It has taken me a long time, but no I am finally coming out with the long promised story I said I would do all the way back in January. Sorry about that. Also sorry for my lack of writing recently. I have been busy with my personal life and also I had a lack of creative willpower to continue writing lately. However, that is all over and I am back once more!
I'll try to update my other stories as soon as I can.
With that out of the way, I do not own Fairy Tail or DxD, they are owned by their respective owners.
Chapter One: Salamander's Last Fight!
Natsu's form is shaking as he struggles to continue to stand upright after all that he has been through.
The body of his brother is laying on the floor where Natsu killed him. He still has that smile on his face as Mavis cries over the death of him.
Natsu may have won the battle, but it is a bittersweet moment.
Suddenly, a flash of gold erupts as the Lumen Histoire, or the Fairy Heart as it is also known as, leaves Zeref's body. The small tiny sphere of infinite magical power stays suspended in the air for a moment before it flies over towards Natsu and halts in front of his chest.
Natsu stares down at it and for some reason, he feels as if he is the one being stared at. The tiny little thing is just hovering in the air until after a few moments he feels a small presence in his mind. It doesn't say any words, but for some reason he knows what it wants.
Natsu nods his head and immediately, the Fairy Heart enters into his body and then into his soul.
Natsu suddenly feels a rush of power beyond anything he has ever felt before in his life. Even the Fire Dragon King's Mode didn't feel as powerful as this. It as like comparing a sea to an ocean. A sea has an insane amount of water, but it is outclassed in every way by an ocean.
It took a little bit, but eventually Natsu regained control after he got over his power high. Moving and stretching his fingers, Natsu can feel more power flowing throughout his body then he has ever thought possible.
Suddenly, Natsu heard a giant roar coming from behind him. Twirling around, Natsu saw him entering into this realm. Acnologia, the Dragon of the Apocalypse.
Acnologia appeared before Natsu not as the Black Dragon, but as a tall dark skinned man with dark blue hair. He has a large black clock on his back while a ring of Dragon teeth is wrapped around his neck. He has a pair of dark blue shorts with white flame symbols on them and that is it.
Even though he isn't flaring his magic Natsu could feel his strength. Even with the insane power of Fairy Heart boosting Natsu well and truly beyond any level of strength he has ever had before, Natsu wasn't sure if he had the strength to defeat this monster before him.
Acnologia turned his gaze towards the fading bodies of both Mavis and Zeref and said, "So, the Immortal Black Wizard has finally died has he? By the hands of his own little brother no less. Pity. He owed me a fight."
He then turned his gaze towards Natsu and with a smirk said, "But now I have a better fight before me. From what I am sensing, you are far beyond even Zeref when he absorbed the Fairy Heart. You will be a good fight."
Natsu gets into his combat stance while his fists suddenly become engulfed by flames. But these aren't his usual flames. These are golden flames with a tint of crimson red at their ends while small tiny white particles are lifting off of his flames.
Natsu stares at the flames for a second before he turned his attention back to Acnologia, who has covered his own fists with his strange light blue Dragon Slaying powers as well.
For a moment the two of them did nothing except stare at one another. Natsu in hatred and Acnologia in palpable excitement.
Then faster then the eye can blink, they vanished from their positions and reappeared in front of one another, Natsu's right fist smashing into Acnologia's left fist.
A millisecond later a massive explosion that could have leveled almost all of Magnolia erupted outwards, pushing the two fighters away from one another.
Natsu managed to get his balance back and flipped himself up so he landed on his feet as he used his left hand to stop his movement by smashing it into the ground.
Natsu then saw his right hand was smoking a little from the explosion with a few burns marks having appeared as well. Acnologia's magic was as devastating as always.
Natsu saw that Acnologia was already back on his feet, his left fist smoking as well while a few burn marks were starting to appear on his skin as well. A giant smirk was on his face as his eyes were wide with excitement.
Natsu reignited both of his fists and then concentrated his magical power throughout his body. Doing so reawakened the last gift Igneel left to his adopted son.
Blood red dragon scales appeared on Natsu's arms, legs, chest and face as the power of the Fire Dragon King activated. Natsu's power roared even higher then before and he needed every last drop of this strength if he was going to beat Acnologia.
After reopening his eyes Natsu roared out with a voice more akin to a raging Dragon as his flames ignited against the soles of his feet, sending him flying towards Acnologia.
Acnologia charged forwards as well and the two of them met with a thunderous explosion.
Dragon fought Dragon Slayer as the two of titans of power fought against one another with all of their might. Fist struck flesh as the two tried to beat the other to death, giant explosions of raw magical power that could obliterate giant cities the size of Crocus in an instant were being released with every attack and still the two fought. Slowly but surely, the magical energies the two were releasing started growing in strength as they pushed their battered bodies beyond their limits in an attempt to get an advantage over the other.
