The Black Dragon Slayer of the Apocalypse
Chapter 13
Fairy Tail guild hall
Lucy: Damn this voice! Why does it only repeat 'you mustn't let him go'!
"Hey Lucy are you alright?" Happy asked. He was concerned because he had some rude things about Lucy, in front of her, and she didn't react.
"Yeah Happy I'm fine. I just have a headache." Lucy replied.
"Do you want a fish? That always helps me when I have a headache." The cat offered.
"I think that only works with you Happy. Anyway I think I should go." Lucy picked up her bag and left.
"Hey Happy, what's the matter with Lucy, she's only been here for 10 minutes." Erza asked.
"I don't know." Happy looked at Lucy with sorrowful eyes. He knew she was scared about something, but didn't know what.
Lucy: Natsu where are you? Please be Ok.
In the East – 3 hours later
Natsu: I feel awful… where am I? Why is my face cold?
Natsu was laying on the cold, stone floor.
He looked around. A dark room. There was a huge throne in front of him. He looked behind. Haruhi.
She was leaning against the wall looking away.
"Haruhi, what is this place and how…?" Natsu began
"Natsu… I'm sorry but this is the only way I can get revenge on Acnologia." Haruhi confessed.
"What do you mean by that?" A sense of betrayal arose in Natsu's heart. He sat up and turned Haruhi's way.
"Zeref told me that the only way I could defeat that blasted dragon was by bringing you here. We need to work together to defeat him, but you're not strong enough. At least not yet. He said that he'd be able to make you stronger." Haruhi confessed.
"Was that the thing you didn't want to tell me?" Natsu asked.
"Yes, but you honestly should have guessed it. As if Zeref would let me go just like that, there had to be a condition and I just fulfilled it."
"Well I've never been very bright." Natsu looked away from Haruhi. He couldn't bear to look at her.
Natsu: Maybe I should have forced the truth out of her, well… it's too late now. No wonder she said that I'd regret her telling me her past. I can't even be bothered to shout.
"I'm disappointed in you. You used mum and dads grave to take advantage of me."
"That wasn't my intention at all. I was supposed to bring you back, days ago but the reason I didn't was so that you could see mum and dad's grave." Although Haruhi tried to defend herself, she knew it meant nothing now.
They didn't say anything to each other. They just waited until the door opened.
Haruhi immediately knelt. "Lord Zeref."
Fairy Tail guild hall
Someone save him!
The entire guild hall shook.
"What was that? An earthquake?" Gray asked, he had been eating a sandwich, but all that was left was its mushy remains on the floor.
The master suddenly emerged from his office. "EVERYONE OUT!"
"But…" The other members were hesitant.
"NOW!" The master's voice had turned giant and it too, shook the guild hall, however not in the same fashion as the first earthquake. It was much weaker than before.
All the members scrammed from the guild hall.
30 seconds later, only the master remained in the guild hall. He returned back into his office, he put his hand on the floor sending a pulse of magic through it. A secret passage then opened.
The master gradually went down the steps, that mysteriously appeared every time he took a step forward.
The master: L'armoire histoire… What's going on?
Lucy's house
Someone save him!
"Ahhhh!" Lucy's head felt like it was going to explode. Her hands were trying to cover her ears but it did nothing. "PLEASE STOP!" The moment the noise in her head stopped she passed out.
Outside the guild hall
"It wasn't an earthquake, it was an immense amount of magic power. It had no lethal intentions but it wanted to convey a message." Erza said looking at the guild hall.
"What message?" Gray asked.
"I don't know, that message wasn't meant for me." Erza admitted. "Ok. Everyone, the guild is closed today! Come back tomorrow!" Erza ushered everyone away from the guild. She too went back to her home at Fairy hills.
In the East
Haruhi knelt down at the figure that had walked through the doors. "Lord Zeref, I have brought Natsu."
"Hey, I just remembered who you are. You're that cry baby that ruined my scarf! I still owe you a punch for that!" Natsu got up and made a runner at him.
Zeref put up a barrier of magic around himself. The moment Natsu hit it, he got repelled to the other side of the room.
"Natsu do you even know who Zeref is?" Haruhi couldn't believe what she had just witnessed.
"You just called the most feared wizard of all time a cry baby! You couldn't even scratch me! How on earth did you think that was going to work?"
"He can't be that good, I mean he cried at least 3 times in the five minutes that I met him." Natsu replied.
Zeref smirked. "You are a funny one Natsu. I was dormant when you met me then. A spineless wimp. But now I'm different." Zeref walked to his throne and sat down. His head tilted to the side, crossed legs, eyes red.
"Lord Zeref, how long will it take for Natsu to get stronger?" Haruhi rose up from the ground.
"One day." The look on both Haruhi and Natsu's face made him laugh.
"I might as well tell you, what E.N.D is."
Natsu: I've heard of E.N.D before. This guy, Zeref, he was the one who said it on Tenrou Island.
"E.N.D is when the two of you join into one."
"Join into one? What do you…?" Haruhi's voice failed her. She knew the power Zeref held and it scared her.
"Let me explain this better. When I was in my 'sentimental' stage, I wanted to be stopped and killed. The only people that could do that were the two of you. I would've fused you both together and forced you to kill me, however I have other plans now. I will burn this world and create a new one in the ash!"
Haruhi: I don't like where this is going. What's he mean join us?
A tear fell from Haruhi's eye.
Natsu, however, was still as clueless as ever. Zeref noticed it and got bugged.
"In simple terms, I have placed a spell on Haruhi, the two of you will be fused and trapped together and I will be the one that will control you. The spell should take effect in 5 minutes, enjoy it while it lasts." Zeref got up and left the room.
"Natsu, you have to kill me!" Haruhi shouted.
"What?!" Natsu was still confused about what he was just told.
"If I die, we won't fuse. Then we won't be controlled and forced to destroy this world we love."
"No!"
"But…" Haruhi tried to reason.
"Why you? Why bare me with the burden of killing my own sister?"
"I deserve death. I'm the one that got us into this situation!"
"No. Neither of us will die. Even if we do fuse together no one can control the salamander."
"Don't be cocky! You mustn't underest…"
"Haruhi! You mustn't underestimate Fairy Tail! Even if I were to fall to the dark side I know they will be right beside me ready to pick me up and bring me back into the light!"
"Natsu… please…"
"You expect me to trust you after all you have done? (Sigh) Come here." He went to Haruhi and hugged her.
"At least we will be together. But no more secrets."
Haruhi agreed. The room then suddenly filled with a blinding, white, light. As it dimmed Haruhi had disappeared. Only Natsu remained.