And I'm freakin back!
I realized the importance of similes'! They made this better, even though there's only two.
Coin toss time!
Alright. Heads Harem, Tails no harem. 3...2...1...-
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One year later (X776)
The year Natsu spent with Igneel and Ultear were the best of his life.
It was...amazing.
He loved them both dearly. They both had their own unique section in his heart. Igneel was the best father he could ever have; even though they fought frequently, most of the time it ended with Natsu being flicked all the way toward the end of the forest. He didn't really care, as long as he got to see him.
Ultear was...different. He loved her too...but it felt weird. It was different than how he loved Igneel. He didn't know what that meant, so he just pushed the thought to the back of his head. It made his head hurt.
The said girl knew her feelings for both of them already.
Igneel was the father she never had...so, pretty much, he was her foster father. The dragon seemed to have accepted that he had another kid and didn't really mind. She knew manners and also how to respect others, something his little pyro knew nothing of the sort. The Fire Dragon King had accepted that Ultear Milkovich was his daughter and he was her father. He would later ask if she would like the name Dragneel to be added to her name.
Natsu on the other hand...
She loved him. Like love loved him. In that short time span of a year she fell for him like a house of cards. At first she admitted it rarely, saying it only in her mind, but soon enough she would repeat it out loud; whenever Natsu was asleep of course. She would have to untangle herself from him (as their sleeping habit turned into a permanent thing), walk down the hill for a couple miles and find her normal spot, a small grassy field overlooking a lake.
She would have to whisper it too, since she was around dragons and their ears could detect every sound- whether a slight shift in the air or even someone or thing breathing out their nose- from miles away.
The walk to her spot took a thirty-minute hike- fifteen if she jogged. (If she was a normal human with human lungs, it would take way longer). It was peaceful and the wind was always wild; something un-Natsu like yet Natsu like at the same time.
Everything around her made her think about the pinkette. The trees, the lake, the leaves, the grass, fire (even though that's obvious), rocks, the sky and even her hands (he had a habit of holding them unconsciously). He made her heart beat faster just by looking at her!
She has never been in love before. The only love she ever felt was daughterly love for Meredy, which was completely different. Natsu made her blush...instantly. He made her happy...instantly, just by his cute cheerful grin. He made her feel every emotion under the sun.
She didn't know what to do. She was always used to guys liking her, not the other way around.
She wanted him, but she couldn't have him yet. She was only twelve and Natsu, or Igneel, didn't know his age.
That brought up more questions-not about her love for Natsu, of course.
There was a lot about Natsu's past that she didn't know about. Apparently, he was found by the dragon as a baby and was raised by him...same for the other four Dragon Slayers. Something didn't sound right to her. Why were all the Dragon Slayers found as babies- seemingly instantly found? And then the dragons departed July seventh, X777, or in Sting and Rogue's case, were killed. The two latter's were the exception, but still everything still took place on that single day.
Coincidence? She didn't think so.
Ultear opened her eyes, instantly rewarded with the sight of a sleeping Natsu. Her cheeks tinged pink at the adorable view before her before letting a cute smile play her lips. She untangled her legs from his and dragged her arm back to her side and sat up, admiring the sight of her dragon before placing a tender kiss on his forehead.
"You're the first to be so affectionate toward him."
Ultear jumped at the sudden gruff voice of her foster father, a slight flustered face as she looked at him. Igneel grinned, closing his eyes for a moment, and then reopening them. His mouth opened, with the power of his mighty jaw, and he let out a small flame- a yawn it was for him.
"W-what are you talking about?" She looked away, doing her best not to look him in the eyes.
A tiny smile was evident on his visage. "You are the first to do something as drastic as kiss him. Especially a tiny human girl such as yourself."
"Hey!"
Igneel ignored her. "Well, if I recall, Scarlet was the closest to show my boy that type of affection in the first place. I believe she had a 'crush on him' like you spoke of about a year ago. Or maybe it was love, I wouldn't know. She did a fine job of masking those emotions of hers, but you would catch her slacking off now and then."
"But I thought Erza still had feelings for Jellal?"
Igneel raised a scaly brow. "Jellal...oh, the boy Natsu encountered and battled at the R-System. Look Violet (her nickname), I'm the Fire Dragon King, not the Gossip Dragon King. I know nothing of his feelings or even Erza's toward him. All I know is that I thought (and knew) she would be Natsu's mate."
The purplette said nothing, deciding to look down toward the ground. She felt an unknown feeling pooling in the pit of her stomach. It hurt her slightly, angered her even more but the main emotion she could detect was sadness. What was this? This is what they call jealousy?
"But everything has changed now."
She looked up at her father.
"I might've thought that Erza was the one; and she was but you're the one destined to be his mate now."
