Natsu Dragneel In Dxd - Volume 1 Chapter 5 Explanation Please

After the Rating Games were over when Raiser was defeated Grayfia summoned everyone back to their original dimension mainly the only ones left which was Natsu, Rias, and Akeno. For everyone else there that saw what happened with Natsu and Raiser for the most were left speechless having nothing to say about the extraordinary power the salmon haired boy possed.

Issei was sent back to his home to recover with Asia taking care of him when she finally come to. Rias was to the Gremory castle along with her brother, Natsu and Happy to interrogate them. While Akeno also went to her home to rest and recuperate for the upcoming days.

Going to the Gremory household there was one specific room that was the loudest and sounded like there was a monster in there. Unfortunately, that monster was Natsu snoring completely knocked out with a sleeping spell by Grayfia once again carrying him to their home in the underworld.

Inside the room was Rias completely healed up looking upon the boy and blue cat with curiosity. ‘How did they even get inside the artificial realm? Plus how does the boy have that much power inside him? He doesn’t looking much older than me!’

Waiting a few minutes for the return of her family and Grayfia to investigate this anomaly Ri as started to think about the fight the stranger put on with Raiser and tried to come up with different theories of how he got in their dimension. Not that she wasn’t to happy that the boy beat the crap out of her soon to be fiance but the question was asking washowhe did that amazing feat.

Finally, after 10 minutes the Gremory family got together in the room with Grayfia and surprisingly MacGregor.

“Uh, what is MacGregor-san doing here?” Rias asked never seeing her brother’s bishop a lot.

“He is here to find out what kind of magic the boy uses. As you saw before it is very destructive.” Sirzechs answered to his sister. Getting a nod from Rias signalling that she understood Sirzechs followed MacGregor towards the bed that held both The boy and blue cat. Zoticus and Venelana Gremory walked close behind as Grayfia stood next to Rias for safety.

Literally working his magic MacGregor lifted the sleeping spell on the salmon-haired boy as he started to twitch and flutter his eyes open.

Location in Natsu’s mindscape a few minutes earlier:

Natsu opened his eyes to find nothing. No, there was really nothing everywhere except black darkness all around. The weird thing is that he could still see his own body but not everywhere else. Deciding to walk through to nothingness Natsu took a step from where he was and fell. He didn’t why, how or where he was falling to but he knew he fell.

Landed hard on the nothing Natsu stopped, feeling a familiar warmth in the area. Looking around to find where the warmth was coming from he heard a voice that brought a smile to his face.

“Natsu my son… I am happy to see you are doing well. I watched your fight earlier and am proud you found theGod FlamesI was talking about.” Igneel said with pride at his son’s progress. He came as a giant flame morphing into his regular form gaining his body again.

“Hey Igneel! Man it’s glad to see you here! Although I lost Happy coming to this new dimension.” Natsu said as his tears almost came falling out again.

“Silly child, no your Exceed is not dead he was just teleported somewhere. But I can tell you now, that his presence is right next you. Although Natsu I am disappointed you got captured so easily. How could you not notice her magic. It was strong.” Igneel said with a sigh not believing how careless his son could be at times.

“Well sorry Igneel, but I was celebrating my victory! Plus am not as good as sensing magic like you are! That lady was a ninja!” Natsu screamed in defense.

“Whatever child but I have something to tell you. I can sense multiple strong demonic magic presence surrounding you right about now so when you wake up be on your guard. This time you can’t win this fight as there are too many of them so run when you have the chance.” Igneel said in urgency worried about his son he could feel the sleep spell being lifted right now.

“Roger that Dad! I’ll do my best!” Natsu said posing like a soldier getting a laugh from Igneel.

“Good luck my son.” And with that a blinding light replaced the darkness as Natsu felt he was regaining consciousness again. Opening his eyes he saw long red hair which reminded him of Erza’s already missing her. Getting a better view of everything now that he was fully awake, the red hair belonged to a male of average build and height looking upon him with curiosity. To his left was a man wearing a robe so he couldn’t exactly see his features. In back of the red haired man was a man that had the same red hair and wearing a suit making him look professional and next to him was a lady with brunette hair.

