Hello everyone, sorry it took so long. I hope this can redeem myself. If you wondering about the next Naughty Dragon Tales chapter, I am still working on it, and I will update is soon as possible. As for the Akaini vs the Straw Hats, I don't have any motivation, but the next chapter will be the one to finish the story, which I am not sure when I am gonna post it.
Warning! Contains extremely disturbing content! Read at your own risk. You have been warned.
Hiro Mashima is the one and only owner of Fairy Tail. I don't own a thing.
Beta Read by Omni Creator Kami of Anime.
Key Words
"Talking"
"YELLING!"
"Thinking"
Magic
Chapter 16: The Envious Meeting.
"What the hell do you want, Mard Geer?" Alastor said, as Mard Geer smirked.
He was a man with long, wild dark purple hair in a ponytail and black eyes. He wore a long, ankle length jacket, light grey pants, a light purple frilly shirt and black shoes. He was also holding a brown book with the letters "E.N.D." in black.
"Isn't it simple? As fellow demons, we need to make sure to come to each other's aid. It was a good choice of Mard Geer to send Lamy to rescue you." Mard Geer said, recalling Alastor being rescued by the rabbit-eared demon. "And why would you want to help me, since I was aiding and working alongside a human, Jose Porla?" Alastor asked.
"That is exactly one of the reasons why you are here, Alastor. We may be demons, but even we have rules. And one the rules is that humans are more pathetic than insects." Mard Geer said and walked closer to Alastor in his glass chamber.
"Which is why, you are going to be punished for your actions, Alastor. Once your healing is finished..." Mard Geer said as he then got away, and then. "...you will have the punishment you need to learn what you are." Mard Geer said, as then a woman came in.
She was a woman with an very voluptuous figure, large breasts and well-trimmed thighs and had purple eyes. She wore a helmet that covered her head and face, with her green hair sticking out each side like wings, wore a purple one-piece suit, had bird like feet and claws, as she had an avian theme on her.
"Kyouka. You shall have the honor to give Alastor the punishment once the healing process is finished." Mard Geer said, which then Kyouka nodded with a "yes."
"Why don't you kill me, since I broke such a supposedly great rule?" Alastor said, as he knew working for humans was something Mard Geer saw as horrible.
Mard Geer turned around and then looked into Alastor with his eyes piercing into him.
"Because I have plans for you, Alastor, and you are right, you did brreak a rule, a great one in fact. As there are things that are worse than death in this world, you are going to have a punishment worse than death." Mard Geer said and then left the room, as Kyuoka smiled evilly at Alastor, who could only look down as he thought of what was coming.
The next day, at Fairy Tail...
"YOU ARE TOGETHER?!" The entire guild yelled.
Yep, the next day, Lucy and Erza went to visit Natsu, who now had Levy as a guest at his house. After some explanation and some scolding from Erza that Natsu didn't tell each of the girls that they are now Natsu´s mates, they then finally decided to go to the guild and tell the guild members the news of Natsu being a couple with Erza, Lucy and Levy.
"Natsu! You are so manly to be having three girlfriends!" Elfman shouted as he cried with pride of having one of his friends with three girlfriends. "Congratulations you four, I am so happy for your sake." Mira sweetly said as she smiled.
"Well, I never thought we would do this so soon." Natsu said as he rubbed the back of his head. "But everyone seemed to handle it." Lucy said. "While doing more than necessary." Levy said as she saw Jet and Droy came and then took a good look at the new Levy.
"WOW! Levy truly has gotten herself to a new level!" Both yelled as they admired Levy´s new body, much to her embarrassment, as she then blushed red.
"But don't forget that she is Natsu´s now." Erza said, making the duo pale and then ran and whine like babies in a corner.
"It´s not fair..." Whined Droy as he cried anime tears. "Why couldn't I have Levy? I am the strongest of us two." Jet cried. "Hey, who said you were better than me?!" Yelled Droy. "Because I can kick your ass in minutes, Plant head." Jet said. "Well, my grandma knows better insults than that." Droy yelled as he and Jet headbutted each other. "Take that back!" Jet said and then went into a verbal fight while headbutting, making Levy and Lucy sweat drop at the sight of them.
