Hello everyone, here´s the next chapter, I hope you all enjoy it. It took me some time, but here it is. The Battle of Fairy Tail Arc might have ended the last chapter, but some scenes and mentions will be taken here. But it will start off a short arc I made myself before we move on to the Nirvana arc. It will also be shorter, which I hope you don't mind. The name of the Arc is the Black Claw Arc by the way.
But before we go on to the story, I am going to answer some of the reviews:
25NaMi: It´s great to hear you like my story, and I am going to add Mira to Team Natsu one day, but not now.
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Key Words:
"Talking"
"YELLING!"
"Thinking"
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Chapter 28: The Mission to Tulip Town.
"Dear Mama, it has been a week since the Battle for Fairy Tail events had happened. Yukino had her wounds fully healed, as she had received some serious injuries." Lucy thought while writing down a paper.
"Due to Laxus leaving the Guild, Makarov was about to resign from being Guild Master, but Freed managed to stop him by shaving his hair." Lucy thought, writing down all of the things happened.
"I might have mentioned it earlier, but Ur had become the latest Mate of Natsu. I kinda didn't expect it myself." Lucy wrote it down and looked through the window, before going back to writing.
"The Thunder God Tribe then tried to make friends with the rest of the guild to make amends for their actions, and Erza has been worried lately. Speaking of which, Erza had won the Miss Fairy Tail Contest." Lucy said and then sighed. "There´s goes my rent money, but I am sure Yukino and I will be able to gather enough money for the rent." Lucy said and stretched her arms in the air.
Lucy then decided to go to the guild as she wanted to meet up with her friends and go on a mission with them.
Later, Lucy was in the guild, where she saw Mira, Natsu, Ur, Yukino, and Levy were sitting at a table, which Lucy went towards the group.
"Everyone!" Lucy said, gaining their attention and saw the Blonde Girl. "Lucy! Everything´s alright?" Natsu asked his Mate. "Yeah, and I see that things are getting back to normal," Lucy said and then noticed Erza sitting on a table far away from them.
"Erza seems a bit worried lately." Lucy said, as Natsu looked at Erza with concerned eyes. "It seems Erza is still thinking about the Mystogan thing." Natsu thought, recalling the events of Mystogan where he revealed himself to be Jellal, or be somewhat similar to him. Erza and Natsu hadn't revealed this to anyone, not even Master, as they thought it would turn out for the worse.
"But you shouldn't worry about it, Lucy. By the way, why did you come here for?" Natsu asked, which Lucy realized the reason she came here. "That´s right! I came to ask Yukino to come with me on a mission." Lucy said. "Sorry, Lucy-sama, but I am going with Levy-sama and the rest of Team Shadow Gear on a mission. I felt I needed to learn more from the other Guild Members," Yukino said apologetically.
Lucy understood, as her fellow Celestial Spirit Mage needed to understand the others more. "I would like to go with you, Lucy, but I need more training with my sword," Natsu said. The blonde mage then noticed that Gray wasn't there. "Oh that´s right, has Gray come to terms with the news?" Lucy asked. "No, he hasn't, but I can't really blame him, as it was a rather big deal for him." Mira answered. When Natsu revealed his relationship with Ur, Gray had freaked out and felt he needed some time to deal with the truth of Natsu, his rival, and Ur, his mentor, being together.
Lucy sighed as she then walked out of the guild. "Oh well. I can always take another job. But I see yout later!" Lucy said as she left the guild.
"Well, I do hope for Gray´s sake that he will accept my decision," Ur sighed and checked out her body, which got enhanced a week ago. "But damn did you give me a makeover, and you even made me look ten years younger" Ur said. "Well, the Mate Mark has the Mate and the Dragon Slayer get closer to each other, as well as shape and affects the individuals according to the desires," Natsu told her.
