Chapter 2
Natsu Dragneel let out a sigh as he looked at the destruction he had just caused. He rubbed the back of his head and sweat-dropped; Lucy was going to kill him for this. Oh well, she couldn't get too mad at him for saving a life. He was concerned though. The men he had just incapacitated all had possessed dragon slaying magic. The interrogation would have to wait though.
Letting out another sigh, he turned around and knelt down next to the boy he had saved. The boy had spiky brown hair and tan skin. He looked around 17 years old and was about six feet tall. Natsu's eyes widened upon closer examination; a lot of the boy's torso underneath his tattered shirt was covered in scar tissue and fresh wounds. Anger flared within Natsu.
Standing, the man walked over to the boy's attackers and grabbed the one who had displayed fire dragon slaying magic by his shirt and slammed the trash against a wall. The dirt-bag jumped awake, but still looked dazed. Natsu then socked him across the face to wake him up more.
"Did ya do that to that boy?" Natsu yelled, pointing at the unconscious boy on the ground.
Fear washed over the thug as he felt Natsu's anger wash over him. "It weren't me!" the man cowered. "Honest!"
"Then who was it?" Natsu asked in a dangerously low voice.
"It were the professor!" the weaker man exclaimed. "Me an' my men were jus' s'posed to guard 'im. The ol' man di'n't wan' 'im getting' away, ya know!"
"Why did ya try killing that boy?" Natsu growled.
The man gulped, knowing he couldn't lie his way out of this one. "We was bored! The professor'd been keepin' us cooped up wit' the boy an' we needed a goo' killin'!"
Natsu stared down at the pinned man in disgust. "Where's the professor now?"
"We don'ts know!" the man said in a desperate voice. "He just come and go as he pleases, and 'e don't come around very of'en!"
A sigh escaped Natsu as he threw the man to the ground in disgust.
"Happy!" Natsu called. In couple of seconds the blue cat with white wings appeared. "Take this man to the local mage jail for questioning later. I need to get this boy to a healer."
The exceed regarded Natsu for a moment and nodded, "Aye, Sir!" and flew off.
Natsu turned to face the boy after Happy had disappeared from sight. The dragon slayer could tell this boy was special somehow. To the average person's eye, the boy was normal at most, but to a mage like Natsu, the boy was practically overflowing with magic power. The kid would need to be questioned as well; who knew what this professor character had done to him.
The mage threw the kid over his shoulder and started walking with one thought racing through his mind; this is going to be a grand adventure.