Chapter 2
Just as Natsu was about to have raised his hand to his guild mark to erase it Laxus spoke up.
"So that's it, you're just going to throw in the towel and let these weaklings push you around. Man what a shame and here I thought the son of Igneel would be stronger than that, well guess I was wrong. I can only imagine how disappointed Igneel would be if he ever found out about this. After all his son was letting weaklings push him around and make him run out of the guild like a dog with it's tall tucked between it's legs, damn and here I was waiting for you to stop being a coward and push back. Well guess It's not going to happen now" Laxus said as he started to head up the stairs to the second floor only to stop when he heard Natsu laugh.
"So that's what you've been doing, hahaha, man I can't believe you expect me talk for such an obvious lie. You might have been wanting to have me stop holding back but I know you didn't have a single plan as to what you were going to do when I did so you can go fuck yourself" Natsu said as he burned off his guild mark much to everyone's horror and Laxus' rage at his plan failing before his very eyes. Little did anyone know that the next time they saw Natsu things would be very, very different than what they were expecting.
That day served as a savvier wake up call for everyone in the guild.
Mira saw she needed to learn a lot of restraint on her torturing of people and make sure she was much nicer. Also she would only torture those that knew she was their friend and even then it was nowhere near as often or saver as before.
Gray learned he needed to stop being so damn cocky. As well as learning that he needed to stop being so cold to everyone around him as he didn't want to lose more people he saw as family as it was only after Natsu was gone that he saw that he actually saw Natsu as a brother. Not that he would ever admit that still. Sure he was nicer and more open about his feelings to avoid losing more family but that didn't change that he preferred being a longer and keeped everyone at an arm's reach.
Erza was a lot less of a control freak as she saw it did nothing but make others hate her. Especially when it came to things she herself had trouble with. She also learned that she needed to stop jumping to conclusions before she had all the information as it only made her controlling tendency to come out stronger than she found was an acceptable level. Yes she would still stop the guild wide brawls but only after she let them go for a little bit. She was also nicer about how she stopped them as she soon realized that she was to controlling in that area as well. Also whenever two or more people would say she was being to controlling she would back off and add it to her rapidly growing list of areas that she needed to be careful about her controlling habit getting out of hand. Sadly should anyone mess with her cake time it was game over and all erza's work would go down the drain as her Control freak level was back to where it was when Natsu left and she had to start from square one all over again
Makarov learned he couldn't play favorites and had to let the kids learn from their mistakes when it blow up in their faces. He also learned he needed to be more active within the lives of his children. Last he learned he needed to get to know them much better so he could see through the masks that they may put up because they want to hide how they truly feel.
Laxus, well he was Laxus.
Others in the guild also saw areas that they need to improve on to avoid a similar incident. Over all the guild was doing a rehall on how they handled things and it had only been about a week. So imagine their surprise when a guard from the king's castle showed up and made things worse for them.
"How might the king want from us" Makarov said in shock
"Well, he sent me here to find out if a mage was here by the name of Natsu Dragneel. He would be no older than that black haired boy over there" said the guard as he was not liking the depressed look on Makarov's face.
"I am sorry but he is no longer part of this guild. About a week ago he left as he burned off his guild mark after defeating several of our members and should he wished he could have seriously injured me as well. After which we realized that our own actions or inaction pushed him to that point and now are working on changing those things" Makarov said in a down voice.
"The king and princess will not be pleased to hear this news" the guard said as he went to leave.
"Would you please at least tell us why the king is looking for him" Erza asked as she was the only one that felt as bad if not worse than the master
"I don't know, their reasons are their own, I do however know that it appears that the princess is rather taken with a boy that matches the description of Natsu Dragneel. Why I do not know. Nore do I know if Natsu Dragneel is the same boy that the princess is infatuated with for some odd reason as many prince's her age already have crushes on her and yet she has no interest in any of them"the guard said just as he left.
With the princess
Currently the princess had finally finished her lessons for the day and was able to return to her safe haven. The one and only place she felt she could be who she truly was, sadly this place was the privacy of her own room. Everywhere else in the palace she had behave according to her status. It was so bad she felt that even in front of her own father she had to act in accordance with her status. She had tried to find a balance between her princess title and behavior and who she really was. Yet every time had failed miserably. She simply couldn't find a way to have fun and still be a princess. So she had given up and accepted it and honestly she had finally adjusted to it after a year of struggling to do so.
Currently she had on hole wall covered in a map with articles from sorcerer weekly. Sure she had to sacrifice a whole magazine to do so but anything that meant she could find the boy who saved her was worth it. After all the moment she read the description of a new mage at the guild Fairy Tail she started cutting out anything that had anything to do with him and pinning it to the map in accordance to where the boy had been. It had been two years from that day and this was the best lead she had come across. Everyone thought she was just a huge fan of his, well everyone of mass importance that is. All the guards that knew the truth only knew because they weren't a threat of ruining her plans. Especially when she found out her father had already promised her hand to the father of some prince. An idea that repulsed her to her very core. She didn't know how or why and frankly could care less but she knew she was in love with the boy who saved her two years ago. How did she know this, simple she had spoken with many of the married mades about how they first knew they were in love with their husbands. The one common thing they all said was their hearts would speed up with the smallest thought of them and it felt as though their world could stop so long as they were with them and they wouldn't care. The first part was true for the princess but she didn't even know about the second, all she knew was it felt like her very being ached with wanting to simply be near him. It also didn't help that whenever she thought of him her face would develop a blush of epic proportions.
