Sorry if these chapters are really short, I'm really bad at writing detail, I'm trying to get better though, so hopefully the future chapters will be longer.

Disclaimer: I own neither Fairy Tail or Naruto.

Natsu woke up feeling as if he had been sleeping in an active blender. Ugh, where am I? Then, as if his mind was listening to him, all the memories of the previous day came rushing back to him. I-it's all gone... Mother, Father, Baki-sensei... even Shikadai... What do I even do? I know nothing about this world... finally deciding to put effort into getting up, he looked around. He appeared to be in some sort of forest. Rows upon rows of tall oak trees surrounded him on all sides. On their branches birds chirped happily as if nothing the world could ruin their mood. He could feel the lush green grass under his bare feet, which was something he was very unaccustomed to, growing up in a desert village his entire life. The sun was shining down brightly from the cloudless, blue sky, enough that Natsu had to put a hand over his eyes to be able to see. It seems very similar to the Land of Fire... NO. I have to stop thinking about that place. I'm not even in that dimension anymore! And I'll never be able to go back... He grimaced and decided to start exploring the forest, figuring he would gain nothing from just sitting there all day.

SEVERAL HOURS LATER

Man... I haven't found a single thing. Just trees, trees, and more GOD DAMNED TREES! *Sigh* He continued walking with a bored expression on his face, his eyes have closed. "Well, it's getting to be dark soon, and I'm going to ne"-CRASH- His eyes shot open, and he began looking around frantically. What the hell was that?! Staying low as to not be seen, he began slowly sneaking towards whatever made the sound. Pushing aside stray branches and crawling through bushes. Finally, he poked his head through the bush into the clearing where he heard the noise come from. He nearly fainted at what he saw. There, in the middle of the clearing. Was a Dragon. A living, breathing, dragon. Thank god, it appears to be sleeping... He thought to himself. It had dark red, almost mahogany coloured scales covering most of it's body. It's stomach, as well as inner parts of it's tail, legs, and neck, were beige in colour. There was a scar over one eye, as well as an X-shaped one over it's mouth. It had a horn above it's nose, horns with black diamonds on them just above where it's ears were.

Suddenly, it's eyes snapped open, and looked exactly where he was hiding. It spoke in a deep and rumbling tone. "I know you're there, human."

Natsu gulped and stepped forward into the clearing. He looked at the dragon's piercing eyes. They had pure black irises, and had an almost glowing, yellow sclera. Putting his nervousness to the back of his head, he began to speak. "Hello, , I didn't mean to wake you up. I heard a loud noise, and came to check it out, when I found you sleeping here."

The dragon narrowed it's eyes at him. "Hmm.. You are strange, little one. Most humans run with fear upon seeing me. Where are your parents?"

Natsu looked down, his hair covering his eyes. He clenched his fists and grit his teeth. "They died, I'm on my own."

The dragon's eyes widened upon hearing this. He decided to question the boy further. "How do you plan upon surviving out here? Do you know magic?"

Natsu's eyes widened upon hearing this. "Magic? You mean like making stuff disappear then reappear? I mean, I know a few slight of han-"

"You are not from this world, are you?"

Natsu's eyes managed to widen further. "How did you know?" He asked with a questioning glare.

The dragon gave a hearty laugh at this. "Well, little one, there is no intelligent being on this planet that doesn't know what magic is. On top of that, I can sense a foreign energy source inside of you, almost like a second set of veins." But you also seem to have a magic container within you...

Natsu narrowed his eyes at the dragon. It must be talking about my chakra network. Should I tell him my story? Well, I suppose I have nothing to lose. I've already lost everything... Forever.. "It's true, I'm not from this world. I could tell you my story, but it would take quite a while, and I need to find a place to sleep for the night, sorry.

Natsu started to turn around and walk away, but the dragon had other ideas. "Little one, come with me, you can stay in my den for the night in exchange for sharing your story with me."

Natsu looked a little shocked at this. A dragon invited a human to it's den? In exchange for a story? These were no ordinary dragons from the old stories and legends, that would kill humans for fun. "Very well, I accept your offer."

The Dragon gave a toothy grin. "Then climb on my back, we shall get there much fast by flying, I promise I won't scare you too bad."

20 MINUTES LATER

With a loud crash the dragon landed inside it's den, with Natsu still hugging onto it's back. "We're here, little one."

