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Chapter 5- The Chase
"You alright, Natsu? Still alive?" Erza called from afar.
"Are you trying kill me!" yelled Natsu.
"Look! Is that what I think it is?" Levy called out.
"Wow!" they replied.
"DON'T IGNORE ME!"
Located at the very heart of the sea, lies the holy ground of Fairy Tail, the Tenrou Island. Afar, the island looked majestic and serene, with its lush green forest, gleaming waterfalls and rocky formations. Exhaustion will be a thing in the past once you saw its grandiosity. But the most distinct part of the island is not the forest or its elements, but the great Tenrou Tree which covers the whole isle itself.
After rescuing a soaked Natsu, the group sailed forth towards the island, maneuvering the ship towards its rocky beach. Erza, Natsu, Gray, Levy and Freed with some of the guards set their foot into the island's warm shore.
"The others will be staying at the ship. Guard it with your life! We will contact you if something happens" commanded Erza
"Jet! Droy! You will be coming with us. Let's move out" she called.
"I can't believe we're finally here" Levy said.
"What now?" Gray asked shouldering his pack behind.
"Now, we'll look for a grave" Freed replied.
The group walked with wonder, absorbing the scenery and enjoying the warm climate at the island. Freed and Levy with their portable scanning devices were fascinated at almost everything, they hopped from one object to another, trying to analyze and grasp on what they're seeing and feeling. "Amazing, this plant was known to be extinct centuries ago" Freed puffed, eyeing a large purple plant at the soil.
Much to Natsu's dismay, the trip was becoming more of an educational tour and not an out-of-your-mind adventure experience. Bored and hungry, Natsu set out on his own, leaving the others wondering behind. Climbing on a nearest tree he pondered "Hmmm, that waterfall seems near. Where there is water, there is fish!" he said excitedly jumping down the tree. He pulled out his short dagger, hacking away the things that strayed in his path.
After several minutes of trekking, tripping, rolling falling into pits, and battling flesh eating plants he finally made it to the waterfall. Eyes gleaming with amazement, he excitedly jumps into the cool refreshing water, not caring if he's clothes got wet. Skimming the shallow pool he immediately drawn out his dagger and pulled the handle off the end, elongated it making it into a spear.
Waiting for the fish to settle, he slams down his weapon, piercing an unsuspected victim. Shouting in amazement at his first attempt, he happily waves the fish up into the air as a blue and white blur passed in front of his eyes. Before he knew it, his fish was now in the hands, er… paws of the said blur. Moving slowly, he silently approached the creature that is happily munching on his meal.
"Is that a cat?" he whispered.
"Aye!" the creature shouted, making Natsu loose his footing and crashed into the shallow water.
"It talked!" he jumped.
"Aye! I'm not a cat you know. I'm Happy an exceed" the creature said.
"An exceed? Wait I remember that, your race was extinct centuries ago. How come you're here?" Natsu asked, pumping water out of his ears.
"We're not. We live here. It's the only place where we are safe" Happy whispered "It's the only place where magic is still alive" he sadly added.
"Magic huh?" Natsu asked
"Aye! Like this" Happy said. A golden magic circle appeared behind Happy's back giving him a pair of wings. Happy then flew on top of Natsu's head, still holding the half-eaten fish.
"You flew!" Natsu gasped. "You have wings!" waving his wet arms around.
"No, physically we don't have wings but our magic called Aera gives us one" Happy answered.
"Wow, that's cool. Do you think I'm able to use magic too?" Natsu eagerly said.
"Aye! I'll teach you. "You never know, that maybe in your past life, you were a mage" Happy answered back, flying off Natsu's head.
"Yeah, a fire-breathing one!" Natsu answered grinning widly, swimming passed Happy who flew above.
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"By the way, I'm Natsu. Natsu Drackonheart"
"That bumbling idiot, I'll skin him alive!" Gray yelled
"Relax Gray. Natsu can take care of himself. He's been training since he was a child, mastering each weapon he's family produced" Levy said.
"I'm not worried about that Levy. I'm worried about the things that might happen, that guy is a walking piece of disaster" argued Gray.
After walking and searching for a soon-to-be-dead Natsu, the group stumbles upon a clearing with 2 large tent-like pavilions. What surprised them was not how it was erected but on how long it stood there. The pavilions looks brand new but you can clearly see vegetation grown throughout at the side of the walls with age, with small plants and moss covering it here and there. High above its roof was Fairy Tail's insignia.
"Wow, how old do you think this structure is?" Freed asked.
"We could take a small sample and take it back to the lab." Levy said
"No, we don't know anything about this place, we don't want to disrupt anything that might have live here" Erza answered.
"Except flamebrain, who might be destroying half the island right now" Gray muttered while Erza roamed around the place.
"Ok listen up! We will use this place as a rest stop. Put your sleeping capsule inside the smaller pavilion while the larger one will be our meeting place," hollered Erza. "You can roam around but go on by groups. We will meet here by dawn" she added.
"Umm, that could "disrupt" the place right" Levy whispered sweat-dropped while Freed and Gray nodded and sighed.
"When I get my hands on that idiot…" hissed Gray as he adjusts his hold on a branch, a Erza dragged both him and Levy to look for Natsu.
"You looked like an idiot now" Levy whispered.
"Hey! I heard that"
"Any signs of him?" Erza asked.
"Well let's see. Tree, tree, tree, stone, tree, blue, pink, tree, smoke, blue, pink, blue and pink- whaa?" Gray questioned. Straining his eyes while adjusting his hold, Gray scanned the area again that's when he noticed a pink tuft of hair running above the tall grass while at the side is a pair of blue kitty ears.
Grinding his teeth he yelled "Oi, Natsu! Where the hell were yo-"
"Run-" he heard
"Wha?"
"I SAID RUN! YOU PERVERT!
"AYE!"
Grabbing his foot down, Erza shoved Gray into the ground and started running. Clearing his confusion, Gray stood forth and started running. He looked behind and saw a very dirty and frightened Natsu and a flying blue cat beside him. Far behind Natsu is a big reptilian monster with a gaping large mouth full of teeth following them. Alarmed he ran even faster than before. "Natsu, you big moron. WHAT DID YOU DO!" he yelled frigtened
"Don't question me now, stripper!" Natsu gasped
"Aye!"
"Is that an exceed?" Levy panted, sweat dripping.
"AYE!"
"Oi, stop asking questions and RUN!" Natsu squawked.
"THIS IS YOUR ENTIRE FAULT, YOU IDIOT!"
/TBC
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