Hello everyone, here is the next chapter, sorry it took so long.
In one of the reviews for the last chapter, The Anonymous Fanfic Author, warned me not to go too far with the blood and gore, or I would have trouble with the admins, which I promise not to do. But I am absolutely gonna make sure not to have that "Zeref Dies, Natsu dies"-bullshit from canon, which I will not have in this story, which I will thank Author a thousand times for reminding me that. I would also like to thank Marcello for being the 300th fave.
But anyway, enjoy this chapter.
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Key words.
"Talking"
"Thinking"
"YELLING"
Magic
Chapter 17: Nayoru Arc II Final: The Demon and the Sword
The group of villagers were gathering in a camp where they were currently tending to their injured, as they were followed by Happy the cat.
Happy watched, along with the rest of the villagers, the black light that was seen earlier on, which then turned into an explosion.
"Natsu, stay safe." Happy said as he knew Natsu would defeat Envy.
With Natsu and Envy...
Envy could only look in terror as he saw the new form of Natsu.
As Natsu´s cold red eyes looked into Envy, his tentacles raised in the air, as the four were sent to him. Envy grit his teeth and ordered his soldiers to protect him and kill Natsu, which they then got into a line formation, which the tentacles penetrated the soldiers like knives into paper.
Natsu then raised them to the air, as he tore them to pieces like papers, with their limbs, flesh, bones and organs falling on the ground like shredded paper.
The bits of the soldiers turned into black mist, while Envy could only watch in silent terror as the Familiars were torn apart, which then Natsu jumped into the air and sent his tentacles at him, which caused Envy to turn his arm into a shield, which the tentacles penetrated into his body, breaking the shield and making Envy scream in pain.
Natsu took two of his tentacles out of Envy, with two of his tentacles still stuck on Envy, and got closer to him, which Envy then tried to strike Natsu by turning his hand into a sword, which Natsu grabbed it with his tentacle.
Envy then made ten swords appear on his stomach, shooting them into Natsu's torso, making Natsu let go of him with his tentacles.
Envy panted as his held his hand where he was impaled by Natsu´s tentacles, which were bleeding like crazy.
"God damnit! What the hell happened?! In one second he was nothing and now he takes me on like nothing! What the hell am I even saying, I can't be defeated by him!" Envy thought, with Natsu then looking down as the swords stuck on his chest.
Natsu then got a twisted grin, making Envy´s eyes widen with terror, which then the swords Envy sent fell off Natsu´s chest fell of like leaves from a tree during fall.
And not only that, but the wounds on Natsu´s chest healed in lightning speed, leaving steam behind where the wounds once were.
Natsu looked at him with his cold, now crazy eyes as he then spoke. "Don't worry. I am only just getting started!" Natsu said as then at the tip of his tentacles, black orbs of darkness gathered in them as he then prepared a new attack.
"Orbs of Void!" Natsu said and then the orbs turned into black beams at Envy, which then impaled him, causing enormous pain and tremendous damage. An explosion sent Envy back to the ground, which he then got up, grit his teeth and then summoned two hundred Familiars to fight by his side, as he then ordered them to attack Natsu.
The Familiars rushed to attack Natsu while raising their weapons, which were swords, spears and all kinds of other weapons, with the latter looking at the ground, which then more tentacles came from Natsu's back, as he looked at the army of Familiars coldly.
"Since you are all dead, I am gonna remind you why death is terrifying!" Natsu said as he then used his tentacles to slash, cut and stab the enemies, cutting some to pieces, others to stab and even killed them from the inside.
Natsu then started to spin around as his tentacles became similar to a buzz saw, cutting the army of Familiars like wood, as the blood, flesh and bone became like saw dust. "Velvet Buzz!" Said Natsu and then stopped spinning, which then the pieces from some of the Familiars turned to black mist and went back inside Envy´s body, which Natsu then jumped in the air, as he then sent his tentacles and stabbed the army of Familiars, killing them instantly, one by one. "Nightmare Impalement!" Natsu said and then slashed his tentacles like wings, as he cut them in half one at the same time, which painted the ground crimson as the bones fell to the ground, turning them to mist. "Wings of the Moon!" Natsu said as he attacked them, which caused the Familiars to turn to black mist.
He then jumped back as a division of knights in black armors came to attack him, which Natsu formed four massive swords, with cross shaped guards and the blades as large and wide as a tree.
"Swords of Night!" Natsu said as he stabbed the black knights like flies, with their armor being pierced like butter, as their blood flew in the air and landed on the ground, which they then turned to black mist.
Natsu then saw himself surrounding by more Familiars, which he then used his four swords to slash and stab them in all directions, as their pieces fall everywhere.
"What is this guy?! He can't be normal, even by Mage standards! At this rate, I will never be able to escape this alive!"Envy thought and then transformed his right hand into a large sword, with was white as paper, had the handle red as blood and in the shape of a flower and was in the size big enough to cut a horse in half.
"Sword of the White Epidemic! This sword belonged to a fearsome tyrant to spread an epidemic white and lifeless as paper without words, as it couldn't be described with words. One strike is enough to kill a single Wyvern! You won't even be able to know when you got hit, once it has touched your skin, it has killed you!" Envy said as he then gathered white energy in the sword and then swung it towards Natsu, sending a slash of white energy at Natsu. "Ivory Reap!" Envy said as he sent the attack.
Natsu simply stood still as his tentacles formed together and together, as then formed a Celtic pattern, with the tentacles binding and connecting like roots and moved like a pile of snakes, which then formed into a shield, which was black as a moonless night.
