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Chapter Sixty Six: The one who betrayed her
When Natsu, Lisanna, and Daron came back to the bonfire where everyone else was at, the three were confused when they saw a few more of their group nowhere in sight. The ones they didn't spot were Nagura, Kagura, Hisui, Tiron, Kamika, Marcel, Angelica, and Yukino. Seeing the three returned, Sans from his spot in front of the bonfire spoke up loud enough to get Natsu's, Lisanna's, and his brother's attention.
"Dad, you're all back," Sans started to say to them, as the three walked over back to the bonfire, "I was wondering if I had to go look for you all myself."
"We're fine brother," Daron told the red haired male, as the armored Death Knight sat on the ground next to his sibling, "We… had a nice talk." He told him, as the armored male turned around and smiled at his parents, though his helmet made it impossible for anyone to tell.
"You seem to be in better spirits then?" Sans asked Daron, who nodded as Lisanna took a seat next to her future son with a smile on her face.
"Yeah, we… managed to calm ourselves down." Lisanna informed the future son of Natsu and Irene, who managed to smile at the white haired woman.
Sans merely smiled softly at her before he went on to speak once more.
"That's good to hear. We can't be going to kill demons if we're down now do we?" He asked with a light hearten tone, hoping to lighten the mood as everyone else was still in their thoughts at the moment, or were already going to get some rest.
Natsu however was more confused as to where those who he can't see around the area were at. Seeing this confusion, the red haired male figured he would inform his dad about the other's whereabouts.
"Nagura headed off not even a minute ago into her own part of the woods, with mother Kagura following her. Tiron took off right after you three did, with mother Hisui going after him. And right before you appeared, mother Yukino wanted to walk to Angelica in private, so they went off into the woods. Mother Kamika looked trouble so she also went out, with Marcel following after her." Sans explained to Natsu, Lisanna, and Daron.
This surprised them, before Natsu then had a worried look on his face.
"Maybe I should go follow them." Natsu suggested, as he turned his head as he wondered which of them went into which direction.
"Don't worry about them, they will be alright," Sans assured the pink haired demon, getting him, Daron, and Lisanna to look at him once more. With a sad smile, the future son of Natsu and Irene motioned his hand around the bonfire and area, "I think some of us here may need more support at the moment."
Natsu looked around to see some of his future children as well as some of the others, before figuring that Sans had a point. While he was worried for the mentioned names that Sans told him, he knew that they would be alright.
Right now, the others were may needed some comfort of their own.
'WITH NAGURA AND KAGURA'
Another tree was cut down as Nagura glared at the now existing stump. Gritting her teeth in anger once more, the dark purple haired woman sliced another tree, before doing it again with another.
"This isn't helping!" Nagura exclaimed in frustration. Cutting down some random trees isn't going to help train her. She needed to do something to help get her minds off of the distracting negative thoughts. That wasn't going to help hunt down the Legion, and that was certainly not going to help her get stronger!
"Nagura!" A voice called out, getting the swordswoman's attention as she turned her head around.
Her eyes widened in surprised when she saw that it was her mother who appeared, who noticed the few cut down trees that were now surrounding them.
"Mother?" Nagura questioned with confusion present in her voice, "Why did you follow me?" She asked, not getting why the woman who will one day give birth to her had come after her.
What do you mean by that?" Kagura questioned as she walked over to her and Natsu's future daughter, stepping over a fallen tree to get to her, "I wanted to see that you were alright."
Nagura merely turned her head to the side, avoiding her mother's gaze.
"I'm fine, you don't need to worry about me mother." Nagura assured her, though this didn't seem to convince the swordswoman at all if her expression was any indication.
"Are you sure? It's alright to admit if you're feeling down. No one here is going to hold it over your head for it." Kagura assured her future daughter. And if by chance they did then she will castrate them, simple as that.
"I mean what I said mother. I'm alright. My siblings and I have gone through way worse than what we experience today. I will recover from it, as will they," The future daughter of Natsu and Kagura told her, before walking more into the woods, "My failure to protect those people only shows that I need to get stronger, so I can put an end to the demons before they can take more lives."
Despite her words, it was clear to Kagura that her future daughter was having a trouble time dealing with this, if the faint wavering tone was any indication.
"Nagura…" Kagura trailed off, getting the other woman to look back at her, a frown was present on the Mermaid Heel woman's face.
Nagura sighed as he fully turned around to look at her mother, before sitting down on one of the fallen trees that she cut down not even a minute ago.
"Mother, I know you're worried. Heck, I know that everyone is worried about one another. But I mean what I said. I will get over it, and I know my brothers and sisters will get over it as well. They are strong. We will learn from this mistake and become even stronger than before," Nagura told her mother, as an angered look then appeared on the woman's face, "And when I find that traitor to our world, Akumu he said his name was, I will make him pay for what he did."
