Ch 1: Kicked Out

"Why are you smiling Natsu?" asked Lucy as they exited the train station.

"Why wouldn't I be smiling Lucy, we just completed our first S-Class quest which really wasn't that hard since it only required us breaking that thing in the sky. Everything else wasn't even part of our job and was a pleasant bonus." he replied with his usual grin.

"Yeah Lucy, and even though we didn't get any of the jewels you at least got that new key of yours." stated Happy as he floated in between the two of them.

"Aren't the two of you concerned about getting kicked out?" asked Lucy since she couldn't stop thinking about that after being told it could be their punishment for doing this job. And that was the last thing she wanted since she felt like she was just getting used to Fairy Tail and could actually see herself being a member there for the rest of her life.

"No way Lucy, Gramps wouldn't do something like that. Especially since we completed it like pros all on our own. I wouldn't be surprised if he promoted me after this." replied Natsu without a care in the world.

"All by yourself you say?" asked Erza as she glared at him, which caused him to start shaking in fear.

"With your help of course Erza, but I am pretty sure we would have been fine without you." he answered nervously.

"I really don't think so Natsu, and you'll be lucky if Master only does THAT to you after what you did." said Erza as she continued to glare at him.

"Anything but THAT." begged Natsu as he kneeled before Erza, hoping that she could get him out of this.

"Sorry Natsu but whatever the Master decides to do with you is all your fault and I won't be bailing you out. You knew the rules and decided to disregard them and even decided to drag Lucy and Grey along with you." stated Erza, completely unaffected by Natsu groveling at her feet.

"Quit being a big baby Flame Brain and accept your punishment like a man. Oh and don't worry I plan on recording it so I can watch it over and over again later on." said Grey with a smug grin.

"Grey I don't know why you are grinning about since you are almost just as bad as Natsu in all of this and will probably get the same punishment as him." said Erza with a completely serious face as Grey's turned to one of complete horror.

"Are you kidding me Erza, this idiot kidnapped me which made it so that I had to help him out with the job so he didn't make the guild look bad." argued Grey.

"You never should have let him kidnap you Grey, and you obviously didn't try too hard to bring him back." she countered while giving him a glare that caused the ice mage to gulp in fear.

"Do you really think Master will do THAT to us?" asked Grey who was now just as terrified as Natsu.

"That's what I would do if I was Master, and unfortunately for you Lucy. You'll probably get the same punishment even though you're still new to the guild and didn't know any better." said Erza with a frown.

"What are you guys even talking about, I have no idea what THAT is? But I can clearly see that I really don't want to know." replied Lucy with a scared look in her eyes as she looked at Natsu and Grey still freaking out about the punishment.

"You really don't want to know, and since this was mainly Natsu's fault I will see if Master will go easy on you." said Erza with a slight smile.

"What the hell Erza, why are you going to help Lucy?" shouted Natsu, forgetting who he was shouting at. But he soon remembered as an iron fist sent his head into the ground, which caused the street to gain a few new cracks.

"I am helping Lucy because this was all your doing Natsu. And don't shout at me like that ever again." declared Erza as she glared at him.

"Sorry Erza." mumbled Natsu as he picked himself up and followed them the rest of the way to the guild without saying another word. But as soon as he could hear the usual sounds of the guild Natsu was back to his normal self and took off for the guild and instantly joined in on the brawl that was happening.

"And just like that he's back to his old self, completely forgetting that he's still in trouble." stated Erza with a faint grin.

"Well that's Natsu for you." replied Happy with a smile as he took off and chased after his father figure.

"You mean an idiot." mumbled Grey with a grin.

"What was that Grey?" asked Erza in a threatening manner.

"Nothing." denied Grey quickly as he headed towards the guild at a faster pace.

"Please Erza, I need to know what THAT is so I can prepare myself for it." begged Lucy.

"Calm down Lucy, Master only uses THAT on the men of our guild. He knows that we wouldn't allow him to do anything so cruel to any of the female members." said Erza as they followed Grey into the guild.

"Then why didn't you say that when the guys were still with us?" asked Lucy as she watched the guild fight with each other like it was any other day. Natsu and Grey were already fighting each other about something that was obviously stupid, both of them forgetting about the fact that they were in trouble.

"I thought it would be nice if they thought you weren't getting any special treatment." answered Erza as Mira gave her a slice of strawberry cheesecake.

"So how did the retrieval go Erza, from what I can see no one got hurt?" asked Mira as she watched Grey and Natsu punch each other as hard as they could.

"We completed the mission and even stopped a cult from reviving a demon of some sort. But according to Natsu the demon was already dead so the cult was doomed to fail from the beginning." answered Erza as she started to eat her cake with a content smile making its way across her face.

"Sounds like it was a lot of fun." stated Mira with a bright smile.

"I definitely wouldn't call what happened to us fun." said Lucy after letting out a loud sigh and taking a seat next to Erza.

"Oh and why is that Lucy?" asked Mira. Who was then informed by Lucy in vivid detail about everything that happened during their last job. And by the end of it half of the guild was listening to her story, which also included Master Makarov who now had a frown on his face.

"That was quite the story Lucy, it's almost as if I was actually there." stated Makarov as he got up from his sitting position on the bar and stretched out his back.

"Thanks Master, I am just really good with my… Master?" replied Lucy who only just then realized that he was there the whole time and that she was also in trouble.

