Y 'all hate me;ladies, gents and other...I just know it! I know I've enough shit to do as is, but I just needed to see this show my way. Quick spoilers: Natsu's gonna be aggressive, and I don't just mean combat either. He's gonna be aggressive socially as well, when the story progresses you'll understand. Also, the Dragon Slayers are gonna be able to speak in dragon roars, hisses, etc. As kids, they're raised by dragons, shouldn't they be able to speak and understand the dragon sounds as a language? Any and all Dragon Slayers are going to have a bit more of a draconic outlook on life and dragon-like qualities to their person, as they're raised by dragons and are going to have picked up on their ways of life as well as traits from their respective foster parent. I'm gonna keep it in english, 'cause Fairy Tail gives off more of a European feeling than anythin' else. I don't want shit 'bout the pairin'! I'm also gonna make the Dra I don't own it, I don't make it, I just write this.
'Paraphrasing or character perception'
"Normal speech"
Thoughts and or emphasis
"Dragon Slayer draconic voice"
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"Natsu! We're here, in Hargeon, get up!" On the floor of a train carts laid a pink-haired, slightly tanned, lean and muscular young man with a backpack full of traveling supplies. His entire body was tensed, as if about to throw up or-"Happy, please don't wake me up. Because if you do, I'm going to be shitting bricks..." The young man looked up into the eyes of a small, bipedal, blue cat with a small supply-bag on his back.
"You know what houses do to you, why would you still eat one?!" Happy's words made the pink-haired young man open his eyes with black irises, "They break down my sorrows..." Before Happy could counter Natsu, as that was his name, a train attendant spoke up, "Uh, sir. Are you alright? And if you're going to, please shit your bricks outside."
"I hate trains!" Natsu groaned, "Actually, second thought; I hate public or private transportation altogether!" Happy looked down to his father/brother/best friend sympathetically, "Can you get up? Or are we going to need a dolly...again?" The attendant heard the word 'trolley' instead of 'dolly' as he said, "This is a train!"
Natsu nodded and got up begrudgingly, as if fighting off old age, "C'mon, Happy, let's go. Hopefully we'll find Igneel or...her..." Natsu's steps were less wobbly as he got off the train, walking towards the center of town in hopes of finding the salamander who'd raised him. Happy said a quick, "Aye!", as he jumped onto his companion's shoulder and pointed onward like a captain of a ship.
Elsewhere in Hargeon, a magic shop
"Why the heck's there only one magic shop in town?" Said a young woman with shoulder length blonde hair and a ponytail on the right side of her head. Her clothes consisted of a shirt that was mostly white aside from the blue that covered her buxom chest, her boots crawled up to about knee-height, and a belt that held up a blue skirt. Hooked on her belt was a rolled up whip and a large ring of gold and silver keys with symbols on them. This young lady, went by the name of Lucy Heartfilia.
"I only made this shop for mages who passed by, and most people in town were more concerned about fishing and trade amongst other parts of the world. What may I get you, my dear?" Lucy looked to the man with a somewhat disappointed face, "Do you have any Gate Keys by chance?" The man wearing a stereotypical clown hat had a surprised look on his face as he brought out a small box, "I have this one, but it's not that strong."
"Oh, wow! A little dog, I'll take it. How much?" Her excited expression was killed by the price, "Twenty thousand Jewel." Her face took on a confused and surprised look, "I didn't catch that, what's the price?" "I said twenty thousand Jewel!" Lucy looked to the man blankly, as if trying to determine whether or not this guy was kidding. Realizing he was serious, she got onto the counter and took a seductive pose, "You couldn't lower it, even for little old me?"
Outside the shop, "And he knocks off a thousand Jewel! SO much for feminine wiles. Well, I can't blame him really, there aren't many mages who come out this far from the cities and towns. But still...Huh?" When she looked towards a crowd of people, mostly fangirls, in town square. There was a lot of pining, squeals, and sighing, but the words 'Salamander came to town!' got her into her own fit of fangirlism.