"Shield of the Starless Sky!" Natsu said as the white beam struck at the shield, which then flashed in a snow-white light, before it then erupted in a pillar of whiteness, as it was sent to the sky, making it be seen from miles.
Envy could only watch as he couldn't believe that Natsu took on the attack like nothing. As Envy watched the shield, which didn't have a single scratch or bruise on it, the suddenly unraveled its tentacles, showing Natsu completely unscratched, with no injuries or scars.
"What... WHAT THE HELL IS THIS ASSHOLE?!" The terrified Envy screamed mentally as he swore like he never did in his life before.
Natsu panted mentally as he heard Nayoru from the inside.
"Natsu-sama. We are reaching our limit. At this rate, will have no energy before we defeat him." The inner voice of Nayoru said.
"Yeah, so then let's defeat him before he can have the upper hand. The next attack shall be the last." Natsu mentally communicated with Nayoru.
"Envy." Natsu said. "What"? The Dark Mage said, as he wondered what he was about to say. "If I were you, I would run. The next attack will end you and not even I am sure if you will survive or not. I am only telling this once." Natsu said.
Envy, was in a moment of silence. He, a man whose confidence was high as a mountain? A man who has been killing millions with his Magic and stricken terror to the hearts of the bravest? The mighty Envy who never showed mercy?
Was being offered by the Dragon Slayer to flee for his life.
He looked into the ground, and then gave his answer.
"LIKE HELL I AM GONNA RUN! I AM ENVY, ONE THE SEVEN GENERALS! YOU ARE GONNA REGRET IT FOR UNDERESTIMATING ME!" Envy shouted in rage as he grabbed his right forearm with his left hand, as he was surrounded in dark green Magic energy, which he then manifested for his next attack.
"Unleash Weapon: Bow of the Black King!" Envy said as he transformed his hand in a crossbow, which was wide as a cow and long as a giraffe's neck, which was pitch black as a raven.
"No one has ever seen this attack and seen it again. You will become not even dust once it hits you!" Envy said.
Natsu simply stood still, as he then his tentacles aimed at Envy, which then started to gather around in a black energy ball, flowing with energy of darkness.
"I see. Then I shall give you the attack that you will never forget. Even if you died." Natsu said and then launched his attack.
"The Moon of the Darkest: Million Stars!" Natsu said and then ball erupted in a beam of darkness, which then got divided into smaller beams at the Dark Mage.
"Arrow of Ebony!" Envy said as he shot a massive black arrow big enough to penetrate an elephant at Natsu, which left black lightning behind its trail.
The attacks collided with each other, as they fought towards each other like soldiers in a war, as the two attacks became a massive ball of power.
And then, Natsu´s attack penetrated though the black arrow and before Envy could even widen with horror, the attack struck him.
In one second, it was like usual peace. The next second, a massive explosion in the shape of a black orb, which was the same size as a castle, as it then exploded into a black energy pillar into the air.
As seconds went by, it fell for those who watched it, Happy and the evacuated villagers watch with horror as they saw the light from the village.
As it then died down, Natsu then fell to the ground. While he panted to catch his breath, he returned to normal. The black markings disappeared, his eyes turned to normal, his white hair into pink and the tentacles vanished.
"Dammit, that was the last of the Magic Power I had. I can barely even move." Natsu mentally groaned, as he then widened, as he saw Envy.
He had currently lost most of his clothing, with his pants in shreds being the only thing left, as he was covered in black bruises and scars as he bled like crazy.
"Not... even... for a second... I will make you think... you will be..." Envy said as he raised his fist, but then, before anything happened, a man appeared.
He has white hair, brown eyes and goatee. He was wearing a blue shirt, white pants and black shoes. Over it, he had a red coat.
"Sloth? What the hell are you doing here?! Are you going to steal my prey?!" Envy said, but was in too much pain and damage.
"Dammit! Of all times, another opponent appears?!" Natsu mentally panicked, as he didn't even have an ounce of Magical power left.
"Don't get the wrong idea. I am not here to steal the fight. But to end it." Sloth said and then kicked Envy in the stomach, knocking him out.
"Orders from the Boss. Can't reject them, so don't complain." Sloth said to the unconscious Envy.
Sloth then turned around to see Natsu looking at Sloth with widened eyes.
"I only did this because of orders from the Boss. I don't know what plans he was, but orders are orders." Sloth said as he then took a medallion that was red as blood and had a black symbol with was two demon wings with a devil´s head on, similar to Envy´s guild mark.
Sloth pointed the medallion in the air, which then opened a red and black portal.
"Kid. You should be happy. This is only pure luck, which not even God can use to save someone. It wasn't even supposed to happen, so remember this." Sloth said as then turned around. "Next time you meet one of us, it will be the last time you will ever encounter." Sloth said as he then turned back and went within the portal, while carrying the unconscious Envy on his shoulder, which then the portal closed.
Natsu fell on his knees as he looked where Sloth and Envy was. And before he could even think about of what happened, the world went black.
Three days later...
In a room, with a bed, table, chairs and a drawer, Natsu, whose forehead, left side of his face, arms, legs and body were covered with bandages, laid on the bed as Happy was sleeping at his side. After the battle, Happy and the villagers went back, with the blue cat then noticing that Natsu who was injured and had bruises, marks, and scars across his body, which Happy went to his side and the villagers helped him heal as thanks for saving their village.
Natsu slowly woke up as his vision was a bit blurry, which then became fully clear as he looked around in the room.
