"Guess I'm of" Natsu said as he stood up and began to head into the forest.
The place they are to take there exams was like a forest. The forest was really large and it had different kinds of leaves and flowers, even the trees had different varieties of fruits and each of them had different shapes. Although, they were different kind of plants, they were some plants that were the same, as it wasn't every tree that was different but most of it.
"Wow, the forest is really beautiful!" Natsu said as he was astonished by the forest.
"It's very beautiful, but why are there so many different kind of trees everywhere. Plus, if this goes on, many people would get lost" Natsu complained.
"I know, I can leave a mark on the trees, that way I won't get lost. But one question, where is the safe zone and where are we meant to exit from if we are done with the exam?" Natsu thought as he then realized that the exam was going to be tough, and not as easy as him and Yami thought.
Natsu brought out the little knife he carried, which he kept in his waist back side, and then began to mark the trees with it as he was moving forward.
Here's the thing, as the contestants were in the waiting room, their stage 2 instructor arrived and gave them the materials they needed for the exams. He also told them to be careful and wished them good luck as they then started the exams.
He had a purple hair that he packed and wore glasses. He also wore a lab coat with a black top plus brown trousers and a black shoe. He was as sweet and soft as a baby, plus he wasn't like Gildart who rushed them and didn't care if anything happened to them.
He gave all of them small knifes, a magic rope, and a magic bag that they could put anything into, so that they would be able to carry much things and still move freely.
He also wanted to warn them about some things before Gildart stopped him, from the place he was watching them, using a microphone.
"Don't ruin the fun dummy!" Gildart shouted as he interrupted him.
"But they are kids! Let's not forget that they're new to this things. Don't just act heartless towards them!" the stage 2 instructor said.
"Yeah, and I'm a beast who eats plants, get a hold of yourself and let's begin the exams already. I don't have all day you know!" Gildart says as he then taps a button that opened the gate to the forest.
"Good luck everyone, I hope you all pass the exams, and please, don't get offended by Gildart" the stage 2 instructor said.
Natsu sighed as he remembered what happened as he said, "I wish Gildart was as nice as our stage 2 instructor, maybe the exams might have been more easier than it was"
"I now see the use of the knife. I'm glad he gave us this equipments, at least it will make it easy for us to hunt lots of beasts" Natsu thought.
"Okay, so if I'm a beast where would I be, common think, where would they be hiding?" Natsu said as he continued moving forward.
"I know, I'll climb a tree to see if I would see any beast" Natsu said as he started climbing a very big and tall coconut tree.
He got to the top of the tree and started looking around, he then noticed that there was a very tall tree, that was bigger than the rest around that area.
"Hmmmm! Maybe I would get a better view from that tree" Natsu thought as he began heading towards the tree he saw.
He came down from the tree he was on and began running towards the big tree. As he was approaching the tree he heard a loud noise as he began to wonder what happened and shrugged it off.
He then climbed to the tree top and began searching for the beasts, as he was searching, he saw a cave not so far from the tree he was on as he then noticed that some trees had few things that were glittering.
He then decided to take those things he saw glittering on the trees as he was heading towards the cave.
Once he arrived, he heard a snore which scared him as he took a deep breath and started walking into the cave gently.
Inside the cave was really dark so Natsu couldn't see anything as he was moving inside.
He walked carefully inside the cave as he was in search for valuable items. While he was moving, he mistakenly stepped on something that made a sound.
He was really hoping that the beast inside won't wake up since he didn't know what to do as it was also dark.
Sigh.....
"That's a relief, I really thought it would wake up.
Hmmmm...
So what did I step on? Hope it's something valuable" Natsu said as he bent down and started feeling the ground.
Yellow eyes like that of a serpent appeared and looked around as it then saw Natsu bending and feeling the ground.
Natsu realized that he stepped on a small tree branch and continued moving. He later stepped on another and did the same thing as he then noticed it was a tree branch and continued walking down.
Natsu became frustrated after a while of searching and not seeing anything as he unknowingly shouted, "Where is the valuable item!"
He immediately held his mouth as he shouted that, and then look around to see if any beast would come for him.
Sigh...
"That was close, I'm lucky that I didn't wake it up" Natsu said in relief.
"What do I think I'm doing, I should stop talking before I wake whatever is in here" Natsu thought as he immediately closed his eyes and took a deep breath.
"This isn't that hard, it's just like that time I stole the Liagoles eggs" Natsu thought.
"Wait, what if I'm trying to stealing from something as strong as Liagole, if worst stronger than it" Natsu thought.
"Calm down Natsu, there's no way any creature is as strong as him or even stronger" Natsu thought as he rubbed his hands on his chest trying to calm himself down.
"I should be really careful if I want to come out of this alive"
"Hmmmm, I guess I should just leave here if I want to survive, besides, there's nothing inside here except from a beast " Natsu thought as he turned back to head out.