“Who are you people and what do you want with me? And where’s my buddy Happy?” Natsu asked in a deadly tone taking Igneel’s advice to heart as he was right about the people here having insaneMagic Powerespecially the red hair dude that was standing in front of him.

“We are the Gremory clan, one of the last remaining pure Devil clans of the 72 that use to exist before. I am Sirzechs Lucifer one of the four Satans of the underworld, where you are right now.” Sirzechs said to the stranger not wanting any hostile actions to take place.

“Aaaahhhh! What am I doing in the underworld! Igneel said I wasn’t dead that bastard!” Natsu screamed in terror cursing his father along the way for lying to him.

“Do not fret boy you are not dead. You are just in the underworld which is the home to us devils.” The older looking man with red hair said. “By the way I am Zoticus Gremory head of the Gremory clan. The man you talked to before is my son. The women next to me is my wife Venelana and this my daughter Rias. This is our maid Grayfia who is the wife of my son. Would you like to introduce yourself sir?”

“Of course old man!” Natsu said cheerfully while Zoticus got a tick mark. “The name’s Natsu Dragneel the one and onlyFire Dragonslayer!”

“Fire Dragonslayer? What is that?” Rias asked wanting to get to the bottom of this.

“I think that we will continue this conversation later at supper Rias. Let Natsu have his rest, in the meantime Grayfia, please help this man pick out new clothing.” Zoticus said glancing at his tattered clothes then signaled everyone to walk away except Grayfia as she stayed behind.

“So do you know where Happy is?” Natsu questioned towards the maid.

“If you mean the cat then yes, he is right there.” Grayfia said pointing to a crib that held a bandaged Happy sleeping soundly. “Now if you follow me we have a room of unused clothes that we use for guests that may come here such as yourself.”

Exiting from the room with Grayfia as instructed, Natsu walked through the hall almost endlessly. ‘Wow this place has to be as big as the palace back in Fiore.’ Natsu thought in amazement. Getting to clothing room Grayfia stayed outside kindly waiting for Natsu to be done picking out his clothed.

“Wow there’s so much good stuff here but I at least want something close to my original outfit.” Natsu said pondering on what he should choose, and for 10 minutes of waiting outside Grayfia heard the door open showing what Natsu was wearing.

He had an open collar long sleeved black jacket with gold trimmings on the outside. The arms had a long gold strip starting from the shoulder down with the picture of a skull on the end of it. The jacket had no shirt under it showing his torso and was left untucked(the jacket he wore in Tartaros arc). His pants are baggy and are a light gray color with many pockets built in and stopping near his ankles making them seem like “high-water” pants. Finally he had black combat boots left untied with no laces and his ever present scarf around his neck.

‘Pretty simple outfit. Must be use to that kind of thing.’Grayfia thought examining his choice of clothing. “Ok I will lead you back to the room you were in and call you when the food is ready.”

“You got it Graffia! You know you guys don’t seem all that bad. But one question… are these clothes fireproof?” Natsu asked worried. The last time his clothes weren’t fireproof he was left stark n.a.k.e.d in front of a whole crowd of spectators who were watching the fight.

“I’m sorry Mr. Natsu the clothes are not fireproof but I would gladly make them, so you won’t burn them. By the way it is Grayfia not Graffia Mr. Natsu.” She said.

“Hehehe my bad, I’m just not good at remembering new names. But thanks anyway for making my clothes fireproof!” Natsu said cheerfully as Grayfia casted a spell on him making his clothing glow a light red color. After the picking of the clothes was over Grayfia lead Natsu to his room just as she said.

“Hey Grasha, do you know what time Happy will wake up?” Natsu asked.

