edited chapter 8
Natsu is currently tracking the monster he was sent to eliminate. According to the request, as Natsu calls them, this false demon is humanoid in shape and good with a blade.
Something Natsu didn't want to hear since his magic focuses mainly on hand-to-hand combat, meaning he's at a disadvantage and has to be careful with this one.
Fortunately, this is one of the few times Ultear can fight alongside him to fight these false demons.
Since Sebastian is partnered with Cobra, they have to walk on foot when trekking to and through remote locations.
"Get down," Natsu forces Ultear and Happy to duck under a massive blade sweep across where their head would on been as sliced clean through the surrounding trees.
All three looked up and confirmed the details of the False demon. In the center of its chest, like the first of the false demons they've faced, was another lacrima only difference is the color. It was dark blue like Wendy's hair.
It was easy 20 feet in height and wore armor similar in appearance to Erza adamantine Armor. Still, the magic coming off is a mixture of lightning and wind magic.
The false demon wielded Twin katanas; one katana gave off lightning magic while the other gave wind magic.
"Great, now I have to deal not one but two swords," Natsu said as the demon prepares for another attack.
"Ah, what do we do, Natsu" Happy yells
"This PURGATORY DRAGON FLAME PILLAR" Natsu Shouts be on the ground the false demon in standalone erupted in a massive pillar of crimson red flames that shoots straight up into the sky.
The trio took this opportunity the get some distance. When the flames cleared, the false demon is mostly unscathed, but there were definite burn marks here and there, and some few spots where the metal the makes up the armor is melted slightly.
By the time the false demon collected himself, he had noticed the trio was gone. So it looks around and sees them in the distance bolting towards them at insane speed thanks to its size.
Just as it was about slash at them, it was met with another flame pillar-like before the flames were gone. It notices the cat and female were high in the sky, leaving him alone with the one responsible for the fire.
"Now," Natsu shouts
"Parallel worlds," Ultear shouts and follows up with a flashforward bringing down a hail storm and lacrimas down the false demon.
"PURGATORY DRAGON'S BLAZING HELL, "Natsu shouts, Taking the opportunity before him as his hand is engulfed in crimson red flames.
His attack collides with the false demon. The flames explode on contact causing the entire demon top to bottom to be engulfed in Crimson red fire. For the first time, a false demon Natsu's face screamed in agony from the searing heat.
Happy and Ultear wear almost caught in the blast but made it out unscathed, looking down the ground glows orange no doubt from all the rock that melted from the heat.
Natsu was ok, but the false demon was still standing on one knee and using one of its swords as support and the other in a defensive manner.
Natsu looked and noticed part of the false demon armor was cracked and melted from the heat. Unfortunately, the armor is primarily intact, meaning this fight will take longer than he thought.
He's tempted to use his Azure flames, but he hasn't mastered them yet. Ultear and Happy are too close for him to use a flames pillar again, but from the look of it, he may have to use them but let's see how far he can damage it with his purgatory flames.
Natsu focused on how to beat the false demon. But, unfortunately, he didn't notice it was bringing down one of his katanas down on him.
"Natsu lookout" Ultear shouts from above
Natsu manages to dodge the blade at the last second. Still, he didn't make it out unscathed as the wind magic coming off the edge was strong enough for a small wind blade to leave him with a few gashed as he used his arm to block the wind coming off the katana.
"Ultear, do that what you did with your lacrima again and draw his attention and don't stop," Natsu shouts.
"Got it," Ultear said as she cast parallel world and flashforward rain down Lacrima on the false demon again.
Natsu activated his purgatory dragon force his scales take on a blackish-red color.
Hw sends one of his strongest purgatory dragon slayer arts.
"PURGATORY DRAGON BREAKDOWN FIST" Natsu shouts as Crimson red magic circle appears. Then, a massive fist made of purgatory flames shoots, hurdling itself towards the false demon.
When the fist collided with the false demon, it sent it flying before landing on its back. Naturally, this enrages the false demon even more. But then, it was quick to its feet and did something that shocked the trio.
How it slashed its twin katana through the air, and with each slash, a crescent-shaped blade of wind or lightning magic sent toward all three of them.
Happy tried his best and managed to dodge most of the blades while holding on to Ultear. But it wasn't quick enough as the fierce wind surrounding one of the wind blades caused him to lose stability and promptly crashed into the ground.
But that is not the worst part. They land right next to the false demon, this scared Natsu and charge at them.
When Ultear got her baring, all she saw was one of the katana coming right toward next thing she knows the ground is covered in blood.
What she saw next made her heart sink as Natsu was standing right in front of her. He took the blow of the attack in her place.
