Summary: Natsu and Gray have been forced to complete a quick simple mission together. That is, until they are attacked, knocked unconscious and forced to be put on auction for slave owners and crazy scientists. Now they have to stick together for support and strength because if they dont, they may never see their Guild again.
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A/N: Before you come at me with pitchforks and torches, just to let you know I was sick to the point of not being able to move without puking (that was last week) and yesterday I was going to update but some of my friends suggested the zoo…so penguins, cows and elephants who had shit on their back…that is all.
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Warning: I am typing on Pages and there may be a lot of spelling and grammar errors. Cussing is also in this story!
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Natsu wasn't really sure if he should jump forward or stay behind and round house kick someone. Then again, Gray hadn't done anything besides straighten his posture just so he'd look bigger in front of their new 'owner'. So Natsu has decided that if Gray wasn't going to do anything, than he wouldn't do anything, because last time he tried to do so, Gray stopped him. So he was pretty sure Gray didn't want him to do anything just yet.
"Boys," their 'owner' spoke up, his eyes sparkling like a diamond. "Please fight in the future, right now is not the time to do such a silly thing." The man walks forward and Natsu bares his teeth and stands strong beside Gray.
"Where are we," Gray asks in a low threatening voice.
"Here?" The man looks around, "I can show you if thats what you would like."
"Bastard," Natsu growls out - because really, was this guy going to attack them, feed them, or work on them?
Their 'owner' ignores his comment and he walks out of once dark confinement. The man outstretches his arms and shouts into the long offset white hallway that was dress with no mirrors or windows. "We are in heaven my dear experiments!"
Natsu frowns and breaths in deep, "Experiments?" Gray nor Natsu had set foot out of their confident and Natsu wants it to stay that way, because they were going no where with this psychotic bastard.
"Yes," their 'owner' begins to twirl around in the hallway, letting his arms propel him faster as he spins in circles. "You boys will be fine experiments!" His twirling stops suddenly, making the tails of his white lab coat flick around his skin and bone like legs. "Research is in the making my dear experiments. Nothing can stop us now!"
"Nothing but us," Gray growls out, making Natsu turn his attention to his teammate.
Natsu nods at what Gray had said. "Ya," he steps in front of Gray, his hands balling into fists. "We're going nowhere with you, bastard."
The man laughs and cups his cheeks, "Oh Natsu-san!"
Natsu shares an unnerving glance with Gray.
"My dear experiment," the man steps forward and swings his hips, which become more and more pronounced with each step.
"Look asshole!" Natsu growls and feels his arms begin to shake from the anger sweltering up inside, "I'm no ones experiment!"
"Natsu-san," their 'owner' steps up to Natsu and places his hands around his face, "I bought your soul."
Natsu sneers in disgust and takes a step back, while doing so he raises his arm and slaps the mans hands away. "Fuck you," he states boldly. Natsu's pissed and no one can tell him that they've bought his soul.
"Natsu-san," the mans voice is low and has no hint of love or happiness it had before. "I will not tell you again." This time the man latches his hand onto Natsu's bicep and looks the Fire Mage in the eyes. "I bought you, you filthy bag of shit, so you're mine! Your past is mine, your mark is mine, so you're mine! Even your Devil Slaying friend is mine!" The man digs his fingers into Natsu's skin shaking with anger and frustration.
Natsu unintentionally swallows and feels a spark of fear light in his gut, because in those blue hellish eyes, there's something there - something that makes him want to grab everything and run.
"Bastard!" A voice snaps the fear away and Natsu watches as Gray delivers his fist onto the mans cheek. Their owner falls back, clenching the side of his face, and he looks up from the ground watching Gray step froward, practically oozing an outraged vexation. "We are no ones bitch! You fucking hear me asshole? You dont own Natsu! You dont own me! This mark we have is no ones!" Gray kneels down and grabs the mans white lab coat and brings the man forward, growling. "Let us go before we kill you."
Natsu's eyes widen and he's about to stop whatever is going through Gray's brain - because they're Fairy Tail, they dont kill. However, Natsu is cut short when the man leans back and laughs. The eery sound travels up and down the hallway bouncing off the windowless walls and echoing until all they can hear is the crazed laughter.
