Odyssey: The Dragon and The Pirate
Two similar people, met by chance, both entitled to be Kings, one from the present, the other a relic of the past who was asleep for over a better of fifty thousand years. The journey will most certainly turn into one absurd odyssey, be it for both, the one who intend to become the Pirate King and the one who intend to slay the Dragon King.
I decided to add over thirty five Fairy Tail characters that were a mix of villains and heroes. And to all the LUCY FANS who are reading this, I intend to make her a badass in this story of mine, and I promise you, when she shows up, you would literally have your eyes pop out in surprise. Although I won't pair her with Natsu, she's going to be epic!
Chapter 1: It's Time to Wake Up
"Natsu Dragneel! I recognize you as my enemy!" The self proclaimed King of the Dragon's roared out as he butted heads with a Dragon of the same size. The other dragon had a striking resemblance to a young Igneel, his Wings were whole and the only scar he had was on his abdomen, but what differentiated him the most from the late King was the tribal tattoos all over his body.
"I don't give a shit you son of a bitch! You killed my family!" The red Dragon began to push the black dragon as flames sprouted all around him. "My friends sacrificed their lives so that Earthland will have a future! And I intend to make sure that you won't be there!" A massive torrent of fire mixed with lightning slammed on the Apocalyptic Dragon's face, sending it to the ground below.
"You don't know anything you pathetic brat!" Acnologia roared as slammed his fist into Natsu's abdomen. "But you got a lot of spunk I tell you, cheeky little bastard!" He roared in laughter as he brought down another fist, sending the Fire Dragon deeper into the sky before clamping his fangs on to the younger dragon's neck and throwing him down on to what was once Corcus.
The proud Capital city was in shambles as the two waves of Alvareze soldiers destroyed and looted the place and then the Draconic fight that seemed to be endless. There were no people where Natsu's humongous body landed, either they were dead or have fled, but the latter seemed to be more accurate since this was the Domus Flau arena.
Everything was small there in his current form as he was more than 3/4th the size of the entire structure. 'So this is it...' Natsu's eyes showed defeat, his body ached from the uncontrollable power that was bestowed by the life force of his fellow Dragon Slayers and from the heavy damage he got before and after fighting Acnologia.
"Natsu!" The roar of a woman he loved dearly who thought to be dead was caught by his Dragon ears. Her call was fierce, which made the black dragon curious enough to go back to Magnolia.
"Erza..." Realization dawned on his being as he realized Acnologia's objective. "NO! ERZA!" He roared as he mustered all his strength and flew out of the fallen city. This was not the time to lie there and accept death, his friend was there, his comrade, someone he promised to protect, and has been failing a lot.
"I know you are not dead! I know you can hear me!" Her voice didn't have an ounce of pain or fear while he tried his maximum to keep up with the other Dragon who was already circling over the city of Magnolia where his precious comrade was.
"I CAN ERZA! NOW RUN AWAY!" He roared into the air but the many miles that separated them didn't let his voice reach his ear and with the right wing broken, his balance was horrible, making him flank to the right uncontrollably.
Titania stood leaning on a ruined building, her Black Wing armour barely holding up and her body gravely injured. "I can feel you are losing heart Natsu!" Her eyes opened and they were full of fierceness as she spoke to him, ignoring her death worthy injuries. "Remember Natsu! A real Fairy Tail mage never loses heart! Think about the sacrifices your guild and friends made! Think about Wendy Gajeel Sting Rouge Erik and Laxus who gave up their life to you! Don't let their deaths go in vain because in the end you are supposed to come back to us!" She roared out as tears finally poured out but her gaze didn't waver from the Black Dragon which was looking down in amusement.
"ERZA! RUN AWAY DAMMIT!" Fire began to encase his body as his speed began to increase.
"Do not worry about me Natsu, I know you have asked me to live and never put my life in danger, but I will not let myself be shaken by the likes of this foul creature that took away our Master and friends! I will hold my ground here!" He knew there was no changing Erza's resolve, and all he could hope to do was reach there and save her.
