Thanks for the support everyone!

Of all the movies that I'm anxious to see it is the Dracula Untold movie, my god I just saw Hercules and now I wanna that movie! HURRY UP OCTOBER!

Now pertaining to the pairing, I'm not even gonna worry about the pairing anymore, I see it's just gonna cause problems so I'll keep quiet about it and let the story do the talking for me.

Inspiration for this chapter's theme goes to the Dracula Untold OST and Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2 soundtrack, neither of which I own.

Enjoy!

"I'm not sure when I'd forgotten this feeling of warmth, I've fought so hard for my younger siblings. It's been so long that I've forgotten what it was like to be able to lean on someone else for support. That is until that day...that day when he saved us...the same day I met him, my savior." ~Mirajane Strauss

The Legend of E.N.D.

Chapter 2: Nightmares of the Past and The Demoness

'Why...'

Onyx eyes dilated and his mouth quivered, his body shook with violent tremors as levels of sorrow and self-loathing slammed into his body with each passing second. The pain was so strong, so deep, so intense; that it made dying sound better than going through this torture. His claws scrapped at his head, tearing apart flesh causing blood to pour from his fingertips and in-between the cracks of his fingers.

'How...how did this happen...'

'You should already know the answer to that...'

The words boomed within his mind, but he paid no heed as he looked upon the anarchy before him. He could do nothing as bloodcurdling screams tore throughout the village of which he found himself in. It was one of many, many of which he dreamed about, and it would surely not be the last. The village didn't look as modern to what he was used to, but he couldn't shake the feeling of familiarity as he looked upon it.

But the village was in flames, corpses of men, women and children littered the street's as homes and buildings burned. Demons of the foulest nature tore into other groups of fleeing villagers in a blood crazed frenzy. Other crouched and feasted upon the corpses of their fallen prey, the dirt paths and cobblestone streets ran dark red with the blood of innocent. His eyes couldn't turn away, he couldn't block out his ears as the demons feasted and howled in victory, their battle cries of victory rung loud and true into the smoky red sky.

It was a sickening sight, it made him want to puke, the stench of blood and death was as putrid as the scene of crows picking at the leftover corpses of children. But as he watched he could do nothing, his body moved against him and acted with other thoughts in mind. He lifted his arm to which he saw it was stained crimson before flexing his clawed fingers. And soon enough fire of the darkest ebony beckoned at his call, swirling around him and upwards into the sky.

'Why did I do this...what possessed me to commit this genocide. Why...why!' he cried out within his mind, but his moved acted on it's own.

'Because they took something very important from you...'

The voice within him boomed and he felt confusion swell up within him, what? These people had taken something from him? What was so important for him to have done this? It couldn't have been so important for him to have done this! Nothing in the world could have been so important that he would have resorted to something like this!

….Right?

But his body acted instead, he could only watch through his own eyes as his own fire acted blanketing the world in his burning fire. An emotion soon became clear to him as he walked through the destroyed village. An emotion that was so strong, so intense that it uplifted his passion's and heightened his fury beyond the heavens.

And that was pure, raw unadulterated Hatred

Killing whatever was in his path, mortal and demon alike. His fire acted upon his will and incinerated anything that came too close to him, his whole body was aflame cloaking him in the fire's of Hell itself. Each step he took left an unquenchable inferno in his wake that incinerated all life behind him.

His path was set in stone, and the dark of night swelled around him as if welcoming back it's master and the flames parted all obstructions that would have impeded him. Nothing would stop him now, what attachment he had left in this world had died and nothing, absolutely nothing could stop him now. Pure hatred and rage burned and threatened to push him over the edge into the abyss, the only semblance of his own self-control was by the cold fury brimming in his eyes.

'Why...why do I feel this way...what happened...why am I seeing this...tell me!' Natsu screamed within his mind as the chaos ensued. His body moved on it's own, regarding everything in his way and around as nothing more than ants.

'To tell you would do nothing, you must remember as I've said before. You must remember who you are...what you are. And the only way is for you to relive the life that is your true past.'

Natsu Dragneel let out a growl of frustration at that as his body on the outside continued to move, he should have realized he could do nothing at this point since he was just watching a memory. A memory among many that was of a life that had long been wiped from his mind, but to see what he'd done, the life's he had taken, the amount of destruction he caused.

'But really...is there any difference to how I was before when I was with Fairy Tail? I only caused destruction everywhere I went. Destroyed people's life's and made it harder for everyone to live, everything I do, everywhere I go, I leave nothing but anarchy in my path.' he thought to himself, it was morbid thought, but a true one nonetheless.

But just as he was about to push away his thoughts, he heard the most blood curdling scream that it made his blood run cold.

''KIIIYYYAAAAAHHH!''

Turning to where it originated, his eyes widened in horror as he saw himself come upon a bigger house which stood out from the rest of the village. For a moment he supposed it belonged the village's mayor or chief. But that thought was torn from him as what he saw body move of it's own accord. Because standing at the porch of the house was a middle-aged woman who had fallen to her knee's in terror when she saw him.

But his body moved of it's accord and a whip of fire formed and wrapped around her neck and he yanked, dragging her off the porch and through the street's until she was at his feet. She tried to move, but his foot slammed on his spine causing her to let loose a scream as he felt himself speak yet he couldn't hear what he was saying to the woman.

But it seemed to terrify her from the fear stricken expression that dawned on her face, but his past self seemed to show no mercy as he bent down and grabbed a handful of her hair and pulled her up. He lifted her up to eye level, the woman's large terrified green eyes met smoldering crimson orbs. Sobs wracked her body as tears poured from her eyes, but his past self showed no sympathy for the woman.

Than he spoke...

''Where is the that rotten sack of bones you call a Chief? If you do not tell me, I will not hesitate to to rip out your entrails and slowly burn you alive.'' the area around him exploded from just the rise of his anger alone. The earth melted into lava, tree's and houses burst into flames and the sky itself began to darken further and further.

But the woman could only cry at her impending doom that was too follow, her pitiful whimpers sounded as his past self held her roughly off her feet. His fangs glistening into a primal snarl of rage and disgust.

''I-I don't know...'' she let out and Natsu didn't like that from the way his eyes surged further into madness.

And then he let go of the woman's hair only to grab her neck instead, his clawed fingers dug into her throat, piercing and scarring her flesh. He didn't so much as flinch as she winced an feebly clawed at his hand to let go. Yet his grip was nothing short of titan-like, he closed off her much needed air and glared down at her whimpering pitiful form.

''Then you are of no use to me...'' and just as he reared his hand to impale her stomach he noticed her stop and choke out a few words.

''W-wait...t-the chief...h-he's...'' the lack of air proved to be hard for her to continue so he eased up on her throat so she could speak.

''Yes?'' his patience was nearing it's end with her and this cesspool of a village. What self-control he had left was barely holding back his fury upon this land, and it would be her words that would either hold or break that control.

