Chapter 1

For once, things were peaceful in the notorious guild known as Fairy Tail. It was a strange thing for the guild known to have endless fighting going on. Cana was peacefully drinking her bear, Gray was having a random conversation with Macao and Wakaba, the Master was sitting on top of the bar drinking, Erza was enjoying her strawberry cake and so on. Yet no one could have anticipated that Lucy's act of asking a seemingly harmless question, would not only shatter that peace but also result in a fate-changing event.

"Hey Mira, who was your childhood crush?" the blond asked

"What brought that on?" Mira answered with a question of her own.

"Well you're always playing matchmaker, yet you never try to get a guy for yourself. So I was wondering if you ever had a childhood crush" the blond explained

"Hate to disappoint, but there just hasn't ever been any guy that catches my eye. It's been that way for as long as I can remember" Mira said only to look at Erza and get a mischievous grin.

"So, what about you Erza, ever had a childhood crush? Or are you to busy reading smut to try the real thing" Mira asked the red-haired knight as Mira was unable to resist prodding her old rival.

"Jellal" the redhead admitted in embarrassment. "What about you Gray, ever had a childhood crush," the knight asked as she quickly shifted the attention to the first person she could think of due to her wanting to get the attention off of her as fast as possible.

Soon, everyone was talking about who their childhood crush was and what had attracted them to the person in the first place. Happy had tried to stop it before Natsu came back from his trip to the bathroom due to him having taken a potion for making some have the shits by accident, only to end up running off no sooner than he had consumed it.

Sadly, the feline was epically failing at his task. Then it happened

"Hey shit for flame, you ever have a childhood hood crush" Gray yelled when he saw Natsu had finally been able to come back out of the bathroom.

However, Gray's actions had allowed everyone to have their attention drawn to the two young mages due to having heard the question. Thus causing everyone to become absolutely silent to ensure they all could hear the Dragon Slayer's answer.

Though as everyone else was waiting with bated breath, Happy was fly behind cover as fast as he could.

Natsu's hair overcast his face before he seemingly ignored Gray and walked over to the job request board. Grabbing a fist full of paper, Natsu walked over to Mira and slamming them down for her to see.

"Natsu, are you sure you want to do these jobs. You do.. ack, Na… Natsu" Mira began to say with concern before Natsu's hand had latched onto her neck and was rapidly crushing her throat, causing her to gasp out Natsu's name in fear.

"Log the jobs, I won't ask again" Natsu growled out with an extremely dark aura around him.

The growl was low in volume but due to the current state of the guild, Natsu may have well have been screaming. It also didn't help that the dark aura Natsu was giving off was causing fear to flood throughout the entire guild. None were more terrified at this moment than Mirajane as she would have only been able to barely make out Natsu's eyes had it not been for the fact that they were glowing red.

Normally Mira would have bitch slapped Natsu for his actions. However, it was clear that this was not the Natsu they were accustomed to dealing with. This was a side of Natsu that he had never shown before. This Natsu had such a menacing aura that it was causing some of the weaker members to hurl. The aura also made it dramatically clear that this Natsu had no problems with kill someone. Regardless of if they were friends or not, and given that Mira knew that Natsu wasn't concerned with if someone died or not, she knew that not even the Master could control him right now.

Once Natsu released his hold on Mira, she quickly loved the jobs and gave them forms back to Natsu.

Natsu then picked them up and started to make his way out of the guild.

It was when Natsu was halfway through the guild that Erza had tried stopping him to see the jobs he grabbed. As she was assuming he had done so for the team, only to have Natsu uppercut her into the roof with a flaming fist and without a single hint of hesitation to his movements.

After Natsu had passed through the guild's doors, he proceeded to slam the doors so hard that it made the guild wiggle like a jello mold. In turn, freeing Erza from the ceiling as she dropped like a rock due to her having been knocked unconscious by Natsu's unrestrained hit.

