Hello! Chapter 13 is finally here! Sorry that is has been delayed for quite a while, but don't worry, I won't abandon this. Though I increased the length a bit, I don't think it will make up for the time in updating this. Still, I will definitely update faster. Enjoy!

The giant worm let out a kind of shriek that caused a slight tremor due to the pressure. While glaring at the creature, Natsu ignited his fists on fire and jumped towards the giant worm.

"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" He landed an attack near its huge mouth, which sent the worm into a state of shock for a few seconds.

"Looks like it won't go down that easy." Natsu landed.

The creature let out a shriek once again before curving its upper part of the body towards the ground, and soon, into the ground which was followed by the other parts of its body. The worm had gone underground.

"Is it escaping?" Natsu presumed the quite unlikely possibilty.

"Haah...That scared me a bit..." Luna sat down and sighed out of relief.

"Did it really chicken out? Man, and I was hoping to get a little warm up before smashing that hoodie." Natsu walked further to search around for the creature.

Then, a slight tremor can on the ground can be felt.

"...! Don't tell me..." Natsu turned around towards Luna. " Move away from there!"

"Eh? Eh?" Luna was having trouble standing up due to the sudden instruction as well as the tremor.

Before long, a creature appeared from the ground where Luna was standing on, and opened its gaping mouth.

Luna was thrown into the air because of the worm's sudden emergence, and below her was a living abyss that will probably void the lives of the people that fell into it.

Luna was frightened and she shouted out of terror, but there was nothing she could do in mid-air. She was soon pulled down by the forces of gravity towards the gaping mouth of the giant worm. Just when she was about to fall into the depths of the abyss, she grabbed ahold of the outer skin of the worm's mouth. Though, she won't be able to hold on for long as the worm struggled a bit by moving the upper part of its body back and forth.

"H-Help me, Natsu-san!" The girl was seconds away from falling prey to the creature.

Natsu gritted his teeth and rushed towards the giant worm with his fists ablaze. "Uryaaa!" He sent a fury of strikes to the abdomen part of the worm. However, the worm was still struggling as if the attacks are having no effect on it.

"I-I can't hold on much longer..." Luna was gradually losing her grip. "I don't want to die!"

"Damn it, you tough worm...!" Natsu was still landing a barrage of strikes at the worm.

The worm continued to shake its body frantically, and soon, Luna lost her grip.

"Kyaaaa!" She fell down towards the gaping mouth of the hideous creature.

"Tch!" Natsu then jumped and "ran" upwards from the worm's belly until the top of its body, where the mouth was gaping wide, and he too, fell inside the worm's mouth.

While falling, Natsu ignited his elbows on fire which increased his falling speed, and then grabbed ahold of Luna. The worm's saliva covered their body during their fall. Soon, they landed on somewhere soft.

"...Is this inside the worm?" Luna opened her eyes.

"Seems so." Natsu then recovered after the landing.

"..."

"..."

"Let go of me..." Luna spoke in a low tone while blushing a bit.

"Wait a second." Natsu replied immediately.

"H-Huh? What do you mea-" Luna was cut short by Natsu. " I was thinking of getting out of here."

"Eh?" The girl was confused. How could they get out of the worm? It is impossible to climb out as the distance between their current position and the worm's mouth is too far. Not to mention the "walls" are slippery. Also, soon, they will be digested by the worm's inner fluids.

The worm itself stood still with its mouth closed. It will not move until it has digested its prey properly. It currently looks like a tough pillar.

Natsu suddenly let go of Luna, and went into a piggyback position.

"W-What are you doing?" Luna questioned.

"Isn't it obvious enough? Get on." Natsu pointed to his back. "We are going to get out of here." And he grinned.

Still wondering what might be the Fire Dragon Slayer thinking, Luna get on Natsu's back.

"Grab tight," Natsu issued. He then ignited his fists on fire, and then his feet.

"Fire Dragon's...Claw!" the flames on his feet propelled him towards "walls". Natsu then put his blazing fists in front of him.

"Kyaaa!" Luna shouted because of the sudden propellence.

"Take this!" The Fire Dragon Slayer shouted while his fists went into the flesh of the worm from the inside. The worm shrieked loudly from the pain, and started to wriggle around relentlessly.

Natsu further ignited his fists on fire while they were tearing through the worm's flesh.

"Haaaaah!" Natsu put more pressure on his fists, and then...

They broke free from the worm's insides, a thick amount of fluid covered them as they blowed out from the worm's stomach before landing.

The worm then quickly returned underground with its injured body.

"...Fuh, that worked." Natsu then stood up. "You can get down now."

"Fweh?" Luna was so frightened that she has closed her eyes again. "We are...Outside?" She then let go of Natsu.

Natsu nodded,"Yeah! That worm was nothing!" He grinned at Luna.

"B-But, what are these things?" Luna realized that she was covered in a weird substance.

"Dunno, just wash it off or something." Natsu shrugged.

"..."The girl was at loss for words.

Dragon Land

The other two Dragon Slayers, along with the S-Rank mage, sat inside the house of the village elder.

"So, there are dimensions where time is different than it is here?" Erza asked with a serious expression.

The village elder nodded "Yes, there are."

"That means Natsu-san might have spent days on the other side!" Wendy interrupted.

"Calm down, he won't die from that." Gajeel tried to calm the Wind Dragon Slayer down.