And the woman spoke, stuttering in terror beneath his demonic gaze as the fires of his fury burned at all life and creation around him. ''T-the chief...he-he fled as soon as word reached us that you were coming. He's...he's fled to...C-c-crocus!'' she cried out as tears pooled from her eyes and upon his blood stained hand.

And Natsu regarded her with a blank stare before giving a growl that made her flinch and shiver uncontrollably, ''I see, the coward fled and left you all to die. And to think you people, this whole land looked up to that fool, what sorely misplaced loyalty.'' Natsu muttered before he eyed the woman before him.

''Regardless, you told me what I wished to know therefore, I will not kill you...'' he said making her expression break into one of immense relief.

''Oh...oh thank you...thank you merciful lord...I-''

But she was interrupted when Natsu regarding her grovelling state with a sneer before he walked away from her causing her to see the pack of drooling hounds of hell that stood behind him, loyally and faithfully awaiting their master's orders.

''But I never said they wouldn't...'' he said and soon he ignored the woman's cries and pleas as the hounds jumped at her form. Soon, the sounds of the crunching bones and the tearing of flesh echoed amongst the burning village. The only thing Natsu cared for was the far sight of the Kingdom of Fiore, his crimson orbs smoldered with a fury that would have seen the Devil himself fleeing in fright.

''Run all you like, fool. Nothing will save you from me, no mage, no demon, no dragon and no god will protect you from me. I will come for you and nothing, NOT EVEN KINGDOM OF FIORE WILL STOP ME!'' Natsu roared stopping all other battles as his rage consumed him and all of the village and the entire was engulfed in the fire of his hatred.

The explosion as so intense that Natsu viewing had to look away from the bright light before his vision was consumed in darkness once more.

Bump!

Slowly a pair of onyx eyes drifted open to see himself looking up into the early morning sky, a few stars here and there still twinkled above, but the sun was slowly beginning to rise allowing for a vast range of colors to fill the sky. Ranging from blue, purple, pink, orange and red, it was the first sight that welcomed one Natsu Dragneel after awakening from one of the many memory filled dreams/nightmares that plagued him.

He released a sigh before he leaned further back into his makeshift bed, which consisted solely of a pile of hay. After leaving the Tower of Heaven he went to the nearest town and did a few odd jobs and traveled around a bit gather up what jewel's he could scrounge while living in the forests. Recently he had to make a deal with the carriage driver, making sure he'd pull his own weight by stocking merchandise and offloading it as well. The jewels were decent and he had his own little bit of transportation and since they were heading up north made it all the better for him.

Sighing, Natsu rubbed his forehead in frustration as he tried to ease his migraine, 'So, would you mind telling me exactly what it was I just saw right there.' he asked the voice in his head. He could feel it again, bubbling up within him as it voice it's opinion to him with a matter of fact tone.

'I told you did I not? To tell you would be pointless, you would learn nothing. You must experience your memories first hand to learn who you once were.' he, it, whatever it was replied making Natsu grit his teeth and give out a subtle growl of annoyance. That was the same answer he gave him every time he asked and he was just about fed up with it. It was always like this, every time, every night he did go to sleep he would go through these memories of a life he didn't remember and the life he lived was something he quickly found out to be not the most enjoyable one.

Each memory was spontaneous and happened at random intervals and at different locations, how was he supposed to learn anything that way when he didn't even know what was even going on? This had been happening the moment he woke up in this world, but recently this voice only woke up within him when he went to save Erza from the Tower of Heaven.

'I wonder how she's doing anyway...' Natsu pondered on that, it had been 3 year's since he left Erza to depart with her friends. He knew for sure she was safe due to the fact that Rob had been with her at the time and he was still a certified Mage even with his old age. He was a Fairy Tail mage as well he knew she would have reached Fairy Tail by now.

But still he worried for her safety, the Erza he once knew would have appreciated his concern, but would tell him not too worry. But he had to painfully remind himself this wasn't the Erza he grew up, she was just a timid, shy little girl that was quickly thrown into a world that she needed to get used to real quick. It would take time for her to grow up and become the woman he knew she would be, The Queen of Fairy Tail, Erza Scarlet "The Titania", a woman that was both feared and respected amongst all of Fiore.

A woman he admired, a woman who he...

Quickly he shook his head of those thoughts and focused more on other matters. As he looked up he thought about his recent predicament with a moment of clarity as the cool breeze of the early morning blew across his face and ruffled his hair. Since arriving in the past Natsu had taken it upon himself to think, for once in his life. To truly think about what he should do, and how he should go about this new chance gifted upon him.

'I've made up my mind of one thing, I'll never return to Fairy Tail, not counting the fact if I ever went there my presence would only bring them trouble. I also have to deal with problems here and now before they become a burden for them in the future. The only thing I can do for Fairy Tail is to find my old friends and lead them to the Guild. From what I remember Mirajane, Lisanna and Elfman lived somewhere near the north and Gray lived directly in the North. So I need to find them and help them first of all and after that...'

His thoughts were cut of as his inner voice spoke up, 'You also need to straighten out your memories and realize just who you once were.' the voice said causing Natsu to growl and mentally snarl at the voice.

'I know enough, I was a rampaging monster with no morals, a demon that lived only to kill in the name of Zeref and nothing else. What could possibly be more to my life than that?' perhaps he should have put more thought into it, but he didn't. His hate for demons and himself was at an all time high, when Tartaros came into the picture everything went straight to hell. His life was flipped upside down, spun around and chuckled into the fiery pits of the underworld. As far as he was concerned what life he lived in the past was one of only carnage and chaos, in his mind nothing redeeming or good could have come out of it.

However when the voice spoke again he was left baffled and a bit frightened from the amount of anger and venom in it's tone. 'Such ignorance...There is far more to it than that, you simple minded buffoon! Do NOT speak like those bigot mortals you were raised with. You were far more than just that, you were above everything; mortal, demon, even Dragons! You were-no are...E.N.D. You were above simple minded savagery as that, akin to the hordes of Zeref's armies you were a God to them. You had something that no other demon in Zeref's army ever had nor ever will, something he wanted you to have when he created you.' the voice tore into him with a ferocity that it never showed before and it honestly surprised Natsu.

'And what is that? What made me so different from the others?' he spat back and this time the voice returned with a simple word.

'….A Conscious, Zeref gave you free will. You were his first creation, created for only one thing in mind, beyond that you held no loyalty to him or anyone. You were your own entity and that is what made you so dangerous. And the life you lived before this one was something that, to this very day, scholars and historians have yet to decipher. You're life as E.N.D. Can only be remembered by you and let me tell you this, the hatred and rage that was within your past self in that dream and all the others were completely justified.'

Natsu took what the voice said with an expression of frustration and annoyance, what he said went against everything he was ever stood for as a Fairy Tail mage. Yet the truth was there, he was the living embodiment of Darkness, the living and walking representation of what a demon strived to become. He accepted the fact that he was Zeref's first creation when he and his friends fought against Mard Geer. It became crystal clear to him of that fact when the Book of E.N.D was unleashed him.

