Hi guys Azza here!

So I said I was going to mention who Harkon was in this chapter but I found myself expanding on the city they were in this chapter and have decided he will be shown later so I'll just give you his title card thing now.

Strongest Swordsman In The World

3rd Sword Of The Alvarez Empire

Harkon Avery

Again apologies for not adding him this chapter but to tide you all over I'll give a little background on him that I've got stashed away just to give you a taste as to how strong these last antagonists will be.

Harkon is of the Aelven Race which is basically like a Dark Elf with the dark blue skin with one white eye and one red eye. Harkon has three swords all steeped in legend within the Fairy Tail world.

Shodaime Durendal:

First of the Durendal Swords and the strongest the Shodaime Durendal has the ability to slice through almost anything no matter what it is. The Shodaime Durendal is also imbued with runes that allow it to slice through any Magical Barrier.

Yamato Archfiend Demise:

A blade imbued with the magic to slice through all darkness despite being imbued with the very same darkness, also capable of firing a powerful concentrated blast of dark magic. The sword does increased damage to Demons and can negate the healing factor of anything inherently dark. The sword can also curse an opponent with an ailment such as slowing them down, poisoning them or rendering a random limb impaired upon contact.

Zanamato:

The oldest sword in Earthland imbued with the power and will of the sword itself and only able to be wielded by a worthy heir, if claimed grants the user unparalleled power however can only be used to kill those who are not pure of heart and if you kill someone who is pure of heart then you forfeit your life and the sword will be granted to the revived person as reparation.

In addition to these swords Harkon also possesses the ability to use Water Magic however his best form of magic is his use of Mist Magic to such a masterful degree that entire islands can become his hunting grounds.

Now let me just reiterate that Harkon is only number 3 among the Swords so the other two are leagues above him though with Zanamato he might be able to defeat Maya Valkyrion but due to her own unique ability she might be able to negate it so I'd have to ponder that.

Phantomsoul2015 – Well I made Phyrra sometime last year when I did the Grand Magic Games Arc I never really based her off anything she just was meant to be a Shinigami Magic user who was strong and a real nasty piece of work haha.

Anyway hope you all enjoy the chapter and if you are mad I let slip a bit of info about a character trust me some of the others can do some really crazy stuff like Vipr man that dude is gonna be so much fun to write in combat come the invasion!

I do not own Fairy Tail Hiro Mashima does.

Ryordan Prime

/Ryordan Mountain's Team Natsu's POV/

"Another one at two o'clock," Natsu said lazily as he dodged a punch from a large troll like creature.

"Remind me again why you three keep making me fight everything," Wendy whined as she smashed the troll in the face with her elbow which was surrounded by wind which ripped some of the skin off the trolls face.

"Because for you the training hasn't ended yet," Erza said firmly. "Elise, Mira and myself are committed to teaching you everything we know but you have to use the things we taught you in a practical setting and this just so happens to work."

Performing a low sweep with her leg Wendy knocked the troll off its feet and kneed it in the gut before it had a chance to fall down sending it high into the sky, running on air Wendy got in front of the troll and with a powerful kick broke its neck sending it flying into the clifface where it remained embedded in the wall.

"But these troll things aren't even that strong!"

"To you really don't realize how much stronger you are do you," Natsu said with a hint of a smile. "That so called weak troll would have shrugged off attacks from the you five years ago, those three trained you well and you should be thankful."

"I'm plenty thankful!"

"You know I think I've decided on a new nickname for you," Natsu said as Wendy looked somewhat excited at the idea of getting a nickname. "Brat."

"You jerk!"

"Then don't act like one and listen to those who have more experience than you, I'm proud that you managed to gain so much confidence but you're letting it go to your head alright. Erza, Mira, Elise and myself draw upon decades of combat experience something you don't have yet but if you learn from us then you can reach or even surpass our level."

"One thing at a time though first you need to work on the stuff we taught you," Elise said as Wendy sighed and nodded slowly. "Another troll to the right."

The troll was blocking the only path forward since to go right would mean falling thousands of feet to their deaths and left was a rock wall, sighing Natsu stepped forward.

