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2 years later.
"Another toast to Natsu!" A villager shouted.
Natsu sweat drop as the majority of the villagers inside the tavern would cheer a toast to him.
"This isn't necessary." Natsu replied.
"Nonsense! You finally mastered your second magic! We gotta party tonight!"
"Yeah! We are going to the top in grand magic games with him on our side!"
"You had too much to drink! Natsu is in Fairy Tail, he can't represent us! Speaking of which now that you have mastered your second magic. What are you going to do? I mean there's no reason for you to stay with us."
Natsu had decided to continue his studies here. He didn't feel right to leave without at least completing something that was given to him. Even if it wasn't of his choice in the first place. Natsu thought days on end to figure out what he wanted to do.
"If I'm going to be honest, I want to be selfish. I want to-"
The door to the tavern burst open as the wooden door slammed into the wall. The man looking at them had a terrified face.
"A dragon..." He whispered.
Natsu heard him and jolted up from the table.
"Where is the dragon!?" Natsu asked.
His question was answered as the entire tavern shaked violently. The people standing lost their balance as objects went flying downwards. Natsu on the otherhand withstood the violent quake. The male rush out into the open as he looked behind the tavern. There stood a dragon as it looked down at them all. An explosion went off that threatened to cut off Natsu's hearing. The male looked towards the origin of the sound to see a block's worth of houses destroyed. His eyes widen at realizing this dragon wasn't going to play nice. Natsu stuck out his hand.
"Falling Thunder!" Natsu shouted.
Blue Lightning came flying from the sky as it struck the Dragon. The spell didn't do any damage but it got The Beasts attention. The Dragon glance at Natsu before facing him completely.
"Hurry! Get the townspeople out of here!"
"Drop everything and run for the docks!" Someone shouted.
Her eyes zoomed in on the running townspeople.
'I have to becareful of what I use until everyone is out of here.' Natsu thought.
He activate another spell.
"Eternal Pillar of Darkness!"
The pillar of dark purple energy came from the ground in front of The Dragon as it hit the beast square in the chest. Though it failed to do anything else but give amusement to the creature. Natsu gritted his teeth. It shrugged off two of his most strongest spells as if they were nothing. Natsu noticed red glowing beneath him. It didn't take him long to realized that if he didn't move he would be caught up in an explosion. The male jumped back and barely made it out of the radius. Natsu hit the ground running as he prepared to fight a dragon.
Finally, everyone that wasn't caught in an explosion did escape the village. Though that did little to ease Natsu's worries. Despite launching everything at the Dragon, it only targeted him out of sheer amusement. The Dragon found him interesting due to his magical power. Natsu skidded back as the town burned down all around him. His body was littered with bruises and he knew his right arm was broken.
'Damn it, I can't stay here.' Natsu thought.
He would die here if he kept fighting and he wasn't doing anything to this beast. Natsu knew he had enough magic to escape and that's what he did, the male had ran as fast as he could away from the Dragon. The Dragon had its fulfillment of entertainment and therefore didn't bother chasing the human that ran off. Instead, it proceed to attack what was left of the village. Natsu ran disappointed in himself. He couldn't do anything. People still died despite him doing his best to take down The Dragon. Natsu felt so useless. The male made it to the docks. A few dozen people were left instead of the population of over a thousand. There were still so many people that died.
"Natsu!? Did you win!?" One of them asked.
Natsu didn't answer the man. He grab the male manning the rope that kept the ship at the dock. Natsu threw the villager onto the ship. Natsu cut the rope as the ship began to head out towards the sea.
"Get on!" A villager shouted.
Natsu turn his back while they shouted for him to get on the ship.
'I don't deserve to leave. I have failed you all again.' Natsu thought.
The Dragon raised itself in the air before opening it's mouth. To cause another explosion somewhere else on the small continent. Natsu stood there powerless.
Later.
Natsu sat on one of the last available boats in the area. His motion sickness began to act up but he would have to stomach it because there was no other way off of this island. His heart was steeled as his resolve return in full force.
'I can't just return just yet. I have to find the origins of The Dragon Slayer Magic that will hopefully lead me to Igneel. I need to finish this personal goal. To get stronger and return without any regrets.' Natsu thought.
