Chapter Twenty-Four: We Will Walk

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Previously:

Makarov shook his head seeing the dragon scale and the pretty hefty reward. 'Oh Natsu, you are the perfect one for this job. I hope you find the information you are searching for.' His mind turned to Toshiro, 'Hm, I wonder if he's told Natsu that his father is with him already.' After thinking about a second longer the man laughed, 'Nah, I doubt it. I hope he does it soon. The last thing we need is the two of them to fight due to the young man holding that back.' Jumping off the counter he headed to his office to hold the request there. The last thing he needed to do was lose it by accident or someone find it and put it back on the board.

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Natsu followed Toshiro's scent to an icy cave where he stood in shock, "Whoa, this is cool. How did I not know this was here?"

"You had no reason to come over here." Black eyes looked at Toshiro standing in the entrance of the cave, "From what I'm told you live in the forest on the other side of Fairy Tail." Teal eyes looked directly into the fire dragon slayers own eyes, "Is there a reason you sought me out?"

"Yes, I found a mission you and I can do together." Natsu said with a grin on his face, "It can help us find our parent's."

Outside Toshiro looked at the pinkette while inside he froze. 'Hyorinmaru, I know I have to keep you a secret but how long do I have to do that? I'm not sure how long I can keep it from him and his sensitive nose.'

'For as long as you can. If he does know I'm here, then he will ask questions I can't answer.' The ice dragon replied looking at his son, 'It's bad enough that Master Makarov knows I'm here. We are lucky he didn't ask any questions that I could not answer.'

'I understand.' The bleached hair member held back from making a face, "Dragneel, you are aware we just got back right?"

"Yes, but I need more money for food in the next few weeks and I thought why not do a mission where you and I can try and find our father's."

Just seeing the grin on the pink haired teens face made Toshiro want to face plant, 'Wow he actually uses his brain. I did not know he could use his brain like this.'

'Give him some credit Toshiro. He lives alone so he has to think about paying for things to live happily. He also has Happy to keep fed as well as himself. He like you probably doesn't have to pay for the house since he likely built it himself. Much like you and our cave.'

'Fair enough.' "Okay, I'll go." Toshiro felt his heart squeeze as Natsu cheered happily. 'What? Why do I feel like this?'

'My son that's a good feeling I promise. I can tell these people will not leave you alone. They have people from all walks of life from what I have seen.' The dragon touched the bleached haired males shoulder, 'They will be a big happy family for you.'

Natsu snapped Toshiro out of it as he put a hand on his shoulder, "Do you need help getting your things together?"

"No, I'll be done and will meet you at the guild in about thirty minuets." Natsu nodded running off leaving the white haired male to rub his chest as he thought to himself, 'That feeling is exactly what I feel for Momo and Matsumoto. It's weird to feel that for someone else other than them. I haven't felt this connection with another male since…' Teal eyes closed seeing Kusaka's smiling face as the two of them spared, 'I don't understand. Why do I feel a brotherly bond with Natsu? He reminds me of Kurosaki not Kusaka.'

'Does he not.' The boy looked at his dragon parent who looked at him with fond eyes, 'You know very well that Ichigo views you like a brother much like Kusaka did. They may not be exactly alike but they both cared for you over what others thought of them. As for Natsu he's been making it his business to get you out of your shell and to be comfortable around the others. He only wants you to be happy my son.' Toshiro leaned on Hyorinmaru's snout feeling the love the dragon felt for him, 'Let him in my son. I promise he will only be a brotherly friend that you will have. No matter what he will care for you and will do his absolute hardest to make sure your life is happy.'

'I'll try, I promise I'll try but I can't promise anything.'

'I know.' The dragon pulled away looking at Toshiro, 'You should go get packed for the mission.' The boy nodded going into the cave to get packed.

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Natsu looked up seeing Toshiro dart in front of him. On his back was a bag that had everything he needed, "Awesome, Master Makarov has the mission. He's in his office."

Toshiro felt his heart squeeze again seeing the pink haired dragon slayer smile at him. 'I haven't let new people in since Kurosaki. How in the world do these people keep doing it? I try to keep people out yet they keep finding their way in.' He followed Natsu to Makarov's office. When he walked in he could see the man's eyes on him.

"I see you two are ready." The two nodded making the man smile, "Very good." He handed the mission over to Toshiro to read it, "As you can see you are going to go take care of a dragon in the area. I have already sent the message to the people letting them know the two of you are headed there way either today or tomorrow."

"Do we have to take transportation to get there?" Toshiro asked before he could stop himself. He instantly felt like burying himself alive as not only did the master chuckle at the question, but Natsu got a little green just hearing the word.

"You will be able to take a carriage there. It's not too far off the beaten path. More than likely only lasting near an hour."

Toshiro and Natsu looked at each other as the white haired dragon slayer calculated the distance to walk. Both instantly agreed as Toshiro said with narrowed eyes, "We'll walk." The last thing Toshiro wanted to do was get into a moving vehicle again. Makarov could be seen shaking as he tried to hold in his laughter. Both dragon slayers left the office taking the job page with them.

Natsu groaned, "I hate that people make fun of my motion sickness. They think it is so funny but they don't know the pain of it." Toshiro nodded despite only going through it once. Seeing Makarov trying to contain his laughter made him want to beat the man senseless. Black eyes looked over at him, "Thank you for suggesting we walk."

The white haired male nodded as the two looked over seeing a blue blur barreled into Natsu's chest, "Don't leave me!"

"I'm sorry buddy."

Happy looked up with a smile, "It's okay, you got excited that you have another person to help in your search."

Natsu gave a wide smile, "I'm glad you found us Happy. We could use your help little buddy."

"I'll always help you Natsu." Happy looked at Toshiro looking at an odd device in his hand, "What's that?"

"It's a cell phone, it's similar to the communication lacrama." Toshio replied as his hand closed around the device gently. He knew he should have crushed it and destroyed it a while ago but he couldn't get himself to do it. He sighed putting it away in his bag, "Don't worry about it."

"Do you have your lacrama?" Happy asked as the two dragon slayers started walking again.

"Yes." Toshiro replied his eyes on the road his mind going back to his division and all the paper work that was building up, 'I really don't want to catch up on that.'

'You won't. Remember you are not going back there.'

'But what if they find this place Hyorinmaru. You know how Soul Society is when they find a place that they don't know about. They would experiment on some of them as well as me.' Toshiro replied his hand clenched at his side, 'If you and I can get here there has to be a door that is open to allow that. We have to close that door.'

'Don't worry we will. For now focus on this job at hand. We will keep an eye out for it. In fact, since most the people at Fairy Tail knows you came from a different place you could get there help in finding it so you can close it. They would understand it was for their own protection.'

Toshiro nodded, 'I'll do that. We can't have more soul reapers showing up that is not me. They would post sentries on this place. Way too many variables for them to allow this place stay the way it is now.'