The piece of steak hanging from Natsu's mouth fell to the ground his dark green eyes turned sharp and deadly filled with a burning rage. Steam filled the room with the conflicting temperatures. All food and people were forgotten by the fuming dragons.

Natsu's feet stomped on the wood floors seeming that if they were brought down with enough force they would go through the floor boards. Gray's face was set in a scowl. His instincts and mind at war inside of him. His instincts wanted him to submit to his dominant mate but his mind refused.

His body was stuck in a stalemate not knowing whether to submit and placate his destined mate or to bite his head off. Growls left their throats both testing the strength of the other will. Both being dragons neither wanted to back down.

Gray having more knowledge on how dragon fought in Skyrim was readying to give Natsu a verbal battle. But since Natsu only knew Clear Skies he might have to rely on using his more physical attacks. They were nose to nose both breathing out puffs of air.

"What do you mean Igneel ruined Isis' life!"

It wasn't a question it was a demand for an answer. But with Natsu knowing nothing about the dragon language it would be hard to get his point across with him having to stop and search for the right words in the human tongue. That's where Eclipse came in. She was so in tune with his mind she spoke for him.

"Igneel took away her entire family. Sure he might have helped her when she was hurt but killing her mate and recently laid eggs in a fit of rage? Is that the Igneel the one you think you know ash breath!"

The cuff around Eclipse's tail glowed but Gray placed his hand on it. Eclipse obliged and kept her tail down. Both dragons continued to bare their white fangs wanting to dye them red with blood. If there was one thing to never do around a dragon that was injure its pride.

Being vain and powerful creatures if you damage their pride or the pride of those closest to them lets just say it's a recipe for disaster.

"So even if Igneel did why do you hate me at all?! I'm nothing like Igneel in that sense!"

The yelling continued. The growls filled the air when Eclipse broke them again.

"You want to know the nicknames that other dragons call ice dragons. They call them spares. Just like tires. They are the ones killed instead of the mate of the dragon who mated them. Basically they're the 'whores' of all dragons because they have two mates. But that's not true."

Eclipse had tears rolling down her face she was so in tune with Gray's emotions the buried one were bursting out at the seems. She took a deep breathe and sniff.

"The only reason would have two mates was if another dragon mated them once they killed their mate. It's worse than death for ice dragons to be mated to another. But they stay loyal. Even if they're called the dragons of a thousand frozen tears."

Gray's eyes started to bubble with tears that threatened to leave his eyes. He wouldn't let them. Not in front of anyone ice dragons only shed tears in the dark away from everyone. Legend said that if any living being saw an ice dragon cry they themselves will experience first hand what the dragon went through to make it cry.

Sure it was only a legend but Gray still didn't want the tears to fall around anyone. Even if Isis told him when he was little that tears didn't show weakness he only ever cried in front of her. She was his mother she comforted him but with her gone he now only had Eclipse who was happy to share his emotions.

Natsu's eyes softened slightly he never heard of the other species of dragons from Igneel. Did he really know his father? What else was kept from him?

'No he's made our father look like a liar who kept secrets from us! He loved us! That's all we need to know! Now show this ice dragon who's in charge!'

A growl was heard from inside the inn then an explosion. The wall had a hole blown right through it. A ball of smoke was jettisoned out of the inn and crashed in a pile of snow. In the smoking hole stood a puffing dragon steam coming off of his body, smoke from his mouth, and eyes full of the need to see a bloody broken body under his foot.

The thing that landed in the snow was Gray. His mouth was closed as he huffed through his nose. The air around his body solidified into diamond shaped crystals reflecting rainbows from the light. His eyes were slight and cobblestone gray.

Scales started crack against their skin. One was a blazing red hot to the touch. The other brilliant ice blue frigid as the deepest depths of the sea in the coldest days of winter. The scales covered their cheeks and the sides of their necks were all to be seen. Their hands were covered scales to make them look like actual claws and so were their feet.

But things Gray had that Natsu didn't were the horns, wings, and tail. The spikes on Gray's tail pointed up making anyone who looked at it think of a cat fluffing out its tail. The spikes also turned a foggy white and exuded a mist.

Both growled but Gray shot off into the air like a rocket. With him being in the air he had the advantage. Natsu didn't know how he was able to look so draconian while in dragon force. But shaking his head and jumping out to the ground and started stalking over towards Gray's area.

Gray just flipped his hair out of his eyes and glared at Natsu from his higher vantage point. Gray knew he wasn't as strong as a dominant dragon so his only advantage would be to stealthier. While flapping his near transparent wings with the ice blue bones he stretched out his hands to his sides.

Before the real battle began he would make a battleground so that no one would get hurt. Dragons were meant to guide and protect those weaker than they are and only kill for survival. The air pressure changed the air got colder and dark clouds formed a bubble around the two dragons. But before it appeared three words came out of Gray's mouth.

"Strun Bah Qo!"

Inside the wind blew with a vengeance feeling like razors were constantly trying to cut his skin. And it probably would have ripped Natsu to shreds had he not been covered in scales. With his hand covering his eyes he couldn't see. The wind in his ears was all he could hear. And the smell of snow and ice was all that filled his nose. It would be near impossible to find his prey in this mess.

Gray was crouching in the snow behind Natsu who was looking around in vain do to the storm. Gray's tail curled up to point towards Natsu. Curling in back he then let it whip towards Natsu sending some of the spikes on his tail flying. Once shot from his tail he swiftly moved to another spot. Some embedded themselves into Natsu's back where they hissed and steamed.

Enraged Natsu turned around blasting fire out of his mouth in a roar to the direction the attack came from. Outside the little blizzard bubble pocket storm thing people gathered around and could see bursts of fire light behind all of the dense cloud.

