Chapter Twenty-Seven: Frosting Pain

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Previously:

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.

Now:

Both dragon slayer's instantly felt a reaction seeing the mayor standing next to a boat. While Toshiro resisted touching his head, Natsu held a hand over his mouth and looked away trying not to hurl. Taking a deep breath Toshiro walked forward and spoke, "I take you are the mayor. I am Hitsugaya and this is Natsu Dragneel."

"Yes, my name is Takashi. Do you have any question about the island or the scale?"

Toshiro looked at his notepad while Natsu asked, "Does the island actually move?"

"Yes, I can't tell you how often it will happen as like the weather it will turn at unknown intervals." Mayor Takashi replied with a nod.

Rolling his eyes mentally Toshiro looked up in time to see how the mayor was curiously looking at him. Next to him the ice dragon slayer could tell Natsu was trying to tell if it was malicious or not. "I would like to know why you think it is a dragon?"

"We've never seen a scale that big before and as far as we know only dragons could have scales that big." Inside his inner world Hyorinmaru snorted in amusement, but before Toshiro could speak the mayor continued, "Even if it isn't a dragon we would like this creature gone. Is it still possible for you to do that?"

"Of course, we are going to do it." Natsu said putting a fist into the air with pride, "What kind of Fairy Tail mages would we be if we left in the middle of a job without a good reason."

The mayor smiled while Toshiro looked at his fellow dragon slayer as if he was trying to figure out how his mind worked when in reality Natsu was reminding him more and more of a cross between Ichigo and Kusaka. It simply amazed him how that was even possible. He couldn't even deny the facts he was seeing. Knowing his luck the fire dragon slayer was probably more powerful than he even knew or had some kind of secret he was not aware of. Closing his eyes Toshiro turned and faced the mayor as he spoke, "That is wonderful to hear. Is there anything else you wanted to ask?"

Toshiro took a deep breath and asked the dreaded question, "How long will it take to boat to get to the island?"

Mayor Takashi looked at the white haired male confused, "It shouldn't take more than five minuets to get over there. Why do you ask?"

The ice dragon slayer touched his head already feeling the headache building, "Who is taking us over there?"

"Oh I had no one actually do it. I was under the understanding you two could row it. Is something wrong?"

Taking a deep breath Toshiro did his best to not get irritated at the ignorant mayor as Happy easily replied, "They suffer from motion sickness."

The mayor's jaw dropped in shock then waved a fisherman over. "I'm going to need you to take these two gentlemen over to the island."

The guy raised an eyebrow, "Why, they look capable?"

"I thought so too but they have motion sickness." The mayor explained getting a look of understanding from the fisherman, "Are you able?"

"Yes, just let me get one of the guys to tell my wife I'll be a little late today."

The guy walked off as the mayor turned to the two dragon slayers, "I'm so sorry, I was unaware of your motion sickness."

Toshiro waved off the mayor worries, "It's okay, no harm was made."

Takashi raised an eyebrow looking over at Natsu looking away from the boat, "Are you two sure you will be okay?"

"Yes, we will be fine once we touch foot on the island. We will try not to keep him out too long."

"Won't the movement of the island bother you?" The mayor asked concerned looking between the two dragon slayers.

"We'll be okay, I can assure you. You have no need to worry; I assure you we've been through much worse." Even after saying it Toshiro gave an involuntary shiver remembering his last mission. Natsu likewise look irritated at the memory himself as he gave soft growl. Neither were interested in going thought the experience again. Seeing Mayor Takashi still looking at them concerned Toshiro said, "Our last job put us in a situation we were not fond of."

"Doesn't sound like it." Takashi gave a small smile of sympathy, "I hope you don't have to go through it again."

"Likewise." Natsu said in agreement smiling at the fisherman as he walked back over, "So, you can get us there quickly right?"

The gentleman gave a smile, "I'll get you there as fast as I possibly can. I have a son that has motion sickness. He can't see how I like getting on boats." He indicated to the boat. The moment Natsu stepped on it his face turned green and collapsed to the floor. The fisherman appreciated that Toshiro waited while he got the fire dragon slayer to where he could lean over the edge. Once he was done the other dragon slayer stepped in quickly and took a seat feeling his head start to hurt the instant he stepped on the boat. The fisherman could see the white haired male close his eyes as pain enveloped his head and Toshiro did everything in his power to not freeze the boat with his spiritual pressure. He could feel the boat moving under him making the headache even more agonizing than the moment before.

