Meet the Dragon and Phoenix.
Hey guys! This is Doc, here bringing you the first BEG chapter!
Now before we start, I'm just going to say a few things...
Yes, it's been seven months since introducing BEG.
No, I have no excuse for being late.
Maybe, I could try get more chapters done if I have more free time to myself.
But what can you get from a guy? He could generally be lazy, to busy, or dead for that matter. But anyway, enough of that!
Shout out to ShadowUzumaki55 for helping and giving out some great ideas for the story! Thank you again bud!
Hope you enjoy the chapter!
Magic.
Magic is the physical embodiment of the spirit. When the physical spirit of an organism connects with the spiritual flow of nature, the spirit forms Magic as a product of the connection. Only ten percent of the world's population is able to use Magic, which is noted to keep a balance between ordinary people and those with Magic. It takes an enormous amount of concentration and mental ability to use Magic
All kinds of Magic are used in Earthland and they can be used for many purposes such as offence, defence, supporting, and healing, as well as other, more practical purposes, too.
Even such as reviving the dead.
Four hundred-years ago, Zeref Dragneel was orphaned after the death of his parents and younger brother by Dragons. He was desperate to bring his brother back, so he researched the connections between life, death, and magic as a student of the Mildian Magic Academy.
After creating things such as the R-System and the Eclipse Gate, he was expelled from the academy for breaching the sacred teachings of Ankhseram, however he was cursed by Ankhseram and then killed everyone around him with his newfound, unwanted Curse of Contradiction.
After this, Zeref wished to die and wandered around, creating the Etherious in the hopes that they would kill him, but instead turned to reviving his dead brother, having preserved his body, as an Etherious, thus fulfilling his goal of bringing his brother back and creating something that could kill him...
E.N.D.; Etherious Natsu Dragneel.
However, what Zeref didn't know was after being cursed by Ankhseram, he was being watched.
The gods of Earthland were wary of the dark wizards actions and right after reviving his deceased brother and making him into his most powerful demon, the gods grew worried that the destruction that Zeref's creation may cause in the future.
So they formulated their own creation to counteract against Zeref's.
A being that would not only destroy E.N.D but Zeref as well. And that very being is called...
B.E.G; Biologic Experimental God.
Now I know what you're thinking. Why would they gods create an artificial being when they could do that themselves?
The gods of Earthland made rules to follow. And those rules were not to personally interfere with the lives of the world down below.
Ankhseram was an expectation however. He was only there to enforce the rules of life and death and he cursed Zeref for breaking those rules.
And BEG was more of a tool than a god as its only purpose was to find and destroy END and Zeref.
As BEG was successful created, they waited until it was fully ready to do its duty of eliminating Zeref and END.
However on one faithful day, BEG had somehow disappeared from their grasp as they never knew where it was hiding or who sent it away.
(Unknown Forest)
In a small makeshift hut, a young boy opened his eyes from the morning sun peeked through the walls of the straw and hay.
The young boy yawned tiredly as he gave his arms a stretch and crawled out of his hut for the fresh air.
In his full appearance, he was about the age of ten with messy black hair with a blue fringe, dark brown eyes with a little orange in them. He wore a black shirt and dark brown shorts with white sandals.
The boy again yawned tiredly in a cute manner as he heard a voice familiar to him. "Good morning, my little feather."
It was beautiful woman with long blue hair and eyes as wore a pair of white sandals and simple black dress as it hugged her amazing figure as in her arms she was carrying a basket of fruit.
The boy yawned again and greeted her in a drowsy manner, "Good morning, Virion...~"
The woman named Virion just giggled at him from how he greeted her.
"Ara ara. Guess someone is still tired from their training, huh?" She came up to him as he gave a tired nod.
"Hai..~" Virion gave another giggle as placed her lips on top of his head.
"Well you can't eat your breakfast properly if you're still a sleeping little bird. Go by the river and wash up. I'll have breakfast ready for you in a few."
The black haired boy nodded as took wobble steps towards a lake in front of him. Virion watched her child in amusement as she walked off to set up their breakfast.
The young boy successfully made it near the river as he dropped to his knees and swayed back and forth as he unconsciously dropped head first to the cold water.
...
...
After a few moments, the young boy shot his head from the water and shacked his head wildly, "Cold! Cold! Cold! Cold!" He shivered as azure blue flames started to flow around his small body.
Successfully wide awake and warm, the boy inhaled the fresh air and breathed out, "Rayeth! Are you finished yet?! Breakfast is ready!"
The boy named Rayeth smiled brightly as he got up and ran towards back to his adoptive mother, "I'm coming!"
As soon as Rayeth came back, he saw Virion placed two wooden bowls filled with chopped and sliced mixed fruits on a large flat tree stump, using it like a table.
Rayeth sat on his knees in front of the makeshift table as Virion followed as she passed a wooden spoon towards him, "Looks like someone's finally up." She said as she watched her child eat.