The man looks up, his laughter reverberating into calls of restless spirits, and he looks crazed, his white hair ruffled, blue eyes deranged. "There you are my experiment," the man clasps Gray's face and brings it near his. "You are going to be so much fun, Dorei."
Gray lightly growls and lets the man go, his anger still present - however, something had changed about the Ice Mage. Natsu watches as the man smiles, the joy returning and not only that but another emotion has risen. Natsu's not to sure but it seems like the man feels more powerful. The man adjusts his white lab coat and turns, his heals clicking. "Now my experiments, shall we proceed?"
Natsu looks towards the crazed man and then back where they came from. Their only options were to continue froward, or back into the darkened area. However, Gray steps froward, his body language less up and bolstered.
Natsu doesn't move until his stomach growls and he notices the two are further down the hall. He doesn't know what to do so he just rushes forward and reaches Gray, who is lagging behind their 'owner'. They come to a crossroad hallway of off-white upon off-white and the man turns to the left, revealing a hallway with nothing more than two single doors and no windows. Natsu is getting sick of white.
After a few steps, the mans stops and knocks on the door, after three consecutive knocks the white door opens and a white haired man in a wheelchair rolls forward, glasses pressed harshly up onto the arch of his nose. He looks up and Natsu can tell this man smokes way to much, because the stench is practically labeling him as a pack of cigarettes.
The man gazes past their 'owner' and looks them up and down. "Hm," the man scoffs and boldly states the obvious, "naked."
Their 'owner' nods in agreement, "Yes Mr. Schiff, now could you please give my experiments clothing?" The man in the wheelchair grunts and with a wave of his hand motions for the two Fairy Tail Mages to step into the off-white room. From behind, the door closes and Natsu is left with a weird man who talks with a singer words and an emo Ice Mage.
Natsu doesn't care for the rolling man and doesn't care much what anyone will do if he talks to his teammate (plus he thinks no one will stop him). So he turns and sees Gray look straight forward, his gaze altered. "Pst," he whispers - honestly he has no idea why he's doing this - and finds himself smirking at Gray's faraway look.
"Hm?" Gray looks over and the distance in his look comes back to where they are now.
"Clothes," Schiff rolls over to where the two stand and pushes white pants, shirts and underwear in their direction.
Natsu grabs the white clothing with disgust and picks the shirt up as if it were a used diaper reeking of a days worth of usage. "Whats with you guys and white?"
Schiff looks up and rolls his eyes and with his pointer finger, he pushes his glasses up the ridge of his nose and turns.
"Ya," Gray speaks up, one eyebrow raised. "Its not like colors are poison."
"Its to identify the slaves," Schiff shakes his head at the two. "Or I guess in your case, experiments." Schiff points to his hair, and then to them, "We are ordered to have white hair. All the slaves are identified by the color of their hair." With that he looks back around and focuses his attention on his computer, typing loudly.
The door opens loudly behind them and Natsu turns to find his 'owner' tapping his foot impatiently at them. "Mr. Schiff, are my Natsu-san and Dorei not ready yet?"
Schiff scoffs and pushes his glasses up, "Apparently not, Dr. Shiro."
Natsu has lost all like in the color white, because as of right now, all the colors in this godforsaken place are white, their clothes, everyones hair (except his and Gray's), the walls - hell even the fucking carpet it white. He's wondering if, well more when, they feed him, if they would be mad at him for throwing it on the wall and floor. He hopes the food is something colorful and red, so he can throw it on the wall somewhere and paint a pretty fucking picture - just to piss them off.
Cause he really hates the white.
Dr. Shiro - their 'owner' (and he hates thinking about that title because really, again, no one is his fucking owner) - has sat them down, fully dress, and is smiling lightly at them. The creepy thing about this dude is that he keeps calling him 'Natsu-san' as if its an honor to have him, Natsu Dragneel, as a slave.
However, he thinks he has it better off than Gray, because the bastard is calling him Dorei, which means slave and slave means he's a person who is the legal property of another and is forced to obey them. Natsu doesn't like it and already told the bastard 'owner' to shut the fuck up before he bashes his face in. But the man just smiled and swatted the comment away as if it were a fly. Every time Shiro calls Gray that name, Natsu can tell the name pisses his teammate off, because Gray tightens his hands into fists.
