Chapter Twenty-Six: What's The Point

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Previously:

'Why? Why to people feel put off by me? I don't even do anything to them.'

'My son, I don't know the answer to that. All I know is they are missing out on a chance to get to know the real you. No matter what you can not let it get to you. I don't want you to suffer my hatchling.' Hyorinmaru replied curling around him in his inner world.

Toshiro took a shaky breath and opened his eyes looking around at the people in the town. For the most part it seemed as if everyone was unaffected by him but a few parents seemed to try and keep their children away. Masking his hurt he made his way into the bar and went straight to the bartender to see if he knew where the hunters were.

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Walking into the bar teal eyes looked around for who the hunters could be. Deciding anyone of them could be hunters that found the scale he walked up the first person he saw, a barmaid handing drinks out. "Excuse me ma'am, where would I find the gentlemen that found the scale?"

The lady smiled sweetly at him, "Right at the bar sweetheart. They are the gentlemen at the right end."

Look at where she had indicated he could see how the bar was decorated, it had a bunch of dark tones but it wasn't an unwelcome feeling with the way the colors were used. The bar, that was against the back wall, was a black marble and the barstools had black leather for the seats. Reaching the men he was there for he spoke, "Are you two the gentlemen that found the scale?"

One man looked at him and scoffed, "Yeah, what of it."

"I'm here on a job regarding it." Toshiro replied as if the man had not been rude to him. He was used to it already with the other division's men at times when he had first became captain of tenth.

"Look kid, it's cute you want to pretend you are in a real guild and all but that job is for the big guns. Go back home to mommy and daddy." The second hunter said.

The half dragon slayer sighed he could smell the booze on their breath; it took all his will power for his nose not to wrinkle at the smell. He hated the fact that his senses were heightened more than his motion sickness at the moment, even the music was a little too loud for him. "I'm a member of Fairy Tail and I took the job with another a teammate. So some information you know would be nice."

The men laughed amused, "Please, like a high standing guild would allow a freak like you into their guild." Toshiro felt his heart squeeze in pain. He thought he was past people calling him names and yet here he was still being judged and still he had done nothing. He was sure the men could see some kind of emotion on his face and he was trying to hide it but found himself unable to.

"You will treat this young man with respect." The hunters fell off the barstools with a scream. The bartender turned and smiled at Toshiro, "Sorry about them, they get rude and vulgar when they drink too much. Do you mind if I see your guild mark?" The hunters got up and sat on their barstools as Toshiro turned and pulled down his the back of his shirt enough to show the ice blue Fairy Tail guild mark on the back of his neck. The bar tender smiled at the ice dragon slayer leaning on the bar as the white haired male turned back to face him, "So what can I help you with young man?"

"You can call me Hitsugaya. I'm actually just here to ask about the scale they found."

"Well then call me Frank, it's a nickname but I prefer it to my birth name." The man smiled showing his pearly whites. Frank had short blue hair and golden yellow eyes. "What about the scale do you want to know? I was with these two bone heads when they found it." The hunters gave Frank a glare for the insult, "Hey, if you are going to continue glaring at a boy that has done nothing to you then I'm going to insult you. Get over it."

"I was told the scale was pretty large in size. Do you have an exact size or an approximate?"

Frank tapped his chin in thought, "Let's see if I had to place a size I'd say it was six by four and a metallic blue in color."

Toshiro took out his notepad and wrote the information down, "How about the thickness of the scale?"

Frank gave a wide smile, "I hazard a guess of three to six inches."

The white haired male nodded writing it down, "Okay I was told it's on the center island that has strange weather patterns. Can you tell me what they are?"

"Well it depends on the day to be honest. On some days it's nice and sunny, then in seconds it could be raining to hailing. The gravity is all off too. So when you are there it's best not to jump, you never know how high you will go."

"Okay, I'm going to go back to the scale. Did any of you touch it?"

"Altrone did." The bartender indicated to the first boozer that had spoken to Toshiro. Taking in the man's appearance he had messy black hair and green eyes. "Takamoto and I didn't want to try our hand at it." Takamoto had short blond hair with purple highlights and light purple eyes. "Altrone said that the scale felt smooth. Kind of like the smooth rock."

Toshiro nodded writing it down biting his lip trying to come up with the next question, "Did it look like the island was disturbed in anyway? Like an unknown creature of some sort."

"You know now that I think about it yes." Frank looked at the hunters Altrone hitting his head against the bar, "Our head hitter fell into this large hole in the ground somewhere near the center of the island. Couldn't tell you where to be honest. Sometimes the island likes to spin."

Toshiro froze in mid sentence making sure that his voice was steady he asked, "Did you just say the island spins?"

"Yes, not all the time just every once in a blue moon. It's subtle you won't notice really."

Holding back a groan of disappointment Toshiro wrote down the information grudgingly, 'What's the point of avoiding taking a ride here if all were going to do is get on a stupid spinning island?!' He was sure if he wasn't watching his emotions his eyebrow would be twitching in irritation. 'What kind of messed up place is this?' Clearing his throat he asked as his dragon chuckled amused by his child's thoughts, "Is there any other information about the island that you feel my partner and I should know?"

Frank tapped his chin, "You will want to watch out for some of the wild life. The animals are used to the environment and can hunt there easily. In addition don't eat anything off the island. Not even we are sure what is edible."

Toshiro nodded writing it down, "Do you suggest we bring food or not to."