"Where am I?" Natsu said as he looked around to see Happy sleeping next to him, who woke up the second Natsu noticed him.
"NATSU! You´re awake!" Happy yelled in happiness. "I'm alright buddy. Geez, you didn't think I would die from this, huh?" Natsu said, with Happy then cried tears in his chest. "Of course not! You are Natsu, who is strong enough to survive everything." Happy said as he cried tears of joy.
The door then opened as a doctor with brown hair, green eyes, brown pants, black shoes, a white shirt and a white lab coat came in.
"Hello. It seems you have woken up. The name´s Dr Lamper." Lamper said.
"Where am I?" Natsu asked the doctor. "In Windflower Hospital of Lilac Village. We took care of you as gratitude for saving us." Lamper said. "I see. But where is that guy who attacked you?" Natsu said. Despite seeing him disappear, Natsu wanted to know what happened to him. "We didn't see him again, as we didn't see any traces of him, as we hope we won't see him ever again." Lamper answered.
"I hope so too." Natsu said as he then looked into the roof. "Don't worry, in a week you will be good to go again. Those were some injuries you got, imagine what would happen if you got any more." Lamper said and then left to the door. "I shall leave you for the time being. I shall come back later to check on you." Lamper said as he left the room.
Natsu looked into the roof. As he looked at his bandaged body, he then heard a voice.
"Well, it seems like this guy was tougher than I thought. Yet, it was a long time since I unleashed our powers." Nayoru said mentally to Natsu.
"Yeah, but I wouldn't have done it without you. Thanks." Natsu talked with Nayoru mentally.
"But since you used all my power, you can't use me for a while, but you can still use your Magic." Nayoru mentally told Natsu, who then thought of his battle today.
Envy was truly someone who Natsu couldn't underestimate. If it wasn't for Nayoru, he would have been dead. So that is why Natsu is going to train, train to become stronger, stronger than anyone.
"I know what you're think. After some training, our powers will increase to the point that we can't be defeated." Nayoru spoke through Natsu´s mind.
"By the way, I don't wanna be rude, but it's irritating when you talk in my head, its irritating. Could you stop talking to me for a while, until your full power is back again?" Natsu said mentally.
"Well, you are the boss. As you wish, Natsu-sama." Nayoru mentally said.
"There is no need for you to address me that way." Natsu mentally said, which Nayoru didn't respond, as he fulfilled Natsu´s wish not to talk with him. Natsu sighed and looked into the wall.
"Mira, Erza, Gramps, everyone at the guild. Once I have returned, I will be strong enough to protect you all." Natsu thought with determination.
Present...
"And that was the first time we heard each other, huh?" Natsu said.
"And that was then you started to train more seriously. If you didn't, you wouldn't be able to learn to control me more." Nayoru said in Natsu´s mind.
"But that was in the inner world, since all the power you had couldn't be used for battle." Natsu said.
"But now I am back, and ready to take into action, anywhere and anytime." Nayoru mentally said.
"Anyway, I am going back to the guild, before the others start to suspect something." Natsu said as he then left his house to return to the guild.
On the road, he looked into the sky as he thoughts of what would happen next, which then he remembered that since the guild is undergoing reconstruction, it would take some time before things would turn back to where it was, a very long time.
"Well, this suck. It will take some time before things turn back to normal." Natsu thought while looking at the sky with his hands behind his head, as he then looked to the road again and then a thought came to him. "I am taking a job with Happy, for old time's sake." Natsu thought as he then went to the guild.
Later, at the guild...
Natsu opened the doors and looked in the guild building, as it was still under construction, which the Pink Haired Dragon Slayer noticed Gray, Lucy, Yukino and Loke looking ready to go on a job.
"Hi Natsu! We are going on a job to handle some trouble makers in Balsam Village. Wanna come with us?" Lucy asked. "Nah, I am going on my own mission with Happy. Where is he by the way?" Natsu asked. "I am here Natsu! I just ate a fish that Mira cooked." Happy said as he appeared in front of Natsu.
Before anyone could say anything else, a loud smash was heard across the guild, taking the attention to where it came from.
"LAXUS! SAY THAT AGAIN AND I CAN'T GURANTEE TO FORGIVE IT!" Erza screamed in rage, as the table was broken into pieces after she kicked it, much to the blonde Lightning Mage´s amusement.
"I don't need to be forgiven. I am telling the truth. It was truly pathetic for Team Shadow Gear to be defeated by that Black Steel, and even more humiliating when they were saved by Natsu the Void Head." Laxus said, angering Natsu.
"Hey! Levy and the others did fine, and Natsu did the right thing!" Lucy defended, which Laxus laughed in respond, much to Natsu´s increasing rage. "You truly willing to anything to redeem yourself, because that is a pathetic excuse. It is your fault that the guild got wrecked into a pile of wood." Laxus blamed, which made Lucy look away in guilt with Yukino comforting her, while Natsu got even angrier.
"Don't blame Lucy! There is no way she could've known that Phantom Lord was coming, so don't complain!" Erza said.
"Well, you got a point. I shouldn't complain. Because after all, Natsu did gave Levy some nice tits." Laxus said, which then finally pressed the button on Natsu, who then ran to Laxus in blind rage as he held back his fist coated in darkness, not thinking of the other guild members trying to stop him.
As Natsu´s attack was a foot away from Laxus, he used his Lightning Magic to teleport himself to the upper layer of the guild.
"DAMMIT LAXUS, WHY DON'T YOU FIGHT ME?!" Roared Natsu to the blonde Mage, which simply ignored him and scoffed.
