The 'Blood' Dragon Slayer
Everyone stood in horror at what was in the doorway to the guild. A creature that barely resembled a human anymore, eyes full of blood lust, waiting for a fight. No-one moved as to try to make sure it didn't cause the monster to react.
"So this is what those villagers faced all those years ago? No wonder they referred to it as a demon. Damn, this is a bad time for Gildarts to be away!" Makarov thought. "But one thing is still left unanswered...how the hell did that thing get inside of her?" A few seconds more passed, everyone solid, until the beast leapt forward and went straight for Gajeel, who was standing at the front, roaring as it did. Gajeel quickly turned his arm to iron to try and block himself. The sudden reaction caused many people in the guild to scream out in terror, and run out of the main entrance on the other side of the guild.
"Master! We need to get everyone out of here now!" Erza called. Makarov nodded.
"I'll let you handle it!" he spoke.
"Alright, everyone out of here now!" she barked, trying to sort out the chaotic guild. As people tried to escape, the beast caught sight of Lucy. It instantly ran away from the brawl with Gajeel, and headed straight towards her. She looked up in horror, and the arm swung back and then back at her, the claws ready to kill. Lucy looked the beast dead in the eyes, and saw nothing that resembled a human, just a burning, blood-thirsty, fire. Its claws almost reached her, when the beast was suddenly kicked back, by a fiery kick. Lucy looked up, and saw Natsu jumping over her, protecting her. The beast stumbled back a bit away from Lucy but quickly regained itself.
"Natsu?" Lucy said puzzled, as he landed in front of her, his back facing her.
"Go. I don't want you getting caught up in this mess," he said not bothering to look back, his eyes fixed on his opponent. The beast stood still, as though they were communicating just by looking at each other. Its fangs were still clenched together.
"But, y-"
"I said go!" Natsu barked, turning round to look at her. Lucy was silent for a moment, but then nodded, and ran towards the entrance to where Erza was. They both looked back at Natsu, Makarov, Gajeel, Lily, Happy and the beast.
"Be careful!" Erza called as she and Lucy ran outside.
"Alright I'm fired up now!" Natsu said as fire surrounded his writs.
"Aye sir!"
"Well, this should be interesting!" Gajeel said with a smirk on his face.
"I'm ready as well," Lily said. The beast was still eyeing up Natsu and the flames there he was now exerting.
"Idiots! Do you really think you're capable of defeating this?" Makarov said.
"You should get going too Gramps," Natsu said.
"What?" Makarov said with a shocked look on his face.
"I mean not that you couldn't hack it, but I think this is a more a problem for us," he explained. The master realised. This was a dragon slayer after all. He knew how much Natsu had pride as a dragon slayer, and he knew he would do anything to help one in need, just like Sienna was.
"Fine, just don't get yourselves killed!"
"Who do you take us for? A bunch of freakin' pussies?" Gajeel said with a certain level of aggravation. Makarov let out a sigh and made his way out of the guild. The beast reacted; it couldn't stand someone leaving when it could be killing it. The beast tried to attack Makarov, but it realised it couldn't move very well. It looked round to see Gajeel holding on to the thick tail. It growled at him before flinging him over the other side of the guild with just a few shakes of its tail. While the beast was still looking the opposite way, Natsu tried a frontal attack, but it turned round too quickly and dodged his attack. It almost succeeded in cutting hi stomach, but Happy pulled Natsu up.
"Thanks Happy," The beast looked up and then stretched its wings.
"Uh-oh!" Happy said. The beast flew straight at the two of them but then was pulled back down as Pantherlily, who had transformed into his larger form, pulled its leg and managed to swing the beast into the wall. The wall was pretty badly wrecked but the beast didn't look like it had taken any damage.
"There's not a starch!" Pantherlily exclaimed.
"Wow, that's some tough skin," Happy said, who was still holding Natsu. It quickly got itself out of the wall and roared furiously. At that moment Natsu tried another frontal attack, and the beast launched at him. His fiery fist missed and was sent flying. As he was flying through the air, he performed his roar.
