Sorry for leaving this story for so long but I did state in my other story chapters or at least I think I did that I would be updating my stories in whatever order I felt like. At any rate I did begin this chapter a while ago but it was finding a way for the chapter to progress that I liked just a note ahead of time there is going to be a significant time skip to more important events as well as this due to the recent revelation of new characters in the manga I'm going to need more time to think of ways to introduce them into my stories that have reached the Alveraz arc. Anyway I eventually was able to write it in a way I liked or that I felt out of all my attempts best suited the flow of the story.
"MINE!"
Happy had never seen Natsu like this, yeah he had seen him angry but this was on a completely different level, his voice sounded like something drafted from a child's nightmare. "N-Natsu" Happy spoke up although his voice was trembling slightly in fear. "I've never seen Natsu like this, it's scary but what does he mean by mine; is he, maybe talking about Sorano?" the blue exceed thought to himself, but then without saying anything only uttering a guttural growl Natsu sprinted off towards the mountainside cave.
Happy immediately took off after him although he didn't notice the glowing slitted eyes that Natsu's had become, they had an eerie molten glow to them which just showed off his draconic heritage. "Natsu wait up you can't dive into to this head first!" Happy shouted out to his partner as they approached what appeared to be a large stone door, although it was a bit late to be saying this as Natsu ignored his partner's shouts before covering his head in bright orange and red flames and then smashing it into the door of stone.
"Damn I knew he had a hard head but that's just ridiculous, it's like he won't listen to common sense but then when has he ever" Happy sighed out as he stared blankly at the gaping hole Natsu's flaming head-butt had made in the door. "I better make sure he doesn't bring the mountain down on top of himself and Sorano" Happy heaved out a sigh in exhaustion as he said this, honestly Natsu's more trouble than he's worth.
Meanwhile with our rampaging dragonslayer who had opted for a shortcut by smashing his way through the stone walls within the cave. Although he didn't take immediate notice of it the walls Natsu was crashing and blasting through belonged to that of a largish castle like building. But that wouldn't come to his attention for another while yet right now he was too fixated on finding Sorano and destroying whoever it was that dared take her away from him.
"WHERE ARE YOU!"
Natsu literally roared out in anger and frustration as he let out his dragon roar that bore into the ceiling of the room he was currently resulting in the room becoming super-heated to the point where molten stone and brick began dripping down the walls.
"HAHAHAHA, WHAT'S THE MATTER SALAMANDER I THOUGHT YOU OF ALL PEOPLE WOULD ENJOY A GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK" a smug voice emanated throughout the castle like building causing the dragonslayer to frantically look in every direction trying to discern what direction it was coming from before he realised it was a type of projection magic that amplified the users voice thus making his sense of hearing null in this situation.
"BASTARD! GIVE ME BACK WHAT IS MINE!" Natsu shouted as his magic power flared up in response to his emotional state but it only earned him another laugh. Playing back the words in his head Natsu flinched slightly at the fact his words made Sorano seem like a possession that could be owned.
"NOW, NOW MY DEAR SALAMANDER I DON'T THINK YOU SHOULD TALK ABOUT THIS LOVELY YOUNG LADY LIKE SHE CAN BE OWNED, UNLESS YOU MEAN SOMETHING ELSE BY YOUR WORDS HHMM?" the man asked in a sarcastic like manner his voice bouncing off the walls. From the room he was situated in with a bound and gagged Sorano as well the client's daughter who was currently unconscious lying next to Sorano. He smirked when he saw on the lacrima screen in the room that Natsu flinched at his words. Sorano however was taken back by what the dragonslayer had said, no she wasn't offended by what he said; she knew that he wasn't referring to her as a possession she knew from her time around Cobra that Dragonslayers could get crazy possessive about certain things and even people.
She could only make muffled sounds in the corner of the room before catching a glimpse of the molten gold eyes that Natsu possessed, she had seen those eyes before back during the mission where Natsu and her first met the one where he killed Marco in order to protect her, the one thing that was missing to complete his appearance was the scales on his forearms and face.