Rayeth swallowed his meal and smiled happily at her, "Yup! I've been practicing my Phoenix Slayer Magic all day like you told me too! But, I still need to work on my screech."
"It's good that you're progressing, but I said to work on your magic all morning. Not the entire night." She chided at him with a motherly smile as she ate her own food.
Rayeth blushed a little in embarrassment as rubbed the back of his head awkwardly, "Sorry. But I'm really wanted to get my moves right! I've been trying really hard of what you taught me!"
Virion giggled at his enthusiasm. He really wanted to impress her, "I've noticed. However, while it is nice that you want to learn, you cannot over exerted yourself. You will tire yourself out and faint if you push yourself too far. I already told you this didn't I?"
Plus he had yet to work on stamina recovery through his healing abilities.
Rayeth gave a nod in understanding as he kept eating.
Rayeth was raised by Virion all his life after she found him in the forest as a baby years ago. She nurtured, educated him, and took care of him like he was her own child and even started teaching him Azure Phoenix Slayer Magic.
Phoenix Slayer Magic was a type of Caster and Lost Magic that has the power to slay Phoenix's.
And Rayeth wanted to successfully master his magic just so he could make Virion proud him after she looked after him all those years.
Don't get him wrong, Rayeth already knew Virion was proud of him and loved him unconditionally, but he wanted to show his appreciation by becoming strong for her.
Rayeth learned many techniques from his training and teachings taught by Virion and took every nook and cranny until he got them down right.
Though...there a little mishaps when he tried to do the screech or learning to try to fly with his wings.
He crashed into so many trees that day...
"Rayeth." The boy stopped eating for a moment and looked at his adoptive mother.
He gulped down his fruit and responded, "Yes?"
"After we're finished breakfast, we will be heading towards the far north to visit someone."
"Who are we visiting?" He asked as he took another bite of his sliced fruit.
Virion scowled a little as she brought up the one they were going to meet. "He's an old...acquaintance of mine. And he has a child the same age as you are and I think you and him will be quite good friends."
Rayeth nodded in understanding. It's been a while since he and Virion went out from their home forest. He was really excited to meet a new friend today!
(Later)
After breakfast and washing up again, Rayeth stood by with his adoptive mother, "Are you ready, Rayeth."
Rayeth nodded happily in conformation as Virion got herself ready.
She took several steps away from her child as azure blue flames started to envelope around her as it completely engulfed her entire body.
The flames got larger and larger by the second as a force pushed them away revealing Virion's new appearance.
She had giant bird-like structure with a black coloured body and head. She has a set of large beautiful wings and feathery tail that had vibrant blue tips as well as small lit blue flames that flowed on her wings. Finally she had amazing glowing blue eyes that resembled her burning blue flames.
In other words, Virion was a phoenix.
And not just any phoenix...
Virion was also known as the Azure Phoenix Queen.
Virion leaned down to allow her child to hop on, "Let us go now, Rayeth." She said in the same motherly voice but a bit deeper.
Rayeth climbed from the wing to her back as he mounted himself securely.
Virion rose her giant body as her wings flapped in the air and took off with her child crying out in joy in the skies.
(Much later in the north)
After flying several hours, both parent and child arrived to the far north and entered another forest.
Virion landed on the ground as Rayeth jumped off her back and curiously looked around his surroundings.
Blue flames engulfed Virion's giant structure again as she shrunk to human form, "Come along now Rayeth. We are not to far where we're going." Virion held out her hand as the child took it.
Both child and mother walked inside the trees of the forest passing every exotic wild animal that Rayeth curiously saw.
Virion made sure to have her young Phoenix Slayer stay close to her as she flared her magic to make sure any hostile animals don't get close to her child.
They walked deeper and deeper through the large trees as the finally a light was shown indicating that they were almost out.
As they made it out from the trees and inside a large clearing, Rayeth's eyes went wide of what he saw.
It was a gigantic dragon whose bodily majority is covered with dark, red scales. Its lower body, specifically its stomach, the inner portions of his long tail, and legs, is beige in colour.
The dragon also has noticeable scars on its stomach and neck, with the largest one, which is X-shaped, located around the centre of its body. It back has numerous black spikes, reaching down from the back to the end of its tail.
Finally the dragon had large bony wings resemble a bat's, with rippled tips
The dragon was currently sleeping under the sunlight as the duo walked up to it.
Virion shook her head in disappointment and sighed, "I should have known..." She muttered lowly.
Using her free hand, azure blue flames danced around her fingers as she threw a ball of fire to the dragons snout.
*Bam!*
Finally opening its eyes from the sudden wake up call, Rayeth saw that the dragons eyes were black with a yellow sclera.
"Oh...It's you." The dragon growled lowly as it glared at the human formed phoenix.
Virion just rolled her eyes at it before speaking, "Good to see you as well, Igneel."
The now named Igneel stood on four on his legs and narrowed his eyes at her, "What are you doing here, Virion?"
The Phoenix Queen just gave the dragon a dry look and said, "Did you really forget? We were supposed to have our children meet each on this day."