But then his eyes widened. "Natsu..." Her voice was soft as she saw Acnologia's mouth gathering blue energy. "I believe in you..." A small smile grazed her busted lips. "I have, ever since you became my friend..." She slowly raised her right arm. "No matter...where you are...Fairy Tail will always watch over you!" she yelled into the sky. This was not a last stand; this was her belief in him.
"NOOOOO!" Natsu roared as he saw the Black Dragon unleash its attack on to Magnolia. Finally allowing his broken wing to taking him to the forest ground, he fell down numbly; his humongous red scaled body tore through the green forest as it cleared into a large dirt path.
As he laid there on the burnt dirt, his eyes saw through the trees that laid in front of him, the blinding light that he saw when they were attacked in Tenroujima, leak through the gaps of the destroyed forest.
'Why...even with all this power...I still couldn't protect a single one of my comrades...why did you all place your trust in me...' Under the smoky night, the son of Igneel wept silently, no tears fell from his eyes, being a dragon denied him from those small reliefs.
"This is not the Natsu I knew and believed in..." His eyes widened in surprise as he looked left and right, but there was no one. "That Natsu who I believed in would overcome anything that was thrown at him and would let no one stop him." He knew that voice. "Where is that legendary anger that always made you want to win? To protect the people you love?" In his sub conscious state of mind, he sat kneeled in front of his old Fairy Tail Guild, Magnolia unscathed and him in human form.
"Was that all a dream?" He asked himself as he looked left and right, but stopped when he caught sight of his guild doors open itself and his family standing there with smiles. "Guys...?" A smile began to form in his face but stopped when he saw them all raise their hand with their index finger and thumb extended.
"Natsu! Beat him up!" Happy cheered from the centre.
"Gihihihi You better not die Salamander!" Gajeel gave a smirk as he stared into his eyes. "Don't let a piece of shit like him to be what is left of our fathers and mothers."
"Ash for brains, you better not loose!" Gray gave a smirk as he pointed at the dragon slayer with his left arm. His face got confused as he saw the door being closed by Mirajane and Lisanna who both had smiles on their faces.
"Hey what-" He couldn't finish as he saw Erza stand right in the center of the closing door with a small frown. "Erza?" He spoke cautiously.
A small smile came over her face as the door began to close in front of her. 'Come find me ok?'
The Red Dragon's eyes snapped open as he got up and whipped his head left and right. "No...No no no!" Realization came over him that was their good bye to him.
Crouching down he shouted in despair, but with the display of anguish came with power of his anger as fire began to erupt around him, and his cry of pain turned to a roar of anger. "NOOORARRRGHHHH!"
Acnologia turned to see the approaching Fire Dragon who had flames seeping out of his mouth and body. "The Flames of Emotions? Let us see..." He charged his own power to counter the incoming attack. But unlike his previous roars this one was gathering pitch black energy that seemed to absorb the very darkness and deaths from the surrounding, the power made the air heavy with the scent of death.
Natsu's own fire began to take the form of a red spherical energy that was beginning to accumulate in his open mouth as he rushed at the Black Dragon of Apocalypse.
"ROAR!"
"ROAR!" The two titanic attacks clashed. No sound came but the whole world soon became encased in white with the two Dragon's in the epicentre.
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"Do you want to be my comrade?" A cheerful dumb voice like his own resounded faintly into his ear.
"Shut up you idiot! Don't ask inanimate objects to join our crew!" A stern feminine voice scolded the earlier voice and the sound of a slap was heard in the faintest.
"Inamino what? Anyway, that's a person right?" The first male voice confusedly asked.
"My sweet Nami is right Luffy, and it's a person inside glass." Another male presence was heard, this one supporting the female.
"Zoro! Back me up a little!" The first male called out for someone.
*Yawn* "Ah he's probably dead." The third male made his presence known with a bored tone.