"Salamander?! The mage who uses fire magic you can't buy at stores, that Salamander!? I've got to meet him!" She ran down to the middle of town where the dubbed Salamander was being mobbed, "Now, now! You can all have a chance to talk to me, just one at a time." The man speaking was none other than the man that everyone, who was desperate for a boyfriend and popularity, wanted to talk to. He was relatively tall and he was slim for a man in his early twenties. His hair was a dark blue, slanted forward and over to the left side of his face, over his right eyebrow was a tattoo that looked like a pair of prongs with the handlebars pointing towards his right. The shape of his head was somewhat rectangular with sharp features as well as dark eyes, dark and thin eyebrows. He wore a dark, high-collared cape that reached his knees with a spiked circle design on the back. The clothes under the cape were formal and nondescript.
Lucy made it to the center of the mob and looked at the man with sparkling eyes, a dazed expression on her face, before a pink-haired 'peddler' ran into the mob's center with a blue cat on his shoulder, "...And who the fuck are you?!" Salamander's face took on an expression of extreme shock, "Why, my boy, I'm the amazin-What are you doing?!"
As he began a speech, Natsu got a bit too close as he began to sniff him, "You're not him, you're a waste of space!" Natsu's whispered words made the man's eyes widen as he saw the 'peddler's narrowed, reptilian-slitted eyes and the blue cat's wide and emptily-furious gaze, "...Huh uh huh..." Salamander's breathing became labored with terror, T-This is the legendary..."Salamander!" The elaborately-clothed man quietly piped out, making a maniacal smirk cross Natsu's face.
"You, my foolish friend," The emphasis on the word was accompanied by a firmly gripping hand on his left shoulder, "are a Pathetically Horrible Arrogant Guy, in other words known as a PHAG!" "NATSU!" Happy's yell was in Natsu's draconically-sensitive ears, causing a ringing to be heard by the pink-haired young man, "It's a fucking acronym, Happy! I'm not pathetic and stupid enough to see homosexuality as wrong, and you damn-well know it. Let's blow this wannabe's crowd, it makes me nauseous!"
Natsu's harsh words broke the spell on the Heartfilia lady, getting her to stare in surprise at the glaring young man in peddler's garb. Who is this guy? He seems to hate this creep with the charm, but who is he? 'Salamander', seeing that if he didn't leave right now he'd be killed, used his favorite getaway spell, "Red Carpet, ah what a joy to be a Fairy Tail Pyro-mage...WHAT THE HELL?!" He saw the real Salamander consuming his flames away from everyone's eyes, as everyone was staring at him instead of the strange pink-haired mage.
"...More like Fairly Fail High-ro mage, Wasted Space! These flames taste terrible, and I'm from FAIRY TAIL YOU DUMBASS!" His consumption of the flames continued as the onlookers heard nothing over the roaring flames, "..." "You'd better run, Wasted Space, or I'm going to burn your ass to the deepest pits of Hell..." Lucy looked to the flames end to see the stranger was glaring up to the floating-on-flames man.
Natsu had stopped eating the flames because of how bad they tasted and because he was full, "Get your ass moving!" Natsu let a deep, draconic growl leave his throat as a threat, "I'M OUT! If any of you fine ladies would like to, you're all incited to my yacht, except for this..." He stared Natsu in the eye, trying to find a word that wouldn't make the famous pyric mage go ballistic, "Fine gentleman! I'll see all of you there!"
Someway, somehow...I'm going to destroy him and his yacht! Happy saw Natsu's glare was directed towards the distancing form of the impostor, "...Natsu, we have to head back home, this lead was a dead-end. Like all the rest," Happy's eyes began to glisten softly, "and I had such high hopes of seeing..." Natsu leaned his head towards his passenger in a hug-like manner, getting Happy to hug his head with tears leaving his eyes silently, "I miss her, Natsu. I really, really miss her!"
"I do too, Happy, I do too..." Natsu began to walk away from the starry-eyed crowd, when the voice of a blonde girl stopped him in his tracks, "Wait! Who are you, and what did you do?!" Happy wiped away his tears as Natsu turned and glared lightly at the stranger, "I'm Natsu Dragneel, the blue cat on my shoulder is Happy, who are you?" The untrusting demeanor Natsu gave off made Lucy a little hesitant, "I...I'm Lucy Heartfilia, nice to meet you two. What are you doing here, in this dead-end town?"