"Yes and after hearing all of that it's time to deal with the other trouble makers. Natsu, Happy and Grey please come here this instant." said Makarov with heavy frown on his face.

"Yes Master?" asked Grey as he came up to them.

"Aye Sir?" asked Natsu and Happy as they stood straight as a board in front of Makarov.

"First off I would like to say that I am extremely glad to see that all of you returned safe and sound. But because of what you all did I now have to hand out the appropriate punishments for your crimes." stated Makarov still frowning at them.

"Come on Gramps, there's no need for that since we're all alright like you just said." said Natsu with his usual grin.

"Sorry Natsu but this time I can't let it slide." replied Makarov in a harsh tone.

"Why not Gramps, we can clearly handle ourselves and I don't see how this is any different than what we usually do with the Council's rules?" asked Natsu with a confused look on his face.

"But what if you didn't all come back to us Natsu?" asked Makarov in a deep tone that sounded a little angry.

"It didn't though Gramps, and I wasn't going to let anything bad happen while I was there." he stated confidently.

"You can't be certain of that Natsu." argued Makarov.

"Yes I can gramps, and I just proved it by doing that S-Class job." declared Natsu as he glared at his master.

"No you can't Natsu, and you got extremely lucky that noting seriously bad happened to any of you. We were all dreading that another incident like the one that happened two years ago might have happened again, which is why I made those new rules regarding S-Class jobs." said Makarov as he glared right back at the dragon slayer.

"But none of that happened Gramps." argued Natsu.

"Enough Natsu, I don't want to argue with you about this since you clearly went against the rules of the guild on this. And to make matters worse you drug Lucy and Grey along with you and could have gotten them killed. Stop right there Natsu, let me deal out the punishments and then you can say what you want to afterwards." said Makarov with an upset expression on his face.

"Fine Gramps." he mumbled back with a frown.

"Lucy since you are new and didn't know how serious this all was your punishment will be working at the guild for two weeks as a barmaid without pay." said Makarov as he turned to look at the blond.

"Thank you Master." replied Lucy with a smile since it wasn't that bad of a punishment compared to THAT, which she still had no idea what it actually was and didn't want to since she wasn't going to be punished with it.

"Grey and Happy, you two will receive THAT as your punishment tomorrow morning." stated Makarov with a frown as he looked between the two of them.

"Yes Master." replied Grey with a scared expression.

"Aye Sir." replied Happy and was visibly shaking.

"That just leaves you Natsu." said Makarov with a sad look in his eyes as he looked at said mage.

"So what's it going to be Gramps?" asked Natsu nervously, knowing that it was at least going to be THAT and probably more.

"Natsu I have always seen all of you as my own children, which goes double for you since you've always been causing me trouble since you first joined. But this time you've gone too far and could have caused the death of your fellow members, because of this you are here by expelled from Fairy Tail. You can no longer wear our emblem or come to the guild hall at all, and I think it would be for the best if you left Magnolia while you're at it." replied Makarov with a sad expression that was also angry at the same time.

Needless to say the whole guild became completely quite at hearing this. All of them were wondering if this was actually happening since after hearing the other's punishment they just assumed Natsu would just be punished a little more severely than Gray and Happy. But none of them expected for him to be expelled from the guild even though that was supposed to be the consequences for what he did.

"Okay Gramps that was a good joke, so what's my real punishment?" asked Natsu after chuckling to himself in a scared manner.

"I'm not joking Natsu, and you knew that this was going to happen when you decided to take that job." stated Makarov as he looked at him straight in the eyes.

"Like hell I did Gramps, I just thought it was another one of your stupid rules like not letting non S-Class mages to the second level!" shouted Natsu.

"None of my rules are stupid and that rule was made to prevent something exactly like this from happening Natsu. You have until midnight to say your goodbyes and leave the guild." said Makarov who hated to see him like this.

"Gramps you can't do this, Fairy Tail is all that I have." begged Natsu with a sad expression now on his face.

"Sorry Natsu but we have rules for a reason." replied Makarov with a stern look, but on the inside he felt like complete shit for having to do this to Natsu of all people.

"But we're family Gramps." he said quietly with his head down.

"And because of that this is hurting me just as much as you Natsu. But as I have said plenty of times before, your actions not only endangered yourself but that of three other members." said Makarov with a sad frown as Natsu continued to look at the floor not saying anything.

"But I was the one to grab the job request." stated Happy, who was the first one to break from the shock of what they all just heard.

"Happy you were only doing what Natsu told you to do and don't even try to deny that all of this was his idea." said Makarov with a glare sent at the Exceed.

"Master I think this is a little extreme, and I could have stopped him if I tried harder." said Grey, not wanting to know what it would be like if his rival was no longer a member of Fairy Tail.

"Sorry Grey but even if that's true it doesn't change what Natsu did." stated Makarov who couldn't help but feel proud that Grey was actually trying to help Natsu out in his current predicament.

"Sorry Master but I have to agree with Grey on this being too much since nothing bad happened. Couldn't you just do THAT to him twice, I am confident that Natsu will never do something as stupid as this ever again if he has to go through that twice?" asked Erza. Even though Natsu was the cause of most of her headaches he was also the only one that could actually make her smile and even laugh, which was something she knew she needed to do more often.

"Erza when has he ever learned from receiving physical punishment?" he asked with a serious expression.

"He never has." mumbled Erza with a frown since she didn't want to admit it.