Her cheeks flared as she turned around, staring at the pink haired boy sleeping peacefully.
"You were with him since you two reversed time. You are the only other female he has felt this connected to, despite him being around the opposite gender every single day of his life. You seem to have connected to him...even I, the mighty Igneel, have no idea how you did so...all I ask of you is that you tame that reckless imbecile. He may look young, but his minds the same as he was previously."
She shut her eyes tightly, blushing ferociously at the thought of 'taming' the Salamander. Thoughts full of sexual advances were implanted in her mind, which really didn't bother her as she had many visions of...stuff happening between them, but the fact that Igneel had caused the thought struck her the wrong way.
Ignoring that, she wanted to get to the topic her mind thought of before.
"Hey, Igneel?"
A grunt.
"How old is Natsu?"
"..."
Well...uh...that was...was unexpected.
"W-why would you like to know?" Igneel stuttered, which brought a ton of more suspicion upon the purplette.
Igneel never stuttered because Igneel was never nervous...well, only when she mentioned Natsu's age, how he was found and so forth.
"...just wondering how old my future mate is..." She trailed off, blushing up a storm. She hadn't grown fond of the King of Fire Dragons of calling her Natsu's mate every day, so she took it upon herself to refer herself as such, just to make the dragon think that she didn't care and stop his teasing. Unfortunately, this only caused Igneel to call her his wife, which she was much more familiar with so it made her even more flustered.
Igneel smirked a little, glancing at the sky for a moment before giving his attention to her. "Let's just say older than you..."
"WHAT?!"
"Shut it! If he wakes up he'll be after blood!"
She was floored. Literally.
On the ground, laying face up, her arms and legs stretched as if she was making a snow angel. Her mouth gaped and her eyes only showed the whites.
'Older than you...'
She shot back up in an instant, the previous sign that life exited her now gone.
"What do you mean older than me?!" She whispered harshly, surprised beyond belief.
Look at him! He's shorter (just barely reaching her height) than her! He's immature, his voice is lighter than hers, and he likes to play tag with squirrels! How could someone like that be older than her?
Igneel looked at his daughter with wary eyes, not knowing what to do. If there is one person in the world that he would trust with this type of information, it would be Ultear (Grandine, despite how much she annoyed him, would come at a close second). The dragons knew, and most wanted the boy dead, which Igneel did not like.
At. All.
If one of his kind ever came at Natsu with the intention to kill whenever he's around, he would rip out every limb of its body and burn him slowly. They would want death. No one dared to step up to quarrel with the Fire Dragon King as it was a death sentence. The only other one he could think of killing- no attempting to attack Natsu is Acnologia.
The self-claimed Dragon King was different from other dragons. He wasn't a dragon. Though he wouldn't have to worry about Acnologia coming for Natsu, since his powers are sealed up for the time being.
He could trust Grandine, Skiadrium, Weisslogia and Metalicana near Natsu, as they knew he was not evil, nor out for destruction. He knew he could count on them if the bastard fake dragon decided to attack him. Natsu treated their children like family, so they would do the same.
Despite all this, the only question that popped into his head was if she could keep a secret.
A rather huge secret that can mean life or death if told.
"Ultear..."
"Yes?"
"...if I told you, your perception of Natsu may change. You may fear him...you may even loathe hi-"
"I would never! He's the reason I'm here in the first place! He's helped me through so much! I could never bring myself to hate someone as kind as Natsu!" She exclaimed, a rather agitated look on her face.
"You keep on telling me that's Natsu's going to be my mate and husband, but you say ill fear and hate him if you tell me more information about him? I want to know everything about him, and I can't exactly go to him for information since the idiot doesn't know anything either. So please..." She gulped, shutting her eyes as her entire body turned crimson. "Tell me about my future mate/husbands past..."
She was shaking like an earthquake. This was a level of embarrassed that she never felt before! Not even before they reversed time! She would never feel this type of humiliation again!
"Just say it."
She slowly opened her orbs, questioningly.
"Huh?"
"Just say it."
"Say what?"
His emotionless look caught her off guard. He didn't have his normal, somewhat, scowl, a grin, his frequent angered expression or even a teasing smirk. It was...blank.
"Say it..."
"..."
"I'll tell you everything. Every single moment of his life till the day he met you. I will give you the most mysterious parts of Natsu Dragneel's life; how and why did I find and take him in. This is information I shouldn't be telling anyonee...but you will be the exception. Just say it."
"..."
"Just say it. "
"..."
"Just three words, Violet"
"..."
