Arctic Embers
Natsu Dragneel meets the person with the opposite his magic type while on a mission. What does he do? Befriend them of course. Remake of my original one with less OC's and no harem. Lemons in the future. May contain spoilers. Formerly known as A Dragon's Opposite.
AN: Welcome to my fic. I'm proud to present the remake of A Dragon's Opposite. The original got pretty far, but in the end, I lost motivation and ideas to make it. So, here I present to you, A Dragon's Opposite's remake. Enjoy!
"Natsu, get the others. I believe it's time we go on a mission." Came the surprisingly gentle voice of Erza Scarlet, as she shook her friend awake. To be honest, she was bored. There wasn't anyone to yell at, and Natsu wasn't really fighting with Gray. All in all, the day has been pretty boring. The only thing that kept her from saying something about going on a job sooner, was her girlfriend Mirajane Strauss' company. They were talking for a while, before Mira noticed the bored look in Erza's eyes. She urged her to go on a job with her team. It would be fun.
"Mhm… Sure thing Erza." Natsu said with a yawn as he got up. The entire team was already at the guild however, so they managed to hear Erza. They regrouped, and headed to the request board. They picked up the first one they saw, and headed over to Mira to get it signed off. She would contact the town saying that they would take the job so that they could confirm what guild they would be paying, as other guilds had most likely gotten the request.
The team left the guild hall after Mira's okay, and they headed to the train station. Luckily, Natsu was sleepy enough, that when they entered the train and sat down, Natsu managed to fall asleep. He sat next to Erza, so she felt the need to comfort the dragon slayer by setting his head on her lap. They rode like this for a couple hours before they made it to their location. It was a fairly small town, but was big enough that they had their own section for the railroad tracks.
They filed out of the train, Natsu still sleeping, though because of Erza's recent gentleness ever since she started dating Mira, she opted to carry him, and let him sleep. They arrived at the town hall where they went to receive instructions on what to do. They were simply told to watch for a cloaked figure dashing through the streets, taking things as it ran. They would be put on duty at night, so for now, they were given an inn room to rest at. And they did just that. They simply went to sleep. Erza slept with Natsu, while Gray and Lucy had to share a bed. To them, this was a rather awkward situation. To Erza, she was completely fine with sleeping with Natsu. Whether it be in actual sleeping context or the other more suggestive type. She had liked Natsu for a while before, but moved on to Mira. She still held that soft spot for Natsu, however.
It wasn't until 9:00 PM that they got up, did their stuff, filled in Natsu on the mission details that he wasn't aware of, and went out to watch for this "beast" that they were supposed the kill. It wasn't until around 1:00 AM that something happened. It was in Natsu's sector, the area near the market place. He heard a near silent rustling that a normal human couldn't hear, and he silently creeped towards the direction of the noise. Whatever it was, it sure knew how to avoid making noise. He got closer and closer, until he was only about 10 feet away. The thug was just around the corner.
Suddenly though, his foot slipped by a pebble, slightly moving it, and making a noise that he could easily hear. The next thing that happened surprised him. He heard whatever was around the corner, immediately begin to start running, at this point, not trying to silence their footsteps. Whatever it was, it was good with stealth and detection. Natsu immediately took after it. The next thing he knew, they were running into a wooded area. This wouldn't be a problem for him, as he was a dragon slayer, and his mobility was excellent. This was something that the cloaked figure obviously wasn't expecting. He heard a near silent whisper from the figure, indicating that it was most likely human.
"Stop moving! I know you can understand what I'm saying, and I'm not trying to fight you!" Natsu yelled as the two continued running. "And how do I know that you won't pull a fast one?" The person yelled. 'Feminine voice. Either it's a girl, or it's a person with an oddly pitched voice.' Natsu thought to himself as he continued running. "You have my honor as a mage that I won't try anything." He said, as he slowed down. The person heard his footsteps begin to decline, so in turn, they also slowed down.
"I just want to talk." Natsu said with his hands up as he slowly approached the figure. Said figure turned around, revealing strands of steel blue hair inside the hood. Her eyes however were shadowed by both the dim light of the moon, and her hair. "Why are you doing this?" Natsu asked. "It's none of your business." She replied. "Then why are you stealing from this town?" He asked. "I have to live somehow, you know! Not just that, but I'm trying to get to a certain place. A friend of mine told me to go there." The cloaked girl said.
'Dammit… This isn't going to get anywhere. I can't kill her, and she's the one stealing. What do I do, dammit? All I can try to do is subdue her. Backup should be here soon.' Natsu thought to himself. He suddenly lunged at the girl, trying to give her a hard blow to the legs. He missed, as she stayed on guard, but instead of running, she fought back. They exchanged blow after blow, neither person going down. So far, neither of them had used magic, and Natsu could hear Erza and the others closing in on their position. 'Dammit, if I don't use magic now, she'll probably get away.' Natsu said, as he grit his teeth.
