Listen to that ost make me miss Fairy Tail, even though the 100years quest arc isn't over yet ;-;

Beside, I listen to the ost while writing this. Well, not all part. Just a part where Inosuke finally tell them what he and Natsu talked about... Yeah it's this chapter's spoiler. Sorry but not so sorry. Also, this Inosuke is probably a bit ooc cause I really can't stay with their usual characteristics. And—

Gray: I can't believe it...
Gratsu: huh? What? You just suddenly interrupt me!
Gray: You almost change your username...
Gratsu: Eh? But... I didn't right?
Gray: ...
Gratsu: Hey, I'm still Gratsu in all my Fairy Tail books. I only appear as Yuina in discord with the other Utaite fans
Gray: If you say so

Anyway, enjoy the chapter~ (人*´∀｀)｡*ﾟ+

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"How?"
"I don't know, Erza. It must be first's remaining magic that save us."
"Are you sure, master?" Makarov sigh.

"They... They..."
"They what, Monitsu?!"
"They're still alive... I can still hear their heartbeat and some of them are coughing." Erza stood up and ran to the destroyed building. She lifted some of the concretes and screamed her friends names. Inosuke and Zenitsu also began to lift some of the concretes to search for the two siblings.
"Oi, Gonpachirou!! Nezuko!!!"
"Tanjirou!! Nezuko-chan!!"

"They must be here somewhere..." Erza gritted her teeth. Then, she spotted a bright golden light coming from the pile of huge concretes. She turned to the two demon slayers, "Stand back!!"
"Why would we listen to you?!!"
"Just stand back already damnit!! It's dangerous or you want to be killed?!" Erza shot them a glare.

She turned and requiped to her Heavenly Wheel Armor. She narrowed her eyes and soon many kinds of sword and spear began to appear on top of her, pointing at the pile. Inosuke and Zenitsu jaw dropped. As Erza pointed her sword towards the pile, all of her weapons launched at it. Dusts surrounded the area and Erza requip back to her casual armor. Her eyes widen as she saw a familiar huge sphere with golden Fairy Tail emblem protecting all of her comrades and the Kamado sibling inside of it. Zenitsu's eyes were also widened.

"W-What is that?"
"I-It can't be..." The Fairy Sphere slowly fade away, "First?" The second of the fairy grand spell faded revealing all of their unconscious friends.

"Lucy?" Erza turn to the celestial mage.
"To active the Fairy Sphere, I need a huge mount of magic, support and it take time to cast it. There's no way I casted that spell before the flowers explode, unless..."
"Hm, there must be an explanation..." Makarov sigh and he turn to Wendy, "How's Gray?" The bluenette just finished heal Gray with her magic.
"He's okay. Just need a little rest-"
"Like hell I'm going to rest!" Gray slam his hand on the bench beside him causing Wendy to flinch. He grit his teeth and tighten up his fist, "That guy had Natsu and he..."

"Don't worry, I'll go soft with him"

"If he did something to Natsu... I swear I'm going to kill him." Gray froze the bench and crush it. Tanjirou look at the raven hair before look at his sister. Nezuko is staring at the ground. He force himself to smile and pat her head.
"We'll find him, Nezuko."
"But we don't even know where they are know..." Zenitsu look at him.
"Well, if we use your hearing, my sense of smell and Inosuke's awareness, I'm sure we can find Natsu."
"But we still need to know where they are."
"Hm. They're scent is already gone at this place."

Tanjirou stand up and walk a bit, causing the mages to look at him. Tanjirou stop and he took a deep breath. He close his eyes and focus on his breathing to find Natsu's scent. There's many people scent around the town but he know that Natsu's scent is different. A cherry blossom with a tiny of burning on it. He's scent is also had pure innocent in it even though he's a demon.

"Oi, what are you doing?" Gajeel ask as he saw Tanjirou keep on breath in and out.
"Tanjirou is trying to track down Natsu's scent."
"Huh? That guy is a dragon slayer too?"
"D-Dragon?"
"But I thought you and your friends are demon slayers." Levy tilted her head in confusion.
"W-We are but Tanjirou's nose is capable of tracking demons or his surrounding by their scent and smell. So he probably able to find Natsu's scent. Inosuke and I are also like Tanjirou, but Inosuke is more to awareness of the surrounding and I sometimes hate my hearing enchantment."
"Why do you hate it?" Freed look at him.
"Yeah, why?" Jet ask.

