Chapter 6: Natsu's in Trouble

Disclaimer: I do not own Fairy Tail or High School DxD. The former is owned by Hiro Mashima and the latter is owned by Ichiei Ishibumi.

Natsu has been taking the last few days off of working to spend more time with Wendy and the rest of the guild. He loved going on jobs and taking out dark guilds, but he will still make time for his family back at Fairy Tail. The first few days were just relaxing with everybody and playing with Wendy. Now he was back to doing some training. Natsu didn't tell Wendy about the current situation with Grimoire Heart. He was getting worried of when they would strike next. The stronger he is, the better.

Currently, he is in the forest doing some training with Wendy, Kagura, and Elfman. He was in the middle of a clearing while Kagura used her gravity magic to put pressure on his body. It was a training exercise he came up with to improve his endurance. He was still able to stand up while holding a strong stance with his legs spread apart.

"Throw on some more gravity Kagura!" Natsu shouted.

"I'm on it." Kagura responded as she held her Archenemy horizontally pushing Natsu down to his knees causing the ground to break beneath him. He slowly got back up and regained his strong stance.

"Impressive Natsu. Your durability really has improved." Kagura complimented.

"Thanks Kagura. This gravity training is really helping me out."

Wendy and Elfman were sitting off to the side by a large tree watching the scene before them.

"Now that's the way to train. Your brother is so manly!" Elfman said to Wendy.

"Uh...thanks Elfman." Wendy replied. She also thought his way of speaking was really repetitive.

She thought he was right though. Wendy loved to watch Natsu train and get stronger. It makes her feel good that she has someone that is tough and really determined watching over her. She used to not like fighting and only used healing and support spells, but watching Natsu convinced her to learn offensive spells as well. He protected her a lot in the past, but she wants to fight for herself so she doesn't have to rely on Natsu all of the time. Someday, she will become a powerful mage and go on jobs like her big brother.

After about half an hour under pressure, Natsu had reached his limit. He succumbed to the gravity and fell flat on his face into the earth. Kagura released her magic and ran over to help him. She lifted his upper body and let him lean on her for support much to Wendy's anger and Elfman's jealously.

"It's alright Kagura. I can still stand." Natsu said as he got back up on his feet and collapsed again in a split second. Kagura caught his body and helped him stand up with him still leaning on her shoulder. She smiled at how he still wanted to keep going even though he can barely stand and it's just a training exercise.

"You're more likely to kill yourself before someone else gets the chance to. I think you're the only one crazy to try this method of training for that long." Kagura warned Natsu while admiring the muscular body leaning against her.

Natsu may be in pain, but he still chuckled at her response. "Maybe you're right. I can't let some training exercise be the cause of my demise."

Kagura and Natsu walked over to where the others were sitting to take a break.

"I wish you wouldn't overdo it so much Natsu. You're already really strong." Wendy told Natsu concernedly.

"True, but there's always room for improvement. How about you show me how much you have improved. Have you been practicing your offensive moves?" Natsu asked Wendy.

Wendy started jumping up and down in excitement. "Oh yes I have Natsu. I thought you would never ask. I've gotten so much stronger." she cheered.

Natsu flashed Wendy his toothy grin. "Excellent. I'm gonna rest for now so it's your turn to show off. Have at it."

Wendy quickly ran into the middle of the clearing and started focusing. Her eyes were shut with legs and arms spread apart. Some wind currents slowly started to gather around her as she was powering up. When she was ready, she leaped up high into the air for her first attack.

"Sky Dragon's Claw"

Wendy swung down her right foot as she fell down unleashing large winds towards the ground. The grass was shaking around the whole clearing as her attack came crashing down. Once she landed, she began charging at one of the trees in front of her.

"Sky Dragon's Crushing Fang"

Wendy cloaked her right hand in a small whirlwind and slashed at one of the trees with her fingertips leaving a trail of wind in its path. The trail of wind struck the tree hard leaving a few small cuts on the bark.