"Don't look at me Luffy! I ain't sharing my place in the Merry with that thing." Another male spoke, this one also against the first one.
"I wasn't looking at you Usopp." The first one's voice carried confusion and annoyance.
"Hey! I was stating my opinion!" The fourth male protested from being insulted.
"But this piece does look like it's at least a few hundred years old." Another female voice came, this one being interested.
"Ha I knew Vivi would support me!" The first male was appreciating.
"So this will fetch us money?" The stern female's voice changed drastically.
'What the heck is going on! Will everyone shut up!' This was beginning to annoy him. All he could see was darkness, probably due to his eyes being closed and he felt something constraining his body from free movement. Was he captured? But how was he captured? Why was he hearing these small murmurs and the vibrations that came on him?
CRACK!
All sounds from the outside stopped at this particular sound caused by him curling his fist. "Oh no the glass! You idiots!"
The sounds of cracks forming around him resonated in his ear before a loud shatter overcame it and his body falling limp on to the rough point ground littered with sharp shards of the giant thick glass prison he was encased in.
"Mhmmmm..." He let out a long groan of pain when his head gave a giant ache followed by the bright light that penetrated through the closed eyelids of his.
"Well I gotta admit Brogy, this day has been quite interesting gegyagyagyagya!" A giant voice boomed in laughter.
"These tiny pirates sure are weird, first the wax guy who tried to make me a candle and your rum exploding gabababababa!" Another equally large laughter followed with a new voice.
"I got him!" He heard a cheerful boyish voice as he felt too snake like rubber material left him up and wrap around him. "Wow this guy seriously is heavy!"
"Borgy give the boy a hand." The first giant spoke.
"Nah I got him, he ain't that heavy, he's 'just' heavy." The first male rejected the offer of the huge voice.
"Gabababababa! Of course!" Once again the booming voice of the giant was heard, accompanied by laughter.
An hour or so passed.
"Look he's waking up!" The same childish voice of the first person he heard from resounded again.
"Damn..." The waking man stirred, letting out an exhausted moan. Sharp obsidian eyes slowly opened to the sight of six human heads and a duck, all staring down at him with two gigantic heads looming over all of them. "Gah!" He jumped up, startled.
"Eeeeh!" A girl with blue long hair stumbled back, startled. The second girl.
"What the?!" Another girl, this one had short orange hair, she too jumped back in shock. The stern first girl.
"Nami! Vivi! I'll protect you!" A man with blonde hair covering his left eye with his right eye showing a swirly eyebrow jumped towards the two women, strangely reminding him of Loke. The second male.
"QUACK!" A duck with a cap?
"Great..." A man with moss coloured hair, with three earrings on the left ear and three swords on his hip with his hand falling lazily on one of them, other than that he didn't move an inch. The third guy.
"Crap!" A man with a nose like he has never seen before, no wait, hold that thought, the guy from the Oracion Seis who was very fast, yea, that guy could be compared here.
"Gabababababab!" Although not as big as his Master's ultimate Titan form, this guy was seriously big,
"Gegyagyagyagya!" So was this guy.
All of them, except the two giants and the green haired and the straw-hat jumped back in surprise. "Huh...who the heck are you guys?" The newly awakened pink head asked confusedly.
"I am Luffy! Nice to meetcha! I'm the guy who's gonna become the Pirate King! And this here is my crew! Well...except these two, they didn't want to join...I wonder why..." The Straw-hat boy pondered all of a sudden while the two warriors of Elbaf laughed humorously.
"Ok...that's pretty...good idea...by the way where am I?" The pink head questioned in confusion as he looked around the clearing, only to see tall trees and even taller creatures with log necks.
His question was answered joyfully. "Little Garden! By the way I am Dory and that over there is my pal Borgy, we are warriors of Elbaf! Gegyagyagyagya!" The slimmer giant bellowed. The island was indeed a garden, with a giant active volcano in the centre and with plants and animals that were supposed to be dead a thousand years ago, this small island that was lost in time was infact a garden of rare species.