"I don't see a reason to argue with that" Ur said, as she loved her new and even sexier figure, and then Gajeel walking towards the group. "Yo, Void Knight!" Gajeel said. "What do you want, Gajeel?" Natsu said. "Remember the deal we had? Then come with me, I want to talk with you alone, now," Gajeel said, which Natsu sighed and knew he couldn't refuse.
"I will be going, but I see you all later, okay?" Natsu said to the group which they nodded in understanding, after which Natsu went to talk with Gajeel.
Makarov, stood on the railing as he saw Natsu and Gajeel leave to talk. He was wearing dark blue pants, brown shoes, a white dress shirt, a dark purple vestm and a yellow cape with a black Fairy Tail Guild Mark on the back.
Makarov went to his office, as he recalled back in the Fantasia Parade after Laxus left.
A week earlier...
Makarov sat on his cart as a bandaged Gajeel came to him and gave him a paper. "Here ya go, Gramps. The locations of Ivan," Gajeel said and handed him a paper. Gajeel had been hired by Makarov to be a double agent for Raven Tail to keep an eye on them. "Thank you Gajeel. I won't allow Ivan to do as he pleases," Makarov said. "And have Laxus, even though he has left the guild." Makarov thought.
Present...
Makarov continued to walk to his office. He opted he eventually would track down Ivan and Raven Tail, and stop them on their raids and enemies. Makarov walked inside his office.
At the same time, Gajeel and Natsu were currently in a back alley as they were about to talk.
"Alright, tell me what you wanted to talk about, Gajeel," Natsu said. Gajeel was facing his back on Natsu, his eyes shadowed. "I am going straight to the point. Do you know where the Iron Dragon, Metalicana, is?" Gajeel asked. "Huh? No I don't, sorry." Natsu said. "I see." Gajeel said and turned around. "A true Dragon Slayer wouldn't lie about the Dragon that raised them. It would be low, even for me," Gajeel said.
"Did something happen to Metalicana?" Natsu asked. "It was sudden, one night, he was with me like usual, and the next, he had disappeared into thin air. I didn't even see him disappear," Gajeel said. "On the 7th July, X777." Gajeel said and faced Natsu with serious eyes. "Man so many 7´s," Natsu groaned. "DON'T BE SO ANNOYING!" Yelled Gajeel comically with tick marks on his forehead and then sighed in irritation. "Forget it, it's nothing. Goodbye," Gajeel said and was about to leave, but Natsu stopped him by speaking again.
"Besides being a Dragon Slayer, what made you ask me?" Natsu asked, with a serious voice and shadowed eyes. Gajeel faced Natsu once again. "It´s due to the fact that according to the Guild, you were raised by a Dragon, and lost him. Is that true?" Gajeel said. Natsu looked at the Black-Haired Man, which he then responded.
"I did, but with some differences. One, I lost Yoruyama, the Dragon who raised me, before X777, and two, unlike Metalicana, who disappeared without a trace, he was killed," Natsu said, as sweat appeared on Gajeel´s face, as he turned cold to hear someone kill a dragon. "The one who killed him, was Acnologia." Natsu said, as Gajeel felt incredibly shocked, as the mention of the name of the Black Dragon made him shiver in fear. He remembered when Metalicana told him stories of Acnologia as a child, as the Iron Dragon warned him in the past.
"I see. I hope I didn't bother you. I will see you another time," Gajeel said and then left the alley. Natsu sighed and looked onto the ground, which he hoped as if Yoruyama would appear again.
Time went on, as Natsu spent the rest of the day training with his sword to become stronger and become more used to having a sword. He had made good progress and the next day he went to the guild, where he then met up and saw Lucy, who sat depressed on a bench.
"Lucy? What´s the matter?" Natsu said and set beside Lucy on the bench. "It´s nothing, Natsu," Lucy said with a fake smile. "Don't lie to me. As your mate, I am here for you," Natsu said, which Lucy sighed as she went on to tell what happened.
