"Speaking"
"thinking"
On with the story
The land was burning, the sky was dark, the earth burns in fire
two figures were standing with limping strength as blood pooled and soaked into the land
Natsu stands with fading strength as his blood-covered himself
His breathing ragged, his vision blurry, his strength diminished
He fell to one knee as he coughs blood from his lips, and his vision turned red to the blood in his eyes
Natsu was in a fierce battle as the man's foe stood in front of him with blood coming out of his mouth
"hahaha….the battle is a draw, demon" his foe spoke in a mocking tone as his eyes were unlike that of a man, rather a monster to be speak "…you entertained me well enough, but I am the king, and I shall always come as the victor!"
The man cackled before he was enveloped in smoke and a giant black shadow appeared with glowing red eyes piercing out of the smoke
"one day….our battle…will end the life of one of us….." a deep and dark voice spoke as the smoke subsides and revealed a giant black dragon "…till then…demon…till the day I destroy everything!"
"bastard!" Natsu grunts out as the dragon flaps his wings before flying away with laughter
"damnit! Damnit! Damnit!" Natsu roared out before he fell as blood seeps out of his chest
His eyes slowly closed as his strength disappeared and his body in need of rest
centuries had passed since that great battle, we now find Natsu within Alvarez
Natsu was sitting on the window rail of a palace with a solemn look on him as he watches over the setting sun as the orange light shines down a city with millions of people walking by the streets
He sighs in content while leaning his hand to the window's glass and then turned around to walk away
One of the strongest mages in the world and a member of the Spriggan 12, yet he could not defeat the bringer of chaos in his ancient battle
"it's been peaceful for so long." Natsu said as he walks out to the hallways of the palace while passing by guards stationed there
"how long has it been…" the man asked himself as he walked towards a giant door that had two statues beside it. He waved his hand to the side and the statues became alive and opened the door for the man "since I've become this soft?"
he then entered the room where there was a grand round table with 10 individuals on each seat while a man with black hair and wearing black and white clothing was sitting in the middle on a king's throne chair
"you're a bit late, Natsu" the man at the throne room said as he smiled to Natsu
"yeah" Natsu replied as he made his way to the far end of the room as he sits down near the black hair man
Natsu then leans back to his chair and crosses his hands with each other and had a quite lazed face as he yawns a bit
"still seeing the setting sun as always?" Zeref asked him
Natsu nodded in reply as he runs his fingers in his hair
"this behaviour of yours Is becoming quite a habit, Natsu-sama" Invel spoke two seats away from Natsu as the bluish hair man adjusted his glasses to him
"it is?" Natsu asked back while looking a tad bored
Natsu leans his head to his hand while closing his eyes
"can you guys be the ones to discuss the whole political thing?" he said to them "I'm feeling a bit lazy and bored these days"
Zeref smiles in amusement to his little brother
"you've always been the lazy ones since we were young" he said to Natsu who waved his hand to him in a lazy motion
"Invel" Zeref said to the Ice Wizard as he stands up when called
"we will now begin the meeting of the political and military affairs" Invel said
Invel started to explain the political meeting that they are to have with Ishgar's kingdom with Natsu just resting there as he sleeps
After 30 minutes, Invel reached to the final topic that they are about to discuss
"Natsu-sama, for this one you must participate" Invel told to Natsu who cracked an eye open to look at Invel
"what is this about?" Natsu asked as he leans back to his chair and crosses his legs up
Invel adjusted his glasses again before he snaps his fingers twice and servants came in and sets down a pile of papers on each individual's table
"these are the newest applicants to the Alvarez's military forces" Invel explained as everyone runs through the paperwork and saw some promising new mages that are going into their military forces
"I want these two in the Ajeel force!" Ajeel stated as he takes out two identity papers of a man with some Egypt like make up and a man wearing a scarf over his eyes while having a quite weird scar on his razor sharped teeth mouth
"you have some weird taste, Ajeel" Jacob said with a smirk
"SHUT UP!" Ajeel retorted to the man
"this is just a hassle" Brandish said with a deadpanned bored look on her as she just throws away the paper as it suddenly disappears
"don't be like that, Randi. There are some promising ones here" Dimaria said to her friend as she flips over a page of her pile
Natsu just looks bored at the applicants as he reads their abilities and stats
"why did you bother make me come here?" Natsu asked his brother as he continued to look at the papers
