Fairy Tail’s Strongest - Chapter 106 Friends

“Everyone, I think we should leave Natsu on his own for a bit” Adrian said to his friends who stared at where Natsu had been with a worried look, before they looked at Adrian

“What just happened?! What’s wrong with Natsu?!” Gray shouted to Adrian but the Master interrupted. “Adrian is right, Natsu needs time, and once he’s ready he’ll tell all of you” The Master said before he walked back into his office and shut the door, as he needed time to get used to this. However the next time he sees Natsu he will make it clear that he still loves him like a grandson, and being a demon will change nothing

Adrian saw the worried look on Happy’s face and spoke “Don’t worry Happy, Natsu just needs some time before he goes back to his stupid ways” Adrian said causing Happy to nod at him before he went back into Lucy’s arms, who then started to pat his head

Adrian was about to leave, when he suddenly stopped and turned around to look at Erza and the rest. “How important is Natsu to you?” He asked them causing them to look at him questioningly

“How important is your friendship with him?” He asked again. Gray then answered him by saying “No matter how stupid he is, or how many fights we get into, he’s… my best friend” Everyone then started to agree with him saying how they would always cherish their friendship with Natsu, and will always be on his side

“I’m glad to hear that….. and I hope you still feel like that afterwards” Adrian said while mumbling the last past and walked out to get his tux fitted and then met up with Mira for dinner

The next day everything was normal, apart from one thing. Natsu didn’t come to the guild and was still holed up in his room. Everyone started to worry about him and went to see him but he didn’t let anyone in except for Happy who never left his side, as he understood that Natsu needed his support at that time, and made a promise to himself years ago that he’d never betray his partner

A few days later

Lucy would always go to Natsu’s house to drop off some food, however she noticed that whenever she did, the food she previously left had been left untouched, and had just gone cold. This however didn’t dissuade her from going as she kept going 3 times a day to drop off food, and would take away the old ones so that no bugs would be attracted. Near the end of the day, when the sun was setting, Natsu finally left his room and entered the guild, causing all of his friends to run up to him in worry and happiness. Worried for what was bothering him, and happiness since he’s finally out of his room, albeit looking like he’s not slept or eaten anything for a while

Lucy immediately ran up to him and pulled him into a hug, one that he was grateful to receive, but then pushed her away slightly causing Lucy to feel slightly rejected and sad, as a tear came out of her eye

“N-Natsu… what’s wrong?” Lucy asked with a broken voice. Natsu merely kept his head down and said “Guys….. I have something to tell you” Natsu said, and everyone kept silent so that they could hear his words

Gray was really worried about his friend and was wondering what the hell was so wrong that made Natsu feel like this. Erza was worried about someone who she thought of as a stupid little brother, where it was her job to look after him, and seeing him like this really hurt her. Lucy was a mess while Happy kept silent, as Natsu told him earlier while crying his eyes out. Laxus and the rest of the Thunder Legion were all also really curious, as they’ve known each other since they were children, and not once did they see Natsu act like this. The rest of the guild were all also very worried and wanted to get to the bottom of this as soon as possible

“I uh…. I found out who I am” Natsu said. “What do you mean Natsu?” Erza asked confused. “My family…. my real family I guess….” Natsu said as everyone stared at him, and watched him take a deep breath

“I am E.N.D. I am Etherious Natsu Dragneel. The final and strongest demon of the books of Zeref” Natsu revealed, dropping a colossal bomb on everyone’s head, as they all heard about E.N.D when they and a bunch of other guilds went to attack Tartaros, and the whole Igneel and Acnologia crap happened

Natsu kept his head down in shame as he didn’t want to see his friends disgusted look towards him. Suddenly out of nowhere a fist came raining down on Natsu’s face causing everyone to yell out his name

Natsu fell to the ground and didn’t do anything as he believed that as a demon this was his place. Although he didn’t know about his true origins, he was a demon nonetheless, and thought that what ever happens was his comeuppance

Slowly he looked up and saw Gray’s face staring at him furiously, as he held onto his collar. “Who the hell do you think you are you asshole!” Gray shouted at him while Erza and Lucy grabbed onto his arms to try and get him to let go, however he held onto him very tightly

Natsu closed his eyes as he waited for Gray to continue ” Saying we aren’t your real family, then what the hell are we huh! You tabasco idiot” he said making those around him to look at him in shock as they all understood how much Gray hated demons, and the fact that he said that he’d kill E.N.D made them even more confused. Erza and Lucy let go off him when they noticed the tears in eyes, which Natsu had also noticed since he stared at Gray with tears in his eyes

Gray then however punched Natsu in the face with full force yet again, and then began to rain down the insults and the fists. “Squinty eyes” Punch! “Fiery mouth breather” Punch! “Flame brain” Punch! “Flame breath” Punch!

It was at this point where all Natsu had on his face were bumps and tears, so Laxus just went in and threw Gray off of Natsu and onto the floor as tears were coming out of his face too

“Even if you became the worst demon of them all…. I’d still think of you as my brother” Gray said as everyone had tears coming out. Even our dimension hopping protagonist had a few tears come out of his face, as this outcome was waaaaaay better than he had expected

As Natsu and Gray stood up, everyone then went to Natsu and gave him a hug saying that nothings changed and that they are all still family…. and that Zeref could f*** off