Hey it's Natsu here.
So today I'm going to slowly introduce the main enemy of our heroes. Enjoy your chapter cookie.
P.S. today I'll also be traveling to Japan to ahem "convince" hiro mashima to "sell" fairy tail to me. So for now I do not own it but soon hahaha
Ch 15 : sign of the apocalypse.
It had been nine months since connor had joined Fairy Tail and in that time he finally made enough money to buy a small log cabin on the outskirts of Magnolia. Also he had established great bonds with the Fairy Tail members knowing nearly everyone's name by heart. But today he and team Natsu were in pursuit of another unknown monster.
"Come on Cerberus hurry up boy!" Connor shouted atop of Cerberus' back.
"man this thing is fast I've never seen anything outrun Cerberus" Lucy said also riding on Cerberus.
The monster they were chasing was enormous and incredibly fast. It's front half was the body of a lion with a blood caked mane most likely blood of the people he had killed. It's back half was a black goat with a goat head right beside the lions head. And finally it's tail was a diamond back snake which hissed at its pursuer. It was truly terrifying.
Natsu and Wendy weren't far behind Connor and Cerberus. Happy and Carla were extremely tired having used their mach speed at least twice to catch up and now they were slowly losing speed.
"Natsu! Happy! Can you guys get ahead of the chimera?!" Connor asked.
"Whatcha say little buddy one more mach speed?" Natsu asked.
"Aye sir!" He shouted weakly "but I think that'll be my last one for a while"
"Alright. Hey Cus! We're good for one more time!" Natsu shouted down to Connor.
"Okay I need you and Happy to get ahead of him and lure him outside of town into Gray and Erza's trap!"
"You got it! Lets go Happy!"
"Aye sir!" Happy shouted using one last mach speed getting ahead of the chimera.
Once they were ahead Natsu turned and blasted the beast with flames "fire dragon's roar" The chimera roared and charged at Natsu and Happy. The lion head tried to bite at Natsu's legs. "You can't get me!" He said sticking his tongue out which only proved to irritate it further.
Soon enough they had arrived where Gray and Erza had been waiting in the forest outside of town "hurry it up flame brain!" Natsu and Happy flew up high sending the chimera straight at Gray."ice make! ice cage!" He shouted creating a giant cage surrounding the creature causing it to slam into the giant ice bars "gotcha!"
The beast growled at Gray wanting nothing more than to tear him apart. Connor, Lucy and Wendy had arrived and stood beside Gray and Erza. Connor sent Cerberus back to town with a letter to the mayor informing him that they were about to kill the beast Happy and Carla also went along ensure the dog wouldn't cause trouble.
"Very well done Gray" Erza said.
"Yeah now we can finish this up faster" Connor said "mind if I do the honors Gray?" He asked.
"Go right ahead. It was your plan" Gray said.
Connor ignited his fist ready to burn the beast to ash for killing all those innocent people. Then he hesitated and just stared at the beast or specifically the symbol on it's forehead. The symbol depicted a small globe with a black dragon curled above it and setting it on fire. And Connor just stared at it, trying to remember where he had seen it before, all he could remember was fear.
"Hey Cus you okay?" Natsu asked. Connor just stood there staring at the monster.
"Connor! Hey man wake up so we can finish this job and get back home" Gray shouted. There was still no response.
Connor lowered his fist and collapsed on his knees in front of the cage "I know that symbol.." he gripped his head "no... No!NO! this can't be happening!"
Erza ran to the boy and began to shake him "Connor! Tell us what's wrong!"
He simply raised his arm and pointed at the beast specifically the symbol that it was marked with.
Gray and Natsu approached the cage very steadily while Erza tried to shake Connor back to reality "what the hell is that mark on its head?"Gray said leaning closer to the beasts cage. That's when everything took a turn for the worst. The chimera leaped into the bars over and over lunging at Gray before they finally snapped and he pounced toward Gray.
"Sky dragon roar!" Wendy shouted unleashing her roar and striking the chimera.