Yesterday, she had met with her father Jude, who was now bankrupt and on the run. Jude met up with Lucy and told Lucy he needed money, but Lucy refused and told him to leave, which left Lucy in a tearful state.
But that wasn't all. The next day, she heard the Merchant Guild Love and Lucky, was robbed by the Dark Guild Naked Mummy, and heard that Jude was told he was going to the Merchant Guild, in order to come back in his business. Despite what Jude did in the past, Lucy went to The Love and Lucky Guild, and managed to handle the Dark Guild, in order to rescue him and the Guild.
She managed to stop Naked Mummy and save Love and Lucky, but Jude wasn't there, as Jude had arrived before Lucy. They talked a bit, as Lucy then went to leave and was now on the spot where she was now.
Natsu hugged her to his chest, as he comforted his Mate. "Don't worry, Lucy, everything´s fine," Natsu said. Lucy looked up into his eyes. "I want to show you something," Lucy said, which Natsu let go, and then they got up and Natsu followed Lucy.
Time had passed, and they were eventually at the Love and Lucky Guild, where things were settling.
"This Guild, was where my Mom and Jude met," Lucy said. Lucy had stopped calling him her dad after he sent Phantom Lord to attack her friends. "They started to build their fortune here, which they did very well it was before I left, but they eventually had to leave the Guild due to the fact that Mom became pregnant with me," Lucy said, as she then pointed at the sign. "One day, they saw that the "K" of the sign had fallen off, which left it as "Lucy", which they decided to use as my name," Lucy said.
"Well, I see why you gave us so much "Luck", huh?" Natsu teased, as Lucy giggled. "But I am glad I have you, Natsu, and the rest of Fairy Tail." Lucy said, which Natsu smiled and then gave each other a quick kiss on the lips, before then going back to the guild.
As they arrived at the Guild, they saw Yukino, Ur, Erza, and Gray at the mission board, each searching after a mission. "Hi Yukino! Did the mission go well?" Lucy asked. "Yeah, it wasn't so hard, we managed to handle it. Shall we go on a mission together, Lucy-sama? I am available now," Yukino said. "Sure, allow me to pick one," Lucy said, as she went to look at the board, which she eventually found a mission. "Hm, taking down the Dark Guild Black Claw. Reward 50,000 jewels?!" Lucy said as she noticed the reward money amount, which made her gain a greedy smile. "But then again , it might be dangerous for us. I don't want to you to get hurt," Lucy said, as an mental image of Yukino being harmed by the Thunder Palace Lacrima appeared in her mind.
"Don't worry Lucy-sama, I have been fully healed, and I won't be harmed." Yukino said. She knew she was gonna be careful, as she was not gonna be harmed again. Natsu then stepped in. "Then I shall join you, don't want to have you get hurt," Natsu said. Lucy smiled as she understood that Natsu wanted to be there for her and the others. "Alright, and it would be nice if you and the others joined," Lucy said with a smile.
"Love rival!" Juvia said behind a pillar and broke it with her bare hands, frightening the blonde girl.
"But then I hope you wouldn't mind if I came too?" Ur said. "Sure, I don't see a problem," Natsu said. "I'll come too." Gray said. "But with you, I see a problem." Natsu said, ticking the Ice Mage off. "What´s that, Empty Brain?! You wanna fight?!" Gray said in an angry tone. "Sure thing, I ain't scared of ya!" Natsu said angrily and headbutted Gray like two bulls. "Then come at me, you piece of shit!" Gray said.
"Ice Princess!" Natsu said. "Void Head!" Gray said. "Stripper!" Natsu said. "Pink Haired Douche!" Gray said. "Imbeciles," Erza said in a low tone, stopping Natsu and Gray, and struck fear into them, at the moment she talked.
"We´re friends!" Natsu said with a fake smile and sweated like crazy in fear. "The best of friends," Gray said, fear in his voice.