"You know how suffer, horrible and terrible it is when you heard something that you never should listen?!!"

"Uh..." The two sweat drop.
"Like what?"
"YOU DON'T WANT TO KNOW!!!"
"OI GONITSU, YOU'RE TOO LOUD!!!"
"ME?!! LIKE YOU DON'T EVEN SCREAM!!"
"I AM—"
"COULD YOU TWO BE QUIET FOR A MINUTE?!!" The two immediately stop bickering as Tanjirou scream at them, "Thank you." He sigh and focus back on his breathing. Not just Inosuke and Zenitsu shut their mouth, the whole guild did. Lucy fake cough to get rid away the sudden tension.

"So..." She bit her lip and look at the old geezer, "When we will going to save Natsu?"
"Right now." Gray stand up.
"But first we need to let Tanjirou search for Natsu's scent." Makarov turn to the remain dragon slayers, "You three try to help Tanjirou to find Natsu's scent or one of those damn demons." The iron, lighting and sky dragon slayers nod. "As for the remain, some of you will be staying in the guild and only few of us will be going to save Natsu." There's a few protest from the members.

"But we want to save Natsu too!!"
"We owe him a lot, master!!"
"I don't care if I get injured as long as I can save Natsu is enough for me!!"
"Master please!!"
"Let us save Natsu too!!"
"No! The more less of us is better to save Natsu." Erza glare at them.
"Yeah! We can save Natsu if we went to the place in smaller group." Lucy stand up.
"But—"

"YOU GUYS ARE SERIOUSLY HYPOCRITES!!!"
"Eh? Inosuke?"
"No wonder Kitsu said you guys are selfish."
"What do you mean by selfish?! Natsu will never said that!!" Gray glare at him.
"That's what you don't know about him."
"HUH?! WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT HIM?! YOU JUST LITERALLY MET HIM YESTERDAY!!"
"PROBABLY HE JUST TRUST ME MORE ABOUT HIS TRUE FEELINGS TOWARDS YOU BASTARDS!!!"

"True... Feelings?" Lucy mumbled.

"WHY WOULD NATSU TRUST SOMEONE LIKE YOU?! YOU THOUGHT ABOUT KILLING HIM YESTERDAY!!"
"IT'S NOT LIKE I'M ASKING FOR HIM TO TRUST ME!! HE'S THE ONE WHO SUDDENLY TELL ME ABOUT HOW SELFISH HIS COMRADES ARE AND HOW HE BARE ALL OF HIS PROBLEMS TO NOT MAKE YOU WORRY!!!"
"H-Hey... I-I-Inosuke... T-That's enough..."

"NO!! THEY REALLY NEED TO KNOW!!" Inosuke glare at the lighting breathe user before glare back at the ice-make mage. "True that I just met him yesterday and you knew Kitsu since your childhood... But it doesn't mean that you know him truly by his heart and feelings or what he think everyday. What do you know behind those smiles he show you guys?! Did any of you noticed that he secretly seeking for help behind his laugh?! What kind of friend for letting him drown?! What kind of friend that never ask him if he ever OKAY?!!"

"Inosuke. What did Natsu told you?" The beast breathe user look at Makarov.
"Also... When did you two talked?" Inosuke turn to Zenitsu. He huffed in annoyance.
"Like it's important."
"Inosuke."
"Fine. It's before we played that poker game... Zatsu are alone outside. I firstly thought to kill him cause he's too exposed." Everyone look at him, "But... I noticed something wrong with him..."
"Something wrong? What do you mean?" The celestial mage ask. Inosuke stare at her before look away.

Natsu sat at the cliff while watching the town's view. His eyes glued on the huge building at the edge of Magnolia. He sighed and looked at his cuffed wrist.

