The members get their code names here and I'll be using them, but Natsu and Sorano call each other by their real names when alone, so this might get confusing.


Chapter 2

A Life of Dark Deeds


"Speech"

'Thoughts'

"Magic"

Flashback / Mindscape

Location / Date / Time Skip


September 14 X777

Random Clearing

"Again!" Brain shouted from the side at a panting Natsu, whom he had dubbed Salamander, alongside Sorano, now called Angel, who had Cubelios on her shoulder.

Brain had them discard the rags they once wore in the tower. Salamander was now wore a red tank top, and a pair of black shorts, as well as some open toed saddles. Angel was wearing a light blue t-shirt, white pants, and dark blue heels.

Salamander took a deep breath and looked up at the large rock in front of him.

"Fire Dragon Roar!" Salamander opened his mouth and a torrent of dark crimson flames shot out of it. The flames hit the rock and instantly started to melt. When it was half its size, Salamander stopped the roar and swung his arm. "Fire Dragon Scales!"

A magic seal appeared before him and from it, a large number of scale shaped masses of fire shot at the rock. They chipped away at the rock until it was down to twice the size as Salamnder. He jumped into the air and gathered flames around his feet. "Fire Dragon Spiral Jaw!" He spun in the air, repeating striking the boulder, until the stone finally shattered into millions of pieces.

"Impressive." Brain said as he approached the panting 2nd generation dragon slayer. "This time it only took three moves for you to destroy a boulder. It normally takes you five. You are definitely improving."

"Thank you, Brain." Salamander told his master.

A year had passed since Brain took four children away from that God-forsaken tower. The two with him now had dedicated their life's to making themselves useful to Brain.

The other two, Sawyer, now called Racer and Macbeth, now Midnight, where nearby training against the member that sought them out: Richard or the name Brain gave him, Hoteye.

Salamander's ears twitched as Brain approached him. "Midnight won, again." Brain had decide to train the pink haired child in a second magic, Sound Magic, complementing his already enhanced sense of sound.

The statement gave a small smile to Brains face. "I knew I choose a good son. Take a break, Salamander. Angel, let's see how well you summon your spirits."

Salamander and Angel walked past each other, small smiles on their face. Cubelios jumped off of Angel's shoulder and sprouted her wings. It was new trait they had discovered when she accidentally fell of a cliff. Seconds later, she landed on Salamander's shoulder and retracted her wings.

Angel reached into her pocket and pulled out a small gold key before she held it high. "Open, Gate of the Twins, Gemini!"

The key began to glow in a golden aura before a blue magic seal appeared on the ground in front of her. Two bright orbs shot out of the seal and flew into the sky. The orbs flew around Brain and Salamander before they hovered over Angel's shoulders.

The lights faded, revealing two small, beady eyed, blue skinned creatures with antennae sticking out of their heads. One was wearing a pair of orange shorts, the other a pair of black shorts.

"Excellent work." Brain told the girl. "Now, summon another one." Angel nervously nodded, and pulled out a small silver key from the same pocket and raised it over her head.

"Open, Gate of the Chisel Constellation, Caelum!" Another seal appeared on the ground, but it was very weak compared to the one for Gemini. Slowly, a large glowing orb rose from the seal. But before the spirit could fully rise, the seal broke and the spirit returned to the spirit world.

Having used up too much of her magic, Angel dropped to her knees, making Gemini return. She looked over in fear as Brain approached her. "Not bad. The last time we tried this, you didn't even get the second seal to appear, let alone almost summoning two spirits. Your improving very well."

Both turned their heads as they heard Salamander walk over and offered Angel a hand up. Angel gladly took it and stood up with his help.

"Follow me." Both children looked up as Brain began to walk away. "It's time I explained our mission to all you." The children followed shortly and soon found themselves in another clearing inhabited by three other children, panting and covered in scraps and bruises.

Brain raised his staff and then slammed it onto the ground. "Enough training!" All three stopped and began walking over to their leader. "It's time you all learn the reason for our group." The children sat around their leader as he told the story.

"Hundreds of years ago, a race of people called the Nirvit created a powerful magic called Nirvana. This magic could turn darkness into light." Brain told them. "They used it to end a vicious war and for a while, they lived in peace. However, their cannot be light without darkness. The evil they thought they had destroyed soon began to infect their souls. Civil war broke out between the Nirvit and eventually, they destroyed themselves, never suspecting that their greatest achievement would be their very undoing. The only survivor, the very one who authorized Nirvana's creation, sealed it away at the cost of his own life. That is our goal. If we can find and unseal this magic, we will control the world. Anything we want will be ours for the taking."


July 28 X781

"Salamander! Angel!" Brain called out through one of the many caves the Oración Seis used to hide from the Magic Council.

The called wizards walked into the chamber that Brain sat in. Both wizards had matured greatly over the last four years, physically and magically.

Salamander now wore an open black sleeveless gold trimmed vest. Around his neck was a scarf that he ripped off some wizard that he killed. Wrapping around his waist was Cubelios, who had grown to the length of giant anaconda. His leg-wear consisted of white knee length pants covered by a similar styled cloth as his vest and a brown belt. On his left wrist was a black wristband and his footwear was a pair of black sandals.

