At the annual guild masters conference, all was going well. Various masters of the different guilds mingled about, conversing with one another and eating pre-made appetizers. But on one particular table, a certain short, old man in an orange jester costume sits on the surface, merrily holding up a glass of alcohol.
"And our new member, Lucy! She's quite filled out, don'tcha think?" A slightly drunk Makarov asked his old friends around him. The 'old friends' in question were Master Goldmine and Master Bob.
"Oh Makarov! You simply shouldn't talk about your wizards that way!" Said Master Bob in a feminine voice. Master Goldmine just smirked and shook his head.
"Yeah, that's nice and all, but don't ya think you can tone it down a bit? The council's just about to shut you guys down!" Said Goldmine.
Makarov waved his hand dismissively. "Whatever, those morons can go drink themselves to death for all I care! They're just jealous that my wizards are super hot!"
Bob and Goldmine sweat dropped. "Don't you think that's a little hypocritical?..." They both muttered.
*LETTER FOR MASTER MAKAROV! LETTER FOR MASTER MAKAROV!*
Makarov held his hand out for the little bird to come land on his open palm. It promptly dropped the letter it had in it's beak and flew away. Makarov held the letter up and traced his finger over the yellow seal it had on the surface. It briefly glowed blue before a magic circle appeared over the letter, projecting an image of Mirajane.
"Hi Master! I'm glad to see you made it to the meeting safely!" Mirajane said.
Makarov jumped up and held the letter out in front of him. "This here is our poster girl, Mirajane! Grab some eye candy boys!" He called out. Sure enough, whistles and cheers were heard from the other guild masters.
"I just wanted to tell you some great news! It may be the greatest thing to ever happen to Fairy Tail!" Yelled the phantom Mirajane, throwing her arms up in celebration.
Makarov raised an eyebrow. "Oh?"
"Aki, Gray, and Erza have formed a team! It could be the strongest team in all of Fairy Tail!"
After a few seconds of silence, the guild masters looked at Makarov, expecting some kind of celebration, or maybe a smile. Instead, they saw him trembling in fear, spacing out completely.
"W-what? THOSE THREE COULD DESTROY AN ENTIRE CITY!" He yelled, falling over backwards in exasperation.
But he was snapped out of it by the letter, which strangely continued to play. "And that's not all, Master! You'll never guess who else joined the team!"
Makarov stared at the letter, trembling. "P-please be s-someone reasonable..."
Mirajane then stepped out of the projection, disappearing. Makarov frowned in confusion, until Natsu and Kakashi stepped out into the projection.
Phantom Kakashi held up a peace sign. "Yo! We're finally back master! How are you?" The phantom Natsu grinned, but didn't say anything.
The letter then shut off, plunging the room into silence. Every single person in the room stared at Makarov, but strangely, he seemed to have calmed down a considerable amount.
He wiped his brow, breathing deeply. "Phew, at least those two can control the damages."
"Who were those two, Macky?" Asked Bob.
Makarov smiled. "Just a few returning friends."
OSHIBANA STATION
Erza had found the team a magic car, and they were now barreling alongside the train tracks, following Erigor to Clover, where the guild masters conference was being held.
Erza sat in the driver's seat, following a flying Natsu. He didn't look the least bit winded at traveling so fast. He floated in a standing position, arms crossed with one leg bent.
"Are you sure this is where he went?!" Shouted Erza, trying to make her voice heard over the winds.
Natsu turned his head towards her and nodded, not saying a word. Erza turned her eyes back to the tracks in front of her. The SE Plug looked as if it were ready to burst with how much energy she was putting into it, and Erza herself didn't look to good. There were large bags under her eyes, and she was trembling from over exertion. But despite all this, she maintained her insane pace, driving the car at well over 120mph.
In the passengers seat, Gray and Aki sat beside each other on one side, assuming the same pose as on the train. Lucy and Kakashi sat on the other side, with Plue sitting on Lucy's lap, and happy sitting beside Kakashi while Aki rested.
Gray and Lucy were talking about various things, but Kakashi was distracted. He had activated his sharingan, and noticed that Erza's magic container was dangerously low. What the hell is she doing? At this rate, by the time we find Erigor she'll be completely done!
