Chapter Thirty: Don't Be Stupid

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I hope you all enjoy and have a Jesus filled day.

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Previously:

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.

Now:

Flying as fast as he could Happy made his way to the village. Once there he called out, "It took Hitsugaya." The people in town looked the flying blue cat in surprise, "Were not sure if it is dangerous or not but it took him."

One of the hunters laughed, "That's what he gets for not just leaving it to people better suited for the job."

While the people of the town looked at the hunters unamused Happy turned and glared at the hunters, "What is your problem? You act like Hitsugaya did some terrible thing to you when he clearly has never met you in his life. Why do you and some of the other people treat him like he's some kind of disease? He's been nothing but respectful of you all."

The towns folk looked away slightly guilty when it had been put in that perspective. However the hunters did not look convinced as Altrone said, "He's a child that should be leaving the fighting to people who are more capable."

Happy got angrier but the mayor spoke up, "Altrone, you will stop that this instant. We are to be thankful to whoever took the job. The fact that Natsu and Hitsugaya decided to take the job is something we should be thankful for not attacking him just because he looks younger than we were expecting. The master of Fairy Tail would not just employ someone just because they ask. I'm sure that he figures out in his own way if they are able to fight." Takashi turned to the flying cat, "Is there anything we can do to help?"

"I'm not entirely sure, Natsu just sent me here. I'm not even sure that he had a plan to begin with. Not like Hitsugaya would at least." Happy replied making the hunters sputter in shock hearing what they did. The cat raised an eyebrow, "What did you think? That Natsu thought through what he did in a fight? Most the time he just wings it."

The mayor laughed, "That would explain why I hear he destroys the amount of things he does." Takashi nodded, "Okay, what we will do is get ready to block off the creature to give the two wizards a chance to keep it in one location should a fight break out between them and the creature. Get the nets ready and block off the exit. We will not allow it to run off with anyone, even a member of Fairy Tail." Happy smiled and went about helping the villagers in any way that he could.

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Toshiro took a deep breath of air as he was let go of and put on the dry ground by the creature that had swam off with him. The pain in his head dulled down as he looked at place he had been taken to. It was clearly the cave under the island where the creature was staying. The place was pretty barren with the exception of a collection of tree branches, leaves, and dead corpses of animals on the ground nearby. It didn't take long for the white haired male to figure out what the branches and leaves were for. Looking at the creature he wondered if it planned him harm but all he saw was the creature curling up on the branches and eyeing him with its large silver eyes. Looking at the creature he took in what it looked like from its metallic blue scales covering its large lizard/serpentine body to its horns curled softly on its head. Teal eyes went to the items that it had curled up behind causing him to gasp, "You're a mom." Toshiro looked at the creature in surprise, "You're your trying to protect your young."

Standing up he caused the lizard like water creature to lift its head and watch him closely. Toshiro began to wonder if she though he was one like her children or if she wanted him to help protect the eggs that were on the nest. The half breed resisted biting his lip and looked at the hole where the creature had entered and he knew that there was going to be no way he was going to make it up to the surface without the creatures help. Deciding to try he turned to her saying, "I need to go up and explain to them why you are here." Instantly this upset the creature as she let out a huff of air. Toshiro groaned deciding to explain since the creature was showing enough intelligence to try and not only communicate with him but also understand that he wanted to leave, "I can't help you down here."

The creature let out a huff and stood up causing teal eyes to widen and back away from her only he wasn't fast enough to dart away as her tail swooped in and took him to the nest. Toshiro groaned, "I am not like you." In his head he could hear his zanpakuto spirit laughing as the female aquatic lizard nuzzle him. Putting his hands against her snout he pushed her away gently and tried to back off the nest only to get knocked back in when her tail came up behind him. 'You have got to be kidding me.' She laid her head close to him while he tired to ponder a way out of the situation he was in without causing her to be violent. 'If I try flash step out she could react negatively." He pinched the bridge of his nose, "This is a nightmare." At this point Hitsugaya was starting to wonder what Natsu was doing since he had seen him get grabbed, but he knew the answer already, "Just like Kurosaki he's going to charge head in without planning anything. I hope he doesn't do anything stupid." Feeling a wet sensation on his face made him nearly fall over but he caught himself and scooted away from the soon to be mother, "I am not your child, you can't keep me here."

