After an 8 hour trip, Team Natsu arrived at the country of Bosco and wasted no time as they moved to the woods to find the said people in their mission. A lot of lives were lost as the trio sowed terror around the country, ever since they colonized the place the locals get only limited supplies of their basic needs and are forced to follow whatever they say because if they don't, their lives are at cost.

"Gray, Wendy you head out to the South, Natsu, Lucy and Happy you go on the South and I'll take east. We would be able to defeat the enemies if we spread out. Remember that Ruka has two other allies, and if Lucy and Natsu get lucky and have the chance to face Ruka himself, then we will proceed with the plan."

"Aye sir!"

"Let's go Wendy" the little girl nodded as Gray offered his hand as he called out to his partner.

"Come on Natsu, we need to go"

"Wait Lucy" shestopped as Natsu held her wrist in place

"What is it?" as soon as the words left her mouth, he felt Natsu's soft and warm lips against hers, it was gentle and passionate. Natsu deepened the kiss as his tongue asked for entrance and Lucy willingly gave it to him, soon Lucy broke the kiss to gasp for some air.

"What was that for?" she asked as a smile appeared on her lips

"I love you, Luce" Natsu said without any second thought and wrapped his hands around Lucy's waist.

"and you know I love you too"

"I know, I just want to make sure that you know I love you more than my life"

Touched by what Natsu has said to her, she wrapped her hands around his neck and pulled him for another kiss.

"Don't worry, nothing bad will happen as long as you're beside me" she whispered in his ear.

"Now let's go, Erza might get to Ruka first and you won't like that"

"Aye sir!"


"Do you smell anyone around Wendy?" The ice mage asked as he stopped when he noticed his partner picking up a scent.

"I can smell someone nearby" the slayer replied as she continued to sniff around.

Both turned their heads when they heard a rustle by the bushes.

"We've got company" and as if a signal, Gray flew as he received a punch from an unnamed man.

"I see someone finally decided to stand up against us. Fairy Tail huh?" a deep voice rumbled as he revealed himself from the shadows. He had his long brunette hair tied in the back and dressed in a grey polo and black pants.

Gray immediately composed himself and lost his shirt in the process
"Why you little -, Ice make Lance!"

"Barrier" says the man nonchalantly. Soon, barriers appeared and reflected Gray's magic back to him

"Gray-kun, watch out!"

"What the?!" he managed to blurt out as he ducked the attack in the nick of time.

"Don't be rude, iceboy. I haven't introduced myself yet" Both the Fairy Tail mages prepared themselves to attack as he approached.

"My name's Hayami, I'm a Barrier Mage"

"A barrier mage? But you just – "

"Yes I see you have noticed, little girl" he interrupted "You see, unlike any other Barrier Mages that can only block out the attacks of their enemies, mine has a little twist in it. I can block as well as reflect the magic back towards my enemy."

"Barriers that can reflect huh?" Gray chuckled as he looked at his opponent

"S-class mission? S-class mission my butt! Are you ready Wendy?"

"Whenever you are, Gray-kun" the little slayer positioned herself

"Let's beat the brains out of this guy"

"You talk too much, lay it on me."


"I wonder how Gray's doing" Happy puffed as he tried to keep up with the couple

"I think Gray and Wendy can handle their battle fine. Us on the other hand though"

"What are you worried about Luce? We can do this" Natsu reassured as he flashed a grin.

The trio continued to walk as they seek their opponent, suddenly Happy's wings disappeared and fell face first to the ground

"Happy are you alright? What happened?" Lucy approached the blue cat and carried him into her arms

"I don't know, one moment I was flying and the next thing I knew I felt my magic power's drained"

"Where are you?" Natsu spun around as he tried to pick up a strange scent

"Show yourself you coward!"

A man appeared in front of them. He has wavy blonde hair that was swept at the back wearing a plain white long sleeved shirt, black pants and boots. His cold hazel eyes that stood out from the rays of the sun glared at them.

Natsu clenched his fists, "What the heck did you do to my cat?"

"Nothing, he was flying around my territory so I had to do something about it" he replied coolly.

Flames were burning around Natsu as he approached the man, he jaws were clenched and in a swift movement he attacked the man.

"Fire Dragon's – "

Something was bothering Lucy, like a trapped voice screaming to get out but somehow she couldn't put a ring into it. The mysterious man just stood in his place, not even bothering to block the attack he was about to receive and from the corner of his eye, he flashed a smile as he caught Lucy staring at him.

"WAIT NATSU! Don't use your powers!" Lucy stood up as she warned him

"Iron Fist!" he screamed as he delivered the blow to the man in front of him. He swiftly raised his elbow to block the attack and muttered "Nullify".

In a split second, Natsu's fire disappeared from thin air. He quickly backed away from his enemy and stared at him in disbelief

"How did you?" he asked confusedly

"Natsu, that man is Ruka. He just cancelled out your magic when you attacked"

"Hmm I see that my name's getting a reputation now" he grinned

"Don't get so cocky" Natsu jolted towards Ruka to give him new sets of punches. He managed to dodge every single hit and with one last punch, he held Natsu's arm and gripped it

"Let's see how you like the taste of your own medicine" he grinned mischievously "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist"

Natsu's eyes widen as he received the blow from his enemy. Did he hear right? Did he actually say Fire Dragon's Iron Fist? Well one thing he is sure of, it definitely felt like one. He stumbled and rolled in the ground as the impact left him.

"Natsu!" Lucy immediately approached Natsu.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine Luce" Lucy draped Natsu's arm around her neck and help him stood up

"I see I have surprised you. One thing that the information you hear from people lacks something. You see, the magic I nullified has to go somewhere right? My body then generates the magic I nullified in my system so I can use it. It's called Stealing Magic, good huh?" he explained like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"You mean you can mimic Natsu's Slayer magic now?" Lucy asked

"Mm yeah but not entirely, I can only mimic his Iron Fist since it's the only magic he used that I nullified."

"So if I use my power and you cancel it out, it's my magic now that you can copy?"

"Smart girl" he chuckled.

This wasn't supposed to happen, all they knew was that he can nullify magic and that's it, who knew this guy could steal magic as well? As Lucy thought all through this, a sweat dropped from her forehead, what are they gonna do now?


End of chapter
Eep, I hope I explained the whole Nullification and Stealing Magic very well