Hey guys here's a new story I've been working on. I hope you enjoy it :)
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Chapter 1
This story takes place two months after the Grand Magic Games. In my story there was no threat of Dragon's or the end of the world. Fairy Tail won the Games and became the number one Guild again. After the Games Natsu was confronted by Zeref and he awoke something deep inside Natsu. What did he awake inside of Natsu?
Natsu woke up to a knock at the door; he sat up and looked to his right to see Happy curled up on a pillow. He smiled and pet, the little cat on the head. He got up and stretched, he walked over to the door with nothing on but his red boxers. He opened up the door and raised an eyebrow. What he saw was a long blonde haired girl with her hair tied in pigtails. A few thick strands of her hair flowed down just past her shoulders.
"Lucy, what are you doing here?" he asked looking at the clock.
"It's only six in the morning, and how did you know I was back?" he asked yawning; Lucy hugged him, blushing slightly due to his lack of a shirt. Natsu hesitantly hugged her back; he raised his eyebrow in confusion. She was wearing a light green top with no sleeves, blue short shorts, and brown furry boots that just went up past her ankles.
"You leave on a mission for three weeks and that's all you have to say. I saw someone that looked like you walking around when I left my house so I just came here to see if it was you" she said breaking the hug. She noticed he had a big scar going down his chest, it started two inches above his right nipple and went down to the top of his abs. A few scars on his left arm, one on his right shoulder, and a small one on his forehead.
"Natsu, what happened to you?" she asked feeling the scar on his shoulder. He looked at the scar she was touching and shrugged.
"Ha. I didn't even notice that one" he said chuckling softly.
"I just got them when I was on my mission. No need to be alarmed, they're just scars" he said. He looked back at her and she looked concerned, he wasn't his usual perky self. His eyes seemed distant, like his mind was elsewhere.
"You want to come in?" he asked not knowing what else to do.
"Uh…s-sure" she said. They both walked into the house and she just looked around.
"Where's Happy?" she asked.
"He's at sleeping in the bedroom. We just got back two hours ago" he said rummaging through the fridge.
"Oh I'm sorry about waking you up" she said, he shrugged and pulled out some water. He handed her a bottle and sat down on a chair in the kitchen. She sat down next to him and smiled.
"Thank you for the water" she said.
"Yeah no problem" he said leaning back in his chair. Something was really wrong here; he was always so upbeat even when he was tired.
"Natsu are you okay?" she asked. Without his expression changing, he just nodded at her. She grabbed his hand which made him look at her. His hands were warm; she smirked at this and looked into his eyes.
"Natsu I know something's wrong. Please just tell me what it is" she said. He stood up and walked out of the kitchen running his right hand through his trademark spikey pink hair. Her eyes widened as she noticed his entire hand had bandaging on it. It covered his entire hand and stopped just a little past his wrist.
"Natsu why is your hand all wrapped up?" she asked walking over to him. She reached out to touch his hand but he quickly pulled away.
"I-It's nothing j-just a few cuts, is all it is. Just trying to heal it up" he said frantically. She walked around him so she was in front of him now.
"Why are you so jumpy?" she asked.
"No reason. Would you look at the time I think you should be getting home" he said trying to shove her out the door. She stopped him and just stared into his eyes. She blushed slightly then got serious again.
"Natsu what's wrong?" she asked. He looked at the floor and then to his hand. He sighed and grabbed the door.
"Lucy, please just leave. I want to be alone right now" he said trying to close it. She stopped it with her foot and folded her arms across her chest.
"No not until you tell me what's going on" she said in a stern voice.
"Fine" he said walking out the door. She looked confused and put her hands on her hips.
"Where are you going?" she asked.
"If you're not going to leave then I will. I told you I want to be left alone" he said as he was walking away. Lucy was going to run after him when she heard a little voice.
"Lucy?" Happy asked rubbing his eyes. She turned to the small little cat and smiled.