"And because of that this is my only option, otherwise he might do it again and next time we won't be lucky enough to not suffer any casualties." he stated with a sad look in his eyes as he remembered what happened to Lisanna. He was about to say something when all of a sudden a large amount of magical energy was coming from Natsu, who was now covered with orange flames that seemed to be darker than they usually were.

"So there's nothing I can say to get you to change your mind Gramps?" asked Natsu while still not looking up from the floor and everyone backed away form him.

"Sorry Natsu but there isn't and destroying the guild won't solve anything but hurt your family more than you already are." stated Makarov as he got ready to cast a protective spell to stop him.

"That's funny since I haven't done anything but protect everyone here and made sure that everyone was having a good time. You are the one that is hurting them by kicking me out of the guild over something as stupid as completing an S-Class job." stated Natsu as his flames visibly got darker.

"That may be true Natsu but if this prevents someone dying from your childish behavior and antics then it's worth it in my book." replied Makarov, who didn't know how much more of this he could handle. He flinched when Natsu finally started to move, but rather than attacking like he thought he might do. All of Natsu's fire collected to his left hand that he then brought to his left shoulder and held there while a sizzling sound started to come from it.

"If this is what a family is like, then I should have never tried to have one here. Especially if you are willing to kick a member out of it after they only did something that you should have been proud of them for completing." said Natsu and then removed his hand after finishing, which showed the guild that he burned off his emblem.

"Natsu…" said Makarov but was cut off.

"Shut the hell up Makarov, you've already made it clear that I am no longer welcomed here. Or did you just want to spew more bullshit saying that you don't want to do this and how it hurts you just as much, which if that was actually the case then you don't have to do this since you are the master for crying out loud? Or did you just want to make this even harder on me since you are forcing me to leave the few people that I care about and still consider family in this world?" shouted Natsu as he glared at Makarov with a look that he only ever used on his enemies.

"Natsu I wasn't going…" he started but was once again cut off.

"Scratch that, I don't want to hear anything from the likes of you Makarov. Who is nothing but a hypocrite, always calming that this guild is a family, but then goes and does something like this. Well I guess I should be heading out since this is no longer my home or family." stated Natsu angrily, shocking everyone there as he turned away from Makarov and headed towards the exit.

"Natsu just wait a minute we can fix all of this." said Erza as she grabbed his shoulder and stopped him in his tracks.

"Let go of me Scarlet otherwise you'll regret it." growled Natsu, once again shocking everyone since he never talked back to Erza.

"What did you just say Natsu?" asked Erza in a deadly tone as she glared at the back of his head.

"I said let go of me Scarlet otherwise you'll feel my wrath since you are no longer my family like you were before." he growled back as the temperature in the guild rose to the point where some of the members were now sweating.

"That's what I thought you said Natsu, and what did you mean we aren't family anymore?" asked Erza with a frown on her face after hearing him say that out loud to her.

"I am no longer a member of your stupid little family anymore or did you zone out for the last few minutes, oh and let go of me right now. That's the last warning any of you are going to receive from me." he said in a deep and gravelly voice.

"Natsu I am not just going to let you walk away when this can still be fixed." replied Erza. The next second everyone watched as Natsu effortlessly flipped her over his shoulder using the hand she had on his shoulder. But before she connected with the floor a flaming foot impacted with her breastplate and launched her into one of the walls of the guild. She then fell to the floor on her head, while her breastplate shattered into little pieces that were then scattered around her as she wheezed out in pain.

"I warned you Scarlet, and if you couldn't tell I have always been holding back while at the guild since we were family. But that is no longer the case thanks to Makarov and I am willing to show anyone else what I am actually capable of." said Natsu with a sinister grin as he looked at Erza who was trying to get up but was in too much pain to get off of the floor. Most likely due to the few broken ribs she just got from taking one of Natsu's kicks at full power.

"NATSU!" bellowed Makarov as he started to grow into his giant form.

"What Makarov, I was only trying to leave but she wouldn't let me and I even warned her three different times?" asked Natsu as he looked at Makarov with nothing but hatred.

"SHE WAS ONLY TRYING TO HELP YOU NATSU AND IS THAT HOW YOU TREAT A FAMILY MEMBER DOING SOMETHING LIKE THAT?" asked Makarov as he glared at him.

"HAHAHAHA no it isn't Makarov and you know exactly how I treat my family and that I would happily die for them. But you're the one that kicked me out of this little thing you are trying to call a family, and we both know that no matter what she tried to do you weren't going to change your mind on this. And why the hell are you angry Makarov, did you really think you could kick me out and I would still teat everyone from the guild like I did before?" asked Natsu with a smirk.

"No I didn't Natsu, but I didn't think you would attack any of us like that." stated Makarov as he returned to his normal size.

"That wasn't me attacking Makarov, especially since she's still able to get up on her own. And all I was trying to do was leave this place so I can move on with my life and hopefully never see any of you again. Oh and Grey I hope you recorded all of this like you wanted since who knows if you'll ever see me again." said Natsu who then turned away from Makarov and once again started to make his way towards the guild's exit.

"N-natsu?" asked Happy who was already in tears. And that was all it took for Natsu to stop in his tracks now regretting some of the things that he said in his fit of rage.

"Happy you know I never meant any of that towards you." replied Natsu while still having his back to his best friend.

"I know that, but what about some of the others?" asked Happy after wiping away a few tears and sniffling every now and then.

"There are a few others that I didn't mean to say that to." stated Natsu in a sad tone.

