A/N: I make no excuses for my extreme lateness other than I work all week and I had a phone problem (all my data got erased somehow so I had to start over). As I'm sure you all have noticed, this story's name and summary has changed, since I realized that my plot for this story had nothing to do with the title. This Fic's pairing has also changed, sorry PURE NaZa lovers but I'm not like that. Besides, IMMA REACH 100 CHAPTERS ONE DAY! ... Okay that'll probably not happen, but I'm making it my goal to reach 50+ chapters! Here's the story...

Chapter 10: Ancient Folklore

-Somewhere-

BLACK.

DARKNESS.

"Do not force me to say it again! Hand us that child!" A manly voice spoke.

"No! I refuse to give my own flesh and blood to you people!" This time a woman, whom was quivering in fear.

"Mom! What's going on?" A young frightened voice asked.

" Stay back -!" The name could not be heard. "Go! Get away from here!"

"GIVE IT TO US! THAT CHILD IS A - TO THIS WORLD! MOVE OR WE'LL BE FORCED TO KILL YOU FOR SIDING WITH ITS KIND! WE CANNOT ALLOW THAT THING TO LIVE!" The sound of a blade being unsheathed could be heard.

"Mom!"

"I'M NOT GOING TO TELL YOU AGAIN! RU- guh..." Liquid splattering onto the floor.

"MOM, NO!" Cried the child.

A thud.

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Silence.

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"Now come with us quickly and quietly. We must start the ceremony to properly dispose of you."

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An evil feeling in the air. The bloodlust. The intense desire to kill.

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A powerful yell similar to that of a giant beast. Followed by intense screams of pain and horror.

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The howls of burning winds.

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Total Chaos.

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"Nat-"

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"-stu."

Who's calling?

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"NATSU!" It was Erza!

-In Porylusica's Home-

"NATSU! WAKE UP!" Erza yelled worriedly while she shook him.

"Natsu..." She said happily as he began to open his eyes.

"E-Erza? W-where am I, what happened? Ohh my head." He groaned as he held his head in pain. His vision was quite groggy so for the moment all he could see are blurs.

"You're in Porylusica's home. After you defeated Jose you fell unconscious so we brought you back here so you could recover." Makarov spoke as he entered the place.

"Oh so that's why I'm here. Let me guess, it's been like 3 days right?" Natsu asked.

The master's eyes slightly widened in surprise. "Actually it's been about 4 days, but how'd you guess?

"It's happened before, everytime I use that power I end up getting knocked out. Since it uses up all the magic I have to offer."

"Speaking of which, you've got some explaining to do. Where did you get that kind of power? I thought you said you were only a fire dragon slayer."

"Hehe, well I'm not gonna lie to you: I was given my lightning by a lightning Dragonslayer." Natsu informed them.

"A lightning Dragonslayer?! That would make sense."

"Yea, we were once fighting the master of a dark guild, we were nowhere near his level of power so he lent me his magic and I was able to fuse both elements."

"A dark guild? When did that ever happened? The only dark guild we've fought entirely against was Eisenwald." Erza asked.

"Well, it was way before I joined." Natsu wasn't lying to them, but he wasn't telling the entire truth to them either.

He couldn't just say it happened in the future, he didn't want to risk any more changes that could cause unwanted deaths. Natsu never wants that to happen again, he promised himself that he would never let anybody he cared about die. If someone was gonna die, it'd be through age, that would be a life well-lived. Besides, he wanted to make sure that he could again meet some friends he hasn't met yet...

"Well in any case, I'm glad you're alright now. You gave us all a scare." Erza spoke softly.

"Sorry about that, I didn't mean to frighten you all." Natsu apologized while scratching the back of his head in an embarrassed manner. "I think I've been here long enough." He got up from the bed he was resting on and stood up.

As soon as he stood up his mind remembered a scene of halved bodies littering the ground. He quivered and fell to the floor as he held his head in pain.

