Ch 10: Jellal vs Salamander
"Where the fuck are you Jellal?" shouted Natsu as he smashed the face of the last guard on this level into the wall giving off a horrendous cracking sound as the man's skull actually cracked. He looked back and saw the mass amount of bodies strewn behind him and could only shake his head at how they all lost their lives because they simply were following the orders of a crazy man.
"I guess it's time to keep on moving up, after I place these last few charges." Natsu mumbled to himself as he placed the last of the explosives that he had and then continued on up the tower to finish the other part of his mission. The next level of the tower was definitely not what Natsu was expecting since it was only a really long bridge surrounded by water that lead to the other set of stairs that would take him to the next floor.
"Why on earth would you have a place like this in a tower?" asked Natsu out loud as he looked at himself in the reflection and noticed a glint coming down from above him. So right at the last second he rolled out of the way and got himself at least twenty feet away from his new assailant.
"Those are quite impressive reflexes you have their Salamander." said Ikaruga with a smirk as she pulled her sword out of the spot that Natsu used to be standing at.
"Ah Ikaruga I was wondering when we were going to meet after I cut down your two partners like the trash that they were." said Natsu as he watched her every move.
"Considering that they died to you I would have to agree with you on that Salamander." stated Ikaruga as she slowly walked towards Natsu.
"And what do you mean by that Ikaruga, are you thinking that you could do better than them?" asked Natsu with a grin spreading across his lips.
"Definitely Salamander and I honestly can't see why anyone is afraid of you at all." replied Ikaruga with a sly smirk on her face.
"If you want I can give you a crash course but most people don't make it to the end." said Natsu as he pulled out his daggers and started to twirl them.
"HAHAHAHA do you honestly think that you'll stand a chance against me with those puny little things?" asked Ikaruga as she laughed at how absurd that notion was until she had to quickly parry two strikes from Natsu as he appeared right in front of her.
"What were you saying Ikaruga, because it looks like you are on the defense right now?" asked Natsu as he continued to relentlessly attack her at close range never backing off more than three feet.
"For the love of god back off Salamander!" shouted Ikaruga in rage that he was keeping her on the defense and didn't show any signs of that changing.
"Why so that you can use that special ability of yours that can destroy anything you slice at? I don't think so Ikaruga because I figured out that you can't do that with someone who's within five feet of you so I am going to stay right where I am." said Natsu as fire started to dance all over him as he landed a few minor cuts on Ikaruga.
"Nobody knows that flaw of my technique, how in the world do you know it?" asked Ikaruga as she started to sweat from the heat coming off of Natsu.
"Simple Ikaruga you weren't the first person that I battled with that ability." answered Natsu with a grin as he gave her a cut on her cheek causing her to growl at him.
"You'll pay for that Salamander." hissed Ikaruga as she tried to get some distance between the two of them.
"Are you running away already Ikaruga, but the fun has just started?" asked Natsu as he continued to slash and hack at her.
"Let's see if the rumors about you Salamander hold any water, GARUDA FLAME!" shouted Ikaruga as a large amount of flames shot out of her sword directly at Natsu and actually propelled her away from him since she did it while jumping backwards from him.
"So which rumor were you trying to figure out Ikaruga? I am honestly curious since there are so many revolving around me and my exploits." said Natsu in the middle of her fire which he then started to suck in.
"You being immune to fire and also being able to eat it." replied Ikaruga with a smug grin.
"Well there you have it Ikaruga, they're both true but why are you now looking at me that way?" asked Natsu as he twirled one of his daggers.
"Simple Salamander, look at the distance between us." answered Ikaruga still having her smug look on her face.
"Oh you think that just because you put a little distance between us that it's your victory?" asked Natsu happily as he smiled back at her.
"Why yes I do Salamander, otherwise you wouldn't have tried so hard to stay right next to me. But now it's time to end this Salamander, at least you can die knowing that you were one of the very few to actually make me bleed." said Ikaruga as she then did two quick slashes and waited to see Natsu at least lose an appendage while trying to dodge.
But instead of that happening Natsu took his daggers and did two of his own swipes and then just stood there grinning at her like a madman. Who then beckoned for her to send more his way which Ikaruga was more than happy to do thinking that it must have been some sort of fluke since not even his daggers were destroyed. But each time she sent one his way Natsu was somehow unaffected by them while he responded in kind, matching each of her swings with his own constantly grinning at her.
"How are you doing this Salamander?" screamed Ikaruga in complete frustration.
"Simple Ikaruga, I am better than you'll ever be and now it's my turn." replied Natsu as he charged at her. Ikaruga seeing this as a possible outcome was ready for it and waited until Natsu was right where she wanted him to be. The spot that he has to choose if he goes in for the attack and leaves himself open for less than a second or decides to pull back, and from how their fight has been going he was the type to charge in.
But once again Ikaruga completely misread Natsu as he jumped back just in time to dodge her attack while also doing one of his own which was throwing his dagger right at her. Thanks to Ikaruga's reflexes she was able to send a swipe at the dagger which would destroy it before it got near to her, but that's not what happened as the dagger continued on with its trajectory and sank into her right shoulder causing her to scream out in pain.
Ikaruga reached up to pull it out of her when she then heard a gunshot go off and her sword went flying out of her hand since she was only holding it with one hand. She looked up to see Natsu smiling at her with his gun aimed at her while walking towards her and twirling his one dagger in his other hand.
"So how does it feel to lose only because you were too confident in your ability to destroy anything sent your way?" asked Natsu as he looked down at Ikaruga who fell to her knees after losing her sword.
"What are you talking about Salamander?" hissed Ikaruga as she reached up to pull out the dagger and possibly try and use it on the man who threw it there.
"Don't make me shoot you Ikaruga, and you would have never been able to even come close to getting me with my own weapon. And what I meant was that we both know that if you had just blocked with your sword you would have been completely fine. But instead you tried to destroy my dagger as it flew at you thinking that would be easier than actually blocking or dodging the incoming blade." said Natsu with an inquisitive look on his face.
"It feels like shit Salamander knowing that if I had just blocked it I would have then had the advantage." replied Ikaruga as she glared up at him.
"HAHAHAHAHA what made you think such a stupid thing like that Ikaruga? I wouldn't need any blade to deal with someone like you and I only used these daggers because I thought it would be more fun and give me some good practice with them." said Natsu while chuckling to himself.
"You're lying Salamander." said Ikaruga as she continued to glare at him.
"Oh but I'm not Ikaruga. You are nothing but a stupid dark mage who thought that you actually had a chance against me just like everyone before you. But just like the rest of them you disappointed me since I have had better fights against ghouls and they are just decaying bodies of flesh that usually overwhelm you with their numbers." stated Natsu as he then put away his one dagger to quickly pull his other one out of Ikaruga's shoulder causing her to scream out in pain.
