A/U: Well it's been a while since I posted for this story the chapter was kind of rushed so I don't know how good it was, I got my sister to read it since she loves anime and she said it was good even though there was very little action so I hope you guys enjoy. Ps I've been thinking of writing a Natsu x Kagura fanfic let me know if you think I should so I know if it's a good idea, but just so you know probs gonna still do it if you don't think it's a good idea.
Chapter three:
"Dad"
"It's been a long time hasn't it son?"
"What the hell you scaly bastard you go missing for seven years and now you just show with no what so ever, I want answers now" the dragonslayer yells at his foster father waving his arms in a very childlike manner. The large red scaled dragon stares at the boy with his molten draconian eyes for a few moments only to burst into earth shaking fits of laughter oh how he missed his son's antics.
Wiping away a stray tear with a gigantic claw the dragon blows out some steam in the form of a weighing sigh, "answers, well you are more than deserving of them as are the other dragonslayers but they will have to wait a bit longer, not long though it seems time is different in this world than that of Earth-Land."
"I suppose I should start from the beginning," "that would be helpful." "400 years ago….."Shit not a history lesson I already had one today" Natsu started to whine interrupting his father. "Shut up brat and don't dare ever interrupt the great and mighty Igneel like that again." The voice of the large red dragon boomed.
"…ahem… as I was saying 400 years ago around the start of the great dragon wars myself and several others of my kind stood along with the humans to fend off the dragons, though we didn't want to kill our own we were left with next to no choice…" Igneel stopped speaking for a moment his voice was getting more and more serious with every word that was spoke.
"Eventually we came to the decision to bless humanity with a magic capable of defeating dragons themselves, dragon slayer magic. However if the humans were fight against the dragon they'd need someone to lead them, someone to step forward and take control of mankind's destiny," Natsu could see Igneel stiffen a new that something must have happened between him and whoever he was about to mention.
"The man who led the human race forward was at the time the current King of Fiore, his name Acnologia." Igneel's voice was stern, it conveyed anger and at the same time regret. "Pops what are you saying?" was all Natsu was capable of saying to shocked to say anything else. "I know what you are thinking Natsu, but originally Acnologia was a dragonslayer the first dragonslayer and the most powerful to date."
Composing himself Natsu started to try and form words remembering the terror from Tenrou that was the dragon of the apocalypse Acnologia. "How we, my guild fought him a dragon with our most powerful wizards and tree dragonslayers plus Laxus who's a second generation slayer and we couldn't even scratch him.
Igneel could hear the distress and fear in his voice "Natsu dragonslayer magic has a terrible after effects on its user's body, when you use immense amounts of dragonslayer magic consecutively you create a process called Dragonification. This causes your body to slowly morph over time into that of a dragon and thus why Acnologia became a dragon although because slayer magic was stronger back in that time he was able to kill a lot of dragons, so much so that he would bathe and drink the blood of the dragons that fell at his hand speeding up his transformation.
As Igneel finished explaining Natsu was left speechless as he felt a wash of emotions and thoughts run through his body, anger and fear whether or not he Gajeel and Wendy would become heartless dragons like Acnologia and the fact that that monster was still somewhere out there in Earth-land. As he was about to speak up Igneel beat him to it.
"if you're thinking about the other slayers don't worry, second generation dragonslayers aren't affected by Dragonification and the iron and sky dragon slayers will be taken care of I assure you, it was the very reason we left all of you seven years ago to halt your Dragonification so we could find a way to stop it. Eventually we did but unfortunately for you my boy the process stopped half way when you were transported to this world." Igneel's voice was stern he wanted Natsu to understand what sort of situation he was in.
Natsu could feel the sweat trickle down the side of his face as he looked down towards the ground so his hair shadowed his eyes, all remained deadly silent for a few moments until he spoke "so I guess I'm going to end up like him huh?" However Natsu was not expecting the response he got, he heard hi foster father laughing "Hey I thought this was serious stop laughing you big red scaly bastard."
"Sorry but what do you take me for my boy?" Natsu gave Igneel a blank look as to say come again. "I did say the process was stopped about half way but the process is an irreversible one, the night me and the other dragons disappeared we fused our bodies into yours and the other slayers while you slept. While we were in your bodies over the years we were fighting off Dragonification cells although I imagine Grandeeney had it easiest out of all, anyway after your bodies were cleared we started making Anti-dragonification cells to stop future transformations after we left your bodies.