"Right how about I show you what we mean."

"But you don't have all of your abilities back yet!"

"Just watch Wendy you'll be deemed competent when you can do this for yourself," Natsu said calmly as he walked towards the large troll that was smashing its fists against the ground in anticipation for the fight.

The troll charged forward and went to hit Natsu only for him to lazily dodge out of the way and keep walking forward with his fist clenched, the troll tried hitting him again this time with Natsu ducking as he now stood in front of the troll.

Jumping up to the troll's face Natsu punched it in the jaw knocking it down as it let out a howl of pain.

"If you can beat one of these things without using your Dragon Slayer abilities we'll deem you competent," Natsu said as he kicked the wounded troll off the cliff.

"How are you that strong though without your magic?"

"I'm not," Natsu said simply as Wendy looked at him confused.

"But I saw you it that troll you knocked it down and broke its jaw!"

"I've noticed you've taken to fighting how I do Wendy so let me ask you this, when fighting where do you target your opponents?"

This question gave Wendy pause; the idea of specifically targeting spots on an enemy wasn't new to her however clearly Natsu meant more than the obvious areas like the head or chest.

"The spot I hit the troll was the section of its jaw that connects to the main part of the skull, yes I am strong physically but I know that beating something like that to death isn't going to be an option so I go for vitals and weak spots. That particular section of the jaw can be easily shattered with the right amount of force and will throw the opponent off if they aren't prepared for it."

"So you go for vitals then?"

"When possible, I won't lie and say it's an easy feat especially on some of the more powerful foes I've faced or even the ones that don't have vitals at all. My point is learning to target these vital weak points as second nature is something most high level mages do subconsciously."

"And remember Wendy the three of us are here so if you had tried to hit the troll and it didn't do anything we would incapacitate it before it could hurt you so you don't need to worry about messing up, to be honest it's a good thing you have such an opportunity to learn in this type of environment something which none of us ever did," Erza added as the others nodded in agreement.

The group continued walking with each subsequent encounter Wendy trying to work on what the trio suggested by attacking vitals, to her surprise the idea wasn't as hard as she thought it would be it was all about figuring out where the vitals were to begin with.

After almost succeeding with her last encounter Wendy found herself somewhat disappointed that they had found a city built into the mountain, Erza, Elise and Wendy were admiring the idea of building a city into a mountain however Natsu's eyes were focused elsewhere.

Looking past the extravagant entrance and the beauty of the city Natsu could tell this city served an alternate purpose, lining the mountaintops were massive cannons that stuck out of the cliff face.

"You three stop gawking before you attract attention," Natsu hissed as the three looked at him with mixed reactions. "I don't like the feeling I'm getting from this place it feels too militarized."

"What are you talking about Natsu it's beautiful-!"

Natsu grabbed Elise's face and directed her head to a spot he'd been gazing at earlier.

"Focus in on that spot and tell me what you see," Natsu said as Elise narrowed her eyes before promptly taking in a sharp breath.

"That … is a lot of firepower, whatever would they need them for up here?"

"Who knows but we need to be on our guard here and don't speak about anything sensitive in a public area," he said as he motioned for the group to follow him into the city.

At the gates Natsu stopped in front of a board with various notices and quickly found a name for the city.

"Ryordan Prime, guess I'll be doing some research on that later."

Walking into the city he made a mental note that a lot of the people living there were dwarves for lack of a better name, they were short, stocky and well built with most of them wielding axes on their person.

"Are they dwarves," Elise whispered into his ear as Natsu shrugged.

"Probably I'll find out soon for now let's just have a look around and don't go anywhere you aren't meant to go we're too far away from the capital still," Natsu replied as the three glared at him.

"Maybe you should heed your own advice Natsu after all you are the one who always goes where you aren't meant to," Erza said in a mock angry tone that did nothing to hide her amusement.

"Fine fine but it's a fair point alright," Natsu sighed as he pulled out the money they received for harvesting the Babananas. "Right we each get a quarter of this alright and don't go wasting it on useless crap alright."

