I'd like to start off by thanking you for the reviews. They do help a lot.
One of them asked if they could translate the story into Chinese and post it elsewhere. My answer is no. I'm sorry, but I don't want my story to be published by someone else in a language I don't understand. Even if you did put my name on it, I wouldn't be able to understand what the story read and would have no way of confirming it was written the way I intended. I'm sorry, but I hope you understand.
Hey guys! Sorry for the delay. I wasn't exactly sure how I wanted to conclude this but I've finally figured out. I can't believe I'm going to be finishing my first story. It's nice to know I didn't give up on it. But don't fret. This isn't the last chapter. Not at all! I still have a few more to go.
Anyways, here's a 17th Chapter. Not many left until the next story. Whether that makes you happy or sad, here's a chapter.
Some months passed by at the Fairy Tail guild hall. Natsu and Lucy had begun to train together, Lucy learning all of her new celestial magic. By the time the training was over she could open two zodiac gates as well as a silver key. With two spirits out, she could do combo attacks and had many more options as to how she would fight.
Natsu trained his lightning magic under Laxus, and was successfully able to learn more abilities that involved mixing his fire with Laxus's lightning. Natsu also was able to activate his Lightning Flame Dragon mode for longer periods of time.
At home, Happy became Natsu's personal trainer. Happy would coach Natsu on building physical strength as well as more ways to control and unlock dragon slayer secret arts. The two made up for the lost time that Natsu spent in Earth. Their father-son relationship grew even stronger.
Gray and Erza were also training. Since the two often accompanied Natsu on a team, it was decided that they would be Natsu and Lucy's escorts. Of course, Gray coming along meant that a particular Juvia would manage to follow Gray, hiding behind rocks, buildings, and animals. Gray's training was led by Erza, who often pushed Gray beyond his limit. But he would never disobey the great Titania Erza. The woman could kick down a mountain, as Gray had once said.
Natsu and his team were preparing to leave. Natsu had packed his backpack's worth of stuff for both him and Lucy because he didn't want her to have to carry anything. Gray packed a few shirts because he didn't want to always take off the same shirt. Erza didn't pack anything, besides three family worths of stuff that served no purpose other than being there. Happy didn't bring anything besides a couple of fish.
Right before they left, Natsu asked Wendy to cast Troia on him. When they got to the carriage, Natau managed to get a spot next to Lucy. He put his backpack down on his left while Lucy was sitting on his right. Happy was curled up on Natsu's head again. Gray and Erza were on the other side, but little did they know, Juvia was riding on top, listening into their conversations.
Juvia knew this was a big deal to Gray and that was why she wasn't going to directly interfere. But she couldn't stay back at the guild knowing that Gray would be around two girls for a while, even if one of them is married. Juvia considers anyone who goes near her Gray a love rival.
"Wow Natsu, I can't believe we're actually doing this. Destroying an entire mountain!" Lucy exclaimed.
"Yeah, but I'm good at destroying things!" Natsu said causing Gray and Erza to sweatdrop.
"A little too good..." Gray mumbled. Before Natsu could retort, Erza had managed to get them back on topic.
"Ahem. To review, we're going to start by climbing the north side of the mountain. Once we get about halfway, we'll travel east for a bit before heading back up. Of all the possible paths, this one is the safest. There are Wyvern nests at the summit and the base. However we should be able to avoid them if we take this route." Erza said.
"Alright this route makes sense. Is there anything in particult we should take note of?" Gray asked.
"The path we take east might not have the safest ground. Watch your step as rocks can fall anywhere." Erza explained.
"Sounds pretty easy to me. No pounding bad guys?" Natsu asked.
"Not if it goes as planned." Erza said.
"Aww, I was hoping to use my new Lightning Flame Powers." Natsu said pouting.
"Jeez you idiot I don't know how you use both but you probably shouldn't unless you need it. I don't want to cause an avalanche." Gray said.
"Well whatever. How much time until we arrive at the next town?" Natsu asked.
"About 3 hours, it's at the base of Mt. Hakobe." Erza said.
With that, the five went back to their thoughts. About half an hour Lucy leaned towards her left and rested her head against Natsu. Natsu in response moved his right arm and snaked it around her back, leaving his hand on her right waist and pulling her in closer to him. The two drifted off into sleep.
