The Slayer in action

Well, this was a sudden turn of events.

As of right now, they were surrounded by masked creatures, Diluc muttered something along the lines of "Hilichurls", Natsu guessed that's what these creatures are called.

Seeing as some of them readied their weapons, both Diluc and Kaeya readied themselves for a battle, while Natsu could only sigh in annoyance. This was supposed to be a fun trip for the three of them, and he isn't going to let some masked freaks ruin their time.

"How did it come to this?" The dragon slayer said as he ignited both of his fists.

Natsu was still in bed, sleeping soundly, completely unaware of both Kaeya and Diluc who were watching him sleep. It's already 8 am and the both of them decided to wake him up.

Diluc walked shyly towards Natsu, he nudged the dragon slayer's sleeping body and told him to wake up, but to no avail, he didn't. Seeing as Diluc is about to give up, Kaeya put his hand on Diluc's shoulder, and pointed to a bucket full of water, his eyes held with mischievous intent.

The red-haired boy began shaking his head frantically as if he was begging the blue-haired boy to not do it. Meanwhile, Kaeya was just smirking while holding the bucket on top of his head.

"Oh Mr. Dragneel, wake up!" Kaeya shouted as he dumped the water on top of Natsu.

Natsu meanwhile suddenly woke up from Kaeya's sudden scream, he frantically looked turned his head from all over the direction, looking for any threats whatsoever, until he realized that there was none. He turned to look at Kaeya who has a smug look at his face, the kind that Natsu wants to strangle, he then turned to DIluc who has a terrified look on his face, as if he was scared of a punishment that he will receive from a parent.

The dragon slayer then noticed that his bed sheets were wet, as in extremely wet, and not only that his clothing and bandages were also wet as if someone... dumped... water... on him.

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It took a moment till Natsu realized that, Kaeya had just dumped water on him, and it was safe to say that the dragon slayer was angry.

His body then started to heat up, the wetness on his own body was starting to disappear, as it was replaced by hot steam coming out of his body.

Both Kaeya and Diluc started to back away from fear, they slowly made their way to the door and were ready if needed to run for their lives.

"You... you... BRATS!" Natsu shouted and shot up from his bed.

The two children began running and started screaming for their lives, Natsu was not so far behind while saying "You're dead". The three of them started chasing each other around the manor. After a few minutes of playing cat and mice, he finally caught up with both of them, the brother was now hugging each other for dear life, Natsu was just smiling ominously, walking slowly as he started to crack his fist.

Let's just say he punished these children like how Erza would punish both him and Gray.

As of right now all three of them were preparing to go outside, the brothers planned to take him to Springvale, they said it was a nice small town near the city. He was given fresh clothes by the maids to his previous one being wet. His outfit consisted of a clean long-sleeved white shirt, black pants, and a new pair of leather boots.

He asks one of the maids if they saw his scarf, he explained that it was a gift from his father before he passed away. Natsu described it as a white scaly looking scarf.

After hearing Natsu's story, the maid took pity on the dragon slayer and immediately went to one of the laundry baskets that were ready for washing. She rummaged through the dirty clothing until she found a scarf that Natsu described to her.

Once he was dressed, he both met Diluc and Kaeya waiting for him outside, their face is a bit bruised from Natsu's little beatdown earlier, they were bickering about whose fault it was for waking Natsu up. Seeing this, the dragon slayer couldn't help but chuckle.

"Heh, just like our childhood, huh Gray?" He thought, as both, the kids grabbed both his hand and dragged him to this place called Springvale.

And that's how it happened. The dragon slayer recalled what happened earlier this morning, and right now, they were still surrounded by Hilichurls.

Both Kaeya and Diluc took out their wooden sword, it wasn't much, but it was better than facing these creatures armed than unarmed.

Natsu was still trying to analyze the situation. Usually, he would charge in without a second thought and beat his opponents, but he needed to play his cards rights this time, he has two kids to protect, and one of these creatures could easily attack both of them.

Right now, he noticed that there were eight hilichurls, four of which has clubs, two have crossbows, a weird-looking one with a staff, and a large one with a battle-ax. He guessed that the big one is their leader.

