Ch 11: Fun at Arkane Resort
In the boat outside of the Tower of Heaven:
"I haven't heard any more screaming for a while now." pointed out Sho as he looked at the slightly destroyed tower that had been the center of his life for as long as he can remember.
"Natsu's magic is no longer coming from it in giant waves." stated Juvia with a frown since they didn't make it through all of this unscathed.
"He's probably looking at the sunrise right now, wondering why he even still does this. When all it does is bring him just more pain and sadness." said Cheila with a frown as she looked up at the tower.
"Why does he keep helping others?" asked Lucy, not wanting to think that she was never going to see Erza again.
"Because he believes that one day all mages will be treated equally just like any other human. And that is why he's always willing to help fellow mages out when they usually just treat him like a monster right afterwards. Just like you are all going to do once he returns, even though he just saved countless lives and Fiore from a major catastrophe ." answered Carla as she glared at all of them. None of them had anything to say to that since they couldn't get the image of Natsu burning Erza until she was nothing but a pile of ash out of their heads.
"I'm going to go check on him." said Wendy as she jumped off of the ship and flew towards the top of the tower.
"She can fly on her own, then why do you carry her around?" asked Lucy once again trying to not think about Erza.
"Because I am better than her at it and have more control, it's also how we've always fought together." replied Carla as she watched Wendy disappear from sight.
"Shouldn't you be the one to go and talk to Natsu?" asked Juvia as she looked at Chelia.
"You'd think so, but those two are siblings that have been on countless missions together. So Wendy knows exactly what to say and not to say to him to hopefully bring him back to his normal self." she replied after letting out a sigh.
"I can't believe that Erza is gone." stated Millianna as she held back her tears.
"Why are you upset about that, I would bet my life that if you guys had turned her over to Jellal she would have been killed or something much worse would have happened to her. Oh I forgot that you were all just blindly following orders like good little soldiers that Jellal could dispose of whenever he saw no more use in keeping you around." said Chelia with a little venom in her voice.
"Chelia, that's uncalled for." said Lucy as she glared at her.
"It's the truth Lucy, but what I can't stand for is someone like Jellal getting to live a normal life. While we are treated like monsters when we are constantly risking our lives to protect the citizens of this country, which is something that most of us have come to accept. But for some reasons Natsu keeps trying to get your guild to accept us as if we're normal mages just like you. All so that we could possibly live normal lives in the future, but each time it always ends in failure because of something stupid like this happening. And every time that it happens Natsu loses a little more hope, and I don't want to see him when the little hope that he has left is gone." ranted Chelia with a sad expression, who was obviously upset mainly at herself for letting Erza get away.
"What do you mean by him trying multiple times to get our guild to accept you guys?" asked Lucy, who was already curious about Natsu's involvement with Fairy Tail because of a few things he said before.
"Exactly that Lucy, for some reason he thinks that each time it is going to be different. But every time your guild proves to be no different than the rest of the guilds out there and eventually turns on Natsu when he has to do the things that no one else is willing to do." she answered while looking back up at the tower.
"Juvia is new to Fairy Tail so she is a little confused by all of this." stated Juvia with a confused expression.
"I don't feel like giving out those details Juvia, but it would appear that Lucy has most of it figured out already. If not then she is at least on the right track and will eventually know the answers to her own questions if she continues to search. I'm going to go and get our own ship since I doubt you want to share a boat with Natsu on the trip back." said Chelia as she jumped into the air and flew towards the Slayers boat with Carla following after her.
"What's going on?" asked Simon as he finally woke from being knocked out.
"A lot Simon, some of it I am completely lost on. But the one that I do know about you should probably be sitting down when I tell you." said Sho with a frown, knowing that Simon was going to take the news of Erza's death really hard.
At the top of the tower:
"Natsu it's me Wendy." said Wendy as she landed on the top of the tower that was completely destroyed.
"Why do you always announce yourself Wendy?" asked Natsu as he continued to look at the sunrise.
"Because you always warn us to be careful whenever you use Dragon Force." stated Wendy as she made her way to his right side.
"Glad that you still listen to me." he chuckled as he continued to watch the red sunrise as it reflected off of the ocean.
"Of course I do Natsu and so does the rest of the guild." said Wendy as she couldn't help but admire the beautiful view they were both looking at from the top of this horrible tower.
"It's beautiful isn't it?" asked Natsu with a sad smile.
"That it is Natsu, makes you almost forget that places like this tower exist." she replied as she looked at Natsu.