"That's bullshit and you know it." replied Ikaruga as she held her wound with her left hand.
"You know what Ikaruga I like you, so I am going to show you just a fraction of the power that I have so you can leave this world knowing how wrong you are about being nothing to me." said Natsu as he put away his weapons and started to unleash his magic right in front of Ikaruga who would have went for her sword but couldn't because of the sheer power that Natsu was giving off.
"That's not possible." mumbled Ikaruga.
"Oh but it is Ikaruga because I am standing right in front of you as we speak. But I am through with you, I would like to say that you were a worthy opponent but you weren't FIRE DRAGON'S VOLCANO!" said Natsu as he then made a pillar of fire shoot from the ground beneath Ikaruga for a full minute. As the pillar of fire dissipated there was no trace of Ikaruga.
"And that is the last member of Trinity Raven, I wonder if Wendy would like this sword?" said Natsu to himself as he picked up Ikaruga's sword and put it away in his pocket dimension.
"I wonder how many more floors there are until I reach the top where Jellal is probably waiting for me?" Natsu thought to himself as he continued his climb to the top.
At the Council's meeting chamber:
"What do you mean he's completed the tower Siegrain?" asked Org loudly.
"Exactly that Councilman Org, Jellal has finished the Tower of Heaven." stated Siegrain with any emotionless face as all of the other Council members faces turned to ones of shock.
"We need to send in the army right away." shouted Michello.
"Just to watch them get destroyed before we can even fire on the tower?" asked Siegrain as he glared at Michello for such a stupid suggestion.
"Then what about calling in the Slayers." suggested Yajima which instantly calmed down most of the Council.
"That would be a great idea if they all didn't walk to their destinations for some reason. We need to do something right away because Jellal is going to be using it in the next three hours if my intel is correct." argued Siegrain once again causing panic to spread around the room.
"What could we use to get rid of that tower once and for all?" asked Belno.
"I know of one such device that we have at our disposal." stated Siegrain as a small grin adorned his face.
"You can't possibly be talking about Etherion Siegrain, which will completely wipe the whole place out along with your brother." replied Yajima.
"I know that but sacrifices must be made in order to protect the citizens of Fiore." replied Siegrain as they then all heard someone slow clapping from the shadows.
"That was some of the best acting that I have ever seen Siegrain, I almost believed you when you were talking about protecting the citizens. But then I remembered that is what we do for you guys all the time when you mess things up like you were all about to do if you listened to Siegrain anymore." said a man who looked almost identical to Natsu except for blonde hair and fewer scars on display. His outfit was also the same except for his colors were black and white with white of course being his accent color.
"How the hell did you get in here, and who the hell are you?" demanded Org.
"We can go wherever we please Org and isn't it obvious who we are." stated a second voice as a person literally came out of a shadow who was wearing the same outfit but it was completely black. And while he was talking he showed the Council members his right shoulder that had his guild emblem.
"Slayers." whispered a few Council members to each other.
"You know that not even your group of misfits is allowed in these chambers." stated Siegrain as he glared at the two Slayers that appeared out of nowhere at the worst moment possible.
"True but I also know that dark mages aren't supposed to be allowed in here as well. But so far they seem fine with you being here Siegrain." replied the blonde.
"That is a very bold accusation you are making there, what are your names?" asked Leiji.
"The names Sting and my partner is Rogue and here's the proof that Siegrain over there has been working with Jellal this whole time. That along with helping other dark guilds who caused mass destruction just so attention would be diverted away from them. He's also the reason that Eisenwald was actually able to obtain Lullaby from right underneath your noses." said Sting as Rogue tossed them a packet containing all of the evidence that he was just talking about.
"Why are you guys even listening to these two, they are obviously trying to ruin my standings for who knows what reason?" asked Siegrain as he watched his fellow Council members start looking through the evidence that the Slayers brought with them.
"How did you come by all of this?" asked Ultear with an eyebrow raised.
"We Slayers have our eyes and ears everywhere Councilwoman Ultear, and Siegrain here finally messed up meaning that we now have proof on what we've been guessing for a long time now. We only act when we are one hundred percent sure of something, until then we remain in the shadows watching over the citizens of Fiore." replied Rogue as he glared at Ultear who only smiled back at him glad that she was able to obtain an answer to the question that she didn't ask.
"Your group is obviously trying to overthrow us." accused Siegrain who wasn't prepared for this at all, not thinking that the Slayers would be smart enough to ruin his plans with the Council.
"If we wanted to do that then you would all already be dead Siegrain or did Salamander's demonstration with Jose not send a clear message to you all? We don't care about titles and the power that comes with it since we already have more power than any of you will ever obtain in your lives. And the only reason we ever answer to you or the King is for the betterment of this Country." said Sting with a smug smirk on his face.
"Did you hear that he pretty much just threatened the Council and the Kingdom." said Siegrain who was now really grasping at straws here since he could already tell that they indeed had incriminating evidence on him.
"Come on Siegrain now you are just making a fool of yourself." stated Sting.
"He's right Siegrain because all he said was that if they wanted to they could overthrow us. Which after what Salamander did to Jose without even using any of his spells shows us that they are not bluffing, but the bigger problem is what were you trying to get us to do by firing Etherion at your brother in that tower of yours?" asked Org as he glared at Siegrain.
"Like I would ever tell you our plans." stated Siegrain knowing that his charade was up and might as well try and get some information out of them before he leaves.
"It doesn't really matter since Salamander is already at the tower right now meaning that it and your brother are both probably soon going to be leaving this world. But you already knew that Siegrain which is why you were trying to get them to rush and use Etherion on the tower as fast as possible." stated Sting with a smug grin as relieved faces could now be seen on all of the other Council member's faces.
"You are correct Slayer." replied Siegrain with a very smug grin on his face.
"So why did you do that Siegrain were you fine with killing your brother as long as you took down the Salamander?" asked Rogue as he glared at the man trying to kill one of their members that everyone looked up to.
"HAHAHAHAHA oh man you Slayers have absolutely no idea what's going on but you charge in anyways." said Siegrain as he then continued to start laughing.
"And what do you mean by that Siegrain?" asked Sting who was now clenching his teeth and holding back from ripping the man apart.
"You don't even have any idea of what the tower is used for do you?" asked Siegrain.
"Oh are you talking about raising the dead and how you planned to use it on Zeref, because we learned all of that a while ago." replied Sting shocking Siegrain and the rest of the Council.
"We weren't joking about having eyes and ears everywhere Siegrain. Our Master even guessed that you would be trying to convince the Council to use Etherion on the tower, but we want to hear your reason because the theory that our Master had is pretty out there." said Rogue as he finally smirked at the shocked faces.
