Chapter 4
ReiN: You will definitely get more. The more the story progress I believe they will get longer.
JohnV1896: I thought of that too and have thought of some action with it but we will see.
Rebel.jr: I am glad my first story got you hooked. I hope I will never betray you. As for the demon slayer magic and personality, I will reveal her personality soon.
Mephisto Pheles, the Demon King of Space and Time, was currently watching the scenario with an amused expression in his bored-like eyes. Celestina's Barrier was once a beautiful purple, now became a purple red swirl once the teenage boy Natsu put his hand on the magic circle, indicating the start of the ritual. He also noticed the boy's eyes changed color as well, from a greyish green, to a purplish grey which he knew he made connection with his deceased wife, and his thoughts rang true when he heard him mumble a few times, one word that caught his attention was Celestina-bachan. "Well, I guess he did know my dear wife to a degree. I am liking him more and more each minute!" Stated Mephisto while lowering his head and touching the front part of his white top hat with his fingers, smiling more widely in excitement.
"Ani, why did the ritual start without me? That is no fun." Amaimon showed up a while later in a puff of moss green smoke, sounding a little more frustrated, but still maintaining his bored looking composure with his usual lollipop.
"Amaimon, how is my lovely daughter Reika?" Mephisto asked a little too happily, "And don't worry, you did not miss much. It is just about to get even more exciting!"
"Really?" Questioned Amaimon, with his head slightly tilted and a hand in his pocket. "And mei-chan is currently resting, once the spell activated it somehow put her in a sleeplike state." He then looked at the barrier and Natsu. "Will he accept the responsibility? How will we know of he fails or not?"
"Apparently, despite his oblivious nature, he is familiar with his barrier and your sister-in-law, and he says it has something to do with his magic imprint called Dragon Heart, where the ones who knows dragon slayer magic has a dragons instinct to strongly protect those he cares about, at the cost of ones life. As to how we know, there are two possibilities that could happen. If he accepts the terms and the creator approves the barrier will turn completely blue and a mark will be imprinted somewhere on his person, likely hidden. But," Mephisto dragged that word for a while, spinning his hideously pink umbrella and gaining a mischievous grin. "If he fails to make the terms, the barrier will turn black and some kind of curse will be set upon him. As to what that curse will be, I have no idea!" He finished with a nonchalant shrug.
Amaimon hummed, secretly getting excited about the possible outcome. One side of him wants this plan to succeed to help protect his niece, but being a demon as he is he also wants the boy to fail, wanting to know what gruesome punishment will be put upon. Fortunately, his focus was mainly on Reika, and he is determined to keep her safe and well.
While the Earth Demon was lost in his thoughts he did not realize the magic barrier was starting to react until he got smacked with the usual umbrella from Mephisto. "Heads up, the end is near!"
Sure enough, the barrier started to react quite excitedly, from what was once a purple red combo, now became a brilliant sky blue and started fusing with Natsu, more specifically his Fairy Tail tattoo. What was once a solid red, now became red with a purple hue that blended around the eye and outer edges of the mark. A little bit of his hair changed too, the three points of his bangs they was pointing up had now turned from his natural pink hair to a galactic black that sparkles in the moonlight. Then a bright flash appeared in a brilliant blue pillar indicating the end of the ritual. Once the brightness was gone the demon duo uncovered their eyes and saw Natsu turning around holding the still injured and exhausted ten year old girl, wearing the raggedy clothes of her past life.
He looked at the child with a mix of sadness, anger, and relief. Sad and angry that she is in that condition and that she had to suffer much from it, and relief because she is alive and realized she is almost the exact image of his Celestina-bachan. There were slight differences though, she had small pointed ears and a purple tail, currently hanging towards the ground, lighter colored people that shines like the moon, and her complexion was pale from the lack of sunshine. Her eyes seemed slightly slanted giving a feral look but he could tell even through her closed eyes that she possessed the same kindness as her mother. "She really been through a lot," said Natsu before looking up and saw Mephisto and a new visitor. He looked at the younger looking demon questionably until he remembered something he and Celestina talked about. "You must be Amaimon, one of Reika's uncles." Then he sniffed the air a few times and confirmed something. "That's what I thought, I thought I smelled someone following me, it was you wasn't it?"
The demon duo looked at the Dragon Slayer with a shocked expression. No one was able to detect Amaimon, no one, yet he was able to smell him? And the earth demon was downwind! "I am impressed you were able to detect me, I use the earth to mask my scent yet you were able to do it. That doesn't sound like fun." The Earth Demon said.
At this Natsu smiled, "Your right, you did smell like the earth but I was able to detect something else, and it was that you also smelled like lollipops." Once the flame mage said that Amaimon faulted and Mephisto went bighead at his little brother.
"I thought I told you to not eat those sweets when you are on watch!" Yelled a furiously purple-haired demon, several tick marks popping out of his head and tip.
"I thought he was far away." Amaimon said shrinking in response to the Time Demon's Bighead.
"A dragons nose can smell things miles away." Stated Natsu with a deadpan expression.
Amaimon then sweat dropped with that response. "Ah, that explains it."
