Hey readers! Prime is back with another chapter of FTBD! Initially I was planning to post this chapter on New Year's Eve but when I finished it and read through it I noticed that it was very rushed and made no sense so I rewrote it! Of course college takes a lot of you so I've been delayed. So it may have some rushed elements but I tried! So yeah here goes nothing…
Zeto's POV…
The silence was deafening as I awaited Lucy's judgement about my heritage as she stood over me with her eyes hidden by her hair. All you could hear was the wind as it passed by and as such I wouldn't be surprised if tumbleweed came along. After a full three minutes I heard her exhale and show her face.
"Were you there when Acnologia attacked us on Tenrou Island?" She asked with a whisper that even I could tell was shaky; I breathed in before replying.
"No I wasn't; I was actually in our home when it happened. One morning he left to pay his respects to someone and the next day he returns during the afternoon almost angry about something as well and when I asked what was wrong he simply stated 'Tenrou doesn't exist anymore' I did some research later on and found out what was Tenrou and who it belonged to." I answered with the complete truth.
"Then there is nothing to forgive..." She said showing her smiling face.
"Wha-what? But—"
"No buts! You weren't there or were responsible! Besides you're a member of Fairy Tail; you're a part of our family." She said with pure honesty as she held out her hand for me.
"Now come one let's go back to Fairy Tail." I actually felt a tear as I grabbed her hand and got up.
"Thank you Lucy…" I said with a smile and started walking back to the train station to go home with Lucy walking next to me. Once we got to the train station we bought our tickets and boarded the train and found a booth to wait in for the next few hours back. Once the train started moving Lucy cleared her throat.
"So, I know this may be too early or sudden but would you mind talking about your past a bit? You don't have to right now if you don't I mean." She exclaimed while waving her hands back and forth nervously. I chuckled before answering.
"Its fine I'm going to be honest from here on out. So as you know…"
Few hours later, Fairy Tail…
"So this is it…" I gravely mutter as I stand outside of Fairy Tail wondering how this is going to work.
"You know you don't have to do this today right? I mean I definitely tell anyone about this unless you're ready." Lucy said supportably but I merely shook my head no.
"If I don't do it now, I may never work up the courage again." I finished with pushing the door open and proceeded to walk to the bar to talk with Makarov. I'm quite sure Lucy went over to Team Natsu no doubt preparing herself on what's going to happen. I walked over to Makarov who was at the bar with Mirajane and Laxus.
"Hello Master, can I get your help with getting everyone's attention? It's important." He looked at me with furrowed brows before he nodded and yelled out his lungs.
"BRATS! SHUT UP FOR AN ANNOUNCEMENT!" Everyone stopped what they were doing and looked at us expectantly as they waited. I breathed in heavily as I prepared myself.
"Guys, when we first met I didn't make a first impression of myself that we all know." Everyone started murmuring and some even chuckled or giggled from the memory when I attacked Natsu.
"But even then you guys took me in and fully trusted me with open arms. I have withheld the truth of my heritage from you and for that I'm sorry." Before I could continue Natsu jumped on the table and asked the obvious question.
"Oi what are you talking about? You're a Dragon Slayer aren't you?" He asked with absolute confusion but Wendy was the one who broke the ice somehow. Really she's very insightful for her age.
"Wait, now that I think of it you never once told us about the Dragon who raised you and when we did you always changed the subject." She asked and everyone started talking among themselves. This is it.
"Yeah this is what's it about, my name as you know is Zeto Nakahara but my title that my Dragon gave me is Son of The Apocalypse." Everyone shut up right there and with all fearful expressions. I look towards Lucy direction and she was at least trying to give me an encouraging smile but my attention was altered when Erza and Natsu took a step forward.
"Wait you mean…" Natsu started with face shadowed.
"Yes my Dragon is Acnologia, the Dragon King and the same one that attacked Tenrou Island." I finished and waited for judgement. Nobody made a sound or movement until I saw Makarov walk up to me with a soft smile?
"Zeto, my boy I understand this secrecy but this is not a problem because what your father has done was not your fault and it doesn't make you any different now because you're his son. Am I correct Fairy Tail?" He asked and everyone started cheering for me with encouraging things as I tried to take it all in.
"Yeah you're still one of us!"
"What Acnologia did doesn't make you!"
I finally allowed a tear to shed just form me to wipe it off.