"But how?" asked Siegrain who had no idea that the Slayers were this organized. He honestly thought that they were just a bunch of powerful idiots that the Council used to do their dirty work and clean up for them. But what he was now just learning is that he couldn't have been more wrong about them.
"We've been doing this for a while Siegrain and you humans keep doing the same mistakes over and over again." answered Sting.
"So tell us what you and your brother were planning?" asked Rogue.
"HAHAHAHAHA it would seem that I was able to pull at least one thing on you Slayers. And since it seems that everything else is now ruined I might as well tell you what my plan was. I was going to use Etherion to power my tower to bring back Zeref like you thought, but now I'll have to come up with a different power source." explained Siegrain with a crazy grin and look on his face.
"That's what our Master was guessing." said Sting now wondering what they were wrong about.
"Very impressive this Master of yours, that for some reason no one but you Slayers have seen for years. But none of you could tell that I am not the brother of Jellal, even with your enhanced sense of smell." stated Siegrain with that same look on his face.
"What are you going on about?" asked Rogue as he had his hands on two of his knives ready to be thrown in a moment's notice.
"That I am Jellal you idiots, but now it's time I go and put an end to this legendary Salamander and his two girls with him. It really shouldn't be too hard since I can already see how much he cares about those two and nothing hurts more than losing those that you care for." said Siegrain as he started to fade away to the shock of everyone in the room.
"Siegrain for the love of god don't touch those two girls if you know what's good for you." shouted Sting with a terrified face but Siegrain's only response was only to start laughing like the maniac that he was.
"Why did you tell him something like that?" asked Ultear who was shocked to see one of the legendary Slayers look so scared.
"Because if he does even so much as touches either of those two, there is nothing in this world that will stop Salamander from getting Siegrain. Wait I mean Jellal and putting him through a living hell where Salamander won't even have the decency to finish him off quickly since he'll make him suffer a thousand times more than whatever those two went through." answered Rogue who also had a scared look on his face.
"We'll probably be able to see some of it even from all the way over here." stated Sting as he shook his head.
"You have to be joking, they're miles away from us." stated Leiji.
"I wish I was, but the last time someone tried to use one of those two against Salamander he destroyed a whole mountain in his anger and rage. Salamander was pissed someone would use such a cowardly tactic to try and take him down and he would have destroyed a few more mountains if one of our other strong members and those two girls didn't calm him down." said Sting as he remembered it happening as if it was just yesterday. He had never seen Natsu so mad and that was when he returned to the guild a full week later, meaning that he was trying to calm down the entire way home.
"That was Salamander, we thought that another Deliora might have sprung up?" asked Org in complete disbelief.
"It was him and Jellal is unfortunately going to make the same mistake as that dark guild Master." said Rogue with a frown.
"What dark guild Master, we didn't even know that there was a dark guild located in that mountain?" asked Ultear.
"And that's because Salamander decided to get rid of all traces of said guild and it's Master, effectively erasing him and his guild from history which he will probably do with Jellal." answered Rogue.
"Well it looks like our work here is done and you all might want to watch the night sky for when Salamander decides to take care of that tower and Jellal for you all. And it will serve as a reminder to not mess with anything that Salamander cares about, and the list is pretty small but might get a little bit bigger since he's been hanging out with Fairy Tail recently." said Sting with a big grin at the end as he looked at all of the Council member's shocked faces, especially Ultear's since Sting and Rogue both looked at her longer than anyone else.
"As Sting was going to say we'll now be leaving." said Rogue as he faded into a shadow and Sting was gone in a flash of light.
"They can't be serious can they?" asked Belno.
"Only one way to find out isn't there." said Yajima with a smile as he went out of their chamber to find a good spot to watch the night sky. While thinking that this might be the thing that finally gets the Council off of Fairy Tail's back.
At the Tower of Heaven:
"How the hell did they know so much?" shouted Jellal to himself as he destroyed the model of the tower.
"Because we have eyes and ears everywhere Jella." said Natsu as he came through the doors that lead to the stairs.
"That's what I have been told Salamander." replied Jellal as he glared at Natsu with pure unbridled rage.
"Ah so that means you've run into a Slayer before." stated Natsu as he stood about twenty feet away from Jellal.
"I have run into a few just recently and they happened to destroy my plans." explained Jellal as he inspected the infamous Salamander that half of the stories about the Slayers were based around.
"Oh you must be talking about Sting and Rogue, which would mean that you and Siegrain are the same person." said Natsu as he scratched his chin.
"Wow that is pretty impressive deduction skills Salamander, so it would appear that there is a brain in that skull of yours too. This might make the fight a little bit more of a challenge than I was thinking it would be." said Jellal as he now was sporting a malicious grin on his face.
"I wish I could say the same to you Jellal." replied Natsu and watched Jellal try and hide that such a comment annoyed him.
"METEOR!" shouted Jellal as he was surrounded by Heavenly Body Magic and took off straight at Natsu who was still just grinning at him. And right when he was about to be able to strike Natsu he saw the guns in Natsu's hands ready to strike him down if he continued. So Jellal veered off to the right just barely dodging the bullets being fired by Natsu.
So for the next few minutes this is what kept happening between the two men. Jellal would be constantly dodging the shots that Natsu was firing at him while trying to get in and land a strike on him. Or at least disarm him of those guns that were making his job a lot harder than he thought it would be since Natsu just happened to be very skilled with them.
"Come on Jellal I thought this was only going to be a little harder for you since I do in fact have a brain?" asked Natsu while chuckling at Jellal who was getting sick of this.
"What the hell's wrong with you Salamander, I thought you liked fighting like a man?" Jellal asked back hoping to rile Natsu into coming at him with his fist.
"I do, but that requires two men and you Jellal are not even close to what I would consider being a man. You're closer to being a monster which just so happens to be what we Slayers specialize our skills for exterminating, which I am doing to you right now." replied Salamander still having a cheerful tone in his voice.
"I am more of a man than you and your freaks that you call members of your guild will ever be." shouted Jellal who finally found the opening that he needed.
"I would suggest that you keep your insults directed just at me Jellal or I will not be held accountable for what I do." said Natsu in a deep growl.
"Is that supposed to scare me Salamander?" asked Jellal as he dodged the last shot out of one of Natsu's guns and charged at him before he could reload it. All Jellal had to do was make sure that the last shot in the other gun didn't hit anything vital then this would be his win. And as luck would have it Natsu only grazed Jellal's cheek which was extremely close to ending the fight right then and there, but since it didn't he was right next to Natsu and unleashed a few quick strikes to the mage while disarming him of his guns.
