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Time is the Path to Strength	By : Repiece Category: +. to F > Fairy Tail Views: 47111 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 12
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Chapter 7: Natsu and Zeref Round One

"Makarov-chan!" Makarov turned his head to his right to look at The Guild Master of the Blue Pegasus, Bob. "I like the mages you have in your guild. They seem so lively!" Makarov laughed, his face red from all the alcohol he drank during the Meeting of the Guild Masters he was attending. "I heard they beat up some influential man from some where."

"Whyahyahya! Yeah, that would be Lucy, our newest member! She's really good! Her boobs especially!" Makarov answered back, swaying to his left and right a bit.

"Kyaah! Ecchi!" Bob squealed.

"Not only that...but a former mage returned just recently as well." Makarov looked down into the sake in his cup, seeing his flushed reflection.

"Oh? Who would that be?"

"Natsu!" He answered with a big grin.

"Oh? Isn't he the one you always complained about destroying towns or something?" Bob asked.

Makarov laughed. "Of course! It's good to see him after two long years! He sure made the guild lively again!"

"It's good to be lively, Makarov, but your guild should really tone it down a bit." The Master of the Quatro Cerberus Mage Guild, Goldmine, told Makarov. Makarov laughed.

"If we did then we wouldn't be the same! We would really be a boring guild!" Goldmine frowned.

"Yes, but you have to remember that the Council is really angry at you and your guild. It would be wise for them to at least not tear down a house every time they go on jobs. I mean, if you don't do something about it soon, they could destroy an entire town." Makarov ignored Goldmine and just twirled in circles on the table.

"Uhyohyo! I want to be smashed into Lucy's boobs!" Makarov's perverted mind began picturing such an act.

"My! Don't hit on one of your own mages, okay?" Bob told him, walking away to talk to other Guild Masters.

"Makarov-sama!" Makarov turned around to see a bird carrying a white envelope. "You have a letter from Mirajane-sama!" Makarov grinned and grabbed the letter and opened it. The hologram form of Fairy Tail's own Mirajane appeared and greeted her Master.

"Master! Thank you for attending the regular meeting!" The other Guild Masters were staring at the hologram with their eyes turning into hearts. Makarov laughed at their expressions and started gloating.

"Look! She's our drawing card! Isn't she too cuuute?"

"We've got some wonderful news, Master!" Mirajane's hologram recorded message continued.

"Oh?"

"Erza came back and teamed up with both Natsu and Gray to form a team! Of course, Lucy and Happy are with them as well." Makarov sweat dropped and started shaking, ignoring the last part he heard.

"Don't you think it's wonderful?" Mirajane's hologram recording exclaimed, clasping her hands together and tilting her head to the side. She had a large smile plastered on her face as the recording continued. "I think this might as well be the strongest team in Fairy Tail!" Makarov started sweating faster. "I thought it would have been a good idea to inform you about this! So, I hope the rest of the meetings go well! So, until you return!" Makarov sweated all over his body. The hologram disappeared and Makarov fell backwards to the floor.

"Makarov!"

"What happened?" One of the Guild Masters asked.

Makarov laid on the floor and shook in fear at what he was just told. 'G-Goodness gracious! Now they really might destroy a whole town! Please...I beg of all of you...don't do anything stupid! Especially you, Natsu! If you use that then...then...Oh my God!'

Gray gritted his teeth as small, dark spear like magic shot from in between the fingers of Rayure. Gray dodged his magic and when he got closer, kicked him in the face. Rayure groaned in pain. "Damn you..."

"What the hell are you up to?" Gray demanded, glaring at Rayure. "If Eligor really wanted to use Lullaby on the people of this town he would have used it once he had his hands on the flute! What is he up to and you better answer!"

Rayure chuckled in amusement. "You really want to know, don't you?" Gray continued to glare at him. "Fine, I'll tell you since Eligor would never lose to that pink haired buffoon. Did you really think that we wanted to just kill anybody using the Lullaby? Of course not. We are after a bigger prize. Let me ask you this, do you know what the last stop is on this train?" Gray stayed silent. "If you don't know, then I guess that means you have no idea what's going on in Clover at this moment as well."