Erza sighed as she managed to prevent the Black Haired Ice Molding Mage and the Pink Haired Dragon Slayer from fighting, plus causing trouble, mischief, and havoc.
"I shall come with you as well. I hope it won't be a problem?" Erza asked Lucy, Yukino, and Ur. "Not a problem at all!" Yukino said. "Besides, someone will be needed to keep these two under control," Ur said, referring and pointing to Natsu and Gray, who were fighting while Erza had her back turned from them, but when she turned around, they went back at being "friends," but in reality didn't want to face the wrath of Titania.
"Well, where do we need to go for this mission?" Yukino asked. Lucy went to check on the mission poster, as she read it aloud.
"Hm, it says it takes place in Tulip Town, which is a bit far from here. But we should get there quickly by carriage," Lucy said, as a certain Dragon Slayer heard the word "carriage," his face turned green with horror. "Can´t we just walk there?!" Natsu whined. "Have a problem with that?" Erza said in a scary tone. "Not at all! To Tulip Town by carriage!" Natsu said, which they decided to go on their journey, as a certain blue haired water mage came out. "Juvia shall accompany it if pleases Natsu-sama!" Juvia said. "Alright, I don't see a problem with it," Natsu, much to the delight of Juvia.
"You see, love rivals?! Juvia is needed for Natsu-sama!" Juvia said in arrogance. "You do know most of us are already Mated by Natsu?" Ur said with a raised eyebrow. "Oh, shut up, you´re just jealous!" Juvia yelled childishly. "Shouldn't you be the jealous one?" Lucy, Yukino, and Ur thought while sweat dropping at the same time. "But let's go then!" Natsu said, which the group agreed as they went to Tulip Town.
At the same time, at the Magic Council...
The New Magic Council, which had been reformed after the Tower of Heaven Incident, a Frog Man was walking inside the Meeting room of the Council members. "CHAIRMAN GRAN DOMA!" The Frog Man yelled, as he then stopped to catch his breath. "What is the matter? Speak!" Gram Doma, the New Chairman of the Council said. He was an old man with long, grey beard, wizard clothing, a cape, and a wizard hat.
"It´s about Rilfex Scybess, a traveling Dark Mage... he has escaped!" The Frog Man Said, shocking the Council members. After the Incident with the Death Seekers, Rilfex and the rest of the Death Seekers he was allied with were sent to a maximum security prison. "What?! Impossible!" Gran Doma said, as the New Chairman couldn't believe that the Council yet again to be fooled by tricks.
Back with Natsu and the Gang...
"Ugh, I am gonna die..." Natsu whined as he lay in the lap of Juvia. When Natsu became sick the moment the carriage started, Juvia offered herself to have Natsu lie in the lap, which Natsu didn't see a problem with and the girls didn't want to have any problem.
Juvia had a proud smirk on her face, thinking herself superior to her Love Rivals. "Jealous you three? It´s only natural that I have gained the upper hand of all three of you!" The Blue Haired woman said proudly.
"Whatever you say," Ur said simply. "OI! I HAVE HIM IN MY LAP YOU KNOW!" Juvia yelled comically. "But you do know that Erza, Ur, Mira, Levy, and I are Natsu´s mates, right?" Lucy said, which Juvia felt her heart stabbed.
"It won't be long, one day I shall become a Mate as well!" Juvia thought with fire in her eyes.
Erza smiled in amusement and then looked at the sky, still in the carriage. Time had past, as they were eventually at Tulip Town.
Natsu and the Gang walked out of the carriage as they walked to where they need to go into the Town.
It was a small and simple town, but seemed to very quiet and depressing, as the townspeople had worried and fearful looks, as if someone would kill them if they did something wrong.
They eventually met up with a girl with long, black hair, blue eyes, and a healthy body. She wore a white dress and white shoes.
"Welcome, I had heard you were coming to Tulip Town. I am Evelyn, the daughter of the Mayor," Evelyn said and then started to walk in another direction. "Come, I shall show you where my father, the Mayor, is," Evelyn said, which they all followed, as Ur, Lucy, Erza, Yukino, and Gray couldn't help but to feel suspicious.
