Disclaimer: Fairy Tail is owned by Hiro Mashima. This story is of my own design and is not Canon in any way.

A/N: I think I should tell you that some bad shit happened in this story's past which Natsu may or may not have played a part in, intentionally or not. Because of said events, a select few people actually despise Natsu as a sentient being instead of just hating and fearing him because of his lineage. It will all be explained in time, if the story even lasts long enough.

And now I shall leave you to ponder the meaning of that cryptic message.

(p.s. Mirajane hasn't grown out of her punk stage, so she's just the same as when she was a teen.)

Enjoy the chapter!

Black Tears Don't Hide In Rain

Chapter 2: What about a Fairy's tail?

The train pulled into Magnolia Station, and when the locomotive came to a complete halt, Lucy shook Natsu's shoulder. "Hey, get up. We're in Magnonlia." she said, not trying to be particularly quiet.

Natsu's eyes slowly opened, and Lucy was truly shocked. Instead of the regular colors, the whites of Natsu's eyes were obsidian in shade, and his usually dull onyx irises had turned an icy blue. However, the unnatural colors faded and it was just Natsu. That is, if there really was a "just him" moment when the father of the person lying on your lap could wipe an entire kingdom off the map for amusement.

"Sorry." he mumbled when he saw the shock on her face. "Nightmare."

Through his barely parted lips, Lucy saw fangs. Not the usual pointy quarter-inch canines that were a trademark feature of Dragon Slayers, but full inch-long razor sharp snakelike fangs.

"Whatever. You wanna join Fairy Tail, right?"

Lucy was overjoyed. Here was one of the most famous Fairy Tail mages, offering her a formal invitation to join her dream guild. "Oh, hell yes!" she yelled jubilantly, all fear evaporated.

Natsu grunted. Then the Dragon Slayer turned and walked out of the train car.

Of course, Lucy followed him. She was surprised when he strolled right through the center of Kardia Cathedral and went through a back door made of obsidian. Then the confusion faded when she remembered a small article about adding a back door exclusively for Natsu when he kept tearing the wall down because he was too lazy to go around it.

When they reached the guild, Natsu kicked the door open.

Natsu's voice rang out, cold and dark. "Grey! We've got a new recruit, so you better keep your godsdamn clothes on today!"

"Go shove it up your ass!" came the very obnoxious reply.

As boisterous as Fairy Tail's reputation said it was, this was completely over the top. Everyone was either laughing and drinking or yelling and fighting.

"Hey, you destructive fuck!" yelled a woman with completely white hair.. "I'm gonna knock you off your high horse today"

Natsu sighed and casually sidestepped to neatly dodge the fist the woman had thrown in his direction. "Well, you see, I don't believe that's quite possible at your level." he said, sounding very bored. "And you're just as destructive as I am."

Lucy recognized the woman as Mirajane, Fairy Tail's most popular model. She wanted to squeal with delight and ask for her autograph, but now was clearly not the time.

"This is exactly what I'm talking about!" the woman shouted, radiating a vile energy that made Lucy feel a little sick. "Looks like I'll have to go all-out! SATAN SOUL!"

An even darker aura suddenly overwhelmed the first one, even to the point that Lucy could barely breathe, and her legs almost gave out from under her.

"Don't think You're the only one with inner demons, Mira!" Natsu shouted as his skin darkened to an onyx black, and light blue patterns swirled around his body, and scales started to slowly form on his arms and cheekbones. "For me, it's quite fucking literal!" He caught Mira's ankle and threw her into another pile of brawlers.

Lucy couldn't believe what she had just witnessed. The Chaos Dragon Slayer had dragonified right in front of her. Natsu's new look was beautiful, but deadly. Like a gem-encrusted sword covered in blood.

Another person with snow-white hair leapt into the fray, but this one was a very musclebound male shouting about things that are or aren't manly enough. Natsu promptly kicked him through the roof.

"Excuse me, young lady." The voice was cool and slick, reminding Lucy of a fresh sheet of ice. "Do you have any spare pants I can borrow?"

Lucy looked at the shirtless raven-haired male next to her, and realized his shirt wasn't the only clothes he was missing. She shut her eyes, but before she could voice her shocked scream, a foot connected with the side of his head.

