Chapter 8

Natsu walked up to the guild hall where Gray, Juvia and Lucy waited, all of them got ready for a fight as soon as they saw the hooded figure approach, "don't worry guys I've got this" Gray stepped forward and got ready to cast

"I have your back my love" Juvia stood next to Gray as she got ready to attack

"ice make, spear" Gray threw ice spears at the advancing mage

"water slicer" Juvia shot multiple water blades at him

Natsu let out a powerful war cry as he radiated extreme heat, evaporating the ice and water, the mages flinched as they felt the heat wave hit them, "this is hotter than anything I've ever felt" Gray commented as he tried to cast again, "damn it I can make anything"

"me either my love, it feels like I'm evaporating" Juvia said

"well then it's up to me, open gate of the golden bull Taurus" Lucy summoned her spirit

"looking hot as always Miss Lucy, what do you need" Taurus asked as he appeared

"take out that hooded guy" Lucy commanded

"whatever you say Miss Lucy, I'll tenderise him good" Taurus charged forward

"black flame cannon" Natsu shot a plume of black flames at the bull and took him out

"well I have other spirits, open gate of the giant crab, Cancer" the crab hair stylist appeared in front of Lucy

"so you want me to give you a new look Lucy"

"no but that guy could use a little trim"

Cancer charged at Natsu and lunged forward with his scissors, "I normally deal with bad hair but bad guys aren't that different" Natsu took a step forward and upper cutted the crab with a flaming fist, taking him out of commission, "sorry seems I'm having a bad hair day"

Lucy started looking for another key when she felt a hand on her should, she turned to see Loke standing there ready to fight, "don't worry Lucy I'll deal with this guy and then we can have some alone time"

Loke jumped towards Natsu, "Regulus impact" Natsu blocked the attack with his bare hand and knocked the spirit out with a swift punch to the face. Natsu kept advancing on the mages as they were backed in to a corner, Lucy's spirits weren't enough and Gray and Juvia couldn't cast anything with the heat he was putting off.

"that's enough playing Helios" Kalex appeared beside the fire mage, "it's time we put these fairies out of their misery"

"if you're here, that means?" Gray started off his thought

"he defeated Erza" Juvia finished Gray's thought as all the mage stood silent at this revelation

"don't worry Lady Erza is very much alive" Kalex said with a massive smile on his face, "but I can't wait to see her face when I tell her that we slaughtered everyone in Fairy tail"

"hey that wasn't what we planned" Natsu said

"I bet I'll get an even better look if I destroy this town and hunt down all the residents" Kalex let out a laugh at the thought, "I think that'll break her spirit in a second"

"we were just going to show them our power" Natsu stood in front of Kalex protesting his proposition

"we can't leave the fairies alive, our guild will become the laughing stock" Kalex pushed past him, "if we destroy this town then Tartaros won't dare do anything against us"

Kalex stood in front of the three mages as they stood strong in front of the guild hall, "now I don't like killing pretty ladies so I'll give you two hotties the chance to become my prisoners" Kalex's face had a twisted look of insane amusement on it as he was so close to destroying Fairy tail

"I'll never abandon my love" Juvia grab on to Gray's arm as she stood next to him

"I'd rather die" Lucy stood next to the couple in defiance

"fine then but in hell don't say I didn't give you a chance, demonic lightning dragon god roar" Kalex sent a torrent of black and gold lightning towards the mages

"ice make, shield" Gray closed his eyes as he made a shield to at least put something between them and the attack

Gray opened his eyes to see he shield still intact and in front of it was Natsu with his back to them and a flaming fist out stretched, he had blocked the dark mages attack but it had ripped away his cloak, "NATSU!" all three mages shouted in surprise

"so you are betraying me Natsu?" Kalex asked

"I didn't want this, I just wanted to show them how powerful I had become without them" Natsu told him, "just go bac…."

Natsu was interrupted by Kalex punching him in to the guild hall. Kalex marched forward, walking past the three mages who stood out of the way, he ran towards Natsu as he was getting up and punched him out of the back of the hall. Natsu managed to slide to a stop before he fell in to the sea below, Kalex appeared above Natsu and the two started to exchange blows. Natsu threw a right hook that Kalex caught and he threw one back at the fire slayer but Natsu ducked and snuck under Kalex's defence, in a split second it was over, "demonic flame dragon god roar", Natsu fired his breath attack right through Kalex's chest, leaving a hole right where his guild mark was.

Natsu watched as the wide eyed Kalex stumbled about in shock, he stumbled towards the cliff edge and as Natsu reached out to grab him the rock crumbled from under his feet and he fell in to the sea below. Natsu as the shocked mage fell beneath the waves and disappeared; the fire mage was rooted to the spot, unable to move, he looked at the spot Kalex hit the water waiting for him to resurface. Natsu was interrupted by a blue cat flying in to him.

"you're back Natsu" Happy said with tears in his eyes, "never leave again"

"yeah" Natsu managed a small smile for the cat as he looked over at the cliff

"so it was you all along" Natsu looked up to see Gray with the rest of the guild, "you've gotten pretty strong"

"yeah stronger than you princess popsicle" Natsu said with a grin ready to fight Gray

"bring it match stick" Gray ripped off his shirt

"HOLD IT" Makarov walk out of the crowd and Natsu hung his head, not wanting to look him in the eye, "so this is what happens when I'm not there to keep you in check, the magic council urged me to expel you and the other guild masters insisted it would be good for you"

"I'm sorry master I didn't think he wanted to do this" Natsu said in his most sincere tone

"it seems you cause more destruction outside of Fairy tail than in it" Makarov said as he let out a sigh

"what are you saying gramps" Natsu looked up hopefully

"I suppose that I have to let you back in to fairy tail" Makarov said as the entire guild let out a cheer, "but you are fixing the guild hall by yourself"

"of course gramps" Natsu jumped up as he shot up fire balls

It took Natsu two months of haling lumber and laying bricks to fix the damage he had done to the guild hall, "I am beat" Natsu complained as he flopped down at the bar

"cheer up Natsu, now that you've finished you're now officially back in the guild" Erza walked up to the bar and gave Natsu a strong pat on his back, "I never did ask you, what happened to Kalex?"

"he's dead, I accidently killed him" Natsu looked down, saddened by the memory

"he was a bad guy the world is better off without him" Erza said even though she didn't quite believe it herself

"well nothing I can do about it now" Natsu said as he forced a smile on to his face, "let's go on a job"

End of chapter 8