Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be something others couldn't? Did you ever got caught up in something by accident and end up changing who you are? What about when you learn your own parents were part of it.

"Ready or not, here I come." A four year old boy with pink hair finished counting and got to seeking in hide and seek. He was looking around for his parents. "Come out, come out wherever you are." He looked around the house to find them until he came across his father's office. The place looked ransacked with a window smashed open and there was a mess through the whole room. The kid looked around and wondered what happened to the place. "Daddy!"

"Natsu?"

"Daddy!" Natsu's father, Ezekiel Dragneel, who looked a lot like him, came running in the office and he couldn't believe what he saw. No longer feeling safe in the house, Ezekiel gathered some papers and packed up with his wife, Nancy. Gathering everything they needed, they drove off to the suburbs of New York City. They've decided to leave Natsu with Ezekiel's closest and trusted friend, Igneel. Natsu didn't understand what was going on, but Igneel tried putting on a brave face for Natsu.

"He still sleeps with a nightlight. He doesn't like crusts on his sandwiches. He also has a big appetite." Nancy said.

"Nancy, we have to go." Ezekiel said. She hated leaving her baby, but knew they had to leave. Ezekiel dropped down and gave his son a strong and firm hug. "Be good, Natsu."

"I want to go with you." Natsu said.

"I'm afraid you can't. Don't be scared. Igneel will take great care of you." Ezekiel said. With that, Ezekiel and Nancy took off in the rainy night. Natsu watched his parents leave and Igneel held him close. Neither of them were aware of it, but that was the last time Natsu ever saw his parents.

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Thirteen Years Later

Natsu has lived in New York City ever since his parents dropped him off with Igneel. Igneel has become Natsu's official guardian and foster father and soon learned his parents died in a plane crash. He's seventeen now and is in high school and this is how it goes for him. It starts out with a basketball to the head.

"Hahah. Dragneel." Natsu turned to see a punk with piercings and long black hair laughing at him after he threw the ball.

"Morning, Gajeel." Natsu said as he wasn't even going to bother with the punk and just walked off. Natsu was nothing more than just an average normal high school guy that doesn't seemed to get notice that often.

"Hey. It's Natsu, right?" A pretty girl asked him.

"Yeah." Natsu said.

"I hear you father is a firefighter."

"Foster father actually." Natsu said.

"Oh! Sorry. Listen, are you doing anything Saturday?" The girl asked. Natsu thought a girl was finally asking him out as he shook his head no. "Great because my boyfriend wants to a firefighter himself. You think you could get your foster father to give him a few tips?" That put his flame out.

"We'll see." Natsu said and just walked off. This seemed like Natsu's everyday life, but he had one thing that he liked going for him. He stepped outside and saw a vision of beauty. A girl with flowing blonde hair studying work. That was something Natsu would enjoy being part of his life.

"Eat it! Eat it! Eat it!" Natsu heard a crowd of people chanting for something and grouped together. Natsu pushed through the crowd and saw Gajeel holding a kid upside down and tried to get him to eat something disgusting.

"Hey, Dragneel, you got a camera? Take a picture." Gajeel said.

"No. Come on. Put him down, Gajeel." Natsu said.

"Just take the picture." Gajeel said.

"Put him down, Gajeel." Natsu said, but Gajeel still refused to listen. "Put him down….Gajeey!" Now he's done it. Gajeel hates that nickname. Gajeel put the kid down and walked over to Natsu and gave him a right hook to the face and another hit to the gut.

"Come on! Get up, Dragneel!" Gajeel called out. Natsu tried to fight back, but Gajeel was a little stronger and gave him another blow to the head. It was obvious Gajeel was a clear winner in this fight. People cheered for him until the blonde girl walked over to him.

"Gajeel, are we still on for tonight? You still need my tutoring?" The girl asked.

"Yeah. I've got to pass." Gajeel said.