Wendy backed up and made another giant leap in the air right over the trees.

"Sky Dragon's Wing Attack"

She held her hands together above her head as a bright orb of magic energy formed. When her hands were separated, two large whirlwinds formed around each arm. She swung her arms downwards with great force as the whirlwinds twisted around the trees below. When the attack was done, there were several more cuts on the trees and some of the leaves had been blown off.

Wendy was now panting loudly because of the amount of magic energy she just released at once. Natsu started clapping loudly for her performance. Even Elfman and Kagura joined in to show their support. Wendy was so filled with joy to see that she did well.

"Way to go Wendy! That was really good for someone your age." Natsu cheered as Wendy walked back over to them.

That's all Wendy needed to hear. She ran up and gave Natsu a big hug. "Thanks so much Natsu! You don't know how much that means to me. I love having you hear to cheer me on."

Natsu started running his fingers through her long dark-blue hair. "Sure thing Wendy. I'm happy to be here for you. It's been a really exciting week so far." After a few more seconds Wendy had her fill and let go of Natsu.

"I'm still working on Sky Dragon's Roar though. I haven't been able to generate a blast big enough yet." Wendy said.

"Don't worry about it. you're still young and learning. It's a good thing Grandeeney left you that book of dragon slaying magic she didn't teach you yet. Before you know it, you will be able to master one of the secret arts...Ummm Wendy?" Natsu just noticed Wendy had passed out from the amount of magic she just used.

"Guess that amount of magic was too much for the poor child." Kagura commented.

"Yeah, she must still be worn out from when we were playing with her earlier." Elfman added.

Natsu went ahead and picked up the little girl in his arms. "It's amazing how far she pushes herself for me. I wish I didn't have to leave her whenever I go on jobs."

"Don't blame yourself Natsu. You gotta make a living somehow and she loves spending time with my sister. If anything Wendy brought out the sweeter side in Mira." Elfman said remembering how demonic and cruel his sister used to be.

"Good point. I don't miss the demon Mira." Natsu said nervously. "It's unreal how much her personality changed just from spending time with Wendy."

"Tell me about it." Elfman replied.

"Anyways. You guys ready to head back to the guild now." Natsu asked his friends.

"Sounds good." Both Kagura and Elfman replied.

They all started walking in the direction of Fairy Tail while Natsu carried Wendy.

Fairy Tail,

The group was about 20 feet from the front door when they heard a voice call out to them.

"Halt! Stop right there you criminal!" Three mages wearing The Fairy Tail guild mark came out of nowhere and blocked the entrance to the group.

The man that called out to them was Freed. He had waist-length light-green hair. He wore a red knee-length double-breasted coat, which had a wide collar and large lighter-colored cuffs. Around his waist was a buckled belt with a sword attached to it on his left hip. His attire is completed by a pair of loose light-colored pants tucked inside his boots.

The man to his right was Bickslow. He wore a dark cloth covered in vertical white stripes on his upper body, which extend up to his head to cover it in a tight hood, exposing only his hands and face. He wore a metal visor on his head with eight small, elongated holes along with large, green armbands and large shoulder pads with skulls on the center. Around his waist was a simple dark band, which holds up a massive waist guard made of cloth, which comes in four, long, light-colored pieces, each adorned by a dark "X", reaching down below his knees. There were also 5 wooden dolls floating around his body.

The women to the left was Evergreen. She had light brown hair in a sideways ponytail, oval glasses, very large breasts, and curvy hips. She wore a green dress that had movable wings on back. She also wore navy blue stockings along with white sandals.

These three people made up the infamous Thunder Legion led by their iron-fist ruler, Laxus.

Natsu just rolled his eyes at them. "Dammit, I don't want to deal with this today."

"What do you clowns want?" Elfman asked in an irritated tone.

"Watch who you're talking to mister!" Evergreen responded angrily.

