7Chapter 2: Butterfly Effect
Crunch.
"Are you having fun little brother?" Zeref asked. Zeref sat on Percht's throne within the ship, his legs crossed and his face resting on his fist.
The dead bodies of Grimoire Heart members were surrounding him. Natsu had been slumbering for the past 6 years on Tenrou Island and due to Percht's guild he woke up.
Zeref felt grateful. Natsu was back at full power after all.
Crunch.
"Haha, you have no idea how amazing this feels Zeref-nii." Natsu said happily. The edges of his mouth were covered in blood. Natsu was no longer a 11 year old boy, he was now a lean and muscular young man standing at 6 '1 with unruly shoulder length pink hair, with fair skin and blood red eyes.
Natsu wore a pure snow white hanfu with a gold belt and hanging off his belt was a small red gem. Despite being around 428 years old Natsu looked like a handsome 21 year old man.
The perks of immortality.
Zeref wrinkled his nose in disgust before shaking his head, he could never get used to Natsu's incessant fascination with eating hearts.
"So what did you get from the brat?" Zeref questioned.
Natsu smirked and raised his right hand. His black nails were sharp and Zeref had been stabbed by those said nails more than even times to know they were sharper than a mythril sword.
Natsu's hand was enveloped in black flames that radiated a form of holiness.
"God Slaying Magic, how ironic." Zeref said with a deadpan.
"I know. It'll go great with Ignia's flames." Natsu said. The smile on his face looked more demonic than charming due to the blood on his face.
"Ah…."
"Who?"
Natsu made the flames disappear. "I forgot you don't know about Igneel's son."
Zeref waved his hand and sat up straight, Natsu had his attention.
"He was going around, calling himself a Dragon God and how he's surpassed Igneel and Acnologia so I decided to do my job."
"Oh?" Zeref raised his eyebrow but couldn't help but smile. "Did you have fun?"
Natsu returned Zeref's smile with a bloodthirsty grin. "The most."
The two brothers shared a laugh. "How about Acnologia? What happened between the two of you?"
"Tch, that bastard is stronger than you said," Natsu frowned. "Magic is absolutely useless against him, even my Dragon Slaying Magic was useless. In the end I had to use my Curses but by then it was too late. Acnologia already destroyed my Etherno."
That was the reason why Natsu was in a semi-coma like state for 6 years, he was recovering his Etherno container, rebuilding the damage The Dragon King caused.
"I see…" Zeref clicked his tongue. "How bothersome…"
"I could've spent the last 6 years traveling the world," Natsu ran his hand through his hair. "I missed so much, the food, the wine, the fights and the women."
Natsu sighed sadly while Zeref rolled his eyes.
"How decadent."
Natsu chuckled in response as he started to eat Percht's heart. The two brothers looked outside of the window and saw the Black Dragon of Apocalypse playing around with his food.
"Aren't you going to intervene?" Zeref asked despite knowing the answer. His ink black eyes shifted towards his younger brother as he gulped down the human heart.
"Today's a beautiful day." Natsu commented with a burp.
"Truly." Zeref deadpanned.
"It's a great day to show off." Natsu smirked.
Zeref hummed. It really was a beautiful day, the sky was clear, the sea was calm and Acnologia was wreaking havoc upon the wizards of Fairy Tail.
"I do have to save my sister-in-law's home." Natsu added.
Zeref felt his eye twitch. "Couldn't you have fallen for someone more…" Natsu said as he made a crude gesture.
"The body is merely a contrived object, the personality and soul matters far more to me. I'm not like you little brother, fucking big chested women gets stale after a while."
Natsu deadpanned as Zeref lied through his teeth, it wasn't Zeref's fault that he couldn't help who he fell in love with.
"Righttt." Zeref blushed slightly at the disbelief in Natsu's voice.
"Cough, don't you have something to do?"
Natsu smirked knowingly which only served to irritate Zeref.
"I'll be back eventually Zeref-niii." Natsu said with that annoying laugh of his as he dissolved into mist.
Asshole.
…
As the pure white magic gathered in Black Dragon's mouth an overwhelming sense of powerlessness threatened to bring Nina Drango in the darkest depths of despair.
She was a Dragon Slayer trained by the Fire Dragon King and yet here she was, unable to slay the monster before her.
And now her guild was going to pay the price of her weakness. Despite the warmth that Lucy and Gray's hand gave her, Nina only felt cold.
Why was she so weak?
Why couldn't she protect her family?
Nina's mind went back to her childhood when she was surrounded by the other Dragon Slayers, there was once a pink haired boy who constantly beat her and Gajeel.
He protected Wendy whenever Sting teased her or when she and Gajeel scared the youngest Dragon Slayer.
He was the strongest among them. He always had the warmest smiles and gave the best hugs.
She remembered how happy she was whenever he was around, he was her rival. Someone whom she both adored and promised to surpass.
Meeting his counterpart in Edolas gave her hope that he was still around somewhere on Earthland but 6 years had passed he was nowhere to be found. Even Sting and Rogue were back at Fairy Tail right now but Natsu Dragneel, their leader, was nowhere to be seen.
Nina felt tears rolling down her face as she thought about how she would never see him in this life.
Her death was approaching.
The family she's found is also going to be gone. Everything she's achieved has been for naught.