Taking this all in at once was difficult to start with but at least now he knew that Igneel and the other dragons didn't abandon him, Wendy and Gajeel. "Now back to you, as I said the process is irreversible and now only half complete as I couldn't travel to that dimension with you as of right now I'm in a hibernating like state on Tenrou Island. With a half complete process if you were to transform I would say that it would probably be an extension of your dragon force with the addition of extra scales, some horns and wings.
Natsu's eyes lit up when he heard his foster father say horns and wings he seemed to be in some sort of daze when Igneel snapped him out of it with his thunderous voice, " I wasn't finished brat so shut up and listen,… think of the transformation as that thing your little girlfriend's sister does with demons. Natsu knew Igneel was talking about Lisanna and his face went as pink as his hair earning a small chuckle from the dragon, hell if what the dragon said was true he knew the dragon was able to witness everyone of Natsu's "best" and "worst" moments and most likely knew how he felt about said take-over mage.
Recomposing himself he managed to say "you men Mira's Satan Soul, that's take-over magic." Closing his molten yellow eyes the dragon started inwardly thinking before he spoke aloud "yes it is an interesting magic indeed I often wondered what she would've been like if she had gotten a dragon soul, the thought both intrigues and terrifies me, (both Natsu and Igneel shudder trying to imagine it) when that Mirajane women was at her strongest I would have considered her the strongest women in Fairytail but after you know what she was never the same, but who knows maybe with time she'll be back on top."
"So then you've seen all my fights then?" Natsu asked his father excitedly, "more or less only the ones that interested me like when you fought the God slayer, when you allowed that Jellal fellow to help you enter dragon force or THE TIME YOU ATE FUCKING ETHERION THAT HURT ME AS WELL YOU KNOW YOU SHITTY BRAT!" "None the less I'm proud of you for everything you did and seeing as we don't have much time left before our next meeting I'll give you a parting gift as well as knowledge.
In front of Igneel an orange flame started to glow, "Natsu these are your flames the flames of a fire dragonslayer through every day I have watched over you they have continued to burn hotter and glow brighter showing that with everyday your strength increases." Next a golden flame that was wilder but emanates a friendlier aura to it, "These are the flames of rebuke, these are the flames of your dragon force the flames that contain the sins of a man that you once considered your enemy but considered him an alley after the actions he showed you. Filling the third spot in what appeared to create a triangle along with the other two flames around Natsu was a dark red and crimson flame.
"This is my gift to you Natsu, these are from an old friend of mine, the Hell fire dragon Atlas Flame, and these are his Hell fire Flames they will burn away magic upon touching it and consume all mother fire weaker than it. Water and wind magics are useless against this fire take become stronger and make this world a better place."
"Igneel what about Acnologia?" "Don't worry my boy once we all wake up I'll explain to everyone what is happening and that I will keep an eye on Acnologia." "Natsu this knowledge I am about to part with is important so listen closely o….." however he couldn't continue as Natsu had now been engulfed by lightning cloaked flames, Igneel could see these flames were much stronger, more unstable and wilder than the other three.
"Natsu what is the meaning of this?" the red Dragons voice boomed "I don't the last I was like this was when I got super powerful after absorbing all of Laxus' magic energy and laid the hurt on that Hades Bastard." He answered plainly smiling with a cocky grin remembering the beat down he gave Hades. Igneel started messaging his scaly temples realising how much of a child his son still was, "Natsu do you have any idea how dangerous that is to eating another slayers element?"
Natsu gave Igneel a cocky grin "of course I know, but if that element agrees with your own then the dangers decrease dramatically." He responded with a triumphant grin "what do you mean?" the large dragon asked raising his scaly brow in a questioning manner. "My element is fire, Laxus' is lightning and lightning is like a pure expression of fire."
Igneel thought about it for a while, he never knew his son would go as far to improve himself as to find out about dual elements. Igneel then motioned for Natsu to step out of the Lightning cloaked flames so he could examine it, after a few minutes started smiling. "Believe it or not my boy you've created a new type of dragonslayer magic dual elements, in all my time in this world no slayer not even Acnologia has managed such a feat, if the other dragonslayers possess the same knack for it as you then I'm sure together along with the dragons we will be able to defeat Acnologia once and for all.
"But I don't want you to use this dual element magic unless it is absolutely necessary, the sheer magic power consumed by it is enormous and will most likely require serious training to get used to before using it seriously in a battle so for now if you're in a pinch use either your dragon force or hell fire flames." "Okay pops I'll make sue to master this power so I can change this world for the better."
"Oh and Natsu remember to live every day to the fullest, remember those you cared and loved for and above all else live for a better tomorrow, you may have lost love in the form one person but remember I can be reborn in the form of something or someone else. Don't worry I'll tell the girl how you felt about her, this won't be our last meeting next time, I'll make sure I come back with a message from everyone in Fairytail.
