He'd overdone it again... typical. "Way to go flamebrain. Now we probably won't get paid!" Gray yelled at a laughing Natsu

"Did you see his face when I just ate his spell. AHAH-" Natsu continued to laugh his ass off until Erza declared that they were leaving after being given half of the reward they were supposed to get and after being split evenly left the members of Team Natsu with almost no cash

"I don't even have enough to make rent this month!" Lucy complained to Erza and Gray whilst Natsu was off talking to Guildarts about fighting him

"It's because of that idiot. He always ruins things." Gray joined in on complaining to Natsu

"I have an idea. I suggest we take a mission for ourselves and leave Natsu out of it, if things go well we shall ask him to leave the team. If things go badly then we shall let him stay. Deal?" Erza questioned the other two members of the team.

"What about happy?" Lucy asked the re-Quip knight

"We let him stay. He's useful most of the time and doesn't cause the sort of trouble Natsu does." Erza said after taking the last bite of her strawberry cheesecake.

"Let's just get a mission and leave with out telling that idiot over there already" Gray said as he approached the Board to once agian see Nab standing scanning the requests.

"Hey Nab, still not found one eh?" Gray questioned

"No. I'm just looking for the right one for me." Then Nab spotted a mission that was perfect for him in everyway. Nab reached out to grab it and then

*tear*

Gray grabbed the mission and left quickly leaving a Nab who's jaw had hit the floor.

Gray handed Erza the mission details and earned a simple nod "Seems easy enough and it will cover the expenses of the members for a while. Let's meet at the train station in an hour." Erza declared as she made her way to Mira who luckily had happy sitting next to her with a fish in his mouth.

"Mira. Gray, Lucy, happy and I are taking this job, can you write it up?" Erza asked the barmaid

"Sure but what about Natsu? He usually goes on these missions too, right?" Mira asked the redhead

"Yes but we've decided to take a mission without Natsu to see if things go well. We're all sick and tired of his foolishness messing up the mission. Happy come on, we're leaving" Erza declared as she picked happy up and walked out of the guild hall.

"Seems a shame really... leaving Natsu out of Team Natsu. I wonder if they'll be okay." Mira said with a small frown on her face

The Next Day

"We're back everyone." Lucy declared as the Tri of Mages and peppy exceed entered the hall

"Hello everyone. How was the mission?" Mira questioned

"It went off perfectly. We didn't mess up a single detail and completed it within a few hours." Erza said with a smile.

"Hey where've you guys been? I've been lookin' all over for ya." Natsu greeted his 'team'

"Natsu we've got something to tell you" Lucy said in a low voice

"Sure go ahead" Natsu said in a happy voice, clearly still unaware that this was him being kicked off the team

"We've decided to permenantly remove you from the rankings of our team due to your incompetence in battle and your impulsive actions distrupting our set plans that had been pre-determined before the mission began" Erza said with her usual voice which only resulted in Natsu giving a blank stare.

"It means we're kickin' you off the team fire prick" Gray said with frustration from Natsus sheer incompetence.

"What? Are you guys for real?" Natsu asked. The smile he was wearing vanished into a straight face.

"Yeah, sorry about this Natsu. I hope there's no hard feeli-" Lucy said but was cut short as Natsu stormed through them and slammed the guild doors behind him.

"You don't think he just-" Lucy began

"No, it's Natsu we're talking about here. The idiot loves this place so why would he leave for good over something like this?" Gray said with a relaxed voice

"Yeah" Lucy perked up a bit "You're right. He'll be back tomorrow with the same old grin on his face."

But he didn't come back the next day.

or the next day

or the next day

days turned to weeks

and weeks turned to months

and still no sign or news of any kind about Natsu

4 Months after Natsu was kicked out of Team Natsu

The guildhall was quiet. As it was most days. It had been over 3 months since a random fight broke out in the guild hall. It had been over 3 months since Happy smiled. It had been over 3 months since Team Natsu made their choice to kick out their second strongest member. The guild had lost all spirit. It was now just a dull meeting place with no excitement or laughter. People would arrive, have a few drinks, talk to someone a little bit and then leave with a new job. Who would have thought that one member made fairy tail the guild it was.

Team Erza arrived back into the guild hall and recieved the usual dull greetings from everyone at teh guild. The 3 remaining wizards still managed to find enjoyment in every mission despite Natsu not being there. It had been so long since their payment was cut that they had almost forgotten about the Dragon Slayer. Not a single mission had went wrong yet but who knew all that would change in a short time?

4 months ago with Natsu

So I've been abandoned once again, just like that. Why does this always happen to me? What have I done to deserve this? Everything I do is to protect my guild and it's members so why was I kicked out? You know what! Fuck Erza, fuck Lucy, fuck Gray, fuck Happy, fuck all of them, FUCK FAIRY TAIL! WHO NEEDS EM'?! Natsu yelled inside his mind as he strode angrily out of Magnolia, not stopping to write a letter of even pick up any stuff.

After about 3 days Natsu soon found that it was easier to survive out in the middle of nowhere than he had thought. His magic made eating very very easy as he soon discovered that his Magic cooks the food for whilst killing it. How simple could things get? Aparently things were a lot more tougher than he had thought.

Natsu was currently digging into a squirrel he had landed a solid hit on whilst hunting when he heard some rusteling in the trees.

Natsu had failed to smell the approaching people due to the fact that he was currently eating charred squirrel and before he could react to the sound he was out cold.

His head was spinning, his vision was blurry and his ears were ringing. What ever magic had been used to knock him out was powerful, very very powerful.