Taking deep breaths he kept himself as calm as he could however it wasn't long before the migraine started, 'Damn it, I'm sure we are not even half way to the stupid island.' To his side he could hear Natsu gagging as the boat went along. Toshiro was already losing control of his spiritual pressure as the area around him started to frost over. His hands made it into his hair trying to reach where the pain thumbed heavily in his head. It was worse than he could ever imagine, he'd never had migraines this bad and it was only getting worse as time wore on. He felt himself fall over letting out pained gasps of breath. He couldn't even focus on anything else if he wanted to. Hyorinmaru's soft sounds were hard to hear over the pain in his head.

When the pain started to go away it was instant relief from the pounding his in head. Sitting up slowly he took calming breaths. He knew the fisherman was looking at him trying to judge if he was okay but he was more worried about the pain melting away. Reaching for the side of the boat he haul himself over the edge and collapsed to his knees feeling unbalanced. Looking over he could see that half the boat had been frozen over while the half that had been opposite of him just frosted, "I'm apologize."

"No don't apologize. I can only imagine how painful that was just based on your expression." The fisherman said softly, gently touching the ice dragon slayer's shoulder, "I have some extra water with me if you want it."

"That…that would be appreciated." While the man went to get the water Toshiro felt ashamed he couldn't keep his expression hidden while at the same time appreciating that the man had spoke as softly as he did and not making fun of him. He really seemed to understand and grasp the situation and that it was not something to poke fun at. In the distance he could hear Natsu yelling about being off of transportation. He was a little envious that the pinkette was able to recover so quickly. He wondered if Natsu was on the boat longer if he would recover as fast or if it was just the fact that he went through headaches instead. Taking the water from the fisherman he drank slowly as the last of the headache went away. Closing it he offered one of his rare smiles to the gentleman, "Thank you."

"No, it's my pleasure. I know if my son went through headaches instead of the need to up chuck his stomach contents I'd do the same for him."

Toshiro nodded and stood up taking in a breath happy to be off the boat. Holding out the canteen he said, "Dragneel and I will check out the area. We will be back as soon as we can."

Taking the canteen back the man nodded, "I'll be right here. No matter what I won't move."

The dragon slayer nodded and went off to stand next to the fire one, "For today we should check out the island and worry about finding the monster later. It's a small island. While it can move it probably can't change the jungle."

Happy laughed while Natsu sighed, "Why? If we beat it up now all we have to do is take one last ride."

"If we come across it we could learn about it by observing it." Natsu did not look happy with that response, "However if it seems like a danger will have to fight it to keep it away from the townsfolk." That seemed to do the trick even though the fire breather didn't look very happy with the choice. Toshiro wondered if Natsu would even listen or just attack if they came across the scaled creature but then he remembered Erza telling him he asked questions after he hit. With a mental sigh he followed his fellow dragon slayer into the jungle wishing he was with Erza instead of Natsu. He was at least happy that it was sunny with a nice breeze on the island.

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Master Makarov looked at Erza as she stared at him, "Are you sure that letting them going by themselves was a good idea. In the last mission they were going to be used as a magical battery."

"They will be fine Erza. The two of them can take perfect care of themselves. They are Fairy Tail mages." The man replied with a smile.

"Yes, but Hitsugaya is a new member and…"

"And nothing Erza." The master said cutting her off, "In that mission Hitsugaya show great power when he fought back against the man that took him and Natsu. You told me yourself that by the time that you got done with your fight that he and Natsu had the leader finished." Makarov smiled, "You worry too much Erza. Besides this is a chance for Natsu to bond with Hitsugaya. You don't wish to stop that do you?"

The redhead sighed letting a smile spread across her face, "Forgive me master, it was quite the scare seeing Hitsugaya as tired as he was knowing he was once a captain. It feels as if he should not have been in that predicament."

"Everyone has their fights they will struggle in. You know that as well as everyone else here in the guild." Makarov smiled seeing his children milling about behind the redheaded warrior, "Now why don't you and Lucy go on a job together. After all none of you got any money from the last job.

Erza smiled, "Yes master, that sounds like an excellent idea." Even as she walked away she wondered what job the two slayers took. If what master said was true and it was close the two would have likely walked to their destination instead of taking the carriage ride to get there. With a small humored laugh she wondered how Toshiro was doing with Natsu by himself. This time he didn't have the rest of the team to a buffer from the fire dragon slayers boisterous energy. It would be amusing to see how he handled Natsu all alone.