"Hey Happy, it's good to see you" she said smiling. He flew over to her and she hugged him.
"Aye Sir!" he yelled, and she giggled. Then she got an idea, she held Happy in her arms and brought him over to the couch.
"Happy you were with Natsu for the past three weeks. Do you know what's wrong with him?" she asked the little cat. Happy looked at the ground trying to avoid her eyes.
"Happy you know something now tell me" she said. He sighed and jumped from her arms and sat down on the couch.
"You saw how Natsu's hand was wrapped up right?" he asked in a soft tone.
"Y-Yeah what about it?" she asked.
"What did he tell you it was?" he asked. She looked confused and she just stared at the small Exceed.
"He said it was just a few cuts that haven't healed yet" she said.
"He was lying to you" he said sighing. Lucy's head snapped back a little in shock. Natsu wouldn't lie to her about something so dumb like that would he?
"Why would he lie about cuts? What is he hiding?" she thought to herself.
"Why would he lie? What is he hiding?" she asked. Happy sighed and looked down at the floor.
"A month ago we were traveling and Natsu started going through these changes. His eyes would turn to eyes that looked like a dragon's eye. His eyes turned red and his pupil was a long skinny diamond shape. Scales would form on his body and he would get very angry" Happy said, Lucy was listening with wide eyes.
"So why does he have his hand wrapped up?" she asked sounding a little confused.
"Well his hand turned into a dragons hand is basically what it is. He can grow the black claws at will which I don't get. The palm of his hand has yellow scales, and the rest of it is red scales" he said, her eyes were very wide now and she gasped, putting her hand over her mouth.
"Why does he hide it? He should know that we don't care what he looks like, we will all love him" she said, Happy shrugged and yawned.
"I don't know Lucy" he said, a few minutes later he was sleeping on the couch. She got up and left the house.
"I have to find Natsu" she thought to herself and she ran to the one spot she knew he would be in.
"This is nice and relaxing" Natsu said to himself. He put his arms behind his head and watched the trees sway in the wind. He closed his eyes and listened to the sound of the river, the sound of the leaves in the wind. He took in a deep breath and smirked. He fell asleep moments later.
Lucy had been running for about ten minutes now and she was tired. She stopped for a moment and looked around. She put her hand on her hips and sighed. She started running again and ran up to a hill. She smiled at the sight she saw at the top.
"There you are" she said to herself. She walked over to him and noticed he was sleeping. She smiled and sat down next to him. She looked up at the stars and she smiled even more. She was just staring at them for a few minutes, before she knew it she was laying down next to Natsu. She looked to her right and smiled.
"He sure is cute when he sleeps" she thought to herself. She blushed slightly and just smiled at him.
"L-Lucy?" she heard a voice come from right beside her. Her eye widened as he saw her staring at him. She blushed and quickly looked away. He sat up and rubbed his head and cracked his back.
"How did you find me?" he asked stretching his arms. She sat up next to him looking at the ground.
"You always come here to think" she said. He nodded and looked up at the stars.
"This was also the spot where it happened" he said. She closed her eyes and looked at him with a sad look on her face.
"Natsu please don't bring that up" she said looking at the ground. He put his hands behind his head and laid back down. He closed his eyes and sighed.
"Why can't I bring it up? Does it bother you that much?" he asked.
"Yes Natsu it does, I'm sorry" she said. He sat back up and looked at her.
"Yeah that's what you said back then too" he said.
"I know and I'm sorry for that. I just didn't feel it back then" she said. He looked at her with a serious face.
"Well what about now?" he asked, her eyes widened and she looked at him.
"I-I…I uhhh…" she tried to finish her sentence. He looked at the ground and nodded; he stood up and began walking away. She stood up and grabbed his right hand. Both of their eyes widened and Lucy's other hand went over her mouth.
"N-Natsu your hand, it's so hard" she said. He pulled away and looked at her. She gripped his hand tighter so he wouldn't try to get away.
