Hey guys, it's been a long time since I updated this story and I would to say that I'm not too sorry about it since I had to focus a little more on my other stories, but this is still my #1 story; at least in my opinion. Anyway, it's back and not abandoned.
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 11
Natsu was walking towards the Strauss' house and like last, he was worried about Lisanna, but for different reasons. He began to notice how Lisanna was acting different from her usual behavior and she seems to get tired pretty easily. He noticed this for the last two weeks and finally decided to ask her about it.
It didn't take long for him to see the house and ran towards it. Unlike last time, he didn't use the front door and went around the house. He quietly climbed up the wall and found the window that led to Lisanna's room, which was the third floor. Using his talents of breaking in, he opened the window and got inside.
As he looked around, he found his girlfriend sleeping on her bed with a plushy red dragon in her arms. Natsu couldn't help but smile when he saw the plushy
'I can't believe she still has that.' Natsu thought back when he first gave it to her. It was about a year about they first became friends.
The dragon slayer carefully, to make sure not to wake Lisanna up or alarm her siblings, got in bed next to her and kissed her on the cheek.
"Lis-chan, wake up~" Natsu whispered into her ear while gently caressing her thigh underneath the blankets. Lisanna stirred and slowly opened her eyes and saw Natsu. The young woman smiled and gave her dragon slayer a kiss on the cheek.
"Morning Natsu, I didn't hear the door."
"That's because I didn't use the door. I used your window."
Lisanna looked confused, "Why, you didn't have to."
Natsu gave her a guilty smile, "Yeah I guess not, but old habits die hard."
Lisanna giggled after hearing that. It was true that Natsu has been coming through people's windows for a long time, especially in her room and Lucy's apartment. Lisanna gave Natsu another kiss and snuggled close to his chest.
"So what brings you here this morning?" Lisanna asked.
Natsu looked at her before bringer her even closer, "I'm here because I'm a little worried about you."
"Why are you worried about me? Is it about before?"
Natsu shook his head, "No, I have been noticing how you've been acting lately and how tired you get. At first I have you might have came down with a small cold but this has been going on for about two weeks now and it's making me worried."
Lisanna's smile didn't waver as she looked at Natsu dead in the eye, "I wouldn't worry about it Natsu because it's not a cold or anything like that."
Natsu didn't look convinced, "Then what about the way you've been acting for the last couple of weeks?"
Lisanna kissed Natsu on the cheek, "It's because I'm going through certain things at the moment and what I'm going through is natural."
Natsu looked at his girlfriend for a few seconds before sighing, "Alright, if you say so Lis-chan, but I'll be there if you need anything, ok?"
"I'll let you know."
Satisfied with the visit, Natsu left the through the window. After Natsu left, Lisanna got out of bed and went to her bathroom. She looked at herself in the mirror and put her hand on her stomach. She smiled and felt a little bit of tears pooling around her eyes.
"I have to tell him soon." She thought aloud when she rubbed her stomach, which was getting bigger.
~In the Forest~
Natsu went to the forest to continue his training with Igneel. He's glad that he's still doing his training with his dad, but ever since they restarted his training, his body would come back either really sore or recovering from the injuries he had that day. He still remembered the times that Igneel would try to eat him or make him destroy small mountains.
'I wonder which kind of training he'll make me do today?' The dragon slayer thought as he continued walking. He was just a hundred yards away from the spot before he noticed a strange scent.
'What's this smell, it smells kind of…off, but strangely familiar.'
Natsu decided to follow the scent, which was almost the opposite direction of where he was supposed to go. He followed the scent for a while and it eventually led him to a small clearing.
He looked around and found the source of smell in the center of the field and was surprised of what he saw.
In the middle of the field was a man, who appeared to be in his early forties, the man was wearing torso armor that had 'Absolute Zero' imprinted on the breast plate and shoulder platings. He had on a cape and some thick gloves that went up to his forearms. His pants were brown with some armor plating at the side. The thing that was most ice catching was the scar that went from his forehead to the side of his left eye.
Natsu looked at the man and couldn't help but get into a fighting stance, "Who the hell are you?"
The man looked Natsu and gave a small smile, "Don't you think it's a rude to glare at a stranger like that, not to mention that you look like you're ready to fight me; which is even more rude."
Natsu's eyes narrowed at the strange man, "Don't play dumb with me. You have the smell of death on you."
The man smiled, "That's a strong nose you have there. I've heard that dragon slayers that strong noses like that." The air around the guy felt cold and he summoned a large sword made of purple ice, much to Natsu's surprise.
"Are you a dragon slayer boy?"