Acnologia was grinning like a madman even through the four massive gashes Natsu gave him earlier that was leaking blood across his face.
Natsu haven't gotten out of this exchange without any injuries. Six broken ribs, a bloodied mouth, dozens of bruises and gashes that were leaking blood everywhere while three large claw marks went from his left shoulder to his right hip.
Acnologia had also gotten some pretty nasty injuries as well. He has the four gashes across his face, a sprained knee, possibly five cracked ribs and several dozen other injuries.
However, Natsu knew these wounds meant nothing. He could feel himself healing rapidly from his wounds while Acnologia's injuries were also disappearing quickly. It appears both of them had a rapid healing factor that was working hard to heal them.
Natsu suddenly felt a blinding flash of pain as Acnologia wrapped his left hand around Natsu's throat and began to squeeze it with all of his might.
Natsu tried to break Acnologia's grip on him, but the mighty Dragon King simply punched Natsu with his right hand until Natsu stopped moving.
Natsu began to feel himself getting limp as the strength left his body. He can barely even move his arm anymore.
As his minds begins to fall away, Natsu then saw all of them. He saw Cana, Levy, Gajeel, Erza, Gray, Happy and all of his other friends he has made across his life. Even Igneel is there, standing behind them all. He couldn't hear them say anything, but their eyes were staring at him, imploring him to come back to them and live.
Then he saw her. Lucy. She is standing there in front of the Guild Hall with tear filled eyes and see simply said, "You are not dead yet. Get back up and fight! Fight!"
Her words resounded inside of Natsu's mind. Fight! FIGHT! FIGHT!
Suddenly he started feeling a burning sensation running through his veins once more as he began to remember all of the times he has had with Fairy Tail. All the good, wonderful times that are buried in his memories. His friends, no his family will all die if he cannot stop Acnologia here and now. Natsu will not let that happen! NEVER!
As his determination reignites, Natsu thought of everyone back at Fairy Tail. The unbending strength of Gildarts, the bravery of Erza, the eternal optimism of Happy, Gray's ceaseless annoyance and Lucy's happy smile.
All of their hopes, dreams, morals, it all is flowing within him. The light they show unto the world is burning within his very soul.
Natsu suddenly gasps out as a massive wave of golden energy is released from him, blowing Acnologia backwards as he didn't expect the energy wave.
Natsu began to rub his injured throat as he could feel the Fairy Heart working to fix the injuries he has sustained.
Acnologia is going to get back up soon. That blast may have been powerful but it could never be enough to kill a being like Acnologia.
Natsu needs something more. Even with the power boost of Lucy rewriting the Book of E.N.D., Natsu absorbing the Fairy Heart and also him in Fire Dragon King's Mode, he doesn't have the strength to kill Acnologia. Halt his advances for a time and fight him to a near standstill, perhaps, but not kill.
Natsu began to desperately wish for a weapon capable of killing him, only so he can return home.
And somehow, a miracle happened. Natsu heard four words whisper into his mind, "Your wish is granted."
Before he can even try to understand who it is that is talking to him, he suddenly sees images flashing before me as a giant rush of golden energy rushes throughout his body as the Fairy Heart beats wildly in his sou which is pumping out even greater amounts of energy then before.
Natsu's arms are burning as his eyes feel like they are on fire as he let out a terrible scream of pain as the energy roars. He sees something just beyond his sight. Formless, soon it shall be formed. Nameless, yet already he knows what it shall be called. Powerless, yet soon it shall be made powerful. He can barely process the information and soon he forgets everything that is going through his mind.
Somehow, the Fairy Heart takes control of his body and sends a wave of magic out from him that forms a dome of translucent golden energy. Then it makes him push an insane amount of magical power into a single concentrated spot as the Fairy Heart uses abilities that even Zeref never thought it could have done.
Zeref, Mavis, Natsu, they were all blind to what the Fairy Heart truly is. It is not simply just a infinite amount of magical power, it is a shard, a remnant, an echo of the One Magic.
When the One Magic disappeared, it left remnants all throughout Earthland. These remnants have the ability to grant access to every single magic or magical technique ever created, since they exist outside of space and time. The Fairy Heart is an artificially created echo, due to Mavis and Zeref kissing, Precht's attempts to free her and all the magic energy she absorbed while trapped in the lacrima. Even though it is an artificially created remnant of the One Magic, it still has all the abilities that a true shard of the One Magic has.
No one can access the true potential of these remnants unless the remnant itself allows them to wield these powers. Zeref forcibly stole Mavis's Fairy Heart from her and so the Fairy Heart fought back, only allowing Zeref a portion of the true power of the Fairy Heart. Natsu on the other hand was chosen by the Fairy Heart to wield its power, but not at first. Natsu had to truly wish beyond all other things, for a selfless and pure wish. His wish to simply see my friends and family live on, even if it costs him his own life was the catalyst that triggered the Fairy Heart into allowing him access to a larger portion of its power.