Happy looked to the ground sadly, "It's a dead-end town in more ways than one, Miss Lucy, more ways than one..." The solemnity was shared by Natsu, although he still kept his glare on Lucy, "We're here to find a salamander, but all we got was that wannabe Fairy Tail mage!" A deep, but soft-sounded dragon's growl left Natsu's gritted teeth, getting Lucy to clear her ears in a manner indicating she thought she was hearing things.
"In thanks for freeing me from that creep and his charm spell, I'm going to buy you two lunch!" Natsu's face portrayed his surprise at her proclamation, while he looked to Happy who's face and stomach told him all too well how hungry the Exceed was. With a sigh of resignation he said, "...I guess we could take a couple minutes to eat..." Happy jumped for joy on Natsu's shoulder, making his father/brother/best friend chuckle with a very soft smile on his face.
Lucy pumped her fist with a feeling of accomplishment, Now I'm going to get some answers! "YES!" Her outburst made Happy and Natsu stare at her oddly...Well, Happy stared and Natsu glared suspiciously, "What are you so chipper about, Miss Lucy?" And that got her attention, "DON'T CALL ME MISS LUCY, IT MAKES ME SOUND OLD!" The shout made Natsu take a martial art's stance out of reflex, perceiving the blonde as a threat.
"Just Lucy is fine." Natsu, still suspicious and cautious, slowly relaxed until he was sure this stranger meant his son/brother/best friend and himself no harm.
At a random restaurant Lucy chose
Lucy watched as Happy ate fish after fish after fish with gusto to feed a family of three, eyes wide as she feared for the little guy's health. (Hey, he's a cat, and cat's have stomachs not much larger than their paws so cut 'im some slack) Natsu was eating as well, he'd eaten enough to cover most of the table, "Why are you so interested in us?"
Natsu's untrusting behavior was really starting to make Lucy nervous around him as well as concerned for him, "So, Natsu, why is it that you're acting so untrusting of me?" Said mage, even though Lucy didn't know it, placed his plate down on the table softly with a contented sigh, "I don't know you...and I don't want to!" He got up and left, Happy jumping onto his shoulder with the fish either in the sack on his back or in his mouth. Lucy was, in two words, beyond stunned. A pink-haired guy with trust issues and a bipedal, blue furred, talking cat had just up and left her without another word or a wayward glance.
What the heck?! What's his deal?! Lucy's thoughts were interrupted by the sound of the waitress waiting for her to take the bill, which made Lucy's jaw drop, "Ah...ahck, TWENTY THOUSAND JEWEL?! OH MY GOD, THOSE TWO ARE GOING TO EAT ANYBODY OUT OF HOUSE AND HOME!" After her little spasm of surprise, she payed the bill with anime tears in her eyes and a sorry look to her wallet, Forgive me...
Natsu and Happy, overlooking the sea, dusk
"You didn't have to be that harsh to Miss Lucy, Natsu. She only wanted to thank us for helping her out of that creepy guy-who-stole-your-title's charm spell. You should apologize!" Natsu looked to his travelling companion with worn out eyes, "I don't want to get another female close to me and we can't get distracted from finding her..." Natsu's words made Happy turn to him with sad eyes, "Why did she have to disappear on us...we all miss her!"
Natsu looked to the small feline with tired eyes as Happy's ears folded back in sorrow, "I bet she's looking for us as much as we're looking for her. We just have to keep looking for wherever she's ended up! I still don't get why that kid was so interested in us..." Happy smiled mischievously, "She liiiikes you!" Those words made Natsu land on the ground facefirst and groan out painfully, "You really think I'd betray the trust of my mate whilst she's away?! That's sick, Happy, even for my demented soul. Why are you looking at me that way?"
Happy's face portrayed his hoping, "Can you sing that song she used to sing for me, please?!" Natsu looked to his son/best friend/brother in surprise, "Really, you want me to sing? You of all people know I'm not a singer." Happy stood up on the railing of the cliff they were on with an excited look in his eyes, "Please?!"