He noticed 3 people standing in front of him. One of them was a fairly tall man, the other was another tall man but he was notably younger and the other was a young girl.

"Oh look, he's finally awake" The older man stated as he noticed Natsu strugeling to sit upright

"Whe-wh-" Natsu struggled to speak but it was clear enough what he was going to ask

"You're in our Guild hall." The slightly younger man responded to Natsus attempt to speak

"Who...are you?" Natsu said weakly as he soon found it easier to breathe

"Us? We're a relatively... unknown guild but we are the most powerful guild in existance. You've never heard of us but we're known as The fraternity. We're the leaders of the Barum Alliance." The older man gave a breif explination

"You're a dark guild? What do you want with me?" Natsu asked with intentions of discovering exactly what they aim to acomplish.

"We want you to join us" The eldest man said simply

"I'd never join a dark guild, not while I'm a part of-" Natsus words stopped dead as he realized that he isn't a part of Fairy Tail anymore. Although he'd not formally quit he didn't want anything to do with them anymore. Not after he'd been abandoned by the people he trusted with his life.

"Ah, but you're not a member anymore, that's why your mark is fading rapidly." The younger man said

"Besides, we were sent by Titania to kill you." The elder man stated which caused Natsus eyes to snap open

"That's a lie!" Natsu yelled at them and it was now that Natsu realized he was held to the wall with Magic Cancelling binds wrapped around his wrists and ankles.

"The job was sent out to every dark guild but we ordered them all to stand down so that we can do it ourselves. Those other guilds are weak and puny. Where as you." The man raised his hands to Natsu "You're strong, couragous, fearless and commited to a cause. You'd be able to squash those weaker guilds with one hand behind your back." He let out a low chuckle

"I don't believe they would pay someone to kill me!" Natsu yelled at him

"Well, see for yourself. Give me the details." The man held his hand out behind him and the younger girl placed the paper in his hand

"Here's the proof" He held the paper in front of Natsus face. It read

Natsu 'Salamander' Dragneel wanted

Details: Natsu Dragneel must be killed and proof must be given of his death. After mission completion the corpse is to be brought to the Cake Bakery in Magnolia. Tell the man at the counter 'the weather outside looks miserable and the word orange is interesting' and if he responds with 'yes but green rhymes with other words' then you are to take him to where you have hidden the corpse and the reward shall be given upon confirmation of his death.

Warning: Natsu is a fire dragon slayer meaning fire attacks shall not have a negative affect, they shall merely strengthen his attacks. Another warning is do not allow him to enter Dragon Force as it shall bring him to almost unstoppable levels.

*picture of Natsu*

Reward: 4,000,000 jewels

"Now tell me Natsu, who is friends with the man in the Cake Bakery and who would have so much information on you?" The older man asked him with a smirk

"Erza Scarlet" Natsu said with an emotionless voice.

"They actually did it. I'm actually wanted dead by Fairy Tail." Natsu said

"We could kill you and claim the 4 million jewel reward... or you can join us and take revenge on them. But those are your only options. Either swear your eternal loyalty to me or die in this room." He said as he pulled the paper with Natsus death request away from his face

"Can you give me time to think?" Natsu asked him in an almost pleading voice

"Of course, of course. Take all the time you need. I am a patient man." He said as he turned his back to Natsu and began heading for the doors to the room with his two associates next to him.

They're my Nakama, can I really just turn my back on them and high tail it to a dark guild? But they abandoned me! Why shouldn't I do this. I deserve revenge! But is revenge really the right thing to do? Although they abandoned me, they're still my friends. But would my freinds abandon me? No they wouldn't. Would my friends order me dead? No they wouldn't. Would my enemies take me in? No they wouldn't so does that mean that these people are my allies? No what am I saying! They kill people for money, I can't do that... can I? All the other ever did was complain about how much destruction I caused and how I would never do anything without hurting someone so maybe this is the path for me. But... what if I'm ordered to do something to Fairy Tail. Would I actually be able to do it? GODDAMN IT WHY DID THEY KICK ME OUT OF THE TEAM?! ALL I DID WAS SAVE THEIR ASS TIME AND TIME AGAIN AND THIS IS THE THANKS I GET! LET'S SEE HOW THEY DO WHEN I'M NOT THERE TO PROTECT THEM! Natsu felt like there was an angle on one soldier and a devil on the other. Just contradictiong one another until the devil finally beat the angle over the head and gave Natsu more the reason to join the dark guild. Why shouldn't he? Erza wants him dead for fucks sake!

It sure didn't take long for Natsu to pick a side. The decision was a lot simpler than he would have thought. After so many years with Fairy Tail he was about to accept a request to join a dark guild? More importantly, the leaders of the Barum Alliance. That guy said eternal loyalty so if I do this there is no turning back. If I join and then decide to leave then I die but if I don't join then I die. It's not like Fairy Tail would come looking for me? They want me dead so... I'm saying yes to this deal? Yes I am!

"HEY OLD MAN!" Natsu yelled at the metal door he seen the trio disappear through

The door creaked open and the man stepped in once again. "Your decision?" He asked immediatly

Natsu hung his head low in shame "I'd like to join The Fraternity" He said solomly

The man walked up to Natsu and patted his shoulder "Good choice my boy. Now we'll get the marker and you can swear your unwavering loyalty to the guild" He said as he tapped a control panel to the right of Natsu to release the Magic Shackles binding him to the wall.

"You won't regret this decision Natsu"