"Natsu Dragneel. The Thunder Legion is charging you for disgracing our great leader, Laxus Dreyer. You will be charged with adequate punishment immediately." Freed said nobly.

"This figures. Laxus sent his lackeys to teach me a lesson. He probably doesn't care enough to do it himself." Natsu thought.

"Oh no. What are you gonna do to me constable? Write me a ticket?" Natsu said sarcastically.

Freed was normally a calm person, but Natsu's disrespect was causing him to grit his teeth in anger.

"We demand a sincere apology for your words against such a god-like figure!" Freed ordered.

"I've had enough of this crap. Elfman hold onto Wendy would ya." Natsu said as he handed his little sister to Elfman. "You two don't need to get involved I will handle this business myself." He said to Elfman and Kagura.

"As you wish." Kagura complied as she put away her Archenemy.

"Go get em buddy." Elfman said holding Wendy delicately in his arms.

Natsu walked up a few feet in front of the Thunder Legion and bowed before them. Everyone was shocked by his actions.

"I'm sorry for what I said to Laxus. I may have said some things I shouldn't have. Please forgive me." Natsu said sincerely.

"What are you doing Natsu?! Don't apologize to those jerks!" Elfman yelled not knowing what his best friend was thinking.

"Relax Elfman. I don't feel like making a big ordeal out of this so I'm willing to apologize."

"Sorry little man, but we ain't letting you off that easy. You need to learn your place in this guild." Bickslow taunted Natsu.

Natsu narrowed his eyes at the three. "Come on. We're all friends here. Don't make a big deal out of this." Natsu replied in a calm tone.

"Stupid little boy. That isn't how it works here. You're no match for all three of us." Evergreen spoke with a snobby attitude.

Kagura stepped forward, but Natsu held his hand up for her to stay back.

"It's okay Kagura." Natsu assured her.

"Thunder Legion engage." Freed commanded as he drew his sword. His right eye turned dark with the pupil being purple.

"Dark Ecriture: Pain"

Freed's sword turned purple as he slashed a purple streak at Natsu.

"Gah!" Natsu yelled in pain as his body glowed purple.

"Line Formation, babies!" Bickslow ordered the wooden dolls floating around him. All five dolls combined by standing on top of each other and released a green, vertical, crescent-shaped beam. The beam struck Natsu with great force sending him flying back a good distance.

"Why isn't he fighting back?" Kagura wondered.

Elfman was trying hard not to intervene. He hoped Natsu knew what he was doing.

"Fairy Machine Gun: Leprechaun"

Evergreen flew up into the air on her artificial wings and waved her arms to release a torrent of gold, energy needles at Natsu. He was in slight pain, but he got right back up just fine.

"Don't think we're gonna go easy on you just because you're not fighting back or outnumbered." Evergreen said.

Natsu's eyes were foreshadowed by his hair. He slowly started to break out in laughter.

"Is there something you find amusing?" Freed asked coldly.

"You think I'm outnumbered?" Natsu questioned. "Why don't you turn around and tell me how outnumbered I am."

The Thunder Legion turned around feeling they had nothing to lose. Their eyes widened to see every other member of Fairy Tail outside the guild hall glaring at them.

"Now in this situation, whose side do you think they're gonna take?" Natsu asked with a smirk knowing he had the leverage now. "Since you guys are still family, I'm willing to be reasonable. Just accept my apology and this is all over." Natsu offered.

Evergreen looked furiously at Natsu. "Shut up brat! You don't make the rul..."

Suddenly, every member of the Thunder Legion felt a great force upon them and plunged deep into the ground cracking it. Kagura was towering over them while crushing them with her gravity magic.

"You despicable scoundrels are starting to annoy me." Kagura said monotonously. Natsu soon walked up right beside her and lit himself on fire.

"I suggest you stop before I lose my patience as well." Natsu threatened as his flames grew larger and his eyes were a crimson red.