"Natsu, Happy told me about your hand. I want to try and help" she said. He tried to pull away but she put her other hand on his arm and held him there.
"Natsu please" she said.
"Lucy, there's nothing you can do for 'this'" he said shaking his hand slightly. She gave him a look that made him feel safe, he sighed and started to unwrap his hand. When he was done he just looked away from her.
Her eyes widened at what she saw. It was just as Happy described it. His palm was now yellow scales and the rest were red scales. Right now he had no claws, but Happy said he could grow them at will. She ran her fingers across it and she felt how hard the scales were.
"N-Natsu, how did this happen?" she asked. He shrugged his shoulders and then looked at his hand. He opened and closed it and he shook his head.
"Natsu why do you have it wrapped up?" she asked.
"I don't want people to look at me differently" he said. She brought his hand up to her face and rested her cheek on his palm. His eyes widened and she smiled.
"Your hand is really warm" she said giggling.
"Natsu you don't have to hide this from anyone. We'll still love you and we won't look at you any differently" she said. He pulled his hand away and put it to his side.
"I…uhhh…I gotta go Lucy. I'll see you later today" he said and he walked away. She sighed and looked at him as he walked away. She put her hand on her cheek where his hand was and smiled.
"Natsu" she said to herself. She closed her eyes and sighed.
Four Hours Later:
Lucy walked into the guild to see everyone doing their normal things. Cana is drinking at a table. Gray only had his blue boxers on, and Juvia was staring at him. Gajeel was talking with Levy, Happy is trying to give Carla a fish, and Panther Lily is sitting down with his arms crossed. Mirajane was washing glasses and Lisanna and Elfman are sitting down at the bar. Wendy and Romeo are sitting down at a table talking. Erza was talking with Laxus and Makarov, the one person she didn't see was Natsu.
"Lucy!" Happy yelled as he flew onto her head.
"Hey Happy" she said laughing. She walked over to the bar and sat down.
"Hey Mira, Lisanna, and Elfman" she said smiling.
"Hey Lucy, can I get you anything?" Mira asked.
"No I'm fine" she said. Suddenly the door burst open and everyone just looked to see who it was.
"It's about time you got here Flame brain" Gray said smiling at Natsu. Natsu was wearing his closed black long-sleeve coat with gold trimmings that has no sleeve on his right arm. The coat is and open collard coat, he is wearing his normal brown belt with a silver belt buckle. His white knee length trousers, black open-toed sandals, and the scarf he got from Igneel. Natsu paid no attention to him and just walked over to the request board.
"Hey Natsu, are you hungry?" Mira asked. He shook his head slightly and his eyes widened, he took one of the pieces of paper. He held it in front of Mira.
"I'm taking this one" he said in a cold voice. She looked at it and her eyes widened.
"Natsu you can't do this mission, you are not qualified" she said sounding a little concerned. He just looked at her and slammed the paper down on the table.
"I'm taking this one!" he yelled causing everyone to look at him. Mira backed up a little and Happy flew over to Natsu.
"Natsu calm down" he said, he pushed Happy away from him and stuffed the paper in his pocket. He began to walk towards the door when Erza stepped in front of him.
"Natsu stop right there and go apologize to Mirajane" she said with her arms crossed. She has on her normal armor that she always wears. Natsu continued walking but she grabbed his arm.
"Erza…let go of me" he said in a cold voice.
"No Makarov wants to talk to you" she said.
"I'll talk to him when I get back" he said trying to move. She gripped him tighter.
"No now" she said with her scary voice. He put his right hand on her arm and spun her around. She gripped his hand and he flung her across the room. The bandages on his hand ripped off and his hand went to his side. Erza crashed into the wall and fell to the floor. Everyone gasped and then turned to Natsu and saw him.
"N-Natsu" Lucy said with her eyes wide. His eyes were red and his pupils were skinny black diamonds. They all gasped at that and the fact that his hand had scales on it.