They eventually were in front of a big mansion, which was surrounded by a metal fence, and seemed to be guarded by two guards in black suits, black glasses, and black ties.
The two guards noticed Evelyn, Natsu, Erza, Lucy, Yukino, Gray, Juvia, and Ur. Evelyn ordered the guards to open the gate, which they did, after which they went inside the mansion, which seemed quite simple, compared to the mansions Natsu and his friends had been inside of.
A tall, skinny man with black hair, a mustache, and brown eyes, who had a black pants, black shoes, black jacket, white shirt, black bowtie, and black top hat, stood there.
"I am glad you all could come, I am Mayor Arnold Greenfield, I am sure you already met with my daughter, Evelyn." The Mayor said. "Shall we then go to the dinner room to have a place to speak?" The Mayor said. "Sure, I don't see a reason to refuse," Natsu said, making a smile appear on the Mayor and Evelyn´s face. "I am glad. Please follow me," The Mayor said, which they did, but Lucy, Gray, Erza, Yukino, and Ur were still a bit suspicious.
Later, they were gathered around a round table as they all sat down in each chair. "Well, it seems I need to tell you about a thing or two for you who have gathered here," The Mayor said. "Indeed, there is, I don't want to sound like a spoiled attention-seeking brat, but despite Evelyn being the Mayor´s daughter, there was no crowd at all welcoming us," Gray said.
Evelyn looked down in sadness, while the Mayor shook his head in shame.
"And also, the people that live in this town seem depressing, fearful, and despair filled. As if they are afraid to stand against anything," Yukino said.
"Well, it seems you have noticed many things, huh?" The Mayor said with shadowed as he then looked into them with serious eyes. "Nine years ago, Tulip Town was a simple, yet happy and peaceful place, but once they came, it wasn't anymore. The Dark Guild, Black Claw," The Mayor said and went further on into explaining. "Black Claw is a violent and ruthless Dark Guild who has ruled over the town in tyranny as they have taken our supplies, robbed us poor, forced us to work and give them money, taking prisoner or killing anyone who resisted the Black Claw Guild, many even joined them to survive as the money and supplies lowered," The Mayor said in despair, as events of horror were mentally appearing inside his mind.
Natsu and the others had expressions of horror and seriousness, as suddenly explosions were heard, as the two guards in black suits, were sent through the doors of the mansions, as a cloud of smoke had engulfed them.
"WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!" Gray shouted, as three figures came from the smoke.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" The figure in the middle said, which the smoke then cleared to show them.
The middle person who spoke, was a large, muscular man with long, black hair, with hair in style of cat ears, red eyes, and a whisker shaped mustache. For clothing, he had black, fingerless gloves, black pants, a white t-shirt, and black boots that are pointed. He also had a red jacket with red fur on the collar and on the sleeves, as well as the Black Claw Guild Mark on the back in black. The Guild Mark of Black Claw was a black claw mark in the shape of a tiger claw mark.
"You had guests and you didn't tell me? You know it´s rude not telling your friends," The Black-Haired Man said, who was accompanied by the two other figures.
The figure on the left was a woman with short, blonde hair, red eyes, and red lips. She wore a black jacket, black skirt, long, black boots and black gloves. She was carrying a sword.
The figure on the right was a fat man with black, long hair turned upwards in spikes, had his eyes covered by black sunglasses, and had a chubby chin with stubble. For clothing, he wore a black vest, a red-white checkered t-shirt, black pants, black shoes, and a brown belt with a silver buckle resembling a skull with red eyes. He carried a spiked mace over his shoulder.
"Allow me to introduce myself, I am Hanshiro Igarashi, the Guild Master of Black Claw. This chick is Deisha and this is Udengek." Hanshiro said as he introduced himself and the two Black Claw Mages as well.