"I hope they don't take this too seriously." Levy said as she sweat dropped. "Don't worry, and also, they would have to stand against our boyfriend." Lucy sighed as she then looked at Natsu, smiling knowing that she was now one of his mates alongside Erza and Levy.
Natsu had said to her that he will probably gain more mates in the future, which Lucy didn't mind at all, in fact, she saw it as something wonderful, as more women could have a wonderful, strong and brave man like Natsu.
But all of those thoughts were tossed aside, when suddenly someone said something that would silence the guild for a moment.
"Are those breasts truly real?" Cana said as one of the first things the guild noticed when the four came in was Levy´s enlarged breasts, which they didn't explain as they wanted to tell that Natsu now dated the three women.
"Well, it´s kind of from when Natsu marked me." Levy said as she blushed. But before Levy could respond further, Cana grabbed one of Levy enlarged breasts, giving it a squeeze.
The action made the male population of the guild erupt in nosebleeds. Even Jet and Droy stopped fighting as they watched with eyes as wide and large as plates and blood came from their noses.
"Hehe, damnit, if there is something I now regret, it's that I didn't take my camera with me." Wakaba said with blood coming from his nose. "You said it, buddy." Macao said as he too had a nosebleed.
"Wow, they truly are real as I speak." Cana said as she gave some more experimental squeezes, which came to an end when Levy slapped Cana´s hand away as she blushed.
"Hey, I am still not sure if they are real too!" A group of perverted old men said, but they stopped once Erza had a black aura around her as she pointed with her sword.
"Do that and it will be the last thing you ever touch." Erza said as she threatened, with her voice that could be mistaken for a demon´s.
They immediately fled in fear from Erza like cats, as Erza sighed while Mira giggled.
As Natsu looked into the scene, grinning as he now announced his mates, as then a voice suddenly rang in Natsu's ears.
"Well, it seems like I came at the right time."
Natsu snapped out of his thoughts, as he heard a voice that he hadn't heard for a while.
"Natsu? Is everything alright?" Lucy asked concerned, with Natsu responding leaving the guild while saying, "Sorry, but I need to go home. I have some things to check." Natsu said as he left and once he did, Lucy spoke to the others.
"I hope Natsu is alright." The blonde said, which then Erza responded. "Natsu is probably thinking of what he had told the guild about the three girlfriends he had. By the way, can I speak with you Mira?" Erza asked the white-haired bartender.
"Sure, where do you want to talk?" Mira said as she saw no reason to object, as Erza then spoke. "Follow me." Erza said, which Mira nodded and followed her to the basement.
As the two women were in the basement, Mira then decided to ask what was on her mind. "So Erza, is there a romantic book you wanna..." But before the white-haired woman could finish, Erza interrupted and said, "No need to hide Mira, I know what you want." Erza said, making the white-haired beauty raise a brow in confusion.
"What are you talking about?" Asked Mira, which then Erza answered while having her hands on her hips. "Natsu." Erza said. Mira said. "Huh?"
"I know you are afraid that you won't have Natsu. During our childhood, your teasing was only a cover to show your feelings, as you were too "tough" to admit it. I know, because I did so too, and which I am currently one of Natsu´s mates." Erza said.
Mira had no words to defend herself against. The red headed knight was right, in her childhood, she had always had her thoughts on the Pink Haired Dragon Slayer, the first time she met him, the time she, Erza, Natsu and her sister Lisanna raised Happy, the times he went on missions and even the time when he left to train after Lisanna´s death.
"Mira." Erza said, stopping Mira from her thoughts. "Huh?" Said Mira confused. "If you want to have Natsu, here is your chance. The sooner you make a move, the more of a chance you will have." Erza said, which Mira then responded with a smile.
"I will. I shall be the next Mate Natsu will have, and I will be sure to have a time he will never forget when he does." Mira said with a smile.
"I am glad for you, Mira." Erza said while smiling.
"And once it's my turn, I am going to show Natsu that while I might not do any missions, but I can be still be wild in bed as I was before." Mira thought as she then smiled evilly.
With Natsu...
Natsu walked on his way home, as he never thought that the one from his inner self was coming back to him, not this soon at least. Natsu walked towards his house, as he then went in, seeing it empty, as Happy had gone fishing, as he wanted to prove that he could handle it himself.
