"speaking"

"thinking"

On with the story

Natsu was currently in some sort of hidden beach cave as he sat in the sand while covering his face with his hands that turns into black claws

"what's going on…." Natsu spoke out as his body was transforming into a demon and a human back and forth, not stopping at all "with Me!?"

"AAArrgggghhhh!" Natsu roared out as his demonic wings spreads out from his back, and a tail

Golden black horns arise pops out from the side of his head, his eyes turning black and red, his teeth turning into fangs with his tongue becoming a lizard like tongue, and his legs turns into black reptilian feet

Natsu huffs his breathing as his body is now that of his true form

He looks at his hands and body as he was covered in black markings

"my body…." Natsu muttered out as his hands tried to transform back into human hands but they just turn into demon claws "why can't i…control it!?"

Natsu stood up as he tried to transform into his human form but his body isn't transforming back as he command it

"why isn't it working?!" Natsu shouted before he started coughing out flames from his mouth "what's?! -cough- -cough- going on!?"

Natsu breathes out flames from his mouth as he tried to speak but all that came out is just flames

He grips his throat as he tried to speak again but nothing came out, only more flames

Natsu went to the water as he dips his head into the water, drinking the salty sea water. Trying to put out the fire in his throat

He lifts his face up as his hair is dripping wet with his mouth the same. He drank a lot of sea water as that would make him sick, but he did not care at all

Natsu huffs his breathing as there were no flames coming out from his mouth

"something….something is wrong…" Natsu muttered out before he started gagging as black blood started coming out of his mouth

Natsu gags out black blood as it turns the ocean water black and it was spreading, killing fishes swimming in it

He continued on gagging black blood as it keeps pouring out of him

"aaaahhh….ahhh….ahh…" Natsu moaned in pain as he looks at his reflection in the black water. His face was covered in black markings and his eyes turned reptilian black surrounded in blood red "what's…going on…."

He soon hears footsteps behind him as he turns and sees Sayla standing near him while wearing a black bikini

"you…" Natsu muttered as he sees horns appearing on each side of Sayla's head and her eyes turned black and red "…this is all your fault!"

Natsu swings his claws at Sayla as black flames soon fires at her

Sayla stood in her place as the black flames came and spreads around her

Natsu glared at her before his eyes widen in surprise as his flames just went around her, not harming a single hair on her

"what?!" Natsu looks in shock before he sees Sayla opening her mouth and showed her fangs "what are you d-!?"

Sayla lunged at Natsu as she bites down on his neck, causing him to shout in pain

Her fangs sinks into his skin as it draws out blood

"get off of me!" Natsu shouted as he tried getting Sayla away from him but veins popped out all around him, causing him to scream in pain

Sayla's fangs sinks deeper into his skin as she started sucking out his blood

Natsu growls angrily as flames started to charge up in his mouth

"I SAID! GET OFF OF ME!" Natsu roared out as he spewed out crimson flames at Sayla who jumped away but got her hands burned from the flames

Natsu got up as his mouth was covered in flames before he spewed out a torrent of crimson flames at her, melting the sand bellow

Sayla looks upon the torrent of crimson flames as it came at her before a magic barrier appeared and defended her

"tsk tsk tsk, that's not nice, Natsu" a voice spoke as Natsu's eyes glowed red and black when he heard the voice

"Zeref…." Natsu growled out as Zeref appeared beside Sayla from a black mist

"Sayla here was just trying to help you, and you return that favor by burning her hands" Zeref said as he waved a hand around Sayla's burned hands, causing the burn to fade away "I thought Igneel taught you better to thank people who help you"

"Help? She was after my blood!" Natsu roared out in flames as his body was covered in flames "I should've known that she had done something in your orders!"

"really now?" Zeref asked with a chuckle before pointing at Natsu's hands "have you not realized it yet?"

Natsu looks at him before to his hands as his eyes widen when he sees that his demonic claws for hands had turned back into human hands

"you're body was building up too much Anti Ethernano particles and it was streaming into your blood, causing a massive build up of blood pressure" Zeref said as he looks at Natsu who stared at his own hands "Sayla just helped you in releasing some away"

"h-how?" Natsu said, looking at his hands as his body slowly transformed back into human form "massive build up of Anti Ethernano Particles in my blood….she drank it…then that means!"

"you realized it now, huh?" Zeref asked as he smiled while chuckling "Sayla mostly drank your blood to help you be stable. See? I am a kind big brother after all"

Natsu glared at him as red scales covered his neck to his face

"face the truth, Natsu" Zeref said smiling "your body will soon transform again and you won't be able to hide it any longer. Sayla here is the only one who can help you be stable. And no matter how much you push her away, she'll always come to keep you stable."

"for what? for what reason was she created?" Natsu growls out "for what reason did you use her body?! you were the very reason that I transformed into this monstrous form!"

