AUTHOR'S NOTES,
Hey guys so really quick thanks to those who read the story and followed, favorited and reviewed! This story has been in my head for two months or maybe more? I don't know LOL! For those who were wondering this takes place after the GMG Arc but with no Tartarus Arc or Alvarez Arc. Finally, special thanks to DarkxMoon21 for his Shadow God Slayer OC! With that let's get this show or story on the road!
Still on the road to Clover Town, Zeto's POV…
After leaving the outskirts of Magnolia, I've gotten to know Wendy Marvel, a Sky Dragon Slayer who specializes in healing and support magic. At the same time I got to know her she gotten to know me as well. For some reason, I can talk to her about things without worry. Well some things…
"So what was your Dragon like? I mean personality and looks?" She asked excitedly.
"Well he was very strict; always about my training but he was still caring at times. He always tried to have me strive to excel his expectations and become stronger. As for what he looked like, well he has black scales as dark as the night." I replied with a smile while fondly thinking of my time with him.
Flashback
The boulder exploded into pieces after hitting it with my Crushing Fist but I was at this for three hours straight. I took a moment to breathe but that moment quickly disappeared just like the dust from the boulder exploding when that distinct boom of his voice yelled out.
"Why are you stopping!? Destroy the next one! You will keep this up for another hour without stopping then you can rest for the day!" Father yelled from behind me on his perch.
"What another hour!? Come on dad by the time the hour's up I'll be dead!" I yelled out tiredly.
"Then until you're dead keep fighting! You must keep fighting even at overwhelming odds! The only time you should stop is when you take your enemies to the depths of hell!" He roared out his combat speech.
"But what should I fight for then? Why should I fight?" I asked curiously.
"Everyone who fights, train for their own reasons. Some for power, some for peace and some for family…" He said that last one with a look that look liked he was bothered which is quite rare by the way.
"For family?"
"Yes, those who fight for family, train themselves to be able to protect their loved ones to the death if need be! I'm going to guess you will train for this?" He asked curiously while looking at me with soft eyes that again rare from him.
"I understand I'll fight to protect my loved ones! Well mostly you father." I said while rubbing the back of my head sheepishly while chuckling.
"Dream on Zeto you forget who I am! I am Acnologia, THE BLACK DRAGON OF THE APOCALYPSE, THE DRAGON KING!"
I wonder if father is proud of me at this moment. Hm losing to an S-Class Wizard who my father left alive as most likely a warning, then losing to Salamander and now scrounging a job with Wendy so I can have some food money. Yeah, he probably would force me to go back to doing push-ups while putting a small boulder on my back again. I chuckled at that.
"Um Zeto what's so funny?" I turn to see Wendy with her head tilted in confusion.
"Ah nothing, just remembering the past a bit, so what's your Dragon like?" I asked curiously trying to move the subject.
"Ah Grandeeney she's really kind! Also very beautiful! I think she'd like you if you two were to meet." She continued with excitement. While talking about my father in public is difficult due to his 'reputation', Wendy talking about her mother is easy for her. She's quite proud of both her mother and herself. While all I've done is mostly dishonor my parent.
"Zeto there's Clover Town!" She said while pointing at the town. The town was rather small town situated in a mountainous area, surrounded by forests. Hm small but enough for bandits to be a bother for this place, such a shame. We kept walking until we got to the Mayor's home where we rang the doorbell and waited for about a minute when a maid with brown hair opened the door for us.
"Ah you must be the Fairy Tail mages that Mayor Hoko asked for! Please allow me to take you to him." The maid turned around and continued walking us to the other side of the house then through some large brown doors to reveal an office with the mayor in the chair. The mayor looked like he was in his late forties greying black hair slicked back. Once we entered the room, the maid closed the door behind us as the Mayor gestured us to sit down.
"Thank you for coming Mr. and Ms." He asked politely.
"My name is Zeto Nakahara while her name is Wendy Marvell." I said in business mode.
"Ah alright but before anything do you mind showing us your guild mark? I can see Ms. Marvell's but I don't see yours." He said with a slight weary tone.
"Understandable but I don't have one due to me not being a member of Fairy Tail or any guild. I merely chose to help her when she asked." I said with the same tone.