As Natsu went in, he then sat down on the couch and then decided to deal with the issue.
"So you finally have come back, huh?" Natsu said to his inner voice. "Yep, you can bet on it. I have finally regained the power from when you last used me, Natsu-sama." The inner voice said. "Why do you call me that? We are the same person." Natsu said. "We need each other, and it would be ungrateful to respect each other." The inner voice replied, and Natsu then replied back, "Do you expect me to call you lord?" He asked.
"Nope, only to show you that you are the boss, from that day when we first met." The inner voice said, recalling back to their first meeting. "Why would I ever forget about that?" Natsu said as he recalled that event from his training.
Two years ago, a week after Natsu started his training...
"Nine hundred ninety-nine, one thousand!" Natsu said as he did his push-ups, which he then jumped on his feet and dried the sweat off, which were like as if he got up from bathing in a tub.
He was wearing black pants, black sandals, his white scarf and was shirtless.
"Happy! Let's go find something to eat, what do you say if we go and fish?" Natsu said, which then the blue cat flew into the scene.
"Aye sir!" Happy said. "Even though it is the only thing we ate in the last week?" Natsu said as he sweat dropped. "But nothing can stand higher when it comes to fish!" Happy said, making Natsu laugh.
As they went on fishing, which later resulted in them getting enough fish to last for a week, they went back as Natsu, who was now wearing a black jacket, looked into the sky while thinking. "Erza, Mira, everyone at the guild. Once I have returned, I will protect you, no matter what."
Natsu then remembered that Mira and Erza would probably kick his ass and scold him for leaving without telling them, which Natsu made sure to be prepared for. As the pink haired Dragon Slayer then remembered thay he too didn't like to leave them behind without telling, but he was too worried that they would stop him from doing so.
Hell, he even regretted not to ask Erza and Mira to follow him to train with him, so that he and the pair of beauties would be able to become stronger.
Natsu would then make Mira stronger to help her go through her loss of Lisanna, and Erza would make sure to be a better figure for the guild. Erza may be strong, hell, strong enough to be considered something to scare even the darkest beings, but she admitted once that there is even people that are stronger than even Gildarts, the man who took Natsu down like a fly.
Natsu sighed as he walked on the road as he watched Happy walk. He smiled as he remembered when he, Erza, Mira and Lisanna raised Happy while he was still an egg, and then remembered that in the Fairy Tail Guild, was the place he was born in.
If someone was born to be a Fairy Tail member, it was to be Happy, which Lisanna was so proud of. Lisanna may be dead, but Natsu swore to protect those he and Lisanna cared about, one of them being Happy, their adoptive son.
Suddenly, a large explosion was heard, as Natsu and Happy saw it coming from Lilac Village, the village which was close to the training spot.
"What was that, Natsu?!" Happy yelled.
"I don't know, but whatever that is, someone is asking for trouble. Happy, fly me there!" Natsu said, which then the blue cat did what he was told, grabbed him and flew towards Lilac Village.
At the village, which were in ruins and fire, a man that was 17 years old, had short black hair, brown eyes and had a number of scars on his incredibly muscular body. His attire was a pair of light brown shaggy pants, a black tank top and silver boots. He had a guild mark with resembled a black devil head with a demon's wings on it.
The man had a sinister smirk on his face as he got closer to a bald man with white overalls and a green shirt.
"PLEASE! Dont come any closer!" The man begged, which the black-haired man ignored.
"Oh, please don't say that. I have come all the way here to kill you all, so don't complain." The black-haired man said, and then transformed his right hand into a sword.
"But since I am in a good mood, I am gonna tell you the one who killed you. The name is Envy, the worst thing you will ever see." Envy said, and then slashed with his sword on the old man, which before he could touch him, Natsu appeared on the scene and kicked Envy in the stomach, sending him straight to a ruined tower.
As the tower came crashing down, Natsu went to the old man and helped him. "You´re alright?" Natsu asked him, which he then responded. "I am alright, thank you so much." The old man said, which then Envy came from the rubble, which terrified the old man, causing him to flee from the scene.
"Tsh. What a pain in the ass. Oh well, that old fart wasn't worth killing anyway." Envy said. "Who are you?" Natsu asked, which then Envy responded with a grin. "The name´s Envy, one of the Seven Sin Generals."
