"Normal Talking"
'Normal Thinking'
"Spell"
"Demonic/Draconic Talking"
'Demonic/Draconic Thinking'
-Line Break-
There was the wailing of a child coming from the middle of a forest in the middle of nowhere. Although anyone could have found this as normal due to some of the recent happenings in earthland, the thing that stood out about this was the fact that the child seemed to be a beacon of magical energy.
Igneel was going about his day walking through the forest when he heard this wailing. Wondering what could make such a putrid noise he went over to silence the source for disturbing his peace. As he was walking towards the source of the noise he noticed multiple other signatures doing the same.
When Igneel got to the clearing he noticed that it was just a child that was the source of the noise and power. As he took a closer look at the child he noticed that there wasn't any fear in its eyes, instead it was just pure joy. Also he noticed that the other signatures also entered the clearing, he recognized all of them. There was Metallicana, Grandeeney, Weisslogia, and Skiadrum.
"May I inquire why you brutes are here?" Grandeeney.
"Simple, there was a great amount of power coming from here so I decided to investigate it." Metallicana.
"I was in the area." Igneel.
"Same as metal head over there." Both Weisslogia and Skiadrum.
"Well if all of you can excuse me I will be taking this child to train to be a dragon slayer." Said Igneel as he moved closer to the child.
"Hold on a minute, why should you get to train this child. I wanted to train him." Metallicana stated as he also started to move to take the child.
"All of you men stop right there, I believe that we all had the same idea when we first saw that it was a human." Grandeeney was getting annoyed that these men were fighting over who would get to train this child. So she made up her mind on what they would do.
"Okay so that you idiots do not destroy the area fighting over this human I have come to a conclusion. We will all train him in our respective elements while also training separate humans when we are unable to train him. You will still have to put all of your focus on your other children so that they will be able to master your element but you will still at least give this child a basic under standing of your element, preferably an intermediate level at the least for him and a mastery for your own."
This was the conclusion that she had come up with, and none of them saw a problem with this they would still be able to have their own dragon slayer while still being able to train this mass of magic. Although there was one problem the fact that they did not know what the order that they would train him in was. Since they knew that this child would not be able to be bombarded with 5 different dragon slayer techniques at the same time. Heck they did not even know if the child would be able to survive learning 1 technique, let alone 5 different techniques.
"I believe that I know what we are all thinking and the order will be simple. First it will be me due to finding him first, then Grandeeney since she will be able to properly teach him basic human functions, then Metallicana so that his body will be properly adapted to the strain that you would put on him. and finally ending with Weisslogia and Skiadrum since both of you live near each other and the fact that your magic complement each other. Does that sound fine with all of you?"
None of them saw any flaws with this order although they were upset that they would not get to teach this child first, but it was only fair since Igneel was the first one in the clearing.
"How will we be able to teach him in time for the plan?" Was Grandeeney's simple question.
"Well I thought that I should get him for 2 years so that his body will be use to the strain of Dragon Slayer magic, then the rest of you will get a year and a quarter to train him while I hang around to give what little help that I can give." Igneel.
"And how is it fair that you get the most time with it?" Weisslogia.
"If you thought before you spoke then you would understand. He has a point it is difficult to get used to Dragon Slayer magic." Skiadrum.
Weisslogia just grumbled about stupid shadows and how they ruin all of his fun.
"Seems fair enough but you better make him tough for me or else he may not survive." was Metallicana's smug response.
"Although I thought that maybe that you should be here with me to teach him how to read and write properly along with manners since I would probably make him a dense idiot." Said Igneel while looking at Grandeeney.
"I guess that that would be an acceptable thing to do." Was Grandeeney's response.
And so started years of training that would put the most seasoned athlete to shame. The moment Naruto could talk he was training his strength in the most basic ways, running and a lot of it. When the first year passed he was starting to learn the basics of Fire Dragon Slayer magic, and when he was not training he was learning with Grandeeney. As it turned out the kid was somewhat of a prodigy, he easily learnt how to speak in both common tongue and draconic which Grandeeney was not even teaching him. They found this out when they started to hear what sounded like a baby dragon first learning how to talk, and when they went to look at what it was they found him running around while trying to pronounce the words as much as a human could with their basic vocal chords. They also found out that he did retain the knowledge of what manners were he just decided that he did not want to use them.