"Well since you're with her I don't have a problem. Now straight to the point, we have a group of bandits that attacked our Clover Town Bank a few days ago. They took everything and most of the townspeople had their money in that bank. We know where they are but we don't have any mages to match theirs and asking for the royal army will take too long, which is why we're asking for help. Defeat the bandits and get our money back so we could live easy." He finished with a bow. I looked towards Wendy for confirmation and was met with a determined expression.
"Don't worry Mayor, we accept the job and will complete it as well!" She said with a determined face and clenched a fist somewhat in the air.
"Thank you both and good luck!" He said while shaking both our hands. We left after getting the location on our map and went to put an end to these bandits.
"Hey Zeto what do you think of this job? It seems easy and all but I feel like it'll turn complicated." She said with a worried face with a tone to match.
"From my experience, when you say something like that you practically jinxed us. So yeah it'll probably be more complicated now." I said with a joking tone while having my arms behind my head.
"Wah! Seriously!?" Wendy freaked out then proceeded to pout when she realized I was joking.
"You're mean Zeto!" She cutely pouted with me laughing.
Back at Fairy Tail, Carla's POV…
Ever since Wendy came in with that job with an excited look that I've been worried sick. Not only did Wendy tell me I should stay here, but she didn't ask any of the other members to come with her. I know that she's trying to be more confident with herself and it's great and all but it seemed too quick for her to be like that confident. Oh well, I've got to relax and trust her on this, maybe I should sit with Pantherlily and Happy for now.
Before I could move though, my vision turned white then started showing me images of Wendy walking in the guild with the same job form, then jumps to her surrounded by people and then finally seeing her being confronted by a figure cloaked by black shadows. Then it cuts and sends back to reality shaking as I flew over to Team Natsu in a panic.
"Natsu! Listen to me! I just had a vision of Wendy being in trouble on her job right now, you've got to help!" I was freaking out worried like a mother losing her child in a crowd.
"It's alright we'll go, Mira where's Wendy's Job!?"
"It's in Clover Town! Can you pick up her scent when you get there!?" She yelled back worried.
"Yeah I can, come on guys! We gotta get to Wendy fast!" I saw Natsu, Lucy, Gajeel and Gray running out of the guild with me flying above them with the other Exceeds. Hold on Wendy, we're coming!
On the Outskirts of Clover Town, Wendy's POV…
We kept walking towards the bandit group's location at a steady pace while talking, throwing jokes around and such. After a while we across the group of bandits around their camp laughing and congratulating at their latest haul from Clover Town. Needless to say I was mad and so was Zeto since he already hit them with his Roar and knocked the majority of them unconscious. I started rounding them up when Zeta started interrogating the only bandit awake.
"Are you guys running solo or do you answer to someone? And you better be honest or you're going to experience pain that will make you beg for me to kill you!" Zeto threatened with a scowl and with a glare that seemed like it could kill. The bandit was sweating so much in fear I could smell it from four feet away.
"Okay, okay, we're being backed by a Dark Guild called Dark Riders! They give us some mages to back us up and we give them a cut of the earnings from the robberies! Please don't hurt me!" The man screamed terrified but I could see Zeto wasn't satisfied and punched the tree behind the bandit which broke the tree in half.
"Where are they and who's their best mage!? Answer me!" Zeto used the same tone but this time he charged his right fist in his magic which was black with a blue highlight lightning.
"They're over that way in a big building and their strongest mage is some kind of Slayer named Riker I think. That's all I know! Please don't hurt—"The bandit was promptly knocked out and the worst part was I could smell urine coming from the bandit. Zeto dragged him over to the rest of them and proceeded to tie him up with the rest of them.
"Did you really have to do that?" I asked trying to cover my nose from the smell.
"I didn't expect him to piss himself! Really some criminals really don't have spines." Zeto finished while shaking his head. I started walking towards where the bandit was pointing with Zeto calling the Mayor on the communication lacrima.
"Hello Mayor we captured the bandits and are leaving them where the beacon is located."
"Ah thank you both for your hard work! You may come back to receive your reward."
"Thank you but we've just learned that these bandits are being backed by a nearby dark guild called Dark Riders. Marvell and I are going to take them out and before you ask the extra reward for the dark guild would be negotiated when we return."