"Never heard the Seven Sin Generals, and your name sounds stupid." Natsu said, which then Envy laughed it off. "God, that was some kick you gave me. Despite the fact it didn't even break my ribs, I was truly impressed by your attack." Envy said.
Natsu simply got into battle position, as he prepared to fight Envy. "I don't give a damn why you attacked this village, but you are going to face the consequences for it." Natsu said.
Envy laughed and then. "Oh well. Let me know your name, Pink Haired man."
"Natsu Dragyama. The one who shall give you your punishment." Natsu answered and then turned towards Happy. "Happy, go and evacuate the villagers, and don't interfere." Natsu said, which Happy didn't doubt, since he knew Natsu would handle it easily, which he then responded. "Aye! And Natsu, make sure not to get killed, right?" Happy said, which then Natsu responded back. "I won't. Go and evacuate the villagers now." Natsu said, with Happy then flew with a "aye" to save the villagers.
"So, you are the infamous Dragon Slayer from Fairy Tail? It will be an interesting fight to come!" Envy said, which Natsu then responded by sending a massive stream of darkness at him, which Envy then grinned and transformed his right hand into a shield, which was in the shape of a war-door, was pitch-black, had a red cross on it and a round blue orb in the middle.
"Death Cross Shield!" Envy said as the stream of darkness hit the shield, protecting him and sending the darkness away in all directions.
Natsu was still in horror, as he didn't believe what he saw.
"Impossible, what was that?! It can´t be Re-quip, since he transformed his hand instead of summoning the shield, and it seems different from Take Overs, even from Partial ones." Natsu thought, but then snapped back to the fight as he then ran into Envy and then prepared another attack.
"Abyss Dragon´s Talon!" Natsu kicked while his foot was in darkness, which then Envy dodged it and then transformed his hand into a white ranseur´s head.
"Winter Warrior´s Pole!" Envy said as he then slashed with it, which made Natsu jump away.
"I am not done yet! Thousand Swords of the Mountain!" Envy then made numerous swords, in different shapes, sizes and colors from legs, arms and mid body, which he then sent then straight to Natsu.
As Natsu barely managed to dodge them, he hit and kicked the swords away as they came on like rain, which hit him on various places on his body.
As it then stopped coming, Natsu was left with his clothes in shreds, as the jacket was no more, and Natsu was now barefoot. Numerous of bloody marks were across his body, painting the body red.
Natsu panted heavily, as Envy grinned at Natsu´s bloody state.
"God, if I hadn't blocked and dodged most of the swords, I would have been turned to shredded cheese! This guy is different from any opponent I have ever met yet!" Thought Natsu, as he pulled out a katana, which was stuck on his left leg, which he then dropped on the ground. It was then that Envy slowly got closer to him, as he then transformed his arm again.
His arm transformed into what was looked like a katana, that had a black cross shaped guard. Envy then run and then jumped in the air, which Envy swung with his sword at Natsu, who dodged it, but it left a mark on his stomach, as the cut managed to cut the ruins in half with his sword.
He then started to stab him repeatedly, which Natsu tried to dodged, but most of them hit him in the stomach, due to the immense speed. Envy grinned as he then headbutted him in the head, sending Natsu to the ground.
"I am impressed that you are well in that state. But this is where it ends. Be glad you were stronger than the pathetic assholes I fought before. Don't worry, I will kill them all, once I have killed you." Envy said, more darkly at the last part.
Natsu hated to admit it, but he was right. They were all about to die after he was killed.
Natsu had his face down. Was he unable to protect them?
A image of Lisanna was shown.
Were they gonna die?
The image of Lisanna turned around.
Which he didn't stand a chance.
Lisanna then smiled in his image.
And bring nothing but sorrow and grief.
The smiling Lisanna appeared again, but then shattered into a million pieces, as then images of a heartbroken Mira and Elfman cried over her corpse.
"No..." Natsu said coldly. "What?" Envy said. "If you kill me... in the afterlife... I would never forgive myself, nor would Lisanna forgive me." Natsu said as he looked coldly in Envy.
"I will not let you kill me. Because then I won't be able to face the guild, even if it means death!" Natsu said which, Envy then scoffed.