That is when he push his boat away from the dock. As he started his journey. His journey to find the origins of such a historic magic gave him one name, Irene. The rest of the text was destroyed as expected of such an old document. Though as he walked into a clearing he got lucky as he found a woman standing there as well. Her back was turn to him but without moving she spoke.
"Such an unexpected surprise. I wasn't expecting to see you so soon." The woman spoke.
Natsu eyes widen as she turned to face him with a cruel look. The smell was a dead give away. As his eyes became filled with fear. She could see it in his eyes the ones she saw when he couldn't do a thing to her the first time. The Woman could not help the sadistic smile that spread out even further on her face. Natsu felt his body be paralyzed by fear at the sight of the woman. She had so much magical power that it suffocated him. He wanted to just run away from her again. Natsu felt his legs move on his own as he rush away from the laughing woman.
"Where you going dragon slayer!?" She screamed in pure excitement.
Natsu didn't dare look behind him as she ran after him. The woman soon turned into The Dragon that terrorized the village.
"Your still scared of me? Im just a woman!" It shouted.
Natsu dodged another attack as he tried to get away but The Dragon swatted at him. Natsu was sent crashing into the ground making a crater. His eyes widen at the immense pain that screamed throughout his body. This in itself nearly sent him into shock.
'She broke all of my bones on the right side with just a swing.' He thought.
Natsu could see the woman approaching him with a wide spread smile. She love seeing him like this and Natsu knew it. However, he would have to get over his fear or at least gather enough courage. The man slowly got to his feet despite his leg protesting at his action. That's when he felt his forehead become wet with his own blood.
"Im surprised you can still stand but your just an insect."
Natsu was sent flying back via an explosion that had him crashing down onto the ground again. Natsu would have to act to keep himself alive. He felt her boot connect with the side of his head.
"Look at you, I hoped you enjoy watching all of those people die. Even when you used your Dragon Slaying powers you still couldn't do anything to me. You wanted to get revenge because I did something so unforgiveable. However, at the end all you did was run away in fear." She spoke.
Unforgiveable? No because Natsu had done the same thing she had done but on a lesser scale. He was afraid? Yes. He was downright terrified of her. Natsu could not stay quiet as he gathered his courage. Her eyes widen as Natsu seem to get up and gave her a head butt that actually hurt her. The woman could see the courage in his eyes that glared directly into her own.
"Unforgiveable? Don't make me laugh because I did the same thing you did and those people taught me something. That no matter how cruel the crime was, you can still be forgiven. That is one of the reasons why I will forgive you. I can't judge you but you have no right to judge me. I would also be careful on talking down on people. Sometimes you wont see what's coming." Natsu spat.
The woman's eyes widen at hearing his words. She didn't move as Natsu went falling to the floor. His last act of courage seem to take the last of his energy out of him. The man had passed out after hitting the ground. Her body became filled with rage at being proven wrong. No one in their right mind could have forgiven her even if they had done the exact same thing. She pointed her palm out as it aimed at Natsu.
'I will kill him! I'll make sure he won't survive. I...'
She didn't know why but she just couldn't bring herself to kill him. She couldn't finish this weak insect off but what was the reason. Her body on a subconscious level disobeyed her. It seemed like her intuition was against her as well.
"There is no logical reason that you could benefit me yet why can't I kill you." She asked herself.
For the very few times in her entire life. Irene could not help but show mercy to this man.
Natsu didn't wake up until a day or so later and was surprised that he could open his eyes once again. Half of his body would remain immovable due to his injuries.
"Your awake. You wont be able to move until tommorow. Don't worry I wont kill you if I wanted too. You wouldn't be here." She spoke.
"Why didn't you do it?" Natsu asked.
The woman didn't answer him because maybe she didn't have a concrete one.
"Not your concern to someone you owe your life too." She spoke.
She did have a point as Natsu became mute. Though the silence didn't last as Irene dropped a wooden staff at his side. Natsu look over to see the staff that looked familiar to one she carried.
"From here on out, I will mold you to my liking, I will not tolerate any foolishness. Now when you recover we will be going on a journey. I have been curious on what happened to those Dragons several hundred years ago. I want you to accompany me. You may have use for my ambitions." Irene said.
Natsu cracked a grin.
"I have been doing the same thing. The date of 7/7/777 was when my father disappeared. I ended up meeting you here by mere chance." Natsu stated.
"Good there will be no room for complaints. I will let you know this, I created Dragon Slayer Magic." Irene responded.