"because one of the applicants will be a member of the Spriggan 12" Zeref replied and gained the instant attention of all of the members of the Spriggan 12 (Except Invel who already knew)
"wha!?" Ajeel said with Jacob looking a tad curious to Zeref
"a new member?" August asked to his father, Zeref nodded with a smile
"it has come to my attention that one seat is empty" Zeref said as he mentions to the last empty seat in the room
"is this new member someone of your acquaintance, father?" Larcade asked the man and earning a quite furious glare from August
Zeref nodded to him. He then swipes his hand to the side as the door to the room was opened
"meet the newest member" Zeref said with a smile as a woman a tall with thickly braided, bow-adorned, scarlet hair and dons a risqué version of the typical witch's garb while holding a staff
"Irene Belserion" Zeref introduces them to her as Irene walks towards the grand table and stands in front of them all
Everyone except Natsu, August, Invel, and Zeref. gasped in shock at the huge amount of magic power that radiates from Irene as they have never felt anything like it
August hummed in amusement as he was quite interested in the strong magic power, she had
"I suggest you all get acquainted to each other" Zeref told them as he stands up from his throne
"I leave the rest to you, Natsu" Zeref looks to his younger brother who nodded while squinting his eyes to Irene
"this power and this scent. She's just like him" Natsu thought in his mind as August spoke to Irene first
Natsu was sitting on top of the roof of the palace as he watches the night sky
He let the night breeze flow through his hair as he watched the stars
Natsu then felt a presence near him as he turns around and saw Irene landing near the roof
"oh my! what a coincidence? To think that I would find E.N.D-sama here" Irene said in an amused voice as she smiles a bit
Natsu looks at her for a moment, then turns back around and looks back to the night sky
"come to see the stars?" Natsu asked to Irene who giggle in response
"yes" Irene said to him as she walks near him
They then started at the night sky in silence for the first few minutes before Natsu breaks the silence
"you're a mother, aren't you?" Natsu asked, surprising Irene
"why yes, may I ask how you know?" Irene asked a bit taken back on the man's guess
"I know a mother when I see one" Natsu simply replied as he saw a shooting star
Irene raised a sceptical look to Natsu as she was turning quite hostile to the man
"and" Natsu said as he turns to look at Irene
"I know that you're a dragon" Natsu spoke and was replied with a magic blast attack to the face from a furious looking Irene
"I'M A HUMAN!" Irene screamed as she fired multiple more at Natsu who stood his ground with the attacks dealing no damage to him
Irene growled at Natsu with dragon like scales appearing from her neck to the side of her face as she charged up a flaming ball attack from her sphere and fired it at Natsu who stood there emotionlessly
BOOM!
Irene's attack hits him as explosion filled the top of the roof which alerted the guards down
"what was that!?" A soldier exclaimed
"an enemy attack!?" "it came from there!"
Irene hisses out a growl as her right side of her face cracked and turns into a dragon like face with white scales appearing on to her face
She grabs the side of her face while trying to calm herself down as her staff falls to the floor
"I'm a human! not a dragon! A human! a human! A human!" Irene muttered out while holding her face as the dragon scales started disappearing
The dust settled down with Natsu still standing with no injuries whatsoever
He dusted off some dirt on his shoulder and saw the emotion breaking down woman who was holding her face like she was going mad
"I see" Natsu said as he slowly walks towards Irene "your mind and strong will are fighting off the dragon's urge for power and destruction but at the cost of your sanity"
Natsu kneels down and looks to Irene who was in tears as she started scratching her face and blood was appearing on her scratch marks
"I assume you have been a dragon for quite some time" Natsu assumed and was replied with the scream from Irene
"I'M A HUMAN! I'M NOT A MONSTER!" Irene screamed as her hands turns into claws and grabs Natsu's neck and was trying to strangle him to death
"your mind is starting to merge with the dragon's power from within your body" Natsu said while looking okay as the strangling claws on his neck weren't even bothering him at all
"QUIET! HOW WOULD YOU KNOW?! HOW WOULD YOU UNDERSTAND MY SUFFERING!? FOR CENTURIES! FOR CENTURIES I HAVE BEEN SUFFERING IN THIS CURSED BODY OF MINE!" Irene screams as the white scales started to re-appear on her face
"I wouldn't, I wouldn't understand this suffering you are talking about" Natsu simply replied as the claws were clenching more on her neck as Irene growls at him
"I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL KILL YOU!" Irene screams as her eyes glowed red in rage
"DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE! DIE!" Irene screamed to the night as she slams Natsu down to the roof and the both of them crashes down to the palace
CRASH! CRASH! CRASH!
