So you know how in the previous chapter I have Igor being himself instead of casting a character from Fairy Tail?. Yeah I couldn't think of anyone in Fairy Tail to play as him so I decided to have him be himself, but I did have Mavis Vermilion as Elizabeth cause why not?, lol. Anyways in this chapter there might be parts that's from the movie of Persona 3 Spring of Birth if you've seen it for those who haven't I recommend giving it a chance, and as for Natsu's awakening to his Persona it'll be my own choice for what his persona will be like. You'll see what I meant soon.
Anyways I hope you enjoy it, noted I do not own anything or anyone else expect my own OC's, Fairy Tail and Persona 3 belongs to their own rightful creators and owners.
"Huh?, wha... Happy what's going on?". Natsu yawns as loud noises woke him up.
Unfortunately Happy was still hiding in his blanket completely terrifying by whatever is going on. "I'm not sure". He hesitantly pops his head from hiding in his blanket. "Something's weird is happening and I don't know how to explain it".
Natsu immediately got out off bed and looks outside from the window. That's when he noticed the strange color in the sky and the moon, not to mention the pool of blood and the coffins everywhere on the street.
"Was it always like this?. I didn't even notice". He said seriously just noticing and wonder how he missed it before. "Maybe I should check what's happening outside".
Happy gasped when he saw Natsu was about to leave the dorm and immediately fly up to stop him. "No don't Natsu!". He freaks out while grabbing him by his scarf. "I really think we should stay inside to be safe. We don't even know-".
"Natsu!, wake up!". Lisanna's voice called me out suddenly from outside their room which caught their attention. "Happy!. Sorry, but I'm coming in!".
Before Natsu or Happy could reacted Lisanna suddenly burst through the door and the moment she saw them she runs over to him and grab his hands. "There's no time to explain, we have to get out of here!". She spoke so suddenly like she's in a rush and panickingly. "NOW!".
Happy immediately fly with his wings to follow them. "Lisanna?, what's going on?". He asked fearfully but doesn't seem to be getting any answers.
"Okay?". Natsu shrugs casually not sure he understands what's going on but doesn't seem to be at least worried about it.
"Hurry!, to the first floor!. We'll leave through the back!". Lisanna orders before remember something.
Natsu narrows his eyebrows in confusion but just went along with it.
"Okay, let's go!". Lisanna then continue to grab Natsu's hand and they and Happy immediately runs out of the room and quickly heading off to where she said they need to go.
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They quickly rush over to the first floor downstairs where they run past the lobby and made it toward the back where there's an exit at the back.
"Alright, we should be safe now". Lisanna said in relief thinking they're out of danger. But unfortunately...
"Lisanna!". Mirai's voice suddenly was heard. "Can you hear me?".
"Big sis?. Y-Yes I hear you!". Lisanna answered in shock not expecting to hear her sister's voice like this.
"She's your sister?". Natsu asked surprised to know that but kept his expression dull and emotionless.
"Hold on, how come we can hear her like she's in our heads?". Happy asked confusingly feeling like the person is talking through their minds.
"Be careful, there appears to be more than one enemy". Mira spoke with serious and concerns. "The primary one's lurking somewhere nearby!".
"What!?". Lisanna panicked.
"Enemy!?". Happy freaks out.
To make matters worse a force loud thud was heard from the other side of the door which means something outside is trying to force it's way inside. "W-W-Whoa!, let's pull back!". She stammers before motion Natsu and Happy to follow her again. "What are we going to do?, it's at the front door".
"Maybe we should head back upstairs?". Happy suggested.
"Can someone please tell me what the heck is going on?". Natsu asked getting a little impatient and annoyed by not knowing anything right now. "Are we under attack or something?".
"Yes, and it's by something you probably won't believe it's real". Lisanna said sternly before grabbing his hand again to get him to start running. "Now come on, we have to get to safety!".
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The ground started to shake as if another earthquake just hits. "It's getting closer!?". Lisanna looked scared.
"What's getting closer!?". Happy asked again completely freaking out. "Why won't you tell is us it is?".
Lisanna suddenly grab Happy's paws and hold them while looking reassuringly at his eyes to comfort him. "It'll be okay Happy, we just need to calm down". She said reassuringly to calm down even though she's scared as heck. "Getting to safety is our priority now".
Lisanna then looks at Natsu who doesn't seem to be the slightest bit worried or scared by what's happening. "Sorry,I can't explain it now but I promise when we get to safety I'll tell you everything". She said promising to explain everything before they start running again.
As they went on floor to floor upstairs there was loud growling and roaring as the shaking got worse. "What was that?. Don't tell me it got inside!?". She panicked as this is bad news. "It's getting closer!, keep moving hurry!".
But instead of running Natsu unexpectedly just stood there looking outside through the large window. Just staring at the moon despite being in a different color.
"Natsu?". Happy mutters softly as he and Lisanna noticed Natsu not doing anything but just stand there.
"Didn't you hear what I just said?. We need to move now". Lisanna reason with him trying to get through. "If we don't we'll died and-".
"So what?". Natsu straight up just said that so forward with no expression or sounding or caring in his voice. "It's not like I cared about it, I doubt anyone would".