Angel had obviously gone through puberty. Her new dress was made up of white feathers and had a v-cut that went down to her navel. From its back, two flat large feathery wings came out. Her arms were covered by a pair of arm length dark blue gloves. Her legs were covered similar colored and length socks that led down to a pair of feathery shoes. On her collar bone were two small wing tattoos. Her bob cut hair held a dark blue headband under her two tresses, and a small strand curled upwards into a halo.

"You called, Brain?" Angel asked.

"There's some meddling legal wizard who's starting to get in our way." Brain explained as he chucked a photo of a green haired woman at them. "I want you to find her and take her out."

"Her screams will be sweet." Salamander said as he and Angel left the cave. Once outside, Cubelios sprouted her wings as she laid on the ground. "Ladies first." He told Angel as he held his hand out for her.

"A gentlemen as always." Angel said as she took his hand and he guided her onto Cubelios' body. Once she was on, he climbed on in front of her and the massive snake took off. Once in the air, Angel wrapped her arms around her partners waist. "I love going on missions with you."

Salamamder placed one of his hands on hers. "I know you do." He looked at the horizon as the sun reached it maximum height. "Sorano, have you thought about what I said to you? I need an answer."

"Yes, I have." Angel said as she rested her chin on his shoulder. "I'm with you, Natsu. Once we find Nirvana, we'll take it for ourselves. We'll rule this world as king and queen, and use its power to destroy all of our enemies."

Salamander turned his head and smiled as he gently cupped her face and brought it into a kiss. They kissed until his ears twitched as they picked up the sound of someone complaining about a lion. "Our target."


Snake Rise Canyon

"How dare he do this to me! Doesn't he know who I am?" Karen Lilica of the Blue Pegasus guild trudged through the rocky terrain on her job. "I am the great Karen Lilica! He should be honored to be my spirit, but he has the gall to call me cruel!"

"Dear god, will you shut up?!" Karen was taken out of her rant by voice from the sky. She looked up to see a man with a snake and a woman in a feather dress land in front of her. "I thought Midnight's snoring was annoying!" The man declared as the snake retracted its wings.

"Who are you?" Karen asked, worried that it was two on one.

"Us? Your executioners." The woman calmly told her as she scratched the snakes chin before pointing to the man. "Salamander and Angel."

Salamander shot forward and cocked his fist back. "Fire Dragon Flame Elbow!" Intense flames shot out his elbow. His arms started smoking before they were enveloped by the thick smoke. Seconds later, the smoke died down, revealing dark red scales with a bright pale underbelly on his arms as he approached the legal wizard.

Karen reached into her jackets pocket and pull out a golden spirit key. "Open, Gate of the Ram, Aries!" She shouted as she raised the key into the air, but nothing happened. When she looked down, Salamander was in front of her and punched her in the stomach, launching her into a pillar.

"Nothing worse than a spirit mage who doesn't know there limits." Angel said shaking her head. Reaching into her dress pocket, she pulled out her own silver key. "Open, Gate of the Chisel Constellation, Caelum!" A magic seal appeared and a large metal sphere rose from it. "Cannon form, please."

A few beeps from the spirit and Caelum's body began to glow before it entered its new form. It's center protruded like a cannon barrel and it began charging energy.

"Aries! Quit screwing with me!" Karen shouted at the sky. "Get your ass out here now!"

"Fire." Once Angel ordered, Caelum fire an energy beam. When it hit Karen, it tore through the side of her chest where her heart was.

Karen fell to her knees as blood pored out of the hole in her chest. With the little strength she had left, she opened her hand and stared at the key. 'Aries, I'm sorry.' She gagged as she coughed up blood from the one lung she had left, covering the key in the red liquid before she fell over, dead.

Salamander walked over to the fresh carcass and pried open her hand. "You don't need this anymore." He said ripping the key out of her hand. Wiping the blood off the key, he walked over to Angel and handed it over to her. "For you, my archangel."

"Aw." Angel said seductively before taking the key. "Another golden key?" She raised the key to the sun so she could see the symbol it held. "You know just what to get a girl, don't you?"

"Well, it's easy when you know your girlfriend so well." Salamander told her as he scratched the back of his head.

As they walked over to their ride, they failed to notice a small tear fall from Cubelios' eye.


August 7th X784

"Salamander, come here." Brain called over his dragon slayer. Leaving Angel behind, he walked over to where Brain was standing.

"You called, Brain?" He asked, uninterested in what his leader had to say.

"I have a job for you." Brain said. "It's time for you to return to that tower."

Natsu's eyes went wide, not in fear, but in anger. "Hell no! I'm not going back there! You said I'd never have to see that place again!"

"Will you shut up and listen to me!" Brain shouted. "It's a very important job. Here's what you need to do..."


A few things I wanna explain so there is absolutely no confusion.

1. Natsu is Awsome totally reminded me of the Cubelios/Kinana element, so I will add her to the pairing, around the Infinity Clock arc.

2. I gave Natsu some second gen spells because of one reason. It's FanFiction and I can make my own rules. Who hasn't done that at least once on this site?

3. Cobra is a First gen dragon slayer. Thank you Pcano94 for that last name idea.

4. Cubelios cried because in her eyes, she's nothing but a pet. How would you feel about that?

Think about that clift hanger, see you next chapter.