"ROAR OF THE FIRE DRAGON!" It hit the beast, and there was a great deal of dust surrounding it. Natsu smiled as he thought he had succeeded, but as the dust cleared, he saw that its body was still intact.
"Seriously, just how tough is her skin?"
Outside, the guild members had moved a fair distance away from the guild. They were all gathered together talking about what had just occurred.
"Master, don't you think we should go back to help those guys?" Mira asked.
"No, I think it best if we didn't interfere," Makarov explained.
"Yeah, but did you see what happened? No way can Gajeel and Natsu can handle her on their own," Lucy explained.
"She still refers to Sienna as 'her' rather than 'it', even when it tried to kill her?" "No, the point still stands. I believe those two will be able to handle it. Besides..." he looked to the ground, "This is matter concerning a dragon slayer. Natsu especially feels very emotional about. He feels as though as though somehow it's his fault, so he's trying to do his best to save Sienna from the darkness that now shrouds her," They stood silent for a few moments before they heard a familiar voice behind them.
"Hey, what's going on? Why is everyone outside of the guild?" Lucy and Mira turned around to see who it was.
Back at the guild, the fight was still raging on. Gajeel and Natsu both tried several attacks but most of them missed, and when they did hit; it didn't seem to have any effect on its skin. Natsu and Gajeel stood facing the beast, a few drops of sweat dripping down their faces.
"Damn! Why is this so difficult?" Natsu asked annoyed.
"It's so fast to respond! And that skin feels like it's impossible to break through. More to the point, those claws are extremely sharp. They're even able to cut through my iron scales," Gajeel said as he was covered by his Dragon Force. Lily, who had returned to his smaller form, spoke.
"But at the moment, it doesn't seem like it has any magical powers. It's just tough with a bad temper. Sooner or later, we should pull through," At that moment the beast slowly turned around with an evil smile on its face. A long, pointed tongue came out and flicked about a bit. The way it was smiling, seemed as though it was mocking the wizards. It closed its mouth and rocked its head back, and its stomach seemed to expand. A moment later, it roared and a vortex of water came out. The wizards look on with terror, as there was no time to react, but at that same moment...
"ROAR OF THE SKY DRAGON!" A vortex of a Dragon Slayer's roar came in between Natsu and Gajeel, and hit the water vortex. They cancelled each other out. Natsu and Gajeel looked round, to see Wendy and Carle standing in the doorway.
"Wendy, you came!" Wendy smiled and nodded.
"Master told what was happening so I came to help. Now..." she said as she took up a stance. "O swift wind that dashes through the heavens!" A magic circle appeared underneath Natsu and Gajeel.
"Vernier!" Natsu and Gajeel remembered this magic. Wendy had used it in Edolas to help them before. Both of them grinned with the satisfaction that they were now stronger.
"Remember, that roar is a lot more dangerous than it looks. If you're not careful you'll get yourselves cut up all over!" Lily explained. The pair of them charged at the beast with a new spirit in their eyes. Gajeel managed to get in a punch with his iron arm, which knocked the beast a bit, followed by Natsu's fist of flame. To his surprise, the added power had meant that they had somewhat damaged the hard skin.
"Hey, it cracked!" The beast swung its arm round and Happy quickly pulled him up.
"Don't celebrating just yet!" Gajeel said as he launched himself at the beast again, but quickly retreated.
"Listen Natsu, we're not gonna do this if we keep thinking of this thing as the kid," Gajeel said as he and Natsu stared at their enemy. "If we're gonna stop this thing then we have to use secret dragon slayer arts,"
"But if we do that we could hurt her!" Natsu said pleadingly. He suddenly realised that he was being soft. He hadn't hit her like he would hit any other enemy. Without thinking about it, he was trying his best not to hurt her all along, trying to save Sienna, rather than kill her.
"Look at her Natsu! That's not the same person as before. Those scales are real, the only thing that will cut them is drag-," Gajeel was interrupted as the beast leaped for Wendy who was standing a fair distance from the other two.