Gray and Erza both noticed the actions between the two. Gray looked a both happy and irked at the scene. While he was happy for Lucy, he wasn't really sure how happy he was that Natsu had a girl before him. It had always been a competition between the two, and he never wanted to lose to the dragon slayer. He didn't rush his love life thinking that he would have all the time in the world when competing against Natsu. Erza, on the other hand, was extremely happy for the two. It wasn't often Natsu showed a softer side to people, even if he was childish and silly. He was only like this around Happy before.
When they got to the hotel, they decided to rent two two-bedroom rooms. Originally, Erza wanted to pair the boys and the girls, but of course their were complaints. Natsu didn't want to bunk with Gray, insisting that he should be with his wife, while Gray decided he wouldn't sleep in the same room is Natsu. As much as Lucy wanted a room with Natsu, she didn't push it because she didn't want to hurt Erza's feelings. Luckily for her, Natsu and Lucy ended up sharing a room.
When they got up the next morning, the four got their equipment ready to hike up the mountain. They departed after breakfast and went towards the top of the mountain. What they didn't know was that they were being followed by someone, someone extremely powerful.
Since the first part was not very steep, they were able to walk up the mountain, rather than climb it. Gray and Erza were in the front while Natsu and Lucy were in the back with Happy flying in between them. It was snowing pretty hard, the sky was a dark grey and the visibility levels were extremely low.
"Hey Lucy, how you holding up?" Natsu asked.
"I-I'm fine, Natsu." Lucy insisted.
"If you say so..." Natsu said while trailing off.
"We're almost at the point where we turn off and head east. It's just up ahead." Erza said.
"Okay, so now we gotta watch for rocks?" Natsu asked.
"Exactly." Erza said.
"Alright! No way am I falling off!" Natsu cheered.
"Can it flame brain. We don't want an avalanche." Gray said.
"Are you saying I'm loud?" Natsu asked in a loud voice.
"That's exactly what I'm saying." Gray stated simply.
"Both of you just p-please s-stop." Lucy said, shivering. "N-now's not the time for f-fighting."
"Okay Lucy, I'll stop." Natsu said in a low voice.
"Jeez she's got you whipped." Gray whispered, knowing well that the dragon slayer could hear him.
"T-thanks N-natsu. I don't n-need an avalanche. It's already cold." Lucy said.
"You're weird." Natsu said.
"Are you calling me weird?" Lucy asked, irritated.
"Of course I am. You were cold and said you were fine. That's not fine!" Natsu said.
"I d-didn't want to w-worry you Nats-su." Lucy said.
"Well I don't want you getting hypothermia. So do me a favor and tell me next time." Natsu said while hugging Lucy. He lit his body on fire, allowing Lucy to be completely covered in his flames. Lucy relaxed her tense and cold muscles as she felt the heat flow through her body.
"Stop it Natsu you're gonna kill her!" Gray shouted.
However, the reactions Lucy gave the two suggested otherwise. Strangely, she was enjoying the burning hot flames. They were the hottest flames that Gray and Erza knew, and even though Gray was well accustomed to them, he knew how dangerous they could be.
"It actually feels really good." Lucy said, her voice no longer affected by the cold.
For good measure, Natsu applied a large amount of heat to his scarf and gave it to Lucy. The action caused Lucy, who was starting to feel the cold again, sink into the bliss of warmth. If you looked from the distance, it was evident that steam was rising from the scarf, because the air moisture around it was instantly evaporating.
"Well now that we're all warm, we should head further. Natsu you can't be so reckless. That could have killed her." Erza said.
"Actually it wouldn't." Natsu said, "My magic cannot injure her, even if I wanted to. She's immune."
"Very well. Anyways, we're here at our first stop. We should continue halfway down this trail and we'll set up camp at nightfall." Erza explained.
The four walked down the path. They were rather unaffected by the cold, so they made pretty good time. As night began to fall, they set up their tents. Of course, Natsu pushed to share one with Lucy, and Erza reluctantly agreed knowing that Gray and Natsu would probably cause an avalanche when they woke up.
Natsu set up their tent. It wasn't too difficult, when Natsu decided to pick up the instructions. Of course, thinking he didn't need them, he wasted thirty minutes trying to set it up without them and another ten looking for the instructions in the snow. By the time their tent was done and their things inside, Gray and Erza had already made a makeshift fire pit for Natsu to light.