'Igneel, Natsu, I'm sorry I couldn't find you.' Nina closed her eyes. She could see back when she first met Natsu, how he tried to claim Igneel was going to be his mount.
How he would bite Igneel's claws and try to eat him, how he sometimes tried to eat her too, claiming that she and Wendy were his emergency food.
It was unbelievably idiotic, but at the same time it was adorable.
Nina couldn't help but let out a little laugh, memories of the past with Natsu were her precious treasure. "Natsu…"
"Oh?" That's when she felt it. Something so malevolent and evil that it made Hades seem like a cute puppy.
Nina opened her eyes and saw something outrageously horrific. Space ripped open, the fabric of reality shattered as a clawed finger cut the air above them.
The Black Dragon's attack disappeared and the world stopped.
Crimson red eyes met vermillion and Nina saw the genuine shock, recognition and happiness in the handsome man's eyes before it turned cold.
"Oi! Acnologia, what's the meaning of this?" His voice was a lot deeper and older but within it Nina felt the familiarity.
"Natsu…." Her rival, her best friend, someone whom she was searching for since being abandoned by Igneel was in front of her.
"I should be asking you that question," The Black Dragon growled, the smirking visage gone as Nina could hear only anger and disgust within them. "You fucking Abomination!"
The Dragon King landed and shook the entire island with it. Natsu walked towards him, Mirajane and Elfman let go of each other's hands as he passed them.
"Who?"
"What—"
"Wait Natsu!" Nina couldn't help but let go of Lucy and Gray's hand.
"Nina stop!" She ignored her family's concerns and was far more worried about Natsu's safety.
Natsu turned his head towards, his red eyes glanced at her before he kept on walking. "We'll talk later, I have something to deal with."
Before Nina could even respond she was lightly pushed into Mira. Natsu kept on walking towards the Dragon, every step he took filled with anger and Nina could see brief flashes of a sea of corpses, rivers of blood and mountains of bones.
It was the most terrifying thing Nina had ever witnessed. She wondered what had happened to Natsu in the years they hadn't seen each other.
Natsu stopped between Fairy Tail and Acnologia and crossed his arms. "We have an accord Dragon King."
"Which you are violating Cursed One." Acnologia growled. His one remaining front limb dug into the ground.
Natsu glanced at the missing left arm of Acnologia and smirked. "Wrong. I am protecting what's mine."
Acnologia paused. "Explain."
Natsu sighed. "I had been sleeping on this for the past 6 years so technically it's my home."
"WHAT?!" Natsu ignored the shouts behind him.
"Is that so?" Acnologia scoffed. "Is this why you healed your container so quickly? With the help of that spirit and your obsessive brother?"
Natsu turned his head and saw his sister-in-law watching with a look of surprise.
"Hehe, Mavis and Nii-san didn't help me." Natsu chuckled and refused to explain.
"Mavis?!"
"The First Guild Master?!"
"What happens if I choose to refuse?" Acnologia asked. His magic churning as he got ready for a confrontation.
"Don't bother, you can't beat me right now, go back and heal first, we still have 9 years left before our next fight." Natsu advised. "It's too pathetic to even slay you as you are right now, my Curse is still affecting you, even Dragon Slaying Magic can hurt you."
Acnologia growled in anger and his rage grew even more as he heard the humans behind Natsu voice their shock, disbelief and awe. But despite the maddening rage Acnologia had more than enough control over his emotions, the dismissal in Etherious Natsu Dragneel's voice was irritating but he could see the reason behind it.
"Then at least call off your monsters." Acnologia said. The Etherious Demons of Tartarus were like flies constantly bothering him. "I can only kill them so many times before it starts becoming a nuisance."
Natsu cupped his chin with a frown. "Mard…I thought I told them to not interfere."
"I'll deal with my Gates, they won't be bothering you anymore." Natsu agreed.
"Very well." Acnologia said, his wings shuddered slightly as he was about to take flight.
"Ah wait! I have something for you." Natsu ripped open the space in front of him and pulled out dragon bones the size of a tree.
It was Acnologia's left arm lacking all of its flesh. Natsu gave the Dragon King a twisted smile. "Truly a delicacy, the flesh of the Dragon King, I've never eaten something so good in my entire life."
Acnologia saw the hungry gaze of the demon as he looked upon his majestic form. "Fucking cannibal."
"How ironic, Dragon meat is the world's greatest delicacy. You know that better than anyone, don't you." Natsu said jealousy.
Acnologia chuckled maliciously as he accepted his bones and took flight. He wasn't even angry, just amused. "Pray that after our battle your body no longer exists because I will desecrate your fucking corpse, you will taste far better than any Dragon ever could, Etherious Natsu Dragneel!"
The Dragon King flew off, his presence and majesty hidden above the clouds. Natsu couldn't help but start laughing, he was pretty sure the humans behind him were more than off put by the maniacal laugh but Natsu couldn't care less.
"I'm all fired up Dragon King!" Natsu grinned his bloodlust and desire to fight, filling up the area.
Ah the rippling effects of the Dragon Slayers having their memories and Natsu growing up with Zeref.
Very pleasant to write about, really. Natsu is a Demon frfr, eating the hearts of humans, disgusting.
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