Yeah, I think we all saw this one coming.
When I wrote this, I had some really great ideas for where I wanted to take the story, some of my best ideas ever if I am being honest. However, looking back, I think I jumped the gun far too quickly.
I didn't have all the details written down and ready to go, I didn't have an ending in mind, I just had basic ideas with a few really well thought out sections here and there.
So, after think long and hard about this, I have decided to close down this story permandately. I am sorry to everyone I am disappointing with this announcement but I want to write stories I can be proud of and this story, although it's not bad, it is one I know I can do better, but I just don't have the passion to do so.
So, if anyone wants to take this story idea, I would be more the willing to give you permission.
But before I close this story down for good, I am going to tell you guys what I had planned.
End of the first arc:
The end of the introduction arc would see Natsu fighting Umbra at maximum power for a bit before Imbra would beat Natsu don to near death. To try and save him, Anna would unleash her only offensive magic spell, a single bolt of holy energy which would do nothing to Umbra.
In response, Umbra would create four gravity portals around Anna's limbs and slowly rip her apart. Natsu could plead and beg for Umbra to spare Anna, but to no avail. Anna would then tell Natsu goodbye right before her body is torn apart.
Seeing Anna killed in such a gruesome manner would cause Natsu to ignite in rage and activate Balance Breaker in his rage. Natsu would then attack Umbra like a monster, actually causing a few wounds to the man. However, because Mavis is suppressing Juggernaut Drive, Natsu can't kill Umbra.
Umbra would then blast Natsu across the base near the Demon Core. Natsu, in an act of desperation, would then unleash all his remaining power into the demon core.
The resulting explosion would kill everyone on the base except of Astaroth and Umbra, both of whom would teleport away. Natsu would survive due to Ddraig and Mavis instiaully acting teleportation and this saving him.
After the battle, Natsu could be found be a stranger who would take him to be healed and the arc would end.
Night Raid Arc:
Natsu would awaken and find himself healed in a hut. A woman would enter, having crimson red eyes and long raven black hair with a katana by her side. She would silently feed Natsu and not answer any of his questions.
Natsu would talk to Ddraig and Mavis who would tell him that he has been unconscious for a month. The damage done by the mutated King evil Piece as well as all the damage done by Umbra and the premature awakening of Balance Breaker caused a lot of damage to him and so they placed him in a coma to allow his body time to heal.
Natsu then remembers Anna's death and asks if Umbra died. Ddraig tells him no, Umbra did live.
Natsu then replies, "Good. He doesn't deserve a quick death. When I catch him, I am going to make him suffer."
Both Ddraig and Mavis are concerned about Natsu's mental health, but they quit their tongues. Now is not the time to try and get Natsu to relinquish his vengeance, not hen he is so angry. Better to let time pass and for him to heal before they confront him.
Natsu falls asleep and the chapter would end.
Next chapter finds Natsu awake and training next to his avior. The two of them have a small conversation and then begin training.
The two have made a schedule, wake up, train, eat, train some more, eat again and do some final training before bed. This has repeated every day for the past four months.
The two have had a few small conversations here and there. Natsu learns the woman's name is Akame and not much else, but she is someone he would consider a friend.
Just then, a sudden explosion tears across the training arena. Several figures come out of the smoke and say, "Akame, you will come with us."
Akame draws her katana and says nothing. Natsu's deploys his Boosted Gears and also prepares to fight. His body has healed nicely and is back in fighting condition.
The to dash forwards and the fight begins.
Akame shows her incredible speed, she is so fast Natsu can't even begin to track her. She strength is also great as she kicks a man almost three times her size over 790 feet away from her with a simple backhand. Her katana kills anyone if the blade draws blood. All these factors make her a deadly opponent.
The two quickly dispose of their attackers with ease, however on the last opponents body they find a tattoo on his back. A large avian bird with crimson eyes above a yellow moon.
Ddraig tells Natsu it's the symbol of Night Raid, the Fallen Angels most elite and dangerous hit squad. During the Great War, Night Raid was responsible for 83% of all the assassinations performed during the war with many more suspected of being them, however there is no evidence to prove Night Raid did them.
Akame is silent and tells Natsu he should leave. Natsu asks why and she tells him that Night Raid is after her and if he goes he'll be safe.
Natsu tries to talk Akame off of this path, Akame however doesn't listen and leaves in the middle of the night. Natsu goes and tracks her don, only to see her attacking a Night Raid base, everyone inside killed.
Natsu goes through the burning base and finds Akame interrogating the commander for information.
Natsu sees an assassine about to kill her, so he goes and attacks the assassin, the distraction of Natsu barging in just enough for Akame to pull her attention away from the commander, who them quickly flees.
Akame tells Natsu he shouldn't have come, with Natsu saying she shouldn't have attacked a Night Raid base as that ill bring them down on both of them. She tells him she had it under control and could have killed that assassin and kept the commander from fleeing. However, thanks to natsu now the commander is gone and Night Raid knows they are in the area.
The two have an argument and Natsu leaves the burning base in anger, leaving Akame there alone. She has a sad look on her face and then leaves as well, only to be blindsided by an unseen foe and knocked unconscious.
Natsu returns to the hut and prepares to leave when he senses someone powerful is nearby. He activates Boosted Gear and prepares for a fight.
A light grey armored man with a white cap is standing near the hut. He then tells Natsu not to interfere in their operations again or they shall kill him.
Natsu says nothing and the man disappears into the night. Natsu then runs off into the woods and finds Akame's scent as well as a small patch of blood. He then goes and begins to track her down again. And so the chapter ends.
The next chapter begins as Akame wakes up in a cell as the white armored man appears.
"Tatsumi." Akame greets, her monotone voice never changing.
The to begin to converse about previous events, showing they have a history. Tatsumi is really angry and Akame and even smashing her across the face, causing her to spit out wad of blood.
Before he leaves, Tatsumi tells Akame she shall pay for kill Mine and the others.
Akame lowers her head in regret and says she had no choice.
Tatsumi doesn't listen and disappears.
Natsu arrives outside the Night Raid base and silently enters, using his advanced senses to navigate the winding corridors.
He has to hide in a empty room where he finds several graves. For some reason he needs to know who is buried here. Walking over, he finds the graves bearing the names, "Mine, Leone, Najenda, Sheele, Lubbock, Kurome and Bulat."
He leaves the room, a uneasy feeling filling his chest.
Akame is still in her cell, memories coming back.
She and her friends Leone, Najenda, Sheele, Lubbock, Kurome, Bulat and Mine were out on an assignment. They tease one another like friends and then head out on a mission to kill several squadron's of demons as well as rescue a number of human hostages who are loyal to the Fallen Angels. As they wipe them out casually, Akame is fighting the enemy commander who she grievously wounds.
However, just before Akame can kill him, the commander laughs. Akame is confused and asks what's so funny
The commander tells her that she has lost. They were sent here to experiment with a new gas weapon they devils just developed. The gas causes heightened aggression, insanity and an unquenchable thirst of death. The devils planned to use the gas on the Angels and Fallen Angels and let them simply tear themselves apart in the frenzy. And her team was just exposed to the gas.
Akame kills the commander and runs out, only to see her friends violently killing the humans they were sent to rescue. Akame attacks and tries to knock them unconscious, however they are too strong. Surrounded, hurt and all alone against opponents who want her death more then anything else. And so the chapter ends.
The next chapter begins as Natsu continues trying to find his way through the base. He then finds himself in a room where several books are scattered everywhere. Nats ges over and reads them, finding mission reports talking about Akame.
She was Night Raid's greatest assassin, personally responsible for killing some of Heaven's and Hell's most powerful fighters. However, as he reads the bottom of the report, he finds it has been torn out.
Natsu continues the search, now more unsure who Akame really is.
Akame in her cell continues to remember her last mission, the one that saw her forced to leave Night Raid.
In her last mission, she continued to try and stop her former allies, but their strength is too great. She launches Light Spears, by the hundreds to try and stop them, but they simply fire and destroy them all. Each member of this squad has Sacred Gears torn from the bodies of their previous users and given to the, and so Akames Light Spears basically do nothing.
She has her own Sacred Gear: Murasame, a katana that can kill almost anyone or anything with poison from just a single cut if it draws blood. She doesn't want to use it because she would kill her allies and friends if she does, so she is purposefully not drawing the blade.
She is then punched clear across the area by Bulat wearing his own Scale Mail armor from his Sacred Gear: Incursio, a Sacred Gear made from a Dragon nearly on par with a Dragon King in terms of strength.
