Chapter 47: It's a Trap!
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(Natsu POV)
I stand up and look carefully to see the tomb closing and I look over to Lucy and nod, she nods back and begins to gather magical energy. Then she opens her eyes and they are glowing a bright gold, blinding me momentarily as she yells in a booming voice that is not her own, "Celestial Medium: Transport!" Then she puts her hands out and a bright light emits from them for a moment and suddenly eight lights, shaped like people, appear before her and the glow dims. From the eight lights came the entirety of Ronin, all eight mages alive and ready to go inside and finish our work.
"Ok, good work Luce. Now rest a moment and go back ok?" I said and she nodded, then I looked to everyone else and said to them, "Ok, everyone remember their part?" They all nodded and I nodded as well, "Ok, let's get going then!" Then I began to lead them down to the tomb until I had a strange feeling in my stomach and sniffed the air, holding my fist up to stop everyone.
"What's wrong boss?" Asked Esoj and I looked around and saw nothing necessarily wrong, just everything looked creepy. 'What was that?'
(POV Change to Zeref)
"Did the fool Dragneel take the bait?" I asked Lawhn and he nodded, a smirk on his face. "Good, tell the rune mages to throw up the barrier and the elite demons are to guard them." I said and Lawhn laughed and ran off, the plan working perfectly. "Now Natsu, there will be no chance of escape. Be ready, I will try to kill you and the only one capable of killing me is you. Our battle is now inevitable; no one is leaving Shi anytime soon." I said to myself and walked to the observation room and waited for the magic to happen.
(POV Change Back to Natsu)
I looked back and saw Lucy wave goodbye to me, then she lit up like a star and… nothing happened. I panicked and yelled to Gōsuto, "Gōsuto! Can you use your transportation magic to get out of here?!"
So Gōsuto tried to leave the area as well, but it was to avail, "WHAT THE FUCK?! Natsu! I think he knows we're here! It's a trap!" Sure enough the tomb opened up and out came hundred of demons and those weird zombie things Rai's group ran into back in Hargeon. "FUCK!"
"Defensive positions! LUCE! Call out some spirits! Preferably the big guns!" I yelled and lit my fists on fire and took point, and began mowing down the demons.
"Open Gates of the Lion, the Paladin, and the King! Leo, Arthur, and Spirit King!" She yelled and out came her three strongest spirits, the last two the strongest two in existence. 'Shit, I said call out the big boys but this is overkill.'
The trio charged into the fray and began mowing demons and zombies left and right, every which way they came they were promptly taken care of. "Hey you three! Can I leave the grunts to you guys?" I called out and they all nodded and motioned for us to go on ahead as the Spirit King yelled out, "Galaxia Blade!" and opened up a path for us to go through. Then Loke and Arthur flew into the gap and kept it open for us, taking down any demons that tried to get through. "Everyone else, come on! Let's get moving!"
"NATSU WAIT!" I heard Igneel yell in my mind and I look around and see him flying towards us, being chased by a lot of somethings, "I need your help! He sent these demon beasts after me and they're about as strong as an average dragon! I can't take them all by myself, I need you to help me out here! Hurry!" 'Shit! This is bad, I have to take care of family first!'
"Esoj, take point, I'll be right in after I finish up out here! Go!" I yell and see Esoj hesitate before looking around and seeing my family in trouble, then he nods and leads the group inside. I sigh and turn to the demons and enter my dragon force mode, wanting to end this quickly. The ground begins to crack under the pressure my dragon force exerts and many of the demons begin to choke on the pressure or simply fall unconscious. I charge at them jumping up in the air and yelling, "Hidden Fire Form - Crimson Lotus: Phoenix Blade!" which is my strongest attack and I land in the middle of all the demons, my flames crushing them and burning them right up. I release my dragon force mode so I didn't crush everyone inside with the surface that I was standing on which was now a crater where it had originally been a cemetery. I look and find at least three fourths of the demons are all gone now, nothing but ashes.
I turn to the spirits and nod a 'your welcome' and they nod back their thanks as they begin the mop up work. I turn and see Igneel closing in and I jump up and land on his back, standing upright and looking at these beasts that Zeref had sprouted, each one looking almost identical to a dragon but with scales that did not look as tough and necks that were very long but intimidating none the less. "Damn, they even look tough, Igneel you sure I'll be enough?"
