Erica has come to Fairy Tail

Chapter 6 Start.

The guild was silent as Shen and Erica watched the other, Shen sighed and started to flip his dagger in the air, catching it every half spin, having no intention of using it now.

"I don't care why you are here." He told her "I killed your father, but revenge is impossible for you."

"I didn't come for revenge Shen!" Erica said "I came to tell you that I understand that you killed him by accident and to defend yourself."

"Yet when I tried to say sorry you ran from the house."

She shook her head "What 8 year old wouldn't after seeing the one she looked up to killing her father? I was confused and scared at that time."

"Scared of me." Shen muttered "No matter what your meaning for coming here you have wasted both of our time and a trip."

"I have been looking for you for a long time Shen!" She shouted, a little angry and a little sad now "I kept hearing rumours of you, but every time I got to where you were said to be, you were already gone..."

"The Shen you knew is gone. That was 7 years ago Erica. Time can change someone." Shen turned to leave.

"I know you are a mix of Human and Dragon!" She shouted at him, Shen stopped, back facing her.

"I expected you knew that. Why do you think it matters that you point it out?"

"Because I knew once I turned 10, and even then I still wanted to find you."

Shen laughed and turned to her "That was your mistake. What do you know of Dracians?"

"N-Nothing, but-"

"Exactly. No one but myself knows what I am, how I am different from humans. I enjoy killing. How do you know I didn't kill your father because I wanted to and only made it look like an accident?"

"Shen..."

"I will say this once more. You have wasted both of our time. Forget about me."

"It's not a waste of time! I wanted to see you again!"

Shen walked a few inches from Erica "You've seen me again. Now go home."

"I've moved into Magnolia." She told him.

Shen looked at her "Then return home and leave me alone." Shen said before turning and leaving the guild.

"Shen...Is this really how you turned out?" Erica muttered to herself sadly.

Erza placed a hand on her shoulder "Don't take what he said in truth. When he told us about his past he sounded genuinely sorry about what he did. He just seems to be having trouble getting close to pure bred humans."

She nodded "...Thanks...but I can't believe this is how he is now...when we were younger he was so nice and kind."

"He's been through a lot." Lucy said trying to comfort her "He's been attacked by a group and most likely doesn't want anyone getting involved with his problems."

"Maybe..." She said unconvinced.

Shen returned to the guild a couple of hours later and saw that Erica had left. He waked to the board and looked over the jobs. He sighed a moment later.

"No exciting jobs."

"Shen, can you come over here for a minute?" Makarov said from the second floor. Shen walked up the stairs closest to him and stepped beside Makarov.

"Yes?"

"About that girl, Erica-"

"Why are you starting on this topic?" Shen said cutting him off

"The way you acted towards her...that's not how old friends should act to each other."

"When I was younger I was her friend. Now I am the man that murdered her father."

"She said she forgave you."

"She may have, but I don't need forgiveness. I don't care what humans think of me. I am content as I am."

"She came all the way here to see you. She has been searching for a number of years."

"I am well aware. She wasted a trip."

"You are different."

"I know, I am not a full human. Now, if that's all you had to say, I'm leaving." Shen jumped from the second floor and as he grabbed the handle of the guild door they flew open and hit him to the ground on his back.

"Gramps, we have a problem!" Natsu shouted, as he was the one that opened the door. Shen sat up, unhurt by the door hitting him.

"Be more careful..." Shen said getting up.

"Shen you're here...You need to come now!" Natsu said grabbing his arm and pulling him from the guild, and through the city.

"What the hell are you doing?!" Shen shouted managing to get on his feet, and pulling his arm from Natsu's grasp, but kept moving with Natsu at his side.

"That group that is after you has reappeared in the city."

"Dammit. The DEC again..."

"DEC?" Natsu asked confused.

"Their name. It stands for the Dracian Extermination Clan."

"Oh...but they have also taken a hostage!"

"What?! Dammit...any idea who it is?"

"Yeah...It's-"

"Wait..." Shen muttered "It may be a member of Fairy Tail, but it would be hard to capture one of

them...so who else do they know has some sort of..." Shen stayed silent a moment "Erica?" He asked Natsu.

"Yes."

"Damn...they must have confronted her after seeing her leave Fairy Tail and she must of mentioned me..." Shen muttered following Natsu.

