The Tenrou Group Lives On - Chapter 13 – Home
What happens if Natsu, Mirajane, and Erza gets left behind? The guild is gone. There's only three people left to protect Fairy Tail for 7 years. Theres only three members of Fairy Tail to take control and run Fairy Tail till they return. Natsu must become the guild master until they return.
Natsu x Mirajane x Erza
Coldness and weakness. That's all his aching body could feel. Pain from his chest and wounds that were once recovering. Now.. a new wound had happened and it was on his chest. The pain shot threw his body and throbbed as he felt the coldness wrap around himself.
"T-this... so this.. is what the cold.. feels like.." Natsu announced aloud with his breath and voice shaking. His head was still spinning from what had just happened and he was so confused. Another throb ran threw his body as he winced in pain. He couldn't feel anything under him.. his body wasn't working.
He blinked and tried to look around. His head didn't respond and he continued to look up at the dark night sky. The white moon above his shined onto him as he felt something warm running down his chest. There was no scent.. only pain.
His chest skipped a breath and he tried to remain calm. Someone had to notice that he wasn't there at the party.. maybe one of his wives? He knew he shouldn't panic.. he should only keep calm and try to think of way to save himself. He opened his eyes and let them try look around. His black eyes were blurred and still couldn't feel what was under him. Had he landed on something?
Waves of pain began to shoot threw his body as he tried to move his aching head. He couldn't move his head, so he put all his remaining strength into it. His head nudged down a tiny bit and he almost screamed with his remaining breath. A splintered piece of wood.. a piece of white birch wood was poking out of his chest covered with his red blood that gushed out and ran across his chest to the floor.
Now.. now he was panicking as his eyes began to droop. He tried to use all the strength he had left to keep them open.. but it was to no avail.
"Natsu... sheesh where is that pesky man." Ultear sighed aloud. She had left the grand party at the Fiore castle as she began to look around for the pink haired dragon slayer. But her luck was out as she turned up empty handed.
Suddenly.. a ground curdling splat of something being hit was echoed outside of castle. Her ears perked up as she began to spin herself to find out where the sound had come from. She continued to look around and listen for another noise to help her find her way. But she had no luck.
So she chose the way she thought was correct and began looking. Her mind was busy trying to think what had made the noise. Had a building collapsed from the dragon war? Had someone gotten hurt? Her mind kept thinking as she walked down a dark alley way. The way she was going was dark with no light and only a few destroyed buildings around. Everything else was in ruins but a single building.
The building was one of the few untouched one as it stood tall in front of her, there were stairs wrapping around it as it showed an easy passage to get onto the roof. She continued to walk down the alley way towards the building as she looked around for the missing man she was trying to find.
Ultear scanned the area around the building as she continued to look for what had caused the noise or for the man she wanted to find. He was doing a good job at keeping himself hidden it seemed.
Her eyes scanned again as she continued to look around.. red. "N-Natsu.." Ultear whispered as her skin went cold and her cheeks began to go white. She stopped dead in her tracks as her chest began to fiercely beat. Her heart began to beet faster than a cheetah and her mind stopped. One of her thoughts about the noise was right.. someone did get hurt. But it was the man she was looking for.
"Natsu!" Ultear screamed in a piercing voice as her legs began to go in motion towards Natsu and her mind finally understood. Natsu was hurt.. there was red ruby blood pool under him as it stained his white wizards saint jacket and clothing. The gray bricks under him were smeared with it and there was blood running out of his mouth. But of most of all.. was the piece of wood bursting out of chest as blood continued to leak out of him.
"Damn it.. what do I do?" Ultear asked as she panicked. She arrived at Natsu and instantly got onto her knees so she could to try to save his life. She quickly did the only thing she could think of and pulled the stained red piece of wood out of his chest and threw it to the side. 'I need to stop the bleeding!' Ultear mentally thought as she grabbed her elegant nice blue jacket meant to keep her warm.
Ultear balled the jacket up and pressed it against Natsu's large open wound as it began to soak up his blood. As she held it down on the wound she looked around to try to think of what happened and how she could call for help. Her tight black dress she had worn to woo Natsu was now beginning to become stained with Natsu's blood and dirt from the ground. Her hands were ruby red and her brain was beginning to break. Too many things had happened at once.
As she continued to hold the wound to stop the bleeding she slightly raised Natsu's head to help him breath better. 'He needs urgent help..' Ultear thought to herself as tears welled up in her eyes. She needed to help Natsu first before she could let her emotions fly and find who ever had done this.
As she kept rummaging through her heard as scrsomething began to echo behind her. 'Someone else is here?' Ultear thought to herself as the steps grew louder as she began to turn around to see who was coming near her and Natsu as she tried to save him.
"So.. he's still alive." A masked man announced. He wore a straight black robe that covered his face, his hair, and his body. All you could see was the black robe and how it blended into the night sky.
"Jellal..?" Ultear whispered as she looked behind herself. She saw the covered man but as the man spoke she quickly recognized the voice. It was her team mates voice; Jellal. 'What's going on? Whys he covering himself?' Ultear thought as her mind went even crazier. Too many things were happening to fast. What was going on?
