Robin was always on the run, she didn't have a home, she didn't have a family or a friend. All she had was the knowledge to read a dangerous language and a huge sum of bounty on her ten year old self. Well all that's going to change with the arrival of man who can burn water.

Chapter 2: The Tree of Knowledge and DERESHISHISHI

Dear Diary,

This was my first day of having a friend around. And I was able to learn a little about him. Natsu comes from a nation that I haven't heard before, and he hails from a Magic Guild that is called Fairy Tail. A guild is a place where wizards gather and find jobs to help the people and they pretty much becomes a family. When I asked him why the Guilds name was Fairy Tail, he said that he didn't know it either but said what his Master (not a slave master relationship, a Guild Master is a person who is in charge of the guild who has the authority to change the rules and expel a member) told him. 'Nobody knows whether or not fairies have tail, or if they even exist, so it will forever be a mystery, unless we try to find out, which could become an amazing adventure and our members are the ones who want to find out.' It really made a lot of sense, but Natsu thought he had to go find whether Fairies existed or not and if they had tails. Yes. Exactly what I said. With that I know another detail of my friend. He's a simpleton and the only way he knows the meaning is if you tell that to him directly. He said people always disliked when he didn't understand the double meaning, bit I think it's pretty cute. Oh Natsu doesn't like to be called cute. He hates it when people call him that and goes into a rampage if it ever relates to his pink...salmon(as he claims it) hair. But the most absurd but awesome thing is that his father is a Dragon.

Nico Robin

Dear Diary,

Natsu's a Fire Dragon Slayer! I didn't understand what he meant by that the day we met which was last week, but now he showed me what he can do. We were out by the southern coast where no one goes duet the area being deep and small sea kings taking up the territory as their own. I took Natsu thinking that we can 'hang out' without any of the townsfolk harassing us. But upon the sight of a salmon sea king, Natsu jumped into the water! I was so scared, and I couldn't do anything because of my devil fruit powers that weakens me in contact with the water. There was no movement in the waters and I cried. Thinking my only friend has died. But then the unexpected happened, a big sea king that was the size of our living room was thrown out of the water, the salmon one, and it landed a few feet behind me. Following the sea king was Natsu, I attacked him with twenty arms, slapping him left and right until the skin on my hands were red. He said sorry with a face that I couldn't help but forgive and ate the sea king, well I took a small chunk only while he sucked in the rest. And it finally clicked where he got all that meat for me in the last few days. Also the items he bought by trading it for chocolates and ice I asked him about the reason why he was able to punch that sea king out of the water and start a fire without twigs and branches, he told me it was because of the training his father Igneel gave him. And I believe him. He's asleep on my bed as I write this, his face always shows discomfort when he sleeps, whether with me or alone under a tree if I make him read a book, he said he will tell me about it bit by bit as he wants me to know everything. As for me, I don't have much to tell him. My life is not that adventures and nothing major happened until he came, but I think I should take him to Mr. Clover, I an sure Natsu will be thrilled to meet my friends in the Library!

Nico Robin

"You won't take me alive!" Natsu cried out flailing as he resisted half heartedly against Robin who was trying to push his mini frame in the direction of the Library. Were it not for it being in the outskirts of the town, the people would have attacked Robin for trying to kidnap a kid. Which would ultimately result in a blood soaked town with an angry Dragneel standing over the corpses of the townsfolk.

Robin stopped her movements and retreated a few steps. Giving Natsu the impression of a small victory. 'Guess I should have told him that he wasn't going there to read or study before I explained what a library was.' The thing was, Natsu upon understanding(in his own way) what a library was, immediately classified it as a school. She let out a defeated sigh. 'Guess he leaves me no choice...'

Seeing the girl being too silent, Natsu turned around to confront her, and he wish he hadn't. Robin stood there with trembling lips and whipped around, holding her hands to cover her face as she sobbed. "Hey! Stop that! What the hell!" Natsu cursed as he pulled his hair at the sound of her sobs increasing. Until she started wailing loudly. "Alright fine! I'll go to your stupid school!" Natsu exclaimed.

