90Disclaimer: - I, SSG-Goku3397, do not own Fairy Tail and any related matter. It all belongs to Mashima Hiro-sama. The only thing that I do own is the plot of this story and any original Spells, Magic, concepts and OC's that are present within the story.
A/N: ALL SLAYER SPELLS WILL BE IN JAPANESE! ALL OTHER SPELLS WILL BE IN ENGLISH! THIS IS MY WAY OF DIFFERENTIATING BETWEEN SLAYER'S AND NORMAL MAGES!
"Speech"
Spells
Letters / Written Information
"Telepathic Speech"
Chapter 1 – Welcome to Fairy Tail
Natsu, Wendy and Makarov stood in front of three storied building with a FAIRY TAIL sign above the guild halls doors. An orange banner with the Guild Sign was hanging from the third floor. Natsu and Wendy started with excitement and apprehension. "Don't worry you two! As I have said, Fairy Tail treats members like family. You two will be welcomed with open arms." Makarov said as he walked up and pushed the doors open.
Walking in after Makarov, Natsu and Wendy were amazed to see so many people eating, drinking, talking and quarreling. They were shocked out of their staring when a red haired, armor clad girl walked up to them and greeted Makarov. "Welcome back Master! Hope you had a good journey!"
"Sure did Erza my dear. I found two new recruits as well. Say hello to Natsu and Wendy Dragneel." Makarov said as he pointed to the duo of dragon slayers. "They have massive potential and have recently lost their foster parents. Why don't you introduce them to everyone and then bring them up to the bar to get their marks? I have to see where I left the stamp at." Makarov said as he walked up a set of stairs. Before he disappeared from sight, he turned to the two newcomers. "Natsu, Wendy! Try not to kill Gray when you meet him. He has a bit of a subconscious stripping habit."
Natsu and Wendy nodded their heads before turning to Erza. "Hi I am Natsu Dragneel!"
"And I am Wendy Dragneel!"
"Nice to meet you!" Both said bowing, or in Natsu's case nodding his head at the redhead, as the egg in his hands prevented him from bowing.
"Erza Scarlet!" The girl said smiling before her expression turned serious. "I hope that you two won't cause trouble in the Guild. Some of the hotheads here start brawls that I make a point to end. I hope that neither of you will start one?"
"We won't start a fight, but we will end them." Wendy said with Natsu nodding in agreement.
"Then come on! I will introduce you to everyone our age." Erza said leading the duo o wards a table in the back of the Guild. Sitting there was a girl with brown hair and eyes shuffling a pack of cards. Beside the girl was another girl with blue hair reading a book. There was an orange haired boy and a black haired boy sitting beside the blue haired girl, quarreling. And finally a black haired boy was sitting there with only a pair of shorts on. "Everyone these are Natsu and Wendy Dragneel! They are joining the Guild. Introduce yourselves and what magic you use."
"Hi the names Cana Alberona. I use Card Magic!" the brown haired girl said.
"I'm Levy McGarden and I use Solid Script, a type of Letter Magic," the blue haired girl said. "These are Jet and Droy" Levy introduced pointing at the orange haired boy and then the black haired boy. "They use High Speed Magic and Plant Magic respectively." Both boys nodded their heads before returning to their quarreling.
"The names Gray Fullbuster. I use Ice Make Magic!" the black haired boy wearing only a pair of shorts said with a lazy wave.
"As you know, I am Erza Scarlet and I use Requip: The Knight! It allows me to requip and exquip armors and swords that I use to fight with."
"Hi! I'm Natsu Dragneel and I use multiple magic's. This is Wendy Dragneel and she also uses multiple magic's." Natsu said as he handed the egg to Wendy.
"What kind of magic's do you use?" Erza asked causing Cana and Levy to look at them with curiosity and Gray to stare with disbelief.
"I use Sky Dragon Slayer Magic and Wind Make magic. I will start learning Sky God Slayer Magic and Sky Devil Slayer Magic soon." Wendy said with a smile.
"I use Fire Dragon Slayer Magic and Fire Make magic. And have already mastered the basics of Flame God Slayer Magic and Purgatory Devil Slayer Magic." Natsu said.
"We also know a bit of Telepathy Magic!" Both their voices echoed in all of their heads, causing all of them to jump in surprise.
"I call bull! There isn't any such magic as Dragon Slayer and God Slayer Magic. And my father was the only known user of Devil Slayer Magic" Gray shouted out drawing the attention of rest of the guild.
"Gray that two magic's do exist. Dragon Slayer Magic and God Slayer Magic are Lost Magic. According to legend, they were taught by Dragons and Gods respectively." An orange haired man said walking up to them. "The names Gildarts Clive and I use Crush Magic. So how did you two learn such rare lost magic's?"
"Igneel and Grandine taught us. They were dragons. Well Fire Dragon King and Sky Dragon Queen to be specific!" Natsu explained with a bright smile getting shocked expressions from everyone. After regaining their composure, Gray was the first one to voice his disagreement.