All of that confidence before had vanished in a matter of seconds for the Thunder Legion. They were secretly intimidated by Natsu's strength.

"Very well. You win this time." Freed admitted defeat on the behalf of the team. Kagura lifted her magic and they slowly got out of the small crater beneath them.

"You are all fools for supporting this flame-headed low-life! Not only has he dishonored our master, but he has kidnapped a fair maiden as well!" Freed preached to the whole guild referring to Kagura at the end.

Bickslow quickly jumped in front of Kagura and offered his hand to her. "Speaking of which, why don't we rescue you from this loser and I can show you a good time." He said and stuck out his tongue to show off his Fairy Tail emblem.

Kagura slowly reached out and grabbed his hand. Bickslow had a lustful look on his face, but changed into a look of agony as Kagura crushed his hand.

"How about I break your hand instead." Kagura threatened.

"I get the message." Bickslow said as he yelped in pain.

"I think we're done here. Let's head on in." Natsu suggested as his group followed him inside the guild hall.

Natsu was hanging out at a table with his usual gang, Elfman, Gray, and Gajeel.

"I don't understand why you let those guys have their way Salamander. You could have cooked those fools easy." Gajeel said.

"Don't get me wrong. It was killing me to hold back, but that would just added further conflict with Laxus. I let them get a few hits on me to let it out of their system." Natsu replied.

"It's takes a real man to swallow your pride and apologize like that." Elfman put in.

"I'll give you that. Those arrogant freaks get on my nerves. They probably ran off to kiss their leader's ass some more." Gajeel said. Everyone got a huge laugh out of that.

"That's so true! If Freed wasn't so afraid of him he would have asked him out by now." Natsu joked.

"I would buy that. It would explain his fear of women." Gray agreed recalling how Freed is powerless whenever near many members of the opposite sex. "Speaking of which, I think you got something on your arm Natsu."

"What are you talking about? There's nothing on...What the!" Natsu didn't notice that Kagura has been clinging to his arm while resting her head on his shoulder for the past few minutes.

"Would you cut that out?!" Natsu shouted with tick marks on his head.

"What? Your shoulder is so comfortable." Kagura replied seeing no problem with the current situation.

"Fine. I guess it's alright." Natsu gave up seeing it pointless to argue with her. Gray chuckled at how clingy Kagura was being to Natsu.

"Hey Gray, that's a weird looking chair you're sitting on." Natsu said with a huge grin.

"What's the difference? It's just a...Huh?!" Gray was also shocked to see Juvia standing on all fours on the floor acting as a chair for Gray.

"Juvia! What are doing underneath me?!" Gray yelled at the water-mage.

"Juvia is sorry for surprising you last night and wants to be a chair for you." Juvia replied happily.

The guys at the table were now curious.

"It's alright Juvia. Can you just give me some space?!" Gray pleaded.

"Anything for you, my love!" Juvia sang as she skipped away.

"What happened last night?" Elfman was the first one to ask.

Gray had a very disturbed look on his face. "Just tell me when to stop." The guys raised an eyebrow at this.

"I was at home in the bathtub last night and Juvia..."

"Say no more!" The three guys pleaded with their hands raised in front of them knowing that Juvia is made of water.

"I thought so."

Kagura ignored the conversation as she was happily clinging to Natsu. "This is surprisingly kind of nice." Natsu thought seeing the swordswomen in a different light.

Natsu lost this good feeling quickly when he felt a drink being poured over his head. Kagura stopped clinging to Natsu as he angrily turned around with his hair now drenched.

"What's the big id...oh" Natsu mouthed off to the one responsible until he took in the figure of Levy pouting at him with her arms firmly crossed. She obviously did not care for what he was doing with Kagura.

"Um-"

"You're such a jerk Natsu!" Levy interrupted him loudly and proceeded to slap him across the face. Everyone in the guild looked at the commotion as Levy ran out of the building while sobbing into her hands. All eyes were on Natsu as there was a glowing red imprint on his cheek. He couldn't think of anything to say that would better this already awkward situation.