"Wow, that man is truly horrible." Yukino said. "Yeah, why is he even in the guild anyway?" Lucy asked. "Because Laxus is the grandson of the Guild MLilac, who could one day become the new Guild MLilac." Explained Mira, making Yukino and Lucy widen their eyes at that. "That man is Makarov-sama´s grandson?" Yukino said. "Is that why he acts so high and mighty?" Lucy said.
"Listen everyone! One day, once I have become Guild MLilac, every pathetic weakling will be removed! Fairy Tail shall become the greatest and that´s final!" Laxus said as he left the scene.
"I truly don't wanna be on his bad side." Yukino said, which then they noticed Erza coming towards them. "Care to let me join the job? I need some work to let out the rage I got from Laxus." Erza said, as she needed something to unleash her rage on.
"Sure! We were about to go anyway!" Gray said, which then Loke spoke up in support. "You sure you don't wanna come with us, Natsu?" Loke asked, with Natsu answered. "I need some work on a mission where Happy and I can work on." Natsu said as he went to the Quest Board to pick a job, which he then noticed the one saying.
Group of Dark Mages terrorizing Daisy Town.
Need Strong Mage to defeat them.
Reward is 20 000 Jewels.
"I'll take this one. Coming Happy?" Natsu said while taking the Quest, with Happy responded with a "Aye!"
Natsu and Happy left the guild and then to the train station, much to Natsu´s horror as he regretted he should have asked Erza, Lucy or Levy to come, to lay his head on their laps to calm down, which was too late as the train went to their destination.
At the same time, in a place close to Daisy Town...
In a cavern filled with stalactites and stalagmites, which covered the roof and floor, a mass of a thousand people with black hoodies, black pants, black shoes and white skulls masks was gathering in front of a man with a red Mohawk haircut, brown eyes and blue robes with gold trimmings while he carried a staff that had a white goat's skull with black bat wings and red eyes.
The group of people were currently in front of an altar, surrounded by a pile of skulls and skeletons.
"No one can defeat us! We are unstoppable!" The man with the mohawk said, which then made the hooded people cheer. "And if they ever try to attack us, we will be prepared, because our "Triumph Card," will surely finish off anyone who is foolish enough to fight us!" The mohawk leader said, making the hooded people cheer once again.
A figure looked into them as he then sighed and looked downwards.
Later, with Natsu and Happy...
"FINALLY, I'M AWAY FROM THAT DEMON MACHINE!" Natsu yelled as he was finally free from the "Demon Machine" known as a vehicle, much to the other's confusion and thinking he was weird.
"Happy! Let's go to the one who sent the Quest. Happy, who was it again?" Natsu asked the blue cat, which Happy said it was the Mayor of Daisy Town, which then Natsu and Happy went straight to the Town Hall.
The Town was small compared to Magnolia, as the buildings were nothing but simple houses, with some taller than another, but not enough to be recognized.
Daisy Town is a town that is known for its marketing production, which was ironic since no one seemed to buy anything here, in fact, there weren't even any markets, or very few people here.
As Happy and Natsu walked around, they noticed that the people seemed to be a bit afraid as they seemed to make sure to make no eye contact or even speak with each other, or to Natsu and Happy.
"Something is wrong here, Happy." Natsu said. "Yeah, it seems like they are worried about something." Happy said.
"I hope the Mayor can explain some things to us. Let's go before we waste more time." Natsu said, with Happy agreed on.
As they walked through the streets, the finally came to the Town Hall of Daisy town, which was white, was big enough to be the same size as the Fairy Tail Guild at Magnolia. It was white, had a white dome and a gate of light brown woods, with silver door handles, which the gate itself being twice as small as the gate to the Guild of Fairy Tail.
As they walked to the gate, the saw two guards, each wearing a black suit, black shoes, black ties and white shirts, as well each wore black sunglasses, covering their eyes. The only thing that was different between the two, was that the one to the right was bald, while the other had short blonde hair and beard.
"Halt, do you have permission to come in?" Asked the bald guard, which Natsu showed the Quest. "We're here for the job." Said Natsu simply, which then the blonde guard checked the Quest, which he classified as "ok," and then told the duo they were had permission to go in, which Natsu and Happy did.
As they walked through the halls, which had a light oak floor, stone walls and the black roofs, with chandeliers hanging from the roofs, portraits of people wearing suits, dresses, and other clothes that made them represent themselves as important people, and also head statues of different men and women.
The finally came to a pair of light wooden gate, with red edges with silver handles. At the side, a secretary with blonde hair, brown eyes and a grey dress was sitting behind her desk.
"Hello, are you here for the Quest?" The secretary asked, with Natsu responded with a "Yes."
"Wait here for a moment, I will go in and talk with the Mayor. Sit here until then." The secretary said as she went in the Mayor´s office.
Natsu and Happy did as the secretary said as they both sat down on a sofa, waiting for the secretary to return.
"So Natsu, what do you think what kind of people these Dark Mages are?" Happy asked Natsu. "I don't know, but whoever they are, they are something serious to make the townspeople afraid and not being able to speak with each other." Natsu said as he crossed later.
Before long, the secretary came back and said that the Mayor wanted to meet them now, which Natsu and Happy didn't have any objections to and went into the Mayor´s office.
Once they were in, the Secretary left the office, with Natsu and Happy looking around. The room was larger than living room, with paintings on the wall, plants next to the gates and behind the desk and chair was massive glass windows, so big that they were more like walls of glass instead of windows.