"Good, so where are we going?" asked Happy with a smile as he landed on his right shoulder.

"Happy you don't need to come with me since you didn't get kicked out and can still stay here." he stated with a sad smile as he looked at his little buddy.

"He's right Happy, you are still welcomed here." stated Makarov.

"No I am not Makarov; as soon as you kicked Natsu out you kicked me out too. There is no way I am going to let Natsu out of my sight after what happened to Lisanna when I did that." shouted Happy as he glared at the old man with a look that actually scared most of the guild.

"You've already made up your mind haven't you?" asked Natsu with a slight smile.

"Aye Sir!" cheered Happy with a bright smile that looked odd given the circumstances.

"We definitely picked the correct name for you." stated Natsu while shaking his head.

"Why are you saying that now?" asked Happy with a confused look.

"Only you could smile like that while being kicked out of what you thought was your family." he answered with a sad chuckle.

"Well that's because even if we aren't part of the guild anymore that doesn't mean they still aren't our family. Except for someone who I'll never see as part of my family again." stated Happy which caused most of the guild to have a slight smile. But didn't last when he said that last part and looked at Makarov with disgust and hatred in his eyes.

"When the hell did you get so smart?" he asked his best friend that somehow was actually making him smile right now.

"I've always been this smart Natsu, you were just too stupid to realize it." replied the Exceed with a smug grin.

"Hey, and I was meaning all of this stuff about family." he clarified as he sent Happy a little glare.

"Lisanna was the one to explain all of this to me." replied Happy with a frown.

"She was a great mother to you, much better than the father that I have been trying to be. I mean just look at me, I even got you kicked out of Fairy Tail along with me." stated Natsu with a sad look on his face.

"You are the best father ever Natsu and you didn't get me kicked out I quit. They are completely different, you didn't have a choice in the matter while I on the other hand decided I didn't want to be at a place where they get rid of their family so easily." said Happy with smirk that was only gone for a second when he sent another glare to Makarov.

"HAHAHAHA you are already better than me buddy. So what do you say about us ditching this place and go have some fun were we don't have to worry about being yelled at?" he asked with one of his usual grins.

"Aye Sir, but can we get some fish first?" asked Happy with big eyes, that Natsu could never say no to.

"Of course we can." stated Natsu as he and Happy exited the guild.

"Damn, I was completely wrong about him." said a voice from as soon as the two were gone and it came from the second level that was revealed to be coming from Laxus. Who was leaning against the railing with a big smirk on his face.

"What do you mean by that Laxus and why are you grinning like that?" asked Mira in an angry tone as she glared up at Laxus. She was extremely angry right now since she just lost two people that she considered to be in her immediate family after everything that happened before all of this. And Laxus was partially to blame for all of this since right now since he didn't stop Happy from taking the job flyer that started all of this mess, while also being the most likely cause for Natsu trying to prove himself to the guild.

"Oh is the demon finally going to make a return after losing two more of her precious little family, or are you even going to become weaker after all of this?" asked Laxus still smirking at them.

"You fucking bastard!" shouted Mira as she tried to go to the second level and wipe that smirk off of his face. But couldn't move thanks to Elfman holding her back while telling her that Laxus wasn't worth her time and other things to try and calm her down.

"Laxus if you are only going to make things worse than please just remain quite." stated Makarov as he glared at his grandson.

"No I am pretty sure you are doing a good enough job in that department by yourself Gramps." replied Laxus, using what Natsu usually calls him since he knew it would hurt. And just like he thought he could see Makarov flinch at the word coming from him and could also see the pain that he was trying to hide from the rest of the guild.

"Don't speak ill of our Master!" shouted Erza who was finally able to stand on her own.

"That's rich coming from someone who just got their ass handed to them." stated Laxus with a smirk since all of this was amusing to him. And after what he just witnessed from Natsu, it actually made his plans for the future easier as long as he and the old man didn't return before everything was ready.

"He just surprised me." she argued.

"You can keep telling yourself that Erza, but we both know that if you fought him again it would end with your defeat again." replied Laxus as he watched a frown spread across her face.

"Like hell that would happen again Laxus, there is no way Fire Breath is stronger than Erza!" shouted Grey as he glared at the lightning mage.

"HAHAHAHAHA man Grey you are nowhere near the level of an S-Class mage if you couldn't see the difference in Natsu when he left from what he usually shows us." chuckled Laxus as he looked down at the confused faces on most of the guild members.

"What the fuck are you talking about Laxus?" asked Grey who wanted nothing more than to go up there and hit him in the face.

"Why don't you ask Gramps, oh and I am surprised that you actually kicked him out Gramps." replied Laxus who was purposely using Gramps as much as possible to annoy Makarov.

"Isn't that what you were hoping for Laxus?" Makarov asked back.

"I would be lying if I didn't say I wanted you to take your position more seriously. But to do it to Natsu of all people is still a shock to me since I also found him entertaining most of the time. And after seeing what he just did to Erza I'd say he probably should have been an S-Class mage a long time ago if he didn't always try to make everyone else happy. I did warn him that he wasn't going to get anything for always doing that, and it seems like I was completely correct on that. Rather than being put into his appropriate level he was kicked out of the guild that he loved almost as much as that dragon he's always looking for." answered Laxus while still grinning at them.

"Okay what the hell is going on here Master?" asked Grey who along with everyone else was surprised by what Laxus just said. But Makarov continued to remain silent and looked like he was in deep thought and didn't plan on planning on responding anytime soon.