It awoke a few memories of who he was...

And it was all he needed to know that he was infact not a mortal nor was he the son of a dragon, but was infact a creation by the Dark Wizard Zeref.

'….And what justifies those deaths? Those mass genocides? Innocent people begin slaughtered? What could possibly justify that? What was so important to me that I would have done something as atrocious as that?' Natsu questioned the voice in his head which went silent for a moment before it spoke again, only his time it's voice was dead, soulless and it brought a shiver of dread down his spine.

'That...is something you will need to remember for yourself. I will not say what it was, but I can say this...it pushed you over the edge. What was left of your sanity was lost, and you delved into madness. You embraced your inner devil, and welcomed darkness into your heart and you became...something even Zeref himself feared.'

THAT made Natsu go deathly pale as that shiver lasted for a good solid 5 minutes before he finally got a hold of himself. Silence reigned between himself and the voice of his other persona for the longest of time before Natsu finally spoke after he gathered up his courage.

'Then...if it's so bad...show me...show me from the very beginning. None of this random interval shit; start from the very beginning. If I should understand why I became like that then I need to how it all started. Show me...E.N.D...of the past, of my life. Show me who I once was, from the start of it all, no matter how hard it will be to take I will take it all in.' he stated resolutely to his other persona, the persona he deemed to be the Demon side of him, E.N.D.

The voice went silent, deciding to not speak about Natsu calling him E.N.D before it finally spoke. 'You want to know of the past? You've finally come to terms with yourself then? I'll show you, but are you truly prepared for it? If I show you the past, you will not come out as you are now. You will change and whether that change is good or bad will remain a mystery.'

Natsu frowned at those words, but he had already resolved to himself that needed to accept his past no matter how gruesome it was. He could only throw it upon the pile of his other sin's and keep moving forward, he wasn't a guy to back down so he merely grunted and spoke to the voice.

'I don't care what happens or what I will see, just show me...'

The voice was silent before it spoke.

'….Very well, it will take time for me to rearrange all of our memories in the correct order so until then you won't experience these relapses until after I've fixed them in order. When I have, I will let you know.' the voice said making Natsu hum in acknowledgment before speaking.

'Alright, but how exactly will I experience them? Will they come and go as they have been before or will I learn it all in one go?' preferably he just wanted to know about all in one fell swoop and no longer suffer anymore from the nightmares that plagued him every waking night.

Unfortunately his hopes was dashed as the voice replied, 'If I were to do that, you would either go brain dead due to reliving your whole past life in one night or go mentally insane from all that you saw. No, you need to adjust to what you see every time you awake, so you will be having them like before, but it will be beyond my hands this time.'

Natsu frowned, but accepted it all the same, he would just have to deal with it like he did with everything else in his life. The move forward without regret and without hesitation. The burden of his friends and families death weighed heavily upon his shoulders, but slowly yet surely that burden was beginning to lessen as he accepted what he'd done as his own fault. He killed them out of his own ignorance and the consequence of his own actions and he accepted that after he saved Erza from the Tower.

The way he fought and killed all those people at the Tower was prove enough for him that he was no longer the man he once was. To have a bloodlust was new to him and it had taken over him as soon as he entered that Tower which caused all of Erza's pain. It drove him beyond the point of self-control and he acted upon his own instinct and desires, which was to kill every single guard in that tower and bring down the structure itself so Erza no longer suffered.

Now that he was back in time he just needed to make sure this time he didn't fail, he knew what to expect this time and would make damned sure they didn't get hurt. Tartaros and Zeref were his problem not theirs.

''Oi boyo~! We've arrived at our next next stop, you awake back there?'' the voice of the carriage driver spoke and Natsu awoke from his thoughts and saw that time had passed by since the sun was now breaking past the horizon. Letting out a sigh, Natsu sat up and looked to see the driver, who was a average old man with straight gray hair and a goatee and aged black eyes.

''Ok, thanks for letting me know old timer, by the way what's the town we're stopping at?'' he asked causing the old man to frown before he pointed forward a bit making Natsu look in the direction allowing him to see a small settlement just a bit over the forests.

''Demon Village, quite a strange name don't you think kid?'' he said as Natsu's eyes widened at the name, he'd never heard of the village before in his time with Fairy Tail, but he figured someone would have mentioned a village with such a peculiar name. But, for some reason he felt a shiver go down his spine as the name resounded in his head.

He was sure he hadn't heard it before...

'At least I think so...'

''Welcome! So glad you could make it, we were starting to low on resources, until you arrived.'' spoke the voice of the village's trade depot manager. The carriage driver merely tilted his hat in response before he got off his carriage with some effort. ''You're welcome, we had a bit of a rough ride up here so we were behind schedule.''

''I see I see, that's quite alright, I'm sure the townsfolk will be quite happy with what we've got and in such a abundant bulk too especially the wool and meat that's gonna last us the winter.''

Watching the two from the carriage, Natsu jumped out catching the attention of the manager who blinked in curiosity before he looked at the old man ''Ah, who' the kid? A stowaway?'' he said making Natsu narrow his eyes, but disregarded him as he looked at the town he stopped in. It wasn't overly large nor was it too small, it seemed like a moderate sized town with most of the houses closely built next to each other. Which mostly likely meant the community was pretty close-knit.

''Nah, the kids traveling with us for the next few days. Plus he makes up for it by pulling his own weight with the merchandise. And I know what you're thinking, but let me tell ya the kid is pretty strong, stronger than some of our men.'' he said making the manager raise an eyebrow before glancing at Natsu.

''I see well while you unpack I'll see if I've received any news about the road ahead.'' he said making the old man nod.

''Well let's get this unpacked and we'll be on our way. Natsu! Let's start unpacking!'' the pink haired boy blinked and looked at him before giving a nod. ''Alright!''

As they started to unpack the manager returned with a rather deep frown on his face. ''I'm afraid I've got some bad news for you, the trail up ahead has become too dangerous for travel due to a severe blizzard. It's been closed for the next few days until the storm dies down, so I'm afraid you'll have to stay here until then.

The old man seemed to deflate at that, but year's in his line of work had made him used to this type of setback, he let out a sigh before he turned to Natsu. ''Well kid, it seems we'll be stuck here for a bit so why not go and try find us an Inn while we finish here, hm?'' hearing this Natsu frowned, but nodded. He wasn't happy that was having a setback on his journey, a bunch of snow never bothered him as his own natural body heat melted all the snow in his vicinity. But he had to take into account for others that weren't like him.

''Right...'' and with that Natsu set off, and as he walked away from the main road and into the street's he took in the scenery of the town. Apparently there was a few districts that were similar to how Magnolia was. Districts for all types of buildings and offices such as Residential, Urban, Trade, Official and Judiciary, and even Sorcery/Wizardry. But from what he could see this village didn't have that only a residential, urban and trade district with only an official building that dealt with all the happenings in and outside the village.

