I remembered a friend laughing his head off when he read the last part in the original version. I think it is the images which tickled him. This is lame :P

Chapter 10: The Destined Mission

Natsu found himself in somewhere he did not recognise, in the wilderness where it was evening in time. Someone was sobbing really hard. Natsu looked around for the source of the cries.

He noticed a female with long scarlet hair sitting in front of a huge rock crying really hard.

"I'm really sorry."

"Erza?" He called out to her. Erza was found crying really hard. Natsu tried to reach her but she just could not hear him.

"Why is she sorry?" Natsu barely recalled Erza apologising to him before this. He reached for her but found his hand passing through her body before the scene changed.

Kneeling on the ground, Natsu realised he was in another unknown location. He saw somebody engaging in battle. Their speed was really fast. He saw someone crashing to the ground and his opponent were smirking in the air. They were Tsuna and Jellal.

Tsuna was beaten really badly. He was barely conscious glaring at Jellal in defiance. Jellal did not stop his attacks on him.

"Tsuna!" Natsu tried calling out to his younger brother who obviously did not notice his presence.

He was forced to watch Jellal jumping on him punching him repeatly. Natsu did not know if Tsuna was still breathing. His eyes widened in horror when Tsuna was left unmoving. He did not know if his brother was dead or alive. The scene changed again before he could react.

This time, Natsu found himself on the flying ship. He saw a boy in black whom Natsu did not recognise. He had just woken up from his slumber. Natsu could hear him despite his inaudible voice.

"Lucy..."

Natsu watched the boy in doubt. How was he related to Lucy? He did not know why he found the boy really familiar, so familiar Natsu was aware that he knew him deep in his heart. His head hurt so badly that he crouched down holding his head.

Natsu opened his eyes. He woke up abruptly on his bed. He found himself back in his dorm. He rubbed his aching head.

"Natsu-san, thank goodness, you are finally awake! I had done what I can to heal you. Yajima-san and I are worried sick when you fainted out of sudden." Wendy exclaimed. She was aroused from her nap. It seemed that she dozed off by his bed. Wendy made Natsu lied down on his bed to check him over.

Natsu remembered he fainted back then.

"Is it? Sorry to worry you." Natsu's eyes widened when he recalled what he almost forgotten.

"Was Etherion fired?" He jumped up as he remembered the order from the Magic Council. Wendy sat down beside him thinking on how she should reply him.

"Preparation will take some time before it can be fired. Yajima came to her rescue. He took a deep breath before he added. He wanted to know what their next plan was.

"By the way, Pantherlily had just resigned from the Magic Council. He didn't want to witness the moment. Natsu, what do you plan to do?" Natsu looked down. He had never thought about it. He came here to learn magic from Jellal. His goal can no longer be reached with this happened. He felt depressed being deprived of his goal.

Yajima observed Natsu and patted him on his shoulder to cheer him up. Natsu looked up at him as he revealed something vital in this scheme. "The Jellal you saw is not the real Jellal. He was a double created by a dark guild, in other words, that is a fake. My real grandson-in-law is still missing but I believe he is still alive. After that, it is up to him as this is part of his destiny."

Wendy was excited to hear that. "Natsu-san, shall we look for the Jellal we know?"

"Head to the location when he was last heard. You may just find some clue." Yajima advised. Natsu was getting fired up. He had found a new goal in life. He would find Jellal and go after the fake.

"Thank you. Yajima-san!"

Yajima watched both of them running out. He was aware that the future of Erza and Jellal was gloomy. Perhaps, Natsu whose destiny was unknown to him could change it and prevent the tragedy happening to them. In turn, he could save his younger brother from his dreadful fate too.

Wendy ran after Natsu. "Where are we going to find clues? Lily had left the Council."

"Let's look for him." Natsu gritted his teeth and clenched his fist. "That person may know something."

Natsu led Wendy to the underground prison he was assigned to, where he was assigned to watch over the General of Kingdom Empire. They ran straight to the cell where Brain was held.

"I'm not able to forgive you for what you did to me but I need your help. Can you help me?" Natsu swallowed his saliva when he asked Brain for the favour. He would know where his teacher was right?

Brain noted his determined eye and nodded.

"I didn't expect the tool I made use of will break the jail to release me. Fate is making a fool of me. You are still as naïve as before. Don't worry, I will not trick you. That is what I owe you. I will fulfill my promise to you to take you to your teacher."

Meanwhile, Tsuna and Gray came to the Tower of Heaven. Taking a glimpse of the tower, no matter what, they need to get Jellal out of the tower before Etherion is fired on it. Tsuna could not believe that his Teacher had betrayed all of them to build a "world of freedom". He clenched his fist as he charged in with Gray following behind.

As Tsuna was the famous Fireball, Gray had problem catching up to him. On the way, they encountered an army of the underlings stationed near the tower. This was expected. Before they were able to meet the Boss, they had to face his minions. They took down the weaklings one by one very quickly.

Gray had noticed that Tsuna was rather distracted. He could see that he was in a hurry and not in his best condition after losing to Erza. On top of that, he was distracted on his regrets of having insulted his brother and hurt his pride. Gray could not afford to have Tsuna to lose his focus at this point of time. He needed to bring him back.

"Tsuna, concentrate on the fights till Erza meet up with us!" Gray put up his fighting stance blocking attacks meant for Tsuna with his ice shield.

"Shut up, ice cube. I need to get to Jellal fast! Go fire!" As usual, Tsuna would not obey him. Tsuna took down a number of enemies before charging straight into the mouth of by a bird-like creature who showed up before they noticed it. Gray watched in horror when the bird swallowed him up.

"Tsuna!"