"I think I am getting too old for this shit Wendy, Master has been trying to get me more involved with the other aspects of running the guild for a few years now. And I am now starting to think that he might be right, especially since I can't see anyone from Fairy Tail wanting to see me anytime soon after what happened here today." he said still having the same sad smile as before.
"But you love helping other people Natsu." argued Wendy, who was still shocked at hearing Natsu talking about no longer being an active member.
"I do Wendy, but that was when they didn't look at me and think of me as a monster worse than the one I just took out for them. Or the complete look of terror on their faces when they realize who I am, I can't stand seeing that over and over again anymore Wendy." responded Natsu with a distant look in his eyes.
"What about your promise to Happy?" asked Wendy with a visible frown since she knew that Natsu was still hurting after losing of his best friend.
"I wouldn't be breaking it since I would still be helping people, but it would be through all the hard work of all the other members. That I would be supporting from the guild, but I wouldn't be becoming completely inactive Wendy. I would still do all of the missions related to Zeref, I would just be getting rid of the side missions that kept me away from the guild for long periods of time." he explained as he turned to look at her.
"Natsu it isn't your fault." she stated with a determined look in her eyes as she stared into his onyx ones.
"How is it not Wendy, because everywhere I go death seems to follow. Just look at this tower for example, all of those people died at my hands." said Natsu as he looked at his own two hands.
"If you hadn't killed them then who knows how many other innocent people would have died because of this stupid tower. I would also like to point out that none of them were innocent and didn't deserve another chance since they were trying to resurrect Zeref with one of his own contraptions. As for Erza she knew what would happen to her if she tried to protect Jellal, and you gave her more than enough warning to escape with her life." said Wendy as she hugged Natsu, wanting to make sure that he knew that he was still loved.
"I know that Wendy, but it just gets so tiring to always be ending the lives of mages that could have been good if they had just chosen a different path in life. And what in the world does Erza have to do with any of this?" asked Natsu as he raised an eyebrow at her.
"She died trying to protect Jellal." she replied with her a slightly confused look on her face.
"No she didn't Wendy, she's just in really bad shape." he said as he pointed at a pile of rubble that had Erza somewhat hidden behind it.
"Why didn't you tell me this right away Natsu?" asked Wendy as she rushed over to Erza and started to inspect her condition.
"Because she wasn't in any risk of dying after what I did to her." he answered while still looking over the ocean as the sun continued to rise higher into the sky.
"If you didn't kill her then why did you think that Fairy Tail wouldn't want to see you anymore?" asked Wendy as she started to take note of all the broken bones that Erza received from Natsu in the few short seconds of their confrontation.
"Not many guilds are fans of the person that puts one of their strongest members out of commission for at least a month." stated Natsu while rolling his eyes.
"That's nothing Natsu, especially when everyone on the boat was thinking that she is dead right now. I would bet that as soon as they find this out they are going to invite you to come back to their guild." said Wendy with a big smile as she started to heal Erza.
"They might be willing to bring me back to their guild but I highly doubt that Erza will be of the same mindset." he refuted still not taking his eyes off of the beautiful vista thanks to being on top of the tower.
"She might not want to admit this Natsu, but she knows that it had to be done. And she is probably glad that you were here to do it for her so she didn't have to." she responded as she continued to heal Erza.
"Then why did she try and stop me Wendy?" asked Natsu as he finally turned to look at her.
"Maybe because it would have gone against her moral code to sit back and let someone die if she could possibly do something to prevent it." guessed Wendy as she wiped away some of the sweat that gathered on her brow.
"Well she won't be glad to know that she'll never be able to use a sword in her right hand like she used to." he stated with a frown as he looked at the hand he completely crushed.
"You definitely broke every bone in her hand, but when compared to losing your life it really isn't that big of a deal." she pointed out with a slight grin.
"Maybe to you Wendy, but for some swordsmen they would actually prefer death." said Natsu as he ran a hand through his hair.
"I really don't think Erza will be one of them. Besides Natsu you are forgetting that I am one of the best healers in all of Fiore. So after a few more visits from me it will only be slightly worse than it used to be." replied Wendy with a smirk.
"And how long will that take?" he asked, think that this might be Wendy just trying to get him to still interact with Fairy Tail.
"A visit once a week for a month, which means that we should probably stick in the area." she answered still having a smirk on her face.
"You might be going by yourself then Wendy, because I won't be going there if I am not wanted." said Natsu with a frown.
"Come on Natsu, where's that optimism you usually have?" asked Wendy with a faint smile as she gave Natsu a quick glance.