Sighing in mock-exasperated resignation, he conceded, "Any requests?" Happy jumped onto Natsu's shoulder, "I Am Stronger, she used to sing it whenever you and or I were down." Natsu nodded with a soft smile, "Okay then..." As soon as he said that, he began to sing a song that made Happy nod his head to the tune. It sounded like it needed to be fast-paced, but the slow-pace Natsu set up made it seem great for those with sleeping problems.
The singing was interrupted by the yacht that the impostor mentioned had a flare light the sky above it, "DAMN IT!" "HAPPY! What have you been told about swearing, you're still too young for that!" Happy's ears bent back in frustration, "But that flare is means S.O.S! We've got to find out why! Maybe it's her..."
That made Natsu grab Happy and throw him in the air, Natsu jumped off the cliff to be caught by a now winged Happy, "GET THOSE WINGS WORKING!" "AYE!" They'd no idea they would find a soon-to-be friend in peril, and that their hopes would be destroyed.
The yacht
Lucy held the flare gun in her hands with a glare directed to the now revealed Bora of Prominence, "Now, you'll get it. That flare'll get someone coming to my aid!" Bora and his men began to laugh cruelly, "You really think I didn't have a plan in place in case of something like this? I told the authorities that we might be having fireworks set off, so they're under the impression that we're setting fireworks off. You and the rest of these fine women are going to be sold as slaves to the highest bidder, making me and my men the filthiest richmen in all of Fiore! Hahahahaha-HAHAHAHAHA!"
His evil laughter was cut short as Lucy reached for her keys before they were taken away from her and held just out of reach as she was restrained, "Celestial Spirit Mage, hmm? More like: Human Locksmith!" The sounds of coughing were heard in the background, "Oh, come on, not even a pity laugh?!"
"FUCK YOU HAPPY!" Natsu fell through the roof, "I SAID DROP ME ONTO THE YACHT SO I COULD MAKE A DRAMATIC ENTRANCE! YOU WEREN'T HIGH ENOUGH!" Happy hovered over the hole in the roof, "C'mon, Natsu! You've gotta admit it was kinda funny." Natsu sent a glare with no heat behind it at the flying feline before he turned to the crew and terrified Bora.
"What did I say..." Natsu looked Bora in the eye, his draconically slitted eyes sent a wave of terror through the man, "I said, you'd better run or I'd burn your ass to the deepest pits of Hell...WHAT AREN'T YOU DOING?!" Bora and his men suddenly froze up in terror, as they saw the pink-haired young man puffed up his chest before lunging his torso and head towards them with a gaping mouth. Happy, right when Natsu was inhaling, flew down and grabbed Lucy and her Gate Keys, right before the boat was set aflame.
"...W-Wha-WHAT ABOUT NATSU?!" Happy, being raised by Natsu, did the dick move, "EXTREME!" He dematerialized his wings and unwrapped his tail from Lucy's waist, dropping them into the water. Lucy dropped her keys, getting her to swim to them and call out, "Open! Gate of the Water Bearer, Aquarius!"
Out of the water appeared a woman with a fish-like tail, wearing only a swimsuit top and an assortment of jewelry. In her pale-skinned hands was a jug of water, completing her namesake as the Water Bearer. Lucy's voice broke her calm demeanor, "Aquarius! Wash that yacht to shore!"
"GO FUCK YOURSELF, BITCH!" (We all know Aquarius woulda said it, if Fairy Tail wasn't supposed to be child friendly) Aquarius's anger was reciprocated by the Heartfilia lady in the water, "PLEASE! FOR THE LOVE OF ALL THAT IS FREAKING HOLY! THERE'S A YOUNG MAN ON THAT YACHT WHO'S GOING TO DIE IN THE FLAMES!" Aquarius seemed mildly intrigued, "Who is it?"
Happy spoke up, "THE SON OF IGNEEL! HE'S SALAMANDER! HE NEEDS TO REACH LAND, HE'LL COOL OFF TOO FAST AND DIE! PLEASE, MISS FISH-LADY!" Happy's words made Aquarius's eyes widen as she sent a tidal wave to get the yacht to the shore. Lucy didn't catch the part about Salamander as her head went underneath the water, "What do you mean he'll cool off too quickly?!"