"Hanshiro, you..." growled the Mayor, as Hanshiro simply smirked deviously. "I bet you are all here for the job of defeating us, the Black Claw Guild? Too bad, because everyone else who tried to oppose and defeat us, have been defeated. For nine years we have ruled without any trouble for us. And besides, you shouldn't be working for that pathetic Mayor," Hanshiro said, mocking the Mayor.
"What are you talking about?" Lucy said. Hanshiro noticed her, as she saw her face familiar. "Strange, it seems like I seen her before. Could she be...?" Hanshiro thought, but tossed those thoughts aside, as he went on to continue the conversation with Mayor Greenfield, his daughter, and the group of Fairy Tail Mages.
"So, you don't know? Well the Mayor sure did a good job keeping it a secret from outsiders." Hanshiro said, walking around the room. "You see, despite the mansion, the Mayor´s pretty poor," Hanshiro said, as Mayor Greenfield started to sweat. "Well, you should have known that his mansion, is all he has left, as I am even surprised the guards even stayed behind," Hanshiro said, referring to the guards who they knocked out.
"Heck, it´s not even his mansion, he was lended it from his cousin after we burned his original house, as well as the Mayor´s cousin with him." Hanshiro said. The Mayor gripped his jeans in frustration. "The guards felt their duties to be there for Dad, as they would rather be poor than serving you!" Evelyn said.
"Such brave men. Too bad that bravery was for nothing." Hanshiro mocked, and then faced the Fairy Tail Mages, who had their eyes shadowed. "To think the mages of Fairy Tail, came here? I am impressed we became so famous. But Fairy Tail still want to be famous, as it would be an honor to have you join us. Then come, as together, we can be unstoppable, instead of working for a useless, poor, pathetic Mayor!" Hanshiro said.
A slash of darkness was sent at Hanshiro´s face, who dodged it as it hit a wall, making a slash in it. Hanshiro had an amused smile on his face. "Sorry Mayor. I made a cut in the wall." Natsu said as his Kuroryuken were covered in black smoke. "You need to make sure to be careful, Natsu. Your reckless behavior will cost us," Erza told Natsu off.
Lucy and Yukino had their Keys out and ready, Gray and Ur prepared their Ice Magic, Juvia had her hand covered in her Water Magic, Erza had two swords in her hands, and Natsu had his sword and himself covered with darkness.
"If you expected us to join you, you can forget it." Natsu said. "It would taint the name of Fairy Tail for generations," Gray said. "Our name would be ruined and hated across Fiore," Ur said. "As it would make us lower than you Dark Mages," Erza said.
The smile on Hanshiro´s face grew bigger. "Well, I did look forward to it. I even wanted to have this place more fitting for Greenfield, as a celebration of our alliance. But let´s do it anyway, as it would be important to do so," Hanshiro said and then snapped his fingers.
The second he did so, four figures came through the walls.
One was the largest of the group, who had extreme muscular, a brown, hooded cloak, a cloth mask resembling a scarecrow, red gloves, red pants, was shirtless, had brown boots, and had the guild mark on the chest.
Another was a small man with blue hair, red eyes, blue pants, white shirt with the Black Claw Mark on the back, black shoes, and black gloves. He carried two daggers in his hands, each handle was red with a yellow button.
Among them was a woman with slender arms, long, blue hair and wore black pants, black shoes, black belt, black t-shirt, and a red coat tied around her waist. She had a scythe, which was the same length as her, had red cloth around the pole, the blade into a saw-blade shape and on the top of the pole, was yellow eyed, horned skull with sharp teeth, a spike on the middle, as the skull was over the blade and the pole, similar to a spearhead.
The last of the group was a man with orange hair, white eyes, orange pants, blue t-shirt, and brown shoes. He carried a long-bladed katana, with blade colored silver, had a cross shaped guard, and yellow-blue handle.