Saying the den was big would be an understatement. It was massive. Easily the size of three basketball courts put together, and almost twice the height of the dragon. The dragon walked to the end of the den, curled up, and motioned for Natsu to come sit beside it. Natsu looked around, while walking forward. He was simply amazed by a cave this big. He estimated it could fit at least two of the kazekage tower in it, and that was the biggest building in his village! WAS, the biggest. Damn. I need to stop thinking about that. I can't afford to be weak in this new world... Eventually he got to the end of the cavern beside the dragon and sat down cross legged.

He looked up at the massive beast beside him and asked a question. "Hey, do you think you could make a fire? It's very cold and dark in here." He asked while shivering.

The dragon looked down at him with a raised an eyebrow, before letting out a sigh. "Very well, little one." He blew out a little fireball that landed in front of them, almost like they were at a campfire. "Now, tell me your story."

Natsu leaned back against the dragon's tail and started explaining. "You see, I was born in a place called the Elemental Nations. Don't suppose you've heard about it?"

"I'm afraid not, little one."

Natsu sighed, before continuing. "Well, it was worth a shot. Anyways, In the Elemental Nations, there are five major countries. The Land of Fire, the Land of Water, the Land of Earth, the Land of Lightning, and the Land of Wind. These five represent the five chakra natures. I'll explain more about chakra later, but for now I'll continue. There are also some less important countries such as the Land of Iron, the Land of Snow, or the Land of the Sky. The five major countries are constantly at war with each other, with very few alliances ever happening.

"That place sounds horrible..."

Natsu looked up at the dragon with a grimace. "Indeed it was..."

"Was?"

Natsu continued. "You see, there was a great war, between a terrorist organization known as the Akatsuki, and the entire world."

"You're telling me that one organization went to war against the entire world?"

Natsu looked up annoyed at the dragon. "You don't have to believe me if you don't want you know... But before I tell you anything more, I need to explain chakra to you. Basically, chakra is what all people in the Elemental Nations have inside of them, it flows through something called chakra coils, that are somewhat like a second set of veins. If a person loses all their chakra, they die. There are five different Chakra natures. Fire, water, wind, earth, and lightning. Most people are attuned to one, or two. Each person can mold chakra to use special abilities we call Jutsu." Natsu continued on with his explanation for hours, talking about his father, the chuunin exams, the Akatsuki, and the war. Until finally he got to where Suna rebelled against Gaara.

"YOUR VILLAGE REBELLED BECAUSE THEY WERE AFRAID OF SOMETHING YOUR FATHER USED TO HAVE SEALED IN HIM?! AND IT WASEN'T EVEN HIM?! What a horrible place..."

Natsu just kept on talking as if he was in a trance. "... and with their final bits of power, they used an ancient technique known as the Dimension Hopper Jutsu, and sent me here. Then I woke up in that forest, and well... you know the rest..." Natsu looked like he was thinking hard for a moment, then looked like he realized something important. "Oh! That reminds me, my father gave me a scroll with things he wanted me to have. May as well open it now." Natsu pulled out the scroll Gaara gave to him.

The dragon raised one eyebrow and looked at him. "How could that scroll contain things?" Natsu looked up at him with a smirk, "You'll see." And with that, Natsu looked at the scroll, and extended one arm, with his hand in a half tiger seal. RELEASE. When he said the word, three plumes of smoke appeared from the smoke. The dragon looked at the scroll in shock. It seems very similar to requip magic... Natsu on the other hand, was just looked at the items in disbelief. He was motionless for about ten full seconds, before he broke down and started sobbing. There, sitting on the scroll, was Gaara's gourd, his coat, and the Ebony Blade.

The dragon looked down at Natsu in surprise. "Why are you crying, little one? It doesn't seem right to cry when someone gives you gifts." Natsu wiped the tears from his eyes, and replied in shaky voice. "R-remember when I-I told you h-how my f-f-father controls sand?"

"Yes, I remember"

Natsu continued. "Well, this was the gourd my father used to carry around with him so he could always have sand to use... The coat is what he wore constantly, the only times he didnt wear it was when he had to wear his kazekage robes. That sword is actually the sword I told you about when I was talking about the rebellion. I assumed it hadn't been transported along with me." The dragon looked down in silence. These items mean a lot to him. At least the gourd and the coat. I can tell he really cares for his father. He looked up to see Natsu putting on his father's gourd, equipping the sword, and putting the coat back into the seal, as it didn't fit him yet.