Mine, wielding Pumpkin: a Sacred Gear that acts as a long range weapon that can kill almost anything supernatural with ease, nearly shoots off Akame's left wing.
She then nearly falls into the trap made by Lubbock's Sacred Gear: Cross Tail. The thin wires cut several marks into her back, but she manages to get away with only minor injuries.
Leone takes advantage of her distraction and drive a thunderous right hook into her stomach. The strength of Leone's Sacred Gear: Lionelle, was immense and so the punch created a crater as Akame's body struck the ground like a meteor.
Sheele, wielding the Sacred Gear: Extase, tries to cut Akame in half, but Akame manages to jumps out of the way just in time.
Only to be immediately struck once again by Najenda. Her Sacred Gear: Susanoo creates a powerful being from her own life force to do battle with her. Susanoo follows up his master by throwing a massive tree at Akame.
Akame dodges, only to be forced to block as her own sister, Kurome attacks her with her Sacred Gear: Yatsufusa, which allows Kurome to control the dead. A small group of dead demons begin to attack Akame.
Akame unleashes a wave of Holy Light that kills the demons and allows Akame a chance to get away as she tries to think a way to save her friends. And so the chapter ends.
The next chapter begins with Natsu still in the base as he finds another book. This one talks about Akame's last mission, a simple destroy and retrieval operation with her team. However, the book is barely legible as some of the pages are badly damaged. He learns that a new type of gas in development by the devils was found by her team and she alone wasn't exposed due to where she was and luck. The rest of her team asn;t so lucky and they began to indiscriminately kill the humans they were sent to save.
Natsu can't find out what happened to Akame's team through the book, but due to the fact Akame is alive and the rest of her team is dead, there is a possibility which Natsu doesn't want to think about.
He then continues his trek through the base, unaware he is being watched by Tatsumi.
Akame, still in her cell, continues to head down memory lane.
After running away, Akame takes a few seconds to try and get her stamina back after being tossed around by her friends.
She tells herself she just has to find a way to send out a distress message and get help and then just what until reinforcements are here. However, she has a horrible feeling there might be no helping her team.
Just then Bulat breaks through the tree grove and charges towards her. Akame jumps out of the way to avoids the massive red spear and blocks a counter attack with her light spears, yet the force of the blow nearly breaks her arms.
As she and Bulat struggle with their weapons, Akame sees Sheele charging her.
Desperate, Akame lets go of her left Light Spear and grabs the handle of Muramasa on instinct. The crimson blade flashes as Akame slices Sheele's chest open, a massive gash going from upper left shoulder to lower right thigh.
The poison does it's work and kills Sheele in moments, the last look on her face pure shock, confusion and fear as she dies.
Akakem looks on in horror at what she has done, only to be struck roughly in the stomach by Bulat's foot, causing her to be thrown roughly away.
Akame coughs up some more blood and sees Bulat charging her once more, his red spear ready to pierce her stomach.
Akame takes Muramasa's handle and with expert handling, she manages to deflect Bulat's blow and retaliates with a stab straight through one of the suits only weak points: the eyes.
The thin blade pierces the thin colors magically empowered glass easily and stabs the blade straight through Bulat's head and kills him instantly.
Akame withdraws her blade, now slick with her friend's blood and stares down at their dead bodies in despair.
She clenches her fists and makes it a promise to end her friends suffering.
Leone then appears and charges Akame quickly as Akame deploys her eight raven black wings and flies towards Leone.
Leone throws a left punch at Akame, who sidesteps the blows and slashes her blade forwards in a large left arc.
The blade carves a line across Leone's arm, blood squirting out of the wound as black lines crawl from the slash mark
Leone drops out of her battle form and drops down as Akame catches the body of her dead friend.
A few tears drop from Akame's face as she gently lays Leone down on the ground, hoping to bury her friend properly.
With three of her friends dead, that leaves only four more to put down before they can hurt anyone else. With a look of despair on her face, Akame heads off to end this nightmare as the chapter ends.
The next chapter opens with Natsu nearing the prison cells, the feeling of being watched growing ever stronger.
Tatsumi grabs his red spear and leaves his room to end this feud once and for all.
Akame lets a few tears drop as the next set of memories from that terrible day fill her mind.
Past Akame flies high into the sky, Muramasa dripping with blood as she searches for her now lost friends.
Suddenly a bright yellow-green beam of light fires off and nearly hits Akame, who barely manages to get Muramasa raised in time to block the blow, reflecting the energy away from her.
Akame sees Lubbock using his Sacred Gear to create spears of magically empowered string and then fire them at her.
Akame knows those spears would not be easily destroyed, so she dodges around them and flies down towards Lubbock.
Normally, Lubbock would run away to avoid a frontal fight, however the man is possessed by that damned gas and so charged right for her, more spears being formed and thrown.
Like an acrobat, Akame dodges around the spears with ease and closes the distance quickly. Lubbock tries to create several swords out of string and light, but Akame is too fast and manages to cut Lubbock across his cheek.
The green haired Fallen Angel dies quickly, his body hitting the floor of the forest with a thud as his string and spears of light disappear.
Akame lands next to her friend and gently rolls him over, places his hands on his chest and closes his eyes. The best she can do for her dead friend at the moment.
Akame grabs Muramasa and moves quickly, trying to find Najenda and Susanoo as quickly as possible since they are biggest threat. She doesn't have to search for long as Susanoo comes charging and hit her like a truck a few moments into her search.
Alame bounces off of the dirt and rolls for a bit before she jumps up and dodges Susanoo ho smashes the ground hard enough to create a massive crater.
Akame then sees Najenda firing off several large Light Spears at Akame who barely managed to dodge them and Susanoo at the same time.
Akame throws a ball of Holy Light into Susanoo's face, blinding the massive being for a few seconds. Akame runs towards Najenda quickly, her incredible speed allowing her to close the distance quickly.
Akame the slashes Najenda across the throat, killing her quickly, which in tern causes Susanoo to disappear with the death of his master.
Now, only Mine and Kurome are left and Akame knows where Mine is. The raven haired girl turns towards the large hill where Mine is sniping from and runs towards it as quickly as she can.
Mine sees her approach and begins firing Pumpkin at Akame, who can barely dodge Mine's super accurate shots. Still, Akame doesn't turn back and only runs faster, quickly approaching Mine.
Mine begins firing quicker at Akame, who is forced to duck, dodge and weave wildly, lest she find an energy beam piercing her chest.
Eventually, Akame gets within striking distance of Mine, wh ires a final, desperate shot from pumpkin at Akame. Akame uses Muramasa to deflect the incredibly powerful attack away from herself and charge at Mine.
The curved blade of Muramase cut Mine horizontally on the stomach, a small gush of blood flowing from her stomach. MIne falls to the ground dead quickly as Akame rushes to grab her.
Akame gently closes Mine's eyes and lays her down gently on the forest floor as many tears flow from Akame's eyes.
After a moment of silence, Akame grabs Muramasa one last time and flies of to find and end her sister.
Akame flies over the canopy of the forest and sees several dozen dead angels flying towards her, the work of her sister.
Akame decimate the dead angels with ease and flies towards an open clearing.
She lands and waits for a of seconds before her lost sister appears.
Akame's grip on Muramasa is wavering as she tires to get ready to fight and potentially kill her sister. And with that, the chapter ends.
The next chapter opens with Akame and Kurome facing each other. A few leaves fall all around the two as they silently stare at one another.
Akame is looking into her sister's eyes and sees none of her sister left. Only a monster. And so, she prepares to kill her sister.
The two suddenly clash, their blades interlocking as they try and kill each other with Kurome being the most aggressive and fierce fighter in this battle.
Akame is merely defensive, trying to outlast Kurome, but her sister is too aggressive and will kill Akame if this continues on.
Several massive dead dragons Kurome killed appear and attack Akame, tipping the scales even farther in Kurome's favor.
Akame unleashes her power and manages to kill the dead dragons with ease since their power has been greatly reduced due to their death. She then goes on the offensive for the first time in this duel. Due to Kurome only attacking, Akame manages to get a good attack in and cut's Kurome across the chest.
As her sister lais dying, Akame holds her form and cries tears of regret.
However, as she is morning, Tatsumi appears, holding Bulat's Incursio Sacred Gear as the sword chose him to be it's new wielder after h found Bulat's dead body.
He is furious, he knows the mark of Muramasa and after seeing them on the team;s body knows Akame killed them all. Tatsumi doesn't let her explain herself as he launches himself at her, his rage blinding him to her plees to listen to him.