Finally deciding to take action, he used Kamui to slip through the car and sit on the roof above Erza.
"Yknow, you're going to practically pass out with how much energy you're using right now." He said.
Erza would have jumped if she could, being completely surprised by the voice. "It doesn't matter. We need to get to Erigor as fast as possible!" She shouted.
Kakashi frowned. "Well as a matter of fact, it does matter." He said, before reaching down and taking the SE Plug off Erza's arm and strapping it onto his. "Because believe it or not, people care about you."
Erza visibly relaxed, seeming less tense than when she still had the SE Plug attached to her arm. Then what Kakashi said hit her, and she blushed furiously, but tried to keep her focus on driving.
"Th-thank you." She said.
Kakashi eye smiled. "Anytime."
Things were silent for a few minutes as Erza focused on controlling the car while Kakashi supplied ample amounts of magical energy. On the inside, things were considerably calmer, having nothing to do except wait until they reached Erigor.
Lucy stared out the window, watching the bleak landscape pass them at high speeds. I can't believe how strong they are. I thought that Gray and Aki were super powerful, then I met Erza, and now Natsu and Kakashi? And I haven't even seen the limits of their capabilities yet... Do they even have limits? Lucy wondered. And why did they leave for six years? Was it just a vacation? Unlikely. Maybe it was a training trip? It would explain why they're so strong... I guess I'll ask Gray about it.
"Hey Gray," Lucy said, causing Gray to sit up and look at her.
"Yeah?" He responded.
"Why did Natsu and Kakashi leave for six years?"
Gray sighed and looked back out the window. "They went on something called a decade quest."
Lucy gasped. "Decade quest?! What's that?"
"It's a quest that's so hard that it's rumored nobody could ever complete one in under a decade." Gray explained.
Lucy's eyes widened. "AND THEY DID IT IN SIX YEARS?!" She shouted.
Gray shook his head. "No."
Lucy tilted her head. "Then wha?..."
"They did it in three months."
Lucy froze. It didn't even seem possible to her. Could someone even be that powerful? To be able to complete a quest that took ten years in only three months? What kind of magic would be capable of doing that?
"H-how?"
Gray shrugged. "Nobody knows. All we know is that the both of them are immensely powerful. Y'know how we told you that Kakashi beat our guild's ace?"
Lucy nodded. "Yeah."
"Well, he beat him only using eye magic. Back then, he didn't even have whatever he calls Requip: The Magician. The fight was insane. His eye magic allows him to pass through solid objects, so he can basically phase through any attack that gets thrown at him."
Lucy was about to speak up, but Gray cut her off. "And that's not even the craziest part."
"W-wha?" Lucy stuttered out.
"In the last moments of the fight, our ace, Gildarts, sent a huge wave of his magic at Kakashi, who was tangible at the time. Keep in mind that this wave of magic would have been capable of almost destroying entire mountains."
Lucy nodded, continuing to listen to the story. "When it was about to hit him, he summoned this huge, blue skeleton around himself. The skeleton took the wave like it was nothing, then proceeded to knock out Gildarts in one punch."
Lucy leaned back in her seat, trying to comprehend just how powerful the two mages were.
Maybe I don't want to see their full potential...
TWENTY MINUTES LATER
The group arrived in the forest just outside of Clover town. Erza slowed the car down to a stop, and they all got out. They saw Erigor about two hundred meters ahead, sitting down with the flute in hand. Erza ran forwards at a full sprint, sword in hand.
"ERIGOR! STOP THIS AT ONCE!" She yelled.
Erigor turned around in surprise, dropping the flute in the process. Sneering at them, he picked the flute back up and stood up, grabbing his massive scythe in the other hand.
"You're too late, Fairy Flies! Once I play this flute, you're all dead! There's nothing you can do to sto-"
Sand Dragon Bullet! Natsu called out, still floating with his arms crossed. Out of Natsu's gourd came a massive dragon made of sand. It flew high into the sky, bearing it's sand fangs at Erigor before shooting down at him at insane speeds, crushing him into the ground in a huge pile of sand.
Natsu snickered. "Turns out there was something we could do to stop him, eh guys?" The team couldn't help but laugh. The irony was unbelievable.