The dragon looked down at Natsu and asked a question that surprised Natsu greatly. "You told me about a time when your father trained your sand control, right?"

Natsu looked up with a questioning frown. "Yeah, why?"

"Well, could I see how it works?"

Now there was a question Natsu didn't expect. Why would it even care about what I can do? Well, I guess it wouldn't do any harm... "Sure. Try hitting me with your claw. I'll even close my eyes." The dragon looked at Natsu in confusion.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah, just go for it." The dragon looked at him one more time and noticed something. The cap had fallen out of the gourd, and sand was slowly leaking out and pooling around his feet.

"Alright brat, here I come!"

The dragon tried swatting the little boy away, only to find when he got within a meter of him, the sand shot up faster than he could see and protected the boy. And the kid's eyes were still closed! The dragon was shocked. The sand protects him of it's own accord?

"That's a neat ability you have there kid."

"Thanks . But I think I'm going to get some rest now, walking around that damn forest for hours has left me extremely tired."

"That's alright, kid, I'll wake you up tomorrow morning."

THE NEXT MORNING

Natsu woke up groggily, and rubbed the sleep out of his eyes. Then he remembered where exactly he was. Hmm... well, not exactly how I planned things would go in this new world, but at least I got a place to sleep for the night. And meeting a real dragon wasn't exactly a downside either. Maybe dragons were kind beings in this world? Then Natsu noticed something was missing. And that thing happened to be a massive, red, fire breathing lizard that was sleeping next to him the night before. He must have gone hunting or something. Well, no need to intrude any further, I'd better get going. He put on the gourd, the Ebony Blade, and put the scroll in his pocket. Making sure he wasn't forgetting anything, he began walking to the exit of the den. Before he could get there though, he heard a crash, followed by a certain red dragon walking into the den.

"Hey kid, I went hunting and found us some breakfast. You can eat with me if you want."

"Thank you for your generosity ." Natsu replied with a bow.

The dragon merely chuckled at this. It was not everyday you found a five year old who had the maturity of something ten times his age. The dragon went to where they had slept, before spitting out another fireball to cook the meat he had caught. They both just watched the fire in silence, until the dragon decided to break it.

"Hey kid."

"Yeah?"

"Would you be interested in learning magic?"

Natsu thought hard about that. Do I need to learn magic? I mean my jutsu are basically the same thing.. But learning some new techniques wouldn't hurt. And I don't have anything else to do so I guess I could try.. "I guess I would. I don't suppose you have any books or anything about it though."

Natsu gained a curious expression as the dragon started laughing at his comment. "No, I don't" Natsu grimaced. "That's why I'll be teaching you myself." The dragon replied smugly. Natsu was shocked. He looked up at the dragon with wide eyes. "You know magic? But I would assume since you're.. y'know, a DRAGON, you wouldn't need it." The dragon chuckled at this and replied. "You're right, I don't know magic, but all dragons can teach something called Dragon Slayer Magic."

Natsu sweat dropped at this. "... Why the hell would you teach people something that is used to kill your own people..."

"Well, it's not only meant to kill dragons, it's just that it's the only magic capable of harming dragons, so people started calling it Dragon Slayer Magic."

"Well, what does the magic do? It must be incredibly powerful to be able to defeat something as strong as a dragon." Natsu asked with a curious expression.

"It allows the user to transform their body with features of their dragon element, to use offensively and defensively. On top of this, the dragon slayer is immune to their own element, and can consume their element to replenish strength."

Natsu's eyes almost bulged out of his head, and his jaw hit the floor. "W-what?! That's insanely powerful!

The dragon smirked. "Well, It wouldn't be able to hurt dragons if it wasn't." Natsu gained a thoughtful expression for a minute, before looking back up. "Very well, I accept your offer. By the way, my name is Natsu." The dragon looked down with a grin. "Then let's get started!" And with that the dragon started walking towards the cave exit. Natsu just smiled and followed. He chuckled a bit. What have I gotten myself into... Then he heard his name being called.

"Natsu.. Natsu.. NATSU!"

"Sorry, I was thinking, what is it?"

"Call me Igneel."