"Dragons have been extinct since four hundred years ago. There hasn't been a sighting of any dragon other than Acnologia since then!" Natsu growled at Gray's exclamation while Wendy frowned.
"Why do you think that there haven't been any sightings other than the traitor Acnologia's?" Natsu growled out as his magic spiked causing Gildarts and Erza to stare at him with wide eyes.
"Because they are extinct!" Wendy just sighed waiting for Natsu to verbally rip the boy to shreds.
"They have to hide as they recover. Acnologia has made it a point to exterminate any and all dragons. As of this moment, there are only five dragons alive, but just barely and all of them had fostered a child. I and Wendy are just two of the five, though I doubt the other three know what is happening or where their Dragons have gone and I promised to not reveal that information, so my lips are sealed. But know this, all five are waiting for the traitor to reveal himself so that they can finally erase that blight from our glorious history."
"What glorious history?" Natsu turned to see Cana being the one to as the question. Taking a deep breath to calm himself down, Natsu sighed before beginning his narrative.
"Dragons were divided into two camps. One wanted to treat humans as we treat cattle. The other saw us as a wonderful race with few limitations. A war brewed between the two fractions and the Anti-human faction was winning. That was until Queen Irene Belserion of Dragnof created Dragon Slayer Magic with the help of her adviser and friend, the Dragon of Enchantments Belserion. She became the first Dragon Slayer. With that, the Pro-Human Faction started taking in children and trained them up to be Dragon Slayers. With the introduction of the Slayers, the tides of war changed, leading to the victory of the Pro-Human Faction. After the war ended, the Humans and Dragons created an agreement called the Magna Carta. All was well till Acnologia lost his mate to that of an arrogant Dragon who stylized himself as a Dragon King, that was far from the truth. He was barely stronger than Wendy is now. The loss of one's mate tends to drive Dragons and Dragon Slayers mad with grief. They only think of getting revenge. Unfortunately, Acnologia decided that whole of the Dragon race was responsible and proceeded to massacre every single dragon in existence. Only those who hid were able to survive. To be exact, it was us Dragons and their Slayers who are the reason that the human kingdoms have been able to be created and are flourishing. So tell me, do we have a glorious history or not?" Natsu asked with a somber expression.
"I didn't even know half of that and I make a point to read up as much history as I can!" Levy exclaimed with interest.
"You won't find it in most of books written in the language of humans. All the information is written in the Draconic Tongue and written by Dragon Slayers, enchanted so that no one who was unworthy would understand what was written even if they knew the language." Wendy explained as she took out a small dairy. "This is my dairy, written in the Draconic Tongue. I enchanted it so that only I can understand it, also so that the hot head doesn't get any ideas of reading it. Here take a look and tell me if you have seen the scrip before."
"Oi! I won't encroach on your privacy!" Natsu huffed causing everyone to laugh at the pinkettes expense.
"I didn't know that you learned a big word like encroach!" Wendy tease as she handed her dairy to Levy. After a few minutes of studying the script, she returned the dairy to Wendy.
"I have seen a few books written in this script. In fact, I own a few myself while others are in the Guild Library. Will you two help me translate them?" Levy asked with glee.
"As long as they don't contain secrets that only Dragons and Dragon Slayers are meant to be privy to. Though I don't think Natsu will be of much use. He hates anything that doesn't pertain to politics and fights." Levy nodded her head in understanding when a small sound came from the egg in Natsu's arms.
"Um! Natsu! What kind of creature's egg is that? It seems to look like a Wyvern's!" Gildarts asked as he prepared to react if a hostile creature hatched from it.
"Oh right! I didn't tell you all. This is Grandine and Igneel's egg and it seems that this will be the first dragon to be born in over four hundred years." Natsu said as he carefully placed the egg on the ground. Wendy approached and casted a whole battery of diagnostic spells on the egg. Each time a sky blue magic circle forming on the palms of her hand.
"I think that we should call Master!" Erza asked nervous about the dragon that was about to hatch.
"No need my child. I am already here. I sensed the small spikes of a unique magic signature. I concluded that the egg was about to hatch. This is a rare honor. According to legends, dragons are very private about the hatching of their young." Makarov said as he watched Wendy cast spell after spell. After a few moments, she stopped her casting and stood back just as the first of the cracks formed on the egg.
Everyone in the guild came forward to watch the rare sight. A small pinkish-violet head popped out shell. Natsu reached out his hand and helped the hatchling by breaking off a small bits of the shell. The pinkish-violet dragon started at Natsu and Wendy who were crouched in front of it with its jade green eyes. After all the remains of the egg shells were removed from the young dragon, Wendy picked it up and cleaned up the fluids by gently rubbing a cloth rag on its body. The dragon squirmed for a few moments before it finally relented. After it was finally clean, everyone could see that the dragon had pinkish-violet scales with jade green crystal spikes on its back and sapphire blue horns.
The dragon then proceeded to make a sequence of growling and hissing noises. To the entire guild's surprise, Natsu and Wendy started hissing and growling as well. "That must be what the Draconic Tongue sound like!' Levy exclaimed with wide eyes, causing everyone to widen their eyes in shock.
