I literally started this a minute or two after I published the first chapter this month. If I'm good with this one, it'll be out by the end of the month and you guys will get a second chapter in a month that's decently long. So far, the story has gone pretty well in my opinion, but I think it's time for me to start my own story line after a few more arcs. I don't think anyone else has personally gone this route, so I do hope this one is completely original. Hopefully it is and hopefully it doesn't disappoint. It'll most likely happen during the S-class trials and everything should take a turn there. GMG is still on the table, though I think I need something to happen during it, I'm just not sure what it'll be yet.


"Crown Prince of Dragons, Natsu Dragneel, please step forward," a large white dragon spoke. Natsu proceeded to do just that, "it has come to our attention that you have given away a secret of the dragons. Unfortunately, we are not quite sure what happened so would you care to explain?"

"Uhhh suuuuuure," Natsu blinked, "Well, I was over at someone's place and I accidentally let it slip that I had more than the fire dragon slayer magic?"

"Is that it?"

"Pretty sure," Natsu said, "Mirajane?"

The platinum blonde nodded but didn't say anything. Several heads whipped in her direction, however. Had they not noticed her? Mirajane was almost worried but she felt a spike of magic and watched all of the heads in the room to turn to Natsu.

"Eyes over here guys," Natsu said, almost growling, "What do you wish to do about my slip?"

The council proceeded to rush back to deliberation, growling in their draconic language. Natsu remained impassive, though he would twitch every so often and glance over his shoulder. The dragons' deliberation must have taken about five minutes. From what Mirajane knew about the human council, it took many hours, even days or weeks to make a single decision, and yet, the dragons, were able to make one in about five minutes.

"Crown Prince, we have an issue."

Natsu chuckled, "I can't do anything about it, it's my trial!"

"Oh, you are correct. Regardless, it would seem that we are mostly split on letting you off the hook and having someone eat her. There is the argument that she could possibly leak all of our information, letting possible enemies know about our strongest warrior's weaknesses. At the same time, she would not be the first to know of your abilities, we had advised you to tell your guildmaster what you could do just in case something happened.

At the moment, we have no way of telling you what your sentence would be," a larger, black dragon spoke.

"Most of us are split and the others just don't care because they think it's somewhat of a pointless trial, or this particular question is somewhat pointless," the dragon before mentioned.

"Is there really no way to decide? I don't see what the point is? Who's he going to tell, Ankhseram? That bastard knows most of my tricks as well. I don't see the point," Natsu said. Similar arguments had been made as to why this was pointless but none the less, the deliberation continued. Natsu sat down and flopped back on the ground. Nothing was happening.

"I see you have an issue that you can't seem to resolve. Allow me," said a muscular young man with long, dark blue colored hair. He had a sharp gaze; his eyes had black circles around them. He was a bit more dark-skinned, darker than most people in Fiore hinting something about his past. He had a high collared, black cloak, sharp white claws around his neck, a sash around his waist, a gold arm ring tightened around his right upper arm, as well as baggy pants that were tattered and destroyed at the bottoms, stopping just under his knees.

"Acnologia."

"Natsu."

"Feeling any better?" they both asked.

Natsu appeared to be glowing bright red while Acnologia glowed a duller blue color, power radiating off the both of them in waves. Natsu straightened his back and smiled, matching Acnologia's. Neither were true, it didn't reach either of their eyes. The two took a few steps forward, matching each other, both step for step and in power. There was silence until the two broke out into laughter. Natsu and the new man, the dragon of apocalypse walked over and shook hands. Was that supposed to happen? Were they friends or something? The two proceeded to stand and glare at each other before both simultaneously punching the other in the face. Both were blasted back a few feet, gouging deep trails into the hard earth, though oddly enough, the supposed strongest being in the world had been pushed back a tad bit farther. Both stood up, surveying where they stood. Neither moved from their new spots.

"Impressive. You've gotten stronger brat," Acnologia spoke.

"You as well," Natsu replied easily.

Something was amiss, was this normal? Surely not! Was it because they both knew they couldn't beat each other or was it something else. Was the most dangerous being on the planet passive unless provoked. It would seem about right, it had been said that Acnologia could be the ruler of the world if he so desired yet for some reason, he remained reclusive. He was considered to have unlimited power yet he sat around and did absolutely nothing all the time.

Mira was at a loss for words. This was just another thing that she needed to ask Natsu about. Or Igneel if she saw him at some point. What was even going on? From what she had heard about Acnologia from Natsu, was that they were pretty much at each other's throats pretty much any time they met. What was going on?

"I think you should let her live," Acnologia said as he pointed at Mirajane.