When Igneel's two years were up he gave the child a name and that name was Natsu Dragneel (Arrogant), and told the now named Natsu that he was going to train with Grandeeney for a while then he would meet some of their friends. Natsu at this point was highly proficient at Fire Dragon Slayer magic, even more than they thought was possible for a child of just two years of age.
The year and a quarter that Grandeeney had personally with Natsu was he mostly teaching him healing spells with the odd offensive spell, along with teaching him all of what she knew about humans. Once her time was up she said goodbye and put all of her focus into her own child, which they somehow kept separate although they did know that Natsu knew that there was another person there he just decided to not ask. Natsu left with an expert understanding of Sky Dragon Slayer magic that was almost on par with his understanding of his Fire Dragon Slayer magic.
With Metallicana it was a lot of offensive training that made what he went through with Igneel look like a child was playing with toys. Metallicana made him spar against his own child despite the constant protests from Igneel. Natsu and the child that he found out was named Gajeel became close friends as they did all of their training together. By the end of Metallicana's time Natsu was able to go completely toe to toe with Gajeel in the durability department. Natsu left with an intermediate understanding of Iron Dragon Slayer magic, slightly worse than Gajeel's understanding.
Finally was his time with Weisslogia and Skiadrum (Two and a half years). Unlike Metallicana they kept Naruto away for their own children while training him, although this did not keep their own students from sneaking peaks of Naruto when they were not careful. Natsu left them with a intermediate understanding in both Shadow Dragon Slayer magic and White Dragon Slayer magic.
The rest of the dragons let Igneel spend the last day with him alone. Natsu was having a blast throwing spells around like there was no tomorrow, completely decimating the clearing to Igneel's despair. Once Natsu completely drained his magical container of it's power he collapsed onto the ground with an enormous grin on his face. Igneel couldn't help but to chuckle at this as he wrapped himself around the boy.
Once Natsu was asleep all of the dragons entered the clearing. The reason that they were doing this was because they had gifts to give their young dragon slayer. These gifts were something that they all cherished from Grandeeney he received a book about the draconic language. From Metallicana he received the highest quality metal that he could find. From Weisslogia and Skiadrum he got a scroll of advanced techniques. From Igneel he received his signature scarf, and finally they some of their scales to do whatever he wanted to do with. Igneel and the others were not worried about Natsu turning into a dragon due to the dragon seed but they still needed to defeat Acnologia so Igneel fell asleep with a single tear running down his face all due to him not being able to see his son for a while.
-Time Skip July 7 X777-
Natsu woke up lacking a warmth that he knew he fell asleep feeling. As he slowly got up he saw that he was alone.
"IGNEEL!"
There was absolutely no response. Natsu decided to try something that he learnt from Grandeeney.
"Dragon Slayer Sacred Art: Hidden Sky Form: Dragon Search!"
As Natsu is charging up his spell a short man whom just so happens to be walking past the forest feels the tremendous amount of magic that is coming from the forest.
Once Natsu's spell was finished charging a wave of wind blasted throughout the sky encompassing all of Fiore, but there was not a single signal coming back to him about any of the dragons.
The short man who was passing the forest was now running as fast as he could through it to find the source of the power. As he broke into the clearing that Natsu was in all that he saw was a child sitting in the middle of it crying. Crying was all that Natsu could do, all of the 'people' that he cared about just left him. He could somewhat understand Metallicana but everyone else was a mystery to him.
The man tried to get closer to the boy but there was an intense heat coming from the child. From where he was standing he felt like he was standing in an inferno. He could not comprehend just how hot it was where the child was. Even with the heat that was in the clearing all of the vegetation seemed not only to be fine but it was actually prospering.
