Title: Blood Revelation
Author: Sane. Allen
Rated: T
Genre: Angst, Hurt and Comfort, Romance
Summary: Nastu was kidnapped by a dark guild few days after Erza was declared to be the 7th guild master of Fairy tail. Three weeks after Natsu got kidnapped, Zeref, who heard what happen to Natsu, pass by a castle where he heard Natsu screams. The dark mage saved him, but the fairy tail mages arrive when he healed Nastu and both of the revealed something that the other mages never accepted for few years.
Pairing: Eventually Gray x Natsu
Warnings: Bad Grammars, OOC, Angst scene, Mention of rapes, torture, brother complex, temporary female Natsu, bad languages, gore and violence, trigger warnings and major AU.
"Talking"
'Thinking'
"Brother complex mode, angry"
(Actions while singing/ actions while playing song/ scene change)
"Flashback/Past/memories"
"Emphasizing"
Please enjoy the story!
A/N: I'll using Natsu and Etherias to call our favorite salamander
(Previously)
"If I remember correctly mom's full name is Nagisa Shiota Dragneel and dad is Karma Akabane Dragneel."
"Natsu knew this from the very beginning. Even though she doesn't felt them anymore however, surprise actions, like jumping, appearing or hugging her out of nowhere will make her remember her time at that place. So please…." He explained before a dark aura appeared and glared at the 12. "Do not and I mean do not ever do those things I mentioned or anything that will surprise her or I will kill you myself do you understand?"
"Nii-san… I'll be going to our parent's room." she said.
"Wait… I'm going to." He said walking towards her.
"We're coming too!" Happy said jumping down from the couch he's sitting on followed by the rest of their siblings before going towards the Dragneel siblings who waited for them before they walk at the hallway. When Zeref passed the first door on their right, he stop causing the others to pause and look at him.
"Nii?" Natsu asked softly before looking at the door and realize it was her old room.
"You know, every time I passed here after your death I always stop and went inside just to cry." He confessed before looking at her and they, excluding Natsu, gasp upon seeing a single tear fell from his eyes.
"It hurts…"
"Because mom… is a phoenix." Of course her answer shock them including her brother who didn't know about it.
"How can you tell, Natsu?" Zeref asked, while Natsu merely lift the journal and viewed them the page for them to read which Zeref did out loud.
"Natsu, Zeref.
There are so many things that I want to say, your mom and I want to say, to spend more time with you. But there isn't, I'm sorry. This journal is your guide to a better future. I made this book just for you two because I saw the future. Yes my dear children, I'm a future seer mage. I saw your future Zeref and even though I want to prevent you, I already knew that no matter how much I tried to do it, you will still be a dark mage in the future, one way or another. I also saw you revived Natsu and turn him into something powerful and I'm proud of you for what I saw and also a bit disappointed however this book will have the answer you needed. Before you turn to the next page, I just want you to know that Dragneel never existed until your mom and I created it with the help of our dragon best friend, Igneel. You see, the Akabane was a clan for future seer but we were only few and when married to other family our magic aren't passed to our children, thus which made my clan rare and dangerous if I mentioned my real name, so with the last name as Dragneel they will deemed my Akabane clan useless. As for your mom… she isn't a human, she's a phoenix. The last of their clan the blue phoenix and she fell for my charms *winks*" at the wink word the siblings sweat drop.
"But the thing is blue phoenix are the most powerful phoenix there is and one of you might had the phoenix magic she had and you two will need it to gather the ingredients you will need in the future… to remove Zeref's curse and lessen his immortality to four years. In other words, if you made this Zeref curse will go bye bye and his immortality will follow four years later and he will be a normal but still powerful dark mage. Good luck, my children.
Tou-san."
Opening Song: V.I.P from Magi
Akogare o ima tsukanda
(Natsu, who was facing to the right and face down, slowly looks up and look in front and gives a sad smile.)
Daikansei no namari ni kokochiyoku utareta nara
(Zeref, who was facing to the left, face down as well, looks up although albeit faster and gives us a sad look)
(Gray, who was standing in the middle, face down, looks up and raise both of his hands, his fisted hand to the other and began to use his magic)
Saa tobikomou
(Then Gray release it, viewing this words
"Blood Revelation
ケツち
コクつ.げる")
Ashita kara umarekawaru to ka dareka ga mikiritsuketa to ka kono machi no sutairu to ka
(Sakura petals began to fall from their tree. Zeref, who's back is facing us, walks few meters away before stopping and look behind him and watch the petals flew before reaching his hand out and caught some sakura petals before blowing it and looks up.)
