Welp, here is another chapter. Honestly, this story has gotten a lot more views then what I expected. Also, I have a few extra requirements for the companions:
- All companions will be around the same age (a year or two apart maybe. Skyle is the oldest one)
- The magic they use is three elementals and two-secondary magic (E.g. Skyle's main elementals are Fire, Ice, Lightning, Earth, Light and Dark while his two-secondary magic are healing and time)
- Maximum of two abilities
- Rogue's companion's weapon needs to be a Scythe (details/design is up to you)
- Wendy's companion needs to have a crush on Skyle (I need to have some pairing for him. Can't have him be forever alone)
That's really all needed requirements including the ones from last time for now. Now, before I forget like last time, I don't own Fairy Tail. Hiro Mashima does. Most of the OCs that will eventually appear are owned by their respective owners. I only own Skyle and the plot. Anyways, enjoy the chapter.
"Speech"
'Thoughts'
Time, Date and Location
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July 7th X777, 12:00 AM – Eclipse Gate
As Skyle started to come out of the gate, he immediately saw two people. One of them was a blonde middle-aged woman that looked and had the same aura as Anna. Behind her was a short old man wearing a regal coat. He then noticed his surroundings and saw what seemed to be the inside of a castle. But what surprised him the most was the amount of ethernanos in the air and the level of light energy off in the distance.
"So, this is what the future looks like huh? The world sure has reached its peak." Skyle said.
The old man looked surprised for a few moments before demanding,
"Who are you!? My family have kept this gate safe for generations now and you are all that came out?!" Skyle looked shocked before asking,
"Wait, I'm the only one who came out? What happened to the other five children?"
Before the old man could answer his question, Anna came through the gate behind him. She, like him, looked around in shocked then said,
"This place is…" She noticed the blonde woman and asked, "M… May I ask… What year is it currently?"
The woman looked exhausted. Yet she still replied,
"It's X777."
Anna was surprised by this information. Skyle, on the other hand, wasn't that surprised. He just said,
"400 years in the future huh? Wasn't as long as I expected. Though then again, the level of ethernanos now is already more than enough than what we needed. But what happened to the other five children?"
The old man was starting to sweat in nervousness but kept his serious demeanor.
"I'm not really sure. But when the gate opened, five lights flew out and pierced straight through the ceiling."
Anna was once again in shock but Skyle still kept his emotionless face. He then said,
"I'll go and meet up with Natsu and make sure that he is alright. I'll see if I can find the other children as well. But before I go…"
He turned and looked at the woman that opened the gate. Then he summoned a grey blade with cosmic red and white wrapping around the center in a wing like fashion. The tip of the blade resembled the number three in Roman Numerals and a part of the blade came out at the top that resembled what seemed like a crown (If you haevn't recognized it yet, this is Ultima Weapon. KH3's version of it at least. This will be Skyle's Light Blade). He pointed the blade at the woman then muttered a spell. "Curaga Maxima."
The woman instantly looked better and was able to stand up straight again. Skyle let the blade disappear as he said,
"It was foolish for you to use your life force as a substitute for one of the keys. I'm just glad that I knew a spell that could fix that. I suggest that you don't use magic for the next month or two so that you could fully rest up." He then opened up a swirling black portal. He was about to walk through when he remembered, "Oh, I forgot to ask you your name. What is your name?"
The woman looked surprised before she nervously replied, "M… my name in Layla Heartfillia."
Skyle kept his emotionless face for a moment before giving her a genuine smile. "It's nice to meet you Layla. My name is Skyle Nightfall. I hope to meet you again in the future." Then he walked through the portal.
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July 7th, X777, 8:00 AM – Woods
Natsu started to wake up in the cave when he realized something was wrong. For one, the caved seemed to have aged slightly. But that wasn't what Natsu noticed. What he noticed was that Igneel wasn't there. He then shouted,
"IGNEEL, WHERE ARE YOU?! THIS ISN'T FUNNY ANYMORE! COME BACK!" After a few moments, nothing happened. Natsu just looked down on the floor before realizing that Skyle wasn't there either. He then shouted the same thing but for Skyle. A few seconds later, a black portal erupted behind him and Skyle walked out. Natsu was shocked at the fact that Skyle just appeared out of nowhere (though he probably should have already been used to it considering this happened a lot) but then he ran up to Natsu and tackled him with a hug. Skyle kept his emotionless face for a moment before asking, "What's wrong?"
Natsu just kept crying before he managed to stutter out, "Y… you and Ign… Igneel just disappeared and I was a…afraid that you two had just left me. Ple… Please don't do that again. I don't want to lose yo…you two."