"Thank you everyone…"
The next day…
"Wow I can't believe that went well man, I mean your old man practically destroyed Tenrou and they don't find you responsible and overlooked it! Fairy Tail is legit!" Kaos exclaimed as we were walking back to the guild to grab a bite to eat.
"Yeah they sure are so any luck with Mira?" I asked with a knowing grin. He instantly deflated.
"Nooo, but I'm not giving up!" He pumped his in the air with a fiery determination with fire in his eyes and in the background.
"Well calm down before you burn the guild we're here!" I walked in ahead of Kaos and walked towards the bar to order some food while greeting others on the way. Once I arrived I ordered some bacon and eggs. A few minutes later Kinana walked out of the kitchen and brought me my breakfast. Just as I finished Natsu and Wendy sat down on both my sides.
"Yo, Zeto when you finish up want to do some training with Wendy and me?" He asks sincerely with that grin of his.
"Sure, is it just the three of us or what?" I asked curiously.
"Yeah Erza, Gray and Lucy went out on a job so we thought we could train a bit." Wendy answered with a smile. I nodded in affirmation then returned the plate to Mira and walked out with Natsu and Wendy towards their personal training ground. On the way there we talked about a good of everything that revolves around training and figured out a schedule or plan on how to train for the day. Once I arrived I took off my coat revealing a skin tight sleeveless black shirt.
"I just noticed but where are those marks that appeared on your arms after you broke that seal?" Wendy asked while she was stretching. I looked at my arms at her question then remembered.
"Oh yeah they disappeared the next day, I forgot to mention that sorry." I sheepishly rubbed the back of my head at my answer.
"Alright! Zeto you against me!" Natsu exclaimed in excitement as I grinned back. I saw Wendy along with the surprisingly quiet cats sit on a rock away from us to watch the training session. We waited for Wendy's signal to begin.
"And start!"
Immediately, Natsu rushed me with his right fist on fire. Sadly predictable.
"Fire Dragon's Iron Fist!" I quickly ducked out of the punch then punched him in the gut to stun him and proceeded to throw him over my shoulder for about ten feet. Without losing focus I started the lesson.
"Alright Wendy as you can see Natsu's fighting style involves rushing his opponents with pure offensive power to try to gain the upper hand early on. As you can see this tactic doesn't always work because it's predictable among offensive type mages like Fire Dragon Slayers." I finished speaking as I inhaled magic into my lungs.
"Black Dragon's Roar!" A black and blue tornado quickly flew towards Natsu which he managed to skillfully dodged and countered with his own roar.
"Fire Dragon's Roar!" Without stopping I angled my head to counter with my ongoing roar causing an explosion. I quickly dashed into the smoke which caught Natsu off guard and scored a few hits on him before he recovered and started to either block, parry and even counter-attacked. Without missing a beat I continued the explanation.
"Since you are a Sky Dragon Slayer, your abilities are centered mostly on support, speed and range. This means you have a range and speed advantage over most unless they're specialized in it. An easy way on dealing with opponents like Natsu is wait till they get close, dodge or block their attack and quickly counter them with an attack of your own." I said as used my Crushing Talons on Natsu with a back flip which proved to be my undoing as Natsu grinned in the air.
"Fire Dragon's Brilliant Flame!" He threw a large ball of fire that hit me dead on which hurt like a bitch. I quickly recovered narrowly evading a Fire Dragon's Iron Fist.
"Of course if you get hit, don't take it lying down and quickly fight back Wendy." Natsu continued after me as he got ready to rush again and I put myself in a defensive stance.
"Otherwise you'll be lunch!" A familiar voice called out. I looked up on a tree opposite of where Wendy and the cats were sitting to see her of all people.
"EHH!?" Everyone yelled out minus me in surprise of Eto's sudden appearance.
"Hiyo!" She waved and jumped down walking over to us seeing on how the training is on pause. As she got closer I noticed that instead of wearing her usual dark cloak and robe. Instead she's wearing her 'traveling or training' clothes which was a maroon cloak that reached past her knees while her visible body parts covered completely in bandages minus her smiling face.
"Ah afternoon Eto how you been?" I asked with a good natured smile. After all it's been a while since my 'sibling' visited me.
"My how polite of you! Well I've been great! Just came back from an S-Class mission that was challenging for once!" She finished her sentence by giving me a hug with me just petting her head. I looked around to see everyone with a shocked expression on their faces and it would've silent if Natsu didn't speak up.