Gray's eyes widened. "C-Clover...t-that's where the Guild Master Meeting is taking place!" Rayure laughed. He lifted his arm and used the same magic again as more shadow spears heading toward Gray. Gray was in so much shock that he didn't notice Rayure's attack and felt his magic pierced through or cut his body.

"Gray!" Erza screamed. 'Damn it...their target all this time were the Masters!'

"Hahaha!" Rayure laughed loudly.

"You guys are pretty reckless...you know that." Gray muttered as Rayure stopped laughing. "To use Lullaby on the old geezers that strong is pretty stupid."

"Hmph! That's why this is the perfect time to use it! They will be too distracted by their meetings that they won't know what hit them! It will be as easy as taking candy from a baby!" Rayure laughed. Gray lifted his head and gave him the meanest and strongest glare Rayure had ever seen. Without even knowing what happened next, Gray quickly appeared in front of Rayure and placed his hand over his face. "W-What...?"

"Don't fuck with us!" Gray growled as he began freezing Rayure with his ice magic. "We'll stop this! We will make you regret that you took on our parents! We will show you that there are more terrifying guilds than Dark Guilds!" Gray finished as the now frozen Rayure fell backwards, landing on the ground with a clank.

"Gray did it!" Lucy cheered.

"Aye!"

"Well done, Gray." Erza acknowledged, feeling her magic slowly returning to her as she stood up. Gray turned around to the last remaining member of the Dark Guild, Eisenwald. The others did as well. Karakka shook in fear as the three, plus a flying cat glared at him. He knew had no chance against them and he did the only thing he could think of. He ran away.

"He's running..." Happy stated the obvious.

"Like I'll let him get away!" Lucy exclaimed, removing a golden key from her key ring. "Open! A door to the crab, Cancer!" With a bright light and a poof, a Stellar Spirit with crab legs on his back appeared. Happy was so excited to see the crab like Stellar Spirit that his eyes were glowing.

"It's a crab! It's a crab! I bet he's going to say '~kani' at the end! I'm sure of it!" Happy chanted, dancing and prancing in joy.

"You're being too noisy..." Lucy told him.

"Lucy..." Cancer spoke, lifting his hand to show a small blade. "...what kind of haircut would you like-ebi?"

"Now is not the time for that!" Lucy screamed.

"Ebi!" Happy yelled in total shock. He then started crying. "Lucy...you can send him back now. It's like expecting a straight and then getting a hook."

"Would you stop that?" She yelled. "Anyway, make sure you stop that guy from escaping!" Lucy told Cancer.

"Yes, Lucy-ebi!" Happy felt even more disappointed as Cancer ran toward Karakka. Karakka ran as if his life depended on it, which it did. He turned his head to look behind him and he screamed at the sight of a running crab chasing after him. He turned back around and saw himself running straight into a wall. He didn't stop however and continued running. The others looked in shock as Karakka ran into the wall and then disappeared. Cancer stopped before hitting the wall.

"W-What? What happened?" Lucy asked in shock.

"It must be his magic." Erza answered. "He probably has the ability to go through walls or enter them and move around the surfaces." They found out it was the latter.

"Up there!" Happy pointed up to one of the pillars and they saw Karakka popping his head out of the wall.

"Crap! They found me!" He cursed.

"If you didn't want to be found then why did you appear!" Lucy and Gray shouted.

"Lucy...do you want me to deal with him-ebi?" Cancer asked.

"Of course...go get him!" Lucy said.

"Right-ebi!" Cancer nodded and jumped upward. Karakka saw Cancer appear in front of him and he quickly retreated back into the pillar. Cancer slashed the pillar into many pieces, but none belong to Karakka. "I missed...ebi."

"He missed...I told you to send him back...it's because he says ebi at the end." Happy told Lucy.

"Would you be quiet?" She yelled back.

"Where did he go?" Gray asked.

"If only there was a way to find out." Erza said. "Do you have any Stellar Spirits like that?" Erza asked Lucy.

"If I did I would have probably used them by now." Lucy told her.