"Do you mock the mighty Igneel and his equally mighty son? Of course we are more than enough! Now fight!" Igneel announced proudly and I nodded and lit my hands, preparing for battle. I waited until Igneel was close to one of them and jumped off of him and onto the beast's back, and exerted my power over it. Apparently it is a close dragon imitation as my dragon force mode quickly subdues it and it now obeys whatever I tell it to do, using merely my thoughts.
'Ok, take me to three on the left! Igneel has the ones on the right. Charge!' I ordered and it did as it was told, flying us towards the three on the left who looked shocked that one of their own was dominated so easily. I chuckled at their reaction and took the chance to light my hand with dragon force fire and it formed a sword that as big as a skyscraper, "Hidden Fire Form- Hell's Executioner Sword!" 'Get us close to them!' I ordered and he did just that and began fighting with the one he got the closest to, then I jumped off and ran across his opponents back and jumped up and swung the fire sword. I connected with my target which was above the one who's back I had used as a springboard and hit its neck, burning through his weak scales and cutting it's head clean off. The head falls as do I until I use my magic fire foot jetpack spell and shot up the other one who was at a complete loss at what it should do. I smirk at it's confusion and charge at it hoping to catch it off guard, but alas he recovered and avoided my sword that I had swung up trying to get it to join it's headless friend. Then I threw the sword up at the beast's chest and the sword hit its mark, sticking into the beast's chest and ending its short run at life. The sword was still solid, even though I threw and I glided over to the beast that was free falling and took the sword back.
I look and saw that the beast I had dominated had won its little struggle, holding its enemy's neck and head in its mouth. 'Good work now come back over here and pick me up. I get the feeling that wasn't the last of them.' And I was right, three more came from nowhere and began flying at me, looking pretty mad about their friends being killed. My beast threw the head in it's mouth at one and began grappling with it, causing me to sweat drop and sigh nervously, 'Um, ok you got him then. These two will be mine.'
"Hidden Fire Form- Hell's Fire Lance!" I yelled and the sword changed into multiple lances that while still quite large. I picked one up and used my fire to boost myself up and got to eye level with one of the beast, who clawed at me. I stopped his claws by stabbing his paw with the lance I had in my hand and it jerked it away, allowing me a perfect shot at its heart. I threw a lance and it hit the mark, the beast screaming in pain, but did not fall immediately so I picked up another lance from my back, where I had put the others, and threw another and it landed in the exact same spot, going right through the first and into the beast's heart. The beast cried out for a moment before it's scream became soundless and it fell to the ground, landing with a thud. I turn to see the other one now directly flying at me and all I have time to do is yell, "Hidden Fire Form - Crimson Lotus: Phoenix Blade!" the lances disappear but the fire of rebuke covers me instead and I fly at the beast, the fire forming a sword around me. I fly right at the beast and through its open mouth at an upward angle, hitting the beast's brain and killing it instantly. I look and see that my beast won again but a cost this time, on of its wings had a hole in it and it went down to the ground landing without a sound, 'Huh, what the fuck?'
When it landed, it landed on a blade. The Spirit King's blade and was now dead. "Spirit King! What the fuck man? I had it under my control you idiot! He wouldn't have hurt you!"
"Look where he was going!" He said and so I did and saw that underneath him was Lucy and I immediately understood.
"Oh. Never mind then! Good work!" I yelled down and felt something was off, so I looked to where Igneel was, and saw the problem.
He had taken down three of the six he was fighting, but the other three had ganged up on him. Now one had its claws in Igneel's neck while another had its teeth in Igneel's neck. The last one was hovering near him but had already done damage to Igneel, holding a piece of Igneel's right wing in it's mouth. "IGNEEL!" I yelled and flew over to where he was and lined myself up one of the beasts on his neck and yelled, "Hidden Fire Form - Crimson Lotus: Phoenix Blade!" I picked up speed and went right through the beast's stomach, burning his inside's up like a forest fire. The beast fell and let go of Igneel. The other beast saw its partner die and let go of Igneel who began to fall to the ground, unable to stay afloat now due to his destroyed wing. I turned to the two remaining beasts and cracked the bones in my neck and motioned for them to come at me. They fell for the bait and came flying at me, so I got into position and yelled, "Hidden Fire Form - Crimson Lotus: Phoenix Blade: Wings!" and the fire of rebuke coated my arms instead of my body, and fly in between the two beast. I flew in between their necks and since my arms were now wing blades, or wings that were made of blades, I cut off their heads in one clean sweep.