"MOVE!"
Ultear blinked as time slowed down. Her magic wasn't in effect.. and her brown eyes blinked once. As she heard another familiar voice, things feel apart right then.. her eyes began to open even wider as she saw Jellal's hand with a cold black dagger aiming straight at her. But she was already able to feel a weak gripped hand on her shoulder shoving her.
She blinked again as the hand pushed her to the ground. As it happened her body moved slightly and she wanted to scream. There in front of her was the black dagger in Jellal's hand that was aimed at her heart now piercing Natsu's chest for another wound.
"Well look at that.. I'm surprised you were able to save Ultear." Jellal laughed aloud as he looked down at the trembling Natsu. Blood was oozing out of his mouth and the new wound.
Natsu didn't reply.. he couldn't as he coughed once and blood rolled out of his mouth. Natsu's black eyes rolled back and he fell towards the ground. The only thing on his mind was Ultear and that he wanted to scream for her to run, but he couldn't. He didn't have the energy nor the strength to even talk.
"J-jellal.. what.. what are you doing?" Ultear whispered in disbelief of what she had just seen. Her world was spinning in confusion at what she he had seen. Her eyes was ticking as her brain couldn't understand what was happening.
"Don't worry.. it's your turn now!" Jellal yelled as he looked at his old team mate. In front of him was now Ultear lying down covered with dirt and Natsu's blood staining her body and clothing. He laughed as he took a step up to her and began to thrust his black dagger at Ultear. Right before it got near Ultear a small mist of red came off of it and showed the that there was magic rolling off of it.
Ching.
"DIE!" Erza suddenly screamed. She appeared from above as she quickly requiped a long iron gray sword. With her fast reflex's she blocked the attack before it stabbed into Ultear's chest. Erza stood there in disbelief as her eyes glanced back at the man lying on the floor. 'Natsu..' Erza thought to herself as her eyes recognized him and scanned him over. She saw the two holes in Natsu's chest as blood slowly oozed from them.
"WHY?" Erza asked as her eyes looked back at Jellal and screamed. The black knife in Jellal's hand still had a red aura rolling off of it.. but also there were drips of blood on it. She stood there with her sword drawn in disbelief. Jellal was a Fairy Tail wizard.. he was a friend. Why now? What had changed suddenly?
Jellal stood there in the dimly lit back ally way with Erza in front of him, Ultear on the floor breathing heavy, and a bleeding out Natsu on the ground. He slightly laughed at Erza as he looked over her and began to back up. His mission was done, Natsu was already taking his last breath as they spoke.
"Ice-Make: Freeze!" Ultear screamed as she calmed her breath slightly her mind clicked. Natsu, the man she loved was going to die at this rate if she didn't do anything. Now she was.. she was using the magic her mother gave her and saving a life. As Ultear casted the spell she placed both of her hands on his chest and watched as a mist of blue enveloped her hands. As it did.. ice began to crawl over Natsu's two wounds and they began to freeze. The blood had stopped spilling.
Jellal stood there with his eyes widened as he began to grind his teeth. Now because of that spell Natsu might have a chance at living. His mission might fail now. His hand that held the dagger began to crack as he squeezed the dagger as hard as he could, now he was pissed.
Ultear smiled to herself as she looked down at Natsu. His body was still showing that he was in pain, but now he might be able to live. He wasn't going to die. Ultear sighed and closed her eyes as she fell back and hit the ground. Too many things had happened in too little of time. Her mind over clocked itself and her world went black.
Erza on the other hand was on the verge of crying and wanting to kill someone. Her heart was beating fast as she kept cursing to herself. She stared at Jellal with bloodlust eyes and began to speak. "Leave, NOW!" Erza screamed at the top of her lungs. She watched as Jellal careful took a step back and dash off into the night. He was gone, what had happened? What had changed?
"Natsu.." Erza whispered as she turned around. Her own body went cold as she saw the state Natsu was in. Two small ice patches were covering to large wounds as the blue ice was mixed with his red blood. Erza ran to Natsu and quickly kneeled next to him. Her husband, her lover, her best friend was hurt. He needed medical attention fast.
"Natsu.." Ultear whispered his name as she looked at him. She was in white room with a few others. Her dress had been torn apart as she wanted the blood stained clothing off. She now wore a large black jacket and a pair of sweat pants. She was warm.. yet cold as she stared at the slowly breathing dragon slayer.
She had been up an hour now as she saw Erza, Mirajane, and Meredy all waiting around for something. She noticed that they kept peaking at Natsu as they sat there in silence. Natsu who was lying down on a bed in front of her had changed. His bloody stained wizard saint jacket was nowhere in sight, his shirt was off, and his chest was covered in white cloths to hold close his two deep wounds.
"Sorry were late."
Erza, Mirajane, Meredy, and Ultear all looked over at the white door and saw a small old man walking in. Master Makarov had arrived and was now looking over at Natsu. He frowned and began to sigh as his wrinkles showed.
