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The Boy And The Beast
"Are you okay?"
After young Natsu left his mother to explore the world, the first thing he spots is a large creature falling from the sky. Being the nice person that he is, he decides to help out the creature by, accidentally, shooting the creature with a wind like bullet. The bullet slightly slows down the falling beast on impact but it is not enough to save the beast as it crashes right in front of the Natsu. Now the beast is inside a large crater with its tail sticking out.
"Excuse me...are you alright?" Natsu asks staring at the red scaly tail.
The tail twitches in response then its owner rises from the rubble with dirt and rocks falling to the ground.
Natsu stares in awe at the creature, he is standing in front of one of Remnant's most mythical creatures, the dragons. His mother used to tell him all kinds of stories about the dragons, strong powerful beasts that can fly through the air and breathe fire. After the stories something in Natsu clicked and he became ludicrously obsessed with the flying creatures. Everyday he would use his powers to fly in the air and shoot fire out of his mouth when he was little, pretending his was a dragon himself, sadly his mother forbade him from using his powers inside because he almost burned the house down. She didn't know what made him so fascinated with the dragons but she didn't care, because now she knows what Natsu's favorite creature is.
The Dragon wipes its head, swiping off some pebbles and dirt off it, and opens its eyes, revealing two black eyes just like Natsu's. Then the Dragon squints its eyes as it spots Natsu staring at him weirdly.
'A human...what's a child doing out here...and why is he staring at me like that?' It thinks, it seems that the boy's mouth is open as he stares at him.
"What are you doing here human?" The Dragon speaks with a deep powerful masculine tone.
Natsu breaks from his trance and straightens his back, "I saw you falling from the sky and I tried to help you by using this...thingy, my Mama gave this to me, a-are you hurt?" He explains, casually, showing The Dragon his revolver.
'Hmmm,I did feel something slow down my fall, I guess I owe this child some gratitude.' He notes.
"No, I am not going to hurt you human, so you really tried to save me, not to kill me?" The Dragon asks and Natsu answers with a nod.
"Then I thank you human, I am the Fire Dragon King Igneel,I'm surprised that you managed to handle that weapon of yours," He admits, as he watches Natsu brightly smiles for some odd reason.
Then the boy's eyes widen in amazement, "You're really a Dragon!? My name's Natsu, my Mama told me all kinds of stories about Dragons," He introduces himself as he holsters his revolver.
"What kind of stories...Natsu?" Igneel asks in an almost sinister tone, ignoring the boy's question, he doesn't like some of the stories that the humans made, some made the Dragons look stupid while others made the Dragons look powerful and godly.
"She told me that Dragons are powerful begins that can fly and breathe fire! I think that Dragons are the second strongest creatures in the world!" He excitingly explains, jumping in place, causing Igneel to take a blow this his ego.
"Huff...Second Strongest...then who is the first?"
"My Mama of course, she's the strongest in the whole world! So don't even think about fighting her or...or I'll beat you up!" The boy declares pointing aggressively at the Igneel.
Igneel smiles at the boy's words, 'I think I'm taking a liking to this boy...he has that fire in him...but where are his parents?'
"Are you alone Natsu, where is your Mother?"
Igneel begins to regret asking the question as Natsu's expression saddens, "She left me here...she told me to explore the world and meet other humans like me."
Igneel pauses for a moment to collect his thoughts, 'Strange, it sounds like Natsu's mother isn't human.'
"Why would she do that do you, isn't she human too?"
"She's not human, she said that she's a Goddess and she doesn't belong in the human world, that's why she's not with me, but she will always be watching over me. This crystals proves it, when it glows that means that she's thinking of me," Natsu explains showing the Great Fire King the crystal around his neck.
This new found information hits Igneel hard and his eyes widen, 'A son of a goddess? If that pink hair of his is natural then I'll believe anything, but jokes aside, if the humans find out about this boy they're just use him for his power. He must steer clear of the humans till the war cleans itself up,' He thinks as he plans for a way to hide Natsu from the humans, then the mighty King comes up with the best plan ever and smiles.
"Natsu, do you want to know why I fell from the sky?" He changes the subject, lowering his head in front of Natsu, which he responds with a nod.