"Wait you're S-Class!?" Natsu exclaimed.
"Yep! Fourth Strongest Dragon Slayer in my guild!" She said with pride in her voice. I chuckled as Natsu was impressed until I saw that grin of his. Shit…
"How about you fight me? Let's see you prove that you're fourth strongest!" He challenged while punching hands together. I looked at Eto to get that glint in her right eye that meant a lot of worrisome things. She's excited for a fight.
"Alright I accept your challenge Natsu!" The way this was going to go, Natsu is going to die. Sorry Natsu but it's the only way to keep you alive.
"Eto you can't fight him, I won't allow it." I told her with a serious tone.
"What!? Come on why not!?" She yelled in frustration. Along with Natsu who said the exact same thing.
"Because I don't want to go back to the guild with pink haired corpse, remember your magic is especially dangerous to Dragon Slayers when they haven't trained in it." I reminded her with the same tone as everyone gasped at the information.
"Oh yeah I forgot about that sorry Natsu almost killed you there." She giggled as everyone gasped in shock again. But then she started giggling even more which gave me a chill when I realized what she was going to do.
"Eto don't do it!" I tried to get to her but it was too late as she grabbed Natsu by the arm and both of them disappearing in a black spiral mist with the last thing I saw was Eto grin and Natsu's shocked and confused face. I sighed heavily as I looked at Wendy and their cats who gave me a clear expression.
"Before you ask, Eto has an ability that allows her to teleport anywhere she wants if she's been there or can visualize the location with the added bonus that she can take anyone with her as long she's touching them." I said while waiting for the information to sink in. After a few seconds Wendy tilted her head to the side slightly in confusion.
"So what is the problem with that then?"
"The problem with it; it's that those who get motion sickness feel like they been on the worst bumpy transportation of their lives when they exit from the teleportation. In short, think motion sickness times three and Wendy I can promise you that if you get grabbed by her you will experience the same thing still even with your immunity." I finished the explanation as Wendy literally paled and just then I felt a familiar presence. I looked up to see Natsu falling from the sky, hit the ground and proceed to vomit behind some bushes. I looked away to see Eto's grinning face.
"Satisfied?"
"Meh, while it's funny to see him like that it's still not a fight." She said with a bored expression until suddenly she perked up.
"Just hold on a sec! Be right back!" She disappeared with her teleportation again leaving me confused but I shrugged it off and went over to Natsu and company to check on him.
"Hey Natsu you okay?" I asked when I crouched next to him when he stopped throwing up his dinner from last night, breakfast and snacks.
"Your sister is evil, worse than Zeref and any of his demons that he created." He gasped out while I slightly frowned at his insult to Eto and was getting ready to whack him but I stopped myself considering he hasn't finished.
"She teleported us on top of a mountain and just as I finished throwing up she teleported us again back here." He finished with a groan as held his stomach as I shook my head in amusement of Eto's punishment on Natsu's comment of her ranking in her guild. A moment later Eto appeared next to us with her usual smile on her face.
"How did you like the trip Natsuuu?" She asked with singing tone.
"Please never again!" He exclaimed in fear while trying to feebly crawl away from us. She giggled again, I sighed and Wendy was shaking in fear.
"So what happened Eto?" I asked as she waved a paper in my face. I looked closely then realized that it was a job slip.
"I talked with Master and he told me it's okay for me to team up with you guys on this job! It's a simple A-Class search and destroy an unknown monster over in the Far East part of Fiore over near a mountain range called Fenrir." She looked up at me expectantly with puppy eyes. I looked away only to see everyone else with the same expression minus Wendy who looked nervous.
"Oh alright we'll do it but we're going by train so everyone get your stuff; it's going to be a long ride." Everyone minus Wendy and the cats groaned at that and started walking towards their respective homes minus Eto who teleported herself back to her place I assume.
It took me twenty minutes to get to my apartment and when I opened the door I was introduced to my clothes already in a travel bag and Eto sitting on the sofa while trying to fix her bandages. When I closed the door loudly to get her attention she snapped her head around with a look of surprise.
"Ah Zeto just the one I needed to see! I've already packed your stuff for you but can you help me with my bandages?" She asked sheepishly while trying to reach the ones behind her. I sighed and nodded since I'm used to helping her with her bandages.
