Chapter 6
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Wendy was attending the wedding of her older sister figure. She wore an elegant blue dress. The venue was a large hall with chairs and tables around the sides and a dance floor sin the centre. Wendy was a bit restless along with the rest of Rias' peerage since they knew Rias did not want this marriage but after the loss during the Rating Game she had to accept her fate.
What Rias did not know though is that her peerage, brother and sister all had a plan ready to get her out of this marriage. They were now only waiting for Issei to arrive.
Riser made an announcement to the guests gathered about the engagement between the Gremory and Phenex houses. Before the ceremony could begin a certain individual arrived crashing the party. Issei rushed Riser attempting to kick his butt while his friends were holding off the guards that Riser called to stop him. Before the situation could evolve into a full on slug fest Sirzechs offered arbitration terms to settle the dispute.
Issei and Riser will have a one-on-one battle with Rias' engagement on the line. Riser first declined the battle because he already won in the Rating Game, but after a few choice words from Sirzechs he agreed to the one-on-one battle.
During the battle Issei revealed he exchanged his left arm to the dragon residing in him for an extreme power that will only last ten seconds. With this power he managed to weaken the Phenex but due to his immortality and healing he was unable to defeat him. Issei however had a trick up his sleeve and used holy objects given to him by Asia to achieve victory in the battle.
Lady Phenex gave Riser some phoenix tears to heal him up after the battle. Riser accepted that the wedding between him and Rias was off when Sirzechs gave him a stern glare when it seemed like he would object to the terms of the battle.
"Riser admits defeat and that he will not marry Rias. However Riser demands that the agreement to marry one of the Phenex house and one of the Gremory house be met" Riser demanded and turned to Wendy.
"Riser will take the little miss as his bride" Riser stated moving in the direction of Wendy. Wendy tried to back away but soon found out she was out of room with a wall to her back.
As he nears her the atmosphere heats up making the few people who moved to Wendy's side to back away from her. Riser however did not mind the heat due to his fire magic affinity. As he reached out to grab Wendy a heavy demonic presence could be felt forcing most of the occupants of the room to the ground. The only ones still standing were Lord and Lady Phenex, Lord and Lady Gremory, Sirzechs, Grayfia, Wendy and surprisingly Riser.
Before Riser could lay a hand on Wendy however a draconic hand materialized out of nowhere grabbing hold of his arm. Crimson red and black flames began to burn Riser's arm as he screeched in pain. When Grayfia tried to freeze the fire and stop this draconic arm from potentially harming Wendy who was almost touching the flames, she was surprised that her magic had no effect on these flames.
As Riser continues to scream out in pain a figure appeared attached to the arm. He had horns on his head, black bat-like wings and dark crimson scales covering his face. Seeing this demon caused Sirzechs to have a flashback to when he last saw this demon.
Flashback starts
Wendy has been away for a long time and the Gremory family wanted to go home after their picnic in the forest close to their home. Wendy went out into the forest to explore a bit. It's been an hour and she still hasn't returned. The Gremory family decided to split up and look for the girl.
As Sirzechs was looking he heard a girl scream in fear and soon felt an ominous demonic aura. Fearing for the girl he sees as a little sister he rushed to where he heard the scream come from. As he nears the area he can only see a vortex of crimson red and black flames scorching the area. Starting to fear the worst he frantically looks around to try and find Wendy hoping she is all right.
It is then that he sees the seven year old girl in the arms of the same demon that just appeared at the party. Sirzechs charges up an attack only to see the demon preoccupied with launching an attack at a wild chimera. After incinerating the creature the demon turned to Sirzechs.
"She is safe, and as long as you do not launch that attack you are charging up you will not meet the same fate as that chimera" the demon said in a deep gravelly voice.
Sensing the power this demon possessed and not wanting Wendy in the middle of a battle between himself and this demon Sirzechs powered down.
"Good, now I will leave her in your care. She only fainted out of fear when the chimera appeared. She is not injured" the demon continued.
He moved towards Sirzechs and handed Wendy over to him. Sirzechs gently takes Wendy into his arms and holding her protectively while quickly scanning over her looking for any signs of injury. Seeing she has no injuries he lets out a breath he did not know he was holding.
"Thank you for protecting her" Sirzechs thanked the strange demon.
With a nod the demon disappeared, only leaving a scorched and barren landscape as proof that he was there.
Flashback ends
The figure had an angry scowl on his face while looking down at the devil trying to escape his vicelike grip.
"You will not lay a hand on her" came a cold gravelly voice. The demon then threw Riser across the room making a crack appear on the wall where Riser slumped down.
Wendy looked at the demon who emerged out of nowhere. The demon turned to look at her and the menacing scowl quickly turned into a kind smile.
"Are you all right Wendy?" the deep voice of the demon reverberated in her ears.
"Y-Yes thank you" Wendy replied still a bit in shock from Riser's sudden advance.
"Who are you, and what is your business here?" Sirzechs decided to take control of the situation at hand. The demon however seemed to flat out ignore the Satan and kept his attention on Wendy.
"It was my pleasure and duty Wendy" the demon replied to Wendy's thanks.
"What do you mean by that, and if you don't mind me asking who are you?" Wendy kindly asked.
"Well since one of the four Satans don't even recognise me I guess that part of history was lost to the ever eroding force of time" the demon said turning to look at Sirzechs.
Flashback start
A beautiful woman with white long flowing hair and sky blue eyes can be seen preforming some sort of ritual. In the middle of a large white magic circle which had intricate wind inspired designs, was a man with black hair and eyes flashing between black and red.