"YOU KNOW I DON'T MEAN THAT, BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT IF YOU DON'T RETURN SORANO TO ME COMPLETELY UNHARMED THEN YOUR FATE WILL BE THE SAME AS THE LAST GUY WHO HURT HER!" Anger completely flashed over Natsu face while he clenched his fist before running off in a random direction.
"SO YOU WISH TO KILL ME JUST AS YOU DID MY BROTHER?" the projected voice sounded amused as it said this, like it completely doesn't affect him. "Tch no wonder his scent is so similar to that bastard's" Natsu thought to himself without stopping his search for his target. At this point he had doubled over on himself a number of times and put holes in so many walls that he turned the organised building into a further network of labyrinth like tunnels where Happy wasn't having such a good time of navigating them in search of the destructive dragonslayer.
Back with Sorano and her captor who had turned off the projection magic before walking over to Sorano and removing her gag. "Who the hell are you?" the celestial spirit mage shouted in anger trying her best to remain composed under the man's lecherous glare. "Forgive my rudeness, as I told the Salamander Marco was my brother, but I never really cared for that prick anyway; my name is John but it isn't like that's of any relevance" the now identified John said before grabbing Sorano by the top of her head and lifting her up to his level.
There wasn't much else for Sorano to do but to struggle in pain as John looked over her body, "I think you'd look much better without this on" John said in a perverted way before his free hand grabbed the front of Sorano top and tore it off along with her bra leaving her rather large chest exposed causing her eyes to widen as he used the same hand to grip and fondle the exposed flesh. She tried to get out of his grip but it proved to be ineffective meaning her only chance to stop this before it got any further was to pray Natsu would save her. She gritted her teeth as tears started to well in her eyes.
"Natsu save me please"
With said Dragon after finally busting through one of the only intact walls left in the building he stopped and looked down a long dark corridor swearing he heard Sorano's voice. Without realising it himself his legs had started to carry him down the corridor as fast as they could, it felt like it went on forever but eventually he came to a last door before he used his shoulder to charge through it.
"Just when I was about to have some fun, you sure know how to ruin a party Salamander" John said sarcastically before dropping Sorano with a loud thud onto the floor. Now it was at this point didn't remember anything after seeing some man holding a bound Sorano up by her head with one hand while having the other gripped firmly around her left breast and that all Natsu remembers before coming to in a hazy state his hands covered in blood as well as shards of bone that were not his own piercing into his skin as he stood over a pool of dried blood, ash and charred bone.
Turning back around he saw Sorano was unmoving a was slightly quaking, "Make her ours, no one else can have her!" again that same hungry, gravelly, feral voice called out in Natsu's mind before the pinkette slowly walked over to Sorano who now snapped out of her dazed state. "N-Naaaaahhhh!" she tried to say before Natsu knelt down to her level tearing her constraints, buried his head into the crook of her neck and sunk his fangs into her neck. It was more than a surprise for Sorano, it was momentarily fucking painful she would admit that, it was puzzling though the pain subsided as quick as it came even though the pinkette had yet to remove his fangs from her neck.
"N-Natsu?" she said her voice a bit shaky but it wasn't due to fear, it was concern when she felt something warm and watery drop down onto her skin. Initially she thought it was blood but that notion was quickly removed from her mind when she heard sniffling, then it hit her Natsu was crying.
Lifting his head away from her neck Sorano could see the dragonslayer was in fact crying with his eyes flickering between their normal obsidian state and the molten golden one, "Run, get away from me I-I don't want to hurt you, I don't want to force this on you" even Natsu's voice was shifting between the two states but she could tell he was pleading for her to comply in either.
"Natsu I'm not gonna leave you because you promised you'd never hurt me and I believe you, now tell me what's wrong? What's causing you to act this way?" this time it was Sorano who was pleading forgetting her current state of dress as this was a far more pressing issue. She could see the hesitance in the dragonslayers eyes.
