A/N: Disclaimer: Fairy Tail doesn't belong to me, all the characters and the story belong to Hiro Mashima
- Second Dragon? -
Date: X775
It was now a week further and Wendy had yet to wake up. Natsu was very worried about the blue haired girl, regardless of his worries, he started getting to know dragon better before starting his training.
"Igneel, when do you think she is going to wake up?" The pinkette looked up at the dragon named Igneel, hoping on an answer.
Igneel could only look back at Natsu with a slightly worried look before sighing. "I don't know, Natsu. I have been trying to contact one of my.. Friends, but they've been a little bit too busy to come by. They did say that they were able to come here soon so even if Wendy won't wake up before then, I'm sure that they will be able to do the trick." Igneel was sure about Grandine being able to heal Wendy with her healing magic.
Natsu looked back at the bluenette as she laid on a small patch of leaves and other plants as if it was a bed. He slowly grabbed her small hand and held it in his own. "I know you'll wake up Wendy, I'm sure of it!" He kept himself together before letting go of her hand once more. He stood back up and looked at Igneel once again.
The dragon was quite surprised as he saw the determined look of the pinkette. "What is it, Natsu?"
"I want you to teach me your magic already! I want to be able to protect the ones I care about! I don't want this to happen again.." His head tilted downwards slightly as he got reminded of how his village got burned down by bandits and Wendy who hasn't woken up yet.
Igneel could only look down at the pinkette with worry. He knew that the pinkette was ready for the training and magic, but he didn't know if he wanted to teach the pinkette in his current state. After all, he didn't want the pinkette to base his entire reason of training on him wanting to protect the ones he cared for. Igneel has thought about it for quite a while, and if the pinkette would only learn the powerful fire type magic because of that reason, then once he loses someone dear to him, then he will also lose his will to fight, his meaning to fight.
"I'm sorry, Natsu, I don't think you're ready to learn the basics of my magic yet. Let's stick to physical and mental training for now." Igneel turned around and looked at a couple of rocks which were now infront of the dragon.
Natsu knew what he had to do, at least, that's what he thought. He charged one of the rocks and headbutted it with full speed, causing him to almost instantly pull back and clutch his head in pain before letting out a pained scream.
Igneel let out a low chuckle before giving Natsu a soft flick on the forehead with one of his nails, but he forgot about him being at least 100 times the size of Natsu, and having way more strength. So he accidentally launched Natsu into a different rock, breaking it upon contact. "A-Atleast you broke it, right?" Igneel sweat dropped at his own actions before walking to Natsu to help him up.
Igneel held down one of his claws so that Natsu would be able to hold onto them, as Natsu did he pulled the pinkette up onto his feet and pulled his claw back again. "Natsu, you don't do it the right way. You shouldn't use brute force only, you should try to think of a way to easily break the rock without having to use power only. Use your mind."
Natsu gave Igneel a dumbfound look. "I don't understand, how can you break a rock using your mind? Wait. Is that also one of your magics?!"
Igneel mentally facepalmed at Natsu's stupidity. A drop of sweat ran down the side of his head before looking back at the rock. "Okay, Natsu. What I meant is that you don't have to smash the rock with full power like this-" As Igneel said that he immediately smashed one of the rocks with his claws, instantly obliterating it. "Or you can do it like this." Igneel then used one of the nails of his claws to slice the rock in half instead of destroying it with brute strength.
Natsu looked at the event infront of him, but instead of learning from it he instead was amazed by the display of strength of the dragon. "Igneel. That. Was. Amazing!" Natsu screamed in a cheery voice before running towards the dragon and hugging his leg, well, trying to. The leg was at least 10 times the size of Natsu himself, so he couldn't even wrap his arms around it.
Igneel didn't even bother explaining it to Natsu once again. He knew that the pinkette wasn't one who had a good amount of knowledge or anything related to that at all, yet here he was, trying to explain to the overjoyed pinkette how he should use his head for once, but it wasn't helping him a lot. That's why Igneel decided to just keep it at physical training, at least until Wendy woke up. Maybe she was able to explain this sort of thing a little bit better to him.
Igneel then looked down at Natsu and poked the pinkette's head with one of his nails, causing the pinkette to look up questioningly. "Natsu, I want you to do as many push-ups as you can, okay? I have to see what your current level of strength is for now."
Natsu could only look at Igneel in confusion before he finally remembered what push-ups were. Natsu let go of Igneel's leg and went down into a push-up stance before starting to lower himself to the ground. As he lowered himself he touched the ground with his nose before pushing himself up again. Natsu repeated this cycle 7 times before his arms gave out.
Igneel was mildly impressed of the display of power. Of course, this wasn't a lot of power at all, but for someone of Natsu's age, he couldn't ask for more. "Good job, Natsu. I have to admit, you did more push-ups than I think you would be able to do."
Natsu showed Igneel a determined smile as if he wanted to train more for the day, so Igneel thought of something real quick. "Natsu, I want you to punch the air over and over again, for the rest of the day."
Natsu was confused. Why would he need to punch the air? It's not like it would make him any stronger. "Okay." Is all he said, knowing that Igneel wouldn't tell him to do that without a reason.
Natsu got into a stance, looking at a tree but keeping a safe distance from it before starting to punch into the air in front of him with his fists. "Left, right, left, right." Was all that went through Natsu's head, paying no attention to his surroundings as he just kept punching and punching.
