Hello and welcome back to another chapter. Before we begin I would like to thank everyone for their support, and I hope that I continue to live up to your expectations. I also would like to thank you for your patience as it is always a struggle to find enough time for me to work on these stories for you. I don't own anything related to Fairy Tail or Highschool DxD. Without much else to say, Let's get started.

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Fire Dragon's Iron Fist

Somewhere

In the middle of the forest we find a young boy with spiky pink hair, wearing a bright red shirt, a pair of tan shorts, and some worn-down brown shoes. The boy himself looked like any other typical boy around his age, but the two things that made him stand out from a typical boy would be the white scaley scarf wrapped securely around his neck, and the unusual hair color. Currently, this boy was in tears, crying his eyes out. If one listened carefully they could barely hear the boy say something through his crying. "W-where are you Igneel? W-where did you go?" Through these words and his current state of being one could put together that Igneel and this boy have been together for quite a while, and more than likely had a very strong relationship with each other. With no one around to comfort the poor boy, he continued crying his eyes out. So much so that he wasn't able to sense a portal nearby opening up.

Through said portal came a man who looked to be in his mid-thirties, with long crimson hair. Hearing the boy's tears, the man looked around the area, before moving to kneel down to the boy's height. Upon looking up, the boy was completely startled. Before he jumped back a little bit and got into a fighting stance. "Who are you and why are you here?" the boy asked.

Standing up straight the man maintained a passive posture before answering. "I'm looking for a friend of mine, goes by the name Igneel. I sensed his presence in this area so I thought he might be here. Do you know him?"

Upon hearing the name again the boy looked like he was about to break down again, but hid it before responding. "Yes I do know Igneel, but h-he's not here." The boy managed to say aloud until he started tearing up again. Unable to hold his tears back any longer, the boy released the waterworks, practically drowning the man in his tears.

Once most of the tears washed away, the man recomposed himself before walking up to the boy, kneeling down again, and whispered in his ear. "While I don't know where he is, I'm sure he wouldn't leave you without a reason to do so." Standing back up the man walked back to where he was previously standing before opening up another portal. Turning to face the boy once more, he spoke. "If you want, you can come live with me and my family, I'm sure my family will be happy to welcome you. We have a lot of information at our access, so if you were to join we could help you find Igneel. So what do you say?"

The boy had managed to hear most of what the man said and gave it some thought. 'Hmm… if I go with him I would be a part of his family, I don't know if they will accept me though, and I don't know if I want to find out. But the possibility of finding Igneel will be better if I had some information to work with. He doesn't seem like a bad person, though he doesn't smell quite like the humans I've met. He also seems to be quite powerful I would like to fight him.' After some more thought, the boy gave his answer. "Alright I accept, but I have a few questions of my own."

At this the man saw no reason not to indulge the boy so he replied. "Sure thing."

Hearing the go ahead, the boy started. "What's your family like? You don't smell like the other humans I've met so why is that? Do you have a name or should I just call you old man."

Faltering at that last comment about his age, the man quickly recomposed himself before answering. "I tell you about my family on the trip back. For your second question," he paused quickly before briefly looking around. Seeing no one in the vicinity, he continued. "Both me and my family are in fact devils. I along with three others rule over the underworld, together we are known as the Four Maou." At this, the man revealed a pair of wings on his back that were in fact devil wings. Awed at the sight, the boy couldn't help but comment. "Wow that's so cool, they look like Igneel's wings only much smaller." Hearing the comment the man chuckled lightly. "Well of course they would be smaller than a dragon's." he spoke. Hearing how the man knew Igneel was a dragon meant that maybe the man really did know Igneel as a friend. Before he could ask, the man composed himself before continuing. "Now, if you don't mind, I would like to finish answering your questions." Getting the boy's thoughts off the surprise revelation. "My name is Sirzechs Lucifer, as you know I am one of the four Maou that rule over the underworld. Now that you know who I am, would you tell me who you are?" hearing the question, the boy gave a smirk, before pointing at himself and said. "I'm Natsu Dragneel, Fire Dragonslayer and proud son of Igneel." Hearing that he was the proclaimed son of Igneel, intrigued Sirzechs.

