Hey guys, Flaredragon with the tenth chapter for this chapter (I'm not including the omake part 1 & 2). I'm really proud of this story, thanks for all that have favorite, followed, and reviewed for this story! I hope you like this chapter.

Note: This chapter will be more around Metalicana and a bit of the Strauss sisters. I did this because I thought that I haven't been writing enough of the iron dragon and decided to give him a chance.

I don't own Fairy Tail or any of its characters, but I do own the human forms of the dragons! :)

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Chapter 10

After the whole fiasco of yesterday, the dragons got together at a small café at the edge of Magnolia and talked about everything they've done from their week apart from each other. Metalicana was listening to every single detail that Grandine gave and nodded every once in a while, just to show he was listening. Igneel would give something every now and then whenever Grandine left out something. Metalicana looked at the two dragons before sitting up straight and stretching his arms up in the air.

"Well, that was quite the story. I've never thought that your kid would attract that much attention from the ladies. I hope he gets both of them." Metalicana praised the fire dragon. Said dragon sighed,

"I hope so too, but I honestly prefer for him to have one mate, not two." Igneel said as he stared at his coffee. Grandine took a sip from her tea and smiled,

"We know Igneel, but that son of yours never had an easy life, so don't expect his love life being simple."

"He's our son, Grandine. He's your child as much as he is mine." Igneel said as he reminded his beautiful sky dragon.

"Yeah, I forgot. It kind of feels weird that our children are attracted to each other. A love between siblings, such a taboo that's so wrong but so romantic and hot." Grandine said with a twinkle in her eyes. It's obvious that she has been reading Erza and Levy's 'love' books …

Metalicana and Igneel sweat dropped when they saw Grandine going off in her own little world.

"Okay…" Igneel said as he still stared at his mate, he's never seen this side of her before so it's kind of weird for him, "So tell us everything that happened to you from your time with your little 'wife'." Igneel teased.

Metalicana's eye twitched from his friend's tease but kept his temper down, "It was good. It was nowhere near as dramatic as yours but it was good. I fought Weisslogia and introduced myself to his son. I swear that brat has some obsession with your son ash-breath, if not then don't know what it is." Igneel laughed when he heard that.

"Anything else that happened?" Igneel asked as he calmed down.

"I met Skiadrum's son." Igneel's grin disappeared. He leaned forward and whispered,

"And? Is he a good kid?" Igneel asked in a serious tone. He knew that Metalicana always gets nervous whenever it came to his or his mate's kids. He never knew why but he respects his friend enough not to pry into it.

"He's a great kid, but he's a bit shy and innocent, or at least that's what he looks like whenever me and Skiadrum lock lips or get physical!" Metalicana proclaimed with a laughed before finishing off his coffee in one go. Igneel shook his head,

"Should've known…" Both dragons snickered and continued on with their talk while Grandine was still in dreamland.

~Time Skip~

The three dragons eventually went back to Fairy Tail to talk and relax, or in Igneel's case, to fight half the guild and take down an unfortunate bastard.

As they entered the guild, Igneel pounced toward the nearest group of mages to start his first of the day. Sadly though, Makarov caught him with his enlarged his and squeezed him in a crushing grip.

"You are not allowed to fight in this guild anymore Igneel! The costs of you fighting and transforming is too much! If it were any higher I would have to sell my soul and all of my stuff!" Makarov yelled and continued to chew Igneel out. It went on for a good minute until Igneel gave him his best puppy eyes,

"I can't fight anymore…" Igneel said with tears threatening to fall. All the girls were quickly swooned or moved by the cuteness he was showing. His charcoal eyes were just adorable. It made him look so cute and innocent!

Makarov quickly found himself being glared by all the girls present. The tiny master began to sweat under their gaze and gave a nervous chuckle,

"O-Of course you can f-fight! Just please, k-k-keep it to a minimum okay" Makarov stuttered out as he put the dragon down and gave him a pat on the head. Igneel's attitude instantly went from teary eyed to cheerful and he quickly jumped to the nearest group and brawled.

"I can't believe he did that trick." Grandine said with a frown. Metalicana snickered, it wasn't everyday that the mighty king of the fire dragons would use the puppy dog look to get what he wants. It's surprising that it actually works.

"Don't worry about it. Just enjoy your time." Metalicana said before pushing her toward Kinana and Evergreen for her to chat.

The guild was going by it's now normal route; people having drinking contest, groups having their chats and the occasional fights. At the bar you could see two white haired beauties serving drinks and cleaning mugs.

"Are you sure you're feeling better Lisanna?" Mira asked as she served someone a mug of beer. Lisanna smiled at her sister,

"I already told you, I'm feeling better. I was just tired."

Mira looked at her sister with concern. She knew that her sister was lying, but she can't really get her to talk; not yet at least. She will have to talk to her later.