The platinum blonde in question sputtered and looked frightened, "Whaa?"

"Why would we do that?" a dragon in the back spoke up.

"Because Invroth," Acnologia said, "I'm sure you can smell her?"

"What?" The dragon now addressed as Invroth asked.

"Well, it's faint, sure but I'm sure you can smell… that… on her," Acnologia said as he smirked at Natsu and winked at Natsu.

Natsu saw the look of confusion and a bit of horror and decided that he should most likely tell her. He resolved to bring it up later if she didn't first. Natsu wasn't worried, rather concerned. He tried to rationalize the use of the two words in his head, but he knew it wouldn't make a whole lot of sense to other people despite; Natsu had always thought more abstractly than most. He had started thinking that way to get an extra edge over opponents as it would make him unpredictable. Eventually, he had just started thinking that way in general.

"Come on! Are telling me that none of you can smell it?"

"I prefer to use my own actions to speak because that way there are options and I'm not limiting them. I don't have the right to do that," Natsu said, "You can smell it because you have one of the strongest senses of smell known to dragons."

"One of?"

"Don't be that old man, I can match you!"

"Like hell!"

"Let's go then!"

"Happily!"

"Break it up you two!" several of the dragons shouted.

"But he started it!" They both said antagonistically, jabbing fingers in each other's direction.

"Look, since you fools can't seem to smell it, a…" Acnologia said as a cruel smile, "demonstration will be required."

"What are you doing?" a dragon asked in shock as the self-proclaimed dragon king took several menacing steps towards the only full human in the land. Acnologia shot an arm out and several blackish-blue chains raced out of his fingers. Of course the one place they were headed was Mirajane. Natsu had been across the arena but somehow, faster than one could blink, Natsu was in front of Mirajane. Few people registered as Natsu caught the chains then yanked them. Natsu caught Acnologia's outstretched wrist and bent his elbow quickly, slamming Acnologia into the afore mentioned body part.

Natsu growled and sent a hard kick straight into the older man's gut which sent him into the air. Natsu sent a burst of fire to his feet which rocketed him up. Natsu flipped and planted a solid drop kick into his stomach. Acnologia flew away, crashing through several prominent stones on the ground. Natsu roared before a giant blast of magic flew through him and out his mouth, sending white hot flames straight after the afore mentioned man. Natsu and company waited a few solid minutes before Acnologia finally got back to the council area. Acnologia looked a bit worse than before, only a few hairs out of place and looking mildly singed. All in all, it looked like he looked a bit more damaged but could just as easily throw down.

Fucking Gaki. And there you go, that's why you shouldn't kill her. He'll massacre you all before he calms down. Then he'll most likely go on a rampage and kill some more," Acnologia said as he brushed himself off.

The other dragons sat in shock. It didn't take them too long before they all managed to reach a unanimous decision. For those who weren't on Natsu's bad side, everything was fine, but everyone on his shit list felt like they were as good as dead. Now they understood what they needed to do. Leave Natsu Dragneel to his own business and let him figure out this shit for himself. No way they were going to interfere.


Natsu and Mira had gotten back home and Natsu was immediately bombarded by questions.

"What the hell was the dragon talking about? And why were you two acting like old pals? And what the hell do I smell like? Not to mention, oh you know what," Mira said, flailing her arms in exaggerated motions exasperatedly, "Just… let's do this one at a time, most important first, why did they not kill me?"

"That would be because I marked you," Natsu said uneasily, "They know you're with me, so they wouldn't dare."

She could tell Natsu was leaving something out and she needed to know what it was. There was more to it but what was it? Natsu wasn't saying something and now Mira was frightened, was to something bad? Did he not like her or something?

"Natsu, what aren't you telling me?" Mira asked quietly.

"Am I that readable?" Natsu asked, a sudden weariness overcoming him, "Look, Mirajane. If it's all the same to you, I need a bit of time to process it myself, I'm still not entirely sure what's going on with me. I'm sorry but I do promise I'll tell you at some point, okay?"

"Is it because of your dragon slaying magic?" Mira asked.

"Unfortunately, you hit the nail on the head," Natsu said, "and seeing as you haven't asked again, you're okay with waiting?"

"I am, but in the next year, at most. You will tell me," Mira said, "Next question, why were you and Acnologia so buddy buddy?"

"It's also a dragon slayer thing. Two dragons of equal strength become rivals. They strive to become better than the other but they do not kill unnecessarily. What you saw was the two of us testing each other out once again. We are the two strongest dragons, so it is even more prominent. The two of us will never kill each other so long as the two of us do no other wrongs to the other. I have only killed because it was necessary. I do know that some point, he will do something and when he does, I will kill him. I don't want to, but it'll have to be done."