"She says that she wants to be called Jade everyone! She is a Crystal Dragon having control over crystals and crystalline minerals of all kinds." Wendy said breaking everyone out of their shock.
"A newly hatched dragon knows how to speak?" Makarov asked with awe.
"All dragons have an instinctive understanding of their inherent magic and a basic understanding of the Draconic Tongue. Within six months, she will be speaking the Human Tongue as well, since she will dedicate most of her time to learn it from us. After that she will be old enough to take care of herself." Natsu explained as he picked up Jade who was stumbling about.
"Master can we get our Guild Marks? After that, we have to find a secluded place in the forest to build a cabin. We also have to sell the gold Igneel and Grandine left us." Wendy stated to which Makarov nodded in agreement and silently motioned for them to follow him. Reaching the bar, Makarov picked up a magic stamp with the Guild Mark engraved on it.
"Where do you want it and in what color?"
"Upper right arm and in red," Natsu exclaimed causing Jade to screech at him. "Sorry sis! I will try to tone it down." Jade glared at Natsu with an imperious expression on her face before nodding. Makarov just smiled as he placed the mark.
"Same as Natsu and in blue!" Makarov grinned as he placed the mark on her upper right arm.
"There you both go! Now you are officially members of Fairy Tail. Now how about I lead you to a jewelry shop that will buy the gold, after that I will show you a secluded part of forest, some ways off, there you can build your hut and raise young Jade. Natsu and Wendy nodded in agreement.
A month after Jade hatched; Natsu and Wendy were living in a massive three-storied Mansion that Natsu had contracted a company to make. Jade was already the size of large dog and snapping at any small animals that came to close to her. Selling the gold got Natsu and Wendy over 5 billion Jewels, that set them up for a few years of a lavish life-style. They had furnished their house with the best yet aesthetically pleasing furniture.
The house had five bedrooms on the top floor, a large library, and a couple of guest rooms on the second floor and finally a large living room, a kitchen and a large common bathroom. Each bedroom on the third floor had an attached bathroom with a tub large enough for five people. A large common bathroom with a massive tub was located on the second floor.
This particular morning, Jade decided to be mischievous and lumbered into Natsu and Wendy's bedroom before jumping up and landing on the sleeping duo. With muffled shout both Natsu and Wendy sat up and glared at the pinkish-violet she-dragon. "Can't you ever wake someone up normally? This is the third time you did this!" Wendy exclaimed with anger. Natsu just caught hold of Jade and started rubbing his fist on the dragon's head. His fists were covered in reddish-gold scales. Letting the poor dragon go Natsu and Wendy got up and headed to their bathroom to wash up their faces.
Coming down, they say Jade lying on the woolen rug in the middle of living room. Jade greeted them before reminding them of the test Master Makarov wanted to give them. "Yeah! Yeah! We remember and you can come along to watch." Natsu said as Wendy walked into the kitchen. Natsu and Jade decided that a wrestling match would be fun and were rolling around the ground when Wendy called them for breakfast.
After a quick breakfast of cereals of slayers and a lar slab of deer meat for Jade they were off to the Guild. Walking through Magnolia with a pinkish-violet dragon following the duo garnered the interest of everyone in the city but when they saw the Fairy Tail Guild Marks on the kids' arms, they ignored the strange occurrence. Entering the Guild, they were greeted with a strange sight. A white haired girl wearing clothes in the style of a goth was butting her head with Erza, as both kept insulting each other.
"Hello! The names Lisanna Strauss! I am a Take Over mage like my siblings. Are you new here?" a girl with short white hair asked with a bright smile.
"Aye! We joined last month, but we did not see you and your siblings at that time. Is the white haired girl butting heads with Erza your sister? By the way, I am Natsu Dragneel."
"And I am Wendy Dragneel! The dragon behind us is Jade." Wendy introduced causing Lissanna to turn and stare with wide eyes at Jade.
"There are dragons still alive?" The girl asked in shock.
"She is one of the last. So is the girl quarreling with Erza your sister?" Natsu asked with impatience. Lisanna sighed before nodding. "That's Mira-nee. She seems to have some kind of rivalry with Erza that I just do not understand. Elf-nii is there sitting with Cana." Natsu and Wendy looked over to see a white haired boy eating a piece of chocolate cake with Cana drinking apple juice.
"Is Master here?" Wendy asked drawing everyone's attention to them. Jade taking the chance to wreak havoc ran forward and jumped towards Erza only to be caught in a fist made of fire. Everyone followed the string of fire to see it originate from Natsu's fist. Drawing the fist of fire back, Natsu dispelled it to reveal Jade unharmed but sulking. "Why do you test Natsu's patience like that Jade-chan! You know what your punishment will be, right?" Wendy said with fond exasperation. Jade shivered causing everyone to shiver in sympathy of the poor dragon. Everyone could feel that Natsu would be worse in administering punishment than Erza would.
