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Beastly Possession	By : Rhov Category: +. to F > Fairy Tail Views: 26740 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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A/N: I'm back, and I humbly apologize for the hiatus. It was desperately needed!
There's new fanart, and the most horrific picture of Beast-Natsu ever. Seriously, when I saw this, the first words out of my mouth were "Holy shit, that's terrifying!" Awesome, haha: http://fav.me/d69alry
Disclaimer: Until I learn how to invade Japan with time-traveling dirigibles piloted by A.I. automatons, Hiro Mashima still has control over Fairy Tail.

Chapter 23

Earth, Light, and Shadow
Wendy woke up to a jolting sensation that would have made any other dragon slayer nauseous. Luckily, motion sickness was something she had never experienced...yet. She felt heat around her, arms holding her, and a smell she did not fully recognize, although it was familiar. As she regained consciousness, she realized it was the musk of a man.
"What?" she squeaked, trying to jolt away from the powerful arms. Nearby she saw Mirajane. "Mira, what happened?"
Charle flew above. "Wendy! You're awake."
The arms holding her abruptly yanked her away from that bright, warm body. She was set a little too firmly onto the ground, making her stumble. Then a blond knelt in front of her.
"Are you okay? How do you feel?"
"Sting?" She recognized the fellow dragon slayer, but she was confused why he was there. "Where are the others? Mira..." She saw a scabbed gash across the white-haired model's face and gasped in horror. "What happened? Were we attacked?" She looked again to Sting. "You! You tried to attack Natsu." She hit him with her tiny fists. "What did you do to Mira, you meanie?"
Mirajane looked over to Sting. "She doesn't remember?"
"No," he said, not protesting the weak hits. "When the beast within takes control, the dragon slayer loses consciousness. It's not until the late stages that the beast and slayer can coexist."
Wendy froze in shock. "Beast? Do you mean...me?" Her eyes teared up, and she covered her trembling mouth. "Did...did I do that?"
Mirajane patted her head. "My duty is to protect you if you lose control. I was just doing my job."
"But Mira, your face! Let me heal it, quickly. I promise, I won't let there be any scars."
Sting stiffened and rose to his feet. "That'll have to wait." He looked around in paranoia. "That smell..."
Wendy flinched and covered her nose. "I smelled that in Magnolia. Is...is that the feral?"
Sting's eyes narrowed as he scanned the woods. "Yes, and it's coming this way. Dammit! Why would it come here?" He thought for a moment. "Of course. Natsu! He has the smell of a feral, too. It must have smelled him nearing Magnolia and sees him as another feral invading his territory. I didn't think its nose would be that sensitive." He looked back to the girls. "Mira, take Wendy away from here, quickly! She just recovered, so she could slip again. Lector, protect them." He threw off his traveling cloak, and his blue eyes flicked around the forest, searching warily.
"Sting-kun," Lector protested.
Mirajane looked worried. "You're going to face it alone?"
"You can't!" Wendy cried out.
"If you stay here, I'll be facing two beasts," he shouted. "Wendy, you need to get away. The more you change, the more powerful the inner strength of the beast will be. And Mira, you shouldn't be fighting with those wounds. Both of you, leave it to me. Please!" His voice strained with urgency.
Mirajane sensed there was more to this. "Sting, what aren't you telling us?"
His jaw tightened in disgust. "This feral creature works off of instincts. One of the most basic and carnal is...to mate." He looked back at the two ladies. "It'd probably just kill you, Mira, but Wendy...a dragon slayer, one of its own kind..."
Mirajane's face went pale with horror, although little Wendy looked confused. "Oh God, no!" The older girl shuddered, and she grabbed the little dragon slayer protectively around the shoulders. "Let's go, Wendy."
"But Sting..."
"You need to get out of here," she yelled, shaking with horrific visions in her head. "Lector, Charle, scout ahead."
"But..." The little Exceed looked between Sting and the others. "Sting-kun..."
Charle huffed at him. "Oh, get over it and follow orders."