"You see, I have been traveling around the world for quite some time now, and I got really tired from flying recently but I didn't have time to land..."
"So you fell because you were tired?" Natsu assumes.
"Right...but now I feel a lot better because I rested my wings, so now I will continue my travels." He explains spreading his wings, preparing himself to fly, but he notices Natsu look down in sadness.
"But I see you are also traveling the world, so would you like to join me?" He offers waiting for the boy's answer.
'Hook, line, and sinker...now just take the bait as the humans say,' Igneel oddly thinks of an idiom, he heard a human use, even though he has no idea what it really means.
He watches as Natsu immediately looks up in pure happiness and hugs Igneel's nose, "That would be AWESOME! Thank you Igneel!" The boy accepts the King's offer.
"Then climb on Natsu, we shall see the world!" Igneel roars, as Natsu complies to his wish.
As Igneel feels that Natsu is 'securely' on his neck, he flaps his wings and begins to fly upward.
'Let's hope I can keep this up before that thing find us.' He thinks as he flies out of the crimson forest.
For four years Igneel and Natsu traveled to many places all around Remnant, they visited deserts, valleys, mountains, forests, flew across oceans and rivers, but they only stayed in one place for a day or two. Igneel explained to Natsu that this was because if they stayed in one place for too long, they would lose their interest in exploring the world. Obviously Natsu understood this, he just wanted to see the world, her mother was right about Remnant, it was truly a beautiful place.
But this routine will change starting now, Igneel did some scouting when Natsu was asleep one day and he found out that the Great War was now over, from some group of humans walking nearby their camp. It seems that the four human kingdoms had a meeting together and they came to an agreement to lay down their arms against each other, and join forces to face the common enemy, The Grimm.
This is extremely good news for the King, now the Grimm have to focus on the humans instead of him, this sets up the perfect opportunity for him to teach Natsu how to properly use the element of Fire, since he is the Fire Dragon King, he was some tricks about the subject he wants to teach Natsu.
During their adventuring, Natsu gained Igneel's trust and he sees him as his father, naturally the boy tells Igneel about his life with Mother Nature, how she found him, everything, which makes sense because the Big Red Dragon is the only father figure in his life, Igneel feels the same and sees Natsu as his own son, that's why he wants to teach Natsu his ways. His son has earned it, so he'll start training where he found Natsu, in The Crimson Forest.
"Papa where are we going?!" Natsu shouts hanging on to Igneel's neck, the two are flying over a large blue ocean with the sun shining on their backs. Strangely over the past four years Natsu hasn't aged at all, it seems that the four years didn't do anything to him, he still looks exactly the same as when Igneel found him. Igneel found out the second year of their travels that Natsu didn't age like the others human, it caught his attention but he ignored it thinking it was a temporary effect from living with his mother's realm for 7 years.
"We are going back to the Crimson Forest in Vale. We have seen everything the world has to offer, now I want to teach you how to use it to your advantage."
"What do you mean Papa?!"
"You're mother taught you how to control the elements. Do you know why you can?"
"Mama said that everything with a soul has a thing called an Aura, she said that they're like are a person's energy holder. She taught me how to control my Aura so I can borrow more power from the world, she calls it The World Souland when I borrow power from The World Soul, the power lets me control the elements!" Natsu explains everything while shouting his lungs out because he can't hear himself speak, that's one of the many disadvantages of riding on a dragon.
"You don't have yell Natsu I can hear you clearly, anyway, you know how to activate the elements, but do you know how to use them?"
"You're speaking in riddles again Papa!"
"Sigh,I'll explain once we land," Igneel says looking at the red mountains in the distance.
Inside the Crimson Forest
Igneel finds a suitable landing zone and touches down, after landing he lowers his head to the ground, to let Natsu off.
Natsu looks around and smiles at the familiar sight of red, on top of that it looks like the arena his mother made him when he lived with her. Then he turns to his father curiously, "So what did you mean when you said do you know how the elements?"
"What I meant was, do you know how to use the elements to fight?" He asks seriously.
"No, Mama taught me how to defend myself but not to fight back," The boy answers sadly hanging his head down.
