Gildarts couldn't lie, Natsu was just about the most intimidating eight year old he had ever seen. There's just something about his eyes, yknow? Something that Gildarts couldn't put his finger on, but still unnerved him. Even though he was almost two feet taller than Natsu, he was glad Natsu was facing away from him while he walked to the bar.
Gildarts reached the bar, and sat down on the stool beside Natsu. He ordered his favorite beer, and took a sip. Slowly turning to Natsu, he took a deep breath.
"Hey kid, I want you to tell me about your time with Igneel."
Natsu turned towards him. "Why." He asked, completely deadpan.
Gildarts shrugged. I don't need him to know what I'm gunning for quite yet. "I dunno, never seen or heard about a dragon before. Sounds interesting."
Natsu sighed. I don't want to piss off the entire guild, might as well talk.
Despite his weird antics, Shukaku could really tell that Natsu wanted to have a family again, he was just afraid of losing people close to him yet again. After all, who wouldn't? Losing family after family would be tough on anyone. But Shukaku hated seeing Natsu like this, and he knew Gaara would want Natsu to be happy, so he decided to give Natsu a little push to get him over the fence.
"Kid, I don't know if you realize this, but it's pretty obvious that this guy is going to try and make you act friendly towards the rest of the guild."
"I know, Shukaku. I don't know if I should though. Every other person who I've considered family has ended up either gone or dead."
Shukaku audibly sighed. "Natsu, if there's one thing I learned from the idiot named Naruto, It's that family and friends are important. He believed that one truly becomes strong when they have something important to protect, and that you aren't really alive unless you have a caring family, and trustworthy friends."
Natsu cringed. "But Shukaku, I don't know if I can handle losing more people I care about..."
"I know it's hard kid. But you may as well give it a try. I mean, the way you're living now, you pretty much have nothing to lose..."
Natsu inwardly smiled. "I suppose you're right, Shukaku."
"I also know for a fact that Gaara would have wanted you to live happily and make lots of friends. The last thing he would have wanted is for you to grow up like he did."
Natsu went wide eyed, a single tear rolling down his cheek. He dropped his glass and it shattered against the floor. The entire guild was silent. Did Natsu just show emotion? Everyone was stunned.
FLASHBACKS
He remembered his last moments with his parents...
Don't cry Natsu, we want you to be happy, and make lots of friends!
Don't become shrouded in darkness as I was...
He remembered his various teachers...
Have fun.
Try to make friends, don't walk alone as I did.
Put your trust in people, don't live your life alone.
And the last thing his parents ever spoke to him...
Always remember Natsu... We will love you always.
END FLASHBACKS
"Alright, I'll tell you." Natsu responded with a smile.
Half the guild passed out from shock. The people who were still standing were just gaping at him with their jaws on the floor, and eyes wide as dinner plates.
Gildarts looked at him with a raised eyebrow. There's no way I did that all with one question. Maybe it was that demon Makarov told me he can transform into? Little did he know, Makarov was thinking roughly the same thing.
"Igneel was the king of fire dragons, his scales were a deep mahogany, and he had a lot of scars. He was pretty intimidating, but after I got to know him, he was actually really pleasant to be around, and kind." Natsu explained.
Gildarts looked shocked. Never did he expect a dragon to be pleasant and kind.
"At first, I never expected for Igneel to let me stay with him for more than a day. But he actually ended up asking if I wanted to learn fire dragon slaying magic from him."
"Wait, he asked you?"
"Yeah, he did. It's not quite as strong or versatile as my other fire attacks, but it burns way hotter, I can control the temperature, and I can choose who it affects."
"You have other fire attacks?!" Gildarts asked in shock.
"Yeah, a lot more actually." Natsu replied with a shrug.
The entire guild face faulted.
Gildarts sighed. "Well damn, that's impressive kid. What do ya so about a friendly fight later?"
Everyone including Makarov stared at them with wide eyes. Gildarts actually thought this kid was good enough to fight him? Just what did he see in him?
Natsu raised an eyebrow. "Alright, but before I become friends with everyone here I gotta do one thing first, and it's extremely important."
Gildarts and Makarov frowned. The rest of the guild gulped. "And what's that?"
Natsu turned towards Gray with a murderous glare, much like Erza. "First, I have to teach Gray not to interrupt people." He said with a creepily innocent smile.
Gray gulped. This kid could channel the powers of Erza with ease! He was really in for it.
