Chapter 4

The 20 dragons came over the horizon preparing to attack the village. Natsu drew his 3 swords in less than a second. Engri looked at him with curiosity as commented, "Interesting style, kinda crazy… BUT I LIKE CRAZY!" Natsu and him rushed into the air with their resected elements propelling them. Natsu said, "Don't get cocky. That's how you die." Natsu then rushed forward and before Engri could blink there was a slicing sound, and a huge explosion of crimson flames that could be seen for miles. When the smoke cleared it revealed that 10 of the 20 dragons were cut into small pieces as they fell to the ground.

Engri asked, "Is that the power of the fire dragon king?" Natsu took the 3rd sword out of his mouth and said, "That was my basic magic, no dragon king magic involved. Keep in mind I'm a demon so my natural strength even without magic is much higher than a normal humans." Engri smirked and said, "Well it's a good thing I'm anything but regular." He then yelled as he inhaled greatly, "Energy Dragon's Roar!" A blue beam of energy engulfed the other 9 dragons as they were incinerated as they roared in pain. Natsu looked around and said, "I think that is all of the-" He then turned around and anger boiled inside of him.

He looked back and it appears that the last dragon had passed them and was attacking the village. From what he could smell at least 20 were dead, and the rest were on its doorstep. Natsu dashed as fast as he could to the city to save anyone that he could. Engri looked on in horror before he also rushed to the city to help save people. Natsu landed on the dragon's skull smashing it in killing it, and he rode its corpse to the ground. Natsu landed and looked around at the burning village trying to find any survivors. He pulled large rocks and rubble of countless people. He had reduced most of the village when he came to a house on fire and heard a scream from the inside.

He ran up to it to the see the slowly collapsing roof. Natsu could smell one person in there. He normally would have just run in and tried to do it as fast as possible, but if he did that he could make the house collapse by accident. He ran up to the door and walked in. The walls were falling over and the ground was littered with debris. He looked forward and saw a long female character standing in the middle with smoke and fire surrounding her. Natsu yelled, "Hold on! I'm coming to save you!" He inhaled as much ifre as he could but it didn't help much. He marched towards her, being careful not to damage the houses foundation as to not make it any less stable.

He took off his cloak as he made it to her. He found her lying on the ground as the flames crept closer to her. She had inhaled to much smoke and passed out from lack of oxygen. Natsu took his dragon skin cloak and wrapped it around her to protect her from the fire. He wrapped the cloak around her before starting to leave. Hde then heard the banging of foot steps. He carried her bridal style as he ran futur into the burning building to check it out. He found a much older looking woman. She had a young boy next to her who she could only assume was her son. Natsu sprinted over to them as fast as he could. The woman was slightly conscious. Natsu said in a calm voice, "Let's get you guys out of here." The woman put an arm over his shoulder to help stabilize herself, while she held the young boy in the other arm. Natsu created a solid shield out of flames to protect the 4 from anny falling debris.

They left the house and headed to a clearing in the middle of the broken town that if full of any injured. People were laying there having injuries, burn marks, or anything else treated. Natsu set the 3 to lay down and recover as a few doctors came over to help treat them Natsu sat down on a stone bench that had survived. Engri came over to him and sat down. Engri said, "Sorry I missed one." Natsu said, "It's fine. This is one of the better results from a dragon attack. Normally within a matter of seconds the town is nothing but ash." Natsu asked sternly, "How many are dead?" Engri froze but replied, "We think 17, but that is all that we found so far." Natsu was a bit relieved that it was so low. Natsu sighed and said, "That is better than most villages that survive dragon attacks. I'd say we got really really lucky that no one else died." He then looked out into the distance as he waited for some people to recover.

He looked down and saw the small family he saved start to stir. It made a small smile creep onto his face. He has seen many times where what happened killed people, and the fact that he save 3 people who were knocking on Death's door made him happy. The first woman he found began to sit up. She looked over at Natsu who was staring at her and she accusingly asked, "What are you looking at!?" Natsu was taken back a bit by the outburst but regained himself and said, "I'm just happy you and your family made it out alive. You almost suffocated in the fire you know." She then jumped back a bit as she observed his scary monster like look. She looked from his dragon like eye to his clawed hands.

Natsu said, "Don't be afraid. The eye and the claws are a side effect of my magic." She was still a little scared Natsu tried to ease her worried again, "I'm a dragon slayer that killed the dragon that was attacking the town, and I walked through the fire of that burning building to rescue you and your family." She eased a bit but the asked, "Is my family okay!?" Natsu said, "Yes they are. I made sure to empty the smoke from the older woman who I assume was your mother, and the younger boy. They should be fine right now." She looked over and saw her mother and younger brother awake just fine, although with some bandages to cover cuts and burn marks.