"Why is he the way he is?"

"His family was murdered by dragons, much like mine, but unlike me, he became furious so he took up the path of vengeance. He wishes to slay all dragons. He goes out of his way to do so," Natsu said.

"Is that why you were raised by dragons?"

"No. My brother, the black haired man in that photo," Natsu sighed, "Zeref made a deal with Igneel made a deal."

"You're brothers with Zeref?" Mira asked incredulously.

"You're taking it surprisingly well at the moment. Yes, and I would appreciate you not telling anyone? I have enough people in the guild look at me like a monster as it is," Natsu said.

"It's alright. I don't think you're a monster if that makes you feel better?"

"A bit, yes. But, and I do suppose this is another thing you mustn't tell anyone, I died and was brought back to my life by Zeref. My, our, family I suppose, was murdered by dragons, my mother, father, and I died. I had no idea what was going on and seconds later, I was dead. Zeref became known by that moniker someone had given him," Natsu sighed, "He was, and still isn't a bad guy. The entirety of the etherious race, myself included – though I have a primary reason and this will only be the secondary – were created in hopes of killing him."

"And will you kill him?"

"Absolutely not. He's my only blood relative," Natsu said before hears ears pricked and heard Mira whisper something to herself. She most likely forgot that he had super hearing and stuff. He couldn't blame her.

"Oh really?"

"You heard me, didn't you?" Mira asked as she sighed.

"You bet, you keep forgetting I have good hearing!"

"I wouldn't just say good," Mira muttered darkly before looking up at a cowering Natsu who had managed to fit his body under his bed, "Hey you! Come back here!"

"Never! You can't make me! You're too scary!"

"Come out," Mira said in a flat voice, intentionally saying it this way so that he would come out. Mira's plan worked because less than a second later, Natsu scrambled out from under and stood straight up in a military salute.

"Yes ma'am?" Natsu asked sweetly.

"He's cute," Mira thought to herself before grinning and telling Natsu, "Don't call me ma'am, it makes me feel old. I'm twenty two!"

"That's not exactly old? I'm four hundred!" Natsu chirped happily.

"Yes, I'm aware," Mira said, pinching the bridge of her nose at his stupidity, "you are aware that if I was four hundred, I'd be long dead?"

"On no no, that won't do!" Natsu grinned, "I'm sure we can work something out?"

"Of course, Natsu," Mira chuckled at the man's childish antics. If it had been any other person, she would have been annoyed but for whatever reason, one which she happened to know about, it fit Natsu.

Natsu, was practically bouncing with joy for whatever reason he could think of. They still had a few days here before they needed to go anywhere. Sure, he enjoyed humans, especially one particularly attractive one with blue eyes and platinum hair, but he got tired of them, they couldn't really take a hit. Natsu felt that if he punched them with his full strength, it would most likely put a hole through them, regardless of where he hit them.

Natsu was just grinning away like an idiot, happily laughing at basically anything that moved, aaaannnnndddd everything that didn't too. All in all, Natsu was like a happy child who'd just gotten the present of a lifetime. Mirajane couldn't help but feel happy as well, it happened to be quite infectious. Natsu laughed as he ran around, before he turned to Mira and then proceeded to slam face first into the wall. Natsu flopped back on the floor, laughing his ass off.

"Natsu?" Mira asked.

"Yeah?" Natsu asked, turning to his guest, "Something up?"

"Well seeing as it's your home, I wanted to know what else there was to do?"

Natsu's mouth formed an "O" as he thought for a second, "Of course, what do you want to do?"

"Is there anything interesting to see?"

"I don't know if you'd find it interesting, it's more of a dragon thing than a human. We don't have that stuff you do, we have archives and stuff but no museums or aquariums or attractions really. We have an arena if you'd like?" Natsu said, "We don't have restaurants either. How are we supposed to build something that large and keep it structurally sound? Plus the sheer amount of food we need would be impossible to have on hand."

"No lakes or natural sights?"

"Oh we have those in abundance, more than anywhere else I think," Natsu grinned, "Though they're full of monsters and stuff. I'm not sure they'd manage to give you any trouble though. I used to fight them when I was a kid. Then they started to avoid me for whatever reason?"

"I'd imagine kid you was at least twice as strong as I am now so I wouldn't be surprised," Mira chuckled, "I'd imagine that you beat the crap out of them every time?"

"Most of the time," Natsu grinned.

"So," Mirajane paused, "I have a request."

"Shoot."

"Well, I want you to take me somewhere," Mira said.