"Wait," Wendy jolted. "Another smell."
Sting sniffed deeply, and a bright grin burst onto his face. "It's him."
A moment later, a shadow came strolling through the trees.
Lector gasped happily. "Frosh!"
"Lector," cried the froggy Exceed.
"Rogue." Sting sighed in relief as the Shadow Dragon Slayer came forward. "Damn, am I glad to see you."
Rogue gave a curt nod and reticent smile. "I was in Magnolia shopping and heard rumors. I figured you would need assistance, and if that's truly the feral dragon slayer I'm smelling, then my instincts were right."
Sting frowned, staring off into the woods. "Yeah, it's coming. It probably wants to kill Natsu before he enters Magnolia."
"Natsu Dragneel?"
"He apparently never went through the ceremony. The creature changed him. He's nearly feral himself."
His red eyes looked down to Wendy. "And her, too? I smell just a little of the change in her."
Wendy pouted. "I smell?"
"The creature triggered her early." Sting scoffed softly. "What's up with these Fairy Tail dragon slayers not being fully mature?"
"Immature!" Lector echoed.
"Fro thinks so, too."
Wendy dropped her head. "I'm sorry."
Rogue smiled gently. "Don't feel bad. You're too young to even be facing this change. If we had caught this killer earlier, you never would have been bothered for a few more years. It is we who should apologize for letting it escape twice."
Mirajane asked, "Have you been hunting it?"
Rogue nodded grimly. "For a couple months. The creature has slaughter entire towns. I fear Magnolia will be next. If we can kill it out here, away from civilization, all the better."
"But he's just a sick boy," Wendy cried out in protest.
Rogue's eyes saddened. "A sick boy who can't be cured, who has lost all humanity, killed hundreds if not thousands, has eaten people alive, and if the rumors I heard are true, the feral beast has nearly killed one of your nakama."
"Lucy," Wendy whispered, shivering as she remembered trying to heal those horrific wounds on Lucy's mauled body.
"It's not something to be pitied," Sting warned sternly. "Rogue and I swore we would stop it ourselves, our duty as dragon slayers. Let us handle this.
"Wendy," Rogue said gently. "We don't wish to fight you as well. Please escape before you're affected. You're like the little sister of the dragon slayer family. Let us protect you as well."
Her eyes watered up at hearing his kind words. "Rogue..." If anyone in Fairy Tail ever thought Rogue might be bad because of things that happened in the past, she at least knew his heart was good. "Got it," she nodded firmly. "Sorry."
"Just keep yourself safe. Fro," and he patted the Exceed on the head. "Stay with her. Try to make her smile. You're best at keeping people happy."
The little froggy Exceed blushed at the praise. "Fro will do my best!"
Mirajane took Wendy's hand and led her away. Lector flew ahead to make sure they kept on a path going as far away from the incoming enemy as possible, while Charle and Frosh stayed with the two girls.
Sting waited while they escaped. He felt more confident facing this powerful enemy with his dark twin beside him, fighting side-by-side like old times.
"You sent Frosh away, too," he noted.
Rogue had a grim look in his face. "I know how deadly this beast is. It won't be a normal fight. It'll be to the death, and if we die here, they'll only identify our bodies by the dragon lacrima still embedded within us."
"If the beast doesn't eat lacrima and all," Sting pointed out. "I wonder what would happen if it ate the lacrima of a different element. With any luck, it'd make the beast sick enough to kill it."
"I don't plan on finding out."
"Oh, me neither." The White Dragon Slayer grinned playfully. "Just wondering. Got any idea what element it is?"
"I thought we determined it must be earth."
"Yeah, but we haven't met it yet."
"I investigated the scene where the beast encountered Fairy Tail's strongest, Gildarts Clive. Sadly, it seems the fight was mostly between him and the Lightning Dragon Slayer."
"Laxus?" Sting asked in amazement. "He's affected as well? Damn! Ferals poppin' up everywhere. What's up with Fairy Tail?"
"An immature group with immature mages. That's why I admire Gajeel."
"Humph!" Just then, the trees ahead rustled. "Well, let's see how earth fairs against the light and the dark."