"Hmm… Cute and strong, the names Mirajane Strauss, but everyone calls me Mira. How about we find a secluded spot to get to know each other better?" Mira said trying to tease Natsu only to be met with a disinterested stare from the boy and a murderous glare from Wendy.
"Stay away from my mate!" The normally kind girl hissed as she spiked her magic to incredible heights for someone her age. Makarov, who had been observing the event from the second floor, decided that he should interfere before Wendy went on a rampage.
"Ah! Good that you both are here, now let's head out back for your test!" Makarov said jumping down from the second floor. He they turned to Jade and offered a salted pork chop. "My how you have grown in just one-month Jade, I can see you becoming a very powerful dragon!" Jade preened at the praise.
"Thak yee!" Jade spoke in garbled human speech, surprising everyone.
"It seems that you have already learned some of our language as well. Good for you!" Makarov said before he motioned for everyone to follow him as he walked out.
"Now let me just set up a set of rune based barriers before we start,' said Makarov only for Natsu and Wendy to walk forward. Makarov watched them with a raised eyebrow when they turned to him.
"Let us put up the barrier. It would be strong enough to handle a full-fledged fight between two Royal Dragons." Wendy said before she clasped hands with Natsu.
"The raging fire gives birth to an all devouring barrier!" Natsu chanted as a red magic circle with a dragonhead in the center formed around the training ground.
"The surging winds settled and formed into a dissipating shield!" Wendy intoned as a blue magic circle similar to Natsu's formed above the training ground. Both Dragon Slayers glowed with red and blue magic as their magic mixed at their clasped hands. Putting forward their clasped hands, they called out the spell together.
"Mōretsuna sora no ryū no kowarenai shōheki!" Their clasped hands glowed purple before a massive blaze formed out of the red magic seal and an equally massive tornado crashed into the blaze form the blue circle. The whole field glowed white before a dome of translucent lavender magic formed around the training ground.
"This should do it. Now we don't have to fear going all out and cause collateral damage." Wendy said giving Mira the evil eye.
Makarov walked up to the barrier and touched it only for his hand to phase through. He walked into the barrier and then gathered up a massive amount of magic. He moved his hands in various ways as he chanted, "Sweep away the darkness, Rain of Light!" Makarov finally placed his index and middle finger on his forehead before sweeping it towards the top of the barrier. A yellow magic circle formed and from it, a massive amount of light beams flew up and struck the barrier. To everyone's shock, the barriers color deepened until it became similar to an amethyst and then started radiating excess magic energy as violet light. It kept radiating the light for a couple of minutes before settling back to its lavender color.
"This barrier would easily contain a fight between two of the Gods of Ishgar and probably still keep standing with minor cracks in it, or it might explode and wipe away anything within miles." Everyone stared in horror at the old man that looked like a tree. "Just joking! This barrier would easily contain an all-out fight between all four Gods of Ishgar without a single crack, my compliments on casting such a powerful barrier and congrats on performing the Mythic Unison Raid."
"Warrod Sequin, Fourth God of Ishgar. How have you been?" Makarov said as he walked out of the barrier.
"Been fine Maki just came to visit when I saw those two casting their barrier."
"Everyone this is Warrod Sequin one of the founding members of Fairy Tail and the Fourth God of Ishgar. Say hello!" Everyone excitedly greeted Warrod before Makarov turned to Natsu and Wendy. "Good job kids. Now which of you first will take your test?"
"I will! And I want to fight Mira-san!" Wendy said with excess sweetness in her tone causing many to shiver in fear.
"You sure kid! I am nearly an S-Class Mage. Sure you have power, but can you take a hit and not cry?" Mira taunted as she walked into the barrier. Wendy did not say anything. She just kept smiling, though the sweet one was replaced with a predatory one.
"No fatal strikes and when I say the fight is over, I mean it is over. Now have fun!" Makarov said as a Mirajane started emitting a massive magical aura with golden light enshrouding her. A massive black magic circle formed above her as the golden light transformed into dark light and she transformed into a demon. "TAKE OVER: SATAN SOUL!"
Wendy carefully observed the now transformed Mirajane. Mira's hair had turned wilder, jutting upwards and had gotten curlier. Her eyes had grown colder. Her hand shad transformed into claws and forearms were covered in scales with fins. A dark zigzag marking had formed crossing her right eye. Similar markings were present on her thighs. She was wearing a red leotard showing a bit of the middle of her chest and stomach. She was wearing red thigh high, high heeled boots. The most astonishing facts of the transformation were the presence of a dark tail and a pair of wings.
"Don't worry! I will go easy on you!" Mira exclaimed taunting her stoic opponent.
"So Mira uses magic that transforms her into a demon, this fight will be over quickly. She is both at a disadvantage and underestimating Wendy." Natsu observed causing Lisanna and Elfman to look at him with surprise.
"So she has already got a good hang of her Devil Slayer Magic?" Erza asked curiously. Natsu just nodded while Lisanna and Elfman were trying to process what they heard.
