As Natsu was heading towards the branch, the Moltopus saw him and decided to close in on him. Natsu finally got to the top of the branch as he untied the rope on his waist and tree branch. Since Natsu wasn't sure which side is solid or swampy, he tied the other end of the rope to his other knife, as he then decided to swing on the trees instead of walking. Suddenly the Moltopus hit the tree he was on, making it to shake. Natsu Lost balance as he almost fell off, but he stabbed the branch in the nick of time which helped him not to fall. As Natsu looked down, he saw the beast trying to climb the tree. He immediately climbed the branch well using his knife and tried standing on it. "It's now or never" Natsu said as he took a deep breath and then swung the rope, as he threw it shouting, "Stretch" Immediately the rope wrapped itself around the tree branch, Natsu shouted, "Return to original size" which made the rope pull him towards the tree branch. The Moltopus saw this and enter
"Shittttttt!!!!! I wasn't prepared for this!!!" Natsu thought as he entered into the swamp. As he was heading towards the Moltopus, Natsu thought, "How in the world would I fight something I can't see" "How would I know if it's far or close to me, or when it's throwing brutal attacks to me, or when it lunches deadly attacks" Suddenly Natsu felt something hit him as the Moltopus used one of its tentacles to do so. Although the tentacles was pushing Natsu away, unfortunately for him, the rope still continued pulling him causing the force to intensify, making Natsu to be in more pain as he slides on the tentacles, and continued heading towards the edges of the rope. "How in the world I'm I going to fight this thing!!!" Natsu screamed in his head. "Damn it, I'm in serious pains, plus I don't think I'll last here for long, because I'm almost out of breath" "I wasn't prepared for this, and the worst part was that I didn't hold my breath well enough, so I'm already suffocating, which m
It moved back a little because of fear as it was hearing tree branches moving from all directions. The beast began to move around and suddenly Natsu flew towards it and kicked it right in the face and swung away. The beast became cautious and began to look around the forest, this time as Natsu flew towards it, it used its hands to block the impact making it slide on the ground as Natsu disappeared. Natsu realized that the beast was smart so he decided to change his attack pattern. "It looks like the beast isn't going to go down that easily, and the worst part is that it's learning my attack pattern, so I have to change the way I approach it" "Using my legs would wear me out, plus, increase my pain which means that I have to use something that is going to give it permanent damage" "I'll just use my blade to cut it, it should cause it enough pain to weaken it, making it easier to kill" Natsu thought as he was swinging around. This time as Natsu launched himself towards the beast,
The bird tried to shake Natsu off by performing stunts, but Natsu had a strong grip on its feather, so he remained on the bird, but later noticed something on its neck as the bird was moving. "It looks like there is something on its neck" "Is this one of the valuable items they were talking about" "How do I get it out of this bird" "Now that I think of it, I have to get close to it to be sure if it's a collar or just its feather" Natsu thought while trying to move towards the place, as he remembered that the bird had lots of goldish markings on it. While he was heading towards its neck, the wind made it hard for him to move as the feathers began blocking his view, making it difficult to reach its neck. Suddenly, the bird started heading straight towards the clouds, which made it difficult for Natsu to breathe. "Should I take advantage of this, if I let go, it would be easier for me to reach its neck, but if this goes wrong, I'll fall off this bird, and who knows what will happen
"Does this mean that it was affected by the attack on its neck?" Natsu thought as he looked at its neck. "Blood is flowing through it, and what's that symbol on it?" Natsu said as he observed it. The beast began to breathe heavily after what happened. Natsu made the rope harden as he thought "If I do this, the beast won't feel any pressure pulling its hands together, but it won't be able to separate it, which would make it give up, so that when I use stretch, it won't struggle" The beast struggled to free its hands but couldn't, suddenly, the beast began flying recklessly. The beast flew very high up to the clouds as it closed its wings and started falling, facing its hands and tail towards the ground, which meant it was going to land with its front. This made Natsu unease as he thought, "What does it think it's doing?" "Don't tell me it's thinking of landing on the ground from this height, cause if it does, we'll both die" "I'm sure this beast doesn't want to die" "Yeah, it's
Meanwhile during the Hunters exam, it was remaining few contestants since most of them failed the exams and was disqualified. "Where is Natsu and what's he doing?" "Doesn't he know that he's running out of time" "They are only few people remaining here and the worst part is that the people remaining are pretty strong" "Come on Natsu, you have to get here fast" "But I need to make the exam last a little bit longer so that he would be able to meet up, but how?" Yami thought. "What are you thinking about? Don't tell me your nervous about the exam" Kazuko said as she came close to Yami. "You got me" Yami said as he stood up from the bench he was on. "Pathetic, I can't believe you're scared of those beast" Kazuko said. "Wow miss perfect, aren't you seeing the amount of contestants that have been disqualified. The worst part of it is that they aren't lasting that long, and Mister Gildart is always disqualifying people, even though they are in perfect shape. Do you really think this