"Wendy!" Natsu yelled, but it was too late. The claws swept across her stomach, tearing her clothes, and making some wounds on her. Natsu and Gajeel felt the power that Wendy had supported them with disappear from their bodies. The beast grew its sinister smile again, and was about to bite down on its prey when...
"Iron Dragon's sword!" Gajeel ploughed his arm into its shoulder, pushing it away from Wendy. It cracked a few of the scales, but the beast roared right in Gajeel's face in defiance.
"Wendy!" Carle wailed as she began falling, but before she hit the ground, Natsu caught her.
"Wendy! Are you alright? Wendy!" Natsu said panicking. Wendy's eyes trembled before she opened them.
"Natsu...sorry, I...couldn't of been...more...helpful" she said. She squeezed her eyes shut and let out a little whine as the pain from her wounds grew. Behind them, Gajeel and the beast were still fighting.
"It's okay, you don't have to speak," Wendy looked up and smiled at him.
"Natsu...promise me...you'll save her. Sienna seems like such a...kind person. Don't let...a fellow dragon slayer die..." she said weakly.
"Sure. You can count on me!" he said almost desperately. She smiled at him once more before closing her eyes.
"Carle! Get her somewhere safe where she can be healed!" Natsu said. Carle nodded and picked Wendy up by her arms and floated out of the guild. Natsu stood up and turned round, a determined look on his face. As soon as he turned round, he saw Gajeel being flung across the guild hall and through several of the pillars.
"Gajeel!" Natsu called. "Even with all his power, he couldn't defeat her?" Gajeel was lying on his front, his head barely able to stay up.
"What you waiting for you idiot! Hurry up and stop this!" Natsu nodded. He stared at the beast. It was beaten up a bit due to the bombardment of attack that Gajeel had subjected it to, but it still looked like it was ready to fight.
"Sienna!" Natsu yelled. The beast almost completely stopped. "I know you're still in there! I know you can beat this thing! I know that you can overcome this monster! I know this because...I know I can too!" The beast stopped for a moment, but then regained itself and began attacking Natsu again.
"Damn! There's just got to be a way to get through to her!"
"Happy!" Natsu called.
"Aye sir!" Happy lifted Natsu into the air.
"Let's take this outside!" Natsu said defiantly.
At the congregation of Fairy Tail's wizards, most everyone was tense; not knowing what was going on back at the guild. Then suddenly, Carle came flying towards them, carrying Wendy.
"Wendy!" Lucy called as Carle brought her to the ground. Mira raced over and checked over her. After a few moments, the master spoke.
"Well, Mira?"
"I think she's going to be ok. Her wounds aren't deep but she'll need to be treated," Mira explained.
"Carle, what on earth is happening back there?" Erza asked. Carle paused for a bit before speaking.
"Natsu and Gajeel have started this fight too softly. They were using up magic energy that wasn't even having an effect on her. But when they realised this, it was too late for Wendy," Carle said trying her best not to sob.
"Master, please let us go back and fight!" Gray asked impatiently.
"No Gray. I cannot allow that," the master explained.
"But why not? Those guys clearly can't handle this on their own!"
"That's enough Gray! I will not sacrifice more of my children, without first putting myself at risk. So until I say so, you must stay put! Besides, I think we need to have a bit more faith in those two. After all, they are dragon slayers you know," As soon as the master was finished speaking, a crash could be heard and a massive whole appeared on the roof of the guild hall. In the sky two figures appeared. One was the beast, its wings in full use now, and Natsu, being held up by Happy.
"Natsu?" Lucy said shocked.
"C'mon Natsu! If anyone can save her from the darkness, it's you!" Makarov thought.
In the sky, Natsu and the beast were both eyeing each other up again. The beast launched itself at Natsu, but Happy managed to pull him away and let him counterattack.
"Fire Dragon Wing Attack!" More scales came off, and the beast roared. It was apparent it was becoming weaker. It retaliated with another water dragon roar.
"Come on Sienna! Wake up already!" The beast launched again getting Natsu's arm, but missed when it tried to bite him.
"I know you pushed yourself away from everyone, to try and protect us. You didn't want anyone near you, because you were scared of this! Fire dragon talons!" he screamed performing his talon attack.
