Chapter 11:

I'm sorry my updating takes so long! School is really hard lately and I want to keep my grades up so I can get into a good college! Enough about my problems! Onto the chapter!

"Shit..." Natsu muttered as he noticed their attacks were doing little damage. He was a strong mage, but this was just ridiculous. It seem like it was time to up his game and by using his magic it was the only way. For a moment he glanced around. Both Erza and Gray were exhausted and so was the rest of Fairytail. They've been fighting for what feels like hours. Natsu could tell that Lucy wanted to help, but what good would her magic do...? Then it hit him. "Blondie!" Natsu called out to her.

Lucy didn't hear him as she stared in amazement at the other Fairytail members though they were causing some damage here and there, they were working together. As a family. She was proud to be apart of it, but now the only question was would she fit in with everyone else in the long term? Would she be strong enough to fight with them?

"Oi, blondie!" Natsu called once again, but to no appeal. The young bowman growled in irritation. "Lucy Heartfilia!" He barked making her jump even though she was a few feet away. She immediately made her way to him like a teenager who snuck out and was about to receive a scolding.

"Y-yes?" She asked frightened. She didn't know what to expect from her neutral friend. He had killed a man a mere few hours ago and he did it without any hesitation.

"We aren't doing enough damage. We're putting the public in danger and the council will have Fairytail's head on a platter." Natsu stated as he stared at her in determination. Whilst everyone else was fighting they blocked them out. It was just him and Lucy now. "We need to do a Unison Raid."

"A what?!" Lucy asked as her mouth dropped. Was he crazy? A Unison raid only worked if you trust your partner with your life and her trust for him was a little low. "It won't work! We have to trust each other with everything we've got!"

"Well I trust you with my entire heart." Natsu growled not fully paying attention to what he was saying.

"Then why are you hiding behind a mask?" Lucy asked not paying attention to what he had just said.

"I'm a monster. I don't belong in humanity anymore and I sure as hell don't trust anyone, but when I don't need to do this anymore. Be a murderer, then I'll tell everyone. Including my family." Natsu stated with his most fierce expression. Lucy stared at him in disbelief. Did he really think of himself like that? A complete freak?

"Alright I trust you." Lucy stated with determination written in her eyes. Natsu let go of a breath he didn't know he had been holding. "Quick question though, are you fire mage?" Lucy asked questioningly. Natsu shook his head, a bet hesitant to answer, but did so anyways.

"A fire dragonslayer." He stated as he took ahold of both her hands. An energy field of fire and light started to appear around them, though Lucy didn't notice at all, since she was blushing over the fact that they were holding hands, even though his were gloved. "You ready?" He asked as a smile gave away his emotions. She nodded slightly and he continued further.

"I call upon the heavens and the king of dragons to lend their power to us," Natsu started and to Lucy's amazement she was speaking with. "We ask that you fill us with trust in one another as well as one another's magic," Both of them continued as the energy field around them still grew. With fire shining in Natsu's eyes and stars shining in Lucy's they held their hands towards the enormous creature. "Fire dragon universal phoenix unison raid!" They both screamed as an enormous phoenix created out of stars and a fiery outline. It shot towards Lullaby and in seconds it was a clear shot. When it made impact with the creature an enormous blast shocked through the air. When the smoke had cleared the bottom part up was completely gone.

"Holy shit!" Gray shouted as they stared at the creature. Even Erza was caught off guard by the attack. Everyone turned their attention to where Lucy and Natsu stood. Both were out of breath and Natsu was holding Lucy upright.

"I did not think that I was ever capable of doing something like that." Lucy muttered as she took a deep breath. To her absolute shock Natsu placed a kiss on her forehead. She stated up at him with a blush tainting her cheeks.

"You have no idea what you're capable of, Luce." He smiled at the young woman and for a moment he was completely mesmerized by the ex-heir, but then that moment ended. His expression hardened and he took a step back snapping the thin golden wire between them. "I'll see you around Heartfilia." With that he completely disappeared into the night. Lucy could only stand and stare with disappointment growing inside of her.

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The following morning the guild members were cleaning up parts of the guild and others were helping rebuild the roof. Erza was ordering everyone around whilst Makarov drank a large beer. The council had already sent in their complaints. Lucy was one of these helping in clearing up the rubble that was on the guild floor.

"So tell us Lucy. Who was that dashing fire mage you were making googly eyes at." Levy purred loudly. Lucy blushed furiously as she continued to sweep.

"Do you know him, Lucy?" Erza asked as she herd the conversation.

"No, I only met him twice now." She sighed, clearly disappointed. Levy and Cana gave each other a look, but before they could continue the guild doors opened revealing Natsu and a black haired man trailing behind him.

"Gramps!" He called over to the short man, clearly irritated by something. "Did you seriously agree with my mother that I need a body guard?"

"If you've got a problem with it tell it to your beer." Makarov stated at the young man. "You haven't been home in the last three days and no one knows where you've been." Makarov growled. Gray and Gajeel snickered from the roof. Natsu growled up at them and shot a large fire dragons roar at them knocking the backwards causing them to fall off of the roof.

"I need alone time as well, Gramps! I've been stuck on an Island for five years." Natsu growled at the older man.

"You know as well as I do that since you're twenty-two now you can't sleep with other woman besides your soulmate." Makarov deadpanned. Natsu sighed in defeat as he glanced at the black haired young man.

"Looks like I'm stuck with you, Doranbolt." Natsu stated as he stated at the young man.

"Unfortunately sir." He smiled mischievously.

"So where have you been this entire time? Our guild was practically destroyed." Gray growled as he and Gajeel waltzed in through the guild doors.

"I had to sign some things declaring that I'm not dead and also pay off some of the stuff Fairytail destroyed in the time I was gone." Natsu shrugged off his lie, though he did do those things as well, he wasn't going to tell them the entire truth.

"Listen man we're sorry about what we said a few days ago." Gajeel stated, clearly not wanting to apologize.

"It's fine, I guess I overreacted." Natsu smiled lightly.

"So we're good?" Gray asked hopefully.

"We're good." Natsu's smile grew even more, but didn't quite reach his normal toothy grin.

As they continued their conversation Lucy eyed Natsu with suspicion. Doranbolt had occupied a chair now figuring that they would be here a while, but something was off to Lucy. She shook her head trying to clear her current thoughts. It just couldn't be. Natsu was Fairytail's fire dragonslayer and The Flaming arrow was a fire dragonslayer, could it be that they were the same person?

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