"Ok, if you say so." Mira said as she passed Cana a barrel of beer. Lisanna smiled at her sister before going to the kitchen and washing some dishes.

"Hey Mira-nee, do we have anymore strawberry cheese cake?" Lisanna asked.

Mira raised her eyebrow, "It's in the fridge. Did Erza order some?"

"No, I was asking so I can have some myself." Lisanna explained as she stopped washing the dishes and went to the fridge for a slice.

'Since when does Lisanna eat strawberry cakes?' Mira thought.

~Time Skip~

The day went on as it usually went for Fairy Tail. Most of the members went home or have gone on a mission. One of the only members left was Metalicana along with Makarov and Kinana. Metalicana was taking sips of his beer and enjoying the silence in the guild. Makarov was in the office doing some paperwork while Kinana was finishing up the dishes.

"Are you done with your beer Metalicana-san?" Kinana asked. Metalicana looked at her with a small smile,

"Yeah, I am." He drank the rest of his beer and tossed the mug to the purple haired barmaid, who barely caught the mug before it could crash and shatter.

"Want me to walk you home?" Metalicana said as he gestured to the door. Kinana blinked in confusion.

"Excuse me?"

Metalicana shrugged his shoulders, "I want to know if I can walk you home. It's pretty dark out there and it's also late. I wouldn't want a pretty girl like yourself to walk home alone." Kinana blushed from the compliment,

"R-really?"

"Yeah, besides I'm bored and walking with you will kill some time." Kinana's blush disappeared and she sighed. She should have seen that coming. She really thought that Metalicana was a nice guy.

"Hey don't get the wrong idea. I'm a nice guy, but I won't be one of those guys that are always charming or flirty. If I was then my mate would kill me." Metalicana explained as if he read her mind and began walking towards the door.

Kinana nodded in understanding. She quickly washed the mug and put away the last dishes before following Gajeel's father.

The walk was fun for the two of them. Kinana and Metalicana talked and joked a bit. It was cut short though when a mugger came up to them with a knife. The mugger himself didn't look very tough, but his knife was as long as Metalicana's forearm and it looked really sharp.

"Give me everything you got." The mugger said as he pointed his blade at the two members of Fairy Tail.

Kinana was a bit nervous about the knife but after seeing so many fights from Fairy Tail and coming face to face with the most short tempered members (Erza wanting her strawberry cheese cake), this guy wasn't so scary.

"Could you get out of the way, I'm walking this young lady to her home." Metalicana said with little patience.

"Didn't you hear me?! I said give me everything you got, or do you want to get shanked!"

Metalicana smiled, "If that's how it is then do it."

"What?!" Both Kinana and the mugger looked surprised.

"Yeah, go ahead. I'll even make it easy for you. Stab me right here." Metalicana pointed right at his heart. Kinana was shocked,

"What are you doing?" Kinana asked.

"Don't worry; I know what I'm doing." Metalicana assured the purple haired beauty with a confident smirk,

"Besides this moron doesn't have the balls to take action." Metalicana taunted the mugger and pissing him off.

"Shut up you bastard!" The mugger went to for the kill, but not at the iron dragon.

He went after Kinana.

"Die!"

Kinana closed hers eyes and flinched. The mugger went for her throat but was stopped by Metalicana's fist. The mugger's eyes popped out when he saw Metalicana stopping the blade with just his bare hand. It got even worse when Metalicana grabbed the guy's throat with his other hand and lifted him up.

Kinana opened her eyes when nothing happened to her and saw the scene in front of her,

"So, you tried to surprise us by going after the girl eh?" Metalicana said with venom dripping from every word, "I was gonna go easy on you and let you have the first strike, but now I just want to send you flying." Right after that he broke the mugger's arm that held the blade. The mugger didn't have time to scream in pain when Metalicana punched the guy in the gut and sent him flying high into the sky. Metalicana waited for the guy to come back down, but he never did.

"Wow, that asshole was lighter than I thought." Metalicana thought a loud. He turned to see Kinana standing there in awe.

"Come on, it's really late and I don't want that crazy red head getting pissed if you're not in bed soon."

*In Fairy Hills, Erza sneezed.*

Kinana nodded and walked the rest of the way to Fairy Hills. Kinana said her goodbyes to the iron dragon and went inside. Metalicana smiled and walked back into town.

"Kinana is pretty nice. She reminds me of one of my little siblings." Metalicana thought when he remembered his past. While he was walking home and remembering his family, he caught a scent from the forest. He stopped and smelled the air again. He caught the scent again and realized what it was.

Metalicana growled, "So they finally decided to show up." He turned toward the direction of the scent and followed it.