Natsu ignited his fists, "I'm the fire dragon slayer."
Natsu didn't waste any time and went straight at the man. The man swung the sword at Natsu's throat, but the dragon slayer ducked and sent a flaming punch at the guy's stomach.
The punch pushed the guy a few yards back and almost had him fall on his back. The man instantly regained his balance and looked at the spot where Natsu's fist made a dent in his armor.
"Not bad boy, you even bent my armor." The man said before getting in front of Natsu in an instant, "But you're going to need to do more than that!"
Natsu was caught off guard by the guy's speed and took several punches from his face to his sternum. The last punch to the sternum sent Natsu back towards the edged of the field, but Natsu quickly got up and glared at the man.
"I thought that last hit would have finished the job," The man said before chuckling, "Oh I'm going to have fun breaking you."
The guy immediately got in front of Natsu again and threw his head back as he began to inhale; as he inhaled, Natsu noticed what was coming and made space between him and the guy.
"Ice Demon's Rage!"
Ice and snow blew from the guy's mouth and made a direct hit on Natsu, which blew back even further against boulder and breaking it upon impact. Natsu slid down on the boulder before getting back up with very little effort. He looked around him and found that everything was destroyed and covered in ice.
The man looked surprised but was happy that his opponent was tough. The man instantly got in front of Natsu again, but this time Natsu was prepared and threw dozens of flame-encased punches at the strange guy. The guys was amazed with Natsu's speed but was able to block most of them. Unfortunately, one punch got through his defense and hit him straight at his jaw.
The punch sent him flying again, but this time Natsu jumped at him with his arms on fire.
"Fire Dragon Wing Attack!"
The attack was strong enough to slam the guy ten feet into the ground with an explosion.
Natsu was near the crater, ready to attack the guy again.
The second he saw the guy coming out, he inhaled as deep as he could and blew out a torrent of orange and crimson flames and the guy.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
Since the man was still recovering from Natsu's last attack, he didn't notice the flames until it was too late. Natsu kept roaring for a good minute until he couldn't anymore. By the time he finished the attack, he look around the place and saw that most of the grass and trees have been burned to ashes.
'I guess Igneel's hellish training worked.' Natsu thought with a chuckle. He looked at where the man was and couldn't help but think that he'd over done it. The ground that the man was laying on was red and looked like it was melting. The guy didn't look any better; his cape was burned, his boots seemed to have melted, bits and pieces of his pants were smoking and the majority of his skin had second or third degree burns.
Despite the damage he took, Natsu knew that the guy was still awake.
"I know you're still awake bastard, who are you and why do you smell like that bastard Gray-"
That's as far as Natsu said before being frozen. The man was breathing hard as he got up and walked up to the frozen dragon slayer,
"Don't say that name in my presence." The man took a good long look at Natsu and saw his physique.
"He's pretty tough, maybe I should take him to Tartaros. Kyouka or Sayla could have some fun with him."
He was about to grab the dragon slayer before the air around felt hot, as in really, really, really hot.
'What the Hell? I froze the brat so why is it getting so hot?' The guy thought as he began to sweat. It was worse as he felt his armor burning his skin even more. He quickly used his magic to cool down his armor and skin, but the air around him and the dragon slayer kept getting hotter and hotter.
"What the Hell are you doing to my son?!"
The guy turned around and came face to face with a man his height with crimson hair and he looked pissed. The guy went by instinct and instantly got away from the red haired man. No sooner when he moved, the spot where was standing became a twenty foot crater.
The man looked and saw that the crater was made from just one normal punch, "That's impressive. What's your name?"
"I'm Igneel and I want to say that you just pissed me off."
Before the man could react, Igneel was in front of him with his eyes glowing yellow and he was baring his enormous canines to the guy. The next thing he knew he saw darkness and lost conscious.
Igneel retracted his fist from the man's torso, right through his armor. The guy's armor didn't even slow down Igneel's punch. When Igneel saw the man fall, he turned to see his son still frozen.
The fire dragon sighed as he got in front of Natsu, "No wonder you were late for training. You're lucky I was looking for you brat."
Igneel ignited his hands and placed it on Natsu. It only took two seconds for Natsu to thaw out and fall into his father's arms. Igneel sighed as he looked at his son.
"Better take you to the infirmary," Igneel look at the guy he knocked out, "I guess I should take you too."
~Later in Fairy Tail~
Everyone at Fairy Tail was doing what they normally do. Actually, they looked really bored and somewhat depressed. Among them was a certain celestial blonde and Fairy Tail's heaviest drinker.
"Are you alright Lucy, you've been like for that past few days?" Cana asked before grabbing a small glass and sake.