"It's finally gone, like it probably should have been years ago." he replied while turning away from her.
"Natsu!" she said in a shocked tone.
"Sorry Wendy but I don't think I can keep doing this to myself anymore." he said still with his back to her.
"But what if this time they're different like you thought?" asked Wendy no longer treating Erza's wounds.
"And if they're not it's only going to prove that everyone else was right all along. Not to mention the look of fear I will most likely see in the faces of people I once considered friends." replied Natsu in an angry tone.
"Those things will only happen Natsu if you are wrong, which I really don't think you are this time. And the reason for that is because this is the first time that you've actually had more than five friends all in the same guild." she pointed out with a concerned look.
"Shouldn't you be more concerned about Erza?" he asked as he glanced at the knight still on the floor.
"Like you said earlier she isn't in danger of dying, so I will focus on the person that needs me the most help right now and that is you Natsu." she stated with a determined look in her eyes.
"I'm fine Wendy." replied Natsu as he showed her the condition of his body.
"I know that your body is fine Natsu, what I am concerned about is your mind. You always do this to yourself whenever something goes slightly wrong; always trying to take the blame and not letting your friends take any of it. But just like all of the other times Natsu you are wrong and you can't expect to protect everyone or make their decisions for them even if they are making the wrong ones." said Wendy, hoping that he would actually listen to her.
"She's right Natsu." came the ragged voice of Erza from the ground.
"I was wondering when you were finally going to stop pretending to be asleep." stated Natsu as he looked down at the woman he almost killed.
"I didn't want to intrude." replied Erza as she tried to get up but was held down by Wendy.
"You still have a few bones that need to be set Erza, so don't even try to get up until I say so." said Wendy as she glared at her patient.
"Okay and thank you Natsu." said Erza as she went back to a laying position on the floor.
"For what?" asked Natsu with complete disbelief in his eyes at being thanked by Erza of all people.
"For getting rid of this terrible place once for all, and also for not killing me." she answered with a slight smile on her face.
"I was just doing my job and you really don't need to thank me for not killing you." said Natsu with a frown.
"Yes I do Natsu; you warned me numerous times that you wouldn't let anything stop you from your mission. Even if that required you to kill a friend, because you were thinking about the bigger picture of what would happen if you failed or let something like that stop you again." Erza explained as she looked up at him.
"I'm sorry Erza, for everything that happened today." he replied with a frown.
"Don't be Natsu." she stated, once again shocking the Slayer.
"How can you say that after what I did to you and everyone else in this tower, specifically Jellal?" he asked.
"I can say that Natsu because you and I are the same in a lot of ways. We stick with what we believe is right even when most would back down if it meant that their lives would be spared. We are both also willing to do anything to protect our friends if at all possible. And unfortunately we both are going to make sure that we complete whatever job we are given even if it is at the cost of our own happiness, so long as we know it's for the greater good." explained Erza with a slight smile.
"What about Jellal?" asked Natsu, since he wanted to get this all out of the way right now.
"I still don't agree with how you handled it, but once again you were just following the orders of your Master and the Council." replied Erza with a slight frown.
"Even if I didn't have the order to kill him Erza; I still would have after what he did and planned to do." stated Natsu with a serious expression.
"And I wouldn't blame you Natsu, because that wasn't the man that I knew when I was a kid in this tower." she replied still frowning at the thought of man that caused her so much pain over the years. But she still believed that there was a little good left in him, even though both he and Natsu thought otherwise like anyone else would have after listening to him at the end there.
"Wendy how much longer until she can be taken down to the boats without making her condition worse?" asked Natsu with a sad smile. Because he knew that Erza meant everything that she just said, but he could still see that she was hurting at the loss of the man she still believed had a little good left in him.
"She should be able to be moved right now." replied Wendy with a smile.
"What are you doing?" asked Erza after letting out a squeak of surprise as Natsu lifted her off the ground and was now carrying her bridal style.
"Carrying you since you're hurt, and it's the least that I can do since I put you in that state." replied Natsu with a sad smile.
"It was my fault Natsu, wait you aren't going to do what I think you're going to do are you?" asked Erza in a panicked tone as Natsu carried her to the edge of the tower.
"If your guess was jumping off of the tower then you would be correct." answered Natsu with a smirk and jumped over before Erza could protest. Erza screamed right away at the thought of falling to her death, but was brought out of it by Natsu laughing like this was the best thing ever.
On the boats:
"I thought that they would be done talking by now." stated Carla as she looked to the skies for any sign of Wendy and Natsu.