"Thanks Wendy..." said a startled Gray who now had no shirt on.
Connor still sat in place unable to move. Erza groaned and left him to Lucy while she went to assist the others.
"What the hell has him so spooked" Natsu said.
"I'm not sure but it's something to do with this monster. Maybe if we take it out he'll snap out of it" Erza said "Wendy hang back and see if you can help Lucy with Connor"
"Right!" Wendy said and ran to Connor and Lucy.
Erza looked back at the beast anxious of it was capable of. She had never fought this kind of monster Connor was the only one that knew anything about this monster and he was losing his mind "alright boys let's bring this thing down!"
Natsu and Gray nodded and they rushed the beast.
"Fire dragon's wing attack!" Natsu shouted swinging down his arms and unleashing a powerful fire.
"Ice make cannon!" Gray shouted creating a tube of ice and firing ice cannon balls at the beast.
The chimera charged forward dodging the ice cannon balls and dashing through the fire. It then charged toward Natsu and slashed at him luckily Natsu made it out of the way and slammed a flaming fist on it's back. It yelped and fell to the ground. Erza took the chance and re-quipped to her flight armor and using her immense speed she slashed at it in all places thought could be a weak spot. When she reached the back of the beast it's snake tail lashed out and bit into her arm. She screamed and retreated thankful that she had seen the kind of snake before and knew it took at least six hours before death.
Gray charged the beast with an ice blade on each arm "seven slice dance!" He struck the beast with a flurry of strikes cutting deep into it's flesh "that's what you get for pouncing the Gray!" He shouted confidently.
The chimera was bloody and cut up from Gray and Erza's attacks but he still stood tall. He charged at Gray annoyed at his attack. Gray wasn't able to dodge the attack due to the fact that the chimera exceeded him in speed. Gray was tackled by the beast and sent flying into a tree. Fortunately he only had a couple broken ribs but nothing life threatening. Next was Erza who was weakened by the monsters bite. As she struggled to get her footing the monster turned and struck her with its goat hooves sending her sliding across the ground. She was grounded with both her legs fractured.
All that was left was Natsu, Wendy, Lucy and a broken Connor. Natsu quickly ran to Lucy and Wendy and gripped the younger girls hand "Wendy we need to do a unison raid. Lucy bring Scorpio in quickly"
"Right! Open gate of scorpion! Scorpio!" she said summoning Scorpio.
"We are!" He shouted coming out of his portal.
:"Okay let's do this" Natsu said "ready Wendy?"
"Ye-yeah let's do it" She replied terrified of the monster in front of her.
"Fire dragon.." Natsu began.
"Sky dragon.." Wendy mimicked.
"Roar!" They shouted together combining their powerful roars.
"Sand buster!" Scorpio shouted.
The three spells mixed together forming something incredibly powerful. The chimera foolishly charged at the spell as if it was nothing. The spell collided with the beast and It howled in pain. Dust rose from the ground as the spell struck the monster leaving Wendy and Natsu anxious to see if it had worked. That spell left them weak and low on magic power and had forced Scorpio back to the spirit world. When the dust cleared it revealed the chimera still standing but half dead. Its snake tail was hanging simply from it's hind now dead. Its body was bloody and the cuts from Erza and Gray had opened up even further revealing its muscle which bled profusely. Its lion mane was gone and it's goat head nearly cut off but there it was still standing.
"Why is it still alive!?" Natsu shouted.
Wendy stood frozen in fear and Lucy was the same. With its last bit of strength it charged. Natsu acted quickly grabbing the two girls and throwing them to the side leaving him to take the hit. He was sent skidding across the ground landing a little further away from Erza.
"Natsu are you okay" Erza managed to groan out.
"I can't move..." he replied weakly.
"Gray can you move!?" She asked the ice wizard.
"No I can't the bastard really messed me up" He said gripping his broken ribs.