With all this new power he saw a weapon that can slay Acnologia and now he is using magics beyond his mind's ability to comprehend to form that weapon.
Soon, the shape begins to form as untold amounts of magic flow from his hand to warp reality into the shape he wishes for it to take.
A brown leather wrapped handle comes into being, the leather having small runes literally made into their very fabric. A large and thick cross-guard is formed, the cross-guard having two blue glowing Fairy Tail symbols boldly emblazoned upon it on either side of the cross-guard while a large golden glowing jewel that radiates even more power then the Etherion cannon could unleash in ten minutes of continuous fire resides. A silver blade quickly follows, the blade having golden runes formed into the existence of sword. Along both sides of the runes, there is two golden glowing lines that run the entire length of the blade, each line appearing to have been made from two bars twisted together into a spiraling line. The very edge of the blade was a light blue crystal like substance that radiated pure power. The sword is three feet long, has a thick blade width of around three inches that is the same all along the blade's length, save for the last two inches of the blade, where it narrows down to a single point.
This is a sword beyond all others, a blade that stands above every other blade, it is the ultimate weapon. A sword forged from magic itself and created by bending and breaking reality to create this weapon. It is a sword that exists to bring light to the dark, to bring hope to the hopeless and to defeat the undefeatable.
Natsu grasps the handle with both hands and stares at the blade in wonder. Never before has he seen a blade even close to this one. It just radiates an aura of majesty and power eclipsing all other swords.
Natsu suddenly feel of jolt of information enter into his mind, not unlike the time Mirajane gave him the knowledge on how to do Transformation magic. What he got this time is a list of the blade's powers and knowledge on how to fight with this sword. It was a lot to take in, but he managed to sort through it quickly enough.
After he finished admiring the blade, he turned and saw Acnologia had gotten back up and wass firing a blue Dragon Roar from his mouth, but something was wrong.
The beam was moving in super slow motion, about a thousand times slower then usual.
Natsu heard a noise and could see the runes that are powering the small dome around him were starting to break apart and shatter.
"This is all I can do for you. I cannot create another time bubble and you do not have the knowledge to create one for yourself. What happens next, is all on you. Good luck, chosen." The voice said in his head as he could feel the Fairy Heart starting to calm down in his chest as the amount of power roaring in his veins diminishes significantly.
Natsu nodded to himself and then lowered himself into a combat stance with the blade held in front of him. Natsu is new to sword fighting and even with the knowledge about how to swing a sword well now resting inside his mind, he holds no illusion that the fight before him will be anything but hard.
Natsu powers up to his maximum, scales reforming on his body as his strength rises once more. The blade in his hands begins to glow light blue along the blades length.
Natsu waits as the runes continue to disappear until at last they vanish completely and suddenly Acnologia's roar comes at him at normal speed.
With his incredible speed and reflexes, Natsu moves the blade to intercept the roar and when the roar hits the blade; the roar is absorbed into the blade itself.
Natsu moves the blade back in front of him as he saw Acnologia look at him incredulously. Acnologia then sees the sword in his hands and Natsu could see the change come over him.
Acnologia is wary of the sword as he knows it is dangerous, however he just can't tell how dangerous.
Acnologia gets into his fighting stance, and waits for Natsu to make the first move. Normally Natsu would charge right in, but he doesn't want to give Acnologia the advantage. Natsu needs to let Acnologia come to him.
So, Natsu stands his ground and braces himself and starts waiting.
Eventually it is Acnologia who moves first, charging at Natsu with incredible speed.
Natsu manages to move out of the way of Acnologia's fist and then Natsu counter attacks with his sword. He swings the sword in a large right arc that Acnologia barely gets out of the way of, only to get cut across his right cheek.
They both move away from each other, but then Natsu notices something about the wound he gave to Acnologia's cheek.
It isn't healing. Red blood is slowly flowing out of the cut and down his face.
Acnologia raises one of his hands and wipes away the blood with back of his left hand. He stares down at the blood for a few seconds before he begins to laugh.
It is low at first, but soon grows louder and louder until Natsu is uncomfortable.
"Marvelous. Wonderful! Finally, someone who can make me bleed! This is going to be a good fight!" Acnologia shouted out as giant amounts of his blue Dragon Slayer magic rolled off of his body.
Natsu said nothing as he stood in his combat stance as he slowly started to get comfortable in wielding the giant blade in his hands. It is such a large blade and so anyone who uses it needs to account for the weight and time it takes to swing the sword, although thanks to his great strength he can swing the sword quickly.
Acnologia roared out as he charged Natsu, his fists covered in his magic.
Natsu braced himself as he let the dragon smash his fists into the sword; the blade absorbing Acnologia's attack like it was nothing while the force of the blow caused Natsu to be pushed backwards.
Natsu had his left hand let go of the handle and point his left palm directly into Acnologia's face as Natsu roared out.