As Natsu turned back, he screamed and fell to the ground after seeing a yellow snake like eyes in front of him.
"What now! Wait it hasn't attacked me, does it mean that it thinks I'm here to feed it or something" Natsu thought as he then began to stand up.
"Hmmmm, my next move and word would decide if I fight or not, in other words I'm dead if I make the wrong move" Natsu thought to himself as his heart was racing.
Sigh....
"You aren't as scary as I thought you were, guess I misjudged you" Natsu said as he stretched his hands forward.
"The place is dark so I don't know much about the beast, but I hope it falls for it and doesn't kill me. If I make it think I'm here to feed it, I should be able to survive" Natsu thought.
The beast looked at Natsu as it began to bend its head left and right and then started sniffing him.
Natsu felt tensed up with its reaction as he began to calm himself down.
"There's no need to be afraid, if it wanted to kill me, it would have done that a while ago" Natsu thought.
The beast began to walk forward. Natsu thought that it decided to show him the way.
Natsu followed the beast as he arrived at a place where he began to hear baby sounds like that of a bird and bat.
"I can't believe it carried me to where its baby is, does it really trust me that much" Natsu thought.
The adult beast then made a weird sound as it then jacked Natsu gently and put him in the nest.
Natsu was really surprised by this as he then heard the adult beast make a weird sound which made the baby beast to start making weird noises.
As they were making strange noises, Natsu began to wonder why they're acting happy and then realized something.
"Don't tell me that I'm their lunch, if that's so I have to get out of here!" Natsu thought as he began to panic.
"How do I get out of here, let's see, the adult is at my back and the kids at my front. But coming here, I was following the beast at first, and then it later carried me and moved a little as it later dropped me, as I walked with it down here. So how do I get out of this cave?" Natsu thought.
"There's no need of over thinking things right now, I should just get out of here as fast as possible before they eat me" Natsu thought as he began to run away from there.
As he made a step, they all became quite as he made noises when he moved.
Natsu didn't care less about escaping since he noticed that the nest were made out of tree branches, and if the baby's moves he would also hear them.
He continued running as fast as he could as he then thought, "I'm in a lot of disadvantages in a fight between these beasts, for starters I can't see in the dark, plus, this beast have four legs and can run very fast. Let's not forget that there's one of me and who knows how many they are, from the noise I heard, maybe three children if not more, so what should I do now, how can I fight this beasts and win with the kind of disadvantages I have?"
Suddenly the adult beast appeared in front of him and then hit him towards the kids as he came out of the nest.
Natsu rolled and landed on the ground as he then tried to stand up.
As he raised his head up, he noticed he could see the beast eyes clearly.
"Wait, I can see its eyes clearly" Natsu thought as he the turned his head towards his back and saw three pairs of eyes looking at him and coming closer to him.
One of the child jumped towards him and tried to bite him but Natsu dodged it.
"If I keep my distance I would be safe since I can see their eyes, but the problem is the adult, cause from the looks of it the babies are slow, which means I can keep up with their speed" Natsu thought as he started running away.
The clubs continued attacking him but he continued dodging their attack as they either tried to bite, scratch, or rip him apart.
Natsu started becoming excited because he believed he could actually win the fight since the adult wasn't attacking as he was dodging the babies attack.
"Hmmm, I got a knife with me, so I could try to hurt one of them, but the problem is that if I go on to fight the babies with a knife, how would the adult react" Natsu thought to himself as he was running around and dodging their attacks.
"There's no time to think this through, if I just continue dodging I'll get tired and be eating, so instead of that, it's best I just fight back!" Natsu thought as he brought out one of the knifes to fight.
As Natsu brought out his knife from his waist side, one of the babies jumped towards him to bite him as he then bent down and stabbed the beast which made it to scream loudly in pains.
"Hmmm, I guess I'm not that bad in fighting" Natsu thought as he removed the knife from the baby beast and put it back in the pouch at his waist side.
The baby beast landed on the ground and began to bleed as it tried to get up.
The adult beast saw what happened and became furious, as it then dashed towards Natsu and used its claws to hit him.
Natsu flew and crashed into a wall as the beast then used a sonic roar to crush Natsu into the wall causing it to break.
Natsu flew out from the high and dark area and landed in a bright place as the ground was filled with water.
He tried to stand up as he then saw a black panther with bat like wings looking at him, as it then spread it's wings and flew towards him.
Natsu stood up immediately and began to run for his life.
Natsu saw it closing the gap as it stretched out its claws and opened its mouth to kill him, he then jumped towards the ground which made the beast to miss him.
"That was way too close for comfort, I would have died if I didn't jump towards the ground!" Natsu thought as the beast landed in front of him and turned towards him with a deadly look on its face.