The busty blonde nodded, "Yeah I'm fine it's just that the past week has been boring. Nothing exciting happened and I'm finally getting used to the dragons being here."
Cana nodded, "Yeah, things have gotten slow since those guys joined the guild." She took a sip before grinning, "You know, you can always wish for something to happen."
Lucy raised an eyebrow, "Wish something to happen?"
The busty brunette nodded and wink at the blonde, "Yep, make a wish. It doesn't hurt to make a wish, right?" she took Lucy hands and looked at her dead in the eye, "Just close your eyes and wish for something exciting right through that those doors."
Lucy thought it was dumb but closed her eyes anyway and silently spoke, "I wish something random goes through that door."
At that moment, a body bag flew right through the door and landed in the middle of the room followed by an enrage Igneel with a limp Natsu on his shoulder. Everyone was shocked at the sight and wondered what made the 'Mighty Igneel' so mad.
Cana looked at crazy scene and then to Lucy and quickly said, "Okay, now wish me a new lace bra, the best kind of liquor you know and Natsu tied to my bed."
Lucy gasped and opened her eyes, "What?!"
Igneel roared, "I need to see the Makarov!"
Mira got out of the kitchen, "The master is at a meeting. Is something wrong?"
Igneel walked in and stomped on the moving body bag, which caused the guy inside to groan, "The guy in this bag attacked Natsu. I'm not sure who this guy is but he knows something and I'd figured that some interrogation would help; especially from Makarov and Erza." This statement brought Erza coming down from the second floor and listened in on the conversation.
Mira asked, "Why interrogate him, other than why he attacked Natsu?"
Igneel gently placed Natsu in a chair and grabbed the body bag, "I heard him mention Tartaros."
This got both Mira and Erza's attention. Everyone that heard he name slightly shivered and felt the sudden tension in the air.
Erza looked at Mira and Igneel, "We'll take in the library. Wendy," Said dragon slayer looked up from her book, "Could you check Natsu and see if he's fine?"
Wendy nodded and took Natsu into the infirmary.
Igneel didn't waste any time any grabbed the bag and ran towards the library, with Mira and Erza behind him. By the time they entered the library, Igneel took the guy out of the back and slammed him into the ground.
The guy groaned from the hit and glared at Igneel, "I'm really starting to hate you, you know that?"
Igneel gave a wicked smile, "To be honest, I don't really care. Right now, you're going to give us some info, but your name."
The guy smiled at the battle-crazed dragon, "My name is Silver and do your worst; I won't say anything."
Igneel's smile widened and the two beauties released some of their power to intimidate Silver.
Igneel couldn't help but exhale a bit of flames, "In that case, I'll do my worst."
~Back at the Guild Hall~
"I wonder what's taking so long." Lisanna said as she was serving drinks. Some time has passed since Igneel came in and took the body bag with Mira and Erza. Kinana gave the youngest Strauss sibling a smile.
"I wouldn't worry about it. They're probably finishing up in there."
It was at this time that Makarov came through the doors with a grim face. The tiny master walked up to the bar and ordered four mugs of beer.
While Lisanna was getting his drinks, Makarov turned towards the guild, "Has anyone seen Natsu and Gray?"
"Natsu is in the infirmary getting healed," Lisanna brought his drinks and one of his pipes, "As for Gray, I'm not sure."
At that moment, Gray came out of the bathroom zipping up his pants, "Did someone call me?"
Makarov grabbed his first mug and nodded, "Yes, I received a request for you and Natsu."
Everyone froze from what the old master said. They couldn't believe what they heard. Never in their life would they imagine Natsu and Gray, the two guys that hate each other to the point where they fight just for seeing one another, having to work on a mission together.
Gray looked at the master with a look of shock and anger, "Who the hell would ask for me and flame-brain?!"
Makarov didn't say anything. His head was down so his face was over shadowed. Everyone could tell that whoever sent the request was important, otherwise their master wouldn't be acting so serious.
Makarov sighed, "It's from the fourth ranked of the wizards saints, Warrod Cken, one of the Four Heavenly Kings of Ishgal."
The whole guild freaked out after hearing the client's name. They didn't why one of the wizards saints would be requesting Fairy Tail, but it had to be big. Really big.
Gray looked at Makarov with determination, "Don't worry Master, you've got nothing to worry about."
"WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!"
Gray flinched from Makarov's outburst, "We're talking about you and /Natsu having to work together! Do you remembered what happened the last time you and him work on a mission alone?!"
Gray lost all color in his skin we he recalled the memory. He could still feel the old scars from that one fight with Natsu. They nearly leveled a mountain after ten days of nearly non-stop fighting.