"HE'S SALAMANDER! HIS INTERNAL BODY TEMPERATURE REACHES LEVELS BEYOND THE AVERAGE HUMAN BEING, BUT THE YACHT WILL SINK BEFORE HE CAN FLY TO SHORE AND HIS INTERNAL BODY TEMPERATURE WILL PLUMMET TOO FAST! HE'LL DIE!" (I know that it seems a little stupid a reason to reach the shore, but he's warmin' up fast and the yacht's sinkin' faster. If a super-heated object, Natsu in this case, touches cold water it'll cool off rapidly to the point of room temperature. That'd kill Natsu)
"Miss Fish-Lady, can you please get us to shore as well?!" His tears and polite attitude moved Aquarius's normally cold heart, as she nodded and said, "Huuuhhh, just this once, Little One. I owe Igneel for saving my last summoner, Layla." Lucy's eyes widened at the name, but before she could ask for further detail, Aquarius sent them to shore on a large wave.
"...Good luck, son of Igneel, you're going to need it to survive Layla's daughter!" With that, she returned to the Celestial Realm, a faint smile playing on her lips. Lucy and Happy were on the shore now, as Natsu consumed Bora's flames(-of Youth! *shudders*) and called out, "Fire Dragon...ROOOOAAAARRRRR!"
The force of the roar sent Lucy stumbling back and made Happy dig his claws into the ground to stay in place. Natsu's eyes began to glow red, his skin began to become scaly in places and a dragon of fire outlined him. Happy saw Natsu's eyes and thought, I can't let him become that again! Not Again! NEVER, NOT EVER AGAIN! Happy created a glowing circle appear over his back and his wings sprouted, letting him fly onto Natsu's shoulder to act as an emotional medium.
Happy was engulfed by rage, almost uncontrollable rage and sorrow, as he added his magical power into the attacks Natsu landed. In that moment, Natsu's body fell to the ground, lifeless, with Happy holding onto his shoulder when the dragon of fire that outlined the pink-headed mage flew at Bora. The impostor screamed, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU!?" He was then engulfed by Natsu's soul, the dragon that outlined him had been his soul taking a familiar form.
The dragon entered the impostor's body, taking over his mind and body, letting Natsu control him. Natsu's unconscious body stirred and roared, this roar wasn't an attack but a call of immense sadness that knew no name as he said, "HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO SHE IS! HE NEVER MET HER! rrrrrrRRRRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWHHHHHH!" Natsu's body was still unconscious, but it moved towards the possessed man, placed its hand on Bora's chest, and was then alive once more.
"GOD DAMNIT! WE WERE SO CLOSE! WE HAD HER WITHIN OUR GRASP: The lead, the want, the determination, the resources...BUT WE LOST HER AGAIN!" Natsu's eyes were no longer glowing, as he shed pained tears that Happy also shed. Their tears were heard by all nearby, everyone in town had heard them and their plight, and they felt pity.
The once unconscious ladies that Bora's men had taken hostage to be sold as slaves exited the yacht, confusion in their eyes when they saw the crying cat and pink-haired young man from the earlier afternoon. When they saw them, they all slowly walked to him and began to thank him as his tears ended slowly, "We are forever in your debt, sir. If you ever need anything that we are capable of providing, you have our help in whatever way we can provide!"
Natsu looked to the women and thought he saw-"Have any of you ladies seen a young lady around?! She has sparkling, sapphire eyes and short, quicksilver-white hair! Please, tell me you've seen her?!" Natsu looked to all of them, seeing that they'd no clue who he was talking about, and his tears resumed as he punched the ground with scaled fists, "WE WERE SO CLOSE! rrrrRRRAAAWWWHH!"
His roar made the women back up in fear before they felt the pain in his fire-spewing voice. Lucy walked forward, still shaken from seeing Natsu's furious martial arts-style fighting and magic, before she knelt down and waited for him to be done. When he relaxed enough to be spoken too, she asked, "Who are you...Nastu Dragneel?" He didn't look up from the ground, his hair overshadowing his face, "A Dragon Slayer...Son of Igneel, but you'd know me by my title!"