"Then I suggest you forget all this and head on to class." The girl said. He did need the help and just did what the girl said. The bell rang and everyone just left Natsu there. That's what his life like. It was like he was someone that didn't matter. Natsu got up and managed to get to class. "I thought that was a brave thing you did." The girl said and got Natsu's attention.

"Really?" Natsu asked.

"Brave, but also stupid. Do you need to go see the nurse?" The girl asked, but Natsu shook his head no. "What's your name?"

"You don't know?" Natsu said.

"I do, but you did take a hard hit to the head." The girl said.

"Natsu…..Dragneel."

"I'm Lucy in case you don't know. Heartfilia."

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Igneel's House

Natsu managed to make it home and saw Igneel in the kitchen and was cooking up a meal.

"Just in time." Igneel said. "I'm making my famous spaghetti." He said and noticed the black eye. "What happened to you?"

"It's nothing. Just had a little trip is all." Natsu said.

"Oh please. You don't think I know a right hook when I see one." Igneel said. "Do I need to call someone's parents?"

"Nope. I'm pretty sure he's already a big disappointment." Natsu said.

"Have it your way." Igneel said. "Do me a favor and go down to the basement and grab the clean clothes down there." Natsu did just that and headed downstairs. He looked around for the basket and found it. He went down and grabbed it, but when he turned around, he spotted something that caught his eye. A briefcase with 'Dragneel' engraved in gold. Natsu didn't really know what it was and decided to bring it up and ask about it. "I thought I told you to…." Igneel stopped when he saw Natsu with the case. "I forgot I had that."

"What is it?" Natsu asked as he dug around it.

"It belonged to your father." Igneel said. "He asked me to hold it for him."

"Why? It doesn't look like there's anything special." Natsu asked.

"Your father was a serious, but also mysterious man." Igneel said. "I think your mother claimed that was one of the reason's she loved him. In fact, they met because he bought that at the store she worked at. He probably just wanted me to hold it for sentimental reasons." Natsu dug around and pulled out an old newspaper photo. His father was on it, but so was someone else.

"Do you know who that is?" Natsu asked as he showed that photo.

"Must have been someone that worked with him." Igneel said.

"Oh." Natsu said as he sounded a little disappointed and Igneel could see it.

"I know you have tons of unanswered questions about your parents and you deserve to know." Igneel said. "The man in the photo is named Terrance Torafuzar. He was your father's partner and close friend. Maybe he can help you. He works at Tartaros Company, the jade black building. Why don't you hold on to that?"

"Thanks." Natsu said as he took the case. Natsu took the case up to his room to learn more about his father, but all that seemed to be in there was normal office supplies. Natsu still didn't understand why his father would leave the case here until Natsu saw part of the inside was coming off. Natsu peeled it off and out came some paperwork. It held a bunch of equations and numbers that Natsu didn't understand what they meant. He did spot something that caught his attention. An equation circled and labeled "Neo Genetics Equation" and had what looked like two don't marks. Natsu didn't understand any of this, but he did know one thing. If he wanted answers, he needed to speak with this Terrance Torafuzar.

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Tartaros Company

The Tartaros Company was a science building that worked on human genetics. They claim all their research and study was to make human civilization better. Natsu only came here for one reason and that was to find this Dr. Torafuzar. Natsu went inside and went to the receptionist.

"Excuse me, I need to speak to Dr. Torafuzar." Natsu said.

"Very well. You'll find your name to the left." The receptionist said and Natsu didn't understand. "You are here for the internship, aren't you?"

"Oh yeah!" Natsu said. He couldn't afford to get thrown out so he had to fake an internship. He looked around for a nametag he could use and grabbed the first one he could.

"Okay Mr…..Carlos Gunzales. You're all set to go." The receptionist said.

"Gracias." Natsu said and headed up. Natsu needed answers about his parents so he can learn why they left him with Igneel all those years ago. This was the first step, but this would also be his first step to his own destiny.