Guards were doing their nightly patrol around the castle when they then heard something coming from above as they then saw the ceiling cracking and came down Natsu with Irene as they crashed to floor and created a crater
"what the!?" "E.N.D- SAMA!?"
Irene continued to strangle Natsu as white feather like wings appeared behind Irene
"I KILL YOU!" Irene screamed as fangs appeared on her teeth with the addition of her body was transforming to that of a dragon
"what is this!?" Neinhart came running in with Jacob and Brandish and saw the whole thing
"get back, all of you" Natsu said to them as he pushes back Irene's claws and was holding her down
"you can't get near here, understand" Natsu told them off before Irene then sunk her fangs onto Natsu's shoulder as it pierced his skin and draws blood from it
"E.N.D-sama!" Jacob exclaimed as Natsu was then pushed back to the wall as it breaks and both Natsu and Irene fell down the high palace and down to the ground
In their fall, Natsu saw that they were getting closer to the ground as he positions Irene on top of him as they crashed to the ground with Natsu breaking Irene's fall
BOOM! CRASH!
Nearby guards rush to the scene and saw the two members of the Spriggan 12 were in a power struggle with Natsu over powering Irene
Natsu then looks at the guards with red glowing eyes
"stay back" Natsu said and was replied with the quickly nodding guards
He then turns his attention to Irene as the Scarlet hair woman screamed at him as she swipes her claws at his face
Natsu caught her claws and pushed them down
"you have overused your Dragon Slayer Magic and the Dragon Seed within you has started to sprout" Natsu tilts his head to the left side in order to dodge a close ranged beam that came from Irene's mouth "the time will come for your body and mind to fully become that of a dragon's"
"SILENCE!" Irene screams at him as a beam of light charged up in Irene's mouth as it was flashing brighter
Natsu squinted his eyes from the light as it was getting bigger
"Natsu!" Zeref came running and saw the whole commotion
"leave this to me!" Natsu shouted to his brother as he focuses on Irene
He then ignites his feet in flames as he burst through the night sky with Irene as he holds on to her
Irene fired the beam at Natsu who somehow made it disappear before it could hit him
She started to claw him as she was being hold down by Natsu who wrapped his arms around her body
"I'LL KILL YOU!" Irene screams as she scratches Natsu's back with her claws, shredding his clothes in the process
"then do it" Natsu said to her as they reached the night sky and the full moon appeared "kill me and become the one thing you hate the most"
Natsu looks into her eyes as her dragon like eyes transforms back into human's
"DO YOU WANT TO BE A DRAGON!?" Natsu shouted to her as a tear dropped near her eye
"please….help me…." Irene begged him as her right eye transforms into a dragon's again while her left eye stayed human's
Natsu nodded and leans forward as he connects their lips together
Irene's eyes widen in shock to his bold attempt as she felt hot from his lips
A reddish white glow appeared from inside Irene's abdomen as it glows within her
Natsu continued his actions as the red glow goes up in Irene's body and to her throat and into her mouth
He then takes away the reddish glow from her mouth and into his
Natsu chomps his teeth down and destroys the glowing orb as It breaks like glass
Irene's body started to transform back to normal as she faints into Natsu's arms
Natsu holds her and held her up into his arms, bridal style as he saw that his plan worked
"the Dragon Queen, huh" Natsu said with a smile as he pecks Irene's cheek before floating down to his brother
That's a wrap!
Bye bye