"Who are you?" The orange haired girl stepped forward with the question that was inevitable, albeit a bit cautiously. Looking at the girl for a moment he observed her. Wearing a brownish yellow short skirt with a white long sleeved t shirt with purple arms, she was an average heighted girl. He looked into her brown eyes for a few seconds before turning away, completely ignoring her.
He blinked away a few seconds to comprehend his environment before the question got registered into his brain. "Oh uh I am Natsu Dragneel! And I am-" He couldn't finish because he was rudely cut off by his own stomach.
GROWL
"Wow..." The orange haired girl spoke with lesser amazement than he expected, so did the rest. The sword guy merely raised his eye and the long nose one just sighed in tiredness.
This was new for the Fairy Tail Wizard. "Uh...my stomach just growled like a beast, you are not surprised?" The Dragon Slayer blinked at the Pirate crew.
"Nah, we are used to it." The orange girl waved off. "Oh I am Nami by the way; I am the navigator of the crew." She placed her arms on her hip as she assessed the pink haired man carefully.
GROWL
Natsu spun his head to the similar noise which he produced earlier and couldn't help but grin when it dawned on him about what Nami meant. The fellow named Luffy returned an equally wide grin or maybe wider because of his powers.
Eight T-Rexs with four other huge ass dinosaurs and two hours later...
This was a sight the giants would never forget as their once noble battlefield was littered with bones and skins of the dead animals. But they couldn't be any happier.
"Natsu! I never thought I would be pushed against like this! You are freaking awesome!" Luffy spoke with his mouth grinding down an enormous piece of meat and his body as big as Droy's after their seven year sleep.
"You too Luffy! I've never seen anyone but a Dragon Slayer eat like this! You sure you ain't one?" Natsu also had a huge cooked meat piece in his mouth as they continued to chat like old friends, but unlike the Straw-hat captain, his belly didn't budge, neither did his body.
But unknown to them, their little audience was in mass confusion as to what these two were talking as the only thing they heard was muffled grunts and shouts that was a mixture of barks roars mosquito buzzing chewing and slurping. "Uh...does anyone understand what those two are talking and do they actually understand each other to begin with?" Usopp asked no one in particular.
They watched as both of them wiped their mouths and give a huge barf before swinging their arms over each other's shoulder and laughing. "I would say that we have two Luffy's now..." Sanji sighed in depression at the thought of the excess of food he will have to prepare to feed the second black hole if he joins the crew.
The Dragon Slayer after relinquishing his lost energy looked at the two giants and the cook with a fierce look that made the three pirates grow curious as to what the strange man intended to- "Thank you for chopping down the dino-sors and cooking for me!" The salmon haired man was on his knees with his forehead touching the very ground he stood a moment back with both his palms on either side of his head, pressed firmly against the ground.
"Gababababa!" The Viking styled fat giant with the blond beard bellowed in laughter. "Don't sweat it friend, you are in the presence of two warriors of Elbaf, it would be dishonourable to let a starving person be unattended to."
"And," Natsu's attention turned to the well built giant known as Dorry. "This was a very entertaining day, thanks to the lot of you that includes the sight of the two of you eating. Gegyagyagya!" He too laughed whole heartedly.
The normal looking cook on the other hand was not very impressed. "Yeah..." He spoke bored as he lit the cigarette that was held between his teeth. "Whatever, you ain't a girl so it doesn't mean shit if you thank me or not."
Natsu blinked at the blonde swirly eyebrow man. "So...like I don't have to pay?" He asked cautiously.
Before any of the Straw hat crew could wave it off, their resident thief interjected. "Of course you have to! That will be one hundred thousand beli!" She had stars in her eyes.
"Belly?" The dragon slayer looked at the woman confused. "What the heck is that?" Yep, another no good bubble headed spender. Why was it that her crew always met people like these?
"Ignore her Natsu, she's like that only!" Luffy swung his arm around the dragon slayer's shoulder as Nami grumbled something about ungrateful rubber people.