Igneel blinked his eyes before realization came to him, "Oh yes...It was today."
"It's just like you dragons. You are all so narrow minded reptiles." She shook her head in mock disappointment as she inwardly smirked at his angry look.
Igneel growled in anger as he retorted, "Well at least I'm not some walking poultry dinner with human legs." Igneel smirked at the queens anger scowl.
Now I know what you're thinking. Why do these two look like they want to kill each other?
Well it happened a long time ago involving their two races.
Dragons and Phoenix's were both powerful creatures in terms of raw magical power and strength.
Both sides hated each other with a passion, as they fought and started a war for control over land and dominance.
The war between both factions lasted for nearly a decade as the two sides lost many numbers of allies and comrades during all of the bloodshed.
When the war finally came to an end after their strongest leaders killed each other in combat, the dragons and phoenix's made a decree that neither side shall take another's life or it will initiate a new war.
It was also a way for the two sides to regain the many number of loses and for the lands to regrow after being destroyed in the crossfire.
However, even with the decree saying they could not kill each other, that didn't mean they could become friends either.
To this day, even when they couldn't kill each other anymore, dragons and phoenixs still have a burning hatred for one another.
But that begs the question...
If dragons and phoenix's still hate each other, why are Virion and Igneel conserving with each other and want their children to meet each other?
Virion recomposed herself as she then looked around the area, "You said you had a adoptive child of your own, correct? I do not see him anywhere."
Igneel gave a huff as he crossed his arms, "Unfortunately he left somewhere before you arrived. He should be close by from where I could smell him." Igneel then looked down towards the black haired boy who just kept staring at him in awe.
"I take it the young lad with you is your child correct?"
Virion smiled and rubbed the top of her child's head, "Yes. He is the one I have taken care of and love. Rayeth, why don't you introduce yourself to the geck-I mean dragon." Igneel's eye twitched in irritation.
Rayeth nodded at his adoptive mother and introduced himself, "It's nice to meet you, Dragon-san! My name is Rayeth Knoules and I'm a Azure Phoenix Slayer! It's nice to meet you!" Rayeth bowed politely as Igneel huffed a little.
"Respectful, huh? Well that's good, and you don't have to call me 'Dragon-san' or any of that crap."
Rayeth tilted his head a little, "Then...What's your name?"
Igneel crossed his arms again, puffed out his chest, and smirked as Virion rolled her eyes annoyance.
Here we go again...
"If you must know child...I am the strongest of all fire dragons! Conquer of the lands and my enemies! I am the Fire Dragon King! I'm am the one and only Ig-!"
"*Cough!* Ignorant blowhard! *Cough!*"
"Ignorant blow-Oi!" Igneel glared at the oh so 'innocent' looking Virion.
That dumb bird just ruined his introduction!
Rayeth meanwhile just looked in confusion. He then felt a hand on top of his head as he looked at his mother, "His name is Igneel, dear. And he's the 'self-proclaimed' Fire Dragon King."
Igneel growled loudly at her, "I am not self-proclaimed you dumb bird! I am the true king of all fire dragons! And I will not-!"
Virion cut him off by mocking him in a dramatic way, "Yes, yes, of course your highness. Please forgive this lowly little phoenix for insulting your very disappointing lukewarm failure you call flames that could only do so much as tickle your enemies to death! Oh woe is me~!"
Virion then bended to her back a little as she covered her eyes with arm and gave an upset look. However a small smug smirk plastered on her face as she enjoyed the look of the dragons literal fuming face.
Before Virion even knew it, Igneel shot out a large stream of black smoke through his nostrils as it blew threw Virion's face.
After he was finished, Igneel laughed loudly at Virion's soot covered face and hair.
"Ahahaha! The make-up really goes well with your terrible acting, ya stupid turkey! Ahahaha!"
Enraged, the Phoenix Queen flared her flames in anger as she quickly calmed herself out of the reminder that her child was here.
Virion turned to her child and tried to convince him of leaving, "Rayeth, sweetheart. Why don't you go look for lgneel's child okay? The lizard and I will only have a small chat."
Rayeth nodded dumbly in confusion. He did what he was told anyway and walked away to search for the dragons child.
Once Rayeth got to a far distance away from the duo, he never heard the shouts, roars, and explosions from behind him.
(Much Later)
Several minutes have passed since Rayeth went to search for Igneel's child.
However, the dragon neglected to mention of what the boy looked like at all.
Well thanks to his Phoenix Slayer abilities, Rayeth could see from far distances and has very incredible hearing, so he'll be able to find the Fire Dragon Kings child in no time!
Plus, all he had to do was find a boy his age around somewhere in the entire...large forest...
...Well scratch that, it was going to be harder than it looks.
Rayeth sighed to himself. He kind of wished he also had an enhanced sense of smell too.
Phoenix Slayer senses were similar or the same to a regular birds as the same thing applies to Phoenix's as well.
Their two greatest senses are their eyesight and hearing. Sense of smell however was basically the same as a humans.