Natsu slowly finds himself waking up when he looks at his clock to see he has been asleep for almost an hour, still unsure whether or not the dream was just a dream and nothing else Natsu extends his right hand out in an arcing fashion and starts concentrating before muttering "Hellfire Flames" dark red and crimson flames started to spiral around the tips of Natsu's fingers until his entire hand was cloaked. Natsu was amazed he had never felt flames like these before it was quite strange at first but the longer his hand was alight the better it felt.
"Wow these flames are way stronger than my regular ones I might have to take them for a test drive soon but I don't think there is anyone at this school apart from Mikogami who could take me in a fight, guess I'll be back to smashing rocks and cliffs." The mention of this caused a sly grin to form on his face. Just as Natsu left the Male dormitories he heard someone scream and ran in the direction of the scream.
Let us go back an hour to Moka and Tsukune after Natsu left.
"I wonder what's got him so down?" the pink haired vampire asked the brunette beside her, Natsu had left their field of vision about five minutes ago and the two seemed pretty worried about their friend, one more so than the other well two so if you count inner Moka as well. Tsukune however was trying to wrap his head around where he was all that was talked about in class was monster society this and human monster cohabitation that it, really put him on edge.
The two sat on a bench enjoy some drinks they got from the vender, Tsukune got a cola while Moka got a can of tomato juice, as the two talked worryingly about their concerns for Natsu when Moka noticed Tsukune unsteady tone of voice. "Tsukune is something bothering you I mean other than Natsu?" "Damn she noticed!" he knew he couldn't hide it forever but before he could say anything a familiar unfriendly voice came from around the corner.
"Jeez Babe what's hottie like you doing with a wimp like this guy?" Saizo asked as lifted Tsukune up effortlessly into the air and then threw the flailing boy against the vending machine leaving a large dent in the machine. Moka went to run to see if Tsukune was alive knowing he was human his body probably wasn't as sturdy as a Youkai's. However as she ran she felt a strong grip around her wrist and turned to see Saizo with a sick grin plastered on his face "where do you think you're going? Stick around we'll have a blast."
Swiftly pulling her hand away Moka starts to run after Tsukune who had long since left she spent around half an hour looking for him she found him on the school roof with a pack of ice on his ice. She quickly ran over to him to see if he wasn't too badly hurt but before she could say anything he said under his breathe "this really is a school for monsters, Moka froze at what he said and well inner Moka wanted to come out and beat the guy senseless she knew how her outer self was sensitive with the issue of being called a monster.
Tsukune the turned around to meet her gaze before speaking "am I right or wrong, everyone in the school here are monsters, you and Natsu as well?" he asked but it was more like a statement. "No not everyone, while it's true that the academy is for helping us get along with humans, it is very hard because of humans view us but Natsu is human, it's just hard to explain you wouldn't believe if I tried you humans are all the same afraid of what's different. Natsu is the first friend I've ever had and human to boot he doesn't view me as a monster he views me as me so if that's too hard for you then just leave the academy before you get yourself killed.
A few minutes later looking out over the roof railing Moka saw Tsukune with his bag slung over his shoulder leaving the school grounds, "Omote I now you've had terrible dealings with humans in the past but is this the best way to go about this, I mean a human doesn't just wake up every morning and acknowledge the existence of our kind think about how he feels trying to take all that in in one day not to mention the fact that he has the high possibility of being killed."
"I know Ura-chan but remembering all those painful memories of attending humans schools just came up and made me say it, I didn't mean to I know deep down he is a nice person but every time I think about the teasing the abuse we got from the other kids it makes me so angry but then I think about…" "You think about Natsu and the pain just seems to vanish, yeah I feel exactly the same" the inner Moka completed.
"I'm going to go apologize and convince him to come no matter what." Moka soon ran after Tsukune trying to find him, though she hadn't realised she was being shadowed by someone at the time.
And that brings us to where we are now
Rushing to where he heard the scream Natsu caught three scents two he recognised as Moka's and Tsukune's and the third was one that almost caused him to puke. Natsu started to pick up speed when he heard a thud in the distance not stopping until he came across a sight that made his blood boil Tsukune had been tossed against a tree and had been badly injured but what really set him off was the he recognised the third person their as Saizo who had what appeared to be an elongated tongue wrapped around Moka's leg lifting her up in the air.
