Firenze

Natsu grabs the sheath of the katana while he looks at Tsukiko and a soft smile goes across his face before he turns back to Yukimaru
Yukimaru takes a few steps closer but stops when he's infront of Natsu and Tsukiko.

"You mean..this Demon Eyes Kyo?!"
"Yes."

Yukimaru takes the sheath and turns it around with the handle pointing at Natsu.

"Do you know Demon Eyes Kyo?"
"N-No...I..d-don't...know so-someone..um.."
"Strange..because you also have...Demon Eyes."

Sasuke raises his eyebrow and takes a few steps towards the group.

"Your lying Natsu.
You know...Kyo..."

He says with a cold expression and a smirk goes across his face.

"Natsu please grab the handle.
I want to show you something that's on the sheath."

Yukimaru says with a soft smile showing that Natsu can trust him.

"Al-Alright..."

Natsu grabs the handle and a serious expression goes across Yukimaru's face for just only a second and it turns back to a soft smile.
Suddenly Yukimaru pulls the sheath out so that Natsu's holding the katana.

"Kgh!"
"Heh.."

Yukimaru takes a few steps back when Natsu looks down at the ground.
His eyes turn bright red, his hair turns light blue and a evil aura surrounds him.

"Hmph..."

Demon Eyes Natsu raises his head and a evil smirk goes across his face.
Raven and Lydia's eyes widen and they quickly appear next to him.

"N-No Natsu!"

Yukimaru looks interested and a warm smile goes across his face.

"Hello Demon Eyes.
How does it feel to be a mixed soul?"

A iritated expression goes across Demon Eyes Natsu's face.

"What do you want from me?
Depending on your answer I'll grant you a quick death."

Tsukiko looks at Yukimaru confused but her eyes widen in shock when she see's the familiar red eyes and her eyes widen in shock.

"No.... Natsu...."

She whisper in shock and she take a step back with fear in her eyes when she remembers his threat.

Demon Eyes Natsu looks back at Tsukiko with a smirk.

"We meet again little girl.
Don't...ever call me by that name.
I am Kyo..not..Natsu."

Yukimaru chuckles again and waves to Sasuke to come his way.
Sasuke sighes and appears next to Yukimaru.

"Hey!"

Demon Eyes Natsu turns back to Yukimaru.

"Finally i got your attention.
I need your help...don't worry there is a prize Kyo-chan.
I know...what your searching for...and I know where it is but I'll only tell if you if you do something for me."

Demon Eyes Natsu's turns to Yukimaru with a cold expression and tries to slash him.
Yukimaru dodges the slash and he still looks at him with a soft smile.

"Tch..."
"Looks like you don't have all your power back yet.
But I already knew that."
"Kgh....do you want to taste my blade?"

Yukimaru chuckles and takes a few steps closer.

"Heh I rather stay alive Kyo-chan.
Anyway...I want you to enter the Shogun tournament.
Bring me his head..."

Demon Eyes Natsu raises his eyebrow and a smirk goes across his face when he hears the seriousness in Yukimaru's voice.

"Tokugawa Ieyasu.
He's holding a tournament but I can't enter.
If I do he will recognize me or my men.
But he doesn't know your still alive.
Don't worry your opponents aren't that strong.
You can defeat them even if you can only fight ten minutes in your son-
I mean..that..body."

Yukimaru says in a playful tone and Demon Eyes Natsu spits on the ground with a cold expression.

"The Shogun tournament...what's it for?...and..where is it?"
"The prize is given by Ieyasu himself.
If your a criminal all the things you have done are also erased.
The city where it's held isn't far from here, just follow this road.

A smirk goes across Demon Eyes Natsu's face.

"Intesting if you don't keep your promise.
I will find you..and kill you..Yukimaru."
"Ah don't worry about that.
I'll also be at that tournament.
Bye for now~"

Yukimaru dissappears with Sasuke and Demon Eyes Natsu picks the sheath and puts it back in his belt but keeps holding the sword.

"Heh...wuhahahaha!"

Demon Eyes Natsu laughs while he takes a few steps foward and both Lydia and Raven look confused.

"What..should we..do?"

Tsukiko looks at him slightly angered and she crosses her arms.

"Well I'm sorry but your soul is housing in Natsu's body.... but goood atleast I can call you something else because your too demon-like to be The real Natsu...."

She says before looking away angerly but she looks at Yukimaru shocked and she looks between them shocked.

"You can't be serious.... you let him take over Natsu.... to take on a job for an assassin? who the hell do you think you are?"

Tsukiko asks sounding shocked and angered before looking at Kyo again.

"Give Natsu his body back!"

Kyo turns to Tsukiko and laughs.