Erza, Lucy, Happy, and Eclipse stood close as they dared to the bubble. Lucy was worried and confused.

"Why did Natsu suddenly attack Gray like that? And how come Gray's dragon force has more to it than Natsu's."

Eclipse floated in front of Lucy so she could answer her questions.

"Myself and Gray damaged Natsu's view of Igneel so he went into a rage. As for your second question. Gray's had more experience with his dragon force then Natsu's I'm presuming. From what he told me Isis wanted him to be able to protect himself so he train to learn dragon force quickly."

More fire burst within the bubble and making everyone wonder what was going on. Inside Natsu was getting a good idea of how Gray moved around in this little arena. He was starting to predict when Gray would shoot the ice spikes from his tail and how many he shot.

He smirked when he dodged the next spike attack. A quiet growl was heard in front of him. This was getting fun. As he was celebrating is small victory his didn't notice the rapid foot steps coming at him till he heard the spell.

"Ice dragon diamond fist!"

Not having enough time to dodge the hard crystal covered fist collided with his gut making him lose his breath. During the punch he caught a glimpse of Gray but after he disappeared into the snowstorm that surrounded him. Was he flying? Was he on the ground? Attacks from behind or the front?

It was annoying. He couldn't see, hear, or smell anything but the storm around him. Just as he was about to start moving an yell came form above.

"Ice dragon wing attack!"

Two streams of harsh wind filled with sharp tiny ice shards flew towards him. He barely had enough time to cover his body in flames to melt a majority of the ice coming his way. In the sky where the sun peaked through to light the top of the dome showed a shadow of Gray flying above him.

Starting to have enough of this Natsu was going to just the new power he was given. He took in a deep breath about to Shout the words to the sky when Gray interrupted him.

"Ice dragon talon!"

Gray did a flip in the air to kick Natsu with his foot effectively stopping him from Shouting. He wasn't going to let Natsu destroy his battle arena not yet. But it was starting to become difficult to hold up. With all the stealth and pouring his magic into holding up the barrier was taking its toll.

His panting breath was starting to become audible to Natsu's ears through the storm. Now with a veritable direction to start attacking he aimed.

"Fire dragon iron fist."

The hard fire engulfed fist made contact with soft flesh and the storm winds started to slow. Gray was knelt on the ground holding his stomach with some blood dripping from the corner of his mouth. As he stomped froward to Gray's position about to unleash another punch he stopped.

Gray looked up at him with watery eyes as the tears fell they seemed to freeze once they left his face. As the tears fell Gray's face turned from pained to horrified then to a scowl. He clapped his hands making a loud thundering sound and his ice blue magic circle come in front of them. He yelled his spell at Natsu.

"Ice dragon icicle barrage!"

In quick succession tiny icicles flew from the circle and towards Natsu blinding him for the moment because he lifted his arms to shield his face. With the distraction Gray fled in a random direction. Just after a minute of pain Natsu lowered his arms and ran after Gray.

With Gray's magic depleting from holding up the storm barrier, his dragon force, and using attacks at the same time he was starting to run on empty. The barrier took a lot of his magic to keep it up along with the blizzard it contained. He also just mastered this form of dragon force and couldn't regulate how much magic it took.

Natsu caught up and tackled Gray to the snow covered ground. Rolling onto his back Gray started thrashing and fighting. But that just wore him out more. When he stopped and was panting under Natsu he looked into his eyes.

They were dark and predatory. His teeth were long and sharp ready to rend his flesh. Natsu seeing Gray now to tired to struggle started to lean down towards his neck. His mouth opened wide his teeth started to graze the flesh where his neck met his shoulder.

Gray tensed at the action. He could feel what Natsu was about to do. He was going to mark him. But not in the right sense. An ice dragon in order to produce offspring must be courted and willing to accept the mark before or during mating. If they don't they will be barren for the rest of their life.

As Natsu put light pressure but before he could press them into the flesh he stopped. What was he doing? Why was he going to bite Gray's neck? And why was Gray tensing so much?

'What are you waiting for! Bite the sub!'

'Why? This doesn't feel right. We should stop.'

An internal war was going on within Natsu's head. The dragon's voice had never been so clear. The storm bubble started to slowly dissipate the winds rushing through it calmed as Natsu brought his teeth away from Gray's throat. With the rest of his strength Gray brought up his leg and flipped Natsu's body over his.

Both were laying on the ground panting all of the dragon features slowly vanished. Gray had his eyes closed with small tears running down his cheeks. He was glad Natsu didn't bite him. But now he was feeling conflicted. Sure he was Igneel's adopted son.

But he was still Gray's future mate. The father of his future hatchlings. His life partner till the end of time in all lives from here on out. They both laid on the ground not listening to anything but the others breathing patterns. And then Natsu spoke up.

"Man. You are one hell of a tough . . . phew man my hearts racing. Yeah I feel so alive right now! Been so long since I had a good fight!"

Natsu was grinning like crazy. He had to keep Gray nearby if just for a fight like that again. It had been ages since someone of his level made his heart pump this hard and made him this out of breath.

Gray simply puffed out a small laugh. Maybe Natsu wasn't like his father. Maybe he'll enjoy being mated to this crazy spitfire of a man. Only time will tell if Natsu notices the signs and if Gray will accept the ones he's given.

I should have put this in earlier but better late than never. So anyway I don't own Fairy Tail if I did Gray would have been a dragonslayer and the story could easily tie into Skyrim. I also don't own Skyrim except for a copy of the wonderful game. So enjoy the hunt my pack mates your queen is here for you. ^w^