"How is the ritual going?" our mysterious demon asked the beautiful woman as he looked on with a mixture of sadness and happiness in his eyes.
"I am almost done" the woman replied.
"There it is done your life essence is no longer connected to your brother and your immortal life can now end Zeref Dragneel without taking him with you to the afterlife" the woman told the man with black hair now known as Zeref.
"Thank you Grandeeney, finally I will not be the cause of any more meaningless death" Zeref replied with a grateful smile.
Zeref was cursed as a young man with the curse of contradiction for meddling in with living magic trying to revive his little brother who died at a very young age. The curse mad him immortal and no matter what he did he could not die, yet the more he appreciated life, death came to claim every living thing around him.
Zeref came to hate his own existence and started creating demons that hopefully would be able to kill him. After years of creating demons that always fell short in power he reincarnated his brother as a demon.
"You are the strongest Etherious demon brother and I want you to kill me, you are the only one who can achieve it I know it" Zeref had tearfully told his newly revived brother.
However as the pink haired demon was still a child, the two brothers spend a few years together bonding as brothers while Zeref was raising and training his little brother. As they travelled the world and alternate dimensions they met many different magical and mythical creatures. The younger of the Dragneel brothers always had a fascination with dragons. He managed to befriend many dragons during their travels and was even made heir to the dragon race by the True Dragon King at the time.
The Dragon King took the boys in after they had a run in with hostile wyverns. The Dragon King soon came to see the two as his sons. Due to the overwhelming amount of magic dragons possessed the curse that was placed on Zeref did not affect them. Zeref was happy that his little brother could have someone to call dad. After years of being a happy family Zeref decided it was his time and asked his surrogate father, who knew about Zeref's situation and wish, how he can separate his little brothers life force from his own.
Having resurrected his brother came with a little drawback, Zeref's life was connected with his demons meaning that if he was to die all his demons will cease to exist.
Zeref did not care if his demons died out because they were a menace to the world. His demons being, well just that demons, were mostly mindless and destructive with the only thing occupying their minds is destroying Zeref. This caused them to rampage around searching for their creator and target. His brother however having been a human before and Zeref using his brothers own preserved body to resurrect him, caused him to basically be human.
This is how they ended up meeting Grandeeney who had a close relationship with the dragons.
After Zeref thanked Grandeeney he turned and smiled at the pink haired demon next to him. As the two looked at one another they shared a hug. The two brothers have come to terms with what has to happen next.
"Your wish is finally fulfilled… brother" the demon said plunging a fist through Zeref's chest with tears running down his face.
"Thank you… Natsu" and with that Zeref breathed his last breath.
Turning to Grandeeney Natsu gave her a hug which she returned saying sweet nothings to him. Grandeeney let the demon cry till he was feeling better.
"I can't thank you enough Grandeeney. I promise whenever you need me I will be there to offer my assistance and do anything in my power to make sure I can repay your kindness in full" Natsu said with a smile. He was determined to never see the woman who granted his brothers only wish never get hurt or be in danger.
"But first I must go to my father and prepare to be his heir" Natsu said. It was decided that Natsu would be the next True Dragon King when their father stepped down from the position. This required Natsu to go through vigorous training for years and he still had some work to do before he is ready.
Saying goodbye Grandeeney watched as Natsu left. Years went by and Grandeeney got married and the Marvell household grew in fame. Grandeeney was one of the top ranked devils only being outranked by the Four great Satans themselves, she was knows as the Queen of the Winds having complete mastery over the element of air using unusual techniques that no other devil could replicate. As the Great War between the three factions started Natsu made his return to save Grandeeney's life after a large force of Fallen Angels nearly wiped the Marvell household out. Even being outnumbered ten to one they fought till the end. As Grandeeney fell to her knees in exhaustion awaiting her death Natsu showed up and massacred all the Fallen Angels.
Natsu once again pledged that he will not let anyone harm Grandeeney. After the war was brought to a close Grandeeney was revealed to be pregnant, the only problem was due to some condition she would most likely not make it after her child was born. She asked one of her best friends Lady Gremory to take care of her child and asked her to raise her as if she was a Gremory. This was to make sure her little one had a loving family and bright future.
After she gave birth and named the baby Wendy she asked to have some time alone with her child. When everyone left she called out to Natsu who had to stay in hiding due to him fearing that him being a demon could cause Grandeeney trouble. All demons bar Natsu were friends to no one and everyone was an enemy to them.
"Please grant my last request and protect my little girl and never let anyone hurt her" Grandeeney weakly asked Natsu.
"I will protect her with my life and look out for her, this I promise on my name and title" Natsu vowed with a tear rolling down his eye for his dying friend.
After that he disappeared as Grandeeney called everyone else back before passing away. From there on Natsu would protect and watch over Wendy. Due to him having lived with dragons and learning their magic and eventually being ready to ascend to the throne he became a hybrid of dragon and demon. His dragon side made him overprotective over Wendy who grew to care a lot about and his demon side made him very violent to anyone who would dare hurt or even cause her discomfort.
Flashback end
After the story of the demon's history everyone was silent, not really knowing how to respond.
"So your name is Natsu then?" Wendy said trying to end the seemingly endless silence.
"Yes I am Etherious Natsu Dragneel, the one True Dragon King, ruler of the dragon realm and last etherious demon" Natsu replied with his full title.
And done! Now we know who the demon is and we say a bit of the past. Hope you found this chapter enjoyable. Feel free to tell me how the story is going so far. Next will be an original arc. See ya all next time.