He passed by an old cathedral church and stopped as a strange feeling came over him as he looked at the old church building. Just looking at him gave him a very strange vibe, and his gut feeling told him it wasn't an entirely good one either. Shaking his head, Natsu kept going as he ignored the feeling altogether.

''Ehh this village feels pretty dull.'' he said as he pushed his hands into his pockets. Since the Tower, Natsu had taken to getting himself some new clothing, it wasn't much though since he took to buying it with some jewels he took off the corpses of the guards. Currently he just wore a pair of red trousers that reached a few inches below his knee's with black trimmings while on his feet he wore simple black sandals. On up he wore a long sleeved waist coat with black trimmings while a leather belt was tied around his waist. It was similar his clothing before in his old future, but had luckily found clothing for his size that was in a similar fashion.

And he quite liked the color of black and red, it resembled his magic more then most would believe.

However he lacked the one thing he was always known to carry which was his trademark scarf which was gifted to him by his foster father Igneel. Since it had been destroyed when he merged with his other self he was left with nothing to cover his neck. It honestly made him feel naked without it since it had been apart of him for so long. Which was why he found a suitable substitute in the form of a white scaled pattern scarf that wrapped around his neck and hid the small scar on the right side of his neck. It wasn't the scarf he used to have, but it was similar so he was okay with that.

Sighing, Natsu put his arms behind his head as he continued to walk down the street's. Somewhat greeting others who greeted him back, but overall he just wasn't all in the mood to deal with other people.

But as he made his way through the trade district and into the residential district a distinct scent caught his nose and he stood up straighter as the scent got stronger. And soon as the sound of laughter rang true in his ear's his eyes widened as a pair of three children ran past him, with the color of white filling his eyes. And Natsu's onyx eyes widened in shock before he turned to see a pair of three very familiar looking children running down the streets.

Before he knew it his body was already running towards them and soon enough he caught up to find them around the corner walking towards a rather rundown home that seemed to have seen better days. He could see them ore clearly now from the corner, it was three siblings all having the same color of pure white hair, one was a boy and the other two were girls.

He felt a stinging sensation of tears begin to pool in his eyes, but he blinked them away as he realized who it was he was seeing. A smile that could have lit up the darkest corners of the world stretched his face.

''Mirajane, Lisanna and Elfman...I've found you guys.''

He didn't know if it was his luck or what, but he'd found the next people he wanted to find...

The Strauss Siblings!

What he didn't know was of the chaos that was about to be unleashed...

''KYYYYYYYAAAAAHHHH!''

Springing up, Natsu's eyes snapped open in shock as a shriek of terror echoed amongst the village, it was so loud that it awoke the others in the Inn, but he paid no heed as he ran towards the window and opened it up. Looking outside he saw it was still midnight out as he stared out among the village before he caught sight of a red glow to his left and he turned to see a large gathering around the old cathedral.

Narrowing his eyes, his enhanced vision seemed to zoom in from where he was and what he saw made him feel tense. The villagers rallied around the church doors with torches, pitchforks, axes to knifes. And it was then a scent caught his nose and his eyes narrowed in question as he tried to decipher it.

''That smell it's...familiar, but yet not what is this...'' seeing a flicker of motion downwards he looked see another group of villagers running towards the church and decided to find out what's going on.

''Oi! What's going on?!'' he questioned and one of the villagers stopped to look up at him. For a moment he saw the village girl hesitate before speaking.

''A demon has been sighted at the church and from what I heard the Strauss siblings are trapped inside!'' she said making Natsu's eyes widen in shock. A tremor of apprehension and anger rose up within his being before his fingers clenched onto the window sill causing the wood to crack and the metal to creak under the pressure.

'Dammit!' onyx eyes flashed red in the darkness and as the woman blinked a confused expression formed on her face when the boy she was talking to was no longer at the window. ''W-what? Where did he go?''

'Please be safe please be safe please be safe please be safe!' Natsu continued his mantra as he hopped along the rooftops that made him resemble nothing more than a blur. To the trained eye he would have been just a blur as each time he landed rooftops cracked under the pressure and others gave way when he pushed off. His pushed himself as fast as he could to cross the village and reach the church. The tremors shook his body as the wind ruffled his hair, but he paid no heed as his now glowing eyes which were flashing between cold onyx to a furious crimson glared upon the church.

Their deaths...he remembered it...

They had been the ones to die together when he merged with other self, he could still remember their cries, Elfman's scream as his power tore him apart and Mirajane and Lisanna's tears at what he'd become. It tore him apart, but his resolve hardened he couldn't lose this time, not now and not ever.

'It will kill me if I lose any of them...if I lost Mirajane or Lisanna...I...I don't know what I'll do. Elfman I know would fight tooth and nail like he always does, but something in the air isn't right. Something is definitely wrong!'

The thought made his worry grow and he unconsciously channeled his power into his legs causing the darkness to swirl up into his legs. Then in a incredible boost of speed, Natsu landed on another roof before jumped, vanishing into nothing causing the house to crumble from the pressure of his jump as he hurled himself at the church. He ignored the screams of the villagers as he flung his body through the church roof without a moments hesitation.

Crash!

What awaited him was a barely lit auditorium to which Natsu flipped and landed on his feet making it crack under the pressure. But when his hand touched the floor his hand came in contact with something that was sticky and smelt of iron, it was too dark to see however his scent was all he needed. His eyed widened in alarm before he conjured a small flame on his finer give him a light to see what he feared.

And there it was, blood coated the church floor...

'Oh god please no...'

''Uwa...no...no...'' hearing the cries Natsu's blood ran cold and he quickly ran to the source which was in the corner of the auditorium and when he came upon the scene, his blood truly did freeze.

There laying on the floor was Mirajane in a black raincoat covered in blood, her blood. His eyes soon cut too Lisanna who was bawling her eyes out as she held the bleeding form of her older brother, Elfman, who was bleeding heavily from the chest.

Oi...

This had to be a joke...

''W-w-wake up Elf-nii-chan, Mira-nee-chan!'' Lisanna's cries ripped into Natsu's very soul as she remained oblivious of his presence. All she cared for was of her two downed seemingly dead siblings bleeding on the floor. Natsu's hands quivered as he kneeled down to Mira's prone form and took her small frail, cold and clammy hand in his own and what he saw the wounds inflicted on her made his self-control slip.

'….I smell it...it's still here...'

The presence within Natsu's mind awakened with a frown of unease as the violent tremors from before went silent. They were soon replaced with a cold fury that which had only been seen when...

'This should be interesting...'

''Mira...'' Natsu whispered her name, gently he picked her up and walked towards Lisanna who by now noticed his presence and flinched. But he remained ignorant of this as he gently placed Mirajane beside the terrified little girl. He stayed there for a moment cupping Mira's cheek in his own hand and as he felt the warmth fade from her flesh he felt himself descend into the darkness.

Why...why her...hadn't she suffered enough?!

Why dammit why!

WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU PLAYING AT GOD!

'Find that cretin...make it squirm and beg for death's sweet embrace for doing this!'

His persona yelled within his mind and he could only agree before he leaned toward her and touched his forehead with her.