Akame has her right arm broken from tatsumi's punch and knows she can't win this fight. Akame uses the rest of her power to blind Tatsumi for a few seconds and disappears into the sky and vanshies. Tatsumi roars out he will hunt her down and kill her for her betrayal of her kind.
Akame lands several miles away, bleeding and injured.
She knows the Fallen Angels can track her down, so she decides to do something drastic. She tears out her eight wings, greatly reducing her power therefore makes it nearly impossible for her to be tracked down.
She then walks away, broken and shattered, both internally and outworldly, she disappears and isn't seen again until she finds Natsu.
Natsu finds Akame and breaks her cell open and gives her Muramasa. Akame asks why he would risk coming here and he says it's because he won't see another person important to him killed with him unable to do anything.
However, before they can talk, Tatsumi blasts in and punches Natsu threw several walls, greatly injuring the man.
Akame tries to fight, but Tatsumi has grown a lot stronger while she grew weaker and so she is easily smashed away.
Natsu activates Dragon Force and attacks Tatsumi, his flames doing incredible amounts of damage due to the fact there are Dragon Slaying flames. Tatsumi responds by hitting Natsu hard with his spear, nearly breaking the bones on his right shoulder.
Tatsumi then asks why Natsu would go so far for someone he barely knows. Natsu responds that he won't see another friend of his dead.
Tatsumi laughs and asks Natsu what he knows of Akame's last mission. Natsu replies that he knows she killed her team because they went insane due to demon gas.
Tatsumi is stunned, he thought Natsu didn't know. He then asks if Natsu still intends to help her. Natsu tells him he does and Tatsumi is shocked, unable to understand why Natsu would try and save someone who betrayed their friends and allies.
Natsu tells tatsumi he knows Akame had no choice and did they only thing she could. Her team wouldn't want to be responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocents and would rather die. So, she gave them peace and freed them.
Tatsumi roars, his armor changing as his strength grows. He attacks Natsu voraciously, seriously injuring the sakura Dragon Slayer before a blast of light strikes in in the back.
Akame has her hand raised, her Holy magic flaring up. She then joins Natsu in attacking Tatsumi, who mocks Akame, asking if the betrayer is finally going to stand and fight instead of running away once again and leaving her allies for dead.
Akame responds that even if this results in her death, she won't abandon a teammate ever again.
The three battle, destroying the base and killing those inside through their battle. Natsu manges to use Balance Breaker for a single minute and holds Tatsumi still while Akame stabs Tatsumi in a broken section of his armor, killing man.
tatsumi coughs up blood and calls her traitor once more before he dies. Natsu and Akame leave the base before it is engulfed in flames.
The two leave the area and head back to the hut where Akame thanks Natsu for saving her and Natsu tells her he will always have her back.
The two then shake their hands and become partners as Akame swears to help Natsu find Asia.
Meanwhile, Azazel is looking through the wreckage of the base and finds traces of unusual magic power. He then leaves, curious as to who destroyed his base. And so the chapter and the arc ends.
Finding Asia Arc
Next chapter, Natsu and Akame wake up in their small hut. It has been several years since their fight with Night Raid and the two have grown a lot closer. Akame is ferociously loyal to Natsu, the person who accepted her despite her past.
Natsu meanwhile sees Akame as a precious individual who he can sympathize with. They both have pasts that they hate and they just want to live their lives peacefully.
One of Akame's contacts arrives and tells her and Natsu that the person they are looking for has just been excommunicated from the church and is currently heading to a small town called Kuoh city.
Natsu hasn't called home once since he escaped. He doesn't want to lead anyone to his parents, so heading back to Kuoh city will be a hard thing for him to do.
However, his promise to Anna rings true in his mind, so he and Akame gather their things and get a plane ticket and make their way to Koh city.
Once there, the two suppress their magical power as much as they can and try and find Asia. They search through much of the city, but can't find a single trace of her. They do find traces of devils and Fallen Angels all throughout the city, making their decision to suppress their power an even better one.
They then head back to hotel and go to sleep. The next day, Natsu is simply walking alone when he finds her, Asia. He helps her up and begins to talk to her, trying desperately not to break down at how much she looks like Anna, just younger.
Sh asks for directions to the old church building. hile Natsu doesn't like leaving her with Fallen Angels, it isn't like he can simply knock her unconscious and take her with him. So, he places a tracking sigil on her to keep a watch on her and then leaves. Chapter ends.
Next chapter begins with Natsu telling Akame about the Fallen Angels and Asia being in the same place. He says they should keep a very close eye on the Fallen as they try and earn Asia's trust so they can convince her to leave with them.
Both Akame and Natsu spend the next few days talking and walking with Asia, being as friendly as possible as they grow to learn more about Asia and who she is as a person.
However, Natsu and Akame are having a harder time evading the devils and eventually they are discovered by Rias and her Peerage, however they manage to disappear before she can get them.
Natsu and Akame are more cautious from now on, taking even more steps to keep out of the devil's eyes.
Natsu is out walking again when he is attacked by a Fallen Angel named Raynare. Although his power is reduced, Natsu crushes the Fallen Angel and then interrogates her, learning how the other Fallen Angels are planning on stealing Asia's Sacred Gear: Twilight Healing for themselves.
Natsu tells Akame and the two of them assault the church. Akame and Natsu are not restricting their power, easily plowing through the enemies before them. Akame takes on the other Fallen Angels as Natsu fights off a man named Freed.
Freed's light bullets hurt, but they don;t stop Natsu who strikes Freed so hard he is blown through the Church.
Meanwhile, Akame takes on Kalawarner and Mittelt at once, easily able to fight off both of them at the same time. The two don't recognize her as they are from a younger generation that didn't serve with Akame during the war.
After beating Freed, Natsu blasts into the basement and sees Asia being prepared as a sacrifice. He attacks the priests and saves her from having her Sacred Gear extracted. He then takes her to safety by blowing a hole through the ceiling.
Dohnaseek and Raynare appear and demand Asia back. Natsu gives Asia to Akame and then turns back to the two Fallen Angels and unleashes his Balance Breaker, just as Rias and her Peerage appear. And with that, the chapter ends.
The next chapter begins with a stand off, Rias and her group unwilling to engage Natsu and Akame as well as the Fallen Angels.
Natsu tells Rias to stay out of this as he moves to attack Dohnaseek as well as Raynare, both of whom are petrified of Natsu and his strength. Natsu blurs from existence and reappears, smashing Dohnaseek through the church and then firing an energy beam at Raynare point blank.
Rias and the others watch as Natsu beats the two Fallen Angels with ease. Eventually Natsu simply smacks the two away and deactivates Balance Breaker.
Silence comes over the area as Rias tries to figure out what to do. Natsu then says he would be willing to answer a few questions in exchange for him and Akame being allowed to leave. Rias agrees, but while they are talking the Fallen Angels manage to escape.
Akame heals Asia as best she can and gives her some new clothes and Asia thanks Akame. Akame responds by pulling Asia in a hug and saying she is the most precious thing on the planet while she gently strokes Asia's hair.
Natsu smiles as he watches on, only for Rias to cough and get his attention once again.
Rias asks a few questions, such as his name, race, where he comes from, what age he is and what fraction he is aligned to.
Natsu responds by saying, "Natsu Dragneel, dragon, Russia, 17 and I am unaligned."
Rias can tell he is mostly being honest and continues on, asking a few more questions and getting mostly true answers in return.
Then she asks, "what are you going to do now?"
Natsu would like to go and see his parents, but it is best he just stays away from them for now. He would like to take Asia away back to the hut in Russia where she can be safe, but that's not a life she would truly enjoy.
So, Natsu says it is still to be determined. He isn't against the devil's, but he won't work for them. Perhaps with them in extreme emergencies, but for now he and Akame want to be left alone.
Rias accepts and Natsu, Akame and Asia all leave. Akeno tells Rias they should observe them for now and Rias agrees.
Back with Natsu, he, Asia and Akame all arrive back at their hotel and Natsu gives Asia his bed as he sleeps on the couch.
In the middle of the night, Natsu gets a vision: a golden sword of incredible beauty, standing on the shore of an incredible lake. The name of the sword is about to whispered by an unknown voice when Natsu awakens, wondering why he got that vision. And with that, the chapter ends.
The next chapter has Natsu, Akame and Asia all head out and enjoy the city as Natsu tries to find out what they should do.
Asia suggests that they stay in Kuoh and enroll in Kuoh academy and Natsu, although concerned, the suggestion does intrigue him. He has never gone to any advanced school after he was kidnapped and so he is curious as to how being in a school feels. Akame isn't interested at all, but is willing to go if the others do.