"…I remember."
"Good," Makarov grabbed his second mug after finishing his first one, "Can someone get Natsu?"
Fairy Tail's favorite bookworm raised her hand, "I'll get him master."
She knew Wendy should be done healing up Natsu by now s she ran to the infirmary and knocked on the door.
"Natsu, you're needed on an emergency mission."
No answer.
"Natsu, are you in there?"
Levy didn't any response again and decided to open the door. When she opened the door she got a big surprise that won't be forgetting.
She gasped and blushed when she saw Natsu and Wendy making out on one of the beds with Wendy on top. She blushed harder when she saw Natsu exploring Wendy's body and kissing down to her neck, which was making Wendy moan louder and louder. It got even hot when Natsu pulled up Wendy's shirt and began playing with her soft perky breasts. By the way it looked, the two dragon slayers have been at it for quite some time.
Levy couldn't believe what she was seeing, but she knew that it was real and good writing material.
"Lower Natsu-san~ "
The older dragon slayer smirked and began to kiss down to her collarbone and breasts but he saw Levy and stopped what he was doing to the busty maiden, which made her whine a little.
"Why did you stop Natsu-san, it felt really good?" Wendy turned to where Natsu was looking and paled when she saw Levy's dumbstruck face.
The two dragon slayers separated with blushes on their faces and looked a little guilty. Levy coughed into her hand and tried her best to stay calm.
"Natsu, you need to go on a mission now, master's orders."
The salmon haired dragon slayer nodded and left the room, not saying anything to Wendy or Levy. After he left, Levy looked at Wendy with uncertainty.
"Want to talk about this later?"
Wendy nodded as Levy left the room. Wendy brought her knees up to her chest and sighed, feeling really guilty, "I can't believe I did that…"
Natsu went to Makarov and was caught up with everything happening. Makarov handed them the flyer and ordered the rest of their team to come with them.
"Is it alright for Igneel to come with us?" Natsu asked.
Before Makarov could respond the doors to the library were kicked off of their hinges and land on some unfortunate guild members. Igneel came out of the library with blood splattered on his clothes and with an expression that showed that he wasn't happy.
"Sorry Natsu, but I'm not coming with you. I have to go somewhere."
Everyone was confused at the way Igneel was acting and it kind of scared them, especially with the blood on him.
"Where are you going?"
The fire dragon turned towards his son and narrowed his eyes, "I'm going to a village called Sunrose. Silver told me something that might be promising."
Igneel left the guild before anyone could stop him, he turned back into a dragon and flew away from Magnolia.
"What the hell was that about?" Natsu thought aloud.
"He was talking about some information that we received from Silver." Natsu and Gray turned to find Erza coming out of the library.
She looked at Natsu and Gray, "He said something about finding someone in Sunrose and that it's important."
The two rivals looked at each other and nodded before telling Erza about their mission and inviting the whole team.
~Time Skip~
"This place is great! The air is so fresh and the breeze feels nice."
"Yes, this is does feel rather comforting."
"It feels like we're going on a picnic!"
The whole team was enjoying the scenery around them. Well, at least most of them; Natsu and Gray have been arguing most of the time here. They were up a mountain that had nothing but grass and some flowers.
It didn't take long before they saw a small building up ahead. Though from what they saw, they were a little disappointed.
"Is this really the place?"
The whole team, including Wendy, looked at the small two story house that had some tree branches coming out of the windows.
"Warrod Cken lives here?" Wendy asked.
Lucy shrugged her shoulders, "Maybe, I'm not too sure. You can expect anything from a wizard saint."
Erza opened the door and respectfully stated, "Hello? Is Warrod Cken the resident here? We are the mages from Fairy Tail."
"Quiet."
The mages from Fairy Tail were shock from the sudden command. They saw a man in front of them watering some plants, "The plants like silence, so if you can comprehend that, then shut those annoying mouths."
Lucy, Wendy and the exceeds slightly trembled from the old man's words while the others felt tension in the air.
"WAHAHAHAHA! It's a joke! The plants love sound and human voices!" The old man shouted before showing himself with a funny pose with a watering. The old man looked ancient. His attire consisted a big, funny looking, yellow coat with a shirt underneath that had a silhouette of a mushroom. The thing that got caught the team's attention was that the old man's head looked like a tree. The whole team didn't know what to think about the man's behavior.
Lucy sweat dropped, "…A tree?"
Gray nodded, "What a weird old man."
The old man smiled at the young mages, "Welcome mages from Fairy Tail! Which ones are Natsu and Gray?"