After a minute more of running they came upon the group of five men. One holding Erica by the neck, blade in hand, and the other 4 with swords, their edges lined with Shen's weakness. There were a few citizens around, watching the whole thing. Shen walked ahead of Natsu and the group noticed him.

"Shen!" Erica called out.

Shen shook his head "Taking a hostage? That's low. Don't involve people that have nothing to do with this!"

"She is involved. She had contact with you and is the sole human that has gotten to know you."

"She knew me when I was 9 and 10. She has not seen the magic I have within me, no more then any of your group that still lives!"

"You still want to save her, don't you?" The man asked.

Shen laughed and drew his dagger "I could care less about her, but I'm still going to kill you all." Erica's eyes filled with fear and pain as Shen said that.

The man holding her rose his dagger to her neck "You sure about that? Drop your dagger and step forward if you want her to live." Most of the Fairy Tail guild came behind Shen now "And tell your Fairy friends to stay out of this."

"I will repeat myself. I don't care what you do to her." Shen said taking a few steps closer. The man looked a little worried, pressing the dagger hard against her neck, drawing a thin line of blood from her neck and Shen hesitated slightly.

The man smiled "Got you. You do care about what happens to her!"

Shen glared at him "Why do you think that?" Shen said taking another step.

"You hesitated. Now one more step and I kill her!"

Shen stood there a moment before he cursed at himself, before dropping the dagger "All of you." He said turning to Fairy Tail "Do not get involved!"

"This is insane Shen...you are going to be killed..." Gray muttered.

"Better me then an innocent." Shen responded as he took a few steps closer. Two of the group walked to him and placed the swords at his neck, so he wouldn't try any thing, but as the green edges of the swords touched him, he recoiled in pain, as they started to burn his skin.

"Keep walking you half breed." The leader of the group said.

Shen forced himself not to attack him and continued walking, being careful not to touch the blades. As he got in front of the leader he looked at Erica.

"Now let her go."

"In due time. We need to make sure you don't run." The leader pushed Erica to one of the other two who did not have their blade at Shen's neck. The leader drew an identical sword as his followers and stabbed through Shen's stomach with it, the blade pointing out his back. Shen staggered back a little, but that was the only sign he gave that told it had hurt him.

"Shen!" Erica shouted trying to break out of the man's grasp, but with no success.

"You are a tough one." The leader said pulling his sword from Shen's stomach "Even though the lining of the blade burns through any part of your body it connects with, including your organs, you are still standing." Shen stayed quiet "Well it doesn't really matter. We can't kill you yet, we were ordered to bring you back to the leader first."

Shen coughed slightly "Why doesn't he come to me himself?"

"He has more important things then coming to capture a pest like you." The man said stabbing the sword into, and through Shen's knee, taking him to the ground.

"This is horrible..." Wendy muttered, turning away.

"And there's nothing we can do..." Erza said looking down.

"Those bastards..." Gray said putting a hand to his face.

"...They will not let away with this..." Natsu shouted moving quickly, dashing at the one that held Erica, and punching him with a flame covered fist, before grabbing Erica and jumping back with her.

"You were told to stay out of this!" the leader shouted at him.

"You let your guard down..." Shen said laughing a little "You should not come after me with a group of less then 100!" He said with a laugh as he reached to his neck, before pulling out the blood diamond dagger from it's chain and pulled it, shattering the chain. Shen removed the sheath from it and stabbed into the leaders foot, meeting no resistance even from the bone, he quickly turned stabbing into the knee of one of the others at his side, once again meeting no resistance and doing the same to the other one at his side as he pulled himself across the ground, away from the three wounded. The last one that had not been hurt, by Shen or Natsu walked towards Shen, sword ready.

"Forgot what the master told us! Kill him now!" The group leader told the last one remaining. The last one standing ran at him and rose his sword. And swung downwards. Shen rolled out of the way, taking a small cut to his arm and causing the wounds he had already taken to burn. Shen ended up on his stomach as the man kept coming.

"Just die already!" He swung the sword down again, this time Shen having no way to dodge. He closed his eyes and heard the sound of metal against metal. Shen opened his eyes and saw Erza holding the blade back with her own.