Igneel then stands up tall looking into the sky with a proud look on his face, "Then as your father, I will teach you the ways of the Fire Dragon King my son!" He declares poetically with the rays of the sun shining on his face, giving the Dragon a godly vibe.
Natsu then smiles his brightest at his dragon father, "When do we start!"
"NOW!" He shouts as he blows a small fire next to Natsu.
"Lesson 1: Controlling the Flame! You already know how to control the flame so we're skipping that lesson..." Igneel begins.
"..." Natsu doesn't say anything, he's too excited to even form words in his head.
"Lesson 2: Unite with the Flame! Now with the control of the flame, you must use your body and the flame as one to properly use Dragon attacks! Now Natsu, use the fire next to you to set your own body ablaze, with your control over the flame, it won't harm you even if it wanted to." He instructs.
Natsu nods then closes his eyes and raises his left hand, fire spirals upward then toward his face. For some strange reason, every time he borrows energy from The World Soul, everything around him darkens and little ball of fires, all with their unique colors and sizes, appears inside the animals and people around him and his senses enhances to an extremely high level.
His senses are so enhanced that he can hear the smallest things like the insects crawling beneath the ground, to the unique smell of sap contained inside the red trees around him. His mother told him that the little fires were the souls in which the Auras come from. He then takes a deep breath and clutches his hand into a fist. Then he feels something warm and comforting all over his body, he opens his eyes but finds no limbs consumed by flames, or anything at all, the flames disappeared.
"Did I do something wrong Papa?" He asks looking for the fire.
His father huffs and nods his head no, "You are a quick learner, you already skipped 2 lessons already, always full of surprises my son, now copy me." He instructs as he changes into into his fighting stance and throws a punch forward with his left claw.
Natsu complies then throws a punch, then amazingly as he throws the punch, a flame ignites around his fist then extinguishes after he ends the punch. He turns to his father and smiles proudly, "Did you see that! My hand went on fire!"
"Yes, you and the flame are now one, for now on, you can use the flames to increase the power of your attacks as long as you have enough Aura energy to produce those attack, naturally some attacks will require more energy, which are called special attacks, and sometimes you will feel fatigued, or tired, when attacking for long periods of time or when you use all of your energy, for a human they would rest to recover their energy, but as a Dragon, we use fire. Which leads to the next lesson! Lesson 4: Aura Energy Recovery! Now watch me!" He lectures to the boy.
Igneel then breathes in deeply and something bright glows from his throat, then unexpectedly he spews out fire, from his mouth, and into the air as Natsu goes crazy at the sight. The best thing about Dragons, for Natsu, is that they can breathe fire, so seeing his father breathe fire just makes him completed inside.
"Imagine the flame collecting in your throat as you breathe in, then blow out all the air in your lungs, let the fire pave your way to victory. If done correctly you should breathe fire just like me, and you should feel tired so don't worry if you feel that way."
Natsu nods to his father and follows his steps, 'Just like a dragon, fire collecting in my throat when I breathe in, then blow out everything...NOW!' He instructs to himself then opens his eyes as he spews out a small fire beam out of his mouth, identical to his father's, all over the place uncontrollably, which causes him to fall on his back breathing heavily and sweating.
"Excellent Natsu! I expect nothing less from my son, now here, regain your energy by eating this flame." Igneel orders as opens his left claw that holds a floating red ball of fire hovering above his claw.
'This looks just like Papa's Soul,' Natsu observes as the little ball floats into his opens hands. He stares into the ball, confused about how to eat the thing but decides to wing it as he shoves the ball into his mouth and shallows.
Igneel smiles at Natsu's reaction, it seems that the fire's taste was incredible, indescribable, and he can tell that Natsu felt like he can take on world with this new power, "Always remember to stay energized, this will help you last longer in a fight, but don't try to eat your own fire no matter the situation, eating your own fire will cause your flame to take over your body, making you kill anyone in sight and the only cure is death, so NEVER eat your own fire. Do you understand Natsu?" Igneel warns grimly.
Natsu nods determinedly as he gets off his back then pats off the dirt on him, "Yes, Sir!"
"Good...NOW ON TO THE NEXT LESSON!" The Dragon King roars proudly.