"What was that about," Levy asked in concern and fear

"YOUR ALL HEARTLESS JERKS" Happy yelled, without showing so much as the slightest amount of fear of any of the other members. Yet the Dragon Slayer's partner in crime was relieved Natsu hadn't reacted worse than he had.

"What do you mean happy" Wendy hesitantly asked, she had just joined the guild and wasn't sure why happy had been trying to stop everyone from talking about childhood crushes. However, she had thought it best to listen to her Nee-san's partner. As such, she was the only one besides the Master and Carla to heed Happy's pleas for them to drop the subject. Though Carla only did so because she had never seen Happy act so panicked.

"Whenever it gets to this time of year, Natsu disappears with a handful of jobs and doesn't come back for a month or so. He had done it for a handful of years when he first got here. No one knew why, but my little sister was the one who could stop it. Sadly, once she died Natsu started up again. Only it was worse and Natsu becomes more volatile with every passing year" Mira said in a slightly depressed tone

"She did say it was because of something involving an event that happened when he lived with Igneel and that it had something to do with his mating…..season… oh fuck, what did I do," Gray said as he put the pieces together at the same time everyone else did.

With Natsu

Natsu was currently on a train to his first job. For once, he wasn't getting sick, or more accurately, he was too upset to notice his sickness.

When he had purchased his ticket, Natsu had also paid to have an entire cart to himself because he didn't want to have to deal with strangers accidentally coming into his cabin because the rest of the cart was full.

As such, Natsu was sitting in an all but deserted train car with tears streaming from his eyes as he let himself slowly drift off to sleep.

After a few hours travel the trains PA system woke him from his slumber to find that he was at the pitstop he had decided to take before continuing on to his first job. Slowly making his way out of the train, Natsu absent-mindedly not that the station was nice then when he was last in town. Once off the train Natsu immediately walked in the direction of the local guild, Mermaid Heel.

The guild was a fairly new guild, so it was naturally one of the smaller guilds. However, it was an all girls guild and was steadily gaining more members as countless female mages hadn't joined a guild for one main reason, the well-known guilds were usually filled with perverts. Of which, Fairy tail was a prime example. So this guild was perfect for female mages that wanted to join a guild but not have to put up with perverted men all day. It also made the guild perfect for what Natsu needed.

Walking through the front doors, all attention was quickly drawn to Natsu. It was a well-known fact that Mermaid Heel was a women's only guild, so to see a man walk through the guild doors put everyone on edge.

Natsu stopped walking when he felt the end of a sword sheath get crammed into the front of his neck. Lifting his head slowly and only just enough for him to see the person In front of him, Natsu saw several smiling faces around the entire guild that clearly signaled they were all new members. This group of new members just so happened to include that of the newest member who had quickly become Mermaid Heel's ace despite her young age as she was seven years younger than Natsu's age group back at fairy tail. This ten-year-old was none other than Kagura Mikazuchi, a wizard that was said to rival the might Erza Scarlet in her skill with a blade.

The young woman had long, straight black hair that falls to the middle of her back. It was cut in the traditional Japanese princess style. She had worn an elaborate blazer with gold lining, and a large collar, which is open to reveal a collared shirt and red tie underneath. The cuffs of this jacket are tucked into a pair of white wrist-high gloves. On her legs, she wore a pair of black tights, which are tucked into a pair of knee-high boots and ending under a short white frilled skirt. Last she had a white headband with a white ribbon tied at the middle in a bow, pointing straight up.

"Leave, we don't permit men to enter our guild," Kagura said with an emotionless voice that had a no-nonsense tone to it.

