10 minutes later, in a field on the Nishizumi estate:

No one's PoV:

"Ok, we're here, you can start now," Shiho said.

"Umm, can you give me some space as I surround myself in fire and it will get very hot?" He asked as he walked away from them.

"Oh, yes" Shiho said confusedly.

After getting what he deemed an acceptable distance Natsu charged up his magic which increased the pressure around him dramatically resulting in the ground cracking or melting and large chunks of molten debris rising into the air.

Maho stared in amazement, while she couldn't exactly see what he was doing due to the mile distance between them she could feel the heat and Natsu wasn't joking about things getting really hot, even at this distance she thought she was going to get burned. It was then the flames engulfed Natsu in a sphere of fire and for a minute Maho stared worryingly at the sphere as she had no idea of Natsu's resistance to flames. The flames were dispersed by a gust of wind revealing the same Scarlet dragon as what they saw on the day, they first met Natsu.

"So what do you think and you aren't afraid of me?" Natsu spoke up after transporting himself directly in front of them. Maho and the others could only stare in amazement at the large crimson dragon that was before them.

Maho and Miho just nodded in response before Miho started running circles around Natsu inspecting practically every inch of his transformation. "Wow you look so cool, my favourite stories that mummy reads to me all have dragons in them. I've always dreamed of seeing one"

"Well I'm glad that you're dream came true." Said Natsu. Natsu then reared up onto his hind legs and released a small torrent of fire from his mouth which then exploded in the air like a firework, as the embers floated down, glistening in the light. After several hours of the children playing with Natsu with Shiho watching, Natsu deactivated his dragon form which caused his wings to recede into his shoulder blades with the sickening breaking and cracking as they morphed back into the original bone followed by his crimson red scales dropping off as his body shrank to its original size before dissipating into thin air.

"So what do we do now then?" asked Natsu curiously "You can ask me more questions if you want to." He then said somewhat hesitantly.

"Okay, Okay." Said Miho while she thought of a question. After a minute she said, "How do you find love?" She asked innocently.

Natsu started blushing as he thought of what he could say to her. "Basically, I will have many mates, or as you call them wives or girlfriends, but if the one I have feelings for doesn't have the same feelings, then I would go into an emotionless state and would die soon after if my mate died, before being controlled by my anger towards whatever caused their death, and would go on a rampage until I either died from exhaustion or I find out that my mate was actually fine." He said as he spoke more and more quietly, before trailing off at the end as he kept glancing at Maho as she blushed while also taking glances at Natsu, but when they made eye contact they somehow blushed even harder than Shiho thought possible as we watched in amusement. Deciding to break the awkward silence, she cleared her throat, bringing everyone's attention to her.

Shiho said, "Now that we have that excitement out of the way, I do believe that it is time to get back, otherwise it will be dark by the time we get back and you will also miss your dinner." She said while looking at Miho; who saw her mother give a pointed glance towards her, as she blushed and mumbled incoherently.

Natsu's PoV:

'You know, I think I'm going to enjoy living here.' Natsu thought as he smiled his signature grin, as he noticed Maho blushing as she spotted his grin. "Hey, Maho, you've gone all red again, I hope that you're not catching a fever," Natsu said as he brought his face a few inches from her's. Maho just got redder and started stuttering in embarrassment. Natsu just got confused again.

Shiho's PoV:

'What am I going to do with this kid? He can't be that dense, can he? I hope I'm not going to be the one who has to teach him about that.' Shiho thought in dread with a hint of exasperation.

The next day:

The day started off like any other with Maho and Miho playing in the garden with Natsu, when their whole life changed. The peaceful morning was then shattered by a sound that made the 3 children shiver in fear. Out of the surrounding plants came 6 men dressed in black while screaming a battle cry.

"Who are you?" Natsu asked dangerously.

"Steven, Silence this child… permanently…" Fred ordered ominously into the crowd.

