The 'Blood' Dragon Slayer

It was typical day in the guild, though everyone hadn't quite broken out into a fight yet. Sienna was on the top floor leaning against the wall, having a drink. Levy and Lucy were sitting together talking about how great a book was, that had just been released. Natsu, Wendy, Carla and Happy were all sitting together talking about how they had heard a rumour that someone may have sighted a dragon in the East, whilst Gray was being bombarded with Elfman's speech about being a man. Gildarts, Makarov, Gajeel and Lily were deep in conversation, over in the corner of the guild where it was quieter.

"And you're positive about what you saw, Gajeel?" asked Gildarts.
"Yeah," he repeated. Gildarts exhaled.

"Boy, this sure isn't good," he said rubbing the back of his head.

"But it would explain cold attitude towards everyone, even if we don't know the whole picture," Pantherlily added.

"So, the question now is, what do we do about it? Master?" Gildarts asked. Makarov was silent for a few moments but then spoke.

"Well, I see no reason to kick her out all. But, I think it would be best if we kept this between ourselves,"

"So, you're not going to confront her?" asked Lily.

"I will, but I don't think now's the best time. I tell her when the time is right." Gildarts, Gajeel and Lily nodded, and then returned to join the rest of the guild members. Makarov had a mournful look on his face, as he looked up to look at Sienna. After a few moments, he returned to join the others.

Meanwhile, Wendy and Natsu are discussing the rumour they cam across:

"So you really think we should check it out?" asked Wendy.

"Yeah, totally! We never know if it could be real!" Natsu said cheerfully.

"You're such an idiot! You do know these so called 'sightings' of dragons, are just made up!" Carla said condescendingly.

"Aye. Every time we go chasing one it always turns out to be fake," Happy said glumly.

"But you never know! I say we go!" Natsu said joyfully as he stood up from the table.

"Same here!" Wendy agreed.

"Aye sir!" Happy said popping up.

"Didn't you just discourage them?" Carla muttered, but no-one seemed to notice.

"So when do we leave?" Wendy asked.

"Soon," Natsu said with a less upbeat tone. "There's something I've gotta do first," not looking at Wendy.

"Natsu?" Wendy asked. He didn't respond.

About half an hour later, Wendy had left the guild to prepare to leave to follow the rumour. Sienna was still on the second floor, and she was about to head downstairs when she heard Natsu:

"Oi, Sienna!" Natsu called. Sienna turned her head, and saw that Natsu was walking towards her. As she pushed herself off the wall, he spoke again.

"Look I need to ask you something,"

"Leave me alone," she said coldly, not bothering to look him in the eyes.

"C'mon! Listen, I want you, to fight me!" he said rather forcefully.

"No. I told you to leave me alone. Now get lost," she said with even more force behind her words. Natsu's fists burst into flames. Sienna at last looked him in the eyes.

"Fine. I'll just force you!" He launched himself at her but she managed to dodge his punch. He looked around, surprised she could dodge it that fast. He threw another punch and another but still no hit. He threw a kick and once again, she dodged it, however, she didn't realise the banister so close behind her. And then everything went into slow motion. Sienna could feel herself falling over. Natsu had a worried look on his face. He never meant to push her off the edge. But just when it looked like she would fall off the edge, she kicked the banister with her foot and did a backwards flip towards the ground. As soon as she hit the ground, time regained its normal pace, and she slid across the floor with one hand touching the ground to stop herself. The way she managed to save herself, looked like to everyone else, as a rather graceful manoeuvre. The whole ordeal had shocked everyone in the guild.

"Natsu, you idiot! You could've killed her!" Gray barked up. Around the guild several people were murmuring with each other.

"Whoa, did you see that?"

"So cool!"

"Where did she learn to do that?" Sienna stood up. Everyone seemed to wait with baited breath. She slowly looked up at Natsu, scowling.

"I don't like repeating myself. Leave. Me. Alone!" she said scornfully. Then, she walked out of the guild.