A giant stream of golden flames came rushing forth; blasting Acnologia backwards from the force of the spell. Natsu knew an attack of that level will do absolutely nothing to a being of Acnologia's power, but it did push the Black Dragon backwards and give Natsu a little bit of breathing room.
Natsu bent his knees and launched himself towards Acnologia, his blade alive with energy as he raced to try and kill the Black Dragon.
Acnologia is still a little stunned by the previous attack and so he is just a fraction of a second too slow to stop Natsu from swinging his sword at his unprotected chest.
A last minute eruption of Acnologia's blue magic from his feet is all that saves Acnologia from getting a fatal slash across his chest. As it is, Natsu still manages to slash him across the chest, only it is a very shallow cut and will not kill him.
Acnologia snarled out a curse as he raised his hand and created a giant ball of blue magic that soon grew larger then the Guild Hall. He then threw the ball toward Natsu at incredible velocity.
With a vertical upwards slash, Natsu managed to completely negate the ball of death, but soon finds a certain Dragon of the Apocalypse now directly in front of him while Acnologia had his right arm cocked backwards.
Natsu didn't even have a chance to react before he felt a massive haymaker smash into his gut; flinging him backwards as the magic erupts in my face, causing more wounds to appear on his body.
He fly backwards for a bit until he landed on his feet and skidded to a stop. He could already feel the Fairy Heart rushing to heal his wounds.
He turned his gaze back to Acnologia just in time to see the Black Dragon rushing towards him with some blue Dragon Slayer magic morphing and changing into a short blade made of pure blue magic.
Natsu gets back into a combat stance and braces himself as he channels a little bit of energy away from healing himself into his muscles to try and get an advantage over Acnologia.
Once Acnologia was in range, he swung his sword at the Black Dragon and was intercepted by the blade of pure Dragon Slayer magic.
The two swords clashed together, creating a massive shock-wave that tore outwards and caused a few tremors in the alternate dimension.
"How can you wield and morph your Dragon Slayer magic into physical constructs?" Natsu asked as he tried to break the deadlock.
"This is something I learned a long time ago when I first began my quest to kill all Dragons. It is simply me taking my magic and forcing my will and vision upon it." Acnologia replied as he too tried to break the deadlock through shear force.
Seeing as there was no way to break the deadlock using his arms, Natsu used his right foot covered in flames to get the advantage he needed.
A quick kick into the gut and Acnologia broke the lock, allowing Natsu to swing his sword unimpeded towards the former Dragon Slayer.
However, luck appeared to be on the Dragon King's side. Somehow he managed to roll to the side and avoided being cut into two pieces by Natsu's sword.
Not wanting to give the Dragon King a chance to regain his energy, Natsu continued his assault, his blade swiping and stabbing at the Dragon King in a flurry of attacks that would have been too fast for anyone below Zeref's level of power to keep up with, but Acnologia somehow manages to dodge each and every single attack Natsu sent his way. Sometimes it was by a hair's breadth and sometimes he managed to nick the Dragon King with his blade, however he had yet to land a serious blow against the Dragon King, even with the blade in his hands.
Acnologia then used a bit of his magic to give him a boost to get away from Natsu and his blade. Once he was far enough away, he closed his eyes and suddenly the magical blade on his left hand morphed and changed into a large blue spiked gauntlet while another gauntlet formed on his other hand.
Smashing the to gauntlets together, Acnologia charged Natsu once more.
Getting back into his combat stance, Natsu once again braced himself for the oncoming onslaught, his sword held directly in front of him.
Acnologia reared his right arm backwards as the gauntlet glowed extremely brightly. With a massive roar, Acnologia threw the fist forwards as Natsu moved his sword in front of him to protect himself and too intercept the gauntlet.
The moment the gauntlet struck the blade the magic of the gauntlet was absorbed, but then the gauntlet exploded and blasted Natsu backwards.
He somehow managed to not get blow off of his feet as he skidded along the ground of this alternate dimension.
He then saw Acnologia coming at him once more with a newly formed gauntlet on the Dragon King's arm that was ready to be fired off. However, unlike last time Natsu was ready for the furious power of that gauntlet.
Natsu watched as Acnologia sent his armored fist towards him once more, however with a simple swipe, Natsu had his sword intercepting the fist. Natsu then turbo charged the magic negation powers of his sword, forcibly cancelling Acnologia's attack. Acnologia has now overextended and left himself open.
With a burst of strength, Natsu smashed his foot into the chest of his greatest foe and flung the butcher of a thousand dragons far away from him.
Once back on his feet, Acnologia gives out a massive roar as he powers up, a giant tornado of raw magical power flowing around him as the world surrounding the two fighters rocks and shakes from the sheer magical energies being released.