Rayeth walked down the path of trees as a light at the end of it as well as the sound of an ocean.
Coming out from the trees, the young Phoenix Slayer entered a small beach with pure white sand and waves kicking in the shore.
"Almost...got it...!" Rayeth heard a young boys voice as he turned around of what he saw next.
It was a boy around his age with a red sleeveless shirt with white shorts wrapped in a yellow sash around his waist and a pair of black sandals. He had black coloured eyes and...pink hair?
The boy was currently climbed up on a tall palm tree reaching for a pair of fruit with his free arm as he drew closer and closer to his objective.
"Almost...Almost...!" As the boy reached further for it, but he accidentally slipped his foot down the bark and fell over, starting to fall to the sand.
"Wah!" Rayeth panicked a bit as he quickly ran up to the falling boy as the young Phoenix Slayer jumped and brought out a pair of small flaming blue wings from his back.
Rayeth quickened his pace as and the pink haired boy drew closer and closer until...
*Crash!*
Both boys groaned a little as Rayeth managed to catch him on time...
...Well he caught him with his back, because currently the pink haired child was sitting on the black haired boys back which he landed on.
The pink haired child blinked owlishly as his landing was different than he expected.
"Uuggh...~"
The pink haired child jumped a little as he saw he was sitting on a boy he'd never seen before. He quickly got off the other child and asked, "Hey, you alright?"
Rayeth got to sat as his phoenix healing was kicking in, "Yeah I'm fine. But are you okay?"
The salmon haired boy nodded with a toothy grin, "I'm good! But I would have been fine if I hit my head on the ground anyway. Igneel said I have a very thick skull or something!"
Rayeth blinked at him and said, "Igneel? Do you mean a giant red dragon that's around here?"
The pink haired boy nodded, "Yup, that's him! Igneel found me one day and adopted me when I was a baby. And he's also teaching me Fire Dragon Slayer Magic! How cool is that?!"
Rayeth nodded his head slowly. This must be Igneel's child that he and Virion were supposed to meet.
"By the way, how do you know who Igneel is? Also, I've never seen another kid like you around here."
"O-Oh! Well, my name is Rayeth Knoules and my mother, Virion, brought us here to meet you and Igneel-san."
The boy tilted his head a bit and said, "To meet me and Igneel...? Oh right! Igneel told me that someone was coming to visit and that must be you and your mother, right?!"
Rayeth nodded in confirmation as the boy grinned brightly, "Cool! Igneel told me that something called a phoenix and her child were coming to meet us someday and that must be you, right?! And your mother, is it that phoenix thing too, right?!"
Rayeth nodded his head again. This one really has a lot of energy in him.
"Awesome!" The boy stopped momentarily and introduced himself, "Oh! By the way, I'm Natsu! Natsu Dragneel! The Fire Dragon Slayer! It's nice to meet ya, Ray!"
"It's Rayeth actually." He corrected him but Natsu just shrugged, "Meh, Ray sounds much easier to say really." Rayeth just sighed however.
Well he really didn't mind Natsu calling him that really. It was a nice change of pace for him.
That's when the Phoenix Slayer remember something. He looked above himself and saw the same fruit Natsu failed to grab earlier still there, "Hey Natsu? You were trying to get that fruit up there right?" He asked as he pointed up at the tree.
Natsu raised his head where Rayeth was pointing and nodded, "Yup, I got hungry and I went out to find some food. That's when I smelled those up there and met you."
Rayeth gave a nod in understanding as he got up to his feet. Natsu looked at him in confusion as he then widened his eyes as a pair of small azure blue flaming wings bursted from his back.
The Phoenix Slayer steadily flew up to the tree and plucked the fruit off as he descended to a wide eyed Natsu, "Here you go." He generously gave it to Natsu.
Natsu looked at the Phoenix Slayer for a minute before shouting, "That's was so cool! Is that what your magic is like?!"
Rayeth nodded, "Yup, this is what Virion was teaching me. It's called Azure Phoenix Slayer Magic." He said as beautiful blue flames danced around his hands.
Natsu again was eye widened, "You can use fire just like me!"
Before Rayeth could say anything, Natsu gained a wild grin and boldly shouted, "I want to fight you!"
Rayeth blinked at him, "Huh?"
And before he could say or do anything again, Natsu's fist lit up in regular orange flames as he charged.
"Fire Dragons Iron Fist!"
"H-Hey wait a minute!" In a reflex, Rayeth dodged at Natsu's advances as the salmon haired child kept throwing flaming fists at him.
Rayeth kept on dodging Natsu's attacks as the black haired boy brought out his wings and flew above away from him.
"Would you please calm down a bit!" Rayeth pleaded.
However, Natsu didn't plan on listening, "No way! If you can use magic like I can, then you must be plenty strong!"
"And you got that idea just so you can fight me?!"
"Yup!" Natsu claimed proudly as Rayeth sweatdropped.
Natsu suddenly puffed out his cheeks as he gave a shout, "Fire Dragons...Roar!"