''Don't you dare die on me...I cannot lose you again...'' he mumbled to himself hoping on some level that Mira could hear him, but he knew it was futile at this point.

''W-who are you?'' Lisanna asked him and he couldn't respond as he turned his back to her. For a moment they stayed in silence before he let out a feral growl that petrified the young Strauss.

''...Stay with them, Lisanna...'' was all he could say before he walked further into the darkness, inching closer to the altar to which he felt the demonic presence grow stronger and stronger. And just as he reached the top of the steps he narrowed his eyes as the shadows quivered before he felt a presence slink towards him.

''You smell different from those mortal children.'' it spoke and Natsu's face remained emotionless with only the cold fury brimming barely behind his shadowed eyes. The darkness around him quivered and trembled from his temper and the heat from his body began to increase.

He didn't speak as the presence came closer...

''Hm, infact you smell similar to us. You have the scent of our...master? Who are you, child!?'' it spoke with a hiss, commanding him to answer, daring to demand him, him, to answer to such a worthless cretin as this?

…...

How amusing...

Natsu merely chuckled as the presence came closer before it was within inches before him, the stench of the demon was putrid, but it didn't effect Natsu the slightest as began to let out a hollow chuckle. His anger seemed to dissipate into thin air as the demon crept closer to him, seemingly confused by the sudden change in the boy's demeanor.

''What is so funny, child? Do you not fear death? Have you gone insane from your fear of me?''

And at that Natsu suddenly stopped before he slowly looked upwards revealing his eyes to the demon, the demon in question wasn't anything special. It looked similar in appearance to Mirajane's Take Over: Satan Soul appearance. Only it was male, and had a much larger muscular build, and it lacked the large black wings. It's fish like arms clenched while it's large black scaly tail swished back an forth while it's head stared down at Natsu. It had the face of a mixed breed between a bull and a man which gave an inquisitive expression as it took a whiff of Natsu's scent.

The sheer sight of this thing would have made any other mage fleeing in fear, despite the consequences.

But Natsu was no "any other mage' let alone was he a mage to begin with.

And what the demon saw in the boys eyes was enough to make it's eyes eyes widen in alarm when he saw a pair of glowing crimson slitted orbs glaring back at him. They froze him in place and pierced his very soul, an inferno of unquenchable hatred and rage burned within his eyes. A power so familiar to it, that sweat began to pour from it's head as it's blood began to run cold. Realization slowly dawned on the demon as it looked into Natsu's unholy gaze and it was only then, in that stare down that the demon took a shaky step back.

To which Natsu took a step forward in return...

''W-w-wait those eyes i-i-it can't be! The masters themselves said you had died! Why...why are you here?!'' the once fierce demon now resembled nothing more than a whimpering dog at the feet of it's master. It was quite a sight really, a 12 foot tall demon backing away fright to a 7 year old boy.

But no one besides the demons of old could understand his terror, no one had lied to witness the life of Zeref's greatest demon unfold. No one could understand the feeling of primal terror that shook the demon's soul as he looked into the eyes of which only belonged to one entity. The eyes of a being that stood above all of Zeref's creations and was akin to a God to them in every sense of the word. Terror filled his being as what arrogance he had was wiped clean before the eyes of the one who shook the world so long ago.

''Your masters? I could careless for your pathetic masters, my presence in this world is of no concern to a demon that is about to die...'' he spoke, his voice altering into one a rough and deeper version, nothing a child of his appearance should have. But it seemed to freak the demon out even more as he took more steps back, stumbling as his fear began to take root.

''W-w-wait, why? Why would you want to kill me?! Aren't we brethren? Why would you want to kill us, why-'' he was interrupted as Natsu vanished in a burst of speed and appeared at his legs. Fire of the deepest crimson ran along his forearm before he swung it like a blade creating a crescent like blade o fire to shoot out from his arm.

''As I said, I don't need to explain myself to a demon that's about to die...'' he stated, as the crescent blade of fire cut through he demon's legs like butter before it continued destroying the altar and cleaving through the backside of the church. And in a burst of gore and cauterized flesh the demon's two giant legs were severed.

''AAAAGGHHH!'' it roared out in agony, but Natsu showed no mercy for the creature as it fell to the floor with only it's arms to catch itself from completely meeting the cold unforgiving ground. It's eyes were wide in fright as Natsu came toward it before desperation filled it's being before it channeled it's power and flung his hand toward the boy and shouted.

''Soul Extinction!'' it called out, making Natsu's eyes widen as the demon utilized one of Mirajane's most powerful attacks. But his surprise didn't last as he knew if he tried to dodge it than the Strauss siblings would be hit. He didn't even register I the town's people got hurt because all that mattered to him was the Strauss siblings safety. So he stood still eyes narrowing into the incoming attack, standing his ground even as the church trembled under the force of the attack's initial release. The giant purple beam of darkness came hurtling toward him with no small amount of force, but amidst it's shadow overcoming Natsu's own. The boys eyes flashed a darker shade of crimson before the beam hit him.

''HAHAHA! That was too easy!'' the demon shouted, the fear he once held began to ebb away at he witnessed his easy victory over a child that at one point terrified him. He mentally reasoned that he was just seeing things and left it that, after all his master's had said that entity died long ago.

''Kyaah!'' Lisanna let out a scream as the beam seemingly consumed Natsu's form, fear overtook the small girl's frame as she thought what last bit of hope they had died in that attack.

Only it wasn't...

''Wait...why hasn't it exploded yet? This church and the town should be a giant crater by now! What's going on?!'' the demon spat as he looked upon his attack hadn't exploded when it impacted with the boy. Instead was just staying in place as if it was being blocked by something. It was only then when it narrowed it's eyes into the attack he saw the boy's small frame still within the dark magical beam. And as he saw the attack become smaller and smaller, that fear returned in full force as he saw what the boy was doing to his attack.

'I-is he...absorbing my attack?!'

Indeed it looked that way as the boy's body absorbed his attack, pulling in it's dark energies into his body until all that remained was the boy himself. The only sigh of the attack that had been there was the path of destruction it left in it's wake. Looking toward the boy, the demon's eyes dilated in terror as he saw a purplish glow outline his body just before the boy's eyes met him again.

Soulless orbs of the purest crimson pierced his very soul and rooted his body on the spot.

''By Zeref...it really is you, isn't it?'' the demon muttered as Natsu walked toward him with no halt in his stride, the darkness around him began to morph and follow at Natsu's will. It seethed and took the form of a giant mass of never ending darkness that consumed all light and creation in his path as he walked toward the demon with no amount of fear in his eyes. Only a cold fury smoldering beneath his eyes, brimming with hatred and a power that threatened to tear apart his very soul.

''It is isn't! Haha...hahaha...HAHAHAHA!'' the demon broke into a fit of insane laughter as Natsu strode up to it and when he was witch grasp of him his hand lashed out gripped onto his neck. His fingers digging into his throat easily before he effortlessly lifted the legless demon off the floor, his red slitted eyes staring deep into the demons own, there was no glare, no murderous gaze only a soulless stare that promised nothing, but untold suffering.

