Hey there, back with the second chapter,

so in this story, there will be spoilers of chapter 21 of the 100-year quest so please don't read it if you don't want to be spoiled. I'd hate to ruin it for you.

Anyway, I'll try to write longer chapters when I can and not to take to long cause I myself am NOT a patient person so... I'll try but I've still got school and stuff so no promises.

Thanks for the reviews and hope you enjoy this chapter.


Another path


" I'm leaving Fairy Tail"

As the boy announced, Makarov's expression remained calm and composed, hiding away any shock he received from the news, he stared into the boy's eyes, all sorts of questions filling his mind. They stared for another minute before the old man spoke.

"Any specific reasons Natsu?"

Natsu didn't break the eye contact. His expression was rather determined and so were his eyes, but Makarov could clearly see that he wasn't being completely honest. Not with him and most importantly not with himself. What bothered him was that the choice didn't seem like it was entirely his. The dragon slayer's expression was almost believable and most would have but to trained eyes, Makarov knew there was something wrong.

"I found a lead to Igneel...and it's pretty far. I wanna go see the world while I look for him and I don't want to be bound to a place, or guild." Natsu replied. It pained him to lie to the old man the way he was doing it, but he had to. The master had to believe that that was his reasoning. He continued to look at Makarov, awaiting some kind of response from him.

Makarov's expression turned into a sad smile. He was too old, too experienced to be fooled by such deceptions. The young boy wasn't the best at acting out of his mind and character, and lying wasn't really his forty. He knew Natsu well enough to know that he wouldn't up and leave the guild if some part of him didn't want to. Maybe the reasons he was told were lies but Makarov just hoped that the boy wasn't lying to himself. "I'm glad that you found information about Igneel. And Natsu, I won't try to stop you. I just hope that you know what you're doing. Fairy Tail will miss you, that's for sure."

Natsu smiled, glad that it wasn't going to be as difficult as he originally thought. "I'm definitely gonna miss everyone here. Thanks for everything Gramps. The time I spent here was awesome. I learned tones of new things thanks to you and everybody else." he gave off a toothy grin, fighting hard to hold back the tears. He was decided. He wanted to do this. This was his choice and there was no going back.

"I'm sure we'll cross paths again and know that Fairy Tail's doors are always open to you. I hope the best for you and go do great out there Natsu"

A with a final wave, Natsu left the Fairy Tail building, uncertain that he would ever see it again.

He walked once again down the streets of Magnolia, this time, directing his path to the outskirts of the town. As he reached the hill, he looked back one last time, thinking back at the reason why he was leaving his new found home.

Flashback

After sparring with Erza all afternoon, he walked back to the guild as the sun had begun to set.

"Man, I'm beat. She's so strong, but I will become stronger one day. Just you wait, Erza." He was determined to one day surpass her. Sure she could be scary, but she was also nice and fun to fight.

"And now I'm so hungry. Oh, I got it. Maybe I should go to the new food stand that opened in town. I heard the food is awesome there" he drooled as his mind became filled with images of a bunch of different foods. He continued walking back from the outskirts of town were he had spared with Erza, the armored mage decided to head back home to Fairy Hills so she took a different path. He fastened his pace when the town came into view but suddenly stopped in his tracks when a strange scent hit his nostrils. And it wasn't just the scent. A strange familiar feeling, but sinister and obscure at the same time, filled the area.

Some part of him was telling him to run and ignore it, but his instincts were pushing him towards it as if attracted to the source life a magnet. His instincts got the better of him and so, he trailed the scent deeper into the woods, away from Magnolia, as he pursued the power he felt from before. As he got closer, he could tell that the atmosphere was darkening, and became more wary with every step he took.

It was the first time he actually felt the effect of the heat. It was as if he was entering a volcano and it was an estranged sensation to him since the warmth of the temperature never bothered him, nor did he really noticed it before.

He went past some bushes and finally, he reached a small pond, in which right next to it, a young man was sitting, legs crossed, with a dark smirk on his face. as he looked at Natsu.

"Finally, took you long enough" the figure voiced.

It was starting to get dark and the fact that he was now deep inside the woods didn't help with the lighting. He couldn't clearly see the shape of the man but his eyes were as clear as they would under daylight. A pair of golden eyes, slit pupils looked at him, he felt as if they were piercing through his entire being. If he wasn't leery enough before, now, he became alert and vigilant and the sinister aura surrounding the stranger didn't help.