Natsu finally agrees and so the three head to Rias and ask her to enroll them in Kuoh academy. She agrees if they owe her a few favors. Although reluctant, Natsu and Akame agree and so the three are enrolled with little difficulty.
However, as they are coming home, they find Azazal waiting for them. The Fallen Angel immediately moves to keep them calm, saying he isn't there to fight, just have a talk.
He asks them why they destroyed Night Raid and Natsu answers that Night Riad attacked them first for a stupid reason.
Azazal responds by saying that Akame did kill her comrades, even if they were nothing more the monsters. Natsu replies by saying he wouldn't want to live like that, a beast of rage, trapped in a cage made through his own shattered mind, better to die a man then a monster.
Azazal and Natsu stare at one another, trying to get a read. Azazel then finally says that he won't do anything to the two of them, if they hand over Raynare and her group to him.
Natsu shrugs and agrees, not caring about Raynare and her group at all. Azazal leaves and tells them he will be around and they can find him easily if they need to.
After that, Akame and Natsu decide to be more careful in the future.
The next chapter starts a few weeks later with Asia, Akame and Natsu helping hand out flier for the Occult Research Club. The reason they are doing this sis so that Rias will take them to the Familiar Forest so that Asia can find a familiar that can defend her should Akame or Natsu be unable to. Also, Akame and Natsu ant familiar to fight and train with, so they aren't being completely selfless.
Later that night, rias tells them they have earned over 45 contracts and that they have collected enough for her to take them to the Familiar Forest tomorrow. Natsu and Akame are excited, but manage to keep it hidden while Asia is shaking in the chair from her excitement.
The next day, the Peerage plus three more all head to the Familiar Forest where they meet the Familiar Master. With their guide, the group heads into the forest.
Asia finds a lightning dragon sprite whom forms a bond with her quickly. After that, they don't find many other creatures until near the end when Natsu finds a small crimson eastern style dragon who joins Natsu and Akame finds a small golden lion that reminds her of her friend Leone and so she adopts it.
With their familiars now joining them, the group leaves the familiar forest and head back to enjoy the rest of their night.
While the others are sleeping, Natsu is awaken by a strange magical signal. He gets out of bed and walks outside, only to find a strange sigil burned into a rock and placed near the door.
Looking at it, he feels a strange feeling about it. Like he's met the user before and not at the same time. It's heads back inside, unaware that a white haired woman is watching him until she disappears. End of arc.
Excalibur Arc:
Mostly the same with the only difference being that Natsu shatters the true Fused Excalibur from all seven of the Excalibur fragments with his bare fist and absorbs the Holy magic into his body, forcibly unlocking the real Excalibur locked within himself.
Using his new blade, Natsu manages to cut off one of Kokabiel's wings and slam into the ground with enough force to nearly kill the Fallen Angel. However, Vali arrives and sends the Fallen Angel away.
He and Natsu glare at each other for a few seconds before Vali leaves stating Natsu should grow stronger. End of Arc.
Salem Arc
Basically, Natsu, Akame, Asia, Rias and the rest of the Peerage find out there is a strange magic signal in Salem Massachusetts and go there to investigate. Once there, they start looking around and find strange symbols that completely turn off their magic and even starts to hurt them after a while.
While searching around, they find the corpses of dozens of Angels, Fallen Angels, Devils and other supernatural beings scattered all throughout the town.
They try and find the perpetrator, but can't until Asia disappears. The group looks for her and finds her in an abandoned hut at the edge of town with a woman standing over her unconscious form.
The woman has deathly pale skin, black sclera with crimson iris, long black claws and white hair. She attacks them and beats all of them easily before disappearing.
Asia is alright, but scared. Natsu says they should leave and call in reinforcements however Rias wants to find out who this woman is.
Next part of the arc has the group delving deeper into the lore of Salem and who the witch is.
Piece and clues scattered throughout the town eventually reveal that the witch is the body of an old so called "witch" who was burned at the sake when she never practiced witchcraft. Her spirit was so filled with anger and hatred for the supernatural, she somehow managed to come back, not dead, not living, somewhere in between.
She has since then gathered strength and power as she has killed hundreds of supernatural beings to use as power sources in a spell of her own creation which shall kill magic itself if used correctly.
However, Natsu finds a small journal that holds the final clue to the witch's identity. She is the wife of Umbra, who was a devil that fell in love with her and so gave up all of his power, wealth and everything for her and they settled down in Salem.
However, while he was away one day, she was found, catured, tried and executed before he could get back. hen he came back and found out what the people had done t his beloved wife, Umbra grw enraged and would have gone on a rampage had Astaroth not come and intervened. Astaroth promised Umbra vengeance if he served him. Umbra was told of Astaroth's final plan and decided to aid him.
After learning of who she is, Natsu feels complicated. He wants to use her as a way to lure out Umbra and kill for Issei's death, but if he does he ill be no better then Umbra. As he tries to figure out what to do, Umbra himself appears and finds Salem.
The final act of the arc has the Salem and Umbra talk for a bit before they start to fight. Umbra hates humans and wants to kill all of them, while Salem hates the supernatural and wants to wipe them all out. They are polar opposites in terms of philosophy on how the world would be better, and so they fight.
Slame is powerful, but Umbra is even more so and eventually, Umbra drives his fist through Salem's stomach and crushes her magical core, the only thing keeping her together. Salem crumbles to dust as Umbra cries, but he then disappears.
The Occult Research Club finds her remains and incinerates them making sure she can never come back. They then also destroy all of the bodies held by Salem and destroy her facility before they leave.
Natsu is deep in his own thoughts, worried by what he might have done in order to have his vengeance and that worries him, what he might become in order to satisfy his vengeance. These thoughts weigh heavy on him as the group leaves the town of Salem and head back to Kuoh city.
Peace Treaty Arc:
Mostly the same as in cannon except Xenovia gets Ascalon and Natsu shows Michael Excalibur, getting the angel's interest in him.
Return of Evil Arc
After the fight with Salem and the Peace Treaty being signed, Natsu has been having bad feeling every day for some reason. He just can't shake the feeling something bad will happen.
As he is just walking along, Umbra suddenly appears and smashes Natsu with a thunderous right hook.
Natsu brings out Balance Breaker and tries to fight, but Umbra's massive strength is still far too great and so Umbra knocks Natsu unconscious with ease. He then takes Natsu and disappears.
The Occult Research Club finds Natsu missing and begins a mad dash to try and find him.
Meanwhile, Natsu awakens strapped to a table with Astaroth looking down at him.
Astaroth tells Natsu that he has had his fun and now his master is calling him to service. Natsu says Astaroth will never be his master and tries to burn the restraints off, but the metal has been upgraded since last time and his magic fails to free him.
Astaroth mocks Natsu and then calls in a large machine which fires a beam of demonic energy into Natsu's chest, trying to start up the Evil King Piece laying dormant inside of Natsu.
Natsu manages to resist the beam and is dragged away to a cell. Once there, he collapses in pain.
Once he regains consciousness, he finds a small girl waiting for him. She introduces herself as Ophis, the Dragon god of Infinity. Natsu greets her and the two fall into a nice conversation until Natsu is dragged back out to try and have the seals broken. End of chapter.
Next chapter takes place a week later. Natsu has managed to hold out, but the seal is getting harder to keep intact and his body is wearing down. Ophis meets him every day to just talk and the two have formed an odd relationship to say the least. Ophis is mostly emotionless while Natsu, despite his circumstances, is still optimistic and happily talks to Ophis.
Natsu asks why she is her and she responds that she needs these kinds of people in order to kill Great Red and retake the Dimensional Gap for herself.
Natsu simply nods and continues to talk to her. Ophis is slightly surprised, normally when she talks about her goals, either people offer to help her or call her crazy. But Natsu did neither or those to things he simply nodded and continued on, accepting her plans and not judging her. It is strange for the Infinity Dragon, to say the least.
Natsu is once again dragged out of the cell so that his captors might try and forcibly unlock his seal.
Meanwhile, Astaroth is by a massive circular machine with massive amounts of raw demonic energy rolling off of it in waves.
One of the scientists walks up and tells him that the core is nearly ready, only a day or so more of adjustments and the device will be ready to use.
Astaroth smiles and walks away, happy his project is almost ready.
With the Occult research Club, Azazal has arrived and is working on tracking Natsu down. He had created several tracking spells that are working very hard to try and find the missing dragon slayer. However, he talks to Akame privately and tells her that he has found evidence that these are the same people that kidnapped Natsu as a child.