"If I may, how were you stuck in that glass in the first place?" The blue haired girl took a tentative step forward and poke in a soft subtle voice, completely unthreatening. Then a little embarrassed chuckle left her lips when she saw the man stare at her with a raised eyebrow. "Sorry, I am Vivi, it is nice to meet you."
Natsu gave a small smile and nodded. "Well, nice to metcha but I am not sure how I got there either..." This was a bit unbelievable to the pirate crew, well, except for the captain.
"So Natsu you want to be my comrade? It will be fun I tell'ya!" Luffy asked with a huge grin on his face.
Natsu grinned back and was about to reply when he froze. "Comrades..." The others watched curiously at the man's sudden change. "Oh no! What happened to my comrades! Erza! Gray! Happy! Wendy! Gajeel! Somebody!" And he was gone, disappeared between the trees, his cries soon disappearing with the many other noises of the forest.
There was an awkward moment of silence within the group except for Luffy who was a bit saddened. "So are we waiting or going? If you guys have forgotten, we have a Kingdom to save." Usopp piped in as Vivi looked down in worry. And with a heavy heart and body, the Straw-hat captain began to make his way to the ship. But all of a sudden, everything stopped; the falling leaves, the smoke, the breeze and the people too.
Meanwhile...
"Dammit! Where the heck are you guys?!" Natsu yelled into the forest, kick and punching all the creatures that came in his way but stopped when he felt a massive amount of dark energy penetrate the atmosphere around him, freezing time. The giant dinosaur he kicked away stopped in mid air without any movement or blink. He knew what was happening, he was here.
"You are finally awake, my dear little brother..." The Dragon Slayer's eyes widened in shock at the familiar voice of the last man he wanted to see right now.
"Zeref..." Natsu's eyes turned to golden as a blood red flames entwined by yellow raged around him. "Fire Dragon-ACKKK!" Natsu fell to his knees and screamed in pain as burn marks began to appear all over his body. His spell was automatically cancelled as he perched in front of his older brother on his hands and knees with smoke coming of him.
"My my...the first time we see each other after a very long time and you attack me? You wound me." Zeref's creepy smile still remained on his face as he looked at his brother's injured form.
"Bastard...what did you do?!" Natsu yelled in anger as he slowly stood back up, clutching his burned hand in pain.
Zeref gave a small chuckle, annoying the already wounded Dragon Slayer. "Nothing." The answer was so simple and blunt. A trap?
"Bullshit! Then you are saying I got burned my own attack?!" Natsu roared as he gave a fist to the other man's face that created a shockwave on impact, but other than that, Zeref stood unharmed.
"Yes, most certainly it was your own flames that attacked you, but say Natsu, I am a bit curious myself, do you remember how the war with Alvareze ended?" Zeref took a hold of the Fire Dragon's wrist and moved the limb obstructing his view out of his face.
"Of course I remember the war! We were...we were..." Natsu's eyes began to relive his past or at least what he could and last thing he could remember was his battle with Zeref using his father's...
The legendary black wizard watched as the Dragon Slayer clenched his head and his face contorted to an expression of severe pain. "Don't think too hard brother, you were never good at it, so let me help you out a bit." He watched Natsu look him into the eye, suppressing his pain. "All of your friend's are dead."
'Come find me ok?'
"NO!" Natsu roared out and encased his fist in the powerful flames that he used earlier and although it burned him inside out, he kept on hammering the older man who seemed to have no effect whatsoever. "It's a lie! Take it back! Take it back!" He screamed as he increased his punches until his body finally gave out to pain and mental exhaustion.
"Okay, if you want me to say that I can say that, they are alive now, but they died in the past. You will meet them in the near future Natsu, but you will be in for a surprise." Again that creepy grin.
"What..?" Natsu weakly asked.