Wanting to see if he truly was who he claimed to be, Sirzechs spoke up. "So you say you're the son of Igneel right?" getting a nod in affirmative, he continued. "Then I would like to see some proof. SHOW ME WHAT YOU CAN DO NATSU, SON OF IGNEEL!" he shouted, before rushing straight for Natsu at incredible speeds.

Not even a split second later Sirzechs was already in front of Natsu and struck him square in the chest with a punch. Sending Natsu flying backwards through a few trees, colliding with each tree he passed. After a few seconds, Natsu finally stopped and rested on the ground where he lay. Feeling extremely sore, Natsu didn't need to be a doctor to know that would've broken several ribs if he was any other human. Luckily, his magic helped absorb the blow so all he really felt was the scratches and the pain on his back from colliding with all those trees.

Slowly getting back to his feet, Natsu could feel his magic working hard to help him recover. Once he was ready, Natsu ran back to where Sirzechs was only to find no one there. As soon as he stood where he was earlier, Natsu barely managed to sense and dodge an attack from above. Looking up, Natsu saw that Sirzechs was above a tree with his wings out. Awed at the sight, Natsu quickly came back into focus when Sirzechs fired more blasts of his magic at him. After a little bit, Natsu's fatigue caught up to him and he was unable to dodge the next blast of destruction magic. As it connected with him it created a small explosion and left some flames on the ground nearby. As the fire began to spread, Sirzechs was about to extinguish the flames, when he heard a sucking sound. Looking at the source he was surprised to see the fire swirling into a vortex through the smoke.

Once it cleared he was further shocked to see Natsu eating the flames. Noticing that some of Natsu's wounds healed up, and also restored some of Natsu's stamina, he quickly came to the realization that Natsu can eat fire to restore his energy and heal up wounds. Smirking, he decided to wait to see what else Natsu can do. Finishing the flames with a burp, Natsu sighed in satisfaction before he spoke up. "Thanks for the meal, those flames were almost as good as Igneel's."

Before Sirzechs could recover from his shock, Natsu got back into a fighting stance and ignited his fist, further surprising Sirzechs, before he extinguished the fire on his hand, ignited both of his feet and rocketed towards Sirzechs. Acting quickly, Sirzechs resumed shooting off more bursts of his magic at Natsu. Weaving through the oncoming barrage, Natsu stopped right in front of Sirzechs before cocking his fist back. Reigniting his fist aflame Natsu sent him his best Fire Dragon's Iron Fist right into his chest. Pushing Sirzechs back a couple feet. Wincing at the heat from the attack. Sirzechs grabbed Natsu by his head, swung him around a few times, and then threw him straight to the ground. Impacting hard with the ground, Natsu could barely get up and out of the small crater he made.

Landing in front of him Sirzechs retracted his wings, before he spoke up. "That was a good fight Natsu, you showed me a lot in this fight, and I know if he was here right now, Igneel would be proud at how far you've come." Still in a lot of pain Natsu barely managed to look up at Sirzechs and gave him a grin, before losing consciousness.

That's all for this chapter. Once again, I would like to thank everyone for their support. I know that in actuality, a young Natsu wouldn't be able to get back up after one of Sirzechs' attacks. But this isn't actual young Natsu, this is the Natsu from ANEA. For those who are curious, here's a reference of Natsu's abilities from my main story ANEA. Pretty much all of Natsu's magic and move set is the same as canon, the only difference is the Natsu of ANEA has a lot more power and durability than canon Natsu. If you were to make a comparison, right now Natsu is about as strong power wise as he was when he fought that Forest Vulcan (that giant green ape). By the time Natsu is around the same age as he is when the start of Fairy Tail happens, Natsu's power level is two times that of Laxus. Once Natsu is at the same age he is believed to be in the Alvarez Arc, Natsu's power level is four times greater than Gildarts and God Serena (in his prime) combined. Now a lot of you will be asking, or rather complaining that once Natsu reaches that age, the fights will be too one-sided. Well this Natsu never actually uses all of his strength in a fight. A lot of it, yes, but not all of it. It will make the fights fairer and not seem extremely one-sided. That's all really and so I will see you when I see you.