"About time you disarmed me Jellal because I was afraid that you were going to give me less of a fight than those guards and goons that you hired." said Natsu whose smile only got larger than it had ever been during the fight.
"Now that you don't have those guns of yours this is my fight Salamander, because I have been doing more than just attacking you this whole time, GRAND CHARIOT!" shouted Jellal casting the spell that he had been preparing for most of the fight on the unsuspecting Natsu which was supposed to rival that of a meteor if the attack hit. And the next second a powerful blast of light exploded around Natsu.
"HAHAHAHA I knew that what the other Council members said about you were all lies." shouted Jellal as he started to celebrate his easy victory.
"Wow Jellal, I didn't peg you for a man that celebrates before he even knows if he's won. FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" shouted Natsu catching Jellal by complete surprise and hitting the side of his face launching him into a wall.
"But how is this even possible?" asked Jellal as he got up and surprisingly didn't look too injured which showed that he was indeed a strong opponent that shouldn't be underestimated.
"I might not be as fast as you Jellal with your Meteor spell but I am still fast enough to dodge that obvious spell you thought I didn't notice you working on." answered Natsu with a glint in his eyes seeing that it was going to be a fun fight for him.
"It would have been so much easier if you had just died there Salamander!" shouted Jellal as he started to build up his spell.
"Sorry Jellal but I have other things to do so I won't be dying here today, besides I also promised someone that I wouldn't." said Natsu as he started to build up his own attack.
"Too bad your last thing you said to that pink haired bitch was a lie, ALTAIRIS!" shouted Jellal as he unleashed it at Natsu.
"FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR OF RAGE!" shouted Natsu as he unleashed a roar that made Jellal's attack look small in every way possible as it was completely wiped out by Natsu's roar. That continued on and hit Jellal right after he was lucky enough to put up a barrier that stopped a good chunk of it but even then it still continued on and hit Jellal as he rolled to the side only getting winged by it.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL MY MATE, YOU INSIGNIFICANT ANT?" shouted Natsu completely losing it after hearing someone call Cheila a bitch right to his face. Glaring at Jellal while having fire coating his whole body Natsu was now oozing tons of killing intent that freaked Jellal so much that he did the only thing that came to his mind which was run.
"METEOR!" shouted Jellal as he took off from Natsu who then started to hurl fireballs at him that completely destroyed everything in their path.
Jellal who quickly made note of this fled down the tower where less important thing resided. Knowing if they stayed up there nothing good would come of it.
Outside the tower inside of a boat heading towards it:
"What in the world happened here?" asked Millianna in complete horror as she could see all of their ships were destroyed and countless bodies of the patrolling guards could be seen floating in the water.
"And what happened to the tower?" asked Sho looking at the smoke coming out of it and a few walls completely blown up allowing you to see inside which was just a smoldering war zone.
"Salamander happened." said Lucy and Juvia together with small smiles even though they were now in a war zone. But they both couldn't help the small smiles from coming since they knew that Natsu was saving the world once again from unimaginable horrors by doing all of this.
"One man was able to do all of this?" asked Millianna who was now wishing she had gone with Wally and never returned to this place.
"Yes Millianna, he's definitely someone that you don't want to anger at all." stated Erza who was still trying to figure out what she was actually supposed to do.
"But we already did that by trying to get you and capturing your friends." pointed out Sho who was now visibly trembling in his boots.
"It's fine Sho he's actually a reasonable man once you get to know him and he said that he won't do anything to either of you as long as you don't get in his way." said Erza as they all then heard a roar of a dragon come from the top of the tower as a huge stream of fire came blasting out of it and continued on into the night sky dissipating a few seconds later after lighting up the night sky for a few brief seconds.
"WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL MY MATE YOU INSIGNIFICANT ANT?" they could all hear someone yelling from the top of the tower which was extremely impressive considering how tall it was.
"You call that reasonable Erza?" asked Millianna as she joined Sho in trembling in fear of the Salamander.
"Something just fell from the higher levels!" shouted Lucy before Erza could answer Millianna.
"Oh dear god it's not a something Lucy, that's a person!" shouted Juvia not knowing what to do and could only watch as the person came closer and closer to hitting the ground. But they all then noticed that the person started to slow down the closer they got to the ground until they stopped completely and slowly turned their direction and took off straight towards them.
"Oh dear got their coming this way, what if it's the Salamander coming to get his revenge?" shouted Sho who was clearly freaking the fuck out.
"Then we would at least see some flames." stated Lucy who was guessing that it must be one of his fellow Slayers or maybe someone that Erza's old friends would know.
"What in the world are Fairy Tail mages doing here?" asked Chelia as she gracefully landed on the boat still in a fighting stance seeing that people from the tower were with the mages of Fairy Tail.
"They were initially going to bring me back here because I used to live here when I was little with them, but after hearing what actually happened they decided that they would come with me to try and stop Jellal. Just in case Natsu needs any help, which it would appear that he doesn't if all those explosions mean anything." explained Erza as she gestured to the mages that used to be working for Jellal.
"Well you are definitely not needed after Jellal said something extremely stupid in front of Natsu." said Chelia as she no longer was in a fighting stance but was still ready for anything that they might throw at her.
"What did he say?" asked Lucy who wasn't afraid of Chelia for just being a Slayer like the other mages who hadn't seen her before.
"He called me a bitch to Natsu's face which kind of sets him off." said Chelia as more explosions could be heard and seen coming out of the tower.
"We should still go and see if Natsu needs any help." suggested Juvia.
"That wouldn't be smart since we have the whole place rigged to explode." stated Chelia as she leaned against the side of the boat and looked up at the destruction that Natsu was causing without even trying to.
"But there are tons of people in there." protested Millianna.
"No, after Natsu made it to the top there aren't any now. And he usually is the merciful one out of all the Slayers, but whenever it deals with Zeref he becomes an unstoppable killing machine." said Chelia with a slight frown as another explosion went off.
"We still should do something." stated Erza who wanted to stop Natsu from killing Jellal but didn't know how.
"Well I warned you about the explosives so enter at your own risk, because Natsu won't care if you were dumb enough to enter after I gave you a warning. Maybe Carla is correct about humans all being incredibly stupid when dealing with life changing events." said Chelia with a smirk directed at the mages that used to run this tower that wasn't going to be there for much longer.
"Aren't you a human?" asked Millianna who was now curious about Chelia.
"At one point I was a long time ago, but then I became a slayer which makes me half human and half god. While Natsu or Salamander as you all probably know him as is half human and half dragon and as you can see from the sorry state of your tower. That his dragon side is having a lot of fun right now." explained Chelia as she watched a few more balls of fire burst through the walls of the tower. As they now appeared to be going back up the tower to where their battle first began.