Sonna mono ni nagasaretsuzukete kado no toreta genseki ni wa kitto daremo you wa nai
(Nastu, who was laying down at the grass under the shade of tree, watch the petals flew over him before reaching out and caught one of the petals, and inhaled deeply when the breeze pass him and he lets go of the petals his holding)
Fushigi to tobira no mukou ni wa V.I.P nanoru yatsu wa naku daremo ga kunou no hate sa
(Gray, who was climbing at a plain grass mountain, stops and look down where he saw the town below him and looks up and watches the petals flew, before reaching out and took some petals before pocketing it, he smiled and then he continue to walk)
Akogare o ima tsukanda mi o yudanereba ii kaji wa kono te ni mittsu
(Zeref, who's face was near the view before it began to move away and showed as his whole body, open his closed eyes, as the view moves away from him and held up his fisted hand before opening it and releasing some black mist. Natsu jump in front of Zeref smiling and blow some fire towards the black mist, which made the mist to burst into flame before it disappeared, showing)
Kazoete the show time
( Natsu and Zeref standing back to back smiling and their hands intertwined.)
Daikansei no namari ni kokochiyoku utareta nara saa tobikomou
(Gray appeared in front of them and began to make some arrows with his magic and shoots it at us, followed by Erza who was wearing her Heaven's wheeled armor and her swords circling around before firing at us and lastly Lucy who summoned her celestial spirits.)
("Blood Revelation
ケツち
コクつ.げる")
(Bloody 12: Sacred Orbs and Old Friends part 1)
(Albareth Empire)
It was an hour after sunset the siblings arrived back at their palace. Natsu was carrying the journal to her chest tightly, while the younger siblings yawned as their brother lead them inside, heading towards their dining room. Right after their tears of happiness dried out, the older Dragneel siblings decided to read the entire journal back at their palace for safety measures, meaning Zeref and Natsu didn't want anyone to know about their origin. Though it seems impossible for other people to know about them, the two of them won't take any chances, thus they leave immediately the moment they put the cloaking spell back.
Zeref opened the door to their dining and stand to the side, blocking the door from swinging shut as his siblings entered before following behind Natsu, who entered last. Ignoring the shocked looks of the present 12 Spriggan, the Dragneel siblings sat down at their chair before Zeref gestured to their servant, who was shock to see them as well, to bring them their food. The servants scattered, immediately following their emperor's order who look at Natsu.
"What should we do?" he asks, lowering his voice so that only he and his siblings could hear their discussion. Natsu looks at him.
"We will read the journal after dinner, discussions will be done after reading that." she said, the older brother agrees and by the time their foods arrive they eat immediately but gracefully before leaving the room in a hurry. The Spriggans watched as their leaders left before they turn to look at each other in confusion before shrugging it off, thinking that it was just their Emperor, Princes and Princesses unknown attitude.
Meanwhile the Dragneel siblings immediately went to the older sibling's room, knowing that none of the 12 are brave enough to enter the Emperor's room. Natsu opens the journal and began to read it out loud.
"The things you might need are very hard to find and get, your mom was a friend of theirs before she became mine. But unfortunately even with that kind of relationship they won't gave it to you easily. Before you go to the other page, Zeref, my dear sweet boy…. Please tell your brother about what will happen if you're dead."
"What did he mean about that nii-sama?" Natsu asked, looking at his brother who looked conflicted before sighing and looks back at them. Both of the elder siblings were sitting at the chairs beside the bed while the youngest are all sitting cross legged at the bed.
"You remembered that you're the E.N.D?" he asked, to which they all nodded. "When I was reviving you, I was so scared about something bad will happen, despite you're the E.N.D, so I've connected your life to mine." This made all, excluding Natsu who merely look at him with wide eyes, gasps.
"Are you saying that…." Carla trailed off, looking back and forth at Natsu and Zeref who nodded.
"Meaning if you got killed, you will still live because of my immortality but it's the opposite to mine, if I got killed… Natsu… will die with me…" Like how fast the lighting struck, their minds immediately understood that Zeref didn't want to be separated from Natsu anymore, even if in death.
"Till death part us then…" Natsu said, smiling gently at her brother who looked at him shocked. "I'm fine with it, nii. You suffered and did so much for me, so dying together with you is nothing but…" as she said those, she slowly look at their younger siblings who looked like they were about to cry.
"You're leaving us as well…?" Wendy sobbed out, which made Natsu to stand up, gives the journal to her older brother, before going towards Wendy and hugged her.
"No, of course not intentionally Wendy. But remember even if we're dead, will be always be here." Natsu said, pointing at her heart, which made their younger sibling to smile and nods.