"DON'T TALK SUCH RIDICULOUS SHIT!" Shouted Envy and then transformed his hand into a scythe, which was bladed like a saw, the blade was red as blood and then handled was crocked as a lightning bolt.
"Scythe of the Crimson Death!" Envy sent the scythe to kill Natsu, which then blood fell on the ground.
As silent as a stone, and still as one, a puddle was formed.
Natsu grinned as Envy widened.
Natsu held his hand into the blade of the scythe, causing blood to fell from it.
"Srew... you!" Natsu screamed and then punched him away, making him land on his feet. After Envy landed, he then transformed his hands in sabers, as he then run to Natsu and tried to strike him, which Natsu managed to dodge and then landed a heatbutt on his forehead.
As Envy then got back, he held his face in pain, not knowing that Natsu was in front of him.
"Abyss Dragon´s Iron Fist!" Natsu said as he punched him in the stomach, sending him flying to the ground. Natsu panted as he watched Envy catch his breath, which then slowly and slowly turned into a snicker, and then ultimately, into a laughter of a million psychopaths.
"I am impressed... SUPER impressed! It has been a while since I met someone of your caliber, and wow I am so happy. And for that, you shall witness, my Magic´s true power!" Envy said, which made Natsu´s eyes widen in horror.
"True power?! Is he saying that the attacks he attacked before wasn't for real?! What kind of Magic does he possess?!" Natsu thought with panic.
Envy, with a grin, pointed his index and left upwards on his left hand, while pointing it at Natsu, as it then slowly started to glow in a demonic green light, as a dark green Magic Circle appeared, which he then prepared.
"Unleash Souls: Third!" Envy said, as then three figures appeared from the Magic Circle and landed on the ground.
The first figure was a man who seemed to be wearing a black and red samurai armor, had a pitch-black cape that were tattered, had black gloves, a blue oni mask and on his helmet, were two big black curled goat horns. On his hands, were a katana with a black handle with red decorations, and the black guard was shaped like a cross.
The second was a man who was wearing a red cloak, with the hood covering its head, had a crocked scythe, with the blade in the shape of a lightning bolt, was in a skeletal armor with black between and its face was in resemblance with a cat with red eyes.
The third, was a knight in black armor, with the helmet resembling a dragon, had decoration of dragon scales across the armor, had a double-edged bastard sword as a weapon, with the handle black and twirls with a gold bolt at the bottom, and then guard shaped like a cross which was red, and had a shield that was in the shape of a war-door which was black, had a cross and had a orb in the center.
"Dammit, this guy can summon fighters...? Hold on, haven't seen it earlier...?" Natsu said as he noticed the Samurai´s katana, the Cat skull mask´s scythe and the Knights' shield.
Envy grinned as he then. "Congratulations! It seems you finally noticed! I bet you are confused as a child in math! Let me explain. The Magic I use, Collection of Souls, allows me to transforms various parts of my body weapons and others possession from the souls I collect, as the weapons you noticed the opponents I sent to you. But that isn't it´s true power, its true power is to summon the souls and fight for me!" Envy said as he then started to laugh like a maniac.
"And that is not all! The Warriors I sent you, are not ordinary everyday warriors! Those are warriors that are legends and are renowned for their immense strength and power! Each were able to finish centuries of wars in less than an hour!" Envy gloated, which he then announced each of them.
"The Samurai of the Red Fields, Akatsuchi!" Envy introduced the Samurai wearing red.
"The Crimson Death Cat, Whiskon!" Envy introduced the cat masked grim reaper in red.
"And the Death Cross Knight, Trevor Traicere!" Envy said as he then introduced the last of the trio.
"But shall we have enough of the introductions, and focus on the farewells, which is your life! Attack, all of you!" Envy ordered the three warriors.
Natsu coated his hands in darkness, as then Akatsuchi then swung his sword on Natsu, he managed to dodge it and punch him in the face, which then Whiskon struck his scythe on Natsu, who dodged it and then kicked him in the face. As Trevor rushed towards him, Natsu sent a barrage of punches at him, who blocked it with his shield, before Trevor then struck his sword on Natsu, who blocked it with his darkness coated arms, as he then gave a headbutt to the Knight´s forehead.