"I understand, please be careful the both of you and good luck!" The Mayor finished and cut the feed just when we arrived at the guildhall. I was trying my best not to be afraid since this is my first time facing a dark guild without Team Natsu but Zeto is just as strong as Natsu so we could do this! I looked to see Zeto looking at me with a reassuring smile as he ruffled my hair. I smiled back and looked at the building which looked like a large run down and derelict bar. It was made out of wood, with a sign above the door that said Riders in worn out letters. Overall the building looked like it was ready to collapse. I looked towards Zeto who gave me a nod and started inhaling just as I was doing. I can do this!
"Black Dragon…"
"Sky Dragon…"
"Roar!"
Zeto's POV…
Both roars mixed together and practically destroyed the building with only a few walls still standing. I could see some people unconscious and some trying to get up but what caught my attention was the lone figure walking out of what's left of the guildhall with an annoyed expression. Once he gotten closer I could see he was around my height and age as well as he's wearing black combat boots and black jeans. Along with that he's wearing a black tank top with violet streaks going diagonally across it with a black cloak the covers his whole body stopping just at his ankles and has a black fedora with some gold on it.
"You two have some nerve attacking us like that." He said calmly while getting closer to us. Once he got about 10 feet away from us I could see he's got violet oval eyes with a scar across his right one.
"Dark Guilds don't get courtesy from me Riker. I assume that is your name? The bandits that you guys backed told me after some light questioning." I said with a cocky tone to rile him up which it didn't work as all he did was make a tch sound.
"My name is Riker Rox, the Dark Riders' Shadow God Slayer and who are you two?" He asked politely surprisingly.
"My name is Zeto Nakahara, Black Dragon Slayer. Wendy you handle the other dark mages I've got Riker." I said while releasing some of my magic to get my muscles to relax for the upcoming fight. Riker did the same with his arms crossed with the same annoyed expression. Once I saw Wendy was a good distance from us, I dashed forward to get the first hit feeling my magic coursing towards my right hand which proceeded to light up in a black and blue lightning.
"Black Dragon's Crushing Fist!"
I've punched him but my fist literally went through him, literally! I saw him disappear for a second only for me to feel something kick in the back. I turned to block his next attack just in time. But he didn't stop at all, he kept trying to land a hit on me with me blocking or dodging his punches. Luckily, I spotted an opening, so when he tried punching me again with his right I caught it and proceeded with my comeback as I started feeling magic going for both of my feet.
"Black Dragon's Crushing Talons!"
While holding his fist I did a back flip with my feet hitting him in the face sending him flying in the air but I wasn't done still as I focused my magic into my right hand again and punched the ground for my follow up.
"Black Dragon's Pillar!"
Just before Riker hit the ground a black magic circle appeared right under him who released a black beam hitting him point blank and sent him in the air again but this time he recovered while landing on his feet. I got ready for a counterattack when I saw him inhaling through his mouth for a breath attack which I proceeded to do as well.
"Shadow God's Bellow!"
"Black Dragon's Roar!"
Both attacks collided with an immediate explosion that kicked up dust making me get in a stance just in case. When the dust cleared I didn't see him at all! I looked all around the area but didn't see him until I saw a shadow dash from the shadow of a tree rush towards me.
"Shadow God's Dark Fist!"
Riker rose with a shadow infused fist that hit me straight in the jaw. The force of the punch sent me into the air but I managed to recover just in time to dodge his kick and jump back a couple feet to get a breather. I tasted the metallic taste of blood in my mouth as well as felt the blood slipping from my mouth. Once I spit the blood out and wiped my mouth I looked at Riker who was starting to flare his magic power as I got myself in a fighting stance once again. I wonder how Wendy's doing…
Wendy's POV…
"Sky Dragon's Wing Attack!"
The whirlwind hit the five bandits in front of me sending them into the surrounding trees while even more of them came back. I looked around to see that I was surrounded by bandits. I started to get afraid; I mean they just keep coming one after the other! My eyes widen when an idea comes to mind as I sending my magic to both of my arms and as I soon felt my spell primed.
"Sky Dragon's Wave Wind!"
