Yes, and I'm back to this story, in all honesty I really wanted to get back to this sooner but like I stated in one of my previous chapters for my dxd crossover I had exams and there was a severe writers block and motivation was at an all-time low. However, I've finished my exams now so I should be able to update a bit more frequently now as long as I can organise the chapters around work. Enough rambling on with the story.

'Tell a soul of what I told you today and I will erase your constellation from existence!'

Almost a year had passed since that day, and Draco's conscious had been growing heavier with every passing day. He had kept all the information the celestial spirit king had revealed to himself but an unprecedented weight of guilt and shame felt like it was eating him from the inside out.

"I don't know what I'm more afraid of, the fact that I could die or the fact that if I tell her I won't be able to protect Lady Sorano and Joy, not to mention the possibility of them getting dragged into this" Draco muttered aloud to himself as he walked the path back to the house, shopping in hand.

Over the course of the last year or so he had been doing what he could to financially help the guild, the hardest thing he would admit was definitely convincing Macao to allow him to take S-class jobs. But with a little financial wizardry explaining that if he didn't with the guilds projected income brought in by current members then after two years they would be forced out of Magnolia with no guild to call home.

Of course, that was the worst-case picture, the brighter but not too bright picture would be, yes still leaving magnolia but if they could get the support of another guild to help them until they build up a new hall. Naturally Macao couldn't refuse at this point so reluctantly he agreed, Draco found it understandable, it wasn't everyday basically a complete stranger walks up to you asking if they can help by doing S-class missions.

"I wonder what I should make for dinner tonight, according to Lady Sorano Joy has been at least trying to eat more solid food" the dragon spirit pondered to himself as he recollected the last year. During this time Joy had definitely done a good bit of growing and somethings were becoming a bit more noticeable was that the child definitely had her father's appetite. If anything could be said about the child's hair it was that it was a shade of pink but not quite that of her fathers.

In fact it looked as if someone had taken the shades from Natsu's and Sorano's hair a blended them together, resulting in a light pastel cherry-blossom pink colour. The child must have also acquired her sense of adventure from her father as both Draco and Sorano could tell that he would be a handful in that sense as she continued to grow.

*Shatter*

Hearing a shattering sound come from inside the house Draco rushed into the house seeing a shocked Sorano standing in the middle of the room with shards of broken glass at her feet. "No way, is this really happening?" she suddenly asked with widened eyes as she stared what written on the letter in her hand.

Curiosity getting the better of him Draco took the letter and read its contents; it had been sent to the guild but addressed to Sorano, Draco's own slited pupils dilating as he read on. "Please rest assured Lady Sorano I won't let them lay a hand on either you or Joy but I'm going to need you to tell me what you know of these Brain and Midnight fellows as they seem to be familiar with you although I doubt they now your current location but still every little helps" Draco said in a calm tone but the celestial spirit mage right now was like a brick wall.

"Lady Sorano!" He tried again this time in a slightly sterner tone bringing her back to reality, "Huh? O-h yeah sure I'll tell you what I know but it's not at all a pleasant story" Sorano warned before although reluctantly she began telling Draco about her time in the tower of heaven and how it led to her joining the Oracion Seis, as well as all the awful things she did.

"So you see I truly am an awful person and that's why Brain is coming for me again, he knows how to manipulate me, I imagine if he and Midnight are out of prison then the rest of the six got out with them…. ugh, why, why can't I just leave my pat behind" the celestial mage called out as she suddenly felt as if she was a hollow shell.

"Are you sure that leaving your past behind you is the right solution here?" Draco asked confusing Sorano a great deal, "What do you mean, with a past like that what else can I do?" she retorted and in her defence Draco could see where she was coming from. "I'm mean would it not be better to face whatever it is that you're running from, luckily I won't let it come to that, if they try and forcibly take you I'll crush them without a second thought" Draco reassured the spirit mage making her smile.

"Thanks Draco, that makes me feel better, honestly I don't know what would happen if Brain found out about Joy" Sorano replied as she started picking up the shards of broken glass and wrapping them up in paper.