Natsu then jumped into the air, gathered air in his mouth and then:
"Abyss Dragon´s Roar!" Natsu sent a roar of darkness at them, erasing the trio of warriors Envy summoned into nothing.
As they turned into nothing, Natsu landed on the ground, facing Envy.
"Legendary my ass! If there is one thing that those asses were legendary, it's because of their easiness to take down." Natsu said.
"Well, sorry to disappoint you. But don't worry, I have more enough to satisfy you and your needs." Envy said as he then:
"Unleash Warriors: Twentieth!" Envy said as he then summoned twenty warriors with different armors, with three of them being the same as before, which Natsu noticed immediately.
"Three of them are the same as before." Natsu said, as Envy then grinned and then said. "Well, I am impressed a dumbass of your kind noticed it. Even if they are "killed," they will come back and are ready to fight again and again, if it is a thousand times!" Envy said and then the warriors he summoned ran towards Natsu.
"And don't worry, I shall play with you as much as possible, and it will be finished once you are dead!" Envy said.
Natsu grit his teeth as he coated his hands into darkness, as he then punched three knights in the face, as then a man in a wolf suit stabbed him with his claws in his waist, making Natsu bleed as he then punched him away, which then a man in a black ninja suit threw kunai at Natsu, who Natsu dodged, but then a large sumo wrestler came and fell on his stomach, hoping to crush Natsu, which Natsu then punched him in the stomach, sending him to the air.
A battalion of ten knights wearing silver armors, with volgues as their weapons came to Natsu, which then shot beams at Natsu, causing a massive explosion.
As a black smoke cloud came into the scene, two men, one blue and one black, the blue having a sword and the red having two swords, attacked Natsu, which Natsu then kicked them to the ground.
Suddenly, a man wearing a black robe and white sombre, shot a dot in his neck, making Natsu then feel dizzy and sick, which made him feel as if his inner organs rot.
"If you are wondering, that was The Eden Snake Toxin, making you feel dizzy and decrease your strength hundredfold." Said Envy as he watched the battle Natsu fought with his warriors he sent. Natsu grit his teeth, as he then tried to fight a duo of warriors, which Natsu had trouble due to the toxin, which then made the warriors hit him in the back.
"I hope the Familiars are entertaining, because I am going to send more for you to have fun with!" Envy said, as he then:
"Unleash Warriors: Hundredth!" Envy sent a army of a hundred souls at Natsu, who panted at the man coming to attack him.
A man wearing a green army suit shot with his giant rocket launcher at Natsu, which Natsu then sent a darkness roar at it, but it distracted him as an army of people in green suits and helmets, who were aiming their bazookas and missile launches at him, which then they shot at Natsu like crazy.
Natsu didn't have time do dodge, as the attacks hit him one after one, with an explosion after explosion, sending him into the ground with burn marks and bruises on him.
Before he could react, a massive man with scars, red eyes and with a black topknot hit him with a hammer, breaking his ribs as Natsu was sent to a man with two hooks as weapons, which he then cut Natsu.
He then fell to the ground, as Natsu was then surrounded by more and more of Envy´s warriors, which the black-haired man then raised his thumb pointing upwards, and then pointed it down.
The warriors then started to kick, slash, stab, and do all kinds of attacks on Natsu, leaving him with no opportunity to attack.
Natsu coughed blood as he fell deeper and deeper into the darkness, as if ink fell down, erasing the world in its colors, painting it black as the void itself.
"I don't want to die... not because if I am afraid to die... not because I want to beat this asshole... not even because I don't want to disappoint myself... I want to protect my friends and family, because no one, no one is going to die ever again!" Natsu thought, as then a large muscular man with gorilla themes picked him up, punched him in the stomach, then threw him to a wall which then a group of archers in green outfits shot arrows at him, which caused Natsu to then fell to the ground.
"So you want to live and win, huh?" A voice suddenly said.
"HUH?!" Natsu tried to say, but couldn't since he was in so much pain, before he knew it, everything went black as then fell on the ground.
As he got to meet someone which his life would never be the same again.
In Natsu´s Inner World...