Akame is worried, Natsu told her what those people did to him and his brother as children and wonders just hat they could be doing to him now. End Chapter.
The next chapter starts with Astaroth by the core and one of his scientists telling him the Super Demon Core is ready for charging period, but warns him it will take nine hours and the energy readings will be capable of being found from anywhere on the planet.
Astaroth waves off his concern and walks away, a sinister smile on his face.
He then orders Natsu to be brought before him. A few moments later and the dragon slayer is kneeling before him.
Astaroth then talks to Natsu, asking him if he is ready to give up and simply accept Astaroth as his master. Natsu says go to hell.
Astaroth sighs and asks Natsu why he is being so damn resistant. Natsu sarcastically asks if Astaroth thought he would simply roll over and just give up. Natsu swears he will kill Astaroth and Umbra personally.
Astroth sighs once more and asks Natsu if he is curious as to what he is doing. Natsu tells him it won;t matter, he'll just break it all the same.
Astaroth smiles and tells Natsu that since the destruction of his original base, they have made significant advances in their demonic core technology. The power they are now harvesting from the Underworld through the use of their Super Demon Core is over 1,000 times greater then before.
Astaroth continues on, telling Natsu that the Super Demon Core is not merely just a power source, but a conversion machine much like a Evil Piece, except it doesn't have a limit on what it can convert to a Devil as it is powered by the limitless, endless power of the Underworld which is fueled by the impure and evil thoughts of all living creatures across the universe.
Natsu aks what the big deal is. So what if he can change any one being into a Devil, doesn;t change the fact he can;t beat the world,.
Astaroth sighs in disappointment once and says Natsu is so limited in his thinking. The Super Demon Core releases an energy wave which forbibly converts any living thing into a Demonic being, but the thing is, the Super Demon Core is capable of covering the entire planet at once and everything changed into a Demon is forbiliy made subservient to him.
Natsu finally realises Astaroth's plan, convert all 7 billion humans into Devils as his own personal army to wipe out everyone who stands against him.
Astaroth smiles and tells Natsu he is finally getting it. All 7 billion humans will be turned into his servants, each blessed with incredible powers Unlike the Evil Piece which give powers based on the pieces, the Super Demon Core will grant all his new servants with increased sats in everything: speed, strength, magical power, durability, everything. Sure, their power levels won't be any higher then a High Level Demon, but with 7 billion at his command, he ill be able to destroy all the Pantheons, all the Angels, Fall or otherwise and finally wrest control away from the Mous.
Natsu asks him why do all this and Astaroth answers by saying he saw the end of the Great War, saw that after loosing so much, the devils were forced to retreat and then rely on lowly humans as a means of continuing on, their previous glory and power tarnished as these new devils came in and changed everything, turning devil kinds from feared creatures of power to mean annoyances in mst cases. He is tired of the other races looking down on him and wants to change all of that.
Natsu asks where he fits into all of this. Astaroth then says that the Super Demon Core has one flaw: it takes a very long time to charge up enough demonic energy to cover the entire planet and while it is charging, everyone even partially attuned to magic will be able to detect the exact location of the Super Demon Core and hs base.
Natsu is an investment, a plan made by Astaroth to protect the Super Demon Core. When he saw his dragon slaying magic, he knew Natsu would be ferociously powerful just by himself, but combined with the Boosted Gear, he would be nigh unstoppable.
The plan was to implant the mutated Evil King's Piece into Natsu and then force him into Juggernaut Drive. The Evil King;s Piece s specially because it allows for greater control over dragons and those wielding the power of dragons. With the King Evil Piece implanted, Astaroth would be fully capable of directing Natsu's unimaginable power at anyone he chooses.
Natsu asks how he would get around the fact that the Juggernaut Drive actively kills you while you use it. Astaroth responds that the Evil King Piece has a direct link to the Super Demon Core. The Super Demon Core would supply Natsu with an endless amount of energy that would act as a substitute for his soul to power the drive.
Astaroth then gets up and says that he has wasted enough time and that the seal blocking the Evil King Piece will be broken now. He then takes Natsu to the Super Demon Core and throws him into the core itself.
Natsu feels he overwhelming Demonic energies invading his body, drawn to the Evil King Piece like a magnet. The sudden influx of so much demonic energy is more then Ddraig and Mavis can handle and the seal is broken at last, freeing the Evil King Piece.
Natsu scream out as his body is torn apart and reassembled, his soul being forcibly transformed from a dragon into that of a demon.
Natsu is then pulled out of the demon core by Astaroth, who tells Natsu to kneel.
Natsu hesistants for a moment before kneeling before his new master.
Astaroth laughs and then says it is time for the Crimson Dragon Emperor to finally make his appearance at last. He then activates the bond between himself and the Evil King Piece and activates a subsection of the Evil Piece.
Natsu screams out a jolt of pain explodes inside his brain, the immense agony he is under greater then anything he has ever felt before.
Suddenly, images of Anna's and Issei's deaths flash before him, the anger brining inside of him only growing stronger. He is then subject to many more images, all of them showing his friends and loved ones dying or being tortured.
Natsu grows angrier and angrier until at last he snaps and Juggernaut Drive activates.
The overwhelming power from the massive armored dragon is staggering, even Umbra is slightly nervous at the prospect of fighting this enhances dragon. However, the Evil King Piece does it's job and the raging beast is forced to yield and submit to Astaroth.
The massive dragon is then moved to another section of the base to await the time he master shall summon him to do his bidding.
Astroth then orders the Super Dragon Core to be activated, it is time for them to act.
As the core ignites and begin charging up, the chapter ends.
The next chapter has Azazal find the location of the Super Demon Core and tells Sirzechs, who gathers an army of devils while Azazel and Michael assemble forces of their own as they all prepare to go and neutralize the Super Demon Core. Rias and the Occult Research club want to go, but Sirzechs forbids this.
After he leaves, Rias tells the others to prepare for departure as she has no intention of sitting around and waiting it out while others are fighting and dying.
Akame and the others are all ready to go and so Rias teleports away to the battle.
When they get there, it's complete chaos as the three united armies are trying to get through to the fortress, but the outside defenses are far to strong. Spells with enough power to destroy cities are getting reflected away without causing any damage.
Akame uses her skills to get inside the base undetected and then she destroys the power lines to magical turrets outside and then lowers the defense barrier as well and then leaves to regroup with the others.
Outside, the alliance charges now that the defense are deactivated. However, before they get close, a giant beam of energy cut hundreds down in a second.
A massive beast explodes out of the fortress, a large crimson dragon. The Crimson Dragon Emperor has awakened.
With a roar, Natsu attacks the alliance who are all too stunned to react and so dozens die quickly.
Azazal and the other leaders all react, unleashing their power as they move to stop Natsu whose power is growing endlessly quickly.
Serafall notes how the Juggernaut Drive is different, the eyes are black with dark symbols glowing all over the armor.
Sirzechs agrees and says someone must have done something to cause this. He then orders all of his troops to enter the facility while he and the other Mous and their Peerages stay and fight Natsu. Michael and Azazel all lend their own help and together, the fraction leaders rush towards the Crimson Dragon Emperor.
Next chapter starts with Natsu smashing Zeus down into the ground and prepare to tear his head off when Odin blasts him off his fellow Pantheon leader.
Sirzechs then hits Natsu with a bolt of destruction, causing some damage but not a lot. Natsu sends forth a geyser of flames that devours a few dozen angels instantly.
Michael rains down tens of thousands Spears of Light that manage to cause a little damage, but not enough.
The other leads join in, raining down dozen of spells in the hopes of stopping Natsu's rampage, but all they are doing is slowing him down.
Meanwhile, Rias and the others are making their way through the interior of the fortress, knocking out manage of Astaroth's minions and doing as much damage as they can possibly do.
However, Umbra finds them and a battle erupts.
Despite their increased abilities, the group is no match for Umbra who knocks them unconscious one by one until they are all defeated and then he drags the, along as he makes his way back to Astroth.
As this is all happening, Ophis is watching on. She watches as Natsu rampages around as a wild beast, a strange and unfamiliar feeling starts to nag her as she silently watches on. End chapter.
In the next chapter, Rias and the others awaken to find themselves chained in place in a heavily fortified dungeon.
Astaroth appears and congratulates them on upgrading from "unworthy bugs who don't deserve my attention" to "annoying pests who are causing more trouble then they are worth." He promises to make them pay for all the damage they have done to him, but he is busy right now, so they will have to wait.