Natsu took a bit of time to look around, he was surrounded by items that he knew were from them. He slowly stood up and stuck out his hand as he used requip to put all of the items in his pocket dimension, only leaving the scarf out as he wrapped it around his neck. Natsu once again looked around the clearing and saw the old man standing there. Natsu knew that since he was just a normal person that he would not be able to handle his raw aura so he hid it.
The old man could feel the sudden release of the oppressing and hot aura as he walked closer to the child. Once he was near enough to the child and had his attention he spoke out to him.
"Hey there son why are you out here alone? Where are your parents?'
At the mention of his parents Natsu broke out into tears because he was still just a thirteen year old child who lost the only people he loved.
The man just went up to the child and gave him a hug. At first Natsu tensed but he then started to cry even harder.
"Shh, it's okay child I am here for you. Nothing is going to harm you... My name is Makarov Dreyar, what's yours?"
"N-Natsu Dragneel."
"Well then Natsu how would you like to join my guild. There will be plenty of people that you can rely on there."
Natsu did not give a verbal reply he just nodded his head.
-Time Skip 5 Hours Later-
Natsu was clutching his ears in pain now that he was in Magnolia. There were too many noises for him to concentrate properly so he requiped some of the metal out of his pocket dimension and started to make it into the form of earmuffs. Once he was finished them they had finally arrived at a giant building with the words 'Fairy Tail' over the door.
"Do fairies really have tails? Do they even exist... Like them this place as eternal mystery... A never ending adventure."
Makarov just looked at Natsu as he kick in the guilds doors. The whole guild just stared at Natsu till someone yelled.
"Hey Makarov who's the kid?"
"This is Natsu he is a new member of our family so treat him well. Now let's party like there is no tomorrow!"
Once the guild had heard this they cheered, started to drink, and a brawl started in the corner. Makarov led Natsu to the bar where he was greeted by Mirajane.
"Hey Natsu why did you bring that weakling here I bet he couldn't even hurt a fly."
"Mira that is not the way you should talk to a new member of the guild. Now could you give him his guild mark."
"Whatever master."
Mira jumped behind the counter and grabbed the guild stamp.
"Where would you like it and what colour? and make it quick I have things to do."
Natsu just stared at her with irritation. The hell did this girl say about him? If he wanted to he could destroy mountains without even trying. But he did need a guild stamp before he started any trouble.
"Crimson with a black outline."
Mira raised her eyebrow at this. The kid in front of her seemed like he would be all joyful but he was choosing some dark colours. She shrugged it off as him trying to be cool for having a fancy emblem. She gave him his guild mark and that is when things turned for the worse (?). A table was somehow thrown and it was heading straight towards the kid. Now normally she would not care since if they could not dodge it then they deserved to get hit, but common this kid just joined so she had to give him a bit of slack.
"Hey kid watch out."
Natsu did nothing to move he just stared right into her eyes almost like he was looking for something. The table smacked into him and some smoke rose. The guild was silent as they looked at what happened, they might've just killed the kid when he just joined. They were just about to check if he was okay when they all fell to the ground due to some invisible force. When they looked up they saw fire swirling around him with gust of wind coming off of it along with shards of metal flying through the guild.
Natsu just looked through the guild as he tried to find out who threw that table at him. When he could not find the person he contained his magic allowing everyone to breath. Even Makarov took a gasp of air thanks to the kids display of magic. Natsu dusted off his pants when he noticed that he did not have a shirt anymore. He let out a sigh of annoyance as he requiped into a shirt made out of Metallicana's scales. It looked like a normal shirt that you could by at the store but it was almost as durable as dragon scales in their natural form. Once he made sure that it was on properly Natsu went to a table at the far back corner of the guild hall.
Everyone was stunned that this kid had enough magic to give off a visible aura that was on par with Makarov's. Makarov on the other hand was not stunned not by the amount of power he had, but the fact that there were multiple magics in it. Due to this display everyone was terrified to even go near this kid, well everyone beside a certain knight and a certain demon. This was because they were more interested than afraid.
The guild watched as the two girls went over to the corner that Natsu was in.
"Hey pinkie, how are you so strong?" Mira
It was more of a demand then a question, but Natsu said nothing. Thus was because he thought that if they wanted an answer from him then they would actually have to ask not demand.