"Whaaaaaa-really?" Her cries stopped abruptly and she turned around with a huge grin, before interlocking her arms on to Natsu's smaller but calloused ones. "That's great! Let's go!" She dragged the now defeated Natsu who allowed her to do so.

On the way, she finally managed to convince the sulking pink head that he wasn't being taken to the library to study, and boy was he cheerful again. "Alright!" Natsu's mood turned a one eighty and he jumped up, making his taller friend giggle. Following his jump, he continued to walk and held his hands behind his head as he walked beside Robin who now had a book in her arm and a big smile. "You could have told me what a library was." Natsu stated while looking up.

A small frown came over Robin's features and she raised a finger at Natsu as her eyes furrowed and her lips were held in a tight line. "Hey, I tried explaining to you, but you were making a big fuss a minute ago if you have forgotten that is." She lectured him, causing the boy to hold a palm over his mouth as he stifled his childish giggles.

Biting her lower lips in annoyance, Robin huffed, turning her head to the side as they walked. "You are so annoying Natsu." She grumbled, making the boy giggle more much to her displeasure.

"I can't help it!" He spoke while holding his palm over his mouth trying not let spit get in the way and accidentally burn her. "You are so cute when you are annoyed." He stated without a second thought or regret, nor did he care about the suddenly frozen girl who had her face burn like a tomato and her eyes wide.

There it was again, the simple gesture of care and the little teasing words from the simpleton that made her heart skip a beat every time those happened. "You coming Robin?" She shook her head and blushed even more when she realized that she had been stunned to the same spot.

Quickly composing her being she replied with a light stutter."Y-yea...in a moment." She ran to catch up to Natsu who now had the view of the giant tree, the Tree of Omniscience, the five thousand year old ocean of knowledge that held the very roots of human and world history. Every event, every action and every result was here.

And all Natsu could think was. "Is that a tree house?!" Now insulting such a living institution is bad, but Natsu could care less. "And I smell cake inside it! Let's go Robin!" Natsu grabbed the girl's hand, startling her.

"Hold up Nats-!" She couldn't finish as Natsu's brute strength was already dragging her like a balloon. The five hundred meter gap was covered within seconds and Robin was once again out of breath due to Natsu's excitement. She shifted the book in her right arm to the left and inspected the knuckles that were pale from the pressure she applied to hold them. Closing her eyes, she let out a small growl.

In his excited state, Natsu is a blind element for females who are angry. And science is about to show the result. "Robin, let's see insi-!" He was cut of by the two arms that sprouted from his either shoulders and grabbed his cheek, pulling them harshly. "Owie!" He cried out in surprise as the tugged and pinched his cheek, the same cheek the woman from yesterday slapped with all her might. After a good twenty seconds of torture, Robin let out a huff and walked, ignoring the Dragon Slayer who was tending to his cheeks, with her head held high, eyes closed and a frown on her lips.

Natsu watched her walking towards the door with confusion. "What did I do?" He asked in his clueless state and followed her quickly.

Robin stopped in front of the door and gently pulled the handle down and pushed the wood shield in. There was no sound or light coming from inside either. This confused the girl before she turned alert. "Hello, Doctor Clover?" She called out gently as the only light came from the door partially opened and her shadow was what laid in front of her. 'What's happening, I don't ever recall the library being so dark and silent-' Her thoughts were cut out by the harsh entry of the late arrival of the pink head who slammed the door open and stood looking into the darkness with his piercing eyes, half scaring her because of the loud bang.

"Alright! Hand over the cake and no one gets hurt!" He stated loudly just in time for the lights to turn on and a group of men and women with a strange old man who's hair looked like the grease spitting dinosaur from Jurassic Park one, he had his arms extended in a 'V' as he kneeled atop the table with a silly face and his fingers in the v shape.

"Congratulations Robin!" One of them yelled out.