"You don't think that they might have been attacked?" asked Lucy with a little concern in her voice as she looked over at the two slayers on their own boat.
"No, if that did happen, we would have heard if Natsu started to fight again." replied Chelia with complete confidence that the two were still fine.
"But what if someone snuck up on them?" asked Lucy.
"Have you ever tried to sneak up on a dragon slayer, it would be easier to kill a wyvern with a toothpick." stated Chelia with a grin on her face because if she had to choose which one she actually thought she could do. She would have gone with killing the wyvern with the toothpick, since she has yet to ever sneak up on any of the dragon slayers.
"Are their senses really that good?" asked Juvia with an intrigued look.
"Yep and it's because of those senses that they are able to take on god slayers. Who if you didn't know actually have stronger magic when you compare two of the same attacks, but as you know fights are rarely decided on just strength alone." answered Chelia as she thought she heard a faint scream.
"Wow that's really interesting, so who usually wins in a fight?" asked Juvia with a slight smile.
"Dragon slayers of course." said Natsu as he landed on the slayers ship with flames shooting out of his feet to make the landing softer.
"Don't do something like that again without asking first!" shouted Erza as she started to hit Natsu with her left hand.
"Do you want me to drop you?" asked Natsu as he gave Erza a little glare.
"No, but if you could put me down that would be very much appreciated." said Erza with a slightly embarrassed face since Natsu was still carrying her.
"Erza you're alive!" shouted the other boat with all of them having happy faces at seeing her once again.
"Of course I am did you really think I would let him kill me?" asked Erza as Natsu set her down. There was then a loud explosion going off from the tower and all of them but Natsu turned to watch the Tower explode and then crumble and fall into the ocean.
"Dragon Slayers only win since you guys always take everything so seriously and never stop training." said Chelia as she came over to Natsu and gave him a quick kiss and hug that Natsu then didn't let her escape form.
"And that's only because we were all trained from a really young age by our dragons, who told us that this world would rather see our kind dead. So to prevent that from happening we keep training with the main purpose of keeping all slayers alive for years to come." stated Natsu with a big grin as he looked down at Chelia who was still in between his arms.
"So is that also why you guys sometimes act like children when you're all together at the guild, because most of you didn't have a real childhood?" asked Chelia with a little smirk.
"Probably, but it could also be us just finally listening to everyone else telling us not to be so serious all of the time." answered Natsu.
"Natsu that is mainly just for you." pointed out Wendy as she gracefully landed on the deck of the boat not making a sound.
"Are we just going to forget about Erza supposedly being dead and the tower randomly exploding like that?" asked Lucy.
"First off I was the reason the tower blew up, and I only knocked Erza out after making sure she wasn't going to stand in my way again." replied Natsu with a serious face.
"But they said that you most likely killed her." stated Juvia as she motioned to Wendy and Chelia.
"If she wasn't my friend then she would have been reduced to a pile of ash." said Natsu with the same facial expression that caused a shiver to run up the spins of the other mages.
"Are things between us good Salamander?" asked Sho nervously.
"You, Simon, Wally and Millianna are fine, but this is the only time I will ever be so lenient. If any of you step out of line again I'll be more than happy to pay you a visit." said Natsu with a sinister grin as he stared at the three that were actually there.
"Thank you Salamander." all three of them said together.
"Don't thank me; I am only sparing your lives because Erza asked me to. So remember to never hurt any of my friends ever again otherwise you will experience what Jellal went through." said Natsu as he growled at Jellal's name. The three mages that he was talking to were too afraid to even respond so they nodded to convey that they understood him.
"Natsu you don't need to scare them that much." said Wendy as she hit him on the shoulder.
"I just wanted to make sure that they got the message, touch my friends then you die." stated Natsu with a genuine smile.
"We should probably call Master and let him know that everything is okay." said Chelia still hugging Natsu, glad that he once again finished a difficult job with just minor injuries.
"Then that means we are going to be parting ways now." said Natsu as he looked at the other mages not part of his guild.
"Why don't we stick together for a bit longer." suggested Erza, shocking the others that she was actually inviting them to stay with the group.
"We would love to but guild business comes first and we like to keep it just between our members." replied Natsu with a grin.
"I can understand Natsu, but you guys should stop by the guild sometime." said Erza, with a hopeful smile since she heard most of the conversation between Natsu and Wendy. And she wanted to prove Natsu right about Fairy Tail being different than other guilds.