Saizo then went to toss her at the cliff however moving at lightning speeds according to Saizo or normal in Natsu standards he reached Moka before she fell. Setting her down Natsu didn't realise how shaky her legs were until she fell upon touching the ground, making the motion to catch Natsu accidentally snagged off the rosary causing a bright red light to surround Moka. The result of said light showed a now silver haired Moka who was well-endowed than the previous pink haired Moka.
By the time her transformation was done Saizo had already turned himself into an Orc but as he felt the power emanate from her he feared for his life, the fear only intensified as she opened her blood crimson eyes and began to spoke. "You think you can hurt my friend and defile my body, you need to know you place!" she growled at him as she walked forward only to be stopped by the arm of a certain pinkette who stood to her right.
"What are you doing Natsu? He needs to pay for what he has done" "Oh don't worry he will except it will be me that makes him pay for hurting my friends plus I haven't really used any of my magic properly since I got here, I thought you wanted to see what I could do" he said the last part with a sly grin that caused the fearsome S-class vampire's cheeks to turn a light shade of pink.
"Do whatever you want but if you can't beat him if more than five hits I'm stepping in" she replied turning away so he wouldn't notice the look on her face while the rosary "You LLLiiikkkeee him" Omote Mocked. "Five please I'll beat him in one," Natsu replied grinning cockily. "Hah one hit I'd like to see you try, the vampire maybe but you have no chance."
Moka had to agree with Saizo she knew even with her depleted power she could take an orc out with one hit but she didn't know how strong Natsu was and a one hit-Ko was a tall order. "AL righty then everyone stand back and watch the fireworks." Natsu said addressing everyone present before tilting his head back at Moka and giving her a playful smirk and then quickly turning to face his opponent in a battle stance.
"Old man Mikogami said I wasn't allowed to use my powers on campus but we aren't on campus anymore are we, but don't worry I'll keep it below 10% so I don't kill." Natsu said to Saizo everyone was now paying attention to Natsu especially inner Moka (real Moka/Ura-chan/ the one with silver hair) after he said 10%.
Saizo felt as if he was being mocked even if you were an s class you would struggle using less than 10% of their power against someone who was as adverse in physical combat as an orc. Not thinking Saizo just charged straight for Natsu and hit him smack in the middle of the face but he didn't budge, and this caused everyone to go into a state of shock, Tsukune was now having a hard time believing this guy was human after what Moka told him.
Quickly jumping away to gain distance Saizo looked at the face of his target to see it unscathed not even marked "w-what the hell sort of monster are you?" he questioned in fear, causing Natsu to smirk. "Me I'm the Salamander, in my language it means…Fire Dragon." Engulfing his right lower arms in flames runs at Saizo at speeds only Moka's eyes can follow before immediately stopping in from of him and calling out "Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!"
Slamming his fist into the orcs chest Natsu sends Saizo flying engulfing him in flames that aren't burning him to ash, Tsukune and Moka can only watch in awe as they see Saizo crashing through several trees but still not slowing down his pace. Eventually he comes to a stop in a smouldering cratering with a few mild burn marks and broken bones.
"Amazing he took him out in one hit, I've never seen magic like this and this is only supposed to be less the 10% of his full power" Moka thought inwardly the Moka who was currently inside the rosary was just as shocked but they snapped out of it when Natsu started walking over their way.
He walked up to Tsukune a stared at him for a minute, the tension for the brunette was unbearable but that ceased when he covered his head in pain after Natsu hit him a gentle bang over the head, "ow what was that for?" he question the pinkette angrily, "idiot, just because you're human you think that gives you the rite to discriminate against what is different." "Here he goes" both Moka's thought simultaneously smiling having a feeling about what he was going to say.
"As long as she has lived she has been labelled never called by her own name always something else, and here you find yourself in a similar situation, as a fellow human I ask you can you stand for what some of the Youkai here talk about human kind, will you walk away or will stay help me bridge the gap. If you think you can't survive your dead wrong as your friends me and Moka will protect and should worse come to shove then we will send you away.
"Look Tsukune I understand if you're afraid I've felt fear and I will never forget it." Natsu's voice seemed serious but Moka and Tsukune were sceptical what could be so god damn terrifying that it made Natsu Dragneel feel fear. "If you're wondering what it was that could scare me I'll tell but a different time the important lesson from fear is something a good friend and someone who was the closest thing to a father I had after my foster father told me."
"Fear is not evil, it shows us our weaknesses and it is only when we recognise our weakness that we can become kinder stronger people." Natsu smirked as he ended the slightly changed quote from Gildarts knowing the same message still applied and that he was actual drop a bombshell of wisdom on somebody's ass.
