I quickly made my way to the infirmary to check up on Aika. When I arrived I saw the nurse, Rias and Aika all there.
Aika: Natsu!
She says trying to get up but the nurse holds her back down.
Nurse: Stay still you'll only make the swelling worse. I can't believe a student will dare lay his hands on another especially a female student. I hope that kid gets kicked out.
The nurse gives Aika an ice pack to use for her swelling.
Natsu: I'm glad you're okay
Aika: I am, thanks to you.
Natsu: please don't do that again
Aika: but Natsu he was talking bad about you I'm not going to let anyone girl or boy talk about you! They don't know the kind person you truly are!
I walk up to her and kneel down next to the bed.
Natsu: that's fine thank you for that but Aika let them do all the talking they want. Please don't get hurt okay?
She nods her head at me.
Nurse: you know for someone who barely comes to school you sure made a good friend in this girl. Come on Aika let's take you to class
Aika: but I want to stay with Natsu!
I look at Aika and simply nod letting her know everything will be okay.
Natsu: Rias, can you please take her to class for me
Rias: yeah sure thing
She helps Aika up and began to walk with her.
Aika: holy crap red, you have some huge boobs!
Rias: uhh thanks?
Aika began to tease Rias as the two went back and fourth. The two girls suddenly stop as Rias jogs back to me.
Rias: here take this
She hands me a small sheet of paper, I look at the paper seeing her phone number on it.
Rias: call me when ever
Natsu: you got it
She runs back to Aika, as she began to ask her questions.
Aika: did you just give him your number?
Rias: No
Aika: yeah okay, how big are your titts?
Rias: can we not talk about my breast size please. You kinda remind me of another friend I have.
Making my way to Azazel's office to confront this so called Creuserey. From out of now where around the corner Akeno shows up.
Natsu: Akeno?
Akeno: Stay away from her.
Natsu: from who?
Akeno: Don't act stupid. Stay away from Rias!
Natsu: but I didn't do anything
Akeno: lets keep it that way.
She begins to leave back to her class before I called out to her stoping her.
Natsu: Akeno wait!
She turns around looking back at me.
Natsu: did I hurt you..?
Akeno: hurt me? Did you forget what you did to me?! You killed the only family I had. So yeah you did hurt me.
Natsu: I'm sorry...
Akeno: What? You're apologizing to me now? The world must be ending if a demon like you is apologizing to me. Listen just stay away from Rias okay. You got what you wanted leave us alone.
Natsu: what do you mean?
Akeno: Seriously what's going with you? Did you hit your head or something?
Natsu: a little yeah...
Akeno: you're not funny. But let me refresh your memory. After you killed my father, you attacked Sirzechs. You killed everyone Rias's parents, the maid, the gardeners everyone except for her and Sirzechs. That day will be a day I will never forget.
Natsu: I...no...
I lower my head at the news I was told.
Akeno: You're feeling guilty now? It's a little too late for that don't you think. For some reason you decided to erase Rias's memories or should I say tell your comrades to erase the part where you killed her parents but she still remembers everyone else. Why? I don't know your motives, if you don't want me to tell her the truth just stay away.
There's some silence between us until I decide to speak.
Natsu: Akeno...I really am sorry for what I did to you. There's no excuse for my actions. But just know I deeply regret everything I did, all the pain and suffering I've caused you and the others.I promise you one thing I will fix this, I will fix all of this.
I walk up to her cuffing her face and meet forehead to forehead with her. She struggles the entire time
Natsu: I promise you Akeno I'll fix this.
Akeno's Pov
Akeno: get off of me! What are you doing?!
His forehead touches mine all the struggling I did was for nothing he had a firm grip on me. But it wasn't a tight grip it was gentle he didn't want to hurt me instead I felt that his words were genuine.
Natsu: I promise you Akeno I'll fix this.
Those where his final words to me as he grabbed my hand and softly let go as he walked away from me.
Oddly enough I believed what he told me, I believed that he would fix everything. Call me crazy but I don't sense darkness within him..there's something very different about this man.
Natsu's Pov
I make it to Azazel's office seeing him sitting on his desk looking at his computer.
Azazel: you're finally here
Nastu: where is he?!
Azazel: right to the chase huh? You really want to hurt this guy
I ignore Azazel and begin to follow him to where they're keeping this guy locked up. I pass my hand by my ear turning the ear piece back on.
Natsu: Hello? Grayfia do you read me?
Grayfia: where the hell were you? We thought something had happened to you!
Natsu: nothing happened just some bad signal or something
Grayfia: okay what ever so what's going on?
Natsu: I'll explain everything when I get back to head quarters for now just listen
Making sure Azazel didn't hear me or noticed me I kept on following him. He leads us to this unknown section of the school where it's supposedly still being under construction. He lifts up the caution tape letting me go first as he comes in right after. I continued to follow him until we reached a room that was locked with chains. He passed his hand over the chains making them disappear making the doors open slowly. I walked inside seeing everything dark. One light turned on and that was the light in the middle showing the devil tied up in a chair with a bit of bruising on his face.
