((Hello there, and-oh…you guys are angry, aren't you…? Well…there is a good explanation for all this…no, I'm lying I've been lazy…But I did do useful things as well...! Who am I kidding, I've done jack shit…I'm back now, isn't that a good thing…? Yeah, I'll just get on with it, and explain myself at the end…!))

The 'Blood' Dragon Slayer

Wendy continued to heal Kiyoshi, until he was finally able to stand once more. As he did, he spread his wings wide, putting on an impressive display. His personality may have been weak, but to Wendy and Natsu, the scene only made the dragon look tall and proud. After he was comfortable that he would fly, Wendy and Natsu climbed on top of him, and staggered up to sit comfortably near the top of his head. As they did, Wendy marvelled ((no pun intended xD)) , at the scales, as the sun began to fade. They felt so strange, yet familiar under her fingertips. Not long after, Sienna and Gajeel returned and the two were, quite obviously, gob-smacked. There was a lot of debating and yelling, but the other two dragon slayers hopped on his back and with a swift move, Kiyoshi took off into the sky. From up high, it was clear to see and wonder at the ground below; the water glistening on the river, the trees rustling in the breeze, the mountains that seemed to stretch forever. As the light finally left, and the dark descended, Kiyoshi reached a rather large cave, and slowly hovered down, and landed inside, blowing away some of the dust on the floor into the air. They all slid off his back, and with the help of Natsu, made a fire. Kiyoshi lay on his stomach by the entrance, almost like a guard, whilst the dragon slayers sat in a small circle semi-circle, the cats already asleep by the warm fire.

"So, you're Sienna, you're Natsu, you're Gajeel and you are Natsu?" the dragon questioned.

"Yep~" Natsu responded.

"And you're all dragon slayers?"

"Yeah, pretty weird I know," Wendy said. Kiyoshi sighed, half-whining as he placed his head on the floor, a slight tremor rippling through the ground.

"What have I gotten myself into…?" he muttered.

"Hey! Are you saying we're a problem?!" Gajeel interrogated.

"N-no, I didn't mean it like that, I'm sorry!" he pleaded, whimpering slightly and moving away a little.

"Shut up Gajeel! Shouting at each other will get us nowhere!" Sienna yelled.

"Me?! What about you?!" he growled, staring at Sienna. The two growled at each other before Wendy calmed him down. Natsu lay down, his hands behind his head, looking at Kiyoshi, upside down from his perspective.

"You know, you're not like most dragons. You're kinda…well, scared a lot," Natsu commented. Sienna rolled here eyes.

"Always the subtle one, aren't you Natsu?" she thought sarcastically. Kiyoshi had a sad look on his face, despite looking how he did.

"Yeah, I know…I'm not like the other dragons, and they all beat me up because of it…"

Natsu blinked a little in surprise, and rolled over onto his stomach. "Yeah, but you must have some way of fighting back. I thought all dragons had some sort of power,"

"Well, I do…but I always get so scared by the more powerful ones, and I just…forget!" Natsu couldn't help but look at him sympathetically. It seemed even dragons were subject to childish bullying and harassment. "But, I need to know," he said, raising his head a little. "Just how did you guys get here?"

"Through this," Wendy announced, pulling out the small, golden box. Kiyoshi blinked a little.

"…What is it?"

"U-Um…well…err…We're not sure ourselves,"

"We got it off this man called Shin Hirako. Apparently, he found a way to get here, after the dragons disappeared 7 years ago," Sienna said nonchalantly. Kiyoshi's piercing yellow eyes, widened upon that name.

"No…Shin! What the hell do you think you're doing?!" The dragon composed himself, shaking his head. "So, um…do you think you can get back through that?" he asked.

"Probably, but we're not really interested in leaving right now," Natsu explained. Kiyoshi snapped his head to him. "W-What?! But why?"

Natsu sat up, crossing his arms. "7 years ago, we were all trained by dragons, to become dragon slayer. And then, on the exact same day, they all vanished. We heard about this guy, Shin, that he knew a way of getting back to the dragons, and so we found him, and we're not leaving until we find our dragons, and someone explains to us, why the hell they deserted us in the first place!" Natsu told him, his eyes full of determination.

