Chapter 7: Wind Vs Fire

Below the clouds, there was a giant feather soaring through the night sky with a young woman riding on top of it, and her name was Kagura, Naraku's second incarnation, to which she was sent by him to search for the Dragon slayer, Natsu Dragneel, also known as the Salamander and capture him. "That Natsu Dragneel…if he's that powerful as Naraku says he is, then he might be able to help me grant my freedom." Kagura thought with an internal smirk.

Meanwhile, it was a calm and peaceful night at the meadow, where Kagome and the others were treating Koga, the leader of the wolf demon tribe after he gotten himself handed to him by Natsu Dragneel. Koga then fluttered his eyes opened as soon he started to regain consciousness, and notices Kagome kneeling over him, and Ginata and Hakkaku standing over him "KOGA!" Hakkaku shouted. "You're finally awake." Ginata replied with the same reaction. "Here Koga, put this ice pack on your head." Kagome said softly, He then places it on the massive swelling on the left side of his temple were Natsu threw a killer right hook. "How are you feeling?" Kagome asked sweetly.

"Fine, I guess…" He replies, he then slightly winced in pain as he sat up and looked around. "What the hell happened?"

"You got your ass handed to ya by dragon boy over here." Inuyasha answered. "OI! WHO THE HELL YOU'RE CALLING DRAGON BOY FLEA BAG?!" Natsu shouted, inuyasha just ignored him for once.

"YOU!" Koga roared angrily as he tried to get up and charge at Natsu, but Ginata and Hakkaku held him back. "KOGA DON'T! HE'LL BURN YOU INTO A PILE OF ASHES!" Hakkaku warned fearfully. "YEAH! HE'LL ROAST YOU ALIVE!" Ginata exclaimed equally afraid as Hakkaku. "Koga, stay down, your injuries hadn't healed yet." Kagome said softly with a worried facial expression.

"Boy…Koga's stubborn as a mule." Shippo thought with a sigh. "You better listen to them wolf boy, cause I don't wanna roast ya like I did last time." Natsu said calmly with a cold glare, which it sent shivers down Koga's spine, he then grunted and did as he was told. "YEAH! YOU BETTER STAY DOWN YOU STUPID WOLF!" Happy taunted.

"THAT'S IT!" Koga roared as he charged at happy, balling and cocking back his fist intending to strike happy. "KOGA DON'T! HE'LL KILL YOU!" Ginata and Hakkaku screamed in unison. "Well, the mangy wolf's screwed." Inuyasha said plainly. "I'll say inuyasha." Miroku replied, Sango And Shippo just sighed while Kilala just meowed. "3…2…1." Shippo counted down, Natsu slams his fist into Koga's gut, making him fall to the ground with a loud thud. "THAT'LL TEACH YOU!" Happy mocked while sticking his tongue out. "They tried to warn him." Sango sighed. Natsu then picks him up by his ponytail and gives him a dark glare.

"Now listen ya flea bitten bastard, if I catch ya laying a finger on happy, I'll cook you like a smoked fish…GOT IT?!" Natsu growled, making Koga shudder in fear as he stared into his onyx colored eyes with slitted pupils, the others stared at him in shock, they've never seen that side of Natsu before. "You better listen to him Koga, I wouldn't make Natsu mad if I were you." Shippo told him. "I agree with the runt ya mangy wolf, even I'm not stupid enough to piss him off." Inuyasha said cooly.

"He's not joking Koga, and I'm not gonna hold him back." Kagome told him, Koga just grunts and says. "F-Fine whatever." He replies, trying to hide his fear as Natsu lets him go by tossing him to the ground. "Silly Natsu, you smoke fish with smoke, not fire." Happy said. "Whatever happy, it was just and expression." Natsu replied nonchalantly, he then turns his attention to Ginata and Hakkaku, who flinched in response. "So, what you guys said was true?" He asks with a hard, cold stare, one of them gulped nervously.