The guild blinked. One moment Natsu was there, the next he was in front of Gray. Well, where Gray was. Currently Gray is knocked out in the center of a crater. Natsu just stood there looking like nothing happened.
Everyone burst out laughing at Gray's expense. Gray just lay there and groaned from Natsu's one punch K.O. Makarov smiled at Natsu's new behaviour towards the guild, as well as Gildarts. Natsu stood above Gray proudly smiling, and giving a good old thumbs up.
Erza blinked at Natsu's seemingly instant personality change. To think, he changed from an emotionless killer to normal in less than five minutes. Gildarts must have done something truly magical... WAIT A MINUTE! Mira still doesn't know! Oh boy... this is gonna be good.
Natsu heard loud, clanking footsteps behind him, and turned around to see a smirking Erza walking towards him. Natsu flashed a cheeky smile and waved.
"Hi Erza!"
Erza smiled for a second, before returning to the previous smirk. "Well, I gotta admit Natsu, it's nice to hear you call me by my name instead of just 'Ms. Scarlet' all the time."
Natsu rubbed the back of his head in embarrassment. "Hehe... uh... sorry about that..." He mumbled out.
"Well, I know one way for you to make it up to me."
Natsu looked confused. "Alright..."
Erza smirked. "All you have to do is act like you were before when Mirajane wakes up, then, when she challenges you again, wait a few seconds, then burst out laughing. I guarantee she'll faint AGAIN!" Erza finished, cackling maniacally with an insane grin.
Natsu sweat dropped. "Uh... Ok. I guess I'll wake her up now then."
The entire guild was shocked at his words. They all yelled at him in unison. "YOU CAN WAKE HER UP WHENEVER YOU WANT?!"
Natsu deadpanned. "Well yeah, of course. It's my technique after all..."
Lisanna and Elfman started crying comically. "WHY DIDN'T YOU DO THAT EARLIER?! BROTHER ELF AND I ALWAYS HAVE TO CARRY HER ALL THE WAY BACK TO OUR HOUSE!"
Natsu shrugged. "Meh, couldn't be bothered to honestly."
Elfman and Lisanna fainted.
Natsu grinned at Erza. "Time to wake her up!"
He walked over to the downed form of Mirajane. She was snoring loudly, completely down for the count. He flipped her over onto her back, and formed a half tiger hand sign. "Release!" he yelled.
Mirajane shot up, looking around frantically. "WHERE THE HELL IS THAT BASTARD!? AHA! THERE YOU ARE! FIGHT MEEEEE!"
Natsu stared at her blankly, his armed crossed as usual. This continued for about three seconds, before Natsu suddenly started howling in laughter.
"YOU WERE OUT LIKE A LIGHT! HAHAHAHAHAH!"
Mirajane's face flashed through various emotions. Anger, confusion, and eventually shock.
"Wha-wh-what?... A-am I dreaming?..." She managed to get out, before fainting again.
Now it was the guild's turn for laughing. They all rolled around on the floor, struggling to breath from the hilarity that had just occured in front of them. None more than Erza though. She was practically dying.
"HAHAHAHAHAHHA! D-did you s-see her face!? OH MY GOD! IT WAS HILARIOUS! HAHAHAHAHHA!" She managed to squeak out in between her fits of laughter.
Natsu put his hands on his hips and grinned. It was a grand success, mission accomplished.
THE NEXT DAY
The guild was chattering excitedly about Natsu's sudden transformation. Even Makarov, Gildarts, and Mirajane were talking about it. It just seemed to be the topic of the day. Or maybe the week?
ERZA's TABLE
"Hey Erza, think he's gonna finally show us what's under the headband now?" A shirtless Gray asked.
Erza rubbed her chin thoughtfully. "I don't know Gray, but he doesn't have to if he doesn't want to."
Gray, along with Cana, Lisanna, Elfman, Levy, Jet, Droy, and a reluctant Mirajane agreed with her.
WITH MACAO, WAKABA, MAKAROV, AND GILDARTS
"Master, do you think he's finally gonna show us some more of his magic now?" Macao and Wakaba asked.
Makarov shrugged. "I dunno, maybe you'll find out when he fights Gildarts over here."
Gildarts grinned. "I'm sure excited, never met another kid like 'im. It's definetly gonna be exciting."
They all grinned. "Indeed it will!" Makarov cheered.
Just then, the guild doors slammed open, revealing a short figure, only about five feet tall.
Makarov jumped straight in front of the newcomer. He flashed a bright smile and waved. "Hey there! The name's Makarov! Welcome to Fairy Tail! May I help you?"