A half naked boy ran out, dark like the trees around them, with glowing red eyes and a body half like a dragon.
"In the way," the feral snarled.
Sting had not expected to meet something so human-like. He really was nothing more than a sick boy, maybe fifteen or sixteen, with skin brown like the earth and longish, wild, black hair. His body was toned, and Sting guessed that even before falling to this illness, he had been a decent fighter.
Rogue spoke, "Are you Balaur Blackstone, the Earth Dragon Slayer?"
"Slayer not here." The creature crouched down in preparation to attack.
Rogue kept his voice in a calming pitch. "I know the ceremony to cure you. Will you let me do it?"
Sting looked over in shock. They had never said this was an option. "Rogue!"
"Cure?" The feral snarled, then roared at them in fury. "Where was the cure when Slayer wanted it? Slayer mad. No cure. No help. People shoot at us. People hate us. All is bad! Don't want dragon anymore. Don't want cure. Body is mine. Mind is mine. All is mine. Too late, too late. No cure!"
Sting's brow tensed. "It knows it's too far gone."
Rogue nodded sadly. "Which means the boy within is truly lost. He has no humanity left to rescue." He frowned. "Damn. I didn't want to do this."
"It's nothing but a bloodthirsty beast now, Rogue. We have no choice but to kill it before it kills us."
Rogue looked hesitant. "It could have happened to either one of us."
"But it didn't," he snapped. "It's our duty as fellow dragon slayers to put him out of his misery. This boy, whoever he was in life, is lost. He's sick. We have to end his misery...like we had to do back then. We had to kill our own parents when they were sick. This is no different."
Rogue still shook his head, eying the dark face that sneered at him.
"We have to, Rogue," Sting warned. "Or do you want Gajeel to do it?"
He thought about it. Killing just a monster was one thing, yet Rogue realized deep down inside that, if it had not been for Gajeel and Sting, if he had grown up alone, he would have ended up exactly like this boy, lost to the dragon instincts. To kill a fellow dragon slayer, one of his own kind, was not something he could do lightly. It reminded him too much of that traumatizing moment when he had to kill his adopted dragon father.
But to save others, to save Natsu and Wendy, to save all of Magnolia and keep the reputation of dragon slayers from being forever tarnished...
Finally, Rogue lifted his head with renewed determination. "I won't let Gajeel take on this burden. To save him from this sin..." He stopped, ambivalently wavering for a moment.
Squinty blue eyes glanced over to Rogue. "Can you kill it?"
Rogue swallowed down his heart's own protests, then he posed ready to fight with a crimson gleam in his eyes and a dark aura around his body. "It may have been human once. That's not what it is now. Let's do it."
The beast grinned. "Done talking? We fight now! Kill you, eat you, then go. New feral coming. Must kill."
A bright glow cloaked Sting's body. "Natsu's not feral yet. I won't let you hurt him while he's sick."
Shadows coalesced around Rogue. "On my pride as a mage of Sabertooth, I shall protect our new nakama in Fairy Tail."
"Good, good. Need warm-up. Haven't used Slayer powers in a long time." Balaur's hands stretched out to the sides. The ground shuddered, making Sting and Rogue almost lose balance. All around Balaur, rocks rose, floating around him.
Sting growled in frustration. "He knows telekinesis as well." He had expected a mindless attack of brute strength—claws and teeth—not magic. This made the feral far more dangerous than the two had anticipated.
A sly smile slithered onto Balaur's face as he saw the shock in the Twin Dragon Slayers' eyes. "Yes, I know Slayer magic. From the beginning, I have known how to kill with rock and dirt and dust. Not all is bright. Not all is dark. But here, all is earth. Everywhere you stand is mine. Unless you fly or climb into the trees, where your feet are, I control."
Sting grimaced. "Maybe I shouldn't have sent Lector away."
"Those rocks would pelt us from the sky as well," Rogue said.
"Yessss," hissed the feral. "No escaping earth. Come. Light and dark can only change the color of earth. It cannot harm it."
"We'll see about that," Sting sneered, and he took a deep breath, ready to roar.

