A/N: Sup my fellow readers. wiErD here and I've finally got the first chapter to you guys.

Let me remind that the story takes place in the aftermath of the battle between Fairy Tail and Tartaros. For those who are waiting for Sayla to appear, I think she might be here in the chapter as well.

This is a journey for the two of them together, fighting what's right or wrong with romance sprouting in between.

Anyways, let's get to the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own Fairy Tail or its characters. Hiro Masima owns them by right.


- An Unlikely Companion -

It was cold.

The tiny raindrops continue to splatter down unto the hard ground as clouds covered the skies, dying the landscape in a eerily dull grey color. Thunders roared at the distance which begun with lightning appearing from within the clouds itself.

A sole figure slowly trudged along the dirt path as his pink hair is slowly drenched in the rain together with his clothes. His face hung low, forever looking at the ground in despair. And his expression matches that of the dull landscape before him.

One oddity on his features is the two small horns located at the top of his head in which he soon began to cover it with a cloak in order to conceal from the eyes of the onlookers. Luckily, there was no one around him as he solely walked blindly to the road without knowing his destination.

He wanted to get away as far as possible. From Fairy Tail, from his friends.'

After all, how could he face them in his current state?

He was the source of it all. The source of their troubles and their sufferings as they fought Tartaros in which he was the guild master.

It didn't make sense to him of how he created such a guild like that. Zeref never told him anything yet but the truth of him being E.N.D. is genuine. His sudden change was proof of that but-

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He just don't want to believe all of it. In all his life, he'd never do anything to hurt his comrades, his family. He'd rather fight for them for as long as he could and this revelation of him being END who created Tartaros in which killed thousands of innocent people simply weighed down his heart to the point that he cannot seem to find a way to correct all of this.

Was he really this ruthless before? Is this the life that he had before meeting Igneel 14 years back?

He didn't know and he didn't want to remember all of it.

The only thing worth doing right now is getting away as far as possible from his friends. It was the most wise decision that he had ever chose in order for them to be safe from him. Who knows if someone were to be hurt yet again because of him.

Thinking back on his friends, memories flashed right into his mind like river as if reminiscing them for only a short time. Images of his team and his family back at the guild played inside his mind and he could only give a bitter smile unto himself, seeing that how much he had caused them pain in that fight.

'I wonder what everyone feels now that I'm gone?' He thought about his friends back but he suddenly erased his thoughts about them since they've still yet to know about his disappearance.

He worried about Happy.

Now that he's gone, he will be left alone. Just like how Igneel left him without saying anything back when he was a child. He blamed himself for being such a horrible friend and father to him.

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However, this was for the best. In order to keep them from harm's way, he had to get away from them as far as possible. He can no longer return back to the place where he usually calls home.

The warmth of his friends' presence are no longer there, only his own cursed flame will warm him in the cold nights from now on.

It's a sad fate indeed. For a demon like him.

Feeling another surge of pain coming out from his head, Natsu felt like the power is starting to tear him apart. With his hands on his head, he slightly crouched down in order to focus on the pain and tried to suppress it with his own power.

After the book merged into him, he felt something rather ominous coming from his power as his flames grew darker than before. As of now, he was trying to suppress it with his own will in order to keep himself from running amok.

He remembered the words that Zeref left to him before he vanished.

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-That he'll come to acknowledge his existence as the strongest demon he'd ever created.

Natsu only winced as he hastily buried that thought away before standing defiantly towards the cloudy skies.

No!-

He will not acknowledge it!

He is Natsu Dragneel, not some demon created by a mass murderer. No matter what happens, he will try to find a way in order to prevent this power from controlling him. He swore himself that he will never use this ever again.

With that mindset, he continued on his journey down to the road and eventually disappeared into distance.

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As the rain continued, a mysterious cloaked figure was seen on the far distance to where the pinkette was. Stopping for a moment, he observed the figure before him from the distance. Just like him, his clothes was somehow drenched from the weather except for his head which was covered by the cloak.

After a few minutes as the pinkette continued his walk, the figure followed as well though keeping a far distance in order not to get noticed by him.

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Another few hours of walking and the day has finally shifted to the afternoon but the clouds never even changed at that time as the sky was still covered by grey and dark clouds hovering above. The only difference right now is the rain as it finally stopped, leaving only the world with puddles and pools of water covering the ground in its aftermath.