"Natsu!" Erza quickly ran to his side and helped him stand up.

"Are you alright my boy?" The master asked worriedly.

"Yea, I'm fine, but my head really hurts."

"Perhaps you should rest more until you feel better."

"Yea, I got it."

As soon as Makarov left the place, Natsu quickly fell asleep much to Erza's disappointment.

Before she tried to wake him up from whatever dream he was having earlier, Erza could hear him whisper in his sleep: "Mom, Mom."

Erza was confused, according to Natsu, he didn't have a mother, not that he knows of anyways. Was there something he wasn't telling her?

Casting aside her thoughts for later, she looked back at the sleeping Natsu. Erza thought that he looked so cute while asleep, she couldn't help but give off a lovingly smile. Natsu, he meant everything to her, the first immense joy she's ever felt, since THAT day, was from him...

-Fairytail guild-

Everyone was now chatting amongst themselves while they were on break. The master had decided to rebuild the guild, bigger and better than before since the Guild was destroyed during the guild war. Currently, the have about two days left of building to go.

With a loud bang, Natsu kicked open the newly made doors.

"I'm Back!" He roared at the top of his lungs while Erza shook her head in amusement.

"NATSU'S BACK!" A random group of members yelled.

"Whoa what's going on?"Natsu asked surprised when he was surrounded by almost everyone.

"Natsu are you ok?" A girl he didn't know really well asked.

"We can't believe you took down Jose!" Macao and Wakaba commented.

"We knew you were crazy strong, but we didn't think you were THAT strong!"

"Okay okay stop praising me or it'll go to my head." Natsu was laughing.

After the whole commotion settled down Natsu decided to sit down with the rest of his team. Even though he had been resting for five days, his body was really sore and he had no idea why.

"Natsuuu! I knew you were so cooool!" Happy shouted.

"Hehe thanks little buddy."

"Aye!"

GRUMBLE.

Natsu's stomach rumbled.

"Hahahahaha!" Those that heard it uproared in laughter as Natsu was scratching his head in embarrassment.

"Oops looks like I'm really hungry. Makes sense since I've been out for several days." He said smiling."Hey Lisanna can I get the usual please!"

"Of course!" The short-silver-haired mage said with a slight blush. Things have been going on like normal without Lisanna's disappearance, and Natsu couldn't be any happier. He didn't want Elfman and Mirajane to go through that pain again. Speaking of which...

The guild hall's doors slowly opened as a shiver went up everybody's spine. In came Fairy Tail's Demon.

(A/N: I've made a mistake yet again: In chapter 8 I stated that Mira took care of Erza, forget I ever said that. Pretend Laki was the one who did)

"Where's Natsu?" She asked. Even though Natsu clearly overpowered Mira, she was still a scary person. Natsu would never admit it because of his hidden relationship with Erza, but even in her old demon ways, Mirajane was still incredibly beautiful.

"E-eh, I'm right here." He said shakily.

The demon gave him devious smirk. "Do you mind coming with me? I have something important news to tell you."

"Uh, yeah sure I guess."

Erza made a face of pure jealousy and rage as the two left. Oh how badly she wanted to knock Mirajane out into a coma for going ALONE with HER Natsu.

"Erza are you alright?" Lucy cautiously asked her, wary of any attacks the Scarlet Knight might unleash at her.

Completely caught by surprise, Erza turned to her. "N-n-no! Nothing's wrong Lucy! Hehehehe! Uh I gotta go!" She quickly walked out of the guild leaving a confused Lucy behind.

'What was that about?'

-Deep in the forest of Magnolia-

"So what did you need me for Mira?" Natsu posed the question that he has been wondering for some time now.

Mira faced him and looked into his eyes retaining their calmness but had a hint of nervousness.

"Well, I need to tell you something that has been on my mind since we were kids." She fidgeted.

"Oh, well alright, I'm listening." He told her, curious about what she wanted to say.