"You did it!" Another yelled.

"You indeed posses hereditary genius!" The old man yelled out finally, bit upon looking at the girl, the dragon slayer found her to be baffled by all this, in a good way according to him. Natsu knew there were people inside the dark room and there was a big cake too that seems to have quite a few flavors. But this was a total surprise and it was all directed to his one friend here. Jolly good!

"We even got a cake for you Robin!" Natsu lighted up at the sound of that and indeed saw the vanilla creamed twenty centimeter diameter cake on the table.

Robin was still confused by all this and she looked at the main guy, the dinosaur guy as Natsu put, expecting answers which he was more than joyful to share. "You aced it! The Archaeological exam you took the other day!" There it was again for Natsu, that slow smile Robin gave which finally turned into a hundred watts one. And now she was doing it.

'The Archoholic exam...it might be important to her. Funny how someone can get happy by some stupid test! But who cares! She's smiling!' Natsu chuckled with his eyes closed and his body hunched.

He had to thank the old man. "Robin, from this day forward, you can proudly claim you are a certified Archaeologist of Ohara and the World!" This began to make her smile all the brighter for Robin as the old man spoke those words. "Here," He extended a small golden medal with a star pattern on it which had blunt edges, the circular medal was attached to a multi coloured ribbon. "This certifies that you are a Scholar of Ohara and the World." He spoke with so much pride and happiness as he handed the medal to the little girl who eagerly accepted it. "Listen well Robin!" The old man's call made her look up at him. "As an Archaeologist, you must know this." He paused for a few moments.

"Knowledge is the Past!" His words were solid and straight with extreme seriousness all over his features. "This is the five thousand year old Tree of Knowledge, here there are numerous documents brought from all over the world throughout the years, they are invaluable assets to all of mankind!"

"So like, can you spit that greasy stuff like that dinosaur can do?" Give it up to Natsu to ruin the moment. He not only spoke rude, but said it while sitting on the rather tall man's shoulder as he pulled the odd fashioned hair of Doctor Clover. "But you are a doctor too...wow..." Of course the old man was instantly annoyed by this.

"Get off me you little miscreant!" He pulled of the Dragon Slayer, but he didn't throw him like how people usually did when they were annoyed with him, instead Clover placed him on the ground in front of him and gave him a scolding look.

"Natsuuu!" Robin scolded her mischievous friend for his rather rude action to her family. And her voice and narrowed eyes immediately made the dragon slayer drop his head in submission. But that wasn't enough for Robin, oh how she loved making the boy she loved the most do whatever she wanted. "Say it..." She spoke with a slow warning in her tone and the Dragon Slayer whimpered. The whole room watched the ordeal silently.

Swallowing his pride for his friend he took a deep breath as the old man waited. "Sorry Dino-pops..." He looked away to the side as he said that but gained a confused expression when he heard loud laughter coming from the green haired Librarian of Ohara. "Hey! What's so funny here?!" Natsu was easily annoyed when the others in the Library started laughing too.

Slowing his laughter, Clover suppressed them into coughs to stop himself. "Nothing my boy, it was a joyous moment to see our little Robin finding a boyfriend." The remaining Archaeologists laughed a hearty laugh as their boss teased the child prodigy they all loved.

Robin's blushed with wide uncertain eyes and to make matters worse. "The hecks a boy friend? I am a boy and I am her friend..." He rubbed his chin in thought as he tried to coordinate the meaning. "Oh!" His eyes lightened. "I am her boyfriend!" He spoke excitedly making the room once again fill with laughter.

After a few more minutes of teasing their little friend, they all moved in with the cake, much to Natsu's excitement. "Oh yea!" He pumped his fist when he saw that he got a bigger piece than everyone else. While Robin was a bit out of the world from the previous few instancesof her life where she was forced into a tomato head.

"So young man, how did you meet our young Archaeologist?" One of the ladies asked him with a mischievous smile as he dug into his cake.