"Don't worry we will since I will need to make sure that your hand heals properly." said Wendy while Erza was being helped onto the other ship.
"Then I'll be waiting, and I am confident that a few others will want to see you again Natsu." replied Erza with a grin.
"They wouldn't happen to be women?" asked Chelia as she glared at Natsu.
"Most of them probably are." answered Erza as her grin got bigger.
"Thanks Erza, and Chelia we've been over this a thousand times already. The only friends that I can seem to make easily are women since they don't care if I am stronger than them." said Natsu as he tried to calm down Chelia who looked ready to kill him.
"And that's the only reason Natsu?" asked Chelia as she continued to glare at him as their boat started to sail away from the other one.
"They truly are just like any other mage out there." said Erza with a smile as the other boat got farther and farther away.
"What makes you say that Erza?" asked Lucy.
"Just from watching how they interact with each other, but mainly from the conversation the two of them had up on top of the tower." replied Erza as she took a seat.
"What did they say?" asked Juvia as she sat down next to Erza.
"Stuff that proves they are truly humans just like the rest of us who have fears and doubts just like anyone else. I would actually say that they've had to go through more pain and heartache than most could ever endure, yet they still somehow continue to help the rest of us out." answered Erza.
"Did they happen to mention Natsu helping Fairy Tail out in the past?" asked Lucy.
"No, but it did sound like he might have been friends with some of the members before our time. And Jellal mentioned that someone who set up the Council had the same name as Natsu, do you know anything about that Lucy?" asked Erza with a frown.
"I don't but that will just be another thing I look up once we get back to Fairy Tail." replied Lucy with a determined grin.
"But I think we should first return to Arkane Resort and continue our vacation." suggested Erza with a grin.
"Even after everything that just happened?" asked Juvia in complete shock.
"That is more of a reason to continue it." answered Erza as she closed her eyes.
"What about us?" asked Millianna nervously.
"You'll all be joining us of course." responded Erza with a faint smile before she drifted off for some well-deserved rest.
The next day at the resort:
"I still can't believe that we spent most of yesterday sleeping." said Lucy as she shook her head in disbelief.
"We did have a very eventful evening the night before." stated Erza as they all sat down for lunch.
"You also needed your rest Erza." pointed out Juvia with a bright smile.
"I am sorry for that, but now I am feeling much better." said Erza with a slight smile.
"Did he really break every bone in your hand?" asked Lucy as she inspected Erza's right hand that only was wrapped in bandages.
"He most definitely did Lucy, and it was only from him just grabbing my hand with his. But thanks to Wendy I should almost be back to good as new in a month." answered Erza as she looked at her right hand that she could no longer move.
"But shouldn't you put it into a cast so it heals properly?" asked Juvia with a concerned look in her eyes.
"I don't need one since these bandages do the same thing as a cast. I don't know how they did it, but I would guess it became a necessity for people in their line of work." replied Erza as she admired the bandages that could still be taken off if absolutely necessary.
"Those took me and some of our members a few years to come up with." said Wendy as she and Carla strolled up to the rest of them.
"Hi Wendy and Carla, I didn't expect to see you two here." said Erza with a smile.
"It wasn't part of our plan, but our Master said that we needed to take a break so it became a forced vacation." stated Carla with a slightly displeased look on her face.
"Come on Carla, you know that Master is doing this so Natsu doesn't work himself to death. Besides did you see how happy Chelia was when Master ordered Natsu to relax and stay here for a few days?" asked Wendy with a smirk.
"I did Wendy, which is why I requested our room to be nowhere near theirs so we could actually get some sleep." replied Carla which made a few of the other girls blush at what she was hinting at happening last night.
"Carla they're mates so of course that's going to happen when we're not on a mission." said Wendy with a grin.
"Yes but the whole of Fiore doesn't need to hear them in the process." argued Carla as a waitress came over to take hers and Wendy's orders.
"Wouldn't it be great if they had a kid." stated Wendy with a hopeful smile on her face as the rest gathered there all had shocked expressions on their faces.
"It would definitely make the guild livelier than it has been for the past two years." replied Carla with a frown as she thought of why that is.
"And it would hopefully get Natsu to stop trying to get himself killed." said Wendy with a frown.
"He's actually trying to do that?" asked Lucy in disbelief with the other two just as stunned as her.
"Hey where did your other friends go?" asked Carla as she notice the mages from the tower to be nowhere in sight.
"They are all trying to find their own paths in life, now back to Natsu trying to kill himself." answered Erza quickly.