Natsu looked over at Steven, his eyes filled with dread, and noticed something he thought he would not see in a Kidnapper… regret and hesitation. His dreadful anticipation increased when the man kneeled down and lifted the dagger above him.

"No! Natsu!" he could idly hear Maho and Miho scream in utter horror.

"Maho, take Miho and run and don't look back!" He said to her.

"NATSU! NOOOOOOOO!"

The last thing he saw before the darkness took him was Maho's hand extended towards him, her eyes wide in terror in despair as tears flowed out like a river.

It was over…

And now, he would depart into the afterlife with the knowledge that he couldn't even help Maho escape the now inhuman act that was about to be performed on her…

Was this really how it was supposed to end?!

"No… Not while I'm here…"

After seeing what she thought was Natsu's death Maho picked up Miho and ran as fast as she could away from the area as tears streamed from both of their eyes.

Maho's PoV:

"You can't run forever!" yelled another man. They were 6 in total, and were send by their family's archenemy. Tears began to roll on their cheeks.

"They mustn't catch us...! They mustn't catch us...!" They were thinking, nearly shouting in their heads. They continued running, but a minute later, they were blocked by rocks. They were now trapped, and couldn't escape.

"No!" she shouted.

"Here you are..." said the men, walking near them.

"Don't touch me or my sister!" she yelled, bonded to the rocks while hugging Miho to herself.

"You know, our boss told us that we could do anything to you... And my boys are pretty hungry... We all want to try what it feels to fuck a 6 year old girl and then when I've finished I'll hand you over to the rest of my men while I then do your sister!"

"Chain them up," he commanded to the rest of his men.

He lackadaisically removed his cloak, letting it drop on the ground beside him. Releasing her chains, but leaving her with shackles, he attempted to move her onto the cloak.

She wouldn't have any of it. Noticing she had a free hand, she lunged at the bandit leader and slashed his cheek open, drawing considerable amounts of blood. Crying and cursing in pain, Fred jumped back, giving the girl the freedom to rush to Miho.

"Fred!" cried one of the bandits, running to his leader.

"You… bitch!" he growled dangerously, standing up and dusting himself off.

"M-maho…" gasped Miho as she felt her soft hands wrap around her.

"I tried to be nice," spoke Fred venomously. "I tried to give you a modicum of pleasure, and without an audience! But now, none of that…"

The tone in which he spoke drove massive shivers down the two children, who could only dread what Fred was about to speak next as he approached them, his hands extended towards the brunette.

"No… Now, I will take you with no mercy, and in front of all my men, even your sister!" he snarled, gripping the girl's wrist painfully. She cried in pain and weakly tried to struggle.

"I'll ravage you and make you bleed!" he continued his sadistic rant, maniacally laughing afterwards. "I'll enjoy your screams of pain, little bitch!"

He was interrupted by a boy appearing in front of Maho, and punched the man in the face, who flew in a tree due to the shock.

Fred was blown away from Maho, leaving her with her shirt in tatters and her shorts pulled halfway down her legs revealing her white panties that were pulled down and were barely hanging off her. The glistening of saliva was visible in her neck and left cheek, though the latter was washed away by the tears that flowed.

She had a deadened expression on her face, her mind, body and soul resigned to the terrible fate that seemingly awaited her. It was only when she saw the magical energy burst from Natsu that she came back to life. "Natsu, you're here!" She said while crying.

"You hurt a dragon's family and for that you shall pay, NO FORCE IN THIS WORLD WILL SAVE YOU!" Natsu yelled as a magic circle surrounded him as he burst into flames.

Miho and Maho watched the rampaging Natsu as he was covered in flames and emitting so much power that he made them feel like collapsing from the large magic pressure, they watched in awe as the flames grew to a gargantuan size then fizzled out leaving a huge red dragon in his place, needless to say the kidnappers began to urinate "M-m-m-MONSTER!" They screamed as Natsu began to attack them violently.