"Would never dream of it Natsu, come on girls let's leave Natsu to have his alone time," Elise said mockingly as the three laughed and walked away.

"Right now then it's about time I did some damn research about this place and all these races," Natsu sighed as he began wandering through the vast city.

The city Natsu discovered was actually much bigger than the outside portion hinted at, the outer portion was four times larger than Magnolia however once he got inside the mountain itself his jaw nearly hit the floor.

"The mountain is hollow!"

Inside the mountain an entire megacity had been constructed with rail lines going all over the place and steam powered lifts placed conveniently all over the place, as Natsu began to regain his bearings his senses told him that someone was watching him.

Acting as if he hadn't noticed Natsu began walking around the area acting as if he was trying to find a specific rail line, the presence never once vanished leading Natsu to believe that whoever was watching him was a complete amateur.

Deciding to test this Natsu slipped down a deserted side passage and quickly slipped behind a stone pillar, not even a minute later a young boy around 15 or so was sneaking past as Natsu picked him up by the scruff of his neck.

"Hey whoa put me down ya big jerk," the kid shouted as he tried and failed to hit Natsu.

"You know the moment you laid eyes on me I knew you were there so who are you?"

"You know who I am Alvarez scum why are you acting all innocent!"

This prompted Natsu to tilt his head in confusion as the kid glared at him with such hatred in his eyes that Natsu couldn't help but take an interest.

"Why do you think I'm a part of Alvarez kid and aren't you a part of Alvarez too I mean you live here right?"

"I would never be a part of your blood soaked Empire that exists on the bones of trillions of deaths, and just look at you only one of the high ranking officers of Alvarez would dress like you!"

"So what you're essentially saying is that you are a rebel right?"

"Gee way to state the obvious!"

"You know you are a real brat but I'll let that slide for now because you've piqued my interest, just to let you know I'm not from Alvarez I'm from Ishgar, the Kingdom of Fiore to be exact."

The teen's eyes widened for a moment before narrowing in suspicion.

"How do I know you aren't lying?"

"Because if I was an Alvarez soldier or one of the higher ups you'd already have been taken to a jail and been tortured for information, also would I say that I'm from a country that Alvarez is going to war with very soon lightly I think not."

"Well I don't know you seem kind of suspicious …"

"Well you may suck at tailing people but at least you know not to trust on sight so that's a start, I'm Natsu Dragneel what's your name?"

"Jason, Jason Greenwood."

"Well at least your name isn't something grand or extravagant, so Jason I'll ask again why were you following me?"

"Well I thought you were an Alvarez soldier so I was gonna … well y'know."

"Kill me, capture me?"

"Yeah those …"

"Well then you aren't very bright are you," Natsu said as he placed the kid back down on the ground and ruffled his spiky red hair.

"Hey what's that supposed to mean!"

"Did you honestly believe a kid like you could take a soldier of the Alvarez army out, judging by your earlier comment you thought I was a Commander or possibly one of the Spriggan or Leichart which means you definitely have a death wish."

"I'm plenty strong I can kick your ass!"

"No you really couldn't kid," Natsu sighed. Why were all teenagers and young adults such brats?

"Oh yeah watch this," Jason said cockily as the teen's hair set alight with blue fire and he charged Natsu who was genuinely surprised at the teen's ability.

"Yeah I'll turn you into ash," Jason shouted as he put his two fists together and a large torrent of blue flame engulfed the entire hallway. "Not so cocky now are ya- WHAT!"

Natsu was standing in the flames physically grabbing them and eating the ones stuck to his clothes before moving onto the ones surrounding him, inhaling he began to consume all the surrounding flames until there were none left licking his lips once he was done.

"You know I take it back you aren't weak or else those flames would have tasted like shit, even so you shouldn't go attacking others for no reason."

The teen's hair returned to normal as he fell on his butt terrified of how easily Natsu shrugged off his attack with said person slowly walking towards him, closing his eyes expecting to get hit he was surprised when he felt himself get hoisted to his feet.