"Ah! What about that new Spirit you got?" Happy asked. "I remember what I wanted to tell you and that was it."

"You mean Virgo?" Happy nodded. "Well I haven't done a contract with her yet so..." She reached toward her key ring and took Virgo's key. She clenched the key tightly and pointed it in front of her. "Open! The door to the virgin! Virgo!" With another light and a poof, a spirit wearing a maid outfit appeared and bowed her head.

"How may I help you, Mistress?" Lucy gawked at Virgo. "What is it, Mistress?"

"Ano...weren't you bigger and umm..." Lucy didn't know how she could say what she thought.

"I am a loyal Stellar Spirit. I work in whatever appearance you'd like me to." She replied.

"Hey...she seems pretty cute..." Gray smirked.

"Anyway! We need your help! I know we didn't make a contract yet, but we don't have much time left." Lucy told her.

"That is fine, Mistress. What is it that I can help with?" Virgo asked.

"We need you to find someone that is using the walls and floors to hide from us. Do you think you can help? Oh and don't call me Mistress." Lucy told her.

"I will see if I can. How about 'Your Highness'?" Virgo answered.

"No."

"Princess?"

"That is fine."

"Will you just get on with it?" Gray sweat dropped.

"Very well." Virgo walked toward Cancer. She then jumped and dove into the ground in a surprising move. They waited a while before she popped out again. "He's behind you, Cancer. He's going to try to stab you." Cancer nodded.

"Thank you-ebi." Cancer turned around at the same time Karakka popped his head out and his eyes widened in horror. Cancer grabbed his head to pull him out and started beating him senseless. After an excruciating pummeling, Cancer dropped an unconscious Karakka to the ground.

"You did it!" Lucy exclaimed in excitement.

"Aye!"

"Not bad." Gray said impressed.

"You did well, Lucy." Erza congratulated her as she pulled her into a hug, Lucy's head hitting against her armor.

"Oww..." Lucy groaned. Once she was let go, she looked toward Virgo. "How did you know where he was?"

"When I was digging, I sensed him using his magic and then just concentrated my focus to the spot where the magic was coming from, Princess." Virgo explained.

"Wow! Your amazing!" Lucy complimented her.

"Thank you, Princess."

"Now that we are finished here, we better go see if that idiot is having trouble with Eligor." Gray told them. They looked at him and nodded. Lucy's spirits returned to the Stellar Spirit World and the others ran off to where Natsu was.

"Damn you...what the hell are you!" Eligor groaned as he coughed up blood. Natsu glared down at him as he held Lullaby in his hands. Eligor never fought someone as powerful as Natsu. It only took him a minute to finish him off. It felt like he was an ant and Natsu was able to crush him so easily. He still couldn't remember what happened. Everything went so fast that all he remembered where the two of them glaring at each and then this. Just who the hell was this guy?

"Me? I'm a mage of Fairy Tail and don't you forget it!" Natsu answered proudly. He kicked Eligor in the gut one more time and he passed out. Natsu sighed and looked at Lullaby in his hand. He grinned. "Well, it looks like the old man and the others won't have to worry about this!"

I'm sorry...Natsu...

Natsu's eyes widened. He recognized that voice anywhere. It couldn't be! No...it couldn't! Natsu looked around. Where was he? Was he hiding from him? Natsu desperately looked every where around him. He didn't see him. All he saw where some spectating townsfolk that stayed behind to watch the fight between him and Eligor. Where was he? "Where are you! Zeref!"

I'm sorry...Natsu...but I'm not there...I'm talking to you telepathically...

Natsu gritted his teeth in anger. "You! What the hell?"

Natsu...it looks like it has been going easy for you, hasn't it? However, it would be a problem if you don't use your full strength. I'm sorry...that I have to do this...

Natsu looked down at the flute in his hand as it began to shake. "W-What the...? What's going on?" Natsu dropped the flute to the ground and jumped away from it. The flute continued to shake for a few more seconds. It then began changing shape as smoke came out of the skull. Natsu's eyes widened as the flute grew an arm. 'It can't be...no!' Natsu's fear came true as the flute turned itself into that monster that he remembered. The true form of Lullaby let out a mighty roar. The townsfolk started running for their lives as the monster's roar shook the earth they ran on. "Damn you, Zeref!" Nastu yelled.