"Is that why you guys are so strong?" asked Sho who decided that he wouldn't be going into that death trap of a tower while a half dragon was on the rampage.
"One of the reasons, the other main one is we have more experience than you'll ever have. Which is something that you have to earn by fighting for your life over and over again which is why all Slayers have more scars than most and are proud of each and every one of them." said Chelia as she pointed out to a few of her own.
"Wow, then Natsu has been in a lot of really dangerous fights since there is barely any place that doesn't have a scar." stated Lucy with a smile that was quickly lost as she was picked up by Chelia as if she weighed nothing.
"What did you see Lucy?" asked Chelia as she glared at her with killing intent.
"Nothing at all Chelia, I was only talking about how he has scars all over his visible skin. I would never try anything with Natsu after hearing that you two are a couple." stuttered Lucy.
"Good to hear Lucy, I know that Natsu is faithful but that doesn't mean everyone else is." said Chelia as she set Lucy back down with a small smile.
"Hey Chelia where is Wendy?" asked Juvia as she realized that Natsu's little sister and her cat weren't with them.
"Probably up in the sky enjoying the show with Carla." stated Chelia.
"I can't just stand here and watch when I could be helping." said Erza as she re-equipped into her Black Wing Armor and took off before anyone could stop her.
"Erza don't try and stop Natsu, he warned you what would happen!" shouted Lucy who could tell that Erza was having a really hard time with all of this.
"She would be wise to listen to you on that one." said Chelia with a frown prominently on her face.
"I need to go help her." said Simon as he was about to jump into the waters and swim for the shore when a kick to the head sent him to the floor of the ship where he laid knocked out.
"What the hell Chelia?" shouted Lucy in complete shock.
"He was only going to go and get himself killed, so rather than letting that happen I decided to take him out of commission. But if you want we can let him drown because he would have a better chance swimming while knocked out than going back into that place and coming out alive." explained Chelia.
"Then why did you let Erza leave?" asked Juvia.
"I wasn't going to but I didn't know that she had the ability to fly with one of her armor sets." stated Chelia as she sat down while looking up at the tower that was still a good distance away.
With Natsu and Jellal earlier:
While running for his life Jellal realized that even though Natsu was sending huge attacks at him like they were nothing. He was no longer his calm and collected self that he was earlier. And could now see he was making small mistakes that were leaving him open for counters that with the speed Jellal had he could easily exploit.
So as they started to ascend back up the tower Jellal decided to go on the offensive. He quickly ducked under a punch thrown by Natsu that obliterated the pillar behind him and delivered an uppercut with some of his magic concentrated on his fist that launched Natsu into the ceiling. But Jellal wasn't going to let up after seeing the power that Natsu had behind just one of his attacks which would have ended the fight if any of them hit him. So with a strong kick aimed at Natsu's chest while came falling back down he sent him through the ceiling into the next floor.
Jellal shot up after him and continued his assault landing blow after blow on Natsu until they got to the top floor where all of this started. Natsu was slowly getting back up after Jellal's beat down that he had given him as said mage was building up a spell to end this once and for all.
"What's the matter Salamander, it seems like you lost your composure after me calling your women a bitch. But that was being a little too nice to her when she's obviously a whore if she would degrade herself by being with someone that is a freak like you." said Jellal expecting Natsu to explode like last time which is exactly what he wanted, but instead Natsu didn't say anything as he spit out some blood and had his eyes covered by his bangs.
"Oh did you lose all of that cockiness you once had after the beating that I just gave you?" asked Jellal holding his spell until it was the right time.
"Nope I still have it because to tell you the truth Jellal those were some of the weakest hits I have ever felt. I mean you didn't even break any of my bones." stated Natsu still with his eyes shadowed.
"I do have to admit that you are one tough son of a bitch, but what happened to all of that hatred you had only moments ago. Did you realize that everything I said was true and are going to turn and run back to the council with your tail between your legs?" asked Jellal with a huge smirk.
"Nothing like that Jellal and believe me when I tell you that you are probably one of the few that have gotten me this angry and didn't die in the next second. And do you know why that is Jellal?" asked Natsu.
"I have no idea Salamander, please enlighten me." replied Jellal with a smug grin.
"It's because I am already planning on how I am going to slowly rip you apart piece by piece. After which I am going to go around and make it clear to all of your little friends that if they ever say your name again I will rip their throats out. But that's just the beginning Jellal I am going to make sure that no one ever remembers you or your name ever again, you are going to be erased from history completely. Because that is something that a psycho like you always dreams about, making their big mark on history and guess what Jellal you just did. From this day onwards your name will be only looked upon with pity or disgust because it brought down my wrath on you and your fucking tower." shouted Natsu as his magic flared up to heights that Jellal didn't know were possible for a human to possess.
"ABYSS BREAK!" shouted Jellal in complete fear hoping to get rid of the monster standing before him.
"FIRE DRAGON'S FIRE WALL OF INCINERATION!" shouted Natsu as a huge wall of fire shot up in front of him. The Abyss Break collided with the wall of fire that Natsu made and for the briefest second Jellal had hope that it would make it through and hit Natsu and kill him, but this time luck was not on his side as the wall seemed to absorb the spell and get even bigger.
"You've gone and done a terrible thing Jellal and that was push me to a point that I only thought Zeref's demons could push me." said Natsu as he walked through his wall of flames with his eyes still shadowed by his hair as he cracked his knuckles. Jellal whole body was telling him to run and this time he was sure as hell going to listen, but when he turned around to flee he came face to face with another wall of fire.
"You didn't think that I was going to let you get away that easily after saying such things about my mate now did you Jellal?" asked Natsu as he started to chuckle. Jellal knowing that he couldn't go through the fire that easily took on his Abyss Break decided to make his own exit rout and smashed through one of the walls to only run into another wall of fire that instantly gave him severe burns.
"And you were the one thinking that I didn't have a brain Jellal, you should know when you're trapped which you just so happen to be. The only way out is if you defeat me Jellal and I don't think you have very good odds Jellal." said Natsu as his whole body burst into flames and he finally looked at Jellal straight in the eyes.
"You're a fucking monster!" screamed Jellal as he was backed into the corner of his fire prison as he looked back into Natsu's eyes. Which were now completely black except for a red slit going vertically through the eye, and they only promised pain for Jellal.
"They say the only way to fight monsters is to become one yourself Jellal and that is what we did." said Natsu as he closed the gap between them and started to punch Jellal not even trying to put up a defense. Now Jellal was not a man to give up no matter what the odds were so he retaliated back, but quickly realized why Natsu wasn't even trying to defend himself. Because every time Jellal tried to hit him he would run into the fire that was coating Natsu, and even while using magic all of his attacks did nothing.