Farther north, Lucy's group traveled slowly down the road with Natsu's cage in tow. The dragon slayer looked sick like usual from being stuck on transportation, but suddenly his low moans turned into screams of pain. Natsu leaped up and crashed backwards into the runes, making them sparkle purple as he hit them again and again. He thrashed around, holding his head in agony.
"Natsu," Lucy cried out in fear. In all their days of traveling, he had not turned into the beast while motion sick, to the point where Wendy theorized that the illness suppressed the inner beast, and she refused to cast Troia on Natsu so he would not possibly lose control.
"Smell...smell!" The hissing in his voice showed that the beast within was trying to break out. "Feral smell."
"The feral dragon slayer?" asked Gray.
Far ahead, they saw a burst of blinding light shoot straight up into the sky.
"That's Sting's magic," muttered Erza. "The feral must have sensed Natsu, came to confront him, and met Sting instead."
"But Wendy!" Lucy cried out.
"That is troubling," Erza frowned, also worried for the little girl. "Gray, go on ahead. Help out if you can. We'll backtrack until the smell doesn't affect Natsu."
"Got it," Gray nodded, and he raced off into the woods.
Lucy put her hand up against the runes. More than anything, she wanted to hold Natsu and comfort him, but right now his eyes were glowing red. That was the only change so far, but his voice showed he was not in control.
"Is feral," he snarled, glaring at the distant flashes of magic and rumbles like earthquakes. "Must fight. Must...kill."
"Natsu," Lucy called out sternly, hoping to snap him back.
"Kill..." There was a noise like a purr of excitement. "Kill and eat and drink blood of feral, get stronger."
"Natsu!"
"And mate." Those scarlet eyes slid over to her. "Girlie..."
Lucy shivered at that distorted form of Natsu's voice and the way those red eyes stared at her like she was a piece of meat.
The beast, with Natsu's face, smirked at her so coldly. "If I win struggle with Slayer," it whispered, "you'll be mine. I'm gonna fuck you harder than Slayer ever could."
A shiver ran down Lucy's spine, and her face paled with a spike of instinctive fear. Tears pooled in her eyes, and her bottom lip trembled in horror at the threat.
This...this was not Natsu! This was not even some facet of his mind. This was a creature that was completely different from the silly idiot she loved, a creature that was beginning to exert its own desires. A part of Lucy realized that meant Natsu's own sense of self was slipping fast.
"I claimed you first," the beast purred softly, crawling closer to her, glaring through the glowing purple runes. "I marked you and fucked you. I took what Slayer can't take anymore."
Lucy shivered out a sob of deep terror, overwhelmed by a feeling of helplessness. She remembered that night in the gala, the red in Natsu's eyes as he slid into her, breaking her virginal barrier. She had not understood at the time, she thought at first that it really was Natsu doing that to her, but she eventually realized he was not in control. Seeing the carnal hunger in those red eyes again pounded in the fact that Natsu had not been the one with her that night. It had been his body, but not his mind. The assailant was this creature before her, this foul-mouthed beast that craved death, blood, and lust.
Its face leaned right up against the runes and stared directly at her. Lucy had never seen Natsu's smile look so sadistic as it did now. "Girlie liked how Slayer fucks. I know. I watched. But I fucked girlie first. You...are mine!"
Before Lucy could gasp, Freed unsheathed his sword and stabbed at the cage. The rapier struck the runes but did not pierce. Instead, an electric jolt zapped Natsu's body. He shrieked, then collapsed unconscious onto the floor of the cage. Lucy gawked at the green-haired man. She was ready to shout, but Freed's infuriated sneer silenced her protests.
"There is not one shred of Natsu's being that would ever speak to Lucy like that," he said in low, dire words. "I've spoken to Natsu and know his feelings." Freed looked over to Lucy and assured her, "He would never harm you, nor does he think of you as a conquest. He loves you deeper than even he himself comprehends. Don't let what this monstrosity says scare you away from the man you love."
She blinked mutely, too stunned to reply right away. Freed, of all people, just supported their relationship on Natsu's behalf. Lucy was so shaken, she could only mumble, "Thanks."
Erza said nothing as she pulled the cage behind her, backtracking down the road they had just come along. However, from the beast's words and Lucy's reactions, she realized that her blonde friend had been hiding a horrible secret all this time. She knew better than to ask about it now, but she figured Lucy was probably in a desperate need for a girls' night out and some serious heartfelt talking.
And strawberry cake. That always made things better.