I'm sorry...Natsu...

The monster glared down at the town of Oshibana and saw all the townsfolk that were running away from him. "I'm starving to death, so I'm going to eat your SOULS!" The monster roared and swung his arm, destroying several buildings in the process. Natsu gritted his teeth and clenched his fists tightly in anger. He didn't want this to happen. He wanted to defeated Eligor to prevent this monster from appearing.

"Natsu!" His eyes widened at the sound of Erza's voice. He turned around and saw his friends running toward him. Images of their bodies resurfaced once again. He cursed under his breath and looked away from them, hoping the images would go away. They didn't.

"Oi, Natsu! What the hell is that thing?" Gray yelled at him, looking up at the monster.

"It's Lullaby..." He muttered in response.

"Lullaby? You mean the flute?" Lucy asked. Natsu nodded his head.

"Mm. That is it's true form. This monster..." Natsu muttered again. 'Damn you, Zeref!'

"Wait a minute! Why would it suddenly just transform like this?" Erza asked. Natsu didn't know how to answer that. He knew he couldn't tell them the truth. What could he say? Lullaby let out another roar. With another swing of his arm, he destroyed several more buildings. Team Nastu covered their eyes from the dust and wind that blew by them. Lullaby then looked down to see the five of them below him.

"I guess I'll your souls first!" Lullaby roared and swung his arm down at them. Erza, Gray and Happy were able to jump out of the way of the attack, while Natsu picked up Lucy and jumped away to avoid the hand as well. Lullaby's hand smashed against the ground and created several cracks in the ground around his giant hand.

Natsu landed on top of a building and put a blushing Lucy down before turning back around to glare at Lullaby. "Lucy...stay here..." Natsu told her. Lucy looked at Natsu and noticed the demand in his voice. It actually surprised her. His voice was quiet, but there was just something in it that made her worry. She knew he would get angry if she didn't do what he asked and nodded her head.

"A-Alright..." Natsu took off toward Lullaby.

Lullaby let out another roar as Natsu joined the others. "Natsu!" Erza exclaimed as he stood in front of the monster. He looked over his shoulder at them and grinned.

"Let's kick this guy's ass." The others grinned right back at him.

"Yosh, let's go!" Gray smirked and placed his fist on his palm.

Erza charged toward Lullaby and changed her armor to the one she used to take out the members of Eisenwald and slashed the monster's leg. Erza's eyes widened when her sword shattered into pieces. "W-What?" Natsu was just as surprised as she was. He remembered that Erza's attack would have cut the monster's leg in half, but it didn't do it this time.

"Hahaha! Is that all you got!" The monster laughed as he swiped his hand and back handed Erza into several buildings. Natsu eyes widened.

"ERZA!" He shouted.

"Damn you!" Gray yelled. "Ice Make..." He switched his hand positions so that his palms faced toward the monster and made an 'X' shape. "...Lance!" Gray shot out his magic from his palms as many ice lances connected. However, not even those were affected against him. Gray's eyes widened as the monster laughed again and smacked Gray into the other buildings.

"GRAY!" Natsu screamed again. 'W-What the hell is going on? This shouldn't be happening! We should be able to defeat him! Why is he stronger?'

I'm sorry...Natsu...

Natsu's eyes widened and he gritted his teeth in anger. 'You...you made him stronger...'

I had to, Natsu...I need to know how powerful you have gotten...I had to do this...I'm sorry...Natsu...

"Damn you!" Natsu roared as he ignited his arms and used them as thrusters to appear in front of the monster's face and punched him in the cheek.

"Ugh..." The monster groaned, feeling pain from Natsu's punch. The monster stumbled back a bit and then glared at Natsu.

"You bastard!" The monster roared and smacked Natsu away like a fly. Natsu yelled in pain as he crashed to the ground. Natsu groaned as blood ran down the side of his mouth. He stood up and glared at the monster.

It won't work Natsu...is this really your strength after two years...

