CHAPTER 2
The Devils' shock, upon seeing that the pink haired human could use fire magic, vanished quickly, giving way to anger and comprehension.
Comprehension because they didn 't know how strong he was, except for the fact that he showed absolute control with the way he showed them the 'come on' sign. Also, for some reason, they couldn 't sense his magic at all, which made them a little nervous.
After all, he was just a human.
A human that was getting in their way to, finally, capture the black cat he was protecting, even though they had explained what she had done. Which is the reason for their anger.
"Incapacitate him. We only need the stray. If needed, kill him." the leader ordered in a serious demeanor, not caring about the murderous glare the pinket sent him, nor the cat's narrowed eyes.
""YES, SIR!"" the two other Devils yelled in unison their compliance.
Natsu gritted his teeth in utter rage. These Devils were the same as the ones from Tartarus. They spoke about taking a life like they were ordering food; so naturally. It made him sick. And he didn 't feel the need to educate them about the preciousness of one's life; be it a human or any other living being.
So, in less than a second after the Devils finished their shouts, he shot like a bullet with his right fist already cocked back and in orange-red raging flames.
"FIRE DRAGON IRON FIST" the pinket roared angrily and shot his fist on the right Devil's face, in-between his eyes.
The Devil was unconscious the moment the punch connected with his face. He was shot in great speeds towards a tree, where he crashed and, limbly, fell to the hard ground. When he would wake up, he would be diagnosed with a serious concussion.
The other two Devils'eyes widened in disbelief at the display of speed and power of the human before them.
However, the pinket wasn 't done.
Not in the slightest.
"TALON" Natsu continued his assault with a straight, flaming kick to the left Devil's sides.
He had the same fate as the first one.
That left only the trully shocked leader.
Natsu didn 't miss a beat and, with a final attack, sent him to unconsiousness as well. Although, his concussion was the worst of the three.
"SWORDHORN" the pinket growled like a beast and headbutted the leader.
He continued to glare at the downed Devils for a moment, before saying "Don 't speak about taking a life so carelessly. Assholes.".
Then, with a sigh, he turned around to walk towards the cat. "Oh, man... these guys were as weak as they were assholes..." he whined childishly, with a matching pout.
Having witnessed everything, the cat couldn 't help but sweatdrop for the uptienth time. 'This guy...' she thought with an inaudible sigh. '...he 's strong; no doupt about that... But...his childishness knows no bounds... as well as he naivety.' her thoughts became a little more serious. 'He can 't possibly believe that there won 't come a time for him to kill someone. Be it a Devil, or even a human with a Sacred Gear.' she, silently, believed, before her thoughts made her fight down a small blush. 'That aside, his reactions to certain things are kinda cute!'
Unaware of the cat's thoughts about himself, Natsu picked her up and put her on his shoulder, giving her a toothy grin. "I knew I was right about ya!" he exclaimed cheerily, visibly confusing the poor cat. "You 're a good girl, if a bit lazy, but good girl nonetheless!" he clarified, his grin, somehow, widening. "If ya were like those bastards said, you woulda killed them even before I kicked their asses! Instead, you just sat and watched the show!" he finished his cheerful tirade in a prideful tone as he started to walk.
Que for another sweatdrop at his simple logic. Even if it was entirely true.
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The way back to the cave was a silent one, much to the cat's surprise.
Not only that, but he walked slowly as well. She noticed him taking in every single tree and path, while also, occasionally, sniffing with his nose and nodding to himself.
She didn 't know what he was thinking. However, it was a, somewhat, pleasant surprise to see him act maturely. Not impulsively like he did when he was hungry.
Or when he faced those Devils.
What, also, made her curious, was how the hell did his scarf remain unscathed from what he had done, before she found him. There wasn 't any magic coming from it. When she found him, he had multiple wounds and most of his body was covered in blood and dirt. Another curious thing about him, was that his wounds were already healing themselves at a pretty fast rate. Yet, his scarf was completely untouched.
'How the hell did he accomplish that...?' she wondered in her mind as she observed him from her spot at the entrance of the cave.
The pinket was using his flames to make the cave's ground soft in certain spots.
'Scratch that... What the hell is he doing...?'
After finishing with the ground, Natsu did the same with some spots on the walls.
"Ok." Natsu muttered in satisfaction as soon as he finished. "Now, onto the forest to bring some wood!" he declared in a childishly happy fashion, before heading for the cave's entrance/exit.
The not-so-secret-anymore Nekoshou just kept staring at him in a deadpan, even after he was lost from her view.
Feeling him quite away from the position, while also hearing the faint sound of breaking wood and the pinket's prideful cries, she decided to go back to her original form.
In a puff of smoke, she was like the first time she met him and he had already lost consciousness.
Kuroka took a look of herself and hummed in satisfaction, before her facial expression became curious.
"What would pinky think, if he saw me right now?" she wondered.
With a shrug of her shoulders and a "Nya... Who cares?!", she went to inspect the spots that Natsu had softened with his flames.
"Probably, he wants to build something... nya...!" she inspected carelessly, before taking a thinking pose, with her right index finger holding her chin.
She took her time continuously wondering what the pinket had in mind.