"Salamander calm down" Gajeel said walking towards him slowly. Wendy and Gray did the same. The air around Natsu began to get hotter and hotter. Everyone in the guild was starting to feel it. Gray, Gajeel, and Wendy stopped moving because of the heat.
"Natsu stop this right now!" Makarov yelled. The scales on Natsu's hand began to spread. Soon his entire right arm was full of scales and you could no longer see his Fairy Tail emblem on his arm. Everyone backed away a little except Lucy. She started to walk closer to Natsu, ignoring the heat. Everyone heard him growl and they became scared for Lucy.
"Lucy, get out of there now!" Erza yelled. Lucy ignored her and soon she was right in front of Natsu. She was sweating from the heat he was emitting. She wiped her forehead and put her hand on his cheek. He growled loudly and everyone gasped at what they saw next.
Natsu swung his right arm at her and hit her in the arm. His claws dug into her left arm and she screamed in pain. Her body was flung to the side and Gajeel managed to jump and catch her. His back slammed into the wall behind him. He winced in pain and covered Lucy as they fell to the ground. Natsu let out a roar that sent chills down everyone's spines.
Suddenly Natsu was on the floor unconscious. He hit the floor hard and the heat in the room was suddenly gone. Laxus stood over Natsu's body; he was wearing his usual outfit with the coat over his shoulders. He picked Natsu up by the collar with one hand.
"I'll take him to the infirmary" he said. He threw Natsu over his shoulder and walked to the infirmary inside the guild. He walked into the room and place Natsu down on the bed. Everyone came running into the room after him. Gajeel came running in first placing Lucy on the bed. Wendy ran over to her and started healing her wounds. She had four claw marks going across her arm; it started from her triceps and went to her bicep. The claw marks were each a centimeter wide and they were two centimeters apart. She had her eyes closed and she was wincing from the pain. She looked in the bed next to her and saw them restraining Natsu to the bed.
"Wendy is she okay?" Gray asked.
"The wounds aren't too deep, but I can tell right now that she will have scars. It seems she has been burned when she was cut so it will become a scar" she said. Gray clenched his fists and looked at Natsu.
"What the fuck were you thinking flame brain!" he yelled. Erza put her hand on Gray's shoulder.
"Calm down Gray. Natsu would never hurt his family, something is going on with him" she said. Natsu began to wake up, his eyes slowly started to open. His eyes were back to normal and his head hurt. He tried to sit up but something was stopping him. He looked and saw straps on his arms, legs, and one around his waist.
"What the heck is going on?" he yelled. Suddenly he stopped moving and he looked down at his arm. It was completely covered with red scales. He looked around the room and he closed his eyes. He felt a hand touch his scales and he looked to see Happy sitting on his stomach touching his arm.
"Natsu its okay, we don't care. Everyone here cares too much about you" the small blue cat said. Natsu turned his head to the right and his eyes widened. He saw Lucy lying down and Wendy standing over her healing her arm. He saw the blood running down her arm and onto the white sheets of the bed. There were tears in her eyes from the pain.
"Lucy what happened?" he asked, he was yelling at her.
"Natsu you don't remember?" Gray asked. Natsu looked confused and he tried to free himself. Erza put her hand on his chest and he stopped.
"Natsu you really don't remember?" she asked.
"Why does everyone keep asking me that?" he yelled. He struggled more and more to get out. Makarov took a deep breath.
"Natsu you did that to Lucy" he said. Natsu suddenly froze and looked at Makarov. He shook his head and looked around at everyone.
"No I would never do that to Lucy" he said in a low, soft voice.
"Natsu it was you!" Gray yelled.
"Gray don't yell, he doesn't seem to remember" Lisanna said. Natsu looked at Lucy and tears formed in his eyes. He began shaking and his fists clenched. The scales began to spread again. Everyone backed away a little except Gajeel and Laxus. The scales finally stopped after growing over half of his face. His right eye was red again with the vertical skinny diamond shaped pupil.