"Well, she's got good reflexes, I'll give her that. But that attitude, it's still pissing me off!" Natsu thought.

Later that day, Gajeel was taking a stroll around the town. Pantherlily was still at the guild, Gajeel merely said he wanted some time to mull things over, but in actual fact the only thing he had on his mind was Sienna. He was thinking about how her attitude was justified but yet unjustified. As, he walked along the river, he spotted someone sitting on the riverside looking up at the sky, with a glum look on their face. It was Sienna. She didn't seem to notice his approach.

"Hey," Gajeel called and Sienna looked at him, irritated.

"And just what the hell do you want? How many times do I have to tell you people to leave me alone," she said aggravated. She stood up.

"Listen, you! If you're in our guild then we're going to talk to you as much as we want. Look I only wanted to tell that I know that damn Natsu didn't mean anything earlier, so don't go judging that idiot just yet!" Gajeel said confronting her awful attitude.

"Tsk. Whatever," she said in annoyance, and made her way back to the guild. Gajeel resisted the urge to spill everything but he knew that would only cause problems. Then it suddenly struck him.

"Those bleak eyes and the cold, brutish attitude. It's just like me back then..." He thought about his time in Phantom Lord and the time he went up against Fairy Tail.

In the guild, Sienna walked in, and headed straight to the Request Board. Lucy, who was sitting at the bar, looked at her, as she pondered the board.

"Right! Here goes," she thought as she got up and stood behind her.

"Het, Sienna. Listen, Natsu was being a jerk earlier, he's not normally like that," she said. Sienna didn't say anything, and acted like Lucy hadn't even spoken.

"Hey, I'm talking to you!" she said as Sienna ripped a request off the board and turned round to leave.

"I can't take this anymore. You act so cold to all of us and we're just trying to help. You could at least act like you belong to guild. Didn't you say you wanted to join because you were a fan of Fairy Tail or was that just a lie!" Lucy yelled at her.

"Out of my way," she said, her eyes dead. Almost everyone in the guild was looking at the two of them now, even Gajeel who had just got back in.

"No I won't! Not until you give us some freaking answers already!" she said almost screaming.

"That's enough, Lucy," The Master's voice stopped Lucy in her tracks, as he walked over to the two of them. Everyone was looking on now, with eagle eyes.

"Sienna, my dear, I think it's high time you stop this, because there's no hiding anymore. I KNOW who you are!" Master said sternly, yet sympathetically. Sienna's eyes were widened with shock. She stared at him, terrified. After a few more seconds she took a couple of steps backwards in shock , before sprinting as fast as she could out of the guild.

"Wait!" Natsu called.

"Gajeel," Makarov called.

"I'll go get her!" Gajeel said running out of the same exit she had. Natsu and the rest of guild looked back to Makarov.

"Hey old man! Just what's going on here?" Natsu asked.

"You said you knew who she was, so who is she?" question Erza who standing next to the bar. He let out a sigh.

"Well, this bound to happen sooner or later. So I might as well tell you," he explained. Outside, Sienna was bent over, her hand placed on the tree next to her.

"Hey!" someone called from behind her. She snapped.

"SHUT UP!" she yelled as she tried to backhand whoever it was, but the person caught it. It was Gajeel.

"What's your problem? Just because we know who you are, it doesn't change anything," he explained with a scowl on his face.

"But...do you really know who I am?"

"Sienna, is not who you think she is. She is a lot stronger than you think. For she is...the water dragon slayer," Makarov explained inside the guild. Everyone inside the guild had a look of shock on them, especially Natsu.

"However, she is more commonly known as..."

"Idiot! I know your nickname is..."

"The 'Blood' Dragon Slayer!" Makarov and Gajeel said in unison. Natsu couldn't speak from pure shock.

"But, why would she have a nickname like that?" asked Levy.

"Well, that's a long story. So let me tell you," Makarov explained.