Chapter Twenty-Eight: Why Did It Smelled Injured

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Previously:

"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.

Now:

It honestly didn't even take Toshiro and Natsu long to even find the scale. Despite only being on the island for only a few minuets they could already smell in what direction the scale and hole were. It seemed that what ever the scale came from defiantly caused the hole in near the center of the island. Seeing the pink haired male sniffing the scale caused the white haired one to be curious, "Do you remember what Igneel scent is?"

Hyorinmaru tilted his head intrigued by the question, he never thought to even question if Natsu remembered his father's scent. Black eyes looked into Toshiro's teal shaking his head, "You think I would but I really can't remember for some reason. What about you?"

The bleach haired male shook his head, "No, I didn't get my stronger senses till I got here." The ice dragon slayer looked in the direction of the hole, "Is it possible to ask if you can tell it is a dragon or not?" He knew he should be able to guess a bit by some of the smell, but he wanted to make sure he knew if he was right.

The fire breather shook his head, "It isn't a dragon. It's some kind of water creature."

Toshiro nodded, happy to know what he thought was correct. In his inner world Hyorinmaru look at him, "It's okay my son you will get it down. It will take practice and learning to keep scents in memory. I suggest you start with your guild mates. For example Natsu's scent, describe it the best way you can.'

Teal eyes looked at his fellow dragon slayer who was touching the scale. 'He smells like the fire he eats and charcoal.' With the wind going his direction he picked up on another scent that set the pink haired male apart from everyone else he has smelled before, 'There's also this…smell the seems unique to Dragneel.'

As the ice dragon nodded in approval to the assessment, Natsu looked over when he realized that he was being looked at. Toshiro felt his face heat up as Natsu looked himself over, "Do I have something on me?"

The ice dragon slayer shook his head, "No, forgive me. I was just…" He shook his head again, "Never mind."

Natsu looked even more curious till Happy answered his questioning look, "It looked like he was trying to memorize your scent."

Toshiro's face went red as he looked away and wrote down what the two of them learned so far from the island itself. The pink haired male made a face of understanding and made his way over to his fellow dragon slayer. He remembered when he to was learning from Igneel to remember the different scents that was around him. He also remembered that his fellow dragon slayer never offered the keep the scent of the necklace to memory on the last mission. With a grin he asked, "Do you want help learning how?" Teal eyes looked at him shocked before covering said shock with a mask of indifference. "One of my favorite memories is when Igneel was teaching me to learn the difference between the scents around me."

Instead of answering him, Toshiro walked over to the scale and touched it himself so that he too knew what it felt like personally. Behind him Natsu sighed and looked over at him. The pink haired male truly didn't know if he was making any progress in gaining trust where Toshiro stopped trying to hide himself. And if he was being honest with himself it was more than irritating. Writing down the corrected measurements Toshiro opened his mouth to say something but touched his head while he heard Natsu fall to the ground gagging. Thankfully the island stopped moving and the two were able to look around just in time for the island to shake violently. Looking at his fellow dragon slayer Toshiro asked, "That has to be the water creature."

Natsu nodded looking around sniffing the air to try and pin point where it could be coming from. Hearing the man that gave them a ride to the island yell out in fright the two went running over to where he was. However when they got there they only saw the man on the ground staring at the water in shock. Rushing over, Toshiro helped him stand as he asked, "What happened?"

"S…some kind of water dragon…or what ever it is. It's eyes popped out of the water just enough to see me before it went back under."

Feeling ridiculous as he did it the ice dragon slayer sniffed the air getting the distinct smell that smelled different from the island itself. The island shook again this time nearly knocking Natsu to the ground. The man looked around afraid as he stuttered out, "What…what is going on?"

The white haired dragon slayer walked closer to the water to try and see if the water creature was visible. He found that he could see more than us used to, due to his heightened eyesight, and jumped out of the way just in time to miss being grabbed by a thick metallic blue tail. However, he did get hit with one of the fins sending him flying into one of the trees nearby. Standing up he felt the island shake again as the water creature roared shaking the island as it came out of the water showing itself. Covering his ears Toshiro's eyes closed as the loud sound penetrated his ear drums. He thought he'd be used to it since Fairy Tail was a fairly loud place to begin with, yet he found creatures roar to be far too loud for comfort. Closer to the water Natsu looked at the water creature with a wide grin and his hands lit in flames. The fire dragon slayer was worried about his fellow dragon slayer but he knew that taking down the water monster was the best thing he could do for Toshiro.

The creature seemed to pause as it looked at Natsu then over to Toshiro who was standing up to his feet. As it stared the fisherman stayed on the ground shaking seeing the size of the creature. It was defiantly large enough that it could be easily mistaken for a dragon yet it clearly wasn't. It's metallic blue scales shined in the light of the sun. It's nostrils moved as if it was sniffing the wind. Tilting its head, the water creature lowered itself into the water and then disappeared from sight. Narrowing his eyes the pink haired male walked forward trying to see if the water creature was simply waiting but found that it was nowhere in sight. "It's gone." The fire dragon said with a pout. With a sigh he ran over to where Toshiro was standing, "Are you okay?"

The ice dragon slayer nodded still looking at where the creature had been moments earlier, the wheels in his head turning, coming up with possible reasons as to why the creature had just left for no reason while at the same time initiating the attack. Happy flew close to him and Natsu asking, "What's wrong?"

Still looking at the spot the creature had been at the white haired male replied, "It's the way it left. It's going to be back yet…" '…yet I can't shake the feeling that it left with a reason in mind.'

'I agree hatchling. But tell me, when you were able to get its scent. Can you tell me anything about it?'

Instead of answering his father Toshiro asked, "Dragneel, why did it smell like it was injured?"

Natsu tilted his head as he looked at the fisherman, who was now just standing up. "Do you guys have traps around the island or something?"

The fisherman shook his head, "No, we didn't want to enrage it by accident so all the traps that used to be here we took out of the water."

Toshiro narrowed his eyes, "Are you sure that you are the only ones that once put traps out here?" The man looked down in thought so the white haired male looked at the pink haired one, "There is a very big possibility that someone else could be leaving other traps out here. It didn't even bother our guide."

"You know now that I think about it. I do remember taking out traps that I didn't remember anyone saying they placed. We always tell each other where we place our fishing traps."

Natsu and Toshiro nodded at each other as the white haired one said, "I don't think the creature is the full problem. You have someone nearby hunting the creature. It didn't look native to your lake. It's too big to have grown up here. It has to be from some other water source. Is there any large body of water nearby?"

"Yes, there is an ocean nearby." The fisherman tapped his arm then asking, "Do you think that we are in danger with it around?"

"I don't think it's even interested in you and the town's people." The ice dragon slayer replied, "I think it just wants to be left alone."

Happy tapped his chin, "It also looked confused by you and Natsu as well."

While the pink haired male seemed confused by that statement the fisherman nodded in agreement, "It did. It was like it didn't know if you two were a danger or not."

Toshiro wrote that down and tapped his arm deep in thought. Teal eyes only looked away from the notebook when Natsu poked his arm, "We should probably head back. Happy is getting tired."

Toshiro directed his eyes to look at the blue cat cuddled in his fellow dragon slayers arms before nodding, "Yes, that does seem like a good idea. We can assess what we learned in the room." Flipping the notebook shut he put it in his pocket and walked toward the dreaded boat. He was not looking forward to the ride back the town in the thing. Thankfully it was not ice over like it was when they got to the island. With a sigh he waited once again for Natsu to be placed over the edge then got in himself already wishing that he was not in hated boat.