Chapter 2

Lucy couldn't believe her eyes. She stared in complete awe as the rest of the guild surrounded Natsu, cheering and greeting him.

"Is it…really him? He looks…different" thought Lucy. Natsu's hair had grown to the point where it could cover his entire face if his hair was let down. He wore a zipped up, sleeveless waist coat, this time it was black with golden lining and white trousers. He had what seemed like a chain wrapped around his left arm, resembling a design of a dragon. On his right arm was a bandage that wrapped around his wrist to his elbow. His scale-designed scarf wrapped around his neck and had two tails hanging from the back. As always, his red Fairy Tail guild mark was shining brightly. Before she even realized it herself, she was walking toward Natsu. Natsu stared at her and smiled.

"Hey Lucy! What's up?" asked Natsu with a smile. Lucy walked up to him and lightly punched Natsu, and to his surprise, saw clear beads of water drip down Lucy's face.

"You jerk…next time try to give us an actual warning before you leave for three years" said the blonde mage as she stared at the floor. Natsu was shocked, but then smiled as he placed his warm hand on his head.

"Aww, Lucy, I didn't mean to make you cry" laughed Natsu. Happy walked over to Lucy and tugged on her boot.

"Hi Lucy! It's been a while!" exclaimed the blue exceed with joyous tone. Lucy smiled and brought Happy to an embrace.

"You stupid cat…haven't changed a bit have you?" she laughed as her tears began to disappear.

"HEY! FLAME BRAIN! WHO GAVE YOU PERMISSION TO JUST LEAVE OUT OF THE BLUE LIKE THAT?!" shouted Gray. Natsu turned around began to shout back.

"NONE OF YOUR DAMN BUSINESS POPSCICLE PRINCESS!" Soon, the two began to glare at each other, foreheads grinding against each other as they stared with aggression. Then, in a swift movement, the two fell to the ground, gripping their skulls in pain as they recovered from Erza's strike.

"The second you come back, you two already start picking a fight? Do I have to reteach your two some manners?" said Erza in a dark, menacing voice as a vein appeared on her forehead.

"No mam!" shouted the two as they bowed down to Erza, making the rest of the guild laugh. As the rest of the guild laughed away, Makarov was smiling until he focused his attention to the chain wrapped around Natsu's arm.

"…That chain…it's emitting some kind of…powerful magic. What is it?" thought Makarov.

"Well Natsu, let's put you to the test Natsu. It's been three years since you left on your journey" started Makarov. Natsu looked at him confusingly until an expression of shock and surprise appeared on his face.

"Three years?! I meant to leave only for a few months!" shouted Natsu as everyone fell to the floor due to Natsu's ridiculous antics.

"How do you 'accidentally' stay away for two extra years?!" shouted Lucy.

"We didn't have a calendar or a watch, so we didn't have a way to keep track of the time" said Happy in a nervous laugh, making everyone sigh.

"A-anyway, let's put you to the test shall we? A battle between you and our very own S-Class wizards. How does it sound?" asked Makarov, in a taunting and daring voice.

"Master, isn't that a bit much? Even if there's only the two of us, don't you think going overboard on doing a two versus one battle?" asked Mirajane in concern.

"Make that three" said a booming voice. Everyone turned to see Laxus, Evergreen, Freed, and Bickslow.

"Laxus?!" shouted Gray in shock as they stated at the complete Thunder God Tribe.

"We completed our mission Master Makarov" said Freed. As he did, they all shifted their attention to the pink haired mage.

"Well look at this, Natsu's back!" shouted Bickslow.

"I had Laxus finish the mission as fast as he could for this. It will be a three versus one match-up between Erza, Mirajane, Laxus, and Natsu.

"Master, I don't deny that Natsu has gotten stronger. But to pit the three of us against him is too much!" shouted Erza.

"It's up to the kid Erza. We can't say no to this, the only one who can is Natsu" said Laxus with a stern and calm voice.

"Master, this is a really bad idea! I think you might be overestimating Nats-"started Lucy until they heard Natsu hit his palm with his fist.

"Hell yeah I'll fight. I'm all fired up!" said Natsu, his eyes blazing with determination.

The entire guild watched intensely in the guild's arena as Natsu had a stare off with the three S-Rank mages; Mirajane, Erza, and Laxus. Sparks began to surround Laxus as he took of his fur coat, leaving him in his purple shirt.

"I hope you're ready Natsu, because I'm gonna go all out, just for you" laughed Laxus as sparks of lightning began to furiously surround his body.

