Fairy Tail University, Magnolia City.

In the male dorm, Natsu Dragneel laid on his bed while playing with his phone, busily chats with his best friend slash rival: Gray Fullbuster.

Gray: So, not coming for practice?

Natsu: Sorry, my cousin, Happy, needs me, he has math homework.

Gray: Well, I'll be damn, since when your brain is doing so well, flame head?

Natsu: Shut up, popsicle! I knew about the elementary lesson, ok?

Gray: Yeah? What's the answer for 1/5 + 1/4?

Natsu: It's 2/9.

Gray: Natsu, don't help him.

Natsu: lol, I am kidding! The answer is 9/20.

Gray: Oh, thank God, I thought you are inborn stupid.

Natsu: You are dying for my fist, aren't you?

But at this moment, a strange voice resounded in his ears, so loud resembled it was electrocuting his entire brain in general.

"Puny human, I'm Zeref, from now on, your peaceful and comfortable life is over, the era of God and Demon system will begin!

Only those with the will to live can survive; therefore, struggle! Seek the way to become strong, increase your chance of survival!

On the count of five, your struggle to live will begin; once again I remind you, seek the power to survive!

"5!“

Natsu felt his entire world stop moving; even his breath ceased to function.

"4!"

Aside from this so-called Zeref, Natsu didn't hear others sound, including the hum of the fan inside his room.

"3!"

His entire body solidified; his heart might have rhythm, but his neurotic system utterly froze.

"2!"

What's going on? What's this God and Demon System?

"1!"

Natsu Dragneel was not a fortune teller, doesn't have the power to see the future, but why he doesn't know.

"0!"

He thought the world was over.

"Game, begin!"

Natsu instantly freed from his restraint; he sat up immediately from his bed and discovered a strange thing within his hand.

"What's this?" he said while turned over the strange item back and forth; it's like a wrought fence but much thicker.

Name: Novice Staff

Grade: Novice

Attack: 5

Durability: 100/100

Detail: your starting weapon, noob!

Natsu abruptly terrified; this information came out of nowhere, also a starting weapon? Why did he feel like as if playing those MMORPGs?

Then, more information flowed into his head.

Name: Natsu Dragneel

Level: 1

Job: None

Title: None

Str: 20 (10)

Agi: 16 (10)

Vit: 15 (10)

Sta: 15/15 (10)

Spt: 9 (10)

End: 15 (10)

Natsu was unable to guess whether he was dreaming or not; he played a game before, although he was not a pro, he understood the meaning of these sort of stat.

What made him confuse; why they appeared one by one like this? What connection it has with the unknown voice from before?

*Kriiing!*

"Oh, fuck!" his obscure mind awoke by the ringtone of his phone, Natsu promptly grabs it and find Gray's name on its display.

"Hey, dude, you won't believe what just-"

"Natsu, lock your door now!"

Natsu couldn't finish his words as he was cut by Gray's frighten tone.

"Gray, what's going on?"

"Zombie!"

"Zombie?"

"Oh, shit, Nat-"

*Tit---------*

Natsu put down his phone with confused eyes, oddly stares at the word 'disconnected' on its display.

Zombie, the superstitious man-eating undead?

Why did Gray mention such a thing at a time like this?

'Only those with the will to live can survive.'

'Survive.'

'Survive.'

As if a switch flipped inside Natsu's brain, the pink-haired man stands from his bed, rush into the door of his room then swiftly twisted the key.

He took several steps back with a pale face, rays of terror flashed through his eyes.

Oh no, please, no, this can be real.

"Kyaaaaaaa!"

From the only window of his room, a scream pierced through his ears, making the muscled young man swiftly turned his body and dashed toward it.

Squinting his eyes, Natsu saw some girls attacked a girl with a white T-shirt; tearing, gnawing and biting her flesh.

"What the fuck...," Natsu tried to move his gaze, but sadly everywhere scenes was all the same.

A long-haired woman beat on the stone-paved ground, many people gather on her, feasting upon her body; then, blood gushed out, creates a pool underneath them as she stretched out her arm as if trying to drag her body away.

A man grasped by two people; one female and one male, the female was chewing out the meat on his legs, while the male savored his brain.

These absurd and unlikely accidents occurred all over the area; Fairy Tail University infested with zombies!

"No, this can be...," Natsu retreated from the window, his entire skin had thoroughly blanched, the thought of vomiting constantly pound his head.