Natsu was panting as he was riding a gigantic dog that was pretty hairy. He was on its head close to its ears so that he would be able to see where he's going. "Faster, I don't have much time and I'm running out of meat" "I'm so happy I found this beast after I killed that huge fish and sliced it into little pieces" "I wanted to use the fish as trail not to get lost, or go around in circles, and also to attract a beast I could ride on. But lucky for me, I found this one drinking water from the stream, and led it to the place I kept little remains, as I then got unto it since it was distracted" "Since then, I've been throwing meats in front of it for it to go where I want" "But how do I make it go faster, I really wish I was riding a bird, it would have made it more easier to navigate through this forest" Natsu thought as the beast was running through the forest. As Natsu was moving, he saw a large eagle fly pass him as it made a loud noise while passing them. "This might just be
The spider wasn't as big as the other monsters that Natsu have been fighting, although, it was still very big. The spider bent it's back and shot white silky webs towards Natsu. The webs stuck to Natsu back. As the webs touched Natsu back he shouted "ROS" but the webs was stopping him since it was really sticky. Natsu knew that if he doesn't do anything, he would be eaten alive so he shouted "Ultimate ROS" which shot him above the hole as the sole of his shoe and back of his jacket pulled out. As Natsu was flying he shouted "Stretch" which made him go very high into the air. Natsu took a deep breath as he steadied himself on the air using his hand signals. "The webs are really sticky, so how am I meant to move around?" "I can't step on that thing with my bare legs, if I do that, my leg might pull out" "I should cover my legs with the remaining part of my jacket" Natsu thought as he removed the sleeves and wrapped it around his legs. "Okay, S" Natsu said as he entered into the
The contestants landed on an island filled with trees and after walking for a while, they arrived at a cave as Gildart told them the rules and announced the beginning of the exam, as Kazuko dashed towards the entrance of it."Wow, she's fast" Damian said as Dr Mayumi replied, "Yeah, why was she in a rush""Who knows, I just hope she doesn't ruin the exams" Gildart said, but before he could say anything more, Damian felt like he had to tell the contestants something, so he said, "Just to point out something, when Gildart said your major focus should be making it out of there alive, he literally meant it, be one hundred percent vigilant, they're deadly traps and beasts waiting for you in there, so be really careful and extra cautious."What!!!" The contestants screamed as Gildart said, "Yeah, why do you have to ruin the fun, I already told them to try and make it out of there alive, so why did you have to destroy everything by giving them the details?"
Both the adventures and hunters entered into a ship as they began moving towards the next exam location."Okay everyone, we are currently heading towards the next examination site so for now just relax and have some fun, once we get there we'll let you know" Damian said as him and the rest took their leave."I'm going to try to plan for the next exam" Akari said as Makoto replied, "We don't even know anything about the next exam so how's that even going to be possible"The contestants looked at each other as they were unsure of what to do."Well I might as well have some fun since I may not make it out of the next exam" one of the girls said as everyone looked at each other and became excited since it was a cruise ship with luxurious activities and swimming pools.While all this was going on, Natsu was lying unconscious in one of the rooms as Yami stayed to monitor him.Asahu opened the door and came inside as he looked at Yami a
"Did I just see that, the boy carefully cut the beast vitals and killed it while still cutting it in a way that wouldn't affect the baby, but how did he do it" Damian thought after calling his team to head towards the place.Yami followed Damian and Dr Mayumi in excitement since he wanted to congratulate Natsu personally."Okay everyone let's begin moving, it's time to head towards the Stage 3 of the Exams.Kazuko looked at Natsu and saw him standing still being covered in blood as she began following the rest.Yami just arrived at the field and saw Natsu standing still as he rushed towards him and said, "That was incredible, I didn't know you could do that, you were really amazing""Yami" Natsu called out in a low tone which made Yami worried as he replied, "Yeah, what's it, I'm right here""Yami, I'm sorry for disturbing you but can you do me a favor""Of course I can, what's it""Please can you take me to the bathroom and also bring a first aid kit, so I can treat myself. Also, can