Rias asks Astaroth what this is all about, and he doesn't reply as he walks away, several guards moving to block the entrance.
Astaroth doesn't notest Koneko sublty using her Nekomata abilities to distort her bounds. All she needs is a little time and she shall be free.
Meanwhile, Natsu get's blasted into a part of the base, a large chunk of his armor missing as blood drains from his body.
The rage clouded dragon glares at Sirzechs who has unleashed a larger portion of his power to damage Natsu. In response, the crimson dragon boosts his strength even more as he prepares himself for another fight, only to be frozen over by Grayfia.
Natsu breaks free and charges the Ultimate Queen, who unleashed a massive amount of her power to drive the dragon away and even then, she needs help from Odin and Zeus.
The three combine their powers with Serafall to great a massive attack that causes a massive shockwave when it hits.
The smokes reveals that although more damage has been done, Natsu is not out of the fight and he quickly regenerates the damage away. After that, he charges headlong once again.
Ophis is continuing to watch the battle silently, however a few flashes of emotion cross he face as she thinks about if she get involved or not.
Meanwhile, Astaroth is n the control room looking over the charge, which is now at 97% and rising quickly. Time is running out fast for everyone in this battlefield. Chapter End.
The next chapter begins with Koneko managing to break her shackles and free the rest of her group from their own imprisonments and they quickly subdue the guards and run as fast as they can towards the Super Demon Core, unaware that Umbra is watching them.
The battle outside is getting desperate as Natsu slams Grayfia into the ground with enough force to cause a minor earthquake.
The rest of Sirzechs Peerage attack and knock the dragon away from her, but she is out of the battle for now as her wounds have finally grown too much for her to ignore anymore.
Sirzech, enraged at the attack against his wife, finally unleashes all of his power and transforms into a manifestation of destruction, With a single punch, he nearly cracks all of the armor surrounding Natsu and blasts him into the fortress, sending the massive dragon through several dozen floors instantly from the sheer strength of his attack.
Natsu lais in a puddle of his own blood for a few moments as his healing factor takes hold and reverses the damage done to him. Once that is done, the dragon prepares for combat once again, but stops when Ophis appears before him.
Ophis stares at Natsu and Natsu stares back at her, neither dragon backing down even through both know who is the stronger of the two.
After what seems like an eternity, Natsu blinks first and flies out out of the hole he created with his body to head back out into the fight.
Ophis watches on and then grows a frown and finally says, "Enough."
She then leaves as well, following Natsu.
Meanwhile, Rias and her group reach the Super Demon Core, only to find Umbra waiting for them.
Rias silently calls Sirzechs for help as she and her group prepare for battle. The charge is now 98% and time is nearly out for all of them. Chapter end.
The next chapter starts with Rias and her group fighting Umbra to the best of their abilities, but ultimately failing to do any damage to the man. Umbra retaliates and starts beating all of them once again when Souji Okita appears.
Souji tells Rias to take her group and go and shit down the Super Demon Core as he shall deal with Umbra. Rias doesn't object and starts to get her group back on their feet when several more of Astaroth's best demons appear to slow them down.
The group fights against the demons as best they can in their wounded stat while one of the best swordsmen in history battles Umbra.
Outside, Natsu unleashes a massive crimson energy beam that deals tremendous damage to Odin and Zeus as he then dodges Sirzechs attack.
However, before the fight can drag out any longer, Ophis appears right in front of Natsu and binds him with giant energy dragons.
Natsu tries to fight back, but Ophis is too powerful, however before she can do anything to Natsu, Natsu is blasted away by Sirzechs, causing the dragon to crash back into the fortress.
Ophis glares at Sirzechs, but decides he isn't worth the effort and so flies away to go find Natsu again.
Meanwhile, Rias and her group finally manage to defeat the demons and reach the Super Demon Core right as Natsu crashes through the roof and strikes the ground right in front of them.
The giant dragon is dazed, but is quickly removing and after seeing Rias and her group, he prepares himself for combat one again. Rias and her group prepare to fight Natsu as the energy charge reaches 99%. The final moments of this battle shall determine the fate of the future. Chapter end.
Next chapter begins with Natsu firing an attack at Rias who manages to dodge at the last second. Akeno and Akame unleash their strongest attacks, but they merely glance off Natsu's thick armor.
Natsi resonds by swinging his arm around, barely grazing Kiba. However, the knight is still sent flying into the side of the room and is rendered unconscious from that single blow.
Rias unleashes her power and actually manages to hurt Natsu who is still healing. Akame and Akeno unleash their own attacks as well and increase the damage slightly.
Natsu doesn't go down and instead smashes his fist into Akeno, knocking her out. He then unleashes a large breath attack onto Koneko, who barely survives and also fall unconscious due to the pain. Rias is knocked unconscious saving Asia from an attack, leaving only Akame.
However, when Natsu goes to attack Akame, he stops, unable to bring himself to hurt her. Akame drops her sword and pleads with Natsu begging him to come back. And it works, Natsu is barely able to hold himself back, but he manages to regain partial control over his body again.
Just then, the leaders appear, having defeated the rest of Astaroth;s forces, but missing Ataroth himself.
The core is nearing activation and there is no time to deactivate it. McGregor says the only way to stop the core from activating is for someone to head into the core and then unleash a significant amount of magical power which shall disrupt the magical balance and cause the core to implode upon itself. The core is unnatural and can only exist due to special emitters on the other side of the core. Destroy those and the world itself shall reject the core and send it away.
Natsu volunteers and moves to enter the core as Akame grabs his leg and pleads with him not to do this. He tells her he can already feel his self control quickly dissolving away and this time, he won;t be able to regain control. He doesn't wish to live as a mindless monster and would rather die saving her and everyone else he cares about.
Akame is then restrained by Grayfia as Natsu turns and asks Srechs to take care of her and the rest of his friends. Sirzech agrees and Natsu then jumps into the Super Demon Core.
Once inside, he unleashes every scrap of magical power inside of him, destroying the emitters instantly. However, before he dies, Ophis appears and takes him away.
Rias Peerage awaken only to find out that their friend has died saving them. They weep as those assemble offer natsu heartfelt thanks for sacrificing his life for theirs. Hours later, the fractions leave the fortress after scavenging through it for useful information and technology and leave after destroying the fortress entirely. End of arc.
King Arc
After the Super Demon Core's Destruction and Natsu's death, the Occult Research CLub has fallen into a deep well of despair. They are hardly eating, their grades are slipping and they aren't attending to their duties.
Akame and Asia have been hit the hardest, they barely move or talk at all. Rias and other are trying to help, but they themselves are suffering as well.
Rias's brother appears and lends a shoulder for his younger sister to cry on.
Meanwhile, Ophis appears in the Dimensional Gap with Natsu's body in her grasp. His body is mangled and fused with the corrupted Juggernaut Drive armor and she needs help to separate Natsu from the armor.
Ophis approaches Great Red and asks him for aid in healing Natsu. Great Red demands to know why he should help her after all she has done to try and kill him.
Ophis then says she will never again do anything to try and kick Great Red from the Dimensional Gap again if he heals Natsu.
Great Red thinks about it for a bit and agrees.
The two Dragon gods get to work, carefully breaking the armor off while Ddraig and Mavis keep his soul intact.
It is a long and arduous process that nearly kills Natsu several times over, but eventually the armor is removed and Natsu body has both Ophis and Great Red's own energy pumped into him to accelerate his healing process.
Natsu's body is healed, but his soul is another matter. The corrupted Juggernaut Drive wreaked horrible damage in his soul, to the point that it is almost impossible for Natsu to be alive right now.
Ophis, Mavis, Ddraig and Great Red all combine their powers and begin to heal Natsu's soul piece by piece.
Astaroth is in one of his safe houses, badly injured and scared after one of Rias's attacks managed to graze him as he was trying to stab her in the back. He has sworn vengeance against the Occult Research Club and with Umbra's help, he shall have it. Chapter ends.
The next chapter shows the Research Club going through the motions of everyday life, yet all the energy and drive they had before is gone. It isn;t natsu's death, but also the fact they were useless and couldn't do anything to save him.
Riser appears and mokes Rias, telling her she should just give up already if the death of one worthless human is enough to break her will.
Rias snaps and blasts him away with her magic and tells him to leave or she will kill him, damn the consequences.
Rias leaves and Rias tells everyone they are going to get stronger so that no one else will die. The other agree and begin their relentless training.
Meanwhile, Natsu's soul continues to be repaired, the process going extremely slow as the damage to Natsu's soul is even worse then they originally thought.