It was then that the girl in Natsu's arm started to shift, groaning from pain and exhaustion. When she opened her pale star eyes she saw the pink-haired boy staring right down at her with a soft and warm expression. "Hey, I'm glad you are awake. How are you feeling?" He said with a smile.
"Sore, but somehow I feel like some energy is coming back to me." She shifted a little and winced from the wounds. Then a cold wind from the passing storm blew around them and made her shiver. "I'm cold." She then felt the gravity shift as Natsu gently sat on the ground and putting her gently on his lap. With one hand still holding her top half close to his body for warmth, his other hand was unwrapping his white dragon scale scarf from his neck and wrapped it around her body. Since she was small and the scarf was long he was able to wrap it around a few times before tying it up around her midsection.
"How about that, better?" Natsu asked and to Reika it did feel warm from him wearing it and also something else, she sensed a spirit in the scarf as well but thought it was his kindness. "So warm~" Was all she responded and went back to a more comfortable sleep.
All three of the guys were looking the child for a few minutes until a chime was heard from Mephisto's hat, which he took it off and put his hand inside then pulled out revealing a unique cuckoo clock with numbers and scales for which only he can read. "Oh my, it is time for us to go, Amaimon. We have an appointment to keep with the dimensional portal. Eins, Zwei, Drei~" A mirror popped out of nowhere with a snap of his fingers, golden frame design and a draconian marking was on top of the mirror and pink swirls inside the mirror. Then he entered the portal in a poof of pink smoke. Amaimon was about to enter as well when Natsu stopped him.
"Hold on," the earth demon hummed in question. "I forgot to mention this to you earlier but I have a request from Celestina-bachan for you."
Amaimon stopped in his tracks, not knowing what that request would be.
Outside the Forest
In a cave a few miles away from the forest, Happy and Lucy were sitting around the fire pit waiting for Natsu's return. It has been storming for a good while and it was one of the few worries they had, especially when they kept hearing and feeling earthquakes and finally a pillar of light coming from the forest Natsu was in, so both of them were mentally drained.
"groan...This is by far the most strangest and straining day I have had to deal with so far. I want to go home!" Lucy yelled and started to throw a tantrum on the ground, kicking up dirt in the process.
"Aye, we will get home eventually, we just have to wait for Natsu." Happy replied, floating over the fire with his Aera magic, and his tail was...well...
"Aren't you afraid your tail is gonna catch fire.." Lucy replied with a deadpan expression.
"Natsu will eat the flame off it." Was his reply.
"You do know he is not here at the moment." Lucy slowly responded.
"Aye!"
Lucy groaned and put her head back on her knees. Wanting to sleep some more.
But she couldn't because just then she started hearing multiple footsteps coming towards her and Happy.
"Happy, heads up. Somebody's coming." Lucy said harshly getting ready into defensive position, a hand touching the Celestial Keys.
"Aye" the cat said seriously as well and hid in the shadows.
The two footsteps came closer and closer until all of a sudden one set was only being heard and it halted before the entrance of the cave.
Wait, what is going on? Thought Lucy as she peeked between a corner of the rock she was hiding behind. Where is the other guy? Just then she heard a boring voice right behind her. "Hello."
"Hieeeeeek!!!!" Lucy jumped sky high and landed on her butt, holding a hand to her chest. Clearly hyperventilating, she did not have the strength to summon any of her Celestial Spirits at the moment. Then she heard hysterical laughter from the entrance of the cave and it sounded so familiar and it set her off.
"Natsu you are a jerk!" Yelled Lucy as she got up and ran towards the mage preparing a 'Lucy Kick' but she stopped when she saw a girl in his arms, tightly holding a piece of his black vest during her sleep. "Who is this Natsu?" Lucy looked at the child with concerned eyes.
Happy now appearing and landing on his head he looked down at the girl curiously as well. "This is Reika, we will be taking her to Fairy Tail, there are some things I need to talk to Jiji about." Lucy was about to ask what but he cut her off. "I'm sorry Lucy, but I need to talk to him about it first."
Nodding she then realize she forgot about the guy who snuck up behind her. Turning around she yelled, "Alright you, you had your fun and games, come on out!"
Then Amaimon came out of the ground right next to her causing another scream. "Wheeee! That reaction was so much fun! I am glad Natsu told me you scare easily."
The Celestial Mage huffed at Natsu and glared at him with her arms crossed. "Well I'm glad I gave you a good impression," she said sarcastically. The next thing we knew we heard a girl chuckle and all looked at the child, who is now fully awake. "Hi, there." She said.
Reika tried talking to Lucy back but realized she only speaks the demon language enochian and it cannot be translated unless by another demon or someone trustworthy. Looking at Natsu she asked him to say what she is saying to Lucy.
"Strange," Natsu said "Lucy, Reika says she's glad to meet you too and when are we heading to the Fairy Tail?"
Lucy not fazed by the language barrier simply replied, "Tomorrow morning, for now we need to get you bandaged up properly."
こんにちは SolaraArcana here letting you know this is chapter 4 and a new story has been put up. It is called Damona Arcana: a child of dual Origins. Hope you enjoy this new chapter and please check out the new one okay? Until then たのしんで!
A/N still looking for demon slayer magic suggestions!
A/N Thank you fishgirl for naming my OC!