"Hey idiot! I am talking to you!" Mira
"Attitude is going to get you nothing from me. If you want me to give you an answer then you will have to ask nicely and then I might give you an answer." Natsu
The guild fell even more silent if it was even possible. Here was the new kid talking to some of their strongest members as if they were only children. Though they were children Mira and Erza were stronger than most of the older members.
"As much as I hate agreeing with Mira I also want to know, so tell us." Erza
Natsu just raised an eyebrow at this. Were all human females this bossy. Sure he was raised by dragons who demanded that he do intense training but that was because they were strong enough to, these girls probably not even make him use magic in a fight. Natsu voiced this opinion.
"Who are you to be bossing me around? As far as I care the only people that have that power in this guild is the master, the fake slayer on the second floor, and someone that isn't even at the guild at the moment. You can only boss someone around if you have the power to back it up."
The girls were fuming at this, here was a kid their age who was 'obviously' weaker than them, talking to them like they were weak compared to him. This probably would have ended in a brawl between the three of them but the master intervened.
"Natsu I want to know how you knew about those certain people in the guild?" Makarov
"That's easy gramps, I am a dragon slayer so I have a very sensitive nose and ears." Natsu
"Then why did you call my grandson a fake slayer?" Makarov
"Again that is easy, I can tell that he was not taught by an actual dragon. He smells artificial." Natsu
The guild burst out laughing. This kid just claimed that he was raised by a dragon. Dragons were just a myth, right? The girls were also laughing, the only people who was not laughing were the man on the second floor and Makarov.
"Then am I right to assume that you use Dragon Slayer magic?" Makarov
"Yes you are but I don't know only one but I know five instead." Natsu
The guild started to laugh even harder at this. It was difficult enough to learn 2 different magics but this kid claimed that he knew five, plus they were lost magic. The guild could not take this kid seriously, besides the same two people.
"Could you give us a demonstration of your magic?" Makarov
Even if this kid was lying about how much magic he knows if he even knew Dragon Slayer magic then they wanted to see it.
"Sure thing but we may want to go outside so I don't destroy the entire guild." Natsu
'As if this kid has that much power.' Was the collective thoughts of everyone, like the previous display of power didn't even happen.
As everyone started to funnel out of the guild there were some bets about if Natsu even had Dragon Slayer magic or not. Most of the bets being against him.
Now that everyone was outside of the guild they formed a circle around Natsu as he was looking out towards the ocean.
"Fire Dragons Roar!" Natsu
The roar went right into the water causing a cloud of steam to form.
"That is some impre..." Makarov
"Sky Dragons Roar!" Natsu
Everyone was thinking 'how the hell does this kid know two'. But their thoughts were soon interrupted.
"Iron Dragons Roar!" Natsu
'The hel...'
"White Dragons Roar!"Natsu
It must be lacrimas, but so young.
"Shadow Dragons Roar!" Natsu
Natsu just stood there smiling back at the crowd and their dumbfounded looks.
"Natsu how many lacrimas have been implanted into you?" Makarov
"None gramps, I've been taught by five different dragons in their respective areas of magic." Natsu
"Natsu that is impossible. Dragons do not exist." Makarov
"But they do! Why do none of you believe me!?" Natsu
Tears, just tears. Natsu thought that he found a group of people that would actually believe him. He showed them the spells that he learnt from them, but they still say that there is no such thing as dragons. Natsu had had enough of all of the noise and hurtful comments so he turned into his shadow form and sped off in the direction of the nearest forest.
The guild was shocked, one moment Natsu had been standing there and the next he just disappeared into nothingness.
"Look at what you idiots have done. You can't even believe something someone says just because it sounds unreal?"
Everyone was shocked at the person who spoke.
"What do you mean Laxus?" Macao
"What I mean is that the kid was telling the truth, plain and simple."
Laxus then disappeared in a burst of lightning, leaving everyone to their own thoughts.
-With Natsu-
Natsu got into the middle of Magnolia's forest when he finally released his shadow form. Tears still streaking down his face. No one believed him, they just thought he was joking around, they think dragons don't exist. Well he'd show them, Natsu will show them why dragons were feared for their power.