The now headless beasts fell to the ground and landed next to Igneel, who was breathing heavily and was in obvious pain. I slowly descended to where Igneel was and landed softly, my heart breaking into a million pieces seeing the pain Igneel was in. "Dad…" I said quietly and heard someone walk up next to me and saw that it was Lucy, whose spirits had long since defeated the demons. She put a hand on my shoulder and had tears in her eyes, understanding what this meant: Igneel's days of flying were now over, as were his days as the Mighty Igneel, King of the Fire Dragons. I walked up to him and put my hand on his head and whispered to him, "I'm so sorry Dad, just hang in there, Lucy will have Virgo heal you right up. Just hang on."
"Natsu… why can't I feel my wing?" Igneel asked and I looked into his eyes and saw something I had never seen before: fear. "Natsu! Why can't I feel my right wing?!" He asked slightly more panicked as I had yet to answer him and he looked me in the eye. I looked at him for a moment but couldn't hold his gaze and looked away, tears staining my eyes. "Oh, I see. So… its… its…" He started but couldn't bring himself to finish his sentence.
"Yes you old fool. Your right wing is gone." Said a melodic voice and I turned to see Grandine there, but her words did not match her demeanor or her eyes. "I am sorry my old friend, but it looks like your reign as the king of the fire dragons is over." She said and Igneel finally mustered the courage to look at his wing and saw that it was true.
He let out a mighty roar, but instead of anger behind the roar, there was only sadness, as he knew he was a cripple and no longer welcome among his fellow dragons. 'A dragon with no wings is just an overgrown lizard.' Is what he would say and I finally understood what that meant, their wings separated them and made them dragons, without them they really were lizards again.
Lucy came next to me and whispered in my ear, "You need to go. They still need you down there and it looks like we can still get Lumen Historie in to Shi, we just can't leave here. Now go." I looked at her and she nodded and took my spot next to Igneel.
"Yes. Natsu you must go, they need you now more than ever. Go, I have Grandine here she will look after me as will Luce. NOW GO!" Igneel yelled and I looked at him. He had pushed back his sadness for a moment and was giving me the look that always said to do my job.
"Ok, dad. I'll be right back…" I said and made my way to the tomb only to see that the door was closed now, so I pressed the button that Lawhn had pressed but the door did not open. "What the fuck…?" I then lit myself up again and got back into my dragon force mode and yelled, "Hidden Fire Form - Crimson Lotus: Phoenix Blade!" I flew at the door and hit it hard, but yet again nothing happened to the door. Instead writing appeared on it and I knew what it was, "RUNES! I'M STUCK OUT HERE!" As I yelled that Lucy came running over and saw that I was right and her eyes grew wide as she read the runes, 'None shall now enter the tomb of the Heartiphilias as long as the Black Mage Zeref lives.' I looked at her and she shook her head, she couldn't get it open on her own, "Fuck…" I said and plopped myself down on the ground as I knew we were fucked… well at least everyone inside of the tomb was. 'Gods, help them'
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A/N: Well shit, another plot twist. Hahaha… please don't hurt me! I will only accept tomatoes being thrown at me but please no rocks, swords, arrows, or anything else that can actually hurt me. Words are ok, but the arc title should have given it away, Natsu has no desire to get revenge against Zeref, but someone else does, two people do actually so I think we all know who will be fighting him. The second chapter will be up later on today so be on the lookout! Oh and i wonder if anyone noticed the Star Wars reference in the title, if not then you should look at it and if you did but don't understand it then you have not lived and should watch Star Wars episode six. We are also starting a new combination of ten obviously so. Remember! READ AND REVIEW, OR FAVORITE OR FOLLOW EVEN IF YOU SO PLEASE! ADIOS!