On the brown desk, with towers of papers, a man sat on a red chair. The man was wide, had a bald head, green eyes, a white suit, a white shirt and blue bowtie.
"Hello, the name´s Whitepedal, the Mayor of Daisy Town, but call me only Mayor." The Mayor introduced. "I am Natsu Dragyama and this is my buddy Happy. We are from Fairy Tail." Natsu introduced himself and the blue cat.
"Ah yes, I am glad someone took the job. You see, here at Daisy Town, a group of Dark Mages known as the Death Seekers have been terrorizing the town for over a month, and we had no chance to stand against them, even our police forces, leading them to take control of our town." The Mayor explained.
"So that´s why the townspeople look frightened?" Natsu said. "Yep, and day after day they are ruling over us with an iron fist, which has been so troublesome for us. So please do us a favor and take care of them please." The Mayor said as he begged for the two Mages to save the town.
"Don't worry, as Mages of Fairy Tail, we will handle them. So where are the Death seekers?" Natsu said, much to the Mayor´s joy.
"Thank you! Their lair is not far from the town. It will take less than an hour to go there. It is set on the south part of the town. We may know where it is, but had no power to stop them." The Mayor explained.
"Don't worry, because we will save this town from those bastards." Natsu said.
At bit later, at the Death seekers lair...
"Lord Numek! We have a problem!" A hooded messenger said as he rushed in a room, where the mohawked man now named Numek was.
The room was filled with weapons of all kinds, pillows surrounding everywhere with all kinds of colors and in the center, was a fountain which blood came out, with a goat demon holding a stone katana in its hands, which spitted out blood from its mouth, covering itself and the katana, making it look like it had just slaughtered a thousand people.
"We have Company! A Mage from Fairy Tail, "The Void Knight," Natsu Dragyama has come to the city to annihilate us." The hooded messenger said.
"Void Knight? The infamous Dragon Slayer who defeated Erigor the Death God and took down one of the Demons of Zeref, Alastor?" Numek said while rubbing his chin. "Well, this is interesting, but don't worry, since we have him, we won't have to worry about the Void Knight at all." Numek said.
"Order everyone to prepare for battle, and make sure to have our "Trump Card" ready!" Numek ordered, which the hooded messenger did.
Later, with Natsu and Happy...
"So, if I remember right, according to the Mayor, the place where the Death seekers are at is here." Happy said while he flied with Natsu behind him.
In front of them, was a castle that was the same size as the Phantom Lord base in Oak Town, had many towers and windows and a pair of red gates with black edges and handles.
"This must be it. Ready Happy?!" Natsu said. "Aye sir!" Natsu responded, which then Natsu jumped to the gate and then kicked the gates, sending them both flying to the wall.
As it hit the walls, Natsu and Happy went in and saw a large group of hooded people surrounding them.
"I bet you are here to stop me? Well think again, because it´s time to taste the dark!" Natsu said as he coated his arms in darkness and then attacked the hooded people, who were armed with knives, daggers, swords and spiked clubs.
"Dark Make: Velvet Sword!" Natsu made a sword of darkness with his Molding Magic as he cut down a group of three attackers.
A pair of attackers came from behind, with Natsu then jumped into the air and then encased his body in darkness. "Abyss Dragon´s Claw!" Natsu said as he punched them in the head, sending them to the wall.
A hooded Death Seeker then used his Water Magic to make rocket made of water and then:
"Wet Rocket!" The Death Seeker said as he then sent the water rocket at Natsu, who grinned and erased it with his darkness fist, making them drop their jaws.
"God dammit, Wind Sword!" Another Death Seeker used his Wind Magic to send a sword of Wind at Natsu, who erased it like nothing with his darkness coated leg, which then two people charged their Lightning Magic and then. "Lightning Double Strike!" The duo said as they sent a large beam of lightning at Natsu, who simply sighed and erased the attack by sending darkness at it.
"W-what kind of Magic do you use?" A Death Seeker said as he shook with fear. "Me? I use Abyss Dragon Slayer, making me able to use Darkness and erase every kind of Magic, Natsu said, which then made them widen not believing what they saw, but that didn't stop a group of a hundred attackers coming at Natsu. The Dragon Slayer grinned as he charged his mouth with darkness, and then unleashed his attack. "Abyss Dragon´s Roar!" Natsu sent a stream of darkness at them, sending them away.
"Happy! Grab me!" Natsu said to the blue cat, who responded with an "Aye sir!" while grabbing Natsu and flew with him around the hall.
"Abyss Dragon´s Iron Fist!" Natsu said while Happy flew with him, as he then punched the incoming group of attackers in the face, knocking them out. "Abyss Dragon´s Sword Horn!" Natsu headbutted an attacker with Happy crashing into him.
Happy then flew Natsu to the roof, as Natsu then gathered darkness with him for his next attack.
"With the Darkness on the right hand, and the darkness on the left hand, when you combine the darkness together, Abyss Dragon´s Eclipsing Shade!" Natsu said as he created a massive black ball of darkness and threw it at the group of attackers, making a large explosion.
It sent them everywhere, with tables, chair and the floor being wrecked and sent debris everywhere, as the rest of them were knocked unconscious.
Happy then landed Natsu on the ground as he let Natsu go and then Natsu spoke. "Well, that was easy. I had prepared for some more! You guys truly suck!" Natsu said.
On a balcony, Numek watched Natsu standing on the ground, as Numek simply smirked. "Be careful what you wish, for, Dragon Slayer." Numek said. "So that is the guy I am gonna take care of?" The figure from earlier said. It was a man with purple hair, green eyes, a black jacket, black pants and black boots, black t-shirt, white gloves and a white trench coat draped on his shoulders like a cape with the Kanji for "Infernal"in black on the back.