"Look I know dragonslayers for some reason can get really possessive of certain things or people, is that what's going on?" she asked using the same pleading tone placing both her hands on Natsu's face forcing him to look at her directly in the face. Staring in to her big blue eyes was a sure fire way to make any walls crumble, that's why Natsu was trying to avoid eye contact but now that he was forcing him to look directly into her sad pleading eyes there was no preventing it.
He slowly nodded in agreement to her question, "Yes that's what's causing this, once a dragonslayer is past the age of sixteen their magic acts up making them want to find a mate in short it's like a mating season that acts up at a specific time for a specific amount of time that differs by individual" Natsu admitted after supressing his instincts although his voice was still very shaky showing just how difficult it was for the pinkette.
Sorano blushed at what Natsu had said and what it implied, "S-so y-you wanted to do…'that' with me?" a fully flushed Sorano asked innocently making Natsu smile, "'That' is part of it but it's a two-part process, I'm sorry but when I bit you it started the process" Natsu revealed making Sorano's already present blush deepen in colour.
"That's why I've been so protective and possessive of you, I don't know if you heard me earlier but I referred to you as mine…" Natsu went to explain but Sorano shook her head, "It's alright I heard you, I didn't really know what you meant by it but I think I do now" she said with a faint smile.
"Now that it's started I'm guessing the more you try and put off completing the process the more painful it's gonna get?" the stellar spirit mage asked earning a nod from the dragonslayer, at that moment Sorano's expression in Natsu's opinion turned scarily serious. "Then let me ask you how do you feel about me?"
"W-what?"
"I'm asking how you feel about me; do you love me?" Sorano asked again still maintaining her serious expression, "I don't know what you mean by love, if it's like how I feel about my guild mates or Igneel then I'd say yes; But when it comes to you if feels similar but at the same time very different, s-sorry I'm not very good when it comes to understanding love" Natsu said in a dry humoured voice but in Sorano's opinion he managed to get his answer across pretty well for someone who claims to know little about love.
Natsu was relieved when her expression softened up and she beamed a bright smile "Well I guess that's okay then" she said simply before closing the distance between them and kissing the pinkette who much to his own surprise couldn't believe the he hadn't taken her then and there but instead he felt his carnal instincts settle and simmer down and the headache caused by that voice subside.
They continued like this for a while yet neither separating even for air well that was until "Hey Sorano that's really naughty" a high pitched voice followed by a snicker surprised the two causing them to jump apart both gasping from lack of air, "W-w-wh-what are you talking about?" Sorano asked trying to get her breath back but then she looked down when Happy simply motioned to his chest.
Sorano had completely forgot her state of dress once again causing her to go full flush, "Natsu give me your vest now!" the stellar spirit mage demanded which the dragonslayer complied with although he had the decency to look away from Sorano as he handed her the vest but upon seeing her wearing his vest that didn't exactly do a great job of covering up her assets Natsu had to admit it looked damn good on her. After finding an appropriate sized coat for Sorano the group set about taking the client's daughter back and returning her to her father before they called it a day.
The next day they went off to complete the other missions in that set bundle, it took them longer for the item retrieval mission than they thought but Sorano was able to recover a significant amount of magic from before taking out the bandits over the next two days but when considering the item for retrieval was a supposed rare lacrima the time taken could have been a lot more. Things between the group weren't as awkward as any were expecting them to be considering what had happened the other day.
Instead Natsu and Sorano were a bit more forward with each other and would spend time alone together to talk about things such as what 'this' meant while they left Happy alone with a basket of fish. It also gave them an opportunity to be more affectionate with one another, every now and then Natsu like the innocent little cinnamon bun he was would peck Sorano on the cheek, hold hands or when was a bit more adventurous would kiss her on the lips before it escalated into a full blown make out session although neither placed a label on what this was right now, one Natsu couldn't understand what a boyfriend or a girlfriend was and two Natsu seemed to only understand dragon relationship terms like mate so until the process was complete 'this' would remain unlabelled.