"Wendy doesn't play around. Quickly finish Mira off, even if its overkill. We are to show gramps how powerful we are, so holding back will be counterproductive!" Wendy did not show any outward reaction that she acknowledged Natsu, but everyone could see that the girl's eyes shone with a steely light. She was bathed in a violet-blue aura of magic as bluish-silver and violet winds swirled around her.
"I hope that you don't hold back Mira-san, or you will regret it!" Wendy said before a green light enshrouded her as she directed her hands towards the ground and called out, "Iru Bania! Iru Āmuzu! Iru Āmā! Enchant!" Mirajane waited for the effects of the spells only for Wendy to disappear from her sight. Before she could even react, she was kicked in the back with a massive force.
"My god, she is fast and strong. Were those the effects of the spells she casted?" Erza asked causing Natsu to nod. Everyone watched as Mirajane launched a multiple streams of dark energy using a spell called Darkness Stream. Wendy's arms and face gained black tribal markings as she brought her hands together. Her hands glowed violet-blue before she thrust her hands forward.
"Tenkūma no Ransu!" Wendy called out as lances made out of violet winds formed from the violet light enshrouding her hands. The lances of violet wind collided with streams of darkness, cancelling them out. Mira used this moment to charge Wendy and punch her across the face only for her bring up her palm and catch Mira's fist. A shockwave formed from the collision as Wendy's hair, eyes became pink, and dark blue and silver scales formed on her skin. White feathery scales formed around her wrists and ankles.
"What is this transformation?" Mirajane asked as she felt the oppressive aura of magic Wendy was radiating.
"Dragon Force, the ultimate form a Dragon Slayer can take a form that transcends the boundary between Human and Dragons, giving the slayer power comparable with that of a dragon." Wendy explained before she punched Mira in the stomach. A blast of wind threw Mira away from Wendy. "Never put claim on what is mine!" Wendy snarled as black and violet winds gathered around her. The black tribal markings reappeared on her scaled skin. Wendy jumped into the sky, using the winds to cause her to reach near the top of the barrier. She then spread her arms behind her causing two small twisters of silver-blue, black, and violet winds to form. She whipped her arms forward calling out, "Kakureta sora no katachi – Tenmaryūjin no ikari!"
Mirajane looked up to see the two twisters to merge into a massive spiralling column of black, violet and bluish-sliver winds. Mira charged up a massive sphere of dark energy above her head before launching an equally massive beam of dark energy at the approaching column of wind calling out, "Satanic Blast!"
Both spells collided and for a moment, it seemed that both were equal before Wendy's spell easily took over Mira's in power and crashed into her in a massive pillar of wind. When the smoke and debris cleared, everyone saw Mirajane unconscious and out of her transformation, lying in a massive crater. They looked up to see Wendy floating in the sky back in her normal state. She gave a tired smile before the twister holding her up dissipated and she fell down toward the ground. Just before she collided with the ground, she twisted and landed with a knee and the opposite fist on the ground, cratering it further.
She walked over to the unconscious Mirajane, easily picking up the unconscious girl; Wendy carried her out of the barrier. Wendy laid Mira down on the grass beside her siblings before she took a massive gulp of air. Feeling some of her magic returning, she started healing Mira using her magic. Everyone started at the little girl warily fearing of enraging the dragoness.
"Great job Wendy! You finally mastered Dragon Force!" Wendy huffed at Natsu before smiling. "Mira will be just fine. I took care of most of her injuries that were critical. She will have a few pains and bruises for a couple of days, but she will be right as rain soon."
"So Master how would you rank her?" Erza asked with curiosity. She and Mira were equal in strength, but it seems that Wendy, four years their junior, was stronger than they were, if just barely.
"She has the power to be an S-Ranked Mage, but I will give her A-rank, since she doesn't have the experience yet. Natsu who will you fight. Is it Erza?"
"Gramps I am stronger that Wendy by a great margin. I usually keep half of my power sealed away using a special seal so that it does not go on out of control. Therefore, you tell me! Should I fight Erza, or someone else?" Natsu's serious expression caused everyone to stare at him in shock.
"Master! Natsu can easily defeat me and not break a sweat at half strength, so please consider that before you ask someone to fight him. He can literally roast people alive by them just being in his presence. That is why he tends to stay at half strength." Wendy explained causing Makarov to finally come to a decision.
"Oi! Gildarts! You fight Natsu on the condition that he uses his full strength." Makarov said causing everyone's eyes to widen in shock. They could not believe that Makarov was asking Gildarts out of everyone to fight. Gildarts nodded and walked into the barrier. Natsu just stood up, took off his shirt and gave it to Wendy. He then followed Gildarts into the barrier. Everyone saw the seal tattooed into Natsu's back and a tattoo similar to Wendy's on his neck.
"Is that the seal?"
"That's something else. It is half of two parts. I have the other one. It is meant to be used after we defeat the traitor." Wendy said causing Makarov to nod in understanding. Everyone else looked on confused.
"What about the dragon tattoo?" Erza asked with curiosity. "I meant to ask about yours, but forgot last time."
"That's my mark. You can consider it similar to a human engagement. The mark will change to include a magic circle after we complete the bond, but that's years away."