"Come on we'd better get clear of this area people are bound to come looking, you generated quite a bit of magic power with that attack it won't go unnoticed."

Jason nodded dumbly as the two took off down the corridor only to find several guards waiting for them.

"Halt!"

"Alright the other way I guess," Natsu said with an amused grin as he picked up Jason much to his protest and began running the other way.

Reaching the other end of the hallway Natsu noticed it was being blocked by several more guards.

"Oi kid do that attack again!"

"Why don't you do something!"

"I can't be discovered yet besides you said you were a rebel so rebel!"

"Ugh fine you stupid old man!"

"Hey I'm not old!"

Jason's hair turned blue once again as he put his fists together and with Natsu pointing him in the right direction the two destroyed the guards and escaped the pincer attack.

"Alright now where do we go," Jason shouted as Natsu grinned responding with a shrug.

"Don't you have like a rebel headquarters or something?"

"Yeah but-."

"Where is it?"

"I'm not allowed to say!"

"Fine looks like we'll be escaping the Natsu way," Natsu replied with a sinister smirk that made Jason shudder.

"Halt in the name of the Emperor!"

A platoon of guards with their weapons drawn were blocking the road with more closing in behind.

"Damn it we aren't gonna be able to escape all of them!"

"Hah this is nothing kid just stick with me," Natsu said as he jumped off the platform and onto one of the rail lines and began to grind along it much to the shock of the civilians and soldiers alike.

"Are you insane what the hell are you doing!"

"Escaping the Natsu way!"

"You'll get us killed for sure!"

"Nah don't worry I do crazy stuff like this all the time don't worry about-!"

Natsu ducked as a sharp rock was sent flying at the back of his head, the rock whizzed past at a speed Jason couldn't follow but he adopted a terrified expression.

"Oh no one of the Subterraneans is after us!"

"Are they any good in a fight?"

"The Subterraneans are an elite squad who follow the member of the Leichart 12 who runs this sector, The Subterraneans King!"

Natsu's smirk vanished as he was forced to swap rails as a storm of sharp pointed stones rained down upon them.

"I see, and what would the punishment be for what I did?"

"You'll be sent to jail for sure!"

Natsu pondered Jason's words as an idea began to form in his head, sighing he looked at Jason.

"Listen kid if I get you away from this will you do me a favour, I have three friends here who will be hopelessly lost without me so could you take them back to your rebel base and help them get to Vistarion please?"

"Why where are you going?"

"I want to save someone from a prison and this is a perfect chance to do so," Natsu replied as the kid looked at him like he was crazy.

"I-I'll do it old man but you have to get me away first!"

"Thanks kid now they are the ones I split up with when we first got here give em these," Natsu said as he handed the kid a map and his money. "Keep the money just make sure they get the map, alright I'm trusting you here kid if I find out you didn't help them," Natsu said as his eyes glowed crimson making the kid go pale.

"I'll do it as soon as I can sir!"

"Good now get ready because this is where we part," Natsu said as he launched himself into one of the platforms and took off at a far greater speed than the kid thought possible easily outpacing the Subterranean.

Shoving the kid inside a wicker basket Natsu kept running and decided to run into a wall and feign stupidity, crashing into the wall Natsu acted like it knocked him out and the Subterranean arrived moments later placing stone around his arms and legs just as a bunch of Alvarez Soldiers arrived puffing.

"Lady Rydia you caught the criminal!"

"Indeed he was quite swift but that was his downfall, send him to prison without trial that was far too much effort for my liking."

"Understood maam er which prison though?"

"The closest one you dolt, Vistarion Minar!"

"Ah of course as you say Lady Rydia," the soldier said as the Subterranean melded into the earth disappearing.

'Now we play the waiting game,' Natsu said to himself as the soldiers began to drag him off.

/Several Hours Later – Jason's POV/

After watching the man get dragged off Jason was now fearfully looking around trying to find the three pretty ladies he arrived with, the fear wasn't of Alvarez but of Natsu himself. His eyes bored into the teen and promised a world of pain should he not do the task asked of him, even if he was locked up in prison he had little doubt the man would return if he failed to do as instructed.