"Yes, Rilfex, that is your opponent, The Void Knight, Natsu Dragyama of Fairy Tail." Said Numek as he introduced.
"I have heard really interesting rumors about him being strong. He seems to have proven his strength, but not enough to impress me." Rilfex said as he referred Natsu taking down the attackers. "Make sure to take care of him, before he makes you impressed even more." Numek ordered. "Whatever you say." Rilfex said as he then jumped from the balcony and then landed in front of Natsu.
"Huh? Who the heck are you?" Natsu said as he noticed Rilfex.
"Sorry for not introducing myself, the names Rilfex Scybess, and the one who will kill you both." Rilfex said, as he then coated his hand in blue fire, and then smashed it the ground, erupting it in flames as it broke the ground, making Natsu and Happy falling.
"NATSU! I GOT YOU BUDDY!" Happy said as he then grabbed Natsu by the shoulders, slowing down the fall.
"What the hell was that?!" Happy said. "I don't know, but whatever that was, it sure proves that our opponent is sure to be someone who is strong as hell." Natsu said as he then noticed Rilfex falling down the hole calmly.
"He wants us to follow him. Go after him, Happy!" Natsu said with Happy responded with an "Aye!"
As they dove though the hole, they eventually came to a massive hall that was filled with skeletons and skulls, along with stalagmites, stalactites and broken weapons stabbed on the ground, while Natsu looked around himself with Happy carrying him.
"What is this place?" Natsu said confused as he looked around. "It doesn't matter the place you are in, but the situation you are in." Rilfex said, as he sent another fire blast towards Natsu and Happy, with Natsu and Happy dodging it, as the fire blast burned the skeletons and skulls to ashes.
"What kind of Magic do you use?" Natsu said as he watched the skulls and skeletons turn to ashes.
"Want to know what Magic I use? It´s simple, I am a Fire Devil Slayer, a Mage with the power to slay demons and devils." said, much to Natsu´s and Happy´s shock.
"Devil Slayer?! Were you taught by a Devil then?!" Natsu asked. "Technically no, but I have been taught by someone else, which is none of your business, since you are about to die here." Rilfex said as he was surrounded with flames. "It´s time to show you the true power of a Devil." Rilfex said as he got into battle position.
Natsu grinned and then step forward to the challenge. "Bring it on then. I shall then show you the true power of a Dragon!" Natsu said and gathered darkness around himself, mostly in his arms. "It´s time to taste the dark!" Natsu said and then dashed towards the Fire Devil Slayer.
"Abyss Dragon´s Iron Fist!" Natsu sent a beam of fire from his fist at Rilfex, who simply gathered fire in his mouth, and then launched his own attack, "Fire Devil´s Rage!" He sent a massive beam of blue fire at Natsu´s attack, which then collided with each other, before it erupted in an explosion which sent Natsu and Happy to the wall, and burned all the skeletons and skulls away.
After the duo of the Pink Haired Dragon Slayer and the Blue Cat hit the wall, they fell on the ground with a large crash.
"Dammit..." Happy said, which then Natsu got up. "You are truly different from the people before." Natsu said.
"Don't put me together with the insects. Without me, they wouldn't even be able to last a day or the quest for annihilating the Death seekers wouldn't even exist." Rilfex said as he then gathered fire in his right hand and then prepared to launch another attack. "Fire Devil´s Impalement!" Rilfex said as he then sent fire in the shape of thousands of spikes from his hands, which Natsu managed to dodge, jumped into the air, started to spin like a buzz saw, and then gathered darkness in both of his legs, which then shaped into a scythe´s blade from his legs as he then prepared his own attack.
"Abyss Dragon´s Spinning Scythe!" Natsu said then rotated it towards him like a buzz saw, leaving darkness behind himself.
"Fire Devil´s Hoof!" Rilfex said he gathered fire in his right leg and then kicked it to Natsu´s head, sending him towards a wall, making a large crash sounds with debris and rocks coming across the hall.
Without wasting any seconds, Rilfex then twisted his fingers into a claw formation, before he then attacked. "Fire Devil´s Red Claw!" Rilfex said and then sent five beams of flames from his fingertips at Natsu, who then made a shield with his Dark Make, which protected him from the attack, which then Rilfex jumped in the air, gathered fire in his both feet and then. "Fire Devil´s Hell Spear!" He said and then kicked Natsu with both of his feet on Natsu, which hit Natsu on the chest, making him cough up blood.
Natsu then punched him away with a darkness coated fist, which Rilfex landed on the ground with his feet, then swung his arm, making a line as big as a tower in the shape of a crescent moon of blue fire, which went straight towards Natsu.
"Fire Devil´s Burning Crescent!" Rilfex said as the attack went straight at Natsu, who then gathered darkness in the shape of a ball in his hands, as he then countered.
"Abyss Dragon`s Void Twister!" Natsu said as he sent a beam of darkness from the ball at Rilfex´s attack, which collided each other, which caused an explosion of power, shaking the hall.
As the explosion scattered darkness and fire, Rilfex then cross his arms in an x position as he prepared another attack.
"Devils born from the Unholiest of Fire, grant me the force to slay any foe who comes across me. Fire Devil´s Slashing Pit!" Said Rilfex as he then his arms sent a blue fire beam which was big enough to burn a forest to the ground, which then Natsu called out to his Blue Cat partner. "Happy, come by my side!" Said the Pink Haired Dragon Slayer, which then the Blue Cat did as he was told, then surrounded himself and Happy in darkness in the shape of a bubble.