"By complete the bond, you mean…" Erza asked with a red face.
"Exactly what you are thinking. The bonding is similar to marriage. As I said, it is still a long time off. Seven years at least." Erza looked confused as a seal appeared on Natsu's chest. The seal cracked and a massive heat and pressure was felt through the barrier.
"Why seven years?" Erza asked as both Gildarts and Natsu started raising their magic to incredible levels.
"A female Dragon Slayer won't mature enough before their sixteenth birthday. I am just nine now. Even if I am ready to mate by sixteen, doesn't mean I will be ready to mentally take the step." Erza nodded as they watched Natsu and Gildarts collide in the middle of the field. Ones fists cloaked in white Crush Magic and the others in flames of gold, black and crimson-violet. "He is already using the Demonic Dragon God Mode! Gildarts must be strong to make him use so much of his power."
"You are good kid. I will give you that!" Gildarts said laughing as he used his crush magic to crush Natsu's fire lance.
"You haven't seen anything yet old man!" Natsu said, as his pupils became slits and reddish-gold scales formed on his skin. "I am about to take it up a notch! Enmaryūjin no Handanken!" Before Gildarts could even react, a fist lighted up by black, golden and crimson-violet flames crashed into his face, throwing him back. He tried to get up only to find chains of flames binding his arms and legs.
"He is giving Gildarts a hard time! How powerful is the kid?"
"Too. Powful!" Jade said with a grin. Causing everyone in earshot to shoot the gleeful dragon incredulous looks.
"Fires of Demons rising from the cracks in the earth!" Natsu chanted as a crimson-violet magic circle formed under Gildarts.
"Fires of Gods striking from heavens!" As Natsu completed the second verse of the chant, a black magic circle formed directly above Gildarts, as he stood up.
"Fires of Dragons blasted from all sides" As the third verse was completed, Gildarts found himself boxed in by four crimson circles with dragonheads.
"Merge and form into a blazing hell!" Natsu finished the last verse causing all six circles to glow with light, same as their colour, as they started producing sparks.
"Enmaryūjin no Eien no honō!" Natsu finally called out as a column of crimson-violet flames emerged from the circle on the ground. These flames lifted Gildarts up and collided black flames spewing down from the black circle, exactly in the middle from the four crimson circles. Finally, each of the four launched concentrated streams of golden fires. The four streams merged with the column of black and crimson-violet flames, tinging it with gold.
Everyone watched Natsu walk forward, his fist in the palm of his right hand, as a red light gathered and created a thin thread of the same magic that connected with flaming column. He went through many combinations with his hand and fist causing the six circles to dispel and the column of multi-coloured flames to form into a sphere. Natsu then made a crushing gesture with both hands calling out, "Fire Make: Prison Implosion!" To everyone's surprise, the sphere imploded upon itself and then exploded into a blinding column of white light.
"His mastery of Fire Make is astounding. I wonder who taught it to him." Warrod asked causing Makarov to laugh aloud.
"He and Wendy create their respective Maker Magic. He is the one who created Fire Make, so it is unsurprising that he understands the intricacies of it. He does say that it is still incomplete."
"I would really like to see him use a completed version of this new Moulding Magic. All other Maker Magic's deal with solid elements, liquids, or memories. Their ones are the first to use fire and wind. Both are free, insubstantial elements that tend to fight against any kind of moulding. Their Maker Magic's are probably the most difficult one to master, in existence." Warrod observed, for once not making an inappropriate joke.
Natsu kept a close eye on the smoke and dust left behind by his latest spell. He realized that he was quickly running out of magic from the prolonged use of Dragon Force along with a new mode, so he decided to give up that is if Gildarts was still able to continue, before he suffered from magical exhaustion. As the smoke cleared, he saw Gildarts still standing, but with significant burns all over his body.
Damn that kid is tough, Gildarts thought to himself. If this is what Dragon Slayers of old were like, no wonder the humans heralded them so highly during the Dragon Civil War. As much as he wanted to continue, he realized that he had to use most of his magic just to survive.
Everyone watched on with awe at the two behemoths duking it out within the barrier. They waited with bated breaths for the next bout to begin when to their surprise, both called out that they give out and at the same time.
"That's a surprise. I did not expect a draw! Not without both of them knocking out each other at the same time." Makarov said as Natsu and Gildarts both walked out of the barrier. Natsu turned and placed a hand on the barrier, Wendy doing the same beside him. A pair of magic circles formed, a deep blue one above and a golden-red one on the ground. To everyone's shock, the barrier that easily held back Gildarts and Natsu's destructive magic easily faded out into the air, ethernano spewing from the top of the barrier as it quickly disintegrated.
"Now that both of you have finished. I want to know why both of you decided to give up instead of fighting to the end?" Makarov asked turning to Gildarts first. The orange haired man scratched his cheek before as Wendy healed his burns.
