Chapter Twenty-Nine: Hitsugaya!

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Previously:

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.

Now:

Toshiro was the first one to wake up and the first thing he was met with was loud snoring. With a groan he sat up and reached for his bag. The first thing he pulled out was a dark blue plain t-shirt. Accepting the random shirt he pulled out he dug through to find the jeans he had been wearing the day before. Quickly finding that, his socks and bathroom supplies he grabbed all of them and his shoes and went to the bathroom. He didn't feel like answering questions about the scars he had should Happy and Natsu wake up. He quickly got dressed then started messing with his hair so he could fix it from his bed head. With a sigh his hand dropped to the counter he wondered if he should get a hair cut now that he was not going back to soul society. The only reason that he had grown his hair the way it was now was so that he would be taken more seriously with his fellow captains. Shaking his head he fixed his hair the way he should and came out of the bathroom to find the cat awake and stretching while the fire dragon slayer had flipped to his side but he had gotten quiet at the same time.

Giving a small sigh the bleached haired male shook his head and put the clothes he slept in, in his backpack. By the time he finished putting his things away Natsu was sitting up and looking at him as he stretched. "Hey." Teal eyes looked in charcoal, "When did you wake up?"

"About ten minuets ago." Toshiro replied zipping up his bag and pushing it to the corner, "I'll go get us something to eat while you get changed."

Walking to the door the soul reaper paused in opening it when Natsu said, "Just give me a moment to use the restroom and I can walk with you."

"Aren't you going to change?"

The pink haired male shook his head, "I changed last night. It makes mornings easier if I clean up the night before." Running his hand through his hair Natsu gave a grin as he shook it out and ran into the bathroom.

Teal eyes blinked in confusion then shook his head, "I'll be finding the three of us a table then." Opening the door the hybrid left the room as Happy tilted his head in confusion. Toshiro made his way down to the front desk sighing when he realized that it was the boy that didn't want to talk to him the day before. "I just came to ask where the room was where my comrades and I could get some breakfast."

Grant sighed uncomfortably then pointed to the hallway, "Just down that way."

Nodded his head the ice dragon slayer nearly went down the hall when Natsu came barreling around the corner smacking straight into his fellow dragon slayer sending the two of them to the floor. Ignoring the laughter of the two hunters from the bar Hitsugaya said, "Dragneel, there was no need to run after me."

The pink haired male smiled jumping up to his feet while Toshiro picked himself up from the floor. "Sorry." Hearing the two hunters still laughing caused the white haired male to sigh and drag his companion with him before he tried to pick a fight with the two men. He knew very well that they would not stand a chance to the strength that his fellow Fairy Tail member possessed. "Why were they laughing?"

"Probably because you ran into me." Toshiro quickly replied as they found the room. Once there the newest dragon slayer wondered why he didn't use his nose to try and find it. Before he could beat himself up about it Hyorinmaru gave a soft growl, 'Don't you dare.'

'I know better than to not use all my resources.'

'Stop that this instant. You are new to your heightened senses. It is okay that you don't use them instinctively.' The ice dragon said, he brought his head closer to his hatchling, 'You just need time to get used to using them.'

Feeling a small body crash into him before he could reply. Toshiro turned to see the young girl that had run into him. Her light brown doe eyes looked at him as she smiled apologetically, "Sorry."

"It's okay." The ice mage responded with a nod of his head but before he could turn the little girl grabbed the pocket to his jeans, "Is something the matter?"

"Can…I ask you a question?"

"What do you want to know?" Toshiro asked, he was curious as to why she was not afraid to be near him when he could see that her mother who was nearby was watching with wide eyes.

"How did you get your pretty eyes?"

The ice dragon slayer froze in shock at the question as Natsu covered his amused smile while Happy giggled from his best friends shoulder. "I…I was born with them."

"Really?" The little girl asked to which he nodded, "But my sister says that you can only get that eye color with magic."

"I can assure you I didn't use magic to get my eye color." Toshiro responded as the girl's mother ran over and pulled her child to her.

"I'm so sorry. She's been asking about your eyes since yesterday."

The ice dragon slayer shook his head, "It's okay. Even back where I grew up people asked about my eyes." He held back his expression as he knew the only reason that the bullies asked was to make fun of him.

The mother nodded walking away with her youngest daughter. Teal eyes looked at Natsu confused. Happy giggled, "Ooo, it looks like she has a little girl crush on you."

Toshiro looked at the blue cat confused, "What are you talking about? She's at least six years old." When the cat didn't respond he looked at his fellow dragon slayer, "What is he talking about?"