Then, Natsu reached for his phone on the bed, crazily calls anyone he knows.

"Damn it, Gray, answer the damn phone."

"Lucy, come on..."

"Igneel."

"Happy."

One by one he called, but none had answered him, although some got connected, the line only last like a mere seconds before it completely cut off.  

"Damn!" Natsu kicked the frame of his bed harshly, unintentionally creates a loud bang on it.

*Bang!*

Meanwhile, someone hit his door, frightening Natsu.

"Who's there?" Natsu shouted, but only receive more severe bang on his door.

Before he knew it, two claws pierced through the wooden door, they easily tear it down.

A figure stormed inside his room, a short-haired man at the same age as Natsu, his stomach was missing a chunk.

Natsu recognized this person; he was from the soccer club.

However, he was no longer a person Natsu knew; in fact, he was no longer a human.

His skin had turned grey, his teeth and nails went long and sharp; both eyes don't have a soul.

The zombie's soulless eyes scanned the room; then it found the stone Natsu nearby the bed, without slight hesitation, it lunged at him like a wild animal.

"Oh, fuck it!" Natsu dodged to his left, stumbles onto his bed on the process, the zombie hit the wall beside the window, slightly several feet to his left; the zombie ought to jump through his window.

*Bang!*

The paint on his wall cracked at the instant, leaving a few lines of rupture.

Natsu was honestly shocked, the zombie he knew from game and film was never this strong!

The zombie retreated several steps; then it faced Natsu, immediately jumps on him.

Natsu raised his leg, stops the zombie with his knee; then the zombie's hands tried to reach him, but Natsu seized its wrists, preventing the sharp nails from tearing him apart.

"Arggh!" the zombie growled.

"Come on, dude, snap out of it, I treat you cola if you did," Natsu said while clenching his teeth, the strength of this zombie had beyond his imagination!

Natsu was confident with his strength, but facing this zombie had easily made him desperate.

Slowly but surely, the zombie's sharp nails descended, Natsu's shivering hands gradually overtaken by it.

"Grr, damn it...," Natsu said while sweats drip from his forehead.

The zombie's sharp nails only several inches closer to his face, Natsu could see the manic grin on the monster face.

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Gritting his teeth, Natsu increased the strength in his hands, clench tightly the zombie's wrists until a cracking sound reverberated in the room.

While veins popped out of his temple, Natsu, with anger on his face, stopped the advancement of the zombie's hands, also raising his other leg slowly to gather on the zombie's abdomen.

"If you think, I am an easy target...," he said with incomparable anger on his tone, he moved aside the hands then pushed back the zombie slowly, "Then, you have made a big mistake."

*Bang!*

Natsu released the zombie's hands in an instant; its body weighted upon his legs but Natsu channeled his strength to them, with all power he could muster, Natsu kicked the zombie away!

The zombie's head hit the frame of the bed on the top of them, breaking it in the process then the zombie stumbled back a few steps before falling toward the ground, letting out a loud thud.

Natsu gasped for breath; he wiped the sweat from his forehead while glaring at the zombie.

Although he wanted to escape, Natsu knew the outside hall perhaps had swarmed with more of zombies; moreover, he was on the third floor, he can't imagine the number of the zombie below him.

And this zombie might have overrun him before he could escape.

Natsu remembered the black item in his hand, Novice Staff if he remembered correctly, he looked around the bed and founded it laying on the floor.

He quickly grabbed it and moved toward the zombie; at the same time, the zombie prepared to stand up.

*Bang!*

Natsu swung the Novice Staff and hit the zombie's head; it slams down hard the ground, without giving it chance to recover, Natsu had stood on its body, grasps his weapon with both hands and pounded the zombie's head with all of his might.

He didn't care whether the noise was carried to the end of the hall of this floor, doesn't care how many zombies had roamed this floor, all he wanted at this moment, was to turn the zombie's head before him into a meat paste.

*Bang!*

*Kaching!*

Suddenly, a black coin, red and white ball, and a red book came out from the zombie's body, successfully catches Natsu's attention.

He picked them up and curiously observes.

Black Coin: the currency to trade with the merchant of God and Devil system.

Pokeball: inside has a mysterious creature, ready to become your partner!

Red Book (Art of Fire Lv1): A magic book that will teach you the art of using fire magic.  