“Once again Mr. Natsu it’s Grayfia and he should be waking up before supper so you could bring him a long to if you like.” The maid said getting tired of Natsu miss pronouncing her name.

“Yosh! That’s great! Now you can explain everything all at once without me relying the information to him.” Natsu jumped in the air excited. Leaving the boy and cat duo alone Natsu waited a while probably 2 hours until Happy woke up just sitting down on the bed that was definitely better than Lucy’s.

“Mm Natsu… don’t cook the fish… they taste better raw… yummy,” Happy said dreamily shaking in the crib as drool came out his mouth. Rushing over to his best friend Natsu beamed a smile at his sleeping deciding to wake him up the usual way.

“Oi Happy, wake up buddy! Oh how I missed you, I thought you were dead!” Natsu said excitedly as he shook Happy vigorously.

“S-stop-p s-s-shaki-ing m-m-m-e-e!” Happy complained as Natsu complied and stopped the shaking. “Ne Natsu, could you tell me what’s going on again because I seem to be missing a lot.” Happy asked as he saw that they were in a luxurious room that seemed fit for a princess(or prince whatever floats your boat).

“Well uh… you see… how do I put this… we’re in the underworld Happy.” Natsu said sheepishly scratching the back of his head.

“What! Does that mean I really did die Natsu!?” Happy said in urgency getting scared for his supposedly non-existing life. He calmed down however as Natsu again told Happy what positions they were in right now. “Wow, you really screwed up this time Natsu.” He said unimpressed.

“Hey I told you that maid lady was like a god damn ninja!” Natsu screamed in defence having no good come back what so ever. ‘Man how did Happy get so good at this?’

“Mr. Natsu it’s time for supper. Oh I see that the blue cat has recovered, well you can take bandages off now he should be fully heal. Now let us not waste time the Gremory family are waiting.” Grayfia said waiting for the two to hurry and take the bandages off. When they were done Grayfia lead them down the halls going to the dining room.

“This is amazing! It’s like the palace back at Fiore Natsu! Oh yeah, when did you change your clothes?” Happy questioned his friend.

“Oh yeah, Mafia kindly gave me a room to choose my own clothing and even made it fireproof!” Natsu said thankfully but Grayfia gained a tick mark once again but decided to leave it alone thinking he would get it eventually.

“Wow, you must be really nice ne… um, what’s your name? I can’t trust Natsu with it so I asking you.” Happy asked politely having Grayfia turn her face showing a small smile.

“My name is Grayfia maid of the Gremory Family and queen of Sirzechs-sama. Now let’s come along we need to discuss where you came from and eat the food too.” Grayfia said speeding up her pace. Finally getting to the their destination Natsu and Happy’s jaws hit the floor at how beautiful the dining room was. In their eyes the food was sparking and calling their name.

“Ah Natsu, Happy I am glad you made it on time. Now come on take a sit and eat so we can continue where we left off.” Zoticus said as he sat down on the head of the table with his wife on the left on his two children on the right with Sirzechs being the one right next to him. In all honesty the table was huge as if they planned on having hundreds of guest here at any moment and the line of food on the table reached at least 20 feet long.

“You got it sir! You are a godly old man!” Natsu said praising the man by bowing multiple times but got hit upside the head by Grayfia making him stop. With Happy and Natsu rushing over to the dinner table Sirzechs didn’t even have time to talk to them as they literally were digging through the food, Natsu eating the meat and Happy eating seafood.

“Oh Natshuu~the fish here are so good!” Happy exclaimed getting back to eating his fish.

“Bi mow puddy! Bitz so hood!” Natsu tried to say but failed as his mouth was bloated with food. Everyone sweatdropped at the duo’s antics and how little table manners they had. “Becomes sleaze!” He yelled asking for more food as he ate all the food leaving none for the people across who was being bombarded with chunks of leftover bones and food.

Waiting few seconds a giant roasted bird came into view with multiple chefs carrying it.

“Woohoo, second win! Ready for another round Happy!” Natsu asked with enthusiasm.