The two mages hesitantly stepped forward, "We are."
"Excellent! I got to say to you two look like good friends! WAHAHAHA!" The old man's comment angered the rivals.
"WE'RE NOT FRIENDS DAMMIT!"
"Whatever you say, are you thirsty?" The old man asked before pouring some water from his watering pot into his mouth."
Wendy stared at the weird scene with wide eyes, "Ah…"
Natsu couldn't take the man's and lost his patience, "Are you Warrod or not you old geezer?!"
Erza punched Natsu to the ground, "Have respect for the elders!"
"WAHAHAHA! Indeed, I am Warrod Cken. The fourth wizard saint and it's okay, I am an old crazy geezer!" Warrod chuckled before gulping down more plant water. All the females present face palmed while the guys sweat dropped.
Warrod finished off the water and sighed, "That's good water. Anyway, I have requested you two because you two are the perfect pair to do this mission."
Warrod gestured them towards a table with some tea and cookies. While the team was getting comfortable, Warrod cleared his throat ad brought out a map.
"During one of my travels to reforest deserts, I have came across a strange village; one that has been entirely frozen."
This surprised the team, especially Gray. It was at this moment that Warrod lost his goofy smile and had a sober frown, "The entire village has been encased in ice, including every animal, river, and the people inside has been frozen. This village is special because it is known for it's guardian, the everlasting flame."
This peaked Natsu's attention, "The everlasting flame?"
"Yes, there have been rumors and legends that the flame has protected the village for centuries, but the flame has been frozen as well.
Lucy and Wendy looked shocked, "How is that possible?"
Warrod shook his head, "I'm not sure, but I know that Natsu-kun and Gray-kun are capable of liberating the village from their frozen state. I want you to save the village. That is my request."
Natsu smiled, "In that case I'll just melt the ice and save that village."
Gray punched Natsu in the shoulder, "If it was that easy, then why would Warrod would request for me too?"
Warrod smiled, "You're smarter than you look." Gray's eyebrow twitched from Warrod compliment/insult but stayed quiet, "You're right; the ice isn't ordinary and your type of magic is most likely needed."
Erza asked, "Not trying to be rude, but a wizard of your power, couldn't you do this by yourlsef?"
Warrod chuckled, "I'm afraid you might be mistaking my power."
The team looked confused at Warrod's words.
Warrod sighed, "You see, the wizard saints are not all powerful. We're just ten people that are chosen from the Council. There are many people out there in this world that are more powerful than me by at least ten fold. And besides, I barely know any any offensive magic so if I get into a battle then I'd be in big trouble."
The team was shocked at what one of the Four Heavenly Kings said, "But-"
Warrod cut off Erza by lifting his hand up, "Everybody has different strengths and weaknesses, that's why people team up to make up for those weaknesses. That's why all of you are here right?"
Natsu and everyone else looked at each other before nodding at the old wizard.
"We accept your request." Natsu and Gray said simultaneously before looking at each other and glaring.
"Great! The village is about two hundred south from here."
Lucy and Carla looked surprised, "That's a little far to travel. Is there any trains we could take there?"
Natsu looked worried when he thought about transportation, but much to his relief, Warrod shook his head.
"No, there isn't, but I can take you there myself." Warrod pointed outside, "Gather outside and don't forget your stuff. I'll get something for me to get the spell ready."
The team nodded and went out and wait for the wizard saint.
"Hey, did we even get the name of the village?" Happy asked. The team mates looked at each other and shrugged their shoulders.
They saw Warrod come out with a compass, "Let's see…south is right…there!" Warrod threw the old compass behind him and clapped his hands together.
"Okay, please turn right and prepare yourself."
The team did as instructed.
"That was a joke. WAHAHAHA!"
"HEY!" Natsu and Gray couldn't take anymore of the man's humor.
Warrod began chanting a little and a little sprout came out in between Gray and Lucy.
"Huh? What kind of plant is- AHHHHH!"
The plant sprouted out and carried Team Natsu and kept growing higher.
"Oh yeah, one more thing. The village is called Sunrose village!"
The plant grew until it reached the skies and continued growing but headed south this time.
Everyone enjoyed the ride and the view, especially Natsu plant since he wasn't suffering his motion sickness. While everyone was enjoying the view from below, Natsu sat down next to Wendy and tapped her shoulder.
Wendy blushed when she realized it was her crush, "Yes Natsu-san?"
Natsu looked uncomfortable, "Earlier today in the infirmary-"
Wendy interrupted, "I'm sorry Natsu-san. I couldn't help myself. I know you're with Lisanna but I couldn't control myself and our last kiss was so-"
Natsu cut her off with a kiss. Luckily, no one saw the two kissing. Well, everyone but Carla.