Despite the darkness he felt emitting from the person in front of him, he couldn't help but approach it and then it hit him. The scent, it was too familiar to ignore it. It resembled strongly... the one belonging to Igneel. He was now definitely conflicted. The two feelings he was getting from him were entirely different and clashed with one another. Which one should he obey?

"You're just gonna stand there? Oh well, I really shouldn't be surprised, we did just meet and we technically don't even know each other. Well...you don't know me. However, I know exactly who you are, Igneel's child."

Natsu's eyes widened, confused and shocked, questions overflowing his mind. "You know...Igneel?"

The man slowly got up and closed in the distance between them. As he got closer, his form became more and more clear to Natsu's eyes. He appeared in the form of a young man, with a rather toned and muscular body, his light hair going upwards with its tips a little tinged. It resembled more the color of a light fire some might say. As he got closer, the dark tattoos coating his form became visible to his eyes. On his left chest, a large tribal design of the sun, and all his left arm, up to his shoulders were covered by different tribal markings. The markings in form of sun's flames stretched to his left side of his face, ending at his forehead. His other arm was covered in bandages and his other attire consisted of loose pants with diverse designs and he accessorized himself with earings and a large pendant hanging from his neck. [Sorry for the long design of appearance, I felt like I should]

Natsu looked up at the stranger, standing and fighting back the feeling of intimidation he got from him. The young man stared at the younger one, cocked his head to the side as he leaned forward, bringing his face closer to the latter, and gave a small smirk. "You can smell it can't you? The smell of Igneel..." he stood up straight once again "I'm Igneel's biological son. My name is Ignia and I'm the fire dragon god. Nice to finally meet you Natsu, the fire dragon slayer"

Natsu was frozen on the spot. He stared at the man, eyes widened, making sense of what had just occurred. He stood there open-mouthed, wondering if what he had just heard was the truth. He had undeniable proof right in front of him. The scent was so familiar and yet so distant. He should have been able to recognize it on the spot. But that didn't matter right now.

"By your reaction, I think I should perhaps explain myself. You see, I'm his blood son. In dragon culture, after the mating season, it's rare for baby dragons to ever meet their father. The mother raises them. So that's why you probably never heard of me. But I know all about you. Even though I didn't really care about Igneel, I heard that he thought of you as his son and taught you your magic." He uttered and then grinned darkly at the reaction he was getting from Natsu.

"But how...Wait! How can you transform into a human? Are you...-"

"Every dragon can. Some choose not to and Igneel especially since he was a pure dragon. But that doesn't really matter now, does it? I bet you wanna know why I'm even here?" he was met with silence form Natsu's part, so he continued "I'll take that as a yes. You see, normally, I wouldn't even care if you were to die or to live and I am still a little hesitant of what I want to do with you"

Natsu, after hearing that, glared and gritted his teeth in anger and frustration of the situation he found himself in. He wanted nothing more but to punch him in the face, but he held back and to be truthful, he didn't think he stood a chance against the man radiating such power.

"Don't look at me like that. I mean, you're just a human. Why should I care at all? But...since you are Igneel's kid, I would be lying if I said that I wasn't interested at all in what you could do and achieve. You're so weak right now but perhaps, I could change that. Plus, you are kind of like my brother in some way so I guess I should let you live." he paused and let a deep sigh, and continued "To have a brother as weak as you are right now is disgraceful and totally unacceptable. It's almost disgusting."

Rage and anger grew inside of the dragon slayer as he heard himself being so belittled by Ignia "I'm not weak you bastard. I still have plenty of time to grow stronger. I will become stronger" he announced, full of determination and resolve.

The dragon narrowed his eyes and furrowed "You'll grow stronger huh? Yeah right, not with those humans you won't. They make you weak and the more you are with them, the weaker you will become-" he was unable to finish his phrase, as Natsu interrupted him "You're wrong! Friends don't make you weak. They help you and support you and they become our strength" he declared with tenacity. Ignia could see that the boy truly believed in those words.

"I guess I can't really blame you. You were with humans after all and I heard that Igneel was a big softy. But the world is a completely different place from what you know and 'friendship' will lead only to your demise" Venom dripped from his words and emphasized on the word 'friendship'. He clenched his aw, becoming slightly annoyed that this taking too long and he wasn't exactly the most patient person here. "Do you want to become stronger Natsu?"

