Fairy Tail Rewind (Completed)

Chapter 3 Part I -- Dragon! Gorilla! Horse!

"I'm home!" Natsu kicked away the broken shards, snarling while throwing his bag aside.

"Aye, Sir!" Happy flew behind him, wearing a mud-green knapsack at his back.

Mirajane chirped from behind the bar counter, "Welcome home, Natsu."  

"Oh, you're home, Natsu," said a mage. "I heard that you blew up the whole Harbor of Hargeon yesterday night. Master had been called by the Ministry of Magic--"

"Liar!" Without a word, Natsu kicked the mage. "The information you gave me about Igneel was fake. You told me that I'll meet him at the harbour. I went there, and there was no sign of him! All that vomit for sitting on the train!" He grabbed the mage's collar. "Tell me where Igneel is!" 

"Cool down, Natsu." The mage made a pleading sign with his hands. He caught several mouthfuls of breath before continuing, "I told you that it was a rumour--"

"Liar! You lie--"

A sneaker flew through the air and hit Natsu's cheek, shocking him. "You're too noisy!" Gray threw his glass of root beer on the table and lumbered towards Natsu with the grace of a drunken elephant. After putting on his sneaker, he said, "Let's continue our previous fight!"

"Gray, your shirt," Kana grumbled through a mouthful of smoldering who-know-what liquid.

Gray looked down at his topless body and murmured, "Ah, crap! But who cares! Natsu!"

"Come back with your cloth on!" barked Natsu from the other end of the hall, who was now dueling with a dozen mages. "Tell me where Igneel is!" He hit whoever he came across when they failed to provide him with answers.

Gray charged towards Natsu, still topless. "Idiot! I told you that you're too noisy!"

"You asked for it, Slanted-Eye!" Natsu roared, smoke coiling out of his mouth. "I'm all fired up!"

"You're the one with slanted eyes!"

The two of them clasped to one another like an inseparable magnet. For a brief moment, Natsu seemed to be at a winning position. He rapped Gray on the knuckles with his elbows, and Gray released his grip at the sudden pain.

"You made me lose my cold." Gray stamped his right fist on his left palm. "Ice-Make Cube!"

Water vapour shot out of his palm and as it landed on Natsu, it formed a cubicle of ice. Natsu made a leaping attempt but the cubicle had already sealed him in with an awkward K-pose. Natsu's body went stiff, but he could still make full use of his big mouth. He muttered something. Crack! A red line spread across the cubicle. Crack! Crack! The line webbed out as the cubicle began to melt. Red steaming liquid dropped on the floor like a volcano's lava. Within seconds, the cubicle, which had now turned into a volcano, erupted. Natsu sprang out like a roaring dragon. A jet of fire shot out of his mouth.  

"It's impossible! How are you able to perform magic under my spell?" Gray gasped.

"Because I'm Natsu the Dragon Slayer! Now, eat my fire!"

The twosome continued to try their magic on each other. Spells sparked around them, making them look like male peacocks constantly flaunting their shimmering feathers. 

Lucy gawked at them. "Do they always fight like that?"

"Natsu and Gray have been fighting since they were kids, Lucy," mused Mirajane. "Don't worry."

"They'll hurt each other! Guys, please stop!" Lucy yelled over the din. "Please talk--"

"A real man talks with his fists!" The muscular man with short-cropped hair, the colour of a cherry blossom petal, hopped out and joined the fight with high spirit. His biceps enlarged, and the whole of his arm transformed into the arm of a beast. Howling, he swung it towards the duo.