"I have to commend you for still fighting Jellal but this has grown boring for me." stated Natsu as he grabbed a punch thrown at him with his hand still on fire causing Jellal to scream out in pain.
"I should just snap your neck and be done with you right now Jellal, but I did promise you that we would spend a lot of time together didn't I?" asked Natsu as he crushed Jellal's fist that was still in his hand causing Jellal to scream out in more pain.
"Now let's move on to that pretty face of yours." said Natsu as he swung him over his shoulder resulting with Jellal being sprawled on his back. And as Jellal tried to get back up a flaming hand grabbed his face and slammed his head back into the ground while burning him in the process.
"Come on Jellal what happened to your cocky attitude that you had earlier?" asked Natsu as he picked up the severely beaten man while no longer being covered in flames. Jellal tried to speak but Natsu's grip was cutting off all of his air.
"Oh that's right you were another mage thinking that you can take on a Slayer by himself." said Natsu as he used his other fist to start hitting Jellal over and over again. In the process he broke Jellal's nose and most of his ribs with Natsu then throwing him at his fire wall that dissipated before he hit it. This resulted with Jellal smashing through a pillar and tumbling to the edge of the whole that they blasted through the wall earlier in the fight.
"My bad Jellal I almost ended our play time by throwing you at my wall which would have left nothing of you for anyone to find." said Natsu as he slowly walked over to the downed Jellal.
"Wait, I have something that you definitely want Salamander." stated Jellal as he tried to get up but was brought back down to the floor with a flame covered kick courtesy of Natsu.
"You're right Jellal and that is your life which I am going to be taking soon, but that is after we have some more fun." said Natsu in calm voice as he then brought down his foot on Jellal's right arm and hearing the bone shatter as Jellal screamed out in pain. That was the same arm that Natsu smashed his hand making it a completely useless appendage that was only causing Jellal great pain.
"No I have something else that you want Salamander, so please just let me speak." begged Jellal who only received a powerful kick to his gut that launched him to the middle of the room.
"I don't want to hear another word from a person who's only caused others pain his entire life." said Natsu as he stomped down on Jellal effectively breaking the rest of his ribs.
"Stop this now Natsu!" shouted Erza as she came in through the hole in the wall that Natsu created with is roar.
"Sorry Erza but my mission is to rid the world of this despicable human being, if you can even call him that." said Natsu as he applied pressure to Jellal's chest causing him to scream out in pain.
"Then I'll have to stop you Natsu." said Erza as she drew her sword.
"Are you freaking kidding me Erza, did you know that this scum bag was going to kidnap to and sacrifice you in order to try and revive Zeref when that is completely insane and not possible for numerous reasons?" asked Natsu as he applied even more pressure to Jellal eliciting more screams of pain.
"He wouldn't have done that." denied Erza knowing that it was all a lie but she couldn't just let Jellal die like this.
"You and I both know that you are lying to yourself Erza, this man doesn't deserve to take another breath of air because all he's done in life is cause others to suffer Erza. So I am going to give him one chance to do the right thing and have him tell you the truth, and if he does I will end his suffering in an instant." said Natsu as he roughly kicked Jellal towards Erza.
"Jellal." said Erza as she bent down and inspected the severely beaten man.
"You need to run." choked out Jellal as he touched her cheek.
"No Jellal I need to help you otherwise you're going to die." stated Erza with a sad expression.
"Erza all that the Salamander just said was true, so go now and leave me to the fate that I deserve." choked out Jellal while coughing up a little blood.
"I can't Jellal because killing you is not the answer, there has to be another way." said Erza hoping that Jellal would have a solution to this problem.
"Sorry Erza but for a monster like him the only solution is death." stated Natsu with a small frown.
"How can you say that Natsu, since most of Fiore sees you and the rest of the Slayers as monsters too? What if everyone else tried to do to you what you are going to do to Jellal?" asked Erza as she glared at the Slayer.
"They already do Erza, and my kind were actually the ones that they first targeted during the beginnings of the Witch Hunts. Which is why there are so few of us remaining, but unlike Jellal here all we've ever done in the last two hundred years is constantly prevent catastrophes that would have wiped Fiore off of the map. But do we get any thanks for doing all of that for all these years? No we get called monsters when real ones like Jellal get to live halfway normal lives while they do unspeakable things and somehow still have people standing up for them even though he was going to use that person as if their life meant nothing." shouted Natsu with complete loathing in his eyes. Erza was left speechless by Natsu's little rant and couldn't find anything to say back to him.
"Now step aside Erza or you're going to die along with that monster you are trying to protect." said Natsu as he tried to take a step but couldn't move an inch. And instantly knew the source of his confinement was Jellal as he started to cackle like a madman.
"Jellal?" asked Erza concerned that Natsu knocked a few screws loose.
"That was quite the speech Salamander and I am surprised that you are still helping out Fiore even though she doesn't appreciate all that you've done for her. You and I could have done great things if you only gave up on working for those that would rather see you dead like you just said. You would have been able to carve out a nice portion for yourself if you would have obeyed and followed Zeref, but now you're going to die." said Jellal as he struggled to get up.
"You aren't going to be killing him either Jellal." declared Erza as she pointed her sword at him.
"HAHAHAHA and someone like you Erza are going to stop me?" asked Jellal as he staggered towards Natsu not even looking back at Erza.
"I am in a better condition than you Jellal, so stop this now." demanded Erza.
"Just try and stop me Erza, because you are in just as bad of a spot as Salamander." said Jellal as he almost fell over.
"You asked for it Jellal." said Erza as she took one step and couldn't take another one.
"See Erza, you are in the same predicament as Salamander. Honestly I need to thank you Erza because if you hadn't come to try and stop Salamander from killing me I would be already dead. You distracted him just enough for me to touch his skin and plant my Bind Snake on him like I did to you when I touched your cheek. But I can see that for some reason Salamander cares for you in a little way otherwise I wouldn't be here right now." stated Jellal as he finally made it to Natsu and pulled out one of his daggers and had a very deranged look in his eyes.
"Stop this Jellal, I know that there is some good still left in you." pleaded Erza as she could only stand there and watch.
"You still honestly believe that Erza, man I can't believe how dumb you are? But you'll soon realize that I never cared for you at all and was only ever using the rest of you guys to try and get out of this place before I awoken. And Salamander you seem awfully quiet now, are you regretting that you ever listened to this stupid woman who single handedly caused your death?" asked Jellal who got no reaction out of Natsu.
"Let's see how long it'll take you to learn that when I ask you a question I want an answer right away." said Jellal as he stabbed Natsu right in the gut to Erza's horror.
"Natsu!" shouted Erza as she watched the blade slip through his armor and into him, but was surprised that he didn't make a single sound of pain.