"I was the reason? Natsu, you have it all wrong" Zeref chuckled "you always had that monstrous form of yours for as long as you are alive…or rather, in your pass lives that is"

"what?" Natsu growls out as flames covered his fists

"in time, you shall know everything…or rather you shall remember everything" Zeref said as black mist started to cover his whole body and spreads around to Sayla as well "and in due time….you shall know the truth…the truth of this cursed world"

Zeref and Sayla soon disappears in the black mist as Natsu was left alone

Natsu growls angrily as flames erupted around his body, evaporating the black ocean water


The day had turned to night as the moon was up in the sky

Natsu stood by the cliff as he watched the swaying ocean waves

"what do you know of this?" Natsu spoke out as standing behind him was Irene who just stood there in silence "what do you know of that staff…about him..about everything?"

"it's….complicated to explain…" Irene stated as Natsu turns around showing his glowing reptilian eyes

"then explain it all in details! I want answers!" Natsu shouted out angrily as his hands turns into Dragon claws "and I want them now!"

Irene frowns as she looks away before Natsu grabs her neck and lifts her up

"I said give me the answers! Now!" Natsu growls out angrily as he grips her neck tight, causing Irene to gasp in pain and for air "I know that you know everything! About him! About her! About everything!"

"i…can't….explain it…" Irene gasp out as she grips his hands, trying to break free "..please…"

"I don't care! I want answers! Any answers!" Natsu shouted "I saw you! I saw how you reacted when you hold that baton! You know of it! You know everything about it, don't you!?"

He tightened his hold on Irene's neck as she was losing air

Natsu glared at her before his hand was slugged hard by a wooden staff that was in hold of Atlas Flame who appeared out of nowhere

Irene dropped to the ground as she holds a hand to her neck while gasping for air

Natsu turned his sight at Atlas who holds his staff by his side before holding it straight

"never inflict pain to a woman, Natsu" Atlas spoke out as he opened his eyes that glowed red "or you might regret it for your whole life"

"you know it too, don't you?" Natsu said to Atlas "you know of what I truly am, don't you!? I wasn't an experiment, wasn't i?! tell me!"

"those who are vented upon the past, are doomed to repeat it forever" Atlas said before he swings his staff to the side, blocking a flaming punch from Natsu

"ANSWER ME!" Natsu shouted out angrily as his eyes glowed red and black "tell me now! Tell me what I am! What did he mean by remembering everything!? What did he mean about knowing the truth of this cursed world!?"

"you are Igneel's Son, and that is all there is to it" Atlas replied before he swings his fist at Natsu's flaming kick that was blocked instantly

"NO! ANSWER ME TRUTHFULLY!" Natsu roared out as black markings started to cover his whole body "YOU TWO ARE THE ONLY FEW ONES LEFT WHO KNOWS OF WHAT I AM! WHAT I TRULY AM! ANSWER ME! WHAT I AM! AM I SOME SORT OF EXPERIMENT?! AM I SOME SORT OF DEMON FROM BIRTH?! TELL ME NOW!"

"The answers to our questions are always within ourselves" Atlas replied as his eyes turned reptilian "do not question any further"

"you are hiding it all!" Natsu shouted out "all of you are!"

Tears started to well up in his eyes as they drips down to the ground

"WHAT AM I?! WHAT KIND OF BEING AM I?! TELL ME! TELL ME NOW!" Natsu cried out in tears as flames rages around his whole body "WHY WAS I BORN WITH THIS POWER?! WHY WAS I BORN AS A HALF DEMON AND A HALF DRAGON!? WHY DO I EXIST!?"

Atlas looks at Natsu before he looks away, causing his nephew's eyes to turn red crimson in rage

"YOU!" Natsu roared out as flames rages around his fist before he swings it at Atlas who dodged it easily before the tip of his fingers ignites in flames

"Ryukahou!" Atlas chanted as he jabs all his fingers straight at Natsu's chest "Go Ketsudan Kaen Jin!"

Atlas spins his hand around as a magic seal formed around on Natsu's chest before it spins and disappears into him

"ATLAS FLAME!" Natsu shouted out as his face's left side turned demon before his body soon transformed back into human, and falls to the ground

Atlas held his hand out as the flames on the tip of his fingers disappeared before he pulls it down

"place a seal upon him, Irene-dono" Atlas said as Irene looks at him "make him not remember any incident today at once. It is for the best if we are to protect him and this world"

"but it won't" Irene said before she looks at Natsu, the young man now unconscious

"I know, but it will stall enough time until the moment is right" Atlas stated as he looks at her before to his nephew "until the truth and answers come to himself"

Irene looks at him before to Natsu as she held a hand out and it glowed red

A magic circle appeared on Natsu's forehead as it had a dragon symbol on it

The symbol spins around before it disappears

"we must be ready" Atlas said before he looks to the moon "as the time of the END is coming and he shall return again"


That's a wrap!

Bye bye