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Eight years pass and in that time Igneel taught Natsu everything about fighting, from hand-to-hand combat on the ground to long range engagements in the skies above. Sadly he didn't know how to teach him to use that revolver his son kept on his waist, but Natsu didn't mind, he's still grateful for Igneel's teachings. Again Natsu didn't age at all over the eight years and Igneel begins to worry if Natsu will ever grow up, but only time will tell if Natsu grows or not. Who knows, maybe he has been growing this whole time and he hasn't noticed yet.
Igneel decided to move to a better place to set up shop so they moved inside a cave hidden in the Red Mountains, north of the Crimson Forest. Their routine is breakfast in the morning, training till the afternoon, lunch, more training till sunset, then dinner. The sun already went down and the moon begins rises, so Igneel and Natsu called it a day and decides to hunt for their dinner like they always did. Igneel lets Natsu practice his hunting skills, so he stays back at the cave and waits for his son. Miraculously, after hours of waiting, Natsu comes back with his famous smile on his face, dragging three meaty brown hogs behind him. Igneel smiles back at his son and begins to set up a fire to cook Natsu's prize.
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"Natsu...how much...munch munch...do you know about...munch..Dragons?" Igneel asks chewing on a cooked, medium rare, hog leg.
Igneel and Natsu are eating in front of a large fire with a hog cooking above it, while next to the fire is two hog skeletons.
"Don't eat with your mouth full Papa!" Natsu scolds after he takes small bite out of the medium rare, hog leg.
"Sorry, but what do you know about the Dragon history?" The large dragon clarifies, ironically bowing his head down in shame in front of his son. Probably for not being a good role model for his pink haired son.
"Mama only told me stories about Dragons, I don't know a lot about Dragon history."
Igneel swallows his food whole and bumps his chest, "Then let me tell you a story about us!" Igneel roars into the sky, scaring off the nearby birds in the trees. Someone was excited to teach his son some knowledge.
Natsu widens his eyes, edger to learn more about his favorite creatures, as he puts down his food on a leaf pile in front of him, acting as a plate.
"A long time ago, dragons of different shapes and sizes roamed over these lands. Some were small and bright as the sun while others were tall and dark as the night. All types of dragons had their own big family, called Dragon Clans, and these clans were ruled by their most powerful dragon, they were called Dragon Lords. However, even with different clans, they all lived in harmony, till one clan decided to take over the world..." Igneel begins.
"They sound scary," Natsu whispers.
"Yes they were, and their clan was called, The Crimson Dragons. They were large and had scales so red that other clans thought they bathe in the blood of their fallen opponents. On top of that, their only purpose was to roam the land just to kill other dragons, and it so happens that these very mountains were once called their home. When other clans first encountered these dragons, they nicknamed them, The Dwellers of Red."
"What happen to them Papa? Did they take over the world?!" Natsu asks, extremely immersed in the story.
"Let's find out Natsu..." Igneel says as he clears his throat, "The Dwellers of Red started here then conquered outward, they slaughtered every clan in their path with no mercy or remorse, they continued this campaign till they exterminated every clan known to Dragonkind, and the dragon lord who was behind it all was, Igraal, Dragon Lord of The Crimson Dragons."
"That lord's names sounds like your's Papa," Natsu points out.
"Right my son, now this is where it'll get serious so pay attention..." Igneel states grimly, causing Natsu to feel a little scared of what happens next in the story.
"After Igraal captured the world he decided that he should be King, so he changed his title to Fire Dragon King Igraal,and before you ask..."
"Yes, that is my title, and my father is...Igraal Dragnoul."
"It is time to tell you the truth my son..."
"I am Igneel Dragraal, King of the Fire Dragons, and Lord of all Crimson Dragons."
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Natsu sits there in shock, his mind stopped trying to comprehend what he just heard, 'Papa...is a Crimson Dragon...no..Papa is a nice dragon, he's nice to me and doesn't want to hurt anyone!'
"I'm sorry I didn't tell you this sooner Natsu, but if want to leave, then I won't hold anything against you." Igneel admits looking away from his son in shame.
After hearing the word, leave, Natsu immediately gets up and hugs Igneel's massive left arm and begins to cry, "I'm not leaving, I don't care if you are a Crimson Dragon!" Natsu cries then speaks those words that broke his mother's heart, "You're my Papa, so I'm staying with my Papa!" He pleads.