'You want to know my full strength! You hurt my friends because you want to see how stronger I got. Fine! I will show you! I will show you...just how strong I got...' Happy stared at Natsu and watched in awe as the atmosphere around him began changing. Happy knew this feeling. It was the same feeling that he remembered when they were training for the past two years. It meant that Natsu was serious. He didn't know why he so serious, but he assumed it had to be due to Erza and Gray being knocked out so easily by this monster.

"Natsu..." Happy frowned.

"Wraaaaaahhhhhhhh!" Natsu roared as flames started to surround his body. Cracks starting forming on the ground he stood on. A large flame circled around Natsu before his entire body was covered in his flame. "Wraaaaahhhh!" Natsu roared again as the flame moved toward his right arm. His entire right arm was engulfed in the flame. Happy could see something happening to his arm from within the flame and he knew what Natsu was doing. Natsu lifted his flamed arm and whipped it to remove the flames from his arm. Happy knew it. He really was using that.

Erza coughed as she walked out of the destroyed buildings she flew into. 'Damn! I got lucky I was able to transform into my defensive armor before he hit me.' Erza thanked her quick ex-quip magic. She looked forward and all she saw was the smoke that formed when she crashed into the buildings. She took a few steps forward and the further she went, the clearer the smoke became. When she finally was able to get through the smoke, she saw Happy. "Happy...where's Natsu?" Happy didn't look at Erza, but did answer her.

"He's using it..." Erza blinked at him confusion. She turned her head to look in the same direction and her eyes widened.

"Natsu...what...what is this...?" Erza asked in shock.

"Dragon Metamorphosis." Happy answered for him.

"Dragon...Metamorphosis..." Erza repeated slowly as she stared at Natsu's changed arm. His arm no longer looked human, but looked like one giant claw made of what Erza guessed was red dragon scales. "W-What is this...?"

"It's something Natsu learned while we were away for two years..." Happy answered. "...it's similar to Mira-chan and Elfman's take over magic. However, because Natsu is a Dragon Slayer, he is able to transform any part of his body into the same structure of a dragons." Happy then frowned and his ears dropped down. "But it comes with a price..."

"Price?" Erza asked.

"Mm. Using the Dragon Metamorphosis takes so much magic and energy that...that it shortens Natsu's life span..." Happy muttered sadly. Erza's eyes widened as she turned back around to Natsu.

"Your kidding me..." Happy shook his head. 'Natsu...why would you...'

Natsu...this is...

'Speechless, huh?' Natsu smirked as he clenched his new dragon arm. He raised it and look down at it before glaring back up at Lullaby.

"Take this!" The monster roared and opened his mouth to shoot out magic bullets toward Natsu.

"Natsu!" Erza screamed. Natsu didn't move as the magic bullets exploded where Natsu stood. The explosion of the attack created a gust of wind that made Erza and Happy shield their eyes and try their best to not get blown away by the wind. "Natsu!" Erza screamed in worry for her comrade. The smoke that covered Natsu was beginning to clear and Erza's eyes widened. Natsu used his dragon arm as a shield and from what Erza could tell, the attack by the monster didn't even deal any damage to the arm. "W-Wow..."

"Is that all you got..." Natsu told the monster, but was really talking to Zeref.

"You bastard!" The monster roared.

Impressive...Natsu...but...are you really prepared for the consequences of that technique...

'Shut the hell up! I will do anything to protect my friends!' Natsu told Zeref. Natsu clenched his dragon hand tightly and created flames under his feet to make him soar toward Lullaby. The monster made a noise in surprise at the glare Natsu gave him. Natsu delivered a strong punch at the monster's cheek. The force behind the punch was so strong that it sent the monster toward the other side of Oshibana. The monster groaned in pain as he crashed down onto several buildings, destroying them.

"N-No way...is that...Natsu..." Lucy spoke in shock as she saw Natsu attack the large monster from the building she stood on.

"Damn it..." Lucy looked away from Natsu and down below to the streets to see Gray struggling to get up.

"Gray!" Lucy screamed in worry and made her way down to him. Once she got down to him, she helped him up. "Gray! What happened?"