"Where are they I hope they didn't leave …"

Searching the marketplace the young teen had almost given up hope when he spotted one of the girls who was with him, sprinting towards her as quickly as he could he wasn't able to slow down in time and ended up crashing into her.

It felt as if he'd just run into a brick wall with his nose feeling like it had just been shattered, how strong were these people?

"Hey kid are you alright?"

"Uh fine I guess but uh why are you like a brick wall?"

The black haired girl looked down at the teen blinking several times before giggling.

"You know if an adult said that I'd break his face but I'll let you off kid," she said amused as she helped him up.

"Hey I'm not a kid!"

"Sure you aren't," she replied as Jason grumbled before shaking his head.

"No this can wait I need to tell you something important it's about your friend," Jason said as Elise's entire demeanour changed. "We can't talk here too many ears follow me!"

Elise just nodded and followed the kid into one of the side streets away from prying ears and eyes as she looked down at him expectantly.

"So which friend are we talking about?"

"Pink hair, goes by the name Natsu," the kid said as Elise nodded. "Um he told me to give you this," Jason said as he handed her the map to her confusion.

"Why'd he tell you to give me this?"

"Well uh he kind of got arrested and-."

"He what?"

"Well he got himself arrested and-!"

Jason shut his mouth as the emotions in the woman's eyes went through countless shifts until settling on one of acceptance.

"Was he captured or did he let it happen?"

"He let it happen, said he had a friend he wanted to save and this would work out."

"And why did he trust you to tell me all this?"

"Well you see we kind of got into a fight and got the attention of the guards and we kinda killed a few of them and-."

"Alright I get the idea so did he say anything else?"

"Yeah he asked me to take you to the rebels so you can get to Vistarion."

Elise sighed and rubbed her temples groaning in annoyance as she nodded.

"Alright we'll have to find the others I guess, if Natsu was willing to trust you then so will I but don't expect me to protect you from the other two when they find out."

"Uh why?"

"Well one is his adopted daughter and the other is his fiancée who he keeps finding newer and stupider ways to avoid."

"Oh …"

"Relax kid it isn't really your fault if Natsu planned it out then it'll work somehow, come on we need to find the others."

"Do you know where they are?"

"Yeah just stick close to me kid and we'll have you back home before sundown."

"I don't have a home not after what Alvarez did," Jason said sadly as Elise's eyes widened slightly realizing just why Natsu trusted the kid.

"I'm sorry I didn't realize, come on let's go."

"It's ok you couldn't have known," Jason replied as the two went back onto the main street.

"So what's your name anyway kid?"

"I'm not a kid and my names Jason!"

"Right well nice to meet you Jason I'm Elise, so why'd you pick a fight with Natsu anyway?"

"I thought he was an Alvarez soldier then when he asked why I was following him and I answered he called me an idiot."

"Heh well most people are foolish for following him but you really shouldn't try to tail anyone from the Alvarez army it won't end well for you."

"Why do you say that?"

"The stronger a mage is the easier it is for them to pick up on the subtle signs that someone is following them with intent, Natsu is a powerful mage probably one of the strongest there is so you had no chance from the beginning."

"There's no way he's that strong."

"Not up to me to say kid you can ask him about it all I can say is he's stronger than Irene Belserion at least."

The kids' eyes nearly shot out of their sockets at Elise's statement.

"No way that old loser is as strong as her!"

Elise couldn't contain her laughter at Natsu being called an old loser but quickly composed herself.

"Ahem anyway yeah like I said he's one of the strongest there is but if you want to know more you have to ask him yourself it's not my story to share, ah there's Erza."

"That's the fiancée right?"

"Yep so good luck you'll need it."

Jason wanted to run, hell he'd jump off Ryordan if it got him away from that woman there. Clad in armor she looked like a younger Irene Belserion it was almost as if his nightmares became manifest.

"Erza," Elise called out gaining the requip mages' attention.

"Oh Elise what's up, who's the kid?"

"I'm not a kid!"