"Well I suppose it's a good thing that very few people know about this, then isn't it?" Draco responded with a gentle smile. "Draco it's coming up to the date everyone disappeared do you think it would be possible if we could go down to the pier for an hour or two, I mean I'm sure nobody would recognise me from how I look now compared to my wanted profile?" Sorano asked with a sincere smile.

Sure enough one would have to either be told they were the same person or have a keen eye to spot the similarities. For one her wanted profile in the lacrima archives and wanted poster gave off a sense of immaturity, not sexual immaturity but in the way one carried themselves, now she had the air of woman about her.

The looks were also quite different, for one she didn't dress as provocatively any more instead Sorano opted to cover up a bit more skin. Her hair had lengthened significantly as well and her facial features seemed softer, not that many would be paying attention to her face and it wasn't because she wasn't beautiful, no she was gorgeous it was and this statement is mostly aimed towards the male populace of Fiore; but most people would be either be paying attention to her award-winning sweater busters or her hypnotic posterior.

"Providing no council members are around I most certainly can arrange such a thing for you my Lady" the dragon spirit said with a bow. "I assume it would be best if i more appropriately resemble a human if we're walking this town you call Hargeon?" Draco asked just to clarify earning a nod from the white-haired mother. "The anniversary isn't for another week anyway so we'll leave preparations for a few days" Sorano said with a faint smile before going in to the bedroom to check on her sleeping child.

Suddenly that earlier sensation of guilt from earlier grew in his chest as he saw the faint smile on his master's, she didn't even have to say his name for Draco to know that she still missed Natsu greatly and that she still hoped that he would somehow come back to her and joy.

1 week later

"Are you ready Lady Sorano?" Draco asked now sporting a much more human look, he appeared a tall muscular man with neat slicked back black hair dressed as a butler or waiter much to Sorano's protest. "I really wish you would have worn something more comfortable looking" the celestial mage said in an amused tone as picked up joy and her coat.

"it's quite alright my lady I feel most comfortable when I'm dressed in such attire plus it emphasises our relationship of master and servant" the dragon spirit said causing the mother to sigh in response "And I'm afraid people might make some sort of weird implications from that" Sorano mumbled confusing the spirit a bit, "never mind let's get going"

Thankfully the last week had been uneventful and getting to the train proved rather easy, no one stopped her because they recognised, no council members and no sudden attempts at kidnappings from the Oracion Seis. IF anything, Sorano was only ever stopped when someone complimented her for her stunning good looks, or ask how she still looked so great despite becoming a mother so young and other times it was to ogle at Joy who seemed to relish and soak it all in.

The train journey itself wasn't too bad, joy slept for most of it and the carriage wasn't too crowded all in all the trio managed to arrive in Hargeon within a few hours. "Lady Sorano would you like me to carry Joy for a while seeing as she is asleep you seem rather tired and warm?" Draco asked as he looked up into the sky and not a cloud was in sight, it was probably one of the best days of the year Hargeon had seen weather wise.

"Really? Thanks lugging around a bag or two and carrying a growing child really does a number on your back" the celestial mage said with an exhausted smile before handing the child to her spirit and then proceeding to take her jumper off to reveal a sky blue crop top that almost seemed like it was a second skin on her. It also attracted the attention of a lot of people of the opposite sex, "I think I may need new clothes, I didn't take into account any growing I'd be doing" Sorano said to herself as she looked down and somewhat prided herself in her more than generous proportions.

"So where to now lady Sorano, is there anywhere in particular you'd like to go before visiting the pier?" Draco asked curiously making his contractor think for a few seconds. "Well like I said I'm going to need new clothes so I suppose a clothing store" the mother said with a smile before they ventured off to complete the difficult task of procuring clothes that suited Sorano's tastes.

Later

"Okay I think this will do" Sorano exclaimed with a triumphant smile plastered on her face before joy started to stir in Draco's arms. "I do believe it's getting close to feeding time" the spirit said earning a nod from his contractor. "Yeah, I surprised she slept as long as she did; now we just need to find somewhere to eat before we go there" the spirit mage said as her and Draco exchanged bags for child.

"As long as there are none of my old wanted pictures still up or rune knights in their I'm not too fussed where we eat; well as long as it's child friendly" the mother said in an even tone before smiling at her now fully awake child.