Another problem is the fact that the mutated King's Evil Piece is aggressively integrating itself within Natsu's soul like a parasite. The seals are broken and the Evil Piece is working it's dark magic.
With Natsu's soul so damaged, they can't risk simply destroying the Evil Piece. In order to get rid of it, Natsu himself needs to reject the Evil Piece.
Mavis connects with Natsu's mind and sees Natsu asleep in a bed of flames. She gently awakens him and tells Natsu he needs to destroy the Evil Piece if he wants to live.
Natsu is taken to the Evil Piece and he then enters it.
Once inside, he sees a twisted, mutated version of himself waiting for him. The dark version of himself says he has been waiting for Natsu, to which Natsu sarcastically replies, "Sorry I'm late."
The two stare at each other for only a few seconds before they both begin to fight each other with the only goal to kill each other.
Astaroth continues his work on the smaller super Demon Core, the pieces coming together well as Umbra continues to heal himself and also ensure he is ready for the core's immense power.
Rias, her Peerage, Akame and Asia all assemble at the training area and begin to train viciously, only stopping a few times a day to rest before beginning to train once more.
The savage pace nearly breaks Asia, but Rias is relentless and doesn't allow anyone to stop as she pushes herself even harder.
Akeno is starting to get worried about her king and tries to suggest that they slow down a bit, only to have Rias rebuff her. Saying that they need to get stronger and fast. The others start getting worried as well, but keep their opinions to themselves and continue to train hard.
Meanwhile, Natsu and his dark self continue their fight, neither side having an advantage against the other and so the fight has dragged on for days.
Natsu asks what this is all about and his other self says he is tired of being chained down to a weak willed pansy who can't do what's necessary to survive. He then shows Natsu several moments from his life: the time Issei died, when Anna died, when Akame nearly died against Kokabiel, when Asia nearly died against Vali and when Asia was nearly killed fighting Salem.
The dark Natsu claims that Natsu could have prevented these things, but his emotions and morals are holding him back, making him weak and the dark Natsu says he has had enough and so he is taking over their body now.
Natsu says he will stop him, but the Dark version simply laughs and says, "Why would I fear a man who has never been strong enough to save the ones he loves? They say true strength is revealed when one is fighting for those one cares about the most. And even then, you are never enough. I guess you are just too weak."
The two start fighting again, but something is different. Natsu is slightly slower, he is getting hit more, he isn't fighting as well.
Unknown to Natsu, his other self is subtly draining Natsu of his will. Soon he won't even be able to form a fist to defend himself and when that happens, he will strike and take over Natsu's body.
Outside, Ophis, Ddraig and Mavis are worried to see that the King Evil Piece is slowly increasing its influence over Natsu's soul. This is a battle that the Dragon Slayer seems to be loosing. End of chapter
The next chapter begins with Rias and her group finally ready to face Riser in the Rating Games. Everyone is anxious and worried for Rias, who seems ready to kill someone at a moments notice.
The Rating Game begins with Koneko defeating 5 of Risers Pawns by herself in the gymnasium, which is then obliterated by Akeno after Koneko leaves.
Yubelluna tries to take Koneko out, but Akeno intervenes and unleashes a massive amount of Holy lightning against her, nearly taking Yubelluna out in one strike. The blow also vaporises the Bomb queens Phoenix Tears, leaving her unable to heal and so, Akeno takes her down with another hit.
Meanwhile, Kiba and Koneko manage to defeat the remaining Pawns and Rooks with ease, hile the two Knights are giving Koneko are hard time due to her slower speed.
Akeno and Rias go and take on Riser directly. Riser is confident, but Rias has developed a special move just for him. She unleashes a orb of pure destruction that continuously damages Riser, forcing him to heal only to have the damage redone. He screams from the unimaginable torture and begs for mercy, only for Rias to increase the power.
Akeno tries to get Rias to stop as she is about to exceed his regeneration and kill him, but Rias won;t listen, so Akeno uses all her magic and blasts Riser with Hly Lightning, knocking him unconscious and ending the Rating Game.
Once back at their base, Rias demands to know why Akeno stopped her and Akeno tells her that she did what she had to in order to prevent Rias from killing Riser. he to exchange ords and Rias leaves the building in a rage.
The rest of her Peerage heal themselves and wait for her to return, not feeling any better about their victory and ending Rias's engagement.
Meanwhile, Rias is furious at Akeno's actions, but she eventually calms down and realizes she was wrong. She looks to the moon and begins to wonder what has gotten into her lately.
She looks at herself and is disgusted by what she has become. She then decides to change and to be a better person then Riser. For her friends.
Rias turns and head back for her friends. Unaware that Astaroth is watching her, waiting. End chapter.
Next chapter begins with Natsu fighting his double, but he is badly losing. He can barely even stand up anymore. His arms are broken, his legs fractured and his magic is depleted.
Dark Natsu continues to mock Natsu, beating him relentlessly and mercessly as images of his failures continue to be shown to Natsu.
Natsu is blasted back and just lies there, his spirit broken and defeated, just wanting this fight to end.
However, Mavis then appears and urges him to get back up. When Natsu tries to refuse, she gently hugs him and shows him all of his success. Saving Asia, Saving Akame, helping Rias and her friends grow as people. He has touched a lot of lives for the better. Even if he has failed badly in the past, he still has people who are counting on him, waiting for him to return to them.
As she is talking, her Fairy Magic is entering Natsu, healing him and restoring his spirit.
Natsu slowly stands back up as Dark Natsu comes in for the final blow. Only for Natsu to block the strike.
Natsu roars out in rage, his magic spiking as he activates his Balance Breaker. However, due to his increased emotions, he manages to evolve the armor into a newer, more powerful version of itself.
With his spirit restored and power evolved, Natsu fights Dark Natsu one final time, eventually ending the fight with a flaming fist straight through the chest.
After Dark Natsu disappears, the Evil King Piece inside of Natsu is forcibly mutated by the overwhelming Dragon energies from Ophis, Ddraig and Great Red, evolving into a Dragon Piece and thus freeing Natsu from Astaroth.
With the Evil King Piece now changed, Mavis and the other begin to heal Natsu's body and soul. With a few days he shall be strong enough to leave and head back to Kuoh city.
Meanwhile, the Occult Research Club has been assembled once again and Rias apologizes to her Peerage. She admits she was in the wrong and asks for their forgiveness. They forgive her and give her a hug.
They all separate and Rias tells them that they will be focused on getting stronger, but they aren't going to stop living their lives. Natsu wouldn't want that, so they are going to live their lives to their fullest in honor of himnad those they lost. With new determination, they begin to enjoy their evening, unaware the Astaroth is watching them and preparing to attack. End of chapter.
Next chapter begins a few days later with Natsu almost ready to head back to the land of the living. Both his body and soul have been almost completely healed and all that remains is for Natsu to attend one last healing session.
He is anxious to head back and see his friends again, but Mavis and the others caution him not to exert himself. He was on the brink of death and nearly had his very soul torn to pieces. Even if he is healed, he should let his body settle down a little just to be on the safe side.
Natsu nods and they begin to heal him again.
Meanwhile, Rias, Akeno, Koneko, Kiba, Asia, Akame, Gasper, Xenovia, Irina are all in the Occult Research Club building as they have they regular meeting when Umbra blasts through the building, intent on killing all of them.
Rias tries to call her brother for help, but can't get through as Astaroth appears tells her he's jamming all communication magic. He then attacks her with his own magic, but Rias is able to hold him off.
Meanwhile, Umbra is tearing the others apart with ease, even with their training they can't match him.
Xenovia unleashed her new technique using both Durandel and Ascalon and manages to finally cut Umbra and cause him to bleed. However, he quickly takes her down and renders her unconscious.
Akeno and Rias combine their powers and send a monsterous attack at Umbra, hoping that someone will come and help them.
Natsu has finished his healing session and has Mavis and Ddraig enter into him once again as Ophis tells him she shall be accompanying him to ensure he doesn't do anything stupid.
Natsu accepts, says goodbye to Great Red and finally, he and Ophis leave the Dimensional Gap.
However, he appears to find his friends fighting for their lives again Umbra. Without thinking twice, Natsu unleashes a massive attack against the man, getting his and everyone else's attention.
As Astaroth quakes in fear and excalims it can't be, Natsu simply says, "Nothing is impossible, for Natsu Hyoudou is back." Chapter End.
The next chapter begins with Natsu facing off against Umbra, the two men not once breaking eye contact. He ass everyone to stay out of this as this is his fight. He and Umbra have too much history, it has to be him that finally kills Umbra. The others accet and leave to kill Astaroth as they watch on.