Natsu shrugged, "I don't know. I just thought it was funny she focused in on your eyes."

Toshiro shook his head and walked over to get a slice of toast and tea. As he was making his tea Altrone made his way to stand next to him. Ignoring him the dragon slayer couldn't help but think the tea smelled better now that he was using his nose to really smell it. It was pleasant that he could pick up on the subtle traces of herbs used. "You'd be better off letting Salamander doing the job freak."

Toshiro took a deep breath and quickly reached out grabbing Natsu before he could try and beat up the man, "Dragneel stop."

"Hitsugaya he…"

"I heard him Dragneel, but that doesn't mean you have to react. I ignored him for a reason." Toshiro could feel the man's anger in the energy around him, "He's not worth it." Seeing that Happy had a fish and Natsu had his food at a table he dragged the pink haired male away after placing his toast in his mouth and picking up his cup of tea. "Let's finish eating then head back to the island." As the two of them sat down Natsu glared at Altrone walking away mumbling under his breath.

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Both Natsu and Toshiro sighed with relief the moment they were off the fisherman's boat, "I really hate transportation."

Natsu nodded in agreement. "They are the worst."

A chuckle of amusement came from the fisherman causing the two to look at him, "Sorry, your reactions are amusing. I understand it is hard on you two. However it doesn't help that you two sound like my son when you complain."

Natsu gave a smile and stood up going over to his guild mate helping him up. "It's okay. You're not as bad as the guild can be at times."

The man nodded and sat down as Toshiro glanced at the water then looked toward the forest, "What are you thinking about?"

Teal eyes looked at his partner, "I'm trying to find out if there is another way to get to where the creature is staying underwater." Toshiro whispered happy that Natsu had strong hearing like he did. "After I got a feel for it's energy yesterday I know it's somewhere under the island."

"What about the hole?" The blue cat asked landing on the ice dragon slayers shoulder.

"That's too obvious. If the creature is running like I think it is, then it probably only made that hole as a distraction. It looked intelligent. It didn't help the way it looked at us yesterday makes me think that it is coming up with some kind of plan." Teal eyes looked around then at the fisherman, "Do you have things you have to do?"

The man shook his head, "My job is to be your ride to and from the island."

"If you want, you can come back in a few hours. I can't promise we will be done."

The fisherman nodded getting into his boat, "Be careful of the wildlife. Some are more violent than others."

The two dragon slayers nodded in understanding and walked to go to the other side of the island. As they walked they could smell that the creature had been on the island during the night. The ice dragon slayer paused as a scent hit is nose. "Dragneel, someone was on the island last night."

"I can tell you it's not those jerks that don't like you for no reason." The fire mage sniffed the air, "It's someone that has not gone to the village."

The moment they got to the center of the island it shook. Both the slayers easily kept their footing then looked around. Toshiro paused in his search, "I don't think the creature is what is causing the island to shake." Charcoal eyes glanced at him at teal eyes looked at Natsu, "I think someone is placing bombs."

The fire dragon slayer tilted his head, "You mean to scare it out of hiding?"

"That could be why it smelled injured yesterday." The soul reaper said, feeling the island out with his spiritual pressure. "It seems energy based so it is probably some kind of magic." Natsu nodded in agreement as his nose was unable to pick up any traces of explosive powder. The ice dragon slayer jumped into the middle of the hole feeling the ground there shake like it was a creature. "Whoever it is, is trying to make it angry." With his hearing the ice mage could pick out that the creature was moving beneath, "Dragneel, we need to focus on whoever is placing the bombs. This creature is scared and angry."

Natsu gave a growl of irritation, "I hate when people attack a creature for no reason. Especially if it isn't bothering them." Toshiro jumped to the edge of the hole however he found himself flying into the air as the gravity lessened. "Hitsugaya!" The white haired male crashed into the ground hard causing him to groan, "Are you okay?"

"Yes,…" The ice slayer got up rubbing the side of his leg, "…I forgot we weren't supposed to jump."

Natsu reached forward to grab his comrade when the tail from the day before wrapped around the ice dragon slayer and dragged him to the water. "Hitsugaya!" The fire mage tried to follow the tail but by the time he got close he got splashed with water as the creature jumped in then disappeared in the murky depths. The pink haired male looked at the water with a dropped jaw as he realized he would never be able to keep up with the water creature in its advantage. Natsu looked at Happy, "I need you to fly to the town I'm going after him." The blue cat nodded and flew back and did what was asked, he knew what he needed to do. The fire dragon slayer sucked in big breath then jumped into the water.