Author's Note: Not sure if I was clear, but Natsu was the one that fell off the building. Anyway, Here's Chapter 6.

Chapter 6

(recap) While Natsu had his back turned from Krolic, he was getting up. Krolic than took this chance to run into Natsu and he fell off the building.

"Natsu!"

(Start of Chapter 6)

Gray's POV

I left Erza and Lisanna to take care of Krolic. I went down to find Natsu. I hope he wasn't hurt to bad. Was he really not lying about the dragon? About Igneel? I stopped thinking about that and decided to work on finding Natsu. He better not be hurt. That would be bad. Makarov would kill us if he…... I just had to find him. I was looking in the area in which he had fallen. It took just a mere moment, but I saw some broken boxes and there was Natsu in the wreckage. I stepped over the broken wood to get him. When I got to the center of the broken mess, I picked up Natsu. He had blood coming from his neck from the cut he had gotten during that fight and from his head. He must have hit his head when he fell. I called out to Lisanna and Erza.

"Hey, guys! I got Natsu. He is out. I think he hurt himself pretty bad when he fell. I'm going to get him some help."

I waited a moment. I was hoping that my voice could reach them. It seemed that they couldn't hear me, that was until I heard a response from Lisanna.

"Alright, Gray! We will meet up with you in a bit!"

Even though they couldn't see me, I nodded. I took Natsu's left arm and put it around my neck. He wasn't that heavy, so I had no trouble carrying him. I was struggling, however, after a bit. I was thinking about stopping for a moment, when a middle-aged man came over to me. He had jet black hair that was cut short, and dark eyes. He was wearing a high-collared black and tan robe that had a gold trim on the collar part. He a had a strange white cloth draped around his torso. He had black boots to match his outfit. He also had a silver pendant around his neck.

"Oh my. What happened here?"

I hesitated to answer. I didn't know him. I don't know why, but I didn't trust him. I wanted to keep quiet and just get Natsu help as soon as possible. I decided to ignore him. I started to walk around the strange man.

"Do you need any help? Your friend, he looks like he should get help fast. I can help you get him there faster."

I stopped in my tracks. Throughout my walk through this town, not one person asked to help. Then, this strange man wanted to help me? But to be fair, everyone here in this town was strange and unknown by me. I hesitated. Could I trust him? I was tried as it was. We had spent most of the day searching for this one man, then there was a fight, and now I had to carry Natsu. The longer I carried him, the heavier he seemed to get. I didn't know how much father I could go before I had to set him down. I decided to take the man's offer.

"Yes. I…. I need help. Would it be too much trouble?"

"Of course not. I wouldn't have asked if it was too much trouble."

The man gave a small chuckle. He picked up Natsu and froze for a second. Did he know Natsu? He stared at Natsu for a moment before snapping back to reality.

"Um, Sir?"

"Sorry. He just…... reminds me of my little brother. I haven't seen him in… in years."

Oh. Now I feel like a jerk. This guy was offering his help, offering to waste time for two people he didn't know, and he hasn't seen his brother in years. I can relate. I miss my parents and Ur. It was my fault that they were gone. The man walked with Natsu in his arms and I almost didn't notice because I was shot into the past in my mind. I quickly followed behind. We walked in silence. Ever now and then, I would look up at the man. He would look at Natsu and his expression was sad each time. He looked like he was about to cry. When he noticed that I was looking at him, he quickly changed to a smile. It wasn't that long before we made it to small clinic. He turned to look at me.

"Can you take it from here? You do not need me?"

I nodded. He placed Natsu down where he was leaning on me. The man walked off, but not before turning around to take one last look at Natsu. I had a feeling he knew more about Natsu then he was letting on. I didn't have time to think about it. Chances were, I would never see him again. I dragged Natsu in and without question they took him to help him. It was only after they help him, they started to ask question after question?

"Who did this to him?"

"What happened?"

"Do you know him or did you find him like this?"

"Where are his parents or guardian?"

I was overwhelmed by all the questions, but I somehow managed to answer them all.

"A bad wizard did this to him as well as a fall off the roof. I do know him. There is a chance that he will join my guild. I…... His dad is missing and I guess that would make Makarov his guardian. He is our guild's master."

They asked me a fear more questions, some of which I did not know. I did my best to answer them. After a while, they left me alone. I guess I fell asleep, because Lisanna was shaking me awake.

"Gray. Wake up."

I groaned.

"I'm awake."

"Now you are. Anyway, where's Natsu? Is he alright?"

Great more questions. I gave a yawn that was followed by a sigh.

"Yeah, he is fine. They told me that they would tell me that it was alright to see him. I just hope he is alright. When he fell, he hit his head pretty bad."

"WHAT!?"

I explained to the girls what happened. I told them that when I found Natsu in the ruble, how his head was bleeding and was out cold. I paused and then told them how a strange man helped me get here. I even told them about the million questions I received.

"So, what happened with Krolic?"