"Don't be sorry Wendy. I liked it as much as you did."
Wendy couldn't help but smile and her eyes watered a bit by Natsu's loving smile.
~Sunrose Village~
It didn't take long for Team Natsu to arrive near the frozen village. The plants gently landed on the ground while everyone slid off the plant.
"Warroed said that he wasn't that powerful, but yet he's able to control mother nature." Erza chuckled, "He's very modest about his power."
"Wait a second, didn't Igneel say that he was coming to a village called Sunrose?" Natsu asked.
This caught everyone's attention and they quickly ran toward the frozen trail that led towards the village. Whe they got there they were surprised that literally everything is covered in ice.
"Wow, the village really is frozen, but where are the villagers?" Wendy asked before slipping on some ice and falling on her back. When she was getting up she looked above her and shrieked.
"Giants!"
"Gaints?" Everyone else looked up and saw what Wendy meant, "Actual giants!"
Everywhere they see are giants frozen in ice. These giants were huge. They were similar to the sizes of the dragons.
"Who would have thought that humans could be this big…" Erza was in complete awe of the size of the villagers and by the way they dress and their physique, they must be warriors too.
"Well, time to save these guys!" Natsu walked up to one of the giants and touch the giant's frozen big toe.
"Alright, time to thaw you out!" Natsu ignited his hands and pushed against the ice. Nothing happened so he set his whole body on fire and pushed harder as he got his flames to become harder.
"Come on, BURN DAMMIT!"
After five minutes of nothing happening, Natsu put himself out a sat down, "This is tougher than I thought."
"Aye sir."
"You weren't even doing anything Happy…"
Gray examined the ice, "Well the tree guy said that this ice isn't normal, so I don't think that your flames aren't enough."
"You're right Gray, and I know who done this to the village." Igneel said next to Gray as he looked at the ice as well.
"Oh good Igneel, glad to know that…IGNEEL?!" Everyone was surprised that Igneel came out of nowhere.
"Yep, why are you guys here?" Igneel asked.
"Our mission is to save the village," Gray explained before continuing, "But right now we're trying to find a way thaw out the villagers."
"I think this might help." Igneel said before pulling out a vial with a purple like liquid, "I'm pretty sure you guys have seen 'moon drip' before, right?"
Everyone stared at the vial before running after Igneel and tackling him for the 'moon drip'. Unfortunately, Igneel saw this coming and jumped out of the way and saw everyone tackling each other.
"You guys should work in being sync with each other." Igneel said before putting the vial in his pocket, "Sorry guys, but I won't give you the 'moon drip'. I'm saving it for an old friend."
Natsu and Wendy looked confused, "What old friend?"
Igneel pointed at a mountain of ice, "The everlasting flame is under that ice and I'll be using the 'moon drip' to help me melt the ice."
Before anyone could respond, Gray and Erza ran towards Igneel for the vial again, but this time they summoned their weapons and attacked Igneel. Igneel put the vial on his head and balanced it while blocking and dodging the strikes from Team Natsu.
"You have to give it to us! We need it to save the village." Gray tried to reason the Fire Dragon King, but Igneel shook his head.
"That's not my problem." That was all that Igneel said before grabbing both the ice sword and the steel one from the blades and swiped them from their owners' hands. Igneel then used the ice sword and slammed the flat of the blade against Gray and Erza. After that, Igneel punched Gray in the gut while Erza received a hard kick to her left temple.
After that attack, Igneel ran towards the ice where the everlasting flame is being encased in. Natsu and Lucy ran after Igneel while Wendy went to check on Erza and Gray.
Happy grabbed Natsu and flew after Igneel while Carla did the same for Lucy. Even their speed, they still couldn't catch up to Igneel's speed. What shocks them is that Igneel didn't seem like he was trying hard.
"How is your dad so fast?!" Happy shouted while doing his best to keep up with the fire dragon.
It was only another few seconds before they got in front of the mountain and saw a strange sight in front of them.
"What the fuck?!"
They saw a busty red head on top of three beaten guys and by the looks of it, they suffered quite a beating. When they looked closer, they recognized who the red head was.
"Flare?!"
Flare looked up and her red eyes brightened when she saw Igneel, "Igneel-kun! I'm happy that you came back!"
Happy and Carla stopped flying when they saw Igneel stopping in front of Flare and giving the red head a hug. Flare barely changed from her time at the Grand Magic Games. She kept her long red hair in a braid and wore the same dress that exposed a lot of her impressive cleavage and legs, but her eyes showed kindness and shined brightly.