After an hour, Natsu was visibly exhausted, it could be seen by his stance which by now had been a less stable, his eyes were only half opened and his fists were sent forwards at a very slow rate. That was when Igneel decided to stop the pinkette before he overworked his body. As Igneel started speaking Natsu immediately fell on the ground, face first. Igneel was shocked for a second and thought that an hour might've been overdoing it for the pinkette, until he heard a loud snoring sound coming from the pinkette.
Igneel laughed whole heartedly, not even scared of waking the pinkette up because after the week that they've spent together, Igneel knew that Natsu always ended up in a very deep sleep, in which nothing could wake him up from.
Igneel looked down upon the sleeping figure of the pinkette, which happened to be close to the bluenette. "I have got so much in store for you two, so you two better prepare, because the future you have been granted by being here will be full of obstacles and adventures. Overcome those obstacles and have the best of luck on those adventures. That is what it means to truly live in the world of magic."
And just like that, the day ended. The only sounds which were heard through the night were the breaths of the fire dragon, and the loud snoring of the pinkette.
The next day arrived shortly, the pinkette woke up early only to smell something new. It wasn't just the smell of the air which was different, he also felt a different aura around the place, one which could take away all of the emotions which weigh you down. One which can take care of all of your problems.
Natsu slowly rose up onto his feet, his hands moving up to his eyes to rub the sleep out of them before he looked at the place Igneel was at previously, not only to see the lack of red scales, but a new kind of white feathers. Natsu scanned the feathers before finally looking up, seeing the strange, white creature infront of him. "Igneel..?" Natsu said in a sleepy voice, letting out a yawn afterwards.
The creature turned it's head towards the sound, soon noticing the small pinkette. At first, the creature didn't know what to expect since it didn't hear from Igneel that he has already found himself a pupil, but when it did find out, the creature got a little bit excited. "So, Igneel, this is what you've been wanting me to see?" The creature spoke in a feminine voice.
Igneel soon revealed himself from behind the feathered creature, nodding his head slowly as he made his way towards Natsu. "Grandine, this is Natsu Dragneel, the one I am training to become my representative dragon slayer.
Natsu looked up at the dragon who was revealed to be Grandine and could only show his usual toothy grin. "Nice to meet you, Grandine! I'm sure that we'll have lots of fun!" The pinkette exclaimed in joy, his childish side showing.
Grandine giggled before noticing that there wasn't only the smell of the pinkette, but also a different one in the air. Grandine looked around and soon saw the bluenette who was still unconscious, on the ground. Grandine looked at Igneel questioningly before Igneel started to explain the entire situation regarding Wendy to Grandine.
"And last but not least, I thought Wendy would be a good representative dragon slayer for you. Wouldn't you agree with me?" Grandine scanned the bluenette, her eyes immediately catching onto the aura of the bluenette, which made her decide.
"First I'll have to wake her up, no?" Igneel nodded which caused Grandine to move over to the bluenette. Grandine brought her head down towards Wendy before letting lose a breeze from her mouth. The breeze had a greenish color, which indicated that it was a healing spell.
Wendy opened her eyes slowly as bits of ash left her lungs. She didn't know where she was, all she remembered was being in the village with Natsu as he said that he could take her away from the burned village. She slowly rose up her upper body so that she could sit and look at her surroundings. The first thing she saw was Natsu, which made her a little bit relieved. At least they were both safe now, right? That's what she had thought until her gaze moved onto the 2 gigantic creatures. At first Wendy felt a fear well up deep inside of her, but after seeing the smiles on the dragons their faces, the fear almost instantly disappeared, as if the dragons had magically entered her emotions to take it away.
"U-Uhm.." Wendy could only stammer as she didn't know what to say.
"Wendy!" Natsu ran up to the girl and tried to tackle her down into a hug, but before he could reach Wendy he got lightly smacked away by the fire dragon.
"Dumbass! She is still recovering. No need to charge her like that!" Wendy and Grandine giggled slightly at the interaction between the two.
Grandine looked back at Wendy again, and as soon as Wendy noticed the female dragons' gaze, she looked back questioningly. "How are you feeling, Wendy?" Grandine asked. Wendy only looked down at her tattered clothes before looking back at the dragon.
"I'm feeling okay, but I don't think my clothes are doing that well.." Wendy said in a high pitched, soft voice. Wendy then slowly raised to her feet, which went well except that she almost fell down once from her legs feeling a little weak, they haven't been used for an entire week after all, so it was to be expected.
"That's good. Clothes can be replaced at any time." Grandine replied. "Wendy, I have got something to ask of you." Once again the questioningly look returned onto the face of the bluenette.
"Would you like me to teach you my magic?" Wendy had only heard of magic in books and sometimes seen one of the villagers have a small display of power, but nothing more than that. She had to admit that was did really want to find out what magic was one way or another, and this was an opportunity she could easily take.
"W-What kind of magic do you p-possess?" Grandine smirked a little at her question before the air currents started changing around them, picking up the attention of the fire dragon and the pinkette.
"My magic is called Sky Dragonslayer Magic, and it gives you the ability to make us of the air around you to create powerful spells. Not only that, but this magic is also able to heal others when they are injured." Wendy could only widen her eyes as she heard of the powerful kind of magic.
"I-I'll do it! T-Teach me your magic!" Wendy replied, it almost sounded as if she was determined, but her shy demeanor quickly made the sound of determination get replaced.
"My name is Grandine, and I will be taking you in my care then, Wendy." Grandine said before the both of them walked over to the other two.
And just like that, a new adventure awaited them.
A/N: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. I'll try to update as quick as possible, but I won't make that stop myself from writing the best I can.