"Greenfield-san, Evelyn-san, stand back, we shall take care of them!" Erza said. "You guys..." The Mayor said. "Money isn't such a big deal, and we are not going to work with this scum!" Gray said. "And I would never move on with my life if I joined with these guys," Lucy said.
But before the Mayor or Evelyn could speak, Hanshiro sent chains from his hands, as they struck and sent them to a wall, knocking them out.
The Fairy Tail Mages looked in horror, but turned to Hanshiro in anger, who smirked deviously.
"Enough talking, let´s play, shall we?" Said Hanshiro, as then the four Black Claw Mages came through the wall, attacking the Fairy Tail Mages.
"YOU ASSHOLES, YOU WILL REGRET THIS!" Natsu shouted in rage. The group of Black Claw Mages approached to the Fairy Tail Mages, each Black Claw Mage picked a fight with the Mages from Fairy Tail.
The slender armed woman was in front of Gray and Ur, preparing for battle. "For standing, I, Sezhiwe Ryshe of the Eight Weapons, the Elites of Black Claw, shall kill you two," Sezhiwe said sadistically grin as she licked the blade of the scythe.
"We shall see about that," Ur and Gray said, preparing their Ice Make Magic.
The Short Man was in front Juvia, as the Short Man set his daggers on fire. "Hehe, a cutie ain´t ya? I shall make sure to not leave very much cut marks on ya, as I want to enjoy looking at your skin." The Short Man said with a sinister smile. "Pig. I won't allow you to see the skin of Juvia!" Juvia said, which she felt the words from the Short Man made her want to puke. "And only Natsu-sama is allowed to see my skin!" Juvia thought.
"I see. But I love it more when they don't want me to do what I want, as it is more fun!" Thay Ceslin, one of the Eight Weapons said.
Erza, was currently facing the giant man with the scarecrow mask. "The name´s Yusewe Bungu, one of the Eight Weapons. You must be the infamous Titania," Yusewe introduced while cracking his knuckles. "I look forward to fighting you," Yusewe said. "I apologize, but I won't be fighting you very much," Erza said. "If there is one thing I don't like, it is when people underestimate me," Yusewe said in a dark tone.
Yukino and Lucy were facing the orange haired man with the Katana, who grinned at them. "Celestial Mages Huh? I look forward to fighting you," Jigan Ofusatt said. "I wouldn't be so sure," Lucy said. "We won't lose to you," Yukino said. "We'll see about that," Jigan said and went to attack them with his sword.
Natsu stood in front of Hanshiro, as Hanshiro smirked while Natsu had an angry stare at the Guild Master of Black Claw. "I am disappointed by this, I looked forward to work with powerful Mages of your kind. But you can´t always have what you want, unless you do it the right way," Hanshiro said." As if your ways can have you gain anything!" Natsu said as he charged at the evil grinning Hanshiro, as Natsu was coated in darkness.
"Deisha, Udengek, I´ll handle him. Don't interfere." Hanshiro said, which Deisha and Facion understood. "It´s time to taste the dark!" Natsu said as he and Hanshiro clashed.
And that´s it for this chapter, I hope you enjoyed it and if you did, please review, favorite and follow. I hope you arent bothered that I skipped the reunion of Lucy and Jude, Lucy´s fight with Naked Mummy, as well the aftermath. If you were bothered, I am sorry. But many things other than that have happened in this chapter, which is Natsu comforting Lucy, Makarov recalling the info Gajeel gave him, Natsu and Gajeel talking about July 7th, X777, Natsu and the Gang going a mission and encountering the Black Claw Guild. I do hope you loved the brief Natsu x Juvia moment, but don't worry, Juvia will have her turn eventually. My own arc, Black Claw Arc, won't be long, and once I am finished with it, I shall begin on the Nirvana Arc.I also hope you weren't bothered it wasn't any fighting in this, but next chapter it will be fighting. I shall update the next chapter soon as possible. See you later!