"Let's continue." Zeref said, turning to the next page of the journal.
"If you've done telling your brother everything then. The things you will need are the sacred elemental and seasonal orb. Bring this journal with you it will guide you to their places. But first you need to go your mother's homeland. Don't worry the places you'll be going will never lead you to the Ishgar continent. I know what happen between you and the people on that continent. Now I told you that one of you will inherited your mom's phoenix blood but that is still unknown unless you head back to her homeland. The map is found the next page, this page will only be full of what kind of sacred orbs you'll be needing.
Earth, Water, Wind, and Fire for the elemental orbs.
Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter for the seasonal orbs.
Those are the elemental orbs you will be needing but you will also need three special orbs which is Death, Life and Thunder. Each orbs had a map on this journal so you won't be lost.
But the most important is the tears of a blue fire phoenix you will know what it is on the next page, good and take care.
Tou-san"
Natsu looked at her brother before taking the journal from him and closed it. They stayed there in silence, slowly sinking what they have learn in their minds before they look at each other, all of them were so deep in thoughts that they didn't notice Natsu opened and close the journal one more time.
"Well, we should go and pack." Zeref suddenly declared which made Natsu to blink and look at him.
"What do you mean by 'we'?" She asked startled.
"What are you talking about Natsu? All of us we'll be going to gather those orbs."
"What? No. I'll be the one to gather this orbs." Nastu declared, which shocked them. Zeref eyes widen before he narrowed his eyes and stood up so suddenly his chair fell down.
"What?! Are you telling me you'll travel around the world all alone just for the sake of this orbs!?" Zeref roared, Natsu sighed heavily before looking at their younger siblings and said.
"Why don't you guys go back to your room? Zeref-nii and I had something very serious to discuss." She said, the younger siblings look at each other before following their older sister's command and left the room before going to Wendy's, wanting to stay near each other, while their older siblings argue.
(Back at Zeref's room)
Both Dragneels are looking at each intensely, trying to make the other back down from their staring competition when Zeref finally spoke again.
"I will asked you again Natsu, are you telling me that you will gather all of this orbs all by yourself?" Zeref growled which made Natsu to sigh.
"Yes nii-san. I'm going doing it all by myself." She said standing up.
"Are you nuts?! I won't allow you to go by yourself!" Zeref shouted, his hands clench at his sides.
"And are you saying that we will go together?" Natsu asked back, but before Zeref could answer her, she continued. "Can you please think clearly? Wendy and the others are still young and you had an empire to run."
"Invel can handle the empire all by himself!"
"But what if something bad will happen to you?! We don't know who we're up against with! What if something happen to Wendy and the others? What if you die? You just told us that if you die, then I will die as well! What if we both die half way to our journey and leave Wendy and the others to defend their selves! Nii please think! If you're fine and staying here then you can teach Wendy and the others about their role here and I'll be fine as well!"
"But Natsu…" Zeref said softly, caressing her cheeks. "I can't lose you again." Natsu sighed and grabs the hand touching her cheeks and smiled.
"You won't. And this time… I will make sure of that." She vowed, tears then began to fell down from his eyes and then slowly he leaned towards his sister and cried.
"Please… please don't leave me again…"
"I won't."
(The next day)
Natsu sighed when she heard a knock from her door for the hundredth time since she started packing her clothes, which aren't too much. A couple of black ¾ turtleneck sleeve shirt, mid-thigh shorts and her underwear's. Wearing the same clothing she pack in her string bag she answered the door.
"Enter." She stated, without turning around to look at her guest, knowing that it was just her brother before tightening the strings of her bags once she put the journal inside. She then turned to grab her cloak but stop when she saw it being hold up in front of her by Zeref, who couldn't even look at her which made her to sigh and grabs it before putting it on top of her bag, went to her brother and hugs him.
"I'll be fine, nii." She assured him, patting his back which made him cry again.
"Just… please be careful…" he sobbed out, which made her sigh and moved away from the hug and caress his cheek.
"You know, the first time I saw you cry was back at the Tenrou Island. Why is that?" She asked, which made Zeref to scoff as she wipes his tears.
"It's the first time I saw you for centuries. You've grown into such a fine man and I wasn't there to see it. You can say that those tears are both my sadness and happiness."
"And your tears now?"
"Tears of fear." Zeref answered which made Natsu to smile and hugged him again.
"I'll be fine. Beside," she then look over her brother's shoulder and added. "Wendy and the others are here." When she said those, Zeref turned and look behind him and saw his younger siblings looking at them with teary eyes.
"Natsu-nee!" Happy cried out, running towards Natsu who went down to her knees and accepted his hug. "Please let me come with you! Please!"