"I'll begin searching now" the dragon spirit said with a bow before moving off in search of a place suitable to Sorano's requirements, bags in tow. Sorano then walked to a more secluded area and waited a minute until Draco was gone before she called out to the presence she had felt watching over her.

"So how long did you plan on following me today?" she called out in a soft tone knowing her follower would hear her. The stellar spirit mage then heard a familiar laugh before a hooded figure rounded the corner. "Despite all the rumours I heard from those council shmucks in prison I still wouldn't have believed it until seeing it up close like this" the figure said in an amused voice causing Sorano to narrow her eyes.

"I wouldn't have believed you having a child let alone getting knocked up and hitched to Salamander of all people, Angel" the figure said in a smug tone before pulling down his hood revealing spiky maroon coloured hair. "That's not my name Cobra! If you're hear for the reason I think you are I'm sorry to disappoint but I won't be returning to the Oracion Seis; but then you probably already knew that" Sorano said as she held Joy closer to her.

"And why's that, I heard what happened to Salamander and the rest of those Fairy tail losers, they're all dead so what reason do you have to stay behind with a guild where the rest of the members probably still treat you like a criminal? You're better off coming back to join us, at least you'd be accepted for what you" Cobra asked in a dull bored voice.

"And what happens to my daughter, what sort of life can she have among thieves and murders?!" Sorano shouted just about having enough of Cobra at this stage. "Well that's simple just dump her with those losers at Fairy...what the?" Cobra had started to reply but the immediate surge of pressure created from Sorano's magic power forced the poison dragonslayer back as well as cracking the ground beneath her feet.

"If you're suggesting I abandon my daughter to help further Brain and Midnight's selfish goals you're sorely mistaken, I suggest you pull back for now ERIK; I'm very familiar with how your sound magic works and I'm more than confident as you are right now I can take you even while holding my child" Sorano said in a furious tone, however this was more of a threat than anything.

Cobra knew she wasn't messing around, for one the amount of magic she was radiating was a lot greater than it had ever been and two was because she used his real name, the members of the Seis only ever used each other's real names if they could follow up on a promise. "But then I again I won't have to fight you" Sorano added in a smug tone confusing the poison dragonslayer before a plume of dust erupted from the ground between them.

The dust was immediately cleared to reveal Draco now in his more dragonoid form, the bags from earlier most likely left somewhere safe. "I take it this is one of your former comrades Lady Sorano, how should I deal with him?" Draco asked as he got into a fighting stance. "Do as you please just don't kill him, I want the other members of the Seis to get a good Idea of why they shouldn't mess with me now" Sorano replied before she started walking away from the scene.

"What the hell are you, some sort of pet cause I aint ever heard of a dragon celestial spirit?" Cobra asked before trying to use his sound magic to get some information only to his surprise there was nothing. "This is just like the time I fought Salamander but the Salamander couldn't do it on purpose"

"You won't be able to read my thoughts and see my memories, a quick crash course for you; Sound magic doesn't work on temporal beings such as Celestial spirits" Draco said before lighting his hands ablaze in a crimson red fire. "Guess I'll be doing this the old-fashioned way" Cobra said to himself in frustration before his forearms became covered in purpled coloured scales.

"Tch seems there was a few things midnight didn't account for, best bet is to avoid a long fight and get away as quick as possible" the poison dragonslayer thought to himself before a smirk came over his face. As much as I'd love to brush up on my skills she isn't exactly my top priority so I'll be seeing you" Cobra shouted before slamming a poison coated fist into the ground causing a large dust cloud to cover the dark mage giving him the idle chance to escape.

However, no sooner than did Cobra try to escape did he find something wrap around his ankle before finding himself flung into a brick knocking the air clean out of him. "Great you have a tail as well, anything else I wanna know about?" Cobra said sarcastically. "Guess you haven't had much time to train in order to get back to your usual self with the entire council after you and your companions, have you?" Draco stated more so than asked.

"I should do right and just send you back to prison, but then your other guild members will just send someone else, so I suppose Lady Sorano's method has merit to it" the Draco spirit said in a neutral tone as Cobra got in too a defensive stance.