"Now," Gray said, walking up to the pile of sand. "let's just grab this dumb flute and get outta here." But just as he was reaching for the flute, the ground started shaking, and they heard a loud, demonic voice.
"I'VE HAD IT WITH YOUR COWARDLY WIZARD ANTICS!"
Gray froze. "What the hell was that!?"
Suddenly, a huge, purple magic circle appeared in the air above the sand, and lightning started to strike the ground beneath it. Gray jumped back to the group.
"I CAN NO LONGER HOLD BACK! I'LL JUST COME OUT THERE AND DEVOUR YOU MYSELF!"
The group watched in amazement as a deep purple smoke rose out of flute and rose up, eventually going straight into the magic circle. A second later, a deafening roar could be heard throughout the surrounding area, blowing the trees and grass around with ease.
Then, out of the magic circle came a gigantic tree looking monster. It had three purple eyes and seemed to be made of branches. It was easily as tall as a perfect susanoo, but it didn't seem quite as menacing.
By now, all the guild masters had gathered on a nearby hill to watch. They clustered together, staring at the huge demon in amazement.
"Hey! Look! There's wizards over there!" Shouted one of the guild masters.
The masters looked over to where the guy was pointing, and saw Natsu and the team standing in front of the monster, looking calm as ever. Well, minus Lucy.
Goldmine smirked. "Well, seems Fairy Tail comes to the rescue yet again."
Bob giggled. "Let's see what they can do!"
Back over with the team, Natsu had unslung his gourd, and jammed it into the ground in front of him with the opening facing upwards. He then got into a meditative pose, still floating. He closed his eyes in concentration, and spoke in a neutral voice.
"I'm going to seal it. You guys need to buy me some time while I prepare the technique." He said.
Aki grinned and lit her fists on fire, stepping forwards. "ALRIGHT! LET'S GO!" She yelled, jumping forwards at the monster. Erza and Gray weren't too far behind, also jumping into the fray, with swords and icicles respectively. Kakashi hung back with Natsu, covering him while he prepared the sealing jutsu.
But this only seemed to enrage Lullaby. It let out a massive roar and narrowed it's three eyes at the incoming wizards. "YOU THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME!? PUNY WIZARDS! I'LL DEVOUR YOUR SOULS!" It shouted in a raspy, demonic voice. Lullaby then began charging up magical energy in it's mouth, storing it for a few seconds before releasing it in a straight, laser like beam, cutting through the mountains as if they were butter.
The trio dodged under the beam, and continued to charge. Before they reached the big demon though, Aki had a brilliant question.
"HEY GRAY!" She yelled.
"YEAH, WHAT?!" Gray responded.
"ARE SOULS TASTY!?" She asked.
Gray sweat dropped. "How the hell would I know?!"
Aki grinned. "I don't know! But let's get started!" She yelled, before jumping straight up in front of Lullaby's face.
FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST! She yelled, bringing down a flaming fist onto Lullaby's head. It roared in pain, swiping around it's face furiously, trying to smack away whatever had hit it.
Erza followed up on Aki's attack, swiping at the demon's knees with her twin short swords before falling back. The monster fell to one knee, since the other could not support it's own weight.
Gray came next, slamming Lullaby's face with an Ice Dragon's Freezing Talon. Lullaby staggered back, struggling to stand from the barrage of attacks. But after a few seconds, it seemed to have recovered. Standing straight again, Lullaby took a deep breath, seeming to suck in all the life around it. "TIME TO DIE, PUNY MAGES!" It bellowed.
But Natsu had something else to say about that. His eyes snapped open, and he looked up at the gigantic beast. GRAND MAUSOLEUM OF SAND! He called out, hands still clapped together.
Out of his gourd came what seemed like an endless amount of sand. It swirled out of his gourd and twisted itself around the gigantic wooden demon. Lullaby furiously swiped at the sand, trying to get it off it's body, but it was to no avail. The sand just kept coming, and it eventually swallowed up it's entire body, until all you could see was a giant lump of sand. It then rose up, into the night sky, until it was at least one hundred meters in the air.