The sun was not able to light its way to the ground since the clouds continue to obscure its presence from Earthland, giving the ground a lot of time to dry up.

Natsu stopped for a moment in the nearby forest as he grabbed a fruit from one of the trees as his food source after walking non-stop. He doesn't know this place since he blindly took on any road he had come across to, just to get away from Fairy Tail as possible.

He sat in a nearby large rock as which was located at the side of the road while also looking at the landscape before him. It was somewhat strange to see the lack of people passing by in this area. Even after walking for many hours, he had not seen a single soul just yet.

He was quite relieved since his powers weren't acting up the way they are from before.

Well, he was fortunate to see all this fair results for now as he didn't want any of the people finding out his true identity and probably having his power suddenly bursting out of control.

Sighing for the first time in this journey, Natsu silently ate the fruit. With his one hand rested on his cloak in order to conceal his horns, he used the other in order to eat the fruit. Time slowly passed before him as he gazed over to the blurry sunset before him but the thickness of the clouds simply made it hard for him to gaze at its wonderful scenery.

It didn't help him further as he found the fruit quite sour for his taste.

"It's awful." He muttered to himself before throwing it away and tried to think.

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A few minutes later, a group of thugs eventually came across the road and took notice of the dragonslayer's concealed figure as they moved closer to him in very intimidating way.

"Well, lookie here... We got ourselves a traveler..." One of the thugs smirked in response before taking out a magic embedded knife from his pocket and pointed it to the pinkette without mercy.

"Hand over your valuables, boy."

Natsu never replied and simply stayed on his own position as if they were really never there. Sure enough, his still-like response to them simply ticked them off as they all brought their weapons before the dragonslayer with their face filled with killing intent.

"Are you ignoring us?!"

"You heard him? I said, hand over your things or we'll cut that throat of yours." They threatened but Natsu could only move a little as he simply grabbed one of the thug's knife and simply burned it away with ease much to their shock. The flames were redder and darker than it was before.

It was also his first time calling out his flames after that incident.

On the other hand, the thugs were simply taken aback from the pinkette's powers as they were left in fear to see him standing up once again and summoned a dark red flame from his hand as if he was about to scorch them away.

"I-It's a mage!"

"Shit! Run!" Due to their overwhelming fright, they ran away from him and simply left their things with him in order to get away from him as far as possible. Despite them being as normal humans, they could sense as malevolent aura circling around the pinkette just now and they made the right choice to run away from him, fearing for their lives.

As soon as the thugs were gone, Natsu dissipated his flames before looking down straight to his hand and saw the change of his power. Ever since, the book merged into him, his powers were far stronger than it was before though he couldn't help but feel that it has been corrupted and that the power is slowly coming in towards him as if it was swallowing him whole.

Setting his thoughts about his powers aside, he looked down on the dropped items of the thugs earlier and simply took out some consumables for his own. A new set of clothes which consisted of a black coat with red trimmings on the edges, a pair of black shoes and loose dark pants for the coat itself. It was also accompanied by a black cloak. There were two pairs of the clothing inside the baggage together with some foods in it.

Natsu could only wonder where those thugs had stolen these kinds of things. It would only bother him if he had taken possession of this stolen items for his own gain however-

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-with things right now and the place where they had stolen these clothes are probably far away by now. There's no need to play mister goody-two-shoes here. If Erza was right here, he would've been beaten half to death.

He soon took the clothes for himself and replaced his own tattered ones and eventually burned them away in order to leave no evidence or trace of him.

Somehow it fitted him perfectly, seeing that it was not that short nor long for his own taste. The matching colors of his clothes might help him blend in the dark too, save for his pink hair. He solved that problem as he placed a hood together with his horns as well.

"Why did you let them go?" It was then a feminine voice resounded from behind as he widen his eyes in shock before looking back in alarm towards the unknown figure behind him.

His eyes darted over to the wounded figure of a woman dressed in a somewhat beige-colored leopard kimono outfit which was also dirtied in the process. It was strapped unto a torso with a thick, decorative yellow ribbon that ties behind her back. Below her was a pair of high socks that reaches unto her thighs though with her feet lacking any foot wear as she was already walking barefoot, seeing that they were sore at the moment, probably from the walking during the rain.