"Okay maybe I phrased that wrong, hopefully this will stop him from always taking the jobs that have the least chance for survival." said Wendy still having the same frown from earlier.
"That still sounds like he might be trying to kill himself." stated Lucy.
"Juvia doesn't want to believe that Natsu would try to kill himself." stated Juvia with a sad expression.
"Couldn't he be only taking those jobs so no one else in the guild might die doing them?" asked Erza, since she could see herself doing something like that.
"That's definitely part of it, but once you throw in the fact that he has a standing order to accept all missions related to Zeref. It just makes you wonder if he's trying to find something to end his life so he can be at peace." answered Carla with a frown, because she really doesn't want to find out how Wendy would react to his death.
"Juvia thought that Natsu seemed pretty happy considering how people treat him." said Juvia.
"He is, but some of the things that have happened to him are stuff that will stick with you for life. And unfortunately he has had a lot of them, more than anyone should ever have to experience in their life." replied Wendy still frowning.
"Why don't we move onto a happier subject." suggested Carla, as she looked over the sad expressions on the other girls.
"Let's, so what are your plans for the day Wendy and Carla?" asked Erza with a slight smile.
"I planned to go to the beach and get some sun, you guys can come along if you want." replied Wendy with a smile of her own.
"That's actually what we planned to do today since yesterday was wasted." stated Lucy with an excited look on her face, that then became a sacred one as a loud explosion went off somewhere else in the resort.
"What was that?" asked Juvia as she was in a fighting stance already, looking for any possible threats. Erza was actually right with Juvia, but then noticed that Wendy and Carla weren't reacting to the explosion like people normally would be. They were both pinching the bridges of their noses while shaking their heads.
"You two know what's going on don't you." stated Erza as she got out of her fighting stance.
"Yes we do unfortunately." replied Wendy.
"Well what in the world is it?" asked Lucy, who was still a little frightened.
"Apparently our back up finally decided to make her presence known to Natsu. And like every time that they meet outside of the guild it always ends with them fighting each other and destroying everything in their path." answered Carla as a round of explosions went off with people now running for their lives.
"I guess that means our vacation is done already, and our room was so nice too." stated Wendy as she got up from their table along with Carla.
"Why are you saying that?" asked Erza.
"Because once those two are done there isn't going to be much left of Arkane Resort." replied Carla with a smirk.
"Juvia doesn't get why Natsu would be fighting a member of his own guild." stated Juvia as she caught up with the two Slayers along with the rest of her friends.
"Sarre is one of the strongest members in our guild who is the one fighting Natsu right now, and of course him being stronger than her just upsets her." said Wendy with a smug look on her face.
"Why would she be mad at that?" asked Lucy, wondering why she was following them towards the direction that everyone else was running away from.
"Because she's a fire devil slayer, and we don't know that Natsu is actually stronger Wendy." answered Carla.
"He's never lost to her so I would say that proves he's stronger, which also proves dragon slayers are the best there is at being Slayers." replied Wendy now looking smugger than she was before.
"I know a few god slayers that would beg to differ, Wendy." stated Chelia as she casually walked over to them while fiery explosions went off behind her.
"Natsu has yet to lose to anyone in the guild besides the Master, which actually helps my argument." said Wendy as she crossed her arms over her chest.
"Doesn't that prove dragon slayers aren't the best Slayers?" asked Erza, who was interested in meeting Sarre and also wanted to know more about the Master of the Slayers.
"It doesn't Erza because our Master also is a dragon Slayer, and Natsu has actually tied with him a few times." replied Carla who couldn't help but smile at how the Slayers always wanted to prove that their type of slaying magic was the strongest.
"Then doesn't that end the whole debate right there?" asked Lucy.
"No because those two are not normal dragon slayers, they are both in a league of their own. And because of that we are still trying to prove whose magic is the best, and Sarre thinks that the best way of doing that is by beating Natsu." answered Chelia with a grin.
"Wait, you said that she is a fire devil slayer so wouldn't all of her attacks do nothing to Natsu?" asked Erza trying to figure out the most likely victor of the fight.
"You'd be right if Sarre was just a normal fire mage but since she's a devil slayer it can actually hurt Natsu. Just like Natsu's fire could hurt a fire dragon after enough time, it would only just take a really long time to do that. Pretty much all Slayers are able to hurt each other even if they share the same element." answered Carla as she surveyed the resort that was sustaining heavy damage from the two fire mages duking it out.
"So you're saying that since they are both using fire it will just make their attacks not as effective as they usually are?" asked Erza.
