Note: I do not own Fairy Tail. The mastermind is non other than Hiro Mashima.
A/N: I thought that since I had some free time I would write this and give it to you guys. I did have half this chapter written and that's why I released it early. Next chapter will definitely be Sunday and from then on be weekly chapters. Enjoy.
They had gotten up early and she was super tired. Being at the guild half the night really had taken a lot of her. Still swatting at her blurry eyes she looked around. Very few people were awake right now. Shops were just opening to start their day. Even though everyone was sleepy she could see smiles on their faces. They were happy, looking forward to the day.
"Layla keep up now dear. I don't want us to get separated." She could hear her mother's voice. So what if she fell behind. She knew where the guild was and she wouldn't disappear for days like Conner did.
"Yeah I know." She blurted out, her body ignoring what her mind was thinking. She slowly caught up to Levy and her mother. The two were walking in complete silence. Trudging along, Layla looked up to look at the guild. It was taking so long unlike last night.
They walked for what seemed like forever and the guild slowly made its way towards them. She finally saw the doors come into view and smiled. She would be able to see Mira and Elfman again. Levy stood beside the window, looking through. "Seems like almost everyone is here."
Then they swirled around and walked up to the doors. Just as her mom went to open a tremor began. It was subtle but then intensified into what felt like a full blown earthquake. Getting up to her feet she turned, looking for the source. In the distance it looked like a giant blue bubble, far away in the forest.
"Natsu..." She heard her mom mumble. Layla turned her head to see her crying. Then out of nowhere her mom let out one of the most disheartening screams she has ever heard. Whoever Natsu was, he was definitely someone important.
"I thought Natsu would've been back by now." Gray let out a long sigh. He needed Natsu to show up to give him confirmation. Ever since the Great War ended, the council watched over the completion of missions and made sure the Masters would report. It was all a pain in the ass. Being Master and all had its perks but also gave him limitations.
"Gray-sama!" He heard a screech beside him. Juvia was standing there, eyeing him up. "You haven't come home in two days. Juvia is starting to become annoyed." With that she turned and walked back out into the guild.
"Just as annoying as ever, that's why I love her." Gray whispered to himself. He thought about her, remembering the fun times they've had the last couple years.
Then everything went hectic. The ground started shaking and he fell out of his chair. He quickly got up and ran out the door. Everyone was a big mess on the floor of the guild. The shaking stopped and he let out a sigh of relief. "Must've been an earthquake and now it's over." At least that's what he thought.
A piercing scream came from outside the guild. As everyone stumbled to get up Gray hurdled above everyone and stepped outside. Levy and Layla were standing there, looking out towards the forest. Lucy was the one who screamed, and had collapsed on the ground. Tears running down her face and in her hands she murmured, "Natsu.. House- blue explosion." He stood there confused.
Gray finally put two and two together. There had to have been a giant blue explosion off in the direction on Natsu's house. By this time everyone was outside.
"Is that Lucy?"
"Was she the one who screamed? She looks like she's crying."
"Hey Lucy are you okay? What's wrong, can we help?"
Gray crouched beside her and pulled her into his arms. She looked up at him. "Don't worry he wasn't home. He's been out on a mission, he would've come to report as soon as he came back."
"What about Conner." She looked up into his eyes. "He had wandered off looking for someone and Natsu is the only person I can think he could track." He waited a moment before answering.
"Didn't you say he was pretty powerful himself? If so he should've seen that coming a mile away."
Then it hit him. Powerful magic energy was making its way towards the guild. He has felt this energy before and couldn't find why it was here. "Lucy you need to get up now. Levy, Layla get your mother behind me." They stared at him, puzzled. "Don't just stand there, we have a visitor."
Gray turned to see them scoot her back towards the direction of the guild. Gray watched as the black and blue lizard made its way towards them. Acnologia. What could he possibly want? The council could surely track him now that he's reappeared after all this time. With that the dragon transformed landing gracefully on the ground in human form. Slowly the man walked towards him. He stopped a couple meters away staring. Gray had already put himself into his Devil Slayer form, the black marks covering the right side of his body.
"Now now ice wizard," the man started. His voice was intimidating. "... I haven't come for a fight as long as you agree to some terms."
"Oi what can I help you with." Sarcasm riddled his voice. "You don't look like you've come peacefully, blowing up part of the forest." His hand pointed in the direction of Natsu's house.
"Just wanted to make sure there were no interruptions." A smirk appeared on the man's face. Gray's eyes widened. Was he saying that Natsu was home? He always came to the guild first, so why not this time? "Now let's get back to why I'm here." Gray's thoughts were interrupted. "I'm here for a certain person, one with quite a bounty on her head. I heard she showed back up here, after being away for quite some time."