"That ugly monster thing hit me..." Gray replied as he got back on his feet with Lucy's help. "What about you? Why are you here?"

"Natsu told me to stay here." Lucy told him. "He sounded kind of..."

"Kind of what?" Gray asked.

"I...I don't know..." Lucy frowned as Gray stared at her.

"Whatever. Let's meet up with the others." Gray told her and she nodded in agreement. They both ran off.

Natsu glared at the fallen monster as it started getting up. "You bastard...how dare you? I will eat your fucking soul!" The monster roared and tried smacking his hand down at Natsu. Natsu just raised his arm and stopped the monster's attack. "I-Impossible!" The monster was shocked. Natsu glared back at the monster.

"It's over..." Natsu told him. With one strong push, Natsu pushed the arm up, causing the monster to lose his balance. Natsu jumped up and clenched his dragon hand tightly as he ignited it with a large flame. "Arm of the Salamander: Flaming Dragon Strike!" He punched the air and a large blast of fire magic shot out and obliterated the monster.

"I-Impossible! Aaaaaahhhhh!" The monster roared as the flame started to burn him into smithereens. Happy, Erza, and the two other remaining members of Team Natsu, Lucy and Gray all widened their eyes and jaws dropped at the destructive force of Natsu's new attack. Once Natsu was done, he dropped to the ground with a thud and his arm reverted back to normal. He turned around to his friends and grinned.

"Yo! I won!" He chuckled. 'How about that, Zeref?' Natsu didn't hear a response from him and wondered why he didn't say anything. He shrugged it off assuming that he was too shocked to say anything and watched as his friends ran up to him.

"Natsu...what the hell was that?" Gray was the first to speak.

"Oh...I guess I never told you guys...It's my new move I've been working on." He answered.

"W-Wow!" Lucy whispered in amazement.

Erza didn't say anything. She only frowned at Natsu. 'Natsu...you...' She didn't know why Natsu would learn a move that could slowly kill him. Was there a reason for it? Just what has Natsu been doing the past two years.

"Natsu..." Natsu looked toward his feline friend and grinned at him.

"Don't worry, Happy. I'm fine!" Happy frowned, but it slowly turned into a smile and he nodded his head.

"Aye!"

"I guess this means our job is complete." Gray muttered, scratching his hair.

"It seems so..." Erza agreed.

"Phew! I can't wait to get back home and take a bath." Lucy sighed and stretched her arms out.

"I'm hungry..." Natsu muttered, patting his belly.

"Aye..." Happy agreed.

"What the hell did you do?" The five turned their heads to see a shocked Makarov with his jaw dropped to the ground.

"M-Master!" Erza exclaimed in surprise at seeing him. "W-Whata re you doing here? What about the meeting?

"I left early after I heard about you teaming up with Natsu and Gray and yet I find this..." Makarov was speechless at the destruction they caused to the town of Oshibana. Hell, it didn't even look like a town anymore. It was more like a war zone now. "You..."

Lucy cringed in fear at the Master's angry expression. "M-Master...it's not what it looks like..." She tried to calm him down.

"You brats! Do you know how angry the council will be when they hear about this?" Makarov told them.

"Weren't you the one who said to screw them?" Natsu crossed his arms.

"Yeah, but those were minor incidents. All of you took out an entire town!" Makarov yelled at him.

"Actually, it was mostly Natsu." Gray pointed to him.

"Oi!" Natsu yelled at his rival.

"Haha! So it was them who did this!" They all flinched in surprise as they turned around to a mob of angry townsfolk. "Look at what all of you have done to our town!"

"Oi, we saved you from that monster so you should be happy about it!" Natsu argued.

"Oh...right...well thank you for that...but we still hate you for destroying our town!" The man in the center, who was the leader of the mob, shouted. "Let's get them!" The angry mob roared in agreement and started running toward them.

"Crap! Let's get out of here!" Gray yelled and they turned around to run away from the mob.

"Sorry about this, Master." Erza apologized.

"You know what...just forget it. I'll deal with the council..." Makarov sighed. Erza smiled at him before looking toward Natsu. Her smile turned upside down.

'Natsu...why...'

To Be Continued...
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