"That pretty much sums it up correctly, and it's probably why Sarre loves to fight Natsu." replied Wendy just as a body flew through one of the walls and skidded to a stop just a few yards away from them somehow still on their feet.
"That was a cheap shot Sarre!" shouted Natsu with a devious grin on his face.
"No such thing in an actual fight Dragneel." replied a woman as she came out of the whole that Natsu had made with his body seconds earlier. The first thing that you would notice about this woman was her midnight blue hair that she had in a ponytail that somehow made her silver eyes pop more than you would think possible. And as she came through the hole in the wall you could see that under the cloak she had a petite figure and was wearing an almost identical outfit to what the other female Slayers wore. The cloak that she wore was different than anyone else's since it was navy blue and lined with black fur that looked extremely soft.
"But this is just another friendly sparring session Sarre between two good friends." said Natsu still grinning at her.
"I keep telling you that this is anything but that!" shouted Sarre as she threw a blue fireball at Natsu who just swatted it away.
"And I keep telling you that I won't ever fight anyone from my own guild seriously." replied Natsu as he wiped away a bit of blood that was coming from his lip.
"Don't look down on me Dragneel; we've had these fights more than I would like to admit. And each time you call it a draw Dragneel, which I am sick of. So I am ending that today, and everyone will know that I am the best fire mage in all of Fiore." stated Sarre as she slowly made her way to Natsu. She was watching for any signs that he might attack her, which she was ready for anything that he might send at her.
"I don't really think that's going to happen Sarre, especially since I want to spend most of today with Chelia." stated Natsu as he gave Chelia a quick grin.
"That weakling, I don't understand what you see in her Dragneel. She wouldn't even last two minutes against me, so why don't you upgrade to someone that can stand with you and not need your protection?" said Sarre with a sinister smile, as Wendy and Carla both gasped and covered their mouths.
"Natsu you know that she's only saying that to get under your skin." shouted Chelia with a really concerned look on her face, as the temperature in the room rose noticeably in just a few seconds.
"I know that." growled Natsu as his bangs covered his eyes.
"Nope, I am only stating facts Dragneel that you aren't willing to admit. But you know that they are all true, just think of how strong our kids would be." Said Sarre as her smile got bigger since she knew that Natsu was about to lose it any moment now.
"Natsu…" said Wendy and Chelia at the same time hoping to calm him down but that chance had already passed as he let out a roar that shook the whole resort.
"You've made a terrible mistake Sarre." said Natsu in a cold tone as his whole body was now covered in his orange flames.
"No I would say that I have finally gotten what I've been wanting since we first met Dragneel." said Sarre as she jumped back as the spot she used to be standing at exploded with Natsu on one knee with his fist through the floor.
"You know that they always say you should be careful about what you wish for, because now you're getting it Sarre." said Natsu as he charged her and actually got a hold of her while flying through a wall and out of the sight of the others.
"Why would she say that?" asked Lucy in complete disbelief that someone would say that in front of both Natsu and Chelia.
"Because she wants to fight Natsu when he's actually serious." replied Chelia while shaking her head.
"Did Natsu not take their previous fights that serious?" asked Juvia.
"No he did, but Sarre knows that if he's smiling then he's not even close to going full out like she wants him to." answered Carla as blue and orange eruptions of fire could be seen going off where the two were now fighting at.
"Master is going to be pissed about this." stated Wendy with a small smile as an actual building in the distance collapsed because of the damage the two Slayers caused to it while fighting each other.
"No wonder most people think your all monsters, not even our guild causes this much damage in a whole year." stated Erza after the dust settled from the building that was no longer standing.
"Oh dear god, what if there were people in there." shouted Lucy with a look of horror.
"Calm down Lucy, those two wouldn't have started fighting seriously until all civilians were safe. And I can already tell that Natsu will just give the bill to the Council saying that they are welcome for him dealing with the Tower of Heaven." said Chelia with a slight grin.
"You can't be serious?" asked Lucy.
"She is Lucy, but the worst part about it is that the Council will actually be fine with it. Why they keep allowing Natsu to get away with things like this I will never understand, the best reason I can come up with is that they don't want to possibly lose all of the Slayers over something as small as property damage." replied Carla as another building was completely destroyed. But this one was somehow tipped over causing it to destroy two other buildings in the process.
"Shouldn't we get out of here?" asked Juvia who couldn't believe how much damage those two were actually causing.
