A/N

Hey guys it's TFM and I'm here….by myself….to start writing the next chapter :D Fenix has some problems with chores and grounding (she got grounded awhile ago but her mom doesn't care if she types but her step dad does sooooo…) she can only write on wednesdays and weekends maybe. So anyway, I'm going to start off this chapter and surprise Fenix *mischievous look* (also, she will probably come on later and add in her part of the A/N. Let's Begin!

xD Sorry to those who get annoyed with the random changes in the way we write. (Just got on at like ten after Kiwi is gone)

Natsu's POV

It was the dead of night when I was sitting outside on the railing of the guild hall. I sighed, not knowing what to do with what I heard Kiora and Otto talking about two days ago. I had decided to keep quiet until something that proves they are planning something bad to happen. Out of the corner of my eye, I see Kiora climbing out of the sick bay window and slowly close it behind her. She looked as if she just got out of bed, except her hair was fine, straight as always. I could see that she still had the bandages on under her light tank top when she climbed out of the window.

Kiora looked around and started sneaking in the direction of the woods. As she set off, I snuck towards the window she just closed and peered in. I saw Otto sitting on the chair by her bed, asleep.

"Well he isn't in on it," I thought. I looked over my shoulder to see Kiora entering the woods, damn that girl could run fast. I silently chased after her and followed her deep into the woods and out onto a clearing. My curiosity spiked when I saw the clearing. There were multiple charred parts of the ground, some frozen trees and rocks, and some pitch black dark caves. The only part that was free of any damage was a large grassy area in the center. I watched curiously as Kiora took off her shirt. She breathed in deeply and I could see red fire run through her veins. Kiora became engulfed in graceful flames whirling around her.

I was too shocked to think about my actions before I ran out into the clearing. She turned her head and her eyes shocked me. They weren't her "usual" color, they were blazing red with fire, literal fire red. I could hear the blurred words,

"Stay back!" but I couldn't respond fast enough. She waved her hand to warn me but ended up sending a giant blazing ball of fire hurtling toward me. I knew the fire couldn't hurt me so I sucked it all in. Now, I had tasted some good fire in my life, but this fire was the best. It was the perfect blend of every amazing flavor in the world. Overcome by the great taste of the fire, I instinctively blew a giant fire spiral back at her. I saw Erza, Gray, Lucy, and Happy emerge from the bushes, probably worried something was happening.

They saw my fire being blasted towards Kiora but no one had time to react, except for Kiora. In a split second she crossed her arms in front of her face like she was shielding her face and a huge, I mean huge! Wall of solid ice formed from the ground. I looked into her eyes, the fire gone and replaced by an ice cold and ice blue color. She was panting and the fire round her had disappeared also. Everyone stared at Kiora in shock, before realizing that the fire I had blew had just been stopped by the wall, not put out. The flames rivaled the ice wall in size but Kiora stayed on the ball.

"Ice Dragon: Glass Shell!" Kiora cried out. A flurry of swirling and raging ice erupted from her hands and made a cover over the fire. The ice hardened and encased the fire inside. The weird thing was, the fire didn't freeze. The ice encased it but the fire still danced inside. Light radiated from the ice, lighting up the large clearing quite a bit. Before I knew it, Kiora spoke another spell.

"Shadow Dragon: Take Over!" Shadows bursted from..well the shadows and a little slowly but surely covered the entire ice shell, making the light of the fire go out. I did a double-take as I saw the shadows dissipate into the ground, taking the ice and fire with them. When everything was done, only the sign of singed and frosted over grass was evidence magic. Once again, I peered into Kiora's eyes, they made my blood freeze. They were pitch black. She was now panting heavily and looked ready to collapse from the magic exertion and her recent injuries.

She held her side and I rushed to help but before I could reach her, she whispered one last spell that I could barely hear.

"Shadow Dragon: Disappear." I gasped as I felt the breath being taken out of me and my hands and some of my torso started to disappear. I watched as Kiora disappeared into thin air and I tripped and fell to the ground. I looked back and my hands and torso had come back. The same as when I got here, it was pure silence.