A two weeks later
Currently we see a lone Happy with his green nap sack on a train by himself, he had got on the train that was heading for Magnolia from a pretty nearby town per Natsu's orders and was supposed to deliver a first-hand report of the missions himself. But there was more behind that request than Natsu let on and Happy knew why after one very loud and scaring night he only hopes some sort of memory magic can wipe from his mind.
Yep poor Happy walked in on Natsu and Sorano doing the nasty a few days ago and since then he hadn't look his best friend/foster father in the eyes nor Sorano for that matter. It really didn't help his psyche that despite getting the furthest room away from them in the inn that night he was still able to hear them. Even the slightest bit of remembrance of that night makes the feline shiver he knew what they were up to but he was gonna pay them, specifically Natsu back for that traumatising experience.
"Natsu god help you when you get back to the guild, I'll make sure that Erza puts you six feet under but not before getting a lifetime supply of fish" Happy muttered in an emotionless tone as a comical emotion devoid expression is plastered on his face.
With Natsu and Sorano
It was late afternoon and the two lay side by side panting in exhaustion, their clothes scattered around the room, the quilt of the bed covering them. "Wow, just wow" Natsu said in a very content tone causing Sorano to laugh before she got closer to the dragonslayer. If you looked carefully you would be able to see the top of a crimson dragon head tattoo on her right breast. "You know I still feel sorry for Happy having to see us like that, I mean to him I guess you're like his father or something I'm actually surprised he hadn't caught us sooner" Sorano said in an amused tone causing Natsu to shrug.
"You do realise he's probably going to blab to the guild about us, which means Erza will most like try and cut off your dick?" Sorano smirked in amusement when she felt Natsu stiffen at the mention of the scarlet haired mage's name. "Really even her name scares you, honestly from what I've seen you could be stronger than her if you allowed yourself and let go of that irrational fear of her" Sorano couldn't help but say with a laugh.
"Oh yeah easy for you to say, you weren't subjected to her torture sessions, I mean when she taught me how to read and write properly she basically put me on a fast for three days until I got everything right; talk about a slave driver" Natsu argued in response causing another giggle to escape Sorano's mouth, "Yeah alright I suppose she can be pretty scary, so how do you think the guild will take the news of us?" Sorano asked curiously making Natsu actually think about everyone's individual reactions as he folded his hands up behind his head.
"To be honest I think a few of them will support it" Natsu answered honestly causing the celestial spirit mage to cock her head cutely to the side, "Who would that be?" she asked in the same curious tone. "Gramps, Gildarts, Mira, Gajeel and Wendy, I'm not sure about the others but I do know that Lucy will probably have the worst reaction, Erza might…no it will definitely be bad but for a different reason; you know her being a 'knight' and all this would be considered in her eyes as an indecent act" Natsu said in an even voice although when he mentioned Erza he laughed a dry humoured laugh causing his white haired partner to smile.
"I love you, I really do" Natsu said in a caring tone as brought Sorano into a tight embrace which she returned, "I Love you too" she replied in the same caring tone before placing a kissing on the pinkette's lips, "Be my partner for the trials" Natsu suddenly said when they separated surprising Sorano, "but I thought Happy was going to be your partner?" Sorano asked in a puzzled manner.
"Yeah he was but I can't help but feeling like something bad will happen if you're not with me cause only candidates, S-class members and the master are allowed on the island during the trials" Natsu revealed but Sorano just placed a reassuring hand on Natsu's face. "If something happens it happens but it's not like either of us is gonna disappear" she said in a reassuring tone causing Natsu to smile leaving both unaware of how accurate she was.
"You know there's still plenty of time till morning, think you can go another round or two" Sorano said in a Sultry tone resulting in a predatory smirk making its way across Natsu's face "You of all people should know I can, I think you should be asking yourself can you keep up" Natsu stated cockily before the pair went at it again for a majority of the night receiving noise complaints from the other inn residents. They then followed up by showering and of course sleep which Natsu also mostly did on the train trip the next morning to the guild. Motion sickness it appeared was one thing he would never, ever defeat unless he destroyed all transportation known to Earthland which didn't seem like that bad an idea to Natsu.