"Ugh... where am I?" Natsu said as he looked around. He was in a room, with walls red as blood, with chains black as coal hanging from the ceilings, with hooks at the end, and the ground he was one was red bricks, as Natsu could feel the air coming through the openings.
He then looked into the hall, as more chains were there, lightened by torches, which seemed to levitate in the air, as Natsu then walked towards it by instinct.
Natsu walked and walked, as the chains seemed to have more than hooks, which were blades, spikes, saws and even maces, and as more came as Natsu walked, they got redder in blood.
And even parts of bodies. Hands, arms, legs, foots, heads and even inner organs where hanging on them. Livers where hanging on spikes, lungs on hooks, a heard on the sharp edges of a saw, brain impaled by blades, also in brain matter in several spikes of a mace, and even a headless, limbless torso was hanging from several hooks holding it.
As Natsu was walking, he could only be horrified by the look of it, but didn't let it, since he felt he needed to go on.
As more chains with body parts on them, Natsu finally came across a large gate, which was red like the roof, walls and floor, but had root-like tentacles surrounding it, giving it in the shapes of flames.
Natsu reached the door handles, which were black like the tentacle decorations, and the door knobs were shaped like black skulls, which both had red eyes and a pointed chin, with one horn each, with one on the left pointing upwards, while the right where pointing downwards.
Before Natsu even touched it, it then opened. As if it awaited him, the doors released for Natsu, who then watched as the massive door open, which then once they were completely opened, leading a large "dunk," Natsu walked in.
Inside the room, where more root-like tentacles were across the room, and on the floor, were skeletons of thousands, even millions on the floor, empty as air itself.
Natsu walked on a pattern, which made sure he didn't step on them, which the noticed the back of a figure, which seemed to wore a high collared cape, black as the blackest night itself, with three letters written in blood.
E.N.D.
Natsu, walked towards him, as before he could say. "Hello, you finally have come back after all these years?" The figure said without turning around. Natsu simply walked towards him and once he was close, Natsu said. "Who are you, and where am I?" Asked Natsu, making the figure laugh, which made Natsu confused. "Asking me about that is like you don't even know yourself." Said the figure, making Natsu even more confused. But then, Natsu got something other on his mind, as he didn't expect what he was seeing.
The figure turned around, showing his black pants, a open black leather jacket with fur on the top, exposing his bandaged chest, as he was barefoot, despite having bandages covering them, had iron bracelets on his forearms and as well as black gloves.
But if there was one most noticeable thing on him, it was that looked almost like Natsu!
Natsu was silent as he looked on the figure´s replica of his face. It was in the same shape, with differences such as his hair was white, had red eyes with black, lightning shapes pupils and had sharp fangs as teeth.
"You... are me?!" Natsu said confused as he looked into the replica of him, making the mirror image of him snicker.
"Hehe, it seems it has been way too long since we last saw each other, or rather, myself." The Copy of Natsu said.
"What the hell are you talking about?" Natsu said confused.
The Copy Natsu sighed as he then prepared what he was going to say.
"Well, it seems I have to tell you a thing or two since you don't remember. The name is E.N.D. in other words, you, as you are now in your Inner World, where time and space doesn't matter." E.N.D. said, reminding Natsu of the danger outside. "Don't worry, you are only still on the same place and nothing more has happened." E.N.D. said as he saw Natsu´s concerned look.
"But why am I here and what is going on? But mostly, do I have a way to come back?! I need to go back and finish that son of a bitch before he does any more damage!" Natsu said.
"And that is why I summoned you here, Natsu. To give you power." E.N.D., which made Natsu's eyes widen as he heard that, but then wondered why he knew his this, which were tossed aside since he knew saving the village was first.
"And if you don't trust me, it is the same as not trusting yourself, but is your choice." E.N.D said.
"Why do you want to give me power?" Asked Natsu, which then E.N.D. smirked. "Don't you listen? It is your choice, but then, here is something I want to tell. Since you are me and I am you, the same person, I have no reason to lie to you. After all, both of us are in grave danger, and if I don't give you power, you, in other words, we will die, and then the rest will die, including your blue cat, Happy." E.N.D. said.
As he mentioned Happy´s name, Natsu was as still as a statue. He didn't think of why he knew Happy´s name, but the fact he would die. The one he, Erza, Mira and Lisanna raised, who Lisanna saw as her own son, which was something she was happy to have done in her life. If he was killed and Natsu didn't do anything, Natsu wouldn't be able to meet Lisanna in the afterlife.