Thus causing Natsu merely let out a silent sigh as he had already been warned about the young woman in front of him. Yet he wasn't willing to put up with the second coming of Erza right now as it was clear that despite her age, Kagura had just as much skill and was every bit as powerful as Erza was right now. Unfortunately for the girl, that wouldn't be enough as Natsu may lose to Erza but that was because he had to hold back a lot of his magic power. Otherwise, he would kill anyone that he ever fought and all because his magic was designed to kill. It was the same for Wendy, Gajeel, and Laxus. Though theirs wasn't as dangerous as his, Wendy had her precision and the support factor of her branch of the deadly magic, Gajeel's could be like a club or sword instead of simply being a volatile weapon to use against the dragons, Laxus could control the amount of wattage he used so it was even more precise than Wendy's if he so choose. Then there was him, the one without precision or alternate form he could use. No, all he had was a mass of destruction burning away inside of him. So if he didn't want to kill, he had to hold back as he only ever had one of three options. Under power and let the person live, overpower and kill whoever he fought, or take a shot in the dark and hope the person only ends up in the hospital instead of six feet under. He had gotten better at the gaging of his power over the years, but it was still risky as his emotions always made the potency of his magic fluctuate. So even if he had a set amount of magic he needed for his spell to work as intended, his current emotional state would always make that set amount get thrown to hell and back as it could make his magic weaker or stronger than normal.

Right now though, all of that was the last thing on his mind as all he saw was someone in his way that felt like flexing their magic to intimidate him

"MOVE, OR I MOVE YOU" Natsu boomed in a dragon-like rage as he let his inner Dragon have some fun by flexing his magic pressure and letting out his flames as he did.

Meanwhile, Kagura and her friends were ready to crap themselves for the rest of their lives. Here they thought they were simply dealing with an idiotic man, only for him to reveal he was no man, but a fucking monster as Kagura tried to blast him with as strong of a gravity change as she could. Of which, she was only capable of a max change of 15 at the present time, something the beast in front of her didn't seem to even notice as Natsu acted like it was nothing and crush her to the ground with his magic pressure alone.

Thankfully, she and her friends felt the pressure vanish as the wondrously kind sound of their guild master's voice filled the air.

"Now, now girls, no need to get defensive. This man is a client of our guild and has been from its founding. Though he only has ever requested one job that I have yet to able to complete" came the angelic voice of mermaid heels guild Master as she walked out of her office to reveal herself to the rest of the guild.

Many of the newest members stood in a trance at the very sight of their guild master. She was a woman that stood at equal height to Natsu without heels but always wore at least a one and a half inch heel, she wore a form-fitting kimono that was pitch black and had a red Chinese style dragon wrapping around her frame with it stopping on her back right in-between her shoulder blades, she had long blue hair that curled and was pulled back into a perfect high ponytail, she had stunning pale blue pupil-less eyes and crimson red lipstick on her supple lips.

Every member of the guild had wondered what magic she used, as she had never once used it in front of them.

"It's a pleasure to see you again your Majesty, but I fear that I must disappoint you once again. I have not been able to find a single lead, I even sent a handful of my more skilled and trusted members to search a few new areas for any leads. I'm afraid the person you're looking for either doesn't wish to be found or has already passed, though there is the possibility that she has gone to wherever your adoptive father has been at for all of these years. But other than that, I am sadly out of ideas as to where she is" the woman said in a regretful tone

"Thank you for your help, should you ever find anything, please let me know," Natsu said as he turned to walk out the guild doors to go back to the train so he could get to his first job. As he was walking away it appeared as though a massive burden had been increased tenfold for the young mage and had actually made several of the members feel sympathy for him.

"Your Majesty," the attractive guild Master said as she was quick to gain the attention of the Dragon Slayer before he had moved too far from her.

"Yes" came Natsu's simple acknowledgment.

"My offer still stands, you're more than welcome here in Mermaid Heel. This place could be your sanctuary… I could be your sanctuary" the young woman said aloud for everyone to hear, even with her having quietly said the last part with hope in her tone

However, due to the rapid attention that everyone was giving the duo, everyone heard what the Guild Master had said. So to say the others were shocked would have been an understatement

"Hima.." was all Natsu got out before he had been cut off due to him being pulled into a tight embrace

"Please Natsu, just let me love you. That's all I ask, so please, please" the beautiful woman said as she buried her face in Natsu's back

"Who's this man to have our Mistress throwing herself at him" one of the newer members growled in disgust.