"Come on Gramps, just go ahead and tell them because I know that you could feel it too when he completely manhandled Scarlet like she was nothing." said Laxus, but Makarov remained silent.

"Erza what the hell is Laxus talking about?" asked Lucy who was now even more concerned about Natsu than she was before. But just like Makarov Erza looked like she didn't want to talk about it either.

"Mira do you have any idea what they felt?" asked Grey, since she was the only other S-Class mage at the guild right now. And he would rather not listen to Laxus' smug voice anymore since the lightning mage was enjoying all of this way too much.

"Natsu's level of magic power was at Laxus' level." answered Mira with a frown.

"You have to be kidding me, there is no way Flame Brain had that much power and never used it!" shouted Grey as he looked at Mira and then all of the other S-Class mages and Master.

"She's not lying Grey, which means that this whole time he has just been playing with you and could have easily defeated you any time he wanted to. But our little demon is leaving out the most interesting part of what we all felt, and our little knight could probably describe it the best since she was on the receiving end of his attack." stated Laxus still having that same smirk he's had on the whole time.

"What could be more shocking than Natsu being at your level Laxus?" asked Cana and only got chuckles from him.

"Mira could you please tell us what you guys felt from Natsu?" asked Lucy.

"His magic felt nothing like it used to." replied Mira with a frown.

"It looked the same to me except for being slightly darker than it normally is." stated Grey with a confused look.

"And that is why you aren't ready to be an S-Class mage yet Grey." said Laxus after he stopped chuckling.

"I am sick and tired of you saying that shit Laxus." growled Grey.

"And what are you going to do about it Grey, I would love it if you came up here and made me. But then Gramps would have to kick you out too, and I don't know if he could handle doing that to another one of his precious kids." taunted Laxus, which was too much for Grey as he sprinted for the stairs but was stopped right before he took first step by Erza.

"Please don't go up there Grey, that's what he wants and Master is already in enough pain as it is." said Erza quietly so that only he could hear her.

"What the hell type of pain is Master in; he's the one that chose to kick Natsu out when he didn't have to? And I am going to go up there and beat the shit out of Laxus unless you tell me what the hell is going on with Natsu." shouted Grey as he glared at Erza. Making everyone start wondering if being afraid of Erza was now a thing of the past since both Natsu and Grey no longer feared her.

"Okay Grey but let's go take a seat at the bar." replied Erza as she let go of him and headed towards the bar.

"Master had to do this Grey, and as much as it pains me to say it he was correct about Natsu possibly getting someone killed while doing something this foolish again." started Erza but got cut off.

"Bullshit, because from what you guys have all just been saying Natsu is at Laxus' level." argued Grey as he glared at her.

"Yes Natsu is at his level, but he lacks the experience required for most S-Class jobs. And that is one of the most important things for an S-Class mage, which is why he still might have gotten someone hurt or worse if he was allowed to keep doing things like he has been." explained Erza.

"It looks like you can handle all of this Erza, I'm going to go to my office and I don't want to be disturbed for any reason." stated Makarov as he jumped to the second level and disappeared before anyone could say anything back to him.

"HAHAHAHA he's probably crying about kicking Natsu out." laughed Laxus and instantly had the entire guild glaring at him.

"Shut the fuck up Laxus!" shouted Mira.

"Don't worry I was just about to leave since Erza is taking her sweet time explaining all of this and I am getting bored now. Oh and since they might not mention this about Natsu, but the main thing that changed for him and why he so easily beat Erza. Was because he no longer viewed her as his family like he used to do and saw her as an enemy." stated Laxus as he started to stretch.

"How does that change anything?" asked Levy, who decided to finally ask a question.

"It does more than you could possibly imagine, have you ever wondered how and why Natsu causes so much destruction on his jobs?" asked Laxus with a sly grin.

"I'd be lying if I didn't since he's yet to completely destroy the guild during any of the brawls." said Levy with a thoughtful look.

"And the answer to that is quite simple. He's been holding back since the moment he joined our guild because he was afraid of hurting one of you by accident. I am actually ashamed that I didn't realize all of this till now, but I just thought he was an idiot like everyone else. But back to Natsu doing his jobs, they are the only time that he can actually cut loose without the fear of hurting someone he cares about." explained Laxus.

"But if that was true, then couldn't he accidentally hurt someone during his jobs?" asked Levy.

"He definitely has, and at least someone in this guild is starting to finally make sense of all of this. That's were some of his reward goes to so Fairy Tail's reputation wouldn't get ruined by him." answered Laxus as he made his way down the stairs.

"Natsu wouldn't do that, he's cares about everyone's safety." stated Lucy as she glared at Laxus.

"That he does, but having as much power as he does is hard to control blondie. And trust me since I have more than he does, also if Natsu isn't lying about being raised by a dragon it wouldn't surprise me if he's actually killed someone before." said Laxus with his biggest smirk yet as he watched all of the shocked faces at hearing this.

"And why would being raised by a dragon make you think that Laxus?" asked Erza as she glared at him.

"Well for starters they are ferocious beasts that have killed thousands of humans when they used to roam the lands. And it wouldn't be too hard to believe that his dragon taught him that in this world there is one simple rule that is undisputable. Only the strong will survive in a life or death situation and sometimes that means kill or be killed." replied Laxus with a serious face for the first time since he made his presence known to the rest of the guild.