Then, slowly but surely, the sand began to form into a ginormous pyramid, with Lullaby trapped in the center. The pyramid was covered in red, tribal markings, and it held the demon tight, not letting it move at all.
Seeing as the work was done, Natsu looked over to Kakashi. "Now Kakashi!" He yelled. Kakashi nodded at him and disappeared in a swirl, appearing again above the pyramid. He landed on the peak of the gigantic pyramid, and requipped a baseball sized lacrima. He held it in one hand, and formed a half ram seal in the other.
SEAL! He yelled, and with a poof of smoke, the entire pyramid disappeared. The lacrima in Kakashi's hand turned a golden yellow colour, and he requipped it away. Since he was now free falling in the air, he used his Kamui to teleport back to Natsu, and together they waited for the rest of the team to come back.
Meanwhile, the guild masters, including Makarov, were all stunned at the impressive display of magic.
"That chick punched with fire!"
"Yeah, and that other boy kicked with ice!"
"Did you see the redhead though? She requipped her armour!"
"What about that sand magic?! I've never seen anything like it!"
"And how did that other kid seal the entire thing into a lacrima?"
Goldmine chuckled and shook his head. "Damn it Makarov, you've sure got some talented young wizards..."
Makarov grinned. "Yep!"
THE NEXT DAY, AT FAIRY TAIL
"So! When did you two get back?" Asked Makarov, who sat on one of the bar benches. Natsu and Kakashi sat on the two adjacent to him.
"Hmm... actually, only three days ago. When we came back, we left to take care of Eisenwald the next morning." Said Kakashi.
Makarov nodded. Erza had explained the whole ordeal to him on their way back. "So how did the decade quest go?"
Natsu shrugged. "Pretty well, it wasn't too difficult." He replied.
Makarov face faulted. Leave it to these two to say a decade quest isn't too difficult.
"Oh!" Exclaimed Kakashi. "that reminds me, here's some jewel for the guild. Natsu and I didn't really need it all." He said.
Makarov raised an eyebrow. "Oh? And how much jewel is it?"
Natsu smirked and grabbed one of Cana's empty barrels. He held it in front of him, and stared at it intently. A second later, a swirl appeared in the bucket, and out of the swirl came stacks upon stacks of one thousand jewel bills, enough to fill the entire barrel and overflow a little bit.
Makarov blanched and went wide eyed at the insane amount of jewel. "H-how much is that?" He asked.
Kakashi rubbed his chin thoughtfully. "Hmm... around fifty million I think."
Makarov cried tears of comedic happiness and hugged the barrel of cash like his life depended on it. "FINALLY!" He cheered. "I'LL BE ABLE TO PAY THE DAMAGE BILLS!"
Right away, he ran off like a madman into his office, excited to finally clear all the damage bills off his desk. Natsu and Kakashi snickered and walked/floated over to their team's table. The entire team was there, including Erza.
Natsu floated at chair height, as if there was actually a chair there, and Kakashi pulled up a chair next to Erza and sat down. "Hey guys, how's it goin?" Natsu asked.
Aki grinned. "We're picking a team name!"
Kakashi frowned. "Why don't we just go with your old team name? Team Dragon?"
Gray shook his head. "Naw, can't use that. Now that there's more than one person on the team who isn't a dragon slayer, it doesn't fit well."
"So we're trying to find a name that incorporates everyone?" Natsu asked.
Erza nodded. "Yes."
They all went back to thinking, but Kakashi had an idea. Hmm... what was it that Naruto's whole group called themselves again?... the 11 kids? the four teams? WAIT! I remember, it was the Konoha Eleven. That's perfect!
"I have an idea." Kakashi said.
Aki nodded. "Shoot."
"Well, how about we make a sort of collective name, and have a few subdivisions within our group?" He said.
Gray looked confused. "What?"
Natsu began to understand what Kakashi was talking about. "For example, as a group, our name might be, The Seven. But as smaller teams, Team Dragon and Team Ghost."
Lucy nodded, but still looked a little skeptical. "But Natsu, there's only six of us, why 'The Seven'?"
Natsu pointed at Happy. "Uh.. Y'know Happy is a person too, right?"