The young Dragon Slayer unloaded a roar of fire from his mouth as it was sent to towards Rayeth.
Fortunately, Rayeth managed to move away from the attack as he remained in the skies. And from the look on Natsu's face, he wasn't going to stop until Ray complied to his wishes.
Rayeth had to relent. He was going to have fight Natsu.
He took a deep breath in and exhaled, 'Remember what Virion taught you.'
Natsu saw Rayeth come down towards him as his fist was covered in blue flames of his own, "Azure Phoenix Mach Knuckle!"
Rays fist connected with Natsu's cheek as the boy skid back through the sand.
Natsu managed to recover quickly as he gave a toothy grin, "Heh~. Seems someone's ready to finally fight!" He said as flames lit from his hands.
Rayeth landed to the sandy surface as his own flames lit up, "Since you plan on not to listen, then I have no choice left. But I'm not going to hold back!"
"Back at ya, pal!"
Both boys charged as they went hand to hand on each other, delivering blows and blocks on one another.
"Azure Phoenix Talon!" Rayeth spun around clockwise as he sent a flaming kick at Natsu.
Natsu blocked it and covered his fist in flames as he slugged Rays lower jaw, "Fire Dragons Iron Fist!"
Rayeth was sent flying in the air as he held in the pain. He brought out his wings and stopped to float in safety.
"Oh no ya don't!" Natsu launched himself in the air by rocketing himself with his flames as the pink haired boys entire body was engulfed in fire.
*Crash!*
"Oof!"
Rayeth was nailed in the gut when Natsu headbutted him as they crashed back to beach sands.
Natsu jumped back a little as he saw Rayeth on his hands and knees trying to recover, "I got you now!"
The pink haired boy puffed his cheeks out again, "Fire Dragons Roar!"
*Boom!*
As soon Natsu's attack connected with Rayeth as it gave off a mild explosion.
One would say he would won this fight, Natsu however grew pale in fear of what he did.
"Oh man! I went overboard! Igneel's going to kill me! No wait, Rayeth's mother is going to kill me instead! What sho-!"
*Slurp!*
Natsu immediately stopped freaking out as he turned around. His eyes went as his flames got smaller and smaller as it revealed Rayeth...eating them?
...He was eating fire?!
As soon as Rayeth engulfed the entire flames, he covered his mouth as he gave a small burp.
"*Burp!* Excuse me." He said wiping his mouth.
Natsu still stared at the Phoenix Slayer with widened eyes as he shouted in excitement, "That was so cool! You can eat fire just like me!"
Rayeth turned his attentions to Natsu and tilted his head a bit, 'He can eat flames too?'
"But that's not going to stop me ya know!" The pink haired child lit his hands to flames again as he charged.
Rayeth blocked the strike by raising his arms and skid backwards. Natsu again rushed at the black haired boy as Rayeth then maneuvered away as he struck his left cheek.
Natsu managed to absorb the pain as he then cocked his own fist back and punched Rayeth on his right cheek.
Both boys again continued their assault on one another from fists, kicks, and headbutts, as they both jumped back to distance themselves.
Both Dragon and Phoenix Slayer puffed out their cheeks as they released their attacks directly at each other, ""Fire Dragons/Azure Phoenix...Roar/Screech!""
Natsu and Ray fired their attacks as both the roar and screech collided creating a explosion as a large dust cloud formed.
As the dust finally settled, both forms of the boys showed themselves still standing. However, they both fell to their knees as they gave exhausted breathes.
"You're...*Huff*...really...*Huff*...good..." Natsu said exhausted.
"You...*Huff*...too..." Rayeth responded in the same state.
One could say that both these both should have given up by now.
However...
In shock, Rayeth saw Natsu slowly getting up despite the many blows he'd taken, "But I'm still...not giving up..."
Rayeth's eyes were still widened at what he was seeing, 'He can still get back up after taking so much damage?'
The more Rayeth thought about, the more he'd come to like Natsu. The pink haired boy had a lot of fight in him if he wanted to continue.
That was something Rayeth really respected.
"...I see." Rayeth said as Natsu looked at him. The young Dragon Slayer widened his eyes as he saw Rayeth's minor injuries being healed in an instant as Rayeth got up to his feet.
'He can heal as well?! That's...just so cool!' He thought cheerfully.
Though yeah, having a healing factor into battle was a bit cheating, but seeing Rayeth getting up and wanting to continue got Natsu's blood pumping up!
And he liked that about the Phoenix Slayer!
You never back down from a fight!
"You ready, Natsu!" Rayeth shouted while his fists ignited into his blue flames.
Natsu summoned out his own flames on his fists as he gave a wide toothy cheerful grin, "I'm all fired up!"
Both boys lunged in the air at each other again as they pulled back their fists and shouted, ""Fire Dragons Iron Fist!/Azure Phoenix Mach Knuckle!""
(Later)
It was already sundown, and both boys laid on their backs on the sand beside one another after fighting each other for hours.
