Chapter Nine: Dragon?!

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When Natsu ran through the tunnel into a volcano, he thought it was awesome. When he found a broken bridge, he discovered that he could roll up around himself and launch himself onto the other side. If he added some magic, he could wrap himself in flames. That was epic. And so, when he found a really deep hole with a ladder leading to it, well, it was quite obvious what he should do.

His pointed teeth poked out of his excited grin as he jumped down. The fall was longer than he thought, but thanks to his new Goron-rock-body, he was able to shake it off.

Inside the hole was, well, a Temple. At least, he thought it was a Temple. The stairs, doors, and large statues certainly made it seem so.

'Didn't that Dagmir guy say this game had temples?' Natsu thought to himself, scratching his head, 'What was his name again anyway?'

Suffice it to say, the Dragon Slayer didn't really give it much thought. All he really remembered was that the hero would come to the Temples. The Dagmir ('Dragnore? Dragnir? Daglore? Wait, Dragqueen! That's it!) guy did mention that.

'...I think.'

Natsu's strengths didn't lie with his memory, but with his fighting.

Which, luckily, was up next. Some weird sort of bat that was literally on fire flew at him, a second one close behind. It was easy to eat the fire when they got close and punch them into the stairs in front of him. They exploded in a quick puff of smoke.

He smirked and ran for the far left door before climbing those stairs, finding a cage at the far end. Past the cage was a switch and a corridor, but he didn't really look at that. Instead, his attention was drawn to the giant cowering boulder in the cage itself. Honestly, rocks shouldn't ever shiver THAT MUCH.

A little, but not a lot.

"Hey there." Natsu tried calling to it.

In response, the boulder yelled, "Oh please don't eat me!"

"I'm not gonna eat you!" Natsu yelled back, before his eyes widened, "Wait, Gorons eat rocks! Does that make Goron cannibals?!"

"Don't eat me!

"I'm a cannibal?! I wouldn't have picked this race if I knew that!"

"Don't eat me!"

"Stop saying that!" Natsu yelled, "It's not my fault we're a race of cannibals!"

"Don't eat me!"

"I'm not a cannibal, dang it!" Natsu grabbed the bars in anger, pulling on them as if that would get the Goron's attention.

"Don't eat me!"

Natsu growled and pulled at the cage harder, causing the bars to snap away at his strength. He only paused for one moment to think about how different his strength felt here before a yelp from the cowering Goron took his attention again.

"Would you relax already?!"

The Goron finally sat up and looked at him, partially in awe, "Woah, did you snap those cage bars Pink-goro?"

"Pink-goro?" Natsu wrinkled his nose at the name.

"You must be as strong at Biggoron! Or Darunia!"

"Who?"

"Pink-goro, how did you avoid capture?"

"Hey, my name's Natsu, stop calling me Pink-goro!" he huffed.

"Whatever you say Pink-goro!"

Natsu sweatdropped ats the Goron smiled up at him, "Ok, ok, what did you mean by capture?"

"How did you avoid capture by Volvagia?"

"Who's that?" his eyebrows scrunched together in confusion.

"How do you not know about Volvagia?!" The Goron's jaw dropped.

Natsu shrugged, "I'm new here. Now who is it?"

The Goron looked at him in suspicion before answering, "Volvagia, the dragon from our history. She at-"

"Did you say dragon?!" Natsu lunged forward, grabbing him by the shoulders and shaking him, "What kind of dragon?! Where is she from?! How old is she?! Does she know other dragons?! How-"

"Pink-goro, stop shaking!" the other cut him off.

Natsu let him go and get his bearings.

"I don't know anything about what you just asked Pink-goro. Volvagia is a dragon who almost destroyed our tribe a really long time ago." he continued, not noticing the way Natsu's face fell, "Our stories say that a hero among the Gorons killed her with his giant hammer, which is here in the Temple somewhere. But now she's back, and she captured all of us so she could eat us! She ate Chief Darunia right in front of us!"

The pink haired Goron gave a start at that before his features grew furious, "She ate him?" was his deadly whisper.

He nodded silently, tears in his eyes.

Natsu couldn't help it. He yelled, punching the wall near him, fist coated in flames.

"DRAGONS DON'T EAT PEOPLE!" he turned back to the Goron he rescued, "You said she's in this Temple?!"

He nodded, silently staring up at the furious person before him, who, just moments ago, had looked calm and, well, safe.

"Then let's go!" Natsu turned and walked back to the door he had come from.

"Wait, what?!"

Natsu glanced at him, eyes narrowed, "We're gonna save the other Gorons, get that hammer, and teach that dragon a lesson! Understand?"

The Goron nodded slowly. After a moment, Natsu headed back to the door.

"Umm...Pink-goro?"

"Yeah?" he turned back around to see the Goron stepping to the side, showing a green and yellow decorated chest that Natsu had missed beforehand, "We'll need this."

"What is it?"

"The key to the room Volvagia is in." he turned to find Natsu smirking at him.

"Oh, I'm all fired up now!"