"That still doesn't mean he's killed someone." pointed out Lucy.

"I never said he did blondie, I only said that it wouldn't surprise me if he did. Oh and you guys don't know how bad Makarov's decision to kick out someone as loyal as Natsu was." stated Laxus as he then turned and started to leave.

"What the hell do you mean by that Laxus?" asked Mira in a threatening tone.

"You'll find out soon enough." replied Laxus as he gave them one last smirk before disappearing in a bolt of lightning.

"I really don't like the sound of that." said Lucy as she shook her head to get the unpleasant thoughts out of it.

"We can worry about that later Lucy, but now that the asshole is gone you can continue with telling me about Natsu's magic and how it's different now. Oh and I still think there could have been a better way to deal with him other than kicking him out." said Grey as he looked at Erza demanding that she continue her explanation.

"I agree with you on that one Grey but what else could Master have done, Natsu blatantly broke a rule and knew that this could have happened." stated Erza.

"I don't know, he could have at least thought about this for a few days." stated Grey.

"He has been Grey, as soon as we realized you weren't bringing Natsu back Master has been trying to figure out what to do once you all returned. And as he said we were lucky that you all returned to us completely fine." said Mira with a frown.

"I wouldn't call this completely fine since we lost both Natsu and Happy!" shouted Grey as he glared at Mira.

"I don't like this anymore than you do Grey, they were both the closest people to me besides Elfman!" shouted Mira as she glared right back at him.

"Enough you two, unless you don't want me to continue explaining what Natsu's magic felt like Grey." said Erza as she glared at the two of them.

"Fine." sighed Grey.

"I need to go for a walk." stated Mira as she left the guild through the back entrance.

"There's really no good way of explaining this." started Erza but then stopped.

"How about using your words and we'll try and make sense of it." said Grey who was tired of all of this.

"His magic felt cold." replied Erza with a frown.

"How the hell did his fire feel cold?" asked Levy who had never heard of something like this. And since she had never heard anything like this it was safe to say that no one else in the guild had either.

"Not his actual fire but the aura that it gave off, his used to be warm and protective with something that I can only describe as being cheerful. Just like he somehow always was while at the guild and on jobs with us." said Erza as everyone couldn't help but smile since they have all actually felt that when around Natsu.

"But now it's cold and lonely, and it also felt sad and depressed. It also had a feeling of great pain and abandonment, with large amounts of anger and a very faint touch of killing intent. All of which would have never been things that I would associate with Natsu, well except for physical pain maybe." continued Erza as everyone lost their slight smiles at hearing all of this.

"That is almost the complete opposite of the Natsu I know." stated a shocked Lucy.

"That it is which is why I am really concerned about him." replied Erza with a concerned look in her eyes.

"Then why don't we go and bring him back?" asked Lucy with a faint yet hopeful smile.

"Because we can't Lucy, he's been kicked out of the guild and all of us going after him will only make it worse. Just look at what he did when I tried to keep him from just leaving the guild." said Erza with a frown that turned into a grimace because of her broken ribs.

"But this all just feels so wrong, he's the only reason that I'm a member." said Lucy with a frown.

"I know Lucy, but the last thing Natsu would want you doing is giving up on your dream for him." stated Levy with a slight smile, hoping that this would comfort Lucy a little bit.

"I'm starting to think that it would have been better if we didn't return." stated Grey to everyone else's shock.

"How can you say that Grey?" asked Erza as she was about to beat the shit out of him.

"Because at least then Natsu wouldn't hate us like he most likely does right now." replied Grey with a frown.

"Why would Natsu hate us?" asked Lucy with a concerned look.

"I don't know maybe because we just abandoned him just like everyone else that he's ever connected with. And you just heard how Erza described his magic and you also heard what he said before he left. Does any of that sound like a person that is happy and not angry at being kicked out of his only family?" asked Grey as everyone looked down since he was right about it.

"I need to go clear my head before I do something stupid." stated Grey as he got up and left. The guild hall was eerily quiet for the next few minutes until Mira burst in out of breath and all could see that she had been crying before.

Minutes earlier in front of Lisanna's make shift grave outside of the hut she and Natsu built:

"First you're taken away from me Lisanna and now they are leaving me too. What did I do to deserve this Lisanna, why do the people I care for the most leave? Is Elfman going to be the next one that is taken from me?" asked Mira as she cried in front of the tombstone of her little sister.

"I really don't know if I can handle this Lisanna." she stated while looking at the tombstone that Natsu made.

"Maybe I should have never joined Fairy Tail like I initially planned all those years ago? If I had done that then you would have still been here and would have probably been dating Natsu by now. And you would have stopped him from feeling the need to prove himself to the guild and he would also still be here." she said out loud to herself as she continued to cry.

"But I thought that maybe we could actually live a happy life at Fairy Tail, and that only caused all of this to happen." she stated while wiping away some of her tears that were still coming.

"None of this is your fault Mira." came the voice of the last person she expected to hear right now.

"Natsu?" asked Mira afraid to look back to only realize that her mind was playing tricks on her.

"Yes Mira and I am only here to say my goodbyes to her before I leave." he replied in a sad tone.

"Natsu you can't leave, the guild needs you and so do I." she said as she turned to look at him. And was she surprised to see him in a tattered cloak with a big bag slung over his left shoulder.

"I don't really have a choice Mira, also the guild and you will be better off without me." he stated as if it was a fact.