After some time, they decided to return to their tents. Natsu fell asleep almost immediately. Lucy decided it would be a good time to stargaze, since it was a clear night and she had some alone time. She stood up out of her tent, and walked up the mountain little. When she decided on a spot, still with the warm scarf around her neck, she laid down in the snow and stared up. A few minutes later she heard footsteps and was afraid that they had noticed her sneaking out. Her suspicions were confirmed when Natsu showed up right next to her, laughing about how she could have just told him.
"Yeah well I didn't want to disturb you Natsu." Lucy said.
"You took me out to see the stars before, so what makes you think I wouldn't come again?" Natsu asked.
Lucy giggled and said, "I guess you're right. Though you looked awfully peaceful while asleep." She added, "It was rather cute."
"Guys aren't cute!" Natsu exclaimed, a little irritated.
"You haven't watched yourself sleep. It's actually really adorable." Lucy said playfully.
"What? I am not adorable! I'm a guy! A guy isn't adorable!" Natsu said, even more irritated.
"Oh yeah well you certainly are." Lucy said, pushing him even more.
"Oh yeah, well..." Natsu tried to retort, but couldn't find anything. So instead he kissed her, right there in that dark snow covered mountain. The wind could have picked up and they would have had no idea, because they didn't know what was going on around them, only each other.
"Would you two love-birds please stop making out up there and come get some sleep? We're leaving early tomorrow and I don't want to deal with your bitching." Gray shouted up.
"Gray! Don't be so rude." Erza said pounding him on the head. "But he is right. You two should come down and get some sleep. We're leaving at sunrise."
"Be right down!" They both said.
"I thought you came to look up at the stars." Natsu said.
"It's alright, I think I got something better than a good view of the stars." Lucy said.
The next morning, the five woke up at sunrise and headed out. They packed their stuff quickly, Natsu warmed his scarf and Lucy up again. When the five were ready to go, they saw some snow falling from high above them.
"AVALANCHE!" Lucy shouted.
"Everyone behind me!" Gray shouted. The four others hid behind him and Gray proceeded to shout, "Ice-Make, Dome!" A dome of ice surrounded the four of them and the snow from the avalanche passed over. They all watched in awe as they saw the snow go by, flying over the dome. When the avalanche stopped, Natsu ignited his fist and melted out through the side an exit to all the snow.
"Jeez what the hell coulda caused that?" Natsu said irritated.
"I don't know. Maybe Wyverns. After all they do have nests up here." Gray explained.
"Yeah but still, I don't know. They probably don't make avalanches like that everyday." Natsu reasoned.
Before the five could figure out what the hell caused the avalanche, the perpetrator stepped forward.
"It was I. I didn't expect you to survive it though. I had no idea he was an Ice-Make mage." The man said, standing over.
"If you think a lousy avalanche would take us out then you've got another thing coming." Gray said.
"It doesn't matter, all that does is that I get the two people here who are capable of using the One Magic." He said.
"Nobody here uses the One Magic. Furthermore, we all use our own magic. No one here practices the same magic." Erza explained.
"That's a lie. I know Makarov was practicing that magic with two particular mages." The old man explained.
"How do you know Makarov!?" Natsu shouted.
"That's not important. What is important is that I take you and find the One Magic Users so that I can learn it for myself." He explained.
"We aren't going anywhere with you!" Lucy said.
"Fine then, I'll just take you with me." He said. He shot out magical chains that wrapped around the four of them and pulled them in. The chains were extremely powerful and none could escape them.
"I knew you were no match for me. You are much weaker than expected." The man said.
"Yeah and who the hell do you think you are to call as weak?" Gray shouted.
"Can you not see? You can't do anything when you're tied up like this." He said while pointing to it.
"Do your chains work against water?" Gray asked.
Before he could answer, Juvia came out of nowhere and broke the chain with a water slicer.
"Thanks Juvia." Gray said.
"Anything for my beloved!" Juvia responded with hearts in her eyes.
"Natsu and Lucy, continue up the mountain. The three of us will fend off this person as long as we can." Erza commanded.
"Okay! Come on Natsu, let's go." Lucy shouted while taking Natsu's hand. Instead of gripping her hand back, he told her to get on her back. When she agreed, he created fire around his feet and flew the two up.