Gray looked back at Lucy. Fear was stricken across her face, if not for herself it was for Natsu and Conner. Acnologia had just said he had gotten rid of him. Impossible Natsu's abilities have improved so much. "Come on you must know the answer to that question. We would never give up one of our own, no matter what the consequences." Gray looked at the dragon as he let out a laugh.
"Just to let you know the bounty doesn't state whether to take her dead or alive. I guess it doesn't matter then. I didn't want to involve you but now it seems I can not only kill you and you're guild members but the entire town." With that he transformed again and flew up into the air.
He was going to kill everyone in the town. He couldn't protect everyone could he? He had to try, he was the Master and it was his duty to protect what he could. "Everyone inside the guild. Cover yourselves with whatever you can, I don't know how devastating his attack will be."
Everyone stood for a second processing what he said. Then they scrambled into the guild, after hearing the door close he could concentrate. Putting a fist into his palm he concentrated as hard as he could. He had to make an ice shield to cover the town. "Ice make: Grand Shield." Ice shot from his hands, reaching up into the sky. It started to harden and expanding. After a few moments he had to stop, creating a shield this size ripped through his energy.
He collapsed onto the ground. Not being able to stand he flipped himself over, looking into the sky. His heart dropped, the shield barely covering half the town. "Dammit, I'm so worthless." At that very moment he saw a dazzling blue light filtering down at him. "Guess this is the end."
"Shut the hell up ice princess." That voice. Natsu, how the hell was he here. Then everything was dark. Really dark.
Note: I was so tempted to end this chapter here but that would be way too short for not only me but your guys liking. Enjoy, the real action is about to start. To be honest This is the first time I wrote a fighting scene. Definitely not the best.
"Just in time." As Conner looked at his creation he was happy. The shitty little ice shield couldn't protect anything, especially since it was a dragon attacking. Using his magic Conner created a giant shield using his Dragon Slayer magic. "Now where's that excuse for a dragon."
Quickly searching around he hopped onto his creation so he could get a better viewpoint. The blast from the dragon barely buffeted the shield. But let's be honest that was nowhere near as strong as Acnologia was.
The dragon was descending from the sky. He was staring at the shield, looking almost baffled. Conner was happy, this would be the first real battle against a worthy opponent. They seemed to be of equal strength. It would be a great battle, but he needed to keep everyone safe.
"You piece of trash. You just ruined my bounty hunting." The dragon spoke?! What the hell. Bounty? Who would send a dragon bounty hunting to destroy a town? This was hurting Conner's head. "I'll kill you and then everyone else."
"Acnologia I presume. You're strong but so am I. You better not underestimate me." The dragon morphed into a human. What-the-hell-was-this-guy? Never mind that. "And what's this about a bounty?"
"Lucy Hearphilia must be eliminated." Conner's heart dropped. Someone wanted his mom dead. Anger pushed its way into Conner. He would stop this guy and then kill the one who created the bounty. "From what I can tell you're one of her children. Scum that must be destroyed."
Conner lunged at him, fists aiming for face. The man was quickly dodging all the thrusts from his arm. "And the other child I might as well take as a trophy. She has a scent that I crave." He said it in the most god awful tone. Conner was going to end him. No more talking just fighting.
"What were you doin' just laying there. If you woulda died I'd kill you." He yelled at Gray. "It's alright now. We are gonna kick his ass into a new planet." He turned to go help Conner. Neither of them would be able to win alone, but Conner insisted on him making sure everyone was alright before he came back.
"Wait Natsu..." Grays voice trailed. "Come to the guild quick. You need to see something." He could hear his voice pleading.
"Is it absolutely necessary? I sorta left a kid to fight Acnologia. He has family somewhere in this town and they'd kill me if he died."
"Trust me, it's something you need to see." Gray looked him straight in the eye. He wasn't lying, Natsu felt he needed to go there too. He didn't know why it was just a sort of calling.
"Fine but we have to make it quick."
"Don't you think I already know that."
The two raced into the guild, Gray throwing the doors wide open. Now what the hell did he need to see? Gray was heading towards the Master's room. What would be in there?
Natsu pushed him out of the way. He couldn't be wasting time. Every passing second Conner was struggling. He whipped the door opened and saw two blonde haired girls. The one was crying, why was she...
That smell. It couldn't be could it? The smell of vanilla and flowers. "Luce." Natsu choked out, waiting to see if the girl moved. The crying ceased and she looked up.
"Natsu, you're okay." She ran to him pulling himself into her arms. "That asshole said he killed you. I saw the explosion myself."
"It would take more than that to kill me and you know that. I know that you just came back and all but I really have something to do." He gave her a good squeeze and then turned to leave.
"If you're here than who's out there, fighting Acnologia? Don't tell me Conner is out there alone, yea he's strong but it's Acnologia. He could've blown away the entire town." Natsu's eyes widened. She knew Conner. Wait, was he Lucy's son. He was a Dragon Slayer, but Natsu never even asked what his attribute was.