Flashback three weeks before Igneel disappeared
Natsu had decided to go exploring. Igneel had left and said he would be back in two days and Natsu was to train. However something unexpected happened as Natsu decided to go find a place that would make training harder. He knew he would eventually have to leave Igneel's forest and he would have to fight monsters if he stayed in the wild so he couldn't guarantee he would always be able to training in peace. So he decided to go to a watering hole that he knew bears, leopards and other dangerous animals came to drink. However once there he felt as if his very being was being pulled in a certain direction. So naturally his curiosity out wade his fear of punishment from Igneel right now because Igneel wasn't even there. That night he couldn't sleep so he kept walking. Early the next morning he heard a scream. A scream that honestly scared Natsu for reasons he didn't know made it feel like someone had ripped his heart from his chest. So without a moment of hesitation Natsu boulted for the noise. Hen he got there he saw a girl at the same age as him with her back against a tree as she was throwing anything she could at a fire Drake that was closing in on her. The girl was in a white dress that came down to her ankles and had a light brown fur cloak and light green slip-on flats, her dress also had light green flame all over it in different places, the dress also had long sleeves that hugged her arms. The girl had a small ponytail that was in the dead center of the back of her head and it was just long enough to reach the base of her scole. She also had a small tiara that kept her bangs out of her eyes. In one word for Natsu the girl was for some strange reason mesmerized him. Yet be snapped out of it when. He heard the Drake let loose a mighty roar to signal the beginning of his kill. Something Natsu instantly knew he had to prevent. Thankfully he could tell this was just a baby Drake that had wandered too far from the nest. This made Natsu breath a breath of relief as he knew he didn't stand a chance against an adult one right now for one reason lack of experience in flight. That and he knew All Drake's play dirty in fights.
This Drake was all black with red marks all over it. Another thing Natsu was grateful for, as he knew the color of a Drake gave away it's element should it have one and thankfully this one wasn't a lava on which it would have been if the red marks were closer to a dark orange and if the black was closer to a dark purple. This Drake stood at about fifteenth feet tall. It looked much like a komodo Dragon only this one was much bigger. Infact to was about the size of a two story house. Meaning this one was probably only a week or to from being forced from its nest anyway. So this was still going to be an extremely hard battle as it only lacked the battle experience like Natsu but that didn't mean it wasn't going to use dirty tricks like it's cind was known to do in battle. It also a pair of gigantic wings on its back.
So without further thought Natsu let out a sigh before sucking in as much air as his lungs could hold before he let out a massive roar to challenge the Drake just before the Drake could chomp down on the girl.
"That's a might roar you have there human" the Drake said in a snake like voice that hearing alone made Natsu want to hurl but he composed himself before he spoke.
"As the son of Igneel I command you leave now or fade my wrath"
"Son of Igneel, face your wrath, HAHAHAHAHA, that was funny just for that I'll let you live now leave human before I change my mind" the Drake said in a condescending tone
"I would have thought you would listen and leave when you had the chance but now I see we're going to have to fight" Natsu said in a displeased manner as he knew real fights between diagnostic creatures were always fights to the death. Natsu then light his hands on fire, which caught the attention of the Drake.
"So you think you can make the claims you have and live just because you have a little tired magic, well looks like I will have to teach you a lesson before death" the Drake said as all of his attention zeroed in on Natsu. Which gave the girl to e to run, which is exactly what she did when she saw the boy before her to signal her to do just that. The girl however was only running to a safe distance to watch this tight as she felt something pulling on her soul itself to go to this boy.
"Like I'm going to let that happen" Natsu said as he rushed the Drake.
By the time Igneel returned he could feel the battle Natsu was fighting in and smiled.
'well the brat might have gone past the safe zone but at least he is getting an extreme workout. Even if it's one that could get him killed, then again if he can't handle a Drake of this age by now he would be a disgrace and also wouldn't be able to survive in the human world for too long anyway' Igneel thought before falling to sleep for the night. What he wasn't expecting was for the battle to last two nights and three days. It did make him happy to hear Natsu let loose a roar of victory as he was going to go pick Natsu up.
With Natsu in the final hour
Both were exhausted. Natsu and the Drake had been swapping blows for the last two days and nights and were nearly at the end of the third day of battle. The only reason Natsu had lasted as long g as he had was because he would suck in all of the Drake's fire to keep his magic up and was running on adrenaline as he relied completely on his dragon instincts to keep him alive and that means all of them.
"Well I must admit there is far more to you than meets the eye Young prince" the Drake had said in a respectful tone as half way through the fight it realized Natsu was using Dragon slayer magic and the only Fire Dragon left was Igneel and thus making Natsu diagnostic royalty. Sadly it realized this too late and could not back out of this life and death fight.