The mother gave a soft growling sound as if to disagree with him, "I'm not a creature like you. I'm a human, I belong up there." Again she growled in disagreement, 'Hyorinmaru, please tell me you can translate.'

'I can but I won't be able to for long. Natsu is on his way here now.'

'What?!'

'Yes, he's on his way here. Now what she's saying is she doesn't care that you are not the same creature she is she just wants to protect you.' Teal eyes looked at his zanpakuto spirit confused, 'She saw how some of the villagers looked at you and it made her angry. She's basically adopting you. And soon Natsu since you both have a slight scent of dragon.'

'No,…nonono. She can't do that.'

'She just did, the moment she brought you here in this cave she claimed you as her child.'

Toshiro groaned as Natsu popped into the cave, "Hey, you over grown lizard give me back my friend!"

Toshiro popped over the lip of the nest, "Get out of the cave, Dragneel."

"Why? I'm here to help you." Black eyes looked at his teammate confused as the aquatic lizard stood up.

The white hared dragon slayer quickly darted in front of the mother startling her so she looked at him confused. Quickly the ice mage said, "Trust me, I'm in no danger just leave before she catches you too."

"If you are there…"

"Just trust me Dragneel, you do not want her catching you." Hitsugaya continued to get in the creatures way. He could see that he was annoying her as she huffed. "Trust me when I say I am in no danger. She does not wish me any harm. Just get out of here before the villagers think she is."

"But it's keeping you cap…tive... …Hitusgaya why does it have eggs?"

"Clearly she's a soon to be mother. Now stop being stupid and get out." Finally done with her new adopted child stopping her she gently pushed him down with her tail and pushed him to the side where he fell with a soft 'oof' off the lip of the nest. Toshiro was quick to get to his feet but she already thought ahead and wrapped him in her tail like she did when she captured him. He squirmed in the gentle hold but nothing he was doing was deterring her short of freezing her and he was not going to do that when she was clearly peaceful. "Damn it, Dragneel get out of here. I'm fine she's not hurting me."

Finally the pink haired dragon slayer got the message and turned to leave running to the water. He could hear Toshiro squirming in the hold the aquatic serpentine lizard on him with her tail and her moving to catch him with her jaws. With yell he dodged the first attempted causing the mother to growl in irritation. So to try and deter her he lit his hands on fire but put them out when his teammate told him to not hurt her and that it could cause her to become violent. Dodging the second attempt he sucked in a deep breath and jumped into the water. Swimming a little away he looked back to see if she was still following him but found she had not and was headed back to her nest. Curious the pink haired dragon slayer swam up to the opening and peeked in to see the aquatic lizard inspecting an egg that was stilling. Her tail was blocking his teammate from getting away but where he could still see at the same time. Hitsugaya signaled for him to go so Natsu took another deep breath and swam to the top of the island. Getting to the top he took deep breaths and looked around before running to the edge of the island calling out for Happy to pick him up. Using his element he quickly dried himself and fluffed up his hair slightly looking at where he had come from.

He was worried for his teammate, it was wrong to leave teammates behind but even he could see that she was doing no harm to Toshiro. She clearly wanted to care for him; otherwise she would not have him in her nest. Thinking back he remembered when a reptilian creature tried to take him from Igneel. When he asked why the creature tried to his father explained it was due to him starting to smell a slight bit of dragon so animals would react differently to him depending on the species. With a sigh Natsu looked forward when he heard his best buddy calling out to him. "Happy, I'm so glad that you heard me. We got to explain things." He shook his head, "Hitsugaya, pretty much told me what I needed to say in a weird way. Not quite sure I completely understand."

"Well, then let's get you back over to the village." Happy said picking him up and flying him over.

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On an edge on the other side of the island a man look in the direction that had Natsu took off in then back at where he had exited the water. With a sigh he looked disappointed, "With the way he was breathing I'll never make it down there like he can." He rolled his eyes as he started to walk around setting his traps as he went along, "Damn it, that would be the fasted way to get to her. Blasted creature making the entrance where I can't reach."