What scared her the most was he was in the same stance Simon took when he saved Erza and Natsu from Jellal's altairis spell.
"You ok," Natsu said weakly.
"Y-yeah, I'm fine, but Natsu, your hurt."
"I'm fine. My dragon force scale took most of the blow," Natsu said
At this Ultear, look to the ground and see a mixture of blood and his purgatory dragon scales. This brought tears to her eyes as she felt helpless as the person she loves most took an attack that would have killed her.
"Happy you there," Natsu said, not taking his eyes off the demon. It looked pretty exhausted, probably from expelling so much magical energy from its wind and lightning blade attacks.
"Yeah, what is it, Natsu," Happy said in a scared tone.
"I need you to take Ultear and get out of here as fast as you can,"
"What, no, I'm not leaving you to die," Ultear said as more tears streamed down her face.
"Remember what I said when you asked me about dragon slayers, mate," Natsu said in a severe tone.
"Yes, that you'll have a never-ending drive to protect me till his dying breath," Ultear said as she choked on those words.
"Good, and now this is no exception. Happy take Ultear and run. I can handle this, but you need to get as far away as possible," Natsu said as he looked over his shoulder with a reassuring grin.
"Got it, "Happy said as he picked up Ultear, who was struggling to break free from his grasp, and high-tailed it out of there.
"Wait for no Natsu," Ultear shouts as Happy whisked her away, still trying to break free.
"Good, now they're out of range. It's time to unleash the power and the Azure dragon," Natsu said with a smirk.
At this time, the false demon was about to slash at Natsu again. One moment the false demon was going the kill Natsu but hit the dirt. He notices a trail of blood and follows it to see Natsu staring him down with a smirk.
"AZURE DRAGON ROAR," Natsu shouts. A torrent of blue flames shoots out of his mouth, colliding with the demon and bathing it in blue flames resulting in the area around them spontaneously combust from the overwhelming heat.
There's a reason Natsu didn't want to use these flames off the bat, as even he has trouble controlling these flames, there not impossible. Still, these flames are on a whole other level than other flame types.
The false demon screams in agony as his armor and weapons are melting from the insane heat. Both blades were out of commission when the flames died, along with one of its arms and an eye. the false demon was now down for the count waiting for the finishing blow from Natsu
"AZURE DRAGON DEMOLITION FIST" Natsu shouts as his fist engulf azure flames and collides with what remains of the false demon
Right as his fist makes contact, the false demon was destroyed, shattering into hundreds of pieces. The sheer force of the punch in the area around them erupts in Azure flames like the Natsu's blazing hell attack.
When The dust settles, all the was left was a combination of chard earth, and the false demon's molten rocks and metal remain.
Natsu was breathing heavily from the last attack as he dispelled his dragon force. Taking that hit took a lot out of him.
He couldn't rest as he had to get to Ultear and Happy as it would be days before the area around him would cool down enough for regular people to walk through.
After examining the wounds, he was given, it appeared his fire dried out the blood, causing it to clot up, giving him a giant scab right across his chest.
He's forced to move carefully or risk reopening his wound. It would have cauterized but being a fire dragon had its disadvantages sometimes.
Natsu can cauterize his wound. However, it just isn't worth the effort for him as he would have to use a large amount of his magic energy.
Slowly but surely, he followed the scent of Ultear and Happy to a nearby road and met up with them.
"Sup guy, we did it," Natsu said with a cheeky grin.
"Natsu, please don't do something like that again Ultear said as she brought him into a hug. But, then, his hopes of not reopening his wound went out the window. He was about to cry out in pain when he saw tears in Ultear's eyes, and from the look of it, they weren't stopping anytime soon.
And so he did what he thought was right. He fought through the pain of his wound reopening and hugged her back until her tear stopped.
"Better now," Natsu said with a reassuring grin. He got his answer when Ultear brought him into a searing kiss that lasted till their human desire for air forced them to separate.
"yes," Ultear said with a smile. Then she noticed blood all over her kimono before seeing the large gash across Natsu's chest.
"Ah Natsu, your bleeding," Happy shouts
"Well, that what happens when you take a slash as I did," Natsu said, rubbing the back of his neck
"Ah, why didn't you say something before I hugged you and reopened your wound" Ultear said in a genuinely concerned tone.
"Hey, it's no big deal. I'll light myself on fire again and seal it up," Natsu said and was about to when suddenly.
"No, you will not. The village nearby and has a doctor, and your getting it looked at, or that demon will be the least of you worry," Ultear said in a nagging tone.
"Got it, honey," Natsu said, trying to hold in a chuckle as Ultear blushed at that comment.