"Same to you Flam Reaper" Natsu said as the Drake had given him it's name the moment it realized Natsu had told the truth but both knew there was no way out of this battle, and at the end one would!d be dead.
"Then should we continue" the both said at the same time with smiles one their faces glad that should either die it would be doing the thing the lived for, battle.
"Fire Dragon iron fist" Natsu said as he let loose as many punches he could as he finally felt the scales on the back of the Drake's head give way only for its tail to slam Natsu to the ground. Only for him to leap into the air high enough to see the one mile clearing of ash the two were now using as a final battle ground.
"Dragon Slayer's secret art, Crimson Lotus: Exploding Flame Blade" Natsu called out as the Drake was flying up to meet him head on in the sky to finish the fight only to be knocked out by the attack do to the distance, other wise it would have done much more to a mere Drake. As the Drake hit the ground Natsu light his right hand on fire as he made it come down on the weekend scales like a spear as Natsu had his fingers straight as the broke through the scales as Natsu called out the move.
"Fire Dragon Piercing Claw" Natsu yelled as his hand plunged into the Drake's brain so it would never wake again.
As the blood splattered onto Natsu he could literally feel his Magic container triple in size and instantly fill. Sadly it was as he instantly felt the power rush through him that he lost himself to his instincts completely. He then pulled his hand out of the Drake and burned off all the blood as he walked to the girl he had saved as if in a trance, with parts of his skin having formed scales, his canines elongated, his eyes had turned to reptile like slits as he continued to act like he was being controlled to walk to her. As soon as he was In front of the girl who was now standing with her back side to the tree also looks of something had a hold over her mind. Natsu then inhaled deeply only to let out a deep growl like the Drake had when she first noticed it. Only this time e it didn't scare her even in her mindless like trance. Natsu then started to move to the base of her neck and nibbled at it until she tilted her head to the opposite side as if in instinct to invite Natsu to do whatever he was going to do. Natsu then let out a much quieter growl of satisfaction as he quickly bit into her neck. The girl gasped as she did the same on instinct to Natsu's neck as the both pushed magic into each other. Even if the girl just felt her magic for the first time it was as if instincts were controlling both of them.
As Igneel arrived on the seen he was stunned to see the princess of the country. Perhaps if he hadn't been so stunned he could have prevented the following biting they both did. To anyone one else they would have thought both children insane, but Igneel new better. He knew just what was happening, Natsu was marking his destined mate out of pure instinct as they both were too young to understand what was compelling them to go to one another. Thankfully this snapped Igneel out of his shock enough to prevent the last step in the Dragon mating ritual, by putting both to sleep with a sleeping spell once they stopped the marking process as it could kill them should he have done that. After he had separated the two he made both marks be covered with an illusion of normal skin for each. Then he sealed the memories of both from the moment he kill the Drake the would think that they both passed out. Igneel then carried both to his cave as he left to send a message that the Dragon king of Fire Dragons wished to meet with the king of the humans, and were to go. After which he took off to the meeting spot knowing the two would be safe there and would not be waking for some time.
At the meeting place
Igneel lazily made his approach so the two kings would get there at the same time.
"So mighty fire Dragon king what do you wish to speak with me about and how does this involve my precious daughter" the king said
"Just Igneel is fine and it is about the marriage between my Dragon Slayer, which is also my adoptive son and your daughter"
"WHAT NO WAY MY DAUGHTER IS TO YOUNG"
""Relax human, I was not expecting it to be now. Even though they already started the process"
"What does that mean"
"Simple Dragons and Dragon Slayers only ever have one mate and it is unavoidable. Nether have a say in the matter at all. So be glad this has happened. My son has already marked your daughter as his and vice versa. So they will now be repulsed by anyone but each other in terms of relationships. Also should they not have meet your daughter would have been killed by a Drake, one which my son killed to protect your daughter"
"And if I don't find him fit to be my daughter's husband"
"YOU DARE QUESTION IF MY SON, THE SON OF A DRAGON KING, WOULD BE UNWORTHY OF YOUR DAUGHTER. ARE YOU WILLING TO THROW YOUR LIFE AWAY SO EASILY FOR SUCH AN INSULT" Igneel raged
"No not at all"
"Good then I am under the impression you are fine with this marriage"
"Absolutely"
"Very well then i suggest you make sure your daughter is good with the political part of running the country as my son is more of a fighter than a politician. And a bit of a wild child, whoever I garete he will be able to safeguard this country from danger should you listen to what he says. Because should you try to make him think like an aristocrat it will blow up in your faceā¦.trust me I speak from experience those weren't fun times and even I regret pissing him off by trying to cram it down his throat" Igneel finished with a chuckle as he remembered the first to e Natsu ever entered dragon force because Igneel had put off what Natsu consider real training for too long because he tried to get Natsu to learn other words besides ones that involved food.
"Very well I will heed your words now return Hisui to me" no sooner had the man said this than Igneel flue away at top speed and returned a minute later and returned Hisui to the human king
And cut. Ok that's it for this time tune in to the next chapter to find out who things play out next time and as always please REVIEW or pm if you like or have questions I will do my best to answer quickly