"So your name is Natsu, that's quite the unique name you have there. Did you know that one of the people that helped set up the Council had the same name? But I am very impressed at you not even making a single sound at being stabbed." said Jellal as he inspected the blade that was now coated in Natsu's blood.
"You bastard Jellal if I get out of here I am going to make you pay!" shouted Erza.
"You can say that all you want Erza but you can't break out of my Bind Snake unless it want you too. And I have big plans for you, oh and Salamander this is quite the blade you have here. It slipped right through your armor as if it wasn't even there which will come in handy when I get to work on my new subjects since you are not giving me any reactions." said Jellal as he stumbled over to his desk.
"What are you talking about Jellal?" asked Erza in confusion.
"You see, while Salamander here was destroying my tower, that I have spent my whole life working on by the way, I found out that one of his fellow members was flying over my tower. Unaware that I was ready for such a thing to happen, so I zapped her and her cat with enough lightning that would have killed a normal mage. But damn are these Slayers as tough as nails, the two of them landed here and still were able to put up a valiant fight for a little while." explained Jellal as he pushed a button and a wall slid away revealing Wendy and Carla chained in magic suppressing cuffs on their wrists and ankles.
"Jellal what are you doing?" asked Erza dreading his response just from seeing that deranged look in his eyes.
"Since Salamander or should I say Natsu, well it doesn't really matter right now. Since he is too stubborn to give me the enjoyment that I so desperately need after what he did to me and my tower. I am now going to take it out on them while the two of you just stand there and watch, after which I am going to start my work on you Erza since that will make Salamander really regret not killing me when he had the chance. Oh and this was what I was trying to tell you about Salamander, which is another mistake that you made today on the already long list." said Jellal with a cheerful voice.
"Don't you dare lay a finger on her you psycho!" shouted Carla as Jellal hobbled over to them.
"Oh I am going to start on you first cat, because I can tell that she cares deeply for you which will make it all the more enjoyable for me." said Jellal as he continued his slow hobble over to them.
"Natsu I am so sorry that we got caught." shouted Wendy wanting Natsu to know that.
"It comes with the job Wendy and Natsu knows that." said Carla with a sad smile as she looked at the crazed blue haired mage making his way over to them.
"I know that Carla and so does Natsu. And Natsu I want you to know that none of this is your fault it just happens with our line of work." said Wendy as she started to cry as Natsu still remained silent.
"Wow Salamander you aren't going to say any last words to these two before I get to work on them? Which by the way when that starts the last thing they'll be thinking about is listening to anything that you might say to them." said Jellal as he looked back at Natsu now wondering if the man died for some unknown reason.
"Natsu you were the best big brother I could have ever asked for, and I am not the only one that thinks that. So does the rest of the guild and they will still need you so don't give up." shouted Wendy while crying.
"HAHAHA are you stupid girl, he's going to be following right after I am done with the rest of you." said Jellal with a sick grin on his face that was gone when he heard something come from Natsu but was too quiet for him to hear.
"Oh so you finally decided to talk Salamander, I guess I will allow you to say your final goodbyes before I get to work." said Jellal with a smug grin on his face.
"You made her cry." stated Natsu just above a whisper.
"What was that?" asked Jellal who honestly couldn't hear Natsu.
"You threatened to take Carla from her." whispered Natsu.
"For the love of god Salamander speak up." shouted Jellal.
"And you attacked them and then chained them up like animals." whispered Natsu.
"I haven't heard a word that you said Salamander and neither has anyone else!" shouted Jellal who didn't notice that the two behind him now had huge smiles on their faces.
"I said that you MADE WENDY CRY AND THREATENED TO TAKE CARLA AWAY FROM US AND YOU HAD THE AUDACITY TO ATTACK HER AND THEN CHAIN THEM UP AS IF THEY WERE ANIMALS!" shouted Natsu in a deep voice as fire erupted from him completely blowing off the roof of the tower and shooting into the sky high enough that people on the other side of Fiore could see it light up the sky. While the flame was still shooting up into the sky Natsu started to walk towards Jellal who was now terrified.
"How are you even moving and stay back Salamander or I'll kill them?" threatened Jellal as he pointed the dagger towards Carla who was only a yard away from him.
"YOU HONESTLY THINK THAT YOUR LITTLE SNAKES COULD HOLD DOWN A DRAGON AND WITH WHAT JELLAL DO YOU PLAN TO KILL THEM?" asked Natsu who stepped out of his fire that was still shooting into the sky.
"Your dagger of course you idiot!" shouted Jellal.
"YOU MEAN THIS ONE JELLAL?" asked Natsu who was now standing behind Jellal while holding the dagger by the blade because Jellal's hand was still holding the handle even though it had been removed from his body. Natsu's appearance had slightly changed since the last time they had looked at him, his eyes were once again that of a dragon like before. You could now see scales just right underneath the skin on his face and other parts of his body, but what stood out the most were the red scales that were completely covering his arms from the hands to the elbows. With also the addition of claws and longer fangs making Natsu even more intimidating than he was before.
"AAAAAAHHHHH!" Jellal screamed out in pain as he looked at where he used to have a hand.
"SHUT THE HELL UP JELLAL BEFORE I REMOVE YOUR VOCAL CORDS!" shouted Natsu as he kicked Jellal in the knee, causing it to shatter as he fell to the floor as Natsu quickly freed his Carla and WEndy.
"Thanks Natsu." said Wendy as she gave him a quick hug and he only grunted in response as he continued to stare at the man trying to crawl away from him.
"Wendy we need to leave so he can finish this." stated Carla as she grabbed Wendy and was about to take off but stopped when she witnessed something that she never would have believed if she wasn't there to see it for herself. Erza was once again trying to protect Jellal from Natsu.
"Natsu you don't need to kill him." stated Erza.
"ERZA I WASN'T KIDDING THAT I WOULD KILL YOU IF YOU TRIED TO STOP ME!" shouted Natsu as he edged closer to her.
"I know Natsu but I can't let you kill him even after everything that he's done." stated Erza not moving out of the way.
"WHAT ABOUT WHAT HE WAS JUST GOING TO DO ERZA, YOU CAN'T DENY ANY OF THAT AND HE'S BROKEN ALL OF MY RULES THAT JUST ONE OF THEM MEANS CERTAIN DEATH!" shouted Natsu as he took another step.
"Then it looks like we are now going to have that fight you promised me." stated Erza as she drew her sword and charged at him. Natsu caught her blade in his claws as if it was nothing, and she watched as it melted away as if it was just butter to him. The next thing she knew her right wrist and hand were in the most pain that she had ever experienced in her life as Natsu lifted her in the air.