"Anyway, I didn't come here to inform you of some humans who were once your friends, I came here to give you a little warning so listen well," Zeref leaned down mockingly. "The other six Dragon Slayer's gave up their magic to reenergize you, and hence these symbols on your body, not to fight me, but to fight Acnologia who came uninvited, your power mixed with the already unstable Ethernano that your body is made up of, merged with those six's powers, your body flushed out the antibodies that were meant to prevent dragonification." Natsu's eyes widened but he couldn't lift his head as his brother's foot was atop.
"No..."
"You see Natsu, you are worse than me, why? Because, due to yours and Acnologia's action in Fiore, around four billion people died, a quarter of them from both of your breath attacks, which ultimately sealed the two of you away and the remaining three forth due to Earthland's plates shifting." Natsu was a little confused, and the dark wizard knew it. "It means both of your unstable magical powers reshaped the world."
Now Natsu wasn't a person who studied, but even he knew what earthquakes could do to people and if what the evil man said was true then...
Zeref chuckled a little at the silent man under his foot who stopped resisting. "But you did help this world in a way." He smiled when he picked up Natsu's heartbeat quicken. "Don't get your hopes high though. What you did killed a lot of people, even more than me, but by doing so, the residual magical energy has merged with this planet, making it stronger than Earthland and in doing so, and it's more than enough to be our final battlefield."
The feeling of his lungs beginning to be squeezed finally made the air flow lesser and lesser to the salmon haired man, who finally stopped his thrashing and asked as much calmly as he could. "Where can I find my friends?" Zeref stepped off Natsu, the latter let out deep pants from being restricted of his air supply for so long.
Zeref took a step back from the dragon slayer who sat crouched as he panted and looked away into the ocean. "You can find them if you journey with that boy named Monkey D. Luffy, but you won't be able to reunite with them, at least not the way you think." Again his weird grin made the weakened man cringe in despair.
"What do you mean by that?" Natsu looked at his brother with much accepted confusion.
But the Black Wizard was not interested in helping the young brother more than he already was. "I hope you have developed at least a little of resistance that motion sickness of yours, makes me want to almost pity both you and Acnologia." Almost, that was the keyword, and Zeref chuckled at himself for his small joke.
Without even so much of a glance, the older Dragneel turned and began to walk away, and then he halted his walk, but didn't turn around to face the kneeling man on the burnt forest floor. "Before I depart, I must say one thing, do not rely on your emotions to call out the strength in your flames, because right now, your body not only just contains your normal two or three magical chambers; but over a dozen of them. Not that you would need to fight seriously anytime soon but I recommend you get a hold of yourself at the earliest." And he was gone.
Natsu numbly fell on to his back, taking in all the things his immortal enemy revealed to him. 'So something did happen after I met him...I used that one time deal...but then the book...then...then what?" He got up slowly.
Are alive now, but they died in the past.
Six Dragon Slayer's gave up their magic to reenergize you, and hence these symbols on your body.
Reshaped the world.
You can find them if you journey with that boy named Monkey D Luffy.
Monkey D Luffy.
Natsu ran through the forest back to where he started. His mind was stuck where his brother was 'Monkey D. Luffy!' His face sprouted a small smile. 'Don't worry guys! I'll find you no matter what! And we all will go back to Fairy Tail.' His blood pumped through his veins like never before, the feeling when he came back to his friends after the yearlong training time.
As he ran, he could feel his injuries disappear like pencil drawing getting erased and when he reached the sight he saw the two giants standing on either side of the ship. "Ship...great..." But he knew, if he hesitated, they would be long gone for him to catch them. With a huge shout he let his words fly. "Hey guys! Wait for me!" Although a little pale, Natsu swallowed his fear and leaped into the Going Merry and landed softly on the deck.
"See! I told you he would come!" Luffy yelled out excited at the dragon slayer's sight. "Are you ready to set sail under my command?"
"Aye aye Captain!" He felt nauseated but not enough to fall down and drown in misery, after all his friends are waiting for him. Fairy Tail is waiting for him.
To be continued?
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