"Well Master, I had to use most of my magic trying nullifying that last spell, even then I was only partially successful. Continuing would only lead to magical exhaustion, which is one thing I do not want. In addition, it was just a spar to see Natsu's capabilities. Both of us have seen enough to easily gauge his strength." Makarov nodded his head, as everyone who knew Gildarts stared in shock. The Ace of their Guild freely admitting that the new kid could be powerful enough to force him to magical exhaustion, into defeat, that was something no one could comprehend.
"The mode I was using along with Dragon Force was eating up my reserves faster than normal. As the old man said, magical exhaustion from a spar to judge my level is unnecessary. I have already fought at my strongest; well strongest that won't cause my body to breakup from intense and uncontrollable magic." Natsu said as he sat down on the ground beside Gildarts. "Great fight old man! Let's have another one when we both get stronger!" Gildarts smiled and nodded when he saw the grin on Natsu's face.
"I won't give up next time Natsu! I won't accept you giving up as well!" Gildarts said causing Natsu's grin to widen, his eyes widening with excitement.
"Alright Natsu! You will be an S-Class Mage. You have proven to both be strong and know your limits. That is a very good quality to have for any mage, but is necessary for an S-Class. Congratulations. Come to my office later. I will have you sign some papers to make it official. Wendy my dear, you come as well. I was unable to explain the rules before; I will give them to you both at the same time."
"Sure gramps!" Natsu said only to be punched in the back of his head with a wind-enhanced fist. "Be respectful!" was the only thing Wendy said causing Natsu to grumble about abuse and everyone to laugh at his misfortune.
"I can't believe that we have been here for a year already! Hey Wendy! Are you going on a job?" Natsu asked from the second floor as he lounged about with Erza, who had made S-Class during the S-Class trials held the year they joined.
"Yeah! It is an easy job. I have to help translate some books from the Civil War Era for the council. Levy-chan is coming with me. You want to go?" Wendy asked causing Natsu to shake his head.
"Nah! I just returned from an S-rank yesterday remember. I will be lounging around for a couple of weeks as I help the Violet Glutton with her human transformation.
"I can hear you, you know!" came a heavy female voice from outside. He turned to see Jade glaring at him from out of the window. Natsu grinned at her before turning back to Wendy. "Have fun then and bring back something from Era will you!"
"Got it!" Wendy said as she walked out with Team Shadow Gear.
"Why does she take those boring translation jobs, I will never know!" Erza smiled at Natsu. She would never stop being amused with his antics.
"Not everyone wants a fight every time they go out on a job. In addition, translation jobs are the easiest jobs out there. They may be tedious, but with Wendy's knowledge of the language of that time, she finishes the job faster than most. In fact, she actually makes more money than us S-class Mages you know!" Erza said as she took a bite from her strawberry cheesecake.
"Well Erza, I will see you later! I have to help Jade with her training again!" Natsu said as he jumped down to the ground. "Come on Jade meet me at the usual place!" Natsu called out as he walked out of the Guild Hall. Erza looked out to see a large pinkish-violet dragon stand up and fly into the sky.
"I hope he holds back this time. I don't think Wendy will be pleased to find Jade beaten up again." Erza sighed as she returned her attention to her cake.
"Hello everyone! We are back!" Wendy called out smiling as she walked into the guild with Team Shadow Gear. Droy and Jet hung their heads and seemed to be disappointed. Levy had a scowl on her face directed at the two boys. In her arms, rested a small white cat wearing pink dress. They all expected everyone to greet them only to be met with an empty guild and the barmaid staffing the bar.
"Oh! Hello you four! The job went well, right?" a middle-aged woman greeted.
"The job went fine, until Jet and Droy spilled their drinks on one of the manuscripts." Levy said scowling at the two boys, causing them to lower their heads more.
"Mariko-san! Where's everyone?" Wendy asked with a curious expression.
"They are out at the Training Field. Something about testing Jade in her human form!" the woman said causing everyone to look at her in surprise.
"She has already mastered her transformation?" Mariko just smiled. "She mastered it a couple of days after you left the guild. After that she kept bugging the Master to let her join the guild, so the Master finally got fed-up and asked her to prove that she can fight and use magic without any problems in that form. They should be done by now." As soon as she said that, members of the guild started trickling back in groups of two's and three's. The four caught snippets of how even a year-old dragon was stronger that some of them, and how they never want to anger Jade. Some, mostly the female members, discussed how cute jade looked in her human form.
"Welcome back you four and I see that you have brought back someone as well! I hope that your job was successful?" They turned to see the Master standing behind them with a huge smile gracing his lips. Behind him were Erza, Lisanna, Gray, Elfman, Cana, Mira, Natsu and a young girl, about nine with jade green eyes and deep violet hair. Her face was roundish, as expected of a child her age and was about 4 feet 6 inches. A bit taller than average. She was wearing a dark pink summer dress and green flats. Her hair was pulled up in a single ponytail.
"Looking good Jade! Nice fashion sense as well." Wendy said with a smile, causing the dragoness to smile back.
"Thanks! Natsu tried to force me into a pair of red shorts and a yellow top, I asked Cana to help me after I understood that hot head over there doesn't understand the meaning of fashion." Jade said causing the entire female population of the guild, even Erza, to giggle.