Gajeel led the group from Fairy Tail through the woods, following the permeating stench of the feral. He heard whispers in the crowd behind him. Gildarts' encounter had shown him nothing more than a frightened boy. Personally, Gajeel thought it was a shame his first impression had to be that of a sick child. This was far worse than some illness. If Fairy Tail did not take this fight seriously, more people could die. Lots more!
At least Gajeel was glad of one thing. The feral had followed the dragon slayer's instincts, leading it to Magnolia, a city rich in powerful mages. When the feral got bored and decided it was time to slaughter everyone, it would definitely fail.
He seriously hoped it would not come to that, though. There had already been far too many deaths, and the rate was increasing.
For now, the targets were picked for a reason, and there were usually no more than three targets in a night. The creature had not yet resorted to a brutal mass slaughter of the entire population. When it did, dozens if not hundreds might die before Fairy Tail could muster an offensive. Still, the feral's days of slaughtering would stop here...one way or another.
A feral dragon slayer was a dangerous thing, but against just two S-class mages, there was no chance it would succeed.
Or so he thought.
They saw flashes of brilliant white light up ahead, and Gajeel recognized Rogue's Shadow Dragon strikes blasting the trees. The Fairy Tail mages dispersed so they could weave through the forest with enough room to dodge attacks. Approaching a battle in progress was always precarious.
Finally, with Levy close by his side—he patted her head just to make sure she was there—Gajeel stepped into a clearing that was an utter mess. The very land seemed tormented by the battle. Deep fissures cracked the ground. Rocks jutted up in bizarre shapes. Trees had been scorched by Sting's beams. Shadows clung to any dark place, like black slugs avoiding fatal sunlight.
He saw the Twin Dragon Slayers scuffed up and weary, and then Gajeel saw the feral. It had opted to go without wings for this fight. A wise move, given the narrowness of the area and all the trees. However, the beast had a blackish brown tail with ebony spikes running down the spine, which it used to cling to a tree, swinging more like a monkey than a dragon. It sang tauntingly to Sting and Rogue.