Natsu started training in all of his spells. Trying to drain his magical energy. As Natsu threw spells around it could be felt throughout Magnolia. It felt like a earthquake as everyone started to panic. The Fairy Tail guild started to scramble around the town trying to help the people while also trying to find the location of the magical energy.
As everyone from the guild was panicking 3 people went straight towards the forest. These three people were Makarov, Erza, and Mira. When they got to the forest they could barely breath and they were just on the outskirts of it. Makarov started to release his own magical energy so that they felt better, while Erza requiped into her Flame Empress to combat the heat, and Mira transformed into her Satan Soul.
As they made their way through the forest the force only became stronger. Once they got to the clearing that Natsu was in they were shocked. The whole clearing was destroyed, and Natsu was standing in the middle of it shrouded in shadows. They saw him throwing around spells that look like they would have made them exhausted. The whole clearing was covered in fire and molten metal. Some of the fire was creating mini fire twisters due to the randoms winds.
"Natsu! What are you doing?! The whole town is feeling earthquakes from your spells!" Erza
Natsu did not even respond as he kept on throwing spells. Then they saw what he was attacking. It was a large steel coloured scale. They also barely saw that it was covered in cracks.
It dawned on all of them what it was. It was a dragon scale and Natsu was actually damaging it. Tales have told that there was nothing that was stronger than a dragons scale, and this scale was definitely way too large to be a wyvern.
Right when Natsu was about to throw another spell he noticed his audience and stopped charging his spell. As the oppressive pressure let up they started to walk into the clearing watching out for the fire and metal.
"Natsu what is that thing there?!" Makarov
Natsu noticed that his scale was still out in the open so he requiped it into his pocket dimension.
"That is mine and those who do not believe what I have to say have no right to know what I posses." Natsu
"But if you were to show people that they would have to believe what you have to say." Mira
"Yeah, and then what? From what I have heard wyvern scales already sell for a ton of jewel, so what do you think people would do if they knew I had real dragon scales? I would have way too many people after me. I may have a lot of magic but even I now that I would run out quickly if I had every mage on the continent after what I have in my possession." Natsu
"Natsu I order you as your guild master that you hand over those scales for your own protection." Makarov
"Nice try, but that will never happen." Natsu
Makarov was about to say something but one look from Natsu told him if he were to try to take them then he would regret it. Makarov decided to leave the scales out of the conversation.
"But I must ask you to please not train too hard so that you do not cause so much damage in the town." Makarov
"But then how will I be able to get stronger if I am not able to train my hardest?" Natsu
"I will look into it to see if I can get some seals set up for you to lessen the effect on the town." Makarov
Natsu guessed that this was the best that he was going to give without giving up something. Natsu agreed with what Makarov said as he left the clearing, leaving only Erza, Mira, and Natsu. When out of nowhere
"Train me." Erza
It was a demand. When were these people going to learn that they could not demand things from him.
"No" Natsu
Was Natsu's simple reply
"Why not? I demand that you train me." Erza
"For that exact reason. I will not do something for someone if they cannot do anything for themselves." Natsu
Erza looked like she was ready to attack Natsu when Mira burst out laughing.
"I like you pinkie. Come on Erza, he does not want to train you so you can't force him." Mira
Erza was about to protest when Mira pulled her out of the clearing. Leaving Natsu alone with his thoughts. As he was thinking about what he was going to do he decided that he needed a house to live in since he had no money to pay for one. So he started to get to work on building his house with what was in the forest along with his magic
When it became dark Natsu was finished his house. It was nothing special, it was not huge, it was not fancy, it was just cozy. It was a simple log cabin with 3 bedrooms, a living room, a dining room, a bathroom, and a kitchen. Of course he had nothing in these rooms but he knew what people needed to have to survive in the normal world.
As Natsu was falling asleep in a crude hammock that he made he knew that he was going to need to go on some jobs tomorrow. He also thought about what he was going to do with all of the dragon scales that he had. Natsu came to the conclusion that he should leave them be until he stopped growing, although he thought that he could probably make a cloak out of them and just add to it when he needed.