The two moved somewhat far back from each other, and the next words that they said, surprised each other.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
"Ice Dragon's Roar!"
They yelled in unison. The next thing they knew, their elements were battling it out in the middle. Soon enough, the little battle of their magic resulted in each other's magic flying at each other. They were forced to either eat the other's element, or take a direct hit. They chose to consume the other's element. The next thing Natsu knew, his eyes were dropping. Before he fell unconscious however, he noticed the girl's vibrant royal blue eyes, he noticed a sudden shift in his own vision, and he also noticed a pink thing on her arm. Then the darkness overcame him.
Weeks Later
Natsu woke up feeling insanely sore. He woke up in a familiar place. The Fairy Tail infirmary. He looked over to his right to see the girl he was fighting also there. She was still out of it. The next thing he saw, was Erza. She was out cold, sleeping in a chair right next to his bed. How he didn't notice her first, was a mystery. The last thing he noticed was a strange person sitting down, sleeping in the corner of the room. He had black hair (think Kirito's hairstyle but instead of that little piece of hair sticking out where his forehead is, the hair is to the left of his face, slightly covering his left eye), looked about 5 foot 6, and was wearing a somewhat damaged hoodie. He had a hollow look on him, even though he was sleeping, and his face looked devoid of emotion. Natsu then noticed something strapped to his right. It had a handle, and it seemed to be a dagger, though it looked like it had a one foot blade.
Natsu looked back to the sleeping Erza. She looked absolutely restless, absolutely worried. She was scared that Natsu wouldn't wake up from this, so she had just stayed by his side. Mira had to bring her food as she couldn't bring herself to leave the dragon slayer. She was that worried about him. She eventually passed out from exhaustion, and Natsu let her sleep. He too eventually slept, and soon enough, the next day came.
Natsu woke up to see Erza still out of it. She was sleeping next to him now, and she wasn't in armor. This was her way of showing that she trusted you more than you could imagine. She would only do this around Natsu and Mira.
He woke her up by nudging her shoulder. "Hey, Erza, I'm up now." He said as he lightly shook her. She opened her eyes slowly, but when they were open, she simply looked at the dragon slayer, basking in his calm, protective aura. She pulled him into a light hug. "I'm so glad you're okay, Natsu. If something happened to you, I…" She said, but was stopped by him. "It's alright Erza. Nothing too too bad will happen to me or you. And if something does happen, I want you to live on. All I ask is that you don't forget me." Natsu said as he gave Erza a light kiss on the forehead.
Just then, the two heard light movement coming from the bed to the right of them. "I guess our guest is up." Natsu said with a light chuckle. Sure enough, the girl was awake. She looked to her left to see the mage that she fought. She then noticed his guild mark, and everything came back to her. Her eyes widened in realization. "Oh my god, I'm so sorry for what happened!" She exclaimed. "One of my friends told me and my brother to come here, but he got sick on the way, and so we had to stop for a while. That's where you found us." She explained. She then looked over to the corner of the room to see her brother, the black haired guy, out cold, sleeping on the chair.
"Should I assume that that's your brother then?" Natsu asked. "Yeah." She replied. "So, you're joining the guild, right?" Natsu asked. "Yeah. We were told to come here. They said that we would be treated as family here." The girl said. "Well then, if you're gonna join, would you mind introducing yourself?" Natsu asked. "Oh, sorry. My name's Aurora Winters. As you might remember, I'm an ice dragon slayer." The newly introduced Aurora said. "Well then, as you may know, I'm Natsu Dragneel, fire dragon slayer of Fairy Tail." He said with a grin.
He then noticed something off about her. "Wait a second… What's going on with your eyes? I could've sworn they were this beautiful shade of blue when we fought." He said, making her blush. "I could say the same to you. Your eyes were my color, so I'm assuming I have your eyes now?" She somewhat asked. "No, your eyes are red now. I think it may have something to do with how we consumed each other's element. Something like that." Natsu concluded. "Guess that makes sense." Aurora replied. Just then, the boy in the corner started to wake up.
He woke up, looked around the room, noticed that his sister was up, talking to the Fairy Tail mages, and he simply sat there. No introductions whatsoever. "Yo, Kairu, I see you're up now." Aurora said to her brother. "Yes, and I can see that you're getting along well with the Fairy Tail mages." He said as he took out his blade to inspect it. That was when Natsu got a good look at it. The blade looked like it was made out of pure diamond, but it didn't reflect light at all. Almost like a blade made for durability, but it was meant for stealth takedowns… Almost like an assassin. The blade itself looked like it had imprints of something on it. He couldn't tell for sure, but one of the imprints looked strangely like feathers.