"Bheem balking borahnd abner bashing bash ore!" He paused to gulp down the cake. "Then I saw her kicking ass of a dozen stuck up brats with arms popping out of the ground!" Natsu spoke with stars in his eyes as the Archaeologists giggled. "It was the most coolest thing I have seen!" They giggled harder as Robin turned red once again.

Stifling her giggles, the woman asked. "So where are you coming from Natsu?" They were all a bit curious. His hair color, his voice, his accent, his sharp features and so on were not from these parts for sure. Moreover that, he seemed to be a lone traveller.

"Huh? Oh! Well I come from the Number 1 guild in Fiore! Fairy Tail!" Nobody spoke and there was no words spoken after that. In the meantime, the Head of the Library has taken Robin to the back of the crowd to explain the rest of what he was saying before the dragon slayer interrupted him.

"Fiore?" One asked in confusion. "Where is that?" That was a rare question in these woods, among these men and women.

"It's a country!" Natsu answered joyfully.

There was still silence among the Archaeologists as they were trying to decide if the boy was lying or whether they missed something like a whole country. "O-ok...so Natsu, do you have any family?" The woman tried to get the confusion off.

"Well, don't know who my real parents are, but I had a brother named Zeref and then there was Igneel, the Fire Dragon King!" Natsu spoke with a little sadness. "Igneel was the only family I had till I was six, he taught me everything he knew, Dragon Slayer Magic to reading stuff!" His face brightened at the fond memories.

"Fire Dragon King?" This boy was turning into a very peculiar individual.

"Fire Dragon Slayer magic?" This question earned a smirk from the Dragon Slayer as he lit his right arm and held it up.

"This is Fire Dragon Slayer Magic!" He waved his hand at the baffled crowd.

"Incredible...a Logia user..." They were pretty fast to jump to conclusions.

"How did you get to Ohara Natsu?" The Merchant ships still had two months to come back, so it's either by a boat-

"I swam!" Natsu's answer made them shout in surprise.

"What! You swam! How can you swim!" Natsu's face turned into confusion but he shrugged before he held his shoulder straight and started paddling in air. But before anyone could correct him.

"N-NOOOO! H-h-how did you...you peeked with your powers didn't you!" A path was cleared to show what was the commotion and the scene was, Robin standing with a determined look while the professor was on the ground with his eyes out of his socket. "It is a crime Robin! You cannot endanger yourself!" He had fear in his eyes.

"But I became an Archaeologist just so I could help you with it! I knew you wouldn't let me in on the research earlier but you said so yourself that I should contribute to humanity!" Natsu has never seen his friend act like this. This was plain shock. Robin had fear, confusion and anger passing through her face like a storm of emotions.

The old man crawled on his knees and closed the gap between them and held Robin by her shoulders. "It's true that you have the knowledge needed to claim yourself as an Archaeologist but..." He paused. "You are still a child, Robin!" He and the girl were both nearly in tears. But the old man continued. "Listen Robin, we people of Ohara are the only ones who could decipher the Ancient writings, and the World Government prohibits the research on this, but we have already started and it's too late to turn back my child, but we won't let you join us with the information that you could be killed because of our negligence!" Robin had tears flowing down her face.

Normally, there would be a blood covered right fist on Natsu when someone so much as made Robin's lip curve down, but after listening to what the Old man was saying and understanding to some point that she would be in grave danger if she joined them, he had to hold back. This man was trying to protect his friend and he didn't know about all this government thing, but something told him that he was better off in the dark.

"Promise me Robin!" Clover began. "That you will never research on these texts!" He cried. "If you do that, we will prohibit you from entering the library ever again!" He knew this was harsh, but it was for the safety of his dear friend's safety who was moving in her mother's track right now.

She cried. But no wailing came, as she had her lower lip over her top before she ran out and away from the great tree. Natsu watched all this with a frown but didn't interrupt till everything wad finished, neither did he stop Robin. The whole room watched the departing girl who disappeared behind the door from Natsu's back. "Now...what is that made my friend cry? What crime will the Government charge on her enough to kill her?"