Natsu didn't expect that question so he was slightly taken aback. "Yeah, I'm not stupid you know. I know that when you're strong, you can protect the people you love and fight for your ideals. I know that Igneel will be proud of me when I meet him if I show him how much I've improved. I'm gonna find him and show him my power" he announced and gave off a toothy grin, showing his fist and his will.

"I can help you with that. Come with me and I promise that you will become the strongest dragon slayer there is." Ignia narrowed his eyes and grinned darkly.

Natsu looked at him with wide eyes. That was totally unexpected. The dragon seemed more interested in getting rid of him than helping him. "I belong to Fairy Tail and they will be abl-"

Ignia didn't let him finish and now he was very irritated by the boy's will of staying with the humans. "That guild will slow you down. And you just said that you wanted to find Igneel didn't you? How will they help you with that? I will teach you a new form of dragon slaying magic that will make your fire even stronger and your flames will burn all." He kept staring at the boy who seemed conflicted with his own emotions and thoughts and decided to add another push to assure his win over his foster brother "Have you heard of Acnologia?" he paused and waited for a response "By the look on your face I can see you have. So you know what kind of monster he is. Let me explain something to you about our dear old dad. You see, Acnologia was a dragon slayer before his transformation into a dragon. In the Dragon King's Festival, as I'm sure you know, the dragons were slaughtered by Acnologia. He consumed dragons and so they were left in a half-dead state. When Igneel took you in, he was in the same state. His death was near and tell me, do you think he would just abandon you like that?"

Tears began forming in the pink haired boy's eyes, as he came to the devastating realization that his father that he was searching for, might be dead. He didn't want to believe it. He couldn't accept the thought that he might never see him again. Ignia gave a small dark chuckle at the reaction he was getting from Natsu.

"Now you see. Igneel might as well be dead by now and who's fault is that? Acnologia killed our dad. Now, don't tell me you don't want revenge?" It's true that he himself didn't really care that his father was dead or alive, but he was perfectly using Natsu's weaknesses against him, to achieve what he came here to do.

Natsu was filled with despair as tears streamed down his face. He breathed heavily. But soon enough, all that hopelessness was replaced by wrath and bloodlust, lust for revenge, as his mind overcame by only one desire. The desire to kill Acnologia.

Ignia was plenty enjoying the sight and that was exactly how he wanted his brother to act. He internally praised himself for his achievement. He came forward and extended his hands "I offer you power more than you could ever imagine Natsu. Embrace it and let your flames rage and reach its true potential. I will make you into a god dragon slayer, the strongest dragon slayer of them all and with that, you will destroy Acnologia and avenge Igneel. I promise you that. Now come with me Natsu" he demanded, knowing fully that there was no way that he would be denied.

A few minutes passed, Natsu stayed silent, thinking about the offer and all that would bring him. He didn't want to leave Fairy Tail. He loved everyone there, but... Igneel was most probably dead and the guild wouldn't help him in his quest for revenge. He didn't really like Ignia and his way of thinking truly didn't suit him but he held so much power and his strange was immense. He finally came to a decision."I'll go with you Ignia. But only because you will give me the power that I need to get to my goal. Got it?"

Ignia smirked in response "I expect nothing less. Don't let emotions cloud your judgment. Follow your instincts. That's all you need. Now we've wasted enough time. Let's go!"

"No, wait! I have to go officially quit the guild. I'll join you once I'm done here" He firmly stated. Ignia was reluctant at first but eventually gave in and with that Natsu left for the Guildhall.

Flashback end

Natsu took a deep breath, closed his eyes and shut his eyes opened, full of determination, and began walking on his newfound path.


The next morning

"WHAAATT!?"

Voices boomed from the Guildhall, the people stood in there, shell-shocked, not believing what had unveiled on them. Makarov sighed in exhaustion, not sure how to explain the situation without causing too much of a ruckus. But that was just asking too much. He made a loud coughing sound, getting everyone's attention and raised his voice "Shut up and let me finish!"

The room fell into utter silence, as they waited impatiently for their explanation. Makarov took a deep breath and prepared his words "Last night, he came to me and told me that he needed to leave the guild. He didn't tell me much except that he had found some information on his dragon and that he wanted to go explore the world. Now I know that you're all worried and confused, but I believe that he knows what he's doing and I'm confident that he will be back one day. If that's what he truly wants, who are we to hold him back." With that, he hopped off the bar where he was standing a minute ago.