Doctor nearby village
"Ow," Natsu yelled as the town doctor who sent the request is cleaning the wound he got from the S-class monster.
The wound in question was a massive slash mark cut diagonally across his chest from his right shoulder to just under his rib cage on his left side.
Setting in a chair across the room was Ultear and Happy with reassuring smiles. Both were bandaged up after getting minor cuts from the wind blades as the doctor cleaned the wound.
Natsu is a dragon slayer as one of the unnamed benefits of being a dragon slayer is having more robust bones. On top of that was his dragon force, or the slash attack would no doubt slice him in two.
After getting a clean bill of health from the doctor, Natsu was free to go but was ordered to take it easy and try NOT to light himself or get set, a manner of fact, stay away from all open flames as much as possible.
Natsu didn't bother to zip up his coat as the wound was painful when you touched it. Still, it did allow you the see the bandage as they cover the injury entirely in a diagonal fashion, not only that his arms were bandaged up as well.
"So how much was the reward for that job" Happy said
"I don't know. Honestly, Ultear usually tracks those."
"So Ultear, what how much did we make?"
"Since it's an S-class job, we got 3,000,000 million jewel from it. Knowing you and the dragon slayers Natsu. Most of it is going straight to food," Ultear said, getting a snort out of Natsu but didn't go any further as he didn't want to reopen his wound again.
"How far the nearest inn since we should be at Magnolia by tomorrow," Natsu said
"Not too far another hour at most," Ultear said
"That Arc of time magic is handy since I accidentally got my blood all over our clothes," Natsu said.
She can't change the time of the blood, but she can revert their clothes too before he got blood on them.
"Yes, it is, and how many times do I have to tell you? Don't worry about it, especially after taking that hit," Ultear said
"I know. I just wish you didn't have to waste your time fixing something that was my fault," Natsu said with a reassuring grin.
While Natsu was dealing with the pain as a massive slash across his chest, Ultear mind was somewhere else, and that place was her memories of meeting E.N.D.
The trio had finally made it to the inn Ultear mentioned. Happy got some fish that he would pay for.
This left Natsu and Ultear to themselves in the room. But, then, a thought came to Ultear. Not much is known about Natsu's past, and since there mates, she wants to find out as much about him and help him however she can with dealing with E.N.D.
"Natsu, this may seem a bit strange, but since you and E.N.D have well merged. Did you ever get your memories from before Igneel," Ultear said cautiously, even after years of knowing it's still a touchy subject?
"Yes, I did actually, and with the help of Igneel, I've been reliving them since that day through dreams whenever I'm asleep like last night when I merged with E.N.D," Natsu said
"This may seem strange, but can you tell me about it then since we're mates, the more I know, the better. That way, I can help you whenever you need help dealing with that burden.
"Of course I would love that," Natsu said with his signature grin getting a bright smile from her.
"I'm ready to listen whenever you want to talk," Ultear said
"Thank you, but that won't be necessary after all. It will be easier to show," Natsu said
"What do you mean?"
"We'll tell you when I can show you."
"What do you mean?"
"simple, you can view them through your dream like it did the first time I went through them," Natsu said, signature grin.
"That sounds like you Natsu never one for talking always find a way around it," Ultear said with a giggle.
"Will do it whenever is good for you?" Natsu said with a grin
"How about when we get back to fairy tail," Ultear said
"Sound like a plan," Natsu said
The trio has just entered Magnolia and was on their way to the guild, but it was quiet, too quiet for Natsu taste, meaning something was up, and they didn't know why.
"We need to get to guild stats" Natsu took the lead toward the guildhall.
With that said, they practically ran as fast as they could without risking Natsu's wound opening up. When they entered the guildhall, they were met with a usually quiet guildhall.
"What happened" Natsu practically yells
"Natsu, what happened to you," A guild member said notice the bandages across Natsu's chest.
"Not important why does everyone else look like someone died," Natsu said it was then he realized what happened around this time in the old timeline.
"No one died, but we did have a major close call while you were away on your S-class job," Another guild member said
"Who," Ultear said, seeing the look in Natsu's eyes.
"Lisanna, she nearly died, but she alive," Mirajane said as he choked on his words. She said as she is still shaken up about what happened. Natsu let out a sigh of relief at this.
"Come to my office, you three, and I'll explain what happened," Makarov said with the said the trio went with Makarov.
Makarov took a seat in his desk chair, and across from him, Natsu and Ultear said side by side, with Happy sitting on Natsu's shoulder.
"Thank, Mavis. We have Wendy."
"Mind explaining, please," Ultear said even if it was rhetorical after seeing the look in Natsu's eyes.