Acnologia's right arm glows as black scales begin to appear and merged to form a dragon looking arm. The arm looked exactly like Acnologias limbs in his dragon form, having thick overlapping black scales with blue tribal markings and five wicked looking claws on the fingers.
Acnologia then grit his teeth as his did the same thing to his left arm, transforming the normal human looking arm into a Dragon appendage. He then flexed his claws and gave of a loud roar as the limbs glowed ominously blue as magical energy rushed over them.
Acnologia then rushed towards Natsu once more, his draconian arms covered in light blue magic.
Once more, Natsu pushed a large amount of his available magical energy into his muscles as he braced himself once more for the oncoming storm that is the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse.
With a tremendous shock-wave, Natsu's sword intercepted Acnologia's right arm.
Natsu grit his teeth as he was quickly pushed back from the sheer unrivaled strength of Acnologia. With those two Dragon arms, Acnologia's raw strength has increased enormously.
It is taking everything Natsu has to keep his sword in the interception position. He has no ability to counter attack while he is in this position and if this keeps up, Acnologia will eventually knock the sword out of Natsu's hands and he has no doubt in his mind that should he lose his sword, he will be killed quickly. Acnologia is just too strong for him to defeat without it.
Natsu needs to find a way to either reduce Acnologia's strength or too bolster his own even further beyond. Magic doesn't work against Acnologia, so reducing his strength is probably not going to work, so increasing his own strength is the key to victory, but he can't think of any way to grow stronger.
Already he has used everything he can think of to increase his own power. He has the Fairy Heart roaring in his veins allowing him a limitless supply of magic, but he can't access some of the more powerful magics the small item has locked away inside of it. He is in Fire Dragon King's Mode, a form that increases his Dragon Slayer magic far beyond anything Dragon Force can ever hope to reach and mixing both Dragon Force and the Fire Dragon King's Mode is per insanity and will most likely kill him before Acnologia has a chance too and I am not going to die via my own stupidity.
As far as he can see, there is no way for him too increase his power. And if he can't increase his power, Acnologia will eventually overwhelm him, even with the impossibly powerful sword in his hands.
He quickly moves to block a massive overhand downwards swipe from the Dragon King and as the giant Dragon Claws smash into his blade, Natsu can feel his muscles screaming out as the abuse they have been forced to go through today is taking its toll on them and him.
He then ducks down to avoid a leftward swipe from Acnologia's right claws that would have taken off his head if he hadn't moved said head out of the way.
Natsu's right hand lets go of the sword and clenches into a fist as he forces an absurd amount of raw magical energy into the fist as he screams out, "Fire Dragon King's Demolition Fist!"
He then smashes the fist into Acnologia's gut, causing a tremendous explosion beyond anything he has ever caused before in his life to erupt.
Natsu is blown backwards from the sheer force of the explosion and nearly loses his iron grip on his sword's handle as he tumbles backwards.
Eventually he comes to a dead stop, bruises littering his body now, but he is still alive and can continue the fight.
Natsu quickly gets back onto his feet and sees Acnologia getting onto his feet as well, a portion of his chest smoking still from the sheet power of the spell he just unleashed.
Fire Dragon King's Demolition Fist is one of Natsu's strongest spells in his repertoire, easily capable of obliterating cities at maximum power, but that last one was something different altogether. Natsu's fist is actually smoking and a little bit numb from the sheet power of the spell.
However, even that wasn't capable of doing much more then slowing Acnologia down for a few moments. He truly earned the title of King of the Dragons. His strength, even in his human form is beyond words. Natsu has thrown everything he has at him and the Dragon King has taken it in stride. Nothing Natsu has done has truly hurt the Dragon King. A single cut to the cheek and a shallow cut to the chest is not going to be enough to kill him.
Natsu needs something more if he wants to bring this guy down permanently.
Suddenly Natsu feels something deep within him stirring, knowledge flowing through his head as he raises his body up not of his own accord and lift his sword into the sky as he speak out words.
"Upon a silent lake, the sword awaits."
He said in a voice that is not his. It sounds older, wiser, more powerful and fills him with a sense of peace for some reason.
"Forever standing sentinel of dreams. "
He continue onwards, unaware of the golden energy manifesting along his forearms, wrapping the limbs in golden light.
"Forged from a selfless wish, it's entire purpose is to defend the innocent."
The words reverberate across the artificial world Natsu and Acnologia are in, carrying a message of power to all who hear these words.
"A silver blade with golden runes written upon it."
Another line is spoken, words having a meaning Natsu cannot understand.
"Speaking truths beyond men's ability to understand."
The golden gem at the center of the sword starts to glow brighter while the runes upon the blade's length glow brighter as well.
"The burning light within its shell breaks forth."
The golden energy is starting to spread up Natsu's arms and towards his face, but he continues onwards with speaking.
"It reveals it's true nature as all gaze in wonder."
The energy reaches his eyes and enters into them, causing him tremendous pain as his eyes flare.