"Quit your blabberin' and let's get this on!" the dark mage shouted before he charged at the dragon spirit. "Poison Dragon's Crushing Fang!" a poison mist surrounded Cobra's fist and forearm before it took the shape of a claw. However just as he was about to hit the unflinching Draco the dragon spirit ducked underneath the strike.

"Too slow" Draco replied in a dangerous tone before slamming his knee into Erik's stomach followed up with an elbow strike to the back of the poison dragonslayer's head resulting in him crashing into the pavement. "Dammit…ugh" Cobra cursed before he was swiftly picked up and tossed into a nearby wall.

"It's a good thing there's no people around, otherwise it'd look like I was the villain here; now grit your teeth and take your punishment like a man!" Draco yelled before he unleashed an onslaught of punches upon the dark mage.

Later with Sorano

"You really do take after him don't you joy, I can't think of anybody else that would be able to sleep through all that commotion" Sorano chuckled to herself as she nursed the child in her lap while sitting a table overlooking the pier of Hargeon port.

"Lady Sorano I have done as you wished" Draco called out from behind his master, "Ok thank you Draco, by the way where did you leave the bags?" Sorani found herself asking upon suddenly realising what was missing. "Not to worry, I had it all temporarily placed within my own celestial confines, think of it as my room within the celestial spirit world" Draco explained before swiftly disappearing and then reappearing with the aforementioned bags.

"Have you managed to acquire any food yet for yourself?" Draco asked upon his return, "Ah not yet, I was waiting for you to come back; I know as a celestial spirit you don't necessarily require food but it would be rude to start without you" Sorano explained which was only met by Draco crying in a most comical manner. "As I thought Lady Sorano, your kindness has no bounds; I am not worthy of such a master" the dragon spirit now in manner form said in a muffled voice as he grovelled at the celestial spirit mages feet.

"Draco, Draco please get up you're making scene" Sorano pleaded with the spirit who stopped upon his master's request and feeling the numerous gazes set upon him. So, with whatever shred of dignity he could save in this situation, which was none he got back on his two feet and dusted himself off. "Shall we go finding a suitable dinning establishment Lady Sorano?" Draco asked with a boy causing said stellar spirit mage to sweat drop.

"Let's just find somewhere" Sorano said in an exhausted tone as she slung a bag over her shoulder and Draco followed behind with the rest of the bags. "Lady Sorano I've noticed throughout the day, your attire has been grabbing the attention of the public quite a bit, perhaps it may be best if you cover up somewhat for now" Draco suggested causing Sorano to pout. It wasn't that she was enjoying showing off it was the fact that it was so damn warm outside. "Fine"

Later

After finding a quaint little place along the port side of town to grab some food the trio returned to the pier as the sun began its decent from the sky. "Someday he'll come back I know he will because he promised" Sorano said out of the blue causing a pain to well up in Draco's chest. He knew while there was some belief behind her words he didn't know how long Sorano could hold out for, he didn't know if he could hold out against the pain of not telling her what he knew because he wanted to make it easier for her. If in anyway if at all just by letting her know that Natsu and the others were still alive could lessen the pain in the slightest he wished he could tell.

But in all honestly, he knew himself he was close to the breaking point, "Is what the celestial spirit king asked of truly right" the spirit contemplated in his head as he stared out towards the sea not noticing the time drain away from the day. Before Draco knew it more than an hour had passed and he had to be nudged out of his trance like state by Sorano, "Draco come as much as I want to stay we need to leave to catch the last train back to Magnolia" Sorano called out behind her as she made her way to the train station.

Once again, the train journey home was peaceful except this time joy kicked up a tantrum halfway home, turned out she was still hungry. After that like a true Dragneel she conked out and went to sleep much like her father would have putting a smile on her mother's face. Apart from the incident with Cobra which was now resolved, Sorano's luck today had been pretty good and she would definitely admit there were multiple ways in which it could have been worse.