The silhouette stepped forwards. It was a young girl, probably nine or ten years old. She had lime-green, waist length hair, and deep violet eyes. She wears a navy blue coat with gold trimmings and no sleeves. The coat splits open just below her breasts, revealing her stomach, and goes past her waist on her back in long twin tails. Below her waist is just a pair of jean short shorts, and simple black shoes. But the most prominent feature of her whole outfit was the white scarf with a scale pattern wrapped around her neck.
The girl grinned. "Hiya! The name's Aki! I wanna join your guild, gramps!"
Makarov face faulted at his nickname. "Right! You're in!" He said, before whipping the guild stamp out of his jacket pocket. "Where do ya want your stamp?"
Aki looked confused. "Stamp? Why do I need a stamp?"
Makarov chuckled. "You see, the stamp proves you're a member of the best guild in Fiore, Fairy Tail!"
Aki gained a look of realization. "Oh! Well then, I want it on my right shoulder please, in red!"
Makarov nodded, and gave her a red stamp on her right shoulder. Then he looked up at her. "What kind of magic do ya use?"
Aki grinned and gave him a thumbs up sign. "I use fire dragon slaying magic! Pretty cool huh?"
Makarov, along with the rest of the guild, gained a stunned expression, before Makarov suddenly spun around and let out of victorious whoop.
"THAT'S TWO NOW! WE'RE ON A ROLL PEOPLE!"
Aki looked confused. "Whaddya mean, 'two in a row'?"
Makarov grinned at her. "You see, our last recruit who joined about two weeks ago, is ALSO a dragon slayer!"
Aki was shocked for a second, then looked immensely excited and grinned. "WHERE IS SHE?! PLEASE TELL ME! MAYBE SHE KNOWS WHERE FLAMARIA IS!"
Makarov chuckled and tried to calm her down. "Actually, he's a guy, and his name is Natsu. He's not here right now though, I'm sure he'll come by soon, if you want to wait. Hey! I have an idea, why don't you go introduce yourself to the other kids your age! Make some friends! How bout it?"
Aki clenched both her fists in front of her in excitement. "OH YEAH! Let's go! Where are they?! I wanna meet em!"
Makarov grinned and pointed her towards Erza's table. Inwardly he was sighing of relief. At least this one isn't cold.
BACK AT ERZA'S TABLE
"Well Gray, your cards read: Future, Happy, and Lov-"
"HIYA GUYS! THE NAME'S AKI! HOW YA DOIN?!" Aki greeted cheerfully.
Everyone smiled back at her, all thinking the same thing. Talk about polar-opposite... Erza spoke up first. "Greetings, my name is Erza. Nice to meet you." Erza greeted.
Gray blushed a little but still spoke up. "H-hi, my name's Gray!" Aki narrowed her eyes at him.
"Hey... where's your clothes, pervert?!" She yelled at him while pointing her finger at him comically.
Gray raised his fist in anger and yelled back, forgetting all about his little crush. "Who are ya callin a pervert, slanty-eyes!"
They butted heads, growing, and lightning shooting between their eyes. Until Erza had to pull them apart.
"That's ENOUGH! No fighting! We're friends now."
Both of them swiftly turned away from each other, crossing their arms. "Fine." They both said.
"Good, now let's continue!"
"Hey there, my name is Cana!"
Jet and Droy nodded towards her. "Jet", "Droy" they said.
Levy beamed at her. "Hi! My name's Levy! I like, books, books, books, and reading!"
Aki recoiled in horror. "OH NO! BOOKS?! MY WORST ENEMY!"
Levy hugged her knees in the corner comedically, a storm cloud over her head and poking the ground with a stick.
"Hi there! I'm Lisanna! This here is my brother Elfman! And that's Mirajane!" Elfman nodded at Lisanna's introduction, but Mirajane had something else to say.
"Hehe, I'm the demon, Mirajane! Wanna know wh-" She was about to finish, but a swirl in the middle of the room cut her off.
Out of the swirl stepped one Natsu of the Cobalt Sand, with three scrolls in hand. He waved at everyone and smiled, while walking over towards Erza's table.
"Hey guys, what's up?" Natsu asked, smiling at them. Then he saw the newcomer. "Oh! I don't think I've seen you before... What's your name?"
Aki gave him a thumbs up and grinned. "Name's Aki! What's your name buddy?"
Natsu grinned back. "I'll tell you in just a second, Aki, but first I got some gifts for a few people." He said, looking around at the people sitting around the table.