"That isn't true Natsu, so please come back and we can fix all of this." she replied with a smile as she reached for his hand but was shocked when he backed away from her.

"Sorry Mira, but Makarov isn't going to change his mind on this. And you'll definitely be fine without me, because you're one of the strongest people I've ever known. So please don't start thinking again that things like this happened because of you like you did when she died." stated Natsu with a serious expression.

"I'll try Natsu but how am I supposed to do that if you're not hear with me like you were last time?" asked Mira as she looked at him and almost started to cry again.

"I didn't do anything that Elfman couldn't have done for you, now I need to say a few words to Lisanna before I leave." stated Natsu as he went past her and stood in front of the headstone.

"Hey Lisanna, it turns out that the great idea I told you about last time I was here back fired. I know that you would have warned me that something like this would have happened, but I was sick and tired of doing those boring jobs and Laxus talking down to the rest of the guild was the last straw." said Natsu with a sad chuckle.

"Well I guess that doesn't matter since I am no longer a member, and I disappointed you once again. But hey, Happy is taking after you like I hoped he would and he still sees the guild as his family even when I was ready to leave them and never look back." he stated with a proud smile.

"You'd be proud of how well he's been doing even after your passing, which I don't know if I would have been able to recover form if it wasn't for him as I've said before. He's always bringing a smile to me and everyone else that is around him, he was able to even bring a smile to my face today. So I guess that's about it and I probably won't be back for a really long time Lisanna but you'll always be in our minds as we start this next adventure." he finished with his usual smile. But he was surprised when Mira suddenly hugged him from behind and started to cry into his cloak.

"You can't leave Natsu!" begged Mira.

"That's the only thing I can do Mira, wait a minute is that smoke coming from my house?" asked Natsu, causing Mira to let go of him and look in the direction of his house. And sure enough there was a large pillar of smoke coming from the general area where his house was.

"Oh no, we need to go stop it before you and Happy don't have a home anymore." stated Mira and then turned to realize he was no longer there.

"Natsu?" asked Mira hoping that this wasn't what she thought it was. But after a few moments of silence she knew he was gone since he was only there to say his goodbye to Lisanna, so she decided to investigate the fire that distracted her from Natsu.

And once she got there she started to cry and what she found. Natsu and Happy's house was completely covered in flames that were making quick work of all the possessions that the two of them collected over their time while being mages of Fairy Tail. They even took the time to take their sign and throw it in front of the door so that once the fire was done there would be no traces of them having ever lived there.

"Why Natsu?" asked Mira as she continued to cry as she watched the fire burn away a life time of memories that he and Happy made together. But what made it worse for her was that Natsu actually used his own fire to make sure that nothing would remain, and that also included his collection of mementos that he had for each job he did. Because she knew that he wouldn't have been able to take even half of them in that bag he had with him at Lisanna's grave.

Back to the present at Fairy Tail:

"What's the matter Mira?" asked Lucy concerned about the state that she was in.

"They're gone." replied Mira as she choked back a sob.

"Of course they are Mira, Master kicked him out of the guild." stated Erza with a frown.

"No you don't get it Erza, their gone and I don't think they're ever going to be coming back again." said Mira as she tried to not start crying again.

"Come on Mira, you can't know something like that." said Erza, who dreaded the reason why Mira thought this.

"They burned their house and everything else along with it Erza, and that includes all of his mementos he's collected over the years. And I only know this because I met him at the headstone he made for her, as he said his farewell to her and that he doesn't know when the next time he'll talk with her." explained Mira as the rest of the guild realized the implications of what she just said.

"He didn't, he would never do that." denied Erza not wanting to believe this.

"He did Erza." replied Mira who then started to cry as Elfman tried to console her.

"I don't get what's going on." Lucy whispered to Levy.

"Natsu would collect things from every job that he took and when asked why he did that he said that he did it to make sure that he would never forget the good times he had while at the guild. So this pretty much confirms what Grey said and if not that then that he plans to try and forget us at least and his time here." explained Levy who was barely able to keep her tears at bay.

"Then who was he talking to in front of a headstone?" asked Lucy who wanted to know exactly what was going on right now.

"There wasn't anyone there Lucy; he was talking to Lisanna who was his first real friend. And she unfortunately died two years ago on an S-Class job, which is why Master was so angry that Natsu of all people took you on one of them because he was afraid that it was going to happen again." said Levy.

"He was there when she died?" asked Lucy.

"No he wasn't because he wasn't an S-Class mage then either, and the only reason that Lisanna was there was due to it being an emergency job. And Mira was the only S-Class mage at the guild when we got it so she just took her siblings with her. And Natsu has blamed himself for not going with them ever since, and it would appear that Happy did the same thing." explained Levy as she wiped away a few stray tears.

"That's just terrible, I never knew something like that happened here." stated Lucy.

"Not something that most people want to remember and the guild took it really hard. But Natsu and Happy somehow came back after a couple of days and got the rest of the guild to cheer up. No one really knows what those two did during that time, but after it there was a tombstone made for Lisanna on the hill that she and him took care of Happy's egg on. And ever since then if you couldn't find Natsu at the guild then the only two other places to look for him would be at his house or there with her since he liked to tell her what was happening at the guild." finished Levy now in tears and was being held by Lucy who was also crying after hearing all of this.

"I need to see for myself." stated Erza as she headed out of the guild not wanting to believe what Mira just told them.

"I am so sorry Natsu and everyone else." said Makarov quietly to himself as he watched the guild from the second level.