Dr. Shiro leans forward, onto the long white table between the three of them, and places his chin on top of his hands. "Now Natsu-san, Dorei, I'm sure you're wondering why you're here."
"Not really," Natsu crosses his arms, "I just want to burn your ass and find somewhere to eat."
"As I said before, there really is nothing bad going on. I promise you, you were sold to the most helpful business. I'm sure you understand why I bought you, yes?"
Natsu rolls his eyes, "Cause we had big asses - how the hell would we know!"
Gray looks towards him, ignoring the glare they were receiving from their 'owner'. "Probably cause he's fucking crazy."
"That's a good explanation," Natsu nods agreeing happily to Gray's statement and smirks as Shiro taps his finger on the table.
"Experiments," the doctor states dully, "please dont act stupid."
Gray points his thumb towards Natsu with an unfazed gaze, "He's not acting."
"Fuck you," Natsu growls out as his hands slam onto the table.
"At least I'm telling the truth, asshat."
"Your the stupid one here."
"You wanna bet?"
"Fuck ya," Natsu grins.
"Whoever wins this fight gets the others food!"
"It's on!"
"Boys!" Dr. Shiro looks impatiently between them and his tapping finger ceased. The room became quiet. "Have you ever figured out what your weakness is? Almost every caring person has this weakness."
"Hunger," Natsu allowed himself to fall forward and place his chin onto the cold table, arms hanging lazily at his side.
"No," Shiro intertwined his fingers and smiled. "I'll give you a hint."
As the words left his mouth, Natsu felt Gray stiffen beside him before gasping. Natsu shots a quick glance towards his teammate and watches with confusion as Gray screws his eyes shut and bites his bottom lip. A second after his back jolts and Gray lets out a high pitched screech, falling off the chair and clawing at the collar that is fastened around his neck. Natsu looks up quickly at their 'owner' and growls, because this demented man is chuckling.
"Stop!" Natsu shouts and his hands slam onto the table.
Gray stops screaming but begins panting heavily on the ground, fresh tears leaking out of his half lidded eyes.
"What the hell do you think you're doing?" Natsu growls.
"I told you, everyone has a weakness and that weakness is everyone around them." Dr. Shiro smiles at the Fire Mage, "This isn't the only reason why I bought the two of you."
"What hell," Gray continues heavily panting on the floor, his fingers still gipping the collar.
"I've never come across a Devil Slayer," their 'owner' sighs happily. "It will be fun to see what makes you tick." Turning to Natsu, Shiro taps his finger upon the table with a thoughtful look. "I have had a Dragon Slayer before, however, they never last long. Plus they are very expensive, I'm lucky I was able to get both of you."
Natsu growls and clenches his finger together, hearing his nails screech along the table. "What the hell do you mean, you've had a Dragon Slayer before?"
Shiro leans back and taps his chin in thought, "I've had about one or two. I've always wanted to know what made them go full, how do I say…'full dragon mode'. I've never been able to force them to that state, physically, almost…mentally, no. Of course I've never had one that had a teammate from it's own guild. This will be very informative."
"What?" Natsu looks down at Gray and wonders what the crazy doctor meant.
"However, before we can figure out your true Slayer forms, we must find out how strong you really are," Shiro clasps his hands together and smiles brightly. "After that, than we can figure out how far we must push you to get to that state. But," he sighs, "as of right now we must place you in separate rooms."
Behind them, two men emerge from the wall - and Natsu has to stop and think about where they came from, when it finally hits him that there is a white door behind them - and the men grab both Fairy Tail mages, one from off the floor and the other by the shoulders. Natsu is pressed roughly against the mans chest, a arm crushed across his chest, and can feel a wet cloth against his mouth and nose. Beside him he hears Gray shout out and kick at the man apprehending him. Natsu growls and throws his arms back, attempting to knock the man backwards, but his movements are to slow, to sluggish, and he finds his a vision is fogging over with a black cloud. His nose is stinging from the strong wet cloth that smells like a cloying flower, and to him the smell is making his eyes sting. Around his vision, the clouds are thickening and the room begins to swim into a blurry mess. He hears Gray shout before the room falls silent and Natsu is covered in a blanket of darkness.
A/N: Alright thanks for getting this far and I hope to update next week (key word: hope).
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