"Get away from her, Ice Princess!"

The voice was thick and sweet, reminding Lucy of honey, but it had an edge to it that turned the honey into poison. 'It must be Natsu.' she thought. 'Only he has a voice like that.'

"Listen up, morons, because I'll only say this once!" Natsu growled as he put a hand on top of Lucy's head. "This one is mine! Harm her and… Well, you have an imagination for a reason, so use it."

Lucy did unfortunately use hers, and shuddered. She knew Natsu wasn't nicknamed "Son of Acnologia" for no reason. And then the other part of Lucy's brain registered exactly what he had said.

"Wait, hold up… Yours?" Lucy had opened her eyes and turned to face the Dragon Slayer with a look of annoyance on her face and her hands on her hips. "Look, you're absolutely gorgeous and all, but we just met this morning, so I'm gonna have to say hell no to that.".

Everyone was expecting a blast of magic, so nobody was prepared for the tirade of giggles that burst from his lips.

"Oh, you are just a treat!" Natsu said, chuckling. "No, I meant that you're my partner. You must need money, and I definitely need someone new to talk to. Everyone around here bores me."

Well, he was right about Lucy needing money. The place she got was a steal at only seventy thousand Jewels, but she still needed a source of income.

As Lucy exited the bathroom in a cloud of steam and walked through her living room, she thought she caught a glimpse of something bright pink. Curious, she decided to take a look, and-

"Hey."

"Oh, hello Natsu." Lucy replied casually. "Wait… NATSU?!"

"Happy was here, but I sent him home, so now it's just me." Natsu muttered. "I stopped him from tearing up your wallpaper though."

Lucy took a quick look around her apartment and noticed a small portion of her wall covered with claw marks. "Oh my gods, my landlady's going to kill me!"

Natsu grunted. "Yeah, thought you'd say that." Then he reached into his pocket and brought out a few sizable black crystals, each roughly an inch long. "Here, take these. Sell them, use them, whatever you want.

As the crystals fell onto Lucy's palm, she recognized them as large diamond lacrima shards, a magic material witch could store immense amounts of magical energy. Not only were the lacrima themselves virtually priceless because of their size and type, Lucy could tell that they were filled completely with magic which made them worth even more.

"N-no way!" Lucy stammered, looking at. "There's no way I could accept these!"

"Why not? I've got more." Natsu asked.

Lucy looked at Natsu quizzically. "Are you kidding me?! These things are priceless, and they're filled with your personal magic!"

Natsu picked one of the shards, put it in his mouth, and swallowed. Then to Lucy's surprise, he spit a clear crystal out onto his hand. "Better?"

"How the hell did you do that?" Lucy asked, very startled.

Natsu grinned at Lucy mischievously. "They call me a Chaos Dragon Slayer, but that's not quite accurate. My father and I don't feed off of chaos and discord, we eat magic."

"Wait, your dad?" Lucy asked in total confusion. "What do you mean?"

Natsu grimaced. "The nickname that people have me, the 'Son of Acnologia' is unfortunately more accurate than they know."

A feeling of dread crawled down Lucy's spine. She was pretty sure she knew what Natsu meant, but decided to confirm what he meant. "You mean, he was your adoptive father, right? Or maybe he was your teacher, and a father-like figure?"

Natsu chuckled, but there was no humor in the sound. "He's a human. A Dragon Slayer like me." Then he dragonified and waved his scaly clawed hand in Lucy's direction. "You See this? This is only a partial transformation. He can turn all the way into a full dragon, which is why everyone thinks he's an actual dragon."

Lucy couldn't believe her ears. Or her luck. She was in the same room as the biological son of the most feared creature in Fiore.

And only now did she remember that she was dressed only in a towel.

A/N: Hey guys, so sorry for the wait. I had hit a writer's block, but my friend helped me through it. Believe me when I say that it was hard, and I really wanted to get this chapter out sooner, but there were more than a few IRL issues that I had to deal with. Anyway, let me know how you liked the chapter, and PM me if you want to see something in the next chapter. It's going to cover the Everlue experience, so you can count on a few laughs.

Love y'all!

WillVanry.