Igneel then realizes that he's repeating what Natsu's Mother did to him, he's forcing his son to leave him. The worried father tries to redeem himself by rubbing Natsu's back with is right claw, "I'm sorry Natsu...I failed you as a father...and I promise you that I'll never leave you," He comforts.
"Really?!" Natsu asks, breaking his hug and wiping his tears.
"I promise you, now, let me finish the story," Igneel suggests.
Natsu softly smiles and sits down in front of Igneel.
"After Igraal's victory, all dragons lived under him in fear for several years, no one was strong enough to kill him, but as soon as he began to grow old. His people started to question who will take command after he dies. So he created a little game, he simply called Drakes of the Red, instead of giving the title to the next of kin he would give it to the strongest of the drakes, or dragon children, born at the time by making them fight against each other to the death. Everyone was trilled at the idea, some thought it was a chance to change the world back to what it used to be, while others saw it as a chance to see some bloodshed. After Igraal announced that he would start the Drakes of the Red, everyone started to train their drakes to kill."
"So your papa trained you, didn't he Papa?" Natsu asks, putting the puzzle together.
"Yes, Igraal trained me like I did trained you, but there is a difference between our methods of teachings, he teaches to kill, I teach to survive."
"What does that mean Papa?"
"Igraal teaches to kill the enemy whoever they are, friend or foe, killing the enemy is the only objective. While I teach to increase your chances of survival, only kill if absolutely necessary Natsu, if not then fight till, either, the enemy or you goes unconscious, understand. There is no shame in losing a battle, you can learn from your lost and come back stronger than before."
"Yes Papa."
"Anyway, Igraal did teach me to kill like the rest of the dragons, I didn't want to but he said that it was for the good of all dragonkind. Once the games began, I came out victorious and guilty for what I've done, I killed other drakes that I befriended with, and even my own brothers that I hunted with. I was so scared and depressed over the victory...but I won. I had the power to change Igraal's ways and restore the peace that was destroyed long ago. So I played along with Igraal's game for a long time, I played till I was all grown up. That's when the dragon's coming-of-age tradition began."
"What's that?"
"It's a ceremony when a drake grows into a dragon, it like a party for growing up, anyway at the ceremony I was given my last name Dragraal by Igraal. You see, drakes are not considered family till they become dragons so they just have their first name. Then during the coming-of-age ceremony, a drake's father officially gives the drake his name, mine being Dragraal. After I received my name, Igraal crowned me Fire Dragon King and Lord of all Crimson Dragons. At that moment, I felt powerful, I felt determined to change to the world to what I see fit, so all can live in peace. I knew others thought like me, but they didn't see me as an ally..." Igneel shares with a dark tone.
"After I was crowned king the ceremony was interrupted by an entire army of rebel dragons. The rebels must of been planning the attack since I won the Drakes of Red, with anger and blood-lust in their eyes, they swarmed all around me and my family, killing all in sight. In all the chaos I flew far away from the battle, I wanted nothing to do with it, I flew for one whole week fearing for my life and when I returned. I saw nothing but corpses and blood scattered across the battlefield. No one won, everyone died, even Igraal. I found his corpse mangled and disfigured around several other corpses of my family."
"For three weeks I buried all of the bodies, friends, family, and foes, I gave them all a proper resting place. After that I traveled the world trying to find other dragons, for years and years I looked, but found none, not even the faintest scent of a dragon. I search for two whole decades, and on my journey I fell from the sky from exhaustion and found a pink haired human staring at me with his mouth open, soon that boy will be my son, and his name is Natsu Dragneel."
"Dragneel?!" Natsu shouts having his mind blown away from his father's life story.
Igneel doesn't answer as he towers over the small human, "Natsu, for the past 12 years you have proved yourself to be strong and independent. You can easily survive on your own, and have grown up to be a powerful human with the strength to rival even the most mightiest of dragons. You have a long path ahead of you before you become a man, but nevertheless, you are my son. So in the power vested in me, I Fire Dragon King Igneel, bestow you the name of Dragneel. For now on others will know you as Natsu Dragneel, Son of Igneel Dragraal and Prince of The Fire Dragons. Wear the name with pride my son, you've greatly earned it," Igneel awards.