"I'm sorry Happy." Natsu said patting the blue haired boy's head. "But I need you and the other too protect Zeref-nii and if you protect him then you're protecting me as well." Wendy then stops in front of her and said.
"But… who will protect you on your way?"
"Zeref-nii put a protecting spell on my cloak. As long as I wore it, I'll be unscathed." She said, Zeref sweat drops.
"How did you know about that?" he asks. "I didn't even told you that I put a spell on it."
"You gave it to me, so it easy to assume that you put a spell with it."
"Damn." Zeref cursed, before sighing and watch as they all hug each other, not wanting their big sister to leave. Natsu saw how he look at them, which made her reach her hand out and gestured for him to come closer, when Zeref was near, she immediately grab him and bring him to their group hug. Zeref then finally felt the hug he longed for a long time. A hug of a family, and their love in that hug. And for the first time after he met Mavis, he smiled genuinely. Few minutes later they broke the hug and Zeref grab his sister's bag and carried it with him as they went out of Natsu's room.
"Hime." Natsu stop and look behind her as well as the rest of her siblings and saw Brandish standing there. "Please be careful."
"I will Bran-chan." She smiled and then they all headed to the door with Brandish behind them.
"You and Brandish seems close Natsu." Zeref commented, which made the former to look at him and smiled.
"You can say she enjoyed the attention and I enjoyed teasing her." The pink haired mage commented, which made the rest of them to chuckle and Brandish to pout. When they arrive at the door they saw August, Eileen, Ajeel and Invel standing near it waiting for them.
"What's this?" Zeref asked, Invel bowed at them before raising his head and look at them.
"We're seeing the Princess off." He said, Eileen scoffed and step forward.
"That and we need to give something to the princess." She said before looking at Natsu.
"Please be careful, Etherias-chan." Eileen said, which made Natsu to smiled and nod, while August went and hugged Natsu.
"EEHHH?!" they all shouted, while Natsu froze before looking at August who broke the hug.
"Please be careful on this journey of yours, Natsu-sama. You're the only one who can make this cold hearted people smile, even when I didn't know you so well." He said, slowly Natsu smiled.
"Take care of my brother for me please." She requested and they all nodded.
"Natsu please be careful." Zeref said, kissing his sisters forehead to nodded and hugs their younger siblings before leaving the castle and out of the door.
"I'll be going~!" Natsu waved at them from the gates as they watched from the door and slowly her figure disappeared from their sights.
"She'll be safe, right?" Lily asked, looking at Carla who nodded.
"Of course. She's Natsu Dragneel back in the days and she's powerful during those time and now she's Etherias Dragneel, princess of the most powerful empire and the younger sibling of the dark mage Zeref she's most powerful now than ever."
(With Natsu)
Natsu smiled and wave as she pass by her people as soon as she saw them greet at her. But as soon as she was outside the Empire boundary she stop smiling and remove her bag from her shoulder before taking the journal out and read the page she read before declaring that she alone would be the one to gather the orbs. It wasn't much of a page though because it looks like it was ripped out, so those whoever read it might deem it useless except for Natsu, who began to trace the sentence of the page.
"Natsu,
My sweet baby, as much as I want you to be safe, I also want you to be the one to gather the orbs. For one good reason… Na-chan… you had my phoenix blood in you and you're the only who can call my blue phoenix pet and help your brother. Be careful Na-chan.
Love, Kaa-san."
Natsu then sighed shakily before looking up and inhaled, closing her eyes and envisioned her mother who looked a lot like her which made her to smile.
"Alright let's read father's writing." She told her safe before she began to walk again and while reading the journal.
"Natsu deary~
I know you're the one who's reading this journal because I saw your future dear~. You look like your mother, but she's more beautiful than you hahahaha."
"Crazy old man, why can't you be more serious like what you did to the first pages." Natsu couldn't help but comment.
"Oh yeah right, your mom told me that you're the one who inherited her blood one month after you were born and the reason why we only want you to go and gather the orbs because the moment you step foot at you mom's homeland, her pet will be yours and it will guide you to the others, who are the guardians of the orbs but they won't give it to you immediately like the bastards they are, and even if you had a map with you, those aren't specific enough to find the orbs. But her pet can help you, he knows where those orbs are and will help you on your battle. However, you aren't allowed to use your magic, I didn't add this information earlier in fear that your brother might revive me just to kill me again, don't worry though, everything you need will be at your mom's hometown. Though at the first page I told you that orbs were the only thing you will be needing as well as yours and your mom's pet tears, you need some crystals as well. I didn't add that because your brother might read it and he won't agree on you going there all by yourself.