"I don't know if Lisanna would still be alive if we didn't have her healing magic."
"Yeah, no doubt, but mind filling us in of what happened on their job," Natsu said even though he has a good idea of what happened.
"Only if you fill me in on those bandages you two have," Makarov said with a glare.
Natsu agreed to this, and not much changed from the old timeline version; basically, Mira was sent an emergency S-class request like before.
The monster is stronger than they thought, and Elfman tries to take it over and fails and lost control and is about to finish the blow on Mira, only for Lisanna to step in.
Lisanna is sent flying, causing Elfman to gain control and go back to normal from the shock. Mira finds Lisanna. Unlike last time there is no Anima to take her to Edolas, Natsu silently thank Mystogan for closing that one.
"That's what happened," Makarov said
"So, how is Lisanna doing from the accident?"
"She is doing fine thanks to Wendy with her healing magic; otherwise, who knows how long it would take to recover from that."
"Did Mira and Elfman get hurt?" Ultear said, seeing that look in Natsu's eyes.
"Yes, but they're not as bad as Lisanna, Wendy would have healed them, but she tired herself out from healing Lisanna injuries."
"Do you think Mira and Elfman will be able to use their magic after something as tragic as this" Natsu said
"I honestly don't know Natsu; it could go either way for them," Makarov said
"What do you mean by that" Ultear said as she is still in the dark about this event in the old timeline.
"It's not uncommon for promising Wizard magic to drop down drastically assuming they even be able to use it all."
"I see, so we have no idea if both of them can use their magic after this," Ultear said with her head held down slightly.
'Mind explaining how you got your injuries now," Makarov said with a glare shortly after mute runes were activated. At this, Natsu went into the detail of their S-class quest.
"That false demon had the advantage with those swords of his," Natsu said with a grin.
"The only reason I'm letting you go on those jobs is that I feel you have the right deal with Demon he created."
If you haven't guessed, this stems from when they thought they made him put the guild stamp on loke. So all Makarov knows is Natsu is the younger brother Of Zeref and his strongest demon and the mark of Osiris.
Natsu is something called a godsend, which is more like a title given to mortals who have earned a god's favor. Beyond that, he refuses to know what happens as it is never a good idea to know too much about your future.
The mute runes were undone. Natsu, Ultear, and Happy left, leaving Makarov to his thoughts.
Later that day
Natsu was on his way home when he caught the familiar scent of someone who isn't at the guild very often.
"Thank you, Mystogan," Natsu said.
A man covering head to doe in green and black robes came from behind one of the buildings with five staff on his back.
"Not a problem Natsu, I still feel guilty for closing it sooner in this timeline."
"I'm just glad she stayed, but now I feel bad for the Edolas version of fairy tail won't have Lisanna with them anymore."
"I know what you mean. Is there anything else?"
"No, that will be it good bu Mystogan."
"Goodbye, Natsu"
Natsu and Ultear room
Natsu and Ultear no longer sleep in separate beds. They threw out their old ones and got a queen-sized bed that thankfully didn't take up the entire room, with different beds in the same position as always. Like many a time as Ultear sleeps the night away, Natsu is conversing with Igneel.
Natsu mind
"You wanted to speak with me?"
"Yes, it's related to that injury you got," Igneel said, pointing out the massive slash marks on his chest.
"If this about how stupid of a move that was? I don't want to hear it,"
"I'm not angry. I'm proud you did it. It further proves you are a true Dragonslayer, but that is beside the point," Igneel said."
"Ok, what is it then," Natsu said
"Well, since you got that injury, I've been thinking of a way to deal with an enemy who' just as, if not more deadly with a blade-like that false demon as you call it,"
"What did you have in mind,"
"Since you know requip magic, I thought it would be a good idea to get a blade to fight enemies who use melee weapons," Igneel said
"I was thinking of something similar since I got this, but it didn't seem possible since my flames melt just about any metal they came in contact with that, including Erza flame empress armor."
"Well, what I have in mind is a little different."
"I'll bite what did you have in mind."
"Simple, this blade isn't made from your run-of-the-mill metal. This one is made from the remains of our fellow dragons," Igneel said
"Like how my scarf it's made from your scales," Natsu said as he pointed to said item, getting a nod from the Igneel.
Igneel went into how this knife would work and how to build it. So Natsu, with the help of Igneel, would track down the remains of an Adamantine dragon, like Motherglare and an Azure Dragon.
The adamantine dragon remains would give the blade its strength. The Azure dragon would channel his flames into it and shoot well flame blades like what the false demon was throwing with its katanas.
Unfortunately for Natsu, they can't start immediately like he wants because his wound needs time to heal, even with Wendy's sky Magic.