Despite that appearance, Natsu never left his guard down and raised his fists and defense.

"Y-You smell something similar... By the way, who're you?!"

The figure never replied but instead, she unveiled her tattered cloak from him as it revealed a pair of large golden horns protruding from the side of her head. A white band is seen upon her hair, seemingly to separate her hair from the sides while also framing her bangs in the process which also revealed a rather odd-looking symbol on her forehead.

Looking at her horns, Natsu could only realize of what type of person she is.

With a stuttering reply, he could only point out a finger towards her.

"Y-You're-"

"Sayla... ... I've come to reunite with my Master..."

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The night was coming up so fast as the light of the day eventually vanished and only to be replaced by darkness that soon covered the entire world, making way for the nocturnal beings to wander through the outside world.

Situated at the forest were two figures temporarily camping outside away from the road in order to avoid any attention coming from the people. Since the night has fallen, they both needed a place to settle the night while also exchanging their explanations from each other.

A small fire was lit up on the middle of the camp as Natsu helped out for the materials while also cutting down some several woods for them to sit and probably rest for the entire night.

Natsu sat on the other log as he stared oddly at the fire and not before long he gazed towards Sayla who was his former enemy and his once former guildmate on his forgotten guild which had been destroyed by his friends several days ago.

There was an awkward silence before them as Natsu find it hard to converse with an enemy who was trying to kill his friends at first but then submitted her own will to him just because he was her guild master.

It was a pretty unusual situation for him and that this woman was supposed to be one of the demons from the books of Zeref and one of the most powerful as she was one with the infamous Nine Demon Gates.

Right now, she might be the only surviving member of his other former guild and that both of them were once on the same said guild.

Another wave of silence went through the two of them until Natsu finally couldn't take it anymore and decided to talk.

"Why are you here?" He asked.

"I'm here to serve for my master."

"How did you find me here?"

"I noticed your presence from a mile away... It was then I knew that Master END has finally revived."

"Awakened to be exact." He corrected with a nonchalant reply which somehow surprised the purple-haired demon girl.

"Eh?"

There was moment of silence between them as Natsu began to ponder once again about the events that transpired during his encounter with the Black Mage.

Sure, he wouldn't mind telling some since this girl is probably harmless right now, seeing that she sustained too many damages already ever since her fight with Fairy Tail.

"... He was there. Zeref was there all along."

"Zeref?!" She exclaimed in surprise.

"Yeah... It happened right after the battle with your leader..."

"You mean, Mard Geer? He was just a temporary leader for us... The real master is you END-sama." She corrected.

"Are we gonna talk about Zeref or me?" He spoke with irritation on his voice. Sayla didn't reply but simply went silent, confirming her decision to listen to his part of the story.

"... Like I said, Zeref was there all this time... He's been watching me and everyone else, including you all back in Tartaros. He revealed everything to me just after my father died. That I'm the END you're all talking about."

"Lord Zeref wishes us to fulfill our roles... That one day we will all return to him as he had created us in the first place." She added.

"Well, I'm not going..." He suddenly replied with a sarcastic remark.

"Why?"

"Because I'm Natsu Dragneel not E.N.D. And if you ever think about reforming your guild with me, I'm sorry to say, I'm not doing it anymore. I'm not letting the same pain inflict on to my friends. Even if I need to fight this own power myself." He stood up from his seat as he looked at the female demon with a fierce gaze.

"But you're no longer a member of that guild... You're Master E.N.D. The one who formed Tartaros. Our safe haven for the books of Zeref. With your power, we can restore our guild back into its former glory." She spoke in a monotone despite Natsu's denial.

"Tartaros is destroyed..."

"But Master is still alive." She replied.

"What are you trying to achieve here?!" He demanded, seeing that her alarming presence gives him an uncomfortable feeling.

"I'm here to serve under my master... Until the time we can reunite with Lord Zeref-"

"I'm nobody's master and I'll never do anything to cause harm on anyone here." He cut her off. His patience with her is almost at its limit. "E.N.D. is never going to awaken and he'll never will..."

He simply turned around to walk away from the campfire but not before long he spoke to her once again.

"There's a pair of clothes in the bag... I'm leaving here at dawn and I'm not expecting you to follow me just because I'm your master. We maybe demons but I'll never become anyone like you."