The information flowed automatically into Natsu's head, even the guidance on using them.

The Black Coin couldn't be used now as it stated the merchant of God and Devil System had not yet available.

As for the Pokeball, Natsu only needed to throw it anywhere, then a creature inside will come out to help him fight.

And lastly, the book of fire magic, Natsu simply just have to say 'I want to learn it', then the magic will automatically become his.

Natsu held the book in one hand, says, "I want to learn it."

"You can learn 3 active skills before you reach level 30, are you sure you want to learn Art of Fire?"

"Yes!"

*Zing!* the book disappeared into a red light, then it flushed toward the space between Natsu's eyebrows, inside his mind, a strange rune appeared; he looked into it and another information sent to him.

Fire Fist (Art of Fire Lv.1): Engulf your fist with fire, smash your enemy with those hotties! Mp: 5 stamina.

Natsu couldn't help but sweatdrop at the description, then he tried to cast the magic.

*Boom!*

In an instant, Natsu's both hands ignited with fire, he was panic immediately, even tried to look for water to extinguish them, but realize the fire had not hurt him, his hands instead only felt warm.

"Can I really kill the zombie with this?" Natsu said with doubtful voice, he couldn't tell how hot the fire was because whenever he used it to touch his body, he only felt warm.

Natsu walked into his bed and touched the mattress.

*Shua!*

It was lit on fire!

"Oh, my god, fire! Fire! My bed was on fire!" Natsu said with the panic tone, begins to dash around the room.

After trying with many attempts, Natsu had finally extinguished it, he let out a relaxed breath.

"Now, I'm confident to beat those zombies," Natsu fiendishly grinned before he sought for the red and white ball.

It was only as big as a nicker ball, but when Natsu touched the middle button on it, the ball grew bigger as his palm.

"The weird instruction said I must throw the ball to summon the creature inside," Natsu mumbled then he faced the direction toward the hall and threw the ball.

*Bing!*

The Pokeball hit the floor and bounced, it flipped open into half immediately and red light rapidly sneaked out; it gathered several inches from the where the ball landed.

As the Pokeball magically returned to Natsu's hand, the red light begins to solidify and create a form; a creature like an orange-colored lizard with an ember on its tail.

"Congratulation, you have summoned a Charmander, will you accept this Pokemon as your partner?"

"Charmander!" the orange-lizard cheerfully said.

"Can't it speak a human's language?" Natsu said, of course, it's not like he against it; in fact, the creature looks adorable enough.

"Char, char," Charmander seemed to understand him and tried to convey something.

"Well, it doesn't matter, I am happy to have you along, buddy!" Natsu crouched into the lizard's height and grinned.

"Ding!"

"You have chosen this pokemon as your partner, the information of its status will soon transfer into your brain."

Partner name: Charmander

Lv: 1

Type: Fire

Gender: Male

Str: 12 (10)

Agi: 13 (10)

Vit: 10 (10)

Sta: 5/5 (10)

Spt: 12 (10)

End: 10 (10)

Attack: 1. Scratch, 2.___, 3.___.

"Father!" the Charmander said.

Natsu startled, says, "Wow, I can understand your language now."

"Because we are official partners, you and I can exchange language easily, but you will not understand other Pokemon," Charmander cheerfully said.

"Cool! But why you call me 'Father'?" Natsu tilted his head in confusion.

"I just sort of wanted to," Charmander softly whispered, then with tearful eyes looks at him, "Do you dislike it?"

"Of course not, you caught me surprise, that's all," Natsu grinned, "I don't mind whatever you want to call me with."

"Yey, Father!" Charmander ran to Natsu and hoped into his bosom.

"Oi, careful, my hands is on fire!" Natsu hurriedly said as he grasped him.

"Silly Father, I am a fire type Pokemon, so long it wasn't very hot, I can withstand the heat!"

"You are just getting more awesome, Charmander!" Natsu said.

"Now, Father, we should probably get going, you won't be safe in this dorm!" Charmander said.

"Duh, look at my door, smashes open like that, aside from looking for my friends and family, I also need to strong place to survive," Natsu nodded.

Charmander jumped out from his chest, waving the ember on his tail and confidently said, "Then let us go, Father, I will protect you no matter at what cost!"

"And I will protect you, Charmander!" Natsu laughed while patting his arm.

The duo fire, ready to face against the horde of zombie!