"So.. Jellal was the one who did this?" Master Makarov asked as he stared at Natsu. As he looked over at the girls he saw them nod their head and stay quiet. Master Makarov then began to think. "Will he be able to live, did this knife you explained do anything to him?" Master Makarov asked once again.
"Porlyusica explained that he should, nothing that she can see looks wrong." Mirajane explained to Master Makarov as she stared at Natsu. Guilt was running through her body as it made her ache. What had happened was one of the main thing running through her mind.
"That's good.. hopefully he'll wake up soon." Master Makarov replied as he paused to think once more. "I'll make sure everyone is ready to leave Crocus for Magnolia soon." Master Makarov announced as he turned around and began to leave.
"Thank you.." Erza whispered as she continued to stare at her husband. She was too late, during the party she had felt Natsu's magic spike. That's what led her to where Natsu and Ultear were at. By luck she had made it in time to save Ultear, she wasn't fast enough to save Natsu though.
Erza thought back to the night before and remembered how petrified Ultear looked. At that moment Ultear looked so white like a ghost. Natsu was worse, she couldn't even feel his warmth that always rolled off of him. She so badly wanted this to be fake and wanted Natsu to just suddenly wake up. But as of right now.. there were no signs of that happening.
A clicking sound was echoed through the silent room as they all four heard the door close. Master Makarov was gone and now the four were once again in silence. Tears threatened to roll down there cheeks as they looked at Natsu. From his pale face, to the cold stuff body of his.. it was not like Natsu. Natsu had always been warm, that's the only Natsu they knew.
Suddenly a grunt was heard as they saw Natsu's hand suddenly turn into a fist and squeeze. Natsu was waking up after the long night.
"Natsu.." Mirajane whispered as she pushed off of the seat she was sitting on and got to Natsu's side. She right away saw his eye lids slightly moving and knew that Natsu was waking up.
"Fuck.." Natsu whispered as he opened his eyes. His black eyes were no longer warm, they looked cold. Natsu suddenly shivered as he grunted and grabbed the blanket with what little strength he had left. What was going on? 'Why am I so cold?' Natsu thought as he tried to call his flames.
His flames didn't ignite and body didn't get any warmer. He stayed cold as he felt two warm arms grab him. Natsu stiffened as a gasp of pain escaped his mouth. He looked down and saw a pink haired girl getting ready to cry.
"Oww.." Natsu whispered once more and suddenly he was embraced by three other women. The warmth began to spread out through his body as he smiled slightly. Natsu buried his head into one of the girls and sighed. Suddenly his lips were captured and his vision went red.
"Hey.." Erza told Natsu as she broke the kiss. She was staring right into Natsu eyes and a tear ran down her cheek. Natsu was moving, he was alive. She had saved him.
"Hey." Natsu replied with a brief smile before he felt another pair of lips connect with his. This time dark purple hair covered his eyes as he saw Ultear.
"I'm sorry.. I'm so sorry!" Ultear began to repeat over and over again. Her heart was beating rapidly beating as she saw Natsu awake. She was there before the second wound has inflicted onto him, the second wound was her fault. That's what kept replaying in her mind. Being pushed to the side as Natsu took the hit for her.
"Why are you sorry?" Natsu asked with a weak but familiar smile. He grabbed Ultear and pushed her into his muscular chest as he held her to him. Natsu held her to himself as he heard Ultear begin to break down and cry. "My job is to protect my loved ones. So that means I'll do whatever I have to do to protect you four." Natsu announced so all four women could hear him.
"Natsu.. you're an idiot still." Mirajane muttered as a tear rolled down her face and she smiled with happiness. She followed Ultear and buried her face into Natsu's chest as her tears stained his white bandage that held his wounds closed.
All four women cried as they hugged Natsu. It would be a small recovery before he would be able to do much, but at least he was alive. The darkness that was the dragons were over and now a new darkness had come upon them. Tartarus and Jellal would have to be dealt with soon.
The train screeched loudly late into the night as it rode the iron tracks. The black sleek rain continued on as it brought home its sleeping passengers. The train was filled with Fairy Tail wizards.
The trees and plants swayed back as the train rode past them in a flash. Even though it was late at night it still had a time to arrive at. The train hid well with the dark black night as the white moon shown down on to everything.
Inside the majority of everyone was fast asleep. In one room Natsu was lying down flat with his head resting in Mirajane's lap. He was injured but had decided to join the rest of Fairy Tail as they made the long trek home. On the other side of the small room was Erza, Ultear, and Meredy. Erza was fast asleep as she leaned on the glass of the window. Ultear and Meredy were leaning on each other as they also were long asleep.
Outside there was a small hallway that led to a small open space with benches. Lying across them were some of the familiar members of Fairy Tail. Master Makarov, Gildarts, Gajeel, Laxus, Sting, Gray, Rogue, and the rest of the Fairy Tail wizards. They were all fast asleep as they had been drinking too much because of them celebrating their win. They were all excited to go home, specially the Tenrou group. They had never gotten the chance to run around and look at the new Magnolia.
