Black Dragon's Prince (Natsu x Reader)

Part 23 (Towe of Heaven P2)

Wendy collapsed on the wet sand with a groan, only barely aware of Lucy's elbow in her stomach as the taller blonde fell on top of her. Gray was bent over on his hands and knees throwing up, unable to swallow the bile that rose in his throat. Juvia was in a similar state and it was a rather weird sight to see her lower body melt into a puddle. Happy and Carla lied on the ground as well, Happy's head somehow ending underneath the sand.

Y/n eyed Natsu with a 'was that really necessary?' type of look, to which the dragonslayer gave a minuscule yet nonchalant shrug.

Signing, Y/n gestured to a white-tipped tail poking up from the sand near Natsu's feet.

He sighed and grabbed Happy's tail before pulling the cat out of the sand, leaving him to suffocate seemed a bit cruel. If he wanted the cat dead he will do it himself.

Happy gagged, spitting a mouthful of sand before turning from blue to green and then red as the blood rushed to his head as Natsu continued to hold him upside-down. Natsu gave a weak snicker, barely audible. Now that was some speedy color change. The cat went green again before throwing up.

''Let go of me'' he pleaded weekly and Natsu promptly let go of his tail, the cat once again landing on his face but this time capable of turning around.

Y/n went to the poor cat's side and checked for any complications due to being stuck head-first into the sand. Once Happy responded decently, the h/c haired mage immediately went to Wendy to help her stand up slowly. The sky dragonslayer covering her mouth in fear of throwing up.

Once she could stand on her own, Y/n went to the next member. All the while Natsu looked at her perseverating the procedure a couple more times. His eyes eventually landed on a certain ice mage who was giving him an incredulous look.

Obviously capable of gathering his thoughts enough to hear him... well laugh would be stretching the truth.

Natsu's face fell and he quickly pulled the blank look on it. He was capable of 'laughing' if the rasp snicker could be called that – despite what everyone else seemed to believe – he just didn't do it in the company.

''You... urgh.. asshole'' Gray finally gasped with a weak laugh as he pushed himself to a sitting position.

''That was unnecessary'' Natsu replied and folded his arms over his chest. ''And I have to admit I don't see the reason.''

''You know it very well,'' Gray grinned.

Natsu raised his eyebrow at him ''You feeling better?''

''Worried about little ol' me?''

''No, just curious'' Natsu said mildly. ''I could dump you through another void if you want.''

Gray paled and shook his head quickly.

''I'm shocked,'' Natsu dryly commented while Y/n and Wendy started walking over to the pair.

A conflicted look covered the h/c-haired mage's face. She looked that Natsu had started talking to the other guild members, but his attitude and words were... unfriendly to say the least.

Wendy looked around the area and it didn't take her long to realize they were on a beach.

Natsu looked around even though he had already scanned the area. The beach was covered in dark sand, well everything looked dark at this hour but the sand was far from the white sand at the beach they visited today.

It was drenched in the salty water of the sea that splashed around their feet but not close enough to get them wet – the tide has obviously passed relatively recently. They were on an island by the looks of it – a tiny island at that. The shore was not the most interesting feature of the island, however.