"Natsu you never told me you could fly!" Lucy said in more of a shout as the airflow was drowning out their voices.
"Well I don't like to if I don't have to but it's the most effective way of getting up without you getting hurt." Natsu explained. "Plus it's the quickest."
"Okay well how far are we?" Lucy asked.
"About halfway. My magic will take us up three quarters, and the rest we'll have to hike out. But don't worry, we're flying over the steepest part." Natsu said while pointing to the extremely steep mountain.
"Okay, so how long are we going to be flying for?" Lucy asked.
"About five minutes." Natsu answered.
"What do you want to talk about?" Lucy asked.
Natsu paused and thought for a while. "Hey Lucy! Is the guild as great as you thought it was?"
"Even better!" Lucy said smiling.
"Good, I wouldn't want our home to be unpleasant for you. Anyways, do you have wedding plans?" Natsu asked out of the blue.
"Wedding plans! Are you sure? We're kinda young you know!" Lucy said. "No I don't! But when do you want to have an official marriage?"
"Hopefully before our first kid!" Natsu said smiling.
The rest of the fly was silent, both trying to restrain from talking because their throats were aching from all the shouting they just did. When Natsu and Lucy got to the point where they'd begin to walk, Natsu set Lucy down.
"Jeez it's getting hard to breathe up here." Lucy said.
"Yeah it is. It's the low air pressure kicking in." Natsu said.
"Well let's get going. I can't wait to get back home and enjoy some warmth for once." Lucy said.
"Yeah me too. This cold reminds me too much of the damn stri-"
Natsu couldn't finish his sentence because there was a loud roar. It was loud, but it didn't sound anything like a dragon. Which only meant one thing.
"Oh crap!" Natsu said. "I forgot we were supposed to go east for a while before flying up. We're in the wyvern territory!"
"What do we do?" Lucy asked. "Can we fight them?"
"Not a chance in hell. These guys are strong as hell, and at this air pressure we'd run out of breath faster than ice-freak can freeze the guild." Natsu said worriedly.
"Alright where do we go?" Lucy asked.
"East, we have to continue east before we walk north again. Once the nest is out of site, we continue to walk up the mountain." Natsu said.
"Alright let's go before they fi-"
A large force struck the ground between the two before they turned around to see the wyvern. Wasting no time, Natsu screamed out, "LUCY!", before he grabbed her and used his fire again to light up the bottom of his feet. He pressed forward, moving as fast as he could while flocks of wyverns chased after them.
"N-Natsu they're right behind you!" Lucy shrieked.
"I know that! I can't do much now. I have to keep going!" Natsu said.
"But you've already used most of your magic power. You can't keep going like this!" Lucy shouted.
"I rather lose my magic power than lose you Lucy." Natsu answered.
Taken back by his answer, she found it hard to continue asking him questions, "Is there anything I can do to help?"
"Yeah, keep yourself from getting hurt." was all Natsu managed to say.
Natsu started flying up towards the top of the mountain. He kept going and going. He had to be extra careful since Lucy was in his arms. He started scaling the mountain again. He went higher and higher, and had scaled about 85% before he started running out of magic power.
"N-Natsu you have to stop. You're going to hurt yourself!" Natsu said.
"If I stop, those wyverns will catch up, and if they do, your life will be at risk. I'm not going to let that happen!" Natsu answered.
"But Natsu..." Lucy said, saddened by the condition Natsu was in.
"Shh. Don't worry Lucy, I'll be fine." Natsu said, trying to calm the blonde.
Just as he finished his sentence, something hooked around his leg and started pulling against it. He turned around and saw it. The thing he was afraid most to see. The white chain, attached to his left leg, preventing him from advancing. There was only that one person who could summon those chains. His eyes went wide when he saw that same old bearded person down a couple hundred feet trying to pull him down. Natsu kept flying but was unable to gain any distance. Fortunately he didn't lose any either.
"LUCY! I need your help! Can you summon a spirit to attack the guy down there!" Natsu said.
"I can't reach my keys! They're too far!" Lucy said panicked. "Can you grab them Natsu?"
"No this guy is pulling me down so I can't use my legs and if I move my arms you're going to fall." Natsu explained.
"Is there anything we can do?" Lucy asked.