"Of course, but I do suggest that you sleep right now," Natsu said.

"I don't feel tired?"

"That's because of the sheer amount of ethernano in the air. You haven't slept in about a day in all actuality. The times in the human realm and the dragon realm are different. You'll start to notice the underlying feeling of fatigue now that you know. I think it's best for you to sleep for a bit. I'll wake you up when it's light out tomorrow, so until then, you can sleep in my bed, alright? I'll be around if you need me, just call. I'll hear you," Natsu grinned before snapping and walking out. On the bed was a decent pair of sleep wear so she wouldn't have to sleep in the same thing she wore around each day.

Natsu slipped out of the door before Mirajane could say anything. Mirajane gaped for a second before smiling, at least he cared, right? Natsu was definitely a nice guy. Sure he had his quirks but they just seemed to make the draganoid seem more human, and another thing but she wasn't quite ready to admit it yet.

"Fuck you Natsu, and please, do take care of yourself," Mira said to herself. As confused as she was, she knew one truth. Elfman probably had an idea, and maybe Master but otherwise she thought nobody else knew. Mira chuckled to herself before changing and flopping into her bed. Well, her temporary bed. It was Natsu's actually, smelled just like him too.

"Never thought that you were a bed person Natsu, but hey, bight me. Pleasant surprise. Hopefully you're not as dense as you seem. It'll make my job easier," Mira stopped, listening to the sounds outside of the spacious room she was staying in. Mira chuckled, here she was acing like a teenager again. Damn it all honestly. It could go one of two ways, though she'd never gone through either. Hurt or hurt. If there was one thing Fairy Tail mages were familiar with, it was pain. Of course it was pain.

Mira tore herself away from her current train of thoughts. It would do no good for her to be depressed. Mira laid down on the bed and felt herself sink in a little bit. The bed was slightly colder than she had expected, contrasting greatly with what she expected which was nice. She could get used to it. Mirajane cracked a grin before falling asleep quickly, letting her dreams overtake her.

(o.o)

Mirajane was awoken by a rather large bang and then a roar coming from outside. That couldn't be good. Mirajane shot out of bed and flipped into her Satan Soul just in case. Mirajane exited the door and walked outside cautiously, only to see Natsu growling something to several smaller dragons. It was barely audible but she made out the words: Fuck you (in that order), No, Mine, her, and get the hell out before I smack ya (also in that order).

Said smaller dragons proceeded to run off, or fly off with varying degrees of success. Natsu grinned before turning around and seeing Mira.

"Morning! Sorry, did I wake you up?" Natsu asked sheepishly, rubbing the back of his head.

"What was the big explosion?"

"Me getting angry," Natsu said.

"Why were you angry?"

"The hatchlings were being rowdy again, so I went to deal with it. They wanted to see you because they don't think they'll get the chance to see a human in their lifetime," Natsu said, scratching his head.

"Seems reasonable," Mirajane grinned, "Aren't you human though?"

"Mostly," Natsu said with a sly grin, "that and something else."

"What's the other thing?" Mirajane questioned suspiciously.

"Has to do with my magic. And my brother of course, though I'll show you at some point. There are a few things I just need to gather first," Natsu said, "Or one really."

"And what might that be?"

"A book."

"Why a book?"

Natsu cracked a grin, "That'd be telling."

Mirajane stepped right up to the taller man and poked him in the chest with each word, "Mark my words, you will tell me."

"Of course, of course. You're cute when your demanding," Natsu grinned before dawning a slightly horrified face. He was about to sputter some sort of apology, but Mirajane smiled happily and his response died in his throat.

"Thank you," Mira said, "Now, let's go somewhere. Namely to eat."

"Of course!" Natsu laughed, momentary awkwardness forgotten, "Do you want to catch it or would you rather have something from the kitchen?"

"Why not try and see what we can catch. I've seen you cooking fish, but I never know how you get it. Maybe something else if we find it?"

"My magic makes it easier to catch fish but I like to think I'm proficient with a fishing rod too though," Natsu chuckled.

"What are you waiting for you big oaf?" Mirajane asked, patting her stomach, "I'm hungry"

"Alright then, you're coming with me then!" Natsu laughed.

"I think I kind of had to do that in the first place," Mira deadpanned.

Natsu just laughed and grabbed Mira. In a few minutes, they were on the outskirts of the forest area. It surprised Mira that there were forests here, given how hot the ambient temperature was. Most trees shouldn't be able to survive so close to places that literally had lava burning next to it. It made no sense but it was still incredible. Natsu grabbed her by the hand and they ran into the forest, only a few thoughts on their minds.