Natsu cleared his throat, "Like I said before, what the fuck?!"
Igneel around and gave Flare the vial, "I can explain."
"Yeah, you better explain why you didn't give that thing to us and why you attacked Erza and ice princess!"
Igneel sighed and patted Flare's head, "I found this cute girl walking in the same direction of the village, so I decided to talk to her and found out that she was raised here when she was younger."
Lucy turned to Flare with a shock expression, "Really?!"
Flare blushed and nodded, feeling a little embarrassed when Igneel called her cute.
"Anyway, we agreed to travel here together towards Sunrose, but when we got here those three guys over there," Igneel was pointing towards the three beaten up guys, "was saying something about stealing the everlasting flame and Flare explained that the flame has been protecting the village. Being the nice guy that I am, I beat the shit out of those three, took whatever I found useful and went to free the flame, who also happens to be my old friend."
"…"
"…"
"You just wanted to eat the flames, don't you?"
Igneel and Flare stared at Natsu as if he had two heads, "Are you crazy?! No, I don't! I want to free Atlas!"
Natsu's eyes widened, "Atlas? You mean Uncle Atlas?!"
Igneel nodded, "Yes, Uncle Atlas!"
After that, Igneel instructed Flare where to pour the 'moon drip' and ignited his left fist.
"Okay, what are you planning to do?" Carla asked.
Igneel gave a wicked grin, "There isn't enough 'moon drip' to melt the ice, but it will be strong enough to make the spot where it's used to weaken, so I'll punch as hard as I can into that one spot and hopefully it will crack the ice to pieces."
Lucy looked uncertain, "How, your plan doesn't make any sense?!"
"This ice is from a demon slayer, it's harder to melt, and especially when there's this much." Igneel glared at all of them.
"Grab the three guys and run as far and as fast as you can. This will be one big punch."
Natsu and Lucy didn't waste any time as Natsu grabbed all three guys and ran while the exceeds took Lucy and Flare and flew away.
"…I'll give them one minute."
~With Wendy, Erza, and Gray~
"I think they are with Igneel now." Wendy guessed after healing any injuries Gray and Erza from their short with the crimson haired dragon.
Gray frowned after hearing the dragon's name, "I swear the next time I see that damn ginger I'm gonna…" Gray shut his mouth when he felt an aura that screams 'Bloody Murder!'
"I'm sorry Gray; do you have anything against gingers?" Erza asked nicely, but her expression and aura showed that she was pissed.
"E-E-Erza I d-didn't mean t-that!"
Erza stared him down for a little longer before nodding her head, "Very well, I'll forgive you just this…do you see that?"
Gray raised an eyebrow, "See what?"
Erza pointed behind him, "That."
The drak haired man turned and saw Natsu running while the flying cats were carrying and Flare and all of them were heading towards towards them. The weird part is that Natsu is carrying three unconscious people. Lucy looked at them straight in the eye and screamed.
"Ruuuunnnnn!"
Before they could react, a huge explosion happen on the other side of town and then next second was a very strong wind coming their way of intense heat. Everyone was blown off the ground and they felt the intense, scorching heat, everyone except Natsu. The winds kept blowing for another few seconds before they die down and the the air became to cool down again.
Gray was breathing heavy, trying his best to calm himself down from being thrown around from the wind, "What the hell was that?"
Lucy groaned and slowly got up from the ground, "I think that was Igneel."
Natsu looked around and gasped, "Holy shit! Everything's melted!"
Team Natsu and Flare looked around to find that everything has thawed out and the villagers were back to normal.
The giant closest to them groaned and looked around, "What…where did the intruder go?"
The giant looked down and saw Team Natsu plus the four other people. They awkwardly waved at the giant, but they screamed in fear when the giant brought his hand down on them.
"AAAAHHHHHHHH!"
"You have grown little one!"
Team Natsu checked what happened and saw that Flare was standing on the giant's hand and smiling towards the humongous man.
"How was the outside world little one? Was it everything you imagined?" The Fairy Tail mages were astounded that despite the size and voice, the giant sounded sweet and gentle.
Flare nodded, "It's more than I imagined. It was beautiful, but it was also a little scary."
The giant smiled and looked around to find the other giants looking at Flare.
"Is that our little Flare?"
"She's so grown up!"
"Welcome home Little Flare!"
"Our Flare has returned!"
The Fairy Tail mages were shocked at how things escalated so quickly and they were beginning to lose track at what's going on. It became a little scary when all the giants began to surround them.
"This is getting a little intense…" Gray said as the giants stared them down. Erza nodded.