Despite this Draco was constantly on his guard making sure they weren't being followed home or someone wasn't waiting to launch a surprise attack against them. When they arrived back at the house much to Sorano's relief the ruins Freed and Makarov had laid down a year ago were still holding up nicely. "Got to hand it to that old pervert, he's still an incredible wizard but then I wouldn't have expected anything less from Makarov the 5th wizard saint, that Freed fellow is no slouch either" Sorano said with a fond smile as she placed a hand upon the ruin barrier before she proceeded to walk through.

"I'm just going to do a quick perimeter sweep to be sure, I'll be back in a few moments" Draco said as her placed the bags in the sitting room out of the way before he left to do his last check while Sorano placed Joy in bed. Truth be told Draco knew that a last sweep wasn't needed for safety, no he needed it for himself.

On the train ride home Sorano seemed fine, but Draco knew he himself wasn't; he needed to calm his clouded thoughts and feelings, he knew if he didn't steel his emotions then he would undoubtedly tell Sorano everything he knew in order to somehow ease her pain at the cost of his life. "Ugh these damn emotions, how do humans live with these sorts of feelings every day?!" Draco complained as he flew through the night sky.

"How can someone feel so many things at once; anger, fear, sympathy, sadness, guilt, ugh why…?" Draco called out to no one in particular as he just came to a stop and hovered mid-air. "Why must one person suffer so much more because another says so!?" Draco angrily questioned himself as he clenched his fist.

The dragon spirit had been flying around so much he hadn't realised that he had been gone for almost 15 minutes, "Shit, she's gonna start worrying where I went to, better get back" he muttered to himself before doubling back however he wasn't prepared for the final straw that would break the camel's back.

As he walked through the door his eyes widened in shock as he saw Sorano with tears streaming down her face and a knife only centimetres away from her wrist. With speed he didn't know he had Draco bolted across the room in order to pry the knife away from his master.

"Let me go, I can't take it any more" Sorano tried to shout out but it was drowned out by the saddened tone of her voice, "Lady Sorano, what are you…?" Draco was about to ask but the look in her eyes was one of desperation and he just caught the gravity of how much of a mask she was wearing.

"You told me he promised he would come back, do you not have faith?" Draco asked as he finally managed to pry the knife away from the stellar spirit mage. "Draco it's been a year and there hasn't been so much as a sign of them what faith could I have now?" Sorano asked in a choked-up voice. "I know I have joy, but this first year been so difficult; I love her so much but I'm just so confused, I'm the worst of the worst for even considering this as a solution I know that much but…" Sorano started to explain but before she could finish Draco pulled her into a hug.

"If you love your daughter that much then live for, you found the strength to do it for the last year and I'm sure you'll be able to find it again just like I'm about to find the strength to tell you something I've been forbidden from telling you or anyone else by the celestial spirit king" Draco explained causing Sorano's eyes to widen before Draco explained what the spirit king had told him.

"I've known this for so long, and wanted to tell you for the same amount of time, but I was afraid of death, but the love you have for Joy is all the strength and Courage I need" Draco said with a fanged grin before a loud thunderous boom resounded from outside waking up Joy in the process as well as shaking the foundations of the house. "What the hell was that!" Sorano shouted as she ran to get Joy only to return to see Draco walking outside.

"Fear not I am here, and I shall protect you with my life" Draco said in a serious voice as he exited the house followed by Sorano. Both looked up to see the colossal figure of the Celestial spirit king holding the galaxy blade with a pissed off expression on his face. "The Celestial Spirit King?!" Sorano said in panic as she shielded her child. "Young one, you have broken our trust and the celestial code; as a result, I am now tasked to carry out the destruction of your constellation, don't hold any harm that comes to your master as a result against!" The Celestial Spirit King said in a stern tone as he raised sword above his head

"AS IF I'D LET YOU ASSHOLE!"

CHAPTER END

Oh, hate to end on a cliff hanger guys and sorry for the wait but gotta keep you interested someway hehe. At any rate, I've got plans for next chapter or partial plans at least cause as you can guess part of the chapter will be Draco vs CSK and I plan on having a time skip in the next two or so chapters for this story just to get past the seven years' time skip thing, then I'm probably gonna have to do the zentopia crap but I have an idea for how I can implement Sorano into that. Anyway if you guys have suggestions for the upcoming arcs that you'd like to see implemented in this story or others then drop a review or pm me, for now im done