then blood shot out of his throat as a dagger poked out of it and then continued to cut Fukuro wide open from his throat to his waist. And from this fresh wound came Natsu who was on fire making his exit all the more painful for the barely alive Fukuro.
"If you are going to eat someone it might be smart to check and see if that person has weapons. And for trying to kill Chelia with my own magic Fukuro you are now going to die by being burned from the inside out." said Natsu with a glare as he then sent fire inside of Fukuro and increased it until he was reduced to nothing but ash.
"Natsu I thought that you just died." said Chelia as she hugged him as hard as she could.
"Like I was going to let a chump like that kill me." said Natsu with a big grin on his face.
"But you could have Natsu." said Chelia as she started to cry into his chest.
"But I didn't Chelia and I am going to be around for a lot longer. I can promise you that Chelia because there are still some things that I have to take care of before I leave for good." said Natsu with a confident grin.
"You can't keep a promise like that Natsu and you know it." shouted Chelia as she hit his chest.
"Yes I can Chelia, because there are things that I have to do." said Natsu once again having that confident grin.
"Just be careful Natsu." said Chelia as she hugged him again.
"Will do Chelia." replied Natsu as he hugged her back.
Top of the tower:
"It would appear that Salamander has taken out both of your partners quite easily Ikaruga. Let's see if you are any better than those two idiots or are all of the rumors about your group lies?" asked Jellal with a big grin.
"No they are not Jellal, and the Salamander is good as dead once he faces me." said Ikaruga as she headed towards the stairs.
"He better be Ikaruga, otherwise your head will be mine." said Jellal with a grin.
"No need to worry Jellal, the Salamander is soon going to lose his wings." replied Ikaruga with her own grin and went down the stairs.
"We'll see about that Ikaruga, but if you fail I have a little surprise for our Slayer once he gets here." thought Jellal as a huge smile spread across his face.
End of Chapter
Author's Notes:
Thanks for reading and I hope that you enjoyed it. I want to let you all know that I am sorry that the updates on this story is slower than just once a week, but that is due to me working on my other stories and sometimes just not having enough time to work on them. So as always feel free to leave me a review and let me know what you thought of this chapter.
Until the next Chapter
Digem Out!