"He's Natsu Dragneel, though you may know him better as the Salamander of Fairy Tail. However, what's only entrusted to be known by this guild is that he wasn't just raised by any dragon. He was raised by Igneel, who just so happened to be a dragon king. When Natsu first joined Fairy Tail, they laughed at the thought of Natsu even being raised by a dragon. So he decided he would only tell them his father's name and that his father was a dragon. When he met our Mistress, she didn't laugh, she believed him. Then our Mistress convinced him to tell the rest of us and when our Mistress had, Lord Natsu trusted us with more than just the knowledge of who his father was but with the complete knowledge of the entire hierarchy, customs, and rituals of the Dragon race. He also trusted us with the knowledge that he is the current Fire Dragon king due to Igneel disappearing when he was still a child" lectured an older member of the guild.

"I'm sorry Himari, but I can't," Natsu said with a sorrowful tone before he pulled out of the now identified Himari's hold and continued to leave the guild.

"Why, why can't you," Himari asked with tears brimming in her eyes

"Because every woman I have ever opened my heart too has either ended up dead or missing with no one being able to find them," Natsu said in a strained voice

However, he was stunned when he found himself having been spun around and pulled into a kiss.

At first, Natsu tried to break out of the kiss and Himari's hold without hurting her, but the longer he was unable to escape her affections the harder it became. Until Natsu no longer wanted to escape Himari's affection. In fact, his desire for Himari's touch was already beyond the point of his ability to restrain it. Which wasn't surprising when you considered how much the two had gone through and how long they had known each other.

Every guild had a story behind its founding, a story that was well known throughout the magical community. However, the story behind Mermaid Heel's founding was shrouded in mystery as the first Master of Mermaid Heel had always refused to tell how her guild had come to be.

The reason for this was because Himari and Natsu had agreed that it wouldn't be good if it was found out that a man had been directly involved with the founding of an all women's guild before the time was right.

"Everyone dies eventually, and I wouldn't ever hide from you. So please, give me a chance to love you" Himari said when she broke the kiss

"Ok, but I have a few loose ends to tie up. Then I'll come back" Natsu said as he placed a kiss on Himari's lips

"But my Lady, he's a man. How could you let him join the guild" Kagura questioned

"The same way I was prepared to let every other man that came to join our guild until they failed the test for them to enter. A test that Natsu helped me make just as he did with every other aspect of how this guild operates. If it weren't for Natsu this guild wouldn't even exist. He is the reason that this sanctuary for female mages is even here. Now what would you have me do when the one who has given us this sanctuary is now in need of a sanctuary himself" Himari questioned

"Why would he ever need a sanctuary, He's the Salamander of Fairy Tail. With his power, anyone would be a fool to try to attack him and Fairy Tail is known to treat its members like family" Kagura countered

"Eno-" Himari began to say when she felt a hand on her shoulder as well as heat, causing her to cut herself off due to her knowing that it was Natsu signaling her to let him handle it.

"You make valid points. However, there are facts that cause those same points to become irrelevant. So before is explain why I need you to answer two simple questions. Is Millianna here and what do you know of Dragon Slayer magic?" Natsu spoke to Kagura

"No she's not here and I know that it can kill dragons, makes the user immune to the element they use and that it is lost magic" Kagura answered pointedly

"Good, I'd rather she not hear some of what I'm going to tell you. Now seeing as how you brought up my power first, let's start with that. The first thing you should know is that what you know is the barest of the basic knowledge of Dragon Slayer magic. The next thing is that you're right about anyone attacking me being a fool. Though not for the reason you think, they would be a fool because I can't guarantee that they would even live past the fight. Which happens to be thanks to Dragon Slayer magic being heavily tied to the user's emotions. Which also causes the potency of my magic to vary. Yet that is for a regular dragon slayer, they can get irritated and not have their magic spiral out of control. A royal Dragon Slayer gets irritated they have to fight to keep from letting their magic show because a Royal Dragon Slayer's magic is bound so tightly to their emotions that not even a normal Dragon Slayer could begin to understand just how tightly the two are bound together. Royal Dragon Slayers also have FAR larger Magic reserves than anyone that isn't a Royal Slayer. Which is due to them being part of the Royal Dragon bloodline, which is exactly what I am" Natsu said as blood red scales appeared on his forearms, under his eyes, on the sides of his neck, over his temples, on his shins, his fingers and toes became claw-like with his hair also turned blood red as each spike became like each were a horn.