"Y-yes, it's t-t-the t-truth." Hakkaku stuttered. "W-w-w-we f-f-felt really b-bad when we d-d-d-did that, s-s-sorry." Ginata apologizes while squirming under Natsu's intense gaze, and to their surprise, he gave them a wide, toothy grin. "Don't worry about it, you just did that against your will." Natsu replied, they stared at him for a moment, they were shocked that this was the same person who beatened Koga to a bloody pulp and threatened to kill him. 'Y-yeah, I guess we did." Ginata said while grinning sheepishly, they then turned theire attention to happy. "Anyways, we hope you could forgive us."

"Aye! You're forgiven!" Happy chimed. "But he isn't." Happy deadpanned while pointing at Koga, who was sitting on the ground cross legged. "Keh, whatever." He said plainly. The others broke into laughter, while Kagome just merely giggled at the sight. "Things are changing quickly." Kagome thought to herself happily with smile. She then notices that the wind was blowing harder than usual. "What's going on?!" Happy screams.

"What the hell is this?!" Natsu exclaims while raising his arms in an x position for defense. Inuyasha then sniffs the air, and unsheathes the tessaiga. "She's here…" Inuyasha growled. Natsu raises a brow in response. "Huh? What the hell are you talking about, who's here?" Natsu asks in confusion, then out of nowhere, a young woman appeared right in front of them, she was wearing a white kimono with crimson colored flower designs, turquoise earrings, was completely barefoot, and her dark brown hair was tied in a small, high pony tail by a feather, and had ruby red eyes and lips, and had a fan in her hand. "KAGURA!" They roared in unison, except for Natsu and Happy who gave them puzzled looks. "Hey Sango, who's that?" Happy asked her.

"This is Kagura, She's a wind demon and Naraku's incarnation." Sango answered, Natsu and Happy then gave her shocked looks. "So she's in kahoots with this Naraku bastard?" Natsu asked. "yes Natsu, she's an ally of Naraku." Miroku replied, Inuyasha then walks up to her and glares at her. "What the hell are you doing here Kagura?!" He growled while she just smirked. "Relax Inuyasha, I'm not here for you, I'm here for him." Kagura replied while pointing at Natsu. "Huh, why's she after me?" Natsu thought in confusion. "Keh, well I you want him, you're gonna have to go through me!" Inuyasha roared while in a battle stance, koga then stepped in his way while struggling to get back on his feet. "H-hey mutt face let, me handle this." Koga told him. "YA MANGY WOLF! YOU CAN BARELY STAND!" Inuyasha barked.

"IT DOESN'T MATTER! IHAVE TO AVENGE MY PACK!" Koga shot back, Natsu and happy stood there with slightly wide yes. "Wait, avenge his pack?" Natsu questioned, earning a nod from sango. "Most of his pack were killed by Naraku, and Kagura did the same." Sango answred, Natsu and Happy stared at her in shock. "YEAH! THAT CURESD WENCH KILLED OUR ENTIRE FAMILY!" Hakkaku roared angrily, Natsu then moved his head down, making his bangs cover his eyes. "Wow…I'm starting to feel bad for the guy." Happy said in a sympathetic tone. Natsu then walked passed him with his hair still covering his eyes, happy always knew that look when someone's close family were killed, the others stared at him in shock. "NATSU DON'T! Sango and Miroku shouted. "Don't you worry guys, just leave this to natsu, he dealt with wind guys like her before." Happy reassured them

"If you say so happy." Sango replied, she then looked at Natsu with slight concern on her face. "Please be careful Natsu…" She thought anxiously, Natsu then shoved Inuyasha and Koga out of the way while walking between them and walked straight towards Kagura. "YOU IDIOT! WHAT ARE YOU DOING, YOU'RE ONLY GONNA GET YOURSELF KIILL-

"Stay back…" Natsu said sofltly. "Look pinky just let me and mutt face-

"I SAID STAY BACK!" Natsu roared, making Koga and Inuyasha flinch, they nodded in response and did as they were told, Natsu then turned his attention back to Kagura. "So…you told them to stay out of the fight just to protect them? How cute." Kagura said teasingly. "So, is it true that you killed this guys pack?" Natsu asked in a low voice. "Only half, it was quite enjoyable…" Kagura answered with a smirk, she then notices the temperature was steadily rising and saw that Natsu's body was surrounded by clad, red orange flames, the heat was so untense that she could feel it burning her cheeks and the soles of her feet. "T-this heat, what is this?" She thought in slight fearful awe. Natsu the shot up and she saw that his eyes were glowing red, then a low guttural growl escaped his throat, sending shivers down her spine. "Hehe, she's gonna get It now." Happy said with a confident smirk