"I really deserve this..."
"Oi, Raitsu!" Natsu turned as he heard the beast breathe user. He sweat dropped.
"Who is that?"
"It's you, pinky bastard."
"That's not my name..."
"I don't care." Natsu turned back to faced the town's view. Silence consumed them before Natsu decided to asked the beast breathe user.
"Say... Have you ever had a feeling to protect someone dear to you, even though it will cause some destruction?"
"What kind of question is that?"
"Geez, I'm only asking..." Natsu mumbled, "Nevermind that question. I can't think straight right now.... Ignore the quest—"
"Like hell I care about the destruction if I want to protect my comrades."
"Eh?"

"If you really want to protect them, just do whatever you can to protect them."
"But..." The pinkette paused, "What if they never appreciate what you did to them?" He stated quietly.
"Huh?! If they never appreciate it, then you shouldn't call them as your comrade! Geez what kind of human wouldn't appreciate something from their own friend?"
"Probably mine..."
"What did ya mean?"

"I don't even know what I meant by it..." Natsu chuckled dryly, "I even sometimes think that will ever they appreciate who am I, even though I had defeated my own brother and the black dragon..."
"So, you're that strong?" Natsu glanced a bit at Inosuke before smile softly.
"Maybe." He sighed before frowning and looked at his hands, "But... When you guys managed to 'kidnapped' me earlier... I realized that I could really easy to caught my guard down and let my enemy took me down that easy..."
"Enemy? You think that we're still your enemy after how Montarou and Nezuko-chan treated you?!"
"E-Eh? W-What? N-No... It's not like that..."
"Then?"
"It's... Make me feel that I'm not stronger enough to protect them..."

"Why would you protect the ones who are selfish and never appreciate you?"
"Huh?"
"You're the one who mentioned earlier that sometimes they never appreciate your afford."
"I told you that it was from my thoughts, it's not like they really unappreciated it..." He pouted.
"It's from your thoughts but what the others think about your afford? Did they ever say 'thanks for saving us' or anything like that?"

"Yesss-No-Yesss... maybe?" Natsu let a big sigh escaped his mouth, "I just... Don't know... My cell brains are already damage from too much thinking about this stuff... Am I worry much, thinking that do they really love me or they actually fake their love... I never understood why I often think like this. Everyday I think about this... My surroundings became more darker than ever. All their problems... Half of it, is related to my brother and I was the one who help them with their past... Erza, Gray, Lucy......." His bangs covered his eyes.

"You always become the one who grab someone's hand... But did they ever notice the way you reach out your hand? Did they ever ask you... If you're okay? Or maybe not cause they think that when a happy-go-luck person existed, those people will stay happy and will never ever had problems. But the truth is, the ones who are the happy-go-luck type... Are the ones who suffers the most... They just keep on smiling and laughing to cover their pain and life problem. You will never know until the person tell us about their past or the past hunts them and involved all of their friends..."

"Are you saying this because you're that 'happy-go-luck' person?" Inosuke finally asked.

"Well... Even if I was that person... I always think that somewhere out there... There's more people who suffer the most. Worst than us... We just don't know who they are and what had they gone through in their daily life..."
"You're too selfless."
"Am I?"

"Yes... You're too too too selfless. Gonpachirou is better than you." Natsu sweat drop, "But sometimes you shouldn't do that. Stop being selfless for one damn second and try to think about your goddamn self. Stop thinking about how others would see you. Stop thinking about this is all your fault just because your brother returned you back to live. And stop covering your face with the mask. People wouldn't notice your pain if you keep on wearing those masks and expected for them to notice your pain." Inosuke sat beside Natsu.

"True it maybe sounds selfish cause we ignore people's feelings, but sometimes we need to find a shoulder to cry. Find someone who you think you can trust with your hidden feelings. Don't bare it by yourself alone."
"So... It's okay to sometimes think that they're selfish?"
"Maybe. If that's what you once think about them."
"I see... Well then... They're all hypocrites and selfish...... Hypocrites for saying that they're care for each other but they never did.... Selfish because they thought that will seek for help when they're in trouble... Too selfish and hypocrites.... Why I ever met them....." Natsu paused, "I.... I can't believe I said that........."
"Huh?" Inosuke looked at him and hit the pinkette's head, "IDIOT!! WHY DID YOU REGRET SAYING THAT?!! I THOUGHT YOU'RE A DEMON WHO OFTEN SAY SOMETHING LIKE THAT!!"