"Darkness flees at the sight of the blade."
He says as his voice grows louder as the sword grows brighter. Acnologia is looking at Natsu in amusement. His arrogance shall be his undoing.
"Never can this sword be matched."
Natsu says as he can feel something about to be unleashed from the sword itself.
"It's name shall resound throughout eternity."
As he utters those words, he knows the final line of this prayer is upon him and he speaks the words with a booming voice.
"Arise, EXCALIBUR!"
The moment he shouted out those words, Excalibur awakened.
A giant golden flash of light erupts from the blade in Natsu's hands that completely blocks out everything from his view.
A few moments later, the light dies down and Natsu turns his eyes up towards the sword in his hands and freezes in place.
Excalibur has changed since he activated it's true power. The sword now appears to be made completely out of blindingly golden energy, having no metals to make up the blade whatsoever. The cross-guard has changed a little as well, being slightly thicker and wider, while the two Fairy Tail symbols glow sky blue now, while the golden gem is now glowing bright gold as well. The handle and grip remain the same as they were before, save for the fact that the grip is now glowing as the thousands of runes are alive with light.
Staring at Excalibur's true form, Natsu can finally understand what he saw when he first constructed this sword. This blade is the sum total of all humanity's dreams. Their hopes, their aspirations, their longing for a better tomorrow is what makes up this sword. This is Excalibur, the sword of the Ever-Distant Golden Dawn.
Holding the handle of Excalibur in his two hands, Natsu brings the sword down from above his head to his chest and just gazes at the glorious golden energy that the sword is made from. It's beautiful in a way that no words can ever hope to describe. Even though it is incredibly bright, the brightness doesn't hurt his eyes. The sword itself just radiates a sense of calmness and comfort, as if the sword itself is whispering comforting words into your ears.
Looking at his forearms, Natsu can see they can changed a little as well. On his right arm, the Fire Dragon King's tattoo is now glowing golden while his left arm has a exact matching tattoo and is glowing golden as well.
Natsu tightens his grip around the sword handle as he takes a deep breath. This is it. This is the final match between Natsu and Acnologia. This shall determine the fate of his world. Here and now. Everything is on the line and he doesn't intend to losing to that Dragon.
Bringing his sword into its combat position, he readies himself for this battle. Normally he would feel a twinge of fear about going up against Acnologia, however for some reason he feels completely at peace.
Natsu turns his eyes to Acnologia and see him smirking while apparently waiting for Natsu to power up.
"Why didn't you kill me when you had the chance?" Natsu asks him, slightly curious.
"I want a good fight. To kill you when you are incapable of fighting back will only dilute the fight. I want to feel the adrenaline filling my veins as I tear you apart." Acnologia says as he flexes his arms.
Natsu says nothing more as he readies himself. His magical power ignites once more, the power given to him by Igneel, Lucy and the Fairy Heart pumping throughout his body.
For one single moment, neither of them moved a muscle and then like lightning, the two flashed forwards.
Acnologia threw his left fist forwards as Natsu countered with Excalibur.
The moment Excalibur and Acnologia's fist meet, a massive shock-wave dozens of times larger then anything seen before today erupts outwards, causing the entire dimension the two are in to start shaking as giant bolts of pure magical power start crackling down around us as cracks going throughout the dimension are starting to appear. But they do not care. All they care about is killing each other.
Natsu roars out as he somehow manages to overpower Acnologia for a moment and with insane speed, launches a strike at Acnologia chest.
Acnologia leans back, allowing blade to pass over him and then he blasts magic out of his feet to give himself a little bit of breathing room, however Natsu will not allow that.
Swinging his sword in a right arc, Natsu sends a massive crescent wave of golden magical power that races forwards and strikes Acnologia, blowing him backwards while also stunning him for a few seconds.
With a burst of raw speed, he closes the gap between the two of them within a second and swings his sword downwards to cut Acnologia apart.
However, the Dragon King recovers and moves out of the way, however he has his entire left arm cut off at the shoulder. As Excalibur hits the ground, a massive explosions erupts, blowing Natsu and Acnologia away from one another.
Natsu rolls as he us flying and lands onto his feet with no injuries. The same cannot be said for Acnologia. He is gritting his teeth as he holds the area where his left arm once attached to.
Then he gives Natsu a sinister smile and said, "So, you truly are the son of the Fire Dragon King. Only a member of his house can hurt me this badly."
He continued on as he said, "I will enjoy killing you. Once you are dead, there will be no one left in this world capable of killing me."
His light blue Dragon Slayer magic wrapped around the area Natsu cut and creates a blue glowing patch that stops the blood from flowing out.
Then he clenched his right fist, causing a large portion of his hand to start glowing bright light blue as he pushed a large amount of magical energy into his fist.
Acnologia roared out as he tosses the large amount of magical energy into the air, where it flies higher and higher until it explodes, causing thousands of small magical orbs to start falling down towards Natsu.