I spun myself around a full 180 degrees with my arms stretched out creating a powerful tornado around me that sent all the bandits sprawled out in all directions some actually knocked out. I started to slightly pant after the drain of my magic reserves. Before I could start to relax I felt a presence behind me. I turned to look to see Riker his clothes torn and tattered with an annoyed expression like last time but this time he was covered in shadows.
"The fact I had to use my Secret Art: Shadow's Wrath to bring the Dragon down is proof that he was strong but not strong enough." He said emotionlessly while charging his magic. I didn't know what to do, I mean he beat Zeto! I'm not strong enough! Is this how it ends? Before I could muse further the wind picked up and multiple scents that smell of ash and iron came into my nose.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!"
A large quantity of flames appeared from my left that hit Riker head on that sent him sprawling and grunting in pain. I turned around to see Natsu and Gajeel standing there with an angry expression on their faces.
"N-Natsu? Gajeel? How did you know?" I asked with relief.
"Carla had a vision of you being in trouble so we came running! Lucy and Gray are rounding up any more of these guys." Natsu answered and before Gajeel could put in his input Carla came out of nowhere and started chastising me.
"What were you thinking taking this job on your own! You should've taken Natsu or anyone for that matter!" Carla was almost yelling but I could tell she was worried sick. Wait alone? Where's Zeto!? I've almost forgotten him!
"Where's Zeto!?" I yelled as I got up looking at Riker who recovered and looked almost agitated. I ignored everyone's shock and confusion as I glared at the God Slayer.
"Taking a dirt nap just like all of you will be afterwards." He said as he started charging his magic into his left hand.
"Shadow God's Fury!"
As he punched forward, his fist unleashed hundreds of shadow fists and it hit the three of us. I felt like I've gotten punched all over my body just as I hit the ground. I saw Riker disappear into a shadow as it dashed towards us but was stopped by Gajeel as he sidestepped the shadow and in one fluid movement reached into the shadow, grabbed Riker and threw him towards Natsu's Fire Dragon's Iron Fist. Riker was sent flying into a tree as the three of us started inhaling.
"Fire Dragon…"
"Iron Dragon…"
"Sky Dragon…"
"Roar!"
All three roars combined into a Unison Raid which hit Riker dead on causing a massive explosion. I looked at Natsu and Gajeel who both had a serious expression on their faces. When I looked back there stood Riker with an official angry expression.
"I'm done with you three! This ends here!" He yelled as he started charging and flaring his magic into his hands as he held them at his right side. We got ready to either block or dodge it when I felt another presence.
"Shadow Restraint!"
I then noticed that presence was that we couldn't move at all! I couldn't move my limbs either and neither could the others. I saw Riker with a smug look on his face as he continued charging his magic.
"It ends here Dragon Slayers!" Riker yelled as he finished charging his spell.
"God Slayer's Secret Art: Ultimate Shadow Cannon!"
His hands opened a ball of shadows and launched a massive burst of shadow energy at us. I braced myself for the pain that was coming but felt nothing. When I opened my eyes I saw Zeto stopping the attack with his hands. We were in shock of this that we didn't feel the Shadow Restraint loses its effect but we still didn't move.
"Wendy, after this get me Porlyusica as fast you can! Tell her I sent for you!" Before either of could respond he began doing something that made us widened our eyes in shock.
He's eating the shadows from the attack!?
He started sucking up the shadows which in return Riker stepped back in shock as Zeto finished eating.
"I'm gonna be honest here, your shadows taste like shit but it puts something in my stomach for now." Zeta said while flaring his magic power which was two times larger than before and started inhaling the air for a breath attack.
"Black Dragon's Roar!"
He released a larger roar that was black completely black and way bigger than before probably the size of a Unison Raid. The attack hit Riker dead on and it kept going as it destroyed the forest behind him in a line. When the dust cleared Riker was on the ground unconscious with his eyes rolled up into his head.
"Huh, I don't feel, oh wait there it is…" Zeto then proceeded to fall on his knees and fall unconscious as well with the three of us rushing to him.
"Zeto!"
That's a wrap! This may be smaller than the first one so I apologize in that regard but deadlines right? So thanks again for DarkxMoon21 for his Shadow God Slayer OC Riker Rox! As usual I will be accepting villains and any questions please PM me as I will answer them! Other than that please review, follow, favorite, PM or all! See you next Monday!