"Maybe I was mistaken. You couldn't possibly-"
"I love Natsu Dragneel." She looked him in the eye, not flustered or embarrassed, with a small smile. She was happy. She admitted it to someone other than herself and she felt like a train has been lifted off her back. Her heart skipped a beat when she thought of his name. It flew off her tongue flawlessly.
His monotone look changed into his normal smirk.
"Those are four words, Violet."
Her happy smile turned into a scowl. "Shut up! I said what you wanted me to say so now you better start talking!"
A moment passed before Igneel nodded, looking in the direction in which the wind was pushing against him. The tree leaves blew silently as he turned his head to stare at his sleeping son. His back on the ground so he was lying face up. His arms were behind his head with his mouth wide open with drool trailing down the side of his mouth.
Ultear giggled at the sight.
"Let's get this straight immediately then. Natsu is not human."
Her eyes stayed the same, showing no emotion at all.
"...He's a demon."
Her heart stopped.
It seemed like the world was spinning. The trees, the sky, Igneel would suddenly be standing upside down as she back a bit slightly.
Natsu was...a demon?
"H...he-"
"Natsu Dragneel is the little brother of Zeref Dragneel, the black Mage you were after all those years ago. Natsu originally died by poison, as well as his and Zeref's parents.
Zeref loved Natsu dearly, even more so than his parents, so when he died, Zeref died as well. If his brother was no more, he would be no more. That is when things turned ugly.
He created Etherious of various kind that could kill him. He improved each Etherious, one always stronger than the other. Ten of the strongest are a part of the, what you humans call, dark guild called Tartaros. If I recall they are the strongest dark guild there is. Nine of them make up the Nine Demon Gates, while the tenth remained the temporary master, until END returned. His name was Mard Geer, and he is the King of the Underworld.
Alas, not even the Underworld King could end him, so he decided to kill two birds with one stone. Seeing that not even his strongest demon could kill him, he just wanted to be with his little brother again.
But then, he decided Natsu would come back alive. So he dedicated his time to reviving the brat. He created monstrosities that caused mayhem for everyone such as the R-System and the Eclipse Gate but they did nothing to help...but they were of use for others with ill intentions.
By this time, Zeref figured out if he couldn't bring back his human brother; why not make him an Etherious? He didn't care what he was - he wouldn't mind if he came back with a roach body- he just wanted be with him.
He was playing god and he knew it. The dead should stay dead, and if you try to bring them back you get what's coming to you. So the god Ankhseram cursed him with immortality but that didn't stop Zeref. It only made him work faster. He was a threat to humanity now and the only way to save it was to die.
All of his hard work paid off as he finally succeeded in reviving his brother. He was no longer Natsu Dragneel. He was Etherious Natsu Dragneel, Zeref's strongest demon; the only Etherious with the strength to kill him and the guild master of the Tartaros guild.
As Natsu grew, I, he and Acnologia frequently clashed. It was the Dragon Civil War; we dragons were out to kill Acnologia while fighting because it was fun. Later, Natsu and I would form an alliance to take out the ugly human-dragon once and for all."
He explained the rest to her in strain. It hurt just thinking about Acnologia sucking out their souls, damn near killing them.
"...and that is his story."
Ultear wobbled from her spot, eyes blocked by her bangs. She stopped moving, tears coming out her eyes before bowing to him and making her way to the pinkette. She lay down next to him and wrapped her soft arms around him, locking him in an embrace, all while crying in his shoulders.
He's been through so much…and doesn't even remember. He had the job to kill his own brother, the man she was after so long ago and didn't even know about it. She knew Natsu was good, pure of heart even.
She didn't care if he was a demon or even the master of the dark guild Tartaros. He was Natsu Dragneel to her, her future mate. Regardless of his past.
Maybe telling her wasn't the best idea...but Igneel trusted her.
Besides...she loved his pyro after all.
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No Harem!
Kind of relieved actually. I would make it so bad. I like the idea as well, but the two stories I read with harem and the main girl as Ultear had a lot of issues (problems in the story, not the story itself).
Like Pink and Black goes well Together, it's a good story but there's so much conflict.
How about this; it won't be a harem but it will be one sided. So a one sided harem.
Besides, there isn't enough Ultear / Natsu stories out there so maybe a non-harem one would be good enough. Same with Kagura. Most of the Natsu x Kagura I've seen was in harems. Erza's different, since there are a bunch of Natza stories (thank fukin god. OTP right there)
But who knows, maybe in the future I'll change my mind and make this a harem. And if you feel your lacking Natsu x Kagura or even Erza...just go ahead and click on my profile. I got Mermaid Connects with Dragon, A Beach Palace etc (shamelessly self-promotes stories.)
Ima have a Natsu x Kagura oneshot comin out soon anyways.
Probably a few mistakes in here but ill cover em later. So review and have a good day.
Later