"…W-Who are these dragons that you used to know…?"

"Igneel, Metalicanna, Biagon and Grandine," Sienna responded. Once again, Kiyoshi looked completely shocked, his eyes dancing with fear.

"W-What?! No, not them!"

"Hm? What's wrong?" Natsu asked, dropping his eyes.

"Those 4 dragons are among some of the most powerful dragons in the entire world. You don't understand how much they are both respected and feared in this land. I'm telling you, you'll never find them. You'll be torn apart by the Counsel before you could even get close. Please, all of you…go, home," he begged.

"Like I said before, we're not leaving, and that's final. We don't care who stands in our way, we'll slay anyone in our path,"

"B-But, you'll never win against the Counsel, no-one can!" Kiyoshi said, looking timid again.

Natsu raised an eyebrow. "Counsel? What Counsel?"

"…Let me put it like this. In your world, you have governing bodies that control the various nations. They give you laws, and punish those who go against them. It's the same here. The Counsel is made up of a whole chain of powerful dragons, but at the top, is the most powerful, known as the King: Zandor. No-one, not even the dark dragons, ones who have strayed from the path of good, has ever been able to defeat him. Everyone fears him, and few are stupid enough to disobey him…"

"Zandor…" Wendy said softly, as though to reiterate the power in his name.

A playful smile played on Natsu's lips. "Sounds like fun!"

"You can't be serious! You couldn't even get within a mile of him, without being crushed!"

"Although I would normally disagree with Natsu's idiotic plans, I have to say, he's right. We've come too far to turn back now, and I have a hell of a lot of questions for Biagon when I find him, and we all do too!" Sienna said.

Kiyoshi looked at each human individually. He'd only ever met one human before in his life, but he'd never met any so young and determined. There was a fire in their eyes he had not seen in a long time.

"Well…I guess I can't stop you…" he said quietly.

Natsu smirked. "Damn straight you can't stop us, we're fairy tail wizards. Nothing stops us," he remarked. Kiyoshi gave him a small smile before he put his head back on the floor of the cave.

Sienna yawned. "Well, let's decide what we're going to do in the morning, right?"

"Hey, but I haven't eaten yet!" Natsu protested, his stomach growling to prove the point.

Sienna sighed. "Do you ever shut up about your stomach? I swear Natsu, you have a one track mind,"

"I can't help it! I have to eat, it's natural!"

"Well, I think you can survive for one night," she mumbled, lying back onto her mat.

"Hey, I'm not done talking!"

"Just shut up…!" Gajeel moaned as he too lay down, along with Wendy. Kiyoshi even curled up a little, his long tail wrapping around. Natsu grumbled a little, and muttered something coherent under his breath, before making his way over to his bed, and crawling under the blanket, closing his eyes.

Before Kiyoshi went to sleep, he couldn't but think, "Shin…you knew I'd find them, didn't you…? I guess, you knew I wouldn't hurt them. You really are mean to me sometimes, you know that…?"

((Bit of a short chapter I know, but hey, at least I wrote something! Okay, explanation/excuses time~! Well, for starters, I did mention that I did have my GCSE's and so I was manic revising for those- for anyone who's interested, I got 1 A, 8 B's and 2 C's. Not brilliant, but it got me into 6th form!"- and just after that, I think I just couldn't get myself motivated to write again over the summer.

Also, I think part of the reason why, was because…I discovered something…that you might know…it's called Hetalia…Yep. I have been completely and utterly dived myself into the mad, crazy, weird and sometimes just plain creepy world of Hetalia. I have to admit, although I've been watching anime for ages and loved tons, I really don't think I properly got into the fandom, as much as Hetalia. It's all full of yaoi…and stereotypes…and sexy boys…and for some reason cats…But because I've been so involved in it, I have been RPing a lot with other people (btw I play either England or Hungary xD), but I do think it will probably help with my fanficitons, and if you are a fan, do let me know, because I may, possibly, be writing some Hetalia fanfics ;P Okay, well as always, let me know what you thought of the chapter below, and I'll try and get this updated at least once a week. Ciao for now~))