Erza was the one who talked. Lisanna didn't question it, she just let her talk.

"Lisanna used her take over magic to turn into the giant bunny and knocked him out. I used my magic to bring a rope. I tied him up. I had Lisanna go and retrieve someone who could take him away. We were informed that he would e lock up for some time. After that, we went to go find you. It didn't take long, if I am being honest."

We talked for a bit. We stopped when a young female woman came out to talk to me. She wasn't that tall, at the same time, not that small. She had brown eyes and dark black curly hair. When she spoke, her voice was soft and soothing.

"Excuse me? I am here to inform you of your friend's condition. Over all, he is fine. He can leave when he wakes up. He is just resting. So, he will have a scar on his neck and his head wound is nothing serious. It did seem that he had a lot of wounds all over his body. It looked like some animal did that to him. We took care of them, they were healing pretty well, but we just add some medicine to help him have less pain. You won't have to worry too much."

"When he wakes up?"

"Yes, young Natsu was given a pain killer that makes most patience very sleepy. He should be up in an hour."

"Can we see him?"

Lisanna asked. Truth was, I wanted to see him. We never should have brought him on this mission. The lady said that we could. We followed her to a room at the end of the hall. Natsu already looked better just from being here. Something tells me that he will go through worst injuries. I shook off that feeling. The lady told us that she had to go. She left us in the room. Erza leaned against the wall closest to the door. Lisanna sat in a chair right next to Natsu. She was worried the most out of the three of us. I walked over to him. It was that moment when his eyes fluttered open. He looked around. He seemed to panic a little. I guess I would too if I woke up in a place, I had no idea how I got there.

"Where am I? Where…...? Igneel? IGNEEL!"

"Natsu calm down. You are in a clinic. You were hurt so we, uh, Gray took you here. And, Igneel, well, he, um…."

Lisanna looked at me for help. Natsu looked in the direction Lisanna was looking until his gaze fell onto me.

"Yeah, I brought you here. As for Igneel, we don't know where he is. To be honest, I thought that you made him up. That was until I saw your power. I think I you were telling the truth. Sorry."

Natsu looked at me. Silence. He nodded and then he spoke.

"So, when are we going to our guild?"

"What?"

"I… I want to join. I like you guys. It seems like it would be fun. Plus, these jobs you guys go on, you get to see the world. This may help me find Igneel. Also, I was talking to Master Makarov, he said that Fairy Tail was like a family. Igneel was the only family I had. I am on my own. If I join Fairy Tail, I won't be on my own."

Natsu then gave a big smile. One that he had not given before. It suits him. We told Natsu that he was able to be discharged after he woke up. The lady came back to check on us and was shock to find Natsu awake. She did not expect him to be able to resist the part of the medicine that makes most patients sleep. She did a quick check on him and agreed that he was fit to leave. We left and Natsu seemed different. He seemed more…... happy. He was as cautious around us. He seemed more comfortable too. I wanted to ask Natsu something. If he lived with a dragon, and no one saw the dragon, where did he live for most of his life? I mean, it would be hard to hide a dragon in the middle of a town, and Makarov said he found Natsu in a forest. If he found Natsu in a forest, then how did he know where he lived? Many forests can stretch for miles on end.

"Natsu?"

"Yeah."

"If you lived in the forest, with a dragon, did you live deep in the forest? If so, how did you not get lost?"

He seemed confused at my question. He thought about it for a moment. He then turned to me and smiles.

"I lived in a valley. It was surrounded by mountains. In the middle there was a lake. We lived, in the colder season, a cave deep with the mountain, and in the warmer season, we would live close to this tree that he said was special."

"Special? How so?"

"Well, it is a summer oak. Igneel said that he the summer oak would stand strong and no force could take it down. My name, he told me, meant summer. He said I should have a connection to it. He always told me that having a connection to the land is having a connection to your true self. I didn't understand what he meant, and I still don't. I just listen to what he said because he told me it would help me in the future."

Natsu looked down at his scarf. The scarf made of dragon scales. The scales of Igneel.

"If you didn't leave, would you still be there?"

"Hmm. I guess. I mean, I lived there with Igneel. I guess if I thought that there was a chance he would come back, then I would stay there, but I don't like to be alone."

"Oh, well, you got us now. We will stand by your side."

Natsu looked at us. The others smiled and nodded in agreement in what I said. Natsu gave a smile. He seemed happy. We have a new member of our guild, no, our family.

-Back to present-

I wake up. The train was still moving. I was breathing heavily. I had woken in a cold sweat. I looked around wildly.

"Gray? Are you alright?"

I looked at the blonde celestial wizard. I wiped the sweat off my forehead. I took a deep breath in before saying.

"I think I know where to find Natsu."

A/N: I finally wrote this ch. I am sorry for not posting sooner. I was writing something else that you will see very soon. I was going to post it on 6/21/19 but decided to wait. It will be out soon and that is all I am saying. See you guys for Chapter 7. :) ~Zolf