Natsu removed his jacket, revealing a red guildmark just below his shoulder. This guildmark, belonged to the strongest guild known in Fiore, it's name was spoken amongst the people nearby, "FAIRY TAIL! YOU'RE SALAMANDER?!" Natsu turned to the man who shouted, seeing the mayor, "Yes. Sorry for destroying things. This Wasted Space," He kicked Bora's unconscious body into a building, getting a grunt of pain from the downed and once possessed mage, "was selling these young women as slaves around the Fiore apparently and was using illegal magic to make sure the didn't run away! I'll help repair the damage done, and then I'll take him with me for judgement to be passed upon him..."
His scaly scarf blew in the wind, giving him a heroic aura that made several girls sigh or have nosebleeds at several perverted scenarios they imagined. The mayor looked astounded, he'd heard that Fairy Tail mages were destructive and didn't take responsibility for their mistakes, "...Thank you, Mister Salamander! How can we ever repay you?!"
Natsu looked the man dead in the eye, "All I ask is that you keep an eye out for any dragons, there aren't many left so I'll come running. I'll keep searching for my other quarry by myself and Happy, that's all you need to do." Natsu began to pick up broken pieces of buildings and other debris around the crashed yacht, all the way into the morning he helped repair the damage he'd done. Lucy and Happy watched, "Why is he so aggressive? And who's this Igneel? That doesn't sound like a ladies name." Happy's right ear twitched in irritation at forgetting she was there, "Igneel's the fire dragon who raised Natsu. Right now, we're looking for his mate. She helped Natsu raise me from the day I hatched, in a sense, she's my mother while Natsu's my father. They're both parents, siblings, and best friends for me and I miss her so much...He misses her more than anything in the world, he'd trade all of the tomorrows he has for one yesterday with her!"
Lucy nodded in understanding as it all processed when she realized something, "You used the chorus of a song's lyrics!" "Aye!" She looked at him with a light glare as she asked, "Who's his girlfriend and your mother-sister-other best friend?" Happy looked at her for a few seconds with empty eyes that sent chills running through every fiber of her being, "That's something you have to earn to know!" Lucy sighed disappointedly, "Alright. Is it alright if I join your guild, then?"
Happy stopped using the scary eyes, making Lucy sigh in relief, "That's up to Master Makarov, Fairy Tail's Third Master. But I think it's alright if you come with us to Fairy Tail, I've no power over you so you'll probably follow no matter what I say." Lucy did a little dance when Natsu appeared right behind her and said, "Alright, Happy, let's go back home so I can beat whoever gave us this lead into a coma!" Lucy yelped at the sudden appearance and smiled nicely at him, making Natsu glare at her like she was an enemy.
Natsu got his shirt back on from the bench he'd thrown it onto, "I hate to-strike that-I love to crush hopeless dreams, I'm bringing Bora with us! He's got potential, and I can't let potential go unnoticed, so he's going to repent his sins by working for Fairy Tail!" Lucy had narrowed eyes at this point, "Why would you let that scum work for your guild?! He was going to brand those women and myself like cattle, with a hot piece of metal. And I've read Sorcerer Magazine, there are a lot of attractive women in Fairy Tail!"
Natsu picked up a bound and gagged Bora over his shoulder, "I wasn't given another chance on several occasions, so I'm going to try and give everyone a second chance, even if I can never forgive them for their crimes! But if I let someone waste their potential and lose any chances to redeem themselves, I'd never be able to live with myself, so I'm giving him another chance. Don't take this for grant, Bora! Or I won't hesitate to kill you..." The bound and gagged man over Natsu's shoulder had wide eyes, and he nodded his head with honesty in his eyes for once in his life as a mage.
Natsu looked back to his travelling companions with tired eyes, "Let's go, we've got a long track ahead of us..."
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That's a wrap ladies, gents and other! I know y'all are probably pissed with me, but I had this comin' up in my ideas and decided "FUCK IT!" so I'm gonna write a Fairy Tail series. As always:R&R, no flamin' my ass, constructive criticism, SEE YA-GOOD NIGHT!