Umbra tells Natsu he should have run away and lived his life peacefully He should;t have wasted this second chance at life. Natsu replies that he has never been smart and would never be able to live with himself if he left his friends to die.
Natsu then unleashes his new Balance Breaker: King's Mode and tells Umbra that this is it. There shall be no more battles, no more retreats. Today one of them shall die for good. Umbra agrees to this and the two immediately begin fighting. And to Umbra;s shock, Natsu is able to hold his own and fight evenly with Umbra.
Meanwhile, Astaroth is trying desperately to not die as Rias and the rest of the Occult Research Club mercessly try to kill him, but Astaroth is crafty and has a lot of magical techniques that he uses to hold them off as he tries to open a teleportation portal to get away, only to have his right arm cut off by Irina who that slices open his throat and kills Astaroth once and for all.
Meanwhile, the two powerhouese are continuing to beat the ever living crap out of one another. There is no form, no technique, no finesse to their attacks, only pure, raw emotion and anger as they simply throw as many punches as fast and as hard as they can.
Bones are broken, armor is shatter and blood is spilled as their punches devastate their bodies beyond belief. Natsu unleashes his upgraded Fire Dragon Flames while Umbra uses his enhanced Gravity magic to increase the power of his strikes.
Natsu uses Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade point blank against Umbra, burning his skin and causing a massive explosion. Umbra walks out, but is hurt.
Natsu and Umbra and both too tired to continue on any longer, so they unleash their strongest attacks and fire. A massive crimson beam from Natsu and a giant beam from Umbra. As two energy beams clash, a massive gale force tears throughout the entire town.
The beams stalemate against one another, neither side having an advantage against the other. However, it is Umbra who falters first as the wounds inflicted upon him by Natsu finally make him wince, causing him to loose focus of his beam which allows Natsu to take advantage of his weakened state. Umbra can only watch on as the crimson beam engulfs him, his final words being a curse at Natsu.
Natsu collapses, the utter exhaustion of his body being nothing to him as he cries tears of joy after finally killing Umbra and seeing Astaroth dead, meaning he has finally avenged Issei's death.
His friends run over and begin to heal him up, his smile never leaving his face as he sees his precious friends alive and well. End of chapter.
Net chapter begins with Natsu being asked where he was and what happened to him these previous weeks. So Natsu tells them everything, how Ophis found and saved him, took him to see Great Red who helped heal him. How he had to face and defeat the Evil Piece within him to survive and how he faced a dark version of himself that tried to break his spirit. How be beat his dark counterpart and finally got himself healed enough to return to Kuoh town, only to see Umbra and Astaroth.
After telling his story, Natsu asks what has been happening recently. Rias tells him she won her Rating Game and is no longer engaged to Riser and that the school dance came and went. Natsu nods and congratulate her on winning the Rating Game.
Rias nods and then asks what Natsu is going to do now that Astaroth and Umbra are dead.
Natsu is confused and asks her what she means. He had intended to just head back home and return things back to normal.
Rias then clarifies and asks him if he is going to reveal himself to his mother and father. Nobody in the supernatural community knows who his parents are and where they live, save for Rias and her group who haven't told anyone. And with Astaroth and Umbra dead, the only other people who knew are now gone and it should be safer to talk to them.
Natsu freezes and really begins to think about the idea. He always thought he could never see his parents again, but since Astaroth and Umbra are dead, there shouldn't be anyone actively looking for the Hyoudou parents. They are normal and uninteresting to the rest of the supernatural community and so shall be overlooked and he himself has grown to become a monstrously powerful member of the supernatural community, so it is much safer now to live and talk with them then before. Also, no one knows who his parents are since he has always disguised himself to the leaders of the Supernatural community an gone by fake names.
Natsu says he will think about it and that satisfies Rias.
A short time later and now Natsu is in front of his parent's house. He is extremely nervous as he knocks on the front door.
Within a few moments, Natsu's mom opens the door and sees Natsu. Before Natsu can say anything, his mom is hugging him while sobbing loudly.
Natsu father comes out to see what is going on, only to see Natsu and his mom. Quickly Natsu's dad hugs his son as the family of three are finally reunited.
No words are said as the family lets out their pain and cries tears of joy at finally seeing each other again. End of arc.
Final Arc: No real idea when this was going to happen.
Trihexa is released from his seal and starts a war against all of the Supernatural. He personally takes on the Buddhist and Hindu gods and wipes both pantheons out at the same time, killing some of the alliances best fighters.
He then sends an army to destroy Asgard. Natsu and his friends go to hold the line, but they are ultimately pushed back to the final line at Valhalla. Akeno, badly injured in a previous fight, wishes to aid her friends and hears a voice in her head. She eventually reaches to the rest place of the true Mjolnir and picks it up, the hammer transferring it's immense power into her.
Akeno then rejoins the fight outside and with her help, they manage to hold the line just long enough for Sirzechs and his Peerage to arrive and help end the siege.
However, the group then learns that Olympus has also fallen with the entire Pantheon wiped out completely.
They return to the Underworld to try and aid in anyway they can, only to learn that the remaining Pantheons are barely holding on with casualties mounting rapidly. Total destruction of the supernatural shall occur in only a few weeks at best if this keeps up.
Natsu meets with Ophis who tells him that only Great Red and herself can stop Trihexa, but if they do so, the battle will destroy all of reality.
Natsu talks to Mavis and Ddraig as well, asking them if there is anything they can do. Ddraig says no, but Mavis seems to be hiding something.
She and Ddraig talk during which, Mavis asks Ddraig to take care of Natsu if something bad where to happen to her. Ddraig is suspicious, but ultimately agrees.
With most of their forces destroyed, all remaining supernatural gather together for one last desperate attack against Trihexa.
In the final battle, monsters and abominations beyond imagination attack the united supernatural offensive. Natsu, Sirzechs, Azazal, Michael, and the remaining supernatural leaders all manage to reach Trihexa's core where they face the monster at his strongest.
Trihexa easily wipes the floor with all of them, but before he can kill Natsu, an enormous golden light erupted from him and Mavis reveals herself to the world.
Trihexa mocks her, asking what a mear ghost an do. avis smiles and says she can't kill Trihexa, he is the embodiment of all evil in the universe, the polar opposite to good. If he were to die, all of reality would collapse in on itself. However, she doesn't have o kill him to keep everyone she loves safe.
Mavis glows brighter and brighter as she tells Trihexa that she made a spell especially designed to defeat him. It won't kill him, but it will put shred and destroy any semblance of sentience inside of him. His body and essense shall live on, but his mind will never again return.
Trihexa laughs and calls her bluff, stating that any spell of such power would kill even a Dragon God level being fr good, no afterlife, no heaven, no hell, no limbo, just endless nothingness for eternity. Mavis smiles and says she knows and doesn't care.
Suddenly, chains bind Trihexa who tries to stop Mavis from reaching his core, but the chains manage to restrain him. Looking on, he sees Ophis has created the chains and knows he won't break out of them before Mavis succeeds in her goal.
Natsu tries t get up to stop Mavis, but his body is too badly damaged from his fight with Trihexa, so all he can do is watch on in horror as Mavis turns and gives him a smile. She then tells Natsu how precious the times they had together were to her and how much he meant to her. She thanks him for treating her like a real person and not just a fragment of the Fairy Heart's power.
With her last breath, mavis tells Natsu she loves him. After that, an unimaginably bright light erupts outwards, reaching all around the world as all gaze upon it in wonder.
Trihexa's screams can be heard everywhere, from the depths of the underworld to the heights of heaven. After what seems like an eternity, the screams finally end. Trihexa; still body can be see, smoke coming out of his body.
Ophis places a hand against the core and announces that Trihexa is indeed alive, but he is now in a permanent coma. She then says she and Great Red shall take his body and place it somewhere where no one can reach it.
Natsu remains still, his eyes wide and unbelieving as he tries to comprehend one of his oldest friends death.
Akame comes in and gently takes Natsu hand and leads him out of Trihexa's body, not a word being spoken.
The two leave without saying a word to anyone, appearing in front of the old cabin they spent years together in.
Akame leads Natsu inside and gently tells him it's okay. Natsu immediately breaks down, unable to bear the pain any longer.
And that is basically what I had planned. As you can see, the final arc is not completed as I have no idea where I wanted this story to go.
This story had potential, but I guess it was just not to be.
However, I had fun writing this and I thank you for all your support. You guys are awesome.
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