A/N: So, A lot of stuff happened in a very short amount of time, My relatives decided they would surprise me with a visit and guess who they brought with them *DUN DUN DUN* My apparent Fiancée, yeah, that's right I am getting married so that's why last week's chapters weren't released, hopefully I will get this week's out on time though! Hope you all enjoy this chapter!
Following what became known as The Ragnarok Incident, Natsu continued his work for the council of eliminating rogues, as his father had predicted Ragnarok fell off the radar, the rogues that popped up over the period following were few and far between. However Ragnarok was not content with simply disappearing he would leave reminder's a simple symbol the first letter of his name, he would carve it where Natsu would see it often, almost like a challenge, Natsu relished the idea of destroying the man or people behind that name with every passing reminder. In the year 2014, an event that had not happened in almost 1500 years occurred, Natsu father called Natsu back to the estate to assign him a mission, the last time this had happened Natsu had earned his name by destroying The Berserkers.
"What do you mean, 'Protect a human!?'" Natsu demanded as he glared at his father over his desk.
"You are going to be protecting this Human," Natsu father responded flatly, silencing Natsu's attempted protest with a fierce glare "We don't know why, but the last seven rogues have all been killed in an extremely close proximity to this specific one, we discovered the nest in which these seven used together, it contained a few pictures of the target as well as her day-to-day as well. It is easy to notice they were following her for a reason."
"Any idiot in the Defense branch can handle guard duty on a Human, let me go after this Ragnarok." Natsu argued leaning his hands on the desk.
Natsu father smirked "I had a feeling you would say that," He tossed a small envelope to Natsu's hand "These are all the photos taken of the nest, I am sure you will notice as well."
Natsu peered at his father skeptically before opening the piece of paper, as he shifted through the picture's his mouth slowly upturned into a wicked smile "When do I start?"
"Immediately," His father answered "And Natsu, I am telling you this as your father, not the king, Be careful with this Ragnarok, he won't be as easy as you think he is to take down."
Natsu stared at his father for a long moment before nodding "When have I ever failed?"
"There is a first time for everything." Natsu father said seriously and Natsu's lost the jokey tone in his voice and nodded.
"Now go, It seems the latest rogue was a dream walker by the name of Freddy, it is likely to be the same target as the other's." Natsu father informed.
Natsu left the room with a quick nod, opening a file which contained the details of the tar-Human he was supposed to protect, reading through it as he ran out of the estate.
'Below average grades, bad in athletics, apparently no dreams for the future, what possible reason could Ragnarok have for targeting this one?' Natsu thought confusedly as he read and re-read the profile looking for anything that stood out, he shook his head when he found nothing 'Maybe he is just getting bloodthirsty and impatient.'
"What you mean, Failed?!" A dark voice hissed.
"It is as I said, Lord Ragnarok, the original seven you sent after the Unlocked have been eliminated by the Defense Branch of the supernatural council." A black-robed humanoids voice quivered and he kept his head to the ground.
"My plan's have been delayed long enough thanks to that bastard Adolph, I have confidence in the newest agent I have sent," A pair of crimson eyes glowed in the darkness "Have you anything else to report?"
The black-robed figure gulped fearfully "It seems, the leader of the Supernatural council has caught wind of your involvement."
A flash of the pearly white teeth of the man in the dark was all anyone else could make out "Excellent, it appears the old kings eyes have not dulled all these years sitting on that throne of his. So who have they sent?"
"The king's son, The black Prince, will be protecting the Unlocked, my lord."
"Good," He hissed in response "Now, go get me someone to drink, my audience with the council is coming up soon, I'd hate to be undernourished."
"Of course, My lord." The robed man bowed deeply before scurrying out of the room.
"Your move, little Natsu." Ragnarok hissed into the nothing of the black room he occupied.
Three resounding thuds, roused our Human point of interest from her sleep, she raised her head wearily "What is it?" She managed to get out clearly.
"You are going to be late for school if you don't get up." The girl's mother called.
"I am going to stay home today, I am not feeling so well." The girl called back.
"Well, alright then, you make sure to get plenty of rest, I am heading out for work I will see you later." Her mother called in.
"Okay." The girl responded wearily, rolling over and falling back to sleep. Her reason for skipping school were not laziness or even illness, the last few days she had had an odd feeling like she was being followed, but she could never find anyone when she turned around, it worried her.
"Miss, everyone gets tired around exam time, but sleeping in a diner isn't okay, study and order something or go home." A slightly rounded waitress prodded.
'Wasn't I at home?' The girl thought hazily, looking at the mess of paper in front of her, she rubbed her eyes and frowned "Um, a cup of coffee please." When no response came she looked to where the waitress was standing a second ago, only to find nothing, she looked around, nobody was anywhere even the kitchen seemed empty, she stood up slowly and looked around, still nothing, the only sound was the buzzing of the fluorescent lights above her, she slowly made her way towards the kitchen as she entered the still empty room, her worry only increased, what could make everyone rush out and silently at that? She ran a hand through her hair, the lights flickered twice before winking out.
"Perfect." The girl whispered in annoyance.