Happy was the friend who helped him, more than anything, as they both had their moments of fun, sorrow and rage together, as they both would be something to be reckoned with.
Natsu looked into E.N.D.´s eyes and then spoke once more. "Can I give you another name?" Natsu asked, which then got a reply. "Sure. I too think E.N.D. is a stupid name. Wanna choose?" E.N.D asked. "What do you think of Nayoru? "Na" from my name and "Yoru" from Yoruyama, the dragon who raised me." Natsu said. "Hm, I like it. I'll take it." The newly named Nayoru said as he then raised his hands, which then made the pitch-black roots move like tentacles, surrounding the duo.
"Natsu, are you ready to have your new powers?" Nayoru asked, which then Natsu responded with a smirk. "Bring it on, give me the power to protect." Natsu said, making Nayoru grin. "That is the spirit I expect from myself." Nayoru said as the tentacles then got to Natsu, touching him, which then everything to Natsu turned black again.
At the same time, in the real world...
Envy walked towards the beaten body of Natsu, which he then "tsched" and kicked him in the head, before he then walked away and then spoke to his army, "Kill him. He isn't worth being killed by me. But he has my respect, since he fought for so long." Envy ordered and then each of the warriors he summoned raised their weapons in the air, ready to strike them on Natsu to kill him, which then they then swung them down to him and once the weapons were inches from his bodies...
...a black light appeared, engulfing Natsu, sending Envy and his summoned warriors away. Like a rocket, Envy was sent to the ground which he then turned to see the pillar of black light coming, which then exploded in a flash of black sparkles.
A smoke mist was made, making Envy unable to see through, but then, a black tentacle with red suction cups and red flesh under it, was wrapped around a knight and slashed it to pieces! Envy couldn't believe what he was seeing, and then more tentacles came and sliced them as butter!
The blood, bones, flesh and organs fell on the ground, as they turned to dust, going back to Envy, who looked at the figure, which was coming clear to him by the second.
"What is it, Envy? One minute you all wanna fight me, next you are scared like a kitten?" Natsu said as then the smoke clearing, making Envy widen his eyes as he couldn't believe what he saw.
Natsu had now black marking on his feet and hands, which clearly shown since his jacket and shirt were torn, as well as his sandals, leaving him barefoot. On his chest, were black marks on his ribs, as his arms and legs looked like they had been dipped in black paint. His eyes were now red, and had black, lightning shaped pupils, as well as black marks across his face. The skin which wasn´t covered by the black markings, was now pale and lifeless as paper, and his hair was now white and lifeless as snow. But the most noticeable things, were the four black tentacles coming from his back, which had the red suction cups and under skin which killed his summoned fighters.
Natsu looked at him with eyes, colder than any winter, as his voice said with a tone that was like the coldest ice:
"I am done playing with you. I shall not forgive you for what you did to the village and its inhabitants. It´s time to taste the dark." Said the transformed Natsu.
End of chapter 16. Wow, finally done with this one, huh? We know where Alastor is, the guild got to know Natsu´s three girlfriends and a backstory of Natsu's two year training.
I am sorry if you were not only bothered with Natsu taken down by Envy´s troops, but also disturbed by the imagery Natsu said when he entered his inner world. The story is gonna be a lot darker, edgier, bloodier and gorier from now on, so that you know.
But also, we got to meet E.N.D., which I shall refer him in this story as Nayoru. If you wonder why I didn't make Nayoru didn't tell the history of him and Natsu, it is because in a PM with Said the Bird, (who is the maker of Prometheus, please check on that story, which is awesome as hell by the way), that he wished the unravel the plots a slower pace. And before you think about it, yes, Natsu´s demon form is inspired by Ken Kaneki from Tokyo Ghoul.
But we also got to meet with one of my OCs, which is Envy, which I hope you liked, I am having a lot of plans for him, as well as Alastor, which you saw at the beginning of the chapter, but I won't spoil anything. But anyway I am going now, plz review, favorite and follow, and next chapter will the fight between Natsu and Envy conclude, so stay tuned and see you later!