''I have nothing to say to a dead demon...'' was all Natsu said before his nails changed into claws piercing the demons jugular and cutting him off from speaking. The demon clawed as his hand to try and free himself, but Natsu didn't any flinch from it's feeble attempts as reached with his other hand and placed it on the demon's skull.

''Now suffer...Anguish!'' he proclaimed his attack and in a halt of movement the darkness froze before shot toward the demon, by passing Natsu as the demon swirled around the demon. And as it began to engulf him, a multitude of razor sharp mouths and glowing red eyes formed in the darkness. Upon seeing this the demons eyes widened in fright, but could only let out a strangled gurgle cry of mercy.

Natsu would have none of that and he watched as the one who dared to hurt his friends, who dared to lay a hand on Mirajane called for nothing, but a slow torturous death. Die an agonizing death as the darkness engulfed it;s being and slowly tore him apart, piece by piece, ripping away at his flesh and bone, gorging on it's organs as the darkness consumed it's soul and dragged it into the never ending abyss. This was a mercy compared to what he wished to do, but he needed to get the Strauss siblings out of here.

Finally he let go what remained of the demon, the darkness wilted away revealing nothing, but dust and a giant blood splatter on the ground. However his eyes caught a giant thick book of where the demon once was an he kneeled down to look at it. Looking at the title o the book he narrowed his eyes as he read.

'Doomguard...hmph' letting out a small growl he snapped his fingers creating a spark which soon ignited the book in a azure flame. It's heat burning away at one of the millions of other books of Zeref and as it burned Natsu turned his back on it as he walked toward the Strauss siblings willing away his changed so he didn't scare Lisanna more than she already was. As he made it way to them he quickly knelt down and threw Elfman over his shoulder and picked up Mirajane in a bridal carry.

'They've lost a lot of blood, but I can still feel their heartbeat, but it's slowing...I need to hurry!'

''Hurry, we need to leave. We can still save your siblings, now come Lisanna.'' he said making the youngest of the three siblings snap at attention. Seemingly surprised to see him there all of sudden surprised her, but she could only scramble to her feet as Natsu walked toward the church door's with a stuttered. ''H-hai!''

As they reached the door's Natsu lashed out and kicked them open causing the crowd outside the scream out in shock, but he paid no heed as he yelled.

''Oi! Get me a doctor now! They need help!'' he yelled causing the crowd to stand there for a second in bewilderment before a doctor pushed his way through.

''I'm a doctor, hurry follow me!'' said a older man and Natsu quickly followed after him with Lisanna in tow. A heavy downpour settled upon the village, soaking Natsu to the bone, but as he carried Elfman and Mirajane to the doctor he never noticed the slight opening of Mirajane's dull blue eyes. The rain pelted at her skin, but through her blurry vision and the sound of muffled shouts and the scent of iron she could make out being carried in the arms of someone. Opening her eyes just a tad more, though it proved to be immensely taxing for her she made out the appearance of a boy that was could only be a bit older than her.

'W-w-who...are you?'

But exhaustion overcame her and darkness overcame her once more...

In the local hospital the doctor was quickly stitching up their wounds and hooking them up to the machines, but Natsu watched in alarm as the doctors rushed in and out of Mirajane's room. He had Lisanna sit in the lobby as he took her two siblings in the back. As he watched the proceedings he leaned his face into the palm of his hands and let out a shuddering sigh.

'Everything's gone out of control...will it be like this everywhere I go?'

''What?! I thought we just got a new shipment in today, are you telling me there wasn't a single packet of what we need?!'' suddenly he heard the doctor shout and he stood up and ran into Mirajane's room. Pushing aside the nurses and others that tried to stop him as he rushed in he heard the faintest of what they were discussing.

''I-I'm sorry sir, but we've done a thorough check and we have found any.'' the intern said causing the doctor to curse before he noticed Natsu standing in the room. ''Oi, what are you doing in here kid? Didn't I tell you to wait outside?'' he said, but Natsu only looked from Mirajane's form and to the doctor.

''What's wrong? What are you lacking?'' he asked causing the old man rub his forehead.

''….Blood...we lack the specific blood for Mirajane. She's lost too much and if we don't find some for her soon she'll die of blood loss.'' he said with a blunt manner, but you could see the pain on his face and the frustration within him at helpless he felt at the moment. But upon hearing this Natsu eyes widened in alarm before he looked to Mirajane, than to her heart monitor which was slowly growing less faint as the seconds rolled by.

''Tell me what's her blood type?'' he asked his eyes still on Mirajane's form, and the doctor took a moment to stare at the 10 year old boy with a look of apprehension before finally speaking.

''She has a Rh factor of AB-, and we don't have that blood with us right now and her other sibling is too young to undergo a transfusion.''

It didn't take a moment for Natsu as he turned to the doctor with a determined look. ''Than give her mine, my blood is also AB-.'' he said, which was true since the multiple times he was treated by Wendy she always mentioned his unique blood type. The doctor would have said no, but when he saw the boy's eyes he knew he couldn't refute the boy in anyway. Letting out a sigh he nodded and led him to another bed in Mirajane's room.

''Very well.''

''Mmnnngh...'' a small groan escaped the lips of one 8 year old Mirajane Strauss, her blue eyes twitched before creaking open revealing her dazzling blue eyes to the world. The bright rays of the morning sun welcomed her in it's warmth thus allowing her to see the world she woke too. Her vision was cloudy and the scent of medicine filled her nose and the scenery of white was all she could see.

As her vision cleared she could find herself laying in a bed with a white blanket over her, the beeping sound of hospital machines rang true and for a moment she just laid there. Her blue eyes looked up at the ceiling in a dull fashion.

'I-I'm in the hospital? But why? What happened last night?' the memory escaped her, but when she went or reach for her face instead of feeling her normally smooth hand she felt a hard and distinct scale-like structure and she yanked her hand away to see what had happened. And what she saw made her eyes widen in shock and fright as she was what had once been her normal human hand, was now a giant clawed arm that reached to her elbow.

''W-what is this?!'' she let out a surprised shout of fright. Her slight jump made her feel a sudden weight her right side and she looked only to her surprise she saw none other than a boy. A boy that was asleep at the head of her hospital bed with his head on the mattress and arms crossed. His long pink spiky hair was all she could see from besides his slightly tanned complexion, but she only stared at him in surprise before he began to awake.

'W-who is this guy?'

''Ugh...'' the boy at her bed let out a tired yawn before he sat up allowing the young girl to see the face of one Natsu Dragneel who opened his eyes only for them to meet hers. For a moment the two sat in silence, azure meeting onyx as a wide range of emotions flew through the boy's eyes. But above all what she saw was an immense amount of relief.

''Are you okay Mirajane?'' Natsu broke the silence between the two and the young girl blinked a few times as she adjusted to her surroundings.