Kiora's POV

Why am I so stupid! Now they all know that I'm a dragon slayer! I just wanted to go out and practice my fire magic but...it still seems like I can't control it. It would have been fine if Natsu hadn't interfered! It started when I woke up late in the night and looked around. Otto was asleep and the only light was the slight moonlight shining through the window. I slowly got out of my bed, freezing when the bed creaked and I looked over to see if Otto woke up, he didn't. I opened the window silently and cautiously climbed out, my side hurting a bit.

I looked around, not seeing anyone, and crept into the woods. I went deep into the woods and into my usual training clearing. I looked around and saw my last training lessons, rocks frozen, the ground and grass charred, and deep shadows glooming in the crevices of caves and rocks. Like always, the large grass clearing was empty from any damage because all of her attacks seemed to swerve out of the clearing. As the first lesson of training I learned from my teacher, get in touch with your surroundings, so I naturally took of my shirt. I breathed in and felt the fire run through my veins and the brisk air blow against my skin.

I could sense the fire run in my veins as my body burned with heat. Normal fire and ice wizards weren't affected by heat or cold, but I'm no normal ice or fire wizard. I opened my eyes wide and my vision ran red as my body burst into fiery hot flames. I heard a noise behind me and I whipped around to see Natsu running towards me.

"Stay back!" I yelled. Trying to control my dangerous flames while having painful memories of past experiences with fire and people I couldn't do. I tried to wave my hand for Natsu to run but instead I let lose a giant fire ball. I knew Natsu was a Fire Dragon Slayer but the old memories pained me. He absorbed my fire and his eyes lit up. I laughed for a second to myself thinking he must be enjoying the taste.

In his fit of joy, he released the fire at me. On instinct, I crossed my hands in front of my face, blocking it but also summoning a giant ice wall spell. I saw Erza and the rest of the team, as I had soon found out that guild had teams, and they were wide eyed at my ice wall spell. Seeing the fire still raging, I casted my glass shell spell and encased the ice. Like when I use my fire, my eyes took on the light, ice blue color. I knew that this light and the amount of space this ice shell was taking up would interrupt my training and attract unwanted people, so I had no choice but to cast my other shadow dragon magic spell.

My eyes turned black, the first sign of my shadow powers. When I used any of my powers my eyes changed color to those powers. When I used fire, my eyes turned a blood red and everything looks red. When I use my ice powers, everything turns ice blue. Lastly, when I use my shadow powers, everything turns black, light out, I'm bind in this mode except for my other senses besides sight.

The shadows burst up and as I like to say "ate" up the ice shell. There was barely to no sign there was ever a fight and there was one other thing I had to do. Disappear. Yes, that spell is my most powerful spell which can almost instantly make anything or anyone who hears the spell, disappear. I hoped Natsu hadn't heard me whisper it but he did by the wound of it. From what disappeared, he only heard the slightest whisper. My senses were heightened by fifteen when I entered my shadow mode. I could sense his eyes darted around looking for me as I disappeared.

It had taken a long time but after months of training, I had learned to cast my disappear spell and not feel like my soul was being ripped from me. After I disappeared I ran into the forest, knowing the spell wouldn't last long due to my magical exertion. I usually could stand in battle for much longer, but the mixture of painful memories, fear of hurting Natsu, controlling my flames, and casting some powerful spells wore me out. Not to mention the wound on my side that had been patched up felt like it was tearing itself apart. I re-appeared and staggered around. I fell down and a sharp rock jabbed into the wound.

I could feel my body changing. I grew a long, scaly black tail and my red claws came out. I gasped at the pain and my pearly white fangs grew out of my regular teeth. The world still black, I let out a loud yell that I quickly tried to silence. I was panting hard, curled up on the ground with my tail curled up on me to the top of my knees. I gripped my side tightly with my clawed hands, not hurting myself though, and I winced at the sudden pain and I clenched my fangs together.

That's when I heard his voice.

"Kiora!" Natsu yelled. I immediately jumped to my feet, feeling a felt surge of energy. The energy quickly left as soon as it came when my side seared in pain. I stumbled forward until my eyesight came back. But that was bad too. My vision started to get blurry and I felt disoriented. Before long, I was stumbling around with blurry vision and I was back to normal, no tail or scales, just clothes (except a shirt). I clutched my side as it continued to burn in pain and blood dripped from it.