He began growling and shaking more violently. The room began to get hot again. Natsu just kept looking at Lucy. She looked back at him and she gasped. Wendy had finished healing her as best she could. Natsu looked at the wound and he broke his right arm free of the restraint. Laxus and Gajeel held him down, but Natsu kept looking at Lucy. She saw him begin to cry and she began to tear up as well.
"L…Lucy" he said through his tears. He let out another roar and knocked Laxus and Gajeel down. Gray picked Lucy up and everyone backed up from Natsu. He broke free and stared at them all. His eyes fell on Lucy.
"L…Lucy…I'm…sorry" he said in a low growl. Happy was about to fly over to him but he let out another roar and jumped out the window. He jumped from rooftop to rooftop with lightning speed. In a matter of seconds he was gone, no one could see him anymore.
"Gajeel, Laxus go after him" Makarov said. They nodded and jumped out the window to chase him.
"Master what happened to Natsu?" Lisanna asked.
"I don't know my child, I don't know" he said. Thirty minutes later Laxus and Gajeel came back in through the window. Laxus came in, Gajeel's arm was around his shoulder and with his other hand Gajeel was holding his stomach. Laxus put him down on a bed and Gajeel winced in pain.
"What happened?" Levy asked running over to Gajeel.
"We caught up with Natsu and he attacked. He slashed Gajeel's stomach, and he nearly knocked me unconscious. Whatever is happening to Natsu, he's become a lot more powerful" Laxus said.
"Did his condition seem to be worse?" Makarov asked.
"I don't know for sure because we can't see his stomach or anything. So whatever we saw in here that's still what he looks like from what we can tell" Laxus said. Wendy started to heal Gajeel and he slammed his hand down on the bed.
"What's wrong Gajeel?" Levy asked.
"That wasn't Salamander" he said.
"What do you mean?" she asked.
"He would never hurt anyone in the guild. I don't care that he hurt me, but he hurt Lucy, something is wrong with him. I just don't know what exactly it might be" he said.
"Is it something that all Dragon Slayer's go through?" Gray asked. Gajeel shook his head.
"Well something similar happened to me but I was with my Dragon at the time and Wendy hasn't done it. It does seem like his dragon form is taking over. You all know that I can turn my body into that scaly iron form. I did it when I fought Salamander when my old guild attacked you. I think that's what's happening to him, but it seems like he has no control over it. I can do mine with ease and I know what's going one, but with him it seems he can only activate it through anger, and he has no idea what's going on" Gajeel said. Everyone nodded eventually as they started to understand.
"Well what are we going to do? Natsu's gone now" Mira said.
"We're not going to do anything. From what Laxus said Natsu has become too powerful to try and bring down. We must let him cool off and he will return to us" Makarov said.
"We can't do that, we have to go find him" Lucy said. Erza put her hand on her shoulder.
"Lucy, Master is right. We must give Natsu time" she said. Lucy looked around the room at everyone who nodded at her. She looked at the ground and shed a tear.
"N…Natsu" was all she thought.
"Everyone just go about your business. We can discuss this later" Makarov said. Everyone left the room except Gajeel, Levy, Wendy, Laxus, Gray, and Lucy. Wendy continued to heal Gajeel and Levy was sitting with him. Laxus was sitting on another bed, and Lucy was sitting on another bed. Gray was standing in the middle of the room.
"We have to go find Natsu" Gray said.
"Don't be stupid kid. Natsu almost took me down, there's no way you can beat him. Besides you heard gramps, we just have to let him cool down a little" Laxus said. Gray clenched his fists and nodded.
"Lucy if you need anything just let me know" Gray said and he walked out of the room. She sighed and looked down at her arm. She couldn't believe that Natsu had done this to her. She would have these scars on her arm forever now. She looked out the window and sighed; she stood up and left the room.
"Lucy, where are you going?" Mira asked.