"AYE!" Proclaimed Happy. "How about we be called Team Fish?"
Everyone sweat dropped. "I think we'll pass on that one, Happy." said Aki.
"So what's our team name gonna be?" Asked Lucy.
"How about Team Seven?" Erza asked.
The group gave a collective 'Aye!', and just like that, it was decided. Perhaps the greatest team Fairy Tail had ever seen was born right at that moment.
Natsu smirked at Kakashi, who eye smiled back. Who knew, Kakashi thought. Looks like I'm back on team seven, eh?
"Wait a minute." Erza said. "Which team am I on?" She asked.
Kakashi put his arm around her shoulders and eye smiled, making her blush. "Team Ghost of course!"
Erza smiled for a second, but then frowned. "But won't I just be a liability to you two?"
Kakashi shook his head. "Nonsense. You're a valuable member of the team!" He exclaimed, eye smiling.
She looked at Natsu, who grinned and gave her a thumbs up. "Thank you." She said, bowing her head.
"Now," Kakashi said. "why don't we go do some team training?" He asked. And then he decided to try something that he never in a million years would have imagined himself doing. Flirting.
"And bonding..." He whispered in Erza's ear. She immediately blushed redder than her hair, and stuttered furiously. "R-r-right.. Le-let's g-go." She said, quickly getting up and rushing out the back door.
Kakashi shrugged. Well that was certainly interesting. I wonder if I've retained my old 'sensei' skills. Not like it helped Naruto all that much... Kakashi thought.
Natsu on the other hand had disappeared into the Kamui dimension for some thinking time. Also just to talk to Shukaku.
"Hey Shukaku, how's it goin, been a while since we last talked."
"Yeah, it's been like a week. Anyway, what'cha want?"
"What did you think about that demon we fought?"
"HAHAHAH! That thing? A demon? More like a twig!.. All jokes aside though, it was pretty weak. It was probably one of the weaker demons in this world. If it wasn't...
"That would be pretty pathetic."
"Yeah."
Things were silent for a few moments before Shukaku remembered something he wanted to tell Natsu.
"Oh yeah, I forgot to tell you something."
"What is it?"
"You can actually summon me in my little form using the summoning jutsu. Just think about summoning me specifically when you use the tanuki summoning contract. I won't be much help in a fight, but if you don't mind, I sorta want to just be outside."
"Yeah sure, I'll do it as soon as I get back! Oh my god, It's going to be great when Lucy meets you! Even the others will have a pretty good reaction, they haven't seen you in years, and only in your normal form!"
"Whatever, just get going brat."
Natsu inwardly snickered. "Alright, see ya in a couple minutes."
He teleported out of the Kamui dimension, appearing beside Kakashi in a swirl. They were outside on the back yard of the guild, and were about to start training.
"So, we're going to work on your requip speed." Kakashi said.
Erza nodded. "Alright, where do I start?"
Kakashi frowned, thinking hard on some things he could do to increase Erza's requip speed. Hmm... how did I get so fast? I remember just getting faster over time, but that doesn't seem to work for her. Maybe it was because I already had experience using time-space abilities? That would explain it, but how do I get Erza up to par?... Perhaps she needs to use it like I do? After all, I've only ever seen her requipping between swings of her weapon, and her armour only changes in between fights. Maybe getting to try it while fighting would help.
"Ok, I have an idea. I'm going to come at you only using blades, and you're going to try and requip between swings of your weapon. Once you get that down, we'll work on the armour." He explained. Erza nodded, requipping a sword and facing Kakashi in a ready stance.
"If you don't mind me," Natsu said, still floating in a sitting position. "I have something I'd like to try out, I'll come back later." He finished, disappearing into the ground.
Kakashi nodded, before turning back to Erza while pulling out a katana that heavily resembled one of his old ANBU swords.
"Now," He said. "Let's begin."
THE FOREST NEAR MAGNOLIA
Summoning Jutsu!
Natsu bit his thumb and slammed his palm on the ground, and out of a poof of smoke appeared a little happy-sized Shukaku.
(Imagine the one from Bee's infinite tsukuyomi dream)
The pint-sized Shukaku hopped up onto Natsu's shoulder, much like a parrot might. His star shaped eyes scanned over the forest, taking in the surrounding environment. Suddenly, he let out a victorious whoop.