The sound of the joyful little boy took a one eighty. This wasn't warm and funny, his voice was cold and lacked any to none of the features of a child's sound. There was a pressure in the air that choked them, and it came like waves of heat coming from a burning furnace, but instead of heat, the air became cold with fear.

Unlike his subordinates, Clover had a better hold of himself, yet he looked down in sadness. "There is a part in our history called the Void century...no one knows what kind of horrors happened then...and we are the only ones who knows how to find it..." Natsu stood there, not facing the group but listened to what the man spoke.

"...that is why I want you to be with her child, the past week was the happiest I have seen her and now I see that you are the reason for it, and I also realize that you are angry at me. But I couldn't be happier...that just means that you are a good friend for our Robin. And I humbly ask you..." The others gasped as they saw the man they respected the most kneel down to the back of the pink haired boy and press his forehead on to the wooden floor board. "...to forgive this old fool and be with Robin and protect her to your best." Still Natsu didn't turn around.

In the end, he turned around to face them. "I don't know which path Robin will choose, but I pledge my strength to her as Dragon Slayer..." None of the other Archaeologists noticed the bowing old man's eyes widen. He remained there as he heard the sound of feet tapping away, sounding the departure of the young man.

Clover slowly got up. "That boy...he said he was a Dragon Slayer..." He spoke to no one in particular but his people were quick on the ears.

"Yea, his said he had a brother named Zeref and his adoptive father was a Dragon named Igneel." The words of his subordinate only made his shock grow.

The Head whipped around and looked at his people. "Do you know what those names means?! Do you know how much of a secret those are to this world?!" He yelled.

"What do you mean Dr. Clover?" There was confusion planted on the blonde woman's face as she asked him about his sudden knowledge.

Clover walked up to her and grabbed her shoulders. "Everything!" He whispered harshly.

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It didn't take more than a few seconds to track and find his depressed friend. And his face morphed into surprise as he found her standing next to giant body that was one third the size of his Gramps. The huge body was human like in appearance and had a humongous brown cowboy hat that covered the back of his head as he laid there face first. He could see the thick orange mane the large individual had around his head and the scent of dead skin on the limbs proved to him that he was injured.

Natsu ran up to his friend who gave him a sparing look before turning her attention back to the now slightly twitching body of the giant. They heard him cough the sea water and sand until his eyes fell on them. And without warning he let out a roar, with his hands in a clawing style and his broad set of teeth bared.

"Raraaaghhhh!" The exiting air from his mouth swayed Natsu's and Robin's hair backwards. Neither of them had any change on their facial features. The fluttering of wings came from the tree lines as a flock of birds displaced themselves at the sudden vocal intrusion of their peace.

"Awesome!" Natsu cried out with both hands raised and stars in his eyes while Robin remained silent and uninterested. "But..." A smirk came over Natsu's face and a weird twinkle came along in his sharp edged eyes. "I can do one too..." The dark eyes of the giant overcame with confusion. "RAAAARRRRRGGGHHHHHHH!" What Natsu let out was a roar that rivaled the one he used to attack Cobra and his two audience stared at him in shock. While on the trees behind them, the birds that displaced in the first place, came back to their original tree.

A few minutes later

"Phew! There you go Gramps!" With his brute strength alone, he chopped down over a dozen of trees and made them into a makeshift bed for the Giant and dragged him to it. A feat that surprised both Robin and the Giant.

Laying there completely exhausted, the Giant looked to the side where the two tiny beings of unnatural interest stood with an excited and expressionless looks. "*cough cough* thanks'yall kiddies for savin me..." He spoke with labored breath.

Natsu was overflowing with excitement and asked. "So what's your name gramps? Are you using magic to stay big? Your face looks like a lions mane is on, can I get one too? Do you eat children? Do you spit fire? Can you swim? Is it true that you can see through concrete-" Natsu was cut off by a weird noise.