"I still don't get why you insist on not buying clothes and using bandages which I remind you are used to cover wounds not as clothes. They're easily undone, can be ripped easily and they can easily hinder your movement." I complained as I wrapped the bandages around her waist which made her giggle.
"I like on how they show my figure! Admit it Zeto, you like what you see." She shamelessly replied as I just chuckled.
"Sorry, not the kind to fall for siblings and besides I may have my eye on someone else." I replied back in friendly jest but that alone made her do a 180 degree turn and she looked at me with so much excitement that she forgot I'm still trying to fix her bandages.
"E-Eto turn right back around!" I ordered while adverting my eyes up to not look at her exposed chest. She looked down and 'eeped' and turned around quickly as before. I deeply exhaled out a breath I was holding in and muttered 'you're a handful' while continuing tying her bandages.
"No but seriously who!? I swear I won't tell anyone!" She said while fighting to stay still.
"You tell me why you insist with these bandages and I'll consider it." I replied back and giving her the bandages so she can cover her breasts herself. While I'm waiting I noticed she fell silent and sighed heavily.
"They remind me of my Dragon parent Hakaba; when he took me in he didn't have any clothes for me except bandages so he decided to wrap me in bandages as makeshift clothes. Do mind that he was super serious like your father and I always tried to make him smile or laugh, so I started to dress myself with the bandages in a variety of ways. At one point I got tangled in them and I was stuck on the floor moving around like a worm and he was laughing so hard he was almost crying." She giggled then jumped off the sofa and walked over to the mirror to check herself and was satisfied with how it covered everything minus her face. She turned to see my sympathetic look as I got up and gave her a hug.
"I know you miss him and what he made you do is unforgiveable but it's like he told you. It's a tough world out there and he wanted to be sure that you were ready to do things in order to survive and I guess this was his way of prepping you." I felt her hug me back and she responded with anguish in her voice.
"I know that, which is why I forgave him and decided to move on with my life. Besides maybe it was worth it, after all I met everyone at the guild and I met you." She said with a smile and with a tear falling from her right eye as I continued hugging her.
"I'll always take care of you little sister."
"Thank you Zeto. Also I've held up my part of the bargain, so who is it?" She let go and gave me a playful glare while I just chuckled.
"All in due time, now come on we've got to get going." I said with a smile and walked out with my travel bag as she pouted and started to complain.
At the Train Station…
When we arrived at the station Natsu, Wendy and their respective cats were already waiting with their tickets and our tickets as well. However, once we got on the train and it started to move…
"Urgh get me off this thing…"
"Me too! Zeeeeto please get me off this moving nightmare…" Both Natsu and Eto were holding their stomachs pathetically while trying not to vomit. I just sighed and looked towards Wendy who was smiling sheepishly.
"Urghh…" Eto somehow crawled over to me and was trying to lay her head on my lap. Luckily, for these situations I always had a small pillow in my bag that luckily Eto remembered and placed it on my lap with Eto following right after it. Once she placed her head she started feeling better and fell asleep.
"Hey Zeto how come you're not sick?" Wendy asked while amazed on how Eto calmed down so easily.
"I'm a Fourth Generation Dragon Slayer so I'm immune to it somewhat but it'll get to me if I stay on transportation for too long and either way it'll make me uncomfortable at best." I answered with smile.
"What's a Fourth Generation?" She asked while tilting her along with the two cats.
"Fourth Generation means I was born from the union of two Dragon Slayers meaning my father got with another Dragon Slayer." I said while holding out two fingers.
"Oh ok, what about Eto?" She asked while pointing at said person.
"Eto is a First Generation Dragon Slayer just like you and Natsu. Just more powerful." I said with a smile.
"Now let's relax it's a fourteen hour train ride to get to Fenrir."
Done! So I apologize for the late update and as I mentioned before the original draft was very rushed so I scrapped the whole thing. Also this may piss off some readers so I apologize but any other Ocs that belong to you guys will not appear if I didn't put them in. Reasoning being is that with how my life is getting so busy I will easily forget about them and will I can't fit them into the story either. The ones that will continue to make an appearance are Kaos by Lewamus Prime 2016 and Raijin by SAOISLIFE9. I will not blame you if you decide to stop reading the story only that again I'm super sorry! And that's it as usual review, follow, favorite and PM me if you have any thoughts! Until next time!