Everyone looked at him expectingly. Natsu laid his scrolls down on the table.
First, he handed one to Gray. "Here's the first one, for Gray." Gray took the scroll, and nodded in thanks.
"Second one, for Erza." He set the scroll down in front of her. "Thank you." She said.
"And the last one... for Mirajane." Everyone looked shocked. Why would he have a gift for Mirajane? He knocked her out on the daily!
Even Mirajane looked surprised. "Not that I'm not grateful... But why the hell are you giving something to me?" She asked.
Natsu shrugged. "I don't know... You three are the only people I know anything about to be honest."
The three people in question just shrugged and accepted his answer, while proceeding to open their scrolls.
Gray got his open first, and looked at Natsu with a questioning face. "Uh... Natsu? What is it supposed to do?"
Natsu slapped his forehead. "Right! I forgot! You guys don't know how to open sealing scrolls! Here, pass it to me, I'll open it for you."
Gray passed his scroll to Natsu, who promptly slammed his hand over the opened scroll and said: 'Release!'
A poof of smoke over the scroll revealed a clear orb, filled with icy mist. The orb had beautiful designs of dragons covering the surface. Gray peered at the object, clearly confused. "Not to sound ungrateful, Natsu, but what does it do?"
Natsu grinned. "Hehe. That's a dragon lacrima!" He exclaimed.
Everyone around the table was stunned, eyes wide. Gray stared at it. "A dragon lacrima? Why are you giving me one? Aren't they incredibly hard to come by?"
Natsu gave him a thumbs up. "Don't worry about it, only took me about an hour to grab this one. Anyways, I'm giving you it so you can be a dragon slayer obviously."
They all stared at him in shock. "So you're saying this thing can make me a dragon slayer?!"
Natsu nodded. "Yeah, all you gotta do is implant it, and then BAM! Instant ice dragon slayer."
Erza narrowed her eyes at him. "Isn't the procedure to implant it incredibly dangerous and painful?"
Natsu shook his head. "Normally it is, but with my healing techniques, It'll be a breeze! So don't worry about it!"
Everyone at the table went wide eyed. Gray nodded. "Thank you, Natsu."
Next, Natsu grabbed opened Erza's scroll. Once again, he placed his hand over the opened scroll and said 'Release!'. What appeared was a long greatsword. The whole thing looked like it was made of brass, but it was very intricately designed. There were detailed carvings all over it, and the blade part of it looked like two long strands of metal intertwined, so that there were holes all along the middle of the blade portion. It got narrower the farther away from the hilt you got, ending in a sharp point.
Erza grasped the sword and inspected it. "This is very masterfully crafted, with the strongest metals I have ever seen, where did you get this?"
Natsu grinned and scratched the back of his head. "I made it myself, actually."
Everyone's jaw dropped. Erza was the most shocked out of all of them. "How?! Even the most skillful blacksmiths I've come across would have some trouble making this, and where did you get the metals for it?!"
"Well, I got the metals by pulling them out of the ground with my magnet release, it's a pretty useful trick, ey?"
"But why? Why not just buy a sword from the nearest store?" Erza asked.
"Stores don't know how to make this kind of stuff, so I had to make it myself!"
"H-how?"
Natsu scratched the back of his head, embarrassed. "Actually, Shukaku helped me with a lot of the metal shaping. I mostly did the magical parts."
Erza nodded at his answer. "So does my blade have magical properties as well?"
Natsu nodded. "Yeah! Push some magic into it!"
Erza held it out in one hand and put some magic into the sword. As soon as the magic entered the blade, it erupted in black and white flames. Erza's eyes widened, having never seen flames of this colour before.
"Why are the flames black and white? And how come the fire isn't setting the table or anything on fire?"
"The flames are black and white because I used a special kind of fire magic to make it. It doesn't set anything on fire because you can choose what you want the flames to burn. Another property of the special fire magic I used."
Erza nodded and put the blade into her requip dimension. "Thanks Natsu. I'll be sure to put the blade to good use."
Natsu grinned and gave her a cheeky thumbs up. "Sweet. Now Mirajane's."
He reached over to Mirajane's scroll and released the seal, revealing a tennis ball sized lacrima. On the glass surface, there was a picture of a nine tailed fox, and on the inside it looked like there was fire swirling around.
Natsu began explaining. "When I tried to think of something to give Mirajane, I honestly drew blank. I couldn't think of anything, so I asked Shukaku for advice."