"I'm just gonna go home, just a hectic day" she said. She left the guild and went home. She walked in her door and sighed. She just wanted to eat, take a nice bath, and go to bed. She didn't want to deal with anything else today. She made herself something to eat; after she was done she walked into her bathroom. She undressed and just looked in the mirror for a second. She looked at the claw marks on her arm; they were already scars due to Wendy's healing.
"Natsu what happened to you?" she asked herself. She sighed and turned on the water. She made it nice and warm and sank into it. The water touched to her scar and she winced at first but eventually it felt good. She sat in the tub for an hour just relaxing and thinking about everything that happened.
She got out of the bath dried off and went into her walk in closet. It was filled with all different kinds of clothes. She really loved clothes; she had a ton of different outfits. She put on a green tank-top that went just past her breasts, and pink booty shorts. She walked out of her closet and collapsed on her bed. She snuggled up under the covers and sighed.
"Natsu where are you?" she asked herself. A few minutes later she dozed off, dreaming about Natsu.
It was ten at night now. Lucy stirred in her bed getting into a comfortable position. She heard a noise coming from behind her, but she figured it was just the wind. She was half awake and she closed her eyes to try and sleep again. Suddenly her hand felt warm, she tried to move it but she couldn't. Her eyes opened fully and she screamed.
"Luce, it's me" a voice said covering her mouth. She looked at the figure and her eyes widened.
"N…Natsu" she said, he smiled and sat down next to her. She still couldn't see much of him because it was so dark. She went to turn on her lamp but he stopped her.
"No Lucy I don't want you to see me like this" he said. She grabbed his hand and felt the scales.
"Natsu I don't care" she said. She turned on the light and her eyes widened. His entire right arm, the right side of his face, the right side of his neck, and half of his left arm were all covered in red scales. He closed his eyes and looked away from her. He felt a hand touch the scales on his face, his eyes widened and he turned his head to see Lucy looking into his eyes.
"Natsu you don't have to hide" she said sitting up and hanging her feet off the side of the bed. He grabbed her hand and took it away from his face.
"Luce it's not about me hiding anymore" he said.
"What do you mean Natsu?" she asked. He stood up and sighed.
"I…I hurt you Luce" he said holding back tears. She stood up and took his hand.
"Natsu, that wasn't the real you. The real you is a sweet, kind, caring person who would never hurt his friends" she said. He looked down at the scars on her arm and he clenched his fists.
"You don't get it Lucy, that was the real me. I'm a Dragon Slayer that is a part of me!" he yelled. She backed away a little still holding onto his hand.
"Natsu don't talk like that. That is not who you are" she said.
"Luce I'm going to be leaving for a while" he said, looking away from her and releasing his hand from her grip.
"What do you mean you're leaving?" she asked getting closer to him.
"I just need to leave for a while Luce" he said. He started walking to the window and she grabbed his normal hand and spun him around so he was facing her. He didn't look her in the eyes, and she put her hand on his face so he would look at her.
"Natsu you can't…" she was cut off by him grabbing her shoulders.
"I can't hurt you again Luce…I can't hurt the one I…" he trailed off and let her go.
"N…Natsu" she said in a soft voice. Tears formed in her eyes and she leaned in closer to him. His eyes widened at how close she was.
"L…Luce, what are you doing?" he asked. The next thing he knew her lips we pressed against his. She wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him closer. They were both blushing. His eyes were still wide at what she was doing. He pulled away from her and looked away.
"N…Natsu" she said trying to get closer to him again. He backed away from her and jumped on the window sill. She ran up to him and grabbed his hand.
"Natsu don't go. We all need you here. I need you" she said. Natsu turned around on the window sill to face her. He kissed her cheek and grinned.
"Goodbye Luce" he said. Before she could stop him, he was gone.
"N…Natsu, why did you have to go?" she asked herself. She rested her head on her pillow and drifted off to sleep.