"Thank you Papa! You'll never regret this!" Natsu exclaims, filled with joy as he hugs his father.
"You are no man yet Natsu, but I think you have earned your name even if you are still a boy. You are the first human, ever, to gain the trust of a dragon, let alone the King of all Dragons." He explains.
The father and son embrace each other for several moments till a large rumble interrupts them.
'NO! WHY NOW! How did IT find us!' Igneel mentally screams as goes into battle mode and breaks from the hug.
"What's wrong Papa?" Natsu asks worried about his father.
"Natsu, something powerful and evil is approaching our position. I will leave to deal with the creature, but I need to know that you are safe, so go hide in the cave till I come back, and NEVER come out no matter what you hear, UNDERSTAND!" Igneel yells, showing Natsu a new side of him.
Natsu's mind fills with fear, if a creature can make his father this mad then it must be something he can't fight against, complying to his father's command he sprints toward the cave. Igneel huffs as he watches his son flee then flaps his wings to intercept the unknown enemy, "GO GET'M PAPA!" Natsu yells, trying to motivate his father, then runs into the cave.
Igneel looks back at the cave then to a black blob in the distance, now with a look determined to kill, 'I will die before I let you hurt my SON! So face the wrath of a KING!' He prepares himself as he roars his loudest war cry. Letting anything around him know that he is not a dragon to be trifled with when his family is at risk.
For three long, dreadful, days Natsu hides inside the cave hearing loud roars and explosions in the distance. After the first day he began to worry about his father, he should of been home by now. Whoever his father is fighting, it is obviously strong enough to go claw to claw against the King of all Dragons. On the second day it was nonstop fighting, then finally on third day, all the roars stopped completely.
Natsu wants to go out find his father but his father's words keep him in fear, 'NEVER come out no matter what you hear, UNDERSTAND!' Natsu plays over those words over and over again.
'I'm scared...where's Papa?' He thinks as he looks at the cave entrance, it's around the afternoon so the entrance is too bright for him to see through because he's been inside for so long.
The cave's food supply just ran out and Natsu is getting hungry, so he decides that he will go hunt for food then search for his father. After gathering his courage, he gets off his makeshift leaf bed and heads out to seek his father.
He winces as the rays of light, from the sun, hits his eyes. He gets a sense of deja vu as he waits for a moment for his eyes to adjust to the bright star in the sky above. As he waits to recover he decides to tap into The World Soul to try to find his father's soul, taking a deep breath he focuses all of his senses to the action. Then several small souls reveal themselves in the darkness of his mind but they're all, either, birds or small animals. He checks again trying to find if Igneel's soul is hiding amongst the other souls, searching for a complete minute he finally finds a faint red ball quite a distance away. Natsu's eyes shoots wide open as he realizes that that soul was Igneel's, and it's slowly losing its flame, Igneel is dying...and slowly.
Natsu makes Igneel his number one priority as he goes into a complete sprint toward the his dying father, 'I coming Papa! Just hold on!' The young prince worries as he sprints toward the dying light.
'Get...up...get up Igneel...GET UP! You will NOT fall today from that thing! Your son needs YOU...so...GET...UP...IGNEEL!' Igneels yells at himself. The beast that he's been been fighting for the past three days defeated him, and brutally. Now he lies in the center of a crater filled with his own blood which oozes from a wound on his back. Pain, an excruciatingly pulsing pain on his back is all he can feel at the moment. He weakly looks up and finds his opponent circling above him like a vulture stalking its prey. Igneel knows that he's fighting a creature of Grimm there's no doubt about it, but the beast strangely resembles a species that clashed with the dragons a long, long time ago, the Wyverns.
Igraal told Igneel that before he was born, there was three species of giant beast that spew fire from their mouths, The Dragons, The Wyverns, and The Wyrms. These three species clashed against each other for control of the world till one species was victorious, The Dragons. The Wyverns and Wyrms were never seen again, they were wiped off the world completely by the Dragons, but why is the beast above him a Wyvern, and a creature of Grimm of top of that.