"You can actually bring food. The animals aren't even interested in what we eat so long as you don't take meat."

The dragon slayer nodded as he smelled Happy and Natsu getting close, "I see. Should we worry about destroying anything should we get in a fight while on the island?"

Frank made a face, "While it isn't prevalent that you need to avoid it there is a rare rock that grows on that island. There's nothing really special about it it's just one of these things we sell as souvenirs. We practically break them anyway and there nothing really stopping the island from producing the rock."

Toshiro nodded writing it down then looking over at Natsu making his way over to him with Happy on his shoulder, "Hey, need any help?"

"I think I got everything we need here." The white haired male nodded appreciatively at Frank and started to walk away with the fire dragon's slayer.

"You should be thanking us freak." The soul reaper looked over his shoulder to Altrone and Takamoto. "Had he not been with us you would have never gotten that information."

Toshiro gagged how he needed to respond while Natsu turned and glared at the men angrily. Grabbing the fire breathers arm the ice one whispered so only his fellow dragon slayer could hear him, "Don't react to them Dragneel. They aren't worth it wasting your energy on." Natsu stopped and looked at Toshiro walking out before turning to glare at the two men laughing before they were scared off their seat again when Frank slammed his hands on the table telling them to get out of his bar and not to come back for three days. The pinkette laughed amused and ran to catch up with Toshiro, "Thank you."

Natsu looked at the bleached haired male in surprised, "What for?"

"For not doing anything. I understand those men were rude to me but I'm asking you to let it be my battle. Trust me on this."

The Salamander froze and watched Toshiro head over to where the mayor was probably waiting for them. Natsu frowned and looked at Happy. Neither one liked how Toshiro was willing to deal with someone belittling him for no reason. Natsu growled to himself, 'I don't like how he seemed used to it.' Some part of him felt the word 'freak had been used around Toshiro as some point but just as he was about to recall where Natsu looked up at Toshiro calling him to catch up, "Oh sorry Hitsugaya." He ran to catch up a grin on his face. The ice dragon slayer shook his head and continued on his way to the mayor's office. When his back was turned Natsu looked at the other around them. For some he could see were unaffected by but with the others the pinkette could smell their fear. 'Why? Why are people acting like this?'

Happy puffed his cheeks when he saw the people shifting uncomfortably, 'They were just fine when Natsu and I were walking through. Why are they treating Hitsugaya differently? He's done nothing to them. There's no ice damage anywhere.'

"Dragneel you should know that the island spins sometimes. I was told it happens once in a blue moon and it moves so slow we shouldn't be too bothered." Toshiro said causing Natsu to gag.

"Why would you say that?"

"I was also told not to jump. The gravity is off so we won't know how high we are jumping." The ice dragon slayer said as if he did not just mention a spinning island.

"So does that mean I can't fly?" Happy asked curiously from his best friends shoulder.

"I'm not sure how it will affect your magic. You can try when you get there."

"Hitsugaya, how do we plan on getting to the island anyway?" Natsu asked, though he dreaded the answer.

"By boat. It shouldn't take took long."

Salamander groaned out, "Can't we just swim?"

"I'm not swimming." Toshiro replied with a glare causing his dragon to shake his head in the boy's inner world.

"What if Happy flew us there?"

Toshiro sighed already irritated at the whining his companion was doing, "First of all, I'm not sure Happy could take two different trips. Second I'm not leaving you alone here or there. Last I'm not ever sure if Happy will affect me or not."

"But Happy's our friend. Of course he can help you." Natsu said with a wide smile.

'Seriously, reminds me more and more of Kusaka and Kurosaki every day I'm around him. I'm surprised I haven't lost brain cells.' Hyorinmaru laughed at his son's thought process, "I'm not willing to take the chance. What if he does affect me? The last thing he needs is frostbite."

Natsu sighed, "Yeah, okay, fine we'll take the boats." The fire dragon slayer groaned miserably, 'Why? Why must it be transportation and spinning islands?' Natsu put a hand over his mouth, 'Makes me feel sick just thinking about it.'

"Stop thinking about it." Toshiro ordered sternly, "You're a Fairy Tail wizard Dragneel get over it." Natsu froze and looked at Toshiro shocked a smile slowly growing on his face. Teal eyes looked at him, "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"You just said Fairy Tail with pride."

"Of course I did, I'm part of Fairy Tail aren't I?" Toshiro rolled his eyes and turned away making Natsu gain a bigger grin and run to catch up with the ridiculous grin on his face. Feeling an arm fall on his shoulder the shocked ice dragon slayer looked at his comrade, "What are you doing?"

"Welcome what it means to being a true Fairy Tail family member."

Toshiro felt his world stop and his heart squeeze with joy at those words. Natsu continued to look at him with his wide contagious smile. 'He just called me family. Why? Why is this making me feel this way? I had family back at soul society. Granny, Momo, Matsumoto, Kusaka and…' Toshiro blushed lightly, '…and the Kurosaki's. I wonder how they are all doing?' Feeling Natsu's arm tighten brought him out of this thoughts looking at the fire breather in shock.

"At Fairy Tail no matter who you are or where you come from you will always be family. And I can say it's defiantly nice to have a fellow dragon slayer as a brother." The pink haired dragon slayer said with his smile. And for the first time since Granny took him in he felt at home, where no matter what others thought of him Fairy Tail's opinions of him were all that mattered.