With her guard down.
Not realising that she spent way too much time wondering about the pinket's intentions.
Not noticing that the pinket had just arrived at the cave's entrance.
Where he could clearly see her real form.
Well, as the saying goes, curiosity killed the cat.
"So..." Natsu started, his tone of voice sounding a little curious.
She lightly jumped in surprise at his 'quick' return, but had no other reaction, besides her widened eyes.
Not only because he surprised her, but also because he was caring what seemed like over 20 big pieces of wood on his left shoulder, tied in way too much rope. In his right hand was a crudely made make-shift net full of fruits. All taken from the forest.
"That 's what ya look like! Kurola, right?!" the pinket finished his statement with his signature toothy grin and slight tilt of his head to the right. "The name 's Natsu! Natsu Dragneel!" he intronduced himself excitedly. "Nice to, finally, meetcha!" his grin widened at his greeting.
Kuroka blinked at his not what-she-expected-him-to-react way a couple of times, before her lips turned up to a teasing smirk. "Is that a way to greet a Devil, nya?!" she asked playfully, not remembering that he screwed up her name.
Or just ignored it.
"Nah..." Natsu shook his head in the negative, albeit dismissively. "Ya 're just a cat-lady, like a friend of mine." he said easily as he started to make his way towards her.
"Who?" although Kuroka sounded simply curious, she was, internally, anxious if the friend he mentioned was someone she knew very well.
"Ya, probably, don 't know her. Her name 's Millianna and she 's not from around here...wherever this is." the pinket stated, sighing in disappointment at the end. He knew, in his gut, that he was nowhere near Earthland, or even Edolas for that matter. Meaning that he would, most likely, never see his friends again.
For her part, Kuroka felt both glad and disappointed that it wasn 't the person she had in mind. Glad, because that person weren 't friends with this wierdo... and disappointed for the same reason. Because, that way, she would have the chance to come close to them, without the Devils being in her way. With the combination of hers and Natsu's power, it would be impossible for simple minions to prevent her from seeing them.
Or so she believed, anyway.
However, after her not-so-good thoughts ended, she realised what he said at the end. "You 're right, nya. I don 't know her." she gave the unneeded afirmation with a slow nod, knowing that he wasn 't looking at her, since he had already started his work on building whatever he had in mind... with his bare hands being the tools and his flames being his only help. "By the way, where are you from, nya?" she asked interested, her tails swinging back and forth slowly.
Natsu stiffened at the question, before relaxing with an inaudible sigh and continued his work. He didn 't have anything to gain by telling her a lie. "The town of Magnolia. It 's in Earthland." he stated matter-of-factly.
Multiple question marks appeared above Kuroka's head at what he just said. She had never heard of those places before. "Where 's that, nya?" she asked curiously, her tails swinging in a more excited way.
Natsu completely stopped his work and turned around, making Kuroka even more interested with his serious, yet sad facial expression.
"Probably a few universes away. You see, I 'm not from this world, Kuroka."
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Sirzechs Lucifer, former Gremory.
Believed to be the strongest Devil, as well as recognised by reality itself as one of the 10 strongest beings in existence.
As one of the four Maou, he has to maintain a regal posture almost 24/7.
Yet, he couldn 't stop the sweatdrop that appeared on the back of his head.
After all, the servants he had sent after the stray Devil/Nekoshou, Kuroka, came back with serious cases of concussion and other small injuries.
However, what made him have that sweatdrop was that they told him about a pink haired human using some kind of fire magic and having the strength to leave them unconscious after just one attack.
So, either they had gone crazy from one of Kuroka's tricks, or they were telling the truth.
That said, even though he inclined to believe the first, his gut was telling him that they were truthful in their words.
Meaning that, now, he had one more person to worry about.
A stray cat and her, unlikely as it seemed, pink haired companion.
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Author's notes.
So, Natsu drops the bomb very early.
As stated in the chapter, he has nothing to gain... which also means nothing to lose. That 's the reason he made the big reveal so early.
His view of Kuroka as a Devil hasn 't been seen yet, because he isn 't even convinced that she 's a Devil.
No more spoilers about that.
As for the fight, I told you that it wouldn 't be long. For those who know Natsu, he seems weak at the start of a fight, before he completely dominates them because he analyses his opponents. He didn 't do that now. And he won 't do it in similar situations.
Lastly, we have a mini-Sirzechs-introduction. What 's this about? Well, you 'll just have to wait and read.
I 'll try to put up, at the very least, one or two chapters, before I leave for six months in mid-April.
Other than all this, you guys are amazing!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart for your kind words!
Now, to answer the question you all have.
This story starts 4 years before cannon.
Why? No reason. Just felt like it. And it gives the time for Natsu to go around with Kuroka and 'see the world'.
In your reviews, some of you have pretty good points. Know that everything you say is taken into consideration.
Except from Natsu's physiology. That won 't change. The reason for that will come way later in the story.
Probably, you didn 't like the chapter very much.
So, I 'll try to do better in the next ones.
Even if you did, I 'll still try.
Otherwise, this story will become my own amusement and not your 'have-fun-time'.
Anyway, see you guys later!