Natsu narrowed his eyes as he prepared Excalibur.
With a thunderous roar, Natsu swings Excalibur in a right upwards arch, causing a large golden crescent wave to erupt outwards and intercept a number of the orbs.
Natsu watches on as the crescent wave triggers the orbs it crashes into to explode, which in turn causes other orbs to explode as well and soon there is only a sea of giant explosions all around Natsu as the orbs all explode.
Out of the fire came Acnologia as flames were hugging his form, but doing no harm to him as he charges Natsu like a mad bull.
Natsu backpedaled a little as he swung my sword in a left arc to try and catch Acnologia in the side of his stomach, but Acnologia manages to side step the sword and with that, he swings his right arm at Natsu.
Natsu is a little too slow in dodge his attack and suddenly find himself in a world of pain as his left eye ignites into agony and he suddenly finds himself only capable of seeing out of his right eye.
Natsu swears, but he doesn't let this stop him as he lets loose a full powered Fire Dragon King's Roar right into Acnologia's face, engulfing the Dragon King in flames that actually push him backwards as well as slightly burn him.
Once he finishes the roar, Natsu attacks Acnologia with a right downwards slash that manages to hit him in the right side of his stomach, tearing a large wound into him.
Acnologia roars out in pain and tries to hit Natsu with his Dragon Slayer magical empowered fist, but Natsu manages to dodge the attack and instead smash his right foot into Acnologia's face.
Acnologia stumbles backwards as he tastes blood in his mouth after Natsu knock a few teeth out of his mouth. While he is distracted, Natsu slashes his chest once more with Excalibur, but the Dragon King manages to lean back just far enough that once again, it is only a small wound on his chest.
Acnologia retaliates with a right punch into Natsu's chest that is so powerful, he go flying backwards for at least five hundred feet that also causes him to send spittle and blood all over the ground.
Natsu smash into the ground with the force of a meteor and rolls for a little bit, Excalibur still firmly in his hand. Natsu quickly gets back on his feet as he tries to get oxygen back into his lungs after that punch.
Acnologia is shaking his head, probably trying to get his head back to work after Natsu hit it twice.
Natsu can see he can't go on any longer. His limbs are screaming in pain for all the stress he has pushing onto them. He hasn't trained his body on how to properly hold this amount of raw power before and it is apparent it is starting to take a major toll on his body. Not only that, but the magical pathways his magical energies flow through are close to melting at this point while his magical containers are stressed to the limit and finally, he is losing blood through his eye and other wounds he has suffered. If he doesn't end this with the next attack, it's all over. His body can't take anymore punishment.
Natsu breathes deeply as he pushes everything he has left into Excalibur, causing the sword to glow even brighter as the energy grows and grows.
"With the sword of the Ever-Distant Gold Dawn in my hands, I shall never fall! Let us travel to the eternal dawn! EXCALIBUR!" Natsu roars out as he readies himself to unleash Excalibur's strongest attack.
With a final burst of speed, he rockets towards Acnologia, Excalibur raised and pointed directly at Acnologia's chest.
Acnologia takes a deep breath as giant amounts of light blue Dragon Slayer magic swarms into his mouth.
Acnologia then sends forth the largest Dragon Roar Natsu has ever seen, even greater then the one that was used against Fairy Tail at Tenrou Island or the one that destroyed Igneel's body.
However, Excalibur shows why it is the greatest sword ever created as the giant beam of raw magical power smashes into the golden energies of Excalibur and is shattered to pieces as Natsu rushes forwards, pushing straight through the roar.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" Natsu roars out as he smashes threw the last of the beam and then stabs Excalibur directly into Acnologia's chest, giant amounts of golden magic rushing around him.
Acnologia's eyes widen in shock as the blade pierces his skin and goes right through him. However, Excalibur isn't through with him yet and suddenly a massive eruption of golden energy blasts out from Excalibur, vaporizing the Dragon King once and for all; leaving not a single shred of his existence left. It is finally over.
With a giant sigh, Natsu lowers Excalibur as he tries to regain his breath. Everything currently hurts as he has pushed himself far too much today. He needs some food and some rest right about now. But even with all this pain, he is happy. He just beat Acnologia, the strongest Dragon in history!
However, it appear that fate loves to have the last laugh. The shear amount of raw magical power that has been unleashed spells the doom for this dimension Natsu and Acnologia are in. The dimension is now starting to break apart like a glass mirror as the fragments fly away and disappear into nothingness.
Natsu tries to open a portal out of here, but there is no time and before he knows it, the dimension has collapsed and the last thing he saw before his vision goes blank is the sight of everyone back at Fairy Tail smiling at him with their arms stretched out towards him and he knows he did good.
With a smile on his face, Natsu closes his eyes as the last pieces of the Space Between Time disappears forevermore.
It awakens.
