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Darker, Smarter Natsu
Chapter 1 A boy and a dragon
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In the middle of a forest there was a three years old child that was left alone crying under a giant tree. His cries attracted a powerful red dragon. The dragon landed in front of the child at such force, the entire forest shook. "Child why are you crying" the dragon bellowed. "*sniff* I… I… I don't know were my family is. We… we… were *sniff* supposed to meet each other near the big tree" the child said pointing at the tree he was sitting under. "QUITE CHILD, were are you from" said the dragon. "*sniff* over there" the child pointed off into the distance. "Stay here child I will find your family".
The dragon took off into the direction the child pointed toward only to find a village burnt down leaving blood splatters all over and ashes left to blow in the wind. After a half an hour of searching the dragon determined that there was no survivors left and soon went back to the boy.
There he was sniffling, calming him self down. 'So the boy is now an orphan huh' "Child your all that's left of your village. From this day forward I will take care of you for I am Igneel the king of the fire dragons, what is your name child" "My name is Natsu", "Well then Natsu climb upon my back and we'll begin your training". "Tr… training". "Yes training so that you won't lose anyone else". "Okay *sniff*". The two set off towards the mountains to a cave that Igneel have been in for the last several years.
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One year later
5:00 am inside the cave that Natsu been living in. "Natsu it's time to start teaching you about culture" "Okay Igneel" 'Wow that was easier than expected'. Igneel began to teach Natsu how to read and write, after months of teaching Natsu he began to learn about history, battle tactics and dragon culture, soon Natsu began learn mathematics and science. He became a brilliant child, easily rivaling top minds of his generation within the next year or so.
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Two years later
Natsu began to train his body, for warmup he started to carry boulders that tripled the size of himself for 10 miles each day adding a mile at the end of each week. Afterward Natsu would practice his swordsmanship for five hours than sparred with Igneel for two more hour. Once training was over Natsu would review battle tactics all while hunting for his own food since Igneel stop providing for him a year back. 'The kid is getting stronger at such an incredible rate not to mention being as smart as he is' "Father I finished my hunting so I'll be sleeping early" 'F...f...father'
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One year later
"Natsu you've been able to spar with me with only your skill with a sword so I believe its time to teach you magic, dragon slayer magic" "What kind of magic is it" "The magic I'll teach you if honed correctly will have to power to rival that of a true dragon". For several weeks Natsu had been training his control over fire, at first he could barely control a single ember but now he could ignite his entire body on fire. One day Natsu was inside the cave and found a black covered magic book titled "fire of death". Natsu started to read the book and started to add the death fire into his training regiment. After a few months Natsu finally began to control his new black flames along with his normal orange fire. After eleven months of practicing Natsu reached the end of the book, suddenly after finishing the final page the book caught fire burning white. 'What happening why does it feel so hot. I thought I was resistant to fire'. Once the book finish burning the entire book changed into a pristine white color. 'Fire of life huh, might as well learn it, could come in handy someday". After three day of practice Natsu learned to control white flame.
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Three years later
'Natsu you've grown strong, it pains me but it seems like its my time to leave you my son but I know that you will become the greatest wizard that ever lived'. That day Igneel left the ten year old boy leaving no tracks, no scent, no noise, all that was left was a gift from father to son.
The next day, "Igneel were did you go, Igneel". Natsu searched and searched finding only the gift that his father left behind. There was a simple box with a letter attached. "Dear Natsu I have left you with a couple of gifts, The first would be the black coat that I left you, it's impervious to all magic and cant be pierced by any means". The Coat was simple, black with a few pockets to put your hands in with another on the left chest. The left sleeve is cut off. There was a hood that was big enough to cover Natsu's eyes.
"My next gift is a katana made from the scales of all the dragon royalties like my self". The handle was a red and black silk wrapping around in a simple spiral from the but to the guard, at the end a long stand of white fabric flowed about a foot and a half. The guard it self had a beautiful black shine to it. The black blade reached four and a half feet and was covered in twelve different runes. "The blade can store the same amount of magic as a dragon, for each rune the magic stored inside can be changed into an element from lightning to ice". The sheath is pure black with gold ends.
"There is a black curved dagger that is adjusted so you and only you can pour your magic into it which cause the dagger to duplicate. The duplications are just as strong but will fade away withing a twenty-four hours of when they were created". The dagger was simple, the entire thing was black except the blade which was silver and curved slightly back, the blade was six inches and had a strap to fit on most parts of Natsu's body.
"Finally my son all that is left is one hundred thousand jewels and some decent attire. Don't try to find me because you never will, I know that you will become a great wizard one day it makes me proud to declare that you Natsu Dragneel is the new king of all fire dragons".
Natsu shed only a single tear as he set out to explore the world.