"But guess what!" He said head butting the now quiet tired beat. "You're a member of Fairy Tail now! You're no longer on the streets! You're a part of our family, and I won't let anything happen to a member of our family!" He threw another couple of attacks, the beast becoming less and less defendable. "SO JUST WAKE UP ALREADY!"
Inside, was Sienna's inner world. It was shrouded in black and purple clouds. It looked as though darkness had consumed entire soul. Sienna lay on the ground curled up in a ball, her eyes squeezed tight shut. She knew she couldn't fight the beast; it was too strong for her to handle. She had been here before, whenever the beast took over, lying there, unable to do a thing. She hated it but she knew that nothing could be done to regain the control of her own soul. She felt so lonely, and cold. But then something strange began to occur. She opened her eyes a little, as she felt something warm coming. It gave her the strength needed to get up off the floor. She looked around but could see nothing but the darkness.
"What's this? Trying to fight me are we? Well it's hopeless! Give up now, you body is MINE!" the voice said angrily. Sienna felt petrified. Then suddenly she saw a light and a faint sound of someone's voice but she couldn't make out who it was or what they were saying. The bright light began to grow.
"What the hell is this?" the deep voice bellowed. The voice began to grow in volume as well. Then, Sienna heard it.
"Sienna! Sienna!" It was Natsu's voice. He was calling out to her. Suddenly before her, she saw a faint hand reaching out to her, Natsu's voice still calling her name. She looked down at the hand, confused.
"What the hell do you think you're doing you little shit! You dare to defy me?" the voice yelled angrily. Without thinking about Sienna took a hold of the hand reached out to her. The light began to grow, forcing its way through the darkness around her.
"WHAT? YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME! YOU CAN'T DO THIS TO ME..." the voice screamed as it was consumed by the light.
"ROAR OF THE FIRE DRAGON!" Natsu let out an all mighty roar, the likes of which he had never performed before. Eventually, the flames and the smoke were cast off into the breeze. Natsu was floating, panting. As soon as the smoke disappeared, Natsu saw the beast was completely still in the sky. It was no longer gritting its teeth; its mouth stayed shut. The red eyes suddenly started to fade, leaving behind Sienna's human eyes. Without warning, she plummeted to the ground. As she fell, her eyes remained shut, and her dark red hair flapped in the breeze. The wings began to disappear, the claws and fangs began to recede, and the scales began to peel off. She hit the ground, in sight of all the guild members; they had flown further than they had anticipated. The guild members looked shocked at what had just happened. Natsu landed halfway in-between the guild members and Sienna. Gajeel had managed to stagger his way over to the where the guild members were, and Wendy had regained consciousness.
Sienna opened her eyes to find that she was no longer outside the guild; further away, and everyone was standing in front of her. She found the strength to stand up where she looked down at her hands; blood. The blood on her hands had come from Gajeel, Wendy and Natsu. She stood there horrified and her eyes dancing with terror. Her body was trembling.
"Why? Why must I always kill? Why? Why?" she muttered to herself as painful images of 3 years ago flashed in front of her, prompted by the stain of blood on her hands. She saw Natsu walking towards her, with no exact expression on his face, bit it looked as though he could be angry with her.
"Natsu...anyone...I beg you..." she said fairly quietly. "HURRY UP AND KILL ME!" she screamed at the top of her lungs. Most of the guild members looked shocked at her sudden outburst. "I CAN'T STAND IT ANYMORE! KILL ME BEFORE I KILL ANYONE ELSE!" Natsu paused for a few seconds in front of her, as she looked towards the ground, her eyes covered by a shadow. Natsu then stepped forward, and punched her hard in the gut. She let a small moan and her eyes open wide, before collapsing in his arms.
"What an idiot...!" he muttered under his breath. He picked her up and flung her over his shoulder.
"Gajeel! Wendy!" he called. They both looked on, puzzled. "Let's go. You know what we need to do," he said. Wendy and Gajeel followed Natsu and they walked away, Sienna flung over Natsu's shoulder.