Jose Porla's office:

"Glad that Sol got to you in time Gajeel." said Jose with a grin that would give children nightmares.

"What the hell Master, I thought we were going to finally give those Fairies what they deserve?" asked a clearly upset Gajeel.

"Don't worry Gajeel; they'll definitely be put in their rightful place underneath us. But I was informed of something that could possibly be very beneficial to our plans." stated Jose still grinning.

"And what would that be Master?" asked Gajeel who was mad since he didn't get to destroy anything yet.

"It had to deal with Salamander and him possibly being kicked out of their guild." he answered with a wicked smile.

"That's why you stopped me, I already told you that I could have easily dealt with him and any of their other members right after." said Gajeel, upset that this was why Jose stopped him from destroying the Fairy Tail guild hall.

"And I believe that you could have Gajeel, but wouldn't it be so much better if Salamander was with us when we attack them." stated Jose, which actually caused Gajeel to actually laugh.

"Yeah like Salamander would ever turn on his old guild." he replied with a smirk.

"From what I've heard Salamander might have some problems with being abandoned again. And if that's true I am pretty sure he could be convinced to help us out with this." said Jose with a sinister grin.

"Aren't we supposed to get that Heartfilia girl for her dad?" asked Gajeel, who just wanted to fight someone that could give him a challenge.

"That can wait since her father still doesn't know she's part of Fairy Tail yet. And during that time we can make sure that Salamander will want some revenge against his old guild. Just thinking about the look on Makarov's face as his once beloved child fights against him will make the time we wait worth it." he answered still grinning.

"Seems like we're wasting our time when we can be done with them right now." stated Gajeel after a sigh.

"You don't want to rush things like this Gajeel, because when you do that is when they fail. Good things always come to those who wait, and I have been waiting years for this opportunity. And if we do this correctly Salamander will be someone that even you will want to fight after all of this, and once we take down Fairy Tail he'll be of no more use to us so you can do whatever you want with him." explained Jose.

"Now that's something I can get behind, so how do you plan to accomplish all of this Master?" asked Gajeel with a smirk.

"It's actually going to require very little work from us, we only have to wait and see if he's been kicked out of Fairy Tail before we can get to work." replied Jose.

"Wait a minute we still don't even know if Salamander is kicked out yet?" asked Gajeel as he glared at his Master.

"Calm down Gajeel, if Makarov is anything it's predictable and after what Salamander did he'll feel that he has to kick him out to protect the other members of his guild." he answered while leaning back in his chair.

"What the hell did Salamander do that could possibly hurt his guild members, because form what I've heard he's incredibly protective of them?" asked Gajeel since this didn't sound right.

"He completed an S-Class job he didn't get permission to do since he's only an A-Class mage." he stated with a smirk.

"How the fuck is that worthy of expulsion, if anything that sounds like he should be promoted?" asked Gajeel incredulously.

"I know it doesn't make sense to me either, but Makarov is afraid of losing more mages after that one died two years ago on an S-Class job. And apparently she was actually really close to Salamander, which makes all of this even more absurd than it already was. Oh and my spy in magnolia just confirmed that he's been expelled." said Jose as he read the message off of a communication lacrima.

"So now that we know he's no longer a fairy what are we going to do?" asked Gajeel with a grin.

"First we make sure that no other guild will accept him, which shouldn't be too hard to do with his history of going overboard. And while we do that we'll spread rumors about him being kicked out of Fairy Tail, because I am sure there are a few dark guilds out there that wouldn't mind trying to get some payback." answered Jose with a big smile.

"What if they kill him?" asked Gajeel, with no actual concern for Natsu. He was just worried about not getting a good fight out of this since Fairy Tails ace was never around and Laxus was also rarely seen there anymore. The only other people that he might get a good fight out of is Titania, which he thought was unfair since he could literally eat her swords to power up.

"If that happens then he wouldn't have put up much of a fight for you and would have been a disappointment. Also I will be able to tell Makarov that we were the ones that caused his death if that happens, which will almost be as good as him having to watch Salamander fight against him." responded Jose and started to laugh at the end.

"Damn Master, I really don't ever want to be your enemy." stated Gajeel with a smirk.

"Glad to hear Gajeel because now I know it's less likely for you to betray me. But I have a few other guild masters that I need to run into by accident and start a friendly chat with." said Jose as he got up out of his chair and headed to his door.

"And what would you like me to do Master?" asked Gajeel.

"You and a few other members can hit up some of the taverns across Fiore and start spreading the word. The more places that start talking about this the greater chance a dark guild will act on it." answered Jose right before he left his office.

"Salamander I can't wait to meet you, because there isn't enough room in the sky for two dragons." said Gajeel to himself as he got up to go and do as his Master told him to.

End of Chapter

Author's Note:

Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoyed this story. And for those that have read some of my other stories, sorry about not working on them when I was working on this. But unfortunately this story has been in my head for a really long time and I just had to write it so I could get back to work on my other stories. Also this chapter turned out to be a lot longer than I planned and don't know if the other chapters will be this long, but I do tend to try and keep them over five thousand at least. Also as the description said this story is going to have a darker Natsu who unlike in my other stories isn't on very good terms with Fairy Tail, since I have wanted to write a story like that for a long time. Well that is about it for these notes so as always I would love to hear what you thought about the starting of this story. And feel free to leave a review or pm and I'll try to message you back as soon as I can.

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