Happy and Natsu get themselves in trouble (and no one is really surprised)

It had been about five months since Natsu and Happy had left Fairy Tail in order for them to get stronger. While they missed all of their friends in Fairy Tail, especially Lucy (although Natsu didn't let himself think too deeply as to what that meant), they knew they had to get stronger because Zeref and Acnologia would be back. And Natsu couldn't stand by and watch the people he cared about- his nakama- die. So far, Natsu had been doing really well, mastering different techniques and even creating a few new ones. Happy... well, all that mattered is that he was trying. As they were training, the two were wandering around Fiore, they didn't really have a destination in mind. However, Natsu and Happy still always managed to get into trouble wherever they went.

Morning's rays slowly opened the Dragon Slayer's tired eyes. He hadn't gotten much sleep, but Natsu got up anyway and began gently shaking the sleeping Exceed awake for breakfast. Happy enjoyed his raw fish while Natsu dined on the fading camp fire from the previous night. They were in no hurry as they packed up Natsu's sleeping bag and supplies and set off.

They traveled through the forest till noon, stopping again for a "small" lunch break of fish and some sandwiches Natsu had packed since he didn't want to have to go through the trouble of making another fire.

As they ate, Happy kept looking around, as if he felt something was wrong and the feeling grew worse the longer they stayed, "Natsu… something isn't right here…"

The dragon slayer looked up, and began to see what Happy meant. It was unnaturally quiet, and as Natsu looked closer, he saw that there was barely any life at all. Natsu quickly shoved the remainder of his meal into his mouth and picked up his bag. "Alright, buddy, let's go."

Happy nodded and with an "Aye, sir!" he spread his wings and began to follow Natsu.

A few minutes later, the two came to a clearing and stopped. Before them lay a huge crater, at least a mile across. And in the center of it, a giant dragon's arm. As Natsu looked closer, his eyes widened in horror, his tan face now turned pale. It had been five months since that day, but Natsu remembered every detail of the dragon who had murdered his adoptive father; Natsu was staring at Acnologia's missing arm.

Natsu's knees gave way and fell to the ground, tears beginning to stream down his face. It had been a long few months. Watching his adopted father getting ripped in half was probably the worst thing that the young dragon slayer had ever witnessed and he was constantly plagued with nightmares. Often waking up to his own screams and Happy trying to shake him awake. And now, right in front of him, was a piece of Igneel's final battle and it still had the ability to kill. His body shook as anger, no, rage, tore through his body.

Happy was terrified. It was normal for Natsu to catch on fire on occasion, but these were not his usual bright orange flames… they were charcoal black and Natsu's eyes seemed to glow brightly, almost demon like. Happy backed up a little, terrified. The glow slowly disappeared, and the flames turned crimson. He got himself back under control. For a long while Natsu simply stared at the arm, unsure what to do. Happy slowly approached him and put a paw on his leg, looking up at him.

"What're we going to do?" he asked carefully. He couldn't tell what is friend was thinking, and that scared him.

"We need to destroy that thing," Natsu spat, anger rolling off him in waves. He made his way down into the crater- Happy following slowly- and stood three feet away from the arm. At this close a range, Natsu could feel the magic radiating from the arm and it was making him sick- it was worse than when he got motion sickness. Now that he was right there, he hesitated, not wanting to have to touch the vile thing.

He swallowed and felt his resolve hardened and reached out with his right hand to grab it- intent on setting it ablaze- but the moment his hand came in contact with the arm he was thrown back to the edge of the crater, out cold.

"NATSU!" Happy cried out and flew to his best friend's side. The arm no longer radiated the intense stench of corrupted magic; it was now coming from the dragon slayer. Happy gasped, seeing the markings that had once covered Acnologia's arm now on Natsu's. "This isn't good," Happy mumbled to himself. He knew he had to get Natsu away from this place; even though the arm was harmless now, the area still gave off a feeling of death and destruction.

Hoisting Natsu up, careful to mind his arm, Happy took off, intent on finding a village and a healer, and if not that, then a lacrima so he could get in contact with Lucy. Or… maybe not Lucy. Natsu had been very sensitive on the subject, so perhaps he wouldn't appreciate him contacting her without his knowledge. Wendy would help, Happy thought. She would also be the one most qualified to deal with this and help heal Natsu. With his mind made up, Happy flew even faster, determined to reach a town by nightfall.

Happy had underestimated just how deep they were in the woods; it was getting late- the sun had set a few hours ago and yet Happy saw no signs of any villages nearby. He was starting to get tired and could feel his magic draining. He wouldn't last much longer. Natsu had not stirred in his arms the entire time and Happy was growing increasingly worried. Having spotted a nice clearing not too far ahead in the moonlight, Happy set his sights on that, determined to make it there before taking a break for the night. But before he was halfway there he could feel the last of his magic draining out of his system. Happy's eyes closed as the last of his energy disappeared and he and Natsu began falling head over heels, tumbling out of the sky.

(A/N:

Hestia: THANK YOU SO MUCH THOSE WHO FOLLOWED AND FAVORITED THIS, I'M SHOCKED! I'm sorry that this is such a short chapter, I promise the next one will be longer trust me on that… In other news I got myself an Aquarius key. I'm just hoping it won't break….(we also didn't have anyone edit this, so if you see something let us know..)

I was also going to do the chapter names in song lyrics but it didn't exactly work as I had planned, so yeah...haha…*Sighs*

Vesta: ¡Hola, everyone! Well, this took less time than the first- probably because we knew where this story's headed more now (and also it's like a third of the length…). Hopefully we can update again soon!

Hestia: but that Galevy kiss though…Vesta was excited…

Vesta: Well it's been a LONG TIME AND THEY NEEDED TO DO SOMETHING (those bed sheets though… OTP!)

R&R please!)