A sudden movement caught her attention and she whirled around and stared at the dark at the end of the hallway, a loud pop rang out from the black, it sounded like someone was cracking their knuckles, she frowned "Hello?"
The black didn't answer, two small red orbs did come into view, The girl continued to back away from them, as they focused, she had never seen anyone with red eyes before.
"If you wish to live, I would stop moving backwards," The girl froze "Good, now do me a favor, stay very still."
The red orbs lowered slightly as if whoever was behind them had lowered before there was nothing but the sound of air rushing past her with enough force her hair whipped up and around her face, with a loud crash something was thrown into the stove a small distance from her, The girl crouched and slid against the wall and tried to follow whatever was darting around in the darkness as best she could, the light's suddenly blinked back to life causing the girl to cover her eyes while she waited for them to adjust.
"You should have picked a different dream," The red eyed boy growled as he lifted a black haired man from the ground by his neck, the black haired man let out a choked cough before an audible snap rang around the room and the black haired man fell to the ground, The boy turned his eyes on her, they slowly reverted back to onyx "Wake up!" He shouted at her.
With the start she sat up in her bed and looked placing a hand on her head and taking a deep breath and massaging her temples slowly, she looked at her clock, if she left now she could still get to school on time and she wanted to focus on something other than that dream.
Natsu growled as he dragged the body of the rogue dream walker down an alleyway "You sure are heavy for a dream walker." He complained as he pounded a door with his fist, when no response answered him he hit the door again, a little harder, he heard a crash like someone falling before footsteps.
The door burst open suddenly, a lab coated white haired man stared at him for a second before pulling his glasses on and rubbing sleep from his eyes "Natsu, been a long time since I have seen you in Japan, how are things?"
"Skip the pleasantries," Natsu cut off in annoyance "Help me with this."
"Oh, I see, you working…Well I mean when aren't you working," The slightly chipper and enthusiastic voice cut off, replaced by a darker angrier tone "Shut up and deal with the body."
"You always ruin my fun," The white haired man argued, seemingly with himself "Give it here and come in." The man said flatly, hoisting the body onto his shoulder and marching inside, Natsu pulled the door behind him and latched it.
"You don't need to uphold appearances around me," He said flatly, the man nodded and took a deep breath, pulling the glasses from his face as his left side began to darken, the left iris turned gold and he smirked "So the Black Prince is back in Japan, huh?" The white side spoke flatly "Hm, This interests me as well." The dark side growled.
(A/N: Yes, I know this is basically Zetsu from Naruto, But I like the idea of two personalities separately existing in the same body, so I am using it.")
"I am on a mission," Natsu responded flatly "This is the only body disposal I know of in this country."
"Well, this is the only one," The white said enthusiastically "It would seem you do not trust us." The dark side growled.
"After The Ragnarok Incident, I find it hard to trust anybody." Natsu replied flatly.
"You would do well to remember your debt to us, boy," The dark side growled "Now, now, That is part of our job." The white cooed "He should show a little more gratitude." The dark growled in response "Well, I'll admit he isn't the kindest being on the planet, but at least he is consistent." The white countered.
"All I can tell you is that I am here to protect a seemingly important human," Natsu answered with a slight bow of his head "I have not forgotten that you saved my life."
The white rubbed his chin in thought before hitting his plan with a fist "I see, you must mean The Unlocked!" He announced excitedly "Hm, She was quite interesting." The dark growled.
"An Unlocked? Here?" Natsu straighten slightly, that would explain Ragnarok's interest in her.
The white nodded "A few weeks ago, she came into the clinic…The Legal cover clinic that is…Not here, anyway she was-" Dark cut him off "The Nature of our patients problems does not concern him, we noticed it about her immediately." Dark growled, White nodded "Yes, Yes, Although it seems she knows it herself and is limiting herself as to not stand out."
"That would be a first, Einstein was the first Unlocked I had to babysit," Natsu growled as he remembered the crazy looking scientist, that was 10 years he wanted back, the man had been infuriating and was way too interested in Vampire physiology for Natsu's tastes "As far as I know Unlocked are unable to suppress their ability."
"Well, there are many theories, Unlocked are Humans who unlock their full potential after all, hence the name, but we can't really determine why it happens, in history there have only been around 12 an-" Dark cut off the rambling of white again "In short, there is too much we do not know." He growled.
Natsu nodded "I will leave the body in your care, I doubt it will be the last one."
"If you die I'll be sure to dissect you quickly!" He shouted with a wave.
Natsu shook his head as he walked back into the alleyway and looked around himself. 'An Unlocked huh? This just got a little bit interesting.' He smirked as he lowered himself slightly and launched into the air, landing atop the skyscraper overlooking the bustling city of Tokyo, lacing his finger's together he looked towards the house of the Human he would be protecting, she was just opening the gate in her uniform, he chuckled as she jogged towards the large high school complex 'Interesting indeed.' As he watched the red head slip past the gate of her school, he stood up and seemingly disappeared.
A/N: I know this chapter is kind of roundabout, I mean, I ship Naza so most people would have been able to guess who the girl is before the final sentence, but whatever, I hope you enjoyed this!