Mirajane nodded, but still looked confused. "Alright, that's cool and all, but what does it do?"
Natsu grinned. "You see, where I come from, there are nine tailed-beasts, ranging from one to nine tails. They're some of the most powerful beings in existence. Shukaku is one of them."
Everyone was stunned by his explanation. "THAT CREEPY SAND DEMON!? JUST HOW POWERFUL IS HE?!" Mirajane shouted.
"Well, they could create earthquakes and tsunami's by just swishing their tails around, so pretty powerful, I'd say. But enough questions now! I need to explain what the lacrima does!"
Everyone nodded dumbly, still processing what Natsu told them.
"Shukaku used to be sealed in one human, along with the other eight. Since they were together for so long, Shukaku absorbed a little bit of each of the others energy. Basically, Shukaku sealed Kurama, the nine-tailed fox's energy inside that lacrima. If you implant it, it'll give you a new take-over... Kurama! The Nine-Tailed Fox! You won't be near as powerful as the original, but it'll still be enough to give any mage a run for their money." Natsu finished with a grin.
Everyone stared at the lacrima for a few seconds, still trying to comprehend what Natsu just told them. Eventually, Mirajane spoke up. "Thanks Natsu."
Natsu gave another thumbs up. "No problem. By the way if you want to stop getting knocked out by my eye, don't look at it."
Everyone face faulted at the explanation. Mirajane sighed in exasperation. "That's all I had to do?..." She muttered to herself.
All of a sudden, Natsu slapped a hand over his mouth. "OHMYGOSH! I forgot something." He said as he pulled out a fourth scroll. He set it down on the table and unsealed it. Out of a poof of smoke, there was a long coat with a hood. It was a dark blue and light red, with pictures of dragons all over. The most prominent feature, however, was the scale-like pattern that went over the entire thing.
Natsu handed it to Erza and grinned. "Pretty sweet, huh? Made it out of the scales that used to fall off Igneel when we fought. They're super light, and super tough at the same time. It's like wearing armour, but not wearing armour at the same time! It even has an enchantment on it so it will grow in size to always fit you!"
Aki looked at the coat, then down at her scarf. The scale pattern matched almost perfectly.
"HEY!" She shouted, pointing straight at Natsu. "YOU'RE NATSU!"
Natsu turned to her, completely deadpan. "Yeah, I am."
"DO YOU KNOW WHERE FLAMARIA IS?!"
Natsu scratched his chin. "Uh, sorry, don't know who Flamaria even is. That's a pretty cool name though, good luck finding her."
Aki slumped in defeat. "Flamaria's my mom! She's a big, scary dragon!"
Natus nodded. "Probably a fire dragon, yeah?"
Aki narrowed her eyes at him. "How did you..."
"The name. My dragon's name also referred to his element."
"What was your dragon's name?" She asked.
"Igneel, as I said earlier. You probably weren't paying attention though."
Aki's eyes widened. "WAIT. SO YOU'RE A FIRE DRAGON SLAYER?!"
Natsu shrugged. "Yeah."
Aki managed to get even more excited. She was practically jumping up and down. "CAN WE FIGHT?!" She yelled in his face.
Natsu deadpanned. "You do realize that we would just eat all of each other's attacks, right?"
Aki grinned and scratched the back of her head, clearly embarrassed. "Right..."
Suddenly, her eyes grew wide, and lit up. "I know! Why don't we just make a rule of no eating each other's flames!?"
Natsu scratched his chin. "Hmm... Yes, I suppose we could do that, but wouldn't that kinda be boring? I mean, all we would only be able to use melee attacks..."
But Aki was already grabbing him by the back of his shirt, comedically dragging him across the ground towards the back door. "NO WAY! IT'LL BE SUPER EXCITING!"
Everyone else in the room just blinked at the display. After a few seconds, people rushed the doors en masse, clearly extremely excited to see two dragon slayers duke it out. Macao grinned at Wakaba and Makarov. "Time to see what dragon slayers can do, eh?" he asked, while walking out the back door after the rest. Gildarts silently stood up and walked out behind Macao. Makarov and Wakaba just shrugged and followed suit.
Outside, it was complete chaos. People were rushing around everywhere trying to find a good spot to watch the coming action. Makarov stood on his classic stool, in his referee uniform. Natsu and Aki were facing each other, about twenty meters apart on the field.
Aki waved her hand and Natsu and yelled. "HEY! NO USING OTHER MAGIC, KAY?"