~In an Unknown Forest~

Metalicana was getting closer to the origin of the scent and he hoped to get this over with. This part of the forest was thick and quite far from any civilization. The trees were around a hundred feet (thirty meters) tall. Everywhere that Metalicana looked were creatures that would kill you if given the chance.

He eventually got into a small open field. The field itself was much to look but the man in the middle was definitely interesting.

The man was quite tall and muscular. His shirt had a "V" shaped symbol and he had on some dark pants that have light stripes. The thing that really made him stand out was the bandana that covered the lower half of his face. The symbol on the bandana resembled a skeleton smile with the teeth and everything.

The man turned to Metalicana's direction. It was hard to read his expression through the bandana but Metalicana knew that the man was smiling.

"A man this far out in the forest, this is surprising." The man with the bandana said. Metalicana took a step forward,

"Who are you demon?"

The man raised an eyebrow, "You dare call me a demon? How rude; it's true but rude." The man pulled down his bandana, which revealed his demonic mouth. His teeth were sharp and enlarged, especially the bottom ones.

"Like I said before, who are you demon? Why are you here?"

"I have no reason to tell you anything, but I'm curious in something; how did you find me? I was sure that there weren't any humans in these parts of the forest." The demon said as he rose his arms up. Metalicana wasn't sure what the demon was doing but he knew that it won't be pretty.

"Well if you're not willing to tell me, then I guess I have to beat the shit out of you until you do." Metalicana said as he covered himself in iron scales.

The demon lunged forward with his right fist aiming at Metalicana's head. The iron dragon moved his head to the side before grabbing the demon's fist and throwing him to the nearest tree. The demon stayed down for a few seconds before jumping up and shaking off any pieces of wood.

"Huh, you're pretty tough demon. Let's see if you can make this fight interesting." Metalicana said with a wicked grin, much like the one his son often has when he fights.

"If you want something interesting then you've got it!" The demon yelled before launching himself again. Metalicana was going to dodge until he felt something happening to his body. Before he knew what happened, he was slammed against a tree and knocked it down. Metalicana gasped for air and was on one knee.

"What the hell was that?!"

The demon chuckled darkly, "That was my magic, and I have yet met someone that could overcome it."

"So it's your magic eh?" Metalicana was confused but didn't really care. He stood up and glared at his enemy, "I don't care what your magic is all I know is that you won't beat me."

The demon laughed before running towards Metalicana again. Metalicana tried to dodge again but the demon landed a strong punch to his stomach and had him flying across the small field. Metalicana quickly got up and was finally able to dodge one his punches again.

'What the hell's going on? I should've able to dodge all of his moves.' Metalicana thought before getting kicked in the face. Luckily his scales were protecting him from any serious damages. Metalicana took a good look at the demon and found something odd about him.

'Did he get bigger?' Metalicana thought before he barely dodge another punch.

Metalicana gained some distance away from the demon and finally started to realize some things. Everything around him was now bigger and his clothes are now too big for him."

'Did I shrink?' The iron dragon thought before looking at the humanoid demon,

"What's your magic demon?"

The demon gave an evil smile and muttered out, "Law of Retrogression…"

"What?"

The unholy creature closed the distance between them and rammed his knee against Metalicana's left temple. The iron dragon flew and crashed through several trees before stopping at the fifth tree. Metalicana had a bit of effort of getting up and saw the demon walking towards him. He also realized that bits of his scales have broken off.

"Law of Retrogression, it's the type of magic that lowers the magical abilities and physical skills. It also reduces your body to a less capable body, which means that you're a kid again." The demon said before he laughed.

Metalicana's eyes widened when he heard that. So he's now a kid? Have all of his abilities have really been reduced? It would explain why it was hard to dodge the demon's attacks.

'What do I do? I can't really fight in this small body. Wait…this body…'

Metalicana smiled and said, "That's pretty impressive, but what happens if you only attacked a false body?"

The demon looked confused, "What do you mean?"

"This isn't my real body; it's only my human form." Metalicana explain before sprinting as fast as his little legs could go at the demon. The horrible beast rushed forward with his fist raised in the air, ready to end this fight and Metalicana's life. Right when the demon was about to hit Metalicana's small head, a huge shock wave blew him away and had him fly into a boulder. The sudden contact caused a web of cracks on the boulder. The demon spat out blood due to the impact and looked at the spot where Metalicana was at,

"W-What the hell was that human?" The demon said before coughing a bit more blood.

"I just told you demon; that was just my human form."

The demon's eyes widened from hearing that voice. He looked to the direction to where the voice came from, which was above him. What the demon saw was something that won't forget until the day he dies.

There in front of him was Metalicana in his true body. The size of Metalicana's body made the demon feel no bigger than an ant. The iron dragon stretched out his big, blade like wings and gave off a powerful and deadly roar.

"Prepare for defeat and death demon!"