The train screeched once more as it began to wake everyone. Its wheels begun to screech as suddenly everyone felt the train began to slow down and sway forward. They had arrived in Magnolia. Now they could all go home and sleep in their own comfortable beds. The train's brakes began to squeak and squeal as they grabbed onto the railing and slowed the heavy train down.
"Mm.." Natsu grunted as he opened his black eyes. He was feeling the train slow down and knew it was time for himself to begin to get up. "Mira, Ultear, Erza, Meredy." Natsu announced as he spoke their names and saw them stir. He watched as they all opened there eyes. Natsu began to move his body as he grunted in pain.
"Be careful.." Meredy whispered as she got out of her own seat and went to Natsu to help him up. She was a very kind, quiet, and helpful kind of girl. Meredy smiled slightly as she held her small soft warm hand out and felt Natsu's strong big hand hold it. Once she helped Natsu up to his feet she let him lean on her shoulders as they began to move out of the small room.
As they left, Mirajane, Erza, and Ultear followed behind to help in case it was needed. The train came to stop as another whistle sounded aloud. The doors to their cart of the train that they were in opened and everyone began to get out.
Outside was a dark atmosphere of the sleeping Magnolia. The majority of the homes had there lights off and not many were walking around. The Fairy Tail wizards yawned and grumbled as they walked off with their luggage. They all began to go home as they were back in Magnolia.
Natsu, Meredy, Erza, and Ultear all began to head to their home in the dark of the night. As they arrived at the two story home they quickly took out of a key from Mirajane's purse and unlocked the home. They all four went inside and went to bed.
"Iron scum!" Gray screamed as he hit Gajeel.
Gajeel quickly retaliated and screamed back. "Stripper!" Gajeel yelled as he darted eyes at Gray. It was early in the morning at the Fairy Tail guild building. Everyone was relaxing and enjoying their selves as it reminded them of the old days.
Natsu was sitting on the bar with his legs cross. He still wore no shirt as his wounds were healing, he had a new white wizard saint cloak on his back, a new pair of black pants, and dark shoes. His pink hair was spiked up like normal and his black eyes were once again warm. Slowly by surly his body was beginning to recover and he was going back to his normal self.
Mirajane was behind the bar smiling as she watched wizards of Fairy Tail brawl and drink. Mirajane let out a giggle as she looked over and saw Natsu smiling, she was quite happy that her husband was beginning to recover. Mirajane then looked down and rested her hand on a small bump forming in her belly. Her's and Natsu's child was still just beginning to grow inside of her. Because of it she wore a black pair of sweat pants that hugged her legs and a simple red shirt that hugged her breasts. Her white hair was flowing back as she brought drinks to all the thirsty wizards.
Ultear and Meredy were both sitting at a table as they went through documents. They were trying to figure out what had happened with Jellal as they buried themselves in trying to figure it out. Meredy had her pink hair tied up in a ponytail. She wore a small red top that gripped her beasts and a pair of black leggings. Ultear was wearing a small white t-shirt and also wore a pair of black yoga pants. It was a casual outfit as she continued to look into Jellal with Meredy.
"Calm down and let them fight.. I think they've earned it." Natsu laughed as he looked up and saw Erza walking out of his office. He watched her frown as she went to open her mouth and yell at everyone to stop fighting.
"But.." Erza went to respond but saw Natsu smiling and shaking his head. Erza stopped and smiled back as she sighed. She began to walk down the stairs and walk towards Natsu. She like Mirajane was also pregnant with Natsu's child so she wore something that was comfortable to her. She wore something similar to Mirajane as she wore a pair of white yoga pants and a black sleeveless shirt. As she neared Natsu she hopped onto the bar and leaned over to rest her head on Natsu's shoulder.
Instantly Natsu kissed her head as he smiled and leaned his head on hers. Both of them continued to watch as everyone fought and enjoyed life.
Elfman was screaming how things were so manly near a sighing Evergreen and a laughing Lisanna. Gildarts was sitting next to Master Makarov as they drank beer and talking about women. Laxus and the rest of his group were up on the second story looking for a job as they prepared to get back to work. Sting was sitting across from Lucy as they talked and Juvia was cheering Gray on as he fought Gajeel. Levy had her nose in a book as she continued to read and take glances at Gajeel fighting. Fairy Tail was just acting like they normally did.
"Nothing?" Natsu asked as he looked over and saw Ultear walking towards him with a sorrow look.
"Nope, nothing. Nothing shows who he is working for or why he would out of nowhere do something like that." Ultear sighed with a sad look. Her mind had been puzzling over and over of why Jellal would suddenly would go back to his old ways.
"Could it be magic?" Erza asked as her mind remembered the tower of heaven accident that happened 7 years ago. It had been a long time since then but still something similar could be happening. It still crossed her mind.
Natsu took a deep breath and tried to remember what had happened. "No.. I didn't feel any magic coming off of him. The most magic that was happening was the black dagger in his hand." Natsu explained and told Erza. Magic wasn't at fault for this accident.
"So, what could have happened then?" Ultear asked as she sighed. She wanted to know so she could personally find Jellal and beat his ass. Her heart still ached over Natsu being hurt because of herself.