"There is one. But are you sure you want to?" Natsu asked.
"Yes, I'll do whatever it takes!" Lucy said proudly.
"Alright then, I'm going to discharge some lightning into you. Please strike him. You only have one shot at this." Natsu said.
"Then I won't fail!" Lucy reassured him.
Natsu sent lightning through the palms of hands into Lucy's body. She immediately felt a strange magic run through her. She shouted out to Natsu, "I'm going to fire it!"
"Do it NOW!" Natsu said.
Lucy shot a bolt of lightning from her body that hit the old man directly in the face. The electricity quickly shocked spread throughout his body and he unwillingly let go of the chain.
"Great job Lucy!" Natsu cheered, making Lucy smile brightly. He flew up a bit further, and the two had reached the summit. Natsu was out of magic power, while Lucy still had most of hers.
"Jeez Lucy, I'm all out of power. We're gonna have to wait a bit to use this spell because I'm absolutely tired." Natsu said slumping down against a rock.
"Alright I'll wait. I guess that transfer took the last of your energy out of you." Lucy said, lying down next to him and resting her head on his shoulders.
"Yeah, well it's okay though. You were awesome! And to think you're afraid of lightning!" Natsu said enthusiastically.
"I guess I was more afraid of being dragged down by him then I was of using it." Lucy reasoned.
"Either way, do you have any matches or something?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah we were supposed to bring some for the lanterns." Lucy explained while looking in Natsu's bag for a pair of matches.
"Can I eat them? It'd make my magic come back faster." Natsu asked.
"Of course, here you go." Lucy said handing him the bag of matches.
Natsu began to eat them one at a time, lighting it and then popping the match in his mouth, eating the flame and throwing the match down the mountain. He repeated this twenty times until there were none left.
"Thanks a ton Lucy! I'm gonna be perfectly fine to do the spell now." Natsu said standing up. He reached his hand out for Lucy to grab and he pulled her up. They walked to the highest point they could get to before they couldn't see any higher.
"Let's hurry this so we can get back down to where you can actually breathe." Lucy said.
"Yeah I'm all for it. Ready?" Natsu asked.
Before the spell even began to get cast, Natsu and Lucy heard a voice from behind them saying, "You will do no such thing!"
Natsu turned around and was face-to-face with the old bearded man. "And who are you to tell me what I can and cannot do!"
"I'm Hades, I've been searching for the One Magic my entire life!" Hades shouted.
"And so what? Just because your love life sucks ass doesn't mean you need to interfere in mine!" Natsu snarled at him.
"Love life? What nonsense are you speaking of? The one magic has nothing to do with love!" Hades shouted.
"Oh yeah? You see these flames?" Natsu said holding up some flames in his hand, "If love is not the one magic... Then why are these flames powerless against the woman I love?" Natsu immediately threw the flames to Lucy who didn't even feel the burn of them.
"Can't you see?" Natsu began. "My Dragon-Slayer Magic is among the greatest forms of magic! And it can't even lay a scratch on a girl. Because a more powerful magic is protecting her. The magic of love!"
"NONSENSE! You think I'd fall for something as foolish as that?" Hades spat angrily. "There's no way that the one magic could be love! If it was, then Zeref never would have been so powerful!"
"That's because love doesn't show its magic strength to everyone. Love protects two people. It doesn't harm others. The dark mage Zeref could never use the One Magic because he couldn't love. Neither can you!" Natsu said back.
"You cannot believe that One Magic is a path in the light." Hades stated.
"OH YEAH? Then why was the creator of this world split into two people? A boy and girl? Destined to fall in love? Isn't it obvious? They need each other to use that magic. Without their bond, their magic is useless. My power is only as strong as my love for Lucy!" Natsu screamed. "I can't use this power on my own. Without her I'm just a normal fire dragon slayer! It's my other half that makes me stronger!"
"You are beyond foolish. You cannot even comprehend how powerful you are, and you don't even know why." Hades answered.
"Of course I know why! Because if it weren't for love, I would be able to attack her. Our love protects us!" Natsu shouted.
"No matter, you will still come with me. I'm going to take you home to my dark guild with that blonde and I'll steal the one magic right out of you." Hades said.
"No chance in hell!" Natsu shouted.
Hades shot a chain around both Natsu and Lucy pulling them together. They were stuck together and unable to move their arms.