"Slayers, slayers, you're just players.

Bad at aim, boring game.

Kill you, kill you, then I eat you.

Shadow, light, eat up right.

Stronger, stronger, I'll fight longer.

Fire will die, then Lightning and Sky."
"You forgot Iron," Gajeel called out.
The Sabertooth mages looked back in surprise to see Fairy Tail coming forward, at least a dozen mages, including powerhouses like Gildarts, Gajeel, Cana, and Juvia.
The beast crawled up into the tree, perched on a branch, and hissed. "Another slayer? Haven't smelled you before."
Gajeel snorted a laugh, glad he caught it by surprise. "I've been wearing some god-awful cologne since I first sniffed you out. I figured covering my scent was best."
Levy scowled in petulant anger and muttered, "That was the cologne I got you for your birthday, jerk." He just patted her head, annoying her and making her blush.
The creature hissed. Against two dragon slayers, it had already fought the hardest battle of its life. Facing a dozen more mages, including another dragon slayer, would be impossible. Dark brown wings sprouted from its back and unfurled.
Gajeel sneered and raised his hand. "Oh no you don't! Iron Dragon's Lance: Demon Logs." His arm turned into a massive steel spear, then with a green magic flash, it shot small metal spears rapidly out at the perched creature.
The feral took to the air, barely dodging the blast that tore apart the tree it had been on, leaving behind a mess of metal spikes.
Rogue chimed in quickly, "Shadow Dragon's Roar!"
Sting was not about to miss out on the fun and took a massive breath. "White Dragon's Roar!"
Gajeel was mad he missed, so he also took a breath. "Iron Dragon's Roar!"
Light, Shadow, and Iron all stormed toward the beast, blending into a fierce and fatal tornado of destruction. Those crimson eyes widened at the ferocity. The feral bellowed, feeling fear for once.
"Earth Dragon's Stonewall!"
The ground directly underneath shot up, forming a shield against the triple combo. Still, the blasts shattered the defensive barrier and hit the bottom half of the feral, sending the creature spiraling into the air with a shriek. It flapped its leathery wings frantically to regain control.
"Noooo!"
The other mages all attacked. Juvia sent out a jet of water, but with a swipe of its hand, the feral swished a bunch of dirt in her path, which turned to mud when the water attack hit. It then flung the mud at her, capturing Juvia, Evergreen, and Elfman in a gooey mess that instantly dried into hard stone, containing them. Romeo threw a purple fireball at the beast, but a shield of rocks blocked him. Then Cana tossed a card at it, but before the magic could even activate, bullet-like pebbles shot out of the Earth Dragon Slayer's hands and shredded her card.
Gildarts knew he should attack as well. His magic could easily crush these earthen barriers. Mentally, however, he was still struggling with the fact that Balaur was a child.
"Stop! Stop, stop! Hate you! Kill you!" The air around Balaur filled with dust that swirled around him in a brownish yellow haze. "Earth Dragon's Avalanche!"
The feral stretched out its arms, which took on the appearance of rocks crunched together. Then from his fingertips, a barrage of pebbles stormed down on the mages. Mixed with it was thick dust, blinding everyone from the hailstorm of stones.
Gajeel grabbed Levy and turned his arm into an iron shield, protecting the two of them. Max whipped up a wall of sand that at least shielded most of the smaller rocks, but large ones still pierced through. Gildarts crushed all rocks that came near him and Cana. Sting tried to blast as many stones away as possible, but one hit him on the head. He fell backwards with blood dripping down his hair.
"Sting!" Rogue called out, but the blond was unconscious. He used his shadows to shield Sting from any more hits and made his way over to him to put pressure on the wound.
The other mages also did their best to not get crushed under the rocky avalanche. The dust made them all cough, unable to breath.
"He's getting away!" Macao shouted, wheezing through the suffocating dust.
Bisca scanned the sky and saw the dark wings flapping away. She raised her shotgun, took steady aim, and fired. They heard the beast cry out, hit by her superb sharpshooting, but still it flew off in the chaos.
"Goddammit!" Gajeel bellowed.
"He's heading back to Magnolia," Max realized.
Elfman finally managed to burst out of his stone barrier, freeing himself, Juvia, and Evergreen, who blushed as she held onto him to regain her footing. "We should hurry after it," he insisted, not minding Evergreen using his chest to steady herself.
"He's wounded," Gildarts stated. "He won't get far."
Gajeel checked on Levy, who kept coughing from the dust. "It won't make a move injured, and this is the perfect time if the old geezer wants it captured alive. Follow it. Pantherlily, take to the skies and lead them." He looked over to Rogue, who was helping Sting to wake up. "Fancy seein' you two again! Ya chasing that beast?"
"Yes," Rogue answered. "It's our duty to slay it."
"Good. We have the same goals. With Salamander, Laxus, and Wendy down, we could use more dragon slayers to end this beast once and for all."
Sting rubbed off the blood dripping toward his eyes. "I met with Natsu on the road." He decided to leave off the part about trying to kill him. "He began to change, and Wendy was affected by him. She traveled with me most of this morning, along with Mira, in order to get away from Natsu's smell. I sent them away when the feral showed up for Wendy's own safety."
Gildarts looked to see which mages were still around. "Warren, try to contact Mira. If Wendy is also sick now, we need to get her to the guild quickly. Makarov has something like a quarantine set up for them. How far back was Natsu?"
Just then, Gray jogged into the clearing. "We're not far. I take it the asshole got away."
Gajeel sneered that he had failed. "That shitty beast was a helluva lot stronger than I figured. It's a smart thing for a fucking psychotic animal."
"We noticed that, too," Rogue nodded. "Its attacks were precise."
Sting looked over to Gray. "How's Natsu?"
"He smelled the feral and started to flip out. Erza's backing up until the smell goes away."
"He seriously needs to stay away from the smell of the feral," Sting warned.
"Exactly," Gajeel nodded. "He shouldn't even come through this area, since the smell is so strong. Plus no cart is getting through this mess," he said, eying the tortured and twisted earth. "Run back and tell Erza to take the long way around these woods. A couple of hours will be worth it to save Salamander from beasting out again. When you guys get to Magnolia, he's gonna have a hard time. It's likely he'll smell it and change."
"He really needs help, fast," Sting warned. "He smells feral, but he still has a bit of control."
Gajeel stared up the road as he calculated what to do. "Rogue, ya still know the ceremony I taught ya?"
"Yes, and I taught Sting a short version of it, enough to cure me when I got the first symptoms. It wouldn't be enough for someone who has already begun changing."
"You have half a day to learn," Gajeel said to Sting. "You two, follow me. The feral won't make a move today, and curing Natsu should be a priority. I don't want to have to kill him as well. If I take care of him, I'll be out of commission for a week. I want you two to kill that feral. Once you do, cure Laxus and Wendy as soon as possible. Three of us, three of them."
"Understood," Rogue said, bowing his head respectfully.
"Sheesh," Sting groaned. "I have to learn some boring week-long ceremony thing?"
"You want Natsu safe, right?" Rogue pointed out.
"Well yeah, if he's curable." Sting folded his arms and slouched. "Okay, fine. I'll learn it, but getting rid of the beast comes first on my list."
Gajeel nodded, and the group left. Some went with Warren to search for Mirajane and Wendy, some followed Pantherlily after the feral, and Gray raced back through the trees to tell Erza about taking an alternate route. There was a lot of planning to do, and bringing Natsu back into Magnolia was going to be a lot harder than they expected.

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