It protected him and Happy from the blue fire, as it calmed down, Natsu took the bubble, looked at the room, which were completely scorched to pitch black.
"Well, you are one tough Mage. If I hadn't come with them, they would have been defeated before they even knew it. But enough of that. I need to kill you before you do any further damage." Rilfex said as he coated his hands in blue flames.
"God dammit, this guy is tougher than I thought. I will get nowhere at this rate." Natsu thought.
"Fire Devil´s Judgement Sword!" Rilfex said as he made a large sword of blue fire, which he then slashed it at Natsu and Happy, who dodged it and cut through several stalagmites, before they then melted like butter on a warm frying pan.
"Dammit, he cut and melted them at the same time?!" Happy said, as then Rilfex coated his right hand in blue flames, raised it to the air and then attacked.
"Fire Devil´s Starry Death!" Rilfex said he then swung it down and then pillars of blue fire appeared everywhere from above.
Natsu then made over fifty swords of darkness as he then sent them to Rilfex. "Dark Make: Sword Assault!" Natsu said as then sent the swords at Rilfex, which he then countered by making a blue fire wall as he then jumped towards Natsu while his hands was in flames, which then strike him with his right hand on blue flames.
Natsu then coated his hand in darkness, as he tried to erase the blue flames on Rilfex´s hand, which didn't do anything, which made Natsu widened and Rilfex then struck him in the stomach, making cough up blood, as he then was sent to the wall which then shattered to pieces. "Well, it seems that if the opponents Magic is stronger, you can't erase it with your Abyss Dragon Slayer Magic."
"NATSU!" Yelled Happy in horror, which then Rilfex was in front of the Pink Haired Mage and as Rilfex then kicked him rapidly in the chest, which Natsu got burned marks and coughed even more blood, which then Rilfex stopped, making Natsu fell from the wall to the floor, leaving a pool of blood. Rilfex raised his foot in fire, which he tried to stomp Natsu, who then managed to dodge by rolling at the side, then stood up, only to be kicked in the stomach and sent a stalagmite, breaking into pieces.
Natsu bleed as he was covered with burn marks, which then Rilfex. "Well, I am impressed that you can still stand in that state. But I have hoped for more." Rilfex said and then saw Happy. "Maybe if I killed that blue pussy, it would empower you to a new level." Rilfex said and then charged his hand in blue fire at Happy, much to Natsu´s horror.
"Fire Devil´s Styx Trident!" Rilfex sent a trident shaped projectile in blue flames at Happy, which then Natsu. "Happy, Look out!" Natsu yelled as he covered Happy and made a shield of darkness, which deflected the attack as then Natsu ran with Happy to take cover from the blast behind a rock.
"Natsu, at this rate, you are going to need my power." Nayoru mentally spoke to Natsu. "Hey, I recently used it and who knows, I might run out of power which I might need for later battles." Natsu thought to Nayoru, but then sensed something, as if it was speaking with him.
"Come to me, Slayer of Dragons."
"Did you sense that?" Natsu said. "Yeah, it kind of came from that direction." Mentally said Nayoru which he referred it came from a tunnel.
"I need to go there." Natsu thought as he then started to run with Happy, as the second he did that, the rock exploded from behind him.
"If you are thinking of running, it is too late for you." Rilfex said, which Natsu ignored. "Happy, you think you can fly me to a place? It is something I feel like I really have to do." Natsu said. "Are sir! Tell me where." Happy said as he didn't doubt Natsu, as he carried Natsu while flying, from Rilfex and into the tunnel.
"You can't escape me. The moment you faced me, the moment of the death you have in store is coming." Said Rilfex as he then started to chase after Natsu and Happy.
As Happy flew Natsu to where he wanted to come to, Rilfex shot balls of blue fire at the duo, with Happy managed to dodge.
"Happy! We are almost there, keep going!" Natsu said, which then made the blue cat fly fLilac.
As the Fire Devil Slayer started to catch up upon them, Natsu heard the voice again, this time, from the door he started to see, which was blood red with black edges and a black handle.
"THERE! FLY ME TO THAT DOOR!" Natsu said, which then Happy did as he said and then Natsu kicked the door into pieces, as he and Happy landed on the floor.
Natsu looked around to see it was filled with weapons, pillows and a blood fountain with a goat statue holding a katana.
"That is where the voice is coming from." Natsu said as he then walked closer to the goat statue, with his hand coming closer and closer to the goat statue.
Like a magnet drawn to iron, Natsu went closer and closer to the goat demon statue holding the katana, as Natsu only could stare at hit.
Suddenly, Rilfex entered the room as he noticed Natsu coming closer and closer to the goat statue.
"I don't know why you are going to that statue, but not looking at me is your greatest and last mistake." Rilfex said as he pointed his hand at him. "This shall end you!" Rilfex said as he gathered blue fire around his arm.
"NATSU! DODGE!" Happy said, which Natsu didn't hear him and which then a Rilfex made a blue fire ball the same size as bowling ball and then shot it at Natsu.
"Fire Devil´s Infernal King Execution!" Said Rilfex as he turned the ball into a massive blue fire stream of power at Natsu, whose hand was mere inches from the katana.
As the attack coming closer to him, Natsu then finally grabbed the katana once the attack were mere inches from him, which then cracks on the stone's sword appeared, with black energy coming from it. The second after, it then exploded into a crater of darkness, which then made a hole in the wall, sending Happy and Rilfex to the wall as it then could be seen for miles.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" Happy said as he was pinned to the wall.