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"N-N-Natsu's...". Happy shutters in disbelief. Did he seriously just said that?.
"What... W-W-What did you just say?". Lisanna just looked at Natsu like she thought he was just being crazy and insane.
Natsu then just glared at them with a look that look completely empty with no sign of life. "I mean...Is death really that scary to you?". He asked emotionless and dull. "Isn't death a part of life that just ends for us. Kind of like your sleeping but you just never wake up".
Happy can feel himself tearing up as he couldn't believe Natsu is acting like this again. At the worse time possibly he just had to talk like that. "Oh Natsu...". He sobs sadly in heartbreak the moment he said those things.
"How...Can you talk like that?". Lisanna looked like she wanted to slapped him right now because that was the most ridiculous thing she ever heard anyone say that. "Listen, I don't know what's your problem is, but unlike you I can't afford to die in a place this!. I haven't even began to learn anything yet!, nobody here wants to die!".
As she said those words Lisanna couldn't help but tear up a bit but she couldn't afford to bring herself to cry at a time like this before forcing Natsu to grab onto her hand as she pulled him straight up the stairs.
Eventually they reach the rooftop part of the building. "Right!, if we go out through here to then-". She didn't waste any time before leading Natsu and Happy outside to the rooftop balcony where even more danger actually awaits them. "Huh!?".
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Panting heavily as they catch their breath from all that running. Suddenly this weird, strange, horrifying giant monster creature thing appread in front of them.
It was horrified looking beast with no face but held a, and as an extension, no head to guide its actions. Composed entirely of arms and hands.
(Sorry if I'm terrible at describing the Shadow I'll just look it up on Wikipedia)
(https/megamitensei./wiki/Arcana_Magician
"That's it...One of the monsters that attacked us". Lisanna exclaim in horror as she and Happy just stood looking terrified for their lives.
"W-W-What is t-t-that thing!?". Happy asked obviously completely terrified to the point he beloved they'll die here.
Lisanna gulped up in hesitant and fear as her hands started to shake. "It's a Shadow". She said fearfully as she began to sweat before instantly pulling herself together to bring out the same gun that Natsu and Happy withness her having it when they first met.
Suddenly before they knew could guess Lisanna had aim her gun and pointing straight to her forehead like she's planning on-.
"Whoa whoa whoa hey there, whatcha just said about not wanting to die?". Natsu said confusingly wondering why would she be holding a gun and pointing it straight to herself instead of that Shadow thing. "What the heck are you doing!?".
Happy is now more terrifying than ever now as he has no idea what's going on. "Lisanna please don't tell me your doing what I think I your doing?". He freaks out completely but Lisanna just seems to be ignoring them.
The Shadow was getting closer while Lisanna was preparing to shoot herself for some reason but couldn't seem to do it. Instead her hands kept on shaking like crazy preventing her from focusing what she needs to do to fight back.
'Come on...Come on, you know this isn't a real gun, it won't actually kill you'. She thought reasoning with herself but doesn't seem to working. 'So why am I still terrified to do it!?. Just pulled the trigger and it'll come out!'.
Unfortunately she still bring herself to do it. She was too scared.
'Come on!. Why can't I do it!?'. She clutches her eyes closed while holding her breath that she didn't even hear Happy or Natsu shouting her name to get her attention.
Until suddenly when she look up and open her eyes again she found herself getting slapped away by the Shadow giant hand sending her flying to the ground a few feet away from them.
And with the gun she drops when being hit as it land straight at Natsu's feet.
"Lisanna!". Happy called out as he flew over to make sure she was alright since he couldn't do anything else.
Meanwhile back at the command room. Erza, Mira, Gajeel, Panther Lily and Chairman Precht were watching the whole thing on screen.
"Lisanna!". Mira cried in horror when she saw her little sister unconscious and knocked out.
"Let's go!". Erza said without hesitation as she and Mira quickly was about to head out to the rooftop.
But before they could do that Chairman Precht stopped them. "Wait". He said sternly and strictly convincing the girls to stop.
Natsu was about to check on her as well but the Shadow seemed to have blocked his path preventing him. He knew if he doesn't do anything then she'll die.
Die?.
Death...
Perhaps death doesn't sound terrifying for Natsu. But if it someone else then does it mean it's a different story?.
"Igneel?".
"Dad...Get up".
"Hey, come on. Quit playing pranks on me, this isn't funny".
"Please don't leave me...".
"Nobody cares about me... Nobody believes me...They just don't...Care".
Flashbacks of the tragedy that happened to Natsu as a child came rushing back to him like flash seconds before he then looked down at the ground and saw the gun she had in her hands a moment ago that dropped on his side when she was thrown.
"What the hell is that punk doing?". Gajeel asked whisperly as he and Panther Lily who were wrapped up in bandage watching the whole thing too. "Don't tell me...".
"Unless it's true and he does have the potential". Lily whisper back seriously while also watching what is happening.
'This gun.' Natsu thought to himself as he picked it up to look at it as he breathes heavily. 'From one closer look...It doesn't seem to be actual gun. It's more like...A trigger for...Something within'.