Finally collapsed to the ground, not able to stand anymore and I once again, curled up with a heavily bleeding side and dirt covering me. I heard a rustle from the bushes and opened my eyes temporarily to see Natsu coming out of the bushes with a big look of confusion and a look of...sorrow? That was the last thing I saw before my eyes rolled into my head and I fell limp from pain and exhaustion.

Natsu's POV

Panic and infaturiation welt in your chest as you raced towards your fellow guild member. You watched as her eyes rolled into the back of her head, feeling the panic increase as your scooped her up. Thanking whoever it was that she was still breathing, though she wouldn't be for long with that wound re-opened.

"You're an idiot for going out when you know you are injured, Kiora!" Yes Natsu because yelling at someone who is unconscious is totally going to help. Though you couldn't help it, you had to get all the emotions out somehow, otherwise you were going to burn her to a crisp where she was and that wouldn't go over well with not only you, but you were pretty sure that Otto would kick your sorry ass into next week. Wait….Wasn't he by her bed when she had snuck out at the time? How did he not wake up!? She walked right by him! Surely she had to have made some type of noise or something!

As soon as you made it to the guild, you kicked it open, only a few of the members were left considering the hour of day that it was and they all give him a rather odd look before looking to the collapsed girl in his arms.

"Happy! Go get Wendy. Now!" You barked out harshly, snapping at the poor cat who was half asleep on the table, having been waiting for you to come back to go home. Happy jumped a mile with a scream that he didn't steal any fish at all before flying out in a panic, off to find the blue haired Dragon Slayer.

Stomping down to the infirmary you growled to yourself, you should've never left her alone. You knew you had a bad feeling leaving her here with Otto. Kicking open the door hard enough to have it slam against the wall behind it, caused the boy sleeping in the other chair to look up. Looking as if he has been awake for hours now, just sitting. Waiting.

The rage from before that burned in your belly was worse now, flames licking and dancing to get out. Though you controlled yourself long enough to get Kiora down onto the bed and have Mirajane look at the bandages before leaving to get more. Leaving you and a very calm looking Otto, and an unconscious Kiora in the same room.

"Why didn't you stop her?" Keeping your anger down was a pretty difficult thing to do you decided.

The smaller boy shrugged, not saying a word to the salmon haired boy. Which only caused you to want to shake him around till his useless brain rattled out of his skull.

Clenching your fists at your side, a low growl crawling it's way up your throat, "You knew she was out there, doing this even though she is injured?!" The last part came out as a snarl and you were now advancing towards the boy, feeling that you didn't care if you brought the guild down, if it was just to beat the everloving shit out of this guy then that would be fine by you.

Though as you got closer, the boy did not move, he didn't even bat an eyelash as you picked him up by the front of his shirt.

Er….well that is you...tried to pick him up by the front of his shirt. Though every time that you did your fingers would just slip through him. Maybe you should've turned on the light? You weren't sure what it was that you were touching, it was dry, almost like he didn't exist.

Your anger died down now to curiosity as salmon eyebrows furrowed and you studied the boy below you. Watching his deadpan face to reveal anything, anything at all. Nothing.

"I'm here! I'm here! Where is Kiora?!" Wendy's voice came from the doorway and she stumbled a bit due to being just woken up and flown here, she bumped into the door frame with a soft ooof before setting herself down in a chair. Her hands already on Kiora's side and glowing, her face suddenly from the tired expression she wore to one of concentration.

You yourself were not going to leave, and it seemed that neither was Otto. You two seemed to have a staring contest for a little bit before you glanced over to where Kiora was laying down.

Cole's POV

After I got the shit beaten out of me by that little brat I layed on the ground, writhing in pain pitifully and sadly. After I saw the two Fairy Tail Guild members walk/get carried away, I slowly got up and I held my hand to my bleeding head and throbbing jaw. After staggering deep into the woods to my "house" I stepped in.

"What happened to you Cole?" Kia teased.

"Shut up," I snapped, not in the mood. I walked to the top floor and looked in the mirror in my room.