He left the members in their state of confusion and some anger about not being told themselves by the person in question. They were disappointed that their friend hadn't told anyone about his departure. The children that were closest to him had all a gloomy expression on their faces as they chatted and thought of the matter at hand.

"I don't understand, why didn't he tell us anything before leaving?" Lisanna said in whispers, sad that one of her closest friends left without any warning.

"What I don't understand is that why he left at all! He could've gone look for his dad and come back afterward. He didn't need to quit the guild like that. Aahh, I don't understand this at all" Gray gripped his hair in frustration, as he was completely confused at his friend's actions.

"I have to agree with you Gray. His way of handling the situation was wrong and if something was bothering him, he should've told us. We're family." Erza stated. She went into thinking as she held her chin "Something's troubling me. We just trained together yesterday until sundown and he seemed perfectly fine then. And he's not so good at hiding his emotions, so it is possible that something happened after that."

A glimpse of hope appeared in Lisanna's eyes "So you don't think he actually wanted to leave, right?" Erza nodded, still holding onto her serious expression. Lisanna let out a small smile.

"I'm kinda worried for the kid. Maybe something bad happened that forced him into doing this." Mira suggested, thinking about different possibilities.

"Maybe we should go look for him. He couldn't have gone far if he just left last night." Levy suggested and then turned her head to face Cana "Cana, do you think your cards could tell us where he is?"

She nodded "If he's near than yes." She ran off to get her cards and came back, and dispersed them onto the table where the kids had gathered around it. They looked at her impatiently as she made her magic, trying to read her cards. "That's weird, if he was in the area then the cards would show it. Either he's not close enough, or he's masking his location"

"Wait, does he even know how to do that?" Elfman asked the group, and they just shook their heads.

"No way! He never did that before" Gray exclaimed.

Makarov noticed what the kids were doing and walked towards them. He took a look at the cards and then faced them "I want you all to stop looking for him right now!"

"But master..."

"No! When he announced his decision last night, he seemed very firm on his resolve and nothing I would've said would've changed his mind. Just have some faith in him. I'm sure he will come back once he's ready. He's family after all" He grinned on the last part. The kids looked at him before deciding to listen to their master. Then Makarov made his way to his office.

Gildarts sat by the bar, deep in his thoughts, as he taught about the words the master spoke. Something about them deeply disturbed him and he decided to confront the old man about it. He didn't even nock and barged into the master's office. Makarov didn't seem surprised by his rash actions and sat there quietly.

"What did really happen Master, and don't bring me the crap about looking for Igneel cause the Natsu I know would've shouted the news and act all excited about it. So what happened?" He demanded as he slammed his hands on the desk, gaining Makarov's attention.

"It is as I said. Or at least that's what he told me. I know he was lying about his reasons but I also know that he would've never quit the guild if he didn't really want it."

"When you were explaining it, you didn't look as convinced as the words you spoke. You say you trust his decision. I say otherwise."

Makarov sighed as he held the bridge of his nose, the whole thing was giving him a headache. " When he told me about it, he did seem determined, even if the reasons that he told me were all lies. But his eyes held darkness. That's what troubled me. I have a feeling that whatever pushed him towards the decision was the cause of this darkness. Gidarts, you have to understand that I have to believe in him. I need to believe in him. That's the only thing I can do so please, let the subject go"

Gildarts wasn't satisfied with the answers he got. But the look on the old man's face told him that that was all he was going to get from him. So with a small nod of the head, he left the office. He decided to follow Makarov's words, and also believe that the boy would be fine, even if some part of him was telling him otherwise.


Elsewhere

In the deep blue skies, above the thicks clouds, a dragon soared in the air at a great speed, with a small salmon-color haired boy sitting on his back, enjoying the wind as it collided with him, taking in the joy that he once got from his father, whenever he was on his back.

The dragon was covered in crimson-colored scales, with a beige colored underbelly. The features resembled mostly the ones of Igneel, except this dragon had more caudal scales on his face, and on his head, two crystal like horns resided. Flame markings appeared on the chest of the dragon as it spread to other parts of his body.

Natsu had a strong grip on the dragon, the speed in which he flew was enough that a small loosening on his hold on him would end up with the dragon slayer being thrown off of him. He wasn't exactly looking forward to that.

