Chapter 4: The Golden Salamander
It was a beautiful night over at the town of Magnolia. Perfect for a date between couples. Luckily this was Igneel's plan for tonight. He had scored a date with, how he described it, a beautiful flower that had fallen from an angel's window. Despite being
Natsu and Lucy's son, he hangs out too much with Loke, The Golden Zodiac Gate of the Lion. He is after all a Celestial Spirit Wizard. He fixed his spiky blonde hair and smiled at himself in the mirror. "Go get 'er tiger." He encouraged himself. He
left his room to grab a flower and left his parents' house.
While walking down the streets of Magnolia, Igneel was remembering the tips Loke has taught him. "Always pretend to be listening, but do tend to listen in once in a while to know what's she's talking about. Always be sure of yourself." He continued
walking until finally meeting his date under a tree waiting for him. "Ready, my flower?" He asked as he approached her. She giggled and nodded. The two continued on their date talking about themselves and Igneel showed off a few of hisspirits
to said girl. On the way back to where the girl lived, the girl popped a surprising question.
"So, how's Fairy Tail?" She asked. Igneel was slightly taken aback by the question.
"What do you mean?" He asked back. "Nobody's asked that before." He thought.
"Like how is it? You know, being a member and all." She clarified as she turned to an alleyway.
"Well, its definitely fun being a part of it. We're a rowdy bunch and quite destructive, but it really doesn't matter." He answered as he followed her.
"So is it true that if somebody were to hurt one of you, it's war?" She asked. Igneel again was taken aback.
"That's weirdly specific." He thought. "Well not immediately war, but we'd all get mad." He answered. "Now for my question." He said and the girl hummed in confirmation. "Why're you asking so much about Fairy Tail?" He asked with a bit of a demanding
tone.
"It's just that I've heard so many stories about Fairy Tail that I had to ask. Sorry." She apologized.
"Don't worry. It's fine really. Just try to tell me that before asking these types of questions." He explained and the girl giggled.
Sadly, their joy ended when a few thugs appeared out of the alley's darkness surrounding them. Being the gentlemen that he is, Igneel raised his hand to protect his date and got on his defensive stance. "Give us everything you've got before I gut the
two of you." Said thug #1 while pointing his knife at them. Igneel only stared back at them not moving a muscle.
"Do as he says." Ordered thug #2 getting closer to the couple. That's when it hit Igneel. The thugs probably just think they're a normal couple.
"You don't know who you're messing with do you?" He asked as he smirked.
"With The Golden Salamander." Igneel was surprised at the third thug's comment. "We know." Igneel just smirked even more as a flash of light appeared near them.
"So you're confident in your abilities, aren't you?" Said a orange haired man with a suit and glasses as he moved closer to the couple. "Mind if I take them down a peg or two, Iggy?" He said. This earned him an irritated face from Igneel, who disliked
being called that, but he regained composure.
"C'mon Uncle Loke. Let me take down a few of them." He said as he moved forward to stand by his Spirit's side. "Stay here, I got this." He said to the girl as he looked back. She giggled at his cheap heroic pickup line.
Igneel started the fight by slamming his fist against the first thug's face. The thug stumbled back and tried to regain balance before he got hit again and fell unconscious. This time it was Loke's light covered fist. The other two thugs charged at them
ready to slice them, but Loke reared back his fist. "Regulus Gatling Impact!" He yelled as blasts of light impacted both men. Igneel took this chance to grab a hilt that rested on his hip and an energy whip appeared as it tangled itself around a thug's
arm. Igneel pulled it and elbowed the man. This left the man unconscious. Meanwhile, the final thug was subdued by Loke's attack. Igneel smiled and turned to see his date, only to find her gone. He looked around to see if she was nearby, but to no
avail. "Don't worry. You'll get another chance at love, kid." Said Loke as he disappeared.
"Yeah, and here I thought that it was going to be different." He muttered to himself. The blonde left the alleyway with a sad expression.
Meanwhile, over at a rooftop, stood the girl watching over him. A paper man appeared next to her. "Didn't get enough intel. What's the play, Master?" She asked towards the flying piece of paper.
"Let them be... for now come back. We have much planning to do." Ordered the piece of paper.
"Of course, Master Dreyar." She smiled.
Sorry if it's not a good chapter. I couldn't really come up with a better chapter for Igneel, but I still hope you guys liked it. Please review. (Even though this chapter was terrible) Anyways I hope you have a nice day or night. ;)