"Requip: Purgatory Armor!" shouted Erza. Suddenly, Erza's Knight Armor began to glow and disappear out of sight. In an instant, Erza donned a metallic black armor adorned with spikes. She slammed her large dark mace into the ground, shaking the entire arena.

"They're seriously going all out on Natsu" said Gray as he watched.

"Yeah…I hope he'll be alright" said Lucy as she held onto Happy.

"Don't worry, Natsu has been working really hard! I don't know how to explain it, so just watch for yourself" said Happy.

"Satan Soul: Sitri!" shouted Mirajane. Within a blink of an eye, she was covered in a body suit with geometric shapes. On top of that, she wore a blue and white dress coat with an enormous collar. Two horns grew out the side of her head, she gained sharper claws, and longer white hair.

"Whoa…sis is really going all out on Natsu…this might be overkill" said Lisaunna.

"Don't' worry about it! Natsu will be able to handle it! He's a man after all!" shouted Elfman with pride.

"Are you ready Natsu? This is what you've always wanted after all" said Mirajane. Natsu just stood there quietly.

"Look at him, he's too shocked to even speak. This is going to be easier than I thought" laughed Laxus. Soon, however, his laughing ceased as intense flames began to coat Natsu. He was releasing his magic power; so much power that the harsh winds began to blow inside the guild. The flames slowly dissipated, and all that was left was smoke.

"Natsu…is this just a dosage of how strong he's gotten?!" thought Erza in shock. Before she could even react, a crushing fist struck her in the abdomen, launching her into the wall.

"What the…even I wasn't even able to keep my eye on him…How fast is he?!" thought Laxus before him and Mirajane lunged towards Natsu, ready to attack. They began to simultaneously attack Natsu, sending out a barrage of punches of kicks. To everyone's surprise, Natsu was blocking and holding his own against the endless amounts of attacks by the two without even breaking a sweat. Mirajane sent a powerful right hook towards Natsu, which he swiftly dodged by back-flipping. Then, he rushed towards Mirajane, fists engulfed in flames.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" shouted Natsu as he shot his right fist forward. In an instant, Laxus appeared in front of Mirajane.

"Lightning Dragon: Iron Fist!" shouted Laxus as he shot his left fist forward. The two fist's collided, causing a major explosion. Everyone stared in awe as they watched the battle unfold. When the smoke cleared up, they saw Natsu had backed up, totally unscathed.

"Look at that gleeful mug. Smiling his ass off over there" laughed Gray, making Lucy and Happy laugh. Laxus was still standing in front of Mirajane. His left sleeve has been torn to shreds from the impact.

"Damn…didn't think it'd still do that much damage to me…he really has gotten stronger" said Laxus in between breaths. Natsu just smiled until he noticed a shadow above him. He looked up and saw Erza coming down with her mace.

"Dodge this Natsu!" shouted Erza as she smashed her spiked mace down onto Natsu. Natsu raised his hand, blocking the attack.

"Hyahhh!" shouted Natsu as he broke the spiked mace in half, completely catching Erza and the entirety of the guild of guard.

"Fire Dragon's Talon!" shouted Natsu as kicked Erza. Erza put her arms in an x formation in order to block the attack. The pure force of the attack, however, was able to push her back quite a distance.

"I-impossible…how was he able to destroy my blade completely…?" said Erza. "Requip: Heavens Wheels Armor!" shouted Erza as a large silver armor covered her body. Then, she summoned about 100 swords to her side and launched them at Natsu. Natsu just smiled as he rushed straight at the blades.

"What the hell is Natsu thinking?!" shouted Lucy, dropping Happy. Just as she said that, Natsu had disappeared. Then, he appeared behind Laxus.

"Hey Laxus! Have a taste of your own medicine, why don't ya!" shouted Natsu. Suddenly, his fist was encompassed in lightning.

"Lightning Dragon's Wing Attack!" shouted Natsu as he swung his arms in a circular motion, attacking Laxus with a powerful lightning attack, sending him crashing into a wall of the arena.

"Natsu learned how to switch between just his Fire Dragon Slayer magic to the Lightning Dragon Slayer magic Laxus gave him?!" thought Mirajane in shock. Suddenly, she charged dark energy between her hands, creating a large ball.

"Demon Blast!" shouted Mirajane as she shot a beam of dark energy. Natsu maneuvered himself in midair, now upside down but facing Mirajane.

"Fire Dragon's Roar!" shouted Natsu as flames shot out of his mouth, countering Mirajane's strike.

"He's able to switch between the two elements that quickly?!" thought Mirajane as another explosion occurred on the field from the two clashing blasts.