Moka and Tsukune were truly taken back by his works of wisdom but that was supressed by his next statement, "plus the bus only comes once a month so you're stuck here until then, looks like you'll have to survive till then." He stated sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head as he chuckled to himself.
"Fine I guess now that everything is sorted there is nothing to worry about, however I was brought out for no reason, if you could have done that from the start then there wasn't any need for me to come out I demand compensation." Moka started saying softly before it started to turn into a scowl.
"Compensation…what do you ouch" Natsu couldn't finish as he felt two needle like objects pierce the skin on his neck, it wasn't that it hurt him it was more like it just surprised him as he recognised the feeling of her sucking his blood.
Tsukune just stood at the side processing what just took place, "so she really is a vampire, but she seems nice and I don't know how to view what happening, I mean he's just letting her suck his blood… man I must be thinking this through too much."
When she finally stopped for air much to her own disappointment she looked up at Natsu to see him with his usual heart melting smile that forced her to look away out of embarrassment and started muttering "…sorry…didn't…to…"
"I'm sorry Moka I didn't hear exactly what you said but I think I got the most of it and don't worry remember a little bit of blood for a friend is nothing for me." He told her as his smile intensified causing her blush to do so as well.
"Ahem if I may ask a few questions?" Moka and Natsu completely forgot about Tsukune standing there causing the two to jump away from each other with a very noticeable pink hue present on their faces.
Recomposing himself for the following questions he managed to form some words "S-sure fire away," Natsu replied shakily. "Okay you say your human but, I find that highly unlike with that inhuman strength of yours saying that it was less than 10% of your full strength and the fact you lit your arm on fire leaving no visible burn marks, so tell who you are Natsu."
Taking in all the Tsukune asked him Natsu decided to come clean, letting out a heavy sigh he started explaining about how he wasn't from this world, how he came here, about his magic and even said some things he didn't say to Moka but now that she was here it didn't matter. Now it was Tsukune's turn to take in all that was said, although sceptical at first he really couldn't say he didn't believe him after what he had witnessed today.
"Wow I didn't think that another world existed out there." Tsukune said in amazement, "Well there is my friend my family all the people I kept close are in that world….. And I can't ever see them again because of that damn bastard Acnologia." Natsu replied his tone sounding more aggressive and dangerous with every word. "Well as long as were on the same page lets head back shall we."
"Hang on Natsu, there is still something I want to see, that attack of yours was incredibly powerful but you say it was only 10% of your full power, then show me an attack at your full power." Moka asked her tone dead serious though it only caused the dragonslayer to smirk at her.
"I'm afraid that's impossible in my current state using my full power would be suicide, my body isn't strong enough to survive that sort of power, besides it'd be much to dangerous even to show you, the immense heat I give off even if I limited it down to 50% would be enough to set fire to the trees even if I were a good hundred meters away." He reasoned
Letting out a rather noticeable sigh Moka knew that her friend was only watching out for her and Tsukune so dropped her head in defeat. This didn't go unnoticed by Natsu, he didn't like disappointing people and sure as hell loved showing off how powerful he was. "Tell you what go take cover behind that big boulder there and I'll crank up the power and show you something more powerful."
Obeying him and then telling him it was okay to start Natsu walked over to the cliff and faced the ocean. He had his eyes closed and looked as if he were concentrating, suddenly he opened his eyes and got into a wide stance before shouting back to his observers, "ready to see something special" said observers nodded in anticipation.
Natsu then started inhaling copious amounts of air making his cheeks bloat out, Moka and Tsukune watched him with odd stares as to say "what's so special about that." Then throwing back his head a large read circle with what appeared to have a dragon's head in the centre and intricate markings throughout the circle.
They then heard the words "FIRE DRAGON'S…ROAR!" and watched in awe as they an enormous torrent of flames leave Natsu move and tear through the ocean, the flames were a mix of bright red, orange and yellow and let of immense heat so much so that Moka and Tsukune almost fainted.
When the attack died down they could see flickers of flames in the corners of his mouth as Natsu was slightly hunched over to one side. Moka and Tsukune were still awe struck as they saw the steam rise up from where the flames came into contact with the ocean.
"What terrifying power, no wonder people called him monster and to think there are others just like him and even stronger from where he comes from." Moka thought to herself she could have sworn when she saw him roar she saw an actual dragon in his stead, one that was littered with scares and had crimson red scales with soul piercing molten golden yellow eyes.
"hahaha I don't know what I'm more afraid of the monsters of the fact that I could wind up dying nearly every day just hanging around with." Tsukune said sheepishly to Natsu who was casually walking up to the stunned pair, "Hehe it's an occupational hazard" he responded similarly to Tsukune.