"We all will find him Nagura, and we will take care of him and his demonic masters." Kagura told her future daughter, who looked back up to the purple haired woman.
"He was only another traitor of our world to join the Legion. And he won't be the last either until we completely eradicate the Legion's presence from our world." Nagura replied to her mother.
"Monsters like him would of course go for anything if it meant they would gain power." Kagura responded to Nagura, knowing that people like him would always side with the greater evil if it meant to fill their lust for power.
"It's not just men like him who joined the Legion." Nagura stated to the Mermaid Heel member, getting the purple haired woman confused by her future daughter's words.
Kagura then sat on the opposite fallen tree that was across from Nagura, as she then looked back at her daughter with a worried and confused expression.
"What do you mean Nagura?" She asked her, as the purple haired female sighed as she figured she would explain what she meant, even if it brought up bad memories.
"When I was a young girl, during the first Legion invasion, I met someone who I eventually though would be the love of my life," Nagura started to say to her mother. It may sound a bit embarrassing to talk about one's love life to their parent, but what she was going to tell her erased any embarrassment that may have usually appear, "The boy I met would be by best friend, and eventually for me, someone who I fell in love with. His name was Yur, and he was probably one of the sweetest and nicest boys you would ever meet. He always talked about fighting the demons, talked about how he would help protect the innocent at all cost. As we grew up, and when the Legion returned during their second invasion, we did everything together to help push back the demonic forces. We got closer as we grew up, and I honestly though that he would perhaps return my feelings, and we could be… something more than friends."
Kagura was a bit surprised to learn all of this from her future daughter. Normally though, the idea of anyone getting involve with her daughter like that would have brought out her over protective side out, since after all, from the future or not, Nagura was still her child. But seeing the seriousness of Nagura's face, as well as seeing her face warped slowly into one of anger and hatred, those silly and protective thoughts were pushed back to the back of her mind as her future daughter went on.
"But then one year ago, the vision of us being happy together shattered forever. Yur, the same boy who talked about justice and kindness, the same boy who would always be there for me, threw in his lot with the Legion! All for the sake of getting more power!" Nagura exclaimed at the end, her face completely filled with anger and hatred. The boy she fell in love with, and thought was for the greater good, gave into the Legion's false promise of power. He didn't even try to resist it!
She would remember that day when she found out, her heart was completely broken when the boy she loved became another minion of the Legion. Even to this day, Nagura lamented over the fact that it wasn't her who put an end to that traitor's life, as it was her brother Sans who made sure to erased Yur's existence from their world for good.
Hearing all of this got Kagura to be shocked. That didn't make any sense to her. How could someone like that, being so kind and filled of justice, turned their back on those they cared about for the sake of getting more power? After everything they went though, someone like this Yur guy still turned on them all?
Nagura stood up as she tried to push those negative thoughts to the back of her mind. Taking a deep breath to calm herself, the woman went on to speak.
"Throughout our lives, those who we all thought we could trust turned their back on us and their world, and gave their loyalty to the Legion. No matter how good or bad a person may be, even someone who may be the kindest person you may meet can become our enemy." Nagura told her mother. The life she lived showed her that it was not just the people who were always evil, even those of good can turn against them.
The swordswoman of Mermaid Heel didn't really know what to say, like what could she say to that? The idea of someone that they trust and known for years turning on them to cast their lot with the demons, that was just another fear that plagued her mind.
"But that is why we can never rest," Nagura continued to say, getting Kagura to snap her attention back to her future daughter, "Our enemies don't rest, and thus we can't either. No matter how long it may take, we will get stronger. We will endure. We will never give in. We will bring an end to them all, once and for all, no matter what the cost may be." She finished with a determined look on her face.
Kagura had to admit she was bit surprised by her daughter's words. It seemed so different when she remembered seeing Nagura so worried and down in the aftermath of the battle of Era, but now she was determined to not make the same mistakes again.
A small smile appeared on her face, as the purple haired woman couldn't help but feel proud of her daughter. Honestly, she wished she had her child's fortitude as well, but the woman knows that they, all of them, will rise up to the challenge. They won't give up. They will fight to the bitter end if needed.
Kagura then stood up from her own seat, before pulling her own daughter into a hug, catching Nagura by surprised if the surprised expression was any indication.
"Mother?" Nagura questioned with a stutter in her voice, a bit surprised by Kagura's sudden action as a small, soft smile was on the woman's face.
Kagura didn't say anything as she merely continued to hug her future daughter with a smile on her face, much to Nagura's embarrassment and confusion.
There we go. Chapter done.
I know things may be a bit boring at the moment, but I hope to get all of this out of the way soon. I also want to made things in more of a lighten mood, since I'm sure some of you are just sick of all the seriousness for the time being. I will see what I can do about that.
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See you all next time, whenever that will be.