"WOO! I'm finally out! Let's go, Natsu! Fly!"
Natsu sweat dropped. "Yeah, alright." He said, flying high into the air, much to the delight of Shukaku. He stopped at a reasonable height, taking in the surrounding landscape. It really is beautiful here. He thought. The peaceful nature of this world is amazing compared to the brutality of the Elemental Nations. I'm glad mom and dad sent me here. If only I could revive them...
FLASHBACK
"So what are we learning today, Six Paths Sensei?" Asked an excited Natsu.
Hagoromo held up a hand, motioning for Natsu to wait. "Hold on, Natsu, before we begin, there's something I need to tell you."
Natsu frowned, confused. "What is it?"
"You remember how I said that using Rinne Rebirth would take up all of Asura's chakra, and it would take at least three years for it to regenerate?"
"Yeah, what about it?" Natsu asked.
"It seems there is a certain caveat to it." Hagoromo explained.
Natsu grimaced. "What is it?"
"If you use the Rinne Rebirth on someone who has been dead for a long period of time, using Asura's chakra will not be enough to use the technique."
"So what does that mean?" Natsu asked, confused.
"If you use it on someone who has been dead for a while, you will die."
Natsu frowned, rubbing his chin thoughtfully. "I see. Thank you for explaining this to me, I will be sure to to take extra care."
Hagoromo nodded. "Now, today we'll be learning..."
FLASHBACK END
Natsu audibly sighed. And I still have to take care of Acnologia, wherever the hell that dumb lizard is. Having six paths sage mode will definitely be useful for that, and having Kakashi here will be a huge help as well. I have no doubt that two perfect susanoo will be more than enough to take care of the dragon.
Maybe I should practice my sage mode? I haven't used it in a while. I'll just have to suppress my chakra so nobody will notice. He thought, deciding to make sure he wasn't rusty on his six paths sage mode.
"Shukaku."
"Yeah?" replied Shukaku, who was still looking around at the landscape with a bright smile. He had only ever seen the desert and the war-ridden battleground of the fourth shinobi world war, so the greens and blues of the trees and sea were a nice change of pace.
"I'm going to enter six paths sage mode."
Shukaku just shrugged. "Alright. Why'd ya have to go outta your way to tell me though?"
Natsu sweat dropped. "Actually I don't know... Whatever just get ready."
A few seconds after he said this, he closed his eyes, concentrating for a moment and going into six paths sage mode. As soon as he did this, a brilliant white chakra cloak enveloped itself around Natsu's body. It looked almost like white fire, and it glowed brightly. His normally red coat turned stark white, and the dragon painting on it came to life, swirling around the glowing white coat. His jeans turned pitch black, as did his sneakers, but other than that, there were no other changes to his clothing. Three black orbs arranged themselves in a triangle pattern behind him, and the fourth turned into the six paths staff, which Natsu held in his hand.
Shukaku gave a appreciative whistle. "Damn, you look cooler than dad when he does his thing."
Natsu snickered. "Thanks, now, let's try and- AGH!" Natsu suddenly shouted, eyes going wide.
"Natsu! Are you okay? What happened?"
Natsu stared at the guild hall from miles away. He narrowed his eyes, as if he were expecting it to do something miraculous. "There's an incredible magical energy coming from beneath the guild. It's like nothing I've ever seen. The sheer power dwarfs Kakashi and I combined!" He said.
"What the hell?! How did neither of notice it before?!" Shukaku shouted.
Natsu frowned. "I don't know really, there must be some sort of suppression seal on it. I was only able to sense it because I'm in sage mode."
"We should check it out. It could be some sort of bomb, or weapon."
Natsu nodded, going out of sage mode. His clothes reverted back to their original colours, and the white chakra cloak disappeared. "You should go back for now, I'm going to phase through the ground. I'll summon you back as soon as we get there." Shukaku nodded his little head, and disappeared off Natsu's shoulder in a poof of smoke.
Natsu took a deep breath shot off towards the guild at speeds that could rival the Fourth Raikage. As he was coming within distance, he nose dived into the earth, disappearing before anyone could see him. Not like they could of though, it was as if he teleported from his position in the sky to the guild hall.