"I'M GONNA MAKE YOU PAY FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE!" Natsu roars while dashing towards her. "We'll see about that, DANCE OF BLADES!" She shouted as she used her fan to launch wind like blades towards Natsu, but to her dismay, he dodged all of them with ease. He then leapt in the air, reared back his fist, and ignites it in flames. "FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST!" He bellows as he throws a blazing punch to her temple, sending her flying. He then starts engulfing hus arms in fire and starts spinning them in a circular wing like motion. "FIRE DRAGONS' WING ATTACK!" He snaps his arms forward like whips, slamming her to the ground. He then ignites his right foot in flames and starts to do an airborne front flip. "FIRE DRAGON'S CLAW!" He shouts as he throws and axe kick aiming for her head, but she managed to dodge it and his kick leaves a small crater in the ground. "What is he…he's like a living fire ball!" Kagura thought in panic. "FIRE DRAGONS'…ROOOOOOAAAAAAARRRRRR!" He howls while breathing an enormous, continuous stream of flames from his mouth, heading straight towards Kagura. "WIND GUST!" She shouts as she used her fan to blw a gust of powerful wind to blow the flames away, but the flames blasted through the wind and she stood there with wide eyes. "What?! How?!" She thought schock, then the flames hit her blasting her away. Then Natsu suddenly appeared in front of her in a blink of an eye, throwing a flurry of flaming punches and kicks, which kept connecting with her body and face while causing explosions. The others stood there and watched both amazed and intimidated, except for happy who was rooting for him.

"YEAH! GO NATSU!" Happy and cheered on. "Woah, I've never seen Natsu fought this fierce." Shippo thought in awe. "Amazing…" Both Ginata and Hakkau said in awe. "He's beating Kagura with no problem at all." Kagome said with amazement. "I don't think there's anyone in the world that could beat Natsu right now." Inuyasha said slightly intimidated as he placed the tessaiga back in its sheathe. Koga couldn't help but feel a little jealous. "This guy…he's dealing with Naraku's incarnation like some annoying fly! I need to get stronger." He thought with determination and slight envy.

Natsu continues the brutal assault and the last two attacks were a skull shattering right uppercut, and a devastating headbutt to the nose, sending her skidding back into the ground. She then lifts her head up, her vision was slightly blurry but she could see Natsu clearly walking towards her, she sees natsu's eyes once again giving off that red glowing color, and started shuddering in fear. "H-h-how c-can amer h-h-h-human make me q-quiver? No h-he can't be human, he's a m-m-monster." Kagura thought fearfully, she then starts struggling to get back on her feet, and notices him grinning wildly showing off his fangs. "Looks like it's time to end this, cause I've got a fireball with your name on it." Natsu said with a feral grin and a menacing glare while lighting his fist on fire.

"How can your fire overpower my wind?!" Kagura asks in both anger and fear, Natsu couldn't help but grin even wider. "My fire ain't normal fire, it can burn anything in its path. Including you." He answered with a menacing voice, she then scowled at him while quaking in fear, she looked like she wanted to murder him. "MONSTER! "DANCE OF THE DRAGON!" She screams at the top of her voice while creating large, multiple tornados with her fan attempting to finish Natsu off, his grin then faltered and formed a more serious expression as the tornados headed straight towards him.

"NATSUUUU! WATCH OUT!" shippo warned. "NATSU! GET OUT OF THE WAY!" Kagome shouts in anxiety. "YOU IDIOT! WHY ARE YOU JUST STANDING THERE?! YOU COULD BE KILLED!" Inuyasha shouts in frustration. "What's going on, why isn't Natsu moving?" Miroku questioned while concerned for natsu. "He's up to something." Happy answered, Miroku raises a brow at that. They then notice Natsu spinning around with his arms out in a circular motion while his hands were lit on fire. "DRAGON SLAYER SECRET ART: FLAME LOTUS EXPLODING FLAME BLADE!" He screams at the top of his voice as he blasted a large torment of flames that overpowered the tornados and headed straight towards Kagura, burning her alive and she was screaming at the top of her lungs in pain along the process, the others stood there in shock, except for happy. "Naraku…i-I failed…he's just too powerful. " She thought while falling to the ground unconscious, which now she was bruised, battered, severely burned, and was twitching terribly.