"Go on." A familiar voice spoke out from inside his head. "Do it."
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Without even thinking Natsu aimed the gun at his head staring at the Shadow. He didn't know what was gonna happen. But for some reason. It felt important that he did what he was about to do.
"N-N-Natsu... W-W-What are you doing?". Happy asked fearfully and looking in horror at what Natsu is trying to do. "Don't do it!, please stop!".
But Natsu wasn't listening as he just focus on one thing alone. To do whatever it is he's doing even though he has clue what's he's doing.
And although he doesn't care what happens to him. It just doesn't seem right to see death happening to others.
"Per...
So...
Na".
Natsu said whispering under his breath before pulling the trigger shooting himself in the head. However it did not kill him.
Instead there was a bright aura glowing around him and a figure appeared above his head. It was a human that looked like a dragon with red hair, bright golden eyes, and was wearing a fancy red robe with dragon symbols on it. He also had dragon wings on his back looking like he was flying.
Lisanna slowly regain conscious as she slowly open her eyes to see what was happening. While Happy just stood there dumbfolded and disbelief what his eyes are witnessing some unbelievably insane.
"I am thou...
Thou art I...
From the sea of thy soul I come forth.
I am Ryu...Warrior of Dragons."
Happy and Lisanna were shocked when they saw this happen all of a sudden.
"What the heck?". He cried in horror and disbelief as his eyes looked like they were about to pop out of their sockets. "A Dragon!?. Why did that thing came out of Natsu!?".
'So we were right...Or more like Chairman Precht prediction was true.' Lisanna thought to herself as she stared in shock and amazement. 'He really does have the potential'.
Of course she wasn't the only one who was just shocked as she is while at the same time their suspicious were correct.
"Just as we thought...". Erza gasped in shocked yet amazed that their feelings were correct.
"Incredible...". Mira covers her mouth with her hands while having the same reaction as Erza and pretty much everyone else who's seeing this.
"Are you kidding me?. His Persona is a dragon too?". Gajeel was beyond shocked at this as his eyes couldn't stop staring. "Just like...".
"You are Gajeel". Lily said in shocked yet still had a calm look. "It appears you two have one thing in common".
Hearing that just made Gajeel scoff before smirking. This just got a whole lot interesting.
Chairman Precht just smiled showing no other reaction other than his prediction were correct.
All of a sudden Natsu suddenly felt a sharp pain in his head causing him to gasp and cry out.
"Ngh...Aaaaaaahhhhhhhh!". He didn't know what it was but it seemed to affect both him and the thing flying above him.
The Persona above him that called himself Ryu suddenly began to transform as well. One of his wings had disappeared, his robe was ripped apart, and half of his body was covered his dragon scales. It was like he was a completely different person.
"What...". Erza gasp in shock.
"The...". Mirai gasp in horror.
"Hell!?". Gajeel gasp in pure disbelief.
"His Persona... Changed?". Lily looked unbelievably confused and shocked.
"Impossible...". Chairman Precht this time didn't see that coming as he began to have the same kind of reaction as them. "And yet this boy...".
At that point Ryu had thrown a powerful fireball at the Shadow and with just one hit it was instantly defeated. It was like it didn't even stand a chance.
"No way." Lisanna said softly to herself as she was watching in shock and amazement. "His persona...It's even more powerful than I expected. Does that mean Natsu is a lot more than what any of us had expected?".
"Just WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE!?". Happy cried in tears completely just panicking. "THIS IS FREAKING ME OUT!".
Once the Shadow was defeated it suddenly faded away melting into what seemed to be a puddle. Natsu took a minute to catch his breath before trying to figure out what happened. At the same time Ryu return to it's original form before disappearing.
While Erza, Mira, Gajeel and Lily were trying to take in what just happened.
"What on earth was that?". Gajeel asked confusingly trying to take everything in.
"I...I don't know". Erza just simply replied with an answer she wasn't sure how to respond with Mirai and the Chairman just stayed silence.
Lisanna and Happy also took the time to try to take in everything even though it was pretty shocking that it got them shaken up.
"Please tell me it's over...". Happy said tearing up just wanting all this to be over.
But before Lisanna could respond to anything she saw Natsu suddenly felt exhausted and fell down to the ground passed out.
"NATSU!". Lisanna and Happy cried out as they ran over to check on him.
"Come on!". Happy crying out trying to get Natsu to wake up. "Can you hear me pal!?, please Natsu...Say something!".
Damn that was insane i actually had fun writing that even though I wasn't really good at the whole battle fight stuff like i said. I apologize if i was terrible at the fighting scene battling stuff just isn't something I'm used to yet. But i am trying so i hope you like with what i do best.
Also huge shout-out to Sakura Blossom TWST for helping me with this chapter. Thanks so much i really appreciate you took the time to help. Please followed her and support her too.
And lastly for those who don't know Ryu is a Japanese masculine given name and family name meaning"dragon", "noble", "prosperous", or "flow". At least that's what it says. You can look up at it on Goggle.
Next chapter: Natsu returns at the Velvet Room before he wakes up at the hospital.