While Natsu was unconscious, the beast walked towards him as Yami thought, "Come on Natsu, what do you think you're doing? Get up"The beast stopped and looked at Natsu from a distance as a beam of light appeared in front of its mouth making a giant seal to appear in front of it.The beast shot the beam and as it passed through the seal, it merged all into one and moved towards Natsu.Yami saw this and was unable to hold himself anymore as he shouted, "Get out of there, Natsu!!!"The blast destroyed the whole place as a hole appeared on the wall as dust covered the area."I guess that was the end of him" Asahu said as Yami fell into deep thought.Kazuko saw a smile on Gildart face as she looked at the field and thought, "Something isn't adding up, is Gildart happy that he's dead or did he survive that"Kaikuh eyes widen as she heard a voice, "It's time to get serious, I'll slay this beast"The beast turned back as blood spilled out from one of its legs which stunned everyone except Gi
As Natsu lost consciousness, he had a little glimpse of his childhood, as the beast walked gently towards him.Natsu was hiding behind the bushes as he watched a lady bug eating from a plant and jumped out to catch it."I did it! Now I have to show grandma" Natsu said in excitement as he smiled and went home."Grandma!" Natsu screams while running towards her as she worked on the garden.His grandma stopped and smiled as Natsu ran towards her in excitement."Woah, what do we have here?" His grandma said as Natsu replied, "You won't believe this, I saw it eating from a flower and waited for the right time before catching it""That's incredible Natsu, you're just five but you're already learning how to hunt so quickly" she said as she squatted and scattered his hair, making Natsu to smile so joyfully."You can let the bug go now, let's finish with the farm and later go hunting for real" his grandma said as he freed it and
As they arrived at Natsu's area, he was escorted to the field as Gildart and the rest watched from a different room. Natsu was fighting in a large room filled with pillars as Gildart thought, "They stole my ideas, I can't believe they would do such a thing, I thought that man said they prepared everything already" as he let out a deep breath. As Natsu was standing in the room looking around, a beast from the other side came into the field. The beast was a blue and white three headed dog with fox like appearance, and it emitted lots of magic energy as it entered into the room. "That beast looks pretty powerful, I wonder if he would be able to survive this fight?" Kazuko thought. "I think you guys went too far in this exam, I mean just look at him, he isn't in any condition to fight that kind of beast" Asahu said as Mitsuki replied, "You might be right about that, but no one expected him to be that injured
"Yami!" Kazuko, Asahu, Mitsuki and Kaikuh shouted as they saw what happened."He's tough so you guys don't need to worry about him" Gildart said as his hands were folded while watching the fight."Dr Mayumi, I have a favor to ask, please can you heal them" Gildart asked."You don't have any right to tell me what to do, but since you said a favor guess I can help out, although that just means you're indebted to me" Dr Mayumi replied."Fine" Gildart replied."Good, we now have a deal" Dr Mayumi said happily."Okay kids, I'll advise you to follow Dr Mayumi so that you can be ready for stage 3 of the exams" Gildart said."But sir..." Kazuko replied as Gildart immediately shouted, "That's an order, and if you don't go, you'd be disqualified"Kazuko, Asahu and Mitsuki said nothing as they bent there heads and followed Dr Mayumi."Sir I can stay right, besides, you have no reason to chase me out of here" Kaiku
Kazuko finally arrived at the watch room as Dr Mayumi said, "You got me worried there for a sec, those were some slick moves""Really" Kazuko said as she scratched her head and smiled in embarrassment."If you need medical care, you can go to the..." Dr Mayumi said as Kazuko interrupted her and said, "I'm sorry but I have to see Yami's fight, hope you don't mind.""It's no biggie, just make sure you don't push yourself too much, okay" Dr Mayumi said."Yes ma'am" Kazuko replied."Okay it's time for our last contestant to fight, come on Yami, let's go to your battle field" Gildart said excited and happily as they left that area.While they were going, Kazuko went close to Yami as she took a deep breath and said, "I know I didn't buy you as much time as you need, but...""It's fine, besides, I'm glad you're alright, that's all that matters right now" Yami said as he smiled at her."Really" Kazuko asked being shocke
The beam landed on the ground and caused a large explosion as it destroyed the whole area. "This can't be" Mitsuki said as she fell on her knees. "She's gone" Asahu said. Yami clutched his fits in fury as he thought "Come on Kazuko, you've always been the proudest among all of us, you can't go now" as he screamed "Come on Kazuko! What do you think you're doing? Win this already!!!" As the light disappeared, they all sensed a powerful magic energy as Kazuko said "I told you, your puny attacks won't work on me!!! It's time to get really serious" "Kazuko!!!" They all shouted with joy. "She survived that. She's really something" Gildart thought. "I now understand why they gave her this beast to fight, it's to test how strong she can truly get. It's amazing how she's been holding back for so long, I was starting to think the host this year were cruel" the stage 2 instructor thought. Kazuko screamed as she fle