“Uhg… Natsu… you can start without me… to much fish.” Happy said burping the last part as he looked like he was going to throw up as his stomach was inflated.

“Oh well buddy your loss again.” Natsu said getting to his food without another delay looking like Pac-man as his mouth went around and devoured his bird with nothing left but bones. “Man, dimensional travel sure makes you hungry.” He said to himself patting his satisfied stomach.

“Okay uh, now that you guys are done with your (not so)little food contest contest let’s get down to business.” Sirzechs said a little amused and amazed at the endless pit that was Natsu’s stomach.

“Brother I don’t have an appetite anymore.” Rias said whispering to her brother.

“But you have to admit it was pretty cool how he downed all that in less than 35 minutes.” Sirzechs said impressed again. Coughing into his hand to get the attention back on him he spoke. “Okay Natsu and Happy would you please explain where you came from, how you got here and what your magic is.” He said getting straight to the point.

“Well how I got here is pretty confusing but I guess I should start from the beginning. Okay, so I’m from another dimension and when I was fighting Future Rogue and the Dragons-” Natsu started but was cut off as Rias asked something.

“Heh! What are you talking about!? What’s-” She was cut off as well by Natsu who got kinda pissed.

“Hey girly you would know the answers if you just sit back and pay attention right!?” Natsu yelled, his temper getting the best of him as Rias sat back down as if trying to hide but Natsu calmed down deciding anger would not resolve this.

“So as I said when Future Rogue and the Dragons that came to our timeline I destroyed the thing that made them come in the first place. That thing was theEclipse Gate,able to manipulate time which Future, and may I add evil Rogue, used to bring the Dragons from the past to our present time. When the Gate was destroyed the Dragons and Rogue returned to their era but that’s whenhecame.” Natsu said with venom in his voice obviously hating who he was talking about.

“May I ask who this person was who you seemingly hate so much?” Grayfia asked surprised that the boy would despise someone so much. Even being with Natsu for a few minutes at a time she knew he had a good heart and would never hold a grudge on someone until now.

“His name… is Acnologia the self-proclaimedDragon Kingof our world. But fortunately, my father came in and stopped him from killing everyone there.” Natsu said as his hair covering his eyes.

“Your father must be a very powerful man to be able to stand up against aDragon King. Who is he if I may ask?” Zoticus asked impressed.

“His name is Igneel! And you got it all wrong he’s not a person he’s a Dragon and to be exact theFire Dragon King,the most powerful one out there!” Natsu said cheering up from his mood earlier.

“Wait are you saying you were raised by a Dragon!?” Rias exclaimed getting off her seat in surprise.

“Well duh. How else would I call him my dad?” Natsu said plainly not getting this girl’s surprise. “Anyway my dad and Acnologia were fighting for hours on end with no one holding back and then when they decided to finish it with one last attack theMagical Energywas so great that it reactivated the left over magic from theEclipse Portaland that’s how we ended up here.”

“Natsu, were the dragons teleported here too?” Sirzechs asked curious and worried.

“Yeah, both Igneel and Acnologia are here too.” Natsu answered.

“Can you tell us where they are?” He asked again.

“Sure. Igneel’s right here with me while I don’t know where Acnologia went.” Natsu explained.

“What do you mean Igneel is here with you? I don’t sense him anywhere.” Zoticus asked.

“Oh well, that’s because he did a spell to stay in my body… for certain reasons of course.” Natsu said not really wanting to explain every detail to them. It seemed like they were invading his privacy with all these questions.

“I see, that makes sense and I’m getting a feeling you don’t want to tell us why he’s in your body do you?” Zoticus said getting a nod from Natsu in response.

“Well now that you told how you got here how about your magic?” Sirzechs asked getting interested in the boy’s story.

“Oh, that’s easy. My magic isFire Dragonslaying Magicused to take on and killing Dragons!” Natsu answered with a grin proud of what Igneel taught him.