Skyle looked surprised at the fact that the boy was shedding so many tears even if he had left for what seemed like a few seconds. He then decided to hug the young boy back and wipe his tears. After a moment of constant crying, he decided to answer the question that the boy was about to ask.
"Igneel had to leave for a moment for important business and he won't be back for a while. He didn't leave you because he hated you. The scarf he gave you is proof of that. But there are things that he had to deal on his own without you. Don't worry though, I'll look after you until we find him again. And don't worry, I won't ever leave you. I'll always stand beside you. From now to the ends of the earth."
Skyle hated having to lie to the boy but if it meant protecting him and fulfilling the boy's father's final wish, he will do everything that he must.
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July 10th, X777, 10 AM, Woods
For the past three days, Skyle had taken good care of Natsu (though Natsu will still say that the blade training he and Skyle does is still hell.) During this time, Skyle had kept his promise and didn't leave Natsu all alone on his own unless it is necessary. The bond between these two have grown to the point that you would have believed that they were brothers. Then one morning, when they were taking a stroll around the woods, they saw a few bandits terrorizing a young blue haired boy with a tattoo on under his right eye carrying two staffs and a small bluenette girl. While Natsu and Skyle didn't recognize the boy; however, they were able to recognize the little girl. The girl was Wendy Marvell. The young boy seemed to be protecting little Wendy from the bandits. When the two boys came, they heard one of the bandits say something,
"Now give us all of your valuable possessions or we will not hesitate to kill the girl."
The boy didn't drop his defensive stance. Wendy however, was afraid that she said,
"Jellal, just give him what he wants already. I don't want you to get hurt."
The now dubbed Jellal still kept his defensive stance while the bandits laughed at them and told him to listen to the girl. Meanwhile, Natsu was clenching his fists, getting ready to pounce at the bandits but then Skyle help him back with one hand. Natsu turned to look at the young man (I may have forgotten to mention this but Skyle looks around 18 years old) in confusion. Skyle just simply replied,
"There is no need for violence. I'll just scare them off and then we can talk to little Wendy over there okay." Natsu silently nodded and Skyle let go of him. He then jumped over to another bush and summoned another blade.
When compared to the other two, this one was definitely the most menacing out of them. Like the last two blades, a part of the top came out of the blade and it resembled black and red claws. At the very center of those claws was a single blue eye. The edges of the blade had a dark yellow tone while there was a crimson red chain pattern going through the center. The hilt of the blade resembled a wild black and purple flame. The handle resembled crimson red static and the guard was a dark tone of cyan (For anyone who can't visualize this, this is Chaos Ripper from KH: BBS). Then all of a sudden, darkness surrounded him and his entire body. The things that were most recognizable about this form was the twin glowing red eyes and the midnight blue that surrounded the flame pattern that normally appears on his jacket (KH3 Rage mode. Just imagine that). He then stepped out of the bushes, placed his free hand on the floor with his hand with his blade in the air and let out a roar that rivaled dragons. All the bandits and the two bluenettes looked over and all of them gained looks of terror.
"WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING!?" One of the bandits asked/yelled.
"I DON'T KNOW, WHAT DO WE DO!?" said another one.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU DON'T KNOW?! JUST KILL IT!" a third one said.
Skyle then raised his hand and two small portals opened behind the two bluenettes. Then all of a sudden, black chains came out of the portal and wrapped around the two. The two-looked terrified while the bandits looked like they just saw a ghost.
"HE'S GOT THE CHILDREN!? NOW WHAT!?" a fourth bandit yelled.
"SCREW IT!? EVERY MAN FOR THEMSELVES!?" and with that, all the bandits left the area within mere seconds.
Skyle then stood up normally and stared at the two bluenettes. Then Wendy was able to stutter out,
"Sk-skyle, c-c-could you drop the form please. That form is a-a-actually scary."
Jellal looked surprised at the fact that Wendy seemed to know the black monster. Then he noticed what seemed like a ghost of a smile on the black creature's face before it snapped its figures breaking the bonds. Then all the black fell from it and what was left was an 18-year-old boy. Skyle let out a smile as he said,
"I can never get anything past you huh Wendy."
Wendy let out a cheerful smile while Jellal looked confused. Skyle then said to the bush that Natsu was hiding in and said,
"Natsu, you can come out now."
Natsu walked out of the bushes only to be tackled back into them by Wendy (no, not like that you perverts).
"BIG BROTHER!" Wendy shouted as she hugged him tightly.
"Hi Wendy, how are you doing?" Natsu asked
"I'm doing great. Though I would like to know where Grandeeny disappeared off to"
Natsu closed his eyes for a moment before asking, "Did she disappear three or so days ago?"
Wendy looked surprised that Natsu guessed the date that her dragon disappeared. "Yeah, do you know where she is?"
