Chapter 67

In the forest near Magnolia, Natsu's figure can be seen, moving in a speed impossible for ordinary humans to see.

"Oi! Let me go flame-brain! Where the heck are you taking me?!"

Natsu ignored the words of the young man he was carrying in his shoulders and continue to move forward, while propelling himself with his black flames.

After awhile, Natsu and Gray finally arrived in front of a tree-house. He dropped Gray on the ground, causing the ice mage to groan in pain.

"Damn you!"

"We're here."

"Huh?" Gray look around the place and found it quite familiar, then when his gaze landed on the house, his eyes immediately widened.

"Isn't this the old witch's house? Why did you bring me here?"

Natsu ignored him and knock on the door, "Old hag~! Your guild master is here to visit you again? Are you still as healthy as ever?"

"Don't bother, we already ask for her help earlier, and she chased us away with a broom." Gray said as he stood behind Natsu with his arms crossed in his ċhėst.

"Go away brat! I'm not helping you." Porlyusica's voice resounded from inside the house.

Gray was a bit confused. She actually did not chased them away with a broom? When did the old woman been this kind?

"You're hurting my feelings old hag, can't I visit you without any ulterior motives?" Natsu grinned and replied.

".....you're not going to leave are you?"

"Nope."

"...fine, come inside."

"Thank you." Natsu pushed the door open and motioned for Gray to follow after him.

The both of them went inside and immediately saw a pink-haired old woman drinking a cup of tea.

She glance at Natsu, then to Gray and sighed. That sigh just now released all the irritation she had for being near a human.

"What do you want brat?"

Natsu smiled and took out a blue crystal, shocking Porlyusica, she glared at Natsu and took the crystal away from his hands.

She observed it for awhile before casting a glance towards Gray.

"Are you planning to..."

"Yes."

Porlyusica sighed, and look at Gray who seems to be confused about the whole situations.

"I can indeed help you with this."

Natsu nodded and turned to look at Gray, who is looking at with a confused look.

"Gray."

"Hm?"

"Porlyusica here can help you gain strength that you wanted. This crystal here can give you a new magic, a magic capable of killing a being that rivals the dragons." Natsu glance at Porlyusica and continue. "However, there's a chance of you dying but..."

"...I can reduce your chance of dying to zero, but the pain you'll experience will be even three times more painful than opening your second origin." said Porlyusica.

"What do you say? Want to grab the chance?" Natsu asked with a smile.

Gray glance at the crystal in Porlyusica's hands then back to Natsu.

"I'll do it."

A grin appeared on Natsu's face as he nodded.

"Good."

....

Natsu returned to the guild alone, he was immediately bombarded by the tenrou group's questions, especially Juvia, asking him where he took Gray.

After half an hour of convincing Juvia that everything is alright, and that he is straight and has no interest in Gray, Natsu was finally able to relax.

He sat at the bar counter and drank a lot of beer. He then announced that the participants for the games will be training in a far, beasts-infested island.

Natsu actually wanted them to train in the beach, but thought that there are many civilians and there are almost nothing in there that could help them train.

The island is actually where Natsu trained for awhile. He accidentally found it while he was traveling the seas looking for the traces of leviathans.

He rested on that island for a couple of hours and found that it is habited by many powerful beasts. He even fought a saint class wyvern there.

He then told everyone to prepare their things as they will be leaving tomorrow morning.

Natsu doesn't need to prepare, he got Happy to do that, and if he won't do it, then there are someone who will happily prepare his things for him.

After finishing his beer, he went back to his office and planned his 'Strengthening Tenrou Group' training program.

He actually thought of asking Ultear to open their second origins, but he hesitated as forcefully opening it isn't as effective as opening it on their own.

(A/N: Don't know if its true, just ignore it)

At first he wanted the tenrou group to just train by themselves but what if they slack off? Or they didn't push themselves harder.

That's why he thought of making a training plan, but...as expected he can't think of anything.

He isn't really the perfect man for that job, he mostly just trained by himself, and by 'training', he means fighting strong opponents and push himself.

After all, fighting a life or death battle for ten thousand times is better than training alone for ten thousand days...or something.

In the end, he gave up, he just decided to scare the beasts and make them run towards the tenrou group.

He'll save them if their lives are in danger.

"Haaa~" Natsu layed his head on the table as he closed his eyes.

"Huh?" When Natsu opened them, he was now standing in a destroyed city. There are many bodies lying on the ground, dead.

"What the hell?"

He run around the place, and somehow find this place familiar but couldn't remember where had he seen this place.

He continue to run around the place, ignoring the corpses of people he passed by.

Then, his eyes widened when he saw a familiar palace in ruins.

"The...royal...palace?...Crocus?...I'm in Fiore?"

'ROOAARR!' He suddenly heard a loud roar, he turned his head and saw five enormous black creature that could easily rival the size of titans.

Those creatures were destroying everything in their path, sometimes they will take some rubbles of a destroyed building and eat it.

Natsu glance at them and noticed they seems to be heading towards him, no, more like they are chasing someone.

Natsu stood still, as he waited for the people who are being chased by those monsters.

Then, a few minutes later, he saw someone that caused his eyes to widened. However, that person just passed through him as if he was an air.

Other people following behind that person also did the same.

"Those are.." His eyes were wide open in shock as she stared at the group that are being chased by the black creatures.

Natsu decided to follow after them, and saw them stopping in front of a huge gate.

"Hurry up and open the gate! We don't have much time!" A blonde man in his mid-twenties loudly ordered while looking at the towering black creatures.

"Rogue, no matter what, you need stop 'them'." said a woman in her mid-twenties with an emerald-green hair.

Then, the gate slowly opens, as the five black creatures rushed towards the group.

"GO ROGUE! DON'T LOOK BACK! NO MATTER WHAT! CHANGE THE FUTURE!"