"Gajeel is right. Right now, We should be thinking on how can we get him out of there." Erza stated. "Is there anything we can do?" She looked towards the village elder.

"Sadly, no. We don't even know which dimension is he in currently." The village elder shook his head. "Still, if what you said is true, it is hard to believe..."

"It is true! Grandeis-san did all this!" Wendy told the village elder.

"...Grandeis has helped us a lot. You see, he lost his parents when he was still a kid." The village elder spoke.

"!?" Wendy had a slightly shocked expression.

"He has been considering the dragons cool and such since he was little. However, one day, he went out with his parents, only to came back wounded. His parents were nowhere to be found. We assume that the dragons killed them." The village elder continued. "Even so, he remained strong and helped the people in this village a lot in various kinds of things. We all regard him as our own child."

"But-!" Wendy was about to say something, but Erza stopped her halfway.

"...Do you know where Grandeis is right now?" Gajeel questioned.

"I'm afraid I don't," The village elder answered.

"I see...Excuse us then." Erza stood up and approached to door with Gajeel and Wendy followed behind.

As soon as Erza opened the door, a tremor can be felt.

"What was that?" Erza dashed towards the entrance of the village.

The villagers were running about frantically while the mages approached the entrance.

What lies in front is a scene hard to believe, the beings that were thought to be gone in the other dimension, gathering in a large number, landing one by one. They are the...

"Dragons, huh...It's those guys again." Gajeel cracked his fists.

"There are so many of them..." Wendy observed worriedly.

"We'll have to take them down," Erza requipped into one of her trademark armors, "Heaven's Wheel Armor."

The Other Dimension

"Uh...Huh?" He opened his eyes.

"Oh, you've awaken?" Luna was staring at him.

"W-Where am I?" He rubbed his forehead.

"I guess you can say that this is an alternate dimension," Luna smiled.

"What?" He was confused by her answer.

He looked around, and he found a familar figure.

"L-Lucy!?" He then stood up, "Who are you? Are you an acquintance of that Grandeis person!?"

"C-Calm down! W-Well, I guess you can say so..." Luna couldn't deny it.

"I knew it...Ice Ma-" Before he could attack, however, a figure punched him in the face.

Natsu grinned, "You are awake huh, exhibitionist?"

"Wha-" Gray fell to the ground.

"What? You're down already?" Natsu put on a somehow disappointed look.

"You...What the hell are you doing!? Youfire lizard!" Gray looked at Natsu angrily.

"Who are you calling a lizard!?" Natsu approached Gray and prepared to land another punch on him.

"..." Luna was dumbdounded.

The two kept on making a ruckus for a while...

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"So, you are saying that we are in another dimension?" Gray sat with his face swollen a bit.

"That's right...We happened to find you and Lucy when walking around," Natsu said, also with his face a bit puffy.

"How did you end up here?" Luna asked.

"I was fighting that hood guy...In the middle of the fight, he blasted me with something. That's the last thing I could remember of," Gray recalled.

"Basically, you lost to him," Natsu added.

"...Why you-" Gray stood up.

"H-Huh?" A voice can be heard. It was Lucy's.

Lucy raised up and looked around, "N-Natsu? Gray?"

"Yo, feeling better?" Natsu smiled.

"W-Where am I?" Lucy was still confused.

"Okay, redo the explanation, Luna," Natsu instructed.

"Why are you bossing me around...Well, it can't be helped," Luna sighed.

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"Aren't there any methods to get out of here?" Lucy questioned.

"Other than waiting for Grandeis, I don't think there is any other way," Luna answered.

Natsu stood up, "Then, let us go and look for him!"

Gray looked at Natsu, "Are you an idiot?"

"What? You want to have another roun or something!?" Natsu clenched his fists.

"I'm fine with it, but I think we should be figuring a way out of here first," Gray looked away, "I don't think searching would do any good."

"He's right. Grandeis is not here right now," Luna added.

"Seriously, we can do nothing but waiting!? That guy might not come here!" Natsu complained.

"H-He will!" Luna exclaimed, "Ah-"

"Lu-Luna-chan?" Lucy was a bit startled.

"He...will...definitely come..."Luna then stared at the ground.

"..." Gray was silent.

"...Whatever. I'm going to look around for a bit," Natsu wandered off.

After a few hours...

"Grandeis-san is really important to you, huh?" Lucy sat down near Luna.

"Uh...Huh," Luna nodded quietly.

"...How can you be so casual with her?" Gray lied down on the grasses, "She's his underling."

"But she saved us," Lucy replied.

"Even so, she helped that guy doing things, and she saved us probably because of Natsu," Gray responded.

"..." Luna remained silent.

"She might not know what he is really planning to do, or-" Lucy kept on defending her.

"I know," Luna interrupted Lucy, " I know what Grandeis is planning to do."

"Eh?" Lucy didn't know how to react.

"He is planning something that will benefit greatly to people, he-" Luna tried to explain, but her explanation was cut short by Natsu's appearance from the bushes.

"Heeey!" Natsu emerged, "Look who I found!"

The mages were surprised by the unconscious person on Natsu's back.

"Marcus!?"

Chapter 13's done! Hope you enjoyed reading it as I had fun writing it. As I've mentioned earlier, the next chapter will be updated sooner, so stay tuned! :D