He couldn't believe this. After all the crap that been happening now this. If he thought about it, he couldn't say that he was truly surprised. If the rifts could bring him across, then it shouldn't be that surprising that it would bring some of them across too.
He couldn't say that he was surprised no, but he was shocked, and it wouldn't be long before it brought more problems his way. Problems he didn't want his new family to deal with.
Fairy Tail had taken him in with no questions asked, well, very few questions asked. The few that were asked were mostly about how good he was in a fight and naturally asking him to prove it. Which he did with a passion he hadn't shown in years, not since he lost her.
But now he was going to bring all of the strongest, most ruthless warriors his world had to offer. All because he had to answers its call. If had just ignored it like he normally did this wouldn't be happening but, no, he had to be a good little boy.
It was almost like he could hear her voice telling him that it was his duty as a Vesi Lord. God he hated that little voice. His sister was long gone but sometimes he could almost hear her. He missed her.
He loved the dragons, he really did but he wasn't sure if he loved them enough to risk his new family. He was happy here, away from the pressure of home and his family.
But that world was invading this one and he needed to choose which one he was going to protect.
The world that had taken his sister from him or the world that had helped him heal?
The first step to answering that question was hidden in his pack, and he was being to wonder he was going to be able to keep it hidden.
Natsu was getting too close. He wasn't as stupid as people liked to believe. That boy had better instincts than most tamers he knew and he did something that most people didn't, he actually listened to them. That boy was going to find out soon and Zeno wasn't sure what he was going to do when he did.
What did one say to a Dragonslayer when they found out that dragons weren't as extinct as they thought?
Zeno stared down at his beer as he listened to the noise of the guild around him. He smirked when he heard Natsu and Gray fighting over the noise. He knew it wouldn't be long before they pulled nearly the whole guild into it. His smirk turned into a full smile when he heard Elfman and Erza join in. He pulled his pack closer to him. He didn't want a stray blast of magic to hit it.
The door to the guild opened slowly and he looked up to see one of the mail carriers trying to sneak in. Not that Zeno blamed the man, today was the day that new requests came in and the poor man was known to get mobbed or tackled by guild members, namely Natsu.
Zeno set his pack on the table after yelling for Mira to watch it for him for a minute. He knew that if the Takeover mage was watching it no one would try and take a look in it. Zeno made his way over to the poor man. He had gotten trapped by one of the pillars holding up the upper floors.
Natsu had thrown a table at Gray and it had just barely missed the mail carrier. Now the poor guy was stuck. If he wanted to make it to the bar he would have to go through the main part of the guild hall.
Zeno easily lifted the table up over his head and tossed it to the side. He smiled down at the poor man and offered him his hand.
"Would you like an escort to Mira? Most of them won't mess with you if you're with me. Only Gajeel or Natsu. And Natsu busy with Gray and Gajeel is on a mission. So you're safe with me."
The man looked like he was going to cry as he nodded his head. Zeno pulled the man to his feet and brushed him off. He noticed that he had lost his hat. Unfortunately it had been made it's way to into the middle of the fight and Zeno wasn't going to make a dash for it. Hopefully the poor man wouldn't get in trouble for not being in full uniform. Naturally, Natsu had to notice the hat which meant that he put two and two together.
"Mail's here!" He yelled before making a dash toward the man.
He was in such a hurry that he didn't notice Zeno until he ran right into a wall of water. Zeno was known as a Water Dragonslayer. Not that it was an accurate description of what he was. No, Zeno wasn't a dragonslayer, but he did get his powers from dragons.
"Now Natsu, you know that you can't see the requests until Mira or Master puts them up on the boards. Now leave the poor man alone and go back to your fight or go outside and swim."
Zeno smiled softly, one of his small fangs peeking out, and pushed a locked of black hair out of his dark greens eyes.
"You know, it would be easier to swim if you put the water back in the pool, man," a couple of guild members yelled.
Zeno chuckled, "Sorry about that. Natsu's a bit of a raging bull when he sees something that he wants. I needed a bit of help stopping him from powling the poor man over," he explained as he put the water, and Natsu, back into the pool. That should give him and the mail carrier enough time to get to Mira before he made it back into the guild hall.
Of coarse if it had been anyone but Natsu it would have been enough time. They had just made it to the bar when Natsu slammed into it beside them. Knocking Zeno's pack to the guild floor, causing it to spill out.
Zeno's roar was enough to quiet the whole guild. That and the sight of Natsu holding up a giant red and gold swirled glowing egg, kept it silent.
"Natsu, I swear to all that it holy and good if you don't put that egg down I'm going to beat you into next week. I won't go easy on you."
The water that was soaked into Natsu's clothes began to freeze. Zeno's eyes almost seemed to glow and he was using a power that he had never been able to use before. He was pretty sure that it was coming from his sister. She could feel that the egg was in trouble and was pumping power into the person closest to it, which was him. And it didn't bode well for Natsu or the guild that meant she could find him now. She wasn't someone that the guild wanted to deal with on a good day. She wasn't really human anymore and her temper reflected her more draconic side.
"Natsu, I'm pretty mild mannered most days. But if you don't put that egg down, I'm going to lose my temper, and it's not going to be pretty. I really like you. So put it down as gently as possible, for you at least."
Zeno continued to glare at Natsu as he stood there unmoving.
"Natsu, do as he says. That egg doesn't belong to you and you shouldn't have touched it," Natsu shivered as he felt the dark aura that Mira was giving off. She had spoken softly and had a smile on her face but he knew that he was in trouble.
"A-a-aye, sir." he stuttered out before setting the egg gently on the bar.
Zeno breathed a sigh of relief. He knew that Natsu didn't mean any harm but destruction was Natsu's middle name, and Zeno didn't want him near the egg until he understood just how important and fragile it was.
One wrong move and Natsu could shatter it and, well Zeno wasn't a hundred percent sure what would happen if he did. All he knew for sure was that it wouldn't be good.
And to make matters worse, all Zeno knew about the Egg was that it had the markings of a Lóngwáng. His increase in power proved that it did belong to one of the seven but he wasn't sure which one. He didn't really pay much attention to them anymore, so any one of them could have been expecting a hatchling.
Well, he was fairly sure that Shui zhu Liu
wasn't mostly because he would have heard about it from his mother or been told by his sister, who was Liu's tamer. That was how he got his powers. His link to his sister, who was in turn bonded to one of the great Seven Lóngwangs.
She had been chosen by the Shui zhu when she was ten, and everyday he lost a little bit more of her. That had been eight long years ago and with each passing day she looked more like a dragon and less like his little Nerissa. She was a monster now.
Or at least that was how he saw it.
So this story has been stuck in my head for years. I never could get it into order or make it writable. It's come a long way from what I first thought of but I hope you guys like it. Please review if you enjoy