And with that, his plan was formulated. Natsu still having his fist ignited, took a deep breath and decided that he would be the first to strike.

The dragon slayer instantly blazed through in front of the big hilichurl's face, the hilichurl was caught by surprise, as a flaming fist connected to his face and was sent flying, the poor thing couldn't even react to the attack as it was sent flying before crashing down to the ground.

Both Diluc and Kaeya's eyes went wide, never had they seen a person sent a Mitachurl flying, let alone, the person they saw was only using his fist. And now that they thought about it, they didn't see him have a vision either, it was just too bizarre for the both of them.

The other hilichurls were also caught by surprise, but their shock quickly turned to anger as the hilichurls quickly aimed their crossbow and fired their bolts of arrows in the dragon slayer's direction.

Natsu avoided the arrows easily, and made his way to the hilichurls who were firing at him, but was quickly stopped by hilichurls with clubs.

He growled in annoyance, as these creatures are really getting into his nerves.

"I don't have time for this, Fire Dragons Iron Fist!" He said, as he launches his flamed fist into the hilichurls.

The hilichurls who tried stopping Natsu was caught in flames, they all let go of their weapons as they attempted to put the flames put of their body, but it was futile as the flames burn them to a crisp and died an agonizing death.

The hilichurls with crossbow could only back away in fear, as the person before them slaughtered their comrades so easily, they saw that he was approaching them slowly, his eyes burned with anger and hatred, the hate in his eyes was so intense that a hilichurl pissed itself.

The dragon slayer can only feel pity as he watches the sight of the hilichurls in front of him, some of them beg for mercy, while others is still trying to fight, they were giving it their all, despite them fighting a losing battle.

"Might as well finish them off so that they won't hurt anyone in the future" Natsu could only sigh, as he took a deep breath and exhaled, releasing a dragon's roar at them.

The hilichurls was screaming in pain as the fires took over their body, their cries can be heard all the way to Mondstadt, they were all begging for help, somebody, anybody that can save them, but alas no help came.

As the fire subsided, there was nothing left, but ashes. Their weapons were burned to crisp, their bodies were cremated, and their ashes were blown by the wind.

Both Diluc and Kaeya watched Natsu's display of skills, as he killed the hilichurls without mercy, they couldn't help but admire the dragon slayer's power, but also a bit of fear due to them seeing blood for the first time.

Natsu was breathing heavily, his wounds were acting up as pain surged throughout his body. He screamed in pain, as the wounds were too much to bear.

"D-Damn it, my wounds aren't fully healed, and I had to use my reserved container just to protect these kids." He thought, as he fell to the ground in pain.

"Mr. Natsu!" The brothers quickly rushed to Natsu's side to see if he was ok.

"Are you alright, Sir Natsu?" Diluc asks, clearly worried at the dragon's slayers state.

"I'm in the ground in pain, how can you think that I'm alright." Natsu answered sarcastically, as he gets up from the ground.

"Anyway, let's get to Spring-" Before Natsu could finish, Kaeya interrupted him.

"Clearly your wounds are more important to aid, we can go to Springvale once you're fully healed. Both me and Diluc was also foolish to force you to come to Springvale with us when you still need to heal."

"But I'm fine, I can walk off my wounds, and besides, the town is not far from here." Natsu protested.

"No, Kaeya is right Mr. Natsu, it's our fault that we got you into this mess, so please, let's just go back to the manor so you can heal." Diluc begged the dragon slayer.

Natsu can only sigh. They were right. He needed rest; his body is still in pain, the injury he got from the fight with Acnologia was too fatal, the wound could last about three months to heal.

So, without saying anything, he went along with the kids, and back to the manor. They didn't say anything regarding, as they went back, it was a heavy topic to bring out to the dragon slayer.

After they arrived, Natsu immediately went to his bed, not before taking one last glance at the two boys, they were still a bit traumatized at what he did, and he couldn't blame them, after all, this was not the first time he ever spilled blood.

Not much to say about this chapter, but I tried to make a fight scene. But anyway, what do you guys think, was it good or bad? Leave it in the reviews.