They would have continued if it weren't for the fact if they had more stamina in them.
Ray on the other hand, had yet to learn to do that with his healing abilities since it was still underdeveloped.
"Hey, Ray..."
Rayeth rolled his head towards his new friend as Natsu did the same and looked him in the eye, "Yeah...?"
Natsu gave a wide smile and said, "...I had really fun fighting you, Ray!"
Rayeth blinked at him for a second before letting out a small snicker and smiled, "Yeah, me too, Natsu."
Natsu suddenly sat himself up and said, "Is that so? Then let's make a promise!"
Rayeth got up himself up and looked the boy, "A promise?"
The pink haired Dragon Slayer nodded, "Yup! Let's promise to become stronger together! And that way, once we have, me and you will fight each other again to see who's the strongest!"
"It's 'you and I' Natsu." He chided at the pink haired boy.
Natsu however just crossed his arms and huffed, "Yeah yeah, whatever!" Rayeth just snickered at the boy.
He held out his hand and offered a hand shake, "Then let's shake on it."
Natsu however just tilted his head in confusion, "Shake?" Rayeth blinked at the boy owlishly.
"...You don't know what a handshake is?"
"I know what a handshake is! Igneel taught me it! It's, um...it's when you, ah...how do you do it again?"
Rayeth just sighed and smiled at his friend. Looks like Igneel never taught him about human gestures just yet.
Well, Igneel was dragon anyway so...
Nevermind.
"It's when two people grasp each other's hands firmly to come to an agreement and also form a sign friendship." He defined it for him.
Natsu nodded in understanding and mimicked Rayeth's action. Both boys grasped their hands together as the promise was now set and made.
Both boys smiled and grinned at each other as far behind them was both Igneel and Virion watching them interact.
Virion smiled at the scene and spoke, "They got along rather quickly, don't you think?"
Igneel nodded and said, "Yes. Guess your little plan worked after all. I was thinking it would fall apart once they laid eyes on each other."
Virion huffed and glared at the dragon, "And yet you agreed into doing this."
"True, but unlike the others who protested, I saw it was necessary for both our races to 'get along'."
The Azure Phoenix Queen raised an eyebrow at him, "Weren't you one who shouted out first that you were against the plan."
"That was before, this is now. It will take time for both sides to cooperate without brutality removing their heads from each other. But..." Igneel looked towards the two Dragon and Phoenix Slayers who were splashing water at themselves laughing.
"...I believe those two will be able to help with that."
Virion, for the first time, agreed with the Fire Dragon King. However, she gave a sad frown and asked, "How long will it take for your child and mine to discover their real identities...?"
Igneel paused for a second before giving his response, "I...do not know really...But let us hope for the best those two won't go so far into killing each other." He said grimly as Virion nodded.
A long time ago, Virion and the rest of other phoenix's visited the dragons to discuss a plan she came up with for the coming future.
Obviously, both sides roared and screeched in protest as they were still bitter on each other's races. Though even giving out her explanation, they still continued to denying working together.
Igneel and another dragon however saw reason to Virion's plan and, though reluctantly, agreed to go along with it as well.
And after a long session of explaining, arguing, and shouting, both sides finally conceded and came to an agreement to proceed of working together.
However, they were still quite bitter of doing so.
As much as Virion hated dragons, she made her decision of asking them for their help despite the heavy tension.
Who knows, maybe in the future both-
"By the way. During their little fight, I would have believed Natsu should have won."
...What?
Virion snapped her head at the dragon and angrily said, "What do you mean your child should have won?! It was clearly obviously that Rayeth would have won thanks to his flight and healing advantage!"
"True, but the boys healing factor is still slow and underdeveloped, and his flight patterns were to narrow which would have made him an easy picking for any attackers. Plus, despite how capable he is of handle his own, the way he fought was a bit sloppy."
Oh he did not just say that!
Virion always made sure Rayeth honed and polished his skills when it came to fighting, and he always take her lessons by heart!
Sure there were a few casualties in his training, but Virion was NOT going to have that stupid lizard criticize how she taught him!
The phoenix glared at the dragon, "And your child is no different from mine? Your boy is obviously reckless and to straightforward, and he doesn't seem to hold back any of his magic. He charges head first without thinking, which is obviously a huge flaw in his actions. Just like a certain someone who trained him..." she muttered the last one to herself.
Unfortunately, Igneel heard what she said and growled, "Are you trying to start something you stupid bird...?"
Virion crossed her arms and looked defiant, "Maybe I am, you overgrown newt. But it's not like your foolish little scaly mind can be able to-!"
*Blow~!*
Virion never got to finish as again she was covered in black smoke by Igneel who had a satisfied smirk on his face.
"I'm sorry what was that? I was to distracted by that ridiculous look you have on."
And like that, they started arguing again, throwing insults to their faces as their own fire started to flicker.
In front of them, both Rayeth and Natsu stopped playing and found their adoptive parents screaming their heads of each, "What do you think they're yelling about?" Natsu asked.
Rayeth shrugged, "I don't know."