Fairy tail guild
After the train trip to Magnolia the duo of pink and white made its way towards the guild and to say Natsu had an unsettling feeling in his stomach was an understatement, one reason for this was that on the last few missions he didn't know how many but the dragonslayer did indeed receive some significant damage complaints meaning that his participation on the trials hung in the balance and the other was because he had that gut feeling Happy had ratted him out to the guild. Oh how right he was.
"Hey don't worry I'm sure we did enough to get you into the trials" Sorano spoke up just as they approached the doors of the guild, "I really do hope so, I don't think I'll be able to face Gildarts if I didn't, there's no telling when he'd be back after the trials" Natsu didn't want to be too optimistic about this situation and jinx his chances.
Pushing the doors open he saw that the guild was deathly silent, well there was that and the entire guild was gathered around the stage where Makarov, Gildarts, Mira and Erza stood causing Natsu's eyes to widen, "No way are we too late for selections?" Natsu's heart was literally missing a beat or two when he thought this. However, he then noticed the master's smile, "Natsu. Sorano you finally made it" the old man called out causing everyone to look towards the guild doors to see the two it was then Natsu heard the grinding of metal making him look over to a fuming Erza who was sharpening her sword on a stone wheel resulting in a shiver going through the pinkette's body.
"Yep Happy definitely ratted me out" the Salamander thought as he looked over at said smirking blue exceed who gave a cheeky thumb up. "H-Hey gramps, did the reports come in?" Natsu asked nervously as he and Sorano made their way towards the stage while one blonde celestial spirit mage glared daggers at the other white haired one, a certain iron dragonslayer smirked and a sky dragonslayer turned a shade of red that rivalled that of Erza's hair.
"They most certainly have and I must say I'm certainly impressed however," Hearing the however caused Natsu's heart to sink he thought it was just his anxiety getting to him but it seemed like he really had botched it again this year. "You still managed to cause almost a million jewel worth of damage, that could have been used for beer money you brat, what were you thinking!" Makarov shouted as tears seemingly flowed from his eyes causing everyone to sweat drop. "W-what?" Natsu couldn't help but ask, was the old man serious.
"It doesn't matter, that is beside the point; I said I would consider you as a candidate going by the number of complaints I received and from Happy report as well as the ones I received this morning you received a total of five complaints of property damage. Congratulations Natsu you're in the trials" Makarov declared proudly after composing himself which was followed by a round of applause and then of course a party Fairytail style.
However, before Makarov and Gildarts could get Natsu and make him regale his sexual endeavours Erza got to him first and let's just say the screams Natsu made could be heard for miles around. "Natsu, a little blue birdie told me of your indecent acts" "Called it" Erza said as she pointed her newly sharpened blade at Natsu. "Now Erza I know what you're thinking but you're gonna have to let me explain" Natsu tried to reason but that was never gonna happen. "Silence, Happy graphically told us everything, everything" Erza emphasised the everything part although her cheeks were a little pink as she did so.
"Such indecent acts among guild members must be…" Erza was halted by a hand being placed on her shoulder causing her to turn to face a smiling Sorano but this smile was different It reminded both Erza and Natsu of Mira's sickly sweet smile. "I'm sorry Ms. Scarlet but I believe this conversation should involve myself and not just Natsu" even the tone of Sorano's voice was that sickly sweet one that Mira used before she glared at the red head gaining the full attention of the guild.
"Fine you can both receive your punishment together!" Erza said through gritted teeth, "And why should we be punished for loving each other?" Sorano asked defiantly causing Erza to falter slightly, and a round of gasps/squeals to resound around the guild. "Y-You what?" Erza stuttered out at what the spirit mage had said.