He travelled through the ground until he reach the place where he felt the magical power coming from, and what he found there was something he never could of expected. It was a lacrima, and a huge one at that. It shone with a brilliant blue radiance, filling the room with light. But that wasn't the most intriguing part about. No, the most interesting part was the fact that there was the body of a girl trapped in the lacrima. She had long, wavy pastel-blonde hair and flowed down to her knees, but despite that, she looked as if she were only about thirteen or fourteen years of age.
Natsu stared in shock. What the fucking hell is this?! Is this what the magical energy I sensed is coming from? And why the hell is there a girl enclosed in that lacrima? He wondered. Eventually, he decided to just tell Makarov about it. After all, it was beneath his guild, so he ought to know just what the hell was beneath it.
He flew straight up, turning invisible as he went, and eventually he reached the main guild hall. Still invisible, he hovered over to where Macao was sitting, and revealed himself, causing Macao and Wakaba, who was sitting at his table, to jump in surprise.
"NATSU CAN YOU STOP DOING THAT?!" Macao shouted, spilling his drink all over himself.
Natsu snickered, then went completely straight faced. "Sorry, do you know where Master Makarov is?"
Macao shrugged. "Dunno, he's probably in his office."
Natsu nodded as he began to float away. "Thanks."
Macao turned back to Wakaba, who was casually smoking his pipe. "Wonder what that was about..." said Macao. Wakaba shrugged. "Who knows, probably just off on another job."
IN MAKAROV'S OFFICE
Natsu came through the floor of Makarov's office, coming to hover on the other side of Makarov's desk. Makarov himself was in the chair, facing the other way. Natsu could hear him grumbling, and papers were being thrown left and right.
"Ugh... stupid brats, always causing trouble..."
Natsu realized he was going to be waiting for one hell of a long time, so he decided to speak up. "Master."
Makarov swiveled around in his chair, putting down the stack of complaints he was going through. "Natsu? What are you doing here? You aren't S-Class yet!"
Natsu sweat dropped. We did that stupid decade thing and he still doesn't want us coming up to the second floor?... "It is a matter of utmost urgency, Master."
Makarov frowned. "What is it ,my boy?"
"I sensed an intense magical energy coming from beneath the guild, and..."
Makarov visibly paled as Natsu was speaking. Oh crap, did he find out about Fairy Heart? How did he even sense it?! Master Precht and I put at least thirty suppression runes on that damn place!
"Upon further investigation, I found a large lacrima with the body of a girl inside..."
God damnit.
"This may be a problem. It could be some sort of weapon, or bomb designed to destro-"
Makarov cut him off, sighing. "Since you've already found it, I suppose there's no point of hiding it. What you found is the Fairy Heart."
Natsu raised an eyebrow. "Fairy Heart?"
Makarov nodded. "Yes. It contains the body of our first master, Mavis Vermilion. She was killed a long time ago, but the second master, Precht, could still sense magic coming from her heart. He sealed her within that Lacrima, and over the years he performed various experiments trying to revive her. Eventually, after many failed experiments, the lacrima turned into a source of near infinite magic power. Soon after, Master Precht left without any warning, naming me the third master of Fairy Tail."
Natsu furrowed his eyebrows, confusing Makarov. "Is she dead now?"
Makarov looked down in sorrow. "I-I don't know... I would like to think we still have a chance, but after so long... I don't think it's still possible..."
"And her body was kept in perfect condition, as if she had died yesterday?"
Makarov looked at him in confusion. "Well, yes, I suppose, but I don't see wha-"
"I can revive her."
Makarov's eyes widened. "Wh-what?"
"I can bring her back to life at the cost of my strongest power for the next two to three years."
"You can do that?!" Makarov shouted.
Natsu nodded. "Yes."
"And you will do it?"
Natsu smiled and nodded. "Yes."
Makarov laughed and jumped on his desk, dancing around in celebration. "AWESOME! LET'S GO!" He exclaimed, jumping off his desk.
But then he stopped abruptly. "Wait a minute, how did you even get in there? Master Precht and I put a rune there to block phasing magic!"