"He says that a lot," Elise said amused as Jason just scowled. "Anyway Natsu sent him to find us."

"Really let me guess he did something reckless right?"

"Um well it was probably my fault but uh he kind of got arrested and is being taken to prison right now …"

Jason withered under Erza's glare as she forced him to recount the entire ordeal from the moment of meeting all the way until Natsu's arrest not once letting up on the glare, only when she was satisfied did she relent.

"I feel sorry for whichever prison gets him."

Jason's jaw dropped at how casually Erza dismissed Natsu's arrest.

"How can you be so calm about this isn't he your fiancée?"

"Yeah he can take care of himself I have faith in him."

"You do realize where you are right this is the Alvarez Empire he doesn't stand a chance of escaping!"

"I give him three days tops," Elise said as Jason hit the floor.

"24 hours and the warden falls down a flight of stairs and breaks his neck," Erza countered.

"2500 Jewel on that Scarlett?"

"3000 and you have to help me find strawberry flavoured Babanana seeds."

"Fine but when we get back to Fiore the four of us get to share the Babananas wherever we plant them."

"Alright but only if I get the majority of them."

"But that's not an even split!"

"Why should it be?"

"Because there's me, you Wendy and Natsu that's why!"

"But Natsu isn't even involved in this and we don't know if Wendy wants in on the bet or not!"

"You can't hog the Babanana to yourself!"

"Yeah I totally can because I'll win the bet!"

"No you really won't!"

"Will too!"

"Will not!"

Jason just stood there astounded at the childishness of the two mages in front of him as he shook his head, eventually after much arguing they decided that Wendy would be the tiebreaker and stormed off to find her dragging poor Jason along for the ride.

Wendy was soon found at a bookstore buying several books which she stored in her requip space, walking outside she was dragged into a side street by the two and looking at the random teen she knew something silly was going on.

"Wendy we want you to decide how long it will take for Natsu to break out of prison," Erza said firmly as Wendy's jaw dropped at the sudden information.

"Yeah how much do you bet and how long!"

"Wait hang on Natsu's in prison, how! It hasn't even been half a day yet and he's already been captured by the enemy!"

"None of that matters right now as I'm sure you'll agree when you realize the fate of the fabled strawberry flavoured Babanana is at stake," Erza said as she and Elise began to butt heads.

"Oh no they're fighting again and in public too this is so embarrassing," Wendy sighed as her attention turned to Jason. "So did you get roped into this too?"

"Actually Natsu told me to come find you all and take you to the rebel base so we can get you to Vistarion, it's kind of my fault he got arrested so I promised I'd help you guys out."

"Oh you don't need to feel bad for Natsu he'll be fine he probably wants to see if he can find our Guild Master in the prison and rescue him; anyway I'm Wendy nice to meet you."

"I'm Jason," he replied as the two noticed Erza and Elise had resorted to punching each other over a banana and a hypothetical one at that. "Are they always like this?"

"Whenever Natsu is around they don't dare fight apparently it is unladylike of them I don't really understand it much but they are rivals always trying to outdo each other and can't stand following the other on anything unless it's a combat scenario."

"Oh well that's pretty weird though I have a few friends in the rebels that are like that, Kate and Lyra beat each other up over the stupidest things sometimes."

"So once they are finished do you really have to take us to the resistance or was that on Natsu's request?"

"Natsu asked me to as soon as I mentioned I was a rebel I assume he's willing to help in some way."

"Well I've heard Elise and Erza talk about how Alvarez is going to invade Fiore and how Natsu is going to fight Emperor Spriggan to the death and how Natsu is slowly gaining the power to challenge him," Wendy said as Jason's jaw hit the floor.

"No way that old guy is as strong as Emperor Spriggan!"

"Not yet but he will be very soon from what I heard," Wendy replied as Jason was now on full fan boy mode activate.

"Wow that's so cool tell you what instead of going back to the resistance how about I just take you all to Vistarion instead?"

"Are you sure that you are allowed to do that I mean don't the resistance here need you or something?"

Jason's smile faded as he looked into Wendy's eyes and sighed.