"Natsu, Gray, come and get Shen away from here!" Natsu and Gray immediately obeyed, coming over and trying to get Shen to his feet but every time they tried his wounds flared in pain and he uncontrollably swung his body from the pain, causing not only his blade to leave his hand but also causing Natsu and Gray to lose their grip on him.

The leader laughed "You can't get him away how he is. When I stabbed him, one of his lungs had been close enough to the blade, and was partly burned away. He won't die but he will be in horrible pain for a while."

Shen was on the ground shaking and tensing from the pain he was in. Natsu and Gray tried to help him up again.

"Don't fucking touch me!" Shen shouted as he swung his hand out knocking Natsu's hand off and causing another wave of pain to wash over him.

"We have to get you away from these people!" Gray shouted at him, looking at Erza who had pushed the last one away from her.

"Natsu behind you!" Wendy and Lucy called out in unison. The one Natsu had punched to save Erica was running at Natsu's back, with a steel dagger ready. Natsu turned and punched him in the face again, giving them a little more time.

"We have to hurry Shen!" Natsu shouted.

Shen recovered from his pain "My...pocket...my right pocket."

"What?" Gray asked.

"Reach into my right pocket." Gray did so and pulled out the three red pills that Shen had showed them before.

"Are you thinking of-"

"Yes. I need them now. Give them to me." Shen said opening his mouth.

"Are you sure?" Gray asked.

Shen nodded and Gray dropped the three pills into his mouth "Now move away." Shen said biting the three pills. A moment later Shen went through the transformation. His eyes changed, his hands turned to claws, wings appeared and even his legs and feet started to change into dragon talons. Suddenly scales started to appear all over his body as Shen got to his hands and knees and let out a scream of agony that quickly turn to a roar. Shen's body suddenly became engulfed in his own magic power as his body transformed. As his magic faded, where Shen had been stood a dragon about twice Shen's size. It had red scales and glowing red eyes, along with all the normal traits of a dragon, tail, wings claws and fangs. The dragon roared and the members of the DEC knew they were in trouble since only two of them were capable of movement at the moment. The two that could run were the first targets as they started to take off. Shen reacted quickly shooting a fireball at one of them as he lashed out at the other one, devouring the body in one bite. Within a few seconds two of them were dead. His eyes locked on the other three and he bit one of their heads off as he tail hit another one, breaking their neck in a single hit. He turned to the last one alive, the leader. He leaned forward, his face inches from the leader's.

"P-P-P-Please s-s-spare me! I'm s-sorry!" Shen took a step back before shooting a small stream of fire at his hand, burning the skin off almost instantly, followed by screams of pain. Shen seemed to smile in his current form and blew a puff of fire onto his groin area, his clothes catching fire and the man screaming in unmatched agony. Shen stood where he was watching the man rolling on the ground in pain. The Fairy Tail members turned in disgust.

"Shen don't torture him please!" Erica called out "Just finish him and end the pain!" She said close to tears upon seeing the pain the man was in.

Shen turned to her and then let out a cloud of smoke from his mouth then leaned down biting the man's waist, biting him in two. Shen looked around before his body started to change, After a moment Shen stood in his human form, wounds still bloody.

"It is done..." Shen said before falling to his knees and clutching his stomach.

"A-are you okay?" Erica asked starting to come over.

"Stay back!" Shen started shaking "My body doesn't accept this!" He shouted before bending over and retching violently, a red liquid pouring from his mouth, along with pieces of human flesh. Sounds of pure disgust came from the citizens and Fairy Tail members watching and some of the parents pulled their kids away or covered their eyes. Shen stayed bent over for a few seconds and seemed fine, before he started again more blood and half digested organs and human pieces coming out of his mouth. After another 5 minutes, of Shen letting out pieces of what was once a human and blood, he finally stopped, his body still shaking. He stood up and turned to the Fairy Tail members and noticed very few of them were watching, only Ezra, Natsu and Gray had watched the whole thing, along with Erica. Shen wiped a bit of blood from his mouth.

"Sorry you all saw that..." he muttered weakly before he coughed up a bit of his own blood and collapsed.