(One-year later) (July 7, X777)
It's only been a year since Ray and Natsu first met and both boys would always visit each other to either play, or train together.
Natsu found out that the Phoenix Slayer was so much like him. Rayeth told him that he too had been abandoned in the forest as a baby until Virion found and raised him.
Day by day as they go by, both Dragon and Phoenix Slayer's friendship heightened as it turned into a brotherly bond.
The boys learned more about each other from their training sessions, what are their likes and dislikes, and vice-versa.
And as close as they are, Natsu would sometimes get himself and the Phoenix Slayer into bad situations.
Like when...
(Flashback)
"What did you do?!" Rayeth exclaimed at his pink haired friend as both boys were currently running through the forest away from their chaser.
The tall trees tore down from behind them as it revealed to be a giant angry looking boar with two tusks coming out of its snot.
"Why do you always blame me?!" Natsu yelled in return.
"Because you always do something like this! Now what did you do?!"
"I just poked it with a stick!"
Ray gave him a dull look, "I sincerely doubt that!"
Natsu just looked at him confused and asked, "What does 'sincerely' mean?"
"It means...Nevermind what it means! Why did you poke it?!"
"I was bored!"
"...And you didn't think it would have been a bad idea to begin with?!"
"It took a lot of pokes!"
Rayeth just shook his head as the angry pig gave another enraged squeal, "Just keep running!"
(Flashback end)
It was now morning, and Rayeth opened his eyes, got up, and stretched.
Last night he didn't sleep in his little hut as Virion, in her Phoenix form, allowed Rayeth to sleep beside while using her large wings as a blanket to keep him warm.
Rubbing his eyes tiredly, Rayeth looked around the area and saw no trace of his adoptive mother anywhere.
"Virion...?" Rayeth got up and searched.
The young Phoenix Slayer knew for a fact that Virion would always be near once he woke up. And if she were to leave before he got up, she would always tell him. But right now...
She wasn't anywhere...
"Virion? Virion where are you?!" He turned his head from side to side in a panic.
Rayeth called out her name again and again as he yelling echoed through the large empty forest. Virion would have heard him by now.
Rayeth started running through the forest scream out for his mothers name, but in vain there was still nothing.
The poor child continued to run and yell out for her, not caring if there was any dangerous creatures out there that could here him.
His mother was more important.
"Virion! Virion! Please, where are you?! Viri-oof!" Rayeth accidentally tripped on a tree root as he fell to the ground.
The young boy whimpered a little, not because he was hurt, because his mother was absolutely nowhere.
Rayeth sat up to his knees and wiped the small incoming tears ready the fall out, "Virion...where did you go...? Please come back...mom..."
The young boy continued to his small sobs as he looked down to his chest. It was a feather with a beautiful colour of bluish-black tied to a string around his neck.
The Phoenix Slayer didn't know how or when he got it, but he immediately recognized what feather was and who it came from, "Virion..."
Rayeth rubbed his eyes to rid of any remaining tears and gave a look of determination.
Virion wouldn't just leave him without any reason. The boy got and quickly ran back to his hut to gather his things.
He was going to find his mother.
(Five days later)
Five days have already passed since his adoptive mother disappeared and Rayeth searched far and wide for Virion, but with no luck.
Virion taught him about survival and the use of the environment around him. So far, all he had encountered was only wild beasts, carnivores plants, and the fact his life was hanging in the balance if he continued any further.
But Rayeth didn't care about that.
His only top priority was finding his mother no matter what.
Rayeth continued to walk down a path leading to...wherever.
Truthfully, he didn't know where he was going. But he hoped that there could be something to help him.
*Rustle!*
From the corner of his eyes, Rayeth's enhanced hearing picked up something moving.
He checked to his side and found the bushes began shaking. Rayeth tensed up a little.
A wild animal maybe?
Lighting his hands with flames, the young boy got ready for what was about to come out.
"There you are!"
...Wait, what?
Out from the bushes was a familiar pink haired child dressed in a red buttoned up sweater with a white sash around his waist. He wore a pair of beige brown pants and dark red loafers. Another thing about him was he wore a white scale-like scarf around his neck.
"I knew it was you when I caught your scent!"
"...Natsu?" Rayeth said confused.
What was he doing here? Wasn't he from the north side from where they were from?
"So, this is where you ran off too."
Rayeth turned around and found an extremely short, and elderly man.
He has black eyes and is growing bald with only the outer rims of his head containing white hair. He also has a thick white moustache.
He was shown dressing in a casual manner, with an attire consisting of a white shirt with a black stamp resembling a fairy in the middle under an orange hoodie. His attire was completed with matching orange shorts and an orange and blue striped jester hat.
Natsu gave a happy nod to the old man, "Yep! This is who I was talking about! My friend, Ray!"
Rayeth turned his attention back to his pink haired and asked, "Natsu, what are you doing here?"
Natsu looked at his before answering, "Oh! Igneel went missing and I'm out looking for him! Then I came across gramps saying he could help me!"