They were currently flying on the way to Giltena, an unknown continent to most, but home to the fire dragon god, where Ignia was going to train Natsu. Despite Natsu putting on a smile and enjoying the ride, his mind wandered off to the power he now desired, to avenge his dad and bring Acnologia down once and for all. He didn't really trust Ignia but that didn't matter to him. His hunger for more power was taking control of him. And he was aware of it. Most importantly, he didn't fight it.

"Oi... Ignia, when will we get there?" he shouted, not even being able to hear his own voice in the current of wind.

"Pipe down, kid. We've still got a long way to go. Go to sleep or something and stop screeching!" he complained irritably, thinking how bothersome the kid was gonna turn out to be. He was sure he was gonna regret taking the brat with him. "Yeah, that's it, sleep. The training I'm gonna put you through is gonna be worse than hell, so get the rest you need cause you're gonna need it" Laughter boomed through the sky and Natsu just watched.

"Oh yeah, bring it on you overgrown lizard. You're training isn't gonna scare me. I bet Igneel's teachings are tougher than yours" he announced proudly, became quickly annoyed and pouted when he heard the dragon snicker.

Ignia snorted "Whatever Igneel did, I'm gonna do worse. I wouldn't surprised if you drop dead from my methods. Mine is completely inhuman and well, if you do survive, I guess then you'll be considered strong by my standards"

"You know, the way you talk makes me think you want to kill me with your training. But I ain't scared of you or your methods. I will become strong and kill Acnologia" He announced, having every resolve to persevere and knowing him, he was too stubborn to give up against a challenge like this. Ignia smirked in response.

After a while, Natsu finally fell asleep after having talked with Ignia for an hour or so, and the two of them set out for their goal.


Two years have passed since Ignia and Natsu left for Giltena.

During that time, Natsu relentlessly trained in improving his dragon slaying magic. He has yet to learn the dragon god slaying magic, since the requirement for that was to finish his original magic, taught to him by Igneel.

The dragon god had pushed him to the absolute limit, almost every day, not only training him magic wise but also in terms of physical endurance. After the first year, Ignia decided to also practice with him a little sword fighting with the help of some friends, but Natsu wasn't the best at it since he much preferred fighting with his fists rather than a weapon. Ignia's training methods turned out to be quiet harsh, austere, and even cruel some might say. It was brutal, but it was all for the sake of getting stronger. At least that was what Natsu convinced himself of.

At first, the dragon slayer was a bit reluctant in following all of the dragon's orders but at the end, Ignia was able to 'persuade' him otherwise.

Ignia wanted Natsu to become ruthless in his fighting style, along with his personality. Well, one was more successful than the other one. The dragon in his coaching was shaping out Natsu's way of combat, but his character was another matter. It would be a lie to say that Natsu hadn't changed at all in that domain, but his heart still held on to all the things he had learned previously from Igneel and Fairy Tail. So the dragon decided to give it more time, but for now, concentrate on teaching the young boy his magic.

And over those two years, subconsciously, the dragon had also come to see him more as a brother that he ever thought he would. Although he was too stubborn to admit and he did try to resent the feelings, he couldn't help but appreciate the presence of the little boy. And they were technically foster brothers.

The sun gleamed in the sky, reflecting on the snow-covered ground and its heat making the snow melt and shine as tiny shards of crystals, covering the surface.

A little further, the ground started showing the tall grass, burn marks visible as well giant craters, with still smoke arising out of them.

"Fire dragon's King Demolition Fist" The pink haired dragon slayer charges his fists, released an incredible amount of crimson flames, in the process, destroying everything in its path, including the mountain that, once stood nearby the area. Natsu, after a little panting, he regained his breath, smirked at his achievement and looked over at Ignia, who was laying down on the snow a little farther away.

Ignia narrowed his eyes and grunted "I could do better" and turned his head the other way.

Natsu watched as his eyes twitched and then yelled, "Are you seriously comparing yourself to me?!"

The dragon looked at the boy from the corner of his eyes "Yeah you're right. You're just a puny human. Why do I even bother with you?"

"Who are you calling 'puny'?! I'll show you what I've got" Natsu announced and began gathering air in his mouth, his cheeks puffing, and with a piercing roar, "Fire dragon's king Roar" A stream of flames flew directly for Ignia, the dragon after seeing the flames, sighed, and countered it with his own. Natsu grimaced and gave a small 'tch', seeing that it didn't have any effect on the dragon. Guess he was expecting too much.

"Not bad. Put a little much effort to stop it. Guess you really did master the king mode." he admitted.