All that was left was Connor. The beast towered over the boy ready to finish his prey. Connor stared at the monster staring specifically at the mark on its head. He backed away slowly "please no I don't want to go back. I can't go back!" The beast still just stared at him opening its lion jaw "get back. Get back! I don't want to go back!" The monster limped toward him and roared then went to devour him "I said get back!" Connor shouted. His eyes turned a bright blue and suddenly a burst of blue and black energy mixed with crimson flames shot out from around his body. When the blast came into contact with the monster it recoiled and howled in pain. It was slowly disintegrating into bones and after it was nothing but bone it turned to ash and fell apart on the ground.
The others stared at Connor bewildered by what he had just done. And Connor did the same. He looked at the smoldering pile of ash in fear of what he had done. It was coming back and he was scared of himself and what he might soon become. He snapped back to reality and looked over to Wendy who was also staring at the pile." Wendy! Snap out of it! Go help the others quick!"
She snapped back to reality and ran to her injured friends. Lucy walked to Connor and knelt by his side. "Connor what was that? And why were you losing it back there?" She asked desperately.
"Lucy I will explain everything very soon alright" he replied "for now we need to get help for everyone else"
"But.."
"Lucy! Go help the others!"
She nodded and ran to Natsu lifting him up. Connor ran to Erza and lifted her up on his back. And Wendy was busy healing Gray with the last of her magic. Luckily it was enough and Gray was able to stand.
"Connor tell me what that was...now.." Erza demanded.
"Not now Erza!" He shouted.
She went quiet then said "you are going to explain everything to us once we're back on our feet" she said menacingly.
"You have a deal miss Scarlet"
Soon enough Carla, Happy, and Cerberus returned to their friends. They were surprised to see their friends in such a bad condition and offered to take them to the town hospital. Happy took Natsu, Carla took Gray, and Cerberus carried Erza. Once they had taken everyone they blasted off leaving Connor, Lucy, and Wendy behind.
Wendy's nose pricked up and she froze and stared at Connor with fear in her eyes "yo-you smell like Acnologia. What are you?"
Connor merely frowned at the young girl and kept walking after the others. Lucy took Wendy's hand and they followed. The next thirty minutes they walked in silence Wendy occasionally looked at Connor from afar quickly looking away whenever she thought he might see her. Connor could feel her stare boring into him like she was judging who he was.
When they arrived at the hospital Wendy ran up to the receptionist and said she had healing magic and could help her friends. The receptionist let her pass but made Lucy and Connor wait. So together they sat in the waiting room anxious for their friends. Lucy kept glancing at Connor every so often like she was checking to make sure he would stay in control.
Connor became irritated and glared at Lucy."stop doing that" he growled.
"Sorry I just..." Lucy said.
"Just what? Just making sure I don't end up blowing up the hospital? Is that it?" He snapped
"No... I just... I want to know if you're alright. And I want to know what's happening to you"
Connor felt terrible for yelling at her and sighed "I'm sorry for being so harsh on you. I'm just fine and as for what's happening to me well that's a long and painful story"
"Then can you summarize it for me and tell the rest later?" she asked.
"Well let's just say Wendy wasn't too far off when she said I smelled like Acnologia" He replied
"Why is that?" She asked again
He pulled back his cloak collar to reveal the same mark the chimera had emblazoned on the side of his neck "you see that mark?" He asked and she nodded in reply. "That is the mark of the apocalypse dragon Acnologia"
"I still don't quite understand"
"I'm not just the crimson dragon slayer. I'm also the son of Acnologia and the apocalypse dragon slayer"
Lucy shook her head "that's impossible Acnologia looks down on humans why would he train one?"
"I never figured that out either. My brother always thought it was because he wanted to create more dragons like him someone to rule the dragons when he passed on"
"Brother?" She asked.
"Yes my older brother Alistair. He's also one of Acnologia's disciples"
"He's as in he is. He's still around?"
"Yeah he is. And he's bound to be so much more powerful than me, maybe even stronger than Laxus"
Lucy went silent for a feel minutes trying to let it sink in then she asked "what is he after?"