"Give him his body back?
I am just borrowing it for a little while until he gives me a headache."

He turns back and walks further down the road while Yukimaru chuckles.

"Well Kyo is the man who killed over a thousand people four years ago.
So it's a good deal.
Kyo gets his body and i get my enemy out my way.
Kyo loves killing people so killing someone to get his body back isn't a bad deal.
Besides..that body he's using now the body of his so-"
"Yukimaru!
Shut up!"
"H-Hai..."

Yukimaru chuckles and points to Kyo.

"Now little girls and boy.
You all can follow Kyo
I am leaving, bye, bye!~"

He says in a happy tone before he dissappears.
Raven's looks at Kyo and sighes.

"Let's follow him.
We need Natsu back."

Tsukiko's eyes widen in shock and she looks down angerly.

"I don't care what he has to do... I don't want Natsu's hands soiled with his sins..."

She says angerly before looking at them with a glare but she looks at Raven and Lydia with a sad expression when she noticed they were just going along with it and she looks down sadly.

"Natsu...."

Lydia sighes and puts her arm around Tsukiko and Raven's eyes widen when he sees Tsukiko's sad expression and he runs to Kyo.

"W-Wait Raven!"
"Whaaaaaaah!
Give my friend back!!"

Raven yells and Kyo raises his head and looks over his shoulder.

"Oh~
You want to give it a try?"

Kyo flips over Raven when he tries to elbow his back and he kicks Raven in his stomach with a lot of force.

"Ugh!"

Raven drops on his knees and Kyo kicks his face which sends him rolling over the ground.

"If you wanted a invitation you should've asked.
I'll give you a trip to the after life!!"

Suddenly Kyo grabs his fore head and looks down in pain.

"Agh..kgh..damn it!
Stay in there you stupid brat!"

Raven's eyes widen and he slowly tries to stand up but he holds his hand on his stomach.

Tsukiko's eyes widen in shock when Raven runs towards Kyo and a fearful expression goes across her face.

"Raven don't!!"

She yells after him but her eyes widen even more in fear when he kicks Raven and she begins trembling softly. But she looks shocked when she hears what Kyo says and she gasps.

"Natsu is trying to get control...... NATSU!!"

Tsukiko whispers before yelling out his name sounding a little like a child.

a iritated expression goes across Kyo.

"Agh!
Shut up, Shut up, Shut up!
Your always standing in my way!!"

Kyo raises the katana and turns it around before he pushes it into the sheath.

"Kgh....agh......"

He also falls on his knees but his hair turns dark blue and the dark line forms around his red eyes.

"Agh........."

Natsu slowly stands up while panting.

"Don't..come..back..ever..again.."

He whispers while he stands up and Raven also stands up.

"N-Natsu?"
".......Yea......."
"Whoeehoeeh!
I mean....i am glad that your back."

Raven says with a small smile and Natsu chuckles before he looks around with a worried expression.

"Are you guys alright?"

Tsukiko closes her eyes tightly until she hears Natsu's familiar voice and she slowly opens her eyes where she see' Natsus true appearance and she let's out a sigh of relief before to him and she hug him tightly.

"Your back...."

She whispers happily while her trembling stops and she tightens her grip on him.

Natsu looks slightly suprised but he also hugs her tightly.

"Yea..."

Lydia walks to the pair with a warm smile before Natsu slowly let's go of her but gives a quick kiss on her cheek.

"Alright umm..let's go."

Natsu says with a soft smile and turns around walking to the direction of the city Yukimaru was talking about.

Tsukiko blushes when he kisses her cheek and she smiles at him softly before nodding at what he says and she let's go. But she looks worried when she see's the direction where they were going and she looks up at him confused.

"Wait.... we aren't going to that place that guy talked about before..... are we...?"

She asks confused and worried before turning to look back at Lydia and Raven confused.

Raven and Lydia also look confused.

"Uh..we're going to that forest..I thought you would go with us."

Natsu turns to the group with a calm expression.

"I don't know about you guys but...I am going to that place that guy talked about earlier.
Yukimaru knows where Kyo's body is and I am going to find it.
I am not going to live like this for my entire life."

He says with a serious tone while still panting.

"Who's..........going with me?"

Natsu asks with a small smile when he realizes that this is the start of a new journey.

Tsukiko's eyes widen in shock at what Natsu says and she looks between Natsu and Lydia confused before looking up at Natsu again.

"I want to go with Natsu..... but I don't want to live Lydia and Raven behind to...."

She says with a worried expression and looks down sadly not knowing what she would do.

Natsu looks down at the katana and sighes before he looks back att he group and Lydia puts her hand on Tsukiko's shoulder.

"Tsukiko...go with Natsu..."