"That's what I've been telling you for the last months you stupid dragon!" Natsu yelled in annoyance but happy that Ignia finally realized it. That meant he could move onto more serious stuff.

"Guess it's time I teach you Dragon God slaying magic huh?" The two of them smirked, both equally excited.

"Hey Ignia, I wanted to ask you something. How come your flames are so much darker than Igneel's? I mean, they kind of look the same as his but... something's a bit off about them" He mumbled the last part, not sure how to how to describe it.

"Hhmm?! My flames are much more powerful than Igneel's. There is a reason we're called dragon gods you know! So anyway, as you know, one of the biggest sources of fuel for Fire is emotions. My flames are fueled by all sort of emotions. Positive and negative. Well mine, mostly dark. And you better get used to it kid, cause if you wanna master this dragon slaying magic, you'll need to keep your dark side in check cause when you lose control, bad things will happen. Mostly for anyone and anything near you." Ignia explained. He slightly raised his eyebrows, when he saw the confused look on Natsu's face. "Did you get what I said?"

Natsu nodded, "Yeah yeah, I got it. Dark side, control. Hey, your flames are pretty cool and I bet they're delicious."

"Hey stop drooling over my fire!" he barked at him, irritated, a tickmark appearing on his forehead. "Okay, let's start right now, let's see how you fair. Eat up" He shooted fire onto the ground, the whole area began engulfing in flames. As soon as that happened, Natsu ran towards it and started eating to the last bit of fire.

"That was nice, and they were pretty good. This fire, it tastes like Igneel's. I feel the power rising." Natsu announced as the fire began emerging from every ounce of his body. Dark red scales formed on his parts of his body, his eyes beginning to glow in crimson light, and suddenly, he fell to the ground panting, dark patterns began rising from his hands, and soon enough, his body fell into deep obscurity, plunging in it. He felt like the power was suffocating him.

Natsu grunted and let out low growls, and then, roared ferociously, flames began shooting from his body, burning the entire area. He thrashed around, clutching his head in pain, while the darkness circled around him.

"That's what you get for eating my flames without listening to my explanation. Now, you will drown in your own abyss" Ignia said in a rather low tone, then he sat down and watched as the dragon slayer became overwhelmed by the fire and his own magic. The rest of the day passed with Natsu struggling and going on a rampage.

Two days later, Natsu woke up, feeling like his head was about to explode. He sat up, brushing away the sweat that had formed on his brows, looking around, and frowning when he saw the smug look on Ignia's face. He noticed that the dragon had transformed into his human form and that they were both in a cave. He wanted to retort but fatigue plundered his body. There was almost no magic left in him, and his vision was still a little blurry. Then. he remembered what had previously happened before he had collapsed from magical exhaustion.

"Did you like my fire?"

Still holding onto his head, he hissed at the dragon "That was hell."

Ignia laughed a little before grinning "Good to know, cause you're going back"

Natsu's eyes shot open, gulping as he thought back to all the feeling of pain and despair that had overcome his body the moment he had absorbed the flames. "You're kidding, right? I have to go through that again?"

"Yep, again and again, and again. Until you get control over that darkness. I've never taught anyone before so I have no idea how long it's gonna take you to master that." He started snickering when he saw Natsu lose all color from his face.

Natsu clenched his jaw as well as his fists and got up "I'll do it. I won't let my own power gain control over me. I will learn to handle them." he then turned his head towards Ignia and declared "Let's do it again. Summon your flames" he demanded.

Ignia snorted "Yeah, no. That's not happening. You're out of magic and that will only kill you. As much as it was seeing you go berserk, it's a pain to make sure you don't die in the process. We'll give it a few days before trying that again." As much as he wanted to propose him, Natsu couldn't deny the fact that he was completely exhausted and the pain in his head wasn't helping anyone.

"Even so, that doesn't mean you get to rest. We'll go practice your sword fighting. And I've gotta little mission for you." He grinned darkly. Natsu's expression remained neutral as he followed Ignia out of the cave.

On the way, Ignia entered deep thought as he walked. 'God Dragon slaying will change him. He can't deny the darkness any longer. Not with this power. This is just another step until he becomes what he truly is. A destroyer of all.'


Sorry for not making it a very long chapter. So I kinda changed some personalities like Ignia's. Not that I know much about him, but I thought it would be fun for Natsu to learn this magic.

Well, the next one is probably gonna be more concentrated on Fairy Tail Mages.

Till next chapter. and sorry for any grammatical mistakes.