"H-he just beaten Kagura o-on his own." Ginata said while gaping at Natsu. "Aye! That's Natsu for ya!" Happy chimed. "But I think he got carried away." He added while surveying the scorched and burned grass.

"Well…that wasn't much of a challenge." Natsu said while rolling his right shoulder. "NASTU!" A voice called him and saw happy flying into his chest and shippo climbing onto his shoulder with the others walking behind. "THAT WAS AWESOME NATSU! YOU BEAT KAGURA WITHOUT BREAKING A SWEAT!" Shippo exclaimed in amazement. "Yeah, but she wasn't too tough though." Natsu replied with a toothy grin while ruffling Shippo's hair. "Well, it looks like you're okay natsu." Kagome said while sighing in relief, Natsu just grinned at her in response. "How did you overpower kagura's wind?" Inuyasha questioned with his arms crossed. "We're all equally curious on how you managed to do so." Miroku said calmly, soon they stared at him waiting for an explanation. "Like I said, my fire ain't normal fire." Natsu told them with a grin, they then gave him puzzled looks. "What do you mean by that Natsu?" Sango asks curiously.

"He means that his flames are hotter than any normal flames." Happy trails off. "They can burn even the strongest objects, and gets hotter when enraged." Happy finishes.

"I see…" Miroku inquires. "Anyways, thank you for beating kagura." Ginata says meekly. "Yeah, thanks a lot." Hakkau thanks with abow. "No problem, it's what I do." Natsu replies with a wide grin.

"Hey ginata and hakkaku! Lets get going." Koga told them. "Right behind you Koga!" They replied as they began to follow them. But Koga then turns to Kagome and hoolds both of her hands. "Farewell Kagome, and don't you worry, I will ." Kagome come back with Naraku's head." Koga said gently, Kagome laughed nervously, Inuyasha growled, and the others, including Natsu and Happy, sweat dropped in response. "Man…that guy's just like loke." Natsu deadpanned. "Aye, you said it Natsu." Happy deadpanned along with Natsu. "YOU MANGY WOLF! GET YOUR HANDS OFF KAGOME!" Inuyasha roars while cocking back his fist and dashing towards Koga, intending to strike him.

"INUYASHA! SIT!" Kagome shouts. WHAM! Inyasha then fell to the ground face first, Natsu and Happy bursted in to hysterical laughter. "Anyways later Kagome!" he shouts over his shoulder while dashing at full speed.

"HEY KOGA! WAIT FOR US!" Hakkaku shouts as him and Ginata followed him. "OI WENCH! WHY DID YOU DO THAT FOR!" Inuyasha roars as he stood back up. "Because Koga was too banged up, and I didn't want you to make his injuries worse." Kagme answered, and Inuyasha grumbled in response.

"YOU LIIIIIIIIIIKE HER!" Happy teased with his paws over his mouth, Kagome blushed in response and Inuyasha started too chase happy around. "THAT'S IT! COME HERE YOU DAMN CAT!" Inuyasha barks while trying to catch happy.

"Hey Kagome, aren't you gonna stop him?" Sango questioned. Kagome nodded in response. "No, Natsu's got this." She replied as he watched Inuyasha being beaten by Natsu once again. "THAT'LL TEACH YOU TOO MESS WITH HAPPT!" Natsu shouted in anger. "YEAH YA DUMB DOG!" Happy taunted while sticking his tongue out at Inuyasha, who was struggling to get back up and growled at happy.

"Why you little…" He snarled.

"INUYASHA SIT BOY!"

WHAM! Inuyasha fell to the ground on his face once again Natsu and Happy laughed at him when that happened, including Shippo.

To be continued…. I HOPE YOU GUYS ENJOYED THIS, REVIEW TO SEE WATCHYOU THINK.