A wave a relife flowed over her. She looked back at Natsu and unexpectedly to him, jumped and wrapped her entire body around Natsu is a mug. She said, "Thank you for making sure they were okay!" Natsu didn't know how to react. He barely knew this girl and she had just reacted with such a boisterous action. Natsu wrapped his arms around her in a hopes that would ease her consciousness and she would get off of him. She eased up a bit and stepped off of him taking a seat on the bench next to Natsu. Natsu asked, "So what's your name?" The woman replied, "Mizuki Aquarana."

Mizuki was a rather short compared to Natsu standing at 5 feet 7 inches. She was 18 years old and was rather "developed". She had a large bust with wide hips giving her a perfect hourglass figure. She had somewhat tanned skin, maroon colored eyes, and long straight black hair that went halfway down her back. She wore tight black pants with black knee high boots, and a black tank top revealing a large amount of cleavage. Over that she wore a brown leather jacket that went down to about 2 inches before her waist, and had its sleeves rolled up.

Natsu had no idea where he came up with this as he had never been the sort of person to give compliments but he said to his and her shock, "Mizuki… It's a beautiful name you know." She blushed heavily and asked, "I noticed that you said the eye and the claws have to do with your magic, what magic do you use?" Natsu said, "I use fire dragon slayer magic. I can sense some magic power coming off of you, albeit very low. Can you tell me what it is?" She replied, "I use water and ice magic, but I'm not very good with it." She frowned at the last part. Natsu smiled at her, "Not everyone can grab hold of magic and know what to do instantly. I may be a fire dragon slayer, but it took me a while to be this good at magic."

Mizuki asked, "Could you teach me?" Natsu smiled, "I'm technically a dragon as I bear the mark of the fire dragon king, so I can teach you my magic. Maybe you could become the water and ice dragon slayer someday?" Mizuki blushed a bit and said, "I'm going to go say hi to my family. I will see you around later. Maybe we could grab dinner together?" Natsu said, "Sounds nice, I have to fix the town." Mizuki walked away as Natsu stood up to cast a spell to repair the village, but Engri walked up to him with a smirk. He asked, "So does Mr. Dragon boy have a date?" Natsu yelled at him, "You're younger than me!" Engri said, "Yeah, but you look like you're 19!" Natsu said, "Whatever, I'm going to fix the town."

Natsu raised his arms into the air as they were enveloped in a yellow flame. A giant magic circle appeared above the whole town. Natsu chanted, "Restoring Blaze of The Fire Dragon King!" The city was engulfed in a yellow glow as it slowly started to assemble back together into the city prior to the dragon attack. Everyone looked at Natsu in awe. The person that looked like a demon that was going to ravage their city had just restored the entire thing without so much as a second glance. A short man called over to him. He had a bald head with gray hair on the sides and a bushy mustache. He was rather short standing at only 5 feet tall.

The man said, "I am the mayor of this town. We thank you greatly for restoring it and fending off the dragon attack. How could re repay you?" Natsu said, "First off, call me Natsu, second, thank Engri as well. He helped fend them off as well, and third, you don't have to thank me. I would have killed the dragons regardless of whether they were attacking this city." The mayor was taken back by this a bit but said, "Well if you need anything feel free to ask. We are always in your debt." Natsu just walked away and said, "No problem. Dragon slaying is fun anyways."

Natsu walked over to Mizuki and sat down beside her as she looked over the edge of the cliff at the setting sun. Natsu said, "Ya know, I kinda like this place. I might settle down for a while. I'm always running around slaying dragons, but never stop at a town for too long. I suppose it wouldn't be all that bad to stay here for a while." Mizuki looked at him and asked, "So you slayer dragons. How many have you killed?" Natsu said, "I used to only be able to kill small ones, but once I got the power of the fire dragon king I was quickly able to kill hundreds of dragons at a time."

Mizuki started to shiver as the breeze blew over them. Natsu looked at her with his eye with concern. He wrapped his arms around her, being careful not to cut her with his claws. Mizuki stuttered, "W-What a-are y-you d-d-doing?!" A furious blush grew on her face. Natsu said in his normal monotone voice, "I'm trying to keep you warm. I noticed you were shivering." She then started to feel his irregularly high body heat. She leaned on his shoulder as she absorbed the warmth from his body.

Natsu asked, "You said you wanted to get stronger right?" Mizuki raised an eyebrow and asked, "Yeah?" Natsu made a slight smile but it vanished just as fast, "We could start training tomorrow. I can settle down her for a while and take a break from dragon slaying." Mizuki asked, "I noticed you almost never smile. Why is that?" Natsu frowned and Mizuki said, "You don't have to tell me. It's okay." Natsu replied sadly, "It's okay you asked. I might tell you later, once you can understand." They two walked back to the town as the sun dipped below the horizon. Mizuki asked, "Do you have a place to stay?" Natsu replied, "I was just going to sleep on the woods." Mizuki stated, "You can stay with me if you want." Natsu replied, "If it is okay with you then I am fine with it."