''Y-yes I'm fine...'' she asked and her words though caused Natsu to give a relieve smile in return. For a moment Mirajane just stared at him before finally speaking, ''Um...who are you? How do you know my name?''

Natsu at this blinked before shrugging, ''My name is Natsu, and I learned you name from some of the villagers. I'm just a traveling kid is all.'' he said, not seeing any real point in not telling her his last name. He gave Erza his first name, but his last will remain a secret until such a time he felt it was needed to be known. Unless of course, Erza doesn't try to ring it out of him first.

''Oh...'' the white haired girl replied as she glanced at the boy every now and then to which he took in stride before he spoke. ''Well, do you remember what happened last night?'' he said glancing down at her changed arm and she blinked again before she looked back down at her arm.

Then it came rushing back to her...

''Y-yeah the village was being tormented by a demon that had taken residence in the abandoned church, and having felt that I got a good grasp control on my magic. I went to try and take over the demon with my magic, but the demon's power proved to be far too great for me. During the encounter I remember my...my siblings having come in, and when the demon went to attack them I just remembered jumping in the way...'

Suddenly her eyes widened in alarm and she sat up only let out a brief yell of pain as jolts of pain coursed through her body. ''M-my siblings, are they okay? Are they safe?'' she let out only for a warm hand to gently push her back down causing her to look at Natsu who was still smiling at her. The warmth of his hand proved to be almost unnatural as it spread throughout her chilled body and made her feel at ease from the contact.

''Don't worry, they're safe and sound. Your brother suffered some minor injuries but he's gonna live and your sister is fine. So don't worry and rest, you deserve it.'' he said, his words were soothing to the Eldest Strauss as she fell deeper into her bed as her eyes stared long into his black ones. Han she looked at her arm with a frown causing Natsu to mimic her expression as a sign of worry.

''And what about...this?'' she felt almost disgusted with how her arm was, a result of her lack of control over her Take Over magic had left her arm the way it was and she wasn't sure how to return it back to normal. But she felt the boy's hand hand on that arm and that same amount of warmth seemed to double in intensity as he let out a hum of thought.

''This can easily be fixed, just close your eyes and imagine your normal arm back in it's place, it will return to you.'' he said, taking note of what his Mirajane that he grew up with told him about Take Over Magic. And the Mirajane before him seemed to take in his words and did as told, slowly but surely her arm began to return to normal and when it fully turned back and she opened her eyes to see the result of it she looked back at him win amazement.

''How did you...?'' she asked only chuckle from the boy.

''Let's just say I know a thing or two about magic.'' he said with cheeky grin that for some reason made her laugh at, but it wasn't one of mocking, but a genuine laugh which made him all the happy to see after what she just went through.

''Why do we still have her here, Doctor? Did you not see what her hand had become? It was just like that demons! She's a monster as well!'' a nurse whispered behind Mira's door as they neared her door. The young girl flinched at the words, but the boy's hand landed on her head ruffling her long white hair, filling her body once against in a protective warmth. Blinking she looked at the boy she was sporting a small grin.

''Don't worry, they are just ignorant, blind to how truly amazing your power is. Your no monster, and don't think for a moment you're possessed. You just wield an incredibly unique power that only you can wield to it's greatest capacity.'' he stated the truth of the matter and she seemed to take his words to heart as an embarrassed blush colored her cheeks.

''….Why do you think that?'' she asked in a timid manner, it was the first time she ever had a boy talk her like this and it felt refreshing in a way to have someone around her age that supported her for once.

Seeing her state of unease Natsu sighed, ''Because I see it in you, I see lots of potential in you and your resolve to try and take over a demon was nothing short of spectacular. I know without a doubt you'll go far, but you'll go even further if you and your siblings left this place to join a mage guild.'' he said causing her to look at him with surprise before she looked down at her hands.

To be honest she had thought about it, her parents died when she was young and had taken it upon herself to raise her two younger siblings on her own. Although she didn't show it, she was so very tired both mentally and physically exhausted and coupled with the fact her awakening her magical power she felt she had reached the limit of what she could handle. There was only so much withstand before reaching her limit and right now she felt like she hit that limit.

''But where could I even go? Who would take us in?'' she asked, desperate for an answer as her mind just drew a blank and at this Natsu smiled before he reluctantly removed his hand from her causing the warmth she felt from him fade. Inwardly she felt a bit disappointed at that as he dug into his pocket and pulled out a small piece of paper. Handing it to her he replied, ''I know of only one guild that would welcome any and everyone no matter what their past was like. They'll treat you and your siblings like family and the guild master will help you in anyway he can.'' he said as Mira hesitantly took the parchment from his hand and slowly unfolded it to see what it held.

And she saw a drawing of a insignia of a white fairy shaped design with a little scribble below.

''...F-Fairy Tail?'' she questioned, looking up at him with a quizzical expression, but the boy merely gave a nod as he stretched, popping the kinks out of his body.

''Yup! There stationed in magnolia Town which is about a 3 days ride by train and if you took a station wagon from here you would reach the nearest train station in about half a day.''

Upon hearing that Mirajane looked back at the small insignia and let her small fingers run over it before a troubled expression appeared on her face. ''….Are you sure they'll take me in? Besides I don't think I can pay for all that.'' she said only making Natsu chuckle before turned around and went digging into a bag on the floor at her bedside. Soon enough he pulled out a small slip of paper to which he folded and placed in her palm before closed her hand with his own. Looking up at her he gave a grin revealing his pearly whites and sharp canines before speaking.

''If you are truly willing to go, then go to the station manager in the village and said I sent you, he'll give you and your siblings a free pass out to the nearest train station. Exchange this for the jewels and you'll have plenty to pick you up on your feet.'' he said making her blink in confusion and when she tried to open her hand she felt someone flick her nose.

''Ow~'' she let out a small cry as tears threatened to leak out from her eyes, looking at him with a soft heated glare he merely laughed at her expression before he ruffled her hair with his trademark cheeky grin.

''Nuh uh! Don't open that until you're out of the village. Now I need to go and deal with a few things around the village.'' he said as he let go of Mira and turned around and headed for the door. But just as he grasped the doorknob Mirajane's voice halted him.

''Wait! I need to know...why...why are you being so nice to me? A complete stranger? I don't even know you and yet you're helping me so much...Why help me?'' she asked the question that pegged at her the most. Of all the things that made her curious about the boy, it was this one thin that stood above the rest, why did he go out of his and help her out so much? They didn't know each other that long nor did have any obligation to help her, as far as she was concerned that is, why did a complete stranger help her?

The answer she got was not what she was expecting...

Natsu lowered his head for a moment, the bangs of his hair shadowed his eyes, but the grip on the door tightened before he finally gave her an answer.

''Because...I don't want you to suffer anymore, you never had anyone to rely on, but yourself. You have to support yourself and your siblings alone and now that this has happened it will only make it more difficult for you. It will kill me to watch you suffer any longer...that's why I'm helping you; you shouldn't have to shoulder the burden alone.'' he spoke to which made her eyes widen more and more before he looked at her with a solemn expression. His onyx eyes for a moment, just a moment showing an amount of pain that it made her flinch from the amount he held within him.