"YOU COULD HAVE BEEN A GREAT MAGE ERZA BUT YOU LET THIS PIECE OF FILTH DRAG YOU DOWN WITH HIM AND HIS TOWER. IT GIVES ME NO PLEASURE TO DO THIS ERZA BUT THIS IS WHERE YOUR JOURNEY ENDS, SO LONG TITANIA, QUEEN OF THE FAIRIES." said Natsu as he then punched her in the side as the cracking of her bones could easily be heard before she was sent into the wall and didn't move again.
"I thought she was your friend?" screamed Jellal who couldn't believe what he just witnessed.
"SHE WAS JELLAL BUT I HAVE LOST MORE FRIENDS THAN YOU COULD POSSIBLY IMAGINE, BUT ERZA STOOD HER GROUND ON HER BELIEFS. AND BECAUSE OF THAT SHE TRIED TO PROTECT YOU OF ALL PEOPLE EVEN THOUGH SHE KNEW IT WOULD END THIS WAY WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO RESPECT. AND IT TRULY SADDENS ME THAT A GOOD MAGE LIKE HER HAS TO DIE BECAUSE OF SOMEONE WORTHLESS LIKE YOU, BUT I HAD TO STOP YOU BEFORE YOU HURT ANYONE ELSE AND SHE WASN'T GOING TO LET ME JELLAL." said Natsu still in his deep voice.
"You didn't have to kill her." shouted Jellal.
"THAT IS FUNNY COMING FROM THE MAN THAT PLANNED TO TORTURE HER AND THEN KILL HER JUST BECAUSE SHE MIGHT HAVE BEEN A FRIEND OF MINE." stated Natsu as he picked Jellal up and sealed his severed arm with his fire causing Jellal to scream out in pain.
"You're the really god damn monster here Salamander!" shouted Jellal while still in immense amount of pain.
"THAT COULD VERY WELL BE TRUE JELLAL AND YOU JUST SO HAPPENED TO PISS ME OFF SO LETS GET TO THE FUN PART SHALL WE. OH AND NOW THAT I AM USING DRAGON FORCE NONE OF YOUR TRICKS WILL WORK ON ME SO THAT MEANS I CAN TAKE AS LONG AS I WANT." said Natsu as he grinned at the man that had officially become his most hated human right after Zeref himself.
On the boat:
"Oh this is going to get really bad fast." stated Chelia as she watched Natsu's fire shoot into the air.
"It's beautiful." stated Lucy as she looked up at it lighting up the night sky.
"That it is but everything that follows after it isn't something that you would want to see." said Chelia with a frown.
"And why is that Chelia?" asked Juvia.
"Well whoever caused Natsu to actually use Dragon Force is going to be in a lot of pain which we'll probably hear for the next hour or so." stated Chelia still frowning.
"Are you saying that he's going to torture Jellal?" asked Millianna in complete shock.
"I wouldn't call it torture, it's more of a very slow and painful death." answered Chelia.
"Sure sounds like torture to me." responded Sho.
"We need to go stop him." declared Lucy.
"Go right ahead but that will cost you your life, even I won't try and get in between Natsu and his prey when he uses this. Because that is when his dragon side truly comes out and those creatures like to make sure that everyone else knows who's the strongest. And trying to stop him is challenging his authority meaning that he'll take you down just so he can go back to dealing with the person that made him even use it." explained Chelia.
"It sounds like Natsu doesn't use this Dragon Force thing that often, so what do you think made him use it now?" asked Juvia.
"I have no idea honestly since Natsu really hates using it because his dragon half has more control than he would like." replied Chelia.
"Oh dear god do you think Erza tried to stop him?" asked Millianna as she looked up at the tower clearly worried about Erza.
"If she did then she's probably already dead." stated Chelia as if it was nothing and before Lucy could yell at her Wendy and Carla swooped down and landed on the boat.
"Honestly humans are by far the dumbest yet smartest beings out there." stated Carla with a scowl on her face.
"Where were you two this whole time?" asked Chelia.
"Well we kind of got captured and Jellal was going to kill us in front of Natsu and Erza." explained Wendy ashamed that she got captured.
"I guess that explains why Natsu used Dragon Force." said Chelia while she shook her head.
"Where's Erza?" asked Lucy glad that she was apparently alive up till the point that Natsu activated Dragon Force.
"About that Lucy, she isn't going to be coming back." mumbled Wendy.
"What do you mean Wendy?" asked Juvia.
"What she means is your friend Erza is a moron who went and killed herself when she had the opportunity to live. Thus the comment about humans being the dumbest idiots in the world that never seem to learn others mistakes." answered Carla.
"She wouldn't do that." said Lucy in disbelief that Erza would kill herself.
"Well she did Lucy, I watched her with my own eyes as she once again tried to stop Natsu from killing his target while he was using Dragon Force this time. Natsu was actually able to give her another opportunity to step aside but she wouldn't which means she's dead when all she had to do was leave the man that kept trying to kill her to his fate which is happening right now even after she tried to prevent it." said Carla which was followed by screams just barely being heard from the top of the tower.
"I can't believe that he would kill her." stated Lucy in disbelief that Natsu would do such a thing.
"He did make it very clear what would happen if we tried to stop him from killing Jellal." pointed out Sho with a frown.
"Natsu is a man of his word." stated Juvia who was also sad that Natsu apparently killed Erza.
Hour later at the top of the tower:
"So long Jellal, you never should have tried to take away one of the few things that I still hold dear to me." stated Natsu as he let a pile of ashes slip through his fingers and fall to the ocean below.
"Looks like you might have been wrong about me working things out with Fairy Tail Wendy, because I honestly don't think any of them will speak to me after they learn of this." said Natsu as he looked at the sun rising in the distance that had a tint of red to it.
"Every time I have to kill other mages you always have that tint." said Natsu with a frown on his face as he continued to look at the sun.
"They might be right that I should give up on trying to become friends with normal mages, but I really thought that this time would be different. Yet once again it ends in a tragedy like the rest of my life. I really miss you buddy, because you were one of the few friends that could brighten my spirits at times like these." said Natsu as he kicked a rock off the ledge and listened to it as it bounced off the tower on its decent down to the ocean.
End of Chapter
Author's Notes:
Thanks for reading and I really hope that this had enough action in it for all of you. Also I am sorry that I didn't put your OC in this story yet, but I decided that rather than having her only just show up I would wait until the next chapter where she gets to play a big role in the chapter rather than just doing a cameo. And you know who you are, once again sorry that I didn't put her in this chapter like I said I would but this chapter already kind of got away from me and became bigger than I originally planned. So I guess that's it for my notes so as always feel free to leave me a review and I'll try to get back to you as soon as possible.
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