For newly a century, it has watched as it's creator slept inside of a giant lacrima crystal, unable to do anything to help her. And then it watched helplessly as the Black Wizard tore it from it's creator and then tried to use it to erase a whole timeline and kill everyone in it.
However, just when it seemed all hope was lost, he appeared.
Having salmon colored hair and wielding the power to slay dragons, this man faced the Black Wizard all alone and fought with everything he had. Shockingly, the man prevailed in the end and stopped the Black Wizard from executing his insane plan.
It was at this moment, it decided it would anoint the salmon haired man as the inheritor of its power. The man agreed and it quickly joined with the man, entering into its new home.
However, the moment was cut short as the Black Dragon appeared and the two began to fight.
Even with all the power at his fingertips, the salmon haired man was incapable of defeating the Black Dragon of the Apocalypse and soon it appeared that the Black Dragon would be victorious.
However, it intervened and created a weapon capable of killing the Black Dragon. A sword beyond all other. Even the gods themselves would have been incapable of wielding this sword.
It's chosen took the sword and fought with all he had, but even that wasn't enough to stop the Black Dragon, so it unlocked the full capabilities of Excalibur.
With the sword fully unlocked, it's chosen flew forth and fought the Black Dragon one last time. That battle was fierce and nearly saw it's chosen killed, but in the end, it's chosen slew the Black Dragon.
However, it was after the death of the Black Dragon that the Space Between Time began to shatter and break apart and it's chosen had no time to react before he was caught in the destruction of the dimension.
Thankfully, it managed to extract it's chosen soul and implant it into the gem in Excalibur while in it's sealed state, where both the soul of it's chosen and itself now were.
However, this was only a temporary means. It's chosen soul would expire soon if a suitable replacement body was not found.
Using it's incredible magical abilities, the entity known as the Fairy Heart took control of Excalibur and made the blade point in a random direction and then the powerful sword flew off, the Fairy Heart and Excalibur hoping they find a planet where a suitable body may be found before their master dies.
Excalibur flew between dimensions, thousands of different worlds flashing by the sword as it continued its journey. Contrary to popular belief, it is not exactly easy to punch through the dimensional walls between realities. If Excalibur had it's master back at peak strength, then perhaps they could have already gone into a new reality. However, while it's master was nothing more then a soul without a body, Excalibur could not risk punching through dimensional walls as it just might cause it's master soul to disappear. So a world with thin dimensional walls was required.
Eventually, after a unknown amount of time, Excalibur finally found a world with thin dimensional walls.
Flying quickly, the sword impacted the walls and bursts threw into its new home.
The Fairy Heart quickly scans the entire planet before it and Excalibur, which looked a lot like the previous world their master hailed from.
Eventually the Fairy Heart found a suitable host and told Excalibur the location of the host.
Flying as quickly as it could, Excalibur became nothing more then a line of light as it flew through the atmosphere and towards it's target.
Eventually it came to the place their target was located, a small house in an unknown part of the world they find themselves on.
Turning invisible, Excalibur flew through an open window and found it's target.
It was a women, but it wasn't the woman Excalibur and the Fairy Heart were after. It was what was inside her womb. The woman was a few weeks pregnant and as such, her barely developed child had no soul at the moment. It was a blank slate as far as the Fairy Heart and Excalibur were concerned.
The Fairy Heart then took a tiny dot filled with a kaleidoscope of colors from Excalibur's gem and moved it towards the child. This was the Fairy Heart's and Excalibur's master's soul. The soul was slightly damaged from the long time without a body, but it was alright. The soul would live on and the damage would be repaired with time.
The tiny dot entered into the developing body and quickly filled in the space the new soul this body would have eventually created was located.
The Fairy Heart then took control of Excalibur and moved the sword into their master's soul, into a place their master would one day be able to call upon the sword's strength once more.
The Fairy Heart itself then quickly entered into their master's soul and then began to make slight alterations to their master's new body.
The new body was weak and if left alone, would never be capable of using the magical powers of the Fairy Heart or even the magical powers that their master used long before he was granted the powers of the Fairy Heart.
So, alterations were necessary. By slowly allowing tiny amounts of magical energy to seep into it's chosen body, the body would eventually be capable of handling the full powers of the Fairy Heart by the time the body was 18 years of age. This new body would also be capable of using their chosen previous magical powers and all the benefits that came along with it in time. All the Fairy Heart has to do, is wait.
And so the Fairy Heart settled in and began to sleep, awaiting the day it's chosen would have need of its power once more.
One story is over, a new one is going to begin soon.
The Salamander of Fairy Tail has fallen, what shall come next in his place?
And that is it!
Basically the same as the first prologue, however with a few changes here and there. The next chapter is where we really start cooking with gasoline as I start the story. That's going to be fun.
Until next time, this is StrikeFreedom10, signing off.
Farewell for now!
PLUS ULTRA!