"You think this rope can hold me?" Natsu growled.
"Of course I do. You can't bash through it unless you used all your magical energy, which you don't have much of since you used so much to get up here." Hades said.
Natsu started lighting the bottoms of his feet. He was going to take off backwards in the opposite direction.
"I wouldn't do that if I were you. You might want to see what's behind you." Hades said.
Natsu turned around and saw all the wyverns. There had to be at least five of them headed right for the three. Before he could react, he saw Lucy smirk and he then placed all his trust into her to get them out of this.
"Open! Gate of the Virgin, Virgo!" Lucy shouted while clutching the key.
"Yes princess, is my assistance needed?" Virgo asked.
"Please get rid of this magical chain." Lucy instructed.
"Right away, princess." Virgo said.
Hades went to attack Virgo but she dug a hole in the ground and continued to try to break the chain with her power. She finally managed to break it, freeing Natsu and Lucy.
"Okay, done princess. Was I too slow? Would you like to punish me?" Virgo asked.
"Of course not! You can return now." Lucy said, while Virgo disappeared.
Natsu and Lucy hopped out of the hole and Hades began shooting magical bullets from the tips of his fingers towards Lucy. Natsu jumped in the way receiving the pain. Since they were not fatal, Natsu was able to stand up afterward, but was still shaky. And he still had to worry about the approaching wyverns from behind. He didn't have time for any of this! He had to stop the volcano before it was too late!
"It looks like you're running out of time, boy." Hades said. "You can either come with me or be victims of the wyverns. I'm sure they'd love the taste of two young humans."
Natsu was not going to let the wyverns get to them. But he wasn't going anywhere with this guy. Wherever he was going, he had to make sure Lucy was safe. So he was conflicted. He didn't have any options. He didn't have anytime. If this kept up, he wouldn't only lose his own life, but the life of his lover Lucy. If only he had some backup! His friends were down the mountain, probably hurt. He didn't want to think they were dead. There's no way they could be! But how'd this guy get through them so easily? And what was up with his extremely powerful chains? What could Natsu do? Was he helpless? Should he just give it up. Never! He couldn't do that. But what could he do?
"How about I choose to kill you instead, you ol' geezer." A new voice shouted.
"It's not in our nature to let a friend fall in times of need." A second voice shouted.
Suddenly out of nowhere, a fist came crashing into the side of Hades's face. It sent Hades flying backwards. When the two looked up, they saw Sting, standing proud as he punched the old man out of the way. Rogue was on the other side, fending off the wyverns while Natsu and Lucy were completely free to speak the incantation.
"You didn't think we'd let you die without our consent?" Sting said.
"This man has no right to harm our comrades." Rogue added.
"Thank you. Alright Lucy! Time for the incantation." Natsu said.
"Okay, you ready?" Lucy said. "I already sent Virgo back, so we're ready to go!"
"Alright here goes nothing." Natsu said, taking Lucy's hand in his. They stood straight up, and a magic circle began to glow around their feet in a bright gold color.
"By the power of the Creator of this world and its complement, we, the two halves, call upon the power that we were created from, the power that we use, and the power that we create ourselves. Using our own elements, we use the One Magic to destroy this mountain!" Natsu and Lucy said aloud.
The circle beneath their feet grew from a bright yellow to a sparkling red and yellow. It expanded out several hundred feet, encompassing the whole mountain. At the edge of the circle, light beamed up and down, forming a single large beam that the entire mountain was concealed in. Natsu and Lucy began to float inside of the beam, whilst their allies stood in admiration. Hades also looked in awe, though he was fully prepared to harness this for himself. The mountain began to crumble, from the top down, rocks breaking down into smaller and smaller pieces that just vanished into thin air. The rocks broke their way down the mountain and once they reached the bottom, a field of grass was left in its place. On this field of grass lay Erza, Gray, Juvia, and Happy. Sting, Rogue, Natsu, and Lucy stood facing Hades.
"Your power is indeed incredible, but that's not anything boast about. You may destroy a mountain but you cannot take me too!" Hades shouted.
"Oh yeah? Aren't you forgetting about the secret of your power? The link between you and your ship that replenishes your magic? We may have just busted it using that spell." Natsu said.
"Wha-What? No way!" Hades said. "There's nothing that can break that connection link! It's the most powerful form of magic there is!" Hades shouted.