"No the safest place for us is right here, where both of them know that we are at." said Chelia as she sat down on a chair and watched the destruction of Arkane resort like it was a movie. She soon had the rest joining her and watching the blue and orange flames collide and cause anything at the point of impact be reduced to ashes. This continued on for another fifteen minutes, which resulted in pretty much everything but the hotel that they were in front of being destroyed.
"Are they ever going to stop?" asked Lucy with a bored expression.
"I think I can hear it ending like it usually does." answered Wendy with a smirk, just as someone came flying at them and skidded until they stopped and were on just one knee.
"You and the Master are indeed monsters." said Sarre with a huge grin as she struggled to get up but still did. The members of Fairy Tail were shocked to see the beaten up state that she was in, but somehow her cloak looked like it wasn't even touched during the whole fight.
"It's because we've been through more than the rest of you guys." said Natsu after dropping for the sky in a ball of fire. And once again the members of Fairy Tail were shocked to see that Natsu was in not a very good state, he looked worse than he did after his fight with Jellal. This made them all wonder what other monsters did the Slayers have in their ranks, because Sarre was definitely not someone to be messed with if she could do this to Natsu.
"You're only five years older than me Dragneel." stated Sarre as she glared at him.
"Are you sure about that Sarre, we both don't age as fast as other humans." he replied with a smirk.
"True Dragneel, but that is how many years longer you've been a Slayer compared to me so it works as a good enough guess for your age." she said with her own grin.
"HAHAHAHA I guess that is as good as any other form of defining our ages." chuckled Natsu.
"Why haven't you used Dragon Force?" asked Sarre as she tried to catch her breath.
"For the same reason that you haven't used your demon form Sarre. Even if you claim to want to go full out against me and for me to do the same, we both know that we can't do that without someone getting seriously hurt." he answered with a frown.
"True but that still doesn't mean I am giving up on beating you today Dragneel." she replied as her magic rose and blue fire swirled around her hands.
"Can't we just call this one a draw Sarre?" asked Natsu as orange flames now covered his hands.
"I said that today we were going to find out who is the better fire mage. And that is exactly what I plan to do Dragneel." said Sarre as she looked right at him, ready to strike at any opening.
"So if I can prove that I am better than you with fire we can end this?" asked Natsu.
"Yes but you'll have to do something incredible to get me to admit that." she replied, wondering what he was planning.
"Alight then send some of your fire right at me." said Natsu as the flames on his hands disappeared.
"Suit yourself Dragneel!" shouted Sarre as she threw a large ball of her blue fire at him. But she and the rest of the Slayers were shocked to watch Natsu suck it up and then wipe his mouth and give them a little grin.
"There you have it Sarre, I am the better one with fire." stated Natsu as he then walked past all of them and into the hotel with Chelia following right behind him.
"That isn't possible." said Sarre with a completely shocked expression.
"He does that all the time, I would have thought that you being in the same guild as him wouldn't have found that shocking." said Lucy with a confused look.
"No Lucy you don't get it, dragon slayers aren't supposed to be able to eat the element of a different slayer that is higher than them on the power scale." explained Carla who also still had a shocked expression.
"And I take it that devil is supposed to out rank dragon?" asked Erza.
"It does and still should be it's even been proven with some of our other members that have the same element." said Sarre still in the same position as when she unleashed the attack.
"Well it looks like you might have been wrong about that." said Erza with a faint smile.
"Erza you don't understand, this really shouldn't be possible even with someone as strong as Natsu. Our guild has spent years looking into our own magic, and dragon slayers are the lowest ones on the chain of who can consume who's magic. We've tested it on four other elements, but apparently we should have tested that out on fire." stated Wendy while trying to come up with how this is even possible.
"It's Natsu that we're talking about here so anything is possible." said Carla as she headed into the hotel to get their things.
"Looks like we are going to have to cut our vacation short." stated Erza with a grin as she too went into the hotel.
"They're monsters." stuttered Lucy as she looked at all of the damage just two Slayers did while fighting each other.
"They seem friendly enough to Juvia." said Juvia with a big smile as she grabbed Lucy and pulled her into the hotel so that they could both get their own things.
"How the hell did you do that Natsu?" asked Sarre as she looked at the hotel that Natsu and everyone else entered.
End of Chapter
Author's Notes:
Thanks for reading and I hope you all enjoyed it. So there is the first OC in this story that was given to me by a reader, who I would like to thank her for doing that. So I would like to ask if you guys want me to move onto the next big thing in cannon or do you want me to do some more of my own stuff, because I would really like to know what you all want out of this story. As always feel free to leave me a review or pm and I will try to respond back to you as soon as possible.
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