Natsu shook his head before saying, "I don't know. How about we go somewhere and catch up first?"
And so, the two dragon slayers walked off. Leaving Skyle and Jellal all alone. The two just stood in silence staring at each other's eyes.
"So. What's up?" Skyle said, deciding to break the awkward silence.
"Nothing really. Just travelling around." Jellal replied
Skyle studied Jellal for a moment which got the blue haired boy to get nervous. Before he could ask anything, Skyle asked,
"You're from another world, aren't you?"
Jellal looked like he saw a ghost. "W-wh-what. Ho-how do yo-"
"I know about the multiverse. I'm just glad you're from one of the less weird ones. I can name at least 5 bad ones on the top of my head. What gives you away is that each world has a unique magic signature that only changes ever so slightly. Your magic signature and this worlds magic signature does not match"
"Oh. That makes sense."
And so, they stayed in silence for the next few moments. A few moments later, the two dragon siblings (Yes, I am going to call all five of the regular dragon slayers that) returned to the area where the two males were standing. They then split and said their goodbyes and promised to see each other again. Before Skyle and Natsu left however, Skyle said one last thing to Jellal,
"Be careful when you find the anima. You never know what may happen. And calculating how much area is sucked up each time, I say this world will lose all of its magic within seven or so years, give or take."
Jellal nodded his head then said,
"Thank you. Good luck with what goals you have."
And so, they split. However, if you listened carefully, you could hear Skyle say,
"I know. I will need whatever luck I can get if I am to fulfill both promises."
~Line Break~
July 17th, X777, 3 PM, Woods near Magnolia
A week after the encounter with Jellal and Wendy, we find the two males walking around in the woods that are near the woods. After around half an hour of walking, Natsu's stomach growled. Before he could say it, Skyle said,
"We literally had lunch 3 hours ago. If you want food, wait until we get into a city."
Natsu grumbled but then stayed quiet. Then he smelled food within a few meters so he ran towards it.
"NATSU, WAIT!? Damn it. You are literally going to be the death of me." Skyle grumbled as he started to follow the young boy.
When he found Natsu, he saw the boy was eating a decently large chunk of meat next to an old man. The old man was wearing a small jester outfit with orange and blue stripes while holding a giant cane. What was most noticeable was the abundant amount of light energy coming out of him.
"You know it's rude to steal someone else's food right Natsu." Skyle said as he continued to walk towards the boy.
"But I didn't steal it. Gramps over here offered it to me." Natsu replied as he swallowed.
Skyle looked over at the old man to see if it was true. The old man simply nodded, confirming what Natsu had just said.
Skyle sighed as he said,
"You really couldn't have waited another ten minutes huh? Come on, let's get going."
As the two boys started to walk away, the old man called out,
"Wait, do you two have anywhere that you need to be?"
Skyle shook his head. "No, were just travelling around and finding ways to survive."
"So, how would you like to join my guild?"
Skyle got into a thinking position for a moment. 'A guild huh? This will be an interesting experience for Natsu to learn new things. Eh, why not'
"Natsu would love to join your guild Mr.… uhh"
"Makarov. My name is Makarov Dreyer." the now dubbed Makarov replied
"Yeah, Natsu would love to join Mr. Makarov."
"Wait, what is a gu-"
"I'll explain on the way. I'll buy you food when we get there"
"Okay then. Let's go"
Makarov smiled at how the two boys interacted with each other. He then asked the question he was waiting to ask
"So, what magic do you two use?"
Skyle raised an eyebrow in suspicion. Then he shrugged and replied,
"I use Blade magic, Advanced Fire, Ice, Lightning, Earth, Light and Dark magic, and somewhat Advanced Healing and Time magic. Natsu over there, uses Fire Dragon Slaying Magic."
Makarov nearly fainted when he heard that. The fact that a young boy not even at the age of ten knows lost magic and a young adult knows nine different types of magic. And some of those nine doesn't even go well together (Fire and Ice). Makarov kept his composure and gave a genuine smile while saying,
"Well then, this will be fun. Now, let's go to Fairy Tail."
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Anyways, thanks for reading everyone. I forgot to say this but Natsu will have a pairing in this story. Who he is paired up with is up to you. I'm really open for him to be paired with anyone but Lucy (no offence to NaLu fans. I love the pairing but there is waaaaay to many FF about this pairing). I'll put a poll up with these options below so that will give you some time before the next chapter. Below are all of your choices.
- NaZa (Natsu x Erza)
- NaMi (Natsu x Mirajane)
- NaTear (Natsu x Ultear)
- Natsu x Older Meredy (They need a pairing name)
Anyways, that's all for today folks. R&R and I will see you all next time.