Natsu grinned. "Kakashi and I can't be stopped by some silly rune!" He shouted, laughing like an idiot.
Makarov sweat dropped. "Well, ok then... Oh, and one more thing." He said.
Natsu raised an eyebrow. "Yeah?"
"Don't tell anybody about the Fairy Heart. It's a secret that normally only the guild masters are allowed to know about, so you can't just go about telling everybody." He explained.
Natsu nodded. "Alright, I won't, but I'm going to need Kakashi there to help me with something."
Makarov sighed. "I suppose that's alright."
Natsu grinned. "Cool! I'll meet'cha down there!" He said, disappearing through the floor.
OUTSIDE, WHERE ERZA AND KAKASHI ARE TRAINING
Kakashi and Erza had only been training for around thirty minutes when Natsu came back. Erza increased her requip speed by a quarter of a second, which was actually pretty good, considering her original time was three seconds.
Kakashi held up a hand to stop Erza. He walked over to Natsu to see what he needed. "Natsu?" He said, noticing Natsu's serious look.
"Kakashi, I need your help, I'm going to perform the Rinne Rebirth." Natsu said.
Kakashi went wide eyed. "What?! On who?"
Natsu shook his head. "I'll explain on the way there, just come with me. I'm going to need to you to warp me into the Kamui dimension to rest after I've used the jutsu."
Kakashi nodded, before jumping over to Erza. "Erza, I'm going to need to help Natsu with something, continue training on your own for a little while, it shouldn't take long." Erza nodded and went back to her training.
Kakashi turned back to Natsu. "Let's go." He said, and followed Natsu, who had disappeared into the ground.
IN THE FAIRY HEART ROOM
Makarov walked down to the place where he and Precht had put Mavis over fourty years ago. It seemed so surreal to him. After so many attempts at bringing back their first master, one kid could just bring her back to life?
If only you were still here, master, it would be a tremendous day for Fairy Tail. Makarov thought as he reached the room. He noticed that Natsu and Kakashi were already there, conversing quietly.
He walked over to the pair and greeted them. "So Natsu, you can revive her?"
Natsu nodded. "Yeah, I can. But first I need Kakashi to break that Lacrima, which is part of the reason why I had him come here."
Makarov nodded. "Alright, just do it." He seemed calm, but on the inside, he was a whole storm of emotions. Happiness, for finally getting their first master back after so long. Worry, for if the technique went wrong, Anxiousness, would she be happy with how the guild is? Would she be angry with him if it wasn't how she liked it?
Questions like this ran through Makarov's head as he saw Kakashi charging up an attack to shatter the lacrima. He looked at the lacrima wearily. "Are you sure you can break it? Master Precht said that you would need an attack at least as strong as Mavis' own great spells to be able to."
Kakashi shrugged. "I honestly don't know. But we're about to find out!" He said, holding a clenched fist out in front of him. A second later, purple and white energy began swirling around swirling around his fist, covering it in mixed light. Outside of that, white cubes began surrounding it, swirling around the purple and white magic like a shell.
All of a sudden, Kakashi charged at the huge lacrima, tearing up the ground behind him. At the last second, he brought his fist forward, calling out his attack as it hit collided with the lacrima. TWIN DRAGON'S CRASHING FIST!
Jumping back to the others, he waited with halted breath to see if his attack had worked. Silence. That's all that filled the room as the trio waited. Suddenly, they heard a small 'crack' come from the lacrima, and they stared at it as the one crack began branching out through the lacrima like a spider web, until eventually the entire thing was covered in cracks.
Then, with a deafening shatter noise, the thing fell apart like glass, leaving Mavis's body to fall to the ground in a heap.
Makarov stared at Kakashi in shock. So much power... And he doesn't even look winded! To think, he didn't even need that to beat Gildarts all those years ago...
He was snapped out of his thoughts by Kakashi shouting something. "NOW NATSU!"
Natsu took a wide stance, and lifted his headband before slamming his hands together in a snake seal. He closed his eyes, and started trembling in concentration. The ends of his hair began to turn white, and blood dripped from the ends of his mouth.
GEDO ART OF RINNE REBIRTH!