''Anyway, I'll see you around, I need to go finish up a few things around the village. Take care of yourself, Mirajane Strauss.'' and with that said he opened the door and as he did he smiled as two white blurs shot passed him and jumped into Mirajane's bed with a cry.

''NEE-CHAN!''

''Woah! Elfman, Lisanna it's okay calm down...I'm okay I'm okay...'' the eldest Strauss began to soothe her crying siblings, but for a moment she glanced at Natsu who could only smile at the scene before she mouthed something to him which he returned with a nod.

'Thank you...'

Walking out of the door, Natsu's expression melted away revealing only a cold expression before his eyes slowly glanced to his right where he saw the doctor and a couple of nurses. All of which were staring at him as if he were poisonous by being in contact with Mirajane. To see their stares for some reason really ticked Natsu off.

'Human ignorance can go so far...'

'But my patience can only take so much...'

''What the fuck are you staring at?'' was the snarky remark Natsu gave them before he began to walk off, but before he left he turned his head and gave them a side glare which for some reason froze them.

''Also, if I hear any of you causing trouble for Mirajane or her siblings...I won't hesitate to burn your village to the ground.'' his voice turned cold as his eyes coal black eyes stared them down and for a moment, just a single moment those full grown adults felt as I they were being stared down by the 10 year old boy who for some reason felt a whole lot damn taller.

''O-of course!'' the doctor stuttered, replying for his petrified colleagues and Natsu merely stared him for a good long agonizing minute before scowling then he walked off leaving behind a terrified bunch of doctors and nurses behind him. You could scorn him, because all he would do is shrug it off, deal with it and throw it back in your face two-fold, but so much as insult or endanger his friends? Then he wouldn't hesitate to bring down the full wrath of hell upon you.

''Good...''

Natsu had to sigh, it had been a long 3 days since he arrived in Demon Village, 3 days since he found Mirajane and her siblings and 3 days since he saved them from the demon at the Church. Since than he'd taken to making sure the Strauss siblings were save and sound after the whole ordeal, of course rumors had spread about what became of Mirajane and what happened to her arm. So he had to personally quell their rage at times whey they gathered around her home, you may be wondering how he would do that.

Well he just beat the mob of ignorant adults into a bloody pulp and sent them on their merry way with a good ass kicking.

Of course there were consequences for doing that, but he didn't seem to care in the slightest, all he cared about was their safety. The villagers life's on the other hand mattered little to him especially if they were trying to start something with Mirajane. Although he was confused as to why Mirajane always stared him with such a deep blush that he figured for a moment she was sick or something.

'...I swear sometimes you can be the most dense person on the face of this planet.' his inner persona mocked him causing Natsu to give out a snarl.

'And what the hell is that supposed to mean, ya bastard?' he spat back, but the voice merely let out a chuckle before going silent. Giving a mental curse he let out a sigh as he got ready to leave Demon Village with the trade/merchant train in tow. The severe blizzard ahead had lessened to allow free passage so the guys were taking this chance to go and so he to get ready to go.

''Are we all ready to go?!'' the old man shouted getting a chorus of "Yes sir!"

Seeing this Natsu released a sigh, he hadn't said goodbye to Mirajane and the others since he felt that he shouldn't. She still hadn't left yet, but he hadn't told her he was leaving and he preferred to keep it that way. It was best he didn't involve himself with her any more than he needed to.

But fate seemed to have other idea's...

The only warning Natsu had was the quickly incoming scent of vanilla before he felt someone collide with him.

''Woah!'' his eyes flew wide as Mirajane Strauss clad in her black coat from before wrapped her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist. It was only then Natsu realized who it was as a pair of familiar azure blue eyes stared back at into his black eyes. Her extra weight didn't seem to bother him, but the closeness between him and her did.

''Uh...Mira?'' he called out before she leaned her forehead against his.

''Why didn't you tell me you were leaving, hm?'' she asked her voice was just a bit too overly sweet for him and if he had been the man he once was he would have shrinked in fear, but as of now he just didn't find Mira to be as scary as he used to. If anything he found her to be more adorable than anything remotely terrifying.

''….I forgot?'' he lied and she knew it too, but she surprised him when instead of questioning him she merely smiled and let go of him, but still had her arms around his neck. Be forced to look down at her since he was a good few inches taller than her, he was made to see her blue eyes-Had they always been that beautiful?-and for a moment the two stayed that way until Mira finally spoke.

''...Alright, but I just wanted to let you know we were leaving as well.'' she said pointing at her suitcase of what belongings she wanted to take and beyond that she could see Elfman and Lisanna catching up. But to know she had taken up on the offer he gave made a great sense of relief overcome him to which Mirajane sensed and her smile grew.

''Ah that's good, I promise you'll love it at Fairy Tail.'' the boy said making the girls smile to truly be one of benevolence.

''I'll take your word for it, but before you leave I...I want to leave something for you to remember me by. She hesitated and from the way her cheeks began to darken made him wonder what she had in mind. ''Oh? What would that be?'' he said curious, but cautious of what it could be.

He was not expecting what happened next...

In a blur of movement, Mira leaned forward pulling him down their faces were inches from one another before her lips met his cheek.

Cap-chu~

Onyx eyes widened in sheer raw disbelief as Mira gave him a long kiss on his cheek before pulling away revealing her whole face to be dark crimson. But she gave a wink at before turning away. ''Remember that, Natsu-kun you're gonna have to take responsibility now, ya know.'' she said in a happy tune.

''Wha-wha-wha-wha-wha-wha!'' the pinkette stuttered in shock, his cheeks went aflame with a healthy shade of pink at what Mirajane just did.

Because she was turned around he missed her sly smirk and the way her eyes seemed to glow with a dark azure light before it dissipated.

''Off we go then!'' the carriage driver departed pulling a shocked Natsu with him. He could only stare at Mira who turned around to give him a wave with a megawatt smile on her face.

'W-w-what just happened...'

'That, my very dense oblivious friend, is called flirting. Seems I was right about those feelings you harbored for the demon girl, quite fitting really.'

At this point Natsu couldn't even say a word of rebuttal towards the voice as he was carried away, onwards to his next location as he stared at Mirajane's form. There was only one thing running through his mind at this point as she disappeared as they rounded the mountainside.

'What...the hell have I gotten myself into?!'

And due to his state of shock Natsu was unaware of the floating crystal ball that was watching him from across the mountain range

Done!

(Dies on desk soul completely leaving my body)

Hope you liked it because I felt a bit...not too sure with this one, I wanted to give a more backdrop and development for Natsu's character. Not sure if I did it well or not tell me in a review if you would be so kind.

Soooo What was the memory Natsu saw?

What was a book of Zeref doing out there?

What's with Mirajane's eyes?

God knows I'm just the fucking author!

Reviews and criticism's are much appreciated, but flames will be ignored.