Staff member: we questioned him my lord but he didn't say anything or give us any valuable information.
I walked up to this guy seeing him. He looked up at me and smiled.
Creuserey: if it isn't E.N.D himself come to warn me not to touch any of the girls here
Natsu: no actually I wanna know why are you here?
Creuserey: why do you want to know?
I punch him across the face.
Creuserey: you'll have to do a lot worse then that to make me talk.
I grab him by his hair pulling his head back, I turn my hand into a blade using my iron dragon slaying magic and point the blade to his throat.
Natsu: Talk
Creuserey: I'm not afraid to die. The question you should be asking yourself is are you willing to kill to get me to talk.
Azazel: Don't you dare disrespect master E.N.D! You should consider your self lucky we haven't gone to kill you and wiped out the remaining of the Old Satan Faction!
Azazel goes up to him and punches him in the stomach. I let him go and walk next to Azazel
Creuserey: Grand General Azazel I'm surprised you haven't noticed
Azazel: noticed what?
Creuserey: you follow this man blindly even if it meant killing your own mother and yet you still haven't noticed the difference
Azazel walks up to him and punches him two more times.
Creuserey: from your reaction I take it you haven't noticed. Typical of fallen angels.
Azazel: what are you talking about? Talk or I'll kill you myself
Creuserey: alright I'll talk but only because I wanna see the face of your lord when I tell him the truth.
Azazel: last warning talk!
Creuserey: This man standing here isn't your master.
Azazel: what?
Creuserey: he may look like him, speak like him, but he isn't E.N.D.
Azazel: quit speaking lies! Of course he's Lord E.N.D
Creuserey: really? Because E.N.D would've killed that girl he protected today. He would've killed that half breed but yet here he is without spilling blood.
Azazel: It's his choice if he wants to kill or not. That doesn't mean he isn't E.N.D
Creuserey: really? Then tell me why we got reports of him visiting his parents?
Azazel as well as the other staff members all look back at me. I heard Grayfia speak over the ear piece
Grayfia: Natsu...get out..
Creuserey: None of you knew about that? Wow for someone who's consider the most feared demon of all time he sure goes soft seeing his parents.
Azazel: So what if he visited his parents. That still doesn't prove anything
Creuserey: you're a sheep who follows blindly. Then let me provide this last evidence for you. If he's really E.N.D why has he been seen associating with the terrorist group lead by Grayfia.
Azazel: that's a lie. His highness would never do that !
Creuserey begins to laugh like a mad man.
Creuserey: keep following this fake blindly he will lead you all to your deaths watch! When the old Satan faction hears about this they will have a field day with you! We will take back the underworld kill Sirzechs and everyone related to him! We'll kill the angels, the fallen angels, the Khaos Brigade we will destroy this school everything! Let's see if you'll be able to keep your cool then.
Again he began to laugh like a possessed man. I began to hear a voice in my head, but it wasn't me or any other voice I recognized it was evil, it was dark.
E.N.D: Kill him.
My mind goes blank...
I walked up to him slowly and placed my hand on his head. He stopped laughing shortly after.
Natsu/E.N.D: you want me to show you that I'm E.N.D?
I light my hand on fire and began to burn him from the inside out. He screamed as he was being burnt alive.
Creuserey: Ahhh!
Grayfia: Natsu! Natsu! Stop it this instant! Natsu can you hear me?!
E.N.D: kill him...teach those that oppose you that you're not to be trifold with. Let everyone in this room know.
I intensified my flames and burned him even more his screams got louder and louder. To be honest doing this felt, good. This feeling of being in powered, of ending a life, brought back memories. After a few minutes the screaming ended. I take my hand off of him and see nothing but a hallow shell. I began to make my way to the door
Staff member: My lord, what should we do with the body?
Natsu: send it back to the Old Satan Faction. Let that be a warning to them. Oh and by the way, if any of you doubt me please feel free to speak to me. Just know you'll end up like him.
Complete silence in the room, you think they doubted me or dared ask a question? Not after that. I walked out the room and decided to head back to base. Not wanting to walk all the way there I used my lightning body to make it there quicker.
Grayfia's Pov
Haven't heard everything that went on in that room, made me more nervous than ever. Not only is the old Satan faction onto this Natsu being the fake, but he killed someone. Yeah they're enemies as well as ours but we could had brought him in for questioning not murder the guy.
We all hear thunder crash outside our base as we scrambled to the entrance and saw Natsu standing there with smoke coming from his body. You can tell something was wrong with him.
Yasaka: dear you're back..h..how did everything go?
Natsu just walks past her and into the base. Xenovia, Rossewiesse, Yasaka and myself follow behind him. He walked into our meeting room and stared out the window.
Yasaka: Natsu...dear are you okay?
Nothing, he didn't say anything not a single word. Something must have happened in there. He isn't responding.
Xenovia: hey we asked you a question. Is anyone in there? Hello?
Xenovia says as she walks up to him waving her hand in front of his face. Again Yasaka tries to speak to him but this time it back fired.
Yasaka: hey are you doing okay?