Mira took a deep breath and just blurted it out. "I like you."

"I like you too Mira." He said with a smile.

"No I mean I really like like you...you know, I mean I want to know how it would be like to be your girlfriend." Now she was blushing a scarlet blush.

"Oh. I really like you too Mira, but there's just one small problem." He said holding his index finger, pointing up.

"And what would that be?"

"Well you see-" He began.

"He already has a girlfriend." Erza said appearing between trees.

"E-Erza?!" Natsu was caught off guard.

"What do you mean he has one...Wait! Don't tell me YOU'RE his girlfriend! Since when and why haven't we known about it?!" Mira demanded answers.

"We've been together for about a week. As for your other question, we prefer it this way."

Both Natsu and Erza stared at Mira whom was now gazing at the ground. She seemed to be thinking something over until she smirked and a mischievous glint came to her eyes.

"Hey Natsu let me ask you a question." Said person nodded. "Has the Tincan taken you to her bed yet?"

Erza made a furious blush as she knew what she implied, Natsu however...gained a confused look. "No?"

"That's good. Then I propose a challenge."

"Mira, don't yo-" Erza was cut off.

"I challenge Erza over Natsu. Whoever's the better girlfriend for Natsu by the end of the week, wins."

"Y-you can't be serious! No! I Refuse to take that challenge!" Erza yelled.

"What's wrong? Are you saying you're afraid of losing him to me?" The demon provoked her.

"F-f-fine!" Ghe knight yelled.

Erza kept muttering things about how stupid she was for falling for the provocation, Mira smirking happily all the while. Natsu just looked back and forth between them and sighed. What did he do to get into this?

-Back to the guild-

After the whole challenge had been issued, the three came back to the guild never letting go of Natsu. They were given suspicious looks by the guild but left it alone. They now sat at a table along with the rest of Team Natsu.

"Hey, you guys want to learn about something awesome!" Levy said as she suddenly dashed to the table with a large book.

Seeing a small nod from all of them, Levy dropped the book on the table and sat down. "Ok seeing as how Natsu's a Dragonslayer I thought he'd be interested in this." She flipped to a certain page.

"Ok... There was a legend of a mythical dragon long ago.." All their eyes widened. "It was the most devastating and monstrous Dragon the world possibly has ever seen. It appeared out of nowhere and destroyed cities and killed thousands as well as ate them." Now facing up towards them she asked a question. "Do you guys know about Acnologia?" They nodded but Natsu had a serious look. "While they say that Acnologia's power was enough to destroy entire countries, it was said that THIS dragon, by far, outmatched him."

"What?! Seriously?!" Lucy asked shocked.

"It's only been rumored, I mean this Dragon apparently existed 400 years ago, while Acnologia appeared 300 years ago." Levy explained.

"Wait, if Dragons live a long time, then wouldn't they have eventually met?" Gray asked her.

"According to the book, no. This Dragon was around for about a month, before it mysteriously disappeared." They all made a noise in amazement. Natsu just stared seriously. Something about this story irked him to no end.

"But that's not what makes it a legend. It has been witnessed that this particular Dragon uses IT." Levy told them with surprise in her own voice. She had read this already, yes, but she still couldn't get over this one fact.

"It?" Erza asked.

"Yea...the ONE Magic." She said looking down at the book. "Thus earning the naming the One Dragon."

Everyone gasped as they let this new information sink in. Natsu, with wide eyes, felt a pang in his chest. Something was off...

Levy stood up and gave them a smile. "I gotta go, but wasn't that interesting? I'll see you guys later, ok?" She left. The group was left in silence.

"...Well that was a hell of a history lesson." Gray said breaking the silence.

"I just hope it doesn't somehow show up!" Lucy said slightly freaking out.

Natsu had his gaze to the table. Eyes in all seriousness.

'The One...Dragon...'

A/N: If you read this, REVIEW IT. I promise I'll be faster.