The Grimm was just like it's smaller counter parts, scales black as the void, eyes red as blood. bone-like spikes that poked out of it's body, and an inverted skull and rib cage to provide armor. The beast has an monstrous month that ended all the way to the back of its neck. With its crimson red bat-like wings, the Wyvern circles Igneel, waiting for him to bleed out.
Igneel watches as the wyvern circles above him till he smells a familiar human scent, he shoots his head toward the trees and an alarm goes in his head, 'NATSU!'
"COME ON! Just a little farther! I'm so close!" Natsu mutters as sprints deeper into the forest. He knew that he's on the right track due to the scorch marks and craters around him becoming more larger and deeper than the last, he's closing in on the battlefield. On his journey his trips on a rock and tumbles to the ground. When he recovers he gets up and finds himself in a large opening in the forest with a little lake filled with red water that looks a lot like blood and a red lump in the middle of it, his father.
"PAPA!" He calls to his father but before he can run to him a black blob explodes in front of him and it sends him crashing through a tree behind him and into a crater. He screams in agony as he roughly lands on some rubble in the crater then screams again in response of an intense pain coming from his right arm, the crash snapped his arm in two like a twig on impact.
'My arm..it hurts and I can't move it...I can't give up now...I have to see PAPA!' Natsu shouts in his mind as he slowly crawls out of the crater, ignoring all the pain coming from his broken arm.
After he finally climbs out of the crater he spot a large blurry figure approaching him from the sky, he shakes his head then looks at his father and his eyes shoots open, "STOP! PAPA DON'T DO IT!" He screams at he watches Igneel shallow something orange. Then Igneel glows brightly and blinds everything in sight, including Natsu.
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As Natsu feels the light fades, he opens his eyes and looks around, everything in a 10 yard radius of Igneel is wiped out to nothing but a large scorch mark. He notices that the beast he saw earlier is nowhere in sight, everything around his father was turned to ash. he beat the monster, but the monster beat him. It was a deadlock, Igneel may have destroyed the beast but it beast made Igneel break his own rule. He made Igneel eat his own fire, now the once Great King is now failing around in his own blood like a child playing in the water.
Natsu slowly picks himself off the ground and limps toward his father, as he walks he pulls out his revolver carelessly from it's holster, "Why Papa...you said...to...sniffle...to NEVER eat you flame...why did you do it...WHY PAPA!?" Natsu cries as he stumbles toward his father in distraught as he recalls his father's teachings,
'The only cure...is DEATH,' Natsu thinks to himself, he realizes that he has to do the unspeakable, he has to kill his own father.
He has to kill the only person in his life that saw as his FATHER.
He has to kill the last dragon in EXISTENCE.
He has to LEAVE another family member behind, WHY!? Why is the world so cruel to Natsu? What did he do to deserve this kind of punishment, this agony.
Natsu stops in front of his father, the dragon is trying to grab him and make him his final meal, "Why are you making me do this YOU!? I don't want to...I don't want to kill you PAPA! DON"T MAKE ME DO THIS TO YOU!" Natsu pleads as he falls to knees, pouring all of his emotions into his cries.
'Dragneel...' Igneel's words echo in the boy's head.
'For now on, others will know you as Natsu Dragneel, Son of Igneel Dragraal and Prince of The Fire Dragons. Wear the name with pride my son...'
After remembering his father's words he come to the realization, it's his duty as Igneel's son, as the Prince of The Fire Dragons to lay his father to rest. No one else but him has this responsibility, this burden, only he can end his father's suffering. So the young boy picks up his revolver and slowly gets off the ground then stands up straight. looking into his father's dead white eyes, he slowly raises the gun to Igneel's head with tears pouring out of his eyes.
"I...I am...Natsu Dragneel...Son of Igneel Dragraal...Prince of The Fire Dragons...and it's time for the Great King to rest in peace," Natsu begins letting all of his emotions free.
"Let the flame collect in your throat, then blow out everything in your lungs. let the flame pave you way to victory. You taught me that Papa, you are the Fire Dragon King born with the fires of life, now you will die in fires of death. I love you Papa, goodbye..." The boy sends off his father while his revolver glows a fiery red.
"Fire..." Natsu puts his index finger on the trigger.
"Dragon..." He gives Igneel one last look before looking away and closing his eyes.