Inosuke glare before he noticed Natsu looked down with a confused face.
"I... I... I don't know..."
"Huh?"
"So-Something..... I... I remember once call... Everyone... An idiot and.... But...... I... Never call everyone.... Like that.... Why.... I did.... Call.... Everyone.... Selfish again...?" His eyes widen in fear as he held his head, "Why... Why do I felt scared..... Why.... It's... It's normal right....?"
"O-Oi..."

"It's normal.... To be scared.... Normal.... Normal.... I'm useless..." He gasped, "Burden... Weak... Demon.... Danger... Destructive....... My... Fault...."
"STOP IT!!" Natsu held his head as his bangs covered his eyes.
"Someone..." He whispered, "...help.... me...."
"STOP IT!!!!" Inosuke banged his head to Natsu's, "DON'T YOU EVER THINK LIKE THAT!! IT'S ALL PART OF YOUR MINDSET'S GAME TO DESTROY YOU!!"
"R-Right.... Y-You're right........" Natsu forced himself to smile as he looked at the boar head, "Thanks for... Telling me... That..."

'Someone.... Save me.... Please....'

"...."

"He's seeking for help but no one noticed." Inosuke cross his arms as now his boar head mask in on the table. His green eyes narrowly look at the raven hair, "And you say you know him deeply? Oh please. If you really know him, you already should heard his calls."
"I... He... Why..."
"What kind of friends leave their friend in the dark alone? After he had help you guys search the light, but why do you never help him search for that light?"

(A/N: Omg, Inosuke is goddamn ooc ;-; I'm sorry for not keeping him in his original character ;;;;)

Gray grit his teeth as his bangs covered his eyes. Erza frown. She slowly took her step to Gray and put her armored hand on his shoulder.
"Gray..."
"If... If only I noticed it earlier..."
"It's not your fault, Gray..."
"Then? Who?"
"All of us. We all never truly understand what Natsu feel all the time."
"....."

"We had tracked Salamander's scent." Erza look at Gajeel before nod. She hug the raven hair and messed up with his hair, "Come on, Gray. Let's save Natsu together." She smile.
"That's it. Team Natsu, Laxus, Gajeel, Lily, Mira and Tanjirou's team will go. The rest just stay here with me. All of you need to believe in them and I want everyone to apologises to Natsu as soon as they brought him back here."

The whole guild nod in defeat at their master's words, "But, you all can help me to fix the guild so we can properly welcomed back Natsu." Makarov grin. The whole guild cheer up.

"Now, it's our turn to save him."

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I...

Gratsu: Shut up let us talk!
Yuina: Gratsucchi don't say like that to Yukicchi...
Yuki: Yuina you're so nice QwQ
Gratsu: Tch.
Gray: .... What happened to you?
Gratsu: oh the prevy pants is here
Yuina: Oh sorry for the sudden appearance. I'm Yuina. This author's angel side. Gratsu is this author's demon side... And the real one is now Yuki.
Gray: Huh?
Yuki: I'm sorry Gray TwT
Gray: So all this time... I've been talking with your demon side?
Yuki: Yeeeeess? Anyway, Gratsu and Yuina, you two want to talk right? Now talk imma gonna go to a corner and die in a hole.

Gratsu: Sure bye bye~ We won't miss you~ Now for the small announcement.
Yuina: We're so sorry for update this very late. Writers block QwQ
Gratsu: Yeah yeah. We also had plenty of works, by works I mean books to write. We have two or maybe three collab books with our friends. So we kinda busy.
Yuina: But we'll try our best to update this book, so we appreciate if you guys understand our situation.
Gratsu: Yeah, if you don't, lemme kick you.
Yuina: Don't use violence towards our readers, Gratsucchi. It's not nice.
Gratsu: Tch
Yuina: So minna-san I hope you guys enjoy the chapter and-
Gratsu: Rest In Peace 「Enemies Or Friends」's original author.
Yuina: Eh?
Gratsu: Yuki just finish buried herself in a hole.
Yuina: EEHH?! YUKICCHI NOO!!

Gray: What the hell happened here... Anyway I hope you guys enjoy the chapter *wink*