"It's not that powerful if we destroyed it. Has that ever been tested against the One Magic?" Natsu asked.
"You'll pay for what you've done." Hades said.
"Avoiding the question are we. It seems as though you underestimated us. You see, Gramps told us about you being a potential threat to our guild. We know all about your magic." Natsu explained. "How it relies on the Devil's eye. So we destroyed that link from you while we destroyed the mountain. Convenient huh?"
"Natsu, I believe we can handle this guy, since you are rather worn out." Rogue said.
"Yeah let us take care of this old guy. We're gonna pound him into next week!" Sting said.
"Alright you two, have fun!" Natsu said.
Sting and Rogue attacked the now weakened Hades and managed to defeat him easily. When they were done, Hades was knocked unconscious, although, it didn't really matter since Sting insisted that his arms and legs be broken.
"So Lucy, feeling better?" Natsu asked.
"Yeah a little. I'm glad to be off that cold mountain." Lucy said.
"What cold mountain? I don't see one." Natsu joked, causing Lucy to giggle.
"That's 'cause we destroyed it you big idiot!" Lucy said playfully hitting him.
"You betcha! And we can go back to the guild and have fun like old times. Though we might want to wake up the sleeping beauties over there." Natsu said.
"Gray! Erza! Juvia! Happy!" Natsu yelled. They began to get up slowly, having headaches and not realizing where they were.
"...Is this the... golden plains?" Erza asked, "Are we dead?"
"Oh shit I didn't want to die. I still haven't told Juvia that I like her back." Gray said worriedly.
"Oh Graaaaaay! Juvia heard that! It's okay because Juvia loves you!" Juvia said with hearts in her eyes.
"Of course not! You're all alive! This is formerly Mt. Hakobe!" Natsu explained.
"So we're not dead?" Erza asked.
"Of course not!" Natsu said.
"So I just confessed to Juvia without knowing?" Gray said.
"Yeah you did. And it was pretty sweet too. Though I'm surprised it'd take you a near death experience to admit you like her." Lucy said.
"It's okay Gray, Juvia loves Gray! And Juvia will make Gray happy!" Juvia said.
"How'd you guys get away from him without dying?" Lucy asked.
"Well it's actually thanks to Gray," Erza said. "You see, before Hades killed us, Gray made some ice-make sculptures of us using some of the frozen blood coming out of him. (It wasn't 100% blood, just some parts had blood). That way it looked like he killed us, but actually he killed the ice sculptures! And we hid inside a cave until we felt better. We were going to come back and help you, but we couldn't get there fast enough."
"It's okay, it worked out in the end." Lucy said smiling.
"Yeah thanks to Sting and Rogue." Natsu added. "By the way, where are those guys?"
"Probably still beating up Hades." Lucy said.
A minute later the two came back and Sting asked, "Was someone talking about me?"
"We were wondering how you knew to come for us." Natsu said.
"Well the old guy Makarov sent us to train with these dragons. They had to put a lacrima thingy or that's what they called it into me and Rogue. Then we learned Dragon slayer magic. I know Light dragon slayer magic and Rogue knows shadow dragon slayer magic. After a few months of training, the old guy at the guild place you talked about called us up and told us that we should help Natsu out because 'he's afraid that there will be some added trouble'. Anyways we came and found some old guy trying to beat you up so we helped you out." Sting explained.
"Oh so you're dragon slayers too! That's awesome!" Natsu cheered.
"We should probably get back to the guild before the Magic Council shows up and asks us why there's a mountain here one day and nothing the next." Gray said.
With that, the eight of them got up and headed home to Fairy Tail.
Super Long Chapter Much! 6,000 words! Wow!
IMPORTANT QUESTION:I didn't use it in this story because it was too late once I thought about it, but I was wondering if you, my readers, like it better if Natsu gives Lucy the nickname Luce or not. Please tell me what you think! Luce or no Luce? (This is a question for my next story by the way.)
I decided to make this be highlight of the return to Earthland. I needed a reason for Natsu to find Lucy in the first place, even though I spent most of the time trying to get Natsu to confess to Lucy and such. That's why most of the story is spent in Earth while the main objective is to return to Earthland and stop the volcano. Anyways, I'll see you one more time for the last chapter!