So here is my theory.
What if Zeref stabbed the book to awaken END? If you think about it after the stab Happy bought back Natsu to FT literally half dead with a tumor that he never showed any signs of having before. What are the chances of this happening now of all times? Can't be just a coincidence that happened at this paticular moment can it? So I tried to find something to convince me that its's not a coincidence, so after re-reading the chapter again (465) one particular sentence from Zeref stood out to me which was when at the end he says goodbye to Natsu in his own mind. He says "You can't stop be anymore... Goodbye, Natsu (Awaken END)". Joking aside doesn't this goodbye sound like one of those forever goodbyes the type just before someone dies.
Also to support my theory think about the situation Zeref was in, Zeref previously revealed only Natsu and END can kill him so from his point of view if Natsu failed to kill him, isn't it time to awaken END. And I believe thats exactly what he did when he stabbed the book of end. Like i said at the start the book of end had a cross where it was stabbed, maybe he needed to stab there to awaked end, the cross looks like an "aim here" sign lol and thats exactly where zeref stabbed it.
Now I know END hasn't awoken yet, but for now lets just say END's "trigger" has been activated and will awaken really soon, which could be the real reason for Natsus current and sudden condition, the tumour could be some kind of side effect or Porlyusica could be wrong and he never had a tumor, END is probably taking over his body or something as we still don't know exactly what END is, it could a transformation for all we know. And Brandish interfering by minimizing could have slowed the proccess down but who knows, maybe the next time Natsu awakend it won't be him but rather END.
August will have an interaction with Natsu - maybe they’ll fight each other, maybe he’ll be the one to awaken END (if it’s something that needs to be awakened; we still don’t know much about it), but one thing’s for sure - the Spriggan knows the truth about Natsu. Maybe he’s only aware he’s Zeref brother, but his reaction when he first met the pink-haired boy showed that he knows more about him than the other Spriggans. And that wouldn’t surprise me - August’s loyalty to Zeref is undoubted as it’s been implied in a lot of chapters. It also looks like Zeref respects the old man very much and values his opinion, so I wouldn’t be surprised if he told him about Natsu. That doesn’t mean August would be the one to end/kill the dragon slayer, though. The main conflict is Natsu (and the other DS) vs Zeref vs Acnologia, so August should only have a supporting role in it (which makes me wonder how Lucy and celestial magic are gonna fit into it, but let’s hope Mashima surprises us with something good). Based on all that, the most I think Mashima would let August do is somehow instigate END’s awakening (again, if that is something that needs to be awakened). As for the fact that it’s almost August, to me it’s just a coincidence.
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