"I don't know.. though that shouldn't be our biggest worry at the moment. Another thing still has higher priority." Natsu replied with his own sigh. It was true.. another fairly large organization was still at large. Tartarus.. they were still out there and planning. The proof was there, Mard Geer the master of Tartarus had appeared in a Crocus to personally to talk to him.
Though.. another thing then popped into his head as began to stare off into nothing. Minerva.. during the final day of the grand magic games she had appeared once again, but now she was a demon herself. What had happened to her? Natsu thought even more as he remembered his fight with Larmin.
Minerva had disappeared. 'Did she make her escape when she saw things begun to go bad?' Natsu thought to himself as he played things back. He remembered his talk with Mard Geer and Jackal. But he never saw what had happened to her.
"Natsu? Natsu!"
Natsu looked up and saw Ultear waving her hand in front of his face. "Yeah?" Natsu replied as he looked over at Ultear.
"Welcome back, so what is this thing with a higher priority?" Ultear asked as her eye brow raised up slightly. What could possibly be more important than finding the man that hurt him? Her mind was curious but almost laughed as she waited for a few minutes and saw Natsu staring off at nothing.
"Oh.. let's speak about to this in my office." Natsu announced as he got out of his position he was in and hopped off of the counter. As soon as he was off he began walking towards the stairs to head up to his office.
Erza, Ultear, and Mirajane quickly followed as they were all three curios. They knew something was up, just they didn't know if it was this serious that they couldn't speak about it in the normal area.
They all three quickly entered into Natsu's office as they walked in and closed the door behind. The office was quite spacious as there was a simple wooden desk in front of a large window and two leather couches in front of the desk. The walls were lined with old book shelves containing sorts of different things. From maps, to letters, and to bills the book shelves were littered with them. The old dark broken wooden floor squeaked as they entered and sat down.
Natsu walked over to three women and began explaining his information. "You know... the Balam Alliance, right?" Natsu began by asking a question as he prepared his finding and thoughts.
"Of course.. the Balam Alliance was made up of the three worst dark guilds. Oración Seis, Grimoire Heart, and Tartarus." Ultear explained as she was familiar with it from her past. She was once a part of the alliance as she was once a Grimoire Heart dark guild member. Ultear's body shivered slightly as she remembered those days.
"You're correct, out of those three we've so far taken out two. Now.. now the third one has become quite active and has been causing some things." Natsu informed the girls as he nodded his head. Tartarus; it's said that it's the worst dark guild of them all and the strongest. It can make anyone's bones shiver by saying the name aloud.
"The guild that you talked with in Crocus." Erza announced as she began to piece things together. She had remembered being a part of taking down Oración Seis and Grimoire Heart, but now the third and final one had come up.
"Yeah.. your correct." Natsu replied as he went back to thinking. He stared off at the book shelf as he began to think. Back in Crocus during the Grand Magic Games he had met with Jackal, the demon he had originally fought from Tartarus and then met with Mard Geer. Mard Geer was the king of the underworld.. but why did he have interest in him? Things didn't add up.
"So.. what do they want and what are they trying to do?" Mirajane asked as she raised her eyebrow. She looked at Natsu and saw him staring off into nothing once again, Erza and Ultear were trying to think of something.
"From what I understand.. we don't know." Erza responded back as she sighed. Since Tartarus started popping up, no one has been able to figure out there attentions yet. It only gave them more stress and worried them.
"Yup, with all of the information we have, it isn't enough yet. We haven't found out there goal." Ultear sighed as well as she slouched down on the couch. She sighed and let her eyes roam around the room. The last few days had been hell with Natsu getting hurt, the Grand Magic Games, and the dragon fights. These days.. they really hadn't had time to relax or have fun.
Red ruby blood began to roll out of Ultear's nose as her mind landed on fun. Her kind of fun was being with Natsu and the bed squeaking very loudly as she moaned out crazy. Her mind began to ponder over it and sigh in sweet in heaven over imagining Natsu fucking her brains out.
"Oww!" Ultear suddenly yelped as a hand came out if nowhere and slammed into her head. She looked to the side and saw Mirajane darting eyes at her. "Yeah.. yeah. Yeah. I know.. I have to wait till Natsu is healed." Ultear sighed as she slouched again and wiped the blood away. With Natsu being hurt.. there would be no that kind of fun until he has healed.
Knock. Knock. Knock.
A knock on the door broke Natsu out of thinking as he looked over at the brown door. "Come in.." Natsu announced and soon heard the door quickly open. As the door opened Meredy was there panting heavy.
"Something happened at the Magic Council! Mest is here!" Meredy announce in a panic with a hesitate voice. Her voice was shaking as her eye were wide open and looking straight at Natsu.
"I'm coming.." Natsu sighed and quickly got up from the couch. He quickly rushed out of his office with the girls walking out behind him and went down the wooden stairs to see Mest.
Mest was sitting at a table as blood rushed down his face and arms. Something had happened, something big. Natsu noticed that Mest wasn't acting his normal self as he practically shook in fear.