"How do you know Conner? I found him at my house when I returned home from a mission late last night."
"He didn't tell you did he. He must know by now, seeing you in person he surely would have figured it out. Natsu he's your son and she's your daughter." Lucy gestured to the girl beside her.
Natsu didn't say anything else. He walked out of the room and headed for the entrance. After he defeated Acnologia he was gonna beat the shit out of Conner. How could he lie to his father like that, deceive him?
Natsu walked outside into the darkness. It looked like Conner had created a rock cap over the town shielding it from the blast. From what he could tell the cap hadn't been pierced so that was a good sign.
He had to get moving. Who knows how long he had until Conner reached his limit. He was young and the fact he was toe to toe with Acnologia right now was impressive. "Just survive a couple more minutes. Kari I need your help. I need you to fly me to the top of the rock on the outside." The exceed picked him up and they went barreling towards the top.
Acnologia easily dodged his attacks, striking him back a number of times. By now he was sure he had to cracked ribs and a broken left hand. He had several scrapes and cuts across his body and Acnologia had received no injuries.
Things were getting out of hand. If he didn't start landing some hits soon, who knows how much trouble his father would have. Time to get serious. He concentrated on the center of his forehead. "Dragon Force: Awakening."
With that his magical power reserves were unleashed. The pain started to go away, his powers acting as an anesthetic. He could fight at nearly full power now. "So someone decided that it's time to use magic. Big mistake kid, soon enough you'll feel pain unimaginable."
Conner just stood there, a grin plastered his face. "I guess you don't fully know my magic. As the child of a Dragon Slayer I have gained the power of a Dragon Slayer. However, my body has developed pushing my powers into a new form." The man cocked his head, indicating he was confused. "I don't use the power of fire, my magic is magma."
Not interested anymore Acnologia transformed into his dragon form. He flew up into the sky preparing his breath attack. "Now child die along with the rest of the pitiful town." The blue light shone from his mouth and then came down in a roar. "Dragon Slayer art: Roar of the Magma Dragon."
His body filled with warmth as the magic created a magma like roar sending it into the sky. The two magics collided, creating waves of magical energy. It was almost overpowering, the two creating a pulse from their attacks.
The magic settled. They had cancelled out. That was by far his strongest attack and Acnologia didn't look phased. He really was no match for him. The dragon flew towards him. Lashing out a punch in dragon form he was sent flying through his rock cap. He fell painfully onto the ice shield. "Now this time you'll die.
He readied his breath attack again. This time Conner was ready to accept his fate. He wasn't strong enough to take out the dragon. He didn't deserve the title of Dragon Slayer.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist." Conner looked up. Natsu had punched the dragon in the face and he let out a yell. He had hurt him with just a fiery punch. I guess that was to be expected from the man who sealed Zeref, his father. "I hope you don't mind Conner but I think I'll take this from here." With that Conner nodded and passed out.
"So the mighty Salamander survived my attack. Now how did you do that." Acnologia looked pissed to see him. That gave some satisfaction to Natsu.
"Well you see weak sneak attacks like yours wouldn't hurt a fly." He put on one of his smiles. "And hurting one of my children puts you in a bad spot. I will kill you where ya stand."
Not letting the lizard respond he started throwing his flaming fists at him. Not being able to dodge in his dragon form, Acnologia morphed back to his human form. He was getting hurt pretty bad. The flames were burning his skin.
Acnologia lit up blue fists of his own and started his attacks, going one for one against Natsu. Unlike himself the dragon could do whatever he wanted, but Natsu had to restrict himself or he could hurt the people below them.
After a couple minutes of intense combat the fire mage was taking damage. He had to finish it and finish it now. If this went on any further he wouldn't be able to win. Transforming into the dragon once again, it seemed like he had the same thought.
"Etherious form awaken." Natsu's skin turned red and his hair grew long, reaching down to his chin. His eyes turned a mysterious silver color.
Above him he could here Acnologia yell. "Dragon Force: Awaken." The blue spots on his body began to glow. All the energy headed towards his mouth for his final attack. The light radiated into a slicing beam coming down towards Natsu.
"Fire Dragon Secret Art: Etherious Flame Sword Edge." The flames erupting from Natsu's body turned golden, spiraling up towards the breath attack. The two connected and Natsu watched as it overpowered the dragon's attack. Now spiraling upwards even further he saw it connect with Acnologia.
The flames vanished leaving a body falling towards the ground. The fight was over. Natsu released his Ehterious form, turning into the pink haired man once again.
A/N: Welp there you go. Hopefully it wasn't too boring, the fights were basically nothing. Don't forget to let me know what you think I'm doing right and wrong. Next chapter will be more plot, hopefully to finish it off. Then the real adventure will start.