"I get that you and Ms, Heartphillia aren't big fans of mine but you're both judging me only on what you know which is very little; you don't know my life story, what I've had to go through so quit going on like I've been all I've ever been is a dark guild member" Sorano said in a slightly upset but more so determined tone before she moved over to stand beside Natsu and pulling him close. "But we still can't trust…" "what you still can't trust her, that's pretty hypocritical coming from you Erza" Natsu interrupted the redhead but it was what he said that caused various guild members to go deathly silent and pray for the pinkette's safety.
"What's that supposed to mean?" the scarlet haired mage asked in a dangerously low tone, meanwhile Makarov just watched on from the second floor. It was about time that his children just accepted Natsu's decision. "Are you serious Erza, Jellal" was all Natsu simply said causing Erza to stiffen up. "That's different" Erza tried to defend herself as her fringe shadowed her eyes.
"No it isn't, Jellal not only tried to sacrifice you to bring back Zeref but also killed someone important to you and turned your friends against you. Then when he came back during Nirvana you trusted him just because he had forgotten what he did and wanted to help. Well Sorano's here now, trying to atone for everything she has done and wants to help me and the guild, I trust her no I love her so why can't you and the rest of the guild trust me when I say she's a good person!" Natsu shouted loud enough for the entire guild to hear causing Erza to take a few shaky steps back.
"Sorry I didn't mean to sound so angry Erza" Natsu apologised causing Erza to shake her head, "No you're right, you both are; I don't know what you went through Sorano and Natsu you're right I am being a hypocrite" Erza admitted surprising everyone especially Lucy who thought Erza would be the last person to crumble like this.
"If you really trust her that much Natsu then I'll trust you as well" Erza admitted before she left the guild leaving an awkward silence in the air making Natsu think that he would have to buy her some strawberry cheesecake to make up with her. "Okay brats now that that's taken care of S-class trials are in a week but for now let's party" the old guild master shouted before signalling for Natsu and Sorano to come up to his office.
"What's up gramps?" Natsu asked casually as he folded his hand behind his head, "The council is what's up my boy, here" Makarov said sternly as he held a letter out for Natsu to take, "Those bastards again what the hell do they want?" Natsu asked in a fed up tone before taking the letter and reading it which caused his eyes to widen. "You gotta be kidding me gramps, this is bullshit the council is obviously trying to pull some crap, you know how the operate!" Natsu shouted so loud that that some of the partying guild members could hear him from down stairs.
"I'm sorry Natsu but as a test the council has ordered that Sorano not participate in our trials and remain behind at the guild; if she does so for entire of the trials she will no longer require you to escort her every she goes" Makarov explained, to an ordinary person this would sound like an easy good deal. But no-one in Fairy tail was ordinary and they all knew that the council wasn't exactly friendly with the guild.
"Natsu it's alright if I just stay behind at the house the ruins will protect me from the council if that's what you're worried about besides all I have to do is behave right and even at that I have Draco and Caelum to protect me" Sorano spoke in a reassuring way making Natsu release a sigh as he knew should the council actually try something Sorano was capable of defending herself but it didn't mean he wasn't going to take precautions.
With that all said and done the duo and Makarov returned to the party and drank for the entire night with a guild brawl breaking out here and there amongst the men while Mira and some of the other females got some of the details from Sorano about her night with Natsu, all in all Sorano found herself slowly but surely mixing into the guild's activities as the night went on and she began to imagine what her life would have been like if she had escaped the tower and got to Fairy tail like Erza had.
Chapter end
Please don't kill me I know this chapter was quite jumpy and not quite the usual flow of the story but it was just the best way I was able to write it. Also don't get the wrong interpretation, I in no way hate Erza I just dislike some of her characteristics, in my opinion I find her a bit arrogant and hypocritical but only sometimes but what I really dislike about her is the seemingly infinite power of friendship power up she gets. Once again in my own opinion in the GMG I thought that Kagura was a lot Stronger than Erza but of course with unlimited friendship bonus she in a weakened state was able to block Kagura's unsheathed archenemy full power energy slash thing which should have easily defeated her I would have accepted second origin being used there but the way it was done made Kagura out to be not as strong as she is. Anyway despite the faults of this chapter I hope you enjoyed it.