Rayeth widened his eyes a bit, "Igneel's missing?"
Natsu frowned sadly and nodded, "Yeah, Igneel disappeared five days ago, and I don't know where he is." That again got Rayeth's eyes to widened.
Five days ago? That was exactly the same time Virion went missing!
"By the way, what are you doing here?" Natsu asked as he saw the Phoenix Slayer looking depressed.
"I'm...I'm searching for Virion. Like you, she disappeared five days ago like Igneel did." He said as Natsu looked shocked.
"Virion's missing too?" Rayeth nodded in response.
*Ahem!*
The boys turned around and found that the same old man was standing beside them. He let out a cough to grab their attention, "I hate to break the reunion here boys, but you said that this 'Virion' went missing the same time Natsu's father disappeared too, correct?"
Rayeth nodded, "Yes, but um...who are you?"
The old man gave a chuckle and smiled, "Oh, my apologies child. My name is Makarov Dreyar, I am the third master to the wizard guild, Fairy Tail."
Rayeth tilted his head a little in confusion, "Fairy Tail?"
"Yeah! That's the place gramps said he could help me find Igneel! And he could probably help find Virion too!" Natsu said.
"Help...find Virion?"
Makarov came up to the two and spoke, "Yes. I don't know who this Virion is, but Fairy Tail is known for its wide connections and the job request we have, and I'm sure if you join our guild take one of those options I'm sure you'll be able to find who you are looking for in no time."
"Really?"
Makarov nodded, "Not sure how long it will it take, but I can guarantee that Fairy Tail can help."
Rayeth gave it a minute to take a thought. He couldn't just wander around the world searching for Virion aimlessly. And what Makarov proposed to him and Natsu could be helpful to find their parents, so...
Rayeth looked up at the old man and said, "...Okay. I guess I could try joining."
Natsu gave a happy grin and the old man smiled, "Great! Now, let's not waste time here you two and lets get moving."
(Later) (Magnolia)
After Makarov brought the boys back to the town of Magnolia and to the Fairy Tail building, both Dragon and Phoenix Slayer looked in awe at the size.
"Whoa! It's huge!" Natsu said excitedly as Rayeth nodded along.
The building consisted of three floors and incorporating several architectonic styles: it took on a shape reminiscent of a pagoda, with each floor being smaller than the one below it and sitting on the latter's roof.
The roofs also bore great resemblance to those of real pagoda, consisting of extremely long, arched tiles lined up one after the other and possessing simple curved protrusions jutting upwards on the building's angles.
On the highest roof, topping the summit of the building, sat a simple, round and pointed dome, highly reminiscent of those seen on Arabian buildings, which bore a flag on its point. The roof below the one with the dome, the middle one, housed a large banner with Fairy Tail's symbol on it, held up by a pair of vertical poles.
The building's large entrance was again Arabian in design, with its shape being reminiscent of that of the dome on the summit, and above it was the guild's name, topped by a protruding, stylized heart shape and flanked by a pair of carved fairies.
Stylized heart shapes were also visible on the frames of the numerous, large pentagonal windows located on each floor, with the top floor housing smaller, arched windows partially covered by banners.
"Rayeth. Natsu." The boys turned their attention to the tiny old man who stood in front of the entrance doors.
"Welcome to Fairy Tail!"
AN: And that's the end of this chapter!
Now reminder, this is a harem for both Ray and Natsu, and here's what I decided...
Rayeth: Levy Mcgarden, Mirajane Strauss, Kagura Mikazuchi, Hisui Fiore, Cana Alberona, Minerva Orlando.
Natsu: Lucy Heartfillia, Lisanna Strauss, Yukino Aguria, Erza Scarlet, Ultear Milkovich, Milliana.
Now before any of guys start giving me YOUR BULLSHIT, I'm just going to say this deciding is still UNOFFICIAL.
SO DON'T ANY OF YOU SPINE SPAMMING FLAMING ASSHOLES DARE SAY ANYTHING!
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Now that's out of my system, if you want to give me suggestions about the setup or anything else about the story, just say so in the reviews or PM, and I'll get back to ya soon!
Yes, there will be other Phoenix Slayers in the story, just wait patiently for their introduction.
And yes, I have read the recent Fairy Tail chapters, so yeah you'll be expecting something out of that too.
Finally, If you haven't checked my Bio yet, there are some story challenges for any of you authors out there that you would like to take, go ahead! Just give me a PM if you're interested and we'll sort out the details!
Now for some fun facts!
~ Phoenix senses are basically the same as a regular birds. They have amazing hearing and eyesight abilities, however smell is about the same to a regular humans.
~ Any kind of fire magic has no effect on either Natsu or Ray. However, I'm making it that both Dragon and Phoenix Slayer fire can feel the effects of each others attacks, but they can also eat each others flames as well.
~ Like regular Phoenix's, Phoenix Slayers also have their own healing ability. And since Ray's healing factor is still underdeveloped, that means his healing process is much slower as a child.
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