Lydia whispers with a soft smile.

"I am sure...that you will be very happy when you go with him.
You guys can visit us anytime right?"

She says with a soft smile and Raven nods.

"Yea...we will miss you...but...we know that if you leave Natsu...your going then your going to regret it later."

Raven says with a small smile when he noticed that Tsukiko blushed when Natsu kissed her cheek.
Natsu waits for their decision with a soft smile.

Tsukiko's eyes widen in surprise when she hears what Lydia says and she turns to her and hugs her.

"Uu.... I going to miss you two...."

She breathes sadly before going to Raven and hugs him too.

"I probably would.... thank you Raven..."

Tsukiko whispers with a warm smile before letting go and she walks to Natsu again.

"Let's go...."

Lydia and Raven nod and wave to Tsukiko.

"Goodbye Tsukiko...I am also going to miss you."
"I am sure we will meet again someday."

Natsu looks at the three with a soft smile.

"I am also..going to miss you two.
But...when all this is over I am going to search for you two again."

He says with the same smile while Lydia and Raven start walking to another direction but they still wave to Natsu and Tsukiko and he waves back.

"Bye Tsukiko!
We will meet again someday!
I am sure we are going to meet again!"

Lydia yells with a happy tone but tries not to cry.

Tsukiko nods at what they says and she waves back while fighting back tears.

"Of course we'll meet again! Hopefully soon!"

She yell to them while she keeps waving but a tear manages to break through and slips down her cheek.

Natsu also waves until they dissappear in the distance and he sighes before he looks back at the road.

"Guess...it's just us now."

He whispers but he notices the tear and slowly puts his arm around her waist with a sad expression.

"We should...find a place to sleep...it's already getting dark."

Natsu whispers when he looks up at the sunset before he looks back at the road.

Tsukiko stops waving when she doesn't see them any more and she nods at what he says. But she looks up at him surprised when he puts his arm around her waist and she sniffles before wiping the tear away.

"I'm sorry.... it's... hard to say goodbye..."

She murmurs sadly before sniffling again while she leans her head on his shoulde when he said it was already getting dark and she nods.

"Yea it is..."

Tsukiko breathes before she closes her eyes in thought.

They walk into a small forest and Natsu sighes.

"I know...it's....hard to say goodbye."

Natsu whispers but he slowly loosens his grip on her when they stop a spot with only grass and tree's around them and a clear view of the sky.

"Let's stay here for tonight."

He says with a small smile while he takes the back pack off his back and puts it on the ground.

"Hey...Tsukiko..."

Natsu whispers while he takes the two large blankets out his back pack and puts one on the ground and the other one on top of it.

"Thanks..for coming with me."

He looks up at her with a warm smile while he takes the pillows out his back pack.

Tsukiko looks at him surprised at what he says but he smiles at him softly.

"Your welcome.... but you don't need to thank me for that..."

She says with a warm smile before she looks up at the sky to see a mixture of purple, pink, and orange and she closes her eyes again.

"Raven was right though.... I would have regretted it later if I didn't go with you..."

Tsukiko whispers with a calm and happy expression.

Natsu goes under the covers and pulls his back pack next to him.
Then he puts one pillow under his head and the other next to him.

"Regret it later?
Yea...I guess I would also regret it if i let you go."

He whispers when he looks down at the covers but looks back at her with a soft smile.

"But Tsukiko...I was thinking about something a while ago..and I decided that..after my fathe-"

Natsu's eyes widen and he looks down at the back pack quickly.

"I mean...um...Kyo left my body..I'll go with you and search for your mother.
You want to see her...right?"

He asks with a soft smile.

Tsukiko nods thinking it was a question but her eyes widen when she hears what he says and she blushes while looking down embarrassed. But she looks at him confused thinking he was about to say "father" but her face goes paler when he mentions Kyo. Her eyes then then widen when he mentions her mother and she smiles at him warmly.

"It's not that I want to see her.... I.... don't even remember what she looks like... but.... thank you for offering Natsu... that was sweet...."

She says with a warm smile before taking off her belt with the swords and her pouch before moving under the covers next to Natsu and she turns to him before kissing his cheek.

"I don't know what I want to do about my mother... I do remember her loving me... so I'm sure she would have taken me with her if she could.... but I don't know if it would be possible to go to her now... and I wouldn't want to get my hopes up like that..."

Natsu chuckles when she says "That was sweet" and when she kisses his cheek he turns to her with a soft smile.

"Alright...but if you ever decide to search for her then I'll go with you.
I promise..."

He whispers with the same smile before he puts his arm around her.

"Tsukiko do you have plans for the future?
I mean like...is there something you want to be?"

Natsu asks in a curious tone.