"DERESHISHISHI DERESHISHISHI!" The giant had a little bit of tears shooting to the sides as he had his teeth bared and eyes closed. Robin watched this in confusion with Natsu until the latter began to laugh like there was no tomorrow.

"What is it Natsu? Is DERESHI something funny?" She asked with a confused face which only made the Dragon Slayer laugh harder and the giant to continue making the weird sound.

"Tis not a word lil lady, that's muh laugh! DERESHISHISHI!" Robin was even more confused. "You are quite a character lil lady! DERESHISHISHI!" The giant laughed again even with all the injuries he had.

Finally the two laughing individuals stopped. "Hey Big-gramps, I'm Natsu and this here's Robin, what's your name?" Natsu really had a weird habit of placing himself on weird places when having a conversation, at the moment he sat on the Giants belly with his legs crossed.

"Oh sorry for forgettin that, the names Saul, Jaguar D. Saul! DERESHISHISHI DERESHISHISHI!" He laughed again before stopping it in fits of coughs as his injuries caught up. A frown came over Natsu's face as he stood up.

"You are hurt, and those legs could get infected now that they are out of salt water. Shall I burn them shut?" Natsu's childish behavior went away and he looked at Saul for confirmation. And knowing that he didn't have much of a choice, the giant gave a small nod. Natsu jumped off his body and walked over to his legs before lighting up his hands in golden flames.

At first it stung a little for Saul and he hissed before converting it to his laughter, but the pain was momentary as he felt it turn into a warm gentle breeze. Raising on his elbows he looked down at the boy who had his injured legs covered in light golden flames. He saw his dead skin and blood get vaporized as his wounds closed slowly. It took some time for Natsu to finish as this job required him to hold back a lot so as to not burn the big man.

"There! All done!" Natsu exclaimed, proud of himself.

"Wow Natsu, you sure know how to heal a person, but I have never seen a Logia user like you before!" Again Saul laughed heartily.

Natsu chuckled a little as he walked back to Robin and sat down next to her. "Nah, I didn't eat any of those fruits, this is Dragon Slayer Magic, my dad taught it to me." Natsu looked up at the huge man with a smile. "But Robin's got those powers! Show em Robin! Shop em!" Natsu excitedly jumped up.

With a wave of her arm, there were twenty arms sprouting off Saul's arm. "Wow Robin, you got an interesting ability! I wish I had that! DERESHISHISHI DERESHISHISHI!" He laughed again. "I know it's a bit late for these questions, but is there a town in this island?"

"Yep." Robin answered curtly.

"Geez I wish I drifted off to an uninhabited island..." He spoke a little worried.

"Bullshit! If that happened, how would have we met you?" Natsu's sudden question once again made Saul laugh making Natsu laugh along.

"You are interesting kids, but lemme ask you, have you seen someone like me before?" Saul asked without much care as things were already this far in and the two in front of him didn't show the slightest of fear.

"Nope."

"Yep!"

Saul first turned to Natsu in curiosity before laughing again before looking at them both. "Even though ya probably won't listen, but will ya keep about muh presence a secret?" Saul asked a little worried.

"Sure!" Natsu excitedly spoke while Robin gave a small nod of her head.

"You answered too quickly..." Saul began.

"I won't tell old man! I promise!" Natsu's infectious smile and honest face made him convinced in a few seconds and he turned to the young Robin.

"What bout you lil lady?" He oozed curiously at her. "I won't tell." He looked at her skeptically. "You simply don't interest me that much." What was meant to offend anyone else only made this giant laugh.

The winds of fate was blowing towards them. Many miles away, a small sail boat was making its way towards the island of Ohara. The lone passenger was a woman with silver hair that had blood and grime on it but still pushed forward to the secluded island of knowledge with her work complete.

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Next Chapter: The Call of a Child

Preview

"...he's on that island huh? Well ain't that just perfect hahahaheeehhhhaaaaa!"

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"Bring it on you four eyed freak!"