"To be honest the resistance here in Alvarez isn't much because most of Alvarez is content with how things are, those of us who are rebels are the lucky few who aren't fooled by the lies being spread and still remember the destruction that came with Alvarez rule. I can somewhat feel the magic of all of you and I can tell you guys are really strong, way stronger than any of the other rebels so please take me with you?"

"I mean if Natsu trusted you enough to find us I don't see why not but you'd better ask them," Wendy said as she motioned to the two comically battered mages knocked out on the ground.

Jason sighed as he walked over to the two downed mages who both opened one eye each to look at him in mild interest.

"Um so I was kind of wondering if I could uh join you guys in helping get the old pink haired guy back," Jason asked scratching the back of his head as Elise giggled.

"Old pink haired guy I like it."

"I guess that's karma for all the times he called Gildarts old," Erza mused as the two sat up. "You can come but if you do then you'll have to start training like we do; now Natsu would've been the best one to train you since he is a Fire Mage but we'll make do. If you can handle training and pulling your own weight you can come with us."

"Thanks you guys you won't regret it!"

"Do you have to tell the rebels you are with that you're coming with us?"

"Nah the rebels here are small time so it doesn't really matter if I tell them or not and I don't have any family here so I'm free to just travel around as I want."

"Well alright then welcome to the team Jason and hey if you do good maybe the current Master will invite you to join our guild," Elise said with the hint of a smirk at her lips.

"And who is the current Master?"

"The old guy with pink hair," Erza said amused at the nickname as Elise snorted in amusement.

"Alright well we'd better get going before anyone catches onto the fact we're here, you're the local what's the fastest way to get from her to the other side of the mountain?"

"Well we have to catch a train down to the base of the mountain and it leads to a station just outside the mountain and we disembark there and go on foot."

"Well that works for me did any of you two keep any of that money Natsu gave us?"

Both Erza and Wendy looked away as Elise sighed and shook her head.

"How are we supposed to buy tickets without money!"

"Um Natsu gave me this just before he got caught," Jason said as he pulled out Natsu's quarter of the money as the three looked at him with a blank face.

"Why didn't you say anything earlier?"

"Wah-?"

"Don't bother they're just trying to get a rise out of you," Wendy whispered as Jason sighed and handed the older mages the money.

"Right we'll use this to get tickets right away, let's move out team!"

"And who made you leader tin can?"

"What was that sl-!"

"Enough if you two keep fighting I'll tell Natsu," Wendy shouted as they both fell silent immediately.

"Man how the hell does Natsu deal with them?"

"He doesn't it's his presence alone that seems to just make things work probably because he's so close with them that neither of them wants to upset him, they like each other don't get me wrong they just hate each other too."

"Um … right."

The group began to make their way to the station unaware of the situation Natsu had found himself in.

/? – Natsu's POV/

"An the ol blubberboy went in and cut the pumpernickel in two I'm tellin ya right in fucking half!"

Natsu wore a blank expression as a drunk delusional man raved on about watching what he assumed was some sort of whale fighting something he had no idea about, honestly he didn't really care since he was meditating for what was to come after all prison breaks aren't easy.

"Of course when you plan a prison break usually one has to actually be in the prison right?"

Natsu's eyes shot open and he saw Life sitting next to the drunk guy who didn't even know he was there.

"Of course one also has to be seen as a prisoner to escape a prison don't they otherwise it's more of a daring escape right," Death added from his right as the cart they were in hit a bump.

Just as Natsu landed back in his spot he was flicked in the head with a marble again and the two were gone.

"The last time they were flicking me with marbles I got my E.N.D abilities back and my Devil's Aura to a limited extent, does this mean I'm at another stage of my recovery?"

"I had a marble floor once biggest tractor at the ball, we danced all night and she used to say the sweetest things about bowling alleys and then we'd retire to the great big boot in the sky for some bacon."

Natsu just stared at the drunk guy completely unsure as to what the hell he just say and not really bothering to try and figure it out, closing his eyes he began to meditate once again eager to reach his destination.