“Aye! Natsu also gained new magic likeLightning Flame Dragonmode.” Happy added.

“Yeah but there’s another one calledFlame DragonGodmode.” Natsu said scratching his head as everyone gasped. Natsu just felt sheepish, forgetting to tell Happy about this one.

“Natsu you never told me this!” Happy said unhappily(see what I did there) accusing his partner.

“I know but that’s only because I found out about it a while ago!” Natsu said trying to have Happy forgive him which fortunately happened as he went along with his excuse.

“Excuse me Natsu, but could you show us your magic?” Rias asked kindly feeling sort of inferior right now.

“Sure no big deal. Okay so here’s myFire Dragonslaying Magic.” Natsu said as his regular flames erupted from his hand having everyone stare in awe. “Here’sLightning Flame Dragonmode” He said as lighting started to mix in with the fire. “And finallyFlame DragonGodmode.” Just as he said that the lightning was gone and was being replaced with black fire mixing in withDragon Fire. Having a feeling that everyone had their take on his magic he stopped and let his flames die down.

“That is very impressive Natsu. I am not surprised anymore about how you took down Raiser Phenex.” Zoticus said with a smile.

“That bastard… oh yeah I had fun taking him down talking about being better than me and how hisPhoenix Flamesare better than mine. Nothing’s better than Igneel’s fire!” Natsu said getting angry but calmed down when everyone was staring at him.

“Anyway, Natsu just to make sure you’re telling the truth I’m going to call McGregor to check your memories.” Sirzechs said.

“Oh you mean the guy that’s been invisible for the whole time? I was getting tired of him hiding and was wondering when he was going to show himself.” Natsu said picking the leftover food from his teeth. This got shocked looks from everyone as they did not expect anyone to notice their top magician. “You might be able to hide your body but you didn’t bother to do the same for your scent.”

Getting over the shock McGregor made himself visible again and started to cast a spell while putting his hand on Natsu’s head. As aMagic Circlebegan to form on his forehead a projector of light shown from where it was and showed the events Natsu was talking about. The Gremory household was even more surprised when they saw what was happening in front of there eyes as everything he’s been saying was true and his power was unbelievable.

“Hey, Natsu one more question… would you like to join my peerage. It’s like a group of powerful mages like yourself that serve under me as king and became a Devil. I would like you be my pawn.” Sirzechs said with a smile.

“Natsu can you hear me? Whatever you do, don’t become a Devil like them, it will have certain drawbacks when it comes time for your training.” Igneel said to Natsu with worry. “If Natsu becomes a Devil like them it might loosen the seal on E.N.D and we’re already so far away from it.” He said to himself not letting Natsu hear.

‘Okay you got it Igneel but I will at least join them. It would be the most likely chance I can get stronger additionally with your training.’Natsu said back to his dad as Igneel gave a snorting sound agreeing with his plan. “Yeah I would like to join your peerage but Igneel said that I can’t become a devil like you because it will cause drawbacks on my health.”

“I understand Natsu. As one of the four Satans of the underworld I can bend a few rules.” Sirzechs said with a smile. With the discussion over Natsu and a sleeping Happy went to their room escorted by Grayfia again. They went to sleep pretty quickly without a care in the world even when sleeping in the house a of Satan.

“Sirzechs, you have been searching forever for another piece and when you find one you don’t turn him into a devil? What’s wrong with you boy?” Zoticus asked his son, surprised.

“You heard what Natsu said. HisfatheraDragonspecifically said don’t turn him into a Devil so I listened to his word. Plus watching his memories we can obviously see he is stronger than any of theDragon Kingsfrom our world might be as strong as theGreat Re-” Sirzechs didn’t get to finish as he was cut off by his father.

“I get it. But how will you convince the underworld to let you have a human as part of your peerage.” Grayfia asked getting back from dropping off Natsu and Happy.

“You’ll see,” Sirzechs said with a sly grin showing everyone that he had a devious plan.