Two weeks Later Location unknown
Natsu is currently searching for a mass dragon graveyard like what Gajeel found during the games, he would go to that one, but Igneel said it didn't have the remains he needs for the blade he has in mind.
Like always, Ultear and Happy are by his side. They march for another hour through some very rugged terrain.
One hour later
Natsu was now standing at the edge of a pit of the mass graveyard he was looking for, it's been centuries since these dragons died, but he could feel the aura of their power.
Igneel said the aura from these dragon remains were giving off meant they were a lot more dragons here than the one Gajeel found during the games.
"Igneel, which one is the remain we're looking for," Natsu said internally.
"The large one is the center is the Adamantine dragon, and the one opposite side is the Azure Dragon we need for your blade."
Natsu was quick to his feet and dropped down. Ultear joins him shortly after with the assistance of Happy.
But the second Natsu touches the ground. An all too familiar aura met Natsu that honestly scared him to death.
"You feel that Igneel,"
"Yes, and I don't sense him nearby at all, so we are in the clear," Igneel said
"never thought I'd see Acnologia's handy work this close up," Natsu said aloud, getting a gasp out of Ultear and Happy.
Natsu was quick to tell them Acnologia was nowhere nearby. They both let out a sigh of relief at this, especially for Ultear. Even after 12 years, the memory of Acnologia's roar against tenrou Island is still fresh in her mind as if it happened yesterday.
Natsu walked up to the remains of the Adamantine Dragon. Upon inspection Igneel pointed out in an intact tooth, it's perfect for giving the blade its strength.
Natsu unzipped his coat, revealing a large scar that took the place of Natsu's injury, but that was not important. Natsu brought his right hand up to the Osiris mark and started to glow red.
Natsu put his hand on the mark, and soon after, said hand began to glow red. Then, Natsu went up the tooth using one hand to hold on to the tooth and put the glowing hand to base the jaw where the tooth is rooted.
Soon after the glow of his hand jump from his hand to the root of the tooth before disappearing, Natsu was now able to pull the tooth out like it was nothing.
With the adamantine Dragon tooth out of the way, Natsu headed off the azure dragon. He did the same process taking another tooth with bits and pieces from the body and some scales the somehow lasted this long.
"Ok, Igneel, I got everything we need to make the blade. Now, what,"
"Now we have to prepare a spot to deconstruct the remain and forge a blade out of them," Igneel said
"Ok, and how do I do that" Natsu said
Igneel explained how to set up everything to forge the blade; first, you have to draw two circles in the dirt, one big enough to hold the remains he collected.
The second one should encompass the first circle leaving a big enough gap to draw out a series of draconian and god marking. He can only assume their Osiris.
Next, he set the adamantine dragon tooth in the center. After that, arrange all the azure dragon remains around the centered tooth in a circle. After that, there should be a small flame of each flame type you want the blade to use on the edge of the ring.
In five-point of the circle, there is a small flame of each flame type Natsu possesses, that would be fire, hellfire, purgatory, Azure dragon flames, along with his curse flames.
To start, the forging Natsu mark of Osiris began to glow again. Then, as before, when collecting the remains, Natsu brought his hand down to the circle.
Immediately after the whole circle and the marking glowed red, each flame flared up before spiraling to the center into a massive fire.
The next thing he knew, all the dragons remain he collect started levitating up into the giant flame.
What happens next surprises the trio, all the pieces dematerialized into thousands of tiny fragments before coalescing into a ball. Then, slowly but surely, a blade began to form at the same time. The blade is almost consuming the very flames that are forging it.
This process went on for another minute before stopping revealing the blade that was forged. However, next to the blade is a sheath with a scale-like pattern like a Natsu scarf.
Upon closer inspection of the blade, the knife is easily ten inches long, with six inches of it being straight while the remaining of the blade curved up half an inch through the remaining four inches.
The blade's handle looks like your standard katana handle, and the guard looked like your typical piece of metal separating the blade from the handle.
Looking at the blade once more, the base of the blade on each side is Osiris's mark on his left pectoral. Then, again, it glows the same color red before disappearing entirely.
The next thing he notices was that the whole blade had a flame-like pattern covering every inch of it.
Natsu notices that it is somewhat heavy in the hand course that is expected when it's made of dead dragon parts.
"Hm, I should probably give this blade a name but can't think of anything. Do you guys have one in mind," Natsu said, looking to Ultear and happy for ideas.
"I got nothing," Happy said
"Hm, how about the blade of eternal fire," Ultear said
"Hm, sound good but feel it could have a better name, but for now, it will have to do," Natsu said as he sent the blade into his requip space.
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