"This is Dragon Force, a state that all Dragon Slayers strive to achieve as it will mean that they are at least on the same level that a baby dragon that is considered ready to leave its nest. Its also a state that very few Dragon Slayers have ever achieved, even four hundred years ago it was rare for a Dragon Slayer to achieve this level of power and mastery of the Dragon Slaying arts. However, whenever I stop suppressing my magic I naturally enter Dragon Force as it is my natural state and has been from the day I was born. In fact, I have to suppress so much of my magic that my Dragon Force is so strong that I was able to kill an adult dragon by the time I was three and ever since then Dragon Force has been my natural state" Natsu said before her returned to suppressing his magic as he notice how it was causing the weaker members to black out and the stronger one to have an extremely hard time breathing.

"Now for your second point and the things I'd rather Millianna was unaware of. Fairy Tail may treat each other like family but from the time I joined the guild I have always been treated like a punching bag whenever one member wasn't there. When that member died, I became the punching bag for the guild no matter what as well as their little attack dog. Gray Fullbuster would constantly pick fights with me, Erza Scarlet treats me little better than a slave driver would, the master of the guild turns a blind eye to my mistreatment and the list just goes on from there. If you ever want to make S class then you better learn that not everything is as it appears" Natsu said before turning back to Himari and place a kiss on her check

"I'll be back as soon as I can," Natsu said before he walked out of the guild

Meanwhile at Fairy Tail

The guild was in a panic, they all knew how Dragons and Dragon Slayers were when it came to relationships thanks to how much time they had spent around Natsu. So the way he left, and under the circumstances that he did so, had the guild scared out of their fucking minds.

They were so worried that Makarov had not only sent several members to different Natsu's jobs, but he also sent members to Natsu's known hangout areas to look for Natsu just in case he stopped at one of them before going to his jobs. Makarov even used the guild Master lacrama to contact every other guild master in the entire kingdom asking them to have their members keep a lookout for Natsu. Though the guild master of Mermaid Heel ignored told him, in no uncertain terms, to fuck the hell off. Makarov had tried stressing that he was calling for an important reason, but the woman simply addressed him in the same cold and hateful tone that she always did. Something that had been unchanging since the first time they had ever met and Makarov was never able to improve their relationship regardless of what he tried.

So to put it simply, finding Natsu was proving to be a very tedious process and it was seemingly becoming a fruitless process as well.

"Well, what did you find," Makarov asked when he saw the members he sent to the area's, that Happy said Natsu hung out at most often, had returned.

"He wasn't at his house" Wendy reported

"He wasn't at our hiding spot" Happy reported as he refused to let anyone else know where that sop was as he had built it with Natsu and Lisanna before lisanna had died. As such, Happy was extremely protective of its location. Going so far as to scare Elfman into subconsciously suppressing the memory of where it was due to the one time that he had stumbled on it.

"He wasn't at his fishing spot either," Mira said.

The other members were about to report in when the guild doors opened

"Excuse me, but I am looking for someone. I believe you would know him as Natsu Dragneel" came the soft feminine voice of a cloaked figure that one could clearly tell was a woman from the tone of her voice and how the cloak strand outward around the chest area.

Yet what shocked everyone was when Gajeel growled a very feral growl.

"Why the hell should we tell you where Salamander is. Especially when you're a Dragon that's has done the impossible and turned into a human" Gajeel questioned

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