Natsu sighed, sealed his gourd and scythe, and yelled back. "FINE!"
Everyone in the crowd became even more excited, if that was even possible.
Makarov looked at both of them, before speaking and waving his flag around. "This will be a one versus one match! Natsu of the Cobalt Sand versus Aki... um... What's your last name?"
Aki sighed. "Dragneel."
Makarov nodded. "Natsu of the Cobalt Sand versus Aki Dragneel! This is a friendly fight! No maiming or killing will be tolerated! Begin!"
Before Makarov had even finished speaking, Aki got into a wide stance, balled up fists stacked on top of each other, in front of her mouth. FIRE DRAGON'S ROAR! She shouted, releasing a huge torrent of orange flames at Natsu.
Natsu sighed and shook his head. Idiot. He thought. As soon as the flames reached him, he started sucking the fire into his mouth, inciting a lot of gasps and ooh's from the crowd. "Have you already forgotten that fire attacks won't work?"
Aki slapped her forehead. "DAMNIT! I forgot! No worries, here I come!" She slammed her fists together in front of her and charged. FIRE DRAGON'S IRON FIST! Screamed a charging Aki.
Natsu calmly waited for her to come withing range, before grabbing both her fists, and throwing her up into the air. He promptly jumped up after her, and put his hand on her bare stomach, mid-air. FIRE DRAGON'S GRIP STRIKE! He yelled, and fire exploded outward from his palm, hitting Aki directly, shooting her at the ground insanely fast.
She hit the ground with a loud crash and a huge plume of dust. Natsu gracefully landed back on the ground, arms crossed, looking completely calm.
Aki shakily rose from the crater she made from slamming into the ground. She looked rough, covered in bruises and cuts, panting hard.
Makarov was awed. Dragon slayers are rumored to be extremely resilient... To be able to do this much damage with one move... And it looks like he didn't even try!
Erza, Mirajane, and Gray gaped. That's insane! He didn't even try and he almost won the fight! They all thought roughly the same thing.
Aki stared at him. How is he so powerful? His grip strike is so strong! And he stopped my iron fist by just catching it! "I'm not done yet!" She shouted, charging towards him head first. FIRE DRAGON'S SWORD HORN! She screamed, hitting him with an almighty head butt.
Natsu spread his arms wide, and bent his knees slightly. When she hit him, he slid back a few feet, before grabbing her shoulders and lifting her up. He stared at her with a menacing glare, giving her his best evil eye. "Surrender." He stated in a deep voice, channeling some of Shukaku's energy, making it sound slightly demonic.
For the first time since she first met Flamaria, Aki felt true fear. Looking into Natsu's one eye was like looking at death itself for her. Her lip trembled in fear. "I-I s-surr-ender." She squeaked out.
In the blink of an eye, Natsu's menacing expression changed to a bright smile. "Great!" He exclaimed.
Suddenly Aki felt a wam sensation spread throughout her body, and looked down. It was a miracle, all her injuries were just fading away, as if they were never there in the first place. She looked at him with wide eyes. "How?" She asked, completely bewildered.
Natsu gave her a goofy grin. "Magic..." He said mysteriously.
Makarov waved his flag around frantically. "The winner is Natsu of the Cobalt Sand!"
The dragon slayer duo walked back into the crowd, talking to various members and answering questions about their rare form of magic.
All of a sudden, they heard a mysterious voice coming out of the nearest tree. "So that's what you call yourself now, eh? Gaara would be proud."
Natsu's head whipped around and his eyes narrowed. "Who are you, and how do you know him?!" He growled.
They saw a shadowy figure stand up on one of the branches. The figure jumped down and landed in front of the crowd. Nobody had any idea who this guy was, he was a complete mystery. Then, some whispers began to circulate around the growing crowd.
"Look! His headband looks similar to Natsu!"
"But it has a different pattern on it..."
"Well yeah, obviously, but it can't be a coincidence!"
Natsu stared with wide eyes at the person.
"How are you here... Kakashi?"
I can tell you right now that Natsu is NOT going to be paired with Aki. Aki is only in the story because so much of the canon plot revolves around Natsu that him not being 'Natsu Dragneel' would pretty much break the story. As for Kakashi, well, I just thought it would be really fucking cool for Kakashi to be in the world of Fairy Tail. And he ain't gonna be weak, he's not called a genius for nothing, right?
Chatper 12 has been removed for a rewrite... I wrote it in about thirty minutes when I wasn't thinking. Sorry.