"No! My gorgeous face is ruined!" I yelled. My head was bleeding and my jaw was crooked sideways.

"That stupid bitch will pay!" I said vengefully. I sighed and sat down at my desk and I took a small lakrama out of the drawers.

"Master...I have failed in eliminating the girl. If we wait too long she...will take him out too." Cole spoke hesitantly. A low, terrifying sound erupted from the lakrama.

"Stupid boy, the girl won't be able to take him out of my control, I am much too powerful for all of them."

"Shut up. You are an old bag who needs to get a taste of reality." Otto's voice came from the doorway, his ever present blank face seemed to show the slightest bit of annoyance.

"But you are the mistaken one boy. I have much more power than you or that little body of yours can handle," The voice replied sharply.

A roll of pink eyes was seen before he was by the desk in a second, tapping on the lakrama, "You're a funny little guy aren't you? I think you may have your britches a bit too high up for yourself. " The stale voice that came from Karma's throat seemed to show that he was not the least bit afraid of the guild master. The demon didn't really give off a threatening aura, it just looked like the same old brat that broke Kiora out of the Orphanage so long ago. The master gave a rather disgruntled growl before going off the lakrama completely.

Otto's POV

Sometimes you get so frustrated with the other people around you, you just sort of leave and let Karma come out for a bit. Sure it's probably not the best idea, but it seemed as though the Demon respected your boundaries and in turn you respected the needs of the older male.

Though whenever he needed blood, sometimes he would come out and take Otto's. It sounded a lot like a Vampire, but he's not. And you wouldn't make the mistake of calling him one again. He said that Vampires were part of the lower class of the nine gates, when you asked what part he was from he didn't answer. Just went back into your body before you could protest even further.

Going even further into our contract it started to get easier to talk to one another, sometimes it was terrifying, or infuriating, or pretty damn funny. Karma had explained to you that he was the Demon of Balance. Not like Libra, one of the celestial spirits who could control gravity, but like the whole you kick a dog the dog will bite you kind of thing. You thought it was pretty cool, though the only thing that you couldn't do was start a fight, or steal something. The Demon wouldn't allow it, he would let you sure, but when the fight happened he would leave you to your own devices. Wouldn't help you no matter how hurt you got, just kept telling me that 'It'd best be wise', though even now you don't understand what he was talking about.

Be wise about what? Fighting? Stealing? You still weren't sure and at this moment you didn't think that it really mattered. Cole had contacted the Master of the CrowFeather Guild. It was a dark guild, though it was one that had been rather silent throughout the years, so nobody really paid any mind to it. But now, with the entire plan falling into place, their little guild would wreck havoc amongst the Fairy Tail guild.

Personally you weren't entirely sure as to why you would choose this guild instead of maybe a weaker guild and work your way up but hey, whatever floats their boats.

You could feel the displeasure that Karma put off at the back of your mind, the Demon didn't like the thought of going to destroy something for no reason, and again he would have no part in it. Though there was still something nagging in your stomach, you weren't sure what the feeling itself was but it had been just sitting there, nagging at your stomach for a while. It was almost a twisted feeling? Really light, and it just...made you feel strange.

That was when you forgot that Karma had put a image of yourself sitting by Kiora's bed for you, though it couldn't be touched by wizard/humans. It would just faze through them, though Karma had told you that you would feel it. Just a weird feeling in your stomach before it vanished altogether.

A panic set in and you were sure that it showed on your face for a split second before you turned on your heel to head for the door before Cole could ask any questions, before anyone could.

No one knew that you were still there, everyone thought that the Demon was the only thing left of this body. And if they were to know...Well they would kill you.

A/N

Hey guys, sorry I wasn't here for about half the chapter xD I had boring work to do and shiz, though I really do hope that you guys tell us what you think about this! It would help out a lot with the writing and shiz! c: -Fenix

So guys how did you like this? Fenix came in after and we had a grand time..haha. If you catch the HIDDEN REFERENCE I will give you guys a invisible cookie and recognition for getting it xD! Bye guys! ~Holly (haha new name but same person and our first 3,943 word chapter :D)