She says cuddling up to him. Natsu turns around and that's when I saw it. An emotionless expression, a cold colorless look in his eyes, and the darkness leaking from him. Everyone around felt it too.
Yasaka: Natsu...?
Natsu quickly reaches for her neck holding her up in the air. Yasaka began to struggle hitting him on his arm to let go but Natsu wouldn't let go instead he would tighten his grip around her.
Yasaka: Nat..su..
Xenovia and Rossewiesse quickly go up to him as they both pull out there swords and try to hit him but stop inches away from his neck. They're frozen in place. I look down beneath there feet and see a shadow underneath both of them. As Natsu holds Yasaka he engulfs his leg in flames and kicks Rossewiesse sending her crashing to the wall and with his off hand grabs Xenovia by the arm and throws her. He then began to engulf his arm in which he is holding Yasaka with flames. She looks at me giving me a nod, she suddenly engulfs her hands with magic and hits his arm as strong as she could making Natsu release her. She stands there ready to fight him, Natsu looks at his arm seeing a bruise on it but it suddenly began to disappear he began to use his healing powers to heal himself. He looks towards Yasaka and smiles he launches himself towards her.
Before I realized it my body began to move on its on, next thing I knew...
Grayfia: NATSU!
I'm standing there inches away from Natsu's fist, shielding Yasaka.I look at his fist then look at him, his expression was one of shock..his eyes got there color back slowly and tears started rolling down his cheeks. He lowers his arm, and fell to his knees. I held him before he hit the ground his head laid on my chest. He held me back and hugged me.
Natsu: I'm sorry Grayfia! I'm so sorry!
He began to cry like a baby, each time he apologized he held me tighter and tighter. I couldn't help but hold him myself and comfort him, it almost seemed surreal that someone who is considered the enemy is now in my arms crying.
Grayfia: it's...okay...you're okay now
Natsu: I'm so sorry!
He said it over and over again I looked back at Yasaka who was also in shock at what just happened. She then leans in taking Natsu off of me
Yasaka: hey it's okay everything's fine
They both go towards where my room is. I call for the medics to come and take Xenovia and Rossewiesse to get treated. Later on in the evening Yasaka comes back to where I was.
Grayfia: how's Natsu?
Yasaka: he's asleep, he'll be okay. That was scary wasn't it?
Grayfia: yeah it was...
Yasaka: how are the girls?
Grayfia: Rossewiesse has a few broken ribs and Xenovia has a concussion but they'll be fine. Those girls have gone through a lot worse. Hey...I think you're right...
Yasaka: About what?
Grayfia: It's too dangerous for the two of you to stay here...I think you should leave.
She stays quite simply looking at me.
Grayfia: this is the second time something like this happens. Who knows if it's been happening to Natsu since he arrived here. For your safety and his please go back to your world we'll find a way to do this without your help.
Yasaka: Grayfia we can't.
Grayfia: why not?! You were saying that it would be better if you left before Natsu met his doppelgänger. Why don't you want to leave now?
Yasaka: Because Natsu won't leave you! He won't leave you to die, he won't leave the other girls to die. He told you that he'll stop this didn't he? And he will. I can't tell him otherwise he'll ignore me.
Grayfia: then I'll tell him
Yasaka: Grayfia don't you get it? Natsu loves you rather you're the Grayfia from our world or from this world your bond with him transcends time and the world it self. You think what you did to save us was normal? If it were anyone else you wouldn't have cared but it was Natsu. You felt his pain, you felt something was wrong just like I did but I couldn't do anything about it but you could. You stopped the demon inside him.
Grayfia: I did..?
Yasaka: Yes, that's how strong your connection is with him. You might have the power to kill a demon but this..
She points to my heart
Yasaka: this right here has more power than any other magic out there.
I sit down on the chair and look up towards the roof.
Grayfia: Dammit...what do you suggest we do?
The doors opened slowly we both turn our heads and see Natsu standing there.
Natsu: It's time to find a certain someone, who I think could help us.
Grayfia: what are you doing out of bed? You need your rest
Natsu: I'm fine. I think me being in this world is affecting me.
Yasaka: affecting you how?
Natsu: lately I've been hearing voices in my head
Grayfia: since when?
He looks at both of us
Natsu: since I arrived here...
Yasaka: why didn't you say anything?
Natsu: I didn't want to alert anyone. Grayfia doesn't trust me and after what I pulled today I doubt the other too will.
Grayfia: who's voice do you hear?
Natsu: E.N.D...
Yasaka and myself look at each other with a worried expression.
Yasaka: do you think he knows you're here?
Natsu: most likely and someway he is communicating with me telling me to do horrible things it's like I can't control my own power
Grayfia: if that's the case who is this someone you wish to find.
Natsu: The She Devil, she's the one I trust the most amongst the nine, if we can find her and convince her to join us it will make fighting the other eight easier.
Yasaka: do you know where to find her?
Natsu: I do, I messaged Azazel to notify me when she came to Kuoh and she's here.
Grayfia: was this your plan all along ?
Natsu: From the very beginning, the easy part would be to find her. But the hard part would be to make her join us.