Metalicana swiped his tail towards the terrified demon. The strike was too fast for the demon to react to and suffered the direct hit. The ground underneath the demon got destroyed and flew everything as of it was shattered glass. The grass and trees that were by were blown back from the shock wave and wind caused by his tail.

Metalicana lifted up his tail to see what was left of the demon. He didn't see the demon anymore, but that was most likely because he buried it deep into the earth from his attack. When iron dragon was about to turn and leave the place, he heard some grunts and laughter. He turned back and saw that some of the dirt was moving. Soon a hand broke through the mound.

This surprised the iron dragon because he didn't recognize this hand. It wasn't long before the ground where the hand was exploded and revealed the rest of the body. It was the demon's body not doubt; Metalicana could tell since it gave off the same exact scent. The demon's body changed no doubt. It lost its shirt; it was most likely ripped apart since the upper body grew in muscle and mass. Its skin grew a much darker color and its hair grew longer and wild. The teeth became longer.

The demon stretched his new body for a bit before glaring at the dragon in front of it,

"Listen up dragon, I don't know who you are but I will enjoy spilling you blood and taking your heart!" The demon declared before jumping towards Metalicana's throat. The iron dragon caught the dragon at neck-breaking speed and began to slowly squeeze the demon.

"You know, I was going to let you live demon. Though seeing you like this now, it made me change my mind. Tell me your name now before I kill you." Metalicana requested before crushing the demon in his iron claws. The demon screamed in pained,

"D-Doriate! My name is Doriate!"

Metalicana looked at the demon with pity, "Goodbye, Doriate."

That was all that Metalicana said before finally crushing the unholy creature in his hands. Crimson blood began to leak out between his fingers. He used his other hand to make a hole in the ground and dropped the corpse in it,

"May you find peace in the afterlife Doriate."

~Time Skip, back to Magnolia~

"That was annoying. Well at least his weird magic wore off when I defeated him." Metalicana (back to his human form) thought aloud as he walked through the sleeping city. He came back from his fight not too long ago and was ready to sleep at his son's house. Just as he reached his son's home, he found a woman at the entrance. He quickly got into stance and growled at the woman.

"Is that any way to treat a lady, especially to one that you had such a connection with?"

Metalicana's eyes widened when he recognized the woman, to be more specific he recognized her scent.

"Amethyst…is that really you?"

The woman smiled, "Yes my handsome dragon. I'm glad you haven't forgotten about me."

The woman, Amethyst, was one that most consider beautiful. She's a tall woman, just below Igneel's height, with a well developed body. Her chocolate brown hair was free and went down to her lower back. Her grassy green eyes gave off a faint glow in the night. All she had on at the moment was a loose white tank top with tight faded blue jeans and sand colored sandals.

"What the hell are you doing here Amethyst?" Metalicana scowled at the woman. Amethyst rolled her eyes and sighed,

"Relaxed my darling I'm here to simply give you a message." This got Metalicana's attention.

"What message?"

Amethyst smiled, "I am here to help youand the other dragons with your kids and defeating Acnologia."

For the first time in a long while, Metalicana was shell shocked, "You are going help us, after all these years?" Metalicana asked in disbelief. Amethyst frowned,

"Don't be so surprised Metalicana, and it won't just be me. I'm sure other dragons will show up as well and help out. Have some faith in your mate, okay darling?" Amethyst said as she put her hand on his check and closed off any distance between their bodies.

Metalicana gently pushed her body away and shook his head, "I do have faith in my mate; my current mate, not an old flame."

Amethyst frowned and shook her head, "I'd figured you say that. Oh well, that was all I wanted to say. Goodbye Metalicana, General of the Earth Dragons." Amethyst walked away from the house and disappeared into the dark night. Metalicana shook his head disapprovingly and went inside (he could turned his finger into the shape of the key).

The iron dragon came inside and quickly locked the door. He went to his room and jumped onto his bed. He would've discarded the clothes he had on but after everything that happened today, he was too tired to even care. He just laid on the bed of the guest room (he still sleeps outdoors but he would occasionally sleep here) and listened to the snoring from his son's room.

'Gajeel…' thought Metalicana as he remembered the time they shared when Gajeel was still young. He truly cares for his son, even if he doesn't show it. He hopes that Gajeel knows that. If not, then he will prove it to him; besides, he won't be leaving his son this time.

"Just you wait Acnologia, our kids are going to destroy you…" Metalicana said while dozing off on the last part.

A/N: And that's the tenth chapter! I really enjoyed making this chapter. I know there will be people that won't like it because it more centered around Metalicana, but hey, it's my story. As always, PLEASE REVIEW! The reviews motivate me to write.

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NOTE: I have received a few messages about doing a third part for the omake. I want to know if you guys really want a third part. If you really do, then I'll write it up.

May 10, 2016

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