"Oh! You found a talking cat as well!" Jade said spotting the white cat in Levy's arms. Wendy and her companions were startled at her question, only of their unasked questions to be answered by a ball of blue fluff flying into the Guild with a fish in its hands.
"Guys! This is Happy! From what I can tell, he seems to be an Exceed." Natsu explained with a smile as Happy landed on his head. Happy wore only a pair of green shorts. He had the Fairy Tail symbol on his back.
"Aye Sir!" Happy called before returning to his feasting on the fish. All the attention caused the white cat in Levy's arms squirm and jump into Wendy's. "This is Carla! We found her egg hatching, as we walked through a small forest outside of Era. I just couldn't leave her there and her cute stare just forced me to take her in!" Wendy gushed causing Carla to blush out of embarrassment.
"She is cute! Can she use magic as well?" Lisanna asked cooing at the female exceed.
"She can use Aera! That's the same as Happy used to fly!" Levy said with a smile.
"Alright everyone, let's give Jade her mark. After that, all of you can catch up." Makarov said approaching with the stamp. "So Jade! Where and in what colour?"
"Jade green and on my neck!" Jade said moving her hair out of the way. Makarov nodded as he pressed the stamp onto her skin. With a flash, the mark became visible on the skin of Jade's neck.
"Alright young Carla, do you want to join as well!" Makarov asked with a smile causing the cat to nod. "Then where and in what colour?"
"Pink and on my back!" Carla called out seriously, trying to keep her excitement in control. Wendy helped Carla get out of her dress so that Makarov could apply the mark. After it was done, she quickly redressed with a massive blush covering her face. Happy flew over and offered her a new fish, which she took after a moment's hesitation. She then smiled at Happy as she munched on the fish.
Natsu, Happy, Mira, Elfman, Jade, Wendy and Carla were standing in front of a tombstone made of sparkling crystal. On the tombstone was carved the name of one Lisanna Strauss and the years, X767 - X782. Tears were in everyone's eyes, but on one shed them in Lisanna's memory. The grave stood in a clearing inside a white crystal mausoleum, with runes carved into its walls.
"Mira, Elfman! Do not beat yourselves up about this and do not stop moving forward. She would not want that. She would want you to keep her alive in our memories as we keep living our lives and keep getting stronger so that something like this never happens again." Mira and Elfman stared at Natsu with incredulous expressions. "I am not telling you to not grieve, but don't let that hold you back from living your lives."
"Natsu's right you two! We will get to meet Grandine and Igneel only one time before they finally die. Acnologia has already damaged their souls. Their bodies are failing and will fail completely when they leave our bodies. Jade will get to meet her parents only once and that too on their deathbeds. We understand you pain well, but don't let that pain make you to forget to live life as the dead would want us to." Wendy said with a strong voice, but everyone could see that she was torn up inside. Lisanna was one of her closest friends.
"The dead don't really leave us. They keep watch over us from the afterlife and keep living on in our memories. Lis-chan is not truly dead until we completely forget her. Keep her alive in your memories and honour her memories." Jade said casing Mira to embrace the dragoness and cry as she nodded her head.
"Elfman be a man and don't let grief and false guilt bring you down. It is not your fault that you lost control. You tried to and successfully took over a very powerful being. The being may have rampaged for some time before you finally subdued it, but you did. Do not be afraid to use a Full Body Take Over, because of a single mishap. I once nearly killed Wendy when one of my more advanced spell backfired. I did not let that dissuade me form mastering my magic. In fact, I let that incident motivate me to master it faster." Wendy smiled at Elfman as she nodded to show that she agreed with Natsu.
"Thank you Natsu! I will try to keep practicing to master my Full Body Take Over. You are right in that Lisanna would be disappointed in me if I didn't keep moving forward." Natsu and Wendy smiled while Jade rubbed the back of an exhausted Mira.
"Let's put Mira to bed. It has been a hectic time for her and it seems to have tried her out, more than Elfman." Jade said as she picked up Mira in her arms. Elfman nodded and walked off with Jade following him.
"It will be very hard for those to two to move on from this. I thought losing Igneel and Grandine would be hard, but I didn't really understand what it means to lose someone close till now." Natsu sighed out before he turned and left with Happy. Wendy and Carla stared at the tomb for a few more moments before they too left.
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Japanese Spell Translations
Iru Bania = Ile Vernier
Iru Āmuzu = Ile Arms
Iru Āmā = Ile Armor
Mōretsuna sora no ryū no kowarenai shōheki = Unbreakable barrier of the Blazing Sky Dragon
Kakureta sora no katachi – Tenmaryūjin no ikari = Hidden Sky Form - Sky Demon Dragon God's Anger
Enmaryūjin no Handanken = Fire Demonic Dragon God's Judgement Fist
Enmaryūjin no Eien no Honō = Flame Demon Dragon God's Eternal Blaze
A/N: Hey Everyone! I hope you like this new chapter. Please remember to leave Reviews. The more Reviews I get, the faster I will publish another chapter, though I will try and keep it on a monthly schedule.
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