"Roar..." He pulls the trigger and an orange bullet pierces Igneel's skull, killing him instantly.
The young prince hears his father's body go limp by the shot then drops the gun to the floor. As the gun drops he falls to his knees and screams his loudest cry as tears fall down his face.
"IGNEEEEEL!" The boy cries as his whole body is set ablaze by a crimson flame. His pain is now taken the form of the flame that consumes him, now the flame inside him will now react to whatever the boy feels. He and the flame are now, truly one.
As the boy mourns for his father's death, the crystal on his neck glows brightly, at that moment the boy's world crumbles before him, he now knows that the world that he lives in...is truly Grimm.
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And that ends the tale of Great Fire Dragon King Igneel
Hide N Go Seek
"5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, here I come." A Chibi Igneel lowers his claws from his face and looks around the large forest around him. He and Natsu have this game of hide and go seek every time they reach a new environment in Remnant. Natsu is surprising good at Hide N Go Seek, Igneel only found him once, and that was because Natsu was hungry. He has never found Natsu once by himself, and he's trying really hard to find Natsu.
"I'm going to find you this time Natsu, just you wait!" Igneel predicts and walks around, looking for Natsu.
As Igneel walks deeper into the forest, Natsu slowly pops his head out of a bush with a make shift ghillie suit with forest face paint on. He chuckles to himself as he hides back in the bush and repositions himself somewhere else.
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"I'm gonna get you!" Igneel declares, now roaming in a desert environment with sand hills going to the horizon. There aren't many places to hide in the desert, but wherever Natsu is hiding, is the best one.
The large dragon hovers over a lump and picks it up, as the sand fall off the lump he finds that the lump is just a very large rock. Igneel stares at the rock for a bit then grumbles and looks for Natsu once again.
As he walks away, Natsu reveals himself in the distance, he shakes off the sand on him and jumps off the hill then disappears behind the hill.
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"Where are you?" Igneel mumbles as he scours a snowed in environment in the heat of a violent blizzard.
"I can't see anything here." He mumbles and roars as a pile of snow collapses on him. Water vapor steams off Igneel as the pile of snow hits his scales. He huffs in discomfort of the snow.
Behind him a snowman gets on its feet and waddles away while Igneel brushes off the snow off him.
There it is, Igneel's beginning and end all in the same chapter.
I want to thank all four of you readers for reviewing this story, all of you helped me achieve a new record, 4 reviews, that's the highest amount of reviews I've gotten so THANK YOU! It sounds sad but it's an achievement in my eyes.
Remember that Natsu still looks the same all through this chapter and last chapter
If you readers have any questions please feel free to ask via review or Pm, I will gladly try to answer any of your questions to the best of my ability.
When Natsu taps into The World Soul, just think of the Eagle Vision in Assassin's Creed, I don't own that either.
Before you ask, yes the beast that Igneel was fighting for three days was the official Grimm 'Dragon' in the Rwby universe, but that thing looks a Wyvern, pronounced Why Vern. This is because that thing has no front feet. So for this story the that thing will be called a Wyvern, only for Natsu, everyone else will still call it a Dragon.
Here are some questions that popped in my head when I was writing this chapter.
Q-"What is this stuff about Aura energy?"
A-"Aura can be compared to Chakra...so think about Naruto's chakra...he uses Chakra to preform attacks...so, in this case, Natsu uses Aura energy to preform his dragon attacks."
Q-"There is no magic in Remnant...so why is Igneel the FIRE Dragon King?"
A-"That is true that there is no magic, so there is no Sky...Metal...Chaos dragon...but dragons have the natural ability to use fire to their advantage. So being the king of FIRE dragons...basically means that Igneel is the king of all dragons...since all dragons use fire."
Q-"How does Igneel know how to teach Natsu about using fire to fight even though he's a human?"
A-"Well Igneel knows that Natsu can control his Aura to manipulate the elements so he trains Natsu as Igraal trained him...assuming that Natsu's Aura can handle the absorption of the Flame."
Q-"Will Canon ever come into play?"
A-"Yes it will...my goal is to begin canon next chapter to prepare yourselves for it."
That's all I got so yeah, if you like this chapter then good for you.
Till Next Time