"This is why it should be a men's only table!" Elfman complained.

"You're in for a bumpy night pal." Gajeel warned Natsu. A kunai went soaring past Natsu's head that struck the same mark in the wall from the other day.

"Ya think?" Natsu asked like that was an obvious conclusion.

"Too bad that didn't kill me." Natsu thought as he stared at the kunai.

Natsu's House,

Natsu laid wide-awake in bed recollecting the day's events.

"Well this day turned to shit fast." Nastu thought pessimistically. After dealing with the Thunder Legion he had to deal with an angry mob of girls. On top of that, he felt awful for making one of his friends cry, even unintentionally. "I was just hanging out with Kagura while she's in town. Right?" Natsu asked himself. "Oh Levy. Why did it have to be this way? I shouldn't have let you believe that I liked you back. I should've just let her down before it got out of hand. Why do I have to be forced into a relationship?! I'm done with chicks for a while."

Natsu laid awake for a few more minutes before he slowly started to drift into sleep mode. His eyes shot open when his nose caught a familiar scent.

"No...Why now!" Natsu thought as he knew who that scent belonged to.

He waited a few minutes to see what happened, but nothing.

"Looks like she expects me to seek her out this time." Natsu got out of bed to get dressed in his usual clothes. He walked out of his room and glanced at Wendy in her room while he was in the hallway. He went over and lightly kissed her on the cheek. He then gently brought the blanket over her more as she smiled in her sleep.

"I promise I'll be okay. I love you Wendy." Natsu whispered to her sleeping figure.

He quietly left her room and downstairs to head out the front door. He looked straight out into the night and saw no one there.

"Let's get this over with. I know you're out there." Natsu said out loud.

"Good to see you again sweetie." A voice said playfully behind him.

Natsu quickly turned around, but the person had vanished.

"Come on. I'm not in the mood for games." Natsu said getting annoyed.

His eyes searched the surrounding area looking for the person.

"Over here." The voice called out like a siren.

Natsu looked to his left to see Akeno in her shrine maiden outfit sitting in the middle of a clearing with her arms supporting her and her legs crossed.

"You're more playful tonight. If you're trying to mess with me, it won't work." Natsu said as he slowly walked over to her. He stopped about 20 feet away from her. "Your demeanor is definitely different from our last battle."

Akeno's face then got serious. "That won't happen again. This time you're going to get everything I got." She said confidently.

"I can tell that you're just putting on some kind of act. You may act like you're fine, but I bet you're suffering on the inside." Akeno let out a small gasp. His strong words really surprised her.

"You're just following orders right? If you let me help you, maybe I could save you." Natsu offered.

Akeno was blushing lightly at how he was speaking to her.

"He could be lying, but his words are so confident and he did let me live last time. Why does he care about me? No! It's too late for me. I just have to end this." Akeno thought.

Akeno stood up and looked at Natsu with her mesmerizing purple eyes. "You're words hold a bit of truth, but it's too late. I have done terrible things. I'm not worth saving."

"Don't give me that bullshit!" Akeno was taken aback by his sudden response.

"You can always atone for what you have done!" Natsu said passionately.

Akeno had never seen a man with this amount of passion. It was like he had a fire flowing in his pupils. Even so, she still wasn't fully convinced.

"If you can beat me again, I will tell you more, but you will have to catch me first." Akeno said as she sprouted her lightning wings and started zooming away from Natsu's house.

"Ah crap." Natsu had no choice, but to form his flame wings and start chasing after her.

"So much for taking a break from girls." Natsu said to himself.

Come back next time for round 2. Will this battle be any different from the last one? What will happen to Akeno afterwards? You will soon find out. Sorry I couldn't update earlier, but I came down with something during spring break. I knew I shouldn't have come home!

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