"I doubt it can get any more hect-"
"RRAAAAAAWWWWWWWRRRRR!"
Everyone stopped what they were doing and felt the powerful roar. The air felt heavy as the earth underneath them trembled. Everyone turned towards the monstrous roar and saw something that made all sweat in fear.
Two dragons in the sky; one that is crimson and has old battle scars while the other one is made out of nothing but orange and crimson flames. The two dragons flew towards them. Natsu and the others realized that the crimson one was Igneel while the other one was…
"Uncle!"
"Aye sir!"
"Our guardian the everlasting flame!"
"…Why are you calling him uncle?"
"Isn't that the fire dragon from the dragon invasion?!" Erza and Gray looked nervous at the sight of the huge flame dragon. The giants quickly made a clearing for the mighty dragons to land. When the dragons landed, everyone saw that the dragons were bigger than the giants, but only a little.
Igneel gave the giants a toothy grin, "I thank you for taking care of my old friend giants."
One of the giants returned the toothy grin, "Not at all! It has been his that has been giving us protection."
Igneel and Atlas gave off thunderous laughs, "Despite their size and muscles, the are even bigger softies. Aren't they what I just told you my king?"
Igneel nodded, "Indeed, let's party!"
While ignoring them being called softies, the giants cheered while the Igneel shrunk down to his human form. Natsu was about to chat with his father, he saw Atlas shrinking too. He shrunk and continued to shrink until he was the same height as Igneel and was human too.
"YOU'RE HUMAN!"
"Yep, though I got to find some clothes." Atlas said as he checked his human form. Much like Igneel, he was muscular and had a tattoo of a dragon on him, but it was on his right bicep and it was a dark orange. The dragon looked as if it was made of fire. His eyes are a flaming orange and his hair is wild blonde with crimson streaks.
"You know, I might actually go without clothes. It feels nice and breezy-"
"Kyaaaa!"
Natsu and Atlas turned to see Flare blushing up a storm and covering her eyes. Wendy and Lucy was doing the same.
"Put some clothes on you perv!" Lucy shrieked as the memory of Atlas naked burning into her mind.
"But I like the feel of being naked. Those clothes look uncomfortable and stuffy. How could you wear those things Igneel?"
Said dragon shrugged his shoulders, "Don't look at me, but you might want to cover yourself. You don't want to upset the armored beauty over there."
"Cover myself with what? I don't have any clothes."
"…"
"…"
"…Natsu, give him your pants."
"What?! Why?!"
"Think of it as mental training! You must overcome embarrassment and shame in order to stay more focused in your fights! Now take off your pants!"
Natsu blushed at what was happening and it didn't help that all the giants were watching everything as if it was some kind of soap opera.
"…fine."
Natsu took off his pants and handed them to Atlas. Igneel laughed at his son's embarrassment.
"HAHAHAHA! I FORGET THAT YOU GO COMMANDO! HAHAHA!"
"KYAAA!"
This was the night that none of the girls could ever forget.
A/N: And that's it for the chapter. I'm finally back into typing again. I took a break to practice digital art and improve my artwork.
Now, I'm inprogress of other works and I'm also working on my first lemon story. I don't know if you guys want me to post it or not; I'm not good at lemons yet. I'll work on my stories ASAP. I won't abandon them.
If you want me to update a certain story then send me a message. As for this chapter, some things will be revealed that didn't resolve from this chapter.
Small Omake:
It was nearly almost midnight and Sabertooth was getting ready to close up. Some of the members already left and were most likely sleeping in their comfy beds. Sadly though, it isn't the case for most of the members. They were in a pile, all bruised and bloodied. Not to mention that Skiadrum was sitting on top of that pile.
Skiadrum was drinking from two bottles of rum and whisky.
"How dare he do this to us?!" Skiadrum shouted before taking a quick swig of her rum.
Weissologia was at the corner of the guild with a beer in his hand, "You said it."
"I mean come on!" The shadow dragonelle shouted in rage, "He went through the trouble of giving us a pretty good story and giving us human bodies and yet he barely uses us!"
Weissologia looked at his clothes, "I don't know about you, but I could go better clothes than this toga."
Skiadrum threw her rum bottle at the older dragon, "Shut it Gramps! You shouldn't complain about your clothes. Would you have preferred a pair of ugly crocs and some sagging pants?"
The white dragon caught the bottle and chugged down the rest of the alcohol, "Like hell I prefer that! All I want is some real pants! To hell with crocs!"
Sting was behind the counter wiping any dirty mugs, "What the hell are they talking about?"
Posted October 20, 2016
Flaredragon out