Actually that was exactly what he was going to do, although he would need to learn how to make clothing. Sure he knew what the concept of it was. You use a needle and thread to link together fabric, but that was impossible with dragon scales. The only thing that could pierce them was slayer magic.
'But I could use my magic to pierce and shatter the scales so that a single scale is the size of my whole body. That would take a lot of magic though right? And with what happened today they would not want me to do that. So maybe to the mountains, where I should be far enough away so that they will not feel the tremors. I could also focus my magic into a concentrated stream so that it cuts the scales easier. But sleep first, then some jobs, and finally my cloak.'
With his mind made up Natsu went to sleep with a content smile on his face.
-Next Day-
Natsu woke up with a bright smile on his face. Today he was going to do so many jobs that he would not have to worry about money for a while. Sure he did not need money as he could easily hunt for all of his food, but if he were ever to have guests over they may not want to only eat what he foraged from the forest. And it seemed like they did not like the taste of many magical creatures. How did he know this Well while he was walking through the town with the old man he saw that there was only regular animals in the market place.
Natsu ran full force to the guild. He wanted to be in and out of the guild as quickly as he could. Putting on headphones and suppressing his senses could only do so much. When Natsu arrived at the guild he was surprised to see that there was barely anyone there.
"Hey gramps where is everyone? Not that I don't mind it being quite."
"Well Natsu it is quite early in the morning so not many people are here, although I am surprised that you are up this early."
"What are you talking about I slept in today."
Makarov slightly choked on the beer that he was drinking. This kid said that he just woke up?! The guild just barely opened for the day. All of the brats were not even here yet.
"Well Natsu what can I do for you?"
"I want to take on some missions."
"Are you sure about that, shouldn't you get more accustomed to the guild before you start taking on some missions?"
"Nope I need to go on a mission. The racket that happens at this guild makes my head just ache."
"Okay then son, what type of mission would you like to take on?"
"Some that have me eliminating some monsters."
Makarov was about to say about how dangerous those types of missions were, but then he remembered the display of power that Natsu showed them yesterday. He was also going to tell him that he needed someone more experienced to go with him but Natsu beat him to the punch.
"And no, no one is coming with me. My magic is too dangerous for anyone to be near unless they are a dragon slayer."
Makarov could understand that, his magic was dangerous but he would also cause a lot of damage is he is left to his own.
"I will agree to you going alone only if you promise that you will not cause collateral damage. Agreed?"
"Sure thing! So can you give me the 4 hardest elimination missions that you have."
Makarov still felt uneasy but he had the barmaid get the missions. Once the barmaid returned Makarov said:
"Here you go brat. Just make sure that you do not cause too much damage."
Natsu gave a thumbs up as he disappeared into the shadows.
-A Few Hours Later-
Natsu was pissed off. These missions were barely a warm up for him. Seriously, the first mission was to defeat 20 Vulcans. He didn't even need to use magic for that one. The second one was to kill some mutant alligators and bring something back as proof. Harder that the last but the only magic that Natsu used was not even a spell, it was infusing his punches. Next was another Vulcan extermination. This time though there were a bit more there, so Natsu just collapsed the cave that they were in. Finally was to get rid of some mandrakes. This was difficult for obvious reasons, but would god make something specifically against dragon slayers?
Natsu already knew about his weakness to transportation so he avoided it at all costs. Plus it's not like his way of moving was slower, it was actually faster.
When Natsu got back to the guild it was barely even midday. Natsu just quickly went into the guild, gave the master the contracts to show his completion, and went back to his house before anyone noticed that he was even there. When he got to his house he just collapsed onto the ground due to his head pounding. None of his magic could alleviate the pain cause 4 of his five main magic were purely for combat purposes, and the one that could heal was unable to heal the caster. So he would just have to bare the pain.
To alleviate some of the pain Natsu requipped some metal and started to chow down.
This has been the first chapter of a series that I hope will do well. I hope that you enjoyed reading this story, and stay on the look out for chapters to come.