Before Connor could respond the receptionist came up and tapped his shoulder "excuse me you can go back and see your friends now but try to be quiet only one of them is up"
"Thank you ma'am" Connor "let's go Lucy I'll tell you everything later"
"Yeah let's go" She said.
When they entered the room Connor was immediately smacked in the face by Erza's pillow. "Tell me what that was now!" She demanded. Unfortunately that had woken Gray as well and he glared at Connor silently keeping to himself.
Connor sighed and explained what he had told Lucy. Wendy stared at him even more frightened. Erza and Gray glared at him like he was some sort of monster. Natsu was still asleep.
"Do you have control over this power?"
"No I don't. Its unpredictable and I have no real training. I don't know when it might take over"
"So you're saying that you're just a bomb waiting to go off!" Gray shouted.
"I guess you could say that" Connor replied quietly.
"You're dangerous. Your father nearly killed all of us who knows when you might take the opportunity as well." Erza said. She was scared of what could happen if Connor were to lose it.
"Guys come on back off" Lucy said to Connor's surprise "he's not any different he's still the guy we know. He's family"
"Lucy back away! Who knows what could happen!" Erza shouted.
"No! He hasn't done anything to hurt us!"
"Lucy I said to back away! He's Acnologia's son he'll destroy anything and everything! He's a monster "
"No! You're all just paranoid!"
"Enough!" Natsu shouted rising from his bed."you two" He said glaring at Erza and Gray "back away from my cousin. He might be the son of Acnologia but he isn't Acnologia. You two are just afraid judging him without knowing the truth" Natsu growled.
"Natsu you idiot you aren't getting it! He's a monster he could turn on us at any moment!" Gray shouted.
"My cousin is not a monster" He said growling deep in his throat "He's done nothing but help us and support us since he came around. But you two are just too paranoid to remember all the good he's done for Fairy Tail. And that he's our family!"
Gray and Erza went silent. It was true, they were scared to face Acnologia again. Learning about Connor's involvement brought back memories of Tenrou island and neither of them wanted that back.
"Natsu is right.." Wendy said "Connor is our friend it was wrong for us to doubt him" She gripped seam of her dress and began to cry quietly "I'm sorry Connor I'm so sorry" she said through her tears.
Erza and Gray looked at Wendy then at Connor. They had been wrong and had judged him too quickly. Their fear had blinded them and they had felt terrible.
"I'm sorry Connor I was being a idiot" Gray apologized.
"As was I" Erza said "please hit me for my idiocy and so that I may learn my lesson" She bowed her head to Connor making a gesture for him to strike her.
"Its okay you guys, it really is. Lisanna told me everything that happened on Tenrou island. It makes sense for you to be a little scared" He said "I should've told you to begin with"
"No you had a reason to hide this. I'm just disappointed you didn't trust us enough to tell us" Wendy said.
"I was trying to keep you all safe. And maybe keep Fiore safe. If my powers had been revealed then you could've been in danger"
"What kind of danger?" Gray asked.
"My brother Alistair. He'll know where I am and he'll be coming for me and my father may follow..."
"Well then it's good that we have you around" Natsu stated.
"How is that?" Wendy asked.
"Come on its obvious, he's the apocalypse dragon slayer that gives us a huge boost against Acnologia"
"Wow flame brain never thought I'd see the day you actually had a good idea" Gray said.
"Watch it ice princess"
"Sorry, what did you say to me pinky?"
"Ahem!" Lucy said "so we're all alright with this?" She asked. They all nodded in response. "Good now Connor can you tell us how you became Acnologia's apprentice? I think we'd all like to know"
"I can try my best. I try to keep it out of my mind as best I can" He answered.
"Just do what you can Connor" Erza said now wearing a black eye.
"Erza what happened to your eye?" Wendy asked.
"I punished myself since Connor hadn't" she replied "now please tell us your story". They all sweatdropped at her.
"Okay then" he said and sat down in a chair next to Wendy "I'll start from the beginning"
Hey it's Natsu
I do hope you enjoyed this one it took a while to type and I ran out of ideas for it and so many other ideas came in and out. It was a mess. Anyway have a nice day.