He turned his attention away when Aurora began talking again. "So, we were told by three mages while we were traveling to come here. Two had this dark bluish hair, while the third had pink, curly hair." She explained. "Wait, that sounds like Ultear's group, right Erza?" Natsu asked. She nodded her head and Aurora continued speaking. "Well anyway, we were traveling, trying to find this place before my brother fell sick. We didn't know what it was, but should I assume that your medics have already taken a look at him?" Aurora asked. "Yes, they did. It wasn't anything too major, but if left unattended, he may have had a slight vision problem." Erza said.
They then went on to tell each other all about themselves, though Aurora wouldn't tell them about her or her brother's past until she told the rest of the guild. "So you're saying that you don't get motion sickness?" Natsu asked. "Well, no. I endured a week on a train just to eliminate the problem. It varies for everyone, but I had to be there for about a week before I felt it clear up. It wasn't fun." She said with a small chuckle. "Well damn, would you mind bringing me on one of these training sessions? I need to desperately get rid of this motion sickness." Natsu said with a groan. The thought of being on a train for more than a couple hours was terrifying.
"Alright, we'll leave as soon as we're at our best!" She exclaimed.
Three Days Later
The two dragon slayers had recovered, and they were currently sitting inside the guild hall, being assaulted with questions. How come you two aren't fighting because of your element types? Are you really a dragon slayer? Was it really Ultear's group that told you to come here? Why is your brother not talking with anyone? Questions like that.
"Alright guys, it's been fun talking and all, but Aurora and I kind of have something to do." Natsu said, earning himself looks of mischief from the others. "Well damn Natsu, she just joined and you're already going at it?" Someone asked. At first, Natsu didn't understand the context, but took the time to think about it. When he realized what they asked, he immediately blushed. "What the hell! I don't mean it like that! I mean sure, she's attractive and all, but I barely know her! I'm not just gonna have someone join, barely know them, then next thing you know, fuck them! That isn't how it's supposed to be." He said.
"Although I wouldn't really mind it…" Aurora said from beside him, loud enough so that everyone could hear. She then realized what she said and immediately went red. "D-did I just say that out loud?" She said nervously. "Y-yeah… You did." Natsu replied. "Yeah, how about we go now… Avoid more awkwardness." She said as she slowly pushed Natsu out of the guild hall. Once out, they immediately ran to the train station.
They simply got on the train, and what they would do next, was just sit there.
Three Days Later
"Yes! I can actually breath now!" Natsu exclaimed as he got out of bed. They were currently in a more… Fancier train thing whatever they're called. It was basically a first class area just to themselves. Anyone that wanted to cross to the other cars entered like normal, but had to go around the room. The two dragon slayers were sleeping next to each other before Natsu burst out of the bed. No, they didn't do that yet. That was for another time.
Aurora woke up with a smile on her face. In the past three nights, she had gotten sleep so good, that she didn't think it was possible to feel so nice. It was the best sleep she had gotten ever. "Morning Natsu. I'm glad you finally overcame your motion sickness based on your yell." She said with a giggle. "Although, I'm also kind of sad. These past 3 days, I've had the best sleep I've ever gotten. It's kind of sad to have to let that up." She said with a pout. "Well, how can we recreate these conditions so that you can have the perfect sleep again?" He asked. "Well… Maybe it has to do with the fact that I'm sleeping with you, and the fact that you seem to have this calm, protective, and surprisingly peaceful aura. It just… Makes me feel at home, I guess." She said. "So basically, you just need to sleep near me?" He asked. "Yeah, I guess so." She replied.
They eventually got off the train and headed back to the guild. "Man, am I glad that motion sickness isn't a problem anymore." Natsu said as they walked. "Yeah, you should've seen me when mine was gone. I was so excited, that I couldn't sleep for two days." She said with a giggle. "You know, we didn't really talk about your brother on the train ride." Natsu informed her. "Yeah, he's kind of a sore subject. I'll say more about him when we get to the guild." She said, her smile slightly wavering.
They eventually made it back to the guild to see everyone sitting around doing pretty much nothing. "Yo, we're back!" Natsu exclaimed as they entered. Erza and Mira and some other women turned to see him, and gave him a smile. Others either ignored him, or didn't really care. "How was your trip, Natsu? Is your motion sickness gone?" Erza asked. "It was great! We talked all about ourselves, and I my motion sickness is gone." Natsu said with a smile. "Sounds great Natsu. I guess trains or any form of transportation won't be a problem anymore." Erza said.
"Hey, um. I think I'm ready to tell the guild about my past now." Aurora said to Erza. "Alright, listen up everybody! Aurora here would like to tell everyone her story. Anyone interested, gather around." Erza announced. A good amount of the guild came forth to hear what she had to say.
"Well then… Where to start?"
AN: How'd you like that? I have some pretty good plans for this story, so stick around! A little change of plan here, but I'm going to be uploading chapters as I go, opposed to the "upload every chapter at once when I'm done" thing that I said I was going to do. This is to satisfy the readers. Hope you enjoyed! Leave some reviews or something, I dunno. The Fairy Games chapter coming out next!