Before long, the explosion of black energy died down, which then showed Natsu, as Happy and Rilfex got a look to see what had happened.
On the room where the pillows, weapons and the fountain were now erased, stood Natsu, whose shirt had been erased and was now holding a katana. The sheath of the katana was black and had blood red roses on it, the guard was in the shape of a red cross, the handle was black with red decorations and the end of the handle.
Happy watched in awe as he looked at Natsu´s new katana. "What the hell is that sword?!" Happy thought, while Rilfex could only look still on horror as he couldn't believe what he saw. "Impossible. There is no way that could be one of those, they haven't been seen for a hundred years!" Rilfex thought while he sweated like crazy.
"Kuroryuken (Japanese for Black Dragon Sword)." Natsu said without emotion, taking Happy and Rilfex out of their thoughts.
"Huh?" Happy said confused, while Rilfex couldn't believe what he just head. "Kuroryuken, one of the legendary Dragon Slaying Swords, swords made three hundred years ago to empower Dragon Slayers again their fight against Dragons." Natsu said, which then Rilfex grit his teeth.
"DON'T TALK SUCH NONSENSE! THERE IS NO WAY A BRAINLESS IDIOT OF YOUR KIND TO KNOW SUCH A THING! THEY HAVEN'T APPEARED IN A CENTURY AS THEY DISAPPEARED FROM HISTORY ITSELF, AND ALL KINDS OF HISTORY AND KNOWLEDGE OF IT IF YOU JUST GOT IT!" Shouted Rilfex in rage.
"It talked to me." Natsu said simply, much to the anger the Fire Devil Slayer.
"QUIT TALKING NONSENSE!" Rilfex said as he gathered blue flames in his hand as he then drew a blue fire cross in the air and then attacked.
"Fire Devil´s Secret Art: Azure Inferno Devil Cross!" Rilfex said as he then sent a blue fire cross the same size as a ship at Natsu, who simply stood still and unsheathed his katana, showing its blade, which was black as a moonless and starless night, as he then raised it to the air, which gathered cold darkness that felt like shivering nightmares as Natsu then struck.
"Abyss Dragon´s Black Sword: Nighmare Blade." Natsu said as he swung down the sword, as a massive wave of night black darkness came, which overpowered the blue cross of fire, which then went straight to the horrified Rilfex.
It then caused a massive explosion, which was twice as big as the previous one, as it then died down, making a larger hole.
Numek, along with some of the Death seekers, were at the hole, which the explosion erased the castle.
"What the hell was that?!" Said one of the Death seekers, who had witnessed the explosion. "It was probably Rilfex, defeating Void Knight. But as we don't surrender, and Rilfex is standing, the Death seekers shall never fall." Numek said, much to the cheers of the Death seekers.
Suddenly, a figure flied from the ground, which then landed in front of Numek and his Death seekers, which then made them drop their jaws and lose their colors.
Natsu, who were carried by Happy, held the unconscious body of Rilfex, while holding Kuroryuken with his right hand, as Natsu then said.
"Well, this guy was tough, and bet the leader, which is you, Mohawk Guy. Ready to fight me?" Natsu asked, which then Numek peed himself as he then.
"We surrender." As he pathetically cried, making the other Death seekers fall on their backs.
Sometime later...
After the Dark Seeker incident, Numek, Rilfex and the rest of the Death seekers where sent to the Magic Council as they would then receive their punishment.
Natsu and Happy had then returned to Magnolia after a train trip, called by Natsu a hellish trip, on the train, called by Natsu a Nightmare Machine, which then they finally were at the guild.
"Ah, finally back from a mission. Just what I needed." Natsu said. "And also you seemed to gain a sword." Happy said as he pointed out the sword Natsu carried on his back. "Yeah, since no one owned in the first place, I thought it would be kinda awesome to have a katana." Natsu said, which then Yukino came to the scene.
"Natsu-sama, Happy-sama! I am glad you are back." Yukino said with a smile. "Yeah, anything happened while we were gone?" Natsu asked to the white-haired girl. "Well, some things did happen." Yukino explained as then Gray, Lucy, Erza and Loke came to the scene.
After the mission on Balsam Village, they went to an inn which then Lucy and Yukino discovered that Loke was Leo the Lion, a Celestial Spirit that had been banned from the Celestial Spirit World. After Lucy and Yukino convinced the Celestial Spirit King to return Loke to his home world, Loke became Lucy´s Spirit.
"And that´s why I am back on track." Loke said, as he was now having his brown hair in the style of a lion´s mane with lion ears, a black jacket, black pants, black shoes and a zebra striped tie.
"And before Lucy can close the gate, I would like to give you all a ticket to a resort called Akame Resort, which I hope you all enjoy." Loke said as a he took tickets from his jacket, much to the other's joy.
"But what are we waiting for? Let's go to Akame Resort!" Natsu said, which they others agreed, unknown that a new evil force was awaiting them.
End of chapter 17. And that's it for this chapter. Wow, so much have been happening in this chapter, Natsu´s fight with Envy, a Fire Devil Slayer have been introduced, which by the way, yes he uses blue fire, and Natsu has now a sword. If you are wondering about some things, yes, Yukino did help Lucy to make Loke return to the Celestial World, so don't complain and I am also gonna make Loke´s tie Zebra striped, since it was so in the manga so that you know that. But this chapter concludes the Nayoru arc and next will start the Tower of Heaven Arc. See you all soon!