Natsu once you collected each and one of the orbs, gave it to your mom's pet, that sly bird knows how to take care of it. And you better name that bird because you're her new owner, before your mom called it Koro-sensei in a reminder of her previous teacher but now it's up to you to give it a new one or let it be. Now the last place you need to go is the crystals, at the very heart of this continent there's a place called Kessho no tochi, it's a dangerous place so be careful there. Now your mom hometown is quite far. You need to travel 3-4 days just to arrive there, it's a hidden place but you will now that you finally arrived there by the time you step foot. Read the map carefully and be careful.
Tou-san"
Natsu stopped walking and sighed as she finished reading the page.
"Great, no magic for a while." She mumbled before inhaling deeply and continue to walk, looking at the map where it will lead her to her mother's homeland. As Natsu walked further from their empire, she couldn't help but think about her former family which she had protected for years.
'I… don't want to protect them anymore…' she thought, tears falling down when she remembered her best friend and perhaps her first crush before chuckling sadly and inhaled deeply, trying to forget about them and focus on her new family instead and she did just that.
(Three days later)
Natsu arrived at her mother's homeland, three days later with only 4-5 hours of sleep, not wanting to make her siblings worry more about her by going taking her time. The map lead her to a field surrounded by blue flowers like Spring Starflower, Love in the Mist, Morning Glory, Forget-me-not, and Ceanothus Dark Star, but what she like the most was the Blue Hydrangea , which made her step into the field when suddenly a blue fire appeared in front before it disappeared and revealed a blue fire phoenix in its glory. Natsu's mouth open up in awe, stepping towards the phoenix before stopping when its attention went to her.
"Are you… Koro-sensei?" she asked hesitantly when the bird suddenly went directly towards her, making her to step back and brace herself for the attack she might receive, only to felt nothing but a gentle winds in her direction created by the birds wings.
"I take it your Nagisa's heir then." The phoenix said which made Natsu to jaw drop before retrieving the journal from her back and flip to the pages before exclaiming.
"Why didn't father add an information that you can talk!?" she then look back at the bird who seems to sweat drop.
"That's how your father is, he always leave the important out." The bird stated, before landing at Natsu shoulder. "Though, only you can hear."
"Why?"
"It's been always like that little one, only the master can hear their pet phoenix." The bird said, looking directly at Natsu's eyes. "You look exactly like your mother, though if I remember correctly you were born as a boy not a girl Natsu." Natsu's eyes widen while the bird flew away from her shoulder and flies in front of her.
"How did…?" she trailed off, while the bird seem to smile.
"I was there when your mother give birth to you." He said, before looking up at the sky. "You were so weak at that time when your mother said that you're her heir, and you wouldn't be my master if your father didn't saw the future." Natsu smiled before sitting down at the ground, the bird landed in front of her.
"How did mom manage had you as a pet?" she asked, Koro-sensei went closer to her.
"Simple, the same as you, your mom was the heir of my master before her. For the heir to be a master of their pet phoenix they have to be at the age of 13 and only then will they manage to acquire the phoenix powers. As your mom's heir, you're supposed to be my master at the age of 13, but you die. On normal circumstances, the phoenix should die together with their master or heir, if their previous master had died already. But your brother kept your body, so imagine my surprise that I, as well, was revived from the dead."
"Is that even possible?" Natsu asked, eyes widen to which the bird chuckled.
"For you and your brother everything is possible." The bird then began to flap his wings and look at her in the eyes. "You should give me a new name though. As much as I miss the name your mom gave me, I want to have a new one." He added, Natsu hummed and began to glance around the room before spotting something before looking at him and smiled.
"Aoi ajisai, from the blue hydrangea." She stated, the bird laughs.
"That's your mom favorite flower you know that." He stated, before soaring towards the sky which made Natsu to stand up and watch him dive towards her. Natsu gasp before covering her face with her arms before feeling something wrap around her. After a few seconds she opened her eyes and look down at her neck and saw a necklace she didn't wear from the beginning.
"Aoi?" she asked and the bird appear.
"And it's official now, you're my new master." The bird stated before flying towards her shoulder and landed there. "That necklace is my new home, call me anytime and I will appear." He added, Natsu smiled before blinking.
"Father told me that you can lead me to where the sacred elementals orbs are." She said, the bird nodded. "Can you help me then?" the bird laughs at her request.
"Of course I can little one, but we need something for you journey, for this journey will not allow you to use magic." Aoi said, which made Natsu to nod determined. And with that she began her travel with a new companion, Aoi Ajisai.
TBC
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