"Mest, what happened?" Natsu asked as he arrived at Mest and looked at him. The rest of Fairy Tail was all hurdled around him and Mest as they awaited his answer. They waited for a few seconds that felt like hours until he finally spoke.
"The magic council.." Mest began to say before he stopped and breathed a large breath. He tried to talk again. "The magic council..was destroyed. All.. all of the magic council members.. were slaughtered.. and there going after the wizard saints next." Mest explained to Natsu as he looked over at him. Natsu was also a wizard saint.
"W-what... destroyed? By who?!" Erza acted in a panic. Her heart was rushing as right away she thought of Natsu. He was also a wizard saint, so would they be coming after him next?
"Tartarus." Mest announced as the room went silent and a cold shiver ran through everyone's body. The first attack from Tartarus had begun.. war was here.
"So from the news I've been hearing.. it was a success." Mard Geer announced as he stood on top of a large castle like building. From the large gray walls to the tall towers. The castle like building stood atop a massive cube like moving island. It was high up in the sky above the clouds as it stayed out of sight.
But.. now he had just heard the news that Jackal had successfully completed his mission. Now.. he was beginning his next job of killing off all of the wizards saints. This included the man named Natsu Dragneel, the man that there lord wanted to meet yet again. Mard Geer sighed, though he was happy about the success.. he truly didn't understand his lords reasons.
"With Jackal going around killing the wizard saints off, ex council members, and council members.. do you think people will try to defend them?" Kyouka asked as she looked at Mard Geer and waited for his answer. Kyouka had her hair and face masked to hide her identity and she stayed there kneeled waiting for a reply.
"Yes. But Jackal, Torafusa, and Ezel shouldn't have a problem with them. The most it will do is take some extra time. But it doesn't matter.. soon it will be revived and face will be active." Mard Geer laughed as his dark black night hair blew in the slight wind and he raised a red book high into the air.
The book had three simple letters on it.. E.N.D.
"Dumb wound.." Natsu muttered to himself as he laid on the couch. He continued to mutter and mumble to himself as he yelped in pain. Mirajane was next to him as she was stood up and changing the white cloth around his wound.
Mirajane was already sad over what happened to Natsu, but now she was even more as she listened to Natsu yelp and grunt in pain. The two stab wounds were already beginning to heal, but she knew they still needed time to heal. That's all she could do, wait for the wounds to heal.
"Thank you.." Natsu sighed as he felt the cloth pull tightly around his chest and tie it off. After he felt a warm hand that signaled that Mirajane was finished changing the cloth over the wounds. Natsu quickly was helped up as he was once again sitting up and staring into Mirajane's baby blue eyes. Natsu gave her a quick smirk and quickly got up with a wince of pain on his face.
As he stood he got his baring back and began to leave his office with Mirajane walking next to him. He was glad he was back at the guild and everyone was at peace. But in his heart.. he knew for the new news today.. bad things were coming. A large battle was formulating and Tartarus.. they were the master minds behind it.
"You look tired.." Master Makarov announced as he looked over from his bench and saw Natsu walking back down. He watched as the young man sighed and walked over to him. Natsu sat down in front of him and gave him a look that he was in deep thought.
"Any ideas?" Natsu asked a plain question. But he knew Master Makarov would understand the question and what it was truly about. He needed to find Tartarus and fast. He had the second master of a Fairy Tail already working on it as he used his old dark guild contacts. Now.. he just had to find out about them.
Tartarus was attacking, the magic council was down. Next would be the ex-wizard council members and wizard saints. That means.. one of the demons from Tartarus would be coming here to Fairy Tail. One of them.. would try to take his life and Master Makarov's life as well.
"No.. we don't have enough information yet." Master Makarov grumbled back a reply. He was pissed that there wasn't enough information and that they were out in the loop. Without information.. they were stuck doing nothing.
"Tomorrow.. I'm going to send Laxus and his team as well as Gildarts off. I'm going to have them protect a few of our friends that were once council members. It seems we at least know that Tartarus is attacking the magic council." Natsu informed Master Makarov as he watched him nod in agreement.
Both of the guild masters sighed as they both went deep into thinking. Something that Natsu wasn't good at.. but still he tried. His eyes begun to scan the guild hall. The wooden stage with Fairy Tail banners still hung, the benches, the tables, and the Fairy Tail members enjoying life. People were taking jobs and drinking like normal. Fairy Tail.. was at peace.
"So.. how's Mirajane and Erza been?" Gildarts asked as he laughed and walked up to Natsu. He pushed his black cloak back and sat next to Natsu as he pulled his orange hair back. He had saw Natsu looking down, so he was at least going to try to cheer him up.
"Good.. sick, grumbling, horny, and scary." Natsu replied as he went through a few of the phases he had already experienced from his two wives. So far the pregnancy was doing well and the two children.. Haru and Fuyu were on tract to be healthy little babies.
"Well.. that's to be expected. They are pregnant.. but at least you still get to bang the- ow!" Gildarts begun to reply to Natsu with a laugh but suddenly he was smacked upon his head. He looked over and saw right into Mirajane's glaring blue eyes. He shivered as they stared into his soul and watched as she slammed there beer onto the table.