Voices. That was all Shen could hear, but he could make no sense of the words that were being said. His eyes were closed and he had no idea where he was. He tried to open his eyes, but couldn't manage right then. He stayed where he was, his body seemingly in a coma as the voices continued. After what seemed like forever his eyes opened slightly and he tried to say something, but his throat was dry so all he could manage was a cough. The voices suddenly stopped and he opened his eyes slowly. He found himself staring at a low, plank ceiling and sensed people all around him he looked around and saw Natsu, Happy, Lucy, Gray, Erza, Wendy, Carla, Makarov, Erica and someone he did not know. A woman, maybe in her late 20's or early 30's and had green eyes, the color of fresh pine needles, dark blonde hair and a kind face.

Shen tried to talk again but only broke into a coughing fit again.

"Here." Lucy handed him a glass of water and once he finished coughing he sat up slightly, only to feel his wounds flare in pain, but he ignored it as he drank the glass of water right away. As he finished he looked around at the people in the room

"Where am I?" He asked.

"You are in Fairy Tail, on the second floor." Makarov told him "You were seriously hurt in that fight."

Shen nodded and noticed Wendy's hands were bandaged and Shen could smell the scent of burned flesh "Wendy... you tried to heal me, didn't you?"

She nodded and looked down "I couldn't just sit around and do nothing..." Shen noticed Erza's armor was slightly burned as well.

"You...carried me back here?" Shen asked.

"Yes. I couldn't let a member of Fairy Tail bleed out."

"So this is the boy Erica?" The older woman asked.

"Yes mother. He's the one I told you about, the one I knew when I was younger and that saved me today."

Shen looked at the woman, wondering if she would be mad about him killing her husband, but where was she the whole time he lived with Erica?

The woman smiled and hugged Shen, making his wounds hurt again, but he stayed silent and the woman let him go after a moment.

"You have my thanks for saving my daughter...twice." she said.

"Twice?"

"My husband beat her."

Shen and the Fairy Tail members seemed shocked and Shen spoke "W-what? He never did-"

"Not in front of you." Erica said "Early in the morning or really late at night..."

Shen was about to say something when he remembered awaking once at night and Erica being gone from her bed and faint cries sounding far away, but he thought it was just a dream.

"It's true." Shen said recalling it "I remember hearing it faintly...I thought it was a dream."

"Well either way, I thank you my little dragon." she said petting his head.

Erza, Lucy and Wendy laughed a little as she pet Shen's head.

"I am a Dracian..." Shen muttered, a little embarrassed at her petting him.

"So that's what you are called? I like my name better." She smiled.

"Also don't thank me for saving her. I didn't save her once. I killed her father by accident while trying to defend myself and all I did this time was get stabbed and distracted them when Natsu saved her. They were after me and took her as a hostage to get to me."

Erica's mother smiled "You don't realize something. You may not have meant to save her from her father, but you did either way and when they took her hostage you dropped your weapon and gave yourself up so you could save her. Natsu just helped so you didn't have to die. If not for you Erica may well be dead now."

Shen stayed silent "How long have I been knocked out?" he asked not commenting on what was just said.

"2 days." Gray told him.

Shen nodded "I need more rest. My wounds should close in a few more days."

"All right." Makarov said "We should let you rest, come on all of you, you need to get back to work." He said talking to the guild members and they followed him.

Erica's mom stood up and placed a hand on Erica's shoulder "I'm heading home now, dear."

"All right mom." Erica said and she left.

Shen looked at Erica and as Erica turned to him he averted his eyes.

"You do still care about me." She smiled "Why did you act so mean when I first arrived?"

"I did not want you getting into my problems...like you did today."

"So you wanted to protect me?"

"No. I just didn't want you to suffer because of me...again."

She shook her head "You saved me by killing my father, Shen." She bit her lip nervously "I guess I should let you get some rest..."

Shen nodded in agreement "Be careful from now on."

"I will...but Shen?"

"Yeah?" He asked.

"Let me give you something before I leave." Before Shen could respond she bent towards him and kissed him, full on the lips. As she pulled back Shen was speechless. She smiled and without a word left the room. Shen sat their still stunned, but not only because Erica kissed him, but because a pure bred human had kissed him, but what surprised him was that he didn't hate it, but kind of enjoyed it. He laid back down and forced the thought from his mind as he closed his eyes and slowly fell asleep.

Chapter 6 End

Well Gere you all go. Chapter 6. Written on lack of sleep and an energy drink :)