And with that he turned around and disappeared from the forest in order to clear his head.

All this talk about demons and stuff are making his head worse than it was before.


The next day...

Natsu eventually returned back to the camp after sleeping unto a nearby tree trunk somewhere as he had trouble sleeping next to a demon girl.

Speaking of who, there was no sight of Sayla around the camp as he only saw a burnt-out camp fire at the center together with the things he got from the thugs yesterday.

Looking at the baggage itself, Natsu saw a lack of clothes in it and could only assume that Sayla took them and went on to their separate ways. He was somehow glad that it came to be that way but he couldn't shake the fact that she might be scheming somewhere in order to restore Tartaros on her own.

Well, if it comes to that, he'll just have to confront her and probably destroy her once and for all. He didn't want any of the demons to wreck havoc in Fiore without him knowing it.

He approached the bag and placed all the things together in order to prepare his journey once more. Sooner of later, someone might spot him here and it's best to keep himself hidden from the eyes of any people in the area in order to avoid panic.

He still had his problems, concerning about his power and also his association with Fairy Tail. It will be very bad for him if his friends began an all-out search mission for him.

Shaking those thoughts aside, the pinkette continued his own doing and prepared all the things for his next journey. He burned the two logs around the camp fire and turned his attention back at the road.

There was no sign of her or any of the people passing by in both sides.

"Are we leaving already?" It was then the same familiar voice came from behind him which caused him to jump out in surprise as he looked behind and saw Sayla in the same matching outfit as his, except for the leopard kimono outfit that she kept.

"Why are you still here?! Didn't I tell you to stay away from me?!" He replied with an accusing finger towards her.

"I serve on my master's will... Wherever he goes, I'll follow." She declared.

"That's not the case! I'm not telling you this a second time..." Before he could even finish his statement, Sayla shook her head for a moment before muttering something that caught his attention.

"If that's what master wished to do then I'll have no problems with it."

"W-What?" He stuttered.

"Even if master doesn't want to bring back Tartaros, I'll still follow you to the very end." She replied with a serious look on her face.

"Why are you insisting in following me?" He groaned.

"Because you're E.N.D. Our Master."

Natsu sighed in defeat. There's nothing for him to gain anything from shoving her away from him. And from the looks of it, she has her unswerving loyalty to him as she sees him as her master. Then again, it's making him really uncomfortable at times.

Well at least, one of his worries are gone. He'll have no trouble in locating her if she ever does something evil again. He might not even have to destroy her after all as long as she stays away from the humans.

"FINE! I'll let you come along with me..." He surrendered.

Although it was brief but he was sure to have noticed her smiling delight from his reply earlier. He didn't even know that demons are capable of smiling or even capable of doing that kind of thing like humans do.

Sayla only bowed in respect as she expressed her own gratitude towards her master for letting her come along in his journey. There was nothing greater than that.

"I'm honored to serve under you, Master."

"Yeah, yeah... Let's go..." Natsu brushed off the honorifics and paced a few steps ahead of her in which she immediately followed as they trudged down on the lonely road together side by side.

Both of them were silent for a moment until Natsu spoke once again.

"I do have a name, you know..."

"Hmm?" She titled her head in confusion.

"Call me, Natsu... I don't like the idea of anyone calling me, master."

"O-Oh... Then, Natsu-sama... I'm very honored to be walking beside you." She bowed with formality.

And in just like that, the two demons began their unlikely journey together into Fiore.


A/N: And here's the first chapter... Hope ya like it.

I kinda like the idea of Sayla wanting to be at her master's side, seeing that she wanted to serve him loyally. The first chapters of this story might just feature the time of them together and their struggle towards the human world and Natsu's dilemma on his acceptance to his END powers. Initially he would want to deny it but I'm not doing entirely of that.

I'll try to slowly make him accept of who he is and try to use his own power for the good of the others. Think about it as the vigilante from the shadows. Like a Zoro-like theme character build-up for him. It also goes to Sayla as well as she will try to adapt her own nature towards to humans from the help of Natsu of course, it will be like changing her old ways and simply being convinced by Natsu to learn and love the humans just like he did to Igneel.

Well, enough of that explanation. There's a lot of to see in the next chapter so let's look forward it to that.

Thanks for the early supports and I really appreciate all of your response to my new story despite its early stages. See you all on the second chapter!

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