Suddenly, "Natsu" leaned forward and lunged… straight towards Fred. The targeted man could only cry out in surprise as the supposedly dead child barrelled into him and pushed him all the way back into a tree. He tried to attack the boy, only to fail miserably.

First, "Natsu" gripped the arms of the man that almost raped Maho, his fingers actually puncturing the skin, drawing blood that stained his hands and face. Then, without any mercy at all, he yanked the arms, making everyone watch in horror as skin, bone and muscle was relentlessly ripped apart and carelessly thrown to the sides, unleashing a geyser of blood that seemed to spurt endlessly.

The horror only continued as "Natsu" dug his claws into the agonising man's chest and tore chunks of his pectoral cavity, throwing them away just like the severed arms.

Fear and pain could only register in Fred's mind as he watched the supposedly dead dragon boy grip his jaw with both hands before mercilessly breaking it open, revealing his erratically lolling tongue. Gripping the wet muscle as if it were dry, the transformed six year old tore it from his mouth before, frying it with red fire until it turned to ash.

As a finisher, Natsu charged up an intense amount of fire in his claws before slamming them onto Fred's body, causing a frighteningly large explosion that shook the ground everyone stood on and produced gale-force winds that blew a huge cloud of dust towards the invaders and Erza.

When the explosion cleared, there was only "Natsu". Fred's body was gone, most likely turned to ash.

'T-This can't be N-Natsu…' thought Maho in horror, her heart beating at speeds she never felt before, her entire body cold and shaky with sweat. Despairing tears leaked faster than before as she bore witness to the sheer brutality that her best friend showcased.

Once again, without so much as a warning, "Natsu" opened his mouth, a blood-red orb of fire appearing in front of his gaping maw. It quickly grew large, easily exceeding the size of his head. Primal instinct fuelled Steven's next move, prompting him to stand up, rushed toward the now unchained Maho and Miho, who was only staring at Natsu in unbridled shock and horror, picked her up, and jumped to the side.

"Utterly lucky" were perfect words to describe their predicament, for the moment they touched the ground, an enormous beam of crimson red fire zoomed past them, utterly disintegrating all trees that were somehow still standing and taking away what was left of the Raiders.

Cries of shock and pain emerged from the children and adult, their minds instantly registering just how close they were to death.

Then Natsu turned towards Steven, then he lunged at him pushing him away from the 2 sisters. Then he pinned Steven under his clawed foot and built up fire into his mouth ready to be released.

Natsu was about to deliver a fatal blow before a scream stopped him "No Natsu stop!" Maho pleaded. Natsu turned to Maho who had tears streaming down her face "Natsu please".

This instantly snapped Natsu out of his rage and he began to tear up "M-Maho I'm so sorry" Dragon Natsu cried, "I'm so sorry" Natsu repeated as he he returned to his human form and passed out. Fred also passed out from the terrifying experience he was shown. Maho ran towards Natsu just as he hit the ground and sat close to him doing her best to wake him up.

Shiho hearing a commotion came running towards them before stopping short to gasp in horror at the blood soaked ground. Miho, seeing her mother came running towards her, while throwing herself at her, hugging her waist. Shiho leaned down to comfort her as she asked "What happened here?"

Maho hearing what she said answered her, "Some bad men tried to get us, then they stabbed Natsu and then chased us here and tied us up. A bad man was about to do something to me when Natsu came, in his dragon form and ripped him apart, then he vaporised the rest, then I stopped him from killing him," she said with tears pouring down her cheeks while pointing at an unconscious Steven. "Then you showed up."

"Oh my poor daughter," Shiho said as she hugged Maho to her.

"You have to help Natsu, he won't wake up," Maho started crying again.

"Of course," she replied kindly as she picked up Natsu in her arms as she rushed back to the house with the others following close behind while looking at his face while thinking, 'Thank you for saving my daughters, but now you have a terrible weight on your shoulders, I hope you manage to get through it or my daughters, especially Maho will be so upset.'