"Moods swing.. are happening a lot at the moment," Natsu sighed with a laugh at Gildarts. "So how's it been with you finding out that Cana is your daughter?" Natsu asked after as he kept the conservation going.
"Good.. hopefully getting a tad bit closer. Though it's still weird to know that I have a daughter." Gildarts replied back with a laugh as he grabbed the beer from the table and begun to gulp it down.
"Natsu. Before it gets late, would you like to go on a walk around the city?" Erza asked as she walked over to Natsu. She was still wearing her casual outfit which was the pair of white yoga pants and black sleeveless shirt. In her hand was a plain black to shirt for Natsu to wear if they were to go out on a walk.
"Sure, I would love to." Natsu replied with a smile to his wife and begun to get up with a small grunt of pain. His body was still in the healing process and he knew he could only do small things. Once he was up, Erza walked over to him and helped pull a shirt over his white bandages. After she locked arms with him and smiled as they begun to walk towards the doors of Fairy Tail.
"You coming Mira?" Erza asked as she stopped with Natsu and watched Mirajane come running from the bar with a big smile on her face. Finally.. they would be able to have some alone time with her husband and best friend.
"Of course!" Mirajane quickly announced with her beautiful smile and quickly hooked her arms around Natsu's free arm. Once she was ready, all three left the guild as they went to relax.
"Lucky bastard.." Macao sighed as he watched Natsu walk out with Mirajane and Erza. Wakaba his best friend next to him nodded and sighed.
"Aye.." Happy laughed; he was flying next to Carla. Both were with Wendy who was also watching them leave.
The sun was beginning to set as it sent orange streaks of light over the horizon. It made the stores and building cast shadows across the ground as people walked by. Magnolia was still thriving around as people still walked around and enjoyed life. People were shopping, talking, and just going places.
Natsu, Mirajane, and Erza gradually walked through the stone streets of Magnolia as people said hello to them and went on with their business. Natsu was a known man.. he was the guild master of Fairy Tail. Mirajane and Erza both kept their arms interlocked with Natsu's as they sighed in happiness.
Ever though they knew a battle was coming.. it was nice to relax. It was something for them to enjoy.
The warm August wind passed them as the trees and plants moved with it. Fall was coming and the trees were beginning to change colors. Slowly by surly the homes were beginning to turn there lights on as homes lit up as they walked by. They kept on smiling as they continued there peaceful walk as they passed more homes and shops. Magnolia was truly large.
The city had grown over the years as Fairy Tail grew even larger and stronger. As they grew the city developed and new shops opened to meet the demand of the new people living there.
"Magnolia truly has changed over these last seven years.." Natsu whispered as he looked around. Homes were still lighting up and business were preparing to close for the day. People walked by as they went home from work and the bars began to fill up.
"Of course.. It's changed with us. We've all changed." Mirajane announced as she agreed with her husband and nodded. Mirajane wasn't that young model anymore like she was seven years ago. Now.. she was a wife, a role model, and soon to be a mother.
"It's been seven years.. everything changes during a long time." Erza announced with a small giggle as she rested her head against Natsu's muscular warm shoulder. She herself had changed as well. She finally got out of her bad habit of hitting people, she began to trust people, and now no longer needed her armor. But most of all.. soon the biggest life changer will happen. She'll be a mother soon.
Natsu hummed a small tone as he leaned over and kissed Erza on her forehead and then did the same with Mirajane. These were the times he loved.. he was able to relax with his lovers and just take a break from life. No stress, no worries, and just nothing.
"Wow.. I know what would look I great around this time." Mirajane announced as an idea ran through her mind.
"Hmm?" Natsu asked as he looked over at her, right into her blue sparkling eyes.
"Are old training area." Mirajane replied with a large smile. The training ground where she, her husband and her best friend had trained for a year to become stronger. The place had many memories.. memories of their first kiss, there first time, and there first date.
"It looks over a small canyon, so yeah it should look amazing. It's been so long since we've been there." Erza agreed with Mirajane. It had truly been to long since they visited the place. In fact.. it had been easily over 3 years since then. Over the years Natsu had begun to become too busy so they hadn't had a chance to go back and visit.
"Yeah.." Natsu agreed and they turned directions as they began to walk forward a dark forest in front of them. As they arrived, a crunchy sound was heard under them from the dying leaves of fall. Only faint streams of light passed through the dense trees that still had their colorful leaves.
"I wonder how it's going to look like.. actually I wonder if the ground finally recovered from our training." Natsu laughed as it brought back old memories of them training. It was the place where he had learned Fairy Flame Magic.
"Yeah.. I wonder that to." Erza laughed aloud as she also remembered training there. She learned how to use her strongest armor there; the Fairy Armor.
All three sighed in happiness as they walked on through the forest. Up ahead they begun to see a vast wide open green meadow of grass. They quickened there pace as they became more eager and got closer.
Soon.. the full meadow came into view. It was a circle field of green grass. Around was tall towering swaying trees. They were blowing in the wind as Natsu, Mirajane, and Erza all three quickly ran to the middle. As they arrived they found a small circle with new grass growing. There old training grounds had finally regrown it's grass and recovered.
"Wow.. this place brings back memories.." Natsu sighed as he let go of his wives arms and sat down. He then laid back and looked up at the sky. The blue sky was painted orange from the sun setting. Clouds flew by as the winds pushed them.
Mirajane and Erza both giggled like to young teenagers as they saw Natsu laying back and relaxing. Both women shrugged and slowly sat down as they turned their body. They both laid their heads on Natsu's rising chest as they felt comfort of his warmth. A warmth they were both so glad was still rolling off of him.
He was alive, their minds were both a little more at peace knowing that. Both Mirajane and Erza sighed as they looked up Natsu's handsome face. There husband was always great man to be around.
"You know I love you, right?" Natsu asked with a small smile crossing his lips and he pulled both women closer to his face. He quickly pecked both of their lips and laughed a bit. "And I love you to Haru and Fuyu." Natsu whispered aloud as he bent over and pushed their shirts up. He placed a warm kiss on both of their bellies and then quickly went back to looking up at the sky.
Both Mirajane's and Erza's smile grew even larger as they saw Natsu's kindness. Even though they were still just beginning to develop.. he was already loving them.
A large breeze passed them as they watched the green leaves of the trees blow with it. They all three watched as the orange sky changed to more of a yellowish orange as parts of the sky started to become dark. Night was falling fast.. and something they didn't even know was close had just awoken.
Zeref yawned as he stretched his arms. Had the day already gone by this fast. It felt as if he just had fallen asleep as the rays of the sun first begun to appear. "On well.." Zeref sighed as he pushed himself off of the sturdy brown tree limb. Surprisingly enough.. his magic hadn't killed the forest while he slept.
The green grass still peaked through the dead leaves scattered on the forest floor. The trees still had leaves and they were green and lively. Butterfly, insects, and animals roamed around as if he wasn't even there.
Zeref decided to look up and saw the sun finishing its setting back to where it came from. The day had ended and he had slept through the day time like he normally did. Now he was beginning to look around to see what he should do that night. His feet crunched down into dead leaves as he begun to walk. His black robe that wrapped around his body blew back in the slight wind and his red eyes shown greatly.
Zeref, the dark Mage was simply walking as he neared something he had remembered from the previous day. Where was he walking to? An open grassy field. For some reason the day before when he was there, he felt close to Natsu.
'Natsu..' Zeref whispered as he remembered the young kid who had traveled with him for so long in the past. Old memories of him training and exploring the new world passed through his mind as he went through them.
There was one of Natsu training and making his fire dragon roar stronger, another of him finding out what humans are supposed to live in, and a bunch of him falling over sick as they got into a make shift boat to drift through a lake.
Zeref smiled and sighed as he kept his eyes closed and entered the field. The sun was just finishing setting when he reopened his eyes and saw three people in the field. Bump. Bump. Bump. His heart ached and begun to beat rapidly like a cheetah. Was this a mirage or something?
In front of him was three people who were laid out on the ground looking up at the sky. One had white hair like snow in December, the second one had red hair like a rose, and the third? The third had rosy pink hair. His hearted ached as his mouth dropped open to speak. No words came out of it though.
Bump. His heart continued to rocket as it saw his old friend. He was no longer a child, he was grown up now. He had changed, he had grown stronger. He was there in front of him. His mind drew a blank as it watched him with every breath he took.
He watched as his chest rose high and then went back down. Zeref watched as both women had their heads rested on his chest while they looking up at the fading orange sky.
His dark magic scanned around.. five? Was he missing something? Why was his magic able to find five people in front of him? Three he understood, but not five. Things didn't make sense.
His mind drew another blank as he stared at the pink haired man, there was no mistake. That was him, from where he stood at the edge of the secret meadow in the forest he saw him. Natsu Dragneel. Once a great friend of his.. the man he choose to have kill him. The only man who would be strong enough to kill him.
"Natsu.." Zeref whispered aloud as his voice rang out. He watched as he saw Natsu's ears perk up.
Short chapter.. oops. Sorry. Though it was for a good reason. I wanted to update this story.. yay for you.
Few things though I wanted to inform you all before I leave you on yet another cliffhanger..
The Tartarus arc has begun! Prepare yourself, death will come, fights will become badass, and you can decide if there will be a lemon next chapter? Yup, you can? Tell me if you do or not.
Another thing.. Chapter was re-edited. Erm.. why didn't you guys tell me the first chapter had so many grammar mistakes? I feel bad now...
Lastly.. I might be starting a Mahouka fic soon.. (Irregular are Magic Highschool).. would anyone be interested in this? Or maybe a Akame Ga Kill fic? Just throwing ideas out..
Next for me to do is to work on frozen flame and my Halloween one shot (Natsu x Mirajane with family). Then I'll be back to updating this story.. strying to update this story more often.. just been busy with schoo and my other one shot called The Horny Demons took longer then expected..
Well.. thank for reading as always. Means a lot!
-ValinNight